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Part IE+W General
Chapter IE+W The statutory system of education
GeneralE+W
1 The stages of education.E+W
(1)The statutory system of public education consists of three progressive stages: primary education, secondary education and further education.
(2)This Part—
(a)confers functions on the Secretary of State and [F1local authorities] with respect to primary, secondary and further education; F2. . .
F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Part I of the M1Further and Higher Education Act 1992 [F3makes provision with respect to further education.].
(4)Apart from section 10 (general duty of Secretary of State), nothing in this Act confers any functions with respect to higher education.
F1Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), Sch. 2 para. 7(3) (with Sch. 2 para. 7(4)(5))
F2S. 1(2)(b) and preceding word repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 58, Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with savings in Sch. 7 paras. 2-4, 6, 7, 10, 12)
F3Words in s. 1(3) substituted (28.7.2000 for certain purposes otherwise 1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 21, ss. 149, 154(5), Sch. 9 para. 51 (with s. 150); S.I. 2001/654, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II (with art. 3); S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 1(4) excluded by 2002 c. 32, s. 28A(5) (as inserted (1.9.2005 for E., 1.9.2006 for W.) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), ss. 105, 125(4); S.I. 2005/2034, art. 4; S.I. 2006/1338, art. 3, Sch. 1)
Marginal Citations
M11992 c. 13.
2 Definition of primary, secondary and further education.E+W
[F4(1)In this Act "primary education" means—
(a)full-time or part-time education suitable to the requirements of children who have attained the age of two but are under compulsory school age;
(b)full-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils of compulsory school age who have not attained the age of 10 years and six months; and
(c)full-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils who have attained the age of 10 years and six months and whom it is expedient to educate together with junior pupils within paragraph (b).]
(2)In this Act "secondary education" means—
(a)full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils of compulsory school age who are either—
(i)senior pupils, or
(ii)junior pupils who have attained the age of 10 years and six months and whom it is expedient to educate together with senior pupils of compulsory school age; and
(b)(subject to subsection (5)) full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils who are over compulsory school age but under the age of 19 which is provided at a school at which education within paragraph (a) is also provided.
[F5(2A)Education is also secondary education for the purposes of this Act (subject to subsection (5)) if it is provided by an institution which—
(a)is maintained by a [F6local authority] [F7or is an Academy], and
(b)is principally concerned with the provision of full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils who are over compulsory school age but under the age of 19.
(2B)Where—
(a)a person is in full-time education,
(b)he receives his education partly at a school and, by virtue of arrangements made by the school, partly at another institution [F8or any other establishment], and
(c)the education which he receives at the school would be secondary education if it was full-time education at the school,
the person's education, both at the school and at the other institution [F9or establishment], is secondary education for the purposes of this Act (subject to subsection (5)).]
(3)Subject to subsection (5), in this Act "further education" means—
(a)full-time and part-time education suitable to the requirements of persons who are over compulsory school age [F10(including vocational, social, physical and recreational training)], and
(b)organised leisure-time occupation provided in connection with the provision of such education,
except that it does not include secondary education or (in accordance with subsection (7)) higher education.
(4)Accordingly, unless it is education within subsection (2)(b) [F11or (2A)], full-time education suitable to the requirements of persons over compulsory school age who have not attained the age of 19 is further education for the purposes of this Act and not secondary education.
(5)For the purposes of this Act education provided for persons who have attained the age of 19 is further education not secondary education; but where a person—
(a)has begun a particular course of secondary education before attaining the age of 18, and
(b)continues to attend that course,
the education does not cease to be secondary education by reason of his having attained the age of 19.
(6)In subsection (3)(b) "organised leisure-time occupation" means leisure-time occupation, in such organised cultural training and recreative activities as are suited to their requirements, for any persons over compulsory school age who are able and willing to profit by facilities provided for that purpose.
[F12(6A)In the context of the definitions of secondary education and further education, references in this section to education include vocational, social, physical and recreational training.]
(7)References in this section to education do not include references to higher education.
F4S. 2(1) substituted (1.10.2002 for E., 31.3.2004 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 156(2), 216(4) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3; S.I. 2004/912, art. 4, Sch. Pt. 1
F5S. 2(2A)(2B) inserted (1.9.2000 for E. for certain purposes and 1.4.2001 otherwise for E.W.) by 2000 c. 21, s. 110(1) (with s. 150); S.I. 2000/2114, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. III; S.I. 2001/654, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II (with art. 3); S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I (with art. 3)
F7Words in s. 2(2A)(a) inserted (26.7.2002) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 65(3), 216(2), Sch. 7 para. 6(2) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2002, art. 2
F8Words in s. 2(2B)(b) inserted (1.10.2002 for E., 1.8.2004 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 177(2)(a), 216(4) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3; S.I. 2004/912, art. 5, Sch. Pt. 2
F9Words in s. 2(2B) inserted (1.10.2002 for E., 1.8.2004 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 177(2)(b), 216(4) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3; S.I. 2004/912, art. 5, Sch. Pt. 2
F10Words in s. 2(3)(a) repealed (1.10.2002 for E., 1.8.2004 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 22 Pt. 3 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3; S.I. 2004/912, art. 5, Sch. Pt. 2
F11Words in s. 2(4) inserted (1.10.2002 for E., 19.12.2002 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 215(1), 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 33 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3; S.I. 2002/3185, art. 4, Sch. Pt. 1
F12S. 2(6A) inserted (1.10.2002 for E., 1.8.2004 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 177(3), 216(4) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3; S.I. 2004/912, art. 5, Sch. Pt. 2
3 Definition of pupil etc.E+W
(1)In this Act "pupil" means a person for whom education is being provided at a school, other than—
(a)a person who has attained the age of 19 for whom further education is being provided, or
(b)a person for whom part-time education suitable to the requirements of persons of any age over compulsory school age is being provided.
[F13and references to pupils in the context of the admission of pupils to, or the exclusion of pupils from, a school are references to persons who following their admission will be, or (as the case may be) before their exclusion were, pupils as defined by this subsection.]
[F14(1A)A person is not for the purposes of this Act to be treated as a pupil at a school merely because any education is provided for him at the school in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 27 of the Education Act 2002 (power of governing body of maintained school to provide community facilities etc.).]
(2)In this Act—
"junior pupil" means a child who has not attained the age of 12; and
"senior pupil" means a person who has attained the age of 12 but not the age of 19.
(3)The definition of "pupil" in [F15Subsections (1) and (1A) also apply](unless the context otherwise requires) for the purposes of any instrument made or having effect as if made under the Education Acts.
F13Words in s. 3(1) inserted (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 44, s. 57(1), Sch. 7 para. 9(2); S.I. 1997/1468, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. II
F14S. 3(1A) inserted (2.9.2002 for E., 1.9.2003 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 34(2) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2002, art. 4; S.I. 2003/1718, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II
F15Words in s. 3(3) substituted (2.9.2002 for E., 1.9.2003 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 34(3) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2002, art. 4; S.I. 2003/1718, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II
Educational institutionsE+W
4 Schools: general.E+W
[F16(1)In this Act [F17(subject to [F18subsections (1A) to (1C)])] "school" means an educational institution which is outside the further education sector and the higher education sector and is an institution for providing—
(a)primary education,
(b)secondary education, or
(c)both primary and secondary education,
whether or not the institution also provides [F19part-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils or] further education.]
[F20(1A)An institution which—
(a)provides only early years provision (as defined by section 96(2) of the Childcare Act 2006), and
(b)is not a maintained nursery school,
is not a school.]
[F21(1B)A 16 to 19 Academy is not a school.
(1C)An alternative provision Academy is a school.]
(2)[F22Nothing in subsection (1) shall be taken to preclude the making of arrangements under section 19(1) (exceptional educational provision) under which part-time education is to be provided at a school; and for] the purposes of this Act an educational institution that would fall within subsection (1) but for the fact that it provides part-time rather than full-time education shall nevertheless be treated as a school if that part-time education is provided under arrangements made under section 19(1) F23. . ..
(3)For the purposes of this Act an institution is outside the further education sector if it is not—
(a)an institution conducted by a further education corporation established under section 15 or 16 of the M2Further and Higher Education Act 1992, or
(b)a designated institution for the purposes of Part I of that Act (defined in section 28(4) of that Act ) [F24, or
(c)a sixth form college]
and references to institutions within that sector shall be construed accordingly.
(4)For the purposes of this Act an institution is outside the higher education sector if it is not—
(a)a university receiving financial support under section 65 of that Act,
(b)an institution conducted by a higher education corporation within the meaning of that Act, or
(c)a designated institution for the purposes of Part II of that Act (defined in section 72(3) of that Act) [F25, or
(d)a university to which an approved plan, within the meaning given in section 7 of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015, relates.]
F16S. 4(1) substituted (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 44, s. 51; S.I. 1997/1468, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. II
F17Words in s. 4(1) inserted (1.9.2008) by Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21), ss. 95(2), 109(2); S.I. 2008/2261, art. 2 (with Sch. 1)
F18Words in s. 4(1) substituted (1.4.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 13 para. 9(2)(a); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2
F19Words in s. 4(1) repealed (1.10.2002 for E., 31.3.2004 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 22 Pt. 3 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3; S.I. 2004/912, art. 4, Sch. Pt. 1
F20S. 4(1A) inserted (1.9.2008) by Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21), ss. 95(3), 109(2); S.I. 2008/2261, art. 2 (with Sch. 1)
F21S. 4(1B)(1C) inserted (1.4.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 13 para. 9(2)(b); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2
F22Words in s. 4(2) substituted (1.9.1998) by 1997 c. 44, s. 57(1), Sch. 7 para. 10(a); S.I. 1998/386, art.2, Sch. 1 Pt. IV
F23Words in s. 4(2) repealed (1.9.1998) by 1997 c. 44, s. 57(1)(4), Sch. 7 para. 10(b), Sch. 8; S.I. 1998/386, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. IV
F24S. 4(3)(c) and word inserted (1.4.2010) by The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1080), art. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1 para. 97 (with art. 2(3))
F25S. 4(4)(d) and word inserted (1.8.2017) by Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 1), s. 59(2), Sch. para. 5; S.I. 2017/239, art. 2
C2S. 4(1) restricted (1.9.2000 (E.) and 1.4.2001 (W.)) by 2000 c. 21, s. 110(3) (with s. 150); S.I. 2000/2114, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. III; S.I. 2001/1274, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I
5 Primary schools, secondary schools and middle schools.E+W
(1)In this Act "primary school" means (subject to regulations under subsection (4)) a school for providing primary education, whether or not it also provides [F26part-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils or] further education.
(2)In this Act "secondary school" means (subject to regulations under subsection (4)) a school for providing secondary education, whether or not it also provides further education.
[F27(3)In this Act "middle school" means a school which, in pursuance of proposals published under any of the enactments specified in subsection (3A), has been established as, or altered so as to become, a school for providing full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils who—
(a)have attained a specified age below 10 years and six months, and
(b)are under a specified age above 12 years.
(3A)The enactments mentioned in subsection (3) are—
(a)in relation to England—
(i)section 28 or 28A of, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998,
(ii)section 66 of, or paragraph 7 of Schedule 11 to, the Education Act 2005, and
(iii)section 7, 10, 11 or 19 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006;
(b)in relation to Wales,
[F28(i)] section 28 of, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998[F29, and
(ii)section 48, 59 or 68 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013]]
(4)The Secretary of State shall make regulations for determining, or enabling him to determine, whether a middle school is to be treated for the purposes of this Act and the other enactments relating to education as a primary school or as a secondary school.
(5)[F30The powers conferred by the enactments mentioned in subsection (3) (so far as relating to the establishment of middle schools) and the powers conferred by subsection] (4) above are exercisable—
(a)notwithstanding anything in this Act (and in particular section 1); but
(b)without prejudice to the exercise of any other power conferred by this Act.
F27S. 5(3)(3A) substituted for s. 5(3) (25.5.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), s. 188(3), Sch. 3 para. 7(2); S.I. 2007/935, art. 7(o)
F28Words in s. 5(3A)(b) renumbered as s. 5(3A)(b)(i) (1.10.2013) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 17(2)(a); S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(j)
F29S. 5(3A)(b)(ii) and word inserted (1.10.2013) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 17(2)(b); S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(j)
F30Words in s. 5(5) substituted (1.9.2006) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(4), Sch. 12 para. 1(3); S.I. 2006/2129, art. 4
6 Nursery schools F31... .E+W
(1)A primary school is a nursery school if it is used [F32wholly or] mainly for the purpose of providing education for children who have attained the age of two but are under [F33compulsory school age].
F34(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F31Words in s. 6 title omitted (1.9.2014) by virtue of Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 3 para. 2(3); S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505)
F32Words in s. 6(1) inserted (1.10.2002 for E., 31.3.2004 for W.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 156(1), 216(4) (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3; S.I. 2004/912, art. 4, Sch. Pt. 1
F33Words in s. 6(1) substituted (1.8.1998) by 1997 c. 44, s. 51(1), Sch. 7 para. 11; S.I. 1998/386, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. III
F34S. 6(2) omitted (1.9.2014) by virtue of Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 3 para. 2(2); S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505)
Compulsory educationE+W
7 Duty of parents to secure education of children of compulsory school age.E+W
The parent of every child of compulsory school age shall cause him to receive efficient full-time education suitable—
(a)to his age, ability and aptitude, and
(b)to any special educational needs he may have,
either by regular attendance at school or otherwise.
8 Compulsory school age.E+W
(1)Subsections (2) and (3) apply to determine for the purposes of any enactment whether a person is of compulsory school age.
[F35(2)A person begins to be of compulsory school age—
(a)when he attains the age of five, if he attains that age on a prescribed day, and
(b)otherwise at the beginning of the prescribed day next following his attaining that age.]
(3)A person ceases to be of compulsory school age at the end of the day which is the school leaving date for any calendar year—
(a)if he attains the age of 16 after that day but before the beginning of the school year next following,
(b)if he attains that age on that day, or
(c)(unless paragraph (a) applies) if that day is the school leaving date next following his attaining that age.
[F36(4)The Secretary of State may by order—
(a)provide that such days in the year as are specified in the order shall be, for each calendar year, prescribed days for the purposes of subsection (2);
(b)determine the day in any calendar year which is to be the school leaving date for that year.]
F35S. 8(2) substituted (1.8.1998) by 1997 c. 44, s. 52(2); S.I. 1998/386, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt.III
F36S. 8(4) substituted (1.8.1998) by 1997 c. 44, s. 52(3); S.I. 1998/386, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. III
Education in accordance with parental wishesE+W
9 Pupils to be educated in accordance with parents' wishes.E+W
In exercising or performing all their respective powers and duties under the Education Acts, the Secretary of [F37State and [F1local authorities]] shall have regard to the general principle that pupils are to be educated in accordance with the wishes of their parents, so far as that is compatible with the provision of efficient instruction and training and the avoidance of unreasonable public expenditure.
F37Words in s. 9 substituted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para. 61 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch. 1


