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U.S. Security Cooperation With Japan
For over 60 years the United States-Japan Alliance has served as the cornerstone of peace, stability, and freedom in the Indo-Pacific region. The U.S. commitment to Japan's defense under the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty of 1960 is unwavering. We continue to work with Japan to address shared regional and global objectives by enhancing our security cooperation within the U.S.-Japan Alliance, affirming a rules-based approach to maritime governance, and deepening American, Japanese, and South Korean trilateral cooperation in the face of North Korea's dangerous and unlawful nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
The depth of the U.S. commitment to the U.S.-Japan Alliance is evidenced by the approximately 55,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan, and the thousands of Department of Defense civilians and family members who live and work alongside them. The United States has also deployed its most capable and advanced military assets to Japan, including the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan carrier strike group and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Decades of U.S. security cooperation served to bolster Japan's self-defense capabilities. Japan acquires more than 90 percent of its defense imports from the United States and has expressed growing interest in interoperable technology with advanced capabilities. Japan issued a five-year defense procurement plan to expand its defense spending through Japanese fiscal year 2023 in response to regional security challenges.
The U.S. has over $20 billion in active government-to-government sales cases with Japan under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) system. Japan's July 2020 $23.11 billion request to procure up to 105 additional F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft became the second largest single FMS case ever authorized by the Department and notified to Congress. FMS sales notified to Congress are listed here , and recent and significant implemented sales include: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, E-2D Airborne Early Warning Aircraft, the KC-46 Refueling Tanker, the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), and the MV-22 Osprey Tilt-rotor aircraft, as well as missiles like the AIM 120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), UGM-84 Harpoon, and SM-3 Block IIA Ballistic Missile Defense interceptor missiles.
Since 2015, the U.S. also authorized the permanent export of over $12.5 billion in defense articles to Japan via the Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) process. The top categories of DCS to Japan include gas turbine engines and associated equipment; aircraft parts; and military electronics.
Japan is a strong partner as a capacity building contributor to United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations, focused on supporting engineering, medical, and communications capabilities. Japan and the United States, through the U.S. Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI), partnered to support UN efforts to develop training courses for women protection advisors, as well as on the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence. Japan also partners, through GPOI, with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to provide instructors to regional training events and participate in peacekeeping exercises.
Since 1960, the U.S. and Japan maintained a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to delineate the facilities and areas granted to U.S. use as well as the legal status of United States service personnel in Japan. Japan also helped to offset the costs of stationing U.S. forces in Japan, primarily through a Special Measures Agreement and the Facilities Improvement Program.
Since 1997, U.S. Forces – Japan and the Japanese Self-Defense Forces jointly conducted Exercise Keen Sword, an annual combined field training exercise designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability within the framework of the U.S.-Japan Alliance. Since 2007, Japan actively participated in Exercise Malabar with the U.S. and India. In 2015, Japan became a permanent member to make Malabar a trilateral exercise. These joint exercises provide an indispensable real-world training environment for enhancing mutual understanding of each country's tactics, communication protocols, procedures, and general interoperability.
For further information, please contact the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Congressional and Public Affairs at PM-CPA@state.gov, and follow the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs on Twitter, @StateDeptPM .
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While working at Adaptavist I had the good fortune to attend Devoxx in Belgium. During the conference I heard about Gradle but didn't pay it much mind as my day to day work was so geared around a specific set of tools. Since that time I've been involved in a few Android projects. Although there is an android-maven-plugin, I found trying to build Android projects using Maven considerably painful; this is due partly to the fact that an Android project structure does not fit well with the conventions that Maven uses.
"Gradle combines the power and flexibility of Ant with the dependency management and conventions of Maven into a more effective way to build"
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Installation is easy, just the same as Maven and most other tools. Set an environment variable called GRADLE_HOME and then make sure %GRADLE_HOME%\bin is on your PATH variable (same kind of thing for Linux & Mac). Once that's done just run 'gradle -v' from the command line to make sure it's setup correctly.
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The bank prime rate remained at 3.25 percent. Many credit card offers base their interest rates on changes in this rate.
Like the eye of a hurricane, the credit card market was strangely quiet in early August, while a whirlwind of troubling financial news shook the stock interest rates markets.
While a budget deal reached in time for the Aug. 2 debt ceiling deadline averted the threat of a U.S. government default, the financial markets weren't impressed. Rather than reacting with relief, the stock market began to show signs of stress once the deal was announced. Then Standard & Poor's lowered the nation's credit rating, and the bottom really fell out of the market. In all, the stock market declined 6.6 percent in the first three trading days after the S&P credit rating downgrade.
Meanwhile, publicly-traded interest rates slid steadily downward. Yields on 10-year Treasury notes dropped to 2.14 percent from 2.81 percent in the first 10 days of August. Significantly, Treasury yields had been declining even when the debt ceiling was still being held hostage in a political game of chicken. What investors are demonstrating is that it wasn't the possibility of default that worried them, it was the state of the economy.
Those economic worries were deepened by the outcome of the budget standoff, since the deal puts all the burden of deficit reduction on spending cuts, and none on revenue increases. With the government already acting as a drag on employment (i.e., the government is shedding jobs while the private sector is adding them slowly), this promises to have a dampening effect on an economy that is already threatening to slip back into recession.
The economic gloom was confirmed by the Federal Reserve, which pledged to keep interest rates at extreme lows for another two years, an extraordinary vote of no confidence for the economy.
Almost improbably given this turbulent backdrop, credit card rates were unchanged for the first half of August in all five categories tracked by IndexCreditCards.com. No doubt, credit card executives need some time to sort out all the fast-changing information. Since lower interest rates are associated with a slowing economy, there might be an opportunity for credit card rates to fall, but credit card companies have to balance that against the increased default risk that comes with a weak economy. It is possible - likely, even - that different credit card offers will reflect different responses to this environment, so the coming months will be a good time to keep a close eye on the credit card market.
There were no changes in any of the consumer credit card offers tracked for this survey. As a result, the average rate for non-reward credit cards remained at 14.72 percent, and the average for rewards credit cards remained at 17.27 percent.
None of the business credit card offers tracked for this survey changed in the first half of August, leaving business non-rewards credit cards at an average of 14.47 percent, and business rewards credit cards at an average of 16.05 percent.
As with the other categories, there were no changes in the student credit card offers tracked for this survey. This left the average of these rates at 16.67 percent.
With no changes in credit card rates, the spread between rates for customers with good credit and those with average credit remained unchanged at 4.02 percent.
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La  est une gare ferroviaire terminus de la ville de Tama, à Tokyo au Japon. La gare est exploitée par la compagnie Odakyū.

Situation ferroviaire
La gare de Karakida marque la fin de la ligne Odakyū Tama.

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La gare a été inaugurée le .

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La gare dispose d'un bâtiment voyageurs, avec guichet, ouvert tous les jours.

