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People Come First
Revamped Citizen Review Board helps residents address misconduct with police department
Did you know the police department has a "customer satisfaction survey?"
This questionnaire takes an unconventional approach by asking those who have been arrested to assess their experience with police officers. Police Chief Frank Fowler says it provides insight on how his department can become better.
"Any findings are helpful," he believes.
An outside contractor that Fowler wished not to name has administered the survey since 2011 with significant input from the police chief on the design. Fowler says he receives periodic updates and the results have been helpful in designing training.
The survey was introduced at a time when Syracuse police were fighting to earn back the public's confidence after allegations of police misconduct resulted in federal court verdicts totaling $1.1 million against the department and also while the city's Citizen Review Board was in limbo, according to a Sept. 13, 2011 Post-Standard article. A panel to relaunch the CRB was established in a further effort to boost accountability.
Joseph Lipari, 35, took over as administrator of the CRB in May of 2012, and believes he's made great strides in achieving the CRB's original mission. He said in a recent interview that he did not know about the department's survey, but said he sees it as a fantastic idea.
"If the questionnaire is used to get a good feel of outside perceptions," he said, "it couldn't be anything but helpful. The more perspectives, the better."
REVAMPED WATCHDOG
Lipari is fervent that the CRB do just that, hear various perspectives. The main mission of the CRB is to review citizens' complaints about the Syracuse Police Department.
The revamped CRB was established under Local Law 1 of 2012 and drafted by a legislative advisory committee appointed by Councilor Pamela Hunter. Trust in the CRB appears to be rapidly building under Lipari and the newly reconstituted board. Before Lipari took the helm, the watchdog group suffered with a track record of 17 years of ineffectiveness.
In Lipari's first year the reconstituted CRB held 15 hearings and closed 52 cases. In 2013, there were 35 hearings and a total of 110 cases closed.
"Twenty to 30 percent of complaints end up going through to a hearing," Lipari said.
Once a hearing is called, the complainant and witnesses appear before Lipari and three members of the 11-member board. The panel then deliberates in private whether to sustain the complaint or exonerate the police.
The citizen receives a letter from the board, which develops a disciplinary recommendation for the chief when the ruling favors the complainant. The CRB is a creation of the Common Council, but Lipari says "we report to the public. Neither the mayor nor the council can intervene in our internal process, so we are independent in that sense." CRB funds come out of the general city fund, making it a taxpayer supported entity like all other city departments. Lipari earns a salary of $57,000.
POWER IN NUMBERS
But there is no procedure in place to follow-up on whether the board's recommendations were adopted by the department.
The power in the CRB's recommendations, Lipari believes, comes from making them public and allowing residents, politicians and police officers to see them.
Numbers are key, says activist and United as One Coalition (UAO) member Bruce Peak.
In response to instances of brutality at the justice center, a diverse group of community organizations united in August 2010 to form the UAO. These groups, ranging from supporters of disability, race and civil rights, banded together to bring greater awareness through sheer numbers. UAO additionally works to organize demonstrations, public forums and speak-outs. The most recent was a speak-out against police brutality Aug. 21, 2013, at the Southwest Community Center.
"This was a closed event to media and police in an effort to make residents feel free to voice their concerns without fear of retaliation," Peak said.
But the event had low turnout.
"The more people that speak up," he said, "the greater the chance we'll be heard."
Voicing concerns is the first step, he says, adding, "No one should say it was a cop and there's nothing I can do about it."
He acknowledged the CRB can only make recommendations to Fowler.
"At the end of the day, they turn in their report and nothing comes of it," he said. "We need a Citizen Review Board that makes demands, rather than just suggestions."
Lipari notes that his job is to "keep pressure on decision-makers to adopt these recommendations," which he says requires public support to elevate pressure.
"Silence," Peak continued, "is the worst enemy."
Citizen Review Board members, from left to right, Joseph Masella, board chair; CRB Administrator Joseph Lipari; Raheem Mack; and William (Bill) Barber. They are shown during a December 2013 meeting. | Madina Toure, Staff Photo
Khalid Bey, Common Councilor from the Fourth District, said he's guided two people to file complaints.
"Citizens have to feel like they have an outlet," he said, adding that the CRB makes people feel heard. "One [man] I directed to the CRB, later instead of expressing further frustration in the system, expressed gratitude."
Lipari agrees.
"We give a much more personal approach," he said. "The complainant gets assurance that their concerns are valid and that we are not going to allow them to languish."
REDUNDANT OR REQUIRED
But Fowler describes the CRB's role as excessive.
"Having a CRB is redundant. What we have in place is sufficient," he said in reference to the department's Office of Professional Standards (OPS). He continued, "Then if issues rise to a higher level, they can go to the DA and then grand jury."
The CRB and OPS do not work together to investigate, but do share reports and evidence. After completing their investigations, each reaches an independent finding.
Barrie Gewanter, Central New York Chapter director for the New York Civil Liberties Union, served as a scribe in drafting the reconstituted CRB ordinance. She's also a member of UAO. She says cases evaluated by the reconstituted CRB have brought out things that would not have been heard if such work was left solely to the police department.
"The truth can't only be that which is put out by the police officers and the department's commanders," she said. "The CRB is an impetus to accountability."
Peak, 65, who said he had personal run-ins with police in his youth, added, "We'll investigate ourselves makes no sense to me. Syracuse needs a strong CRB to present the other side."
Civil Rights Law 50-a requires the board to maintain the confidentiality of any and all personnel records received, and because of this, the CRB cannot release any disciplinary findings, so the public is not informed on what actions may have been taken by the police chief.
Additionally, the CRB is informed of the chief's disciplinary decisions in each case, but neither the CRB nor Fowler can reveal to the public (including the individual complainant) the specific discipline that an officer receives (or even if the discipline was administered at all).
"What we can do is report to the public how often the chief imposes discipline when the CRB recommends it," Lipari said. "That's what we call our 'rate of agreement' or 'disciplinary action rate.' It is reported in the form of a percentage."
This allows the public some insight into how often the chief and the CRB agree on discipline, but not the specific discipline in each case.
"For example, during the second quarter of 2013, we had a disciplinary action rate of 43% (up from about 20% in the previous quarters)," Lipari said. "Meaning the chief imposed discipline in 43% of the cases where the CRB sustained some kind of misconduct."
Withholding of details concerns Mikiel Anderson, 30, city resident and regular CRB meeting attendee. He has attended every CRB meeting since the beginning of 2012 in an effort to be a watchdog of the watchdog.
"I want to make sure not only that the CRB is doing its job but also that the issue of police misconduct is being regularly evaluated," he said.
He would like to see more specifics shared with residents in regards to complaints and the process taken without giving away specific details, which the current law does not allow to be released. What is released in the annual report are recommendations on police policy and procedure based on what complaints were received that year. These recommendations are sent on to the Mayor's office, the Common Council and the Chief of Police "in an effort to spur constructive dialogue about how to address particular concerns of the CRB," as stated in the group's 2012 annual report.
"As we hear various complaints," Lipari said, "concerns may be heard repeatedly or as we pursue our investigation, we may notice a policy or procedure was not followed correctly or could be rewritten to better address current situations. So from what emerges, we make as recommendations because we feel they warrant the Syracuse Police Department's attention."
Anderson became interested in keeping an eye on the CRB after media coverage of the firing of the former CRB administrator Felicia Davis. Davis, the only administrator for 17 years since the creation of the CRB, was fired by Mayor Stephanie Minor Feb. 4, 2011 for ineffective oversight and numerous deficiencies in the CRB's operation.
"City residents should attend CRB meetings because they would have an opportunity to let their thoughts be known on the performance of the CRB, be able to ask questions and raise concerns on both the actions of the CRB and the Syracuse Police Department," he said.
Written into the new ordinance is a mandate that the CRB release quarterly reports listing statistics on complaints and the board's recommendations. Once a year, the CRB is tasked with combing through for patterns, in an effort to make recommendations to the department. It shares those with the police chief, politicians and the public. These are released in an annual report.
Lipari explained that in the annual report, "findings" are the hearing panels' decisions on whether to sustain the allegation or not. "Recommendations" can refer to both the CRB's specific disciplinary recommendations in an individual case or the policy and training recommendations.
In its 2012 annual report, the CRB made three recommendations to the police chief: Following a forced entry, a property must be properly secured; in instances when cash is recovered, a property receipt must be provided; and that a non retaliation/intimidation clause should be added to the current SPD policy for accepting complaints against police officers.
Although 2013's annual report has yet to be released, Lipari said one recommendation is likely going to be on ensuring proper protocols are followed during high-risk traffic stops in regards to use of force.
OUTREACH EFFORTS
"Historically the relationship between the community and police has been tense," said CRB board member Timothy 'Noble' Jennings-Bey. "I see the CRB as a vehicle to restructure that relationship."
Jennings-Bey, appointed to the CRB by the mayor in 2012, serves on the board's community outreach committee and is the director of the Trauma Response Team at the United Way of Central New York. He's a member of the South Side community.
Together Lipari and Jennings-Bey presented to youth at the Aug. 21 speak-out, discussing how to properly engage police officers.
Gewanter trains community leaders on a similar presentation called "What to Know When Interacting with the Police." She notes that as a middle-class white woman, there are many groups who will not relate to her delivery. This is why she is eager to train community leaders to share the presentation's valuable message with their respective communities.
"It is much more effective as a peer-to-peer presentation," she said. "Noble can reach people and youth in particular that I cannot effectively."
She refers to this as a "train the trainer approach," and says if there are community leaders interested in adopting her presentation, she will gladly train and partner with them.
"This means black leaders giving the presentation and sharing their own or similar experiences with the black community, Latinos to other Latinos, Vietnamese to other Vietnamese, and so on," she said, explaining people have a greater takeaway if they hear from someone with a similar background and life experience.
CRB members, from left to right, Donna Oppedisano, Carole Horan and Timothy "Noble" Jennings-Bey, listen in during the 2013 December meeting. The CRB discussed concerns with the city's Notice of Claim policy. | Madina Toure, Staff Photo
Lipari and Jennings-Bey agree. Lipari sees youth much more engaged when they hear from Jennings-Bey and plans to develop a guided presentation he can present to youth at the Southwest Community Center and throughout the city with Jennings-Bey's help.
"Joey is not scared," Jennings-Bey said about Lipari's outreach plans. "He will go anywhere, into any neighborhood without fear because he believes so strongly in what he is doing."
Jennings-Bey says their presentation serves as a guide on how youth should engage with officers. "We discuss a code of conduct," Jennings-Bey said. "We talk about how initial interactions with police can elevate a situation or allow it to run smoothly."
One example he shared was cultural.
"We [African-Americans] speak with our hands," he said as he demonstrated by waving and cutting his hands through the air. "If we come in contact with a police officer and respond with 'Hey man, I wasn't doin' nothin' …,' with our arms waving, then this can be seen and taken as a potential threat.
"We want youth to walk away from an interaction with an officer feeling whole," Jennings-Bey added.
PLANS IN THE MAKING
The CRB can work, Lipari says, "but we have to have the process work on all cylinders."
Joseph Lipari took on the role as Citizen Review Board Administrator in May of 2012. The CRB office is located at 201 E. Washington St. in Suite 705. | Ashley Kang, Staff Photo
Improvement, in his view, depends on advancing the CRB's relationship with the police department. For this, the CRB ordinance requires formation of a police liaison committee, which would pair three officers with a three-member committee already in place by the CRB. Lipari views this committee as another way to provide valuable insight.
"I think anything that can give the board any perspective on officers' day-to-day interactions is great," Lipari said. "We need to understand every perspective."
The ordinance charges Police Chief Fowler with coordinating this liaison committee, but finding volunteers, Fowler said, can be a challenge. Currently, the committee has yet to be formed.
The CRB will also hold future CRB meetings — held monthly, May through October — in various city neighborhoods, making it easier for residents to attend.
"Come out and voice your concerns," Lipari said. "Make us your CRB."
Lipari hopes to even offer his own survey.
"Down the road I hope to do a survey for complainants to fill out who have been through the process," he said. "They can give us a grade and feedback."
— To file a complaint with the CRB, click here
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Q: why does my react header does not render at all? So I have a a component called Header that will display a nav bar depending if a user is logged in or not, the props I am passing is a prop from the parent component that returns true as the user is already authenticated after login
App
 <Header IsLoggedIn={this.state.IsLoggedIn} />

