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The Royal Mail has been fined £50,000 after a worker had bones in his foot CRUSHED by a forklift truck.
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) probe found that the organisation of the warehouse was unsafe after a worker, who had not been been wearing steel-capped boots, was severely injured by the accident.
Medway Magistrates Court heard that the worker has stepped out into an aisle when another worker, who was driving the truck, ran over his foot.
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A spokesman for the company said: "The safety of our people is of paramount importance to Royal Mail. We sincerely regret the injury to one of our employees in March 2014 at one of our sites in Rochester. We undertook our own investigation, as well as cooperating fully with the HSE's investigation.
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Ultra-compact acousto-optic modulator of a fibre Bragg grating in a highly birefringent suspended core fibre
Ricardo E. Da Silva, Egor Manuylovich, Namita Sahoo, Martin Becker, Manfred Rothhardt, Hartmut Bartelt, David J. Webb
Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Aston Institute of Urban Technology and the Environment (ASTUTE)
Highly efficient and compact acousto-optic modulator of a fibre Bragg grating is reported for the first time. The device is composed of millimetre scaled components and a 1 cm grating inscribed in a four air holes birefringent suspended core fibre. The reflection of the orthogonal polarization modes is tuned by a sinusoidal electrical signal at the resonance frequency of 469 kHz. A significant modulation depth of 45% is achieved at a maximum drive voltage of 10 V. The demonstrated 4 cm long all-fibre modulator is 60% shorter compared to previous similar setups, indicating new possibilities for stable and fast switching of fibre-integrated photonic devices.
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Da Silva, R. E., Manuylovich, E., Sahoo, N., Becker, M., Rothhardt, M., Bartelt, H., & Webb, D. J. (2021). Ultra-compact acousto-optic modulator of a fibre Bragg grating in a highly birefringent suspended core fibre. Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 11773, [117730U]. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2592228
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1, 5, 7, 10 minutes to fitness, even when it's 100 degrees outside
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(Editor's note: We're republishing this on a 100-degree day as a reminder that every minute you spend taking care of yourself counts...even if you think you'd much rather be putting ice cubes on your head while eating ice cream from the carton with the freezer wide open).
Were all but the tiniest sliver of your favorite pie left, would you eat it, or gripe that you wanted the whole pie? Would you stay indoors on the one sunny day of your week-long beach vacation, lamenting that the other six were rained out?
Of course not. Snippets matter, be they of pie or of days or, when it comes to working out, of minutes. In other words, the "not enough time" excuse doesn't cut it. Try a minute every hour of push-ups off the countertop, or squats while your coffee reheats, and just see how that energizes you.
Personal trainer Ellen Cardona warms up by doing high knees (60 reps) during a demonstration of her 10-minute workout at Snap Fitness in Richardson. Cardona's workout also includes jumping rope (60 reps).
(Photos by Vernon Bryant - Staff Photographer)
Were all but the tiniest sliver of your favorite pie left, would you eat it, or gripe that you wanted the whole pie? Would you stay indoors on the one sunny day of your weeklong beach vacation, lamenting that the other six were rained out?
Of course not. Snippets matter, be they of pie or of days or, when it comes to working out, of minutes. In other words, the "not enough time" excuse doesn't cut it. Try a minute every hour of push-ups off the countertop, or squats while your coffee reheats, and just see how that energizes you.
"I want to show people exercise is not as disruptive as we're made to believe, where you drive to the gym, spend an hour there, shower, drive home," says Brett Klika, a California personal trainer and author of 7 Minutes to Fit (Chronicle, $14.95). "Just drop your stuff and in a couple of minutes, you've changed your physiological makeup."
With that encouragement in mind, we offer these ways to make the most of one-, five-, seven- and 10-minute chunks of time.
The expert: Brother ChiSing (a.k.a. Norman Eng), spiritual director of the Dallas Meditation Center (dallasmeditationcenter.com).
As with physical exercise, meditating for 20 minutes is better than one, but even those 60 seconds can be helpful, he says.
Making it work: Take a minute when you wake up to be still and visualize the best outcome for your day, he says. Or take three slow, deep breaths, then spend the rest of the minute focusing on and enjoying your own way of breathing. Or walk for a minute, he says.
"My body feels weak sometimes," says ChiSing, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, "but to do a one-minute walk up and down the stairs makes such a difference for me.
"One minute will open the door to your heart wanting more," he says. "I believe in the power of one-minute meditation and one-minute exercise."
Veleisa Burrell teaches yoga class poolside at Alexan West Dallas apartments.
(Robert W. Hart/Special Contributor)
The expert: Tara Kristof, Dallas yoga instructor.
"There are a couple of ways to go," says Kristof, who teaches at City Yoga, Lotus and Sync, to name but a few. "Sun salutations, floor stretches. Sometimes that's all I have time for during the day. The whole body is moving, the heart rate is up."
Making it work: To do a sun salutation, check out yogajournal.com for more detail than we can give here. For the floor stretch (or supta padangusthasana, if you want to get technical), start by lying on the floor or on your bed with your legs extended.
Keeping your left leg on the floor, hug your right knee into your chest. Then wrap a strap, rope or rolled-up towel around the ball of your right foot. Hold on to each end of the strap with one or both hands while you extend your leg, raising it into the air. Stretch the leg for several breaths, moving toward as straight a leg as possible.
Take the strap into your right hand while you open your leg out to the right. Keep the left leg firmly on the floor or bed while you take several deep breaths through your nose. Raise your right leg and move the strap to your left hand. Guide it across your body, holding the stretch for several breaths.
Finally, with your right leg across your body to the left, extend your right arm to the right while you turn your chest and your gaze to the right. Voilà: a spinal twist.
Repeat on the left side, making sure to breathe deeply in and out the nose. That creates in the body a response of calming the nervous system, she says.
"It can wake you up more, balance you out because you're getting more oxygen," Kristof says. "It's definitely better than not doing anything at all. It's getting energy moving through your body."
A member of the Cedar Hill Longhorns completes a few pushups following a drill.
(Steve Hamm/Special Contributor)
Seven minutes
The expert: Brett Klika, author of 7 Minutes to Fit.
These 420 seconds are near and dear to the heart of Klika. He co-wrote and published the research behind Johnson & Johnson's time-crunch workout — which, thanks to The New York Times, most people now know as the 7-Minute Scientific Workout.
There's nothing magic about the number seven, he says; it came about simply from a dozen exercises done for 30 seconds each, with 10 seconds rest between each. But he says, "When you look at creating physiological change, of improving your mood, you can change your biochemistry with movement."
Making it work: His book features 50 workouts consisting of 10 exercises each. Pick one and do each segment as vigorously as you can for 30 seconds. Rest 10 seconds between each. If you can do two or three back-to-back, great. Or do one in the morning and one at night. Or just do one; it will make a difference.
"Your biochemistry would change for the better," he says. "You'd experience an enhanced mood and decrease your likeliness of depression. You'd improve flexibility. Seven minutes is so accessible, you can do it every day."
Klika has divided the workouts into full-body, upper-body, lower-body and abdominal, but each set works the entire body, he says. Here's a sampling from the Upper-Body Workouts section. It may look like a lot, but the time really will go by quickly.
Plank to push-up
Sports sprints (a.k.a. high-knee running in place)
Triceps dips and reach
Worm walkouts
Dive-bomber push-ups
Personal trainer Ellen Cardona warms up by doing high knees during a demonstration of her 10 minute workout at Snap Fitness in Richardson,
(Vernon Bryant/Staff Photographer)
The expert: Ellen Cardona, Richardson personal trainer (badmotherrunner.com).
"If you can put in 10 minutes and make your 10-minute workout intense and using all your body, this is a great workout," she says. "Your body's a great machine and is meant to be used."
Making it work: If you don't have a 10-minute chunk of time, do half of this now and half later, she says. "The more intensity the better."
For more of a description of each part of the workout, go to healthblog.dallasnews.com; to watch each in action, go to video.dallasnews.com.
For a warmup, pretend to jump rope to the count of 60. Then run in place, lifting knees high, for another minute. (Pictured on cover.)
For legs, do 10 full-body squats, lowering to the count of three, holding for two, pushing up and immediately lowering again. Move on to forward lunges, five per leg, and curtsy lunges; again, five on each side.
For speed and power, do 10 burpees and 10 mountain climbers. For core, do a plank for one minute or divide it into 20- or 30-second segments. For abs, do 10 leg lifts, followed by 10 repeats of "walking up the leg."
To cool down, stand up, lift your arms high above your head. Bend your torso until your hands brush the ground. Slowly rise, one vertebrae at a time.
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Lifestyle Arts & Culture Aretha Franklin set to perform @ Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Aretha Franklin set to perform @ Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
By Brandon I. Brooks
Co-Managing Editor
The "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin is set to perform on Wednesday, July 25 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.
Franklin shared with the Sentinel in an exclusive interview that she is excited about the performance and that she is "coming, slamming."
It's been about two years since Franklin last made an appearance in Los Angeles so the anticipation has been brewing for quite some time.
With a colorful catalogue of music spanning over 6 decades, Franklin shared that it's difficult to pick a favorite song to perform but she does favor the many renditions and twists she has put on the world famous track, "Respect" over the years.
"I find new ways and new things to do to it to keep it enjoyable to me as well," said Franklin when referring to performing and reinventing the song "Respect."
Speaking of reinvention, Franklin spoke about her new album she is working on with Clive Davis due out later this year (September).
"Expect the best," said Franklin. "Clive and I are looking for the best and the baddest material out there. Right now, we are in the process of gathering the material and talking to different writers. Ne-Yo and Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds are among the writers we are talking too and getting material from."
Being that Aretha Franklin is one of the greatest performance singers we have ever seen, male or female; I was interested in finding out what she considers her most memorable and precious performing moment?
Franklin shared that no moment in her career was more precious than the experience of performing for President Barack Obama at the inauguration in 2009. Many people do not know but Senator Diane Feinstein of California, reached out on behalf of the Obama administration for her participation.
"That certainly right off the top is unforgettable," said Franklin. "That was off course as you know a historical moment and something that just will never happen again in history. That was a first and it will just never happen again. That was the ice cream on the cake in my career."
With all that she has accomplished in her music career, Franklin was asked how she enjoys her time outside of music. She shared that like most women, she loves to "shop and peruse the market." More importantly, she is watching and keeping up with her health.
"I am working out trying to maintain my weight loss for sure," said Franklin. "And I use to play tennis a little bit. I haven't played though in a good little while. I love tennis though, I love watching it and I am sorry to hear that Serena is out of the game so early this year and her sister Venus."
It was fascinating to learn how much she appreciates and adores sports. Not only was she aware of what's going on in the sport of tennis, but she was up to date with the current NBA finals series as Oklahoma City Thunder face the Miami Heat in the 2012 NBA finals. She even had time to weigh in on the result as she predicts the Miami Heat will win the championship.
With all of the traveling Aretha Franklin has done over the years it was interesting to find out what are some of her favorite destinations to visit or places she enjoys the most?
"Places I enjoy the most are Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, New York, Miami and love going to Florida but it's a long drive," said Franklin. "The last I came to Los Angeles from Miami, do you know we crossed the country from Florida to Los Angeles and I was talking to Tom Joyner as we were driving and like four days later he said, 'where are you now?' And I told him where I was and he said, 'you are still driving from four days ago?' I said, 'we sure are!' Anyway, by the time I got to Los Angeles I laid down and I had a terrible time getting up, my back was killing me. I'm telling you I really had a bad time. I had to have an ice pack on my back."
Franklin hopes her journey to Los Angeles will be more pleasurable this time around. From the looks of things and the excitement brewing up to the show, the stage is set for an unforgettable and evening.
In addition to working on her new album, she is working and producing her son Eddie. Franklin says that we can anticipate a really good R&B album that is radio friendly and has crossover potential. She plans to appear on the album in a duet with her son so we have to stay tuned to hear what's coming.
For more information on Aretha Franklin's performance at the Nokia Theatre visit http://nokiatheatrelalive.com/events/festival-detail/163.
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Q: A table has two columns - how we can get the full_name into one column? I am following sample data in SQL Table:-
First_Name   Last_Name   Concatenation(F_Name,L_Name)
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Mohd         Nazir       Mohd,Nazir

