Trains, trains, trains! With the holidays coming up, train exhibits and rides abound. Here's where to get your train fix in the Bay Area this holiday season.
What: Ride small-scale locomotives on "tracks" throughout the museum. Help decorate a giant train sculpture, make your own conductor's hats, create railroad-track patterned pictures, and paint with wheels in the Art Studio.
What: Playland at the Conservatory - celebrating the legendary Playland at the Beach and a bygone era of seaside amusement from San Francisco's West End. Landscaped with hundreds of dwarf plants, model trains and trolleys wend their way past the famed Sutro Baths, a replica of the Victorian-era Cliff House and whiz through a fantastic mini version of San Francisco's beloved Playland at the Beach. You'll see attractions including the Big Dipper, Diving Bell, Fun House, Airplane Ride and more all creatively crafted from recycled and repurposed materials while the sounds of the arcade and even Laffing Sal's boisterous voice.
What: The Niles Canyon (East Bay) Train of Lights is an hour-long, 13 mile round-trip.
When: Friday, November 25th through December 29th.
Where: Choose a Sunol or Niles Canyon departure.
Cost: $25 for general seating (a few select dates are $15). Kids 3+ need a ticket. It's a fundraiser, which explains the cost of the tickets.
What: Ride vintage excursion cars, adorned with thousands of colorful lights, as they roll through city streets past homes of Santa Cruz. Sing along to seasonal carols while sipping hot-spiced cider, listen to musical entertainment, and enjoy a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. Continue the merriment at Santa's Kingdom at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Choice of one activity: "Holiday" miniature golf, laser tag, or arcade games, is included with Holiday Lights Train ticket price. Advance reservations recommended.


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National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
Gold Coast City Gallery
Pinnacles Gallery
Glasshouse Regional Gallery
Western Plains Cultural Centre
Penrith Regional Gallery
Burrinja Dandenong Ranges Cultural Centre
Media Clippings
Films & Docus
Taranaki test site-and cleanup-area
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ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize
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ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has been awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. ICAN, a not-for-profit NGO which was funded in Melbourne ten years ago, was awarded the prize "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts […]
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Venue Change
Due to unforeseen circumstances outside our control the Adelaide venue had to be scratched from the touring itinerary. We have been informed that the State Library of South Australia has not extended the lease for the venue, the City Gallery on North Terrace, which is occupied by the Flinders University Art Museum.
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Maralinga book wins award
Christobel Mattingley's book Maralinga's Long Shadow – Yvonne's Story won the Young People's History Prize at the 2017 NSW Premier's Literary Awards last week.
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Exhibition awarded
A the recent Museums Australia Victoria annual Victorian Museums Awards Burrinja received the Small Museums Award for the exhibition Black Mist Burnt Country. The judges labelled the exhibition "outstanding" and commented that the exhibition was "an astonishing exhibition that manages to be both an art and history exhibition, merging the two almost seamlessly, and using a variety […]
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Vale Yami Lester OAM
We mourn the passing of Yami Lester, a Yankunytjatjara man, who passed away this week on his country at Wallatinna, near Marla, South Australia. As a young boy he witnessed the effects of the Totem I atomic tests at Emu Field, South Australia, and subsequently lost his eye sight. Later in his life he became the 'public face' […]
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BMBC receives award at MAGNA
Burrinja is delighted to announce that Black Mist Burnt Country has been awarded at the Museums and Galleries Australia National Conference in Brisbane.
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BMBC Online Shop has been launched
We are very happy to announce that our Online Shop has been quietly launched yesterday. Apart from the Exhibition Catalogue you can find a range of interesting books, audio books, and posters on the topic of the Maralinga nuclear tests and atomic weapons in general.
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UN negotiating treaty to ban nuclear weapons
Negotiations are underway in New York at the United Nations to produce a treaty banning nuclear weapons. This is a historic moment. Disarmament experts and campaigners are confident that the legal loophole will be closed and nuclear weapons outlawed, which will provide an important legal framework and instigate nuclear disarmament in the future.
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Educational Resource Reader and Teacher Info available for download
A 40-page educational resource is now available for download from the resource section on website. The brochure was developed by Dr Jo Clyne at the History Teachers Association of Victoria, and has been tailored for secondary school students and adapted to the curricula in VIC, NSW and QLD.
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National and international media coverage
Since the launch of its tour in Sydney in September last year Black Mist Burnt Country has attracted – and continues to receive – some terrific media attention. National media including ABC News24, Radio National, NITV, The Conversation, as well as the arts media have covered exhibition.
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Both with water and with food.
Which helps refresh his God respect.
To which man excitedly responds.
But here are free and lovelier.
And deer stand near to watch them play.
Which he will never understand..
Not even half as well, it seems.
The workings of God's fountains.


Key Scriptures: I Samuel 18:20-29; 19:11-17; 2 Samuel 6:16-23.
Michal's mother name was not found. His, (King Saul's) wife's name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. (I Samuel 14:50). There was no indication that Ahinoam was Michal's mother.
King Saul promised his oldest daughter, Merab, to David in marriage if he agreed to fight the Philistines, He wished for David to be killed by the Philistines because he had become jealous/afraid of David. (See I Samuel 18: 6-19).
Saul gave the older daughter to someone else in marriage. (1 Samuel 18:19).
Michal loved David (I Samuel 18:20-30), which pleased her father. This is reported to be " the only instance in all biblical narrative in which we are explicitly told that a woman loves a man"( The Art of Biblical Narrative, p. 118; cf. similarly Adele Berlin, "Characterization in Biblical Narrative: David's Wives," JSOT 23 (1982).
Michal was used by her father, King Saul to ensnare David, which backfired. ( I Samuel 18:28-29).
Michal warned David and helped him escape when Saul sent men to David's house to kill him. (I Samuel 19:11 – 17).
" Saul said to Michal, " Why did you deceive me like this and send my enemy away so that he escaped?" Michal told him, "He said to me, Let me get away. Why should I kill you?" ( I Samuel 19:17).
But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife to Paltiel, son of Laish, who was from Gallim. ( I Samuel 25:44).
1. The Expositor's Bible Commentary, Volume 3, The Zondervan Corporation, 1992.
2. The Holy Bible, New International Version, The Zondervan Corporation, 1973.
3. Syswerda, Jean E, Women of the Bible, The Zondervan Corporation, 1999.
This one was great day. Thank you so much Rev Glenda foe bringing it to us.


Solar Eagle is being developed to remain aloft up to 5 years. It is equipped with multiple sensors and acts like a low flying satellite. Not exactly low with an anticipated attitude of 65,000 feet. The plans call for a thousand pound payload and is expected to launch with-in 2 years.
Fire Scout now deploys from Navy ships and has been helping in the tracking of suspected drug smugglers.The unmanned system has a 600 pound payload currently and can stay aloft for extended periods of time. It recently did sea trials from the USS McInerney.
The Reaper continues to advance with longer flight times and larger payloads. It has been a very useful tool for tracking and engaging threats to military and border patrols. The system is expensive at a 55 million dollar price tag. How ever compared to flying and maintaining a piloted jet, it is still a more attractive solution for security forces. With its long range wireless guidance system, It can be operated in the Middle East from a base in the USA. Pilots are not put at risk and return home after a mission located on the other side of the world.
during the night. The Zephyr is expected to be a great resource tool for monitoring areas during a natural disaster or collecting information used in environment data collection. Remote communications using wireless technology can be transmitted where needed.
ASAC (automatic supervisory adaptive control) has been tested on a FA-18 jet. During the trail 60% of a wing was blown off. The smart computer system quickly identified the problems and maintained flight control. The jet was able to safely land. This will be a huge advancement for pilots in danger to get back home safely. The system is very fast and has been contracted to be installed on a modern UAV. The adaption will allow a damaged unit to remain aloft or return to base for repairs. Some unmanned aerial vehicle systems cost millions of dollars and this will greatly eliminate incurred costs due to a lost drone-UAV.
locations. It can fly in a radioactive environment. The unit would be good for monitoring dangerous environments such as the nuclear plant melt down seen in Japan. The university team is currently engaged building a tethered robot.
New UAV plane flies onto a wall and then can "walk" with assistant from the propeller. Small spines on the landing mechanism allow it to cling to the wall. It can stay in place for days and monitor with wireless technology. This could be especially useful in places that are hazardous for humans. It is being developed at Stanford University.
The French company Parrot has developed a small civilian drone controlled by a smart phone OS (operating system) MIT labs created a similar unmanned aerial vehicle using a quad rotor platform. These units can be fitted with sensors and cameras for a variety of applications.
Boeing is revealing its Phantom Eye. It is a hydrogen fueled UAV with a 450 pound payload. Plans are to use it as a communications hub. A program called "Vulture" is working on a battery to power the UAV up to 5 years and carry a 1000 pound payload. This is a very radical design and may take a few years to become reality.
thunderstorm and relayed information back to ground bases.


