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Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual assault by a New York jury on Monday but acquitted on the most serious charges that could have sent him to prison for the rest of his life. Once one of Hollywood's most powerful producers, Weinstein, 67, was convicted of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi…
Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual assault by a New York jury on Monday but acquitted on the most serious charges that could have sent him to prison for the rest of his life.
Once one of Hollywood's most powerful producers, Weinstein, 67, was convicted of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006 and raping aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013.
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He faces up to 25 years in prison on the sexual assault conviction. He was immediately put in handcuffs and taken into custody.
The jury acquitted Weinstein on two counts of predatory sexual assault, which carried a potential life sentence, and first-degree rape.
The case was a milestone for the #MeToo movement that inspired women to go public with misconduct allegations against powerful men, as well as support other survivors of sexual assault. Women and others called the conviction a "landmark" verdict online.
Weinstein assaulted women across cities, continents, decades; many of whom we never heard from. The reality is that we only got a glimpse of the lives he destroyed. May all of those who spoke out, and all of those who suffered in silence, know that they are heard. #MeToo
— Adrienne Lawrence (@AdrienneLaw) February 24, 2020
During his trial, Weinstein often appeared feeble, entering the courthouse using a walker. He sometimes leaned on his lead lawyer, Donna Rotunno, for support.
"He's taken some good acting tips," actress Rose McGowan said at the start of the trial on January 6 while staging a protest near the courthouse along with actress Rosanna Arquette and other Weinstein accusers.
More than 80 women, including famous actresses, had accused him of sexual misconduct stretching back decades. He had denied the allegations and said any sexual encounters were consensual.
Paul Callan, a former New York prosecutor who is not involved in the case, said Weinstein had strong grounds to argue the verdict should be overturned on appeal because of bias, noting that one of the jurors was the author of a forthcoming book on teenage girls and "predatory" older men.
Harvey Weinstein sits at the defence table reading papers during jury deliberations in his sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York [Jane Rosenberg/Reuters]
During the trial, prosecutors portrayed Weinstein as a serial predator who had manipulated women with promises to open doors in Hollywood, coaxing them to hotel rooms or private apartments and then overpowering and violently attacking them.
"The man seated right there was not just a titan in Hollywood, he was a rapist," Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast said during opening arguments.
Seated at the defence table, Weinstein often appeared impassive, though at times he looked intently at his lawyers when they cross-examined his accusers.
'Jekyll and Hyde'
During the many weeks of trial, the prosecution methodically elicited graphic testimony from several accusers, including Haleyi, who said Weinstein invited her to his SoHo home after she had worked on one of his television productions.
After she arrived, Weinstein backed her into a bedroom, held her down on the bed and forced himself on her orally, yanking out her tampon, Haleyi told jurors.
Mann said that soon after meeting Weinstein she entered into an "extremely degrading" relationship with him that never included intercourse until, she alleged, he raped her.
She described Weinstein as a "Jekyll and Hyde" character: He was charming in public but often showed terrifying anger when they were alone, she said.
At one point, she started sobbing uncontrollably on the stand, prompting the judge to end testimony early for the day.
'Prior bad acts'
Weinstein was charged with assaulting Haleyi and the other woman, but prosecutors bolstered their case by calling several other accusers as witnesses.
One of these women, The Sopranos actress Annabella Sciorra, told jurors Weinstein came into her apartment one night in 1993 or 1994 and raped her.
Though the accusation was too old to be charged as a separate crime, prosecutors offered it to show Weinstein was a repeat sexual offender.
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A critic for the Bergen Record discovered Ricci at age eight in a school play at Edgemont School in Montclair, NJ. After this, she did several commercials starting at the age of six, until she finally got her big screen debut in "Mermaids" in 1990 as Cher's younger daughter. The young actress made enough of an impression to land more work; later she appeared in the video of the film's soundtrack "The Shoop Shoop Song." The following year, she starred as the morbidly precocious Wednesday Addams in the film adaptation of "The Addams Family." The role would help to establish Ricci as a character actress known for playing dark, unconventional roles -- she went on to play Wednesday again in the film's 1993 sequel, "Addams Family Values," which became another box office draw, and more screen time was provided for Ricci's performance as Wednesday.
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The site will inlcude a cinema and 15 new restaurants
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Work starts today on the £53million expansion of Drake Circus, creating a 12-screen cinema and 15 restaurants on the former site of Bretonside bus station in Plymouth.
The site will include an IMAX cinema, a sky bar on the roof and 420 car parking spaces.
David Pollock, development director for British Land, which also owns Drake Circus, said: "We are delighted that the transformation of this pivotal part of the city centre can now begin."
Pizza-pasta chain Zizzi and noodle-bar Wagamama will be part of the new complex, along with Byron Burger.
Burger joint Five Guys was in talks about moving in, but the company has yet to reveal whether it intends to set up shop.
A raft of restaurants ruled themselves out of a move to Bretonside; trendy Italian cafe and deli Carluccio's, Cafe Rouge, Bella Italia, La Tasca, Las Iguanas and Belgo, reports plymouthherald .
The cinema will seat 2,143. British Land originally asked for permission to reduce the number of restaurants from 16 to 14 - but the capacity of the cinema is now bigger and a 'sky bar' tops off the plush development.
'Huge moment for Plymouth'
Plymouth Tory council boss, Cllr Ian Bowyer, said: "This is a huge moment for Plymouth. While other cities have seen developments fall by the wayside, Plymouth has attracted one of the country's most important and consistent commercial developers.
"Not only have they invested in Drake Circus, but they are cementing their faith in our potential as a city with this project. We are a city that is open to business, open to companies and opportunities that create hundreds of jobs for the people of Plymouth.
"A lot of work has gone into getting to this point and this is a moment to be celebrated. This is a great day!"
Maclaren Construction has been appointed as the main contractor and enabling works are already underway. The scheme is set to open in autumn 2019.
The new cinema will incorporate state of the art audio and visual technology, and will have 12 screens ranging in size from 80 seats to a giant 450 seat IMAX auditoria.
The scheme will create 350 permanent jobs, a large number of temporary construction jobs and will be a huge boost to the city's night-time offer as well as drawing people in during the day.
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The scheme is going to cover 106,186 sq ft
The 12 screen cinema complex will cover 40,850 sq ft
The IMAX screen is over 18 metres tall (18.4m) – this auditorium will have 453 seats and will include the latest cinema technologies. This could include a 4DX auditoria – where film viewing is enhanced with environmental effects such as seat motion, wind, rain, fog, lights and scents.
