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January 24, 2020 by AMCC News
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Businesses in the Caribbean now have increased access to an alternative dispute resolution method tailored to meet their needs following commercial mediation training hosted by the Arbitration and Mediation Court of the Caribbean (AMCC),
The training, conducted by the London-based Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), equipped twenty-two Mediators from Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica with the support of the Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility (CCPF). The participants will bring mediation experience to a range of fields including business, law, tourism, insurance, family/social welfare, the public sector, quantity surveying, architecture, academia, sport, investment and banking.
With the increased regional presence of trained commercial mediators, businesses can expect faster resolution of commercial disputes, which reduces business risk associated with having significant capital tied up in disputes for protracted periods and the damage to key business relationships. Speaking on the value of mediation in the commercial context, Secretary General of AMCC – Dr. Jason Haynes notes, "mediation offers a tailor-made avenue, whereby parties can be assisted by a certified mediator to reach a mutually beneficial settlement of their disputes in a faster, more cost effective, neutral and confidential manner."
He explains, "mediation reduces the time spent on resolving a dispute; whereas court proceedings may take up to three years, mediation may resolve a dispute within a day. Mediation offers a more cost effective alternative, as the amount charged will be limited to the amount of time spent on the mediation and is borne equally by the parties."
In terms of neutrality and confidentiality, Dr. Haynes, advises, "since the mediator is jointly appointed by both parties, they seek to assist both parties, without imposing a binding solution, to arrive at a mutually beneficial outcome with the aim of preserving long-term interests and relationships. In relation to confidentiality, mediation offers the parties a private process that enables them to speak openly, without value judgments, about their concerns and interests, without the prospect of these being later used in court proceedings. Finally, mediation also preserves the parties' wish not to have the public become aware of the intricate nature of their disputes, which may otherwise cause them to lose customers, trade secrets and their reputation."
With the first round of regional training completed, the AMCC, under the guidance of CEDR, will work to establish a mediation panel targeted to addressing the needs of local and regional businesses, while ensuring that the highest caliber of mediators are selected to service the Caribbean.
Business and Innovation Climate Coordinator, CCPF, Valarie Pilgrim, lauded the establishment of the mediation panel as a much-needed initiative. She notes, "increasing access to mediation services is not a 'nice to have' but is critical to creating a more enabling business environment, particularly for our micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs). It was not too long ago that I encountered a small business that had to cease operations because most of its assets were locked up in a protracted commercial dispute. The business was the only source of revenue for the family, so the commercial dispute resulted in psychological, social and financial turmoil."
Speaking about CCPF's involvement, Ms. Pilgrim added, "CCPF is committed to supporting the establishment of specialized commercial courts (as we did in Saint Lucia), the introduction of electronic case management systems, and increasing the access to alternative dispute resolution services (as we are doing here in Barbados). The benefits of a more enabling business environment go beyond the immediate business because it leads to increased investments, business growth, job creation, and improved lives."
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Biografia

Nel 1953 Broecker si laureò in Fisica al Columbia College, e cinque anni dopo, alla Columbia University conseguì il dottorato in Geologia. Entrò a far parte della facoltà l'anno successivo, e dopo una carriera di ricercatore nel 1977 divenne anche Professore di Scienze Ambientali presso il Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO).

Già da giovane ricercatore al Lamont-Doherty fin dagli anni in cui frequentava l'università, Broecker si concentrò sullo studio dell'uso del carbonio-14 nell'osservazione dei processi geologici e oceanografici. Queste analisi, che includono gli esami in sedimenti marini e nei ghiacci polari, lo fecero approdare alle motivazioni dei cambiamenti climatici e del ruolo che gli oceani svolgono in questi mutamenti. I traccianti geochimici usati e l'impiego dei radioisotopi permisero la descrizione sotto il profilo chimico, fisico e biologico del ruolo e delle forme che l'anidride carbonica assume nei mari. Negli anni ottanta, per spiegare i repentini cambiamenti del clima, Broecker suggerì di affiancare alle modificazioni nell'orbita di rivoluzione terrestre attorno al Sole l'idea di un "conveyor belt", un "nastro trasportatore" costituito da correnti marine che, muovendosi per il pianeta, trascinano con sé masse di calore. Le sue attività non si sono limitate all'analisi teorica in laboratorio; come studioso ha considerato l'importanza della ricerca sul campo, prendendo parte a spedizioni scientifiche in tutto il mondo – alle Bahamas, in Canada, in California, alle Barbados, in Groenlandia, negli oceani Atlantico e Pacifico.

Lo scienziato ha avuto un ruolo attivo nella teoria del riscaldamento globale, indicando come fattori di squilibrio i gas – in particolare l'anidride carbonica – rilasciati dalle attività umane che contribuiscono pesantemente all'effetto serra e al conseguente riscaldamento del Pianeta, e facendo su queste tematiche un'ampia divulgazione scientifica sulla stampa e nelle sedi istituzionali. Saggista prolifico autore di più di 400 articoli scientifici e di parecchi libri, fu il primo scienziato a usare e rendere popolare il termine "riscaldamento globale", apparso in un articolo risalente all'agosto del 1975. Per ovviare a questa situazione, assieme ad altri studiosi del problema ha proposto di imprigionare l'anidride carbonica emessa nell'aria e immagazzinarla sotto terra (esperimenti di questo tipo sono condotti in Norvegia e Islanda), oppure sotto il mare, trovando però l'opposizione di Greenpeace e di altre organizzazioni ambientalistiche. Nel 2002 fu contattato dall'industriale Gary C. Comer incuriosito dal ritiro dei ghiacci al Polo Nord; e nel 2009, a seguito di una generosa donazione dell'imprenditore, è stato inaugurato un centro di ricerca sulle variazioni climatiche.

Nonostante le critiche rivoltegli in patria dove si tende a negare il fenomeno del riscaldamento globale, Broecker rimane un'autorità nel suo campo. È membro della National Academy of Sciences, della American Academy of Arts and Sciences e delle Geophysical Unions americana e inglese. Nel 2007 la Royal Society di Londra lo ha incluso fra i suoi membri, dando modo allo studioso di affiancare il proprio nome a quello di Isaac Newton. Premiato dal presidente Clinton nel 1996 per i suoi contributi alla comprensione dei fenomeni di cambiamento nei mari e nell'atmosfera, ha ricevuto un elevato numero di riconoscimenti per l'attività scientifica e per i risultati ottenuti nelle sue ricerche. Fra di essi, il Vetlesen Prize, che nel campo delle scienze geologiche corrisponde al premio Nobel. Il volume autobiografico The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change: Memoirs of My 60 Years in Science ripercorre il suo itinerario nel campo della ricerca e della scienza.

Dal 2020 Broecker è ricordato con una targa al Giardino dei Giusti di Milano.

Opere scelte

1960 - Natural Radiocarbon in the Atlantic Ocean (con altri)
1963 - The Vertical Distribution of Cesium 137 and Strontium 90 in the Oceans (con Gregory G. Rocco)
1965 - Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (Harvard University Center for Population Studies. Contribution)
1966 - Glacial Rebound and the Deformation of the Shorelines of Proglacial Lakes
1966 - Calcium Carbonate Precipitation on the Bahama Banks (con Taro Takahashi)
1966 - Radioisotopes and the Rate of Mixing Across the Main Thermoclines of the Ocean
1967 - Rates of Sedimentation - in the Arctic Ocean (con The Lung Ku)
1970 - Interchange of Water Between the Major Oceans (Pamphlet, con Yuan-Hui Li)
1971 - Chemical Equilibria in the Earth (con Virginia M. Oversby)
1974 - Chemical Oceanography
1981 - GEOSECS Pacific Expedition, Vol. 4: Sections and Profiles (con Derek Spencer e Harmon Craig)
1982 - Tracers in the Sea
1982 - GEOSECS Indian Ocean Expedition: Volume 6, Sections and Profiles (con Derek Spencer, Ray F. Weiss e Harmon Craig)
1982 - Pacific Expedition: Hydrographic data 1973-1974
1983 - GEOSECS Atlantic Expedition: Volume 1, Hydrographic Data, 1972-1973 (con Derek Spencer e Harmon Craig)
1983 - GEOSECS Indian Ocean Expedition: Volume 5, Hydrographic Data, 1977-1978 (con Derek Spencer e Harmon Craig)
1985 - Reconstruction of Past Atmospheric CO2 Contents from the Chemistry of the Contemporary Ocean: An Evaluation
1986 - Real Time Monitoring of Radon as an Earthquake Precursor in Iceland: Final Technical Report
1986 - Atmospheric, Climatic and Environmental Research Semi-annual Progress Report for the Period Oct. 1, 1985 to Sep. 30, 1986
1988 - The Future of Mono Lake - Report of the Community and Organization Research Inst (con altri)
1993 - Greenhouse Puzzles
1995 - Labor Erde: Bausteine für einen lebenfreundlichen Planeten (con altri, ed. tedesca)
1998 - How to Build a Habitable Planet
1999 - Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Twelve Perspectives on the First Fifty Years 1949-1999 (con altri)
2002 - The Glacial World According to Wally
2008 - Fixing Climate: The Story of Climate Science (UK)
2009 - Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes Reveal about the Current Threat - And How to Counter It
2010 - Fixing Climate (con Robert Kunzig)
2012 - The Last Deglaciation: Absolute and Radiocarbon Chronologies

