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State Budgeting Matters
The newest issue (May 7) of State Budgeting Matters is now posted on our Website: FY 2010 - FY 2011 State Budget: The Out-of-Balance House Version. Sheridan examines in detail what the House of Representatives did to the governor's budget proposals, who the "winners" and "losers" are in Sub. H.B. 1, what risks the House takes in its version, and what the Senate will likely be concerned about as it acts on Sub. H.B. 1 in the next four (or more) weeks. Read it here now: https://www.communitysolutions.com/images/upload/resources/sbmv5n9.pdf
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State rainy day funds may be needed now, throwing HB 1 further out of balance
Less than one week after the Ohio House of Representatives sent the FY 2010-11 budget to the Senate, a Strickland Administration press conference today highlighted the abysmal under-performance of the personal income tax in April. April is a crucial month when the Tax Department closes its books on the 2008 filing season. Tax Commissioner Richard Levin's presentation showed that 2008 annual returns produced $192 million (22 percent) less than expected. The administration's estimates were closer to the mark in estimating employer withholding for the month (just 2 percent below estimates) but were much too optimistic in every other income tax category. In total, the income tax produced $322 million less GRF revenue in April than had been expected. Ten months into FY 2009, income tax collections are 15.3 percent lower than in FY 2009. Commissioner Levin did not mention that some of the underperformance was due to the final round of income tax cuts.
OBM Director Pari Sabety discussed the implications of the shortfall for FY 2009. She expected the downward trend in income tax revenue to continue in May and June, contributing to a cumulative deficit between $600 million and $900 million. With only two months remaining in the fiscal year Director Sabety said that only a small portion of the shortfall, perhaps $100 – $150 million, could be addressed through additional cost savings – the rest would probably have to come from the state's rainy day fund, which requires legislative approval.
Any substantial use of the rainy day fund in this fiscal year would throw H.B. 1 further out of balance, jeopardizing the gains made by human services advocates in the House for programs such as food pantries and child and adult protective services. H.B. 1 relies heavily on the rainy day fund as well as roughly $6 billion in other federal and state one-time resources.
The continuing shortfall in tax receipts also will impact H.B. 1. OBM will not have new revenue estimates available until the conference committee, but these are likely to be much lower even than the most recent estimates prepared in December.
There are still many pieces to the budget puzzle that we don't know, but which may become clearer in the coming days. Strangely, today's press conference only covered the income tax. OBM will release preliminary returns for other April taxes soon (perhaps as early as tomorrow) and then we can see the big picture for total GRF revenue. It is also possible that larger than expected state agency under spending could help to address part of the FY 2009 shortfall.
The bottom line, however, is that H.B. 1 was built on unrealistic assumptions. The House used an extra $100 million in unclaimed funds and more generous Legislative Service Commission revenue estimates to make it fit together. The estimates did not take into account lower revenues from the tobacco tax which will result from recent federal legislation. Let's stop putting on the band aids and fix the patient -- the state needs to take steps to shore up its eroding revenue base. The 2005 tax change framework, which will cause a net loss to the GRF of $2 billion in FY 2010, simply cannot be maintained in this environment.
Note: Jon Honeck is the author of this post. He can be contacted at jhoneck@CommunitySolutions.com
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Recovery Watch: Shift in direction not unusual
Increased levels of investment in certain programs through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Resolution passed last week by the U.S. House and U.S. Senate reflects a shift in priorities under the Obama Administration. In recent history, it has been common for a sweeping change in budgetary and fiscal direction during the first year of a new President's term. During their first seven months, Presidents Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush all signed the most significant economic legislation of their presidencies.
Reagan's Economic Recovery Act included tax cuts, regulatory relief, higher defense spending, and tight monetary policy to control inflation. After several years of increasing deficits, Clinton changed course and proposed one of the most aggressive deficit reduction programs in history. Clinton's plan coupled tax increases with modest spending reductions. Bush's tax cuts, which sought to spur economic growth by putting money in the hands of consumers rather than government, were included as part of his first budget proposal.
Five Things You Need To Know This Week, May 4, 2009
1. In the Nation...
For the first time in more than three decades, Social Security recipients will not get any increase in their benefits next year, federal forecasts show.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/us/politics/03benefits.html?em
2. In the State...
The same budget plan that promises billions to primary and secondary education over the next decade would deny thousands of low-income Ohio youngsters access to state-funded preschool.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/05/03/preschool.ART_ART_05-03-09_B1_VODO806.html?sid=101
3. In the Region...
Twinsburg plant among five Chrysler to close by end of 2010
http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/44179587.html
4. At Community Solutions...
This week, readers of State Budgeting Matters are treated to two editions—one special edition by John Begala (May 1) and the regularly scheduled edition by Dick Sheridan (later this week). The special edition, "Medicaid and the Impending Train Wreck in Ohio Government," illustrates how the evolution of Ohio's Medicaid program through the decades is exemplary proof of George Santayana's well-worn admonition: "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Read it here now: http://www.communitysolutions.com/images/upload/resources/sbmv5SpecialEdition.pdf
The American Chestnut Foundation hopes to reintroduce the American chestnut tree, which once dominated forests in northern Ohio and other states before becoming virtually extinct.
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State Budget Update
As the state budget officially moved from the House to the Senate this week, human service advocates were partially successful at shoring up funding needed for many critical services.
We are pleased that the House made a number of needed changes, and we hope that the Senate will continue working toward full restoration of funding for human service programs. Some of the key changes included:
Adding $50 million per year for child and adult protective services; These programs are still $12 million short of full restoration;Boosting funding for the Second Harvest Food Banks to $12 million per year, leaving the program $5 million per year below the requested level;
Adding $1 million per year for behavioral health services for children under the age of 7;
Increasing the Medicaid rate ceiling for behavioral health providers by ½ of 1% in each year of the biennium; and
Increasing home and community based options for long term care by creating a "superwaiver" in the Department of Aging and ending limitations such as the number of slots in the assisted living program and regional limits for the self-directed Choices waiver.
We are disappointed that the House chose not to restore full funding to county job and family service departments even though more Ohioans are requesting assistance. The House also removed some executive proposals and added other provisions that will increase costs and make it more difficult to keep the budget in balance. In the long run these choices will add to the already substantial FY 2012-2013 structural deficit. Several of these items include:
Elimination of a provision that limited reimbursements to hospitals from Medicaid managed care plans to rates paid for Medicaid fee for service. The removal of this proposal will increase Medicaid managed care costs by $35.1 million in FY 2010 and $110.5 million in FY 2011 and by even more in the next biennium;
Increasing state support for nursing facilities – an industry where the supply of beds exceeds demand; and
Elimination of proposed sentencing reforms that would substantially reduce the number of low-level, non-violent offenders in prisons.
We remain concerned about state revenues. April's monthly report will be released soon, and there is no reason to expect that state revenues will look much better than they did in March. The continued erosion of FY 2009 tax receipts will lower the base for the updated estimate currently being prepared for next month's conference committee.
Let's hope that the forecast specialists at the Department of Taxation and Legislative Service Commission are adding foil to the antennae on their crystal balls to improve the signal and rubbing lucky pennies as they update their estimates.
