Pistol caliber carbines have graced the hands of pragmatic shooters since the dawn of the self-contained cartridge. They saw heavy use during the settlement of the American West, as ranchers and outlaws alike saw the value and convenience of having their rifles and pistols shoot the same ammunition. In more recent times, carbines have been adapted for civilian use from select fire submachine guns like the H&K MP5 and CZ Scorpion. They have also gotten a bump in popularity from the current AR pistol craze. It has helped usher in a new era for PCCs, as many have realized the benefit of having a compact, high capacity rifle, but have experienced the drawbacks that come with typical rifle calibers.
For our readers who may be on the fence, here's a brief rundown of why a pistol caliber carbine is a great choice for your next firearm.
The first big advantage PCCs offer is reduced muzzle volume. A standard AR in .223/5.56 is quite loud. As an SBR, the concussive blast is teeth rattling, as anyone shooting next to one at the range can attest. Even unsuppressed PCCs are much quieter, and when suppressed they're often hearing safe without any ear protection needed.
Many firearm owners have a dedicated home defense gun, and a PCC checks all the desired boxes. It has less recoil than the typical shotgun, making it great for smaller or recoil sensitive shooters. When compared to a pistol, a carbine will provide an increase in accuracy, especially in high stress situations. Having a longer sight radius held closer to your eye makes a big difference.
They are also lighter than most ARs, which are quickly becoming a common home defense choice.
For range practice, 9mm is cheap and there are many different rounds to choose from to fit your needs. These include subsonic rounds, several kinds of hollow points, light and heavy weight ball, Teflon coated and premium match grade ammo.
For most pistol rounds, bullet velocity increases as barrel length does. This is especially true with 9mm. This leads to flatter trajectories, allowing for a longer effective range. Most 9mm carbines are accurate out to at least 100 yards. PCCs are also in their own class in USPSA competitions, so those that enjoying competing can use their PCCs for that too.
Now, here are the best Pistol Caliber Carbines available, as of 2018.
The Ruger PC Carbine is a new offering with an old heritage.
It was originally released in 1996 (as the Ruger Police Carbine) but was discontinued in 2007 due to lackluster sales. It was intended to be carried in the back of a squad car and used in situations requiring longer distance shooting, or increased firepower when compared to a pistol. Ten years later, the demand for PCCs has returned and Ruger has brought their carbine back to the market.
The new version is based on their popular 10/22 and shares a number of components with its smaller caliber sibling, including most of the trigger pack. They aren't 100% interchangeable, but it does mean a higher likelihood of aftermarket options down the road. Other features include a 16" fluted barrel threaded ½"-28, and a built in Picatinny rail. The fluted barrel is a welcome addition, since it is used to decrease weight and increase surface area for better heat management. Plus, it looks really cool. It has a side swappable charging handle and magazine release, and a quick disconnect for easy takedowns.
It is light, weighting in at a scant 6.8lbs unloaded, and has an overall length of 34.37" when fully assembled. It includes three spacers that can be installed between the buttpad and stock to dial in the length of pull for tall or long-limbed shooters. Broken down it fits easily in a backpack, making it a great choice for a bugout bag or for campers who want to carry some extra protection without it being overly visible. No one wants their camping trip to be interrupted by an overly nosey suburbanite.
It's a benefit for backpackers too since it fires 9mm, so less space is taken up per round than .223/5.56.
This carbine is a great suppressor candidate, with the dead blow blowback type action there's less gas blasted back at you when compared to the direct impingement system found on many AR-15s. It accepts magazines from Ruger's SR-Series and Security-9 pistol lines and includes a mag well adapter that will convert it to take Glock magazines. This is a huge perk, even for shooters who don't own a Glock, as their popularity means magazines are easy to find. Disassembly is quick and easy for cleaning.
The PC Carbine can be found in the sub $600 range, making it a great choice for those on a tight budget.
If you're a fan of the classic MP5 look but feel at home with the controls of an AR-15, this is the carbine for you.
Released in 2015, SIG touts it as the first submachine gun with a fully closed and rotating bolt and piston system, intended to prevent water or dirt from entering the chamber. This may not be a big problem for the average shooter, but improved reliability is always a welcome feature. It has an ambidextrous magazine release and safety selector, in the same location as a typical AR. The charging handle is in the rear, as you would expect.
The carbine has an overall length of 33" and a weight of 7.6lbs. The free-floating barrel is 13.3" with a 2.7" pinned and welded flash hider. This meets the 16" barrel requirements as the flash hider is intended to be permanently attached and is not easily removed. Equipping it with normal 16" threaded barrel would have been a nice option, as removing the flash hider will require a tax stamp unless it is replaced with a different welded and pinned muzzle device that meets the 16" requirement. A pinned and welded adaptor for a suppressor would also meet the requirements and prevent the need for two stamps instead of just one (as of the time this is written).
It comes with an adjustable stock with three length choices and has a full length KeyMod handguard. This gives you plenty of room to attach optics and doesn't eat into your hand when firing like standard rails can. The attachment points are on all sides of the handguard, so lights and foregrips are easily equipped too. The included iron sights are quite good, if you prefer to shoot irons. The all metal construction feels solid in your hands, and it is a joy to shoot. The trigger is just the right weight for quick, accurate firing, and the gas system is designed to operate with 9mm rounds of any weight with no adjustment needed.
Since this is a popular competition gun, it has a large aftermarket parts selection to customize it however you see fit. The trigger feels great as is, but it will take standard AR trigger groups too if you have a favorite, or just like to experiment. It comes with one 30rd magazine. Tear down is similar to most ARs and should feel familiar when cleaning.
The MPX is an attractive choice that blends an MP5 with an AR-15. It is made by a company known for quality and has been battle proven. Its only real detractor is a tendency for gas to blow by the charging handle when shooting, especially when shooting suppressed. Since the charging handle is a smaller size than a typical AR, none of the drop-in solutions will fit, but there are MPX specific charging handles in the works intended to mitigate the problem. This is a nitpick more than anything and doesn't prevent us from recommending the MPX as a great 9mm carbine.
Sig lists it at just over $2000, but it can be had around $1700 online.
The CZ Scorpion is a fantastic multi-role carbine and is our pick if you're a suppressor junkie.
It works reliably when suppressed, it's durable enough for competition, and it folds down to a small size. The name may sound familiar since the Scorpion has existed in several forms since its creation in 1961, though the current generation (EVO 3) shares no mechanical similarity with its predecessors.
Select fire EVO 3s are in use with several militaries around the world, and the semi-automatic variant came to the civilian market in early 2015. It features an adjustable trigger reach, an ambidextrous safety and an ambidextrous magazine release. The charging handle is swappable to the right side, and is non reciprocating when firing, so your thumb won't get in the way if your preferred hold is close to the mag well. The handle is pulled back and up to lock, which means to close the bolt you can do the H&K slap, which is almost as much fun as shooting it. The handguard is covered in M-Lok attachment points and is long enough to fit a variety of lights and foregrips.
When firing it is noticeably light, even for a carbine, coming in at just 7lbs. This is due to its polymer construction, which has been shown to be very durable. The top rail is also polymer, but its fit and finish are so good that it isn't immediately noticeable. I wouldn't be too worried about any attachments chewing it up either. It has a 16" barrel topped with a faux suppressor or a muzzle brake, and an overall length of 34.75". The faux suppressor model has a hollow suppressor that covers the normal 16" barrel underneath, and threads onto the tip. It is for looks only and can be removed while maintaining compliance. The muzzle brake model is functional, and does a good job reducing the already minimal recoil. Both the faux suppressor and muzzle brake variants have 1/2×28 threaded barrels, so muzzle options are plentiful and can be swapped on with minimal effort.
The stock is very sturdy and locks into place with an audible click. It is adjustable, with three options for length of pull. When folded, the overall length drops to 24.5", and is designed to be operable that way, should you desire to do so. It has a magnet towards the very end of the stock, which is intended to keep the stock against the side of the gun when shooting with it folded. This is nice feature since it prevents the stock from getting in the way, and the magnet is pretty strong. It does have a tendency to grab onto anything magnetic though, so keep that in mind if you wear earrings. It's at just the right height to get caught when shouldering, and I had to gingerly move it off of a friend's ear after letting her try it at the range.
This carbine is a good choice for suppression as is, since the charging handle and chamber are closer to the front of the gun. They're much further away from your face than a typical AR, and the closed bolt design means your support hand won't get covered in powder residue. It uses a basic dead blow action, so there's no gas system to worry about when changing bullet weights. The trigger pull is pretty heavy, at around 9 lbs, but aftermarket trigger kits are available to reduce it and are fairly inexpensive. It comes with two magazines, and some fantastic iron sights. The rear sight is four way adjustable, so you can choose how wide or narrow of a ghost ring you prefer. Similar to the Ruger, it is very simple to disassemble for cleaning.
It retails at $1066, making it a fair amount less expensive than the MPX, and a fantastic do it all carbine. Read the full review here.
This carbine is the cream of the AR crop, and sets the bar for all other ARs chambered in 9mm.
Wilson Combat should be a familiar name to most firearms enthusiasts, and they are known for customizing and building high-end 1911s. They supply handguns to Delta Force soldiers and Navy SEALs, which is a pretty impressive endorsement. They now offer a wide variety of rifles and shotguns too. Their AR9 is a perfect blend of AR components and 9mm specific features. What I find most impressive is how closely it functions to a typical AR externally, while using the superior (for 9mm) blowback action found on other carbines. It is offered in two barrel lengths, and two options for magazine compatibility.
The 14.7" barrel is fluted and comes with their Q-COMP Flash Hider pinned and welded to meet the 16" barrel requirement. Both it and the 16" barrel are threaded 5/8"x24, and the 16" barrel is offered as fluted or nonfluted depending on your preference. The Q-COMP Flash Hider included on the 16" barrel is easily removable, should you want to swap on a different one, or add a suppressor. It is impressively light, coming in at 6lbs 1oz for the 14.7", and 6bs 4oz for the unfluted 16". The fluted 16" barrel should be somewhere between the two. It is designed take either Glock or Beretta magazines, but the lower receiver and magazine well are milled for each one specifically. You need to choose which you prefer at the time of purchase, and there is no adapter if you want to switch down the road. his may seem like an inconvenience, but I consider it worth it since having a specific design for each magazine should mean reliable feeding. Both Glock and Beretta magazines are easy to fine too, so it's not too much of a sacrifice. The carbine has an overall length of 32.75" and has a full-length M-Lok handguard.
The stock is wobble free and lockable at any point in its travel, rather than having two or three preset engagement points. It's a nice system, and the cam lock is beefy enough for me to not be concerned about it wearing out. They are available in several different Armor-Tuff finishes, as they call it. The controls are identical to a normal AR, and is compatible with standard AR grips, triggers, charging handles and buttstocks. The trigger included is two stage, with a 4.5lbs pull. It feels great, and it makes long distance shooting a breeze. It's a bit too light for run and gun style competitions in my opinion, but it comes down to personal preference.
Since it uses the closed bolt blowback design, there's no gas to blow back at you over the charging handle like the MPX if you do decide to put a suppressor on it.
With Wilson Combat you do have to pay to play, and it comes in at right around $2000.
Originally developed in 5.56, the Tavor was intended to replace the M4 as Israel's standard issue rifle, and it succeeded.
It has a unique bullpup design that allows for a full-length barrel in a small package and has a similar action to the one used in the AK-47, which is known for reliability. Durability was a major consideration in its design, and it is waterproof for all your aquatic needs. The 9mm chambering was originally released as a submachine gun conversion kit for existing rifles and was offered as a complete carbine in the US in 2014. It's been available in Canada since 2008, but got held up by our wacky US import laws. The action in the 9mm version was converted to a more basic blowback design, but it is still housed within the same body as the gas operated rifle version. It is offered in two variants, the SAR and the X95. Both are ambidextrous. It can also use UZI magazines, which is a plus.
The SAR came first and has a charging handle at the very front of the handguard. It has a full length top rail and a shorter side rail at a 45-degree angle, opposite the charging handle. The sides and bottom are textured for increased grip.
The X95 improves on the SAR, with a new charging handle location closer to the shooter. The trigger weight is reduced, and rails have been added to the bottom and sides, with included rail covers. The controls have moved to feel more natural for AR shooters, and you're right if it's starting to seem like that's a bit of a trend. Both models have a 17" barrel, threaded ½"x36 with a flash hider installed. Weight comes in at 7.9lbs. This is a bit heavier than the other choices, but its compact size helps negate the weight penalty. The overall length is 26.125" making it the shortest carbine on our list. For this reason, and its durability, it is increasingly common in competition shooting. It isn't designed for it outright though and takes some modification to be on the same level as more dedicated competition builds.
Shooting the Tavor is a unique experience. The controls are easy to reach, but the rear magazine location does take some getting used to. For people with longer arms, like myself, it can feel a little cramped if you're used to shooting a longer carbine. It is easy to tuck into yourself though and is very quick to aim. Disassembly is much less complicated than it looks, and a cleaning rod is included. It ships with one 32 round magazine, and retails at $1749. If bullpups are your style, and you want a carbine deemed superior in design to the M4, this is a great choice to add to your collection.
With a market full of good carbines, from AR-15s chambered in 9mm to dedicated platforms like CZ's Scorpion and Ruger's PC Carbine, there has never been a better time to add a PCC to your collection.
Ken has a passion for writing and a love of all thing mechanical. He is currently studying towards a degree in Aircraft Maintenance and spends his free time working on his track car and mountain biking. As an Arizona native, Ken loves to escape the desert heat at the shooting range. He is particularly interested in the advancement of gun technology over time. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature, and applies what he learned to researching and writing about interesting topics in the world of firearms.
I'm surprised the Beretta cx4 Storm is not here. I've always found it to be a handy, reliable and capable carbine, ad you can find them for a little north of $500.
How long have you had your Storm? How many rounds ya reckon has been run through it?
Hi Chuck, I'd say well over a year now. Anytime I head into the wilderness or just to the range it definitely comes with me. I've only put maybe 600-700 rounds through it, but those 600 rounds are from half a dozen manufactures, with widely varying quality. So far, I've had 100% success rate with whatever I throw at it. There's also a growing secondary market for the cx4 if that's your cup of tea- Sierra Papa is really doing some interesting things. Personally, I'm perfectly happy with it right out of the box. Hope this helps!


