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Environmental damage continues months after Laos dam collapse
January 1, 2019 | Filed under: Laos	and tagged with: Environment, Environmental damage continues months after Laos dam collapse, Laos
Tallo Anthony at work. Source: Tallo Anthony/Mongabay
IN July, a hydroelectric dam collapse in Laos released five billion cubic meters of water into surrounding countryside – the equivalent of two million Olympic swimming pools. The resulting flood killed dozens, devastated communities, forced thousands to flee and ripped through areas of protected rainforest.
The catastrophe made headlines globally; initial reactions focused, understandably, on the impact of local communities, but what is yet to be reported is the lasting, detrimental effects on the region's forests.
The catastrophe primarily affected the southern province of Attapeu, an area bordered by Cambodia to the south and separated from Vietnam by the Annamite mountain range. Visiting the area now is challenging to say the least.
Many areas remain off limits; all access to the ruptured Xepian-Xe Nam Noy dam, which is estimated to be worth about US$1 billion, has been closed off by the Laos military to everyone except government officials or engineering experts since this summer's disaster.
Meanwhile, in the neighboring villages of Yai Thae, Hinlad, Mai, Thasengchan, Tha Hin and Samong, in which the force of the flood swept away thousands of homes, a military presence remains. News reports from the area have been few and far between since the tragedy.
A northern stretch of the Xe Pian River that was unaffected by the floods. Source: Chris Humphrey/Mongabay
Certain areas remain accessible, and traversing the fertile landscapes of the Bolaven Plateau, an area that bridges the Attapeu region and neighboring Champasak province, offers a glimpse of Laos' verdant landscapes. Global certification non-profit organisation NEPCon estimates that forest covers approximately 80 percent of Laos, or 18.8 million hectares.
According to Open Development Mekong, mixed deciduous forest is the most dominant, accounting for about 9.4 million hectares, while other forest types include dry dipterocarp, dry evergreen, coniferous and broadleaved forests.
Following the dam collapse, the region's Xe Pian River burst, devastating the forests and communities that line its banks. Along its northern stretches, lush, thriving forest cover can still be seen. Just 20 kilometers further south, however, the narrative shifts.
The tire-slipping dirt track that leads to the river from Sai Don Khong Village, crisscrossed by streams and deeper tributaries, is testing to travel down. The road winds between clearings where tree trunks, some uprooted by the recent deluge, others half-sawn or charcoal-black, lay scattered across open fields. Closer still, forest sounds emerge from the undergrowth: raindrops, birdsong, and the abrasive groan of chainsaws.
Trees killed by the flood line the riverbanks. Source: Chris Humphrey/Mongabay
Eventually, it became apparent that whole swathes of forest have been uprooted, the river's shoreline expanded. Undergrowth, tangled branches, and the roots of downed trees litter the ground for miles. Some, their bark stripped by the force of the flood, resembled pale statues overlooking the wreckage along the river's shoreline.
This area is not alone. In early September, the Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) Lab at the University of Maryland began detecting tree cover loss along a 22-mile length of the river. By December 7, more than 7,500 deforestation alerts had been recorded.
The loss is occurring in a proposed protected area called Phu Luang (Bolovens Southwest) within the greater Dong Hua Sao National Biodiversity Conservation Area, and has been noticed solely during the months following the July dam collapse. With many affected areas clustered near or around the site itself, a clear correlation can be drawn between the two events.
Recent tree cover alerts from the GLAD lab crowd around the dam's reservoir and for miles down the Xe Pian River. Satellite imagery captured in December shows the denuded area where the dam burst in July. Source: GLAD lab visualised by Global Forest Watch
It's also not the first time deforestation has been associated with the dam project. According to satellite data visualised on forest monitoring platform Global Forest Watch, flooding caused by the dam to create a reservoir led to the loss of around 1,500 hectares of forest in 2016 and 2017. This forest loss, in turn, released around 800,000 metric tons of CO2.In Hinlad Village, Phed, a coffee farmer, shed light on the most recent deforestation.
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"After the end of the flooding," he said, "some people have been taking the wood and selling it. Not all people, but some people take it to sell it. They cannot take it all, just a little bit.
"If we go to the villages further south, there are military there now. From Hinlad, military are checking all sensible places. People cannot take the big trees, only the small pieces. Some they use for personal use, some they sell. The wood is also taken to Cambodia and sold there."
Logged trees close to Xe Pian River. Source: Chris Humphrey/Mongabay
The disaster is one of the worst to hit Laos in decades. While 39 people were officially confirmed dead, hundreds remain missing, thousands displaced, and many in the area believe the actual death toll is much higher.
The Laos government responded by giving US$176 to families of the deceased – an amount that was described as "inappropriate" by a retired official – and US$60 to other families affected by the dam breach. Following the collapse, aid poured in from around the world, but concerns remain about the transparency of the Laos government and the amount that has actually reached affected people. The Laos government did not respond to requests for comment.
The dam itself was part of a hydroelectric plan in the area set up by the Xe Pian Xe-Namnoy Power Company, a joint venture between South Korea's SK Engineering & Construction (SK E&C) and Korea Western Power, along with Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding PCL of Thailand and the state-owned Lao Holding State Enterprise.
SK E&C reportedly blamed heavy rain and flooding for the collapse, but many have questioned their liability and believe the Korean companies involved should be providing compensation. While SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, who runs the parent company of SK E&C, has personally donated US$10 million to relief efforts, the impact of this is hard to measure on the ground. SK E&C had not responded to requests for comment as of press time.
In Sai Don Khong, about 10 kilometres from the Xe Pian River, Porn Souk spoke about the promises made by the Korean companies.
"Now they are making inspections to see what people have lost. The Korean company said that after the dam broke they will take responsibility for everything. But it's been a long time, and it will take a long time because they have to inspect everyone."
"This table, I made from timber from the forest here, for my personal use," he continued. "Some wood is not exactly broken, but it died already due to the flooding. Some goes to people's homes to make furniture. We have received no help yet. The people very close to the dam received something, but here we've received nothing yet. They start with those most affected first."
In the context of such desperate conditions, and with five months passing since the collapse, it is perhaps not surprising that some have turned to logging to earn extra income and provide for themselves. The extent to which this deforestation could be considered illegal logging is also a grey area. Removing completely destroyed trees could be considered good forest husbandry, but the extent of the deforestation calls that into question, and it's also clear that healthy trees have been cut down in some areas.
Timber cut down for personal use by people in Sai Don Khong Village. Source: Chris Humphrey/Mongabay
Either way, the recent forest loss goes against a general trend in the country and the progress made by the Laos government in combatting illegal logging.In 2013, the UK's Environment Investigation Agency (EIA) stated that a leaked WWF report revealed how Laos exported 1.4 million cubic meters of timber to Vietnam and China, more than 10 times the country's official harvest. Since then, the government has responded by issuing an official order in 2016 banning the exporting of all unprocessed Laos timber.
Francois Guegan, conservation director at WWF Laos, believes the Southeast Asian nation is leading the way in terms of timber.
"The Order was passed in May 2016," he said, "and in that year we saw a 90 percent drop in the export of logs from Laos to Vietnam, compared to 2015." He added that they have seen significant improvements in law enforcement.
But others caution that there is still progress to be made.
"Trade between Laos and Vietnam and China continues, particularly in the highest value species such as rosewood," said Perrine Fournier, forest governance campaigner at forest protection organisation FERN.
"It has not stopped. Illegal logging is still occurring."
Many areas of native forest in the area have also been cut down to make way for coffee plantations. Source: Chris Humphrey/Mongabay
Fournier helped the European Union (EU) create its Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, which fights illegal logging by improving forest management, increasing timber trade sustainability, and promoting trade in legal timber. Laos remains in the negotiation stages with the EU on a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) to join FLEGT, which would require all timber exported from Laos to the EU to come from verifiable origins.
"Signing a VPA-FLEGT agreement with the EU would commit Laos to develop a timber industry that benefits its people – instead of the unscrupulous and corrupt minority – while helping the country manage its forests in a sustainable way," Fournier said. Guegan added that this would help Laos by adding "incentives to develop in a sustainable way."
But Fournier says that while a FLEGT agreement would be helpful, the best way to protect forests would be via land rights.
"Customary land and forest tenure rights should be recognised and protected in the current revisions of the land and forestry laws," she said. "Many studies show that households depending on forests for their livelihoods are the best guardians of the forests. Without clear tenure rights, communities do not have any incentive to invest and manage forests."
Source: Environmental damage continues months after Laos dam collapse