Advocates need to stay alert, engaged, and informed. The ride is just getting started.
This Week in Washington - 5/1/09
Congress finished its work on the budget resolution this week. The President has indicated he will send up his detailed budget request next week, which will help move the appropriations process to the next stage. It will also include important details on the Administration's revenue proposals, including "loophole closers" and other revenue raisers that can help finance important investments.
BUDGET CONFERENCE
Congress passed a final budget resolution on Wednesday. Remember, as a resolution, it does not go to the President for his signature. The budget projects $3.6 trillion in total outlays, including $1.1 trillion for discretionary spending, in FY2010. It also projects a deficit of $1.2 trillion. It provides reconciliation instructions to the Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committees in the Senate, and to the Ways and Means, Education and Labor (HELP), and Energy and Commerce Committees in the House, largely to accommodate the passage of health reform. The late reporting date – October 15 – will allow the Finance Committee to put off the decision about whether to use the reconciliation process to enact health care reform legislation.
The House vote was 233-193. The Senate vote was 53-43. No Republican in either chamber voted for the final budget. Seventeen House Democrats – including Representative Kucinich – voted no. Four Senate Democrats voted no.
Adoption of the budget resolution will help move the appropriations process forward, and will help facilitate consideration of health care, education, and energy/climate change policies.
Meanwhile, House Blue Dogs continue to press for enactment of statutory pay-as-you-go rules to help restore fiscal discipline. Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer put the Senate on notice, via letter, that the House will attach statutory PAYGO to legislation to extend middle class tax cuts, the AMT, the estate tax, or Medicare physician payments, and will not consider any bills or conference reports on these issues unless the bills or conference reports include statutory PAYGO, have been fully offset under traditional scorekeeping, or statutory PAYGO has already been enacted into law. Speaker Pelosi has also asked committee chairmen to find ways to cut spending on programs under their jurisdiction and report back to her by June 2. Her letter did not indicate the level of savings she is looking for.
As part of its deliberations on health reform, the Senate Finance Committee held a closed-door meeting yesterday to review options to cut costs and improve quality in the health care delivery system. In advance of the session, Chairman Baucus publicly released a policy options document, which can be found here. The Committee has not yet made firm decisions about these options, but many are expected to become part of the Chairman's health reform "mark."
Two additional policy options documents will be released following the "coverage" and "financing" roundtables scheduled for May. The coverage roundtable is scheduled for next Tuesday, May 5,th and we expect extensive discussion about the role of Medicaid in health reform. If one of your Senators is a member of the Finance Committee, consider contacting staff before Tuesday's roundtable to reiterate the need to strengthen and improve Medicaid as part of health reform.
The Senate HELP Committee (of which Sherrod Brown is a member) also held reform-related events this week with hearings on primary care access and state-level reform efforts. As mentioned in last week's email, the Finance and HELP committees are expected to mark up separate, complementary bills that will be merged into a comprehensive piece of legislation.
Cleveland's air quality improving
The American Lung Association came out with State of the Air this week, its annual air quality report card. It gave Cuyahoga County a grade of F in both ozone and particle pollution, and Cleveland-Akron-Elyria ranked 10th highest for people at risk from year-round particle pollution. However, despite these grades, the report noted that Cleveland showed significant, continued improvement over the past five years. We stand to continue improving as we recognize the effects that the built environment has on public health, and we give more consideration to these factors in urban planning decisions to improve air and water quality, safety, and other health factors.
Air pollution increases the risks for certain illnesses. According to the report, year round exposure to particle pollution has been linked to increased risks from asthma, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Particle pollution poses higher risks to children and the elderly, and those with lung or heart diseases. It particularly increases risks for children living near roads with heavy truck or trailer traffic. The report also found disparities in who is exposed to the pollutants, with low-income and some minority groups having higher exposure. It included speculations from scientists about the reasons for the disparities, including racism and class bias in the housing market, lack of access to health care, grocery stores, and good jobs, dirtier workplaces, and higher exposure to traffic.
The report also provided recommendations on how to improve air quality including the use of federal transportation funds to retrofit diesel engines. Local planning decisions can also improve air quality by reducing the amount of miles we drive through mixed-use and denser development patterns, improved public transit, and the use of vegetation in land developments to purify the air.
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Special Edition State Budgeting Matters
The May 1, 2009 issue of State Budgeting Matteris now posted on our Website. This special edition issue takes a look at Medicaid and the Impending Train Wreck in Ohio Government. Read it here now: http://www.communitysolutions.com/images/upload/resources/sbmv5SpecialEdition.pdf
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A big day for budgets
Yesterday the state budget bill passed the House and the federal budget resolution was approved by both the U.S. House and Senate. It's almost budget overload for those of us who work on both. An interesting fun fact: the same number of Ohio House Members and U.S. Senators voted for their respective budgets.
After passing along party lines with a vote of 53-45, the $56 billion state biennial budget bill now moves to the Senate. The Plain Dealer had a nice summary of the provisions.
Switching to the federal side, the vote was largely along party lines, (233-193 in the House and (53-43 in the Senate) with a few Democrats in both houses jumping ship and voting "no". Today's coverage in the Washington Post and New York Times of the $3.5 trillion total package is worth a read.
But the worst is not yet over - Congress will take up its 9 appropriations bills to set levels of funding for specific programs very shortly, and the Budget Resolution requires them to consider legislation on health care and higher education funding. And at the state level, we expect that conference committee will be busy as the bill coming out of the Senate will likely be quite different from that just passed by the House.
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Agreement Reached on FY10 Budget Plan
The House Budget Committee has announced that Senate and House negotiators have reached an agreement on a federal budget plan for fiscal year 2010. Highlights of the plan:
Discretionary spending set at levels between the House and Senate versions - $10 billion lower than the President's proposal;
Includes reconciliation instructions on education investment and healthcare reform. This requires committees to report legislation by October 15 if legislation cannot be achieved through normal procedures;
Permanently extends the middle-income tax cuts adopted in 2001 and 2003 including the 10% bracket, child tax credit, and marriage penalty relief;
Indexes the alternative minimum tax to inflation (AMT) – so Congress won't have to pass a temporary change each year;
Extends estate tax exemptions at 2009 levels and indexes exemptions for future years.
The full House and Senate are each expected to vote on the fiscal year 2010 budget conference agreement this week.
Five Things You Need To Know This Week, April 27, 2009
The U.S. declared a public health emergency Sunday to deal with the emerging new swine flu, much like the government does to prepare for approaching hurricanes.
Amid cuts in areas such as child protective services and charter schools, state spending on long-term care through Medicaid continues unabated, keeping Ohio at 40 percent above the national average.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/04/26/nursing_homes.ART_ART_04-26-09_A1_8HDLOIQ.html?sid=101
3. In Our Community...
In this, the most dire housing market that tax experts can remember, property values are tumbling.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/04/cuyahoga_county_home_values_fa.html
Our staff was pleased to collect and donate 12 full boxes of food to the Cleveland Foodbank's Harvest for Hunger campaign last week. If you'd like to know how to help hungry people in any of these 19 Northeast Ohio counties, click here:
http://www.clevelandfoodbank.org/site/PageServer?pagename=hfh_home
5. Miscellaneous...
The Internet has revolutionized how people look for jobs and how businesses find employees. Career coaches say that LinkedIn…is often the first source recruiters, executives and other professionals check when searching for potential hires. http://www.cleveland.com/help-wanted/index.ssf/2009/04/help_wanted_the_newly_unemploy.html
