Wildfires blazed across Northern California in 2017, forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate their homes and their communities. Baron & Budd is investigating multiple fires, including the Atlas fire in Napa and Solano Counties, the Tubbs fire in Napa and Sonoma Counties, the Redwood Valley and Potter fires in Mendocino County, the Cascade fire in Yuba County, and the Thomas fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
More than 281,893 acres burned, leaving more than 10,000 homes, businesses, and other structures destroyed in its wake. That's more property destroyed than the last nine years of wildfires combined.
Sadly, these fires have claimed the lives of at least 43 individuals, more than lost their lives in all wildfires over the past decade. Countless wildlife have also perished.
According to The Mercury News, San Francisco-based utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) may be linked to the cause of the Tubbs fire. As the first reports of the fires emerged, Sonoma County emergency dispatchers "received multiple calls of power lines falling down and electrical transformers exploding." These power equipment failures raise questions about PG&E's maintenance of the equipment in the area and potentially their failure to remove trees from power lines.
Ecolawyers at Baron & Budd's Environmental Litigation Group are dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals who have lost their property in wildfires caused by corporate negligence. Baron & Budd is representing numerous California families in litigation resulting from these fires and previous ones, including the Chariot Wildfire and the Butte Wildfire. We stand ready to meet with families affected by the most recent California wildfires to discuss your potential legal options. For more information, call (707) 533-8128 now.
What are my fire damages?
I have insurance: do I need a lawyer?
Property items are depreciated by the insurance company so that the payout won't replace the lost items.
Many categories of damages are outside the purview of insurance coverage completely (like emotional damages, erosion, or lost income) or mostly (like landscaping and trees).
We have successfully fought to recover money for insured homeowners to compensate them for uninsured losses, including damages related to the stress and inconvenience caused by the fire and being displaced.
I don 't like the idea of lawsuits/I'm not a litigious person. Why do I need an attorney?
Right now, and for the next few months, you will be dealing with all kinds of issues that are not directly related to a lawsuit. For example, handling your insurance coverage, registering with government entities, and dealing with the County for cleanup and permitting. Our group of experienced fire attorneys and staff will help you navigate these issues. You will always have access to someone who can answer your questions and offer assistance.
We DO NOT take a percentage of your recovery from insurance. We will help you with your insurance claims without taking any portion of your insurance recovery.
To receive compensation for your losses you will need an attorney to help navigate the litigation process. Unfortunately, corporations have nearly unlimited resources and fight hard to minimize payouts to anyone who suffers fire losses. We hire experts in electrical engineering, metallurgy, fire investigation, tree valuation, erosion, home building, and other areas to establish liability and prove your damages.
What if I don 't have insurance?
We have helped many home-owners and renters who did not have insurance at the time of the fire. If the fire was caused by someone 's negligent, careless, or deliberate behavior, then you are entitled to compensation whether or not you had insurance.
What if I rented my house?
Renters who lose all of their possessions in a fire typically have significant personal property losses. It is costly to replace furniture, cookware, clothing, and other items that we tend to collect over a lifetime. Renters also have intangible damages related to the stress and anguish caused by the fire and its aftermath.
What happens if my business interruption limits are reached?
Most commercial insurance policies covering business will have a component of insurance called Business Interruption Insurance or Coverage. The purpose of this type of coverage is to supplement or replace your business' income during any downtime. Depending on your policy limits and the extent of damage to your business, these limits may be exhausted before your business may be able to get back up and running. With the help of our experts, we can assist you in ascertaining and maximizing any business interruption claims. Any losses above and beyond your coverage are those that we would try and recover from a responsible party. As with the homeowners ' claims, we DO NOT take a percentage of recovery of your insurance proceeds. That recovery is yours, and yours alone.
How are the attorneys paid/what is your retainer?
There is no financial obligation or risk to hiring us. We work on contingency, meaning you don 't pay anything unless we recover money for you. Further, we advance all costs ourselves. We will never ask you to pay money out-of-pocket to us.
Will PG&E increase rates to pay for the lawsuit?
Any rate increases must be approved by the Public Utilities Commission. We have helped defeat power company efforts to raise rates.


The club is on the hunt for year representatives; OAs who are interested in helping their classmates to keep in touch with the club, and each other.
Being a rep means you will help put the club back in touch with OAs you know. It also means reminding your contemporaries to update their email and / or postal address. This will enable us to share club news, invitations to OA events and stories from the wider Abbotsholmian community more effectively.
If you would like to celebrate the life of Derek Sederman or visit Abbotsholme during the year, here are some important dates for your diary in 2019.
A memorial service for Derek Sederman will be held in the chapel at Abbotsholme at 11.00am. Everyone is very welcome to attend. Further details will follow.
If you are interested in sending your children to Abbotsholme in September 2019, don't delay. Registrations are now open. The school is holding entrance and scholarship assessments from 21 to 25 January 2019 for Years 7, 8 and 9.
Don't forget that OA Bursaries are also available.


We want you Rockstar participants to build a product or solution that has a chance to become a real startup. The more you can leverage APIs in your solution the better. Ideas that are software or digital in nature (e.g. SaaS, internet services) are preferred.
Please refer to this collection of APIs specially made for Junction Tokyo HERE!
• How unique is your product/solution compared to existing competitors?
• Does it work technically? Is the code well written?
• Did you use at least 3 APIs from Rakuten RapidAPI?
• How did you leverage APIs in your application?
• Does your code scale in the real world?
• Does your product/solution provide value for users?
Applications of artificial intelligence (AI) are already here in our lives and they will get more and more prevalent in the society.
While there are concerns about AI disrupting many different aspects of our daily lives, there are also many who believe that AI could be a force for good.
At Junction Tokyo, we would like you to create good AI for the future. Your project will address a worthy cause(s), creating/adding value to people's lives.
Come create a society where AI is not feared but treasured with us at Junction Tokyo.
How creative and novel the project is. Also, how cool & awesome is it?
How complete is the project? How much of what the project claims to show is actually functioning?
How useful and practical is the project?
HOW CAN YOU USE THE CLOUDINARY APIs FOR THE FUTURE OF MEDIA?
Submissions: Implement any of the Cloudinary APIs using any of our SDKs.
How creative and novel the project, and the implementation of the API is. Also, how cool & awesome is it?


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A man of Ancient Greece proposed to his beloved by throwing an apple at her, a custom inspired by a fateful fight over which goddess was fairest
Jan 26, 2018 Magda Origjanska
Photo by: Jastrow (2007) CC BY 2.5
We often read or talk about the institution of marriage in our modern society, and it seems that more than ever before, people find it unnecessary, an obligation. Some people believe that the disintegration of marriage is a result of younger generations' unrealistic aspirations or the rapid tempo of today's living.
This, however, doesn't mean wedding planners or bridal gown designers have given up. There are still a great many of people who dream of their "I do" moment and consider proposing marriage to their beloved a very special moment. Many of the proposers like to spice up this occasion. They might say "Will you marry me?" by inscribing the question on a billboard, arrange scuba divers to sneak up in a tank at a marine aquarium and pop up with the question in front of their intended mate, or all manner of other quirky ideas.
What wouldn't people do for love, right? You may be surprised to find out that even our predecessors enjoyed some showing off when proposing. The Ancient Greeks did so by proposing to their darlings in a really extraordinary way–by throwing an apple at their chosen wife. If the woman caught the apple, she accepted the marriage proposal.
The origin of this wedding custom, like most other Greek traditions, can be found in Greek mythology. This specific myth begins with the wedding of Thetis, the goddess of water, and the mortal Peleus, son of Aeacus, king of the island of Aegina.
Hippomène by Guillaume Coustou, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris.Author:c ouscouschocolat CC BY 2.0
The wedding party was on, and all the gods, goddesses, nymphs and other mythic creatures were having a great time except one: Eris, the goddess of conflicts, who didn't get a wedding invitation. Eris was deeply insulted and hungry for revenge, so she crashed the party and threw a golden apple at three goddesses, Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera, who were chit-chatting together. The apple was carved with the words "to the most beautiful one."
The conversation soon turned into a quarrel over whom the apple had been thrown to. The rest of the guests and the newlyweds tried to calm them down and save the party, but the three ladies just didn't give up, each of them defending their looks and charms as the fairest of them all.
When the guests came to the end of their tether, the great Zeus ordered Hermes to call for Paris of Troy, the famous prince, and let him decide who was the rightful owner of the apple.
Atalanta and Hippomenes
Each of the three goddesses tried to bribe Paris to choose her as the most beautiful. As far as Aphrodite was concerned, she couldn't imagine anyone fairer than her, not even her half-sister Helen, a great beauty who was married to the King of Sparta. Paris was handsome but also very foolish, and he told the goddesses that his decision would be made according to their best offer. Aphrodite came up with one: she promised that she would make Helen fall in love with him. Paris loved the idea! Aphrodite won the apple and kept her promise. The love match she created marked the beginning of the Trojan War and, consequently, the end of Troy.
The central object in this intriguing story and marital custom, the apple, is also known as the "apple of discord," referring to the dissidence caused by Eris. But although this story depicted the apple as a symbol of discord, vanity, and temptation, the Greek myths and ancestors considered it a fruit that signified love, women's beauty, sexuality, and fertility.
The judgment of Paris by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485–1488
Obviously, the positive attributes of the apple outweighed the discord due to the fact that an apple served many purposes in the realm of love in ancient Greece.
Related story from us: J.R.R. Tolkien proposed to his wife by mail, not knowing she was engaged to another man
Historical records have shown that along with apple-throwing as a sign of love and admiration, apples were thrown at the newlywed couple, much the same as we throw rice and birdseed today. The apple's association with marriage in those days also introduced the tradition of the newlyweds sharing an apple on their first wedding night to ensure fruitful union and marital prosperity.
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If you're looking for adventure, here's the machine to help you find it – the V-Strom 650. It combines the versatile performance of the V-Strom 1000 with exciting middleweight agility.
With its height-adjustable aerodynamic windshield and spacious riding position, the V-Strom 650 is designed for smooth, comfortable performance on the highway. In addition, it has an extra-large fuel tank for extended riding. It's equally at home around town, thanks to its low seat height, light weight and overall crisp handling. And the V-Strom's V-twin engine adds excitement to every ride, offering a wide powerband and strong acceleration in every gear.
What really sets the V-Strom apart from other street bikes, of course, is its unmatched versatility. Its lightweight, agile handling inspires confidence, while its smooth suspension front and rear performs exceptionally well in almost any situation.
It's time to get in on the adventure – with the 2007 Suzuki V-Strom 650.


