The Ecomuseum of Casentino is organised as a network of exhibition spaces, cultural testimonies and experiences, which are dispersed throughout the valley, maintaining strong links with the local community. Each ecomuseum in the network has its own role to play, and individual characteristics, which also reflect diverse times, spaces and ways of doing things.
It doesn't matter what faith you are or whether you are a believer or not. Spiritual places have a very special energy that surpasses religious boundaries and invigorates the heart and the mind.
Attractive places to relive history and admire wonderful architecture.
In the Casentino valley you will find museums that recount historical, cultural and folkloric aspects of the region.
Casentino is a small, precious jewel in Tuscany: atmospheric and rich with history. The valley is in the province of Arezzo, a few kilometres from Florence; the first section of the river Arno flows through it, starting at Mount Falterona (1654m above sea level). Mount Falterona, together with Mount Falco (1658m above sea level), makes up the northern border of the valley, at the boundary with Romagna. In the east, the Alps of Serra and the Alps of Catenaia separate Casentino from the higher Tiber valley. In the west, the Pratomagno Massif separates it from the higher Valdarno. Finally, the western reliefs of Mount Falterona separate the valley from Mugello.
Many activities to suit all tastes and ages; a day at the zoo, a walk in the shade of the beech woods, surround yourself with colour, a walk in the snow, a game of golf, an excursion and so much more….
"Travelling is like dreaming: the only difference is that not everyone, once awake, can recall their dream. Whereas, everyone has a vivid memory of the trip from which he has returned. "
Discover the tastes of Casentino with a journey through its local produce, which vary from handmade to farmed products, and don't miss the local Casentino dishes.
The elements that characterise our local products are: historical memory, geographical location, quality of ingredients and production techniques.
The appreciation of our agriculture and food heritage creates great potential, on a par with our artistic/cultural and environmental heritage.
The Tuscan valley of Casentino is a land of flavours that are genuine, intense and delicate all at the same time.
Discover it, sample it and live it.
Because the future is not a place where new things appear, it is an amalgamation of consequences from the present. So any theory about action is actually a theory about perspective. Perspective and action are resolutely bound together.


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I was working with a family who just had their first child and noticed that she seemed not to be hitting developmental milestones. After speaking with her parents, we decided to do a developmental screening. Their daughter was definitely not where she should be for her age. The family was not ready to receive additional support, so we came up with a parent-lead plan to aid their young child's development and reassess her in two months (my goal being not letting their daughter fall any further behind developmentally, while promoting the referral to further assistance). It was amazing. This family worked with their child daily to encourage her in reaching the appropriate developmental milestones. This family, like any of us just needed the tools, support, and knowledge of child development to help support the development of their infant. I am pleased to say this beautiful baby girl is right where she should be developmentally.
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Almost Famous Cast Gets Back on the Bus in New Oral History Podcast: Stream
For the 20th anniversary of the backstage classic
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July 8, 2020 | 12:32pm ET
Hey all you Golden Gods, get ready to hop back on the bus for another tour of Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous. With the film's 20th anniversary fast approaching, James Andrew Miller has interviewed the cast and crew for his oral history podcast, Origins. All five episodes dropped today, and like a journalistic Russian nesting doll, they include an intimate backstage peek at one of the great backstage stories of our time.
Almost Famous was loosely based on Crowe's experience as a young, perhaps unqualified, but certainly enthusiastic reporter for Rolling Stone. After touring with real life bands like Led Zeppelin and the Eagles, Crowe wrote and directed a coming-of-age tale about a boy journo and his adventures following the fictional group Stillwater. It garnered a slew of award nominations, taking home an Oscar for Crowe's writing and a Grammy for the movie soundtrack.
Miller is no stranger to cultural landmarks, having previously pointed his Origins microphone at the movers and shakers behind Sex and the City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Saturday Night Live, and ESPN. For Almost Famous, he's reassembled representatives of the cast and crew, including Crowe himself, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Zooey Deschanel, Jimmy Fallon, and Peter Frampton. Also joining the conversation is Nancy Wilson from the band Heart, who along with Frampton wrote the film's original music.
The podcast is full of insights, and it's gratifying to hear that the movie means as much to its creators as it does to its fans. In episode one, Hudson speaks about how landing the role of Penny Lane changed her life, saying "I probably don't go a week without someone telling me what Penny Lane is to them, what Almost Famous is to them."
Cameron Crowe reveals the story behind Philip Seymour Hoffman's portrayal of Lester Bangs
Almost Famous musical to debut this fall in San Diego
The actress turned 40 last year, and the experience caused her to reflect on where she's been and when she's been happiest:
"Almost Famous, that happening in my life, was like, 'All right, your twenties are going to be insane, thanks to Almost Famous.' And so for two decades, my life has sort of exploded. And then I look back, and as I'm sitting in my therapist's office, I'm going, 'I just — I'm feeling like — I'm forty, and I just wanna — I just –', and my therapist goes, 'You wanna get back on the bus with Stillwater?' And I was like, 'Yes! I wanna go back on the bus! I wanna go back on the bus! You're right, that's exactly what I want.'"
You can stream to the series now, and if you're looking for more fine audio content, be sure to check out the Consequence Podcast Network.
Last fall, a musical based on Almost Famous premiered in San Diego, and it's probably coming to Broadway whenever live performances return.
Editor's Note: Stay safe by picking up one of our custom face masks. A portion of the proceeds will benefit MusiCares' COVID-19 Artist Relief fund supporting independent musicians.
