"Yes," said Christopher Robin, smiling to himself.
"I have been told--the news has worked through to my corner of the Forest--the damp bit down on the right which nobody wants—that a certain Person is looking for a house. I have found one for him."
"Ah, well done," said Rabbit kindly.
"We have been joined by something," he said in a loud whisper. "But no matter. We can leave it behind. If you will come with me, Christopher Robin, I will show you the house."
"Come on, Pooh," he said.
"Come on, Tigger!" cried Roo.
"Shall we go, Owl?" said Rabbit.
"Wait a moment," said Owl, picking up his notice-board, which had just come into sight again.
"Christopher Robin and I are going for a Short Walk," he said, "not a Jostle. If he likes to bring Pooh and Piglet with him, I shall be glad of their company, but one must be able to Breathe."
"That's all right," said Rabbit, rather glad to be left in charge of something.
"We'll go on getting the things out. Now then, Tigger, where's that rope? What's the matter, Owl?"
"It is!" and "It can't be!" and "It's really!" to each other.
"There!" said Eeyore proudly, stopping them outside Piglet's house. "And the name on it, and everything!"
"Oh!" cried Christopher Robin, wondering whether to laugh or what. "Just the house for Owl. Don't you think so, little Piglet?"


L'Occitane are renowned for their luxurious skincare and body-care ranges, so it's rather exciting to hear of their newly launched men's fragrances collection! I have curated a little wishlist of the fragrances that appeal to me the most, and will hopefully be able to try out myself one day!
A scent that sounds ideal for the upcoming Autumn/Winter seasons, which lavendar has been blended with the peppery, nutmeg scent of burnt wood.
I chose this scent because it sounds incredibly warm and rich!
Inspired by Provence, Italy, this fragrance is designed to uplift your mood and leave you feeling rejuvenated.
I chose the fragrance because it sounds refreshing and full of life!
Refreshing and fruity that soon dries down into a woodsy and spicy fragrance.
I chose this fragrance because it sounds the ideal scent to see off the Summer season!
Have you shopped with L'Occitane before? If so, what did you buy? Have you tried out any of their mens fragrances? Which one? Do let me know your thoughts below as I would love to hear from you, and don't forget to click that 'like' button!


After I cut my hair, I decided to use less heat/no heat. I cut my hair into the bob March 16, 2013, it's been almost a year & my hair is growing back nicely. I've used heat two times in the past year.
The pics from the bottom is how I usually wear my hair now days. (Flat twists) This is my little story/journey. Hope to meet new curl friends!


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#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>

#include "talk/base/logging.h"
#include "talk/xmpp/constants.h"
#include "talk/xmpp/xmppclient.h"
#include "xmpptasks.h"

namespace hello {

/**
 * Example message handler
 */

XmppTaskMessage::XmppTaskMessage(buzz::XmppTaskParentInterface *parent)
    : buzz::XmppTask(parent, buzz::XmppEngine::HL_TYPE) {}

XmppTaskMessage::~XmppTaskMessage() {}

int XmppTaskMessage::ProcessStart() {
  return STATE_RESPONSE;
}

int XmppTaskMessage::ProcessResponse() {

  const buzz::XmlElement* stanza = NextStanza();
  if (stanza == NULL) {
    return STATE_BLOCKED;
  }

  std::string from = "Someone";
  std::string text = "something too quiet to hear.";

  if (stanza->HasAttr(buzz::QN_FROM))
    from = stanza->Attr(buzz::QN_FROM);

  const buzz::XmlElement *body_stanza = stanza->FirstNamed(buzz::QN_BODY);
  if (body_stanza != NULL) {
    text = body_stanza->BodyText();
  }

  std::cout << "Message: " << from << " says " << text << std::endl;

  // Send response message
  if (from != "Someone") {

    std::stringstream response_text;
    response_text << "The thing you said was " << text.length()
                  << " characters long.";

    talk_base::scoped_ptr<buzz::XmlElement> message(
        new buzz::XmlElement(buzz::QN_MESSAGE));
    message->SetAttr(buzz::QN_TO, from);

    buzz::XmlElement *body = new buzz::XmlElement(buzz::QN_BODY);
    body->SetBodyText(response_text.str());

    message->AddElement(body);

    SendStanza(message.get());
  }

  return STATE_RESPONSE;
}

bool XmppTaskMessage::HandleStanza(const buzz::XmlElement *stanza) {

  if (stanza->Name() == buzz::QN_MESSAGE) {
    QueueStanza(stanza);
    return true;
  }

  return false;
}

/**
 * Example presence handler
 */

XmppTaskPresence::XmppTaskPresence(buzz::XmppTaskParentInterface *parent)
    : buzz::XmppTask(parent, buzz::XmppEngine::HL_TYPE) {}

XmppTaskPresence::~XmppTaskPresence() {}

int XmppTaskPresence::ProcessStart() {

  talk_base::scoped_ptr<buzz::XmlElement> presence(
      new buzz::XmlElement(buzz::QN_PRESENCE));
  SendStanza(presence.get());

  return STATE_RESPONSE;
}

int XmppTaskPresence::ProcessResponse() {

  const buzz::XmlElement* stanza = NextStanza();
  if (stanza == NULL) {
    return STATE_BLOCKED;
  }

  std::string from = "Someone";

  if (stanza->HasAttr(buzz::QN_FROM))
    from = stanza->Attr(buzz::QN_FROM);

  std::cout << "Presence: " << from << std::endl;

  return STATE_RESPONSE;
}

bool XmppTaskPresence::HandleStanza(const buzz::XmlElement *stanza) {

  if (stanza->Name() == buzz::QN_PRESENCE) {
    QueueStanza(stanza);
    return true;
  }

  return false;
}

/**
 * Example iq handler
 */

XmppTaskIq::XmppTaskIq(buzz::XmppTaskParentInterface *parent)
    : buzz::XmppTask(parent, buzz::XmppEngine::HL_SINGLE) {}

XmppTaskIq::~XmppTaskIq() {}

int XmppTaskIq::ProcessStart() {

  set_task_id(GetClient()->NextId());

  talk_base::scoped_ptr<buzz::XmlElement> privacy(
						  MakeIq("get", buzz::Jid(), task_id()));
  buzz::XmlElement *query = new buzz::XmlElement(buzz::QN_PRIVACY_QUERY);
  privacy->AddElement(query);

  SendStanza(privacy.get());

  return STATE_RESPONSE;
}

int XmppTaskIq::ProcessResponse() {

  const buzz::XmlElement* stanza = NextStanza();
  if (stanza == NULL) {
    return STATE_BLOCKED;
  }

  std::string from = "Someone";

  if (stanza->HasAttr(buzz::QN_FROM))
    from = stanza->Attr(buzz::QN_FROM);

  std::cout << "Iq: " << from << std::endl;

  return STATE_RESPONSE;
}

bool XmppTaskIq::HandleStanza(const buzz::XmlElement *stanza) {

  if (MatchResponseIq(stanza, buzz::Jid(), task_id())) {
    QueueStanza(stanza);
    return true;
  }

  return false;
}

}  // namespace hello

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Script Writers In Los Angeles
Script Writers In California
Screenwriters
Screenwriters In Los Angeles
Screenwriters In California
Phil Lombard
Freelance Script Writer & Screenwriter
Barry A. A. Dillinger - Gave 1 kudo
Kudo'd an item in the portfolio of Phil Lombard
Phil Lombard - Added portfolio item
This script led to representation by UTA, who facilitated the attachment of producer Matt Kaplan, a former exec at LionsGate who had a first-look deal with Blumhouse Productions (Paranormal Activity).
Phil Lombard - Added job
Added the job Experienced SEO Article Writers Needed - Freelance Job
I have been an attorney, screenwriter and script consultant in LA for more than a decade. My agent is Hollywood power-agent Charles Ferraro, who is a partner at UTA, which is one of the largest talent agencies in the world. Charles' clients include the writers of the THE PURGE and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, while UTA's clients include Johnny Depp and Will Ferrell.
I have also been represented by LA-based management company GOOD FEAR, which is the producing team behind such film franchises as AMERICAN PIE, FINAL DESTINATION and THE HANGOVER. My most recent screenplay, a contained thriller, was read by New Line Cinema (THE CONJURING, IT, ANNABELLE), after which it was attached with producer Matt Kaplan, a former executive at LionsGate who had a first-look deal with Blumhouse Productions...