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Why Restarting Your Phone Makes it Perform Better and Fixes Common Issues
Cameron Summerson
@Summerson
May 18, 2018, 9:00am EDT
We've all heard it: "have you tried turning it off and back on again?" It's the first step when troubleshooting any tech problem—it even makes your phone perform better when nothing is wrong. But why?
It's All About the RAM
When it comes to solving performance issues (or just making your phone feel faster), it really boils down to one thing: RAM usage. With most modern operating systems, as you use apps, they fill up the RAM. The more apps you open, the more they use up RAM. It's just how it works.
But as you close apps—or they're manually removed from memory—they're not completely closed out. In fact, remnants of apps stick around, keeping RAM needlessly full, leaving less and less room for new apps. Now, the OS will still move things around to make room for new apps to be loaded into RAM, but that's where things may start to slow down a little bit—not only does it have to load the app, but things have to be shuffled around in RAM to make room for the new applications to load.
RELATED: Why Android Phones Slow Down Over Time, and How to Speed Them Up
You may have heard the phrase "free RAM is wasted RAM" before, and for the most part, it's true. All Unix-based operating systems—like Android, for example, are pretty much fine with full RAM. Windows on the desktop works better when there's a bit of RAM free, but you really don't have to worry about it. RAM can basically stay full all the time without a lot of issues.
Where you start to run into slowdowns, however, is with RAM "organization." As things are moved in and out of RAM, they get sort of scattered—pieces of code from the same software can be found all throughout RAM. The good news is that RAM read/write speeds are insanely fast, so the search and collection doesn't take long.
Cool, So How Does Restarting Help?
A look at Android's memory management screen.
It's actually really simple: when you restart your phone, everything that's in RAM is cleared out. All the fragments of previously running apps are purged, and all currently open apps are killed. When the phone reboots, RAM is basically "cleaned," so you're starting with a fresh slate.
And with that, things are snappier. Apps load and launch quicker. You can switch between running apps quicker. And it will stay this for a while—days, maybe even weeks. I don't know anyone who restarts their phone that often, so it's not something that has to be done. Some operating systems are better at managing memory than others, so that's just something to note. You won't always notice a massive performance improvement once you restart.
But this doesn't just boost OS performance—it also fixes common app issues for the same reasons. So, if you're having issues with one specific app, and you close/reopen it without fixing the problem, a restart may be the solution.
Why? Because even when you swipe an app away, parts of it are still left in RAM. Restarting purges those parts, so it starts clean the next time. This won't always fix the issue, but sometimes it will. And it's always worth a shot.
Of course, restarting isn't a fix-all solution. If a problem persists after a reboot, there's clearly a bigger issue at hand that will warrant further research. Similarly, if you find yourself having to restart your phone often—say, daily—in order for it to stay usable, you likely have a bigger problem to work out.
Cameron Summerson is the Editor in Chief of Review Geek and serves as an Editorial Advisor for How-To Geek and LifeSavvy. He's been covering technology for nearly a decade and has written over 4,000 articles and hundreds of product reviews in that time. He's been published in print magazines and quoted as a smartphone expert in the New York Times. Read Full Bio »
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Altec Lansing's Expressionist Classic, also known as the FX2020, is the least-expensive member of the company's current "premium" line of computer speakers. In the case of the FX2020, the "premium" label applies more to the system's design than to its audio quality.
The FX2020 is a 2.0 speaker system, meaning it uses only left and right speakers. Compared to 2.1 systems—which consist of small, left and right satellites for higher frequencies, along with a larger speaker/amplifier component that sits under your desk and produces lower frequencies—a 2.0 system generally won't be able to produce the same kind of bass punch. However, a 2.0 system doesn't require you to find a place to stick a bulky subwoofer enclosure.
What makes the FX2020 stand out is, as the Expressionist label implies, its design. Instead of a boring, utilitarian enclosure, the FX2020 has a unique look that, frankly, some people will love and others will hate. Each speaker driver is a 3-inch "full-range" model mounted in a 6.3-inch-long, black-plastic cylinder. The front of the cylinder is surrounded by a metallic ring and hosts a mesh screen mounted using four hex bolts.
The rear of the cylinder sports a gear-like appearance that harkens back to Altec Lansing designs of old. But the most striking design element is a large, rectangular (5 inches wide by 6.3 inches high) plate, made of smoke plastic, that surrounds the front of each speaker. In addition to its aesthetic role, this plate acts as a stand that directs the speaker's output slightly upwards toward the listener. Thanks to the deep body and the large face, the FX2020 takes up quite a bit more room on your desk than you might expect; more, in fact, than the system's larger and better-sounding sibling, the Expressionist Bass.
The back of the right-hand speaker features a power button, the jack for the included AC adapter, and two stereo minijack inputs for connecting your computer and another audio source. The two inputs are mixed, allowing you to listen to your computer's audio as well as, say, an iPod simultaneously; a single miniplug-to-miniplug cable is included. A permanently attached 6-foot cable connects the right and left speakers.
While the FX2020's design is notable, its sound quality doesn't stand out. With such small drivers, you shouldn't expect deep bass response; indeed, Altec Lansing rates the system down to only 100Hz, though in my testing bass response actually begins to roll off noticeably around 125Hz. But I also found the Classic's treble response to be a bit lacking, resulting in a system where the midrange frequencies dominate. On the plus side, the FX2020 can reach louder volumes than I expected, given its power rating of just 7.5 Watts per channel, and the system provides considerably better sound quality than an iMac is capable of producing on its own.
You won't find a speaker system in this price range with such a distinct design; if you like that design, the price of the Expressionist Classic isn't bad, and the system provides a solid upgrade over any Mac's built-in speakers. However, if sound quality is your primary consideration, there are better-sounding speakers out there for the money.


1.Do analyze your competitors. Industry and competitive research are the building blocks for a steady business. Examine the taxi service providers in the region and their offerings. Know what sets them apart and understand customer expectations. These factors will define the vehicles to be added to your fleet, target audience and pricing strategy.
2. Do comply with all lawful guidelines. Find out the necessary licenses and permits to be obtained to operate your business legally. This begins right from obtaining your business permit and license to necessary vehicle documents such as insurance, vehicle registration, permit and more.
3. Do consider your audience before investing in your fleet. Say, your target audience exclusively includes corporate employees, they may seek luxury and add-ons like wifi. Based on this, fleets need to be accommodated with necessary facilities.
4. Do set guidelines for the commission and revenue policy for individual drivers and partners. If your taxi business has adopted the partnership model, it is highly recommended to elucidate the earning policies. This can be a game-changer in streamlining your processes and avoiding any confusion.
5. Do watch out for emerging trends in the taxi business industry. Every now and then, innovative technology introduces new features and the market opens up new opportunities. To continue growing, make sure your taxi software and application incorporates such enhancements.
1.Don't overlook your local market. Most taxi businesses understand the industry but fall short of analysing their locality. Where your taxi business idea may be a success globally, it may fail miserably in your hometown. There is no one-idea-fits-all; figure out your niche.
2. Don't stop re-evaluating your business. Just because everything works out, it doesn't mean it cannot be improved. Access key taxi dispatch software data to constantly analyze your business expenditure and areas where your taxi generates more revenue to uncover any hidden opportunities and improve your profit drastically.
3. Don't ignore customer grievances. Ask for your customers' feedback on your mobile app for taxi business as they can provide valuable insights about your drivers and also help in improving your services.
4. Don't neglect driver monitoring. Drivers represent your business and hence it is crucial to ensure that they follow safety standards and are cordial to your customers. Analyze customer reviews and driver rating to maintain a consistent experience.
5. Don't expect results without marketing your business. The industry is highly competitive and unless your taxi business doesn't have a strong presence and brand identity, it will become difficult for your customers to trust your services. Spread the word, improve customer engagement and grow your business.