I want to see the result as
Full_Name = Mohd Nazir

within the same table

A: How about
ALTER TABLE dbo.YourTableNameHere
ADD FullName AS ISNULL(First_Name, '') + ' ' + ISNULL(Last_Name, '')

With this computed column, you have a new column in your table that'll always contain the concatenation of first and last name, separated by a space

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Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
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For-Giving Death: Cixous's Osnabrück and Le Jour où je n'étais pas là
Eilene Hoft-March, Lawrence University
Hélène Cixous, feminist, feminism, patriarchal, patriarchy, challenges patriarchy, giving, patriarchal giving, master-slave dialectic, power, power structures, debt, death, Osnabrück, Le Jour où je n'étais pas là, forgetting of death
In her early writings, Hélène Cixous earned recognition as the feminist proponent of a theory of gift economy that challenges the patriarchal practice of giving. Patriarchal giving, she contended, enacts the master-slave dialectic, maintaining power differentials by indemnifying and reducing the other to the one who gives. Cixous imagined an alternate practice whereby the gift incurs no debts and no death for the other, a giving without expectation of return, a generosity that enriches all who participate. More than two decades after those theoretical essays, Cixous continues to explore in her fiction the relationship to the other as mediated by gifts; however, her earlier concept of giving has been considerably modified, as a reading of two very recent novels will show. In Osnabrück, an otherwise admirable model of generosity is put in question for ignoring the debts and death that dog even the most generous relationships with the other. Extending this understanding, Le Jour où je n'étais pas là presents death and debt as non-negotiable givens and obliges us to conceive of a kind of generosity predicated simultaneously on death and on the forgetting of death.
Hoft-March, Eilene (2004) "For-Giving Death: Cixous's Osnabrück and Le Jour où je n'étais pas là ," Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature: Vol. 28: Iss. 2, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.4148/2334-4415.1585
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Judge says rifle used in Reynolds High killing shall be returned to shooter's brother in 45 days
Lucas Padgett, brother of Reynolds High killer, asks for rifle back
Gallery: Lucas Padgett, brother of Reynolds High killer, asks for rifle back
By Aimee Green | The Oregonian/OregonLive
A Multnomah County Circuit judge Wednesday said he saw no reason he could prevent the return of a rifle used to kill a 15-year-old Reynolds High School student to the shooter's brother.
Judge Michael Greenlick said that while guns scare him and he understands the community's upset in having the rifle returned to Jared Padgett's brother, the rifle shall be given back to the brother in 45 days.
Freshman Jared Padgett used the rifle not only to kill freshman Emilio Hoffman, but to wound a teacher and to ultimately kill himself in a bathroom stall. The rifle was found not far from his body.
"The thought of the weapons that ... were used to commit that horrific crime going back into the community is objectionable, in sort of a general moral outrage sense. For sure, I get that," the judge said. "But unless there is a law prohibiting it, then the law as I read it requires that the property be returned."
The 45-day period should give the city of Troutdale enough time to make any last-ditched arguments that the rifle seized from the scene of the deadly school shooting on June 10, 2014, is necessary as evidence.
The judge, however, said he didn't think any of those arguments would be persuasive because every indication is that there's no criminal case pending. Jared Padgett, 15, can't be prosecuted because he's dead. And the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office said in November 2014 that it wouldn't pursue any criminal charges against brother Lucas Padgett or Padgett's father for in any way enabling Jared Padgett to carry out the shooting.
Lucas Padgett appeared before the judge Wednesday to say that the rifle, magazines, several hundred rounds of ammunition and U.S. Army bag that his younger brother brought to the school were his -- and stolen from him by his brother.
Although Troutdale City Attorney Ed Trompke implied that there might be blood, hair or other evidence on the rifle, no one asked Lucas Padgett directly why he wanted the items returned to him.
Trompke asked Lucas Padgett if he'd been told that the rifle was found near his brother's body. Lucas Padgett said -- in a voice revealing no emotion -- that he hadn't.
"So you don't contest that there may be DNA materials of person on that?" Trompke asked, of the rifle.
"No, I don't contest that," Lucas Padget said.
Lucas Padgett, who is in his mid-20s, said he'd been in the military since 2010. He explained that because the Army bag belonged to the military, he might be billed if he didn't return it.
The judge said unless the city could back up its arguments that the rifle and other items are necessary as evidence in some future case, they shall all be returned to Lucas Padget in 45 days.
The judge said he wasn't swayed by the city's arguments that the items could still be needed as evidence because the criminal statute of limitations hasn't passed, and Lucas Padgett and his dad, Michael Padgett, could still be charged with crimes until then. Lucas Padgett had kept the rifle locked in the bedroom he shared with his brother, and Michael Padgett had kept a .25-caliber handgun found on his dead son locked in his own bedroom.
The judge also said he didn't think the rifle and other evidence could be held based on the possibility that the family of the dead freshman could sue Lucas Padgett or his father.
"We can't just make up the law," the judge said.
-- Aimee Green
agreen@oregonian.com
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Verizon Discontinuing Collect Call Services
Inmates No Longer Able to Call Verizon Landlines Collect
Updated 12:30 PM ET, April 14, 2017
(BOP) - Effective April 22, 2017, federal inmates will no longer be able to make collect calls to any Verizon landline customers. In a filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from July 2016, Verizon decided to discontinue the service for its customers.
Once collect calls are rejected, inmate calls placed to Verizon landlines will receive the standard message that the call cannot be processed unless the called party sets up a prepaid account. Domestic called parties that cannot receive collect calls may continue to contact Value Added Communications (VAC) at 1-800-913-6097 to set up a prepaid account. International called parties may contact VAC by calling 00+1-972-535-0549 to set up a prepaid account.
The Bureau will continue to offer inmates both traditional collect calling and prepaid collect calling capabilities.


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Subpart 217.74 - UNDEFINITIZED CONTRACT ACTIONS
Subpart217.1217.2217.4217.5217.6217.7217.70217.71217.72217.73217.74217.75217.76217.77217.78
Section217.7400217.7401217.7402217.7403217.7404217.7405217.7406
Parent topic: Part 217 - SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS
217.7400 Scope.
This subpart prescribes policies and procedures implementing 10 U.S.C. 3371, et seq.
217.7401 Definitions.
As used in this subpart—
"Contract action" means an action which results in a contract.
(1) It includes contract modifications for additional supplies or services.
(2) It includes task orders and delivery orders.
(3) It does not include change orders, administrative changes, funding modifications, or any other contract modifications that are within the scope and under the terms of the contract, e.g., engineering change proposals, value engineering change proposals, and over and above work requests as described in subpart 217.77. For policy relating to definitization of change orders, see 243.204-70 .
"Definitization" means the agreement on, or determination of, contract terms, specifications, and price, which converts the undefinitized contract action to a definitive contract.
"Qualifying proposal" means a proposal that contains sufficient information to enable DoD to conduct meaningful analyses and audits of the information contained in the proposal.
"Undefinitized contract action" means any contract action for which the contract terms, specifications, or price are not agreed upon before performance is begun under the action. Examples are letter contracts, orders under basic ordering agreements, and provisioned item orders, for which the price has not been agreed upon before performance has begun. For policy relating to definitization of change orders, see 243.204-70 .
217.7402 Exceptions.
(a) The following undefinitized contract actions (UCAs) are not subject to this subpart. However, the contracting officer shall apply the policy and procedures to them to the maximum extent practicable (also see paragraph (b) of this section):