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


We offer a range of talks and practical sessions specifically for groups with additional access needs. All are detailed below and bookable now. A selection of resources are also available.
-the use of picture cards to aid explanations in practical workshops, giving step by step instructions.
-a fully accessible building with disabled access toilets on Ground Floors and Floors 1 &4, along with lift access to all floors.
Discussions encourage pupils to interpret the works for themselves. Gallery staff pose questions that help the pupils explore the work and value their own interpretations. Discussions can help build self esteem, visual literacy, problem solving and critical thinking and develop confidence in visiting art galleries.
We offer a range of Talks and Discussions which are available all year round.
• Paid 30 minute talk and discussions. £20 per group.
• All talks must be booked in advance.
• We recommend a smaller group size of 10 max for all SEN groups.
Are you working on a particular theme or topic and none of the above suggestions fit? Please contact us for a chat to discuss your ideas.
• All approx 1 hour 30 minutes. The length of our workshops can be amended if required to accommodate individual needs.
• Available all year round.
• We recommended a smaller group size of 12 max for all SEN groups.
Pupils explore the painted patterns on the Greek cockerel on display and practice their own patterns.
Pupils move to the workshop room and explore creating their own cockerel.
Come and explore our Collections from the perspective of an insect. Pupils will create their own 3D minibeast to encourage them to look closely at art.
Pupils will learn the different elements of landscape art. Working as a team they will create their own giant landscape, using simple printing techniques.
• Pupils explore the bronze sculptures on display in the permanent collection.
• Through drawing these from different viewpoints they explore three dimensions and discuss mark making and proportion.
• Pupils explore different materials that sculpture can be made from through handling.
• Pupils then move to a workshop room to create their own modelled head using a newspaper base with mod roc covering and details.
• Pupils then move to a workshop room to create their own clay mould and cast in plaster.
• Pupils then move to a workshop room to create their own sand mould and cast in plaster.
• Pupils explore the gallery and a particular subject focus. Through drawing their own subject the children create their own mono print. They then transfer this to a polystyrene tile.
• Pupils then move to a workshop room to print the tile, and alter this tile to create 2 colour registered print.
• Pupils explore the gallery and a particular subject focus. They create their own subject on paper and create their stencil.
• Pupils then move to a workshop room to create the print and keep their stencil.
• Pupils explore the gallery and a particular subject focus. They draw their own subject. They make their own texture tile and test this through rubbings before printing.
Taking inspiration from our landscapes room, pupils learn the fundamentals of drawing a landscape in perspective.
Taking inspiration from the portraits within our Collections, pupils will learn how to draw a portrait using correct proportion.
Pupils explore simple experimental drawing exercises including blind contour, continuous line and ink drawing.
The Please contact us to discuss how we can meet the needs of your group. We offer inspiring and creative workshops tailored to your needs, to enable your students to explore the themes within our Temporary Exhibitions and Collections.


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Google Cloud announces Machine Learning Startup Competition
Sam O'Keefe
Product Manager, Google Cloud
Today, Google Cloud is excited to announce a Machine Learning Startup Competition in collaboration with venture capital firms Data Collective and Emergence Capital.
Startups are eager to use machine learning to build new products and services for their customers. As Fei-Fei Li, Chief Scientist for Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, said this week, we want to do everything we can to make sure this technology is broadly available, powerful and simple to use for everyone.
The competition brings together promising early-stage startups using machine learning for an opportunity to receive up to $1M in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) credits and the potential to receive up to $1M of equity investment from our partners, Data Collective and Emergence Capital.
Startups invited to participate in our final pitch-off event will also have an opportunity to meet and receive feedback from our supporting partners, a16z, Greylock Partners, GV, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital.
In keeping with Google's spirit of openness, teams don't need to use GCP to be eligible for the competition. U.S.-based startups working in any sector — from health to financial services and from retail to mobile apps — are encouraged to apply.
Entries are due April 16, 2017. You can find all the details on eligibility, timeline and prizes on our competition website. Applications are open now! We look forward to learning more about your company!
Advancing genomics to better understand and treat disease
By Andrew Carroll Pi-Chuan Chang
How Abigail Annkah is using AI to improve maps in Africa
By Letitiah Obiri
2021 Year in Review: Google Quantum AI
By Emily Mount
Unlocking human rights information with machine learning
By Grace Kwak Danciu
Machine learning to make sign language more accessible
By Kemal El Moujahid


Tatiana Apartments- Apaula Heights is the addition to the Tatiana Investments Accommodation Group. Tatiana Motel-Fugalei caters for a wide range of travelers from the budget option to the deluxe whilst the other branch of Tatiana, which is situated at Tanugamanono, offers standard to deluxe accommodation. All properties are strategically located within easy reach of Apia CBD.
This Tatiana Apartments-Apaula Heights Corporate Suites are fully equipped with kitchenette, telephone, internet connection to keep you connected whilst you are home away from home. The Suites also have adjoining doors in the event that a larger group wishes to book two or more units.
Tatiana Apartments is fully self -catering. With only 3-minute drive separating you from the hustle and bustle of the Apia Central Business District - Main facilities such as the Hospital, Gyms, local supermarket as well as various restaurants are a mere few-minute drive away. Off-road Car parking set in lush and colorful gardens is available for guest use only.
Late Check Out must be pre-arranged with Management and pending room availability.
For Safety Considerations, we regret that no Children are allowed.