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Hinckley students protest over scrapping of maintenance grants
The group delivered 345 letters to the local Tory group's headquarters as part of the National Union of Students' action day
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Students who recently set up a youth branch of the Hinckley and Bosworth Green party delivered protest letters to the area's Conservativev HQ calling on Bosworth MP David Tredinnick to act on plans by the Government to turn maintenance grants into loans
Hinckley students have played their part in a mass protest over the scrapping of maintenance grants.
Organised by the recently established student wing of Hinckley and Bosworth Green party, a group delivered 345 letters to the local Tory group's headquarters as part of the National Union of Students' action day.
The letters, addressed to Bosworth MP David Tredinnick, call on him to do all he can to prevent the grants from being turned into loans.
A spokesman said: "The Government's plan to turn maintenance grants into loans means that debts could be as much as £50,000 for the future students leaving university. We are hoping that MP David Tredinnick will support a large number of opposition MPs and a small but growing number of Conservatives calling for the Government to halt its plans, which could see students shackled in debt.
"A recent NUS survey suggested this would put over a third of students off applying for further education next year, something that could damage the high skill set of the UK workforce. Considering that students are often declared to be non voters, the action day showed just how important the issue was to students locally and across the country."
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Winchester Road is a road in North Oxford, England. It runs north–south between and roughly parallel with Woodstock Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east. It is in a desirable area with high house prices.

History and name
The area was formerly part of the estate of St John's College, and the road is named after the city and see of Winchester, whose bishop is the Visitor of the college. Most of the houses are in the Victorian Gothic style, largely built between 1875 and 1882, designed by architects including Frederick Codd, William Cross, and William Wilkinson.

Local area
At the southern end is Bevington Road, with St Anne's College, a former women's college of the University of Oxford, opposite. At the northern end is Canterbury Road, with St Hugh's College, another of the University's former women's colleges, opposite. Some modern ornamental iron gates at the junction with Winchester Road give access to the college's grounds.

A little more than halfway up the road, there is a junction with North Parade, containing local shops, to the east and Church Walk (with through access for pedestrians only) to the west.

Towards the southern end on the west side is St Antony's College, a graduate college of the University. The Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies is at 27 Winchester Road, in the precincts of St Antony's College. This houses the Bodleian Japanese Library.

Also to the east, just north of Church Walk, there is a good view of the tower and spire of the St Philip and St James Church, now the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (an institution accredited by Middlesex University).

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L-R: Susan Bysiewicz, Ned Lamont and U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy view a solar panel at Trinity Solar in Cheshire in October.
Connecticut is among the fastest-growing small states when it comes to solar power generation and is close to hitting the milestone of 500 megawatts of installed solar, according to a new report by the Solar Energy Industries Association.
As of the second quarter of 2018, the Nutmeg State ranked 19th nationwide in solar capacity, up from 21st last year, with 69,632 homes powered by solar. Even so, only 1.24 percent of the state's total electricity was generated by solar panels.
Statewide, solar installation and related companies employed 2,168 people.
The industry group credited the Connecticut Property Assessed Clean Energy program for sparking solar growth through financing and services to government and commercial property owners. "This unique program will serve as a model for other states to follow," the report stated.
Retailers cited for major solar installations included a Waterbury project by Brookfield Properties Retail Group, IKEA and Kohl's. New Haven's Albertus Magnus College installed a 770-kilowatt solar system in campus carports earlier this month.
Solar and other renewable-energy sources contributed to a 2.8-percent drop in retail electricity sales in the state in 2017 compared the year before, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Energy-efficiency efforts also contributed to the decline, which saw electricity sales in Connecticut fall to the lowest level this century.
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The new Executive Secretary of the National University Commission, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has disclosed that the commission will soon stop Universities from running diploma programmes.
He made this known when he was paid a visit by the the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Dr Masaudu Kazaure in his office.
According to Prof. Rasheed, only polytechnics had the statutory right to run diploma programmes.
He equally stated that the federal government had earlier issued a circular as far back as 2000 prohibiting the use of Ordinary Diploma certificates either in the promotion or employment of staff in the civil service, adding that the commission would soon notify universities to stop the programmes.
He gave assurance that the commission will collaborate with NBTE towards developing a value print that will give polytechnics the capacity to run degree programmes.
He further dispelled rumours that the FG has converted Kaduna state Polytechnic and Yaba College of Technology to city universities and commended the recent move by the Council of Civil Service Establishments in making HND holders that have Post-Graduate Diploma (PGD) to be at par with university graduates in the civil service.


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An introduction to carbon pricing, including carbon taxes and cap-and-trade programs, the benefits and design of pricing policies, and applications around the globe.
Explainer by Marc Hafstead — 7 minute read — June 6, 2019
What Is Carbon Pricing? Comparing Carbon Taxes and Cap-And-Trade Programs Benefits of Carbon Pricing Options for Carbon Pricing Design Carbon Pricing Programs around the Globe
What Is Carbon Pricing?
Carbon pricing is a climate policy approach used in a number of countries and subnational jurisdictions (regions, states, provinces, cities) around the world. Carbon pricing works by charging emitters for the tons of emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) for which they are responsible. CO₂ is emitted largely through the combustion of fossil fuels used for electricity generation, industrial production, transportation, and use of energy in residential and commercial buildings.
