Those who you are trying to lend money for the implementation of your project, that is, bankers and investors.
Your employees who want to understand their tasks and prospects.
And you yourself - to test the reasonableness and realism of their ideas.
Describes all major aspects of a future enterprise or project.
Analyzes all the problems that it may encounter.
Determines how to solve the problems identified.
A properly formulated business plan is a clear answer to the questions: "Is it worth it to invest money in the planned business and will it bring revenues that will pay back all the effort and money?".
Important! Planning should be carried out by current or future leaders of the company, that is, those people who are not afraid to take responsibility for the implementation of the business plan. But this does not mean, of course, that it is not necessary to use the services of consultants and experts in this field. However, consulting firms charge decent amounts for its compilation, ranging from anywhere from $ 2,000 to $ 40,000. But you can make it yourself, having incurred minimal expenses. Involving yourself personally in this work - you will not only model your future activities, but also check for yourself and the plan itself.
- Examine the capacity and development prospects of the future market.
- Estimate the costs for the production of the desired market products. Compare them with the prices.
- Identify those indicators by which it will be possible to regulate the state of affairs.
Keep in mind! The business plan is usually written for the future, and it should be made about 3-5 years ahead. At the same time, for the first year, the main indicators should be divided in a monthly breakdown, for the second - quarterly, and only starting from the third year, it should be limited to annual indicators. Although if we take into account our economy, its variability, then planning for more than a year is not very effective. Therefore, many are now limited to writing a plan for the year.
The business plan should always be short and capacious. However, sometimes, in order to reveal the essence of the problem, it is made quite deep in content. Recommended volume: 30 - 70 pages, not more. And all the additional materials should be put in the annexes to the business plan.
Remember! It is important to provide dispensed information.
Abstract (up to 1 page) - a written appeal for senior management.
Resume (1-3 pages) - basic information to get acquainted with the business plan.
Business plan (45-60) - for a detailed study of the project by investor's experts and experts.
Remember! Any business has its own characteristics, therefore, there can not be a kind of "standard" plan that is acceptable in all cases. There is, so to speak, only a general principle, the structure of a business plan.
Next, we describe the content of the business plan in more detail.
Your business should always start with the conclusions, you should write them at the very least, but they should be the very first item in your business plan. A resume is the result of an already written business plan. This is the only part that most potential investors read.The purpose of a business plan.
The need for finance, for what purposes they are needed.
A brief description of the business and its target customer.
The main differences from competitors.
Here you will need to give an analysis of the idea (SWOT – analysis). Reveal strengths and weaknesses, as well as opportunities and threats.
The purpose of the activity (what you want to achieve).
It is important that this part be written in a clear, precise language, understandable to a non-expert.
Description of products or services and their application.
Necessary technologies for business and qualification.
Market and marketing is a decisive factor for all companies. You need to first collect and process a large amount of "rough" information.
Competitors (their strengths and weaknesses).
The composition of your clientele.
At this stage, the main task is to gain the trust and location of a potential investor. If you do not have a special education, you should read the book on marketing, contact a specialist.
Marketing arrangement (the main characteristics of products, services in comparison with competitors).
Pricing (how to set the price of the product).
The distribution scheme of goods.
Here you should consider all issues related to the premises that you occupy, their location, equipment, staff.
The location of the premises.
Sources of supply of basic materials and equipment.
Investments are made in specific people, not in a business plan, because this section is one of the most important.
The composition of the staff.
The amount of funds required.
Sources of their receipt, form, terms.
Business people are divided into those who like to work with numbers, and who are afraid of them. For those in the first category, this section of the business plan is undoubtedly the most important.
Risks, and how they can be avoided.
Estimates of profit and loss.
Analysis of cash flow (monthly for the first year, then quarterly).
First, read a few other business plans.
The business plan should reflect your personality.
Preparing a business plan is a job that requires the connection of the imagination.
Gain experience and skills in the chosen direction.
Write only on those days when you are full of energy, not when you are morally and physically exhausted.


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Perhaps by now you're already thinking about getting your used vehicle through an auction. That's awesome! But do you have what it takes to join?
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When you think of cars, "fun" is probably not the closest word you will think of. But the way modern cars are designed these days, manufacturers want you to be entertained while keeping you safe.
Why Are Luxury Cars So Cheap at U.S. Auto Auctions?
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Mail trucks are probably the last thing on your mind when you are thinking of a vehicle to buy at an auction, but they can be purchased there, and they can be useful to you.
The cost of car ownership is expensive in Amarillo, Texas, so if you want to bring that down, you need to be wise and a risk taker: buy your next car in salvage car auctions.
What Will Happen to Volkswagen Car Prices in the Near Future?
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Tel Aviv, Israel, January 5, 2015 — Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGEN) announced today positive initial experimental results for the first two of five in silico predicted targets for antibody drug conjugate (ADC) cancer therapy disclosed in late 2013. The two candidates demonstrate low expression levels in normal critical tissues, such as heart and liver, and higher expression in multiple cancer types, such as colorectal and prostate cancers, for which there is high unmet medical need. These results suggest that the two target candidates may serve for the development of ADC therapy in oncology. Initial validation of the remaining three candidates, and further testing of these two, is ongoing. It is expected that a therapeutic antibody discovery program against a selected ADC target will commence later this year.


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Trump Admin. rumored to be tightening refugee screening; announcement could come this week
"When you put in additional security checks you can basically halt the system."
When I say "rumored" in my headline, it is because there are bureaucrat blabbermouths obviously reporting to former Obama Administration officials who are then taking the news to the likes of Reuters, here.
We learn that the bureaucrat(s) can't speak on the record, but….
We have Bob Carey speaking on the record, former director of Obama's Office of Refugee Resettlement. Not mentioned here is the fact that he was also (and may be again) a senior Vice President of the International Rescue Committee (the revolving door between contractor and government is alive and well!) one of nine major federal resettlement contractors.***
From Dutch citizen(?) Hans Van de Weerd's facebook page. He wears two hats. In addition to his job at the IRC, he is Chairman of the DC lobbying arm of the refugee industry that recently joined CAIR in their protest of the Trump Admin. See his bio here: http://www.rcusa.org/staff/
Then we have Hans Van de Weerd weighing in who works for the IRC now.
So bureaucrats blab to Bob and Bob gets Hans to talk to Reuters.
But, frankly Trump is at fault for still not placing his own people in the State Department and DHS thus letting the blabbermouths run free. Here is yet another story on that subject which I don't have time to write about today.
Back to Reuters and the latest round of leaks and wailing from the refugee industry (in and out of government) about what could happen this week as the 120-day refugee 'moratorium' ends.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Trump's administration has drafted a plan to pause a program that allows family members join refugees already settled in the United States until they can undergo increased security checks, two sources with knowledge of the situation told Reuters.
The measure is one of several being considered for refugees, the sources said.
The administration also may expand the use of intensive security checks by multiple federal agencies, called "security advisory opinions" (SAO) to apply to women from countries designated as high-risk by the U.S. government. Currently there are usually only mandatory SAOs, as they are called, for men from those countries, the sources said.
The administration is also considering expanding the categories of refugees required to be fingerprinted, the sources said.
The proposals, if implemented, could significantly slow down refugee admissions and leave refugees who thought they were headed to the United States in perilous situations abroad, say refugee advocates and former officials.
A 120-day temporary ban on refugees, put in place to study current procedures, expires on Oct. 24.
The sources, who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about the plans before they are announced, said the new measures could be announced at the end of the temporary ban.
"Reports on the type of vetting measures being considered for our refugee resettlement program are disturbing," said Hans Van de Weerd, the Vice President of U.S. Programs at the International Rescue Committee. [I previously did some research on ol' Hans here and he earlier was reporting he was a Dutch citizen. Seems that little nugget is missing from his bio now.—-ed]
"When you put in additional security checks you can basically halt the system," said Robert Carey, the former director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement under former President Barack Obama, a Democrat.
"Every check is only good for a finite period of time and they expire and the whole process has to start all over again," he said, adding that the level of scrutiny is higher for refugees than most any other visa applicant to the United States.
If every one of the thousands of you who read this post took 2 minutes to write to the White House and tell the President to tighten security screening for all refugees, you might actually succeed in hitting a nerve at the White House.
Update! I did not find that link above to work! Try here.
***For new readers, these are the nine federal refugee contractors that monopolize all refugee resettlement in the US. Go here and see my latest financial report on all of them. The more refugees admitted to the US, the more funding they get from you!
The IRC is the largest financially (the Catholic Bishops place the largest number of refugees in your towns) and pays out some whopping big salaries. David Miliband, CEO of the IRC, is not a US citizen and he is raking in annually just short of $600,000 partially supplied by you—US taxpayers! Doing well by doing good! And, changing America to boot!
Church World Service (CWS)
Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) (secular)
Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM)
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
International Rescue Committee (IRC) (secular)
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) (secular)
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
World Relief Corporation (WR)
Lutherans on the offense in St. Cloud, plan propaganda webinar
Readers, I do have news from elsewhere that needs to be posted, but the St. Cloud upcoming council vote is shaping up to be a pivotal event.
What I truly don't understand is why Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota (a subcontractor of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service headquartered in Baltimore) is so hell bent to bring more third worlders, especially Somalis, to a town where they (Somalis AND LSS) face such a backlash.
You would almost think the Lutheran resettlement contractor is benefiting financially beyond its per head payment for the refugees they place in Minnesota communities.
Now they plan to put on a webinar in mid-November to supposedly tell the public that refugees don't cost taxpayers a dime just when a member of the city council wants a REAL economic assessment of what resettlement is costing the community beyond the trouble in schools and neighborhoods and the general social and cultural upheaval that comes with cities being rapidly changed demographically.
When you look at their list of handpicked webinar speakers (below from the St. Cloud Times), see who is represented and who isn't:
No one from the police department is listed
No one from the school system
No one to explain the costs for interpreters in the criminal justice system and in hospitals etc.
No one who can speak to the amount of remittances being sent out of St. Cloud and back to Africa
No one to address the issue of jobs that refugees take from low-skilled American workers….
And, how about they put a representative of the Minnesota Meatpacking industry on the panel to explain how they need the Lutherans to supply their cheap labor!
Of course they won't do that, and they won't do this 'fact finding' in a public meeting because here they can control the information, who registers and what questions are asked in this webinar format. (Ha! Ha! wouldn't it be fun to have a counter webinar that same day and time!)
The presence of this panelist explains much. Teresa Bohnen is not only President of the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce, but also Vice Chair of the state chamber and works closely with the US Chamber of Commerce that lobbies for amnesty for illegals and for more refugee laborers. If only they would all be truthful about their wish for a steady flow of migrant labor. Come on just say it! We work for the meat industry! http://www.sctimes.com/story/money/2016/02/05/bohnen-elected-state-chamber-board/79840982/
Here is the St. Cloud Times announcing the webinar:
A group hopes to distinguish between fact and myth about refugee resettlement with a public webinar in November.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota will have a webinar from 3-4:30 p.m., Nov. 14.
Panelists, including staff and state and local leaders, will talk about how resettlement works and the costs and benefits of the program in the St. Cloud area.
Yusuf Abdi, director of refugee services, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota.
Karin Blythe, resettlement supervisor, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota.
Teresa Bohnen, president, St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce.
Melissa Huberty, human services administrator, Stearns County Human Services.
Mary Zelenak, health protection and promotion supervisor, Stearns County Public Health. [Be sure to ask her about TB rates in Minnesota immigrant population!—ed]
Rachele King, state refugee coordinator, Minnesota Department of Human Services.
The discussion over the cost of refugee resettlement in St. Cloud has been reignited recently, as a St. Cloud City Council member announced a plan to temporarily stop refugees from resettling in St. Cloud.
Jeff Johnson, who represents St. Cloud's Fourth Ward, submitted a draft resolution this week calling for a moratorium on refugee resettlement in St. Cloud.
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations also launched a petition Tuesday urging the St. Cloud City Council to vote no on the moratorium, which the organization called a "despicable, racist, Islamophobic, and ill-informed motion targeting refugees."
There will be discussion at tomorrow's council meeting and the vote on Johnson's resolution could happen on November 6th.
For new readers, I have an archive on St. Cloud that goes back to 2008, click here to learn more.