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 Ligne Tama :
 voies 1 à 3 : direction Shin-Yurigaoka, Yoyogi-Uehara (interconnexion avec la ligne Chiyoda pour Ayase) et Shinjuku

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Faster global growth, mainly led by the United States, China, and India, according to World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.
The United States, China, and India are now driving faster global growth, according to World Bank President David Malpass, who also expressed concern about that inequality as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"There's the good news that there's faster global growth, led largely by the United States, China, and India, with solid rebounds," Malpass told reporters at the start of the IMF and World Bank's Spring Meetings. (Image courtesy of Reuters)
He added that there is also a question about inequity in terms of vaccines and median income, which isn't rising as quickly in certain countries."However, there is a sense that there is inequity. Inequality in terms of vaccines, as well as in terms of median income, is not increasing quickly in some countries and may even be decreasing. There's the interest rate gap, where developing countries pay far higher interest rates, which haven't fallen in line with global rates," he said."The good news is that there is faster global growth, led mainly by the United States, China, and India, which are all experiencing solid rebounds," Malpass told reporters at the start of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings.
Vaccines, climate change, debt, and recovery are among the topics discussed at the annual spring conference, which is being held virtually. According to Malpass, there is a disparity in the bankruptcy process, which is not open to sovereign nations, leaving developing countries with little way out of their crippling debt burdens."There is also inequity in terms of credit access, with much of the stimulus going to the upper crust and people who don't have perfect credit ratings," says the author.
for example, or small businesses, new entrants, women that would like to start a business, having great difficulty getting credit," he said.
According to Malpass, the World Bank and the IMF are collaborating together to ensure that the G20's Common Framework for dealing with unsustainable debt situations is implemented successfully. There was a call for the private sector to provide comparable treatment about debt, he said. In response to a query, Malpass stated that the vaccine rollout is taking too long, especially in Europe."It's disheartening. Every day, we hear about the different problems that countries face in the press. As excesses become available in other nations, I fervently believe, wish for, and hope for a faster rollout. He urged the agencies to move quickly with their approvals so that more vaccinations can be authorised. Being vaccinated, he said, is a vital part of people's protection and global recovery."As a result, I agree with Germany's statement at the G20 today that their GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth forecast could be lowered as a result of the vaccine.
Malpass said, "It redoubles everyone's urgency and efforts to make more vaccines available around the world.
"The United States, China, and India are now driving faster global growth, according to World Bank President David Malpass, who also expressed concern about that inequality as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccines, climate change, debt, and recovery are among the topics discussed at the annual spring conference, which is being held virtually.
According to Malpass, there is a disparity in the bankruptcy process, which is not open to sovereign nations, leaving developing countries with little way out of their crippling debt burdens." There's still a disparity in terms of credit access," he said, "with a lot of the stimulus going to the upper end and people who don't have pristine credit scores, for example, or small businesses, new entrants, women who want to start a company, having great difficulty getting credit."The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, according to Malpass, are collaborating closely to achieve this goal. The G20's Common Framework for dealing with unsustainable debt situations has been implemented successfully.


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Nonsense from Foxman aide re the Bloomberg-Independence Party alliance
(Part Three on ADL director Foxman and the Bloomberg-Independence Party alliance)
One could argue that Foxman's April 20 letter to Mayor Bloomberg--written over a month before the mayor accepted the endorsement of an unrepentant Independence Party--was a misguided attempt to entice the mayor away from the IP with honey. But this interpretation of the letter is refuted not only by Foxman's silence over Bloomberg's post-April actions, but also by remarks of the ADL's New York regional director, Joel Levy, as quoted in the July 11, 2005 New York Observer.
"I think that the Independence Party needs to itself reject the unacceptable views of Lenora Fulani," Levy said. "People in any political party have a responsibility to be sure that its leaders stand for views that they support. And I believe that the Independence Party membership doesn't support anti-Semitism."
Here we see the same false distinction between Fulani and the rest of the IP--the same preposterous assumption that the hundreds of Newmanite cadre members in the IP are a mere cipher--that has become the mantra of the Bloomberg reelection campaign.
Fulani herself appeared to give the lie to Levy's version of the mantra by telling the Observer that (in the Observer reporter's words) "none of her Independence Party colleagues have pressed her to withdraw her inflammatory comments, despite the potential for collateral damage to the party."
Is Fulani telling the truth on this? The Observer talked to her almost three months after her remarks on NY1 News, a period during which one would think that any nominal independents on the IP state committee or county committees--i.e., those who are "useful idiots" of the Newman cult rather than actual members--would have had ample time to search their consciences and rachet up a little courage. The fact that no visible signs of outrage have come from anywhere in the IP except from tiny bands of dissidents with no capacity to influence party decisions, suggests that this is a deeply tainted organization--not the "voice of the growing centrist movement in New York politics" that Bloomberg campaign manager Kevin Sheekey called it last April, and not the benign, non-bigoted agglomeration implied by the ADL's Levy in July.
One could argue that Levy, in referring to the "responsibility" of IP members to reign in their leaders, was referring not so much to the active IP membership as to the mass of IP enrolled voters. But this would make his comments even more dishonest: The party's enrolled voters (320,000 statewide) are not responsible for the present mess; the political leaders of our city and state--who allowed themselves to be seduced by the Newman-Fulani controlled IP ballot line--are the people who created the Frankenstein monster and have the duty to slay it. It was money from Governor Pataki in 2002 and from the mayor over the past four years that financed the deceptive voter registration efforts resulting in the IP's current bloated voter rolls. And both the governor and the mayor directly participated in the deception by portraying the IP as a moderate or "centrist" political organization.
And even assuming the hapless IP enrollees would listen to Levy's lecture about their "responsibility," what could they do? They have no relationship to the party organization and no practical means of expressing their disagreement except through changing their party registration. I suggested in my open letter to Mayor Bloomberg last month ("Mr. Mayor, Tear Down That Wall!") that he put resources into mailings to the IP voter rolls to inform them of the true nature of the party leadership and to urge them to vote for him on another line (http://lyndonlarouchewatch.org/wall.htm). I detect no evidence that the mayor took this advice. Likewise, I see no indications that the mayor, the ADL or anyone else with clout who purports to be phenomenally offended by Ms. Fulani's April 13 remarks is beating down the doors of the tiny network of principled IP dissidents around Michael Zumbluskas to provide them with resources to wage a meaningful fight.
Given these considerations, Levy's suggestion that IP enrolled voters have the prime "responsibility" for fighting the IP leadership's bigotry is merely an attempt to avoid, at all costs, offending the real guilty parties, and especially Mayor Bloomberg.
As to the real problem inside the IP, the ADL knows full well that it's not only Fulani as an individual, but also the Independence Party cadre organization, or cult, led by Fred Newman which has moved step by step since the 1990s to gain dominance over the so-called independent political movement in New York.
How do I know that the ADL knows this? Just read the watchdog group's 1995 report on Newman and Fulani, "A Cult By Any Other Name: The New Alliance Party Dismantled and Reincarnated." (As of August 1, 2005, the ADL did not provide access to this report from its home page or its search button--possibly as a favor to the mayor--but you can find it at http://www.adl.org/special_reports/nap.asp.)
In the report's Executive Summary, the ADL clearly defines the cadre organization that now runs the Independence Party as a "vehicle used by its behind-the-scenes leader, Dr. Fred Newman, to achieve power." Not Fulani, but Newman. Not a conglomeration of non-bigoted individuals waiting for the ADL to tell them to repudiate Fulani, but a vehicle--indeed, a political "cult"--headed by a man who, along with his acolyte Fulani, has peppered his writings and speeches with "Jew-baiting remarks."
The 29-page report describes in detail how Newman and his followers had disbanded their previous electoral front, the openly pro-revolution New Alliance Party, and were operating as a disciplined force using "deceptive tactics" in an attempt to gain control of the independent political movement inspired by H. Ross Perot. The report speaks of the Newman group's success in infiltrating Perot's Patriot Party nationally at a time when the Newmanites were already playing an important role in the New York Independence Party, the vehicle for Patriot Party style activities in our state. The report is replete with terms like "co-opt," "hijack" and "power-hungry group," and it asks: "Will it [the Newman group] succeed in dominating the Patriot Party, and does it have even larger targets in mind...?" [emphasis added}
The copyright on the report is 2001, which indicates that the ADL believed the Newman group had not changed its conspiratorial and anti-Semitic nature between 1995 and 2001. By the latter year, Newman and Fulani had in fact gained dominance over the IP and were deeply involved in supporting Michael Bloomberg's initial run for mayor.
Consider the contrast between this report and what Levy told the Observer. Are we expected to believe that the Newman "cult" (as the ADL called it in the 2001-copyrighted report) has magically changed in only four years and is now like a family of nice, sincere, tolerant people saddled with a single bigoted relative? Let's see...
* Has Fred Newman (he who once called the "Jews as a people" the worldwide "stormtroopers of decadent capitalism against people of color") changed? In 2004, his All Stars theater put on a play he wrote blaming the Crown Heights pogrom on the Jews.
* Has Jacqueline Salit (head of the IP's think tank and a frequent spokesperson for the IP itself) changed? In 2003 she sent a letter to the Forward (after the Jewish weekly published an article that quoted Fulani's 1989 "mass murderers" statement as an example of the Newman group's extremism). In her letter Salit said almost exactly what Fulani would say on NY1 in 2005--that it's not anti-Semitic to call Jews "mass murderers of people of color." And last April, a New York Times article described Salit as saying, re Fulani's NY1 performance, "that Dr. Fulani is not anti-Semitic and that those who are trying to exploit what she has said are doing so for political gain."
* Has Cathy Stewart, the chairperson of the IP's powerful New York County organization, changed? On April 17, 2005 she sent a letter to the Times (in reply to an editorial that had criticized Fulani's April 13 remarks) asking: "What are we to make of the Times' histrionics about both the Independence Party and Lenora Fulani? That New York should be content to have only two political parties and only one political position on the Middle East?"
If the Newman cult has changed, so that Fulani now only speaks as an individual, wouldn't cult members and leaders have announced it to the world? Wouldn't they have hastened to tell Fulani to zip up her mouth instead of making excuses for her? And when has any cult or extremist group turned around and renounced the fundamental principles of its own leader (which renouncing Newman's anti-Semitism would certainly amount to) unless it first engaged in a dramatic internal struggle that the media would surely hear about?
As to Levy and Foxman, is it possible that they haven't even read their own organization's report on the Newmanites? How can these ADL leaders, who solicit millions of dollars a year from the Jewish community promising to keep it safe from anti-Semitism, justify their failure to speak out forcefully and truthfully (with no political "spin") against Mayor Bloomberg's alliance with a group that the ADL's own fact-finding department defines as a power-hungry anti-Semitic cult?
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Q: NetSuite SuiteScript 2.0 how to update Sales Order Item which is part of the Item Group I'm trying to update Term field on Sales Order Item Line in NetSuite.
I can do that fine using ue (user event script) on beforeSubmit event.
That works when I hit Save button when Sales Order is in Edit mode.
Now, the issue:
I am trying to update Sales Order Item field (Term) BEFORE Save button is hit but AFTER Add button is clicked, for components of Item Group.
I have written a function and added to postSourcing(scriptContaxt) event that does the updating but it works only for NON-Inventory Items.
This does not work for Item Groups.
When Item Group is added to the Sales Order, inventory (components) are automatically populated onto the form.
Does anybody know what event is triggered when components of Item Group are added to the Sales Order form?
Thank you
Kris
OK... Further research and explanation:
This is the code for updating a single filed when Non-Inventory Item is added to the Sales Order (adding SKU number to the Sales Order Line):
function postSourcing(scriptContext)
{
    setSalesOrderItemTerm(scriptContext.currentRecord);
}

