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HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1970s → 1975 → January 1975 → 21 January 1975 → Commons Sitting → EMPLOYMENT
HC Deb 21 January 1975 vol 884 cc1205-10 1205
§ 3. Mr. Atkinson
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he remains satisfied with the operation of his policy on wage levels; and if he will make a statement.
§ 5. Mr. Stanley
asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he is satisfied with the working of the social contract.
§ 7. Mr. Tebbit
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what progress he has made in ensuring the success of the social contract.
§ 24. Mr. Arnold
asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he is still satisfied with the working of the social contract.
§ 31. Mr. Cyril Smith
asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he is satisfied with the operation of the social contract.
§ The Secretary of State for Employment (Mr. Michael Foot)
The social contract covers the whole range of Government economic policies, and the degree of progress in its fulfilment cannot be covered in the answer to one Question. If Questions are referring more specifically to the TUC guidelines about wage negotiations involved in the social contract, my reply is that it has had a considerable measure of success and continues to provide the best basis for the conduct of Government policy.
§ Mr. Atkinson
Will my right hon. Friend stiffen his resistance to the goo-like 1206 blandishments coming from the Opposition Front Bench and from my right hon. Friend's colleagues in the Treasury, to the effect that Britain could solve its economic problems by this Government sacrificing the living standards of the workers they represent? Will my right hon. Friend circulate his Cabinet colleagues setting out the terms of the social contract, which are, as the TUC believes, that there should be one wage increase per year based on take-home pay and not gross pay, and equated with the rise in the retail price index, and that this in itself will ensure that the living standards of workers represented by trade unions will be maintained? Many people feel that in this way my right hon. Friend could now make a contribution towards a wider understanding of current wage agreements.
§ Mr. Foot
I hope that I shall resist such blandishments from any quarter, including that of the right hon. Member for Lowestoft (Mr. Prior) and his friends. We have had constant discussions with the TUC, including the discussions this week. I believe that there is a full understanding between the TUC General Council representatives and the Government about what we mean by the guidelines, and that there is agreement that one of the ways in which we can assist in dealing with the country's economic problems is to secure the best possible allegiance to those guidelines.
§ Mr. Stanley
Is it not clear that the huge pay settlements supposedly within the social contract represent the biggest single threat to full employment at present? Will the right hon. Gentleman take immediate measures drastically to revise the guidelines within the social contract so as to secure a major reduction in the average level of wage settlements?
I do not think that what the hon. Gentleman suggests is the right way to go about it. Any attempt to rewrite the guidelines along the lines he suggested would only cause confusion and injustice. It certainly would not contribute to the end we have in mind of a successful fight against inflation. I believe that the best way is by securing a strict allegiance to the guidelines as they stand. I also believe that that is the desire of the trade unions, along with ourselves.
§ Mr. Tebbit
Will the right hon. Gentleman say—preferably in two words, if not in two sentences—whether the present rate of wage settlements, to which the Chancellor of the Exchequer has drawn attention, is a mark of the success or the failure of the social contract?
Some of the settlements are successes and some are failures. We have not sought to conceal that. I have had a correspondence on the subject with the right hon. Member for Lowestoft, who accused me of having in some mysterious way concealed these matters. I have not done so. I hope that our exchange of letters on the subject will be published in the Official Report. Then the hon. Gentleman may see even more clearly what view we take of these settlements.
§ Mr. Skinner
Does my right hon. Friend appreciate that he should not get involved in appearing to lay the blame for inflation upon workers and their attempts to improve or even maintain their standard of living, especially in the light of the recent announcement by the Government that they will agree to salary increases of up to £8,000 a year for those at the top of the armed forces and in the higher echelons of other institutions within our Establishment? Surely my right hon. Friend cannot reconcile that sort of increase with some of the paltry rises that my right hon. Friend, in particular, constantly talks about—and seemingly talked about again last night.
The Boyle Report—if that is the document to which my hon. Friend is referring; I expect it is—certainly presented the Government with great difficulties, because it did not take account of the TUC guidelines and, in a sense, was produced without relevance to them. The Government did not accept the report in anything like its full degree. For any further comment on that matter, however, I refer my hon. Friend to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on the subject.
I hope that my hon. Friend will not wish to abandon the guidelines, because we believe—there is no difference between me and my right hon. Friend the Chancellor on this subject—that the maintenance of the guidelines is important not only from the point of view of ensuring that we assist lower-paid workers, which 1208 is part of the guidelines, but in order to prevent what would be the greater danger of unemployment if they were not adhered to.
§ Mr. Arnold
Will the right hon. Gentleman explain how his oft-repeated plea for free collective bargaining can be reconciled with policies aimed at achieving full employment?
Yes, Sir, but that is a much bigger subject than anyone would seek to deal with in a short answer. We are trying to work the matter out in this way because the attempt to combine statutory policies with any policy of maintaining full employment collapsed completely. We are not going back to the statutory method of trying to control these matters.
§ Dr. Bray
Will my right hon. Friend draw the attention of the Press to more meaningful figures than those given such publicity in the newspapers this morning? In particular, will he draw attention to the real income after tax, which is the figure with which hon. Members on the Government benches are concerned?
The worst example of misleading figures in the newspapers this morning was the headline in The Times saying, Earnings may be rising by 37 per cent. a year, figures show". To express the recent monthly rates of increase in wage rates or earnings in annual terms is misleading nonsense—[Interruption.] That is what the Leader of the Opposition did in the election, with his figure of 40 per cent. That figure was based on statistical bosh, and the figure in The Times is also based on statistical bosh. The newspapers should be more careful in printing these figures.
If the social contract is concerned with lower-paid workers, why did the Government reject the idea of a statutory minimum wage within the social contract? Is 28.5 per cent. taken as being within the social contract, in terms of average wage increases?
I shall take the hon. Gentleman's last point first. It is a very important matter, and nobody minimises its significance. About two-fifths of the 28.5 per cent. annual increase quoted in the reports today and in the figures published by my Department is the result of 1209 threshold agreements reached in accordance with the stage 3 code. A further 0.5 per cent. stems from the London allowance, in accordance with the recommendations of the Pay Board. In addition, nearly 2 per cent. is attributable to special cases for coal miners, railwaymen and postmen, leaving roughly 14½ per cent.—about the same as the figures we were getting under the basic stage 3 rules—[Interruption.] These are the facts of the matter. My figures happen to be correct—very different from those used in The Times.
The question whether assistance for the low-paid could be achieved by a statutory minimum has often been debated. There are grave difficulties. The TUC agreed at its last congress to set a £30 target for the low-paid. The Government have done their best to go along with that aim and I believe that under those arrangements the low-paid have had better assistance under the present Government than they have had for many years.
§ Mr. Prior
In his last answer the right hon. Gentleman has shown that he either does not understand what is happening or is deliberately trying to mislead the House on the information available. Does he not know perfectly well that the 28.5 per cent. includes the threshold payments, which should have been taken into account in the assessment of new wage increases? Were the figures given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Panorama last night—when he said that one out of four settlements fell outside the social contract—based on information available to the right hon. Gentleman's Department, or was what the Chancellor said just speculation? If it was based on figures available to the Department, why cannot the House have the same information?
If the right hon Gentleman had done me the courtesy of listening to the past two speeches that I have made in the House he would have learnt that I referred to 75 per cent. of settlements having been within the social contract. That is exactly the same figure as was referred to by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor. Perhaps I should translate these percentages into other kinds of figures for the benefit of the right hon. Gentleman. What the Chancellor said in 1210 that respect accords exactly with what I said on previous occasions. If the right hon. Gentleman is asking whether and how we should give futher figures on these matters, I must point out that many of the figures are given, with some of the details, in the Department of Employment's statement which was published yesterday. Everyone who knows anything about the figures knows that. If the right hon. Gentleman will study the reply that I sent to his letter, on the question why we think it would be wrong for the Government to adjudicate on every settlement, we may be able to have a proper discussion of the subject. I repudiate entirely the argument that the Government are withholding any figures from the House. We publish the figures on the same basis as did the previous Conservative Government.
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"The added stress of not receiving new bank cards or other bank letters could mean the difference between people being able to eat or going hungry" – Eccles MP criticises Royal Mail amidst Postage crisis
By James Doyle on 9th December 2021 in News
Barbara Keeley, MP for Eccles South and Worsley has criticised the Royal Mail for restructuring the company during the Christmas period, which has left residents without post for four weeks.
The delay has meant that people have been queuing for hours in poor weather conditions, with some residents struggling to eat due to their bank cards not arriving in the post.
Image: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Barbara Keeley believes that this delay is not down to staff sickness or covid, but rather, due to Royal Mail cuts and their staff being overworked.
She stated: "I understand that there has been a restructure at Royal Mail in order to cut costs and this has had serious consequences on staffing levels during the busiest time of the year with no forward-planning for how this would affect people.
"This means that there simply isn't enough staff to ensure that post is sorted and delivered. The staff who are working there are overstretched and exhausted."
Not only does the postage delay have effects on people financially, but also socially and medically. Many people are not receiving post regarding medical information for birthday and Christmas cards.
"I have heard from constituents who have not received letters containing very important information like hospital appointments, medical results, pension payment notifications, bank correspondence, and other post like birthday cards and magazine subscriptions."
Barbara Keeley understands the distress this has caused people: "People who are ordering Christmas presents online have been asked to collect deliveries from the Sorting Office which is very difficult for people with mobility issues.
"The added stress of not receiving new bank cards or other bank letters could mean the difference between people being able to eat or having to go hungry because they cannot get money out of their account. "
The mood of the public regarding this matter is an extremely frustrated one. Following another day of queues, one member of the public exclaimed 'We're going to be here for days.'
As the MP Barbara Keeley can only do so much, but she is in regular contact with constituents and has set up a contact form on her website where people can contact her, and as soon as the issue arose, she wrote to David Gold, Director of Public Affairs and Policy at Royal Mail, and has recently contacted the CEO of Royal Mail.
People living in Eccles are not getting a proper postal service with many people not getting their post for over 4 weeks@RLong_Bailey & I have written to the CEO of @RoyalMail asking for an urgent resolution to the problems, so that people in Eccles get the service they should pic.twitter.com/HGT5MdGAz7
— Barbara Keeley 💙 😷 (@KeeleyMP) December 8, 2021
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Q: DNS resolution for Lan website I have a website hosted on my LAN, and I want my users to go to myWebsite.com rather then my internal IP address.  I have Windows Server 2012 running a domain and IIS for my website.  I know I can add my site to the hosts file, but I was hoping there would be a better way. (The site is internal only)

