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The Garibaldi Towers are two high-rise buildings in Milan. They are next to Porta Garibaldi railway station.
They were built between 1984 and 1992 by the Italian state railways Ferrovie dello Stato to house its offices.
The buildings are 100 meters tall with 25 floors.

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Porta Nuova (Milan)
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List of tallest buildings in Milan

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Kampung Lintang was one of Simunjan's village. It was believed that Kampung Lintang was beside Kampung Kelka. Kampung Lintang has perished after a horrible soil erosion even though some of its houses still stand to this day. Kampung Lintang is located near District Education Office (Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah - PPD) and Abang Man Primary School (SK Abang Man) with Kampung Kelka as well.

The houses that are still standing are renamed and join the Kampung Kelka but some of the houses' residents still call their place as Kampung Lintang.

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When a beautiful new baby arrives friends and relatives shower wonderful gifts on the little one. Gorgeous outfits, keepsakes, photo albums for those special memories, baby toiletries, soft toys and more arrive for the new parents to coo over and enjoy while their little one (hopefully) sleeps.
Others send flowers for Mum and Dad and the mantle piece is full of congratulation cards. Having brought a new life into the world the happy parents quickly realise just how blessed they are, with wonderful friends and family who are generous to a fault. The best present anyone could give to a new parent, whether this baby is the first in the home or not is sleep!
Sadly sleep doesn't come as a gift voucher however this fabulous and well thought out New Baby Hamper is something special just for the new parents to enjoy during those quiet moments when the house sleeps and there is blissful silence for a moment or two. Baby isn't left out as it contains an extremely cute soft cuddly lamb however the rest of the hamper is just for the grown ups. An assortment of chocolates, caramels, toffees and more are all beautifully packaged and ready for the proud new parents to dive into.
As well as making a fabulous post-birth gift this New Baby Hamper would make a wonderful baby shower gift. Traditionally something usually seen in America as opposed to the UK, baby showers are now becoming quite popular here. They give people the opportunity to get together before the baby arrives and the parents are kept busy with the new feeding, changing and sleeping routines. As people bring baby gifts to the shower this parent gift would be a refreshing and much welcomed addition.
Welcoming a new baby into the family is a wonderful experience and one that really should be celebrated. What better way to do so that with this fabulous collection of delicious chocolate goodies?


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Every Friday night there is all you can eat fish & chips! Beer battered with golden russet potatoes and hand-made house speciality coleslaw! Pairs perfectly with a frosty cold specialty IPA draft beer.
Every Saturday we have slow roasted and juicy prime rib dinner. The best around? We will leave that up to you.
Every Saturday after the dinner croud has left, we burn the midnight oil with the soothing sounds of karaoke! Work off all that food and exercise those vocals.


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Home News These Batman Films Will Release to 4k Blu-ray Disc
These Batman Films Will Release to 4k Blu-ray Disc
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But here's hoping the 4k transfers look better than the cover art!
Pre-orders are up for the eighties and nineties series of Batman films including Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), and Batman & Robin (1997) releasing to 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray on June 4. In addition, a bundled 4k Film Collection will release on Sept. 17 with all four singles enclosed in a slipcase.
According to Warner Home Media the movies have been newly remastered in 4k and will each feature upgraded Dolby Atmos soundtracks.
Bonus materials combined add up to over 17 hours of previously released extras, such as full-length commentaries by director Tim Burton on Batman and Batman Returns and director Joel Schumacher on Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. Each combo pack also includes a digitally remastered Blu-ray Disc of the film, along with a digital copy.
But the Blu-ray package art? It just doesn't look finished. Many comments on the web ask who approved the art direction of these new 4k editions. The press release refers to "collectible packaging with new art designed in stunning glossy retro colors reminiscent of the 1980's and 1990's era when the films were originally released in theaters." Well, let's hope the packaging looks better on the shelves. (Scroll down for the rest of the cover art.)
Not all of these films are among favorites for fans of the Batman character and franchise. Batman & Robin, especially, is regarded as one of the worst, if not goofiest Batman films of all time. But Batman stars Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader who many call the best film Batman actor of all time. The movie also features an all-star cast with Jack Nicholson as the Joker, Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale, Billy Dee Williams as Harvey Dent, and Jack Palance as Grissom.
In Batman Returns Keaton reprises his role as Batman but this time is joined by Michelle Pfeiffer who was cast perfectly as Catwoman. Danny DeVito plays the role of Penquin, and Christopher Walken stars as the Tim Burton-created villain Max Shreck.
Batman Forever brought in Val Kilmer as Batman, along with Tommy Lee Jones as "Two-Face" (Harvey Dent), and Jim Carrey as the Riddler. Nicole Kidman stars as Dr. Chase Meridian and Chris O'Donnell as Batman's sidekick Robin (but did Batman need a sidekick?)
It will be interesting to see which of these four Batman films sells the most copies on Ultra HD Blu-ray. We would guess either Batman or Batman Returns given the Keaton factor. Right now Amazon has Batman listed higher than the other titles in their "Featured" pre-orders list.
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Large orders for actuators expert
Some of the Rotork pneumatic actuators manufactured in Lucca for the Freeport LNG project
Control packages using Rotork branded products have been designed and manufactured in Houston
The Freeport LNG project in Texas is a major undertaking that is transforming an import terminal into a natural gas liquefaction and liquefied natural gas export facility that will be the largest in the USA.
Rotork is supplying several hundred pneumatic actuators on the project for valves in sizes up to 1,730 mm (68"). The largest of these require the direct mounting of GP-350 spring-return actuators measuring 5.8m in length and weighing 9 tonnes. The pneumatic actuators were manufactured in Lucca and shipped to Houston, where the packaged control panels were designed and manufactured using Rotork branded products. These included Soldo switchboxes, YTC and Fairchild boosters and Midland-ACS filter regulators and pilot valves.
Most of the applications are in aggressive and challenging environments demanding corrosion resistant, proven and reliable product solutions that can be configured to suit diverse requirements including fire-proofing.
Specifications include on-board control panels for failsafe operation, partial stroke testing and closed-loop feedback systems. The successful fulfilment of these challenges with all-Rotork products is an illustration of the company's comprehensive scope of supply and the synergy between its different divisions, offices and manufacturing plants around the world.
The Freeport LNG project is a joint venture between CB & I (Chicago Bridge & Iron Company), Zachry Group and Chiyoda International Corporation. Construction of liquefaction trains 1, 2 and 3 is well under way with commercial operation of the first train expected in 2018.
