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Farah K. Ahmed, president and CEO of Fragrance Creators Association (FCA), testified in front of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), urging the administration not to apply tariff or trade restrictions on essential oils and concentrates of essential oils.
FCA notes that the tariffs, while aiming to promote U.S. manufacturing, would negatively impact American business and consumers while providing no additional benefit to the U.S. economy. The organization aspires to stay engaged with the USTR to demonstrate that tariff-related cost increases compromise the competitiveness of American manufacturers, threaten downstream retail jobs and businesses and undercut the administration's goals by putting U.S. manufacturers at a global disadvantage.
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Ahmed's testimony coincided with FCA's federal fly-in, where members of the association spoke with legislators and their staff on key issues of importance to the industry, including cosmetics reform, implementation of the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act and the impact of Chinese and E.U. tariffs and trade policy on fragrance businesses.
"Levying tariff and trade restrictions on essential oils, particularly those that are sourced from plants that cannot be grown in the U.S., would in no way advance our economy," said Ahmed. "In fact, restrictions on these products will lead to higher costs for U.S. producers (many of which are small businesses), retailers, and every person in every community in the nation—all without any accompanying benefit to U.S. industry... In addition, hundreds of thousands of American jobs are dependent on scented products, which require these essential oil inputs, and could be jeopardized."
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Steven Lamar come out ahead at trial with a verdict for headphone royalties.
A jury in Los Angeles on Wednesday handed down a $25 million verdict in favor of Steven Lamar, a former business partner of Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre.
Lamar claimed credit for the idea of celebrity-endorsed headphones. In 2006, he took the idea to Dre and Iovine. The original Beats headphones were based on a design by Robert Brunner, a renowned industrial designer. The parties had a falling out, and a settlement was crafted.
In a 2014 lawsuit, Lamar alleged that Dre and Iovine had violated the settlement and owed him lucrative royalties from the sale of later Beats headphones. The case was initially dismissed by a judge, then revived by an appeals court. Eventually, it went to trial.
Iovine and Dre argued that Lamar was only entitled to royalties from the first headphone model — the Beats Studio make — leading to a controversy over whether the settlement amounted to a one-product deal or was inclusive of the celebrity-endorsed line of headphones that was later released.
The jury decided that Lamar had fulfilled his contract and that the defendants should pay him royalties on the sales of three Beats headphone models — the Studio 2 Remastered, the Studio 2 Wireless and the Studio 3 — to the tune of $25,247,350.
Lamar had been seeking more than $100 million in royalties.
The trial featured testimony from both Iovine and Dre about the origins of Beats, which sold to Apple for some $3 billion shortly before Lamar filed his lawsuit.
Dre credited Brunner with much of the work and said he couldn't remember Lamar at a key meeting in 2006 discussing the future of Beats.
Lamar, who once ran a hedge fund, acknowledged that he had conveyed intellectual property rights, but insisted he was due royalties per contract. His attorney painted him as the true architect that had worked on the disparate elements — branding, technology, design and manufacturing.
Ultimately, the jury agreed to give Lamar some of what he felt was owed. The plaintiff was represented by a team at Susman Godfrey, while Dre and Iovine were handled by Morrison & Foerster.


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'Alien: Covenant'—Michael Fassbender(s) Steals the Show
In Featured, Movie Reviews, Renard Bansale, Reviews, Uncategorized by John LaCrosse May 25, 2017
(2017—Director: Ridley Scott)
★★★ 1/2 (out of 5 stars)
(Potential spoilers below)
2017 marks the fortieth year in the career of celebrated director Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, The Martian). Scott at the moment appears to devote the majority of his interests and seasoned talents in returning to the roots of Alien, his 1979 commercial breakthrough, through a more intelligent lens. While this is an admirable venture for sure, the products so far feel more confusing, distant, and derivative rather than exciting and insightful. Such was the case for 2012's Prometheus (Scott's first step in spelling out the origins of the ferocious Xenomorph) and it remains the case with Alien: Covenant.
It is 2104. The spaceship Covenant coasts through space to a planet ripe for colonization. Covenant carries around two thousand passengers, one thousand preserved embryos, fifteen crewmen, and one human-like android ("Walter", played by Michael Fassbender). Unfortunately, a neutrino blast emanating from a nearby unstable star shakes the ship. A handful of Covenant's inhabitants die in the process, including the still-sleeping captain.
The surviving crew, which includes succeeding captain Oram (Billy Crudup, Spotlight, this year's Justice League) and the captain's widow Daniels (Katherine Waterston, Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them), work to repair the ship. While doing so, a brief radio signal reaches the ship and they track its origin to a nearby planet. This planet appears to be as habitable as their original predetermined destination. At this point, the thought of another unexpected collision has left the crew paranoid. Moreover, seven years remain until they arrive at their intended destination. Rather than sleep again, the crew decides to explore the planet.
Looking beyond Alien: Covenant's polished sci-fi surface to see the classic horror scenario underneath, one thing becomes clear: Trespassing into a monster house usually never bodes well for the trespassers.
On paper, Alien: Covenant keeps director Ridley Scott's plans of circling back to the original 1979 film moving. It offers three spectacular settings—spaceship interiors, the evergreen forest and waterways, and the large, ghost-like City of the Engineers—all in which the gory, terrifying mayhem ensue. That said, the film aches for a more stable emotional investment in its cast that can give the science more meaning. Michael Fassbender and his fascinating dual performance as "Walter" and "David" (the android from Prometheus) benefits the most from the script. As with James McAvoy in the film Split from earlier this year, it fascinates to watch a single actor give life to many characters in the same film so well. Katherine Waterston (who starred alongside Fassbender in the criminally underrated Steve Jobs) is sturdy as the lead female, and it is always delightful to see a comedian like Danny McBride (This Is the End) go against type. Still, the film cannot afford them more screentime for their performances to leave a true impact. Elsewhere, Billy Crudup's naïve, gullible, and fideistic captain never becomes someone to root for; he does, however, manage to stand apart from the expendable rest of the cast. Alien: Covenant may avoid repeating the lapses of common sense seen in Prometheus' characters, but it still has some characters committing typical horror movie mistakes that should continue to leave viewers frustrated.
As a film buff, I often regret that Alien (along with The Godfather and Rocky) did not remain a two-entry franchise. History seems to have judged the films past James Cameron's 1986 sequel to be unworthy of standing alongside the first two Xenomorph tales. I suspect Ridley Scott is attempting with Prometheus, Covenant, and the inevitable follow-up(s) to rectify the damage the post-Aliens films may or may not have done to the part-sexual, part-violent, ever-fascinating Xenomorph lore. If he is, then he would be wise to go all-out in doing so at once, especially with his 80th birthday approaching. God only knows how much longer Scott can contribute to cinema after that.
(Parents' Note: Alien: Covenant starts with one character in stasis burning to death in a sleeping pod. Starting from a third of the way into the runtime, the film contains sporadic but intense and bloody maiming scenes. Two characters undergo a brutal and traumatic prototype of the "chestbursting" experience (more like "backbursting"). Another experiences it the more traditional way known to fans of the original 1979 film. Towards the end of the film, a nude couple in a standing shower are initiating the sexual act as an alien sneaks up on them. The camera avoids exposing anything more than backs, sides, and a glimpse of rears. Minutes after they're attacked, the camera lingers for a moment on the messy aftermath. Expect a large handful of F-words, S-words, and others throughout the runtime, along with a dozen expletives involving "God" and "Jesus".)