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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Red Hook on February 27, 2019 at 7:35 P.M. local time, at the Town Hall, 7340 South Broadway, Red Hook, New York 12571, to hear all interested persons on a proposed Local Law No. A (Proposed) of 2019 entitled "A Local Law to Establish a Community Choice Aggregation Program for the Town of Red Hook." The proposed Local Law would amend the Town Code of the Town of Red Hook, by adding a new Chapter 55, entitled "COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM", to select one or more energy suppliers on behalf of customers who do not opt out of the program.
Local Law No. A [Proposed] of 2019
A LOCAL LAW TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM FOR THE TOWN OF RED HOOK
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York, as follows:
Section 1. The Town Code of the Town of Red Hook is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter 55, entitled "COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM," to read as follows:
Chapter 55. Community Choice Aggregation Program
§ 55-1. Legislative Findings; Intent and Purpose; Authority.
A. It is the policy of both the Town of Red Hook and the State of New York to reduce costs and provide price certainty for the purpose of consumer protection and economic development, to expand access and opportunities for consumers in retail energy markets, as well as to promote the sustainability and resilience of energy systems through the proliferation of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and Distributed Energy Resources. Among the initiatives that may advance these objectives in New York is Community Choice Aggregation, a policy that empowers local governments to select the source of electricity and/or natural gas supply on behalf of its residents and small businesses, reflecting local resources, priorities, and challenges. Energy delivery shall remain the responsibility of the Distribution Utility.
B. This Chapter establishes the authority for the Town, in connection with the implementation a CCA Program, to acquire utility data; to select, through competitive solicitation, one or more energy Supplier(s) on behalf of Participating Customers within the Town; and to maximize value for Participating Customers through enhanced services related to Distributed Energy Resources. The Town may choose to collaborate with other local governments to form an intermunicipal CCA Program. By establishing a CCA Program, Participating Customers will have the opportunity to lower and stabilize their energy costs, to spur local clean energy innovation and investment, and to reduce their environmental impact; thereby, fulfilling the purposes of this Chapter and fulfilling an important public purpose.
C. The Town is authorized to implement a COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM pursuant to Section 10(1)(ii)(a)(12) of the New York Municipal Home Rule Law; and consistent with the PSC CCA Order as defined herein.
D. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM Law of the Town of Red Hook".
§ 55-2. Definitions.
For purposes of this Chapter, and unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms in this Chapter shall have the meanings employed in the State of New York Public Service Commission's Uniform Business Practices or, if not so defined there, as indicated herein:
A. AGGREGATED DATA means aggregated and anonymized information relating to electricity and/or gas consumption including, but not limited to, the number of consumers by service and rate class, the aggregated peak demand (kW) (for electricity) by month for the past 12 months by service and rate class, and the aggregated energy (kWh) for electricity or volumetric consumption for gas by month for the past 12 months by service and rate class.
B. COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM or CCA Program means the Community Choice Aggregation Program enabled by this Local Law.
C. CCA ADMINISTRATOR means the Town of Red Hook or third party CCA administrator duly authorized by the Town Board of the Town of Red Hook to administer the CCA Program including without limitation: to request Aggregated Data and Customer Specific Data; to competitively solicit Suppliers for the aggregated demand for electricity and/or natural gas on behalf of Default Consumers; and to offer Participating Customers additional opportunities to participate or enroll in programs or projects related to DER. The CCA Administrator shall be responsible for program organization, administration, procurement, communications, and for meeting all requirements for program implementation specified in the PSC CCA Order, unless otherwise specified.
D. CUSTOMER SPECIFIC DATA means customer-specific information, personal data and utility data for Default Customers including customer of record's name, mailing address, telephone number, account number, and primary language, if available, and any customer-specific alternate billing name, address, and phone number.
E. DEFAULT CUSTOMER means a consumer of electricity and/or natural gas services within opt-out eligible service classes (as delineated in the PSC CCA Order), who receives supply service from the Distribution Utility as of the date that the Supply Contract goes into effect, or a consumer within these service classes who subsequently becomes eligible to become a Participating Customer in the CCA Program including a consumer who has terminated a supply contract with an ESCO; a consumer who has removed a freeze or block on consumer's account; a consumer who has voluntarily suspended service pursuant to a special rate; or a consumer who becomes a new resident of the Town after the Supply Contract goes into effect. None of the following are considered a Default Customer and will not be enrolled on an opt-out basis: a consumer within opt-out eligible service classes who receives supply service from an ESCO as of the date that the Supply Contract goes into effect; a consumer who has placed a freeze or block on consumer's account; and a consumer for whom enrollment in the CCA Program would interfere with a choice consumer had already made to take service pursuant to a special rate. For the avoidance of doubt, a Default Customer must reside or be otherwise located at one or more locations within the geographic boundaries of the Town, as such boundaries exist as of the date the Supply Contract goes into effect.
F. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES ("DER") means local renewable energy projects, community distributed generation (e.g. shared solar), peak demand management, energy efficiency, demand response, energy storage, community resilience microgrid projects, and other innovative Reforming the Energy Vision ("REV") initiatives of the State of New York that further engage and/or reduce cost of service for Participating Customers, optimize system benefits, and/or address infrastructure and demand challenges within geography of the CCA Program.
G. DISTRIBUTION UTILITY means the owner or controller of the means of distribution of the natural gas or electricity in the Town. The Distribution Utility also serves as the default supplier of electricity and natural gas preceding the establishment of a CCA Program.
H. ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY ("ESCO") means an entity eligible to sell energy services to end-use customers using the transmission or distribution system of a utility corporation and duly authorized to conduct business in the State of New York
I. INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT means an agreement between the Town of Red Hook and one or more municipalities to undertake CCA Program pursuant to the terms of a local law adopted by each such municipality and the provisions of the PSC CCA Order.
J. PARTICIPATING CUSTOMERS means Default Customers of the CCA Program who have not opted out, and non-Default Customers of any service class who have voluntarily enrolled in the CCA Program.
K. PSC CCA ORDER means the PSC's Order Authorizing Framework for Community Choice Aggregation Opt-Out Program, issued on April 21, 2016 in Case 14-M-0224, "Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Enable Community Choice Aggregation Programs," as it may be amended, including subsequent orders of the Public Service Commission issued in connection with or related to Case No. 14-M-0224.
L. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ("PSC") means the New York State Public Service Commission.
M. SUPPLIER means an ESCO that procures electric power and/or natural gas for Participating Customers in connection with this Chapter or, alternatively, a generator of electricity and/or natural gas or other another entity that procures and resell electricity or natural gas.
N. SUPPLY CONTRACT means a contract for the supply of electric power or natural gas entered into between a Supplier and the Town.
O. SUPPLY CONTRACT DATE means the date when electric power and/or natural gas is first delivered to Participating Customers in connection with the CCA Program.
P. TOWN means the Town of Red Hook and the area within the geographical boundaries thereof, excluding the lands comprising any Villages.
§ 55-3. Authorization of a Community Choice Aggregation Program.
A. Community Choice Aggregation Program is hereby authorized by the Town, which the Town may implement to the full extent permitted by the PSC CCA Order, as set forth more fully herein.
B. The Town may enter into contracts with one or more Suppliers and other providers of services on behalf of Participating Customers, including, without limitation, Participating Customers of another municipality to the extent permitted by an Intermunicipal Agreement.
C. The Town may enter into agreements and contracts with other municipalities, non-profits, consultants, and/or other third parties to i) develop and implement the CCA Program, ii) act as CCA Administrator, and/or iii) develop offers of opt-in DER products and services to Participating Customers.
D. The operation and ownership of the utility service shall remain with the Distribution Utility. The Town's participation in the CCA Program constitutes neither the purchase of a public utility system, nor the furnishing of utility service. The Town shall not take over any part of the electric or gas transmission or distribution system and shall not furnish any type of utility service, but will instead negotiate with Suppliers on behalf of Participating Customers.
E. The Public Service Commission supervises retail markets and participants in these markets through legislative and regulatory authority and the Uniform Business Practices, which includes rules relating to the eligibility of participating ESCOs, the operation by which ESCOs provide energy services, and the terms on which customers may be enrolled with ESCOs.
§ 55-4. Eligibility.
A. All Default Customers shall be enrolled on an opt-out basis. Default Customers will have the right to opt out before the Supply Contract goes into effect, or disenroll any time thereafter with no penalty. Default Customer who do not opt out before the Supply Contract goes into effect will be enrolled automatically.
B. All non-Default Customers within the Town, regardless of service class, shall be eligible to participate in the CCA Program on an opt-in basis.
C. The CCA Administrator, on behalf of the Town of Red Hook, shall issue one or more requests for proposals to Suppliers to provide energy to participants and may then award a contract in accordance with the CCA Program, this Local Law, and the PSC CCA Order.
§ 55-5. Opt-Out Process.
A. The CCA Administrator shall cause the mailing of a program notification letter, printed on Town of Red Hook letterhead, to Default Customers at least 30 days prior to customer enrollment. The letter shall include information on the CCA Program and the Supply Contract signed with the selected Supplier(s) including specific details on rates, services, contract term, and methods for opting out of the CCA Program. The letter shall explain that Default Customers who do not opt out will be enrolled in the CCA Program under the Supply Contract terms and that information on those customers, including energy usage data, will be provided to the ESCO.
B. After the 30 day opt-out period, all Participating Customers shall have the option to disenroll from the CCA Program at any time without penalty.
§ 55-6. Data Protection Requirements.
A. CCA Administrator may request Aggregated Data and Customer Specific Data from the Distribution Utility as permitted by the PSC CCA Order.
B. Customer Specific Data shall be protected in a manner compliant with, collectively, (i) all national, state and local laws, regulations or other government standards relating to the protection of information that identifies or can be used to identify an individual Default Customer or Participating Customer that apply with respect to the Town or its representative's processing of confidential utility information; (ii) the Distribution Utility's internal requirements and procedures relating to the protection of information that identifies or can be used to identify an individual Default Customer or Participating Customer that apply with respect to the Town or its representative's processing of confidential utility information as provided in a data security agreement to be executed in the form authorized by PSC; (iii) the PSC CCA Order and PSC rules, regulations and guidelines relating to confidential data.
C. The Town, and/or its CCA Administrator, shall enter into an agreement with the Distribution Utility that obligates each party to meet the above provisions of this paragraph.
§ 55-7. Administration Fee.
The CCA Administrator may collect, or cause to be collected, funds from Participating Customer payments to pay for administrative costs associated with operating the CCA Program. If the CCA Administrator is other than the Town, such fees shall be in accordance with an agreement executed with the Town and consistent with the Implementation Plan and Data Protection Plan approved by the Public Service Commission for the CCA.
§ 55-8. Reporting.
A. The CCA Administrator shall prepare and file with the Town Board of the Town of Red Hook an annual report by March 31 of each year concerning the operations of the CCA Program for the previous calendar year.
B. Each annual report shall include, at a minimum, the following: number of Participating Customers served; number of Participating Customers cancelling; number of complaints received; commodity prices paid; value-added services provided (e.g., installation of DER or other clean energy services); and administrative costs collected. The first annual report shall also include the number of customers who opted-out in response to the initial opt-out letter or letters.
C. If a Supply Contract will expire less than one year following the filing of an annual report, the report shall describe current plans for soliciting a new Supply Contract, negotiating an extension, or terminating the CCA Program.
Section 2. Effective Date.
Pursuant to New York State Municipal Home Rule Law § 27(3), this Local Law shall be effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State.
Section 3. Severability.
If any provision of this law is held invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this law.
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The ACN-90 model of economic black box has been designed to register the spectrum of loads of elevating devices (hoist), according to the UNE 58 919 normative.
- activation of revision per number of hours or date.
All the data will be visualized in the AMM-40 terminal of configuration (see catalogue) protected through a security key. It includes a restrictor for control of surcharges. Can be connected on whichever weight sensor sited in: fixed branch line, return tackle block, cart, cable, etc.
Prepared for systems that do not incorporate load cell.