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Roman Shrine, Park, Handbridge, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK - Preserved Architectural Remnants and Ruins on Waymarking.com
Roman Shrine, Park, Handbridge, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
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Quick Description: A roman shrine dating from around 50AD, placed here to honour the goddess Minerva to protect them while mining was done nearby.
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 7/8/2011 2:23:41 PM
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Published By: BarbershopDru
In the Park is a Roman shrine to the goddess Minerva. She is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena. Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, arts and crafts, and (defensive) war.
She is here because the site was once a Roman quarry and Minerva would have been the patron goddess of those working there. In the Roman world, Minerva was the daughter of Jupiter.
One day Jupiter had a headache and his head was split open to relieve the pain. Out jumped Minerva as an adult in armour with her shield and spear.
On the sandstone outcrop towards the centre of the park is the Roman shrine to the goddess Minerva. It is carved into the rock face and is now the only monument of its kind in Western Europe that remains in its original location.
Minerva was the Roman goddess of war, knowledge, learning, craftsmanship and the arts. She would, therefore, have been seen as an important protector of the Romans working in the quarry.
The carving has weathered over time so that the figure of the goddess is now only a faint outline. Also, it has been subject to some pretty harsh treatment over the years. This has included it being accidentally hit by practice rifle shooting during the Second World War, for which it still bears pit marks. It is said that the shrine might only have survived the Middle Ages because it was thought to be an image of the Virgin Mary.
In Roman times Minerva's characteristic war-like clothing; helmet, spear and shield - together with her symbol of an owl would have been very obvious and probably painted. Offerings would have been left at the shrine to gain help and protection possibly on an altar at its base.
Next to the carving is an opening into the rock face. This is possibly a natural fissure that was enlarged after the shrine was cut. It is now known as 'Edgar's Cave'.
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« Austerity–Japanese Style
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The Political Bases for Continuing Austerity–Japan, USA, & Europe
December 21, 2014 by jackrasmus
Despite Abenomics 1.0's abysmal record for the majority of Japanese households, Japan voters elected Abe for another four years. Moreover, his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) captured 290 of 475 seats this past week in the lower house of Japan's Parliament as well. With its coalition partners' additional 35 seats, Abe's LDP controls more than two-thirds majority in Japan's national legislature, which enables it to pass legislation without recourse to the upper house of the Parliament, according to Japan's political system. In short, Abe can now get whatever policies he wants passed, including his '3rd arrow' however he defines it, and that means more austerity measures.
So why would Japan voters re-elect Abe again, and give his party a safe majority in the legislature? The answer to this question reveals important broader political trends at work in the global capitalist economy—trends that not only ensure continuation of austerity policies but the likely intensification of such policies.
Abe's re-election was hardly an endorsement of his failed policies by Japan voters. Barely half the eligible voters turned out to vote last week, down from a 70% turnout in 2009. What Abe's re-election represents is a collapse of centrist parties now underway everywhere in the advanced economies and a rejection of their policies by the voting public—i.e. policies which have largely failed to generate economic recovery for all but investors, bankers, and big corporations since the 2008-09 global crash. That collapse is making possible a return of even more aggressive, pro-capitalist parties and policies.
Japan voters saw nothing to vote for in the now discredited Democratic Party (DP) of Japan, a mostly center-right party that was in power between 2009-2012 and that failed miserably to achieve any real economic recovery for any but wealthy investors, bankers and multinational companies. So Japan voters stayed home or else voted against the DP by voting for the LDP as a protest.
The dissolution of Japan's DP as a political force began in 2012 and accelerated this past election, with the DP winning only 73 seats out of 475, well below its projected 100 seats. Today it remains in disarray, divided, without effective leadership or any new ideas as to how to pull Japan out of its current, latest recession.
A similar dissolution is now beginning with the Democratic Party of Obama in the USA in the wake of its recent November election debacle. It too is in disarray, increasingly divided internally, lacking in effective leadership and bereft of new ideas as to how to bring recovery to the rest of the populace .
Like the 20 percentage point collapse in Japan voter turnout last week, in the recent USA midterm November 2014 elections a similar record low turnout resulted in deep losses for Barack Obama and Democrats. Obama and Democrats lost by landslides in both the US House and US Senate in November 2014, largely because key working class constituencies refused to turn out and vote for them after Obama and Democrats failed to deliver in a so-called economic recovery after 2009 that largely left them, and continues to leave them, behind.
Constituencies like immigrant workers, union workers, and youth everywhere in the USA—potential tens of millions of voters—abandoned the Democrats and Obama in USA midterm elections last month. They simply did not turn out to vote. Their major, historic losses in the US House and US Senate in November 2014 have left the USA Democratic Party today fissuring, if not yet fracturing, along several lines; floundering and dividing into a continuing and still dominant pro-corporate wing, on the one hand, and a small, growing vociferous 'populist' wing on the other.
In other words, both Japan and USA recent elections reveal the same basic trend: Centrist parties and their policies are now perceived as having failed by most voters, especially those of working class backgrounds. In response, those voters are now refusing to vote and/or voting against those failed centrist parties and policies as a protest.
The political dynamic that accompanies the continuing global economic crisis is thus similar in Japan and the USA, though not exactly. Both reflect a system dominated by two political parties—the one unapologetically pro-business (i.e. Abe's party and the USA Republican Party) and the other dominated by business interests but harboring wishful thinking but misguided populist elements (i.e the Democratic Parties in both Japan and USA).
The now deeply entrenched political party dynamic in the key capitalist sectors of the USA and Japan goes something like this:
The former conservative parties—LDP and Republican—ensure their investor-capitalist constituencies get rich even though they wreck the economy in the process; the latter centrist Democrat Parties then win elections and ensure those same constituencies get further rich while failing to generate general recovery for all. When the center-right parties fail to bail out the broad populace from the economic crisis, that populace itself in turn 'bails out' of the political system and does not vote. That allows the unabashedly pro-business conservative (Japan) and republican (USA) parties to take advantage of low turnout and return again to office. The cycle then repeats itself: the conservative-republicans proceed once again to wreck the economy further while making their wealthy friends still wealthier, and so on.
In Europe the political dynamic is a variation on this trend of growing dissolution of center-right political parties. Due to its more open Parliamentary systems and histories, as social-democratic centrist parties in Europe decline and give way to dominant pro-Business parties after they fail to generate economic recovery, the dissolution of centrist parties stimulate the growth of smaller 3rd parties on both the left and the right. The case of France today and the collapse of the Socialist Party and rise of the National Front is perhaps the most notable case. But similar developments are also underway in Greece with the rise of the Syriza party, with Podemos in Spain, with UKIP in the UK, and perhaps even 'Die Linke' in Germany. Other less developed trends are also occurring in Italy, Netherlands and elsewhere.
What's similar in Europe is that center-right parties are in decline there as well as in Japan and the USA. What's different in Europe is that the collapse of the center does not necessarily result in the return of the unapologetic pro-business conservative party—i.e. Abe's LDP in Japan and Republican-Teaparty in the USA. The ability of pro-business parties in Europe to impose structural and labor market reforms—i.e. new labor market forms of austerity—is therefore more unstable and less assured.
How the current efforts to push 'structural' and labor market reforms in Europe plays out remains to be seen in 2015. Political maneuvering by pro-business parties and elements in Europe to impose Abenomic 2.0-like and USA Republican Congress-like further labor market forms of austerity has begun. But unlike the USA and Japan, the outcome is less clear.
Meanwhile, as the global economy slows, the push for still more and newer forms of austerity continues worldwide—with Abenomics 2.0 in Japan, with the new pro-corporate/anti-worker initiatives of the USA's newly elected Republican Congress, with France's Socialist government's new labor market reform proposals for 2015, with similar efforts by Italy's Renzi government, and with Germany's Merkel conservatives proposing to restrict bargaining and strikes of workers there. Austerity is far from dead; it is simply morphing into new forms with a new global capitalist offensive to expand it about to occur.
Dr. Jack Rasmus


