When Benjamin Holt and Daniel Best merged their respective companies in 1925, to form The Caterpillar Tractor Co., would either of them have believed that at the beginning of the 21st Century, the Caterpillar brand, would also be used on a range of footwear and subsequently clothing?
The leap from tracked diggers & dumper trucks to boots is a remarkable extension of the brand, but it both makes sense and works. It does so, because of the transferable values of the master brand and strong consumer associations with the values of durability and toughness.
As a growth strategy, extending a brand into new product categories is an obvious candidate for consideration; however such a strategy is not always feasible, either for financial or brand reasons. In such cases, businesses may chose to collaborate with another brand, leveraging their respective strengths for mutual benefit. Numerous examples exist within the Automotive Industry, of such collaborations, at both a Design and Functional level.
The relationship between Peugeot and Pininfarina, is a powerful example of Design collaboration, used to enhance a product proposition. Their relationship dates back many years, but in our view, reach a pinnacle, with the launch of the Peugeot 406 Coupe, in 1997. Designed by Pininfarina, the 406 Coupe used many of the styling cues, from Pininfarina's work on Ferrari's road cars. As well as winning numerous design awards, the 406 Coupe, benefited from the positioning it generated as "the poor mans Ferrari".
Bolster the performance image of the Volume Manufacturer's vehicle, through association with a sport/racing brand, providing a top of the range performance solution, targeting a new customer segment and a halo effect on the remainder of the portfolio.
Provides an entry platform for the Sport/Racing brand, into their own portfolio or diversification into a vehicle configuration, with which they are not normally associated. In both cases allowing them to address different segments.
As the telecommunications market matures and businesses look for growth strategies, we are beginning to see similar behaviours amongst handset vendors. Existing players are beginning to collaborate with non telecommunications brands, in order to sub segment their product offering or strengthen their proposition. We are also seeing the first attempts by brands, without consumer electronics backgrounds, at entering the market. As in the Automotive Industry, these are driven by Design and Functional oriented product developments.
The Mobile Fashion Statement: As penetration rates rise, we are seeing a trend amongst some segments towards a more fashion oriented mobile phone purchase. This trend was first exploited by the introduction of "pink" phones. As consumers become more sophisticated in their choices, the trend is starting to be further exploited through a number of high profile collaborations between handset vendors and fashion brands, i.e., Motorola – Dolche &Gabbana; Nokia – Kath Kidston; Samsung – Ted Baker; LG – Prada. Although these collaborations have been successful in driving sales of handsets, the brand impact is usually biased towards the fashion partner. For example nobody refers to the LG Prada HE850, as it is invariably known as the "the Prada Phone". Indeed when journalists write about the fashion phone market, they talk about Prada, Ted Baker and D&G having launched phones.
The HT1, which is an expensive, mid specification camera phone, is pre packaged with exclusive Hummer videos, ring tones and is available in the same yellow as the vehicle. However, other than these minor cosmetic elements, the product is simply a re-skinned version of an existing Fly product, and does not incorporate any of the Hummer design elements, or transfer any of the rugged values associated with the vehicle.
The Fly Mobile brand positioning is around the supply of high specification, high quality products at an affordable price. The Hummer HT1 shatters this positioning.
The Hummer brand is not held in high regard, indeed amongst motoring journalists it is universally ridiculed. The target audience is usually described as minor celebrities, footballers and would be gangsters (or collectively people with more money than taste). The HT1 doesn't have the "bling" to appeal to the Hummer target audience.
This may explain why Fly Mobile, does not market the HT1 in the UK, instead focussing on Russia, India and other developing markets.
Interestingly Levi, soon to be followed by Tag Heuer, has taken the brand extension route, as opposed to collaboration, licensing their brand to Modelabs of France. The launch of an own brand series of products, means they take all the brand risk themselves.
The Mobile Function Statement: In our view, the most exciting developments have been in the cross over of brands into the telecommunications market, based upon brand equity in their core market, which deliver significant functional benefits in the telecommunications market.
Amongst the major handset vendors, Sony-Ericsson has focused on this functional brand extension, choosing to utilise the Sony Walkman and Cybershot brands, in order to strengthen their music and camera phone proposition. This in our view is an unsurprising winning formula, given the shared Sony heritage. There are however, two less obvious examples that are worth considering.
Nokia addressed initial consumer scepticism over camera phones and perceptions of poor image, via its collaboration with Carl Zeiss. The image quality of digital cameras is as much a function of the optics as it is the sensor. Nokia's collaboration with Carl Zeiss, which results in the incorporation of high quality optics in their high end camera phones, immediately positions Nokia camera phones as high quality serious photography products. It also had the side effect of diluting Sony Ericsson Cybershot camera phone launch. Carl Zeiss optics is an integral element of the Cybershot proposition that could not be transferred to mobile, because of the nature of the Nokia deal.
The JCB ToughphoneTM, which extends the JCB brand into the mobile market, is one of the most exciting announcements to date. Not because it will deliver large volumes, as the target market is relatively niche, but because it is an excellent example of how a brand has transferred values between product categories. The phone aimed at Construction Workers (and Extreme Sports Enthusiasts), incorporates a number of features and benefits, such as 3 year warranty, which show that JCB have truly thought about the extension of the brand, the transfer of values and their impact on the product proposition in the new category.
1. Transfer of Values: As consumers become more sophisticated, it will no longer be possible to simply airbrush a brand name to a product and automatically expect success. Success or otherwise, of the activity will depend upon the ability to transfer values with a strong consumer association into the product. Whether it is a Design or Functional based approach, this will depend upon the influence the respective brands have over the design of the product, whether the brand equity can be transferred during the design process and ultimately the appropriateness of the overall proposition for the audience being targeted.
2. It's still a mobile phone: It is not enough just to transfer values with strong consumer association. The resulting handset and accessories must be functional, easy to use, and of high quality. Without these three core deliverables the parent brand is prone to damage. The approach adopted by Bang & Olufsen, for the launch of its own brand of mobile phones, is interesting, in that, they made no effort to hide that Samsung were the providers of the mobile phone technology, while they focussed on their historic strengths of design, interface and acoustics.
3. Distribution: The main benefit of brand collaboration, as a market entry strategy, especially with an established handset vendor, is that there are automatic benefits in accessing an established distribution network. The issues facing the likes of JCB, Levi and Tag Heuer, are the difficulties in developing a distribution network appropriate to their brand and the product category.
Whether it is collaboration or extension, consideration needs to be given to the potential impact. Failure may result in significant harm to the master brand, potentially effecting perception in its core markets. Success, however, could provide fresh impetus to a brand.


The life of Chef Megan Romano has been a sweet one; one she shares with everyone in her Chocolate and Spice Bakery.
Her culinary background includes notable restaurants such as Lespinasse and Charlie Trotter and, while working at Charlie Palmer's Aureole, she won several awards as best pastry chef. Chef Romano also authored "It's A Sweet Life," and began to sell her own line of treats online, and to several Las Vegas area cafes. In 2012, the annual Culinary Excellence Awards sponsored by the Nevada Restaurant Association awarded Chef Romano Pastry Chef of the Year. She now devotes herself full time to the venture and new retail space.
"I envision Chocolate and Spice Bakery to be a meeting place for coffee and a light bite on the way to work, for a simple soup and beverage at lunch and for a sweet bite any time of day. The interior is comfortable and casual, with space for gatherings and special occasions," Romano said.
The early morning menu includes coffee, breakfast frittatas and pastries. Sandwiches, soups, salads and pasta are also offered along with special items such as ham and Gruyere brioche roll. Cakes, cookies, ice cream and confections as well as individual sweets such as strawberry lemon Napoleon, banana cream pie with honey caramel and chocolate Nutella bombe are featured. Seasonal and new tastes are always being created and specials events are part of Chocolate and Spice Bakery including seasonal cooking classes.


