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Wonder Woman 1984 sees the DC superhero go from World War I to right in the middle of the 1980s, and it's not afraid to embrace its colorful setting. There are a lot of characters to keep track of in the movie, and some of them actually have more meaning than you might realize. In some cases, they have stories in the comics that are much more intricate and layered, while others are played by actors that you probably thought looked familiar but couldn't quite identify where you knew them from. Let's take a look at some characters in Wonder Woman 1984 with more meaning than you realized.
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Golden Eagles, Sagebrush Country, and the Spirit of the American West – Points West Online
June 26, 2020 by Nancy McClure
Originally published in Points West magazine
Report from the Field: Golden Eagles, Sagebrush Country, and the Spirit of the American West
By Dr. Charles R. Preston
"Wait till you hear what we saw today," shouted an excited Patrick Rodgers from across the Buffalo Bill Center of the West's employee parking lot as I was walking toward my vehicle late one afternoon in early June 2011. Patrick was one of our summer interns from the University of Wyoming's Berry Center for Biodiversity Conservation. He and fellow intern Nathan Horton were recruited to help with the establishment of our Draper Museum Raptor Experience live raptor program under the direct supervision of Assistant Curator Melissa Hill.
While we were constructing the mews (raptor housing facilities) and waiting for all appropriate state and federal permits, Patrick and Nathan were able to gain some experience observing raptors in the field, by assisting our Golden Eagle Posse of citizen science volunteers. One of the interns' duties was to monitor a golden eagle nest in the Bighorn Basin as part of our ongoing Golden Eagle/Sagebrush-steppe Ecosystem Initiative.
Interns Patrick Rodgers and Nathan Horton documented this golden eagle preying on a pronghorn fawn. Photo by Rodgers and Horton.
"So, what did you see today?" I asked. "We watched one of the eagles take a pronghorn almost under the nest!" Patrick answered, and proceeded to tell me the whole story that he and Nathan later recounted for our golden eagle web blog. Here is an excerpt from their report:
We arrived at the nest on a beautiful and calm morning to find the chick up and about with one of the adults in the nest. On this day of observation, we learned a very important lesson in pronghorn parenting: Never try to conceal your fawn in sagebrush three hundred yards from an active golden eagle nest.
At 10:15, we observed one of the adult eagles leave the chick in the nest and make a landing three hundred yards in front of our vehicle. The landing was not a typical, smooth landing of a golden eagle; rather, it was rough with wings spread wide for balance followed shortly by the use of the beak to tear and pull on the prey on which it had landed. Then, from the nearby draw, coming at full speed, three pronghorn antelope chased the eagle off its kill. Fifty yards from our vehicle, the eagle landed atop a telephone pole where it sat a few minutes before slicing and flying off for another attempt to enjoy its recently killed meal.
We observed the entire ordeal play out as the two eagles swooped down to the kill and feed, and then the pronghorn would return (an estimated five to eight times) with relentless persistence to attempt to chase them away. We were both in awe at the fact that this could be a pronghorn kill and waited patiently for a view of the prey.
After about four hours, one of the adult eagles dragged a bloody and partially eaten pronghorn fawn on top of a large sagebrush. Both eagles fed on the fawn—one feeding until its crop bulged to a softball size projection on its chest. He guarded the dead fawn for a little over two hours before we reluctantly left the spectacle before us. It was amazing and inspiring to see the persistence of the pronghorn and the power of the golden eagle, and it was a special reminder of the importance of this keystone species in the invaluable sagebrush-steppe of Wyoming.
Horton (front) and Rodgers scan a large rock outcrop for any sign of nesting raptors. Photo by C.R. Preston.
The incident Nathan and Patrick witnessed was at once exhilarating, distressing, and enlightening. It's a fact of nature that some individuals die so that other individuals live. In this case, the parent eagles from this nest took the life of a newborn pronghorn fawn to support their own family. One of the earliest memories of my childhood was watching an American Robin rip an earthworm from its home in our lawn and carry it away to feed its young.