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By Charles Mandel Canadian Startup News August 20, 2021
Aux Caves FinTech latest target as Canadian securities commissions continue to crack down on crypto asset firms
Securities commissions across the country continue to grapple with a wave of crypto asset firms failing to comply with Canadian securities law.
From British Columbia to Quebec, the commissions have flagged a number of businesses that lack the authority to trade in Canada.
In August alone, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) flagged four different companies: Aux Caves FinTech Co. Ltd. from the Seychelles; Polo Digital Assets, Ltd. (Poloniex) operating in the Seychelles; Bybit Fintech Limited (Bybit) from the British Virgin Islands; and Mek Global Limited, incorporated in the Republic of Seychelles, and PhoenixFin Pte. Ltd., incorporated in Singapore, (collectively, KuCoin).
More than 70 platforms have initiated compliance discussions with Canadian securities regulators. Almost a quarter are based outside of Canada.
The OSC issued a warning to crypto asset trading platforms on March 29 that they must contact OSC staff or face potential regulatory action. Platforms were given until April 19, 2021 to discuss how to bring their operations as a dealer or marketplace into compliance.
Additionally, the OSC stated that platforms that allow access to Ontarians are regarded by the OSC as operating in Ontario for the purposes of securities regulation.
To date, more than 70 platforms have initiated compliance discussions with Canadian securities regulators. Almost a quarter of these platforms are based outside of Canada.
Staff are working with and obtaining more information from the firms that have initiated compliance discussions with the OSC, in order to assess the appropriate path to registration.
RELATED: Tetra Trust to become Canada's first qualified crypto custodian, raises funding from Coinbase, Mogo
To date, there is only one crypto asset dealer registered with Canadian securities regulators, Toronto-based Wealthsimple (update: there's now two).
Wealthsimple announced plans to expand into crypto trading in July 2020. The company received conditional approval from the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) through its Sandbox program to test the platform for a period of two years.
Wealthsimple Crypto is now regulated by 13 provinces and the federal government.
The OSC said it will continue to take action against non-compliant crypto asset trading platforms and are in contact with international securities regulators to exchange information to support enforcement action.
Last March, the Canadian Securities Administrators – the governing body for the securities commissions – outlined disclosure expectations for crypto asset companies.
"The crypto asset industry is relatively nascent and notably presents unique accounting issues and auditing challenges," Louis Morisset, CSA Chair and President and CEO of the Autorité des marchés financiers, said at the time of the release.
The notice outlined the disclosure expectations of CSA staff in key areas such as safeguarding crypto assets, the use of crypto asset trading platforms, risk factors, material changes and promotional activities.
The OSC is not the only Canadian commission working to corral the international crypto asset companies. Quebec's Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) issued a warning on one company in August, while the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) flagged three.
One company, Cryptlogger, drew cautions from both the Quebec and B.C. commissions, as well as from the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association.
Among other things, Cryptlogger falsely claimed to be an AMF-regulated investment and crypto-asset management company, while in B.C. it claimed to have offices in Vancouver and represented itself as "a crypto-asset management company offering high-growth investment opportunities in cryptocurrency."
Cryptlogger's website is no longer operational having been replaced with a message that says the account is suspended.
"Unregistered crypto-asset trading platforms expose Ontario investors to significant risks, including potential loss, theft and misuse of their assets," Grant Vingoe, chair and CEO at the OSC, said earlier this year. "The recent explosion of unregistered platforms has magnified these risks."
RELATED: OSC finds Quadriga CEO ran "Ponzi scheme" leading up to crypto exchange's downfall
One of the higher-profile cases of a Canadian crypto asset company running afoul of the authorities occurred in 2020, when the OSC alleged Toronto-based crypto trading platform Coinsquare engaged in market manipulation and misled its clients.
Since then, Coinsquare overhauled its leadership and streamlined its business plan and technology, launching its crypto platform Quick Trade in February. In March, Coinsquare entered into an agreement with the Canada Revenue Agency to hand over information pertaining to its clients' account history and trading data, in an unrelated case.
In its second-quarter 2021 highlights, released August 11, the Vancouver-based FinTech company Mogo said that between April and June it acquired approximately 39 percent of Coinsquare, along with certain option and warrant rights, for approximately $110.2 million CAD.
"The equity investment in Coinsquare is consistent with our belief in the disruptive capability of cryptocurrencies and its importance in a comprehensive digital wallet for the next generation of Canadians," Mogo reported.
Feature image courtesy Unsplash.
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Charles Mandel
Charles Mandel's reporting and writing on technology has appeared in Wired.com, Canadian Business, Report on Business Magazine, Canada's National Observer, The Globe and Mail, and the National Post, among many others. He lives off-grid in Nova Scotia.
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Jeff Bezos to employees: "Amazon is not too big to fail"
Bezos went so far as to state that the downfall of the company is inevitable.
Charles Singletary Jr
Even if you're one of the biggest companies in the world, you're not immune from failure. That's something Jeff Bezos reminded Amazon employees of in an internal meeting this week. At a time when Amazon seems absolutely insurmountable, it's smart to humble everyone. Bezos took it a bit further and predicted that the downfall of Amazon is inevitable.
With other companies shutting down, employees had concerns about Amazon's future and what Bezos has learned from other big retailers closing or going bankrupt. CNBC has a recording of the meeting and Bezos stated, "Amazon is not too big to fail. In fact, I predict one day Amazon will fail. Amazon will go bankrupt. If you look at large companies, their lifespans tend to be 30-plus years, not a hundred-plus years."
He continues by saying that the key to staving off that inevitability is to "obsess over customers."
"If we start to focus on ourselves, instead of focusing on our customers, that will be the beginning of the end," he said. "We have to try and delay that day for as long as possible."
Amazon is a giant, but the concerns about the company aren't misplaced. Many companies have overextended themselves to the point of failure and Amazon recently revealed the expansion into new headquarters in New York and Virginia. As long as the Amazon executives stay as grounded as possible, even when expanding in such a way, they may be able to keep the doors open for a very long time. Stay tuned for additional updates.
Charles Singletary Jr keeps the updates flowing as the News Editor, breaking stories while investigating the biggest topics in gaming and technology. He's pretty active on Twitter, so feel free to reach out to him @The_CSJR. Got a hot tip? Email him at Charles.Singletary@Shacknews.com.
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TOnez
Thanks dadDy warbucks! great team building.
silent prophet
Did he crack a whip when he said that? Was a half-naked guy steadily pounding a drum in the background?
WhoaEagleRay
I think he means Amazon the company with cease to exist because Amazon the government will satisfy all consumer demand resulting in a perfect 5 star society.
daggot
Substitute shareholders in place of ourselves and it's even more accurate.
He's not wrong. When companies bow to shareholder value, or executive bonuses, over customers any company can fail. But, it's a balancing act. You can easily go broke bowing to customers too.
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I've worked for companies that got started by listening to the customers, and doing really well... and then they start obsessing over "value-added for the shareholders" and the company went to shit.
Lol like he believes that
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"Amazon is not too big to fail. In fact, I predict one day Amazon will fail. Amazon will go bankrupt. If you look at large companies, their lifespans tend to be 30-plus years, not a hundred-plus years.
"And it's your fault, Worker #13475. Your fault. Better get those quotas up and hit your marks..."