2018 United States Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Consumption by Sector
Data source: US Energy Information Administration, May 2019 Monthly Energy Review
Comparing Carbon Taxes and Cap-And-Trade Programs
Carbon pricing policies traditionally take two forms: carbon taxes and cap-and-trade programs.
A carbon tax is a price set per ton of carbon or, more commonly, per ton of CO₂ emitted. Because CO₂ emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels are proportional to the carbon content of the fuel, a carbon tax is, in effect, a tax on CO₂. A $1 tax per ton of CO₂ is equal to a $3.7 tax per ton of carbon, because carbon constitutes roughly 3/11 of the weight of CO₂.
A cap-and-trade program limits the total amount of CO₂ that can be emitted by certain facilities. In a cap-and-trade program, the government issues a limited number of emissions allowances (also known as permits), each of which grants the holder the right to emit one ton of CO₂. Allowances can be distributed in a number of ways: they can be directly allocated to firms or facilities (a concept called free allocation of allowances) or sold through auction markets. The limited, government-controlled supply of allowances "caps" the total amount of emissions. Allowances can be traded, and the sales and purchases (supply and demand) of allowances yield a market price for allowances—essentially the price of one ton of CO₂ emissions.
Some cap-and-trade programs include provisions for the banking and borrowing of allowances over time: permits issued in one year can be submitted to account for emissions in later years (banking), and permits for future years can be issued and used in the current year (borrowing). When banking and borrowing take place, emissions during a specific year may be greater or less than the number of allowances issued in that year, but over time, the emissions and allowances are balanced. Banking and borrowing gives firms more flexibility in methods of compliance and reduce the costs of meeting a cumulative emissions target.
Carbon taxes and cap-and-trade programs primarily differ by the type of certainty they provide. Carbon taxes provide price certainty, as entities subject to the tax know how much they'll have to pay per ton emitted—but simply setting a tax rate doesn't guarantee any particular level of emissions reductions. Cap-and-trade programs, on the other hand, set a cap on emissions and therefore provide quantity certainty—but price fluctuations under the trading market structure can provide a less solid basis for business planning decisions. Hybrid systems, however, can be used to reduce price or emissions uncertainty. Under cap-and-trade programs, price floors and ceilings have been proposed and utilized to prevent prices from being "too low" or "too high." Carbon taxes can also be designed to automatically adjust if actual emissions miss some predetermined emissions path.
Benefits of Carbon Pricing
Carbon pricing policies—carbon taxes and cap-and-trade programs alike—have several attributes that make them generally more efficient, or less costly, than other potential policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions (such as technology mandates, direct regulations, subsidies to zero-carbon energy sources, and others). A few of these key attributes are discussed below.
Carbon pricing allows firms to choose the most efficient method to reduce (or not to reduce) emissions in response to the carbon price. Under other policies, such as technology mandates, a regulator chooses a single method for a wide set of firms. Such one-size-fits-all approaches may lead to unnecessarily costly reductions for some firms if cheaper methods to reduce emissions exist.
Equal Marginal Costs of Abatement
An economy-wide carbon price applies a uniform price on CO₂ emissions regardless of the source. As a result, the marginal abatement costs (the costs to firms of decreasing their emissions by one unit) are equalized across firms and sectors. This is a necessary condition for minimizing the overall costs of emissions reductions. Regulations often imply different marginal abatement costs across firms and sectors: if one sector has a regulation with very high marginal abatement costs, it may be more cost-effective to remove that regulation and impose more stringent regulations in sectors with lower abatement costs. In practice, it would be very difficult for regulators to accomplish this, but it is an inherent quality of carbon pricing.
Encouraging Conservation
A carbon price encourages individuals and businesses to reduce their carbon emissions more than conventional regulations. A conventional regulation (such as a performance standard) sets a strict limit on emissions per unit of output, but does not provide incentives to reduce overall demand. In contrast, carbon pricing provides incentives to reduce emissions per unit of output, but also charges a price for every additional ton of CO₂ that is not reduced through increased efficiency. Therefore, the price of carbon-intensive goods (i.e., electricity or gasoline) will likely be higher under a carbon price than under conventional regulations, which encourages individuals and businesses to reduce their demand (to the extent possible). Thus, a carbon price encourages more conservation than conventional regulations.
A carbon price creates a new revenue stream that can be used in a number of ways. Revenue use can significantly affect the economic costs and political feasibility of a carbon pricing policy. This is discussed in more depth below.
The price of carbon-intensive goods, such as gasoline, will likely be higher under a carbon price than under conventional regulations, encouraging more conservation. Photo: k_samurkas/Shutterstock
Options for Carbon Pricing Design
Beyond the choice between a tax and a cap, there are many policy options for how a carbon price would be applied in the economy, all of which have different impacts on overall cost, emissions reductions, revenues raised, and so on.
According to economic theory, emissions pricing produces the highest net benefits (environmental, health, and other benefits minus economic costs) when the carbon price is equal to the marginal damage of carbon emissions, or the damage caused by adding one additional ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This would be accomplished either by setting the carbon tax equal to the marginal damage or, under a cap-and-trade program, by capping emissions at a level that leads to an emissions allowance price equal to the marginal damage. This marginal damage is often called the social cost of carbon (SCC).
Negative Externalities
When private decision makers cause harm to an unrelated third party, that harm is called a negative externality. For example, if a power plant generates electricity and sells it to its customers, the pollution it emits in the process may affect the health of neighboring communities. The health effects of this pollution would be a negative externality of the power plant's electricity generation and sale.
