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When learning gets fierce
Eric Wildstein
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Gaston business professionals will go toe-to-toe in a test of fifth grade wits.
They'll step into the figurative ring Thursday for the sixth edition of the "Are You Smarter than a Gaston County Fifth Grader?" competition at Stuart W. Cramer High.
The annual event pairs teams of local business professionals with elementary schools in a battle of the brains. Each of the 12 teams will pair with two fifth-grade student coaches selected to represent their schools. Teams say those students are the go-to knowledge sources heading into competition.
"I've learned over the last couple years that the fifth-graders that are assigned to your team, they are in the know," said George Ratchford, a team member for PSNC Energy/Lowell Elementary. "I want to think this event also conveys to school children that learning can be fun."
It's perhaps Gaston's most raucous school event.
Contestants score points through several rounds by answering a variety of third-, fourth- and fifth-grade-level questions, similar to those that appear on standardized tests. Student coaches will write their answers on the board.
The three top-scoring teams will win trophies and bragging rights. Teams will also be awarded best spirit, best theme and a people's choice award.
The action is matched with ear-ringing cheers from a crowd dressed in all manner wild costumes. Defending champions Pharr Yarns and McAdenville Elementary chose a "far out" theme and will show up in tie-dyed, 1960s-style costumes.
"Over the years the teams have developed quite elaborate themes to make the event even more special," said Russ Dirks, of the Pharr Yarns team. "It started with a simple T-shirt and has turned into a spectacle of noisemakers, props, costumes and souvenirs."
But they'll also need to wear their thinking caps if they want to repeat victory.
"It is amazing how you know something but can't think of it until the answer is given," said Dirks. "Add to that the pressure of the stage, a clock running and competition and you can imagine how stressful it can be to be up there in front of a few hundred people knowing that many out there know the answer, and you just can't remember."
Gaston Regional Chamber President Jeff Sandford will return to emcee the event for the second consecutive year.
The competition is expected to raise about $40,000 for classroom grants awarded by the Gaston County Education Foundation, according to the foundation's executive director, Jennifer Stultz. All Gaston County teachers are eligible to apply for the grants. Money comes largely from event sponsorships.
Last year, the program raised about $30,000 for classroom grants. The grants went to classroom projects such as a vegetable garden at Forestview High and for an international acapella group to host an instructional clinic for the East Gaston High concert choir.
"The grants have to be outcome-based so that students test scores will be better, so that it enhances their teaching in the classroom," said Stultz. "Those are the kinds of grants teachers get that are extraordinary that aren't covered in the regular budget."
You can reach Eric Wildstein at 704-869-1828 or Twitter.com/TheGazetteEric.
What: "Are You Smarter than a Gaston County Fifth Grader?" competition
Where: Stuart W. Cramer High School auditorium
When: 6 to 8:30 tonight
Admission: $4 at the door
Are YOU smarter than a fifth-grader?
Try to solve these questions from recent fifth grade end-of-grade tests.
1. Which choice is a polygon that could have exactly two sides with the same length?
A. rhombus
B. scalene triangle
C. regular octagon
D. isosceles triangle
2. What must occur before clouds can form?
A. Water vapor must get warmer.
B. Water vapor must lose heat energy.
C. Precipitation must begin to fall and run off.
D. Transpiration must add water vapor to the atmosphere.
3. Which organism is a producer?
A. frog
B. mushroom
C. grass
D. lizard
1. D, isosceles triangle
2. B, Water vapor must lose heat energy
3. C, Grass
Source: N.C. Department of Public Instruction


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Producers continue to take advantage of 'Crazy Kids'
By Managing Editor
Kesha and songwriter/producer Dr. Luke have dominated the headlines in the last week after the pop star filed a lawsuit against Luke on Oct. 14 for allegations of sexual, physical and verbal abuse, according to an Oct. 14 Billboard report.
The 27-year-old star filed a 28-page complaint, which details alleged accounts of rape and mental torment by Luke along with other kinds of abuse the pop star says she experienced at Luke's hands since being signed to the producer's label at age 18 and moving to Los Angeles, according to the Billboard article.
The news has sparked debates about why the pop star waited nearly 10 years to address some of the alleged incidents as well as why she did not report the alleged acts to the police when they occurred. Others wonder how the case can proceed without medical evidence to support her claims, given the passage of time.
Since the lawsuit was filed Oct. 14, Luke has struck back by countersuing for defamation and denouncing the lawsuit as extortion and a ploy to dissolve her recording contract, which currently requires that she produce six albums, only two of which have been released so far, according to the Billboard article.
Media accounts have noted that Kesha's lawsuit is one of several similar attempts by artists to pursue litigation in order to get out of their recording contracts, and attorney Larry Iser said in the Billboard article that Kesha's allegations are in line with a long-standing trend of these types of complaints in the music industry.
While it is true that many artists have turned to litigation to dissolve their recording contracts, the reaction to Kesha's lawsuit fails to address another trend in the music industry that has been ignored for far too long—the exploitation of young female artists.
If Kesha wanted to pursue litigation to end her contract prematurely, she could have done so without making such severe and personal complaints—something most critics have failed to recognize thus far.
Assuming her allegations are not unfounded, Kesha is taking a stand against an issue that has been prevalent in the music industry for decades.
According to the Billboard article, Kesha reported that the first incident of rape occurred when she was just 18 years old, and while some might use this as "evidence" that she is making false claims against Luke based on the assumption that she would have rung the bell on Luke sooner, critics have failed to acknowledge that Kesha was vulnerable at the time—she was young, broke, alone and lacked the star power she has now that can ensure her voice is heard.
Rather than debating whether Kesha's lawsuit is valid, critics and fans alike should be more focused on the larger problem within the music industry—the trend of producers and other higher-ups in the industry who are taking severe and inexcusable advantage of young performers and enabling their peers to do the same, and that many of them are too often getting away with it.
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NSWRL chases a culturally diverse game
FREAKISH TALENT: New South Wales fullback James Tedesco has Italian heritage. NSWRL wants to encourage more cultures to play rugby league, particularly Indians. DAVE HUNT
7th Mar 2019 3:54 PM
RUGBY LEAGUE: Coffs Coast residents with Indian heritage who have wanted to try rugby league will be able to do so in an environment they feel comfortable in.
NSWRL has secured government funding of $400,000 over four years to expand its successful Try League pilot program for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities across Western Sydney, South Western Sydney and Coffs Harbour.
The NSW Minister for Multiculturalism Ray Williams pledged his government's support for the rugby league program targeted at breaking down barriers and social isolation for people from diverse communities, in particular for children of Indian and Chinese background.
CALD to Try League is based on a pilot program run by NSWRL in 2018 in Blacktown for a mixed gender 10-week social inclusion program for under-6 and under-9 ages, where 30 per cent of participants were of Indian descent. They learned to play the game in a fun, non-competitive format.
"While researching the pilot program, we discovered there was an appetite for rugby league within the Indian community, via second and third generations, however no one had previously approached community leaders and explained the benefits of the game and its ability to break down social barriers," NSW Rugby League chief executive David Trodden said.
"This program is designed to make culturally and linguistically diverse sections of our community feel as welcome as they should."
Programs will be held across school terms leading into the junior rugby league season to encourage participants to continue their social inclusion experience.
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The Best Looks From the People's Choice Awards
Blazers, glitz, glamour and gowns.
By Brie Schwartz Published: Jan 8, 2015
The 2015 awards season got its official kick-off last night at the People's Choice Awards. From posh pant suits which were all the rage, to splashy floral prints, here are a few of our favorite red carpet looks.
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Brie Schwartz is an editor, writer, and content strategist. She's covered beauty, fashion, relationships, health, travel, Disney, decorating, DIYs, food, booze, and everything in between. She was most recently the deputy editor of Oprah Daily, where she helped bring the mission of guiding readers to live their best life to the (virtual) pages. Her writing has appeared in Good Housekeeping, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Delish, Country Living, Esquire, Elle, Marie Claire, Seventeen, The Spruce, Woman's Day, Women's Health, and Men's Health.
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Vision with Values (, ViVa) is a political party in Guatemala.