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Tax Software Vendor Raises $8 Million
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Thursday, Dec 09 2021
Written by Bob Scott
FlyFin, which targets freelance workers and the self-employed, has raised $8 million. The seed and pre-Series A round funds will be used to develop the company's artificial-intelligence based tax preparation software.
."FlyFin's 'Man + Machine' approach leverages the power of A.I. to eliminate 95% of the work that is then fortified with world-class CPA expertise, FlyFin founder and CEO Jaideep Singh said in a prepared statement.
The company's SaaS platform uses A.I. to scan expense accounts and find tax deductions. Users can utilize FlyFin's CPAs, who revie returns and provide help, or can export data in an IRS-ready format.
Accel Partners led the funding round.
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind
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Valensa unveils manufacturing partnership that brings astaxanthin to life
The natural formulations specialist describes what it takes to make Zanthin, Valensa's astaxanthin, from the company's plant in the US and Chile
The production facility of Valensa's Haematococcus microalgae is located in Chile's Elqui Valley
Extracting the most powerful antioxidant on earth from a natural source is quite a challenge. Adding consistency at high-quality standards does not happen overnight. Valensa, the Florida-based nutraceutical company, has released the secret behind the production of its Zanthin Natural Astaxanthin as the company believes it's second to none.
Valensa said the company has gone to great lengths "to partner with nature in order to benefit mankind".
The production facility of Valensa's Haematococcus microalgae is located in the picturesque Elqui Valley in Chile, on a site nestled between grape vines, vineyards and fruit orchards. The plant is operated by Valensa's sister division, Alimtec, S.A.
The specific strain of Haematococcus used has been selected for its ability to thrive in this microclimate while minimising the impact on the environment.
Under Alimtec's environmental stewardship programme, special attention is paid to the conservation of groundwater, that is filtered, softened to remove minerals, then sterilized for use.
Dino Saltarini, Operation Manager for the Alimtec site, explains: "The hybrid production system begins with an optimized 'green' growth phase that uses sterilised seed culture flasks, then moves to bioreactors in a greenhouse setting.
The commercial production of the "red" growth phase, characteristic of the intense pigmentation of astaxanthin, occurs in a controlled open pond propagation system.
Astaxanthin in the making
The resulting biomass becomes rich in total lipids, carotenoids, and, most importantly, astaxanthin. Operational improvements and strain and production optimisation have allowed the plant to achieve greater than two-fold increase in efficiency with fewer inputs, simply by defining the parameters that are best for Haematococcus growth.
But, getting Haematococcus to produce a rich source of astaxanthin is much harder than it would seem.
According to Larry McCarty, food industry executive and VP of Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain at Valensa International, figuring out how to manage Haematococcus production and bringing a quality proposition to the market is actually a tremendous feat.
"Haematococcus gives us a great platform to produce astaxanthin. But harnessing that power of nature requires tremendous skill and dedication," McCarty explains. "The microalgae teaches us how to look at growth conditions that optimise for cell density and astaxanthin content and yield, and we need to be willing to learn from this."
Through collaborations with local government officials and academic institutions, the companies have gained tremendous insights on the local weather, climate and rainfall conditions.
They have worked with experts to optimise the nutrient inputs for Haematococcus biomass growth and create the ideal process for the production of their strain at the Alimtec facility.
McCarty elaborates: "Defining the production conditions for Haematococcus biomass that makes it tailor-made for our supercritical CO2 extraction facility in Eustis, Florida, has been a journey.
"For instance, we have developed a process that achieves over 98% efficiency for cracked cells so the extraction of astaxanthin is as complete as possible. The profile of the biomass is ideally suited to our operations here in Florida."
McCarty says Valensa doesn't just grow Haematococcus and then extract astaxanthin. "We have a truly unique, thoughtfully conceived, carefully managed and optimized end-to-end solution for astaxanthin production we are very proud of," he says. "We are now able to deliver consistent quality and a value proposition in our Zanthin Natural Astaxanthin by learning from, and working in harmony with, nature."
The Alimtec and Valensa partnership has achieved a sustainable end-to-end supply solution that puts quality at the forefront.
By also leveraging the capability of Valensa's analytical team, in partnership with the production and extraction operations, and by adhering to strict Quality Systems standards, Valensa is able to deliver the quality proposition to the market in a seamless way.
Zanthin is recognised as a quality ingredient, produced consistently to the highest standards. But, the behind-the-scenes work to make this happen by leveraging nature and science and technology for the benefit of Valensa's customers is a partnership between man and nature that the company is very proud of.
Valensa International
Parry Nutraceuticals, Valensa expand microalgae plans through joint venture with Synthite Industries
Valensa partners with Algae Biomass Organization to drive innovation in microalgae nutraceuticals
Valensa acquires Chilean company Alimtec
Valensa launches palmetto powder
Saw palmetto adulteration found in six suppliers
Kemin and Valensa International introduce aglae-sourced beta-glucan ingredients
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G. William Morgan, also known as George William Morgan, health physicist and founding member of the Health Physics Society. Morgan held key health physics positions at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Commission. Morgan was instrumental in developing the regulations that we know today as I0 CFR 20, the Standards for Protection against Radiation.

Awards and honors
G. William Morgan Lectureship Award established in his honor under the terms of his will.

Professional affiliations
Charter member, Health Physics Society
Charter member, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, NCRP, 1964

Publications
 Some practical considerations in radiation shielding.
Gamma and Beta Radiation Shielding.
Surveying and monitoring of radiation from radioisotopes.
Decontamination and disposal of radioactive wastes.
Considerations for the Return of Radioactive Isotopes to Commission Facilities for Disposal.
Air contamination and respiratory protection in radioisotope work.
Radiation Safety in Industrial Radiography with Radioisotopes.
The Control of Radioisotopes.
Facilities and equipment for isotopes program.
Health Physics Insurance Seminar.

References

External links
Health Physics Society website
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) website

1984 deaths
Year of birth missing
Health physicists
Health Physics Society
Oak Ridge National Laboratory people
Manhattan Project people
United States Atomic Energy Commission

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awe! poor paul :-(. really like your spin on him. hope he and rach kiss and make up soon.
I swear I've read this story somewhere else. Like Fanfiction.net, maybe? Any ways, It's such a shame that a piece of art like this has been abandoned. I love this story. I think it is the second time I've read it and I can never get enough of it. Please!! Update soon!!
I have been enjoying your story since the begining. I look forward to each new posting.
You are amazing! Sorry i have not review before but i have been following your story from the very beginning and i am loving it. This is just the way i thought the Wolf Pack would act if we were to have had their POV in Breaking Dawn. Please post soon!
It's a common misconception that Paul's much older than Jake - I certainly though he was before I wrote this fic! The books actually say that he's the same age, though...and when you consider the fact that first Seth (15) and then Collin and Brady (13) join the pack, imprinting can't have everything to do with age.
*tap tap tap* Heeeelllloooooooo???? Are you there?? I was just kinda wonderin' if there was going to maybe, possibly be any more to this fic? Please? Pretty please with all the sugar, cherries, chocolate covered strawberries and whipped cream (the real kind!) on top?
I just found your story and I read all 16 chapters at once. It is so much fun. I am really enjoying it. I can't thank you enough for sharing it. I read in some of your authors notes about "outtakes". How can I read those? I look forward to the next chapter.
Please continue - it's brilliant!
You know what? I'm usually not a "review after every chapter" kinda girl. I like to just leave one massive note of love at the end of my reading session... but your outtakes are too darn alluring. So <3<3<3<3 Outtake now, please?
Glad for the update. Can't believe how stupid Jake can be, but then, it's got to be tough dealing with vampires.
I really like Rachel. You have written her as smart and intuitive. This is one of my favourite stories.
Great chapter! So happy for the update. Seems like Rachel is really getting the hots for Paul, eh?
On to the two wolf packs now!
I loved the conversation about the imprinting and mind-link, you made excellent points.
Loving the wolf pack and leah's sense of humour always makes me laugh. Also thanks for the out take nice to know what Rachels thinking and Haley is so knowlegable isn't she? oh and paul getting change, will Rachel steal another look? Haha lets hope.
Things are moving right along and it's very enjoyable. Can see that we're progressing to the splitting of the pack......looking forward to more Paul/Rachel time in the next chapter.