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The French dissection
The New Spirit of Capitalism
In the office in which I work there are five people of whom I am afraid," wrote Joseph Heller in the opening chapter of Something Happened .
"Each of these five people is afraid of four people (excluding overlaps), for a total of twenty, and each of these twenty people is afraid of six people, making a total of one hundred and twenty people who are feared by at least one person. Each of these one hundred and twenty people is afraid of the other one hundred and nineteen, and all of these one hundred and forty five people are afraid of the twelve men at the top who helped found and build the company and now own and direct it."
A few years after Heller wrote that in the early 1970s, the social anthropologist Studs Terkel remarked in Working , a more rigorous study of workplace life: "Work is by its very nature about violence - to the spirit as well as to the body. It is about ulcers as well as accidents, about shouting matches as well as fistfights, about nervous breakdowns as well as kicking the dog around. It is, above all (or beneath all), about daily humiliations. To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us."
The 1980s and 1990s followed, a period in which we were flooded with concepts such as enterprise, entrepreneurship, outsourcing, restructuring, downsizing and the long-hours culture, which in turn begat stress, burnout and downshifting. In these decades of the new multi-media global economy, we began to see an increase in the Americanisation of work in Europe and elsewhere. This book by Luc Boltanski and Eve Chiapello traces the period from 1965 to 1995 in the context of the French economy, highlighting the crisis in capitalism from 1965 to 1975 with all the resulting industrial relations tensions, the resurrection of capitalism between 1975 and 1990, and the globalisation and Americanisation era of the 1990s to today.
The New Spirit of Capitalism is very much a historical critique of 30 years of socioeconomic developments in France, but one that will have resonance in other European countries. This extremely well-written and well-argued book explores, from a sociologist's point of view, the implications of the "new capitalism" seen in Europe and elsewhere, or what the authors describe as "the ideological changes that have accompanied recent transformations in capitalism". And although their work is idiosyncratically French, from a scholarly point of view the authors mirror much of the academic thinking that has taken place in the UK concerning the period from Thatcherism to the present day. The book does not attempt to suggest changes to the existing order, but merely highlights the progression and impact of today's capitalism, and its implications for individuals, organisations and society.
It is primarily an academically oriented volume for scholars in economic and social history, management, organisational sociology and social/political critique. It provides a slow but scholarly voyage throughout this 30-year period, building its arguments gradually with supporting facts and other macroeconomic data. This approach is likely to appeal most to academic scholars in sociology and social and economic historians. Although there are many implications for management and organisational behaviour, it will find only a limited audience for this group.
I found the book hard-going, but I am glad that I persevered. The New Spirit of Capitalism makes a major contribution to the literature in the field and to scholars beyond French borders. Where we have come from is important to help us in where we should be going. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "What we call results are beginnings."
Cary L. Cooper is professor of organisational psychology and health, Lancaster University Management School.
Author - Luc Boltanski and Eve Chiapello
Publisher - Verso
Price - £75.00
ISBN - 1 85984 554 1
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Соревнования в эстафете 4 по 100 метров у мужчин на Олимпийских играх 2016 года в Рио-де-Жанейро прошли 18 и 19 августа 2016 года на Олимпийском стадионе.

Сборная Ямайки была фаворитом соревнований, Чемпионы мира 2015 года, обладатели олимпийского и мирового рекордов, приехали защищать свой титул чемпионов 2012 года. Сборная США — главный конкурент, даже несмотря на то, что на Олимпиаде 2012 года были дисквалифицированы из-за допинга, на Чемпионате мира 2015 потеряли эстафетную палочку. Другими претендентами на медали стали сборные Великобритании, Тринидада и Тобаго, Франции и Китая.

Сборная Ямайки выиграла золото в третий раз подряд, а Усэйн Болт 9-ю золотую медаль, став первым человеком в истории, которому удалось выиграть забеги на 100, 200 метров и эстафету 4 × 100 на трех Олимпиадах подряд.

Рекорды
До начала летних Олимпийских игр 2016 года мировой и олимпийский рекорды были следующими:

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Приведено бразильское время проведения соревнований (UTC-3)

Результаты

Раунд 1
Квалификационный норматив: первые три команды с каждого забега (Q) и две команды с лучшим временем (q) проходят в финал.

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Ссылки
 Результаты на официальном сайте летних Олимпийских игр 2016 года