This Week in Washington - 4/24/09
Congress named its conferees to the budget resolution yesterday and could finish work on the budget resolution next week. The Administration has indicated it could send up its detailed budget request the first week in May, which should help jumpstart the appropriations process.
Congressional Quarterly is reporting that a tentative deal has been reached between the House and Senate on a final budget resolution that includes reconciliation instructions for health care and student aid and that cuts $10 billion from the President's discretionary levels. (The House had cut discretionary funding by $7 billion below the President, the Senate had cut $15 billion.) CQ is also reporting that a formal conference meeting will be held on Monday, April 27. If that happens, we can expect the final resolutions to be taken up in the House and Senate during the course of the week.
The House named the following members to be conferees on the budget resolution: Budget Chairman Spratt (D-SC), ranking member Paul Ryan (R-WI), and Reps. Allen Boyd (D-FL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Jeb Hensarling (R-TX). The House also defeated a motion to instruct conferees to drop the budget reconciliation instructions from the final resolution. The vote was 227 to 196.
The Senate also named conferees after taking a series of votes on several procedural motions. The conferees are Budget Chairman Conrad (D-ND), ranking member Gregg (R-NH), and Sen. Murray (D-WA).
It appears increasingly likely Congress will wait to take up tax legislation to address the 2001/2003 "middle class" tax cuts, AMT, and the refundable credits until next year. This could change, particularly if the debate on health care bogs down. But we remain concerned about the prospects for enacting a one-year extension of the 2009 parameters of the estate tax should the larger tax debate indeed be put off.
To review: enacting a one-year extension to the estate tax could require 60 votes in the Senate, which could be difficult after the vote on the Lincoln-Kyl amendment during the budget resolution. Estate tax supporters are likely to push adopting the Lincoln-Kyl parameters for one year as a "compromise" instead of the 2009 levels. (The Lincoln-Kyl amendment increased the exemptions to $10 million per couple/$5 million per individual and reduced the tax rate to 35 percent.)
Proponents have leverage because, unless 60 votes can be produced for any proposal, the default will be that the estate tax will be completely eliminated in 2010, which they would prefer. Allowing either the Lincoln-Kyl parameters to be adopted for one year or the estate tax to disappear in 2010 would make it more difficult to restore the 2009 parameters as part of a broader tax bill because many members on both sides of the aisle will not want to be perceived as voting for a tax increase.
Action is well underway to structure components of health reform legislation for consideration this summer. Committee chairmen in both the House and Senate are working to have bills ready for committee mark-ups following Memorial Day with floor debate after the July 4th recess.
In the Senate, the HELP and Finance Committees are expected to produce separate bills that will be combined on the Senate floor. Finance Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Grassley hope to drill down on a number of key issues during a series of health reform roundtables for committee members and health experts, which kicked off on Tuesday. They will focus on three areas: delivery system reform, coverage, and financing.
In the House, the chairmen of the Energy and Commerce Committee, the Ways and Means Committee, and the Education and Labor Committee have pledged to work together on health reform legislation that is expected to follow a similar timetable as the Senate legislation. (Although the public focus of the Energy and Commerce Committee this month has been on climate change legislation, intense behind the scenes work on health reform is well underway.)
H.B. 1 Update: Items of Interest
We have concerns about a number of unmet needs in the Executive Budget in health and human service programs and the state's overall fiscal health. Here an update of the changes made by the House to some of the items that we have been watching.
Eligibility determination (income maintenance) for County Departments of Job and Family Services (CDJFSs). CDJFSs serve as the front door for human service programs. GRF dollars are used along with federal food stamp, Medicaid, and TANF dollars to fund staff to perform eligibility determinations for these programs. Even though caseloads for food stamps, Medicaid, and cash assistance are expected to increase, state GRF support for this line item (GRF 600-521) is substantially reduced when compared to FY 2008 actuals ($19 million less in FY 2010 and $25 million less in FY 2011). The state does add some flexibility to counties by allowing the local mandated share to be used for food stamp or Medicaid eligibility determination; however, this change will reduce funding for TANF services at a time when TANF resources already have been substantially reduced due to the spend-down of the surplus balance. In a nutshell, this change plugs a hole in one funding stream by creating a hole in another.
House Changes: There were no changes to this program.
TANF funding for county Prevention, Retention, and Contingency (PRC) programs and Title XX services. The Executive Budget reduced the TANF allocation for counties by $32 million per year when compared to FY 2008 actuals. In addition the county allocation from the transfer of TANF funds to Title XX will be reduced from $67 million to $6 million per year. PRC funds provide diversion, emergency assistance and work participation activities while Title XX dollars are primarily used to fund child welfare and adult protective services. During an economic downturn, reports of abuse and neglect rise.
House Changes: The House added $12.5 million in new GRF fund dollars per year through JFS line item 660-533, Child, Family, and Adult Community & Protective Services. Funds will be distributed according to the current ODJFS Title XX distribution formula. Funds are to be used to help individuals at or below 200% of poverty achieve or maintain self-sufficiency; respond to reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of children or adults; provide outreach and referral services for home and community based services for individuals at risk of placement in a group home or institution; and to provide protective services in cases of actual or potential abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child or adult.
Child welfare programs. Due to the spend-down of the TANF surplus, a total of $17.5 million per year in TANF funding earmarked for child welfare programs is eliminated in the Executive Budget. These programs provided financial assistance to kinship caregivers who provide a permanent home to children who have been in the child welfare system, financial assistance to help former foster children transition to adulthood, and funding to recruit adoptive families for children in need.
House Changes: The House added $5 million per year in a new GRF line item (600-541, Kinship Permanency Incentive Program) in the ODJFS budget for financial assistance to kinship caregivers.
Food assistance. The Executive Budget maintains funding for the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks at $8.5 million per year, but the need for food assistance is rising. An additional $8.5 million per year is needed to help the food banks keep up with their growing demand.
House Changes: The House added $1 million per year in GRF to JFS line item 600-410, TANF MOE, and earmarked the funds for the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks to purchase and distribute food products. The House also added $1.5 million per year to JFS line item 600-535, Early Care and Education, for the Children's Hunger Alliance to fund the Child Nutrition Program outreach efforts.
Lift the statutory cap on assisted living slots. To ensure long term financial sustainability in the Medicaid program, Ohio must develop a long-term care system that is more balanced between institutional care and home and community based care. Right now Ohio's care system is heavily skewed towards nursing facility care, and increasing home and community based options for consumers will help to bring balance to this system.
House Changes: The House lifted the statutory cap on assisted living slots; however, the House backed away from meaningful long term care system reform by increasing state financial support for nursing home care through a significant rate increase that will cost an additional $56.4 million in FY 2010 and $177.3 million in FY 2011.
Need for New Revenues. We remain concerned about the strength of our revenue system, which has been severely damaged by five years of tax cuts and the unprecedented amount of use of one time funds to support FY 2010-2011 spending. We estimate that up to an additional $8 billion in new revenue will be needed to support state spending in the next biennium. We have been telling everyone who will listen to us that we must act responsibly and act now to start dealing with our structural deficit. We have recommended a series of revenue options that will yield about $2 billion in new revenues over the biennium to begin to address the state's structural deficit.