There is room for 14 restaurants – and one on the roof
The final piece of the legal jigsaw fell into place last week, signalling the end of two years of complex negotiations with the company.
Steve Hughes, chief executive of Plymouth City Centre said: "This is a huge vote of confidence in the city and will give us a new contemporary attraction which will help attract more customers and visitors to our rapidly improving city centre. Plymouth is on the up."
In the last two years British Land also acquired a slice of the city centre in New George Street and Royal Parade and is currently in further talks with the Council about how to make public spaces in and around the development sympathetic and complementary to the rest of the city centre.
The developers and their contractors have been working closely with the Council to draw up detailed project schemes to ensure public and traders suffer as little inconvenience as possible during the 20 month construction programme.
There will be temporary changes in road and traffic arrangements as the building goes up. More details about this will be announced in the next few weeks.
A host of key projects designed to showcase the city in 2020 are already being developed. Work has started to build 'The Box' – the £37million attraction, gallery and museum complex which will become the city's cultural centre.
Plymouth's City Market has enjoyed a rejuvenation thanks to a multi-million makeover, demolition has been completed on three buildings which overlook Colin Campbell Court – ahead of its long-term redevelopment, a new coach station has been built in Mayflower Street, Mayflower historic trails are being planned and other public realm improvements are also being planned.


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Authority: KRS 163.470; PL 105-220
Chair: Council selects Chair.
Description: The Kentucky Office for the Blind State Rehabilitation Council advises the Kentucky Department for the Blind on matters of delivering vocational rehabilitation services and evaluates the goals and priorities of the state plan for rehabilitation centers. In addition, the council evaluates the effectiveness of and consumer satisfaction with department functions and services.
Composition: Council shall be composed of a maximum of 23 members who are residents of KY and the majority of whom shall be blind or visually impaired. Governor appoints as least 1 rep. from each organization as follows: Statewide Independent Living Council; National Industries for the Blind affiliate; representative of a parent training and information center established pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; a Client Assistance Program; a Community Rehabilitation Program Service Providers; 4 reps. of business, industry & labor; 2 reps of the KY Council of the Blind; 2 reps of the Bluegrass Council of the Blind; 2 reps of the National Federation of the Blind of KY; 1 rep of KY licensed blind vendors; 1 rep of an individual w/ multiple disabilities who has difficulty representing him/herself; 1 rep of a state educational agency; 1 rep of the State Workforce Investment Act Board; 2 current or former applicants for or recipients of vocational rehabilitation services; and up to 2 at-large positions. There shall be statewide representation. The Executive Director of the Department for the Blind, the Director of Consumer Services, and one Office for the Blind Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor shall be non-voting members of the Council. Additional non-voting, ex-officio members may be designated with the State Rehabilitation Council's approval. No employee of the office for the Blind shall be a voting member of the State Rehabilitation Council. No member shall serve more than 2 consecutive 3 year terms.
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Nine years ago, Noah Waisberg '06 was an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, working primarily on mergers and acquisitions, securities, and private equity matters. Like many corporate associates, he spent a lot of time on due diligence for deals, reading hundreds and sometimes thousands of pages of documents. He wondered if software might be able to do the job faster and more accurately.
The question ultimately led Waisberg to co-found a business, now called Kira Systems, that has become a leading provider of contract analysis software and a driver of innovation in the legal profession. With more than 100 employees, Toronto-based Kira has a client list that includes many of the largest law firms in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as top firms in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, and Norway. In August Kira raised $50 million from private equity investor Insight Venture Partners in its first round of outside funding.
The company got started after Waisberg left Weil in 2010 to move back to his native Canada and teamed up with a friend who had a PhD in computer science, Alexander Hudek. Waisberg took the role of CEO of the new venture, which they first called DiligenceEngine, and Hudek became chief technical officer. Their idea was to automate the process of contract review by creating machine-learning software that would find and extract important contract provisions, organize the review process, and analyze the results.
Developing the software took several years—one reason why they did not initially try to raise outside funding. "Alex felt pretty good that within 10 years we'd get the software to work, but that wouldn't make the idea a very appealing pitch to a venture capitalist," Waisberg says. In fact, in less than 10 years—by early 2013—the software had evolved far enough to allow customers to review contracts in less time—90 percent less in some cases—but with the same rate of accuracy.
It also became clear from customer feedback that the software could be used for contract review in other contexts, not just M&A due diligence. Audit and consulting company Deloitte became one of the young company's first major clients outside the legal field. More than 5,000 Deloitte professionals are using the software in what Waisberg believes to be the world's largest deployment of an AI software by a professional services firm. Embracing this expanded market, Waisberg and Hudek changed the company's name to Kira Systems.
Initially, Waisberg says, the clients of law firms were more excited about the software than the law firms themselves. After all, cutting down the time it takes for contract review and analysis also reduces billable hours. However, Waisberg says, firms have warmed to this AI software, finding that the automation of contract review and analysis enables them to take on work that was less economically feasible before.
Waisberg's creativity led to an unexpected side project inspired by the experience of building and promoting Kira Systems' AI software. "I used to spend a lot of time explaining machine learning to unfamiliar audiences, like partners at large law firms. In the meantime, I had young kids, and I realized that the explanation for machine learning was actually pretty simple—and could make for a good children's book," Waisberg said. The result Robbie the Robot Learns to Read, a picture book about machine learning written by Waisberg and illustrated by graphic designer Erin Windrim.
Although as CEO of Kira Systems, Waisberg doesn't currently practice law, he says that his law degree remains essential to his work. "Many of our customers are large law firms or the general counsels of large companies, so being able to empathize with them is very helpful," he says. "Legal training also gives you an ability to understand certain parts of the business in a lot of detail." Waisberg has returned to NYU Law to give visiting lectures in classes on law and entrepreneurship taught by adjunct professor David Pashman '97, general counsel of JW Player.
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Harold Varner III came up through the First Tee program. -- AP Images
Harold Varner III: Why The PGA Tour Really Needs This Young Man
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Consider this fact for a moment:
There were more African-American golfers on the PGA Tour before Tiger Woods showed up in 1997 then after his debut.
Stunning.
Woods was supposed to be the inspiration that would bring more golfers of African-American heritage to the predominately white PGA Tour.
A young man named Josh Bramlett got his card at the 2011 PGA Tour Qualifying School. He was biracial and barely stuck around long enough for a couple of cups of coffee.
That's why is was refreshing, finally to see Harold Varner III getting a lot of television time on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week's Frys.com Open.
He was a media sweetheart, the television guys were all over him. No surprise.
