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Yuan Jiajun (chinesisch: 袁家军; geboren im September 1962 in Tonghua, Provinz Jilin) ist ein chinesischer Luftfahrtingenieur und Politiker. Er war von Juli 2017 bis August 2020 Gouverneur und stellvertretender Parteichef der kommunistischen Partei der Provinz Zhejiang. Seitdem ist er Vorsitzender des Landesverbands Zhejiang der KPCh.
Vor seiner politischen Karriere war Yuan vor allem für seine Rolle beim Shenzhou-Programm bekannt, das 2003 den ersten Chinesen ins Weltall brachte.

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Yuan wurde in Tonghua (Provinz Jilin) geboren. Von September 1980 bis Juli 1984 studierte er an der Universität für Luft- und Raumfahrt Peking am Institut für Flugzeugentwurf und angewandte Mechanik (飞机设计与应用力学系) der Fakultät für Luftfahrtwissenschaft und -technik. Nach seinem Abschluss auf dem Gebiet der Mechanik fester Körper
wechselte er an die Chinesische Akademie für Weltraumtechnologie (CAST), damals eine Abteilung des Ministeriums für Raumfahrtindustrie, wo er einerseits in der damaligen Hauptentwicklungsabteilung, auch bekannt als "Forschungsinstitut 501", arbeitete, andererseits im Juli 1987 den Grad eines Postgraduierten Spezialisten (专业硕士) in Raumflugkörperentwurf erwarb, ein akademischer Grad, der in China zwischen Diplomingenieur und Doktor angesiedelt ist. Nach seinem Abschluss wurde Yuan von der CAST fest übernommen. Er ging für eine Weile nach Deutschland und studierte am Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt. Im August 1990 kehrte er nach China zurück und nahm seine Tätigkeit in der Hauptentwicklungsabteilung wieder auf (formal war er auch während seines Auslandsaufenthalts bei der Chinesischen Akademie für Weltraumtechnologie angestellt gewesen).
Im Mai 1992 wurde Yuan Jiajun stellvertretender Leiter des Labors für Gehäusebau (501部结构室), im August 1994 stellvertretender Leiter der Hauptentwicklungsabteilung, und im Mai 1996 stellvertretender Direktor der CAST. Seit Mai 1995 war er in leitender Funktion an Entwicklung und Bau der Shenzhou-Raumschiffe beteiligt.

Im September 2001 kehrte Yuan Jiajun an die Universität für Luft- und Raumfahrt zurück und studierte dort neben seiner Tätigkeit bei CAST, wo er im Januar 2003 zum Direktor aufstieg. Im Januar 2006 promovierte er im Fach Flugkörperentwurf (飞行器设计). Im November 2007 wechselte Yuan zur China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, dem am 1. Juli 1999 aus dem Ministerium für Raumfahrtindustrie und seinen Nachfolgeorganisationen hervorgegangenen Mutterkonzern der CAST, wo er stellvertretender Generaldirektor wurde.

Yuan Jiajun ist bereits seit November 1992 Mitglied der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas.
Ab März 2012 engagierte er sich auch aktiv in der Politik und trat dem ständigen Parteikomitee in Ningxia bei und wurde 2013 stellvertretender Vorsitzender von Ningxia. Im August 2014 wurde Yuan zum ständigen Ausschussmitglied der Partei der wohlhabenden Küstenprovinz Zhejiang ernannt und übernahm danach das Amt des Vizegouverneurs.
Im November 2016 wurde Yuan zum stellvertretenden Parteichef von Zhejiang und Leiter der Kommission für Politik und Recht von Zhejiang ernannt. Im April 2017 wurde Yuan zum Gouverneur von Zhejiang ernannt, er wurde am 7. Juli bestätigt.
Im August 2020 gab er sein Amt als Gouverneur auf und wurde dafür Parteivorsitzender der Provinz. Seit dem 24. Februar 2018 sitzt er für den Wahlkreis Zhejiang im Nationalen Volkskongress.

Yuan erhielt zahlreiche Auszeichnungen für seine Arbeit im chinesischen Weltraumprogramm.

Yuan war stellvertretendes Mitglied des 17. Zentralkomitees der kommunistischen Partei Chinas.

