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J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, 1996, (with honors; North Carolina Law Review, Member; Order of the Coif)
B.A., University of North Carolina, 1993
Bar of North Carolina
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina
United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Ms. Westbrook is a partner in the Raleigh office and has two distinct areas of practice: restructuring and insolvency and campaign finance. Currently serving as the U.S. practice group coordinator for the restructuring and insolvency practice group within the firm, she represents and litigates for secured and unsecured creditors in restructuring and insolvency matters both in and out of the state and federal courts in North Carolina, and in other jurisdictions including New York and Delaware. Ms. Westbrook advises transactional clients with respect to insolvency risks and debt restructuring. She represents purchasers and sellers of debt and assets from financially distressed companies in a variety of structures, including foreclosure sales, Article 9 sales and Chapter 11 Section 363 sales. She has extensive experience with agricultural cases, including Chapter 12 proceedings, and with healthcare insolvency issues both in and outside of formal insolvency proceedings.
Ms. Westbrook also advises corporations and trade associations on matters relating to the regulation of corporate political activity, including the formation and administration of state and federal political action committees, campaign finance regulations and gift laws. She formerly represented clients in the North Carolina General Assembly and currently advises clients regarding the development of political compliance programs.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Westbrook served as law clerk to the Honorable J. Rich Leonard, Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1996-1998. She works from the Raleigh, Research Triangle Park and Charlotte, North Carolina offices.
Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, 2015- 2019
Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2019
Legal Elite, Business North Carolina Magazine, Bankruptcy Law, 2012-2015, 2017-2019
Triangle Business Journal, Women in Business Award, 2007
Professional/Civic Activities
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Local Rules Committee (2000-present), Chair (2010-present)
North Carolina State Bar, Ethics Committee (2010-2013)
Seminar Committee Co-Chair (2019-present)
Seminar Committee Member (2005-2009, 2013-present)
Legislative Committee Chair (2008-present)
Wake County Bar Association (Grievance Committee, 2006-2009; Professionalism Committee Member, 2002-present)
Turnaround Management Association-- Carolinas Chapter Board Member (2015-present)
Eastern Bankruptcy Institute Board Member (2016-present)
American Bankruptcy Institute Southeastern Advisory Board Member (2016-present)
Coach for Campbell Law School Conrad B. Duberstein Moot Court Team (2014-2019)
"Rescuing Hospitals from the Emergency Room," 23rd Annual Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, American Bankruptcy Institute, July 2018
"Loose Lips Sink Ships, Top Ten Ways to Lose the Attorney Client Privilege," Sixth Annual Under the Wire CLE, February, 2018
"Agricultural Security Interests and Priority," American Agricultural Law Conference, October 2017
"Fundamentals of Law Practice Management," Eastern Bankruptcy Institute, June 2017
"Hot Ethics Topics for Bankruptcy Lawyers," Eastern Bankruptcy Institute, June 2011, 2012, 2014-2016
"Election Year Bootcamp – Is your organization in shape for the 2016 race?," K&L Gates "Under the Wire" CLE Seminar, February 2016
"Confirmation Issues in Municipal Bankruptcies," Moderator, Campbell Law School Symposium, October 2014
Independent Expenditure Workshop planner, Associations Executives of North Carolina, January 2014
Represented secured and unsecured creditors in collection and bankruptcy matters, foreclosures and all phases of the workout and restructuring process, involving secured credits of up to $ 300 million.
Represented and advised clients on insolvency issues in asset purchases up to $ 500 million in bankruptcy courts across the country.
Represented major North Carolina healthcare system in acquisition of distressed hospital in Section 363 sale.
Represented private equity lender in a complex Article 9 sale of a going concern manufacturing facility transaction
Represented a variety of corporations in commercial disputes in state and federal courts, involving real estate issues, UCC issues, personal and real property lien priority disputes, lender liability claims, contract litigation and in adversary proceedings in bankruptcy courts.
Represented a major financial institution with administration of multiple federal and state political action committees and development of comprehensive political compliance program.
Represented corporations and trade associations on a wide variety of campaign finance and ethics issues involving corporate political activity, lobbying restrictions, and government contracting, including advising clients on ethics and campaign finance violations, the formation of political action and independent expenditure committees, reporting requirements for lobbyists, campaign contributions and independent expenditures, and compliance with gift laws and pay to play disclosure requirements and regulations.

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Let's not forget Ted Cruz's diabolical government shutdown
December 15, 2015 By LAB ProLib In Republicans, TED CRUZ /
Ted Cruz's diabolical shutdown strategy: Why the GOP senator wants to watch the world burn
The government is hurtling towards yet another shutdown this fall. The man with the most to gain: Ted Cruz
One of the more persistent misapprehensions among certain pundits is the idea that Republicans will not shut down the government because it's bad for business. By business, they mean politics, of course, the business of the government. And as with so many beltway tropes, they say this because they harken back to dark ages of the government shutdown of 1995, in which the myth grew up that this was the reason Clinton won re-election the following year.
Whether or not that's an accurate view of that period's political dynamic is arguable, but it certainly has nothing to do with the government shutdowns of our current era. Sure the Republican leadership doesn't like government shutdowns. They're risky. But as far as Republican voters are concerned, this is a winning tactic. After all, they won big in 2014 after ostentatiously shutting down the government and creating havoc with the budget over the course of several years.
The conventional wisdom says that these GOP shutdowns in off-years work a lot better than they would in a presidential year due to the Republican turn out advantage in mid-terms. And it's fairly certain that the disastrous Obamacare website rollout stepped on the story of Republican overreach in 2013. Nonetheless the right wing is convinced that this is a big winner for them — and frankly, even if it isn't, they don't care. To people who believe in the marrow of their bones that government is a bad actor designed to make their lives miserable, shutting it down, even temporarily, is a good thing in and of itself. And who knows? It might just make the other side break one of these days.
So, here we are in the fall, once again, facing a government shutdown. The committees have not done their jobs, there is no budget, and the expiration of the current budget appropriations is almost upon us. In normal times the congress would simply pass a continuing resolution and get back to work to run the government. Instead, we are facing another "showdown".
The major issue this round is the emotional issue of Planned Parenthood funding over of the doctored tapes that Carly Fiorina so colorfully lied about in the GOP debates last week. With social conservatives smarting from their defeat on gay marriage, it seems they are redoubling their efforts to stop abortion and contraception, and the far right members of the GOP coalition are happy to oblige for all the reasons I just outlined.
Longtime congressional observer Stan Collender put the odds at 75 percent that it was going to happen, explaining in Politico that the ongoing dysfunction is most likely an insurmountable challenge for leaders John Boehner and Mitch McConnell to manage successfully. He agrees that the Planned Parenthood issue provides the most drama and may serve as the main excuse for the deadlock. The Senate Democrats blocked a so-called "fetal pain" bill on Tuesday morning which was a largely symbolic appeasement offering to the hardcore anti-choice Republicans so they could hit the trail claiming they are heroic rescuers of fetuses everywhere. But that's not the end of it. McConnell announced plans to bring up a stand-alone vote to defund Planned Parenthood, lugubriously proclaiming "I know Democrats have relied on Planned Parenthood as a political ally, but they must be moved by the horrifying images we've seen. Can they not resolve to protect women's health instead of powerful political friends?"
(MSNBC's Luke Russert attributed this comment to McConnell's desire to show off for the Pope and signal his seriousness about the issue to Ted Cruz, and maybe it's just that absurd.)
Meanwhile, a rump group of House Republicans are demanding that any spending bill defund the women's health group, which means Boehner must have Democratic votes to pass a funding bill and Democrats are holding very firm. That issue will play itself out over the next weeks, with Boehner's job being once more on the line.
If this all sounds ridiculous, you aren't alone. Even GOP senators are wondering about the end game:
Anti-choice activists and other grassroots "strategists" are convinced that they can make people believe it would be President Obama who is "shutting down the government," which is fatuous in the extreme. People will know who is doing the shutting down. After all, Republicans are famous for it. So this Planned Parenthood confrontation could be a big problem. But it isn't the only one. Collander points out there are a number of other, less exciting issues that are feeding into this possible showdown:
[T]he dispute between the parties over military and domestic funding has so far been impossible to negotiate. Democrats want both military and domestic spending increased while Republicans have proposed an increase for the military but a reduction in domestic programs.
