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Productivity drive a marathon without finish line, says PM
Resource constraints and developed economy make push more pressing
Source: Straits Times / Top of The News
SINGAPORE'S productivity push is for the long haul and faces many challenges, but there are reasons to be optimistic, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday.
Singapore started promoting productivity more than 30 years ago, but this drive is even more pressing today given Singapore's developed economy and resource constraints, Mr Lee said at the launch of the National Productivity Month.
He laid out a three-pronged approach to the productivity drive.
First, there are incentives and schemes to help firms upgrade.
Second, foreign worker inflows are controlled to put pressure on employers to upgrade workers.
But firms still get enough access to manpower so that they can survive and Singaporean jobs are not lost. "As I said last week, I don't expect any further major measures to tighten our foreign worker numbers. But we will give companies time to adjust to the measures and to retool themselves," he said.
The third prong is making the productivity drive a national effort. Mr Lee set out the different roles which players should take.
For instance, firms must have a "productivity mindset" and dare to change, while workers must hone and improve their skills. Customers also need to embrace new models such as self-service.
The National Productivity Month is organised by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and Singapore National Employers' Federation and includes conferences, exhibitions and study trips.
At the event yesterday, Mr Lee also told the audience of 800 businessmen that the economy is reaching a mature stage of development, and is growing at a slower pace of about 3 per cent a year.
There is less free land and the manpower situation is tighter, making the productivity push all the more important. Productivity is important not only for growth, but is also crucial for raising incomes, he added. A tight labour market may make wages rise in the short term, but longer-term rises can be sustained only by higher productivity.
Still, there are challenges, said Mr Lee. Social attitudes that over-value qualifications must change, and some sectors such as construction have been slow to improve. But there are also encouraging signs, he added. Sectors such as precision engineering are making steady progress. Even in slower sectors such as food and beverage, firms are changing.
"Productivity is a long haul, a marathon without a finish line, but so long as we have confidence and keep working at it together, we will stay in the race and (stay) ahead in the race," he concluded.
Mr Lee was given a brief demonstration of a flying robot waiter, which can deliver food and drinks to patrons automatically.
News of no further major foreign labour curbs is a relief, but "that shouldn't stop us from improving our productivity", said SBF chairman Teo Siong Seng.
-By Janice Heng
Productivity push must continue: PM
Source: Today Online / Singapore
SINGAPORE — The Government is aware of the difficulties companies here are facing as Singapore pushes for economic restructuring, but improving productivity is now more important than ever given the Republic's current economic and manpower constraints.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said this yesterday as he launched the National Productivity Month (NPM), adding that Singapore will succeed in this current push following decades of similar efforts.
"I know that many businesses and workers are trying hard to cope with change — and indeed it's hard," Mr Lee said in his opening address to about 800 business leaders attending the event. "We do have some challenges in changing social attitudes that overvalue paper qualifications … In several sectors, progress in upgrading productivity has been slow, such as construction and some services industries."
Mr Lee's comments come as productivity growth remains mixed in recent years despite the slew of Government support policies. In the second quarter this year, overall productivity shrank by 1.3 per cent year-on-year as the retail, construction and food services sectors recorded declines.
Still, he was upbeat. Saying that the productivity push is a nation-wide effort, Mr Lee added: "Looking at our productivity journey over the last half a century, we can be optimistic that our restructuring journey will be successful."
He was referring to Singapore's efforts to raise productivity levels since the 1970s when the National Productivity Board was set up. In 1981, then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew had also launched a National Productivity Movement in an effort to boost Singapore's labour skills and productivity levels to those of the advanced economies.
And now, as Singapore transforms into a developed economy with a slower growth rate and tighter manpower supply, productivity has become "more important, not less", Mr Lee noted. "Not only is productivity important to grow our economy, but it's also crucial for raising the income of workers," he said.
To this end, the Government will continue with its three-pronged approach — by treating productivity as a national effort where everyone has to play a part; as well as supporting companies in their productivity investments and encouraging mindset change among employees and consumers. Urging Singaporeans to be open to change, Mr Lee said: "Customers must be ready to embrace new business models, such as self-service formats."
The other prong is controlling foreign worker inflows. But as foreign employment growth in the second quarter fell to the slowest pace since 2009, Mr Lee sought to reassure businesses, saying, "As I said last week, I do not expect any further major measures to tighten our foreign worker numbers. We will give companies time to adjust to the measures and to re-tool themselves."
The Singapore Business Federation — which co-organises the NPM with the Singapore National Employers' Federation — welcomes that decision, its chief operating officer Victor Tay told TODAY. "The next two years will be essential for businesses to deliver more sustained productivity improvement, following years of mixed progress. So the Government's pledge to cease further curbs is important, because it gives business clarity and certainty," he said on the sidelines of the NPM launch.
Also combining the efforts of several Government agencies, the NPM will go on until Oct 30, offering exhibitions, workshops, seminars and overseas study trips to highlight innovative productivity solutions, especially for less productive sectors such as retail, food and beverage, and construction.
And investments in these solutions are quite affordable now, even for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), SBF chairman Teo Siong Seng said. "There is no lack of technologies, and there are a lot of Government schemes — such as the Productivity and Innovation Credit scheme — that SMEs can tap. The challenge of improving productivity is not so much about costs. It is really more about companies' willingness to try to adopt changes to their processes and mindset," he said.
-By Wong Wei Han
http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/top-the-news/story/productivity-drive-marathon-without-finish-line-says-pm-20141008?tokenSvcs=bts&error=3#sthash.Y2cS5ElV.dpuf
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/productivity-push-must-continue-pm
Singapore Real Estate
Shophouse, terraced house to be auctioned in estate sale
Source: Straits Times / Money
TWO freehold properties will be up for auction as a result of an estate sale, said property firm and consultancy Colliers International yesterday.
The properties up for sale, resulting from the owner's death, are a two-storey conservation shophouse in Beach Road and a terraced house in Devonshire Road.
This comes amid a rebound in the number of mortgagees who have put properties up for auction, as more borrowers default on loans. The home owners find it harder to sell their properties on their own.
But, as a whole, the auction market has not fared as well, thanks to government measures such as the additional buyer's stamp duty.
So far, $57.6 million worth of properties has gone under the hammer in the first three quarters, well down from the $87.7 million that changed hands over the same period last year, according to earlier reports.
The shophouse, which has tenants, has an indicative price of $5.1 million and a land area of 1,381 sq ft.
Values of shophouses in the area have registered healthy growth, according to data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The average transacted price of shophouses in the Kampong Glam district was $4,700 per sq ft (psf) this year, up 20 per cent from a year ago.
The two-storey terraced house to be auctioned also has tenants, and has an indicative price of $4.4 million.
The property's land area is 1,405 sq ft, with a plot ratio of 2.8, said Colliers.
"The property has a unique facade, which will appeal to a niche group of buyers who appreciate properties that are architecturally distinct," said Ms Grace Ng, deputy managing director of Colliers.
Both properties will be auctioned on Oct 29, at Amara Hotel.
-By Cheryl Ong
http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/money/story/shophouse-terraced-house-be-auctioned-estate-sale-20141008#sthash.hx0oyIDt.dpuf
HDB trying out two new solutions for lift upgrading
Source: Straits Times / Singapore
THE Housing Board is testing two new lift solutions in a bid to help more blocks qualify for the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP).
It is also looking for a second town for its Greenprint programme, launched in 2012 to bring sustainable living to public housing estates.
The $5 billion LUP, which provides for lifts to be built on every floor of older HDB blocks, ends in December, after 14 years. In all, it will give such access to about 5,000 blocks built before 1990.
About 200 blocks look set to be left out of the programme, because they either have too few units to share the costs, or have severe site constraints.
But National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said the HDB will test two new solutions at non-residential sites before introducing them, in a trial effort, at suitable residential blocks.
If successful, "HDB can then offer the solution to more low-rise blocks which are presently not eligible for the LUP", he said in a written reply to Mr Png Eng Huat (Hougang).
Installation works for both lifts are being carried out at buildings where they will be tested, and will be completed by year end.
The HDB will test the pneumatic vacuum elevator, which relies on air suction to move a lift car up and down, at Block 190 Toa Payoh Central, a commercial building.
The vertical platform lift - a belt-driven system often used in private homes or churches - will be tested at a multi-storey carpark in Petir Road.
Both these lifts move slower than current systems but would be less costly to install, the HDB said.
Despite these efforts, Mr Khaw cautioned that some blocks will still not be able to have lifts on every floor.
Meanwhile, those who require direct lift access because of medical conditions can ask the HDB for help, he said.
As for Greenprint, the HDB is exploring extending eco-friendly initiatives to another town to get more feedback, Mr Khaw said in a reply to Non-Constituency MP Yee Jenn Jong.
It is trying out initiatives such as rooftop solar panels and a rainwater harvesting system in estates in Jurong East. The trial is expected to be completed next year.
The successful initiatives from these pilot efforts will be replicated in other housing estates.
-By Rachel Au-Yong
HDB studying solutions to bring direct lift access to more households
Two types of lifts - a Vertical Platform Lift and a Pneumatic Vacuum Elevator - are currently being constructed and should be completed by year's end. Both are less costly to install compared to the current lift systems.
Source: Channel News Asia / Special Report
SINGAPORE: The Housing Development Board (HDB) is studying two possible solutions to bring direct lift access to more households. This was announced in a written reply by the Ministry of National Development (MND), in response to questions from MP for Hougang, Mr Png Eng Huat, on Tuesday (Oct 7).
Mr Png had asked for an update on the new technology and solutions in place to provide direct lift access to those not eligible for the Lift Upgrading Programming (LUP).
The lifts - a Vertical Platform Lift and a Pneumatic Vacuum Elevator - are currently being constructed and should be completed by year's end. The Vertical Platform Lift uses a simple belt-driven system to move the platform vertically, while the Pneumatic Vacuum Elevator uses air suction to move the lift car up and down.
The Pneumatic Vacuum Elevator uses air suction to move the lift car up and down. Its advantage lies in the ease of installation. (Photo: MND)
The Vertical Platform Lift uses a simple belt-driven system to move the platform vertically and does not require a large machine room. (Photo: MND)
The speed of the two lifts is slower, but both are less costly to install compared to the current lift systems.
The MND said it plans to test two types of lifts at two non-residential sites - a multi-storey carpark and a commercial block – to see if they are technically feasible and acceptable to residents, especially the elderly and the disabled, before considering their suitability. Currently, some low-rise blocks and those with severe site constraints are ineligible for LUP. There are currently about 200 such blocks and they are mostly blocks with very few benefitting units to share the LUP cost.
Mr Png also asked if there would be an LUP Exercise specifically to provide direct lift access for these 200 blocks.
"There will likely still be blocks which are unsuitable for the new lift solutions and cannot enjoy the direct lift access with current technology. HDB will continue to explore other measures to improve direct lift access for residents in these blocks," said the MND in its reply, adding that those who require direct lift access due to medical conditions can approach HDB for assistance.
The Government launched the LUP in 2001 to provide direct lift access for residents in HDB blocks. Since then, it has benefited about 500,000 households from 5,000 blocks. The LUP, which is highly subsidised by the Government, cost a total of S$5 billion.
- CNA/ek
http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/singapore/story/hdb-trying-out-two-new-solutions-lift-upgrading-20141008#sthash.ISQbbyK6.dpuf
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/specialreports/parliament/hdb-studying-solutions-to/1402944.html
1,312 households granted more than 2 HDB loans between Jan 2013 and Jun 2014
Source: Channel News Asia / SIngapore
SINGAPORE: Between January 2013 and June 2014, a total of 1,312 households were granted an HDB loan, even though they had already taken two HDB loans previously.