For those who don't know what TED talks are, TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, often in the form of short, talks (18 minutes or less). TEDx talks are usually 9 minutes or less, but are independently run.
the local sponsors were the University of New Mexico Health Science Center (UNM-HSC) and Presbyterian Healthcare Services I was pleasantly surprised that I had been selected to speak.
At one point in my career (as a New Mexico physician), I had been on the adjunct clinical faculty at UNM-HSC, but my appointment was not renewed soon after my attempts to get the NM Board of Pharmacy to scrutinize the legality of injecting the mercury preservative Thimerosal in vaccines into citizens violating the State's Drug Act. There were a few provisions in the Act about banning adulterants that have no safety testing, but the Board of Pharmacy didn't have the backbone to enforce the law.
I was always at logger heads with the medical directors (gate-keepers) at Presbyterian, because they would frequently deny my patients coverage for hyperbaric oxygen therapy and we would always meet up at various appeal hearings. They must have spent 1000 times more in legal fees than what my patients requested in reimbursement. But to them "off-label" Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) was on their list of things they could deny and so they did so regardless of the circumstances, regardless of the cost to the patient, and regardless that it helped our mutual patients.
I treated a man 9 months out from a carbon monoxide exposure and he made stellar improvements in his functionality.
I discussed his case in an article published in Neurological Research. Even though I had documented his improvements on neuro-cognitive tests, Presbyterian refused to pay for his treatments, because they could refuse. Sometimes they lost in the review process especially if there was an external review. The point is I didn't make a lot of friends doing this, but I was obligated to advocate for my patients and I wanted to educate others about HBOT.
However, the gate-keepers at 3rd party payers do not advance in their careers authorizing treatments they could be denying. They certainly won't get fat bonus checks authorizing treatments they could deny.
Which brings us to the case of a young vaccine injured child (actually had a VAERS report filed by her pediatrician) who I treated in 2009-10. She had multiple medical problems and infections, as well as critical genetic issues. She did well with HBOT and her mother thought I had brought her daughter back from the abyss; although, she remained medically fragile and Mom would stay in touch to occasionally ask my advice.
By 2013, this little girl's mother was being accused of making up her daughter's illness during a hospitalization for severe asthma at UNM-HSC, and by the time I got a frantic call from Mom at this child's hospital bedside CPS (CYFD in New Mexico) had already taken the child into custody.
At the child's custody hearing I was a witness on the Mom's behalf where I made it clear that this child was not the victim of a fictitious illness imposed on her by her mother as the child abuse expert claimed. The child had documented nerve damage, genetic/metabolic problems and had a host of immune-infectious challenges.
Yes, that was what the mother was being accused of… making up her daughter's illness, symptoms, and preventing the girl from getting appropriate care.
I can only assume I made the UNM-HSC's child abuse expert seem a fool, because the "expert" went on to file a retaliatory and vindictive complaint against me with the New Mexico medical board with enough lies and prevarications to sink the Titanic. After almost $100,000 in legal fees I had cleared my name, all charges dropped and no action taken against me. But my reputation in the state had been ruined and no thanks to a full color front-page Sunday Paper spread on me that suspiciously appeared in the Albuquerque Journal.
There was no such spread when my name was cleared by the medical board.
With two weeks to go before my TEDx talk in Albuquerque I received a call letting me know I had been axed from the TEDx talk because of the controversy surrounding the medical board. While I pointed out there was no controversy given all charges were dropped and no action was taken against me, and that it was only a controversy in the minds of those who didn't know what actually took place.
Well, I was told the matter, in the minds of those who were complaining about my presence… unnamed individuals at Presbyterian and UNM HSC, was not something TEDx ABQ was interested in dealing with and it was a distraction to them.
There was a stab taken about HBOT being alternative medicine, so whoever complained didn't like HBOT either. But what was revealed the next day in writing was that the decision makers at TEDxABQ didn't like my position on vaccines (even thought that was not part of my talk).
Just below is the headline from the Santa Fe New Mexican after I was cleared of medical child abuse. Yes, you read correctly, with no evidence other than the prevarications of a scorned child abuse "expert", the medical board had charged me with medical child abuse, but at my hearing with all the evidence pointing to the fact this child abuse "expert" had made everything up, including the accusations against the Mom I had defended, the child abuse expert recanted her entire complaint.
The TEDxABQ people insisted that it had nothing to do with the fact that all these complaints against me were coming from their sponsors – they wanted to tell me that several times in case I had a hard time believing it.
And what is my position on vaccines?
The above quote is from the CDC meeting where they first discussed how not to tell anyone they just found out Thimerosal was neurologically injuring children. It is one of many WTF moments that makes one completely lose faith in people. You know… it is ok to give individuals great responsibility, but if we do nothing to hold them accountable, to make sure they are actually responsible… that is our problem not theirs and we have collectively been asleep at the wheel on that one.
We have become sheeple not people. That is our fault, not some corrupt corporation, not the broken FDA or the criminal CDC… no… being a sheeple is our fault.
Now, I am 100% pro-vaccine safety.
But what does that mean when the safety of the childhood schedule has never been validated, and there is no baseline data, either via prospective or retrospective studies. I want to know that vaccines are as safe as science can make them, but no one can truthfully say they are safe because safety has not been functionally validated.
In truth, vaccination inherently involves risk and/or complications.
Legally, vaccines have been categorized as "unavoidably unsafe" by the United States Supreme Court in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, 562 U.S., No. 09 -152 (Feb. 22, 2011). So, safe vaccines are not a tweak or two away.
The researchers disclosed that the strange adverse events associated with vaccination from headaches and seizures to fatigue, muscle pain, paralysis and even SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) could be explained just by the presence of all the strange nanoparticles and contaminants in the vaccines – ALL THE VACCINES – they all had them.
But being an advocate for vaccine safety means you need to be silenced.
Our government is a little Schizo when it comes to vaccine issues, for example, our EPA and FDA advises pregnant women to curb their consumption of fish to limit to the neurotoxic mercury, while the CDC recommends pregnant women get flu shots which contain more mercury than what is found in a can of tuna and is being directly injected into the body. Does that make any sense?
There is about 0.43 ppm of mercury in canned tuna. There is 25 ppm of mercury in the flu vaccine, but not to worry that's the "safe" mercury (really that is what they tell people). But the public does not know what is in vaccines and apparently, physicians don't either or choose not to know. And if you try to point any of this out you are labeled a subversive anti-vaccination zealot.
Those that blindly believe vaccines are the most wonderful creation on God's green earth are practicing the religion of Jabism, which I describe in detail in my book Incurable Me. They completely ignore the science of vaccine safety, they run from it and don't even want to entertain the possibility that real science speaks to vaccines being unsafe and less efficacious than advertised. In some cases vaccines are not the appropriate intervention, do no good and lots of harm (think the HPV vaccine).
But don't the benefits out weigh the risks?
The public doesn't even know what the risks are – all they hear is the disinformation and misinformation.
The "New Quality Control Investigations on Vaccines" not only shows that vaccines are full of crap that the best scientists can't even define. It proves again there is no oversight on vaccine safety and that the FDA and CDC just lie about safety issues.
If vaccines like the so-called anti-cancer vaccines – HPV vaccine, for example, contain cancer-causing collections of toxic metals, their use as a potential tool (because there is no proof the vaccine actually works) needs to be weighed against the risk of death, ovarian failure and encephalitis that the vaccine is known to cause. Is that information supplied to consumers and patients today?
No it is not and so this is clearly a human rights violation. The vaccine isn't even necessary – the drug Isoprinosine wipes out HPV infections in a couple of weeks. It is also unlikely that women, children don't get cervical cancer, who have adequate Vitamin D levels would even get cervical cancer, but passing out Vitamin D does not make vested interests large amounts of money.
Oh, and what happened to the little girl and her mother who was falsely accused? The child was returned to the family after a few months, the mother was found to be free of any mental illness, and certainly did not have Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy.
The mother was found to have stress due to the removal of her child – that was the extent of her pathology. Several families falsely accused of child abuse by the child abuse "expert" contacted me letting me know that they too had been so falsely accused of abuse and had their lives negatively impacted by this individual.
Medicine today overlooks some wonderful research discoveries and many astonishing interventions have been ignored because there isn't something patentable to sell so they never become part of the everyday practice of medicine. One might even ask have cures been actively covered up?
Now, I have a couple of examples of benign humanitarian therapies you probably have never heard of but most who need these therapies do not have access to them.
I have spent most of my professional life advocating for the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT for short) to treat brain injured children and adults. HBOT is but one of many interventions orphaned by conventional medicine.
HBOT is the same therapy given to scuba divers who get the "bends" or decompression illness. It is oxygen under increased atmospheric pressure and under pressure the oxygen does things it normally can't do at normal pressures.
This is what one type of hyperbaric chamber looks like and this chamber is located just a few miles from here at a clinic in Albuquerque.
There are humongous amounts of medical research supporting the use of hyperbaric oxygen for fighting infections and the rehabilitation of injured brain cells as well as promoting healing in many other organs and tissues. After all it activates thousands of genes.
It does the same for children with Cerebral Palsy (also called CP), many of whom suffered from a stroke during the birthing process.
This is the interior of the multiplace hyperbaric chamber I used to have in Santa Fe and the little blood girl's name is Augusta and she has CP. She had greater than a 40% improvement in Gross Motor Functions and cognitive abilities after just 40 treatments. I can assure you there are no spontaneous dramatic improvements for 9-year-old children with CP.
In 2004, I took Augusta and her family to testify in front of the Congressional Government Oversight & Reform Committee about the use of HBOT in treating children.
Augusta came to see me several years later symptomatic with Lyme Disease from a tick bite she received visiting Iowa. It just so happens the Borrelia organism that causes Lyme will die if oxygen levels get too high so hyperbaric oxygen has role to play treating that underappreciated pandemic.
Hyperbaric medicine is not taught in medical schools where the training is pharma based and pharma controlled, in fact all of healthcare is overshadowed by a medical cartel, so most physicians don't even know what HBOT is let alone how it works. Notice I said training not educating, because when you are educated you can think for yourself and but when you are trained you just follow orders whether you realize it or not. Therefore, the prevailing medical paradigm will collapse under its own weight and previously orphaned therapies will take their rightful place in the practice of medicine because of their merit, in other words, because they work, and because they help people.
In the United Kingdom, HBOT is the primary intervention for treating Multiple Sclerosis by MS patients for MS patients – over 100 charity chambers service the UK. It changes the clinical course of MS because hyperbaric oxygen enhances the immune system and if you have an infection, which most MS patients do, then an improved immune system helps you fight that infection.
It has been 33 years since this randomized placebo controlled double blind study was published in the NEJM showing HBOT improved the symptoms of MS patients even though Dr. Fischer had to water his findings down three times to get the article accepted for publication (so as not to upset the medical apple-cart too much). After this article was published Dr. Fischer was stripped of his tenure and his chamber was sold for scrap. Why?
As with much of academic medicine, a pharmaceutical company was directly or indirectly funding Fischer so he bit the hand that was feeding him. Just like in the movie Network where the character Howard Beale, infamous for saying he was mad as hell and wasn't going to take it anymore, was told he had meddled with the primal forces of nature when he went off script and threatened the income of corporations.
Another example of a condition that is considered even more incurable and untreatable than MS is that of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), which is the most common form of non-hereditary mental retardation. A decade ago I showed this disorder responded to HBOT. The first child I treated with FAS was adopted from Russia at age four and 11 years later he was so cognitively impaired he was not allowed to stand trial here in New Mexico for some offense. After receiving HBOT his neurocognitive function improved beyond high school and college mean scores. In 2005, I published a report about treating FAS in the journal PEDIATRICS.
HBOT – this benign, non-invasive and humanitarian intervention – even though it is part of conventional medicine – is still perceived as a threat to the existing order of things.
Don't get me wrong; there are some wonderful patented pharmaceutical drugs on the market, such as the drug Alinia, which I sing the praises of no less than 38 times in my book Incurable Me.
However, there are other drugs, such as the narcotic OxyContin, which epitomizes everything wrong with the forces that pervade all of healthcare, for getting the population addicted has been very, very profitable.
Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin, trained its sales representatives to make deceptive statements by telling doctors that the drug was less likely to be abused and easy to withdraw from.
They were only fined $600 million – less than half a percent of what they made selling the drug in just the first five years. Sounds like the cost of doing business to me, and a fairly minor cost. Hardly makes up for the 47,000 Americans now dying each year from legal opioids. Make no mistake, there are certain factions in the pharmaceutical industry that will not hesitate to sell us something we don't need, doesn't work as advertised and can even kill. How extraordinary it was, at the end of last year, for the FBI to arrest executives of the Pharma company Insys for paying physicians to prescribe the opioid Fentanyl to patients who didn't need it.
Oh, if only there was something that could address the disease of addiction that 50 million Americans suffer from.
Enter the drug baclofen, an off-patent muscle relaxant that costs but a few pennies to buy and has been around for more than half a century. The discovery that baclofen helps alcoholism as well as other addictions, such as nicot ine, opioids and cocaine, is not public knowledge and does not get translated into clinical practice because there is no money in the cure.
Cannabidiol or CBD is one of more than 400 active ingredients in the drug cannabis, also known as marijuana. It is non-psychoactive, and has been shown to help the brain deal with addictions in both animals and humans. The combination of baclofen and CBDs together are a powerful intervention for substance abuse not yet utilized, because the research on their benefits does not get translated into clinical practice.
Now, in today's conventional medicine, we have something called Standard of Care. In medieval times bloodletting was the standard first line intervention for almost everything. Draining George Washington of 5 to 7 pints of blood did nothing for his Strep throat but it was Standard of Care. Third party payers serve to reinforce "Standard-of-Care" practices even if those practices are substandard and costlier than more efficacious alternatives.
I remember when little Augusta appealed the decision of her third-party payer to cover the cost of her HBOT. I remember the acclaimed CP expert that testified against her, lying his credentials off, insisting spontaneous recovery from CP was not unusual. Why did this CP expert lie as he neared his retirement? What did he have to gain? He lied because admitting that HBOT helped Augusta would have meant everything he believed, and everything he taught others to believe was not correct, so he would rather lie than face that cognitive dissonance.
So, the future of medicine is already here for those who can see it and while it may require a reset button to be pushed in some form, the future will simply not support the current medical paradigm driven by greed and politics.
There you have it – the above was my banned TEDx talk – technically the talk wasn't banned, I was but not sure that makes a difference. The "Future of Medicine"….if we are to believe the pundits – societal upheaval is coming, be it from an major economic collapse, war or something else. And it is reported to be not far-off in some distant future, but when it does come many dysfunctional institutions will not survive.
It is my hope that the way medicine is today – controlled by mega corporations and their running dogs…3rd party payers, medical societies (that are often bled out from the inside by Big Pharma), bought politicians and financially compromised academicians… will not survive when the reset button gets pushed.
It is my hope and belief that the financial system in this country will change so much that only real science and common sense will endure. Medical journals that censor articles and authors because they are financed by Big Pharma will go the way of the Dodo bird.
I hope the transition will be more compassionate than not but that will be up to each and every one of us.
Big pharma should be censored. It should be a criminal offence with loos of licence to practice medicine and if they don't have on 6 months in jail if anyone dies because of it.
Really, really good, Ken! Thanks. That, in a nutshell, is what is wrong with medicine.
Outstanding presentation! You have hit the nail on the head. I hope you are still able to practice HBOT/alternative care medicine somewhere without government and Big Pharma interference. That doesn't sound like it would be in New Mexico which is clearly a regressive backwards state exceeded only by the nutjobs here in California. Nevada is probably the right place for you to have the freedom you need.
Thank you for continuing to fight the good fight under constant criticism and risk, for continuing to educate others on the risks of vaccines and benefits of non traditional medical interventions such as hot and so much more. .. and most of all for speaking up on behalf of so many innocent children who are harmed by vaccines. ..I don't know from whence your resolve comes but I'm very grateful.
Thank you for continuing to fight the good fight under constant criticism and risk, for continuing to educate others on the risks of vaccines and benefits of non traditional medical interventions such as hbot and so much more. .. and most of all for speaking up on behalf of so many innocent children who are harmed by vaccines. ..I don't know from whence your resolve comes but I'm very grateful.
Many who want to practice responsible, world-vetted medicine move across the border to MX, where I now live, as a person too old to be cold. I hear them pretending we are all going to Canada. I suppose the CIA knows where we really are. Anyway, thanks for posting.
I thought I was pretty well versed in Alternative Therapies but I was unaware of HBOT. So, if nothing else, I have learned something today. Thank you for the article and access to the talk that never was.
Perhaps you could read it in a Youtube video, give life to what should have been?