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Preventative Controls for Human Food
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Roughly 48 million people in the United States get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die each year from foodborne diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In response to these alarming statistics, the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (FSMA) was passed and hailed as the greatest sweeping change to food safety laws in more than 70 years. FSMA was deemed necessary because "producers and consumers, acting in the unregulated market place, are unable to observe the health risks of potentially injurious foodborne hazards that would be necessary to make well informed choices about the processing, distribution, sale and final consumption of potentially hazardous food products." (FDA, 2017)
FSMA focuses on proactively addressing the prevention of foodborne illnesses rather than responses to outbreaks. Under the Act, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was required to develop new rules to meet these purposes. According to an economic report issued by the FDA (FDA, 2017), FDA was mandated to "establish, through rulemaking, science-based minimum standards for conducting a hazard analysis, documenting hazards, implementing preventive controls and documenting the implementation of the preventive controls." The reasoning behind these newly-created rules is in a market where consumer demand is the only driving force, there is no way for consumers to distinguish firms that invest in food safety and those who do not. Thus, the overall aim of FSMA is to improve societal health and well-being through regulation, namely the creation of these seven rules:
Preventive Controls for Human Food: updated Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs) for the food industry and placed a requirement on the food industry to use risk-based preventive controls to improve food safety.
Produce Safety Rule: mandates practices related to food safety, sanitation, worker hygiene, water safety, soil amendments use and wild/domestic animal issues for produce farms.
Preventive Controls for Animal Food: similar to the rule for human food but for entities manufacturing animal food.
Foreign Supplier Verification Programs: impacts anyone who imports food into the United States and ensures the same food safety standards are required of domestic processors.
Accredited Third-Party Certification: created a program to accredit third-party food safety auditors and issue certifications for foreign facilities and their food products.
Sanitary Transportation: establishes sanitary practices to reduce food safety risks during transportation.
Intentional Adulteration (Food Defense): generally for large companies whose food products reach many people, to protect against intentional contamination.
This fact sheet summarizes the basic premises of the Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) rule for food processors, including exemptions to the rule, and discusses the food industry's estimated financial impacts associated with compliance to this rule.
According to the text of the PCHF rule, any person/entity who manufactures, processes, packs and/or holds any food for human consumption is expected to comply with some or all parts of these new regulations. Businesses or individuals manufacturing food and beverage items already covered by other specific regulations (e.g., low acid canned foods, juices and alcoholic beverages) must register with the FDA and comply with CGMPs but may be exempt from most of this rule's requirements by complying with their industry-specific regulations. Other food businesses will have to follow the newly updated CGMPs and develop a food safety plan that identifies potential hazards, includes preventive controls for identified potential hazards and has steps (monitoring, corrective actions, validations, verifications) for management/oversight of those preventive controls.
Food processors that must fully comply with the PCHF rule, must have at least one employee complete the Preventive Controls Rule training to become a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) to help create the food safety plan. This is very similar to the USDA-mandated Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP) implemented for the meat industry in the late 1990s. As with meat industry HACCP, this FSMA rule requires processors to put in place certain procedures to minimize the risks of foodborne pathogens. This may require food industry members to make capital improvements, change production practices, and invest time and resources in training and amenities for employees. The costs and economic impacts of these new regulatory requirements are important issues for food industry members. While the greatest issue for most food production entities will be the implementation of the preventive measures, the economic impact may not be immediately recognized. However, in the long run these impacts may be substantial in one or more key areas of operation.
Food businesses that only perform certain low-risk and/or certain on-farm processing manufacturing activities (e.g. baking bread or on-farm canned jams/jellies) may be eligible for an exemption to some parts of the rule, depending on their size. FDA has a list of these exempt low-risk activities (see 21 CFR 117.5). Also, storage facilities that hold packaged food not exposed to the environment are exempt, although if the packaged food requires refrigeration, the business must document properly controlled temperature for those foods.
Company size also may give a food business a qualified exemption from some parts of the rule and only require CGMP compliance. Those meeting the criteria of a "qualified facility" are either/or:
Very small businesses with three-year average annual food sales of less than $1,000,000, adjusted for inflation based on 2011 dollars.
Facilities that, during the last three years, had less than $500,000 in annual sales (adjusted for inflation) AND more than half of their annual sales went to "qualified end-users," i.e. the actual consumer of the food or a restaurant or retail food establishment within 275 miles (and within the same state/Native American reservation) of the processor.
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) requires all government agencies to submit a written statement if a proposed rule or mandate will result in expenditures to U.S. industries of more than $100 million, adjusted annually for inflation. In 2018, that number is approximately $150 million, and the FDA has estimated the first full-year financial impact on the food industry to be higher than $150 million when the FSMA rules are phased in. In fact, the FDA Economics Staff have estimated the total costs to domestic food processors over a 10-year span, discounted back to present dollar values, will be between $2.7 billion and $3.3 billion (FDA 2017). Tables 1 and 2 provide the average cost estimates per facility from these analyses.
Although costs were estimated, the FDA received comments concerning the failure to quantify benefits or show the PCHF rule will have a net benefit to society. The FDA responded by pointing out the lack of independent economic studies that quantify the health benefits of HACCP or similar food safety systems. Understandably, quantifying benefits and a net societal impact for the rule is difficult. However, food industry members have a reasonable request that a net societal benefit should be justified if the industry is expected to incur additional regulatory burdens.
For determining net societal benefit, assumptions were made regarding the prevention of food-borne illnesses resulting from the PCHF rule – including the prevention of undetected illnesses. The FDA received several comments about the highly speculative calculations for undetected illnesses, including comments that the economic burden for these illnesses (according to Scallen et al., 2011) was over-valued.
The FDA responded by defending its incorporated methodology, even referring to Scallen et al. (2011) for the estimation model used. The FDA also argued its estimates were derived from peer-reviewed, published research and considered more long-term health outcomes.
Two of the biggest challenges for estimating the savings associated with preventing one human illness due to food-borne pathogens are:
Identifying the source of the contamination (e.g. the farm, the processor, mode of transportation, warehouse, etc.).
Estimated healthcare costs associated with different types of illnesses (e.g. resulting from various pathogenic bacteria, viruses or parasites).
In its efforts to identify some impact, the FDA applied a weighted average cost of each type of illness; for example, the average burden of a case of listeriosis was estimated at more than $1 million. The FDA Economics Staff estimated a variety of different scenarios, determining the social welfare gain of preventing roughly 157,000 illnesses per year would offset the expenses to the food processing industry. However, the dollar impacts of these preventions were not included in the final report (FDA 2017).
Table 1 shows the estimated FSMA PCHF rule's compliance costs. These cost estimates were based on data obtained by FDA and feedback from industry members regarding expected changes in operations due to FSMA compliance. Although some aspects of the rule will most likely be altered during/after full implementation, these projections are the best guesses available to the public at this time. As for compliance in foreign facilities, the FDA declared they lacked the information about foreign consumers' current exposure to the hazards associated with contaminated foods across the many countries that currently sell covered foods throughout multiple markets.
Table 2 provides a breakdown of Table 1's costs to show the estimated compliance costs for Small Businesses (less than 100 full time employees) and Very Small Businesses (less than $1 million in annual gross sales). The table outlines compliance to the PCHF rule over a 10-year span and discounts those years by an inflation factor back to a present value. After Year 2, for Small Businesses, the compliance costs decrease significantly and level out. For Very Small Businesses, which will not be impacted by compliance until Year 3, the costs are small and virtually non-existent in Years 4-10. As previously stated, these projections are subject to change with the implementation and almost-certain revisions to the PCHF rule.
Table 1A. Summary of FSMA Preventative Controls for Human Food projected costs and health benefits - Years 1-3 of implementation and recurring annual costs. ($ millions)*
PCHF Provision
First Yr. Compliance Period (One Time Cost)
Second Yr. Compliance Period (One Time Cost)
Learn about Rule
Attest Qualified Status to FDA
One-time Label Change
Total Costs Subpart A & D
Subpart C Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventative Controls
Hazard Analysis for Economically Motivated Adulteration
Allergen Controls
Sanitation Controls
Supplier Approval and Verification Program
Recall Plans
Monitoring/Verification
Total Costs Subparts C & G
Total Domestic
Total Foreign Costs
Total Health benefitsa
Table 1B. Summary of FSMA Preventative Controls for Human Food projected costs and health benefits - Years 1-3 of implementation and recurring annual costs. ($ millions)*
Third Yr. Compliance Period (One Time Cost)
Annual Cost (Annually Recurring Costs)
Table 1C. Summary of FSMA Preventative Controls for Human Food projected costs and health benefits - Years 1-3 of implementation and recurring annual costs. ($ millions)*
Total Annualized Cost at 7%
a Not quantified (across all sectors). Estimated break-even occurs when 157,000 illnesses are prevented per year
* Source: FDA 2017. Numbers for total costs might not add up due to rounding
Table 2A. Food manufacturers' aggregate costs for FSMA Preventative Controls for Human Food rule compliance. ($ million)*