To demonstrate that they would not agree to a budget deal without increases for both, earlier this year, Democrats prevented the defense appropriation from being debated on the Senate floor until they could be certain that the military increases that Republicans wanted would be matched by similar increases for domestic agencies. When the GOP refused, this year's whole appropriations process came to an immediate halt. So far, nothing has changed.
This goes back to the Sequestration Act of 2013 which was one of the worst failed gambits in legislative history. Here we are, still fighting over draconian cuts that were allegedly designed to bring both sides to the bargaining table and ended up driving everyone further apart. The real people it has ended up hurting seem almost incidental to the problem. We can only hope that at some point, someone doesn't decide that the military increases which both sides agree on are enough to form an agreement to keep the government from shutting down. When that happens, the sequestration game will be over and the Republicans will take a well-deserved victory lap.
And then there is the Iran nuclear disarmament deal which is apparently driving the GOP even crazier than they already had been. There is talk of using the continuing resolution to continue to flail uselessly on the issue by preventing the State department from spending any money on implementation — yet another show for the folks back home that will go nowhere.
So social conservatives, fiscal scolds and military hawks all have reasons to pursue their own agendas with a potential government shutdown, but there is one person whose agenda is particularly well served by all three: Senator Ted Cruz. He's the Republican official calling for a government shutdown most vociferously, using pretty much any issue he can lay his hands on. Like all far-right Republicans, he's unalterably opposed to any hike in domestic spending for any reason, so if the Democrats insist on doing that as the price of a continuing resolution, he'd be happy to see the government shut down. But he's at the head of the team that's agitating for a showdown over Planned Parenthood and has come up with a novel path for shutting down over Iran. The Hill reported yesterday:
"I believe what Congress should do is a pass a continuing resolution that funds the government, but that provides two conditions," he told reporters on Tuesday. "Number one, it does not give taxpayer funds to a private organization — Planned Parenthood — that is under multiple criminal investigations. Number two, it uses the power of the purse to force this administration to hand over the Iranian side deals."
The administration says they don't have the side deals to hand over, but even if they did, it's highly unlikely that Ted Cruz would be a proper person with whom to entrust them, seeing as he thinks the deal has been struck by the world's leading financier of radical Islamic terrorism, President Obama.
My colleague Simon Maloy speculated yesterday that this was all part of Cruz's presidential campaign strategy, in which he would ostentatiously push for the Republican congressional majority to confront the president over these issues of importance to the GOP base he's trying to attract to his candidacy. And in a clever bit of political jiujitsu, he will blame the Republicans in Washington when it fails, setting himself up as the true believer willing to fight the power.
It appears Maloy is right. According to The Hill:
The spending bill isn't the first time Cruz has tussled with the leadership of his own party. The Texas Republican also suggested during a blistering floor speech earlier this year that McConnell lied about a deal on reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank.
The rhetorical battles play into the anti-Washington theme at the core of Cruz's presidential campaign. He doubled down on that Tuesday, saying that "the position of Republican leadership boils down to this: They will support 100 percent of the priorities of Democrats."
"Today, the leader in the Senate is Harry Reid because Republican leadership has said nothing will pass without Harry Reid's support," he added. "Today, the leader in the House is Nancy Pelosi."
Setting up your own party to fail so you can blame them for it is a bold move, no doubt about. But in a campaign in which all the frontrunners are outsiders running against Washington, this is perhaps the only way for a sitting Senator to position himself as one of them. And it's certainly possible that the Republican primary electorate will view him as a hero for leading the charge against the loathed DC Republican elite. But they could just as easily see him as part of the problem. After all, that would be the truth.
Nobody knows if the government will shut down this fall. There are a lot of moving parts and they are changing every day. But whatever happens, Ted Cruz will be in the middle of it trying to prove to the GOP primary electorate that he is the right wing champion of their dreams. As long as Donald Trump doesn't say something crazy that week they might even notice.
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The Complainant is AT&T Corp., Michele A. Farber, AT&T CORP., 900 Route 202/206 North, Room 3A253, Bedminster, NJ 07921, United States of America, of United States of America, represented by Sidley Austin Brown & Wood of United States of America.
The Respondent is Yong Li, P.O. Box 904, Beijing, 100029, of China.
The disputed domain name <attbroad.com> is registered with iHoldings.com Inc. d/b/a DotRegistrar.com.
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on October 16, 2002. On October 16, 2002, the Center transmitted by email to iHoldings.com Inc. d/b/a DotRegistrar.com a request for registrar verification in connection with the domain name at issue. On October 16, 2002, iHoldings.com Inc. d/b/a DotRegistrar.com transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details for the administrative, billing, and technical contact. The Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy"), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules"), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Supplemental Rules").
In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on October 24, 2002. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5(a), the due date for Response was November 13, 2002. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent�s default on November 15, 2002.
The Center appointed Simon Minahan as the sole Panelist in this matter on November 28, 2002. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.
4.3 More particularly, it is accepted that the Complainant is the registered holder of <att.com> and has made use of the mark "ATT" in various combinations on the web for some time. Further it has various registration applications in respect of "AT&T BROADBAND"; <attbroadband.biz>; <attbroadband.info>; <attbroadband.name>; and <attbroadband.pro>.
4.8 The Respondent is not the Complainant�s licensee and is not endorsed, authorized, or sponsored by the Complainant.
The Complainant among other things, raises factual contentions in line with the matters outlined in the foregoing factual background. To the extent it makes further contentions of fact which are not necessary to this decision and are not otherwise specifically considered in this decision, the panel makes no finding or comment concerning these.
Further the Complainant contends that the domain name the subject of the Complaint is confusingly similar to its own trade marks, that the Respondent has no legitimate interest in the domain name and that the Respondent has registered and used the name in bad faith.
The panel finds that the domain name is confusingly similar for the purposes of paragraph 4(a)(i) of the ICANN Policy to what the Complainant styles as its "AT&T Broadband" common law trade marks and its registered and common law trade mark AT&T.
The domain name <attbroad.com> combines the Complainant�s mark "ATT" with a generic term "broad". The combination is highly suggestive of the supply of broadband services, an area where the Complainant is active commercially. In the circumstances the disputed domain name is inherently similar to the Complainant�s mark and likely to be confusing to the public on face value as suggesting either an operation of the Complainant or one associated with or endorsed by it. The panel has particular regard to and agrees with the comments made in this regard in the UDRP decision AT&T Corp. v. John Zuccarini d/b/a RaveClub Berlin, Case No. D2002-0666, at 4 (WIPO September 5, 2002),; Telstra Corp. Ltd. v. 11/Shinpyo Kang, Case No. D2001-0623, at 5 (WIPO June 28, 2001); and Pivotal Corp. v. Discovery Street Trading Co., Case No. D2000-0648, at 5 (WIPO August 14, 2000).
The panel does not consider it immediately necessary or relevant, in the present case, to have regard to the use of the disputed domain name in determining the question of confusing similarity, although it is noted that the fact that the domain name presently resolves to a site (among others) offering telecommunications products and services, heightens the possibility of confusion. Further, beyond acknowledging the fame of the Complainant�s trademark as outlined above, the panel finds it unnecessary to and does not decide this question by reference to the issue of fame or the concept of "dilution".
In the absence of any submission or contention by the Respondent asserting a legitimate interest in the domain name and in the light of the use being made of the domain name, the panel finds that the Respondent lacks any right in or has made or is making legitimate use of the domain name.
The panel regards it reasonable to conclude on the evidence before it that the Respondent was aware of the Complainant�s trademark in the name and indeed selected the domain name precisely because of its similarity to those trademarks. In the face of the evidence of the use to which the name is presently being put the panel regards it as indubitable that the Respondent is using the domain name in a commercial venture.