then this is my Header component that is not rendering
Header
// stateless functional component
import React from 'react';
import { NavLink } from 'react-router-dom'; //import Navlink to create nav links and to put active class on any link that is active
import UserGreeting from './UserGreeting'
import GuestGreeting from './GuestGreeting'
/*Header- Displays the top menu bar for the application and
includes buttons for signing in and signing up
(if there's not an authenticated user) or the user's first and last name
and a button for signing out (if there's an authenticated user).*/

function Header(props) {
  const isLoggedIn = props;
  console.log(props)
  if (isLoggedIn ===true) {
    return <UserGreeting />;
  }
  else if(isLoggedIn===false) {
    return <GuestGreeting />;
  }
}

export default Header;

this is the error I get when I reload the page:
Uncaught Invariant Violation: Header(...): Nothing was returned from render. This usually means a return statement is missing. Or, to render nothing, return null. Can someone help?

A: If isLoggedIn is undefined then isLoggedIn === false evaluates to false which causes your component to not return anything and results in the error you are seeing.

Change your else clause to this:
else {
  return <GuestGreeting />;
}

...or as @Isaac points out, remove the else completely and just do this:
if (isLoggedIn === true) {
  return <UserGreeting />;
}
return <GuestGreeting />;

...and that should fix it.

Ah, and @Jose is correct that you should use destructuring: const { isLoggedIn } = props;...that is why isLoggedIn was undefined in the first place.

A: You should use es6 destructuring:

const { isLoggedIn } = props;

If you don't destructure your props, you're not getting the correct value from isLoggedIn so you don't return anything (thus the error).
Also don't need to check if false, just do:

function Header(props) {
  const { isLoggedIn } = props;
  if (isLoggedIn) {
    return <UserGreeting />;
  } else {
    return <GuestGreeting />;
  }
}

TIP: You can do something like this for keeping your code tidy

const Header = ({ isLoggedIn }) => isLoggedIn ? <UserGreeting /> : <GuestGreeting />

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One of the most crucial environmental problems affecting developing countries in arid and semi-arid regions is soil salinity. Its detection using radar imaging systems is one of promising domains of remote sensing research. Detection is based essentially on the relationship between the quantity of existing salts in the soil, the soil moisture content, and the dielectric properties of this mixture. Due to the components of the mixture and their corresponding dielectric properties, backscattering of these types of soils can be modelled and monitored. Parameters influencing the radar detection of salt-affected soils are grouped into two main groups: those related to the sensor and those related to the target. Some of these parameters cause information attenuation during monitoring of the salt-affected soils; however, others give us information that help to better understand the phenomena. Some of the latter parameters can be controlled and others are imposed. Most previous studies neglected the effect of the presence of salts combined with the other parameters on the backscattering coefficient. In this paper, we present the salinity effect on the calculation of the backscattering coefficient using several backscattering models. The results show that the high dielectric constant, due to the extensive presence of salts, has a significant effect on the backscattering value. To validate the modelling approach with actual data, four RADARSAT-1 satellite images in standard modes were selected for the area of Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt, where fieldwork was conducted simultaneously with some of the RADARSAT-1 image acquisitions.


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Idaho domestic terrorist released early from federal prison
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: A Planned Parenthood office is seen on November 30, 2015 in New York City. A gunman killed three people November 27, including a police officer, at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

By: Associated Press (AP)
SPOKANE, Wash. — An Idaho man imprisoned for more than two decades for bombing a Planned Parenthood clinic and robbing a bank in Spokane Valley in 1996 walked free from federal custody this week.
Brian Ratigan, 61, of Sandpoint, Idaho, received credit for 23 years served in federal custody and was released Wednesday. Ratigan, along with three accomplices in the domestic terrorist Phineas Priesthood group, became eligible for new sentences after a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling found the federal law allowing for longer prison sentences for violent felonies was unconstitutionally vague.
The other three members are Charles Barbee, 68; Robert Berry, 66; and Jay Merrell, 74, all of Sandpoint, who will be resentenced shortly.

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Multiplayer Update #2 now available!
Another free BADLAND update went just live! This time we focused on the multiplayer and brought four new multiplayer levels.
Also, big thanks to you, our awesome fans, for great improvement ideas! We listened to you and implemented a bunch of those. For example, this update improves the single player experience so that you do not have to restart an unfinished level even if you have killed the app. In addition, after you have finished all the levels there are currently available, the game now remembers which was the last Day and time of day you played. We are so glad to you give us feedback so we can improve the game.
Btw, the next update, next month, will bring the long-waited next 10 levels for Day II.
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This unit consists of five parts that leverage various strategies and technology tools to differentiate learning opportunities about the Cuban Missile Crisis. In this unit students will articulate the events and outcomes of the Cuban Missile Crisis, use a graphic organizer to organize the sequence of events of the 13 days of the crisis, explain why the U.S. did not want Soviet missiles in Cuba, analyze President Kennedy's options, and experience and evaluate President Kennedy's speech informing U.S. citizens about the crisis.
Part I - After reading about the crisis online at the JFK Library & Museum, students will think-pair-share, complete a K-W-L, and participate in creating a class word wall using the classroom SMART Board.
Parts II & III - After watching a YouTube video that presents events and details about the crisis, students will participate in a class discussion to compare the information in the video to the information in the online reading at the JFK Library & Museum. Students will then complete an Internet inquiry/scavenger hunt using the web site Squidoo.com and create a timeline about the crisis using a digital diagraming application, such as mywebspiration.com. Students will also add words discovered from the Squidoo site to the word wall.
Part IV - Students will use the Internet to listen to a speech by JFK about the crisis (bit.ly/7B7eBv) and watch a slideshow of government photos from the crisis (bit.ly/7AWTJF). As a class, students will watch and discuss short video presentations about the crisis from Brown University's Choices Program (www.choices.edu/resources/scholars_cmc.php). Students will reflect in writing about what they think they would have been thinking if they were listening to President Kennedy speaking to the American public on October 22, 1962.
Part V - Students will demonstrate their learning about the crisis by creating a project from a unit menu (Unit menu: mini-poster (desktop publishing or traditional paper), presentation slideshow, web page, or simulated radio news report (podcast).