House changes: The House adopted the LSC revenue estimates, which enabled them to assume an additional $342 million in revenues (Federal revenues are excluded from this analysis due to changes in the treatment of Title I federal stimulus). The LSC estimates were more pessimistic than the Executive in FY 2010 but assumed a more robust recovery in FY 2011. The change between the two estimates is very small given the overall size of the state budget; however, we have two concerns about relying on a more optimistic forecast. First, neither the LSC nor executive forecasts have been adjusted to account for the impact of the recent $0.62 per pack federal tax increase on cigarettes. This change, according to the testimony of LSC Director Mark Flanders before the House Finance committee, will likely reduce GRF revenues by $100 million over the biennium. Second, the balance sheets in both the Executive and LSC forecasts assume that $387.2 million in GRF revenue will be carried forward from FY 2009 to FY 2010. Through March 2009 state tax receipts were trailing revised estimates by $195.8 million. It is looking more and more unlikely that the state will be able to hit its FY 2009 revenue targets.
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Roslyn Bucy Miller
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The Internet 2018 Tour
Meanwhile, The Internet (featuring Odd Future member Syd and Matt Martians) comes to the Triple Rock Social Club, fresh off their SXSW appearances. I couldn't find any information regarding a new album.…
Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from October 16 to October 18, 2018.
Impossible to find on "the internet", The Internet (a branch from Odd Future) will be headlining their tour after supporting Gorillaz on their North American tour. The Inernet's latest album Hive Mind is out now on Columbia Records.
Hive Mind is the followup to the band's breakthrough third album Ego Death (the record earned a Grammy nomination for Best Urban Contemporary album).
So join The Internet (singer Syd, producer Matt Martians, guitarist Steve Lacy, bassist Patrick Paige II, and drummer Christopher Smith) at the Varsity Theater on October 17th.
The venue doesn't list an opening band, but we think it will feature Moonchild (who played horns the Internet's Hive Mind album).
10/8/18	Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
10/9/18	Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
10/11/18	Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
10/13/18	Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
10/14/18	Atlanta, GA @ Afropunk
10/16/18	Chicago, IL @ United Center
10/17/18	Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
10/20/18	Los Angeles, CA @ Demon Dayz Festival
10/21/18	Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
10/24/18	Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
10/25/18	Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
10/26/18	Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
10/28/18	Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades
10/31/18	San Luis Obispo, CA @ Fremont Theater
11/03/18	San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
11/11/18	Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
11/12/18	Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
11/15/18	Austin, TX @ Emo's
11/16/18	San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theatre
11/18/18	Houston, TX @ House Of Blues
11/19/18	Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues
11/20/18	New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues
11/26/18	Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
11/27/18	Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
12/01/18	Richmond, VA @ The National
12/05/18	Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
12/12/18	Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrews Hall
Future Generations 2018 Tour
Gruff Rhys 2018 Tour
Adult. 2018 Tour
Real Friends at Garage Poster
Troye Sivan Bloom Tour
Foo Fighters 2018 Tour
Detroit's Adult. has been pretty inactive since we last wrote about them in February 2007. Since Why Bother? in 2007, the band came back in 2013 with The Way Things Fall, and most recently, Detroit House Guests, released last year. ....
The other Chicago band Real Friends also had a strong Minneapolis fanbase. Right off the bat, the band raved about The Varsity Theater's bathroom (which won America's Best Bathroom 2013 Award) ....
Landscape is the new album from Future Generations. To promote the record, the five friends (Eddie Gore on vocals, Mike Sansevere on synthesizer, Eric Grossman on guitar, Devon Sheridan on bass, and Dylan Wells on drums) from Brooklyn, New York, is heading out on tour - stopping by the 7th Street Entry on October 16th.
Special guests, Long Island's Zuli and Sartell, Minnesota's Guytano (brothers Grant and Eddie Hamilton, and Isaac Hesse) to open.
10/9 The Holocene - Portland
10/10 Barboza - Seattle
10/12 Kilby Court - Salt Lake City
10/14 - Lost Lake - Denver, CO
10/16 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis
10/17 Ruby - Madison
10/18 Beat Kitchen - Chicago
10/19 Zanzabar - Louisville, KY
10/20 Beachland Tavern - Cleveland
10/21 Baby G - Toronto
10/23 Bar Le Ritz - Montreal
10/24 Middle East - Boston
10/26 Baby's All Right - New York
+ Lorkin O'Reilly
Welsh singer Gruff Rhys is headlining the Cedar on Tuesday, October 16th. As a lover of Super Furry Animals, we recommend checking out Rhys.
Show up early to see Scottish singer (now living in the United States) Lorkin O'Reilly.
10/08/2018 Great Scott Allston, MA
10/10/2018 Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia, PA
10/11/2018 DC9 Washington, DC
10/12/2018 The Funhouse Millvale, PA
10/13/2018 Ace Of Cups Columbus, OH
10/14/2018 Chop Shop Chicago, IL
10/19/2018 Fox Cabaret Vancouver, BC
10/23/2018 The Chapel San Francisco, CA
10/24/2018 Echo Los Angeles, CA
+ Plack Blague, DJ Grant Mayland
Detroit-based Adult. (stylized as ADULT.) will be playing the Turf Club on Tuesday. The duo (Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller) seventh LP is called This Behavior.
Special guests Plack Blague and DJ Grant Mayland to open.
10/08 - Portland, OR - Holocene
10/09 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
10/10 - Boise, ID - The Olympic
10/13 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
10/15 - Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge
10/16 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club *
10/26 - Toronto, CN - The Garrison
10/27 - Montreal, CN - Bar Le Ritz
+ Boston Manor, Eat Your Heart Out, Grayscale
Fresh off the final Warped Tour, Illinois rock band Real Friends will be headlining the Garage in Burnsville this Wednesday.
Oct 17 - Minneapolis, MN - The Garage
Oct 18 - Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck
Oct 19 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
Oct 20 - Salt Lake City, UT - Complex
Oct 22 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
Oct 23 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
Oct 25 - San Francisco, CA - August Hall
Oct 26 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom
Oct 27 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
Oct 30 - San Diego, CA - Irenic
Oct 31 - Mesa, AZ - Nile Theatre
+ Kim Petras
Troye Sivan is playing the State Theatre on Wednesday. The new album Bloom is out now on Capitol Records.
Show up early to check out YouTube star Kim Petras. Petras recently released her her Halloween-themed mixtape Turn Off The Light Vol 1.
10/9 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
10/12 Boston, MA Boch Center
10/14 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
10/15 Toronto, ON Sony Centre
10/17 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
10/19 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
10/20 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
10/22 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
10/24 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
10/25 San Diego, CA Cal Coast Credit Union
10/27 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
10/30 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
11/1 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
11/5 Portland, OR Roseland Ballroom
11/7 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
11/8 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Post-Nirvana band Foo Fighters was supposed to end their world tour at the Xcel Energy Center in St Paul on Thursday, October 18th…. However due to two previously cancelled Canadian dates, the group will now end at Calgary on Oct 23rd.
Foo Fighters' new album Concrete and Gold is out now.
10/08/2018 Talking Stick Resort Arena Phoenix, AZ
10/10/2018 Pepsi Center Denver, CO
10/12/2018 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO
10/13/2018 Enterprise Center St. Louis, MO
10/15/2018 Little Caesars Arena Detroit, MI
10/17/2018 Foo Fighters Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, WI
10/18/2018 Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, MN
10/22/2018 Edmonton, CAN
10/23/2018 Calgary, CAN
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American Candy Tour at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (23 Apr 2015)
The Maine Setlist
Inside Of You
My Heroine
Same Suit, Different Tie
Like We Did (Windows Down)
Into Your Arms (solo)
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones cover)
Love & Drugs
Right Girl
04/24 HOB in Chicago, IL
04/25 Bottom Lounge in Chicago, IL
04/26 The Crofoot in Pontiac, MI
