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Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Open Lower; Dollar General Earnings Top Expectations
December 05, 2019 10:13am 536 Comments
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.27% to 27,572.44 while the NASDAQ fell 0.22% to 8,547.41. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.25% to 3,104.90.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Information technology shares climbed 0.3% on Thursday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC), up 11%, and Verint Systems Inc (NASDAQ: VRNT), up 12%.
In trading on Thursday, health care shares fell 0.5%.
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) reported better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter and raised FY19 forecast.
Dollar General posted quarterly earnings of $1.42 per share, beating analysts' estimates of $1.38 ps. Its sales came in at $6.991 billion, missing estimates of $6.92 billion.
Dollar General raised its FY19 adjusted EPS guidance from $6.45-$6.60 to $6.55-$6.65 and added $1 billion to its buyback program.
Equities Trading UP
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AUPH) shares shot up 94% to $16.26 after the company reported positive clinical readout for its lead asset voclosporin in treating lupus nephritis, an autoimmune disorder.
Aurinia has a single-product pipeline. Voclosporin is being evaluated for multiple indications. The investigational asset is in the most advanced stage of clinical development for lupus nephritis. The company announced positive safety and efficacy data from its pivotal Phase 3 study of voclosporin, in combination with mycophenolate, the current standard of care, and low-dose corticosteroids in the treatment of lupus nephritis.
Shares of Duluth Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTH) got a boost, shooting up 21% to $9.45 after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 results.
Express, Inc. (NYSE: EXPR) shares were also up, gaining 19% to $4.67 after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 EPS and sales results. The company also issued Q4 EPS guidance above analyst estimates.
Equities Trading DOWN
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAGE) shares tumbled 52% to $71.32 following news topline results from a Phase 3 study of SAGE-217 did not meet a primary endpoint at day 15 of the trial.
Shares of Akers Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKER) were down 42% to $3.21. Akers Biosciences priced its 1.99 million unit offering at $4 per unit. The company disclosed that it will continue its strategic review and explore entering the hemp and minor cannabinoid processing industry.
BioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ: BLRX) was down, falling 38% to $1.71 after the company reported preliminary Phase 2a data from triple combo arm of COMBAT/KEYNOTE-202 study in second-line patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.4% to $58.68, while gold traded up 0.1% to $1,480.70.
Silver traded up 0.1% Thursday to $16.935, while copper rose 0.3% to $2.666.
European shares were higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.4%, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.5%, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index rose 0.4%. Meanwhile, the German DAX gained 0.2%, and the French CAC 40 rose 0.7% while UK shares fell 0.2%.
The US trade deficit shrank 7.6% to $47.2 billion in October, versus revised $51.1 billion in the prior month. Imports fell 1.7% to $254.3 billion, while exports declined 0.2% to $207.1 billion in October.
Initial jobless claims declined 10,000 to 203,000 in the latest week. However, economists were expecting a reading of 215,000.
U.S. factory orders rose 0.3% for November, versus economists' expectations for a 0.3% increase.
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Print Page - Some numbers about a few Arcen projects in the past year.
Title: Some numbers about a few Arcen projects in the past year.
The Last Federation is doing great, which we are super excited about. And AI War also did great and continues to do so, which I wrote about a year or so ago (http://christophermpark.blogspot.com/2013/06/ai-war-first-four-years-postmortem-and.html). Both of these were titles that we developed entirely on our own or with a small number of contractors. Keith and I are the only ones who have done any programming on either, and Keith and Josh and I are the only ones who have done any design on either. Aside from feedback from fans, of course, which has been awesome.
For AI War, all of the art was either from free sources (mainly the awesome Daniel Cook), stuff I cooked up myself, work from Philippe Chabot (http://www.philippechabot.com/) (base game and TZR), Maxime Trépanier (Children of Neinzul), and Eldon Harris / Daniette Wood (Vengeance of the Machine). For The Last Federation, everything was Daniette Wood and Cathrine Langwagen.
Title: Re: Some numbers about a few Arcen projects in the past year.
Thanks for another insightful write-up, Chris :).
Chris probably doesn't want to stir up more trouble but I would guess this (http://removedbychris,sorryaboutthat/).
Here's (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/174587/Steam_sales_How_deep_discounts_really_affect_your_games.php) a general article about Steam sales in particular.
Is the selection for this random and/or do you get informed beforehand?
Yeah, given how phenomenally this game has sold, I had no idea it would be that huge here, either. None of us had an expectation that it would be this prominent.
At this stage we basically have enough money to go full-force until next April on the 4X, which is very exciting and a nice change of pace from always being a few months from doom. And of course that "until next April" is assuming $0 earned from this morning until forever, which of course is false. But, being conservative fiscally, that's how I like to look at it since future earnings are so unpredictable.
For once things are actually going our way! :) Even back in the history of AI War, we were always fighting to have enough money to finish this or that project. This is literally the first time in the history of Arcen where that hasn't been the case. Now it's our game to lose, of course, so we can't get complacent or anything.
I don't know if this is the case with Arcen, but one of the developers for Long Live the Queen mentioned that they get some say in how much a game will get discounted if it does, but it's ultimately up to Valve to decide who gets put into the flash, community, and daily sales.
We always have a hand in saying how much a discount will be if something of ours is on discount anywhere. We may or may not be the ones to suggest the amount depending on the distributor and the specific sale, but we always have mutual final approval over it with the distributor. Very rarely do we have disputes with anyone about proposed discounts, and those are are always quickly and amicably resolved.
Reminds me that I saw some game in the "this sale lasts the whole 10 days" category that was at 90% off. The base price was $2.99.
My heartfelt congratulations :). I am really glad this is such a hit :D!
That's great news! I'm sure it's a welcome relief, and you guys definitely deserve it. I can't wait to see what you come up with next!
Great! If any company deserved a break financially, it's you guys.
Go Team Arcen! Really looking forward to seeing what you put out next!
I'd be really interested to hear about any cattle calls you do for voice acting, should situations like that come up in the future. I've been doing voice acting for the Fallout 3 modding community and have also done some story writing there as well (the rewrite, not the current storyline).
For those of you who play FO3, MERC 2 was set back due to lightning strikes, lost hard drives, and my disastrous car accident (and the jeep survived). We're hoping to release relatively soon.
If you're a voice actor, definitely send us your reel or similar! It always varies what kinds of voices we need for various roles, and I'd like to start getting a wider roster of actors per project rather than typically having just one like we have been doing.
If you're a voice actor, definitely send us your reel or similar!
I'll send you out something when I get a chance. I'm trying to get things prepared to qualify for substitute teaching and the week has been a bit hectic.
Not a problem, I don't have anything imminently coming up anyhow. Sometime in the next few months is fine. :) Good luck with your subbing quals!
OOookay, sorry it's taken me so long to get back. I found out it's going to be *difficult* (read: can not do right now) to adapt the recording devices that survived to my new laptop and the old recording devices died with the old one.
I can send a demo reel but it'll be on a headset mike until I can get the equipment replaced, is that alright?
No worries at all, there's no particular rush. Right now I'm doing a bit of voice work myself, anyhow.
At least that's the way people have been talking about the seasonal sales for the last few years.
It integrates with your steam accounnnt and will notify you if any game on it goes on sale on ANY website. It also tells you its entire sales history for every site it tracks. Also more reliable than steam's notification.
Nifty site! I've never seen that before.
Enclave was on sale on Steam but Steam failed to notify me.
There've been a few others I've passed on, just because it was "eh, it's an average deal and not super interested in it right now." For example, I was talking with a friend about Lichdom Battlemage. It's a great idea of allowing customization of spells and it's a FPS utilizing the spells you create.
But it's not even worth a dollar.
Reviews indicate that it was a better game during Beta than post-1.0, which is sad. But I have it on my wishlist and if it pops up on sale for under a buck I'd grab it. But it hasn't been discounted that far yet.
1. The interface looks nice but is vague and has similar issues as the unmodded skyrim ui does with having to scroll large lists.
2. You can have three sigils (and a few spells of those sigils each, it looked like?), but there are more than 3 available and switching out sigils has a penalty not worth it just for experimenting.
3. Game looks like a cryengine game certainly, but fighting bosses with only one shield of three because you didn't find any orbs to return a broken shield ranges from hard to impossible.