(1) Purchases at or below the simplified acquisition threshold.
(2) Special access programs.
(3) Congressionally mandated long-lead procurement contracts.
(b) If the contracting officer determines that it is impracticable to adhere to the procedures of this subpart for a particular contract action that falls within one of the categories in paragraph (a) of this section, the contracting officer shall provide prior notice, through agency channels, electronically via email to the Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting (Contract Policy), at osd.pentagon.ousd-a-s.mbx.dpc-cp@mail.mil.
217.7403 Policy.
DoD policy is that undefinitized contract actions shall—
(a) Be used only when—
(1) The negotiation of a definitive contract action is not possible in sufficient time to meet the Government's requirements; and
(2) The Government's interest demands that the contractor be given a binding commitment so that contract performance can begin immediately.
(b) Be as complete and definite as practicable under the particular circumstances.
217.7404 Limitations.
See PGI 217.7404 for additional guidance on obtaining approval to authorize use of an undefinitized contact action, documentation requirements, and other limitations on their use.
(a) Foreign military sales contracts.
(1) A contracting officer may not enter into a UCA for a foreign military sale unless—
(i) The UCA provides for agreement upon contractual terms, specifications, and price by the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the contractor submits a qualifying proposal; and
(ii) The contracting officer obtains approval from the head of the contracting activity to enter into a UCA in accordance with 217.7404-1 .
(2) The head of the contracting activity may waive the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section, if a waiver is necessary in order to support any of the following operations:
(i) A contingency operation.
(ii) A humanitarian or peacekeeping operation.
(b) Unilateral definitization by a contracting officer. Any UCA with a value greater than $50 million may not be unilaterally definitized until—
(1) The earlier of—
(i) The end of the 180-day period, beginning on the date on which the contractor submits a qualifying proposal to definitize the contractual terms, specifications, and price; or
(ii) The date on which the amount of funds expended under the contractual action is equal to more than 50 percent of the negotiated overall not-to-exceed price for the contractual action;
(2) The head of the contracting activity, without power of redelegation, approves the definitization in writing;
(3) The contracting officer provides a copy of the written approval to the contractor; and
(4) A period of 30 calendar days has elapsed after the written approval is provided to the contractor.
217.7404-1 Authorization.
The contracting officer shall obtain approval from the head of the contracting activity before—
(a) Entering into a UCA. The request for approval must fully explain the need to begin performance before definitization, including the adverse impact on agency requirements resulting from delays in beginning performance.
(b) Including requirements for non-urgent spare parts and support equipment in a UCA. The request should show that inclusion of the non-urgent items is consistent with good business practices and in the best interest of the United States.
(c) Modifying the scope of a UCA when performance has already begun. The request should show that the modification is consistent with good business practices and in the best interests of the United States.
217.7404-2 Price ceiling.
UCAs shall include a not-to-exceed price.
217.7404-3 Definitization schedule.
(a) UCAs shall contain definitization schedules that provide for definitization by the earlier of—
(1) The date that is 180 days after the contractor submits a qualifying proposal. This date may not be extended beyond an additional 90 days without a written determination by the head of the contracting activity without power of redelegation, the commander of the combatant command concerned, or the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment that it is in the best interests of the military department or the defense agency, the combatant command, or the Department of Defense, respectively, to continue the action; or
(2) The date on which the amount of funds obligated under the contract action is equal to more than 50 percent of the not-to-exceed price.
(b) Submission of a qualifying proposal in accordance with the definitization schedule is a material element of the contract. If the contractor does not submit a timely qualifying proposal, the contracting officer may suspend or reduce progress payments under FAR 32.503-6, or take other appropriate action.
217.7404-4 Limitations on obligations.
(a) The Government shall not obligate more than 50 percent of the not-to-exceed price before definitization. However, if a contractor submits a qualifying proposal before 50 percent of the not-to-exceed price has been obligated by the Government, then the limitation on obligations before definitization may be increased to no more than 75 percent (see 232.102-70 for coverage on provisional delivery payments).
(b) In determining the appropriate amount to obligate, the contracting officer shall assess the contractor's proposal for the undefinitized period and shall obligate funds only in an amount consistent with the contractor's requirements for the undefinitized period.
217.7404-5 Exceptions.
(a) The limitations in 217.7404-2, 217.7404-3, and 217.7404-4 do not apply to UCAs for the purchase of initial spares.
(b) The head of an agency may waive the limitations in 217.7404(a), 217.7404-2, 217.7404-3, and 217.7404-4 for UCAs if the head of the agency determines that the waiver is necessary to support -
(1) A contingency operation; or
(2) A humanitarian or peacekeeping operation.
217.7404-6 Allowable profit.
When the final price of a UCA is negotiated after a substantial portion of the required performance has been completed, the head of the contracting activity shall ensure the profit allowed reflects—
(a) Any reduced cost risk to the contractor for costs incurred during contract performance before negotiation of the final price. However, if a contractor submits a qualifying proposal to definitize a UCA, and the contracting officer for such action definitizes the contract after the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the contractor submitted the qualifying proposal, the profit allowed on the contract shall accurately reflect the cost risk of the contractor as such risk existed on the date the contractor submitted the qualifying proposal;
(b) Any reduced cost risk to the contractor for costs expected to be incurred during performance of the remainder of the contract after negotiation of the final price; and
(c) The requirements at 215.404-71 -3(d)(2). The risk assessment shall be documented in the price negotiation memorandum.
217.7405 Plans and reports.
(a) To provide for enhanced management and oversight of UCAs, departments and agencies shall—
(1) Prepare and maintain a Consolidated UCA Management Plan; and
(2) Prepare semi-annual Consolidated UCA Management Reports addressing each UCA with an estimated value exceeding $5 million.
(b) Consolidated UCA Management Reports and Consolidated UCA Management Plan updates shall be submitted to the Office of the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, by October 31 and April 30 of each year in accordance with the procedures at PGI 217.7405 .
(c) Consolidated UCA Management Reports shall include information about all change orders that are not forward priced (i.e., unpriced) and have an estimated value exceeding $5 million.
217.7406 Contract clauses.
(a) Use the clause at FAR 52.216-24, Limitation of Government Liability, in—
(1) All UCAs;
(2) Solicitations associated with UCAs;
(3) Basic ordering agreements;
(4) Indefinite delivery contracts;
(5) Any other type of contract providing for the use of UCAs; and
(6) Unpriced change orders with an estimated value exceeding $5 million.
(b)(1) Use the clause at 252.217-7027 , Contract Definitization, in—
(i) All UCAs;
(ii) Solicitations associated with UCAs;
(iii) Basic ordering agreements;
(iv) Indefinite delivery contracts;
(v) Any other type of contract providing for the use of UCAs; and
(vi) Unpriced change orders with an estimated value exceeding $5 million.
(2) Insert the applicable information in paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) of the clause.
(3) If, at the time of entering into the UCA or unpriced change order, the contracting officer knows that the definitive contract action will meet the criteria of FAR 15.403-1, 15.403-2, or 15.403-3 for not requiring submission of certified cost or pricing data, the words "and certified cost or pricing data" may be deleted from paragraph (a) of the clause.