They were among the 25,000 households who were granted mortgage loans during that period. The National Development Ministry said households who were granted more than two loans are exceptions to the rule, and HDB evaluates such requests on a case-by-case basis.
It said these are typically flat buyers who have a steady income and are in urgent need of housing but are unable to secure financing from the banks due to poor credit records.
The ministry said this in a written response to MP for Hougang Png Eng Huat, who asked how many flat owners had taken more than two loans from HDB and what was the qualifying criteria for such loans.
- CNA/xk
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/1-312-households-granted/1402910.html
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Home Protection Scheme: Start coverage once payment is made
Source: Straits Times / Forum Letters
THE Home Protection Scheme is a compulsory mortgage insurance scheme for those using their Central Provident Fund savings to pay for the mortgage instalments of their HDB flats.
One of the problems with it is that coverage does not start when one signs the Agreement for Lease for a new HDB flat; it starts only after the collection of keys.
Buyers are already committed to the purchase of the flat by paying a down payment when they sign the Agreement for Lease. However, prior to the collection of keys, should one of the buyers die or suffer from permanent incapacitation, there is no insurance coverage.
Can the authorities consider starting the coverage as soon as the first down payment is made?
Also, would the HDB refund the down payment on compassionate grounds when the purchase is foiled by unfortunate events such as death or permanent incapacitation?
-By Wilfred Ling
http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/forum-letters/story/home-protection-scheme-start-coverage-once-payment-made-20141008#sthash.UDwxfYRd.dpuf
Help those affected by old resale levy
THE resale levy is certainly an obstacle to retirees buying a home from the HDB for the second time ("Waive resale levy for elderly flat buyers" by Mr Francis Cheng; Sept 29).
There is another group of home owners who are in more dire straits. These are people who sold their first HDB flat before March 3, 2006, when the resale levy policy was revised. Those who sold five-room flats were subjected to a levy of 25 per cent of the resale price, or 90 per cent of the market valuation, whichever was higher.
I hope the Government can look into their plight and help them to retire comfortably.
-By Simon Chan Kok Kwong
http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/forum-letters/story/my-point-20141008
Lower property tax as prices fall
PROPERTY rental and sale prices have fallen since the middle of last year.
Developers have slashed prices and offered discounts; owners who faced difficulty renting out their apartments have been forced to lower rents.
Also, the property outlook for the next two years does not look good because of slower Asian economic growth and rising interest rates.
It is timely for the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore to review annual property values and lower the property tax.
-By David Goh Chee Hoe
Global Economy & Global Real Estate
China's Anbang Insurance Group buys Waldorf-Astoria for US$1.95b
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/real-estate/chinas-anbang-insurance-group-buys-waldorf-astoria-for-us195b
Builder shortage seen for London luxury homes
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/real-estate/builder-shortage-seen-for-london-luxury-homes
Allied World to Take Blue Vista Stake in Real Estate Bet
Source: Bloomberg / News
Allied World Assurance Co. (AWH) agreed to take a stake in private-equity firm Blue Vista Capital Management LLC in a push into real estate investing.
The insurer will also invest $225 million of its portfolio with Blue Vista, Allied World said in a statement today that didn't disclose the size of the stake.
Allied World has turned to outside firms to help oversee a portfolio of more than $8 billion. The Zug, Switzerland-based insurer last year joined Crescent Capital Group LP, the investment manager co-founded by Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio, in a bet on junk-rated debt. In 2012, Allied World agreed to take a stake in MatlinPatterson and invest $500 million with the firm. Such deals allow the insurer to benefit from management fees charged to other investors.
"This is Allied World's first foray into investing in the real estate sector," John Gauthier, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive who is president of Allied World Financial Services, said in the statement. "We selected Blue Vista as a partner based on their prudent investment strategy."
Blue Vista was founded in 2002 and has raised more than $1.1 billion of institutional equity, according to the statement. The Chicago-based firm invests through limited partnerships and has bet on assets including student housing. Its clients include pension plans, insurers and wealthy individuals.
-By Laura Davison
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-07/allied-world-to-take-blue-vista-stake-in-real-estate-bet.html
Buffett Says 'No-Brainer' to Get Mortgage to Short Rates
Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A), said he was puzzled by the sluggish rebound in U.S. home construction amid near record-low interest rates and a broader recovery in the economy.
"You would think that people would be lining up now to get mortgages to buy a home," Buffett said today at a conference hosted by Fortune magazine in Laguna Niguel, California. "It's a good way to go short the dollar, short interest rates. It is a no-brainer. But so far home construction pickup has been slower than I had anticipated."
Housing starts slumped in August from the highest level in almost seven years to a 956,000 annualized rate, Commerce Department data show. Slow wage growth and tighter lending standards have kept some would-be borrowers from buying a home.
Buffett, 84, whose Omaha, Nebraska-based company has units that build houses and make carpet, paint and bricks, reiterated today that he expects home building to pick up as the market rebounds from the deepest slump in more than seven decades.
"Household formation falls off dramatically in a recession, at least initially," he said. "But that doesn't last long. Hormones kick in and in-laws get tiresome, too."
Vacancy rates for U.S. apartments have been at 5 percent or less since the first quarter of 2012, according to Reis Inc., a property research firm.
Other parts of the economy have come back faster than housing. Buffett said today that he was surprised by the rate of increase in auto sales, in particular, and that he would have anticipated housing to be better given that carmakers are on pace to sell almost 17 million vehicles in the U.S. this year.
Buffett agreed last week to buy Van Tuyl Group, a collection of 78 car dealerships, in a bet that the industry will consolidate. The company will be renamed Berkshire Hathaway Automotive.
Buffett also emphasized the appeal of 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, which can be refinanced if rates fall or remain outstanding if rates rise. That provides a way to bet against higher borrowing costs, with a hedge against a decline.
Shorting interest rates is a bet they will rise. The average rate on at typical 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage was 4.19 percent last week, Freddie Mac surveys show. That compares with the 6.14 percent average during the past two decades.
"It's an incredibly attractive instrument," Buffett said. "It's a 30-minute instrument if you've been wrong on interest rates and it's a 30-year instrument if you've been right on interest rates."
Berkshire is the largest shareholder in Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), the biggest U.S. home lender.
-By Noah Buhayar
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-07/buffett-says-no-brainer-to-get-mortgage-to-short-rates.html
Chow Channels De Blasio in Plans for Toronto Housing
Olivia Chow plans to emulate the affordable housing policies of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and the traffic-fighting strategies of Chicago if elected to run Canada's largest city.
Chow said she'd seek to allocate 20 percent of each new residential tower to affordable housing in a push to add 15,000 low-income rental units in Toronto, reminiscent of De Blasio's platform. She would also fight gridlock by raising the fee developers pay when blocking city streets during construction like Chicago does.
"I learned from New York," Chow said in an interview at Bloomberg's Toronto office yesterday. "We have similar challenges. We have a prosperous city, but we also have some neighborhoods where people are getting left behind. Bill de Blasio in New York said 'No one should be left behind' and a focus on investing in children is where I'm coming from."
House prices in the city of 2.6 million residents soared 7.7 percent last month to a record and drivers face one of the longest rush-hour commutes in North America. Congestion costs the city and its surrounding area as much as C$11 billion ($9.9 billion) a year, according to the Toronto-based nonprofit research institute C.D. Howe Institute.
Chow is up against John Tory, an ex-Rogers Communications Inc. executive in Toronto's Oct. 27 municipal election and Doug Ford, a city councilor who entered the leadership race when his brother and incumbent mayor Rob Ford dropped out after being diagnosed with cancer. Rob Ford garnered international attention last year after admitting he smoked crack cocaine.
Housing Surges
After a strong start at the beginning of the campaign Chow has fallen behind, garnering 22 percent of support in a Forum Research poll of 1,218 voters conducted yesterday. Ford, who like his brother has emphasized tax cuts, surged to 37 percent support, according to the poll, which had a margin of error of 2.8 percentage points. Tory is in the lead at 39 percent, the poll said.
Chow, a former federal member of parliament for the New Democratic Party, said that many people can't afford to live and work in the city, which crimps economic growth.
"The affordability of housing" is a crisis situation, said Chow. "People pay far too much of their income because the rent is too high, they can barely afford it. Which means they don't have a lot of money left to go out, buy a meal."
There were about 91,000 people on the waiting list for affordable housing last year in the city, according to the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association.
At the same time, there are more condo towers under construction in Toronto than any other city in North America. Home prices last month climbed 7.7 percent to C$573,676 from the same month the previous year. The International Monetary Fund said that the high household debt and overvalued housing market pose a risk.
"We are continuing to get a lot of immigrants coming to the city," Chow said when asked about the housing boom. "As long as we keep growing, there is housing demand. The vacancy rate is very, very low."
In New York, De Blasio was voted in with a platform that prioritized public housing. So far he's pushed to construct or preserve 200,000 affordable-housing units, provide rent subsidies and universal, all-day pre-kindergarten.
Chow's platform includes expanding after-school programs by about C$3.2 million per year, adding C$2 million a year to the kids nutrition program she started while on the school board as a local Toronto politician in the 1980s, and investing C$15 million to create 3,000 new child-care spaces in the city.
On transit, a central issue in the campaign, Chow said she'd raise the fee for developers blocking city streets to help traffic flow more freely.
She would also push the provincial and national governments to inject more cash into the transit system in North America's fourth-largest city.
"What we need is a provincial and federal government that returns some of our tax dollars back to the city," she said. Without long-term funding from the other levels of government, Toronto can't plan development, she said. "It's not just me saying it, it's big cities saying that we have to change how we work together. That's what's holding Canada and municipalities back."
-By Katia Dmitrieva
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-07/chow-channels-de-blasio-in-plans-for-toronto-housing.html
Deutsche Bank Said to Explore Selling U.S. Real Estate
Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) is exploring the sale of about $2 billion of U.S. commercial real estate loans held by the bank's Special Situations Group, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Germany's largest lender is considering a joint venture with a private-equity firm, said the person, who asked not to be named because the talks are private. The assets comprise distressed mortgages and other types of debt.
Amanda Williams, a spokeswoman for Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank, declined to comment on the potential sale.
Deutsche Bank is seeking to take advantage of rising real estate values and investor appetite for higher-yielding debt. Financial institutions around the world are also shrinking their businesses because of stricter capital rules and before the implementation of the Volcker Rule, a provision of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that restricts banks' ability to trade with their own money.
The Special Situations Group is overseen by Jonathan Pollack, the New York-based global head of commercial real estate for Europe's biggest investment bank. In the aftermath of the financial crisis it bought distressed assets including a portfolio of loans from Capmark Financial Group Inc. in 2012.
Alternative-asset investing firms including Oaktree Capital Group LLC (OAK), Ares Management LP (ARES) and Apollo Global Management LLC are expanding their real-estate offerings as they diversity their revenue streams. Oaktree this year hired Ben Bianchi, the former global head of Deutsche Bank's Special Situations Group, as the Los Angeles-based firm raises its first real estate debt fund.
Oaktree is seeking returns net of fees in the high single digits with its real estate debt strategy, John Frank, the firm's vice chairman, said on a February conference call. The group is seeking opportunities that carry less risk than those pursued by its real estate opportunities funds, and the debt strategy has appealed to investors seeking yield, Frank said.
Deutsche Bank is a dominant player in the commercial-mortgage bond market where loans on everything from strip malls to skyscrapers are packaged into securities and sold to investors. The bank has been the top underwriter in the U.S. since 2011, according to the Commercial Mortgage Alert, an industry newsletter.
-By Sarah Mulholland and Devin Banerjee
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-07/deutsche-bank-said-to-explore-selling-u-s-real-estate.html