Varner is the first African-American player to earn his card through the Web.com Tour. He finished exactly 25th, last in his class but his tour card is the same one they gave the guy who finished first.
Also consider he's a product of working-class parents from the small town of Gastonia, west of Charlotte, N.C. He's one of those kids who grew up at the local muni. "They had a summer pass for $100 and you could play all you want from June 1-September 1," Varner recalls from his childhood.
It's also important that he's a product of the First Tee program, the grass roots golf initiative that operates all over the country. Some of the First Tee kids go on to play high school golf, a very few move on to the college ranks.
Varner went to East Carolina University, a large regional school in North Carolina's eastern tobacco country. Hardly a golf powerhouse.
He cut his teeth on mini-tours before he got to the Web.com. This is a young man who worked his way up in a manner that is very difficult. The cards are stacked against those who have to travel that road.
Varner knew at an early age that golf was his ticket. "Too small for other sports," is how he described himself. At age 25, he's one of the smaller guys on tour. He's 5-8, 170 but creates a lot of club-head speed.
For the first three days at the Frys.com, he gave a glimpse into his talent. He shot rounds of 66-70-68 and found himself 12-under par going into the final day and in solid contention.
Varner said before the round that win or lose, he would learn something "to help me down the road."
His final round lesson was painful. A double-bogey at the ninth dropped him to nine-under then four more back-nine bogeys added up to a 79. He finished five-under and collected his first check. It was for $14,914. He will look back and know that if he had just found a way to shoot even par, he would have earned more than $194,000. Painful. Very painful for rookies who need every nickel they can scrape up to retain their playing cards for the 2016-17 season.
No doubt Varner will bounce back. He's that kinda guy. He wants to do things the right way with his life and career. "Doing things the right way is important," he said recently. He also isn't making a big deal about his color. "I don't want to be a black golfer," he declared. "I want to be a great golfer who happens to be black."
He has a lot of fans pulling for him. He's personable and smiles easily. He appreciates the sacrifices his parents made to get him to where he is today.
So keep an eye on this young man. "Yes, I want to be accountable. If I'm not doing the right thing, someone should tell me," he said.
"I want people to look at me and want their kid to be like me."
World Golf Ranking Madness: Day Is No. 1 Again
Rickie Fowler Is Top Draw At Shriners Open In Vegas
Excellent story for a young man with solid values. Kudos to his parents and their guidance, but especially to him !!
Javid Parker
This article is a racist piece. Athletes, coaches, or fans should not be singled out because of race. They should be singled out because of their abilities. If Blacks, Asians, or for that matter people from Mars are exceptional they will find a place on a professional team or a golf course,
Let's start talking about ability and not race.
stacy jones
The ONLY thing the PGA tour needs is quality golfers to entertain the fans. Maybe Harold will be that person. At the very least, I'm sure he wont be a foul-mouthed, petulant. adulterous, attention-grabbing, classless individual like Tiger Woods.
Rick W
Varner played good enough to earn a tour card. That's nice but he needs to quit spitting while he's playing. Especially on the tees and greens. How would he like to get someone else's saliva on his hand teeing up a ball or marking.his ball on the green.
He should be told not to spit on the greens just the same as other golfers are told no exceptions. Just ask Bradley who had the same disgusting habit till he was told that is a no no.
John Melnick
The fact that you are even speaking about race regarding a good golfer shows where the mentality lies. Far behind the times……….
Why is it necessary to highlight a new tour player simply because he is black?
Leave him alone. He is not some rare insect under a glass jar to be stared at, as if he is some anomaly. Newsflash: Black people play golf!
We don't need this Guy if He's a Poster Child for First-Tee, Black Matters or any other PUT BLACKS FIRST PROGRAM !!!
If it's because it's the story of a Man who is striving to better himself by the way of the PGA, I'm all for him !!!
I'm sick and tired of pushing anybody over one-another !!! This is AMERICA and not some KIND of SOFT-SOCIALISM SOCIETY. This is not England, Canada, Russia or China ???
LEAVE THE PGA ALONE !!!


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Apple 22% in Q4. Android has really taken control now. As the WSJ reported this weekend, Samsung is doing what no one thought possible, "out-cooling" Apple and it is showing in the results.
With its traditional bricks and mortar business model in tatters, retailers are pinning their hopes on the explosion of smartphones and tablet computers to drive sales.
Annual global spending by retailers on mobile marketing is expected to hit $55 billion by 2015, almost double the $28 billion forecast to be spent this year, according to a new Juniper Research report.
Google with 54%, Apple 35%, Others (RIM, MS and Symbian) 10% and still falling.
Consumers prefer the mobile Web to apps, despite retailer investment. Consumer awareness of and/or interest in retail apps is low: Only a tiny share of any given retailer's shoppers appears to download their app. Most shoppers who access a retailer's mobile presence get there by clicking on links from mobile search engines or from mobile emails.


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The tricycle association ensures its members are busy throughout the year with various events and activities. The events are aimed at bringing different cyclists together and raising awareness of tricycles. The organization is is run by a committee made up of a few independent members, regional secretaries and national officers. Each region has a secretary, a captain and a small committee to organize the regional activities.
This event aims at bringing togetherness within the organization. Different members get to meet and socialize. Small competitions are also involved. After that a prize giving ceremony is held to honor the outstanding members.
This is when all the agendas concerning the association are discussed. All the group members meet and brain storm over various issues and come up with the way forward. As much as there is a committee in charge of handling the organization's affairs; the annual general meeting is still important. It aims at bringing all the members up to par with the details of the organization.
This is done at the regional level. The cyclists gather together and take part in various activities. For example there are social rides held every winter season. The aim is to promote the local businesses especially eateries and hotels. They also provide transport since the roads are quite slippery.
The most famous spot is "burrow" lane. The cyclist camp at the burrow lane is meant to raise awareness of their association and it is also a great way to socialize with other cyclists.
These are events that are held all year round. The advantage is all members get to participate. The ones not racing help in other activities such as preparing snacks. After the race, all tricycle riders submit a record of their mileage coverage on the ANNUAL TRICYCLE MILEAGE AWARDS form. The organizer later issues certificates to the participants.
The various events also need sponsors and Forex has been one of the main sponsors. The events calendar is always full at any time of the year and this enables the cyclists to engage more with other members and keep the organization active.


