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HomePODCAST NEWS & BLOGSPODCAST NEWSQUICK QUOTES: Bobby Fulton on the violent feud between The Fantastics and The Sheepherders, meeting a young Jim Cornette
QUICK QUOTES: Bobby Fulton on the violent feud between The Fantastics and The Sheepherders, meeting a young Jim Cornette
July 30, 2017 Andrew Soucek PODCAST NEWS, PODCAST NEWS & BLOGS
Bobby Fulton was a recent guest on the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast and talked about The Fantastics, meeting Jim Cornette while he was a photographer, and more. Here are the highlights they sent along:
The chemistry of The Fantastics and tag team partner Tommy Rogers:
"All I can tell you is this, it was magic. It was magical. Why I say that is because we went out there and we put our guts out and magic took place. People talk about our matches with The Midnight Express and our matches with The Sheepherders but often times we had great matches with teams like Eddie Gilbert and Sting, Jack Victory and John Tatum and with a lot of other tag teams that with me and Tommy both at 5′ 9" we really knew that I couldn't have gotten that far with out him and he wouldn't have gotten as far without me. It was supposed to have been a ninety day replacement team and that was it. Bill Watts and Bill Dundee put Tommy and I together and it became magical. We had tremendous matches with a lot of great tag teams."
Meeting a young photographer named Jim Cornette in Memphis:
"I was recovering from a broken arm and I called The Cuban Assassin who was wrestling in Memphis to try and get me on there (Memphis TV) and he got me an opportunity to go there to that territory. When I started going to Louisville and Evansville and being broke from healing up from a broken arm, Jimmy Cornette and his mother worked for Ms. Christine Jarrett (mother of Jeff Jarrett) and I ended up going to Louisville and me and Jimmy and Mama Cornette would ride from there to Evansville and they helped me out and me and Jimmy became great friends. As a matter of fact it was Jimmy that turned me on to the style of Tiger Mask. I had met Dynamite Kid while working for Stu Hart but it was seeing the Dynamite Kid and Tiger Mask from Jimmy."
"Jimmy loved the wrestling business. He ate, drank and slept wrestling. He was a great student of the game and he knew so much that I told him that you might never be a wrestler but someday you are going to do something big in the wrestling business because he just had such a great understanding of professional wrestling and he was also a great photographer."
The violent and crazy matches between The Fantastics and The Sheepherders (The Bushwackers):
"It was a good combination because they were like wild animals and we were the young white meat babyfaces and meaning that we were there to draw the women and it became unbelievable what our matches with those guys were. Those guys were really something else and I mean that in a way that they made us make believers out of everybody. They ended up saying not only do these guys look good but they got in the ring and they would bleed like stuck hogs and fight to no end."
"As a matter of fact it was Luke Williams who gave me my first break in San Antonio and The Sheepherdes (later The Bushwackers) were blood-thirsy "mate" and with all of the blood and guts they helped get us over."
For the full interview with Bobby Fulton, check out The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast.
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Jim Cornette's Drive-Thru Episode 56 Release date: June 04, 2018 Recap by: Paul Briody Top stories/moments of interest: • Usual format in which Brian Last asks Jim Cornette listener questions about current wrestling and wrestling history with great chemistry between the two. 0:00 – Jim is pleased with Brian's intro this week: "Sooner or later a blind squirrel will find […]
QUICK QUOTES: T.L. Hopper on his various gimmicks, working with Jim Cornette, the writer who is "an idiot"
September 25, 2017 Andrew Soucek PODCAST NEWS, PODCAST NEWS & BLOGS
T.L. Hopper (Dirty White Boy) was a recent guest on the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast. He talked about his various gimmicks, working with Jim Cornette, and more. Here are the highlights they sent along: His intense matches and feud with Tom Prichard: "It was just something that comes along every once in awhile where two guys gel […]
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Jim Cornette's Drive-Thru (Ep. 83) Release date: 02/04/19 Recap by: Paul Briody Top stories/moments of interest: • Brian Last asks Jim Cornette listener questions about current wrestling and wrestling history with great chemistry between the two. 0:00 – Intro is Jim's favorite intro by Brian to date even though he's in a bad mood. Jim talks us through his shower […]

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FACT CHECK: Did This Video Show Obama Agreeing with the Trump Administration on Immigration Policies?
A video showing former United States President Barack Obama "agreeing" with President Donald Trump on immigration is deceptively edited.
A video shows President Obama agreeing with President Trump on immigration policy.
In June 2018, the Trump administration received heavy criticized for enacting a short-lived policy to separate children from their families at the border of the United States and Mexico, sending them to detention centers across the country as an apparent attempt to deter asylum-seekers.
This footage is disingenuous at best. It is true that Obama, like Trump, wished to take action against people entering the country without documentation, and argued that he had the authority as president to take certain legal actions. In terms of separating families at the border, however, there is nothing in this clip to suggest that Obama agreed with the current policy — and as a matter of fact, Obama's full speech contains a number of passages that directly contradict this particular claim or inference.
That's the real amnesty –- leaving this broken system the way it is. Mass amnesty would be unfair. Mass deportation would be both impossible and contrary to our character. What I'm describing is accountability — a common-sense, middle-ground approach: If you meet the criteria, you can come out of the shadows and get right with the law. If you're a criminal, you'll be deported. If you plan to enter the U.S. illegally, your chances of getting caught and sent back just went up.
President Obama's "Immigration Accountability Executive Action" plan tackled a wide range of immigration issues, not just those concerning the border. The three main points of his plan involved cracking down on unauthorized immigration at the border, deporting undocumented felons, providing undocumented immigrants already in the United States a chance to avoid deportation by passing background checks and paying taxes.
DHS will also create a new deferred action program for people who are parents of U.S. Citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) and have lived in the United States for five years or longer if they register, pass a background check and pay taxes.
The viral video attempted to make it seem as if Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump were in lockstep with one another when it came to immigration issues such as the separation of families at the border by dishonestly cherry-picking out-of-context quotes and omitting passages that disagreed with the chosen narrative.
However, Obama repeatedly said in this speech — as well as in the "Immigration Accountability Executive Action" plan — that he was opposed to family separation.


