Craig Bradley joined the team in the capacity of Commercial Sales & Leasing Agent in July 2007. His career background was comprised of roles in customer sales and service industries including Commercial Property Management.
Craig has negotiated a large number of leases for local and national tenants in the Toowoomba commercial, retail and industrial sectors. This diversity ranges from small offices to large custom built industrial sites. In addition, Craig has initiated and settled many freehold transactions within the Toowoomba marketplace, ranging from vacant land to developed lots and D&C's on behalf of end-users and investors. Craig has also provided ongoing industrial sales and leasing results for Receivers and Managers 'KordaMentha'.
Testament to these achievements is reflected through Craig's induction as an 'Alan White Premier Member' in 2009. He has continued his 'Premier' status over nine consecutive years (2009-2017). Ray White Commercial Toowoomba is pleased to also announce that Craig was one of only eight commercial agents within the Ray White Group to be awarded the prestigious 'Alan White Elite Member' for 2014.
Through teaming up with long term Ray White member father Gordon Bradley, Craig has been able to learn and benefit from 25 years of first hand industry experience to further enhance his capacity as a successful Commercial Real Estate Sales & Leasing Agent. Craig is proud to have long-term history with Toowoomba and resides here with his wife Anne and three children; Samuel, Emma & Grace.


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The 10 Best Hose Reels
We spent 38 hours on research, videography, and editing, to review the top selections for this wiki. Keeping your hoses organized ensures that they'll live a long life and also keeps your yard, garage, or driveway free of clutter, which not only looks good, but is safer and prevents damage to grass or plants. One of these reels should do the job, as we've included models offering different features and capacities suitable for most applications. When users buy our independently chosen editorial picks, we may earn commissions to support our work. Skip to the best hose reel on Amazon.
10. Goodyear Multifunctional
It may not be the prettiest solution, but when attached to a wall, ceiling or floor in your work area, the Goodyear Multifunctional provides practical and convenient access to pressurized air or water at a maximum PSI of 300.
Limited to three-eighth-inch hose
Sturdy mounting surface required
9. Ames NeverLeak Cabinet
The Ames NeverLeak Cabinet is built from durable materials that won't bend or crack, even when it gets cold out. Because it's relatively heavy, you can walk away with your nozzle in hand without worrying about the unit dragging behind you or tipping over.
Reliable winding mechanism
Attractive dark brown finish
Paint tends to flake over time
AMES COMPANIES
8. TackLife 4A
The TackLife 4A comes with everything you need to get the water flowing, from a multi-pattern nozzle all the way to screws and nylon anchors to affix it to the wall. And by simply pulling the pin from the bracket, you can remove it for storage during the winter.
180-degree pivoting hinge
Can be locked at any length
Takes a bit of care to retract
GHR4A
7. Eley Cart
Constructed from heavy-duty die-cast aluminum, the Eley Cart is built tall enough to ensure comfortable use, even if it's used every day. Its extra-wide, 10-inch tires can handle nearly any terrain, though their rubber emits quite the odor for the first several weeks.
Includes a 6-and-a-half-foot inlet
Backed by a 10-year warranty
A considerably expensive choice
Eley Cart
6. Liberty Garden Navigator
The practical and elegant Liberty Garden Navigator holds 125 feet of 5/8-inch hose, and has a durable metal crank. It features a handy locking swivel, so you can change its direction and unwind it easily as you trek to different corners of the yard.
Attractive bronze finish
Includes a handy utility shelf
Minimal assembly is required
Liberty Garden Products
5. CoxReels 1125 Series
The CoxReels 1125 Series features a wide variety of models designed for 1/2, 3/4, and 1-inch hoses in lengths ranging from 35 to 500 feet. It comes in rust-resistant powder-coated blue, and is commonly seen fixed to commercial trucks of various types.
Locking pin for secure transport
Adjustable tension brake
High-quality geared crank
4. Liberty Garden 880
Designed for maximum functionality, the Liberty Garden 880 has a 300-foot capacity, a 36-inch-tall handle, and rugged pneumatic tires. These attributes, plus the 13-gauge steel tubing that its body is made of, make it a great choice for professional landscapers.
Wire storage basket for hand tools
An attached 5-foot inlet connector
Weather-resistant powder coating
3. Yard Butler Handy Reel
With a particularly minimalist design, the Yard Butler Handy Reel can be mounted on a wall or simply placed on the ground and, either way, it won't take up very much space. There are four colors to choose from, and it arrives almost completely assembled.
16-gauge welded steel frame
Attractive hammered-metal finish
Highly durable brass fittings
IHR-1SLV
2. GoPlus Retractable
A remarkably well-engineered accessory, the GoPlus Retractable pulls out with minimal effort, is easy to lock at the desired length, and retracts slowly and safely when you're finished. It includes a plastic hose as well as a versatile 9-pattern sprayer.
Mounts on a wall or sits on ground
65- and 100-foot models available
Three-quarter-inch npt threads
1. Eley Rapid
The straightforward Eley Rapid should last through many seasons of heavy use, and is guaranteed against leaks and breakage. It can be configured for parallel or perpendicular wall-mounting, and its materials will never rust or corrode.
Durable brass fittings
Holds between 100 and 150 feet
Incredibly rugged construction
Eley Rapid
The hose reel is a part of the yard and garden setup that doesn't get much attention unless it stops working. Of course, you don't have to spend a fortune on one, as evidence by the TackLife, and as long as you're careful when retracting it, it should last for quite a while. You don't have spend much more for the Yard Butler, which is notable because it's very compact compared to most. The GoPlus is also finely built, and though it costs a bit more than its plastic exterior might have you guess, it looks perfectly classy and its mechanisms work quite well. If you're a stickler for organization, consider the Ames, which is one of the best hide-away cabinets, though some users report that the finish starts to break down after a year or so. The Liberty 880 is quite a bit bigger than most others, and it's ideal if you'll be carting huge lengths of hose across long distances. But if you only want to buy one reel in the next decade, check out either of Eley's options. Their freestanding cart is awfully expensive, and their Rapid Reel is also not cheap, but they are about as well-made as they come. They do call for a pretty secure mounting surface, but they are basically indestructible. If you'll be using it in a more work-oriented setting, the Goodyear is hard to beat, as it's made with the quality you'd expect from such a well-known brand. It's suitable for high-pressure applications of various types, and should last for years to come. Finally, if you'll be attaching it to a vehicle, you'd be hard-pressed to find something better than the CoxReels creations, which are no strangers to utility trucks around the country.
Before The Wheel, The Reel
The leather would dry and crack while folded up in storage resulting in leaks, and laces would pop like those of tight corsets worn by voluptuous, Early Modern courtesans.
However, due to their stiffness, rubber hoses were no less prone to cracking when folded, creased, and left to dry than their leather predecessors.
Not to be confused with the type of clothing men wore centuries before women called them pantyhose, the first hose was made of long strips of leather riveted or laced together the way one might lace up a combat boot.
Invented in 1673 by two Dutch firefighters, Jan and Nicholaas van der Heyden, the first fire hose was designed to replace buckets of water and hand pumps, neither of which were considered very accurate.
Unfortunately for the van der Heydens, their prototype hoses did not perform very well under pressure. The leather would dry and crack while folded up in storage resulting in leaks, and laces would pop like those of tight corsets worn by voluptuous, Early Modern courtesans.
In an attempt to limit the number of leaks, copper rivets (just like the ones you find on your jeans) replaced laces and lengths of hose were wrapped around large cylinders called drums. No more creasing, no more leaking. That was the idea, at least. But rivets still pop and wet leather still rots.
It was not until the late 1800s when linen replaced leather and rubber replaced linen that hoses became increasingly durable and therefore more reliable. However, due to their stiffness, rubber hoses were no less prone to cracking when folded, creased, and left to dry than their leather predecessors. In some cases, rubber hoses were so thick you could not crease them even if you tried. Where linen hoses folded flat and fit in smaller spaces where they often rotted due to molding, rubber hoses required reels not only to prevent cracking but because they refused to fold without unreasonable amounts of force.
Cylinders were laid on their side, hand cranks were applied, and what once took longer than putting out fires themselves became a quick and simple procedure. Hand cranks eventually became motorized and by 1922, Popular Science published an article about new-fangled handheld reels. Shortly after, the wheel was invented and reels were attached to carts that you can now buy on the internet.
The Arm Bone's Connected To The Hose Bone
When I was growing up in the mountains of Virginia, the garden hose reel at my family's house consisted of two things: the palm of your hand and your elbow. You started at the nozzle and ended at the spigot then hung the hose up to dry on a metal half cylinder drilled into the side of the house.
When I was growing up in the mountains of Virginia, the garden hose reel at my family's house consisted of two things: the palm of your hand and your elbow.
When you unraveled the whole hose the length of the yard, you had to play jump rope with an imaginary friend for a bit to untwist the hose so it wouldn't kink too much when you dragged it around. All the other kids in the neighborhood had Slinkies to play with, so we were special in that regard. We also wore wooden shoes and walked ten miles to school every day, but that's beside the point.
The point is that you cannot patent the human body no matter how you use it or how far you push the envelope while using it. You cannot patent Michael Phelps' arm span or his webbed size-14 feet, but you can patent a torpedo that can leave Phelps in its wake.
Likewise, you cannot patent the ancient technique of using your hand and your elbow to wrap up a hose or extension cord, but you can patent a wall-mounted reel that will make your life easier and give you time to toss around your Slinky.
And to think someone did precisely that in 1891 a hundred years before we grew our first garden in Virginia. Talk about being a bit behind the times. It makes me wonder if the reason we had a garden at all was because my father hadn't heard of the grocery store either.
Real Reels Reel Real Easily
Because you have no intention of subjecting your uncalloused elbow and palm to a dirty hose covered in grass clippings, here's a few tips for choosing a garden hose reel from a guy who wishes he had one when he was younger.
For those with a penchant for large yards, keep in mind that what may appear to be aesthetically pleasing may not be athletically appealing.
The trick to choosing a hose reel is deciding before you buy where exactly you plan to put it. When my current home in Los Angeles was being built, it never occurred to me to suggest a strategic location for my one and only outdoor spigot. As a result, I need to keep more hose on hand than my small back yard can handle because once every few years I want to pressure wash my second-story deck. It's a good thing my front yard is a runway for LAX.
For those with a penchant for large yards, keep in mind that what may appear to be aesthetically pleasing may not be athletically appealing. Some reels are designed to sit in the rain year after year, and need not be kept close to home.
In other news, homegrown rice paddies tend to defeat the purpose of hose reels.
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Last updated on April 22, 2019 by Christopher Thomas
Building PCs, remodeling, and cooking since he was young, quasi-renowned trumpeter Christopher Thomas traveled the USA performing at and organizing shows from an early age. His work experiences led him to open a catering company, eventually becoming a sous chef in several fine LA restaurants. He enjoys all sorts of barely necessary gadgets, specialty computing, cutting-edge video games, and modern social policy. He has given talks on debunking pseudoscience, the Dunning-Kruger effect, culinary technique, and traveling. After two decades of product and market research, Chris has a keen sense of what people want to know and how to explain it clearly. He delights in parsing complex subjects for anyone who will listen -- because teaching is the best way to ensure that you understand things yourself.