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S. Korea calls for maximum pressure after North's missile launch
Posted August. 31, 2017 08:12,
Updated August. 31, 2017 08:40
S. Korea calls for maximum pressure after North's missile launch. August. 31, 2017 08:12. weappon@donga.com,hic@donga.com. Kim Jong Un, the chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, claimed on Tuesday that North Korea's provocative launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) was "the first step of military operations in the Pacific and a prelude to containing Guam." In response, South Korea, the U.S. and Japan plan to adopt one of the strongest UN resolutions with measures to cut supply of crude oil to the North.
Kim Jong Un guided the North's drill for the Tuesday's launch of Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile and described it as "the beginning of its firm and responsive actions against the Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) joint exercise," North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Wednesday. "The North should conduct more missile launch drills into the Pacific to advance, strengthen and modernize its strategic capabilities," KCNA quoted Kim's remarks. The news outlet also reported that the North launched its Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile on Tuesday as promised and clarified the missile had targeted the U.S. Pacific island of Guam, threatening additional provocations aiming the island.
"As declared, the North will continue to watch actions from the U.S. before the country decides on future actions," Kim said.
After a phone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said the North's launch of missile that flew over the Japanese territory was "extreme violence to a neighboring country." "Two leaders shared the common ground that pressure on the North must increase to its maximum level to make the North come to the table by itself," said South Korea's presidential spokesperson Park Soo-hyun. "The two leaders have agreed that they will push for the UN resolution to embody more specific and effective measures on North Korea and to work together in soliciting cooperation from China and Russia."
In this context, South Korea, the U.S. and Japan seek to build stricter resolutions from the UN Security Council with measures including banning exports of crude oil to the North. Such measure was excluded from the August 5th resolution on North Korea due to China's opposition. The UN Security Council convened an emergency meeting on Tuesday (local time), lamented the North's missile launch and unanimously adopted a declaration to urge the North to stop its nuclear and missile programs.
Kim Jong Un, the chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, claimed on Tuesday that North Korea's provocative launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) was "the first step of military operations in the Pacific and a prelude to containing Guam." In response, South Korea, the U.S. and Japan plan to adopt one of the strongest UN resolutions with measures to cut supply of crude oil to the North.
weappon@donga.com · hic@donga.com


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With 10 percent of small farmers exiting farming each year, and a current median farming age of 59, helping new farmers successfully enter and thrive in their businesses is vitally important for the future of U.S. agriculture.
But, beginning farmers face significant hurdles, including attaining knowledge, skills, and experience in production practices; acquiring the fundamental business planning and financial management knowledge and skills; and accessing farmland and capital as part of the substantial investment farming requires.
To help address this, OEFFA's Begin Farming Program provides aspiring and early career farmers (those farming 10 years or less) the support they need to understand what it takes to get into farming and grow their businesses. The goal of the program is to increase the number of successful sustainable and organic farmers in Ohio.
During the 2019 growing season, aspiring farmers will have an opportunity to train and work on certified organic farms throughout Ohio. These paid apprentices will attend distance education workshops, tour additional farms, and connect with other apprentices and farmers through robust networking opportunities. Apprentices that complete this program receive a Farm Vision course scholarship. Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 season!
This workshop is designed to help aspiring farmers clarify what motivates them to farm, get their vision on paper, inventory their strengths and training needs, and get perspective from a panel of beginning farmers. This workshop will be part of the 2019 Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series.
Farmers can receive one-on-one production and marketing assistance by picking up the phone or sending an email. OEFFA staff will help farmers troubleshoot problems and access resources. Call (614) 421-2022 or send us an email.
During the summer and fall of 2019, beginning farmers can connect during three farm field day events that provide opportunities for skill-sharing. The 2019 Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series offers many opportunities for beginning farmers and experienced farmers to get together and learn from other farmers in the region.
Looking for another way to connect? OEFFA's Facebook group—OEFFA's Next Farm Team—is for you! It's a friendly, inclusive forum for beginning farmers to network, ask questions, and share ideas, resources, events, and photos.
OEFFA's Heartland Farm Beginnings® training course will provide opportunities for beginning and transitioning farmers to learn first-hand about identifying values, setting goals, and whole farm and strategic business planning. This in-depth, field-tested course is new to Ohio, but has helped to train more than 1,500 farmers across the country during the past 15 years.
OEFFA's 40th Annual Conference was held February 14-16, 2019 in Dayton featuring workshops geared towards beginning farmers. Details about next year's conference will be released in the fall.
New farmers can apply to be formally matched with an experienced farmer ready to share his/her knowledge and experience.
Landowners can receive information and assistance with discussing and planning how their land will be passed along to the next generation of farmers at the Planning For Transition Workshop held April 6, 2019 at Clark State Community College. Registrations are now open!
OEFFA informally collects information to help connect aspiring and beginning farmers and others looking for land with established farmers with land to lease or to transition to new ownership. View the list of landowners and the list of land seekers (.pdf files updated February 2019). Would you like your information to be included? Complete this survey for landowners or this survey for land or labor seekers and get added to the list!
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If you are interested in participating in these programs, either as a new farmer or an experienced farmer, please contact Rachel Tayse, Begin Farming Program Coordinator, at rachel@oeffa.org or (614) 947-1633.
This program is supported by NIFA USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (2016-70017-25346).


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Expat Underground, Tristan Bates Theatre
by guest critic Kudzanayi Chiwawa
Expat Underground tells the story of a modern day Italian migrant, who having ventured to London, the "Shiny Eldorado", finds herself struggling with the metamorphosis from Italian to British, whilst still remaining Italian – a familiar journey for many who find themselves new in London.
The stage is bare but for two chairs and a ubiquitous cardboard cutout of the Queen circa 1950s. Disappointingly, the cut out doesn't appear to serve much purpose other than the odd glance for comedy, or as a prop holder – perhaps that's the point?
Cecilia Gragnavi, mainly playing herself, alternates between audience interaction and demonstrating moments from her past experience. Other characters make an appearance – Verity the obnoxious landlord, a caricature of the patronising, condescending Brit, simultaneously suspicious and dismissive. London is personified by voiceover, an omniscient presence heard a few times and mostly rude. But at a crucial point when Cecilia considers leaving, a few words convince her otherwise.
The show is a collection of short scenes, where we are dipping into her experiences, with glimpses of other characters: immigration authorities, colleagues, parents, and passers by she has encountered. It's difficult to distill ten years into an hour, so it feels more like an observation piece rather than a purposeful narrative. It ends with a brief impassioned glimpse on the Brexit referendum and ensuing chaos, and how it feels as a European. This is too brief and considering the current climate, the piece feels like it skims over the most relevant and moving point it tries to make.