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There's a lot that Al Gore says that makes sense.
Ditto for Warren Buffet.
But the next time they lecture us you may want to see if their words match their actions.
Gore has a long history of "do as I say" and "not as I do."
It goes back as far as his speech as vice president, lecturing us on the immorality of buying and driving big SUVs and then being photographed caravanning away in a small convoy of Chevrolet Suburbans.
And it continues in his latest book "The Future." Gore lectures readers about excessive consumerism and materialism just weeks after closing a $500 million deal for his Current TV network. It's a deal he pushed to have inked before the end of 2012 so he could avoid big tax increases. Yes, the same Al Gore who in the past has lectured us about not paying enough taxes.
Buffet - the Oracle of Omaha — gets lauded for telling Congress that corporations and the rich aren't taxed enough. He talks about fair competition and open markets.
Yet look at how the firms he owns controlling interest in go about doing business.
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad — whose shareholders Buffet bought out in 2009 — is an example.
Government regulators stood by as BNSF upped shipping prices 40 percent faster than federal economic data showed was justified when costs were taken into consideration. This was done to "captive shippers" – economic groups such as wheat farmers and coal producers who rely on one shipping source. Federal agencies were created to protect such shippers from price gouging.
Then there are Buffet companies such as MidAmerican Energy Holdings that pay, or more precisely, don't pay taxes.
It's part of Congress' profit-now and pay-taxes-at-a-reduced-rate-later corporate tax laws that lobbyists working on behalf of Buffet's energy firms helped put in place.
In 2009, Buffet told Mid-American shareholders the firm's tax bill came to $313 million on pretax profits of $1.84 billion. That is a 17 percent tax rate compared to the 35 percent tax rate in place. It gets worse. The government allows Buffet's firm to collect the 35 percent tax bill directly from consumers of energy — you and I — and then pocket half the money as profit rather than pay it in taxes.
Then, up to 35 years down the road, the firm may have to pay the balance in taxes, if it hasn't used tax credits and other deductions to its advantage. Even so, they can invest the money they pocket and literally pay just a portion of the interest they earn on the delayed tax which does not have an inflation factor or interest tacked on.
The same hypocrisy is about to be used to push a new cigarette tax in California. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom — who believes we aren't doing enough to fund college scholarships and that sin taxes on smoking are too low — is behind a new plan to tack another $1 per pack tax on cigarettes.
Newsom, for the record, has a net worth of $5 million and bought a home in San Francisco for $2.3 million. Instead of worrying whether smokers are paying enough in taxes, perhaps he should double check to make sure he is paying taxes at a rate as least as high as the typical smoker, who tends to be young, poor, and blue collar.
And if he's worried about college scholarships, why not set up part of his own holdings into a trust to generate such funds?
Again Newsom, like Buffet and Gore, has great ideas. It' just too bad he doesn't necessarily practice what he preaches.
This all might sound like class envy, but it's not.
It's just amazing how the rich — which Gore, Newsom and Buffet are, even if they don't think so — can not only lecture us and push for taxes and laws to make us "act better" but very nicely exclude their tax sins and such from being addressed.
That was what was rich about the One Percent flap of 2012. Those celebrities manning the barricades such as filmmaker Michael Moore — who is worth $50 million — are part of the One Percent they delight in condemning.
Such hypocrisy isn't new. Jane Fonda spent her youth attacking capitalism then made millions off the fat — think exercise tapes — of the land. Her net worth is $120 million.
This column is the opinion of Dennis Wyatt and does not necessarily represent the opinion of The Journal or Morris Newspaper Corp. of CA.


