After putting in place a 60-kph speed limit along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is planning a similar speed limit along Macapagal Avenue in Pasay City.
Metro Manila mayors and the MMDA have agreed on the matter, following pleas from concerned citizens for government to curb road accidents there — many of them supposedly due to drag racing.
"The emerging location for shopping centers and other establishments along Macapagal Ave. also multiplies the volume of vehicles that traverse in the said thoroughfare which results to the high rate of road accidents and tragic loss of lives, limbs and property, especially during night time when it is also being used by drag racers," MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said in an article posted on the MMDA website late last week.
Metro Manila mayors who compose the Metro Manila Council — the MMDA's policy-making body — met on the matter and unanimously approved a resolution setting the 60-kph speed limit.
The speed limit covers all public and private vehicles, including motorcycles, traversing Diosdado Macapagal Avenue, the article said.
The resolution takes effect 15 days after publication in two newspapers of general circulation, it added.
According to Tolentino, it is high time the MMDA and local government units impose such a limit along Macapagal Avenue to minimize, if not eradicate, the high incidence of reckless and unlawful drag racing there.
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Returns of unwanted online purchases set to cost the UK economy up to £505m and UK consumers 52 minutes each this Christmas
Returns expected to peak this Wednesday as online shoppers have second thoughts on purchases made in 'Black Friday' and 'Cyber Monday' sales
Brits will return 31% of the items they buy online this Christmas, with a surge after 'Black Friday' anticipated on Wednesday 3 December - dubbed 'Boomerang Wednesday'
The average Briton will spend 52 minutes returning their online purchases this Christmas
19% of people have previously taken time out of work to return their online shopping…
…With the cost to the UK economy expected to reach £505m this Christmas
London, UK – 3 December 2014: CollectPlus, the modern alternative to the Post Office, today revealed that British shoppers estimate they will return almost one in three of the items they buy online this Christmas and spend an average of 52 minutes each returning unwanted online purchases over the festive season, costing the UK economy almost £505m* in lost hours.
The news comes as CollectPlus predicts there will be a peak in the number of gifts bought online being returned today, Wednesday 3 December - dubbed 'Boomerang Wednesday' – following 'Black Friday' and 'Cyber Monday,' after shoppers change their minds about their purchases and look to get a quick refund so they can find alternative gifts in time for Christmas.
CollectPlus reported a 25% increase in parcel return volumes in the same week on Thursday in 2013, compared to an average Thursday outside of the Christmas period. With the growing significance of Black Friday, CollectPlus predicts that returns will peak a day earlier this year, estimating an increase in returns volume of 30% today, Wednesday 3 December, and continuing into Thursday 4 December as customers return items bought on 'Cyber Monday'.
Neil Ashworth, CEO of CollectPlus, said: "With the increased enthusiasm for 'Black Friday' and 'Cyber Monday,' we expect to see a sharp returns peak starting today - 'Boomerang Wednesday'. This will be the first peak in the immediate aftermath of these two huge online sales days and we predict this will be followed by another in the week before Christmas. Our research tells us that the average shopper is taking valuable time and losing money each year due to complicated or costly returns. As such, it is imperative that retailers have a robust model in place to ensure that customers can conveniently return any unwanted items and are quickly reimbursed."
Although people are now returning items more quickly than ever before, and retailers have significantly improved their returns processes in recent years, the overall convenience of the service remains behind customers' expectations. Thirty-nine percent of Brits admit to returning items they have bought online in the past year, with the average person spending 8 hours and 42 minutes returning goods over the course of 2014. Almost a fifth (19%) have taken time out of work to return an item, one in ten (10%) during their lunch hour.
Many shoppers cite barriers when it comes to returning their online purchases, with more than one in five (21%) admitting they delay returning unwanted items because they do not want to wait around in a queue, and one in seven (14%) saying they resent having to plan their day around Post Office opening hours. In addition, 27% are put off ordering something online in the first place because they do not want the hassle of returning it if it is not right.
One in eight (12%) estimate they fail to recoup at least £240 every year on items they have bought online and later decided they did not want but never returned - either due to the fact they do not want to pay return postage (37%), just can't be bothered (36%) or they are put off by the thought of busy shops, particularly during the festive season.
For those worried about not being able to return their parcels during traditional opening hours, CollectPlus provides online shoppers with a more convenient alternative to the Post Office in terms of opening hours and locations through its 5,800 parcel outlets, all of which are open seven days a week, early 'til late. As well as working with over 260 retail brands to offer customers a convenient tracked returns service, CollectPlus is the largest third party click and collect provider in the UK. It enables customers of more than 40 brands, including Amazon, John Lewis, Very, ASOS and The White Company, to have their online purchases delivered to their local store which they can collect at a time that suits them, any day of the week.
CollectPlus is a joint venture between PayPoint, the leading retail payment network, and Yodel, the UK's leading independent parcel carrier.
The research was conducted by ResearchNow and commissioned by CollectPlus, with fieldwork conducted in November 2014. Data was secured via telephone interviews, with the UK sample consisting of 2019 adults. The calculation of cost of waiting was based on the following formula:
*Anticipated time spent returning items over the Christmas period
The average UK annual salary is £27,200 (source ONS Nov 2014)
Per week, that salary is £523.08 (£27,200 / 52 weeks)
Average working week is 37.5 hours = 2,250 minutes
Average salary per minute is 23.25p (£523.08 / 2,250 minutes) - £0.2325
An average of '52' minutes spent on waiting means a cost of '52' x £0.2325=£12.09
The UK adult population figure used in this research is 49,122,000 (source ONS 2011 Census). Based on our survey of 2019 respondents, 85% (1,716 UK adults) will spend time returning online purchases or sending parcels over the Christmas period. Therefore, based on 85% of the adult population, 41,753,700 will return or send parcels over the Christmas period. If the cost of sending these parcels for each person is £12.09, the cost to the nation, therefore, is £504,802,233.
CollectPlus scores 8.7/10 on TrustPilot, with 77.8% of customers giving CollectPlus 4/5 stars (as of 03.12.14).
CollectPlus is the largest store-based delivery and returns service giving online shoppers the ability to collect and drop off parcels at their local store. Founded in 2009, it answers a clear need for a modern alternative to the Post Office that is convenient and easy to use.
The success of the innovative model is reflected in the 260 retail brands that CollectPlus provides returns solutions for, with nearly 100 added over the past year. Click&Collect+, which enables customers to order online and have their items delivered to their local CollectPlus store, is available from a rising number of retailers; from Amazon to Asda and House of Fraser to River Island. This complements the returns offer that CollectPlus provides to retailers, thereby offering a complete delivery and returns service.
With a network of over 5,800 stores open early 'til late seven days a week; 90% of the UK population already live within a mile of a CollectPlus shop in urban areas and 89% within five miles in rural areas. The store network has grown by over a quarter in the last 12 months and continues to expand.
CollectPlus is a joint venture between PayPoint, the leading retail payment network, and the UK's leading independent parcel carrier, Yodel.
ABOUT PAYPOINT
PayPoint is an international leader in payment technologies, its solutions transforming payments for everyone from consumer and financial services companies to retailers, utilities, media, e-commerce, gaming and government clients.
PayPoint delivers payments and services by taking the complexity of multi-channel payments and translating it into convenient, simple, value-added solutions. It handles almost £15 billion from 785 million transactions annually for more than 6,000 clients and merchants.
With the backing of 24/7 operations centres with dual site processing, PayPoint is widely recognised for its leadership in payment systems, smart technology and service.
Retail networks
The PayPoint retail network across the UK numbers over 28,000 local shops (including Co-op, Spar, McColls, Costcutter, Sainsbury's Local, Tesco Express, One Stop, Asda, Londis and thousands of independents), where it processes energy meter pre-payments, bill payments, benefit payments, mobile phone top-ups, transport tickets, BBC TV licences, cash withdrawals and a range of other transactions. In Romania, the retail network numbers over 8,750 terminals in local shops, helping people to make cash bill payments, money transfers, road tax payments and mobile phone top-ups. In the Republic of Ireland, over 500 terminals in shops and credit unions process mobile top-ups and bill payments.
PayPoint's ATM network numbers more than 3,750 'LINK' branded machines across the UK, and 9,500 PayPoint terminals enable retailers to accept credit and debit cards.
Mobile and Online
PayPoint Mobile and Online (formerly trading as PayPoint.net, PayByPhone and Adaptis) handles over 139 million payments for parking, payments and consumer services. In major cities in the UK, Canada, USA, France, Switzerland and Australia, its parking solutions make it easy for people to pay for parking by mobile, as well as providing electronic parking permits, automatic number plate recognition systems for car parks and penalty charge notices.
PayPoint's core online payments platform is linked to 16 major acquiring banks in the UK, Europe and North America, delivering secure credit and debit card payments for almost 5,000 online merchants. Its suite of products ranges from transaction gateway to a bureau service, in addition to value-added services such as FraudGuard, an advanced service that mitigates the risk of fraud in card not present transactions.
ABOUT YODEL
Yodel is the UK's leading independent parcel carrier, offering the widest range of service options. The company handles over 155 million parcels every year and has a relationship with 85 per cent of the UK's top retailers. Yodel is headquartered in Hatfield and has over 60 locations across the UK, including three central sorts and over 50 service centres. Yodel offers a range of services to meet the needs of its clients and their customers:
Yodel Home and Yodel Business - two van-based networks with service centre based drivers
Yodel Neighbourhood - a neighbourhood courier service offering extended delivery hours
Yodel World - international service
YodelDirect – Yodel's door-to-door consumer parcel service, ideal for online marketplace sellers and SMEs. It is the current sponsor of the Tour of Britain YodelDirect sprints jersey.
Arrow XL - Through its sister company Yodel also offers a two man service for white goods and large items up to 120kg