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Economics of the arts and literature  or cultural economics (used below for convenience) is a branch of economics that studies the economics of creation, distribution, and the consumption of works of art, literature and similar creative and/or cultural products.   For a long time, the concept of the "arts" were confined to visual arts (e.g., painting) and performing arts (music, theatre, dance) in the Anglo-Saxon tradition. Usage has widened since the beginning of the 1980s with the study of cultural industry (cinema, television programs, book and periodical publishing and music publishing) and the economy of cultural institutions (museums, libraries, historic buildings).  The field is coded as JEL: Z11 in the Journal of Economic Literature classification system used for article searches.

Introduction

Cultural economics is concerned with the arts in a broad sense. The goods considered have creative content, but that is not enough to qualify as a cultural good. Designer goods such as clothes and drapes are not considered usually to be works of art or culture. Cultural goods are those with a value determined by symbolic content rather than physical characteristics. (For further considerations, see also Cultural Institutions Studies). Economic thinking has been applied in ever more areas in the last decennia, including pollution, corruption and education.

Works of art and culture have a specific quality, which is their uniqueness. While other economic goods, such as crude oil or wheat are generic, interchangeable commodities (given a specific grade of the product), there is only one example of a famous painting such as the Mona Lisa, and only one example of Rodin's well-known sculpture The Thinker. While copies or reproductions can be made of these works of art, and while many inexpensive posters of the Mona Lisa and small factory-made replicas of The Thinker are sold, neither full-size copies nor inexpensive reproductions are viewed as substitutes for the real artworks, in the way that a consumer views a pound of Grade A sugar from Cuba as a fully equivalent substitute for a pound of Grade A sugar from United States or Dominican Republic.  As there is no equivalent item or substitute for these famous works of art, classical economist Adam Smith held it was impossible to value them. Alfred Marshall noted that the demand for a certain kind of cultural good can depend on its consumption: The more you have listened to a particular kind of music, the more you appreciate. In his economic framework, these goods do not have the usual decreasing marginal utility.

Key academic works in cultural economics include those of Baumol and Bowen (Performing Arts, The Economic Dilemma, 1966), of Gary Becker on addictive goods, and of Alan Peacock (public choice). This summary has been divided into sections on the economic study of the performing arts, on the market of individual pieces of art, the art market in cultural industries, the economics of cultural heritage and the labour market in the art sector.

Performing arts: Baumol and cultural economics

The seminal paper by William Baumol and Bowen introduced the term cost disease for a relative cost growth of live performances. This cost growth explains the increasing dependency of this kind of art on state subsidies. It occurs when the consumable good is labour itself. To understand this phenomenon, compare the change in the cost of performing the Molière play Tartuffe in 1664 and in 2007 with the change in cost of calculating a large number of sums from an accounting ledger. In 1664, you needed two hours and twelve actors to perform Molière's play, and it would take, say, twelve accountants working for two hours to add up all the sums in an accounting ledger. In 2007, a single accountant with a $10 calculator can add the sums in 20 minutes, but you still need two hours and twelve actors for the Molière play. Artists must make a considerable investment in human capital (e.g., training), and needs to be paid accordingly. The artists' pay needs to rise along with that of the population in general. As the latter is following the general productivity in the economy, the cost of a play will rise with general productivity, while the actors' productivity does not rise.

There are two lines of thought in subsequent literature on the economics of the performing arts:

The first concentrates on the existence of productivity growth in some areas of production, thus contradicting the relevance of cost disease. Staying with the "Tartuffe" example, the same performance can be viewed by an ever-larger audience by improvements in the design of theatres, and by the introduction of microphones, television and recording.
The second is concerned with the allocation of subsidies to the cultural sector. While these should be in the general public interest, they may have an income distribution effect, e.g. if they reduce cost to the relatively well-off part of society. This is the case when the well-off are overrepresented in the audiences of subsidized plays, or when subsidies go to a small elitist group of artists.

Market for artworks
Two segments of the market in the visual arts can be distinguished: works of art that are familiar and have a history, and contemporary works that are more easily influenced by fashion and new discoveries. Both markets, however, are oligopolistic, i.e., there are limited numbers of sellers and buyers (oligopsony). Two central questions on the working of the markets are: How are prices determined, and what is the return on artworks, compared to the return on financial assets.

Price determination
Components of a work of art, like raw stone, tubes of paint or unpainted canvas, in general have a value much lower than the finished products, such as a sculpture or a finished painting. Also, the amount of labour needed to produce an item does not explain the big price differences between works of art. It seems that the value is much more dependent on potential buyers', and experts' perception of it. This perception has three elements: First, social value, which is the social status the buyer has by owning it. The artist thus has an "artistic capital". Second, the artistic value, compared to contemporary works, or as importance to later generations. Third, the price history of the item, if a buyer uses this for their expectation of a future price at which they might sell the item again (given the oligopolistic market structure).
Three kinds of economic agents determine these values. Specific experts like gallery owners or museum directors use the first, social value. Experts like art historians and art professors use the second, artistic value. Buyers who buy works of art as an investment use the third, the price history and expectations for future price increases.

Art market and investment

Some major financial institutions, banks and insurance companies, have had considerable return rates on investments in art works in the 1990s. These rates have not slowed down at the same time as the rates on stock exchanges, in the early 1990s. This may indicate a diversification opportunity. Apart from this evidence of successful investment, the amount of data available has stimulated study of the market. Many works are sold at auctions. These transactions are thus very transparent. This has made it possible to establish price databases, with prices of some items going back to 1652. An intangible gain in terms of pleasure of having a work of art could explain this partly. However, before interpreting the figures, it should be borne in mind that art is often exempt of many kinds of taxes. In 1986, Baumol made an estimate of an average yearly rate of return of 0.55 percent for works of art, against a rate of return of 2.5 percent for financial assets, over a 20-year period.

Legal criticism

Throughout many art auctions, the source of the money of the bidder is often hard to identify or the works are purchased by an anonymous buyer.

Law enforcement officials say that the high amount of secrecy has become a drawback, as it leaves the process available to money launderers. According to the FBI and Interpol, "in comparison with other trade sectors, the art market faces a higher risk of exposure to dubious financial practices" because "the volume of legally questionable transactions is noticeably higher than in other global markets."

