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SMITH HISTORY BLOG: Fearless Five: The Men Who Saved The Smith
by Austin Jennings
Imagine a parking lot where the Smith Opera House stands today. There's no ornate facade, art deco interior decorations, or an auditorium with a vast starlit sky above. There's only cracked asphalt, faded white paint, and an occasional car. In 1977, that was the fate of the Smith, known then as the Geneva Theatre. At that time it was operated by the Galaxy Theater Corporation. Their parent company, a Dutch real estate firm called Beleggingsmaatschappij Rali, put the Smith up for sale on November 1, 1977 (McNally 73-74) (Fox). All signs pointed to the city of Geneva gaining ownership of the Smith due to all the back taxes owed. They proposed to entirely demolish the building and create a parking lot in its place, despite many Genevans feeling that the "proposal seems in no way to enhance the city of Geneva, nor to offer a worthwhile alternative to its citizens" (Rogoff).
Prompted by this horrific plan, a steering committee made up of Geneva community members created the "Save the Geneva Theatre" project on December 1, 1977 in order to raise funds (Rogoff). Through that, Geneva Concerts was able to lease the Smith from Beleggingsmaatschappij Rali from January until June of 1978 (McNally 74). Unfortunately, funds were tight, and although Geneva Concerts had been able to use the theatre for three Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra concerts (Fox), they were financially unable to continue. It looked like the end was still very near for the Smith.
The Fearless Five are pictured here on the Smith's old marquee. From left to right, they are Steve Hastings, Paul Brown, Dan Belliveau, Ken Camera, and Jeff Rathaus (McNally 76).
During that year of 1978, five Genevans decided they had grown tired of watching Geneva's gem slowly and painfully die. They were Dan Belliveau, Paul Brown, Ken Camera, Steve Hastings, and Jeff Rathaus. Together, they vowed to bring new life to the Smith. Using their passion, their own personal funds, connections to local attorneys, and further support from Geneva Concerts, they came up with the idea for the Finger Lakes Regional Arts Council. It was to be a non-profit organization for the arts in which its first mission was to buy and revitalize the Smith (McNally 76-77). The Five went into talks with Beleggingsmaatschappij Rali in July of 1978 and in that same month the firm paid off the Smith's back taxes, totaling $23,181 at the time. Almost miraculously, the Five's work paid off when they were able to lease the Smith and open its doors for a fall season of performances that year on September 29th (Wilson). Their work was far from over, however, as the next couple years were filled with legal negotiations and paperwork, dubbed "a technical nightmare" (Wilson) by Paul Brown.
Every week on Sunday morning, the Five met at Turkett's Restaurant to discuss next weeks' plans for their beloved theatre. Dividing up the work, they would run events in addition to all the background paperwork that they did to keep the theatre alive (Fox). Then, in June of 1980, they were finally able to formally create the Finger Lakes Regional Arts Council (McNally 76-77). The new group bought the Smith, and through the Council's care and dedication, the theatre came to be what the Smith Opera House is today, all because of the Five.
Fox, Craig. "Council to honor men who saved opera house." Finger Lakes Times, 9 Apr 1988. Smith Opera House archives.
McNally, Charles. The Revels in Hand: The First Century of the Smith Opera House October 1894 – October 1994. Finger Lakes Regional Arts Council, 1995.
Rogoff, Daniel. "The Last Show." "Curtains for Geneva Theatre," The Herald [Geneva, NY], 9 Dec 1977, pp. 4. Rochester Regional Library Council. NYS Historic Newspapers, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/np00050001/1977-12-09/ed-1/seq-4/.
Wilson, Charles. "Curtain to rise again at Geneva Theater." Democrat and Chronicle [Rochester, NY], 23 Sep 1978, pp. 46. Newspapers.com by Ancestry, https://www.newspapers.com/image/137024736.
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There were lots of things to play at the playground.
There was also this funny looking thing that goes round and round too. I wasn't too impressed with it anyhow.
Then, it was onwards to the beach!
It was my first time playing with sand and I was absolutely fascinated by it! The sand felt...erm...sandy. Heh heh... At first, I was just hitting the sand with my palm. But very soon, I found out that you can actually dig a hole in the sand!
It was a fun outing but I think I got slightly tanned again...Hee. But nevermind lah, I would love to go back again...soon!
The beach quite nice hor...machiam at some beach resort...hee.
Ash, it really looks fun at the beach, playground. I must ask my Daddy/Mummy to bring me there too. Which part of Pasir Ris Park is it? Is it near the Fisherman Village?