Gragnavi is a clear and confident performer in this one-woman show, holding the audience's attention and getting them to play along. But overall, the work feels too simplistic – it's unclear why certain moments are shared, or what is really at stake for the character, or indeed, what it is about London that makes it so crucial to her heart. It is enjoyable enough, with many moments of easy comedy, but there's not enough substance to it.
Expat Underground runs through 11 December.
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An Automated Armageddon
Posted By: mjlst March 2, 2018
Jacob Barnard, MJLST Staffer
In the 1970's, hundreds of millions of people starved to death – 65 million of them Americans. In the 1980's, world oil production peaked and it was soon followed by the depletion of all available sources of lead, zinc, tin gold, and silver in 1990. To make matters worse, all computers stopped working on January 1, 2000. Fortunately, we were all put out of our misery when the world ended on December 21, 2012.
But now, after all of that, we must face a new threat. This one comes in the form of (killer)robots. That is correct; now, in addition to immigrants and other countries, robots are stealing our jobs.
Of course, this is not an entirely new threat. The industrial revolution threatened farmers through advancements in agricultural productivity, as well as increasing worker productivity in general. Yet, as economist Walter Williams explains, this was never actually a problem. In the United States, farmers were 90% of the labor force in 1790, but this decreased to 41% in 1900 (and is down to under 3% currently). All this means, however, is that increases in productivity allowed individuals who would have otherwise been farmers to seek employment in other fields (no pun intended).
Say's law, commonly misunderstood as "supply creates its own demand," can be more correctly understood through the insight of W.H. Hutt: "All power to demand is derived from production and supply. . . . The process of supplying—i.e., the production and appropriate pricing of services or assets for replacement or growth—keeps the flow of demands flowing steadily or expanding." As each person becomes more productive, therefore, they are able to demand more in return for their increased production, which allows others to maintain their employment as well.
Empirical studies on the current effects of automation support this view of the situation as well. A 2017 study by Greggory, Salomons, and Zierahn with the Mannheim Centre for European Economic Research found that routine-replacing technological change accounted for a net increase in labor demand of about 11.6 million jobs across 27 EU countries from 1999-2010 (in comparison to a total growth of 23 million jobs over the same period). In 2015, Graetz and Michaels, working with the Centre for Economic Performance, found "the increased use of robots raised countries' average growth rates by about 0.37 percentage points. We also find that robots increased both wages and total factor productivity. While robots had no significant effect on total hours worked, there is some evidence that they reduced the hours of both low-skilled and middle-skilled workers."
This last point is what may create an actual problem. Automation is unlikely to eliminate employment as we know it, but it will likely require a shift away from low-skilled labor. Like the farmers of the 18th and 19th centuries, many low-skilled workers may find their specific jobs being eliminated in favor of more technical employment. If people are given incentive to avoid this shift, it may result in unnecessary hardship for low-skilled workers.
Predictably, this has led some to advocate exactly that. A universal basic income, as suggested by Elon Musk and others fearing a robot takeover, would only give low-skilled workers greater incentive to avoid investing in their educations, slowing the increase in human capital that would maintain high levels of employment as automation becomes more prevalent.
A more reasonable policy recommendation would be to amend the tax code to reduce the disincentive to enter new fields of employment. Currently, education expenses for entering a new trade or business are not deductible. In addition, expenses incurred seeking employment in fields other than an employee's current trade or business are not deductible because they are not "carrying on" the trade or business when they incur the expense. Simply allowing these two deductions would make it easier for workers to adapt to the changing demands of an evolving economy.
Even if these changes are not enough and the Luddites are correct about robots stealing all of our jobs, there still would not be a problem because there will be plenty of lucrative work available as robot-smashers.


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Wrestling Globe Newsletter for 4-12 (2010)
By Brad Dykens on April 12, 2010
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WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT
Raw is on tape delay tonight from the O2 arena in London, England. David Hasselhoff is guest host doing the Baywatch gimmick among other wacky comedy segments. Matches include Randy Orton vs. Batista; Maryse vs. Eve Torres for the Divas title; Evan Bourne vs. Carlito; Sheamus vs. Kofi Kingston; and John Cena vs. David Otunga. Bret Hart is also on the show in a segment with The Miz which we're told is awesome.
The NXT/Smackdown tapings are Tuesday at the O2 in London. There is also a Raw show tomorrow in Sheffield, England.
Ezekiel Jackson said today that he will be sidelined for three to six months following the quad injury he suffered in Glasgow.
Matt Hardy suffered a biceps injury last night in Manchester. He was getting an MRI today to check for serious damage.
Ted DiBiase Jr. was busted open hard way the other night during a Raw show in Ireland. He required several staples in his head to close the wound.
John Cena continues to work through some lingering back issues. He was originally going to take some time off following Wrestlemania but a recent MRI did not reveal any serious damage.
Lance Cade (Lance McNaught), 29, was released again. Michael Hayes pushed for him to be brought back last summer and he was signed in October with the idea he would be built as a top guy on Smackdown eventually working a program with The Undertaker. For whatever reason Vince McMahon nixed that idea and he was sent to developmental although he only worked one house show and was never seen again. He said in December that John Laurinaitis called him and talked about bringing him back to the main roster but that he wouldn't be a top guy and would have to start from the bottom again. During this time he was having issues with sleeping pills and said he asked the office to put him in rehab.
Soon after completing rehab he was released. He said he was bemused by the decision as guys usually hide their demons for fear of losing their job while he felt he was fired for being open about his.
Courtney Taylor (Beveraly Mullins), 25, was also just released. She was the former Hooters model signed in 2008 who debuted on ECW television last year as a backstage interviewer. She lost her spot to Savannah (Angela Fong) when she took a leave of absence and was never brought back to the main roster.
We're told there is going to be a renewed focus on the women's division during upcoming weeks–specifically getting over personalities including those who haven't had much opportunity of late. The new direction on the Raw side will be built around Eve Torres.
Dos Caras Jr. (Alberto Rodriguez) from developmental, the son of the Mexican wrestling legend, is working the Raw tour this week. He's been given some ring time with William Regal.
Billy Kidman, currently a trainer in developmental, is working the Smackdown tour this week as an agent. Last we heard which was months ago he was also coming in for PPV's and doing the important job of timing matches at the gorilla position.
Cody Rhodes is expected to return to television next week following a couple of week's out selling the punt by Randy Orton at Wrestlemania. He worked house shows this past weekend wearing amateur wrestling headgear.