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package org.apache.isis.objectstore.nosql.db.file.server;

import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.startsWith;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileWriter;

import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Test;

public class DataReaderTest {

    private DataFileReader reader;

    @BeforeClass
    public static void setUp() throws Exception {
        Util.setDirectory("target/test", "services", "logs", "archive");
        Util.ensureDirectoryExists();
        new File("target/test/type").mkdir();
    }

    @Test
    public void noFileCausesException() throws Exception {
        try {
            new DataFileReader("type", "nonexistant");
            fail();
        } catch (final FileNotFoundException expected) {
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void noDataRead() throws Exception {
        final FileWriter writer = new FileWriter("target/test/type/0013.data");
        writer.write("");
        writer.close();

        try {
            reader = new DataFileReader("type", "0013");
            fail();
        } catch (final FileServerException expected) {
            assertThat(expected.getMessage(), startsWith("No data in file:"));
        }

    }

    @Test
    public void readIdAndVersion() throws Exception {
        final FileWriter writer = new FileWriter("target/test/type/0012.data");
        writer.write("class.type 0012 17\n{data}");
        writer.close();

        reader = new DataFileReader("type", "0012");

        assertEquals("0012", reader.getId());
        assertEquals("17", reader.getVersion());

        final String data = reader.getData();
        assertEquals("{data}\n", data);
        reader.close();
    }
}

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Editor's note: This will be Cape Cod Today's final publication of news issued by Curry College. Last month Curry issued two lists of graduates on the same day, which were undifferentiated and appeared to be duplicate lists. They were, in fact, two separate lists of graduates that completed their studies at different times.
Social entrepreneur Dr. Navyn Salem, Hon. '18 served as Commencement speaker and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Business Administration degree. Salem founded Edesia, a nonprofit organization that helps get high-quality "miracle" food into the hands of the world's most malnourished children.
The College also awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree to the Hon. Anthony M. Campo, '79, Hon. '18. Campo, an Associate Justice of the Superior Court in Massachusetts, is a Curry College alumnus and trustee.