uummm.. isnt that a good thing immy?
Location : If I'm online, the Abraar Island Forum. If I'm offline, it doesn't really matter.
For the people who don't like to use MSN, well you should. Because I don't think anyone comes on Abraa Island anymore. And MSN is popular anyways. But why don't people go on this site? That's a question.


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Belorechensky district is a land of picturesque landscapes, unique natural resources and rich investment opportunities. Founded by Cossacks more than 150 years ago in the fertile valley of the Belaya River, the Belorechensky District is today a territory of active economic growth, and is included in the administrative borders of the Krasnodar Territory, the most dynamically developing subject of the Russian Federation.
Located on an area of 1,330 square kilometers, the Belorechensky District combines a rich variety of landscapes: extensive fertile plains, dense forests, mountain rivers and the picturesque foothills of the Caucasian ridge.
108.8 thousand people live in the district, of which 51.9 thousand people inhabit the administrative center - the city of Belorechensk. The population density is 81.8 people per 1 square. km The share of urban residents accounted for 47.7%, rural 52.3%.
Over the past years, the Belorechensky district continued the dynamic development of many sectors of the economy in the municipality, maintaining a stable position in the economic space of the Krasnodar region.
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In 2018, there was an improvement in most indicators of the socio-economic development of the district. Positive growth rates were formed: in the manufacturing industry (115.4%); in mining operations (133.8%); in providing electricity, gas, steam (109.7%); in agriculture (103.2%); in terms of transportation and storage services (107.5%); by retail trade turnover (105.3%); on housing construction (132.4%).
Wages increased by 10.0%, the number of employees - by 2.3%, the wage fund amounted to 112.6% of the 2017 level.
Stable situation in the labor market. The unemployment rate at the end of 2018 was 0.7% of the working-age population of working age, the figure corresponds to the level of 2017.
The net financial result is positive - 2,107.8 million rubles, which is 2.4 times higher than the level of 2017, and the profit of profitable enterprises increased 2.9 times.
The industry of the district is represented by 228 enterprises, of which 22 are large and medium. The industry leaders and socially significant are LLC Evrokhim-BMU, which produces mineral fertilizers for the whole country and neighboring countries, LLC Southern Juice Company, which produces the famous brand of natural fruit juices Vico and Juicy Valley, OOO Victoria the largest confectionery manufacturer in Kuban, Belorechenskaya Poultry Farm CJSC, Kuban-Ti LLC, hosiery factory, E 1 furniture factory, Belorechensky greenhouse complex.
In the structure of the basic branches of the municipal formation of the Belorechensky District, industry accounts for more than 57.0%.
The industrial complex has a decisive influence on the development of the region's economy, on the level and quality of life of its population. The district enterprises produce mineral fertilizers, juices and nectars, canned vegetables and fruits, bread and bakery products, pastry flour products, packaged tea, furniture, building materials and structures. Mining is underway.
The industry of the region is based on processing industries, which in 2018 account for over 97.1% of industrial products sent to customers.
For 2018, industrial production shipped products worth 24,734.0 million rubles, or 115.3% of the same period last year.
In the extraction of non-metallic materials, the volume of goods shipped amounted to 208.0 million rubles, which is 1.3 times more than the 2017 level.
Manufacturing industries shipped goods of own production in the amount of 24,020.8 million rubles. (115.4%), the share of chemical products accounted for 61.2%, food - 36.2%.
The volume of mineral fertilizers shipped in 2018 amounted to 123.2% of the 2017 level, in real terms mineral fertilizers produced 4.6% more than in 2017.
Food producers sent products worth 8,688.7 million rubles to customers, or 104.9% of the 2017 level.
Production of juices from fruits and vegetables in physical terms in 2018 increased by 4.5%; tea of green and black packaged 97.8% of last year's level; canned fruit and vegetables: without vinegar - 1.9 times more than last year; with vinegar - 1.6 times; bread and bakery products - 81.4%.
In the production of other non-metallic mineral products in 2018, buyers sent building materials to 72.1% of last year's level, the demand for ready-mixed concrete decreased (70.3%). The production of products for the following positions has grown: products from cement, concrete and artificial stone - 2 times, prefabricated reinforced concrete structures by 0.1%.
Furniture production grew by 19.0%.
By type of economic activity: "Provision of electric energy, gas and steam; air conditioning" - the growth rate was 109.7%; "Water supply; water disposal, organization of waste collection and disposal, pollution control activities "- 81.2%.
In 2018, agricultural enterprises of large and medium-sized businesses shipped products worth 1,088.5 million rubles. (103.2%).
Agricultural producers of all forms of ownership of the region in 2013 produced 123.8 thousand tons of grain and leguminous crops, which is 15.6 thousand tons more than in 2017. The yield of grain crops was 53.3 centners per hectare, including winter wheat 54.6 centners / ha.
In 2018, agricultural machinery of both imported and domestic production was significantly updated for a total of 110.7 million rubles. (tillage equipment, tractor), which allowed to work in agrotechnical terms. Under the harvest of 2019, in the autumn of 2018, 17.745 thousand hectares of winter cereal grains and 1.940 thousand hectares of winter rape were sown.
The number of cattle in the area at the end of 2018 in all forms of management amounted to 6,589 heads, which is 131 heads more than in 2017. The number of cows in all forms of management increased by 56 heads to the level of 2017 and amounted to 3,797 heads. The number of sheep livestock increased by 87 heads compared with 2017 and amounted to 10,748 heads.
All forms of management produced 26,685 tons of milk, which is 137 tons more than in 2017.
63,485 thousand square meters of housing was commissioned, or 132.4% of the same period in 2017, including 60.993 thousand square meters (140.3%) of individual developers and two residential buildings of mass development with a total area of 2.492 thousand square meters. sq.m, 60 apartments.
Indicators of large and medium-sized enterprises in transportation and storage in 2018 amounted to 706.6 million rubles. (107.5%).
Retail turnover of large and medium-sized enterprises, taking into account the separate divisions and branches in 2018, amounted to 5,556.6 million rubles, or 109.2% of last year's level in a comparable estimate (2017 - 103.8%).
49.2% of the retail trade turnover is occupied by food products, including beverages and tobacco products (a year earlier - 52.0%), the growth rate here was 102.0% taking into account inflation.
The population of the district is provided with retail space in the amount of 830 sq. M per 1000 inhabitants, with a minimum standard of security of 474.7 sq. M. A lot of unclaimed retail space appeared in the district, the construction of trade objects exceeded the real need.
The turnover of the wholesale trade of organizations of all types of activity grew by 0.6%.
The turnover of public catering amounted to 85.7% of last year's level.
It should be noted a variety of areas of investment development of the area: chemical industry, furniture production, food production, greenhouse vegetable growing, animal husbandry, horticulture, logistics, trade, sanatorium-resort complex. The volume of investments in fixed assets in 2018 amounted to 3,905.7 million rubles, the rate of 110.7%.
As part of the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi, the district concluded: in 2016, 9 agreements for a total amount of investments of 26,223.9 million rubles; in 2017, 9 agreements totaling 1,566.7 million rubles; in 2018, 8 agreements totaling 1,974.0 million rubles.
In 2017, the implementation of 5 investment projects for a total amount of 500.2 million rubles was completed, 169 jobs were created, including:
1) "Construction of a shopping complex", investor: IP Belov. The volume of utilized investments amounted to 200.0 million rubles. The facility was commissioned, the opening of the shopping center took place in May 2017, 50 jobs were created;
2) "Construction of gas stations on the territory of the Belorechensk urban settlement", investor: Gazprom Gas Motor Fuel LLC. Mastered investments in the amount of 176.7 million rubles., Created 12 jobs;
3) "Placement of production for the manufacture of trailers on the territory of the Ryazan rural settlement", investor: LLC TBS-Module. The volume of investments used was 85.0 million rubles, 70 jobs were created;
4) "Processing of rubber tires on the territory of Belorechensk urban settlement", investor: IP Paskalov. The investments in the amount of 18.5 million rubles were mastered, 11 jobs were created;
5) "Creating a logistics center in the territory of the Belorechensk urban settlement", investor: Remmarkstroy-XXI LLC. The volume of investments is 20.0 million rubles. 26 jobs have been created.
In December 2018, the investment project "Construction of a hotel complex with a thermal pool" was completed, the investor: Termy LLC. It has mastered investments in the amount of 156.6 million rubles, it is planned to create 50 jobs. For the treatment and prevention of diseases, the company will use natural water that is physically and chemically similar to those of known mineral waters (Semigorye, Naftalan, Chartak, Razdan).
In addition, over the past five years, as a result of investments, more than 11 new enterprises have been opened in the Belorechensky district, among them: Kuban-T OOO — a canning factory for processing agricultural products with a capacity of 50 million cans of conditional preservation per year and a tea-packing factory; -tochnaya factory, brewery, greenhouse complex "Vegetables of the Krasnodar Territory", apple orchards "Belorechensky orchards" and "White Garden". A greenhouse complex "Belorechensky" was built: tomatoes, cucumbers, bell pepper, leaf lettuce, a factory of reinforced concrete structures, a wholesale market for agricultural products, several apartment buildings of the "social housing" category were commissioned. In order to improve socio-economic indicators and the quality of life of the population in the region, production is constantly being modernized, a competent marketing policy is being conducted, and the quality of products is being expanded and improved.
Today, 24 investment projects are underway.