Cross Rhodes, the WWE biography on Dustin "Goldust" Rhodes, is scheduled for release on 12/7. Author Mark Vancil is working on the project with Rhodes and publisher Simon & Schuster. Vancil co-wrote the popular WWE Unscripted book a few years ago and has several sports-related titles to his name. He said, "Dustin has been fantastic and painfully honest and insightful. It's a pretty interesting story relative to previous books in this genre, particularly given the family history."
Charlie Haas encourages Shelton Benjamin not to resign with WWE and join him as a free agent in an interview at http://tinyurl.com/y6p7h7g. He said he's happy to be gone from WWE because he was tired of the backstage politics saying he spent the last four years miserable but stayed on for the money to support his family. "I asked for my release six months ago, I wanted out. They countered and gave me more money to stay, which was great, and I thank John Laurinaitis [Executive Vice President of Talent Relations] for that. But I was miserable, even the last six months I was miserable. I look at it this way. People were like, 'why didn't you leave?' Well, one, when you have a family, you basically eat crap to support your family, to put clothes on their back, food on their table, just to give them a better life than what you have, so you'll do anything for your family. So that meant that I had to stick around and be miserable for the last four years knowing that they weren't going to use me, except to basically job me out. But I have a third kid on the way, I had two daughters over that time, so that's what I had to do. Eventually you get sick and tired of eating crap and you just got to say enoughs enough." Hass also said he felt things would have never changed because people on the creative team and Kevin Dunn [WWE producer] didn't like him and didn't like writing for him.
Preliminary estimates has February's Elimination Chamber pay-per-view doing 290,000 worldwide buys, an increase from 280,000 buys in 2009.
That's a winner when you factor in the new $5 domestic price increase.
The Miz will be appearing on Blue Peter (a popular kids show) in the UK on Tuesday on BBC One at 4.35pm.
TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION WRESTLING
TNA Reaction premieres tonight at 7 ET on Spike before Impact which airs
8-10. It's TNA's new way of explaining storylines and selling the
product with talent interviewed in-character.
Impact tonight is a taped show from last Tuesday with AJ Styles &
Desmond Wolfe vs. The Pope & Jay Lethal; Matt Morgan & Amazing Red vs.
The Machine Guns for the tag titles; Jeff Hardy vs. Robert Roode; Team
3D & Jesse Neal vs. The Band; Shannon Moore vs. Kazarian; and Angelina
Love vs. Velvet Sky in a match advertised as Leather & Lace which is
actually a swerve to get you to watch.
Hulk Hogan debuts a new radio show tonight called "Hulk Hogan:
Uncensored" on Sirius 101 from 7-8 head to head against Reaction. A
press release says he will talk about his life in and out of the ring.
So a total work. You can call in tonight at 888-69-BUBBA. He's doing the
show solo from the same studios as Bubba the Love Sponge.
Mike Mooneyham interviewed former TNA booker Dutch Mantel at
http://tinyurl.com/y6ob3bn. The interview was to push Mantel's recently
published book which contains a selection of road stories from his 35+
years in the business. He talks candidly about his feelings on TNA's
creative direction and declining television ratings. He says, "I don't
think they know their audience. In their eyes, if you don't understand
it, it's not the writing, it's you. The joke seems to be on them. I've
been around a lot of offices with the death knell, and the TNA office
has got the death knell about it. The only money they're really making
is off Spike, and if Spike balks, they're screwed… What a war (against
WWE) this has turned out to be. This hasn't even been a border skirmish
yet. How can you have a war when one side doesn't even know it's going
Kurt Angle recently got engaged to Giovanna Yannotti, a 24-year-old
model/actress from Pittsburgh. The couple have been dating for a few
months. She played a small role in Angle's movie End Game and has also
had minor roles in Sorority Row and My Bloody Valentine in 3D.
Angle just landed a role in a film called Beyond The Mat that will
promote amateur wrestling.
Eric Bischoff was working house shows over the weekend to see what
happens on the road. He did the guest referee spot in the main events of
Angle & Jarrett vs. Beer Money. They were raising money at the shows
with Red Cross for the West Virginia coal miners. Bischoff wrote on his
Twitter today that he had just purchased 1,000 copies of his book for
$1.98 (I assume from WWE's shop website) and was going to autograph each
copy to sell on his website and donate the profit to the miners.
A correction from yesterday. Despite claiming she broke her hand in the
First Blood match two week's ago, Tara actually injured her hand during
a kickboxing class in her own time. Her fingers were bent backwards but
there were no broken bones. She just completed a weekend house show loop
with no issues.
Kevin Nash is asking fans to come up with a new name for The Band. He
originally wanted to call the group Wolfpac but apparently someone else
now holds that trademark.
Mick Foley said he's done with TNA for the time being. "It feels nice to
be off for a little while. I enjoyed being part of the show, but I had
been on there for quite a while in a heavily featured role," Foley said
during an interview with The Pain Clinic radio show out of Rochester,
NY. "I think there's a reason why TV shows do better when they have a
hiatus every now and then. I guess that's what I'm taking right now – a
hiatus." He also talked about recently shooting a web show pilot with
Ken Anderson for Black20.com.
TNA President Dixie Carter said she was sad to hear about the passing of
actress Dixie Carter at age 70 this past weekend. She said she was a fan
of her work. Some people may have confused the two.
Dixie is going to be doing a Q&A column soon for the TNA website. This
should be very interesting as there is never a right answer in her role.
We understand over 2,000 tickets have been sold so far for Sunday's
Lockdown in St. Charles. The building is being set up to hold 4,000.
OTHER WRESTLING NEWS
Ring of Honor tonight on HD Net has Kevin Steen vs. Eddie Edwards in the
first semi-final of the TV title tournament; Steve Corino vs. El
Generico; and Jim Cornette interviews ROH champ Tyler Black. The show
will also feature footage from the Big Bang pay-per-view from last
weekend in Charlotte. You can still order the show for $14.95 at
www.gofightlive.tv. We're told the show was profitable in terms of buys
and was in line with Final Battle which would be over 1,000 purchases.
The lucha portion of the show didn't get over too well which was the
main selling point behind all the local advertising. They drew 800
people to the Grady Cole Center for what was mostly a fantastic
technical wrestling show. The only real negative we heard from people in
the building was a feeling that the show ran a little long at almost
four hours. The announce team consisted of Kevin Kelly and Dave Prasak
who both did a great job.
