text:
RE PRINT: LONG GAME - The Aaron Ross DIG interview
"I FEEL LIKE BMX WAS MY WAY OF SHOWING WHAT WAS IN MY HEAD."
Interview and photos by Andrew White |Originally published in DIG Issue 99.5 / Summer 2016
Aaron Ross is an unusual case. He exploded into BMX some fifteen years ago and took over through his self sustaining fission energy. With radiant bikes that mirrored his personality, and the extrovertness of one thousand trails riders combined, Aaron hit his stride in the rare period where Props, magazines, AND web videos and social media held competitive ground. He became street riding's closest thing to a celebrity; an enigma in an otherwise closed off micro universe.
Now Aaron isn't interested in doing four web videos a year, it's more like one DVD part every four years. This gives the appearance that his interests are concentrated outside bike riding, but I can assure you this is not the case. After being on a couple of trips with him over the last year and seeing him really ride hard firsthand, I thought an interview for this issue should be in order. There's been other pieces covering Aaron on a surface level, and others amounting to a biography, but I wanted this interview to cover his current views on BMX now that he's over a decade into his tenured pro career. Documenting his standing from within and from outside, being a traveling pro, yet running businesses on the side.
With this is mind, we both sat down in Miami with Garageband queued and a supposed thirty minutes of interview topics laid out. To say that Aaron "likes to talk" is indeed an understatement.
You've talked a lot about perspective, of going from the outside and looking back at BMX. Do you think you had that larger vantage point all along, was that something you grew up with that you got from your parents? How to view BMX and how it can fit into your life versus BMX being an all-consuming identity. Where do you think you got that foundation to branch out? You play golf, you have partnerships in businesses, you're married. Tell me about that.
I was an active young kid. I played multiple sports and also rode BMX, I grew up doing everything. I always just thought you can do anything. You can do everything. You don't have to choose. It applies to BMX itself. I'm a street rider, and I've won awards being a street rider. But during the winter I ride more trails than I ride street. So I think that mentality to me is you can do whatever you want. Do what makes you happy. If you want to play golf, play golf. If you want a fluorescent yellow bike and no-one else does, get a fluorescent yellow bike. I think it's just part of my attitude, My parents supported me, and one thing, my parents both go to work. So I understood that, I've said this to people before, I guess I did a good job of making BMX, well, I wouldn't say I made it into a job, because it's not a job to me, but it is a job. It's 100% a job. But I try to make it into like "Hey, I want to do the best job I can do" to make it last longer, so I can enjoy my passion for longer. And some people don't like that, some people look at it as "Oh, you're using BMX, you're a sell-out, you're getting paid" but it's not true. But at the same time, if I didn't do that, pretty good possibility that there would have been a huge decline in how long I would have rode bikes, starting at 21. If I had taken a different route and not gone and tried and worked… I hate saying "I worked so hard", but Gary and I were talking about this last night. You do have to work hard. I'd say I've gone on 95% of the trips I've ever been asked to be on. I've been on every one. I've missed one flight, ever. I've gone on trips with broken body parts. I don't want to say that I'm a workhorse and I'm the best, but I took advantage of every opportunity that has been given to me and I will do the same until forever. I'll do that forever. And I don't say took advantage like "Oh, he took advantage of us!" I take advantage if some-one's like "Hey, you want to come to…?"
Not a forgiving trick to mess up, Aaron got this fakie hop done without facing the consequences of a clipped wheel.
You see it as an opportunity?
Yeah, if there's an opportunity to do something and someone's inviting me, asking me to do this because I ride bikes? I'll take it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to go because no-one's going to ask me "Hey, do you want to come to whatever country?" because I am good at filing paper. There's obviously people that do get that opportunity, but no-one's ever going to ask me that again. No-one's ever going to be like "Hey, you're great at making phone calls, come do this, come model for us!" No-one's ever going to do that, every opportunity that I've ever been given I've jumped on. Same goes for signature products or signature bikes or signature anything. I think people are always like "Why did you want to do such a crazy ad, or "why did you want to do this orange soda bike with the crazy ad, why would you want to do this, why would you want to do that?" Because, someone gave me the opportunity to choose, and I didn't go "oh, just give me a black one! Black bike, that's perfect! Stickers that look like stickers!" I thought "Oh cool, I can do whatever I want? Make it crazy!" because I want to remember it being crazy. I don't want to look back and go "Oh man, I could have done anything and I chose silver?" No hate to what other people like, I just think I took advantage of the opportunity, as soon as someone said you could have something I was "Oh, I love Saved By The Bell, let's do Saved By The Bell stuff". It represents me, I feel.
Odyssey would come to me and be like "We're going to shoot an ad, what do you want to do?" And I'd think, well I could shoot the most banger ad in the world. Best thing ever. But it's still just a trick at the end of the day. When I see an ad, or when I think of Gary Young's name, I think Gary Young is the best, he's the man. He's so good. What's he like? I don't need to see him table top, I don't need to see him barspin, I know he can do all that. And obviously, at times that's great. But some ads, you look at them like it's just another table top, it's just another barspin. It is just another trick, it's just a page. So I looked at it like, well, let's shoot bike photos. Let's ride down a hill backwards with a table and chairs and cakes and skateboards, let's build these giant sodas and let's shoot them in the sky! No-one cares about the trick! You know what ads I remember from being a kid? FBM ads. I remember XS ads, Duffs ads. They were on planes. I remember Fuct ads. I remember the crazy ones! Like FBM ads, dudes in suits, no shirts on, you remember that, that stuff stands out to you. Things where people are doing something and you're like "Stop, wow!" That was something that was always really fun, Odyssey would say "Oh we've done all these ads all these years, we've done all these epic ads of people doing epic stuff.
We did an ad that didn't have riding and it was the most emails or phone calls we've ever gotten from the industry being like "That was awesome. That was sweet. How did you do that?" "It's fake." Whatever it may have been, people were like "This is cool!" There's so much more personality to people. And some people have personalities or lifestyles that no-one's really into. That's understandable. Not that I thought I had a lifestyle that everyone's going to want so let's show it, it was more like I have these ideas, let's just do them. I want to do burnouts in cars, I want to travel the world, I want to shoot oranges at my bicycle with a red camera and post it online. That sounds great, let's do it. So, given those opportunities, I looked at it as a way to be able to do something different and leave my mark.
Looking back, the Redline ad with the guy jumping over the three cars. It's one of the most iconic ads because it's epic. He could have just been jumping, you'd be like "Oh cool, he's high" and flip the page, but no, he's jumping over three cars, it's insane, Colin Winkelmann jumping over 12 cars. I get that those are riding tricks, but they're epic. They stand out.
Rooftop, he would light himself on fire and do tricks and I was always like "That's so cool!" So many people would hate on him, saying he was just cheesy, but he's different. Those things go over into other sports, skateboarding or football or basketball, the people you remember are the people like Dennis Rodman. Dennis Rodman used to dye his hair all the time, we all remember Dennis Rodman because he did that stuff and he was wild and crazy but you know what? He was good at basketball. He killed it, so it was ok. But there's so many of those people. There's so many of them it's just hard to pick. Cory Nastazio! Cory Nastazio ads? Best ads in the world! People like that, that's who you remember. I don't remember what so-and-so's ad was. I remember every Cory Nastazio ad, I remember every Cory Nastazio interview because they were epic and they were insane.
A great quirk of Aaron's goofy footed riding is things lining up as regular to him that to other riders would feel like driving on the wrong side of the road with the clutch and gas switched.
"NO-ONE'S GOING TO ASK ME "HEY, DO YOU WANT TO COME TO WHATEVER COUNTRY?" BECAUSE I AM GOOD AT FILING PAPER.
- AARON ROSS
I would say that you're one of the first BMX 'social media celebrities' in terms of stats and numbers. I don't know about current figures, I don't know where you stand in the rankings but you had an impact when Twitter came about. With your crazy bikes and your crazy ads and promoting yourself virally, was that ever a conscious way to promote you as a brand or was that just an extension of your personality?
That was just an extension of my personality. I get it from my dad, my dad is a talker. You asked one question in this interview and I give you a 12 minute answer! I get it from my dad. My dad is someone I used to go to work with in the summers and my dad is the guy that knows everyone, talks to everyone and is nice to everyone when he walks into a shop. It takes him longer to get to where he's going in the shop to do his job than it does for him to do his job. And I grew up with that. I grew up watching him zig-zag through a place, saying hi and catching up. And it wasn't like a "How's the kids? " type of thing, it was just like "Hey, how are you today? This is what we've got going on!" And then moved on. I looked at BMX like that. I remember being a young kid and looking up to Van Homan, looking up to everyone. Mat Hoffman, Dave Mirra, all the people, all of them. And thinking that if I ever meet them or talk to them, it's cool that they gave me a second, then I looked at it like that's cool that someone wants to hear from me, even if they think I'm the worst. Even if they hate me or they hate my bike or anything. I looked up to anyone in the etnies video, in the Little Devil video. I don't care who you were, you were in the video. You could have been the worst dude in the world, you could have blown a firework off in the credits, I thought you were awesome. So I looked at myself in there, I have a full part. So even if you hate my riding, hate everything about me, hate everything, you still kind of want to… If you reach out to me, I'm going to reach back. Because I remember what it would feel like to be that person. So I think I took growing up watching my dad and how he handled the day-to-day, he didn't do it for any reason, he's just a talkative, loveable guy that wants to talk to everyone, and so I just took that aspect of my life and when social media came along it was an easy way to reach out to people that live all over the world, that I may never get to meet. And now looking back at Twitter, it's been six, seven years since all that stuff really happened and looking back at it, or meeting kids now at shops or online or wherever. Kids come up and say "Hey I sent you a letter once" or "I sent you a tweet" or "I sent you a Facebook message, it was an important time" or whatever and I'm like "Did I reply?" and they're like "Yeah dude, you were awesome!" I was a kid once, I would have loved for someone to reply to me and talk to me and give me the time of day. It's rad. And not because I think that everyone likes me, just because it's nice.
"I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS IN RETIREMENT FOR 15 YEARS. AND THEN I WENT TO WORK. I JUST DID IT BACKWARDS."
Did you ever feel disconnected from BMX and vice versa? Did you ever feel like some riders thought you had too much of a celebrity persona, you were kind of in a different realm?
If there was, I don't know. If there was, maybe I was oblivious. I felt like BMX was always first, I was always the "BMX is fun!" kind of guy. "BMX is fun! Go have fun, ride BMX!" BMX was at the heart of all of it, I never tried to really leave BMX, I wasn't trying to go further than BMX, I was just trying to make BMX… I don't know, I don't even think I was intentionally trying to make BMX bigger, I was just trying to have fun, and show that BMX is fun, and show people that you didn't have to do this or do that, do the stereotypical things to be in BMX, to be what was cool, if you wanted to go outside and shoot watermelons on a bike check that's awesome, you can do whatever you want. I don't consider myself an artist in any way because I can't draw a picture and I can't really shoot a photo, I don't have that. But I do understand that a musician is an artist and a BMXer's an artist and I guess people who create commercials are artists, directors, you create a movie, you're an artist. So I feel like BMX was my way of showing what was in my head and getting it out and doing something.
I think you do have that artistic drive. Let's say BMX has to end for whatever reason, what's your outlet after BMX? How do you 'Aaron Ross' to the world after you don't have a BMX bicycle?
Honestly, I think it's owning a business, owning a restaurant, owning a bar, owning some sort of place like that, a venue or whatever was always one of my ideas. I think I want to be a guy that stands at the door and greets people and invites them in. I think that's fun. I don't want to be a door guy! But I think being who I was in BMX made me at sometimes the centre of attention. And I don't want to say "Oh, I enjoyed that, that was great, I want to do that again", but in some ways, yeah. I love talking to people and I wanted to meet every single person at every place and the easiest way to do it is to be the centre of attention. Because they're coming to you. So by that I mean, owning a restaurant, I can invite people in, I can give them free food, I can invite them back, you know, that's fun. And I think being able to put on parties, put on events, put on activities and doing stuff like that is a way to continue our work and I feel like our work is to meet people and connect dots, I love helping people meet new people, through my connections make new connections and just helping people to accomplish things, I think it's fun. But as to what my outlook holds? I think BMX will always be there. I think I'll ride mountain bikes and I'll ride road bikes and I race a lot more BMX. I think I'll ride a lot of trails. I think the day will come when I'll just ride trails. I grew up riding trails, I grew up racing, a tonne of people don't realise that I've gone whole winters where I've ridden 90% trails, everyday. I can sit around a fire and hang out with people and I enjoy it and that's fun. I loved it, obviously I love to talk, so sitting around the park and talking to someone, it's awesome. I think I'll still have that outlet of doing it and enjoying it.
Aaron landed the first attempt on his sprocket. His foot was in a lot of pain but he gave it another go or two until he stomped the landing. Turns out he broke his foot on that first try.
"YOU HAVE TO FIND SPOTS,IT'S HARDER, YOU DON'T GET 12 CLIPS A DAY, YOU GET THREE. BUT, THOSE THREE CLIPS YOU GET, THEY'RE MORE IMPACTFUL THAN THE 12 THAT THE 18 YEAR OLD IS GETTING."
You have a great outlook on BMX. And it's always about fun and super positive. But what if you never went the pro route? Let's say that at 18 instead of getting sponsors and taking off, you still rode bikes but you got a normal job and did the non-professional routine. Do you think that you would have the same outlook on BMX at 29, like it's the greatest thing ever, or would you be like, yeah, it was a fun thing I did but I got to go to work now? Can you compare those two scenarios?
I could maybe compare them at 22, but could I compare them at 29? Because BMX changed the path that I was on. I wasn't on a bad path, but who knows if I would have ever left Corpus, who knows if I would have ever travelled the world? There's a whole different person today than there was then, so I have no idea. I have no clue. I think, like I said, I rode a lot of bikes and I had a lot of fun, but I do think there's times in life when life gets hard and maybe it's something you do give up for years and then you come back to it later. Like I said, I've been riding bikes forever. Now it's easy to say because now bike riding is such a part of my life and has been, and not just that bike riding's been part of my life since I was a kid, bike riding has given me a life. So now I associate bike riding with the happiest of things. There's obviously been tough trips and tough this and tough that but bike riding has given me so much. So, going and pedalling a bike is really fun.
That's also kind of a big reason that I've never super been interested in working in the industry. Who knows, because I'm not there yet, and who knows if I would miss it and want to be a part of it, but I've always been like, why would I want to go and hate my desk job. I'd rather go and hate selling computers instead of selling bikes. Bikes have been my happy place for so long, why make them the unhappy place when I could make any other thing in the world my unhappy place if I could sell anything. Not just necessarily sell, just like work in any other industry, I could hate it and go home and be like "I hate this!" I'm going to ride bikes. I don't want to be like "I hate bike riding" and then I go home and be like "I hate bike riding". But the first 12 years of it were the best years of my life, so that wouldn't be cool. I'm sure a lot of people say that and I'm not there yet so who knows?
Those first 12 years, are you considering this Year 12? Is this ongoing or are you saying it faded somewhere and then we're here now?
No, no, I'm saying, like, today. Obviously I've been riding bikes for longer, I'm just saying the last ten years have been great, being a professional and enjoying bike riding and enjoying the bike industry from one side, but it's tough, because some of my best friends work in the industry, so it's like, would you want to work with your best friends? Or would you want to work with people you don't know? I'm not there today. So I have no idea.
Sometimes, when you talk to a lot of the older guys, it's all they know and it's scary in a way because when it's done, you're a however old - say 35 years old. So now you're starting in the real world with BMX experience, and yeah, you could get a job in the industry, but if you didn't want to get a job in the industry, then what are you going to do? And you can tell someone on a resume "Well, I've ground the biggest rail in the world" but does that get me a job selling houses? So I think that's something to always keep in mind. I've always been good at enjoying BMX and enjoying trips and I've enjoyed all of it. But I still think that I was scared of not enjoying what was next because this was so good I didn't want what was next to be hard or different. Not that I'm scared of something that's a challenge, it would just be nice if it was not so drastic. So that was why I always wanted to start a business and use my connections and my knowledge from being a part of marketing in BMX for so long to try to market something else.
Let's say that you move out of Texas, you go get a job on an oil field in Alaska and you live out the next 30 years there. And you're turning 60 and you're at your birthday party and your new friends who have no idea about your life in Texas say "Tell me about when you lived in Austin", how do you describe it, i.e. BMX? Assuming today is your last day riding BMX and you never touch it again. How do you describe the place or impact that BMX had in your life?
I graduated high school and was in retirement for 15 years. And then I went to work. I just did it backwards. That's it, I've heard a lot of people say that. I don't want to be like "Oh it's so easy, it's retirement", but I also don't want to be like "I worked so hard", because it's hard to say something you love is work, because I have never ever ever completely hated what I was doing. There's been days where it was annoying, there's been days where things were stupid, there's days when you're doing something that you don't want to do, but 90% of the time I'm sitting on a curb, riding bikes with my friends. And you can't ask for anything better. If that's what you're into.
There have been people that I've grown up with saying "I could have done that, I'd have been great!", but I'm like, you couldn't have sat on a curb for the last 12 years and watched your friends ride bikes. That's not your lifestyle, that's not your mentality. You can barely even leave this town because you have so much weird girl drama or life drama and here I am, leaving for three weeks to go to the other side of the world. People think it's easy, but I would say the average BMX career is two years. People get bike parts, they get sponsored, they blow up, they get lazy and it's done. Over and over and over. So to be someone like Gary Young or Van Homan or Corey Martinez or any number of other people who are on their tenth year, fourteenth year and they're putting in work filming video parts. That's work.
"PEOPLE THINK IT'S EASY, BUT I WOULD SAY THE AVERAGE BMX CAREER IS TWO YEARS.
Tell me the secret to longevity, what's the secret for Corey or Gary? Is it raw talent? Or is it work ethic? Or what blend, 60-40?
It's tough because that blend changes. I would say when Corey or Gary or I, anyone - I don't want to say at that level because I don't even put myself on the level of Corey Martinez or Gary Young - I think of them as bigger than anything that I could have ever done. I did something different, but they're my heroes in some senses. Or Chris Doyle, Chris Doyle is a great example. I look at people like that. At one point it was 100% talent and then it just became… Gary and I talked about this last night. It's easy to be good at something when it's easy for you to be good at it! It's hard to be good at something consistently for that long. There's a big difference. You can be good at something, we're all kind of good at something at some point, but it's when you have to stay there and keep going, it's harder work.
You see kids that are 15, and they come into the scene and no one's ever seen them ride, so they do every single trick in their book. But when you're 29, everyone's seen every single trick in your book. So now what do you do? You have to work hard. You have to go and, not necessarily learn new tricks but you have to find spots, it's harder, you don't get 12 clips a day, you get three. But, those three clips you get, they're more impactful than the 12 that the 18 year old is getting. Times change, you were once the kid who was filming 12 banger clips a day and now, you went from filming 12 clips a day to "I just need to do this". We could all go out and film 12 clips a day, but who'd want to watch me do whatever, over and over and over for the last 12 years.
Was there a specific moment when you turned the corner and said, ok, this is my playbook, this is my bag of tricks, this is what I do, so I'm not really going to expand that. When you're 16, you're like oh I just learned this today, I just learned that today. Did you ever feel like, ok, these are my tools in my toolbox, how do I go apply these? Was there ever a shift in your approach to riding?
No, you think there is. Like when I'm sitting here and thinking about it? You think there is. It changes as you walk up to the spot. Because you're still creative. I still have ideas of things for other people to now do. So it never changes. Yeah, I understand my tools, but at the same, if the spot calls for something that I'm capable of, that's a new thing. I've said this before, when you're young you show up to a spot and you do everything. You let the tricks do the talking. As you get older, you let the spot do the talking. You ride the spot the correct way. That's where you evolve as a bike rider.
That's a great way to put it...
We all can do a feeble grind on a ledge, but how are you going to change that? You've got to think of something new. So I look at it like, 19 to 23, I was jumping off big stuff and doing big tail-whips and big this and big that, and I loved it. And some people are like "You used to do big stuff". Yeah, I used to, I still do sometimes when the line calls for it or the spot calls for it but at the same time, how much bigger could I have gone? There's a point when it hits, for me, and then it evolves, it changes, you start looking at things this way. For myself, yeah, I did tailwhip down whatever sized stair at one point and I look at it now and yeah, I could definitely still do that. But I did it.
I look up to people like Corey Martinez. He's always been good at practising tricks, he goes to the skatepark or wherever, and he gets super good at doing his tricks. And I am not that way. 90% of the tricks you've seen me do in a video, I did that day. And that's it. Because that was fun for me. Being good at them is not fun for me, doing them is fun for me. So going to the skatepark and learning a new trick is not that fun, because then I have to do it again. So I'll find a spot, and when I find a spot to do the trick, I do the trick and I'm done with it. And yeah, sometimes you go back to the trick and you find a new spot to do it a different way or the same thing or bigger, but doing the biggest drop? I did one, I did what I thought was my biggest drop. There's been a few that I walked away from, but I was ok with that. So someone like Corey would be on trips, he'd be like "I'll do this trick" and I'd be like "That is insane!" - first try. "How did you know to do that?" "Well, I've been working on it".
He goes in the lab. That's his style.
That's fun to them. That's how they love to ride bikes. Me, I'm the opposite, I kill myself to learn it, and then I lay on the ground, I'm done, I'm cool, let's never do that again! I don't need to do that trick ever again in my life. Because I did it. Right here.
Years ago I think Rob Wise got some hate for being like "I only film bangers". I don't know that he got hate, but people talked about him saying that. But I understand that completely. I don't want to say that everything I'm filming is bangers, but everything I put effort into to film… I'm not trying to film credits stuff. Because to me, like I said, I'm not going to the skatepark to just hang out and film something. So there's two different ones, I'm going to ride every day for fun, or I'm going to film something. Me personally, I don't have the middle, like "let's just get this clip for the bonus". I'll just do it by myself. I need the motivation. Well, I don't need the motivation, that sounds bad, I'll do it, but clip-wise, I don't need to show people that I can kind of do something, like "I can do this too, it's in the credits, it's in my bonus". If you go back and look at every dvd I've ever been in, I have no bonus footage. I film the stuff I want to film then I'm done. It's really weird. But people like Corey, I'm so jealous, I watch stuff and there's ten minutes of bonus footage, that is so cool, I wish I was like that but it's not fun for me to be good at the tricks, it's fun for me to do them.
Sunday - GROW UP - AARON ROSS
Aaron is the Soldier that Destiny's Child was looking for - More Info
You grew up in Corpus which is a couple of hours drive from Austin, which has definitely turned into BMX Mecca. How would your BMX life have played out if you were from the middle of nowhere, Nebraska, and it wasn't so convenient to drive a couple of hours to be in the hotbed. At 17 when you started getting picked up by FBM or whoever it was. Would you have said "Alright mom and pop, I'm moving across the country or moving to California" versus just moving down the road a couple of hours away and visiting on the weekends? How would that have played out?
I've thought about this part and talked about this part but I have no idea. Because it was easy. I would go racing at 14 in Austin. I'd go racing in Houston, I'd go racing in these places. So making the drive to Austin was easy. I was making that drive when I was 16 on the weekends, I would leave high school packed up and I would drive to Austin for the weekend and I'd ride. At 17, I'd ride all weekend. That was just normal. It wouldn't have been possible to have such great friends by the time I was done with high school because I wouldn't have been able to drive from Nebraska to Austin or California on the weekend, it was not possible. I lived close enough that I would literally just leave, and then in senior year I was in a work programme and I would leave at noon or something. I'd be in Austin by 4.30. So I was in Austin before traffic was even bad and I would hang out till the weekend was over and I'd drive back at ten o'clock on Sunday night and then go back to school all week and go back to Austin the next weekend. I went up there so many weekends in a row and my parents supported that, they helped me out. I think my parents just knew I loved it and they were like "Well, go have fun and try it. We're either going to help you go to college or we'll help you do this, but we can't do both." So the first year my parents supported me, I got to a Metro Jam and they helped me do that. I still lived at home but they helped me travel and then I started getting hooked up and then it just kind of kept going and I moved to Austin. So, it definitely wouldn't have been the same at all, there's no way. To be 17 and be in high school and already have a group of friends in a city that's called the BMX Mecca of the world, and not live there yet but be able to just move straight there and act like you were just a part of it? That is a huge game changer. Not even sponsored-wise, just lifewise. To be able to just go to a city you've never lived in but BMX had opened so many doors in that city. I was on Empire and I was still in high school. I was sponsored by Empire BMX while I was still in high school because I was making trips to Austin on a regular basis to get to know them. So that is life-changing. And that's the one thing I try to pass along to people and kids, just don't take it for granted. This is fun it's great but… I was texting someone the other day about this, like "How old are you?" They said their age and they were like "time flies!" We're only a couple of years apart but they were like "time flies, Mr Ross". And yeah, it does.
The last few years it's really starting to set in, I'll be 30 this year. It's been ten years. To be able to say that you've ridden a bike and people, or at least one person has wanted to watch you ride a bike for ten years is pretty cool. Because there will be a day when no-one will want to watch me ride a bike, it'll just be my friends and we'll be hanging out riding bikes. Right now there are people who live in other parts of the world that want to watch me ride bikes. Even if it's good or bad. And you'll never get another opportunity to be that good at something. I'm not going to go pick up golf and be a pro-golfer, ever in my life. It's not possible. I always tell people to take advantage, you're never going to be 22 again, you're never going to be 23 again, you're never going to be 25, 28… You're never going to be as good at bike riding as you are today, so go take advantage of being good at bike riding today. Not to be pro, not to have the best video part.
There's going to be a time in my life when I show up to a street spot, to a skatepark and I'm going to be scared to jump the jump at the trails. Today there's definitely trails in the world that I'm scared of, I'm not the toughest guy, I'm not that guy. But what I'm saying is, I can show up to somewhere. And I can confidently just do it. And not because I'm better than anyone, just because I can today, and there will be a day when I can't and that is going to be tough. Not tough on me, it's just time to do something different. There are people you see who don't ride for weeks at a time and they're so gifted, like dude, there's going to be a day when it's not going to be this easy. And it's not easy for me but I can go ride and do a trick that's pretty cool. Even if it's not crazy, it's just something I can do. But there will be a day when I'll be like "I'm just not going to do that today". And then I'll be like "I'm not going to do that ever again". So I'm going to ride as much as I possibly can until the day that I'm like "I'm not going to do that anymore".
I'm sure that some of those days are already behind me. We went to the closing thing at the T1 ramp the other day and I was like "I feel like the ramp days are gone, they might be done!" I was never a big ramp guy to begin with, so I was there and I was like "You know, I feel like I haven't done this in years". The ramp one, that one's the first one to go. I just don't do it, I didn't grow up doing it a ton and so it's like, later!
etnies Chapters - 8/18/17
Coming Soon - More Info
District Of Cinema - Photo Journal
Band of Brothers...
Clint Reynolds And His Slice Of DIY Paradise
Who doesn't dream of having this in their backyard?
Remembering Electronical
Etnies 'Chapters' - Another Perspective
Aaron Ross – Odyssey 30•15
Etnies Chapters - Escaping El Niño
"The whole concept of coverage is weird." Catching Up With Chase Dehart
Meat Sweats - etnies in Kansas City
ETNIES IN VEGAS - Photo Journal
Photo Journal: Etnies Atlanta
Let Me Ride: Jacob Cable and Alec Siemon
Embracing the Chaos and Destruction - The Doomed Story
Motor City Cinema - IN PHOTOS
GIVE IT HELL! Fast & Loose in Colorado
Behind The Shield - 30 Years of S&M BIkes
Weird & Revered - Vagabond Squad Interview
A Weekend At Whipsnake
Profile's Neighborhood Crawl - Tulsa Photo Journal