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Interthinx has integrated its fraud prevention tools into ProLender Solutions' loan origination system.
Marcus Wiseman was indicted for accepting a bribe to process fraudulent loans while employed at two different financial institutions.
Several groups and associations are warning HUD that states which direct Gulf Coast hurricane funds directly to borrowers a setting up for a fraud disaster.
read story from USA Today .
Jeffrey Tyler Wine, the owner of several real estate companies, plead guilty to a $17.5 million mortgage fraud scheme involving 280 properties.
Brian Simpson, a Pasadena mortgage broker and a minister, was arrested for loan fraud but won't be charged.
read story from the Pasadena Star .
Taya Parodo, owner of Team Title Services Inc., is expected to plead guilty of defrauding Home Star Mortgage Services LLC, now Opteum Financial Services LLC, on 30 transactions.
Jeffrey and Jeanette Sanders, former owners of A-Plus Mortgage, are accused of defrauding customers and financial institutions out of $1 million.
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A delinquent mortgage borrower that entered into a deal with a bailout firm may be liable for the firm's defrauding of lenders in negotiating a lower payoff.
The Columbus Mortgage Fraud Task Force, an eight-agency task force, has been involved in the indictments or arrests of seven people in the past three weeks.
read story from The Columbus DIspatch .
Kelly L. Abercrombie plead guilty to charges illegal flipping -- enabling charges against her husband to be dropped.
U.S. postal inspectors and local police raided Crossland Financial Group's offices -- arresting employee Mitchell Jones in the process.
Attorney Kimberly A. Castle asked a federal judge to separate the mortgage fraud charges against her from charges against eight other co-defendants.
Philip R. Miskimon and Julie Smith pleaded guilty to defrauding HUD on more than $1 million in FHA loans.
read story from the Rockford Register Star .
The Santa Cruz District Attorney filed 103 felony counts against Michael Schneider because he allegedly lied about investments they made in his company, California Plan.
The Rev. Paul Starnes was sentenced to prison for defrauding banks and his own parishioners in a $600,000 fraud scam.
Regulators have banned a former bank loan officer from banking for engaging in mortgage fraud, among other crimes.
Police have filed theft charges against Brent Timothy Baird, who, through his company the Baird Management Group, allegedly stole over $500,000 from people who invested money into homes owned by people who were having financial trouble.
read story from the Courier-Gazette .
Larry Hensley was sentenced to prison for participating through his company, Creekview Investments, in an elaborate flipping scheme that utilized mortgage fraud to succeed.
Jeffrey Augugliaro, agreed to a consent judgment with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for promoting a fraudulent mortgage scheme and swindling 3,000 customers.
read story from Long Island Business News .
Washington Mutual Bank, Midas Mortgage Corp. and Trust Corp. Mortgage Co. were among victim lenders in a $2.3 million fraud scheme by Timothy Husvar, David M. Green, Lisa Holderman-Powers and Richard Frazier -- all who were sentenced to prison.


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Streets & Roads
Play Streets, the Parks and Rec program that tells Philly kids: "Go run around in the middle of the road"
Julia Bell
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When the sign is up, children can cross the street without looking both ways. The usual sounds of rumbling engines and car tires treading over pavement are gone, because there are no cars. Tucked away on over 500 residential one-way streets across Philadelphia are Play Streets, blocks that cordon off traffic to reserve the road for children at play. From 10 am to 4 pm, a sign placed at the foot of the street turns a working road into a Play Street during the summer months.
Each Play Street has a resident supervisor, and on the block of 4300 Franklin Street that's Yalenska Rosario. She moved to her house a year ago, and this is her first summer coordinating Franklin Street's program. As she watches from her front porch, children ride bicycles and younger kids kick in their plastic wheelie cars. Someone must have unearthed a few unused canes, because kids fake-hobble down the street with them.
Rosario's latest project is a bouncy castle she would like to blow up in the street. Right now, there are too many parked cars, but she's trying to persuade her neighbors to move them. Each day, Rosario ropes off the street in the morning and reopens it to traffic in the evening. At noon, she passes out 35 city-provided lunches to kids on her street. For children in hungrier households, the meal can replace a free school lunch.
A cornerstone of Play Streets is the meal program, which provides lunch and a snack to all children. In lower-income neighborhoods, the free lunch helps lift the onus of providing food from struggling guardians.
Brenda Henry, in her seventh year as West Palmer Street's supervisor, handles food distribution, from the bottom of her stoop in Kensington. The red coolers rest on the sidewalk, and two of her kids slurp yogurt while sitting on folding chairs.
"There are some kids around here that don't have nothing to eat," Henry said. "If I see them walking by, I'll yell down there, 'excuse me' and I call them, give them a lunch, and then they leave."
On days like this one, with an excessive heat warning, kids generally claimed their lunches and broke for the pool. The street was almost deserted save for Henry's family and their Chihuahua, Precious, whose rainbow-painted toenails clattered on the pavement. When the temperature doesn't drive everyone away, Henry said kids play Frisbee, jump rope, and chalk on the road.
Lunch that day was yogurt, Nutri-Grain bars, celery, and milk, with a fruit cup for a snack.
The Parks and Recreation established the Play Streets program over 50 years ago. Since its inception, Play Streets has spread to almost every corner of Philadelphia.
"It's pretty unique to Philadelphia, as far as the Play Streets program," Terri Kerwawich, program director at Philadelphia Parks and Recreation said. "Other cities have a meal program, but we're probably one of the only ones that has Play Streets."
Although Play Streets stretch across all socioeconomic neighborhoods, they can be most helpful in areas with fewer resources for families during the summer months.
"The Play Streets are also there to provide a safe place for the kids to play," Kerwawich said, "especially if the street may not be near a rec center or a park."
Play Streets is a city-run program, but there is no public directory of participating streets. Although the lack of information on Play Streets can ensure a designated street remains a locals-only secret, it also lowers the program's profile and can make finding a Play Street a little like an Easter egg hunt.
Word of mouth fuels Play Streets, and the position of street supervisor is often passed down from one neighbor to another. To formalize the handshake-exchange of leadership, a resident applies through the Parks and Recreation department. Once an applicant is approved and complete a training session, they become their street's supervisor, and receive toys, lunches, and a recycling bin from the city. If a block is transitioning to Play Street, 75 percent of the block's residents must sign a petition first.
Without the Play Streets program, Rosario suspects that kids would still hang around the road, but it would be less safe because of traffic. The program also helps keep neighbors accountable for each other's children.
"We still have other neighbors that are good and understandable and they have kids, it actually brings us together," Rosario said. "It's actually something that's good for the community, especially for kids that don't have no food."
Could Philly's World Cup bid mean an end to FDR Park's beloved wild meadow?
City officials say the overgrown former golf course could be reborn as a world-class soccer facility. Environmentalists challenge the public benefit.
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None of the migrants will remain in Malta. The ship Alan Kurdi will not be allowed to enter Malta, the government said in a statement.
Once again the smallest member of the European Union was put under unnecessary pressure, being asked to resolve a case which was neither its responsibility nor its remit, the Maltese government said.
A solution was found in order not to let the situation deteriorate further while making it clear Malta cannot keep shouldering this burden.
Three teenage migrants were charged in Malta last month after hijacking an oil tanker that had rescued them.