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It is common to spot rickety trucks in Karangi Village of Gatanga, Murang'a County, crisscrossing the chilly hamlet, picking up avocado fruits in the evenings to be transported to Nairobi ready for export.
On the dusty and bumpy feeder roads, it is hard to miss the rotting fruits usually rejected by the aggregators, due to immature harvesting or low quality standards.
And driving along the Thika-Sagana highway, which cuts across the county, avocado seedlings dot the road, and traders are making a killing selling the grafted Hass and Fuerte avocado varieties for Sh150 to Sh400 per piece. Business is booming, going by the number of stopovers travellers make at the nurseries.
Most (80%) of the acreage under avocado is planted with Fuerte followed by Hass, Pinkerton, Ettinger, Reed, Simmonds and Puebla (Mugambi, 2002).
The common rootstock cultivars are Fuerte and Puebla (Griesbach, 2005).
Most registered nurseries that propagate avocado in Rift Valley (31), Central (29) and Eastern (23) Provinces whereas Western, Nyanza, Coast and Nairobi Provinces have between 1 and 6 (HCDA, 2004; Griesbach, 2005).Most (80%) of the acreage under avocado is planted with Fuerte followed by Hass, Pinkerton, Ettinger, Reed, Simmonds and Puebla (Mugambi, 2002).
Several kilometres away in Kiamutiga Village, Tetu in Nyeri County, it is the same script, but with different players. Mr Jesse Mworia, of Forest Edge Nurseries, said business was good. Going by the trends across several counties, including Murang'a, Meru, Embu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Kiambu, Trans Nzoia, Kisii and new entrants Kakamega and Uasin Ngishu, an avocado revolution is happening.
This nutritionally complete fruit that is a treasure trove of essential vitamins and minerals, is literally on every farmer's mind.
Even the populous maize growing Rift Valley has joined the bandwagon.
And stung by the avocado bug, many farmers are transitioning from subsistence farming to the high-value export market through contract farming. Murang'a County leads in avocado production, accounting for 57 per cent of what is produced by the counties. It produces
It produces mostly the Hass and Fuerte varieties. Hass takes 20 per cent, while Fuerte 80 per cent of the export market. Duke, Pueble and G6 are for the domestic market.
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With benchmarking activities by newly entrant counties into avocado producing regions at its peak, avocado is poised to be the next "gold". Smart Farmer Magazine recently caught up with the Deputy Governor of Uasin Gishu, Mr Daniel Chemno, and his team who had travelled to Murang'a on an avocado farming fact-finding mission.
"We want to change from being branded the food basket to the money basket due to this fruit," said Mr Chemno. According to him, Uasin Gishu had an elaborate plan to turn around the fortunes of avocado farmers. The county has set aside about Ksh20 million to improve the status of the fruit.
"We are currently working with contract farmers and large scale avocado producers to transform farming, which is undergoing a myriad of challenges," he added.
The county is using extension services and whereas Western, Nyanza, Coast and Nairobi Provinces have between 1 and 6 (HCDA, 2004; Griesbach, 2005). Several kilometres away in Kiamutiga Village, Tetu in Nyeri County, it is the same script, but with different players. Mr Jesse Mworia, of Forest Edge Nurseries, said business was good.
Going by the trends across several counties, including Murang'a, Meru, Embu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Kiambu,Trans Nzoia, Kisii and new entrants Kakamega and Uasin Ngishu, an avocado revolution is happening.
Even the populous maize growing Rift Valley has joined the bandwagon. And stung by the avocado bug, many farmers are transitioning from subsistence farming to the high-value export market through contract farming. Murang'a County leads in avocado production, accounting for 57 per cent of what is produced by the counties.
It produces mostly the Hass and Fuerte varieties. Hass takes 20 per cent, while Fuerte 80 per cent of the export market. Duke, Pueble and G6 are for the domestic market. With benchmarking activities by newly entrant counties into avocado producing regions at its peak, avocado is poised to be the next "gold".


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BROADVIEW, IL (January 30, 2017) – ECS Corporation announced key personnel additions today as it expands the company's management team. The vertical transportation industry's premier supplier of escalator components has named Tony DiLegge as Operations Manager and Cathy Hayat as Marketing Manager. In conjunction with product line expansions, including the addition of elevator parts and components, the investment in personnel signals a further restructuring for the company.
Tony DiLegge joins ECS with an extensive background in the elevator industry. After working for a precision instrument company, he joined Adams Elevator Equipment Company in 2007 as Technical Support Specialist and was quickly promoted to Senior Support Specialist. After six years, he accepted a position as District Buyer for ThyssenKrupp Elevator and was responsible for the purchasing needs of 5 branches. He later transferred to the downtown Chicago branch in a Service Operations role. Tony has an Associate Degree from DeVry University in Applied Science in Electronics.
Cathy Hayat rejoins ECS with a substantial background in sales and marketing. Also an industry veteran, Cathy joined Adams Elevator Equipment Company in 2000 and was responsible for international sales. She later accepted a position with Formula Systems North America as Customer Relations Manager and, after nearly five years, moved to ECS Corporation where she assumed responsibility for all marketing activities. She left the industry in 2011 to further her career in marketing. Cathy has a BA from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and an MBA from Northern Illinois University.


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Hundred Dollar Bills: A Boon to Bad Behavior?
Richard Stratton, executive, author and former drug smuggler, enjoyed counting piles of hundred dollar bills. He says it was a "pleasant, relaxing experience." Harvard Economist Kenneth Rogoff thinks hundred dollar bills are nothing but trouble.
Both expressed their individual expertise in an NPR interview with Melissa Block and Chris Arnold. Stratton, a novelist, friend of the writer Normal Mailer, and later TV executive and magazine editor, once served eight years in prison for drug smuggling. He told NPR the drug business involved generating and smuggling huge sums of money as well as narcotics. Rogoff thinks $100 bills are all too often used to finance illegal activities, and that's a good reason to get rid of them. Rogoff notes these big bills allow a person to carry $1 million in a briefcase. And why would anyone not engaged in nefarious enterprises want to do that?
Rogoff goes even further. Writing in the Financial Times, he proposes getting rid of paper money entirely and replacing it with electronic money. Among other things, he argues, as electronic payments, even for small amounts, become increasingly prevalent, the need for paper currency declines. There would be complications, of course, and international cooperation among governments would be needed. But Rogoff suggests getting rid of large denomination bills would be a good start.
Rogoff and others have said 75 percent to 80 percent of all U.S. currency world-wide is in $100 bills. And many experts think easy flow of huge amounts of anonymous cash facilitates tax evasion as well as illegal trafficking in drugs, weapons and human beings.
The Financial Times notes that when someone with Rogoff's heavyweight credentials questions the future of physical money in a conservative, influential publication like the Financial Times, "The world should sit up and listen."
The change from physical to virtual money would be momentous. Would underground and unofficial currencies flourish? Would crooks find ways to exploit the transition? Stratton, who no longer holds $100 bills, told NPR he thinks criminals would adapt.
Ruth Judson, an economist at the Fed, told NPR she's not convinced there's a need to get rid of the Benjamin Franklin bill because there's really no way to know how much cash in circulation is being used for good or evil. Some historically huge $100 bill transactions have been conducted by government. After the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. government sent $12 billion in shrink wrapped hundred dollar bills to Iraq to pay Iraqi ministries and U.S. contractors. Planes delivered literally tons of cash from New York to Bagdad for disbursement by the U.S. led Coalition Provisional Authority. Congressional investigators later found control of the cash was lacking, and accounts vary on how much remains unaccounted for.
Friday, September 12, 2014- 1-2 PM ET
Stories: The Art, Mechanics and Meaning
Guests: Kelly Cresap and Judah Pollack
You've heard that humans are hard wired for stories. But what is a story? Must it have a beginning, middle and end? Must there be a protagonist and a problem? What are fragments, fables and fairy tales and how do we find meaning in symbol and metaphor? These highly skilled storytellers offer some provocative insights. Join us! This will be the first of several conversations on how stories and storytelling inform our organizations our lives.
Kelly M. Cresap PhD, is an author, public speaker, storyteller, award-winning performer and playwright, and former NPR commentator. His book Pop Trickster Fool examines archetypes in the life of pop artist Andy Warhol. Dr. Cresap coordinated the first Smithsonian conference on storytelling for personal transformation. He has led workshops on storytelling, archetypes, self-mentoring, and humor at venues such as NASA-Goddard, the Pentagon, the Whitman-Walker Clinic, and the National Speakers Association. Since 1998 Cresap has been an activist with the nonprofit men's-movement organization Mankind Project dedicated to personal growth, leadership development, and empowering men to missions of service. He has helped staff over 40 weekend training intensives, for the local Greater Washington center, and for centers in eight states. He earned his doctorate in English literature at the University of Virginia and teaches at the University of Maryland.
Judah Pollack is an expert in the art of leadership in a rapidly changing world. He is currently finishing the book Wiring the Breakthrough Brain: The Neuro-architecture of Innovation for Penguin Publishing, due out in March 2015. Previously he co-authored the book The Chaos Imperative: How Chance and Disruption Increase Innovation, Effectiveness and Success. He is on the faculty at Stanford's StartX and is a regular guest lecturer at Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He has worked with many top companies including Google, SAP, Genentech, AirBnB, The North Face, and AutoDesk. Judah has worked with and designed for the US Army's General Staff, Special Forces, and officers on how to lead inside complex, emergent systems. He is a Board member of the Plexus Institute. He was co-chair for the 2011 international conference on psychological type. In 2004 he was named writer of the year by the New Hampshire Press Association for his coverage of the 2004 presidential primary.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014- 1-2 PM ET
Leading Change in a Complex World
Guests: Jeff Cohn and Tom Bigda-Peyton
The world is changing-with national borders and political alliances sometimes shifting between bedtime and breakfast. Healthcare is changing, as hospitals and healthcare providers try to adjust to positive outcomes-and sometimes, unintended consequences--of the Affordable Care Act. Organizations may choose to make positive change, but not know just how to get started.
In addition to public offerings--conference calls and webinars, conferences and training events--Plexus Institute works with complex organizations such as hospitals, schools, prisons and the military to help them address compelling challenges. Training, coaching and connecting are some of the ways we support leaders and internal coaches and change agents in discovering and implementing solutions
Jeff Cohn, in conversation with Tom Bigda-Peyton, will join the call to share some of Plexus' recent work, including a three-year project with California's Long Beach Unified School District, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. They will share a model Plexus is using that integrates several complexity-based change methods. Callers will have an opportunity to share some of their own real life complex challenges and to use a structured approach to work toward possible solutions.
Audio from all PlexusCall series is available by searching the iTunes store for Plexus Institute. Or, visit plexusinstitute.org under Resources/Call Series.