In this aspect the panel has regard to and adopts the reasoning in Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. v. Polanski, Case No. D2001-0959 (WIPO September 21, 2001), in so far as there was no apparent reason for the Respondent to have chosen the contested domain name other than to profit by its fame and by the traffic generated by the likely initial expectation of users that it is a name associated with the Complainant and its services.
The panel also has regard to the remarks made in Nintendo v. Baltic Consultants Limited, Case No. D2002-0449 (WIPO July 26, 2002), with respect to the inference to be drawn from such commercial use and lack of apparent association between the Respondent�s name and activities and the domain name and, conversely the apparent connection with the high profile name and trade marks of the Complainant.
The domain name is presently being used in bad faith. The use of the name does not, on the face of it, appear to be directed to inflicting any deliberate damage on the Complainant. However it does appear, inescapably, to be directed to "free-ride" on and profit from the Complainant�s reputation in its mark. While the panel does not regard pornographic sites nor gambling sites to constitute per se bad faith use, in the context of the lack of interest in the Respondent in the domain name and the apparent commercial benefit the Respondent derives from association and confusion with the Complainant via the domain name it seems the resolution of the domain name to such sites is solely motivated by profit. Further there is no natural connection between such sites and the area of the Complainant�s reputation.
On the other hand to the extent that the domain name does resolve to web pages or sites relating to communications products or services, none of these is associated with the Complainant nor do they appear to be distinctly differentiated as comparative or evaluative sites.
In the premises the panel regards the use as falling squarely within 4b(iv) of the UDRP in that it is a use by which the Respondent "intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to a website or other on-line location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the complainant�s mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of that web site or location or of a product or service on that web site or location."
The panel does not however consider it necessary to find any sustained confusion of users as to the Complainant�s association with the sites linked with the domain name after the initial moment of calling up the pages to which the domain name resolves.
"By such use the Respondent intentionally attempts to attract Internet users to an on-line location, which creates a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant�s mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of that location. The fact that such confusion may be dispelled, and replaced by annoyance or disgust once the nature of the site is revealed, does not negate the fact of initial confusion."
(Ticketmaster Corp. v. Iskra Service, Case No. D2002-0165 (WIPO April 8, 2002); Ticketmaster Corp. v. Polanski, Case No. D2002-0166 (WIPO April 8, 2002); Ticketmaster Corp. v. Dotsan, Case No. D2002-0167 (WIPO April 8, 2002).
The panel does not regard it as necessary to go beyond this opportunistic use of the noted similarity between domain name and the Complainant�s mark to find bad faith use.
As to registration, in the absence of any contradictory submission or evidence and in light of the other matters found in this decision, namely the lack of the Respondent�s interest in the domain name, the bad faith use by way of exploitation of the Complainant�s name and the lack of any evidence of any other use of the domain name, the panel regards it as reasonable and is willing to infer bad faith registration of the name. However the panel does not accept the Complainant�s contention that, in the circumstances, it is an inescapable or reasonable inference is that Respondent chose to register the disputed domain name in order to tarnish or dilute Complainant�s famous marks. The panel finds no evidence of malice toward the Complainant but rather thinks the Respondent was and is concerned only to profit by exploiting its profile.
For all the foregoing reasons, in accordance with Paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the domain name <attbroad.com> be transferred to the Complainant.


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Would pipelines even solve any of Alberta's problems?
Image description: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley speaks at a podium, with an Alberta flag and a picture of mountains and a lake in the background. Notley recently advocated for the use of pipeline revenues to fund Canada's transition away from fossil fuels. (Image credit: Premier of Alberta/Flickr)
It's early days yet, but already it looks as though the great debate over pipelines will be one of the defining issues of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's time in office.
The pipeline issue is hot right now. Opposition to pipelines from the pro-Leap Manifesto faction of the NDP played a significant role in unseating leader Thomas Mulcair earlier this month and may yet lead to a splitting of the party. Enbridge's Northern Gateway, long presumed dead, is poised for a potential last-minute revival thanks to the campaign-promise-breaking support and behind-the-scenes machinations of several prominent politicians. And pipeline fever won't be going anywhere soon; with the NEB due to deliver its recommendations on Kinder Morgan's TransMountain in just under a month, the issue will be widely discussed and debated this summer. Meanwhile, the NEB's final report on TransCanada's Energy East isn't expected until March 2018, with a cabinet decision due three months later, guaranteeing that pipeline politics will feature as prominently in the run-up to the next election as they did in the last one.
This is also an issue on which our Boy Wonder PM just can't catch a break. He finds himself attacked on all sides for his opaquely unsatisfying position. Pipeline proponents like Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, and Conservative Party interim leader Rona Ambrose have slammed Trudeau for being insufficiently enthusiastic about pushing the issue, despite the seemingly unending litany of statements from senior cabinet ministers that this government is "committed" to "getting Canada's resources to market" – indeed, that this is "one of the fundamental responsibilities of any Canadian Prime Minister". Meanwhile, although the government has taken steps to make the pipeline review process at least appear more impartial and thorough, activists and environmentalists have slammed the piecemeal reforms as woefully insufficient, with some charging that they amount to little more than a fig leaf designed to provide cover for pipeline approval.
Pipelines occupy the precise intersection between economic issues and environmental concerns. The issues is therefore a kind of proxy war, a struggle over what kind of future we want to work towards. Concerns about catastrophic climate change clash with worries for the plight of the suddenly impoverished workforce of Alberta and Saskatchewan, who are facing a once-in-a-century economic calamity.
And this really does need to be stressed – things are BAD out west. Continue Reading
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Image description: An illustrated pipeline drawn to resemble a snake slithers across a map of Alberta and British Columbia along the route of Northern Gateway, with its tail in an oil-splattered factory and its head on the Pacific Coast. Oil drips off the snake. Written across its body are the words "Enbridge: Dirty Oil Burned the Last Bridge". Above and below in red are flaming letters reading "NO PIPELINE" (Image credit: vanessasong/UBC)
Despite widespread public and First Nations opposition, and in clear contradiction of their election promises and repeated public statements on the issue, three major Canadian political leaders are working quietly to allow Enbridge's dangerous mega-polluting Northern Gateway pipeline to move forward.
While in opposition, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau denounced the Harper government's contingent approval of the pipeline in 2014, and promised that if he became prime minister, Northern Gateway would not happen. During last year's federal election campaign, he promised to impose a ban on oil tanker traffic in northern British Columbia, a proposal which would effectively killed the pipeline.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley also campaigned on opposition to Northern Gateway in last year's provincial election. One year ago today, in the midst of a contentious campaign, she told the Calgary Herald that "Gateway is not the right decision…I don't think there's any point to [pushing for the project's completion]. I think that the legal and the environmental implications are such that it's not going to go ahead. I think most people know that."
And British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has openly opposed Northern Gateway for many years. After the federal government announced its approval of the project in 2014, Clark's government declared that it would deny necessary provincial permits until its extremely strenuous demands (which some pro-pipeline observers called impossible) were met. Those demands – Clark's famous "five conditions" – were a key plank in her party's platform during their surprise victory in the 2013 provincial election.
Given this seemingly unanimous opposition from the three leaders, and the impending expiry of Enbridge's permit to being construction, many analysts had assumed that Northern Gateway was dead, and pipeline proponents have focussed most of their energy and effort on the still-under-review TransMountain and Energy East pipelines.
But surprising developments in recent weeks have overturned this consensus, and suddenly, Northern Gateway's demise looks far from certain. Continue Reading
Federal Politricks
Avi Lewis
Leap Manifesto
Mulcair's dismissal is latest escalation in NDP's civil war
Image description: a close up of Thomas Mulcair's face, from bearded chin to eyebrows. Mulcair looks happy, euphoric even. There are smile creases around his eyes and his teeth are showing. The lighting is low and blue-tinged. (Image credit: Youtube)
It's trite and commonplace, in the aftermath of a surprising turn of events, to say that we all should have seen it coming. And many pundits, struggling to explain the stunning rejection of Thomas Mulcair by the NDP's membership, are already hastening to reassure us all that the signs were there all along that Mulcair was done for.