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Last week I attended an event hosted at Marchesa in River North by MGP, maker of Till Vodka and George Remus Bourbon. We enjoyed cocktails with some light bites and got a bit of history on a Mr. Remus, dubbed "King of the Bootleggers." He began in the pharmacy business in Chicago at just 14-year-old and later became a criminal attorney. As he defended criminals who were very wealthy, he used his legal knowledge to find loopholes in the prohibition laws that allowed him to dispense alcohol for "medicinal purposes." He was soon one of the most prominent gangsters in the city and fled the feds for a farm in the Cincinnati area, where he continued his illegal activity.
Till Vodka is produced in Kansas from Midwestern wheat where they've been distilling the product for 77 years. About 6 years ago, MGP also acquired a 170-year-old distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. That's where George Remus bourbon is made. In addition, rye whiskey, bouton, gin and vodka are produced at the facility under about 50 different labels.
Our evening started with a Strawberry Lemon Drop made with Till Vodka that was more sweet than tart, accomplished partly by that delicious strawberry infused sugar rim. Passed hors d'oeuvres included smoked salmon on toast points, chicken croquetas with paprika aioli, Peruvian purple potatoes with creme fraiche and caviar and grilled octopus with confit potato skewers.
After this first cocktail that we enjoyed at the bar, we moved downstairs to a lovely lounge space where we were schooled on the MGP products and the exploits of Mr. Remus. There we sampled the vodka, George Remus bourbon and a special Reamus Repeal Reserve, a blend of bourbon whiskies aged over four years with a hint of vanilla, maple aroma and rye flavor.
Till Vodka and George Remus products just recently became avaible in Chicagoland and can be found at Binny's. They are now available in 12 states.
In addition to sampling the spirits, we tried two cocktails with the George Remus Whiskey - The Kings Circle, which was a take on an old fashioned, and the Bootlegger, created by Marchesa staff.
We enjoyed tasting the cocktails and listening to all the stories - my favorite being that Remus was a friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald and according to some sources, the Great Gatsby was loosely based off of him.
Marchesa was a beautiful space that I'd love to return to again and the spirits are ones I could definitely drink again...and again...and again.