So far my first moving edit. I tried to create the sight you see when a lighting strikes.
Ive found a musicclip. The funny part is that they have used my video in the first 45 seconds. Im going to make a copyright claim.
Im making this compilation out of around 11.000 foto's. But during lack of time its gonna be a loooong proces. Anyway here is the preview.
When I did aviation photographing, took a long break now..
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Creativity is both a universal – and an almost infinite – resource. It's out there for free, and it can't be used up. In market terms, creativity is hardly a scarcity.
So it can't be worth a lot, can it?
Creativity is not an end, but a means. It's a way of doing things, of solving problems – or of having fun. A way of making the most of the task at hand, and of getting the most out of your day. Sometimes it appears that creativity is most valuable to people working creatively. Being creative makes people happy. That makes it immeasurably valuable in itself.
Being part of the "creative industry", we see a price tag put to it everyday. By what measure remains to be found out.
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End of an era: Bryan Dobson set to leave the Six One News
If the rumours are to be believed, Bryan Dobson is set to leave the Six One News.
The news anchor will apparently move to RTÉ Radio, to host Morning Ireland, which is currently presented by Cathal Mac Coille and Colm Ó Mongáin.
According to The Sunday Independent, the move will be part of the recent changes being made in the station.
Even though it's always good to have a fresh start, we'll miss Bryan on the evening news as he has been presenting it since 1996.
This comes just after Sharon Ní Bheoláin revealed that Bryan earns up to €80,000 more than her a year.
She commented on the RTÉ gender pay gap over the weekend, telling The Sunday Independent, "I believe that I am well remunerated, but, for the record, my pay is still considerably less than that of Bryan's."
Bryan has yet to confirm his departure.
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Sounds like it would be useful for us to meet up soon to have a chat about this.