04/27 Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH
04/28 HOB in Cleveland, OH
04/30 Altar Bar in Pittsburgh, PA
05/01 The Waiting Room in Buffalo, OH
05/02 Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, ON
05/03 The Lost Horizon in Syracuse, NY
05/05 HOB in Boston, MA
05/07 Best Buy Theatre in New York, NY
05/09 Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA
05/09 FYE (in-store) in Philadelphia, PA
05/10 9:30 Club in Washington, DC
05/12 Cannery Ballroom in Nashville, TN
05/13 The Masquerade in Atlanta, GA
05/14 Freebird Live in Jacksonville Beach, FL
05/15 State Theatre in St. Petersburg, FL
05/16 The Beacham in Orlando, FL
05/16 Park Ave CDs (in-store) in Orlando, FL
05/19 Club Dada in Dallas, TX
05/20 Kapone's in San Antonio, TX
Tempe's The Maine is touring for their fifth album American Candy (8123 Records). The album racked up 15K in sales first week out and made several strong entries into the Billboard Charts. …
The Technicolors
The evening began with a tight 40 min. set from Phoenix-based The Technicolors, in support of their latest release, Listener (Elevation/Tallest Man Records). The four-piece (Brennan Smiley- singer, Mikey …
The 8123's American Candy Spring 2015 Tour, featuring The Maine, Real Friends, Knuckle Puck and the Technicolors, just came through Minneapolis' Varsity Theater last night, Thursday, April 23rd. With raw energy, emotion, Alt-Press sound, and a youthful, eager audience, the concert program felt very much like a mini-Warped Tour. All the bands had about a brief 30 minute set, with the exception of the Maine, as a headliner, went slightly over an hour without an encore.
Phoenix rock band The Technicolors started off the event, playing tracks from their latest EP Ultraviolet Disguise (8123 Records), such as "Feels Like Trouble" (dedicated to a fan who gave singer Brennan Smiley a rose), however, I thought the highlight from their set was a Tal Bachman cover "She's So High".
You may remember the band when they were on tour with The Psychedelic Furs for their album Listener (Elevation/Tallest Man Records). They did a couple of tracks from that album, including their set finale "Hollywood", featuring guest Maine guitarist Jared Monaco Kennedy Brock storming the stage to jam out with the group.
Chicago's Knuckle Puck was up next, and surprisingly had a big Minneapolis fanbase. Singer Joe Taylor seemed to enjoy shouting and encouraging their fans to slam dance, mosh, and body surf... which the audience was more than happy to obliged.
They did both their songs ("Gold Rush" and "Fences") from their Split EP from last year, and ended their set with "No Good" from their 2013 EP The Weight That You Buried.
The other Chicago band Real Friends also had a strong Minneapolis fanbase. Right off the bat, the band raved about The Varsity Theater's bathroom (which won America's Best Bathroom 2013 Award), describing it as something from Bilbo Baggins' home.
During "Loose Ends", Knuckle Puck's Joe Taylor showed up to help sing, which tells me that these two Chicago bands are probably close friends.
Real Friends played a few tracks from latest Maybe This Place Is the Same and We're Just Changing, including "Summer". They ended their set with "Late Nights in My Car", taken from their 2013 EP Put Yourself Back Together.
The Maine's Setlist
The biggest draw of the night was, of course, Arizona's The Maine, on tour for their fifth studio album American Candy. Dedicated fans knew all the lyrics and would often sing along to their biggest hits, like "My Heroine" and set closer "Right Girl". Unlike the rowdy Knuckle Puck slam dancing, The Maine's fans were more reserved... but no less just as passionate for their favorite band.
As you can see from the setlist, about half their set were dedicated to American Candy, including the title track, "Miles Away", "My Hair", "Same Suit, Different Tie", and "English Girls". Rounding out the rest of their set were a good mix of Pioneer (2011), Black & White (2010), and Forever Halloween (2013)... but also throwing in a Rolling Stones cover, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction".
During the acoustic solo version of "Into Your Arms", singer John O'Callaghan exclaimed, "I pooped twice", referring to America's Best Bathroom. He also took some questions from the audience, but it sounded like a one-way conversation since no one could hear the questions (hint for future Q&A: repeat the question for the audience's sake).
For the title track, "American Candy", the Maines' lights turned red, white, and blue, which was a nice addition to the song. Also, the band did "Let's Eat Grandma" quick intro before their biggest hit, "Right Girl" (which got confetti blown from above).
If you like one of these bands on the American Candy Spring 2015 Tour, chances are, you'll crossover to the other bands as well.
The Maine at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (23 April 2015)
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Wednesday 04/22/15, 7:30pm ($39.50)
Brooklyn's Sufjan Stevens is back on tour, in support of his latest album Carrie & Lowell. The record was recorded by Stevens alongside Casey Foubert, Laura Veirs, Nedelle Torrisi, Sean Carey, Ben Lester and Thomas Bartlett and mixed by Stevens, Bartlett and Pat Dillet. The album is named for Stevens' mother and stepfather and is a return to Stevens' folk roots.
Montreal's Little Scream to open the show, she is currently finishing up her eagerly-anticipated second album, Dance in a Void.
04/12 Hartford, CT Bushnell Center *
04/14 Portland, ME Merrill Auditorium*
04/15 Albany, NY Palace Theater*
04/16 Cleveland, OH Cleveland Masonic*
04/17 Columbus, OH Palace Theater*
04/18 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre*
04/20 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House*
04/21 Kansas City, MO Midland Theater†
04/22 Minneapolis, MN Northrop Auditorium†
04/23 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater†
04/24 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre†
04/27 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple†
04/28 Grand Rapids, MI Covenant Fine Arts †
04/29 Toronto, ON Massey Hall†
04/30 Montreal, QC Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier†
05/01 Brooklyn, NY Kings Theatre‡
*with Cold Specks
†with Little Scream
‡with Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens
Tempe's The Maine is touring for their fifth album American Candy (8123 Records). The album racked up 15K in sales first week out and made several strong entries into the Billboard Charts.
Also on the bill are Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, and The Technicolors. You may remember the latter band previously opened up for The Psychedelic Furs in 2013.
The Maine Confirmed NA Tour Dates:
04/13 Hawthorne Theatre in Portland, OR
04/14 The Rio Theatre in Vancouver, BC
04/15 El Corazon in Seattle, WA
04/17 The Complex in Salt Lake City, UT
04/18 Summit Music Hall in Denver, CO
04/18 Angelo's (in-store) in Denver, CO - 1PM
04/20 Granada Theatre in Lawrence, KS
04/21 The Ready Room in St. Louis, MO
04/22 The Rave in Milwaukee, WI
04/23 Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, MN
05/09 FYE (in-store) in Philadelphia, PA - 1PM
05/16 Park Ave CDs (in-store) in Orlando, FL - 1PM
My wife and I went to see this band, Diarrhea Planet, last year because of their awesome name. Seeing 4+ guitarists playing together is a sight to behold. …
The name Diarrhea Planet is undoubtedly one of the worst/awesome band name. Despite what you think of the name, there's one thing everyone will agree on: seeing four or five simultaneous guitars playing will blow your mind.
Co-headlining will be Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires with support from Eleganza! and Supportive Parents.
04/12/15 Gainesville, FL High Dive
04/13/15 Jacksonville, FL Burro Bar
04/14/15 Tampa, FL The Crowbar
04/16/15 Orlando, FL Backbooth
04/17/15 Tallahassee, FL Pug's Live
04/18/15 Atlanta, GA The EARL
04/21/15 Iowa City, IA Gabe's
04/24/15 Dekalb, IL House Cafe
04/25/15 Bloomington, IN The Bishop
05/15/15 Springfield, MO The Outland
05/17/15 Lincoln, NE Vega
05/23/15 Sasquatch! Music Festival
05/26/15 Sacramento, CA Press Club
05/28/15 Santa Cruz, CA The Atrium
05/29/15 Los Angeles, CA Echo
05/30/15 San Diego, CA The Casbah
06/01/15 Las Vegas, NV Beauty Bar
06/04/15 Dallas, TX Three Links Event
06/05/15 Austin, TX Red 7
07/19/15 Forecastle Festival
BNLX
Minneapolis' own BNLX took the stage at NYC's Pianos Thursday night, playing a 45-minute set for a small, but engaging audience. The backroom of Pianos where the band played is of …
BNLXFEST III
Friday 04/24/15, 7:30pm ($10)
BNLX's annual BNLXFest III is taking place Friday (04/24) and Saturday (04/25).
Typical of previous BNLXFest, BNLX handpicked local Minneapolis musicians to showcase, and this year will feature The Stress of Her Regard (who we previously just saw at the GO Show #1) and my brother's favorite local band Frankie Teardrop.
BNLX's latest release is called Good Light.
Additional BNLXFest details:
Friday, April 24 at Turf Club (21+)
The Melismatics
The Stress of Her Regard
Stereo Confession
TBA Special Guests
Saturday, April 25 at 7th St. Entry (18+)
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Camioto, Flávia, Enzo Mariano, and Daisy Rebelatto. 2017. "Sustainability Improvement Opportunities in Brazilian Sectors: Analysis of DEA Slacks". Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management 14 (3), 363-70. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.14488/BJOPM.2017.v14.n3.a9.