function setSalesOrderItemTerm(salesorder)
{
    var itemId = salesorder.getCurrentSublistValue({
        sublistId: 'item',
        fieldId: 'item'
    });

    if(!itemId)
        return;

    var result = search.create({
        type: search.Type.ITEM,
        columns: ['custitem_abs_item_term'],
        filters: [{name: 'internalid',operator: search.Operator.IS,values: itemId},
                  {name: 'isinactive',operator: search.Operator.IS,values: 'F'}]
        }).run().getRange({start: 0, end: 1});

    if(result.length > 0)
    {
        var term = result[0].getValue('custitem_abs_item_term');

        salesorder.setCurrentSublistValue({
            sublistId: 'item',
            fieldId: 'custcol_swe_contract_item_term_months',
            value: term
        });
    }
}

This works absolutely fine for a single, Non-Inventory Item.
On the other hand when I try to add Item Group (this is different than KIT) the Term field (id: custcol_swe_contract_item_term_months) is not being updated from its item, the Term field is updated with value on the Item Group.
FYI. Item Group is constructed with Item Group (Group Header called Group), its components (other Item types i.e. Non-Inventory Items) and Empty Items (called End Group -> usually empty)
So when you have an Item Group that has two Non-Inventory Items in it and you try to add that Item Group to Sales Order those two Non-Inventory items will be automatically added to Sales Order (along with Group and End Group row).
I am trying to find out on what event those two Non-Inventory items are added to Sales Order.
I hope this is more clear now.
Thank you
Kris

A: My answer below, also applies to this
https://stackoverflow.com/a/44013939/5389329 "Creating a SalesOrder within NetSuite with Item Groups"

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Treaty investors and their employees who are approved for E-2 nonimmigrant status are subject to certain terms and conditions in order to enter and stay in the United Sates. If these terms and conditions are violated, the investor or employee may be forced to leave the country.
The core requirements for being in the United States based on an E-2 visa are set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations – 8 CFR 214.2(e)(8)
Limitations on employment
A service officer will determine the terms and conditions the treaty investor, employee, or family member must follow – at either the time of admission or the time the request to change a different nonimmigrant status to E status is approved. A service officer means:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
A treaty investor or treaty employee "may engage only in employment which is consistent with the terms and conditions of his or her status and the activity forming the basis for the E treaty status."
Subsidiary employment
In addition to performing work for the "parent treaty organization or enterprise," an employee may also do work for a subsidiary of those entities. Doing work for a subsidiary of either a "common" parent organization or a "common" parent enterprise – should not be considered as constituting a "substantive change" to the terms and conditions of the original E treaty – provided – "if, at the time the E-2 treaty status was determined, the applicant presented evidence establishing:
The organization or enterprise, or any subsidiaries of the organization or enterprise where the work is to be done
The required parent-subsidiary relationship and
That the subsidiary independently qualifies as a treaty organization or enterprise
If the worker is an employee of a treaty investor – then the work must still require executive or supervisory authority or special qualifications. The work to be performed must be "consistent with the terms and conditions of the activity forming the basis of the classification."
Non-substantive changes to E-2 nonimmigrant status
If there is no substantive (or fundamental) change to the terms or conditions of the foreign persons' employment which would affect his/eligibility for E classification – then there is no requirement to file a new Form I-129. "Prior approval is not required if corporate changes occur which do not affect the previously approved employment relationship, or are otherwise non-substantive."
The alien must, however, to facilitate admission do one of the following:
"Present a letter from the treaty-qualifying company through which the alien attained E classification explaining the nature of the change"
"Request a new Form I-797, Approval Notice, reflecting the non-substantive change by filing Form I-129, with fee, and a complete description of the change"
"Apply directly to Department of State for a new E visa reflecting the change.
Foreigners who don't establish their credentials for subsidiary employment may also be able to demonstrate "to the satisfaction of the immigration officer at the port-of-entry in some other manner, his or her admissibility under section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Act."
Contact an experienced immigrant lawyer to review whether you or an employee can continue working in the US if you/the employee works for a subsidiary.
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Melos can look back on an economically successful year. However, we also know that unfortunately not every Meller citizen is doing so well. That's why we want to fulfill our social responsibility and, this year, support people who need help.
Instead of a Christmas campaign, the money planned for this purpose will be donated to charitable causes. Marita Feller, Equal Opportunity Commissioner of the City of Melle, and Mayor Reinhard Scholz are pleased about the donation in the amount of 1.500 €, which sales manager Christoph Heidenescher handed over at the town house in Melle.
Find out more about the Meller Social Fund here.