Food Processors Size Category**
Very Small Businesses (<$1M/yr. gross revenue)
Total Undiscounted
Present Value of Total
Compliance Year
Table 2B. Food manufacturers' aggregate costs for FSMA Preventative Controls for Human Food rule compliance. ($ million)*
500 > FTEs
Small Businesses (<500 FTEs)
* Source: FDA 2017.
** Numbers are aggregates for all firms within the same category, based on full-time employees (FTEs) or annual gross sales. This does not mean individual small/very small businesses have estimated compliance costs that are higher than individual large businesses.
Public health concerns and demands from consumers have driven the development of FSMA's rules. The economic impact of this legislation is difficult to quantify because of the many factors involved. The accuracy of FDA's cost and net benefit estimates may or may not prove to be correct over time. Furthermore, the share of compliance costs passed on to consumers is uncertain.
While industry-wide estimates of net impacts are questionable, the fact remains all non-exempt food manufacturers will face some compliance costs. The Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center (FAPC) at Oklahoma State University offers several services that can help businesses comply with the PCHF rule and identify the impacts to their individual businesses. These include:
FSMA training workshops and conferences offered for Oklahoma's food processors to meet the PCHF guidelines.
Assistance in developing food safety plans that meet the requirements of the PCHF rule.
Mock audits to test the monitoring, record-keeping and responses to CGMPs in the firm's food safety plan.
Engineering and business analysis assistance to determine the least-cost means of meeting PCHF rule requirements.
Continued support and assistance to address future changes in the FSMA PCHF rule.
To learn more about how FAPC can help your business comply with the PCHF rule, visit www.fapc.biz or call the center at 405-744-6071.
Scallan, E., R.M. Hoekstra, F.J. Angulo, R.V. Tauxe, M. Widdowson, S.L. Roy. "Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States—Major Pathogens. Emerging Infectious Diseases 17,1(2011):7-15. Accessed January 8, 2019.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – Economics Staff, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Part 117: FSMA Final Rulemaking for Current Good Manufacturing Practices and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food. Accessed September 7, 2018.
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Observations about the body's response to malaria infection can lead to new treatments for HIV and lupus, investigators believe.
Thanks to a discovery about the immune system's response to malaria, better treatments for HIV and lupus may be on the horizon, according to a new paper published Cell Reports. This can be accomplished either through new therapies or yet-to-be-developed vaccines.
Investigators from Australia continued their work examining the relationship between the host immune system and malaria infection. It was previously assumed that the infection avoids detection within the immune system—a major reason for our inability to fight malaria.
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However, the investigators learned that inflammatory signals improved the quality of antibodies being produced. Malaria had not been previously known to cause the body to produce potent antibodies, but that's what the investigators observed. They called it "elite training" where antibodies learned to become "professional predators."
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"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly." (Richard Bach) Imagery, play, chance and embracing change as a practice of freedom of movement and expression will be investigated together. All movers are welcome to explore movement and voice using guided visualizations and prompts for improvisational journeys. Participants will be encouraged to notice their own patterns and be encouraged to find alternative ways toward self-expression. We will then blend individual movements into group phrases based on chance procedures.
In this class we will play improvisational games and make some new scores of our own!
Any level and experience welcome! Join Natalia as we explore the intersection of your personal movement history in relationship to the present moment and location. We'll explore Chiao-Ping's property through the lens of luscious movement, your inspirations, and how these intersect and overlap with the texture, history, and purpose of the space we're communing in. Fingers crossed for beautiful weather!
This all-levels class will support self-expression and exploration through somatic work, contemporary dance, and movement improvisation. The class will be guided by dance/movement therapy principles valuing each individual's voice and contribution to the collaborative class process.
Locomotive floor warm up with a slow sustained sense of continuing time. Helps get us into our animal moving body. Once warm we will come to standing for some floor sequences involving much many level changes and physicality. Exploring some choreographic phrase work forming a circular loop if time allows.
Inspired by the tale of Skeleton Woman, we'll dive into a movement world of water and bone. Group improvisational scores will lead movers into their bones, their skeletons and their family lineages. Then we'll imagine these skeletons in a watery world pulled by tides and currents. Finally we'll work individually through a series of exercises that explore becoming and unbecoming body. All movers welcome!
Dancers in the Community Rehearsals are led and guided by LCPD teaching artists to actively engage in the creative process and develop movement material that will become molded and structured for the informal and final festival concert.
This class will be based on using various contemporary dance techniques of getting into the air and going down to the floor. We will work on the foundations of jumping and grounding techniques and find our support and control from our center. There will also be a playful element to the class and we will work with some improvisation techniques as well.
This class will be a Modern technique focused class with an emphasis on floor combinations. We will play with how one movement can continuously move into the next.
In this class we will explore contemporary and modern dance technique with an emphasis on alignment, dynamic quality, and performance. We will also investigate basic anatomy as an avenue to deepening the understanding of movement safely and efficiently.
Integrating a contemporary ballet style, we will explore technical movement with an emphasis on body alignment, free-flowing energies through the center of the body, and dynamic movement qualities. This class will further explore artistry through performance skills and feeling the connection of movement from within, along with improvisational movement to give students the opportunity for self-expression to move creatively.
Continuation of work started earlier in the week.
Through guided imagery, we will encourage our bodies to awaken in new ways, some physical, and some subtle. We will play with different energy levels, and ways of accessing creative intuition. The class will begin softly on the floor and eventually tap into more powerful movements moving through space. Throughout this class, I will exist as a guide while we uncover subtleties in the body.
This class will focus on preparing dancers to become more confident in solo inversions. Dancers will begin with the assistance of a partner to get comfortable being upside down, and will eventually find this on their own. The class will culminate with improvisation work for dancers to realize and find the many possibilities of inverting.
This class will offer ballet technique from an anatomical and integrated perspective. Students will explore technique as a tool for liberating artistic expression through musicality, alignment, and self-exploration. A guided barre and center for advanced-beginner/intermediate levels will structure the class.
This class will introduce concepts from Dalcroze and Eurhythmics as well as improvisation games from Action Theater that will then be applied to create movement material. This class is open to all levels.
We will begin to understand the mechanics of lifting and partnering to find a smooth partnering style that is not dependent on tricks. We will be going to the floor as well as off the ground in creating a basis for your own future fearless explorations.
Over the course of this hour, the focus will be on energizing and grounding the body, preparing participant's bodies for the week ahead. Through static postures, breath work, and mantra meditation, we will work on maintaining a heart-centered attitude throughout the class.
This a class that encourages students to go deep and feel the strength, stability and mobility that Pilates Work has to offer.
This Yoga class will be based on principles of Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga and will focus on proper technique and Alignment. We will work into some fluid movements and also sustain more static postures. We will work on an individual level and adjust how we need to for our own individual bodies. We will focus on breath work and techniques to keep us focused on the practice and let go of the things we do not need.
In this full-bodied movement practice we'll take inspiration from Mary Oliver's poem, Sleeping in the Forest. Our flow will connect to the meaning of the words and tap into the rich natural imagery. All-levels are welcome in this flow that is both rigorous and restorative.
Using fundamental movement coordination, students will be able to strip unnecessary musculature usage to find anatomical and imperative movement connections within the Pilates Mat format. The course is designed to use dance fundamentals as a way to find technique within activating the core, resulting in movement clarity within the spine and extremities. This class is an excellent way to get back to the basics, while still learning about the roots of most movement.
This class will focus on using different variations of dynamics and movement effort qualities as well as exploring tempo. We will work into a general warm-up that will include floor work, center, and across the floor work. We will work with finding the extreme qualities in movement dynamics and speed and push the limits we have for ourselves. We will work on a choreographic phrase that will build upon specific dynamics and timing that will be challenging and fun!
In this somatic-based technique class we will move from the floor to the air, from X rolls to jetés.
This class is for dancers looking to explore modern technique with a focus on the floor. Together, we will discover how one movement can continuously move into the next—into and out of the floor with fluidity.
Lying on the floor, the class will begin with physical imagery exercises, to activate and organize the body. The class will continue with dynamic flooring sequences to warm and open the body while encouraging a sequential, joint-articulated physicality. We will investigate how our anatomy can either inhibit or encourage the flow of movement will be emphasized. As we transition to standing, head/tail exploration and spinal articulation will be integrated into more traditional foot and leg exercises. The class will culminate with a phrase that embraces momentum and fluidity as we move in and out of the floor and in and out of the air.
In this Horton and Limón based technique class, we will focus on dynamic balance and finding flow within turns, jumps, leaps as well as slow and sustained movement.
Dancers in the pre/professional repertory learn phrases from Li Chiao-Ping's choreography as well as new material generated by the teaching artists and dancers to perform in the informal and final festival concert.