As I wrote in the 2004 book Golden Eagle: Sovereign of the Skies, featuring Gary Leppart's spectacular photography (Graphic Arts Center Press), my early observations of predation more than fifty years ago left me with a sense that the world was much bigger, more dangerous, and far more exciting than I had before imagined. These early experiences and many since continue to fill me with an addiction to adventure and an overpowering urge to explore how nature works.
The still vast, virtually intact sagebrush-steppe ecosystem of Wyoming's Bighorn Basin remains a stronghold for the golden eagle and the Spirit of the American West. Photo by C.R. Preston.
As with so many others who were raised in different parts of the United States, my penchant for adventure and the urge to explore nature led me to the American West—particularly the northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region—first to hunt big game and then to study and take up residence. Lessons and experience gained from the American West have helped shape the identity and character of our nation. I've always felt that the powerful, untamed, yet hard-to-define Spirit of the American West arises from the vast, unbroken landscapes and large, wide-ranging wildlife species characteristic of this region that has shaped human cultures for at least twelve thousand years.
Raptors, and particularly the magnificent and widely revered golden eagle, embody the Spirit of the American West and provide charismatic and ecologically relevant vehicles to discover the interconnected nature and culture of the West. The equally iconic sagebrush-steppe is the stronghold for golden eagles in North America and has rapidly declined in range and quality over the past few decades.
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, located in the heart of what remains of the authentic American West, is uniquely positioned by virtue of its geographic location, broad expertise, and diverse resources to explore, document, and showcase the golden eagle and sagebrush-steppe and their connection to the Spirit of the American West from a variety of perspectives. In response to severe declines in sagebrush-steppe environments and reported golden eagle population declines in parts of the western United States, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and state wildlife agencies throughout the region have identified the golden eagle as an important species to monitor and study.
Golden Eagle Posse member Dale Schrickling caught this handsome parent watching over a nestling. Photo by Dale Schrickling.
So, in 2009 we launched a long-term, scientific study and suite of educational programs involving golden eagle ecology in sagebrush-steppe environments of the Greater Yellowstone region, stretching from Yellowstone National Park eastward to the Bighorn Basin. (We've reported on previous field seasons in past Points West articles, fall issue 2009 and fall issue 2010). Our study is designed to determine annual and geographic variation in nest occupation, along with success and productivity in relation to a variety of weather, landscape, and human activity factors. We are also documenting food habits and individual behaviors, and have begun capturing and marking birds to determine site fidelity and survivorship.
Each year of our research brings surprises and new insights, but 2011 has been an especially interesting year. We have now identified nearly seventy different golden eagle nesting territories in our Bighorn Basin study area alone. Each of these territories contains two or more alternate nests. Although a golden eagle pair tends to occupy the same nest territory from year to year, they do not necessarily attempt to breed and raise a family each year. Some territories may be abandoned and unoccupied for several years. Thus, out of seventy nesting territories, only a fraction might be active in a given year.
Research Assistant and pilot Richard Jones conducts flights to survey golden eagle nests twice each nesting season. Photo by Richard Jones.
During each of the first two years of our study, about half of our nesting territories included eagle pairs attempting to raise a family. Of these, a fairly high percentage successfully raised two eaglets. In 2011, however, only about a quarter of our golden eagle nesting territories were active with pairs raising a family. A very small percentage of these nests produced more than one eaglet. So, why is 2011 so different from the preceding two years?
We can't yet answer that question with certainty, but we have some clues. First, cottontails and white-tailed jackrabbits have absolutely dominated our eagles' diets each year. In addition to monitoring the eagle population, we've also monitored cottontail and jackrabbit numbers in our study area. Our preliminary results from 2011 provide evidence that this year's cottontail and jackrabbit populations are much lower than in recent years. We've also noticed a wider variety of prey species showing up in the diet—notably songbirds and ground squirrels. As evidenced by the report of our interns, pronghorn fawns are occasionally taken by eagles, but they are not available to eagles early in the nesting season and show up infrequently in the diet even in 2011.