A: Users on your network should already be able to access it without typing in your ip by using your computer's name. If you go into the server manager, look at what the computer's name is set up to be, within IIS you can create a binding to that name on all ports. Users will be able to use that name to access the website.
On a basic network, DNS lookups are done by your router. You can set up your router to do a forward lookup of another name, to your IP - if you did that, users would be able to find your website on the network by going to http://yourwebsite.yourdomain.yourdomainsuffix/
That would all be set up from your router's setup page.
If you can't do this from your router, then you would have to set your server up to be a DNS server. This is a windows server role, and it is not for the feint of heart. Once set up as a DNS server, you could go into DNS management and create a second forward lookup for your computer.

A: On the internal LAN, you would use the computers NetBIOS name as long as they are on the same IP segment. This is also the same as their DNS name if you are in a Windows domain environment. If the latter is true, you should already have an entry in DNS for the computer that is hosting the IIS web site. As noted in the previous response, you can add the computer name to the bindings within IIS to ensure that you can resolve properly to the web site.
If you truly want to be able to get to this site using dotted syntax (mycompany.com) then you will have to add another forward lookup zone and appropriate records in DNS for the name you want your users to use. You would then make sure the bindings in IIS match the name used in DNS.

A: You already have a DNS server
Your Windows Server 2012 machine already has the DNS role added if it's a domain controller. You just need to do a few things to get this set up:

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*Configure forwarding

*Add a CNAME record for your website

*Point other machines to use this server for DNS

I don't have a Windows 2012 box ready, otherwise I'd screenshot the heck out of this. You might be able to find this stuff by fumbling around and Google'ing though. I'll give you the basics of what you're looking for.
Keep in mind this is all terribly, terribly simplified:
Configuring forwarding:
When your DNS server can't find an address it needs somewhere else to look. I like to add 8.8.8.8 as a forwarder (Google's DNS server). This way, when your client computers ask for Superuser.com, which your server doesn't have a record for, the request will be forwarded to 8.8.8.8.
Technet page on how to configure forwarding
Add a CNAME record
You'll need an address for your webpage. Adding a CNAME record to the forward lookup zone of your domain will give you a subdomain-style address. So if you've got usta.com for your domain and you add a CNAME record foobar, you'll get foobar.usta.com. This is a pretty common way to handle intranet pages.
You could add another forward lookup zone and then a www CNAME record to get whatever domain name you want, but then we're creating another forward lookup zone and risking collisions with domains you don't own. Let's just follow the KISS principle.
Technet page on CNAME records
Use the DNS server!
Now we need to point our clients towards the DNS server. It's probably best to do this using DHCP. Get on your router's configuration page, find the DHCP settings, and replace the DNS server with the IP address of your Windows Server 2012. Now either wait for all the clients to renew or force them to renew.
You could also configure everything statically (ew) or configure only DNS statically.
Use the Googles!
To be honest, this answer isn't going to get you far. I am hoping though that it will help you learn where to look.

