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Hines REIT Announces Liquidation Plan
(HOUSTON) - Hines Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. ("Hines REIT" or the "Company"), one of three public non-listed REITs sponsored by Hines, announced today that its board of directors unanimously voted to approve a plan for liquidation and dissolution of the Company. The plan, which is subject to stockholder approval, takes advantage of the current strong demand for high-quality assets by institutional buyers, and includes Hines REIT entering into a definitive agreement to sell seven West Coast office assets in a cash transaction for $1.162 billion to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII ("Blackstone"). Additionally, Hines REIT is currently in the process of selling its interests in and liquidating the remaining assets that comprise its portfolio, including Chase Tower in Dallas, 321 North Clark in Chicago and a grocery-anchored retail portfolio located primarily in the southeastern United States.
As a result of the plan of liquidation and dissolution of the Company, it is estimated that the net proceeds to be distributed to stockholders will approximate $6.35 to $6.65 per share of common stock. Hines REIT previously distributed $1.01 per share from July 2011 through April 2013 which was designated by the Company as partial return of invested capital. In light of the pending plan, the Company will cease paying regular quarterly distributions after payment of distributions declared for the second quarter of 2016 and instead expects to make final distributions to its stockholders on or before December 31, 2016. There can be no assurances regarding the amounts of any distributions or the timing thereof.
"When we first launched Hines REIT in 2003, it was structured as a perpetual life vehicle, much like many institutional funds," said Sherri Schugart, president and CEO of Hines REIT. "Impacts from the great recession caused us to close the fund to new investors in 2009, so we began considering other options that could provide the best opportunities for enhancing stockholder value through the following economic recovery. By making strategic asset sales and redeploying proceeds into Class A West Coast office properties over the last several years, we've been able to add to the overall quality and concentration of our portfolio, sustain attractive distributions to investors, and increase our net asset value per share. After our management and Board of Directors considered a variety of strategic alternatives to maximize stockholder value through a liquidity event, we are confident that the plan of liquidation achieves that goal."
The transaction with Blackstone is structured as an asset purchase of approximately 3 million square feet of office properties and includes Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles, CA; Daytona Buildings in Redmond, WA; Laguna Buildings in Redmond, WA; 5th and Bell in Seattle, WA; 2100 Powell in Emeryville, CA; 2851 Junction Avenue in San Jose, CA; and 1900 and 2000 Alameda in San Mateo, CA (the "West Coast Asset Sale"). The transaction will be subject to stockholder approval of the plan of liquidation, and certain closing conditions. There will be no financing contingency associated with the transaction.
The Eastdil Secured group of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as financial advisor to Hines REIT on this transaction and Robert A. Stanger & Co., Inc. provided certain financial advisory services to the board of directors in connection with the transaction. For additional information, please see our 8-K filing dated June 30, 2016 at http://www.hinessecurities.com/reits/hines-reit/se....
About Hines REIT
Hines REIT is a public, non-listed real estate investment trust sponsored by Hines. Hines REIT was formed in August 2003 for the purpose of investing in and owning interests in real estate. In total, Hines REIT acquired interests in 66 properties, representing approximately 33 million square feet, since its inception and has sold its interests in 42 of those properties as of June 30, 2016. For additional information about Hines REIT, visit www.hinessecurities.com.
Hines is a privately owned global real estate investment firm founded in 1957 with a presence in 182 cities in 20 countries. Hines has $89.1 billion of assets under management, including $42.5 billion for which Hines provides fiduciary investment management services, and $46.6 billion for which Hines provides third-party property-level services. The firm has 109 developments currently underway around the world. Historically, Hines has developed, redeveloped or acquired 1,126 properties, totaling over 351 million square feet. The firm's current property and asset management portfolio includes 457 properties, representing over 193 million square feet. With extensive experience in investments across the risk spectrum and all property types, and a pioneering commitment to sustainability, Hines is one of the largest and most-respected real estate organizations in the world. Visit www.hines.com for more information.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. These forward-looking statements include, among others, statements about the expected benefits of the plan of liquidation and dissolution, including the West Coast Asset Sale, the estimated range of distributions, the expected timing and completion of the plan of liquidation and dissolution, including the West Coast Asset Sale, and the future business, performance and opportunities of the Company. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of words or phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "foresee," "looking ahead," "is confident," "should be," "will," "predicted," "likely," or similar words or phrases intended to identify information that is not historical in nature. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the ability of the Company to obtain required stockholder approvals required to consummate the plan of liquidation and dissolution, including the West Coast Asset Sale; the satisfaction or waiver of other conditions to closing for the West Coast Asset Sale; unanticipated difficulties or expenditures relating to the plan of liquidation and dissolution, including the West Coast Asset Sale; the response of tenants, business partners and competitors to the announcement of the plan of liquidation and dissolution, including the West Coast Asset Sale; legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company and others related to the plan of liquidation and dissolution, including the West Coast Asset Sale; general risks affecting the real estate industry (including, without limitation, the inability to enter into or renew leases, dependence on tenants' financial condition, and competition from other developers, owners and operators of real estate); adverse economic or real estate developments in the Company's existing markets; risks associated with the availability and terms of financing and the ability to refinance indebtedness as it comes due; reductions in asset valuations and related impairment charges; risks associated with downturns in domestic and local economies, changes in interest rates and volatility in the securities markets; potential liability for uninsured losses and environmental contamination; risks associated with the Company's potential failure to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and possible adverse changes in tax and environmental laws; and risks associated with the Company's dependence on key personnel of Hines Interests Limited Partnership or its affiliates whose continued service is not guaranteed. For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this press release. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or developments, future events or otherwise.
This press release is being made in respect of the proposed plan of liquidation and dissolution, including the West Coast Asset Sale. The proposed plan of liquidation and dissolution, including the West Coast Asset Sale, will be submitted to the stockholders of the Company for their consideration. In connection with the proposed plan of liquidation and dissolution, including the West Coast Asset Sale, the Company will file a proxy statement with the SEC. This press release does not constitute a solicitation of any vote or proxy from any stockholder of the Company. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS OR MATERIALS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE PROXY STATEMENT, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLAN OF LIQUIDATION AND DISSOLUTION, INCLUDING THE WEST COAST ASSET SALE. The final proxy statement will be mailed to the Company's stockholders. In addition, the proxy statement and other documents will be available free of charge at the SEC's internet website, www.sec.gov. When available, the proxy statement and other pertinent documents also may be obtained free of charge at the Company's website, http://www.hinessecurities.com, or by directing a written request to Hines Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. at 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 5000, Houston, Texas 77056-6118, Attention: Secretary.
The Company and its directors and executive officers and members of its external advisor and its employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect to the plan of liquidation and dissolution, including the West Coast Asset Sale. Information regarding the Company's directors and executive officers is detailed in the proxy statements and annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q previously filed with the SEC, each of which can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. Additional information regarding the direct and indirect interests of the Company's directors and executive officers in the plan of liquidation and dissolution may be obtained by reading the proxy statement and other relevant documents or materials relating to the proposed transaction when they become available.