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Open Space District fatality is identified
Vehicle carrying contractors for Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District veered off dirt road
A man who was killed in a crash near La Honda late Thursday morning has been identified by the coroner's office as Luis Audelo-Partida, 26, of Newark.
The fatal crash involved workers who were performing weed abatement for the Midpeninsula Open Space District, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
The crash was reported at 11:22 a.m. in the vicinity of Alpine and Mindego Hill roads, in a rural area of San Mateo County near the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve. It appears the vehicle involved was being driven in an area without a paved road and somehow went out of control and tumbled into a canyon, according to the CHP.
The CHP reported earlier Thursday that three people had died, but CHP Sgt. Matt Otterby said Thursday afternoon there is only one confirmed fatality. Two other people suffered major injuries and were airlifted to hospitals, Otterby said.
Three people suffered minor injuries and one person was uninjured, CHP Officer Kevin Bartlett said. Rescue crews are having trouble reaching the crash site, which is only accessible by foot and horseback, he said.
"We're going in slow motion because it's so hard to get to everyone," Bartlett said.
Three medical helicopters were dispatched to the area, he said. The people who were in the vehicle that crashed are contractors who were out spraying non-native plants for the open space district, district spokesman Gordon Baillie said.
Baillie said he did not yet have much information on the crash. The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, the San Mateo County Fire Department and other agencies responded to the crash.
— Bay City News Service
Posted by Copperhead Road
a resident of Palo Alto Hills
on Jun 4, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Re this fatal crash on the Mindego; have the sheriff's deputies investigated foul play, like "engineering" of the road by local marijuana growers to keep people out of the area? All it takes is a load of round rocks in the right place.
Posted by Eduord
a resident of East Palo Alto
Who was the contractor? Was he required to use E-Verify to ensure that he did not hire (and exploit) illegal aliens? Were the workers provided with appropriate safety measures? When the inevitable major lawsuit goes down, will the MOSD claim that it has no responsibility to verfy safety and legal status? Contractor cutouts is how the official districts, including Palo Alto, exploit workers.


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Rob Gronkowski keeps praising Joe Burrow
Gronk has high expectations for Joe Shiesty this weekend.
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The Cincinnati Bengals, for the second-straight season, are in the NFL playoffs. And with Joe Burrow at the helm, the team and the city alike believe anything is possible.
Burrow has the Bengals riding an eight-game win streak. They'll get Baltimore, for the third time this season and the second time in the past 14 days, in the Wild Card battle at Paycor Stadium. Kickoff is set for 8:15 pm ET.
The Bengals are heavy favorites, and former superstar tight end Rob Gronkowski expects the third-year quarterback to put on a show in Cincinnati.
"He is going to decimate the Baltimore Ravens defense. The Ravens can sign whoever they want for a hundred billion dollars – it is not going to stop Joe Burrow," the future Hall of Fame tight end said.
Gronk makes these claims in an appearance on "Up & Adams," an ESPN show which features personality Kay Adams. He also said that the Bengals will be sending Baltimore packing which would be a welcome sight after a gritty Week 18 battle.
"He is going to decimate the Baltimore Ravens defense. The Baltimore Ravens can sign whoever they want for a hundred billion dollars - it is not going to stop Joe Burrow." - @RobGronkowski
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The Ravens aren't getting much help back either as former MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson, while not ruled out yet, is said to have an "uphill battle" when it comes to playing Sunday.
Jackson, with a new contract on the line, may also not want to risk a potentially career-ending injury if he isn't at 100%. While the Ravens opened around a 5.5-point underdog, the news on Jackson has plummeted their odds.
DraftKings now has them as 9.5-point underdogs, a huge drop since Sunday's Wild Card announcements. Nonetheless, as Gronk said, this is Burrow's world, and the Ravens are going to be living in it come Sunday.


Honestly, when you think of pie in November, what do you think of? Pumpkin, of course! This month, I am completely pie inspired by the beautiful, orange, round vegetable of choice for Thanksgiving pie--the pumpkin! This will be the first of 3 pumpkin pie recipes I will be blogging about this month (thanks, Mom, for the recipes from your 2008 issue of Better Homes and Gardens!). Select your favorite to bake and bring to Thanksgiving dinner!
1. Make your easy peasy pie crust. Put it in your pie pan and set aside.
2. Combine cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 egg. Beat until smooth.
3. Spread the cream cheese mixture in the bottom of your pie crust.
4. Chop chocolate chips until they are very fine. I used a pampered chef chopper. My biggest little critic actually did this step for me and did a great job! Sprinkle the chocolate bits over the cream cheese.
5. Mix pumpkin, brown sugar, and spice. Stir in the remaining 4 eggs and the half and half.
6. Pour over the chocolate layer. I actually had a bit too much pumpkin filling, so I made two little custard cups with the extra.
7. Bake at 375 degrees for 60-65 minutes or until a fork inserted into the middle comes out clean. Bake the custard cups for the same.
Oh my! This is seriously my new favorite way to eat pumpkin pie! Chocolate, cheesecake, and the traditional pumpkin melded together into Thanksgiving bliss! It's easy to make, looks beautiful, and just oozes thankfulness! I highly recommend this pie for your family's Thanksgiving dinner! My whole family (even my biggest little critic and my itty-bitty critic) gave this one two thumbs up!
Oh my goodness!!! all 3 of my favorites! I think this will be on my thanksgiving table this year!