Arthur Pigou's seminal 1920 book, The Economics of Welfare, introduced the idea of taxing negative externalities. In his book, Pigou showed that taxing a negative externality at a price equal to the marginal damage internalizes the externality and maximizes overall welfare.
Stringency
Policy stringency is determined by the level of the tax rate (under a carbon tax) or the level of the emissions cap (under cap and trade) and how they change over time. A $50 carbon tax is more stringent than a $10 carbon tax: it will lead to lower emissions and higher costs. In determining stringency, policymakers face a tradeoff between environmental goals and the costs of meeting those goals. In the United States, policy stringency is often framed relative to international agreements or temperature goals: policy A will meet the 2025 Paris targets or policy B will limit warming to 2 degrees.
The coverage of a carbon pricing policy determines which sectors of the economy and which emission types are covered by the carbon price. For example, the European Union Emissions Trading System cap-and-trade program covers CO₂, nitrous oxide (N₂O), and perfluorocarbons (PFCs) emitted by 11,000 energy-intensive plants in the electric power and manufacturing sectors across 31 European countries. Overall, the policy covers about 45 percent of the EU's greenhouse gases. In comparison, British Columbia's carbon tax applies to the purchase and use of fossil fuels regardless of end-use sector, covering about 70 percent of provincial greenhouse gas emissions.
Point of Regulation
The point of regulation of a carbon price determines exactly who is required to submit permits or pay the tax to the government. An upstream carbon tax would tax fossil fuel producers for the carbon content (and hence ultimate CO₂ emissions) of their products. A midstream tax would tax the first purchaser of fossil fuels in the supply chain. For example, a midstream tax would require a refinery to pay for the carbon content of all the crude oil it purchases. A downstream tax applies to the emitter: for example, coal-fired generators, industrial users, or households and businesses that use gasoline in their vehicles or natural gas in their homes and businesses. The administrative cost of a carbon price can vary widely by the point of regulation, but ultimately a carbon price is passed on to consumers regardless of the point of regulation. To learn more about the economics of the point of regulation, see this report by economist Gilbert Metcalf.
Revenue Use
With the exception of cap-and-trade programs that freely allocate allowances to firms, carbon pricing policies raise revenue. Both the overall economic costs and the distribution of those costs across segments of society are significantly determined by how the revenues are used. In this explainer, we take an in-depth look at the question of what to do with the revenues.
Carbon pricing policies may include other design elements aimed at mitigating cost uncertainty under a cap-and-trade program or emissions uncertainty under a carbon tax, or reducing potential competitiveness issues under cap-and-trade programs or carbon taxes.
Carbon Pricing Programs around the Globe
As of March 2019, the World Bank's Carbon Pricing Dashboard highlights 52 carbon pricing initiatives implemented or scheduled for implementation, with 46 national jurisdictions and 24 subnational jurisdictions covered by those initiatives. In 2018, these initiatives would cover 11 gigatons of CO₂ equivalent, representing 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
At the moment, the majority of global carbon prices take the form of cap-and-trade programs, the largest of which can be found in the European Union and the state of California. Carbon taxes are growing in popularity, however, and are now in place in the United Kingdom, several Canadian provinces, Sweden, and more.
Carbon Taxes
Cap and Trade
Marc Hafstead
Fellow and Director, Carbon Pricing Initiative
On the Issues: Climate in the Democratic Debate, China's Carbon Trading Breakthrough, and More
Connecting this week's environmental and energy news to RFF's economic research.
Press Release — Jan 15, 2020
First-of-its-Kind Study Evaluates China's New Nationwide CO2 Emissions Pricing System
Assessing the cost-effectiveness and distributional consequences of China's new nationwide CO2 emissions pricing system
Working Paper — Jan 14, 2020
China's Unconventional Nationwide CO₂ Emissions Trading System: The Wide-Ranging Impacts of an Implicit Output Subsidy
This paper assesses the overall costs and distributional impacts of China's planned nationwide emissions trading system for CO2 emissions reductions, a system that will differ from cap and trade and become the largest CO2 trading system in the world.


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RE: Milan Management - maharaja - 04-22-2015
Nesta was very intelligent player, and we should definitely have a place in the coaching system. But for the head coach, I want someone with at least a decade of experience with the top clubs.
RE: Milan Management - ACMILAN1983 - 04-22-2015
Here's another article about this:
http://www.milannews.it/rassegna-stampa/leggo-milan-riecco-maldini-e-nesta-174267
I can imagine Nesta being a youth coach or part of the coaching staff at senior level. Maybe he's work as an assistant, effectively replacing Tassotti (who I suspect is probably leaving this summer). That last option could give him the opportunity to learn from someone more experienced, a bit like Zidane with Ancelotti, or Ancelotti when he was Sacchi's assistant in the mid 90's.
Edit: Just read Barbara wants to redevelop Milanello to improve the training centre, but also redevelop it to make it more accessible to fans and sponsors, by building restaurants and an area for commercial events.
For the staff, she wants have modern facilities where they can play golf and have modern medical and fitness facilities.
http://www.milannews.it/da-milanello/corsera-il-milan-vuole-trasformare-milanello-ecco-il-piano-di-barbara-berlusconi-174258
RE: Milan Management - ACM2020 - 04-22-2015
(04-22-2015, 01:12 AM)devoted_dm Wrote:
(04-21-2015, 01:20 PM)ACMILAN1983 Wrote: Not only Maldini returning to Milan under Bee, but there's also talk of Nesta!! Odd thing is that Nesta has clearly stated that he wants to be a coach, so I wonder what role he would come back in.