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CA Articleship Training, CA Industrial Training & Stipend in New Syllabus
By Raju Choudhary	 Last updated Nov 2, 2020
CA Articleship Training, CA Industrial Training & Stipend in New Syllabus, The unique requirement of practical training / articled training is instrumental in shaping a well-rounded professional and also ensure that students have an opportunity to acquire on-the-job work experience of a professional nature. Such a practical training…
1 CA Articled Training / Practical Training
2 When to Commence
3 CA Industrial Training (Regulation51)
4 Secondment / Exchange (Regulation 54)
5 Stipend to Articled Assistants
5.1 Permission to pursue other courses of study including guidelines on working hours
6 Permission to pursue other courses
CA Articled Training / Practical Training
Inculcates a disciplined attitude for hard work.
Develops necessary skills in applying theoretical knowledge to practical situations.
Provides exposure to overall socio-economic environment in which organizations operate.
Develops ethical values.
Duration: Three years.
When to Commence
Foundation Route students can commence after completing Integrated Course on Information Technology and Soft Skills (ICITSS) and passing either or both groups of Intermediate Examination.
For direct entrants coming through Graduation and Post-Graduation route, the practical training commences immediately after registration in Intermediate Course and completion of four weeks ICITSS.
Students who have passed Intermediate level Examination of the Institute of Companies Secretaries of India or the Institute of Cost Accountants of India can commence only after completing ICITSS and passing either group or both groups of Intermediate Examination.
Students can commence articled training by submitting Form 103 and an agreement on training is to be entered with Principal in Form 102. The entire period of practical training can be served with a practicing member or it can be served partly with a practicing member and partly in an approved industrial establishment as an Industrial Trainee. The period of such industrial training may range between 9-12 months during the last year of prescribed period of practical training. Only students of Final course are eligible for industrial training.
In order to ensure that articled assistants get due training, students who are undergoing practical training can upload the details of work performed by them in web based e-diary system.
CA Industrial Training (Regulation51)
The Institute, in furtherance of its objectives of providing to the industries, members with adequate knowledge and background of industrial functioning, conceived the concept of industrial training. The concept, interalia, envisages the preparation of trainees, who intend to build their careers in industries, after becoming chartered accountants, in a manner mutually beneficial.
Training in an industrial/commercial/financial environment provides the trainees with the opportunity to develop a problem-solving attitude and to have an insight into the functioning of the accounts department. It also diversifies their practical experience and helps them in developing the attributes of team work and correlation with members of other professions and disciplines. It is intended to provide the trainees with a new dimension to their experience. This would necessarily involve exposure of trainees to the entire gamut of activities of industrial establishments in a phased and systematic manner. An exposure to the working environment of a large commercial organization will give them an integrated view of its operations. It is essential that the member imparting training in industrial including commercial and financial enterprises, recognizes that perception of the overall business environment is the prime objective of such training.
Secondment / Exchange (Regulation 54)
In order to expose the trainees at large to multi-disciplinary work and variety of business situations, the arrangement of secondment has been provided in the Regulation 54. The procedure relating to secondment enables an articled trainee to gain practical experience, in areas where the Principal may not be in a position to provide the same, in the office of another member in practice on the basis of a mutually agreed arrangement. Secondment is allowed with the consent of the articled trainee from one member to another member who is entitled to train articled trainees in his own right or to a member in industry who is entitled to train industrial trainees. The member to whom the trainee is seconded is not entitled to train more than two such trainees on secondment at a time.
The aggregate period of secondment cannot exceed one year. The Council may permit secondment with more than one such member provided the minimum period of secondment shall be four months. Where an articled trainee is seconded to a member in industry, the total period spent in industry including the period of industrial training should not exceed one year. During secondment the member with whom the articled assistant is seconded shall be required to pay the stipend and is responsible for imparting training and maintaining records and also required to forward the records to the principal on completion of period of secondment. The principal is required to include particulars of the secondment in the report to the Council under Regulation 64.
Apart from the secondment of a trainee from one firm to another firm or to an industry, firms may exchange trainees on mutual basis for a limited period to the advantage of firms and trainees. Such an arrangement is also quite flexible like the scheme of secondment and enables the firms to overcome deficiency, if any, in practical training imparted to trainees.
Stipend to Articled Assistants
A person registered as an articled assistant is entitled to receive a minimum monthly stipend as per the rates specified under the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988. The current minimum rates of monthly stipend (w.e.f. 23.01.2015) payable, depending on the situation of the normal place of service of the articled assistants are as follows.
Classification of the normal place of service During the first year Stipend payable per month second year During the remaining
1. Cities/Towns having population of 20 lakh and above 2,000 2,500 3,000
2. Cities/Towns having a population of 4 lakh and above but less than 20 lakh 1,500 2,000 2,500
3. Cities/Towns having a population of less than 4 lakh 1,000 1,500 2,000
Permission to pursue other courses of study including guidelines on working hours
Under Regulation 65 and Regulation 78 of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 an articled/audit assistant cannot take up any other course of study or training, whether academic or professional, without prior permission of the Council. The permission may be granted to an articled/audit assistant, for pursuing one additional course of study at a time during the period of practical training on submission of request in the prescribed form.
Permission to pursue other courses
During the working hours, the articled assistant is not permitted to attend college/other institutions for pursuing any course including graduation. Accordingly, college timings of such course should not be such (after taking into account the time required to commute) which clash with the normal working hours of the articled training.
To ensure that the working hours do not clash with the graduation or any other course, if any, pursued by the articled assistant, each articled assistant shall be required to obtain specific permission from the ICAI for pursuing graduation or other course as permitted under the Chartered Accountants Regulations by submitting Form No. 112, within one month from the date of joining the college or course to the ICAI.
The Certificate in Form No. 112 indicating college timings etc. shall be counter-signed by the concerned Principal of the college with the seal and stamp of the College and also indicating the telephone number/s and full address of the College.
In case a student does not comply with the above requirements or violates any of the above guidelines, his/her articleship period shall not be recognized.
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Nixon Motor Sports: Congrats to Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg!
Congrats to Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg!
In a dramatic season ending race in Abu Dhabi, Nico Rosberg was crowned world champion for 2016 in Formula 1. Rosberg only finished second in today's race, but that was enough to maintain his points lead ahead of his team mate Lewis Hamilton. Considering that Hamilton is a three time champion himself, Rosberg had to overcome some stiff competition to take his first title today. Also interesting to know, Nico Rosberg's father Keke Rosberg also won the F1 title back in 1984. This makes the Rosberg family only the second father-son combo to take the title, joining Graham Hill (father) and his son Damon Hill.
This makes the third year in a row that a Mercedes driver has taken the title, with Rosberg adding on to the two in a row by Hamilton. In 2017 we will have a new set of regulations on car and engine construction, so it's likely that one of the other teams might come up with the best design and dominate just like Mercedes has done for three years in a row.
Behind Mercedes, the only teams that were almost close have been Red Bull and Ferrari. Finishing behind them in their best place ever is the Force India team in 4th this year. After that we have the Williams team, McLaren, and Toro Rosso. Back in 8th place is the new team this year, the USA's own Haas F1 team, so congrats to them on a great rookie season! At the back end of the grid were the Sauber, Renault, and Manor teams.
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Back to Buck: How the consultancy returned to its roots
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This Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 frame grab from video by Haberturk TV, shows a Russian warplane on fire before crashing on a hill as seen from Hatay province, Turkey. The Russian plane shot down by Turkey on Tuesday was operating over the Turkmen Mountain region in Syria's Latakia province, and one of the Russian pilots was captured by a rebel group that includes local Turkmen fighters. The Turkmen in Syria were among the first to take up arms against Syrian government forces, as Turkey lent its support to rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad. They have looked to Turkey for support and protection. (Haberturk TV via AP) TURKEY OUT