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Top Justice Department official calls on social media companies to do more as teens die from fentanyl
Landen Hausman, a high school sophomore, died in January after buying fentanyl-laced Percocet through a dealer on social media. His family found him collapsed on the bathroom floor and tried to revive him with CPR, but it was too late.
"Sometimes with fentanyl you don't get a second chance," his father Marc Hausman told CBS News.
Hausman said his son probably did not recognize that counterfeit Percocet could be laced with fentanyl.
"He basically bought two of these counterfeit Percocet pills," Hausman said. "He took one. One killed him. We found the other one [in his bedroom]."
Sadly, Landen's story is all too common. Last year, more than 100,000 Americans died from fentanyl — more deaths than there were of Americans killed in the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq combined. Deaths among teens have more than tripled since 2019.
The Drug Enforcement Administration says it is investigating more than 120 cases that involve social media. The agency has issued a warning about emoji code language dealers use to target young buyers.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, who oversees the DEA, says fentanyl is the agency's top priority.
"No longer are we talking about meeting on the street and making that connection," Monaco told CBS News. "The dealer is in your kid's pocket along with the phone."
Monaco said many who die "are unsuspecting users thinking they're getting one thing and they're getting something else in the form of fentanyl."
"So those really that's not actually an overdose," she said. "That's a poisoning."
Monaco also said the Justice Department is pushing social media companies to crack down on dealers, calling the crisis "a national security issue, "a public safety issue" and "a public health issue."
"We're asking them to do more," she said. "They need to do more. They need to be policing their platforms. … They need to use, quite frankly, the same tools and the technology that allows them to exquisitely serve up those ads for all sorts of things that we're buying online and identify those drug dealers and getting them off."
The dealer who sold the fake Percocet to Landen is facing federal charges, but for Hausman, just one arrest isn't enough.
"I don't know who this dealer is. I really don't care," he said. "So for me, justice is, I can't go back and change what happened. But what I can do is try to do everything possible so maybe this doesn't happen to someone else."
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This sixth annual InterQuest continued the theme of most all printing conferences for the last decade: digital printing and electronic workflows must be in your future. This DC gathering featured successful case studies by the general managers that led their transition. In many cases it was out of the doldrums of obsolete and antiquated equipment to include a more enlightened management style of involving the entire staff in helping design the new workflows using proven automated softwares. An underlying theme is the success of professionals who have been hired from the slumping private sector. Skills that have been honed over the past decade or more are now coming into their own with Government in-plants.
USA Today published two of their compensation studies comparing public with private sector. The most recent was published in early 2011. At every position the public sector is a full 100% higher than the private sector, i.e., double the private sector package. The result is that Federal Government in-plants are able to hire talent out of the private sector printing industry with extremely attractive compensation packages.
It is ironic that the private sector employees may move to the public sector for much less money because there are jobs available in the public sector and the working hours are typically less than being demanded of key employees in the private sector.
Public sector wages have been frozen for the past two years. This would have to continue for a couple of decades for parity to be restored versus the private sector. And that, of course, is not expected to happen.
Shawn Magill, Director of Strategy & Development for the Defense Logistics Agency's Document Services Headquarters suggested their organization is evolving from a print producer into an IT-based document management model as suggested by their new name. They formally had 4,000 full time employees worldwide in their print shops alone and are now down to 800 in both businesses.
He described the two separate facits of DLA's Document Services business as being printing and equipment procurement. Neither of which receives any appropriated funds, but both are dependent upon revenue from Department of Defense client services. They operate 61 print shops in six countries. All are in DOD facilities. The aggragate equipment complement is 179 monochrome devices, 154 color pieces, and 45 wide format units.
The second facit of their business is equipment procurement entitled Equipment Management Services, which is a classic managed print services concept involving digital copiers, MFDs, and software linking units to help monitor and manage several plants each of which have their own networks.
They have 35,000 devices installed around the world. All are on standard 48 month leases and typically realizing 20-25% savings over the former isolated installation negotiated arrangement. Magill attributed much of the savings to well written RFQs bid on by several of the digital print manufacturers. (There are actually 26 mamnufacturers servicing this market niche in most countries.) The bidding follows areverse auction formatwhich results in a 40-45% savings off typical one-off package prices offered by these manufacturers.
The overwhelming operational savings realized by most managed print services networks in the private sector are generated by the wise, effective, and desciplined use of the software linked to all units within a single network. When asked what standard software DLA used throughout these 35,000 devices, Magill responded that the various networks were not linked because of the firewall protection in place at all of the DOD installations. He added that the largest network of about 1,000 digital print units had proprietary software installed by the digital equipment manufacturer.
While the firewall situation is not going to change and in fact does not need to change, a key initiative of implementing his IT-based strategy would be expected to be the installation of DLA's own standard software on each and every network. In other words each software is inside each firewall. Periodic reports of detailed utilization will then allow each installation to be benchmarked one against the other. No defense-related confidential information will be included in any of these reports.
There is excellent off-the-shelf managed print services software available at modest prices. Utilizing DLA's reverse auction technique, which would include several hundred identical packages to be purchased, will make this vital acquisition very inexpensive for DLA and its clients.
Manufacturer's own proprietary software shouldnotbe used as most examples do little to measure the effectiveness of the manufacturer. Manufacturers all claim to include their own software as a free value add. But this simply is not the case when the IT customer realizes the extraordinary amount of data available that will measure the efficiencies and promise fulfillment of the manufacturer. As customers, such as DLA, become more mature in their use of this software they will naturally include select parameters of performance in the 48-month lease contracts.
After a few years' experience with this standard software installed across a series of different networks, Mr. Magill would have a most interesting presentation to a future InterQuest forum in describing the maturation curve and on-going efficiencies of managed print service networks. This year over year improvement is not based up the new equipment but rather the evolving buyer behavior in learning how to better utilize MFD capabilities while getting rid of the legacy desktop scanners and printers which seem to proliforate. Benchmarking one network client against another utilizing the same software though potentially different digital manufacturers' equipment has its own benefits as described in Part I of this article.
Jane Bloodworth, recently retired General Manager of the World Bank's Document Services, described the steps her staff followed in moving the manufacturing portion of their operation to Landover, Maryland and the lessons they learned. From the beginning they involved the entire team in mapping each process and workflow so that they could analyze potential problems in detail.
One of the early delightful surprises was that some of the solutions to resolve anticipated problems would required no capital investment. The World Bank had purchased numerous software packages which were onlypartially installed. AGFA's color management capability could also provide soft proofing, JDF workflow would offer some additional automation features, and digital asset management could also be used to help manage inventory better. This is a common phenomena realized throughout the private sector.
During the move and even today the two locations utilize Skype video webcam capability for daily production meetings between customer service group, still located in downtown DC with their World Bank clients, and the production entity in Maryland. They can easily patch in a client located several floors up stairs if need be.
Scott Sigwalt, Section Chief for DIA's Print and Media Services, described his three year journey in helping his section move from antiquated equipment to a PRINERGY workflow installed in February 2011. He had spent 22 years with Smith Litho in Rockville, Maryland ultimately heading up their electronic prepress and installing Smith's successful PRINERGY application.
With PRINERGY's rules-based automation, a couple of quarter century old Heidelberg MO presses were slavaged on a temporary basis. As part of the transition Sigwalt devised a new business model based upon a customer-centric approach. Consistent with that PRINERGY initiative and realignment of organizational priorities, digital store front software has come on line.
All of this technology (and more) were instantly paid for by the labor cost savings of DIA's Print and Media Services' full time employee count falling from 48 to 12. All of these 36 people left with early retirement packages. Though Mr. Sigwalt did not mention the cost savings realized, it is conservatively estimated to be over $100,000 per employee per year or $3.5-4.0 million each year on into the future.
Sigwalt hopes to complete the recapitalization transition by replacing the Heidelbergs with digital inkjet equipment within the next 3-5 years.
Federal Capital Funds Not Available???
While capital budgets are reported to be frozen in most public sector arenas, there appears to be two reasons why in-plant printing is often getting the money they need. First, there is often an immediate labor cost savings, which shows an attractive return on investment. Secondly, the level of investment in primarily software is modest by Federal Government norm, which is preceived to be very modest risk for making such a decision.
Those Federal in-plants that want to add new equipment without showing any reduced FTE despite the claims of improved quality, service, etc. don't seem to be getting the capital approvals.
Has anyone notice that paragraph two contradicts paragraph three? Which is it?