Cultural industries
Some famous artworks such as the Mona Lisa painting are not reproducible (at least in the sense of creating another copy that would be seen as equivalent in value), but there are many cultural goods whose value does not depend on a single, individual copy. Books, recordings, movies get some of their value from the existence of many copies of the original. These are the products of major cultural industries, which are the book industry, the music industry and the film industry. These markets are characterized by:
 Uncertainty of value. The demand for a good (market success) is hard to predict. For example, with movies, even if a film's plot, themes and selection of actors has been extensively tested using focus groups and polls, and even if the movie uses popular A-list actors, this film may still be a box office bomb (e.g., Gigli, a 2003 American romantic comedy starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez). On the other hand, a low-budget film by an unknown director and an unknown cast, such as The Blair Witch Project can surprise the industry by being a major hit. This uncertainty is a characteristic of an experience good such as films, TV shows, musical theatre shows and music concerts.
 Infinite variety. You can differentiate between regular consumer products, e.g. cars, on basis of its characteristics. For example, a hatchback can be purchased from a number of manufacturers with a set list of options (e.g., automatic transmission, standard transmission, convertible, etc.), with the different options requiring different charges. Many general products allow classification on a relatively small number of such characteristics. Cultural goods, however, have a very high number of characteristics, which, on top of that, often are subjective. For example, an early 1990s band with loud, distorted electric guitar could be considered to be grunge, punk, heavy metal music or alternative rock by different music critics.  This makes cultural products hard to compare.
 High concentration in the products which are traded or sold. A major part of the sales of cultural goods is concentrated in a very small number of bestsellers (e.g., with books), blockbusters (movies) or hit singles (pop music). In other words, the market for such cultural goods operates as a winner-take-all market.
 Short life cycle. Most cultural items are sold/traded shortly after their introduction or production. Some cultural goods, such as broadcast news, have little or no market value shortly after the broadcast. Of course, some cultural products may retain saleability for years or even decades, as with the small number of films that become cult movies (e.g., Rocky Horror Picture Show) or certain classic novels or albums that have enduring appeal (the "back catalogue" of a record label).
 High fixed costs. There is high cost before introduction of a new artwork or cultural product. Making a movie can cost millions of dollars; however the marginal cost of making an additional copy of the DVD may cost less than a dollar.

Market structure
The important cultural industries tend to have an oligopolistic market structure. The market is dominated by a few major companies, with the rest of the market consisting of many small companies. The latter may act as a filter or as "gatekeepers" for the artistic supply. A small company with a successful artist or good quality roster can be bought by one of the major companies. Big conglomerates, pooling TV and film production, have existed for decades. The 1990s have seen some mergers extending beyond the industry as such, and mergers of hardware producers with content providers. Anticipated gains from synergy and market power have not been realised, and from the early 2000s there has been a trend towards organisation along sector lines.

Economics of cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is reflected in goods and real estate. Management and regulation of museums has come under study in this area.

Museums

Museums, which have a conservatory role, and provide exhibitions to the general public, can be commercial, or on a non-profit base. In the second case, as they provide a public good, they pose the problems related to these goods: should they be self-financing, or be subsidized? One of the specific issues is the imbalance between the huge value of the collections in museums, and their budgets. Also, they are often located in places (city centres) where the cost of land is high, which limits their expansion possibilities. American museums exhibit only about half of their collection. Some museums in Europe, like the Pompidou Centre in France, show less than 5 percent of their collection. Apart from providing exhibitions, museums get proceeds from derived products, like catalogues and reproductions. They also produce at a more intangible level: They make collections. Out of so many pieces in the public domain, they make a selection based on their expertise, thus adding value to the mere existence of the items.

The dual goal of conservation and providing exhibitions obviously presents a choice. On one hand the museum has, for conservation reasons, an interest in exhibiting as few items as possible, and it would select lesser known works and a specialized audience, to promote knowledge and research. On the other hand, the exhibition argument requires showing the major pieces from different cultures, to satisfy the demands from the public and to attract a large audience. When a government has made a choice about this, application of economic contract theory will help to implement this choice by showing how to use incentives to different managers (on the financial, conservatory side) to obtain the required result.

Real estate and buildings

Many countries have systems that protect historically significant buildings and structures. These are buildings or other structures that are deemed to have cultural importance or which are deemed to have heritage value. Owners get tax deductions or subsidies for restoration, in return for which they accept restrictions on modifications to the buildings or provide public access. Buildings that are often classified as heritage buildings include former or current Parliament buildings, cathedrals, courthouses, houses built in a recognized historical style, and even fairly regular houses, if the house was formerly the home of a famous politician, artist or inventor. Buildings with heritage status cannot typically be demolished. Depending on the nature of the heritage restrictions, the current owner may or may not be allowed to modify the outside or inside of the building. Such a system poses the same choice problems as museums do. There has been little study of this issue.

Artists' labour market
The labour market for artists is characterized by:
 There is an extremely unequal income distribution within the market segment. A very small group of artists earn a high proportion of the total income, while the average income is low.
 There is a structural excess supply of labour. There are always more people who would like to earn their income as an artist than there is demand for artists and artworks. For example, there are far more young indie rock bands aspiring to careers in music than there are available paid contracts in the recording industry. Due to this excess supply of labour, a nightclub owner has so many local young bands requesting to play at their venue that they can offer the bands little or no payment for their performance.
 There are intangible returns to labour, also called "nonpecuniary benefits" (this means non-financial, non-wage benefits). For example, a musician is able to spend their days creating beautiful music and working with other creative people, which is very satisfying. Due to these intangible returns, artists are often willing to accept lower wages than their qualifications would earn in a different market. For example, working with a famous musician may provide such great intangible benefits (e.g., it is exciting to meet and work with such a well-known performer) that a record producer may be able to ask musicians to record with the start musician for little or no payment.
 Non-separation of artist and work. While some workers in the cultural industries do not make a strong connection between their work tasks and their self-identity, for some types of artists, such as painters, sculptors and filmmakers, the image their artwork or creative output gives them is important to artists' sense of self. Whether this phenomenon occurs depends on a number of factors, such as the type of artistic job and individuals' perceptions. In the 2010s, many famous film directors view the movies they direct as directly identified with their artistic vision. However, an assistant director leading scenes in action films may see themself as a worker in a cultural industry, and they may not feel artistically identified with the films they work on.