I am trying to configure a simple custom column view which shows at a minimum the duration of media files (usually MKV) in the format h:m:s. Apparently my installed plugin MediaWDX does this but when I try to configure the custom column it doesn't show up in the list of sources for fields. What am I doing wrong or what do I need to do to add a plugin to the "authorized" sources for fields, please?
Perhaps I could edit this but I don't know what sort of value to put in "operand" which controls this.
1. Install the plugin as other content plugin.
Download DLL version of MediaInfo.
Put the MediaInfo.Dll into plugin folder or any searchable folder.
For x64 system, rename MediaInfo.Dll to MediaInfo64.Dll and put it into plugin folder or any searchable folder.
I would like to use mediainfo (32bit) with TC, but either something is not clear or I am doing something wrong.
I would like to list a bunch of this type of data in total commander.


Everything here was used for descent second edition.
I decided to sell this stuff because it was becoming a bit to much for a game I barely play. Don't worry, everything is back into its corresponding boxes.
Pictures can be given if requested.
Bids will be in whole euro's.
I live in belgium( Kortrijk ) and will send to europe.
I will also attend essen 2013, only on thursday. So you can pick them up there as well.
Some items are in german and some are in english. See the items for details.
Payment can be done through paypal, wire transfer or cash.
This auction will last till 11 20 15 oktober.
I will pay the 3% commission.
edit: I lowered buyout price a bit for the entire pack. And changed the auction end date. The reason for this is I will be on vacation after the 20th for 2 weeks so it will be hard for me to send it out asap. This was a last minute vacation booking done by the misses Anyway, moving it to the 15th will give the buyers enough time to pay and I can send it out on saturday the 19th of oktober.
These miniatures are in there natural color, everything is still in its wrapper.
I plasticized most of the character cards, not all. But everything is in and accounted for.