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Newtown backrower Jack Williams powers over to score the Jets first try against North Sydney at Henson Park on Saturday. Photo: Gary Sutherland Photography
Jets bow out with a narrow loss to Bears
The Newtown Jets went down 16-12 to North Sydney in a hard-fought match at Henson Park on Saturday. As the Jets didn't qualify for the Intrust Super Premiership finals, this was their last competition game for this year. Norths led 16-12 at halftime, and although the Jets threw plenty of good quality attacking play at the Bears in the second forty minutes, they were unable to overhaul that narrow four points deficit.
Newtown had beaten North Sydney by an identical score, 16-12, in the tenth round encounter on 14th May. The two teams were playing for possession of the Frank Hyde Shield on Saturday and as both teams had won one game each this year, and as they had scored equal points for and against, the contest for the prized Shield in 2017 was declared to be an honourable draw.
The Jets looked to be in trouble when Norths extended their lead to 16-6 ten minutes out from the half-time break, but Newtown pulled back with a converted try virtually on the forty-minute mark. Newtown went very close to scoring on at least four occasions in the keenly-contested second half, but not even the big reunion day crowd managed to will the Jets to conjure up an elusive match-winning try. Both teams defended very well in the second half and the crowd remained absorbed as play swept from one end to the other.
The Jets best players were halves Joseph Paulo and Fa'amanu Brown, centre Reubenn Rennie and winger Leigh Higgins, while Kurt Dillon, Kurt Kara and Adam Clydsdale were the best of Newtown's hard-working forward pack.
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In the race for the presidency of the United States, a lot of money is spent on marketing candidates. And it is on one of largest stages ever created. When marketing mishaps occur – not in the message, but in the execution of the tactics – it is an even larger deal than if say, you or I made the misstep. So let's take a look at three marketing mishaps which were made recently and learn from them.
First – What the heck happened to JEBBUSH.com? Presidential candidate Jeb Bush lost track of his name URL. His NAME! How the heck does that happen? And who bought his URL? How the heck do you keep that from happening?
1. Keep track of your URLs. It would be helpful if they are all bought (or bought and then moved to) at the same place. I have them in 7 different accounts, so learn from my mistake because they are easier to track. All of the services send emails when the URL is about to expire so pay attention to your emails and create a master list. If they expire at different times, you can ask the company to change their expiration dates to ONE date by paying a pro-rated amount.
2. You may want to renew them early and if it is your main URL, renew them for a long period of time.
3. Watch your competition. Watch some of your competitor's URLs. That is how I was able to register SedonaMarketing.com in addition to SedonaMarketingRetreats.com. The URL expired and we grabbed it as soon as it was available. We have a Watch List of other URLs.
4. You should have similar URLs to your URL. Our corporate promotional product company, Promotionally Minded gets referred to as Professionally Minded all the time. We bought that URL and redirected it to the main one.
5. I am just going to repeat #1: PAY ATTENTION.
You are going to be able to avoid this issue if you check out where the stock photos and video you purchase come from. Better yet, shoot your own photos and video so you own them.
Third – Video can REALLY get you in to trouble. Donald Trump ran an ad talking about immigration. It showed people scrambling across a border. The trouble was, it was the border of Morocco.
Let's thank our POTUS candidates for their marketing mishaps which will help us make our businesses more successful.
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Dierks Bentley, Cole Swindell & Jon Pardi at Jiffy Lube Live
Dierks Bentley, Cole Swindell & Jon Pardi Tickets
Jiffy Lube Live | Bristow, Virginia
Country singer Dierks Bentley hits the road again this summer on his What the Hell World Tour! The "Drunk on a Plane" star will be joined by special guest support acts Cole Swindell & Jon Pardi, coming to Jiffy Lube Live on Friday 9th June 2017!
"Coming off the electricity and emotion of two nights at Red Rocks last week, it felt right to just go ahead and announce plans for next year and keep this thing rolling," Bentley says in a press release. "There's a song on my album called 'What The Hell Did I Say' and it seemed like an appropriate title for a tour with Cole and Pardi. I have a feeling I'll be asking myself that question the morning after many of our shows and late night hangs because you really don't know what will happen when the three of us get together. There has been a lot of drunk calls and texts between all of us over the last year trying to make this tour happen, and I'm excited we were able to pull it off."
Arizona-born country music singer Dierks Bentley burst onto the scene in 2003 with the release of his self-titled debut album on Capitol Records, which was certified platinum by the RIAA, as was his 2005 follow-up Modern Day Drifter. Since then, Bentley has had huge success with nine studio albums (including a bluegrass album and greatest hits compilation) and eighteen singles, thirteen of which have reached number one in the charts, and seventeen of which have reached the top five. His most recent album, Black, was released in May 2016.
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Q: Replacing characters in string without replace() function This is mostly a logic problem. I am trying to replace a character in a string without using the replace function. I am trying to first change it into a list, change the elements, then turn it back into string. My attept:
def changeCar(ch,ca1,ca2):
    a=list(ch)
    for x in a:
        if x==ca1:
             x==ca2
    return a