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Information for The Welkin at Lyttelton (National Theatre), West End (Play). One life in the hands of 12 women. Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley's comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of 12 matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she's telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the noose. With only midwife Lizzy Luke prepared to defend the girl, and a mob baying for blood outside, the matrons wrestle with their new authority, and the devil in their midst.
Performers Maxine Peake (Lizzy Luke), Ria Zmitrowicz (Sally Poppy), Nadia Albina, Natasha Cottriall, Aysha Kala, Wendy Kweh, Philip McGinley, Cecilia Noble, Dawn Sievewright, Brigid Zengeni, Daneka Etchells, Jenny Galloway, Haydn Gwynne, Zainab Hasan, June Watson, Laurence Ubong Williams, Shaofan Wilson, Hara Yannas.
Author Lucy Kirkwood. Producer National Theatre. Director James Macdonald. Design Bunny Christie. Costume Bunny Christie. Lighting Lee Curran. Sound Carolyn Downing. Director Rachel Bown-Williams (RC Annie Ltd - fight director). Director Ruth Cooper-Brown (RC Annie Ltd - fight director).
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ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856): 8 Beethoven-Etüden, Anh.F25, 4 Studies from the First Autograph, 4 Studies from the Second Autograph, Geistervariationen, Anh.F39, Variations on a Nocturne of Chopin, Anh.F26, Sehnsuchtwalzervariationen (Variations on a Waltz by Schubert), Anh.F24, 3 discarded movements from Sonata in F Minor, Op. 14, Excercice, Anh.F11 (1830 version of Toccata, Op. 7), Canon on F.H. Himmel's "Alexis send ich dich"), Supplement to Fantasiestücke, Op. 12, WoO 28, Variations on an Origina; Theme "Mit Gott", Anh.F7, GEORG CHRISTOPH GROSHEIM (1764-1841): Titania Overture (arr. Schumann, Anh.O4).
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Виктор Александрович Терехин (1 ноября 1952, Ключи, Пензенская область) — советский и российский деятель судебной системы. Заслуженный юрист Российской Федерации (1995). Заслуженный юрист Пензенской области (2012). Заведующий кафедрой «Правосудие» ПГУ с 2006 года.

Председатель Пензенского областного суда с 1998 по 2006 гг.

Биография
Родился 1 ноября 1952 года в селе Ключи Малосердобинского района Пензенской области.

Трудовую деятельность начал в 1970 году на заводе запасных деталей и частей в г. Балаково Саратовской области. Работал учеником токаря и токарем.

В 1971-1973 гг. проходил службу в Советской Армии. По возвращении из армии год работал электрослесарем на заводе железобетонных изделий № 2 в г. Балаково.

В 1974-1978 гг. обучался в Саратовском юридическом институте им. Д. Курского.

По окончании института шестнадцать с половиной лет работал в Сахалинской области. Прошел путь от стажёра до председателя областного суда.

В 1978 г. в течение четырех месяцев — стажёр народного судьи Корсаковского городского народного суда.

В 1978-1980 гг. - народный судья Корсаковского городского народного суда Сахалинской области.

Свыше трех лет (1980-1983 гг.) - председатель Корсаковского городского суда.

В 1983-1985 гг. — инструктор отдела административных органов Сахалинского ОК КПСС.

В 1985-1988 гг. - заместитель председателя Сахалинского областного суда.

В 1988-1995 гг. — председатель Сахалинского областного суда.

В 1995-1998 гг. — заместитель председателя Пензенского областного суда.

С 1998 по 2006 гг. — председатель Пензенского областного суда.

С 2006 год по настоящее время — заведующий кафедрой «Правосудие» ПГУ.

Научная деятельность
В 2001 году защитил диссертацию на соискание учёной степени кандидата юридических наук на тему: «Судебная власть в государственно-правовом механизме обеспечения прав и свобод граждан».

Ведет практикоориентирующие учебные дисциплины: «Судебная защита», «Процессуальные документы», а также «Судебная правовая политика». Его научно-педагогический стаж составляет свыше 21 год.

Терехин В.А. большое внимание уделяет практической составляющей учебного процесса, укреплению не только теоретических, но и прикладных начал в подготовке юристов. Им разработана современная методика по решению практических задач и изготовлению процессуальных документов.

Подготовил шесть кандидатов юридических наук.

Публикации
Автор свыше 130 научных трудов, в том числе ряда монографий; свыше 50 научных статей, опубликованных в журналах из перечня ВАК РФ. Индекс Хирша - 18.

Является автором учебного пособия для студентов-бакалавров «Судебная защита» (Изд-во ПГУ, 2016).

Некоторые труды:

Монографии:
 Алейников Б.Н., Малько А.В., Терехин В.А. и др. Судебная реформа в России на рубеже XX - XXI веков: монография / под ред. В.А. Терехина. М.: Юрлитинформ, 2017. 376 с. ISBN 978-5-4396-1346-5
 Терехин В.А., Герасимова А.А. Функции судебной власти в механизме российского государства: монография. М.: Юрлитинформ, 2015. 296 с.
 Терехин В.А. Суд в государственно-правовом механизме обеспечения прав и свобод человека: теория и практика: монография. М.: Юрлитинформ, 2013. 352 с. ISBN  978-5-4396-0423-4

Статьи в научных журналах:
 Терехин В.А. Утверждение самостоятельности судебной власти - приоритетное направление современной реформы// Российская юстиция. 2021. № 12.
 Малько А.В., Афанасьев С.Ф., Терехин В.А. Судебная реформа как инструмент повышения эффективности правовой защищенности личности // Правоприменение. 2021. Т. 5. № 2.
 Терехин В.А. Мировая юстиция в современной России: от идеи возрождения до конституционного статуса // Российская юстиция. 2020. № 7.
 Малько А.В., Терехин В.А., Афанасьев С.Ф. Смертная в современной России: не пора ли наконец определяиться? // Криминологический журнал Байкальского государственного университета экономики и права. 2014. № 2. С.
 Малько А.В., Терехин В.А. Судебная политика как средство оптимизации правосудия в Российской Федерации // Государство и право. 2016. № 7. С.
 Терехин В.А. Некоторые аспекты содержания проекта концепции судеюной политики в Российской Федерации // Правовая политика и правовая жизнь. 2014. № 1.
 Терехин В.А. Правосудие как ключевой компонент судебной деятельности: проблемы понимания // Правовая политика и правовая жизнь. 2015. № 3..

Награды
 Орден Почёта (Россия) (2001);
 Заслуженный юрист Российской Федерации (1995);
 Заслуженный юрист Пензенской области (2012);
 медаль «20 лет Совету судей Российской Федерации» (2012);
 медаль ордена «За заслуги перед Пензенской областью» (2022);
 почетный знак губернатора Пензенской области «Во славу земли Пензенской» (2002);
 почетный знак «Ветеран судебной системы»;
 юбилейная медаль «В память 350-летия Пензы» (2013).

Почетные звания
 Почетный профессор Чжэнчжоуского университета КНР;
 Почетный гражданин села Ключи Малосердобинского района Пензенской области (2012);
 Лауреат премии «Юрист года Пензенской области» (2015).