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Coca-Cola finds innovation with start-ups
The odds of a 129-year-old mega corporation unearthing innovative ideas or technology in-house are virtually impossible
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Tel Aviv has a lively tech start-up scene. Boehme enthusiastically lists Tel Aviv's winning traits: five per cent of the population has PhDs; one start-up for every 1,800 Israelis; world leader in patents per capita; and world leader in research and development spending. Best of all, it's under the radar.
"Tel Aviv won't have the Wall Street Journal covering you every day," Boehme says.
After stints as an incubator and accelerator, Coca-Cola settled on being a start-up mentor that works with venture capital firms, not competes with them. Coca-Cola brings Israeli start-ups to the United States for training and expansion. Tapping its awesome marketing and branding expertise, Coca-Cola shows start-ups how to tell their stories to investors and customers and create buzz. Coca-Cola introduces start-ups to its partners in the supply chain, including giant retailer Walmart.
Even Coca-Cola's tech partners, such as Amazon, Google, Cisco and Microsoft, will throw in free technology for start-ups.
"We're a great launch customer," Boehme says. "We can try things anywhere in the world, see if it works, take it somewhere and scale it."
Today, Coca-Cola is looking at start-ups in five areas: customer engagement, consumer retail, supply chain, marketing, and health and wellness.
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In a way, Boehme's start-up mentorship program itself is an example of innovation. Coca-Cola wanted to be first in its market with unique technology, and Boehme struck upon a wholly new way (and place) to make this happen. He didn't follow an existing model, rather he made it up and pivoted as the program took shape.
The idea of being first may seem a bit startling to traditionally risk-adverse CIOs, yet it's something CIOs must get over to become innovators.
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TEDxDrogheda is a nonprofit organization. Our event is run solely by a team of dedicated volunteers, and money collected from ticket fees is allocated back to the conference to support costs for venue, design and food at the event. Charging a fee means that TEDxDrogheda can become a more self-sufficient organization, ensuring that TEDxDrogheda programming and events can be sustained into the future and that we can continue to reach new and broader audiences.
The TEDxDrogheda team is working hard to provide refreshments during our "engagement breaks". Coffee/Tea and biscuits will be included in the price of your ticket. The bar will be open at TEDxDrogheda 2017.
No shoes, no shirt. No service! There really isn't a dress code, except that pretty much no one wears ties at TED or TEDx events. Jeans are great and attire slightly dressier works too. Personal expressions of style are welcome and encouraged. We ask that you refrain from wearing tall hats since it might block the view of the person in front of you.
Do you have a date set for TEDxDrogheda in 2018?
I would like to speak or perform at TEDxDrogheda – how can I apply?
Please apply here. Deadline for submissions: 30th September 2017.
What is TEDxDrogheda participant profile?
We aim to reach a diversified and balanced audience from a variety of fields and professions, such as: Social activists, change makers, inventors, students, entrepreneurs, hi- tech, philanthropy, science, technology, entertainment, design, education and more.
How many minutes can a TEDx talk be?
Format: Modeled after the TED format, TEDx events are a suite of short, carefully prepared talks, demonstrations and performances on a wide range of subjects to foster learning, inspiration and wonder – and to provoke conversations that matter.
The typical presentation should be an up to 15-minute talk by a single presenter.
The speakers are selected by the program committee, which consist of a group of well connected people with various backgrounds. This ensures a spread in the selection and also an unbiased program. They collect all topics and ideas they want to hear more about, as well as take suggestions of names they feel can give a good presentation about something new and exciting. A shortlist of speakers is created after 1-min introduction videos are sent to the committee. In the end – usually after 1-2 months of work and meetings – a list is ready. The speakers are then invited.
How are the speakers paid?
TED does not pay its speakers, and TEDx events are expected to adhere to the same guideline. If the event has sufficient sponsorship, we are permitted and encouraged to reimburse speakers for their airfare and hotel costs (if applicable).
Who owns a TEDx video?
All TEDx videos are collaboratively shared under a Creative Commons license. Speakers are end responsible for the content of the message and material used in the talk.
Why can sponsors not speak at a TEDx events?
At all TED/TEDx events there is a clear division between sponsorship and editorial. Allowing a sponsor to speak at TEDxDrogheda will severely compromise the integrity of the event and the whole TEDx program. Allowing a sponsor to present at TEDxDrogheda will result in the cancellation of our TEDx license.
Does TED financially support TEDx events?
No. TED Conferences and TEDx do not financially support any events. All funding is self-organized.
Can TEDxDrogheda be used to make money for the organizers?
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Can TEDxDrogheda be used as a fundraiser?
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Can TEDxDrogheda accept funding for the event from its speakers?
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Is the TEDx organizer paid?
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Organizers may only feature one or two brief slides with sponsor logos on the TEDx stage, and only during the short time when they are thanking their sponsors.
Without any permanent place for sponsor logos on the main stage, what kind of exposure do sponsors receive at the event?
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Can we sell mugs, t-shirts or posters at our event?
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13-year-old boy does yard work, trades in Xbox to buy his mom a car
Posted 11:58 AM, April 2, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire
FERNLEY, Nevada - A 13-year-old boy in Nevada did yard work and even traded in his Xbox to surprise his single mother with a car.
KOLO reports that Krystal Preston and her son, William, recently started over from scratch with their family, which includes two other children and three dogs. William is the oldest.
"At my low point, here comes my son," said Krystal. "Everybody goes through rough patches in their life, but there is good that can come from any situation as long as somebody with a heart does it. He was tired of seeing me cry."
Outside of school, William does yard and housework for people in the community to make a little extra money.
"I saw people on YouTube where they get their mom a car and then surprise their mom with that car, and then I wanted to do that," he said.
He turned to Facebook, where he saw a woman was selling a white Chevy Metro.
"It was really cheap, so I asked her if I could trade it for my Xbox or earn it, and at first she said no, and then she thought about it, and then she said yes."
Krystal said her son kept asking her "odd questions" about vehicles and vehicle parts.
"I was like, OK, why? What?" she said.
He eventually told her what he'd done.
"I said 'mom, I got you a car,' and then she said 'no you didn't', and then I said I did, and she didn't believe me," said William. "She picked us up, and we went to her house, and then I said 'mom, there's your car'."
Krystal said she broke down crying.
"I lost it," she said. "I was like, there's no way. What 13-year-old do you know buys their mom a car. I don't know any. Never heard of any."
Krystal said she is in awe of what her son did for her.
"I can't even express it," she said. "There's no words that can express my gratitude and how proud I am."
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It was a pleasure receiving Jack Ma today at the office.