Our Global Chairman Bob Moritz recently sat down with business journalist Maggie Murray for an in-depth discussion about our performance, what PwC looks like today, and the future of our profession. Below we present the full video interview, as well as an extract in which Bob addresses current challenges facing the audit portion of our profession.
Watch the full interview (15:49).
Watch an excerpt in which Bob Moritz addresses the external scrutiny of the audit profession in some markets around the world and speaks about how we are responding as an organisation (4:47).
"While we have grown significantly, I'm more proud of the fact that we have repositioned our portfolio and our competencies, we've invested in our people, and we've invested and given back to the communities in which we live and work."
Maggie Murray: First of all, let's start with the broad overview. How would you describe the performance of PwC over the last year?
Bob Moritz: The performance of PwC this past year was really good, but in the context of a pretty interesting environment externally. For us, it's not about being the biggest; we want to be the most relevant and valuable brand in the professional services space.
Maggie Murray: What does the PwC brand mean?
Bob Moritz: That brand to me is all about our purpose: to build trust and help solve some really important problems. Organisations, community leaders and government officials should be able to trust us because we have the quality of services and the knowledge so that we can deliver on a consistent basis, no matter where we are in the world. And if you've got a challenge, we have the right resources that can come in and solve that. So that to me is where PwC is really relevant and valuable to society, and not just to the clients we're interacting with.
Maggie Murray: We are in a digital, big data environment. How do you stay relevant?
Bob Moritz: We have to disrupt and transform ourselves. So we are in the process of a major investment in our people. Upskilling our people to be more relevant and knowledgeable about digital technologies is a huge undertaking for us, but it's going to pay back long-term dividends. Second is the type of people we're bringing into the organisation. This has changed a lot. If you step back and look at the number of recruits we take in off of campus (which is 27,000 a year), the reality is they're not just finance majors and tax professionals, they're scientists, technologists, engineers, mathematicians and the like. And last but not least is the direct hiring that we're doing and, if necessary, alliances and partnerships with other organisations to bring those relevant skill sets in so that we can deliver well against the needs of our clients.
Maggie Murray: This has to be a vastly different environment than you would have faced even five years ago.
Bob Moritz: We're doing things that we never even would have thought about two years ago. How do you leverage data so you can figure out ways to predict where a possibility for fraud is going to be? How do you embed in a supply chain enough information so you can talk about the security of the food supply chain and where it's originally sourced? Those are the things that we're doing today. Our people have the skills to be creative and innovative. Our job is to make sure we are equipping them with the ability to do so.
Maggie Murray: Some would say the way to address conflicts of interests is to separate out the audit process from consultancy.
Bob Moritz: It doesn't solve the problem. In fact, I am going to argue that it creates even more problems.
If you step back and think about the benefits of some of the skills and competencies that we have in an organisation like ours, they are additive to a quality audit. It allows for a diversification of a portfolio to allow for investments in quality to make sure we're doing a good quality job and able to recruit the talent that we need to do this.
The audit today of a bank or a technology company, or an organisation that is leveraging blockchain, requires a huge amount of expertise. And if you don't have that expertise because all you have are people who only understand the numbers, we miss the bigger risks, including: are they actually doing the right things? How is this company able to perform at the level they do, and report the way they do? And do these things coincide?
Watch the interview to hear the full story.