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At the official website, you can see the mayor near a white flag with a modern seal and blue letters around it. At the bottom you can read Alto Hospicio, and one can can guess that at the top is written "Ilustre municipalidad". Alto Hospicio has 50.000 inhabitants and 573 km².


Direct mail achieves a 3.7% response rate with a house list, and a 1% response rate with a prospect list.
Cost-per-acquisition for direct mail is very competitive.
Second, Most Millennials ignore digital ads....more proof that you need an integrated strategy.
BUT THE PROOF THAT INSERTS DO WORK, DOESN'T END THERE.
And, most important to advertisers, newspaper inserts drive action.
Nine out of ten newspaper readers report that they take one or more of a broad range of specific actions after reading or looking at inserts.
I could literally bore you to death with statistics and research; So I spent the weekend doing that for you and pulled out the most relevant, for this quick read.
BUT, I am NOT extolling using newspapers as your primary delivery vehicle. Subscription rates to newspapers are dying a slow death, except the Sunday editions where people look for your inserted promotions.
Additionally, in the Wall Street Journal, they also substantiated "
the good news that newspaper inserts drove more retail shoppers than digital ads and are, without a doubt, the most powerful drive-to-retail media available to marketers".
So, how do you get started to take advantage of a fully integrated selling strategy with this information?
Knowledge is power and information creates knowledge. Fine-tune what you know and then put it to good use by repeating this process over and over.
REMEMBER, "Water dripping on a stone leaves a mark."
In-store advertising was present for 37.8% of products purchased.


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Gregor Piatigorsky (17 de abril de 1903 - 6 de agosto de 1976) fue un chelista Ruso, nacionalizado estadounidense. Considerado uno de los mejores intérpretes del violonchelo del siglo XX.

Biografía
Gregor Piatigorsky nació en Ekaterinoslav. De niño estudió violín y piano con su padre, hasta escuchar a un violonchelo en un concierto. Tuvo su primer chelo y aprendió a tocarlo a los siete años. Ganó una beca al Conservatorio de Moscú, mudándose a Moscú, para estudiar y reforzar sus habilidades musicales, ya que solo las usaba para reunir dinero y ayudar su familia, tocando en cafés, burdeles y locales de cine mudos.  La revolución rusa tuvo lugar cuando él tenía trece años.  A la edad de quince años, lo contrataron como chelo solista del Teatro Bolshoy, poco después empezó a tocar en el Cuarteto Lenin, siendo un miembro afamado por su corta edad y su gran habilidad con el chelo.

Crecimiento musical
En 1921, las autoridades rusas no le permitieron viajar al extranjero por las presiones políticas hechas por el nuevo régimen Leninista, para continuar sus estudios tuvo que escapar a escondidas a Polonia, en un tren de ganado junto a un grupo de artistas; existen muchas historia acercas de esos viajes, las cuales están retratadas en su autobiografía. Ya con 18 años, estudió brevemente en Leipzig y en Berlín, con Hugo Becker y Julius Klengel, mientras tocaba en el café ruso "Warsaw Symphony", para mantenerse. En el café de Berlín, tuvo la oportunidad de ser parte del concierto de Arnold Schönberg, "Pierrot Lunaire", en compañía del pianista Artur Schnabel, violinista/violista Boris Kroyt, el conductor Fritz Stiedry y el flautista Paul Bose. Entre los clientes del café estaba Wilhelm Furtwängler, que lo escuchó y decidió contratarlo como primer violonchelo de la Filarmónica de Berlín. Durante su período en la orquesta obtuvo varios trabajos musicales fuera de ella, como solista, ya hubiese sido para dar conciertos o dar recitales, y músico de cámara. Hizo una representación de la obra "Don Quijote" de Richard Strauss, la cual escuchó el músico alemán y al oír al joven chelista interpretarlo, señaló: "Finalmente he escuchado mi Don Quijote como en realidad yo pensé que sería." Mantuvo el puesto de chelista principal en la Filarmónica de Berlín hasta 1929.

En 1929 visitó Estados Unidos, tocando con la Orquesta de Filadelfia, dirigida por Leopold Stokowski y la Filarmónica de Nueva York, con Willem Mengelberg.

Años posteriores
En 1937, se casa con Jacqueline de Rothschild, en EE. UU., viviendo en Francia, donde nació su hija, hasta 1940, cuando la Wehrmacht inicia la ocupación de Francia, saliendo de Francia en los últimos desalojos de Francia hacia EE. UU., quedándose en una propiedad en Elizabethtown, Nueva York, adquirida por un bajo precio un año antes, cuando estaba de gira por el país, ya establecidos en Elizabethtown, consigue su segundo hijo, Joram. Entre 1941 y 1949 fue el director del departamento de chelo en el Instituto Curtis de Música en Filadelfia, y también dio clases en Tanglewood, en la Universidad de Boston. En 1949, es reubicado en California, en la UCLA, donde permaneció hasta 1962, cuando fue trasladado a la Universidad del Sur de California, reuniéndose con su amigo Jascha Heifetz, con quién daría clases y tocaría música de cámara en esos años, en la institución permaneció hasta su muerte por cáncer de pulmón en Los Ángeles, California, en 1976.

En su camino a la posteridad tocó con el violinista Carl Flesch y el pianista Artur Schnabel en el primer de los tres tríos famosos en los que él estuvo asociado. Luego, tocó música de cámara en privado, con el pianista Vladimir Horowitz y el violinista Nathan Milstein, y finalmente en un periodo tardío de su carrera hizo numerosas grabaciones en el trío con Arthur Rubinstein y Jascha Heifetz, conocidos como el "Trío del Millón de Dólares", como también tuvo un grupo muy famoso con los mismos integrantes y el violista William Primrose.

Se dice que el pedagogo y violinista Ivan Galamian describió a Piatigorsky como el mejor músico de cuerda de la historia. Entre los compositores que escribieron piezas para él se incluyen Prokófiev (Concierto para cello), Hindemith (Concierto para cello), William Walton (Concierto para cello), Stravinski (Piatigorsky colaboró en el arreglo para chelo y piano de la Suite italiana), y otros. Piatigorsky poseía dos chelos Stradivarius, el "Batta" y el "Baudiot". El chelo "Batta" se conserva en el Museo de Arte de Baltimore; y según Cozio.com, Piatigorsky también fue dueño del famoso cello Montagnana conocido como "La Bella Durmiente", desde 1939 hasta 1951.