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SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) — Freshman state Rep. Chris Miller is curious as to how many of his colleagues in the Illinois House of Representatives have a basic grasp on business, moreorless the basic tenets of economics.
Miller's recent statement is sparked by rumors that Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Democratic super-majority intend to push a statewide minimum wage of $15 per hour, with intent of being fast-tracked to the governor's desk before he delivers his budget address before the entire General Assembly on Feb. 20, according to a story from the Illinois Policy Institute.
No border state has made a statewide mandate requiring employers to pay more an hourly wage of $12 per hour. Any wages higher than that have, prior to this bill, been either at the discretion of the employer commensurate to experience and tenure or as negotiated between employer and labor unions.
The bill passed via a 39-18 vote in the Illinois Senate Thursday along party lines, laying out a plan for the $15 hourly wage to be reached in January 2025. There will be no change in the wage during 2019 should it become law. The bill passed despite considerable opposition from state and national business organizations, with additional opposition support from the manufacturing and construction industries.
Miller cited that the ramifications should be very clear to everyone, including that of the small and medium business (SMB) community.
Miller noted that other states have only increased the minimum wage on a regional basis to mitigate the damage done to rural areas. One of the organizations in opposition to the bill, the Illinois Retail Merchants Association was not in favor of a statewide increase, but expressed support for adjusted rates and increases based on the region.
Miller was elected in the 2018 midterm election, defeating Democrat Shirley Bell by 20 points, to succeed Reggie Phillips, who chose to term limit himself.
House District 110 includes all or portions of Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar and Lawrence counties.


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Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty – Summary in Review
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Starcraft ii: wings of freedom is a tactical sci-fi continuous system computer game delivered and delivered by snowstorm amusement for Microsoft windows and macintosh os x. The spin-off of grant dominating 1998 video match starcraft, was delivered around the world on July 27, 2010. It is partitioned into three elements: the base game with the caption wings of freedom, and two soon to come extension packs: heart of the multitude and tradition of the void. Beginning in the 26th century in a distant piece of the smooth way world, the game depends on three classes: the terrans, human outcasts from earth: the zerg, a race of insectoid hereditary assimilators: and the protoss, an animal varieties with tremendous psionic power. Wings of freedom centers around the terrans, while the developments heart of the multitude and tradition of the void will zero in on the zerg and protoss, separately. The game is set four years later the occasions of starcraft: brood war, and follows the extravagants of jim raynor as he drives a radical gathering against the totalitarian terran territory. The game incorporates both present day and returning characters and areas from the first game. e liquid
Pundits had given the game exceptionally certain audits, getting an OK score of 93% from metacritic. Like its archetype, starcraft ii was known for its drawing in interactivity, just as its presentation of cutting edge includes and improved narrating, while analysis designated highlights that existed in the first starcraft game yet were disavowed in starcraft ii, for example, the absence of lan play and the choice to separate multiplayer divisions. Starcraft ii sold an aggregate of 3 million duplicates worldwide in just its first month of deals.
Starcraft ii elements the arrival of the three fundamental species from the earlier game: protoss, terran, and zerg. The single-player part of starcraft ii has additionally been adjusted fundamentally from the first game. Despite the fact that each playthrough will be unique, the final product will stay nonstop keeping the storyline direct. A portion of the extraordinary missions that are incorporated had been examined by lead architect dustin browder for the wings of freedom crusade. In one level, magma floods the combat zone like clockwork, driving the player to move their units to upper ground or watch them get obliterated. In an alternate mission, adversary powers will just assault the player around evening time. A significant new expansion to the guide making gathering will be the starcraft ii commercial center and shops, where top notch guides will be bought at a little cost as exceptional guides over battle.Net. Between missions, players can pick powers, structures and upgrades that are not accessible in the multiplayer missions. Dustin browder has referenced that even guides like player-made dota (safeguard of the people of old) in warcraft iii would not meet the quality should be marked as an exceptional guide. Browder talked about the last mission was one where the player attempts to impact the roll of a computer based intelligence controlled fight with just a solitary unit, a phantom. The single player missions will be profoundly adjustable and are highlighted in the starcraft ii local area zone.
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My research training set me up to… be independent and creative in approaching a problem.
After an undergraduate degree in Human Sciences, I worked as a laboratory technician for one year before deciding to pursue a lab-based PhD. My research focused on understanding the contribution of genetics to a person's' risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Whilst finalising my thesis and for a little time thereafter, I worked as a freelance medical writer. I then worked for five years in various science strategy and research policy roles at the Research Councils based in Swindon. In May 2017, I relocated to Copenhagen for a policy role at Novo Nordisk.
I really enjoyed my PhD research, but decided about halfway through that academia wasn't for me in the long term. I could not imagine myself working in a lab for several more years, and did not find the tyranny/insecurity of grant-applications and short-term contracts an appealing prospect.
I absolutely believe that discovery research is essential (and have defended/promoted it in my jobs since), but I personally wanted to do something with more immediate and tangible impact.
Academia undoubtedly allows a level of freedom and flexibility (both in terms of subject matter and time management) that is hard to find in other sectors – particularly at the level you are likely to enter. Less tangibly, there is nothing which can really beat the feeling that you are discovering something genuinely brand-new.
I got my first non-academic job at the UK Research Councils through an application for an open position – it was by no means the first application I made!
My current position at Novo Nordisk followed an informal approach and discussions, followed by a recruitment process.
Of course not! Everyone always doubts their abilities before starting a new job… especially one in a new sector. I was confident that I knew diabetes and research policy well, but was of course nervous about working in a company for the first time. There has certainly been lot to learn about the commercial environment, but everything is possible!
Whilst I do not use the detailed science from my PhD, my overall understanding of the research process and research landscape (the kind of thing you might write in a thesis/paper introduction) has been useful. The fact of having a PhD also gives you a level of credibility, especially in roles which require you to interact with academic or industrial researchers.
A research PhD requires a high level of initiative and independent-problem solving. Do not underestimate the value of these skills in any sector and any setting.
It's no secret that the pharmaceutical sector has some reputational challenges. However, the reality is complex and I feel just as comfortable about the "value" of my work now as I did whilst working in academia and in the public sector. A corporate environment is different to a University one, but not as much as you might expect – people are people and big organisations are big organisations, wherever they are.
More generally, I find the mentality that moving outside academic is a failure or that moving to industry is "selling out" frustrating and just plain wrong. Academic research is one way to do good in the world and have a fulfilling career. There are many others.
Not really! My work now is far more varied than it was in academic research. I probably spend about half my time in meetings (big and small) and a fair amount more talking to people informally. A significant amount of desk time is spend producing short written briefings/updates on topics of interest. I work primarily on EU policy issues, so I travel every week or two for meetings in Brussels.
It's a corporate environment, so things like business attire and overall presence in the office are a given. That said, the overall approach to things like working hours is flexible.
In comparison to academia, things like reporting lines, objectives and performance management are far more structured. This means there are systems to get your head around, but the level of clarity and support is more reliable.
I get to work on a huge variety of issues at a big-picture strategic level – it's fast-paced and never boring. I feel lucky that I get to use my research background in understanding the issues and helping communication between scientists and the outside world, but don't actually do the in-depth work myself. For me, it's the perfect combination.
Not enough! So far my career planning has been minimal – I've just followed the opportunities that presented themselves and seemed interesting at the time. But I feel confident that my profile – a science background, with research-policy roles in the public and private sectors – leaves a range of options open.
Remember that academic research is one career path amongst hundreds – changing paths is something that happens all the time. Your first job outside academia doesn't have to be the one you stay in forever… don't feel pressure to get it perfectly "right" first time.
Big pharmaceutical companies are always keen to recruit the right people from academia. There are plenty of recruitment information days: go to them, stay on and speak to the company people there afterwards.
I love working in a challenging, diverse and fast-paced environment with a great team of people who make work fun and enjoyable.
My research training has set me up to think creatively and express my ideas in such a way that is interesting and accessible to other people.