Star system

The term "star system", coined by Sherwin Rosen, is used to explain why a small number of the artists and creators in the market, such as the celebrity A-list actors and top pop singers, earn most of the total earnings in a sector. Rosen's 1981 paper examined the economics of superstars to determine why "relatively small numbers of people earn enormous amounts of money and seem to dominate the fields in which they engage". Rosen argues that in superstar markets, "small differences in talent at the top of the distribution will translate into large differences in revenue." Rosen points out that "...sellers of higher talent charge only slightly higher prices than those of lower talent, but sell much larger quantities; their greater earnings come overwhelmingly from selling larger quantities than from charging higher prices".

In cultural industries, the uncertainty about the quality of a product plays a key role in this. The consumer does not really know how good the product is, until they have consumed it (think of a movie), and the producer is confronted with the typical uncertainty in a cultural industry. The consumer looks for guidance in the price, reputation, or a famous name on the cover or poster. As the producer understands this using a famous director, actor or singer affects demand, they are prepared to pay a lot for a name considered a sign of quality (a star). Indeed, authors like Adler and Ginsburgh have given evidence that star status is determined by chance: in a musical contest, results were highly correlated with the order of performance. This randomness has been used to explain why the labor supply in the sector remains excessive: given the extreme gains of a star, and an irrational behaviour, or particular preferences, with respect to chance, unsuccessful artists keep trying, even when they are earning their money mostly in a different trade, such as waiting tables. A second argument is the possibility of intangible returns to artists' labour in terms of social status and lifestyle. For example, even a struggling DJ spends most of their time onstage on nightclubs and raves, which for some people is a desirable outcome.

Production structure

A case has been made for the existence of a different structure in the production of cultural goods . (See Cultural Institutions Studies.) An artist often considers a product to be an expression of themself, while the ordinary craftsperson is only concerned with their product, as far as it affects their pay or salary. For example, a painter who creates artworks that are displayed in museums may view their paintings as their artistic expression. On the other hand, a scene painter for a music theatre company may see themself as a craftsperson who is paid by the hour for doing painting. The artist may thus want restrict the use of their product, and they may object if a museum uses a reproduction of their painting to help sell cars or liquor. On the other hand, the scene painter may not object to commercial re-uses of their set painting, as they may see it just as a regular job.

See also
Philosophy of copyright
 Cultural economics
 The Price of Everything, 2018 documentary on contemorary art valuations
 The Lost Leonardo, 2021 documentary on the 2017 sale of the Salvador Mundi

Notes

References
Baumol, William J. and William G. Bowen (1966). Performing Arts, The Economic Dilemma.
  Benhamou, Françoise (2002). L'Économie du Star System, Odile Jacob, Paris (France).
 Mark Blaug, 2001.  "Where Are We Now on Cultural Economics," Journal of Economic Surveys, 15(2), pp. 123–14. Abstract.
 Caves, Richard E. (2000). Creative Industries, Harvard University Press.   Description and preview.
 Frey, Bruno S. (2003). Arts & Economics: Analysis & Cultural Policy, Springer.  Description and chapter-preview links.