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Title Back from the hunt, Colo. Midland Ry.
Summary View of two outdoorsmen in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men seated in camp, one man with knee-high gaiters holding rifle in one hand and one dead grouse or pheasant in other; second man holding one dead grouse or pheasant in each hand; two cone-shaped canvas tents; open a-frame canvas shelter covering eating & cooking area with makeshift table, benches, wooden crates, cookstove, coffee pot, cooking pots, plates, & bucket; waders, two fishing poles, net & wicker creel posed on wooden chest.
Subject Norrie (Colo.); Camping--Colorado--Norrie; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie; Colorado Midland Railway Company.


Julian Treasure's talk on 5 Ways to Listen Better is a revelation. He suggests that while we spend 60% of our communication time listening, we retain only about 25% of what we hear. This percentage can be increased if we train ourselves to actively listen, by developing specific listening skills. He shares five simple exercises that we can all do to develop conscious listening techniques, and create greater understanding and meaning from the sounds we hear. Do take seven minutes out of your day to listen closely to Julian's message.
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How transport causes pollution, the benefits of sustainable mobility and what cities are now doing to adapt to this new urban paradigm.
Over half of the planet's population live in cities. In 2050, this number will have increased to almost two-thirds of the human race. The inevitable agglomeration in towns and cities present many challenges the United Nations is trying to address with its Sustainable Development Goal 11: making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
It would be impossible to achieve this goal without a profound reform of the way we live in cities. Accepting the importance of sustainable mobility will be key to any change. The world is screaming for fossil fuels to be banned, traffic to be reduced in cities, and for more sustainable transport.
In these 8 articles, we show how transport causes pollution, the benefits of sustainable mobility and what many of the world's cities are now doing to adapt to this new urban paradigm.
Emissions produced by transport are not only irreversible in warming the planet, they are also one of the main causes of air pollution. The latter is a terrible environmental problem, affecting our health much more than we think; it causes around 7 million deaths a year worldwide. In this article about air pollution, you will learn about the effects of pollution on human health.
Many city halls have sustainable mobility programs to reduce air pollution when contamination reaches alarming levels. Restrictions on the most polluting cars and proposals to incentivize sustainable transport are just two measures cities such as Madrid, Mexico City, Beijing and Paris have launched.
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For cities to realize sustainable mobility, they must make accessibility one of their urban development priorities. Developing accessibility solutions is a duty of city halls, but Google already has a tool that can help make urban spaces more accessible. Google Maps, for example, has integrated accessible routes for wheelchairs and people with physical disabilities.
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Do we know where the energy for recharging them comes from?
One of the most sustainable, and meanwhile healthy, mobility options is cycling. Since Copenhagen launched its shared bicycle service in 1995, many places have introduced this service as part of their sustainable mobility plans. Spain is one country where most cities have employed this measure, but it is still not used enough by citizens.
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Italy's Battle with Problem Tourists
Italy wants its foreign tourists back but not at the expense of damage to its precious cultural heritage.
This summer's international headlines about tourists damaging Italy's sites and monuments weren't supposed to be like this. Just a few months ago there was much talk of rebuilding the country's tourist industry, devastated by a 10-week lockdown in the spring and the travel restrictions imposed by the covid-19 pandemic.
The relaunch was seen by the more optimistic in the sector as a golden opportunity to break away from the broken model of mass tourism, moving on from the bad old days of unruly visitors jumping in fountains and treating Italy's heritage with complacency or even downright disrespect.
There were grand plans of replacing selfie tourism with slow tourism, aimed at the more discerning visitor, who clutched a guide-book rather than a selfie stick.
The Colosseum looks to a post covid-19 era
Alfonsina Russo is the director of Parco Colosseo, the archaeological park incorporating the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Domus Aurea, which attracted 7.5 million tourists last year. In a May interview with Wanted in Rome, Russo was frank about a situation that she believes must change for the better, saying she hoped the "new tourists" would visit out a "need for nourishment" from the priceless heritage she oversees.
In the past "it was clear that it was mostly a selfie tourism" – Russo said – "tied to tours of less than two hours, interested in the photo shoot sometimes without the awareness and the memory of that shot."
Queuing at the Pantheon. Photo credit: Mastrullo / Shutterstock.com.
Russo's views were reflected by Eike Schmidt, the director of the Uffizi Gallery, who called for people to drop the "bucket list" approach in favour of savouring the moment through a "slow tourism" model. Florence mayor Dario Nardella echoed Schmidt by saying: "We want to use culture to send a message that after this crisis we want to change lifestyle models, the economy and model of tourism of the city."
UN chooses Italy to restart global tourism
This optimism was enhanced in late June when Italy was chosen by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) as the launch pad for the global Restart Tourism drive after the coronavirus lockdowns around the world, with Italy hailed as a "world tourism leader."
With lockdown in March, Italy's tourist numbers plummeted overnight, leaving normally crowded Italian cities virtually deserted for months. This was most evident in Venice where up until last year residents complained that the streets and canals were thronged with too many people, before suddenly bemoaning their absence from the spring onwards.
Venice activists cheer as cruise ships steer clear of canal city
The unexpected situation saw Venice scrap its controversial tourist tax which was scheduled to come into effect on 1 July. In recent weeks the much-maligned giant cruise ships decided to steer clear of the city's lagoon, opting for the larger Italian ports of Genoa and Trieste instead.
This news was welcomed by activists but protested by Venetian gondoliers and restaurateurs who will miss the revenue. The whole affair has served to put Venice's complicated relationship with tourists – and mass tourism – back into the spotlight as never before.
No sitting at the Spanish Steps. Photo credit: Daniele COSSU / Shutterstock.com.
Rome is another city whose bread and butter is the hospitality industry. The capital too has a love-hate relationship with its foreign visitors. In the past the city has been accused of a complacent attitude to tourists, a case of "chewing them up and spitting them out," while Romans are quick to point to incidents of ignorant tourists splashing in historic fountains or, worse, carving their names into the Colosseum.
As foreign visitors return to Italy in small numbers – 70 per cent less than last August according to the Demoskopika research institute – there has been one negative tourist story after another in the media.
Covid-19: Italy loses 70 per cent of foreign tourists in August
The narrative tends to be the same. Once a tourist commits a crime against Italian heritage – be it accidental or on purpose – Italy's much-needed visitor suddenly becomes the enemy. These "barbarians" are the subject of vitriolic posts on social media, facing suggestions of draconian punishments from having their hands chopped off to life imprisonment.
Selfies at the Trevi. Photo credit: Alessio Pierdomenico / Shutterstock.com.
The first "bad tourist" story this summer was in Venice in early June, the day after European tourists were allowed to re-enter Italy.
The incident involved two middle-aged men, reportedly German, who swam down the Grand Canal, laughing off pleas from locals to get out, as their partners filmed their antics. The tourists were later apprehended by police as they walked through the city barefoot, dressed in just their wet swimming costumes. Officers fined the men €450 each and ordered them to put some clothes on.
Tourists fined after climbing into Roman Forum by night
In early August a group of young, and reportedly drunk, British tourists scaled the walls of the Roman Forum by night. The four tourists, aged between 17 and 19, were spotted by security guards who tipped off the carabinieri. The visitors were charged with trespassing and failure to respect a ban on entering the archaeological area, and were fined a total of €1,600 for their escapade.