Chantel Hébert, writing in the Star, insists that the "writing was on the wall for Mulcair", and that it should have been obvious to everybody that the record-high turnout for the NDP convention foreshadowed a shakeup at the top. The pundits on CPAC, reeling from the shock of the result, anxiously rattled off a long list of signs that things hadn't been going the way Angry Tom had planned.
But all those same pundits had spent the last few weeks talking about a hypothetical 70% approval rating threshold, and whether or not Mulcair would be able to cling to power had he failed to achieve that magic number. A lot of attention was paid to many scenarios, from a commanding Mulcair victory to a mid-50s approval, but not one professional commentator I heard or read even suggested that outright rejection at the hands of the party was possible.
In retrospect, yes, it seems obvious that Mulcair was doomed. But if we're gonna get all retrospectively prognosticatory, why cast our gaze back only a few days? Why not cast it back even further than last October's disastrous election night, in which the NDP lost more than half its seats and its best-ever chance at forming government?
We should have seen it all coming the day that Naomi Klein launched her Leap Manifesto with the support of an all-star line-up of Canadian activists and leftists. Continue Reading
Brad Wall
Brian Jean
Denis Coderre
Joe Ceci
The missing context in Energy East debate: the climate can't afford more tar sands extraction
Image description: An extremely unflattering photo of Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, his face distorted in an expression of disgust. The National Post chose this photo to illustrate its story on Coderre's opposition to Energy East, just one of many petty attacks on the mayor. [Image credit: Postmedia]
A furious feud has exploded between Montreal mayor Denis Coderre and a group of prominent Western politicians. There have been personal insults, below-the-belt jabs, aspersions cast on prominent politicians' integrity and intelligence, and a whole lot of aggravation. What's missing from all this argument, though, is some much-needed context.
The whole flap blew up pretty quickly yesterday, after Coderre, in his capacity as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Committee (MMC), a regional grouping of 82 municipalities, announced the group's formal opposition to TransCanada's proposed Energy East pipeline.
The MMC consulted the public extensively on the issue over the past year, and Coderre cited widespread concerns about the environmental impact of a potential spill in explaining the committee's position. Additionally, Coderre and other Montreal-area mayors felt that the cities were not being adequately compensated for assuming the risks attendant with having the pipeline run through their cities.
It didn't take long for folks out west to get outraged over Coderre's announcement. Continue Reading
Off-Topic Tuesday
Kathleen Wynne
Alberta introduces landmark policy on LGBTQ+ rights in schools; bigots everywhere outraged
Image: a rainbow flag with a Government of Alberta logo beneath it. Above is the caption "Guidelines for Best Practices: Creating Learning Environments that Respect Diverse Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Gender Expressions".
CONTENT WARNING: Transphobia, homophobia, discussion of suicide and suicidal thoughts
In a major victory for LGBTQ+ rights advocates, the Alberta Department of Education announced new guidelines on dealing with sexuality and gender in schools last week. The landmark new policy is the most comprehensive in Canada and sets a high standard for other provinces to follow.
Alberta's new approach is especially pioneering on gender issues, as the Edmonton Journal details:
The new government guidelines say policies and regulations must "explicitly" protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, two-spirit, queer, questioning and/or gender-diverse students, teachers and family members. The document says all students have the right to be addressed by their chosen name and with pronouns that match their gender identity.
School dress codes should be revisited to ensure they don't imply skirts can be worn only by females. Gender-segregated activities, including sports teams, should ensure students who are gender-diverse have the right to participate in activities congruent with their gender identity. Students should also be able to choose which washroom to use.
(If you're interested, you can read all 12 of the guidelines in PDF form here.)
Though the policy released by the Alberta Department of Education is only a guideline, Education Minister David Eggen heavily insinuated that school boards which completely refuse to cooperate could find themselves in hot water: Continue Reading
Fallacy Friday: Why did green groups endorse Alberta NDP's plan to increase tar sands production and build pipelines?
When Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley announced her government's plan to combat climate change late last month, it was widely perceived as bold and ambitious. Hailed by green organizations across Canada and embraced by many in the business community, the plan seemed to be a major breakthrough on the contentious issue of tar sands extraction.
But the unholy alliance of oil companies and environmental advocates should have been a clue that all was not as it seemed.
To be sure, there's a lot to like about the NDP's plan. The total phasing out of all coal-burning plants in the province over the next fifteen years is laudatory, as is the government's commitment to dramatically increase sustainable energy generation in Alberta.
But Alberta doesn't have a bad rap on climate issues because of its coal plants or dearth of windmills. By far the single greatest source of Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions is the oil and gas industry, and for any Albertan climate plan to be effective, it would have to successfully tackle this well-financed behemoth. However, the initial hype surrounding the Premier's announcement of a cap on tar sands extraction is looking increasingly misplaced under closer scrutiny.
The fact that a cap had been imposed at all was, the government and its boosters insisted, cause for celebration in and of itself – "one of the first times that an oil jurisdiction has placed a limit on growth," gushed Greenpeace campaigner Mike Hudema. "The days of the infinite growth of the tar sands are over and investors should take note."
Caveatting that the significance of the cap "cannot be overstated", Hudema did also point out that, from a scientific point of view, the cap's limits aren't remotely sufficient. But the size of the cap was obscured in media coverage, partly by the unwieldily scale of the numbers involved. A 100-megaton annual limit was imposed on tar sands production in the province – and if you can calculate, off the top of your head, whether or not that allows for tar sands expansion, and if so, by how much, then you get a lollypop.
Thankfully for those of us who aren't environmental scientists, the Edmonton Journal did the math – and it's not exactly encouraging: Continue Reading


Hey there! Welcome to the 2nd Annual Cutest Video Hop Ever! Eva and I are excited to be joining Emily Leiphart for this fun hop, crafting with our kids and inspiring the next generation of crafters! We hope you have as much fun watching us craft with our kids as much as we enjoyed creating these projects to share with you.
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Evann Slaughter Joins Hawks as Volunteer Assistant
August 29, 2018	 Posted by	Kye Parsons Featured Sports, Regional Sports, UMES
PRINCESS ANNE, Md.- University of Maryland Eastern Shore head volleyball coach Trevor Callarman began to fill out his staff with the appointment of Evann Slaughter as a volunteer assistant.
"Evann has made a great connection with the players in a short time here." Callarman said. "She will be a huge asset, thanks to her experience and energy. Her atmosphere lights up a gym and she is a perfect fit for our culture."
Slaughter originally hails from Maryland, competing for Oxon Hill High School in Prince George's County. For college she went up to Long Island, where she was a standout middle blocker for Stony Brook University. Over four seasons, Slaughter was named the 2010 America East Rookie of the Year and earned a pair of First Team All-Conference selections.
"I'm excited to join the team, start fresh with a new coach and win a championship here." Slaughter said. "I learned how to be a team player in my career, and the knowledge I gained professionally will be great for the Hawks. I can translate a lot because I see things from both a coach and player perspective."
Her career at Stony Brook ended with 1,024 kills and 354 blocks. On Nov. 14, 2014, she became the 10th player for the Seawolves to register 1,000 kills. Four years after graduation, her block total ranks third in team history, with kills ranked 10th.
During her tenure, the Seawolves had a winning record in conference and an America East championship appearance in 2011.
After Slaughter's college career ended she played professionally for two seasons with SCU Emlichheim in Germany. In her final year as a pro, she was awarded eight match MVP recognitions.
While volunteering with the Hawks, Slaughter will pursue a doctorate in physical therapy at Maryland Eastern Shore.
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About Kye Parsons
Kye Parsons is WBOC's web editor.


Tom Ford Collection – Clothes Inc.
A sharp change of course for the fall-winter 2014-2015 collection of Tom Ford.Looking for a different sensuality.
Remember the debut of Tom Ford at the London Fashion Week just a year ago? Good. Now think about as far removed and different from that collection all embroidery, colors and flashiness, and you will be close to the inspiration for the line fall-winter 2014-2015 women.