The Aurora Real Estate slows in September. There was an decrease in home sales for both single family homes and condo/town homes sold in September 2018. In addition, a decrease in market times for single family homes makes the market perfect for sellers to capitalize. Sellers have begun to capitalize on these conditions with an increase in new listings for both single family homes and condo/town homes. Months supply remains critically low for both single family homes and condo/town homes continuing to be a marketplace for sellers.
127 single family homes and 56 condo/town homes closed in September. Compare that to the 136 single family home closings at the same time last year and you'll find an decrease of about 7% in the number of single family homes sold. Condo and townhome sales in September took a dip from last year with 56 closings this year, or about a drop of 26%, compared to the 76 that sold at the same time last year.
During September 2018, there was a decrease in median sales price for single family homes of just over 5% with a median sales price of $193,000 this year compared to $202,250 last year. Condo/townhomes saw their median sales price slightly increase to $175,000 this year compared to $162,250 this time last year, or about a 8% increase.
Market times for single family homes decreased and condos/townhomes in Aurora increased this year. Single family homes were on the market for 21 days at the end of September 2018, compared to 24 days on the market in September 2017 or a 13% decrease. Condo/townhome market times significantly increased this September with 22 days on the market, compared to the 13 days we saw at this time last year or a 9% jump.
During September 2018, 207 single family homes were listed for sale in Aurora, compared to the 185 new listings last year, an increase of 12%. New condo/town home listings have had an increase of 31% with 103 new listings this September compared to the 79 last year at this time.
Aurora single family home inventory increased by 8% this September, jumping to 2.7 months supply of homes for sale. The months supply of Aurora single family homes for sale at the same time last year was 2.5 months. The months supply of condos/townhomes in Aurora is jumped to 2.2 months supply for sale, up 38% from last September when there were 1.6 months of supply. Anything under a 5 months supply is considered favorable conditions for sellers.


Scientists have found that the Zika virus can be used to combat brain cancer cells in adults. You heard right - a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma seems to be attacked by the Zika virus. So far, this otherwise deadly virus has successfully diminished these aggressive tumors in mice, while leaving other brain cells untouched. Human trials are still at least 18 months away but tests in the lab show early promise. To be sure, the difficulty for bankers in deciding on a payments strategy pale in comparison to curing brain cancer, but it is still challenging.
Payments have always been a mainstay of the banking business. But the rise of new financial technology (fintech) firms poses challenges to community banks. If payments migrate away from banks, the data associated with those payments is also lost. That data is literally a gold mine of information that banks can and should be using to enhance and focus services, as well as improve and target marketing and sales efforts.
The payments situation is captured in considerable detail in a new survey by Capital Performance Group done in conjunction with the ABA. Its findings are particularly important to community banks, which were well-represented. The survey received responses from 219 institutions, most of them community banks with less than $1B in assets.
Much of the survey detailed how banks are lagging in adoption and implementation of robust payments strategies, capable of keeping up with technological changes. One finding that seems particularly telling is the lack of attention to capture and analyze data residing even in their own servers.
Here's how the payments situation breaks down. Of the banks surveyed, 90% have no formal payments strategy. Of those that do have a formal strategy, 71% do not capture and analyze payments so they can learn more about customer behavior. So, even those banks that have adopted strategies are not effectively using the data they collect to enhance their businesses and improve customer service.
The survey found that part of the problem is simply inaction on the part of banks to leverage powerful data analytics tools for sales and marketing. Nearly all banks use data analytics to track activity volumes and to help in fraud detection. But, only 44% use any data analytics in their sales efforts, and just 39% use it to help craft targeted marketing to customers.
This means community banks still have time to carve out a competitive advantage. Knowing this, you may want to get your management team together and consider getting a plan in place to keep up with the arrival of innovative products and competitors.
However, if it were easy, more banks would be doing it. So, there are definitely challenges to overcome. Once a payments strategy has been set, the areas of ongoing resource coordination and technological development, among others, will need to be addressed as well.
As the mobile landscape accelerates, the pressure for banks not only to have, but to understand and effectively use their payment strategy, will only become greater.
Banks seem to be anticipating this, as 71% of those surveyed expect to increase investment spending on commercial payment services in the next 12 months and 67% expect to increase investment spending on consumer payments services.
Payments and the data they provide can represent a real competitive advantage for community banks in targeted sales and marketing activities. Now may be the right time to make a move.
Yields inched up 1bp as investors further mulled the effects of the Fed's balance sheet unwinding.
The CEO of JPMorgan said he is considering doing away with quarterly guidance because it is a "waste of time" that focuses on short term results and "isn't related to the business you're running." Community bankers that focus high levels of board meeting discussions on monthly results vs. longer term trends may want to think about this as well perhaps.
The latest FOMC meeting has the Fed projecting the unemployment rate will drop from its current level of 4.3% this year to 4.1% in 2018 and 2019.
To date, only 173 US bank deals have occurred vs. 178 compared to this time last year. If this trend continues, 2017 could be the year for the fewest bank mergers since the Great Recession. Reasons may include regulatory constraints and the current high cost of acquisition.
Congress released a July 2016 memo from the CFPB that shows Wells Fargo fired or disciplined about 10k employees related to the account opening scandal. This number is much higher than first divulged.
New accounting guidance asks states to include the full cost of health care for their public employees on their balance sheets starting fiscal 2018. This new practice was instituted because of the imbalance between health benefits promised and amount of money saved. The shortfall amounts to $645B, according to new information from Pew Charitable Trusts based on 2015 data. Community bankers active with municipalities should monitor this risk as part of a broader view into ability to repay.
Factors such as stagnant interest rates and slower loan growth are keeping bank stocks from continuing gains achieved earlier in the year.


The Cap Ferret is the small end of the peninsula of Lège-Cap-Ferret. The seaside resort was constructed by the accumulation of a stretch of sand which was greatly extended by the intermediary of the coastal currents which were derived from the north-south coast. This situation has happened 2,000 years ago, but actually this is what made of Cap Ferret what it is at the present time.
Wind and marine erosion has particularly shaped the Pointe du Cap Ferret through cyclical phenomena during the opening of the Bassin d'Arcachon passes during low tides. Experts have conducted some observations of the "sandy arrow" for 250 years and studies have shown a strong increase in 60 years: the sandy surface has a surplus of areas of 70 m while the internal shore has degraded.
The Cap Ferret is known for its shape of cord located to the littoral of the extreme south of the peninsula of Lège-Cap-Ferret in Gironde. It is used for a separation between the Atlantic Ocean and the Bassin d'Arcachon. Its floor is made of layer of sandstone coming from the cementation of the grains of quartz, it is what is also called "the layer of Alios". Its water flows in the sheet, this is what causes the presence loaded with iron in its consistency. When rivers throw themselves on the beach, the latter produce oxidized traces taking colors of rust.
Among other things, Cap Ferret is chock - full of drilling riches invading an oil slick located at a depth of 3,200 meters. These resources belong particularly to the Aquitaine basin. The peninsula inaugurated its first well in 1962, exploiting a deviated drill hole called "Lavergne". This one is found under the sea between the Point and the Bank of Arguins, but was then moved to the north because of the strong erosions.
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Q: Will fread ever stop reading so another process can continue? In my main function I call fork 3 times ( always in the parent process). The child processes communicate using anonymous pipes and run other programs with execlp.If one program starts writing some data to the writing end of a pipe after I run dup2(fd[1],STDOUT_FILENO)(the program thinks it writes to stdout) and read it on the other end of the pipe using fread (program run by exec is reading from stdin but I have used dup2(fd[0],STDIN_FILENO) before running execlp to read from the pipe) is it possible that the fread function will stop reading halfway through? Same can be asked for the write system call I use when writing - is it possible it will stop writing halfway through ?
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Some clarification on how the program is run:
    pipe(fd);

    p2 = fork();

    if (p2 > 0)
        p3=fork();

    if (p2==0){
       dup2(fd[1],STDOUT_FILENO);
       //close all file descriptors here
       execlp("./p2","p2",NULL);
       /*program that prints to stdout after taking stdin input
       like this : write(STDOUT_FILENO,stuff,stuff_size*/
    }
    if (p3==0){
       dup2(fd[0],STDIN_FILENO);
       //close all file descriptors here
       execlp("./p3","p3",NULL);/*program that takes stdin input
       like this :fread(foo,sizeof(foo_t),1,stdin);*/
    }

The question:
Is there a chance my fread functions will stop reading halfway through and the p3 process will go to the background before all the data is read ?