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Unexpected Causes Of Loneliness + What To Do About Them
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As a relationship therapist, many of my clients come to me because they feel isolated. There are many factors that can create or contribute to isolation, but here are a few of the most common ones I see, along with ways to feel more connected.
1. EQ/EI and emotional isolation
If you have been involved in emotional and/or spiritual growth, then you have been raising your EQ—emotional quotient, or EI—emotional intelligence. While this is crucial to raising your consciousness and your frequency, it can, ironically, create problems in your relationships.
You might find yourself no longer feeling connected with some of your family or some longtime friends. We connect with others at our common level of emotional health or brokenness. The more you heal, the less you'll connect with people with whom you once shared a common level of woundedness.
If previously you connected by complaining about your life or judging others, now you might feel bored by these wounded ways of relating. You want to surround yourself with people who are open and kind, not people who are closed and controlling.
When this is the case, you need to make a concerted effort to meet new, like-minded people. Letting go of people with whom you no longer feel connected can be challenging, and there may be a period of time when you feel isolated, but eventually you will meet new friends.
2. IQ and intellectual isolation
Some of my clients are extremely intelligent and find it difficult to spend time with people who are not as intelligent as they are. This is not necessarily intellectual snobbishness.
More often than not, it's about feeling that they can't relate or connect with people who don't understand their ways of thinking or how quickly their mind works. This can cause them to feel too different to be comfortable in many social situations.
In order to not feel isolated, especially smart people need to make an effort to meet other highly intelligent people. In order to do this, you need to accept that this is important to you. Do not judge yourself for being arrogant if you simply enjoy being around very intelligent people.
3. Affluence
A married couple who are both clients of mine shared with me how socially isolated they sometimes feel. They are quite wealthy and told me that their affluence actually isolates them. Since I've never been that wealthy, it had never occurred to me that affluence could cause isolation.
They explained it to me like this: "Some people are intimidated by our wealth. They think we might think we're better than they are, so they don't invite us places. It's not easy to find people with comparable levels of wealth, so often we feel alone."
These people purchased a second home in a very wealthy community and are slowly and intentionally meeting people who are not intimidated by their wealth. No, these don't have to be other wealthy people. But it is important to find a network of people who understand your challenges and way of living.
4. Living situations
Decades or even centuries ago, when most people lived in small communities or tribes, it was very rare to feel isolated. In his wonderful book Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell writes about the Italian town of Rosetta in Pennsylvania.
In Rosetta, a small town of about 2,000, people live in multigenerational homes, and everyone in the town watches out for one another. Their living situation not only fosters connection and caring but physical health as well.
The residents of Rosetta don't die of heart attacks or cancer, even though their diet isn't wonderful. They die of old age, and the defining factor is the lack of stress that results from living with others who care about them.
Today, whether you live in a big city or on a farm, it can be hard to find ways to connect with others. Families are divided and often live far from one another. Our current living situations foster isolation, which is why there is a movement toward intentional communities where like-minded people can support one another.
I'm hoping that this trend continues. There is so much less stress and more joy in living in a like-minded community with people who care about you and have your back.
5. Social anxiety and fear of rejection
Due to the rejection that many have experienced as a result of child abuse, neglect, and bullying, many people suffer from a crippling fear of rejection, which can show up as social anxiety. The fear of ridicule and humiliation can be so debilitating that it causes self-induced isolation. If this is your reason for isolation, therapy will be a big help to you.
Isolation is not healthy for anyone. If you feel isolated, I hope you look into ways of resolving it. Your health and well-being will thrive or wither depending on your level of connectivity.
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Elizabeth Holmes' plan to avoid her Theranos fraud trial worked out about as well as her useless blood-testing machines
What she in lacks in ethics, she more than makes up for in persistence
Kieren McCarthy in San Francisco Wed 14 Oct 2020 // 21:33 UTC
Theranos mastermind Elizabeth Holmes, who is accused of defrauding investors of her now-imploded blood-testing company, will face a jury after all: a judge just scrapped her final attempt to avoid prosecution.
On Tuesday, California judge Edward Davila rejected [PDF] the latest in a long series of efforts by Holmes and her former chief operating officer Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani to limit the US government's criminal fraud case against the pair. Uncle Sam indicted the duo in 2018, claiming they screwed over doctors and patients as well as investors, and piled on more charges as recently as May this year.
"Defendants have filed six motions to dismiss the second and third superseding indictments," the judge's order noted. "This omnibus order addresses them all."
Holmes' lawyers argued the government "unreasonably delayed" proceedings, arguing in large part that because the trial is now set for March 2021 when it was due to start in July this year, the criminal charges should be dropped so as not to violate Holmes' Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. The reason for the delay is, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the judge threw out the plea for dismissal, pointing out the pair's legal teams had been willing to delay the trial in previous filings.
The defense attorneys at one point even argued the charges against Holmes were using the wrong definition of the word "investors," another claim the judge threw out, along with the others.
Holmes is accused of lying for years about the capabilities of the blood-testing machines her company Theranos manufactured. As CEO, she bragged that her equipment could produce accurate results incredibly fast from just a drop of blood. In truth, they just didn't work, and the startup secretly ran patients' tests on industry-standard lab gear and passed off the results as coming from their magical mythical machines.
Millions of test results had to be discarded as a result. Through endless self-promotion, however, Holmes had become a sci-tech-business celebrity, was featured in magazines and on TV, and was said to be personally worth an extraordinary $4.5bn (later revised to $0).
Implosion
The house of cards collapsed after an expose appeared in the Wall Street Journal, something Theranos and its PR team aggressively tried to kill. As the spotlight swung onto the business, it turned out the situation was worse than feared.
The startup lost its testing licenses and was shut down for good; Holmes was banned from running a medical lab; and America's financial watchdog claimed Holmes and Balwani – who had been in a relationship hidden from investors – had invented more than $100m in revenue that didn't actually exist in order to pull additional investment into the company.
Bad blood: Theranos CEO charged with massive fraud
Not only that but, according to the SEC, "Theranos, Holmes, and Balwani claimed that Theranos' products were deployed by the US Department of Defense on the battlefield in Afghanistan and on medevac helicopters ... In truth, Theranos' technology was never deployed by the US Department of Defense."
It is those allegations that, in the Dept of Justice's view, crossed the line from business BS to outright fraud, and form the center of criminal charges brought against the pair.
Holmes' legal team has adopted an equally persistent and aggressive approach as Holmes did while pushing her useless technology, and have questioned every aspect of the case. They have had very little success, however, and the judge in the case is clearly tiring of their efforts.
That led to a desperate gambit in September when Holmes' lawyers claimed [PDF] she was mentally unfit and didn't know what she was doing during the lengthy period she misled investors, reporters, and conference attendees.
In a filing, Holmes' legal team said it would introduce evidence of a "mental disease or defect" that would have a "bearing on the issue of guilt." It said it would use testimony from psychologist Mindy Mechanic, who is based at California State University at Fullerton and who specializes in the psychosocial consequences of trauma with a focus on violence against women.
That effort was made public by the judge when he ruled in favor of the government's motion to also be allowed to carry out a psychiatric evaluation of Holmes if her defense was planning to use one. Holmes' legal team bitterly opposed that motion, and the judge brushed away those concerns, ordering that two experts chosen by the government be allowed to talk to the former chief exec for two days to ascertain her mental fitness.
Holmes and Balwani were charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and face up to 20 years in prison each if convicted. They have pleaded not guilty to all charges. ®