Characterized by refined simplicity. That of the necks of jackets and wool tops, which become gashes in the clothes from a soft black cashmere asymmetrical cut. And those lacking: on the catwalk are not lacking top simple high-necked and anything but low-cut and even the beautiful evening dress in silk, scarlet red, long and austere. A true wonder.
If there's one thing I can confirm that it's still the same Tom Ford we knew, this "thing" can only be the boots, the actual accessory of choice. But also superspumose and colored fur are a legacy of times gone by. Evidently changed, however: l 'elegance for next fall-winter is almost all black & white. Neat, tidy, with concessions to a vague and soft fetish, with laces and straps, leather trims and some shimmer here and there. Except, of course, for the eye-catching full in crocodile, with matching boots. And the animal, including the expected must-haves of the season.
And if you are wondering something on the two all sparkling clothes that read "Ford" and the number 61 (the year of birth of the designer) well in sight, this is the "secret" that these leaders hide. I am nothing but a glam response to rapper Jay-Z. Or rather, the football sweatshirt wearing in the video of his song "Tom Ford". Jokes and feuds all glitter, in this case.


Best time of the year to play, cool temperatures, courses in great condition, color on the trees and your golf swing should be at it's finest - after all you have had the last five to six months to figure it out. Golf shops are having their end of season sales and booking new merchandise to come out for the holiday season soon approaching and next spring.
Do not put those clubs away, dress for the great fall conditions and enjoy some more golf this year. Duluth Golf has played into November in 2015 and 2016. We are all hoping for it again this year. Lester Park Golf Course will be taking tee times until Sunday October 1st, on Monday October 2nd Lester Park Golf Course will close for the 2017 season. Most merchandise will be brought over to Enger Park Golf Course, and all pro shop credit from both facilities can be used at Enger Park until December 31st.
Enger Park Golf Course will be open as long as weather allows. Towards the end of October one nine will close to prepare for winter sleep, early November another nine will close and we will have one nine open for play as long as weather permits. The driving range will also close at the end of October, along with half of the golf cart fleet. This will allow our team to prepare proper maintenance to be prepared for an early spring opening.


When you take a proactive approach to maintaining your HVAC equipment, emergency services are less likely to occur. Having your equipment maintained by a professional not only satisfies manufacturer warranties, but can also give you peace of mind knowing that you will not be without comfort. We offer a Preventative Maintenance Agreement that includes benefits like equipment discounts, priority service appointments, and reminders when it is time for your next maintenance check.
You have the option to purchase an agreement for a single unit, or add an additional unit for a discounted rate (think Furnace in the fall/winter, and AC in the Spring/Summer!). We recommend completing preventative maintenance on each piece of equipment annually. These appointments generally take less than an hour to complete and will leave you feeling confident that your equipment is performing to manufacturer specifications. Have questions about our Preventative Maintenance program? Give us a call today to discuss at 262-554-6083.
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Opening Prayers at Ohio Governmental Meetings Increase in Diversity
Source: Dayton Daily News
On July 14, 2002 Dayton Daily News reported that "prayers from... a variety of Christian denominations routinely open governmental meetings in the Miami Valley [in Ohio]... [But] a Xenia councilwoman is inviting Muslims, Hindus and representatives from other faiths to do the same... 'This is America' Patricia Felton said. 'We need to make that opportunity available to anyone who wants to speak'... Likewise in Columbus, the majority of those who lead the prayers for state legislators are Christians, but in recent years several...
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Book to Focus on Religious Diversity of Ohio
On July 12, 2002 The Columbus Dispatch reported that "the Interfaith Association of Central Ohio... and the Religious Experience Advisory Council of the Ohio Bicentennial Commission are planning [a new] book, Religion in Ohio: Over 200 Years of Experiences... As the state approaches 200, Christian and Jewish bodies remain prominent, but now they have plenty of company. [The] book for Ohio's bicentennial in 2003 also will discuss the beliefs of American Indians, Baha'is, Buddhists, Hindus, Jains, Muslims, Sikhs and...
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Young Jain Singles Gather to Mingle in California
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune
On June 21, 2002 The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on the Jain Forum for Friendship in California where "more than 150 eligible men and women - all followers of Jainism, an Indian religion with strict interpretations of pacifism, ecological awareness, and vegetarianism - came to mix and mingle in Long Beach on a recent weekend at the first Jains singles conference... 'This is for our generation, which is caught between cultures,' said Komal Shah, 28, co-chair of the Jain Forum for Friendship... The meeting was...
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Jain Center of Greater Boston Celebrates Pratistha Mahotsava
Source: The Boston Globe
On June 8, 2002 The Boston Globe reported that "this weekend the Jain Center of Greater Boston will welcome hundreds [of] people to celebrate Pratistha Mahotsava, the ceremonial consecration and installation of two marble statues at the Cedar Street temple [in Norwood, MA] they have occupied since 1981. A variety of public cultural events are set for this weekend, including a vegetarian dinner and dance performances and speakers at Sharon High School... The center has grown not through evangelism, but immigration. The group was...
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Indian and Pakistani Immigrants Live Together Peacefully in America
Source: Star Tribune
On June 8, 2002, the Star Tribune reported that "at a time when India and Pakistan are again on the verge of war, immigrants from those countries have found in Minnesota a home where friendship can supplant hatred... Which isn't to say that issues of religion and nationalism don't sometimes intervene. But the unifying threads of language, food, music and culture often transcend those issues... Indians and Pakistanis began making the Twin Cities home after 1965, when immigration laws were relaxed... The most recent influx has...
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EEOC Issues Worksheets to Prevent Continued Rise in Workplace Backlash
Source: Sacramento Bee
http://www.eeoc.gov
On May 27, 2002 the Sacramento Bee reported that "the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is moving to stem the rise of workplace discrimination against Muslims, Arabs, South Asians and Sikhs.
The EEOC has instituted a new data base code... [to] track the number of charges received by members of these groups who believe they are experiencing what the agency calls 'backlash discrimination' as a result of the events of Sept. 11... As...
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Central Ohio Organization Offers a Model of Interfaith Relations
On May 10, 2002, The Columbus Dispatch reported "Group Unites Eight Faiths for Mutual Enlightenment." It reported on the efforts of the Interfaith Association of Central Ohio: "Members of the 17-year-old association think that the community's religious tolerance, though a good start, isn't enough. 'We need to move beyond that to understanding and respect,' said Tarunjit Butalia, a spokesman for the association and representative of the Sikh community." The article noted that "The association also benefits from having been...
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American Faith Communities Respond to Crisis in the Middle East
Source: The North Jersey News
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New Zen Monastery to Open in Oregon
Source: The Oregonian
On February 1, 2002 The Oregonian featured an editorial on a meeting in Clatskanie, OR that was "sponsored by a Portland-based Zen Buddhist group, the Zen Community of Oregon, to explain its plans to remodel a former elementary school into a monastery and seminary. But many objected to adding the Zen sanctuary to the community's eight churches... 'Our goal is to protect those that have not yet accepted Christ,' said Loren Dummer, the Assembly of God pastor. He worried that that the Zen Buddhists, who are not evangelical, would try to...
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Christmas for a Connecticut Jain Family
Source: The Hartford Courant
On December 23, 2001, The Hartford Courant featured the editorial "My Fake Christmas" by Sonia Shah, the daughter of immigrants from India, and a member of the Jain religion. "There are 3 million followers of the Jain religion worldwide... As the Jain daughter of Indian immigrants growing up in suburban Connecticut," Shah and her siblings "yearned" for Chritsmas celebration and so every year her Jain parents provided the family with e tree, presents, and other festivities.
U.S. Jains Offer Prayers, Funds for Terror Attack Victims
On September 24, 2001, the Jain Society of Metropolitan Washington's web site highlighted fundraising efforts for victims of the September 11 attacks. "We encourage you all to donate generously. Our country needs the support of every individual. Many of us have given donations for the Gujarat Earthquake Relief but now this tragedy has happened in our country, and its time for us to help our fellow citizens... We have placed a Bandhar in the Temple for receiving donations to help the victim's families of WTC and Pentagon attack...JAINA has...