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Solar Energy Industry Posts Record Growth, Despite Solyndra Collapse
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By Michael Martinez, CNN
updated 12:04 AM EST, Wed October 19, 2011
Los Angeles (CNN) — Despite the Solyndra collapse that has tarnished solar energy, the industry has grown into "a major economic force" with a job base that expanded 6.8% the past year, nearly 10 times faster than the overall economy, industry representatives said Tuesday.
The solar business is now a $6 billion industry, up 300% from 2006, said officials with the Solar Foundation, a nonprofit affiliated with solar energy industry.
With 100,237 jobs as of August, solar employers expect their workforce to grow 24% next year, according to the foundation's National Solar Jobs Census 2011, completed in partnership with BW Research Partnership's Green LMI Consulting division and Cornell University.
"It's great news," said Andrea Luecke, executive director of the Solar Foundation. "Despite a struggling economy and the worst recession since the Depression and despite the Solyndra debacle, the industry is experiencing record-breaking trade numbers, record-breaking installed capacity, and record-breaking private investment."
Solyndra Inc. was once considered a model "green" company producing state-of-the-art solar panels, but it is now at the center of congressional scrutiny and a FBI probe after the Fremont, California, firm filed for bankruptcy in late August and put more than 1,000 people out of work, even though it received $535 million in federal loan guarantees.
The bankruptcy leaves the government unlikely to get back the money it loaned. President Barack Obama touted the company in a visit last year.
Despite the controversy, the solar sector appears bullish, Luecke said.
"Solyndra, of course, is just one company, and they went out of business because they could no longer compete with not only Chinese manufactures but also U.S. manufacturers," Luecke said.
"There's nothing to indicate that the solar industry is not poised for growth, though we do need smart policy investment as all energies do," Luecke added.
She was referring to state and federal legislation that would give "employers the confidence they need to expand their workforce," she said.
California continued to be the national leader in solar employment, with 25,575 workers. Other states in the top 10 are Colorado, Arizona, Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, Texas, Oregon, New Jersey and Massachusetts, the group said.
The study identified 17,198 solar employments sites in the United States. The survey collected data from more than 2,100 companies.
"The National Solar Jobs Census is an important reference because the previous lack of data about solar employment was presenting difficulties to policymakers and training providers," Philip Jordan, chief business officer at BW Research Partnership, said in a statement.
Added John Bunge, associate professor in the department of statistical science at Cornell University's School of Industrial Labor Relations: "The jobs census is setting a new standard for clean energy job studies.
"The use of both primary and secondary data sources, along with careful statistical analysis, gives us high confidence in the results. We expect our rigorous methodology to be extended to econometric studies of green jobs beyond the solar industry," he said in a statement.
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Transitioning to HPV primary screening in Canada
Franco et al state that the 'evidence from over a decade of large?scale clinical trials, feasibility studies and real?world experiences from countries that have adopted primary HPV screening as the primary cervical screening mode overwhelmingly prove that the benefits for shifting to primary HPV screening far outweigh potential or perceived harms. HPV primary screening has proven to be clinically superior to the Pap test for primary screening without increasing the costs' [1].
As Canada moves forward with provincial and territorial HPV screening pilot studies, strategies for implementing HPV primary screening, new protocols and strategies for laboratory technicians, and health education strategies for both medical professionals and the general public should not become a barrier from transitioning from Pap testing to HPV primary screening [2].
British Columbia and the HPV focal study
Currently, the BC Cancer Agency is currently conducting a study with over 25, 000 women from Metro Vancouver and Greater Victoria to find out if the HPV test can enhance cervical cancer screening for women in British Columbia [3]. In broad terms, this is being done by comparing the Pap test against the HPV test. Most of the participants are in the final phases of the study and only need to visit their health care provider their final cervical screen visit. The study itself is expected to be completed sometime in late 2016 [4]. However, preliminary FOCAL results consistently show that HPV testing followed by Pap triage (follow-up) leads to a greater detection of precancerous lesions.
A harmonized transition
The main steps to implement HPV primary screening in Canada are known and have been described by Pan-Canadian Cervical Cancer Screening Network (PCCSN).
Educate practitioners and women including about the link between HPV and cervical cancer and that the reasons for the extended interval with HPV screening are because of the improved sensitivity of HPV screening versus the Pap test and to reduce the harms of over-screening, not cost savings.