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namespace peloton {
namespace planner {

UpdatePlan::UpdatePlan(storage::DataTable *table,
                       std::unique_ptr<const planner::ProjectInfo> project_info)
    : target_table_(table),
      project_info_(std::move(project_info)),
      updates_(NULL),
      where_(NULL) {
	LOG_TRACE("Creating an Update Plan");
}

UpdatePlan::UpdatePlan(parser::UpdateStatement *parse_tree) {
  LOG_TRACE("Creating an Update Plan");
  updates_ = new std::vector<parser::UpdateClause *>();
  auto t_ref = parse_tree->table;
  table_name = std::string(t_ref->name);
  target_table_ = catalog::Bootstrapper::global_catalog->GetTableFromDatabase(
      DEFAULT_DB_NAME, table_name);

  for(auto update_clause : *parse_tree->updates) {
	  updates_->push_back(update_clause->Copy());
  }
  TargetList tlist;
  DirectMapList dmlist;
  oid_t col_id;
  auto schema = target_table_->GetSchema();

  std::vector<oid_t> columns;
  for (auto update : *updates_) {
    // get oid_t of the column and push it to the vector;
    col_id = schema->GetColumnID(std::string(update->column));
    columns.push_back(col_id);
    tlist.emplace_back(col_id, update->value->Copy());
  }

  for (uint i = 0; i < schema->GetColumns().size(); i++) {
    if (schema->GetColumns()[i].column_name !=
        schema->GetColumns()[col_id].column_name)
      dmlist.emplace_back(i, std::pair<oid_t, oid_t>(0, i));
  }

  std::unique_ptr<const planner::ProjectInfo> project_info(
      new planner::ProjectInfo(std::move(tlist), std::move(dmlist)));
  project_info_ = std::move(project_info);

  where_ = parse_tree->where->Copy();
  ReplaceColumnExpressions(target_table_->GetSchema(), where_);

  std::unique_ptr<planner::SeqScanPlan> seq_scan_node(
      new planner::SeqScanPlan(target_table_, where_, columns));
  AddChild(std::move(seq_scan_node));
}

void UpdatePlan::SetParameterValues(std::vector<Value> *values) {
  LOG_TRACE("Setting parameter values in Update");
  // First update project_info_ target list
  // Create new project_info_
  TargetList tlist;
  DirectMapList dmlist;
  oid_t col_id;
  auto schema = target_table_->GetSchema();

  std::vector<oid_t> columns;
  for (auto update : *updates_) {
    // get oid_t of the column and push it to the vector;
    col_id = schema->GetColumnID(std::string(update->column));
    columns.push_back(col_id);
    tlist.emplace_back(col_id, update->value->Copy());
  }

  for (uint i = 0; i < schema->GetColumns().size(); i++) {
    if (schema->GetColumns()[i].column_name !=
        schema->GetColumns()[col_id].column_name)
      dmlist.emplace_back(i, std::pair<oid_t, oid_t>(0, i));
  }

  auto new_proj_info = new planner::ProjectInfo(std::move(tlist), std::move(dmlist));
  new_proj_info->transformParameterToConstantValueExpression(values, target_table_->GetSchema());
  project_info_.reset(new_proj_info);

  LOG_TRACE("Setting values for parameters in where");
  auto &children = GetChildren();
  // One sequential scan
  children[0]->SetParameterValues(values);
}

}  // namespace planner
}  // namespace peloton

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Nonclassical is an industry-leader in breaking the rules and bringing classical music to new audiences. Can you tell us a bit about when and why you decided to take this approach?
Nonclassical was founded in 2004 by composer Gabriel Prokofiev, who wanted to present exciting new classical, electronic and experimental music to people who were interested in new music, but would never even think to go to a concert hall. Breaking out of the concert hall tradition, we have since presented over 200 club nights & events, constantly pushing to bring new classical music to new audiences. Our monthly events at The Victoria in Dalston (hidden behind the bookcase...) consist of short sets of no more than 30 mins interspersed by DJs playing originals and remixes.
Nonclassical is all about driving the evolution of new classical music – be it instrumental, vocal, electronic or experimental. We're interested in pushing the boundaries of what people think is 'classical music', and providing opportunities to discover and experience it - both live at our events and recorded via our label.
How have audiences and performers responded to the 'non-classical' venues in which you perform? Can you tell us some of your favourites and why?
Audiences and performers have responded positively to the venues. Performers love performing in intimate settings (120 capacity) for our monthly nights in Dalston, being able to try out new projects, and engaging with the audience in a way which you can't in a concert hall setting. The barrier between audience and performer doesn't exist at our nights - and there are no expectations on how the audience should behave either. They can drink, they can chat, they can come and go as they please - though what is amazing is how boisterous our nights can be, but then how quiet the room becomes when the music starts.
Nonclassical has performed across London and beyond in all kinds of club and gig venues - XOYO, Shacklewell Arms, The Macbeth, Oval Space, Hoxton Bar & Kitchen and the Roundhouse. My favourite venue (though it's very hard to choose!) was our Rise of the Machines orchestral club night at Ambika P3 (an old concrete testing facility in the bowels of Baker Street). Tracing the influence of machines on classical music, the programme featured Mosolov, Shostakovich, Aphex Twin, Larry Goves and the UK premiere of Gabriel Prokofiev's Concerto for Turntables, Trumpet and Percussion. We had over 400 in the audience, two thirds were under 35, and the biggest cheer of the night came for Shostakovich 10.
What would you say to somebody coming to hear a Nonclassical performance for the first time, for whom this was their first experience of classical music?
Come with an open mind and open ears. There's no right or wrong way of listening to music - just come along, enjoy the experience, drink, chat and relax.
Can you tell us a bit about what you have coming up, and your hope / vision for the future of classical club nights is?
Nonclassical has been reflecting a lot recently – on what it's achieved over the last 10 years and what we want to achieve over the next 10 years. We became a charity 18 months ago, and I was appointed as Executive Director to lead the organisation and bring our live work and record label closer together - with artist development at the core of what we do.
We've just had a re-brand and wanted the new logo and creative direction to reflect our attitude to forward-thinking and boundary-pushing music in the 21st century. We've also launched an EP series 'Outside the Lines' which showcases the diversity and breadth of exciting music that's happening throughout the contemporary classical music scene - in London and beyond.
Nonclassical is many things, but at the core it's a platform for developing and promoting exciting new work from emerging artists.


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If you and your girls are up for a thrilling hen party, then look no further. Go Karting can provide an action packed day out for you and your hens whilst providing plenty of laughs along the way. It's ideal for the competitive girls and is a fab activity to do as it's something that you don't do on a daily. So ladies, what are you waiting for? Get ready to rev that engine!
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This fun and exhilarating activity is not just for the boys!
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Using a software code developed by Kantar Media and implemented by broadcasters, BARB will report on viewing activity at a device level, rather than at personal level.
"It's a significant innovation from BARB and the result of close collaboration with broadcasters," says Justin Sampson, Chief Executive at BARB. "At its heart is the generation of a census-level dataset that will provide our customers with a gold standard measure of online TV viewing."
This follows a report earlier this month by DigitalUK which found that 2 in 5 people access TV shows over the internet at least once a month, while viewing programmes on devices had grown by 17% in the last year.
The TV Player Report will eventually form part of Project Dovetail, a hybrid measurement system that will deliver full cross-platform reporting.


