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Close Primary Races and Competitive Contests Continue to Emerge
This article originally appeared on BIPAC's blog. Written by BIPAC Political Analyst Jim Ellis.
Mississippi Senate: Senate-designate Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) to be sworn-in, replacing Sen. Thad Cochran (R), setting stage for competitive special election in November
Tennessee Senate: surprising poll puts former Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) ahead of U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R) in key Senate open seat race
CT-5: Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D) to retire after widespread criticism for failing to act immediately against her chief of staff who was accused of sexual and physical abuse of a staff member
NC-3: new poll suggests Rep. Walter Jones (R) in primary fight
Florida Governor: new poll shows Republican candidates Rep. Ron DeSantis and former Congressman Adam Putnam virtually tied in crowded primary field
Minnesota Governor: former 2-term Gov. Tim Pawlenty enters race
Mississippi: Designated Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) won't be sworn in until Monday to replace retiring Sen. Thad Cochran (R), but developing special election candidates aren't waiting. When Mr. Cochran first announced he would leave the Senate in early April, former US Agriculture Secretary and ex-Mississippi Congressman Mike Espy (D) immediately entered Senate special. Then, Republican state Sen. Chris McDaniel switched from challenging GOP incumbent Roger Wicker to joining the new election. Late this week, Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton (D) announced that he, too, will become a Senate special election candidate.
All candidates will appear on the special election ballot to be held concurrently with theNovember 6th special election. If no contender receives a majority vote, the top two, regardless of political party affiliation, will advance to a run-off election three weeks later, onNovember 27th. The winner will serve the balance of the current term and be eligible to run for a full six-year stint in 2020. Chances are strong that the secondary election will be necessary because it's unlikely that any one individual can build majority support.
Tennessee: Middle Tennessee State University just released a credible statewide survey (3/22-29; 600 TN registered voters) that surprisingly stakes former Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) to a ten point, 45-35%, lead over US Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Brentwood). It is a virtual certainty that each individual will win his and her respective party nomination so it is not too early to begin testing the pair as if the August 2nd primary has already occurred. Other polls have given Ms. Blackburn the early advantage largely because of the state's strong Republican nature; a voting trend that has noticeably moved rightward since Mr. Bredesen was last on the statewide ballot in 2006.
CA-44: Citing too much bitterness within the electorate, actress Stacy Dash (R), who was challenging freshman Southern California Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-San Pedro), ended her campaign well before the June 5th primary. Ms. Dash, a long shot candidate campaigning as a conservative, would have had a difficult time even qualifying for the general election in a district where only 10.2% of the voters are registered Republicans. Rep. Barragan, an upset winner in 2016, now faces only Compton Mayor Aja Brown (D) as a serious opponent.
CT-5: Late this week, three-term Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-Cheshire/Waterbury) announced that she will end her quest for re-election, succumbing to calls for her to resign. While her announcement only indicated that she won't run in November, the intense demands from media editorial boards and even a series of Democratic state legislators for her to step aside are coming because she did not immediately take action against her chief of staff who was accused of sexual and physical abuse of a staff member to the point where a restraining order was required.
For the Democrats, former Simsbury First Selectman Mary Glassman, a twice-defeated candidate for Lt. Governor, quickly announced that she will enter the open seat congressional race. Turning to the GOP, state Rep. William Petit (R-Cheshire) confirms that he is contemplating entering the race. Two Republicans who won't be running for Congress are Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton and New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart. Both confirmed that they will remain in the Governor's race.
FL-23: Law professor Tim Canova made a big splash in 2016 with his primary challenge to South Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Weston), while she was the sitting Democratic National Committee chair. Mr. Canova attracted just under $4 million in financial support, and an endorsement from presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, but lost the party primary 43-57%. After the election, Canova quickly announced that he would seek a re-match this year. With little in the way of 2018 financial support developing for him, and even Sen. Sanders staying away from the re-match, Mr. Canova announced this week that he is exiting the Democratic primary and will run as an Independent in the general election. Rep. Wasserman Schultz now becomes the prohibitive favorite for re-election.
MA-3: Retiring Rep. Niki Tsongas' (D-Lowell) open 3rd District congressional seat is creating a great deal of interest within the Massachusetts political community. A total of 13 Democrats have announced their candidacies for the seat along with one Republican, business owner Rick Green. State Sen. Barbara L'Italien (D-Andover) just released the results of her EMC Research survey (3/14-19; 500 MA-3 likely Democratic primary voters), which finds the poll sponsor leading the primary field with 19% support. Trailing in second place at 8% is former Boston mayoral chief of staff Dan Koh. No other breaks 5% preference.
NH-1: Levi Sanders, son of Vermont Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, is coming under attack because he doesn't even live close to the 1st Congressional District where he is an announced Democratic candidate. Mr. Sanders resides in Claremont, NH, which is near the Vermont border in the southwestern part of the state. New Hampshire's 1st District covers the eastern portion of the Granite State. Though he just received a new public endorsement, it probably won't help Mr. Sanders too much. This week, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced his support of Levi Sanders. But, backing from another state's Governor won't help quell the attacks against him for not having much local support.