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Tyneholm Cottages, Pencaitland Cross and Trevelyan Hall circa 1900.
Above my head at Edinburgh's Pomegranate, middle-eastern restaurant.
Grey skies over Calton Hill.
And so, the people of the United Kingdom have spoken. What next for these islands we call home?
I'm not going to tell anyone how to vote; that is for everyone to decide depending on their beliefs. All I would say is, if you believe in it, go out and vote for it.
Growing next to the main road through Pencaitland.
The last one was in 1967, the next one will be in 2062. Sadly, the inadequacies of my camera, coupled with light pollution from the street lights, don't really do this rare phenomenon justice.


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Proposed law in Maryland would allow mothers to kill their babies up to 28 days AFTER birth
Sen. William Smith (D-Md.) has proposed new legislation in Maryland that would legalize "abortion" up to 28 days after a child is born.
Senate Bill 669, also called the "Pregnant Person's Freedom Act of 2022," provisions that a newborn baby can be left to die for up to a month after being born in the event that the "mother" decides she no longer wants to keep it.
A hearing for the "woke" bill has been scheduled for March 15 when legislators will debate it.
"The bill also proposes a revision of the fetal murder/manslaughter statute that would serve to handcuff the investigation of infant deaths unrelated to abortion," American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) attorney Olivia Summers pointed out.
The reason for this has to do with wording in the legislation that would prohibit investigations into and criminal prosecutions of women and medical professionals for "failure to act" in relation to a "perinatal death."
"In other words, a baby born alive and well could be abandoned and left to starve or freeze to death," Summers said. "And nothing could be done to punish those who participated in that cruel death."
Why are Democrats so obsessed with murdering babies?
The language of the legislation, Summers warned, is so unclear that it would, in fact, "prevent investigations into the death of infants at least seven days AFTER their birth, and may extend to infants as old as four weeks."
Maryland code does not currently define "perinatal." A 2020 law, however, does define "perinatal care" as the "provision of care during pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum and neonatal periods."
According to MedicineNet, the official definition is "the 20th to 28th week of gestation" to "1 to 4 weeks after birth."
Maryland already has a "Safe Haven" law in place allowing the parents of newborn babies to surrender them to a responsible adult without fear of prosecution. So why the need for SB 669, other than to expand the range of time in which a baby can be murdered?
"Under the Safe Haven law, a distressed parent who is unable or unwilling to care for their infant can safely give up custody of their baby, no questions asked," said the Maryland Department of Human Services. "Newborns can be left at hospitals or law enforcement stations."
"There is absolutely no reason for Maryland Senate Bill 669's attempt to prevent someone who lets their baby die from being investigated," Summers wrote in an analysis of the bill.
"This bill just further exposes the complete lack of regard abortion advocates have for innocent human life."
If the Democrats pushing the legislation really want to protect life and women, then all they would have to do is extend the length of the safe harbor provisions that are already in place. Since they are not doing this, it would seem as though they have a different agenda.
This is hardly the first time that left-wing politicians have proposed legislation that aims to increase legal eligibility for baby murder. Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) infamously blocked an amendment proposed by Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) that would have protected newborn survivors of botched abortions from being terminated.
"What about if you do not like your two-year-old?" asked someone at LifeSiteNews. "Is it okay to murder her as well? What about your old grandmother who is not much use to anyone anymore? What about the Christian who opposed gender confusion and indoctrination in the schools? Should they be permanently silenced, too?"
More related news can be found at Abortions.news.
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برنامه نظارت بر حمایت از مدافعان حقوق بشر، که برنامه مشترک «فدراسیون بین‌المللی جامعه‌های حقوق بشر» (FIDH) و «سازمان جهانی مبارزه با شکنجه» (OMCT) است، اطلاعات تازه‌ای دریافت کرده و از شما درخواست می‌کند فوری در باره‌ی موضوع زیر در بحرین اقدام کنید.
برنامه‌ی نظارت بر حمایت از مدافعان حقوق بشر از طریق منابع مورد اطمینان درباره‌ی محکومیت نبیل رجب، یکی از بنیان‌گذاران و رئیس مرکز حقوق بشر بحرین، بنیان‌گذار مرکز حقوق بشر خلیج، معاون دبیر کل فدراسیون بین‌المللی جامعه‌های حقوق بشر و عضو کمیته‌ی مشورتی خاورمیانه‌ی دیده‌بان حقوق بشر مطلع شده است. نبیل رجب یکی از برجسته‌ترین مدافعان حقوق بشر این کشور است که نقض حقوق بشر در زندان جاو و مشارکت بحرین در بمباران یمن به توسط ائتلاف زیر رهبری عربستان سعودی را محکوم کرده است.
بر اساس اطلاعات دریافتی، دادگاه مقدماتی کیفری منامه روز ۱۰ ژوئیه ۲۰۱۷ حکم دو سال زندان نبیل رجب را صادر کرد. او که از تاریخ ۸ آوریل ۲۰۱۷ در بیمارستان است، غیابی محکوم شد.
این حکم در چارچوب «پرونده‌ی گفت‌وگوهای تلویزیونی» صادر شد که بر اساس آن آقای نبیل رجب به «انتشار عمدی اخبار و شایعات کذب و از روی سوء نیت به منظور بی‌اعتبار کردن کشور» (ماده‌ی ۱۳۴ قانون مجازات) متهم است و تا سه سال زندان مجازات دارد. این اتهام به گفت‌وگوهای تلویزیونی در سال‌های ۲۰۱۵ و ۲۰۱۶ ربط دارد که او در آنها کارنامه‌ی بد حقوق بشری بحرین را افشا کرد.
به علاوه، آقای نبیل رجب در به‌اصطلاح «پرونده‌ی توییتر» به «اهانت به نهادی دولتی» (ماده‌ی ۲۱۶ قانون مجازات)، «نشر شایعه‌های کذب در زمان جنگ» (ماده‌ی ۱۳۳) و «توهین به کشور خارجی» (عربستان سعودی)» (ماده‌ی ۲۱۵) متهم است که مجازات آنها تا ۱۵ سال زندان است. این اتهام‌ها به پیام‌های توییتری او در محکوم کردن شکنجه‌ی زندانیان در زندان جاو این کشور و نقض حقوق بشر در حمله‌های هوایی ائتلاف زیر رهبری عربستان سعودی در یمن مربوط است.
نبیل رجب که از ۱۳ ژوئن ۲۰۱۶ بازداشت شده، با وجود وضع رو به وخامت سلامتی،  در حبس خودسرانه و انفرادی پیش از محاکمه به سر می‌برد.
برنامه‌ی نظارت بر حمایت از مدافعان حقوق بشر از محکومیت آقای نبیل رجب در پی محاکمه‌ای مملو از نقض حق محاکمه‌ی عادلانه و به قصد تنبیه او به‌خاطر فعالیت‌های صلح‌آمیز و به‌حق حقوق بشری وی خشم‌گین است.
برنامه‌ی نظارت از دولت‌مردان بحرین می‌خواهد فوری و بدون‌قیدوشرط آقای نبیل رجب را آزاد کنند، به هرگونه اقدام آزاردهنده علیه او پایان دهند، و حکم صادر شده علیه او را بر اساس حقوق شناخته‌شده‌ی نسبت به موازین دادرسی، محاکمه‌ی عادلانه و فرض بر بی‌گناهی دوباره بررسی کنند.
On July 9, 2012, Mr. Rajab was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for allegedly libelling the residents of Al Muharraq via several tweets posted on his twitter account. On August 23, 2012, he was acquitted by the Higher Appeal Court.
On August 16, 2012, the Lower Criminal Court sentenced Mr. Rajab to three years of imprisonment in relation to three cases related to his participation in peaceful gatherings in favour of fundamental freedoms and democracy. In December 2012, the Appeals Court reduced the sentence to two years of imprisonment. He was released in May 2014.
On October 1, 2014, Mr. Nabeel Rajab was remanded in detention by the General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for "insulting a public institution" under Article 216 of the Penal Code. The case related to a tweet he published in September 2014, in which he criticised the military institutions for generating extremist ideologies (the "terrorism tweet" case). On November 2, 2014, the Third Lower Criminal Court ordered his release but barred him from leaving the country.
On January 20, 2015, the Third Lower Criminal Court sentenced him to six months' imprisonment on the charges of "insulting public institutions and the army", under Article 216 of the Penal Code.
In 2015, two other criminal charges were brought against Mr. Rajab. On February 26, 2015, he was summoned for investigations for charges of "inciting hatred towards the regime" in relation to a speech he made in February 2011 during a funeral (the "funeral speech case"). To date, the police investigation is ongoing.
