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Tatung Group had NTD10bn market value wiped out in one day.
Tatung Group's (2371-TW) Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT)(2475-TW) and Green Energy Technology (3519-TW) faced financial difficulties. Datong's stock price fell sharply today on December 14th. Datong, CPT, Green Energy, Forward Electronics (8085-TW) and San Chih Semiconductor (3579-TW) hit limit down. Elitegroup (2331-TW) fell 5.9%, and TSTI (8099-TW) fell 2.8%. There are 5 listed companies in the group hit limit down. Tatung Group had NTD10bn market value wiped out in one day.
Affected by the poor market conditions of the panel, CPT was unable to repay its debts and faced financial crisis. The company announced yesterday on December 13th that it will apply to the Taipei District Court for restructuring and insolvency protection, preventing creditors to do provisional attachment.
Coincidentally, Green Energy also announced that due to Taiwan's and international polices and economy changes in solar industry, the company suffered financial difficulties as well and its board of directors decided to apply for creditor's rights and debts negotiations.
As two companies have announced financial difficulties, Tatung 's share price plummeted, and the market value shrank simultaneously. Datong hit limit down at NTD32.4, and the market value decreased by NTD8.3bn. CPT hit limit down at NTD1.17, and the market value decreased by NTD840mn. The total trading volumn today was only 762. Green Energy hit limit down at NTD5.52 and the market value decreased by NTD200mn.
In addition, San Chih hit limit down at NTD7.83, the market value decreased by NTD100mn. Forward Electronics also hit limit down at NTD4.43, the market value decreased by NTD77mn. TSTI fell by 2.8%, closed at NTD17.6, the market value decreased by NTD33mn, Elitegroup fell nearly 6%, closed at NTD12.7, the market value decreased by NTD450mn.
There are 5 listed companies out of a total of 8 Tatung Group's listed companies hit limited down, wiping out NTD10bn of Tatung Group's market value.


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Television Exclusive – Actress Katey Sagal Cast in Guest-Starring Role on "Glee"
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Fans of the Glee character, Artie Abrams (played by Kevin McHale), will be interested to know that we will be getting to see more of his life at home near the end of this season.
Ryan Murphy recently announced, via Twitter, that Sons of Anarchy actress, Katey Sagal will be playing Artie's mom later on this season. In a tweet, Murphy shared: "So thrilled to announce my friend Katey Sagal is playing Artie's mom on Glee! There is nothing this woman can't do!"
Sagal will join the show near the end of the season in Episode No. 421, which is entitled "Wonder-ful." The cast and songs performed in this episode will pay homage to Stevie Wonder.
The casting directors and Murphy may have listened to McHale's wishes because last year, during a Comic-Con panel, he said that Sagal is his dream mom and he would love to have her join the show as a guest-star. Plus, she does have a singing and song-writing background so she may be a good fit for the part.
What do you think of this casting choice? Do you think Sagal is the right fit to play Artie's mom? Do you think she will have a chance to perform a song? Who is your favorite character on Glee?
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SAG Award Nominations Announced!
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The award season has begun as the Screen Actors Guild Award (SAG Award) nominations were announced yesterday. The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be televised on January 27, 2013. Take a look at the lists below for all of the nominations:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi ("Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson") – Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Bryan Cranston ("Walter White") – Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jeff Daniels ("Will McAvoy") – The Newsroom (HBO)
Jon Hamm ("Don Draper") – Mad Men (AMC)
Damian Lewis ("Nicholas Brody") – Homeland (Showtime)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Claire Danes ("Carrie Mathison") – Homeland (Showtime)
Michelle Dockery ("Lady Mary Crawley") – Downton Abbey (PBS)
Jessica Lange ("Sister Jude") – American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Julianna Margulies ("Alicia Florrick") – The Good Wife (CBS)
Maggie Smith ("Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham") – Downton Abbey (PBS)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin ("Jack Donaghy") – 30 Rock (NBC)
Ty Burrell ("Phil Dunphy") – Modern Family (ABC)
Louis C.K. ("Louie") – Louie (FX)
Jim Parsons ("Sheldon Cooper") – The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Eric Stonestreet ("Cameron Tucker") – Modern Family (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Edie Falco ("Jackie Peyton") – Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Tina Fey ("Liz Lemon") – 30 Rock (NBC)
Amy Poehler ("Leslie Knope") – Parks and Recreations (NBC)
Sofia Vergara ("Gloria Delgado-Pritchett") – Modern Family (ABC)
Betty White ("Elka Ostrovsky") – Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Downtown Abbey (PBS)
Homeland (Showtime)
Mad Men (AMC)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
The Office (NBC)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Kevin Costner ("'Devil Anse' Hatfield") – Hatfields & McCoys (History)
Woody Harrelson ("Steve Schmidt") – Game Change (HBO)
Ed Harris ("John McCain") – Game Change (HBO)
Clive Owen ("Ernest Hemingway") – Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Bill Paxton ("Randall McCoy") – Hatfields & McCoys (History)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Nicole Kidman ("Martha Gellhorn") – Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Julianne Moore ("Sarah Palin") – Game Change (HBO)
Charlotte Rampling ("Eva Delectorskaya") – Restless (Sundance Channel)
Sigourney Weaver ("Elaine Barrish Hammond") – Political Animals (USA)
Alfre Woodward ("Ouiser") – Steel Magnolias (Lifetime)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Sons of Anarchy (FX)
The Walking Dead AMC)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper ("Pat") – Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company)
Daniel Day-Lewis ("Abraham Lincoln") – Lincoln (Touchstone Pictures)
John Hawkes ("Mark") – The Sessions (Fox Searchlight)
Hugh Jackman ("Jean Valjean") – Les Misérables (Universal Pictures)
Denzel Washington ("Whip Whitaker") – Flight (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain ("Maya") – Zero Dark Thirty (Columbia Pictures)
Marion Cotillard ("Stephanie") – Rust and Bone (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jennifer Lawrence ("Tiffany") – Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company)
Helen Mirren ("Alma Reville") – Hitchcock (Fox Searchlight)
Naomi Watts ("Maria") – The Impossible (Summit Entertainment)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin ("Lester Siegel") – Argo (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Javier Bardem ("Silva") – "SKYFALL" (Columbia Pictures)
Robert De Niro ("Pat, Sr.") – Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company)
Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Lancaster Dodd") – The Master (The Weinstein Company)
Tommy Lee Jones ("Thaddeus Stevens") – Lincoln (Touchstone Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Sally Field ("Mary Todd Lincoln") – Lincoln (Touchstone Pictures)
Anne Hathaway ("Fantine") – Les Misérables (Universal Pictures)
Helen Hunt ("Cheryl") – The Sessions (Fox Searchlight)
Nicole Kidman ("Charlotte Bless") – The Paperboy (Millennium Entertainment)
Maggie Smith ("Muriel Donnelly") – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Fox Searchlight)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
What do you think of the nominations? Will you be watching the SAG Awards in January?
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Enclosed balconies like this one will be allowed to remain – if they're structurally sound (image courtesy RAND Engineering & Architecture).
Co-ops and condominiums across the New York City have just received a very pleasant surprise from the Department of Buildings (DOB). Last fall, the DOB issued a notice requiring owners of apartments with enclosed balconies to meet a pair of requirements during facade inspections mandated every five years under the Facade Inspection & Safety Program (FISP), commonly known as Local Law 11. First, owners of enclosed balconies would need to get an architect or engineer to certify that the balconies are structurally sound; second, and far more onerous, owners would have until the 9th Cycle filing deadline (beginning in February, 2022) to prove that the structures have legal permits.
The notice caused great anxiety among co-op and condo residents and their boards because many of the enclosures were erected years ago, sometimes by previous owners, frequently without permits. But legalizing the enclosures, it was feared, would push many buildings to exceed their allowable Floor Area Ratio (FAR) because the enclosed balconies, in essence, added livable square footage to the apartments. Forced removal of illegal enclosures became a dreaded prospect. It was a bureaucratic hornet's nest, with millions of dollars at stake. Now comes the pleasant surprise.
Attorney Marc Luxemburg, a partner at Gallet, Dreyer & Berkey and president of the New York Council of Cooperatives and Condominiums, agrees. "To the extent that the DOB does not require the removal of safe enclosures," he says, "that's going to save a lot of people a lot of big headaches."
So the DOB has decided to defuse the bomb by focusing on safety. It's worth remembering that existing enclosed terraces are grandfathered under the DOB's decision, but anyone who wants to erect an enclosure in the future will have to obtain a permit, according to the DOB.


