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Alan Greene
This article is part of the Food Rights Network, a project of the Center for Media and Democracy. Find out more here.
Dr. Alan Greene is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine.[1] He has been the subject of a professional ethics complaint by the organic advocacy non-profit the Cornucopia Institute, which alleges that he made false statements to promote Dean Foods' Horizon organic products.[2]
1 Ties to Dean Foods
1.1 Misleading Advertisements
1.2 Advertising Non-Organic
1.3 Questionable Food Additives
2 Paid Endorsements
3 Media Appearances
6 Partnerships
8.1 Other SourceWatch Articles
8.2 PRWatch Articles
Ties to Dean Foods
Misleading Advertisements
According to the Cornucopia Institute, Dean Foods' online promotional materials are especially misleading given the presence of videos featuring Greene, "a pediatrician who endorses these products and gives consumers a false and misleading sense that the DHA oil has been medically proven to benefit health." Cornucopia filed a complaint asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to focus not only on Dean Foods/White Wave, but also include Dr. Alan Greene and his role in Dean Foods' false and misleading advertising. "We have met with Dr. Greene on a number of occasions in an effort to encourage him to evaluate his ethical approach to this topic. But his zeal to promote DHA, without differentiating between natural and synthetic sources that might not actually be effective, was unwavering," said Mark Kastel, Senior Farm Policy Analyst with Cornucopia.[2]
Advertising Non-Organic
Cornucopia contacted Dr. Greene again when Dean Foods launched yogurt aimed at toddlers under its organic Horizon brand containing conventional fruits and vegetables listed on the Environmental Working Group's "Dirty Dozen" list of pesticide contamination. This was the first non-organic Horizon product and priced higher than a similar certified organic offering, for children, from Stonyfield. Dr. Greene continued to have his name and likeness associated with Horizon's marketing campaign for the product (it was eventually pulled off the market after media scrutiny prompted by Cornucopia).[2]
Questionable Food Additives
Dr. Greene attend the November-December 2011 National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting in Savannah, Georgia in order to assist Martek Biosciences and Dean Foods in securing the approval of questionable food additives (DHA/ARA oils derived from fermented algae and soil fungus).[3][4]
Paid Endorsements
According to the Cornucopia Institute, Greene acted as a public relations agent for Dean Foods WhiteWave division, endorsing Horizon brand organic milk containing the additive DHA oil manufactured and patented by Martek Biosciences.[5] Greene has made numerous public statements such as: "Organic milk fortified with DHA is a great option for families looking to incorporate nutritious products in their diets with the proven benefits of DHA, including those for heart, brain and eye health."[6]
Formerly a highly-paid spokesperson for Organic Valley.[7]
Greene accepted compensation from Mead Johnson, the largest conventional infant formula manufacturer, to promote Martek's DHA oil in their products.[8] He urges parents to use formula with Martek's DHA oil in publications like Parents.com.[9] Mead Johnson has been heavily criticized by the breastfeeding advocacy community for undermining efforts to increase breastfeeding rates, especially with its DHA/ARA advertisement campaigns.[10] Dr. Greene still appears on the Enfamil website today.[11]
Greene has his own product line of nutritional supplements that include Martek DHA, marketed by Twinlabs with his name and photograph on the product package.[5]
On the "Scientific Advisory Board" for The Hain Celestial Group's Avalon Organics baby personal care product line, which is not certified organic.[12] The Hain Celestial Group has been the subject of a federal class-action lawsuit for using synthetic and non-organic ingredients in personal care products in its Avalon Organics and Jason brands while misrepresenting them as organic.[13]
Dr. Greene appears frequently on TV, radio, websites, and in international newspapers and magazines. Dr. Greene has appeared on the TODAY Show, Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, The Dr. Oz Show, CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC network news, NPR's "People's Pharmacy," The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time Magazine, Parade, Parenting, Child, Baby Talk, Working Mother, Better Home's & Gardens, and the Reader's Digest.[14]
According to his own website, Alan Greene is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of California at San Francisco. After completing of his pediatric residency program at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Northern California, he served as Chief Resident. Greene entered primary care pediatrics in January 1993.[15] He is the Medical Director of HealthTap and is on the Board of Directors of Healthy Child Healthy World and the Lunch Box Project. In 1995, he launched the website DrGreene.com.[16] In 1995, he launched Dr. Greene's HouseCalls, cited by the American Medical Association (AMA) as the first physician Web site on the Internet.[17]
Feeding Baby Green (Wiley, 2009)
Raising Baby Green (Wiley, 2007)
From First Kicks to First Steps (McGraw-Hill, 2004)
The Parent's Complete Guide to Ear Infections (People's Medical Society, 1997)
Co-Author of The A.D.A.M. Illustrated Family Health Guide (A.D.A.M., Inc., 2004)
Greene served as the medical expert for three additional books.
The Parent's Soup A-to-Z Guide to Your New Baby, (Contemporary Books, 1998)
The Parent's Soup A-to-Z Guide to Your Toddler, (Contemporary Books, 1999)
The Mother of All Baby Books, (Hungry Minds, Inc., 2002)
BornFree
HealthTap
EcoMom[18]
Chief Medical Officer of A.D.A.M.[19]
Founding President of the Society for Participatory Medicine[20]
Former President of The Organic Center[21]
Former President and Board Chair of Hi-Ethics[22]
On the Board of Directors of Healthy Child Healthy World[23]
On the Board of Directors of The Lunchbox Project[24]
On the Board of Directors of the Organic Center[25]
Board member for Ecomom[26]
Founding partner of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment[27]
Founder and CEO of DrGreene.com[28]
Founding member of the e-Patient Scholars Working Group[29]
Founding board member of the Center for Information Therapy
Founded the WhiteOut Movement to change how babies in the United States are fed
Former advisor to URAC for their inaugural and their updated health web site accreditation program
Pediatric Expert for AmericanBaby.com[30]
Pediatric Expert for WebMD[31]
Consultant pediatrician and pediatric endocrinologist for Tayside[32]
Consultant for the Environmental Working Group
Advisory Committee, Organic Center [33]
Advisory Board, Healthy Child Healthy World [34]
Other SourceWatch Articles
Dean Foods
Martek Biosciences
William J. Friedman
Cornucopia Institute
PRWatch Articles
Rebekah Wilce, Spinning Suspect Ingredients in Baby Formula, PRWatch.org, February 22, 2012.
↑ Stanford University, Alan Greene, faculty profile, accessed February 21, 2012
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cornucopia Institute, Largest Organic Milk Bottler Accused of Misrepresenting Products, organizational press release, April 21, 2011
↑ Cornucopia Institute, New Organic Milk Contains Illegal Synthetic Additive, organizational press release, February 23, 2011
↑ NOSB, [http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5096485&acct=nosb United States Department Of Agriculture Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP) Meeting Of The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)], meeting transcript, December 1, 2011 (Day 3 of 4), pp. 49-53
↑ 5.0 5.1 Cornucopia Institute, Largest Corporate Dairy, Biotech Firm and USDA Accused of Conspiring to Corrupt Rulemaking and Pollute Organics, organizational website, January 23, 2012
↑ Horizon Organic, Horizon launches organic Fat-Free Milk Plus DHA Omega-3, brand press release, February 23, 2011
↑ Cornucopia Institute, New Organic Milk Contains Illegal Synthetic Additive, organizational website, February 23, 2011
↑ Editorial Board Member Details, MedScape Pediatrics, board member financial disclosure, accessed February 21, 2012
↑ Baby Nutrition: DHA and ARA, Parents magazine website, accessed February 16, 2012
↑ Yo, corrupt yogurt company or what ??, Mothering online forum, December 23, 2002 - March 12, 2003, accessed February 20, 2012
↑ Alan Greene, Expert Opinion: The ABCs of DHA, brand website, accessed February 16, 2012
↑ Protect, Avalon Organics, accessed February 16, 2012
↑ Truman Lewis, Suit: Hain Celestial Misrepresents Products as Organic, Consumer Affairs, May 16, 2011
↑ Alan Greene, Meet Dr. Greene, personal/business website, accessed February 16, 2012
↑ Meet Dr. Greene, DrGreene.com, accessed February 16, 2012.
↑ Dr. Alan Greene, Healthy Child, accessed February 15, 2012
↑ Alan Greene M.D., Web MD, accessed February 16, 2012
↑ About, DrGreene, accessed February 16, 2012
↑ Ecomom, CrunchBase, accessed February 16, 2012
↑ Wayne Parker, About Dr. Alan Greene, About.com – Fatherhood, accessed February 16, 2012
↑ About Netdoctor.co.uk, NetDoctor, accessed February 16, 2012
↑ Organic Center Advisory Committee, organizational web page, accessed April 4, 2012.
↑ Healthy Child Healthy World Advisory Board, organizational web page, accessed June 13, 2014.
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Joy Reid's defamation case with a Donald Trump supporter is intensifying and entertainment litigator Lincoln Bandlow predicts the MSNBC anchor will lose the case on summary judgment.
As we previously reported, according to court documents obtained by The Blast, Roslyn La Liberte claims Reid used "her substantial social media presence, fame, and reputation as a hard-hitting journalist" to publish "fake news" to her followers that La Liberte "screamed abhorrent racial slurs" at a 14-year-old boy.
Back in late June, activist Alan Vargas tweeted a photo of La Liberte in a "Make America Great Again" hat seemingly yelling at a high school student during a City Council meeting in Simi Valley, California.
She was among a crowd that was said to have called the teen a "dirty Mexican" and told him "You are going to be the first deported," Vargas' tweet claimed. He wrote in the post, "Spread this far and wide." So Reid clicked the retweet button, sending the message to her 1.2  million  followers.
La Liberte claims Reid falsely accused her of hurling racial slurs at a teen in the photo that went viral, and she's hired the best attorney to handle her defamation case against the journalist.
Reid tweeted an apology to La Liberte and the teenager, saying, "It appears I got this wrong." That didn't stop the woman from filing a lawsuit Sept. 25 against Reid for defamation and requesting punitive damages.
"[La Liberte's attorney] Lin Wood is one of the best plaintiff's defamation lawyers in America. The woman is clearly a private figure," Bandlow says.
Experts are split on whether the underlying tweet from activist Vargas is actually defamatory, but they agree Reid's retweet could make her liable for defamation if the court finds that it is.