History
The party was established on 20 January 2007 by Harold Caballeros. It contested the 2011 general elections in alliance with Encuentro por Guatemala, nominating nominated Caballeros as its presidential candidate; Suger finished fifth in a field of ten candidates with 6% of the vote. In the Congressional elections the parties won six of the 158 seats.

After the alliance with Encuentro por Guatemala ended, the party contested the elections in 2015 alone with Zury Ríos, the daughter of general and military dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, as its presidential candidate. Together with vice-presidential candidate Juan Luis Mirón, she received 6% of the vote. In the congressional elections the party received 4% of the vote and won five seats. In April 2019 congressional candidate Julio Rosales, who stood for a seat in Retalhuleu, was dismissed from the party after an arrest warrant from the Texas District Court concerning the production and distribution of heroin, was executed in Guatemala City.

In 2019 the party nominated Isaac Farchi as its presidential candidate. His campaign focused on corruption and security issues in Guatemala, naming Israel as a positive role model for the latter. He received about 6% of the vote. In the legislative elections the party increased its vote share slightly to 4.7%, winning seven seats. After the elections the party supported the agenda of President Alejandro Giammattei and supported the election of Shirley Rivera for President of the Congress in October 2021.

Election results

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Notes

References

External links
Official website

2007 establishments in Guatemala
Conservative liberal parties
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Poking around my small backyard vegetable garden, I tire quickly, and the fruits of my work are scanty. Yet on a recent trip to Tanzania on the East Coast of Africa, I met many women who farm for a living, wielding fewer tools than even I possess as an amateur gardener. They dig their one- or two-acre plots from dawn until afternoon, producing food for their large families and even take in a small income. They are stronger than I will ever be, both physically and mentally. Theirs is not an easy life.
I travelled to Tanzania to visit Plant With Purpose, a Christian development agency that aims to regenerate the environment in order to improve the lives of people living in rural poverty, most of whom are smallholder farmers. In Tanzania it is the women who bear the brunt of this work.
In the US, about 14 percent of farms are managed by women. But in the developing world, 43 percent of the agricultural labor force is female. So are an estimated two-thirds of the world's 600 million poor livestock keepers, according to Farming First, a coalition that investigates farming and development issues. Of women who are 'economically active,' farming is the main livelihood for 79 percent.
The numbers are even higher in Tanzania, home to the famous Mount Kilimanjaro. Here, smallholder farmers make up a majority of the population, providing a small income and most of the food for many of the poorest families. And 25 percent of rural households are actually headed by women. Approximately 72 percent per cent of the 6,234 farmers that Plant With Purpose (PWP) works with in Tanzania are women.
In her demonstration plot, Ediltruda Massawe, an environmental and agriculture coordinator for PWP, teaches farmers sustainable agriculture and micro-credit techniques.
"Most farmers are women here," says Ediltruda Massawe, an environmental and agriculture coordinator for PWP who lives in the Malindi district. She trains local farmers in sustainable agriculture and how to save and lend money through a micro-credit scheme (VSLA). She says that men are often either trying to run a business to raise more income or may have absconded due to alcohol issues or other matters. The culture sees a woman's role as looking after the children, including growing the family's food.
PWP's work with women addresses an injustice. Research suggests that in general, female farmers in the developing world receive less training and resources than their male counterparts and therefore produce lower yields. For this reason, much development work has frequently targeted women. But this aid often introduces Western ideas such as the use of artificial fertilizer and insecticides, which are expensive and can contribute to the degradation of the local soil. In addition, these chemicals are not only costly but also have unwanted health effects: two-thirds of rural farmers who use artificial pesticides and fertilizers report feeling unwell after using them.
Because women farmers have less access to such resources, they are less likely to use modern technologies such as GMO foods, artificial fertilizers, and machinery, according to the FAO report. So what can be done to boost their crop yield?
PWP teaches how to boost agricultural yield by going back to natural methods of organic and sustainable agriculture and by planting trees. These sustainable techniques not only increase yield but also reverse the disastrous effects of deforestation and soil erosion. Instead of planting row upon row of the same crop, the farmers they work with plant a greater variety of crop species and thus eat more healthily. And they plant almost four times as many trees as neighboring farms, with more native tree species, leading to better soil conservation. These techniques lead to increased income, a healthier environment, and better lives for the farmers.
Grace, pictured with Princess, has four children to support and says she has benefited from organic agriculture and new farming techniques.
The entrepreneurial spirit of the women is vital to change. Richard Mhina, who runs PWP in Tanzania, says that it's the women who are the early adaptors and innovators in their society, but as is always true, entrepreneurs face risks.
Beginning to save money in a micro-credit group, growing a wider variety of produce, buying tree seeds, and using natural methods to fertilize crops and keep pests away—these are all new and potentially risky initiatives. But the benefits are clear, and when people in the community start to notice, everyone wants to learn how they too can grow more crops and earn more income.
Rebecca is a farmer who has been able to send her children to school, grow more crops, earn more income, and plant many more trees since working with Plant With Purpose.
Another farmer, Rebecca, has worked with PWP since 2008. She says that the work has allowed her to send her five children to school. She has learned to grow tree seedlings and now sells them to local farmers. Her vegetable beds not only feed her family but also provide excess that she can sell. She has saved about $300 so far, and the interest she earns is enough for materials to build her new home, at the rate of one new wall per year, which she built with her own hands.
These women have been given tools to help improve their lives, but it is their hard work, physical strength, and indomitable willingness to innovate that have produced the results. This is the kind of farming that will preserve the lush, green landscapes of Tanzania for the future, growing the people's hopes along with it.
Heather Tomlinson is a freelance journalist based in the UK. She has written for The Guardian and Christianity magazine among other publications, and she writes about Jesus and simple living at her blog, Heather's Mag.


Legend has it that a resourceful monk at the Maulbronn monastery did not want to refrain from enjoying meat during the fasting period. Therefore he simply mixed the meat with a spinach and vegetable mixture and wrapped it in noodle dough for the purpose of hiding it from God: This is how the nickname "Herrgottsbescheißerle" (God cheater) was born. The Maulbronn ravioli became popular and were replicated by the country's housewives in various versions: "Maulbronn Ravioli "became the "Ravioli" that were traditionally served on Maundy Thursday.
Whether fried in lard with onions, boiled in broth, or roasted with an egg – this Swabian specialty is so scrumptious that it appears in numerous combinations on the menus. The classic ravioli contains spinach, tartar, onions and herbs amongst other things, but vegetarian varieties or gourmet treats like lox ravioli are popular as well.
Knead the pasta ingredients firmly to form a smooth dough, wrap in cling film and leave to rest in the fridge for at least half an hour (vacuum-pack if possible, this relaxes the dough more quickly).
Peel, chop and gently fry the onion. Clean and wash the parsley, spinach and leek. Soak the white bread. Mince the meat, spinach, Schinkenwurst (ham sausage), white bread, onion, parsley and leek. Add the seasonings and liquid whole egg and mix thoroughly. Adjust seasoning to taste.
Step 3: Roll out the pasta dough thinly and brush with a little egg. Put the filling into a pastry bag and make small heaps along one side of the dough. Fold over the other half of dough and divide off the Maultaschen using a round-handled spoon to press the dough together. Cut the Maultaschen into separate pockets and cook in boiling water.
Step 7: Enjoy the Maultaschen!