NY-24: After originally saying she would not run for Congress this year, apparently Juanita Perez Williams, a former attorney for the city of Syracuse and ex-Navy JAG officer who fared badly in the last Syracuse Mayor's race (losing 54-38% to Republican Ben Walsh), is circulating petitions to qualify for the ballot. In order to advance to the general election and face two-term Rep. John Katko (R-Syracuse), Ms. Williams will have to first get past Dana Balter, the local Democratic Party endorsed candidate for the June 26th federal primary. Ms. Williams was a top recruitment target for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) after the party leadership failed to convince former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner to run. Though the 24th CD leans Democratic, Rep. Katko has put up a pair of strong 58% victories in his two House elections.
NY-25: It remains unclear if Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) will call a special election to replace the late Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-Rochester), but there will be a regular June 26th primary election for the regular ensuing term. Last week state Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle (D-Rochester) announced his candidacy, as did former journalist and Mayoral candidate Rachel Barnhart, and Brighton Town Board member Robin Wilt. Now, Rochester City Councilman Adam McFadden (D) joins the Democratic field. Republicans are coalescing behind surgeon Jim Maxwell, who had announced a challenge to Rep. Slaughter before she unexpectedly passed away on March 16th. Democrats are favored to hold the seat.
NC-3: Veteran US Rep. Walter Jones (R-Farmville) is no stranger to competitive primaries, and faces another in 2018. In the May 8th North Carolina primary, two Republicans, Craven County Commissioner Scott Dacey and computer technician and frequent candidate Phil Law, are opposing the 12-term incumbent. No Democrat filed in this contest, so whoever wins the GOP primary takes the seat in November. The Civitas Institute commissioned a Voter Roll Call poll (3/23-25; 700 NC-3 registered voters; 329 NC-3 likely Republican primary voters) and found Rep. Jones only leading his opponents Dacey and Law, 37-28-15%, respectively.
WI-1: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) is finding that not only is he the premier fundraiser for his Republican colleagues and candidates, but he may be for the Democrats' also. Mr. Ryan's likely general election opponent in his southern Wisconsin congressional district, labor union activist Randy Bryce (D), said this week that his campaign has raised over $2.1 million to be reported on the April 15th Federal Election Commission disclosure report and possesses more than $2.3 million in his campaign account.
Florida: Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Palm Coast/Daytona Beach) released an internal North Star Opinion Research poll (3/12-15; 600 FL likely Republican primary voters) that stakes the Atlantic Coast Congressman to a 21-19% lead over Agriculture Commissioner and former Congressman Adam Putnam in their open race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Twelve Republicans have announced their candidacies, but only state House Speaker Richard Corcoran (R-Land O'Lakes) is a formidable opponent to Messrs. DeSantis and Putnam. With a May 30th candidate filing deadline, an August 28th primary, and the leading Republican candidates virtually tied, this race is weeks, if not months, away from becoming defined.
Hawaii: Current Gov. David Ige (D) made national political news in 2014 when he trounced incumbent Gov. Neil Abercrombie, 66-31% in the Democratic primary, but things have gone badly for him since that time. Last week we reported upon a new Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy survey that found US Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Honolulu) leading him in the August 11th Hawaii Democratic primary, 47-27%. Now, a group of key Democratic state legislative leaders have jointly endorsed Rep. Hanabusa. State Senate President Ron Kouchi (D-Kauai), state House Speaker Scott Saiki (D-Honolulu), Senate Ways & Means Committee chairman Donovan Dela Cruz (D-Honolulu), and House Finance Committee chair Sylvia Luke (D-Makiki) all publicly agreed to join the Hanabusa campaign finance team.
Iowa: The signature petition process has officially claimed another victim. Earlier, an Iowa election review panel ruled that former Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett (R) fell short of submitting the required 4,005 legal petition signatures to qualify for the ballot. Disputing the ruling, Mr. Corbett ultimately took his argument to court, but now his candidacy has ended. Yesterday, a Polk County District Judge upheld the Iowa State Objection Panel's ruling that Mr. Corbett did not qualify. After the decision was made public, the former Mayor said he would end his challenge and accept the ultimate result that he would not be allowed to challenge Gov. Kim Reynolds in the Republican primary. This means that the new Governor will run unopposed for the party nomination.
Minnesota: For weeks, it has been speculated upon that former two-term Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) was planning to make a return to the political scene after an eight-year absence from Minnesota politics. That speculation proved true on Thursday as the ex-Governor announced that he will enter the open seat campaign for his previous position. He faces Hennepin County Commissioner and 2014 gubernatorial nominee Jeff Johnson in the Republican primary. In 2014, Mr. Johnson held retiring Gov. Mark Dayton (D) to a 50-45% re-election victory.
Tennessee: Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, in a series of polls for the Save the Children Action Network (3/7-14; 600 TN registered voters), surveyed the Volunteer State gubernatorial primaries. For the Republicans, US Rep. Diane Black (R-Gallatin) jumps out to the early lead, with 25% preference followed by Knoxville businessman Randy Boyd, who posts 20% support. Williamson County businessman Bill Lee, and House Speaker Beth Harwell (R-Nashville) lag with 7 and 6 percent, respectively. On the Democratic side, former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean opens up with a large lead, registering 41% among those stating a preferred candidate. State House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh (D-Ripley) had just 11% support. The Tennessee primaries are not until August 2nd, so much time remains for these nomination races to change.