Thank you for acknowledging Nigeria's role in Africa and the world.
By leading a team of investors to Nigeria, I hope you see as we do, investment opportunities in Africa's digital economy, infrastructure and her people.
By linking our ports to rail lines and now, building the rolling stock locally, import and export business within and outside of Africa's largest market will be completely transformed.
When completed, it is expected that the plant would produce some parts of the wagons for the Lagos – Ibadan and Abuja – Kaduna rail lines, but also for the central rail lines and to satisfy the needs of other rail operators within the West-African sub-region.
Secondly, the citing of the plant here and the commitment to hiring Nigerians and Nigerian businesses affirms the Presidents directives in Executive Order 5 on prioritizing Nigerians and Nigerian businesses in the innovation, production & procurement of engineering projects.
The President expects that this will move on very quickly to the next phase which is the assembly and construction of coaches.
Listening to Eseoghene Gift Adiomamore, I was once again reminded of the entrepreneurial spirit and relentless grit of the Nigerian people.
Ese is a 2016 N-Agro Beneficiary who became Founder of a
Cooperative of over 12,000 farmers across 25 LGAs in Delta State.
The Cooperative known as the NPower Agro Farmers Association creates market linkages between farmers, between the farmers and agencies that help sustain agricultural growth and development and between farmers and private financial groups as well as manufacturers.
This incredible lady through her work has aided thousands of farmers across the entire state with training, financing, quality seedlings which boosts their businesses.
I am very proud of you Eseoghene!
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Today, I received a delegation from the UN Women led by Åsa Regnér, Deputy Executive Director for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships. We discussed how the UN and the FG can further collaborate on issues of gender equality including girl-child education.
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Professor Yemi Osinbajo is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Senior Partner in the Law firm of SimmonsCooper Partners. Yemi Osibanjo is a professor of law and was the head of department of Public Law at the University of Lagos (1997-1999). He has also held teaching positions at the Lagos State University (LASU) and Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ogun State.
Previously served as the Special Adviser to the Attorney General of Nigeria (1988-1992), he later became the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State in 1999 reappointed for a second term in 2003. During the period of his public service, he commenced the Lagos State justice reform project. A prominent feature of that project was the establishment of the Directorate for Citizens' Rights (DCR) which provides free legal services and legal representation to indigent citizens of the state. This initiative gave a voice to many who would otherwise not have a way to access their rights.
Prior to that appointment, Osinbajo, a Professor of Law, was the Head of Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos.
He is also the Ethics Adviser to the Advisory Board of the African Development Bank and is a non-executive Director of Citibank. He has served in various roles within the United Nations, United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations, the United Nations African Institute for Crime Prevention, the International Criminal court for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, the department of Peacekeeping operations and the United Nations Peace Operations in Somalia.
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Pakistani drug trafficker to be extradited to the US
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The Mozambican Attorney-General's Office (PGR) announced on Friday that the Supreme Court has agreed to the PGR's request to extradite a Pakistani citizen, Tanveer Ahmed, to the United States, where he faces charge of drug trafficking.
Ahmed, also known as "Galby", will be tried by the South Texas district court and, if found guilty, could face a sentence of 40 years imprisonment.
The Texas court issued an international arrest warrant on 21 December 2018. Four people were named on the warrant, including Tanveer Ahmed, who was said to be living in the southern Mozambican city of Matola.
Ahmed has been in difficulties with the Mozambican authorities too, and was arrested in 2018 in the northern province of Cabo Delgado on drug charges. But, to the obvious annoyance of the Public Prosecutor's Office a court in the provincial capital, Pemba, acquitted him, on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
This came as a surprise since, in October 2018, the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) announced that Ahmed, two Tanzanians and a Kenyan had been arrested in possession of 34 kilos of cocaine and about two kilos of hashish.
"In collaboration with the other defence and security forces, SERNIC has been monitoring this group, and we were able to arrest them red-handed in Cabo Delgado province", said SERNIC spokesperson, Leonardo Simbine.
Police investigations, he continued, led to the conclusion that the Pakistani was in charge of the group. Simbine said he was a drug baron who operated throughout southern Africa, and was wanted in several countries in the region.
Despite the acquittal, the Cabo Delgado authorities did not release Ahmed. "We have received an international arrest warrant issued by the United States", Cabo Delgado attorney Armando Wilson told reporters. "And we are now working with the court to execute this international warrant".
The Supreme Court initially decided on 15 May last year, in response to a PGR request, that Ahmed should be extradited. Although there is no extradition treaty between Mozambique and the US, the Court decided that the case falls under the United Nations Convention on the Illicit Traffic in Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances. In the absence of an extradition treaty, the Convention may be considered the legal basis for extradition.
Before taking its decision, the Supreme Court received assurances from the United States that Ahmed would face neither the death penalty nor life imprisonment.
Implementing the 15 May decision was delayed, because Ahmed appealed. But on 9 December Ahmed dropped his appeal. Although only made public now, the Supreme Court reiterated its extradition ruling on 18 December.
The PGR added that, since there are no further routes of appeal, measures are now being taken to hand Tanveer Ahmed over to the US authorities.
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In June, the thin, transparent plastic trays that fit over her top and bottom teeth was available in the mail. McKinney is resolving the series slowly, swapping the very first set for the next, and the next, as her teeth move. It'll take about 9 months in all. However after 3 months of wearing these trays almost every day and night, McKinney is delighted about displaying her new smile (Smile Direct Club Yeartogrin).
Danny Menendez/ BuzzFeed News Inside among SmileDirectClub's New york city City locations. SmileDirectClub's organisation model seems working. Align Innovation– the business that makes Invisalign, SmileDirect's main rival– invested $46.7 million to end up being SmileDirect's unique provider last year, and this year invested another $12.8 million, to own an overall of 19% of the company.
Meanwhile, lookalikes have actually launched with comparable services: Orthly, introduced by two University of Pennsylvania students, now provides services to clients in Philadelphia, and Honest Co. released in New york city this summertime. A SmileDirect client can be matched with among 225 associated dentists or orthodontists in all 50 states. These oral experts remotely review patient cases and then create the aligners that SmileDirect sends in the mail.
The company declined to call any of the doctor within its network, and would not supply information about its financial relationships with them. "Basically they are gathering payments and paying us marketing fees," Fenkell said."I think that claim is rather phony," AAO's general counsel Dillard stated. "The consumers don't even see a dental expert.