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Breckenridge bans 'permissible' fireworks
The town of Breckenridge shut down the use of usually permissible fireworks Thursday, a week ahead of July Fourth festivities.
The ban, which includes sparklers, ground spinners and small fountains, comes just days after the first wildfire scare of the season was ignited by a bottle rocket in the French Creek neighborhood.
"Breckenridge will take a zero tolerance (approach) towards illegal fireworks and urge the public to follow the rules during these extreme dry conditions," Breckenridge Mayor John Warner stated in a release. "I understand the frustration that some people have with this restriction as I, like so many others, have fond memories of sparklers on July 4th, but we are living in the middle of a dry forest and I ask everyone to abide by the law."
The town-administered fireworks display is still slated to go on as planned at 9:30 p.m. July Fourth, along with a host of other Independence Day events and activities. Still, if conditions remain dry, the town show could be canceled as well, according to the statement.
For now, U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management officials are still allowing campfires on federal forest land as the holiday approaches.
Summit County is currently under a high fire danger rating, but has been shielded from more extreme drought and wildfire conditions by late season snowfall that continued throughout April and May.
Town officials noted that in the Summit County environment, at this time of year, even small sparks can start a wildfire.
Summit County has escaped a serious wildfire in recent years, but a number of significant fires remain active across the state. The biggest one currently burning is the West Fork Complex fire near Pagosa Springs in southern Colorado. It had grown to more than 83,000 acres by Thursday afternoon.
Warner nodded to the ongoing incidents in his statement on the local fireworks ban.
"Our hearts go out to our fellow Coloradoans that are affected by the wildfires around the state," he said.


My beloved pet was a Spanish moss. I placed it above my kitchen sink. Just in front of my kitchen window.
When it got unhappy and sick(ish), I took it out, and hung it on the back of A tree. That tree was blocking this same window. This way, I was able to enjoy its spread growth.
…That morning, I found my self-exposed to the street, in front of my own naked window. There was no tree. I ran out quickly and found it all chopped up neatly on the grass.
The luminance couple were very polite: "we knocked on your door," one of them argued. I looked at my phone: it was 07:30am.
"I must have been asleep," I answered with a blocked thought.
"The real estate demanded it to be removed," they kept explaining while, hurting my eyes with their loud jackets. Apparently, there were two different experts who came specially to sign an important document. It concluded this fig tree was causing irreversible damage to the wall.
I went inside and called the agent. He kindly suggested: "we can install a blind and bars for you," in a very reassuring voice. "But the tree was too young to make any damage to the building wall," I kept moaning, "and there is damage on the other side of the building too." I tried to keep arguing for this chopped up tree. It is most likely a damage caused by the recent floods.
"It is possible that its roots were blocking your sewer too," the agent kept exhausting my thinks in a very professional manner, so I finally hung up.
Still haunted by unspeakable sin thesis.
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The Wheel of God is composed of twenty-two Spokes and three concentric wheels within the Wheel called Cycles. The sixty-six books of the Bible fit perfectly on this structure. Each Cycle retells the Gospel story in its own unique way from Aleph to Tav, from the beginning of God�s creation to its ultimate consummation.
Each of the twenty-two Spokes cuts across the three Cycles to reveal the common themes emerging at that stage of the everlasting story. God designed the Cycles in accordance with the primary divisions of Scripture.
Cycle 1 begins with Genesis, the first book of the Law (Torah) which contains the seed of every major doctrine of Scripture.
Cycle 2 begins with Isaiah, the first book of the Prophets. This follows the pattern presented by Christ when he said, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." This partition, found eleven times in the writings Matthew, Luke, John, and Paul, was commonly understood to represent the entire Old Testament.
Cycle 3 begins with Romans, the first book of the Epistles, which forms the largest division of the New Testament, consisting of exactly twenty-two books.
In general, the three Cycles follow the pattern of Body (Matter), Soul (Life), and Spirit (God).
Cycle 1, spanning Genesis to the Song of Solomon, is the most physical, natural, and materialistic Cycle in that it begins with the literal creation of the world and ends with the literal marriage of a King and his Bride.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. ... Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
This Cycle is consummated in the Book of Acts with the advent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and the consequent birth of the Church of Christ, the eternal King�s living Bride. The Lord Jesus Christ now dwells in the heart of his people as they accomplish his work and await his return.
This final Cycle culminates in the simultaneous consummation of the Bible and Creation, wherein Christ the "King of kings and Lord of lords" now receives his Bride made spotless by his blood and a great voice from heaven declares "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God." This is when God will create "a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away" and "we shall be changed" to "bear the image of the heavenly." Then shall we see God "face to face" and "we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." And finally, this is when we "shall have put on immortality," death having been "swallowed up in victory."
Genesis The first book of the Law which records the creation of heaven and earth. It is the foundation of all the doctrines in the Bible.
Isaiah The first book of the Prophets in which we read: "For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it." Herein all the doctrines are amplified, especially the doctrine of Christ.
Romans The first book of the Epistles, which quotes heavily from Genesis and Isaiah and is the greatest doctrinal book of the entire Bible.
Song of Solomon: The Marriage Song, when a King receives his bride. This is the most physical manifestation of the theme.
Acts: The Birth of the Church, the Bride of Christ, the Eternal King.
Revelation: The Marriage of the Lamb, when Christ receives His bride.


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INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL is a fun, Summer movie, but in no way compares the the previous three Steven Spielberg movies. I think this is in part due to the fact that it's long overdue and comes off like a "Reunion Movie" than anything else.
The movie takes place in 1957 during the Cold War and the Soviets, led by pyschic Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett), are in search of a mysterious crystal skull which may be the means to a new weapon-- controlling people through thought. Indiana is immediately involved from this in the beginning, which starts at "Area 51", so we know immediately it'll have something to do with aliens (and the "Lost Ark" makes a cameo in the warehouse). Indy then barely survives an atomic bomb test and is looked at suspiciously by the FBI, who think he might be a "Red".
Soon Indy is joined by Mutt Williams, who has been sent to retrieve him by his mother, Marion. And immediately we know that Mutt is somehow related to Jones and this "revelation" is no surprise whatsoever. My biggest problem is that Shia LaBeouf is horribly miscast as Mutt and makes a poor, nerdy action hero. Of course, Harrison Ford is getting up there in years as is Karen Allen, and this age factor was a bit distracting because I kept on thinking, "Damn, they're old".
And although the majority of the effects are well-done as can be expected in a multi-zillion dollar Hollywood movie what the heck is it with those fake looking prairie dogs? Or the monkeys?
I remember reading, a decade ago, a script for INDIANA JONES AND THE SAUCER MEN and this script by David Koepp retains some of these ideas. While all the various ideas, from crystal skulls to El Dorado to psychic mind control and aliens all falls together nicely these are all elements that seem way too familiar to be all that interesting. Universal's MUMMY movies are far more like an Indiana Jones adventure than this is.
I did, however, like that they tied the movie in with the TV series THE ADVENTURES OF YOUNG INDIANA JONES (1992), with the mention of his Pancho Villa adventure and that it attempted to give the character(s) a happy ending. What I don't want to see are new "Indiana Jones" movies starring Shia LaBeouf.
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Rating: 7.1 out of 10.0 - 15 votes cast total