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NewsOxford School Shooting
Remembering the victims: Community grieving the loss of 4 students in Oxford High School shooting
Posted: 11:49 AM, Dec 01, 2021
Updated: 2021-12-06 17:31:29-05
By: WXYZ Web Team
A community is in mourning after a shooting at Oxford High School on Nov. 30 left four students dead and seven others, including a teacher, injured.
"It's chilling. It's absolutely cold-hearted, murderous. Our forensic team was working all night. So far, I believe they've recovered over 30 shell casings. We believe he fired over 30 shots," said Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard.
Tate Myre, 16, Hana St. Juliana, 14, and Madisyn Baldwin, 17, were killed when officials say a 15-year-old sophomore opened fire with a 9mm pistol late in the noon hour in the south end of the school. The next day, police said 17-year-old Justin Shilling also died from his injuries.
Pictures of two of the victims – 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin and 16-year-old Tate Myre
Students report it was right at the start of fifth hour when they heard the first shots fired.
The calls came in rapidly; the Oakland County Sheriff's Office said they had in excess of 100 calls to 911 as the shooting was unfolding.
Students told 7 Action News they heard an ALICE warning over the intercom after the first rounds were fired. ALICE is a training program for students and schools and it's an acronym. It stands for: Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate.
"We kept hearing ALICE LOCKDOWN, ALICE LOCKDOWN ... I was just scared. I was praying for my safety, my friends' safety, everyone's safety," said one student.
"I just kept thinking it's probably a suspicious person walking campus, they'll get them in a minute and it'll be over," said another student. "In various group chats, I start to get messages saying 'this person got shot, that person got shot,' and immediately I was like, 'OK this is real.'"
"As they were coming down the hall, they saw him, he put his hands up, they took his gun and took him into custody."- Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard
Some students said they armed themselves with scissors in case they needed to fight back, and barricaded doors in their classrooms with stacked chairs. The suspected shooter reportedly tried to get through some of them, firing through classroom doors.
Within minutes after the first calls, deputies responded along with a police liaison stationed at the school.
"As they were coming down the hall, they saw him, he put his hands up, they took his gun and took him into custody," Bouchard said during an evening press conference.
The sheriff's office said the suspected shooter still had seven rounds of ammunition in his gun when he was apprehended. Police would later find more than 30 shell casings. "I believe they literally saved lives," said Bouchard of the first responders. He noted that Oakland County had really put a focus on active shooter training prior to the events at Oxford High School.
Police are shown in the parking lot of a Meijer store where Oxford High School students were being reunited with parents in Oxford, Mich., Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Authorities say a 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at Oxford High School, killing several students and wounding multiple other people, including a teacher. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
While the school was still an active scene, an emergency notice went out to the Oxford school community, and families soon began to head to the Meijer down the street on N. Lapeer to reunite with their loved ones.
A mother, who was reunited with her child at Meijer, said, "I was scared, I have never been so scared in my life, and when I came to Meijer, I ran to him and he picked me up and gave me the biggest hug of my life."
"I was scared, I have never been so scared in my life, and when I came to Meijer, I ran to him and he picked me up and gave me the biggest hug of my life." - Parent
But after the suspect was in custody, there were 11 victims who didn't make it to the Meijer down the street.
LIVES CHANGED FOREVER
Tate, Hana, Madisyn and Justin are being remembered by the community.
Tate Myre, Hana St. Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin & Justin Shilling
"They were amazing people with many talents. With so many talents," said student Ella Gilling, a junior at Oxford High School during an evening mass for the victims at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Lake Orion Tuesday evening.
Tate played football for Oxford High School and had recently visited the University of Toledo, according to a tweet sent on Nov. 28.
Oxford Football paid tribute to Tate writing, "It is with great grief that one of the victims of the tragic event at OHS today was one of our own, Tate Myre. Tate was on varsity since his freshman year and was an honor student. Tate was a great young man with a bright future and beloved by all. You will be missed, Tate. Tate was a wonderful young man who was tremendously hardworking and respectful. He was a tremendous football player with the brightest of futures and was an even better young man off the field as he was on it. We all loved Tate and he will so very much be missed."
We're told that Hana was a volleyball and basketball player.
"She was kind and genuine to her core. She loved to babysit and to be with kids. She loved to help people. She was just one of the best kids I've ever known."- Jennifer Curtis, a close friend of Hana's family.
"She was kind and genuine to her core. She loved to babysit and to be with kids. She loved to help people. She was just one of the best kids I've ever known," said Jennifer Curtis, a close friend of Hana's family.
Tate was also an honor student, and Justin was a co-captain of the Oxford Bowling Team and was a golfer.
"The loss of Justin leaves such a gaping hole in our family that we cannot conceive of life without him. Our hearts are broken and yet still go out to the other families suffering this very same loss at this very same moment and which is beyond imagination, nothing any family should have to endure," a statement from the family reads.They said Shilling was also an organ donor, continuing to give of himself even in death.
Justin Shilling
The full statement:
Statement From the Shilling... by WXYZ-TV Channel 7 Detroit
We're told Madisyn was a talented artist and a big sister.
"She was just the light of so many people. This is just unimaginable. Unimaginable," said Madisyn's aunt Tarah Baldwin.
Bouchard said he was at the scene most of Tuesday night.
"The evidence I've seen there shows he was very clearly trying to kill people," he said. The sheriff said he's watched some video of the actual shooting, noting the suspect was shooting people at close range and mostly toward the head or chest.
Seven other victims, including one teacher, were injured in the shooting. Their ages range from 14 to 47 years old,and all but three have been discharged from the hospital.
Students gather at a vigil on Tuesday night for the victims of the Oxford High School shooting
"Our school community will need everyone's most sincere support during this tragic time," read a letter from Oxford Community Schools in the aftermath of the deadly shooting.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer stood with other officials at an update Tuesday afternoon, calling the shooting "every parent's worst nightmare."
THE CHARGES
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen D. McDonald announced charges against the suspect on Wednesday. He was identified as 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley.
Ethan Crumbley
McDonald said he is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, seven counts of assault with intent to murder, 12 counts of possession of a firearm while committing a felony and one count of terrorism causing death. He is being charged as an adult and was tranferred from Children's Village to the Oakland County Jail.
On Friday, McDonald announced charges against the suspected shooter's parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley. They are each facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter.
"Gun ownership is a right and with that right comes great responsibility."-Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald
"Gun ownership is a right and with that right comes great responsibility," said McDonald.
Police say James and Jennifer Crumbley were taken into custody on Detroit's east side early Saturday morning. They each pleaded not guilty to the charges and the judge set a $500,000 bond, no 10%, for both of them.
WHAT WAS KNOWN?
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald revealed what happened in the days leading up to the deadly Oxford High School shooting as she announced charges against the suspected shooter's parents on Friday afternoon.
Officials say the gun used in the Nov. 30 attack was purchased by James Crumbley four days prior with his son present.
The suspect's mother reportedly posted about the firearm on social media, saying, "Mom and son day, testing out his new Xmas present."
Social media photo from suspect's mother
The suspect also reportedly posted about the pistol, saying he got "my new beauty today."
McDonald revealed that the day prior to the shooting, the suspect was reportedly searching for ammunition on his phone in class – when a teacher noticed. A call and email reportedly went out to Jennifer about the incident, which were initally unanswered, according to the prosecutor.
McDonald said Jennifer later texted her son about the incident, saying "LOL, I'm not mad at you, you have to learn not to get caught."
The following day, the day of the shooting on Nov. 30, the prosecutor says the suspect was discovered drawing a disturbing note in class. The drawings reportedly worried the teacher. McDonald said the suspect had drawn a gun pointing at the words, "the thoughts won't stop, help me" along with a drawing of a bullet with the words, "blood everywhere" and a drawing of a person who appeared to be shot twice near a laughing emoji and the words "my life is useless."
"The thoughts won't stop, help me."- alleged note written by suspected shooter
It was then the prosecutor said the suspect was called into a meeting with his parents at the school. At that time, McDonald said the suspect had already altered parts of the drawing. The parents were reportedly advised to get counseling for their son within 48 hours.
It was after that meeting that the suspect returned to class. The prosecutor said the parents failed to ask the suspect if he had the gun with him and failed to check his backpack.
"Of course he shouldn't have gone back to that classroom," said McDonald at the press conference.
Just a short time later, the shooting would unfold, leaving four people dead and seven injured. Tate Myre, 16, Madisyn Baldwin, 17, Hana St. Juliana, 14, and Justin Shilling, 17, lost their lives in the shooting.
The prosecutor said around 1:22 p.m. that day, Jennifer texted her son, "Ethan, don't do it."
About 10 minutes later, James reportedly called 911 to report a gun missing from their home. It was stored in an unlocked drawer in their bedroom, McDonald said.
"We need to do better in this country, we need to say enough is enough," said the prosecutor.
Over the weekend, Oxford Community Schools superintendent Tim Throne released a letter to the community detailing the school's version of events. You can read it below:
Oxford Community Schools Le... by WXYZ-TV Channel 7 Detroit
Bouchard is encouraging the community to speak up if they hear or see anything at any time.
He said anyone can submit a tip to 248-858-4911 or email OCSO@oakgov.com.
HONORING THE VICTIMS
A well wisher kneels to pray at a memorial on the sign of Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at the school, killing several students and wounding multiple other people, including a teacher. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Related: Visitation and funeral information announced for 3 victims of Oxford school shooting
Thousands of people attended a vigil in Oxford on Dec. 3 to remember the four students killed in the shooting: Tate Myre, Hana St. Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin and Justin Shilling.
School officials closed all of the schools in the district, including OELC, for the rest of that week.
A 24/7 Resource and Crisis Helpline/Text/Chat is available for anyone who would like to speak with someone about the day's events. That number is 1-800-231-1127.
"The next steps in these next few days will be very critical for them to not be paralyzed with fear, anxiety or stress." - Pastor Curt Demoff of Bridgewood Church
For parents who are trying to help their children navigate the pain, or students who don't know who or where to turn to for help, Pastor Curt Demoff of Bridgewood Church in Clarkston says they have grief counselors available as well.
"The next steps in these next few days will be very critical for them to not be paralyzed with fear, anxiety or stress," Demoff said.
Below are resources aimed at helping families navigate the difficult and necessary conversations surrounding the shooting tragedy:
Talking to Children About Violence for Parents and Talking to Children About Violence
Companion Infographic
Talking to Children About Violence for Parent and Talking to Children About Violence- Spanish Version
"Pray for our families here in Oxford and our students," said Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Throne.