Golden Eagle Posse member Anne Hay captured this remarkable image of a golden eagle parent leaving her nest in early June 2011. Photo by Anne Hay.
The greater sage-grouse, fairly abundant in our study area, is an ideal-sized prey for the golden eagle. But, this species has rarely shown up in the eagle nesting diet during our study. Thus, reduced availability of rabbits—apparently critical eagle prey in our study area—may help explain the downturn in eagle reproductive activity in 2011.
Rabbit and hare populations are known to exhibit dramatic year-to-year fluctuations independent of weather and other factors in many different environments. We will continue to examine the effects of prey availability, weather (which this year has so far been marked by a greater than average amount and duration of snow and especially cool, wet weather in spring and early summer), and increased human activity on golden eagles in the Bighorn Basin and other parts of the Greater Yellowstone region in future years to better understand and conserve the once vast sagebrush-steppe ecosystem that has helped shape the American identity.
As any wise hunter or wildlife observer knows, nature reveals herself piece by piece through time and place. Only the patient observer, willing to spend adequate time to consider how all the jigsaw pieces fit together, will be able to construct a lucid picture of nature's intricate puzzle.
Golden eagle chicks. MS 301 Gabby Barrus Slide Collection, McCracken Research Library. SL.301.16.08
We are grateful to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the Wildlife Heritage Foundation of Wyoming for supporting our research on golden eagles and helping us showcase both the natural and cultural associations of this magnificent animal and its home to a national audience. This interdisciplinary program connects to every aspect of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and is helping to position the Center as the premier national source for authoritative information on the American West and a force to promote and preserve the Spirit of the American West.
A prolific writer and speaker, Dr. Charles R. Preston served as the Willis McDonald IV Senior Curator of Natural Science and Founding Curator in charge of its Draper Museum of Natural History. He is now a Senior Scientist and Curator Emeritus. An ecologist and conservation biologist who explores the influence of climate, landscape, and human attitudes and activities on wildlife, Preston is widely recognized as a leading authority on wildlife and human-wildlife relationships in the Greater Yellowstone region. He formerly served as Chairman of the Department of Zoology at the Denver Museum of Natural History, and before that, as Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He's written numerous articles and three books: Golden Eagle: Sovereign of the Skies; Wild Bird Guide: Red-tailed Hawk; and An Expedition Guide to the Nature of Yellowstone and the Draper Museum of Natural History.
The Draper Museum Raptor Experience educational program is made possible by generous grants to the Center and the University of Wyoming from the William H. Donner Foundation and the Donner Canadian Foundation.
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Nancy works in the Public Relations Department in electronic communications. Her work includes writing and updating website content, publicizing events, copy editing, working with images, and producing the e-newsletter Western Wire. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys photography, reading, flower gardening, and playing the flute.

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Preserved lemons are simply salted and allowed to sit in their own juices for about a month. This may sound weird, but the result is a tender, mellow lemon peel with a salty kick perfect for added lemony goodness to soups and stews and salads. They are beyond worth the 30 minutes it takes to cut them, salt them, and cram them into a jar - and one of the easiest ways to get started preserving in-season fruit to use later in the year.
Above all, to make preserved lemons you obviously need lemons. Start with fresh, firm, unblemished lemons that feel heavy for their size. If you have access to Meyer lemons, they're lovely to use here, but Eureka or Lisbon lemons are more traditional.
Cut each lemon into quarters lengthwise, but not all the way through! Stop cutting about 1/2 inch short, leaving enough rind intact to hold the fruit together. If you do go too far and a lemon falls into quarters, don't worry, it's still completely usable, it just won't look as pretty sitting in the jar.