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As Pale Rider opens, Allan Hunter traces the western's return.
In Pale Rider, his first western since the memorable Outlaw Josey Wales was released in 1976, Clint Eastwood's companion is a Biblical text: '. . . and I looked, and beheld a pale horse; and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.' The film is clearly within a classic mould of good versus evil as Eastwood portrays an enigmatic preacher who rides to the rescue of a beleagured mining community in answer to a young girl's prayers.
Many have seen the film as symbolic in some way of Eastwood riding to the rescue of the western itself. It's a responsibility he shirks with disarming modesty, claiming in one recent interview, 'I feel very close to the western. That's where my roots are. It certainly was a big factor in the early part of my career, both in television and the Italian-made westerns. In recent years, they've been out quite a bit. I'd hate to see the genre completely disappear, though that's not really whyl made Pale Rider. When I'm asked why I decided to do a western at this time I have to explain that there really isn't any correlation to time or place. It's not like I'm trying to ride to the rescue of any genre. I just liked the story and wanted to tell it. Maybe there were other motivating factors in me, but at the onset I liked the script and felt moved to do it. I don't believe in market research or popular wisdom. I trust my instinct.'
With a few minor aberrations Eastwood's instinct has been unerringly accurate in hitting the bullseye of public taste over the many years that he has controlled his own destiny. He is currently rated the number one box-office star in the world. In America each year Quigley Publications ask film exhibitors to name the year's top box-office stars; Eastwood has made eighteen consecutive appearances in the top ten, a record only broken by John Wayne. Popular wisdom has labelled the western box-office poison yet Pale Rider has grossed $42 million in America this past summer proving that there is an audience for a western or at least one that stars Eastwood.
Once upon a time cinema screens
were littered with cowboy films; The Great Train Robbery (1903), which is often cited as a factor in encouraging film's progression from nickelodeon novelty to simple story-telling, was a western. The western prospered in the early years of Hollywood with the California climate and landscapes offering numerous advantages to the cost-conscious producers of shoot-'em-ups. Plots and characterisation grew more sophisticated during the 19205 and Tom Mix emerged as one of the silent screen's major stars. Eventually directors and stars saw the western as a way of celebrating traditional American values. Eastwood himself believes, 'We don't have the historical background that Europe has. There are not too many American art forms that are original. Other than the western and jazz or blues, that's all that's really original.'
Any roll call of western greats would have to include the names of John Wayne, Gary Cooper and James Stewart, directors like John Ford, Anthony Mann and Howard Hawks and classic films like Stagecoach , Shane and The Searchers. Eastwood was born in 1930 and grew up when the western was at its peak yet he has named his favourite shooting star as James Cagney, more renowned on screen as a hoodlum or song-and-dance man although even he rode the range on the odd occasion. Eastwood was a western fan but so was everyone else in those days and he certainly wasn't taking notes in preparation for his own work as a director. 'I liked them a lot but I wasn't totally obsessed by them,' he comments today. 'I don't really recall one particular director that stood out. In those days filmgoers weren't very conscious. You went to the movies because you wanted to see John Wayne or Gary Cooper. You didn't know who directed the picture. Maybe there were some film buffs but I didn't know too many people who were really educated as to the whole background of films. Maybe Hawks and Ford were the ones who got most recognition as directors, the name above the title sort of thing.'
It seemed that the western would
always survive and endure, finding new ways to present basic stories whilst accommodating the prevailing audience mood. In 1950 Broken Arrow appeared and began a period of atonement for the hitherto inexcusable treatment of the Red Indian. Westerns could also encompass political content with High Noon viewed as a parable on the Cold War and throughout the 19505 psychological undertones coursed through the veins of most westerns as the genre discovered Freud. Then realism became the order of the day with everyone intent on finding the bloodiest bullet holes and muddiest streets in an effort to tell it as it was and capture the poetic savagery of the old West. Eastwood's involvement with the
western began in the 19505 when he appeared in the long-running television series Rawhide which led to an offer of work in Italy on a feature film called A Fistful of Dollars. He had not been the first choice for the role of The Man With No Name but his fee was less than that ofCharles Bronson or James Coburn. With the barest of props, poncho and cheroot to the fore, and the minimum of expression he shot to stardom in a trio of Sergio Leone productions that were baroque and operatic in style, giving renewed impetus to the genre and creating the term 'spaghetti western'. From stardom in Europe Eastwood returned home in triumph and has never looked back since. 'The westerns I did with Sergio Leone
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With Michael Bloomberg on the way out and Christine Quinn sinking in an ethical quicksand of her own making, Ray Kelly becomes the leading prospect to succeed the current mayor, who has encouraged him to do just that. But New Yorkers should decide if they want to return to the days of Rudy Giuliani, when the Fourth Amendment (the one that prohibits "unreasonable searches and seizures") was regularly used by the NYPD for target practice.
As just one of many examples of Giuliani's legacy, the Justice Department and federal prosecutors in the U.S. Southern District of New York concluded in 2000 that the NYPD's Street Crime Unit, in its stop-and-frisk practices—as was reported in The New York Times—had "disproportionately singled out . . . blacks and Hispanics, and not just because the city's minority neighborhoods had higher crime rates" (emphasis added).
On February 13 of this year, the New York Civil Liberties Union disclosed that throughout 2007, Commissioner Kelly's NYPD conducted stop-and-frisk operations that stopped a total of 468,932 New Yorkers, with the predictable racial bias: "Though they make up only a quarter of the city's population, half of those stopped were black. Of the 242,373 blacks stopped in 2007, about 87 percent were completely innocent of any wrongdoing, as they were neither given a summons nor arrested" (emphasis added).
Moreover, when New Yorkers complain to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) about particularly aggressive stop-and-frisks or other excessively harsh police actions, Commissioner Kelly increasingly protects his NYPD offenders from prosecution. The NYCLU, citing data from the CCRB, notes that of the 296 complaints of police misconduct substantiated by the CCRB in 2007, "more than one-third (34.4 percent) were closed because the Department simply refused to prosecute the officer. This reflects a ten-fold increase from the prior five years" (emphasis added).
As the NYCLU's executive director, Donna Lieberman, says: "It's simply unrealistic to expect the police to prosecute themselves . . . where the Civilian Complaint Review Board has found police misconduct." Therefore, since it's highly unlikely that Mayor Bloomberg, a Kelly fan, will turn prosecutorial authority over to the CCRB, that will require a decision by the next mayor.
Also, when it comes to dealing with substantiated complaints of police misconduct, Kelly is increasingly merciful. Of the 171 officers whose cases were not closed, 163 received just an admonitory letter or a loss of vacation days. Punitive discipline was enacted on eight cops—in contrast to 17 in 2006 and 56 in 2004.
Consider this rejected civilian complaint from Abukar Dukuray, an immigrant from Sierra Leone. As he looked over his car behind the bakery where he works, he was suddenly ordered by police to prove that he was the owner. Not having his title or registration on hand, Dukuray said that he'd been working at the bakery for 10 years, and to check with the people inside. In response—and with a distinct absence of the "courtesy and respect" promised to all New Yorkers by the NYPD's police-car logo, he was sprayed with mace and handcuffed.
The New York City Bar Association, announcing an April 30 event to discuss the release of Levine's bombshell report, writes: "In 1977, New York State decriminalized possession of personal use amounts of marijuana. Nonetheless . . . New York City is now the national leader in detaining individuals for possession of personal use of marijuana" (emphasis added).
During these years, Levine has discovered, the NYPD "arrested and jailed 353,000 people simply for possessing small amounts of marijuana. . . . The ten-fold increase in marijuana arrests [over the previous decade] began as an initiative of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. The arrests have continued unabated under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Because the New York Police Department has released almost no information about them, they have attracted little attention" (emphasis added).
Now dig this as you contemplate the possible reign of Mayor Ray Kelly: "Because of its large size and high rate of arrests, New York City now arrests and jails more people for possessing marijuana than any city in the United States—and more than any city in the world" (emphasis added).
Always open to new challenges, what would Mayor Ray Kelly do to top that?
The least-arrested ethnic group—at 15 percent of the arrests—were non-Hispanic whites, though they constitute over 35 percent of the city's population.
In 2006, "the marijuana arrest rate of Hispanics was nearly twice [that] of Whites, and the marijuana arrest rate of Blacks was nearly five times [that] of Whites." Well, at least the holding cells are integrated.