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The 2013 Pliny the Younger Calendar for Philadelphia
By Foobooz· 2/26/2013, 11:13 a.m.
It's almost March, 2013 and to a certain subset of the population that means it is Pliny the Younger Frenzy time. The once a year lunacy regarding Russian River's triple IPA is gathering steam. The beer was tapped Friday, February 1st at the Santa Rosa, California brewery. From there the beer fans out across the west and then to a single destination east of the Mississippi, Philadelphia.
All indications are that Philadelphia will be receiving a similar allotment to last year. which means that about around 27 local bars can expect a sixtel, or in the case of some other lucky bars, a half-barrel keg.
Friday, February 28 Teresa's – With no warning, Teresa's became the first to tap Pliny the Younger this year.
Saturday, March 2nd 4p.m. City Tap House – Tickets go on sale at 4 p.m for the 5 p.m. tapping. $10 for 8 ounce pour.
Sunday, March 3, 11 a.m. Bishop's Collar – First come, first served. Check out the whole beer list.
Monday, March 4, 10 a.m. Local 44 – First fifty to reply to email get a seat and very civilized experience. Local 44 got a half-barrel this year.
Monday, March 4, 12 p.m. Tria Washington Square West – The call went out in the weekly newsletter and subscribers could buy one glass.
Tuesday, March 5, 1:47 p.m. TJs – The Paoli beer bar spelled out the initial PTY on Twitter as they announced the tapping of their beer.
Tuesday, March 6, 6p.m. Grey Lodge – The Northeast beer bar tapped Pliny the Younger with no advance warning.
Tuesday, March 5, 8 p.m. Iron Abbey – First thirty to email get on the list. Other Russian River rarities will be available by the bottle.
Thursday, March 7, 2 p.m. South Philadelphia Taproom – First come, first served at SPTR.
Friday, March 8, 3 p.m. Sidecar – Pliny the Younger will be tapped as part of IPA's Greatest Hits.
Sunday, March 10, Pinocchio's – Sneaky tapping.
Sunday, March 10, 11 a.m. Blue Dog Tavern – It was gone in 20 minutes.
Monday, March 11, 11:30 a.m. Monk's Cafe – Cash only – 100% of proceeds go to Alex's Lemonade Stand. Last year they raised $20,000. Philly Tap Finder has the day's beer list.
Sunday, March 17, 7 p.m. Kite & Key – A very special sixtel Sunday included Pliny the Younger.
Monday, March 18, 11 a.m. Side Bar – First come, first served.
Wednesday, March 20 8:37 p.m. Belgian Cafe – First come, first served.
Sunday, March 24, 8 p.m. Varga Bar – Red Carpet, Black Tie Pliny event.
Thursday, March 28 3 p.m. Good Dog – First come, first served.
Monday, April 1 7 p.m. Pub on Passyunk East – First come, first served.
For more Pliny the Younger news, follow Philly Tap Finder on Twitter
Also follow our Pliny the Younger Twitter List. It includes all Philadelphia area bars that received Pliny the Younger in 2012 and have active Twitter feeds.


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Chant with Swan Kirtan Friday October 14th 7pm
Join us for an evening of Kirtan at Bending Bodhi Yoga! We are very excited to welcome this incredible and inspirational group of musicians. Swan Kirtan is an ensemble of musicians from the West and East who chant beautiful multi-faith songs. Combined they have over 200 years of musical experience. Kirtan means devotional chanting. You are welcome to join in or just sit back and listen.
Ashok Nalamalapu on vocals and on harmonium Danny Solomon on electric bass guitar Todd Glacy on djembe and vocals Kalidasa Joseph Getter on flute and clarinet Rasa Devi Dasi on vocals, manjira and tambourine Randy Lindsey on acoustic guitar
Ashok Nalamalapu was born in India, and has practiced devotion since his childhood. He has been playing harmonium and leading multi-faith chants since 2011. Ashok's teachers include Jai Uttal and other classical Indian musicians. As part of his path, he has lead Kirtan at Bhakti Fest, Maine Yoga Fest, Devotion Fest, LoveLight Fest, NH Yoga for Peace, Kripalu, IYI, yoga studios, temples and colleges. He sings multi-faith chants in traditional Indian Raaga style. He hosts Kirtan and sings at Sadhana regularly. Ashok has served as a Master of Ceremonies at Bhakti Fest, Omega Ecstatic Chant, Boston Yoga and Chant Festival, Denver Chant, Devotion Fest and LoveLight Fest. FMI- ashok@SadhanaMe.com
Todd Glacy graduated in music from the Berkley College of music. He is a multi-instrumentalist. He will lead kirtan and play djembe & bass guitar. He is a Sacred Sound Musician, spiritual coach, workshop/event facilitator and Interfaith Chaplain who utilizes the transformative power of song and sound to bring people back to the "heart of stillness" and a remembering of the divine beings we really are. Kalidasa Joseph Getter plays the venu (South Indian bamboo flute), clarinet, hand drums, and more. A creative world musician, he draws on three decades of experience in Kirtan, experimental music, Jazz, world drumming traditions, Indonesian gamelan, Indian classical music, and music for theater and dance. He is a disciple of the late musician Sri T. Viswanathan.
Rasa Devi Dasi of Boston is an exceptional hand cymbals/manjira and tambourine player and a devotee. She is also a kirtan singer. She has been playing music with Devadas of New York since 2011. She plays in Kirtan bands throughout the East Coast. Rasa will play manjira/ hand cymbals and tamborine.
Randy Lindsey plays 4-string bass and 6-string acoustic guitar accompaniment for Swan Kirtan. He is an accomplished musician and teacher. Randy utilizes non-conventional tunings and contemplative themes in his offering. Danny has been a musician his whole life, and played since he was 4. He studied jazz piano for 15 years with Harvey Diamond of Boston. He has been playing electric bass for 16 years and currently play with Donna Delory, C.C White, Girish, David Newman, Irene Solea, and Kirtan Soul Revival.
"What a band. Beautiful Kirtan" - Jai Uttal
"Swan Kirtan is a gifted group of musicians, deeply passionate about what they do and capable of moving and profound musical performances. Their performance at Bates College was an engaging yet meditative experience that was evocative of the Divine. The textures in their music are vast, combining instruments from East and West and infusing devotional Kirtan chanting with influences from jazz, classical and world music. The music of Swan Kirtan and the contagious energy in their performances are most certainly informed by the depth of each musician's spiritual life. I highly recommend Swan Kirtan and plan to use their services again in the future."


Dr. Chiampas is an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He is the founder and co-director of Chicago Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Educational Services (CCARES), a foundation that promotes public education, awareness, training and legislation on sudden cardiac death.
Dr. Chiampas has served as Bank of America Chicago Marathon Medical Director since 2007. During this time the Chicago Marathon has become a global leader in operational safety and emergency preparedness and response in mass event incidents. Dr. Chiampas has led grant funding from the National Scientific Foundation on mass event management. Chiampas has also served as a president and is currently a board member of the International Institute for Race Medicine (IIRM), which promotes runner and race safety globally.
Additionally, Dr. Chiampas has served as the chief medical officer for U.S. Soccer and the U.S. men's national team since 2014. He is a team physician for the Chicago Blackhawks and previously with Northwestern University Athletics, serving as interim head team physician at Northwestern from 2011-2013. He serves on the Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI) speakers' panel.
topics of interest and expertise are mass event and community preparedness and safety, sports injuries, and sudden cardiac death survival and public awareness through CPR and AED availability.
He chairs the public safety and prevention committee for the Chicago Medical Society. His professional goal is to enhance sports and public safety for individual and team sports through mass event emergency preparedness.