He's probably our next head coach, at least until 2016-17, when Brocchi takes over. Then in 2017-18 it'll be Sheva, followed by Gattuso the season after, and then Ambrosini, Costacurta, Rui Costa, Kaladze, Martin Laursen... Personally I'm excited for the 2024-25 season, when it's expected that the team will be coached by Ronaldinho and his new girlfriend.
No, in all seriousness I think Nesta might be given a role as a coach further down in the club system. It would definitely be a good thing, that man really knows how to read the game.
RE: Milan Management - reza - 04-28-2015
Officially 91million loss for 2014.
It is pretty obvious something is happening somehow on the non sporting side, the football operation could not have possibly lost that much.
RE: Milan Management - am I Milan enough? - 04-28-2015
and someone has to be responsible for that.
Here's the official translation:
http://www.acmilan.com/en/news/show/157209
Quote: The balance sheet for 2014 conforms to the norms correctly. The loss is of 91.3 million but with the usual criterias normally present the loss would have only been of 46.6 million.
Reading slightly more about this, it seems like Galliani was getting slaughtered in the meeting by the shareholders:
http://www.milannews.it/primo-piano/live-mn-approvazione-del-bilancio-rosso-di-91-milioni-confermate-le-composizioni-di-cda-le-parole-di-galliani-174793
A couple of examples of what I seen are one person questioning what's going on in the club and the lack of any clarity for the future, another literally says nothing's been done right in the past few years and seems to want Galliani out.
Sounds like whoever was in the meeting (I think Galliani, Paolo Berlusconi and Barbara) had an extremely tough time.
(04-28-2015, 04:51 PM)ACMILAN1983 Wrote: Here's the official translation:
at least they are doing something right.
How can this not result in resignation I have no idea. Huge farce created by Galliani and rubber stamped by Berlusconi.
This is really serious. I don't know all the details, but Milan might be heading towards bankruptcy. This is far from sustainable, and I really can't understand how this squad, without any star player, can cost so much.
RE: Milan Management - devoted_dm - 04-28-2015
(04-28-2015, 10:13 PM)maharaja Wrote: This is really serious. I don't know all the details, but Milan might be heading towards bankruptcy. This is far from sustainable, and I really can't understand how this squad, without any star player, can cost so much.
It's bad, but not Parma level bad, and we're not in danger of going bankrupt. Fininvest will cover the losses, as usual. In the long run they have to turn this around of course, but I think that once we have new owners, a new stadium and are back in the CL, things will be alright again. Didn't we break even a few years ago?


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December 23, 2011 by williamnyy23
The Yankees lost out on another potential trade target when Gio Gonzalez was traded to the Washington Nationals for a package of prospects. At the price the Nationals paid, the Yankees probably weren't a player for Gonzalez anyway, so the trade really doesn't alter the team's offseason strategy. However, it does further an interesting development taking place around baseball, and particularly in the N.L. East.
Nationals' fans may get down on their knees after their team acquired widely coveted Gio Gonzalez. (Photo: Getty Images)
There are a variety of differing opinions on Gonzalez. Some believe he is gradually emerging as one of the best young arms in the game, while others suspect he may not be able to continue outperforming his relative inability to throw strikes. As with most young pitchers, it's hard to predict what path Gonzalez will take in Washington, but regardless, the Nationals' aggressive move speaks volumes about the internal view they have about their team as well as the economic boom taking place throughout the game.
When the Angels signed Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson, we learned that Arte Moreno's shopping spree was being funded by a new multi-billion television deal. Similarly, the Rangers aggressive spending since being sold to the ownership group fronted by Nolan Ryan has been linked to TV money. Now, it seems, we can also add the Nationals to that list.
According to a report in the Washington Examiner, the Nationals are in the process of negotiating a new payout from MASN that could be substantially higher than the $29 million fee they currently receive. With the expectation of increased revenue, the Nationals' decision to accelerate their rebuilding strategy makes perfect sense. Even though Gonzalez, who is entering his first year of arbitration eligibility, won't cost the Nationals much initially, the price in prospects was very steep. The team's willingness to cash in so many future chips for instant gratification must mean the Nationals either think they are ready to contend now, or have the financial wherewithal to significantly expedite the process. When Washington broke the bank to sign Jayson Werth last year, many pundits scratched their heads, but clearly, the organization has adopted a very optimistic outlook. Even though GM Mike Rizzo probably already regrets the decision to sign Werth, it says a lot that he and owner Mark Lerner remain undeterred in their attempts to quickly improve the team.
The Nationals have every reason to be optimistic. They were, after all, a near-.500 team in 2011, so any marginal improvement will gradually bring them closer to contention, especially when you consider the additional wild card that will be implemented this season. If Gonzalez continues his progression and Stephen Strasburg's recovery from Tommy John surgery remains on track, the addition of those two pitchers alone could vault Washington right into the middle of the playoff picture. Although the offensive remains a little thin, especially in the outfield, the development of young players like Wilson Ramos and Danny Espinosa, combined with better health from Ryan Zimmerman, could further lessen the gap between the Nationals and the National League's elite.