Goldman Sachs' list of banks most exposed to the sovereign debt of Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain topped the list of most read articles on InvestmentEurope through 2011.
Goldman Sachs' list of banks most exposed to the sovereign debt of Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain topped the list of most read articles on InvestmentEurope through 2011.
Indeed, if there is an over-riding theme to the articles most sought after by InvestmentEurope's readers it is articles about Europe's ongoing debt and currency crises.
Readers also showed themselves interested in new products, particularly around themes of infrastructure and Asian currency denominated debt, and movement of professionals around the industry.
As gold hit an all time dollar high it was no surprise to find an article about the precious metal on the list. Ditto, corporate activity has been followed; the industry faces a number of pressure points around product and regulatory costs, and there is ongoing speculation about which businesses may be bought and sold going forward.
And there is always a certain level of excitement around identifying the ultra high net worth individual.
The Luxembourg Financial Group: Why did UBS buy it?


The contrast guiding performance of the web guides is described in this white paper.
The frequency response of the web guide mechanism is discussed in this article.
Dynamic disturbance rejection performance of a web guide with a high speed actuator is discussed in this paper.
Web guide performance is quantified by showcasing the disturbance rejection capabilities of the web guiding system in this article.
A short white paper that presents experimental results that showcase the material agnostic feature of ARIS WPS.
Read more about Web Guides: How to Quantify the Dynamic Performance?
How is web guiding performance specified? What specifications are important? How is the performance is quantified? These are the questions that are discussed in this white paper about the dynamic performance of ARIS Web Guides.


The Queen Charlotte Sound/Tōtaranui and Tory Channel/Kura Te Au mapping project was undertaken by NIWA and Discovery Marine Ltd in partnership with Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and the Marlborough District Council. It was completed using the latest multibeam echo sounder technology to gather more than five billion data points.
The survey was undertaken from two NIWA research vessels and included 280 days on the water mapping more than 43,000 hectares.
Multibeam echo sounders produce a fan of acoustic beams or sound waves directed downwards from the bottom of a boat. These beams reflect off the seafloor, enabling the surveyors to calculate the depth of the seafloor, and map the seafloor habitat in extraordinary detail.
The data has been used to produce an extensive new catalogue of navigational charts which were last updated in the 1940s, seabed maps and 3D images, giving the Marlborough community the most detailed picture of the physical and biological features underneath their coastal waters of any region in New Zealand.
NIWA General Manager Operations and marine geologist Dr Helen Neil said the seafloor survey revealed natural features such as complex pockmark structures, scouring, sand waves, sediment braids and freshwater seeps not previously known about, as well as an extensive survey of the kelp habitats in the sounds.
"The results of this survey deliver a quantum step in our knowledge of the Sounds' complex coast within NZ's extensive marine estate and provides a foundation for any further science in the region," she said.
The survey also revealed a number of manmade features and structures on the seafloor, including the marine farms of the region, a trench that remains from the 1940s, dug for a war-time communications cable between islands in the Sounds, once considered for use as a base for the Pacific Fleet.
Several shipwrecks and sunken boats were also located, some known to divers and locals, and some unknown. One of those was the wreck of the Hippolas, a barque which struck Walker Rock in 1909 and was abandoned with no loss of life.
Marlborough Mayor John Leggett said that the Marlborough Sounds are the jewel in Marlborough's crown.
Tomorrow's official launch takes place from 1.30pm and will be attended by Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage.
A public information evening is being held at Port Marlborough Pavilion, 181 Waikawa Rd, Picton starting at 6.30pm.
The extensive catalogue of information from the survey is freely available for use by the Marlborough community, iwi and researchers. It provides a comprehensive data-rich undersea appraisal that will underpin decision making surrounding the region's valuable marine ecosystems and resources.
NIWA's Kevin MacKay - marine scientist and Steve Wilcox - project manager, explain NIWA's involvement in the Marlborough Sounds Survey project.


When Molly goes missing, her boyfriend becomes the primary suspect. The story is told switching between the past and the present, but also between Molly and Cobain's points of view, so the reader is left to guess a little on the actual timeline sequences. I know, but of course I can't tell you. <insert evil laugh here>.
I'm slightly conflicted on this book. I'm only giving it an average rating, but at the same time, I KNOW high school students are going to love it. I'm sure for them it will be an above average read. For an avid reader, some of the plot seemed forced, but students I've talked to didn't agree. With that said, it was still an interesting read. I love that it was very different from her other books that I've read.
Benny's life is full of challenges. Not only does his family have to scavenge from day to day, but the death of his father means he needs to find a way to help provide for his family. Wining a scholarship to the Lunar Taj seems like it might be just the thing, but events begin going wrong almost as soon as he arrives. He and his new friends have a lot of problem solving to do if they are going to save the day!
Set in 2085, this novel is full of humor and has some great character scenes. I had a hard time getting into the story at first, but once I did, I was hooked. I think I probably wouldn't have had that issue if I'd been reading it and not listening to an audiobook. I think this will be a great book for reluctant readers because the story is fast paced and interesting.
I was so excited to see some more maker focused items come out for older students, especially in graphic novel format! I received this ARC free, but that doesn't impact the review. This graphic novel shows tips for car maintenance from simple tasks to more complicated. It uses story telling to break up the instruction in a very engaging way.
I should probably start by telling you that I purposely picked this topic because I know very little about cars. Every time I take my car to be serviced, I always feel like a "dumb" girl. So that said, I loved that the expert of this book was an empowered female-who even empowered me. I learned a lot, and can't wait to get this book in to the hands of my students. Know this series will be a hit!
In Nazi-occupied Poland, Jews are being set to concentration camps or rounded up into Ghettos. Chaya is a part of the resistance that helps take aide or evacuates survivors when possible. Together with the other resistance fighters, she will make a stand in the Warsaw Ghetto, even though the chances of survival are not guaranteed.
This is a part of the Holocaust that I think is not discussed enough. I love when a book drives me to research about the topic! In fact, Nielsen's info at the end of the book was intriguing. I love that the characters were related on people with brilliant stories that needed to be told. In fact, I read this in one setting-had to work out longer on elliptical just so I could finish one part because I didn't want to stop. This book has wonderful characters and a plot that is action packed, but believable. Your heart will grieve and cheer all at the same time.
Source: Audio and Book (because I needed to go faster).
In an unexpected twist, Scarlet's childhood dream of attending Caraval comes true as she is preparing to enter into an arranged marriage. She knows she can't attend, but her sister refuses to let her take the safe route, arranging instead their passage to the mysterious Caraval. Once there, Tella disappears, and Scarlett must find her in order to save her life, and hopefully the wish that comes as the reward for winning the game. The question is now, whom should she trust in place where nothing is as it seams?
So I'm a little late to the party on this book, but I was stalling until the series was finished (I gave up obviously). This novel is well written, and a quick read. Sometimes I wanted to poke Tella in the eye, because seriously??…but maybe that is the big sister in me?? LOL I'll be curious to see where the next book takes the characters. I'm next on the hold list. WooHoo!
Overall Opinion: Recommend (Almost a highly recommend…there was one thread that I found a tiny bit predictable, but other than that it was great).
Yes, I'm alive. Can't believe it's been over a year since my last post! I've been reading like crazy, but I just haven't been blogging. It's on my goal list for this year, so maybe I'll be better! I always love sharing about books, just can't always find the time to blog.
While doing community service, Declan finds a letter on a grave that speaks to his heart. He is moved enough that he feels compelled to add a note to the bottom of the letter. Later, when Juliet sees his note, she is both furious at the violation, and slightly curious, so she writes back. The two begin correspondence. Through these letters (later emails) they both share things they aren't able to share with others, but life is rarely that easy. Will the friendship last if they discover each other's identity? Especially since they quickly learn, they go to the same high school.
I was so thankful for this book because I started my year with a few duds (books not people). I grabbed this book because it is on the 2019 Lone Star List, and I loved the cover. This book is beautifully written, and I had to stay up late to finish it in one sitting. I really enjoyed that even the minor characters have some complexity, and there were quite a few main character layers I wasn't expecting. I'm interested to read her next novel, because I think there is sooo much more to learn about Declan's best friend Rev.
Reader's Note: I would suggest some Kleenex if your heart is a defender of the marginalized. The feeler in me wanted to punch/shake/hug some characters-sometimes in the same chapter.
Quote-none (book was due next day, so there were a few I loved but didn't have time to collect).
When life gets hard for her family, Feyre must learn to hunt and provide for her family. When she kills a wolf that is really a faerie, she is forced to live with the faeries she hates. Except, the more time she spends with them, the more she realizes what she knew could have been wrong.
I listened to this on audio; which was really well done. Anxiously awaiting book two (seems like it's been on hold forever, but I'm first in line now). I'm not a huge faerie fan, but I loved this story. It was as much about relationships and perception of reality as it was faeries.