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Deborah has a bold, visually rich style which is multi layered and dynamic to watch. Inspired by a strong theme or narrative, Deborah fuses character, text, physicality and humour with abstract ideas.
The studio environment is fun, creative and pushes artistic boundaries. Deborah has developed a strong movement vocabulary and designs theatre and dance based devising workshops to encourage a collaborative process. She always starts on her own in the studio creating movement inspired by the theme, play or production style.
This directorial and devising style has faciliated work with people of all ages and abilities for live audiences, camera and public spaces in the commercial, independent and community sectors.
Choreographer, Director & Movement Director
Deborah, recently has been working as a movement director and choreographer for theatre and musicals ( National Theatre, National Youth Theatre, Polka Theatre, YMT UK ) combining her experience as an actress and graduate of Drama from Manchester University with Dance ( trained at The Royal Ballet School, Bush Davies, TRINITYLABAN, Conservatoire for Contemporary Dance).
Deborah has freelanced for Rambert Dance Company since 2007. Highlights included directing the remount of INALA with additional choreography for the Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Moscow, Sadlers Wells and ATG UK Tour, Summer 2015.
Deborah also worked as assistant choreographer to Rambert's Artistic Director, Mark Baldwin on DARK ARTERIES, a new work for the entire company of Rambert which premiered May 2015 at Sadlers Wells with a 36 piece Brass Band on stage.
In addition to freelance choreography, Deborah also set up her own company in 2011 to direct, choreograph and produce her own multi-layered dance-theatricals. Having developed a hIghly theatrical and fun style influenced by Pina Bausche, Beckett, Guillermo del Toro, DV8 and Theatre de Complicite, Deborah's dance tales with a twist, create an alternate view of reality which highlights the universal human experience.
The work is original, wildly unexpected and full of humour fusing storytelling, digital arts
and theatre with contemporary and popular dance styles.
It all started with a love of ballet, a lifechanging moment watching the musical CATS and a secret passion for creative dance. As a young dancer Deborah performed at The Royal Opera House in the Royal Ballet's Nutcracker, The London Coliseum in The Boston Ballet's Don Quixote with Nureyev, the London City Ballet tour of Carmen, Sadlers Wells with The Young London Ballet Company and was a backing dancer for Paula Abdul on Motormouth TV. She trained at The Royal Ballet School and Bush Davies before double knee surgery propelled a new career trajectory. Deborah graduated from Manchester University with a BA (Hons) Drama 2:1 in 1995.
Deborah worked as an actor in plays, musicals, TV, devised works and physical theatre for 6 years. She was awarded a Licenciate from the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance and gained a professional diploma from Trinity-Laban Conservatoire for Music & Dance acknowledging a deep passion for contemporary dance, choreology and choreography.
Being inspired by unusual stories and interesting projects, the variety of work is diverse including choreography in theatre & dance productions, movement consultation and motion capture for playstation games. A professional and community dancefilm at Kew Palace, Site-immersive pop-up shows, Museum Lates, Musicals, a Jazz Opera, film, commercials and TV sequences.
Deborah has worked as a teacher of contemporary, ballet, physical theatre, movement for actors, jazz, tap and choreography. This ranges from work at Urdang, Trinity Laban, Arts Educational School, BRIT School, CAT programmes at Dance East, Trinity Laban & Dance Xchange, Youth Music Theatre, White City Youth Theatre Company, Company Three, Rambert Dance Company and lecturing technique, choreography and professional practise at the University Campus Suffolk,
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As a freelance Choreographer, Movement Director and Producer, commissions have been from the professional, community and commercial sectors for clients including Rambert Dance Company,MJZ for Cadbury, Comedienne Ishi Khan Jackson, East London Dance, Orleans House Museum Lates, Historic Royal Palaces, TrinityLaban, Animate Orchestra, DanceEast, DanceXchange, Heritage Lottery Fund, New Movement Collective, National Theatre, National Youth Theatre, Animate Orchestra, Youth Music Theatre UK, Islington Community Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith, Millfield School, SONY Playstation, Magnum TV:Chris Moyles Quiz Night, Square-Enix (Lara Croft) and Loki Productions, Southwark, Enfield ,Wandsworth Council and the GLA.
Deborah is now based in Singapore and looking forward to developing interesting collaborations and nurturing new working relationships.
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Unfortunately, there's no one-size-fits-all formula. Instead, I suggest triangulating on a rate that seems fair. Look at several different numbers and then decide. Here are four suggestions.
First, make a ballpark guess of what you think your new rate should be. For example, if your rate is now $150 an hour, what do you think is a logical next step? $175? $165? Jot it down.
Second, calculate a percentage increase. The amount might be 3% or 5% annually. Or maybe you need to make up for two or three years without a rate increase, and a 10% or 15% increase seems appropriate. Do the math a few different ways and see how these numbers play out. In my example of $150 hourly, a 5% annual increase works out to $157.50 for year one, $165 for year two, and $172.50 for year three.
Recently I logged into my retirement accounts and was surprised (and pleased!) to see that I had crossed the million-dollar mark. I don't consider myself rich. In fact, money is usually tight at the end of the month. Yet my bank account says I'm a millionaire.
Are self-employed consultants still better off being paid on a 1099 tax basis as a business or on a W-2 tax basis through a third party?
Is there a tax advantage to how independent consultants structure their businesses — as a sole proprietor, LLC, S corp or C corp?
As we close out the year, I'm reprising one of my most commented on LinkedIn articles. First published January 12, 2015, it's just as relevant today as it was then. I've also expanded the original list of qualities from 19 to an even 20, and updated a few other things based the LinkedIn comments. Here's to a prosperous 2018!
Let's face it, not all consultants are created equal. Some can seemingly do anything with grace, style, and ease while others struggle to make anything happen. Over the last 20 years I've interacted with probably a thousand management consultants, from local independent practitioners to global "big four" advisors. Some are rock stars and some never will be, regardless of their education or what consulting firm they work for.
In a nutshell, a consulting rock star is someone who loves helping clients succeed, does whatever it takes to do so, keeps their word, effectively manages expectations, and produces A-quality work. They make the right things happen. They are smart, professional yet personable, excellent listeners with self-confidence, and possess deep expertise yet little-to-no ego. Bottom line, they are emotionally intelligent and engender trust through their character and competencies.
Recently I helped a consultant land a $420,000 consulting contract. That's not a typo. It's an 11-month project for one consultant: $320k in consulting fees and another $100k for travel expenses. I've excluded my company's agency fee in these numbers; the actual budget was a bit larger.
A project this big doesn't just fall out of the sky. Why did the client contact me for help? The short answer: business development. The long answer: diligent business development that built a relationship over time. Rather than any one particular thing I did, it was simple actions over the course of five years. Those actions cultivated a trusting relationship with the client and, as a result, he was comfortable reaching out to me for help.
Perhaps the hardest thing for an independent consultant is not knowing where your next project is coming from, or when. While nurturing your own network is usually the best way to find work (see tips in my article), many consultants also supplement their business development efforts by affiliating with agencies and, increasingly, online platforms or marketplaces. This article summarizes the pros and cons of these options, gives you questions for starting your research, and introduces you to some of the better-known consulting agencies.
By "agency" I mean a company that matches independent consultants with client projects, like a talent agency. An agency is different than a consulting firm because agencies usually place one person at a time, and they assume consultants are bringing their own methodology and tools. Agencies don't dictate the approach or oversee the work like a consulting firm does, although sometimes they require status reports or check-ins. To me, consulting agencies and consulting firms are both different than staffing agencies that provide tactical staff augmentation services, not consultants who diagnose and solve problems. This article is about affiliating with consulting agencies, not consulting firms or staffing agencies.