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December 2, 2019 December 2, 2019 by TheJointBlog
First the first time since the start of marijuana prohibition many decades ago, marijuana sales will be legal in both Michigan and Illinois beginning January 1st. This is possible due to voter-approved initiatives which legalized the plant for recreational purposes for everyone 21 and older.
James Daly, who was featured in a recent Associated Press report, "is eager to make marijuana history on Sunday, when he plans to open the doors to Arbors Wellness, beckon the lengthy line outside and legally start selling recreational pot for the first time in the Midwest."
Daly says: "We've worked very hard to be prepared". Daly who owns the medical dispensary that is among just six shops in Michigan — mostly in Ann Arbor, as noted by the AP — also approved to start selling for adult use in December. The business is doubling staff and has fielded calls from potential customers across the state along with neighboring Ohio and Indiana.
"The end of prohibition is historic," he said. "We wanted to rip the Band-Aid off."
"Both Michigan and Illinois, which allows sales starting on Jan. 1, are officially joining nine other states that broadly allow marijuana sales". Companies are rushing to complete renovations at dispensaries, expand their growing facilities, and get staff hired and trained. The Midwestern states' launch into the potentially lucrative recreational market comes at a turbulent time for the industry, which has been rocked by layoffs, the vaping health scare and investor disappointment with Canada's marijuana program. In both states, a limited number of businesses have received state licenses letting them sell recreational products initially. But those same retailers must keep enough product on hand to supply people certified as patients under medical marijuana laws.
The conditions are "almost a guarantee" that Illinois and Michigan customers will experience long lines, product shortages and potentially high prices in the early stages, said Adam Orens, co-founder of the Marijuana Policy Group.
"They've got to get through the growing pains to get a system implemented," he said.
In Michigan, regulators who began accepting license applications Nov. 1 are aiding the transition by letting medical growers, processors and dispensaries transfer up to half their products to the recreational side under certain conditions. But marijuana is unlikely to be more broadly available until more businesses become licensed and additional communities authorize sales.
The AP report states that more than 1,400 of Michigan's nearly 1,800 cities, townships and villages are not allowing recreational businesses. Even Detroit, home to the most medical dispensaries in the state, has delayed recreational sales until at least Jan. 31.
"This is brand new for a lot of municipalities. I think it's important that they are doing their due diligence and taking an approach that honors the will of their people," said Andrew Brisbo, executive director of the Marijuana Regulatory Agency, which has awarded 18 licenses and approved 78 pre-qualification applications. He said he expects adult sales to occur in "some consistent form" at a greater number of Michigan locations by the end of March.
In Illinois, seven months will have separated Gov. J.B. Pritzker's signing of legislation permitting people 21 and older to buy and possess marijuana and the start of sales in January. "The first round of applications is limited to existing medical marijuana retailers, and about 30 are newly licensed to sell recreational products. More could be approved before January." Most of the state's licensed cultivation companies are expanding their space to meet higher demand for marijuana products. But that work takes time, too.
Mark de Souza, CEO of the state's largest marijuana producer Revolution Enterprises, told the AP that he has heard from dispensary operators "panicked" that they could have empty shelves within months of adult sales beginning.
But he believes the overall structure Illinois' law created will become the industry's "gold standard."
"You're going to ensure everything from compliance to truth in labeling to taxes to consumer safety," he said. "We don't think any short-term supply issues are going to be harmful."
Still, retailers are considering appointment-based systems rather than lining up customers in winter weather. Others have retrofitted their dispensaries to let medical patients in one door and recreational customers in another, hoping to limit confusion if their product supplies run low.
Amy Manganelli, chief operating officer at Mapleglen Care Center in the western Illinois city of Rockford, said she is anticipating long lines and taking steps to prepare employees.
"We can't open January 1 and have somebody futzing with the scanner," she said. "That won't make the people in line, standing outside in winter, very happy."
State law lets local governments bar recreational dispensaries, and at least two of Illinois' existing medical dispensaries are in communities that decided to prevent expanded sales. Chicago set up seven districts with a limited number of dispensaries allowed in each, and business owners only learned at a lottery event in mid-November where they could operate within the city.
Illinois lawmakers said they expected a slow start. Their long-term goals, though, hinge on parts of the law intended to ensure people of color can open and work for marijuana businesses despite historic inequities in enforcement of state and federal drug laws.
The law includes a scoring bonus during the license-award process for social equity applicants — people living in communities most affected by enforcement of marijuana laws, or individuals arrested for or convicted of marijuana offenses that would be legal under the new law. A low-interest loan program for these applicants also was created as part of the law.
Michigan has cut marijuana licensing fees for prospective business owners living in 41 cities whose residents were disproportionately impacted by drug enforcement.
Toi Hutchinson, a former Illinois state senator who oversees the work of all seven state agencies that interact with cannabis businesses, said she is confident that regulators are hitting their deadlines. And she said they will be prepared for other significant milestones in 2020, including the first round of applicants seeking 75 additional licenses to sell recreational products.
Toi Hutchinson, a former Illinois state senator who oversees the work of all seven state agencies that interact with cannabis businesses, said she is confident that regulators are hitting their deadlines. And she said they will be prepared for other significant milestones in 2020, including the first round of applicants seeking 75 additional licenses to sell recreational products
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The Politics of Memory (curated by Shane Cullen), Crawford Art Gallery, November 20, 2010 – Mid-2011
Too late for the All My Loving Exhibition at the Crawford Art Gallery. It was being taken down as I arrived today. Consoled myself with a walk through the Shane Cullen curated The Politics of Memory.
There is some irony now in the fact that the paragraph displayed boldly on one of the walls on which the exhibition is hung (though there are one or two sculpture pieces) is credited to former Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
"Commemoration, of course, is a selective act. We choose what to commemorate…We decide what events are worth remembering…..Others are quietly forgotten." Mr Cowan was referring to public commemoration; we can all have our private ones. One wonders though how his own public efforts will be commemorated!
One Irish figure commemorated in this exhibition is James Connolly. His 1960 bust, by Seamus Murphy, is prominently placed and unmissable. Must say though that I much prefer the Michael Collins one in Fitzgerald Park, and not because of the politics!
James Connolly and Muriel McSwiney
I remember reading on Twitter recently how those that bring about the revolution rarely benefit from the subsequent changes. The tweet referred to Egypt a few weeks back and I was reminded of it when I came to view the fallen body of The Revolutionary by Sir William Orpen.
And another sir also caught my attention. This was Sir John Lavery who entitled his fine portrait: The Widow, Mrs Terence McSwiney. No sign of her own name which was Muriel. Times have changed. Don't think that would happen today. Hillary Clinton, for one, would give him an earful and rightly so.
Times change. And still the politics plays its games. But not forever. Memory, even of the brave and the just, fades.