text:
Jennifer A. Coffey
Education & Admissions
Columbia Law School, J.D., 2010
Dartmouth College, B.A., 2005
jcoffeywillkie.com
Jennifer Coffey is a partner in the Real Estate Department. Jenn focuses on all types of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures and leasing. She represents a broad range of clients in transactions involving all real estate asset classes.
Paramount Group, Inc. in its $860 million refinancing of 1301 Avenue of the Americas, a 1.8-million-square-foot Class A, trophy office building located between 52nd and 53rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan.
A prominent life insurance company lender as acquisition and construction lender on the $330 million Plaza District office tower development.
A Brookfield-sponsored private real estate fund in the $750 million acquisition of 34 senior living communities from HealthPeak Properties.
Hudson's Bay Company on the $850 million sale of the Lord & Taylor Fifth Avenue building to WeWork Property Advisors. (named "Private Equity deal of the Year" at the 2018 IFLR Americas Awards)
Washington Prime Group in the formation of a joint venture with O'Connor Mall Partners, L.P. which will own seven of Washington Prime's open-air properties, valued at approximately $600 million.
The Generation Companies in its $215 million recapitalization and roll-up of four portfolios comprising 23 hotels, consolidating them into one portfolio with its new joint venture partner, a fund controlled by StepStone Real Estate Group.
Hudson's Bay Company in its $1.8 billion real estate-focused joint venture with Simon Property Group.
The American Home REIT in its sale of a portfolio of single-family homes to Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. for $263 million. The portfolio comprises approximately 2,460 single-family homes located in the southeastern United States, and the transaction was cited as one of the largest bulk purchases in the rental-home industry.
Ares Management, L.P. in the sale of its condominium unit comprising approximately 375,000 square feet in the 1 million square foot mixed use complex located at 1111 Marcus Avenue on Long Island, New York to North Shore University Hospital.
Colony Financial, Inc. in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Cobalt Capital Partners and its highly diversified portfolio of 256 primarily light industrial assets.
News - October 4, 2021
Paramount Completes $860 Million Refinancing of 1301 Avenue of the Americas
Alchemy, Cain JV Close on $330 Million Venture for Plaza District Office Tower Development
Willkie Elects 21 New Partners
News - February 19, 2020
Willkie Advises Pace Gallery on Joint Venture to Sell Financier's Art Collection