In addition, on April 2, 2015, oMr. Rajab was again arrested, sent to the General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security, and placed in detention in solitary confinement in Isa Town Police Station. On April 3, 2015, he was interrogated by the CID regarding two new charges brought against him under criminal case No. 2015/38288. The first charge was "insulting a statutory body", referring to the Ministry of Interior in relation to tweets he posted denouncing the torture of detainees at Jaw Prison (the "Jaw torture tweets" case). The second charge was "disseminating false rumours in time of war", in relation to tweets he published about the Saudi-Arabia led coalition air strikes in Yemen (the "Yemen tweets" case). If sentenced on the second charge, Mr. Rajab could be facing up to 10 years' imprisonment. Mr. Rajab refused to sign the police minutes of the investigations. On April 4, 2015, the Public Prosecution ordered seven days detention pending investigation.
On April 11, 2015, the Prosecution ordered an additional fifteen days in detention for Mr. Rajab. On April 26, 2015, the Public Prosecution officially charged Mr. Rajab under Articles 133 and 216, and subsequently extended his detention for an additional fifteen days. On May 11, the Bahraini High Court extended Mr. Rajab ́s preventive detention for 15 days.
On July 13, 2015, the King of Bahrain Hamad Ben Issa Al-Khalifa ordered through Royal Pardon the release of Mr. Nabeel Rajab for health reasons. Mr. Rajab had already served three of the six months' jail sentence. Moreover, on the same date, the Public Prosecution imposed a travel ban against Mr. Rajab in relation to criminal case No. 2015/38288 related to the Jaw torture and Yemen tweets cases.
In the morning of June 13, 2016, police forces reportedly led by the Cybercrime Unit arrested Mr. Nabeel Rajab, after raiding his house and seizing a number of electronic devices. In the afternoon, he was able to contact his wife by phone, and reported being detained at East Riffa police station.
On June 14, he was transferred to the Public Prosecution, which remanded him in custody for seven days, on accusations of "publishing and broadcasting false news that undermine the prestige of the State" under Article 134 of the Penal Code .
On June 21, 2016, Mr. Nabeel Rajab appeared before the Public Prosecution, which remanded him in custody for eight additional days.
On June 28, 2016, he was transferred from police custody to the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Hospital due to unprecedented heart problems. On the same day, he was examined by a doctor, and was transferred back to West Riffa police station.
On July 12, during the hearing, the judge dismissed the request for release filed by Mr. Rajab's lawyers and the hearing was postponed to August 2.
On August 2, 2016, the High Criminal Court decided to postpone the trial to September 5 without justification.
On September 4, Mr. Rajab was summoned and questioned by CID officials. He was denied access to a lawyer on this occasion.
On September 5, 2016, the Public Prosecution announced that additional charges had been brought against Mr. Nabeel Rajab, for deliberately disseminating "false news and information and tendentious rumours that undermine the kingdom's prestige and stature", in relation to a letter published in the New York Times on September 4, 2016 , describing his judicial harassment and arbitrary detention. If convicted, this could add one year to his final sentence. In total, he now faces up to 16 years in prison. Therefore the court decided to postpone once again the next hearing in his trial to October 6, 2016.
On October 3, 2016, Mr. Nabeel Rajab underwent surgery to remove his gallbladder as a consequence of his poor detention conditions.
On October 6, 2016, the High Criminal Court decided after a five minutes hearing to postpone the trial to October 31, without providing any justification. Before the hearing, Mr. Rajab's lawyers asked the Court a copy of his medical reports after the Ministry of Interior and the Public Prosecution failed to provide them, in clear violation of Mr. Rajab's right to be informed of his own health condition.
Once more on October 31, 2016, the Fourth High Criminal Court postponed the trial until December 15 in order to obtain a technical expert from the Cyber-Crime Unit to determine who runs Rajab's twitter account. Rajab arrived at the court right before the hearing, and was taken out immediately after the Judge made his pronouncements, while Rajab's lawyers were still making applications.
On December 15, 2016, after a fifteen minutes hearing during which Mr. Nabeel Rajab was not allowed to speak, the Fourth High Criminal Court postponed the verdict until December 28, 2016 and refused to release him.
On December 21, 2016, the Cybercrime Unit of the Ministry of Interior took Mr. Nabeel Rajab out of custody for interrogation following the publication of a letter  quoting him in French newspaper Le Monde on December 19, 2016. The Cybercrime Unit is reportedly accusing Mr. Rajab of using the article to "spread false information and tendentious rumours insulting Bahrain and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States and harming their relations". Further investigations on those publications are underway.
On December 28, 2016, Manama's Fifth High Criminal Court acceded to an application for Mr. Nabeel Rajab's temporary release following a failure to give any basis or any sufficient evidence of a link between him and the Twitter account with respect to the Yemeni and Jaw prison tweets.
Then Mr. Rajab was taken to the CID for temporary release. However, he was re-arrested later on the same day and referred to the Public Prosecution in relation to an investigation into televised interviews dating from 2014, which commenced in mid-June 2016.
On December 28, 2016, the Public Prosecution ordered the pre-trial detention for seven days of Mr. Nabeel Rajab, pending investigation into televised interviews dating back to 2014. These interviews with television networks Lua Lua Channel, Al Etijah TV and Al-Alam News Network concerned the human rights situation in Bahrain. Within this case, Mr. Nabeel Rajab is being prosecuted on charge of "deliberately spreading false information and malicious rumours with the aim of discrediting the State" (Article 134 of the Penal Code) , which carries up to three years in prison.
On January 5, 2017, the Public Prosecution renewed Mr. Nabeel Rajab's pre-trial detention for a further 15 days, pending investigation.
On April 5, 2017, Mr. Nabeel Rajab underwent surgery for bleeding ulcers at Manama's military hospital. His family was denied the right to visit him while in hospital. Only two days after the surgery, Mr. Rajab was sent back to West Riffa police station where he remained in solitary confinement most of the time.
On April 8, 2017, Mr. Rajab was rushed to the police hospital in an ambulance because of an infected wound that followed the operation. Since that date, Mr. Nabeel Rajab is recovering from his medical condition and remains in Qaala clinic, which is a division of the Ministry of Interior.
Since January 2017, both the "Twitter case" and the "TV interviews" case have been endlessly postponed.
viii. Ensure in all circumstances respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with international human rights standards and international instruments ratified by Bahrain.
 See Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Opinion A/HRC/WGAD/2013/12 No. 12/2013, July 25, 2013, par. 20.
 The Concluding Observations also refer to Mr. Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, former BCHR President, sentenced to life in prison in June 2011 for politically motivated charges and whose health conditions have also been worsening.
 Article 134 of the Penal Code provides that "A punishment of imprisonment for at least 3 months and a fine of at least BD100, or either penalty, shall be inflicted upon every citizen who deliberately releases abroad false or malicious news, statements or rumours about domestic conditions in the State, so as to undermine financial confidence in the State or adversely affect its prestige or position, or exercise in any manner whatsoever activities that are harmful to the national interests. The punishment shall be imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years if an offence is committed in wartime".
 See "Letter from a Bahraini jail", September 4, 2016, The New York Times.
 See "Berlin et Paris, révisez vos liens avec les monarchies du Golfe", in Le Monde December 19, 2016.
 An investigation into these charges opened on June 14, 2016.