Can I sue Senator Richard Pan for doing his job as a California Legislator? THAT WOULD BE A HARD NO! | Richard Jaffe, Esq.
Can I sue Senator Richard Pan for doing his job as a California Legislator? THAT WOULD BE A HARD NO!
I've been asked this question a couple times recently as the frustration of the Vaccine Concerned grow as SB 276 winds its way through the California Legislature, so a public answer might be in order.
The job of legislators is to propose and pass legislation. It doesn't matter if a small minority or even a large majority of citizens don't like a particular bill or law, or think its unfair, horrible or even murderous. The process is the process, regardless of how corrupt you might think it is. The remedy is to stop a bill you don't like and/or vote the people proposing the bills you don't like out of office.
Legislators have absolute immunity from suit with respect to their legislative activities, which is in essence proposing bills and passing them so they become law.
You can't sue Richard Pan for proposing SB 276. It's just a bill and it won't become law unless a majority of both houses of the California legislature passes it. So, you would have to sue every legislator who voted for the bill, and there is no such thing in law, based on the aforementioned absolute immunity.
So, sorry, there's no possible judicial action against Dr. Pan or any other legislator for doing his/her job, regardless of how much you don't like what he or they are doing.
Also, and this has been asked, neither he nor any other legislator can be sued if a parent vaccinates a child and the child suffers a serious adverse event even if the parents were forced to vaccinate if SB 276 becomes law. And for same reason; absolute immunity.
Respectfully, move on and focus on stopping the bill.
While I agree with many of your points… I find it difficult to agree that suing Richard Pan is impossible… he lived outside his district and was never held accountable, he has lied repeatedly during hearings (example-vaccines do not contain aborted fetal tissue), he blocks constituents on his FB page and deletes comments, and he often refuses to see constituents in his office. Is he allowed to pass legislation that directly benefits his profession? Are these not offenses? Is there no legal standing? Can one not be fired for not properly doing their job? Do they not go against his oath of office?
absolute immunity for proposing and voting on legislation, and that would include debating issues. If they'd throw out legislators who vote that benefits themselves or those they know or give them money, there would be no one to vote.


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Melica riograndensis is a species of grass in the family Poaceae that is endemic to Brazil.

Description
The species is perennial and with short rhizomes and  long erect culms. The leaf-sheaths are tubular, have one closed end, and are glabrous on surface. The leaf-blades are  long by  wide with its surface being rough and scaberulous. The membrane is eciliated and is  long with the panicle being open, linear and  long. The main panicle branches are indistinct and almost racemose.

Spikelets are oblong, solitary, and have fertile spikelets that have filiformed pedicels. Both the upper and lower glumes are keelless, membranous, with obtuse apexes. Their other features are different though; Lower glume is obovate and is  long while their upper one is lanceolate and is  long.

Its lemma have prominent lateral veins with papillose surface and acute apex. Fertile lemma is chartaceous, keelless lanceolate, and is  long by  wide. Its palea have dentated apex and papillose surface. The species also carry 2–3 sterile florets which are barren, cuneate, clumped and are  long. Flowers are fleshy, oblong, truncate, and carry 3 anthers that are  long. The species' fruits have caryopsis with additional pericarp.

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Focus on Thailand
By Chris Lyddon
Thailand is one of the world's most important rice producers and has frequently headed the list of rice exporters. Recently, however, policies designed to support rice farmers have backfired, leaving the government with large stocks for which it has paid more than it can recoup from the world market. Controversy over rice subsidies has become a major political issue in the country.
The International Grains Council (IGC) puts Thailand's total grain production at 4.6 million tonnes in 2013-14, down from 4.7 million the year before. Of that, 4.5 million tonnes is maize, down from 4.6 million, and an unchanged 100,000 tonnes is sorghum.
The country's total imports of grain are put at 2.2 million tonnes in 2013-14, up from 1.9 million the year before. Imports in 2013-14 include 1.9 million tonnes of wheat, up from 1.7 million in the previous year. The country is also set, according to the IGC, to import 200,000 tonnes of wheat flour, up from 166,000 the year before.
It's in rice where Thailand is a giant. The IGC projects 2013-14 production of 20.9 million tonnes, up from 20.3 million the year before. Exports are put at 8 million tonnes in 2013-14, second only to India among the leading rice exporters. The previous year's exports of rice from Thailand were 6.7 million tonnes. The IGC points out that Thailand has regularly been the world's biggest rice exporter.
"State efforts to release intervention reserves are expected to continue and the heavy fall in export values over the course of this year has improved exporters' competitiveness in world markets," it says of Thailand's position in the rice export market in 2013-14.
The country is also set to import 2.2 million tonnes of soybeans in 2013-14, up from 1.8 million the year before. It will also import 3 million tonnes of soymeal, up from 2.9 million.
RICE SUBSIDY CONTROVERSY
Thailand has a huge and controversial rice subsidy scheme, which has become the subject of legal scrutiny in recent weeks.
The Financial Times newspaper reported on Jan. 16 that Thai anti-corruption investigators have launched a probe into a huge official rice subsidy scheme, dealing a fresh blow to the government as protesters seeking to oust it marched in Bangkok for a fourth day.
"The National Anti-Corruption Commission inquiry targets a contentious project that has cost billions of dollars and is crucial to shoring up the rural political heartlands of Yingluck Shinawatra, prime minister," the newspaper reported. "The commission said it was probing the high cost of the rice scheme, which official estimates say costs $4 billion a year and which other analysts suggest costs almost double that figure. Falls in the international rice price have left the government sitting on large stockpiles that would recoup far less than the purchase costs if they were sold now."
"Those who oversaw the scheme knew there were losses but did not put a stop to it," Vicha Mahakhun, anti-corruption commission spokesperson, told the Times.
"The commission also said it would summon Mr. Boonsong Teriyapirome, a former commerce minister, and other officials to explain why rice destined for export shipment to foreign governments in 2012 was never dispatched. Teriyapirome, who has denied corruption, was dismissed by Ms Yingluck over the affair, the paper reported. It explained that "the 2¼-year-old rice subsidy scheme guaranteed farmers prices well above market rates and helped Ms Yingluck to a landslide election victory in 2011, thanks to millions of votes from northern and central farming areas that were also strongholds for Thaksin Shinawatra, her brother and predecessor as prime minister. But the scheme has proved increasingly economically damaging, attracting criticism from the International Monetary Fund and causing Thailand to lose its crown as the world's largest rice exporter."
"The financial drain has also caused an increasing political problem for the government amid sporadic demonstrations by farmers in the past two months because subsidy payments have stopped," the newspaper said. "An official bond issued in November to inject money into the rice scheme raised only half the Bt75 billion sought, although officials said that a fresh bond aimed at securing Bt20 billion (U.S.$6 million) had exceeded expectations and pulled in Bt32.6 billion."
"Only two years after its implementation, the rice-pledging scheme has proven to be a failure," the Bangkok Post said in a Jan. 9 editorial. "It has failed to help poor farmers who cannot produce enough rice for sale. It has failed to reduce farmers' debt problems, to increase productivity, or raise the prices of Thai rice in the world market as promised. On top of that, it is riddled with corruption."
The problems could be seen coming. "An increasingly unpopular government sticks to its worst and most costly policy," said the Economist magazine in an article on the sector published in August of 2013.
"The rice subsidy was classic Thaksin populism," the magazine said. "Two-fifths of Thais work in agriculture, most of them as rice farmers. Ms Yingluck promised that, if she were elected, her government would buy unmilled rice directly from farmers at about twice the market rate, or 15,000 baht (about $500) per tonne."
The idea was that the government would be able to sell its stockpiles on the world market at a profit, having first forced up the price by withdrawing rice from the market. In practice, the government had been forced, by the time the Economist produced its article, to stockpile 18 million tonnes of rice, a quantity which the magazine pointed out was equivalent to nearly half the total annual global trade in rice.
"Buying rice from farmers is ruinously expensive, costing the Thai government $12.5 billion in the first year of operation," it said. "This year the cost is expected to rise to about $15 billion, or 4% of GDP. Storing the rice also carries administrative and logistical costs, and demands expensive new warehouses."
KNOCK ON EFFECT
In a report published early in 2013, the attaché explained the adverse effect of the government's price support schemes on other sectors.
"The government pledging programs adversely affect the livestock industry, because they push the cost of feed production higher," the report said. "Despite higher-than-expected corn production from acreage expansion and illegal corn imports from neighboring countries in MY2012-13 and MY2013-14, corn prices will likely remain high due to the high prices of substitutable domestic feed stocks, particularly broken rice and cassava.
"The government-established intervention prices for the rice and cassava pledging programs are 30% to 40% above domestic farm gate prices," it said.
High world wheat prices were likely to limit feed wheat imports, although the attaché expected milled wheat imports to rise "due to the growing demand for instant noodle and bakery production."
In its annual report, T.S. Flour Mill Public Company Limited made several important points about the Thai wheat market, first pointing out that its climate prohibits Thailand from producing wheat. Imports primarily come from Australia and the U.S., followed by Canada and then the Asian countries. Flour imports come from its neighboring countries in Southeast Asia, but Turkey has also been a major source.
The report explains that Thailand has had a flour milling industry for more than 40 years.
"It is not easy for new entrepreneurs coming into the wheat flour industry," the company said.
It said there are 10 flour milling companies in Thailand, each having production capacity of around 250 to 1,000 tonnes per day.
Capital: Bangkok
Population: 67,497,151 (July 2013 est.)
Religions: Buddhist (official) 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census).
Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma.
Government: Constitutional monarchy. Chief of state: King Phumpion Adunyadet (since June 9, 1946); head of government: Prime Minister Yinglak Chinnawat (since Aug. 8, 2011).
Economy: With a well-developed infrastructure, a free-enterprise economy, generally pro-investment policies, and strong export industries, Thailand achieved steady growth due largely to industrial and agriculture exports — mostly electronics, agricultural commodities, automobiles and parts, and processed foods. Thailand is trying to maintain growth by encouraging domestic consumption and public investment to offset weak exports in 2012. Unemployment, at less than 1% of the labor force, stands as one of the lowest levels in the world, which puts upward pressure on wages in some industries. Thailand also attracts nearly 2.5 million migrant workers from neighboring countries. The Thai government is implementing a nationwide 300 baht ($10) per day minimum wage policy and deploying new tax reforms designed to lower rates on middle-income earners. The Thai economy has weathered internal and external economic shocks in recent years. The global economic crisis severely cut Thailand's exports, with most sectors experiencing double-digit drops. In 2009, the economy contracted 2.3%. However, in 2010, Thailand's economy expanded 7.8%, its fastest pace since 1995, as exports rebounded. In late 2011 growth was interrupted by historic flooding in the industrial areas in Bangkok and its five surrounding provinces, crippling the manufacturing sector. Industry recovered from the second quarter of 2012 onward with GDP growth at 5.5% in 2012. The government has approved flood mitigation projects worth $11.7 billion, which were started in 2012, to prevent similar economic damage, and an additional $75 billion for infrastructure over the next seven years with a plan to start in 2013.
GDP per capita: $9,500 (2012 est.); inflation: 3% (2012 est.); unemployment: 0.7% (2012 est.).
Currency: Thai baht (THB): 32.879 bahts equal 1 U.S. dollar (Jan. 21, 2014).
Exports: $226.1 billion (2012 est.): electronics, computer parts, automobiles and parts, electrical appliances, machinery and equipment, textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber.
Imports: $217.8 billion (2012 est.): capital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials, consumer goods, fuels.
Major crops/agricultural products: Rice, cassava (manioc), rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans.
Agriculture: 12.3% of GDP and 38.2% of the labor force.
Internet: Code: .th; 3.399 million (2012) hosts and 17.483 million (2009) users.
Source: CIA World Factbook
Chris Lyddon is World Grain's European editor. He may be contacted at: chris.lyddon@ntlworld.com.
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Q: Parsing a value with decimal points I have a string value for amount that is coming from the DB. The local culture on my system is Portuguese(pt-br). As a result, the amount with decimal values is read as, for ex: 3,4 for 3.4. I need to parse this in such a way that it displays 3.4 but instead no matter what i try I'm getting 34. I have searched every where for a solution and have tried implementing the below, but in vain.
//here row[item.columnName] is the row of the DataTable which I'm looping
Solution 1:
 Double amt = Double.Parse(Convert.ToString(row[item.columnName]), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Solution 2:
CultureInfo usCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
NumberFormatInfo dbNumberFormat = usCulture.NumberFormat;
Double amt = Double.Parse(Convert.ToString(row[item.columnName]), dbNumberFormat);