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Kim Petras review, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire: 'A pop masterclass'
The 27-year-old singer proved she's deserving of far greater stardom in London on Tuesday (11 February).
Words: Thomas Stichbury
If you don't leave a Kim Petras gig feeling pumped-up, repeatedly exclaiming "woo ah!" (ignore the people staring on the tube), something is seriously wrong with you, hun.
Watched on by the gay-litterati, including Drag Race UK's Cheryl Hole, Crystal and Sum Ting Wong, the singer wrapped her Clarity headline tour at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, in London, on Tuesday night.
And, appropriately enough, one thing above all else was clear: Kim deserves to be a much bigger star.
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Stepping into the spotlight wearing a Black Swan-esque ballerina outfit, she raised the barre (sorry…) from the outset, squeezing what felt like an arena-ready show into a more intimate setting.
Playing to the rapturous squeals of a predominately queer audience – if there were ever any doubts that LGBTQ folk are among the most courageous on the planet, you should have seen the barely-there outfits they braved in the biting cold weather – 27-year-old Kim was the gift that kept on giving.
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The German hitmaker raced through multiple costume changes, from a simple black-and-white striped swimsuit to a bubblegum pink latex dominatrix number, as she skipped from one fresh, fizzy pop bop to the next, standouts being 'I Don't Want It All', 'Blow It All' and the pulse-racing 'Do Me'.
A small interlude was devoted to the deliciously dark ditties from Kim's Halloween-inspired Turn Off The Lights albums (a personal fave). Next time you bring a guy home, set the mood with 'Death By Sex'… Serving soaring powerhouse vocals and nailing simple, but sexy choreography, Kim also had no shortage of sass as she stomped across the stage in her thigh-high boots, her blonde ponytail swinging behind her.
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At one point, she asks the audience, "Does anybody want a lil' bitchy purse?", before tossing a couple of miniature red handbags into the crowd, just the right size for a bottle of poppers. Bringing to mind early years Madonna (high praise, I know), Kim saves the best till last with an encore performance of her killer tune, 'Heart To Break'.
"I believe I'm here because of manifestation. I used to say to myself often enough that I was going to be a pop star, until it came true," she coos.
Blazing trails through the music industry as a trans performer, Kim always knew she was going to be a superstar: Now, the world needs to wake up to the fact too.
Hopefully, the next time she's in town, Kim will be "woo ah!"-ing on a stage the size of her talent.
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Over the past number of weeks I've gradually been moving the contents of the site over to wordpress and generally knocking the thing into shape. The page started life around 1999 so it's time it was updated. Hopefully things will settle down a bit and I'll be able to add some new content. Any feedback will be appreciated!
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Carte Blanche paperback cover
Back in March the cover was revealed for the UK paperback of Jeffery Deaver's Bond bovel Carte Blanche so it's about time I included it here.
It's quite a departure from the the plain white "smoke" cover for the UK hardback. As soon as I saw it I thought it must surely be influenced by the desert scenes in Quantum of Solace.
The paperback edition comes out on 24 May 2012 in the UK.
New Bond novel by William Boyd for 2013
Just spotted this unexpected news this morning.
LONDON (Reuters) – Suave and brutal British superspy James Bond will find himself in the thick of danger at the end of the swinging '60s in a new, official novel by author William Boyd due out next year.
The best-selling British novelist told Reuters on Thursday that he will put his knowledge of Cold War espionage to good use to pen the next adventure of the 007 character created by Ian Fleming, who has grown into a global book and film phenomenon.
Boyd is the third writer in recent years to be invited by the Fleming estate to write an official Bond novel. U.S. thriller writer Jeffery Deaver wrote "Carte Blanche" in 2011, and Sebastian Faulks' "Devil May Care" was published to mark Fleming's 100th birthday in 2008.
The author of "Restless", "A Good Man in Africa", "An Ice-Cream War" and movie and TV screenplays said the Cold War espionage genre runs through a lot of his writing. He has worked with three of the actors who have played Bond and has been close to the story since he was a boy.
"I never met Fleming, but I knew somebody who knew him very well and I've written about Fleming quite a lot and I actually put him in one of my novels," Boyd said.
"There's been a kind of Bond/Fleming motif in my life for a long time, so it's rather spooky and serendipitous."
While Boyd has sworn to keep the details and title of the next 007 adventure secret, he said the book will mark a return to the classic Bond character in his mid-40s who is navigating the end of the swinging '60s. He declined to be drawn into conversation on any of the countries Bond might travel to.
Boyd – whose latest novel "Waiting for Sunrise" came out in February – said his previous espionage-
themed books and time spent in late 1960s London during his youth made him comfortable with the subject matter.
"I've written two novels that deal with espionage and quite a few of my novels have elements of plot that are to do with duplicity and covert operations," Boyd said.
The challenge for Boyd is to try and put his own stamp on a global franchise that has seen Bond leap off the pages into a film series that celebrates a high-tech contemporary character — currently played by Daniel Craig — and the official literary figure who remains closer to Fleming's original template.
"Inevitably, there will be a kind of Boydian element in the new novel," he said.
The book, which is yet to be titled, will be published in the U.K. in late 2013 by Jonathan Cape – Fleming's original publisher and an imprint of Vintage Publishing – and by HarperCollins in North America.
With the original James Bond movie "Dr. No" celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and the release in October of new Bond film "Skyfall," there will be plenty of buzz to build on ahead of the novel's release.
The Bond catalogue is one of the most prized in publishing, with global sales totaling more than 100 million copies.
Ian Fleming's estate said earlier this year it had signed a 10-year deal with the Random House Group to publish the James Bond back list both in print and e-book format.
Boyd said the negotiations with the Fleming estate took a bit longer to finalize than his decision to take up the challenge when he was first asked to be the next Bond author.
"I should be so lucky was my instant response."
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It doesn't really matter whether the portrait of America's courts depicted in the classic TV series "Perry Mason" conformed to reality. What is important is that millions of Americans who tuned in the show during its heyday in the 1950s believed that it did. If "Perry Mason" presented an ideal of a legal system that dispensed justice fairly and impartially, then Raymond Burr, the gravel-voiced actor who played the title role, came to personify Americans' idea of what a lawyer should be.
When Mr. Burr died last week at age 76 he was still Perry Mason to millions of fans around the world. The show never really died; it has aired regularly in reruns for more than 20 years and survived in several made-for-TV movies starring Mr. Burr and the other members of the original 1950s cast. Though Mr. Burr had a successful acting career in television and films before and after "Perry Mason," which ran from 1957 to 1966, he came to accept that his identification with the lawyer was indelible in the public mind.
"A lot of people in this country didn't know what their legal system was all about," Mr. Burr once told an interviewer. "I'm sure just from the people who have watched the show over the years, particularly the minorities, they found out the system of justice was for them." That Mr. Burr suspected minorities might have been particularly influenced by "Perry Mason" raises intriguing questions regarding television's role in social change. The show's most popular years, for example, coincided almost exactly with the rise of the nonviolent civil rights movement, with its emphasis on legal demonstrations and court challenges.
That may be a coincidence but it is at least arguable that the movement never could have held the commitment of its followers nor won the sympathy of the American people without the reminder of the ideal of impartial justice beamed into the nation's living rooms each week on "Perry Mason." In any case, many Americans' faith in the legal system began to erode soon after the show went off the air. The disciplined protest of the late 1950s and early '60s gave way to riots. Then came the Pentagon papers, Watergate and a celebration of free market greed. By the time "L.A. Law" updated TV's portrait of lawyers in the 1980s, the prevailing stereotype of the profession had descended to a band of unscrupulous shysters out to make a buck.
"Perry Mason" didn't cause these changes, of course. But the legal portrait it presented did implicitly challenge Americans to live up to an ideal of justice at a crucial time in their history. That may be Raymond Burr's most enduring legacy.