Muerte y legado
Falleció el 6 de agosto de 1976 en su hogar en California, por una insuficiencia provocada por cáncer de pulmón, que Piatigorsky padecía desde hace años. Dejando un amplío legado musical, completo y variado, desde conciertos hasta variaciones instrumentales. Piatigorsky también era autor, teniendo como principal ejemplo sus variaciones de un tema de Paganini, estructurados a partir del Capricho No. 24, compuesta en 1946, para chelo y orquesta, siendo conducido por su amigo y colaborador Ralph Berkowitz.

Vida privada
En 1937 se casó con Jacqueline de Rothschild, hija de Edouard Alphonse de Rothschild, de la familia de banqueros Rothschild, de Francia, en Ann Arbor (Míchigan). Ese mismo otoño, tras volver a Francia, tuvieron su primera hija, Jephta. Con la ocupación nazi en la Segunda Guerra Mundial la familia dejó el país y se estableció en Elizabethtown en las montañas de Adirondack. Su hijo, Joram, nació en Elizabethtown en 1940. Esta pareja sería reconocida, ya que, tanto Gregor como Jacqueline eran personas muy carismáticas y activas en la vida pública. Jacqueline era conocida por ser una polimata, y Gregor por ser un gran músico y profesor de música. En 1942 se le otorga la nacionalidad norteamericana, país en el que creó fuertes lazos.

Ajedrez
Piatigorsky también disfrutaba jugar ajedrez. Su esposa Jacqueline era una jugadora muy fuerte en el deporte, jugó en distintas competencias, llegando a representar a los Estados Unidos en la Olimpiadas de Ajedrez Femenino. En 1963, los Piatigorsky organizaron y financiaron un fuerte torneo internacional en Los Ángeles, siendo ganado por estrellas como Paul Keres y Tigran Petrosian. Un segundo Piatigorsky Cup fue organizado en Santa Mónica en 1966, el cual dio por ganador al próximo campeón del mundo, Boris Spassky.

Véase también
 Violonchelo
 Música Neoclasicista en el Siglo XX
 Arthur Rubinstein
 Jascha Heifetz
 Revolución Rusa
 Segunda Guerra Mundial

Referencias

Violonchelistas de Rusia
Músicos clásicos del siglo XX de Ucrania
Violonchelistas clásicos
Fallecidos por cáncer de pulmón
Nacionalizados de Estados Unidos
Músicos clásicos del siglo XX de Rusia
Graduados honorarios de la Universidad del Sur de California
Nacidos en Dnipró
Fallecidos por cáncer en California


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Campy 'Bunnicula' not too scary for kids
Published in The News Tribune, October 31, 2008
It is a dark and stormy night. Haven't you always longed to see a show that starts that way? The modern children's classic "Bunnicula" starts just that way – in spirit if not in fact. It is not only a delightfully entertaining story for children, it is also a campy takeoff on every old horror movie ever made.
On Tacoma Children's Musical Theater's big stage at the Narrows Theatre, it will be just scary enough and funny enough to entertain children of all ages without upsetting the younger children. Or so say the play's director, Maria Valenzuela, and actor Chris Serface. "It was hot reading for kids in high school and college, (and) my 8-year-old just read it," Valenzuela said.
Serface, who was a young child when the first "Bunnicula" book came out, said all of his friends loved the books, even up through high school.
As for the play, Serface said it is "very cartoonesque, like an old horror movie." It starts off a little scary, Serface said, but turns funny before it gets too scary for the little kids – "almost like a spoof."
It's the story of the Monroe family and their pets, Chester the cat (played by Nelwyn Brady) and Harold the dog (Mark Rake-Marona), who is also the narrator of the story. The family goes to the movies and finds a bunny there and brings him home. Soon all the vegetables in the house begin to turn white, and Chester the cat suspects it is because the bunny, whom they named Bunnicula after Dracula, is a vampire, and he's sucking the juices out of all the veggies.
The play is told from the point of view of the dog and features adult actors as animals and teenage actors as children, which means all of the props have to be appropriate sizes. To get an idea of what that is like, remember Lily Tomlin as 5-year-old Edith Ann in her big chair on the old "Laugh In" television series.
The children are played by Kody Bringman, 19, and Alex Gallo, 16. Both are from Puyallup and both are up-and-coming actors.
Bringman plays 10-year-old Pete, the oldest Monroe child. Patrons of Tacoma Musical Playhouse will remember him from "Grease" and "Meet Me in St. Louis" and can look forward to seeing him again in TMP's next mainstage production, "The Slipper and the Rose."
Gallo plays the younger child, Toby. Gallo was seen in "Ragtime" and has been in all three of TMP's productions of "A Christmas Carol."
Other actors in this production include Serface as Mr. Monroe and Christine Riippi as Mrs. Monroe.
And, of course, Bunnicula, a 4-foot-tall puppet built by Douglas Paasch, the master puppeteer at the Seattle Children's Theater, where the play premiered in 1997.
The music has been arranged especially for this performance by musical director Sarah Samuelson with help from Valenzuela and TMP musical director Jeff Stvrtecky. Since the script didn't come with a full score, they had to create their own. Traditionally, this play has relied on recorded music, but Valenzuela said TMP is dedicated to doing live music, so this production will use two keyboards and percussion, and we're promised many comical musical special effects.
Other effects sure to be delightful, such as some very inventive lighting, are the work of technical director Will Abrahamse.
Tonight there will be a special costume party with a full performance of the play and prizes for costumes and jack-o'-lanterns.
All-in-all, it sounds so entertaining I wish I was 10 years old again.
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Brachyorrhos is een geslacht van slangen uit de familie waterdrogadders (Homalopsidae).

Naam en indeling
De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht werd in 1826 voorgesteld door Heinrich Kuhl. De slangen werden eerder aan andere geslachten toegekend, zoals Coluber, Rabdion en Oxyorrhos. Er zijn vier soorten, inclusief de pas in 2012 beschreven soort Brachyorrhos wallacei.

Verspreiding en habitat
De slangen komen voor in delen van Azië en leven endemisch in Indonesië.

Beschermingsstatus
Door de internationale natuurbeschermingsorganisatie IUCN is aan een soort een beschermingsstatus toegewezen. Brachyorrhos albus wordt beschouwd als 'onzeker' (Data Deficient of DD).

Soorten
Het geslacht omvat de volgende soorten, met de auteur en het verspreidingsgebied.