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By John P. Witherspoon, Richard D. Estell, Bernard D. Mayes and Ralph W. Nicholson | February 26, 1970
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These articles were attached to National Public Radio's certificate of incorporation filed with the District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds, Feb. 26, 1970.
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC.
We, the undersigned, natural persons of the age of twenty-one (21) years or more, and citizens of the United States, desiring to form a nonprofit corporation pursuant to the District of Columbia Non-Profit Corporations Act (23 D.C. Code Chapter 10), adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such Corporation:
The name of the Corporation is: NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC.
The period of duration of the Corporation is perpetual.
The purposes for which the Corporation is organized are:
1. To propose, plan and develop, to acquire, purchase and lease, to prepare, produce and record, and to distribute; license and otherwise make available radio programs to be broadcast over noncommercial educational radio broadcast stations, networks and systems;
2. To engage in research study activities with respect to noncommercial educational radio programming and broadcasting;
3. To lease, purchase, acquire and own, to order, have, use and contract for, and to otherwise obtain, arrange for and provide technical equipment and facilities for the production, recording and distribution of radio programs for broadcast over noncommercial educational radio stations, networks and systems.
4. To establish and maintain one or more service or services for the production, duplication, promotion and circulation of radio programs on tape, cassettes, records or any other means or mechanism suitable for noncommercial educational transmission and broadcast thereof.
5. To cooperate and participate with foreign broadcasting systems and networks in all aspects of international radio programming and broadcasting;
6. To develop, prepare and publish information, data, reports and other materials in support of or relating to noncommercial educational radio programming and broadcasting.
7. To otherwise forward and advance the development, production, distribution and use of noncommercial educational radio programs, materials and services, and to assist and support noncommercial educational radio broadcasting pursuant to the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, as it may from time to time be amended.
For the accomplishment of its foregoing purposes, the Corporation shall have the following powers:
1. To have perpetual succession by its corporate name;
2. To sue and be sued, complain and defend, in its corporate name;
3. To have a corporate seal which may be altered at pleasure and to use the same by causing it, or a facsimile thereof, to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced;
4. To purchase, take, receive, lease, take by gift, devise or bequest, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, improve, use, and otherwise deal in and with, real or personal property, or any interest therein, wherever situated;
5. To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, transfer and otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property and assets;
6. To purchase, take, receive, subscribe for, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, loan, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in, or obligations of, other domestic or foreign corporations, whether for profit or not for profit, associations, partnerships, or individuals, or direct or indirect obligations of the United States, or of any other government, state, territory, governmental district, or municipality or of any instrumentality thereof;
7. To make contracts and incur liabilities, borrow money at such rates of interest as the Corporation may determine, issue its notes, bonds, and other obligations, and secure any of its obligations by mortgage or pledge of all or any of its property, franchises and income.
8. To lend money for its corporate purposes, invest and reinvest its funds, and take and hold real and personal property as security for the payment of funds so loaned or invested;
9. To conduct its affairs, carry on its operations, hold property, and have offices and exercise its powers in any part of the world;
10. To elect or appoint officers and agents of the Corporation, and define their duties and fix their compensation;
11. To make and alter By-laws, not inconsistent with its Articles of Incorporation, or with applicable law, for the administration and regulation of the affairs of the corporation;
12. To make donations for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes, or for other purposes for which the Corporation is organized;
13. To indemnify any director or officer or former director or officer of the Corporation, or any person who may have served at its request as a director or officer of another corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, against expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection with the defense of any action, suit, or proceeding in which he is made a party by reason of being or having been such director or officer, except in relation to matters as to which he shall be adjudged in such action, suit, or proceeding to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of a duty. Such indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights to which such director or officer may be entitled, under any by-law, agreement, vote of board of directors or members, or otherwise;
14. To cease its corporate activities and surrender its corporate franchise; and
15. To have and exercise all powers necessary or convenient to effect any or all of the purposes for which the Corporation is organized.
The Corporation shall have members who shall be eligible to vote as provided in the By-laws of the Corporation. The classes of members, the manner of election or appointment and the qualifications and rights of the members of each class shall be set forth in the By-laws of the Corporation.
The directors of the Corporation shall be elected or appointed in the manner provided for in the By-laws of the Corporation.
1. The affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted as provided for in the By-laws of the Corporation.
2. The Corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, scientific and literary purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law). The Corporation shall not carry on any activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation exempt from Federal income tax under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law) or (b) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170 (c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law). Except as may be specifically authorized under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended from time to time, no substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation, and the Corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. In the event of dissolution or final liquidation of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall, after paying or making provisions for the payment of all of the liabilities of the Corporation, dispose of all of the assets of the Corporation in such manners or to such organization or organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, literary, or scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law), as the board of directors shall determine.
The address of the Corporation's initial registered office is:
888 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20006
The name of the Corporation's initial registered agent at such address is:
Ralph W. Nicholson
The numbers of directors constituting the Initial Board of Directors is four (4), and the names and addresses of those who are to serve as the Initial Directors until their successors are elected and qualified are:
John P. Witherspoon
6434 Del Cerro Boulevard
Richard D. Estell
2601 Donna Drive
Williamston, Michigan
Bernard D. Mayes
3006A Sacramento Street
15 Fourth Street, S.E.
The name and address of each Incorporator is:
[same four names and addresses above]
WHEREFORE, we the undersigned Incorporators, hereto affix our signatures:
Source: scanned from a document supplied by NPR.
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Consistently Inconsistent
October 20, 2020 Category: Sports Posted by: Philadelphia Sun Staff
Until the Philadelphia Eagles put together a complete game, their season is headed for nothing but frustration.
For the Philadelphia Sunday SUN
There seems to be an unmistakable commonality in the Philadelphia Eagles losses this season, and that commonality is the team's inability to play a consistent four quarters on either side of the ball.
In all four of their losses this season, there have been times when the offense has played well, but the defense hasn't and vice-versa. In the loss to the Washington Football team, they started off great, but they couldn't close the deal thanks to turnovers by the offense and the defense not keeping Washington from taking advantage of those mistakes.
You can look back and say the same things in the loss to the L.A. Rams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and even in the tie with the Cincinnati Bengals. The Eagles go through extremes of playing poorly and playing well. Both the offense and the defense have experienced these ups and down and the usual refrain from the players and coaches is that they are just a few plays away from putting it all together.
The 30-28 loss to the Baltimore Ravens Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field was the latest example of a combination of the Eagles lack of consistency and too many game-killing mistakes that spoiled what could have been a tremendous comeback. That they fell into a 17-0 hole of their own making has been the thing that has defined the 2020 season.
"Obviously, that's something that I'm going to look hard at, I think we're all going to look hard at, because it's something that's frustrating," said Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz. "To be down the way we were at halftime, to put that performance out there out there in the first half, we have to be better. Plain and simple, we have to be better. Plain and simple, we have to execute better."
The Eagles got off to a horrific start in the first half, got hot enough to come within two points of the Ravens with under two minutes left, but missed a game-tying two-point conversion on a questionable quarterback keeper by Wentz late in the fourth quarter.
The common denominator in the Birds losses has been themselves and their inability to play mistake-free football for four quarters. That's why the Eagles are 1-4-1.
"We dropped a big third down, turnover. We dropped a touchdown. We missed a field goal. It's self-inflicted wounds," said head coach Doug Pederson. "It's things I've been talking to our team all week about, right? And when you're playing good football teams, like the Ravens are, you can't make those mistakes."
You can easily applaud the gallant second-half comeback by the Eagles, who outplayed Baltimore in the second half after being held to just 94 yards of total offense in the first half.
After passing for just 54 yards in the second half, Wentz passed for 159 yards and two touchdowns and had 49 yards rushing despite being sacked six times.
In the first half, the Eagles didn't get any sustained drives going until late when rookie backup quarterback Jalen Hurts broke a 20-yard run to get the Eagles their first first down of the game with under five minutes left in the second quarter.
Trailing 17-0, the Eagles drove the ball to the Ravens 21-yard line, but they couldn't get out of the way of themselves. On second and two, Wentz found a wide-open Sanders in the end zone, but he dropped a catchable pass that wound up making a difference in the game's final outcome.
And then on fourth and one at the 20, the Eagles went for it, but Ravens defensive tackles Calais Campbell and Matthew Judon kept Wentz from getting a first down. Considering how they were struggling on offense, kicking a field goal might have been the wiser thing to do. They needed a boost of some sort and as it turned out, not getting those points would hurt their chance in the end.
In the closing seconds of the first half, the Eagles got another chance to put points on the board after a roughing the passer penalty against the Ravens put the Birds at the Baltimore 34. But kicker Jake Elliott missed what normally for him is a makeable 52-yard field goal.
Yes, you can applaud Wentz (21-of-40 for 213 yards and two touchdowns with one interception) for another gutsy performance in a losing cause. You can admire the Eagles for their effort in the face of constant injuries. Tight end Zach Ertz (ankle) and running back Miles Sanders (knee) left Sunday's games with injuries.
But you can't win on a consistent basis when you keep having to dig yourself out of a deep hole to win games. Just ask the Dallas Cowboys (2-4).
Injuries are no doubt a factor for the Eagles, but the games that they've lost were winnable and the Birds have arguably done a better job than their opposition at the beating themselves.
"There are enough things in this game, too, to point at from decisions I made to execution on the field. We didn't get the job done," Pederson said.
The Eagles will try to right the ship on Thursday night when they take on the equally hapless New York Giants (I-3) at Lincoln Financial Field.
Eagles offense spoils outstanding performance by the defense So Close…And Yet So Far… Totally Inconsistent