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
AuthorDowgray, Sean (1)Eagles, Christopher M. (1)Gyulamiryan, Ani (1)Hays, Jonathan K. (1)Hull, Christopher James Edgar (1)Koukakis, Dimitrios Paganos (1)Maniatopoulou, Evanthia (1)Mercer, Niamh M. (1)Pearce, Tony Scott (1)Rabun, William (1)View MoreSubjectpiano (4)Sonatas (4)Criticism and interpretation (3)1685-1750 (2)1810-1849 (2)1956- (2)2. T. (2)Analysis (2)Bach, Johann Sebastian (2)Beethoven, Ludwig van (2)View MoreDate Issued2010 - 2017 (11)1985 - 1989 (1)
A review of selected works by J.S. Bach, Franz Schubert, and Alberto E. Ginastera
Gyulamiryan, Ani; Zilberkant, Eduard; Cee, Vincent; Post, William (2014-12)
Graduate recital: perspective and analysis: an overview of Morton Feldman's The King of Denmark, Michael Gordon's XY, and Jacob Druckman's Reflections on the Nature of Water
Eagles, Christopher M.; Palter, Morris; Post, William; Knapp, Karl (2015)
Extended methods of notation in Josh Levine's Les yeux ouverts and Daniel Tacke's Einsamkeit
Dowgray, Sean; Palter, Morris; Zilberkant, Eduard; Post, William (2015)
Musical Characteristics Of Tanana Athabascan Dance Songs (Nenana, Minto, Potlatch, Alaska).
Pearce, Tony Scott (1985)
Examples of program music in piano literature: storm, ocean, devil, ghosts
Stavrianou, Eleni-Persefoni; Zilberkant, Eduard; Post, William; Celaire, Jaunelle (2016-05)
The purpose of this paper is to present background information on the author's graduate piano recital program, namely extended program notes on the music performed. It should be mentioned that, although not intended, the whole recital is, in a way or another, program music. It is divided in two parts: the first is about Storms and Water (with "The Tempest" by Beethoven and Une barque sur l' ocean by Ravel), and the second about Spirits (with Faust Waltz by Liszt and the Three Ghost Rags by William Bolcom). Alborada del gracioso by Ravel falls somehow in between these two parts - a gracioso (jester) is a character, thus a spirit; an entertaining one. In this paper, I will attempt to explain what inspired composers to add titles to their music - this extramusical aspect has always been very intriguing to me. In the case of Beethoven, the title was most probably given by someone else, therefore the "Tempest" is not intended to be programmatic. In the case of Liszt, the piece is a transcription of an opera, which can be considered a programmatic genre. Ravel's and Bolcom's compositions are undoubtedly program music, since the composers gave them descriptive titles and were inspired certainly by extramusical factors.
Functionality and history of electronics in regards to the performance practice of the following works: Temazcal (1984), Javier Álvarez, and Memory Palace (2012), Christopher Cerrone
Ransom, Jacob; Palter, Morris; Zilberkant, Eduard; Post, William (2016-05)
The Electroacoustic pieces; Temazcal (1984), by Javier Alvarez (b.1956), and Memory Palace (2012) by Christopher Cerrone (b.1984), each employ different types of electronic technologies in their realization through performance. This paper will discuss the origin and history of the technology applied respectively in the works. I will examine the role of percussion within the works, specifically in regards to learning and problem solving through technological challenges in order to effectively perform the compositions. By looking at Temazcal and Memory Palace through the context of their historical significance as electroacoustic works, the inherent functionality of the technology employed in each, and the resultant performance practices that have subsequently developed, a greater musical appreciation and understanding of electroacoustic works, in general, is possible.
The influence of Paul Hindemith on trumpet repertoire
Rabun, William; Gustafson, Karen; Krejci, Paul; Bicigo, James; Post, William (2016-03)
The volume of quality trumpet repertoire available today is miniscule in comparison to the amount accessible for other instruments such as flute or violin. One significant reason for this disparity in repertoire is due to the vast developmental change that the trumpet has undergone since the turn of the 19th-Century. As a result, few well-known composers wrote for the instrument. This paper will discuss the impact of Paul Hindemith and his student Harald Genzmer on repertoire that features the trumpet as a solo instrument as well as the influence of jazz, and the 12-tone technique on Hindemith's compositional style. Additionally, the merit of the works of Hindemith's pupil will be discussed as well as the similarities found in the style of composition between student and teacher. Another issue that will be covered is to identify the difficulty of each work. To assess the difficulty o f the pieces I will analyze the range, technical ability required as well as the level of endurance needed to successfully perform each piece.
An overview on the author's graduate recital program
Koukakis, Dimitrios Paganos; Zilberkant, Eduard; Post, William; Celaire, Jaunelle (2016-05)
The following project paper consists of three chapters, examining the works in my Graduate Recital Program. The first chapter analyzes the form, structure and particular interesting elements that Aram Khachaturian uses in his Sonata for Piano. The second chapter gives a brief historical information of the term Fantasy and examines two examples of the genre, Chopin's Fantasy in F minor op. 49 and Carl Vine's Sonata no. 3 "Fantasia". The third chapter covers some biographical information of Elliott Carter and examines the form and structure of his work for solo piano, 90+.
Performance Practice and Compositional Structure in Relation to Recital Preparation
Mercer, Niamh M.; Retterer, E.; Post, W.; Zilberkant, E. (2017-05)
This paper examines the author's graduate percussion recital program; ?Corporel(1985) by Vinko Globokar (b. 1934), Child of Tree (1975) by John Cage (1912-1992) Rebonds b. (1989) by Iannis Xenakis (1992-2001) Ilijas (1996) by Nebojša Jovan Živković (b. 1962), Mourning Dove Sonnet (1983) by Christopher Deane (b. 1957) and e-home (2015/2017) by Elisabet Curbelo (b. 1984). The author offers an examination of performance practice and compositional structure as it relates to the author's performance of the material.
Program notes of graduate recital
Maniatopoulou, Evanthia; Ziberkant, Eduard; Celaire, Jaunelle; Post, William (2017-05)
This paper discusses the four pieces of the graduate recital of student Evanthia Maniatopoulou; Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude and Fugue in F minor, Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, BWV 881; Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109; Frederic Chopin's Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39; and Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83. It is divided into four chapters, with one chapter dedicated to each piece. In each chapter there is a discussion about the composer's background, then some comments about his compositional style in general, then some information about the genre in which every piece falls into, and finally a brief analysis and discussion about the specific piece that was in the graduate recital.
Discussion and analysis of a graduate recital: an examination of Gary Burton's "Chega De Saudade," Steve Reich's "Marimba Phase," Michael Gordon's "XY," John Cage's "In a Landscape," Minoru Miki's "Time for Marimba," and Milton Babbitt's "Homily"
Hull, Christopher James Edgar; Retterer, Eric; Post, William; Zilberkant, Eduard (2017-05)
This paper discusses some of the many facets of percussion music through the examination and analysis of the following works: Gary Burton's Chega De Saudade for solo vibraphone; Steve Reich's Marimba Phase for two marimbas; Michael Gordon's XY for five drums; the author's own arrangement for multiple-percussion setup of John Cage's In a Landscape; Minoru Miki's Time for Marimba for solo marimba; and Milton Babbitt's Homily for solo snare drum. As the repertoire and performance practices of percussion continue to develop, there are many issues of note to the studying percussionist. These range from technical concerns, to issues of interpretation. Each work exemplifies certain of these issues, and this paper seeks to glean better understanding of those through analysis and study of the works.
An examination of the keyboard technique of Bach, Haydn, Chopin, Scriabin and Prokofiev
Hays, Jonathan K. (2016-12)
In this research paper, I will explore the keyboard technique of each composer presented in my recital: J.S. Bach, Franz Joseph Haydn, Frederic Chopin, Alexander Scriabin and Sergei Prokofiev. I hope to elucidate the physical approach used by each composer, and show in turn how that same approach influenced the music of each composer by analyzing the pieces performed in my recital. To understand the distinct technique of the composers, it is important to know some context. The instrument each composer wrote for necessarily influenced their technique and resulting composition. However, the instrument cannot explain every facet of technique, and it becomes necessary to understand the underlying aesthetics of technique. Moving chronologically from Bach to Prokofiev, a general trend of expansion in the use of the hand and arm will be seen throughout. Keyboards became louder and heavier in touch and the hand faced greater reaches in every generation. The technique of Bach and Haydn was largely focused on compact and relaxed hands with distinct finger movements, while Scriabin and Prokofiev at the other end require sweeping gestures that occupy the entire arm. However, it would be too easy to present this progression as a story that technique is only getting better and better, implying that the older composers were inferior to the later. That is simply false. Instead, extended study of each composer shows that many technical principles are universal. The baroque keyboardists were likely playing with more weight than popularly imagined and one cannot play Scriabin with mittens on the hands.