Примечания

Ссылки
 Алейников Б.Н. Терехин Виктор Александрович // Пензенская энциклопедия. Пенза, 2019.
 Биография на сайте кафедры правосудия ПГУ, dep_pravosud.pnzgu.ru. 13.10.2021.
 Пензенский информационный портал, Penzadays.ru. 13.10.2021
 Терехин Виктор Александрович. Список публикаций на портале eLIBRARY.ru

Выпускники Саратовской государственной юридической академии
Преподаватели Пензенского государственного университета
Заслуженные юристы Российской Федерации

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James Strong
Junior academic working on British foreign policy
How representative are UK elections?
On November 7, 2019 November 7, 2019 By drjamesstrongIn British politics, Uncategorized
It's often said that UK general election results fail to represent the electorate accurately. There's some truth to this.
The UK's First Past the Post (or Single Member Plurality, if we're being comparative political scientists about it) electoral system distributes parliamentary seats to parties based not on the share of the vote they win in the country as a whole, but whether they come first in any of 650 separate constituencies. This rewards larger parties, and those with more concentrated vote shares, over smaller, more diffuse parties. To put it into context, at the 2015 general election the SNP won 8.62% of the seats in the House of Commons with 4.7% of the national vote, while UKIP won 0.15% of the seats on 12.9% of the vote. 2015 was a bad year for the Lib Dems anyway, but they, too, usually lose out similarly.
The advantage of this system is supposed to be that it makes forming stable single-party majority governments easier. That, in turn, promotes what is known as 'responsible' government. Voters can choose a party confident in the knowledge that, if it wins, it will probably be able to get its manifesto commitments through parliament. If, at the next election, they judge that it has failed, they can relatively easily vote it out. Under FPTP, voters choose a government. Under more proportional systems, they choose a parliament – and parliament chooses a government. What the government actually does in a more proportional system will likely reflect post-election elite bargaining as much as voter choice.
At the same time, however, FPTP allows parties to gain absolute power (and in the UK's 'elective dictatorship', with its doctrine of absolute parliamentary sovereignty, it usually is absolute power) despite only winning a minority of the votes cast. As figure 1 shows, no government elected since 1945 has won a majority of the votes cast, yet all but three have won a majority of seats in the House of Commons. On two occasions – the Conservatives in 1951, and Labour in February 1974, the party that came second in terms of vote share won more seats and wound up forming the government.
Over time, the share of the vote needed for a majority has fallen, as voters have shifted allegiances away from the two largest parties. As figure 2 illustrates, the Conservatives won 49.7% of the vote in 1955, and a majority of 60. Labour won 35.2% of the vote in 2005, and a majority of 66. In 1951, the Conservatives gained 1.07% of the seats in the House of Commons for every 1% of the vote they won. In 2005 Labour gained 1.57% of the seats for every 1% of the vote. The exaggerative bias of the system has worsened.
As figure 3 shows, in 1951, 96.8% of voters voted either Labour or Conservative. In 2010 just 65.1% did so. To put it another way, nearly 97% of voters in 1951 voted for either the outgoing Labour government or the incoming Conservative government. In 2010, 35% of voters chose a party that had not been in power in the postwar era.
Ailsa Henderson has shown that voters are generally satisfied with the electoral system provided their preferred party wins power at a national level at least some of the time – but that they start to lose faith in the fairness of the system if their side never gets to win. What Figure 3 shows is that, since the 1950s, the proportion of voters whose side never wins has gradually risen. That partially explains the legitimacy crisis facing parliament in the aftermath of the Brexit vote. As Rob Saunders has put it, "When four million people vote UKIP, as in 2015, and are rewarded with a solitary MP, we should not be surprised if they view parliament as something done to them by an external elite".
One reason why most pollsters failed to predict the Brexit vote was that a large number of people who did not vote in general elections turned out for the referendum. Those people disproportionately voted Leave. As figure 4 shows, turnout has fallen in line with the share of votes going to Labour and the Conservatives. In 1950, 84% of eligible voters actually voted. In 2001, just 60% did so. As Oliver Heath argues, the decline in turnout arose especially among working-class voters, as Labour shifted toward the middle class under Tony Blair: "the class divide in participation has become greater than the class divide in vote"
If we then look at the interaction between declining turnout and partisan dealignment – the increasing willingness of voters to switch parties between elections, and to vote for parties other than the two largest – the picture becomes even more bleak.
As figure 5 shows, the share of possible votes won by the two largest parties has plummeted from well above 50% – 80% of all eligible voters in 1951 voted either Labour or Conservative – to below 50%, with a particular nadir in 2005. Just 41.5% of eligible voters voted either Labour or Conservative in that year. Out of everyone eligible to vote in 2005, nearly 60% did not vote for one of the two parties that had wielded absolute power in the UK since 1945. Given Henderson's findings about faith in democracy, that looks like a problem. Given Heath's findings about the differential decline in faith in voting among working class voters, it looks like an especially acute one. While it isn't true that working class voters determined the Brexit result – there aren't enough of them left to win a majority on their own, and in fact most Brexit voters were comfortable, middle class, English conservatives – working class resentment at a political system that appeared to be failing to represent them clearly is part of the story.
How does all of this play out at a constituency level? In a multi-party system, you don't need to win a majority of votes in your local area to get elected to parliament. You just need to win more votes than any other candidate. I wondered how many MPs were actually elected despite a majority of voters in their constituency voting for someone else – an important question in light of current debates around the merits of tactical voting.
I found, as table 1 shows, that some 26.8% of MPs elected in the 2017 election won less than 50% of the vote in their constituency. That was actually lower than I expected. It reflected the shift back to big-party voting that characterized the 2017 election, with Labour and the Conservatives winning 82% of the vote between them. It also reflected the relative concentration of their votes. Smaller parties, generally, were more likely to win seats despite winning less than 50% of the local vote – this was true of all 35 of the SNP's seats, for example – generally because they had to beat both Labour and the Conservatives in order to win.
MPs elected on: <50% of vote
n %
All MPs 650 174 26.8%
Con 317 74 23.3%
DUP 10 5 50.0%
Green 1 0 0.0%
Ind 1 1 100.0%
Lab 262 40 15.3%
LD 12 11 91.7%
PC 4 4 100.0%
SF 7 4 57.1%
SNP 35 35 100.0%
Spk 1 0 0.0%
26.8% doesn't sound too bad. That means that 73.2% of MPs won more than 50% of the votes cast in their constituency, giving them the right to claim to speak for the majority of local people. I looked these figures up after claiming in a lecture that less than 50% of MPs won more than 50% of the vote, and had to correct myself.
The picture looks different, however, if we again factor in turnout. Once we consider the share of available votes won by each MP, rather than just the share of votes cast, the number of MPs able to claim they speak for a majority of their constituents falls precipitously. As table 2 shows, just 27 MPs – 24 Labour, 2 Conservatives, and the Speaker – won more than 50% of the available votes. 95.8% of MPs won office despite a majority of eligible voters in their constituency either not voting, or voting for someone else.
MPs elected on: <50% of vote <50% of constituents
n % n %
All MPs 650 174 26.8% 623 95.8%
Con 317 74 23.3% 315 99.4%
DUP 10 5 50.0% 10 100.0%
Green 1 0 0.0% 1 100.0%
Ind 1 1 100.0% 1 100.0%
Lab 262 40 15.3% 238 90.8%
LD 12 11 91.7% 12 100.0%
PC 4 4 100.0% 4 100.0%
SF 7 4 57.1% 7 100.0%
SNP 35 35 100.0% 35 100.0%
Spk 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
These figures further underline the problems with the UK's electoral system. Most MPs win office with the support of a minority of eligible voters in their local area. Most governments win absolute power with the support of a minority of actual voters, and an even smaller minority of eligible voters, in the country. People lose faith in democracy when it seems to be incapable of representing their views adequately. That is clearly happening in the UK, now.
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When I read about Ryan McLane's Teach Like A Pirate Day, inspired by this quote, in the book he and Eric Lowe co-authored, Your School Rocks, I knew I had to figure out a way to make it happen! It quickly became one of my implementations for #DBC50Summer even though I had no idea how I was ever going to convince the teachers I serve to give up a day in their already busy calendar.
In early August, I met with my principal and explained this day centered around celebrating a love of learning. The more we discussed it, the more her eyes lit up. (Side note: I love that she is constantly finding ways to let me lead & grow. This was just one example of that. She rocks.) We discussed that this would need to be brought to the School Improvement Team (SIT), so we made a plan for me to pitch it to them at the next meeting. Little did I know that I would be elected to serve on SIT just a few weeks later.
Every month we have a Mustang Madness Day built into our schedule. These days are usually held on dates with early release schedules or at the end of the quarter when we'd be holding our awards programs for academics and athletics. The members of SIT seemed eager to develop this idea further, so we preemptively looked for holes and concerns our teachers might have. We scheduled the first attempt at a #tlap day for the Mustang Madness day before Christmas vacation. Then… life happened.
In late November, I sent our SIT chair and principal an email asking if we were still moving forward with the date as scheduled. Getting the green light from them, I began organizing the day with as much structure as possible, as suggested by SIT.
Every teacher in the school shared their activity on a Google Sheet. Using that sheet, I created a form for students in each grade level to rank their interest in the activities (1st choice, 2nd choice, and so on). Here's an example of a form.
During media classes in early December, students completed the form. It took about 5-7 minutes in each class. Using those responses, I created schedules for every student (yes… every. student.) making sure to respect their 1st and 2nd choices in the core classes and 1st choice in their encore classes. No child ended up with anything less than their 5th or 6th choice!
On Wednesday, two days before our Mustang Madness date, I printed a copy of each teacher's class lists for each class. Teachers still had their planning period in tact and would be going to lunch at the same time. On Thursday afternoon, I emailed every student their schedule for the day.
Let me just tell you, the hype was REAL! Kids were pumped to be at school the next day! I could hear them discussing which classes they had and trying to figure out who they would be in class with!
Signs were placed at classroom doors with the name of the activity and the teacher's name. I hung up poster-sized schedules with 1st period locations to prevent confusion among students, especially our 6th grade students. The bell rang and the excitement in the halls was palpable. By the end of the day, I was so exhausted, but in the best way! I had FUN teaching! To my knowledge, there wasn't a single behavior issue the entire day. I asked students and teachers to complete a survey at the end of the day and responses are still coming in. This is the preliminary data.
That's HUGE! Do you SEE that? From what I'm seeing, 62.5% of students CAME TO SCHOOL (on a snow make-up day, no less) because they were excited about Mustang Madness! Yep – that's making kids want to tear down the walls to get INTO school, rather than to get out! In my eyes, that statistic alone makes the day a huge success.
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I would love to see this run like Ryan did his. Students report to first period for attendance and announcements, then disperse throughout the school for classes. I think that once a class is full, the teacher will shut their door and any remaining students who wanted that class can go to their next choice and try to attend the class they missed in the next block of time. I'm excited to see our 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students mixed up within the classes. This was something our teachers were very hesitant about; I mixed grade levels in the media center with no trouble, and am hoping that will serve as a model for the next iteration. I believe that allowing free movement and not having a "schedule" ahead of time will give students the ability to have more classes with their friends. Also, if we have it on a regular school day (not an early release) students and teachers will have more time in each class.
Some of the best feedback I received from this day came from three different people.
As kids were leaving the school, the halls were vibrating again. It wasn't necessarily from excitement to leave. It was from students yelling their "see you laters" and "Merry Christmases" to new friends. I believe they will be excited to be back on January 2nd, and that they will be looking forward to our next Mustang Madness.
Enjoy a few of the pictures of our day celebrating a love of learning! This is just a sample of what our incredible teachers and students enjoyed. Thank you for this incredible idea Ryan, and for sharing it in Your School Rocks! Just another example of how #DBC50Summer is changing my world, one book and one implementation at a time.
For more on this idea of #tlap day, check out Ryan's blog! He has so many resources and has done this many times! It's a wealth of knowledge and he's super helpful if you need anything that you can't find there!