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Introduction : biofutures/biopresents
Birch, Kean (2006) Introduction : biofutures/biopresents. Science as Culture, 15 (3). pp. 173-181. ISSN 0950-5431
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Two very different reports produced for the UK government in the last three years have connected the state of our physical health with that of our material wealth. The first of these was produced in 2003 by the Bioscience Innovation and Growth Team (BIGT) titled Improving National Health, Improving National Wealth, whilst the second, called Health Inequalities-Status Report on the Programme for Action, was produced in 2005 by the Department of Health (DH).1 The former produced a series of recommendations designed to 'secure' the economic position of the UK bioscience industry and through this the health of the UK population, whilst the latter repeated the finding that socio-economic status and physical health are strongly related, revealing significant spatial and social health inequalities across the UK (see Batty, 2005; Shaw et al., 2005). These different understandings of the health-wealth link provide a useful foil to explore the central focus of this special issue, namely the construction and definition of particular problems and their solutions encompassing the technoscience of new genetics. Here the popular term technoscience is used to denote a technological context that promotes and maintains forms of scientific enquiry and understanding particular to that set of artefacts: in its simplest formulation, it posits that technology is both shaped by and shapes society. In this special issue we seek to explore the specific technoscientific context in which the biosciences-molecular biology, genetics, genomics, proteomics-are situated and subsequently promulgated: their biopresents and their biofutures. Using the government reports above to illustrate the context of the biosciences reveals two very different approaches to understanding national healthcare. The BIGT report implies that our health is dependent upon ensuring future industrial performance through building 'a mutually advantageous collaboration between the NHS and industry for patient benefit' (2003, p. 5). In contrast, the DH report implies that our health is dependent upon existing resource distribution with the government response, according to Shaw et al. (2005), consisting of an 'individualistic rhetoric of behavioural prevention [of illness]' as opposed to building 'mutually advantageous' alliances between different institutions. This is exemplified in the DH proposal for 'health trainers' for deprived areas which Caroline Flint MP, Minister for Public Health, says would assist people in adopting 'a healthier way of life' (quoted in Batty, 2005). Other wide-ranging changes to the UK health service have also been oriented towards promoting such an agenda based on personal choice, healthier lifestyles and medical innovations derived from modern biotechnology (i.e. targeted at individuals). Furthermore, this agenda has been supported by the extension of privatized provision of services across the NHS [see Pollock (2004) for a critical review].
biofutures, biopresents, geography, Anthropology, Sociology, Medicine(all), SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > Anthropology
Social Sciences > Sociology
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Social Work and Social Policy > Geography
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Covent Garden Technical Services Team needed a power solution for temporary stalls and events that are put on throughout the year. The solution was Pop Up Power® retractable service units located near to the Transport Museum and next to the Portico of St Paul's Church in the Piazza.
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Complying to the NSA/CSS 02-01, the Kobra 260 TS HS6 High-Security Touch Screen Shredder with Auto-Oiler is a smart utility-filled proposition. This high-security office shredder has been designed for destruction of classified and top secret documents. Via its intuitive touch screen control panel, the operability of this high-security shredder is easy and convenient. The 260 TS HS6 Shredder with Auto Oiler has the capacity to shred up to 6 sheets of a paper at a time with a maximum speed of 17 ft/min.
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South Korea launches its first lunar mission
The Korean space agency has launched a lunar probe for the first time in the country's history, the German Press Agency (dpa) reported. SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket, carrying the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 2308 GMT on Thursday. Data will be collected on the surface of the moon by the 678-kilogram spacecraft, which is designed to orbit the moon for one year at a time. There are six different instruments included in the kit that can be used to conduct water and elemental surveys.
Several South Korean institutes and NASA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration are involved in the KPLO, which is a collaboration between the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and other research institutes in South Korea. Currently, South Korea is working on an ambitious space program. For the first time, it launched civilian satellites into Earth orbit using a domestic launch vehicle in June. Besides signing the Artemis lunar exploration programme, the country is also a member of NASA.
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2013 - A Year in Property News
This has been a banner year for the UK property market and after a period of repressed values and low demand, it has come as a breath of fresh air to potential buyers and those considering property investment...
This has been a banner year for the UK property market and after a period of repressed values and low demand, it has come as a breath of fresh air to potential buyers and those considering property investment. Indeed, bricks and mortar has emerged as one of the safest bets when it comes to asset classes.
But in a year of headline-grabbing facts and figures about the real estate market, which stories have stood out from the crowd and made us sit up and take notice?
It's impossible to talk about property in 2013 without mentioning the government's Help to Buy scheme. Heralded as the driving force behind the return of buyers to the market and the resultant price gains, the scheme has received plenty of praise. The initiative has been rolled out in two phases: equity loans and mortgage guarantee. Speaking in October at a new housing development in Northampton, housing minister Kris Hopkins told an audience that the equity loan part of the scheme has seen over 15,000 reservations for new builds in the first six months of operation, giving the market an important kick-start.
Under the first phase of the scheme, buyers can purchase a new build home with just a five per cent deposit by using an equity loan from the government of up to 20 per cent on properties with a value of GBP 600,000 or less. Conversely, the mortgage guarantee works by offering lenders the option to purchase a guarantee on mortgages, where a borrower has a deposit of between five per cent and 20 per cent.
"It's clear the first part of our Help to Buy scheme, the equity loan, has captured the imagination of the public and is boosting the supply of new homes across the country," Mr Hopkins said. "Our policies on housing are working. House building is growing at its fastest rate for ten years, and the tough decisions we've taken to tackle the deficit have kept interest rates low and are now delivering real help to hard-working people."
However, it hasn't all been smooth sailing and it has been reported that there is confusion over Help to Buy. Research from Rightmove has shown that among first-time buyers who claim to understand the second phase of Help to Buy, 23 per cent wrongly believe it only applies to new-build properties. What's more, 22 per cent are unaware that the scheme can be used for homes up to the value of GBP 600,000.
Rising prices and bubble fear
One of the biggest stories of the year is undoubtedly the upwards movement of property prices in the UK and how this - instead of causing celebration - has led to bubble fears. According to Savills, mainstream house prices will increase by an average of 25 per cent over the next five years. Increased confidence will drive a 17 per cent rise in the next three years alone.
What's more, price gains in the UK would be higher if external factors were stronger. Lucian Cook, Savills head of UK residential research, said: "Total five year house price growth will be capped by earnings growth, given the likelihood of interest rate rises that will erode mortgage affordability."
However, there has been concern that the property market is overheating, with the government's Help to Buy and Funding for Lending schemes artificially inflating prices to unsustainable levels. Concern has particularly focused on London, and Home.co.uk claims the average price of a home in the capital is GBP 400,096. Values are 15.3 per cent higher than they were five years ago, rising 11.7 per cent over the year.
Doug Shephard, director at Home.co.uk, said: "London's housing bubble has come about through ever greater sums of cash chasing ever fewer properties over the last five years. Soaring prices may well be welcome news for homeowners who see their equity growing, but, on the flip side, they are highly troubling for potential buyers and create severe downside risk."
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Foreign investors are flooding into the UK and the deal that has set the benchmark for this has been the acquisition of Royal Wharf by Oxley Holdings Limited. The largest mixed-use site to go on sale since Battersea Power Station, when complete the property will be turned into around 3,400 residential units and a variety of commercial, retail, leisure and educational facilities. Ultimately, it will create an entirely new district for London, increasing housing supply.
Ching Chiat Kwong, chief executive of Oxley Holdings, noted: "Royal Wharf is an outstanding opportunity and offers a blank canvas to create something very special for London. It has over 500 metres of river frontage with a Crossrail station 1km away. Oxley now has the opportunity and responsibility to deliver this fantastic project, picking up the baton from Ballymore."
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RollDock Star Heavy Lift Transport Vessel
M/V RollDock Star is a multipurpose semi-submersible heavy-lift transport vessel owned by Dutch company RollDock.
Semi-submersible heavy lift vessel
Construction Started
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) yard
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Dead Weight
8,000dwt
M/V RollDock Star is a multipurpose semi-submersible heavy lift transport vessel owned by the Dutch company RollDock. It is first of the two new ST-class roll-on roll-off / lift-on lift-off / float-in float-out vessels being built for RollDock at the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) yard in Germany.
RollDock awarded a contract to Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) for two semi-submersible, heavy lift, Ro-Ro, multi-purpose, dry cargo ships in March 2012. The first steel was cut for the RollDock Star in February 2013 and the keel laying ceremony took place in June 2013.
It was launched in August 2013 and delivered in November 2013. The second ship, M/V RollDock Storm, is expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2014.
The RollDock fleet also consists of two ships, the Sun and the Sea, which were built in 2009 and 2011 respectively.
Dimensions and features of RollDock Star
MV Tønsberg Roll-On / Roll-Off Vessel, Norway
MV Tønsberg is the world's largest roll-on / roll-off vessel.
RollDock Star has an overall length of 151.5m and beam of 25.4m. The length between perpendiculars and depth to main deck are 145.04m and 5.9m respectively. Her maximum draught is 5.67m and shallow draught is 4.5m.
The vessel has dead-weights of 8,000t and 9,000t with and without hatch covers respectively. It is capable of holding 18,768m³ of cargo.
The ship also facilitates the transportation of designated personnel occasionally needed for handling highly complex and sensitive project loads. It accommodates up to 32 people including crew and technicians.
RollDock Star deck equipment
"The vessel can be submerged by 12.5m, allowing the cargo to be floated in or out of it."
The ST-Class vessels are designed to transport demanding cargo and hefty loads. RollDock Star is a highly versatile and flexible vessel with the capability to operate either in conventional transport sector or in the offshore industry. It can hold cargo of 119.4m x 19.4m cargo.
Loading and unloading of cargo is performed in three different ways. The two heavy-duty cranes manufactured by Liebherr are capable of lifting 350t of cargo with a maximum outreach of 18m each.
Individual loads up to 4,000t can be taken on and off board in the Ro-Ro mode. The Ro-Ro ramp is 19.4m long and 9.5m wide. The weather deck plus the stern Ro-Ro ramp can be adjusted in six different positions allowing for various quay heights for transporting exceptional loads. Additionally, the detachable Ro-Ro ramp provides enough space for over-length loads.
The vessel can be submerged by 12.5m, allowing the cargo to be floated in or out of it.
Engine and machinery of the RollDock Star transport vessel
The ship is powered by two MAK 9M32 diesel engines, generating up to 9,000kW of power. The engines are coupled to a pair of variable pitch propellers via a double shaft system. The fully laden vessel can reach a speed 16k.
RollDock Star is fitted with a Schottel-built bow thruster, rated at 1,200kW, for easy manoeuvring. The ship is also equipped with two Caterpillar C32auxiliary engines, which each generate 912kW of power.
"The ship is powered by two MAK 9M32 diesel engines, generating up to 9,000kW of power."
A remote controlled, fully automated, ballast water treatment system (BWTS) is built with fibreglass pipelines. In addition, a fully intact alarm and monitoring system is installed in the bridge unit of the vessel. The system monitors and controls the information delivered to the Engine Control Room (ECR) and the bridge.
High-efficiency thermal oil system has been supplied by Konutherm for the heavy fuel (HFO) heating. The system includes two optimised exhaust gas heaters, also called economisers, for maximum heat recovery from the engines' exhaust gas.
A special reverse power system from the ships' cranes is inbuilt in the thermal oil system to recover the energy released from the crane and thus saves more fuel.
Contractors involved with the RollDock Star vessel
RollDock and FSG formed a joint venture with Germanischer Lloyd (GL) for the design of the new vessel. The new innovative design also serves as a basis for a range of semi-submersible heavy-lift Ro-Ro vessels with maximum possible loading and unloading flexibility.
Other suppliers of equipments aboard the RollDock Star included Caterpillar, Liebherr Rostock, Schottel, and MAN Diesel & Turbo.
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It is sometimes suggested that Lord Hoffmann's approach is an aberration in the common law of contract, which has consistently prioritised the meaning of the words over the parties' apparent intentions. In fact, however, it bears a striking resemblance to the approach taken by the courts in sixteenth century England, where a very similar debate about interpretation was playing out. In a recently-published book chapter*, I explore this history and what it means for contract lawyers today.
I focus on a particularly interesting case from this period: Throckmerton v Tracy (1555) Plow 145, Dyer 124b, which concerned the lease of a piece of land in Gloucestershire. The lease was made in 1525 by Henry Beeley, the Abbot of Tewkesbury, to one John Smith. It was to run for 21 years, beginning after a pre-existing lease had ended.
Another local figure had also been interested in the land: Richard Tracy, a Protestant theologian and pamphleteer. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he was on bad terms with the Abbot, who refused to rent to him. In 1540, however, Tracy had a stroke of luck: Tewkesbury Abbey was dissolved, and the freehold of the land was surrendered to Henry VIII. It was now in the gift of Thomas Cromwell, who duly passed it to his close associate Tracy.
Despite this change in ownership, John Smith's lease remained good, and began to run in 1542. But after Cromwell's downfall, Tracy's fortunes went into decline. In 1551 he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he was questioned by John Throckmorton. Perhaps Throckmorton wanted to keep an eye on Tracy, because in May 1552, with Tracy still in prison, Throckmorton bought the lease of Tracy's land from John Smith.
The case was heard by the Justices of the Common Pleas between 1555 and 1556. (By this stage, Mary was on the throne; Throckmorton had been appointed as a Master of Requests; and Tracy had been twice reprimanded by the Privy Council for his religious activities.) In court, Throckmorton's lawyers acknowledged the drafting error. If the word 'reversion' were given its 'proper signification,' they admitted, the lease would be void. However, they argued, the law ought to 'draw the words from their proper and usual signification to fulfil the intention of the parties.' It was 'very apparent' that the Abbot had intended to make an effective lease, so why quibble over technicalities?
However, he soon changed his mind. 'Afterwards,' reported Plowden, he said that 'he was content that judgment should be given for the plaintiff' after all. Dyer even recorded that Brooke had 'prepared an argument on both sides, and if any one of his companions had been against the lease, he would have argued for it.' And indeed, it was Saunders and Stanford JJ's approach that prevailed in virtually all interpretation cases of the mid-sixteenth century.
In my chapter, I explore these approaches to interpretation further, examining their theoretical underpinnings and asking how they compare to views on contractual interpretation today. I argue that Lord Hoffmann's approach hearkens back to sixteenth-century cases like Throckmerton v Tracy. Similarly, Lord Sumption's criticisms mirror those made by Brooke CJ, which had become increasingly common by the beginning of the seventeenth century.
As for the two protagonists in our case: Throckmorton's career ended in disgrace when he was imprisoned for giving judgment in favour of a family member. His son and heir was later executed for orchestrating the Throckmorton Plot against Elizabeth I. Tracy's fortunes, in contrast, revived somewhat on Elizabeth's accession to the throne, although he continued to agitate for a more radical religious settlement. One of his theological tracts became famous in 1626, when it was found inside the belly of a cod caught at King's Lynn. No doubt he would have been pleased to know that it was interpreted as a warning of God's imminent judgment, prompting a spate of anti-Catholic sentiment. Alas, it is not known how neighbourly relations between Tracy and Throckmorton played out in the remaining years of their lease.
* J McCunn, 'Revolutions in contractual interpretation: a historical perspective', in Worthington, Robertson & Virgo (eds), Revolution and Evolution in Private Law (Hart, 2018) ch 8. You can use the discount code CV7 for a 20% discount at the checkout.