Neither of them seem to work.Can some one please suggest if there is any other way I can achieve this?
EDIT:
Turns out that the value I am getting from the DB is of type decimal so I changed my LOC to below.
decimal d = decimal.Parse(Convert.ToString(row[item.columnName]),new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("pt-BR", false));

It still doesn't seem to work and I just don't see where I'm going wrong. I tried the same thing on DotNetFiddle
and it works absolutely fine. Below is the code that I tried.
using System;

public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        decimal d = decimal.Parse("1,35",new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("pt-BR", false));
        Console.WriteLine(d.ToString());
    }
}

The result I obtained was 1.35 as expected. What am I doing wrong?

A: You can try like this:
var x = decimal.Parse("yourDecimal", new NumberFormatInfo() { NumberDecimalSeparator = "," });

A: You can use potrugal culture info
CultureInfo usCulture = new CultureInfo("pt-PT", false);
NumberFormatInfo dbNumberFormat = usCulture.NumberFormat;
Double amt = Double.Parse(Convert.ToString(row[item.columnName]), dbNumberFormat);

or
Double amt = Double.Parse(Convert.ToString(row[item.columnName]), new CultureInfo("pt-PT", false));

A: If you get the double values from the database, then this is not a parsing problem. In Solution 1 you convert the correct double values to string (without specifying any culture, so the string will be formatted by the Portuguese format), and then you parse the Portuguese strings with invariant culture, where , is a thousand separator.
You should simply set the current culture English if you want to format the numbers with the English culture:
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");

Or, just specify the culture when you convert the double to string:
var en = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
// ...
((double)row[item.columnName]).ToString(en);

A: Maybe row[item.columnName] is already a double? What does row[item.columnName].GetType() return?
There is no reason to take a (boxed) double and format it into a string (without specifying culture) and then parse that string back to a double (specifying the culture). Even if Convert.ToString has an overload that takes a IFormatProvider (which could be a CultureInfo) as its second parameter.
Maybe
double amt = (double)row[item.columnName];

will work? If you have a decimal, use either decimal amt = (decimal)row[item.columnName]; or double amt = (double)(decimal)row[item.columnName];.
If row[item.columnName].GetType() is really String, cast to that:
double amt = Double.Parse((string)row[item.columnName], someGoodCulture);

I personally dislike Convert.ToString since it is hard to see if it just down-casts a string already present, or it formats some IFormattable instance (such as a double or a decimal) according to the current culture of the current thread, or simply calls .ToString() on some arbitrary object.

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Chien-Shiung Wu
For her ingenious experiments that led to new and surprising understanding of the decay of the radioactive nucleus.
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She's been called "the Chinese Madame Curie", "the First Lady of Physics Research" and the "Queen of Nuclear Research." Despite these grand nicknames, Chien-Shiung Wu, a Chinese-born scientist, lived in relative obscurity for most of her life.
After studying physics in China, Wu came to America in 1936 to attend the University of California where she specialized in nuclear fission.
During World War II, Wu went to Columbia University, where she helped discover a way of separating uranium into the isotopes needed for the nuclear weapon.
While she is believed to have been the only Chinese person who worked on the Manhattan Project, it's her legacy as a woman that's inspirational to future generations.
"It is shameful that there are so few women in science," she said. "This is the fault of men. In Chinese society, a woman is valued for what she is, and men encourage her to accomplishments yet she remains eternally feminine."
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Two employees have been sacked and five senior management executives, including the CEO, fined for their role in Singapore's most serious security breach, which compromised personal data of 1.5 million SingHealth patients. Further enhancements also will be made to beef up the organisation's cyber defence, in line with recommendations dished out by the committee that reviewed the events leading up to the breach, according to Integrated Health Information Systems (IHIS).
The IT agency responsible for the local healthcare sector including SingHealth. IHIS said a lead in its Citrix team and a security incident response manager were found to be negligent and in non-compliance of orders. This had security implications and contributed to the "unprecedented" scale of the SingHealth security breach, the agency said in a statement Monday.