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Growing Religious Diversity in Bible Belt
Source: Messenger-Inquirer
http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/columnists/owen/3382699.htm
On July 28, 2001, the Messenger-Inquirer reported on the growing religious diversity in the Bible Belt. "About 200 Jains and about as many Sikhs live in west-central Kentucky and Tennessee now... Bowling Green has 2,000 actively practicing Muslims, mostly Bosnian immigrants... Nashville has about 24,000 Hispanics, compared to 2,700 a decade ago." Thomas Russell and...
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Jains Make Unprecedented Visit to the House of Representatives
In its summer 2001 issue, Jain Digest reported that "Jains of North America made history on May 22, 2001 [when they]...received the unprecedented recognition and honor of delivering a prayer in the US House of Representatives" in celebration of the 2600th birthday of Lord Mahavir, the last of the revered Jinas who spread the Jain message. "After the prayer, congressman Frank Pallone, Jr....paid tribute to the Jain philosophy of non-violence."
"Nomadic Pilgrim" Dives into Monastic Life
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle
On July 1, 2001, The San Francisco Chronicle reported on "William Claassen, a self-described 'nomadic pilgrim.'...Claassen spent 2 1/2 years traveling around the world, visiting 40 monasteries in 12 countries. He broke bread with Greek Orthodox monks on Mount Athos, walked with Catholic brothers in Spain, watched whirling dervishes in Turkey, meditated with Zen monks in Japan and sat at the feet of Hindu gurus and Jain pujaris in India."
Indian Community in Queens Growing
Source: Newsday
On May 22, 2001, Newsday reported that "evidence of the explosive growth of Queens' Indian population is showing up in neighborhoods across the borough, way beyond the borders of the community's historical base in Jackson Heights...The population growth is welcomed by Indian community and religious leaders who have learned that higher population numbers can be translated into a stronger political base, better social services and wider opportunities for future generations."


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Influential forecasting model projects another 100,000 COVID-19 deaths by Dec. 1
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East Alabama Medical Center nurse Harvard Graham checks fluids for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Opelika, Ala. Just as in other places across the country, a surge in infections linked to Thanksgiving is now filling up beds at the hospital. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)
One of the nation's most influential COVID-19 forecasting models projects that the U.S. could see nearly 100,000 more deaths from the virus between now and Dec. 1 — even as case rates start to fall.
According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington (IHME), cases are beginning to peak in places where the delta variant is widespread — states like Florida, Texas and Arkansas.
In fact, the model projects that cases could continue to fall in the weeks and months ahead.
"We're heading into a much better time simply because we have had a lot of infections around the country, and we have a high percentage of people getting the vaccine," Dr. Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at IHME, told KIRO-TV in Seattle. "COVID-19 in many places is running out of people to infect, so you see that decline."
But while the IHME expects cases to fall, the virus will continue to spread and kill. The model projects that a total of 728,000 Americans will be dead of COVID-19 by Dec. 1. With Johns Hopkins reporting the current U.S. COVID-19 death total at 633,000, the IHME forecast represents an increase in 95,000 deaths.
By comparison, the U.S. lost a total of 200,000 people to the virus between Dec. 1 and Feb. 8 amid a surge in winter cases.
IHME scientists say there's a chance the U.S. could see some normality by this winter — as long as Americans do their part. The IHME model shows that cases could plummet if universal mask-wearing is adopted.
Mokdad also notes that hopes for normality this winter could be dashed by the rise of a new variant strain of the virus — something that health experts, like Dr. Anthony Fauci, say can be halted with increased vaccinations.
"We could have close to a normal winter only if we do our part and no new variants in the United States," Mokdad said.
Earlier this week, Fauci said he hoped the U.S. would be able to have COVID-19 under control by the spring of 2022.


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New Balance is now neck and neck with Puma for third place in the global sportswear market, mainly as a result of its much stronger reputation in the US. Privately owned, it is the only major sportswear company to still make products in the US, where around 4m locally sold shoes are made or assembled. New Balance is best-known for running shoes, but the group has successfully entered several other US sports, such as baseball and basketball, and has expanded dramatically in international markets since 2013. It launched the New Balance brand into the global soccer sector for the first time in 2015, and now sponsors the national teams of Costa Rica, Panama and the Republic of Ireland as well as clubs including Celtic and Atletico Bilbao. However it is set to lose Liverpool FC to Nike in summer 2020. Subsidiary brand Warrior Sports, acquired in 2004, already makes kit for several football clubs including Sevilla FC of Spain, while Brine is a specialist Lacrosse brand. In 2015, the company merged its casual shoe brands Dunham, Cobb Hill and Aravon, with rival Rockport, acquired from Adidas. The resulting Rockport Group is jointly owned by New Balance and Berkshire Partners private equity. The business was founded in Boston in 1906 by William Riley as the New Balance Arch Company, making arch supports for walking shoes. It moved into sports shoes in the 1930s, but has always specialised in more orthopedically designed products. The Trackster, for example, introduced in 1960, was the first performance running shoe sold in different widths as well as sizes. However by the late 60s the business had dwindled in size to just six employees. It was acquired in 1972 by entrepreneur Jim Davis, who rebuilt it by exploiting the huge emerging interest in recreational jogging. He continues to own and oversee it as chairman with his wife Anne, vice chairman. Joe Preston suceeded Rob DeMartini as CEO in 2018. Sales have grown steadily, reaching $4.2bn for the year to June 2018.
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Adbrands Weekly Update 8th Feb 2018: Ads of the Week: "Fearlessly Independent Since 1906". Sportswear brand New Balance doesn't have the money to pay big endorsement fees so it has to try something a bit different to grab some limelight from Nike and Adidas. This new campaign, the first from new global agency VML, has a lovely down-home-and-dirty garageland feel to it. All goes to show that character sometimes beats style (and cash). We'll be honest: we haven't heard of any of the mostly American athletes featured apart from German soccer star-turned-manager Jurgen Klopp. We're hoping they're all a bit cooler over there than he is here in Europe.
Adbrands Weekly Update 29th Jan 2015: Adidas Group confirmed the $280m sale of Rockport, the casual footwear brand that had been part of the Reebok business. The buyer is private equity firm Berkshire Partners, with backing from rival sportswear company New Balance. A newly independent Rockport Group will combine the existing Rockport brand with New Balance's Drydock casual footwear subsidiary, whose brands are Cobb Hill, Aravon and Dunham. Drydock's Bob Infantino becomes CEO of the new Rockport Group.
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Germany's two biggest lenders, the ailing Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, confirmed Sunday they would launch formal talks toward a possible merger.
Deutsche Bank said in a statement it was "reviewing strategic options and confirms discussions with Commerzbank", adding that "there is no certainty that any transaction will occur".
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – Vengeance is now available on PC and PS3, Activision has announced. It comes with multiple maps and the cool sounding "Buried," where the undead residents of an abandoned subterranean Old West mining town are running amok. Multiplayer maps include: Cove, Detour, Rush, and Uplink. Additionally, six new Personalization Packs will be available for PS3 and PC players on August 22 for $1.99 each. Vengeance is available a la carte for $14.99 or as part of the Season Pass.


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VERB Video Communications and Integrated Sales Tools Gain Traction in Remote Work Environment
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. and SALT LAKE CITY, Oct 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Company's proprietaryintegrated technology platform for sales enablement offers advanced features not available in popular video conferencing offerings
Seasoned executives from leading technology firms continue tojoin VERB as technology acceptance broadens
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. and SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VERB Technology Company, Inc. /zigman2/quotes/201850156/composite VERB -4.79% ("VERB" or the "Company"), a leader in interactive video-based sales enablement applications, including interactive livestream ecommerce, webinar, CRM and marketing applications for entrepreneurs and enterprises, today announced that the Company's Software-as-a-Service sales enablement platform is continuing to gain traction with corporate clients as remote work, online selling and at-home business activities becomes the global norm.
