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2004-05 Women's Basketball News
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UMBC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HIRES JOHN MCGUFFIN AS ASSISTANT COACH
The UMBC Women's Basketball program and Head Coach Phil Stern announced today the hiring of John McGuffin as Assistant Coach.
UMBC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES THE PROMOTION OF KATIE ROKUS TO FIRST ASSISTANT/RECRUITING COORDINATOR
UMBC Women's Basketball Head Coach Phil Stern announced today the promotion of Katie Rokus to first assistant and recruiting coordinator of the Retrievers' women's basketball program
UMBC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ADDS LOCAL STANDOUT TO 2005-06 RECRUITING CLASS
UMBC Women's Basketball and Head Coach Phil Stern announced today that local standout guard Stacy Hunt (Davidsonville, Md./South River H.S.) has signed a National Letter of Intent to enroll at UMBC in the Fall of 2005.
UMBC'S HEATHER MACY NAMED HEAD COACH AT PFEIFFER UNIVERSITY
UMBC Women's Basketball Assistant Coach Heather Macy has resigned from her post as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator with the Retrievers to accept the Head Coaching position at Division II Pfeiffer University.
NORTHEASTERN HITS TWO FREE THROWS WITH ONE SECOND TO PLAY IN 49-48 WIN OVER UMBC IN AMERICA EAST WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNEY
Lucia Pablos hit a pair of free throws with one second to play as Northeastern (14-14) nipped UMBC (8-20), 49-48, in the first round of the America East Conference Tournament.
RETRIEVER WOMEN'S BASKETBALL AIMS TO SHAKE THINGS UP IN AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (8-19, 3-15 America East) travels to the America East Tournament in West Hartford, Conn., for a clash with No.7 seeded Northeastern (13-14, 8-10 AE) in the opening round on Wednesday, March 9 at 8:30 p.m.
UMBC'S MATEA PENDER NAMED TO AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM
The America East Conference announced on Wednesday that UMBC junior forward Matea Pender has been named to the all-conference third team.
AMANDA ROBINSON TABBED AMERICA EAST CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
The America East Conference on Monday announced freshman Amanda Robinson (Lusby, Md./Patuxent) was named Co-Rookie of the Week for the week ending March 6, 2005.
FIRST PLACE MAINE SURVIVES SCARE FROM RETRIEVERS, PREVAIL 63-55 IN REGULAR SEASON FINALE
The UMBC women's basketball team (8-19, 3-15) threw a scare into first place Maine (20-8, 16-2), but the Black Bears prevailed, 63-55 at Alfond Arena.
RETRIEVER WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FACES CONFERENCE LEADER MAINE IN REGULAR SEASON FINALE
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (8-18, 3-14 America East) takes on conference leader Maine (19-8, 15-2 AE) in the America East regular season finale on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.
UMBC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RALLY FALLS SHORT AT NEW HAMPSHIRE, 56-51
The UMBC Retrievers (8-18, 3-14) rallied from a 16-point deficit to take the lead in the second half but fell short to New Hampshire (14-12, 10-7 AE) by a final score of 56-51 in America East Women's Basketball action on Thursday night at Lundholm Gymnasium.
UMBC WOMEN'S HOOPS CONCLUDE REGULAR SEASON AT NEW HAMPSHIRE, MAINE THIS WEEK
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (8-17, 3-13 America East) travels to America East foes New Hampshire (13-12, 9-7 AE) and Maine (18-8, 14-2 AE) for the final two regular season games of the 2004-05 season.
UMBC DROPS 59-43 DECISION TO HARTFORD IN SATURDAY MATINEE
UMBC (8-17, 3-13 AE) lost to the University of Hartford (17-8, 11-5 AE) in America East Women's Basketball action by a final decision of 59-43 at UMBC RAC Arena on Saturday afternoon.
AE TV AND TAKE A KID TO THE GAME DAY COMES TO RAC ARENA ON SATURDAY FOR UMBC WOMEN'S HOOPS VS. HARTFORD AT NOON
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (8-16, 3-12 America East) hosts Senior Day and NCAA Take A Kid To The Game Day at UMBC RAC Arena on Saturday, Feb. 26 at Noon.
VERMONT DOWNS UMBC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, 69-51
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (8-16, 3-12) dropped a 69-51 decision to Vermont (12-12, 8-7) in America East Women's Basketball action on Wednesday night at UMBC RAC Arena.
UMBC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GOES FOR SECOND-STRAIGHT WIN AGAINST VERMONT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (8-15, 3-11 America East) is looking to win back-to-back games for the first time since their Dec. 11th win over American as the Retrievers host Vermont (11-12, 7-7 AE) on Wednesday night at UMBC RAC Arena.
UMBC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL AVENGES EARLIER SEASON LOSS TO ALBANY WITH 69-53 VICTORY AT HOME
The UMBC women's basketball team earned their first ever win against the University at Albany (11-12, 6-8 AE) by a final of 69-53 at UMBC RAC Arena on Saturday night.
UMBC WOMEN'S HOOPS WELCOMES ALBANY TO RAC ARENA ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7 P.M.
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (7-15, 2-11 America East) is looking to get over the hump after falling in the last four games by an average of 5.5 ppg as the Retrievers host Albany (11-11, 6-7 AE) in America East women's basketball action on Saturday night at RAC Arena at 7 p.m.
RETRIEVERS DROP SECOND CONSECUTIVE THREE-POINT DECISION AS BINGHAMTON EDGES UMBC, 57-54
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (7-15, 2-11 AE) lost their second consecutive three-point decision as the Binghamton Bearcats (7-15, 6-7 AE) defeated UMBC 57-54 in America East Women's Basketball action on Wednesday night in UMBC RAC Arena.
UMBC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STARTS FOUR GAME HOME STAND WITH BINGHAMTON ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (7-14, 2-10 America East) begins a four game home stand when they host Binghamton (6-15, 5-7) on Wednesday night at UMBC RAC Arena at 7 p.m.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COMES UP JUST SHORT AT NORTHEASTERN, 58-55
The women's basketball dropped its sixth straight game, a 58-55 decision at Northeastern at Solomon Gym. UMBC falls to 7-14 overall, and 2-10 in the league, while NU improves to 9-12, 4-8.
RETRIEVER WOMEN'S HOOPS CLASHES WITH NORTHEASTERN ON SATURDAY AT 1 P.M.
The UMBC Women's basketball team completes their trip through Boston, Mass., when they take on Northeastern on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Solomon Court.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL'S BIG RALLY FALLS JUST SHORT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 61-54
The UMBC women's basketball rallied from a 20-point first half deficit to tie host Boston University late in the game, but the Terriers prevailed, 61-54 in an America East contest.
RETRIEVER WOMEN'S HOOPS HEADS TO BEANTOWN TO TAKE ON BOSTON U.
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (7-12, 2-8 America East) heads to Boston U. (9-10, 4-6 AE) for the first of two games against the conference's two Boston, Mass., native schools.
STONY BROOK'S TRIO LEADS SEAWOLVES PAST UMBC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, 71-62
The UMBC women's basketball team (7-12, 2-8 AE) fell to Stony Brook (5-14, 3-7 AE) in America East women's basketball action on Saturday night by a final of 71-62 at UMBC RAC Arena.
UMBC WOMEN'S HOOPS LOOKS TO CHANGE FORTUNES IN SECOND HALF OF CONFERENCE SEASON WITH STONY BROOK SATURDAY NIGHT
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (7-11, 2-7 America East) will look to change fortunes in the second half of conference play as they currently sit in a three-way tie for eighth place at the midway point.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DROPS 55-27 DECISION AT VERMONT
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (7-11, 2-7 AE) fell to host Vermont (10-8, 6-3 AE) in America East women's basketball action at Patrick Gymnasium on Wednesday night by a final score of 55-27.
RETRIEVER WOMEN'S HOOPS HITS THE ROAD TO VERMONT
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (7-10, 2-6 America East) takes to the road to finish off the first half of league play as they travel to Vermont (9-8, 5-3 America East) to take on the Catamounts at 7 p.m. on Wednesday night in Patrick Gymnasium.
SLOW STARTS DIG UMBC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL INTO TWO BIG HOLES, FALL TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, 73-61
The UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team (7-10, 2-6 AE) lost to the University of New Hampshire (8-9, 4-4 AE) in America East Women's Basketball action on Saturday afternoon at UMBC RAC Arena by a final of 73-61.
UMBC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HOSTS NEW HAMPSHIRE AT 1 P.M. ON SATURDAY
The UMBC Women's Basketball team (7-9, 2-5 America East) welcomes the New Hampshire Wildcats (7-9, 3-4 AE) to UMBC RAC Arena for a 1 p.m. contest on Saturday afternoon.