Senior Clinical Program Manager Job Vacancy @ EngenderHealth – EngenderHealth has an opened job for those that are interested in working with EngenderHealth, been an international standard company and want to work as a Senior Clinical Program Manager. Details of the work are explained below.
EngenderHealth ongoing recruitment for suitable and qualified applicants to fill the position of Senior Clinical Program Manager.
Fistula Care Plus (FC+) is a five-year project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and managed by EngenderHealth in collaboration with partners.
It seeks to increase access to quality treatment services for obstetric fistula, improve prevention, strengthen the environment to support prevention, treatment and reintegration services, and to conduct research to improve the quality of services.
Senior Clinical Program Manager will support strengthening Fistula Care prevention and repair activities as assigned.
S/he will work closely with medical authorities in project supported states and staff in supported-sites to provide technical assistance for interventions related to fistula prevention and repair in accordance with national and EngenderHealth standards and guidelines.
Review and lead the update the National OF strategy and use of the Surgical Safety Toolkit.
Support routine implementation of standardized project facility assessment carried out by facility staff and finalized on walk-through audit visits.
Support fistula facilities utilization of standardized facility assessments and the Sentinel Event tracker of the surgical safety toolkit to support, or to help create, facility processes for monthly 'Morbidity and Mortality' review meetings.
Experience with and understanding of MOH structure/systems, and with USAID-funded projects.
Demonstrated ability to work collegially with other technical staff, experts, and with counterparts from the public, private and NGO sectors.
Exceptional interpersonal communication, teamwork skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English language.