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Pet organization begins doggy bag lunch delivery
By Autumn Owensaowens@empiretribune.comTwitter @aowensETnews
Sep 24, 2016 at 7:06 AM Sep 24, 2016 at 7:07 AM
On a busy workday it can be hard to find time for lunch, but thanks to the organization Pets Are Worth Saving (P.A.W.S.), you can have your lunch delivered right to your building while helping a great cause.
Lori Lesley and Suzanne Meyers started the P.A.W.S. Doggy Bag Lunch Specials in May and since then it has caught on.
"I think we ended up doing about 215 lunches for the first one and the most we've done was 275 one day over the summer," Lesley said. "Everybody seems to be getting on board because they enjoy the food, it's kind of a nice community service, and there's such a need for it."
On Tuesday alone the program raised more than $1,600 in lunch sales for the non-profit organization.
"We appreciate and thank each one of you for supporting us," the P.A.W.S. Facebook page states. "P.A.W.S. is do dear to our hearts and although sometimes the road is tough we hang in there because it is all about the animals and our community."
Lesley said they are trying to hold one more this year - possibly for the month of November - and then in 2017 do it every other month.
"I wish we could do every month, but I think we're going to probably try to do one more this year and then every other month, so six months, next year," Lesley said. "We started with just a few volunteers and now I have three retired teachers, several young moms who have kids in preschool and 10 to 12 others who are volunteering."
Menus are sent out and for only $8 folks can get a homemade entree with sides and a dessert and all the proceeds benefit the P.A.W.S. organization helping dogs with needs they may have.
"(Tuesday) we did enchiladas and Spanish rice, chips and salsa and then Marion Cole made 200 of her homemade pralines and donated them," Lesley said.
And you will definitely know when your lunch has arrived if you catch a glimpse of an adorable white bag sporting black paw prints all over and a tag that reads, 'Doggy Bag.'
For more information about the Doggy Bag Lunch Special program or to see what the organization is up to visit their Facebook page, Pets Are Worth Saving, Inc - PAWS


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L'Embraer ERJ 145 a été présenté pour la première fois au salon aéronautique du Bourget de 1989.

En 2018, Air France utilise ce petit avion d'une cinquantaine de place pour les vols régionaux tel que Quimper-Paris. Robuste et confortable, l'avion joue son rôle de transporter les passagers sur des vols n'excédant pas plus de .

En juillet 2019, 422 appareils sont en service.

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Il est un peu plus long et plus étroit que le Canadair Regional Jet. Il est équipé de deux moteurs Rolls-Royce AE 3007 situés à l'arrière de l'appareil.

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Perez Counselling and Psychotherapy Service needs to ascertain the impact your challenges are having on you in order to provide a service that meets you where you are. This is why partaking in our screening assessment is the first step. This is carried out over the phone and is different from the initial assessment process in that it is brief and time limited.
The screening assessment will place you in one of three categories of vulnerability, these being low, medium and high. This will then determine how you are prioritised to be seen for your initial assessment.
This is where we will meet again but face to face to discuss practical details. We will talk in depths about the principles Perez Counselling and Psychotherapy Service adheres to which is the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. This ensures you are kept safe and at the heart of the work. We will also know what each other's expectations are in the working relationship and you will get a sense of the trusted therapeutic atmosphere available to you. There will be the opportunity to share any experiences you may have had of counselling in the past and hear about the approaches used within this service to aid working with you. Time will be enough for questions about the service, and to bring what you are hoping to work through.
At this point you can either decide to continue the work and agree a time and day which is suitable.
You can go away with information in hand to read over and think about what was discussed. Our expectation is that you will either call back to arrange your Individual Therapy sessions, or to decline services at this time.
Individual Therapy sessions will provide a safe environment to work with and through painful issues we sometimes try to avoid. Finding a trusted space to address these concerns can break the isolation and begin a process of healing which in turn will bring you to a happier and more fulfilled place in life.
Groups Therapy is an alternative option to 1:1 therapy, which Perez and Psychotherapy Service are equally excited about facilitating in creative ways. Group therapy is not for everyone, just like 1:1 therapy is not for everyone. It is a talking therapy which gives you a confidential space to be heard and valued without judgement. As group members, you will be viewed as the experts and placed at the centre of the sessions.
Group Therapy is more beneficial when individuals experience similar difficulties and are willing to be honest and open in the provided space. This way of interacting can offer greater diversity and new perspectives on a given issue. As a result, you may find yourself trying something different to manage difficult times.
Whilst it is true that each of us are unique and have unique circumstances, group therapy brings to light that fact that none of us are alone in our struggles. I have also witnessed great comfort to be found in group therapy and participants in a short time become a valuable and trusted source of support, which can continue long after sessions have ended.
Sessions are allocated on a first come first serve basis for group work and groups hold a maximum of 6 individuals. The website will give detail of topics that will be addressed during the coming year.
This is where we will talk about the way in which we will work together as well as expectations and any past experiences of counselling. The session will then be split so I can gain individual understanding of the issues and your history to assist the work. We will then come together and end with an insightful exercise.
At this point you can either make a decision to continue the work and if so, we can agree a time and day that is suitable.
You can go away with information and think about what was discussed and call back to arrange your next session or to decline at this time.
Here you will be provided with a safe environment to deal with painful issues that couples sometimes try to avoid in their relationships. Coming to couple's therapy gives couples the space to open up and communicate better with each other. What you want to change will be heard and explored. Then how this can be done in creative and effective ways will be discussed.
Individual clients will be listened to without judgement, this may be in the company of your partner or on your own. Talking solo will allow for greater understanding of you as an individual, which may aid the work.
Couples counselling is not about reaching a resolution, but about the start of a process. For this to have positive outcomes, both participants will need to be in agreement for the work to commence.
This is available for both individual and couples counselling within a 10 mile radius of Croydon. This is however subject to good reason i.e. the elderly and house bound.
People living in Care Homes can also access this service.
Home visits come at an additional cost of £12.
Once you have signed up for counselling/psychotherapy I will be reserving the time and the room exclusively for you. Please give no less than 24 hours' notice if unable to make your appointment, or need to reschedule. My voicemail is available 24 hours a day to receive messages. The cancellation fee will be a rate of £20.00.
Cancellation fees will be paid at the start of our next session, along with payment for the current session.
If you have chosen to have open ended sessions and are planning to be away i.e. going on holiday, and want to continue working together on your return, then a holding fee of (£20.00) will need to be paid for each session missed to secure your slot. The holding fee is subject to 72 hours' notice.
This is based on fairness to you, fairness to the service, as well as to other clients who may need that time.
If you are planning to be away i.e. going on holiday, and want to continue working together on your return, then a holding fee of (£20.00) will need to be paid for each session missed to secure your slot. The holding fee is subject to 72 hours' notice.
Saturday AM sessions are available; however, this is at an additional rate of £10.00 pp to the cost of a weekday session.