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Republique: Episode 1 nails a Big Brother vibe but struggles with repetitive stealth-action (review)
Stephanie Carmichael	 December 19, 2013 11:38 AM
Hope, the main character in Camouflaj's Republique, out now for iOS.
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Pretty soon, blockbuster console games could pop up on your mobile device.
Republique (launching today for iOS and other platforms later) is proof. Developer Camouflaj aspired to create a triple-A experience on mobile when it launched its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign last year, and it's succeeded. Big-budget graphics and an ambitious story carve out Republique's three-hour first episode (part one of five), "Exordium," but it seems touch controls may be too big of a barrier to making stealth-action innovative on the small screen.
What you'll like
Triple-A presentation on mobile
Republique doesn't break its promise: Its quality and presentation are on par with console games. I got a Remember Me vibe from the main character, Hope, and the futuristic facility she's trying to escape from. (The Metal Gear Solid series is also an obvious influence, especially when you receive voice-to-text calls, which are paired with amusing, anime-like facial expressions formed through keyboard symbols.)
Republique has few loading screens — doors slide open on command, and as Hope's anonymous ally, the player can monitor her situation by hacking and jumping between security camera feeds, covering a large area almost seamlessly. The only real sign that material is loading is a brief pause between areas or when you switch cameras, but even that is stylish: The screen distorts like static on a camera feed or explodes into tiny digital fragments and then reforms.
Above: Hope (right, voiced by Rena Strober) and the Mentor (Jennifer Hale), who's in charge of the facility.
Camouflaj also put a lot of work into getting the voice-acting right. Rena Strober is compelling and empathetic as Hope, and Jennifer Hale (you may know her as Mass Effect's female Commander Shepard) gives an equally memorable performance. As the Mentor, she's cruel and merciless, but you also get the sense that she's also protecting Hope. She makes for a complex villain, and the dynamic between the characters (and you) helps deepen your investment in what happens. I also enjoyed the snarky commentary from a female journalist, whose voice you hear playing over recordings whenever you pick up a propaganda newspaper.
Hacking Big Brother
With the way Republique opens, you'll have a lot of questions: What is The Arrival? What's with everybody saying, "Watch Your Step"? Who's really helping Hope, and how did the world get this way?
Republique doesn't hand you many answers. Instead, players piece them together by uncovering evidence, which is altogether more rewarding. Through the OMNI view mode, which pauses the action and dialogue onscreen and casts everything in a blue sheen (almost like an X-ray image or a "solarized" photo), you can survey Hope's surroundings (just swipe and hold to look around) and plan her next move without feeling rushed. It also enables you to look at propaganda posters on the walls and analyze evidence: maybe a fingerprint, a newspaper on a table, or even banned books and manifestos, all of which reveal interesting new clues or anecdotes.
Gathering this information is crucial: It serves as currency at special vending machine-like Data Brokers, which sell new OMNI abilities such as eavesdropping (to hack phone messages), scanning email, and distracting enemies. These are valuable and clever ways to spice up the moment-to-moment gameplay, and the more I learned, the more engrossed I became in the dystopian story.
Above: OMNI view enables you to access cameras, scan information, and open menus such as your inventory.
Although Big Brother is always watching, players should feel anything but helpless. Your own surveillance over the facility and the dirt you dig up on the people there gives you a sense of power: You're fighting back — and hard.
But it helps, too, that teaming up with Hope just feels right. She never let me down as an A.I. partner. She moves where you tell her and automatically takes cover, and sometimes she won't move forward if an enemy is right nearby. Hope also freely comments on the situation at hand and will grab anything lying around if she's close to it. This makes her feel like an intelligent character, not a two-dimensional, mindless robot that you're issuing commands.
What you won't like
Minimal substance
Future episodes means more opportunities to improve, but episode one does little to gain your confidence that the gameplay won't be a drag on Republique's potential. While the camera and hacking systems are more sophisticated, the stealth portions are lackluster and repetitive.
Good stealth sequences require more than memorizing the patrol patterns of guards, but "Exordium" doesn't experiment beyond that. And these guards are stupid. Most of the time, only one or two of them patrol a given area, and their behavior is predictable and unexciting. If they catch you (and you're not armed with one-shot pepper spray or a Taser, which you use to escape their grasp), it's worse. They'll walk you back to a holding cell, which is a long and uneventful scene that forces players to sit idle and unengaged.
Above: A guard patrols while Hope hides.
I can only cross my fingers that future episodes won't make this backtracking too punishing — a simple checkpoint-reloading system or instant warp back to a cell would have at least saved players some time (or spared them a headache). However, reaching my ultimate goal (the library) was similarly complicated: Twice I had to return to previously visited areas before I could progress further.
Guards are also indistinguishable from one another even though their identities are different. The developer gave each character a scannable profile card, which shows a real-life picture of a Kickstarter backer and some minor but totally useless details, like medical problems and criminal charges (many of which are reused).
Some lag
In between the cool, intentional distortion effects that replace traditional loading screens is unmistakable framerate lag. Even on my 1-year-old iPad Mini, Republique had problems running smoothly. I encountered small hiccups fairly often, but I wasn't put off by them too much (I guess I was just able to pretend they were part of the camera static).
Republique's first episode is a promising start to a high-quality mobile game series — but more in terms of presentation and story than gameplay, which can get tiring even after a mere three hours. Thankfully, the hacking abilities and a deeper investigation into this bizarre future should help hold players' interest. Camouflaj better have a lot of new mechanics and twists planned if it hopes players will see this prison escape to its end.
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Above: Kickstarter backer and developer Robert Bowling.
Republique was released for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad on December 19, 2013. The publisher provided GamesBeat with a code for an iOS download of the game for the purpose of this review.
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The two Laser fleets sailed their Medal Races in Japan yesterday in light winds.
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Can you imagine a mailman carrying that Styrofoam boulder to the doorstep? Sheesh!
Let it never be said that Diversions of the Groovy Kind snubs Halloween.
It's a dern shame we can't still order this stuff, and at 1975 prices.
I always wanted those Night Gallery posters.
Thanks, Groove! Another great post! BTW, the BLS inflation calculator shows that 34 smackers is equivalent to 184 today...that's an expensive mask!
I think the Night Gallery posters would still be eagerly bought up today. Someone send the message to Universal Studios, they are missing on a gold mine and they don't even know it.