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Ohio State Pulls Away Late for Convincing Victory over #19 Michigan
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The 23rd ranked Ohio State Buckeyes swept the season series from their archrival, holding serve at home in defeating the Wolverines 77-63 to move to 20-9 on the season, including 10-8 in Big Ten play. With the score tied and 6:30 to go, Ohio State proceeded to go on a 23-9 run to pull away from Michigan and to chants of 'just like football', the Buckeyes celebrated a big home win. Utilizing 10 triples, and efficient defense despite being shorthanded for the second straight game, Ohio State put five in double figures, led by Duane Washington Jr.'s 20 and 6 rebounds. C.J. Walker added 15, to go along with 6 rebounds and 7 assists and Kaleb Wesson added 14 and 9 rebounds. Andre Wesson added 14 and Luther Muhammad scored 10 as Ohio State won for the 8th time in 10 tries dropping the Wolverines to 18-11 overall and 9-9 in conference play. The Buckeyes hit on 47% from the field and 52% from long range, while holding the Wolverines to 44.6% and just 7 of 26 from deep.
Michigan jumped out to an early 5-3 lead when a triple found its way down the cords 3 minutes into the game. After a Buckeye miss, the Wolverines scored at the rim to lead 7-3. After a Michigan turnover, Duane Washington, Jr. found Luther Muhammad in transition to cut the lead to 2. After a Michigan bucket, Washington buried a corner three to cut the deficit to 1 and on the next possession, Andre Wesson drilled a three from the top of the key to put the Buckeyes in front by 2 and forcing Michigan to call timeout with 13:51 to go in the half. A bucket each way sent the teams to the under 12 media timeout with Ohio State on top 13-11. E.J. Liddell hit a turnaround 15 footer to give Ohio State a 4-point lead, but Michigan answered with a 7-0 run to go up 3. Andre Wesson ended the Wolverine run with a turnaround one hander on the baseline and on the ensuing possession, Muhammed picked up a steal and raced to the other end for a lay in to put Ohio State back in front 19-18. Back to back Washington triples put Ohio State up 25-18 before a pair of Michigan free throws ended the Buckeye 10-0 run. Kaleb Wesson kept the Buckeyes rolling, hitting a triple from the head of the key to give Ohio State a 28-20 advantage. After another pair of Wolverine free throws, E.J. Liddell scored on a rebound and put back to give Ohio State a 30-22 lead at the under 4 timeout. A 4-0 Wolverine run, including a field goal that broke an over 5-minute drought without one, cut the lead to just 4. After a Washington jumper fell, Michigan buried a three that ended the scoring for the half with Ohio State on top at the break, 32-29. Duane Washington Jr. led Ohio State with 11 and Andre Wesson added 9, while E.J. Liddell was active off the bench with 4 points and 5 rebounds. The Buckeyes hit 41% of their first half field goal attempts, but did knock down 5 of 12 from long range, while holding Michigan to just 38% from the field and 3 of 13 from deep in the first 20 minutes.
C.J. Walker opened the second half scoring with a 15-foot jumper putting the Buckeyes up 5. The lead didn't last as Michigan proceeded to go on a 9-0 run to go up 4, forcing Ohio State to call timeout with 17:32 to go in the game and Michigan on top 38-34. Walker ended the Wolverine run, scoring at the rim while being fouled and bagged the free throw to complete the old-fashioned three-point play and cut the deficit to 1. A pair of Washington free throws put the Buckeyes back on top a point with just under 16 to go. Kaleb Wesson knocked down a 3 to cap an 8-0 Buckeye run to give Ohio State a 4-point lead. After a Michigan hoop trimmed the lead to 2, the Buckeyes answered with a 4-0 run to go back up 6. Michigan came right back with a 4-0 run of their own to trim the lead back to 2, but a Michigan bucket was bookended by a pair of Washington triples, his fourth and fifth of the game, forcing Michigan to call timeout with Ohio State on top 52-46 and just under 10 minutes remaining. Back to back Michigan 3's tied the score before C.J. Walker stroked a 15 footer down the ropes to put the Buckeyes back ahead at the under 8 minute media timeout. A turnover each way, followed by a Michigan bucket tied the score with 6:30 to go, but the Buckeyes would answer. A Walker pull-up 15 footer dropped to put the Buckeyes back ahead and after a Michigan offensive foul, Andre Wesson banked in a three from the top and Kaleb Wesson followed with a triple of his own capping an 8-0 Buckeye run giving Ohio State an 8-point lead. Michigan cut the lead to 6 and at the final media timeout of the game, Ohio State led 64-58. A pair of Muhammad free throws followed by a Walker turn around short jumper in the paint put the Buckeyes up 10 and after a Michigan turnover, Kaleb Wesson scored on a dribble drive off the glass to go up 12. Michigan scored to cut the lead to 10 and quickly called a timeout but with just 2:05 to go. Kaleb Wesson banked in a triple with the shot clock expiring effectively ending the game. 4 free throws, 2 each by Muhammad and Walker put the Buckeyes up 17 before a late Michigan 3 completed the scoring in the Buckeye victory.
Ohio State may have found something in their 3-guard lineup. The Buckeyes looked quicker and more active on both ends and did an outstanding job of keeping the Michigan guards from getting into the paint. While the Buckeyes struggled to get much offense of their own in the paint, they were able to spread the floor with their guards and create open looks for their shooters and to their credit, hit many of those looks to keep Michigan on their heels for much of the game. This was one they needed to get at home and before a sellout crowd, they were able to get the job done. They are definitely playing some of their best basketball of the season despite being without Kyle Young and Alonzo Gaffney for the second straight game and continuing to be without the services of D.J. Carton, the 6 or 7 who played were very efficient and showed once again what this team is capable of moving forward into March. They will finish off the home slate on Thursday before travelling to East Lansing to complete the regular season and they have a chance to get another couple big, ranked victories before the post season.
Ohio State will celebrate their two seniors on Thursday night at the Schott, hosting Illinois at 7pm. The game will be aired on ESPN.
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Bill Cosby Made a Surprise Return to Standup After Years of Sexual Assault Allegations
Well, folks, he's at it again.
For some reason, Bill Cosby seems very focused on being in the spotlight these days. That's a pretty bold move for someone accused of sexual misconduct by at least 50 women, but he's choosing to make it anyway. Cosby recently put on an impromptu standup show and, well... It seems like it was about as weird as you'd expect it to be.
We haven't heard a lot from Bill Cosby over the past couple of years.
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Ever since a 2014 video of comedian Hannibal Buress discussing the allegations against Cosby went viral, he's stayed out of the spotlight for the most part. But for whatever reason, the disgraced comedian seems to be on some sort of PR tour this month.
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A few weeks ago, Cosby went out for dinner with a friend and invited a bunch of reporters to document the experience. One reporter referred to the evening as being "a decidedly odd affair." The fact that Cosby seemed to make a bizarre #MeToo joke near the end of the night undoubtedly lent to that vibe.
But that wasn't the end of the decidedly odd affairs. On January 21, Cosby hung out at a barbershop in Philly. The next day, he decided to head to a jazz club.
Bill Cosby about to do an impromptu comedy set at a jazz club in Germantown. Jury selection in his second criminal… https://t.co/Bc42W9WXdy
— Bobby Allyn (@Bobby Allyn)1516664501.0
And that's when he decided it was a good time to do an impromptu standup set. Just as he'd done with the dinner a few weeks before, Cosby invited several journalists to document the evening. All this in light of the fact that Cosby will soon be returning to court for a retrial of the criminal case in which he is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting former basketball star Andrea Constand. Maybe not the best time for jokes?
Bill Cosby, sitting on a stool in a hoodie at a Philly jazz club, telling stories and working the crowd. No mention… https://t.co/rCYzlaP1iL
Cosby began his set by working the crowd, which NPR reports was made up of approximately 50 people. He wore a gray sweatshirt with colorful letters spelling out "Hello Friend," a tribute to his late son Ennis who used to greet people with the phrase.
Then he decided to move onto the drums.
Ok, he's moved to the drums... https://t.co/OrmUdUVKHn
OK. Sure. Drum time. I'm not the only one who thinks this entire thing is pretty darn bizarre, right? The man is accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women! He's mere weeks away from his criminal trial but has decided to go out on the town and pretend nothing is out of the ordinary. After his set on the drums, an 11-year-old boy named Mekhi Boone took over and added another awkward interaction to the evening of seemingly interminable awkward interactions.
"Who am I?" Cosby asked Mekhi.
"Bill Cosby," Mekhi replied. "And what do I do?" "A comedian." "I used to be a comedian?" Yeah. "Used to" is right. And yet, there he was, cracking jokes.
Here's a brief clip from his set, in case you're curious:
His jokes got a few chuckles from the sparse crowd. Or were they possibly laughing at the completely bonkers situation they'd found themselves in?
Oh yeah, and he drank some peaches, too.
This was Cosby's first standup set in more than two years. Oh, and if you're wondering whether he had another weird response to the #MeToo movement...
The answer is a resounding "Yup!"
Here is the unforgettable face Cosby made when I asked him how he thinks jurors will see his case differently in th… https://t.co/NDaJ0Znpha
This is the face he made after being asked how the #MeToo movement — which is focused on making the world a better place for people who have been sexually assaulted — might affect the trial in which he is accused of sexually assaulting a woman. He pulled that goofy face and then said, "I don't know!" K.
I have no idea what Bill Cosby was thinking when he decided to perform standup at a Philadephia bar earlier this week, but I definitely do not get it.
@AP Unfrickenbelievable ANYONE would give this rapist a chance to perform! Has decency been lost in this country? What about right vs wrong?
— Cherie (Wear a damn mask people!) Morrissey (@Cherie (Wear a damn mask people!) Morrissey)1516669047.0
Is this seriously some kind of final attempt at a goodwill tour? Is he trying to win people over right before he goes back before a jury? We may never know. But if that is truly the idea behind these odd PR stunts, they're certainly not working on me.