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Liberty Global Completes Acquisition of Cable & Wireless Communications Plc
Combination of CWC and Liberty's LiLAC Group creates the leading TV, broadband and telecoms firm in Latin America and the Caribbean
Serves 10 million video, voice, broadband and mobile subscribers in more than 20 countries
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Liberty Global plc ("Liberty Global") (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK, LILA and LILAK) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Cable & Wireless Communications Plc ("CWC") in a transaction valued at approximately $7.4 billion on an enterprise value basis.
The CWC business will be attributed to Liberty's Latin American and Caribbean group (the "LiLAC Group"), which trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as a tracking stock of Liberty Global under the ticker symbols LILA and LILAK. The combination of CWC and the LiLAC Group creates the leading consumer and business-to-business ("B2B") communications provider in the region.
These operations will serve 10 million video, voice, broadband and mobile subscribers in more than 20 countries, are expected to generate over $3.5 billion of revenue on an annualized basis, and will become the leading platform for further consolidation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, said,
"This is a big moment for us and I couldn't be more excited about the potential of LiLAC and CWC together. We are joining two high-growth businesses in a region that is both underpenetrated and underserved in broadband, mobile data and pay TV services. By combining our operations, we are creating a unique and well-diversified Latin America and Caribbean investment vehicle, which we believe will enhance long-term equity value for our shareholders."
He added, "I would like to personally congratulate Phil Bentley, outgoing CEO of CWC, for his great work over the last two and a half years. I would also like to welcome John Reid as interim CEO of CWC. We look forward to working closely with John over the next six months as we evaluate how best to structure and integrate CWC into the LiLAC Group and jointly explore new opportunities for growth and expansion. John was previously President of CWC's Consumer Group and also held other high-profile management roles at Columbus Communications and Persona Communications."
Mr. Reid said, "This is an exciting time for CWC and I am thrilled to work with the Liberty Global team as we plan for the next chapter of growth. By leveraging Liberty Global's scale and management expertise I'm convinced we will accelerate innovation, enhance the speed and quality of our networks and expand opportunities for all stakeholders."
Issuance of Shares and Dividend
The shares issued to CWC shareholders by Liberty Global in the transaction include 31,607,008 Liberty Global Class A ordinary shares, 77,379,774 Liberty Global Class C ordinary shares, 3,648,513 LiLAC Class A ordinary shares and 8,939,316 LiLAC Class C ordinary shares. CWC shareholders will also receive a dividend from CWC of 3 pence per CWC share.
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These risks and uncertainties include our ability to continue financial and operational growth at historic levels, continued use by subscribers and potential subscribers of our services, our ability to achieve expected operational efficiencies, synergies and economies of scale, as well as other factors detailed from time to time in Liberty Global's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including our most recently filed Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. Liberty Global expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in Liberty Global's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
The Liberty Global shares being issued in connection with the Acquisition have not been, and are not expected to be, registered under the United States ("U.S.") Securities Act or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the U.S. The Liberty Global shares are being issued pursuant to a Scheme of Arrangement under United Kingdom law in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act set forth in Section 3(a)(10) thereof. CWC shareholders (whether or not U.S. persons) who are or will be affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act) of Liberty Global are subject to certain U.S. transfer restrictions relating to the Liberty Global shares received pursuant to the transaction. Specifically, Liberty Global shares delivered to such affiliated former CWC shareholders may not be offered, sold, resold, delivered, distributed or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, absent registration under the U.S. Securities Act or an exemption therefrom.
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Liberty Global is the world's largest international TV and broadband company, with operations in more than 30 countries across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. We invest in the infrastructure that empowers our customers to make the most of the digital revolution. Our scale and commitment to innovation enable us to develop market-leading products delivered through next-generation networks that connect our customers who subscribe to over 59 million television, broadband internet and telephony services. We also serve over ten million mobile subscribers and offer WiFi service across six million access points.
Liberty Global's businesses are comprised of two stocks: the Liberty Global Group (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) for our European operations, and the LiLAC Group (NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC Link: LILAB), which consists of our operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Its chief financial officer did not rule out further hikes in the months ahead but said it was treading carefully to avoid damaging the health of the business – its competitiveness.
The firm explained it had taken action to ensure its full-year operating margin remained on target at flat on the previous year.
Consumer goods companies face soaring prices for raw materials such as energy, edible oils and packaging, as well as higher transport costs as economies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is up to the likes of supermarkets whether they pass on those costs on to their customers and the most recent evidence shows grocery inflation starting to pick up pace at a time when other household essentials, especially energy, are shooting up.
Underlying sales rose 2.5% in the three months to 30 Sept, Unilever reported, aided by strong demand in the United States, India, China and Turkey.
The performance has echoes with that of rival Nestle which raised its full-year sales target on Wednesday as it also hiked prices to cope with extra costs.
Unilever said "pricing actions are being taken in countries across Europe".
It said underlying sales in the UK declined slightly over the quarter compared to the same period last year.
Chief executive Alan Jope told investors: "We have delivered a good quarter against strong comparators, with underlying sales growth of 2.5%.
"The combination of our strategic choices and focus on operational excellence continue to drive competitive growth."
Unilever shares, down 13% in the year to date, were 3% higher in morning trading.
Freetrade's senior analyst, Dan Lane, said of the price picture painted by the company: "The reality is COVID is going to leave a very tricky path ahead for Unilever though.
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That Monday lineup took a hit this fall facing competition from The Voice and suffering from the move of Two And A Half Men to Thursday, so it was important for CBS to secure HIMYM for another season – especially as another tough negotiation with Warner Bros for Two And A Half Men is coming up. Now HIMYM's 9th season is secure even if the network and the studio and the cast are keeping mum right now. (Meanwhile I stopped watching after Season 2 because I can't stand not knowing who the mom is, dammit.) Of course there was drama aplenty culminating today when all the cast deals closed after hard work by agents and managers and lawyers and executives and after an 11th hour turnaround of Jason Segel who was set on bailing.
As for the cast, the HIMYM quintet is a very tight group, with the actors supporting each other. So it may have been a sign of camaraderie for Segel to agree to the final season. CBS has been very public about its desire to bring HIMYM for another season. ("We want the show to come back next year," the network's entertainment president Nina Tassler said in August.) 20th TV and Thomas & Bays also wanted another season. CBS and 20th TV both have a good track record in completing complex negotiations. CBS has been able to bring back Two And A Half Men, also from an outside studio (Warner Bros), several times in down-to-the-wire negotiations. And 20th TV has successfully renewed the deals with the casts of its top series after sometime contentious negotiations.