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Brooke Fraser trades folk pop for synths and bass on 'Brutal Romantic'
By Roman Gokhman|January 22, 2015|Comments Off on Brooke Fraser trades folk pop for synths and bass on 'Brutal Romantic'
After three albums of well-received folky acoustic guitar pop – which in her home country of New Zealand went multi-platinum – it seemed like Sony Music had made the right decision to sign Brooke Fraser to a multi-album deal as an 18-year-old straight out of high school.
Fraser's previous album, 2010's Flags, was led by a radio hit in the U.S., "Something in the Water," a strum-athon with a steady kick drum beat. So, of course, it came naturally to the singer-songwriter to close that chapter of her career and exchange her bag of tools for something more electronic, with pulsing bass lines and flourishes of EDM.
"I kind of felt like I was ready to explore a new part of my sound, and I thought also that I kind of owed it to (fans) to do a little bit of an exploratory venture into some new musical territories," Fraser said in a phone interview from Los Angeles, which she currently calls home, a day after her birthday last month. She performs Monday at the Independent.
Fraser, 31, did not know how her fourth album, last autumn's Brutal Romantic (Vagrant), would end up. She knew she wanted to incorporate elements of electronica and dance, but she had no idea how much the act of uprooting her and her husband's lives and moving to Sweden to write would influence the process.
"I initially thought that I would make an album that was still very much acoustic and organic, but with electronic and mechanical elements, but I suppose as the writing process went on, that kind of almost turned on its head," she said.
Sweden was a destination picked almost at random. After finishing the tour for Flags in Europe, Fraser went home to Sydney (she's had numerous addresses over the years) to write. Except that what had come easier previously was no longer working. Several months of work that was going nowhere were scrapped.
"So my husband and I packed our suitcases and went to the depths of the Scandinavian winter," she said.
That is where the concept for Brutal Romantic came together. The album is best described as having two themes: The effect of social media and technology on our psychology, and a statement that, more or less, "life is hard, but is still worth living."
She has found fascinating the changing impact of technology's influence on the way way artists and fans connect with each other, as well its effect on psychology as a society and the way that people approach relationships.
"And the other thing is something I suppose I always write about – about life and the wrestle of being human," Fraser said. "I'll probably write about that endlessly because I still find it a wonder."
This theme is represented in the album's cover: Two statues (both Fraser, captured with CGI) are frozen in an embrace or struggle.
"The pendulum swings between those two," she said. "I think we exist in that state."
Sweden, and the music being made there now, is largely responsible for Fraser's new sonic direction, she conceded. She landed on Gotland, a Swedish island an hour's flight from Stockholm in the Baltic Sea, where she worked with writer-producer Tobias Fröberg (whose credits include Peter, Bjorn and John, and Peter Gabriel).
"There's a kind of approach that Scandinavians take to music that I really love, and I think that really comes through in what they do," she said. "I think if a little bit of that sneaked onto Brutal Romantic, then I'm pretty happy about it."
The other key contributors on the album were drummer Jason Cooper (The Cure) and producer/electronica musician David Kosten, who has worked with Bat For Lashes. The new philosophy shines brightest in "Kings and Queens," with its club-ready beat, Lykke Li-esque slow burner "Psychosocial," and ballad "Je Suis Pret."
Since the album's release, Fraser has worked for months trying to figure out how to perform the new songs in a live setting, and how to make them fit alongside the rest of her acoustic songbook. She resolved to rework and reinterpret some of the older material to fit the feel of Brutal Romantic. Mixed in with the acoustic instruments, there will be synths, samples and drum triggers.
"It's been a big challenge, but really fun … to reinterpret and to come at those songs fresh," Fraser said. "It's definitely much more of a mash-up. We've worked really hard to get it to a place where it's seamless and natural, rather than trying to put a square peg in a round hole."
Follow writer Roman Gokhman at Twitter.com/RomiTheWriter and RomiTheWriter.Tumblr.com.
Brooke Fraser, with Dark Waves
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About the Author: Roman Gokhman
Roman Gokhman has been covering the music scene in the Bay Area since 2006; first with the Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times and the San Jose Mercury News, and since 2011, as a staff feature writer with The Bay Bridged. Follow him at Twitter.com/RomiTheWriter and RomiTheWriter.Tumblr.com, where he posts Q&A outtakes from most of his artist interviews.
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package cn.dsgrp.field.stock.utils;

import cn.dsgrp.field.stock.entity.Dealings;
import cn.dsgrp.field.stock.entity.Market;
import cn.dsgrp.field.stock.entity.Stock;
import com.sun.istack.internal.NotNull;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.DateFormatUtils;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.DateUtils;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Calendar;

/**
 * 股票相关工具方法
 * Created by baiqw on 15/8/22.
 */
public class StockUtils {
    /**
     * 获取 市场 标识
     * @param market 市场
     * @return
     */
    public static String getMarketCode(Market market){
        if (null != market.getParentMarket()){
            return getMarketCode(market.getParentMarket());
        }else{
            return market.getCode();
        }
    }

    /**
     * 获取 市场 和 股票 标识
     *
     * 如 sh601766
     *
     * @param stock 股票
     *
     * @return
     */
    public static String getMarketAndStockCode(Stock stock){
        return getMarketCode(stock.getMarket()) + stock.getCode();
    }

    /**
     * 根据 文本 明细 生成 交易 明细 对象
     *
     * 成交时间	成交价	价格变动	成交量(手)	成交额(元)	性质
     * 15:00:03	12.62	-0.01	548	692787	卖盘
     * 14:59:58	12.63	0.01	2640	3335532	买盘
     *
     * @param line 单条数据
     *
     * @return
     */
    public static Dealings parseDealings(String date, @NotNull String line) {
        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(line)){
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("参数不能为空:" + line);
        }

        if (line.startsWith("成交时间")){
            return null;
        }

        String[] datas = StringUtils.split(line, '\t');
        if (datas.length < 6){
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("参数结构错误:参考->14:59:58\t12.63\t0.01\t2640\t3335532\t买盘");
        }

        Dealings dealings = new Dealings();

        try {
            dealings.setDatetimes(DateUtils.parseDate(date + datas[0], "yyyy-MM-ddHH:mm:ss").getTime());
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("成交时间解析错误:" + date + datas[0],e);
        }
        dealings.setcDate(date);
        dealings.setcTime(datas[0]);

        dealings.setPrice(Float.parseFloat(datas[1]));
        dealings.setReadjustPrices(StringUtils.isNumeric(datas[2]) ? Float.parseFloat(datas[2]) : null);
        dealings.setVolumeOfBusiness(Long.parseLong(datas[3]));
        dealings.setTurnover(Double.parseDouble(datas[4]));
        dealings.setNature(datas[5]);

        return dealings;
    }
}

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Omar Rafael Acedo Sánchez (Maracaibo; 21 de febrero de 1984) conocido artísticamente como Omar Acedo, es un cantante, actor, locutor y productor musical del género urbano. Conocido por pertenecer a agrupaciones musicales venezolanas como Salserín y Calle Ciega. Tras su separación de estas agrupaciones, años después se dio a conocer a nivel nacional con su sencillo «Solo contigo», el cual alcanzó el puesto número 1 en radios nacionales.

Biografía
Omar Rafael Acedo Sánchez nacido el 21 de febrero de 1984 en Maracaibo, Venezuela es hijo de Omar Acedo Valero y de Tibisay Sánchez de Acedo. Tiene dos hermanas.