Sources told THR that Thursday's protests have been downgraded, but that demonstrations and walkouts could take place on the Venice Lido if the credit is not reinstated.
ROME – Protests against the government's decision to controversially eliminate the country's cinema tax credit that threatened to "block" Thursday's announcement of the full lineup for the 70th Venice Film Festival now appears to be limited.
In a wide round of government belt tightening, the government announced earlier this month it would not renew the tax credit when it expires at the end of next year. The credit helps offset cinema and television production costs to the tune of up to €5 million ($6.6 million) for Italian productions and up to €3.5 million ($4.6 million) for co-productions if they are shot in Italy.
The move sparked protests from around three dozen industry groups, including the audiovisual association ANICA, the cinema exhibitors' association ANEC, the entertainment industry association AGIS, the 100autori writers' association, plus various regional film boards and several trade unions. Among the planned protests, the groups said they threatened to "block" Thursday's announcement.
But since then, some limited progress has been made: New Prime Minister Enrico Letta and Minister of Culture Massimo Bray have said the government is "committed" to preserving government backing of the industry, and it now looks like cuts to the credit will be smaller than originally anticipated, funded in part by a national tax on fuel. More news is expected in the coming days.
In that light, organizers told The Hollywood Reporter they will use Thursday's press conference to voice their worries, including one or more statements from industry groups calling for the tax credit to be fully funded beyond 2014.
The tax credit was under a similar threat in 2009, when many of the same groups threatened to take action at the Venice Film Festival press conference. But after some progress at that time, the threat was downgraded, and, eventually, the credit was fully reinstated.
Groups have been protesting whenever possible in recent weeks, including the Nastri d'Argento (Silver Ribbons) film awards earlier this month, and during Tuesday's announcement about the lineup for the Venice festival's autonomous Venice Days section.
At the Venice Days announcement, Giacomo Durzi from the 110autori association, said the risks were great if government backing of the sector was significantly reduced: "We remain standing, but only because we have no place to fall," Durzi said. Several other speakers at the event likened non-renewal of the tax credit to a "death sentence" for the Italian film industry.
Earlier, from the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival, Ricardo Tozzi, president of ANICA, said the battle to renew the tax credit was not just about the economic support the credit offers.
Just because the threats to the Venice press conference have been downgraded, it does not mean more action will not be taken: sources also said the groups are planning protests during the August 28-Sept. 7 festival itself, including street demonstrations and massive walkouts from any screening if government ministers attend.


The Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) is a not-for-profit limited company that is directed by a council of members, all of whom are board members of the company. The council members each represent a discrete geographical part of the country and act as a point of contact for the RPSA membership in their region.
Alan has been Chairman of the RPSA since 2012 and has overseen not only the growth of the Associations' membership, but also the development of a number of new survey products and qualifications. Since retraining as a residential surveyor in the mid-2000's, Alan has undertaken a Professional Development Diploma in Building Conservation and developed a thriving practice on the south coast specialising in surveying listed and historic homes. As well as interests in the governance and future direction of residential surveying in the UK, he has gone on to develop specialist survey writing software to help surveyors deliver consistent and professional, consumer friendly reports. In his spare time Alan is a keen runner, having completed a number of marathons, both in the UK and overseas.
Andrew has been involved in the construction and house building industry since leaving school. He has held some senior positions, working with major construction companies and national house builders.
Raphael has been a council member since 2014 and has an established and thriving surveying company in the Cambridge area. He specialises in and enjoys surveying period and listed properties and is currently working towards the Professional Development Diploma in Building Conservation. He enjoys cycling and outdoor pursuits.
Malcolm became a residential surveyor after spending most of his working life in the commercial refurbishment sector. He believes every home buyer should be commissioning a Home Condition Survey (HCS) on any property they propose to purchase, even if they still have their NHBC guarantee, because according to NHBC this becomes void for the next purchaser if they have not had a survey commissioned on purchase.
Malcolm has joined the council in the hope he can successfully promote the HCS and the RPSA around the North West and to convince as many buyers as possible to use his and other RPSA members' services.
Jerry has been a council member for the last 4 years and during that time has given presentations to the NAEA, SAVA and the SLC. He has also delivered a number of CPD training events to many RPSA members. He was part of the original strategy group for to design the Home Condition Survey following the HCR demise and more recently co-designed and co-developed the Skyline MiBS building survey software product which many RPSA folk are now using for their Building Surveys. He also runs his own surveying practice near Sevenoaks in Kent. Outside of work Jerry has a family with two small girls growing up way too fast. Any other time is spent playing football or cycling around the lanes.
Tim is based in Chichester on the south coast and has been a Council member since 2014. After qualifying he moved in to residential block and estate management, eventually running a large department with property spread over much of the South of England, before coming back to residential surveying in 2012. Alongside running his own firm Tim also writes for industry publications such as the RICS Building Surveying Journal and maintains the Residential Defects sections of the RICS isurv website. As part of the council his main interest is finding ways to help surveyors increase their knowledge base and continuing to improve the levels of customer service provided by our members. In the little bit of time he has left Tim likes to focus on the really important things, such as walking his dog along the local harbour.
Steve retired from a career with the Fire Service as a Fire Fighter, Fire Safety Officer and Fire Investigation Officer having a long-held passion in the study of buildings and promptly qualified in various fields with Salford University, The Building Research Establishment and The Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers.
As an accredited Building Designer, he has now completed a number of projects de-carbonising existing structures and has a 150-year-old carbon neutral office and a 90-year-old carbon negative home.
Paul has been involved in property around 20 years now, having moved back to the UK working as part of the opening management team at the then Radisson SAS Hotel Manchester Airport. Wanting to settle down with family life, he left hotel management and focused on a love I have of 'wood' and moved into the manufacture and construction of hardwood conservatories, building a small business with several employees was a very rewarding and satisfying. During this time, Paul diversed into small scale general construction, alas the down turn in 2008 forced him to scale down the business. It was at this time, Paul re-trained and became a DEA, providing EPCs and HIPs to the general public and this started him on the path to become a surveyor. Having completed EPCs, NDEPCs, GDRs and HIPs, along with property extensions and hardwood conservatories, it became clear that Paul had a lust for buildings and looking at them objectively, it's the fact finding and problem solving that appealed the most and here he is today, now on the RPSA council and looking forward to helping others along the journey.