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RECOMMENDED READING: Interview With Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood Leader
By GlobalMB on	 June 29, 2008 Recommended Reading
An interview Al-Hibir Yusuf Nur al-Dayyim, General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan, provides some insight into several issues concerning the global Muslim Brotherhood. Here, al-Dayyim is asked about the global organization of the Muslim Brotherhood:
"Q: Is the group in Sudan related to the global organization of the Muslim Brotherhood and subject to its authority?
"The international organization of the Muslim Brotherhood is a receptacle for the coordination of efforts and attitudes and does not interfere with the activities of local groups, in accordance with its regulations and constitution, unless local groups seek its support or opinion to resolve problems.
Despite claims in the past by global Brotherhood leaders that the "international organization" had been dismantled, al-Dayyim's reply strongly suggests that it continues to exists. Al-Dayyim also comments on the relationship between the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood and Hassan al-Turabi, a past leader in the global Brotherhood:
"Q: The Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood experienced a series of deviations and organizational divisions: In 1979 Al-Turabi left, or you left him, and then in 1991 it split. What are the reasons for these deviations?
"In 1977, Al-Turabi was reconciled with the regime of President Gaafar Muhammad al-Numiri. The Muslim Brotherhood disagreed politically with this, and also with Dr. Hassan al-Turabi's eccentric views, which were denounced by the Muslim Brotherhood. And because of these two reasons, the Muslim Brotherhood reorganized the group and appointed me as its Amir. There are brothers who have become intolerant or have other problems, thus they deviated from the group.
Q: After President Al-Bashir removed Dr. Al-Turabi from the Sudanese Government, you fully participated in the government. Was Al-Turabi an obstacle to your participation?
"Of course, the fundamental difference between the Islamic trend that directs the government and the Muslim Brotherhood was due to Dr. Al-Turabi's position and ideas, and the Muslim Brotherhood had personal differences with him. After his departure the brothers felt the obstacle had gone, and they boosted their participation in the government and reassessed their stance toward it.
Al-Dayyim also takes up the issue of Doctor Isam El-Bashir, a former Minister of Religious Affairs in the Islamic National Front (NIF), Turabi's Sudanese political party, and a member of the Sudanese "Transitional National Assembly", composed primarily of members of the NIF. As previous posts have reported, Dr. Basheer (aka Issam El-Bashir) has held numerous positions associated with the global Muslim Brotherhood including as a former director of the UK charity Islamic Relief and a member of the European Council for Fatwa and Research. He currently heads the Center for Moderation in Kuwait which is also associated with the global Muslim Brotherhood. Here, Al-Dayyim is asked about the departure of Al-Bashir from the Sudanese Brotherhood:
"Q: Was the dominance of the group by the historic leadership the reason for Dr. Isam Ahmad al-Bashir's exit, considering his capabilities? And the fact that this leadership blocked him from attaining a leadership position?
"No, Isam left for other reasons
Q: What caused Isam al-Bashir to leave the group?"
Brother Isam al-Bashir was the minister of guidance and endowments as a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood in the national program government, which was formed following the national reconciliation initiative that emerged after the proposal of Al-Sharif Zain al-Abdin al-Hindi's Democratic Unionist Party, and after the signing of the peace agreement between the National Congress led by President Al-Bashir and the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement led by John Garang. Before the government of national unity was formed, the Muslim Brotherhood evaluated its experience in government, represented by the Ministry of Guidance. After the evaluation, the group's Shura Council decided to exclude Dr. Isam al-Bashir from the list of those in the government. Dr. Isam disputed the decision of the Shura Council and left the group. Now he is a member in the executive office of the National Congress. Dr. Isam should have complied with the group's decision, because it was the one that presented him the first time and that is presenting someone else this time.
(Source: Sudan: Muslim Brotherhood 'General Guide' Discusses Policies, Positions, History Jihadist Websites — OSC Summary Saturday, June 21, 2008)
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Army operation against drug traffickers..
The Army, which eradicated terrorism in the country, is now in task to combat drug trafficking. The army initiated a special programs to combat narcotics in Sri Lanka during the last year and was able to seize 981 suspects island-wide.
Accordingly, the Army could apprehend more than 715 kilos of Kerala Cannabis, 685 Kilos of local Cannabis, 1 kilo of Heroin, and 13 kilos of Crystal Methamphetamine(ICE) during random snap search operations conducted by the soldiers in the battalion levels belonged to Island wide Security Forces Headquarters. In addition to that, a considerable amount of Kush and Hashish drugs have also been seized along with 831 suspects. Furthermore, 28000 liters of illegally produced liquor and 57 bottles of foreign liquor along with 89 suspects have been arrested. Moreover, illegal cigarettes (12 packets / 8653 cigarettes / 15 cartons), drug tablets (10 cards/ 75181 tablets), 155 'Madana Modaka' along with 61 suspects have also been arrested.
In the meantime, the Dangerous Drug Ordinance will be used by the police Narcotic Bureau to take legal action. Due to the existence of a drug trafficking network in Sri Lanka, the following amounts of illegally apprehended drugs can be recovered for larger amounts with the assistance of joint operations conducted in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Police and the Special Task Force.
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Schuster's Farm | About the Farmers
Don grew up on a hog, dairy and cash crop farm in Sun Prairie. The farmer's love of the land and need to till the earth was deeply a part of him. Theresa knew early in their courtship that to love the man would mean to love the land. Don's family farm couldn't be purchased because it was growing houses so three years into wedded bliss the search for land began.
The search came to an abrupt halt when one life-altering day in 1990, Theresa drove by the Gangstad farm as she did every day on her way to work. That day, however, there was a For Sale sign on the front lawn! Three days later, the farm became the Schuster farm — a dream come true for Don and the beginning of whole new world for Theresa.
In the spring of 1994, after three years of varying ventures, including growing tobacco, and pot-bellied pig and miniature donkey breeding, Don planted 1/3 acre of pumpkins — the crop he grew himself as a youngster and sold door-to-door using his little red wagon. After several years of adding different fall produce and decorations, Theresa convinced a reluctant Don to build a hay wagon. School tours started that year and we have been too busy to ever look back!
Now in our 26th season, we are working more on the farm than off. Don concluded his time working at UW-Madison a few years back. Theresa continues to love working for Madison Schools as an occupational therapist.
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You may know how long the lessons are at your child's school and how many lessons they have each day. What you may not realise though is how little individual, quality, one-to-one interaction they get with their teacher each day.
Take a look at the calculator below and change the numbers to match your school. If you're surprised at the results of the calculator you may be interested in reading our series of articles investigating alternatives to conventional schooling.
The calculator is simplistic and only intended to give an estimate. The calculator assumes a 5 day school week and that lesson time is divided equally between all children in the class with no time wasted. It does not take into account time that may be spent arriving to class, packing up at the end, handing out resources, whole class instruction and the myriad other ways in which lessons are interrupted. The actual time per child is likely to be significantly lower.
Class size: The January 2016 school census listed the average class size for primary schools as 27 and the average secondary school as 20.
School days per year: The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999 requires all maintained schools to open for 380 sessions (morning and afternoon) or 190 days per year.
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Officials say Stratford ZBA candidate lives in wrong district
By Ethan Fry
Updated 10:16 pm EST, Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Bunnell High School's polling place Nov. 5, 2019.
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STRATFORD — A Democratic candidate for the Zoning Board of Appeals is ineligible to represent the district from which he was nominated, according to local election officials.
The candidate, Stephen Shapiro, lives on Peters Lane, which is on the boundary between Town Council Districts 8 and 9.
Shapiro's side of the street is in District 8, according to town land records and the voting district map posted on the town's website.
However, he is running for ZBA to represent Districts 9 and 10.
Reached by phone about 4 p.m., Shapiro said he had reached out to Democratic Town Committee Chair Stephanie Phillips but had not yet heard back.
"At this point, I don't really have much of a comment," he said. "I need to get the correct data from her and then we'll go from there."
Stratford Republican Registrar of Voters Lou DeCilio said Shapiro showed up to vote at Bunnell High School, which covers District 9, but was told he was not on the list of registered voters to cast ballots there.
Instead, DeCilio said, Shapiro should have voted at Chapel Street School, which covers District 8.
However, the question was moot once the results came in, because Shapiro's Republican opponent, Len Petruccelli, won the race by a margin of 1,166 to 875.