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Via 313 Pizzeria
How Place Makes Pizza
Kriston Capps
Where To Eat Pizza looks at what cities worldwide put into a pie. Thank the auto industry for Detroit's square-shaped tradition.
Blue steel industrial utility trays were ubiquitous in Detroit in 1946. At the height of the auto industry's power, these could be found in virtually any factory. They were wholly conventional. They weren't even blue: That's just the name of the grade of steel used to make them.
But Gus Guerra saw something special in blue steel utility trays: He saw a little piece of home. Guerra, who was working at Buddy's Pizzeria in 1946, figured that he could make a decent Sicilian-style pizza in a blue steel utility tray. Even if the pan was rectangular in shape.
A Photographic Ode to the New York Pizzeria
The New York Pizza Project documents the heart and soul of the tiny, fast-paced restaurants that fuel the city.
He was right. The trays only need a little bit of oil to be non-stick, and they turn out to be excellent conductors of heat, according to Daniel Young, a London-based food critic and former restaurant critic for the New York Daily News. The pan gave Detroit's deep-dish pizza its defining characteristic: the way that the Wisconsin-brick cheese leaks out and burns along the edges of the pan, creating its caramelized crust.
"That became the signature," Young says. "This thing from the auto plants, this piece of equipment that would hold screws and bolts and nuts and thingamajigs, actually found its true calling as a pizza pan."
Even if the 1946 story is rooted in apocrypha, the fact remains: Detroit pizza's been square ever since. This history has made Buddy's Pizzeria a favorite among Detroit pizza eaters, one reason why Buddy's is listed in Where To Eat Pizza—a new, 576-page global directory to the very best pizzerias in the world.
Daniel Young, Where To Eat Pizza (Phaidon, 2016)
Young, the author and editor of Where To Eat Pizza, didn't set out to make a guide to the best pizza-pie on the planet. That atlas might include just a handful of places: New York, Naples, Rome, Sicily. Instead, Where To Eat Pizza lists the best pizzerias across the entire world—from Pizzeria Trta in Ljubljana to Franco's Pizzeria and Trattoria in Johannesburg to Pinzeria by Bontempi in Moscow. All told, the book features 1,705 pizzerias from 48 countries around the globe, including pizza places from 128 cities in all 50 U.S. states.
Young's original goal was to assemble a book of essays, recipes, and recommendations—"more of a pizza bible," he says. Instead, he wound up writing something of a pie-oriented sequel to Where Chefs Eat, another directory published by Phaidon. Young says that the listings format is "a little more reflective of the obsession or insanity that we have for foods like pizza."
The "Margarita in the 'D'" pizza [sic] from Detroit Style Pizza. (Detroit Style Pizza)
Young says that he modeled the process for assembling the book after the James Beard Foundation Awards. First, he convened a panel of 121 regional experts from across the world. Brett Anderson, restaurant critic for The Times-Picayune, served as the regional expert for New Orleans; Nomi Abeliovich covered Israel; Isidora Díaz got Chile; and so on. These 121 regional experts in turn deputized a total of 956 "pizza informants" to vote on recommendations.
"Those [regional experts] found between 3 and 40 voters from their region, depending on the importance of the region, pizzawise," Young says. Every area listed in the book includes listings for six pizzerias: three within city or neighborhood limits and three from the broader area worth the trip. So every pizza place falls within somebody's top-three list.
"The pizza's made with a San Francisco sourdough starter and Italian DOP tomatoes and it's served in a Chinese restaurant with a Filipina chef and a chef-owner who is a Korean-born orphan raised in Oklahoma," reads a listing by Francis Lam of the pizza at Mission Chinese Food on the Lower East Side in New York City. "Only in America!"
Where To Eat Pizza is a text that pizza purists (okay, New Yorkers) might find deeply disturbing at first glance. Young freely acknowledges that the very best pizzeria in Slovenia might not stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the 30th-best pizzeria in New York. But the purpose of the book is to demonstrate how—despite the best efforts of New Yorkers, Neapolitans, and Sicilians, or perhaps because of them—pizza is the world's most global food.
To be sure, many nations that may boast excellent, or at least adequate, pizzerias are not listed in the guide. That reflects the limits of Young's intelligence network, he says, more than the limits of the global reach of 'za. "Pizza is everywhere," Young says. "There might be areas of Sub-Saharan Africa that might be difficult to find. But there's a lot of pizza everywhere, and there's more good pizza in more places than at any time."
Hence Young's essays on Japan's obsession with Neapolitan pizza (the nation has the third most Vera Pizza Napoletana–certified pizzerias in the world), Marseille's status as the home of the very first pizza food truck (pizza truckers there formed a union in 1973), and Detroit's signature square pizza (thanks to the auto plants).
Each and every one of these places in turn influences what pizza will look like tomorrow. While Neapolitan and New York–style pizza have toured the globe, new ingredients and new methods will continue to shape the pizza of the future. Young predicts that bakeries will have a big hand in what happens to pizza next: Bakers all over the world are already rethinking what classic pizza dough should be.
"It's not just New York or Tokyo," Young says. "You have great pizza in Nagoya, Japan, or Flagstaff, Arizona, or Asheville, North Carolina. Great pizza takes one very committed geek to say, 'I'm just going to learn how to do this,' and have high standards and work at it for 6 to 8 months, locked up in a basement or something. That geek can just as soon be in Asheville as in Brooklyn."
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Kriston Capps is a staff writer for CityLab covering housing, architecture, and politics. He previously worked as a senior editor for Architect magazine.