(SmileDirectClub has a two-star score on Yelp.) And numerous expert dentists are alarmed that clients never see a certified physician before or throughout their treatment."It blew my mind," Casi Stubbs, a Florida orthodontist and member of the American Association of Orthodontists, informed BuzzFeed News. Like normal orthodontists, SmileDirect's dental professionals base their prescriptions on computer system simulations of mouth scans.
"The teeth do not move biologically like they do on the computer system," Stubbs stated. One of her clients, 60-year-old Charlene Burnham, is a SmileDirect client whose too-tight aligners cut her gums, exposing part of her tooth near the root. Burnham told BuzzFeed News she spent a week trying– and failing– to talk to a SmileDirect dental professional on the phone, then went to Stubbs for help."They were bleeding, they were cut to the root," Burnham said.
"I was appalled."A SmileDirect agent told BuzzFeed News by email that company-affiliated dental experts "track the patient's progress throughout treatment at regular periods."The company "assists in the interactions" of clients and dental providers, the representative said. "Oral service providers communicate directly with clients through the consumer website and via SMS or phone when proper or suggested."In a YouTube video that's been seen over 21,000 times given that June, Baltimore orthodontist Jeffrey Miller warned people far from the service, saying that no orthodontist would ever recommend aligners without first taking the X-rays that SmileDirect skips.
(The video was removed after this story published.)Grant Olson, a dental practitioner in Springfield, Missouri, told BuzzFeed News that the company's product marketing, which compares itself with orthodontist-fitted Invisalign, is deceiving. Unlike Invisalign trays, which orthodontists can optimize by sticking special attachments on a tooth, SmileDirect's product is limited to very slight corrections: The aligners can correct a tilt, but can't move a tooth's orientation or position together with its root.
He explained that SmileDirect-affiliated orthodontists only approve cases that are appropriate for a remote assessment and do not need follow-up oral visits (Smile Direct Club Yeartogrin). Laws for dental professionals differ throughout states, however there are some common themes in the 36 complaints sent out by the AAO: Some states think about making impressions and supplying retainers to be the function of a licensed medical professional, however SmileDirectClub generally supplies those services.
AAO basic counsel Dillard also informed BuzzFeed News that the business's organisation model incentivizes dentists associated with SmileDirect to recommend the trays even if they aren't required. Danny Menendez/ BuzzFeed News Although the business hasn't drew in the attention of regulators yet, consumer grievances abound online. TL; DR: Prepare for a bumpy ride.
The huge majority of clients in these groups resign themselves to handling the snags since there are simply no other options (Smile Direct Club Yeartogrin)."If you can be client, desire an affordable strategy, SDC IS properly to go! Having a positive attitude and being patient goes a LONG method," Melanie Masso wrote to BuzzFeed News.
For many other consumers, the trip is a bust. Seattle resident Melissa Gulick told BuzzFeed News that at the end of nearly a year of treatment, the aligners have destroyed her bite: Her front teeth touch prior to her molars can make contact (Smile Direct Club Yeartogrin). "I'm pretty irritated– food is tough to chew now and they will not repair it!"Gulick said that after problems to the company, SmileDirectClub consented to continue treatment totally free.
When inquired about grievances that the trays destroyed customers' bites, a SmileDirect representative informed BuzzFeed News: "Over 95% of our clients total treatment and accept their finished brand-new smile. It's crucial to bear in mind that with any orthodontic treatment, bites will continue to shift up until the treatment is completed."Another customer, 24-year-old Drexel College student Kacie Durham, told BuzzFeed News that SmileDirectClub sent her a simulated treatment strategy that made her teeth look worse."It really made my teeth appear more crooked at the bottom," she said.
Durham returned her trays and used for a refund. Later on, an orthodontist not connected with the business informed her that her teeth would need to be filed and shaped before they could be lined up. Durham felt deceived: SmileDirect had actually authorized her for a treatment that would never ever have actually worked."If a prospective consumer is dissatisfied with the 3d preview of his or her smile, there is no responsibility to buy aligners," the SmileDirectClub agent said (Smile Direct Club Yeartogrin).
Minelle Tendler, a Boca Raton orthodontist, signed up with one of the biggest Facebook groups, the 11,800-member SmileDirectClub Support, after two of her patients asked about the product. In perusing the posts that appear in her Facebook feed, Tendler stated that she's not seen anybody say they have actually been able to speak with a dental practitioner at the business.
"You're asking someone who has no oral background, 'Is this going to work?'"More than as soon as, Tendler has actually stopped short of replying to threads on the forum. She rests on her hands since the patients are not hers. "I'm taking a look at the images and thinking, Oh my god, you need to get teeth taken out, do not do it."Mostly, she is worried that people who are charmed by SmileDirectClub's low rate aren't completely knowledgeable about the downsides of avoiding a dental go to.
A previous variation of this article misidentified him as an orthodontist. Align Innovation owns 19% of SmileDirectClub. A previous variation of this story mentioned it was 17%. Also, SmileDirectClub started operating in North Carolina in early October. A previous version of this story, based upon an August interview with cofounder Alex Fenkell, said that the company was not running in North Carolina.
Mail-in aligners may appear like a great choice for a slight repair. But remember you're not the specialist on how very little a repair your teeth need. "It's tough to go from something that's 90% great to make it 100% ideal; in my experience, I find that these are the harder cases," Dr.
The results of using unnoticeable aligners can be extremely unpredictable, due to the fact that some people respond well to them and others will not. "It's extremely hard to monitor this on your own, because– like everything in medication– not everybody responds the exact same," he says. The genuine difficulty comes with determining how to correct your smile if you're not responding correctly to the retainers, he says.


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House GOP appallingly votes to conceal cost of Obamacare repeal to taxpayers
A line sneakily inserted into the new House rules package exempts the Congressional Budget Office from doing a standard 10-year cost analysis on a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, thus seeking to conceal the cost to taxpayers of taking away their health insurance.
As House Republicans voted on the new congressional rules package for the 115th Congress, many passages drew controversy, including a provision to unconstitutionally fine legislators for taking video footage on the House floor, and an attempt to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics.
But one passage made it through without attention from the corporate media: A provision that distorts the analysis of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office for political gain.
On page 25 of the final rules package Republicans adopted this year, a subsection instructs the director of the Congressional Budget Office to perform a 10-year cost analysis of each bill reported by the House:
(1) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare an estimate of whether a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, would cause, relative to current law, a net increase in direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10 fiscal year periods beginning with the first fiscal year that is 10 fiscal years after the current fiscal year.