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Waterdrogadders
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Home Culture Music Why The Pistils' CD Release Show at the Venice Will Become an Important Footnote in the History of St. Louis Rock 'n' Roll
Why The Pistils' CD Release Show at the Venice Will Become an Important Footnote in the History of St. Louis Rock 'n' Roll
The Pistils at The Venice Cafe. Photograph by Tracy Wynkoop
When they write the history of rock 'n' roll in St. Louis, there'll be a note about last Saturday's concert at the Venice Cafe. There, David Udell offered up his CD release party for the album Orchids, which drew the collected new wave and punk classes of 1976–82, packed into the tight, friendly quarters of the Venice's main bar room. Lots of bodies, lots of familiar faces. And one drummer in a big, ol' cast.
For the show, Udell assembled the rare band, dubbed The Pistils, including both a pedal steel guitar (compliments of John Higgins) and sax (played through pedals by Dominic Schaeffer), along with a rhythm section of drummer Mike "Shorty" Long and bassist Jackie Niebylski. Together, Higgens, Niebylski and Long are three-eighths of the popular country cover act Liquid Gold, though Udell's music is a different animal altogether.
Udell was a member of the important '80s act(s) Earwacks (aka Wax Theatricks), which fused new wave and progressive rock into a fascinating amalgam.
For this record, Udell says, "There are two songs I started in the '80s. We were rehearsing at the Lester Family studio on 39th Street, and the guy that owned it traded me studio time for work. Some of it I tried to do while I was married, but it was hard. I started pouring it on while I was editing the "33 1/3" video [by Earwacks]. The idea for the project came when three old girlfriends died in a year. All the songs are about the influence a lot of really strong women have had on me."
Finally, bringing the album to life meant Udell pulling together a band in a relative hurry and without much time for rehearsal. On a positive level, knowing all the players helped the process move a bit more quickly. What didn't help was a motorcycle accident suffered by Long, who broke a bone, initially thinking it was a sprain.
"He woke up in great pain and went to the ER," Udell says. "The day started with us all waiting for a report from a CT scan. I was seriously considering playing a few songs acoustically on the Venice steps where I could greet people and apologize for cancelling the show. Some people came from pretty far. We all went through an emotional wringer that day, and were physically exhausted by show time. Then some of my equipment broke down and time was running out. I actually forgot a few lyrics but was really pleased with the show."
So, to double back to the original point of this piece: Mike Long played with a broken leg, sealed from ankle to mid-thigh by heavy tape and splinting. But he played the gig. That is massively rock 'n' roll. (What's somewhat more amazing is that this isn't unprecedented, Long's legs having been badly injured in a work accident previously, which resulted in only one lost gig for Liquid Gold. (Read that full story here.)
The gig happened. Something like it could happen again. Udell felt some magic happening at the Venice, and the people seemed to want more.
"There were things we were kicking ourselves about, but Jackie, Mike, and I are going to pursue it," Udell says. "We'll use the others when they can or [when we] find a keyboard player."
When they write the history of rock 'n' roll in St. Louis, they'd best not forget Mike Long's damn-near-heroic turn behind the kit on Saturday. Yeoman's work. Legendary.
And when they write that history, Thomas Burnham will probably be near, with a small video camera. He captured the scene thusly.


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Home Christian News 'A Vile, Repellent Bigot'—RJC Condemns Ye's Self-Proclaimed 'Christ-Like' Nazi-Affirming Comments
'A Vile, Repellent Bigot'—RJC Condemns Ye's Self-Proclaimed 'Christ-Like' Nazi-Affirming Comments
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On Thursday (Dec. 1), the Republican Jewish Coalition released a statement condemning the appearance of Kanye West and Nick Fuentes on Alex Jones' "InfoWars" webcast, referring to the live show as "a horrific cesspool of dangerous, bigoted Jew hatred."
West sat for a three-hour interview that could perhaps best be described as extremely freewheeling. West's comments throughout the duration of his appearance were filled with favorable remarks toward Adolf Hitler and Nazis, as well as stern criticisms for "Zionists," which were repeatedly paired with a mixture of antisemitic tropes and biblical language.
West appeared on the web show wearing a zip-up mask that covered his entire face. He sat in front of a Bible, which he placed on the desk and frequently rested his hand on while speaking. Numerous times throughout the show, West urged Jones and viewers to "start with the Bible" and promised that everything he is doing is "Christ-like."
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The Bible was not the only prop West brought with him. Periodically throughout the interview, West would mock Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu by brandishing a bug net and a bottle of Yoo-hoo brand chocolate milk and speaking in a falsetto voice.
For the interview, West appeared alongside Nick Fuentes for the second time this week. Fuentes is an online personality who is unapologetic in his antisemitism, denying the Jewish Holocaust and regularly promoting white nationalist rhetoric on his online show.
The two alluded to the fact that they traveled together on West's private jet.
"There were a lot of good Nazis who were just fighting for their country," West said at one point. He later referred to Hitler as a "cool guy," admiring Hitler's fashion sense and architectural preferences before adding, "And he didn't kill six million Jews. That's just factually incorrect."
West repeatedly reiterated, "I like Hitler." He explicitly denied the Holocaust multiple times and argued that Hitler had many "redeeming qualities."
"Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table," West affirmed. "Especially Hitler."
Fuentes said that he would "have to agree" with West regarding Hitler.
When at one point Jones referred to Nazis as "thugs," West interjected, "But they did good things too. We gotta stop dissing the Nazis all the time."
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Even Jones, who has at times been accused of antisemitism himself, appeared to be uncomfortable with the statement, quickly attempting to move on to a different point.
Despite West's constant antisemitic rhetoric and behavior throughout the interview, he also repeatedly affirmed, "I love Jewish people," often saying that he did so in "Jesus' name" while repeating, "Jesus is King."
"I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis," West said. This caused Jones to burst out in laughter, saying in response, "Well, I have to disagree with that."
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Home Features Dinosaurs, Feathers and Amber
Dinosaurs, Feathers and Amber
By Steve Voynick
Amber has preserved many ancient life forms in exquisite detail. In 2015, Chinese paleontologist Xing Lida, searching through an amber market in northern Myanmar, came across what is arguably the most remarkable amber fossil ever found. Lida's discovery was timely, for this particular piece of amber had already been roughly shaped and was about to be sold for jewelry use.
As described in a past issue of the journal Current Biology, this celebrated specimen is a 99 million-year-old, semitransparent, yellow chunk about the size of a dried apricot. Among its dozens of fossilized inclusions, mostly of insects and plant parts, is one that has astounded paleontologists: an inch-long section of a feathered dinosaur tail that represents the first positive association of well-developed feathers with dinosaurs.
Feather Evidence
The fossilized tail is that of a coelurosaur, a tiny, sparrow-sized, carnivorous dinosaur. Its extraordinary degree of preservation was possible only within amber. While most fossils are created through the physical processes of mineral replacement or molded impressions, amber forms through the entirely different chemical process of molecular polymerization.
Having neither a definite chemical composition nor an ordered crystal structure, amber is not a mineral, but an organic mineraloid. Chemically, it is an oxygenated hydrocarbon with a variable composition that consists roughly of 80% carbon, 10% oxygen, 9% hydrogen, and traces of sulfur and phosphorus.
Amber originates as tree resin, a solid or semisolid, organic hydrocarbon of vegetable origin. Certain trees exude resin primarily as a defense mechanism against fungal or insect attack. Although resin varies widely in composition and color, it is always a mix of organic acids, sugars, esters and terpenes; the last is a group of hydrocarbon compounds that is the key to amber fossilization.
Near Immediate Fossilization
Magnified view of feather fossil encapsulated in amber.
Newly exuded, soft, tacky resin begins to fossilize almost immediately as its most volatile terpenes evaporate. Next, the less-volatile terpenes slowly polymerize, linking into long molecular chains. Polymerization homogenizes and hardens the resin, while loosely organizing its molecular structure.
But to fully develop into amber, further fossilization must occur in an anaerobic environment. In conditions of long-term burial devoid of free oxygen, resin transforms first to copal, a subfossil or partially polymerized resin with an amberlike color. If copal remains anaerobically buried for millions of years, its terpenes continue to polymerize, which eventually results in chemically stable amber.
The first true ambers originated some 230 million years ago. But only during the Cretaceous Period (65 million to 135 million years ago) did resin-exuding trees become sufficiently abundant to produce the resin necessary for the fossilization of large quantities of amber.
Resin's Role
Although amber forms from polymerization, the fossilization of life-form inclusions takes place by desiccation. Because of its tackiness, newly exuded tree resin is a natural trap for various plants and animals. For these life forms to be preserved, resin must be continuously exuded in layers to cover the trapped material, then enable the resin's hygroscopic sugars to draw away water to completely desiccate the inclusions and preserve them in detailed, three-dimensional form.
That tiny, feathered coelurosaur tail preserved in amber is now being studied by scientists. Computerized-tomography (CT) scans have revealed eight vertebrae within the tail, while chemical analysis has detected ferrous iron, a decomposition product of the blood hemoglobin that was originally present in the soft tissue. The amber also preserved pigmentation that indicates with a high degree of certainty that the actual feather colors of the living dinosaur were chestnut brown and white.
Dr. Ryan McKellar, of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, coauthor with Xing Lida of the Current Biology paper, says that finding soft tissue and decayed blood within the fossil does not mean we can clone dinosaurs. That, Dr. McKellar emphasizes, "is still in the realm of science fiction."
Author: Steve Voynick
A science writer, mineral collector, and former hard rock miner, he is also the author of many references including, "Colorado Rock Hounding" and "New Mexico Rockhounding."
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We all know that from ancient times, education has played a primary role in the development and social reconnaissance of a person. Thus there have been written programs, new procedures were applied and equipment of high technology was used in order to help people, students and teachers obtain higher performances in the educational area. The importance of education is explained by the benefits acquired by students who already have a diploma in a specified area and therefore are being recommended for a specific work field.
Education has some specific key words that many people already have in their minds: methods, school, classes, knowledge and society. Education is not made only in the rural areas or particularly in the urban zones. Also, there is no need in establishing a clear line between what we learn at school and what we learn in the society we live in. It is important to know, though, that formal education can be taught at school, whereas the informal part remains available for us in our private lives.
It is part of the educational process knowing how to act, how to talk, how to behave and have a normal life, while reading, writing, making calculations and expressing one's thoughts are included in the same field, but with some specifications. The reason these need to be explained is caused by the connection that is usually created between what we learn, what we study and the way our behavior changes as a matter of habitude.
We can even talk about an educational experience, as it is inspired from the events we take part into day by day and the perspectives we have after getting through these moments. Our ability to take a piece of information out of context and place it in a similar one, as well as the idea to take a theoretic concept and apply it into the real world is part of the educational process. This concept should be applied from an early age in order for children to understand that the things they are learning will actually serve a purpose later in life. For example, when teaching children about square footage, they should know that this is basic knowledge which they will use in everyday scenarios. You need this knowledge if you ever want to redecorate a home or design a garden. There are of course online websites which can help with the calculations such as www.squarefootagecalc.net. However, teaching children to always rely on technology will in no way encourage innovation. Children must understand what they are learning if they are ever to apply that knowledge in everyday life.
What about the atmosphere that lies among students during the courses? It is also part of the importance that one must offer to education, because if the students are relaxed, involved, interested in a specific field, the efficiency of the course will be increased. On the other hand, if there is any problem with the teacher-student relationship or if there is no connection at all between the two of them, then the importation of education is reduced little by little and its effectiveness disappears.
People need education from early ages and they cannot stop from learning unless they become old or ill. The society we live in has shown us that during history the importance of education has met various progresses and nowadays it has reached one of its highest rates.