text:
/*
 * Swaggy Jenkins
 * Jenkins API clients generated from Swagger / Open API specification
 *
 * The version of the OpenAPI document: 1.5.1-pre.0
 * Contact: blah@cliffano.com
 *
 * NOTE: This class is auto generated by OpenAPI Generator (https://openapi-generator.tech).
 * https://openapi-generator.tech
 * Do not edit the class manually.
 */

package org.openapitools.model;

import java.util.Objects;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
import io.swagger.annotations.ApiModel;
import io.swagger.annotations.ApiModelProperty;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
import javax.validation.constraints.*;
import javax.validation.Valid;

/**
 * PipelineRunNodeedges
 */
@JsonPropertyOrder({
  PipelineRunNodeedges.JSON_PROPERTY_ID,
  PipelineRunNodeedges.JSON_PROPERTY_PROPERTY_CLASS
})
@javax.annotation.Generated(value = "org.openapitools.codegen.languages.JavaJerseyServerCodegen", date = "2022-06-04T08:09:01.059653Z[Etc/UTC]")
public class PipelineRunNodeedges   {
  public static final String JSON_PROPERTY_ID = "id";
  @JsonProperty(JSON_PROPERTY_ID)
  private String id;

  public static final String JSON_PROPERTY_PROPERTY_CLASS = "_class";
  @JsonProperty(JSON_PROPERTY_PROPERTY_CLASS)
  private String propertyClass;

  public PipelineRunNodeedges id(String id) {
    this.id = id;
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Get id
   * @return id
   **/
  @JsonProperty(value = "id")
  @ApiModelProperty(value = "")

  public String getId() {
    return id;
  }

  public void setId(String id) {
    this.id = id;
  }

  public PipelineRunNodeedges propertyClass(String propertyClass) {
    this.propertyClass = propertyClass;
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Get propertyClass
   * @return propertyClass
   **/
  @JsonProperty(value = "_class")
  @ApiModelProperty(value = "")

  public String getPropertyClass() {
    return propertyClass;
  }

  public void setPropertyClass(String propertyClass) {
    this.propertyClass = propertyClass;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object o) {
    if (this == o) {
      return true;
    }
    if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
      return false;
    }
    PipelineRunNodeedges pipelineRunNodeedges = (PipelineRunNodeedges) o;
    return Objects.equals(this.id, pipelineRunNodeedges.id) &&
        Objects.equals(this.propertyClass, pipelineRunNodeedges.propertyClass);
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
    return Objects.hash(id, propertyClass);
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    sb.append("class PipelineRunNodeedges {\n");

    sb.append("    id: ").append(toIndentedString(id)).append("\n");
    sb.append("    propertyClass: ").append(toIndentedString(propertyClass)).append("\n");
    sb.append("}");
    return sb.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Convert the given object to string with each line indented by 4 spaces
   * (except the first line).
   */
  private String toIndentedString(Object o) {
    if (o == null) {
      return "null";
    }
    return o.toString().replace("\n", "\n    ");
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Q: How to constrain dtw from dtw-python library? Here is what I want to do:

*

*keep a reference curve unchanged (only shift and stretch a query curve)

*constrain how many elements are duplicated

*keep both start and end open

I tried:
dtw(ref_curve,query_curve,step_pattern=asymmetric,open_end=True,open_begin=True)

but I cannot constrain how the query curve is stretched
dtw(ref_curve,query_curve,step_pattern=mvmStepPattern(10))

it didn't do anything to the curves!
dtw(ref_curve,query_curve,step_pattern=rabinerJuangStepPattern(4, "c"),open_end=True, open_begin=True)

I liked this one the most but in some cases it shifts the query curve more than needed...
I read the paper (https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v031i07) and the API but still don't quite understand how to achieve what I want. Any other options to constrain number of elements that are duplicated? I would appreciate your help!

A: to clarify: we are talking about functions provided by the DTW suite packages at dynamictimewarping.github.io. The question is in fact language-independent (and may be more suited to the Cross-validated Stack Exchange).
The pattern rabinerJuangStepPattern(4, "c") you have found does in fact satisfy your requirements:

*

*it's asymmetric, and each step advances the reference by exactly one step

*it's slope-limited between 1/2 and 2

*it's type "c", so can be normalized in a way that allows open-begin and open-end

If you haven't already, check out dtw.rabinerJuangStepPattern(4, "c").plot().
It goes without saying that in all cases you are getting is the optimal alignment, i.e. the one with the least accumulated distance among all allowed paths.
As an alternative, you may consider the simpler asymmetric recursion -- as your first attempt above -- constrained with a global warping window: see dtw.window and the window_type argument.  This provides constraints of a different shape (and flexible size), which might suit your specific case.
PS: edited to add that the asymmetricP2 recursion is also similar to RJ-4c, but with a more constrained slope.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Tlaib on Holocaust: I Have a 'Calming Feeling' Knowing My Ancestors Helped 'Create a Safe Haven for Jews'
Rep. Rashida Tlaib / Getty Images
Cameron Cawthorne - May 12, 2019 8:45 AM
Freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) on Friday invoked the Holocaust in a positive light, saying she felt a "calming feeling" knowing her ancestors helped "create a safe haven for Jews."
Tlaib made the claim about her ancestors during an appearance on the Yahoo News Skullduggery podcast when she was asked about her support for a one-state solution between Palestine and Israel.
"So congresswoman, you've created something of a stir by coming out in favor of a one-state solution, Israel and Palestine, and I think you may be the only Democrat who's publicly supported a one-state solution, so what is your vision for a one-state solution that meets both Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish national aspirations?" asked Dan Klaidman, the co-host of the podcast and Yahoo's editor-in-chief.
Tlaib, the first Palestinian woman elected to Congress, said within the last two weeks she "celebrated" and "took a moment I think in our country to remember the Holocaust."
"There's kind of a calming feeling, I always tell folks, when I think of the Holocaust and the tragedy of the Holocaust and the fact that it was my ancestors, Palestinians who lost their land and some lost their lives, their livelihood, the human dignity, their existence in some ways had been wiped out," Tlaib said.
"All of it was in the name of trying to create a safe haven for Jews, post the Holocaust, post the tragedy and horrific persecution of Jews across the world at that time. And, I love the fact that it was my ancestors that provided that, right?" Tlaib continued. "In many ways. But they did it in a way that took their human dignity away, right? And it was forced on them."
Later in the interview, Klaidman suggested that a one-state solution would lead to Jews becoming a minority in that state, prompting Tlaib to say, "It's not up to us to decide what it looks like."
"But isn't it giving up, to say we're just going to — the idea of two-state solution with two independent states that are sovereign and independent and free, aren't you giving that up, that dream?" Klaidman asked.
"But I didn't give it up, I didn't give it up. Netanyahu and his party gave it up and the Israeli government gave it up," Tlaib said.
Tlaib later attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his policy by claiming that "We can smell it from far away that, no, you don't want to look at my grandmother in the eye, Netanyahu, and say 'You are equal to me. You are as human as I am to you.'"
American Jewish Committee Assistant Executive Director Avi Mayer corrected Tlaib's version of history by pointing out Jews were met with hostility from Palestinian Arabs.
The Jews in Palestine established their safe haven—the State of Israel—*despite* Palestinian Arabs' violent efforts to thwart them. The notion that Palestinian Arabs "provided" Jews a refuge from violence and persecution is so laughable it's obscene. https://t.co/RKAjQGtUJP
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) May 12, 2019
Tlaib has a history using anti-Semitic rhetoric and supporting the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel.
She expressed her support of the Palestinian state back in early January. She spoke out against Senate Bill S.1, sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.). She castigated the "Combatting BDS Act," a measure contained in the "Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act of 2019" to combat the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. Tlaib said the act is "literally an attack on our Constitution."
This entry was posted in Politics and tagged BDS, Israel, Jewish Community, Rashida Tlaib, Yahoo. Bookmark the permalink.
New Iranian Bill Vows Israel's Destruction Within 20 Years
End in Sight? Israel Rolls Out COVID Booster Shots
Rashida Tlaib's New Office Neighbor to Fly Israeli Flag
Pro-Israel Group Torches Warnock in New Ad
Tufts Students Pass Anti-Israel Ballot Measure
U.S. Moves Forward With Jerusalem Embassy Construction Amid Questions About Biden's Israel Policy
Warnock Compared Netanyahu to George Wallace in 2016 Sermon
Israel, Morocco Agree to Normalize Relations in Latest U.S.-Brokered Deal
Cameron Cawthorne is a Media Analyst for the Washington Free Beacon. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 2013. Prior to joining Free Beacon, Cameron was a Legislative Assistant in the Virginia General Assembly and a War Room Analyst at America Rising. He can be reached at cameron@freebeacon.com.
THE MORNING BEACON:
BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION
The Washington Free Beacon's morning email lays out everything you need to know about the world of politics, foreign affairs, and
national security right in your inbox.