It's that time of year again. It's another holiday season, which means the sales are rampant and the people are hungry for more. Stores are getting ready for the crazed Black Friday shoppers as early as 8 p.m. Thursday, and while hectic, it is actually a great time to buy items marked down considerably. Here are the 10 categories of goods which see considerable markdowns on Black Friday.
Tech gifts are the norm, but make sure to get something you don't already have. Among new tech gifts the hot items include: the new Kindle Paperwhite, iPad mini, Wii U, and for little ones LeapPad2. Do your research before you buy so you are not disappointed. Yes, it's the best time for good deals, but tech gifts are still expensive so buy only what you really need (not just what you want).
Sears has great deals on appliances and it a great time of year to buy them or put a fridge or dryer on layaway. Also, your mom (or hey, you!) will appreciate a gift that can be used on a regular basis.
This goes along with the last one, but for those who are looking for new furniture deals are wide open. Head over to Big Lots to find a deal on a good leather sofa. Also, if you live near an Ashley Furniture be sure to head into a store Thursday for special offers and deals to beat the crowds on Black Friday.
The best place to go car-hunting anytime of year is probably cars.com. However, check out autodiscountgroup.com for special Black Friday deals. If your local car dealership is open, be sure to head over there to check out the car you want in person.
The price of music and movies is discounted on Black Friday. The best place to go to find such deals is Wal-Mart, however if you don't want to be trampled by the crowds then try going online instead.
Yes, people still buy real books. Sadly, there are few bookstores now but I would encourage anyone to head over to the book section in Target, Wal-Mart, or K-mart. You will be surprised by the deals on children's books and some classics.
For those that are on Sprint or AT&T, there are holiday deals for those that may be switching to a new phone. This offer works best for those that have a contract that is about to expire. For those without a contract phone, see here.
There are baby items deals in almost every store. Target is a good place to go for kids gear. For all you babies out there: Be lucky you don't know what's going on, it's a crazy time.
Had to do it. The best places for deals are Target or Macy's, but there are plenty of shoe stores to choose from.
Not junk food, but free food. Restaurants take advantage of shoppers too, with some places offering coupons for drinks and food. It's also a good time to buy gift cards for restaurants. IKEA is letting customers eat free in IKEA restaurants November 23-25.
It is understandable that many are struggling to pay for these items even if they are on sale or marked down. I suggest checking out locally-owned businesses to not only give them business, but also to find a truly unique gift that cannot be found in a department store.


ABBEY Clancy stunned as she cradled her blossoming baby bump on the red carpet.
Pregnant Abbey Clancy was glowing as she cradled her blossoming baby bump on the red carpet at The Brit Awards 2019.
The model, who is expecting her fourth child later this year, hit the red carpet at the star-studded event at The O2 Arena in London on Wednesday, showing off her svelte legs in a daring sparkling green gown.
The blonde beauty, 33, looked glamorous as she posed with both hands on her bump in a bedazzled ensemble, which she accessorised with plenty of jewellery.
Abbey flaunted her legs with a thigh-high split in her gown, while sporting strappy black heels to top off her incredible look for the night.
Wearing her shoulder-length blonde hair naturally wavy, the mother of three sported a cat-eye makeup with a natural lip as she posed for cameras.
Her appearance comes just a month after Abbey broke the surprise pregnancy news to fans.


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This week's Democratic Radio Address will be delivered by a 12-year-old boy named Graeme Frost. Graeme was in a severe car accident three years ago, and received care under the SCHIP program.
In his address, Graeme will tell the story of how he "was in a coma for a week and couldn't eat or stand up or even talk at first." But, using coverage provided under SCHIP, Graeme received treatment that allowed him to return to school and begin to lead a normal life again.
To use an innocent young child as a human shield and misrepresent the position of the president of the United States is, frankly, beyond the pale.
KRISTOL: ...I'm happy that the President's willing to do something bad for the kids. You do wonder about the Democrats, putting a 12 year old, I mean, how pathetic is that? A 12-year-old kid giving the radio address, Nancy Pelosi pretending she's praying for the President. You really wonder how stupid they think the American people are. This is…look, poor children are covered by Medicaid, this was to cover children from 100% to 200% over poverty. The Democrats are now extending it up over 300% above the poverty line. If you think you need to help children and families over 200% - 300% over poverty line, which is already double to triple over poverty, you can do two ways: expand government insurance or make it easier for families to buy private insurance. Republicans want to try to make it easier through the tax code for families to get private insurance; Democrats want to expand government insurance. I think it's a good philosophical fight for Republicans, if they can explain the issue well enough that the Democrats can't simply get away with demagoguery.
The Democrats are trying to get away with demagoguery? Yeah, Republicans never do that.
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At the August 2014 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the White House brought together government officials from 50 African countries. The historic gathering in Washington focused on trade and investment in Africa, drawing scores of investors and American business executives. During the summit, Milken Institute staff members had the opportunity to attend these two events: the Institute's Corporate and Investor Roundtable, and Doing Business in Tanzania, organized by the Corporate Council on Africa.
The roundtable gathered leaders in the business and governance community, while Doing Business in Tanzania addressed that country's focus on investing in infrastructure. In this white paper, we explore the importance of infrastructure in the growth of East African countries, the role of pension funds in infrastructure development, the emergence of a new East African bloc, and the emerging role of Tanzania in East Africa.
We found compelling arguments for the tremendous potential of the East African Community (EAC) if Tanzania were to become more active member. Looking at the success of pension funds stimulating infrastructure growth in Chile as well as examining current prospects in the EAC countries, it has become apparent that a well-connected EAC could lead to exceptional economic opportunity.


After 28 years of negotiations between China and Russia, the construction of a road bridge linking the two countries across the Heilongjiang River began this week.
,283 meters long, connecting the Chinese city of Heihe to the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk. Estimated at 2.5 billion yuan (about 328 million euros), the bridge will enter service in October 2019.
The two countries want to boost bilateral trade and increase "Chinese investment in infrastructure, energy, natural resources in Russia," said Li Jianmin, researcher in Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
"The bridge is an important link, and is part of the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor. It will strengthen cooperation between the two regions, "said Qin Enting, head of the Chinese Communist Party Committee for the city of Heihe.
Asked by the Xinhua News Agency, Song Kui, chairman of the China-Russia Contemporary Institute of Regional Economic Studies in Heilongjiang, explained that "the bridge will benefit the development of the Russian Far East and the revitalization of the former industrial base of the northeastern provinces ".
The goal is to reach 1.5 million passengers between the two cities each year by 2020, double the current figure. In addition, the volume of freight is expected to reach 3 million tonnes in 2020, ten times more than today, thanks to this bridge.
In April 2015, a railway bridge is under construction between the two countries. Crossing the Heilongjiang River, it is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. The 2,215-meter long Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye Railway Bridge will link the Chinese city of Tongjiang, Heilongjiang, to the Russian city of Nizhneleninskoye, in the oblast. Jewish autonomous Russia.
With an annual freight volume of nearly 21 million metric tons, the bridge will optimize bilateral development of trade, transport and tourism. Especially since the volume of trade between the two countries fell by 29.3% year-on-year in the first eleven months of 2015, reaching $ 61.3 billion.
With these new infrastructures, the two countries intend to increase the volume of commercial exchanges. Especially since "the basis of economic and trade cooperation between China and Russia is solid. Both countries will make efforts to boost bilateral trade, "said Shen Danyang, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, in January 2016.