Walk around the halls at Yeti and you'll find women who can tear your legs off on the uphill and mock you on the downhill. The SB100 Beti quickly gained a reputation for its climbing ability and for how it descends. It's the bike of choice for those who race in XC or multi-day stage races.
This is what can be done with short travel and Switch Infinity. It transcends the weight-weenie, uphill-only models and replaces it with a precision riding bike. If some people assume it's a downhiller's XC bike, whatever … for Yeti, it's simply the bike they always wanted to build.
When Yeti designed the SB5 Beti, they made it to excel in the most demanding situations. Their female ambassadors are aggressive riders and wanted a lightweight bike that could handle the rigors of a long epic ride or even lift served access.
The SB5 is perhaps Yeti's most versatile all-mountain bike. Born on the trails of Colorado, this bike represents everything a trail bike should be — lightweight, nimble on climbs, and dominant on descents.
When you throw a leg over the all-new SB150, you'll find it rides strikingly similar to nothing. It is difficult to put into a category. Some may say it's too slack, too low, too long, too different. But riders who push this bike quickly become accustomed to their newfound capability.
Piloted by the best riders in the world, the SB6 is built for for pounding out enduro race days and taking on big terrain. It has six inches of travel and geometry that is at home on the transfers, but optimized for smashing downhills.
SB5 Beti is built for hard-charging women who are looking for the ideal trail bike. What makes the Beti different? A custom-tuned Fox shock for lighter weight riders, slightly narrower (but still plenty wide) handlebars for narrower shoulders, and shorter crank lengths on the smaller frame sizes. Shorter cranks make it easier to spin and carry momentum, and they improve clearance in technical sections. Yeti's TURQ series frames are made from the highest quality carbon fiber available and offer the perfect balance of stiffness and compliance. The result is a bike that feels smooth, solid and aggressive. Yeti's Switch Infinity suspension platform and smart frame design grants you the trail-ruling trinity of deep travel support with small bump sensitivity and rock-solid climbing. Add 5 inches of ample Fox Factory suspension to the equation and you have a frame that is nearly unstoppable. SRAM's 12-speed X01 Eagle drivetrain is a joy to use thanks to its satisfyingly snappy shifts while Guide RSC brakes provide confidence-inspiring modulation. The 27.5-inch DT Swiss wheels roll on grippy Maxxis Ardent tires for bite over loose and technical terrain. Yeti rounds out this shred-ready build with a women's WTB saddle and a Fox Transfer dropper post so you stay comfortable and in control.
This is how the employees at Yeti spec their personal bikes — 10mm more travel up front and a burlier shock in back — and this setup has been tried and tested on countless laps in the Colorado Front Range as well as stops on the EWS circuit. Yeti selected their favorite parts to withstand the chunky, rocky tracks in their backyard. With 160mm of Kashima-coated Fox Factory suspension up front and a Float DPX2 in the rear, this bike is built to take a beating. SRAM Guide RSC brakes with 180mm rotors and an X01 drivetrain ensure smooth shifting and ample stopping power. Rounded out with a Fox Transfer cable-actuated dropper, Ergon grips, and Maxxis tires, this rig is rowdy-ready.