 Ginsburgh, Victor A., & David Throsby  (2006). Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, Description and chapter-abstract links.
 Peacock, Alan T., Ilde Rizzo, and Giorgio Brosio, 1994. Cultural Economics and Cultural Policies, Springer, , . Description and scroll to chapter-preview links.
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 Snowball, Jeanette D. (2008). Measuring the Value of Culture. Description and Arrow-page searchable chapter links.
  Throsby, David (2001), Economics and Culture, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK).
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 Towse, Ruth ed. (2003). A Handbook of Cultural Economics, Edward Elgar. 494 pp. Contents.  ,
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Forte ("f"): An indication that musicians should play at a loud volume
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Subito Piano: This dynamic marking indicates that the music should suddenly be played at a much quieter volume.
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The rendition also interpolates "Sex on Fire."
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dvsn have shared a cover of Kings of Leon's song, "Use Somebody." Their rendition also interpolates another one of the band's 2008 hits, "Sex on Fire."
"I've been roaming around, always looking down at all I see / Painted faces fill the places I can't reach / You know that I could use somebody," vocalist Daniel Daley croons in the Canadian duo's soulful cover. The track concludes with Daley's passionate interpolation of "Sex on Fire."
dvsn—the duo of Daley and producer Nineteen85—will include the take on "Use Somebody" on the forthcoming project Amusing Her Feelings. The offering is due out tomorrow, and will serve as a "continuation chapter" to their album A Muse in Her Feelings. That record dropped in December and featured Snoh Aalegra, Future, Ty Dolla $ign and more.
dvsn's cover dropped the same time Kings of Leon announced their new album When You See Yourself with the tracks "The Bandit" and "100,000 People."
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Leading pan African cement manufacturer, the Dangote Cement has maintained its strong hold in the Nigeria domestic cement market accounting for 65 percent of the Nigerian market volume, while other African plants' volumes went up by 7.5 percent to 7.0 mta. The cement company has in the past months expanded its operations across Africa with the coming on stream of the 1.5 mta integrated cement plant in Mfila, Republic of Congo even as an acting chief executive officer has been appointed for the company.
Analysis of the results indicated that the company recorded strong volumes in Senegal, Ethiopia and Cameroon. In the nine months under review, the 1.5 mta clinker grinding facility in Douala, Cameroon sold approximately 938 kt of cement, indicating an increase of 16.4 percent on the 806 kt sold during the same period in 2016. The company attributes the increase in sales to a number of factors ranging from strong brand recognition, increased point of sales branding, improvements in sales and marketing strategies to higher visibility through trade shows.
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Richmond Police Department has made an arrest in the deadly stabbing Thursday morning of a Richmond man inside an East Main Street residence.
RICHMOND, Ind. — A Richmond man died after he was stabbed early Thursday morning.
Audie Corn, 39, was pronounced dead at Reid Health, according to Richmond Police Department Capt. Curt Leverton, supervisor of the Investigative Services Division.
Chad F. Farmer, 41, of the 1300 block of East Main Street was arrested about 9:20 a.m. Thursday and lodged in the Wayne County Jail. He was preliminarily charged with murder. The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office must consider the case against Farmer and file formal charges.
RPD officers received a call at 3:10 a.m. Thursday about a stabbing inside the residence at 1320 E. Main St. Leverton said Corn was stabbed during an altercation. He was transported to Reid Health, where he died, Leverton said.
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Celebrating Six Months Since Leaving WWE, Ryback Continues To Trash Company On Podcast
Posted by Jude Terror February 20, 2017 Comment
Cornelius P. Rybackerton III, better known by his former WWE superstar name Ryback (which, in fact, he legally changed his name to in December to skirt WWE trademarks), left his former employer back in August, after a contentious few months when it became clear The Big Guy was dissatisfied with his treatment from the company, and that the company was clearly not paying him enough to eat, as he was frequently heard in arenas around the country pleading, "Feed me more. Feed me more. Feed more." At the time, Ryback said his grievances came down to a failure to pay wrestlers equally for the work they do:
It blows my mind how in a sport which is pre determined from a company standpoint winners are paid so much more than the losers. Every single person who works for WWE from top to bottom is absolutely just as valuable as the next. The winners cannot win unless the losers go out there and agree to lose to them.
It blows my mind that in this day and age though we still adhere to this formula. Obviously things have always been this way, but does that make them right? Times have changed and our goal as humans should be to evolve and learn from our past and the past of others so we could make this world a better place. Why is it a guy who is told he is going to go out and lose and does everything he is told be paid not only less, but much less than said winner over a period of time. Every single performer for WWE sacrifices the same amount of time from home and their families and every single man or women goes out and does what they are told. Looking at this formula though losers turn into what fans like to call jobbers and their value decreases in the companies eyes and before you know it they get released. For what? For doing exactly as they are told!
Mr. Back had a better solution:
Why not pay the talent equally? The winners have more MERCH as it is or are supposed to anyways so they get that extra perk, but why make the guy who is told to and agrees to lose earn less and sacrifice spots in big pay per view match ups etc. This is one of the major problems with wrestling and WWE today. Most guys take great satisfaction in helping making other talent, the bitching and the moaning we always hear about stems from the fact they know they are ultimately over time going to make less and live in fear of being released.
Putting a punctuation mark on his eloquent plea for wrestler's rights, Ryback then bit the head off a live chicken and shouted, "WAKE UP! IT'S FEEDING TIME" as the chicken's blood sprayed all over his bulging pectoral muscles, reportedly.
In addition to his issues with WWE, Ryback also found himself in a feud with fellow estranged WWE superstar CM Punk, who complained about Ryback's in-ring skills on a podcast:
I'm already beat up and I have to wrestle 'Steroid Guy' and he's very… I call it like I see it. He's very hurty. Sometimes deliberate. There was one time he kicked me in the stomach as hard as he could and he broke my ribs, right at the tail end. And I never got an apology for that. He was something else. A real piece of work, that guy.
Ryback was originally offended, but in December, it seemed that he was making overtures to bury the hatchet with Punk:
I will never know why [Punk] chose to say the things he did, and it definitely didn't help my career at that point. All I know is he was very banged up and miserable during the periods we worked together. I think people have to look at it this way: How many other people are out there saying that about me? I was always respectful of him in his time there, and before our runs together, he was always good to me. Working in the WWE, though, has a way to bring out the worst in everybody. I have made jokes [about Punk] over the years via social media, as it is fun to get a reaction from his followers from time to time, but if I were to ever see him, I would tell him, "If I really did ever hurt you [in the ring], I truly am sorry, but I don't think it was the right thing to do to say the things you did." Life is too short to hold grudges, and I truly wish him the best in his life.
And so, with six months having past since Ryback officially parted ways with WWE, and nearly a year since he began expressing his frustration publicly, has Ryback softened his stance on his former employer?
No, it doesn't look like it.
Ryback took to his podcast, via 411 Wrestling, to talk about his experience being relegated to the pre-show at Wrestlemania while part times and newcomers took the spots on the proper show:
I sitting in the locker room and there were WWE, some Legends in the battle royal that was supposed to be on the main show and guys like when Baron Corbin, that was his debut at WrestleMania and I'm just like, 'I've killed myself year after year for this company and, like, proven time and time again,' and I was just like, 'I'm on the pre-show.' And I'm sitting there and I'm like, 'they show up and they're on the actual show.' And there was a lot going on that day and that's just my honest, true feeling on it. Nothing against [Corbin] or any of them. They all should have that opportunity. I think it's great, but I just wanted it too.
And to talk about WWE owner Vince McMahon's attempts to bury him once it was clear he was leaving:
This is nothing against Titus O'Neil, but I just know how they view him as far as… and how they've used him. They've never gone through with anything on him and whatnot. And there was a battle royal for the number one contender for the U.S. Championship and rather than taking the guy who was the number one contender for the last two pay-per-views, and having him have a strong showing – I get it, you have to move on and move the next guy in, but psychology-wise, you would think you would have me in there till the very end to show why I was a worthy U.S. [title] contender, just to have that because I was the last guy following him and the very first eliminations were Titus O'Neil eliminating not only me, but me and Apollo Crews together. And this is just me being honest, as I always am. As soon as I heard that, I realized Vince was going to start the 's–tting on me even more' phase until my contract [ended] because of everything going on with the contract. And I was like, 'I'm not playing his f–king games anymore.'
So if you're hoping for these crazy kids to get back together anytime soon, it doesn't look like you're going to get your wish. Perhaps The Big Guy should head over to Japan for a stint in NJPW. Not only might he have a better chance of being treated with more respect professionally, improving his in-ring skills, and becoming a bigger star, but from what we hear, wrestlers in Japan have no problem finding things to eat. Just look at all the Sumo guys.
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Technologies in Elections
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The general elections of 2018 are fast approaching. What has changed since the last time voters cast their ballots five years ago in 2013? The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has upgraded the electoral process via some vital technological improvements with the aim of fostering greater civic engagement, educational reforms and transparency in the reporting process.
The first among these developments has been the "Click ECP mobile app", launched on December 7, 2017 and available through the Google Play Store, which handily compiles information related to several facets of the electoral process, from casting the ballot box to checking CNIC registration. All the information available on its website has been conveniently packed into this application which Android users can now access easily. However questions of accessibility persist as the application does not have an Urdu version and is only available in English.
The application offers information about the ECP's new technological innovations such as the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Biometric Verification Machine (BVM). According to the app, ECP has recently purchased 100 EVM devices for pilot testing to check the feasibility and reliability of the devices in the electoral process of Pakistan. The new Election Act 2017 has legally sanctioned for pilot testing of the devices in the by-elections. The app also shows a video tutorial of how the device works. Similarly for the BVM, ECP has recently purchased 150 BVM devices for pilot testing. The machines were tested at 39 polling stations in the NA-120 by-elections. In light of this pilot project, ECP will lay down the future plan of usage of BVMs. The app also features a step by step video guide to how the BVM works. The feasibility of EVM machines has been challenged on several grounds including transparency, digital security risks and the heavy price-tag.
The ECP will also use an innovative approach to relay the results of the General Elections 2018, utilizing the Results Transmission System (RTS) in which an Android-based application will be used to transmit results in real time. ECP will be providing the Presiding Officers at each polling station with smartphones containing the required application which will have the GPS system installed in order to trace down the location of the presiding officer. They will be responsible for counting the votes and after counting them, they will take the picture of the total number of votes and upload them on that application. The ECP has already conducted tests of the new system at the by-elections in NA-4 Peshawar and PS-114 Karachi constituencies. It has been planned that the Presiding Officers (PO) will enter the polling results in the app which then transmits the data to the ECP servers in real time. The application uses GPS to record the location of the result and generates a timestamp of the upload. According to the ECP, this should enhance the transparency and discourage unofficial and premature announcements by the electronic and social media. In case of internet unavailability in a particular area, the picture taken through that application which will be uploaded once the device is connected to the internet. After they have uploaded the pictures, Returning Officers and ECP will be able to check them for the verification of data. Presiding officers will be asked questions if they change their location at the time of uploading picture or they do not upload the correct data on the same location. This time ECP is trying to take all the precautionary measures that are possible in order to prevent any form of lag or mishap. However, given the unavailability of internet infrastructure in certain parts of the country, this method of data collection will not be feasible everywhere.
According to newspaper reports, the ECP has collaborated with NADRA,PTA, and several telecom operators to make the operations seamless. It is important to highlight, however, that issues of digital security have been neglected by the ECP, and that the potential for electronic tampering and hacking exists given the relaying of results will be solely technology-based at select polling booths.
Finally, the ECP is bound to publish election-related data on its website as well which is stipulated in various sections of the Election Act 2017. The ECP's website details its efforts to promote fair and free elections. The download section offers several different forms required during the electoral process, from the affidavit to be filed with the nomination form, to the Postal Ballot Form in both Urdu and English. The website also helps political candidates by offering the declaration of assets form. However, there is room for improvement in the ECP's efforts as the candidate lists are incomplete and at times the names of nominees are ineligible.
However, despite these advancements, the monitoring of election campaigns as mandated by law, does not account for social media as the preferred method of electronic political advertisement. With regard to the harassment of female candidates, who are routinely subjected to derogatory statements on social media such as Facebook and Twitter, the ECP offers no protection. The ECP also does not contain any guidelines in its Code of Conduct for discouraging defamatory campaigns against rival opponents on social media, thus making it unclear whether the use of unwelcoming or abusive language online against political candidates is covered by the legislation. Twitter is especially susceptible to such campaigns where teams of social media activists and trolls routinely exploit trending hashtags in order to vilify political opponents or to promote their own political party and candidates. Such engineering of the electoral process via the influence of social media on voters, which cannot be understated in the era of Facebook's dilemma with fake news, has the potential to disrupt the transparency and freedom of the electoral process this year.
Co-authored by Asthar Haideri and Sualeha Khalid for the Digital Rights Foundation.