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Q: Como setar hostname em publicação asp net core 3.1 selfHosted Tenho um projeto funcionando o qual a preferencia de publicação é no formato de publicar para pasta auto hospedado (selfhosted) (sem usar o IIS). Motivo de ser assim: o objetivo é diminuir o trabalho/conhecimento de quem vai implantar, não precisando configurar nada a não ser copiar, colar e executar o .exe. Nesse formato, a publicação gera numa pasta publish todos os arquivos necessários e um .exe, que ao executar levanta o serviço. conforme a imagem a seguir:

Obs.: No mesmo servidor tem o IIS hospedando outros dois sites feitos com asp .net framework, inclusive já utilizando a porta 80 em ambos, porém cada um com seu hostname diferente. exemplo: um é demo.nossosite.com.br on *:80 e o outro é dev.nossosite.com.br on *:80.
Importante ressaltar que para o funcionamento do novo site (feito em asp .net core selfhosted) conforme a imagem anterior, só foi possível após parar os dois sites que utilizavam a porta 80.
Com os dois sites funcionando na tentativa de levantar o novo, ocorre um erro conforme imagem:

"crit: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel[0]
Unable to start Kestrel.
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (10013): Foi feita uma tentativa de acesso a
um soquete de uma maneira que é proibida pelas permissões de acesso."
No IIS, na lista de Sites, botão direito sobre qualquer site, opção "Associações", é possível fazer a configuração de qual hostname juntamente com a porta apontara para aquele determinado site selecionado.
Creio que o problema que estou enfrentando esta relacionado a essa ausência de configuração de hostname.
Meios que já tentei:

*

*Em launchSettings.json attributo applicationUrl onde tinham citações de localhost troquei por sitenovo.nossosite.com.br

*Em appsettings.json attributo AllowedHosts onde tinha apenas um "*" troquei por "sitenovo.nossosite.com.br"

*Em Program.cs no metodo CreateHostBuilder usando .UseUrls() informando as urls correspondentes.