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On topic of race, there's so much that I don't know
George Floyd's death has inspired positive dialogue in many Churches of Christ.
When I was in grade school, my mother said my best friend, Tyra, could come over and play.
Mom was surprised, though, when I stepped off the school bus with a Black boy. I never had mentioned my friend's race; his color didn't matter to me.
In the years since, my mother has retold this story with pride. Though she had expected my best friend to be White, she and my father raised my brother, sister and me to believe that all of God's children are created equal.
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Through the years, I've shared how my grandparents brought busloads of Black children to their small White church in the early 1970s. Papa and Grandma did that — despite the outcry from some fellow Christians — because they wanted those boys and girls to learn about Jesus.
In my 15 years with The Christian Chronicle, my colleagues and I have worked hard to increase the diversity of our coverage and feature more Black voices and faces in our pages.
Until just recently, I felt pretty good about my efforts to love and embrace my Black brothers and sisters.
I saw no need to dwell on concepts such as White privilege or systemic racism. In my mind, the civil rights battle had been fought in the 1960s.
But then George Floyd was killed.
I talked to Black Christians about the video of a White police officer pressing his knee against the Black suspect's neck. I heard the pain in their voices as they recounted Floyd complaining, "I can't breathe." I listened as David Watkins III, minister for the Twin City Church of Christ in Texarkana, Texas, described an officer stopping him for speeding.
As a White man, I'd worry about getting a ticket. David Watkins III — not to mention his 7-year-old son in the backseat — had a bigger concern when he saw the flashing lights.
As a White man, I'd worry about getting a ticket.
Watkins — not to mention his 7-year-old son in the backseat — had a bigger concern when he saw the flashing lights.
"The first thing my son said to me is, 'Daddy, is he going to shoot you?'" Watkins recalled, as I noted in a Chronicle story last month.
For a child to ask such a question, Watkins said, "is all that I need to know about what he knows about being Black in America."
Here's what I've learned in the last few weeks: There's just so much I don't know.
So here's what I plan to do: Listen. Seek answers in God's word, not in politicians or cable TV talking heads. Dig deeper and work to understand better.
I'm encouraged by the positive dialogue that Floyd's tragic death has inspired in numerous Churches of Christ across the nation.
Trey Elliott prays for Tulsa, Okla., Police Chief Wendell Franklin amid protests after the death of George Floyd. The 7-year-old made it his mission to pray for every police officer in Oklahoma's second-largest city. Franklin, a member of The Park Church of Christ, said of Elliot: "He is that mustard seed planted which yields a tree used by all."
In my own home congregation — the Edmond Church of Christ in Oklahoma — preaching minister Randy Roper organized a series of Zoom meetings for White and Black members to talk.
"I don't really have a formal agenda, but I do want to discuss at least two things: (1) your perspective on race, racism, racial prejudice, racial diversity, etc., especially as it pertains to our congregation," Roper told a group of us in an email, "and (2) ideas for moving from conversation to action in the church. Of course, we may want to have follow-up conversations after this initial one — let's just wait and see where the Spirit leads us."
I was blessed, too, to be invited along with Russell Pointer Sr., minister for the predominantly Black Minneapolis Central Church of Christ, to join a Zoom gathering for members of the multiracial Park Forest Church of Christ in Matteson, Ill.
David Alan Brantford, a Park Forest member, put together that discussion as he dealt with his strong emotions after Floyd's death.
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"The Holy Spirit has been with me as I've cycled through anger, tears and fears," Brantford, who is Black, told me in an email as we discussed his push for racial reconciliation.
A jubilant Brantford reported that the first Zoom went so well that a group from the church started meeting weekly to study the Bible and keep talking about the best path forward.
In North Richland Hills, Texas, two members of the Legacy Church of Christ — Nathalie P. Jones, who is Black, and Robert P. Mullen, who is White — have written a book called "Diversity God's Way" that offers helpful insight.
"A lot of discussions are surrounding historical events and things that happened in the past," Jones said. "But Bob and I have had some discussions, and we're largely thinking that if we start from … within our family, within our congregations and within our jobs … we can really impact change for the better as it relates to race."
Said Mullen: "I think, unfortunately, a lot of our members are hearing from a bunch of sources that are definitely not Christian sources, not those that are going to be consistent with the culture of the Gospel. I really believe … that Jesus' culture was, as Revelation 7:9 says, people from every tribe, nation, tongue and language.
"All are in the body of Christ."
BOBBY ROSS JR. is Editor-in-Chief of The Christian Chronicle. Reach him at [email protected].
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Sanofi R&D day offers few surprises
A potential successor to anti-thrombotic Lovenox and a focus on biotech were some of the revelations at sanofi-aventis' first R&D day in two years in Paris on 17 September 2007
A potential successor to Lovenox (enoxaparin), S-A's top-selling thrombosis drug, and a focus on biotech, were some of the revelations at sanofi-aventis' (S-A) first R&D day in two years in Paris on 17 September 2007.
Marc Cluzel, head of research at S-A, said the company "was in good shape" and was now ready to for more in-licensing and acquisitions.
Overall, the company expects to make 31 new submissions by 2010, and Cluzel speculated that 10 of those could potentially be blockbusters, with sales over USD 1bn.
The company is continuing its focus on oncology, along with cardiometabolism, central nervous system, and vaccines.
"Since February our portfolio has been maturing  before then it was difficult," explained Cluzel.
"We are financially well-positioned and we are open for both product and company acquisitions. We are especially looking for a biotech company with production capabilities, as we are lacking in that area," said Cluzel.
The company also announced the late stage failure of Alzheimer's disease drug xaliproden, with resubmission planned for 2009.
Reports of the late stage failure of paliroden were confirmed by Jean-Marc Podvin, vice-president of media relations for S-A, who said it was no longer in the portfolio and was discontinued due to poor efficacy.
The company also announced it was planning to submit its obesity treatment Acomplia (rimonabant) for worldwide approval in 2009 for a new indication to treat type II diabetes, after clinical trials showed it was comparable with anti-diabetics.
A possible successor to S-A's best-selling anti-thrombotic Lovenox, which is already showing superior efficacy, was also announced.
At 20 mg, AVE 5026 is already showing 40 per cent less post-operative bleeding than Lovenox. It is more patient-friendly, with weekly rather than daily injections.
However it is likely to face tough competition from Boehringer-Ingelheim's drug dabigatran, an oral thrombin inhibitor and as a result is more patient friendly than Lovenox. It is also showed equal efficacy to Lovenox in a recent trial published in The Lancet.
Vaccines is also an area that S-A continues to investigate and plans to invest heavily, in order to preserve its leadership in core assets.
"Vaccines are the most interesting and offer the best value for cost," said Cluzel.
Senior vice-president of commercial operations and corporate strategy of S-A's vaccine subsidiary sanofi-pasteur, Wayne Pisano, revealed positive results for a low dose bird flu vaccine that would enable increased stockpiling.
S-A says small molecules will remain the cornerstone of its growth, as they can address all segments of needs from prevention to palliative treatment.
"We will enter into development of a minimum of 20 drug candidates per year, while increasing the number of biotech products," revealed Cluzel.
S-A said it was not overly concerned with the recent spate of drugs rejected by the FDA, including Acomplia.
"We will never go back to the 1990s where it was easy to register drugs but it takes time to recover after events like Vioxx," said Cluzel.
"We have taken the message that we need better evaluation. Our job is to prove to the US that we can do risk-management," continued Cluzel.
Despite a desire to appear more open, S-A has not appeased analysts, and its share price dropped on Monday and ended 2.3 per cent lower at EUR 60.8 following the meeting.
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'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Set To Return To Brooklyn For A Third Time — TCA
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Jimmy Kimmel Live is hitting the road and returning to a familiar place. The late night ABC talk show is headed to Brooklyn, New York for five episodes. Starting Monday, October 16, the show will tape live in front of an audience from the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Howard Gilman Opera House. This marks the third time Kimmel has broadcasted his show from BAM.
Kimmel has interviewed a variety of guests from his Brooklyn broadcasts including David Letterman, Howard Stern, Tracy Morgan, Bill Murray, Michael J. Fox, Chris Rock, Misty Copeland, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z and more. Kimmel has been one of many talk show hosts with political-driven segments and jokes. The most recent being his first post firing interview with "Anthony Scaramucci."
Jill Leiderman serves as executive producer alongside Kimmel. Jason Schrift, Douglas DeLuca, Erin Irwin, David Craig and Jennifer Sharron serve as co-executive producers. Jimmy Kimmel Live is produced by Jackhole Industries in association with ABC Studios.
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Comparison of different definitions of the metabolic syndrome in relation to cardiovascular mortality in European men and women
Diabetologia. 2006 Dec;49(12):2837-46. doi: 10.1007/s00125-006-0438-6. Epub 2006 Oct 5.
Q Qiao 1 , DECODE Study Group
1 The DECODE Study Group, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. qing.qiao@ktl.fi
Aims/hypothesis: We estimated cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in individuals with the metabolic syndrome on the basis of different definitions.
Methods: We collaboratively analysed data from 4,715 men and 5,554 women, who were aged 30 to 89 years, had a maximum follow-up of 7 to 16 years, and were drawn from nine European population-based cohorts. Cox regression analysis with age as time scale was performed to estimate hazard ratio (HR) for mortality, adjusting for cohort, serum total cholesterol and smoking.
Results: The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome according to definitions of WHO, the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP), NCEP revised and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) was 27.0%, 25.9%, 32.2% and 35.9% respectively in men and 19.7%, 23.4%, 28.5% and 34.1% respectively in women. The corresponding HRs (95% CIs) for CVD mortality were 2.09 (1.59-2.76), 1.74 (1.31-2.30), 1.72 (1.31-2.26) and 1.51 (1.15-1.99) in men, and 1.60 (1.01-2.51), 1.39 (0.89-2.18), 1.09 (0.70-1.69) and 1.53 (0.99-2.36) in women. The paired homogeneity test showed that in men the HR was higher with the WHO definition than with the IDF definition (p=0.03). In women the HR was lower with the revised NCEP definitions than with either the WHO (p=0.02) or the IDF (p=0.01) definitions. With a few exceptions, HRs for full definitions of the syndrome were not significantly different from those for their single components.
Conclusions/interpretation: Metabolic syndrome by the four definitions predicted CVD mortality in men, but the prediction was weak in women. Further research is required on the utility of definitions of the metabolic syndrome above and beyond that of its single components and in individual CVD risk stratification, particularly with regard to sex difference in the prediction.
Blood Glucose / metabolism
Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality*
Europe / epidemiology
Metabolic Syndrome / classification*
Metabolic Syndrome / complications
Metabolic Syndrome / mortality*
MC_U106179471/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom