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Product Contamination (22)
Misbranding (18)
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Mislabeling (6)
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Foster Farms Recalls Fully Cooked Frozen Chicken Patty Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
Foster Farms
Sat, 10/29/2022 - Fri, 12/16/2022
Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah, Washington
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2022 – Foster Farms, a Farmerville, La. establishment, is recalling approximately 148,000 pounds of fully cooked frozen chicken breast patty products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically hard clear pieces of plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and...
• 80-oz. plastic bag packages containing 20 pieces of "CHICKEN PATTIES BREADED CHICKEN BREAST PATTIES WITH RIB MEAT" with best by date "08/11/23," establishment number "P-33901," and lot code "3*2223**" in inkjet print on the back edge of the packaging as
Greater Omaha Packing Recalls Raw Beef Products Due to Possible E. Coli O157:H7 Contamination
Greater Omaha Packing Co., Inc.
Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2021 – Greater Omaha Packing, an Omaha, Neb. establishment, is recalling approximately 295,236 pounds of raw beef products intended for non-intact use that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced...
143,081 pounds of product
PHA-01072021-01 Public Health Alert Misbranding Unreported Allergens
FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Not-Ready-to-Eat, Heat Treated, Not Fully Cooked Chicken Enchilada Products Due to Misbranding and an Undeclared Allergen
Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for approximately 43 pounds of not-ready-to-eat (NRTE), heat treated, not fully cooked chicken enchilada products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen. FSIS is issuing this public health...
HyVee mealtime Chicken enchiladas
Courage Production, LLC. Recalls Ready-to-Eat, Fully Cooked Polish Sausage Products due to Misbranding and an Undeclared Allergen
Sat, 01/02/2020 - Tue, 03/02/2021
California, Colorado, Indiana, Maryland, Maine, New York, Oregon
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 2021 – Courage Production, LLC., a Fairfield, Calif., establishment is recalling approximately 1,645 pounds of Ready-To-Eat, fully cooked Polish sausage products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The...
Cher-Make Sausage Company Recalls Fully Cooked Meat Sausage Products Due to Misbranding and an Undeclared Allergen
Cher-Make Sausage Company
Fri, 09/11/2020 - Tue, 01/11/2022
Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Dakota, Wisconsin
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2020 – Cher-Make Sausage Company, a Manitowoc, Wis. establishment, is recalling approximately 429-lbs of fully-cooked meat sausage products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product contains milk...
• 5-lb. vacuum sealed packages labeled as "OLD FASHIONED WIENERS COURSE GROUND FULLY COOKED"
Rastelli Bros., Inc. Recalls Meat Products due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
Thu, 11/07/2019 - Mon, 07/26/2021
Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2019 Rastelli Bros., Inc., doing business as Rastelli Foods Group, a Swedesboro, N.J. establishment, is recalling approximately 130,464 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically plastic, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection...
0 pounds recovered
Astrochef LLC. Recalls Chicken Pub Style Entrees Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens
Pegasus Foods Inc.
Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington
EDITORS NOTE: - This release is being updated to include the product lot code and a best if used date. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2019 Astrochef LLC., a Rockwall, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 11,475 pounds of frozen chicken pub style entrees labeled as beef pub...
Hy-Vee Fresh Commissary Recalls Ready-To-Eat Beef and Chicken Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens
HY-VEE FRESH COMMISSARY
Tue, 09/10/2019 - Wed, 01/29/2020
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin
EDITOR'S NOTE: This release is being updated with a change to the Hy-Vee Customer Care phone number. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2019 Hy-Vee Fresh Commissary, an Ankeny, Iowa establishment, is recalling approximately 6,233 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) beef and chicken products due to misbranding and undeclared...
Premium Foods USA, Inc., Recalls Siluriformes Products Produced Without Benefit of Import Inspection
Sat, 07/27/2019 - Current
Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
EDITORS NOTE: This release is being reissued to include additional products, that can be found in the linked spreadsheet, to extend the date range of when products were imported, and to adjust the total poundage of recalled products from 76,025 to 121,151 pounds. WASHINGTON, July...
Denver Processing LLC Recalls Raw Pork and Beef Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection
JBS USA
Fri, 04/12/2019 - Mon, 05/13/2019
Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2019 Denver Processing LLC, a Denver, Colo. establishment, is recalling approximately 13,865 pounds of raw pork and beef products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection and outside inspection hours, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service...
Varying catch weight plastic wrapped trays containing "Pork Sirloin Boneless Chop" with "Sell By 04.18.19," lot code 099, case code 60047, and all time stamps after 14:30. Varying catch weight plastic wrapped trays containing "Pork Boneless Loin Top Loin Roast" with "Sell By 04.18.19," lot code 099, case code 60105, and all time stamps after 14:30. Varying catch weight plastic wrapped trays containing "Diced Pork Super Value Pack" with "Sell By 04.18.19," lot code 099, case code 06385, and all time stamps after 14:30. Varying catch weight plastic wrapped trays containing "Pork Loin Boneless Chop" with "Sell By 04.18.19," lot code 099, case code 60063, and all time stamps after 14:30. Varying catch weight plastic wrapped trays containing "Pork Loin Boneless Chops Family Pack" with "Sell By 04.18.19," lot code 099, case code 19498, and all time stamps after 14:30. Varying catch weight plastic wrapped trays containing "U.S.D.A. Choice Beef Chuck Pot Roast Boneless" with sell by date "0418," lot code 099, case code 69481, and all time stamps after 14:30. Varying catch weight plastic wrapped trays containing "U.S.D.A. Choice Beef Top Round London Broil" with sell by date "0418," lot code 099, case code 69479, and all time stamps after 14:30.