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I didn't think that Bette had done 200 shows yet?
That's why I question some of the figures on this….
I think the numbers are saying by April 2010 she will have completed her 200 show contract with the Colosseum. I think that in April the show will end, because now Bette is performing more than 20 shows during each run and goes for about 5 weeks instead of the original 4. That means that from Dec 2009-April 2010 she will do 52 more shows!!
Well that would make more sense….
I think it means she will make $120 million when she completes her contract in April 2010.
Cher won't complete her contract until December 2010.
But it was my understanding she was doing a lesser number of shows, but it has her doing the same as Bette?
It looks like it reflects their individual contracts.
from 2003-7 and the dollar might be worth more?
Who advised on this report and ex-CEO from Wall Street?
There is no way Celine only got 100 million for 700 shows!! That just does not add up when you look at all the other numbers. And why is Cher only getting 60 million for 200 shows? This list can not be right.
It would be better if we could see this figures in another source, so we would be sure.
But remember that Celine Dion was the first to set residency at The Colosseum, therefore her contract took in consideration the cost for building the venue. Remember that the production company and Caesars were gambling, they couldn't possibly be sure if Dion would be a hit or they had thrown millions of dollars in a terrible project.
I see no problem with those figures. Except that I believe the artists would only get those fees if the venue sells a certain number of seats, otherwise there would be a discount on they paychecks.
Mr. D, are there any rumors that Miss M will stay longer at The Colosseum?
Even though "over 100 million" could be just about anything for Celine, it looks like considering the time frames and how long they've been performing, Bette's been paid more for doing less, no? Thus making her the most popular figure on the list. Manilow would only make Bette's salary if he did 320 shows instead of her 200, we all know Cher wasn't getting paid as much as Bette (at least from what's been released), Elton did 241 shows (a little more than Bette) but only made $96 million over a 5 year period, and then we come back to Celine who "over 100 million" had to do at least 700 shows. Does it not seem like Bette (or her people?) were the ones that struck a golden deal here?
Also, I don't understand the addition to Barry Manilow in the list. Despite his ties with Bette and his success in Vegas, he isn't playing Caesar's. The Vegas Hilton is actually off of the strip too.
It seems like Bette and her people worked out the best deal. Back in the Celine days….they didn't know how well it was going to work and the tickets were much less weren't they. Plus, I thought she was only playing 3 nights a week….not sure about that though.
Celine tickets went from $75-225, and she performed 5 shows in a row per week. I do know that Celine grossed $400 million in ticket sales, and that her show had a budget of 10million, and they had to put more money into the set because of the LED screen costed another 10m.
Well it seems like this was just a badly written article…..
If Celine only GROSSED (all the money that went in the box-office, not Dion's pay check); then her fee was 25% of it all, with the rest to recoup for building The Colosseum and share profits between Caesars and the production company (AEG, I think). It makes sense to me.


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NYCC 2015: Spider-Woman, Silk, & Spider-Gwen Crossover In 'Spider-Women'
Posted October 12th, 2015 by Ben Silverio
Back in 2012, Peter Parker (the Amazing Spider-Man of the 616 universe) and Miles Morales (the Ultimate Spider-Man) joined forces in the crossover titled 'Spider-Men' from writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli. But in 2016, it's the girls' turn to play as a few Spider-Ladies from different universes cross paths.
During the All-New All-Different Marvel panel at New York Comic Con, Marvel Comics announced a brand new crossover for their Spider-books next year titled 'Spider-Women'. Starring Silk, Spider-Woman, and Spider-Gwen, things will kick off with the standalone 'Spider-Women: Alpha' (which features a great cover by Yasmine Putri) before linking up with the other three titles from the teams of Dennis Hopeless & Javier Rodriguez of 'Spider-Woman', Jason Latour & Robbi Rodriguez of 'Spider-Gwen', and Robbie Thompson & Stacey Lee of 'Silk'.
We learn in this story that the trio has formed a bond since the events of 'Spider-Verse'. But when something goes wrong during a routine brunch, Jessica Drew and Cindy Moon find themselves thrust into the multiverse and stranded on Gwen Stacy's Earth-65. Meanwhile, the alternate versions of our 616 heroines have taken their place in the main Marvel Universe, which doesn't exactly bode well for New York City.
Oh, and for those wondering about the very pregnant Drew on the previously revealed ANADM cover, this crossover will take place after Spider-Woman gives birth to her lovely twins.
'Spider-Women' marks the second "mini-crossover" that the House of Ideas announced over the weekend. The first was 'Avengers: Standoff', an event spanning a number of Avengers titles in celebration of Captain America's 75th anniversary that will see the Star-Spangled Avenger and a myriad of others connected to Earth's Mightiest Heroes uncover the secrets of a small town called Pleasant Hill.
What do you think of the 'Spider-Woman' crossover coming from the Spidey office at Marvel Comics next year? Are you excited to see more of Jessica Drew, Cindy Moon, and Earth-65's Gwen Stacy? Let us know in the comments below.
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Salty Popcorn > Action | Adventure | Thriller > Quantum Of Solace
Released: 31st October 2008
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Global total gross
UK release date: 31st October 2008
Weeks on box office: 10
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31st Oct
7th Nov
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Films in series
UK gross: £2,010,931
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UK gross: £31,838
US gross: $51,081,062
Thunderball (1964)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
UK gross: £750,657
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
UK gross: £10,291,219
Global gross: $210,308,099
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
A View To A Kill (1985)
US gross: $106,429,941
UK gross: £102,876,078
Global gross: $1,108,561,013
Bond wont be back! Apparently not as Daniel Craig, the actor has confirmed No Time To Die will be his last
James Bond actor Daniel Craig has confirmed that he will not return as 007 for the next movie in the long running series.
No Time To Die is set for release next April with Craig as the main character but in a recent interview with German site Express he seems to have enough of playing the role and this will be his last.
The film has reportedly has a troubled production with injuries happening to Craig and other people involved in the making, and there has apparently been friction between Craig and director Cary Joji Fukunaga.
In the same interview the actor also dismissed any notion of returning as a director for the franchise.
Daniel Craig has appeared as James Bond since 2006 in Casino Royale and has been the character in Quantum Of Solace, Skyfall and Spectre.
World Box Office Chart Weekending 8th November 2015: Spectre continues to take over the world
With the film now is 78 countries, and in particular America, Bonds latest film Spectre increases its lead on the global box office, more than doubling last weeks gross.
A second weekend world gross of $190 million brings its total world gross to just why of $300 million, it has now been in cinemas for 14 days.
It still has a way to go to beat Skyfall's $1.1 billion gross but it is on tract to do so but may struggle, it is well on track to beat Quantum of Solace $570 million.
Box office wise Daniel Craig has been far and away the most successful Bond and his 4 outings will have out grossed all other Bonds, even taking inflation into consideration, by the end of Spectres run.
Also doing well this week is Snoopy and Charlie Brown The Peanuts Movie which is the highest new film of the week at 2, from 12 countries it grosses just shy of $50 million.
Highest total grossing film across the world this week is The Martian which after 6 weeks has now grossed $458 million.
Here is the top 10 world gross gin this week
Spectre - $190,800,000
Snoopy and Charlie Brown The Peanuts Movie - $49,600,000
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - $21,900,000
The Martian - $18,600,000	$9,300,000
Hotel Transylvania 2 - $18,600,000
Ex Files 2: The Back Up Strikes Back - $17,000,000
The Last Witch Hunter - $13,350,000
Everest - $13,346,375
The Priests - $11,500,000
Goosebumps - $10,800,000
Skyfall becomes top UK film ever
This weekend the latest Bond film, Skyfall, achieved the biggest mission of Bond's 50-year movie history when it became the biggest grossing film ever in the UK.
The 4-year gap since the last film, Quantum of Solace, looks to have made people more hungry for Bond than ever. Couple that with a great story, a title song from cart-topper Adele, Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes, not forgetting Daniel Craig, who gives one of the best performances ever as Bond, and you have a winning combination.
Released in the UK on 25th October it has taken Skyfall 5 weeks to become the top film. The previous top film, Avatar, took the crown from Titanic (which had held the honour for 10 years since 2008). Its release in 3D meant it had the advantage of the extra charge for 3D glasses. Bond takes the title with no such surcharge.
With average cinema ticket prices in the UK being around the £5.40 mark this amounts to about 17.4 million people seeing the film so far. Skyfall is currently topping the UK box office (as of 30th November 2012) and has plenty of momentum left. So much so that it could be the first film in the UK to gross £100 million in box office receipts. We should know by Christmas.
Worldwide, Skyfall is also doing well for itself. It has grossed $868,585,083 globally and is currently the 28th highest grossing film ever. The Americans' love for Bond film has undoubtedly contributed, with the 50th anniversary film taking $245,585,083 in the US alone.
It has been confirmed that Sony Pictures will continue to distribute the Bond franchise outside of the UK
Sony Pictures have agreed to distribute the next as yet unnamed Bond film that is in development, as it did with the last two films, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. The film, which will again star Daniel Craig as Bond, is to be directed by Sam Mendes.
The film has had a difficult production to date, the film studio MGM, who own the franchise copyright, went into administration (its since been bought and rescued) and the production all but collapsing within the legal wranglings that followed, it looks like things are on track now.
MGM will retain distribution in the US and some other place with Sony not only distributing here but also co-funding the film (expect the usual array of product placement in the film).
It's looking like the film should have a smooth production now, with rumors that a script is near on complete, the title will be announced in due time (as with all Bond films) and the November 9th 2012 release date will be met.
Bond 23 is hit with difficulties during production
The Bond series is no stranger to difficulties during film production and now the 23rd and latest film in the series has started to have it's own difficulties with a halt on proceedings called due to fears of the studio, MGM, being hit with a possibility of bankruptcy.
The film is due for a 2011/12 release and will star current Bond actor Daniel Craig and is slated to be directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty), which to me gives the film very interesting possibilities so lets hope the halt does not stop Mandes or that or screenwrite Peter Morgan's involvement in the productions.
In a statement actor Danie Craig seemed confident in producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli's ability to get the film back on track so it seems Bond will continue.
As a British institution, and the last 2 films being such high grosser at the box office I cant see things going too long without something stepping in to save the franchise, we will see Bond again on the big screen, lets just hope it carries on in the same trend set by Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.