That screening programs and labs need to update their quality assurance and other processes such as informatics systems that allow them to identify and track screening participants throughout the screening process.
Provinces will require business cases and should use the strong cost-effectiveness data and implementation evidence from other jurisdictions to create provincial cases.
Laboratory organization and performance
Switching to HPV-based primary screening would have considerable impact on cytology laboratories. Loss of volume, a reorganization of the technical staff, along with the potential reorganization of services would need to be planned for in advance [5]. Incurred costs, the standardization of operating procedures and integrated reporting, and changes in quality assurance will also need to be planned for [6].
Health education: Targeting the general public
Appropriate Information about HPV and HPV testing will need to actively target the general population. Effective public health education strategies would reach out to vulnerable populations who may otherwise be missed by traditional cervical cancer screening methods. Therefore, health education and promotion of cervical cancer screening must take place in a community-based and culturally sensitive context to increase screening amongst those groups [7].
Studies have shown that when appropriate information about HPV and HPV testing are provided, patients readily consent to HPV testing. In a study by Ogilvie et al, it was found that while more than 80 per cent of women intended to be screened for cervical cancer with HPV primary testing. Subsequently, it decreased once they were advised of the extended screening interval (4-5 year intervals) with HPV testing, from 84.2 to 54.2 per cent [8]. Furthermore, when advised HPV testing would not start until the age of 25, women's intentions to be screened remained low at 51.2 per cent [9]. Therefore, HPV testing and the benefitss of switching from the Pap test to primary HPV testing must be effectively communicated.
Health education: Medical professionals
As healthcare professionals and practitioners become the primary vehicles for the first-line delivery of HPV testing, health education strategies will also need to target them as well [10]. Information addressing the specifics of HPV-based screening will have to follow in line with provincial and territorial policy changes that implement or introduce HPV testing for primary screening. And, as with the general public, any confusion about HPV and HPV testing amongst medical professionals will need to be met with updated, current information. Educational training and support should be available to provide medical professionals with effective, sensitive communication skills. For example, in their study, Ogilvie et al says [11]:
HPV testing in screening may require practitioners to inform some women, many of whom have been in monogamous relationships, that they are infected with a highly prevalent sexually acquired virus. Although the virus may have been acquired many years prior, HPV is different from other STIs owing to its high prevalence and long lifespan. Thus, delivering the news of a positive result will create significant challenges both for practitioners and for patients. Practitioners will need to ensure that they set the appropriate context for HPV infection and effectively manage emotional responses to positive results.
Optimal follow-up strategies
Because the HPV test is more sensitive, it will detect more pre-cancerous lesions than the Pap test, which might lead to an initial increase in the number of women referred for the colposcopy diagnostic test. However, what is most important is that the HPV screening test is a much more precise measure of whether women are at risk of cervical
cancer. This means that fewer women will undergo unnecessary colposcopies and other invasive procedures and treatments. Investigators for BC's FOCAL study found that cumulative long-term colposcopy rates for the HPV test and Pap test would be similar for women 30 and over [12].
There is, however, a great deal of interest in identifying follow-up options that can pinpoint, among HPV positive women, those who are most at-risk of developing high grade precancerous legions or cancer, in order to restrict diagnostic follow-up. A proposed idea by experts is to have cytology used as a follow-up test for HPV positive women, and only those with a positive result would go for colposcopy [13].
[1] Tota, Joseph E. and Franco, Eduardo L et al. Introduction of molecular HPV testing as the primary technology in cervical cancer screening: Acting on evidence to change the current paradigm, December 2015
[3] "HPV FOCAL Study." HPV FOCAL Study. BC Cancer Agency, 2015. Web. 03 Sept. 2015.
[5] Mayrand, Marie-Hélène, Verna Mai, Dr, François Coutlée, James Bentley, Yvonne Taylor, Gina Ogilvie, Patricia Goggin, and Dirk Van Niekerk. HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening. Summary of Evidence. Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, 29 Mar. 2012. Web. 4 Sept. 2015.
[6] McLachin, Meg, MD. Recent Changes to Cervical Cancer Screening in Canada. Rep. no. Powerpoint Presentation. Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry & London Health Sciences Centre, 17 Apr. 2015. Web. 4 Sept. 2015.
[7] "Cervical Cancer Screening." Canadian Cancer Survivor Network. Canadian Cancer Survivor Network, 12 June 2012. Web. 4 Sept. 2015.