A small collection of poems by American poet Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849) is notable for a number of reasons. Poe was one of the first widely renowned American authors, and is considered one of the earliest writers of stories with macabre, supernatural themes.
The first book Poe ever published was called "Tamerlane and Other Poems." The title piece is about a Turkish warlord who forsakes his true love to build an empire but later regrets the decision. It isn't one of his greatest works, but only about 50 copies were printed -- and one recently sold for more than $600,000 [source: Examiner].
What makes "Tamerlane" really exciting for the average book collector is that, for some reason, Poe wanted it published anonymously. The cover lists the author simply as, "a Bostonian." That makes it possible that someone acquired a previously unknown copy from a relative without realizing what it was, or sold it to a used bookstore that also failed to recognize its value. In other words, there just may be a copy of this rare work sitting on a dusty shelf somewhere with a sign that reads, "All Books $1," waiting for someone to find it.


Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio, Latin: Mons Vesuvius) is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore.
It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure.
Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. That eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ash and fumes to a height of 20.5 miles, spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of 1.5 million tons per second, ultimately releasing a hundred thousand times the thermal energy released by the Hiroshima bombing.
An estimated 16,000 people died due to hydrothermal pyroclastic flows. The only surviving eyewitness account of the event consists of two letters by Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus.
Vesuvius has erupted many times since and is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years.
Today, it is regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of the population of 3,000,000 people living nearby and its tendency towards explosive eruptions. It is the most densely populated volcanic region in the world.
The area around Vesuvius was officially declared a national park on June 5, 1995.The summit of Vesuvius is open to visitors and there is a small network of paths around the mountain that are maintained by the park authorities on weekends.
There is access by road to within 200 metres (660 feet) of the summit (measured vertically), but thereafter access is on foot only. There is a spiral walkway around the mountain from the road to the crater.
Herculaneum (in modern Italian Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town destroyed (along with Pompeii) in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which buried it in superheated pyroclastic material.
Moreover Herculaneum was a wealthier town than Pompeii with an extraordinary density of fine houses, and far more lavish use of coloured marble cladding.
Consequently, Herculaneum is full of art treasures – murals, frescoes, statues, bas reliefs, busts, wall paintings, moldings and so on.
The art at Herculaneum has been preserved for over 2000 years.
It is incredible that it has survived for so long.
Pompeii along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, were mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 metres (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
The eruption was cataclysmic for the town. Evidence for the destruction originally came from a surviving letter by Pliny the Younger, who saw the eruption from a distance and described the death of his uncle Pliny the Elder, an admiral of the Roman fleet, who tried to rescue citizens. The site was lost for about 1500 years until its initial rediscovery in 1599.
The objects that lay beneath the city have been well preserved for thousands of years because of the lack of air and moisture. These artifacts provide an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city during the Pax Romana.
In 1971, the rock band Pink Floyd recorded the live concert film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, performing six songs in the ancient Roman amphitheatre in the city. The audience consisted only of the film's production crew and some local children.


In the 2013/14 season, Lisa became the first solo women trainer in New Zealand history to claim the New Zealand Trainers Premiership. She is also the first Central Districts trainer to win a premiership since 1977. Latta reached new heights with Platinum Witness winning the 2014/15 New Zealand Bloodstock filly of the year series.


Environmental issues are complex. At Project Learning Tree, our goal is to teach students how to think, not what to think about complex environmental issues. PLT's secondary modules teach high school students the importance of informed decision-making on issues that affect the environment. The activities encourage students to engage in debates about real-world environmental, social, and economic issues on specific topics.