With stay-at-home communications prevalent into the foreseeable future, we believe that there is growing demand for advanced tools that can facilitate conversations as well as real-time interaction. These tools include the ability to share videos and links, such as 'click to buy' and 'click for more info.' We believe that VERB's sales enablement solutions bridge the gap between effective in-person selling and remote work and communications interaction by providing powerful interactive video-based features to its three sales solutions: verbCRM, its customer relationship management (CRM) tool for sales lead generation and content management with clickable in-video ecommerce capabilities, which has been completely integrated into CRM giant Salesforce's platform; verbLIVE, its livestream ecommerce and webinar product, which we believe combines the best features of popular livestream platforms such as Zoom, Facebook Live and Webex with clickable in-video shopping capabilities; and verbLEARN, a learning management system for education and training with clickable in-video technology.
"Our customers have told us that they have experienced significant gains in their own customers' engagement since deploying our SaaS selling platform," said Rory J. Cutaia, CEO of VERB. "In addition to the easy-to-use tools, VERB's platform enables sales people to remotely pursue sales efforts with customers and prospects in a friction-free, video-based setting that provides a variety of sales-driving features and valuable real-time viewer engagement data and interaction analytics. Additionally, we are continuing to attract top talent to our team that we believe will strongly support our hypergrowth initiatives going forward."
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VERB Technology Company, Inc. /zigman2/quotes/201850156/composite VERB -4.79% transforms how businesses attract and engage customers. The Company's Software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, platform is based on its proprietary interactive video technology, and comprises a suite of sales enablement business software products offered on a subscription basis. Its software applications are available in over 60 countries and in more than 48 languages to large enterprise and small business sales teams that need affordable, easy-to-use, and quick-to-get-results sales tools. Available in both mobile and desktop versions, the applications are offered as a fully integrated suite, as well as on a standalone basis, and include verbCRM (Customer Relationship Management application), verbLEARN (Learning Management System application), and verbLIVE (Interactive Livestream eCommerce and Video Webinar application). The Company has offices in California and Utah. For more information, please visit: www.verb.tech .
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[Leafs Links] Kyle Dubas recounts his first ever NHL trade, relationship with Lou Lamoriello, first NHL GMs meeting
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In today's Leafs Links, Kyle Dubas recounts his first ever NHL trade, the mentorship of Lou Lamoriello, and the marriage between analytics and traditional scouting in hockey operations.
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Kyle Dubas on analytics and traditional scouting: "They key is letting everyone know you're not trying to one-up the other side" (NHL)
Kyle Dubas joined a virtual NHL GMs roundtable alongside John Chayka, Julien BriseBois, and Bill Guerin.
On the mentorship of Lou Lamoriello:
Especially in the last season, the amount I learned from Lou was incredible — not even just how to operate the team and a sports franchise, but how to treat people, the importance of your family along the way, the importance that he put on me to make sure I was taken care of in that aspect of my life, and pushing me to always make sure that our people are always doing the same thing. That may not always be his reputation to his general public, but it's one of the things I really learned from him.
He is the type of person that no matter what you are going through and what you have on the go and what kind of jam you are in, he is going to be more upset if you don't call him and ask for his help than if you do and you've done something to screw up. That was among the many, many things that I learned from him. We still talk all the time. It is sometimes about hockey but mostly about life and what is happening. I know the age gap between us is immense, but for me, it has become a great mentorship and friendship. I know my whole family feels the same about Lou as well.
On the uncomfortable decision to fire his head coach:
We had made a change in the Soo during the second season and a few changes during the first year here. This year was the first time in a long time that I had actually gone through it with someone you work so close with day-to-day and you just feel you have to make the change with. It is certainly not something that is done haphazardly where you wake up one and say, "Today is the day." It is usually an accumulation of a lot of things.
I don't know that there are many bad parts to the job, but I think certainly, when you let people go knowing the impact it has on them… Some are obviously worse than others depending on the relationship you have with them, but it is difficult. A lot of time goes into it. A lot of discussions with people above you go into it. They are certainly not easy, but you have to do what you think is best for the future of your program. Sometimes that is some very difficult conversations with some people that you worked with a long time.
On his first-ever GMs meeting:
I had to do the meeting in 2015 between Dave Nonis being let go and Lou coming in. I was scared shitless when I walked into the room in Vegas. That was one of the most nervous times I've had in my life. Shanny told me before I went, "Just don't say anything to anybody." I went in there, and I've known Ronny Francis my whole life so he was the only person I felt I could talk to, and then I just went and sat in my chair and took notes for the meeting and got up and left. I was nervous as anything. I really didn't feel like I belonged in there. I had only been in the league for one year. We were still a month away from having Lou hired. I just went in there, took my notes, and got on the plane with some of the other guys and go on the way to Florida for the draft. It was certainly very intimidating at that time.
On his first-ever NHL trade (for Zach Hyman) with Florida:
It was during that first stretch in 2015. It was with Dale Tallon, who was the GM with Florida at the time and is again now. He was great to deal with. I don't think you could ask for somebody more straightforward and blunt about their position on it. It was kind of refreshing. It was actually very helpful to me because he referenced it a number of times that it was my first trade. At first, I thought it was some sort of setup to pull one over. In getting to know Dale and getting to know him more, he was just trying to be helpful. It ended up working out for them and for us. That was June 2015.
Some of them have been much more nerve-wracking. You're moving out assets in the Jake Muzzin deal and wondering if this is the right thing. You could get caught up in what you are giving up versus what you are returning back.
It is always nerve-wracking, I think, but you try to just educate. You are largely dealing with a great group of people, so it's all pretty good.
On the widespread adoption of analytics throughout the league:
If you go back to 2012-13, it was more of a polarizing topic. I think now, especially if you can get all sides working together, the key is letting everyone know you're not trying to one-up the other side. It is: What can both sets of information tell you about every player and every decision that you make? How can they help one another? How can they stop one another from going down a negative path and make a bad decision? I think that is the key. It is just getting over, at first, the inherent battle between the subjective scouting data and different things you are picking up and the objective data from analytics, and just trying to build it all together so that everyone knows you are in it together and are trying to help one another out versus trying to show that one element is better than the other.
McKenzie on NHL's strong desire to finish 2019-20, willingness to delay start to 2020-21 into December (TSN1050)
On Leafs Lunch, Bob McKenzie discussed just how late the NHL may be willing to push it within the calendar to finish the 2019-20 season.
One of the things we may have to get our heads around here is just how long the NHL will wait or the the amount of time they will use to try to conclude the 2019-20 season — so much so to the point that we may be looking at the 2020-21 season not starting until maybe December, and still getting in a full 82 games, and obviously going into the depths of summer 2021.
There are a couple of things that work on that: 1) They want to give themselves as much runway as possible to finish 2019-20. Even though there are a lot of people who want closure — they just want the league to say, "season is canceled — that's it. 2019-20 is done." Or they think, "There are way more important things to worry about in our world right now, and trying to get some semblance of the regular season and playoffs — I don't want to hear about it."
Fair enough, but the NHL, NHL is highly, highly, highly motivated — to the tune of 350-500 million dollars — to get some semblance of a 2019-20 season finished and a playoff in. That's the money the would have to rebate television rights holders — national and regional — and sponsorships, and what they might be able to get in the way of sponsorships for people watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs, whether it's in July, August, September — whatever.
The second reason why a start of next season in December might make more sense is that the NHL, if they have to, will play before empty stands. They know if they are going to resume 2019-20, that is going to likely be the scenario. If they start thinking six-seven months down ther road, they start to think to themselves, "We don't want to start next season with empty stands. That is going to be a huge financial impact on us. If we wait until December to start our season, maybe we will have the all-clear for maybe not full capacity, but 50 or 75% — more than zero."
There are two reasons, then, why the notion of December hockey to start next season might make sense. As I always qualify it, everything is so contingent on so many different things — levels of government, health authorities. There are so many moving parts on this. We all know that Bill Daly talked about how if they get one positive test, it doesn't necessarily shut the whole thing down. They are going to have to have protocols in place for massive amounts of testing to ensure that it doesn't run wild if one player gets it.