[8] Ogilvie, Gina S., Laurie W. Smith, Dirk J. Van Niekerk, Fareeza Khurshed, Mel Krajden, Mon Saraiya, Vivek Goel, Barbara K. Rimer, Sandra B. Greene, Suzanne Hobbs, Andrew J. Coldman, and Eduardo L. Franco. "Women's Intentions to Receive Cervical Cancer Screening with Primary Human Papillomavirus Testing." International Journal of Cancer 133 (2013): 2934-943. International Journal of Cancer, 2013. Web. 5 Sept. 2015.
[10] Mayrand, Marie-Hélène, Verna Mai, Dr, François Coutlée, James Bentley, Yvonne Taylor, Gina Ogilvie, Patricia Goggin, and Dirk Van Niekerk. HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening. Summary of Evidence. Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, 29 Mar. 2012. Web. 5 Sept. 2015.
[11] Ogilvie, Gina S., Laurie W. Smith, Dirk J. Van Niekerk, Fareeza Khurshed, Mel Krajden, Mon Saraiya, Vivek Goel, Barbara K. Rimer, Sandra B. Greene, Suzanne Hobbs, Andrew J. Coldman, and Eduardo L. Franco. "Women's Intentions to Receive Cervical Cancer Screening with Primary Human Papillomavirus Testing." International Journal of Cancer 133 (2013): 2934-943. International Journal of Cancer, 2013.
[12] Tota, Joseph E. and Franco, Eduardo L et al. Introduction of molecular HPV testing as the primary technology in cervical cancer screening: Acting on evidence to change the current paradigm, December 2015
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Taxpayers on hook for murder suspect's major medical bills after suicide attempt
Nicole Carr, WSBTV.com
WALTON COUNTY, GA. —
Around 1 p.m. Monday, Sheriff Joe Chapman buzzed into the Walton County Jail in central Georgia.
He gave a casual tour and headed towards the small facility's medical ward, where contracted nurses treat dialysis patients and inmates with high blood pressure.
Sometime in the next few hours, Chapman's newest inmate was going to arrive, and he would need lots of attention, expensive attention.
"The people in here generally have some sort of medical issue, but we have never dealt with anything of the severity as Jerome Mobley, have we?" Chapman asked, turning to one of his senior deputies.
"No, sir," she answered.
Chapman estimated an unbudgeted $400,000 may come out of taxpayers' pockets to pay for Jerome Mobley's recovery.<?EM-dummyText [...]>
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On Friday, Grady Memorial Hospital discharged Mobley, about three weeks after he underwent facial reconstruction surgery.
Mobley is suspected of shooting his wife to death.
During a two-day, statewide manhunt last month, he turned the same shotgun used to allegedly kill his wife on himself,
while he was in a hay field.
He survived.
Mobley had a tracheotomy. Metal rods hold his facial reconstruction together, and he needs 24-hour care and a large hospital bed.
The large room where he will be kept once held county jail records.
A maintenance man had to wire a new surveillance camera in the room on Monday morning.
"With his complications, we're probably going to have to be taking him to the emergency room," Chapman told WSB-TV. "It's just going to be an ongoing problem."
Walton County is now faced with financing the delicate care associated with Mobley's recovery, as he awaits due process.
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"I would like for someone to answer that question for me: If he wasn't under arrest, what would have happened to him when he was discharged from Grady last Friday?"
Chapman said his rural operation is under a rare medical contract budget, but it does not provide for anything as complex as the care needed to oversee Mobley's recovery.
He said, during Mobley's three-week Grady stay, the Fulton County sheriff helped him by providing deputies to keep guard over the Walton County man.
When Grady called Chapman to provide "wound care" last week, Chapman said Fulton County was also ill-equipped to continue helping him.
A local hospital volunteered to keep Mobley until he could find a new medical contractor to move into the jail.
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Grady Hospital, which has a post-operative indigent assistance program, issued the following statement on its decision to release Mobley:
"Patients are discharged when hospital care is no longer required. For their continued recovery, some patients may require admission to a skilled nursing, rehabilitation, or other kind of post-acute care facility. For individuals in custody, providing the next appropriate level of care is the responsibility of the law enforcement agency."
Chapman said he spoke with county leadership over the weekend.
"They don't want to pay for it, but they're going to have to pay for it," he said.
Chapman said he is working with the judicial system to move Mobley through the court system as quickly as possible.
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If he is convicted, the state prison will be better equipped to care for him, Chapman said.