Goodbye Google+. The end game/date for Google+ for consumers (personal) has been announced as the 2nd April 2019. So what....now?
Honesty is (most often or not) the best policy and Google has been pretty upfront that they are shutting down Google+ for consumers due to "low usage and challenges involved in maintaining a successful product that meets consumers' expectations."
Now Google have announced the next steps including how to download your photos and other content and the end date to be able to use the platform.
So on April 2nd 2019, Google+ accounts and any Google+ pages created will be shut down and Google will begin deleting content from consumer Google+ accounts.
Photos and videos from Google+ consumer Album Archive and Google+ pages will also be deleted.
Users can download and save their content, as long as they do that before April, but as early as February 4th, newbies will not be able to create new Google+ profiles, pages, communities or events - kinda makes sense really.
See the recent google statement and FAQ for more details and updates leading up to the shutdown. There's info for G Suite customers (Google+ for G Suite accounts will remain active) developers using Google+, and other info we can't think to include right now.


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Choosing music over family cost Don Jazzy his first marriage at 22
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By Obinna	 Last updated Apr 5, 2021
In a whirlwind confession on his Instagram page, Michael Collins Ajereh, known professionally as Don Jazzy, revealed that he had been married before but lost his wife because he chose to pursue music. Here is all you need to know about Don Jazzy first marriage to Michelle Jackson.
Many of the stories about Ajereh have been publicly available over the years, except his relationship(s) with the opposite sex. It was the one aspect of his life that the public has never been privy to.
Of course, for someone as big as Don Jazzy in the Nigerian entertainment industry, there has been a fair share of rumours and speculations about his private affairs.
Women Don Jazzy has been linked with
Freda Fancis
Tonto Dikeh
Don Jazzy first marriage at 20
Who is Michelle Jackson that was married to Don Jazzy?
Bounce interview with Ebuka
'Music is a jealous game'
The ace music producer, and CEO of Mavin record label, was linked with an Edo State beauty queen and entrepreneur known as Freda Francis. When the two showed up at Tiwa Savage's wedding in Dubai, the media went into a frenzy with wild stories.
Freda had shown up as Ajereh's plus-one at the event, and later, he posted a picture of himself in bed with a woman whose face was hidden. The guesses were that this mystery woman was Freda Francis.
Yet, amidst these rumours, Don Jazzy never admitted to dating her and only called her a friend in another Instagram post. It did not stop there.
Next, it was Tonto Dikeh that was touted as Don Jazzy's girlfriend. Dikeh herself is not one who shied away from controversy. In November 2012, she even claimed that the music producer had been the first man she slept with, according to a Nairaland article. The ever comic music icon had replied by claiming that he was even a virgin.
The story was that they dated for a short period before breaking up but, Don Jazzy never admitted that he was in a relationship with Tonto Dikeh.
The rumours will not be complete without him and the gorgeous singer Tiwa Savage being linked. She was under his record label Mavin before leaving it for Universal Music Group.
They were said to have been in a secret relationship because she was married to Tunji "Tee Billz" Balogun between 2013 and 2016. However, both of them have denied having any sort of relationship besides the professional one. Although, Don Jazzy did once confess having a crush on her.
You may also like: 'There is nobody I have not forgiven as of today' – Tonto Dikeh says in new interview
Don Jazzy's crushes are not secret, and he has been very vocal about his crush on American singer Rihanna for the past couple of years.
This is what Riri says to me all the time but I get coconut head I no Dey hear word.
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— I AM A MAVIN (@DONJAZZY) January 24, 2021
Now, away from the jokes and rumours, Don Jazzy has revealed that he was once married to a woman named Michelle Jackson about 18 years ago, in 2003. This is the most significant personal news that the singer has ever shared concerning the opposite sex.
In his Instagram post, he wrote, "for so long everyone keeps asking me when am I getting married? Well truth is almost 18 years ago I was 20 and I got married to my best friend Michelle @yarnstaswitch and it was beautiful. I loved love and I loved marriage. Michelle is soooo beautiful inside and outside with such a soft heart. [sic]"
Then, why did the marriage come to an end within just two years? The producer revealed that it was his fault and blamed it on 'being so young and full of dreams'.
"… I went and f*cked it up cos I was giving all my time to my Music. Music became priority instead of my family," he continued. "We got divorced when I was 22 and it hurt."
He says that he is still 'very much in love with' music and that is why he is taking his time with marriage. "I wouldn't want to marry another and f--k it up again," he added.
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Who is Michelle Jackson, Don Jazzy ex-wife? According to the information available via her Instagram page @yarnstaswitch, Michelle Jackson is a face and headshot model based in the UK. She also works as a hair, beauty and fashion brand ambassador as well.
She is also a writer and following Don Jazzy's announcement of her being his ex-wife, her Instagram followers grew to tp 26.6K.
Don Jazzy says that this revelation is not just a spur of the moment thing but was borne out of his desire to be as open as possible. He said that he felt bad for not saying it on The Bounce interview he had with Ebuka which should have been a 'tell all'.
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While he had left out the fact that he was once married, Ajereh had also opened up about some other private details on the interview that premiered on the YouTube page of Bounce radio on 1 April 2021. One such information was that he is somewhat related to legendary Galala singer Daddy Showkey.
Don Jazzy is not the first musician to mention how demanding music can be. In an interview with Afrobeats pioneer Ay.com, he had explained; "music is a jealous game, if you are doing music, you have to follow it wholeheartedly, you have to follow it 100 per cent."
Ay.com said that he could not have continued giving fans his best and still be there for his family. Thus, he chose his family and let the music take a back seat. You can watch the full interview with Ay.com here:
When you consider other Nigerian artists like Wizkid, Davido, Burna Boy, a pattern emerges; they have chosen to remain unmarried. However, some of them have children with different partners, but the commitment to the 'model' or society family is lacking.
This does not mean that there are no examples of Nigerian singers who are married and still facing their music. You don't have to look any further than the recently married Adekunle Gold and Simi or Small Doctor and his wife, and there is Olamide and Adebukunmi Aisha Suleiman as well.
Yet, the percentage of those who have failed marriages and numerous partners swing the argument in Don Jazzy and Ay.com's favour.
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Danny says 9 months ago
Jazzy can keep a secret man!
Deji says 9 months ago
Turned out to be a good decision, if you ask me..
Tolani says 9 months ago