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Anyone practising punches, wherever it will be boxing, kickboxing or Muay Thai should invest in boxing hand wraps to prevent long term injury to the wrist. These hand wraps are slightly elastic with extra thick woven material offers even better protection than regular hand wraps with a thumb loop at one end and a velcro closure at the other end allowing you to fully secure the hand wraps. Approximately 4 metres long.


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Alia Bhatt to don a no-make-up look MAHESH Bhatt's SADAK 2
Though swamped with the current schedule of BRAHMASTRA in Varanasi, Alia Bhatt recently kickstarted SADAK 2 schedule.
After an extended look test with Alia, the team opted to go with a no-makeup look for her. The actress had earlier donned a no-makeup look in films like HIGHWAY, UDTA PUNJAB and RAAZI.
According to a source, "It's a powerful story which leaves a lot of heavy lifting to be done by Alia. For the first schedule, the actress will don a naked look on her face. For the first few days of the shoot, she was ready in 25 minutes speeding up the work on the shoot. They were, in fact, able to finish a lot more scenes than they hoped for before she left for BRAHMASTRA."
Mahesh Bhatt's last film as a director was the 1999 Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala starrer KARTOOS (Based on POINT OF NO RETURN). Alia will be directed by her father Mahesh Bhatt for the first time since KARTOOS in SADAK 2. A sequel of SADAK, the film stars Alia as lead who is on a tryst to expose a powerful Godman.
Deepika Padukone to play Ranveer Singh's wife on screen in Kabir Khan's directorial '83
SARABJIT star Randeep Hooda joins relief efforts in drought-hit area
3rd T20I: Gill's sensational ton, Tripathi cameo power India to 234/4 against New Zealand
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Match Preview: v Castleford Tigers (06.04.17)
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Opponents: Castleford Tigers
Venue: DW Stadium
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A look at the Opposition
Castleford are the form team in Super League so far this season, sitting in first place coming into the game against Wigan on Thursday night. Their attacking flair has to be admired so far, they have scored an incredible 281 points in seven games an average of 40 points per game! Compare that to Wigan, who so far have scored 166 points, an average of 23 points per game. Castleford's defence, on paper has so far been the second best in the league, conceding 103 points compared to the best defence in league – Hull FC, who have conceded 100 points.
Are Castleford the real deal or are they going to tail off as the season goes on? That is the million dollar question at the moment but they certainly look the real deal so far. The biggest test for Castleford will come when or if, they start to pick up injuries. Could they deal with their 1,2,3,4,5,9,11 and 13 missing – like Wigan were against Leeds last week when Gildart left the field injured and they could also missing again on Thursday night.
Castleford's only defeat of the season so far came away from home at Salford, a team that is building a good reputation of beating teams at the AJ Bell – with Wigan the only team to win there so far this season. A narrow 13-12 defeat probably highlights the need for Wigan to produce their best defensive display of the season in order to stand a chance against the likes of Gale, Chase and Hardaker.
The Castleford 19 Man Squad:
Rangi Chase
Greg Eden
Luke Gale
Zak Hardaker
Oliver Holmes
Andy Lynch
Nathan Massey
Paul McShane
Mike McMeeken
Greg Minikin
Adam Milner
Joel Monaghan
Junior Moors
Ben Roberts
Jesse Sene-Lefao
Michael Shenton
Gadwin Springer
Jake Webster
Speaking to www.castlefordtigers.com , Daryl Powell commented:
"We've got a couple of injury doubts, Greg Minikin is one while Joel Monaghan has tweaked his groin and Junior Moors is obviously struggling. We've got a couple of boys we need to check on as we go through the week. Oliver Holmes rolled his ankle as well but it was nice to see him get some game time."
"We think we can improve again on what we did last week. Defensively we were pretty solid but we're going to get challenged this week and it's going to be a big game for us."
Powell praised Wigan's efforts despite their ongoing injury issues:
"They've had a lot of injuries this season and they've been high quality over the last two years in being able to integrate the young players and still perform. The games that they have played, even with the injuries have been extremely tight. They are a difficult side to beat and they always have been."
Wigan 19 Man Squad:
Interestingly Wigan have announced this as an "initial squad" – which seems to be very specific wording which suggests a late change could be made. Gelling and Farrell are the obvious concerns, having been named in the 19 man squad last week but didn't make the 17. It is likely to be just that, with Josh Ganson and Callum Field, who were named in the 19 man squad against Hull FC likely to be the 20th and 21st man so to speak. However, with the likes of McIllorum, Burgess and O'Loughlin cited to return over Easter – could we see a late inclusion from one of those? I wouldn't be surprised to see Mickey Mac manage to convince Shaun Wane that he could do a 20-minute spell from the bench on Thursday night. What a boost that could be for Wigan, both players and fans alike.
Thoughts on the Game
In my contribution to Wigan Today's 18th Man Column this week (Click here to read more) I suggested that a win on Thursday night for Wigan would be the most unexpected Wigan victory since the 2003 Good Friday game (Click here to watch highlights from the 2003 Good Friday game ). I still feel that way after seeing the squads but there is just something, I don't know what it is, that makes me think Wigan could upset Castleford in this game.
Shaun Wane loves nothing more than putting his faith in the young Wigan players and upsetting the odds – the fact that people are waxing lyrical (and rightly so) over this Castleford team will make Wane and the team more determined.
Wigan cannot afford to let Castleford get ahead of steam in this game, if anything, it needs to be a tight, niggly game. Wigan need to disrupt the Castleford flow and dominating the ruck area, something they failed to do against Leeds is crucial. It is imperative that Wigan play the game at the speed they want it to be played at and dominate the ruck area. If Wigan allow the likes of Gale and Chase, time and space behind a quick play the ball, it could be a long night for Wigan.
I do think that this could be a great, backs against the wall display from Wigan and one that I am looking forward to – it has a similar feeling as to the Hull and Warrington Super 8's games at the back end of the 2016 season.
George Williams scored two great tries last week and Wane has suggested that he should be playing even better – what a great opportunity for Williams to put in a complete performance, in a game which sees him come up against another England halfback, Luke Gale.
The Wigan Rugby Blog predicts:
Score: Wigan 22-20 Castleford
First Try Scorer: Liam Marshall
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The Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 has come into force on 27th October, 2009.
Nine years after the birth of cyber laws in India, the new improved cyber law regime in India has become a reality. The Information Technology Act initially came into force on 17th October 2000. Major changes to this law have now come into force.
Most of these changes relate to cyber crimes. The last decade has seen a spurt in crimes like cyber stalking and voyeurism, cyber pornography, email frauds, phishing and crimes through social networking. All these and more are severely dealt with under the new laws.
Some of the major developments are:
1. Voyeurism is now specifically covered. Acts like hiding cameras in changing rooms, hotel rooms etc is punishable with jail upto 3 years. This would apply to cases like the infamous Pune spycam incident where a 58-year old man was arrested for installing spy cameras in his house to 'snoop' on his young lady tenants.
2. Publishing sexually explicit acts in the electronic form is punishable with jail upto 3 years. This would apply to cases like the Delhi MMS scandal where a video of a young couple having sex was spread through cell phones around the country.
3. Collecting, browsing, downloading etc of child pornography is punishable with jail upto 5 years for the first conviction. For a subsequent conviction, the jail term can extend to 7 years. A fine of upto Rs 10 lakh can also be levied.
4. The punishment for spreading obscene material by email, websites, sms has been reduced from 5 years jail to 3 years jail. This covers acts like sending 'dirty' jokes and pictures by email or sms.
5. Compensation on cyber crimes like spreading viruses, copying data, unauthorised access, denial of service etc is not restricted to Rs 1 crore anymore. The Adjudicating Officers will have jurisdiction for cases where the claim is upto Rs. 5 crore. Above that the case will need to be filed before the civil courts.
6. A special liability has been imposed on call centers, BPOs, banks and others who hold or handle sensitive personal data. If they are negligent in "implementing and maintaining reasonable security practices and procedures", they will be liable to pay compensation. It may be recalled that India's first major BPO related scam was the multi crore MphasiS-Citibank funds siphoning case in 2005. Under the new law, in such cases, the BPOs and call centers could also be made liable if they have not implemented proper security measures.