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The 'scandalanche' & the data-mining
By Michael A. Walsh
The "revelations" of National Security Agency data-mining of phone records and Internet use were no news to those who'd been paying attention. It's only the rest of the Obama "scandalanche" that makes it a hackle-raiser.
The data-mining program first started at least seven years ago, under the authorization of the Patriot Act — after a similar Pentagon-based data-collection program was killed in 2003.
Fact is, the NSA — once so secret that its very existence went officially unacknowledged — has been quietly monitoring Americans for years. Indeed, domestic monitoring without a warrant was explicity OK'd in the 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, so long as the ostensible purpose was to track plots originating outside the country. (The same bill also gave retroactive immunity to the telecom companies who'd provided the government with information.)
Based in Fort Meade, Md., the NSA and its dark twin, the Central Security Service (which liaises directly with the armed services), effectively function as the nation's signal-intelligence-gathering and cryptological eyes and ears, crunching data via the giant Black Widow computer and storing the results in a massive new complex in Bluffdale, Utah, among other places.
In a sense, they function as a Department of Pre-Crime, tasked since 9/11 with "connecting the dots" to prevent another catastrophe — not to investigate it after the fact. So those making absurd comparisons with the old East German Stasi shouldn't blame the NSA and others in the intelligence community for using the tools that Congress has given them, and doing the job they've been asked to do.
As former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy has pointed out, the courts have held that, while the contents of phone conversation are private, the records — who called whom, when, from where and for how long — of such calls are not.
What makes the news scary are the revelations of what else Team Obama's been up to. Follow the bouncing scandal ball:
* On Benghazi, the administration has simply clammed up, keeping suspicions alive that there's much more to this story. A handful of intrepid reporters have bucked the tide, but others have stopped asking why no help was sent and where President Obama was that night. Because . . .
* In clear violation of the First Amendment, the administration — allegedly angered about national-security leaks — seized phone records from the AP and Fox News in a what looks like a transparent attempt to put the fear of God into them and keep others incuriously toeing the party line, which mostly amount to: Trust us. But can we? Consider . . .
* The strange goings-on at the Environmental Protection Agency, where recently-departed chief Lisa Jackson was using a fictitious e-mail account in order to communicate privately without all those pesky "transparency" requirements. How widespread is this practice? What to make of word that Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was also using "secondary" e-mail accounts?
* Then came the IRS bombshell — something every taxpaying American can relate to. That a supposedly neutral collection agency with powers far beyond what we entrust to law enforcement would cheerfully target Tea Party and other righty groups for special scrutiny is the stuff of Orwellian nightmares. And although the IRS has tried to blame "rogue elements" in its Cincinnati office, whistleblowers are coming out of the woodwork to point the finger directly at the White House.
All this adds up to a perfect storm of mistrust, now exacerbated by the fears of the surveillance state that has mushroomed since the panicky post-9/11 "reforms." Thus Americans now fear a culture of suspicion among top law-enforcement officials, who treat more than 300 million overwhelmingly law-abiding Americans as potential criminals, subject to snoops and pat-downs.
And when that leviathan falls down on the job — as it did in failing to spot the Tsarnaev brothers — then the trade-off between liberty and security becomes a very bad bargain indeed.
No wonder sales of George Orwell's dystopian classic "1984" are suddenly soaring.
Michael Walsh is the author of the "Devlin" novels about NSA/CSS, including "Hostile Intent," "Early Warning" and "Shock Warning."
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This is the fourth volume of a detailed play-by-play catalogue of drama written by English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish authors during the 110 years between the English Reformation to the English Revolution, covering every known play, extant and lost, including some which have never before been identified. It is based on a complete, systematic survey of the whole of this body of work, presented in chronological order. Each entry contains comprehensive information about a single play: its various titles, authorship, and date; a summary of its plot, list of its roles, and details of the human and geographical world in which the fictional action takes place; a list of its sources, narrative and verbal, and a summary of its formal characteristics; details of its staging requirements; and an account of its early stage and textual history. Volume IV covers the period during which dramatic satire emerged, as well as the opening of the original Globe theatre in London.
Martin Wiggins was educated at Oxford. He won the Charles Oldham Shakespeare Prize in 1984 and was Junior Research Fellow at Keble College, Oxford from 1987-90. He has been Fellow of The Shakespeare Institute since 1990. Has served as Associate General Editor of Oxford English Drama (1992-2008), and of The Philological Museum (2004 to date).
Catherine Richardson is Reader in Renaissance Studies at the University of Kent. Her research focuses on the relationship between texts and the material experience of daily life in early modern England, on- and offstage. Previous publications include Domestic Life and Domestic Tragedy (Manchester University Press, 2006), Shakespeare and Material Culture (Oxford University Press, 2011), and she is editor of Clothing Culture 1350-1650 (Ashgate, 2004) and, with Tara Hamling, Everyday Objects: medieval and early modern material culture and its meanings (Ashgate, 2010).


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Barbican, York
Plus Very Special Guests: The Christians
York - Barbican
Lloyd Cole
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The York Barbican is managed by SMG (UK) Ltd. SMG is one of the world's largest international venue operators. York Barbican is owned by City of York Council and re-opened in Spring 2011 after a major £2m investment.
The Barbican offers a diverse programme of events taking advantage of the venue's 1500 seated and 1900 standing capacities. Events on offer include comedy, a range of live bands, snooker, family shows and community events.
The annual Festival of Remembrance and the Lord Mayor's Carol Concert have returned to the Barbican as a regular part of the programme, as has the Guildhall Orchestra.
Prior to your visit, please see the venue's FAQ's through the below link as on show nights, certain items will not be accepted in the venue
https://www.yorkbarbican.co.uk/venue-info/
Access at York BarbicanYork Barbican has step-free access into the auditorium, meeting rooms, restaurants and bars. The first floor is accessible via a lift. There will be a hearing enhancement system in the auditorium, more details will be available once this is installed.Accessible SeatingWheelchair spaces are located on Balcony Level in the 'slips' and in Stalls on either row A or row AA, whichever is the front row.We offer a wheelchair loan service (subject to availability) to help patrons to and from their Priority Access Seats; please note this does not include staff assistance and anyone borrowing a wheelchair must be able to use it independently or have the assistance of a carer or companion. Please request a wheelchair when you make your booking.Main Entrance and Foyer AreasThe main entrance/Box Office entrance of York Barbican has level access from the piazza on Paragon Street. Disabled parking spaces are available at nearby Q-Park Kent Street.The ground floor foyer spaces are all level access.
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UK's Shipping Line P & O to Register Fleet in Cyprus after Brexit
Tasos Kokkinidis
Britain's shipping line P&O has announced it will be re-flagging its entire UK-registered fleet to Cyprus ahead of Brexit, in order to keep its tax arrangements within the European Union.
P&O had said in December that it would re-flag just two of its U.K. ships operating on the English Channel route to France to the Cyprus registry.
But the company has now decided that six of its 20 ships will be re-flagged, changing their national registration from British to Cypriot.
"In advance of Britain leaving the European Union on March 29, 2019, we undertook a review of the flag status of our ships on the English Channel," a P&O spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday.
"For operational and accounting reasons, we have concluded that the best course of action is to re-flag all ships to be under the Cyprus flag."
He said that the decision to re-register the entire English Channel fleet will lead to fewer inspections and delays, "and will result in significantly more favourable tonnage tax arrangements as the ships will be flagged in an E.U. member state."
"We have no plans to make any other changes, including the terms and conditions of any of our seafarers, as a result of the new arrangements," he added.