Verse 18 provides a surprising explanation for the warning in verse 17. Gloating over the downfall of your adversaries is displeasing to the Lord. It doesn't seem ultimate, divine judgment is in view, but rather the calamities that befall those who oppose you. Wisdom here seems to be along the lines of the words of Jesus when we warned about misinterpreting providential events in Luke 13:1-5. In other words, we don't know the providence behind a calamity that comes on one. We should not assume such a calamity is a justification of ourselves and a condemnation of those we don't get along with.


Information: This picture of asteroid 951 Gaspra is a combination of the highest-resolution morphology and color information obtained by the Galileo spacecraft during its approach to the asteroid on October 29, 1991. The Sun is shining from the right; phase angle is 50 degrees. The base image is the best black-and-white view of Gaspra (resolution 54 meters/pixel) on which are superimposed the subtle color variations constructed from violet, green, and near infrared (1000 nanometers) images taken in an earlier sequence at a resolution about 164 meters/pixel. The very subtle color variations on Gaspra's surface have been artificially exaggerated here; to first order Gaspra's color is fairly homogeneous over the surface. However, subtle albedo and color variations do occur and are correlated with surface topography in a significant way. In this false-color view, the bluish areas represent regions of slightly higher albedo, which are also regions of slightly stronger spectral absorption near 1000 nanometers, probably due to the mineral olivine. These bluish areas tend to be associated with some of the crisper craters and with ridges. The slightly reddish areas, apparently concentrated in topographic lows, represent regions of somewhat lower albedo and weaker absorption near 1000 nanometers. In general, such patterns can be explained in terms of greater exposure of fresher rock in the brighter bluish areas and the accumulation of some regolith materials in the darker reddish areas. Gaspra is an irregular body with dimensions about 19 x 12 x 11 kilometers (12 x 7.5 x 7 miles). The portion illuminated in this view is about 18 kilometers (11 miles) from lower left to upper right. This color picture results from a joint effort by image processing groups at the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Arizona, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and JPL.


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GAOTek Inc., a leading provider of fiber optic and telecommunication testers, electronic measurement instruments and other advanced engineering products, introduces a portable industrial non-destructive Flaw Detector with Automatic Calibration (3 Switch Gauge) which can rapidly, easily and accurately inspect, locate, evaluate and diagnose various defects (crack, inclusion and pinhole, etc.) in a work piece without destruction.
This portable flaw detector comes with automated calibration of transducer (with zero offset and/or velocity); automated gain, peak hold and peak memory, automated display of precise flaw location and automated switch three staff gauge which makes it a unique detector to be widely used in any fields that need defect inspection and quality controlling e.g. manufacturing industry, iron and steel metallurgical industry, metalworking, chemical industry, etc. This instrument is also equipped with display freeze providing high contrast viewing of the waveform from bright, direct sunlight to complete darkness and easy to read from all angles, gate and DAC alarm (acoustic-optical alarm), 14 standards of DAC.
This new flaw detector can also be broadly used in the active safety inspection and service-life evaluation in fields such as aerospace, railway transportation and boiler pressure vessels, etc. It is also an essential instrument for non-destructive inspection industry.
"We have always believed in delivering value, benefits and quality to our customers at substantially better prices than our competitors. This new flaw detector is no different as it is powered by our state of the art technology, offers world-class features and is extremely easy to use in the field," says Dr. Frank Gao, CEO, GAOTek Inc.


The Dabbling Crafter: Welcome Pufferbilly Days!
It's that time of year again! It's Pufferbilly Days here in Boone. I had to miss last year's because I had business outside of the state. This year I will have a booth at the craft show Saturday & Sunday with Cozy Trends! We will be located on Story Street....that's right, Pufferbilly Days is back downtown! Take a break from that Iowa/Iowa State game and come and see us!
I am pretty excited for this show. I have been working on a new fancier display. I have been collecting some funky junk. In fact I'm still working on some display stuff into the 9th hour (as usual). I stopped by the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store today and got some fantastic doors. Funny thing is I bought the doors and went to pull my car around the corner to load them up. I'm thinking to myself, I need to move this and that...then I come around the corner and realize I have my "commuting car" not my normal SUV. Duh. I completely forgot. Thankfully we did some rearranging and got them to fit.
I also had some new signs printed and a new custom order book. I've got some plans for other improvements, but I probably won't get them done in time.
I have some exciting things to come up...new display at a local craft store and a new business idea I'm exploring. I'll keep you updated!


Despite being an excellent horror-action title that was praised by most critics, the original Alan Wake experienced a red death on the sales front due to poor release timing. In part motivated by the game's big budget and subsequently disappointing sales figures, developer Remedy Entertainment decided to trim back the development scale some for the series' next release by making it an XBLA exclusive. With Alan Wake's American Nightmare's February 22 release right around the corner, Gamasutra posted an interview with Remedy Managing Director Matias Myllyrinne yesterday that explored some of the details of the project.
Despite supposedly being more ambitious than its arcade brethren, Wake's latest was still designed with "instant pick up and play fun." The team at Remedy believes this approach will help the game successfully meet the expectations of XBLA players. While the story remains an integral part of the experience, it's going to be playing on the side stage in support of the main draw: pure action.
If you've been following the game intently and are now sitting there, thinking "tell me something I don't know," then Myllyrinne's response to a question about the in-game TV show Night Springs, may hold more interest for you. Picking up on a small stylistic detail that most of the press had previously overlooked, the interviewer brought up the fact that there are faux scan lines added to the broadcast. One such line can be seen running through the screen just after the 30 second mark of the trailer.
Gamers can judge for themselves how the minor gamble pans out in just over three weeks. In the meantime, you can peep the full interview over on Gamasutra for details on aspects of American Nightmare such as its camera, flashlight mechanics and intentionally campy nature.