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White House knocks House GOP ethics office changes: 'That's not draining the swamp'
The White House criticized House Republicans' efforts to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics on Tuesday, saying that it had been created in 2008 to "in response to ethical scandals plaguing congressional Republicans."
"It is disheartening that the very first thing that the Republicans in Congress chose to do was to vote in secret to gut ethical accountability," White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters at a press briefing. "That's not draining the swamp."
House Republicans voted 119-74 during a closed-door meeting on Monday night to place the ethics watchdog group under the control of the very lawmakers it oversees. The full House was slated to vote on the plan on Tuesday as part of a larger bundle of changes to House rules.
Republicans reversed course on the rules change on Tuesday afternoon after backlash to their plan, including from President-elect Donald Trump, overshadowed the first day of the 115th Congress.
"With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it … may be, their number one act and priority. Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance! #DTS," Trump said in two tweets, using the hashtag for his signature 'drain the swamp' slogan.
The White House on Tuesday said the changes sought by Republicans would make it easier for them to escape accountability.
"There's a lot of talk about ethics and revolving doors, but I think the revolving door that we see right now is the continual challenge on the part of congressional Republicans to skirt responsibility for their ethical violations," Earnest said.
He added that it will be up to Trump to check lawmakers from his party if they try to help favored special interests and donors, citing Wall Street and the oil lobby as examples.
"One other thing we know congressional Republicans are likely to do is to go to their donors in the oil industry and say 'Hey we can help you escape accountability for polluting the air and water and land,'" he said. "I think the real question for the president-elect is, will he stand up to them then…so we'll just have to wait and see exactly how that plays out."
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How Stash Protects Its Customers
By Brandon Krieg
We're also ensuring the safety of our team and the continuity of our platform.
Hi Stashers,
As the market continues to fluctuate, I've reiterated how we recommend following The Stash Way during particularly turbulent times. It can help you to tune out the noise and remain confident in your investment approach.
And, I'm thankful that you're listening! Amid the market turmoil that started last week, more Stash customers deposited money on the platform than any week so far this year.1 We are also seeing more and more people make Stash their bank and earn stock-back for their everyday spending.
Our responsibility to you remains unchanged. You've trusted us to help guide you on your financial journey, and we don't take that for granted.
It's business as usual at Stash. Here's how we're working to stay one step ahead of the situation:
First and foremost, we value the health and safety of our employees. We're taking appropriate steps to help ensure their well-being, and we will continue to support your day-to-day needs.
We have business continuity and resilience measures in place to help keep our technology up and running seamlessly.
We're working closely with our banking, trading, and customer service partners across the board to learn how to adapt quickly to ensure you get the service you deserve.
We're following the CDC's COVID-19 precautions very closely, and are consistently updating our Stash employee team on how to best comply with the CDC's guidance. We're also ensuring the Stash app remains fully-functional, and giving you the highest level of support you deserve.
As we continue to monitor COVID-19, and its potential impact on our team, we remain vigilant, but calm. If anything changes that affects the reliability of our service, we'll share updates via email and on Twitter at @Stash, including the best ways to contact us for speedy support. Please continue to reach out to us through email, phone, or our easy self-servicing tool here.
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I'm betting that like other pursuits in my life, the best way to get started is to just jump in head first. So, that's where you come in.
As part of this new project, I'd love to make your portrait. I've decided to keep the definition of portrait kinda loose and see what happens. We can either schedule a time to try and meet, or you can just remind me when we see each other. In exchange I just ask that you let me use it on my site and social media and It would be great if I could include a little about who you are when I share it. I may ask a specific question or two...we'll improvise.
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Peanut butter cookies don't spread as they cook, so you have to flatten them before hand. This ensures that the middle will cook through before the outside burns.
As for the pattern created, it actually creates slightly more surface area, so you'll get more browning at the extra edges that you create. Think of it like a meringue, or the top of a shepherd's pie -- if it's too smooth, you won't get the little bits of browned crispy bits that you'd get if you rough up the surface.
I believe the main reason is to help the dough spread out. Peanut butter cookies recipes typically don't go for a lot of spread, and therefore you need to manually flatten the dough in order to get a proper cookie shape and allow the cookie to cook properly.
It's not clear to me whether the non-spreading recipe is a requirement for some aspect of the cookie, or if the reason that a non-spreading recipe is used is specifically to allow the fork-marks to remain, so you could experiment with some of the factors mentioned in this thread on cookie spreading if you'd prefer the cookies to spread on their own and skip the fork marks.
I actually just asked my wife about this! It turns out that the dough used for most peanut butter cookies is a little thicker than regular cookie dough. Pressing it can help it to cook more evenly. I don't know how much it helps, but she seemed to think it was pretty important!
The fork lines are so you can tell the difference between the peanut butter ones and the sugar cookies.
Nothing. It's just cosmetic. I didn't even know I was "supposed" to be doing that until I'd been making them for years.
Could I substitute peanut butter in place of butter or crisco for cookies?
Can you use both melted and creamed butter for cookies?