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Volume 10, Issue 4 | April 10, 2013
Pressing play on gamepress
It was on a family trip to Europe that Behroz Saadat and his two cousins came up with an idea for a game, but had no way of developing it further because of a lack of tools.
So the now third-year computer engineering student, pictured on the left above, Hamed Saadt, middle, and Murtaza Saadat put their heads and imaginations together and decided to make something that would let them quickly create and prototype their concepts. From there, they developed GamePress, an easy-to-use app that allows anyone to unleash their creativity.
"The beauty is that it requires absolutely no programming and anybody has the power to create games," says Behroz. "If you don't feel like making games, you can use the GamePress Arcade and play the ones made by our users."
Instead of programming, Behroz explains, users drag and drop actions and events to model the behaviour of their game into a flow chart.
The cousins expect that it will be iPad users with a creative streak who will purchase and use their app. They say it will appeal to computer science, game development or engineering students who would like to quickly prototype their ideas and focus on gameplay. And they anticipate parents will use it to create customized learning games for their kids.
Behroz credits the two internships he spent with the University of Waterloo's campus-wide Enterprise Co-op program for helping him develop GamePress with his two cousins: Hamed is a fourth-year computer science student at Western University, and Murtaza is a graduate of the business information systems program at Fanshawe College.
"The Enterprise Co-op program has been a great resource for obtaining information in government grants, business pitch competitions and mentorship," says Behroz. "Most importantly, the program has allowed me to pursue my passion full time during my co-op terms."
Overseen by the Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, the Enterprise Co-op Program encourages and supports business ideas of many types, from consulting to high-tech startups.
During Behroz's first term with the program, he won a $4,000 E-Coop Launch Award sponsored by Nigel Stokes (MASc '82 SD). That same term, the trio entered the Innovation Fair elevator pitch competition and took second place.
Recently, they won top prize at the Ace the Pitch contest held on campus. And this week they are pitching GamePress at the LaunchPad$50K Competition in Waterloo, as well as at a Seed Your Startup pitch competition at Western University.
By the end of this month, GamePress will be ready for download by the general public. In the meantime, it's being promoted on Facebook and Twitter with the opportunity to win iTunes gift cards by providing feedback.
Behroz feels the best part of the family-approved GamePress is the creative freedom it allows.
"We give our iPads to our cousins, nephews and nieces to test GamePress," he says. "When we get the iPads back we are amazed by the things that are being created. From four-stroke combustion engine simulations to interactive adventure stories, our game-creating platform is being used for other things, which is incredibly rewarding to us."
ECE student wins exceptional teaching award
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Instead of thumbing through books housed on library stacks many these days are using their fingers to quickly preview and then download novels and other reading materials onto tablets. It's the impact of the technology of books that intrigued Andrea Hunniford when she chose the focus of her Waterloo architecture master's thesis. more »
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After it's world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF, in Official Competition) and a glamourous premiere at the Delamar Theatre in Amsterdam, PIECE OF MY HEART is now playing in Dutch cinemas.
The reviews are in and the Dutch press laudes the two young actresses Elaine Meijerink and Roos Englebert. These professional dancers made their acting debut with their feature roles of Irma and Olga in Dana Nechushtan's movie about a tested friendship, set in the ballet world of Amsterdam in the seventies.
Pictures of the premiere at the DeLaMar Theatre on the 28th of November. From left to right: Arnold Heslenfeld, Dana Nechushtan, Roos Englebert and Elaine Meijerink.
Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad praises the two actresses with their "completely convincing interpretations" and awards the film with 4 stars out of five.
Also four stars from the magazine TV Krant, that commends the humanity of the story, a story "that touches your heart".
"The camera loves both lead actresses and their pure charisma", states newspaper De Volkskrant, while newspaper Trouw also praises the choreographies by Dutch prima ballerina Igone de Jongh.
PIECE OF MY HEART was initiated by Bracha van Doesburgh and Daan Schuurmans and is inspired by the story of the Dutch ballerina Olga de Haas. With De Haas as their starting point, Daan and Bracha, in collaboration with director Dana Nechushtan and screenwriter Roos Ouwehand, have arrived at a fictitious and impressive story about friendship, the dance world and the price of fame. Igone de Jongh provided the choreography for the ballet scenes.
The film is produced by Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld and Laurette Schillings of Topkapi Films (My Father is an Airplane, Another Round, Instinct) and is co-produced in collaboration with NTR, Triangle Film (Bracha van Doesburgh & DaanSchuurmans) and Eyeworks Belgium (Peter Bouckaert).
Dancers Elaine Meijerink and Roos Englebert have been selected for their versatile leading roles after casting sessions in the Netherlands and Belgium. They are surrounded by well-known actors such as Peter Paul Muller, Daniël Boissevain, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Katelijne Damen, Yannick Jozefzoon, Gijs Blom, Tina de Bruin and Jan Kooijman.
PIECE OF MY HEART was created in the context of the annual collaboration between the Netherlands Film Fund, NPO, the CoBO Fund and is stimulated by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, under the name Telescoop. In addition, the film is supported by the Netherlands Film Production Incentive, the Abraham Tuschinski Fund, Screen Flanders and the Belgian Tax Shelter and Equity Investors. The film was developed with support from the MEDIA program of the European Union. Film distributor WW Entertainment will release PIECE OF MY HEART in the Benelux.
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Baureklamen (Baureklametafeln) sind in der Schweiz eine weit verbreitete Form, vor Ort auf ein Bauprojekt aufmerksam zu machen. Im Bereich der Technik, Leistungen, Bewilligungspflicht und Versicherungspflicht sowie Vertragsverhältnisse unterscheiden sich schweizerische Baureklamen zum Teil wesentlich von den Ausführungen der deutschen Bauschilder oder Bautafeln.

Ziele und Zielgruppen von Baureklamen
Baureklamen dienen dabei sowohl der Information als auch der Werbung. Die Baureklametafel informiert Zielgruppen wie Käufer, Mieter, Planer, Handwerker, Nachbarn, Einwohner, Passanten, Politiker sowie die weitere interessierte Öffentlichkeit über das Bauvorhaben.

Bestandteil des Baukostenplans BKP 568 Baureklame
Es gibt in der Schweiz keine gesetzliche Pflicht, eine Baureklame vor Ort zu installieren. Da die Baureklame in den Unternehmer-Werkverträgen sowie im Schweizerischen Baukostenplan (BKP) unter der Nummer BKP 568 Baureklame fest integriert ist, wird jedoch fast bei allen Bauprojekten eine Baureklametafel erstellt.

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In der Regel werden folgende Informationen auf der Baureklame aufgeführt:
 Bauprojekt
 Bauherrschaft
 Architekt
 Bauleiter
 Ingenieure
 Totalunternehmer
 Generalunternehmer
 Bauunternehmen
 Immobilienverwaltung
Daneben werden in der Regel grafische oder fotografische Elemente eingesetzt. Insbesondere Architektur-Visualisierungen sind heute Bestandteil von vielen Baureklamen.

Technik und Leistungen bei Baureklamen
Baureklamen werden in der Schweiz meist von darauf spezialisierten Anbietern hergestellt. Eine Baureklame besteht dabei aus mehreren Komponenten:
 die eigentliche Baureklametafel
 die Unterkonstruktion zur Befestigung der Reklametafeln
 die Standkonstruktion bei freistehenden Baureklamen
 die Verankerung der Baureklamen mittels Fundamenten oder Erdankern
In der Schweiz hat sich durchgesetzt, die temporär installierten Baureklamen mittels Erdankern anstelle von bauseitigen Fundamenten zu montieren. Mit dieser modernen Verankerungstechnik kann eine ökologisch sinnvolle, rückstandsfreie Montage und Demontage der Baureklamen realisiert werden.

Bewilligungspflicht von Baureklamen
Ob Baureklamen in der Schweiz bewilligungspflichtig sind, hängt vom konkreten Standort ab. Es gibt Kantone und Gemeinden, die eine Reklamebewilligung vorschreiben; viele Kantone und Gemeinden verzichten auf ein Reklamereglement im Bereich der temporären Baureklamen. Insbesondere die Kantone Aargau und Bern weisen detaillierte Bestimmungen für die Erstellung einer temporären Baureklame auf. In allen Fällen sind jedoch die Bestimmungen der Schweizerischen Signalisationsverordnung sowie des Schweizerischen Strassenverkehrsgesetzes einzuhalten; Baureklamen dürfen insbesondere die Sicht der Verkehrsteilnehmer nicht einschränken oder diese gefährden.

Versicherungspflicht von Baureklamen
Baureklamen werden von spezialisierten Unternehmen in Normgrössen hergestellt und können Grössen von 10, 20, 50 oder auch mehr Quadratmetern aufweisen. Baureklamen in dieser Grösse sind während der Baudauer erheblichen Windkräften ausgesetzt. Neben dem Nachweis einer obligatorischen schweizerischen Haftpflichtversicherung, welche Personen- und Sachschäden abdeckt, werden auch Versicherungen bei Sturmschäden (sogenannte Sturmschadenversicherungen) angeboten.

Vertragswerk bei Baureklamen
In der Regel werden bei der Erstellung einer Baureklame kombinierte Werkverträge/Mietverträge abgeschlossen. Diese Verträge umfassen alle Leistungen einer Baureklametafel während der Vertragsdauer, wie Entwurf, Produktion, Lieferung, Montage, Ergänzung, Versicherungen, Demontage und ökologische Wiederverwendung (anstelle einer Entsorgung).

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Q: Take last value of the prior grouping in a rolling sum function? Pandas Python I am trying to write a function that will sum/average according to specific indexing over a rolling window.
my data looks like the following:
Date (L0)   Date - (L1) Value   4-Period-L0-Sum
12/31/2011  1/25/2012   1321
3/31/2012   4/25/2012   1457
6/30/2012   7/25/2012   2056
9/30/2012   10/26/2012  3461    8295
12/31/2012  1/24/2013   2317    9291
3/31/2013   4/24/2013   2008    9842
6/30/2013   7/24/2013   1885    9671
6/30/2013   7/27/2013   1600    9386
9/30/2013   10/29/2013  1955    7880
9/30/2013   11/1/2013   1400    7325
12/31/2013  1/28/2014   1985    6993
12/31/2013  1/30/2014   1985    6993
3/31/2014   4/24/2014   1382    6367
3/31/2014   4/25/2014   1200    6185
6/30/2014   7/23/2014   2378    6963
9/30/2014   10/21/2014  3826    9389
3/31/2015   4/28/2015   2369    9773
3/31/2015   4/30/2015   2369    9773

I am trying to generate the something like pd.rolling_sum(dataframe, window=4), except according to the level=0 index (Date (L0)) and using the last values in the prior level=0 index entries. For example, to calculate the rolling sum for the period,
[3/31/2014  4/24/2014] = 1382 + 1985 + 1400 + 1600

My solution was to use an expanding window, groupby level 0, then take the tail and sum:
def custom_sum(datadf, period):
    idx_range = np.arange(n)
    mm = period * 2 + 4
    tmpdf = pd.concat(
                map(lambda i:
                    pd.DataFrame( datadf.iloc[ :i], ].
                                 groupby(level=0,axis=0).tail(1).tail(period).
                                 sum(skipna=False)
                                ).T
                    , idx_range[period:] ))
    tmpdf.index = datadf.index[period-1:]
    return tmpdf

Although it runs quite slow. I am sure there must be a better way.
One way could have been to use pd.exanding_apply(), but it doesn't preserve the dataframe to apply the function on, so there is no way to have the correct groupyby index..
Thanks!