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COV winner: Anne Glass
Find out more about the 2019 Community Coach of the Year
A coach who works tirelessly to give hundreds of people every week the chance to cycle has had her dedication recognised after being named sportscotland Community Coach of the Year.
Anne Glass has been the driving force behind the establishment of Drumchapel Cycle Hub since 2015. During the last four years, Anne's hard work and commitment to her community has built the hub into a heart of activity.
On the night inspirational coaches, officials and volunteers from all over Scotland were celebrated across 15 categories for their significant contribution to sport over the past 12 months.
Anne has been the driving force behind the establishment of Drumchapel Cycle Hub since 2015. During the last four years, Anne's hard work and commitment to her community has built the hub into a heart of activity.
Leading a group of dedicated volunteers, Anne has over 200 local people every week on bikes.
The impact of Anne's work on the local community is visible, with more people using bikes for transport and recreation. Drumchapel Cycle Hub has helped change the local perception of cycling, in an area where there are low levels of bike ownership, and her unflagging determination has inspired great results.
Anne has helped Drumchapel Cycle Hub reach a diverse range of local people including sessions for women and girls as well as targeted work with children with additional support needs.
The hub provides weekly rides for women, weekly rides for all, family rides and learn to ride sessions for kids as well as targeted activities for those with long-term health conditions and mental health problems - all with a focus on encouraging people to experience the benefits of sport and enjoy their local area.
In her own words
Anne said: "It's very social, people connect with each other and we're keeping active at the same time.
"We call ourselves the bike family because it has that family feel to it.
"When I see some of the women out with their kids on bikes, then the kids convincing their dads to get out on a bike as well, that's just amazing."
Anne picked up her award at the sportscotland Coaching, Officiating and Volunteering Awards 2019 at Glasgow City Chambers on 21 November.
Inspirational coaches, officials and volunteers from all over Scotland were recognised across 15 categories for their significant contribution to sport.
Hosted by BBC Scotland's Bryan Burnett, the Awards celebrated coaches, officials and volunteers for their work in sports such as swimming, cycling, athletics, football, karate, wheelchair curling, basketball, boxing and canoeing.
Stewart Harris, sportscotland chief executive, said: "Every year across Scotland, thousands of dedicated sporting enthusiasts devote their time, knowledge and skills to afford others the chance to take part in sport, and experience all the benefits that come with sport participation.
"Our Coaching, Officiating and Volunteering Awards give us a chance to celebrate the great sporting achievements that are taking place every day and congratulate those who are making an incredible commitment to Scottish sport.
"At sportscotland we are implementing a world-class sporting system at every level and that is only possible with the support of the many dedicated coaches, officials and volunteers."
Visit the sportscotland website for information about coaching, officiating and volunteering.
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Hipsher promoted to assistant coach
July 11, 2011 12:00 am by Banel Paulinis
Former USF men's basketball assistant coach Reggie Hanson has a new role on the Bulls' staff.
USF coach Stan Heath demoted Hanson to director of basketball operations – a position vacated by Andy Hipsher, who is now an assistant coach. Hipsher joins Steve Roccaforte and Eric Skeeters as Heath's three assistants.
Hipsher has an established pedigree, having worked as a graduate assistant under famed coach Bobby Knight at Texas Tech from 2004-06 and under current Nevada-Las Vegas coach Lon Kruger as a video coordinator in 2006. He was an assistant coach at Utah Valley State and Wyoming before arriving at USF in 2009-10.
The salaries of both Hipsher and Hanson will remain unchanged for the upcoming season, according to the St. Petersburg Times. Hipsher will earn $65,000 and have increased recruiting duties, including off-campus visits with potential recruits. Hanson will again make $101,500, but will no longer be permitted to recruit off campus, instead working with recruits during official campus visits.
According to the USF Sports Bulletin by Times writer Greg Auman, Hipsher is single and "has more time to spend working with players on the courts of USF's new Muma Center practice facility."
USF improves in Directors' Cup
For the second consecutive year, USF has moved up the ranks in the Directors' Cup standings, a program that honors institutions that achieve success in many sports, both men and women's.
The Cup, a point-based competition started by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and the USA Today in 1993-94 for Division I, was expanded in 1995-96 to include Division II, III and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
USF moved up 19 spots to rank 86th in the annual measure of schools' success in the NCAA postseason thanks primarily to women's soccer, which stole the show with 50 points after advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Football earned 45 points for USF for winning its bowl game. Also scoring high points for the Bulls were the men and women's track and field team, which combined for 63 points, and women's tennis with 25 points.
Notre Dame finished 18th, the highest placed Big East school, though the Fighting Irish are only a conditional Big East member and are independent in football. Louisville was the next highest program in the conference, finishing 34th nationally.
USF is lowest among Big East football schools, with only non-football members St. John's, 94, Marquette, 96, and Providence, 113, lower. Stony Brook is worst in the nation, ranking 116th.
Whittaker joins UFL
Former USF wide receiver Huey Whittaker is leaving the Tampa Bay area. Whittaker was in his first season with the Arena Football League's (AFL) Tampa Bay Storm, leading the team with 125 receptions this season and 1,405 receiving yards.
The Storm still has two games remaining in the regular season, but Whittaker has chosen to sign with the United Football League's Virginia Destroyers, who opened camp Sunday.
"This is an opportunity to play more football," Whittaker said in a statement released by the Storm. "I am proud of the guys on the team and know they will continue to play hard."
Whittaker was one of four former Bulls on the Storm's roster.
This will be the Destroyers' first season after relocation. The franchise was originally based in Orlando and known as the Florida Tuskers. Virginia opens its UFL season Aug. 13 against the Hartford Colonials.
USF fifth-best?
A poll conducted in June by Public Policy Polling asked 848 Floridians across the state which Florida college football team was their favorite.
Florida won the state, with 30 percent of all responses citing the Gators as their favorite team. Florida State was second, with 18 percent of the vote. UCF came in third with 11 percent, and Miami finished fourth with 9 percent. The Bulls finished fifth with 6 percent of the vote, just ahead of Florida Atlantic, 5 percent, and Florida International, 1 percent.
Eighteen percent of respondents said they were not sure which team was their favorite. The poll had a 3.4 percent margin of error.
Bonani on watch
Rising junior kicker Maikon Bonani is one of 30 kickers nationwide named to the Lou Groza Award Watch List.
Bonani won the starting role early last season, after beginning the year as Eric Schwartz's backup, and produced the best kicking percentage in Bulls history, making 17-of-21 attempts.


The ancient Dalriadan clans of Scotland spawned the name Awlistair. It is derived from the given name Alexander, which in turn was originally derived from the Greek name, which means defender of men. In the late 11th century, Queen Margaret introduced the name, which she had heard in the Hungarian Court where she was raised, into Scotland by naming one of her sons Alexander. The popularity of the name Alexander was ensured by the fact that it was born by three Scottish kings, the first being Margaret's son who succeeded to the throne of Scotland following the death of Malcolm III.
The surname Awlistair was first found in Kintyre, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Awlistair research.
Another 462 words (33 lines of text) covering the years 1230, 1295, 1475, 1602, 1200, 1605, 1615, 1765, 1846, 1431, 1570, 1640, 1614, 1588, 1655, 1640, 1643, 1619, 1681, 1665, 1681, 1620, 1665, 1660, 1665, 1653, 1686, 1743, 1797 and are included under the topic Early Awlistair History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In the Middle Ages, the translation between Gaelic and English was not a highly developed process. Spelling was not yet standardized, and so, an enormous number of spelling variations appear in records of early Scottish names. Awlistair has appeared as Alexander, Alistair, MacAlexander, Alisandre, Alischoner, Alsinder, Alastair, MacAlexter, Callestar, Aleckander, Alexandri, Alisdair, Alaisder, Alestare, Alistare and many more.
Another 48 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Awlistair Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Some of the Awlistair family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Many settled along the east coast of what would become the United States and Canada. As the American War of Independence broke out, those who remained loyal to the crown went north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestors of all of these hardy Dalriadan-Scottish settlers began to recover their collective history in the 20th century with the advent of the vibrant culture fostered by highland games and Clan societies in North America. Highland games, clan societies, and other organizations generated much renewed interest in Scottish heritage in the 20th century. The Awlistair were among the earliest of the Scottish settlers as immigration passenger lists have shown: Sir William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, who colonized Nova Scotia, in Antigonish, Pictou, the Carolinas, Virginia and Upper Canada. Richard H. Alexander, traveled from Ontario in a group called the ".


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Oyo PDP mourns Alao-Akala
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Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday described the death of a former governor of the state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala as a great loss to the entire state.
The party said it lost a great leader who had impacted positively in the lives of many people.
PDP in a statement issued by it's state factional chairman, Michael Okunlade said the party received the news as a ride shock.
According to the statement, the party condole with his immediate families, the entire people of Ogbomosoland and the All Progressives Congress in the state.
The statement reads; "we received the news of the death of a former governor Alao-Akala of our dear state with a rude shock. Akala was a great leader. He made many politicians in the state.
He impacted positively in the lives of our people. He died at a time all politicians in Oyo sate regardless of their political parties needed his wealth of experience.
"We condole with his immediate family, the good people of Ogbomoso land and the entire APC family in the state. News of his death was shocking because we were together in Abuja on Saturday. He was full of life. May God grant him enternal rest."
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The Ballad of Sexual Dependency é uma instalação com projeção de diapositivos de 1985 e um livro de artista de 1986 com fotos tiradas entre 1979 e 1986 pela fotógrafa Nan Goldin. É um registo autobiográfico da cena artística e musical No wave de Nova Iorque, de parte da subcultura gay pós-Stonewall dos anos 1970 e início dos anos 1980, da subcultura de heroína do bairro Bowery e da vida pessoal, amorosa e familiar de Goldin.