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• The Research Park at Florida Atlantic University® has announced that 4ocean, a public benefit corporation founded by two
Florida Atlantic University alumni in 2017, will relocate its corporate headquarters to join the Research Park at FAU.
• Audrey-May Prosper still bears the scars of the domestic abuse attack that nearly took her life more than a decade ago. "The fire inside me burned brighter than the one around me," she told a rapt audience at the 13th Annual AVDA (Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse) "Heart of a Woman" luncheon Jan. 26 at the Royal Palm Yacht Club in Boca Raton.
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• Palm Beach State College Professor of Music Michael MacMullen is now a member of the Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) Hall of Fame. MacMullen was inducted for his outstanding achievements and excellence in music and for his contributions to FCSAA during the 2020 FCSAA Winter Music Symposium at Florida Southern College.
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• The Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network, the state's principal provider of small business assistance, and
Florida Atlantic University are pleased to announce the selection of Sandra Marin as the regional director of the Florida SBDC at FAU. As regional director, Marin will develop and guide the strategic direction of the Florida SBDC at FAU and provide managerial leadership in concert with the priorities of the Florida SBDC and FAU's Division of Research.
• The Career Centers at Palm Beach State College have partnered with Florida Power & Light Company to provide part-time job opportunities for students currently enrolled in school. Through the program, students will receive paid training and earn $12 an hour to work as customer service representatives in FPL's Customer Care Center located at the company's Customer Service East office on Village Boulevard in West Palm Beach. FPL expects to have approximately 15 students fill the positions. Students must have at least a 3.0 grade point average and work 20-29 hours per week.
• Officials at Boca Raton Regional Hospital today announced the appointment of KerryAnn McDonald, MD, to the medical staff of the Christine E. Lynn Women's Health & Wellness Institute (LWHWI) and BocaCare® Physician Network. She specializes in benign and malignant breast disease.
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• Baptist Health South Florida is once again the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida by U.S. News & World Report with 32 high-performing awards in 14 types of care. Boca Raton Regional Hospital is once again the highest-ranked hospital in Palm Beach County
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Déjà vu for Basso after Tour pavé
Jean-François Quénet 2010-07-06T21:15:00Z
Giro winner looks forward to the Alps
Ivan Basso (Liquigas) not looking very comfortable on the pavé (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Just as Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) bested Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) on the Giro d'Italia's strade bianche, the Australian world champion won his duel over the Italian Giro winner on the pavé of the Tour de France. Although there are more adversaries for them in July, the duel is on again between the two main pupils of coach Aldo Sassi.
Basso: ready and relaxed
Basso not worried after crashing
Basso seemed to be one of the losers of the day, but it's not much different from the deficit he faced after stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia in Montalcino when he finished 2:05 behind Evans. When the 20-second bonus Evans earned for winning the stage in Tuscany is factored in, the difference between those two is exactly the same in Arenberg: 2:25.
Evans is now the highest ranked of the Tour favourites in third place behind Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) and Geraint Thomas (Sky), while Basso is 2:41 down on the Australian.
"It's been an extremely demanding day," Basso said. "But we expected it. I can't see it as a positive day, but it's also not too negative. I've had worse times in my career, for example in this year's Giro d'Italia. I'm smiling now for coming home physically safe, but I'm not so happy with losing a bit of time."
Basso's ride was delayed because of a crash that put an end to Fränk Schleck's 2010 Tour de France. The Italian started a new race trying to catch up with groups ahead.
"Unfortunately my teammates Daniel Oss and Manuel Quinziato each had a flat tyre and it took away two important support riders at the end," Basso said. Oss, 23, was a revelation of Gent-Wevelgem when he finished fifth and Quinziato, his experienced compatriot from the Trentino in the north of Italy, is Liquigas' best rider on the pavé in the Spring classics.
"We need a bit more luck in the coming stages," Basso said. "I take note of today's result and I look ahead. In a couple of days in the Alps, I'll find a terrain that suits my characteristics better than today's. I'm very confident to get back the time I lost today."