There are so many wonderfully creative people all over the world. Each culture brings its defining twist or trademark in the industry. Fashion brings these ideas altogether. How, you ask?
Draw inspiration from these awesome fashion illustrators from all over the globe. These are the best of the best!
This artist works with watercolor, adding a delicacy to his works. Yes, Yuki is a he. LOL.
You can visit his fabulous website of fashion and typography at manuelrebollo.blogspot.com.
This amazing self-taught artist fills your world with color, color, color!
This pair of illustrators reminds me of Shepard Fairey because of all the blacks, whites and reds. They have a lot of feminine qualities to their work despite of their colors.
This illustrator is definitely one of my favorites. His use of different media on his works brings out all he has to offer as an artist. He's freakin' awesome!
See how each country represents itself in those artworks? Well, that's it for now but we're going to present more illustrators for the coming issues, so just keep on loving Friday! Yay!


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Attivo in gare FIS dal novembre del 2044, Zika ha esordito in Coppa Europa il 19 dicembre 2006 a Obereggen in slalom speciale, senza qualificarsi per la seconda manche.; in Coppa del Mondo ha disputato 7 gare, tutte slalom giganti (la prima il 5 dicembre 2010 a Beaver Creek, l'ultima il 7 dicembre 2014 nella medesima località), senza portarne a termine nessuna. Ha preso parte a un'edizione dei Campionati mondiali, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011, dove si è classificato 36º nello slalom gigante; la sua ultima gara è stata uno slalom gigante FIS disputato il 19 gennaio 2019 a Pec pod Sněžkou, chiuso da Zika al 4º posto.