"We have many issues that go on daily, but this will be the top of the pyramid right here," Chapman said. "This is going to cost the taxpayers of Walton lot," he said.


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    this.user = new cdbAdmin.User({
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      dashboardUrl: this.user.viewUrl().dashboard()
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Q: Identifying Vs Non-Identifying relationships in SQL I've recently started using MySQL Workbench to manage EER diagrams. Up until now I have been using phpmyadmin and I never came across the terms Identifying & Non-Identifying relationships.
I have looked up the difference online and read a few Stack Overflow answers on the topic, but I'm still pretty much clueless.
From what I understand, I am going to give an example of a scenario in my database and I will propose the right solution.
So in my database I have a users table and a contact table containing various methods to contact the user (such as email & phone number). Since a contact record cannot exist without relating to a user,  this should be an identifying relationship.
Here is what my tables look like:
+-------+    +-------+
| users |    |contact|
+-------+    +-------+
| id    |    |id     |
+-------+    |userid |
             |contact| // contains email or phone
             |type   | // specifies if email or phone
             +-------+

However, when I create an identifying relationship between the two tables, it makes the userId part of a composite key. I understand that the table can have a composite primary key made up of userid and contact, however want to keep a consistent structure throughout the database where every table has its own surrogate key. (I have seen many times that it's better practice to use surrogate keys over composite keys.)
So in this case, what's the actual correct way to do this? Should I use a composite key and scrap the surrogate key (which I really would prefer not to do)? Or should I use a non-identifying relationship in this case?
Please explain exactly what the difference between the two relationships is and why identifying relationships need to point to a field which is part of a composite key.

A: It sounds like you have a non-identifying relationship, where the primary key of the parent exists in the child but is not part of the primary key of the child - given that the child entity (contact) has its own generated primary key.
Identifying relationships mean that the primary key of the parent entity is part of the natural key (supposedly composite unless the entities are 1:1), and are not generally in fashion right now.
In terms of database design, identifying vs. non-identifying is a pretty rare distinction in the real world. Most data models I encounter or design have a primary key on each entity, and a foreign key from other entites to that primary key for any object which refers to it. Very occasionally will I, or any other data modeler I know, enforce uniqueness at the natural key level through the use of database constraints.

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Eleven persons on board a Hyundai Grace car are currently battling for their lives after they sustained varying degrees of injuries in a ghastly accident at the Assin Nyankomase-Brofoyedru stretch of the Kumasi Highway.
The vehicle with registration number AC 1469-22 is said to have lost control after it burst a tire after landing in a pothole resulting in the car somersaulting.
The Assin Fosu Division of MTTD officers, led by Inspector Godwin Tsikata, swiftly moved to the scene to rescue passengers and initiate an investigation into the cause of the accident.
The accident scene has however been cleared with the damaged vehicle towed away to make way for vehicular movement.
Police, as part of their investigation, have visited the injured persons at the St. Francis Xavier Hospital who are currently receiving treatment.


Has someone asked you to marry them? Terrific! Many Congratulations. Are you secretly hoping that they will do? It is so very exciting!
We love weddings at South Bersted. As a parish church, anyone who lives in the parish or is on the electoral roll of the church is entitled to be married at St Mary Magdalene. To see if you live in our parish, please type your postcode into this website.
You may also have a qualifying connection with us.
We're thrilled when people get married because marriage is a gift from God to everyone. We're keen to support those who enter married life and so we offer preparation sessions to those having their service at South Bersted. These are designed to help couples understand and plan their services, as well as to prepare for life together as a married couple.
Want to know how much it will all cost? A full summer wedding service in 2019 (with banns being read and a certificate, organist, bells, some flowers and a verger) will typically cost around £685.
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Schools, scouts, nature centers, places of worship, and other community groups, along with families, are encouraged to pledge to help monarch butterfly populations.
Over the last four years, close to 200,000 pledges have been received to help restore monarch butterfly populations by planting milkweed that monarchs need to survive and thrive. This represents more than 850,000 individual heroes. Join the movement and take the National Wildlife Federation's Butterfly Heroes pledge to help save monarchs!
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Bocce is an exciting sport game of skill and strategy introduced to Special Olympics Washington, which has made its way into different area's programs. Athletes can participate in Unified Sports® events. Unified Sports is a program that assigns Special Olympics athletes and athletes without intellectual disabilities (partners) to the same teams for training and competition. In Unified Bocce, a doubles team consists of one Special Olympics athlete and one partner.