A piece for multi-site improvising musicians.
STREAMING: This event will be streamed live. The URL will be posted here a few days prior to the event.
Contrabassist and CRCA researcher Mark Dresser participates in a collaborative "telematics" concert and cumulation of a research collaboration at UCSD with colleagues at UC Berkeley and Stanford.
The public performance at UCSD will include UCSD Music Department faculty Mark Dresser (contrabass), Philip Larson (voice), and Billy Mintz (drums), who will be joined in-person by UCI Music Asst Professor Michael Dessen (trombone). Joining via high-speed connection from Berkeley will be CNMAT Director David Wessel (electronics), Asst Professor of Music Myra Melford (piano); and from Stanford, CCRMA Director Chris Chafe (cello & celleto).
The group will be collaborating and exploring the musical potentials and limitations of latency in musical time, electro-acoustic processing at distance, and collaborative exploration of the medium.


Yvette Evers is Director of the consultancy firm Social Impact Associates, Web Coordinator for SIAHub, Associate with Community Insights Group, and Researcher at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (University of Geneva). Yvette specialises in the areas of community development and local economic development, participatory approaches, responsible tourism, sustainability auditing for hotels and cruise ships, and social impact assessment (SIA).
Yvette has 20 years of experience in project management, applied research and consultancy. Yvette is developing an SIA tool for sustainable tourism. She is also currently using social network analysis (SNA) for a comparative research project on resilience and adaptation of tourism stakeholders to climate change in isolated communities in Surselva (Switzerland) and Svalbard (Norway). Fluent in English, French and Dutch. Yvette has completed a Masters of Science in Anthropology and Ecology (University College London), and a postgraduate certificate in Responsible Tourism Management (Leeds Metropolitan University).


THE Senate on Monday approved on final reading two bills converting the towns of Imus and Bacoor in Cavite province into cities.
Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., sponsor of House Bill 4729, otherwise known as An Act converting the municipality of Imus in the province of Cavite into a component city to be known as the City of Imus, and House Bill 4730, otherwise known as An Act converting the municipality of Bacoor in the province of Cavite into a component city to be known as the City of Bacoor, said both Imus and Bacoor have satisfied the legal requirements for their conversion.
Marcos, chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government, said the conversion of Imus and Bacoor into cities will enhance the capability of their respective local governments to deliver needed services to a growing population.
At the same time, Marcos said, the two localities will become more effective partners of the national government in promoting economic growth.
According to Marcos, Imus has earned an income classification of first class since 1986 and has shown a steady rise in its income over the years. Its average annual income for calendar years 2008 and 2009 based on 2000 constant prices, exclusive of Internal Revenue Allotment, special funds, transfer and nonrecurring income is P144,981,443,72.
The figure, Marcos explained, is more than the P100-million income requirement needed for cities under Republic Act 2009, amending section 450 of the Local Government Code or Republic Act 7160.
"Imus is now home to 5,712 commercial establishments, 48 manufacturing establishments and 249 financial institutions," Marcos said, adding: "Based on the 2007 census, Imus has 253,158 inhabitants. The Imus local government has met the population requirement of at least 150,000 inhabitants as specified by Republic Act 7160.
Likewise, Marcos said Bacoor has satisfied all the requirements needed for its conversion into a city.
He said the bills were passed in recognition of the rapid urbanization of Imus and Bacoor.


Item# WC9781595434425 by WILLOW CREEK PRESS - Just Sisters (Bird / Human behavior comparisons) Gift Book. SEE BELOW for Product Description, Specifications, Child Safety and Shipping Information.
Sisters are wonderful - and sisters are terrible. Depending on the day, the mood, the weather, or the time of day, a sister can be a companion, an adversary, an enemy, or a soulmate. But no matter what, a sister is always a best friend, and the combination of animal photos and quotes in this thoughtful gift book celebrate the unique duality of sisterhood.


text:
Rat Brains and Betta Fish Support Lab Learning
Maj. Molly Kent's neuroscience lab is a busy place this summer, with multiple cadets working on multiple projects split over the two summer sessions. But despite their wide-ranging projects, the cadets share a common bond: a desire to learn lab skills and grow as scientists.
Cadet Project Could Help with Lunar Return
As a high school student, Jacob Benny '22 had a natural talent for math, and he'd also discovered an interest in physics. But work on a project for NASA before he'd even earned a college degree? That seemed to be an out-of-this-world ambition.
Shepherd Internships Show Challenges of Poverty
This summer, four cadets are taking part in internships designed to show them a side of life many have not seen before as they participate in a program through the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty, which places students with nonprofits serving the economically disadvantaged.
Plastics Reduction Effort Leads to Postwide Changes
As cadets and other members of the VMI community return to post for the fall semester, they will notice several changes being made in order for the Institute to comply with Executive Order #77, which directs all state agencies to reduce Virginia's reliance on single-use plastics.
VMI Professor Lt. Col. Rhamey to Speak on 'With Good Reason'
Lt. Col. Patrick Rhamey, associate professor of international studies and political science at Virginia Military Institute, will discuss U.S.—China relations on public radio's With Good Reason July 31-Aug. 6 in an episode titled "Entangling Alliances."
From Brazil to Lexington to Tokyo: Commandant's Staff Member Heads to Third Olympic Games
Col. Marcelo Goncalez has a well-worn passport and a track record of travel to a multitude of international competitions. At the end of this month, he will travel to Tokyo, Japan, as a technical delegate for modern pentathlon, a lesser-known Olympic sport that is a personal passion.
Maj. Gen. Wins' Recent Statement to the Corps of Cadets
Maj. Gen. Wins '85, VMI Superintendent, recently addressed the entire Corps of Cadets regarding his stance on Title IX violations, the recent article published by the Washington Post, and VMI's commitment to each and every cadet's success.
VMI Board of Visitors Executive Committee votes to begin quarterly reports
Yesterday, the VMI Board of Visitors Executive Committee met and voted to provide the governor, General Assembly, and SCHEV quarterly reports detailing VMI's progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
VMI responses to Washington Post questions
VMI recently responded to a series of 16 questions from the Washington Post for an upcoming story on "what it's like to attend VMI as a woman." Responses are shared in their entirety in the spirit of openness.
LeMert Named Inspector General at VMI
Ms. Susan LeMert has been named inspector general and Title IX coordinator at Virginia Military Institute. LeMert, who had served as interim inspector general and Title IX coordinator since February 2021, replaces Col. Jeffrey Boobar '86, now the Institute's interim chief of staff.


Mens - Traditional white groom designer sherwani made from white color brocade fabric. Hand embroidered as shown. It has bottom as chudidar pyjama made from dupion silk fabric in white color. Womens - Pretty pink net and satin lehenga designed with resham, zari, stone, applique, beads, bullion, lace and patch border work. As shown blue velvet choli and green net dupatta is available with this. Faux crepe fabric is used as the lining of the lehenga. Dryclean only.