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Triscan Fuel Management Fleet
14 March 2012 Kerry Whittaker
Triscan Systems Limited has recently invested in a new fleet for its field based employees. The Lancashire based firm, best known for its market leading fuel management solutions, took the decision to further enhance its Carbon Trust credentials and at the same time take advantage of the cost savings to be made by running a newer fleet of vehicles.
The Triscan Account Management team, which has been strengthened over the past few months were the first group of employees to benefit from the company's investment and took delivery of their Mazda6 cars in early March. In addition, new Skoda Octavia Estates are being ordered for the Field Service team. Both vehicle types will feature the latest in engine technology so that employees will gain from low benefit in kind and the company will see improved miles per gallon and a lower impact on the environment.
Sales and Marketing Director Barry McLeod says "The increased fuel efficiency combined with more people doing less miles will allow our colleagues to focus more on individual customer' requirements and response. We believe that we have the largest sales and support team in the sector and that the scale of our resource definitely provides the substance behind our published Service Level Agreement".
Further investment in customer account management continues at Triscan with a number of new appointments taking place; Andrea Whittaker has been promoted to Finance and Administration Director, Daryl Thompson has been promoted to Service Manager whilst Clive Brewerton has rejoined the sales team from his interim role with the operations side of the business.


We provided the company Violet and George with an atmospheric grey vintage cabinet for a residential home. The antique glass utiliseda floating shelf as a finishing touch. Overall, the room was instantly more modern.


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Institute of Public Administration may refer to:

HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration
Indian Institute of Public Administration
Institute of Public Administration Australia
Institute of Public Administration (Ireland)
 Institute of Public Administration, Campus The Hague, University of Leiden, Netherlands
Institute of Public Administration New Zealand
Korea Institute of Public Administration (South Korea)
National Institute of Public Administration (Pakistan)
Royal Institute of Public Administration, UK

See also
 Academy of Public Administration (disambiguation)

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'We Have To Up Our Game': COVID Variant Found In MassachusettsThe more contagious UK variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Massachusetts.
Wilmington Parents, Students Protest Switch To Remote LearningSome parents and students in Wilmington protested over the decision to switch schools to remote learning through the end of the month.
Springfield Holds Annual MLK Day Celebration VirtuallyGov. Charlie Baker attended Springfield's virtual MLK Day celebration.
'We Still Have So Much Work': Boston High School Students Reflect On MLK DayTo honor the life and legacy of MLK students watched the entire "I Have A Dream" speech and wrote letters to Dr. King. WBZ-TV's Paul Burton reports.
Bruins Pull Hilarious Brad Marchand Prank Before Naming Patrice Bergeron Captain
Filed Under:Boston Bruins, Brad Marchand, Michael Hurley, NHL, Patrice Bergeron, Sports News
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston
BOSTON (CBS) — Patrice Bergeron has carried himself like the captain of an NHL team for more than a decade. So when longtime captain Zdeno Chara left via free agency at the end of December, the choice for the Bruins was obvious.
That, however, didn't stop the Bruins from pulling a fun little prank on Thursday.
In the locker room at Warrior Ice Arena, team president Cam Neely and general manager Don Sweeney spoke to the team to make an important announcement. Sweeney revealed that they were there to announce the new team captain.
"I'm not even going to belabor the point," Sweeney said. "I think I'm just going to ask Marchy to come up and accept the captaincy."
Sweeney then unfurled a No. 63 Brad Marchand jersey with a big, fat C on the chest.
Marchand, who's been Bergeron's linemate since 2011, couldn't keep the joke going for too long.
"I'm really looking forward to taking this next step," said Marchand, whose smile was obvious despite wearing a mask. "But … you know, I think we all know who the real captain is."
Never a doubt.#NHLBruins | #BehindTheB pic.twitter.com/UrpnXeKNEh
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) January 7, 2021
At that point, Marchand congratulated Bergeron, who then stepped up to accept his new jersey and deliver a brief speech.
"It's not about the letter," Bergeron said. "It's about coming together as a team, everyone taking ownership of this locker room. … I'm going to try to better myself and keep leading by example and still try to be me and keep learning from all of you guys."
Obviously, considering the Bruins had images of Bergeron wearing the C at the ready for their big announcement on Thursday …
Our captain.#NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/WkMB3xwU5I
… the locker room stunt was just an excuse to run a pretty funny ruse in front of the camera. Still, that Marchand jersey with the C should become a nice piece of memorabilia, and moreover, spending even 10 seconds imagining the rage and fury that would come from Marchand skating around with that C on his chest is sure to elicit a solid belly laugh.
Marchand will be wearing a letter on his chest, as he was named a permanent alternate captain, along with David Krejci, who's carried that honor for years.
The Letters.#NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/3SZyIVAm5i
It's not quite the same as the C, but it nevertheless shows that Marchand has come a long way in his NHL journey.