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AHAB files for financial restructuring under Saudi bankruptcy law
By Davide Barbuscia and Marwa Rashad
DUBAI/RIYADH, March 13 (Reuters) - Saudi conglomerate Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers (AHAB) said on Wednesday it had filed last week for a financial restructuring under Saudi Arabia's new bankruptcy law, as it seeks to end a decade-long dispute with creditors.
Saudi Arabia's bankruptcy law, which came into effect in August, is an important step towards making the kingdom more investor friendly, offering a legal framework to struggling companies seeking to restructure debt following the 2009 global financial crisis and, more recently, weaker oil prices.
Creditors have been pursuing AHAB and Saad Group, another Saudi conglomerate, since they defaulted on about $22 billion in combined debt in 2009.
Before the introduction of the law, modern bankruptcy legislation did not exist in Saudi Arabia, meaning the main options for defaults were liquidation or cash injections.
AHAB's earlier application for a "protective settlement procedure", the first by a high-profile company under the new law, was rejected by a commercial court in Dammam which said it had not provided all the required details.
Simon Charlton, AHAB's chief restructuring officer, said that the company has appealed against that rejection and is waiting to hear from the court, but it had in the meantime decided to file a petition for financial restructuring.
"AHAB thinks it is in the best interest of its creditors and the AHAB partners that this matter gets resolved properly under the new bankruptcy law rather than be dealt with through the enforcement court and therefore has decided to file this petition," Charlton told Reuters.
The commercial court in Dammam last month approved an application from indebted billionaire Maan al-Sanea and Saad, after they filed for a financial reorganisation.
Charlton said AHAB's application for a financial restructuring is more likely to be accepted because it does not require classification of creditors or a settlement proposal.
Government efforts to disentangle the AHAB and Saad debt disputes have intensified since 2016, when it formed a three-judge Joint Directorate of Enforcement at the General Court in Al Khobar (JDEK). The court has handled creditor claims against AHAB and began a liquidation process for Saad Group.
AHAB has been trying to move the jurisdiction of its case from the JDEK to the Commercial Court in Dammam, under the bankruptcy law, to avoid the risk of a disorganised liquidation. (Reporting by Davide Barbuscia and Marwa Rashad, Editing by Alexander Smith)
AHAB files for financial restructuring under Saudi...


This is a brief introduction to Spark and some related technologies. Spark is an engine for large-scale data processing and is often handled as the successor of Hadoop Mapreduce. Spark's key-concepts are the resilient distributed datasets and their lazy evaluation. The topics of this tutorial are: Basic Concepts of Spark, RDDs, DataFrames, Spark SQL and GraphX.
We will use the Databricks community platform for the Tutorial, so you will have to create an account at https://community.cloud.databricks.com/ to follow the practical part.
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Dispute relating to the "Oftel Interest Rate" contained within BT's Standard Interconnect Agreement ("SIA").
Dispute between: (i) Gamma Telecom Holdings Limited ("Gamma") and (ii) British Telecommunications plc (BT) concerning BT's SIA.
Case opened: 12 July 2013.
Case closed: 25 October 2013
Issue: Ofcom was asked to resolve this dispute under section 185 of the Communications Act 2003 (the Act).
Relevant instrument: Ofcom resolved this dispute using its powers under Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Act.
On 25 October 2013, Ofcom issued a final determination resolving this dispute. A non-confidential version of the determination is available under related items.
Update note – 17 September 2013
On 17 September 2013, Ofcom published its provisional conclusions concerning this dispute to BT and Gamma (please see related item).
The period for comments on the provisional conclusions will close at 5 pm on Monday 30 September 2013. Please send responses to:
Francesco Savino
2A Southwark Bridge Road
SE1 9HA
Or by e-mail to francesco.savino@ofcom.org.uk
End of update note
BT's SIA provides the terms and conditions on which narrowband services are connected between the respective networks of BT and other communications providers, including Gamma. This dispute concerns paragraphs 12.7 and 13.13 which provide for a party to recover interest on repayments that are required in the event that a charge is recalculated or adjusted with retrospective effect.
The SIA provides that interest payable in these circumstances is payable at what is referred to as the Oftel Interest Rate, which is defined as three eighths of one per cent (3/8%) above the three month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
Gamma considers that the level of interest provided for by the Oftel Interest Rate is not fit for purpose as it does not ensure that the parties are returned to a neutral position on repayment and that a more appropriate interest rate would be one that is more reflective of BT's cost of debt. BT considers that any interest rate should be based upon short-term cost of borrowing which is reflected in the Oftel Interest Rate.
Ofcom recognises that on the face of the referral, there appears to be a dispute between the parties that commercial negotiations have failed to resolve. In resolving disputes, Ofcom must act in a manner which is consistent with both Ofcom's general duties under section 3 of the Act, and pursuant to section 4(1)(c) of the Act, the six Community requirements set out in section 4 of the Act which give effect, amongst other things, to Article 8 of the Framework Directive.
In summary, those requirements are:
to promote competition in communications markets;
to secure that Ofcom contributes to development of the European internal market;
to promote the interests of all European Union citizens;
to act in a manner which, so far as practicable, is technology-neutral;
to encourage, to the extent Ofcom considers it appropriate, the provision of network access and service interoperability; and
to encourage such compliance with certain international standards as is necessary for facilitating service interoperability and securing freedom of choice for the customers of communications providers.
Ofcom considers that there is a dispute between the parties within the meaning of section 185(1)(a) of the Act. Ofcom considers that the dispute meets the relevant statutory criteria and it is appropriate for Ofcom to handle it according to section 186 of the Act, and accordingly, Ofcom has accepted the dispute for resolution.
Scope of the dispute:
After consideration of the submissions received from Gamma and BT, and in particular in light of representations that the dispute focuses only on the application of the Oftel Interest Rate in circumstances where Ofcom makes a direction, for example under section 190(2)(d) of the Act, which results in an adjustment to or redetermination of charges, and that these are the circumstances in which the Oftel Interest Rate has previously been applied in practice, the scope of the dispute is to determine:
(i) the basis on which interest is or should be payable by the parties where Ofcom has directed one or other of them to make a payment to the other party as a consequence of a recalculation or redetermination of charges payable under BT's Standard Interconnect Agreement;
(ii) if appropriate, the level of interest which should be payable in those circumstances; and
(iii) in light of Ofcom's conclusions on those questions, any appropriate exercise by Ofcom of its powers under section 190(2) of the Communications Act 2003.
Procedural matters:
In line with Ofcom's Guidance on the resolution of disputes published in June 2011, Ofcom is not consulting on the scope of this dispute. Ofcom's guidelines can be found at: Ofcom's Guidelines for the handling of regulatory disputes
Stakeholders interested in the outcome of this dispute should notify Ofcom by 31 July 2013, describing the relevance of the outcome of this dispute to their business. Stakeholders with relevant information and evidence in respect of this dispute should submit this to Ofcom by 31 July 2013.
Stakeholders who wish Ofcom to join them as parties to the dispute must provide evidence, as set out in Ofcom's Guidelines, that they are in dispute.
Case Leader: Francesco Savino (email: francesco.savino@ofcom.org.uk)
Final Determination Issue date: 25 October 2013
Provisional Conclusions 17 September 2013