The next Russian Play will take place on 12-13 March 2013 at 7 pm, with a staging of Nikolai Erdman's humorous play The Suicide. The play is performed in Russian. It will take place in the Film and Drama Studio, in the Arts Two building, the new building next to Arts One. Entrance is from the back, not from the street, so please enter the campus at the East Gate.
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While we tried to enjoy our burritos, we couldn't help but replay the experience we'd had at a recent pharmacy meeting, when a professional speaker referred to patients struggling from opioid use as "junkies." Our professors teach us to use language to break down stigma, but that's not what happened there. Maybe using this language seems even more foreign to us, as a younger generation because we've had the opportunity for it to be brought to our attention. And if so, perhaps as students, maybe this is where we can work together with pharmacists to help our profession move forward.
Don't you just need to label it?
In a similar manner, hearing the dreaded, "don't you just need to label it?" from a patient is enough to make any pharmacist or intern cringe. We have to decide to either spend a few minutes to explain that our role has grown to more than just counting pills and slapping a label on it, or we thank them for their patience and provide them with care while managing the needs of others as well. No matter what is ultimately decided, it's easy to slip back into a routine. In retail pharmacy this could be an automatic, "picking up?" when someone walks to the counter, or something as serious as alert fatigue, which can happen in any setting. Again, it's easy to do- we can't be the only ones who have accidentally answered our cell phones with, "Hi, thank you for calling..." before correcting ourselves.
What isn't easy is change. Our profession is moving forward quickly, as are the challenges that we have to face. The opioid crisis, outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, and our growing population of older adults are just a few. In pharmacy school we're taught to group things together to help memorize treatment options. To contradict that- we're also taught how to not group certain things, like our patients. "Users". "Alcoholics". "Junkies". These terms are powerful and create a stigma surrounding the conditions that we have been trained to help patients manage and overcome. Even the term "anti-vaxxers" is a label that minimizes the human behind it. Keeping these preconceived notions about a patient may be considered easier, a way to prepare ourselves or describe an interaction, but it limits our ability to help and educate both our patients and our colleagues.
"I will embrace and advocate changes that improve patient care", is directly from our oath. As pharmacists and interns, we took a vow to do more than just treat a disease. We're treating people. With patient centered care as our new care model, health professionals have done a wonderful job at redirecting the focus back to the individual. But the improvement needs to go further than just our clinical approach; The words we use are powerful enough to either push away those that need our help the most, or bring our nation together to provide education and overcome stigma and disease.
The phrase, "if you've met one older adult, then you've met one older adult", has been uttered more times than we can count in our three years of pharmacy school. The complexity of an individual is what makes not only geriatrics, but all of pharmacy beautiful. Simplifying people into categories or using terms to describe them takes away what makes our jobs so unique and satisfying. Going forward take that extra moment, like you may have to explain that our jobs are more than counting pills, to actively change the way you approach someone you may originally have categorized. Be the type of pharmacist that you wanted to be when you first took that oath, the type that ASCP is proud to have representing the future of healthcare. Good pharmacists don't just label bottles, and great pharmacists don't just label patients.


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Is our business such a fun place to work that resumes keep coming in?
If you take the time to study successful businesses around the world you will find at least one common denominator. Yes, they may all sell different products and services, have different visions and missions, and focus on totally different types of customers. But what you will find in all of them is a culture where employees want to come to work, customers love spending money there, and momentum is flowing.
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Hearing – Employees need to know they are being listened to. Business leaders should take steps to create spaces/methods where employees can easily communicate and share ideas. Casual conversations in the break room can become collaborative, million dollar conversations.
Seeing – Money and promotions are important, but what employees want to see is the big picture and their part in it. They want to know they are making a difference. A recent survey found that the No. 1 contributor to employee happiness is transparency – they employee wants to know his/her specific role in the company and how he/she can add to its success.
Smelling – Speaking of success, it has a distinct smell. I know this sounds odd, but when you walk through the door of a successful business you can smell it. It is hard to explain. Perhaps successful companies hire a cleaning service to keep that fragrance alive all day long.
Tasting – There is nothing better to create the culture you dream of than by recognizing and rewarding employees for a job well done – and having food at these events makes them that much more enjoyable. Achievement and recognition are high motivators for employees. If they take risks, reward them – and do it often. One great way to do this is to give them a coupon to go out for dinner. It also shows that you care about them when you create a culture of healthiness. Have fruit, bottles of water, and other healthy snacks in the break room.
Touching – Keep in touch with all of your staff. A one-on-one conversation with an employee or group lunch goes a long way. Whether it be a private conversation at the start of the day, taking them out for a meal, whatever, helps keep that bond strong. Take time to send a card or email of praise for a specific job well done.
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In an October 2, 2020 press release, Swimming Canada has announced that they will soon be releasing Version 3 of their Return to Swimming Resource Document. The country's national swimming federation has remained committed to providing the information needed to allow their membership to continue re-opening pools while COVID-19 remains a risk in some parts of the country.
Within the release, CEO of Swimming Canada Ahmed El-Awadi said that "so many provinces, clubs, coaches and swimmers have been following the framework of our COVID-19 Return to Swimming Resource Document, and adapting it to their local needs," "This has allowed Canadian swimmers to be active, stay fit, and train. That said, with rising COVID-19 numbers in parts of the country, our swimming community must continue to be vigilant and adjust as needed to mitigate the risks."
Swimming Canada's High-Performance Director John Atkinson also commented on Canada's return to swimming thus far, saying "High-Performance Centres, universities and clubs have been able to return safely with the risk mitigation processes we've put in place," "It's been safe and we see it is working. While cases have been increasing in some parts of the country, all involved in swimming need to continue to follow these safeguards to keep the return to swimming safe and positive."
According to CTV News, as of October 3, 2020, Canada has had a total of 164,471 cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak and currently has 16,117 active cases. The majority of the cases to date have been in two of the country's largest the provinces Ontario and Quebec;
Province / Territory Active Cases
Quebec 7,035
Ontario 5,380
Alberta 1,558
British Columbia 1,304
Saskatchewan 148
New Brunswick 6
Newfoundland & Labrador 4
Prince Edward Island 2
Northwest Territories 0
Nunavut 0
The full press release can be seen here.
The first version of the Return to Swimming Resource Document which was released in March has since been updated, with version 2 coming out in July. You can access version 2 of the document here.
The section of the resource document that focuses specifically on the return to training points out 7 key considerations to keep in mind when planning swim practices. These considerations include limiting initial practice group sizes, maintaining physical distancing while on the pool deck, and instilling a buffer period between different groups' practices to eliminate unnecessary overlap.
Swimming Canada's push to re-open pools is similar to that of USA Swimming's efforts to make a return to training and competition. USA Swimming has released several documents over the course of the pandemic aimed at providing their constituents with appropriate resources for returning to swimming;
2020 Return To Competition Plan
2020 Return To Competition LSC Sanction Requirements
Facility Reopening Plan Guidelines
CDC Considerations for Public Pools, Hot Tubs, and Water Playgrounds During COVID-19
OSHA 3990 Guidelines for COVID-19
White House Guidelines for Reopening Economy
Template Waivers
Pool Diagram Blanks
NFHS Guidance for Opening Up High School Athletics and Activities
Also actively advocating for a return to the pool has been Swim England CEO, Jane Nickerson. Back in June, following the federation's release of their own Returning to the Pool guidance, Nickerson detailed her frustration with the lack of re-opening;
"Many will fail to understand how pubs, restaurants, cinemas, museums and hair salons have been given the go-ahead to open on the 4 July but not chlorine-filled swimming pools.
"I share their frustrations and demand that the Government hastily reconsiders this decision to ignore what is a lifeline to so many.
"It appears that it is okay to sit on the couch watching professional sport, go out for a high-calorie meal and then go to the pub but you can't go for a swim, which provides a sanitized environment.
"Our detailed Returning to the Pool guidance has shown that pools can operate a controlled Covid-19 safe way.
"However, we have been stressing to the Government that facilities need at least two weeks to be able to prepare for reopening so it's deeply frustrating these pleas haven't been listened to."
Since Nickerson's comments back in June, progress has been made on the pool re-opening front and the country has seen many of its pools re-open. While many still remain closed, however, and COVID-19 restrictions continue to prevent a normal competition season, Swim England has recently announced 'Level X' – a virtual swimming competition – in mid-October.
"(It's) an exciting event which will enable swimmers to compete against others from across the country within the comforts of their own club training sessions," said SE Sport Development Director, George Wood.
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The new clinic has four physician pods, an onsite pharmacy and a WIC program.
The clinic has desks for other campus agencies that concentrate on child wellbeing, such as the Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County.
The center hopes to add a dental clinic and a family practice specialist, as parents often need medical care for themselves.
Sally & Sam Shapiro Babies & Children's Medical Center, 1750 17th St., Sarasota, at the Glasser/Schoenbaum Human Services Center.
Published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Business Weekly on July 21, 2014.