But on the next page (emphasis added):
(4) LIMITATION.—This subsection shall not apply to any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon—
(A) repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010;
(B) reforming the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010; or
(C) for which the chair of the Committee on the Budget has made an adjustment to the allocations, levels, or limits contained in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
In other words, the new Republican rules package specifically instructs the CBO not to say how much it would cost to repeal Obamacare.
It is worth pointing out that the last time the CBO did a cost analysis of repealing Obamacare, in 2015, they found that it would increase the deficit by $353 billion. That is important, because Republicans are hoping to repeal much of Obamacare using budget reconciliation, which requires any legislation that increases the deficit to expire after 10 years.
House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal.
— Rep. Keith Ellison (@keithellison) January 5, 2017
This is not the first time that Republicans have changed CBO analysis rules to support their partisan agenda. Two years ago, Republicans started requiring the CBO to "dynamically score" tax cuts to assume they will increase gross domestic product, making them look like they cost less than they actually do.
The CBO is meant to be a nonpartisan agency, using a balanced analysis to judge the cost of any proposed bill. But Republicans are subtly rigging the budget reports to omit inconvenient information. We cannot allow lawmakers to hide their own fiscal recklessness from the public.
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Welcome to the Disney Parks Moms Panel, Francoise!
I don't know about you, but my favorite souvenirs from my vacations are the photos taken during the trip. I love being able to relive those special moments and memories made for years to come! I especially love my Walt Disney World Resort vacation family photos, captured by Disney's PhotoPass photographers. Seeing my little mouseketeers grow up at the most magical place on earth makes my heart happy!
Francoise, it sounds like you are asking if it's possible to upload your personal photos to your My Disney Experience account to edit them with Disney's PhotoPass editing tools. Unfortunately, that option is currently not available. You're not the first guest to wonder about this, so maybe this is something that will be added in the future! But as Timon and Pumbaa would say, Hakuna Matata; no worries! With so many PhotoPass photographers throughout the resort, you will end up with tons of great photos to choose from and edit by adding some of that Disney magic that will make them even more special!
Another idea for you! I have created fun photobooks via third party sites like Shutterfly that have super fun Disney styles to choose from. You could add both your Memory Maker pictures and personal ones to create a magical keepsake!
Have fun sorting through all your magical memories captured! If you have any additional questions, be sure to come back and bring them our way.
On 1/7/2018 Bettye from AR Asked: When does a memory maker expire?
On 1/6/2018 Laura from TX Asked: I only want to purchase a couple of the pictures taken while we were at Disney World, all of our photos are on our magic bands. Can we just request a couple pictures even though we aren't on site now?
On 1/6/2018 Mary ann from IN Asked: I have photos in my photopass that aren't mine. Can I delete these?


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iNXT 3.0 is a complete rewrite from the ground up, and it took a lot longer than I wanted it to, but those other projects and obligations kept stealing attention from it. This new version has all the major feature of the previous versions, as well as support for the EV3.
It supports some more sensor types, and has a more refined interface, the actions you can do on a file for instance are now just a swipe away. Additionally, while I still can't do direct bluetooth connection to the NXT, and I haven't gotten approval (yet) for direct bluetooth connection to the EV3, there is support for direct wifi connection to the EV3 using a Lego supported wifi adapter.
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Nicki Minaj's Albums, Ranked
By Noor Lobad
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We're ranking Nicki Minaj's four studio albums from worst to best.
The rap game has historically been a Boy's Club. Even after the emergence of female rap legends such as Lil' Kim, Missy Elliot, Salt-N-Pepa, and Lauryn Hill, men still dominated the upper echelon of hip-hop, while women in the industry remained largely seen and not heard. The "video vixen" ideal that emerged in the '90s is still omnipresent as ever, with half-naked, submissive women being as much of a staple to hip-hop music videos and performances as the music itself. Many female rappers have stepped up to the plate and challenged this status quo, using their sexuality to sell their own music, rather than that of their male counterparts. Among them are the aforementioned rappers, and modern-day hip-hop monarch, Nicki Minaj.
Despite the prevalent hyper-sexualization of women in rap, Minaj's reclamation of her own sexuality has often been used by the public as a way to discredit her. At no point has this criticism stopped the 37-year-old emcee from dominating airwaves with her spellbinding lyrical prowess, however. The MVP of modern female rap, Minaj has opened the door for the avalanche of female rappers now entering the game, such as Megan Thee Stallion, Rico Nasty, Saweetie, Doja Cat, and yes, even her adversary, Cardi B.
When Minaj outperformed Jay Z, Kanye West, and Rick Ross on West's 2010 track, "Monster," she proved she could outshine even the industry's finest. Her verse was crowned the best rap verse of 2010, cementing the words "Feat. Nicki Minaj" a surefire marker of a song's quality, a sentiment that has stood the test of time. Since then, Minaj has released four albums and countless features, amassing about a dozen alter egos in the process, including Harajuku Barbie, Roman, Nicki Lewinski, Nicki The Boss, Chun-Li, and Martha Zolanski.
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On September 30th, Minaj rang in the latest era of her life— motherhood. Granted, she's been calling fellow rappers her sons for the past decade, but Minaj has now given birth to an actual son, months after dropping some of the most iconic pregnancy photoshoot pics hip-hop has ever seen. In honor of the vast contributions Minaj has made not only to female rap, but rap as a whole during her 10-year reign, we're celebrating this milestone by putting together a ranking of the hip-hop mogul's studio albums.
Count down with us from worst to best-- and let us know if you agree.
4. Queen (2018)
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Lauded by mentor Lil Wayne as "one of her best albums yet" prior to its release, Queen didn't quite obtain the success Minaj had foreseen, which can partially be attributed to the muddled rollout of the album. Minaj dropped off singles "Chun-Li" and "Barbie Tingz" in quick succession prior to the release, a wise choice as they ended up being the album's standout tracks. In the songs, Minaj marks her return the way everybody expected her to— by addressing the rise of Cardi B since her last album release in 2014. Despite never calling Cardi out by name, it's pretty clear who Minaj was referring to when she rapped about, "cutting a b*tch," in "Barbie Tingz," hurling accusations that her music and look were being stolen by another.
None of this is to say that the album flopped, however— the album was met with commercial success, to be sure, but it still fell short of sky-high the bar Minaj continuously raises for herself. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 200, fumbling the No. 1 spot to Travis Scott's Astroworld. This loss brought out the Twitter fingers, with Minaj airing Scott out for "using" his baby mama Kylie Jenner, and their daughter, Stormi, to promote his merch bundles, and in the process, she may have very well hurt her own sales even further. Minaj also blamed Spotify for allegedly sabotaging the ad campaign of the album as "punishment" for the fact that she briefly previewed a snippet of the album on her Apple Music show, Queen Radio. Minaj capped off her largely one-sided spats by stressing that she put "blood, sweat, and tears" into the album, ultimately likening herself to Harriet Tubman.