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Leave State Court Litigation to the State Courts: Delaware District Court Issues Warning Regarding Impermissible Advisory Opinions
Contributed by Blaire Cahn
The issue in I-4 Land Holding Limited Company v. Lazy Days' RV Center Inc., et al. (In re Lazy Days' RV Center Inc.) was whether the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware erred in reopening the chapter 11 cases of Lazy Days and its affiliates to determine the validity of a purchase option in a lease. Finding that the bankruptcy court abused its discretion in reopening the proceedings and issued what amounted to an advisory opinion with respect to the validity of the purchase option, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated the bankruptcy court's order.
Prior to the bankruptcy cases, Lazy Days leased land from I-4. The lease provided Lazy Days with a purchase option but prohibited it from assigning the lease. Both the purchase option and the assignment prohibition were subject to certain exceptions. The lease was the focus of prepetition state court litigation between Lazy Days and I-4. The parties resolved their dispute in the course of the bankruptcy proceedings and entered into a settlement agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, I-4 consented to the assignment of the lease by Lazy Days to one of its debtor affiliates, LDRV. The order confirming the plan for Lazy Days, LDRV, and their affiliated debtors required assumption of the lease and the settlement agreement.
After the confirmation order was entered, LDRV attempted to exercise the purchase option. I-4 refused to recognize the option, and the parties entered into litigation in state court. Lazy Days and LDRV filed a motion with the bankruptcy court to reopen the chapter 11 proceedings. The bankruptcy court granted the motion over the objection of I-4 and, among other things, found that I-4's actions in refusing the purchase option violated the confirmation order and decreed that I-4 was obligated to permit the purchase option. I-4 appealed to the district court.
The district court's analysis focused on Zisholtz v. Goldstein In re Martin's Aquarium). In Martin, the bankruptcy court reopened a chapter 7 proceeding to give an opinion on the effect of one of its orders, which could then be submitted to the state courts. Noting that such a purpose was "particularly ill-founded," the Third Circuit warned that "[a] bankruptcy court-or any federal court-should not provide advisory opinions for state court litigants." It does not appear that Martin was brought to the attention of the bankruptcy court.
The district court noted that the bankruptcy court's order has "the flavor of an advisory opinion." Moreover, counsel for Lazy Days and LDRV stated that the bankruptcy court's ruling would "instruct the Florida proceedings" as well as the parties to the Florida proceedings. Lazy Days and LDRV went to the bankruptcy court for the purpose of obtaining an opinion that could be submitted to the state court in connection with the parties' litigation and did, in fact, obtain such an opinion. Interestingly, the district court recognized in a footnote that it is theoretically appropriate for the bankruptcy court to interpret its own confirmation order, but noted that these were "prepackaged" chapter 11 cases. As such, the confirmation order was essentially an agreed upon stipulation between the parties. The district court found that the bankruptcy court abused its discretion in reopening the chapter 11 cases and vacated the bankruptcy court's order.
This case serves as a warning to bankruptcy courts against the issuance of advisory opinions in connection with state court litigation. Nonetheless, the distinction drawn by the district court regarding the fact that the chapter 11 cases of Lazy Days and its affiliates were "prepackaged" may leave room for courts to distinguish this decision in the future.
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// Created by Sergiovan on 05-Mar-17.
//

#ifndef ISLANG_AST_H
#define ISLANG_AST_H

#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include "Token.h"

namespace ns_variable {
    class Variable;
}

namespace ns_ast {

    struct AST;

    using AST_p = std::shared_ptr<AST>;

    enum node_type {
        NUMBER,
        BOOLEAN,
        STRING,
        VARIABLE,
        VALUE,
        CSTRING,
        LIST,
        ENUM,
        BINARY,
        UNARY,
        BLOCK,
        NONE
    };

    enum block_type {
        LOCATION,
        EVENT,
        CONTAINS,
        REPR,
        PROGRAM,
        NONE_BLOCK
    };

    struct list_node {
        node_type        type;
        std::vector<AST_p> nodes;
    };

    struct unary_node {
        std::string op;
        AST_p operand;
    };

    struct binary_node {
        std::string op;
        AST_p left;
        AST_p right;
    };

    struct block_node {
        block_type type;
        std::string name;
        std::vector<AST_p> statements;
    };

    struct value { //Should be union, alas, cannot be union :(
        float                       n = -1;   //Number
        bool                        b = false;   //Boolean
        std::string                 s = "";   //String
        int                         v = -1;   //Enum value
        //ns_variable::Variable*      var = nullptr; //Variables TODO Fix
        std::vector<AST_p>          cs = {};  //Complex string
        std::map<std::string, int>  e = {};   //Enum
        list_node                   l = {node_type::NONE, {}};   //List
        unary_node                  un = {"", nullptr};  //Unary
        binary_node                 bin = {"", nullptr, nullptr}; //Binary
        block_node                  blk = {NONE_BLOCK, "", {}};
    };

    struct AST {
        node_type type;
        value val;
        ns_lexer::Token token;
        int offset_left, offset_right;