BEIRUT (AP) — In the whirlwind of Syria's civil war, two Russian pilots parachuted from their aircraft into a chaotic front-line mountainous region near the border with Turkey after their aircraft was hit by a Turkish F-16 fighter jet.
As the two figures tumbled, almost serenely, out of the sky, they were spotted by Syrian rebels on the ground, who opened fire in their direction, hitting the pilot, Lt. Col. Oleg Peshkov, who was dead when he landed in their midst.
The co-pilot and navigator, Capt. Konstantin Murakhtin, was luckier, the wind blowing his parachute few miles closer to the front-line, nearer to government troops. There, amid the chilly ravines, he waited for more than 12 hours until a Syrian commando unit was able to reach him.
A look at the complex rescue operation offers a glimpse at the complicated, often rugged terrain in Syria's civil war, where the front-lines are blurry. Multiple groups with shifting alliances are fighting on the ground and the sky is crowded with aircraft bombing various targets.
Both Russian airmen ejected after their aircraft was hit by a Turkish jet Tuesday. Turkey said their plane had violated Turkish airspace, a claim Russia has denied.
Adding to the day's dramatic events, one of two Russian helicopters sent to the crash site to search for survivors was also hit by rebel fire, killing one serviceman and forcing the chopper to make an emergency landing, the Russian military said.
Syrian rebels said they hit the helicopter with a U.S.-made TOW missile, and released a video that purports to show the chopper bursting into flames.
"It was like James Bond," said Zakaria Ahmad, a spokesman for a rebel faction operating in a rugged area known as the Turkmen mountains, where Tuesday's operations unfolded.
The area is mostly inhabited by Syrian Turkmen, an ethnic minority with close ties to Turkey, and has recently been the site of heightened military activity amid a Syrian ground offensive and Russian airstrikes.
Some reports said Murakhtin was found by a Syrian special operations team acting together with members of the Lebanese Hezbollah group. The Syrian army said it was a joint Syrian-Russian operation.
Murakhtin, speaking in televised remarks from the Russian base in Syria where he was taken Wednesday, said he was fully confident their plane didn't veer into the Turkish airspace, "not even for a single second."
"As a navigator, I knew every hill there and could determine location even without instruments," after flying numerous combat missions in the area, he said.
He denied Turkey's claim that its jets made repeated warnings before opening fire. "There haven't been any warnings, neither radio, nor visual," he said, adding that the Turkish jets could have flown a parallel course to demand that the Russian plane change direction.
Dressed in combat fatigues and speaking with his back to the camera, he said he was anxious to keep flying missions from the base "to pay them back for my commander."
Murakhtin did not give details of the rescue operation.
"I feel good in general. The military doctors work miracles," he said. "I am waiting impatiently to be released by the doctors so I can immediately return to service. I will ask the commanders to keep me at the air base."
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the operation to rescue the pilot was conducted jointly by Russian and Syrian special forces and lasted 12 hours, ending at 0040 GMT Wednesday.
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In a statement, it said the Syrian and Russian forces penetrated 4.5 kilometers (2.7 miles) into an area held by "terrorists" to rescue the pilot.
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"Residents in nearby areas were hearing the buzz of warplanes and helicopters all night," he told The Associated Press from Syria via Skype.
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Closed in 2012 / Fine Dining / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Rated 26
Three Forks at Rancho De San Juan – Ojo Caliente, New Mexico (CLOSED)
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The manicured landscaping leading to the Three Forks restaurant at Rancho de San Juan
Expansive views of the Jemez Mountains and of Georgia O'Keeffe country–whether bathed in pink, coral and gold sunset hues or under New Mexico's incomparable cerulean skies–combine with the surreal topography of unnaturally contorted rock formations and juniper laden foothills to form the unique vistas which await guests at Rancho de San Juan, New Mexico's premier country inn and restaurant. At night those views are obfuscated by a canopy of stars spilling from an ebony sky so clear and unencumbered that you might swear you can see forever.
Secluded in an idyllic setting just off US Highway 285 between Española and Ojo Caliente, Rancho de San Juan pays loving tribute to its tranquil high desert surroundings, blending in as if positioned by nature itself amid the statuary sandstone cliffs. The 225-acre complex is located at the confluence of three rivers: the Ojo Caliente, Rio Chama and Rio Grande. It's a veritable Eden for bon viveurs, a carefully planned escape to a transcendent world of luxurious pampering, exquisite dining and voluptuary accommodations.
You'll breathe long and deeply of the clean, crisp, salubrious air as you stroll leisurely from the parking lot to the inn. It's a short walk you'll take slowly so as to take in the stunning panorama that is the convergence of unlimited sky bowing down to touch the earth. The cynosure of the 225-acre complex is the verdant oasis surrounding the country inn and restaurant, a capacious adobe hacienda. The garden courtyard around the inn seems perpetually in bloom with impeccably manicured deciduous foliage flanking the terraced walkway leading to the inn.
The dining room at the Three Forks restaurant. Notice the pitch dark night beyond the open doors on a cool late summer night.
As you approach the inn, the aroma of the evening's bill of fare starts to compete with the fragrant bouquet of the incomparably fresh New Mexico outdoors. Rather than a sensory bombardment, it's a gentle teasing by divergent yet complementary fragrances as gourmet meets nature in your nostrils. Step into the inn and you're embraced by the warmth and grace of seasoned hospitality providers David Heath and John Johnson, the hands-on owners who recognize no strangers, only friends they haven't yet made.
David and John both left successful careers to pursue their dream of owning and operating an elegant inn and creative restaurant in a setting offering unrivaled views and four distinct seasons. They launched Rancho de San Juan in 1995, employing their design (David) and architectural (John) backgrounds to build a complex encompassing private casitas, spacious accommodations, a luxury residential subdivision and the country inn and restaurant. Guest rooms are carefully appointed with an eclectic mix of carefully selected antiques, splendorous southwest furnishings and original art, the envy of many a collector.
Fourteen months after opening, Rancho de San Juan was selected for inclusion in the very exclusive Relais & Châteaux, a collection of some of the world's most beautiful individually owned and operated luxury hotels and restaurants around the world. This elite group has fewer than 500 members in 58 countries on five continents. Rancho de San Juan was the first restaurant in the Southwest accorded this prestigious honor, one of a spate of accolades it has earned since launching fewer than two decades ago.
Rustic bread from LaBrea Bakery
Those accolades include being named a Mobil four-star designee for several years, an honor bestowed to "exceptional restaurants featuring food that's creative and complex, and emphasizes seasonality and culinary technique" with "a highly-trained dining room staff providing refined personal service and attention." In 2009, the restaurant was recognized by Conde Naste as the best restaurant in New Mexico and was, since its inception, one of the two or three highest rated restaurants in Zagat's survey of New Mexico restaurants.
In 2009, the restaurant was recognized by the James Beard foundation after which Chef Johnson and his staff had the opportunity to prepare a meal for the elite body. It has been a perennial recipient of the Wine Spectator's "Award of Excellence" and has been honored by several publications: Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Travel & Leisure, Country Inns, Harper's Hideaway and Spa Review. Perhaps no restaurant in New Mexico has been recognized as widely, leaving no dispute that it is in rarefied air as one of, if not THE best restaurant in the Land of Enchantment.
In 2009, after fifteen years of operation, the restaurant heretofore known simply as "The Dining Room" was christened "Three Forks," a designation which singled out the restaurant. The name was an easy choice that recognizes Rancho de San Juan's location at the fork of three rivers: the Ojo Caliente, Rio Chama and Rio Grande. Not coincidentally, plating does include three forks–a fish fork, a salad fork and a dinner fork, the protocol dictated by etiquette experts who know more about place settings than I'll ever know.
An "amuse bouche," a bite-sized shredded pork "sandwich" on puff pastry
Plating at the Three Forks restaurant is an eye-pleasing art form, each plate setting forming a syzygy that may give you pause to reflect on the beauty surrounding you before your taste buds confirm what your eyes foretell. The adobe hued front dining room is longer than it is wide with high ceilings bolstered by thick, blond vigas. Artwork festoons the walls while a kiva style fireplace lends warmth and ambiance whether lit or not. In the late spring or early fall, weather permitting, the large French doors leading to the west porch might be left open, allowing the fresh, piñon-fragranced air to enter the room.
Fresh flowers (perhaps birds of paradise, carnations or tulips) adorn each table as do pristine, hand-starched table linens. Sterling silver place settings, custom-designed French porcelain, Riedel crystal and attractive white and gold plates festooned with a Mimbres-style quail complete each place setting. The dulcet tones of soothing soft jazz and classical music playing soft and low may, in the words of crooner Johnny Rivers, make the rest of the world seem so far away and small.