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CorFlow Presents at the ACC.19 Conference in New Orleans
CorFlow Presents ACC Poster on Hemodynamic Instability and the Impact on Microvascular Dysfunction
Baar, Switzerland, March 17th 2019
CorFlow Therapeutics AG today announced that the company will present further findings related to the diagnosis and treatment of coronary microvascular obstruction (MVO) during the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology (ACC.19) in New Orleans, LA, March 16-18, 2019.
CorFlow has since its foundation in June 2016 worked to document that the Controlled Flow Infusion (CoFITM) technology is able to measure the coronary microvascular status and provide therapy to the compromised coronary microcirculation at the same time. MVO affects more than half of acute heart attack patients and is an independent predictor for complications including acute and late heart failure which constitutes a high cost burden for the world-wide health care system. To address this large unmet medical need, CorFlow has developed an in-vivo model which reproducibly creates MVO in an occlusion-reperfusion model with very low complication rates. Using this in-vivo model, the CoFITM technology was used to measure real-time dynamic microvascular resistance (dMVR) in the coronary circulation and these dMVR values have been correlated to post-procedure contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) and histology. A correlation between the procedural CoFITM dMVR values and post-procedural MRI will enable treatment of MVO before the patients leave the cathlab and potentially reduce the complication rates for severe heart attack patients.
In a comment, Dr. Robert S. Schwartz, the first author of the publication and co-Founder of CorFlow Therapeutics, stated: "We continue to discover how impactful the CoFITM diagnostic sequence is to characterise the coronary microcirculation. Our findings show the we can quantify the microvascular collapse which occurs in heart attack patients and that this collapse has direct implications on the hemodynamic instability seen in these patients. We believe that this understanding will have important implications on how we manage microvascular dysfunction in clinical syndromes such as STEMI/NSTEMI, cardiogenic shock, no-reflow, and stress cardiomyopathy."
CorFlow's development is supported in part through a public grant awarded by Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency, and conducted in cooperation with the University of Bern (ARTORG), the University Hospital of Zürich (Dept. of Cardiology and Div. of Surgical Research), the University of Applied Science Buchs NTB, the University Hospital in Bern (Inselspital) and the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland.
The poster "Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Is Induced by Hemodynamic Instability: Quantitation by Controlled Flow Infusion" describes the recent findings from the CorFlow in-vivo model. The poster will be presented on Monday March 18th (poster session 1304, Hall F).
Jon H. Hoem, CorFlow's CEO and co-Founder, commented: "We are very pleased that we continue to expand our understanding of the CoFI technology and look forward to convert this understanding to clinical value for all the patients needing improved coronary care."
The data from the CorFlow non-clinical trials have been used in the regulatory submissions for the upcoming CorFlow MOCA (MVO with CoFI™ System Assessment) First-in-Man clinical trial.
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) mission is to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart care. ACC seeks to reach this mission through its members so that they may dramatically reduce the incidence, severity, and complications of cardio-vascular disease through promoting prevention, reduction of disparities in health care and improve personal population-based cardiovascular health.
ACC publishes several well recognised peer-reviewed journals (JACC) with a wide distribution in the inter-ventional cardiology community.
These clinical trials have documented that around half of all acute heart attack patients have MVO as documented by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). This translates into around 200,000 patients per year and 25% of these patients will be in heart failure after four years. MVO is therefore a major contributor to the rising costs for taking care of heart failure patients.
The 68th annual meeting of ACC will this year be held in New Orleans (LA). Last year's event was attended by more than 16,600 attendees from 108 countries and hosted 273 exhibitors.
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CorFlow ACC.18 poster CoFI and dynamic Microvascular Resistance
CorFlow ACC.18 poster STEMI MVO and thrombi


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Q: Where do I put code to pass a request to the In-app Billing service in Android In App Billing? I'm trying to follow the In-App Billing tutorial on the Android Developer site. I'm up to Making In-app Billing Requests. There is code I'm supposed to add to my project:
ArrayList<String> skuList = new ArrayList<String> ();
skuList.add("premiumUpgrade");
skuList.add("gas");
Bundle querySkus = new Bundle();
querySkus.putStringArrayList("ITEM_ID_LIST", skuList);

All well and good, but where do I put this code? In OnCreate()? Or somewhere else?

A: According to the same guide you are following, you must use that code to query if certain items are  available for purchase. And you must call the method mService.getSkuDetails(). Like this:
Bundle skuDetails = mService.getSkuDetails(3, getPackageName(), "inapp", querySkus);

The guide also reads:

Warning: Do not call the getSkuDetails method on the main thread. Calling this method triggers a network request which could block your main thread. Instead, create a separate thread and call the getSkuDetails method from inside that thread.

So, answering your question, your code must be put inside an AsyncTask, preferably inside doInBackground() method, because it implicates networking and cannot be done on the main thread.
To learn more about using an AsyncTask, check this link.
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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - July 13, 2016) - The law firm of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, on behalf of 8 Flint residents, along with the NAACP and other attorneys, have filed a class action lawsuit in the Circuit Court in Genesee County on behalf of four families and all other people and businesses of Flint, Michigan that have been harmed by exposure to toxic levels of lead and other hazards from the city's drinking water.
The complaint alleges that Defendants Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam (LAN) and Veolia North America (Veolia), two engineering firms who consulted on the city's switch to Flint River water, neglected their professional duties, gave disastrously bad advice, and ignored several red flags that should have led them to suspect corrosion problems in Flint's water system.
In 2013, Flint engaged and relied upon the professional services and expertise of the two Defendant engineering firms -- Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam (LAN) and Veolia North America (Veolia) -- to review its water distribution system, ensure compliance with federal and state environmental regulations, and provide expert engineering advice to the City and its Emergency Financial Managers.
The City of Flint discovered that dangerous levels of lead were leaching into Flint's drinking water in 2014. State and City officials made the decision to replace safe water with a highly corrosive alternative from the Flint River, which has caused the Plaintiffs to suffer ongoing injuries, including significant health impairments, damages to their personal properties, and the damaging effect to their future health. After the switch to the Flint River was made, residents began noticing the water had become cloudy, discolored, and foul smelling.
Despite warning signs that would have been obvious to any reasonably competent engineer, both LAN and Veolia failed to identify the root cause of Flint's problems: corrosion of pipes in the Flint water system. Had LAN and Veolia undertaken a standard root cause analysis, they would have discovered that Flint pipes were gradually leaching lead into the water supply, poisoning city residents.
Plaintiffs are represented by Paul J. Napoli and Hunter Shkolnik, of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, and can be reached at pnapoli@napolilaw.com and hunter@napolilaw.com, respectively.
In Congress, Napoli Shkolnik continues to work with the offices of Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, as well as Congressman Dan Kildee, on a Victim's Compensation Fund bill that would provide much needed aid to the people of Flint. The proposed bill would provide financial relief and future healthcare guarantees. For more information on our efforts, please visit flintvcf.com or napolilaw.com.
On Tuesday July 12, three families from Flint, Michigan, each with children who have been seriously impacted by lead contaminated water in Flint met in Washington D.C. to share their stories with Members of Congress and call on Congress to support a Flint Victims Compensation Fund.
The group spoke with members of Congress regarding a Victims Compensation Fund.