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Cedar Rapids Sets Grim Record with Most Murders in Single Year
Last weekend, Cedar Rapids set a new mark that no one wanted to reach. The most homicides in one calendar year. There have now been nine people murdered in the city in 2020, with five-and-a-half months left in the year. According to Iowa's News Now, city records on homicides date back to 1959.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department has confirmed 19-year-old Keyshawn Allers of Palo died early Sunday morning after being shot multiple times in Summit View Village, located in the 100 block of Curtis Street SW.
Police were called to the scene at 3:54 a.m. Sunday, July 13, on a report of shots fired. Despite efforts by Area Ambulance Service personnel, firefighters, and police, Allers died at the scene.
Allers played high school football at Cedar Rapids Kennedy. Head Coach Brian White, who coached Allers for three seasons, told the Gazette, "He was a good kid, a tremendous athlete, and a pleasure to have around."
The investigation into Allers' death continues.
The eight other homicide victims in Cedar Rapids this year are:
20-year-old Malik Sheets was shot and killed in the 1000 block of Regent St. NE on Thursday, June 18.
69-year-old Daniel Spangler was found dead in a home at 508 B Avenue NW on Friday, May 22. He had been shot.
25-year-old Asia Grice was shot and killed Friday, May 1 in an apartment in the 1600 block of 30th St. NW. Grice was pregnant at the time. Johnnie Osborne IV has been charged in the case.
16-year-old Judeah Dawson was shot and killed Wednesday, April 22 in the 200 block of 15th St NW.
27-year-old Jordan Haynes was found in a vehicle off I-380 and 76th Ave. SW Thursday, March 12. His death was confirmed to be a homicide, but no other information was released.
35-year-old Tremaine Williams died after being stabbed in the 700 block of 8th Ave. SW on Wednesday, March 4. Jacqueline Holmes has been charged with his murder.
22-year-old Jose Eduardo Millan-Ramirez was shot and killed at Ashton Place Apartments at 634 Ashton Place NE on Tuesday, January 28.
18-year-old Andrew Gaston was shot and killed in the parking lot in the 3200 block of Agin Court NE on Friday, January 24. In March, Cedar Rapids Police announced they had arrested two juveniles on multiple charges in the case.
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Dowen College Promises To Get To The Bottom Of Sylvester Oromoni Junior's Death
Remi Ibikunle
Dowen College has promised to get to the bottom of Sylvester Oromoni Junior's death.
Gatekeepers News reports that Dowen College has condoled with the family of one of their students, Sylvester Oromoni Jr. who recently passed away.
The school sent its condolences in a statement signed by its board and management on Saturday.
Gatekeepers News earlier reported that Perry Oromoni, his nephew, took to Twitter to share his account of what transpired, claiming that the deceased was attacked for vehemently declining to join what he termed the secondary school's "cult group" dominated by older boys at the institution located in Lekki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
Following this, the Lagos State Government ordered the indefinite closure of the school on Friday.
Dowen College in the Saturday statement said, "He was dearly loved by his teachers, his fellow students and he was a beacon of light for the school."
The school while describing Sylvester Jnr.'s untimely death as "tragic and unfortunate" stated that it requires a thorough and proper investigation.
"Dowen College is fully committed to this.
"We are assisting the authorities to get to the bottom of this heartbreaking incident," the school wrote.
The statement read further, "The first steps taken by the school, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, has been the immediate closure of the school to aid in the investigation.
"Understandably, at this time of intense grief and suffering, emotions are raw and
tensions are high.
"We pray that God, who alone knows how to comfort the sorrowing, will comfort
Sylvester's family and all those who loved and knew him.
"We commiserate with the Oromoni family and the students of Dowen College who
have lost a friend and fellow student.
"This is a traumatic experience."
The statement added, "We assure our parents that the school is taking steps to ensure the safety and security of their children and wards.
"This is paramount.
"Every child is valued at Dowen College and their health and well-being is of the
utmost priority to the school."
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Gorgeously illustrated by Blackall…this delightful telling of the story behind A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh is also a family history.
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear 5 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 4 reviews.
What a lovely book. I had forgotten how it all had started and had to read. I liked seeing the real photos in the back of the book.
+I bought this book for my daughter for Christmas because she collects Winnie. When I opened the book to read it I was amazed at the illustrations and at the history being presented in an easy to understand way. My grandson (8) loved the book, too. He could understand the history too. The illustrations are beautiful and add so much to the story. If you love Winnie or collect him you will love this story.
My son and I absolutely love the book!! It is our new favorite of all time!! This is a must read for all ages and is sure to be a book that will be passed down for generations to come!!
The opening lines of this book just beg you to turn the page. And so I did. In this book, I found a story within a story about a veterinarian named Harry Colebourn (notice the similarity between this character and the name of the character who speaks first?) who left his hometown of Winnipeg (notice the name of the town?) in 1914 to help the war effort as a horse doctor. On his way, he encounters a man on the train platform with a baby (you guessed it) bear! I won't say more because I urge you to read this for yourself -- follow Winnie's journey from train platform to storybook. But I will say that the clever plot structure and flowing text and gorgeous illustrations (Did I mention this won the Caldecott in 2016?) are sure to draw you in and maybe even shout, "Buy me!" like they did to me.