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New Chairman Faces Digital Transition, Indecency Issues
As Kevin Martin begins his new role as chairman of the FCC, several broadcast issues are pending at the commission, including finalizing rules for digital radio and deciding how to end the digital transition for TV. Other issues awaiting action include resolution of media ownership limits, caught in a holding pattern through court appeals, and complaints about broadcast indecency.
The 39-year-old Martin is a former White House aide who worked for the Bush campaign in 2000. Prior to joining the campaign, Martin was an advisor to FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth.
Republican Martin has been a commissioner since 2001 and does not require reconfirmation. His elevation and the departure of Michael Powell leave a Republican slot open, and that nominee will require Senate approval.
"I thank Chairman Powell for his excellent stewardship of this agency, and I look forward to continuing his efforts in bringing the communications industry into the 21st Century," said Martin in a statement.
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Nathan Simington, originally from Canada, spotlights "the gift of U.S. citizenship"
It reminds broadcasters and other participants of their responsibilities


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Curbside Classic: 1981 Eagle Limited – The Outback Of Its Time
– Posted on March 15, 2021
The Subaru Outback has created a huge genre that it essentially owns: the lifted AWD wagon. Almost 200k are sold in the US per year. It's propelled Subaru's relentless growth for decades, since the first Outback appeared in 1995. No one has challenged that to any meaningful degree.
But before that, there was the Eagle.
And of before that, there was the Subaru 4WD wagon. But back in the seventies, the Subaru 4WD wagon was hardly mainstream, finding its first toeholds on the American market in quirky places like the mountains of Colorado, California, Vermont and Oregon.
The Eagle—which arrived in 1980—was as all-American and mainstream as it got. It was of course an American Motors Concord with a full-time AWD (Quadratrac) system, and a healthy dose of ground clearance, a two-tone paint job, some cladding, bigger wheels and tires and fender flares to go with them.
Which was of course exactly all the things that differentiated the Outback from the regular Legacy AWD wagon. And that made all the difference in the world, as in quite likely saving the company, as Subaru was in a bad way in the early 1990s. The Eagle formula created a winner for Subaru, and it's never looked back.
The big difference was that in its best early years, the Eagle wagon sold some 25k units, but then sales dwindled away to some 5k in 1987 and a mere 2,306 in 1988, its last year.
Why did the Eagle crash and the Outback fly? Undoubtedly for the same reasons just about every other American car line has failed: The Outback was a much more suitable package to the kind of buyers that really wanted an AWD wagon. It was more economical than the Eagle's big thirsty 258 CI (4.2 L) pushrod six that managed all of 110 hp and had some 3,500 lbs to motivate. Subarus were high in quality like other Japanese brands; AMC struggled with that…quality. And Japanese cars were just strongly favored by the kind of demographics that were embracing the values that Subaru was pushing: Outdoorsy, natural, hip, etc..
That's another quality American Motors struggled with, until its European-inspired Cherokee arrived in 1984. That changed everything, and the Eagle was made utterly redundant by it, which of course mostly explains its steep drop in sales after 1984. The Cherokee was effectively the first true crossover, in the sense that sucked in buyers who previously wouldn't have considered a trucky SUV, thanks to its four doors, decent ride and handling, and space-efficient unibody construction.
I've covered the details of the Eagle's curious conception and birth here, so this time, we'll mostly admire this well-worn survivor. After 40 years, it's showing its well-earned patina and a few other signs of aging, but its still looks quite solid overall.
This is a top of the line Limited, and I'd forgotten that these had "loose pillow" seats in leather. I didn't get a good shot of the dash.
So here's a brochure shot, that shows it to best advantage. My memory is that they weren't exactly a pinnacle of quality, in terms of materials and fit. That duct under the steering wheel to the a/c outlet shows how antiquated this car was, as the Hornet dated back to 1969. AMC was the master of cobbling things up in the '70s; the Studebaker of the times.
The back seat has obviously had fewer seat-miles.
AMC's design history is a study in contrasts: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. And the original 1971 Hornet Sportback wagon was clearly in the first category, previewing the stylistic benefits of a steeply raked rear window/tailgate. They became almost universal eventually. And it made the Eagle look more contemporary in the early eighties than it had any right to be. I can't imagine any Big Three wagon from 1969 that could still be sold in the mid-eighties, even with AWD and a jacked up body. Can you?
This Eagle has flown too close to the sun a bit too much.
A fender-bender that wasn't.
It's a crossover; of brougham and Jeep.
Valle Vidal is where I'd like to be right now; it's a pristine mountain basin in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico. And that sticker was advocating for it being spared gas and oil exploration, which happened in 2006.
This is the first Eagle I've seen in a while, and I can't help but wonder how much longer it's going to be before it gets replaced by an…Outback.
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Kem Hayes
Why in the heck does this writer get so upset with the lower left vent? What is wrong with that? Oh, maybe it's because it's an AMC and not some Japanese car. Never mind.
He pointed it out as an example of circa-1970 engineering that the Big 3 had long since moved on from but AMC couldn't afford to.
AMC wasn't behind the times at all, the 1970 Rebel/Ambassador and Javelin had wholly conventional A/C vents integrated into the main dash just like any car from the big three, and had for some time. The Hornet's design was a major step up from the previous American that used a tacked on under dash 3 vent AC system, where the Hornet ran ducting through the top center of the dash and to the sides like any modern setup.
The design is certainly distinctive and by 1981 it was completely outdated in what AMC was now pitching as a top of the line vehicle but there's no reason to assume the initial design was a crude limitation of AMCs resources. It appears that lower tray was an option outside of A/C
Non-AC
VDubDave
Posted March 15, 2021 at 2:08 PM
And looks like no dash vents anywhere.
But either way, no outboard blank tabs or plates on either driver or passenger side, only in center stack.
CPJ
Because it's a perfect example of how crude AMC products were in the early '80.
The wife's uncle had an '81 Eagle and I was taken back on how unrefined it was. Typical of AMC – a great idea (making a 4 wheel drive passenger wagon) but terrible execution and build quality. And, they were not exactly cheap either. He said MPG was about 15 and it had a propensity to eat tires, a set lasting no more than15K miles.
Glenn M. Swisher, Jr.
Great write-up Paul. From the interior shot of the instrument panel (and the brochure shot) the steering column lock looks like the General Motors lock in use at the time. You mentioned AMC being the Studebaker of the times. Did AMC use a GM steering column along with GM locks and keys?
TomLU86
AMC probably did use a GM steering column.
I read somewhere in the early/mid 1980s as a student, that in a GM car, 70% of the content was made by GM. Ford was 50/50. Chrysler was 30/70. I imagine AMC would trend like Chrysler.
As to the steering columns…
You'd be surprised at some vehicles, many often better than their GM competitors, that used "Saginaw Steering" steering column assemblies. As in 1990s Honda Accords and Chrysler minivans.
Yes AMC used Saginaw steering columns. You can use a GM lock cylinder in the column to replace it and that is what you will get when you go to the store. However you can not use a GM key in the original lock. The groove on the side of the key is in a different place. IH also used Saginaw Column and the same "not GM" lock cylinder and keys as supplied to AMC
Chrysler also purchased Saginaw columns in a number of years, however they had the money to have it customized.
The Eagle was simultaneusly ahead of the times ad behind the times. AMC was anongst the first to release the appeal of a go-anywhere car like this, and through its Jeep parts supply had what was needed to put it in production, The Eagle 4×4 sold well for the first few years, but it was oviously a 12 year old body but then the Cheorkee 4 door arrived in AMC showrooms and quickly started stealing sales with its modern body. The CUV/SUV craze was in full swing.
When these came out, my father thought they were just about the perfect vehicle. But he stuck with stuff like a 2WD Toyota pickup with snow tires and bags of salt in the bed during the winter.
Today, he's consistantly kept a Subaru Outback.
This is the first that I've seen this car having a gauge cluster in front of the gearshift lever. A poor spot, the driver would have to take their eyes off the road to check readings.
The lower left A/C vent is reminiscent of Mopar's air vent doors on the lower left in the '70s.
NYCMT
An orthopedic surgeon colleague of my father's replaced his wife's Cressida with one of these in '83 or thereabouts when she was pregnant with the third kid. They lived (and still live) in a large house next to a lake at the end of a winding forest lane that wasn't paved until the early 2000s, and I'm sure the daily workout of bouncing down the rutted path shook the Eagle to pieces long before it needed to be replaced in 1985 with a Suburban for the third kid (and the fourth kid in 1989.)
Paul, the orthopod, kept his '73 BMW 2002 under a tarp.
I don't know that I ever realized the two tone color scheme on the Eagles was exactly like what Subaru and (now via the black cladding and wheelwell trim) everyone else adopted. It's attractive in blue, that copper color seems to be the default on the majority of them.
The first year of Outback wasn't lifted, for 1995 it was just a minor trim level of Legacy wagon, possibly to gauge reaction, then for 1996 it got the lift and the raised roof etc and the rest is history.
principaldan
I wonder if anyone has ever gone to the trouble of putting an AMC V8 into an Eagle Wagon? Seems like the real world fuel economy wouldn't be that different. Now that I think of it, likely it would be easier and more frugal to put the fuel injection from the H.O. version of that 6 cyl that Jeeps got right before that I-6 was fazed out.
Back in the late 90s when I was still a subscriber to FourWheel and OffRoad magazine there were a few Eagle 4×4 running around the Reader's Rides section. Most of them had been modified when possible with the Jeep parts that would work.
Yes people do put the EFI 4.0 in, often including the 5sp and part time transfer case, it also in not uncommon to hang the 4.0 EFI on the 4.2, or mix and match both for a EFI 4.6.
VanillaMan
I was in Colorado during this. We had Jeeps. They were iconic and although not a quality product, they were numerous and most daily repairs were handled by the owners and friends. CJ5 and CJ7 were about as dependable as typical US products at the time.
Then there were Japanese cars. They were dependable, but not intended for off-roading. Folks drove them around the Front Range and pushed them over I-70 nicely.
When we got the Subaru 4WD wagon, it was seen as dependable, quirky and a possible daily driver in the Rockies. But they were costly, in comparison to other Japanese cars. They were cheaper than Jeeps, but then again, they weren't Jeeps. The Subaru 4WD had admirable qualities, but were narrow and a weird.
Then there were AMC Eagles. It was a near-decade old Hornet that AMC had been selling forever. AMC wasn't a brand with a bright future. The Eagle was a Hornet/Jeep? When it arrived, it was already dated-looking, cost a lot more than a Hornet, which we were all familiar with, and had Jeep quality, as I had mentioned earlier, was not seen as reliable.
What could have succeeded was if AMC, like Subaru finally did in 1980, was able to offer the Eagle with a new body – not an old Hornet. When Subaru went into its new generation with the 4WD – it became a hit. After a few years of earning its stripes on mountain roads, the new Subaru with 4WD sold like crazy and there were no mark-downs. The entire Subaru line up became a seller's market. Had AMC offered a new generation with 4WD – it would have been far more successful.
AMC covered their bases with the new Jeep Cherokee and the Cherokee was around a long time, so it was understandable if some at AMC just saw the Eagle replacement as the Cherokee. What would have happened if AMC offered a Cherokee with AMC styling? I believe it would have worked.
The Eagle was successful, but as the Jeep Cherokee. After Subaru returned to its 4WD roots in the mid 1990s, it also became a success.
When I was in high school there was a young lady who drove a heavily used FWD Loyale as her first car. Even as a teen I couldn't figure out why anyone would buy a Subaru that wasn't AWD. To me that was the only compelling reason to purchase one.
Eventually Subaru caught up to my way of thinking. 😉
Subaru offered front wheel drive cars in the US years before Datsun and Toyota; a time when the only Honda car here had a two-cylinder air-cooled engine. When the Datsun F10 showed up, Subaru had been selling their standard FWD sedans and coupes for about five years. Toyota took another few years to offer the FWD Corolla Tercel, and Honda didn't have a comparably-sized car until the 1977 Accord. Although Subarus today are synonymous with brilliantly-marketed substandard goods, they really didn't have an unusually high rate of engine failures before their cams moved to their heads. A neighbor of mine once pointed out that as recently as the early '80s, Subaru had the highest customer satisfaction scores in the country.
Indeed, in 1976 my Father needed a 2nd car, we'd just moved back up to Vermont (1st was in mid 60's) and wanted something good in the snow, but small since gas shortages were recent memory. Most small cars were still RWD, he looked at the F10, what turned him off (no, not the styling) was a vent on the hood, as an engineer (actually chemist) it smacked of being an obvious engineering change, guess it had something to do with caburator icing…even though we were familiar with and liked Datsun, they didn't have any other FWD models at the time. He ended up buying a new FWD only Subaru DL, they did have a few AWD models (think they were all wagons then?) but Surbaru was pretty much unknown, from the dealer in Winooski. It was an alright car, but chinsey, the hood flew open when it didn't fully latch causing it to buckle when the car was only a year old, and for the rest of the time he owned it there was a shock cord that went between the front 2 wheelwells holding the hood down. My sister inherited it in 1980 when he got a Dodge Omni (also FWD), but it didn't last too much longer after that.
My Dad did buy another Dodge (his last one was a 600 bought in 1986) but never another Subaru…we'd left Vermont about the time they started getting popular, my brother-in-law never gave them a 2nd glance until they became the car of the US ski team and he could park my sister's for free.
We moved to Texas 40 years ago, no longer need the FWD, but cars transitioned to it about the time we moved here, RWD would be fine for us but hardly any cars except Chrysler and expensive imports still offer it so we stick with FWD….don't need AWD, never had it when we lived up north, back then it was only in trucks, even AMC hadn't come out with it in cars yet (did so just about the time we moved south).
Back in 1980 when the Eagle was new, my folks decided they wanted a 4wd wagon, so they chose between the Eagle and the (also new for '80) Subaru. They test-drove the Eagle, but were a bit apprehensive about AMC's quality and whether the company would be around much longer. They ended up buying a Subaru GL instead.
Ironically, their Subaru had a lot of reliability issues. The 4wd was fun and novel at the time, but the rest of the car was horrendous. In hindsight the Eagle may have been the better choice.
My folks' bad Subaru experience turned them off to the brand for quite a while, but then in the mid 1990s they gave Subaru a try again, found the quality better, and my mom has owned Subaru wagons ever since.
The folks at Subaru didn't understand why Americans were buying their cars. So, they tried to copy the success the other Japanese brands were having and didn't do well. Fortunately for them, they found their niche with the Outback and it happened at the right time.
I guess it is a Boomer thing. I can't figure out their popularity over the competition. Seniors love them.
Kita Ikki
From the last photo … the "lifted" Eagle seems barely taller than the Mk4 Golf in front of it.


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As ominous as its name sounds, metallosis is a form of metal poisoning found with chromium and cobalt. These materials were used to manufacture the artificial hip replacers, and now it has been proven they are subject to corrosion and leeching into the body.
Many Florida injury attorneys are now dealing with a plentiful amount of wrongful death suits, and are left wondering what exactly went wrong. Some like Attorney Cal Warriner and family law practices like Roman & Roman in Tampa believe the problem lies within current legislation.
How exactly does this happen? In the U.S., the FDA is funded largely by manufacturers also seeking its approval. Since there is little in the way of funding or staff resources to thoroughly examine every single product proposal, the FDA will sometimes comply with major manufacturers (aka financial backers) to save time and expense.
Meanwhile, other countries have a registry maintained mostly by the government – allowing funding to be distributed to the proper channels and for problems with products to be identified far earlier than what has happened here in the states. In fact, Australia was already sounding the bell on Stryker years before the U.S. stopped using them in surgery.
medical malpractice via Stryker's products. If you or someone you love is the victim of malpractice, contact a personal injury lawyer in Tampa as soon as possible. The pre-suit steps are tricky and you may not ever reach the courts if they are not executed properly. An experienced lawyer will hear your case and take the best course of action. While there is no guarantee a lawsuit will be successful, you owe it to yourself or your injured family member to give it a try. Until laws change to regulate more strongly on such an issue as hip joint registries, legal assistance will be your best defense.