A: You can use groupby as following:
import pandas as pd

text = """DateL1   DateL2 Value   Sum
12/31/2011  1/25/2012   1321
3/31/2012   4/25/2012   1457
6/30/2012   7/25/2012   2056
9/30/2012   10/26/2012  3461    8295
12/31/2012  1/24/2013   2317    9291
3/31/2013   4/24/2013   2008    9842
6/30/2013   7/24/2013   1885    9671
6/30/2013   7/27/2013   1600    9386
9/30/2013   10/29/2013  1955    7880
9/30/2013   11/1/2013   1400    7325
12/31/2013  1/28/2014   1985    6993
12/31/2013  1/30/2014   1985    6993
3/31/2014   4/24/2014   1382    6367
3/31/2014   4/25/2014   1200    6185
6/30/2014   7/23/2014   2378    6963
9/30/2014   10/21/2014  3826    9389
3/31/2015   4/28/2015   2369    9773
3/31/2015   4/30/2015   2369    9773"""

from io import BytesIO

df = pd.read_csv(BytesIO(text), delim_whitespace=True, parse_dates=[0], index_col=0)
s1 = pd.rolling_sum(df.groupby(df.index, sort=False).Value.last(), 4)

def f(s):
  return s - s.iat[-1]

s2 = df.groupby(df.index, sort=False).Value.transform(f).fillna(0)

print s1 + s2

Here is the output:
DateL1
2011-12-31     NaN
2012-03-31     NaN
2012-06-30     NaN
2012-09-30    8295
2012-12-31    9291
2013-03-31    9842
2013-06-30    9671
2013-06-30    9386
2013-09-30    7880
2013-09-30    7325
2013-12-31    6993
2013-12-31    6993
2014-03-31    6367
2014-03-31    6185
2014-06-30    6963
2014-09-30    9389
2015-03-31    9773
2015-03-31    9773
dtype: float64

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Franz Anton Christoph von Murach lebte in der 2. Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts und war Kommandant der Festung Ehrenbreitstein.

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Er war kurfürstlicher trierischer Generalfeldmarschallleutnant, Gouverneur der Festungen Ehrenbreitstein und Koblenz, Befehlshaber eines Regiments zu Fuß (Obrister), Hofkriegsrat und kurfürstlicher Kämmerer. Ab 1773 war er Ritter des kurfürstlichen Ordens vom Pfälzer Löwen, Vorläufer des Bayerischen Verdienstordens. Johann III Bernoulli berichtet in seinen Reisebeschreibungen über eine persönliche Begegnung mit dem Kommandanten am 3. September 1769 auf der Festung Ehrenbreitstein.

Familie
Freiherr Franz Anton Christoph von Murach auf Niedermurach stammte aus dem Familiengeschlecht der von Murach, das von Ministerialen auf der Burg Obermurach abstammte. Sein Vater war Franz Christoph Anton von Murach, seine Mutter Marie Louise Charlotte von Weitershausen. Verheiratet war er mit Maria Emiliana Christiana von Bastheim, mit der er eine Tochter hatte: Clara Elisabetha von Murach, Ehefrau von Graf Franz Xaver Basselet von La Rosée (* 21. August 1774 in München; † 8. Januar 1829 in Neuburg an der Donau). Die Familie der Basselet Graf von La Rosée war von 1805 bis 1834 im Besitz von Schloss Possenhofen am Starnberger See, auf dem die spätere Kaiserin Elisabeth von Österreich-Ungarn aufwuchs, genannt Sissi.

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 Wappen-Almanach des Königlich Bayerischen Haus-Ritter-Ordens vom Heiligen Michael. Johann Baptist Kranzmayr, 1836, S. 105.
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Report: AC Moore Stores to Close Stores
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My wife is going to lose her mind.
According to NBC 10 News, the chain of arts and crafts stores know as AC Moore, is going out of business, its parent company Nicole Crafts announced Monday.
According to the report, 40 of the AC Moore stores will open as Michaels stores next year. As for the AC Moore in Vestal, it is not certain when it will close, with Nicole Crafts saying specifics about closures will be announced in the coming weeks. However, I'm guessing the chances of that opening as a Michaels are highly unlikely being that there is a Michaels store just down the parkway next to Old Navy.
According to a press release obtained by the Cision PRNewswire, AC Moore's Chief Executive Officer Anthony Piperno was quoted as saying;
"For over 30 years, our stores have been servicing the creative community with a vast selection of art and craft materials, with one common focus, the customer. Unfortunately, given the headwinds facing many retailers in today's environment, it made it very difficult for us to operate and compete on a National level. During this process, we will continue to provide great customer experience, while still delivering quality and value on your favorite products. Plans for closing specific A.C. Moore locations will be shared in the upcoming weeks on our website. While we will stop accepting further online orders as of today, we will ship any previously placed orders in the ordinary course."
NBC 10 News reported that the chain store started in the mid-80's in New Jersey, and there are approximately 140 locations primarily, on the east coast.
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«Гордость «Янки» () (1942) — американская биографическая спортивная драма режиссёра Сэма Вуда с Гэри Купером в главной роли. Премьера фильма состоялась 14 июля. Картина повествует о жизни легендарного игрока бейсбола Лу Герига, скончавшегося за год до премьеры.

По версии Американского института киноискусства картина занимает ряд мест:

 11-е место в списке мужчин 100 звёзд (Гэри Купер).

 38-е место в 100 киноцитат («Сегодня я считаю себя самым счастливым человеком на земле»).

 22-е место в списке 100 вдохновляющих фильмов.

 3-е место в «10 лучших фильмов о спорте» списка 10 фильмов из 10 жанров.

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Во вступительных титрах выражается благодарность миссис Лу Гериг, мистеру Эду Бэрроу и Кристи Уолш, которая помогла с сотрудничеством с командой «Нью-Йорк Янкиз».

«Это история героизма, проявленного в мирное время в повседневной жизни. Это история застенчивого молодого человека, который в расцвете своей славы стал примером простоты и скромности для молодёжи Америки. Он встретил смерть с той же стойкостью и силой духа, с какой её встречают тысячи молодых американцев на далёких полях сражений. Он оставил после себя память о мужестве и самопожертвовании, которое навсегда останется в сердцах людей. Это история Лу Герига.»

Генри Луи «Лу» Гериг, сын немецких эмигрантов, «покупает» себе место в дворовой бейсбольной игре, показывая карточку с Бейбом Рутом, после чего встаёт на позицию отбивающего, когда одного из мальчиков зовут домой. Отбитый мяч разбивает витрину магазина, родителям приходится заплатить 18 долларов 50 центов. Полицейский хвалит удар Герига. Кристина Гериг призывает сына учиться и выбиться в люди подобно дяде Отто, ставшего инженером, а не стать как они — дворником и кухаркой.

1923 год. Лу вот уже два года является студентом Колумбийского университета, где работает его консервативная мать, где учится на инженера. Молодой человек обладает даром бейсболиста, он играет на позиции полузащитника. После дискуссий ему дают значок кандидата в братство. В окно спортивного отделения университета попадает мяч. На студенческом балу Гериг знакомится с мисс Майрой Тинсли, скромный Лу через намёк приглашает ту на танец. Они говорят о перспективах Герига на бейсбольном поприще, на прощание девушка дарит молодому человеку несколько цветочков. На собрании братства рассвирепевший Лу, обслуживающий членов, нападает на одного из них, когда тот начинает смеяться над ним и Майрой. Разошедшийся Гериг не хочет слушать предложение Сэма Блейка, спортивного журналиста.

Мать Лу заболевает, Гериг принимает решение заработать на лечение. Не прочитав контракт, он подписывает его и попадает в большой бейсбол. Гериг много играет, стремительно проделывая путь вверх в карьере в Малой лиге, о восходящей звезде пишут в газетах, ему приходит множество писем с приглашениями. Вскоре Лу получают приглашение от «Нью-Йорк Янкиз». С помощью отца Генриха Лу пытается скрыть от матери свои спортивные успехи. Женщине слышится «Гарвард» вместо «Хартфорд», она думает, что сын поедет продолжать обучение. На прощание он просит отца что-то придумать.

Вначале в команде к новичку относятся со снисхождение и лёгким пренебрежением, но сильная, последовательная игра Лу меняет отношение игроков. Мистер Гериг радуется успехам сына из газеты, но поспешно пытается скрыть новость от жены. Вбежавшие соседи всё портят, миссис Гериг разочаровывается, о чём наедине сообщает сыну. Миссис Гериг отказывается посетить игру.