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You know that pervading feeling that, once you've read one YA paranormal romance you've read them all? Well, I'm happy to report that The Sweetest Dark is a nice break from your typical paranormal fare. Don't get me wrong, there are still some common tropes used in this book. But overall I found this nicely refreshing, not only because our main character is a different sort of creature from the norm, but also because it's set in the past during World War I, so has a distinctly historical flair as well. All in all there was little to complain about, at least for me, plus two swoon-worthy boys that I very much enjoyed getting to know!Lora, our main character, is an orphan girl from London who's given an opportunity to attend a prestigious finishing school on the coast of England. At the school she catches the eye of two boys (trope number one: love triangles), one a poor workman for the school named Jesse, and the other the son of the Duke who owns the school, Armand. She also gets an immediate enemy in Chloe (trope number two: the mean girl), who fancies herself Armand's significant other, and is extremely jealous of the attention "Mandy" is giving another girl. (Sidenote: I don't dig Armand's nickname at all.) Of course it's determined that Lora is a paranormal creature (she's a drakon), and is drawn to both boys due to her nature and theirs as well. This book very much revolves around Lora's personal journey, as she navigates her new knowledge about herself and what it means for her future.This book reminded me very much of the Gemma Doyle books by Libba Bray. Lora's story is very similar to that of Ann's, and I found myself drawing a lot of comparisons between the two. This book was a bit slow to get started, but once she gets to school and meets the boys it definitely picks up. Without giving too much away, I want to say that the background to what Lora is and the way she's connected to Jesse and Armand both was very interesting to read about, if a little confusing at times. I wish I could go more in depth on my feelings about the revelations into what Jesse, Armand and Lora all are, but I don't want to spoil anyone, so shall refrain. It's safe to say that it's definitely different, though!If you're tired of your same old, same old, you just might want to give The Sweetest Dark a try. It is the first in a series (trope number three: the trilogy), but I found myself engaged enough in not only Lora's story, but both Jesse and Armand's as well that I'm looking forward to what's coming next, especially considering the ending (no worries; there is no cliffhanger). I have to say that I actually find myself leaning more toward the "second" boy in the love triangle this time around, which doesn't often happen. I will be very interested in seeing what comes of that!An e-galley was provided by the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.***To see more of my reviews, please visit me @ Read and Reviewed!


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The premier of Nova Scotia wants to reduce student debt and keep young people in the province, but he has no immediate plans to lower tuition.
Darrell Dexter says that approach to assisting university and college students doesn't benefit everyone equally.
Tuition fees will continue to rise with the consumer price index, the premier said, adding that universities are not excluded from the economic forces.
By investing in tax rebates, such as the Graduate Retention Rebate, Dexter hopes more students will be interested in staying in the province after graduation.
The Graduate Retention Rebate started in 2009 and ideally helps students to pay down their debts, although they can use the money for anything. Students can apply for the rebate for a duration of six years after graduating, as long as they stay in the province. University graduates can reduce their income taxes by $2,500 per year, while college graduates can have a reduction of $1,250 per year.
The provincial government has also funded a debt cap, which prevents students from accumulating more than $28,560 in debt. To qualify, students must be in a four-year program, but their eligibility is also assessed by the Nova Scotia Student Assistance Office.
Dexter grew up in a working class family, and paid for his education entirely through student loans. Although he doesn't remember how much his tuition was, he said he does remember his debt load.
The premier went to the University of King's College for journalism, and Dalhousie University for education and law. The debt he had was combined with that of his wife, whom he met in university and who also used student loans to pay for school.
"We put off for 10 years ever thinking about whether we could buy a house or own a car or start a family, because we just knew that with the level of debt that we had we weren't going to be able to do that," he said.
While Dexter does believe that the debt cap and tax rebates are the most effective solution to students' financial problems, he said that his government is prepared to lower tuition as soon as it can.
"What we will do is we're committed to ensuring that as our ability as a government increases, as we get more money, that we will commit ourselves to solidifying tuition, bringing it down, making it more competitive," said Dexter, adding that he hopes when he leaves office that he put students in a better position than a worse one.
"Currently the province is running a $250-million deficit. If we increase that, then the very students in school today will graduate and they will see higher taxation rates and lower service levels as a result of those decisions," said Dexter.
How do you plan on harnessing the student vote?
How did you think the tax rebate program would work for students?
Why wouldn't you instead move that money towards grants or lowering tuition?
Why don't you think that since freezing tuition fees worked for Newfoundland, it wouldn't it work for Nova scotia?
How would you address the problem of people leaving after they graduate?
How do you plan on lowering student debt?
Will the university tuition fees continue to rise?
The NDP is not the top choice for determined voters, says a poll conducted by the Corporate Research Associates in September 2012. Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil is in the lead with 41 per cent support, compared to the NDP's 31 per cent support.
The NDP government is cutting university funding by three per cent next year, to bring the total to 10 per cent over the past three years. The province is also increasing tuition fees by three per cent next year.
The province poured $2.4-million into the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design last year to cover its deficit. The university is expected to create a plan to stay out of financial trouble.


Watch out for that ray Spencer!
While Dave and Ellen were here, they took Spencer to the aquarium one day. I was not there, but I got their pictures, and it looked like a great time.
We have been spending a lot of time together as a family in the living room these days. Clare nurses Meg, and I play with Spencer. Spencer has been really sweet to Meg, though sometimes he does get mad at me and Clare for not giving him enough attention. So it is really nice when Clare can take a break from nursing and play with Spencer a bit. We also finally got new couches, and a new tv. Now our living room looks like one for grownups.


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Interview: Brain Failure's punk success
By Tom Pellman in Features on May 25, 2007
Xiao Rong, vocalist/guitarist of Beijing punk rock stalwarts Brain Failure (脑浊), has played punk music long enough to know what makes a great live show. For him, it's all about the communication and interaction between the band and the audience.
"You see, we're playing punk rock and punk rock is very simple and popular. It's not only about your own personality, it's about making all the young people unite together and have fun. Our band and the people listening to us are entertaining each other. That's what's important: communication by music. And we're a band that wants to communicate. We're not going to go up there and say, 'Hey, this is me and you have to watch.'"
The band, composed of vocalist/guitarist Xiao Rong, bassist Ma Jiliang, guitarist/vocalist Wang Jian and drummer Xu Lin, put on an energetic and tight show last night at Speakeasy Bar for a crowd of more than 300. The band tore through dozens of catchy, anthemic songs while sweaty local youth danced and moshed - a few even attempted to crowd surf.
Brain Failure proved itself capable of getting the audience into the act, getting nearly everyone present clapping to the beat or yelling back in call-and-response sessions. His hair dyed in leopard spots, Xiao Rong was a blur on stage as he jumped around and switched places with the equally energetic Ma. More than half way through their nearly two-hour set, he yelled to the crowd several times:
"Are you tired?"
The crowd roared back louder each time.
We talked with a soft-spoken, polite Xiao Rong prior to the show to ask him about the changing music scene in China and Brain Failure's experiences as the first Chinese punk band to tour extensively in the US.
GoKunming: Is this your first time in Kunming?
Xiao Rong: Actually, it's the second time I've been here with a band. The last time was about ten years ago. I love this city because of the weather.
GK: It's changed a lot...
Xiao Rong: Yeah. Coming here, I thought I would at least recognize Jianshe Lu and Wenlin Jie, but I couldn't even recognize it.
GK: Now you're touring in China. How long will the tour be?
Xiao Rong: This tour is happening in three rounds, each about two or three weeks. We're on the last round now. Shanghai, Nanchang, Changsha, Guiyang, Xi'an, and then we went back to Beijing for the Midi Music Festival on May first through the fourth.
GK: How has it been touring this time? Do you think the music scenes have changed in these places?
Xiao Rong: I feel many places have changed. For example, in Shanghai, now the market is getting bigger and the people are really choosing which bands they want to see. One or two years ago, it was like "Oh, there's something happening this weekend!" but now it's much more common. People are actually coming to see you, not just coming for something to do.
GK: What are some of your favorite places to play in China?
Xiao Rong: Basically all the big cities. Shanghai, Wuhan, Xi'an. With those places we can sell out the place, about 300 people per show.
GK: How did you get the opportunity to tour outside of China, especially in the US?
Xiao Rong: We got the opportunity because we were lucky. We worked hard and accepted all the opportunities that came to us. We've toured the whole U.S. about six or seven times now. We've played probably 500 shows.
We were very lucky to get to know some people. For example, the Dropkick Murphys who then produced our record and took us on tour and introduced a lot of good bands to us. [Dropkick Murphys bassist] Ken Casey likes foreign cultures and Asian culture very much and we got a lot of help from him.
GK: How did audiences receive you in the States?
Xiao Rong: Actually, it all happened step by step. We played at South By Southwest and then CMJ [CMJ Music Marathon in New York City], these kinds of music industry promotions. At the beginning, [laughs] it was like a cultural exchange, called like Asian Night. And people would come wanting to listen to "Chinese music," but we weren't really playing that kind of music. We didn't want people coming to the show because they wanted to see some Chinese people. But, as we played more local venues it went really well.
GK: Was touring in the US more challenging than touring in China?
Xiao Rong: Compared to touring in China, I think it's much easier in the States because in the States or Europe or Japan there's already an industry, so everything's pretty professional. You have a booking agent and they're making money, the promoters are making money, the clubs are making money and finally the bands are making money. So I think that's a good circle to do business.
GK: Do you think China's rock scene is going to develop in the same way?
Xiao Rong: I believe one day it's going to happen, but it's going to take a lot of people working. In China, I think it would be great if there was a bigger rock music industry. It could give a lot of young people jobs. There are many things a person could do in the music industry besides just being a musician.
GK: This February you and Big D and the Kids Table got together and released a split album called "Boston to Beijing", how did this come about?
Xiao Rong: We met them in 2005 in Boston. We played a big Halloween show with them and we've know them ever since. On the album the first six tracks are us and the last six are them. Also, Dicky Barrett of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones sings on some songs.
GK: Lastly, where are you going next?
Xiao Rong: Chengdu. We're taking trains all the way. It's a little dangerous, you're always afraid you won't get to the show on time.
Brain Failure
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Jerry • May 28, 2007, 6:36pm
Brain Failure?The name sounds cool!Hope one day i can get the chance to hear their songs.I like punk actually:)