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A few months ago I published 'Pretty When You Sleep,' the second of my "creepy little bedtime stories" to Amazon Kindle. It's a short thriller, looking at the creepiness of stalkers in the age of social media. Kind of "Instagram Horror" – which apparently is now becoming a thing – as the YouTube short below can attest.
In this "creepy little bedtime story" by William F. Aicher, we wake up with a young woman in the middle of the night. It seems poor Thalia can't sleep, so she does what any other twenty-something would do – she checks her phone. Only then does she realize, she's not alone.
A quick little tale of suspense – another vignette of nighttime terror. Sure to thrill anyone who's ever had to spend the night alone in the dark. That means you.


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Your first look at 'The Wedding Crashers' poster
Your first look at The Wedding Crashers poster
— March 31st, 2005
New Line Cinema has provided MovieWeb with your first look at the one-sheet teaser poster for the upcoming comedy, The Wedding Crashers, starring Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Christopher Walken.
Two of comedy's hottest stars - Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson - team up for the first time in The Wedding Crashers, a fast-paced comedy of love turned upside down. Vaughn and Wilson star as a pair of divorce mediators who spend their weekends crashing weddings in a search for Ms. Right…for a night. But when one of them falls for the engaged daughter (Rachel McAdams) of an influential and eccentric politician (Christopher Walken) at the social event of the year, they get roped into spending a wild weekend at the family's palatial waterfront estate and quickly find themselves in over their heads. The Wedding Crashers is directed by David Dobkin (Shanghai Knights).
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Three rankings matches took place in Europe this weekend with wins for Switzerland and Luxembourg, while Malta drew with Croatia in the Conference 1 South title decider.
New Zealand maintain their place at the top of the World Rugby Rankings after another Bledisloe Cup win over Australia, while Croatia, Slovenia and Denmark are all on the up thanks to victories in the Rugby Europe Conference system.
New Zealand's long-held status as the world's number one ranked team is under threat this weekend as they prepare to take on Australia in the third and final Bledisloe Cup match of the year in Yokohama, Japan.
Sweden's first win over Moldova in six years sends them into the top 50 of the World Rugby Rankings, while Slovenia are also big climbers after the latest round of Rugby Europe fixtures.
RWC 2019 hopefuls Portugal survive a scare from Poland to retain the Rugby Europe Trophy and set up a play-off with Germany for a place in next year's Rugby Europe Championship.
We take a look at how the World Rugby Rankings were affected by the final round of the NatWest 6 Nations and the Rugby Europe Championship along with games in the Rugby Europe Trophy and Conference.
As the NatWest 6 Nations and the European qualification process for RWC 2019 comes to a conclusion, we look at how this weekend's matches will affect the World Rugby Rankings.
Malta continue to climb the World Rugby Rankings after notching a half-century of points for the second match running in the Rugby Europe Conference 1 South.
A hard-fought win over Poland lifts RWC 2019 hopefuls the Czech Republic into the world's top 30, while Slovenia enjoy the biggest climb following this weekend's Rugby Europe action.
Hungary climb five places in the World Rugby Rankings after keeping their dream of appearing at Japan 2019 alive with a 19-17 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina.


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English antiquary and pioneering field-archaeologist.
Our predecessors, the Druids of Britain, tho' left in the extremest west to the improvement of their own thoughts, yet advanc'd their inquiries, under all disadvantages, to such heights, as should make our moderns asham'd, to wink in the sunshine of learning and religion.
He told me, he was just in the same situation [i.e. in a garden], as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind. It was occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in a contemplative mood. Why should that apple always descend perpendicularly to the ground, thought he to him self. Why should it not go sideways or upwards, but constantly to the earths centre? Assuredly, the reason is, that the earth draws it. There must be a drawing power in matter.
This mighty wall of four score miles in length is only exceeded by the Chinese wall, which makes a considerable figure upon the terrestrial globe, and may be discerned at the moon.


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One of the largest and most well maintained dams, Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is around 150 km from Hyderabad. Co-ordinated by both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Government, this dam took around 12 years to be constructed. The foundation stone of this masonry dam was laid by Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru. Flanked by Guntur district from Andhra Pradesh…
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Recent research suggests that xanthohumol – a compound found in hops may help protect the brain's cells from oxidative stress.
According to the researchers, this type of oxidative stress can lead to degenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.
We are not saying your brain will be protected forever by drinking HopTea, but hopefully you can remember those great backyard BBQs with your loved ones as long as possible.


Dr. Dan R. Littman is the Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Professor of Molecular Immunology and a professor of pathology and microbiology in the Skirball Institute for Biomedical Research at the New York University Medical Center, as well as an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Dr. Littman has made many important contributions to our knowledge of the immune system, including how it interacts with the HIV virus as well as the bacteria in our bodies. He's also greatly advanced our understanding of T cell differentiation, especially Th17 cells, discovering a key regulator of their activity as well as how bacteria influence their development. For these efforts, he was honored with the 2016 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine. His current work continues to explore the complex relationship between our immune system and bacteria and how it influences our health.
In addition to being a member of CRI's Scientific Advisory Council, Dr. Littman serves on the Postdoctoral Fellowship Review Committee.
The study of the microbiota is one of the hottest areas in the biomedical sciences right now, but it's only in the last half dozen years or so that it's been possible to study the microbiota in the context of the immune system.