Like many entrepreneurs, Lanie List found inspiration in disappointment.
When shopping for her own wedding dress in 2008, List struggled to bond with consultants at the bridal boutiques she visited. Never encountering the "Instagrammable" moment she envisioned, List settled for purchasing her wedding gown off the rack at a London store. For List, the dress-shopping experience lacked the verve, comfort and energy she expected, or at least hoped she would find.
"It wasn't an experience I enjoyed at all and, comparing notes, I found a number of friends faced similar disappointment," List recalls.
But it wasn't for naught as the experience sparked List to create Lovely Bride, the fast-rising bridal boutique now pushing its way toward 20 units dotting the U.S. landscape.
After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1998, List worked in the buyer training program at Target before moving into the creative side and becoming a fashion director.
In 2004, she moved to Iconix Brand Group, a leading brand-management company. Overseeing $8 billion at retail with brands such as Candies and Badgley Mischka, List also revived dormant brands and created new ones, including Material Girl with Madonna. While List's work at Target grounded her in financial and business basics, Iconix taught her the ins and outs of marketing and branding. Those early work experiences would later supercharge List's efforts to launch and grow Lovely.
Coming off her own lackluster dress-shopping experience, List identified what she thought was a glaring need in the bridal retail space, principally the lack of bridal designers that were cool yet accessible. She fashioned Lovely Bride as the answer to that marketplace void.
"I saw a lot of white space for a cool, hip indie boutique," List says.
List began formulating plans for Lovely in 2009, specifically defining the elements that would allow her to create a different type of bridal retail experience. She hooked up with emerging indie designers, designed a retail environment more akin to a best friend's apartment than a traditional retail store, and sought to bridge the typical consultant-customer divide by inviting brides to peruse inventory in an uber-personalized shopping experience.
"I didn't just set out to change the experience, but really the whole model," she says.
Soon after, List signed a lease for a townhouse space in New York City's West Village, officially transitioning Lovely Bride from idea to reality. She began sourcing product from Etsy and cold-calling compelling designers she found online, leveraging her trendspotting work at Iconix to find buzzing brands. She favored the "unordinary" and gowns from the likes of Sarah Seven that brides couldn't find anywhere else.
"Many of these designers wanted to build their business in an organic way as well, so it was a natural fit," List says.
Six months prior to opening Lovely in April 2010, List also debuted a tip-heavy bridal blog called "Lovely" that solidified herself and her upcoming store as credible industry aficionados. The blog also laid a breadcrumb trail to Lovely, the physical manifestation of all she was preaching.
When Lovely's West Village storefront opened, success was immediate and, at times, overwhelming, especially as List juggled Lovely's opening years while maintaining her full-time job at Iconix. Still, a persistent and steady List plugged along.
"One foot in front of the other," she says.
Calling Lovely the "OG bridal shop," List's New York-based outlet catered to the laid-back girl, removing the frills and fanciness she felt failed to resonate with many modern brides. She pulled her stylists from New York's fashion scene and charged them to provide the "Lovelies" – Lovely Bride speak for bridal customers – a rich and empowering experience, more friend than fashion gatekeeper.
Two years after Lovely's New York debut, List turned her attention to the west coast and opened a second Lovely Bride in Los Angeles. The L.A. unit became the template for future units, something List had cautiously envisioned from the start.
"We documented the entire process of the L.A. store's opening with the thought that it could be our guide for other stores to follow," List says.
Organically, however, something else happened in tandem with Lovely's west coast arrival as well as its move into larger quarters in New York, where Lovely traded its West Village home for a larger space in Tribeca: List began fielding calls and e-mails from brides around the country asking if Lovely could open a store in their city. Those messages then evolved into something else: requests from entrepreneurial souls hoping to open a Lovely themselves.
With years of licensing experience in her back pocket, List activated plans to franchise Lovely, a thought she had never previously considered. She finalized Lovely's operations manual and completed the laborious Franchise Disclosure Document. When word trickled out that Lovely was franchising, List received a healthy response from talented women eager to sign on. Lovely's first franchised unit opened in Washington, D.C. in 2013 and the company now has 11 franchisees running 13 of its 17 units.
List, who favors the title "creative director" over CEO, insists there is no specific franchisee prototype. Lovely's franchise partners, in fact, come from a range of distinct backgrounds – data research, advertising and wholesale among them. List does, however, favor professional women approaching Lovely from a thoughtful and earnest business perspective. Franchisees must show Lovely leadership a vetted business plan that includes everything from demographics to competition in the potential market.
"We make sure it's a good fit and haven't had any misses yet," says List, who officially left Iconix in 2015 to shepherd Lovely's rapid growth.
Lovely supports its franchisees with ongoing training, marketing, store design and much more, while also navigating the legal regulations around franchising, many of which differ from state to state.
"That adds costs on our end from the legal and accounting perspective," List acknowledges, calling legal support her single biggest outlay of resources in franchising.
Though franchising Lovely Bride was never List's initial intent, she terms it a "happy accident" that has contributed to Lovely's vibrancy and growth. Lovely franchisees are called "The Collective" and List says Lovely benefits from a talented and intelligent group of women sharing their strengths to propel the brand as well as local operators committed to and invested in the positive performance and perception of their stores.
With its mix of local, independent ownership from invested franchisees and the polish Lovely corporate delivers on the marketing, branding and operations side, Lovely has found a dynamic middle ground between the true independent and an established chain store boasting professional systems and standards.
"We're essentially a corporate mom and pop," List says.
Lovely's franchising play has spurred growth beyond anything List could've imagined eight years ago. At VOWS press time, Lovely stores in Denver, Cincinnati and Atlanta were all readying for their debut.
"We're opening three stores in May and June alone and that's never something I could have accomplished with company-owned units alone," says List, who retains ownership control of Lovely's New York City flagship as well as outlets in Houston, Miami and Seattle.
To that point, Lovely stores feature the same overarching décor, including custom fixtures, furniture and wall paint, as well as marketing materials. Over the years, however, List has worked to find sweet spots and ways to localize Lovely. The Dallas store, for instance, features a giant Longhorn on the wall while the Houston store hosts a popular "Y'all" neon sign often found in social-media photos.
The subtle differences extend to the inventory, where franchisees themselves handpick the dresses they will carry in their stores from a predefined list of designers. Even so, List says about 80 percent of the collection is consistent from store to store, a reality that grants Lovely advantageous economies of scale. Lovely has also crafted partnerships with several designers and debuted its own exclusive lines to drive traffic and interest from brides.
"We're offering world-class marketing that's resonating with brides as well as unique and different product offerings in each of our stores," List says.
As List turns her focus to the coming years, she says she's focused on adding value to franchisees, building up Lovely's resources and positioning the brand for the future.