Kosan Crisplant's Portuguese office is located in the northern coastal city of Porto. Although Kosan Crisplant Portugal has existed since 2005, they did not move into this particular office before 2014. However, it has quickly become home, with lots of natural light and a garden in the middle. One thing visitors notice is that there is a great deal of laughter and an atmosphere of familiarity in the Porto office. Many in the team have worked together since the beginning.
The team in Porto works according to the principles of Kaizen, a Japanese methodology of working that originates from Toyota. Kaizen is all about keeping processes simple and making them visual with dashboards. The subjects of meetings are limited to only what has been defined as the critical area for the department or project. A manager can walk through all the departments and get a 5-minute snapshot of how the department is doing on its projects, indicated with colour codes. If it's green, that's good - If it's red, not so good. This goes for all departments: finance, sales, even IT.
Since the beginning, Kosan Crisplant's team in Portugal has had to look for new business opportunities. Since Portugal is a relatively small country where investments in new equipment are limited, it is necessary to look at the market and ask "what can we do more than just sell equipment?"
This proactive approach of thinking ahead, looking at what is next, is in KC Portugal's DNA. Every employee tries to add value and innovate because that is the way to sustain the company here in the long term. The team has managed to grow by always thinking several steps ahead.
A specialty of Kosan Crisplant in Porto is Facility Management and services in general. The office started out with providing general services, and it has since developed into an even wider service level with Facility Management. In Portugal alone, Kosan Crisplant currently holds four Facility Management contracts, with a total of over 19 million gas cylinders filled every year.
Kosan Crisplant Portugal's Facility Management contracts are often located in poorer regions where the local communities are hugely dependent on the terminals they operate. Therefore, the team sponsors community events and local sports teams and, of course, give good conditions to the workers. The goal is to get involved and take responsibility for the good of the region.


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Sophy and logy of Woman: The Woman was Made For The Man
July 9, 2014 jonathanoladejidebate, equality, gender, opinions, rights, women
Some would say "You are the man, the Breadwinner" and so on, yet the same set of people fight for GENDER EQUALITY. Fight you will but it's the hope of this article to make sense of an acclaimed absolute authority over the human politics. Politics in this case not referring to nations, cities or counties per se, rather, a reference to the distribution of work, when we have to make a balance in any male-female relationship.
WOMEN want to be Equal Weaker vessels, and make fools of men. Below is a real debate which although I have taken the liberties of censoring, will depict a somewhat religious but reasonable opinion of two different independent thinkers.
It is quite a long one so I have broken it into bits. You can sit back, relax and read, add your opinion through the comment box, read other works on this blog and follow us through this library of words.
[12:35PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: We work in different parts of the country, Wen I travel to meet her, I pay my transport and d basic things she needs for d period am around comes from me.
[12:35PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Wen she wants to come
[12:35PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: She claims its my responsibility to pay! And Then I av to buy all she wants while she is around and other girls claim it is my responsibility too.
[12:36PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Yeske…..it is
[12:36PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: I guess dts y guys use and dump u girls
[12:37PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Bcos u are usually so emotionally carried away dt u push financial burdens in d guy "shebi he is d man"
[12:40PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: She would say "u ar d man" wen it comes to money issues but wen it comes to obeying the guy's principles she would not listen
[12:40PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: To me is an exchange…Dat' was my own little discovery about a guy giving a lady money
[12:42PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Is both ways!
[12:42PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: D guy should be d one to spend more…..n not d oda way round…ok
[12:44PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Both shld spend equally!
[12:44PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Y would u say d guy shld spend more?
[12:44PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Then d girl shld do more work or something
[12:44PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: I disagree!
[12:45PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: So?
[12:45PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: D man shall be d head…..
[12:46PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Being d head has nothing to do with responsibility sharing and even if u want to use dt principle properly then answer this "the manager or the messenger who works more?"
[12:47PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: It is
[12:47PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Study ur bible…..a virtues woman only help her husband
[12:49PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Hmmm is dt wat it says?
[12:50PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Infact prov talks of d virtuous woman as d worker
[12:50PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Search d scriptures….n c if it was 50-50tin
[12:51PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Only talks about how hard working she is suppose to be also
[12:52PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: It didn't tell us she took the responsibility in house
[12:52PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: She shall be an helpmeet……
[12:53PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: I av never seen any biblical reference where the man was described with such laborious activity as prov 31 describes the woman
[12:54PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Check prov 31
[12:54PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Ummm
[12:54PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Vs 13 says she worketh willlliiiiinnnnglllly
[12:55PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Vs 15 says she giveth meat to her household
[12:55PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Now check vs 23
[12:56PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Bros….it is his responds-ability.
[12:56PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Her husband is known in the gates…when he siiiiittteeethhhh among the elders of the land
[12:58PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: See?