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Thank God That's Over: Browns Close Out Preseason With 24-14 Loss to Bears
By Chris Pokorny@DawgsByNature Sep 2, 2011, 7:57pm EDT
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Did you gouge your eyes out after watching the Cleveland Browns' fourth preseason game last night against the Chicago Bears? I don't care about the final score of the game. I know the final preseason games are usually boring, but sometimes there is an incentive to watching them, such as when we saw Colt McCoy get some good playing time last year. This year, the fourth preseason game might have been worse than watching paint dry. This week's game review will be very brief because most of the players who played will never be seen again, and there weren't many memorable plays.
CLEVELAND BROWNS (1-3) GAME #4 CHICAGO BEARS (2-2)
PRESEASON GAME 4 - CLEVELAND BROWNS VS. CHICAGO BEARS (COMPLETE GAME REVIEW)
Snap Out of it, Wallace: Thank god we don't have to watch Seneca Wallace play another minute of unenthused football. I understand that he his upset that he be a starting quarterback in this league, but his uninspiring play this preseason and camp has frustrated me. Wallace was supposed to have all of this "experience" in the West Coast Offense, but I'd say Colt McCoy has run circles around him
Robiskie Starts...Plays Late? Don't get me wrong, I have no problem seeing Brian Robiskie play in the fourth preseason game. It's not as if he is a person who would make or break out offense if he got injured. Still, with only two other starters playing on offense (rookies Jason Pinkston and Owen Marecic), it was surprising to see Robiskie get the start. He looked good out there against the backups, finishing with 3 catches for 39 yards.
Armond Seems to be the Favorite: It looks like Armond Smith still has the edge to make the final roster over Quinn Porter at running back. Smith saw 11 carries and had 3 catches versus Porter's 5 carries. Smith also had a rushing touchdown and seemed to be extra cautious at times to ensure he secured the football while running. Porter did have a 30-yard punt return to set up a Jarrett Brown interception.
McGee Passes His Final Test: I didn't see any shanks for punter Richmond McGee for the second week in a row, and his hang time really hasn't seemed too bad. I've probably been a little rough on McGee this camp, but I think I'm at least marginally comfortable heading into the regular season with him. I wouldn't be crushed if we signed a veteran punter to replace him still.
English Shows Up Again: I don't want to overrate preseason sacks, but linebacker Auston English notched two more sacks against the Bears, bringing his preseason total to four. When a guy gets to the quarterback that many times in the preseason, it has to be a sign that they have at least some potential as a pass rusher, right? Defensive tackle Scott Paxson also had two sacks as he tried to make a late push on to the final roster.
Dockery Stays Confident: There were a couple of fouls called on cornerback James Dockery, but I remained impressed with his confidence in playing tight coverage. His pass deflection (deemed interference) reminded me of a Joe Haden play.
Sheard's Down Day: I think the expectations for Jabaal Sheard against second-stringers was somewhat high, and while he was in position to make several plays, he didn't. Whether it be drawing a penalty, or letting a ball carrier slip away, I wish we could erase this game from Sheard's resume. Instead, I'm a little bit worried about teams going after Sheard, especially after he failed to contain the run in past weeks.
Special Teams Tackles: Only three special teams tackles for the whole game? One tackle each went to LS Ryan Pontbriand, LB Steve Octavien, and FB Tyler Clutts.
Brownies: It was good to see third-stringer Jarrett Brown get a long touchdown pass in, but we don't need him on the final roster...Rod Windsor made a late push to make the practice squad...Owen Marecic had three carries that pretty much went no where...Bears quarterback Caleb Hanie made a beautiful throw to the end zone that went right by two of our defenders...safety Ray Ventrone should not play defense during the regular season, even if everyone gets hurt.


Tommy Walsh got involved in Ground Force whilst he was doing private building work for the executive producer, she invited him for a screen test and the rest is history. Ground Force has gone from strength to strength including huge success in America. He has also presented several DIY shows for Discovery DIY Survival & Challenge Tommy now in its 3rd series. Other credits include presenting BBC's Death by Gardening. His first book DIY Survival was in the UK's bestsellers list and he has since published a further 4 DIY project books all with Harper Collins.
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Arthur Christopher Walton (26 September 1933 – 2 February 2006) was an English cricketer.

Chris Walton was born in Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana and educated at Radley and Lincoln College, Oxford. He was an attacking right-handed batsman who represented Combined Services, D.R.Jardine's XI, the Gentlemen, Oxford University and Middlesex in 85 first-class matches between 1953 and 1959, scoring 3,797 runs. He was awarded three cricket blues by Oxford in 1955, 1956 and 1957 and he captained Oxford in his final year. He scored 57 in his Varsity match debut and scored 1,200 runs (average 38.70) in 1956 and 956 runs in 1957. He played in 35 matches for Middlesex (1957-1959) and he was awarded his county cap in 1957.

He later emigrated to Australia and died in Mollynook, New South Wales aged 72.

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Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, is all grown up and has a shocking secret that only Gomez knows. She's fallen in love with a sweet young man from a respectable family. With his cherished Morticia in the dark, will Gomez manage to keep his daughter's secret until the two families meet for a fateful dinner with hilarious consequences?
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MPs lacking 'political will' to make NHS improvements
While admitting that there is an urgent need to change the NHS, politicians have admitted "insufficient political will" to make changes locally.
A survey published by the NHS Confederation reveals that 81% of MPs believe the NHS in their local constituency needs to change to meet the needs of patients in the future.
However, 65% said there is "insufficient political will" to implement change, and one in four said their would not back changes to their local NHS if their constituents are opposed.
Rob Webster, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: "The resounding message from this survey is clear – we need an open and honest apolitical conversation between the public, patients, politicians and those delivering healthcare across our communities, about the future challenges facing the NHS.
"We must then all support each other to drive forward the changes needed to ensure we can deliver a 21st century NHS where we have the right care, in the right place, at the right time."
Dr Ian Wilson, chairman of the British Medical Association's Representative Body, said: "It is unbelievable that while eight out of 10 politicians agree change is essential, almost seven out of 10 say there is insufficient political will to allow this to happen.
"The reality is that the NHS is under intense pressure from a combination of rising patient demand and declining funding. Politicians must confront these challenges head on in order to ensure we can continue to deliver a high standard of care while remaining free at the point of use."
The survey also revealed that 48% of MPs fear a free NHS may be unsustainable if challenges are not tackled.
Dr Wilson said: "The government must not risk the NHS' core value of being based on need, not ability to pay, purely because they are unwilling to take action and make the changes they admit are desperately needed.