Hot on the heels of Square's public launch of the Square Stand, Heckler Design has released its newest iPad point-of-sale system, the WindFall C. The WindFall C is an iPad stand designed to offer compatibility with numerous card readers, including PayPal Here.
The WindFall C is designed with security and flexibility in mind. iPads are securely mounted to the stand, while the entire stand can be placed on a swivel to allow for easy access to customer signatures. They can also be mounted to a counter for a permanent installation.
Unlike the Square Stand, which comes with a built-in card reader, the WindFall C was instead designed to leave plenty of room for retailers' card-readers of choice. The most popular options are supported, including the Square Reader, Intuit's GoPayment, ShopKeep, and Groupon's Breadcrumb.
The WindFall C costs $129, $170 cheaper than the Square Stand, but businesses must provide their own card readers. Still, this cheaper option offers another outlet for small businesses that are looking to avoid purchasing traditional, bulky cash registers and instead use Apple's more convenient, modern iPad alternative.
iPad point-of-sale systems continue to gain in popularity. As reported by Entrepreneur.com, even companies known for their larger systems costing $20,000 or more are getting into the cheaper iPad arena. For instance, NCR has launched its own iPad-based point-of-sale system in NCR Silver, which charges 1.99 percent per transaction, along with a monthly equipment-leasing fee of $29.
More competition in this area is obviously better for small businesses, as each one, regardless of size, should be able to find an option that works for them. With more card readers and financial services launching at this fast pace, consumers should be ready to see many more iPad point-of-sale systems cropping up in businesses than ever before.


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Zuri Berry has been named as the Herald's deputy managing editor for news and multimedia, it was announced today.
Berry comes to the paper from WFXT FOX25, where he served as manager of Web content, supervising digital staff on news projects.
Previously, he worked at the Boston Globe's Boston.com as a content producer and writer, spearheading sports coverage.
A California State University, Chico graduate in journalism, Berry launched the social media efforts of a local daily newspaper, The Union.
"Zuri has built a career in steering news organizations through the challenges of new media platforms to extend their reach and reader engagement," said Herald Editor-in-Chief Joe Sciacca.
"Smart, energized and committed to journalism, he has a strong appreciation for the collaboration needed to make a multimedia newsroom work," Sciacca said.
In his newsroom leadership role, Berry will focus on expanding and enhancing the Herald's integrated print and Web reporting initiatives, radio and video.
"I'm excited about helping the Herald strengthen its watchdog journalism through multimedia and building up its social media strategy," said Berry, who starts in his new position on Monday.


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Chicago: A city of down-to-earth bars and some astonishingly good restaurants
By Jim ByersTravel Reporter
Fri., June 13, 2014timer6 min. read
CHICAGO—This city has always been good at the feeding and watering of its locals. It's a town that's rife with colourful neighbourhood pubs, such as the Twin Anchors, a regular haunt of Frank Sinatra, a place well known for its ribs. But this also is a culinary destination that has been rocketing up the charts of the trendy restaurant lists put out by the fancy magazines and foodie rating services.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel boasts the city is home to 25 Michelin-star restaurants, and some surveys have put Chicago in a firm tie with New York City as one of the very best restaurant cities on the planet.
Perhaps no restaurant in the city better typifies that rise to stardom better than Grace. Located in an up-and-coming area west of downtown, chef Curtis Duffy creates immaculate, wildly inventive works of food art with depths of flavour and style that may be unsurpassed in the world.
On my recent visit, the first course appetizers were served me in a hollowed-out trunk of a cork tree. There was a quinoa chip with tarragon on top of the log, a dollop of meyer lemon custard inside half of a scooped out lemon, a shaving of Iberico ham on a toothpick and a dehydrated, spice-crusted date inside the log.
Poached king crab was served under a "glass" of "neutral" sugar with tiny beads of orange. The dishes were decorated with pieces of fabric that resembled a freeway interchange. Tiny fennel seed rolls with green herbed butter formed their own ribbon on the plate. Dessert was frozen geranium tea served from a chilled cylinder filled with rhubarb and cream cheese in a sort of milky popsicle.
This was all accompanied by unusual wines that manager, Michael Muser, has found in his travels.
There are normally 10 or so items on the fixed menu at Grace. You can choose between flora or fauna. Most of which is seafood and a bit of red meat, but in small portions. They ingredients in each dish are listed and the spices or herbs are provided last in bold letters so you know what the dominant flavours are. For example, under Cod you might find the words "osetra caviar, lychee, CHIVE."
Dinners cost a flat rate of $205. This isn't dining for the faint of heart.
Grace has two Michelin stars and the Robb Report recently named it the number one restaurant in the world. The food is stunning in its presentation and complexity, thanks in part to Duffy's command of a spotless assembly line of production, with workers dropping tiny flower petals on a dish for the perfect finish.
It's the chef's story that has captured many hearts.
Duffy grew up in Colorado and then lived in Johnstown, Ohio, getting in fights and skirting problems with the law. When he was 12, a teacher of his named Ruth Snider taught him to make an English-muffin pizza. And he enjoyed the experience, which stayed with him.
His mother and father fought constantly. When he was 19, his father took his mom hostage, and, during a standoff with police, shot and killed her. He then turned the gun on himself.
Duffy retreated into cooking to try to keep his sanity and rose quietly and steadily up the ranks. He toiled under famed Chicago chef Charlie Trotter and worked closely with the celebrated Grant Achatz at Alineamm a former winner of the title of best restaurant in America.
Years later, after months of delay and overspending, the first guest walked into Duffy's first restaurant of his own, Grace. The first reservation was set aside for Ruth Snider, the woman who taught him to toast an English muffin with tomato sauce and mozzarella and sticks of pepperoni. They embraced as she came through the door.
Duffy shows off the tattoo scripted on his left arm, which reads "Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom."
A few feet away, over his shoulder, I spot some colourful paintings done by his kids tacked onto a board that reads: "A man lost within his passion is better than a man who is lost without his passion."
Grace is located in what had, for 75 years been a pickled herring factory in a working class part of town populated by European immigrants. You'll still find old stockyards and meat-packing places in the area, but also the new Midwestern headquarters for Google. There's talk of a new Nobu Hotel and restaurant backed by Robert De Niro. There are fancy experiments in molecular gastronomy going on down the road at Moto. (I prefer the fabulous Iowa prosciutto nearby at The Publican, where you'll also find sustainable shrimp from Indiana and excellent, crispy fries.)
Folks interested in learning a bit of Chicago history as they chow down would be advised to hook up with Liz Garibay, who runs a tour called Tales, Taverns and Towns.
"I've been dismayed for so long that people my age don't know about history," she said, explaining why she began her tours. "I think sitting in a bar and sharing a beer is one of our sacred moments. People are so friendly here and saloons play a major role in our city."
At the renowned Twin Anchors Bar on the north side, Garibay tells me about legendary saloons in the area, and where German-speaking people drank and where churches were built and worshipped in and ruined by fire.
"This is a classic neighborhood bar in Chicago," she says of Twin Anchors. "They've been making ribs since 1932."
The bar was a popular spot during Prohibition, and, if you're lucky, someone will show you the secret door that led to the basement where folks could escape any nosy policemen or feds. There are testimonials on the wall from the likes of The Blues Brothers and Jason Alexander, who played George Costanza in Seinfeld. Frank Sinatra liked a rear booth so much he had a phone installed in a wooden box next to the table, which you can still see.
Here, I dine on good, smoky ribs with fries and a giant pickle slice and sip a half-pint of local, craft beer. I walk out just $15 poorer.
Not far away is the Old Town Ale House, where you'll find a series of risqué paintings that skewer dirty politicians and elected officials, including one where former Illinois Gov. Rob Blagojevich is standing in a jail with his pants down, and another showing a naked Sarah Palin standing on a polar bear skin rug with a semiautomatic rifle in her hand.
The eclectic interior includes a gold bust of Darth Vader, a bust of someone who looks like Julius Caesar with a Burt Reynolds mustache, several signs reading "Cash Only" and odd bottles of this or that. There's also a juke box with classic jazz, blues and folk.
Film critic Roger Ebert was great friends with the owner, and there's a photo of Ebert outside and the words "The Best Bar in the World That I Know About."
One of the paintings I spot inside proclaims the tavern as Chicago's "Premier Dive Bar."
It's not a dive," says a grizzled veteran at the bar, who's doubtless seen a few pulls of the draught handle.
"Oh, I don't know," says the woman behind the bar. "I don't think anyone here would take at as an insult."
Opposite the bar, high on a wall I spot drawn likenesses of Martin Short, John Belushi, Gilda Radner and more veterans of Second City, which is located just across the street.
Nobody's calling Chicago the Second City any more.
Not when it comes to food.
Jim Byers appears regularly in Star Travel. Email him at jim@jimbyerstravel.com , follow him on Twitter @jimbyerstravel and check him out on Instagram at jimbyerstravel1. His trip was subsidized by Choose Chicago, the city's tourism department.
DINING: Grace: 652 W. Randolph St. grace-restaurant.com. The Publican: 837 W. Fulton St. thepublicanrestaurant.com. Twin Anchors: 1655 N. Sedgwick St. twinanchorsribs.com. Old Town Ale House: 219 W. North Ave. theoldtownalehouse.com.
DOING: talestavernsandtowns.com
WEB SURFING: choosechicago.com
Learn a bit about Chicago through Tales, Taverns and Towns, run by Liz Garibay!