Супруги Гериг заранее приходят на поле, мистер Гериг объясняет жене принцип игры в бейсбол. «Нью-Йорк Янкис» одерживают серию побед, становясь доминирующей командой.

Во время игры в Чикаго в Comiskey Park Гериг спотыкается об лежащие на бровке поля бейсбольные биты. Это забавляет зрителей. Одна из зрителей, Элеонора Твичелл, смеясь называет его «растяпой». Ему в голову случайно попадает мяч, но он просит не заменять его. Позднее Герига приглашают победать вместе с Элеонорой.

В поезде игроки крадут новую соломенную шляпу Бейба Рута и откусывают от неё по кусочку, к ним присоединяется Лу. Репортёр Хэнк Ханнеман, попутчик Блейка, говорит тому, что считает Герига недотёпой, хорошо отбивающего мячи. Блейк защищает Герига.

Миссис Гериг находит в чемодане у сына смокинг, вопрошая, является ли она до сих пор «его любимой девушкой». На следующей игре за «Растяпой» с интересом наблюдают болельщики, Лу становится их любимцем. Сэм Блейк передаёт Элеоноре приглашение от Лу. Отношения Лу и Элли переходят на новый уровень — вечером тот выигрывает девушке множество игрушек в аттракционе с битой. Перед ужином он бьёт в силомер, выбив максимальное значение. Трапеза сопровождается выступлением. Лу сообщает Элли, что завтра уезжает из Чикаго, та думает, что у бейсболиста, как у моряка в каждом порту, есть девушка — в Филадельфии, Сент-Луисе, Кливленде, Детройте, Вашингтоне и Нью-Йорке, но Гериг опровергает этот домысел, кроме «девушки из Чикаго». Они танцуют.

Бейб Рут посещает мальчика Билли в больнице Сент-Луиса ради фотографий для газеты, после чего раздаёт автографы персоналу. Гериг даёт ребёнку автограф на мяче и обещает сделать для него два хоумрана в предстоящем чемпионате Нью-Йорк-Сент-Луис.

«Король биты» Рут делает обещанный хоумран для Билли. Мальчик и родители Герига слушают трансляцию по радио. В первом ининге благодаря хоумрану Лу счёт 2-0. Гериг выбивает три страйка и попадает в аут. Блейк, поспоривший с Ханнеманом на десять долларов, повышает ставку до двадцати. Шестой ининг, Лу волнуется и вновь выбивает три страйка. Счёт после восьми инингов — 2-0, 0-0, 0-1, 0-1, 0-0, 0-1, 0-0, 1-0. Ставка повышается до тридцати долларов. Геригу удаётся сделать второй хоумран. Радостный мистер Гериг разворачивает портрет шурина лицом к стене.

Лу приходит к дому Элли в четыре часа утра. Его замечает полицейский, но, узнав имя влюблённого, смягчается. Вскочившая с постели девушка обнимает Герига, тот предлагает ей выйти за него замуж.

Семья ожидает приезда сына. Мистер Гериг гневается, увидев, что кондитер сделал торт, на вершине которого его сын-левша держит биту в правой руке. Лу знакомит Элли с семьёй, миссис Гериг принимает известие о женитьбе с прохладой.

Влюблённые много переписываются и звонят друг другу. 26 августа 1933 года Элли получает письмо, в котором Лу просит её приехать в Нью-Йорк обжить квартиру. Та выбирает с будущей свекровью мебель, миссис Гериг дарит девушке точную копию ковра, который был у них. Элли замечает, что миссис Гериг без её ведома поменяла тип обоев на те, которые были у Лу в детстве. Мистер Гериг впервые даёт сыну совет, говоря, что женат уже 35 лет. Лу выпроваживает рабочих и говорит с матерью об интерьере, переубеждая властную женщину. Влюблённые женятся в новостройке. Блейк везёт молодожёнов на матч, машину останавливают двое полицейских на мотоциклах. Те, узнав, кого везёт репортёр, не выписывают штраф. Автомобиль сопровождает конвой.

Гериг выбивает мяч на зрительские трибуны, тем пытаются завладеть фанаты. Вальяжно пробегающий Лу делает хоумран в честь новоиспечённой жены. Репортёры делают снимки целующейся пары.

19 июня. Блейк приходит поздравить друга с Днём Рождения, но Герига не оказывается дома. Элли тоже не знает, где находится супруг, говоря, что это уже четвёртый раз за десять недель, и подозревая мужа в измене. Оба едут к месту, где тот проводит время, Блейк грозится расквитаться с Лу, когда они застукают его. Машина подъезжает к полю, где Лу играет с ребятишками в бейсбол.

Элли протирает многочисленные кубки мужа. Метельным зимним днём супруги вспоминают день своей встречи.

Супруги едут на море, Блейк на время лишается репортажа, так как Гериг запрещает тому писать о его личной жизни.

Блейк недоволен Ханнеманом, так как в газете, где тот работает вышла статья, в которой Герига назвали «экс-королём биты».

Элли разглядывает большой альбом, посвящённый жизни мужа — окончание школы № 113, получение прозвища «Растяпа», игровые успехи.

Элли наклеивает газетные вырезки о смерти менеджера «Янки» Миллера Хаггинса, о новом менеджере Джо Маккарти. об уходе Бейба Рута, о новой должности мужа в качестве капитана команды. Герига называют «Железным конём» () и «Стальным Лу», он становится национальным героем. Он находится на пике карьеры, у него толпы поклонников и обожающая жена.

День 2000-го матча Герига. Лу и Элли напоминают об этом родители. Элли предлагает супругу впервые пропустить игру, дабы создать сенсацию, но тот отказывается. Мистер и миссис Гериг, полностью поменявшая своё мнение и более не считающая профессию инженера и своего брата тем, к чему должен стремиться сын, продолжают присутствовать на матчах и активно обсуждать игру. Лу приносит домой огромный венок с надписью «Удачи, Лу Гериг», команда выиграла несмотря на три аута своего лучшего игрока. Во время дурачества боль в плече, которую Лу почувствовал ещё на игре, усилилась.

Лу, пошатываясь при отбитии мяча и не успевая сделать хоумран, с растущей тревогой начинает замечать, что его силы постепенно убывают. Хотя он продолжает играть, но его физическое состояние продолжает неумолимо ухудшаться. «Янки» проигрывают матч, недовольные зрители, обсуждая слабую игру Герига, жалеют, что потратили деньги. В раздевалке один из игроков бьёт другого за то, что тот нелестно высказался о капитане. Лу, почувствовав резкую слабость, падает со стула перед всей командой, но те делают вид, что не заметили этого. Горожане уверены, что Гериг вернётся в прежнюю форму.

1939 год. В Детройте во время игры Лу говорит менеджеру Джо Маккарти, что не сможет играть. Замена вызывает волнение на трибунах. Блейк подытоживает результаты карьеры друга — 14 лет и 2130 сыгранных подряд игр. После обследования врач сообщает Геригу ужасную новость: он страдает редким, неизлечимым заболеванием. С бейсболом придётся попрощаться, также у него осталось мало времени. Пришедшая Элли читает по глазам присутствующих, что её муж скоро умрёт. Она решает не говорить Лу, что обо всём знает, и рыдает на плече Блейка.

1940 год. С сожалением наблюдающая за собирающимся посвистывающим мужем Элли смешит того, надев накладные усы и притворившись репортёром. Лу дарит жене браслет, сделанный из своих наград, та плачет якобы от радости.

На стадионе «Янки» проходит матч в честь Лу Герига. Гериг встречается с повзрослевшим и самостоятельно ходящим Билли. Они прощаются, подросток уходит со слезами на глазах. Под громогласные аплодисменты легенда бейсбола выходит на поле. Джо Маккарти вручает Геригу табличку «Не уходи» и кубок от команды, мэр Нью-Йорка и министр почты США пожимают ему руку, экс-игрок «Янкиз» Бейб Рут обнимает приятеля.

Лу произносит речь: «Я выходил на бейсбольное поле 16 лет, и всегда встречал только доброту и поддержку от вас, зрители. Мне выпала огромная честь играть с великими ветеранами бейсбола, стоящими слева от меня, несокрушимыми "Янки", командой чемпионов 27-го года. Также мне выпала честь жить и играть с парнями, стоящими справа от меня, прекрасными спортсменами, сегодняшними "Янки". На мою долю выпали слава и незаслуженные похвалы от парней, сидящих на местах для прессы, моих друзей, спортивных журналистов. Я работал с двумя великими менеджерами — Миллером Хаггинсом и Джо Маккарти. У меня есть мать и отец, которые сделали для меня всё и всегда поддерживали меня. У меня есть жена, спутница жизни, мужеством которой я восхищаюсь. Люди говорят, что мне не повезло. Но сегодня… сегодня я считаю себя самым счастливым человеком на земле».

Со слезами на глазах объявив об уходе из спорта, Гериг заканчивает речь и уходит, сопровождаемый криками фанатов.