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Lessons Learned Before Bankruptcy
In a bankruptcy, "The basic question is, are they worth more alive or dead?" said Joshua Freidman, global head of Debtwire, in an interview earlier this summer.
In this particular case, he was referring to Charming Charlies which was about to file for Chapter 11 for the second time in a little over a year following the first one.
This time around, the apparel and accessories retailer plans to close all of its remaining 261 stores and wind down its business in bankruptcy.
Over the course of 15 years, Charming Charlie was founded, grew to 400 stores, filed for bankruptcy, failed again and now its second trip through Chapter 11 marks the end of the company's life.
Founded in 2004, the retailer made its name by its approach to merchandising, grouping products together by color. It had a pricing structure that positioned itself between department stores and teen retailers. Its core customers were women between 35 and 55 who made up 38% of its base.
ASSET BECAME A LIABILITY …
To execute this merchandising plan required a sophisticated inventory system" to position products by color and theme. But that system, which was the company's calling card eventually became a liability.
"Although this inventory approach provided Charming Charlie with a strategic benefit and engendered significant brand loyalty, it eventually caused the company to be saddled with excess merchandise in under-performing color offerings." Stated Alvaro Bellon, Charming Charlies CFO.
The pending demise of Charming Charlie is a virtual checklist of everything that can go wrong in retail and other companies with sophisticated business operations and a significant work force.
Over time, the company became caught in a death spiral. Before its first Chapter 11, the company grew its brick and mortar too quickly, built out an over-broad vendor base and was subjected to broad structural changes in the industry as customers turned away from malls and other physical retail outlets.
TO SAVE MONEY …
To save money, the company hacked away at its workforce, sometimes only having one associate to run a store for hours. That hurt the retailer's ability to convert traffic and led to poaching of remaining employees.
Numerous factors including "onerous leases" and liquidity problems made it "increasingly difficulty" to pay expenses, including $47.4 million in annual rent costs and $81 million in debt, according to court documents quoting the CFO.
To help with the liquidity issues, the company "hastily" expanded its inventory to boost the money available under its asset-based loan. But that created piles of merchandise that was either off-brand or not of the quality their customers expected.
Following the initial Chapter 11, suppliers didn't ease the terms they demanded from the company until several months after it exited. That made it harder to get better quality merchandise on to the shelves.
Finally, after experiencing all of this, the company finally brought in financial advisors to review its business plan and its options.
With the help of the advisors, the company refinanced a loan. But it was too little, too late and Debtwire reported that the company was still facing a "liquidity crisis".
As the company prepared to file for Chapter 11 again, it was clear that the Charming Charlie would not make it.
IN OUR BANKRUPTCY SYSTEM …
So, how does this happen? In our bankruptcy system, it is difficult to distinguish a company in financial distress from an economically failed enterprise and it is doubtful that the current reorganization system is very accurate at making the distinction.
Once in Chapter 11, the decision to reorganize or not is made by a bankruptcy judge rather than the market.
Also, the decision of whether to file is made by the debtor and the debtors management staff that have a vested interest in pushing for reorganization and preserving their jobs and ownership.
Secured creditors will generally accept a reorganization only if the company is worth more alive than dead. But unsecured creditors, who have no hope of recovery if the company is killed, have an incentive to push for reorganization, even if there is a tiny probability that reorganization will work.
GET INDEPENDENT ASSISTANCE …
The economic cost of inefficient reorganization can be substantial. The direct costs of bankruptcy, even for smaller companies, can run to hundreds of thousands of dollars in professional fees. If the chances of success are small, the costs to the estate can be prohibitive.
The time to get independent assistance from experienced advisors with expertise in operational restructuring is when the true economic viability of the company can be determined, and the value of assets can be maximized.
This is where the difference between operational or just financial help can make the greatest difference.
And that assistance should be requested long before bankruptcy is considered. The lessons of Charming Charlie are those for every company, even in slight economic risk, to consider.
Revitalization Partners is a Northwest business advisory and restructuring management firm with a demonstrated track record of achieving the best possible outcomes for our clients. And now, we've written a book to help our readers understand the issues facing their businesses. You can find this compilation of our business thoughts at: https://revitalizationpartners.com/we-could-write-a-book/or on Amazon.
We specialize in improving the operational and financial results of companies and providing hands-on expertise in virtually every circumstance, with a focus on small and mid-market organizations.
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2009-2010 : Exhibition at The Rempart Gallery, Marrakech.
2009 : Exhibition Art for The Environment at villa des Arts, Casablanca.
Lalla Hasnaa "Art for the Environment" at villa des Arts, Rabat.
2009 : Exhibition at The Meridien Royal Mansour, Casablanca.
2006 : Golf Pavilion , Marrakech.
2006 : 60 years of Art History in Morocco at the Venice Cadre Gallery.
2004 : The Venice Cadre Gallery, Casablanca.
2002 : The Venice Cadre Gallery, Casablanca.
2001 : The Venice Cadre Gallery, Casablanca.
2000 : The Venice Cadre Gallery, Casablanca.
1999 : The Bassamat gallery, Casablanca.
1998 : The Bassamat gallery, Casablanca.
1995 : The Venice Cadre Gallery, Casablanca.
1994 : The Venice Cadre Gallery, Casablanca.
1992 : The Bab El Kebir of The Kasbah of Oudayas, Rabat.
1991 : The Nationale theater Mohammed V, Rabat.
1991 : The Sheraton Hotel, Casablanca.


Secondly, this time, Salman Khan is acting opposite a Chinese heroine, Zhu Zhu who is making her Bollywood debut with Tubelight. We can also see the caption of "Kya Tumhe Yakeen Hai" in this poster. This much-awaited movie by our very own Bhaijaan is set to release on Eid, this year. However, it seems Salman has caught a fancy for posters or first look featuring his back and not his face.
It doesn't reveal Salman's look in the film as the poster shows the superstar standing with his back towards us, wearing an old blazer.
Talking about this promotional strategy, Kabir said, "Salman and I made a decision to use a chorus by kids for the teaser but we didn't want to get trained kids to do it". They have earlier worked together in Ek Tha Tiger and Bajrangi Bhaijaan. The director also declared in this movie Shahrukh Khan is playing a cameo role.
But my question is if that is really Salman Khan?
In 1962 we had Sino-Indian war.
Tubelight starring Salman Khan is one of the biggest movies of the year. It is a war between China and India.
Salman Khan has now increased the excitement 100 times more after he tweeted the first poster of his upcoming venture. "If you have it then "Back his Back".
USA allies from Asia, Europe and the Middle East expressed support, if sometimes cautiously, for Friday's missile barrage. According to CNN , the same site of the chemical attack has been attacked again , this time with traditional weapons.
Police officers and rescue workers cordon off a street during searches in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Earlier reports in French media said there were two potential attackers, aged 23 and 29, both armed.
A war photographer was pictured breaking down in tears after finding a child dead on the ground following the Syrian bus attack. Habak told his story on CNN , describing the moment when he and his colleagues chose to put their cameras down.
And she competed in Boston several more times, placing second in the women's race in 1975 with a time of 2:51, her personal best. Switzer ran the marathon wearing the number 261, the same number male participants had tried to rip off her clothing in 1967.
Also there could be some nervousness as we wait for Parliament to debate the motion to hold the General Election on June 8th. How will MPs vote for the general election? May called U.S.
Facebook showed the world it was serious about virtual reality technology when it dropped more than $2 billion to acquire Oculus VR.
The Aegis destroyer ballistic missile system can track multiple missiles simultaneously and intercept enemy projectiles as needed. The new forum for trade talks was launched by Trump and Abe during the Japanese leader's visit to the USA in February.


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Weird Shaped Cranium All That's Keeping LeBron James From Shaving Head
December 17, 2014 · by Sal Kingfisher · in Sports. ·
CLEVELAND, Ohio–Cleveland Cavaliers star forward LeBron James said today that he would love to just go ahead and shave his head entirely bald, but his oddly-shaped skull makes that almost impossible. James has suffered for years with a hairline that recedes for months at a time only to reappear thicker and more full.
"My hair is kind of like a lover who won't decide whether to commit or just break it off for good," James said, "And I would love to be the one to say 'It's over' but, unfortunately, due to the misshapen structure of my skull bones, that's not my decision to make."
James said he has long admired the look NBA legend Michael Jordan cultivated during his Hall of Fame career, which began with a tight, full head of hair but transformed into the fully shaven superstar basketball fans remember.
"MJ set the standard for shaved basketball heads," James said, "But, like his game, his head is perfect. Perfectly round. My head is like a lump of playdough with moss growing on it."
James, widely considered as the greatest basketball player in the world, said he doesn't want to make the same mistake as fellow superstar Kobe Bryant. Bryant made the unfortunate decision to shave his head bald early in his career in an effort to emulate Jordan, only to reveal a tiny pin head that left fans aghast.
"I apologize to the fans who have to look at me with this strange hairline of mine," James added, "I would love to shave it off, but it's just not possible. I may look odd right now, but, trust me, If I shave this off people are gonna be mistaking me for the Elephant Man."
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Supergroup, work exhibited in Adjacencies, group show at Yale University School of Architecture, New Haven
"Supergroup", ia a proposal for a combined new cultural center and hotel in Skellefteå, gathering several existing cultural institutions. It features a theatre, two art galleries, a library, a conference center and a hotel as a set of individual buildings grouped on top of a low podium. In this way, each institution retains some of its independent identity, while simultaneously allowing for productive adjacencies with neighboring institutions. On the exterior, each building mass acquires its own character based on figure, proportions, and planar rotation. The interior is characterized by a short span timber structure with densely arrayed columns that emphasize the direction of each building. Shared and communal spaces are created in the podium as well as in intersections between building volumes. The interior becomes a dense urban condition with junctions, piazzas and landmarks – a city without streets consisting solely of tightly packed architecture. The project's coloration reflects traditional use of luminous, colored plaster on facades in Skellefteå, and its timber structure explores the opportunities offered by local expertise and industrial processing of timber.
Curatorial statement by Nate Hume:
In this group exhibition of work by fourteen architecture studios, building speculations representing a wide range of interests and overlapping tendencies illustrate components of the contemporary architectural zeitgeist, including a reinvestigation of architecture's history, its forms of communication, the embrace of composition, the cultivation of new audiences, and explorations of the act of building. One project by each office that privileges physicality, surprise, playfulness, curiosity, and pleasure in search of a wider public is represented in drawings, details, renderings, videos, gifs, apps, photographs, and physical models.  Curated by Nate Hume, the exhibition encourages audience engagement with the new and strange visual and tactile aspects of these design proposals.
Participating firms include:
Young & Ayata
Medium Office
MILLIØNS
Besler & Sons
The Los Angeles Design Group
Mira Henry
BairBalliet
Endemic Architecture
The Open Workshop
T+E+A+M
First Office
Norell/Rodhe


I might add that in some development-friendly communities, the city and developer might try to play the eminent domain (condemnation) card. Ostensibly, eminent domain should be used only in the exercise of public good such as a new highway or road widening, though some cities get away with it in dubious circumstances. Your agent should know whether this could be an issue. Such a scenario, as unlikely as it is, would probably force you to hire a lawyer to get a decent price.