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Each year as the plane approaches Loreto, anticipation builds and I look down on the Sea of Cortez hoping to catch the glimpse of a blue whale's back or spout as we speed over the water on our final approach. It is as though spotting a blue from the plane before landing will reassure me that our time in Loreto will be filled with blue whale sightings. The months of February and March have certainly been very variable in frequency of wind and blue whales over the years. We never really know what to expect, except that the sun will shine, it will not snow and will invariably be warmer than Montreal at that time of year. Would this be a good year?
On the first morning out, we reacquainted ourselves with the striking wall of mountains rising up behind Loreto, reflecting in the calm morning surface. The sky was clear, as on most days and the sun had just climbed over Carmen Island. There was barely a hint of wind, from no set direction, which indicated it should be a calm day. Would there be blue whales? As we moved southeast we spotted the first tall spout, brightly illuminated and etched against Carmen in the morning light. There were two whales, spouts hanging in the morning stillness, a scintillating wash and they were gone. They were up again within 3 minutes and this time we could see their long dark backs and tall triangular dorsal fins as they dived - finbacks.
Though we concentrate on blue whales off Loreto, we do take ID pictures of well-marked fin whales when the occasion presents itself. Encouraged that there were whales in the area, we moved south along Carmen in search of blue whales.
Emerging from behind the southern tip of Carmen (Punta Baja), we are met by the familiar shapes of Isla Monserrate to the southeast and the Baja California coast curving slowly south to Punta Marcial some 23 miles away. The air is still except for the distant sound of an outboard motor and the sun bears down on us as we look and listen for whales. The distant muffled retort of a whale's breath reaches us from the Northeast. A quick scan with the binoculars, the sound of a second spout, and we catch the telltale remains of a tall plume of vapor.
Several more breaths and the whale dives, revealing a pale back, followed by flukes raised high above the surface - a blue!
For ten minutes we steer the boat to where we feel the whale has gone down and wait. Two more minutes and a blue breaks explosively through the surface mirror. While the blue whale breathes we approach along its right side and photograph its flank in order to identify the individual. The whale seems very familiar and when it dives we see that it is BB005 named "Riffe", known since 1982 and a regular visitor to the Loreto area in February and March. As the whale disappears we notice three more tall spouts just a bit east of us and move in that direction.
The 2001 field season in the Sea of Cortez started auspiciously and in the end was one of the best blue whale years, since our first season there in 1983. Sightings off Loreto and by other researchers working further south off La Paz revealed that there were at least 100 blues in the region in late February/early March. We photo-identified 48 blue whales in the Loreto area, 32 known and 16 new, including 6 calves. Prior to 1999 we always found more new blue whales than known during our study period, however during the last 3 years there has been a noticeable shift where the sightings have been weighted to more known animals sighted. Even though there are still many we have not catalogued and calves added to the population regularly, we may be getting closer to knowing most blue whales that visit the Sea of Cortez in winter and spring. Such findings reveal the benefits of long term studies, particularly on long-lived species.
Many old friends were seen in 2001 and several animals not seen since 1985 or 1990, other big blue whale years. It is more and more clear that there is a core group of females that return from year to year and that the Sea of Cortez is used as a nursery. What remains unclear is whether or not blue whales give birth in the Sea of Cortez. Some of the other well known whales were: BB009, BB038, BB052, BB063, BB143, BB176, BB205, BB247, BB259, and BB286 are all females.
BB009 and BB063 have been known since 1984, BB038, BB052 since 1985. Some we have not seen since 1990 include BB168 "Paint", 169,176, 181, 198 "White-eyes", 201, and 203.
The most hoped for sighting, however, was that of Nubbin (BB045) known to many of you. This whale has been seen by us since 1984 off Loreto and was first photographed in 1970 off of California. Nubbin remains the oldest known blue whale on the planet, though we have no way of knowing how old it was in 1970. This year Nubbin was sighted near Coronado Island on several days in early March.
As is often the case certain blues were seen throughout the month of March and this included: BB038, BB169, and Paint BB168. In fact 169 and 168 were seen as early as late January to the North of Cornado Island, indicating that though there is a peak in sightings from late February to late March, blue whales can be found in the Loreto Marine Park from December on to April.
Finback whales seen throughout the study period including at least 3 cow and calf pairs. We sighted a fin whale seen since 1985 off Loreto, which has had its dorsal partially amputated - see photograph. In addition there were a few sightings of Bryde's whale including two cow/calf pairs.
A small pod of 6 orcas were sighted heading north along Danzante during the third week of March and there were regular sightings of bottlenose dolphins, but relatively few of common dolphins.
One sperm whale was spotted from Isla Galeras and though we tried to find it at sea we were only able to hear the sperm whale over our hydrophones and record some of its calls.
Each year we try to get south of the Loreto study area to the north end of Isla San Jose in order to find blue whales that might not make it further north. This year we chose a day during the final week of our stay in Loreto. We got going early, loaded up with more gas than usual and headed south with Fernando Arcas in his panga (boat) Rebelde. The day was calm, but there is always the fear that a Norte will come and make the ride home from the south difficult and mostly painful. On this day the winds held off and we got to within 7 miles of Isla San Jose. We were able approach and ID 8 different blue whales, strung out from Punta Marcial to San Jose including a cow and calf. The blue whales were not as abundant as we had hoped, however, it was a fine day and we added some valuable data we would have missed otherwise. On our way back the sun set when we arrived off Punta Marcial, in fact just as we were photo-identifying the 8th blue whale that day. We had 35 miles to go, the sky was warm shades of yellow, orange and red and we settled in for a calm ride home in the dusk and dark. By the time we got to the level of "White Rock", darkness had caught us, and the sea came to life. There may have been little light in the sky, but the sea surface was bright with bioluminescence. Large and small schools of fish darted in front and to the side of the boat, illuminating the water further in streaks of pale green. This cavalcade of fish accompanied us all the way home and made for a memorable ride at the end of a fine day.
This was not all! On our last day on the water was warm, sunny, and calm - what more could we ask for. Just as the month had begun, when we came around the southern end of Carmen we spotted a blue whale out by Isla Galeras. When we got to the whale a few minutes later we found that they were two- a cow and calf.
In fact there were 3 cow/calf pairs and 2 single animals in the immediate area. We photographed the first pair and as we approached the second then calf banked away from its mother and came right for us. Calves have done this before, but this one stayed with us for the better part of 3 hours, swimming around and beneath the boat inspecting us thoroughly. It was a wonderful end to a productive field season in the Loreto Marine Park and some of the images from that day are included here. Have a look through the surface at a 35ft/12m blue whale calf.


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Serrières is een gemeente in het Franse departement Ardèche (regio Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Tournon-sur-Rhône. Serrières telde op   inwoners.

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De oppervlakte van Serrières bedraagt 3,96 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 287 inwoners per km² (per 1 januari 2019).

De onderstaande kaart toont de ligging van Serrières met de belangrijkste infrastructuur en aangrenzende gemeenten.

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Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

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Dublin Camogie Wait on Ruling
The controversial coin toss which was to decide the fate of the Dublin Senior Camogie team in this year's Liberty Insurance All Ireland Championship has been postponed.
Clare beat Derry in their final group game on Sunday - which meant they finished level on points with the Dubs. Both counties then lodged appeals against draw which was due to take place to decide who would progress to the last eight.
Dublin Camogie have issued the following statement... "The Executive of Dublin Camogie met on Thursday night and we wish to place on record our utmost disappointment to the process for identifying which teams should progress to the latter stages of a championship in the event that teams should finish level at the end of group games.
These procedures were outlined by the Camogie Association in a press release on Wednesday the 22nd July. For any team irrespective of the grade to face the possibility of going out of a competition by means of a lottery (toss of a coin) is hard to fathom, but for a Senior Inter County team to lose out in this manner is inconceivable.
For a number of year's Dublin have struggled at Senior Inter County level in both league/championship. However, this year the Dublin County Board invested heavily in all our county teams in an effort to ensure that we reached our potential on the field of play.
This year's Senior league campaign was most encouraging and we looked forward to the championship with a degree of optimism. Our Seniors came together as a group before Christmas and all told we have had in excess of 100 collective training sessions, not to mention the individual training which the girls did on their own time.
They have trained and been prepared under Shane O'Briens management and for a team with this dedication to face the possibility of exiting a championship on the "spin of a coin" is in our opinion unacceptable not to mention we feel disrespectful to the players and mentors in the extreme.
Dublin Camogie expect a lot better for its players who dedicate and sacrifice so much to our sport. The Dublin Camogie Board have put a lot of our limited resources into encouraging girls of all ages to take up this wonderful sport and although the Camogie association has put in a huge amount of positive work to encourage girls to take up the game, this recent decision by the Camogie association has made this task so much more difficult going forward.
Dublin Camogie has requested that Croke Park clarify the procedure for identifying the 3rd placed team in a group, where two teams finish level on points after the group stages have been concluded. It would appear from looking at the "Rules/Procedures" that the procedure for identifying a 3rd placed team in a group has been overlooked as there is no reference to this.
All that Dublin Camogie ask is that we be afforded the opportunity of progressing or otherwise on the field of play as opposed to the lottery that is now being proposed."
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Q: MySQL: The query is much slower first time but faster after that even if new data is inserted I have table named data_table.
This table already has about 10 million records. Previously I used to check if combination of itemID, FromDate and ToDate exists before inserting data. To make things easier I created unique index with fields itemID+FromDate+ToDate.
This table has now all together three indexes, ID (Pk), itemID and UniqueIndex
Problem

*

*The first time if I try to generate report for say itemID=2630, and for date range 2018-01-01 to 2021-01-01. It takes around 60 seconds.