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Tag Archives: pipeline project
First Nations Predict "Hordes" Will Disrupt Parliament Hill If Pipelines Approved
September 28, 2016 by Red Power Media, Staff
Katzie First Nation Chief Susan Miller (left) and her sister, Debbie Miller, stand with protesters outside the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain hearings in Burnaby, B.C. on Wed. Jan. 20, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth McSheffrey.
First Nations in opposition of Trudeau government's approval of pipelines
By Elizabeth McSheffrey | National Observer
First Nations chiefs across Canada haven't discussed the details of the plan yet, but they aren't ruling anything out if the Trudeau government approves the construction of a major pipeline project that crosses their territory without their consent. Several are still waiting on the results of court cases before they make their move, and others are already preparing for the worst.
"You may see hordes descending upon Parliament Hill," said Chief Susan Miller, of the Katzie First Nation in B.C. "We have had some discussion around what civil action would look like, and I think the more we work together, that's what brings out the hordes. It's an impressive sight, to see thousands of people coming out for a common cause."
Last year, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau campaigned on a promise to renew nation-to-nation relations with Indigenous communities, and has repeatedly told Canadians since then that "governments grant permits, communities grant permission." And after the historic signing of a pan-continental Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion, Indigenous leaders have renewed their resolve to hold him to those promises with all resources available to them.
"In that crowd, you're not just going to see First Nations people, you're going to see your neighbour next door who doesn't support this either," Chief Miller, whose community is fighting Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion pipeline, told National Observer.
"We're just the vessel to push that all through, and I think when the numbers speak like that, the government can't continue to disregard [us]."
Tsleil-Waututh spokesperson Rueben George, Coun. Charlene Aleck, and manager of cultural relations Gabriel George open the signing ceremony for the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion in Vancouver, B.C. on Thurs. Sept. 22, 2016
Youth action in Ottawa in October
Nearly 90 Indigenous leaders in Canada and the U.S. have already signed the Treaty Alliance, which aims not only to protect their territories from pipeline, tanker, and rail projects, but to move society towards cleaner, leaner, living as well. Major proposals they take issue with include Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion (from Alberta to B.C.), TransCanada's Energy East pipeline (from Alberta to New Brunswick), and Enbridge Northern Gateway (from Alberta to B.C.)
But the presence of non-Indigenous allies, including a number of environmental organizations, at its signing ceremonies in Montreal and Vancouver, add weight to Chief Miller's claim: Indigenous activists in North America are not alone.
"We strive to act in solidarity with Indigenous folks," said Gabriel D'Astous, a recent graduate of the University of British Columbia and pipeline protest organizer for Climate 101. "They've been on the front lines and blocking tar sands projects that threaten the earth and water, and have been defending their rights and lands for years and decades now."
D'Astous and his team are organizing a youth rally in Ottawa on Oct. 24 to urge the Trudeau government to reject the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion, which has been opposed by at least 21 municipalities and 17 First Nations in Western Canada. He said he, and many of the other protesters, are willing to be arrested in what he hopes will be the largest youth civil disobedience action of its kind in Canada.
Youth have been a powerful force in pipeline protests across the country, including this demonstration against the Trans Mountain expansion in Vancouver, B.C. on Aug. 17, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth McSheffrey.
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While First Nations, environmentalists and other key stakeholders across North America argue that oilsands expansion increases the risk of catastrophic oil spills, threatens critical marine and terrestrial ecosystems, and pushes international climate targets out of reach, energy companies argue that they will revitalize struggling Canadian economies by bringing energy to overseas markets. Industry also argues that they are using state-of-the-art technology that promotes responsible development of resources such as the vast oilsands deposits in Alberta – considered to be the world's third largest reserve of crude oil after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
All of the major pipeline companies say they are also trying to work collaboratively with First Nations. For example, Kinder Morgan says it has signed more than 20 "mutual benefit agreements" with Indigenous communities along the route of its Trans Mountain corridor. These would be confidential agreements that could include education and training for pipeline construction jobs as well as improvements to community services, infrastructure and other benefits.
Greenpeace — one of the loudest environmental organizations speaking out against pipelines — doesn't buy industry's logic. Since the start of the year, it has trained 800 protesters across Canada with new skills in non-violent action, civil disobedience, and media communications during 40 training sessions conducted in B.C., Alberta, Ontario, Nunavut, and Quebec.
Calls requesting the training sessions peaked after the National Energy Board (NEB) conditionally recommended the Trans Mountain expansion in May, said trainer and organizer Earyn Wheatley, and have been steady since the conflict of interest scandal involving former Quebec premier Jean Charest, TransCanada's Energy East pipeline, and the NEB was brought to light over the summer.
"I think there could be unprecedented mobilization and action in opposition to these pipelines if the projects go forward in the way that they have been," the Greenpeace staffer explained. "That's definitely a core interest of people who are coming to participate in these trainings — they're very concerned about those pipelines, and many are saying that the NEB process has been very problematic."
The organization plans to hold 15 more protest training sessions before the end of the year, with those in Quebec targeting Energy East, and those in B.C. targeting the Trans Mountain expansion, which is due for a decision from the federal government on Dec. 19. Teagan Stacey, a graduate of these trainings, has even started her own non-violent 'kayaktivist' group called the BC Seawolves, which will stand in solidarity against Trans Mountain with Greenpeace and First Nations.
"We're showing the government that we're not going to let this go through, and if they think they can push it through where members of this oppose it, we're going to make sure it's stopped," she told National Observer. "We recognize this has huge implications for the rest of our country, and the rest of the world through tar sands expansion. All of that we bring with us out in the water."
Kayaktivists target the Kinder Morgan terminal in Burnaby, B.C. during a protests against the company's Trans Mountain expansion on Sat. May 14, 2016. Photo by Elizabeth McSheffrey.
First Nations happy to have cross-Canada allies
While not all Indigenous nations in Canada are opposed to oilsands expansions, and some have signed on in support of pipelines crossing their territories, those who oppose the energy projects are happy to have allies across the country. They're also happy to serve as allies to others, said Tsleil-Waututh First Nation spokesperson Rueben George, who recently visited the Standing Rock Sioux fighting the Dakota access pipeline in North Dakota.
He said their movement, which has recently prompted a halt in construction of the controversial pipeline, has been guided by their elders, cultural, and spiritual values, and the movement in Canada will be too.
"I know [our] elders, community and leadership have been doing the same thing," he told National Observer. "Campaign promises were made to boost not only the health of First Nations and nation-to-nation negotiation, but economics as well. Doors are opening for that. I'm excited about that."
Chief Terry Teegee of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council in Prince George, B.C., who met George at the Treaty Alliance signing in Vancouver on Thursday, said he too, is excited about the shifting relationship between First Nations, governments, and the rest of Canada. What's happening in North Dakota at the Standing Rock Sioux camp will most certainly be replicated across the provinces, he explained, "if it comes to that."
"I think [pipeline approval] will be for I believe, many First Nations, a tipping point of our relations with government and corporations where we'll have to stand up for what we feel is right, and protect our rights and title, and Mother Earth," he said at the signing. "We very much appreciate the outside help. It feels great knowing we have allies out there."
This article was originally published by By Elizabeth McSheffrey in the National Observer on September 27th 2016
http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/09/27/news/first-nations-predict-hordes-will-disrupt-parliament-hill-if-pipelines-approved
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Northern Gateway Talks Excluded First Nations' Governance Rights
Drummers play as First Nations chiefs and leaders are welcomed at the start of a news conference about the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline in Vancouver, B.C., on October 1, 2015. (Darryl Dyck / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
VANCOUVER — Two First Nations fighting to overturn approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline project say federal officials refused to discuss their claim of decision-making power over ancestral lands.
Lawyer Cheryl Sharvit says the Nadleh Whut'en and Nak'azdli are not asserting the right to veto resource projects on traditional territories in British Columbia's Central Interior.
But she says the bands' asserted authority to govern their lands should have at least been considered by the Crown during consultations on the $7-billion pipeline proposal from Calgary-based Enbridge (TSX:ENB).
Instead, the Crown excluded the issue from the talks, stating the question of control over First Nations' territories would be better dealt with in the treaty process.
Eight aboriginal bands are in the Federal Court of Appeal in Vancouver arguing Canada violated its legal duty to consult and accommodate First Nations before issuing conditional approval of the project.
The 1,200-kilometre twin pipeline would carry diluted bitumen from Alberta's oilsands to the coastal district of Kitimat, for tanker shipment overseas.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/northern-gateway-talks-excluded-first-nations-governance-rights-1.2592475
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) Revisited by Rhys Morgan
December 5, 2017 Rhys Morgan	5 Comments
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is one of those novels that has stuck with me for pretty much my entire life. Its content—the story, the themes and the prose—have been etched into my mind ever since reading it for the first time as a teenager, and because of this (along with its miniscule size—you could easily read it in a single afternoon) it's a novel that I go back to time and time again.
Joseph Conrad's legacy within the modern Western canon is clear, and need not be discussed or regurgitated at length here. But it'll suffice to say that it would be a hard task finding any author of fiction writing in the twentieth or twenty-first centuries who doesn't owe at least something to his work. This is remarkable considering that Conrad himself wasn't a fluent English speaker until he reached his twenties (he was born and raised within the Russian Empire in the mid-nineteenth century and emigrated to Britain later on).
Heart of Darkness is easily Conrad's most well known novel. This may be in part down to the popularity of the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, which serves as a loose adaptation of the novel. Actually, this film acted for me as a gateway to Heart of Darkness—I had no idea the novel even existed before watching Apocalypse Now. This really is testament to the power of Conrad's writing, because even though Apocalypse Now takes place almost a century after the novel does, and is therefore set within entirely different historical settings, its themes still translate with near-perfect precision.
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From reading its very first page you get the instant impression that Heart of Darkness is written in quite a unique way. It employs a first person narrative, yet the narrator is a nameless nobody—we learn next to nothing about him throughout the course of the story. The only thing we ever really learn about the narrator is that he is an idealistic young mariner working on board a cruising yawl (the Nellie) set to depart from London. Heart of Darkness employs a frame narrative, so the purpose of the narrator is to detail the experiences of the novel's true main character (Charles Marlow) who is telling a story of his expeditions through the Congo Free State to the mariners aboard the Nellie. The telling of this story encompasses the entirety of the novel.
Illustration of a steamboat traveling along the Congo River
Fundamentally, Heart of Darkness is about Western colonialism, and Marlow's story brilliantly encapsulates all the horrors associated with this movement. He recounts his journey along the Congo River within what was then a Belgian occupied territory, with the prime objective of meeting an ivory trader known as Mr. Kurtz (the novel's antagonist). Throughout his journey, Marlow discovers that Mr. Kurtz has adopted an almost legendary status as the finest Western agent within all of the Congo. Marlow even obtains a report written by Mr. Kurtz explaining how it is the White Man's duty to spread civilization across the imperial frontiers of Africa, and we learn at this point that this is exactly what Mr. Kurtz has tried to achieve along the Congo River. Yet upon finally meeting him near the end of the novel, we are confronted with a man who has quite literally lost his mind. He has amassed an almost religious following among the natives who venerate him as a God-like being, whilst surrounding his house are wooden palisades with decaying human heads affixed to their tops (which presumably once belonged to his former prisoners). We also learn that he has begun raiding nearby villages for ivory, creating havoc among the natives. It seems that in his effort to spread civilization into the darkness of Africa, he himself has become darker, more savage, as a result.
Illustration of Mr. Kurtz
In many ways Mr. Kurtz acts as the perfect embodiment of Western colonialism, as he asks us to consider how it's even possible for us to civilize non-Western peoples when we are not civilized ourselves. This certainly rings true today, particularly when we think of the recent Iraq and Afghan wars, along with the ways in which we're currently dealing with the so-called Islamic State. Yet in my experience, no two readings of Heart of Darkness are ever quite the same. The parallels drawn between Belgium's colonization of the Congo and the Roman's conquest of the Thames, for example, are there perhaps to reminds us that colonialism represents an all-pervading aspect of the reality within which we live, and has played a major role in shaping humanity's history. The fictionalised setting within the Congo, on the other hand, may also be seen as a playground in which moral virtues evaporate and where those who are most hungry for power come out on top. Indeed, it's the moral standoffishness with which this novel was written that means it avoids being interpreted in any singular way. Rather, it forces you to think for yourself.
Despite its tiny size, Heart of Darkness is a dense and richly textured novel which makes use of some excellent prose and symbolic undertones. It really is a fantastic novel, and definitely worth a read.
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Q: Удаленный рабочий стол на все мониторы, но что бы каждый монитор отдельно сворачивался В стандартном виндовом RDP есть возможность запустить удаленку на все мониторы, но в этом случае она растягивается по всем мониторам.
В большинстве случаев- это то, что нужно, но бывают моменты, когда для мониторинга достаточно 1 монитора и хочется параллельно сидеть на своем ПК и в мониторить только за 1 монитором RDP.
Можно ли сделать так, что бы я мог в режиме нескольких мониторов перемещать эти окна РДП независимо друг от друга?
Например, запустил какой-то тяжелый запрос на SQL Server, который может крутится десяток минут и смотришь параллельно сериальчик на своем пк, посматривая на РДП за процессом.
Есть конечно вариант, перезапускать постоянно RDP-сессию с разными параметрами мониторов, но это неудобно...
Или может быть есть какой-нибудь альтернативный клиент для винды, который такое умеет?