Parece que nenhum surte o mesmo efeito como seria a configuração de Associações feita no IIS citada anteriormente.
Antes que me indiquem: é só alterar a porta para outra porta diferente, para nosso cenário fica inviável, precisamos que seja na porta 80.
Alguém sabe como resolver isso/já passou por esse problema de precisar manter sites hospedados em IIS e ao mesmo tempo auto hospedados?

A: Você pode até fazer o binding de um dns host name para a sua aplicação, assim por exemplo:
var host = new WebHostBuilder()
.UseKestrel()
.UseUrls("http://dev.nossosite.com.br:80", "http://localhost:80")

Porém, não vai conseguir por mais de uma aplicação na mesma porta, na mesma máquina.
Isso é possível no IIS porque ele gerencia as requisições e faz os redirecionamentos corretos, já uma aplicação self hosted não é capas de fazer isso, porque, se tem duas app querendo fazer bind da mesma porta, quem vai gerenciar isso?
Tem que ser "alguém" além das duas (ou mais) apps para fazer isso, ai que entra o IIS ou outro servidor Web.

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'If you don't hand over your money we will arrest you' - cruel new twist on the 'courier scam'
Con man said he was calling the victim from Knightsbridge police station
Raymond Brown
A cruel new twist on a 'courier scam' has now hit Cambridgeshire.
The scam involves fraudsters phoning victims pretending to be police officers - this time saying they were calling from Knightsbridge police station.
Beware of scams
And they threaten to 'arrest' the victim if they don't hand over their money to a courier sent to collect it.
The con artist claims a criminal has been arrested with a substantial sum of money on them and a list of names and addresses, including the victim's on the other end of the phone. Other cases involve claims of fraud on the victim's bank account.
Santander bank warn customers over sophisticated scam
This time the victim, of Greenleas, Histon received a call from the suspect claiming to be from Knightsbridge police station.
A police spokesman said: "The suspect has told the victim to withdraw money and a courier would come to collect it.
"The suspect has told the victim they would be arrested if they did not co-operate. The suspect said he would call the victim when the money had been received."
Police have today (March 13) issued a warning.
The spokesman added: "In the con, scammers usually suggest the victim calls their bank or the police to confirm their details. Although the victim hangs up the phone, the caller stays on the line to prevent the call from being terminated.
Warning as scammer impersonates police officer to rinse bank account
"As a result, the victim then starts talking to the fraudster again, thinking they have called their bank or the police.
"During the conversation, the offender usually says that they will need to examine the victim's bank card, and take their PIN number in case it has been compromised, and that a courier will come to collect the card.
"A smartly dressed individual then arrives at the victim's home, the card is taken and the PIN number used to withdraw cash.
A bogus police officer is scamming Cambridgeshire people out of thousands - and the hunt is on for this car
"If you have any information which may assist with the investigation into these crimes then please call 101, or call Crimestoppers anonymously 0800 555 111."
In the past few weeks the scam has been happening around Cambridgeshire.
Police released CCTV photos after a man pretending to be a police officer scammed residents out of thousands of pounds.
Police have released images of a car they believe to be involved.
(Image: Cambridgeshire police)
Residents are urged to call 101 if they spot it.
In the past few weeks there have been three incidents in Peterborough of bogus police officers asking people for money.
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Youngest captain, loving son: Ethiopian pilots honoured in death
Susan E. Lopez
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The dreams of the two young men soared as high as the Ethiopian Airlines planes they proudly flew. Menur Mohamed, brother to Ethiopian Airlines ET 302 First Officer Ahmednur Mohamed, holds his phone with a photograph of his brother during a Reuters interview in Addis Ababa, March 17, 2019. Picture taken
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The dreams of the two young men soared as high as the Ethiopian Airlines planes they proudly flew.
Menur Mohamed, brother to Ethiopian Airlines ET 302 First Officer Ahmednur Mohamed, holds his phone with a photograph of his brother during a Reuters interview in Addis Ababa, March 17, 2019. Picture taken March 17, 2019. REUTERS/Maggie Fick NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
Handsome, cosmopolitan Yared Getachew was to marry another plane captain this year. Studious, serious Ahmednur Mohammed rented his first apartment with his maiden paycheck in February.
Their lives, along with 155 others, ended when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 plunged into a field moments after take-off in a still unexplained disaster.
Yared, 29, was captain; Ahmednur, 25, his first officer.
Yared was a popular and brilliant student who became the airline's youngest ever captain at 27, said his father Getachew Tessema, a retired plastic surgeon and dentist.
He spoke to Reuters after a ceremony at the Kenyan embassy in Addis Ababa to honour the 32 Kenyan victims from the crash. Yared's mother was Kenyan, making him a citizen of two nations.
"I'm very bitter," 80-year-old Getachew said, sitting hunched with his head in his hand as he reflected on Yared's shattered marriage plans.
"At least if he had had a child," he trailed off painfully as friends nodded in understanding.
Yared's brother Meno Getachew Tessema, 39, sat next to his father, sometimes putting an arm around him as the ceremony progressed. Yared visited Meno's family in Toronto when the young pilot came to train on flight simulators in Miami twice in the past two years.
By the time of the crash, Yared had amassed 8,100 hours of flying experience, the airline said, unusual at his age but no surprise to the family. They remembered him as a committed student who shone at school as a child in his mother's native Kenya and as a teenager in his father's home country Ethiopia.
He went straight into Ethiopian Airlines' Aviation Academy after high school. "His dream was to be a pilot," said Meno, a corporate lawyer. "He was diligent, hardworking, he had a consistent work ethic … he was a rising star of Ethiopian Airlines."
ARCHITECT TURNED PILOT
Sitting next to Yared in the cockpit on March 10 was Ahmednur Mohammed.
While the pair's professionalism has been lauded, air safety experts fear they – and pilots in a similar crash in Indonesia in October – may not have been sufficiently versed in a new automated anti-stall system in the Boeing 737 MAX series.
The middle of three sons of a small business owner, friends from the sleepy eastern city of Dire Dawa remember Ahmednur as unusually driven to study when others would spend afternoons relaxing in the shade, chewing the narcotic leaf qat.
He spent five years at college studying his first love – architecture – where he earned the nickname 5-10 for his legendary 17-hour library stints, and received gentle ribbing for the neatness of his room.
Even as a student, Ahmednur's skill earned him some small interior design commissions, friends said.
But the dutiful son feared he would not be able to make enough money as an architect to help his family, said his father Mohammed Omar, a white-haired 60-year-old in a carefully pressed worn suit.
So he switched to aviation school and completed two years of training. After school hours, he would visit a friend whose brother was a pilot and sit in the living room, running through cockpit checklists and motions on the couch, the friend said. He graduated with a commercial pilot's license, the airline said.
"He would call me every three days. He would talk about his plans, he said that he was going to help his family," his father told Reuters after Islamic prayers in Ahmednur's memory at a relative's house on the outskirts of Addis Ababa.
Last Friday, mosques in both the capital and Dire Dawa held prayers for Ahmednur, the family said.
After a few months rest, he began working for Ethiopian Airlines, visiting other nations — Israel, South Africa, Burkina Faso — and earning his first salary.
He adored it, said his brother Menur Mohammed.
Ahmednur amassed 350 flying hours and had just started living alone for the first time when the family heard his plane had gone down.
"It took us long to believe he was dead," his cousin Imran Mohammed, 30, told Reuters.
"He was so excited to live on his own."
The family wants the airline or government to build a bridge or a school, something tangible to commemorate Ahmednur: pilot, architect, son. "We want to see something in his name, to remember him," his father said softly.
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Pelican Adds Style and Protection to the iPhone 7 With Its New Line of Smartphone Cases
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UND HOCKEY: Hawks Take Out Huskies 3-1
November 2, 2019 / scottywazz
GRAND FORKS, ND– In a one-off US Hockey Hall of Fame game, the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks took on the Michigan Tech Huskies. The Hawks would be without captain Colton Poolman who was out for precautionary reasons, which was another hit to the defensive corps; who was already without Gabe Bast. In what was another tight checking match-up, the Hawks took out the Huskies in the end, winning by a count of 3-1.
"We talk about it all the time, it's the next-man up mentality," defenseman Matt Kiersted mentioned after the game. "We've got a really deep d-corp, so one guys goes out– next guy goes in and performs."
The game started out quick and fast, as almost six minutes of action happened before the first stoppage, when Justin Misiak gathered up a pucking slot area and slid a backhand through a mess of bodies and under Adam Scheel to make it 1-0 for the Huskies. It took five minutes of pressure for the Hawks to get it back, as Kiersted wristed one from the point that beat Robbie Beydoun to tie the game.
"I was just following it up," Kiersted said of his goal. "We had a good forecheck in and it made its way up to the point and I just tried to get it on net. There was a lot of traffic in front and found a way through."
In terms of scoring, the second period yielded none, as both teams were playing very tight hockey. Michigan Tech only had one shot on net for the second frame, while UND only had one big chance on a power play the slide past Beydoun and out the other side. Tech was able to keep the Hawks to the outside and limit the scoring chances in high threat areas.
More of the same in the third until 7:31 when Tech had a costly turnover that was picked up by Collin Adams and fed it to Jordan Kawaguci, who ripped one from the slot past Beydoun to make it 2-1 UND. Gavin Hain would seal the deal with the empty-netter for the 3-1 victory.
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"It's more than just the defense. The forwards are coming back on the backcheck. The harder they backcheck, the easier it is for us to stay up on our gaps. So it's a whole team thing." — Kiersted on UND having another home game holding the opponent to less than 20 shots.
"We were a bit methodical, a bit predictable as far as moving around and getting shots blocked. They block a lot of shots and they're a good defensive team. There's a reason why they're seventh in the country on defense. For us, we have to have more emotion and more playmaking to get those lanes open." — Coach Brad Berry on the Hawks power-play woes
"Any time you're not scoring goals, you want to shorten your bench, you want to try and get guys out there more often than not. But in this league, in college hockey, it's a hard, heavy league and you got to have four lines that can go. I think the strength of our team in trying to get offense is having for lines that can bring the energy all the time." — Berry on playing opposition playing a stingy defensive game.
"We're tired of tying or losing games by one goal. Scoring goals is about confidence. We go out there and we want to win a hockey game. Doesn't matter when it is, we just want to win a hockey game." — Jordan Kawaguchi on the team scoring later into games this year that they didn't last year.
UND is back at home on November 9th with a weekend set against Miami.
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Q: Proof that design matrices with entries near zero lead to high variance of least squares estimator I asked this question on Math Stackexchange but it might be better-suited to this site.
I have a linear model $Y = X\beta + \epsilon$ where $\epsilon \sim (0_n, \sigma^2 I_n)$. The matrix $X$ is $n \times p$. If $\hat \beta$ is the least squares estimator of $\beta$ and $\lvert x_{ij} \rvert \leq 1$ for all $i, j$, then I want to show that $\text{Var}(\hat \beta_j) \geq \sigma^2 / n$ for $j = 1, \dots, p$.
(I guess the point here is that matrices $X$ with small values lead to large variability in the least squares estimators for $\beta$.)
My attempt:
I know that $\hat \beta = (X^T X)^{-1} X^T Y$, and $\text{Var}(\hat \beta) = \sigma^2 (X^T X)^{-1}$. I was thinking that if I had a formula for the diagonal entry of $(X^T X)^{-1}$ that might be handy, but I'm not sure where I am going with that. I was also thinking about the triangle inequality, but I'm not sure how to use it. One consequence of the assumption $\lvert x_{ij} \rvert \leq 1$ is that all entries in $X^T X$ will have absolute value less than $n$, right?
I was also playing with a toy $3 \times 2$ example for X, but that didn't seem to lead anywhere.
As I was thinking about this more, I've started to suspect that this problem is dealing with multicollinearity, without explicitly saying so. I've been trying to read about the mathematical formulation of multicollinearity, but I haven't found anything that looks like it can be used for my purposes.
I appreciate any help.