Paso Robles, Calif. – September 16, 2015 – Lazer Star Lights' Endeavour 2×2 LED light kit is a popular choice among off-road enthusiasts who want to ride even after the sun has gone down. Now, Lazer Star is offering an even more powerful option, the 5-watt Endeavor E5, to add extra brilliance to twilight and night time rides.
The double row LED light bar features two rows of two LEDs, providing a compact, easy-to-mount lighting solution. Each kit contains two light bars for a total of 4,000 Lumens, and kits come in either a spot or flood configuration.
Thanks to Lazer Star's carefully engineered housing, the Endeavor E5 lights are universal in application. In addition to off-road use on motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs and 4WD vehicles such as Jeeps, the Endeavor E5 is also a viable lighting solution for trailers and even marine vehicles.
The Lazer Star Lights Endeavour E5 kits are available direct from LazerStarLights.com and through your local Lazer Star Lights dealer. Find Lazer Star on Facebook, subscribe to their YouTube channel, and follow @LazerStarLights on Twitter and Instagram for more updates and special offers.


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Sonoma County Library Teen Film Festival
Online Festival / Awards Event
Teen Librarian
Allison Palmer
Sonoma County Library is having its first ever SCL Teenage Film Festival! Are you an amateur filmmaker? Has TikTok or YouTube awakened your passion for cinema? All Sonoma County teens ages 12 to 19 are invited to compete. Take some time over the break to shoot and edit your own 6-minute masterpiece. A jury will review all submitted entries and select films screened at the festival. Prizes will be awarded for the best films in various categories.
Prizes include Fandango gift cards for streaming new movies at home and a gift certificate for purchasing audio/visual equipment.
All short films must be written, directed, and edited by teens ages 12 to 19. The filmmaker/director must be a resident of Sonoma County. All entries must be teen-produced, and may be either a group project or individual work. Adult guidance and instruction are permissible, but the planning and production must reflect teen effort. Note, however, that adults may act in and assist with your film. Films may be on any topic, but must be G or PG rated in language and subject matter, as defined by the Motion Pictures Association, or they will be disqualified. Title pages and credits should be included in your film. Unless relevant to the plot, please do not include bloopers in your submitted film. Films may be no more than 6 minutes in length including credits.
Use of sound or video clips from other films, television shows, music videos, etc. within your submitted work is not permitted unless those clips are in the public domain or you have received written permission from the copyright holder. This includes the use of trademarked products or characters. Filmmakers can also use their own original music. Additionally, copyright-free, public domain, trade-friendly or creative commons copyright music can be used. Each filmmaker may submit up to two, and no more than, two films. All new footage should be made while following Sonoma County's social distancing guidelines.
All films between 30 seconds and 6 minutes are welcome whether they are fiction, documentary, experimental, animation, or anything else!


Learn how to make a 3D printed/customized portable electronics organizer.
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Modifying a previous 3D print into a different kind of component holder.
Design a versatile "third hand" with your 3D printer to hold various sizes of wires. A little bending and the ends of the wires are touching, ready for solder.
Want to break away from your computer's USB connection and run your 3D printer independently? Find out how.
Makerbot Customizer software makes modding a Thingiverse downloaded design a breeze.
Need more room on your workbench? Then, create custom holders for your tools and their accessories.
Briding the Gap of Packaging With 3D Printing.
The three main areas to designing a project are: hardware, software, and packaging. While hardware and software have come a long way over the years, replicating custom enclosures has been on the expensive side ... until now.
I recently received a development setup that I found quite interesting, as it's targeted at my favorite audience—the beginner market. It is called the CHIPAXE system.
The one thing I always wanted to add was a breadboard area, so I modified the development board included with the Starter Kit — it's called the low pin count development board.
Keep track of your distance traveled on the golf coarse with this counting application.
In my January column, I described the I2C form of serial communication. This month, I am covering its cousin — the Serial Peripheral Interface or SPI communication.
Email feedback has made it clear that there are many who would like me to go back and cover how to get started, as the title of the column suggests. Though I've covered this in many previous columns, much has changed, and there are still some beginner topics I have not covered.
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is a common term in today's microcontroller (MCU) world. What PWM is and how you use it are the subjects of this column.
When Nuts & Volts asked me to cover Convergence 2004, I said no problem. I usually go there every couple years and I was due to visit again. The show had some very interesting items for the Nuts & Volts reader. First though, let me tell you what Convergence is, in case you aren't familiar with it.
This article describes this project and shows how easy it is to use the A/D port with the PICBasic Pro compiler. In fact, I was able to write the code within 31 commands so this could be done with the sample version of PICBasic Pro which you can download from [url=http://www.melabs.com]http://www.melabs.com[/url] for free.
One of the more interesting things I've discovered about the readers of Nuts & Volts is their diversity. Through the emails I've received from writing this column, I've discovered that both hobbyists and professionals read these articles.
If you have been fooling with electronics as long as I have, you will have seen a lot of changes throughout the years. I watched the birth of integrated circuits which led to op-amps and TTL or CMOS digital chips, and eventually to the microcontroller. Somewhere along the way, an eight-pin chip used by hobbyists all over the world was developed.
One of the more common emails I receive involves recommendations on which PIC® microcontroller (MCU) should be stocked in the home lab.


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New Delhi: A dance drama based on the life of Raja Rammohun Roy, called the father of modern Indian society, will be staged on the evening of November 5 and 6, 2022 at Kartavya Path and India Gate (Central Vista).
Titled 'Yugpurush Raja Rammohun Roy', the program is based on the theme 'Nari Samman' and is organized by the Raja Ram Mohun Roy Library Foundation.
The Ministry of Culture, Government of India has launched a year-long celebration on 22 May 2022 to mark the 250th birth anniversary of Raja Ram Mohan Roy under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
40 artists will participate in the show directed by the well-known choreographer Neelay Sengupta.
Based on the life of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the dance drama brings the audience up close to his great works, lofty ideals and philosophy of life. The show starts at 6:00 p.m. and admission is absolutely free for everyone.
Born in Radhanagar, Bengal on 22 May 1772, Raja Rammohun Roy played a remarkable role in religious, social and political reforms in India. He was the founder of Brahmo Samaj and always advocated modern and scientific approach.
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In today's competive arena, we cannot afford to only operate as a retail company. Being competive today requires a renewed focus on building long-term relation with customers. Establishing new channels can provide revenue opportunities that you are not currently capturing. They should be a trading exchange, wholesale, value-added resale, a new distribution networks, or direct selling, etc.
A side effect of establishing a new channel is the ability to reach alternative customers that you are not currently serving effectively. You might reach other geographies or other customer types. It allows to search the registries, presumably for the purpose of finding compatible business partners. Recognize that it is a real person within the account who is the buyer, decision-maker, influencer, etc. of your product. JobberStreet have made the process of finding new business partners a lot easier than it was ever before.
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import com.google.common.primitives.Longs;

import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
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import java.util.Date;