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Tales of Music provides the reader (listener? Instead, greater than 1,000 poured into her inbox, and she or he rigorously chose those which she felt represented individuals universally, and finest advised the impression that music has on individuals to offer enjoyable, hope, therapeutic, and affect on their lives.
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Music could also be played or sung and heard live at a rock live performance or orchestra efficiency, heard dwell as a part of a dramatic work (a music theater show or opera), or it could be recorded and listened to on a radio, MP3 participant, CD player , smartphone or as movie rating or TV show.
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Easy classical pieces and lots of pop and traditional music songs are written so that every one the music is in a single key. This 12 months's honorary doctorate recipients span an array of musical genres, together with nation, hip-hop, pop, and jazz. Manhattan College of Music is likely one of the world's premier music conservatories for classical music, jazz, and musical theatre.
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Is Ronald McDonald Real?
Who was Ronald McDonald? Why is He not seen anymore? Who else Portrayed the Role of Mascot?
While visiting McDonald's, you become familiar with that smiling face of a clown. You would have loved him in childhood. He wore a yellow and red jumpsuit, had red hair, and was always smiling. His name was Ronald McDonald, and he was the official mascot of McDonald. You might ask several questions. Is Ronald McDonald real? Who brought Ronald McDonalds and friends into the fast-food corners? Why is he not sighted anymore in the restaurants? Is Ronald McDonald dead? Continue reading to get answers to all these questions.
1. What is McDonald's?
McDonald's is an American fast-food company founded in 1940 by two brothers, Richard McDonald and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. McDonald's brothers started working from a hamburger stand. Then, over some time, they turned it into a franchise. Its logo was introduced in 1953 from Golden Arches Logo. (See What Time do McDonald's Start and Stop Serving Breakfast?)
2. How did they get their Mascot?
As the company became successful, the owners felt the need to advertise it on a national platform. The initial idea for the face of the company was a Cowboy because of the western influence on television. Then the idea of a spaceman came into mind to show the country's remarkable progress in the space program. But, all these ideas were dropped, and a happy clown idea was finalized. In 1963, they came up with Ronald McDonald's mascot, a clown with a happy face. So, is Ronald McDonald real? Continue to read to know more about it. (Also read Origin of an Ogre)
3. Who was the Clown?
William Scott was a famous clown from the show Bozo the Clown, claimed to have created McDonald's mascot character. So, is Ronald McDonald real or is he, Scott, or anyone else? So yes he was dressed to be the first clown of MacDonalds. The hat on his head was a tray with styrofoam hamburger, fries, and a milkshake. The character used to pull out hamburgers magically from his belt. Scott played the role of Ronald from 1963 to 1965. Even though the idea of Ronald was mere of being a mascot for television commercials, the company takes it very seriously. And from the owners to the spokesperson of the company, everyone considers him as the real person who is working for the company. Also, check out the Cunningham name origin.
The clown character was first shown on television in 1965 during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and in 1966 during the Super Bowl. The first national advertisement for the company showed Ronald landing at a restaurant in a flying saucer, which was in the shape of a hamburger. Since then, Ronald has become the favorite clown among children. (See What Pokemon Cards are Worth Money?)
4. Who is Ronald McDonald and Friends?
After the official appearances made by Ronald McDonald on television, the creators came up with the idea of McDonald's Land World and McDonald's friends. In television commercials, Ronald lived in a fantasy world with his friends, and they all have different adventures. His friends were
Birdie the Early Bird,
Mayor McCheese,
Grimace,
The Fry Kids,
The Hamburglar. ( See 10 Best Ventriloquist in the World)
Watching him enjoying being with his friends in the fantasy world, you wonder, is Ronald McDonald real? Unfortunately, McDonald's Land world was canceled because some cartoonists claimed that their characters and ideas were used without their permission. But Ronald McDonald continued making appearances on television commercials and in restaurants. They also attend regular events and visit children in hospitals as well. Also, check out what is Mime Acting?
5. Who else Portrayed the Role of Mascot?
Scott was removed from the national advertisement campaign considering him overweight for playing the role of a happy and active character like Ronald. Several actors played the role in television advertisements from time to time. The company chooses one actor for a particular period to portray the character of Ronald McDonald in the television commercials. That actor also gives guest appearances at the restaurants and events organized from time to time. (Also read 10 Best Anime Series)
Following is the list of actors who played the role of Ronald McDonald at local and national levels.
Willard Scott in Washington D.C (1963–1965),
Michael Polakovs (1965–1968),
Bev Bergeron in South California (1966–1968),
Ray Rayner (1968–1969),
Viv Weekes (1968–1970),
George Voorhis in Southern California (1968–1970),
Bob Brandon (1970–1975),
King Moody (1969–1985),
Squire Fridell (1985–1991),
Jack Doepke (1991–1999),
David Hussey (2000–2014), and
Brad Lennon (2014 to present). Must read about the 16 Famous Flamenco Dancers.
Is Ronald McDonald real or a role that many actors have played over time? Several people worldwide have been working full time making appearances as Ronald McDonald. There was a time when over 300 full-time workers portrayed Ronald McDonald in the McDonald's restaurants. And taking advantage of the demand cartoonists, comic writers, animators, and filmmakers decided to cast him or his character. (Also read Insights of Acme Warner Bros)
6. Is Ronald McDonald Dead?
Several criticisms have been made regarding the clown approaching children for fast food which was quite unethical. They even demanded the retirement of Ronald. And in 2016, because of several creepy clown sightings, Ronald made very few appearances in public and at events. So the mascot is not dead yet but not regularly seen like before. Ronald McDonald has been active on social media and live events only. And in restaurants, a statue of Ronald is found sitting on the bench or standing near the door. (See What Was Howard Hughes Net Worth When He Died?)
Is Ronald McDonald real, according to his creators? From the point of view of the creators, company employees, and McDonald's lovers, yes, he is real. Also, you learned about Ronald McDonald and friends with whom he lives and enjoys in his McDonald Land. You also got the answer to is Ronald McDonald dead. (Also read Fascinating History of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups)
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How will Google deal with the threat of the smart phone?
Weaknesses revealed in the Facebook financial model at its Initial Public Offering [IPO] recently, are now suggesting related problems at Google.
For Facebook, the weakness in the valuation of its shares was considered by commentators as difficulties in converting its billion or so friends into means of selling advertising opportunities to commercial clients. Google's business model has also come under scrutiny, after last week's embarrassing leak of its financial figures [18th October, 2012].
A minor operational error at Google last week involving a premature release of poor financial figures resulted in a stock-market blip. But the blip is now being taken more seriously. and has been tagged on to wider criticisms of the Company's business model. If you believe in tipping points (and I'm not sure I do), it's a tipping point.
Realisation is dawning that what is happening to Facebook is part of a wider economic shift.
The deepening story this week brought news that a dispute in Brazil has resulted in Brazil's National Association of Newspapers [ANJ] saying that all its 154 members are following its advice to ban Google News from accessing content free.
Since 2010, the ANJ had experimented with giving Google News free access to its first few lines of stories. Google had sold them the idea that the arrangement would grow traffic for the Brazilian sites. But it turned out that it has, if anything, reduced traffic.
If the ban continues, Brazilian Internet users will still be able to find content if they use Google rather than Google News in searches. But Google says newspapers and news aggregators should be able to reach a negotiated solution to the problem.
Google's Public Policy Director, Marcel Leonardi, suggested that the ANJ's demands are like charging a taxi-driver for taking tourists to eat at a particular restaurant. But Google says newspapers and news aggregators should be able to reach a negotiated solution to the problem.
Unsurprisingly, Google co-founder Larry Page was more upbeat, telling investors [19th October, 2012] that the company was uniquely well-placed to exploit mobile phone technologies, which he saw as in a transitional stage leading to multiple screen usage.
Page was making his first public speaking appearance since June 2012, a silence which had begun to produce health rumours.
In another story, a senior Google executive in Brazil was arrested [Sept 26th 2012] for failing to comply with a judicial order to take down You Tube materials ruled to be in violation of the country's electoral law.
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The attached link speculates why users may increasingly choose to bypass Google.
At the risk of stating the obvious, we're using mobile computing (& Smartphones in particular) more and more.
Google & Facebook are examples of big players catching up and working out how to maximise revenue from mobile computing – for me Amazon is perhaps the best example of a firm that keeps its nose ahead.