En 1998 se integró a la orquesta venezolana Salserín en sustitución del vocalista René Velasco. En esta agrupación se dio a conocer como Willy Sáez, y se dio a destacar por sencillos como «Niño tímido» y «Morena». En 2001, luego de disolverse la agrupación, formó un proyecto llamado «Nivel 3» junto con dos exintegrantes de la orquesta, debido al mal asesoramiento que tuvo el proyecto no funcionó. Sus planes como solista se interrumpieron tras su ingreso a la agrupación Bacanos. En 2007 se retira de Bacanos y también formó parte de la agrupación Calle Ciega sustituyendo al cantante Nacho hasta 2009. Y en 2010 recomienza su carrera musical como solista  . Es también conocido por ser un cantante chavista cantándole al actual gobierno en numerosos eventos del gobierno.

En su vida privada es conocido también por tener una relación con Daniela Cabello, hija de Diosdado Cabello. Se casaron, según muchos medios nacionales y internacionales, en unas de las islas más exclusivas del país

Referencias

Cantantes masculinos de Venezuela
Cantantes en español
Maracaiberos

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This article was published in issue 195/2014
Vintage Selection #23
Fashion through time
Tara Willging
Living in a fashion hub such as Florence, I find it hard as a foreigner to resist admiring the latest trends that people and stores publish in the center every day. While more high-end labeled stores band together on via Tornabuoni to flaunt the next season's line, it may be beneficial to browse elsewhere in the city and uncover older and classic trends that have persisted. The Vintage Selection biannual event at the Stazione Leopolda hosts many boutiques and vendors throughout Italy to showcase their timeless collections.
The selection of immortal labels present included: Burberry, Chanel, Dior, Ferragamo, Gucci, Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Pucci, Valentino, and Yves Saint Laurent, to name a few. Walking through the exhibits felt eerily similar to a cloudy day on via Tornabuoni. The trends that have resisted time still pop up in fashionable pieces today. Some trends I have noticed represent different periods in the last century. The 20s introduced heavy and intricate use of beading in geometric designs and shimmering metallic colors, imagine the costumes in The Great Gatsby. The 30s were represented by the delicate female silhouette, the use of lighter colors, and more conservative pieces that would become even more conventional in the 40s. The exhibit represented the time of the Second World War, with traditional and durable coats and boots. The now fashionable oversized army green jacket and Dr. Martens military boot were originally created for their functionality. The 50s created the popularity of jeans were present at the Vintage Selection, displayed with the many styles—from pants to shirts and jackets—and even the high waist shorts and pants are returning to modern style. Finally, the 60s and 70s were represented in bright colors, crazy print designs, the reemerging bell-bottom pants, and even the miniskirt.
Having knowledge of these retro collections and an open mind about the past can introduce new interpretations for fashion. The Vintage Selection events provide rare opportunities to step back in history and collect classic articles to incorporate them into a modern and individual style.
The Florentine shops that were present at this event included: A.N.G.E.L.O., via dei Cimatori 25r; Boutique Nadine, lungarno Acciaiuoli 22r; Ceri Vintage, via dei Serragli 26r; Gaudeli's Vintage-Firenze, piazza dell'Olio 4; ShowMe, via F. Folli 18; and Street Doing Vintage Couture, via dei Servi 88r. Other regional boutiques have shops located in Scandicci, Prato, Pistoia, and Pisa. All information on the vendors can be found at theflr.net/vintageselection.
Tara Willging is a recent graduate from James Madison University in Virginia. She will be living in Florence for a year, fully embracing her Italian heritage and appreciating the opportunity to live in such a great city. Read her blog at tarmichelle.wordpress.com
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Commentary: Recall elections
Published December 21, 2012 at 10:03 AM EST
Governor Rick Snyder has signed so many momentous bills in the last week that some which normally might have gotten headlines have been almost overlooked. One was yesterday.
This is a new law that makes it harder to recall state officials, meaning to remove them from office by a special election before their term is over. There's bound to be a lot of grumbling that this is anti-democratic, that the lawmakers did this to protect themselves from being removed by outraged citizens.
Well, I am sure that may have been a motivation for some. But in fact, making recalls harder is a good thing. Good for democracy and our state, and will make it easier for lawmakers to do their jobs.
Here's why. We already have a system of recalls -- it's called elections. Officials serve short terms. House members have to run every two years. State senators and most other state officials, including the governor, every four years. Only judges serve longer.
In order for representative democracy to work, elected officials sometimes must make unpopular decisions. Washington did, Lincoln did, the Roosevelt's and Reagan did. State legislators, ditto.
But in recent years, any time Michigan lawmakers have done something some faction doesn't like, it's been common to start hollering "recall."
Last year was sort of the year of the recall orgy. Between April and October, 47 state legislators were targeted for recall, as was the governor himself. Considerable time, energy, and money went into these efforts.
Now, with the passage of right to work legislation, there are new calls for massive recalls. But those who would recall those whose votes they don't like frequently miss one major point.
Virtually all recall attempts fail. Next year, it will have been 30 years since the most famous recalls in state history.
Two Michigan state senators were removed for supporting a temporary state income tax hike during a budget crisis, an event which led to the rise of John Engler.
But in all the years since, only one recall has been successful. Republican State Representative Paul Scott was removed in a close vote last year after he was targeted by teacher lobbying groups. But Scott had other problems, such as his getting a staff member pregnant, and in any event the recall was politically meaningless.
It didn't change the balance of power, and after another expensive election, he was soon replaced with another Republican. The new law gives those who want to remove lawmakers less time to collect signatures -- 60 days rather than 90.
Recall language has to be clearer, and those whose terms last longer than two years can't be recalled in their first or last year. Also, recalls won't just be about removing a candidate. Successful recalls will be held as another election, with the targeted officeholder facing another candidate.
There may be some legitimate reason, some time, to try to remove an officeholder before the next election rolls around. But most of the time, recall attempts have been an expensive distraction.
Lawmakers need a little space to try and do the right thing, even when that isn't popular. As it is now, we are consumed by election mania every other year. Don't you think that's enough?
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FILE - In this June 21, 2019 file photo, Gov. Greg Abbott, left, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol, in Austin, Texas. Abbott says the state will reject the re-settlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order. In a letter released Friday, Jan, 10, 2020, Abbott wrote that Texas "has been left by Congress to deal with disproportionate migration issues resulting from a broken federal immigration system." He added that Texas, which typically takes in thousands of refugees each year, has done "more than its share." Governors in 42 other states have said they will consent to allowing in more refugees, according to the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.
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FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump and Melania Trump greet Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after arriving in El Paso, Texas. Abbott says the state will reject the re-settlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order. In a letter released Friday, Jan, 10, 2020, Abbott wrote that Texas "has been left by Congress to deal with disproportionate migration issues resulting from a broken federal immigration system." He added that Texas, which typically takes in thousands of refugees each year, has done "more than its share." Governors in 42 other states have said they will consent to allowing in more refugees, according to the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Texas will no longer accept the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order, Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday.
Abbott's announcement could have major implications for refugees coming to the United States. Texas has large refugee populations in several of its cities and has long been a leader in settling refugees, taking in more than any other state during the 2018 governmental fiscal year, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Since the 2002 fiscal year, Texas has resettled an estimated 88,300 refugees, second only to California, according to the Pew Research Center.
In a letter released Friday, Abbott wrote that Texas "has been left by Congress to deal with disproportionate migration issues resulting from a broken federal immigration system." He added that Texas has done "more than its share."
Abbott argued that the state and its non-profit organizations should instead focus on "those who are already here, including refugees, migrants, and the homeless — indeed, all Texans."
It wasn't clear how Abbott's letter might affect any currently pending refugee cases.
Refugee groups sharply criticized the Republican governor. Ali Al Sudani, chief programs officer of Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, predicted that some refugees with longstanding plans to come to Texas would have flights rescheduled or delayed. Al Sudani settled in Houston from Iraq in 2009 and now works to resettle other refugees.
"You can imagine the message that this decision will send to them and to their families," Al Sudani said. "It's very disappointing and very sad news, and honestly, this is not the Texas that I know."
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said he had met refugees in Dallas who had previously served as interpreters or aides for U.S. soldiers.
"You have people who are fleeing violence, people who are assisting us in the war on terror, who are having the door slammed in their faces," said Jenkins, a Democrat who is the county's chief administrative official.
President Donald Trump announced in September that resettlement agencies must get written consent from state and local officials in any jurisdiction where they want to help resettle refugees beyond June 2020. Trump has already slashed the number of refugees allowed into the country for the 2020 fiscal year to a historic low of 18,000. About 30,000 refugees were resettled in the U.S. during the previous fiscal year.
Governors in 42 other states have said they will consent to allowing in more refugees, according to the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, which works with local agencies throughout the U.S. to resettle refugees. The governors who haven't chimed in are from Alabama, Georgia, Hawaii, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Wyoming.
Fierce debates have occurred in several parts of the country, including North Dakota and Tennessee, over whether to opt into refugee resettlement under the executive order. Many Republican governors have been caught between immigration hardliners and some Christian evangelicals who believe helping refugees is a moral obligation.
LIRS is also part of a lawsuit challenging the order. A federal judge on Wednesday heard arguments on a request by resettlement agencies to prevent the Trump administration from enforcing it.
Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, LIRS' CEO, called Abbott's decision "a devastating blow to a longstanding legacy of refugee resettlement in the state." Local officials in Houston, Dallas, and other cities will not be able to take in refugees over the governor's objection, she said.
"There are some refugee families who have waited years in desperation to reunite with their family who will no longer be able to do so in the state of Texas," she said.
Abbott has tried to stop refugees before, declaring in 2015 that Texas would not welcome people from Syria following the deadly Paris attacks that November. At the time, the administration of former President Barack Obama continued to send refugees to Texas and other states led by Republican governors who were opposed to it.
Al Sudani, of Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, pointed out that even if refugees are resettled in a different state, they can travel freely within the U.S. and move wherever they choose.
"Literally you can take the bus the next day and come to Texas," he said.
This story was first published on Jan. 13. It was updated on Jan. 14 to correct the number of states that had not yet said whether they would continue to accept refugees. It was seven states, not six.
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In the past 30 years or so, Hip-Hop has grown from the streets of New York to become an international cultural phenomenon, with influences stemming from rock, pop, country, Indian and Middle Eastern music.
I had the opportunity to listen to an up-and-coming DJ crew from Tel Aviv called Soulico. DJ Sabbo, Rob, Shimmy Sonic and Wido had success spinning records as solo DJ's, but they decided to come together, combining their skills to become a premier live act.
Soulico released three mixtapes to critical acclaim and has now released their first album, "Exotic On The Speaker." The album combines hip-hop, reggae, dance hall, Jewish/Israeli folk music and disco, and features some of the best MC's in Hip-Hop: Ghostface Killah from Wu-Tang, Del The Funkee Homosapien, Lyrics Born, and Rye Rye (M.I.A's protégé).
"El Nur" featuring Ghostface Killah is energetic and is a great start for the album. "Queen Of Hearts" is just pure dancehall fun and "Politrix" with Del The Funkee Homosapien is a robotic electronic track. I felt that even though there are a lot of guest artists on the album, Soulico still stands out; this can be hard, especially when going up against a hip-hop legend like Ghostface Killah, but they pull it off well.
The mix of Arabic and Hebrew with rap is not new, but Soulico has a genuine respect for hip-hop, and they seamlessly blend so many styles together without sounding cluttered. The ambition and drive that Soulico displays is refreshing, and as I have been saying in many of my rap reviews this year, I love how hip-hop is expanding into in territories and becoming more experimental. Soulico has a bright career ahead of them and "Exotic On The Speaker" a perfect description of what the crew is.
Soulico's new record Exotic on the Speaker is out now!