Again Percentiles! My anomaly detection tool (SonR) now has option to use percentiles to calculate UCL and LCL (Control Limits).
Rules of Thumb for Response Time Percentiles: How Risky are they?
Whether externally mandated or internally tracked, the enterprise relies on governance of application service response time objectives. In many cases, achieving service requirements in terms of the average response time may not deliver an experience that delights the consumer. The consumer may request a deeper level of governance. Service providers want to achieve the promised objectives and, on the other hand, avoid over-provisioning. This paper explores rules of thumb that can be applied to estimate 90th or 95th percentiles for service response times, based on the measured or predicted mean. The risk assessment behind these recommendations is described in the paper. Various types of networks were modeled and analyzed. Even though classical queueing models rely on strict assumptions (and rarely met in the real world), it was found that the classical M/M/1 model provided a useful upper bound. Another function was evaluated for tighter accuracy.
Presenter bio: Dr. Salsburg is an independent consultant. Previously, Dr. Salsburg was a Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for Unisys Technology Products. He was founder and president of Performance & Modeling, Inc. Dr. Salsburg has been awarded three international patents in the area of infrastructure performance modeling algorithms and software. In addition, he has published over 70 papers and has lectured world-wide on the topics of Real-Time Infrastructure, Cloud Computing and Infrastructure Optimization. In 2010, the Computer Measurement Group awarded Dr. Salsburg the A. A. Michelson Award.
I love Percentiles! My anomaly detection tool (SonR) now has option to use percentiles to calculate UCL and LCL (Control Limits).
Over the decades of development of methodologies and metrics for IT capacity planning and performance analysis, percentile terminology has become the lingua franca of the field. It makes sense: percentiles are easy to interpret, not sensitive to outliers, and directly usable for approximating the distribution of the variable being measured for stochastic simulations. However, depending on which percentile is used, we can miss important information, like multimodality of the metric's distribution. Another, less obvious, downside of relying on percentiles comes into play when we size infrastructure for a high percentile of demand (e.g., p90). Given that it takes time to order, manufacture, receive, and install infrastructure, this means that we need to answer the statistically nontrivial question, "what will this percentile of demand be in one to three years?" This paper discusses the issues that arise in answering it and proposes an elegant way of resolving them.
Presenter bio: Alexander Gilgur is a Data Scientist and Systems Analyst with over 20 years of experience in a wide variety of domains - Control Systems, Chemical Industry, Aviation, Semiconductor manufacturing, Information Technologies, and Networking - and a solid track record of implementing his innovations in production. He has authored and co-authored a number of know-hows, publications, and patents. Alex enjoys applying the beauty of Math and Statistics to solving capacity and performance problems and is interested in non-stationary processes, which make the core of IT problems today. Presently, he is a Network Data Scientist at Facebook and an occasional faculty member at UC Berkeley's MIDS program. He is also a father, a husband, a skier, a soccer player, a sport psychologist, a licensed soccer coach, a licensed professional engineer (PE), and a music aficionado. Alex's technical blog is at http://alexonsimanddata.blogspot.com.


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KOCHI: Strict action would come against unqualified persons who dispense medicines to patients, a recent Kerala High Court judgement has reiterated.
According to the petitioner, the government has not been taking any step to check the illegalities in medicine dispensing.
In response, the Kerala State Pharmacy Council submitted that pharmacy inspectors were appointed in all districts for implementation of the Pharmacy Act and the Pharmacy Practice Regulations-2015.
The court in its judgement has clearly mentioned that if any violation committed against the said order, strict action would be taken .Secretary of Department of Health and Family Welfare, director of Health Services, drugs controller, and registrar of Kerala State Pharmacy Council are the respondents who are bound to take action as per the court order reports TOI.


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A love story with thrills and twists.
*Special thanks to Random House Kids for allowing us to read Sarah Everett's Everyone We've Been.
Sarah Everett's Everyone We've Been is full of twists, turns, love, and loss. This one will take you on a roller coaster of emotions.
Addison Sullivan loves a boy named Zach. Addison and Zach met at the start of summer. Zach was just getting out of a breakup, but they still fell each other and their relationship was going perfectly. But of course, something tragic had to happen.
Addison was in a car accident. She hit her head pretty hard, but other than that she only had minor injuries. But she starts to have memory lapses, and she sees a boy that disappears. She feels as if she is going insane, and her friends and family are starting to think the same thing.
"It's silly that I sent my nurse on a wild-goose chase to find a boy I spoke to for a few minutes at most. It's silly that the memory of his smile is stuck to my mind when I don't know the first thing about him.
So now Addison is determined to find out who this boy is. She goes to Overton clinic where she finds out that this was not her first visit. Before the accident, she went to this clinic to have certain memories erased. And those memories were of Zach. Now Addison is questioning who she was before the accident, and why would she have this boy named Zach erased.
This book was something else. First off, Addison immediately gets into a car crash at the beginning of the book. And she starts seeing a boy right when she comes to in the hospital. So, of course, the reader is curious to find out why she is seeing a supposedly random boy. Then, later on, you find out she had her boyfriend erased from her memory on purpose. You ask yourself why would she do something so reckless, and what did Zach do to make her want to forget everything about him. These questions obviously will be answered in the story, but these questions made me not want to stop reading until I figured them out. I recommend this to anyone looking for a young adult mystery with a love story. You cannot go wrong with this one.


Wangan Midnight Expressway Forums -> What's your current title?
Yona (R33)- let's have a mixer!
is there any site that has the upcomimg dailiy titles listed? i know Soars MT site has a lost of previous daily titles but its not a complete list when it comes to the monts and the odd/even numbered year. if so do the listed titles hold true to repeat on a regular basis ie month/year?
the title from august 4(even year) : Kimono-clad Beauty (from the soars blog) is a title id like to get onto my r33. are there any other ways to get it?
the title from that same time frame aug22 "Before the dawn" is also one id be interested on the R33.
i will be aiming to get real dragon title story mode replay 1x ch 14 for the r33.
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i finally got the title i wanted on my FD (Kyoko)- Project D. i also put assasin from Gunma on my 600hp evo3.


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Stanislaw Szczepanowski est un guitariste et compositeur polonais, né le  à Wrocieryż en Pologne et décédé le  à Lviv, aujourd'hui en Ukraine.

Biographie

Stanislaw Szczepanowski prend part à l'insurrection de novembre 1830 en Pologne, puis émigre en Angleterre avec un groupe d'officiers polonais.

Il a étudié la guitare à Édimbourg avec son compatriote Felix Horetzky (1796-1870) et la composition à Paris avec Fernando Sor (1778-1839).

Il a dédié Introduction et Variations Brillantes Sur un Air National au guitariste, concertiniste, et compositeur Giulio Regondi (1822-1872).

Stanislaw Szczepanowski fait partie des plus grands virtuoses de la guitare en Pologne au  avec Marek Sokołowski, Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz et Felix Horetzky.

Relations personnelles et professionnelles
 Felix Horetzky (1796-1870), guitariste et compositeur, avec qui il a étudié la guitare.
 Giulio Regondi (1822-1872), guitariste, concertiniste, et compositeur, à qui il a dédié Introduction et Variations Brillantes Sur un Air National.
 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), pianiste et compositeur.
 François-Antoine Habeneck (1781-1849), violoniste, compositeur et chef d'orchestre.
 Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1785-1849), pianiste et compositeur.
 Fernando Sor (1778-1839), guitariste et compositeur, avec qui il a étudié la composition.
 Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), poète, écrivain et professeur au Collège de France.

Œuvres
Stanislaw Szczepanowski a publié un grand nombre de compositions chez l'éditeur Robert Cocks.

 Introduction et Variations Brillantes Sur un Air National pour guitare

Notes et références

Bibliographie
 Szczepanowski, Stanisław, Matanya Ophee. Introduction et variations brillantes sur un air national ; Une larme : morceau expresif : pour guitare. Columbus, OH: Editions Orphée, 2001.
 Koropeckyj, Roman Robert. Adam Mickiewicz The Life of a Romantic. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008, p. 269, 272, 274.
 Gasztowtt, Wenceslas. Le poète polonais Jules Slowacki, 1809-1849; étude biographique et litteraire, suivie de la traduction en vers de: Le tombeau d'Agamemnon, En Suisse, La peste au désert. 1881.