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Cops are looking for this man, seen in video, who they say has been routinely peeping into the home of a Staten Island woman.
Looks like curiosity caught a creep.
Police have arrested the peeping Tom who was caught on surveillance video sneaking around a 64-year-old Staten Island woman's home last month.
Cory Cincotta, 26, of Bulls Head, was charged Monday morning with four counts of criminal trespass for skulking around the woman's Canterbury Ave. property on Jan. 3, about half a mile away from his own home, cops said.
The obnoxious ogler was spotted several times between 6 and 10 p.m. hanging out in the backyard and looking into the windows. He was also caught staring into the doorbell camera.
Despite his extensive canvassing, Cincotta never tried to get into the house, police sources said.
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Waupun baseball falls just short of state
WAUPUN – A year ago at this time the Waupun baseball team got to celebrate a trip to the WIAA Division 2 State Tourn...
Waupun baseball falls just short of state WAUPUN – A year ago at this time the Waupun baseball team got to celebrate a trip to the WIAA Division 2 State Tourn... Check out this story on fdlreporter.com: http://fondul.ac/1hGGHI1
Wisconsin Published 8:53 p.m. CT June 10, 2014
Waupun head coach Derrick Standke waves Ryan Druant around third base on his way home to score against Jefferson in the fifth inning of Tuesday's WIAA Division 2 Sectional Final in Waupun.(Photo: Greg Mittelsteadt/For Action Reporter Media)Buy Photo
WAUPUN – A year ago at this time the Waupun baseball team got to celebrate a trip to the WIAA Division 2 State Tournament on its home field with a one-run win in a sectional final.
The Warriors came close to it happening again on Tuesday evening, but instead had to watch someone else have a victory celebration as the Warriors suffered a 5-4, eight-inning loss to top-ranked Jefferson, sending the Eagles to state for the first time since 1998.
"They're a great team. They won two eight-inning games and are the No. 1 ranked team in the state," Warriors head coach Derrick Standke said. "We battled, the kids laid it all on the field and that's all I can ask for. I asked them to give 110 percent and I think they gave 120. They can hold their head high."
Missed opportunities and a couple key defensive miscues cost the Warriors (19-10) a second-straight trip to Fox Cities Stadium.
Three of Jefferson's first four runs were unearned, and Waupun stranded 11 runners throughout the game, including one at first base to end it.
"Even more than the mistakes, we left 11 runners on," Standke said. "If we get one or two of them in, it's a whole different ballgame. The miscues came at costly times, sure, but we had some opportunities."
Waupun's Ryan Schmitt had a strong outing, going all eight innings and allowing only two earned runs and four hits.
"I know we gave it everything we had," Schmitt said. "It was a great game between two great teams. It's just a heartbreaker."
The Warriors spotted Jefferson two runs in the first inning, the first on an error and the second on a single from Andy Brahier.
"They scored two right away. We answered, but a 2-0 lead is way different than a 2-0 game," Schmitt said. "If we only give up three, it's a different outcome."
Waupun responded with two runs in both the first and second innings to double up the Eagles.
Jefferson starter Jacob Nelson uncorked a wild pitch with the bases loaded and Gabe Wardin followed with an RBI-single on an 0-2 count in the first inning for the Warriors, while Bryce Buchholz drove home Ryan Durant and Brandon Van Galen with a double.
Jefferson tied the game with two runs in the top of the fifth, when Schmitt balked in a run and the Eagles got an RBI-single from Nick Schrader.
Waupun had a chance to win the game in the seventh when two-out singles by Schmitt and Wardin, around a walk to Arik Tavs loaded the bases. But Jefferson got out of the inning with a ground out and then plated the game-winning run in the eighth.
Needing to rally in the bottom half, Waupun had two fly outs before Van Galen singled, but the game ended with Buchholz grounding out to the second baseman.
"We had the top of our order up. (Van Galen) got a hit and we were all up in the dugout, but you can't get a hit every time," Schmitt said.
Waupun 6, Watertown Luther Prep 0
Tavs pitched the Warriors into the championship game by blanking the Phoenix on a two-hitter.
"I debated all week long what to do," Standke said. "Arik was coming back on short rest. Coach (Kevin) DeBoer's big philosophy was you have to win the first one to get to the second one. I finally bought into that about a half hour before the game. It was a good decision. He's the best we got on the mound and he showed it."
The win improved Tavs to 7-2 as a starter and lowered his ERA to 1.35.
"We were talking about it a lot, even minutes beforehand," Tavs said about the pitching dilemma for Standke. "I was all for his decision. His decision is our decision. If I'm told to pitch, I'm going to pitch to the best of my ability."
Waupun pounded out 10 hits, including four over the first two innings, but couldn't get a run across until the third when a Phoenix error on Avery Armga's two-out fly ball to center allowed Collin U'ren to score from third.
Waupun blew the game open with five runs in the fifth inning with five hits in the frame as the Warriors batted through the order, sparked by a lead-off single from U'ren.
"I've been struggling hitting this year, so to come through like that felt pretty good," U'ren said.
Buchholz, Armga, Schmitt and Spencer Beek all followed with singles for Waupun. The first three each plated a run, and Beek's was a two-run hit.
"Someone gets a hit, someone else gets a hit and all of a sudden there's life in the dugout and everybody's yelling," Armga said about the inning.
Jefferson…200 020 01 — 5 4 1
Waupun…220 000 00 — 4 9 2
WP: Kevin Krause (6.2 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 3 BB, 3 K).
LP: Ryan Schmitt (8 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 6 K).
Leading hitters: JEF — Andy Brohier 2x4 (RBI), Nick Schrader 1x4 (RBI). WAU — Collin U'ren 2x4, Bryce Buchholz 1x4 (2B, 2 RBI), Gabe Wardin 2x4 (RBI), Ryan Durant 0x3 (2R), Schmitt 2x4.
Watertown LP…000 000 0 — 0 2 2
Waupun…001 050 x — 6 10 1
WP: Arik Tavs (7 IP, 0 BB, 11 K).
LP: Brian Wilson (4.1 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 7 H, 2 BB, 1 K).
Leading hitters: WLP — Ben Landvatter 1x3, Jared Lindemann 1x3. WAU — Bryce Buchholz 2x3 (RBI), Avery Armga 2x4 (RBI), Ryan Schmitt 1x3 (RBI), Spencer Beek 1x3 (2 RBI), Collin U'ren 2x3.
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Independent animation distributor and producer GKIDS has announced theatrical dates for animated feature Funan, the inspiring and emotionally searing debut from filmmaker Denis Do, who uses his own family history as inspiration for a thrilling story of love, loss and enduring hope in the most trying of times.
Funan follows Chou, a young woman living in the chaos of 1975 Cambodia amid the arrival of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. When she and her husband are separated from their four-year-old son during a forced exile from their home, Chou remains determined to reunite her family — even if it means risking everything.
Written by Do and Magali Pouzol, the 2D computer-animated Funan, which was co-produced in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Cambodia, won the top prizes at last year's Annecy Festival and the Animation Is Film Festival.