Leaning towers, churches with green and white façades, and Byzantine-inspired mosaics: the Romanesque in Italy.
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Sahara, like her litter brother Tokat, is an extremely large Anatolian.
At three years of age she weighed 126 lean muscular pounds.
has excellent reach and drive, creating incredible side movement!
She is a female with solid bone and correct structure.
at 1 year 10 months in the big pasture with goats, llamas, and horses.
Like their dam, Sahara, most have dense pigmentation.
Litter picture at 12 hours - Sahara is tired but happy!
Individual Links are BELOW listed in BIRTH ORDER.
At three months and three weeks of age, Sahara weighed 58 pounds on the vet's scale. As you can see, Sahara is a very large boned female pup. Sahara is pictured here at 4 months.
Sahara has shown very good working livestock guarding demeanor and behavior. As is seen in my females, Sahara is a very tuff working pup. I expect her to become a superior working flock guardian.
Sahara is pictured here at four months. She is very large and beautiful and has been an excellent goat guardian. She is alert and fearless and at the same time she is loving toward me and eagerly attempts to please me. Even though I have the goats running here, Saraha simply stands and watches them run by. That's pretty good working behavior for a four month old pup!
Sahara was one cute big girl. On the left she is guarding goats and llamas in one of our rare snow falls when five months old.
On the right Sahara is pictured at 1 1/2 years with Guzel (a pup) on her left and Champion Birinci's Yahsi on her right.
Below, Sahara as a pup with Seven , her full sister from an earlier litter.
Sahara was one cute little girl... and a very big pup! Even as a pup she was one very tuff little Anatolian. Look at her flashy color! She's a beauty for sure! Look how black she was right after birth.
Another picture of Sahara with her full sister, Lucky Hit's Seven of Nine (from an earlier litter) enjoy spending time together.
Sahara isn't afraid of anything and jumps into the spring even in the coldest weather!
Sahara is especially in love with her show lamb!
Sahara has proven herself as a truly superior working Anatolian Shepherd with outstanding working temperament, demeanor, and behaviors!
Sahara pictured at 10 months of age. Already showing her excellent confirmation as she works the big pasture. A month before this picture she was one of five dogs who successfully drive off an aggressive mountain lion.
Sahara at play with Champion Birinci's Yahsi of Lucky Hit and other Anatolians.
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3 Ways To Work With Difficult Talent and Crew On Set
by Shant Kiraz February 26, 2015
Production is not for the faint of heart. Long hours, physical strain, and emotional exhaustion are part of the job. Stress can bring out the worst in people, and when you have to work with difficult talent and crew on set, a production can can go south quickly.
So what's the best way to work with difficult people on set? We asked Angela Tortu, a seasoned assistant director who has worked on a wide array of productions, from big budget features like Crimson Tide to shows like Entourage and Scrubs, how she sidesteps potential issues on set.
Look for opportunities to build trust
No one should be treated like a punching bag
Search for creative solutions
1. Give them a chance to express their side of the story
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When a problem does arise, take a breath, and give them a chance to express their side of the story. This is usually enough to turn the situation around.
Tortu recalls a tense experience working with Sharon Stone in regards to a blocking dispute:
"Sharon was pushing back. She said, 'I'm not going to do that. I need a stunt double.' I noticed that she was getting more and more frustrated, and preparing herself for a big battle. Rather than forcing the issue, I just replied 'That's not a problem at all. Do you have a preferred stunt double? I'll be happy to call her.' Sharon was surprised that I didn't push back. With a softer tone she replied, "Really? Okay. Great!" The following day she came in with an upbeat attitude, and requested to speak directly with me for the remainder of the shoot."
According to Tortu, one of the most important building blocks for trust is to make a sincere and proactive effort to listen. Do this, and you'll be seen as someone who has everyone's best interest in mind.
2. Don't make a scene when someone messes up
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Every job on set is important. All positions deserve respect. However, as tensions escalate, some people may blow off steam in public (we're looking at you, Christian Bale). Whatever you do, don't allow anyone, especially yourself, to have a meltdown on set. Not only does it make everyone uncomfortable, but it destroys hard-earned trust.
"When somebody is chronically difficult or makes a serious mistake on set, never make a scene of it. No one should be treated like a punching bag, and broken in front others."
Instead, pull the person aside and engage in a private conversation one-on-one. If the issue turns out to be chronic, get the producer involved.
3. There's never a magic bullet
Every Problem has a Solution
This is a people-oriented business. People are different. A solution that may work for one person may not work for another, so it's important to identify solutions that fits the situation and the individual. For example, if your lead actor is chronically late to set but sensitive about the topic, you can forego the conversation altogether and try making their call time earlier.
Tortu recalls an experience on the set of a commercial where one of the leads, a 5 year-old girl, refused to exit her trailer:
"No matter what we said, she just wouldn't come out. So finally, we decided to bribe her with candy and toys. Believe it or not, it worked. After a few minutes, she finally stepped out. It might seem a bit silly, but it worked for that situation."
Difficult talent and crew situations come with the job. When in doubt, listen, be kind and tailor your solutions to the individual's needs.
Do that and you'll be well on your way building a positive culture on set.
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The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Oconee, Walton and Barrow Counties until 7:04 p.m. on June 15.
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The National Weather Service has issued a significant Weather Advisory for Southwestern Barrow and Eastern Gwinnett counties until 6 p.m. A strong thunderstorm was seen near Hog Mountain, moving southeast at 5 p.m. The hazard includes 40 to 50 mph wind, frequent cloud to ground lightning and heavy rain.
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The Time of Madness Has to End
A couple of days ago, Britain reached a milestone by recording no deaths at all from the Coronabug. This was the first such recording in well over a year and most scientists lined up to hail the vaccine miracle that has brought about this remarkable turnaround in this country's fortunes.
Even so, that did not stop a hard core of experts – most of them from that weirdly acronymed body SAGE (surely it is anything but?) – continuing to call for a delay to the planned unlocking of restrictions on June 21. With grim faces and drooping lips, they warn of a third wave of infections fuelled by the Indian variant. Only we are now told that such descriptions are racist and the various mutations will in future be called by letters of the Greek alphabet instead. More politically correct madness I fancy.
But semantics aside, when will these scientific turnips who seem completely paralysed by paranoia, see the light?
There must be no further delays. No more hitting on the pause button. No more scaremongering about potent new strains. Lockdown must end for good on June 21, and every emergency restriction must be lifted right there and then.
We should be back to normal already dammit. The success of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccine rollouts means there are now no reasonable justifications for prolonging the suspension of basic freedom that the lockdown represents.
The supposed 'cure' is now infinitely worse than the disease so it is time for victory to be declared and freedom to return.