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I can't predict when recession'll end –Finance minister
Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said that she cannot predict when the nation will get out of the current economic recession.
She, however, said that some of the efforts of the government to reflate the economy had started yielding results.
The minister, who spoke in an interview in Abuja, stated, "I don't want to predict when we will get out of recession. Let me tell you that we will get into growth and that's how you get out of recession, because of the stimulus that we are providing.
"And it may take longer than we would like, but we will definitely get out of it. We are already seeing some positive signs in agriculture and solid minerals;and with what we are trying to do with other sectors, I am very sure we will get out of it soon."
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, had last week stated that the country would start getting out of recession by the fourth quarter of the year.
He had said, "We are already in the valley, the only direction is to go up the hill and the government is doing everything possible to ensure that we move up the hill. I am optimistic that based on the actions being taken by the monetary and fiscal authorities, the fourth quarter results will show evidence that we have started to move out of recession.
"The worst is over. The Nigerian economy is on the path of recovery and growth. So, please if you are a bystander or sideliner, you are losing; join the train now before it leaves the station."
To facilitate the recovery of the economy from recession, Adeosun said about N770bn had been channelled into the economy for various capital projects this year, adding that the monitoring team in the Ministry of Budget and Planning was putting contractors on their toes to ensure that they delivered the projects.
Investors interested in Nigeria
The minister explained that despite the recession, lots of foreign investors were still interested in coming to invest in Nigeria.
As a demonstration of their interest in the country, she said the $1bn Eurobond being floated by the country had received a lot of commitments from investors, adding that the funds would start coming in before the end of the year.
Adeosun added that the report of the committee set up last month to review the national tax policy would be ready this week
No final decision on asset sales
She also said that the Federal Government had yet to take a final decision on which of the country's national assets it would dispose of to finance the 2016 budget.
The position of the minister is against the widely held belief that the government has concluded plans to dispose of some important national assets such as the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the refineries.
The planned sale of the assets is being opposed by the organised labour, civil society organisations, industry stakeholders, professional bodies and financial analysts.
But Adeosun said while the government was mindful of the feelings of Nigerians, it was currently faced with serious financial challenge, which had made it imperative to raise funds from other sources.
She said the government recognised the fact that funding could be raised through borrowing, but lamented that this was not the best option now owing to the huge infrastructural deficit in the country.
The minister added that the type of financial resources needed to fund critical projects that would unlock the economic potential of the country could not be raised from borrowing, hence the need to dispose of what she described as underutilised national assets.
She said, "I think there are a number of assets that are being considered and I don't think we have said this one or that one. There are some unused assets that are just lying idle, which people have come and suggested that 'these things you are not using, can we lease them from you for money?'
"Hence, when they lease them from us, the taxes are still going to come to us. So, there are some things the government is sitting on, we don't have money to do it, it makes sense for me to unlock those things. So,they bring money into the economy at these difficult times so that we can move forward.
"We have not got to the stage of saying it's this asset, or that. But it's more of the conversation around should we just keep on borrowing or shall we know that things are a lot more difficult than we envisaged and turn on to an alternative strategy, which is looking at some of the underutilised assets and releasing them."
She added, "We think that the infrastructure challenges that we face are so serious and the kind of money that we need, we can't borrow. When you have an accumulated deficit, you need to look for the money that will sustain what you are doing for the next three to four years.
"That is what we are doing, having more of a strategic approach so that over time, we will borrow less, and which of course is good."
When asked what type of sale arrangement the government was considering for the national assets, the minister said this depended on the asset classes.
She said, "It depends on which one. There are some assets which you can lease and others you may need to divest from. The investor will also have to look at the risks and the pricing. Some assets just make sense to just leave them and there are some, which you may just sell but still hold on to the majority stake.
"So, it makes sense and you can sell to the Nigerian people and list on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. So, there are different kinds of sales."
Lending rate reduction
When asked if she was disappointed that the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria did not reduce the benchmark lending rate to make domestic borrowing attractive as suggested by her,the minister said the government would explore other cheaper sources of funds, particularly from international institutions.
She said, "We are looking at a range of options and one of the biggest issues for us was the cost of borrowing. Of course, the government is the biggest borrower. So, what we have said from the beginning was that we will look for cheaper funds to bring down our cost of borrowing.
"Currently, it is cheaper to borrow internationally than to borrow locally.So, we are working with the Debt Management Office to try and refinance some of the existing local debts into external to get lower interest rates and to structure them over the medium term.
"That will reduce our cost of debt servicing and increase the amount of money available for capital projects, which is really our focus."
N500bn new housing fund
In a bid to stimulate activities and return the economy to the path of growth, Adeosun said a mass housing scheme that would make Nigerians become homeowners under a mortgage arrangement would commence in the next three to four weeks.
She said under the initiative known as the 'Family Home Fund', the sum of N500bn had been earmarked to create mortgages for affordable houses for Nigerians, starting with the construction of 100,000 houses annually from next year.
According to her, the housing fund is expected to increase from N500bn to N1tn to make it possible for the government, through the private sector, to deliver about 400,000 houses annually through mortgages.
The mortgage, according to her, will be created at a single digit interest rate of 9.99 per cent payable in 20 years, with homeowners making an initial deposit of 10 per cent.
She said the low and middle-income earners would benefit more from the scheme as about 70 per cent of the houses would be given out for between N2.5m and N4.5m depending on the type.
Adeosun said, "We have done a lot of work around how we can bring down the cost. The tag is N2.5m and it is a house you can move into. So, we are bringing down the cost.
"These are affordable houses for Nigerians;the scheme is going to be linked with the BVN. One house per person; so, you cannot buy the house and rent it to somebody else."
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What do we know about Karen Khachanov, the new hope of Russian tennis?
Karen Khachanov, of Russia, returns a shot to Kei Nishikori, of Japan, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sept. 1, 2016, in New York.
Twenty-year-old Karen Khachanov has become the first Russian tennis player to win an ATP World Tour title since 2013. The 6.8-foot giant has already been compared with Marat Safin and Juan Martin del Potro.
Russian tennis fans had already grown unaccustomed to victories by their players, but everything changed this fall. In early October, Karen Khachanov, a 20-year-old from Moscow, won the Chengdu Open, beating Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ranked 31st in the world) in three sets.
For Khachanov, this victory on the ATP World Tour is the first in his career. It is also a landmark for the whole of Russian tennis: The last such success was achieved by Mikhail Yuzhny at the Valencia Open three years ago, when the Russian defeated Spaniard David Ferrer, then world No. 3.
Herald of a golden generation?
While Khachanov's victory in China was a surprise, the world's new No. 55 cannot be described as an absolute nobody. Over the last year, he managed to win two ATP Challenger events [a secondary professional tennis circuit for players whose rank is not high enough to qualify for the elite ATP World Tour – RBTH] in Istanbul and Samarkand.
Russia, which has seen no bright new names since the era of Marat Safin and Nikolai Davydenko, holds high hopes for Khachanov. Especially since the leadership of the Russian tennis has staked much on the young men who were born in the second half of the 1990s: Shamil Tarpishchev, head of the Russian Tennis Federation, has even called them a golden generation.
For these young players, who are beginning to move from junior to senior tennis, a special experimental group was created at one time. It was Andrei Rublev, who in 2014 won the junior Roland Garros, who originally stood out in the group. However, he is not yet as adept in duels with older rivals as Khachanov.
These young players are being actively honed in Davis Cup matches. In the next match, against Serbia (Feb. 3-5, 2017), Khachanov will be entrusted with the honor of playing against none other than Novak Djokovic.
The 6.8-foot (1.98-meter) giant Khachanov resembles Marat Safin both in appearance and playing style. Despite his height, his trump cards include not only a killer serve, but also a decent backhand.
Tellingly, Khachanov says hard courts are his favorite surface, and Argentine Juan Martin del Potro and Safin his role models.
The young player is capable of repeating the achievements of his famous compatriot, according to 1989 Roland Garros semi-finalist Andrei Chesnokov.
"He has all the capabilities – both serve and baseline play," Chesnokov said in an interview with R-Sport. "He has Safin's power. When he is stable, opponents often simply cannot defeat him." According to Chesnokov, Khachanov will be able to climb into the world's top 20 already this season.
Experts also point out that Khachanov suffers from Safin's typical problems – for example, excessive hot temper.
"In Chengdu, Karen made a lot of childish errors; he lacked composure, confidence, understanding which tactics are needed at a particular point in the game. He's in a rush," said 2007 U.S. Open semi-finalist Anna Chakvetadze in an interview with R-Sport.


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[CONGRESS] 3rd International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC3) - organised by IUCN
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Every four years, the congress brings together major maritime stakeholders from around the globe, beyond national or sectorial boundaries, to assist in the conservation and sustainable development of the oceans.
For the third edition, the core of the congress will take place in Marseille from Oct. 21 to Oct. 25. It will be followed by a high-level political meeting in Corsica on Oct. 26 and 27 (invitation only).
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Both Galway and Limerick are truly wonderful cities and time spent visiting either can be a delight.
In recent years both cities have been connected by a completed motorway which cuts travelling time down to slightly less than an hour.
This is a great advantage for those in a hurry but unfortunately causes the visitor/traveller to miss out on some of the local gems to be found along the route. These, however, can be reached by taking a slight detour off the motorway.
Let's take a look at five of these places which you must stop to see on your travels between Limerick and Galway.
About eleven-kilometres along the N18 travelling from Limerick in the direction of Shannon you can exit the motorway at Portdrine and a very short drive will take you into the well signposted Cratloe Woods state forest.
This is an ideal place to stop and stroll through a unique and in parts ancient woodland.
While unfortunately much of the native oak trees have been trimmed and replaced with soft wood, still some pockets of these magnificent trees remain — trees which have provided the building timbers on both the palaces of Westminster in London and the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.
A children's play area which utilises the surrounding forest and a simple but attractive lakeside picnic area makes Cratloe Woods an ideal location to take a one or two hours leisurely stroll.
Situated just eight miles outside of Limerick City — you will see it from the motorway — lies the village of Bunratty.
The Medieval castle can easily be seen and recognised from the road, and the village can be accessed by taking less than a one-mile detour.
At Bunratty, there is so much to see and do that you will be spoilt for choice.
The fifteenth-century beautifully restored Norman castle simply has to be seen. Add to this the chance to wander at your leisure through the adjoining Folk Park where you can be transported back in time to glimpse at how our forefathers lived and immerse yourself in Ireland's social history.
After your visit to the castle a relaxing pint or a spot of lunch can be had in Durty Nellie's pub — one of Ireland's oldest — just across the road from the castle or perhaps view and buy some of the country's finest merchandise at Meadows and Byrne a store complex which specialises in Irish made goods and crafts.
Just thirty-kilometres further along the motorway from Bunratty as you travel towards Galway you will see the signposts for the Clare County Town of Ennis, and you will have the chance to take a quick detour and visit one of Ireland's most vibrant county capitals.
The home of Irish music, with numerous Ennis pubs and hotels offering the best of food and drink and afternoon music sessions, Ennis is a town worth the visit.
While there try to take in the Glor Irish Music Center, with its exhibitions, restaurants and concert venue Glor is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of Ireland's best music venues — try to plan in advance to make your visit more interesting.
With the towns narrow medievalist fashioned bustling streets and the famed Franciscan Friary, built in the thirteenth-centaury the town of Ennis should be on everybody's must-see list.
Of course, if you wish to prolong your stay or perhaps overnight, Ennis is, of course, an ideal place to base yourself while visiting the wonderful Burren and the Wild Atlantic Way.
Continuing your motorway journey towards Galway City, again watch out for the signposts leading to the town of Gort.
Gort is your typical Irish market town but what makes it worth the detour off the motorway is the chance to visit Thoor Ballylee Castle once owned by the poet William Butler Yeats.
In the early nineteen-hundreds the castle was owned by the Gregory Family and was part of Coole Estate and of course the family home of Yeat's muse Lady Gregory and a gathering point for what was termed the Irish Literary Revival.
Thoor Ballylee Castle is truly a beautiful spot to sojourn and it is no wonder that the area inspired Yeat's to write The Wild Swans at Coole.
Continuing your journey towards Galway, you will pass through the village of Kilcolgan where just outside the village you see a sign for Moran's Seafood Restaurant.
Honestly, the seafood here has to be eaten to be believed, and it is most definitely worth the short mile or two detour along the banks of the Kilolgan River to sample its delights.
A typical day in Moran's Oyster Cottage.
Pay particular attention to the house speciality, oysters, and perhaps sample them with a creamy pint of Guinness. A magical experience just to sit outside on a sunny summer's afternoon as the river slowly meanders by.
The five foregoing diversions are just some of the attractions to be found that can break up the mainly motorway journey between two of Ireland's major cities. There are so many more; all it takes is a bit of planning. Enjoy your trip.