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A long time ago I posted the "studio" version of this song with vocals by Nuclear Chicken, and it received some positive comments. Recently I was throwing away old cassette tapes and stumbled across a rehearsal version of this song without vocals, and I thought it had more energy than the studio version. I thought I'd post it for kicks.
SVL was a band I played drums in during the early 90's The picture is a flyer from one of our gigs. I only wish we found the success that some of the bands we played with did!
Sounds very Lower east side to me Murphy's Law very cool miss those days! I think the recording came out great I used to use the recorder on my boom box in the middle of the basement we used to jam in ! anyway great song!
I have a few of these types of recordings. Too cool man!
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Thanks for posting this. The Offspring should have stolen it.... it's a lot better than their early sh*t. Very tight. I'd like to hear the vocal version too!


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Step 2 Grill tomatoes briefly to slightly char.
Step 3 Spread ricotta evenly onto grilled bread. Top with tomatoes fanned out on bread. Sprinkle with blue cheese. Tear basil into pieces and place on top. Then, drizzle extra virgin olive oil on top and finish with a squeeze of lemon.
Here, the tomatoes balance out the mellow sweetness of ricotta and tang of blue cheese. You can improvise a bit and throw on scallions, kalamata olives, or whatever else you have extra of in your fridge, but it's probably best to gently remind yourself: Less is more.


Did you know that Venice is shaped like a fish? Have you ever seen Venice surronded by all its islands? This tour will let you discover the geography, the beauty and the most hidden parts of the Venetian lagoon from Lido to the south laguna, bacino San Marco and the north laguna.
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Section 2.6 "Seismic Hazard and Stress Field" of the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam offers a PhD Position on "Marmara Sea Earthquake Simulation Model - MEMO".
Recent dramatic events such as the Tohoku earthquake in 2011 have demonstrated that we are only at the beginning in under-standing how faults behave. In the next decade, we will need to merge geological, geodetic and seismological information to better constrain future earthquake scenarios which will be shaking mega-cities located to major active faults. That requires more detailed investigation of near-field and directivity effects as well as the assessment of individual earthquake scenarios taking into account fault segmentation and rupture propagation.
The overall goal of the PhD is to address such scientific question for the Main Marmara fault located close to the megacity of Istanbul. Based on the 3D stress evolution model of Hergert and Heidbach (2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04992.x) earthquake scenarios should be simulated and associated ground-shaking in a second step.
With this model key questions about the nature of the earthquake process in the Marmara Sea should be investigated in order to address question like: Is there a creeping segment in the seismic gap south of Istanbul? Can the hypocenter location be determined in a probabilistic way using the modelled stress field?