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SPI 223: Over the Shoulder—How John Lee Dumas Launched a Successful Kickstarter Campaign
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By Pat Flynn on July 20, 2016
John Lee Dumas is back! And this time, he's here to share the incredible story of how he raised half a million dollars with his latest Kickstarter campaign.
John is the host of the hugely popular Entrepreneur on Fire podcast. Today, however, he's going to dig deep into a totally different project: The Freedom Journal, a beautiful, leather-bound journal that guides you through a 100-day journey toward achieving a specific goal. John could have sold the journal through Amazon or churned out a downloadable PDF version, but instead, he chose to offer his Freedom Journals to his audience via a Kickstarter campaign.
In this episode, you'll hear how John set himself up for Kickstarter success, and how he's transformed his campaign into an ongoing source of passive income. You'll learn his strategies for publicizing his campaign, choosing pledge rewards, and finding a manufacturer for his products—strategies you can adopt for your next crowdfunding campaign, no matter the scale.
Kickstarter can lend major credibility and visibility to your projects, but as with any product launch, it requires serious strategy, too. Tune in to hear John's actionable advice for how to craft that strategy. You'll even learn how to score a free copy of The Freedom Journal for yourself!
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'Huge explosion' targets top lawyer's office in Beirut
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BEIRUT: An explosion went off in the building that houses the office of lawyer Sakher El-Hachem on Monday afternoon, in the Nakhle Center in Furn El-Chebbak, Beirut.
El-Hachem and his two sons, lawyers Shahid and Nahi, who were with him at the time of the explosion, were not injured, but there was damage in the buidling.
The motives behind the explosion are not yet known.
El-Hachem is the legal representative for many defendants in different cases, but his most prominent client is Nissan in the file of businessman Carlos Ghosn, who is being investigated in Lebanon in corruption cases.
El-Hachem is also the legal representative of some clients who were arrested in the case of the Beirut Port blast on Aug. 4.
Most notably among those are the head of the temporary committee for the management and investment of Beirut Port, Hassan Koraytem, the head of the security and safety department in the port, Mohammed Ziyad Al-Awf, and the maritime agent of the Rossos ship that transported nitrate ammonium to Beirut, Mustafa Baghdadi.
Using the language of bombing has declined in recent years. However, many political and security officials, including the caretaker Minister of Interior Mohammed Fahmy, have expressed fears about the possibility of the deterioration of the security situation through assassinations in light of the crises in Lebanon.
El-Hachem's wife told Arab News that her husband and two sons were unharmed but that the explosion was huge.
A security investigation was currently underway to find out further details, she added.
Ms. El Hachem said the investigation included surveillance cameras located in the area.
She added that the office windows were shattered, "but my children and husband survived."
She said that her husband "has previously stated that it is likely that the cause of the Beirut Port blast was negligence, and we do not know if this statement was the reason behind the explosion, which is an obvious message."
She added: "It is worth noting that my husband has nothing to do with politics, but only works according to the law."
Lawyer El-Hachem later said that "the security forces and the forensics are carrying out their duties and have started their investigation."
The Beirut and Tripoli Bar Associations have been on strike for more than 20 days.
The strike is "in defense of the independence and prestige of the judiciary, and in protest of the failure of those involved in the judiciary to correct the relationship with the Bar Association, which violated the Bar's laws."
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Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced the acquisition of new product lines from Single Source Systems, Inc., an Infor solution partner and leader in service management solutions. The acquired product lines include Service Management Plus (SM-Plus), SM-Plus Mobile and Workbench Suite. The addition of these products to Infor's solution offerings will benefit dealers, distributors and manufacturers primarily through a direct relationship with Infor and closer alignment of Single Source and Infor products.
 SM-Plus – enables service-centric companies that make, distribute and service high-value or complex equipment to manage the entire service life cycle of that equipment.
 SM-Plus Mobile – allows field technicians to use a laptop or mobile device to remotely access critical supply-chain information such as unit configuration, incident history, service history, service contract status, and parts availability while still in the field.
 Workbench Suite – allows users to consolidate several role-related screens, performance gauges, navigation shortcuts, process flow guides and advanced search/report tools in one easy-to-access location.
• Following this acquisition, Infor intends to deliver significant product enhancements and to integrate these key solutions with a number of core Infor platforms, providing even greater synergies between the Single Source product lines and existing Infor product offerings. Several of the acquired SM-Plus products were specifically designed to work with Infor10 ERP Business (SyteLine) and were developed using Infor's Mongoose software development toolset.
• Customers that had previously been working with Single Source will also benefit from the strength and stability of partnering with Infor, the third largest enterprise applications provider in the world, with a focus on product innovation and customer value.
• Customers will also benefit from unified support from a single vendor, reducing critical response time and streamlining access to product support.