However this doesn't work. Besides, I am not sure how to transform it back into a string.

A: You don't need to define a string as a list in python.
string = 'The quick brown fox jusmps over the lazy dog'
# Define your variables
result = ''
for i in string:
        if i == 'o':
                i = '0'
        result += i
print result

If you MUST however use a list:
string = list('The quick brown fox jusmps over the lazy dog')
result = []
for i in string:
        if i == 'o':
                i = '0'
        result.append(i)
print ''.join(result)

A: You're on the right track. Since Python strings are immutable, you aren't able to change the characters in place, so the approach of spliting it into a list of characters, modifying the elements inside that list, and then re-joining it is correct. Your solution isn't working because x isn't a reference (or pointer) to the elements inside the list, but a copy of them. Thus, x = c2 (and not x == c2, as your example shows) only modifies the copy. You'll have to access the list by index, like so:
for ind in range(len(a)):
    if a[ind] == ca1:
         a[ind] = ca2

return "".join(a)

You can also use a list comprehension for maximum brevity, though it might be a little unreadable:
return "".join([(char if char != ca1 else ca2) for char in ch])

A: Don't change the string into a list. That's unnecessary. Instead, define an empty string in the function definition and then append to it accordingly and in the end return the value of that variable:
def changeCar(ch,ca1,ca2):
    b = ''
    for x in ch:
        if x!= ca1:
            b+= x
        else:
            b+=ca2
    return b

Now you get:
>>> changeCar("abc","b","c")
'acc'
>>>

A: a == b is a Comparison Expression.  a = b is an Assignment Statement.  To turn a list into a string:
>>> ''.join(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g'])
'abcdefg'
>>>

A: For simple manipulations like this you can use list comprehensions.
Try it like this:
In [1]: text = "Hello, World!"
In [2]: ''.join([ch if ch != 'o' else 'a' for ch in text])
Out[2]: 'Hella, Warld!'

This list comprehension replaces the character 'o' with 'a'

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The fifth session in a special monthly series of Duroos (lessons) on the Noble Qur'an.
In this session, Shaykh Mahmood Chandia discusses the connection between Ramadhan and the Qur'an and he talks about it's impact on the heart.
Shaykh Mahmood Chandia has been teaching Tafseer at Darul Uloom Bolton for almost 20 years.
Rab'i ibn Aamir رضي الله عنه: What freedom did Islam offer?
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Jan 21 More people have access to a mobile phone than a toilet!
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With 15 years of experience in the software industry under his belt, Masakazu Segawa works in marketing for Wijmo in Japan. At GrapeCity, he enjoys working with colleagues from several countries and with multiple technologies. In his free time, Masakazu enjoys reading novels, cooking, and playing bowls.
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the eternal snow
Words: Miriam Terruzzi and Patrizia Falchero
Images: Kathrin Schafbauer
The Grossglockner is the highest peak in Austria, a road of forty-eight hairpin bends that takes people back to their ancestral connection with wild nature.
he eagles cut through the cold air with their high-pitched cries, gliding over the silence of the majestic snow capped chain.
The altitude squeezes the lungs like in a vice. it is a sweet agony all the climbers feel, bend after bend, while climbing like ibexes in the dazzling alpine scenery.
The Grossglockner marks the border between Tyrol and Carinthia and is the highest peak in Austria - 3,798 metres above sea level.
Climbing is for the experienced mountaineers, but it can be admired very closely along a switchback that crosses the heart of the Hohe Tauern National Park and is considered one of the most scenic in Europe.
On a bicycle, the feeling you experience is like being swallowed by the immensity of the peaks, surrounded by scree, with the icy breath of perennial snow descending at times from the sharp white tips peeping out of the clouds.
A tunnel of lights and shadows reconnects the human beings to their primordial roots, to the instinct to venture into pristine nature and reconnect the body with the soul.
The Great Bell-ringer
This peak was named after its imposing shape reminding of a "large bell", and the mysticism of its 3,798 metres has fascinated mountaineers for centuries, especially in the era of pioneering fever.
The historic conquest of Mont Blanc, in 1789, inspired adventurers in search of glory and, ten years later, the first ascent of Grossglockner was attempted.
It was a failure: the guided expedition ended on the Kleinglockner - the smaller "bell", just below.
The valley dwellers used to call it "the Black Mountain", and the grannies told the children it was haunted with demons.
Who, better than a man of faith, could have dominated its summit?
It was the parish priest of one of those villages who set foot on the summit of the Austrian colossus first. He did it in the summer of 1800, together with the Klotzes brothers and two scientists, who organized the rudimentary climb.
In September 1856, the Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife Elizabeth escaped the oppressive captivity of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna to spend a belated honeymoon in the area that united them in their shared passion: the mountain and its explorations.
As enthusiastic hikers, they immersed themselves in the peace of the huts and meadows dotted with edelweisses, sharing simple country customs and outdoor breakfasts.
The emperors' stay in such a remote and wild place impressed the locals so much that, even today, traces of their romantic getaway can be found in the names and the plaques along the road leading to the terrace at over 2,000mt.
Cima Coppi
In cycling, beauty and brutality often blend.
In its history, the Grossglockner has also been the Cima Coppi of the Giro d'Italia, the highest peak of the entire stage race.
It's been the symbol of grueling and glorious solo actions or great duels en danseuse. That day a Colombian and a Spaniard fought for ten kilometres, between the white snow walls lining the route in May and the low clouds enveloping the peaks.
In such a silence it is easier to hear your chaser, and no one better than the mountain can suggest you the right bend where to attack.


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Die SuperLiga 2022/23 ist die 17. Spielzeit der höchsten serbischen Spielklasse im Männerfußball. Sie begann am 8. Juli 2022 und endet am 27. Mai 2023. Aufgrund der WM in Katar und der Winterpause ruht der Spielbetrieb nach dem 19. Spieltag vom 14. November 2022 bis 3. Februar 2023.

Modus
Nach der Vorrunde wird die Liga in zwei Endrunden geteilt. Die Mannschaften auf den Plätzen 1 bis 8 erreichen die Meisterschaftsrunde, in der sie in sieben Play-Off-Spielen um die Meisterschaft spielen. Die Vereine auf den Rängen 9 bis 16 spielen in sieben Play-Out-Spielen gegen den Abstieg, die beiden Letztplatzierten steigen direkt ab, während die Vereinen auf Platz 13 und 14 Relegationsspiele gegen den Dritten und Vierten aus der Prva Liga absolvieren. Den Mannschaften wird dabei jeweils die Hälfte der erzielten Punkte aus der in 30 Spieltagen ausgetragenen Vorrunde gutgeschrieben, dabei werden halbe Punkte aufgerundet. Schließlich absolviert nach Ende der Endrunde jeder Verein insgesamt 37 Spiele.

Vereine
Teilnehmer sind die besten 14 Mannschaften aus dem Vorjahr, sowie die zwei Aufsteiger aus der Prva Liga, FK Javor Ivanjica und FK Mladost Novi Sad.