Every other place you go these days it is close to impossible for you not to get some really good paying jobs for writers. As a matter of fact, it is difficult not to get people discussing the prospects for writers out there. This is an industry that has been filled with lots of incredible options and alternatives over the years, and it is important for you to make sure that you know where to find some of these jobs.
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SVP Global Ventures To Foray In To Technical Textiles; Plans Investment Of Rs. 100 Crore
MUMBAI — September 29, 2021 — With a vision to be a fully integrated and globally competitive textile manufacturer, SVP Global Ventures Ltd, India's largest compact cotton yarn manufacturer is foraying into technical textiles. Company is investing around Rs. 100 crore in setting up a 4,375 MT per annum green-field facility for technical textiles at Jhalawar, Rajasthan. Company plans to manufacture protective uniforms and functional garments, medical textile, mobiltech, hometech, anti-odour and antibacterial knitted fabric for sports, medical and cosmetic uses in apparel and expand gradually in other products. The company plans to commence commercial production in 12 to 15 months.
Technical Textiles is a high-tech and innovation driven industry which is steadily gaining ground in India. Technical textiles are functional fabrics that have applications across various industries including automobiles, civil engineering, construction, agriculture, healthcare, industrial safety and waste management among others.
Commenting on the development, Mr. Chirag Pittie Director of SVP Global, said "Technical textiles industry is expected to be the next sunshine industry and it is expected to get much needed impetus from production linked incentives announced by the Government recently. Looking at the bright prospects for the industry, the Group decided to enter this field. The new facility is adjacent to our existing facility in Jhalawar (Rajasthan). The expansion will complement our core business and the plant is expected to start commercial operations in 12 to 15 months".
On September 8, Central Government announced an incentive scheme for attracting private investments into the labour-intensive textiles sector including 10 technical textile products. Under the production-linked incentive scheme – the government will offer incentives of around Rs 7,000 crore to man-made fibers and around Rs 4,000 crore to technical textiles. An incentive of 3 per cent to 11 per cent of the annual incremental revenues' for five years will be provided to existing as well as proposed investments in the sector. The industry is expected to see a quantum jump and could reach the size of USD 5 billion in the next 3-5 years.
Maj Gen OP Gulia, SM, VSM (retd) CEO of SVP Global, said, "Capex for the proposed green-field facility for technical textile is expected to be around Rs. 100 crore and will be funded from Internal accruals. Together with Government support and bright prospects for the industry, we expect the forward integration will make significant contributions to the group's topline and margins. We expect revenues of approximately Rs. 175 crores per year from the technical textiles."
Established in 1898, by Shri Vallabh Pittie, SVP Group is primarily engaged in manufacturing of polyester, polyester & cotton blend, and 100% cotton yarn across 3 state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Jhalawar (Rajasthan), Ramnad (Coimbatore) and Sohar (Oman). Company has a vision to become a world-leading, fully integrated textile company in manufacturing yarn, fabric and garments.
The Group has recently commenced commercial operations at its mega textile plant in Oman. It has invested USD 150 million (around Rs. 1,100 crore) in setting up 1.5 lakh spindles and 3,500 rotors facility at Sohar Free Trade Zone in Oman. The expansion offers many strategic operational and logistics benefits over a long period of time. With the completion of expansion at Sohar, the total operational capacity of the company has increased to 4 lakh spindles and 5,900 rotors.
The Company has reported robust financials for the Q1FY22 with net sales of Rs. 412 crore, growth of over 300% Y-o-Y. EBITDA for Q1FY22 stands at Rs. 91 crore (EBITDA Margin of 22.2%) and Net Profit at Rs. 39 crore (PAT Margin of 9.5%). For FY21, company reported total income of Rs. 1422 crore, EBITDA at Rs. 234 crore and PAT at Rs. 25 crore. The order book of the company currently stands at Rs. 5,000 crore which is equivalent to next 2-3 years of revenue.
SVP Global is among top 2% Indian Manufacturers with technology less than 5 years old and output of 153-154 grams per spindle per shift, which is highest in the industry. Company's manufacturing facilities are equipped with latest technology automated machinery equipped with Artificial Intelligence and IOT capabilities from Blow Room to Windling. SVP Global is accredited as an approved supplier for leading brands including IKEA and Zara.
Source: SVP Global Ventures Ltd