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Iowa's race for secretary of agriculture and land stewardship has gotten strong attention this year for several reasons, including:
a trade war with China affecting the sale of soybeans to that country,
dropping commodity prices,
a need for farm labor, and
the fact that neither the Republican nor Democrat seeking the seat held it at the beginning of this year.
Incumbent Republican Mike Naig ascended to the seat earlier this year after Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Bill Northey resigned to become an undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Naig had worked since 2013 as a deputy in Northey's office before Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed him to complete Northey's term.
"I bring all of that experience. I bring all of the, having traveled the state now for the last seven, eight months as the secretary interacting with Iowans. I bring all of that to this job, and a passion to deliver results," Naig said.
Meanwhile, Democrat Tim Gannon, who worked for former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack when Vilsack was U.S. secretary of agriculture, said he wants to give agriculture a boost it needs while in the state office.
"Every town does better when farmers are doing better, our manufacturing does better when farmers are doing better and our state budget is stronger when farmers are doing better," Gannon said.
Michael Libbee, of the Insight on Business podcast, contributed to this podcast of the Nov. 2-4, 2018, IowaWatch Connection radio report.
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A nearly extinct tradition was brought back to one region of Mexico thanks to Leonardo Montiel.
Montiel was determined to bring Mexican dancing horses back to Ahome, Mexico to ensure the tradition would continue. It is also to give the local children a chance to learn from the horses. Montiel told ZoomIn TV that riding and training the horses at a young age helps keep kids out of trouble, especially in areas where rural poverty is prevalent.
"Children appreciate and admire horses," said Montiel. "We are giving our children a cultural education."
Mexican dancing horses practice an advanced dressage routine that relies on a good amount of endurance and patience, but the results are astounding.
In the past, there has been controversy over whether or not training Mexican dancing horses is an act of cruelty. Learning how to train the horses takes much skill, endurance and patience for both the horse and rider. Regardless, it is important to remember the safety and comfort of both you and your horse. Miguel Gomez, another Mexican dancing horse enthusiast, began training Mexican dancing horses when he was just eight years-old in Mexico.
According to The Reflector, Gomez continued his love of training horses when he moved to the United States and makes it a priority to ethically train his horses.
"Miguel is very careful with his training....He doesn't want the horses to become unhappy," said Barbara Hort, the managing owner of the Farm Hill Equestrian Center where Gomez trains his Azteca stallion Diamante. Gomez patiently trains his horses for three months to learn the basics of dancing. He always rewards the horses with treats and respect.


Microsoft SharePoint/Office 365 is a browser-based collaboration and document management platform built by Microsoft Corporation. As per Microsoft, 75,000 organizations and 160 million users make use of the different versions of SharePoint. Further, SharePoint is one of the most contemporary platforms for business enterprises across the world. The SharePoint platform enables enterprises to share documents, communicate seamlessly, and manage workflows effortlessly. Several enterprises firmly believe that SharePoint solutions are reshaping the technology landscape. So why is SharePoint so crucial for business enterprises? Let us explore.
First things first, it is a web-based platform. That means every individual in an enterprise can easily access it using any browser, from any device and at any given point of time. Thus making it more accessible on the go and catering to the needs of the busy executive.
In today's techno-driven economy, every office executive is familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, and this familiarity with the Office Suite makes a huge difference in adopting the SharePoint platform. Moreover, SharePoint's native integration with Microsoft products makes the process even simpler.
OneDrive for business allows enterprises to provide each individual a personal space on SharePoint. It is like an evolution of the My Documents folder, which individuals generally have on their desktops or laptops. However, the advantage of OneDrive is that it is accessible from anywhere, anytime and on any device.
Instant communication channels such as Skype for Business, and Office Suite are bundled along with SharePoint, making communication easy and effective.
Social Features – It is now easy to like, share and comment. With the social features integrated into the SharePoint platform, collaboration between employees makes work more productive. Further, the ability to make new connections helps in generating new ideas, leading to innovation. Overall, it promotes a healthy work environment in an enterprise.
Every enterprise has individuals categorized into different departments, divisions (or) other categories that define the organization structure as a whole.
Publishing Portals, Team Sites, Community Sites, and Groups for Office 365 are some of the integral features of SharePoint, which drastically reduce the efforts required to maintain these. Furthermore, SharePoint supports all the functionalities required for an enterprise to run its business successfully.
Certain features such as Workflows, Scheduled Jobs, Content Versioning and Retention helps groups to organize their documents, thereby providing transparency and paving way for a paperless work culture.
SharePoint helps enterprises in maintaining their master data at one location using Taxonomy thus making it available at any site under the SharePoint farm/tenant.
Enables enterprises to implement branding thereby offering consistency across the digital assets of an enterprise.
Information flow and knowledge transfer across the enterprise becomes seamless and transparent.
SharePoint reduces the overall applications cost by providing site consolidation.
While the initial release of SharePoint was in the year 2001, we have witnessed multiple releases thereafter. Here is a table that provides an overview of various versions of SharePoint, along with the year of release.
Let us quickly view the pricing of different SharePoint versions. The prices quoted here are explicit at the time of writing this blog; we would like to inform our readers that these could change in the future. We recommended that you get in touch with Microsoft or visit their website to know the current market price of the products mentioned below.
3-Tier Farm: Application Server + 2 Web Front End Servers + Database Server + 1 failover cluster. It is recommended to undertake an infrastructure and maintenance costs forecast during the initial stages itself that includes Testing, UAT and Production for better clarity and overview.
Note: If an enterprise already has a SQL Server License there is no need for SharePoint Server License.
Evoke has been successfully providing Microsoft SharePoint solutions for global enterprises for over a decade, gaining rich expertise in SharePoint development and deployment. We are successful in assisting global enterprises by deploying the right SharePoint solutions after carefully analyzing their current SharePoint environment and future needs. Depending on our client's requirements, we help them in developing new SharePoint Solutions or assist in upgrading their existing SharePoint environment.
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Great introduction to SharePoint and the classification is simply superb.


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Bird Bath competition rewarding for young swimmers
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APPLETON – Fun? Yes.
Hard work? Most definitely.
Rewarding? It sure is.
That's what you'll hear for answers when you ask the younger participants at the Bird Bath Invitational at Erb Park this weekend being on a swim team.
"It's different than pretty much all sports," Fox Cities YMCA swim team member Logan Hash said after swimming the Boys 11-12 year-old 50-meter butterfly Saturday morning. "It's a really healthy sport and it's done on water and not on land."
As for the competition, it's only with the timing clock on the wall, not the other swimmers in the pool.
"It's not about anybody beating any other team," 9-year-old Kara Vandeyacht said. "It's about having your own race against yourself and knowing that your time is what you are trying to beat next time."
Racing against oneself is the common approach among the swimmers at the Bird Bath Invitational.
"I usually like to try beating my time," Juliette Pisciotta, a 12-year-old, said. "It's not beating everybody else. I mean if you want to beat everybody else, I guess that's fine."
Pisciotta got into swimming because her sisters got into it when she was in kindergarten and first grade.
"I think it's more like work," Pisciotta said. "But you get a reward at the end when you beat your time. It's work and fun at the same time."
It might seem more like work when you see the swimmers who have written on their arms from elbow to wrist the events they are swimming in.
"Well, today I had a relay in which I think I got second or third," said Vandeyacht who had a busy morning. "Then I had a breaststroke that was 100 (meters) and then I did 50 backstroke, 100 free and then I'm doing 50 butterfly. It's my favorite stroke."
Hash says swimming is a great sport because humans usually do things on land and it's different to do things in water. That is what makes it a great challenge.
"Your muscles mid-race will get exhausted but you have to push through," he said.
Hash also has taken the challenge of competing in the breaststroke, which is considered the most difficult stroke to master.
"It's very hard to do it legally and not disqualify," he said. "There are so many things that you can do wrong. I wanted to learn all the strokes and people said it's a really easy stroke.
"But it's not. It's the most inefficient stroke but I love it because it involves all your body."
Ten-year-old Graham Moore who turned in a time of :48.21 in the Boys 9-10 50-meter butterfly is a swimming success story. A few years ago he wanted nothing to do with swimming.
"Now he loves it," Graham's mom Christina Moore said. "He tried every sport. He's not a contact-sport kind of kid. He tried a lot of different things. We found this and it's something he was pretty decent at. Now it's been great for him. He loves it. He wants to be in the water all the time."
Graham Moore started out by learning how to swim through Wisconsin Swim Academy and moved on to Fox Cities YMCA swim team.
"It's cool and it's fun," he said. "I just try my hardest. I try to beat my team."
Moore swims in the 50 backstroke, 100 freestyle and the 50 butterfly and cites the backstroke as his favorite.
"It's just my favorite stroke," he said. "I don't know why."
All told these young swimming advocates will tell you that it's fun but it's also hard work and definitely worth the effort.
"I always just loved swimming, just like swimming at the 'Y' and then I saw a swim team and wondered if I could do that," Vandeyacht said. "You have to really put effort into it but you get the reward afterward. You really have to work to get the reward but every time you show up for practice, there's your friends and your coaches."
Jim Oskola: joskola@postcrescent.com or 920-993-1000, ext. 319