Patrolling the Trevi Fountain. Photo credit: Enrico Tricoli / Shutterstock.com.
However all this was relatively harmless for what happened on 31 July at the Antonio Canova Museum in the northern Veneto region. An Austrian tourist, keen to take a selfie, sat down on Canova's plaster model for the Paolina Borghese masterpiece in Galleria Borghese. After sprawling back on its base, the tourist managed to snap off three of the statue's toes in his effort to stand up. Far from alerting museum authorities, the man made sure that nobody saw what he had done before doing a runner.
Italy: tourist damages Canova sculpture after sitting on it for selfie
The news was announced by politician and art critic Vittorio Sgarbi, the president of the foundation in charge of the museum in Possagno, Canova's hometown. An outraged Sgarbi called on police to identify the "vandal" and "not let him return to his homeland unpunished" for the "unacceptable" damage caused to the work. For once, Sgarbi's views were shared by the majority, but still no trace of the offending tourist.
The tourist who damaged the Canova statue.
Within days Italian police managed to track him down, thanks to the Canova museum reservation made by his wife, upon which the 50-year-old man admitted his responsibility, as his case is sent before the public prosecutor's office in Treviso.
Italy: Tourist climbs onto roof of Pompeii baths for selfie
In mid-August a police investigation began after a tourist climbed onto the roof of a bath house in Italy's archaeological site of Pompeii. The probe was launched after images of the unidentified woman surfaced on the internet, causing a storm of controversy on social media. Police are attempting to establish the identity of the visitor who was photographed while taking selfies on top of the bath house during the Ferragosto holiday.
Illegal selfies at Pompeii
The outgoing Pompeii manager Massimo Osanna said the woman's "deplorable" and "uncivil" behaviour was dangerous to both her and the ancient building. If caught, she could face imprisonment from three months to a year, with fines of between €1,000 and €3,000, reports Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
Rome: tourists fined for engraving names at Trevi Fountain
Several days after this, two tourists, aged 61 and 44, were caught by Rome police as they used a coin to scrape their names into the staircase at the Trevi Fountain. The couple, from Germany and Slovakia, were reported for damaging a site of historical and cultural interest. They also received a fine of €450 and a temporary ban from returning to the monument. Rome mayor Virginia Raggi commended the police for their work, tweeting: "No tolerance for those who deface or damage the monuments of Rome."
Rome: Tourist carves his initials into Colosseum
The trouble continued right to the end of the summer season. On 20 September a 32-year-old Irish tourist was caught carving his name into the Colosseum where, a few days earlier, a 40-year-old Polish tourist crash-landed his drone inside the ancient amphitheatre despite being reminded beforehand that it was strictly a no-fly zone.
As Italy juggles the fine line between restarting its devastated tourism sector with keeping new covid-19 cases to a minimum, it continues to face the thorny question of how to protect its artistic and cultural heritage from 'vandal tourists' and selfie tourism.
Perhaps the answer lies somewhere between increased vigilance and somehow ensuring that visitors are better prepared for the splendour – precious and fragile – that Italy has to offer.
By Andy Devane
This article is published in the September 2020 online edition of Wanted in Rome magazine. Cover image - photo credit: MarbellaStudio / Shutterstock.com.
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Discussion in 'LCD & LED LCD TVs Forum' started by hinders, Dec 21, 2006.
I wonder if you can help me. I am disabled and house bound and am after a new TV but as I am disabled and cannot get out I am not sure which is the best TV for me. I wondered if I told you the specification I wanted if you could recommend which make/model TV you think would be best for me.
Resolution as high as possible.
2 RGB enabled scarts (min) - I don't mind having more than 2 scart connectors as long as 2 are RGB enabled.
2 HDMI connections - I want 2 so that I am future proofing it to enable me to plug in more than 1 HD source.
Analogue & digital tuner (all Freeview channels).
HDMI must support Content protection (HDCP).
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I like the Sony make but they only have 1 HDMI connector and this is putting me off slightly.
What LCD TV would you recommend that would meet my specification above?
Is there anywhere particular that you know of that do good deals?
The award winning KDL-32V2000, which I assume is the Sony you were looking at, has a new version just come out the KDL-32V2500. It is available online within your budget & the only major upgrade is an extra HDMI.
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LA-based rockers The Bronx return for their sixth studio album 'Bronx VI'.
Bronx VI builds on the legacy The Bronx has established in its near two-decade existence, but which definitely proves the door to what's next has not just been kicked down, but chopped up and burned to a cinder.
Yes, the first four tracks – "White Shadow", "Superbloom", "Watering The Well" and "Curb Feelers" – bristles with the wild and untamed energy that's defined the band from the off, but then – all of a sudden, as "Peace Pipe" kicks in – the pace and mood shifts to something a little less aggressive. Elsewhere, "Mexican Summer" and its (relatively) chilled-out mariachi vibes serve as an homage to the band's alter-ego, Mariachi El Bronx (and was written while that incarnation of the band was on tour), while fatalistic closer "Participation Trophy" masks the Caughthran's existential dread behind searing riffs and a catchy, defiant and exuberant melody. "The feelings I got when writing for this sixth record is the same type of feeling I got writing "Heart Attack American".
It all comes from the same place and it's all still 100% genuine and real. Believe me – I'm still feeling the raw emotion that I felt when this band first started. That's just who I am, that's who we are as people. You can't fake stuff like that when it comes to music or art. You have to stay connected. You've just got to be real" - Matt Caughthran, vocalist. Bronx VI was produced by Joe Baressi (Melvins, Tool, Bad Religion).
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Monarchs treated to energetic send-off to Bowl game
NORFOLK, VA (WTKR)- There is no shortage of excitement and anticipation surrounding the Myrtle Beach Bowl and after weeks of talking about it and preparing, Old Dominion finally hit the road to South Carolina on Thursday morning.
It was certainly a suitable send-off. The band, cheerleaders, administration and fans gathered outside the L.R. Hill Sports Complex on campus to wish the Monarchs well as they boarded the buses for Myrtle Beach.
"We've gotten tremendous support from the university and the fans all year, so this is just another example of it," head coach Ricky Rahne said.
"It's a nice, great turnout," added senior defensive back Joe Joe Headen. "Let's hope to see everybody down in Myrtle Beach and it'll be a good time."
"It's a great feeling that our supporters came out and showed us love before we got on the road," senior wide receiver Ali Jennings III said.
The atmosphere was a positive and enthusiastic one on Thursday morning. ODU hopes that's the kind of energy that follows it down to Myrtle Beach.
"Everybody's very enthusiastic and we're very excited to have some fans out there, especially since it's decently close," senior offensive lineman Nick Saldiveri noted.
"Obviously we want to have a great crowd down there, show everybody what Monarch Nation is all about and show people that we can have just as much fan support as anybody in this country," Rahne said.
After five straight wins and three weeks of bowl preparation, it's finally time for Old Dominion to hit the road.
"It's been a lot of preparing, a lot of hard work," said Jennings. "We just gave everything we had and it's great to finally be here."
"It's surreal," smiled Headen. "I'm just trying to embrace everything that's happened and just take it all in."
"We still have work to do when we get down there," Rahne noted. "That's what I've been trying to tell all of our guys is this is a business trip and we've got a lot of work left to do."
The fans and the school sent a strong message to the team on Thursday morning that it has plenty of support in Norfolk. The players and coaches have a message for Monarch Nation as well.
"Just come down, be loud and it's going to be a good time," said Headen.
"Tune in," added Jennings. "It's going to be a great show and can't wait to bring this bowl game back."
"Come down and join us," asked Rahne of the fans. "This is going to be an experience that's going to be a way to celebrate this great season. [We] would love to see everybody there."
Old Dominion and Tulsa kick off on Monday at 2:30 in the Myrtle Beach Bowl.