Texas Stadium, the former home of the Dallas Cowboys, was demolished by
controlled implosion on Sunday. It took approximately 25 seconds for the
stadium to completely fall and was the most sought after news clip in
the world over the weekend. From 1984-1988, the stadium hosted the
annual World Class Championship Wrestling David Von Erich Memorial
Parade of Champions. The initial 1984 card drew more than 40,000 fans,
the highest attendance of any wrestling show in the state of Texas at
that time, to witness Kerry Von Erich pinning Ric Flair to capture the
NWA heavyweight title. SportsCenter on ESPN mentioned the famous match
as the hosts ran down the stadium's highlights during weekend updates.
Greg Oliver has a story on Matt "Doink the Clown" Borne at
http://tinyurl.com/y8ycrq4 who has reprised his gimmick with a dark
twist on the indie circuit. He expressed disappointment with some of the
younger talent he has recently crossed paths with. "The locker rooms are
much different now than they used to be," he said, stressing it's not
necessarily a lack of respect. Mostly, it's that the younger wrestlers
are "off, into their own thing, not wanting to learn, or just thinking
they know. I don't know, I really don't know. It's hard for me to get
into these young guys' minds. I don't know where they're coming from. I
just know how different it is… When I was young, I was always talking
to the older guys, listening to them, seeking advice … I don't see it
a lot. There are some guys who are, and I relish that. That's great. I'm
there for them. But I can't help somebody who doesn't want it."
Becca Swanson, who is one of world's strongest women, is currently
training at Ric Drasin's wrestling school in California. She currently
holds several powerlifting world records for women, including the
highest squat (854), highest deadlift (683) and highest bench press
(600). She was training last year with Harley Race in Missouri and hopes
to make it to the major leagues one day.
Pat Kenney (Simon Diamond) and his wife Candice welcomed their first
child into the world today. Quinn Ann Kenney born at 4:33am this
Ted DiBiase and Nikita Koloff are two more names added to the NWA
Legends fanfest this August in Charlotte. More info at
www.nwalegends.com.
Paul Burchill has just opened a website at www.paulburchillonline.com.
www.wrestlecrap.com just celebrated it's tenth anniversary which is
quite the milestone. It's a fun wrestling website which I wholeheadly
recommend checking out.
The Reading Eagle has a story on Andre the Giant's legendary drinking at
http://tinyurl.com/y627hxe. George "The Animal" Steele is quoted saying
he thinks that some of the Andre stories were blown out of proportion
while others were true.
Maria Kanellis has just released the first single from her forthcoming
EP titled Fantasy. Her album will be released on itunes on Wednesday.
Wrestlicious is going on hiatus for a few weeks to allow syndicators to
catch up with the cable broadcasters. The group is holding its
first-ever public television taping on 5/28 at the First Avenue in
Minneapolis. For more information go to www.wrestlicious.com.
Today's Diva of the Day is Joy Giovanni at
http://www.thewrestlingpress.com/DailyDiva.
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Abstract: The effect of advertising on sales has been the subject of recent studies as an important aspect in many demand-based problems. Herein, we deal with the newsvendor problem, due to its simple structure, as a suitable tool for illustrating how facets of marketing may affect decision-making concerning operational problems. In the setting presented, the newsvendor is faced with advertising-sensitive stochastic demand, where a demand-related random element comprises an advertising decision of the multiplicative or additive form. We assume that a suitable advertising strategy results in increased sales. Two advertising response functions are considered, these being concave downward and S-shaped. We review and extend the existing results relating to the newsvendor problem with marketing effects, which mostly pertain to the concave function. These are generalized by defining the S-shaped function, and some original insights into the effect of advertising are given. We establish that the optimal advertising expenditure for the multiplicative case is always less than or equal to the optimal amount in the equivalent deterministic model while it is always equal in the additive case. We finally illustrate the results that are obtained by providing numerical examples involving various advertising response functions, as well as management-related interpretations. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
HRABEC, Dušan, Kjetil Kåre HAUGEN a Pavel POPELA. The newsvendor problem with advertising: an overview with extensions. Review of Managerial Science [online]. 2017, vol. 11, iss. 4, s. 767-787. [cit. 2019-04-23]. ISSN 1863-6683. Dostupné z: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11846-016-0204-1.


This is the cask strength version of the Stalk & Barrel single malt, available from their distillery. Quite similar in profile to their regular single malt, only this is, as expected, a bit punchier at cask strength.
This cask was filled December 1, 2009 (at 60.6%), into a new oak cask. On April 4, 2012 it was moved to cask 40 for finishing (first fill ex-bourbon). It was at 61.7% at this point. It was bottled April 16, 2013 (at 62.3%), producing 209 bottles. (As an aside, the still waters website has lots of cask information).
Nose: At times, unfortunately, there's a bit of that nagging staleness with this one. I find this one has a bit more oak than the other expressions, and with that, more caramel and a bit more of a "stewed" character – the apple and pear seem to come in the form of apple or pear crumble, with notes of apricot and raspberry jam. Interestingly enough, though this one spent the least amount of time in a bourbon cask, I find the corn and bourbon notes the strongest in this one – but they still only play second fiddle. A bit of a bakery in here – banana bread, gingerbread, with a slight sour character a bit like the tartness of plum jam. And, I think, it's a bit more earthy on the nose than the others.
Taste: I find the flavour is better at cask strength, I think – the vanilla, and creaminess come through more and it develops a bit better. On a continued tasting of this one, I noticed more bourbon and an earthy character that the others do not have. It's quite rich, I find – which is nice, with all the dried and baked fruit notes and the nuttiness. But, there's more corn here from the bourbon than elsewhere – and the earthiness seems to be springing out of that. Of the three, this one is the "darkest", and heaviest, and I think I like it the most.
Finish: This one definitely has dried fruits (raisins and apricot) to a capacity none of the others do. There's also vanilla in larger degree than I saw in either the nose or the palate, and even a bit of spearmint! And oak and apple come forth…amazing the oakiness here in a three year old whisky. The finish is much bigger in the cask strength expressions, I find, and this is the best of the lot.
Of the first three reviewed here, I think this is my favourite – though I might even say that cask 11 is more complex and cask 8 is a bit better balanced. Cask 1 is more woody, and, carries a nice earthy bourbon character to it that I really like. The fruitiness tends more towards dried rather than fresh or candied, which is also a component I like.
Value: Low. A bit much at $100 for this.
This cask was filled November 15, 2010 and bottled June 20, 2013 (3.6 yrs) at 62.3%.