The Marlins have also been an unlikely aggressor this offseason. (Photo: AP)
Of course, the Nationals aren't the only team in the N.L. East who seem willing to open their wallet. The Phillies have grown their payroll to levels only reached by the Yankees and Red Sox, while the Marlins have nearly doubled theirs this offseason. Although the Braves have maintained a very stable payroll over the last decade, the team's finances are very healthy and its farm system very deep, so they too could quickly become participants in the N.L. East arms race. Ironically, the only team going in the opposite direction is the New York Mets, who are currently trying to sell off minority shares of the team, as well as special access to their mascot and other perks, just to remain solvent.
When money was tighter, hoarding prospects was the new market efficiency. Revenue-deprived teams like the Rays still successfully employ that philosophy, but for the most part, it seems as if the revenue boom in baseball has placed an emphasis on instant improvement. With little exception, baseball's financial landscape has evened out, and competitive balance in the game has never been greater. When one of the few teams talking about a budget happens to be the New York Yankees, it's a good sign that the sport is enjoying unprecedented prosperity. And, who knows, as a result of this changing economic climate, Washington might not only be first in war and first in peace, but, soon, first in the National League East as well.
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The last bullet point is very important, because if I don't achieve this or do this, I will be in no fit state to accomplish or undertake any of the other bullet points. It has taken me a long time to realise this, but I'm sure it will be the key to my accomplishing more, not less.
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A few months ago, Bloomberg published its list of the "50 Most Promising Startups You've Never Heard Of." We were thrilled when Rulai was included. After all, we were only one of three startups specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) that made it on their list.
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HomeFeaturesFood for the soul to be served at Owl's Nest
Food for the soul to be served at Owl's Nest
Owl's Nest's head chef Keith Taylor is bringing in more Southern comfort food, including brisket and macaroni and cheese, to the menu at the restaurant. History, tradition and late night pizza are being taken to
26 September 2011 Alexandra Olivier Features
Owl's Nest's head chef Keith Taylor is bringing in more Southern comfort food, including brisket and macaroni and cheese, to the menu at the restaurant.
History, tradition and late night pizza are being taken to new heights under Executive Chef Keith Taylor and his team at the Owl's Nest, located at 2010 N. Broad St. They are bringing food for the soul to Main Campus while preserving the tradition of the Owl's Nest.
The Owl's Nest signage remains out front with the addition of a glowing sign saying SoulCucina. Taylor and his partners stress that the Owl's Nest is an important institution to Temple's campus and they didn't want to tamper with that.
"We are SoulCucina at the Owl's Nest. We want to add to the Temple tradition–take it to the next level," Taylor said.
Walking into the Owl's Nest, it is easy to forget that it is now under new management since the general aesthetics of the place are exactly the same. The Temple "T" is still painted on the wall, the general seating setup hasn't been touched and the projector playing popular television shows is still up and running. The only notable difference is the distinct smell of hickory radiating from the smoker.
The entrance is rich with the vibrant smells of rich spices, mouthwatering pulled pork, brisket and ribs. Not to mention, the plethora of options ranging from traditional Southern sides, like four-cheese baked macaroni and cheese, to vegetarian options like eggplant parmesan.
Keeping the tradition of Owl's Nest meant capitalizing on what was already present.
"We took a traditional staple, pizza, and brought it to another level," Taylor said. "We've added to the tradition of Italian food that has become more like an American staple and just improved upon it."
After a late night of partying and hanging out with friends students are generally limited on food options, Taylor said.
"I've seen this place go through three different owners," said Kris Seiberlich, an employee and alumnus. "This is Temple's own lounge. Kids come here, meet up, go out then come back later and get something to eat."
Seiberlich has worked at the Owl's Nest on and off and is waiting for it to become the hotspot on campus once again. Visiting a friend who worked there, he remembers looking through the menu and thinking how great it was that Taylor implemented barbecue favorites as well as kept the tradition of Owl's Nest pizza. He then made the decision to return to the Owl's Nest.
"I'm excited to see this place still going and what it's going to bring to this campus," he said.
The excitement stems from possibilities of what the Owl's Nest can turn into under Taylor's team.
Temple's diverse, academic community motivated Taylor and his associates to bring SoulCucina to Temple instead of a desirable Center City location.
"Temple to us is better than being in Center City because here is where the diversity is," he said.
Combining tradition to fit the "soul of every Temple student," Taylor also wants SoulCucina to be embraced by the surrounding community.
A Philadelphia local told Taylor in passing that this place used to be packed and he needs to get it back to where it used to be. This is a top priority for Taylor.
Taylor graduated from the Cornell Culinary Institute and has since then worked at many prominent restaurants. He has been a driving force working at various restaurants to make quality food and keep it affordable.
Keeping food inexpensive at the Owl's Nest is attributed to what he calls keeping "a small green footprint."
"Everything is smoked on site and we're using the cheapest source there is–wood," Taylor said. "Everything is also all paper here, paper plates, paper cups so we do a good job of getting cheaper materials to cater to a college student's pockets. We know how fast Diamond Dollars go."
SoulCucina at the Owl's Nest is still open late for Temple's lively community. Open from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. Thursday through Saturday, night Owl's–the studious and the party goers–have new food options on Main Campus.
"Two of the biggest comfort foods, pizza and barbecue, fits because we wanted to bring some type of soul food to every kid on campus," Taylor said.
Within the next five years, Chef Taylor's immediate goals are to establish SoulCucina at the Owl's nest as the number one place on campus to get comfort food. He also hopes to expand beyond the Temple community as well as provide jobs to students.
"I want kids to tell their parents, 'Hey, I have this place you have to go to–the food is amazing,'" Taylor said.