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Winter Music Conference Day 1: Music Industry Trends
By Irene Test|2013-03-19T00:00:00-04:0003/19/2013|News|0 Comments
Crossfadr's present at the 28th Winter Music Conference from March 18 to the 22. The first day was spent listening to and reporting on panels "Future Retro: Shades of House & EDM," "Indie Culture: What's Next?", "D.I.Y. – The New Model for Launching Careers," and "Sound Strategies: The Evolution of an Artist." Present on the panels were several producers, DJs, promoters, and label managers from the United States and other countries.
Rather than do a line-by-line account of the panels, we found five trends emerged during day one.
Older Sounds are Coming Back into New Productions
Analyzing cyclical trends formed the focus of the "Future Retro." Secret Society's Frank Lords, to start, began talking about adding Latin percussion to New Wave sounds in the 1980s to form what became freestyle but then asserted that the keyboard sounds from the same decade are still present in modern electronic tracks. The only difference is, Lords pointed out, he and his contemporaries (Murk's Oscar G and Ralph Falcon on the panel) would have used a Moog or Juno to create it 25 years ago. This same sentiment was expressed in BBC Radio 1's Stories last week.
Much like LPs are the preferred medium for some music listeners, certain experienced producers stick to their older analog gear for newer productions. In discussing adding an analog section to his studio, Falcon explained, "The sound quality is vastly superior to anything you'll have on Logic, Pro Tools."
Lords, echoing these statements not long after, then said, "There's nothing like the dirt in analog. I don't think you can really pull that out of a digital plug-in."
On the other hand, nostalgia, it seems, only comes to those with experience. Rounding out the "Future Retro" panel were two South African DJs, Euphonik and Fresh. Euphonik, who began DJing in 2003, explained these devices and software are difficult to come by in their region of the world, and as a result, he explained, "I don't miss it because I haven't done it."
Toward the end of the panel, Lords and Euphonik offered two perspectives on why these older sounds are returning. Lords thinks the newer crop of producers and DJs are looking at their predecessors, and then said, "When I listen to a lot of dubstep, I think it sounds like freestyle on crack."
Meanwhile, the old-is-new trend seems to be why, according to Euphonik, producers are looking into the past: "The only way to sound different is to go back."
The Old Way of Doing Things is Officially Gone
One point expressed during "Future Retro" by Oscar G was that electronic dance music is looking toward a simpler time: this is reflected both in the sounds of production, he stated, and nostalgia for a time in which a show was about the music – not the DJ and not the lightshow.
Later in the day, panelists during "Sound Strategies" brought up the same issue. Singer/label owner/publisher Joi Cardwell expressed that more artists – not just DJs and producers – need to be included in festivals, such as Ultra. The audience, a crowd composed of artists, producers, and label owners, cheered in response.
Similarly, two members of Dutch act RiskSoundSystem drew attention to one issue that pervades festivals and clubs: "A big problem is, actually, they want to hear what they hear on the radio. It's almost impossible to do a quality house music party" at the bigger clubs.
If radio is throwing a curve ball for RiskSoundSystem, panelist Frank Baber, who claims he has one of the largest independent music catalogs in the U.S. as a marketer and promoter, told the audience to forget about radio play and major labels. Instead, as a major player in the independent dance music world, Baber develops strategies that eschew traditional promotion, focusing on viral marketing and live venues instead: "At the end of the day, the audience will tell you if you have a record."
That's not to say that Baber believes social media is the be-all-end-all of a music career. Instead, based on Baber's assertion he has signed artists after one listen, talent still trumps all.
Other artists on the "Sound Strategies" panel agree. A few, even, got signed to major labels early in their career, learned how the industry worked and were exposed, and then later went onto form their own labels or companies.
Getting Your Music Out There is Easier Than Ever
At the start of "Future Retro," Oscar G and Falcon reminisce the start of their label, Murk Records, in 1991. At the time, the production duo found other labels kept rejecting their tracks, and Murk Records became a "vehicle to put out music." To flesh out the label roster, they put their productions under different names.
"Indie Culture" panelists Ramon Wells and Marci Weber, while calling DIY music-making "a hard road to travel," explain that, through social networks, fledgling artists can find their target audience and have many opportunities for getting their content heard, creating an image and buzz, and getting distributed. Wells mentions giving away music to get attention and cites The Weeknd and Baauer as two examples of this strategy working.
In the following panel "D.I.Y.," Computer Music Production School's Edward Unger goes through the points expressed in one of his articles in using the internet to manage a career: have an in-house system for all processes, develop a clear focus or mission statement, brand yourself with graphics, build a website that's marketing friendly, maintain a social media presence, and use all for real-world marketing campaigns and networking. Unger further emphasizes that all artists must keep the end in mind: good quality music and technology that saves you time.
Compounding to the points above, duo Approaching Nirvana (Sam Willson, Andrew Sinclair) went into detail during "D.I.Y." about the power of fans. Rather than depending solely on friends and family to purchase your latest release, they explain, know and reach out to your demographic; the abundance of online communities and web analytics assist with discovering who will be interested in your music, as opposed to spamming it everywhere.
Being an Artist is Being a Business
The major change of the music industry – from physical to digital sales and distribution, from signing based on talent alone to social media presence – has caused artists and their labels, to quote "Indie Culture" panelist and CREEP member Lauren Flax, to "reinvent how to feed our cats." And, ultimately, as all panelists emphasized, being an artist is a business regardless of whether you go on a label or take a DIY route.
Getting attention, the "Indie Culture" group explained, comes through producing a well thought out demo – one with no more than three tracks, that doesn't overwhelm the listener, and is a focused and finished product. Because a demo is really a first take, Wells and Weber suggested getting a second opinion and not being "precious about your art." Wells explained, "If you're only doing it for you, it'll never go further than that."
Although having others involved can be helpful, the two "Indie Culture" panelists stress an artist should establish himself before getting a manager or other personnel involved: "Hire a manager once you're out of control."
On the other hand, being your own boss in this industry isn't easy, as Approaching Nirvana explained at "D.I.Y." Instead, the duo who surprisingly have made a living primarily on selling records, as opposed to performing, tell the audience to be an expert at everything involved in running a business, including design, web presence, mixing and mastering, and videos, with the goal of being authoritative. While both draw from past experience in financing and marketing, Willson and Sinclair talk about how doing everything on their own (even if it means taking a class) is ultimately saving them money and giving them full power over their careers.


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Northcote Plots New Material for 2020, Shares His Isolation Fixations
Songwriter Matt Goud shares his love of Gillian Welch, Michael Jordan's 'The Last Dance' and Ben & Jerry's ice cream
Onetime hardcore noisemaker Northcote hasn't released a full-length since 2015's Hope Is Made of Steel, but now the Victoria-based folk-rock songwriter born Matt Goud is back. He released the new single "Dancers and Queens" in March, and he tells Exclaim! that more material is on the way.
"My goal is to perform new material and tour in support of a new album. However, like everyone else, I am uncertain of when that will be possible," he says. "At the moment, I am missing singing for and with others, and missing friends out on the road."
Luckily, he's still able to connect with fans through his weekly Instagram livestreams, which take place each Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. "During the show, I am sharing songs from different albums of mine and also cover songs that I feel align with a short story segment, or are fan-selected," he explains.
Since touring isn't in the cards, we got Goud to share some of his isolation fixations that he's been enjoying in recent weeks.
David Casper - Crystal Waves
John Moreland - LP5
Abdullah Ibrahim - Dream Time
Gillian Welch - The Harrow and the Harvest
Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
George Michael: Freedom
Podcasts and Streams
Brian Fallon - "Sittin' Round at Home"
Sara Beth Yoga - "10 Minute Morning Yoga for Beginners"
The Wire: Way Down in the Hole
Ben & Jerry's Non-Dairy P.B. & Cookies
Ben & Jerry's Half Baked Ice Cream
The Great Jamaican Ginger Beer Co.
Recording with Shure SM7B microphone
Elk Lake (Victoria, BC) walks with family
Find out what other Canadian musicians have been up to under self-quarantine with our Isolation Nation feature.
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Change Healthcare, which provides healthcare revenue and payment cycle management software, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering.
The Nashville, TN-based company was founded in 2005 and booked $3.3 billion in sales for the 12 months ended December 31, 2018. It plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol CHNG. Barclays, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan are the joint bookrunners on the deal. No pricing terms were disclosed.
The article McKesson's Change Healthcare files for a $100 million IPO originally appeared on IPO investment manager Renaissance Capital's web site renaissancecapital.com.