Yes, that's me in the middle! I didn't take a lot of photos, as I was mostly standing around being beamy-happy, but did have the presence of mind to hand my camera over to Dude M for the ceremony. There's some more photos in this Flickr Set.
Yes, I can perform weddings.
This was my first time, though.
Back in the 70's, but since I no longer have that documentation, I got recertified for this event.
The Venerable Evan M. Nichols.
M is the son of R, the long-time partner of Dude M (Dude M had always said that if he got married, he'd want me to perform the ceremony). M and A weren't affiliated with a church, and thought it would be cool for me to officiate.
The text of the ceremony is shown below.
No, I didn't hook up with any bridesmaids.
The ceremony went very well, thanks. The weather was a bit hot, but we kept the actual standing-in-the-sun part brief.
The bride and groom wrote their own vows.
Having experience in Theater helps when speaking outdoors with a busy street near by.
All in all, it was a joyous afternoon, the kind that makes one's heart feel all open and overflowing with love.
Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to witness and celebrate the joining of M___ and A___ in Marriage. It's a beautiful day for a beautiful event; the declaration of love and devotion between two people. We are here for this event because all of you are M___ and A___'s community, and each of you has played some part in bringing them to this moment. This is why gathering as a community is such an important part of a wedding ceremony. You will also support and contribute to their relationship from this day, and so we gather to see them take a new form in their community; as a married couple.
M___ and A___, in front of those who are gathered here, you will start a new chapter in the adventure that is your lives. In marriage, we give ourselves freely and generously into the care of the one we love, and in doing so, each of us receives the love and trust of the other as a most precious gift.
Marriage will challenge you to grow in ways that no other relationship will. If you let it, marriage will expand you as individuals, allow you to heal old hurts, and take your place as adults within your community. To be successful, it takes strength, courage and patience. But the rewards of marriage are great. May you find joy in your new life together. May each day be filled with love. And may each year be better than the one before.
The Symbol of Marriage is a wedding ring. A circle, without beginning or end, it signifies the commitment two people have made to each other. The ring is the reminder that even when you two are in different places, you are not alone. While the ring is a symbol, your vows are a statement. A statement of your commitment to each other, one that can shape how you grow your relationship into your new life. Now I will ask you to read your vows to each other. M___, please read your vows to A___.
A___, please read your vows to M___.
Now, please present the rings. M___, put A___'s ring on her finger. Do you M___, take A___ to be your wife, in a manner true to, and in keeping with, your vows to her?
A___, put M___'s ring on his finger. Do you A___, take M___ to be your Husband, in a manner true to, and in keeping with, your vows to him?
Then so sworn, before this assembly of those who love you, I pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss each other.
Dear Friends and Loved Ones, I present to you, Mr. and Mrs. O____!