Vorrunde

Tabelle

Kreuztabelle

Meisterrunde
Die acht bestplatzierten Teams des Grunddurchgangs treten je einmal gegeneinander an, um den Meister und die internationalen Startplätze auszuspielen. Alle Ergebnisse aus der Vorrunde werden übertragen.

Abstiegsrunde
Die acht schlechteren Teams des Grunddurchgangs treten je einmal gegeneinander an, um die beiden Absteiger zu bestimmen. Alle Ergebnisse aus der Vorrunde werden übertragen.

Relegation
Die Mannschaften auf den Plätzen 13 und 14 treffen auf die Vereine, die Platz 3 und 4 in der Prva Liga erreichen.

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Weblinks
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Joyful Things, from New Hotels to Heavenly Flower Farms
Those who follow me on Instagram -- https://instagram.com/janellemcculloch_author -- will know I'm flying a little under the radar at the moment. It's a combination of things, but I won't confuse this post with details. Instead, I want to kick the weekend off with some joyous stuff. So here's a high toast to the small delights of life, from hotels to heavenly flower gardens.
I hope you're all happy and in high spirits, wherever you may be this week.
The beautiful pix above are from my Instagram feed. Pictured (left) the Wallace Collection, via Paul_J_Little's feed, and (right) Dolce and Gabbana's new shoes, via Kirstie Clements.
More IG gorgeousness below.
JANE FONDA, LILY TOMLIN, AND A NEW HIT SHOW
Everyone I know is watching the latest Netflix hit GRACE AND FRANKIE? (TRAILER HERE) Have you seen it yet? It's brilliantly witty, well-produced, beautifully filmed and with so much property porn you'll be wanting a beach house with a blue kitchen before the last credits have closed.
Imagine Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin living in a coastal cottage that looks like a Verandah magazine spread, spouting Norah Ephron-esque bon mots (Norah would have loved it), wearing cool clothes, and managing even more enviable careers (Lily is a painting teacher; Jane owns a Estee Lauder-style beauty company). Then toss in an unusual plot, which, thankfully, becomes a beautiful and moving story by the end, and you have this gorgeous, glamorous, shimmering new show. It's one of the best series to screen this year.
Now Grace and Frankie is really a show for women and to make us happy there's a string of oh-my men, including a hot ex-prisoner that Jane Fonda has 'almost-sex' with on the kitchen bench, pearl earrings and all. But while Janey gets the hot pecs, it's Lily who has the best lines -- and her face just radiates on camera. I loved her. (I binged-watched the entire first series last week. Although I wished she followed through with that lovely man who owned the vegetable patch.) The beach house is pure property porn. Hooked on Houses blog has a great analysis of the film set here -- LINK
All the cast have just signed for a second season. Hallelujah, I say. Hall-e-lujah.
MADDING FASHION
My favourite -- FAVOURITE -- thing this year has been the stupendously, tear-wrackingly beautiful film Far from the Madding Crowd, and the hauntingly lovely places it was filmed, historic Mapperton (worth seeing itself) and the wild Dorset coast. Some critics have sneered at Carey Mulligan's performance (I loved it and actually preferred it over The Great Gatsby; she seems more plausible as Bathsheba than Daisy), while others felt that Matthias Schoenaerts, who plays the sexy shepherd Gabriel Oak, was simply a Hardyesque version of Magic Mike. Ignore these sad people. Madding is deeply moving. As an animal lover, I even cried at the part where the sheep go over the cliff. (Sorry, spoiler.)
Perhaps the most beautiful thing about this film though is the costume design, which should be nominated for an Oscar. What's interesting is that instead of using dull browns and greys, as some period films do, the designers went for modern hues of denim blue and salvia mauve. You see, the film's researchers discovered that clothes from the time Hardy set the novel (1874) were actually surprisingly bright -- such as these eye-catchingly blue hues and striking violets --and as a consequence, created a very 'blue' costume palette. I loved the fact that they used an original French gardening smock on Gabriel Oak, which added a lot of authenticity.
There's a lovely featurette that takes an in-depth look at the film's costume here -- LINK
Arguably the best performance comes from Michael Sheen who plays William Boldwood (he played Tony Blair in the Helen Mirren film The Queen). If your heart doesn't break at the part where he shoots Bathsheba's husband (out of love for her), and realises he will no doubt hang for it, you are a hard person, indeed. (Oh, spoiler again!)
Find a cinema and envelope yourself in one of the most beautiful period dramas this year.
WHIMSICAL INSTAGRAM
Ben Pentreath, Justine Picardie, Paris Scribe, The Land Gardeners, Pretty in London, the whimsically named Cup of Meat ... IG has some of the most inspirational images on the Internet. Here are a few of my favourite pix from recent weeks.
A Cup of Meat's Instagram feed.
Curious name. Utterly sublime images.
The French Riviera by Sir John Lavery (left), via Howard Slatkin's IG feed,
and Map of The Open Country of a Woman's Heart published by D.W. Kellogg 1833-1842 (right), via Cup of Meat.
The King's Potager at Versailles (left)(artist unknown), via Susan Alicias,
and Jean-Jacques Lequeu (right), via Cup of Meat's IG feed.
Rattan sunlounger by Nicholas Haslam (left)
and the Eastern and Oriental Hotel in Georgetown, Penang (right) via Cup of Meat
A LOVELY FLOWER FARM
Did you see the recent New York Times article on the idyllic, elysian, utterly enviable World's End flower farm in upstate New York? LINK HERE Many of us would love to pull up our lives and go live on a flower farm, and this one is a dream-in-a-box kinda place, complete with distressed layers of antique wallpaper and fields of dahlias. You can almost smell the hyacinths.
Owned by Sarah Ryhanen and Eric Famisan of the legendary Saipua flower shop in Brooklyn (their floristry style is akin to a Dutch master's still life), the farm is a place for them to plant unusual flowers (black dahlias; Hello Darkness irises) for their equally bohemian arrangements.
There's a video of the farm on the NY Times page too. Watch out, you'll swoon. (See link above.)
THE JULY/AUGUST VOGUE LIVING
One of the best yet. Just look at these spreads.
www.vogueliving.com.au
KATE SPADE'S RETURN
Kate Spade (the woman, not the brand) is returning to fashion after eight years away. Launching an accessories collection that's due out for holiday, she has began showing retailers previews but is yet to announce a name. (The designer is unable to use her own name due to legal restrictions following the sale of her brand.
THE COTTON HOUSE HOTEL
Personally, I can't understand why the glossy mags haven't yet covered this newbie? Perhaps a feature is on its way? In any case, get there before the crowds do. The Cotton House in Barcelona is set to be the hot new hideaway.
Occupying a former textile headquarters (hence the name), this glorious hotel has been sympathetically restored to take advantage of the elegant proportions and rich decorative details. The building's neoclassical character is evident at every turn: the public spaces are jaw-droppingly in their loveliness. Don't miss the library-lounge and the bar-restaurant Batuar. If you have the money, book the first-floor Ottoman and Damask Suites overlooking Gran Vía.
www.hotelcottonhouse.com/en
I'm off to plan our trip to New York and New Orleans in September.
Wishing you all a lovely weekend!
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Saraki, Dogara Condemn DSS Siege, Postpone NASS Leadership Meeting
Bukola Saraki, Yakubu Dogara
Senate President Bukola Saraki
Following the on-going invasion of the National Assembly complex by men of the Department of State Services (DSS) in which legislators and members of staff, including the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Omolori, who is the administrative head of the Federal legislature, were harassed and prevented from accessing their offices, Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara have condemned the action of the security agents and described it as another attempt to subevert the nation's democracy.
In a statement jointly signed by the two presiding officers of both Chambers of the National Assembly, Saraki and Dogara stated that the heavy presence of armed security men who unnecessarily militarized the legislative complex and harassed legislators and the workers in the complex could not be justified in a democracy.
The Senate President and Speaker further noted that today was a sad day for democracy as very early in the morning, they got reports backed by video and pictures, from members of staff of the National Assembly, their colleagues from both chambers and other individuals, about the heavy presence of the security personnel who insisted that nobody would enter the complex except certain Senators who were to be conveyed into the complex in a Coaster bus.
"By 6.30 am, the reports started coming in and by 7am, there were pictures and video online showing armed security men preventing Senators and Honourable members from coming into the Complex. Some of our colleagues then mobilized other members in both chambers from their respective abode so that they could pressurize the Security men from allowing them to gain entry.
"Obviously, the public outcry from Nigerians and members of the international community against this illegality, this desecration of the sanctity of the legislature and this flagrant abuse of powers forced the government to relax the directives given to the security men as they later allowed the legislators to walk from the main gate into the foyer. Still the lawmakers were not allowed to drive in, in their vehicles and were denied access into the main building housing their offices.
"It is not clear what the plan of the government is but information reaching us indicated that some Senators who are pro-executive arm are being camped somewhere here in Abuja and they are being compelled to sign an impeachment notice that would later be brought to the Assembly complex. The Senate Chamber will now be forced open to enable an illegal change of leadership take place in the Senate.
"It should be noted that the Senate formally adjourned on July 24, 2018 and it stands adjourned. To reconvene, there is a process which has to be followed. Also, it should be clear that these Senators who are camped somewhere know the procedure for changing the leadership of the Senate. Both the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency officials masterminding this illegality know that they do not have the numbers to lawfully carry out this action.
"Therefore, we call on members of the international community to view this development as a coup against democracy. This is a throw-back to the inglorious days of military rule where dissent is not tolerated and freedom of association and other fundamental human rights are willfully and carelessly violated.
"We urge Nigerians and the international community to condemn this illegal invasion of the National Assembly complex and the attempt to asphyxiate the legislature as undemocratic, uncivilized and irresponsible.
"Let us use this opportunity to thank our colleagues in the Senate and House of Representatives who immediately mobilized to resist this coup against democracy. Their action will be recorded as one taken at a time when the soul of this country is being imperilled. They have acted to avert the breakdown of constitutionalism and collapse of the rule of law. They have stood up to dictatorship and demonstrated that this country belongs to all of us.
"We also thank members of the press, local and international, and all Nigerians whose support for the cause of democracy have sustained us this far.
Following this unpleasant development, the joint leadership meeting slated for this afternoon has been postponed till further notice because under the prevailing circumstances, we cannot guarantee the safety of the 20 members from both chambers expected at the meeting", Saraki and Dogara stated.
1. Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, CON
President of the Senate
2. Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara
Speaker, House of Representatives
Sani Omolori
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Vitali Klitschko has been attacked with tear gas while involved in a protest in his hometown of Kiev, Ukraine.
The 40-year-old boxing heavyweight, whose brother Wladimir fights in Switzerland this weekend, had joined thousands of other Ukrainians in protesting a parliamentary bill which makes Russian, and not Ukrainian, the official language in some formal settings in the former Soviet republic.
Klitschko was photographed at the protests with blood coming from his right hand as he held his t-shirt to his face. Shortly after, the World Boxing Council, with whom Klitschko holds the heavyweight title, tweeted that the fighter had suffered a gash to his hand that had been treated. The WBC also confirmed Klitschko had been tear gassed, but was otherwise fine.
After tear gas was dispersed, the protests turned violent, with police reportedly baton-charging protestors.
Klitschko will defend his WBC title on September 8 against Manuel Charr in Moscow. Unfortunately for the underdog Charr, he'll be without tear gas.