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The Funny Sign That Your IQ Is High
Both men and women are more attracted to a person with this quality.
Being funny is a sign of a higher IQ, research finds.
Funny people have higher levels of general and verbal intelligence.
Not only that, but being funny is also linked to having more dating success.
Both men and women are more attracted to a person who is funnier.
However, women are more discerning about humour and react to it more strongly.
Men, meanwhile, tend to be focused on producing jokes (often to impress women).
The study's authors write:
"Humor is not just a reliable intelligence-indicator; it may be one of the most important traits for humans seeking mates.
Of course, mate attraction is not the only function of humor.
Humor can also be used in competing for status with same-sex rivals, reducing social tensions, and other adaptive functions."
The study involved 400 young people who were given intelligence tests and asked about their dating history.
They were then handed New Yorker cartoons with the caption deleted and asked to come up with their own.
The results showed that, unsurprisingly, verbal intelligence was strongly related to being funny.
However, people found it hard to come up with anything really good, with most captions rated as not funny at all.
This shows how difficult jokes are — especially in the medium of New Yorker captions.
Other studies, though, have also found links between intelligence and humour.
In this study, men were especially focused on trying to write funny captions and theirs were rated more highly, the authors write:
"Men were funnier than women on average and produced a larger number of captions, consistent with the sexual signaling hypothesis in which men try (unconsciously) to signal their mate quality through their humor ability, and women are more responsive to and discriminating about humor."
The study was published in the journal Intelligence (Greengross & Miller, 2011).
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Measures that Matter was a joint effort by Achieve and The Education Trust to provide strategic and technical assistance to states in creating college- and career-ready assessment and accountability systems that ensure that all students graduate from high school ready to succeed. Achieve and The Education Trust created Measures that Matter by bringing together an advisory group of state and national experts to explore various approaches to high school assessment and accountability. Based on the advisory group input, Achieve and Education Trust conducted research and commissioned white papers on critical topics, and emerged with guidance designed to provide states with the best possible advice for advancing their efforts.


After Alli moved back to her original room, we decided to rework her old room and make it a new office for Laura.
Using a halogen lamp to help highlight missed spots. Multiple light sources made it easier.


IN A TENANCY AGREEMENT OF 2 + 1 YEARS, WHOSE OPTION IS IT TO RENEW THE TENANCY, THE TENANT OR LANDLORD?
It is the tenant's option to renew.
WHO PREPARES THE TENANCY AGREEMENT?
WILL I NEED TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF THE TENANCY AGREEMENT?
Legal fees, though prepared by the landlords' lawyers are borne by the tenant.
The stamp duty collected is a form of tax imposed by the Government of Malaysia. It is necessary for a tenancy agreement to be stamped so that it can be used and tendered as evidence at any Court of Law in Malaysia.
The stamping fee calculation is based on the amount of monthly rental payable and also the tenancy period. The formula is as below.
Yearly rental minus 2400 (as the first 2400 is not taxable) divided by 250. The amount is then multiplied by the number of years. RM10 is added for the landlords copy. The total amount is payable by the tenant.
Buildings that have central air conditioning generally provide air conditiong between 8am – 6pm on weekdays and half day on Saturday (varies with each building) The charge for airconditiing usage during these hours is factord into the rental. Usage after hours on the other hand is charged on a per hour basis and this is can cost anything between RM100 -RM150 per hour.
CAN SPLIT UNIT AIR CONDITIONING UNITS BE INSTALLED IN BUILDINGS THAT PROVIDE CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING?
Before the premises is handed over to the tenant, both tenant and landlord will have an inspection to determine the quantity and condition of all fixtures and fittings. A detailed inventory list will be produced by the landlord and signed by both parties. At the time of handing over the keys, every aspect of the premises is understood to be in good tenantable condition. After the premises is handed over, the responsibility of up keep and maintenance within the premises is then shifted to the tenant.
WHAT DOCUMENTS ARE NEEDED WHEN SIGNING A TENANCY AGREEMENT?
Yes most buildings provide a rent free period of 1 month depending on the size of the unit and the extent of renovation needed.


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module AusPostAPI
  class PAC
    class PostageLetterInternationalCalculate < AusPostAPI::PAC::Endpoint
      required_attributes :country_code, :service_code
      optional_attributes :weight, :option_code, :suboption_code, :extra_cover

      def api_uri
        "postage/letter/international/calculate"
      end
    end
  end
end


Eight top University of Ulster marketing students have been recognised for their outstanding academic achievements during an award ceremony today at the Jordanstown campus.
Sponsored by influential local enterprises, the Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Strategy's Marketing Excellence Awards celebrate the skills, hard work and dedication of leading marketeers from Ulster's class of 2009/2010.
Head of the Department, Professor Rodney McAdam, said: "The achievement of the award winners is truly exceptional given the intense levels of competition.
"It is good to see their efforts being recognised and also to see their friends and family present at the awards ceremony.
Sharrona Clinton from Belfast (pictured), who was awarded the Best Overall Final Year Student in the Marketing Institute of Ireland Award for Excellence, said she was both delighted and honoured to have her hard work rewarded in such a special way.


During install and oem-firstboot, the header bar at the top of the screen in Ubiquity is twice as tall as it should be on hidpi screens (looking like two normal sized header bars stacked on top of each other), and the blue a11y icon is double sized.
Users of the Dell XPS 13 are affected as well as users of other brands of laptops with hidpi screens. System76 is temporarily carrying a patched version of Humanity to work around this bug.
The a11y icon is double-sized because the version of Humanity shipping in Ubuntu doesn't support @2 hidpi scaling, which results in the header bar doubling its height. Because the header bar is drawn with CAIRO_PAD_REPEAT, the gradient is repeated so it looks like two bars stacked one on top of the other. The fix to the Humanity icon theme adds @2 hidpi support, which shrinks the icon and restores the header bar to its normal height.
1. Grab an Ubuntu iso and proceed to install (not "try") Ubuntu on a computer with a hidpi screen.
2. Note the double-sized header and icon during install.
- Using an iso with a fixed version of Humanity, the header and icon should look normal.
1. Grab an Ubuntu iso and do an oem-install on on a computer with a hidpi screen.
2. After installing, click the launcher icon to "Prepare for shipping to the end user" and reboot.
3. During oem-firstboot, note the double-sized header and icon during install.
- To test the fix, install a fixed version of humanity before preparing the system for the end user.
This patch affects the look of anything using the Humanity icon set. The look of Nautilus, and many other GTK apps will be affected. This is not a regression but fixes another bug and resolves a discrepancy between rendering of icons on hidpi screens vs lowdpi screens.
The biggest risk for regression comes from the off chance that there is an error or omission in the index.theme files. Comparing icons on a broad range of applications and systems should catch this class of issues. If any issues with icons are found, check there.
I can't confirm in virtualbox here on a lowdpi screen, might be hidpi specific?
I can confirm on Dell XPS 15 with UHD screen.
This would be really nice to get fixed, both for oems and for users with hidpi laptops.
I tested Mathieu's patch (relavant portion attached here), and it definitely provides an improvement, but doesn't fully fix the bug. Instead of repeating, the bottom half of the panel is dark and flat.
Her is what the above changes do on a hidpi screen.
So, I've been working on adding hidpi support in the Humanity icon theme today, and noticed that the blue accessibility icon looks like one of the icons in Humanity.
After installing my updated Humanity icon (with @2x support added) the blue accessibility icon is the correct size, and the panel is no longer double height. The icon was simply too big and the panel was resizing to match, so updating humanity to support @2x icons should fix the incorrect panel height.
However, Matheiu's code does improve the appearance of the bottom pixels of the panel. Previously, there was a small band at the bottom of the panel that repeated the much lighter shade of the top of the panel. With the patch, that band uses the darker color immediately above. You can see the difference in the attached image (with the @2x humanity theme in both cases).
The attachment "cairo_extend_pad-snippet.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.
Accepted humanity-icon-theme into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/humanity-icon-theme/0.6.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Accepted humanity-icon-theme into yakkety-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/humanity-icon-theme/0.6.11.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Did some quick testing with the 0.6.11.1 package in -proposed, and can verify that it fixes this bug.
Did some quick testing with the 0.6.10.1 package in -proposed, and can verify that it fixes this bug.
I installed Xenial daily, completed an oem-setup, installed humanity-icon-theme 0.6.10.1 and prepared the system. I confirm that the double header in oem-firstboot is fixed.
* Set Vcs-Bzr for xenial.
The verification of the Stable Release Update for humanity-icon-theme has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.
Since it's reportedly fixed just by modifying the icon theme in SRUs, let's not introduce changes to ubiquity now.
For yakkety; this is Won't Fix: we're not doing point-releases, so even if it was available, it would not benefit many installs (given that ubiquity would need to be on the ISO for the changes to apply to direct installs (rather than live)).
For xenial, I'm applying the changes to the bzr branch for the next ubiquity upload.
Accepted ubiquity into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/2.21.63.4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.