The numbers show Covid-19 has essentially been beaten in the UK. Or at least it is about as beaten as it will ever be. Even before that day without deaths arrived, fewer than ten people were dying daily from the virus. In a population of well over sixty million that surely cannot be too serious.
Hospitals are not overrun. The more vulnerable have been jabbed at least once – unless they have refused – and the rollout of vaccinations continues with ever more speed and efficiency.
Even if the infection rate ticks upwards from time to time, the spread is likely to be among younger, healthier people who may get ill but are very unlikely to require hospital treatment and far less likely to die. I realise that none of this will be of much consolation to those falling sick or, worse still, losing a loved one, but the death figures are nowhere near high enough to justify any ongoing lockdown of the economy.
If we had not experienced the horrors of the past year and Coronabug had only just arrived on our shores, but with a huge proportion of the population vaccinated would even this panic stricken bunch of political prunes consider imposing a lockdown with the prevailing fatality and hospitalisation figures? Of course they would not. They would not dare.
If they are determined to keep restrictions in place until we can be sure no one ever again will die from Covid, then we will be in lockdown for ever and the economy will collapse. Then the death toll and the human misery involved will make the Coronabug seem like a particularly happy memory. I lived through the hell that was Zimbabwe when we had trillion dollar notes, so I have been there before.
Bunter J's pathetic government can no longer ignore the toll their measures have taken, and continue to take, on our national finances. The further they extend restrictions on society and the economy, the worse the overall financial hit becomes. Each day is, in effect, more expensive and painful than the last.
Even if one is wildly optimistic that swathes of the private sector can somehow continue on the life support of furlough without a full ending of lockdown, the economic cost to the Government is jaw-dropping. And let's face it, all of this accrued debt is simply a tax rise delayed. Sooner or later, we will all have to face the bill. Far better to start to do that sooner and to limit it as much as we can.
More than three million workers remain on the furlough scheme, at a cost to taxpayers of more than £3.5billion per month. We need them to return to work now – or to start looking for new jobs. Every day of delay is £100 million more to pay in tax – or to pass on to our children for them to pay in future.
This is not simply an argument about economic worries verses health worried. It goes deeper than that. Gearing the entire government's efforts to the Coronabug problem has meant other serious issues have gone untackled.
Take cancer for example. The number of people with suspected cancer getting a referral from their GP to a specialist within a fortnight has fallen to an all-time low. The country's leading cancer charities fear we will now witness the first increase in cancer death rates for decades.
The same applies to many other diseases, far more serious than the Coronabug.
We have long since reached the point where we need to learn to live with Covid in the same way we live with flu, which also claims tens of thousands of lives in a bad year.
For many of us, Bunter J's roadmap out of lockdown was always too slow and tentative. He claimed it was data against dates, yet he has stuck rigidly to the dates imposed either by him or the gloomy 'scientists' of SAGE, most of whom are behavioral experts rather that epidemiologists. Each set of data coming in shows we have been winning the war against the coronavirus more rapidly than many feared was possible.
When Bunter has been bold, it has paid off. Thanks to his decision to bypass the desk jockeys and thanks to Kate Bingham the bog snorkeller, Britain has had the most successful and extensive vaccination programme of any major nation.
More than thirty million people have had both jabs and have nothing to fear from the Nepal variant, Indian varieant or any other ruddy variant for that matter. We should be free to travel where on earth we like. It is surely time to tear up the green list, the amber list and, yes, the red list too. We are perfectly capable of assessing the risks for ourselves.
And if you do travel to a red list country and do not fancy forking out two grand to spend a fortnight locked up in a shabby hotel when you come back, just make your way to Calais and hire a dinghy. Thousands of others are doing it.
If Sage, or Nervtag, or any of the rest of the frantic scientists start squealing in Greek about the Alpha or Omega Variants, Bunter should reach for the NATO phonetic alphabet and tell them all to Foxtrot Oscar.
Come on Prime Minister, just get on with doing the job for which you were elected and that is not pandering to the quacks. We have all had enough dammit!
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With all due respect to Super 2000 championship runaway leader Kittipol Pramoj Na Ayudhya who came to Bira Circuit for the penultimate round of the season last September with a clearly focused mission to rack up the points he required to seal the title with a round to spare – a job he did to the utmost perfection – there was really one name that everyone was talking about in the paddock when it came to the touring car category, that was Pattarapol Vongprai.
Not too many people knew who he was either although by the end of the weekend his name had been firmly etched in paddock consciousness. The 20-year-old was making his serious Super 2000 debut at this round (although he actually made a somewhat overlooked one off appearance in the category as a youngster at Bangsaen back in 2013) in the Honda Civic FD that was formerly raced by Chairat Sangtong in Super 2000 back in 2012 and 2013 and then by Pitsanu Sirimongkolkasem in 2014 so was a well-proven winning machine even if it had been sitting idle for sometime.
The driver was a little bit of an unknown quantity, although he's already started to make his mark in racing. In 2015 in another series he bagged a class championship title to signal his intent and last year he joined TSS during the opening round in Super Production before switching to Super Compact for the second round where he was in the thick of the action.
Those races were all in B-segment Honda Jazz racecars; the leap to Super 2000 was not just a jump in cubic capacity but the proposition of a C-segment car with totally different characteristics. However as soon as Pattarapol was strapped into the grey Civic FD in free practice he started to make a nuisance of himself at the business end of the timesheets.
On the Friday when qualifying came around he really stirred the pack up by planting the Civic on pole position, although he was docked several places for a flag infringement to line up on the grid in fourth place. The rest is history.
When the lights turned green Pattarapol proceeded to battle his way into P1 and hold his advantage all the way to the checkered flag. He then did it all over again in the second race, this time thanks to the top five reverse grid starting order he had to fight through to the front.
Job well done – rarely does a driver make such an impact on his debut in a category that has a reputation for cut and thrust and simply isn't recognised for making rookies welcome.
So what sort of challenge was it for Pattarapol to step up to a Civic FD and master its dynamics in such a short time?
Expect this driver to go a long way in the future. In fact since that weekend he tried out one of Vattana Motorsport's Lamborghini Gallardo GT3s as well as the Super Car GTC 2016 title winning KTM X-Bow GT4 for a few laps each in Buriram, although Pattarapol admits that this test was just to gain more experience and get a feel for these cars.
The next challenge though is the rescheduled Bangsaen Grand Prix next month. He really rocked the boat in Bira on his debut, the demanding streets of Bangsaen will offer a completely new challenge to the youngster and he will be up against a plethora of top drivers that won't give an inch as they chase the glory of victory here to put on their racing CVs.
Pattarapol is taking it in his stride and aims to do his best. "In Bangsaen I hope that I can get P1 in qualifying and also at the end of the race," he says.