[1:09PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Bros! Don't be like som men outdere….dere was no place in bible where it was recorded that a woman took care of the home
[1:10PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Av u read prov 31?
[1:10PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: I don't plan to give a woman my Job or to b lazy but I also hate that whining attitude girls carry
[1:11PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: D scripture does not also make d man your camel!
[1:12PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Yea rite!
[1:12PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: In fact there is more honour and value in a home where the woman works as hard as the man, such that it is d man sef dt will b looking 4 hw to help her
[1:13PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: I tell u….I would respect dt kind of woman more
[1:14PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Not d wan dt-
Work…."u ar d man na"
Money …."u ar d man na"
Food …."u ar d man na"
Wash …."u ar d man na"
[1:14PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: "B romantic na"
[1:16PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: And she wants to kip sex till after marriage ooo, thnx God he delivered me from uncontrolled sexual desires
[1:17PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Probably I would av been d one even trying to find a way to do it
[1:17PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Bros….study message translation of dat verse 15
[1:18PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Infact study d whole chapter in msg…..
[1:18PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Stop using translation to fuddle up scriptures….I really don't av dt translation but I am aware that message was intended to ensure you have a simple way for saying something that is difficult in KJV
[1:20PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Not to serve as d basis for understanding….even in our language there are some words that modernized versions will not express well
[1:21PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: N dat she provide meat on d table does not mean she used her money to buy it
[1:22PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Oh so u did not see all d verses where she was described as a manufacturer, investor and merchant?
[1:23PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Vs 16, 19, 24
[1:24PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: I did…meaning she's up n doing….n not her been d head. Of the family….
[1:24PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Abegi u ladies are just bent on being lazy and parasitic in nature and dt is d culture of this age propagated by social media
[1:24PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: B delicate, b fanciful, let them beg…no let them pay to av you
[1:26PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: No one says she is d head!….being d head does not translate to doing manual labour….do you see the President of Nigeria coming to do environmental sanitation on ur street?
[1:26PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: She only help her family during snow….
[1:27PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Even in d use of d head as a symbol…out of d whole body, the head does least work
[1:27PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Exactly!
[1:27PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: U r to help each oda….
[1:28PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Yea rite……
[1:28PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Other than think, eat, watch movie, listen to music and smell flowers…the head does not hold cutlass or walk the streets or lift load….or wash or plant
[1:29PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: D head carry out the major part in d power….
[1:29PM, 7/9/2014] Akin: Don't u know wat they call Administrative and Executive duties?
[1:29PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: Yea rite……stop making excuses ffor lazy men……
[1:30PM, 7/9/2014] Temi: May b o
This debate continues…. And has many twist and turns to it but I hope you get to participate and ultimately enjoy yourself.
Faithful Adulterer: 2 (9/7/2014)


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Cody Ceci Biography
( 1993 - )
First published on:March 3, 2019
Facts of Cody Ceci
Famous Name
Perri Ceci
Karen Ceci
Currently Working For
$6millions
Jamie Thompson
Position in Team
Cole and Chelsea
1 year / $4,300,000
Career Earnings
6 ft 2 in
No. of Siblings
Cody Ceci is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who plays in the National Hockey League(NHL). As of 2019, Cody Ceci currently plays for the Ottawa Senators as their Defence.
As a Defence, Cody Ceci reportedly earns around $4,300,000 as his yearly salary from Ottawa Senators. Further, Cody Ceci has an estimated net worth of over $6millions. In addition. he is in a romantic relationship with his girlfriend, Jamie Thompson.
Cody Ceci Net Worth And Salary
As of August 23, 2012, Cody Ceci has an estimated net worth of over $6 million which is quite similar to Oscar Klefbom. He reportedly signed a 1 year / $4,300,000 contract, including $4,300,000 guaranteed with Ottawa Senators in August 23, 2012.
Further, the NHL player has an average salary of $4,300,000 annually. Cody Ceci so far has made earnings of $12,188,355 from his entire NHL career.
Some of his career contract and earnings, including bonus and incentives:
YEAR TEAM SALARY
2013-2014 Ottawa Senators $318,355
2014-2015 Ottawa Senators $1,137,500
Additionally, in the 2018-2019 season, he will earn $4,300,000 as a base salary, carrying $4,300,000 as a cap hit. Further, he made 2.25 million in the 2016-17 season and 3.35 million in the 2017-18 season.
Cody Ceci Personal Life
As per the records, Cody Ceci dating his beautiful girlfriend Jamie Thompson. Further, the couple is in a relationship for quite a long time. Despite being in a relationship for this long, their wedding date is not revealed yet. However, the couple looks happy and extremely satisfied with their relationship.
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Cody Ceci and Jamie Thompson are spotted together at many places. Further, they spend quality time together and also compliment each other so well. Contrary to this much love, they don't flaunt their relationship in their social media. Cody Ceci and his future wife love to keep their private life low profiled.
Besides that, they both, Cody Ceci and Jamie Thompson are animal lovers. Further, they are also spotted with animals at shelter homes too.
CAPTION: Codi and his adorable girlfriend SOURCE: Fabwags.com
Talking about his body measurements, the famous NHL star is 6 ft 2 inches in height and weighs around 94 kg.