During our inaugural visit to Rancho de San Juan in 2004, the restaurant offered a four-course prix-fix menu of "world eclectic" cuisine. Our dinner seating was at 6PM, but we were assured the table was ours for the evening, affording a leisurely dining pace throughout the evening. At the time, the prix-fixe menu changed daily and featured a meat entree for $55 and a fish entree for $50.
The "Rancho Summer Salad" with Heirloom Tomatoes, Basil, Feta Cheese, Kalamata Olives and Mexican White Prawns
Before our first course was served, our waitress presented an "amuse bouche" or palate pleasing chef's gift, a bite-sized complementary appetizer. That amuse bouche turned out to be a tomato sorbet with a Balsamic reduction which my Kim and I both proclaimed the best sorbet we've ever had. To this day, I've never had a better sorbet. A half-pint would be heavenly during a balmy New Mexico evening; a gallon would be even better.
Our first course, an escarole soup with Peruano beans, Chanterelle mushrooms and crisped Jamon Serrano was a perfect prelude to exceptional entrees. I opted for a sautéed Hawaiian Mon Chong (sea bass) with blood orange butter sauce, red pepper essence, ginger-Basmati rice pilaf and basil oil. Delicious would be an understatement. Usually one to disdain the gamy taste of lamb, my Kim none-the-less selected the braised organic New Mexico lamb shank with smoky pan jus, herb-bacon mashed potatoes and sun-dried tomato tapenade. It made a convert out of her as she called it the very best lamb she's ever had.
Our entrees were followed by a "cleanse the palate" house smoked Napa cabbage slaw (Napa cabbage is vastly under-utilized) with local hot house tomatoes and pancetta lardons (diced bacon that's fried). It was easily one of the top two or three salads I've ever had in my life. For dessert, Kim had a fresh spring berry tart with whipped cream and white and dark chocolate. It was refreshing and delectable. My dessert featured a hunk of Roquefort with fresh strawberries, Port Cloud house chips and fresh mint. The Roquefort was exquisite, as sharp and delicious a cheese as I've ever had. Fetid fromage this good should be part of every meal.
Fried Green Tomatoes with a Mint Yogurt Sauce
The Three Forks restaurant no longer offers a prix-fixe menu. Instead, the menu is ala carte featuring appetizers, entrees and desserts with options that change weekly and showcase local Southwest ingredients in season. The restaurant is open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday evenings (closing on Sunday and Monday evenings). Advance reservations are required and dress for evening dining is "smart casual" which means jackets are not required. An ala carte breakfast menu is available daily for guests staying at the inn.
Though the prix-fixe menu is gone, two standards remain. One is the amuse bouche, a complementary hors d'oeuvre not much bigger than a single bite-size. The term "amuse-bouche" translates to "mouth amuser," but is often regarded as a n introduction to the chef's style; a way the chef can get guests' palates excited with a glimpse as to what is coming. We didn't think anything could top the tomato sorbet, but the shredded pork sandwich on puff pastry came close. To call it merely a "shredded pork sandwich" is to do this delicious morsel an injustice. The pork was obviously carefully tended to and seasoned to perfection. It was so good, a tray of these little gems would not have been enough.
The other remaining standard is the rustic ciabatta bread from the world-famous LaBrea Bakery in VanNuys, California. This classic Italian bread is characterized by its thin, golden crust and moist, light interior with beautiful airy holes. It's a cut–make that a slice–above other artisan bread. Plain butter is all the accompaniment this bread needs to be memorable, but you might want to save a slice or two to sop up some of the delicious sauces to come later.
Sauteed Filet of Salmon with Tomato Risotto and Olive Tapenade, Creamed Corn and Reisling Grapes.
The Rancho Summer Salad has no excess dressing for that bread to dredge up. In fact, the dressing is solely an oil, lightly drizzled to give the salad a sheen. This salad is all about the ingredients–heirloom tomatoes halved into bite-sized little "love apples;" fresh, aromatic basil; pungent, fetid Feta cheese; meaty, briny Kalamata olives and grilled Mexican white prawns. There's nothing complicated about this salad, a melding of highest-quality ingredients which go well together. The grilled prawns, imbued with a faint smokiness, were simply outstanding!
Our other appetizer, fried green tomatoes with a mint-yogurt sauce, was better than any fried green tomato appetizer or entree we ever had during eight years of living in the Deep South. These fried green tomatoes were better than Fannie Flagg's award-winning novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe. The tomatoes were perfectly green and thoroughly fresh, moist and delicious. Best of all, they were allowed to shine courtesy of a very light, golden crust and a mint-yogurt sauce that ameliorated the flavor of those tomatoes.
There was one other appetizer on the menu–a chilled avocado soup with pickled Mexican white prawns–and we were sorely tempted to order it, too. There are three menu items on both the "beginnings" and "main course selections" section of the menu so more than a bit of indecision and contemplation is in order. It's almost assured that you can't go wrong with anything on the menu (I say almost because there's always a chance you might be allergic to one of the ingredients in the entree you don't order).
Grilled double-cut pork chop with roasted fingerling potatoes, pesto and local summer squash
The main course selection calling most loudly during our visit in August, 2010 was a sauteed filet of salmon with tomato risotto and olive tapenade, creamed corn and Reisling grapes. Salmon is one of the most common fish entrees served across America, an almost seemingly de rigueur entree at fine dining establishments. Almost invariably, "inventive" chefs try doing things with that salmon which don't necessarily complement it. It would be interesting to see what Chef Johnson had in mind for the farm-raised salmon.
As always, he didn't disappoint. Nor did he embellish the salmon with some fruity atrocity. Instead the large, luscious filet of salmon was allowed to shine on its own. The salmon was perfectly prepared with no fishy aftertaste in its firm, yet delicate pinkish flesh which gave way gradually to a slightly redder core of pure deliciousness. The olive tapenade, a finely chopped dish made of distinctively strong, sharp and biting olives usually intended to be spread complemented the salmon very well, a sharpness that accentuated the briny mildness of the salmon.
The tomato risotto was almost ethereal in its lightness and wholly unlike some of the "clumpy" risotto most restaurants seem to serve. The creamed corn was phenomenal, each nibblet bathed in a golden sheen, but not super-saturated and overly buttered like inferior creamed corn. In appearance, it was very much like fresh corn right off the cob with a garden-picked freshness. A bundle of Reisling grapes just picked from vines on the property provided a slightly tart, slightly sweet foil to the other tastes on this main course. Ingredients that work well together to surprise and titillate–that's what Chef Johnson did with this salmon.
Fresh sauteed summer peach compote with housemade vanilla ice cream, warm bourbon sauce, whipped cream and toasted almonds
The other "must have" entree on the menu was the grilled double-cut pork chop with roasted fingerling potatoes, pesto and local summer squash. This was a pork chop of Flintstonian proportions, the type of pork chop you'll find in Chicago's fabled chop houses. The grilling process for a chop this thick and large must be extremely precise or you risk serving a desiccated and chewy chop. This was a perfectly grilled pork chop–a gorgeously bronzed chop oozing meat juices. At medium, it had just a hint of pink. The pesto's fresh, aromatic influence made this chop even more sublime, like adding a gold frame to a masterpiece.
Though we generally split desserts, the "finish" offerings are so appealing that we each had to have one. My choice was the fresh sauteed summer peach compote with household vanilla ice cream, warm bourbon sauce, whipped cream and toasted almonds. What a world of difference fresh peaches make over canned peaches and these tasted as if they had been picked right off a peach tree at the absolute peak of perfection. They were juicy, sweet, succulent and good enough to stand out on their own. The housemade vanilla ice cream, warm bourbon sauce, whipped cream and toasted almonds were the proverbial frosting on the cake, incremental improvements to something we didn't think could be improved.
The Rancho's Chocolate Truffle Tart with whipped cream and toasted Macadamia nuts was a delightfully hedonistic, paragon of pleasure on a plate–a velvety masterpiece punctuated by a decadent dollop of whipped cream with toasted Macadamia nuts. Only one thing could have made this dessert better–a larger piece and not having to share it (don't tell my wife).
Rancho's Chocolate Truffle Tart with Whipped Cream and Toasted Macadamia Nuts
The Three Forks Restaurant and Rancho de San Juan are destinations in which memories are made. Though most will visit during special celebratory occasions, a visit is special occasion enough to celebrate.
Three Forks Restaurant at Rancho De San Juan
Highway 285 Mile Marker 340
Ojo Caliente, New Mexico
LATEST VISIT: 29 August 2010
1st VISIT: 20 March 2004
BEST BET: Braised Organic Lamb Shank, House Smoked Napa Cabbage Slaw, Rustic Bread, Sauteed Filet of Salmon, Fried Green Tomatoes with Mint Yogurt, Rancho Summer Salad,
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Jeff Beeman says:
Sorry to say Rancho de San Juan closed permanently last month. They will be missed.
Rancho is open to the public again for dinner.
David Heath - Owner says:
Its time to revisit Rancho de San Juan & Three Forks Restaurant (restaurant's new name).
We are still an award winning restaurant …AAA 4 diamond and all the past awards are still valid.
However, we now offer an al la carte dinner menu and it is changed monthly. There are 3 courses to select from – appetizers, entrees and desserts.
We have redecorated the dining rooms and offer terrace dining as well.
Come check us out !