Due to its profound messiness, the album's rollout has become an inextricable part of the album itself. Regardless, fans were elated to see Minaj reacquaint herself with her aggressive, rapid-fire flow on tracks like "Good Form," "Majesty," and "LLC," however an equal number felt Minaj's overall narrative on the album contradicted her long-standing identity as a feminist champion. Between her seeming desperation to find someone to blame for the album's anticlimactic reception, to the fact that most songs on the album serve only to tear other women down, it seemed as though Queen was little more than an ego-stroking projection of Minaj's own insecurities.
3. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded/The Re-Up (2012)
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Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded was all gas, no brakes. Much to the dismay of hip-hop purists, Minaj occupied nearly every lane in existence on the 19-track, 69-minute album— rap, pop, R&B, even dabbling in dancehall on her track "Gun Shot," featuring Beenie Man. Utilizing her silver tongue to deliver scathing lashes to her naysayers, Minaj's rambunctious energy was unfaltering throughout the entirety of the project. Initially released with the intention of shutting down critics who insisted Minaj was diverting from hip-hop in favor of pop stardom, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded ended up doing nearly the opposite. However, Minaj's (somewhat pop-leaning) marriage of the two genres worked remarkably well on the album, proving that the criticism may not have been warranted in the first place.
The Re-Up, released seven months after the initial album, added eight additional tracks to the project, including hits, "Va Va Voom" and "The Boys" featuring Cassie. "The Boys" was a rollercoaster of genre-mixing in and of itself, with bouts of acoustic guitar and Cassie's soothing vocals plopped between Minaj's razor-sharp bars and thundering beats. Albeit, some found fault in Minaj's continued tendency to rhyme words with themselves (see: "I Endorse These Strippers"), the album remained devoid of filler tracks, balancing out the initial release by mixing hard and soft seamlessly.
The album's frenzied vigor was exactly what fans wanted from the project, and Minaj overzealously delivered, going absolutely berserk and delivering incessantly brash lyrics throughout. Admittedly, Minaj's sophomore album gave listeners a lot to digest. Thankfully, Minaj fans who prefer her rap side, and Minaj fans who prefer her pop sound, both agreed that the album was worth the long listen.
2. Pinkprint (2014)
One of the most common critiques of Minaj's music is that it is shallow and impersonal. Marking the beginning of a new era in her music, Pinkprint changed that perception. On Pinkprint, Minaj stripped down her flamboyant demeanor and garish wigs, showcasing her hardly-seen emotional side. Given that she is one of the few rappers who is simultaneously regarded as one of the best of all time, yet paradoxically always tasked with re-proving herself as an artist (every time another female rapper emerges, it seems), it makes sense that she's not one to let her guard down often. However, Minaj proved she does vulnerability just as well as she does carefree, cartoonish exaggeration on soul-bearing Pinkprint tracks like "Bed of Lies" and "All Things Go."
Nicki straddled the line between rap and pop often on Pinkprint, delivering melancholic bars over sparky, energetic beats. Leaving her tenacious alter egos behind entirely, Onika Maraj herself took center stage on Pinkprint, chronicling the ups and downs of her personal life. Minaj delved into the sorrows and regrets that have haunted her perpetually on opening tracks "All Things Go," "I Lied," and "The Crying Game." In "All Things Go," Minaj discloses the guilt she felt for the death of her cousin, Nicholas Telemaque, in 2011 due to "a senseless act of violence", which she felt she could have prevented by taking him in: "His sister said he wanted to stay with me, but I didn't invite him… yes, I get it, I get it was all me; I pop a pill and remember the look in his eyes the last day he saw me." Minaj also sheds light on the demise of her relationship with ex-boyfriend of eleven years, Safaree Samuels, upon her rise to fame, saying their love faded once Minaj began attaining material success.
In addition, the album contained upbeat, light-hearted tracks "The Night Is Still Young," "Anaconda," and "Trini Dem Girls," the latter of which contains one of Minaj's raunchiest hooks to date. Showcasing a mixture of weepy ballads and sanguine, ego-drunk convictions, Minaj does it all on Pinkprint, oscillating between being cocky and humble, bossed-up and broken, in an unerring demonstration of the complexities of adulthood. Paying homage to Jay-Z's The Blueprint, Pinkprint is a testament to Minaj's versatility. The album features powerhouses Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, Drake, and Weezy F Baby himself, all of whom rose to the occasion and further added to the eminence of the album.
1. Pink Friday (2010)
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Freshly signed to Lil Wayne's Young Money Records the year prior, Minaj released her debut studio album, Pink Friday, in November 2010. Incorporating both singing and rapping— a union that would soon become Minaj's trademark— the album was full of Minaj's now-signature double entendres and comical accents. The album established Minaj in a unique lane-- there weren't many other, if any, dominant female rappers at the time-- and solidified her first mega-hit, "Super Bass," which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest any solo female artist's song had ranked since Missy Elliot's "Work It" in 2002. Songs like "Your Love" and "Wave Ya Hand" demonstrated Minaj's knack for internal rhymes and contrasted her captivating ferocity on "Did It On'em" and "Blow Ya Mind." The numbers don't lie, either: Pink Friday peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and garnered three Grammy nominations, in addition to the accolades the album still receives to this day.
Even in the midst of her Barbie madness, Minaj still managed to embody an endearing girl-next-door persona on tracks "Save Me" and "Right Thru Me," jumping octaves and effortlessly switching gears from her harsh delivery. Although the album featured some at-times lackluster beats, Minaj's lyrical dexterity more than redeemed the project, with her rattling off boasts, taunts, and heartfelt desires at warp speed throughout. Minaj's skillful genre-bending musicality is what defines the project, however, establishing the upcoming rapper as a hip-hop and pop heavyweight.
The album was jam-packed with hits, birthing six Top 10 singles on the U.S. rap chart, including "Fly," with Rihanna. Produced by "A Milli" producer, Bangladesh, "Did It On'em" was one of the album's most prominent tracks, alongside "Super Bass." Minaj delivered both poignant sentiments as well supercilious hooks in her introductory album, which is an undoubted cultural phenomenon. The album wonderfully employed wordplay, wit, and just the right amount of vulgarity to deliver Minaj's overarching message: she's the best.