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 2 argenti (slalom gigante nel 2010; slalom speciale nel 2011)
 4 bronzi (slalom gigante nel 2009; slalom speciale nel 2010; supergigante nel 2011; slalom speciale nel 2017)

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Top Ten Richest Folk in Cryptocurrency
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Forbes just love to remind their readers just how much poorer they are than the subjects of their articles. It was therefore only a matter of time before they released a cryptocurrency version of their rich list. The names featured are hardly surprising. Those closely allied to the likes of Ethereum and Ripple have done well for themselves, as have the earliest investors in the space. Let's take a look at the top ten.
10. Mike Novogratz, CEO Galaxy Digital
You probably know Mike Novogratz from our reportage of his seemingly endless bullish comments about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The former billionaire left his Fortress Investment Group in 2015 to focus on cryptocurrency. He's since built up an estimated crypto net worth of $700 million to $1 billion dollars. Talk about the comeback kid!
9. Brock Pierce, Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, Advisor at Block.One
Brock was one of the first big pioneers of digital currency. He's been responsible for funding dozens of startups in the space. These have included Mastercoin, Coinbase, and Ethereum. The former child actor now claims that he's willing to donate $1 billion to a decentralised autonomous community run on the blockchain. His savvy invesetment strategy has helped the 37 year old amass an estimated crypto net worth of $700 million to $1 billion.
8. Anthony Di Iorio, Cofounded Ethereum, Founded Jaxx and Decentral
This 43 year old investor has manager is currently worth an estimated $750 million to $1 billion in crypto assets alone. He was influential in the founding of the Ethereum blockchain platform that supports the second largest cryptocurrency, Ether. Di Iorio's investment strategy is simple: Look for promising new ideas and jump ship with the gains after a period of parabolic growth. Easy, huh?
7. Matthew Roszak, Cofounder of Bloq, Founder of Tally Capital
Roszak attributes his success in the cryptocurrency space to timing. Namely, he was in very early. The 45 year old investor learned about Bitcoin in 2011 and was savvy enough to get involved in the first wave of Initial Coin Offerings. It's even reported that he gave Richard Branson and Bill Clinton their first Bitcoins. Roszak is estimated to be worth $900 million to $1 billion in crypto wealth alone.
6. Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase
Shock horror. The CEO of Coinbase made the list of the richest folk involved in cryptocurrency. Whilst many of his peers were busy buying up a new asset class, Armstrong was selling them means to prospect with. Coinbase are one of the most well-known companies in the entire space and the first entry point into cryptocurrency for many. Today it's estimated his digital currency net worth is between $900 million and $1 billion.
5. Matthew Mellon, Investor
With an estimated cryptocurrency net worth of $900 million to $1 billion, Mellon certainly has played his cards right. The 54 year old investor saw an opportunity early in Ripple and bought up their token, XRP, despite warnings from friends and family. It's clearly paid off for him.
4. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Cofounders Winklevoss Capital
Yeah, they might be two people but be honest, have you ever seen a news story with one and not the other? Together, the Winklevoss Twins' combined cryptocurrency net worth is estimated at between $900 million and $1.1 billion. The pair invested early in Bitcoin and simply held it. Since then, they've set up the New York-based exchange, Gemini. In a space rife with scandal and security breaches, Gemini is something of a trusted entity in cryptocurrency, so much so that the Chicago Board Options Exchange use their price index to settle their recently launched futures contracts.
3. Changpeng Zhao, CEO Binance
Binance came out of nowhere less than seven months ago and under Zhao's leadership have grown into the largest cryptocurrency exchange on the planet. Zhao, known more colloquially as "CZ", has dodged regulatory pressures by moving his companies to three different territories in its short existence. CZ has an impressive estimated crypto net worth of $1.1 to $2 billion.
2. Joseph Lubin, Cofounder of Ethereum, Founder of ConsenSys
This former Goldman Sachs executive helped fund the blockchain platform Ethereum, as well as founding ConsenSys. The latter today employs over 600 people and spans an impressive 28 countries. ConsenSys have helped launch many companies and their tokens. They're also used for consulting services for global giants such as Microsoft. Lubin is estimated to be worth in the range of $1 to $5 billion.
1. Chris Larsen, Cofounder of Ripple
Sitting atop the cryptocurrency rich list is non other than the cofounder of Ripple, Chris Larsen. This is largely due to the dubious initial distribution of XRP. Larsen himself owns 5.2 billion XRP. Despite (or perhaps because of) the wider cryptocurrency community's general condemnation of Ripple, they've found their niche facilitating international payments for banks. It's estimated that Larsen's crypto assets are worth between $7.5 and $8 billion.
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Break New Soil – Gregor Tresher new album 'Quiet Distortion'
Stephan Bodzin: Gregor's is back, and it was more than worth waiting! what a massive statement of sophisticated forward thinking, melodic and pushing techno delivers one of my favorite german artists here! bassheavy melodies embeded in warm analogues atmospheres, it´s clearly his very own known and approved signature again, but kind of V2.0 – will playout minimum half of it, my personal fave is the fantastic titletrack "quiet distortion", a harmonic anthem made with a whole lotta love… we´ll see that one ranking high everywhere, that´s for sure. congrats gregor, 10/10.
Laurent Garnier: I've been listening to the album over and over – IT'S SIMPLY SUPERB – I love all the tracks. You can be sure that i'll be hammering the tracks everywhere!" 10/10
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With his new artist album "Quiet Distortion" ready for release this summer, Gregor Tresher once again sets sail to break new soil, proving why he is considered to be one of the most consistent artists in the universe of Techno music. "About A Good Place", "Neon", "A Thousand Nights", "Full Range Madness" or his recent "Goliath" amongst many others – the list of Tresher's tracks that have turned into modern classics is more than impressive.
Now, with this new installment of 12 tracks and once again accompanied by forward-thinking artwork by long-time collaborating 3D-artist Dennis Richter, it seems that Gregor managed to bridge the gap to his early releases by transforming their original, uncompromising sound into the here and now. Gregor puts it this way: "I am aiming to find the right balance in-between the vibe of some of my early music and the kind of modern Techno I like to play as a DJ, but at the same time I do not want to stand still but evolve as a musician. The goal I try to reach is to create something that will hopefully stand the test of time."
After the haunting opening piece "Numb", it´s "Surrender" and "Tyrant" that instantly set the tone for what we consider to be Tresher´s most complete piece of work to date. And when the title track "Quiet Distortion" kicks off, people will instantly recognize that Midas-touch that made Gregor´s sound a quality trademark in the world of electronic music.