text:
Address to AusRAIL 2018 – Australasian Railway Association conference 28 November 2018, Canberra
Subjects: Government investment in new rail projects.
MICHAEL MCCORMACK:
Tim Fischer has written a number of books - and a number of books about rail. So, if you were thinking of what to give a loved one or what to ask for yourself this Christmas, then I can heartily recommend Tim's steam locomotives book to you. It's in hardcover, it's available at all good bookstores. So, there's the plug for Tim. And as I say, Tim's not all that well at the moment and you would all well know in this room just how much he has contributed to rail, just how much he's talked about it, just how much his knowledge is of it, and we all know him, we all love him.
But it is great to be here and I think Anthony Albanese's somewhere in the audience; if he's not, he's expected to be and I would acknowledge him and his role too - he's been either the Infrastructure, Transport Minister or Shadow Minister for many, many years, and he too has played a significant part in modern rail. And, you know, on a bipartisan note I will say that he's been helpful to me in my role and I acknowledge that. Whatever we can do in a bipartisan way: I think people much prefer to see the two sides of politics getting on and doing what they can to build the nation and to build rail and to build all the other transport networks, rather than some of what we sometimes see and read in the press, which isn't always exactly how it is.
I'd like to also acknowledge Bob Herbert, the chair of the Australasian Railway Association, for his contribution and his presence here today.
And it is a great pleasure to be here today to address you on behalf of the Government, on behalf of the Liberal-Nationals Government. Key investment decisions by this Government are helping to ensure that this is a very exciting time to be in rail. As the CEO of Pacific National Dean Dalla Valle said recently, Australia is now in the midst of a rail renaissance. A renaissance - what a great word to use when describing where we're up to at the moment as far as the Government committing to rail, the nation contributing to even further rail investment.
This significant level of investment would not be possible without a strong economy, without an improving budgetary outlook and growing confidence throughout all sectors of the nation. It's our fiscal discipline and our appetite to get the Budget back into balance that enables us to tackle the big issues such as providing more investment to rail.
During this term, no Government decision has had more impact on the Australian rail industry than our decision to green light the Inland Rail - it's a game-changer. It's transformational, not only for the rail industry and not only, dare I say, for regional Australia, but indeed for our whole country. Certainly for the wider freight and logistics industry and for regional exporters, it's going to be something that for years to come we'll look back and say: well, 2018/2019 when they actually got the thing started, they were game-changer years.
Two big trends underpin this decision to build the Inland Rail: Firstly, the volume of freight in Australia is expected to grow by 60 per cent by 2040. Indeed, many figures say that that would perhaps even more than double. We must read the future and the economic growth that puts strain on our existing freight network, particularly on regional and interstate highways. When we get some of the freight off the highways, of course it's going to make our highways safer so that people can get home sooner and safer on our roads. Last year we had 1225 people die on our roads; we are working towards a zero number, of course. And by investing more in rail, that helps that process along too.
Inland Rail will provide the essential spine for Australia's freight network for eastern Australia, connecting Melbourne and Brisbane inside 24 hours, and what a game changing transformation that will be - a transit time that is essential to meet market expectations as we look to our north and elsewhere - those markets in South Korea, Japan, China; we've even signed on with Peru in more recent times. We're working on better trade relations with Indonesia and India and everywhere else in the Indo-Pacific. We need to make sure that we can get our world's best food and fibre, indeed our mineral wealth, to markets quicker so that we can have that further access.
And secondly, Australia is a confident trading nation, of course, and that goes into that freight task. So, we've got the freight task, we've got the trade task and we're going to meet both of those, largely on the back of Inland Rail. It's a huge world market and as an export nation with world-class produce we want to make sure we actually get our product to port in the best possible way to take the fullest advantage. Inland Rail will make it easier for regional businesses to get Australian goods to domestic and international markets.
I must say, as the Leader of the Nationals, as Danny mentioned, of course rail is in our DNA. Soon we are celebrating our centenary and we're proud of our commitment to rail and what we've done over many, many years. Our predecessor the Country Party - of course, we're the one party, we just changed names - was responsible for standard gauge on the Indian Pacific Railway between Sydney and Perth way back in 1970. Now, as we fought the good fight to extend rail south and north across our vast inland continent, it took 100 years to debate the lead-up to the Alice to Darwin Rail, but it's there and it's making a huge contribution to economic output.
2018 has been the year of Inland Rail delivery. I want to acknowledge the hard work of both the Australian Rail Track Corporation, chaired by former Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss, and Australia's Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities. During this year, the Victorian State Government has signed bilateral inter-governmental agreement to ensure that we can get on with the job, so that we can spread the economic benefits through the states and I acknowledge the work of both Jacinta Allan, the Victorian Minister - she was the first to sign up - but also the New South Wales Government, through Mel Pavey and John Barilaro, for signing up to those inter-governmental agreements. And I'm working with Queensland at the moment in good faith with Mark Bailey to sign the inter-governmental agreement in the Sunshine State to ensure that we can have that full connectivity from Brisbane to Melbourne.
We've also been closely consulting with communities across and along the Inland Rail corridor. I had a meeting - a robust meeting I could say - with Gilgandra residents and of course you don't build these sorts of pieces of infrastructure without there being some pushback along the way. I understand that - as a son of a generational farming family, I understand there are concerns - and I understand that whilst the route is still in some sections five kilometres wide, when we get that down to 40 or 60 metres of course many of those farmers will not be affected. But by and large there will still be property owners, landholders who will be affected, and for those people, I understand that this is a concern, that there are issues that we must and will address.
Two significant milestones occurred last month with the Inland Rail: the registration of interest process began for the delivery of a public-private partnership to build the Gowrie to Kagaru section, and the ARTC signed its first major construction contract valued at more than $300 million for the Parkes to Narromine section. Look at some of the small businesses in and around those areas which are providing ballast and all those sorts of things which go into construction, but also just the employment opportunities that are being made available. We want local contracting firms, we want local businesses, small and medium enterprises, to have a piece of the action, and of course we want to create jobs - it is creating jobs, but we want those jobs to go to local people as much as we can, and that is, I'm pleased to say, happening.
A key task in planning for the future is to link our food and our fibre and our manufacturing routes with our ports. Landside access to Australia's major ports was identified as a key challenge in two reports: first in the Australian Infrastructure Audit published by Infrastructure Australia in 2015, and the Inquiry into National Freight and Supply Chain Priorities, which was published this year, which is informing the development of the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy. Two important documents are playing a key part. And both reports identified the need for investing in efficient freight rail access across Australia, and in particular between major ports and the inland freight terminals.
There's an example in Victoria: the volume of containers, international containers moving through the Port of Melbourne is forecast to more than double in the next 15 years from around 2.5 million to over five million 20-foot equivalent units. These are significant numbers. They are big figures. Here we've committed $38 million towards a $58 million Port Rail Shuttle Network to improve the movement of containerised freight by rail between the Port of Melbourne and suburban intermodal terminals. So we're getting on with the job. The Victorian Government is looking positively too at these sorts of things, and we want to work, of course, with private entities to make sure that we can collaboratively get these tasks happening. Last month it was announced that $16.2 million is being invested at Austrak in Somerton and $9.5 million at SCT Logistics in Altona to connect these major freight hubs to the Port of Melbourne by rail. They're big investments. They're significant investments. They're worthwhile and they are certainly needed. They represent the first Port Rail Shuttle Network projects. Further project funding will be announced in due course. Both Sydney and Perth are faced with similar challenges, similar logistic challenges, and I'm pleased to say that WA and New South Wales Governments are working with us as well.
I can give you my assurance that a thorough review of these findings and recommendations is feeding into the National Rail Plan to be presented to the Transport and Infrastructure Council at its next meeting. This Government is leading a collaborative effort to develop the National Rail Plan and a key priority will be the development of a strategy to address a forecast increase in demand for rail industry skills. I know that the Jobs Minister, Kelly O'Dwyer, and the Small Business and Skills Minister, Michaelia Cash, are working with me to address where we need to obviously upskill people to take part in this rail upsurge.
My thanks go to ARA for its ongoing focus on this industry skills base and the market capacity. They are important. We want to work with Bob and the team to ensure that we get the best possible outcomes. I look forward to your report being integrated into what truly is priority process, not just for our Government, but indeed, for all Governments, Federal and State and Territory. Whatever their colour or creed, I don't care what political stripe they are: If they want to work with us in good faith to build more and better rail, I'm happy to work with them.
As our population grows, efficient rail networks are crucial to shaping Australia's future, its productivity and its prosperity. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics has estimated that congestion is going to cost $25 billion in 2017/18 rising to $40 billion in 2030. We all know we've been stuck in traffic in Sydney and Melbourne and elsewhere, Brisbane, and we want to make sure that we address that with good money in last year's Budget towards busting through the congestion. We, the Nationals, have a decentralisation agenda. But rail forms part of that solution as well. We know that. A key commitment of our investment strategy is up to $5 billion towards the Melbourne Airport Rail Link and I know how delighted that Victorians and Melbournians, in particular, were when we announced that earlier this year. Also in Victoria we've committed up to $475 million to construct a rail line connecting Huntingdale to the Monash precinct in southeast Melbourne with a possible extension to Rowville. In South Australia, we've committed $220 million to the $440 million Gawler rail line electrification; and in WA, we've committed a further $1 billion towards the components of the METRONET.
But when you talk about these numbers, people's eyes just glaze over. They are big numbers. And the other thing too is people expect Governments to build things – of course, they do. But what it does do – it enables both freight and passenger movement to operate more efficiently. What it does do – it gets people off the roads. What it does do – it eases congestion, and when you ease congestion and people are getting home and to work sooner and safer, it does give them more time at the end of the day, at the end of their shift, to spend with loved ones, to spend with family rather than be stuck in traffic.
Of course, moving freight is a key component of everything that we want to do as a Government and everything that you want to do, and so as I say, thank you for the role that each of you, each and every one of you, do individually and collectively to help in our task. If you've got ideas, if you've got suggestions of how we, as a Government, can do it better, I'm only too happy to hear; only too happy to take an e-mail; to listen to your solutions; to hear your ideas; and to see how we can work collaboratively, cooperatively together.
What we also want to do is connect cities through regions through faster rail. There are a large number of Australians who work in the major capitals. We announced the $390 million Beerburrum to Landsborough rail upgrade to make sure that we could increase the capacity for people to live on the Sunshine Coast, to work in Brisbane and to reduce their travel time by up to 40 minutes. That's a significant investment in those people's future and a significant investment in Queensland. So they're the sorts of projects, and there are many right across the nation, where we can get those 30-minute liveable places just outside the capital cities so that people can commute to and from their home; getting to the capital cities; work there; and then get home when the day is done and spend more time with their families rather than being stuck in traffic looking at somebody's brake lights ahead of them.
Now, in the 2017/18 budget, the Australian Government committed to faster passenger rail connections to such areas through a $20 million Faster Rail Prospectus to support the development of business cases. So we had to do the business cases first. They of course had to be ticked off and have those regulatory process put over them. But at the end of the day, we want to make sure that people are getting home sooner and safer by rail and less congestion on our roads.
The Sydney to Newcastle faster rail proposal would explore options for upgrades to the existing line; and also in places where we can improve on those existing lines just like has been promised in Geelong and elsewhere, then we will certainly look at it, put the business case over it, and then get on with it and do it when the economy gets better and we've got more money to spend. We've seen how the New South Wales Government – a Government in surplus – has $87 billion over the next four years to spend on major infrastructure and we're of course spending $75 billion. We're getting on with the job, but when you've got a stronger economy, you can do these things, and that's why we are working towards getting back to balance in the next budget and then hopefully moving on to build even better and bolder infrastructure projects from then on.
The Melbourne to Greater Shepparton faster rail proposal has the potential to significantly reduce passenger travel times along the route and drive other flow-on economic benefits to Melbourne and regional Victoria. In this case, the applicant, CLARA, Consolidated Land and Rail Australia, originally proposed this route as a part of their wider scheme for high speed rail. And of course, I've mentioned the Sunshine Coast proposals – good proposals and certainly looking towards doing those in the future.
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you again. I know you have some major discussions to take place today and deliberations. I wish you well with those and I wish you well for the dinner tonight. I know this is an important event. I know that you regard the ARA and each other very highly in your role, in your commitment to building better rail; to making sure that we as a Government and other Governments get on with the investment that we need to make in rail. There is a bright future in rail. The Australian Government acknowledges that. We recognise that and we're getting on with the job of building just that.
[Applause]
Shane Manning 29 November 2018
ADDRESS AT INLAND RAIL SOD TURNING EVENT AT PARKES, NSW, DECEMBER 13, 2018
Shane Manning 3 January 2019
Address for John Ryan VC statue unveiling at Richmond Park, Tumut, 30 September 2018
Shane Manning 3 October 2018


text:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context>
    <!-- Specify a JDBC datasource -->