В ролях

 Гэри Купер — Генри Луи (Лу) Гериг
 Тереза Райт — Элеонора «Элли» Твичелл, жена Герига
 Уолтер Бреннан — Сэм Блейк, репортёр, друг Герига Бейб Рут — камео Дэн Дьюриа — Хэнк Ханнеман Людвиг Стоссел — Генрих Гериг, отец Лу Эльза Янссен — Кристина Гериг, мать Лу Вирджиния Гилмор — Майра Гарри Харви — Джо Маккарти, репортёр Эрни Адамс — Миллер Хаггинс Дэвид Холт — Билли в 17 лет Билл Дикки — камео Марк Кёниг — камео Боб Мьюзел — камеоВ титрах не указаны
 Фрэнк Фэйлен — тренер «Янкиз» на третьей базе Хейни Конклин — мужчина, клеящий обои Лестер Дорр — разочарованный фанат''

Награды и номинации
Монтажёр Дэниел Манделл выиграл «Оскар» за работу над фильмом. Кроме того, лента получила ещё десять номинаций::

 Лучший фильм (Сэмюэл Голдвин)
 Лучшая мужская роль (Гэри Купер)
 Лучшая женская роль (Тереза Райт)
 Лучший литературный первоисточник (Пол Гэллико)
 Лучший адаптированный сценарий (Джо Сверлинг, Херман Манкевич)
 Лучшая операторская работа (чёрно-белый фильм) (Рудольф Мате)
 Лучшая работа художника-постановщика (чёрно-белый фильм) (Перри Фергюсон, Говард Бристол)
 Лучшая музыка (драматический или комедийный фильм) (Ли Харлайн)
 Лучшие спецэффекты (Джек Косгроув, Рэй Бингер, Томас Т. Мултон)
 Лучшая запись звука (Томас Т. Мултон)

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Rhode Island Politics
The Budget That Lost Its Way
Given that his elective clock is rapidly running out and voters' inability to see the danger of their usual practices (as made clear by the latest election results), perhaps the most important thing that Governor Carcieri could have done with his budget proposal would have been to shine a stark light on a better direction. The General Assembly and other entrenched interests would beat him up no matter what. They'll pick and choose his proposals and substitute their own. As I've been saying, the governor should put forward a proposal and disavow any modifications to it as the property of legislators.
Instead, Carcieri enabled the Providence Journal's news-section editorialists to begin their coverage of the budget proposal thus:
It was supposed to be among the most difficult decisions in his political career. Facing a crippled state economy, Governor Carcieri was charged with crafting a plan to fill what may be the largest budget deficit in state history.
He gave Kate Brewster room to make a reasonable free-market point:
Kate Brewster, executive director of the Poverty Institute at the Rhode Island College School of Social Work, which analyzes tax and budget policies on behalf of low-income people, opposes Carcieri's plan.
"Reducing corporate income taxes without closing corporate tax loopholes is double jeopardy for small businesses in Rhode Island," she said.
Small businesses "will find themselves competing on an even more un-level playing field" than they do now, as they watch big businesses obtain tax relief, she said.
Some businesses would benefit through the eventual elimination of the corporate income tax, others would not. Of about 50,600 companies that do business in Rhode Island, about 3,500 pay the state's 9 percent corporate income tax, according to state figures based on the 2006 tax year.
The majority of companies — about 47,000 — do not, because they are organized as pass-through entities. Thus, their income is typically not taxed at the entity level, but instead passes through to the business's owners, who pay taxes on it on their individual Rhode Island returns.
He proposes to raise taxes on the group, what I've been calling "the productive class," that's actually fleeing the state, while increasing incentive for the push-me-pull-me groups at the high and low ends to immigrate and to stay, thus enhancing the mentality that we must take from the rich to give to the poor (even as we take less from the rich):
Meanwhile, on taxes, Carcieri is proposing a swath of tax cuts, including an expansion of the earned-income tax credit for the poor, a five-year phase-out of the 9 percent corporate income tax, and an increase in the estate tax exemption to $1 million.
While most will see a tax cut, others will not.
An estimated 110,179 filers will each pay an average of $1,261 more in income taxes, according to Carcieri's tax study commission. The vast majority of them are individuals and couples making less than $75,000 annually, as commonly used deductions for mortgage interest and local property tax payments are replaced with a new standard deduction.
We need fundamental change that will decrease the size of government (in large part by changing the state's various incentive structures) and increase the opportunities for individuals and businesses. I'm sure the details of Governor Carcieri's plan will flow forward for public scrutiny over the coming weeks, and I'm sure the General Assembly will find ways to make the budget worse, but the bold statement that we needed has not been made. Consequently, we'll continue to drift farther out to sea.
Hillary Campaign to Cicilline: Just Raise Taxes!
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from nltk.corpus import wordnet as wn
import twilio.twiml

def synonym_lists(key_word):
    #where lovelife = string describing caller's love life
    mergedlist = []
    #get synonyms for word
    for ss in wn.synsets(key_word):
#get similar words
        for sim in ss.similar_tos():
            syns = [n.replace('_', ' ') for n in ss.lemma_names]
            syns += [n.replace('_', ' ') for n in sim.lemma_names]
            #combine similar words into one list
            mergedlist = mergedlist + syns
            #convert list to a set to remove duplicates
            merged_set = set(mergedlist)
    return merged_set

def find_song(answer):
    #key_words
    words = ["confident", "single", "in_love"]
    #making a dictionary to associate song titles with synonyms
    the_dict = dict()
    the_dict["Flawless"] = synonym_lists(words[0])
    the_dict["Single Ladies"] = synonym_lists(words[1])
    the_dict["Crazy in Love"] = synonym_lists(words[2])
    song = "Telephone"
    for key in the_dict:
        for synonym in the_dict[key]:
            if synonym in answer:
                print("You should play " + key)
                song = key
    play_bey(song)

def play_bey(song_title):
    resp = twilio.twiml.Response()
    if song_title == "Flawless":
        resp.play("https://s3.amazonaws.com/yonce/upgradeu.mp3")
    elif song_title == "Single Ladies":
        resp.play("https://s3.amazonaws.com/yonce/upgradeu.mp3")
    elif song_title == "Crazy in Love":
        resp.play("https://s3.amazonaws.com/yonce/upgradeu.mp3")
    else:
        resp.play("https://s3.amazonaws.com/yonce/upgradeu.mp3")

#should print yes
play_bey("I am confident")
#should print nothing
play_bey("I am dasd")