The management of knowledge can only occur once it is identified and attained. The interesting thing about capturing knowledge for management is directly in proportion to how well business content and process is understood; how disciplined the process is surrounding the identified knowledge; how well the identified knowledge is care-taken; how [fill in the blank]... Knowledge is an economic resource, and is at the center of the wealth-producing process. Knowledge explains corporate growth. Knowledge explains productivity improvement. Knowledge explains innovation. It is being demonstrated more and more that the measurement of KM is providing tangible ROI effects that provide profit in greater and greater ratios. There was something written in 1998 that is very much worth repeating here, because it applies today just as it did when it was first made a Poster... maybe moreso. Written around May, 1998 and offered as food for thought, the following was compiled from ideas gathered from various Knowledge Management (KM) WebSites at the time, as well as contributions by other KM Professionals. It is offered here verbatim as it speaks to the topic quite well with no editing. KM Tenacity List: Tenacious Steps Regarding Knowledge Management Implementation To implement knowledge management systems internally and on behalf of clients, a 'never say die' and a 'never give up' viewpoint has to be adopted in order to achieve realistic expectations. The following bullet points need to be kept in the forefront of the knowledge effort. Stop Looking for the Holy Grail Knowledge management is a process, not a solution. Managers often think that knowledge management merely means the right software or hardware. In fact, the critical element lies on the human side. Knowledge management is about planning for and by people. Understand Why People Don't Share Knowledge Many companies' existing management structures and reward systems encourage people to hoard information. Understand why. People will think or claim that their information is not useful to others, that they don't have time to share, that there isn't an easy way to do so, or that they won't be rewarded for their efforts. A commitment to knowledge management requires structural changes that encourage employees to share knowledge. Information must be seen as a strategic, and transferable, asset. Knowledge management rationalizes that process. Build on What's Already There Don't start from scratch. Examine knowledge-gathering mechanisms in place. Most companies already organize specific groups to share knowledge on particular subjects. Start there, expanding those groups' scopes and coordinating their efforts across practice or product groups, divisions and geographic locales. Lead Your Technologists; Don't Let Them Lead You Information technologies are necessary to manage knowledge, but they are not sufficient on their own. And though technologists are crucial and should be involved in planning, technologists are tacticians, not strategists. Before you put your technical people in motion, build goals and strategies based on what the people in your company need to better serve their customers. Focus on end users and end content. Only then should you let the technologists begin to do their magic. Uncoordinated, Knowledge Management Will Fail There is no single point solution to all knowledge management needs. Knowledge management demands coordination. Make sure that everyone is involved. Demand constant feedback for quality control and program improvement. Always focus on the end use of better knowledge management: improved customer service. This means a thorough effort to ensure that the knowledge management program you implement will in fact help your people better serve their customers. Federal Express has demonstrated the appeal of knowledge management to its customers, though they may not realize what they're witnessing. FedEx customers often marvel at the company's effective method for inputting data at the point of delivery. Information is scanned directly into the firm's computers for immediate tracking, to operations for route-revision and stock resupply, and to marketers for end-user promotions. This is the result of coordinated knowledge management: customer service nonpareil, and a rising stock price. Don't Underestimate the Need for Infrastructure Yes, people come first. But don't neglect the technology needed for effective knowledge management. Knowledge management requires a lot of computing power and the staffing to oversee it. If you try to get by with marginal capabilities, it simply won't work. Remember also that workers will contribute their knowledge only if they think that they'll get something in return. Making a system difficult for users to access is the surest way to fail. Emphasize Execution Execution is as important as planning. Planning is vital, and planning feels safe, but planning for knowledge management defies prediction. By its nature, successful knowledge management yields more than the sum of its parts. Knowledge is not static, so knowledge management can't be. Knowledge management is--and must be--in flux, responding to new inputs and new needs. One company's director of knowledge management, describes his company as continually in the midst of ongoing "knowledge experiments" that seek "progressively finer degrees of resolution." Think of knowledge management in terms of innovation, not perfection. Sell Changes Internally Most people won't understand what you're doing. Tell them over and over again. Show them. Explain how it will be useful to them, how it will help them to better do their jobs. Involve them every time you institute an advancement or make a leap forward. Keep the message clear and frequently refreshed. Remember that your goal is to improve performance by promoting behavioral change. Your program should make learning continuous and knowledge-sharing the company norm. Employees should feel--and be--at the very center of a permanent "knowledge network." In Summary, with the above said, and realizing that it all will not happen by itself, we have all learned that work is involved in transforming any business environment into a Learning Body so that the management of knowledge can be the Benefit. So many efforts have gone by the way-side; and as far as we have come in the knowledge industry we still become distracted by the self labled point solutions that claim to be KM Solutions. Today, implementing Learning Environments comes down to Will and Commitment... because we do have the means to the end we have all know can be the reality. Next we will look at some of the elements regarding Readiness to realize KM as The Benefit.


Hi, I'm working on a newsletter template for my father. I'm using an existing HTML template and I've edited it to fit my needs. It works pretty well but I can't figure out how to make it responsive in Gmail too (in other clients like iOS Mail it's working like a charm).
I've already checked for the size of <style> block, it's less than 16KB (some say this is the limit), errors in the code (found one but still not working), removing animations with keyframes and transform (in iOS Mail these works perfectly). I've also used a different <style> blocks for media queries.
I've no idea how to make it work. Here's the code (style blocks only, full code link at the bottom), can you give me a hint?
That did the trick! Don't even know why I didn't changed these from the original template.
Hi Kristupas, sorry to intrude like that. Does it mean that the Yahoo hack will not work?
Hi, Yahoo hack is unnecessary since March 2015. I wrote a bit about this here (see point #3).
Wow, I wasn't aware of that, Thanks for pointing that out!
You are a lifesaver! Such a simple solution to a problem that's been bugging me for months! THANK YOU!
Hi Kristupas, i have removed  and add .class name but its not working in gmail.
Please tell me any other solution.


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Four years early, Rugby World Cup organizers launch kickoff in Tokyo
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The Tokyo Crusaders plan to host several events during the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, including but not limited to an OldRead More
TOKYO CRUSADERS
Established in 1990, the Tokyo Crusaders are a friendly but keen international rugby club. Devoted both to the game and its social side, the 'Cru' welcome new players of all sizes and abilities. The Tokyo Crusaders accept players from all over Kanto, Japan. We are the 2020 Shuto League champions, and in the 1st Division of the Tokyo Cup!