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News Victoria
Bill McNee starts building $100 million South Yarra office on a speculative basis
July 3, 2019 July 5, 2019 Marc Pallisco
Bill McNee's Vicland Property Group has started construction of a major South Yarra office on a speculative basis.
The nine-level, 6295 square metre building at 11-13 Wilson Street (artist's impression, top) is due for completion in the third quarter of next year.
With an estimated end value of $100 million, Mr McNee is developing the office without bank funding.
The move puts Vicland in the box seat for prospective tenant suitors, with several of the other South Yarra offices recently unveiled still seeking pre-commitment and having no firm start or end date.
CBRE and Colliers International are handling the leasing campaign.
As we reported in April, the size of South Yarra's office market is set to almost double by 2023. Melbourne's city fringe office vacancy rate is currently a low 4.5 per cent.
Vicland paid Newmark Capital, the Jam Factory owners, $12.6 million for 11-13 Wilson Street last year following an off-market campaign managed by Colliers International's Daniel Wolman.
The 1125 sqm holding previously accommodated a three-storey car park.
The Jam Factory car park formerly at 11-13 Wilson Street, South Yarra. Source: Google Street View.
Outside of the Melbourne CBD, South Yarra, along with South Melbourne and Cremorne, command the city's highest average office rents – premium product speculated by agents to exceed $650 per square metre, per annum.
Vicland development manager, Jake Steinhart said that while Cremorne has been receiving recent attention as a boutique employment precinct, South Yarra has the same drivers, including a shortage of supply, and pent-up demand.
"South Yarra and in particular Wilson Street benefits from having access to a high-quality demographic of professionals, better-to-none amenity and public transport which includes two train stations as well as trams and buses".
The Wilson Street office is the second commercial building Bill McNee has won approval to build in South Yarra recently.
Last October, we reported, exclusively, that Vicland would also construct a mixed-use complex on airspace atop train lines opposite the South Yarra station.
This office complex and public space, proposed by Vicland, is approved to be built over South Yarra train tracks.
Newmark Capital acquired 11-13 Wilson Street when it paid $165 million for the Jam Factory shopping centre in 2016.
Last year, Newmark Capital won approval to replace Jam Factory airspace with four buildings, the tallest rising 17-levels, and set to contain a total of about 50,000 sqm of offices.
In the immediate area surrounding the Jam Factory, the Spotlight Property Group has mooted to replace 402-416 Chapel Street, South Yarra, with a mixed-use complex containing a 10-storey hotel, set to be managed by Starwood Hotels & Resorts as an Aloft.
An eight-level residential building is also proposed for 430-438 Chapel Street – a site for decades known as the Chapel Street Huts.
This site's co-owners, Franze Developments and Sampiere Group, paid $11 million for the c800 square metre Chapel Street Huts site following an off-market negotiation in 2017 with the former owners, the Penprazes family, which had owned it for about five decades.
Elsewhere in the suburb, Goldfields is proposing a 24-level office at 627 Chapel Street, South Yarra.
Goldfields acquired 627 Chapel Street for $50 million in 2017 from Fridcorp which had earmarked it for a 38-storey apartment building.
← Steller goes into receivership
Dexus signs lease deals with Dunlop, Coles and Secon, in Melbourne →
Aged care provider Japara spends c$10 million in Brighton
July 17, 2019 Marc Pallisco Comments Off on Aged care provider Japara spends c$10 million in Brighton
Strategic office near new Anzac station expected to sell for $15 million-plus
July 17, 2019 Marc Pallisco Comments Off on Strategic office near new Anzac station expected to sell for $15 million-plus
The Block producers spend c$13 million on former Brighton nursing home for 2020 season
July 16, 2019 Marc Pallisco Comments Off on The Block producers spend c$13 million on former Brighton nursing home for 2020 season


One of the prevailing topics of the 2017 UK media agenda is the shift in consciousness towards a sustainable way of working. However, when it comes to running - or starting – a business, sustainability isn't often a priority. Lack of time, deciphering the confusion and opaqueness of the current energy industry and prioritising other issues are all common barriers to businesses being more sustainable, but SME owners overlook this at their cost, because it can actually save them money.
There are two simple ways businesses can embrace a sustainable model. First and foremost, they can speak to their energy provider and ensure that they are using the right type of energy; Haven Power and Opus Energy are two providers that offer energy from 100% renewable sources. The second is saving money by being more energy efficient.
"Fundamentally it's about service providers or energy providers giving control back to their customers."
There is a perception that this is a lot of effort, it doesn't have to be. With increased levels of digitisation in the energy industry, it is becoming easier for providers to offer products and services that are bespoke to a business's needs. Embracing this new technology will help capture data on energy usage and then it becomes the energy provider's responsibility to present this information in a way which will allow businesses to be more self-sufficient with their energy supply.
The data this technology can provide combined with a customer-centric approach (something that both Haven Power and Opus Energy are proud to offer) ensures that control is given to the customer. This is the key to receiving a service that is simple, reliable, renewable and ultimately affordable.


Due to the nature of our work, our Staff at Singapore Casket view life as precious and valuable. We also collect used items like spectacles and clothes to pass them on to various charity organisations and our staffs are always enthusiastic about collecting recyclables for local families in need of assistance.
We work with community centres, nursing homes and hospitals to provide free funeral services to the homeless and destitute, in view that people should have a dignified and respectful send-off as we all rightfully deserve as human beings.
Copyright © 2019 Singapore Casket Co Pte Ltd. All rights reserved.


A wooden floor, a cozy chair, an antique lamp, an old chest…and a wooden wardrobe. This simply lit, cozy stage is the setting for Pacific Theatre's The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Rather than mount a large production with all four children from the original story, plus the rest of the menagerie, the roles are taken over by two talented young actors, Mack Gordon (Peter) and Kaitlin Williams (Lucy). Each of the two transform into characters with the donning of a coat from the wardrobe, and/or contortion of their faces and bodies.
This minimalist cast speaks to the theme of imagination. When I was young, the Chronicles of Narnia books were as hot as this generation's Harry Potter books are. We didn't have a film with each book release. The books lent themselves to a child's imagination and creativity seeing the characters come alive through its pages.
What I enjoyed about last night's opening performance was the giggle of young children "getting" the story without having it thrust into their faces. Many films don't allow for kids to draw their own creative conclusions but rather let the simple plot or dialogue teach it to them. This production is refreshing.
The dusty spare room of Uncle Digory is revisited in the play as Peter and Lucy (two of the book's main characters) relive the wonderful experiences of their youth when they walk through that wardrobe. The fantasy world of Narnia takes over when Gordon and Williams emerge onto the other side into a snowy forest, enhanced by Lauchlin Johnston's atmospheric lighting design.
I loved how the actors switched roles by simply wearing another coat. Set Designer Omanie Elias won a well-deserved Jessie Award for an earlier mounting of this production (also at the Pacific but with different actors).
The two-act play will leave you wanting to revisit the series of seven books, as well as hopefully getting youngsters to read them for the first time. After all, if they can pour through seven editions of Harry Potter, they've probably got imagination left over to enjoy these as well.
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is directed by Kerri Norris and continues to December 15 at the Pacific Theatre, and then moves to Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre from December 19 to 22.


Summary Studio portrait of Hershal Linsey. He poses in front of a painted canvas backdrop. He wears a military cadet's uniform, holds a rifle, and has one foot on a leather stool. His uniform has brass buttons and a rounded collar. He wears a canvas cartridge belt around his waist.
Subject Cadets; Uniforms; Linsey, Hershal.


On Saturday, May 17, 2014, we'll be selling t-shirts with a new design to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the tour. Shirts will be available at the 4 ticket sites: Urban Ministries/Coop Carnival (1390 Capital Blvd.), Whole Foods Raleigh (3540 Wade Ave.), Whole Foods North Raleigh (8710 Six Forks Rd.) and Whole Foods Cary (102 New Waverly Pl.). Shirts will be $20 for Adult sizes and $15 for Youth sizes.
All proceeds from the t-shirt sales benefit Urban Ministries of Wake County.
©2019 Tour d'Coop All Rights Reserved • Raleigh, N.C.