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Changes to the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill (No 3)
Home Insights Changes to the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill (No 3)
Contributed by: Ben Paterson, Lance Jones and Catherine Marks
The Select Committee report on the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill (No 3) ("No 3 Bill") was released today, together with the Treasury report to the Select Committee. The No 3 Bill is the final piece of legislation related to the Government's 'Phase Two' review of the Overseas Investment Act 2005 ('the Act'), which began in October 2018. It follows the passage of the Overseas Investment (Urgent Measures) Amendment Act (the Urgent Measures Act) in 2020 ("Urgent Measures Act"), which comprised those parts of the Phase Two reform most critical to the Government's COVID-19 response.
Given that the Urgent Measures Act was passed under urgency with a truncated Select Committee process, the Government has allowed submissions on the changes introduced by the Urgent Measures Act in conjunction with submissions on the No 3 Bill. Russell McVeagh[1] and others made a number of submissions on the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill (No 2), as it was then known, which was later split into the Urgent Measures Act and the No 3 Bill, as well as submissions on the Urgent Measures Act following its passage into law and on the new No 3 Bill itself.
Key changes to the Bill recommended by the Select Committee (reflecting the Treasury recommendations) include two important fixes that Russell McVeagh had submitted to Treasury on, both formally and informally:
Consent no longer required for incremental investments that do not breach control thresholds
The Government has now recognised that there is little utility in requiring overseas investors to obtain consent for incremental ownership increases that do not breach recognised control thresholds. The No 3 Bill has been amended so that under the new rules an increase in indirect ownership of an entity holding 'significant business assets' or 'sensitive land' through acquisitions of securities will now only require consent under the Act if they result in the overseas investor moving through the 50% or 75% ownership or control thresholds or attaining a 100% ownership or control interest.
The "shareholding creep exemptions" in Regulations 38 and 38A of the Overseas Investment Regulations, which were amended as recently as July 2020 to provide greater flexibility but remain too complicated and narrow, will no longer be required because the new rules will be incorporated in the Act itself.
One effect of this welcome change is that upstream overseas investors whose proportionate holdings may change from time to time as a result of fundraisings, buy-backs or other capital initiatives are significantly less likely to inadvertently contravene the regime. This is significant as it will allow investors the flexibility to introduce capital on a non-pro rata basis, or re-acquire shares from departing management (a key feature of private equity deals), without needing to seek consent.
Material narrowing of the application of the national interest test to "Non-New Zealand Government investors
The second important fix addresses what the Select Committee report on The No 3 Bill correctly refers to as "the over-application of the national interest test".
The Urgent Measures Act introduced a new 'national interest' test for overseas investments to give the Government an ability that didn't exist under the old regime to block a transaction where the Minister considers it would be contrary to New Zealand's national interest. The policy intention behind the test is that it should be used only where necessary to protect New Zealand's core national interests
The national interest test was intended to apply to foreign government investors who could exercise control over sensitive assets in New Zealand as a result of an overseas investment requiring consent under the Act. However, the formulation of the test that was enacted under the Urgent Measures Act has a number of issues that mean the test mandatorily captures transactions and investors that have no bearing on New Zealand's national security or national interest. In particular, the current definition both captures purely passive investors, such as pension funds, and also aggregates foreign government interests even where they are unrelated (i.e., governments from multiple countries). This has meant that, for example, widely held private equity funds that regularly invest in New Zealand have been caught by the test, even though no government exerts any control over the operations of the fund, the way it is invested, or the operations of the fund's portfolio investments. The implications of this are significant, given the 70 working day national interest review and Ministerial decision process and the additional $52,000 application fee that applies on top of the usual consent fee.
The Government has now recognised (quickly, to its credit, and to the credit also of the OIO which has itself raised the issue with Treasury) that these outcomes are contrary to Parliament's original intent and are resulting in an unnecessary compliance burden on low risk high quality investors, the OIO itself and the Minister.
The No 3 Bill therefore amends the Act to provide that the national interest test will only mandatorily apply if a single foreign government holds a more than 25% (increased from 10% under the Urgent Measures Act, as originally enacted, to align with the usual consent threshold) ownership or control interest in an investor that is seeking consent to acquire significant business assets and/or sensitive land under the Act. In addition, Treasury has recommended introducing new regulations empowering the Minister to exempt passive foreign government investors from automatic application of the test on a case by case basis even where they meet the revised test (which we would hope would extend to superannuation and sovereign wealth funds, which are a key source of passive investment in New Zealand).
These changes are welcome, and will avert a major problem with the new national interest test as originally enacted.
The proposed amendments to the No 3 Bill also introduce the following noteworthy changes:
Easing the burden for investors in non-productive farmland
The No 3 Bill codifies the current Ministerial Directive letter as it applies to farmland by making the consent requirements under the "benefit to New Zealand" test for overseas investments in farmland more stringent. It does this by increasing the level of benefits to New Zealand such investments must achieve in order to obtain consent, and by requiring genuine public advertising of the sale of farmland to ensure that New Zealanders have a chance to acquire it.
Submitters argued that flexibility should be introduced to mitigate unintended consequences of the breadth of the more stringent test, such as acting as a barrier to potentially productive overseas investments in land that is technically farmland but which is not productive for farming.
In response, No 3 Bill expands the Minister's discretion to not apply the more stringent benefit test to land that is unsuitable for farming yet nevertheless defined as farmland for technical rather than substantive reasons. No 3 Bill also clarifies that the Minister can take into account the nature of the land (for example, its productive capacity) when considering granting an exemption from the new more stringent requirements to advertise farmland.
Narrowing the scope of the new call-in power as it applies to direct acquisitions of property
The Urgent Measures Act added a "national security and public order call-in power" to the overseas investment regime. The call-in power enables the Government to screen overseas investments in "strategically important businesses", and to target investments that would not otherwise be screened under the Act (i.e., which do not otherwise require consent). The call-in power is due to come into effect once the current temporary emergency notification regime is repealed, which will occur when the effects of COVID-19 on the New Zealand economy are determined to have subsided.
The call-power as originally drafted applies to acquisitions of property used in a "strategically important business". This is clearly too broad, because such property could be acquired in the ordinary course of business trading and pose no security or public order risks.
Therefore, the No 3 Bill amends the call-in power so that it would only capture acquisitions of property that would make the buyer a strategically important business in their own right (for example, significant electricity generation capacity or large volumes of sensitive information).
Power to reinstate an emergency notification regime
Finally, the amendments to the No 3 Bill grant the Minister power to reinstate the current temporary emergency notification regime (after it has been replaced by the national security and public order call-in power) by regulation only and without following due parliamentary process. This power has been justified on the basis that a future emergency could mean that the Minister needed to quickly reinstate the regime, and that following normal parliamentary process would risk undue delays that could hamper the effectiveness of its timely reinstatement. Limited safeguards have been proposed, namely that the Minister must consult the Minister of Foreign Affairs when exercising the power, the Minister must be satisfied that the regulations used are no wider than is necessary to manage the risks to New Zealand's national interest, and that any regulations that reinstate an emergency notification regime must be accompanied by a statement setting out the specific reasons for the reinstatement.
A number of other proposed changes are reflected in the amendments to the No 3 Bill. The Finance and Expenditure Committee's report and the proposed legislative amendments are available here.
The No 3 Bill must now go through the Second Reading, Committee of the Whole House and Third Reading. While it is not possible to accurately predict timeframes, the No 3 Bill should pass within the next few months. For the 2018 Overseas Investment Act reforms, the time between Select Committee report back and the passing of legislation was 2 months.
[1] https://www.russellmcveagh.com/insights/april-2020/overseas-investment-amendment-bill-series
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