This week, Comcast is honored to introduce you to Sheri and Kael Romero are a United Bocce doubles team from Camas, Washington and members of the Clark County Eagles program. Kael is a talented multi-season athlete who trains year-round and has participated in Special Olympics for five years. Sheri Romero and her son Kael got involved In Unified Bocce this last summer and placed gold at state.
As a partner with Team Washington and the official sponsor of Bocce for the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games, Comcast Washington is airing a public service announcement (PSA) this month that profiles Sheri and Kael as they prepare to compete at this year's games held in Seattle. The video aims to raise awareness about how the Special Olympics changes the lives of those involved by providing year-round support to children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
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Exclusive: Italian prosecutors widen probe over safety of Atlantia-operated bridges - sources
Emilio Parodi ,
FILE PHOTO: Ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the collapse of Morandi Bridge in Genoa
By Emilio Parodi and Francesca Landini
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors have widened an inquiry into suspected safety breaches at subsidiaries of Atlantia ATL.MI to include more employees and viaducts than they identified last month, two sources close to the investigation told Reuters.
The safety inquiry follows a 2018 Genoa bridge collapse which killed 43 people and has led Italy's co-ruling 5-Star Movement to call for the motorway concession of Atlantia, the biggest Italian toll-road operator, to be revoked.
Prosecutors said on Sept. 13 they had arrested three employees at Atlantia's motorway unit Autostrade per l'Italia and its maintenance unit SPEA for allegedly falsifying safety reports on two other bridges after the Genoa disaster. (Full Story)
Police also said last month that five other people working for the companies and one consultant from a company outside the Atlantia group were temporarily banned from holding office.
Genoa prosecutors have since placed a total of around 20 people, including the nine already made public, under formal investigation and are examining the records of nine bridges on the Atlantia network, two sources told Reuters.
Under Italian law the investigation is preliminary and may not lead to any charges.
A Sept. 13 arrest warrant for the nine people initially placed under investigation, issued by Genoa prosecutors and viewed by Reuters, names both Autostrade and SPEA as responsible for misleading ministry inspectors about the safety of some parts of the motorway network.
The warrant said the choices of the employees under investigation were guided by "strictly commercial logic, which took precedence over the aim of guaranteeing the security of motorway infrastructure".
The two subsidiaries of Atlantia, which is controlled by the Benetton family famous for its fashion clothing label, are also formal suspects in the Genoa bridge inquiry but have denied wrongdoing, saying regular, state-supervised inspections had indicated the it was safe. (Full Story) (Full Story)
Atlantia, which is not a formal suspect in the road safety report investigation, declined to comment on Tuesday and referred to previous statements issued on Sept. 16 by Autostrade which said there were no safety problems at its viaducts, which had also been inspected by an external maintenance company.
Atlantia's long-serving CEO Giovanni Castellucci resigned on Sept. 17 after the Benetton family said it was shocked by what was emerging from the safety controls investigation.
Atlantia's shares remain 14% below the level seen on the eve of the Genoa bridge collapse, due to concerns over the future of the concession for Autostrade to operate 3,000 km of motorways in Italy, which generates a third of its core profit.
WIDER INQUIRY
The safety investigation grew out of a separate criminal inquiry into the Genoa disaster. This included prosecutors bugging Atlantia employees' phones and uncovered evidence of allegedly false safety reports on the network, the arrest warrant shows.
Prosecutors have also widened the scope of their safety investigation to include Atlantia's overall risk management practices, including how it oversees safety at its units, one of the sources told Reuters.
Last week they seized documents at Atlantia's Rome headquarters to better understand its internal controls and its oversight of Autostrade and SPEA, the source said.
Atlantia on Tuesday confirmed prosecutors had taken documents, without giving details.
Among the allegations in the warrant is that SPEA employees approved the transit of an exceptionally heavy truck over a damaged bridge on the basis of a false safety report issued by several SPEA employees.
SPEA and Autostrade are both listed as formal suspects in the investigation, the arrest warrant shows.
SPEA, which in a statement on Sept. 18 said it had suspended the employees targeted by recent arrests, did not respond to requests for comment from Reuters.