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Critical Reading: How not to get fooled by what you read
Critical reading is an essential skill for everyone in today's world in which there is as much misinformation as there is information, with writers having vested interests or biases. Learn how to think and read critically and evaluate whether claims have justifications and sound bases.
(This course is targeted at children entering Grades 8, 9, 10 in 2020-21)
We read news, magazines and books all the time. These may say things like 'Virat Kohli is the greatest batsman of all time', 'Dark chocolate is good for health' or 'The great wall of China can be seen from Space'. How do we know if what we read is true- should we believe what we read in 'reputed sources' and disbelieve sources we don't know about? Is there a way we can check the claims made, on our own, to decide if these are true, false or partly true? Critical reading is an essential skill for everyone in today's world in which there is as much misinformation as there is information, with writers having vested interests or biases.
In this course, students will learn to evaluate if claims are justified, by examining the grounds (basis) for these and checking if the claim is a valid conclusion from the grounds. Through this course, students can build a habit of identifying the central claims of a piece, asking the right questions to evaluate the veracity of these claims, and also considering information that may not be present in the piece but is relevant to the evaluation. Thus students would accept or reject a claim or 'keep it on hold' only after sound reasoning.
Sriram Naganathan
Sriram Naganathan has been closely associated as a resource person with IgnusERG, a group of professionals working to improve the quality of education for marginalized children across India at elementary and secondary levels.
When he finds time, Sriram also teaches History at The School-KFI, Chennai.
Sriram trained in Business Journalism at the Times Research Foundation in Delhi and was a Reuter Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK. He held editorial positions in publications such as Business India and Business World, and wrote for publications such as Asian Venture Capital Journal and Oxford Analytica before moving to the field of education full-time. Sriram also advises Venture Intelligence, which tracks deals in the private equity and venture capital ecosystem in India.


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Las Navas del Marqués ist eine Kleinstadt und eine Gemeinde (municipio) mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Osten der Provinz Ávila in der Autonomen Region Kastilien-León in Zentralspanien. Der historische Ortskern ist als Kulturgut (Bien de Interés Cultural) in der Kategorie Conjunto histórico-artístico anerkannt.

Lage und Klima
Der Ort Las Navas del Marqués liegt in der Sierra de Malagón, einem Teilabschnitt des Iberischen Scheidegebirges in einer Höhe von ca.  ungefähr 37 km (Fahrtstrecke) südöstlich von Ávila und nur ca. 27 km vom Escorial entfernt. Das Klima ist gemäßigt bis warm; der eher spärliche Regen (ca. 480 mm/Jahr) fällt mit Ausnahme der eher trockenen Sommermonate übers Jahr verteilt.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Die Mechanisierung der Landwirtschaft, die Aufgabe bäuerlicher Kleinbetriebe und der daraus resultierende Verlust an Arbeitsplätzen auf dem Lande haben seit dem 19. Jahrhundert zu einem kontinuierlichen Bevölkerungswachstum in den Städten geführt. Bei Las Navas kommen die relative Nähe zum Großraum Madrid bzw. zum Escorial hinzu.

Wirtschaft
Las Navas del Marqués und sein Umland sind traditionell landwirtschaftlich orientiert, aber auch Kleinhändler, Handwerker und Dienstleister haben sich im Ort niedergelassen. Heute spielt – vor allem im Sommer – der Tourismus in Form der Vermietung von Ferienwohnungen (casas rurales) eine nicht unwesentliche wirtschaftliche Rolle.

Geschichte
Das hochgelegene Gebiet von Las Navas war in vorrömischer Zeit vom keltischen Volksstamm der Vettonen besiedelt, doch wurden auf dem Gemeindegebiet weder römische noch westgotische oder maurische Spuren entdeckt und so beginnt sie Geschichte des Bergortes wahrscheinlich erst nach der Rückeroberung (reconquista) der Gegend durch den König Alfons VI. von León und der anschließenden Wiederbesiedlung (repoblación) durch Christen aus dem Norden, aber auch durch Mozaraber aus dem Süden im späten 11. Jahrhundert.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

 Der an der höchsten Stelle des Ortes erbaute und äußerlich noch wie eine mittelalterliche Burg wirkende Castillo-Palacio de Magalia entstand in den 1530er Jahren im Auftrag von Don Pedro Dávila y Zúñiga, dem ersten Marqués von Las Navas, der Karl V. im Comuneros-Aufstand (1520–1522) unterstützt hatte. Das Innere wirkt eher wie ein doppelgeschossiger Kreuzgang; die Burgkapelle ist ein Schmuckstück der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Der Palast dient heute zu Hotel- und Veranstaltungszwecken.
 In der Nähe der Burg befindet sich die Stierkampfarena (Plaza de Toros) – ein offener runder Platz mit Granitpfosten, in welche Holzbalken zwecks Absicherung der Zuschauer eingeschoben werden können.
 Der in den Jahren nach 1545 auf Veranlassung des Marqués entstandene Convento de Santo Domingo y San Pablo war eine Niederlassung des Dominikanerordens. Im 17. Jahrhundert wurde daraus eine Bildungseinrichtung des Ordens. In den Jahren 1809 bis 1812 wurden die Mönche von den napoleonischen Truppen vertrieben; im Jahr 1835 wurde das Kloster aufgelöst (desamortisación) und die ehemaligen Klostergebäude mit Ausnahme der Kirche abgerissen. Diese ist sterngewölbt und hat eine polygonale Apsis; oft finden hier Kunstausstellungen statt.
 San Juan Bautista ist die Pfarrkirche des Ortes; auch sie entstand im 16. Jahrhundert. Sie beherbergt einen sehenswerten Kruzifixus (Cristo de la Salud) und ein spätbarockes Altarretabel (retablo) im churrigueresken Stil.
 Die Ermita del Santísimo Cristo de Gracia ist ein Bau des 16. Jahrhunderts; der Innenraum wurde allerdings in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts neugestaltet.
 Ein runder eiserner Aussichtsturm (Atalaya-Mirador de Eiffel) mit äußerer Wendeltreppe wurde im Jahr 1883 erbaut. Die Urheberschaft Gustave Eiffels ist nicht zweifelsfrei geklärt, doch wurden alle Teile der Metallkonstruktion aus Paris importiert.

Weblinks

 Las Navas del Marqués, Bauten – Fotos + Infos (arteguias, spanisch)

Einzelnachweise

Ort in Kastilien und León
Conjunto histórico-artístico

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The role of compliance is expanding to include solving new business challenges. E-comm oversight is no longer just a checkbox "need to have" for compliance professionals. As electronic messaging channels have gained more prominence in business communications, firms are recognizing the value of this archived data, and the huge opportunity that message supervision presents to identify risk within an organization.
Seventy-two percent of respondents now believe message supervision is a critical tool to identify risk in their organization, up 13 percent from last year. Eighty-one percent believe message supervision delivers valuable and actionable insights to the businesses, versus 65 percent last year.


Check out the next trains departing from Jenbach to Kufstein for Tuesday 23rd Apr 2019. For the full train timetable/schedule, or to search for a later time or date, click here.
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How long does it take to travel from Jenbach to Kufstein by train?
The average journey time between Jenbach and Kufstein is 33 minutes and the fastest journey time is 22 minutes. On an average weekday, there are 48 trains per day travelling from Jenbach to Kufstein. The journey time may be longer on weekends and holidays; use our journey planner on this page to search for a specific travel date.
What time is the first and last train of the day from Jenbach to Kufstein?
The first train from Jenbach to Kufstein departs at 00:09. The last train from Jenbach to Kufstein departs at 23:09. Trains that depart in the early morning hours or very late evening may be sleeper services. Alternatively, some popular routes may run throughout the night at a reduced frequency. There may also be less services on weekends and holidays; use our journey planner on this page to search for a specific travel date.
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Yes, it is possible to travel from Jenbach to Kufstein without having to change trains. There are 44 direct trains from Jenbach to Kufstein. Though there may be fewer direct services available depending on your exact departure date.
If you're looking for the return train journey, check out trains from Kufstein to Jenbach.
The information provided is calculated based on scheduled train services for Jenbach to Kufstein for a typical week day using timetable data for 23/04/2019. On weekends, holidays or other exceptional times, fewer services may be available. The fare range provided has been found by our customers on Trainline on 03/10/2018 for travel on 04/10/2018 and for adult tickets in economy, discount cards and coach journeys excluded.