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The project combines memories of the teen known as K.C. and the things he loved, with a strong message about the effects of gun violence.
And teachers hope it will also help his loved ones heal.
"Some of (the art) is more literal, and some is more symbolic," said Christi Smith, who teaches art at Charlotte United and called K.C. one of her favorite students.
She said one reason she encouraged students to embark on the project last September was to help them work out complex feelings of loss.
"It's been good for them to creatively work through their loss. It's a way to unconsciously search through or force yourself to look through things that, most times, humans would be tempted to repress," she said.
K.C. was a popular student at Charlotte United – a football star who befriended people from diverse backgrounds. He loved cars and dreamed of studying automotive technology, his mom said. He hoped one day to work on drag racers.
He was beaten then shot to death because he wouldn't tell another teenager his name, police say.
The act of perceived disrespect happened in front of a girl in the Bradfield Farms subdivision in northeast Charlotte. On Sept. 15, a day after the confrontation, police say five teens mobilized to fight Curry.
One boy brought a gun and Curry was shot, bleeding to death along the same quiet street where neighbors frequently saw him tinkering with his souped-up BMW.
Police say Curry didn't know the people accused of killing him. All five have been charged with first-degree murder.
Students held a prayer vigil, and a memorial at the school drew 150 people, but Curry's death still stung.
Sarah was part of a group that made "Stop the Violence" signs and posters, then engaged in a mock protest that was photographed in Matthews.
K.C.'s mom, Benita Turner, celebrated her first Mother's Day since her son died on Sunday. She said that, for her, the exhibit isn't just about healing.
"It showed me how much people still care for him – just how much they still thought about him, just how much he meant to all of them, just how much of an impact he had on all of them," she said.


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Australia's economy is slowing: what you need to know
Written by The Conversation
Treasurer Joe Hockey said Australia is not heading for a recession.AAP Image/Dean Lewins
Australia's economy grew by just 0.2% in the June quarter, below expectations of 0.4%, largely as a result of reduced mining and construction activity and a decline in exports of 3% during the quarter.
Nominal Gross Domestic Product grew by 1.8% during the year, which the Australian Bureau of Statistics said was "the weakest growth in nominal GDP since 1961-62". Despite this, Australia has now recorded 24 straight years of growth.
The news has some analysts and economists spooked, and politicians blaming each other for the slowdown.
Treasurer Joe Hockey said:
At a time when other commodity based economies like Canada and Brazil are in recession, the Australian economy is continuing to grow at a rate that meets and sometimes beats our most recent budget forecasts.
He also said it was "factually wrong" to say it was the weakest growth since 1961.
The fact is that the economic growth we had in the last quarter was in line with expectations. Of course it bounces around from quarter to quarter, but it was in line with our overarching expectation to have two and a half per cent growth in the last financial year.
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said:
Growth has flat-lined since the Abbott government's first damaging budget last year and cost of living pressures are continuing to increase. This is the biggest quarterly decline in living standards since the global financial crisis.
This is a very weak set of figures and for the government to cast around for international comparisons to try and make it sound better is a pretty pathetic excuse.
The Treasurer says Australia is still doing better than Canada, Brazil, the US and New Zealand. How should people view these numbers in a global context? To what extent is the slowing rate of growth due to global economic headwinds, and to what extent is it due to domestic factors?
Griffith Business School Professor Fabrizio Carmignani answers:
In the past, the Australian economy has proved to be quite resilient to global economic shocks. Today we are facing what could be potentially a perfect storm.
For one thing, international commodities prices are very volatile and have resulted in a sharp contraction of Australian's terms of trade. For another, China is going through a complicated economic phase and it is not, at this moment, the same solid anchor for the Australian economy as it might have been previously. So, it is not surprising to see that on a seasonally adjusted basis, quarterly growth in Australia has been oscillating between 0.2% and 0.3% for the last five quarters.
We owe it to some good old Keynesian stimulus on the demand side (read: government consumption and to a lesser extent public gross fixed capital formation) if we are not entering a technical recession.
The comparison with Canada, on surface, is favourable to Australia. Canada has officially entered a recession after recording two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth in the first half of 2015. This is essentially due to low oil prices. However, according to media reports, Canada is still committed to achieving a target of annual growth of 2.5% this year, which is exactly what the Treasurer has stated for Australia. So, it seems to me that the difference between Australia and Canada here is thinner that what might appear at first sight. A fraction of a percentage point below or above the zero growth line is not really indicative of substantially different structural positions.
Both Australia and Canada are facing similar challenges in terms of diversification. The current "crisis" to me shows that these challenges are still far from being fully addressed in both countries.
Australia has had 24 years of consistent growth. How much of this can we attribute to the mining boom? And given the cyclical nature of the economy, can we expect a downturn?
Griffith University Professor Tony Makin answers:
Australia has performed relatively well compared to other OECD economies over recent decades, though did actually experience a recession during the GFC according to income and production measures of GDP.
Taking population growth into account, Australia's economic performance since the global financial crisis has been worse than the raw GDP numbers show. On a per capita basis, national income has grown on average below one per cent per annum, less than half the almost two and a half per cent per head per annum average rate in the decade before the GFC.
The extraordinary boost to the terms of trade from the world commodity price hike, especially between 2005 and 2011, substantially raised Australia's international purchasing power. However, GDP growth during the mining boom was actually less than during the economic reform era from the mid-1980s through to the end of the 1990s when commodity prices were fairly flat.
The main culprit for Australia's sub-normal economic growth in recent years has not been falling commodity prices, which have undoubtedly played a role, but Australia's underlying competitiveness problem, combined with a productivity slowdown that began from the turn of the century.
While the recent depreciation of the dollar will go some way to restoring Australia's competitiveness and help stave off recession, genuine productivity-enhancing reform focusing on the economy's supply side remains as important as ever for returning GDP and income per head growth to long-term average rates.
One journalist at Wednesday's press conference said the new data showed "the weakest growth since 1961", but the Treasurer said that was factually wrong. Who is right?
UNSW Australia Professor Richard Holden answers:
The statement that it is the slowest growth since 1961 seems, to me, to be false. We have had recessions in the 1990s and 1980s, which is two successive quarters of negative growth. And yesterday we had positive growth, so it was a slowdown but not the worst we have seen since 1961. I think the journalist's statement doesn't seem correct to me, on the face of it. I think the Treasurer is right.
It is possible the journalist was referring to the Australian Bureau of Statistics comment yesterday that:
GDP growth for 2014-15 was 2.4%. Nominal GDP growth was 1.8% for the 2014-15 financial year. This is the weakest growth in nominal GDP since 1961-62.