*Second time for same parameters, it takes around 1 second.

*I then deleted all data for this item (2630) , and reinserted many random data for this itemID between selected date range.

*Now if I run the report third time, it still takes around 1 second.

I thought first time, the query results was cached so second time it was very fast.
In third step I removed all data and re inserted different records and then generated the report, but it was as fast as second time. For particular item, why first time the report generation process is very slow? Can anybody help me how to overcome this issue?
The table engine I use is innodb and my mysql version is 5.7.33
Update
This is my query
SELECT
  *
FROM
  DataTable AS D
WHERE ItemID = :ItemID
  AND IsJoined = '0'
  AND (
    (
      :paramFromDate < ToDate
      AND ToDate < :paramToDate
    )
    OR (
      :paramFromDate < FromDate
      AND FromDate < :paramToDate
    )
    OR (
      FromDate < :paramFromDate
      AND :paramToDate < FromDate
    )
  )
ORDER BY FromDate DESC

UPDATE
Restarting mysql, causes the query slow again. And subsequent queries are fast until I restart mysql again.
Thanks

A: Caching
The main cache for InnoDB is the "buffer_pool".  It caches blocks (16KB each) each of which contains several consecutive rows of data or rows of an index.  All operations (read or write) of rows work with those blocks.
After starting or restarting MySQL, the cache is empty.  Hence, everything needs to be fetched from disk, hence 'slow'.
After reading the data once (and getting the relevant blocks pulled into cache, a second query will find them cached and be 'fast'.
Inserted rows require the relevant block(s) to be in the cache.  So, for some time after doing an an INSERT a SELECT of those rows will be 'fast'.
Better INDEX
As for optimizing that query, have
INDEX(ItemID, IsJoined, FromDate)   -- (in this order)

The first two columns help with part of the WHERE.
The OR in the rest of the WHERE prevents any useful optimization involving the two date columns.
However, the Optimizer may be able to avoid a sort (for the ORDER BY) if it chooses to use the FromDate that I added to the index.
If you are checking for overlapping date ranges, see if this meets your needs:
AND  fromDate <= :toParam
AND  :fromParam <= toDate

If that works for you, then another part of the WHERE is handled by my index.  (But it will not be possible to also have the other part handled.)  (Also, I don't know whether you need < or <=.)

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A connection through my brother-in-law to a family in Desborough (Northamptonshire) led to a fascination with that small town. I was intrigued by the number of families living in one street with the same surname and occupation, and wondered whether they were all related. I still haven't answered that question completely, but the process led to the Desborough Study which forms the greater part of this site.
Over the years I have changed and improved the way I record and publish my research.
I have found it invaluable to transcribe complete census records for the households in which family members were listed, and to display on one page all the census records for an individual. This has enabled me to identify relationships that are not explicit in the census (such as a father or brother in law being shown only as a "lodger"), and this in turn can help to determine which of two people of the same name and age belongs to a particular family.
For the same reason I have found it a great help to record brothers and sisters, their spouses and children. As well as helping to identify members of a family it can also give hints as to how people met their spouses.
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Election bounty: Campaign riches on offer for candidates
Prepoll Voting Open
Scott Sawyer
27th Oct 2020 12:30 PM
There's no prize for second-place in an election, but there is comfort in the form of cash, for those unable to secure a seat in state parliament.
The Electoral Commission Queensland has revealed how much candidates were able to claim in election funding after the 2017 state election held in late-November.
To qualify for the funding, candidates had to secure more than six per cent of formal first preference votes.
Individual candidates eligible were able to claim $1.57 per vote, while registered political parties could claim $3.142 per vote for their candidates.
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As of June 30, 2018, there were seven political parties registered with the electoral commission.
They were the Australian Labor Party; The Greens; LNP; Pauline Hanson's One Nation; Katter's Australian Party; Civil Liberties, Consumer Rights, No-Tolls and The Flux Party Queensland.
Of the 453 candidates in the 2017 state election, 345 polled enough votes to qualify for election funding.
Here's what the Electoral Commission Queensland recorded was paid out to Coast candidates from the 2017 campaign:
Buderim:
Brent Mickelberg (LNP: 36.88 per cent of votes) – $17,130.27
Possible maximum individual claim: $17,130.27
Possible maximum party claim: $34,282.36
Ken Mackenzie (Labor: 22.43 per cent of votes) – $21,500
Possible maximum party claim: $20,856.6
Steve Dickson (One Nation: 28.57 per cent of votes) – $13,269.64
Tracy Burton (Greens: 12.12 per cent of votes) – $3813.31
Possible maximum individual claim: $5631.59
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Caloundra:
Rod Jones (One Nation: 22.61 per cent of votes) – $10,324.32
Possible maximum individual claim: $10.324.32
Jason Hunt (Labor: 28.7 per cent of votes) – $21,500
Marcus Finch (Greens: 10.65 per cent of votes) – $3016.80
Possible maximum party claim: $9733.92
Retiring Caloundra LNP candidate Mark McArdle.
Mark McArdle (LNP: 38.05 per cent of votes) – $17,376.76
possible maximum party claim: $34,775.656
Glass House:
Tracey Bell-Henselin (One Nation: 22.68 per cent of votes) – $10,244.25
Andrew Powell (LNP: 35.52 per cent of votes) – $16,046.97
Sue Mureau (IND) – Not eligible, only polled 2.66 per cent of votes
Brent Hampstead (Labor: 26.26 per cent of votes) – $21,500
Sue Weber (Greens: 12.88 per cent of votes) – $5530.09
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Kawana:
Mike Jessop (IND) – Not eligible, only polled 5.06 per cent of votes
Mark Moss (Labor: 25.48 per cent of votes) – $21,500
Annette Spendlove (Greens: 10.51 per cent of votes) – $2582.12
Jeremy Davey (IND) – Not eligible, only polled 3.05 per cent of votes
Jarrod Bleijie (LNP: 55.9 per cent of votes) – $25,540.76
Maroochydore:
Julie McGlone (Labor: 25.25 per cent of votes) – $21,500
Fiona Simpson (LNP: 44.67 per cent of votes) – $19,877.77
Cam Young (One Nation: 16.2 per cent of votes) – $7209.44
Daniel Bryar (Greens: 13.89 per cent of votes) – $5606.34
HOPEFULS: These candidates from across the Coast will be hoping to secure more than the six per cent of votes required to qualify for election funding.
Nicklin:
Marty Hunt (LNP: 31.7 per cent of votes) – $13,709.24
Mick Tyrrell (Greens: 12.39 per cent of votes) – $5358.41
Steven Ford (One Nation: 21.02 per cent of votes) – $9090.30
Possible maximum individual claim: $9090.3
Rachel Radic (IND): Not eligible, only polled 2.56 per cent of votes
Justin Raethel (Labor: 25.16 per cent of votes) – $21,500
Tony Moore (IND): Not eligible, only polled 3.53 per cent of votes
Jeffrey Hodges (Civil Liberties, Consumer Rights, No-Tolls): Not eligible, only polled 3.64 per cent of votes
Ninderry:
Jamila Riley (IND): Not eligible, only polled 3.19 per cent of votes
Barry Ward (One Nation: 18.66 per cent of votes) – $8680.53
Dan Purdie (LNP: 36.11 per cent of votes) – $16,803.71
Richard Bruinsma (IND): Not eligible, only polled 4.99 per cent of votes
Sue Etheridge (Greens: 14.3 per cent of votes) – $5916.97
Bill Gissane (ALP: 22.76 per cent of votes) – $21,500
Noosa:
Sandy Bolton (IND: 31.39 per cent of votes) – $9005.04
Eve-Marie Whiteside (One Nation: 11.76 per cent of votes) – $5575.07
Robin Bristow: Not eligible, only polled 1 per cent of votes
Glen Elmes (LNP: 29.45 per cent of votes) – $13,960.44
Mark Denham (Labor: 12.81 per cent of votes) – $21,500
Phillip Jenkins (Greens: 11.57 per cent of votes) – $5482.44
Aaron White (Ind): Not eligible, only polled 2.02 per cent of votes
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The Commission advised that if a candidate was a member of a party, the money would have been paid to the candidate from the party.
In the Commission's 2017-18 Annual Report it confirmed $7.8 million worth of election funding had been paid out to eligible registered political parties, and $3.7 million was paid to candidates, for a grand total of $11,684,933.87.
The Labor Party pocketed $3,009,690 in funding, just more than the LNP, which earnt $2,862,421 in total.
One Nation was handed $1,033,370 for its efforts, while the Greens ($757,259) and Katter's Australian Party ($196,730) were also six-figure earners.
Police Development Payments were also dished out to political parties, to help them "continue to engage fully in developing and shaping policy while continuing to effectively represent the community".
The $3 million pool is paid each financial year, divvied up among the registered parties, and were calculated based on first preference vote results.
Policy development payments for 2016-17, paid in the 2017-18 financial year, were as follows:
LNP Queensland: Two payments of $768,236.82, paid on July 26, 2017, and January 19, 2018
ALP Queensland: Two payments of $696,657.27, paid on July 26, 2017 and January 19, 2018
Katter's Australian Party: Two payments of $35,105.92, paid on July 28, 2017 and January 23, 2018
Policy development payments for 2017-18 paid in 2018-19 were as follows:
LNP Queensland: Two payments of $537,221.41, paid on July 6, 2018, and on or before January 31, 2019
ALP Queensland: Two payments of $564,860.91, paid on July 6, 2018, and on or before January 31, 2019
Katter's Australian Party: Two payments of $36,922.44 paid on July 6, 2018, and on or before January 31, 2019
Queensland Greens: Two payments of $142,105.37 paid on July 6, 2018, and on or before January 31, 2019
One Nation Queensland Division: Two payments of $218,889.87 paid on July 6, 2018 and on or before January 31, 2019
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For this year's state election, set for this Saturday, October 31, the threshold for election funding has again been set at six per cent of formal first preference votes.
The amount of funding to be paid to eligible registered political parties and independent candidates was the lesser of "the current election funding rate for each first preference vote received by a candidate or the amount of the electoral expenditure claimed by a candidate or by a registered political party and accepted by the ECQ".
This year's funding rate has been set at $1.651 per eligible vote for individual candidates and $3.304 for registered political parties.
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Examples included designing, producing, printing, broadcasting or publishing ads or other election material, producing or distributing any other material during an election that advocates a vote for or against a party, candidate or issue, or carrying out an opinion poll or other research related to an election.
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Hong Kong to pass laws to seize Iran-linked assets
Editor January 19, 2011
AFP – HONG KONG — Hong Kong said Wednesday it was "striving" to pass legislation to comply with UN sanctions against Iran, after 20 shipping firms in the city were accused of being linked to Tehran's weapons buildup.
Last week, the US Treasury Department slapped sanctions on 24 shipping companies, including four in Britain's Isle of Man, accused of being fronts for Iranian businesses involved in Iran's missile programmes.
The firms are allegedly affiliated with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), which has been slapped with international sanctions.
Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous Chinese territory, is awaiting Beijing's final approval to usher in the changes, but China has said it would support the sanctions passed by the UN Security Council in June last year.
At present, Hong Kong cannot seize assets belonging to the IRISL-linked shipping companies without first obtaining a court order.
"We are preparing the necessary subsidiary legislation to… give effect to new sanctions against Iran," Hong Kong's government said in a statement Wednesday, adding it was "striving to complete the work as soon as possible."
The government did not immediately provide details about when it had last sought a court-issued warrant to seize assets.
James To, head of Hong Kong's Legislative Council security panel, said the new laws would be passed in the "very near future".
"The process should be very quick", he told AFP.
"I can see no problem with it all, given that China is a member of the UN Security Council".
The US has stepped up its efforts to isolate Iran-linked commercial entities tied to its military development programmes since the Security Council imposed a fourth set of sanctions against Iran in June 2010.
Observers have said firms dodging sanctions or engaging in other illicit activity often look to Hong Kong for cover given the ease of registering a business in the city, which is also a major shipping hub.
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Arab-Islamic Committee in Defence of Ashraf