Nose: Of the three, the fruit seems the freshest here – fresh apple, fresh banana – this one also has perhaps the most creamy texture of the three (though I wouldn't call it that creamy) – and some of those banana notes start to morph into banana pudding if you stick to it. Some of the fruit is a bit candied – but still not as much as cask 8. Beneath it all, there's a good bit of malt – I think it's more noticeable than cask no. 1 but not as much as cask 8. Also, I think, it's the nuttiest of the three – roasted cashews (primarily) and almonds (secondarily) are definitely in the mix, and from time to time I find myself thinking of nutella. And, as I mentioned the creaminess earlier – there are notes of a vanilla buttery-ness to this one too (this one has the most vanilla on the nose). And, breezing in and out of this one, from time to time, is some bourbon.
Taste: Sweeter, I think, than cask 1 – and has quite a complex and slightly less character, which is also longer. There's more maltiness here than cask 1, and there's a slight spicy nutmeg note, and a bit of dryness and the lightest touch of bitterness. The most vanilla of any of the palates is present here, and the nuttiness is very rich. It's a bit lighter, fruitier, with a bit more malt character than cask 1. There is a bit of a candied fruit note, as seen from time to time on the nose, and some of the tannins in the oak effect quite a bit of "texture" to this palate.
Finish: A bit of sharp apple, I think, with a good kick of spice. also a bit of an effect similar to baking soda in feel, which is a bit unfortunate. However, it's of decent body and..sure enough, once all else fades, you realize you are left with oak.
Conclusion: I think this one is a bit more malty, with a bit less caramel than cask 1. I think it is the most complex on the nose, and the fruit is just brilliant in this..altogether I find it is a whisky I am wanting more and more of.
Complex. Banana, grassy spice, tea, oak, vanilla, marmalade, dried thyme, milk chocolate – expressive and very interesting. Creamy, spicy, fruity, grassy – what breadth, and what balance on a whisky with a beautiful, rich middle. The palate is rich, with brie, apples, oak, bean sprouts, snap peas, apple seeds – finishing with oak, tannins, spices, and more snap peas. The herbal and brie notes are new to me – maybe I didn't notice them, or maybe they are cask specific – but they are interesting!
These casks have been getting older, coming now up closer to 5 years than the original 3, and it's showing!


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  char *criteria;
  char *description;
  int enabled;
  int expiration;
  int index;
  char *systemName;
} dev_action_model_t;

// create a new device action for a specific device type
int arrow_create_device_action(arrow_device_t *dev, dev_action_model_t *model);
// delete a device action from a specific device type
int arrow_delete_device_action(arrow_device_t *dev, dev_action_model_t *model);
// list existing device actions for a device
int arrow_list_device_action(arrow_device_t *dev);
// list available action types
int arrow_list_action_type(void);
// update an existing device action for a specific device type
int arrow_update_device_action(arrow_device_t *dev, dev_action_model_t *model);

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Abilities include the passive Demon Shade helping her to restore health quickly and granting camouflage from Level 6 and beyond. The Hate Spike deals damage to the first unit hit as Evelynn launches the attack to a target direction and provides additional damage for the next three spells or attacks on the same target. Lust Dust is a curse like no other. It will slow the target, possibly charm it and reduce its magic resistance in case the target is an enemy champion. If the target is a monster the length of the charm will be increased and the spell will deal bonus damage. Whiplash impales an enemy applying on-hit effects, dealing damage as a percentage of the target's maximum health and granting a short burst of speed to Evelynn. Ultimately, Widowmaker unleashes Evelynn's demonic energy, making her un-targetable and decimating enemies in front of her!
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California no rust car. Has a/c, cruise, pw, more!
What a striking car. I immediately knew I wanted it at first sight. Then it only got better when I inspected it. Turns out it is California rust free car. Stunning factory color combination, upgraded wheels and cloth top really make it classy. It's loaded with options too.
EXTERIOR: This is a California car and it is absolutely straight clean original metal. It fits unbelievably well even with the windows and top up the doors still click shut like a new car. It was born a black car, so maybe someone took extra care of it because it was black. The paint is a beautiful hard gloss with great reflection. There are a few small imperfections on the hood. Up front the bumper is show quality, the grill is beautiful original condition. It has the dual mirrors with the Buick logos on them. The spears on the quarter panels have been restored. In back the bumper is show quality and the tail lights look almost brand new condition. It also has trim around the gas cap and rear quarter stone shields. The 17 inch chrome wheels with red line radial tires really sets this car off. Up on top is a very rich German black cloth convertible with the glass rear window.
INTERIOR: Inside the car is beautiful. It's born red with factory bucket seats and cushion center console. It's very well kept with some restoration. The carpets have been replaced, new reproduction floor mats. Seats were reupholstered in the proper patterns. Beautiful dash- the instrument lenses are, chrome sparkles. crystal clear. Has the speed minder and also an upgraded Buick retro stereo that fit right in, no holes were cut. It also has a Mark IV air conditioning unit mounted under the dash that will drop ice cubes in your lap. The interior lights work, even the glove box light works. The plastic steering wheel has no cracks. It is also a factory power window car. Looking up, the red convertible top frame is nice. Has a red convertible top boot, the well liner that the top goes into is new. It has it's original seat belts in front, seat belts have also been added for the rear passengers. Mounted under the dash is an oil and temperature gauge so you can monitor the engine vitals.
ENGINE COMPARTMENT: The compartment is all cleaned up and orderly. At the heart of it is the Wildcat 401 nailhead motor with 4 barrel carburetor and 445 lbs of torque. It's neatly painted the correct Buick aqua. The exhaust manifolds have been coated. All the nuts, bolts, gaskets and hardware is clean and fresh. The engine bay is smooth metal painted black. It has power steering and brakes. The washer bottle is there along with the original glass refill bottle. There are a few really nice upgrades too. One of them being a new air conditioning system, another is cruise control. The generator was upgraded with a new alternator. The motor is kept cool with the engine fan and auxilary electric fan in front. Very tidy and proper motor compartment.
TRUNK COMPARTMENT: This trunk is huge, it has a full size spare and you don't even notice it. It has rock solid metal that has been carpeted. The spare has matching carpet cover, the jack is mounted properly. Trunk light works. Bottom of trunk lid and jamb are painted nice, weather stripping is new. Trunk clicks shut like a new car.
UNDERSIDE: Super clean original California metal. No rust or patches, clean factory seams. Body bushings were replaced. Upfront the suspension and steering has been rebuilt and detailed. In back it has an air ride operated by remote. Shocks are new. Brakes were redone, has the famous big finned Buick drums. New dual exhaust with glass pack mufflers. The bottom of the motor is still spotless. The trans is spotless.
This is a very classy, unique car. It will stand out because there isn't another one like it. Full of options, it is a great cruiser!