But apparently, the best growth in seven years isn't good enough for Wall Street which is feeling a bit 'biblical' these days. Right out of the story of Joseph in Genesis, Wall Street is worried that these seven years of 'plenty' will be followed by seven years of relative 'famine'.
As it usually does, I believe Wall Street is over-reacting. Yes, a recession is coming… eventually. But I believe it will not arrive until late 2020 or even 2021 and it will be caused, as usual, by a misstep by the Federal Reserve.
But it's just too soon to get out of stocks now. If you do, you will miss a lot of upside that still remains, especially in the large cap technology stocks, such as 'old tech' stalwarts Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) as well as the new tech titan Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN).
Its first quarter showed all the doubters that Intel's long-running efforts to carve out a future in the post-PC era is moving along nicely. Revenues from its newer endeavors in markets including autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI) were about even with revenues from its PC chips for the first time ever!
Thanks to the surprising boost from these markets, Intel reported revenues were about $1 billion ahead of Wall Street estimates. This outperformance was largely due to a 24% jump in revenues from the data center division, which has quickly grown to become the second pillar of Intel's business behind its PC-related business. Demand from customers in this sector had driven growth, with "a significant bias for high-performance compute" leading to a shift in chip sales towards more powerful chips and therefore higher average selling prices.
Further expected expansion in these newer markets for Intel allowed its management to raise its revenue forecast for the rest of the year by 4%. And it confirmed that CEO Brian Krzanich made the right moves when he acquired Altera (its products are used in AI) for $16.7 billion and Mobileye (driverless vehicle technology) for $15.3 billion.
I expect Intel to continue "to step on the gas" with even further investments into faster growing markets away from PCs. Its stock, already at a 17-year high, will also continue to accelerate.
Another company that has broken away from its PC past with a bang is Microsoft. The company looks to be on track to record its best annual growth for more than a decade. This follows a revenue boost from its cloud business in the latest quarter and a bullish forecast for the final quarter of its fiscal year.
Microsoft reported revenues of $26.8 billion, boosted by growth of 17% in both its intelligent cloud division and its productivity and business processes group. That was $1 billion ahead of Wall Street's expectations. Earnings per share rose by 36% to 95 cents, compared with expectations of 85 cents.
Microsoft's management forecast revenues of as much as $29.5 billion in its current quarter, which is roughly $1.5 billion above most analysts' estimates. Hitting that target, which is likely, would represent growth of more than 20% for the year to June.
Underpinning Microsoft's move into becoming a growth company is its move into the cloud. In the latest quarter, the company showed a 58% jump in revenues from its commercial cloud operations — its Office 365 productivity service, Azure cloud platform and Dynamics 365 cloud applications. They a accounted for 22% of overall sales in the quarter at $6 billion. Azure continued its explosive growth, with revenues growing by 93% from a year earlier. This firmly cements Microsoft's place as the second-largest public cloud computing platform after Amazon Web Services (AWS).
"We're still in the early innings of the cloud transition." Nadella also predicted that further growth in the cloud would lead to a jump in "lower-margin services first [and] higher margin services over time".
Under Nadella's leadership, Microsoft is once again a growth company. I don't see that changing any time soon.
That brings me to the aforementioned Amazon, which completely blew away all of Wall Street estimates by posting earnings that were more than twice as good as had been expected – $3.36 a share versus $1.27.
Revenues for the first quarter jumped 43% to $51 billion. Amazon's net income more than doubled to $1.6 billion, due largely to what it called "very strong customer demand" in its cloud computing services business and a darn good performance in its online advertising business. Its AWS business grew by 49% to $5.4 billion and now makes up about 11% of its total sales and almost 75% of its operating income, at $1.4 billion.
And talk about positive forward guidance… in its outlook, Amazon said operating income might triple in the current quarter. It gave a guidance range of $1.1 billion to $1.9 billion, up from $628 million in the second quarter of last year, with net sales growing as much as 42% to between $51 billion and $54 billion. That sort of growth is almost unheard of in a company the size of Amazon.
Add in the $3.1 billion that Amazon Prime (with 100 million subscribers) and services like Amazon Music Unlimited brought in and you have an almost unstoppable juggernaut.
This growth is the main reason why Amazon is the top challenger to Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) in the race to a $1 trillion valuation. A race where one company is still sprinting and another company seems to have dropped the innovation 'baton'.
The bottom line for you is that even if you are worried about growth or inflation, stick with the companies like these three that have idiosyncratic growth. And that can raise prices like Amazon, which is raising the price for its Prime membership by $20, from $99 to $119 a year, adding billions of dollars to its revenues to the bottom line.
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Winding-Up Petitions – It's Never Too Late. Case study by Neil Davies on how a director avoided liquidation following receiving a winding up petition by taking the right advice, exploring all options and acting quickly.
This recent insolvency and restructuring case study shows how by acting quickly and decisively we were able to find a solution for our clients – a husband and wife, who were on the verge of losing their home. As a result of the husband's bankruptcy, the Trustee in Bankruptcy had sought orders from the Court for possession and sale of their matrimonial home, to satisfy the creditors in the husband's bankruptcy and pay the costs incurred in the bankruptcy.