(Editing by Alexander Smith)


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Αν έχετε όρεξη για... δράση με παρέα, έχετε υπόψη το Generation Zero της Avalanche (Just Cause). Το Generation Zero είναι open-world co-op shooter το οποίο διαδραματίζεται σε μια εναλλακτική Σουηδία του 1989 όπου εισβάλουν εχθρικές μηχανές. Μόνος ή μαζί με άλλους τρεις παίκτες, πολεμάτε τις μηχανές χρησιμοποιώντας τακτικές ανταρτοπολέμου στον ανοιχτό κόσμο του παιχνιδιού. Όπως ανακοίνωσε η Avalanche, το Generation Zero βγαίνει 26 Μαρτίου για PS4, Xbox One και PC. Δείτε επίσημα χαρακτηριστικά και trailer και πείτε μας αν σας ενδιαφέρει!
• 1980's Nostalgia. Cutting Edge Visuals. - Explore a vast open world, rendered with the proprietary Apex engine, featuring a full day/night cycle with unpredictable weather, complex AI behavior, simulated ballistics, highly realistic acoustics, and a dynamic 1980's soundtrack.
• Get Ready. Then Fight Back. - All enemies are persistently simulated in the world, and roam the landscape with intent and purpose. By tactically combining weapons, skills and equipment, you'll be able to lure, cripple, and destroy your enemies. If you manage to destroy a specific enemy component, be it armor, weapons or sensory equipment, the damage is permanent. Enemies will bear those scars until you face them again, whether that is minutes, hours, or weeks later.
• 1-4 Player Seamless Multiplayer - Go it alone, or team-up with up to three of your friends in seamless co-op multiplayer. Do anything in your power to level the playing field; scavenge for weapons and equipment, set traps and use the environment to your advantage in intense sandbox combat. Collaborate and combine your unique skills to take down enemies, support downed friends by reviving them, and share the loot after an enemy is defeated. In Generation Zero, living is winning.


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Belgium expects an Omicron explosion, but does not take new measures | abroad
Daniel Obrien January 7, 2022 2 min read
"We are facing a number of difficult weeks," Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croo said at a press conference on Corona today, Thursday. We are likely to break infection records in the coming days and weeks. A very large group of people will eventually become infected. It is clear: the situation will get worse before it gets better."
Despite this worrying message, governments in Belgium are not getting involved. The current Corona measures will remain in place and schools will open their doors on Monday. Advice from GEMS, the equivalent of OMT, to allow everyone to work from home completely has not been implemented. One return day per week is still possible. De Croo: "We choose the path of caution and stability."
Good news for trapped Dutch refugees
This means good news for the trapped refugees from the Netherlands: Shops and restaurants will remain open. Due to a legal error made by governments, cinemas and theaters were recently allowed to receive visitors again.
Although dealing with the virus is easier than dealing with us, Belgium is on the alert. "The fifth wave has begun," virologist Stephen van Gucht said during a presentation at the press conference. "We are only at the beginning, but it will be severe. There will likely be a peak of 400 to 1,000 hospitalizations per day at the end of January." Due to the milder properties of omicron, no major problems with the IC are to be expected.
Vulnerable Belgians are called by the expert to wear an FFP2 mask and after high-risk contact, people are told to avoid cafes, restaurants and parties for ten days. To prevent the entire community from being disrupted by omicron, the authorities decided earlier this week to relax quarantine rules.
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Virologist Van Gucht takes hope from the vaccine's booster effect: "We see it helps fight disease, but it also helps fight infection." In Belgium, more than 4.5 million people received the extra dose. However, there are concerns about the duration of protection, because after ten weeks it can become less. Older people in care homes are particularly closely monitored, and Belgium began strengthening this group in September.
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I've heard lots of great reviews on Beth Revis's debut novel, Across the Universe, since its release in January. I've had the book on my radar since then and it has been very popular at my public library where I work. I finally got a chance to check it out and read it. For the most part, I did enjoy it but I did have a few qualms.
Description: Amy has been having been cryogenically frozen and placed onboard a spaceship which was supposed to land on a distant planet three hundred years in the future, but she is unplugged fifty years too early and finds herself stuck inside an enclosed world ruled by a tyrannical leader and his rebellious teenage heir. Confused about who to trust, Amy is convinced that someone is trying to kill her.
Review: Across the Universe is a quite deceiving book. Its cover suggests that it is a romance as a female and male figure are a breath away from an inverted kiss. The book's description suggests that it is a science fiction murder mystery. So which is it? Actually, it's kind of neither but leans toward the dystopian, science fiction thriller genre.