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 * A {@link DateMode} determines the way how to
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News about the liberation of hostages in the locality of Moungo-Ndor in the Nguti Subdivision of the Kupe Muanenguba Division of the South West Region on 2 April, 2018 came as a sigh of relief to many. In the presence of cabinet ministers, officials of the Italian and Swiss Consular services where citizens were involved in the incident were present at the ceremony organised in the Ministry of External Relations to present the 12 hostages; seven from Switzerland and five from Italy.
In the presence of news reporters, the Minister of Communication, Issa Tchiroma Bakary announced that the tourists were liberated from the hands of secessionists by the anti-terrorist unit of the Rapid Intervention Battalion, BIR after a fire exchange with the terrorists which led to the arrest of some assailants, while three members of the defence forces, including an officer, sustaining minor injuries.
Details of the official statement even pointed to steps by the terrorists to kidnap the tourist who were on their way to the "Twin Lake" to an unknown destination beyond the frontiers of the country. The five ministers who attended the ceremony to hand over the tourists to their respective embassies advised them to always ask for protection from security services before moving to localities considered as risky in the country.
However, in spite of the details presented at the press briefing on 3 April 2018 on the circumstances of the liberation, there has been much controversy of late, with some foreign media institutions curiously quoting an interview with a Swiss hostage saying they were never the object of kidnapping in the South West Regions. Such a situation has led to several questions.
How government could be telling lies of such magnitude when there are measures being taken by the State to ensure that the entire national territory is safe for those who want to visit any part of the country? Could anyone wound a soldier and use such wounds to fake information about hostage taking?
Elements of the BIR have demonstrated their worth in the fight against the Boko Haram in the Far North Region as well as in the high seas against pirates and it appears strange that someone should accuse them of faking a hostage situation to gain popularity. Answers to these and other pertinent questions are obviously blowing in the wind.
It is common knowledge that the situation in the North West and South West regions is a major concern to the government. Taking steps to ensure that normalcy returns and putting in place confidence-building measures to get tourists and Cameroonians feel at home in all parts of the country are constant concerns which the Head of State has continued to address. Consequently, it would appear strange if government should in anyway be seen as instead working contrary to the instructions of the Head of State.
Faking any information about the arrest of foreigners in any part of the country cannot be considered as good news for any citizen of this country. As such, those who fuel the hullabaloo over the taking of hostage in the country, and particularly in the North West and South West Regions, at a time when all efforts are geared toward restoring peace and stability can be sure that they are promoting a counter-productive venture which only goes to tarnish the image of Cameroon.
The Head of State has repeatedly urged Cameroonians to focus on issues that can help restore the rule of law while pursuing the development endeavours aimed at making Cameroon an emerging country by 2035. Moving out of this spectrum to introduce uncalled for controversies cannot be considered as a way of fostering the development agenda of Cameroon because such digression will not only derail the people but will hold back the country from going after the noble goals put in place by the Head of State.
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Q: Proving the Trig Identity $e^{i \alpha} + e^{i \beta} = 2e^{i(\alpha + \beta)/2}\cos((\alpha-\beta)/2)$ We're having trouble proving this trig identity:
$$e^{i \alpha} + e^{i \beta} = 2e^{\frac{i(\alpha + \beta)}{2}}\cos(\frac{\alpha-\beta}{2})$$

We've tried various manipulations using basic trig identities (too lengthy to show here) and come up with nasty equations that don't lead anywhere.
Can you point us in the right direction?

A: You need to show that
$$\cos(\alpha)+\cos(\beta)+i[\sin(\alpha)+\sin(\beta)]= 2 [\cos(\frac{\alpha+\beta}{2})+i \sin (\frac{\alpha+\beta}{2})]\cos(\frac{\alpha-\beta}{2}) \,.$$
Identify the real and imaginary parts, and use the formulas for $\cos(x)\cos(y)$ and $\sin(x) \cos(y)$ respectively...
Alternately, you can use that $\alpha=\frac{\alpha+\beta}{2}+\frac{\alpha-\beta}{2}$ and
$\beta=\frac{\alpha+\beta}{2}-\frac{\alpha-\beta}{2}$.

A: If you use the fact that $\cos((\alpha-\beta)/2)=\frac{\exp(i(\alpha-\beta)/2)+\exp(-i(\alpha-\beta)/2)}{2}$ lots of things cancel.

A: Just work on the right side, it is easy to show using definition of cosine over the complex numbers:
$$cos(z)=\frac {e^{iz}+e^{-iz}}{2}$$

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Carol Ann Weaver (born May 6, 1948) is an American-Canadian composer, pianist, and teacher.

Biography
Weaver was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, to a Mennonite family. At the time of her birth, her parents belonged to a Mennonite church that banned musical instruments in members' homes. Fortunately, the ban was lifted during Weaver's childhood, and her family immediately got a piano. She attended Indiana University (Bloomington), where she earned a B.M. (1970), M.M. (1972), and D.M.A. in composition (1982). During the summer of 1974, she studied theory and composition at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor).  Weaver studied composition with John Eaton, Bernard Heiden, Juan Orrego-Salas, and Higo Hirado; piano with Gyorgy Sebok, Robert Weisz, and Enrica Cavallo Gulli; and theory with Mary Wennerstrom, Vernon Kliewer, and Elaine Barkin.

Currently a Professor Emerita at Conrad Grebel University College/University of Waterloo, Weaver also taught music at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canadian Mennonite University (formerly Concord College), Indiana University, and Eastern Mennonite University. Her Sound in the Land Festival Conferences at the University of Waterloo have brought together composers, performers, and scholars from all over the world. Weaver has toured internationally as a pianist with vocalist Rebecca Campbell. She plays keyboards with mandolinist Lyle Friesen in the duo Mooncoin.

Awards and publications
Weaver won a Virginia Music Teachers Society piano competition in 1966. She has performed as a solo pianist in recitals at Eastern Mennonite University, Ohio State University, and Bridgewater College (Virginia). Her music has been heard on CBC radio and TV, SABC, Korean National TV, and other Canadian, American, and European radio stations. Weaver is chair of the Association of Canadian Women Composers and secretary of the Canadian Association of Sound Ecology. She is a member of the Canadian Music Centre and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). She has written numerous articles, and written or edited several books:
Departure and Return (illustrated by Gloria Kagawa; 2014)
Sound in the Land: Essays on Mennonites and Music (2006)
Sound in the Land: Music and the Environment (2015)
Sound in the Lands: Mennonite Music Across Borders  (2011)

Weaver has received grants or commissions from:
Ardeleana Trio
Arraymusic
Bass Impact (bass clarinet duo)
Blue Rider Ensemble
Canada Arts Council
Cincinnati Arts Festival
Fifth Stream Festival
Gallery Players
Goshen College (Indiana)
Hemispheres Orchestra
Indi 85 Dance Festival (Toronto)
Laidlaw Foundation
Manitoba Arts Council
Mary Petrich (saxophonist)
Music at Sharon
Ontario Arts Council
University of Waterloo Orchestra
University of Waterloo Trickster Festival
Wider Boundary of Daring Conference (Windsor)

She has composed many works for chamber ensembles, piano, and voice. Her major compositions include:

Earth Peace: Missa Brevis for Peace (soprano, chorus, string quartet, percussion; 2016)

Dance
Early and Late Garden (choreography by Louise Azzerello; 1989)
In Flight (choreography by Paula Ravitz; 1987)
Pumps 'n Power (choreography by Conrad Alexandrowicz; 1985)

Electronic
Afterday (multimedia)
"Beyond Soundless Stars" (piano and tape; 1973)
Dawn Chorus (chorus with string orchestra and Georgia Bay soundscape; 2017)
Earth Voices (multimedia; text by various Mennonite writers)
"Erscheinen" (tape; 1972)
Gathering (chorus, electric guitar, percussion, amplified piano; 1975)
"Mini-moog-scape" (mini-moog; 1970)
Rejoice (chorus, electric guitar, orchestra; 1980)
Sing Praises (speakers and tape; 1976)
Tower of Babel (a cappella chorus, electric guitar, percussion, amplified piano; 1972)

Orchestra
Blessing (soprano saxophone and string orchestra; 2012)
Fourteen Women/Quatorze Femmes (1990)
Georgian Bay (chorus and string orchestra; 2017)
Glimpses (string sextet and orchestra; 1976)
Kgalagadi Calls (2011)
Mass (chorus and orchestra; 1976)
Orogeny (1974)
Parry Soundings (string orchestra; 2017)
Rejoice (chorus, orchestra, four readers; 1980)
Water (2007)
West Wind (chorus and string orchestra; 2017)

Discography
Weaver has released eight CDs:

Daughter of Olapa (1996)
Journey Begun (1999)
Dancing Rivers: From South Africa to Canada (2001)
Awakenings (with Rebecca Campbell; 2003)
Thistle and Jewel (2006)
Every Three Children (2007)
Paraguay Primeval (2012)
Songs for My Mother (2018)

References

External links
Composer's Website

American women composers
American Mennonites
Canadian women academics
Canadian women in electronic music
20th-century Canadian women writers
1948 births
Living people
People from Harrisonburg, Virginia
21st-century Canadian women writers
American emigrants to Canada
Canadian Mennonites
Mennonite musicians

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