VIVALDI is occasionally accused of having written the same concerto 700 times. Unfair and oversimplified, to be sure, but listening to an entire evening of his music at Avery Fisher Hall Thursday night, it was hard to escape the conclusion that in his vast output the number of works does seem to exceed the number of ideas.
The ideas themselves are often striking - the vivid use of dissonance, the major-minor shifts, the cleverly placed ornamental flourishes. But given the composer's limited, indeed claustrophobic, harmonic world, his tendency toward rigidly symmetric sequences and the disconcerting frequency of the same musical thought in a large number of different works, sustaining serious interest in an all-Vivaldi program poses somewhat of a challenge.
This Mostly Mozart concert survived on its variety of instrumental color. There were concertos for violin, for cello, for two trumpets; and Michala Petri, that remarkable highwire performer on the upper range of recorders, was back in New York tootling in her graceful, sure-footed way through concertos for treble and for sopranino recorder.
At the end, moreover, Vivaldi gave us a relative rainbow of timbre - a concerto in G minor featuring violin, two flutes, two oboes and two bassoons.
Conducting was a visitor from Italy, Claude Scimone, who is music director of the Solisti Veneti. Mr. Scimone brings to Vivaldi an unashamed conglomerate of styles. His terracing of dynamics - the sudden, rather than gradual, shift from loud to soft and back - was a conscious acknowledgment of early-18th-century practice. But the long legato lines and thick rubato in the Overture to ''Arsilda, Regina di Ponti,'' for example, seemed more like Donizetti, even Puccini, than Italian Baroque. Mr. Scimone appeared to get just what he wanted from his Mostly Mozart players, although some might question the coherence of just what that was.
Thursday's excellent soloists (all playing modern instruments) were Charles Haupt, violin; Eric Bartlett, cello, and Neil Balm and Theodore Weis, trumpets.


Is it REALLY impossible to discharge student loans in bankruptcy?
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According to NPR News, the Weinstein Company Holdings LLC is filing for bankruptcy. In the aftermath of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's rapid downfall, the production company, founded by Weinstein and his brother, has not been doing well.
Remington: 200-year-old businesses use bankruptcy. So can you.
On behalf of Lefkovitz & Lefkovitz posted in blog on Sunday, April 1, 2018.
No individual or business is immune to financial struggles and problem debt. Recent news about Remington Outdoor Company, the famous gun maker founded in 1816, filing for bankruptcy illustrates the point.
On behalf of Lefkovitz & Lefkovitz posted in blog on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
Most of us would like to have more stuff, enjoy a more luxurious life and take nicer vacations, but there's one problem: We don't have enough money to get and do all the things we may want. Living beyond our means, whatever they may be, can lead us into serious financial stress.
Chapter 13 and mortgage arrears: How long before it's serious?
On behalf of Lefkovitz & Lefkovitz posted in blog on Monday, February 19, 2018.
Every homeowner wants to pay their mortgage on time. But things can happen to us that cause financial trouble and make it difficult to stay out of problem debt. Illness, divorce, job losses and business problems are examples of hardships that can lead to missed mortgage payments and fears about foreclosure.
On behalf of Lefkovitz & Lefkovitz posted in blog on Saturday, January 27, 2018.
One of the worst things about being in debt is having to deal with harassment -- and embarrassment -- from creditors and the bill collectors who work for them. From threatening letters to nasty phone calls, this harassment can be very stressful, especially when you may already be going through a difficult time.
On behalf of Lefkovitz & Lefkovitz posted in blog on Friday, January 26, 2018.
We've talked about celebrity bankruptcies in previous blog posts. Many of our readers like this topic because it illustrates clearly that we all go through hard times in our lives. It normalizes and validates their experience of stress and anxiety as it relates to problem debt that can afflict anyone, even the super-wealthy and exceedingly famous.
Celebrities and bankruptcy: What do I have in common with them?
On behalf of Lefkovitz & Lefkovitz posted in blog on Thursday, January 25, 2018.
No one is immune to financial problems, even the wealthy. If you are struggling with debt you can't afford, and you're considering a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy as a means of relief, not only are you not alone -- you are in incredible company!
Bankruptcy and your tax debt: Is it worth trying?
On behalf of Lefkovitz & Lefkovitz posted in blog on Tuesday, December 26, 2017.
Back taxes can be very problematic. Being in debt with the IRS -- or a state, county or municipal authority, for that matter -- can lead to miserable consequences like payroll garnishment, liens and bank levies, sometimes when you least expect them.
Chapter 13 and foreclosure: Does the bank actually WANT my house?
On behalf of Lefkovitz & Lefkovitz posted in blog on Thursday, December 21, 2017.
It's incredibly stressful to live in fear of imminent foreclosure. If you're behind on house payments, your mortgage servicer may have started the hostile letters and aggressive talk about selling your house out from under you. You may be terrified about what this means for your family, and you may thinking about filing a Chapter 13 bankruptcy in order to keep your house.