Slough, UK and Richmond, VA, 19 December 2017 – Indivior PLC (LON: INDV) today announced that it has entered into an amendment with various lenders to provide replacement term loan facilities in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $484 million, replacing all of the Group's U.S. dollar and Euro denominated term loans outstanding under the existing credit agreement.
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Is Turkey losing the West or the West losing Turkey?
By BARÇIN YİNANÇ barcin.yinanc@hurriyet.com.tr
The Blue Homeland naval exercise is a manifestation against the enlarging bloc against Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean, retired admiral Cem Gürdeniz told me in an interview published on March 4. Greece, Greek Cyprus, European Union, United States as well as Egypt and Israel were in this bloc, according to Gürdeniz.
As we were talking, separate news came out that ExxonMobil announced the discovery of natural gas off the Cyprus island near areas contested by Turkey, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was scheduled to attend a summit on March 20 with Greece, Greek Cyprus and Israel and France would be having a naval base in Greek Cyprus. It looked there was enough news to make the admiral ring the alarm bells. During the interview the contrast in the rhetoric he used for Russia versus the West was striking. Read the rest of the interview, which was not published due to space limitation:
Listening to you, some might get confused as to Turkey's position in the international geopolitical landscape.
Every 100, 150 years the world order will change. Right now it is the most critical phase in the history of the republic; because we have to decide which side Turkey will be in the 21st century. May be Turkey will choose a Finland model in the future.
Is the Russian ambassador going through southeastern Anatolian provinces to talk with local Kurdish leaders for instance?
PYD has an office in Moscow.
Right; but is Russia still supplying arms to PKK/YPG? Is there any imposition of embargo or blockade by Russia? They are holding negotiations with Greek Cyprus to have basis in the island.
Who is the ally of Turkey? Is there any similar threats or bullying coming from Russia and Chinese side? A new balance of power is taking place and Turkey holds blue homeland exercise but also contributes by sending warships to NATO exercises.
So what you are saying is that while a new world order is being constructed one should not take for granted that the same alliances will hold?
What makes you so confident that Russia will make a better ally? Outlawed PKK leader Öcalan was harbored by Syria which was supported by the Russians for instance.
I was involved in negotiations for BLACKSEAFOR and BLACKSEA harmony (naval cooperation initiatives between Black Sea littoral states) I worked with the Russian side at that time. They accepted our approach for the Black Sea's future. They thought at the beginning that we will act as the Trojan horse in NATO but in the end they understood that Turkey's foreign policy is based on stability. On the other hand look where Gülen is residing; in Pennsylvania, not in Moscow.
Cem Gürdeniz was targeted by the plots organized by Gülen's FETÖ and stayed more than 3.5 years in prison. So you might think there is a personal grunge due to personal grievances.
Still; the fact that the general chief of staff decided to name the biggest naval exercise of the Republic with a concept first used by an admiral who was a victim of FETÖ is very telling in terms of the Turkish state's current psyche. I am sure there are many in the state's strategic institutions sharing Gürdeniz' line.
At this stage Western capitals might just shrug their shoulders and say Turkey will bear the consequences of losing the West which will not be to the best of Ankara's interests.
Or they can start asking if it would be to their interests to lose Turkey?
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The Michigan Department of Transportation says it will begin repaving a 15 mile stretch of Interstate 94 east of Kalamazoo beginning on Monday, and extending into May of 2017.
But before you start muttering under your breath, the project will be done at night and will break for the winter and resume in April of next year to finish up.
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be repaving 15 miles of I-94 between Sprinkle Road Exit 80 and 40th Street Exit 88 in Kalamazoo County.
Work on this $5.8 million investment will stop in mid-November for the winter, with construction expected to resume in mid-April 2017.
There will be nighttime single-lane closures throughout construction: 10 p.m. - 6 a.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday; 8 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday; and 8 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday.