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és una escritora argentina. La seva popularitat va començar gràcies a Wattpad, una plataforma en línia de lectura i escriptura. Autora de la trilogia Culpables, destacant la novel·la culpa mia, amb més de 100 mil exemplars venuts. Dos anys després va publicar la biologia "enfrentados", i la seva recent trilogía "dímelo".

Biografia
L'escriptora és de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Va viure la meitat de la seva infància i tota la seva adolescència a Espanya i el Regne Unit, per el tant l'autora parla castellà i anglès a la perfecció. Va estudiar llicenciatura en Comunicació audiovisual a la Universitat de Sevilla. Actualment està vivint independentment a la ciutat de Sevilla, Espanya.

Carrera com escriptora
Amb vint anys es va unir a la xarxa de Wattpad, on va començar escriure i publicar històries. El 2016 es va inscriure al concurs de la plataforma "the Wattys" amb el llibre de culpa mia, va ser una de les guanyadores d'aquella edició. El 2017 va aconseguir treure la seva novel·la guanyadora, culpa mia, en físic. Va publicar el segon i tercer llibre de la saga i van ser traduïts en francès. Va fer la seva primera gira mundial a Espanya i Llatinoamèrica.

Bibliografia
Aquests són els seus llibres més coneguts i venuts. La trilogía culpables el 2017 (culpa mia), aquesta novel·la està inspirada en el videoclip de Taylor Swift (Knew You Were Trouble) el segon (culpa tuya) i el tercer (culpa nuestra). També ha fet una biología, el primer es va publicar el 2019 (Marfil), i el segon (Ébano). I per últim una altra trilogia, el primer llibre es va publicar el 2020 (dimelo bajito), el segon (dímelo en secreto) i el tercer al 2021 (dimelo con besos).

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We really liked the concept of the bar a lot.
Will definitely come back next time we travel to Mykonos!
Just stopped off here for a latte. Nice looking bar and spacious outside terrace for sitting out in the sun. Service could be a little more welcoming but it is in a nice spot.
Beautiful place to spend an hour or 2 .
Sit out on the terrace, enjoy the beautiful design, the chilled Café del Mar music, and order the club sandwich. Can't find better!
Went here for late night drinks with some friends. Very nice place to sit for drinks. Service was extremely good, we had gotten bottles and our glasses were consistently filled for us.
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Kacey Musgraves Roasts A Country Radio Station For Saying It 'Cannot Play Two Females Back To Back'
Derrick RossignolFacebookTwitterMusic News Editor
Yesterday, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee shared a segment that features conversations with country stars like Brandi Carlile and Margo Price about sexism in country music. Today, coincidentally, one country radio station didn't exactly disprove the show's point by declaring that they "cannot play two females back to back." That message got the attention of Kacey Musgraves, so she fired back.
It began with a joke from Variety features editor Chris Willman, who tweeted, "I turned on the 105.1 country station in L.A. just now, and they were playing the new song by Gabby Barrett, and then, without any pause or interruption at all, they went into a Kelsea Ballerini song. Can't they get fined for that?"
This prompted a controversial response from Michigan country radio station 98 KCQ, which wrote in a now-deleted tweet, "We cannot play two females back to back. Not even Lady Antebellum or Little Big Town against another female. I applaud their courage."
I turned on the 105.1 country station in L.A. just now, and they were playing the new song by Gabby Barrett, and then, without any pause or interruption at all, they went into a Kelsea Ballerini song. Can't they get fined for that?
— Chris Willman (@ChrisWillman) January 15, 2020
Musgraves did not care for that sentiment, so she tweeted, "Smells like white male bullsh*t and why LONG ago I decided they cannot stop me." She later added, "And yet, they can play 18 dudes who sound exactly the same back to back. Makes total sense."
The station responded to Musgraves, "You are my favorite artist Kacey. I always pull for you when a new single comes out. Your music has meaning. I am not kissing up. Just speaking truth."
You are my favorite artist Kacey. I always pull for you when a new single comes out. Your music has meaning. I am not kissing up. Just speaking truth.
— 98 KCQ (@98fmKCQ) January 16, 2020
The station's tweet also launched a conversation with Ballerini, who responded, "To all the ladies that bust their asses to have half the opportunities that men do, I'm really sorry that in 2020, after YEARS of conversation of equal play, there are still some companies that make their stations play by these rules. It's unfair and it's incredibly disappointing."
98 KCQ answered, "The conversation continues, Kelsea. I am not alone in this. And neither is the music industry. (Oscars). Women deserve their share of the airwaves."
To all the ladies that bust their asses to have half the opportunities that men do, I'm really sorry that in 2020, after YEARS of conversation of equal play, there are still some companies that make their stations play by these rules. It's unfair and it's incredibly disappointing https://t.co/95CtnVLlHh
— Kelsea Ballerini (@KelseaBallerini) January 16, 2020
The conversation continues, Kelsea. I am not alone in this. And neither is the music industry. (Oscars). Women deserve their share of the airwaves.
Somebody else asked the station why they say they can't play songs by female artists back to back, and the station responded, "It's really hard to pinpoint. A numbers game in the library of music. The number of songs by males outnumber females (that's the total library, new music and gold). But manually adding Taylor, Maren Morris, and Kelsea is happening. I did not say we are not ADDING female songs."
They added in a response to a different tweet, "There is no potential backlash [from listeners]. Or a corporate rule. The music is pre-scheduled and that is how it is scheduled. The music is also tested. With real live listeners. And EVERYONE has the opportunity to take the music test online."
It's really hard to pinpoint. A numbers game in the library of music. The number of songs by males outnumber females (that's the total library, new music and gold). But manually adding Taylor, Maren Morris, and Kelsea is happening. I did not say we are not ADDING female songs.
A great question.That so far no one has asked.There is no potential backlash. Or a corporate rule. The music is pre-scheduled and that is how it is scheduled. The music is also tested. With real live listeners. And EVERYONE has the opportunity to take the music test online.
Meanwhile, Canadian country station 92.9 The Bull shared a different perspective, as program director Pat Dubois wrote, "As a successful big market country FM in Canada, this is nonsense. This morning we played @carlypearce, into your new one @KelseaBallerini. This is not uncommon. It also isn't courageous. It's called playing good music and not conforming to archaic 'rules.' Embarrassing. Furthermore, we went straight from those songs into the newest single from one of the most talented women in Canada, @jessmoskaluke. Hope that doesn't make any radio consultants heads explode."
As a successful big market country FM in Canada, this is nonsense. This morning we played @carlypearce, into your new one @KelseaBallerini. This is not uncommon.
It also isn't courageous. It's called playing good music and not conforming to archaic "rules"
Embarrassing.
— 92.9 the Bull (@929TheBull) January 16, 2020
Furthermore, we went straight from those songs into the newest single from one of the most talented women in Canada, @jessmoskaluke. 😱😱😱 Hope that doesn't make any radio consultants heads explode.
– @patdubois
Program Director@929TheBull
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The words in Miao's file were daunting. "Soften lesion of posterior horn" and "softening of bilateral ventricle" and "HIE". I wasn't sure how to pronounce them, let alone what they meant. And my trusty sidekick, Google, was having trouble explaining them as well.
I had come across a picture and short description of Miao on a Facebook advocacy page for China adoption. Her file was brand new. She had been posted by an advocate parent from another agency, but I contacted the agency and was told that they were willing to transfer her file if all of the families from their agency that wanted to review her file had passed on it. The likelihood of that happening was very small. There were several families interested, she was quite young, and her needs, though hard to pronounce, didn't seem to be very significant. Files like hers get snatched up extremely quickly. I asked for her file anyway. I was pretty sure this was our girl.
Not knowing whether the file would be locked by another family, we took a step of faith and paid the International Adoption Clinic in Houston to review what we had about Miao. "She looks quite stiff on her left side," the doctor observed after looking over the pictures and videos we had been sent by the orphanage. She went on to tell us that the stiffness could be associated with cerebral palsy, but it would be impossible to know until we brought her home and had tests run. Miao had some other medical needs listed in her file (encephalatrophy, premature) that also would be difficult to make long term determinations on until she was home.
My husband and I discussed her medical issues on the way home from the clinic, but and decided that if her file got to us, it was God telling us that we should move forward.
The following Thursday morning, I received the call that answered all of our prayers. Despite the many, many odds, all of the families had passed on her file and they were willing to transfer it to our agency. The social worker said to me, "I guess they passed because she's yours." We agreed and were so excited!
My husband and I finished up the paperwork we needed, held a few fundraisers and saved, saved, saved to come up with the money we needed to complete the adoption process. And then got ready to take our entire family (including a six and nine year old) to China with us. Life was too busy to worry much about what the future would hold for Miao diagnosis-wise.
Finally, we were able to travel to meet and pick up our little girl in the summer of 2015. She was adorable, and we fell in love right away. We had been told that she was very, very small for her age and expected a tiny baby but were surprised to see what a big girl she was! We noticed delays – she wasn't walking or talking – but she was crawling around and seemed to be reaching milestones, just at a slower pace.
After arriving home, we took Miao (now Mabel) in for an MRI to see if any of the diagnoses were accurate from China. The MRI went well and Mabel came out of the anesthesia without a problem so we were released to go home. Because none of us had eaten for several hours, we headed from the hospital to a nearby drive through. As we got up to the speaker to take our order, I noticed that Mabel had become quite quiet and her face and lips were turning white. Starting to panic, I felt and watched her chest… it wasn't moving. I started yelling at at my husband that she wasn't breathing, and then she collapsed like a rag doll. Her eyes were still open, but she was completely unresponsive. At that point we sped back to the hospital, praying the whole way. I was pinching her cheeks, yelling her name, trying to listen to see if she still had a heart beat, and began doing compressions because I couldn't tell. I didn't want to take her out of the car seat for fear we'd end up in an accident. It was literally the scariest moments of my life. I honestly could not tell if she was still alive or not.
By the time we made it to the ER, she was having seizures. We were immediately taken back, and they cut her clothes off (I thought this only happened in movies!). The doctor put an oxygen mask on her tiny face as well as hooked her up to monitors and then five more emergency personnel rushed in. Then ten. I stood near her head, watching them work, whispering to my unresponsive baby, and feeling completely helpless. I couldn't even understand half of the things that they were yelling to each other. Finally she began breathing on her own but was still unconscious. The doctor had ordered several labs and discovered that her glucose level was 12. I had no idea what that meant at the time, but now I understand that it was the cause for the seizures, breathing troubles, and unconsciousness. Basically her body was shutting down.
Once they had her stabilized and moved her to the PICU, we were able to speak with a neurologist on staff and get the MRI results much quicker than usual. He said that she indeed has a brain injury and that there were signs that a hypoglycemic episode, like the one we witnessed, had happened before. Maybe even several times. An attack like that at birth may have caused the brain injury as well, but we will never know.
Thankfully we have never experienced another hypoglycemic episode. We have spent the last several months in various specialists' offices having tests run to find out the reasons behind her severe hypoglycemia (it could be metabolic or have something to do with her thyroid), but we have no answers yet. We may never really have the answers. In the meantime, she doesn't go for more than a few hours without eating, and we have rescue sugar with us at all times. Just in case.
Another issue we noticed was that Mabel seemed to have poor eyesight. One morning I took her to the zoo and tried to point out the elephants standing directly in front of us. She looked all around but never seemed to focus on the elephants. So I took her into a neuro opthamologist who looked over her MRI, informed me that she had small optic nerves but that her eyesight seemed normal and told me to come back in a year. I still felt like something was very wrong.
As a second opinion, I took her to a developmental opthamologist who diagnosed Mabel with esotropia and also explained that she basically has no peripheral vision, probably as a result of sitting in a crib most of her life. This effects her depth perception and possibly her walking as well. She will be getting prism glasses to help with these issues next month and may be starting vision therapy this summer.
Thankfully, we have an amazing team of therapists now working with her on almost a daily basis. Rather than cerebral palsy, the International Adoption Clinic has diagnosed her with hypotonia or low muscle tone. Her brain injury figures into this diagnosis as well. It also causes her to have some feeding issues, mainly with swallowing, so she receives feeding therapy, and then we also have speech, occupational, and physical therapy once a week.
We are hopeful that with all of the resources we are utilizing, she will be able to catch up to her peers by kindergarten (she just turned 2). Regardless, we know that the Lord has a plan and that she was definitely supposed to be a part of our family no matter her medical or developmental issues. None of the original diagnoses from China seem to be correct, but we've just traded them out for new ones.
There are days/weeks when all of the therapy and doctors appointments are overwhelming, but I wouldn't change a thing. It's all been more than worth it. God's plan is the best plan, and I'm so grateful that we followed His guidance and trusted Him.
Those cheeks….that smile….could she be any cuter? Thank you for saying "yes" when God introduced you to your littlest one. Praying for your strength and perseverance as you learn how to mother this special precious kiddo!
An incredible story, Bethy. You are an amazing mom and she seems like one amazing girl! So happy for you and her that you found each other.