There are of course tracks that will find their place in playlists by Gregor´s DJ-colleagues: The rumbling "Depend" that´s also been a staple in Gregor´s own sets over the past months, "Consistency", which finds its niche in-between the melodic openers and a more tough Dancefloor-approach or the menacing "The Kraken", that reminds of Tresher´s work on Adam Beyer´s seminal Drumcode label. With "Decades", we get a glimpse of Gregor´s Sniper Mode project, which he buried at a time when real Electro lost its name to a different genre of music. And then of course there´s the mighty "Goliath" – the only previously released track on the album: Pretty much everyone who has spent a night on a dance floor of a Techno club in the past year will recognize it, as it has been championed by so many.
Accompanying the release, Gregor embarks on another extensive album tour spanning over six months. It will include a mixture of exclusive live performances as well as DJ-gigs kicking off at the end of May and touching down on some of the most prolific music festivals and clubs around the world.
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Ukraine committed itself to banning the importation of cars that do not meet the Euro-5 environmental standards from January 1 next year.
Cars older than five years will not be imported into Ukraine from January 1, 2016. This requirement is stipulated in an agreement that the government signed with the European Union. The general director of the All-Ukrainian Association of Automobile Importers and Dealers (VAAID), Oleh Nazarenko, announced this at a press conference, afp.com.ua reports.
Nazarenko stressed that by signing this agreement with the European Union, Ukraine committed itself to banning the importation of cars that do not meet the Euro-5 environmental standards from January 1 next year. The standard was introduced in Europe in 2009.
The Euro-4 environmental standard, which was introduced in the European Union in 2005, is in effect in Ukraine from 1 January 2014 until 1 January 2016.
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By capturing an audience that might otherwise not hear the song and providing an emotional context that heightens the music's connection with the listener, a placement in a film or TV show can have a sizeable effect in broadening an artist's fanbase. Its impact is such that it now plays an important role in a label's marketing campaign for their artists. But who is responsible for getting these music placements on behalf of the artist and how does it actually work?
As part of a new Q&A series on music licensing VP of Strategic Alliances/Film & TV at Universal Republic Leah Streetman explains her role in securing placements for artists including Florence + The Machine, Lil Wayne and Colbie Caillat.
Firstly, can you briefly outline what your role as VP of Strategic Alliances/Film & TV actually entails and what are some of the artists you currently represent?
Sure, I oversee creative film/TV music placement for Universal Republic-- pitching our current releases for film, TV, promos, trailers, video games, and pretty much everything in between. Some of our roster includes Florence + the Machine, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Colbie Caillat, Enrique Iglesias, Amy Winehouse, and lots of amazing new artists like Mayer Hawthorne and Gotye.
How do you set about finding out about the projects that are looking for songs? Are the "strategic alliances" of your role title a significant factor in this?
There's really no set method. It's through a lot of research, cold calls and meetings ... All encounters are essentially to build strategic alliances, but I like to take what's in front of me and use it as the first building block.
When I'm working on placements I always try to expand on the basic sync and see what else can be done. How can I turn that initial music license into something more? That's the key to building a successful strategic alliance and gaining the maximum exposure.
How does the process work – do you have certain artists that you are looking to place songs for and then you seek out suitable projects, or do you get the project first from your partners and then try to identify the artist and the song that would be the best fit?
It really goes both ways. I love listening to the lyrics and trying to visualize it. Sometimes I hear a song or meet an artist and just know that they are right for a specific project or type of project and then I work to find a good place for them.
Other times the music supervisor will be looking for something very specific –lyrics, genre, tone, etc. – and I'll work to find the best possible option that could be a match for the spot they are looking to fill.
How much do you think beyond the musical suitability of a song to a project and into factors such as whether an artist matches the audience of a particular TV show or whether its use is appropriate for their image?
It's great when the artist fits in well with the vibe of a show, where I know that it will have a huge impact on their core audience. Though, it's somewhat more exciting when I can find an amazing placement that is unexpected, where the audience and the artist actually get to experience something new. But, I always want to stay true to the artist, and ultimately will only move forward if it's a good look for them and their music.
Can you tell us some recent examples of where you were particularly happy with the placement of a song in terms of it being a great fit and having a positive effect on the artist's career?
There was a trailer for the recent film The Big Year that featured the single 'The Feeding Line' from the Australian band, Boy & Bear. The timing for it was absolutely perfect! We were launching the single and the band was touring in the US. It doesn't always work out like that, but when it does it's magic.
I'm working on a big tie-in now for USA's Covert Affairs with Florence + The Machine and Shazam. The timing is great and the process has been ideal. That one's launching next week so I can tell you more about those results later.
But, when it's something that happens easily, it usually has the best, most positive results because it was meant to be. I've spent a lot of torturous hours trying to make complicated projects work — the artist wants to do it, the label is into it, the network is thrilled, but for whatever reason the pieces just don't quite fit together right. Those are generally the ones that don't work out as well.
Is there always a strategy in terms of which of your artists you're looking to place at a particular time?
Oh yes. Since I don't specifically focus on our older catalogue music, my pitching is predominately timed during the launch and span of the current releases to help gain maximum exposure in tandem with the marketing department. So, if you are hearing something on the radio, reading press, or watching a TV show where the same music is featured, you will – or hopefully will – start connecting the dots.
On the occasions when I do have an older song that's perfect for a pitch, I certainly won't hold back on pitching it instead.
Given that TV and film licensing has become a very significant revenue stream for artists, have you found there is increasing awareness amongst your artists in considering how "licensable" their music is?
There is definitely a greater awareness now, but it varies from artist to artist. While some are not into licensing at all others really focus on it and want to know how they can make their songs better for licensing.
How can you make a song better for licensing?
My response is usually the same. Firstly, make the song easy to clear — ie. with no samples or multiple writers – and then make sure it has a positive message with a universal appeal. Good examples would be Kevin Rudolf's 'Let It Rock', Graham Colton's 'Best Days' Colbie Caillat's 'Brighter Than The Sun' or Florence + The Machine's 'Dog Days Are Over'. Those are all pretty right on!