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Car Reviews & News
New Land Rover Discovery finally unveiled
The much anticipated new Land Rover Discovery is revealed, driving over a record-breaking Lego Tower Bridge.
It's a full-sized, three-row, seven-seat SUV
The split tailgate has been replaced by a one-piece
On sale from spring 2017, priced from £43,495 for the base model
It feels like it's been a long time coming, but the new Land Rover Discovery is finally here.
The new Discovery – the fifth generation – is a full-sized, three-row, seven-seat SUV. For the exterior, Land Rover says the Discovery pays homage to the previous models, but isn't constrained by them. In other words, things are a bit different to its boxier parents. The design is similar to the Discovery Sport (note the same grille), but everything is of course bigger. It's wider, there are sharper air intakes, and it's more angular. The new Discovery is 141mm longer than the previous model, but narrower and lower as well. Land Rover has got rid of the split tailgate, which could be a sore point for a lot of buyers. Instead, it's been replaced by a powered flap inside, that can be extended out and used as a bench, while still remaining under the cover of the new one-piece tailgate - seems a bit over complicated to us, but it'll be interesting to try it in practice. Drivers can choose from 17 different colours, and have a choice of 12 alloy wheel designs, from 19-inch, to 21- and 22-inch rims. The stepped roofline is still there, ensuring there's enough headroom for passengers in all three rows. There's also stadium seating (each row of seats higher than the one in front), with two Isofix mounting points in the third row (five in total in SE models and above). There are seven seats, as before, but they can now be configured via a smartphone. Land Rover says this 'remote intelligent seat fold technology' is a world-first. Drivers can rearrange their seats while still shopping, or if they're picking up a few extra passengers. Practicality is still paramount – so there's up to 2,406 litres of luggage space, or up to 1,137 litres behind row two, a lot more than you get in rival seven seaters, like the Volvo XC90. There's plenty of storage, with a hidden cubby in the central console below the cupholders, a central armrest cubby, and another hidden space behind the climate control panel, so stashing your secret supply of Haribo just got a lot easier. And everything's a lot lighter. The extensive use of aluminium in the new chassis has saved 480kg, which should help improved the handling, fuel efficiency and ride comfort. The Discovery also has towing capacity of 3,500kg, and is fitted with semi-autonomous advanced tow assist, to help with manoeuvres.
Just as with the exterior design, some of the Discovery's individuality has been lost, as the shares a great deal with the Range Rover and Discovery Sport. The cabin can be customised with a range of materials and finishes, including leather, natural oak veneer, and five different colours. There's options for ambient lighting, and jazzy seat stitching too.
A 10-inch touchscreen is embedded high on the dash, so there are fewer switches needed. The infotainment system is fitted with sat-nav and door-to-door navigation (directions switch to a smartphone when the driver leaves the vehicle), and iOS and Android connectivity. On the higher trims, there's a 14-speaker surround system and 3G WiFi. Head-up display is also available as an option, which shows sat-nav information and speed on the windscreen, to reduce driver distraction. Tech wise, the Discovery has up to nine USB ports, four 12-volt charging points, and an in-car 3G WiFi hotspot for up to eight devices, which should keep everyone on board happy and distracted for hours at a time. Land Rover has also added a suite of semi-autonomous safety technology, including Automatic Collision Detection and Optimised Assistance, Autonomous Emergency Braking, Traffic Sign Recognition, Intelligent Speed Limiter, Automatic High Beam,360-degree cameras, and Lane Departure Warning. If heading to the gym, or the great outdoors, customers can also leave their standard key in the car, and take the 'activity key wristband'. This waterproof wristband can lock the vehicle, and disable the ordinary key - a technology which first debuted on the Jaguar F-Pace.
The new Discovery will be powered by a range of four- and six-cylinder petrol and diesel engines, all paired up with an eight-speed automatic gearbox. The gearbox can be controlled manually by using the steering wheel-mounted gearshift paddles.
Buyers can choose a new twin-turbo four-cylinder 2.0-litre diesel engine, offering 43.5mpg and CO2 emissions of 171g/km (Land Rover claims 0-62mph in 8.3 seconds), or a six-cylinder 3.0-litre diesel. The six-cylinder is capable of 39.2mpg, and has CO2 emissions of 189g/km, but is not much faster, with a claimed 8.1 seconds benchmark sprint. For petrol buyers, there's a supercharged 3.0-litre V6, which can do 0-62mph in a claimed 7.1 seconds, with rather less rosy 26mpg, and CO2 emissions of 254g/km. Hybrid engines are expected further down the line. Land Rover says the new Discovery will be perfectly capable both off-road and on. It has a ground clearance of 283mm (43mm higher than the previous Discovery), and a wading depth of 900mm (up 200mm on the previous model). There's plenty of fresh off-road technology, including multi-mode Terrain Response, which optimises settings including throttle sensitivity, gear changes, and even selecting the best setting automatically for unsure drivers - should they find themselves suddenly lost in the Australian outack. If you like your Discoverys exclusive, there will be 600 of the 'First Edition' available in the UK, with features including an etched map detailing on the door and fascia trim, along with unique badges, different colour options, and a bigger list of standard equipment. The Discovery will be available in four trims: S, SE, HSE, and HSE Luxury (not including the First Edition), and will be on sale from spring 2017, priced from £43,495 for the base model, and up to £68,295 for the First Edition model.
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After a Paris, Milan, London, India and New York in the past months, there were many trends that we wanted to replicate. From the quirky prints to simple silhouettes and party wear dominated the runway this season and made it to the style radar. At the Amazon India Fashion Week, we spotted designers redefining florals….


Yahoo has been on an acquisition binge late, but mostly to expand its advertising business. Now Yahoo is buying its way deeper into the applications business with the acquisition of Zimbra for a reported $350 million, mostly in cash.
As I was writing this news, Satish Darmaraj, CEO and co-founder of Zimbra, and Brad Garlinghouse, senior vice president of communications and community at Yahoo, stopped by to give some details. I asked how Zimbra's offering would differ from Yahoo Mail, which has about 250 million users according to comScore.
"It's a way to take Yahoo mail to new markets. Together wtih Yahoo content network our zimlets [the mechanism for integrating Zimbra with third-party systems and content as well as for creating mashups] come alive," Dharmaraj said. "The Yahoo consumer email will continue as is. We may augment Yahoo Mail with our calendaring and with Zimlets, but right now the goal is to reach new markets."
"Version 5.0 is coming out as planned and our roadmap is unchanged. Our unit will just be focused on delivering those platforms to those markets," he added.
The new markets are the businesses, service providers, schools, and government agencies that Zimbra serves. Currently, Zimbra has 9 million mailboxes across different segments. Pricing is $1 for students, $8 for faculty, $3 for ISPs and $28 per user per year for businesses, Dharmaraj said.
"There are great synergies and opportunities from the backend. We have invested heavily in anti-spam. We are impressed with the storage and scalability Zimbra has achieved, but we have it on a much larger scale. For example, we do mailbox search in sub-milliseconds," Garlinghouse said. "We get an awesome team and set of technology that extend something we are already world class at doing to new segments. Every week I get calls from colleges, for example. With Zimbra we can answer those calls.
I asked Garlinghouse if Yahoo intended to compete with Google Apps and Zoho via Zimbra's spreadsheet and document creation applications that are part of the suite. "We are focused on extending our core strength with email. The document and spreadsheet applications are not a priority at this point. We are focusing on what Zimbra has gone head-to-head with and is winning at," Garlinghouse said.
Zimbra has a browser-based client and supports Windows, Apple, and Linux desktops, as well as Microsoft Outlook a variety of mobile devices. On the server side, Zimbra supports Red Hat, Mac, Ubuntu, SUSE and Fedora. Version 5.0 is due later this year, and adds numerous features, such as multiple mail identities, personal distribution lists, advanced search in the administration console, instant messaging, external directory support and delegated mailbox and mail folders. Check out Zimbra 4.5 screen shots here.