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The Last Time We Met
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Let the Light Shine
By: Nick Alexander
Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
From Nick Alexander, the number one best-selling author of The Photographer's Wife and The Other Son. Penny and Victoria are about as different as two siblings can be, one with a smart London lifestyle, the other struggling to make ends meet. But they are joined by more than blood, and their shared tragic past is affecting the present more than they realise. When events begin to tug at the fabric beneath which dark secrets are hidden, the resulting chaos threatens to tear the two families apart.
The Shadow Between Us
Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown
When Olivia moves to Port Townsend, her marriage is floundering, and her life is in pieces. She doesn't know if things with her husband Mark are truly over, or quite why the phone call she longs for on her daughter's birthday will never come. Joining a letter-writing club seems like a harmless decision. But when she meets Ned, an ex-soldier badly wounded in Afghanistan, this unlooked-for friendship revives unexpected emotions and memories she'd rather forget.
The Woman Upstairs
By: Ruth Heald
Narrated by: Katy Sobey
She's the shoulder you cry on when the father of your children disappears. She's the person you turn to when he comes back, begging for forgiveness. She's by your side when you discover his guilty secrets. She helps rock your babies to sleep when they cry. She's your friend when you have no one else. She's the woman upstairs, whose feet you hear treading above as you drift off at night, thankful you aren't alone.
Where the Story Starts
By: Imogen Clark
Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
A strange encounter. An unlikely friendship. But will it survive when they both know the truth? As single mother Leah struggles to get her children ready one morning, the doorbell rings. Standing on the doorstep of their terraced house in Whitley Bay is a well-dressed stranger, Clio, who feels an emotional tie to the house that she can't explain. The story should end there, but a long-buried secret is already on its way to the surface....
Too many babies
By elizabeth b. on 15-12-2019
Sanctuary Sound Series, Book 1
By: Jamie Beck
Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg
After a brutal assault leaves Steffi with puzzling memory lapses, she returns to her coastal Connecticut hometown to rebuild her life the best way she knows how: with her hands. But starting a remodeling business with one longtime friend puts her in the middle of a rift with another. Worse, being hired by her ex-boyfriend's mother forces her to confront old regrets. Public defender Ryan Quinn wasn't shocked when his wife left him, but he was floored when she abandoned their daughter. With his finances up in the air, the single dad returns to his childhood home in Sanctuary Sound.
What You Did
By: Claire McGowan
Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt, Karen Cass
It was supposed to be the perfect reunion: six university friends together again after twenty years. Host Ali finally has the life she always wanted, a career she can be proud of and a wonderful family with her college boyfriend, now husband. But that night her best friend makes an accusation so shocking that nothing will ever be the same again.
Disappointing read by one of my favourite authors
By Anonymous User on 16-09-2019
The Spitfire Girls
By: Soraya M. Lane
Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
At the height of World War II, the British Air Transport Auxiliary need help. A group of young women volunteer for action, but the perils of their new job don't end on the tarmac. Things are tough in the air, but on the ground their abilities as pilots are constantly questioned. There is friction from the start between the new recruits. Spirited American Lizzie turns heads with her audacity, but few can deny her flying skills. She couldn't be more different from shy, petite Ruby, who is far from diminutive in the sky. It falls to pragmatic pilot May to bring the women together.
Nobody's Wife
By: Laura Person
Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
Of the four of us only three remained, and there was no going back from that. Emily and Josephine have always shared everything. They're sisters, flatmates and best friends. It's the two of them against the world. When Emily has the perfect wedding and Josephine finds the perfect man, they know things will change forever. But nothing can prepare them for what, or who, one of them is willing to give up for love. Four people. Three couples. Two sisters. One unforgivable betrayal.
After You Left
When Justin walks out on Alice on their honeymoon, with no explanation apart from a cryptic note, Alice is left alone and bewildered, her life in pieces. Then she meets Evelyn, a visitor to the gallery where she works. It's a seemingly chance encounter, but Alice gradually learns that Evelyn has motives, and a heartbreaking story, of her own. And that story has haunting parallels with Alice's life. As Alice delves into the mystery of why Justin left her, the questions are obvious. But the answers may lie in the most unlikely of places...
Not a mystery or thriller
By LeslieOZ on 27-07-2017
Run and Hide
Eva Driscoll Thriller Series, Book 1
By: Alan McDermott
Narrated by: Angela Dawe
Eva Driscoll is used to chasing down bad guys, but now the bad guys are chasing her. She knows they won't stop until she's dead. After her brother is killed in a faked suicide, Driscoll teams up with ex-soldier Rees Colback, the one person who can help her find answers. Together they're determined to uncover why members of his Special Forces squad are dying in mysterious circumstances. But with every agency in the country in hot pursuit, their only choice is to flee. The clock is ticking. They can't run forever. It's time to make a choice: kill or be killed...
It was ok
By Jean on 15-12-2019
By: Carolyn Brown
Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
In the small town of Celeste, Texas, Mitzi Taylor has never quite fit inside the lines. Nearly six feet tall, flame-haired, and with a plus-size spirit to match every curve, she's found her niche: a custom wedding-dress boutique catering to big brides-to-be with big dreams. Taking the plunge alongside her two best friends, she's proud they've turned The Perfect Dress into a perfect success. Just when Mitzi has it all pulled together, Graham Harrison walks back into her life, looking for bridesmaid dresses for his twin daughters.
The Island Villa
The Perfect Feel Good Summer Read
By: Lily Graham
Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
Marisal. A villa on a sleepy Spanish island. A place that time had forgotten. A place of long ago summers, sun-kissed memories, and one terrible betrayal....When Charlotte's husband James tragically dies, he leaves her an unexpected gift - her grandmother's beautiful villa, Marisal, on the Spanish island of Formentera. As she begins to explore her new home, and heal her broken heart in the warm golden sunshine, Charlotte discovers that her grandmother Alba has been keeping secrets about her life on the island.
By: Sheryl Browne
Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
Karla watches silently as Jason hurriedly packs his belongings into a suitcase. She knows that her stillness is unnerving him as she watches his every move from the doorway of their bedroom. "I've fallen in love with someone else", he'd said to her, just moments earlier. The brutality of those words hit Karla hard and she struggled to breathe as she took in each word in turn. You may think you know what Karla will do next. But you'll be wrong. Because Karla isn't who you think she is. Only she knows what's about to happen. And you will never see it coming.
I cannot recommend this book
By Jeanette NORMAN on 09-01-2020
Small Town Rumors
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Everyone is talking about Jennie Sue Baker and the mess she made of her life in New York. The former high school queen bee - and wealthy darling of Bloom, Texas - has returned home after all these years, riding on a common bus and bearing two bounced alimony checks. In a town that thrives on gossip, Jennie's fall from grace has shamed her mother, set the town buzzing, and caused old, jealous enemies to whisper in delight. They say she's taken a job as a housekeeper, gotten a garage apartment, and might be crushing on Rick Lawson, a simple farmer with modest dreams.
Fine story
By Roberta Downey on 09-03-2019
Don't Ever Tell
By: Lucy Dawson
Narrated by: Georgia Maguire, Rachel Atkins
Never make a promise you can't afford to keep.... This is a story about Charlotte - a mother and a wife with the perfect job, the perfect life...at least, that's how it looks from the outside. But behind closed doors, the marriage is breaking, and Charlotte's husband, Tris, doesn't even know how much. He has no idea what Charlotte has planned for him, who she has found, why she has hired someone to pretend to be her. But he doesn't have long to wait to find out....
When She Returned
By: Lucinda Berry
Narrated by: Coleen Marlo, Lauren Ezzo, Amy McFadden
Kate Bennett vanished from a parking lot eleven years ago, leaving behind her husband and young daughter. When she shows up at a Montana gas station, clutching an infant and screaming for help, investigators believe she may have been abducted by a cult. Kate's return flips her family's world upside down - her husband is remarried, and her daughter barely remembers her. Kate herself doesn't look or act like she did before.
When Never Comes
By: Barbara Davis
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
As a teenage runaway and child of an addict, Christy-Lynn learned the hard way that no address was permanent, and no promise sacred. For a while, she found a safe haven in her marriage to bestselling crime novelist Stephen Ludlow - until his car skidded into Echo Bay. But Stephen's wasn't the only body pulled from the icy waters that night. When details about a mysterious violet-eyed blonde become public, a media circus ensues, and Christy-Lynn runs again.
The Glassblower Trilogy, Book 1
By: Petra Durst-Benning, Samuel Willcocks (translator)
Narrated by: Kristin Watson Heintz
In the village of Lauscha in Germany, things have been done the same way for centuries. The men blow the glass, and the women decorate and pack it. But when Joost Steinmann passes away unexpectedly one September night, his three daughters must learn to fend for themselves. While feisty Johanna takes a practical approach to looking for work, Ruth follows her heart, aiming to catch the eye of a handsome young villager.
Great trilogy
By Sandra Petretich on 30-05-2017
From the bestselling author of After You Left. Do you ever really get over your first love?
Fifteen years ago in the colourful bustle of Vietnam, Celine and Patrick met and shared four blissful days together. It felt like true love, but soon reality tore them apart and Celine moved on. But now, when she sees him unexpectedly on a busy London street, suddenly nothing else matters.
As she deals with the mixed emotions of an amicable divorce, Celine becomes preoccupied with her daughter and the dating agency she founded - not least when her ex-husband, Mike, asks her to find him someone new. But now her path has crossed with Patrick's again, is fate determined to pull them back together? Or is it Mike she really wants a second chance with?
Because first love is hard to get over. But real love never lets you go.
Revised edition: Previously published as The Love Market, this edition of The Last Time We Met includes editorial revisions.
©2010, 2018 Carol Mason (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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Heather Tarman
Great Carol Mason story
I read this one after reading After You Left and have to say it was easy to fall back into Carol's gentle but poignant writing style. I enjoyed this story immensely and finished it quickly. She kept me guessing about what would happen the entire time. If I have one complaint, it that the narration on Audible was great to have but the narrator performing the Canadian accent was just terrible. Otherwise, it's a great story.
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Throughly enjoyed this story.<br />
Loved the main character Celine and the book just rolled along nicely. I'm often tempted to pass through long descriptive passages in books to get to the dialogue and I didn't feel that way at all here. The only thing I would have had different is I her final choice. Good book.
Maureen Hehir
Easy, feel good read about love and conflict.
I enjoyed this book. I wanted to continue reading to find out what happened. The narrator was great.
I'm not sure if it was the narrator, who sounded depressed the entire book. Maybe it was the book itself.
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Enjoyed the story as I have done other Carol Mason books, but the narrator speaking in a robotic voice for one of the characters was so annoying.
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Ashok Leyland sales down by 4 per cent in May
IANS | 3 Jun 2019 7:14 AM GMT
Commercial vehicle major Ashok Leyland Ltd on Monday said it closed last month with its sales down by four per cent as compared with sales during May 2018.
Chennai:Commercial vehicle major Ashok Leyland Ltd on Monday said it closed last month with its sales down by four per cent as compared with sales during May 2018.
In a statement issued here, the company said, it logged a total sales of 13,172 units last month down from 13,659 units sold in May 2018.
While the total sales of medium and heavy commercial vehicles last month went down by 14 per cent to 8,946 units, the sales of light commercial vehicles (LCV) went up by 31 per cent to 4,226 units.
Ashok Leyland sold 26,798 units during April and May this fiscal up from 26,336 units sold during the corresponding period last year.
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HomeDirty TackleShakira, Peter Crouch take credit for Xherdan Shaqiri's Euro 2016 wonder goal
Shakira, Peter Crouch take credit for Xherdan Shaqiri's Euro 2016 wonder goal
Shaqiri's equaliser earlier today goal of the tournament so far? #EURO2016 #SUIPOL pic.twitter.com/21vOVuQ4zx
— Copa90 (@Copa90) June 25, 2016
Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri scored a brilliant overhead kick before his side lost to Poland on penalties. It invited a warranted amounted of praise, but it also inspired some jokes.
Shakira, whose partner, Gerard Pique, scored for Spain earlier in the tournament, made a quip based on the similarity between her name and Shaqiri's. Although, she kind of blew it by misspelling his name and making it look more different to hers than it actually is.
The first time in history that a couple both score goals in the Eurocup – Piqué and Shaquiri!!!
— Shakira (@shakira) June 25, 2016
Elsewhere, Peter Crouch, Shaqiri's teammate at Stoke City, tried to take credit for the goal in his own way.
I'm glad shaqiri has been watching me in training 😉
— Peter Crouch (@petercrouch) June 25, 2016
Pop singers and gangly former England internationals: Euro 2016's foremost Twitter comedians.