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UK government fends off criticism with plan to pay self-employed
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is expected to announce that the taxpayer will pay self-employed workers up to 80% of their recent earnings to help contain the economic impact of coronavirus, as 470,000 extra benefits claims sparked warnings of an "unemployment crisis".
Sunak has been under growing pressure to do more for the UK's 5 million self-employed after announcing an unprecedented job retention scheme for employees last Friday, that will see thousands paid to stay at home.
It comes as Covid-19 claimed the life of a 21-year-old woman from Buckinghamshire, according to her family, and Britain's deputy ambassador to Hungary, who was 37. It was announced on Wednesday night that the number of confirmed UK cases stood at 9,529 people and the death toll had risen by 41 to 463.
The prime minister promised on Wednesday that the government was preparing to "put its arms around every worker." He said the self-employed would be offered "parity" with employees – though Whitehall sources cautioned that did not mean the two schemes would be identical.
Details of the support package were still being finalised last night, but sources with knowledge of the plan suggested it would echo the promise of covering 80% of recent earnings that Sunak made to employees last week.
It could be subject to a lower cap than the £2,500 in monthly pre-tax income available in that scheme, however – because the self-employed tend to pay less tax. Some groups, including those already claiming universal credit, could be excluded.
Speaking at the daily Downing Street press conference, the prime minister said: "I genuinely don't think there's been a time in our history in the last century, certainly, when the government of this country has put its arms around so many people to get us through a very tough time. We will get through it, and we will get through it together."
Sunak significantly increased the generosity of universal credit as part of last week's package, and made it available to more self-employed workers.
A sharp surge in claims for universal credit has underlined the severe economic toll the coronavirus is already taking on Britain's workforce.
The work and pensions secretary, Thérèse Coffey, revealed on Wednesday that 477,000 people had applied for the benefit in the past nine days. That is more than during any entire month of the 2008-09 financial crisis.
"We don't know if they're self-employed or at different stages, and I want to assure people that help, even if it's not currently the level of help they would like, is there to help them through the safety net of the welfare state," she said.
Karl Handscomb, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: "The unprecedented surge in new universal credit claims shows that the UK is already in the midst of an unemployment crisis. The increase in claims is putting huge pressure on our social security system, and is driven by a huge hit to family incomes.
"The government was right to increase the generosity of the benefits system last week. It now needs to ensure the resources are there so that claims are processed quickly, and people receive support as soon as possible."
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is redeploying 10,000 staff to help process the extraordinary upsurge in new applications, making it the department's main focus in the weeks ahead.
Its permanent secretary, Peter Schofield, said: "We made a decision that managing claims and making payments is a number one priority for DWP. Operationally we can deprioritise other things."
The department has so far redeployed 1,500 members of staff to help with the sharp rise in universal credit claims, and is to increase this to 3,900 by the end of the week.
The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, who will return to the backbenches in ten days' time when a new Labour leader takes over, used what is likely to be one of his final speeches from the frontbench to call for the government to announce details of its scheme for supporting self-employed workers urgently.
"If people claim fraudulently while still working, they will rightly be prosecuted. But right now millions of cabbies, childminders, plumbers, electricians, painters and decorators and actors have all lost work or closed down their businesses. As have builders, designated as the self-employed under the construction industry scheme and they have no income. They need a solution, now," he said.
Meanwhile businesses continued to demand clarity about who can keep travelling to work, as firms called for workers to come in despite Monday's plea by the prime minister for the nation to "stay at home".
Carolyn Fairbairn, director general of the CBI, tweeted: "It's clear that many firms do not know whether to stay open or to close." She said she would meet the business secretary and request better guidance.
The warnings come amid widespread confusion among businesses about how to respond to the lockdown. Halfords, the car parts, bike and servicing group, is reopening some of its stores this week after being designated an essential service. It had closed its shops on Monday night as Johnson addressed the nation.
Mike Ashley's Sports Direct retail chain had intended to remain open but was forced to backtrack after a public outcry.
Frances O'Grady, the director general of the TUC, said the government needed to crack down on non-essential companies making staff attend work, telling ministers they needed to directly intervene if employers flouted the rules.
"Companies like Sports Direct shouldn't be putting their profits before people's lives. No one in non-essential services should be forced to go to work. And no one should be sacked for following official instructions and staying home," she said.
Off-licences and other shops licensed to sell alcohol are now allowed to stay open, after an 11th-hour change, while several companies are lobbying ministers to be allowed special treatment.
The mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, called for tough enforcement action against companies forcing their staff to travel to work in non-essential jobs during the lockdown.
"This is wrong. It's risking the health of workers, their families and wider society. In the absence of a clear government instruction to end non-essential work I am taking legal advice about whether Greater Manchester police or other agencies can take enforcement action against companies which are exposing their employees in this way."


For back when this was made, I think mid 00s, this would probably be a 4.5, maybe 5. Still classic, and amusing.
This was the first episode I saw - and of course I was instantly hooked.
Lots of laughter has been garnered from your muse, thanks.


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NXT TakeOver: In Your House (June 7) Preview & Predictions
Posted by Voices of Wrestling Staff | Jun 5, 2020 | Previews, WWE
NXT TakeOver: In Your House
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Steve Case: For as bland/stale as NXT TV has been (FIGHT PIT notwithstanding), this show looks to be pretty solid match wise on paper. Can this show continue the legacy of Takeover being the surest thing in wrestling? At the very least, the In Your House gimmick should provide some fun with the classic house set and some old school graphics. GIVE US TODD PETTINGILL. Follow Steve @Coachcase44 or @midcard_matinee if you're into movies starring pro wrestlers!
Rich Kraetsch: Never bet against a TakeOver… no matter what we may think going in, TakeOvers almost always deliver. Oh and hey how cool is it the In Your House branding has made a return? What's that? Yes, I do have a series on the Voices of Wrestling Flagship Patreon where I've been going through all of the previous In Your Houses (up to 11 as of this writing). You can listen to all episodes for only $5 now at voicesofwrestling.com/patreon.
Mia Yim, Shotzi Blackheart and Tegan Nox vs. Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez
Steve: For a thrown together match at the last minute, this actually has some good build. Why it isn't Mia/Candice and a regular tag match just reminds you this is 2020 NXT and not 2017. Still, the pull apart on NXT TV this week was solid and Nox/Kai alone should carry this match. Taking nothing away from the others in the match, because they are all solid (even Gonzalez as a monster), but almost every time Nox and Kai touch it's been great. Whoever wins, this likely won't be the last we see of two of these competitors. Prediction: Mia Yim, Shotzi Blackheart and Tegan Nox
Rich: Legit one of the better built and intriguing matches on this entire show was seemingly thrown together at the last minute. Despite that, we have a six-woman tag match with multiple twists and turns, stories are woven into one another, deception, jealousy, revenge and more. I'm actually pretty excited to see it. Nox and Kai have had a great feud and the inclusion of Raquel Gonzalez has been perfect. Yim and LaRae's feud is interesting even if I'm not following invested in LaRae's heel turn and Shotzi has been shockingly competent thus far on NXT. I don't know, I'm really looking forward to this match even if I can't definitively tell you which team will win. Prediction: Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez
NXT North American Championship
Keith Lee © vs. Johnny Gargano
Steve: I'm pretty into Gargano as the arrogant, delusional, chicken shit heel. He can now lean into the dorky and overdramatic aspects of his character. That said, after the first Gargano family dinner segment, which I thought was a really nice change of pace, the rest have been dropping in quality. Enter Keith Lee and Mia Yim, the Yimitless ones. Yeesh. Keith Lee needs to be elevated. He was liquid fire hot after Survivor Series, and they did nothing. He got some of that fire back after the rumble, and they gave him a meaningless mid-card title run. I hope this is where he finally begins his ascension, which means Gargano beats him and he either moves to the main roster (where he should have been since January) or into an NXT title feud. As long as the wife/girlfriend involvement is kept to a minimum, this should be a banger. Prediction: Johnny Gargano
Rich: Where the opener has me surprisingly hyped this match is the polar opposite. Despite featuring two tremendous pro wrestlers in Keith Lee and Johnny Gargano, I'm just not feeling it. The current Gargano heel character isn't landing with me the same way Johnny did all those years ago in DGUSA and Keith Lee has been stagnant since Survivor Series. I have no doubt these two have the ability and the desire to have a tremendous, potential Match of the Show but I can't lie and pretend that I'm going to care all that much. Prediction: Johnny Gargano
Finn Balor vs. Damian Priest
Steve: This sure is a match that is happening isn't it? Priest was Balor's mystery attacker about a month ago……and that's about it. I've enjoyed Priest in NXT and I think he still has quite a bit of potential. Finn had a tremendous match with Johnny Gargano at the last Takeover which really showed his vicious side. He was on a roll with that character, but after the attack, he's been largely absent. The match should be solid, and Priest will likely look good, but Finn should stay at or near the top of NXT. Priest's time will come, but not yet. Prediction: Finn Balor
Rich: The first of eight matches on this show to be built up by a mystery assailant attacking someone. In this case, the ARCHER OF INFAMY Priest who attacked Finn Balor some weeks back on NXT television. Hey, that's an okay jumping off point for a feud. No problem there. The problem is Finn, uh, hasn't really been back since then. I don't know why we're supposed to care about this match, why we're supposed to be excited or why it's happening with so little build but chances are it's pretty good. Prediction: Finn Balor
NXT Women's Championship
Charlotte Flair © vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Io Shirai
Steve: This has a chance to be the match of the night. Once you get over the fact that Charlotte is even in NXT, you remember she's one of, if not the best women's wrestlers in the world. Io Shirai has been great since coming to NXT and Rhea is a superstar in the making. The video packages on NXT TV this week were tremendous in showing each of these three are VERY different, but all of them have legitimate reasons and desires to be on top. Rhea and Charlotte had the match of Wrestlemania and arguably one of the best no-fan matches of this short period. Rhea and Io have been contenders and crossing paths on the way to the top. Io's dream opponent is Charlotte and she got screwed out of her shot a few weeks ago. They can go a lot of different ways here. With the women's division as loaded as it is, and Charlotte has made ZERO difference in the ratings, I think Io pins Charlotte and sends her back to the main roster for good, thus setting up a great feud with Rhea through the summer. I don't see Rhea getting her win back of Charlotte until a future Wrestlemania down the line. Prediction: Io Shirai
Rich: I cannot wait for this match. Three of the most talented women in WWE. A well-built match where each wrestler has a very clear motivation. What more can you ask for? Io Shirai is ready to prove after years that she's ready to become NXT Women's Champion. Rhea Ripley is looking to put the first half of 2020 behind her and return to the top of the division. Charlotte is trying to prove that SHE is the greatest of all time and the one that built the NXT Women's Division. That's it. Super simple but super effective, most great wrestling fits into that description. As far as who comes out on top, it's a tough call. Charlotte has no need to retain here and really shouldn't given her ratings patterns. She was brought to NXT to help them gain ratings over AEW and that just has not happened. You now risk overexposing her if she's not out of the brand soon so I think this is her swan song (for now at least). Rhea is still re-building after her WrestleMania loss, winning the title back seems… I don't know, premature? I think there's a lot more rehab that can be done to get Ripley back to where she was. That leaves us with Io Shirai. Without any obvious move to the main roster, Shirai needs this win more than Ripley. You have years to tell Ripley's story before she's scooped up and brought to the main roster. What would become of Shirai if she doesn't win here? This has been one of many opportunities she's had and it feels like a shit or get off the pot moment for Io to finally take her spot among the top of the NXT Women's division. Prediction: Io Shirai
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Karrion Kross
Steve: I think I may be one of the few people that doesn't hate Ciampa. In fact, I typically enjoy his work. As long as he and Gargano are as far away from each other for as long as possible, I'm set. I've always liked Cross's character and have enjoyed what little he's done in NXT so far. I think he and Scarlett will be RAW or Smackdown bound before they have to worry about pigeonholing him into a title feud. I expect a short, high impact brawl where the old psycho and the new one crash into each other until the new psycho is too much. Prediction: Karrion Kross
Rich: While I have next to no interest in either man at this time, I'm really excited about this match. Knowing the style these two like to employ and knowing the limitations of a Karrion Kross I'm expecting a high-impact brawl that is a nice and tight 5-10 minutes. I know it's TakeOver. I know it's Ciampa. Still, in building Kross you need to show how dominant he is, even against a former NXT champion so I want to see him get the win in fairly dominant fashion. Prediction: Karrion Kross
Last Chance Match – NXT Championship
Adam Cole © vs. Velveteen Dream
Steve: This may be the most intrigued, yet least excited I've ever been for a Takeover main event. If this were the late 2018-early 2019 Dream I'd be much more excited. But he has not been close to good for a long time, even before the lack of crowds were exposing him further. Adam Cole has been great in NXT, and the Backlot Brawl should provide some ample editing, but I just don't see this match being any more than serviceable. That's not the intrigue though. The intrigue is who wins. I am predicting Cole, because I think it's the smart logical thing to do. He's really the only viable main event champion heel on the roster right now. Plus, do you really want Dream on top with everything that entails? But this is not golden-era NXT. Do they make a switch to create some buzz? Do they move Adam Cole and the Undisputed Era to RAW or Smackdown to really free things up? Do they see the current climate and try to take advantage of it? If Dream does win, who are his challengers? Does he turn heel soon after? I can see any of the above happening. You used to be able to see what directions they were going with stories in NXT. Now it's just the third main roster brand where nothing really matters. Like I said, I'm sticking with Cole, but I'm very intrigued. Prediction: Adam Cole
Rich: I, like many others, wish the culmination of the Velveteen Dream story had happened two years ago. Now, he feels out of place, unfamiliar and more than anything, mundane without fans in the audience. I may even support a Dream title win today if we had fans but without them, he's doomed to have a very Drew McIntyre-esque wet fart title win and disappointing reign. Dream simply does not work without a crowd to play off him. Some may see that as a criticism but it's really a good problem to have. What Dream lacks in polished in-ring, he makes up for all-time great charisma. You can't teach what Dream has and it's connected with audiences for years on NXT. Right now though (and for the semi immediate future) there will be no audience to connect with leaving his inexperience and lack of bell-to-bell skills exposed. If the world was in a different place, I'd try to make a better case for Dream winning here but I just can't. Adam Cole retains and kicks off the second year of his NXT Championship reign. Prediction: Adam Cole
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During the Year of the Air Force Family initiative, the Air Force learned that education is the top issue affecting its families, Suzie Schwartz, wife of Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, told the Daily Report. Accordingly, one of the ways that USAF responded was by dedicating funding for more school liaisons, such that there is now a school liaison officer "at almost every Air Force base," she wrote in a response to our query. Another lesson, she said, was that communicating with Air Force families can often times be a challenge, so USAF enhanced efforts already in place, such as the Key Spouse program. Mrs. Schwartz said she is confident that the Air Force will capitalize on the strong momentum generated during the past year "by continuing to improve our family support programs and ensuring people know what resources are available."