O crítico Sean O'Hagan, em artigo do The Guardian, em 2014, disse que "continua a ser uma referência para todos os outros artistas com uma veia confessional semelhante". Lucy Davies, no The Telegraph, em 2014, afirmou que "viria a influenciar uma geração de fotógrafos, que seguiram o seu exemplo de contar a verdade. Bill Clinton, ele mesmo, considerou-a a inventora da heroína chique".

Detalhes
O título The Ballad of Sexual Dependency foi tirado de uma canção da Ópera dos Três Vinténs de Bertolt Brecht .

A instalação foi originalmente concebida por Goldin como uma projeção de diapositivos com música de Velvet Underground, James Brown, Nina Simone, Charles Aznavour, Screamin 'Jay Hawkins e Petula Clark entre outros, para apresentar aos seus amigos. "Retratava os seus amigos, muitos deles integrantes da subcultura das drogas pesadas no Lower East Side de Nova Yorque, enquanto se divertiam, drogavam, brigavam e faziam sexo. Foi apresentada publicamente pela primeira vez na Bienal de Whitney, em Nova Iorque, em 1985, e foi publicada como livro de fotos no ano seguinte".

O livro de estética fotografia instantânea foi publicado pela primeira vez com a ajuda de Marvin Heiferman, Mark Holborn e Suzanne Fletcher em 1986.

Apresentações individuais selecionadas

 1985: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, exibição. Whitney Museum of American Art .
 1987: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, exibição. Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, França.
 2017: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, exibição e exibição. Museu de Arte de Portland, Portland, Maine.
 2019: NAN GOLDIN - A Balada da Dependência Sexual, exibição e exibição. Tate Modern, Londres.

Publicações

 The Ballad of Sexual Dependency .
 New York, NY: Aperture, 1986.  .
 New York, NY: Aperture, 2012. Capa dura  . Brochado  .

Coleções
A Balada da Dependência Sexual é apresentada nas seguintes coleções permanentes:

 Tate, Reino Unido

Referências

Artes LGBT nos Estados Unidos
Livros de 1986
Cultura da cidade de Nova Iorque

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Singapore Sees Record Switch Off for Earth Hour 2014
Singapore, 26 March 2014 – WWF-Singapore today announced that Singapore has broken its Earth Hour 2013 with over 350 organisations pledging with WWF to switch off their lights to mark their commitment to save the planet. At this time last year, 183 organisations had done so, with a total of 350 pledges received by the end of the campaign. Pledges are still coming in and a total count will be released at a later date.
Earth Hour takes place from 8.30pm for an hour on Saturday, 29 March. This year will see Singapore become the global flagship event for Earth Hour celebrations around the world, as the country prepares to welcome Spider-Man, Earth Hour's global Super Hero ambassador and the director, producers, and star cast of the highly anticipated motion picture The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Spider-Man will join the film's stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, and Jamie Foxx in helping to switch off the lights across Singapore's signature Marina Bay skyline.
Over 60 iconic structures dotting the Marina Bay skyline will join a global community of national monuments around the world in switching off their lights in support of this year's campaign, which empowers people to "Use Your Power" to save the planet. These structures include the Marina Bay Sands, ArtScience Museum, Merlion Park, Marina Bay Financial Centre, Marina Barrage, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, and the three tallest buildings in Singapore – One Raffles Place, Republic Plaza and United Overseas Bank Plaza.
Other global icons taking part in the symbolic switch-off this year include the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Burj Khalifa in the UAE, La Cupola di San Pietro at the Vatican, and the Kremlin and Red Square in Russia.
"It's heartening to see Singapore come together to show that conservation can be possible on a large scale to make a difference, with everyone from individuals to businesses participating in the symbolic lights off ceremony, as well as turning up their air-cons by one degree, switching to LED lights, using less plastic bags and taking shorter showers," said Ms. Elaine Tan, CEO of WWF-Singapore. "With our collective power, Singapore can help drive adoption of green and sustainable practices while ensuring we remain one of the most liveable and responsible global cities in Asia."
Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, Chief Negotiator for Climate Change, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "I am happy to know that WWF-Singapore is encouraging the power of the individual, and is actively promoting simple lifestyle changes that we can all do to make a difference to combat climate change. Encouraging people and organisations to turn up their air-conditioning by one degree or switching to energy-efficient lighting is also aligned with our efforts to promote energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. I hope more Singaporeans will make these lifestyle changes to reduce their carbon footprint not only during Earth Hour but every time that they can."
"As the focal point of Earth Hour celebrations across the world, Singapore can take pride in the fact that it has powered real world outcomes through individual actions and contributing to the Earth Hour Blue crowdfunding platform," said Andy Ridley, CEO and Co-Founder of Earth Hour. "As the home of Earth Hour, Singapore is at the heart of the rapidly growing digital presence that has helped see Earth Hour spread to 154 countries and territories and over 7,000 cities and towns."
As part of making Singapore's Earth Hour the focal point of Earth Hour celebrations around the world, WWF-Singapore also plans to put the need for sustainable energy sources and use into action through a fun activity – Energy Floors. Twice the size of last year's dance mat at Earth Hour, members of the public are welcome to dance on the colorful Energy Floors, which convert kinetic energy from their footwork into electricity.
This year's Earth Hour celebration in Singapore will be graced by Ambassador Burhan Gafoor, Chief Negotiator for Climate Change, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the event will coincide with the culmination of Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) i Light Marina Bay 2014, making this year's Earth Hour celebration in Singapore a remarkable visual treat.
Local acts lending their support to Earth Hour Singapore as part of this year's celebrations include world-class dance and percussion performances by the LuMen Dancers, Superfly Monkey Dragons Parkour group and the Invincible Diamonds Cheerleaders. Homegrown bands participating include Rose Kasmani and Masia One + Inverse Proportions. Admission to the event, which starts from 5.00pm, is free.
Earth Hour 2014 in Singapore has been made possible with the support of URA – the Official Venue Partner for The Float@Marina Bay, National Environment Agency (NEA), National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS) and Marina Bay Sands, the Associate Partner for Earth Hour 2014.
The Major Sponsor for this year's Earth Hour campaign in Singapore is Singapore Post, while IKEA and NTUC FairPrice are the Sponsors. The Official Radio Stations are Hot FM91.3, Kiss 92FM and UFM 100.3. Media partners are Clear Channel, StarHub, SMRT and SMRT Media. Other partners include Energy Floors, Kevin Ou Photography, Leica, The Singapore Scouts Association, The Hoffman Agency, VeganBurg and Yahoo! Singapore, the Official Online Partner for Earth Hour 2014.
To pledge your commitment to turning the air-conditioning up by one degree, switching to LED lighting, using fewer plastic bags and taking shorter showers, please visit http://earthhour.wwf.sg.
For a full list of participating organisations for Earth Hour 2014, please visit: http://earthhour.wwf.sg/2014/participating-organisations/
Annex A: Buildings in the Marina Bay Area Switching Off For Earth Hour Singapore 2014
Notes to Media: 5 Things You Need to Know about Singapore's Earth Hour 2014
1.	The cast of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is coming to Singapore to celebrate Earth Hour on Saturday, 29 March 2014. That's Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx, together with the director and producers of the show.
2.	Spider-Man will be there for the Official Lights Off Ceremony, putting Singapore at the heart of Earth Hour celebrations around the world
3.	There will be fun things to do, like watching live performances by the LuMen Dancers, Samba Masala and the Invincible Diamonds Cheerleaders. You can even show off your dance moves on Energy Floors to generate electricity!
4.	All this happens at The Float@Marina Bay from 5.00pm – 10.00pm
5.	Admission is FREE! This means everyone is welcome to spend time with Spider-Man at Earth Hour!
For all media queries on Earth Hour and WWF-Singapore, please contact Wai Yi, Miko and Qi Hua from The Hoffman Agency at (65) 6361 0250 or wwfsg@hoffman.com.
About Earth Hour
Earth Hour is a global environmental movement of WWF. As one of the first open-sourced environmental campaigns, Earth Hour has grown from a symbolic event in one city into a global movement, crowdsourcing actions from individuals, businesses, organisations and governments to generate environmental outcomes. In 2014, the Earth Hour Blue sees the movement enter the most exciting stage of its evolution, to be at the forefront of crowd funding and crowdsourcing for causes, innovation and creativity for the planet.
WWF – World Wide Fund for Nature is one of the world's largest and most respected independent conservation organisations, with almost five million supporters and a global network active in more than 100 countries. WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the Planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
ANNEX A
Buildings in the Marina Bay Area Switching Off For Earth Hour Singapore 2014
No.	Organisation
1	ArtScience Museum
2	Asia Square Tower 1
4	Bank of Singapore Centre
5	CapitaGreen
6	Capital Tower
7	Central Mall Conservation
8	Central Mall Office Towers
9	City House
10	Conrad Centennial Singapore
11	Equity Plaza
12	Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
13	Fairmont Singapore
14	Fuji Xerox Towers
15	Gardens by the Bay
16	Golden Shoe Car Park
17	Helix Bridge
18	HSBC Building
19	Income at Raffles
20	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Singapore Branch (ICBC Singapore), Head Office
21	King's Centre
22	Mandarin Oriental Singapore
23	Manulife Centre
24	Marina Barrage
25	Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1
28	Marina Bay Sands
29	Marina Bay Suites
30	Marina Mandarin Singapore
31	Maybank
32	Merlion Park
33	Millenia Tower
34	OCBC Centre Central
35	OCBC Centre East
36	OCBC Centre South
37	Ocean Financial Centre
38	One Finlayson Green
39	One George Street
40	One Marina Boulevard
41	One Raffles Place Tower 1
43	One Raffles Quay
44	OUB Centre Limited
45	OUE Bayfront
46	Pan Pacific Singapore
47	Prudential Tower
48	Raffles City Tower
50	Republic Plaza
51	Singapore Flyer
52	Singapore Land Tower
53	SingTel
54	Six Battery Road
55	Straits Trading Building
56	Suntec Singapore
57	Swissôtel Merchant Court
58	Swissôtel The Stamford
59	The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
60	The Westin Singapore
61	Twenty Anson
62	UOB Plaza One
63	UOB Plaza Two