7. Refusing to hand over passwords to an authorized official could land a person in prison for upto 7 years.
8. The offence of cyber terrorism has been specially included in the law. A cyber terrorist can be punished with life imprisonment.
9. Sending threatening emails and sms are punishable with jail upto 3 years.
10. Hacking into a Government computer or website, or even trying to do so in punishable with imprisonment upto 10 years.
11. Cyber crime cases can now be investigated by Inspector rank police officers. Earlier such offences could not be investigated by an officer below the rank of a deputy superintendent of police.
The following have also come into force on 27 October, 2009:
1. Rules pertaining to section 52 (Salary, Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members),
2. Rules pertaining to section 54 (Procedure for Investigation of Misbehaviour or Incapacity of Chairperson and Members),
3. Rules pertaining to section 69 (Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Decryption of Information),
4. Rules pertaining to section 69A (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public),
5. Rules pertaining to section 69B (Procedure and safeguard for Monitoring and Collecting Traffic Data or Information) and
6. Notification under section 70B for appointment of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team.
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Carlos Ghosn's official title is CEO and chairman of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, but he's more colorfully known as "Le Cost Killer" and "Mr. Fix-It." He earned those nicknames by rescuing first Renault and then Nissan back in the 1990s. Now he's hoping for yet another turnaround--at struggling Mitsubishi, where Nissan recently acquired a controlling share. A Brazilian-born Lebanese-Frenchman, Ghosn deftly handles the challenges of managing companies on two continents. In this interview, he describes how he does it--meeting with his teams in Tokyo and Paris for a week each month and spending the rest of his time in operations, talking to suppliers and buyers, and looking for new opportunities. In the next five years, he says, "you'll see more electric cars, more autonomous drive, and more connectivity." He's excited about using technology "to make the car an indispensable personal space" and developing a fully self-driving vehicle by 2020. And he's not worried about competition in the electric-car market from companies like Apple or Google: "We have a long tradition of taking technology from the outside and putting it into our products." Ghosn believes the role of a CEO is to be "the guardian of the integrity and sustainability of the company." He sees his most important tasks as selecting the right people and directing strategy. "I want to make sure the Nissan-Renault Alliance continues to be solid," he says, "with good performance and good governance."
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Typically, each blind level will last around 20-30 minutes in a home poker tournament, but this can be adjusted depending on the length of time available. A single table tournament might be better suited to shorter levels, while an all-day multi table tournament would perhaps benefit from longer levels.
At the start of each new blind level, the blinds should increase in value. It is particularly important to consider how many chips are in play here – if the value of the blinds is too high relative to the number of chips a player has, then there might be very little play and players have to start going all in early – resulting in a short tournament largely determined by the luck of the cards. Conversely, if the blind value is very low, then a tournament could go on for a very long time.
Adding antes into the blind structure – meaning every player has a forced bet each hand, as well as the small and big blind – can change the dynamic of a poker game quite dramatically. Antes are usually added into later levels to increase the action each hand and speed the game up.
Any breaks that you add in to your tournament are obviously going to extend the length of the tournament. It is a very good idea to add in some scheduled breaks though – particularly in a long tournament – as it gives all players the chance to have a few moments away from the table. It also will help the tournament run along smoothly as players will be less inclined to leave their seats during play for a visit to the toilet or to grab a drink if they know a break is coming up soon.
10 minutes is a good length for a break, and they should take place every 3 – 5 blind levels – depending on how long the blind levels are and how often you want the players to get a break from your tournament. If you are running an all day tournament, you might want to schedule in at least one extended break of around 30 minutes.
We have provided some sample blind structures as a guideline to how to plan yours based on how long you would like the tournament to also. These are only by way as an example as it is impossible to accurately predict the length of a tournament – it ultimately depends on how the play goes at the tables. These samples will provide you a starting point though, and you can always adjust accordingly if your tournament is ending too quickly and going on too long.
The following structure is suitable for a home game tournament with around 5 or 6 players, with a desired length of around 2 hours.
The following structure is suitable for a home game tournament with around 9 or 10 players, with a desired length of around 2 hours.
This next structure is suitable for a longer tournament, for anywhere between 9 and 20 players. It would probably last around 3 hours.
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Young Rembrandt
by Onno Blom
Rembrandt's life has always been an enigma. How did a miller's son from a provincial Dutch town become the greatest artist in the world? With his formative years shrouded in mystery, the only remaining evidence of Rembrandt's life as a young man is his work.
Deeply rooted in the turbulent changes that his hometown was undergoing, Rembrandt's early paintings tell a fascinating story of artistic evolution against the backdrop of the widening horizons of Leiden's cultural and commercial life during the Dutch Golden Age. Leiden's good fortune facilitated Rembrandt's. But who was that young man inventing himself as the city around him grew and prospered? How did Rembrandt become Rembrandt?
To find out, Leiden native Onno Blom immersed himself in the world, the country, the city and the house in which Rembrandt was born in 1606 and where he spent the first twenty-five years of his life. The result is a fascinating portrait of the artist as a young man, rich in local and biographical detail, and restless in its efforts to seek out the roots of his genius.
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Danny Boyle's opening ceremony was at least unique, which was one of the things he was going for. Even the Queen almost cracked a smile. All eyes in the sporting world are focused on London, as they should be. But let's not forget about the rest of the sporting world. Last week was fun, but this week is sure to be great in its own right.
5. The "Dwight Howard Soap Opera" continues. At least now, most NBA fans can focus their attention on Team USA' s quest for gold in London. The Howard reality television series has definitely dragged on far too long, but it is still a big story. Wherever Howard lands, that team is very likely going to be an instant contender.
Photo courtesy of zimbio.com. The "Dwight Howard (pictured above) Soap Opera" continues. Most people just want it to be over with at this point.
Baseball's second half has begun with a bang. NBA free agency continues at a rapid pace. The "Freeh Report" has turned a legend into a monster officially. And guess what? Things are only going to get better. Last week was one that will be remembered for a long time, but this week will fun its own right. Here are the events to keep an eye on.
5. All eyes will remain focused on the no longer "Happy" Valley. The Freeh Report has shaken up the entire college football stratosphere. Paterno's legacy has been forever tarnished and his role in the horrific incidents are no longer in question. The real question now is what will be the punishment doled out to Penn State's football program? Are we on the verge of witnessing college football's first death penalty in over 25 years?
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Photo courtesy of zimbio.com. Joe Paterno's (pictured above) legacy has been forever tarnished. 61 years of coaching. One major mistake.
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Frank Lampard has urged Chelsea teammates not to take dwell on their defeat at Aston Villa going into tonight's Champions League clash.
Lamps is fearful of a hangover facing Galatasaray.
The midfielder said: "We were disappointed to lose against Aston Villa because we have been on a good run. There is competition at the top of the table but you have to wipe your face and carry on. Our thoughts must turn to this game.
"There are things we can improve on from the Villa game itself and it [defeats] can happen but it's very important we don't sit on that and worry about it.
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