Liens externes

 Biographie de Stanislaw Szczepanowski

Naissance en juillet 1811
Naissance dans la voïvodie de Sainte-Croix
Compositeur polonais de la période classique
Compositeur polonais de la période romantique
Compositeur pour guitare classique
Guitariste classique
Guitariste polonais
Décès en septembre 1877
Décès à Lviv
Décès à 66 ans

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One of the most recognized names in contemporary pinup art today. Dave blends a slick photorealistic touch with elements of pop culture and iconic imagery to produce paintings that stand apart from the classic Glamour/Cheesecake style. His work has been featured in countlees magazines here and abroad. A regular on the convention circuit, Dave's work has been displayed in numerous group gallery exhibitions, along with his participation in many compilation art book projects such as George Lucas' Star Wars "Vision" project. With 5 published personal art books to his credit, Dave is currently a contributor to Acme Archives Direct creating entertainment art for movie and television properties such as Disney, Lucasfilm ( Star Wars, Indiana Jones ), 20th Century Fox, Universal, Sony, among others.
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Jack Vasvary is a freelance artist from Pittsburgh. He studied Visual Arts at Radford University as well as Multimedia Technologies at Pittsburgh Technical Institute. While attending Radford University, he was a staff writer and graphic artist for Whim – Radford University's online magazine. His one-panel cartoons, inspired by Gary Larson's The Far Side, often mash up pop culture references that show off his inner geek and unique sense of humor. He has also done color work for the third installment of John Davis and Patrick Ebel's comic book "Worlds Apart" as well as "The Adventures of Steeldog and Steel Puppy: The Garden Party" and the upcoming issue of "Steel Man". Jack has also designed artwork for the table-top gaming company Wynner's Circle Games including upcoming games "Going Nutz" and "Squish." Finally, he is working on his first graphic novel, Hammurabi, which he hopes to have published soon.
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A new author and life-long resident of Pittsburgh, Dylon Winfield has studied psychology and literature at the Community College at Allegheny College. His writing style has been described by friends, peers, and fans alike as "Poe-esque" and "a more modern Lovecraft".
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There are numerous drug and alcohol rehab centers possibilities to the people residing in the Lovington region. It is important to understand each one of the varieties of rehabilitation possibilities available in Lovington, AB., to be able to select the suitable rehab option for yourself or a loved one. Choosing the proper alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility in Lovington is an essential element in the treatment of substance abuse, drug addiction and alcoholism. The following data will assist you to fully grasp your numerous rehabilitation choices allowing an individual to have the maximum probability of an effective outcome.
Let's examine the different alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs in Lovington, New Mexico possibilities that coincide with the circumstances of the individual seeking treatment.
Inpatient drug rehab in Lovington, AB. is really a rehab choice best for people who require health-related intervention throughout treatment or clients with considerable drug abuse histories. Men and women can develop physical and mental dependence to drugs even after a short period of time, so inpatient alcohol and drug treatment in Lovington is regarded as the most effective rehab choice in nearly all scenarios. Because of dependence and addiction, people will frequently struggle to make a full recovery with the limited services made available from outpatient treatment facilities in Lovington, New Mexico where alcohol and drugs remain easily obtainable when they leave the outpatient program. In addition, individuals in rehab who receive outpatient rehab rather than inpatient alcohol and drug rehab in Lovington continue to be vulnerable to damaging influences and conditions which might get in the way of their process of recovery. If an individual lives with an abusive companion or continues to maintain relationships which entail abusing drugs, any treatment activities in outpatient treatment are done in vain. This is the reason in-patient drug rehabilitation in Lovington, AB. will result in more beneficial results that can prove long lasting unlike an outpatient alcohol and drug rehab center where advantages could be very limited and acute.
In Lovington there's both short-term and long-term inpatient drug and alcohol rehab. Short-term is a 30-day center, while long-term inpatient drug and alcohol treatment in Lovington, New Mexico is significantly more prolonged and rehabilitation can last 90-120 days generally speaking. This is an excellent setting for clients because it is a completely drug free environment where they can heal both mentally and physically without interruptions. Preferably, people proceed in the long-term in-patient drug and alcohol rehab facility in Lovington for the optimum time frame permitted, to be able to deal with anything that might jeopardize their abstinence once they depart treatment. Due to the fact detoxing and becoming physically stable can take a couple weeks alone, the 3 to 6 months in long-term in-patient drug rehab in Lovington will be time wisely spent and a lot more effective than short-term facilities.
The key factor of all if you or someone you love is struggling with a drug abuse or addiction problem is to get it resolved right away, call someone and seek advice from trained addiction specialists and get an evaluation and treatment possibilities to guarantee the best opportunity for a recovery.


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HISTORY OF PAN AFRICANISM
FIRST PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS – 1919
SECOND PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS – 1921.
THIRD PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS– 1923
FOURTH PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS– 1927
FIFTH PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS –1945
SIXTH PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS – 1974
SEVENTH PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS –1994
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Our Vision Mission and Values
Objectives and Strategy
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January 22, 2020 PAN-AFRICAN MOVEMENT
African Governments Should Eradicate Trade Barriers
The global chairman of the Pan African Movement and Kenya minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire, said African governments should eradicate trade barriers if they are to create jobs and boost investment on the continent. Maj Gen Otafiire said this at the launch of a partnership between the Pan African Movement and TAL Group in Mombasa, Kenya.
African countries continue to have trade barriers restricting the movement of goods and services despite efforts to unify the continent. In East Africa, for instance, the presence of nontariff barriers has restricted trading, especially where goods have to enter markets such as Kenya and Tanzania from Uganda. "African countries need to tear down artificial borders in order for the continent to get economic freedom. We have had political freedom for a while, but economic freedom remains a dream for most African countries," Maj Gen Otafiire said.
TAL Group runs a nine-acre Makupa Transit Shade at the Port of Mombasa. In June 2015, a coalition of three regional economic communities representing 26 African countries bringing together a population of 600 million people came together to form the Tripartite Free Trade Area, aimed at boosting intra-African trade. The continent, despite being resource rich, is one of the poorest with unemployment being a big problem. Unemployment among the youth in Uganda, for instance, is at about 63 per cent.
"It is not until we pull our resources together so we can develop this continent. It hurts to see Africans drowning in the Mediterranean Sea, leaving resource-rich Africa because we have failed to exploit our resources," he added. The partnership between the TAL Group and Pan African Movement will allow the company to use the logo of the movement on their containers, documents, and goods. At least 50 percent of goods handled by the TAL Group are destined for Uganda. "We are creating jobs for fellow Africans. As entrepreneurs, we have been empowered to create the jobs and build businesses that will make Africa an economically independent continent in the future," Mr. Hatayan Twalib, the chairman TAL Group of Companies said.
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Well, as expected this weekend has been odd. Amy and I set off with a fully laden car at 8ish yesterday morning and by 9.30 were carrying the bags and boxes containing all of her worldly goods up the 2 flights of stairs to her room on the top floor. We unpacked everything and made her room cosy and nice; sorted out all of the necessary admin; picked up her wristband for Fresher's week events; topped up her student card with her first weeks worth of money; had some lunch, and by 2pm she was all sorted and ready for me to leave. There were big hugs but no tears, because this is the start of an exciting adventure for her rather than a sad parting of the ways, and then I was on my way back home again. It wasn't until I was driving back up our road that the tears came for me - I think arriving back home without her brought things into focus. It's feeling odd here today - I keep expecting her to come skipping down the stairs in search of a snack and, as expected, it will take a lot of getting used to. We've been texting lots and will no doubt continue to do so, and the odd feeling will slip away as we adjust to the new normal. Fresher's week sounds like a lot of fun so hopefully she'll have a great time and settle in well.
There are so many things that I should be doing at this moment, most of them involving tidying up the house after the long summer months of not really bothering, but I am not quite sure where to start. The long list of tasks in my head, all vying for equal importance status, are tangled like the yarn in my workbasket and refuse to form an orderly queue and be committed to paper. So instead I'm procrastinating and knitting simple cabled pink wrist-warmers with beautifully soft Shalimar breathless in 'velvet slippers' and flipping through the new issue of Creative Countryside.
Perhaps, after a few days of faffing around and allowing myself to get reacquainted with being able to choose how to spend my own time, a plan for tackling my chores will come into focus. There are bunnies waiting to be finished too, all dressed up for spring, as I had planned to list them in time for Easter earlier this year. That's rather indicative of how this year has been; time ticking and trickling through my fingers; plans made and not realised - I need to give myself a stiff talking to - but not until I've knitted a few more rows and had another cup of tea.
Each time I glance at my left hand I think of my girl, and what she's doing at this moment. We've had these matching rings for a couple of years now (bought from the lovely Wild Fawn jewellery) - though mine is no longer a perfect circle as I occasionally catch it on the freezer drawer! And I like the fact that it reminds me of her and makes her feel close at hand still.