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City Hall looking to regulate paparazzi
by Melody Hanatani June 12, 2009 June 13, 2014
CITY HALL — The days of paparazzi crowding sidewalks, standing on top of cars and swarming near a local preschool to get candid shots of celebrities with their children could be numbered.
The City Council on Wednesday directed its staff to investigate "intrusive and invasive" activities of celebrity photographers and videographers around areas where children gather, returning with recommendations for regulations to protect their privacy.
The issue came to light after parents at the First Presbyterian Nursery School contacted councilmembers about the chaotic scene that often unfolds when celebrities pick up and drop off their children, complaining that photographers block sidewalks and stand on cars, all fighting to get a good shot.
Parents called it a safety issue.
Geoff Blake said that he has been knocked over by a photographer and his 4-year-old son has been "trampled on." A friend also sustained a gash on his head from a swinging lens.
"It's akin to literally a shark feeding," Blake told the council.
Justin Henry, who has a 4-year-old daughter, said that it's a matter of time before someone gets hurt, perhaps pushed out onto the street by the crowd as a car goes by.
Henry added that he is familiar with such situations, having been a child star who played the role of Billy Kramer in the movie, "Kramer vs. Kramer." He did note that the paparazzi were not an issue in his home town in New York state.
"These are very small children and they don't deserve to have to deal with the trappings of celebrity simply because they're going to school," he said.
Councilman Richard Bloom said he has received several dozen letters from parents over the past few weeks and also visited the school, observing roughly 30 photographers swarming the entrance to the school, pushing up against one another.
"I was told by parents that children had been jostled and in a couple of occasions … had been hit in the head or their bodies with cameras," Bloom said.
Paparazzi are a common sight in Santa Monica, which has a relatively high population of celebrity residents. Some councilmembers asked whether regulations should extend beyond preschools to cover other areas, but Bloom cautioned that sensitivity must be paid to First Amendment rights.
"The broader we craft this, the more difficult it is going to be to come up with something sustainable here," he said.
Blake recalls a conversation he had with a neighbor one day about the preschool. The neighbor was apparently able to recite which celebrity's child was in what class at which time.
"It's like, how do you know that and why do you care?" Blake said.
Shortage of water in town

Below average rainfall over the past few years has forced the council to declare an advisory water shortage emergency.
The council adopted a water shortage response plan that calls for reduction in total water demand in several stages.
The declaration of an advisory level shortage means that water use restriction is voluntary at 10 percent, which basically means that residents and businesses can continue as normal thanks to ongoing conservation efforts within the city.
If the issue worsens, the council can up the water emergency, mandating conservation.
The governor earlier this year declared a state of emergency because of a drought situation caused by below average rainfall. Lee Swain, the director of public works, said the issue has been aggravated by court decisions placing restrictions on state water project deliveries because of endangered species.
The Metropolitan Water District, from which the city receives most of its water, also approved a shortage allocation plan in April, shooting for a regional reduction level of 10 percent. The conservation level in Santa Monica already exceeds 10 percent.
Council finishes allocating RDA funds

The production of affordable housing will get a financial boost after the council voted to allocate $43.6 million from the Redevelopment Agency to fund projects that would help replenish a diminishing stock of relatively inexpensive residential units.
The council finally completed a lengthy discussion that spanned several meetings on how to spend roughly $283 million in RDA money expected to be available if City Hall is able to commit debt obligations by 2014.
On May 12, the council appropriated roughly $206 million, including about $57 million for joint-use projects at Santa Monica High School, $25 million for shared parking and $2.3 million for the expansion of Memorial Park.
The remaining $77 million was earmarked yesterday, including $27 million for land acquisition as part of the Downtown parking plan, $2 million for freeway capping, and $4.4 million for traffic signalization, and money for affordable housing.
The council meeting on Tuesday was continued to the following evening as officials were unable to complete its discussion on the RDA funding, having spent more than an hour disagreeing over whether to allocate more money for joint use opportunities at Santa Monica High School.
Several proposals were on the table to spend more money to move the proposed soccer field at the Civic Center to Samohi, freeing up that space for other uses. Mayor Ken Genser and Councilwoman Gleam Davis were in favor of funding joint use projects up to $118 million, which would allow the soccer field to be moved to Samohi. Genser said the only way that the soccer field could be placed at the high school was if it was constructed on top of another facility, all of which would come to about $118 million.
Several councilmembers expressed discomfort with giving such a large pot of money when there are other areas of the city that also needed attention. A couple of compromise proposals were presented, including allocating an extra $16 million for a joint use contingent that the soccer issue be resolved. None received the necessary four votes, leaving joint use projects with the original $57 million.
Legal settlements reached

The council resolved three legal matters this week, including a $45,000 settlement in a bus-related injury in the case of Halashizadeh vs. City of Santa Monica. The incident involved an elderly rider who fell on the bus when it was in motion.
The council also approved a $25,000 settlement for Gasdaglis vs. City of Santa Monica, a case that involved a bicyclist who collided with a bus.
A case involving a business sign issue at 1844 Lincoln Blvd. was also resolved. The settlement allows the owner to keep their existing roof sign for six years before taking it down. The owner apparently was not notified to take down the sign earlier.
City Hall still trying to solve paparazzi problem
Councilman wants anti-paparazzi law at pre-schools
City staff identifies measures to curtail paparazzi
Tagged: city council, gleam davis, politics, Samohi, santa monica high school, santa monica malibu unified, School, school district, vikings, water