Cody Ceci Early life And Bio
Cody Ceci was born on December 21, 1993, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to parents Perri Ceci and Karen Ceci. As per his nationality, he is Canadian and belongs to the White ethnic group. Further, his star sign is Sagittarius. He grew up along with his siblings, Cole and Chelsea.
Cody Ceci Professional Career
Ceci was selected 15th overall by the Senators in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut in the 2013–14 season, playing for the Senators' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, Binghamton Senators.
After training camp, Ceci was assigned to the Binghamton Senators in October 2013. Ceci was called up to Ottawa in December after a suspension of defenceman Jared Cowen and played his first game in the NHL against the Buffalo Sabres on December 12, 2013, in Ottawa, a 2-1 win for Ottawa.
Two games later, at 3:59 of the overtime against St. Louis Blues goaltender Brian Elliott on December 16, 2013, Ceci scored his first goal in the NHL to win the game 3–2.
Ceci signed a contract extension of $5 million for 2 years at the start of the 2016–17 season. Currently, he is playing along with his star team-mates such as Ben Harpur, Brady Tkachuk and many more.
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Category: World Building
The Stories in the Map
September 18, 2019 September 18, 2019 Bruce Byfield
Ever since Tolkien, maps have been a tradition of fantasy. Too often, though, they are an after-thought, like a bibliography cobbled together at the last minute and attached to a student essay. They neglect basic geography, like the mountains that conveniently meet at right-angles to seal Mordor off from the rest of Middle-Earth. They ignore economics, plunking cities down in the middle of nowhere. Often, they ignore the history and the migrations of people across the land. The results are not only implausible, but a missed opportunity to generate stories ideas.
For example, the map for my novel attempt is of the northern part of a continent. I wanted the northern part to be largely sealed off the rest, so I added some Himalaya-like mountains, with a single connecting pass. The pass stirred memories of the Khyber Pass (even though it's not in the Himalayas), through which armies and caravans have passed for centuries. It made sense that, at the northern end of the pass, a major city should emerge as a staging area for those heading south. To add to the importance of the city, I placed it on a river that barges could sail. I also realized that, because of the trade, who controlled the pass would be a political issue.
Although I had developed an entire map, my story came to center on the pass and the struggle over it. What methods, I wondered, would various factions choose to control the pass and the trade that passed through it? In answering that question, I developed not only my plot, but, eventually, discovered the title of the novel — all because I had taken time to ponder the geography of the place, and how it affected the local economies. Before I knew it, the story was beginning in that city at the north end of the pass.
That was a long way from where I had placed the capital city for the country. So, since mass communication hadn't been invented yet, that city must be the capital for a semi-independence province. But how had it got that way? How had the province remained a province, rather than becoming an independent country? Given the state of roads in the past, there must be whole seasons when the place was cut off from the capital, especially since, being hard against those mountains, the place just had to be a temperate rain forest where rain and snow were a given. Thanks to the geography, back story and an important plot element started taking shape.
Oh, and one more thing: a rain forest suggests that the river beside the city would have salmon-runs. Cultures that grew up along the river would have a rich food supply. Feeding the population would be easy, so just like First Nations of the Pacific Northwest, the cultures could emphasize the arts. Even their everyday utensils and clothes would be heavily decorated. They would not have European style agriculture, because the unaltered land provided generously, although hunting and foraging rights might be fiercely defended. This situation would not be well-understood by incoming farmers, and the result would be cultural clashes.
Migrations Across the Map
As I developed my map, I kept thinking of the historical atlases that fascinated me as a boy. A given region could change dramatically over the centuries, as populations entered or passed through it. A map, I realized, should reflect these migrations. In the United Kingdom, you can tell where the Vikings settled by names that end in "by" or "thorpe," and where the Anglo Saxons settled by names that end in "burh" ("burg) or "wick" ("wich"). So shouldn't a fantasy map have the same cultural traces? However, before I could add to those cultural layers, I had to invent the cultures that had passed through, and figure out when and where they had been on the map.
I decided that many of the traces of the original inhabitants would have been over-written by later migrations. However, the original inhabitants were still around, although sadly diminished, so pockets on the map still displayed their place names. It seemed useful, then, to have a character who was one of those original inhabitants.
Other influences on my place-names came from a nomadic culture with Frankish-inspired names. You can trace their path from the settlements they left in their wake, now long ago incorporated into the dominant culture. Some of the nomad's personal names remain in use, as well the use of coinage based on cattle.
Yet by far the largest influence — and most recent — was the slow, eastward settlement of the province. In the western part of the country, names sound roughly Anglo-Saxon. In the middle of the province, names sound more Middle English. Originally, I thought the eastern-most settlements would be Modern English, and many are. However, since I wanted a sudden mass settlement that would conflict with the cultures already present, I decided on a situation similar to the settlement of the North American west. But what would cause such a settlement? In our history, land and gold provided the impetus, but, in my fantasy world, I decided, the ancestor of my main character had announced that any serfs who made it to the province would become free citizens and given a grant of land. Naturally, there was a rush to take up the offer, resulting in place names like Wain and Walk or Bonder's Run that reflected those tumultuous times. Naturally, too, the older parts of the country were not enthusiastic about the departure of productive citizens. My main character's ancestor might have filled the vacant country side, but it would have left resentments that lingered still, and needed to be part of the story as well. At the same time, the arriving serfs would have helped displace the original cultures. Just like the Welsh did with the arrival of the Romans, the original cultures were pushed up into the mountains, which told me who was fighting for control of trade.