A Muslim family claim they were banned from visiting a newborn baby in hospital because staff told them they looked 'scary'.
They had arrived towards the end of visiting hours at the Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia.
We tried to explain to [the supervisor] our side of the story," Ahmed said.
"Muslim family 'banned from visiting newborn baby' because they looked 'scary' in Virginia, USA so I thought I'd post it here for some reason probably related to expecting hilarious niqab based quips"
Not exactly Texas chainsaw massacre is it.
A resident of Lincolnshire if I'm any judge.
I went to help a mate move some furniture around for his mother in her maximum security twilight home, a few months ago.
The staff were sticking up pictures of coffins and zombies and skeletons for Halloween, everywhere.
You do have to admit the lifestyle choice of attire is open to familial complications.
She does look right at home in a medieval sort of way. It's a bloody odd religion and way of life that's sure, but if there is an ounce of truth in this story, I've seen some creepy looking fookers cleaning hospitals who scare me more and some of the medical tools give me a fright.
View attachment 371742 You do have to admit the lifestyle choice of attire is open to familial complications.
It's funny but that's why they shag goats, to prevent these mishaps.
They weren't banned at all, they weren't made to leave the hospital either.
Looking at the picture in the OP, I don't see the problem.
Just a guy with a beard a d a letter box.
They arrived in a group 15 deep as is the standard we see over here. By making a complete racket in their heathen jibber jabber they were upsetting the new born infants and the other smaller family groups.
When asked to leave they played the racism card.
After being removed from the hospital they instantly sought out the nearest newspaper to go crying too in an effort to be payed some form of compensation.
Sorta makes you wonder, if they'll shäg a goat, kill it, then eat it.....Are those so called honour killings really about honour, or just getting ride of evidence?


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I thought that I would just have a go at trying to make the effects look more electrifying and spectacular. I have added more textures to achieve the desired effect and also keep them from interfering with non electric effects which require and rely on the base textures.
If you use the brilliant "Lightning During Thunder Storms", the lightning strike effect will be replaced by this mod because it relies on the default texture.
This is not compatible with other mods which change these meshes or textures.
version 2.0: improved upon and also replaced some textures. Created more gradients to give the effects a more colourful and stronger look but not too dazzling. A big improvement over version 1.0.
version 3.0: Reverted back to blue/purple colour scheme (thanks to all the constructive criticism which made me see the light :) ). Replaced a few textures for better and more apt ones (many credits to frozunswaidon for his invaluable advice on cleaning up textures). Updated a lot of the effects to look more appropriate. This version looks a lot different than previous versions and in my opinion is a great improvement over them.
Thanks very much misalen for this excellent review.


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