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Police report: Shots fired after brothers fight in Central Lubbock apartment complex
by: Staff | newsweb@everythinglubbock.com
LUBBOCK, Texas — Shots were fired at a Central Lubbock apartment complex after two brothers got into an altercation Monday afternoon, a police report said.
The incident happened at the Coronado Crossing apartments at 3333 Toledo Avenue. It was called into police at 5:15 p.m. Monday.
According to the report, two brothers got into a physical altercation inside an apartment. One brother left the apartment, and the other brother heard nine-to-10 shots about five minutes later.
Officers found multiple shell casings in the area, per the report.
An involved party said that the brother who left the apartment was the shooter. According the report, this person also said that the two men were arguing over narcotics.
The brother who was not accused of being shooter had a small amount of blood on his shoulder from the fight, the police report said. He told police he did not know whether his brother owned a gun or if he was the shooter.
Lubbock dentist charged with child pornography crimes, accused of inappropriate relationships with children
LUBBOCK, Texas -- A popular Lubbock dentist was arrested and charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography, according to a release Friday from the Department of Justice for the Northern District of Texas.
Dr. Jason P. White, D.D.S., 41, was arrested at his practice Thursday and booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center.
by Nick Kraynok / Jan 15, 2021
LUBBOCK, Texas- High temperatures going into the 50s yesterday, but for Lubbock, it was just below average as we got to 53°. The average high for Lubbock on January 14 is 54°. Highs were above average off the Caprock on Thursday. Today is going to be only slightly cooler. Expect to see more sunshine and more gusty wind. The wind is going to be at 15-20 mph, with gusts to 35 mph at times. The air will be dry, so the fire danger is elevated all day long. The high temperature is going to be 50°. The average high for today is 54°. Heading into the weekend, we will see dry weather tomorrow. Clouds will be on the increase Saturday, with light wind. We're actually going to see the high temperature right on the average for January 16, as Lubbock will get to 54° for the high.
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Texas Tech Chancellor talks COVID-19, Stollings scandal, system's future
by Matthew Stell / Jan 15, 2021
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech University System Chancellor Dr. Tedd Mitchell said he is satisifed with how his campuses have dealth with the COVID-19 outbreak.
"We were able to bring our students through and still give them a residental experience," said Mitchell. "Everyone is wearing masks."


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UAAP: A lot at stake as Ateneo guns for top spot in final day of elims | Inquirer Sports
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By: Lance Agcaoili - @inquirerdotnet
INQUIRER.net / 09:42 PM November 29, 2022
Ateneo Blue Eagles. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—Ateneo shoots for the top seeding as Adamson tries to avoid a playoff for No. 4 when they clash on Wednesday in the UAAP Season 85 men's basketball tournament at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
The final elimination game is set at 4 p.m., where the Final Four pairings and the last semis ticket are on the line.
The back-against-the-wall La Salle, which holds a 6-7 record after a tough 80-72 loss to the also-ran University of the East in overtime on Saturday, needs to win its final assignment against skidding University of Santo Tomas at 2 p.m. and hopes for a losing result from Adamson to force a playoff for the last Final Four berth.
These last two games were supposed to kick off the second round last October 29 but got postponed by Typhoon Paeng and it turned out to be a double-header with heavy implications in the Final Four picture.
Ateneo, coming off a 75-67 victory over University of the Philippines in their grudge match, has won five consecutive games for a 10-3 card with a twice-to-beat incentive. The defending champions finished the eliminations with an 11-3 record, while National University is locked in the third seed with a 9-5 record, facing either Ateneo of UP in the Final Four.
With a chance to overtake the Fighting Maroons for the top seed, Blue Eagles coach Tab Baldwin has no plans of letting up against the Falcons, who have a 7-6 record riding a three-game win streak with Jerom Lastimosa providing the spark despite a right foot injury.
"There's only one way to play the game of basketball. Play to win," said Baldwin.
Adamson coach Nash Racela hopes his wards will give their all as they try to finish with an 8-6 record to nail a first Final Four appearance since 2018.
"We'll give our best, just like every game. We just hope that our best is really our best because sometimes they look like they're giving their best but they commit a lot of mistakes. So hopefully, when we play November 30, yeah, we really bring our absolute best," said Racela.
An Adamson loss to Ateneo coupled with a La Salle win over UST in the first game would pit both teams against each other in a playoff for the No. 4 spot.
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St Albans City must take Dartford performance forward says Ian Allinson
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Published: 6:07 PM February 3, 2018
Rhys Murrell-Williamson was the man of the match as St Albans City thoroughly beat Dartford. Picture: LEIGH PAGE - Credit: Archant
Ian Allinson wants St Albans City to take the superb performance in their 4-0 win against Dartford into the remaining games of the season and secure at least a Vanarama National League South play-off place.
Saints were almost unplayable at times as they thumped a Dartford side who started the day sitting on top of the table.
Two goals from Sam Merson gave them a good half-time advantage and Percy Kiangebeni and Rhys Murrell-Williamson finished off a great day at Clarence Park.
And Allinson said it is the players who deserve all the credit for the way they put the Darts to the sword.
He said: "We've got to take some credit for the way the players performed. When they play and they're on song like this they take a lot of stopping.
"It was like a game of basketball at times and then you're questioning how your fitness will hold up but in the end the third and fourth settled us down and they lost their momentum.
"I just felt we didn't finish the game off again. We didn't move the ball quick enough like we did for the first 75 minutes. But even then we've still had three or four chances.
"It was a great game, a fantastic game to be involved in on a terrible day.
"There was 800 in here today and hopefully they've gone home with plenty of enjoyment.
"We've got to take that forward.
"It's two-thirds of the season done now and we've got to make sure we finish it off and we don't have these blips where we win and lose games.
"We've got to make sure we approach games like we have and pick up the three points."
It was an exceptional game of football and one which Dartford played their part in early on.
And the City boss felt it could have different had certain things not fell City's way.
"It was a tough game until we got the fourth goal and then it became comfortable," he admitted.
"Up until half-time I felt the game was too end to end and too open.
"We've both had chances but we were fortunate to get the two goals just before half-time and we could have had a third when Zane Banton went through and if we'd got that
"But the way they play and the way they get balls into the box you're always going to be susceptible to a goal from a set-piece and they've hit the post twice."