    <Resource name="csmupt"
              auth="Container"
              type="javax.sql.DataSource"
              username="@database.user@"
              password="@database.password@"
              driverClassName="@database.driver@"
              url="@database.url@"
              maxActive="10"
              maxIdle="4"/>

    <Resource name="ncireportwriter"
              auth="Container"
              type="javax.sql.DataSource"
              username="@database.user@"
              password="@database.password@"
              driverClassName="@database.driver@"
              url="@database.url@"
              maxActive="10"
              maxIdle="4"/>

<!--
   <Resource name="BeanManager" auth="Container"
        type="javax.enterprise.inject.spi.BeanManager"
            factory="org.jboss.weld.resources.ManagerObjectFactory" />
-->

<Realm  className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JDBCRealm"
 driverName="@database.driver@"
 connectionURL="@database.url@"
 connectionName="@database.user@"
 connectionPassword="@database.password@"
 userTable="csm_user"
 userNameCol="LOGIN_NAME"
 userCredCol="PASSWORD"
 userRoleTable="csm_role"
 roleNameCol="ROLE_NAME" />

<Realm  className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JDBCRealm"
 driverName="@database.driver@"
 connectionURL="@database.url@"
 connectionName="@database.user@"
 connectionPassword="@database.password@"
 userTable="csm_user"
 userNameCol="LOGIN_NAME"
 userCredCol="PASSWORD"
 userRoleTable="csm_role"
 roleNameCol="ROLE_NAME" />

 <!--
      <Resource name="BeanManager"
                auth="Container"
                type="javax.enterprise.inject.spi.BeanManager"
                factory="org.jboss.weld.resources.ManagerObjectFactory"/>
      <WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource>
      <WatchedResource>META-INF/context.xml</WatchedResource>
-->

    <!-- Specify the security realm and location of the users file
    <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.MemoryRealm"
           pathname="/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/users.xml" />
    -->

</Context>


There are currently 1 Homes for sale in F J Ham Survey. The average price for F J Ham Survey properties is $549,900which is 47% higher than all Homes within a 20 mile radius. The highest priced property in F J Ham Survey is $549,900 while the lowest priced Home is listed at $549,900. Most of the properties available in F J Ham Survey are Homes . Compared to last month, the average price of real estate in the area has gone up 100%.


text:
lawrence o'donnell
'Today' editor fired over Lawrence O'Donnell meltdown leak
October 16, 2017 | 9:25am
We're now told that the leaker, whose name has not been released, had left a clear digital trail that allowed NBC honchos to track him down.
Was Lawrence O'Donnell's meltdown video leaked on purpose?
September 21, 2017 | 8:57pm
TV insiders believe that senior NBC staffers leaked the instantly infamous tape of the MSNBC anchor in retaliation for his antics during contract negotiations this spring.
Lawrence O'Donnell is staying on MSNBC
June 1, 2017 | 1:47pm
Contract renegotiations are usually routine, but O'Donnell's became an issue since he mused publicly about whether he was wanted.
Expiring contracts could bring big changes to MSNBC
May 17, 2017 | 9:02pm
Lawrence O'Donnell's contract expires June 4.
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell injured in car crash abroad
April 14, 2014 | 4:12pm
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell was injured in a car crash while on vacation abroad and will be off the air for several weeks while he recovers. O'Donnell, who hosts "The Last...
Lawrence O'Donnell's in-flight adventures
February 5, 2014 | 3:00am
Lawrence O'Donnell has had some unusual adventures in air travel this week. First, the MSNBC talk-show host wondered whether the off-duty pilot seated next to him in full uniform should...
1 How Phil Spector's hair disappeared behind bars	2 Kelly Clarkson: Celebs were 'really mean' after 'American Idol'	3 Josh Allen's girlfriend Brittany Williams celebrates Bills' latest playoff win


Word has reached GalNet that an investigation into the Galactic Mechanics Union will result in charges being brought against the organisation by all three of the galaxy's major powers.
The investigation, which was carried out in secret by a consortium of independent investigators, has found that the GMU has been involved in anti-competitive business practices, including price fixing on a galactic scale.
Lawsuits are currently in the process of being submitted to the appropriate authorities. With millions of potential plaintiffs signing up to take part in what will doubtless be the largest class action case in history, it seems unlikely that the GMU will make it out of the courts still in one piece once this is all over.
While the lawsuits are likely to go on for years before anyone is able to claim any kind of compensation, ship repair costs should start becoming significantly cheaper now that the GMU's price fixing operations have come to an end.


The wine has aromas of blackberry and raspberry fruit; rose pedals, mint and white pepper with toasty and vanilla highlights. Dark plum and bramble berry flavors fill the mouth. The tannin structure is full and highly extracted, but soft and lush.


text:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".activities.NavActivity">

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">

        <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
            app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />

    </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

    <fragment
        android:id="@+id/nav_host_fragment"
        android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"

        app:defaultNavHost="true"
        app:navGraph="@navigation/nav_graph" />

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>


The world mourns not just the loss of one but two large names in IT.
He knew what he started, and it ain't over yet.
Dennis, from one geek to another - I salute and thank you for your vision and inspiration, and what you've achieved in your uptime.
A less high profile name than Steve Jobs, but arguably someone who has made a similar contribution to the modern world. Imagine all of the systems and structures of the modern lifestyle many of us enjoy that absolutely depend upon many of these inventions.


text:
BizInfo
Vietnam Economy
Old Version of Website
Prosecution proposed against Tat Thanh Cang
Thanh Ha - January 13, 2021 0
HCMC – The HCMC investigative police agency has proposed the city's prosecutors charge Tat Thanh Cang, former permanent deputy secretary of the municipal Party Committee,...
Vietnam tests Covid-19 vaccine with highest dosage on three people
HCMC - The Vietnam Military Medical Academy today, January 12, started the trial injection of a Covid-19 vaccine, Nano Covax, with the highest dosage...
Over US$15 billion poured into Phu Quoc's tourism
HCMC – By September 2020, Phu Quoc City of Kien Giang Province had attracted 276 tourism projects covering nearly 10,000 hectares of land and...
Upgraded runways at TSN, Noi Bai airports put into service
HCMC - Runway 25R/07L of the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC and runway 1B of the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi...
Phu Quoc becomes Vietnam's first island city
HCMC – The Kien Giang government on January 8 held a ceremony to announce the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee's resolution to establish Phu...
AllBizInfoCorporateEnvironmentFinancial Markets
HCMC transport dept proposes putting electric buses into service
Nhu Phu - January 13, 2021 0
HCMC – The HCMC Department of Transport has proposed the municipal government submit its plan to put electric buses into operation to the prime...
Mien Dong coach station starts selling Tet tickets today
HCMC – Tet tickets for coach trips will be sold at the Mien Dong Coach Station from today, January 12, to February 7, said...
IHG expands Crowne Plaza brand in central Vietnam
HCMC – The InterContinental Hotels Group, or IHG, has signed a management agreement with the Minh Dong Travel Service and Trading Company Limited, a...
Experts suggest HCMC develop low-cost housing projects in new urban areas
Minh Tuan - January 13, 2021 0
HCMC – There is a severe shortage of housing projects in HCMC for medium- and low-income earners, experts said at a conference early this...
Vietnam expected to lose nearly 14 million international arrivals
Hong Ngan - September 30, 2020 0
HCMC – The nation is forecast to lose from 13.5 to 14 million tourists this year compared with 2019, though the Government has resumed...
Prudent restart
Vietnam's domestic tourism market has started to move on after a long time of respite due to the second attack of the coronavirus in...
Int'l tour firms plan to take tourists back to Vietnam early next year
HCMC - Many foreign tour operators have revealed their plans to bring tourists back to Vietnam starting early next year and are awaiting the...
Post-pandemic tourism stimulus program launched in Can Tho
Hong Ngan - May 18, 2020 0
CAN THO – The Vietnam Tourism Association (VITA) on May 16 launched a program in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to bolster...
Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Pham Huu Chuong
Managing Editor: Nguyen Van Thang
Assistant Managing Editor: Pham Dinh Dung
Head Office: 35 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Tel: (84.28) 3829 5936; Fax: (84.28) 3829 4294
Publication Permit No. 321/GP-BTTT issued on October 26, 2007. All rights reserved.
Other News198
Infrastructure168
For the sake of sustainable fish export
Amid favorable conditions, bank listings on the rise