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Xu, Y.; Li, L.; Hepler, L.G., Partial molar volumes of acidic gases in physical solvents and prediction of solubilities at high pressures, Can. J. Chem., 1992, 70, 55-7. [all data]
Xu, Y.; Schutte, R.P.; Hepler, L.G., Solubilities of carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide in physical solvents, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 1992, 70, 569-73. [all data]
Xu, Y.; Dai, X.; Hu, G., Modification of the microgasometer and the measurement of solubility, Gaoxiao Huaxue Gongcheng Xuebao, 1991, 5, 2, 157-61. [all data]
Xu, Y.; Zhou, J., A new density meter and the density measurement of water-acetone-4-methyl-2 -pentanone (MIBK) ternary mixture, Huaxue Xuebao, 1991, 49, 351-8. [all data]
Cadwallader, K.R.; Xu, Y., Analysis of volatile components in fresh grapefruit juice by purge and trap/gas chromatography, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1994, 42, 3, 782-784, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf00039a036 . [all data]
Wang, W.; Liang, X.; Wu, W.; Schramm, K.-W.; Henkelmann, B.; Xu, Y.; Kettrup, A., Peak identification for PCDD/Fs in environmental samples at different temperature programs, Chemosphere, 2000, 40, 6, 601-608, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00323-9 . [all data]
Xu, Y.; Lorenz, W.; Pfister, G.; Bahadir, M.; Korte, F., Residue analysis of triazine herbicides in soil: comparison of a capillary gas chromatographic and a high-performance liquid chromatographic method, Fresenius Z. Anal. Chem., 1986, 325, 4, 377-380, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00505463 . [all data]
Xu, Y.; Fan, W.; Qian, M.C., Characterization of Aroma Compounds in Apple Cider Using Solvent-Assisted Flavor Evaporation and Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2007, 55, 8, 3051-3057, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf0631732 . [all data]
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Zhao, Y.; Xu, Y.; Li, J.; Fan, W.; Jiang, W., Profile of volatile compounds in 11 brandies by headspace solid-phase microextraction followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, J. Food. Sci., 2009, 74, 2, c90-c99, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-3841.2008.01029.x . [all data]
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Using a common childhood game as a metaphor for the murders of young women in Juarez, Mexico, Serrano's graphic, polemic video depicts a man brutally bashing a piñata shaped like a young woman. The male protagonist takes perverse pleasure as he calculatingly taunts his paper mâché prey. With only her head remaining, he plants a tender kiss on her face, before striking the final blows. However, it was the sound that haunted me for weeks—five long minutes of escalating grunts of exertion and heavy breathing mingled with the sound of the bat making contact, followed by silence.


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Q: Android - There are no accepted cards available for use with this merchant I have integrated google pay integration with stripe. For that I have referred below link:
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I am getting an error when I click on google pay button that "There are no accepted cards available for use with this merchant"

A: This error comes because you have not set up google pay ENVIRONMENT_TEST environment. For this, you have to follow certain steps and also need to contact the Google support team.
These are the steps you need to follow to integrate google pay in the application.

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*Build your app in ENVIRONMENT_TEST with your Stripe test publishable key.

*Reach out to Google support.

*Send the APK pointing to ENVIRONMENT_TEST to Google support when requested.

*Google assesses the app against their integration checklist and provides feedback if needed.

*Google provides instructions on how to agree to their Terms of Service and ensure production access is granted.

*Send your final production APK pointing to ENVIRONMENT_PRODUCTION to Google for a real-world test which includes a few transactions.

*If all tests pass, Google clears you to publish the APK.

*Notify Google support when your APK is 100% visible to users.