The map as back story
By the time I was done, where the maps ended, and where the back story or plot begun was hard to see. I had developed them all at the same time. Even the street names when I drew the map of the city at the north end of the pass were influenced by the history of the region and the ideas going into my outline.
Consequently, my map became more than a pretty piece of front matter or a reference for readers who wanted to trace the journey of the characters. Instead, my map had become central to my storytelling. Of course, few readers would have the knowledge to appreciate how my map developed. But that doesn't matter. Spending time on the map helped me. In fact, I believe that it it continues to help me to tell a richer story, as well as a more realistic one.
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MK-0773, also known as PF-05314882, is a steroidal, orally active selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) that was under development by Merck and GTx for the treatment of sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass) in women and men. Clinical trials for sarcopenia began in late 2007 but the collaboration between Merck and GTx ended in early 2010 and GTx terminated development of MK-0773 shortly thereafter.

MK-0773 is a 4-azasteroid and a potent and selective agonist of the androgen receptor (AR). It binds to the AR with an IC50 of 6.6 nM and is a partial agonist in transactivation modulation of the AR with an IP of 25 nM and Emax of 78% and has a TRAF2 Emax of 29% and a virilization (N/C interaction) counterscreen assay Emax of 2%. That is, it produces promoter activation but induces the N/C interaction almost negligibly. MK-0773 is reportedly four times as potent as testosterone as an agonist of the AR. The drug is selective and does not bind to other steroid hormone receptors such as the progesterone receptor or glucocorticoid receptor and shows no significant inhibition of 5α-reductase (IC50 > 10 μM). In addition, it is non-aromatizable and hence has no potential for estrogenic effects or side effects, like gynecomastia. MK-0773 had similar effects on lipid metabolism relative to DHT, including a decrease in total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) of a similar magnitude.

MK-0773 shows tissue-selective androgenic effects in vivo in animals. It increases lean body mass with maximal anabolic effects that are approximately 80% of those of dihydrotestosterone (DHT). However, it had less than 5% of the effect of DHT on uterine weight, about 30 to 50% of the increase of sebaceous gland area induced by DHT, and increased the weight of the seminal vesicles by 12% of that of DHT at the highest dosage assessed. It had similarly reduced effects on the prostate gland. No significant increase in gene expression of six candidate genes of virilization was observed. As such, MK-0773 shows a profile of an anabolic SARM with limited effects on sebaceous glands and reproductive tissues in animals and a minimal propensity for virilization.

In human clinical studies, MK-0773 produced anabolism in women and men while producing no or very low effects on sebaceous glands, the endometrium, or the prostate gland after 12 weeks of treatment. A decrease in total cholesterol and HDL was also observed in the clinical studies. MK-0773 produced a significant increase in lean body mass in elderly (≥65 years of age) women with sarcopenia and moderate physical dysfunction. It also increased muscle strength relative to placebo but this failed to reach statistical significance. MK-0773 has been associated with elevated liver enzymes in clinical studies.

See also
 TFM-4AS-1
 YK-11

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Brian Arrowsmith (2 July 1940 – 12 April 2020) was an English footballer and manager. Born in Barrow-in-Furness, he spent his entire professional career at his hometown club Barrow. He made 512 appearances for Barrow, including 378 in the Football League, the most at that level for the club.

Arrowsmith started his career as a right back, but played across the defence when required. He captained Barrow during the 1966–67 season in which they won promotion from the Fourth Division, and stayed with the club for a total of eleven seasons. After leaving Barrow in 1971 Arrowsmith joined Northern Premier League club Netherfield, but returned to Barrow – who by then had been voted out of the Football League and placed in the Northern Premier League themselves – in 1974 as player-manager. He resigned as manager in November 1975, but continued playing for the club until 1978.

After retiring from football, Arrowsmith ran a DIY shop in Barrow, regularly attending Barrow matches as a fan. His son, Mark, made six appearances for Barrow in the 1980s. In January 2017, the main stand at Barrow's Holker Street stadium was renamed the Brian Arrowsmith Stand in his honour.

Arrowsmith died in hospital on Easter Sunday in 2020 having contracted COVID-19.

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Germany's IG Metall union organizes job cuts at Thyssenkrupp-Stahl
By Dietmar Gaisenkersting
Germany's IG Metall union and its works council representatives are helping to force thousands of workers out of their jobs at the steelmaker Thyssenkrupp-Stahl. To this end, they are conducting numerous individual talks with steelworkers whose jobs the company wants to shed. Older steelworkers from Duisburg have told the World Socialist Web Site about the enormous pressure the works council representatives are putting on them.