Bask in the glow of the sun setting over the spectacular mountains on the West facing covered front porch. Stroll to the Summer Jam, food trucks, or neighborhood pool on a warm summer evening. This house is less than two years old! Located in the highly desirable Copperleaf neighborhood on a unique lot offering abundant natural sunlight and views that will never be blocked. Be inspired in your stunning kitchen with beautiful white quartz counters, upgraded stainless steel appliances, a gas range and extended flooring into the open dining area. The two west facing bedrooms and open loft experience amazing views of the rocky mountains and unforgettable sunsets. Ready to make yours, the basement is roughed in for a bath and wet bar. Located within walking distance of the Copperleaf pool and club house, great trails, Mountain Vista elementary school, the projected future town center, and Western park. The house also resides in the award winning Cherry Creek School District.


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US joined Central American bid to nab Mexico drug lord
Authorities in Central America, Colombia and the US joined forces in a 10-month probe to capture one of Mexico's most wanted men, alleged drug kingpin Sergio Villarreal, officials said on September 13.
Villarreal, dubbed "El Grande" because he stands some two meters (six feet six inches) tall, was arrested as a result of the long collaboration between "agencies from Central America, Colombia and the United States," Jose Luis Vergara, director of communications for Mexico's marines said.
Villarreal, who is said to work for the notorious Beltran Leyva cartel, was detained in a peaceful operation in the central Mexican city of Puebla.
Mexican authorities had offered a reward of up to 30 million pesos (2.2 million dollars) for information leading to his arrest.
According to authorities, Villarreal was a key participant in a bloody struggle for the leadership of the Beltran Leyva cartel that began after former chief Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed last year.
Beltran's death "created a schism within the organization," Vergara told reporters here.
Villarreal and Hector Beltran Leyva, Arturo's brother, were feuding with would-be cartel leaders including Edgar Valdez, also known as "La Barbie," who was captured by authorities on August 30.
"La Barbie," so-called for his fair complexion and light colored eyes, is accused by both Mexican and US authorities of drug trafficking and murders.
Villarreal is similarly accused by Mexican authorities of trafficking and carrying out murders for several of the country's brutal drug cartels, which have killed tens of thousands of people in bloody turf wars and confrontations with Mexican authorities.
The leadership struggle within the Beltran Leyva cartel has left dozens of people dead, with authorities in cities including Acapulco and Cuernavaca discovering multiple bodies, some of them beheaded or mutilated.
Villarreal's arrest provided a much-needed boost for President Felipe Calderon, who so far has been unable to forge a national consensus around the war on drugs he unleashed four years ago.
More than 28,000 people are believed to have been killed in drug cartel-related violence in Mexico since 2006, when Calderon launched a military crackdown.
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I have just spoke to the tournament Director and she says the tournament is still ON. They have made a few changes to start at 9 am instead of 8 am. She also says it's not snowing down there at all and they are over there setting up the courts now. I'm still waiting for every one's responses before I make the call for our teams participation.


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Bikes on corniche continue to puzzle people
Dozens of 'no biking' signs are conspicuously displayed in the Corniche but near the Sheraton Park a bicycle station with 10 brand new bicycles docked continues to puzzle visitors in the popular leisure spot in the city. The bikes which are an exact semblance of Velib bicycles in Paris look tempting that visitors could not help but inspect them and the interactive terminal while some take photographs. As the bikes have been in place for quite sometime now, people have been wondering when they are going to be opened for public use. q.media Decaux, a subsidiary of France-based JCDecaux, a renowned company for outdoor advertising, is the provider of the bikes which have become popular in many cities. JCDecaux has provided eco-friendly communal bicycle schemes across 67 cities in the world including Paris, Brussels, Luxembourg and Dublin among others. In Paris alone, there are 20,000 bikes in operation a far cry from 10,000 units when it was launched three years ago. The robust grey bicycles are three-speed bicycles which have a locking system and a front bicycle basket. They are stationed in stands with an automatic rental terminal equipped with maps showing locations of different stations. By inserting a subscription, debit or credit card into the interactive terminal, users can make use of the bike immediately released from a stand. Users return the borrowed bicycles when they have finished with them to any docking station. Sources say the bicycles are displayed in preparation for a major project in Doha toward its initiative to be the region's bicycle city. Just recently, the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning announced its master plan to build infrastructure to increase safety among bikers and make the project successful to promote biking as both a leisure and functional activity among people here. Providers of the bikes said they are just waiting for the green light from local authorities to launch the project which would make Doha the first Middle Eastern city to take advantage of the innovative bikes. "Definitely it would benefit everyone once the bikes are opened to the public. People here would enjoy another healthy pastime," said an Indian resident, adding it would also be an effective way of reducing the country's carbon footprint. http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/54706-bikes-for-rent.html
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The Michigan Journal of International Law welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with scholars from around the world to present cutting-edge legal issues to the online community. While these new topics do not always yield full articles ready for publication, they do provide a valuable starting point for new scholarship. Our online content editors work with new scholars, introducing them to the American journal publication process and helping them develop their ideas. Emerging Scholarship contributors are free to continue to work on their pieces and seek publication in other formats at a later time.
We are proud to provide a space for emerging scholarship on our website and hope to continue to foster ideas in this new format. We hope that this project will spark collaboration among the international community and introduce new scholars to the process of publication in American law journals.
Vincent Chapaux, International Legal Theory: Haven't We Overestimated the Divide Between France and the United States?


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Mayurbhanj: Tension prevailed near Dundu village of Bahalada after locals blocked Ranchi-Vijayawada highway following the death of two youths in a road accident yesterday.
According to sources, two youths were killed after the SUV they were travelling in was hit by a truck on Monday. The youths died on the spot.
Irate people torched the truck after the accident.
People staged a road blockade this morning by placing the body on the road demanding compensation for the kin of the deceased. Vehicular traffic on Ranchi-Vijayawada highway was paralysed due to the blockade.