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HomeNewsLack of Consultation Stokes Opposition to Wellness and Recovery Centre
Lack of Consultation Stokes Opposition to Wellness and Recovery Centre
Friday, Sep. 4th, 2020
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The Mayor of North Cowichan says a lack of community consultations and communication by Island Health is behind the increasing opposition to having the new Wellness and Recovery Centre located on York Road.
Al Siebring says that lack of consultation is in stark contrast to the engagement work BC Housing did prior to choosing the locations of two supportive housing facilities, on White Road in Duncan and Drinkwater Road in North Cowichan.
"Island Health should have done more community messaging and community consultations before making the final announcement."
The most recent development was the decision by Cowichan Valley School District trustees to ask Vancouver Island Health Authority to find a different location for the facility. Prior to this, North Cowichan Council had requested a "pause" while further public consultations are held.
The local community action group, A Voice for Our Children, is also calling for a pause in moving forward with the Wellness and Recovery Centre.
Group founder Florie Vargas has said that while the need for services in Duncan and North Cowichan is great, "the Wellness Centre does not fit within 400 metres of the track, of the community centre, of the three schools."
Mayor Al Siebring says that's the crux of the matte – not the facility, but where it will be located.
"There's a big element in the community that says 'you know what, it's too close to at least three school – four if you include Duncan Christian School, which isn't that far away – and there's already the social disorder on the street that some people are attributing to Warmland, and they're saying this is just going to add more to that."
An overdose prevention site is included in the Wellness and Recovery Centre.
Businesses and residents in the area are concerned it will increase problems related to addiction, such as open drug use and crime.
School District 79 is concerned about the facility being in close proximity to schools and along a route that is travelled by students.
Mayor Siebring says the concern is exacerbated by Warmland shelter being in the same neighbourhood. He says there are people that blame the shelter for the street disorder in the area.
According to Siebring, "even the leadership group – the MP and the MLA and all the mayors – said to Island Health early this year, please don't cluster these services all in one place."
Cowichan Valley medical health officer Dr. Shannon Waters has said Island Health is listening to the concerns of businesses and residents in the vicinity and will continue working with them to resolve the problems.
Dr. Waters says that a request for a pause was made during a meeting with concerned citizens and it's being discussed within Island Health.