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This summer all five flavours of Cactus Jack's schnapps will be available in 75cl bottles, but at the price of the normal 50cl bottle. The 50% extra free offer will be flagged up on the label above the brand name.
Cockspur rum is entering the third year of its sponsorship deal as the official spirit of English test match grounds. Global brand director David Smith hailed the cricket link-up as "phenomenally successful" and said it has helped raise the profile of the brand in the UK by introducing the rum to "thousands of cricket fans".
The Wemyss family – owner of independent malt whisky bottler Wemyss Malts – has launched a small-batch gin called Darnley's View, which celebrates the meeting of Mary Queen of Scots and her husband Lord Darnley at Wemyss Castle in 1565. The gin is distilled five times in the London dry style, according to a family recipe using six botanicals including elderflower.


The Kasama Magistrate Court has granted bail to the three accused persons for allegedly carrying pangas in a campaign vehicle.
The three that appeared before Magistrate Kelvin Soma have been granted bail of K10, 000 with two working sureties in their own recognisance.
The trio could not take plea because the state is waiting for instructions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
And in defense, Defense Council Major Isaac Masonga in his first application said the three accused persons should be granted bail as the case would drag on.
He also applied that the car be released as it will be used for campaigns as it will be rendered useless after campaigns.
And the state did not object to the two applications.
The accused persons will appear in court on the January 21, 2014.
On January 5th this year, police in Kasama arrested three suspects Mike Sitali 27, Levy Simukoko 29 and Dickson Sakala 31 for allegedly ferrying pangas in a UPND branded Toyota Hilux bearing registration number SIB 3 belonging to Kasama Member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba.