There are so many moving parts, and we don't know if any of it is going to come to pass, but the NHL is preparing for all of those possibilities.
Dreger on optimism about season resumption, the likelihood of T.O. as neutral site (TSN1050)
Darren Dreger discussed his level of optimism about the season resuming in the wake of Bill Daly's comments over the weekend that a positive test wouldn't necessarily be cause for a league shutdown again if play were to resume.
Of course, Toronto is at least being looked at the Atlantic destination when it is safe for hockey to return, but as Chief Matthew Pegg talked about, they are not having those conversations at his level. I want to hear it from Health Canada. I want to hear it from the CDC. I want to hear one of the provincial health authorities come out and say, "It is not inconceivable that these players could move into phase two and be allowed to go back to their training facilities in their NHL cities by May 15 or the third week of May." I haven't heard that yet. Because I haven't heard that from any health officials, I am still skeptical.
Darcy Tucker on Bryan McCabe as a roommate (Sportsnet 590)
Darcy Tucker joined Hockey Central to recount some old junior stories as well as his favourite roomates over the years.
Bryan McCabe and I roomed our whole time together here in Toronto. We even stayed roomies when you are allowed to take your own room on the road. It's basically because I made him pay for every room service bill that came to the room because I wasn't making as much as him. I made sure that he paid for all of the service to the room, so that's why I stayed with him the whole time.
He was great. We had the same sort of mentality towards the game. We wanted to play hard and do the right things. He was good making sure I was calm. I kind of ramped him up from time to time when need be. It was a good combination of the two of us.
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Israel Aerospace Industries has unveiled an upgrade to its satellite operational navigation systems, which it says repels attempts at jamming.
While most navigation, communication and electronic warfare systems rely on continuous availability of multiple satellites for navigation, the majority of worldwide avionics systems are vulnerable to localized, low-power jamming emitters.
"In the Army, we have recognized that PNT [Positioning Navigation Timing] is a critical enabler of our warfighting capability, and that GPS is the predominant materiel solution that we rely upon," the U.S. Army said in a 2015 statement.
IAI said its ADA-O development features an advanced architecture and can defeat jamming efforts. The system can be installed on armored vehicles, communications carriers and other land-based platforms.
The ADA approach to Assured PNT [Positioning Navigation Timing] involves the use of advanced digital processing techniques that provide a high-level of immunity in severe and dynamic multi-jammer scenarios, the IAI statement said.
The company said it recently sold an ADA package for "tens of millions of dollars" to an unnamed Asian-Pacific nation's military.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's attorney general was expected to deliver a much-anticipated decision Thursday on whether to indict Benjamin Netanyahu on a series of corruption allegations, a momentous move that looks to shake up Israel's election campaign and potentially spell the end of the prime minister's illustrious political career.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit's aides said he was prepared to announce his decision after more than two years of intense investigations and deliberations. The aides spoke on condition of anonymity pending a formal announcement.
Police have recommended indicting Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three different cases. Mandelblit is expected to inform Netanyahu's lawyers he intends to indict pending a final hearing, though the exact charges are not yet clear. The hearing is expected to take place after the April 9 elections.
An indictment would mark the first time in Israeli history that a sitting prime minister has been charged with a crime. Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert served time in prison for corruption, but had already resigned by the time he was charged.
Netanyahu doesn't look to go that quietly. He denies any wrongdoing and calls the various allegations a media-orchestrated witch hunt aimed at removing him from office. He has vowed to carry on and is deadlocked in the polls, 40 days before Israelis go to vote.
In a last-ditch effort to prevent the public release of an indictment, Netanyahu's Likud party petitioned the Supreme Court to have it delayed until after the elections. But the court rejected the request Thursday afternoon, potentially clearing the way for an announcement from the attorney general.
Despite opposition calls for Netanyahu to step down, Likud and his other nationalist coalition partners have lined up behind him thus far, all but ruling out sitting in a government led by his primary opponent, retired military chief Benny Gantz.
While Israeli prime ministers are not required by law to resign if charged, the prospect of a prime minister standing trial while simultaneously running the country would be unchartered territory. Mandelblit's decision could either galvanize Netanyahu's hard-line supporters who see him as a victim of an overzealous prosecution or turn more moderate backers against him who have tired of his lengthy rule tainted by long-standing accusations of corruption and hedonism.
Either way, the upcoming elections appear to be morphing into a referendum on Netanyahu as he seeks to become the longest serving premier in Israeli history. Netanyahu have been prime minister since 2009 and served a previous term between 1996 and 1999.
President Donald Trump, with whom Netanyahu has forged a close connection, offered the Israeli leader a boost ahead of the expected announcement. "I just think he's been a great prime minister and I don't know about his difficulty but you tell me something people have been hearing about, but I don't know about that," he said in response to a question in Hanoi, where he was holding a summit with the leader of North Korea.
"I can say this: that he's done a great job as prime minister. He's tough, he's smart, he's strong," Trump said. Netanyahu rushed back Wednesday from a diplomatic mission to Moscow, and a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, to prepare for his expected rebuttal to the charges on Thursday.
Police say they believe there is sufficient evidence to charge Netanyahu and his wife Sara with accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust. They also recommended charges be brought against Elovitch, members of his family and members of his Bezeq management team.
Police have previously recommended indicting Netanyahu on corruption charges in two other cases. One involves accepting gifts from billionaire friends, and the second revolves around alleged offers of advantageous legislation for a major newspaper in return for favorable coverage.
Alan Dershowitz, a prominent American lawyer, has come to Netanyahu's defense, publishing an open letter to Mandelblit in which he warns that an indictment against the prime minister ahead of elections would undermine the democratic process.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's primary centrist challengers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday they were joining forces ahead of April elections — a dramatic move that shook up the country's political system and created the first credible alternative to Netanyahu's decade-long rule.
"The new ruling party will bring forth a cadre of security and social leaders to ensure Israel's security and to reconnect its people and heal the divide within Israeli society," they said, in a dig at Netanyahu.
A formal announcement was expected later in the day, with the two naming their full list and new name for their joint party. The development instantly injected a threat to topple the long-serving Netanyahu. Recent polls suggest that together, Gantz and Lapid could surpass Netanyahu's ruling Likud to become Israel's largest faction after the April 9 vote. Under their unity arrangement, the two agreed to a rotation leadership should they come to power under which Gantz would first serve as prime minister and would then be replaced by Lapid after two and a half years.
Even if the joint list surpasses Likud at the ballot box, it is not guaranteed to form the next government unless it can garner a parliamentary majority by forming a collation with other parties. But the dramatic merger seems enough to make the election a real fight for Netanyahu.
"For the first time since 2009, we have a competitive race for the premiership and this is the result of the emergence of this new centrist force," said Yohanan Plesner, a former lawmaker and president of the non-partisan Israel Democracy Institute.
Netanyahu, who is embroiled in multiple corruption allegations and faces a potential impending indictment, has taken a hard turn to the right in recent days to shore up his nationalistic base. On Wednesday, he postponed a trip to Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin to stay home and reach a preliminary election deal with two fringe religious-nationalist parties in a bid to unify his hard-line bloc.
Netanyahu's Likud party announced it would reserve the 28th spot on its parliamentary list for the pro-settler Jewish Home party and grant it two Cabinet ministries in a future government if it merges with the extremist Jewish Power party. Jewish Power is comprised of hard-line religious nationalists who have cast themselves as successors to the banned Kahanist movement, which dreamed of turning Israel into a Jewish theocracy and advocated forced removal of Palestinians.
The flurry of developments comes ahead of a Thursday night deadline for parties running for the April 9 parliamentary elections to submit their lineups. The maneuvers seemed to have spurred others to pursue unification moves as well, as a previously fragmented political landscape begins to come together, six and half weeks before election day.
It was backed notably by businessman and philanthropist Morris Kahn, who financed the development of a craft. "Make us proud," he said Thursday.