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The battle for Binani Cement
Persistence has paid off for UltraTech Cement this week. Although the deal is not complete, all the signs are pointing towards India's largest cement producer buying Binani Cement despite losing an auction for it last month. Here's a recap of what has happened so far.
In July 2017 the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in Kolkata, a semi-judicial body that rules on issues relating to companies, started insolvency proceedings for Binani Cement. It followed a plea by one of the cement company's creditors, the Bank of Baroda, that had an outstanding claim of around US$15m. The Kolkata bench of the NCLT rejected Binani Cement's argument that the debt was tiny compared to the assets of its parent company Binani Industries of US$2.15bn. It then appointed an administrator, or resolution professional, called Vijaykumar Iyer, a partner at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India. More on him later on.
The subsequent auction of Binani Cement raised lots of interest both internationally and locally due to its production base. The company operates a 4.9Mt/yr plant at Binanigram in Rajasthan with two kilns and four mills. It also runs a 1.4Mt/yr cement grinding plant at Sirohi in the same state. Unusually though for an Indian producer it also runs a 2Mt/yr grinding plant at Jebel Ali, Dubai in the UAE and a 0.5Mt/yr integrated plant, Shandong Cement, in China.
Its products domestically in India include 43 and 53 grades Ordinary Portland Cement and Portland Pozzolana Cement, with the Bollywood film star Amitabh Bachchan as its brand ambassador. On that last point the Indian Supreme Court chastised Binani Cement in 2014 for not paying sales tax in Rajasthan whilst being able to hire Bachchan! However, given the ferocity of the struggle to buy Binani Cement maybe all that marketing of the brand paid off, giving the producer a much higher profile than it might otherwise have had.
Anyway, lots of companies showed interest in Binani Cement in the first round of bidding in late 2017. CRH, LafargeHolcim, HeidelbergCement, India Cement, Orient Cement, Ramco Cement, Shree Cement, UltraTech Cement and Piramal Group were all linked to the auction. Eventually UltraTech Cement, JSW Cement, Ramco Cement, HeidelbergCement India, Dalmia Bharat and a pair of Indian investors all submitted bids and JSW Cement emerged as the winner with a bid of US$919m. However the emergence of an additional liability of around US$250m scuppered that auction when it turned out that Binani Cement had offered a corporate guarantee for the acquisition of a fibreglass asset in Europe known as 3B in 2012 by Binani Industries. By February 2018 the next auction was in progress and this time Dalmia Bharat Cement and UltraTech Cement led the race. Dalmia Bharat won the second auction with a bid of around US$1.03bn made in a consortium with Bain Capital's India Resurgent Fund and Piramal Enterprises.
At this point the situation might have conceivably slowed down. Instead, UltraTech Cement kept on fighting and queried the entire bidding process. It then made a direct offer of US$1.11bn to Binani Cement in the form of a so-called 'comfort letter' that Binani Industries used to stop the insolvency process. At the same time it received approval from the Competition Commission of India in its bid for Binani Cement, the previous absence of which was one of the reasons its bid against Dalmia Bharat was rejected.
Indian company law now faced a dilemma over how a bankruptcy works given that the NCLT was meant to be in charge. A way out was found though when the NCLT in Kolkata and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal both allowed the bidders to settle the dispute 'amicably.' To add further confusion the administrator Vijaykumar Iyer also alleged right in the middle of the final tussle between Dalmia Bharat and UltraTech Cement that fraudulent transactions had been made by Binani Cement! Whether this has any further implications remains to be seen.
At this stage nobody is likely to declare UltraTech Cement the winner of Binani Cement until it actually picks up the keys to the cement plants. Perhaps not even then in case of any lingering legal issues! UltraTech Cement clearly views Rajasthan as a growth area given the tenacity with which it has gone after Binani Cement. It operates two integrated plants in the state and is building two more of its own. After its long journey in buying plants from Jaiprakash Associates in 2017, UltraTech Cement is starting to look like the cement producer that simply won't take no for an answer.
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Binani Cement receives six bids
India: Binani Cement has received six bids in its sale process. Offers were received from UltraTech Cement, JSW Cement, Ramco Cement, HeidelbergCement India, Dalmia Cements and a pair of Indian investors, according to the Daily News & Analysis newspaper. The bids ranged from around US$630m to US$940m. However, each bid came with various clauses that made the committee of creditors refer them to a consultancy for evaluation.
JSW Cement to bid for Binani Cement
India: JSW Cement plans to bid for Binani Cement. Managing director Parth Jindal said that the cement producer would partner with a private equity fund to make the offer, according to the Economic Times newspaper. He added that the company is looking for acquisitions in the cement sector. It has also made a bid for Kalyanpur Cement that has a cement production capacity of 1Mt/yr in Bihar. The company aims to reach a production capacity of 20Mt/yr by 2020.
Deadline extended for sale of Binani Cement
India: The deadline for bidding for Binani Cement has been extended until 15 January 2018 as the cement company takes potential buyers on a tour of its grinding plant in Dubai. The Rajasthan-based cement producer is being sold following bankruptcy proceedings, according to the Daily News & Analysis newspaper. The family-owned company with cement plants in Indian, China and the UAE has attracted a high level of interest from both international and local cement companies.
Dalmia Bharat to bid for Binani Cement
India: Dalmia Bharat Cement has made an agreement with the Piramal Bain Resurgence Fund to jointly bid for Binani Cement. The deal will see the two companies make an offer for Binani's two plant in Rajasthan, according to the Economic Times newspaper. Binani Cement has debts of US$530m and the potential buyers are aiming to pay around US$930m. Binani Cement became insolvent following a US$110m royalty payment to state government for its limestone quarries. Other Indian cement producers, including Ultratech Cement, Shree Cement, Nirma, JSW cement and My Home Industries, have expressed interest in the cement producer.
Consolidation gathering pace in India
India's Economic Times (ET) has run a story today that really illustrates the heart of the current oversupply issues surrounding the cement sector in India. It reports that Binani Cement, one of the country's many medium-sized domestic players, is circling the drain ahead of full bankruptcy proceedings. According to 'senior officials,' who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the company has already attracted interest from LafargeHolcim, HeidelbergCement and CRH, as well as a plethora of domestic players. There are a total of 15 interested parties so far: the three multinationals, nine domestic cement producers and three investment firms.
With 11.3Mt/yr of capacity, Binani Cement is not a small player by international standards. Unusually for an Indian producer, it even has capacity elsewhere, in China and Dubai. It is part of the larger BRAJ Binani Group, which is involved in glass fibre, energy, IT and more. The fact that the cement company is now up for sale really underscores the extent to which India doesn't need the 100Mt/yr of extra capacity that was highlighted by the Cement Manufacturers Association in September 2017. India could lose 10 Binani Cements overnight and still have enough capacity to meet domestic demand!
Binani's issues are, at least in part, geographic. It has assets exclusively in the north of India, which has seen weakened homebuilding and infrastructure activities since the implementation of the government's demonetisation policy, as well as the highest impacts from rising imported fossil fuel prices. The implementation of India's new Goods and Services Tax (GST), which has increased cement prices, has not helped. The bulk of Binani's operations are in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, both states far from the coast. When even UltraTech Cement's profit is down, the squeeze for some smaller producers is becoming too much. On its own Binani cannot handle the heat, but its assets would certainly make a nice addition for a larger player.
In this way, the consolidating Indian cement sector represents a microcosm of the global situation. Binani's troubles highlight how much better large companies are at spreading the risks of operating in different markets. As discussed in our forthcoming December 2017 issue, the advantages of being a multinational player with a large number of geographical markets appears to be gradually returning once again, with smaller regional players once again suffering from geographical disadvantages.
Of course, in an environment ripe for consolidation it is very interesting to note that CRH is among the international players linked to Binani. It clearly wants the benefits of being a fully-fledged multinational and is going full-steam ahead to get there. It has spent Euro1.34bn on 27 acquisitions of various sizes in 2017, most notably the on-going purchase of Ash Grove Cement in the US. It is making a strong case to purchase PPC in Africa and a larger Indian base makes sense for the company in the longer term. It lost out on Lafarge India's assets to Nirma in 2016.
We can be sure that the pace of mergers and acquisitions will continue to grow in the rest of 2017 and into 2018 in India and elsewhere. Would you bet against CRH pulling off an Ash Grove, PPC and Binani 'triple?' With the group finance director Senan Murphy stating that there was additional room for expansion in 2018, its intent certainly can't be faulted.
CRH, LafargeHolcim and HeidelbergCement among 15 firms interested in bankrupt Binani
India: As many as 15 companies have shown interest in Binani Cement, which is facing bankruptcy proceeding from its lenders, according to senior officials quoted by India's The Economic Times. Among them are Ireland-based CRH, Swiss-based LafargeHolcim and Germany's HeidelbergCement, each of which have shown interest in response to initial bids called by the resolution professional. Other bidders include local firms India Cement, Orient Cement, Ramco Cement, Shree Cement, UltraTech Cement and Piramals. Senior officials said that a total of nine domestic players and three financial investors have shown interest in the company.
The bidders will provide a binding bid with a detailed resolution plan, which would involve acquiring equity and recasting the debt, by 22 December 2017. The bidders will have to provide plans to either acquire the company fully or acquire its assets only. Binani has a manufacturing capacity of 11.3Mt/yr, with integrated plants in India and China and grinding units in Dubai, UAE.
Competition body rejects Binani Cement's appeal to relax fine
India: The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) has rejected an appeal by Binani Cement to waive paying a 10% deposit of a US$25m fine that was given to it by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for cartel-like behaviour. COMPAT said that the cement producer had failed to add any further information to the situation or pointed out any errors in the procedure, according to the Press Trust of India. In August 2016 the CCI imposed fines of nearly US$1bn on cement producers including ACC, ACL, Binani, Century, India Cements, JK Cement, Lafarge, Ramco, UltraTech, Jaiprakash Associates and the Cement Manufacturers Association for alleged cartelisation activity.
In November 2016, the COMPAT delayed the CCI condition that the cement producers deposit 10% of the fine. However, Binani Cement requested to waive the deposit on grounds of severe financial hardship. Binani Cement now potentially faces interest charges on top of the deposit as its appeal was dismissed.
Tribunal repeals Competition Commission of India US$945m fine on cement firms
India: The Competition Appellate Tribunal has set aside a US$945m penalty imposed on 11 cement firms by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on accusations of cartel behaviour and asked the fair trade regulator to resubmit the case. The Tribunal also allowed the cement manufacturers to withdraw the 10% penalty amount already deposited with the CCI, according to the Press Trust of India.
The judgement follows appeals filed by the cement firms and their industry body, the Cement Manufacturers Association, against the two CCI orders passed in June - July 2012. The cement companies included ACC, Ambuja Cements, Binani Cements, Century Textiles Ltd, India Cements, JK Cements, Lafarge India, Madras Cements, Ultratech, JP Associates and Shree Cements.
The CCI had passed the orders after an investigation into complaints, including from Builders Association of India (BAI), against alleged price collaboration between cement firms.
The orders were later challenged at the Competition Appellate Tribunal, which ordered that 'the impugned order is set aside and the matter is remitted to the CCI for fresh adjudication of the issues relating to alleged violation" of the relevant sections of the Competition Act.'
CCI imposes US$66.2m penalty on Shree Cement
India: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed the penalty on Shree Cement while issuing the final order in a case against cement manufacturers and their trade body, the Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA).
"The Commission has imposed a penalty on Shree Cement Ltd at the rate of half of its profits for the years 2009 - 2010 and 2010 – 2011, aggregating to US$66.2m," said the CCI. The CCI added that it had, "Found 11 cement manufacturers, including Shree Cement and the CMA, in contravention of the provisions of the Competition Act 2002, which deal with anti-competitive agreements, including cartels." It asked Shree Cement to refrain from such anti-competitive activities in the future.
With regard to the other companies, the CCI said that as they were fined earlier, it was not imposing any penalty on them again for the same period of contravention. In June 2012 the CCI imposed a US$1.05bn fine on 11 leading cement makers, including ACC, Ambuja Cements, UltraTech, India Cements, Binani Cement, JK Cement, Madras Cement, Lafarge and Jaypee Cement. The industry body CMA was also fined US$121,717.


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Down Came a Blackbird is a 1953 comedy play  by the British writer Peter Blackmore. It was first staged at Q Theatre in London before transferring to the West End where it ran for 53 performances at the Savoy Theatre between 22 December 1953 and 6 February 1954. Directed by Henry Kendall the cast included Peter Arne, Viola Keats, John Loder and Betty Paul. The title is taken from a line in the traditional nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence. It takes place entirely in the garden room of the Egyptian villa of Sir Clive Dawson.

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 Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1950–1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel.  Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

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