50 relations: Aircraft, Allies of World War II, Arado Ar 234, Armor-piercing shell, August Borsig, Autocannon, BK 5 cannon, Blowback (firearms), Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bomber, Brisance, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Dornier Do 335, Fighter aircraft, Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Focke-Wulf Ta 152, Focke-Wulf Ta 154, Heavy bomber, Heinkel He 162, Heinkel He 219, High-explosive incendiary, Horten Ho 229, Incendiary ammunition, Jackhammer, Junkers Ju 388, Luftwaffe, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Messerschmitt Bf 110, Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, Messerschmitt Me 262, MG 151 cannon, Minengeschoß, Ministry of Aviation (Nazi Germany), MK 101 cannon, MK 103 cannon, MK 115 cannon, National Museum of the United States Air Force, Nazi Germany, Neptun (radar), Nickname, Night fighter, RDX, Rheinmetall, Rim (firearms), Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, Schräge Musik, Synchronization gear, World War II, 30 mm caliber, 5 cm FlaK 41.
Johann Friedrich August Borsig (23 June 1804 – 6 July 1854) was a German businessman who founded the Borsig-Werke factory.
The Bordkanone 5, or BK 5 for short, was a 50 mm autocannon intended primarily for use against Allied heavy bombers, especially the United States Army Air Forces's (USAAF) Boeing B-17.
Brisance is the shattering capability of a high explosive, determined mainly by its detonation pressure.
The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 was a World War II German high-altitude fighter-interceptor designed by Kurt Tank and produced by Focke-Wulf.
The Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito was a fast twin-engined German night fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank and produced by Focke-Wulf during late World War II.
The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (German, "People's Fighter"), the name of a project of the Emergency Fighter Program design competition, was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe in World War II.
In warfare, High-explosive incendiary (HEI) is a type of ammunition specially designed to impart energy and therefore damage to its target in one or both of two ways: via a high-explosive charge and/or via its incendiary (fire-causing) effects.
The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 (or Gotha Go 229 for extensive re-design work done by Gotha to prepare the aircraft for mass production) was a German prototype fighter/bomber initially designed by Reimar and Walter Horten to be built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik late in World War II.
Incendiary ammunition is a type of firearm ammunition containing a compound that burns rapidly and causes fires.
The Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker is a World War II German Luftwaffe multi-role aircraft based on the Ju 88 airframe by way of the Ju 188.
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was a German rocket-powered interceptor aircraft.
The MG 151 (MG 151/15) was a 15 mm aircraft-mounted autocannon produced by Waffenfabrik Mauser during World War II.
The Minengeschoss ('mine-shell') was a type of high-capacity high-explosive shell originally developed in Germany and used in the Luftwaffe's aircraft autocannons during World War II.
The Ministry of Aviation, December 1938 The Ministry of Aviation (Reichsluftfahrtministerium), abbreviated RLM, was a government department during the period of Nazi Germany (1933–45).
The MK 101 is the designation of a 30 mm autocannon used in German combat aircraft during World War II.
The Rheinmetall-Borsig MK 103 ("MK" - Maschinenkanone) was a German 30 mm caliber autocannon that was mounted in German combat aircraft during World War II. Intended to be a dual purpose weapon for anti-tank and air-to-air fighting, it was developed from the MK 101. Compared to the MK 101 it was faster-firing, and was originally intended to develop a higher muzzle velocity than the MK 101. Unlike the MK 101, the MK 103 used a belt feed, allowing it to potentially carry a larger ammunition load. The MK 103 used electrically primed rather than percussion primed ammunition. The operating mechanism differed from the recoil-operated MK 101 in that it used a combination of gas and recoil operation. After firing, gas pressure served to unlock the breech, while barrel recoil was used to cycle the action (eject spent cartridge and load a fresh one). Because of a combination of lower grade steels and lighter components, the mechanism of the MK 103 was not as strong as the MK 101. To counteract this weakness, HE ammunition with a reduced load of propellant was used, resulting in a loss of about 100 m/s in muzzle velocity compared to the MK 101, however, the rate of fire was increased. The MK 103 entered service in 1943 as the main armament of the Hs 129 B-1 ground-attack/tank-destroyer aircraft, mounted on the underside of the fuselage in a conformal gun pod. The original specification for the MK 103 called for it to fit inside an aircraft's engine mounting (possibly as a Motorkanone, firing through a hollow propeller hub), however, it proved to be too large and heavy to fit into small fighters like the Bf 109. If mounted elsewhere, such as in the wing, the asymmetric force of the cannon's recoil tended to yaw the aircraft's nose to one side. The only known usage of the MK 103 in a Motorkanone installation was in the Do 335. A modified version with a reduced-profile barrel - the MK 103M - was developed and possibly tested for possible use as a Motorkanone cannon on single-engine fighter planes such as the Bf-109K, but probably never saw active service. As a consequence, the MK 103 was largely restricted to the role of an air-to-ground weapon for use against armoured vehicles. Projectile weights for the MK 103 were) for the HE/M ammunition and) for APCR ammunition. Armour penetration for APCR / 60° / or / 90° /. A limited-production series of the Fw 190A fighter and Fw 190F ground attack fighter (which utilized a particularly strong wing/fuselage design) incorporated two MK 103 cannons, one mounted under each wing in a conformal, gondola-style pod. Later in the war the MK 103 was also used as a ground-based anti-aircraft (AA) weapon, using single or dual mounts. It was also used as a flak autocannon in the Flakpanzer IV "Kugelblitz". Developed alongside the MK 103 was the lighter MK 108 cannon, which had a shorter barrel and used a modified blow-back operating system. It fired the same projectile, using a smaller cartridge case with less propellant, at a relatively low muzzle velocity. The shorter barrel made it more adaptable, so it saw much greater use.
The MK 115 (German: Maschinenkanone 115—"machine cannon 115") was an autocannon developed in Germany in late World War II by Rheinmetall-Borsig for use in aircraft.
Neptun ('Neptune') was the code name of a series of low-to-mid-VHF band airborne intercept radar devices developed by Germany in World War II and used as active targeting devices in several types of aircraft.
RDX is the organic compound with the formula (O2NNCH2)3.
In World War II, Schräge Musik was the name Germans gave to upward-firing autocannon that the Luftwaffe mounted in night fighter aircraft.
A synchronization gear, or a gun synchronizer, sometimes rather less accurately called an interrupter, is attached to the armament of a single-engine tractor-configuration aircraft so it can fire through the arc of its spinning propeller without bullets striking the blades.
The 30 mm caliber is a specific size of autocannon ammunition.
The 5 cm FlaK 41 (Flugabwehrkanone 41) was a German 50 mm anti-aircraft gun produced for defending the intermediate zone above the range of light (37 mm) guns, but below the ceiling of the heavy (75 mm and above) pieces.
3cm Flakvierling 108/38, 3cm Flakzwilling 108/38, MK 108, MK 108/20, MK 112 cannon, MK108.


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