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Register Log In GB HOMEPAGE Forums ADVENTURE GAME DISCUSSIONS Announcing Twin Mirror - A Psychological Thriller Game
Announcing Twin Mirror - A Psychological Thriller Game #1153688
Help Sam find the truth and unveil Basswood's secrets in upcoming psychological thriller, Twin Mirror. Thriller serves as BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.'s first foray into narrative adventure genre.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., (June 8, 2018) - Leading interactive entertainment developer and publisher BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. today announces the psychological thriller TWIN MIRRORTM, officially marking the publisher's first foray into the Narrative Adventure genre. TWIN MIRROR is slated to release in 2019 for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and STEAM® for PC.
Developed by DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio behind the critically-acclaimed LIFE IS STRANGETM, TWIN MIRROR showcases a player-driven experience featuring a malleable narrative that chronicles the journey of a tormented hero who must walk a tightrope between the harsh realities of the film noir-esque Basswood, West Virginia and its dark secrets, and his own personal struggle.
"TWIN MIRROR is a game heavily rooted in the concept of duality, redemption and self-acceptance and is on track to deliver a stunning emotional journey," said Oskar Guilbert, CEO for DONTNOD. "While we were scripting the player's investigations within the game, we suddenly found ourselves researching just how far the limits of the Narrative Adventure genre could be pushed in the real world. When the dust settled, all evidence pointed towards TWIN MIRROR being a genre-re-defining experience. Now, we can't wait to see how the players react when all the pieces of their investigation fall into place within the game."
Players will assume the role of Sam, a 33-year-old investigative journalist who suffered a harsh breakup he's desperately trying to overcome, returning home to bury an old friend. As Sam wakes up one morning in his motel room with a bloody shirt and no memories of his whereabouts the previous night, he embarks on a thrilling investigation to find the truth, with his mind as his only weapon. TWIN MIRROR offers the ability to dive into Sam's painful memories to personally and uniquely shape the investigation through a series of gut-wrenching choices, each bringing the player one step closer to discovering both the truth, and Sam's place in the world.
"Now more than ever, gamers are seeking out narrative journeys that not only progress the story in a particular direction but force them to make difficult moral decisions that impact the outcome in real, dramatic ways," said Eric Hartness, Vice President of Marketing for BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.
"TWIN MIRROR is our first entry into the world of Narrative adventures, and by partnering with the creative artists at DONTNOD, we are working to create a title that not only meets and exceed the high standard they've set but forms the foundation for new and compelling narrative adventures in the years to come," added Hervé Hoerdt, Vice President of Marketing & Digital for BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe.
TWIN MIRROR will be available in 2019 for the PlayStation®4 system, Xbox One, and STEAM for PC. TWIN MIRROR is currently pending a final rating with the ESRB. For more information regarding TWIN MIRROR and other titles from BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. please visit https://www.bandainamcoent.com , https://www.facebook.com/BandaiNamcoUS , or join the conversation at https://www.twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS .
Re: Announcing Twin Mirror - A Psychological Thriller Game [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #1153689
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Thanks, Ana! It's a game by the creators of Life is Strange, so I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one.
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The TRADE > News > Trading Venues > The Big Interview: Hans-Ole Jochumsen
Trading Venues September 23, 2016 4:52 AM GMT
The Big Interview: Hans-Ole Jochumsen
President of Nasdaq and head of global trading and marketing services Hans-Ole Jochumsen, speaks to The Trade about the exchange's ever-growing data business...
By Hayley McDowell
President of Nasdaq and head of global trading and marketing services Hans-Ole Jochumsen, speaks to The Trade about the exchange's ever-growing data business. He discusses European regulation MiFID II and its impact on traditional exchange functions. Jochumsen reveals he thinks EMIR regulation has had more of an effect on exchanges than MiFID II…
Hayley McDowell: What are Nasdaq's intentions in expanding data services in Europe?
Hans-Ole Jochumsen: Data products are more and more complex and necessary tools for market participants. At Nasdaq's Nordic markets, members get market data for free when they take them directly from the exchange for trading purposes.
Nasdaq also sells value-added data packages. We develop our products according to the needs of market participants and we're in constant dialogue with them on the market data front. The expansion around data products will in particular be due to the implementation of MIFID II: for instance data disaggregation requirements are likely to induce many data products that do not exist now.
HM: How much of an influence will MiFID II be in this expansion?
HJ: MIFID II will change the data landscape significantly by allowing customers to request disaggregated data packages on the basis of asset classes and criteria such as currencies or the country of issue for shares and sovereign debt. It will also create a need for more data especially on the validation front.
This is likely to result in many more data packages than now. But creating and disseminating new data packages will be costly as exchanges do not have the necessary tools in place right now for satisfying such demand. Information programs will have to be developed and investments will have to be made.
HM: Will there be greater integration of data services and traditional exchange functions?
HJ: The way we see it, market data services have to be provided unbundled from other traditional exchange services given the diversity of our client base and the needs they have.
HM: How is the traditional exchange model is transforming in terms of diversification and offerings?
HJ: A successful exchange has the ability to transform and evolve itself to not only be the centerpiece of the global capital markets, but also a provider of technology and expertise to the various players who make up the financial industry. For instance, on Nasdaq's end, we've transformed over the past decade for being known essentially as a US equities market to now providing solutions and service to 90 other markets around the world, and corporate services to nearly 20,000 public companies.
We also have our 30-odd markets we operate, which I'm very proud of. That's incredible when you think about the sort of transformation which was driven on demand and finding opportunities to grow our company.
Regulation is a big driver of change for our industry. In my view, EMIR was more transformative to the exchange model than Mifid II, particularly given the mandates impacting clearing requirements. We've had to find new, more innovative ways to service our client base.
For example, we're currently developing a new auction on demand, subject to regulatory approval, for our Nordics shares in order to complement current order book trading. The service could later be expanded to pan-European stocks if we feel there is later client demand for that.
Elsewhere, I was hoping to gauge Nasdaq's opportunities in the wake of Brexit, and in general what liquidity challenges do exchanges face going forward.
It's still very much early days across the board on Brexit's impact on the capital markets of Europe. When Mifid II's mandatory rules come into play next year, this now has a completely different meaning now than it did before June 23. Of course, there's also areas like Euro-denominated clearing that impacts both the buy- and sell-sides, particularly if this becomes Continental Europe-based vs. dominantly in London.
Our clearinghouse in the Nordics may get a boost in attention given this uncertainty and is fully functioning and can easily field the traffic from the market restructuring.
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You're probably well versed in the Microsoft Office suite of apps through work or school, but getting full access on your personal computer often means ponying up for a Microsoft 365 subscription. And if you want to avoid signing up for yet another monthly service, the alternative is a pricey lifetime license for your computer at home that could set you back as much as $349.
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Dodgy car dealer guilty
A car dealer from Earley who "clocked" cars has received a suspended prison sentence.
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Sohail Aslam, 37, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, which has been suspended for 18 months, when he appeared before Reading Crown Court on Friday, January 7.
His punishment comes after a jury at the same court returned unanimous guilty verdicts on Friday, November 26, 2010, to offences relating to the sale of two cars from his Roadstar Motors business, which he runs from his home.
Aslam was found guilty of committing nine offences relating to fraud, forgery and misleading commercial practices.
The prosecution was brought before the courts by the legal services team at Wokingham Borough Council.
This followed a complaint to its Trading Standards service, when a purchaser reported that the mileage on a Honda CRV he bought from the business had been reduced from 76,000 miles to 45,000 miles, an illegal practice known as clocking.
The customer returned the car to Roadstar Motors when he discovered the car had been clocked, and the service documents he received had been forged. A refund was issued.
However, a subsequent investigation by Trading Standards revealed the car had then been re-advertised on motoring website Auto Trader, still with the lower mileage, and the returned forged documents had been issued to another customer.
The investigation also led to the discovery of a second clocked car, a Toyota Rav, being sold by Aslam around the same time as the sale of the Honda CRV.
The court heard that the Toyota's mileage had been reduced from 108,000 miles to 61,000 miles, and the accompanying service documents had been altered.
In sentencing, His Honour Judge Ian Grainger said Aslam's case showed serious dishonesty on his part, and the offences had involved a high degree of planning.
His suspended sentence, however, is subject to two conditions: that he commit no further offence in the UK during this time, and that he carry out 200 hours' of unpaid work within the next 12 months.
Prior to sentencing, Judge Grainger made an order under Section 18 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, requiring Aslam to disclose details of his finances to the borough council's legal services department.
This was in advance of a confiscation hearing scheduled for later this year.
A financial investigator for Wokingham and West Berkshire Trading Standards will determine the extent of Aslam's assets and ensure there has been no benefit from his criminal activity.
Councillor UllaKarin Clark, executive member for community development at the borough council, said: "This is a clear case of fraud where a trader has taken a deliberate course of action to mislead consumers in order to extract maximum profit from the sale of secondhand cars.
"This case highlights a serious problem and it should be noted that Wokingham Borough Council, in order to stop criminals profiting from crimes, will not hesitate to prosecute under the Proceeds of Crime Act whenever an offence is revealed."
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Study: Growth of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Could Have Massive Human, Financial Costs
October 20, 2020 /in Featured, Healthcare, Press Releases: Health Care, Press Releases: Life Sciences /by Editorial Staff
Dysfunctional market, perverse incentives caused by Medicare reimbursement rates contribute to problem
BOSTON – The world was blindsided by COVID-19, but a new Pioneer Institute study finds that even as we continue to wrestle with the pandemic, another threat looms that scientists have long known about but the nation has thus far failed to address: the growth of antibiotic-resistant infections.