I've got news for all the latte-drinking, Prius-driving, Birkenstock-wearing, trust fund babies crowding in to hear him speak! This guy won't last a round against the Republican attack machine. He's a poet, not a fighter.
President Obama's decision not the just to agree to Republican demands on the tax deal but to shot out congressional Democrats of the negotiations then tell them to take it or leave it, has revived claims by some of his critics on this news hour and elsewhere that the president does not put up enough of a fight, at least not against Republicans.
So I guess Buffenbarger was right: we really needed the tough-fighting Democrat who couldn't spell "Birkenstock" and whose blood type is "Budweiser."
Democrats should move quickly to back the president on the tax bill or risk turning themselves into a minority party in Congress for a long time to come. By becoming reverse tax protesters (chanting "raise taxes"), the liberals are sending out all the wrong messages to a country that overwhelmingly backs the key elements of the bipartisan deal the president struck.
Obama took the first step this week in seeking to save his floundering presidency by moving to the center. His execution was far from perfect but his actions were sound.
When Penn says Obama's "execution was far from perfect," I'm guessing he meant Obama was too critical of the merits of tax cuts for the rich in defending his compromise. Also, Bill Clinton took the rare step of holding a joint presidential news conference to defend the deal.
In sum, Buffenbarger was not right at all.


So you went on Google, Yahoo, or MSN and searched for "Criminal Justice Degree," "Criminal Justice Programs," or "Criminal Justice Schools." You got the results, and based on the first one to three pages, you saw "Online Criminal Justice" in the title or you were taken to a website that claimed to offer all the Criminal Justice Programs. Hence the assertion that most criminal justice degree programs are offered only online.
As you can see, the first 7 listings seem to affirm that most criminal justice programs are only offered online. You can see that by the yellow circles around the term "online." This is also true for tens and tens more (in some cases hundreds of results). However, you can also see the search results marked with a question mark. These first page results offer information on criminal justice degrees and programs online as well as offline.
The problem is that the offline or traditional schools being presented are arbitrary. In all cases the list of colleges and universities is not extensive, offering 1 – 5 schools that are private, for-profit, and known only via TV, radio, print, and online advertisement. It is a list of schools that offer a bounty fee for sending a lead their way.
For example, If you are looking for a criminal justice college or university in the state of Massachusetts you would like more options than Bay State College. What about Boston University, Northeastern University, & University of Massachusetts for starters? How can you make an educated decision about the future of your educaiton if you are provided with limited options. You can't!
If you don't know where you would like to study you can use terms like Best or Top before your search term: Best Criminal Justice Degrees. This will give you a broad list of results but it should provide you with a list of best degree programs. Of course the list may be compiled on a hunch, it may be arbitrary, or just plain silly. This is where my expertise comes in, and thus, I hope you will be able to find what you're looking for at the Criminal Justice Online Blog. It's a work in progress. So, if you would like more info that's not yet available on my site just shoot me an email.
Next: Can I Become a Teacher with a Degree in Criminal Justice?


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Home » Coast to coast » Bay Area transit workers ratify agreement
Bay Area transit workers ratify agreement
By Terri Kay posted on November 6, 2013
BART workers and community supporters protest at BART management offices on Oct 8.
Oakland, Calif. — More than 2,300 Bay Area Rapid Transit workers voted on a tentative agreement Oct. 26. Three unions are represented in the contract negotiations. Eighty-eight percent of Service Employees union Local 1021 workers approved the settlement, as did 85 percent of Amalgamated Transit Union 1555 workers. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, with the smallest number of workers involved, hasn't scheduled its vote as yet, nor has the BART Board of Directors.
Workers, angry about not receiving a raise since 2009 and being forced to give up concessions worth $100 million in the last recession, struck for four-and-a-half days in July and another four days in October. However, in the months between a state-negotiated 30-day contract extension in July and a state-imposed 60-day cooling-off period, BART management, supported by local, state and federal governments, and by the mainstream media's ongoing vicious attacks against the workers, managed to dissipate the workers' anger.
The structural weaknesses of the unions' negotiating efforts played right into the hands of management's divide and conquer tactics. Why are there three separate and distinct unions representing the workers in the first place? Additionally, the struggle of the AC Transit (Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) workers, represented by ATU Local 192, was allowed to be split off, rather than all the unions going out together. Local 192 workers have voted down two tentative agreements and are now under a separate state-imposed 60-day cooling-off period.
And how did the unions allow strike captain George Figueroa to be fired and face criminal charges, without making amnesty for him a requirement for ending the strike? Passively allowing this kind of intimidation against militant leaders will only undermine the workers' struggle, keeping them from being able to regroup and fight back. Additionally, ATU International President Hanley weakened the strength of the negotiating team by arbitrarily imposing his power to remove Yuri Hollie, a Black woman militant, from it.
In the end, it was BART management's own stupidity and greed that forced them to mitigate their "best and final offer" a little towards the side of the workers. Despite all the unions' safety warnings that BART management should not be allowed to operate the trains during the strike, they tried to do it anyway. This resulted in the death of two workers, who had crossed the picket lines and were struck by a train being operated by a management trainee. The deaths so angered the public that management was forced to better their offer to the unions.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the agreement is "a four-year contract with a 15.38 percent raise over its term and increases to employee health and pension contributions. The net difference amounts to a 2 percent pay increase over four years, the union said. The package will cost BART an additional $67 million per year. The contract also requires BART workers to accrue 15 years with the agency before earning lifetime health benefits under the new contract, compared with five years previously." (Nov. 2) Retirees face an additional $44 per month in health plan costs.
BART should be organized as a real public entity, under community/labor control, rather than its current state, in which the so-called public agency is overseen by whichever bourgeois party is in control of the government at the time. A community/labor agency would see to it that the needs of the community for low-cost transit, and for good-paying jobs with decent benefits, take priority over paying exorbitant salaries to management. Corporations benefiting from BART's ability to efficiently bring workers to their doorsteps from all over the Bay Area would be taxed to pay for these services, rather than burdening the community and workers. Under such management, there would be no need to pay $399,000 to Veolia's union-busting negotiator, Tom Hock.


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1959 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe by Pinin Farina
Chassis no. 1433 GT
Engine no. 1433 GT
Gearbox no. 219 DR
Body no. 182
Differential no. 455 D
A unique Pinin Farina coupe with several one-off styling details
Beautiful overall condition, in striking colors
Equipped with its original numbers-matching engine
Ferrari Classiche certified
Early production of the Ferrari 250 GT was spurred by Pinin Farina's sensual first-series coupe coachwork, with clean, crisp, and modern lines that became among the most iconic for the model.
Chassis number 1433 GT is a unique coupe with numerous bespoke details, including chromed door sills and a 410 Superamerica-style air intake on the hood, which immediately set it apart from others of its ilk. It was originally finished in Grigio Azzurro (Max Meyer 13471), with a Rosso vinyl and leather (VM 3171) interior.
The car was sold new directly by the factory on 24 July 1959, to Agostino Mereghetti of Milan, for whom it was registered on local plates as 'MI 440357.' It was subsequently sold by Mereghetti to its second owner, Franco Carrodi, on 21 January 1961. Mr. Carrodi maintained the 250 GT for the remainder of his life, after which it was received by his heirs in 1986.
In 1987 the Carrodi heirs sold the Ferrari to its fourth owner, Pietro Mariani, also of Milan. Subsequently refinished in a rich Blu with Argento roof, with Naturale leather interior, it was acquired in 2002 by Christian Geistdörfer, a rally driver from Munich, who used it in several rallies throughout Germany and Austria during the next decade. It was then part of American Ferrari enthusiast Lee Minshull's collection, before joining the stable of its present owner.
The car retains its original and numbers-matching engine, and still wears its German restoration very well, with very good paint and chrome; a crisp interior that is still show-quality; and a very clean engine compartment and undercarriage that shows proper detailing. Even the dashboard gauges are crisp and clear, with the odometer reflecting 13,330 km at the time of cataloguing. A correct spare Borrani wire wheel and tire are housed in the trunk.
A 250 GT Pinin Farina coupe is a car that every Ferrari enthusiast should own and appreciate, as it is in this initial production model that every future road-going berlinetta produced by the company found inspiration. This car is among the finest available, with custom details and elegant colors making it truly one of a kind.