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Paul Bettany Reveals The Onscreen Death He Likes The Most
May. 31. 2018 5:46 PM
Warning: The following contains massive spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story and Avengers: Infinity War!
There are some actors who are just known for having memorable deaths onscreen. While it's hard to argue that Sean Bean is still the king of agonizing character deaths, Paul Bettany is racking up an impressive death count in his own right. The actor has roles in two of this year's biggest movies, Avengers: Infinity War and Solo: A Star Wars Story and his characters die in each of them, more than once in Infinity War. Willing to answer a macabre question, Paul Bettany revealed which of his recent character deaths is his favorite, saying:
Ooooh, I don't know. I think that being murdered by the love of your life [Scarlet Witch, played by Elizabeth Olsen] because you're asking them to is pretty moving stuff that they wrote for us.
I think most people would agree with Paul Bettany's pick here. It is truly hard to argue that Vision's deaths in Infinity War don't pack a bigger emotional punch than Qi'Ra killing the villainous Dryden Vos in Solo. And while seeing Thanos crush Vision's skull and watching his body go gray is brutal, the death at the hands of Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch is by far the most heartbreaking. As Paul Bettany points out to GQ, that whole scene between the two characters is incredibly moving and it really is as great a death as any character could hope for.
Vision asking something no one should ever have to ask of a loved one and her having to commit this act of mercy and salvation is incredibly agonizing and played beautifully in the film. It is made all the more tragic when Thanos reverses it, only for Vision to be killed again and discarded by the Mad Titan, making the lovers' sacrifice all for naught. Vision's death was just one of the major gut punches in a film that ended with a barrage of them and depending on your perspective, it may not even be the saddest (Peter Parker's death is rough), but it did have the best build.
We'll have to wait and see if somehow, thanks to a Captain Marvel rescue and some Doctor Strange wizardry, Paul Bettany's Vision is brought back to life, to die another day in Avengers 4 or beyond.
As for his Star Wars demise, Dryden Vos's death in Solo didn't mean as much to us because he was a villain we had just met and we had little to no emotional attachment to him. His death, while fun, also came in a battle with Qi'Ra, who we were rooting for. Ultimately, his death was really about Qi'Ra ascending within Crimson Dawn to become the right-hand woman of the enigmatic former Sith lord, Maul.
You can check out Paul Bettany's characters dying onscreen in Infinity War and Solo, both in theaters now. Keep an eye on CinemaBlend for all the best death scenes and be sure to check out our release schedule for all of the movies hitting theaters this year.
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allowing ourselves to feel compassion.
the sound, of rainbows talking.
sharing in, and yes enjoying our creation.
reminding them of easier times.
as the mist takes over.
It is the end, and yet the beginning.
As Rev. Jackson walked into the room, he thought he heard music, like a choir. "Is that music I hear?", he said. Henry Vu turned to the pastor, and said, "Yes Leon, a great miracle has taken place tonight, and heaven is rejoicing." A huge smile spread over Henry's face.
To be honest Rev. Jackson was shocked, firstly that the angel looked Asian, and secondly that a miracle had taken place. Henry continued explaining, "See for yourself….Pedro Martinez has been made whole again…." He pointed at the glass cubicle. While music continued from the Angel Command Center, Henry needed to keep the volume down. It was a party of sorts, with a lot of whooping and hollering!
As Rev. Jackson looked in at Pedro, he got the shock of his life, and his jaw dropped open. "He's awake!" "And he's moving around, is that a smile on his face?" He simply could not believe that the child was well.
Henry interrupted him, "Listen time is short, the nurse is on another floor and will return any second." "I'm gaining my strength back and will go invisible again, but I need you to do something." "I need you to contact the media about this, but not just for publicity." Rev. Jackson was all ears, listening. "Rev. Jackson, this family has been devastated in many ways, including financially." "I need you start a fund to pay the medical bills, and advertise it!" "Make it a human interest story!" Now it was Rev. Jackson's turn to smile from ear to ear.
Both the doctor and nurse came into the room just as Henry Vu faded, becoming invisible. Everything was a blur after that. The doctor yelled, "Look he's awake!" "We need to run more tests, quick!" Henry, now invisible whispered into Rev. Jackson's ear, "Pssst, check your coat pocket!" When he did, Rev. Jackson found a gift card from Wal-Mart for $500. "For the family, and their holidays….." And then Henry was gone.
He flew by the Jenkins house where Linda Cunningham was still talking to Caroline, and they would be, long into the night. The carolers had long since gone home. A video of the future, from the Command Center showed the two women becoming the best of friends. Still invisible Henry said to himself, "Sometimes all people need, is a friend".
Henry would have loved to have stayed, and listen to more. But he was beginning to get instructions for another mission, this time in Eastern Europe. Some refugees were in serious trouble, and Henry started brushing up on immigration laws as he began flying once again.
I hope you have enjoyed this series! Merry Christmas!
with a strength, we did not know before.
as I reach for your hand.


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In Defense of the United States Constitution
Robert S. Singh
Textbook - 206 Pages - 4 B/W Illustrations
September 13, 2018 by Routledge
Constitutional reform is a topic of perennial academic debate, perhaps now more than ever amid sharp polarization in the electorate and government. At once a cogent, new contribution to the scholarly literature and appropriate for American politics and government students, this book mounts a provocative, nonideological defense of the US Constitution, directly engaging proposals for reform and providing a rare systematic argument for continuity: Our politics may be broken but our system is not. Writing from an international perspective with an array of fascinating data, the author draws on theory, law, and history to defend the republican order under political stress and intellectual challenge.
Introduction: Why the Constitution Needs Defending Today
1. Constitutional Critiques: The Re-Emergence of Jeffersonian Constitutional Angst
2. The Preamble, Then and Now: A More Perfect Union
3. Governing Institutions
4. Amendments and Interpretation
Conclusion: Cults, Crises, Conventions, and Crossroads
Robert S. Singh is Professor of Politics at Birkbeck, University of London. His research focuses on contemporary US politics and the politics of US foreign policy.
For all the criticism that it currently attracts, the Constitution, in its original form, has shown remarkable staying power. In its 230 years of life it has been amended only 27 times, and the first ten of these were created together immediately after it was adopted. So it is altogether likely that seventy years from now the document written near the end of the eighteenth century will celebrate its 300th birthday in more or less the form that its framers gave it. It is one of the several achievements of Robert Singh's book that it leaves the reader if not delighted then certainly more or less content with this prospect.
Michael Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor Emeritus at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Robert Singh's In Defense of the United States Constitution is a timely and welcome antidote to the frequent charges that the Constitution is outmoded and undemocratic. There are serious problems in our politics – citizen apathy and ignorance, partisan polarization, and institutional gridlock among them. But as Singh calmly and reasonably points out, these are problems of our politics and not our Constitution. This book will lower your blood-pressure and lift your spirits – just the prescription for our times.
Cal Jillson, Southern Methodist University
Given the current troubled state of the American polity, calls to amend the Constitution are once again in vogue. This book is an important and timely response to these proposals. Robert Singh offers an articulate, balanced, and well-informed discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the Constitution, one that suggests that the governing problems that afflict the United States are not necessarily a product of constitutional flaws. Although he agrees that there are certain amendments that would be real improvements, he concludes that the document's daunting amending procedure makes change unlikely, and more importantly, that there are greater dangers than advantages to undertaking a wholesale process of constitutional revision.
Michael L. Mezey, DePaul University
Critics argue that American politics are broken and that the Constitution is to blame. Robert S. Singh deflects this blame in this clearly written, lucid, and timely defense of the Framers' handiwork: Taking seriously points of view from all sides and origins and arguing in good faith at every point, Singh dismantles each critique – and the "situational constitutionalism" orientation articulated by many parties – by pointing out the flaws in the argument. Singh places blame for what ails American politics where it clearly belongs: on America's polarized politics and rudderless ship of state. This book will make students in American politics and constitutional studies courses think critically, and is also a novel contribution to the literature.
Jeffrey S. Peake, Clemson University
In Defense of the United States Constitution offers a reasonable diagnosis and an achievable prescription for what ails American politics today. Responding to calls for major structural amendments or even a new constitutional convention, author Robert Singh wisely advises that "dispensing with the existing settlement is a gamble unlikely to pay off." The reform we need is partisan, not constitutional: Partisans can reframe issues so as to re-establish the possibility of ideological compromise. Without such a rapprochement, constitutional reform is impossible; with it, existing constitutional provisions are satisfactory.
Randall Calvert, Washington University in St. Louis
Robert Singh has written a timely, carefully researched, and well-reasoned book. Sure to stimulate discussion, his work is in the must-read category for anyone interested in the future of constitutional government in the United States.
Donald Grier Stephenson, Jr., Franklin & Marshall College; Co-author of American Constitutional Law: Introductory Essays and Selected Cases
Rob Singh's accomplished book will command attention and respect. It is a work of wisdom. Culturally and historically sensitive, his defense of the constitution is the intelligent and rigorous account that we need to set twenty-first century turmoil and discontents in appropriate historical, political, and legal contexts. Here is a scholarly defense of the constitution with which scholars and non-scholars alike should engage.
Nigel Bowles, University of Oxford
In a time of gridlock and polarizing politics, Robert Singh reminds us why the US Constitution still matters and is worth defending. He lays out why the Constitution is not – and never has been – perfect, but also how it has always aspired to that goal and is closer now than it once was. He argues for some amendments to the document but also counsels against wholesale changes that would involve more costs than benefits. To put it succinctly, Singh shows us why "we the people" are better off with our Constitution than we would be without it or with a fundamentally different one.
Eric T. Kasper, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Director, Center for Constitutional Studies
Blaming the US Constitution for our present discontents is like blaming a home's foundation for the poor interior decorating choices of its inhabitants: It is a national resource which should be altered only with great care. Singh evenhandedly and comprehensively demonstrates that the problem lies in the realm of politics – his contribution to this important debate will give reasons for dismay to, and should be taken seriously by, both the left and right,.
Andrew E. Busch, Claremont McKenna College


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text: Dr Julian Baggini is the author, co-author or editor of over 20 books including How The World Thinks, The Virtues of the Table, The Ego Trick, Freedom Regained (all Granta) and The Edge of Reason (Yale University Press). He was the founding editor of The Philosophers' Magazine and has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, as well as for the think tanks The Institute of Public Policy Research, Demos and Counterpoint. He is Academic Director of the Royal institute of Philosophy and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent. His website is www.microphilosophy.net.