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Swimrun Life #3 2017 – A word from the editor
By Andreas Ronder
Posted 2017-07-27
In #3 2017, Swimrun Life Magazine
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The ferry ride. As a kid in the Seventies, a ferry ride meant an adventure – water, waves, fun, and freedom to run around, watching the mainland disappear into the horizon. You were leaving the crowded city with its big boring buildings for fresh air on a spacious island, where nature was beckoning to be explored, insects inspected, and tree roots to be tripped on.
The return journey home, most likely with a few newly added scratches and bruises, was spent reliving all the glorious moments spent on the isle, as told by you to your Mom or Dad or anyone else within earshot.
In short, the ferry ride was a much apart of the memory of the trip as the destination itself.
As my generation got older, the introduction of low-cost airlines and Google changed the way we went from Point A to Point B. The world became smaller but the travelling demographic bigger. Along the way, we lost patience for travel that wasn't door-to-door or where natives didn't speak "some English".
Even when we are travelling to marathons or triathlons, aside from the logistics of a bike box, we're accustomed to events being easy to get to in an urban environment: we board, disembark, go to event, embark, fly home. Maybe throw a bus or taxi ride into the equation, but all in all, it's hassle-free travel and with little interaction with other participants.
Then ÖTILLÖ comes along with its "unique races in unique places" and, for the majority of their swimrun events, that means a ferry ride.
Yup, it makes your journey a little longer and takes time behind a screen to figure out how to buy tickets and from where the ferry departs. But the ferry ride is what distinguishes ÖTILLÖ swimruns from other sporting events: you have nothing but time to hang out with other swimrunners, and inclusiveness is the magic of ÖTILLÖ.
My first ÖTILLÖ ferry ride was to Utö with my husband. I was anxious about the unknown; he was transported back to childhood, like a kid on an amusement ride. The return trip was filled with racers, all of us reminiscing about a great race day, with lots of goodbye hugs from new swimrun friends. Ditto for Hvar.
With the ÖTILLÖ World Championship, racers travel together to Sandhamn. You start off, for the most part, as strangers and end up as teams supporting other teams.
ÖTILLÖ Isles of Scilly is truly a remote destination: a 6-hour bus ride from Heathrow Airport and then a three-hour ferry. Yet spectacular Scilly, with its Caribbean-like crystal blue waters and white sand beaches, reminds us of how travel used to be, when the adventure starts the minute you leave home.
Hands down, Scilly was one of the most fun weekends of my life. Sunsets at the Mermaid wall will not be forgotten by anyone, and on Monday morning, as we made our way to the ferry en masse, we would cherish those last few hours at sea before returning to reality.
Ah, the ferry ride.
For those who think the Isles of Scilly is too far, I share the words of Henrik Wahlberg from team Swimrun.com, winners of the 2017 Mixed Category at Scilly: "Don't even think about it!"
Nancy Heslin, Editor
Article first published in Swimrun Life Magazine Issue #3 (July 2017)
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