This is how the IG Metall (IGM) and the works council are pushing ahead with the break-up of the company, under an agreement they reached at the end of May with the owners on the Thyssenkrupp AG Supervisory Board. The corporation's steel operations are to be merged with another steel group or sold off completely. To drive the company's share price, the IGM's works council representatives are working hard to cut 3,000 jobs, as agreed between the union and the company in March.
The joint plan provided for 1,000 employees to leave the company by the beginning of August with severance pay or via a so-called "transfer company." So far, however, only just over 300 steelworkers have agreed to leave. Given 34,000 unemployed (13 percent) and 50,000 working part time in Duisburg alone, as well as the unforeseeable consequences of the coronavirus crisis, many fear they will never get another job.
On September 1, the so-called "Volunteer Programme" once again came into force. Under this measure, workers receive "transfer payments" for 19 months, amounting to a total of 85 percent of their last net wage. The Federal Employment Agency pays 60 or 67 percent (if children live in the household) of this amount, with the company covering the rest.
Anyone who accepts the transfer payments would subsequently receive only an extremely low severance payment of 20 percent of their monthly gross salary for each year of employment. Severance pay of 50 percent of the last gross monthly salary per year of employment, as recognized by every labour court, would only be paid to employees who left their jobs without joining the transfer company. It is also limited to those born in 1964 or later, i.e., employees under the age of 56.
Older employees, those over 60, are not covered by these regulations. Since it was mainly younger employees who left their jobs via various social plans during the continuous job cuts of recent years, there are still around 4,000 workers over 60 in Duisburg alone, almost one in three.
Since they are no longer covered by the partial retirement scheme, they are now gradually being called into the human resources department for personnel interviews. Company representatives and IG Metall works council members then exert pressure on those who are old, often ill, and no longer able to deliver the necessary performance. One works council member told a 63-year-old steelworker he was "no longer acceptable" to the company.
As these older workers are about to retire anyway, they are to be thrown out of the company with a symbolic severance payment of €6,000 to €9,000. The latter allegedly tops up their unemployment benefit to 85 percent of their last net salary until they retire.
Some workers told the WSWS how they had been called and invited to personnel discussions during their vacation. In other cases, works council members had even visited older workers at home and urged them to sign a termination agreement. Many signed, "to finally draw a line in the sand."
It is all, "To get rid of superfluous workers at the cheapest cost and to the detriment of the workers," one angrily told the WSWS. "If you're not interested [in accepting], they put you under pressure."
Another reported that if you do not accept three offers, you are threatened with dismissal for operational reasons. The IGM works council representatives argued, among other things, that older workers took away the jobs of their younger colleagues since the jobs would be cut—one way or another.
While workers face having the thumbscrews put on them as they are pressed to resign using all means, Duisburg works council representative Peter Trube will continue to pocket money from the company beyond his regular retirement age. Trube, who was released from his job at Hamborn Beeck to carry out full-time works council duties, should retire in November, then receiving just his regular retirement pension. But now, his employment contract has been extended until the next works council election in April 2022. His colleague, 67-year-old outgoing works council member Helmut Schuckardt, is being given a "consultant contract" as a pensioner until the end of the year.
Such IGM functionaries, who act within Germany's legal framework of "co-determination," openly enforce the attacks on workers to such an extent that they can easily and without any inhibitions switch over to management's camp. Especially in the steel industry, this is now a common practice. For example, former IG Metall secretary and deputy chairman of the Thyssenkrupp supervisory board, Markus Grolms, has been personnel director at Thyssenkrupp-Stahl since April of this year. On the Executive Board, he is responsible for job cuts and works closely with his former colleagues in the IG Metall and the works council.
As early as May 2019, i.e., while still an IGM secretary, Grolms had declared that "the restructuring of Thyssenkrupp is unfortunately unavoidable." This would be "a difficult, but unfortunately necessary path for the company and the employees." The employees were "willing to endure pain for it," said Grolms, who is now an income millionaire. Now steelworkers are experiencing first-hand what Grolms meant by this.
The IGM functionaries and their works council members carry out the company's dismissal and downsizing plans not simply because they are corrupt—even if many of them are. The deeper reason is their unconditional defence of the capitalist profit system, from which they make a good living as well-paid functionaries. Like the management and shareholders, they believe that jobs, wages, and social achievements can only be maintained if the corporation generates high revenues and profits.
After the Second World War, when the German economy grew rapidly, they were able to provide workers with some crumbs from the companies on this basis. This came to an end with the increased globalization of production in the 1980s and the intensification of economic competition.
The unions reacted to this with economic nationalism and their transformation into direct agencies of the corporations. They defend the competitiveness of "their" companies by attacking the workforce. Company restructuring plans are worked out in the think tanks of the trade union-owned Hans Böckler Foundation, concretized in the executive boardrooms of the trade unions and enforced by the host of works council representatives inside the companies.
The defence of jobs, wages and other gains won by the working class can only be successful if it is organised in opposition to the logic and constraints of the market economy. It must be anti-capitalist, that is, socialist. It is not the profits of companies that are decisive for the organization of the economy, but the interests and needs of the workforce, their families and society.
Workers stand in open conflict with the trade unions. They must join together in new action committees that are politically and organizationally independent of the unions and fight for an anti-capitalist, socialist response to the current attacks.
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