As the book opens, Amy's family chooses cryogenics (i.e. being frozen alive) so they can be defrosted when the spaceship Godspeed completes its 300-year journey to a new planet. Amy's cyro-wires are unplugged by someone on the spaceship fifty years earlier, nearly killing her. She wakes to meet Elder, another teen, named for his leader-in-training position. Elder is the spaceship next heir to command the ship. His mentor is Eldest, the ironfist leader who refuses to teach Elder the critical details for running Godspeed. While Amy and Elder get to know each other, other frozens are being unplugged and are unplugged. Amy was awaken for a reason. What is it? Is she suppose to be alive? These questions are the crux of the novel, that is until the book starts to deviate and incorporate the tropes of a dystopian novel much like the fashion of Huxley's Brave New World leaving the murder mystery lagging a bit behind.
The narrative is alternated by Amy and Elder, both written from the first person point of view. I found myself drawn to Amy's chapters. Her voice is powerful, particularly when she describes being trapped semi-consciously frozen which gave me goosebumps. You can feel Amy's panic, longing, and anger in her chapters. The Elder chapters, however, were a bit distant, quite bland, and robotic which suits his character quite well. Elder does change from a passive role to a much more active one by the end of the novel and I'm curious at to where Revis takes his character in the next two books (There are three books planned in the Across the Universe series.) There is a very subtle romance between Amy and Elder. They find themselves attracted to one another as they get closer, but the romance doesn't really build or overtake the story. It's definitely a subplot the author could use or leave.
As for the other characters, I didn't really find Eldest that terrifying and found his character development a bit lacking. The murderer is identified later in the book, but I had my suspects narrowed quite a bit when I got to three-fourths into the story. After knowing who, I wanted to know why, which wasn't really explained.
I had a bit of a hard time trying to imagine a large ship that contains many floors including farms on board. On board the ship, there are people who are genetically selected to do their job. This made me wonder why have not the problems on the ship be solved if there are that many capable people on board? There are a few unexpected twists and turns just enough to hold my interest and continue to turn the pages. Across the Universe is a fast read and the plot moves fairly quickly.
Despite a few bumps in my reading, I did find Across the Universe enjoyable and I would recommend it to readers who like "light" science fiction, dystopian or even thrillers. I also thought the reversible cover, which illustrates Godspeed, would draw more readers from boys and girls alike. I look forward to seeing what happens next in the second book, A Million Suns, which will be released sometime in January 2012.
Words of Caution: There is an attempted rape scene that is quite frightening and there also some quasi animalistic sex scenes in the book. Recommended for Grades 9 and up.
If you like this book try: Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, A Million Suns (Across the Universe #2) by Beth Revis-Available January 2012
Labels: 100+ Reading Challenge, 4 stars, Across the Universe series, DAC, Dystopian, Murder, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Survival Fiction, Thriller, YA |
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Reading about Amy getting put in that cryogenic chamber made me crazy claustrophobic, I can't even imagine doing what she did knowing she'd be in there for years and years. I'm definitely curious to see where this one goes too now that certain things have changed:) Lovely review Rummanah!
Hmm... I started this book, but got bored and put it down. Seems like I made a error in doing so. Thinking back, I guess it was because I was expecting more romance, based on the cover.
I agree with finding Elder's chapters very bland. I guess that is another reason why I gave up. If I can't swoon over the boy, why bother? LOL
I'm so shallow. I should rename myself The Shallow Reader! :D
Very thoughtful and helpful review, Rummanah. Thanks!
Annette Mills Says:
I didn't really get this cover. It drew me to the book, and I thought it was pretty, but after I read it, it just didn't fit.
I love this book and it's mix of dystopia and sci-fi. I do think the cover is a bit misleading but very beautiful. I imagine it would turn male readers off and I think guys might like this :)
Krystianna Says:
I'm glad to hear that you liked this one. I've been meaning to pick up the sequel for a while now. Thanks for the review. :)


It being that time of year, I am off on a skiing holiday in Switzerland with my best friend Asha P. and my something-or-other-by-marriage Babita. My friend Mike suggests I take along an inexplicably neglected friend of his whom he calls The Bomb, Praveen Choudhary. She has always seemed like good fun to me too, so: the more, the merrier!
All three of these ladies make me envious with their ability to tease up a big bouffant and their cat's-eye makeup, perfect for setting off a fur collar or parka hood. My plan is to have them teach me these valuable life skills when they are too tired to ski any more. And while they wear themselves out on the slopes, Gemma and I will be making friends with the bartender in the nearest cozy firelit lodge. I don't ski, myself, but I do love a good ski resort!