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A spritely all-Mozart program at CCP
By Pablo A. Tariman
Pianist Hiyas Hila with former first lady, Imelda Marcos, father Tony Hila after the concert. From the FB post of Tony Hila.
Many events in both local and foreign history came to mind as pianist Hiyas Hila took center stage as soloist of the Philippine Philharmonic Sunday afternoon in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488.
The Mozart concerto was written in 1786 and how this musical piece managed to be alive and remained a concert favorite more than two hundred years later is a testament to the staying power of classical music.
For the record, it was composed two hundred twenty-two years before the proclamation of Philippine Independence in Kawit, Cavite.
By coincidence, Hila's concert came on the eve of the Philippine Independence Day which makes it a virtual voice of the country's young musicians in this year's celebration even as other NAMCYA winners observe the country's Freedom Day with another performance in a new performing arts venue in Global City.
The CCP concert also came at a time of the 40th anniversary of the Philippine High School for the Arts where Hila graduated with honors. Artists of note who came from this school included pianist Rowena Arrieta, cellist Victor Michael Coo, award-winning actor Shamaine Centenera Buencamino, poet-playwright Nicolas Pichay, ballerina Candice Adea and conductor-music teacher Jeffrey Solares, among others.
By today's standards, Mozart was a prolific 'millennial' in 1786 earning a living as performer-composer in Austria.
In this piano concerto, it turned out that Mozart omitted the trumpets and timpani and replaced them with oboes and clarinets resulting in a dark yet mellow tone.
Indeed, the orchestra was reduced to a small chamber group affording the concerto with the kind of intimacy one only finds in chamber music.
Indeed, the piece was a test for the soloist as a chamber musician.
Pianist Hiyas Hila with PPO Chamber music at its best. Photo by Orly Daquipil.
Moreover, the orchestra under the baton of Yoshikazu Fukumura.scored beautifully with a commendable reading of Mozart's Overture to Cosi Fan Tutte and ending with steely, if, grand Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551.
The conductor knows that Mozart is a delicate composer to nail down and any extraneous effects would have stripped it of the subtle musical delicacy it required.
As the afternoon engagement proved, the performance yielded a spritely all-Mozart Sunday matinee program enough to erase the gloomy Sunday weather brought about by a heavy rain before the concert.
Hila knew her concerto inside and out and her demeanor showed she was in excellent Mozart frame.
Dressed in a lavender willowy gown that allowed ample freedom of movements for her hands, Hila navigated the movement's sonata form with ease. As a Mozart observer pointed out, the movement introduced the music in a double exposition with the theme introduced by the orchestra and later restated by the soloist which Hila delineated with playful but authoritative mark. As a result, both soloist and orchestra successfully defined the graceful lyricism of the concerto's opening themes.
The second movement called to mind what the country is going through as both orchestra and soloist interpreted some of the most poignant and pensive music the composer had ever composed.
Maestro Yoshikazu Fukumura with PPO. A commendable reading of Mozart's Overture to Cosi Fan Tutte and Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551. Photo by Orly Daquipil.
Indeed, the reading of the second movement was deeply touching and its melancholy thread was enough to conjure images of the sufferings in Marawi and of the images of dead soldiers and civilians.
The playful finale erased the piquant gloom of the adagio movement. Hila had commendable rapport with the orchestra making it pure chamber music at its best. In it the audience savored a magical rondo which showcased Mozart's mercurial wit and humor. Both orchestra and soloist expertly maneuvered the unexpected key changes with the concerto ending in a playful finale.
As the applause wouldn't end, Hila obliged with an encore and played a technically tricky "Klintang" by Ramon Santos.
As it sounded, the piece was indeed inspired by the Mindanao musical instrument, kulintang and one could imagine what pianists go through in executing this piece.
Hila lived up to the kulintang challenge and echoed deeply lyrical images of Mindanao.
It was a timely encore piece as the country mourns the senseless loss of lives in Marawi.
Present in the concert was former first lady, Imelda Marcos, who founded the Philippine High School for the Arts forty years ago.
The sound of music and discord in the country's orchestral ensembles
Brilliant Arutiunian from Deleon at PPO concert
Ryan Cayabyab violin concerto premieres at PPO concert
When will Mr C's rousing violin concerto be played again?
Hiyas Hila, Mozart Piano Concerto, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra


Nicole S. Long, MBA, is a finance professional, facilitator and speaker with over 20 years of progressive experience in finance and accounting. As the Group Director of Retail Finance for The Coca-Cola Company, she manages a multi-billion dollar P&L. She is a respected thought leader within Coca-Cola where she has had the opportunity to teach finance concepts to associates within the company, including Nigeria and Kenya. She added this learning and development component to her role to merge her passion of finance and teaching individuals how to effectively translate financial concepts into successful strategic business solutions. Nicole's areas of expertise are in Finance for Non-Financial Managers; Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting; Financial Statement Analysis; and, Personal Branding. However, she has a breadth of experience across finance particularly in operational and sales support finance.
Additionally, Nicole has facilitated courses for college students via INROADs and NABA for the last several years. She has also been a guest speaker for the African American Affinity Group of Ernst and Young's Atlanta office Assurance group.