We are in need of ushers for Sunday mornings! Ushers are important to help visitors feel welcome, as well as receiving the offering and facilitating communion. Commitment can range from as little as once/month to every Sunday. Training will be provided. Ushering is a great way to serve others and the church! Sign up right now is for the next 3 months June to August. Currently, we have 1/8 spots filled. Please contact Mason if you would like more information or would like to sign up!
Bottle Drive is back! It will take place on July 7th and we are going to do it a little differently this time. The fund collected will go towards the general Mission Fund. Stay tuned to find out the details or contact Mandy for more information.
to Rae-Edzo (June 30th to July 10th). For more details, please contact Pastor Lum directly.
to China (July 26th to August 6th). For more details, please contact Pastor Nie directly. Deadline is May 20th, 2018.
Youth Internship Program available for Junior High students.
Students of Preschool, Kindergarten and Grade 1-6 are welcome to join the "Game On" day camp. There is going to be a basketball camp as well as a special friend camp for children with Autism.


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10 people killed in shooting at Texas high school; suspected gunman arrested and explosive devices found
Michelle Mark
Ten people were killed and another 10 were wounded in a deadly mass shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, on Friday, authorities said.
The gunman was arrested and identified as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a student at the school. A court document shows that he confessed to the killings.
Pagourtzis was allegedly armed with a shotgun and a.38-calibre revolver that belonged to his father, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.
Multiple explosive devices were also found at the school and off campus, authorities said.
A teenage student fatally gunned down 10 people and wounded 10 others at his Texas high school on Friday, in the latest instance of a deadly mass shooting at a US school, authorities said.
The suspected gunman was arrested and has been identified by authorities as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a student at Santa Fe High School who had few friends and was sometimes bullied, according to his classmates.
Pagourtzis is being held without bond on a capital murder charge, and was in the Galveston County Jail, Sheriff Henry Trochesset said in a statement. A second "person of interest" was detained, and is also a student at the school, authorities said.
Pagourtzis surrendered to police just about 30 minutes after police first responded to the shooting and later confessed to the killings, according to a court document that local news outlets were circulating on Friday night.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the rampage "one of the most heinous attacks that we've ever seen in the history of Texas schools," and described the suspect as "evil." None of his victims have been identified yet.
Abbott said Pagourtzis entered the school Friday morning armed with two weapons, a shotgun and a .38 revolver. Both firearms appeared to have been legally purchased by his father, and there was no information to suggest that the senior Pagourtzis knew his son had obtained them, Abbott said.
In another twist, multiple explosive devices were also found at the school and in the surrounding areas, Santa Fe Independent School District Police Chief Walter Braun said. Authorities were "in the process of rendering them safe," the school district said in a statement.
Students at the school told media that the gunman walked into an art class between 7:30 and 7:45 a.m. local time and opened fire with what appeared to be a shotgun.
Another student told the Houston television station KTRK that a teacher had pulled the fire alarm in an effort to get students out of the building. The student said he heard at least 16 or 17 gunshots in total.
"We smelled the gunpowder and you could hear the shots," he said. "We knew it was the real deal."
Some of the students who survived the shooting expressed frustration that school shootings were now commonplace, and that they were unable to feel safe in their own classrooms.
The Houston Chronicle/Michael Ciaglo via Associated PressSanta Fe High School freshman Caitlyn Girouard, center, hugs her friend outside the Alamo Gym where students and parents wait to reunite following a shooting at Santa Fe High School Friday, May 18, 2018, in Santa Fe, Texas.
When asked by a reporter whether she was surprised that a shooting had occurred at her school, one student said she wasn't.
"It's been happening everywhere. I always kind of felt like eventually it was going to happen here too," she said.
The shooting comes amid an ongoing national discourse over gun control and mass shootings. A similar high-school shooting occurred in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, leaving 17 people dead and prompting a national debate over US gun laws.
On Friday, Abbott called upon Texans to "step up and take action" to ensure that such a massacre would never occur again. He said roundtable discussions with Texas leaders will begin next week, where stakeholders will "begin to work immediately on swift solutions."
He said parents, students, teachers, and concerned citizens across the state should come together to help find solutions, such as potential bills that could protect the Second Amendment, keep guns out of the hands of those deemed a risk to the people around them, and address "the mental-health issues behind gun violence."
'I shouldn't be going through this'
One student, Dakota Shrader, was in tears when she told reporters that she shouldn't have ever had to feel fear while she was at school.
"I shouldn't be going through this. It's my school. This is my daily life. I shouldn't have to feel like that, and I feel scared to even go back," she said.
Scores of local and federal authorities were at the shooting scene all morning on Friday, including the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the Galveston County Sheriff's Office, the Santa Fe Police Department, the FBI, and officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Eight patients were sent to the Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, all of them students, an official told media at a press conference. A spokesman for the University of Texas Medical Branch, Raul Reyes, also told reporters that the facility had so far received three patients with gunshot wounds – two adults and one person under the age of 18.
One of the adult patients, a middle-aged male, was in critical condition, Reyes said. The others were a juvenile and a female adult, both in good condition and with gunshot wounds to the legs.
One man prompted further controversy outside the school Friday morning, when he arrived carrying an American flag and a holstered gun on his hip. He told reporters he was there to offer "support."
"Get to the school – make America great again," he said, referring to President Donald Trump's popular slogan.
Trump: Incidents of gun violence have 'been going on too long'
Trump said Friday that his administration was "closely monitoring the situation" and that such incidents have "been going on too long in our country."
"We grieve for the terrible loss of life and send our love and support to everyone affected by this absolutely horrific attack," he said at a White House event. "We're with you in this tragic hour and we'll be with you forever."
Trump drew some criticism for tweeting earlier: "School shooting in Texas. Early reports not looking good. God bless all!"
Already, the gun-control debate took off in Texas among local officials. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told CBS News he would rather see more security personnel in schools, rather than restrictions placed on gun ownership.
"People like this are not going to follow gun regulations – law-abiding citizens will," he said. "The more we regulate, the more time we lose and the more people we're going to lose. I would prefer to have people in place to protect our children, not leave it open for someone who's not going to follow a gun law to come in and kill as many children as they want to."
Santa Fe is a city just southeast of Houston, with a population of 13,200, according to the US Census Bureau.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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UK-based Dorchester to manage Omniyat's One Palm
Omniyat has partnered with The Dorchester to manage the One Palm residential project on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah
Rendering of Omniyat's One Palm.
by Jumana Abdel-Razzaq
Omniyat has partnered with The Dorchester to manage the One Palm residential project on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah.
A senior official from the company revealed to Construction Week that the UK-based operator has signed an agreement with the developer to manage the property.
READ: UK's Dorchester Collection to launch on banks of Dubai Canal
"We have teamed up with Dorchester from London who will be providing the management services for the building as well as the al la cart services to all residents," said Peter Stevenson, development director at Omniyat.
Omniyat announced earlier this month that it had partnered with luxury hospitality brand Dorchester Collection for the development of a hotel and residence in Dubai's Marasi District, marking the brands expansion into the Asian market for the first time.
"We want to fuel unforgettable experiences through our projects and we couldn't have found a more suitable partner than Dorchester Collection," Mahdi Amjad, CEO and executive chairman of Omniyat said in an earlier statement.
One Palm, designed by New York architects Soma, is due for completion by the end of 2018.
BEACHFRONT RESIDENTS
LUXURY PROJECT
OMNIYAT
Omniyat secures $136m from Ajman Bank for Canal projects
Omniyat signs Islamic financing facilities of $121m for One Palm
Omniyat appoints new chief financial officer


Ancelotti: "All the players fought hard and that is why we won"
"I am happy with the 15 wins but the players deserve the credit, they are having a fantastic season."
The French striker had a decisive role in the move that led to the winning goal.
Bale: "We achieved our objective and go away happy"
"I told the coach that I am willing to play in any position, I am very happy", said Isco.
La presencia de centenares de aficionados obligó a cortar la calle.