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HORROR-BY-THE-SEA!
June 21, 2014 by cyberschizoid	in Uncategorized	| Leave a comment
Frighten Brighton Cinematheque is back for a new season of cult movie double bills, all day festivals and special one-off events in conjunction with the Caroline of Brunswick pub, Space Monsters magazine and We Belong Dead magazine! Join us on Saturday 28th June from 4:30pm upstairs in the Caroline of Brunswick's Scary Screening Room for some fun classic horror and vintage sci-fi movies!
Entry is FREE OF CHARGE so join your hosts Cyberschizoid and Georgy Edgson and Leo Dyke (Titan Defender Pushka) for an afternoon and evening of groovy horror and sci-fi fun. There will also be concession stands selling copies of Space Monsters magazine, classic cult movie/TV tie-in paperbacks and other film related memorabilia.
* Saturday 28th June
* Doors open 4:30pm
* ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932)
* FORCE OF LIFE (1975)
* THE ABOMINABLE DR PHIBES (1970)
* Venue – Caroline…
SPACE MONSTERS ISSUES 1 AND 2 – SPECIAL MULTIPACK OFFER!
January 22, 2014 by cyberschizoid	in Classic SciFi, Monster Magazines, SciFi Movies, Space Monsters magazine, TV SciFi, Uncategorized and tagged Dead Good Newsstand, digital, Haunted After Dark, Monster Magazines, Space Monsters digital, Space Monsters Magazine	| Leave a comment
Space Monsters Double Pack!
Still not purchased issue 1 of Space Monsters? SHAME ON YOU!!! It's your chance to redeem yourself. For a limited time, the digital editions of Issues 1 and 2 (Issue 2 is EXCLUSIVELY IN COLOUR IN DIGITAL!) for just £5!
Yes, not only is Space Monsters a print magazine but we now have a full-colour digital edition too! So, if reading your favourite mags on your iPhone, iPad, iPod or laptop is your bag then beam up to the Dead Good Newsstand today and download the greatest monster magazine in the galaxy!
* Also available in print format from the CLASSIC HORROR CAMPAIGN website.
MORE EXCLUSIVE MONSTER MOVIE SCREENINGS AT BRAM STOKER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL!
September 16, 2013 by cyberschizoid	in Monster Movies, SciFi Movies, Uncategorized and tagged B-Movies, Bram Stoker International Film Festival, Christopher R. Mihm, fifties, Monster From Phantom Lake, monster movies, Sci-Fi, Space Monsters Magazine, Sultan's Sci-Fi Suite, The Giant Spider, trailer, Whitby	| Leave a comment
More exciting news from the Bram Stoker International Film Festival! Many of the crazy 1950's-style B-movies of Christopher R. Mihm will be screening during the festival in Sultan's Sci-Fi Suite alongside a veritable cacophony of vintage creature features! Mihm's award-winning monster movies have achieved a cult following over the years and mimic the style and content of those classic fifties fear flicks we all know and love! The majority of these films have never been screened in the UK so make sure you don't miss out on these unique and exclusive movie screenings!
The festival takes place in the spooky town of Whitby, North Yorkshire (the home of Dracula!) from Thursday 24th October until Sunday 27th October and tickets are now on sale from the Bram Stoker Film Festival website.
For an exclusive interview with Christopher R. Mihm and a closer look at his brilliant B-movies make sure you grab a copy of Space Monsters issue 2 which is on sale soon and will also be available at the Bram Stoker Film Festival along with the remaining copies of Space Monsters issue 1!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARBARA BAIN – DOCTOR HELENA RUSSELL ON "SPACE:1999"!
September 13, 2013 by cyberschizoid	in Classic SciFi, Space Babes, Space Monsters magazine, TV SciFi, Uncategorized and tagged 1970's, Barbara Bain, British Cult TV, classic TV sci-fi, Doctor Helena Russell, Emmy Awards, Gerry Anderson, ITC, Martin Landau, Mission: Impossible, Space Monsters Magazine, Space:1999, TV Sci-Fi, video	| Leave a comment
Space Monsters magazine would like to wish Barbara Bain a very happy 82nd birthday today! Barbara will always be our favourite Space Babe for her wonderful portrayal of blonde beauty Doctor Helena Russell on the classic Gerry Anderson television show Space:1999. Born September 13th 1931, Barbara had a successful career as a model before turning to acting where she achieved fame (and three Emmy Awards) for her performance as agent Cinnamon Carter in the hit spy series Mission: Impossible opposite her husband Martin Landau. The pair left the series at the height of its success and went on to co-star in Space:1999 which ran from 1975 – 1977 and was a smash-hit around the world. Bain has continued to have a successful career both on stage and screen and has also appeared at Space:1999 conventions over the years.
You can read much more about Space: 1999 in issue one of Space Monsters magazine which is on sale from various outlets across the UK and the United States or you can order direct from the publishers courtesy of the Classic Horror Campaign website.
MOON MONSTERS LAUNCH ATTACK AGAINST EARTH!
September 11, 2013 by cyberschizoid	in Classic SciFi, Monster Movies, SciFi Movies, Uncategorized and tagged 1950's, B-Movies, Bram Stoker International Film Festival, classic sci-fi, horror film festival, Robot Monster, Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki, Sultan's Sci-Fi Suite, trailer, Whitby	| 1 Comment
Here at Space Monsters magazine we can barely contain our excitement at the news we've just received from those super space cadets at the Bram Stoker International Film Festival in Whitby, North Yorkshire. Not only are they screening a whole graveyard full of UK and world premieres of the latest horror films from around the globe but festival life president Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki has created Sultan's Sci-Fi Suite, a room devoted entirely to classic sci-fi, monster and B-movies! Some of our favourite crazy creature features will be screening during the festival which takes place from Thursday October 24th – Sunday October 27th including the hilariously "so bad it's good" cheese-fest Robot Monster!
Robot Monster (1953) tells a terrifying tale of an invasion of Earth by a space gorilla in a diving helmet who menaces the planet's surviving inhabitants with his trusty bubble machine! Directed by 25 year old Phil Tucker and made on a budget of just $16,000 the film actually took an impressive $1000,000 at the box office although it has the reputation of being one of the worst films ever made – but that's just the way we love 'em!
As well as Robot Monster, the Bram Stoker International Film Festival will also be showing Them! (1954), Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1956), Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957), Forbidden Planet (1956), It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958), Quatermass and the Pit (1967) and many more sci-fi classics! Not only that, but there will also be live theatre, special guests, live music, the legendary Vampire Ball, gothic cabaret and the groundbreaking Dark Art exhibition!
Make sure you get your tickets and passes before they sell out! Just follow this LINK….
SPACE MONSTERS INVADE THE USA!
September 7, 2013 by cyberschizoid	in Monster Magazines, Monster Movies, SciFi Movies, Space Monsters magazine, Uncategorized and tagged giant monsters, Godzilla, New York, Scary Monsters, Statue of Liberty, USA	| 5 Comments
Run for your lives! Giant ants are attacking Los Angeles, Godzilla is battling Megalon, the Blob is on the loose again and the moon has just been blasted out of orbit! Is this the end of the world as we know it? No, don't worry, it just means that Space Monsters Magazine issue one is now available to buy in the United States from our friends at Scary Monsters direct from their Scare Store!
Scary Monsters is the Rondo Award winning classic monster movie magazine that has now been running for 22 years and is a favourite with collectors and film fans in the U.S. and around the world. Each issue is a nostalgia fest for classic horror fanatics and evokes memories of a more innocent time when monster movies ruled the drive-ins and the local television stations across the country. The Scary Monsters Scare Store not only stocks back-issues of Scary Monsters magazine but also stocks all the best horror and sci-fi movie magazines including We Belong Dead and now Space Monsters!
So why not jump aboard your rocket-ship and fly on over to the Scary Monsters Scare Store for an Out Of This World shopping experience!
HORROR WRITER AND ARTIST BILLY CHAINSAW JOINS THE "SPACE MONSTERS" CREW!
August 18, 2013 by cyberschizoid	in Monster Magazines, Monster Movies, Space Monsters magazine, Uncategorized and tagged actor, artist, Billy Chainsaw, Bizarre Magazine, Brighton, Horror of the Blood Monsters, magazine, Naughty Pirates Gallery, Shock Horror Magazine, Space Monsters, Vampire Men of the Lost Planet, writer	| 1 Comment
We've had an overwhelmingly positive response already to issue one of Space Monsters magazine but not ones to rest on our laurels we have plans in place to make issue two bigger, better and more exciting than ever! Not only will Space Monsters issue two be a "space vampires" special (you can vote for your favourite space vampire movie HERE) but we also welcome on board our brand new columnist – Billy Chainsaw! Well known on the UK horror scene as a successful writer, actor and artist Billy will be bringing his own inimitable style to Space Monsters. Each issue he will be contributing an exclusive piece of artwork based on a particular cheesy monster movie as well as a review – beginning with his unique take on Al Adamson B-Movie Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)!
SPACE MONSTERS MAGAZINE is available from:
CLASSIC HORROR CAMPAIGN
HEMLOCK BOOKS
THE CINEMA STORE
DEAD GOOD NEWSSTAND (digital version)
LONDON FILM MEMORABILIA CONVENTION
SPACE MONSTERS MAGAZINE is also available from Marvans News at 84 Beaconfield Road, Brighton, BN1 6DD as well as from The Naughty Pirates Gallery, Arch 237, Kings Road Arches (near the Carousel), Brighton seafront, East Sussex, UK, so why not pop in today and buy a copy of the monster movie magazine everybody's talking about!
DOCTOR WHO BATTLES THE DALEKS AT THIS WEEKEND'S FANTASTIQ FILM FESTIVAL!
August 6, 2013 by cyberschizoid	in Classic SciFi, SciFi Movies, Uncategorized and tagged classic sci-fi, Daleks, Derby, Dez Skinn, Doctor Who, Fantastiq, film festival, House of Hammer, Peter Capaldi, Peter Cushing, Space Monsters, Starburst, the 12th Doctor, Tony Earnshaw	| Leave a comment
SPACE MONSTERS magazine is very excited about the Fantastiq Festival of fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror which takes place in Derby this weekend starting Friday 9th August! With the BBC having just announced the casting of Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor the Fantastiq festival celebrates another great actor who played The Doctor on the big screen – Peter Cushing in the amazing sixties movies Dr Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)! Alongside these and many more brilliant classic horror and sci-fi film screenings there will be special guests – including Dez Skinn, the legendary creator of iconic seventies monster magazines House of Hammer and Starburst and screenwriter Stephen Volk!
Here is the programme for this weekend's festival…
FANTASTIQ – THE FESTIVAL OF FANTASY, SCI-FI AND HORROR
AUGUST 9-11 2013
1pm Hammer House Of Horror Double Bill
2pm From The Vault: Heavy Metal (15)
3pm Bug (15)
4pm Orson Welles' The War Of The Worlds
5:30pm Ghostwatch (adv 15)
6:00pm Preview – Upstream Color (15)
7:15pm Stephen Volk In Conversation
8:00pm From The Vault – Heavy Metal (15)
8:40pm Book Signing Whitstable
9:30pm Spectral Press Presents…Dracula (12A)
10:00pm House (Hausu) (15)
10:45am From The Vault: Silver Bullet (15)
11:00am The AckerMonster Chronicles
1:00pm Dez Skinn In Conversation
1:15pm Corruption (adv 12A)
3:00pm Jason And The Argonauts (U)
3:15pm The Sorcerers (15)
4:45pm Johnny Mains On John Burke & The Sorcerers
6:00pm The Beast Must Die (15)
6:30pm Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (U)
8pm Paul Annett In Conversation
8:30pm From The Vault: Silver Bullet (15)
9:30pm Preview – Kiss Of The Damned (cert tbc)
11:00am From The Vault: The Black Belly Of The Tarantula (15)
11:30am Horror Tour Of Derby with Darrell Buxton
1:30pm Dr Who And The Daleks / Daleks: Invasion Earth Double
2:00pm Filmmaker's Forum Panel Discussion
4:00pm Zombie: The New Undead (adv 18)
5:30pm Cinema Retro Presents…Vampire Circus
6:00pm Orson Welles' The War Of The Worlds
7:15pm Robert Young In Conversation
8pm From The Vault: The Black Belly Of The Tarantula (15)
8:45pm Closing Night Preview – John Dies At The End (15)
How "Space Monsters" Can Help YOU!
August 4, 2013 by cyberschizoid	in Monster Magazines, Space Babes, Uncategorized and tagged advertise, advertising rates, CSO Cult TV Fanzine, Hemlock Books, London Westminster Film Fair, Maya, Monsters From Hell, Peveril Publishing, Space Monsters Magazine, Space:1999, We Belong Dead	| Leave a comment
Space Monsters magazine has now launched and is selling fast! Readers across the world will soon be reading the best in classic sci-fi and monster movies as well as checking out the ads from these awesome publishers, book sellers, movie events and genre websites!
Bedabbled! British Horror and Cult Cinema magazine.
Hemlock Books – genre book publishers and magazine sellers.
London Film Memorabilia Convention – merchandise stalls, special guests and more every two months in London.
Monsters From Hell – a superb website dedicated to Hammer Films.
Shadowland Magazine – covering the best in horror, sci-fi and fantasy entertainment.
We Belong Dead – the magazine of classic horror films.
CSO The Cult Television Fanzine – exactly what it says on the tin! Superb articles, interviews and pics.
Peveril Publishing – publishers of the stunning Peter Cushing Scrapbook.
You too can reach classic sci-fi, horror and monster movie and cult TV fans around the world by advertising in future issues of Space Monsters magazine at exceptional rates!
To advertise in Space Monsters magazine, email your ad image to spacemonstersmag@yahoo.co.uk using "SPACE MONSTERS AD" as the subject.Provide your own ads or we can design them for you at no extra cost.
Payment in advance via Paypal and Space Monsters Magazine has the right to reject ads.
Full Page Colour – £75
Full Page B/W – £50
Half Page B/W – £30
SPECIAL OFFER! For every paid ad placed in Space Monsters Magazine issue two, you will also receive a free advertising feature on the Space Monsters website as well as on the News From The Crypt page on the Classic Horror Campaign website, reaching thousands of classic horror, sci-fi and monster movie fans!
Space Monsters magazine is available to buy from Hemlock Books, Classic Horror Campaign, The Cinema Store and the digital version soon to be available from Dead Good Newsstand.


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This two-story office complex in northern Columbus features 30 office suites that are perfect for small businesses. Built in 1986, the 35,136 square foot complex sits on a 1.95-acre lot. It has been recently remodeled and is professionally managed.
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This property is a 21,950 square foot two-story class A brick-faced medical office building with glass accents, developed on 2.01 acres. The building was constructed in 1984 and was fully renovated in 2016, inside and out, and features high end finishes and new mechanicals, stone columns and walkways, and grand lighting.
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