Co-operation Agreement between Legal Aid South Africa and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, Office of the Chief Master of the High Court.
This Co-operation Agreement describes the services, service levels and procedure for accessing services that will be delivered by Legal Aid SA on behalf of minor heirs who qualify for assistance in accordance with the 11 1h Edition of the Legal Aid Guide which came into effect on 10 February 2009 and as amended or to be amended by circulars issued by Legal Aid SA periodically. Services will be delivered in terms of the Administration of Estates Act 66 of 1965, as amended.
A practise whereby persons search the registers of unclaimed monies, seek out the persons entitled thereto and obtain cession of their rights is prohibited by a direction of the Minister of Trade and Industry in terms of the Harmful Business Practice Act 71 of 1988. Notice 69 of 1965 (Gazette 16193 of 27 January 1995) declaring unlawful any agreement whereby a person cedes to any person charges, sets off against any debt or alienates in any other manner, his right or title to any claim against the Guardian's Fund. Any person is prohibited for instituting a claim in any Court of law based on such an unlawful agreement. Therefore, if money is claimed on behalf of a person / institution by a trading agent the cheque must still be made payable to the person / institution reflected in our records.
- No tracers are allowed to collect cheques on behalf of beneficiaries.
- No posting of cheques will be done.
Determination of method of payment of fees under section 153 of the Insolvency Act; 1936; The regulations made under section 103 of the Sdministration of Estates Act. 1965 (Act 66 1965); the Regulations made under Section 15 of the Companies Act, 1973 (Act 61 of 1973); and the Regulations made under Section 24 of the Trust Property Control Act, 1988 (Act 57 of 1988): Collection of Masters' prescribed fees for Deceased and Insolvent Estates and Estates Under Curatorship, Trusts and Copies of Documents.


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Hot Docs just announced 15 titles in its 2021 festival lineup
Film fanatics and documentary buffs, your time is coming. Toronto's most popular documentary film festival, Hot Docs, just announced part of its…
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Film fanatics and documentary buffs, your time is coming. Toronto's most popular documentary film festival, Hot Docs, just announced part of its 2021 lineup and it looks like we're in for some stellar picks. The festival marks another year of amazing filmmaking, despite the less-than-amazing circumstances.
So what's on the block? So far, we've got 15 titles confirmed in the Hot Docs Special Programming. They range in topics from musical biographies, to explorations of race, to deep dives on elite-level card games. There's even an incredibly relevant flick from award-winning director Yung Chang that explores Wuhan, China at the peak of the pandemic lockdown.
You can check out the full Special Programming lineup right here.
A 7-foot sculpture of Snoop Dogg is standing at one Toronto LCBO
10 of the best dog parks around Toronto
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Of course, that's not all the films that'll be screened during this iconic event. The rest of the lineup will be announced during a live broadcast on Tuesday, March 23rd. Be sure to head online to tune in for that.
Unlike previous years, Hot Docs Festival will be taking place primarily through their virtual streaming platform. Depending on the city's restrictions in the spring, they plan on hosting a hybrid version of the festival with some screenings online and some in socially-distance theatres.
All of this is set to go down on April 29th – May 9th, so be sure to get your tickets and passes before then. You can nab your spot at any of the screens when you head to the official website here.
HOT DOCS FILM FESTIVAL
Where: Online and in select theatres in Toronto
When: Thursday, April 29th – Sunday, May 9th
Tickets: Get yours here
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3 Reasons the Sixers Should Sign Jason Collins
Win-win-win.
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood· 10/11/2013, 2:00 p.m.
The New York Times has a piece out today about Jason Collins, who still hasn't been signed to an NBA team since he came out as gay in Sports Illustrated last spring. Perfect time for the Sixers to sign him. Here's why.
1. Wherever Houston point guard Jeremy Lin goes, he draws an enormous Chinese and Taiwanese following. Many of those fans do not care deeply about basketball. Collins would be a similar–if not equal–commercial sensation. As the first active athlete in a major American sport to come out, he's a household name not only in the LGBT community, but among many supporters of the gay rights movement. And signing a gay-rights icon in an extremely gay-friendly city is going to sell tickets. Or else no one but this guy is going to be coming out to see the team this year.
2. Center Nerlens Noel is out until at least January, meaning that besides Spencer Hawes, your only proven seven-footer is the worst #1 draft pick in NBA history: Kwame Brown. Collins plays solid defense, is a good chemistry guy, and has smart head for the game. He'd be an asset to the second or third unit and a good mentor for Noel.
3. The Sixers are currently so far below the team salary cap–about $7.5 million short–that signing Collins to a relatively expensive (for a benchwarmer) $1.4 million minimum deal wouldn't hurt a bit.
Your move, Hinkie.


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Categories:Technology and Equipment
Nanchang Cemented Carbide Limited Liability Company has set up a provincial enterprise technical center which has more than 100 technical staff, is equipped with the complete set of equipment necessary for R&D of cemented carbide and tools products, has introduced a series of world advanced experimental and inspection equipment such as ball mill, press, extruder, pressure sintering oven, grinder, scanning electron microscope, X-ray fluorimeter, micro-hardness tester, coercive magnetometer, magnetic saturation meter and cutting tool detector, provides a good R&D platform of new products, technology and process for the company and can undertake the small-batch production task of cemented carbide products. At present, the technical R&D platform of the company has reached the industrially leading level in China.
The technical center hires experts both at home and abroad to guide the technical development each year. In recent years, it has taken more than 20 new product plans at the provincial and municipal level or above and foreign technology and management talent introduction projects, developed a lot of core technologies and provincial key new products and got 10 patents with independent intellectual property. Thus, the company has been awarded "High-Tech Enterprise".
Jiangxi Excellent New Products Second Prize
Nanchang Excellent New Product First Prize
New High-Tech Enterprise Certificate
Jiangxi Key New Product Certificate


The rain from Saturday cleared and the riders woke to a sunny winters morning for the 3rd Round of the Poachers Pre 65 Trials Club Championship. 45 riders all took on the 8 sections within the pine forest at Benniworth Walk Farm.
Section 1 was the usual twisty cambered route through the trees near to the car park, the experts had to brush trees to ensure some of the turns were manageable but it was certainly cleanable when you go it right.
Section 2 was normally found at the end of the lap however the anti-clockwise route picked meant this was next in line and feature a few extra turns and logs to what we have seen previously. The exit looked tricky to start however this improved as the day went on.
Section 3 was, to start with, a fairly easy section on both routes, however as more riders passed through it, the experts found the ground soft and with little grip just in front of the log they had to overcome, this caught a few out later on during the day.
Section 4 proved to be the section of the day, to start with the going was fairly easy except for the large rut the expert had to cross, however as the day went on the route got worse and the exit back up the hill proved to be a slippery slope and nobody managed a clean sheet on this section on any of the routes.
Section 5 was a different take on the previously used hill climb and to start seemed a pretty tricky section, however as the routes got carved this proved to be a lot easier than expected.
Section 6 was another twisty and tight hill climb with riders zig zagging up and down the hill with plenty of turns to contend with.
Section 7 was the reverse of a previously used section and most riders managed to post clean sheets on this one.
Section 8 was again a tight and twisty cambered section which caught a few riders out but most managed to post cleans sheets throughout the day.
Overall winner was Brent Corden on 1, with Andy Webbe just behind on 3. Intermediate crown was taken by Graham Holloway on 15, with Darren Coupland 3 marks behind on 18. Clubman class was won by Dave Pykett on 17 and David Hird on 19 just behind him.
Thanks to David Hird, Harold Allen and Errol for marking out, thanks to all the observers and the Land Owners.