Albany, New York - April 16, 2014 - James D. Horwitz has joined Hiscock & Barclay, LLP as Of Counsel in the firm's Albany office. Horwitz will focus his practice in the area of health care as part of Hiscock & Barclay's Health Care and Human Services Practice Area.
Horwitz, a resident of Queensbury, is a graduate of Western New England College School of Law and Union College. He was previously a partner in Overton, Russell, Doerr and Donovan, LLP and, prior to that, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility and General Counsel at Glens Falls Hospital for more than 22 years.
While at Glens Falls Hospital, Horwitz built the hospital compliance program, drafted, reviewed and negotiated contracts; addressed patient care and medical staff issues; regularly petitioned for Article 81 guardianships and had a lead role in the creation and adaption of revised medical staff bylaws at the 442-bed hospital system.
Before joining Glens Falls Hospital, Horwitz was a partner in the firm of McPhillips, Fitzgerald, Meyer & McLenithan in Glens Falls.
Horwitz has been a frequent lecturer before the Health Care Compliance Association and on health care compliance before the New York State Bar Association.
Since returning to private practice, Horwitz has acted as outside counsel to healthcare institutions and individual providers on a number of healthcare legal issues.
In addition to the Albany office, Horwitz expects to continue to work with clients in the Glens Falls area.


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Alterity to the third degree in Fledgling
February 11, 2015 ENGL 458 Octavia Butler Spring 2015Nikita Rumsey
Something caught my eye whilst reading Pramod Nayar's article on Posthumanism in Octavia Butler's Fledgling. A few days ago, we had noticed in our group discussion during Friday's class that we were having difficulty untangling the multiple ways in which Shori is cast as a hybrid other in the novel, both by humans and Ina alike. However, almost by accident I stumbled upon what seemed to be an appropriate term for what we had been grappling with; Nayar describes what Shori faces as a "double bind of alterity." On the one hand, Shori is cast as animalistic to humans, the vampire-other, yet what really determines her more immanent otherness is her human-ness or non-Ina-ness with respect to her hybrid biology, her status as a racialized "mongrel." The double bind is made most explicit in the case of Katherine Dahlman, who murders Shori's symbiont, Theodora, as a ploy to reveal Shori's alterity in front of the Council. As Shori describes in the novel:
[Katherine] has imagined that her fellow council members—all Ina, all around her age—would accept what she had done, even if they didn't like it. She believed I would either lose control and disgrace myself before the Council—possibly by attacking her—or if I didn't, she could use my apparent lack of feeling to point out how un-Ina I was. She won either way. What did the life of my Theodora matter? (274)
In addition, what was brought up in our group discussion was the question of how to navigate this complex double bind faced by Shori with our own conceptions of alterity, in which dehumanization is linked to racism as a form of constructing difference (and ultimately sameness). What was interesting to note as a group was that typically what is seen in Orientalist discourse and the like is the association of animalistic, bestial characteristics with the formation of the primitive other as a deployment of dehumanization or racism. However, as demonstrated by the aforementioned quote from the novel, in which Shori's "natural" reaction to the death of her symbiont according to Ina norms would entail a full-fledged (title pun) act of revenge and the murder of her assailant, this display of behavior that the reader would (stereotypically) associate with the dehumanized, animalistic other runs contrary to such a standard. The notion of displaying civility as a means to claim one's humanity or sameness does not fit the bill in this case. And as we've seen in, say, the mainstream media discourse surrounding the "riots" in the wake of the Ferguson ruling and its relationship to the "new" civil rights movement as a whole, this double bind faced by protesters in terms of display and tactics (violence/nonviolence) takes a similar form. It seems again that the protesters lose "either way."
Despite the fact that Shori's liminal status remains somewhat disentangled, I want to mention another piece of Nayar's article on Fledgling, in which he identifies Shori's unique bio-value as a genetically engineered hybrid to initiate a companion species paradigm that works to blur cross-special boundaries and "end all racisms." While Nayar's argument does indeed provide a relevant lens through which to read Shori as the Agamben prototype of "bare life" in the "state of exception," it does seem that the author produces too much of a utopian discourse in regard to Butler's novel. Rather, to quote Susanna M. Morris, "Nonetheless, while Butler's Afrofuturist work underscores a commitment to an equitable vision of society, it does not resort to simply offering up utopias. Butler's visions of the future are often ambivalent ones that reveal an ongoing struggle for peace and justice. (10)" Indeed, the novel itself does not terminate with the successful establishment of a world where racism would be impossible. Although Shori wins the case before the Council against the Silks, it does not signify an end to the ideologies which produced their crimes. In fact, it is clear from the split decision of the Council that the path towards "the end of all racisms" is certainly still a work in progress. On another note, it is also possible that the instantiation of a companion species ethics that blur lines between human and non-human can also produce unintended consequences. It may be the case that the recognition of sameness across lines of species, such as in the case of pets, comes at the expense of other deployments of dehumanization and may in fact reproduce racist discourses. (For the sake of brevity, found here is the link to the article from which I take this idea.)
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One of the states in the US along with its north-western sides, Idaho features impeccable natural beauty. Featuring a great variation with mountains, plains, and water bodies, this is one of the major tourist destinations in the country. The paragraphs underneath will discuss a few of the top beaches in this beautiful state.
A blend of comfortable temperature and vibrant ambiance makes the Cascade Lake beach a perfect destination for the tourists. Tourists can benefit wonderful chances of camping that will enable them to connect to nature. Hence, they can aspire to get a complete rejuvenation of the mind and soul.
Another gallant option in the list, this beach has all the potential to soothe your mind and body. This sunny beach is the right place to relish sunbath. The exceptional scenic beauty of the place will win over your heart at the first glimpse.
This is the perfect getaway destination with provisions for various outdoor activities. This is one of the top choices for the residents to host beach parties. This beach is located at an easily commutable location from the city mainland. Hence, you will not find difficulties to reach the spot.
This is one of the most popular and frequently visited destinations among the beaches in Idaho. You will get the rocky shorelines as well as the sandy beaches, hand-in-hand. This beach is popular among the tourists for its exceptional scenic beauty as well as its serene ambiance.
This beach will definitely come in the list of the top Idaho beaches for its exquisite landscape and enthralling scenic beauty. You can even go for luxurious cruise trips from this point. The sunny beach is the ideal spot to relish the sunbath, sipping your favorite drink.
The priest lake offers a dozen of sunny and sandy beach that is ideal for outdoor activities like camping. This beach gives you the access to the Huckleberry Bay and the Reeder Bay that features heavenly beauty. For its mesmerizing scenic beauty and heavenly ambiance, the localities lovingly consider the beach as the jewel of Idaho.
This beach lies along the river Salmon and it features a blending of lukewarm sand, chilled water the most exotic landscape. This beach is surrounded by the Clearwater national forest. Hence, the beach holds a mystery of the forests in its ambiance. This beach offers the best beachfront views among all the beaches in the state.
The beaches mentioned in the paragraphs above are among the strongest tourist pullers in the state. These beaches enthrall your heart and spice your vacation. The scenic beauty of these beaches is simply heavenly. Hence, the fond memory of the time you spent here, will ensure your mind forever. In addition, the vibrant ambiance and the chances for various outdoor activities make these beaches all the more exciting and enjoyable to the tourists. Hence, these beaches receive a few million tourists every year.