A Muslim convert has told how he rebuffed MI5 advances but played along with authorities trying to deradicalise him as he plotted a terror attack on Oxford Street.
Lewis Ludlow, 27, of Rochester, Kent, a former Royal Mail worker, said he was filled with "animosity and hatred" when he swore allegiance to Islamic State, the Old Bailey heard. All the while, he appeared to engage with the Prevent deradicalisation programme, having had 16 meetings and a phonecall with officers over the six months before his arrest last April.
One of the meetings was on the same day that Ludlow had carried out reconnaissance of targets around the capital, taking photographs of Oxford Street and Madame Tussauds.
Ludlow had planned to kill up to 100 people in a "ram attack" after being stopped by police at Heathrow airport in February 2018 as he attempted to board a flight to the Philippines.
The defendant, who called himself "the Eagle" and "the Ghost", had bought a phone under a false name and wrote down his attack plans, which were later found ripped up in a bin in his home.
He pleaded guilty last year to plotting an attack in the UK and giving money to Isis in the Philippines and appeared at the Old Bailey on Thursday to be sentenced.
The prosecutor Mark Heywood QC set out Ludlow's past association with extremists in Britain and abroad. He said the Prevent programme had attempted to engage with Ludlow since November 2008, when his college had raised concerns about his religious beliefs and his habit of carrying a knife.
Giving evidence, Ludlow, who has autism, said he dropped out of school at 14 because of bullying and converted to Islam at the age of 16. In 2010, Ludlow attended a demonstration led by the radical preacher Anjem Choudary and his banned group al-Muhajiroun. But his relationship with the extremist Islamic group soured after he was suspected of being a spy, he said.
In 2015, he talked to British jihadist Junaid Hussain about "sending something lethal" in the post while doing seasonal work in a Royal Mail warehouse.
But Ludlow told the court he only said it because he was in "awe" of Hussain, who was killed in a drone strike in Syria soon afterwards.
That year, he was arrested and Isis material was recovered from Ludlow's phone but no further action was taken. In March 2017, Ludlow claimed MI5 had approached him to be a "spy" and "entrap" young people online as an "agent provocateur".
Ludlow had cut off contact with Prevent two years before, but resumed meetings with officers in November 2017, while concealing his true feelings. The defendant said he felt he was "picked on" for being a white Islamic convert and felt under pressure from his Prevent mentor.
In January 2018, he bought a ticket to fly to the Philippines on 3 February but was stopped at the airport and had his passport seized. In March, having set up a PayPal account and a Facebook site devoted to antique collection, he sent money to an alleged extremist called Abu Yaqeen in an area of the Philippines with a significant Isis presence.
Police went on to recover torn-up scraps of paper from Ludlow's bin detailing potential attack sites in Britain.
On Oxford Street, he planned to use a van to mount the pavement, noting the lack of safety barriers.
Heywood said there was evidence the defendant wanted to recruit a second attacker as he did not have a driving licence and was "scared" of crashing.
In mitigation, Rebecca Trowler QC said Ludlow was directed by the extremist in the Philippines and his plans were "embryonic".
The sentencing hearing before Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC is due to last up to three days.


As banking, becomes more digitised, the general population in the developed world is getting worse at it. Our preparedness for retirement and our use of credit for everyday living are worse than ever before. Concurrently we are spending more time attached to mobile, often engaged in activities that seem more trivial.
Treating financial services as a game is the most transformational opportunity available to financial services executives looking for an opportunity to out compete the market. When we put our customer's success at the heart of the product design process, framing everything in the context of a game, we force ourselves to answer fundamental questions around our purpose and relevance. When we do this, we unveil fabulous opportunities to provide consistently better levels of value and service.
Moroku takes the principles of gaming and behavioural economics and applies them to build and run contemporary mobile banking experiences for banks. We drive customer engagement, financial literacy and action by making the mobile banking experience fun and giving them structure. Through the provision of a cloud service, banking templates and APIs we enable banks to rapidly deploy digital banking experiences that empower banks customers to create their financial future.
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A Webinar For People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
Video Arts recently partnered with the Guardian and New York Times writer, Oliver Burkeman to produce The Wellbeing Essentials a set of 32 films that tackle the tricky topics of motivation, wellbeing, positivity, mindfulness and resilience at work.
Watch the recording of 'A Webinar For People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking' to hear Oliver in conversation with Video Arts' CEO, Martin Addison, for a lively critique of the 'Positivity!' industry and some video illustrations of how a more negative approach to happiness at work can be more fruitful.
Key Topics:
What's wrong with 'Getting Motivated!'?
Fungineering
About the speakers:
Oliver Burkeman is a journalist who writes on psychology for the Guardian and the New York Times. He is a winner of the Foreign Press Association's Young Journalist of the Year award and has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. His book The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking was described by the Guardian as 'A bracing detox for the self-help junkie'. Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist, said of Burkeman, "Addictive, wise and very funny. Burkeman never takes himself too seriously, but the rest of us should".
Martin Addison is CEO of Video Arts. With more than 25 years' experience in the learning content and technologies business, he has become one of the foremost speakers and thought leaders on the subject of video in learning.
Management Conversations Webinar Recording…
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The new Vélosophy showroom and office has opened downtown Stockholm. Still a couple of things needs to be finalized. But, we're there. (Sometimes Hudson in the picture also) .
Come on down and have a look at our bikes or just have a cup of coffee. And at the same time you can look at the art from contemporary artist and fine art photographer Natalia Mikkola.


God designed marriage to be an intensely intimate relationship between a husband and wife. Sadly, too many of us instead feel our marriages are more like battlegrounds or—equally bad—barren deserts. Often, we're missing out on a cherished marriage because we're focused on the wrong things-selfish and destructive things like fighting for control, keeping score, and hiding our true selves. How do we achieve the beautiful oneness that God intended for our marriages? In this 4-part series, Pete Briscoe teaches that there is a way to move our marriages beyond ordinary to extraordinary. But it requires transparency to our spouse and the willingness to look beyond ourselves to the only source of true Life.
For dating, engaged, or married couples. It doesn't matter if your marriage is doing well or not so well.
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Real life change happens in circles and not rows. Being in a small group is a game changer for you and your spouse.
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The Chief of Police is the ranking officer of the department and has authority over all police personnel, functions and operations. The Chief exercises all lawful powers of his office and issues such orders, directives, policies and procedures as may be necessary to ensure the efficient and effective performance of the Department. The Chief of the Pompton Lakes Police Department is Derek Clark who is a 18 year law enforcement veteran, who began his career in 2001.
After joining the Pompton Lakes Police Department and graduating basic training, Chief Clark was assigned to the Patrol Division as a patrolman. He was later promoted to sergeant and assigned to the Patrol Division in 2009 as a Patrol squad supervisor. Chief Clark was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 2013 and was assigned as the Operations Lieutenant in command of the Patrol Division. In 2017 he was promoted to Captain and oversaw the Department's Communications Division. In November 2019 Chief Clark assumed the duties of Chief of Police.
Chief Clark was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology/Criminal Justice from William Paterson.
Chief Clark served in the United States Army 812th Military Police Company and attained the rank of Sergent. Chief Clark is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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