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//  YXCustomActionSheet.m
//  YXCustomActionSheet
//
//  Created by Houhua Yan on 16/7/14.
//  Copyright © 2016年 YanHouhua. All rights reserved.
//

#import "YXCustomActionSheet.h"
#import <UMSocialCore/UMSocialCore.h>
#define RGB(r, g, b)   [UIColor colorWithRed:r/255.0 green:g/255.0 blue:b/255.0 alpha:1.0]

#define ColumnNum 4

@interface YXCustomActionSheet()
{
    UIView *_backView;
}
@end

@implementation YXCustomActionSheet
/*
 展示带有block 的回调
 */
- (void)showInView:(UIView *)superView contentArray:(NSArray *)contentArray itemClickBlock:(ActionIdBlock)itemBlock
{
    self.clickedItemBlock=itemBlock;
    if (contentArray==nil)
    {
        contentArray=self.costomPlatformArray;
    }
    [self  showInView:superView contentArray:contentArray];
}

- (void) showInView:(UIView *)superView contentArray:(NSArray *)contentArray
{
    if (contentArray == nil || contentArray.count < 1) {
        SHOW_ALERTdiss(@"没有安装可供分享的平台");
        return;
    }
    self.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:249/255.0 green:249/255.0 blue:249/255.0 alpha:1.0];

    [self addBackView:superView];

    CGFloat btnW = 60;
    CGFloat btnH = 60;
    int marginY = 15;
    CGFloat firstY = 50;

    for (int i = 0; i < contentArray.count; i++) {
        NSDictionary *dic = [contentArray objectAtIndex:i];
        NSString *name = dic[@"name"];
        NSString *icon = dic[@"icon"];
        YXActionSheetButton *btn = [YXActionSheetButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
        btn.tag = i;
        [btn setTitle:name forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        [btn setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:icon] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        [btn addTarget:self action:@selector(btnClick:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

        CGFloat marginX = (self.frame.size.width - ColumnNum * btnW) / (ColumnNum + 1);
        int col = i % ColumnNum;
        int row = i / ColumnNum;
        CGFloat btnX = marginX + (marginX + btnW) * col;
        CGFloat btnY = firstY + (marginY + btnH) * row;
        btn.frame = CGRectMake(btnX, btnY, btnW, btnH);

        [self addSubview:btn];
    }

    //分享到
    UILabel *titleLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
    titleLabel.text = @"分 享";
    titleLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    titleLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:17];
    titleLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
    titleLabel.textColor = RGB(81, 95, 108);
    titleLabel.frame = CGRectMake(0, 10, self.frame.size.width, 30);
    [self addSubview:titleLabel];

    //计算frame
    [superView addSubview:self];

    NSUInteger row = (contentArray.count - 1) / ColumnNum;
    CGFloat height = firstY + 50 + (row +1) * (btnH + marginY);

    CGFloat originY = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height;
    self.frame = CGRectMake(0, originY, 0, height);
    [UIView animateWithDuration:0.25 animations:^{
        CGRect sF = self.frame;
        sF.origin.y = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height - sF.size.height;
        self.frame = sF;
    }];

    //取消
    UIButton *canleBtn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    CGFloat canW = self.frame.size.width;
    CGFloat canH = 44;
    CGFloat canY = self.frame.size.height - canH;
    canleBtn.frame = CGRectMake(0, canY, canW, canH);
    [canleBtn setTitle:@"取 消" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    canleBtn.titleLabel.font = titleLabel.font;
    [canleBtn setTitleColor:titleLabel.textColor forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [canleBtn addTarget:self action:@selector(tapBg) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [self addSubview:canleBtn];

    //分割线
    UIView *line = [[UIView alloc] init];
    CGFloat lineY = CGRectGetMinY(canleBtn.frame)  - 2;
    line.frame = CGRectMake(40, lineY, [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.width-80, 0.5);
    line.backgroundColor = RGB(180, 180, 180);
    [self addSubview:line];

}

- (void)setFrame:(CGRect)frame{
    frame.size.width = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.width;
    if (frame.size.height <= 0) {
        frame.size.height = 00;
    }
    frame.origin.x = 0;
    [super setFrame:frame];
}

#pragma mark - 添加背景视图
- (void) addBackView:(UIView *) superView
{
    _backView = [[UIView alloc] init];
    _backView.frame = superView.bounds;
    _backView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
    _backView.alpha = 0.4;

    UITapGestureRecognizer *tap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(tapBg)];
    [_backView addGestureRecognizer:tap];
    [superView addSubview:_backView];

}

#pragma mark 点击背景阴影视图触发的方法
- (void)tapBg{
    [_backView removeFromSuperview];
    _backView = nil;
    [UIView animateWithDuration:0.25 animations:^{
        CGRect sf = self.frame;
        sf.origin.y = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height;
        self.frame = sf;
    } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
        [self removeFromSuperview];
    }];
}

#pragma mark 按钮被点击了
- (void)btnClick:(YXActionSheetButton *)btn{

    if (self.clickedItemBlock) {
        self.clickedItemBlock(btn);
        [self tapBg];
        return;
    }
    if ([_delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(customActionSheetButtonClick:)]) {
        [_delegate customActionSheetButtonClick:btn];
    }

    [self tapBg];
}

//冯宝东自定义的Alert数据数组 (具有检测APP安装的功能)
-(NSMutableArray*)costomPlatformArray
{                               //  名字 图标 分享的平台
    NSArray *contentArray = @[@{@"name":@"新浪微博",@"icon":@"sns_icon_3",@"UMSocialPlatformType":@0},
                                  @{@"name":@"QQ ",@"icon":@"sns_icon_4",@"UMSocialPlatformType":@4},
                                  @{@"name":@"QQ空间 ",@"icon":@"sns_icon_5",@"UMSocialPlatformType":@5},
                                  @{@"name":@"微信",@"icon":@"sns_icon_7",@"UMSocialPlatformType":@1},
                                  @{@"name":@"朋友圈",@"icon":@"sns_icon_8",@"UMSocialPlatformType":@2},
                                  @{@"name":@"微信收藏",@"icon":@"sns_icon_9",@"UMSocialPlatformType":@3}];
    _costomPlatformArray=[NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:contentArray];

    //检测wechat和QQ还有Sina
    BOOL wechatInstall= [[UMSocialManager defaultManager]isInstall:UMSocialPlatformType_WechatSession];
    if (!wechatInstall)
    {
        [_costomPlatformArray removeObjectsInRange:NSMakeRange(3, 3)];
    }
    BOOL qqZoneInstall=[[UMSocialManager defaultManager]isInstall:UMSocialPlatformType_Qzone];
    if (!qqZoneInstall)
    {
        [_costomPlatformArray removeObjectsInRange:NSMakeRange(2, 1)];
    }
    BOOL qqInstall= [[UMSocialManager defaultManager]isInstall:UMSocialPlatformType_QQ];

    if (!qqInstall)
    {
        [_costomPlatformArray removeObjectsInRange:NSMakeRange(1, 1)];
    }
    BOOL sinaInstall= [[UMSocialManager defaultManager]isInstall:UMSocialPlatformType_Sina];
    if (!sinaInstall)
    {
        [_costomPlatformArray removeObjectAtIndex:0];
    }
    //是否添加自定义平台操作
    if (_isShowMoreCostomPlatform) {
        [_costomPlatformArray addObject:@{@"name":@"收藏",@"icon":@"MyFavIcon.png",@"UMSocialPlatformType":@1111}];

    }

    return _costomPlatformArray;
}

@end


Tomaž Šalamun confronts the abyss and overcomes it by creating an even deeper abyss in an incredibly physical language that swallows the original. This new metamorphosed abyss is, then, more like a well, nurturing even as it brings forth its water from the mysterious depths of language. Of course other influences are drawn from that well — Vallejo, Breton, Khlebnikov, Hikmet, O'Hara. The result is a language of non-sequiturs, contradictions, literalized figures of speech, hyperbolic claims, episodic fragments, intense confessions, false causalities, askew parallelisms, — all enhancing the poetry's juxtapositions of the cosmic and the trivial, redefining each in terms of the other. As poet Trenna Sharpe says, "I love Tomas Šalamun's poems for their roaring and zany associative movements. One can't help but feeling a little bit out of breath, a little in shock, after finishing one. It's as if the the poem knocks you down a hill: you tumble down getting all twisted and bounced and disoriented, and at the end you stand up dizzy and out of breath, but when you look back, the grass is bent, a branch is broken, maybe your sock fell off somewhere along the way, and you can figure out just how you got to the bottom". This is a poetry that fulfills English poet W. H. Auden's definition as a remaking of the language, and more, For Šalamun, the poem must always be engaged in a quest for what it cannot say in traditional terms: "The poet is a hunter, not an expresser", he says in an interview. "You express what you already have. The inexpressible is like the beast in the woods that the hunter always knows only by its tracks. The very fact that we can't describe it adequately now, searching as we are with various metaphors and similes, shows what a powerful thing it is, what attraction it has". And yet another paradox emerges: the hunter not only destroys the prey, but also himself.