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Lightning win 9th straight, top Oilers 3-1
Tampa Bay Lightning's Yanni Gourde scores past Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith reaches out to make a save as Caleb Jones defends against Tampa Bay Lightning's Yanni Gourde during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Tampa Bay Lightning's Yanni Gourde crashes the net for a rebound against Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith as Matt Benning defends during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Tampa Bay Lightning's Yanni Gourde, center is congratulated on his goal by teammates Mikhail Sergachev (98), of Russia, and Cedric Paquette (13), as Edmonton Oilers' Oscar Klefbom, of Sweden, skated away during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Tampa Bay Lightning's Pat Maroon, center, is congratulated by teammates, from left, Luke Schenn, Braydon Coburn, Mitchell Stephens and Cameron Gaunce after scoring against the Edmonton Oilers during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith reacts after giving up a goal to Tampa Bay Lightning's Pat Maroon during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith makes a save against Tampa Bay Lightning's Pat Maroon as Darnell Nurse defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
ERIK ERLENDSSON (Associated Press)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Yanni Gourde scored a short-handed goal and Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 29 saves to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to their ninth straight victory, 3-1 over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.
Tampa Bay also won its 10th in a row at home.
Vasilevskiy improved to 18-0-2 in his past 20 starts. Pat Maroon and Cedric Paquette also scored for the Lightning, who won despite playing without top two scorers Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov.
''Injuries are tough, but everybody has them,'' Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. ''It's part of the game, so you can't cry foul or say why us - everybody gets hurt. It's tough that we've had some pretty big names go down for us, but it doesn't look like, hopefully, it won't be long.''
Caleb Jones scored for Edmonton, which played its second consecutive game without Connor McDavid, who is out 2-to-3 weeks with a thigh injury. Mike Smith finished with 34 saves for the Oilers, who lost for the fourth time in regulation in the past 16 games. ''We had lots of compete in our game,'' Edmonton coach Dave Tippett said. ''We had some chances there that were kind of around it, but didn't capitalize on it. Mistakes end up being the dictator of the game and we came out on the short end.''
Gourde, who ended a 35-game drought on Tuesday, scored the winner on a short-handed breakaway at 13:01 of the second period, beating Smith with a backhander over the shoulder.
''I don't think, I just go,'' said Gourde, who scored his fourth career short-handed goal. ''When I picked up the puck, I thought (Smith) had a good gap on me and the bottom of the ice was closed, so I was surprised the puck went that high.''
Maroon opened up the scoring at 4:39 of the second period with his seventh goal of the season. After a shot from the right point by Luke Schenn deflected off Cameron Gaunce to behind the goal line, Maroon quickly found the loose puck and stuffed it between the near post and Smith's left pad. The assist for Gaunce was his first NHL point since March 24, 2017, when he was a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Edmonton pulled even at 9:36 when Jones cut down the slot and after his initial shot was blocked, picked up the rebound and fired a shot to the top corner for his third goal of the season.
Paquette scored into an empty net with 55.1 seconds left.
Edmonton forward Zach Kassian could be facing a hearing from the league after he kicked Tampa Bay defenseman Erik Cernak in the chest during the first period. It happened during an incident inside the Oilers blue line when Josh Archibald, Kassian and Cernak were tied up down on the ice. Kassian was suspended two games last month for an aggressor penalty involving Calgary's Matthew Tkachuk.
''He was holding my leg, it was reactionary. I was just trying to get him off me, kick him off me,'' Kassian said. ''I was just trying to get my foot loose.''
NOTES: Stamkos missed his third consecutive game with a lower-body injury, though he took part in the team's morning skate. ... Vasilevskiy recorded his 7,000th career save in the first period. ... Tampa Bay C Tyler Johnson and Edmonton RW Kailer Yamamoto both hail from Spokane, Washington, where they train together in the summer. Thursday was the first time they've met in an NHL game.
Oilers: at Florida Panthers on Saturday.
Lightning: host Philadelphia on Saturday.
"Lil Kev" receives funding for $2.8 million miracle drug
Pikwakanagan– At only 14 months, "Lil Kev" Verch doesn't understand about SMA2 or the approval of the miraculous $2.8 million one-time drug which will give him a needed gene to be able to crawl and walk, but it is clear from his quick smiles he understands about the unconditional love of his family who rallied around him to find funding for the drug. "We will be so grateful to one day be able to see him take his first steps," his mom, Dana Pearce, said on Sunday. "He loves his sleigh and wagon, and we pull him, but he can't move around on his own right now." Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disease affecting one in 10,000 children. It causes the loss of nerve cells called motor neurons in the spinal cord and attacks the muscles causing weakness and atrophy. The earlier a child is diagnosed the better for treatment. Dana explained while now children in Ontario are tested at birth for SMA, this only began 10 months ago. Kevin's disease went undetected for many months. "He was able to roll over and clap and wave but at six months he started to lose the milestones he was achieving," she said. It has been a rollercoaster couple of weeks for the tot's parents since finding out about his diagnosis on Boxing Day and then realizing his best chance for an active life was a drug called Zolgensma, which was not funded through OHIP. At an astronomical cost of $2.8 million, the family realized it would take a miracle or an unbelievable amount of fundraising to pay for the drug. However, just a few days after starting the fundraising campaign, the family received the news the drug would be given to Kevin through a funding program called Jordan's Principle which ensures no First Nations child is left behind with health care needs. "This replaces the gene he is missing," Dana said. "There is no cure for SMA, but we are told this is the best option for him." Kevin's mom, and dad, Brody Verch, had realized several months prior to their son's first birthday in November he was losing strength in his lower limbs and trunk. While at six or seven months he could sit independently and play, reach for toys and grab them, he was slowly losing that ability and it was clear something was wrong. The family, who are part of the First Nation community of Pikwakangan, first went to the local Health Centre and from there medical appointments progressed until Lil Kev was seen at CHEO. It was on Boxing Day when his parents received the call telling them he had been diagnosed with SMA Type 2. "It was something very hard to hear," his mom said. From this shock diagnosis the family quickly rallied together to find out as much as they could about the disease and what would be their child's best chance for treatment. Fortunately, he is part of a large extended family full of support for him, including his grandparents – Jess and Tim Verch on his dad's side and Mark and Joanne Pearce on his mom's side – as well as his great-grandmother, Jamie Sarazin where the family lives. Lil Kev is named after three of his grandparents – Kevin, John and Garry. SMA Type 2 Kev has SMA Type 2, with Type 1 being the most severe. His mom explained those with Type 1 can have breathing and choking problems as well. Because of SMA, Kevin was unable to crawl, walk or stand, and when he received the diagnosis at CHEO a plan was put in place to quickly combat the disease. The first plan was to administer the drug Spirnraza if it was approved by OHIP for the treatment. That drug is also very expensive at a cost of around $375,000 a year and would need to be administered several times in the first year and continually every four months for the rest of his life. "He received the first shot on Thursday," his mom said. At that point they did not know if Kevin would receive approval for Zolgensma. Realizing Zolgensma was still the best chance for the child, the family had launched a GoFundMe page last week trying to raise $2.8 million for the treatment. It seemed like an incredible, impossible amount but they realized time was of the essence since