How does one write about someone doing a mile of burpees? Nothing I write could give Rita, age 50, the credit and accolades she deserves. Rita did a full mile of burpees with push-ups in 1 hour and 35 minutes! She would have broken the record of 1 hour and 15 minutes, if we all didn't make her stop and take pictures.
When we all met up with Rita at the Y, she had two canvas boards labeled with each lap and who she was dedicating it to. She then asked us to write in who we dedicated our lap(s) to below hers. I thought this was such a wonderful and meaningful thing to do.
Rita started out her first lap with a bang! She rocked her way around the track in 10 minutes!
Margel and her son joined Rita in her second lap. Both Margel and I have problems doing push-ups due to injuries. Margel discovered that we had to do our burpees with the push-ups to give our legs that quick break…boy was she right too!
Can you say rockin' body!?!
Rita loved having everyone there to do laps with her. We would cheer for her, and then she would start cheering for us, and telling us how proud she was of us and how great we were doing!
Rita's husband, Barry, joined her for a lap of Burpees!
Margel, Stephanie, and I joined Rita for this lap. I started out without the push-ups, but about 7 burpees into it, I added those push-ups in to save my quads, because they were already on fire! I'm the one in the middle.
Second to last lap, and Rita is still going strong. She had perfect form, strong push-ups, and great forward jumps!
Devin and I joined Rita for her last lap of burpees. She stayed so strong through that last lap, and finished with a smile!!
A special thank you to everyone who was there to support Rita on her Burpee Mile!!
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She is the first Black woman to own and operate a cannabis store in Canada. Now she fears her spot might close before it even opens
By Jenna MoonStaff Reporter
Tue., July 7, 2020timer3 min. read
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Since January, Vivianne Wilson has been waiting for confirmation that her cannabis store can open its doors.
Wilson, founder of GreenPort Cannabis in Toronto, located near College and Grace Sts., is the first Black woman who is an independent owner and operator of a licensed Canadian cannabis retail business. She said her company aims to bring diversity to Canada's cannabis industry.
"We're celebrating the history of the plant," she said. "We're recognizing and celebrating the people who introduced this plant to the world. At GreenPort, we're giving a voice to the voiceless by bringing much needed representation into the Canadian cannabis market because currently it does not exist."
Now she fears that she'll have to shutter her store before she can officially open.
After receiving a retail operator licence, Wilson had to apply for a retail store authorization. It meant that even though she had entered into a lease agreement and completed the necessary renovations to implement the required security features she still couldn't open.
"Throughout this entire process, I was not given a single timeline from the AGCO (Alcohol and Gaming Commission)," Wilson said. "There was absolutely nothing provided until my pre-inspection when I was told I had another 90 days to wait before I could open the store."
The AGCO, which handles cannabis licensing in Ontario, has said that licences are provided on a first-come first-served basis. A spokesperson for the commission confirmed that Wilson has been placed in a queue for approval and tentatively scheduled for late September. The AGCO issues approximately 20 store authorizations a month, the spokesperson said.
"The AGCO has a team of compliance and licensing officials working on multiple files. All applications are processed efficiently and equitably," the AGCO said in a statement. "Generally speaking, delays may occur based on the complexity of the file and if the AGCO requests additional disclosure information and must wait for a response."
For Wilson, the wait has meant that she paid for renovations and a lease, but cannot open her store and generate revenue.
The delay speaks to a larger issue, Wilson said, where Ontario's cannabis market runs the risk of being dominated by a few major players, while she is having difficulty setting up even one cannabis store.
"We're not just opening another store," Wilson said. "We're creating a community where everyone can feel welcome" and represented — especially given the history of cannabis and the criminalization of those in racialized communities.
Wilson, who was born in Jamaica, said the narrative surrounding cannabis there was much different than what she experienced as a teenager living in Canada.
"I watched as the people being paraded across the TV screen, being criminalized for their association with a plant, looked like me," Wilson said.
Then when Canada legalized cannabis nearly two years ago it was the opposite. "I watched as the people being paraded across the TV screen, getting their companies added to the Toronto Stock Exchange, or raising hundreds and millions and even billions of dollars, looked nothing like me."
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Both the system of criminalization and legalization are built by the same people, Wilson said.
"That's a huge gap that I'm seeing across this cannabis industry," she said, adding that politicians said the application process would allow for fair participation.
"There needs to be an equitable program that is built and designed within the cannabis industry to support fair representation. If we start there, I'm sure we will see more changes. I'm sure we'll see more voices."
Note – July 8, 2020: This article was edited from a previous version.
Jenna Moon is a breaking news reporter for the Star and is based in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @_jennamoon


When you don't feel like trekking to the doughnut shop to satisfy a craving, just make your own at home. The process of mixing the dough is not all that different from making other types of bread. When it comes to rolling out the tasty creations, however, you'll need to get the thickness right for the best final product.
Home cooks have a choice of two types of doughnuts -- cake or yeast. Yeast doughnuts, like yeast breads, must rise before the dough is ready to work with. Cake doughnuts have no yeast; once the batter is mixed, it's ready to be worked. Once ready, both types of doughnuts need to be rolled out to a 1/2-inch thickness before frying. If you have a doughnut pan for baking doughnuts, pour the batter for cake doughnuts directly into the pan.
If you roll out doughnuts that are too thick, the rounds will not cook thoroughly in the suggested frying time. Undercooked doughnuts have a doughy and unappealing interior. Cooking thick doughnuts in the fryer long enough to cook the interior will result in an overcooked exterior. Donuts that are rolled too thin, on the other hand, have a poor texture overall because they are easily overcooked and, in the case of yeast doughnuts, won't rise much during proofing.
To prevent the dough from sticking to your rolling surface, dust the area -- and your rolling pin -- with a small amount of flour. Choose a rolling surface that is cool and smooth, not a textured surface such as a wooden cutting board. Marble is excellent for rolling out dough, but any surface in your kitchen away from a heat source is suitable. To keep your dough an even thickness, place 1/2-inch thick wooden sticks at the width of your rolling pin. Some rolling pins also have adjustable wheels that set the pin to a 1/2-inch height.
When mixing and kneading doughnut dough, work it as little as possible. Too much handling can make the dough tough and result in dense doughnuts, rather than airy ones. The extra handling can also result in misshapen doughnuts. Dust the rolling surface with as little flour as possible. Too much flour on the surface of the doughnut can lead to tough doughnuts and make them collapse when they hit the deep fryer. The excess flour can also burn in the fryer and give your doughnuts a charred flavor.