        AST(ns_lexer::Token token, int oleft = 0, int oright = 0);
        AST(float n, ns_lexer::Token token, int oleft = 0, int oright = 0);
        AST(bool b, ns_lexer::Token token, int oleft = 0, int oright = 0);
        AST(std::string s, ns_lexer::Token token, int oleft = 0, int oright = 0);
        AST(ns_variable::Variable *var, std::string varname, ns_lexer::Token token, int oleft = 0, int oright = 0);
        AST(int v, ns_lexer::Token token, int oleft = 0, int oright = 0);
        AST(std::vector<AST_p>&& vec, ns_lexer::Token token, int oleft = 0, int oright = 0);
        AST(std::vector<AST_p>&& vec, node_type type, ns_lexer::Token token, int oleft = 0, int oright = 0);
        AST(std::vector<std::string>&& e, ns_lexer::Token token, int oleft = 0, int oright = 0);
        AST(std::string op, AST_p operand, ns_lexer::Token token, int oleft = 0, int oright = 0);
        AST(std::string op, AST_p left, AST_p right, ns_lexer::Token token, int oleft = 0, int oright = 0);
        AST(block_type type, std::string name, std::vector<AST_p> &&statements, ns_lexer::Token token,
            int oleft = 0, int oright = 0);
        void print(int depth = 0);

        template <node_type type>
            bool is() const noexcept {
            return type == AST::type;
        }

        template <node_type fst, node_type scd, node_type... rest>
            bool is() const noexcept {
            return fst == type || is<scd, rest...>();
        }

        bool is_num() const noexcept;
        bool is_bool() const noexcept;
        bool is_str() const noexcept;
        bool is_cstr() const noexcept;
        bool is_any_str() const noexcept;
        bool is_val() const noexcept;
        bool is_enum() const noexcept;
        bool is_list() const noexcept;
        bool is_un() const noexcept;
        bool is_bin() const noexcept;
        bool is_blk() const noexcept;

        //TODO delete function

        /*virtual ~AST() = default;
        AST(const AST& other) = default;
        AST(AST&& other) = default;
        AST& operator= (const AST& other) = default;
        AST& operator= (AST&& other) = default;*/
    };

    void indent(int depth);

    template<typename... Args>
    AST_p make_ast(Args... args){
        return std::make_shared<AST>(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    }
}

#endif //ISLANG_AST_H


A mental health crisis can take many forms — panic attacks, self-harm, hurting others, breaking the law. No matter what kind of crisis, you can help.
A mental health crisis can take many forms — panic attacks, self-harm, thoughts of suicide, hurting others, breaking the law.
No matter what kind of crisis someone is facing, you can help.
If it is safe, stay with that person while they're at risk and do not hesitate to call a crisis response team or medical professional.
Here is some advice from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.


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Allmän beskrivning : Although Dr Ferdinand Porsche was responsible for numerous automotive designs during the 1930s, including the Volkswagen. The first car to bear the Porsche name was created by his son, Ferdinand "Ferry", together with his long-time associate, Karl Rabe. Designated '356', the new car was built in 1947 and shown the following year, finally entering production in 1950. From the autumn of 1953, the 356 was available in the UK, being well received and attracting much attention in the Motoring press with its sure-footed handling and excellent road manners, however, right hand drive models were only by special order. The 356 range was continuously developed and offered in numerous guises and endeared itself to enthusiasts in Europe and in the USA, and was to enjoy an illustrious production run which lasted until 1965.
This original factory right-hand-drive Porsche 356A Cabriolet, with correct engine, chassis number 61520, of which we are informed Porsche only produced 56 examples, was delivered new from AFN in Middlesex in January 1957. Finished in Aquamarine Blue and Red Leather all of which is of factory specification. It must have caused quite a sensation in 1950's London with its bright metallic paint. Remaining in the UK since new, this rare Porsche has been bought in 1996 by Mr. Martin Winter of Doncaster, who appointed a renowned Porsche 356 expert, Bruce Cooper, to undertake a full ground up restoration to bring it back to original factory delivery condition. Mr Winter rarely drove the car and eventually put it up for sale. In 2003 it was bought by Mr. R. Cooper, a Porsche 356 enthusiast from South Yorkshire with an exceptional eye for detail. During his ownership, he maintained this Porsche to the highest standard.
With extensive history and a well-documented file this is an exceptional and rare opportunity to purchase a piece of Porsche history, a sure investment as it one of the rarest and finest example of this type of Porsche.


[Seahawks/CHARGERS] Week 2 is always the week that we find out who is for real. I am one that believes that the Seahawks are for real. Look for the CHARGERS rushing attack, that only powered 52 rushing yards in Arizona, to find little traction versus a Seahawks defense that allowed only 80 yards in its opener. Particularly troubling for the Chargers is their defense is facing off with Wilson, 110.9 rating, after allowing over 400 yards in its opener. The recent undefeated 0-4-1 historic record against the Seahawks will definitely be on their mind.
[Chiefs/BRONCOS] After getting blown out in Week 1, the Chiefs arrive as 13 point Underdogs; the largest spread over the last decade. After an outstanding Week 1 performance, it is simply too hard to resist taking a BRONCOS team versus a injury-ridden Chiefs defense that allowed over 400 yards at Home in Week 1. Manning powering a 111.9 rating it their opener by averaging over 12 yards per catch to all his leading receivers. Having lost by 35 points and 20 points in two of their last four visits to Denver, look for the Broncos' stingy rushing defense that allowed only 54 yards in its opener to hold Charles down again, and turn their recent 1-4 record ATS around.
While the experts and public are favoring the NEW YORK GIANTS, the Packers will push the Giants to their limit. The bad news for the Giants is that they arrive with the 28th ranked Home rushing defense. The good news for the Giants is that the Packers, 5-0 SU, 13-3 SU in their last 16 Road games, are powering the 22nd ranked Road rushing attack on only 99.4 rushing yards per game. A league best 4-1 ATS in their last five games in outscoring their opponents by 11 points per game, the Packers sport a surprisingly weak Road passing defense this year; the Giants 9th ranked Home passing attack that is averaging 279 yards per game, and has slowed over the last two weeks, will need to attack early. 1-4 ATS in their last five games at Home, avoiding the fumbles that has paralyzed their momentum and the rushing attack will be a must. Powering more than 305 yards per game that the Giants have averaged over their last five games will also be key. Lastly, allowing 3.2 sacks per game, pressuring Rodgers into a mistake, and not allowing the momentum that teams have been driving in the second quarter will be just as important.
Even with the loss of Roethlisberger and Leftwich, the Pittsburgh Steelers do not lose a step. The good news for the Steelers is that they arrive in Cleveland on a 16-1 run SU versus the BROWNS; 2-2 ATS over the last two years, the Steelers have not been favorites of less than 3 points since 2003. With the Browns powering one of the worst ranked offenses in the NFL, and averaging only 17 points per game in their last five games, look for this one to be a ground battle with Weeden, 70.3 rating, eventually throwing the big interception versus the Steelers #1 ranked Road passing defense that is only sacrificing 185.2 yards per game.
Arriving 5-1 Against the Spread ('ATS') in their last six games with the Cowboys, public opinion has swayed to the Giants. 3-1 ATS at home in their last four matchups, the Giants arrive 4-1 Straight Up ('SU') at Home on opening day under Coughlin. Interestingly, the Giants have been held under 30 points only once at Home over the last four years. Look for Dallas, who closed 2010 outscored by 5 points per game on only 19 points per game to struggle with a healthy, motivated Giants defense that closed 2011 allowing 20 points only once in its last six games (including playoffs); without Robinson and Witten, Dallas wil have few silver bullets to save them from an opening night defeat.
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