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BEHEMOTH are hitting the road this summer with SLIPKNOT on the Knotfest Roadshow US Tour. The band has also shared the video for 'Sabbath Mater' from its latest album »I Loved You At Your Darkest«. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwQ3FLbvq5w "We bring you the new video for 'Sabbath Mater,'" the band said. "The energy and vibe was made for performance and that's exactly what we accomplished in the video. Oh, and some ungodly imagery — it is a Behemoth video after all. As always, we are fortunate to have the mighty Grupa 13 helping us to manifest our nefarious visions. Enjoy it and we'll see you very soon." All Behemoth Summer 2019 tour dates are below. »I Loved You At Your Darkest« is a crushing salvo of black metal majesty replete with hellish riffs, thundering drum cannonades, and soaring liturgical choirs reminiscent of classic horror cinema. It's BEHEMOTH's most dynamic record yet — extreme and radical on one hand, but also more rock-oriented than any other release. Produced by the band itself, with drum co-production by Daniel Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH, IN FLAMES), mixing by Matt Hyde (SLAYER, CHILDREN OF BODOM) mastering by Tom Baker (NINE INCH NAILS, MARILYN MANSON), and a 17-piece Polish orchestra arranged by Jan Stoklosa, »I Loved You At Your Darkest« is available here: http://behemoth.lnk.to/ILYAYD