(OROMOCTO) July 15, 2014 - The public got its first glimpse of the floor plans for the Oromocto Health Clinic today.
Representatives from Horizon Health Network, 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown and Post-Secondary Education Training and Labour Minister Jody Carr were on hand for the unveiling at the Military Family Resource Centre.
"Our government is committed to providing better access to primary health care for all New Brunswickers," said Carr on behalf of Health Minister Hugh Flemming. "A Primary Health Care Framework for New Brunswick charts the course for moving toward collaborative, patient-centred care that improves access, outcomes and prevents chronic disease. As we continue to move ahead with the strategies laid out in the framework, there is no question that health clinics like Oromocto's will play a critical role in providing quality care."
The 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown will renovate an existing space on Iroquois Avenue to house the clinic. The health clinic will be comprised of a physician, two nurse practitioners, nursing staff, a registered dietitian, a registered social worker and administrative staff. The clinic, which will open its doors in November 2014 and achieve full operating capacity by spring 2015, will partner with other community health professionals and community agencies to provide public health, mental health, addictions and wellness services.
"The new family health clinic will provide primary health care services to about 3,000 patients," said John McGarry, President and CEO, Horizon Health Network. "It is a direct result of strong partnerships, collaboration and a shared vision to provide our patients with the best possible access to primary health care within their own communities".
In 2009 the Health Care Advisory Committee for Oromocto and Surrounding Area, a stakeholder group funded by the Department of Health, conducted a needs assessment of primary health care in the area.
● poor access to primary health care, especially for military families due to the nature of the posting rotations which is a problem across Canada.
The Oromocto Health Clinic will address the needs identified by this group and improve access to health care.


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Q: CSS3 Looping after last frame animation is done in sequence of animations I currently have 5 frames - each frame consist of a total of 3 animations that by time gradually fade up the next frame.
My issue: How can I loop the animation after having finished the last sequence of animation? (in the example that would be #frame2)
I don't mind using javascript to possibly detect and "force" the loop.
Fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/a0cpo5xe/1/ - My setup looks as so (just imagine it with 5 frames):
#frame1 {
    animation:kf_frame_fade_up 0.4s;
    animation-fill-mode: forwards;
    animation-delay:0.8s;
}

#picture-1 .blink {
    animation:kf_frame_fade_down 0.2s;
    animation-fill-mode: forwards;
    animation-delay:0.5s;
}
#picture-1 .picture {
    animation:kf_frame_fade_up 0.2s;
    animation-fill-mode: forwards;
    animation-delay:0.5s;
}

#frame2 {
    animation:kf_frame_fade_up 0.4s;
    animation-fill-mode: forwards;
    animation-delay:4.3s;
}

#picture-2 .blink {
    animation:kf_frame_fade_down 0.2s;
    animation-fill-mode: forwards;
    animation-delay:4s;
}
#picture-2 .picture {
    animation:kf_frame_fade_up 0.2s;
    animation-fill-mode: forwards;
    animation-delay:4s;
}

/* FADES */
@keyframes kf_frame_fade_up {
    0% {opacity: 0;}
    100% {opacity: 1;}
}

@keyframes kf_frame_fade_down {
    0% {opacity: 1;}
    100% {opacity: 0;}
}

A: You can listen for the animationend event using JavaScript to determine if the animation ended.
animationend

The animationend event is fired when a CSS animation has completed.

Here is an example repeating your css animation from your jsfiddle three times by cloning your elements, removing them and at the end of the animation adding them back to the DOM.
I'm sure you will get the idea.

var i = 1;

function whichAnimationEvent(){
  var t,
      el = document.createElement("fakeelement"),
      animations = {
        "animation"      : "animationend",
        "WebkitAnimation": "webkitAnimationEnd"
      };

  for (t in animations){
    if (el.style[t] !== undefined){
      return animations[t];
    }
  }
}

function init() {
  var animationEvent = whichAnimationEvent(),
      wrp = document.getElementById('wrapper'),
      frm2 = document.getElementById('frame2'),
      cln = wrp.cloneNode(true);

  function animationEnd(evt) {
    i++;
    //console.log(evt);
    wrp.parentNode.removeChild(wrp);
    document.body.appendChild(cln);
    if (i !== 3) {
      init();
    }

  }

  frm2.addEventListener(animationEvent, animationEnd);
}

init();
#wrapper {
  text-align: center;
  color: #ffffff;
}

#frames {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  border: 1px solid #000000;
}

.frame {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;

  opacity: 0; /* hide */
}

#pictures {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
}

.picture {
  position: absolute;
  top: 100px;
  left: 100px;
  padding: 10px;
  opacity: 0; /* hide */
}

/* ANIMATION START */
#frame1 {
  background-color: green;
  -webkit-animation:kf_frame_fade_up 0.4s;
  animation:kf_frame_fade_up 0.4s;
  -webkit-animation-fill-mode: forwards;
  animation-fill-mode: forwards;
  -webkit-animation-delay:0.8s;
  animation-delay:0.8s;
}

#picture-1 .picture {
  background-color: #116343;
  -webkit-animation:kf_frame_fade_up 0.2s;
  animation:kf_frame_fade_up 0.2s;
  -webkit-animation-fill-mode: forwards;
  animation-fill-mode: forwards;
  -webkit-animation-delay:0.5s;
  animation-delay:0.5s;
}

#frame2 {
  background-color: blue;
  -webkit-animation:kf_frame_fade_up 0.4s;
  animation:kf_frame_fade_up 0.4s;
  -webkit-animation-fill-mode: forwards;
  animation-fill-mode: forwards;
  -webkit-animation-delay:4s;
  animation-delay:4s;
}

#picture-2 .picture {
  background-color: #3d1163;
  -webkit-animation:kf_frame_fade_up 0.2s;
  animation:kf_frame_fade_up 0.2s;
  -webkit-animation-fill-mode: forwards;
  animation-fill-mode: forwards;
  -webkit-animation-delay:3.7s;
  animation-delay:3.7s;
}

/* FADES */
@-webkit-keyframes kf_frame_fade_up {
  0% {opacity: 0;}
  100% {opacity: 1;}
}
@keyframes kf_frame_fade_up {
  0% {opacity: 0;}
  100% {opacity: 1;}
}

@-webkit-keyframes kf_frame_fade_down {
  0% {opacity: 1;}
  100% {opacity: 0;}
}

@keyframes kf_frame_fade_down {
  0% {opacity: 1;}
  100% {opacity: 0;}
}

frame 1

frame 2

pic 1

pic 2