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Mike Leuthner joins Stony Point as Regional Director and forges partnership between Stony Point and Phonami
Stony Point, Inc. announced today that Mike Leuthner has joined Stony Point as the Regional Director for Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Immediately prior to joining Stony Point, Mr. Leuthner served as CEO of Phonami, a Salesforce ISV partner that develops products to integrate phone systems with Salesforce. Mr. Leuthner will continue to work with Phonami as an advisor, and Phonami will become a technology partner of Stony Point.
"Because of his experience at a Salesforce ISV Partner, Mike understands Salesforce user adoption," said Steve Wasula, President of Stony Point, Inc. "Phonami helps drive user adoption by reducing manual data entry and providing great phone call analytics. We are always looking for technology that reinforces the behaviors that we teach to drive adoption." Phonami can be purchased from Stony Point, Phonami and directly from the Salesforce AppExchange at www.appexchange.com.
In his role as Regional Director, Mr. Leuthner will be responsible for growing and leading consulting, training and staffing projects in Minnesota and Wisconsin and ensuring the success of Stony Point's customers in the region.
About Salesforce AppExchange
Salesforce AppExchange is the world's leading enterprise apps marketplace that empowers companies to sell, service, market and engage in entirely new ways. With 3,000 partner apps and more than 3.5 million customer installs, it is the most comprehensive source of cloud, mobile, social, IoT and data science technologies for businesses.
About Stony Point
Founded in February 2011, Stony Point, a Salesforce consulting partner and Salesforce ISV partner, has rapidly become a leader in promoting Salesforce adoption. Stony Point offers productivity applications, consulting, training and recruiting services throughout the world with a focus on helping clients recognize a high rate of return on their investment in Salesforce. To learn more about Stony Point and the products and services offered, please visit www.stonyp.com.
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using SpaceInvaders.Core;

namespace SpaceInvadersTest.Tests.Buildings.Core
{
    public class BuildingTestResult
    {
        public BuildingTestResult(Match game, Object initialValue, Object finalValue)
        {
            Game = game;
            InitialValue = initialValue;
            FinalValue = finalValue;
        }

        public Match Game { get; private set; }
        public Object InitialValue { get; private set; }
        public Object FinalValue { get; private set; }
    }
}


With the first purchases from the Mensa Arcivescovile of Pisa, with requisitions and abuses of power, as often happened for several properties in Pisa, in 1400 the Medici family made her entrance to San Rossore.
In 1500 the territory was already organized in estate with the exploitation of forests and pastures: in the early 1600 San Rossore was then populated by 1100 head of cattle and several dozen of wild horses.
In 1622 Ferdinand II introduced dromedaries which proved to be suitable to the climate and were long used for transporting loads over sandy soil. In some maps of the time, an avenue is shown which led from Pisa to the sea crossing an area of farms (near the current Cascine Vecchie) where the minister and some "salary-earners" stayed.
In 1700 the estate had reached its maximum extent, being about 4850 hectares wide with a perimeter of 20 miles (about 33 km); it bordered the river Serchio to the north and the Femminello and Doppio ditches; the ditches located halfway the meadows of Lamapiena and Campalto to the east (which formed a tooth along the main road of farms) and the boundary ditch that separated the lands of Barbaricina; to the south, the river Arno and to the west the shoreline. Under Peter Leopold the estate is subjected to an intense reorganization based on deforestation and hydraulic system interventions, by the execution of filling to increase pastures. The opening of a number of routes, including the alley between Cascine Vecchie and Cascine Nuove (1778) and the construction of new buildings represented that system on the basis of which, in 1800, Leopold II and the Savoy will organize the estate as it appears today. Despite the fillings executed at the end of 1700, many lands were totally in a swamp condition yet. The environment was characterized by moist depressions which followed each other in the woods in parallel with the sea, favouring the presence of abundant game. The main entrance to the estate was represented by the Viale delle Cascine, through which it was possible to reach Cascine Vecchie crossing the Ponte alle Trombe (so called in relation to the sound of trumpets that signaled the arrival of the Grand Duke or important guests in visit to the estate and for hunting). A secondary access was Via di Barbaricina that led directly to the area of the Cascine Nuove. Following the interventions decided by the Grand Duke, the road system within the estate was represented by two roads running parallel to the sea, far about 3 kilometres from each other. Connected by a long path which cut across the property, and a number of smaller lanes, the farmhouses communicated with the main road.
When Tuscany fell under the French rule, the "Royal Possessions" suffered extensive damages and many animals of the estate, with the exception of camels, were used as a source of sustenance to feed the troops, or entrusted to the soldiers as mounts, or exploited as beasts of burden.
When the Lorraine came back to the government of Tuscany, the Cascine Vecchie were rebuilt and the royal villa of Gombo was built (1829-1830) where Gaetano Ceccherini later opened a bathing establishment. The estate acquired an aspect of representation and new straight avenues were opened which connected the centres for economic activities: the road that stretched between the bridge to the Sterpaia and the Ricciardi tower; the avenue leading to Palazzina and Bocca d'Arno leaving from Cascine Nuove, partially already outlined by the French; the way of Cateratte and the new layout of the Viale delle Cascine.
With the unification of Italy the ownership of the estate passed to the Savoy family, who restructured the property "in their own image" and built, in 1862, the establishment of the royal stables of the Sterpaia; they are also responsible for the reconstruction of the Cascine Nuove and the modernization of the complex of San Rossore in the Savoy style. By the will of Victor Emanuel II, the Vione of Prini was opened and, in 1864, some seacoast lands were ceded to Ceccherini who definitively abandoned the bathing establishment. At the time of reclamations, with a cut parallel to the Viale del Gombo, the Fiume Morto Nuovo was realized, which replaced the final stretch of the old Fiume Morto, no longer able to accept waste from the plain behind. The Cascine Vecchie are now in the Territorial Plan of Coordination, one of the centers of the Park and are accessible through the Viale delle Cascine.


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A concept plan for the West Windsor transit village.
Developer AvalonBay has released detailed plans for the transit village it plans to build on Washington Road just off Route 1 next to the Princeton Junction train station. The $300 million development, first approved in 2011, will include 800 residential units, a 120-room hotel, and 37,000 square feet of retail space on a 24-acre site.
The property is currently owned by Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds. Avalon Bay expects to buy the property, find other builders to participate in the project, and submit site plan approval by the end of the year.
Of the housing units on the site, 132 will be "affordable," which helps the town fulfill its legal affordable housing obligations.


Build your technique through technically-demanding tunes.
A breath of fresh air for the weary trumpet player! Rather than slogging away at technical exercises, we'll build your technique through the playing of well-known tunes: think Procession of the Nobles to help master your fast staccatos. Acciacaturas need polishing? Then Kangaroos from Carnival of the Animals, or Hummel's Indian Rondo will do the job.
Over 50 playing techniques are covered this way, with a handy index to guide you through the helpful tunes.
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/**
 * class used to represent that someone has edited a page
 * @hibernate.class table="EditedPages"
 */
public class EditedPage extends PersistentObject {
    /**
	 *
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = -4523390239381249614L;
	private Long contributorId;
    private Long pageId;
    private int pageType;
    public static final int BRANCH_LEAF_TYPE = 0;
    public static final int ARTICLE_NOTE_TYPE = 1;

    /**
     * @hibernate.property
     * @return Returns the contributorId.
     */
    public Long getContributorId() {
        return contributorId;
    }
    /**
     * @param contributorId The contributorId to set.
     */
    public void setContributorId(Long contributorId) {
        this.contributorId = contributorId;
    }
    /**
     * @hibernate.property
     * @return Returns the pageId.
     */
    public Long getPageId() {
        return pageId;
    }
    /**
     * @param pageId The pageId to set.
     */
    public void setPageId(Long pageId) {
        this.pageId = pageId;
    }
    /**
     * @hibernate.property
     * @return Returns the pageType.
     */
	public int getPageType() {
		return pageType;
	}
	public void setPageType(int pageType) {
		this.pageType = pageType;
	}
}


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{
	mDevice			= pDevice;
	mDeviceContext	= pDeviceContext;

	mVS = pVS;
	mPS = pPS;
	mGS = pGS;
	mVS2 = pVS2;