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Balneario de Rincón is a public beach in Rincón, Puerto Rico.   It hosted the Triathlon events for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.

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Glad, though I have been chasing my tail all day, I never missed this post. .
I still haven't made my mind up about the Israel/Palestine conflict. After 70 years, that's till a big mess.
I feel so sorry for Palestine.


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The SyncroFlo Dessert Party will be held on Monday, October 31st, 2016, at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Phoenix, AZ. The evening will be filled with our famous desserts, ghost tours of the Orpheum Theatre, as well as a live band! Please visit us at booth #303 at the ASPE 2016 Convention & Expo to pick up your invitation.


In airports, there are security machines that use x-ray technology to scan both passengers and luggage in order to make sure no weapons or drugs are going to be taken on board. After the tragedy of September 11, 2011, air traffic security tightened significantly. Now, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security officers use x-ray stations to scan for items that used to be considered innocuous but which are now considered potentially lethal, such as flammable items, items with sharp edges, and even liquids in excess of 3 ounces.
"Luggage screening device at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand, January 31, 2007" by Mattes is licensed under Public Domai.
2015 Prohibited Items. https://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/prohibited-items, accessed July 15, 2015.
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Film Screening: Hell on Earth
DATE: 24 May 2017 TIME: 6:00 p.m. LOCATION: Club Quarters, 40 West 45 St., New York
The OPC is hosting a special screening and discussion of the documentary Hell On Earth: The Fall Of Syria And The Rise of ISIS, with filmmakers Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested.
The film puts t he atrocities of this brutal paramilitary group in historical context, tracing the roots of ISIS to the rebel movement against Bashar al-Assad in Syria as well as U.S. mishandling of the aftermath of the Iraq War. Hell On Earth was cut from 1,000 hours of footage that includes that of a family living under ISIS control that finally fled to Turkey, Kurdish fighters in Sinjar and Shia militias in Iraq as well as al-Qaida-affiliated fighters in and around Aleppo and Raqqa.
Junger and Quested previously collaborated on a trio of films about the war in Afghanistan: Restrepo, The Last Patrol and Which Way is the Front Line From Here.
Hell on Earth debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and aired on National Geographic, which produced the film.


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I received a Notification of Assessed Value in the mail. What is this letter and do I need to take any action?
This is an informational letter to notify you of your property's Net Assessed Value. The assessed value, minus exemptions, is the basis for your annual property tax bill. The tax bill typically covers the fiscal year starting July 1 and ending June 30, with payments due in December and April.
The Adjusted Value (or Proposition 13 value) shown on my letter does not appear to take into consideration my recent purchase price or the added value of my new construction.
Please pay your property tax bill as issued by the Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector. When our office processes your sale or new construction, we will issue a supplemental assessment notice, which will notify you of the difference between the adjusted value (Proposition 13 value) and your purchase price or the market value of your new construction. You will then receive a supplemental tax bill from the Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector to cover that difference in value.
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Proposition 13 (1978) – Sets a base year assessment that cannot be increased by more than 2% or the inflation rate of the California Consumer Price Index, whichever is less. The Proposition 13 adjusted value acts like a cap; it is the highest value at which your property can be assessed. If the property changes ownership, a new base year value is set. Note that if there is new construction activity on your property, state law allows the Assessor to value that new construction, which may result in an increased property assessment.
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How is property tax determined from the assessed value?
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- Pirates utility man John Jaso just likes to see where the tides take him.Just like he has since he broke into the big leagues as a catcher with the Rays in 2008, the Southern California native with the full head of dreadlocks has been going with the
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Pirates utility man John Jaso just likes to see where the tides take him.
Just like he has since he broke into the big leagues as a catcher with the Rays in 2008, the Southern California native with the full head of dreadlocks has been going with the flow, whether it is a change in position, a change in role or just a bad day at the plate.
"That's just kind of how my boat floats down the river," Jaso said. "You'll never see much of a change in demeanor from me whether I strike out three times or hit three homers in a game."
That even-keeled approach is what helps make him a valuable player both on the field and in the clubhouse.
"John is as good a teammate as I've had in a clubhouse, and I've been managing a while now," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "He shows up every day and he will do whatever is asked of him to help his team win."
Not much bothers the man nicknamed "Mikey," a holdover from his early days with the Rays when first baseman Carlos Pena couldn't remember his name during a road trip. Jaso just went with it.
"After [then-manager Joe] Maddon started calling me that, the name stuck," Jaso said.
"Mikey" got the start at first base and batted third in the Pirates' game against the Minnesota Twins at LECOM Park on Sunday. Jaso went 1-for-2, was hit by a pitch and scored a run in a 4-3 win. So far this spring Jaso is batting .263 with a home run and four RBIs.
Jaso has also been seeing more time in the outfield this spring, both as a way to increase his versatility and a way to fill in some of the lineup gaps from players taking part in the World Baseball Classic, including the entire starting outfield of Starling Marte, Gregory Polanco and Andrew McCutchen.
"It's a little bit weird with so many of the guys gone for the WBC," Jaso said. "But it's been fun. First base is still my priority, but I've been able to get some time in right field because the guys are gone. I like having that versatility for myself. I don't want to be anchored down to just one position.
"I don't see myself breaking the lineup with the outfield we already have, but it is nice to give them another option if they need to use it."
Last season with Pittsburgh, the first of a two-year, $8 million deal, Jaso batted .268 with eight home runs, 25 doubles and 42 RBIs.
On top of his contribution on the field, his laid-back demeanor helps a team that is expected to compete for a postseason spot while weathering the ups and downs of a long season.
"He's got no ego, he's very smart," Hurdle said. "He's still the one player I've never seen complain about a call at the plate in the full year and Spring Training I've had him, and I can't say that about anyone. Whatever happens, happens, and he just moves on."
"That's just how the game is with that roller-coaster ride of failure and success," Jaso said. "If you rack your brain when things don't go your way, which is like 70 percent of the time for the best players, you are just going to drill yourself into the ground."
J. Scott Butherus is a contributor to MLB.com.