Photo (approx. 5 x 7 inches) mounted in a cardboard frame/folder (I've just scanned the center section with the photo).
Photographer is Barnes Studio of Clinton, Missouri. Handwritten on a flap of the folder is Inez L. McKee.
Her skin is smooth as alabaster and yet you can see the texture of her hat. Light glows from the right, and yet the rhinestones on the left are shining. The geometry of her face, the curves of her hat, and the deep swoops of her necklaces and neckline, are all in harmonious balance. The photographer has used his tools to turn a rather ordinary set of elements into a gorgeous portrait.
Totally agree with your sentiment, which was well expressed. Really nice portrait.
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I agree, the use of light and shadow is perfect.
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With a brand new service but a smaller budget, the OTT provider took a chance on transit advertising.
By Patti Summerfield
RiverTV has officially launched with an eye-popping streetcar wrap and interior streetcar ads. The OTT service worked with Pattison Outdoor directly to plan the campaign and handled creative in-house.
RiverTV includes on-demand and live-streamed content and currently features more than 30 channels, including many popular entertainment and lifestyle networks in Canada, and eight exclusive U.S. channels. Channels include History, Makeful, Treehouse, Adult Swim, DrinkTV and more. More channels will be added, some of which will be offered as add-on packages.
While launching with an OOH campaign – specifically transit – might seem counter-intuitive right now, George Burger, co-founder and COO, says there's method in the madness.
"The question I'm asking myself is: will it work? We'd done a lot of thinking about The OOH campaign. Initial surveys found an awful lot of interest coming from Toronto as opposed to Vancouver or Montreal. We also thought, we don't have very deep pockets. We saw this fantastic streetcar opportunity and thought, the streetcar runs through heart of downtown where a lot of influencers spend time."
Most of the streetcars go to the residential areas the east of west of downtown, the sweet spot for RiverTV's target demo – Millennials, both single and those with families. But the secondary target is older women.
Burger says, "With the May beta test, we found a lot of those interested in trying RiverTV out were young men who are into streaming platforms. What we found at the same time was that some of them were letting their moms watch it – and their moms wanted to get it. From their point of view, $16.99 for virtually all the channels their moms tend to watch is a great bargain. Frankly, we hadn't thought about older females but we're very keen to market ourselves to them.
The goal of the campaign is to drive brand awareness, subscriber growth and customer engagement. The 12-week campaign runs until October and will be supported by multiple marketing initiatives including digital and online advertising, a social media campaign, a test of Google Ads and more.
River TV is developed by independent telecom and broadcast provider VMedia Inc.
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Human Trafficking Task Force: Item No. 1 is the Super Bowl
Florida's newly created human trafficking task force holds its first meeting Wednesday in Tampa.
Author: Liz Crawford
Published: 1:06 PM EDT August 21, 2019
Updated: 5:52 PM EDT August 21, 2019
TAMPA, Fla. — The first item on the agenda reads, "Looking Ahead: Preparing for the Super Bowl in Tampa."
Attorney General Ashley Moody held a meeting Wednesday with the Statewide Council on Human trafficking in Tampa. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chronister and Pasco County Sheriff Nocco spoke to address the Super Bowl being held in Tampa in 2021.
Representatives from the Department of Children and Families and FDLE hosted data presentations during the meeting.
The creation of this newly formed task force is part of Florida's new law that also requires human trafficking training for all hotel employees across the state.
Governor Ron DeSantis signed the legislation in June aimed at reducing human trafficking in Florida.
The bill, HB 851, requires training for hotel and motel workers so they can better spot human trafficking, report it and potentially save victims.
The law also requires a sex trafficking database consisting of buyers and sellers. If convicted, the offender's name would go into a database for five years. If they get caught again, their name will be in the database permanently.
Savannah Parvu, a human trafficking survivor was appointed by the Attorney General to the inaugural task force.
She shared her testimony in Tallahassee over two legislative sessions, trying to get the bill passed after it failed in 2018. She was sold for sex in central Florida from the time she was 11 years old.
Parvu said her trafficker was her mom's drug dealer and he would take her to a hotel and have multiple men use her. There were even times Parvu's trafficker would arrange with the hotel staff to open up the door to let people in.
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Now, Parvu will work closely to help survivors integrate back into society.
"I never would've ever believed it would ever be possible for me to be doing all that I am," Parvu said.
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Hayman's introduces "biggest innovation in gin for 100 years"
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Hayman's has launched a Small Gin, which it said will allow consumers to enjoy "a real gin & tonic with just 0.2 units of alcohol and 15 calories per serve".
Small Gin, which is described as being rich in botanical character, is distilled using a traditional approach and natural botanicals.
The producer said the 43% abv gin is so full flavoured that just one 5ml thimbleful is needed to mix a classic Gin & Tonic, reducing the alcohol in a standard G&T by 80%.
The drink is not arriving until August but it is available to pre-order at £26 a 20cl bottle.
Co-owner, Miranda Hayman, said: "Throughout the original gin boom of the 18th century, those who enjoyed gin were typically drinking it mainly for the alcohol – with juniper, and other botanicals added primarily to make the spirit more palatable. In today's 21st Century gin boom the situation has reversed.
"Many consumers are actively looking to reduce their alcohol consumption but are keen to continue enjoying that classic gin flavour they have grown to love. Small Gin is the perfect solution – a real gin that allows you to mix a true G&T with just a fraction of the alcohol.
"The 5ml measuring thimble makes it easy for anyone to mix a perfect Small Gin & Tonic at home. It is a beautiful piece that is a great addition to any home bar, and of course the thimble itself is something of a symbol of Victorian England."
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Reiss Nelson features in three-goal comeback against Borussia Dortmund
Reiss Nelson featured in a three-goal comeback against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, as Hoffenheim snatched a draw despite being 3-0 down with less than 20 minutes to go.
Reiss Nelson (Photo via Twitter / ReissNelson9)
The clash between Dortmund and Hoffenheim was an opportunity for Nelson to reunite with his long-term friend Jadon Sancho, who opened the scoring on the day. However, the Arsenal loanee was confined to the bench at first, watching his team go 3-0 down within the first hour.
With 20 minutes left and nothing to lose, Julian Nagelsmann introduced the 19-year-old from the bench. After that, the game turned on its head and Hoffenheim scored three goals in 12 minutes to draw level.
In all honesty, Nelson had a minimal part to play in the goals, so it would be stretch to say his substitution inspired the comeback. However, he did his job after coming on and his team got the result, so there can be no complaints about his contribution on this occasion.
This was the Englishman's second substitute appearance since his injury over the winter break. Hopefully, he'll make the starting lineup again before long and help Hoffenheim push as far up the table as possible, before returning to North London this summer.
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SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analysis software to rival IBM and SAS
BusinessObjects Predictive Analysis will support the R open source language for statistical analysis
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SAP is hoping to stake out some turf in the predictive analytics software market with a new application, BusinessObjects Predictive Analysis software.
The application is now in "ramp-up," SAP's term for a controlled initial release period. It comes with a set of predictive algorithms and also allows the use of algorithms from the open source R language for statistical analysis.
Predictive analytics differs from traditional BI (business intelligence) software. Instead of running static reports on sales data or inventory levels, the point is to explore and model business data, searching for correlations and trends that provide insight into future events, customer behaviours and other areas.
"The market and our customers have been anxiously waiting to hear a concrete predictive strategy from SAP," Mani Gill, vice president and general manager of business intelligence solutions said yesterday. "The time has come."
SAP will compete with well-established predictive analytics products from the likes of SAS Institute, IBM's SPSS division and Oracle, as well a number of startups, such as Revolution Analytics, that are based on supporting R.
BusinessObjects Predictive Analysis will be offered in stand-alone form, but SAP also plans to couple it with the HANA in-memory database, which has a library of statistical functions. The software will also support access to other databases, including Oracle's, according to Gill's.
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"Predictive analytics is still a data statistician game, but people across the organisation are demanding predictive insights," Gill said. "We want to give all users what they need."