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With the fate of big-ticket school projects on the line, messaging is crucial.
It's a sales pitch to a tough crowd, and for local school leaders the stakes couldn't be higher: how to get the millions of dollars they need to build new schools and keep existing ones up to snuff.
Against a backdrop of reluctant taxpayers, tight budgets, and competing priorities, officials are forced to get creative in their efforts to secure the bond measures and other capital financing they need for school facilities, both in terms of construction and the continuing maintenance and upkeep.
Those efforts can involve enlisting parents as foot soldiers for door-to-door canvassing, as well as reaching out to voters through television ads and scripted phone bank calling.
"School referendums have become highly sophisticated campaigns not unlike legislative races or presidential races," said Scott Croonquist, the executive director of the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, an advocacy organization in Minnesota. "It always comes down to communicating with the public and making sure they understand why the referendum is needed, what the money will be used for, and how students and [the] whole community will benefit."
Patricia F. Deklotz, the superintendent of the 4,000-student Kettle Moraine school district in Wales, Wis., used a series of high-definition videos, negotiation with her opponents, and a grassroots social media campaign to win passage in 2014 of a $49.6 million bond measure that paid for several capital maintenance projects including the creation of new learning spaces and technology upgrades. The county hadn't passed a bond since 2000.
"Schools do a disservice to a community when they need to speak in education-ese jargon," Deklotz said. "People are smart and they care about schools. We need to bring it to them in a way that they understand and relate [to] so that they can be informed."
Officials in the 13,500-student Battle Ground school district in southwest Washington didn't give up last year after a bond measure asking for $80 million for new construction fell 5 percent short of the necessary 60 percent approval. Shifting their messaging and relying on a new state school funding formula that will cut local taxes, the board voted last month to place another request on the county's ballot in February, this time asking for $224.9 million to replace three schools and build two others.
"It is discouraging when the majority of the people who voted, voted yes, but we still didn't get the funding," said Battle Ground Superintendent Mark Ross, who is not allowed by law to campaign for or against the ballot measure. "We've decided to go back to the voters and say, 'Hi, we still have the same needs, many of you felt the same way.'"
The nation's school systems have long been heavily reliant on local taxpayers to pick up the bulk of school construction costs.
Local and state officials on average split evenly public schools' operating expenses such as teachers' salaries and textbooks. But, for the $50 billion Americans spend on maintenance and school construction each year, almost 85 percent of school costs come from local coffers, according to the 2016 "State of our Schools" report from the National Council on School Facilities, the U.S. Green Building Council and the 21st Century School Fund.
School buildings come with a hefty price tag, especially in an era when innovative features are baked in. Summit Technology Academy, co-located on a satellite campus of the University of Central Missouri, cost $30 million and was designed with career training in mind.
At least 12 states don't pay for school construction at all.
And it's exceedingly difficult to get school construction bonds passed at the local level.
Between 1960 and 1985, as an anti-tax fervor swept the nation, the voter-approval rates for school construction bonds plummeted from 75 percent to 35 percent, according to a 1997 study by researchers Michael W. Kirst—now the chairman of the California state board of education—and Frederick Wirt.
Though the passage rates vary from state to state, school funding requests still face a number of political and demographic headwinds.
Even though recent surveys show 92 percent of Americans think schools should be upgraded, more than half the nation's taxpayers today think their taxes are too high, according to a 2014 Pew Research center poll.
Complicating matters, almost 1 out of every 3 counties in America has more residents age 65 and older than they do school-aged children, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Faced with such challenges, some superintendents and school board members have postponed millions of dollars worth of routine maintenance costs for years at a time.
The wear and tear on America's schools has become increasingly obvious.
The 2016 "State of Our Schools" report estimated that there's an $8 billion annual gap between what school officials spend on maintenance and operations versus what they should spend. Similarly, there's a need for $28 billion in capital work at existing schools and $10 billion for new facilities, the report estimated.
The average age of school buildings today is 44 years old.
The dramatic shift in population centers in the nation, the result of changes in the farming and manufacturing industries, has further exacerbated these problems.
While the K-12 student enrollment grew by 4.8 million students between 1994 and 2013, that growth was concentrated in just eight states, while in 11 states student enrollment declined significantly. Both instances require school construction.
Utah's student enrollment in recent years has skyrocketed, forcing districts to crowd students into portable buildings and break caps on class sizes, and sparking a teacher shortage.
Six of the state's school districts went to voters earlier this month seeking more than $800 million in construction bonds to, among other things, build new schools. Only four of those measures passed.
For districts losing students, budget cuts inevitably follow, spiking maintenance costs and calls from administrators to close some schools and upgrade others.
West Virginia last year shuttered a middle school in Fayette County after bricks came tumbling out of its facade. The school's closing followed years of infighting within the county over which school to shut down after thousands of students left the district after the local coal mines closed. But local residents couldn't decide which schools would get upgraded and which would close.
Getting school construction bonds passed can be a politically vexing task for local officials.
Ron Zimmer, a professor at the University of Kentucky, studied a series of school construction campaigns in Michigan and what went into successful and unsuccessful efforts.
Persuading communities to take on the hefty borrowing needed to build and maintain schools can be a heavy lift. Here are some elements researchers and local officials and research say are crucial in securing the votes for bond measures that account for 80 percent of school facilities financing nationwide.
Districts need to convey in clear and concise language what the district's needs are, why the district needs the requested amount, and how the upgrades or new schools will benefit students and voters.
Patricia Deklotz, the superintendent of the Kettle Moraine school district in Wisconsin, said images and videos of the district's needs tended to resonate more with voters in a recent campaign than long explanations of why the district needed a new building or money for renovations. In one video advertisement, kindergartners waited several minutes until the school's Wifi kicked in.
Mark Ross, the superintendent of Battle Ground school district in Washington state, said voters are skeptical of bureaucrats asking for more money. He suggests being clear-cut and open with voters about the decisionmaking process and the districts' spending habits.
Deklotz, of Kettle Moraine, said she would often call up or meet over coffee with those lobbying to defeat her bond proposal. Hearing directly from officials gave opponents an opportunity to have all their concerns addressed.
Ross, from Battle Ground, said the school district originally thought voters wanted to hear how that the new construction plan involved as many stakeholders as possible. That approach, he said, was misguided. Community members, he has learned, are more interested in the detail of what's needed than in the process of getting there.
Career-tech centers and added classroom space are more appealing to voters than parking lots or sports facilities, says Ron Zimmer, a researcher at University of Kentucky who has studied school construction bonds.
Voters, he concluded, are reluctant to vote for anything not directly connected to academics.
Parking lots and facilities used for arts education and sports tend not to do well on ballots, Zimmer said. Even new schools are hard to sell to voters, he added.
What really resonates with voters, Zimmer said, is maintenance of effort, or keeping schools modern and safe.
"Even when premier high schools fall into severe disrepair, and school officials know it's going to cost way more money to remodel than to rebuild it, we didn't find voters were willing to support new schools," Zimmer said. "Voters would much rather maintain existing facilities. Psychology plays a bit of a role in this."
Interviews with district superintendents and their advocates across the country show that school districts have worked with consultants and each other to come up with creative strategies to get bonds passed.
Deklotz, of the Kettle Moraine district, said communication and transparency are key in getting school bonds passed.
"We promoted the idea that the school buildings belong to the community. And the community has to determine how they want to maintain their schools. Part of the difficulty in passing a bond is people need to understand the why. Why do you as a school district need this money while we're already supportive of you?"
When the district in 2014 proposed its ballot initiative, Deklotz and other administrators hosted a series of town hall meetings, led walking tours of schools, and held sit-down meetings with their opponents to answer any questions and address any skepticism they might have. In one video promoted by the district, kindergartners chanted, "Keep calm, carry on," while the teacher anxiously tried to get the school's internet working in her classroom.
When local voters reject school bond proposals, states are increasingly stepping in to shore up maintenance and construction costs.
North Carolina earlier this month issued $30 million in school construction grants. And California voters passed a $9 billion school construction bond in 2016 that will match local district funding.
Courts are also starting to step in to force states to create a more equitable funding mechanism for school construction.
At least nine states, either as a result of court rulings or legislation, have made establishing an equitable funding strategy for school facilities part of state law.
A study of 147,000 school facilities improvement projects between 1995 and 2004 found that high-wealth ZIP code areas had three times more capital investment than the lowest-wealth ZIP codes.
West Virginia in 1989 set up a statewide board made up of state school board members and local officials to determine how to help share the costs of school construction.
The state is expecting more than $50 million in requests this year from 28 districts across the state, many asking for maintenance costs. The shift in student population centers has required new construction in some places and shuttering in others.
"Our population keeps declining," said Frank Blackwell, the executive director of the state's School Building Authority. "We're just extremely fortunate that the legislature tries to fund the [building authority] at an average figure of $50 million a year to distribute out what needs to be done across the state."
Other states are currently trying to figure out that balance between what the state should shoulder and what local officials should shoulder.
Rhode Island's state department of education released a study earlier this year about school facilities needs, detailing $2.2 billion in needed repairs to public schools. A special task force is set to come up with a way to pay for a plan. State officials are considering proposing a statewide bond proposal for the first time since 1984.
"We have to sound the alarm bell," said General Treasurer Seth Magaziner during a press conference, according to local reports. "The longer we wait, the more expensive it will get."
An earlier version of this article gave an incorrect spelling and location for the Battle Ground school district in Southwest Washington state.


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Dorathea E. "Dory" Parks
PIERCE -- Funeral service for Dorathea E. "Dory" Parks, 90, of Pierce will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Pierce. Rev. Gordon Bruce and Vicar Chad Berg will be officiating. Private family burial will be held at a later date at the Evergreen Cemetery in Alexandria, South Dakota. Visitation will be 4:00-7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 16 also at the Zion Lutheran Church in Pierce. The service will be live-streamed on the Stonacek Funeral Chapel Facebook page. Dory passed away on Saturday, November 13, 2021 at her residence in Pierce with her family by her side. Stonacek Memorial Chapel in Pierce is in charge of the arrangements. Dorathea Parks was born June 24, 1931, in Alexandria, S.D., the daughter of Nathaniel and Dora (Wudel) Parks. She grew up in Alexandria, where she was baptized and confirmed at St. Martin's Lutheran Church. She graduated from Alexandria High School in 1949. She and her family lived in Alexandria until she met and married Gene Parks on Oct. 22, 1949, at St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Alexandria. They moved around the state of South Dakota quite a bit while Gene worked for The Corps of Engineers. Dory and Gene along with their daughters, Andie and Caryl, moved to Cape Canaveral, Fla., while he worked on the engineering project until 1966. They moved to Omaha from 1969 to 1997 and made so many wonderful friends. In 1980, the family purchased a cabin in the Black Hills. The cabin was a labor of love and a huge part of wonderful memories made for the entire family. Dory loved her family very much and their times together. She was a big Pierce Bluejay sports fan. After Gene passed in 1999, Dory decided to move to Pierce in 2001 to be closer to her daughter, Caryl, and grandchildren. She loved living at the Marshall Grove Apartments, where the residents all became her second family. She enjoyed playing cards, going on drives and watching the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Survivors include her daughters, Andie Golden of Augusta, Ga., and Caryl Schultz of Pierce; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Joanna Hooker, children Matthew, Aldde and Zachary, Jennie (Chris) Vaughn, children Daniel and Kayla, Drew (Shawn) Schultz, children Stella and Charlotte, Cara (Max) Froehlich, children Lindy and Lane, Courtney (Trey) Boyer, child Carter, Connor (Sarah) Schultz. She was preceded in death by her parents, Nathaniel and Dora; spouse Gene; son-in-law Warren Golden; sisters Martha Vining and Myrtle Wuedel; and three brothers, Herman, Edwin and Alfred. Music for the services will be provided by organist Linda Peekenschneider playing congregational hymns "In The Garden," "It Is Well With My Soul," "Abide With Me" and "Amazing Grace." Casket bearers will be Drew Schultz, Connor Schultz, Max Froehlich, Trey Boyer, Matthew Hooker and Randy Sunderman. The service will be live steamed on the www.stonacekfuneralchapel Facebook page. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be designated to the family. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.
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