He views his business as colorless and wants this to feel like the soul food away from home for every student on campus.
"This is the Owl's Nest, I want this place to show that this is for the Owls' jerseys, pictures of students sporting Temple gear, this is the place to be for Temple students and I want to make that clear," Taylor said. "That's why we didn't change the name, the Owl's Nest is important to the Temple community and we acknowledge that."
Tomorrow, Sept. 28 between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., SoulCucina at the Owl's Nest will be hosting "Free BBQ Wednesday" where they will be giving away free samples of award-winning ribs and traditional, North Carolina pulled-pork mini sandwiches.
Alexandra Olivier can be reached at alexandra.olivier@temple.edu.
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Supercomputer offers 40-gigabit speeds for university researchers
17 February 2015 Liora Engel-Smith News, Research
Owl's Nest can process massive amounts of data.
Sir Reginald says:
Chef Taylor is the master of Soul food! The Owl's nest will be hooting with satisfaction!


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United Nations Square (Place des Nations Unies) Tours
Marking the boundary between the historic Old Medina and the new town built during the 20th century French rule, United Nations Square (Place des Nations Unies) is not only one of Casablanca's busiest public squares, but one of its most important navigational landmarks, fed by many of the city's principal boulevards. Laid out in 1920 by Joseph Marrast, the former marketplace was initially dubbed La Place de France and along with the nearby Mohamed V Square, forms the nucleus of the modern city center, now linked by the a new tramway.
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Tour of Casablanca attractions in Electric Scooter.
Circuit in electric scooter, this walk will make you discover the best points of interest of Casablanca. Monuments, central districts, squares, and other Park. The electric scooter offers a unique experience. Pleasant to drive and reassuring, she avoids long tiring marches. Its speed and its autonomy brings a freedom and pleasure
Casablanca Half-Day Tour: Hassan II Mosque, Mohammed V Square and Central Market
Get to know Casablanca's highlights on this 3-hour tour — one of the most comprehensive of all Casablanca tours. Choose a morning or afternoon tour, and discover the landmarks by air-conditioned vehicle as your guide recounts stories about each sight. Admire top Casablanca attractions including the Hassan II Mosque, Royal Palace and Central Market (only on morning tours); see the elegant Habbous quarter, created by the French in the 1920s; and enjoy free time to stroll along the scenic, palm-lined Ain Diab Corniche. Numbers are limited to 18 people for a more personalized atmosphere.
Casablanca Half Day City Tour
This tour will take for a half day discovery of Casablanca, the economic capital city Morocco. Even if the city is quite new compared to the other cities of the Kingdom, although, it has a lot to offer like its Art Deco Architecture, the Hassan II Mosque, the largest mosque in Morocco and seventh largest in entire world, and the unique Mosque that can be visited by non Muslims.
Private Half-Day Guided Tour of Casablanca
Explore the legendary city of Casablanca on a 4-hour, private tour of the city with a personal guide and driver. Walk the narrow streets of the traditional Habbous neighborhood, and see the city's most iconic landmarks. Visit sprawling squares and markets filled with brilliant handicrafts and souvenirs, then stand beside the high gates of the King's Royal Palace. See religious buildings and historic sites, and discover a brand new shopping mall by the picturesque corniche. Enjoy the flexibility of a private tour to see the city at your own pace.
Rabat & Casablanca Tour from Casablanca
Rabat and Casablanca day tour will lead you to explore the economic and the administrative capitals of Morocco. Your day trip will start either by Rabat City Tour or by Casablanca City Tour. The Rabat city tour will lead you to discover the main sites of the capital of Morocco such as, the Kasbah of Oudaias, the Hassan Tower and the ruins of 200 columns, the Chellah Necropolis, the Mohamed V Mausoleum, the medina and more! The Cassablanca City Tour will lead you to discover the main sites of Casablanca: such as, the The District of Habous, The Hassan II Mosque (exterior visit), Mahkama du Pasha and more!
Casablanca Half-Day City Tour
Round up Casablanca's sights in half a day on this city tour. With a guide to shed light on the landmarks, visit the Hassan II Mosque and admire the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Mohammed V Square, and Art Deco buildings of Mohammed V Boulevard. Plus, take in museums, the medina, corniche, and leafy Habous district as you learn about Casablanca's history. Ideal for first-time visitors, with hotel and airport transfers included.
Casablanca Food Tour - Marché Central & Seafood Lunch
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The North Willamette Valley is home to beautiful farms, quaint towns, curvy roads, and of course some of the best wines in the world. This year's tour includes more country blacktop and twisty back roads. We'll twist our way over the Bald Peak scenic area, and glide thru sweeping countryside to Carlton. Lunch, tastings, and specialty gifts are available within a two block walk. We'll ascend into the Red Hills to several wineries in the Dundee area, then run through the farmlands and foothills around Amity to McMinnville. Historic 3rd Street will play host to our hungry group again this year for dinner. Join us for a great day of touring and tasting in the Wine Country!
This tour is self-guided, and you can join / depart the tour as you wish. Maps will be provided at the start, showing the stops and "Time Windows" for each stop. Other wineries that sponsor our club events will also appear on the map as suggested alternatives. Go ahead, explore a side road or visit another winery. You can rejoin the tour at any point.
The tour starts at Raptor Ridge Winery at 11 a.m. We enjoyed this winery so much last year we've selected it as our starting place again. Situated on the flanks of Chehalem Mountain, Raptor Ridge offers vineyard views and an open-air tasting room.