Zolgensma needed to be administered before he turned two. The fundraiser took off like wildfire, raising over $87,000 in less than a week. Dana said she was amazed and so thankful for the people who contributed and shared his story. While many supporters were local since Dana is from Deacon and Brody is from Pikwakangan, some were total strangers. "We are so thankful for people who wanted to help," she said. "There are people we don't know their names, but they helped us. There is support of people who know his story and just wanted to help." Jordan's Principle The family had heard about Jordan's Principleas one possible funding avenue and pursued this as well to ensure Kev had the best chance of receiving the drug. His grandmother, Jess, had been working closely with the First Nation and speaking with the decision makers at Jordan's Principle about the funding, so she was the first one to receive the news on Friday when he was approved. "We've been in a whirlwind of emotions and now we're in the clouds winning this lottery," she said. Dana said they were all so emotional to find out Kev would receive this much needed drug. "It was something we thought might not happen," she said. "Then this miracle happened. We did not expect this day to come so soon. We are so grateful." The fast approval was something which would not have been possible without the support of the First Nation, they stressed. The work of Dale Booth, Kerry Andrews, Chief Wendy Jocko and the Algonquins of Pikwakangan First Nation made a huge difference in making what they felt was impossible possible. "The outreach, the true family that our communities have made us feel was heartfelt and beyond putting into word just how loved and cared for we were to help us get through this," Jess said. "If you don't know exactly what Jordan's Principleis please take the time to Google it and read Jordan's story," she said. "Because of one family, God bless them, our prayers have been answered. It truly is a beautiful, wonderful, overwhelming story and principle that was created." Jordan River Anderson was born with multiple disabilities and was in hospital from birth until his death at five. Federal and provincial governments could not agree on who should pay for his home-based care, so he never left the hospital. Following this the House of Commons made a commitment First Nations children would get the products, services and supports they need when they need them. Acknowledging her amazement at how the story of Kev had moved so many people and spread so quickly so far, in an online post Jess encouraged Brody and Dana to "hold Kevin in your arms and give him a squeeze for each and everyone because this county and beyond had all eyes on him to help Lil' Kev." Short Wait for Zolgensma Before he receives Zolgensma, Kev needs to have an antibody test to make sure he can receive the drug, but his medical team doesn't anticipate an issue and he should receive the drug within the month. "With SMA, the quicker they are treated the better," his mom said. Now with the funding obtained they have closed the GoFundMedonations. Dana said the family is in contact with GoFundMe about how to proceed with refunds or with the possibility of forwarding funds to another SMA child in need since the family did receive the $2.8 million through Jordan's Principle. Despite the funding of Zolgensma, Kev's family still has the reality of physiotherapy and other costs ahead. "We have a long journey ahead of us, but we are hoping for the best for our Lil Kev," she said. "All my dedication and time will be toward him with physio to help him. All Brody's side and my side of the family are doing everything we can for him." Kevin's story was featured not only locally but through media in Ottawa as the family reached out to have his story told in the hopes of securing funding. Dana said while she was quite nervous at first, it was important for her to do whatever she could to help her son. Sharing her story very publicly showed her the compassion and care of so many in the community, strangers and also made her aware of others in need. "Thank you to all our family and friends who have helped out with trying to fundraise, sharing and donating for our little Kev," she said. "It has really helped us keep our heads up and to stay positive that this day would come. We didn't think that this day would come so quickly, but miracles do come true." The family is also grateful for the staff at CHEO and acknowledge what a wonderful resource this is so close by. From personal calls from specialists to the efforts made on behalf of the family, including allowing both Dana and Brody to be with their son despite COVID-19 restrictions at the hospital, they are grateful for the compassion and care they have received. Many of the extended family have had their own positive experiences at CHEO being treated including Kev's grandparents. His grandfather, Tim, was treated successfully for a brain tumour as a child at CHEO. He noted he never passes up on an opportunity to give back to CHEO. "It is a great place," he said. "Whenever anyone asks for donations for CHEO I always give because I know." Undoubtedly, one day Lil Kev will be able to tell the story too of how he was treated for SMA2 there and the $2.8 million miracle drug which made a difference in his life, as well as relating the wonderful story of the family and community which rallied around him. Debbi Christinck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eganville Leader
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday unveiled the first Galaxy S smartphone with a stylus for on-screen work called the S Pen, more than a month ahead of its usual annual release schedule for models of its flagship compact phone. Samsung is also looking to grab market share after China's Huawei Technologies was hit with U.S. sanctions that restricted its supply and hurt sales, analysts have said. Lim said Samsung faces intense competition in the high-end category from Chinese vendors amid growing demand for devices that can be used for remote work amid the coronavirus pandemic, as well as play like videogaming.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club's failure to enforce Palm Beach County's mask ordinance at its New Year's Eve bash has resulted in a warning but no fine or other punishment. The county sent a letter to the club's manager, Bernd Lembcke, on Wednesday telling him that future violations of the county's coronavirus ordinance could result in fines of up to $15,000 per violation. Video of the party shows that few of the 500 guests wore masks as they crowded the dance floor while rapper Vanilla Ice, Beach Boys co-founder Mike Love and singer Taylor Dayne performed. Todd Bonlarron, the county's assistant administrator, said in the letter that while the club may have passed out masks to its guests, "there was a breakdown in enforcement of the mask orders that led to almost the entire room of guests being without masks." He wrote that he is encouraged that Lembcke promised to enforce the ordinance going forward. "Your acknowledgement and commitment to enforce these laws was evident in our visit," he wrote. Palm Beach County has been hard hit by the virus, with more than 90,000 cases reported and nearly 2,000 deaths. It has a population of 1.5 million. Lembcke and the Trump Organization did not respond to calls Thursday seeking comment. Democratic State Rep. Omari Hardy, who filed the complaint with the county, did not immediately return a call Thursday seeking comment. Hardy, who represents a district near Mar-a-Lago, said last week that he finds it "offensive and disrespectful" that "these out-of-towners for one night couldn't wear a mask." He said they endangered the club's staff and the community. Trump had been scheduled to attend the $1,000 per ticket party, but he left Mar-a-Lago a few hours before it began as he spent that weekend trying to overturn his election defeat to President-elect Joe Biden. His sons Don Jr. and Eric attended, along with his attorney Rudy Giuliani, Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who is one of the president's staunchest supporters. "This is amazing. Vanilla Ice is playing the Mar-a-Lago New Years Eve party. As a child of the 90s you can't fathom how awesome that is," Donald Trump Jr. wrote on a Facebook post that included a video of the party. The video showed tightly packed attendees bouncing and singing along as the rapper performed his decades-old hit, "Ice Ice Baby." Last month, a Mar-a-Lago neighbour filed a complaint with the Town of Palm Beach challenging Trump's possible move to the resort after he leaves office on Wednesday. When the town agreed in 1993 to convert the private residence into a club, his attorney said he would no longer live there. The town has said it will consider the complaint if Trump moves to the resort, which he made his official residence in 2019. Terry Spencer, The Associated Press