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The Italian bullmastiff is better known by the name, cane corso. The dog has an incredibly long history as its origins can be traced back to the Roman Empire. The cane corso descended from the Roman Molossur, but originated in Italy. It is a working dog, whose job was to hunt wild animals and to be a war dog. The breed next became a farm and family dog, protecting the home and helping to drive farm animals to market. The name cane corso comes from "cohors," a Latin word that means "guard of the courtyard".
The Italian bullmastiff has a broad face and is very muscular and strong. It comes in several colors, including fawn, chestnut, black, black-red and blue. The dog can grow to be as tall as 26.7 inches and weigh up to 130 pounds. Most cane corsos have docked tails and ears.
Cane corsos make excellent family dogs. They need to be socialized and they need to know that you are the number one dog, not them. They need to have obedience training because of their size and temperament. Cane corsos are very loving, obedient and protective of their family. They are wary of strangers, which is why they make excellent guard dogs. You should train your dog to obey when you say it's OK but remain protective until you call him or her off.
The Italian Bullmastiff is loyal, dedicated and they take their job of family protection very seriously. That means that there are some people who do not have the right temperament to own an Italian Bullmastiff. This is a dog that needs obedience training and to know what the family rules are. He needs a strong-willed owner because the dog himself is strong-willed. The cane corso lives in a "pack" world where the Alpha dog is boss.
Remember that the cute little puppy you saw at the breeders will weight over 100 pounds by the time he is two years old. It is impossible to live with a 130-pound dog who thinks he can do anything he wants to do. A dog that size that has not been properly taught to be on a leash can literally drag you down the street when you go for a walk. If the dog expresses his assertiveness by being allowed to growl or snap as a puppy when someone picks up one of his toys, think what it will be like if the pup weights 130 pounds and growls and snaps.
The cane corso is a large, wonderful dog but not everyone is up to handling one. They are well-muscled and very athletic and if they get into a fight with another dog, you will not be able to pull them off. That's why every cane corso must be trained to obey voice commands. If you are being attacked, you need to be able to communicate it is okay for your dog to protect you, but if something is done inappropriately, he needs to know what stop immediately means.
The Italian bullmastiff is intelligent, calm and will do anything in the world to please you. But if allowed, he will try to be the dominant one in the relationship. Make sure that you are capable of being assertive and acting calmly with a large dog. Also make sure that your family or anyone living in the house with you is not afraid of large dogs.
Every dog needs exercise and this one is no exception. A full grown cane corso needs to briskly walk at least a mile every day and have some time when he can play and do his work, which may be no more than retrieving a ball. The dog needs daily attention and companionship.


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From Nowhere To Somewhere. A Dialectical Lyric
Eric Owen Moss, born in New York, is a Californian at heart. He trained as an architect at UCLA, Berkeley and Harvard and opened his own office in Los Angeles in 1976. His work has won many awards, and he is internationally recognised as one of the mainstays of the avant garde.
Moss is no ordinary architect. Not for him contexturalism or conservation. From 1987 he has worked with an equally un-ordinary client, the developer Frederick Samitaur-Smith and his wife Laurie Samitaur-Smith, and together they have changed the face of a run-down industrial area of Los Angeles, Culver City, transforming it into a place that tempts self-respecting corporations away from up-market districts like Century City.
Moss expresses enormous admiration for the vision and tenacity of the Smiths and shows, among other projects, a number of innovative buildings they have conceived together. He ponders the perennial question "What is truth?" and concludes that possibly it is the tension between opposing issues. Thus, in his architecture, he revels in contradiction.
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The author, editor, or ghostwriter of more than 100 book titles, Glenn Stout loves to mine microfilmed newspaper archives and specializes in deeply reported historical narrative non-fiction that brings the past to life. Many of his titles have intersected with the Roaring Twenties, including Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Changed the World, now in development for Disney+ as a major motion picture starring Daisy Ridley. A long-time aficionado of noir and true crime, Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid was the culmination of more than fifteen years of dogged research, a story The Wall Street Journal called "a hell of a yarn--worthy of an HBO hoodlum epic like Boardwalk Empire."
Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid: America's Original Gangster Couple
Before Bonnie and Clyde there was Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid - smarter, more successful, and better looking. In the wake of war, a pandemic, and an economic depression, Margaret and Richard Whittemore, two love-struck working-class kids from Baltimore reached for the dream of a better life. In the heart of the Jazz Age, they headed up a gang that in less than a year stole over one million dollars' worth of diamonds and precious gems - over fifteen million dollars today.
Set against the backdrop of the excesses of the Roaring Twenties, their story takes the reader from the jailhouse to the speakeasy, from the cabarets where they celebrated good times to the gallows where their story finally came to an end... and left Tiger Girl pining for a final kiss. Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid is a tale of rags to riches, tragedy, and infamy.
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This page-turner dives into the underbelly of old Hollywood and the circumstances surrounding the lurid and still unsolved 1922 murder of actor and director William Desmond Taylor, with more than a splash of sex, drugs, and decadence spilling over everything. It breaks new ground in what was already a well-documented case.
The Bobbed Haired Bandit: A True Story of Crime and Celebrity in 1920s New York
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In 1924 husband and wife team Celia and Ed Cooney, with a new baby on the way and not enough money, turned stick-up artists, with meek-looking, bobbed-hair Celia wielding the gun. The tabloids couldn't get enough of the "flapper turned bad" storyline and for a time every bobbed-hair flapper and her swain in New York was under suspicion.
Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend
By Mitchell Zuckoff
In 1920 Italian immigrant Charles Ponzi tapped into the era's unmatched appetite for greed. The Boston-based swindler and con artist created a pyramid scheme that in a little over a year allowed him to live the high life while fleecing his money-hungry investors of more than $20 million – over $250 million in 2021 dollars.
The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America
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The Roaring Twenties wouldn't have roared quite as loud without Prohibition. And without George Remus, who cornered the bourbon market while enjoying a lifestyle pulled from the pages of The Great Gatsby – and who probably murdered his wife along the way - the era would have been a lot less liquid.
For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago
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A chilling account of the era's most notorious murder, the 1924 thrill-killing of fourteen-year-old Bobbie Franks by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two brilliant young men… who just wanted to know how it felt to murder someone. The case inspired Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Rope.
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