Nominal growth and growth are not quite the same thing. Nominal growth means GDP growth that is not adjusted for inflation.
But yes, yesterday's numbers are still below projected growth. It is below market expectations. I think the Treasurer saying we have projected 2.5% annual growth this year and this is basically on target is a bit disingenuous. This is slow growth, it's actually very troubling.
I understand the Treasurer can't talk down the economy so his comments are understandable and he is in a difficult position. But the low rate of growth is genuine cause for concern.
I have written before about the concept of secular stagnation, which is the idea that growth of advanced economies looks like it has slowed down dramatically. The figures yesterday are further evidence of that theory.
Is GDP really in line with expectations, both of the government and the market?
Griffith University Professor Ross Guest answers:
These GDP expectations are continuously being revised down as new information comes to hand.
The projected growth is lower than nearly everybody expected and everybody is having to revise downward their expectation.
What will the slowing annual growth mean for the federal budget, which had forecast growth for 2015-16 of 2.75%?
Ross Guest answers:
If growth were to remain at its current level of 2%, the budget deficit would be A$15 billion larger, in ball park terms, than the government projected. To put that in perspective, the total amount we spend on unemployment benefits is A$10 billion.
Australia living standards and the Australian government budget are being hit by a perfect storm of lower commodity prices and lower productivity growth.
Victoria University Senior Research Fellow Janine Dixon answers:
The GDP forecast is fairly subdued (2.75%) and the budget not overly ambitious (deficit of 2% of GDP). It's 2016/17 and beyond where they forecast GDP growth above 3% that I think is harder to believe.
Over the next five years a couple of downside risks exist that will make it unlikely that GDP will grow as strongly as forecast by the government, and consequently the budget's return to surplus will be more difficult to achieve.
For example, if the terms of trade fall further than allowed for in the treasury modelling, and if productivity growth is in line with recent years, real national income could be 3% lower than forecast by 2020. Roughly, this means the tax base for the government will be 3% smaller than expected. On current policy, rather than having a balanced budget by 2020, the deficit would be around 0.75% of GDP.
Richard Holden is an ARC Future Fellow.
Fabrizio Carmignani receives funding from the Australian Research Council for a project on the estimation of the multivariate piecewise linear continuous model and its applications in macroeconomics.
Ross Guest has received ARC funding in the past.
Tony Makin is affiliated with the Centre for Independent Studies and has previously consulted for the Minerals Council of Australia.
Janine Dixon does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond the academic appointment above.
Authors: The Conversation
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Monarch Butterfly on the verge of extinction. Attributed to genetically engineered crops.
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The monarch butterfly has declined by more than 90% in 20 years and has lost more than 165 million acres of habitat. The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety with the assistance of a monarch specialist, Dr. Lincoln Bower, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking protection under the Endangered Species Act.
"Monarchs are in a deadly free fall and the threats they face are now so large in scale that Endangered Species Act protection is needed sooner rather than later, while there is still time to reverse the severe decline in the heart of their range," said Lincoln Brower, preeminent monarch researcher and conservationist, who has been studying the species since 1954.
"We're at risk of losing a symbolic backyard beauty that has been part of the childhood of every generation of American," said Tierra Curry, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity. "The 90 percent drop in the monarch's population is a loss so staggering that in human-population terms it would be like losing every living person in the United States except those in Florida and Ohio."
"The widespread decline of monarchs is driven by the massive spraying of herbicides on genetically engineered crops, which has virtually eliminated monarch habitat in cropland that dominates the Midwest landscape," said Bill Freese, a Center for Food Safety science policy analyst. "Doing what is needed to protect monarchs will also benefit pollinators and other valuable insects, and thus safeguard our food supply."
"We need to take immediate action to protect the monarch so that it doesn't become another tragic example of a widespread species being erased because we falsely assumed it was too common to become extinct," said Sarina Jepsen, endangered species director at the Xerces Society. "2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the extinction of the passenger pigeon, which was once so numerous no one would ever have believed it was at risk of extinction. History demonstrates that we cannot afford to be complacent about saving the monarch."
"The purpose of the Endangered Species Act is to protect species like the monarch, and protect them, now, before it's too late," said George Kimbrell, senior attorney at the Center for Food Safety. "We've provided FWS a legal and scientific blueprint of the urgently needed action here."
"The monarch is the canary in the cornfield, a harbinger of environmental change that we've brought about on such a broad scale that many species of pollinators are now at risk if we don't take action to protect them," said Brower, who has published hundreds of scientific studies on monarchs.
The Center recommends planting milkweed to attract monarchs and to avoid spraying pesticides on their lawns and gardens. It also helps monarchs when consumers choose foods, especially corn and soy, that are organic and that have not been genetically engineered. Increased pesticide use to grow corn and soybeans that have been genetically engineered to be resistant to herbicides is the primary factor driving monarch decline.
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Amazon Unveils New Drone Delivery Program
By Betty Joita
If you enjoy clear night skies and a bit of silence, you'll be disappointed to find out that the skies will soon get busier and louder than before.
Amazon has revealed its newest drone, dubbed the Prime Air, which it plans to put to work in the service of Prime members, who will be receiving their drone-carried packages in as little as 30 minutes, as long as their packages are under 5 pounds.
The Prime Air takes off vertically and tilts horizontally after take off. IT features artificial intelligence and sensors that Amazon says will help it keep both the people on the ground as well as traditional aircraft safe.
It measures about six feet across and its propellers are surrounded by a shroud-like design in order to keep people protected and injury-free in case of an accident.
"We have a design that is amazing," Gur Kimchi, vice president of Amazon Prime Air told Bloomberg. "It has performance that we think is just incredible. We think the autonomy system makes the aircraft independently safe."
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"The tech industry is abuzz about drones, but not all drones are created equal," Wilkes told the public.
In spite of what reportedly has been a theatrical announcement, Amazon didn't offer a lot of details on the drone itself, due to 'trade secrets'. It also didn't say anything about where exactly the delivery tests will be conducted.
In the past, they were usually held in the U.K and understandably so: it's notoriously difficult for aircraft manufacturers to get U.S Federal Aviation Administration approval for their designs and, at this point in time, the agency is still trying to figure out where exactly the drones fit into the narrative.
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UN Determined to Counter Cyber Crime and Ensure Peace and Security
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>> >> > and i wonder if a normal * would do with the correctly simplified constant?
>> You didn't take in account MULL macro.
>> The reason is rounding, not overflow.
> you should not use MULL!
Such code is required for bitexactness.