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Deadly cyanide dump unearthed near Namibia coast
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WINDHOEK, Namibia (GIN)–Twelve drums of highly toxic calcium cyanide, plus loads of other chemicals, including nitric and sulphuric acid, were left behind when its owners abandoned the Namib Lead Mine about four years ago.
The drums pose a serious danger to the health of thousands of people in the vicinity. They were recently found in an abandoned mine in the Namib Desert outside Swakopmund.
It was only when a Swakopmund resident discovered the chemicals by chance nearly seven weeks ago that alarm was raised over this potential danger.
"It is a disaster waiting to happen," the resident, who preferred to remain anonymous, said. "It is just as bad as leaving live ammunition lying around."
With the holiday season upon residents, and knowing that people tend to explore the desert during holiday times, the resident started contacting everybody he could think of who could do something about it.
He said he immediately raised the alarm when he saw the calcium cyanide labels on the drums, as he had a terrible experience as a 10-year-old child with the poison. He saw a friend who accidentally inhaled cyanide die in front of him.
George Laubscher, director of Swachem Namibia at Walvis Bay, said one drum of the poison was enough to kill three-quarters of Swakopmund's population, especially if it got into the drinking water. The substance can be absorbed into the body by inhalation, through the skin or by ingestion.
Mr. Laubscher, who visited the site with the chief mining inspector of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, has since put a new padlock on the iron gate to the room where the 12 drums are stored.
The first reaction from the Ministry of Mines and Energy was apparently to dig a hole to dump all the chemicals in.
Piet Liebenberg, chief mining inspector, said the owners of the Namib Lead Mine never notified the ministry of their intention to abandon the site and disappeared without doing any rehabilitation work. When the ministry cannot get hold of the owners, it is their obligation to make the mine site safe.
Mr. Liebenberg said he was the only mining inspector left in the country and that there was no time to do proper inspections.
Asked whether the potentially disastrous situation at the mine site should not take priority, he said he had contacted the Ongopolo Mine to ask if they could dispose of the cyanide. The mine has the only facility in the country to neutralize the poison.
Ongopolo is apparently willing to take it, if it is delivered to them. There are about 200 abandoned mine sites in the country that have not been rehabilitated.
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Coco Chanel - Style Icon of the 1920s
Coco Chanel was an amazing fashion designer and business woman. Chanel's spirit sums up the essence of the 1920s.
How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to become someone. -Young Coco Chanel - Circa 1920
The Roaring Twenties were all about becoming "someone" - separating yourself from the old and "making life new". Chanel set the stage for modern fashion by creating a signature style, a brand awareness, and a social buzz around herself like no one had ever done before.
In a world before fashion superstars there was Coco Chanel!
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Chanel's fashion design lent a previously unknown practicality to women's fashion.
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Her elegant and versatile fashions were made from durable fabrics usually reserved for men's work clothes. Chanel stripped fashion of excess material, frilly lace, and the constraints of the past.
Rather than using more fabric, Chanel used beads and embroidery to decorate her clothes.
Chanel Jewelry
Chanel's "illusion jewelry": beautiful gemstone necklaces and other accessories fleshed out her "simple modern" look.
This technique of adorning women with beautiful jewelry with was suited to her vision of the modern woman since they would not have to fight extra layers or constricting shoulder pads of the Victorian era.
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Chanel used male motifs like sailors outfits and mechanic's dungarees as inspirations for her fashions.
The flapper look shaped the face of fashion in the 1920's and will forever be linked primarily the Coco Chanel.
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The House of Chanel would go on to not only redefine women's fashions, they also put out one of the most popular fragrances: Chanel No. 5.
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Movie Review: 'Avengers: Infinity War' Slightly Alters Superhero Formula
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Going Against the Formula
In 1989, Dallas born rapper The D.O.C. collaborated with producer Dr. Dre of N.W.A to release the classic song, "The Formula."
As one can guess the song detailed the formula it took to make a hit rap record.
The D.O.C. rapped, "Originality is a must when I bust a funky composition, it's crush and I trust that you know it when you hear a funky record with potential, me gettin' hype cause Dre rockin' the instrumental."
The key word in the above verse is originality.
However, the plots of many superhero movies have become anything but original.
However, in "Avengers: Infinity War," Marvel Studios finally puts a spin on the superhero genre because if fans believe they know the outcome of the film based on previous superhero movies, they will be pleasantly surprised.
Nevertheless, "Avengers: Infinity War" starts off in grand fashion, but still begins like any other superhero movie.
The good guys find themselves in a heck of a predicament when the bad guys begin their epic quest to take over the world and subject the innocent people of the galaxy to their oppressive and tyrannical rule.
The fate of the world rests with the power of the six infinity stones.
The space stone is better known as the Tesseract, which allows people to teleport anywhere in the galaxy at any time.
The reality stone is known as Aether.
The power stone, which gives the person possessing it enormous power, is known as Orb.
The superhero Loki (Tom Hiddleston) possesses the vision or mind stone, which allows him to control the mind of all of his enemies.
The soul stone allows the possessor to trap someone's soul inside another world.
And the time stone allows someone to visit the future and change the events of the past.
If any one person or entity gets their hands on all six stones, they would control the vast universe and everyone and everything in it.
The giant and evil Thanos (Josh Brolin) has desires to capture all six stones because he is disgusted with the state of the universe and believes that only by destroying many people and planets can he restore order to the galaxies.
While the Avengers, collectively, have thus far been able to save the world from threats both big and small, Thanos is so powerful that the entire universe of superheroes might not be heroic enough to stave off his twisted plans for the world.
There might be only one way for the Avengers and their new friends to take out Thanos. But as the old folks would say it is not wise to put all of your eggs in one basket.
But if the Avengers and crew only have one basket, what can they do but hope that their plan to stop Thanos holds up?
If it does not hold up, the world as they knew it might cease to exist, permanently.
In some ways, Marvel Studios sticks to the formula in "Avengers: Infinity War" and rightfully so.
In "Avengers: Infinity War," Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) and Spider-Man/Peter Parker (Tom Holland) bring the comedy relief in another well-written Marvel screenplay.
Thor's word choice and voice are great as usual.
Peter Parker is still desperate for acceptance from Tony Stark.
Tony Stark is his usual off beat self and his interaction with the "wizard," Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is hilarious.
But the way Marvel continues to weave more and more superhero franchises into one without having too much going on in the script is amazing.
To combine millions of fans' favorite superheroes and their location into one coherent storyline epitomizes writing talent and screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely should take a well-deserved bow.
Furthermore, directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo do a great job of bringing those stories together visually to make a succinct motion picture.
However, in comparing recent Marvel movies, "Avengers: Infinity War," still falls behind the phenomenon which is "Black Panther."
The film adaptation of "Black Panther" has to rank as the best Marvel picture in the last five years.
And while the crew from Wakanda makes an appearance in "Avengers: Infinity War," the latest Marvel installment cannot match the cultural importance and visual beauty of "Black Panther."
Furthermore, the film "Dr. Strange" ranks a little bit higher than "Avengers: Infinity War."
However, "Avengers: Infinity War" ranks a little bit higher than "Thor: Ragnarok" because it seems a little bit more mature than "Ragnarok."
"Avengers: Infinity War" gives just enough of Thor's affable personality, while "Ragnarok" gave a little bit too much.
Many fans will probably marvel (pun intended) at the epic fight scene in Wakanda that combines the best elements of all previous Marvel franchise into one monumental showdown for world supremacy.
In "Black Panther," T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) decided to open the reclusive and technologically advanced nation of Wakanda to the outside world for the first time.
But when that inclusivity results in an epic battle, Okoye (Danai Gurira) informs T'Challa that when he said he wanted to invite the outside world into Wakanda, she thought T'Challa meant opening up a Starbucks or hosting the Olympics, not opening the country up to more battles.
However, fighting and battles for supremacy is the formula for a great superhero movie.
And "Avengers: Infinity War" is a great superhero movie because it sticks to the formula when it benefits the film and alters the formula slightly to set it apart from other films in the genre.
As The D.O.C rapped in "The Formula," "High energy flowin' with the wisdom, sense of a rich man, knowledge and the rhythm, this is what I'm using to come up with a style so I'll interact altogether better with the crowd."
Marvel Studios already has the style to give their crowd what they want in a superhero flick.
But sometimes, even successful people and companies have to alter the formula a little bit to keep their fans on their toes.
In doing so, Marvel continues to perfect the formula with "Avengers: Infinity War."
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