This one-hour loop takes us across Chehalem Mountain and the Bald Peak scenic area for a fun jaunt along its twisty roads. We'll descend into the valley and enjoy sweeping country roads to Carlton.
Carlton is a quaint destination town that features wineries, restaurants, and specialty shops within a walkable two block area. Mother's Day is Sunday, and Carlton is a best-bet for finding her something unique / tasty.
After enjoying lunch, we'll head up into the Red Hills for some roller-coaster inspired fun. It's a true 3-d driving experience that'll leave you wanting to return. Descending towards Dundee we'll land at Domain Roy.
Domain Roy's brand-new $12 million facility is exemplary of modern northwest architecture, and offers commanding long-range views of the valley. We'll enjoy tasting their elegant pinots and touring their fascinating state of the art winemaking facilities. Tasting and tour is $25 per person.
We'll depart Domaine Roy, head through Dundee, and ascend the newly-paved uphill-sweeping Archery Summit Road to our next stop. Too bad it's not fifty miles longer!
This relaxed tasting room offers beautiful views and a comfortable lawn to stroll or relax on. Walk next door to the farm nursery and gift shop. Taste some locally-made olive oils and peruse their assortment of unusual gifts and plants.
Our last run is through the farm country around Amity, then we'll hit some great twisties and sweepers through the foothills of the Coast Range near McMinnville. After putting our cars through their paces one last time we'll head into town.
After a busy day of Touring and Tasting, you're sure to have an appetite! Last year we enjoyed Gem (creole) and La Rambla (tapas) so much we have a large table reserved at each again this year. The only trouble is how to decide which one to choose!


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Data portability and peer-to-peer accommodation: four scenarios for the future (report)
Mon Apr 9, 2018
We've been exploring multiple scenarios of imagined futures to help us understand how we move towards a world where people, organisations and communities use data to make better decisions, and are protected against any of its harmful impacts.
In its simplest form, data portability is the ability for someone to copy or move data from one organisation to another. Although portability was originally intended as a data protection right, our work in other sectors like banking, retail and telecoms shows that it also has other benefits. It can help build competitive, complementary and serendipitous services.
Portability is performed with the consent of the people or organisations who the data is about. They decide which organisations they trust to get access to the data. To provide an extra level of security, organisations may be vetted by a third party. For example, the UK's open banking standard, which allows bank customers to give third party organisations access to bank account information, requires those organisations to be on an Open Banking Register, itself administered by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Over time, data portability can become a new mechanism for data sharing. If good open standards are developed then, despite the data portability right's limitations, sharing will become quick, easy and beneficial for some use cases. However, while the new mechanism for data sharing can enable better services, healthy competition and cooperation, it can also enable harmful activities or even dystopian futures.
In our work we explored multiple scenarios of imagined futures to help us understand how we move towards a world where people, organisations and communities use data to make better decisions, and are protected against any of its harmful impacts.
How we expanded our thinking on data portability to include the peer-to-peer sector
To investigate the opportunities in the peer-to-peer sector we built a multidisciplinary team which included people with experience in research, design, communications, policy and technical development. We started with a few rounds of research, including desk research on government interventions and user research, with people who both rent and let properties on peer-to-peer platforms and various other stakeholder groups in the sector.
Using the knowledge we gained from the research, we used design fiction practices to start imagining and thinking about future scenarios. We asked 'what would happen if…' questions to help us think beyond what is possible right now, and to visualise different future worlds and services that could be made possible through increased data portability.
For each scenario we debated the data being used, stakeholders, risks and benefits, and the likelihood of it coming to pass.
Four scenarios for the future
We imagined four scenarios:
Holo-day
Reputation Barometer
"Hypr-local" bike tour
Data Baggage Tag
Holo-day – a virtual reality environment to help people make more informed decisions on where to go on holiday. It would allow people to 'visit' a destination in virtual reality to help them decide if a destination city or a room that someone was letting met their needs
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Reputation Barometer – a service that measures and monitors an individual's standing by giving an overall score for their reputation. This reputation score would be informed by behaviour renting or letting properties on peer-to-peer accommodation platforms. It could be used by other users of the peer-to-peer platform or services outside the sector to make decisions about whether and how to interact with that person
Read more about Reputation Barometer
"Hypr-local" bike tour – a bike that is preprogrammed with various tours people can take through a holiday community. The tours are based on data provided by the local community, hosts and renters, as well as the visitor's own preferences
Read more about "Hypr-local' bike tour
Data Baggage Tag – data from services / platforms that people can carry around on a physical device. When you stay at a property the services in that property, such as smart thermostats, will be given access to data about you and adapt to your preferences
Read more about Data Baggage Tag
We felt that each of the scenarios we explored was technically possible and that there would be viable business models for organisations offering these services, but there were things that might stop them emerging easily, for example whether data stewards – the people who hold data – decide to work together to make the data they hold portable to an open standard, or whether regulators intervene to force them do so. These echoed the limitations to data portability that we have seen in other sectors and contexts.
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Data sharing in the private sector is notoriously difficult. Learn from the businesses that have made it work – and as result, have become trailblazers in their sector
Data sharing for growth, trust and efficiency (London) Wed, 11 Mar 2020, 16:00 Open Data Institute, 3rd Floor, 65 Clifton Street, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 4JE
Data sharing in the private sector is notoriously difficult. Learn from the businesses that have made it work – and as result, have become trailblazers in their sector.
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