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The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria on Monday called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to as a matter of urgency come up with modalities that would regulate how funds would be sourced from the autonomous window of the foreign exchange market.
The Chairman of the association, Mr. Aminu Gwadabe, told our correspondent in an interview that the need for the release of a framework became imperative due to what he described as the increasing rate of mistrust between the regulator and the operators.
He said banks and oil companies had stopped the sale of foreign exchange to the BDCs because of a directive by the CBN stopping such transactions.
Gwadabe said unless the directive was rescinded by the central bank, it would be difficult for the BDC operators to source for foreign exchange.
The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, had while announcing the ban of forex sale to the BDCs, said the operators were free to source for foreign exchange from autonomous sources.
But Gwadabe said since the ban was announced two weeks ago, it had been difficult for members of the association to buy forex from autonomous sources as banks and international oil companies had stopped selling.
He said unless the situation was urgently addressed, majority of the over 2,000 BDC operators would shut down their business due to scarcity of foreign exchange.
Gwadabe said, "We want the CBN to as a matter of urgency come up with modalities and framework that will regulate the autonomous sources that they want us to go and access.
"Because there is already a growing mistrust between the operators now and the regulator, which is as a result of lack of information that operators are expecting to hear from them.
"We can't get forex from anywhere. We cannot buy from the oil companies, we cannot but from the banks, we cannot buy from exporters, and we cannot buy from the CBN. Is it only the few working customers that bring $50 that you buy from?
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David G. Mandelbaum
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e2 Environmental & Energy Law Blog
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Transition Thoughts: The Presidential Transition, NEPA, and Project Review
The incoming Biden Administration intends to take many major environmental policy actions aimed at climate change, enforcement, environmental justice, and several other issues, many of which entail reversing actions taken by the Trump Administration. Companies and their environmental managers should monitor and consider participating in this contentious process. GT will be tracking these changes in key areas on our E2 Law Blog in the coming months, with this second topic featuring "The Presidential Transition, NEPA, and Project Review."
President-Elect Biden has called for immediate attention to climate change mitigation (for example, reducing net emissions of greenhouse gases) and adaptation (for example, location of roads, buildings, and so forth in places less likely to be affected by climate change-induced extreme weather events). He has also expressly emphasized the general need for infrastructure as a vehicle for economic stimulus and increased equity.
The outgoing administration has sought to speed up and to pare down environmental reviews generally, and environmental reviews of certain infrastructure and energy projects specifically. That raises the question whether the new administration will roll back those environmental view rollbacks, or whether it will retain some of the streamlining.
Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321, imposes the most familiar requirements for environmental review of projects. A major federal action that might or might not have a significant effect on the environment must typically undergo an environmental assessment (EA) to make that determination. If the project will have a significant environmental effect, then the agency permitting, funding, or undertaking the project must prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS), often on the basis of a report prepared by the project proponent. Agencies can exclude certain categories of projects from the review, but ordinary projects must await an EIS before federal actions can proceed. While NEPA contains no substantive requirement to avoid environmental impacts, the review generally takes the form of comparing the impacts of the proposed action to no impacts, the status quo.
The sort of analysis embeds a weak form of the "precautionary principle," the rule that one should take no action until one is convinced that the action will be safe. But what if the current condition is itself environmentally risky? In that case, the smallest environmental impact may not arise from doing nothing. Some affirmative actions may be environmentally superior to the status quo, even though they themselves entail environmental impact or risks. To take a timely analogy, there may be a risk of side effects from the coronavirus vaccines, but not taking the vaccine is surely risky and according to the experts much more so. Windfarms, solar arrays, transmission lines, raised highways, rural broadband, electric vehicle charging stations, and on and on cause environmental impacts. But if the new administration wants them quickly, it may want to avoid increasing the burden of environmental impact review on their development.
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) (the White House environmental policy office) adopted new regulations implementing NEPA earlier this year. 85 Fed. Reg. 43,304 (July 16, 2020), amending 40 C.F.R. pts. 1500-1508. Individual agencies then adopt regulations that implement the CEQ rules in the agencies' specific programs. The CEQ rules impose presumptive page limits on EISs, 40 C.F.R. § 1502.7, and presumptive time limits on their preparation and review – one year for an EA and two years for an EIS, 40 C.F.R. § 1501.10; the median time prior to those rules was, according to CEQ, 3.5 years across all agencies.
The CEQ regulations also impose limitations on the scope of exercise. An EIS should not consider cumulative impacts of multiple projects or multiple phases of a project, it should not consider impacts outside the United States, and it need not consider impacts of climate change.
The second set of scoping restrictions seem contrary to the new administration's stated priorities. Indeed, President-Elect Biden announced nominees for EPA Administrator and CEQ Director as part of his "climate team." But it is not clear whether the first set of changes will be rolled back. Any change to these rules, and to the implementing agency regulations, require full notice-and-comment rulemaking, and cannot be made immediately.
Moreover, these CEQ regulations have been challenged by environmental groups, Wild Virginia v. Council on Envtl. Qual., No. 3:20-cv-45 (W.D. Va. filed Aug. 6, 2020); Alaska Community Action on Toxics v. Council on Envtl. Qual., No. 3:20-cv-5199 (N.D. Cal. filed July 29, 2020); Envtl. Justice Health Alliance v. Council on Envtl. Qual., No. 1:20-cv-6143 (S.D.N.Y. filed Aug. 6, 2020), and by a number of states, California v. Council on Envtl. Qual., No. 3:30-cv-6057 (N.D. Cal. filed Aug. 28, 2020). So far, the court has denied a preliminary injunction in the Virginia case on September 11. The lawsuits complicate any effort by the new administration to leave portions of the new rules intact, both legally and politically.
However, President Trump issued a number of executive orders seeking to expedite or to circumvent environmental reviews, and those can be rescinded by President Biden relatively easily.
"Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals for High Priority Infrastructure Projects," EO 13766, 82 Fed. Reg. 8657 (Jan. 30, 2017), sought to create a fast-track for review of "high priority infrastructure projects."
"Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure Projects," EO 13807, 82 Fed. Reg. 40,463 (Aug. 24, 2017), required establishment of a single lead agency to coordinate environmental reviews and permitting of infrastructure projects more generally, including setting timeline goals.
"Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth," EO 13868, 84 Fed. Reg. 15,495 (Apr. 15, 2019), applies specifically to energy projects and requires a single point of contact for federal permitting and review. It specifically called out state reviews underlying issuance by states of water quality certifications under section 401 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341, a specific problem for pipelines and other linear structures that cross streams and wetlands. WQCs were ultimately the subject of a new regulation restricting the scope of state review and imposing stricter timelines. 85 Fed. Reg. 42,210 (July 13, 2020), adopting 40 C.F.R. pt. 121.
"Accelerating the Nation's Economic Recovery From the COVID-19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities," EO 13927, 85 Fed. Reg. 35,165 (June 4, 2020), responded to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by declaring an emergency, and directing federal agencies to use any emergency authorities under their NEPA regulations to avoid or to streamline review of any infrastructure projects. It is an expansion on the earlier COVID regulatory relief order, "Regulatory Relief To Support Economic Recovery," EO 13924, 85 Fed. Reg. 31,353 (May 22, 2020).
Like the CEQ NEPA regulations, each of these has a substantive or scoping component that one would expect the new administration not to like. On the other hand, we will have to wait and see what happens to the efforts to expedite and to streamline the process of environmental review.
©2020 Greenberg Traurig, LLP. All rights reserved. National Law Review, Volume X, Number 356
David G. Mandelbaum represents clients facing problems under the environmental laws and serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Environmental Practice. He regularly represents clients in lawsuits and has also helped clients achieve satisfactory outcomes through regulatory negotiation or private transactions. David teaches Superfund, and Oil and Gas Law in rotation at the Temple Law School. He has taught Environmental Law, Climate Change and Land Use Law and Administration in the past, and he is a regular writer and speaker on the subjects.
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Deckers
Holds the UGG trademark in over 100 countries - not Aust or NZ. Has 7 footwear brands, but UGG Australia makes up 66% of Decker sales. In legal dispute with Luda Productions over rights to the "UGG Australia" trade mark.
Deckers Outdoor Corporation USA website
Deckers Outdoor Corporation
The 2022 Fashion Transparency Index reviewed 250 of the world's largest fashion brands and retailers and ranked them according to how much they disclose about their human rights and environmental policies, practices and impacts. Brands owned by this company scored 56%, signifying that it is publishing detailed supplier lists and the vast majority of policies, procedures and future goals. The average score was 24% and the highest score was 78%.
69.6/100 in Newsweek rankings
America's Most Responsible Companies 2022 by Newsweek and Statista recognises the Top 500 most responsible companies in the United States. Companies were evaluated in three areas: environmental (waste, energy use, etc.), social (leadership diversity, employees and philanthropy) and governance (transparency and economic performance). This company received a total score of 69.6/100, ranking 30th in the Consumer Goods sector, and 338th overall.
JUST Capital polls Americans every year to identify the issues that matter most in defining just business behaviour. For their 2023 rankings JUST Capital asked a representative sample of 3,002 Americans to compare 20 different business Issues on a head-to-head basis, producing a reliable hierarchy of Issues ranked in order of priority. Issues are organised under the headings Workers, Customers, Communities, the Environment, or Shareholders & Governance. JUST Capital then define metrics that map to those issues and track and analyse the largest, publicly traded U.S. companies. This analysis powers their rankings, in which this company ranked 117th of 951 companies, and 2nd of 13 Clothing & Accessories companies.
Supply chain practices in China
This company received a score of 7/100 (retrieved 10-Oct-2020) in the Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI), a system for evaluating supply chain practices in China, particularly in regards to environmental management and water pollution. Scores are calculated using government compliance data, online monitoring data, and third-party environmental audits, as well as trends in the environmental performance of factories in the company's supply chains.
Source: IPE (2020)
CDP Forests Score of D
In 2021, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts towards removing commodity-driven deforestation and forest degradation from its direct operations and supply chains. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Forests Score of D.
This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 23/100 in the Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods category of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices (last updated 21 Oct 2022). The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices.
Use of RWS-certified wool
This company has committed to making products with RWS-certified wool. The Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) is a voluntary global standard which ensures that sheep are treated with respect to their five freedoms and also ensures best practices in the management and protection of the land. However PETA claim the RWS is a kind of greenwash. (http://bit.ly/2oH56o6)
Source: Responsible Wool Standard (2018)
Leather Working Group member
This company is a member of the Leather Working Group, a multi-stakeholder group who's objective is to develop and maintain a protocol that assesses the compliance and environmental performance of tanners and promotes sustainable and appropriate environmental business practices within the leather industry.
Source: Leather Working Group (2022)
Materials sourcing
The Material Change Index (MCI) is a voluntary benchmark that tracks the apparel and textiles sector's progress toward more sustainable materials sourcing (cotton, polyester, nylon, manmade cellulosics, wool, down and leather), as well as alignment with global efforts like the Sustainable Development Goals and the transition to a circular economy. This company was rated "Maturing", the second highest performance band.
Source: Textile Exchange (2020)
BHRRC company profile
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre digital platform presents news and allegations relating to the human rights impact of over 20,000 companies. Their enhanced Company Dashboards also include financial information, key data points based on corporate policies, and scores from prominent civil society benchmarks. Follow the link and use the search function to view this company's dashboard.
Source: BHRRC (2022)
Employees 3,200 (2018)
Address Goleta, California, USA
Website www.deckers.com
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UGG Womens Shoes