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Coachwork polishes: sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2018
Published by Ian Tiseo, Nov 20, 2019
This statistic shows the sales value of polishes and creams for coachwork based on PRODCOM estimates** in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2018. The UK experienced an increase in sales value over this period. The sales value reached 65.7 million British pounds in 2018.
Sales value of polishes and creams for coachwork in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2018 (in 1,000 GBP)
Value in thousand British pounds
2018* 65,659
* 2018 data are provisional.
** PRODCOM estimates are calculated from responses to the PRODCOM survey of manufacturing industries.
Polishes and similar preparations, for coachwork excluding artificial and prepared waxes and metal polishes.
Revenue of the leading chemical companies in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019
Net income of the leading chemical companies in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019
Number of enterprises in the UK chemicals manufacturing industry 2013-19, by turnover
Workforce of the leading chemical companies in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019
Statistics on "Chemical industry in the UK"
Number of chemical product manufacturing enterprises in the UK, by employment 2019
Local enterprise units in the UK chemicals manufacturing sector, by employees 2019
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Turnover of the chemicals manufacturing industry in the UK 2008-2016
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (November 19, 2019). Sales value of polishes and creams for coachwork in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2018 (in 1,000 GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 21, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/331746/coachwork-polishes-creams-sales-value-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Sales value of polishes and creams for coachwork in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2018 (in 1,000 GBP)." Chart. November 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 21, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/331746/coachwork-polishes-creams-sales-value-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2019). Sales value of polishes and creams for coachwork in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2018 (in 1,000 GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 21, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/331746/coachwork-polishes-creams-sales-value-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Sales Value of Polishes and Creams for Coachwork in The United Kingdom between 2010 and 2018 (in 1,000 Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/331746/coachwork-polishes-creams-sales-value-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Sales value of polishes and creams for coachwork in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2018 (in 1,000 GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/331746/coachwork-polishes-creams-sales-value-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited January 21, 2020)


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Billionaire Couple Found Murdered in Their Toronto Home Are Linked to Clinton Foundation's Relief Efforts
Published January 21, 2018 at 12:27pm
Canadian officials announced on Friday that the billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman were murdered in their home in December.
For the past month officials called their deaths a murder-suicide.
The couple was found strangled in their Toronto home.
Haaretz is reporting it was a professional contract killing,
The New York Post reported:
The billionaire husband and wife found hanging side-by-side in their posh Toronto home last month were both murdered, according to a bombshell report citing a team of private investigators on Saturday.
Multiple killers played a role in the deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman — contrary to the widely-circulated murder-suicide theory initially leaked by law enforcement, sources told CBC News, citing a parallel probe by a team of investigators hired by the couple's family.
A real estate agent who was selling the $5.4 million home had discovered pharmaceutical mogul Barry, 75, and Honey, 70, dead on Dec. 15.
Barry Sherman founded Apotex pharmaceutical company.
Apotex supplied generic drugs to Clinton foundation in Haiti and Rwanda.
Apotex also donated medicines and supplies to Clinton Foundation Puerto Rican relief efforts in 2017.