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Big Bitcoin Winner, A Hedge Fund Goes to the Dogs and Labor Department Is Looking Up…Almost
Smooth as silk…
Venture Capitalist Tim Draper is a bit bitcoin richer these days after he won the lot of 30,000 crypto-coins auctioned off by US Marshals. The seized bitcoins came courtesy of Ross Ulbricht, alleged operator of the Silk Road online marketplace for drugs and guns. The original plan was for the government to auction off the coins in nine blocks but Draper had other plans and as he simply puts it, "paid more than other people." Those other "people" included 45 bidders and 63 bids. The estimated value of the coins is somewhere between $17 million and $19 million. It seems Draper of the VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson has big plans for his newly acquired bitcoins which actually don't involve a space voyage. Instead, the VC plans to use it for his Bitcoin startup Vaurum that is geared towards providing liquidity to markets with shaky currencies. The government still has 144,000 bitcoins so maybe you'll have better luck at the next auction.
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Activist hedge fund Jana Partners has gone to the dogs. And cats. And fish…The fund is looking to buy the PetSmart and disclosed its 9.9% stake in the company. The chatter had Wall Street howling, sending shares up about 13%. The Phoenix-based company has seen its shares fall 18% in 2014 and reported some poor first quarter earnings. PetSmart has been trying to combat fiercer competition from companies like Amazon Prime and other e-commerce outlets by offering more grooming services and fresh food. The company has over 1,300 stores and is valued at almost $6 billion. And that's nothing to bark at.
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The Labor Department is celebrating Independence Day early announcing that not only did the economy add 288,00 jobs, as ADP suggested yesterday, but also that unemployment took a much needed and much appreciated drop from its arrogant little perch of 6.3% to 6.1% The economy has added around 200,000 jobs for the last five months and many say that the Great Recession, that obnoxious unwelcome visitor that overstayed its visit, has officially been over for five years. Unfortunately states like Illinois, New Jersey Florida have yet to receive that memo as those states and 29 others are still trying to regain all their jobs. Nevada is also still trying to recover its economic mojo, signaling that while the recession, that started in 2007, has been over for several years, recovery has been mixed and slow. But on the bright side, North Dakota saw a huge energy boom and with that a 28% increase in jobs.
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Political paralysis: Investors must catalyze positive change
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By John Streur, President and CEO, Calvert Research and Management
Washington - There is one major issue that the vast majority of global leaders agree upon: Climate change is a real problem and we need to use economic, market-oriented mechanisms to fight it now.
Even at a time when U.S. politicians are at such disagreement that the federal government has been partially shut down for nearly a month and transnational relations have deteriorated to trade wars and arrests, with the uncertainty surrounding Brexit occupying Europe, we all agree on the need to address climate change. But we also recognize that government is not capable of providing the needed solutions at the speed by which they need to occur, so investors must take action.
In advance of next week's World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, the organization's latest Global Risks Report was clear and direct in its assessment of how leaders worldwide see the threat that climate change poses.
Every year, the World Economic Forum conducts a survey of about 1,000 business leaders, politicians and academics to identify the biggest global risks in terms of likelihood and impact. It defines global risk as "an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, can cause significant negative impact for several countries or industries."
In its top 10 risks by likelihood from the just released Global Risks Report 2019, five are classified as environmental. In addition, involuntary migration and water crises are placed in the societal category by the World Economic Forum, but are exacerbated by climate-change impacts:
Failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation
Data fraud or theft
Cyberattacks
Man-made environmental disasters
Large-scale involuntary migration
Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse
Water crises
Asset bubbles in a major economy
This isn't a sudden realization of the impacts that climate change is likely to have. The top two risks in terms of likelihood in the 2018 report were extreme weather events and natural disasters, and they ranked No. 1 and No. 3 in 2017. But it's also noteworthy that the failure to mitigate and adapt to climate change now ranks so highly. The more time we spend failing to act, the more the conversation must turn to those areas rather than prevention. As the report notes, "Of all risks, it is in relation to the environment that the world is most clearly sleepwalking into catastrophe."1
Economists agree
It's not just the Davos attendees who have climate-change impacts on their minds. On January 16, 45 top economists representing beliefs across the political spectrum published a letter in The Wall Street Journal and other publications around the world that called for the United States to put a tax on carbon. They advocated for this approach as a simple and straightforward way to help combat climate-change issues that we can no longer afford to ignore. Even major oil companies like Exxon support this proposal because it realizes that if we fail to act now, more severe actions will be required in the foreseeable future.
The letter suggests returning the proceeds collected from the tax back to taxpayers in the form of a rebate, thus mitigating the out-of-pocket consumer costs and creating an additional incentive to lower carbon use. For example, a family that drastically reduces its own carbon use and pays a few hundred dollars in extra carbon taxes might ultimately make money if the rebate check it receives based on general carbon tax collected is higher.
Greg Mankiw, a former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, noted that this wasn't a controversial topic among economists. "The politics is complicated, the international relations is complicated, but the economics is really simple," he told The Washington Post.2
Calvert's drive toward positive change
Despite the fact that so many of us, including the business leaders and economists cited above, know the risks that this creates, as a society we have lacked sufficient will to take significant steps toward implementing real solutions. Too often, an emphasis on short-term returns, political hurdles and a reluctance to overturn the status quo can allow inertia to push the problem further down the road.
This has brought us to a point where climate-change mitigation and adaptation must be discussed alongside prevention, and increased the chances that we will fail to act with sufficient urgency until it is too late. The disconnect between the recognized need to take decisive action and the sluggish response makes it more necessary than ever for all of us to do what we can to drive positive change.
At Calvert, we do so through our innovative research system that incorporates material ESG inputs into our investment decisions. We also conduct structured engagement with companies where our research indicates that our engagement team may have the greatest impact, and use our proxy votes as shareholders to encourage companies to take positive steps toward managing their preparedness for the effects of climate change, and their relationship with the environment and their communities.
As responsible investors, we will continue to analyze how a company handles the climate-change risks, like those seen by the World Economic Forum, prominent economists and so many others, when making our investment decisions, and use shareowner activism in an effort to catalyze needed change.
Bottom line: Please consider what you can do to create action; the debate is over, but we need many more people and organizations to take action to drive positive change.
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Latest Dirt
New 700-megawatt Power Generating Station in New Jersey Relied on HDD to Get the Conduit Installed
By Sharon M. Bueno — Dec 15, 2014
A new, 700-megawatt, gas-fired power generating station is under construction in Woodbridge, N.J., that, when completed, will transmit power generated by this new facility to an existing substation three miles away. Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) was successfully used to install more than 11,000 ft of high-voltage transmission lines across two wetland areas and the Raritan River.
Carson Corp., based in Lafayette Township, N.J., was the HDD contractor for the design-build project. In all, Carson drilled six directional bores in three locations for the 11,000 ft of 30-in. Fusible PVC (fPVC) casing. Each of the three locations necessitated parallel crossings of the casing pipe, which housed three 230 kV electrical cables, each producing enough electricity to power more than 700,000 homes.
Project general contractor was EJ Electric/Ferreira Construction and the owner was Competitive Power Ventures. The power generating station — known as the Woodbridge Energy Center (WEC) — is being constructed at a former chemical plant and will be a state-of-the-art energy center upon completion. According to project information, the WEC will help the state of New Jersey meet its energy demand, while also improving the state's electric system's reliability and environmental impact.
According to Carson Corp. vice president Scott Murray, P.E., each 30-in. fPVC casing housed four 8-in. fPVC conduits to carry three 230-kV cables (one of which is a spare conduit for possible future use), two 2-in. HDPE conduits for ground and fiber-optic lines and a 3-in. HDPE grout delivery tube. Casing spacers were installed every 5 ft in the 30-in. fPVC casing pipe. The fPVC casing was supplied by Underground Solutions and Lee Supply supplied the 2-in. and 3-in. HDPE conduits.
The three locations where the six drills took place (parallel bores at each location) were: 1,600 ft, 2,400 ft and 1,500 ft. Crews used three American Augers drills for the project: DD1100 (1.1 million lbs), DD440 (440,000 lbs) and DD140 (140,000 lbs). Drilling took place simultaneously at times, taking advantage of the parallel installation. Crews also used two Tulsa Rig Iron 750 Recyclers, as well as INROCK and SlimDril International steering hands.
Use of traditional installation methods via overhead towers and direct burial were used for most of the installation. "About 1mile of the entire project needed to be installed using the trenchless technology of HDD because the terrain to be traversed was either wetlands or the river," Murray explains. "When they got to a point where they had wetlands and they couldn't get through the swamp, they had to bring the wires down from the pole and cross under them to reach the substation."
The project started in March 2014 and completed in July. However, before drilling could commenced, the Carson crew constructed a mile of timber mats in the wetland/marsh areas in order to use the heavy drilling equipment.
Why Fusible PVC?
When designing the project, Carson Corp. considered a range of casing and conduit pipe materials, including steel and HDPE and fPVC. Murray explains that Carson looked at the design aspects of the project in making its decision to go with fPVC. Pulling strength of the pipe, as well as the internal and external diameters of the pipe, was critical.
"Two drills were over 2,400 ft," Murray says. "If I was pulling something that long using HDPE, I would need a heavier, thicker wall. When you have a thicker wall, that decreases the size of the inside diameter of the pipe. The whole premise of the project was to get a 7 ½ in. inside diameter space filled with conduit. If I used [a pipe] with a heavier wall thickness, the borehole just got larger and larger.
HDD"The fPVC had a thinner wall thickness that allowed me to create a bigger bundle that had a smaller outside diameter borehole, he adds. "[The fPVC] also had a greater pulling strength, capable of pulling it further."
Murray further explains that the conduit pipe needed to be large enough inside diameter to allow the proper clearance for the power cables while having a small enough outside diameter to fit within the 30-in. casing. Also, the 8-in. conduit pipe needed sufficient hoop strength to withstand external loading placed on the pipe during the grouting process.
Using the non-metallic fPVC casing pipe also maximized the amount of electrical current a conductor can carry before sustaining progressive deterioration. The fPVC pipe was connected to the open-cut conduit with standard power couplings and fittings.
The ground conditions were of mixed soils, including sand, clay and rock, the latter Carson wasn't expecting. Murray explains that the final two boreholes proved to be a bit of challenge, given the narrow right of way that the drilling crew had to work in.
Parallel"With the last two drills, we had a very tight tolerance in the right of way," he says. "With the first four drills, there was a 40-ft right of way but the last two only had a 22-ft right of way. The electrical manufacturer required that the drills be 19 ft apart to prevent the [lines] coming too close together and heating up. But the right of way didn't allow for any margin of error. We had to drill both drills perfectly along the right of way."
How did the crews handle these two tricky drills? "Very cautiously and carefully," Murray says. "When we started to deviate, we made sure we corrected it immediately. There was no room for error."
Once the casing pipe was in place, the bundle was installed, which was then grouted into place using specially designed thermal grout (Constellation Group), piped in through the 3-in. HDPE grout delivery tubes.
Murray says this is type of project is what Carson does best: handling more than just the drilling.
"We did everything," he says. "We weren't just the drillers. We assembled and installed the bundle, grouted the conduits in place, pressure tested it and provided a pull string inside."
Sharon M. Bueno is managing editor of Trenchless Technology.
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