We love a good LinkedIn report. The social network has such a huge outreach of professionals and, in our case, recruiters across so many industries that you can be sure reports are detailed and verified.
Every year the company releases its Global Recruiting Trends report that helps recruiters all over the world paint a picture of the recruiting landscape ahead.
This year, when LinkedIn interviewed industry experts about the state of hiring, four trends rose to the top: diversity, new interviewing tools, data, and artificial intelligence. Following these trends, LinkedIn surveyed nearly 8,800 recruiters and hiring managers to get an idea of how the trends will impact them.
This came in as the top trend, with 78% of talent leaders, globally, finding that diversity impacts how they hire.
Companies are prioritizing diversity for many reasons – the top two are to improve culture (78%) and to boost financial performance (62%).
It's not just about diversity anymore; many companies say they are "very" or "extremely" focused on diversity (51%), inclusion (52%) and belonging (57%).
The top diversity focus is gender (71%), then racial and ethnic (49%) and age/generational (48%).
Interestingly, one of the key takeaways from the diversity report highlighted that it's critical for new diversity missions to be led from the top down. Peter Hogg of Schneider Electric echoed this vital key for diversity hiring to succeed in his SocialTalent TA Talk.
A new age interview process is emerging to solve the problems with traditional job interviews.
Access 2017 Recruitment Trends and What Makes A Super Recruiter!
Today's era of talent intelligence is a big step forward as it's allowing recruiting professionals to use data to influence the strategic direction of their companies and elevate their own careers.
About half of respondents see data analytics as critical to the future of hiring, but consistent usage still isn't widespread.
The top 3 ways companies use data are to increase retention (56%), evaluate skills gaps (50%), and build better offers (50%).
The report also identified some of the barriers to using data such as the new GDPR law, globally, and which countries say data is the #1 trend impacting how they hire. Mexico (61%), Brazil (59%) and China/India (56%) are in the lead.
Nothing new here- AI is featuring in every industry report published these days. AI helps recruiters work faster by automating administrative tasks, and smarter by generating insights they wouldn't think of alone.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the least mature trend, but don't be fooled: most recruiters are already using AI in their job and it may just be the boldest disruptor of all.
Key benefits of using AI for recruiters include saving time (67%), removing human bias (43%) and delivering the best candidate matches (31%). Talent professionals also found AI to be most helpful when sourcing candidates (58%), screening (56%) and nurturing candidates (55%).
The report also shows which recruiting skills AI is least likely to cannibalize, and which countries cite AI as the top trend affecting how they hire. The top 3 are China (47%), South Africa (41%) and Turkey (39%).
You can download the full LinkedIn Global Trends 2018 report for more reading and let us know how diversity, data, new interviewing techniques and artificial intelligence have impacted you as a recruiter.
When a little white lie on a CV, goes a little too far in life.
Bad hires can have catastrophic consequences for companies. So is there anything that can be done to reduce the odds? Let's look at 'Raising the Bar', the unconventional interview method used by Amazon that could also work for your organisation!
In recruitment news, a US data-mining company is being sued by the US Government over discrimination towards Asians, Facebook at Work is about to launch and UK job postings are down for August. Get the lowdown on these stories and more in our weekly round-up.
To get you all fired up and excited for your next big recruitment campaign, we've compiled 26 of the most creative recruitment ads from around the web.


'Tis time, 'Tis time. If you don't live in the home you own, you should.
This is a fantastic article on why Real Estate is still a prudent investment, according to billionaire John Paulson.
Top that off with lower than low mortgage rates and I truly is time for all of us to own our own homes again.


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Charles Long
Charles Long transformed Tanya Bonakdar's white cube into a surreal, dreamlike space: an incongruous fusion of a cathedral and a haunted forest.
Tatiana Istomina
A Multiplicity of Perspectives: 'Made in L.A. 2018' Succeeds by Refusing to Define a Los Angeles Aesthetic
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through September 2
Kavior Moon
New York Gallery Tanya Bonakdar Will Open Los Angeles Branch
The debut show in the space will be by Charles Long, in July.
Deep in the Art of Texas
Everything sprawls in Dallas, and the Nasher Sculpture Center's 10th-anniversary exhibition, "Nasher XChange," is even livelier and more capacious than a rodeo. The show is scattered over the length…
Made for These Times: Charles Long Brings Pet Sounds to Madison Square Park
"It's fun to look at the faces on art world people when you mention Burning Man," laughs artist Charles Long. "They're just like, 'ewww.'" Set to reveal his first major public art project, Pet Sound…
Aimee Walleston
Backdrops, Blobs, Pods, and Props
The Walker Art Center celebrates its acquisition of a trove of objects documenting artists' collaborations with Merce Cunningham in a series of groundbreaking shows
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In an exhibition of five untitled sculptures, one wall-mounted and the rest freestanding (all but one 2009), Charles Long took a detour from the Los Angeles River and its detritus, from castaway shopp…
Faye Hirsch
Rose Art Museums Meryl Rose Speaks Out Against Brandeis Claims
Art in America spoke with Meryl Rose, a member of the Rose's Board of Overseers and a relative of the original museum founders, about the Brandeis's statements and the future of the institution as she…
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The Fabulous Faces of Sophie Okonedo
Black Pumas Deliver Tender Rendition of 'Colors' on 'Colbert'


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Guitar Hero 3 on Its Way to Cell Phones
Posted by Laura Dobbins at 5:09 am on July 18, 2008
Hands On Mobile Corporation has announced the availability of Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass for mobile phones.
Players assume one of two character identities and try to achieve career goals including creating recordings, and signing record deals. The achievement of these goals allows players to earn both guitars that increase their performance strength and money that can be used to buy other guitars. Backstage Pass offers approximately 25 hours of game play.
"Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass offers Guitar Hero fanatics and casual gamers a way to play the gigs they love, but now there is an added element of working to get the gigs and seeing what it's really like for an artist to work their way to the top," said Niccolo de Masi, President of Hands-On Mobile. "The Guitar Hero franchise has been key to our success and Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass will continue this while raising the bar for mobile phone gaming with unparalleled community and connectivity."
Through the Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass Web companion at http://www.guitarheromobile.com/backstage, players can register for full access to the Backstage Pass community. The online component allows players to message each other, check standings, download new guitars and music, and even join or create official Backstage Pass contests In the online contests, players have the opportunity to wager their in-game money and stats with each other against a variety of different scenarios.
"Hands-On has once again taken the Guitar Hero franchise to a new level in mobile phone gaming," said Dusty Welch, Head of Publishing for Guitar Hero. "The Guitar Hero Mobile platform has proven to be a phenomenal success and a critical touch point for gamers to get introduced to the franchise."