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The Long, Long Trailer
This article may require copy editing for distinction as to whether the book or the movie is being described. Or if everything in the article (except the lead paragraph) is about the movie then the lead should be changed.. You can assist by editing it. (April 2012)
Pandro S. Berman
Clinton Twiss (novel)
Albert Hackett &
Frances Goodrich (screenplay)
Adolph Deutsch
Robert Surtees
Editing by
Ferris Webster
$4 million (US)[1]
The Long, Long Trailer is a novel by Clinton Twiss from 1951 about a couple who buy a new travel trailer home and spend a year traveling across the United States.[2]
The novel was made into a movie in 1954 starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and featuring Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Bert Freed, Moroni Olsen, Gladys Hurlbut, Madge Blake, and Walter Baldwin. The picture was directed by Vincente Minnelli, working from a screenplay by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich.
2 Movie production notes
3 Movie reception
4 Principal cast
5 DVD release
Nicky Collini and his fiancée Tacy buy (despite Nicky's extreme reluctance and dire predictions) a large trailer home (a 40-foot 1953 New Moon, which cost $5,345 at the time), so that they can save money that would otherwise be spent on a house, and also be able to travel around the USA to civil engineering projects that Nicky is employed on.
They have to buy a more powerful car to tow the trailer, a 1953 Mercury Monterey convertible with a 125 HP flathead V8 engine, and the money spent starts to mount up. The honeymoon trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains rapidly becomes a catalogue of disasters. These include Tacy's attempts to cook dinner in a moving, rocking trailer, and later a cliffhanging ride on a narrow road through the mountains, with the trailer weighed down by many rock specimens and canned food she has collected. After they arrive at the home of Tacy's aunt and uncle, with other relatives and neighbors who are gathered watching, Nicky accidentally backs the trailer into their hosts' porch, partly destroying it as well as a prized rose bush. In another scene, after turning on an old logging road he tries to level the trailer at night while stuck in the mud during a rainstorm. Relations deteriorate between the couple, and finally Tacy storms off in a huff. But by the film's end, they are tearfully reunited.
Movie production notes
Opening scenes of the film were shot on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stage 12, the same location that Arnaz played his first film scene in Bataan (film), eleven years before.[3]
The dangerous mountain road featured in the movie is Whitney Portal Road, which leads up to Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. The hairpin turn featured in the film offers scenic views of the Owens Valley. During the scenes of Nicky and Tacy pulling their trailer in the mountains, their 1953 Mercury Monterey convertible is replaced with a larger but similar appearing 1953 Lincoln Capri convertible. The distinct Lincoln grille is clearly evident in a shot as the car rounds a curve. The more powerful Lincoln (which is equipped with a 205 HP V8 engine) was needed to pull the heavy New Moon trailer up and over the steep grades of the Sierra Nevada where the scenes were filmed. Other portions of the winding road scenes were shot on the Pines to Palms Scenic Byway (State Route 74) in Palm Desert, California.[4]
The film's closing credits thank the National Park Service for permission to film in Yosemite National Park. There is one memorable scene where the car and trailer emerge from a tunnel to a view of Yosemite Valley, complete with a panorama of El Capitan, Half Dome, and the Yosemite Falls.
Movie reception
According to Turner Classic Movies' host, Robert Osborne, the studio was not sure if this film would be a success because they thought that people would not pay money to see Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in a movie when they could watch the couple on television for free (I Love Lucy). Arnaz made a $25,000 bet with the studio that the movie would make more money than the current highest grossing comedy at that time (Father of the Bride starring Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor and also directed by Vincente Minnelli). Arnaz won the bet.
Lucille Ball ... Tacy Bolton – Collini
Desi Arnaz ... Nicholas 'Nicky' Collini
Marjorie Main ... Mrs. Hittaway
Keenan Wynn ... Policeman
Gladys Hurlbut ... Mrs. Bolton
Moroni Olsen ... Mr. Tewitt
Bert Freed ... Foreman
Madge Blake ... Aunt Anastacia
Walter Baldwin ... Uncle Edgar
Oliver Blake ... Mr. Ludlow
Perry Sheehan ... Bridesmaid
The Long, Long Trailer was released on DVD on May 2, 2006 by Warner Home Video in Region 1 coding for the U.S. and Canada. It was released as a single disc and as a part of a 3-DVD set featuring two other Ball/Arnaz movies, Forever, Darling and Too Many Girls. The film was also released in Region 4 coding for Australia.
The film is referenced in the They Might Be Giants song "Everything Right Is Wrong Again" which contains the lyrics: Everything right is wrong again/Just like in The Long, Long Trailer/All the dishes got broken/The car kept driving/And nobody would stop to save her.
^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1954', Variety Weekly, January 5, 1955
^ Variety film review; January 6, 1954, page 52.
^ Archerd, Armand, "Contrite Studio Welcomes Lucy And Desi Back With Full 'Red Carpet' Treatment", West Florida Daily Globe combined with The Okaloosa News-Journal, Crestview, Florida, Thursday 15 October 1953, Volume 40, Number 172, page 2.
^ Meeks, Eric G. (2011). P.S. I Love Lucy: The Story of Lucille Ball in Palm Springs. Horotio Limburger Oglethorpe. p. 31. ISBN 978-1468098549.
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Full-text of the Twiss'novel
Films directed by Vincente Minnelli
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
I Dood It (1943)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
The Clock (1945)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
Undercurrent (1946)
The Pirate (1948)
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
An American in Paris (1951)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
The Band Wagon (1953)
The Long, Long Trailer (1953)
Brigadoon (1954)
The Cobweb (1955)
Lust for Life (1956)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Designing Woman (1957)
Gigi (1958)
The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
Some Came Running (1958)
Home from the Hill (1960)
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
Goodbye Charlie (1964)
The Sandpiper (1965)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
A Matter of Time (1976)
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Films based on novels
Films shot in California
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Novels adapted into films
1950s comedy films
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