	D3D11_INPUT_ELEMENT_DESC PositionNormalTexCoordWeights[] =
	{
		{"POSITION", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 0, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
		{"NORMAL", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 12, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
		{"TEXCOORD", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32_FLOAT, 0, 24, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
		{"TANGENT", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 32, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
		{"BITANGENT", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 44, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
		{"AWEIGHTS", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT, 1, 0, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
		{"BWEIGHTS", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT, 1, 16, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
		{"AINDICES", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_UINT, 1, 32, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
		{"BINDICES", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_UINT, 1, 48, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
	};
	mDevice->CreateInputLayout(PositionNormalTexCoordWeights, 9, mVS->GetCompiledData(), mVS->GetCompiledSize(), &mIL);

	D3D11_INPUT_ELEMENT_DESC PositionNormalTexCoord[] =
	{
		{"POSITION", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 0, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
		{"NORMAL", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 12, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
		{"TEXCOORD", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32_FLOAT, 0, 24, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
		{"TANGENT", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 32, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
		{"BITANGENT", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 44, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
	};
	mDevice->CreateInputLayout(PositionNormalTexCoord, 5, mVS2->GetCompiledData(), mVS2->GetCompiledSize(), &mIL2);

	D3D11_BUFFER_DESC BufferDesc;
	BufferDesc.Usage = D3D11_USAGE_DYNAMIC;
	BufferDesc.ByteWidth = sizeof(SkeletonMeshShaderNormalBuffer);
	BufferDesc.BindFlags = D3D11_BIND_CONSTANT_BUFFER;
	BufferDesc.CPUAccessFlags = D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_WRITE;
	BufferDesc.MiscFlags = 0;
	BufferDesc.StructureByteStride = 0;
	pDevice->CreateBuffer(&BufferDesc, NULL, &mBuffer);

	BufferDesc.Usage = D3D11_USAGE_DYNAMIC;
	BufferDesc.ByteWidth = sizeof(SkeletonMeshGSShaderNormalBuffer);
	BufferDesc.BindFlags = D3D11_BIND_CONSTANT_BUFFER;
	BufferDesc.CPUAccessFlags = D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_WRITE;
	BufferDesc.MiscFlags = 0;
	BufferDesc.StructureByteStride = 0;
	pDevice->CreateBuffer(&BufferDesc, NULL, &mBuffer2);

	BufferDesc.Usage = D3D11_USAGE_DYNAMIC;
	BufferDesc.ByteWidth = sizeof(StandardShaderNormalBuffer);
	BufferDesc.BindFlags = D3D11_BIND_CONSTANT_BUFFER;
	BufferDesc.CPUAccessFlags = D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_WRITE;
	BufferDesc.MiscFlags = 0;
	BufferDesc.StructureByteStride = 0;
	pDevice->CreateBuffer(&BufferDesc, NULL, &mBuffer3);
}
RenderNormalsShader::~RenderNormalsShader()
{
	mIL->Release();
	mBuffer->Release();

}
ID3D11VertexShader* RenderNormalsShader::GetVertexShader()
{
	return mVS->GetShader();
}
ID3D11VertexShader* RenderNormalsShader::GetVertexShader2()
{
	return mVS2->GetShader();
}
ID3D11GeometryShader* RenderNormalsShader::GetGeometryShader()
{
	return mGS->GetShader();
}
ID3D11PixelShader*	RenderNormalsShader::GetPixelShader()
{
	return mPS->GetShader();
}
ID3D11InputLayout* RenderNormalsShader::GetInputLayout()
{
	return mIL;
}
ID3D11InputLayout* RenderNormalsShader::GetInputLayout2()
{
	return mIL2;
}
void RenderNormalsShader::SetBuffer(AglMatrix pWorld, AglMatrix pView, AglMatrix pProjection, float pScale, AglSkeleton* pSkeleton, float p_length)
{
	pWorld = AglMatrix::transpose(pWorld);
	pView = AglMatrix::transpose(pView);
	pProjection = AglMatrix::transpose(pProjection);

	//Copy the matrix palette buffer to the gpu
	D3D11_MAPPED_SUBRESOURCE resource;
	mDeviceContext->Map(mBuffer, 0, D3D11_MAP_WRITE_DISCARD, 0, &resource);

	SkeletonMeshShaderNormalBuffer* buffer;
	buffer = (SkeletonMeshShaderNormalBuffer*)resource.pData;
	buffer->World = pWorld;
	buffer->View = pView;
	buffer->Projection = pProjection;
	buffer->Scale = pScale;

	unsigned int jointCount = pSkeleton->getHeader().jointCount;
	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < jointCount; i++)
	{
		AglMatrix am = pSkeleton->getInverseBindMatrix(i) * pSkeleton->getGlobalTransform(i);
		am = AglMatrix::transpose(am);
		buffer->Palette[i] = am;
	}

	mDeviceContext->Unmap(mBuffer, 0);

	unsigned int bufferNumber = 0;
	mDeviceContext->VSSetConstantBuffers(bufferNumber, 1, &mBuffer);

	//Map GS buffer
	mDeviceContext->Map(mBuffer2, 0, D3D11_MAP_WRITE_DISCARD, 0, &resource);

	SkeletonMeshGSShaderNormalBuffer* buffer2;
	buffer2 = (SkeletonMeshGSShaderNormalBuffer*)resource.pData;
	buffer2->View = pView;
	buffer2->Projection = pProjection;
	buffer2->length[0] = p_length;

	mDeviceContext->Unmap(mBuffer2, 0);
	mDeviceContext->GSSetConstantBuffers(bufferNumber, 1, &mBuffer2);
}
void RenderNormalsShader::SetBuffer2(AglMatrix pWorld, AglMatrix pView, AglMatrix pProjection, float pScale, float p_length)
{
	pWorld = AglMatrix::transpose(pWorld);
	pView = AglMatrix::transpose(pView);
	pProjection = AglMatrix::transpose(pProjection);

	//Copy the matrix palette buffer to the gpu
	D3D11_MAPPED_SUBRESOURCE resource;
	mDeviceContext->Map(mBuffer3, 0, D3D11_MAP_WRITE_DISCARD, 0, &resource);

	StandardShaderNormalBuffer* buffer;
	buffer = (StandardShaderNormalBuffer*)resource.pData;
	buffer->World = pWorld;
	buffer->View = pView;
	buffer->Projection = pProjection;
	buffer->Scale = pScale;

	mDeviceContext->Unmap(mBuffer3, 0);

	unsigned int bufferNumber = 0;
	mDeviceContext->VSSetConstantBuffers(bufferNumber, 1, &mBuffer3);

	//Map GS buffer
	mDeviceContext->Map(mBuffer2, 0, D3D11_MAP_WRITE_DISCARD, 0, &resource);

	SkeletonMeshGSShaderNormalBuffer* buffer2;
	buffer2 = (SkeletonMeshGSShaderNormalBuffer*)resource.pData;
	buffer2->View = pView;
	buffer2->Projection = pProjection;
	buffer2->length[0] = p_length;

	mDeviceContext->Unmap(mBuffer2, 0);
	mDeviceContext->GSSetConstantBuffers(bufferNumber, 1, &mBuffer2);
}


Enjoy the occasional bet on a Saturday afternoon? Many do these days, it's a great way to pass away the afternoon. You'll also have the perfect excuse for having to listen to, or watch the football results come in.
One of the most popular football bets is the accumulator. There are many reasons why people like footy accas, we think it's because you can give the price a good boost by placing just a few additional selections to your bet slip.
The lure of big winnings with minimal stake is always going to appeal. Though, there are many approaches and ways a football accumulator can be used. Probably the most common is the straight win, lose or draw selections. The more you predict the greater the return.
There are other markets too and some sites offer mixed accas, so you can combine your selections. Placing an acca, or football accumulator, is a straight-forward affair and many online bookmaker websites keep the process simple.
When putting it together, there are several options you need to take into consideration which all depend on the type of accumulator you are putting together. Picking winners or a both team to score selection all depend on your own thoughts and gut feeling. You should always consider form but for reliable tips have you ever checked out the Footy Accumulator tips website's, such as FootyAccumulators where you'll find a daily selection of tips. You can use their tips or put your own together.
Many punters will follow several tipsters, there are a lot using social platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook, to promote their tips. Always remember the majority of these guys are affiliated to big bookmakers, so they'll be incentivised so always double check what is they're saying will come in.
Once you've chosen your minimum of four games it's time to get it placed with the bookies. If you're old school and still like the walk to the bookies then good oh, if not or you've not the time these days then there's lot of online big brand bookies all vying for your business. And if you're new to this game then check out some of the sign-up offers available, you'll be awarded free bets, cash or great odds on a particular event.


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Gotham™ Steel Pro is great for all this and more!
Introducing Gotham™ Steel Pro. The newest non-stick cookware made with ceramic and titanium! It's super strong titanium combined with slick ceramic.Omelets and crepes roll right off the non-stick surface. It's that slick! Even flaming hot bananas foster won't damage the pan. Everything slides right out!
Our stay-cool helper handles makes it easy to lift and carry food right off the stove! The conductive design cooks extra thick food evenly throughout! Plus, it's oven safe up to 500°! It's even large enough to fit 4 stuffed hens. Even use electric beaters right in the pan. Nothing scratches it!
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