"Market dysfunction and perverse Medicare reimbursement rates have led to a growth in infections that resist antibiotics," said Gunnar Esiason, author of "Antimicrobial Resistance: Learning from the current global health crisis to prevent another one." If we don't solve this problem, the human and economic costs are likely to be astronomical."
In the U.S., around two million people per year contract infections that are resistant to antibiotics and as many as 23,000 of them die. These drug-resistant infections account for $20 billion in health care costs.
If unchecked, it's forecast that the problem could claim 10 million lives per year worldwide and be responsible for the loss of $100 trillion in economic output by 2050.
Antibiotic resistance is driven by years of overuse and misuse of antibiotics. Medicare is the nation's largest payer, and its recipients account for the majority of resistant infections. Because hospitals receive the same reimbursement whether they use an older generic drug or a new drug that is likely to be more expensive, there is a financial incentive to prescribe the older drugs, even if those drugs may not be as effective because patients have built up resistance to them.
The continuing use of older drugs exacerbates the antibiotic resistance problem. It can also result in higher health care costs because additional treatments are required to treat the infection, or cause hospitals to use unnecessarily strong antibiotics to treat it effectively.
Hospitals favoring older generic drugs even if they are less effective makes it harder for new drugs to recoup development costs, which can be up to $2.6 billion. As a result, investment is down and the number of new antibiotics approved by the FDA has fallen in recent years. In addition, companies working on new antibiotics are more likely to be small firms or start-ups that are less financially stable.
With its large concentration of life science companies, Massachusetts could be particularly hard hit if investment in new antibiotics continues to lag.
One effort to address the antibiotic-resistant infection problem is the DISARM Act, which was introduced in Congress last year. The legislation would increase Medicare antibiotic reimbursements and eliminate the incentive to prescribe less expensive drugs that are often less effective by allowing for the reimbursement of all antibiotics, regardless of cost. Backers argue that the bill would slow the growth of resistant infections by ending the overuse of older drugs that have become less effective, and that newer, more effective antibiotics could reduce long-term costs.
Esiason also recommends mounting a broad awareness campaign that would tie this impending public health and economic threat to our current battle against COVID-19.
Gunnar Esiason is a cystic fibrosis and rare disease patient leader, who is passionate about early stage drug development, patient empowerment and health policy. He is a second-year M.B.A. student at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and is also working towards a Master of Public Health degree at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. At Tuck, Gunnar serves as a Tuck Center for Health Care MBA Fellow, a health care club co-chair and a club hockey captain. Prior to Tuck, Gunnar received a BA form Boston College in 2013, worked on an enteral feeding product at a medical nutrition company, was appointed to the board of directors at the Boomer Esiason Foundation, and was the head coach of his high school alma mater's varsity hockey team. Gunnar maintains the roles of patient advocate and director of patient outreach at the Boomer Esiason Foundation.
He has consulted on clinical trial development, a real-world evidence population health study, and a cystic fibrosis-specific mental health and wellness screening tool. In 2019, Gunnar delivered the pre-commencement address at the St. Louis University School of Medicine commencement exercises. He has also been featured as a keynote speaker at more than two-dozen top medical centers, biotech conferences, and health industry events across the United States. His health policy opinions have been featured in Newsweek, The New York Daily News, The Hill, US News & World Report, and Morning Consult.
Mission: Pioneer Institute develops and communicates dynamic ideas that advance prosperity and a vibrant civic life in Massachusetts and beyond.
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Values: Pioneer believes that America is at its best when our citizenry is well-educated, committed to liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise, and both willing and able to test their beliefs based on facts and the free exchange of ideas.
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First-of-Its-Kind Interactive Mapping Tool Reveals Extent of For-Profit Entities Benefitting from the 340B Drug Pricing Program
Today, Pioneer Institute released a first-of-its-kind, 50-state mapping tool and database highlighting the troubling way in which hospitals and covered entities leverage unlimited pharmacy contracts under the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
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Shopping Hospital Value: Price Transparency Mandate Brings Market Forces to Medicine
Hubwonk host Joe Selvaggi talks with Pioneer Institute's senior healthcare fellow Barbara Anthony about her recently released paper, Massachusetts Hospitals: Uneven Compliance with New Federal Price Transparency Law, and how price transparency can empower consumers to shop for better value and encourage hospitals to offer more competitive costs.
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Survey Finds Spotty Compliance Among Hospitals with Federal Price Transparency Law
A 2019 federal law requires hospitals to make prices for 300 shoppable services available online in a "consumer-friendly format," but a Pioneer Institute survey of 19 hospitals finds that information on discounted cash prices—the price most likely to be charged to consumers paying out of pocket—was unavailable at seven of those hospitals.
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Right To Save: Paying Healthcare Consumers To Shop For Value
This week on Hubwonk, host Joe Selvaggi talks with healthcare policy expert Josh Archambault about the findings from his Cicero Institute report, The Right to Save: The Next Generation of Price Transparency. He outlines how to incentivize healthcare consumers to utilize price information to reduce out-of-pocket costs, and lower healthcare costs for everyone.
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Is CHIA's Drug Cost Data Reliable?
Earlier this year, the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) released its Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System for 2020. The Massachusetts Legislature relies on CHIA data when considering bills to regulate drug costs and prices. The advocacy group Health Care for All reported that CHIA data showed prescription drug spending grew by 7.7 percent in 2020, more than twice the benchmark - but the most reliable data on prescription drugs indicates that spending in 2020 was essentially flat.
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Is this PBM tactic blocking healthcare access?
Utilization Management (UM) was originally a strategy designed to improve the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of physician prescribing. However, UM has grown exponentially over the last decade, becoming more a tactic for Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to manage costs to benefit their bottom line.
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Drug Price Control: Bad Medicine for Healthcare and Region
Hubwonk host Joe Selvaggi talks with Dr. Bill Smith, Director of Pioneer Institute's Life Sciences Initiative, about the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on long-term health costs. They discuss the bill's unintended consequences, potential effect on the region's vibrant pharmaceutical research and development sector, and what citizens can do about it.
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The Realities Behind US Healthcare Spending
Healthcare policy is an all-encompassing term. It plays a role in every individual's life; how it is curated, developed, and maintained has a significant long-term impact on the quality of life of any given community. It is critical that policymakers consistently adapt and amend healthcare policies in the ever-changing global pricing and affordability environment while providing funding support for optimal quality of care.
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Healthcare dominates the job market.
Healthcare and social assistance are among the most important…
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Drug Cost Disruption: Direct Generic Access Can Save Consumers Billions
Hubwonk host Joe Selvaggi talks with Dr. Hussain Lalani about his recently published research on the potential for more than $3 billion in savings were Medicare to use Mark Cuban's new direct-to-consumer drug company to purchase generics.
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Healthcare Employs More on Cape Cod Than Any Other Sector
Despite being a major tourist destination, the largest employment sector on Cape Cod is not related to tourism: it is healthcare!
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Doctors With Borders: Curing Shortages With International Lifeline
This week on Hubwonk, host Joe Selvaggi talks with Cicero Institute's Jonathan Wolfson about the growing doctor shortage and the potential to alleviate the crisis by tapping the global supply of well-trained physicians eager to find safety and freedom in the US.
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Pharmacy Benefit Profiteers: Distortions and Costs of Half-Trillion Dollar Drug Middlemen
Hubwonk Host Joe Selvaggi talks with ALVA10 Chief Executive Hannah Mamuszka and Dr. Blake Long about the perverse incentives imposed by Pharmacy Benefit Managers adding nearly $500 billion to U.S. drug costs.
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Comments on How Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) affect Smaller Pharmacies and Consumers (ID FTC-2022-0015-0001)
Pioneer Institute Senior Fellows William Smith and Robert Popovian submitted public comments about PBM business practices to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Pioneer recommended that PBM discounts be passed along to patients when they are meeting their deductible or coinsurance requirements.
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Exploiting Charity Drugs: Hospital Program Earns Billions But Forgets Mission
Hubwonk host Joe Selvaggi talks with Pioneer Institute's Dr. Bill Smith about his recently released paper entitled, "340B Drug Discounts, An Increasingly Dysfunctional Federal Program," which analyzes the evolution of a well-intentioned program to offer discounted drugs to the uninsured from a benefit that had helped charitable hospitals to one that has exploded to generate billions in profits while serving fewer uninsured.
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Massachusetts Hospitals Pull Back on Charity Care as Revenue from Federal 340B Drug Discount Program Explodes
Over the past decade, the revenue for hospitals generated by the federal 340B drug discount program, initially intended to serve low-income, uninsured populations, has exploded even while a number of important Massachusetts hospitals have reduced the level of charity care they provide, according to a new study published by Pioneer Institute. The Pioneer Institute study, "340B Drug Discounts: An Increasingly Dysfunctional Program," notes that nationwide, 340B drug sales rose from $9 billion in 2014 to $38 billion in 2020.
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340B Drug Discounts: An Increasingly Dysfunctional Program
This report reviews the federal 340B drug discount program, showing that, over the past decade, the revenue for hospitals generated by the program, initially intended to serve low-income, uninsured populations, has exploded even while a number of important Massachusetts hospitals have reduced the level of charity care they provide. The study notes that nationwide, 340B drug sales rose from $9 billion in 2014 to $38 billion in 2020.
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Successful Aging Support: Reimagining Effective and Affordable Long-Term Care Solutions
Hubwonk host Joe Selvaggi talks with Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and healthcare policy expert Stuart Butler about the challenge of building long-term care systems and institutions that will support Americans as they age, without depleting assets and bankrupting the social safety net.
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Tags: antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, Gunnar Esiason, infections, infectious disease
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