Many recipes have you add salted water to preserve lemons, but since the lemon flesh and all its juices aren't what get used in the end ("preserved lemons" would be more aptly called "preserved lemon peel" since the flesh gets thrown away before using the lemon peel), I like to harvest them and put them to work as the liquid in which the lemons are preserved. This also keeps the lemon flavor high.
Over a large bowl to catch the juice, use your thumb to carefully squeeze out the juice from each lemon quarter. Go ahead and really smash the lemon to get all the juice out - remember, the "fruit" part of the lemon gets tossed before you use the peel anyway.
Over the same large bowl into which you've squeezed the lemon juice, sprinkle the inside of each "juiced" lemon with 1/4 tsp. fine sea salt, working as much of the salt as possible into the lemon flesh as you go.
Note: The combination of lemon juice and salt is murder on even the slightest of scratches. If you have so much as a hangnail, don some gloves - even if that means just putting plastic baggies over your hands!
Put the juiced, salted lemons in the jar or another glass container with a tight-fitting lid. Ideally, they will be pretty stuffed in there together, but less-stuffed is okay, you'll just need more extra juice to cover them.
Pour the salty juice you collected in that big bowl over the jarred lemons. Add more lemon juice to cover, if necessary. Seal and set the jar on the kitchen counter or other cool, dark spot for 30 days, shaking and turning it when it occurs to you. I try and turn the jar daily, but sometimes I forget or go out of town and the lemons seem to turn out just fine anyway. After about a month, the peels will have cured and softened and mellowed and the lemons will be ready to use.
Officially, you can store them in the fridge for 6 months. Out of curiosity, I once kept some in my fridge for just over 2 years and noticed no change in taste and no mold or other spoiling. The lemons just keep slowly but surely sucking up the lemon juice that covers them and the peels become softer and softer and more unctuous with time.
Wondering what to do with these beauties? When you're ready to use preserved lemons, open the jar and take out however many quarters you want to use. Use your thumb to slip off the "fruit" part of the lemon - it will pretty much just be the membranes and separate the citrus sections at this point - and discard it. Rinse the salted peel quickly in cool water, if you like. Slice or chop the peel and add it to stews, soups, or salads for a burst of sunny lemon flavor.


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USA TODAY Launches Small Business Vertical – USA & Main
USA TODAY launches USA & Main, where you can find insights and advice about business and innovation.
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Today marks the launch of USA TODAY Money's USA & Main, a place for entrepreneurs, small business owners, founders and creators.
At USA & Main (usaandmain.com) readers will be able to find inspiring stories about people building something from nothing, providing jobs and transforming their communities.
Business owners will find tips and advice from columnists and contributors including Rhonda Abrams, Paul C. Brunson and Steve Strauss, as well as reporters from across the USA TODAY NETWORK. The new site will also provide readers with the chance to learn more about topics like franchises, profitable gigs and side hustles, tech hacks that will help them operate more efficiently, and how to secure financing and grow sales.
In the "It's Personal" series you'll learn about the personalities behind the businesses. During this inaugural week readers will meet Kristina Pence-Dunow, a single mom in Wisconsin who built a $20 million manufacturing empire in a male-dominated field after her marriage ended.
Later in the week in the "Uncommon Drive" interview series, readers will hear from Chieh Huang, now the CEO of Boxed – a company that some call the digital version of Costco. Just five years ago he was operating from his parents' New Jersey garage after quitting a lucrative job. Today the company has about $150 million in annual revenue.
"Small businesses and startups are vital to the economic growth of the U.S. They provide jobs, create new products and provide services that it would be hard to dream of living without," said Philana Patterson, Money editor at USA TODAY. "The sacrifice, determination and hard work it takes to go it alone is awe-inspiring. We will tell those stories and provide information and advice that we hope will help entrepreneurs achieve their dreams."
Whether a company's "Main Street" is a storefront, a co-working space, a small office or factory, a warehouse or a corner of a dining room table, USA & Main has the advice, answers and motivation you need to 'go for it.'
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Insomnia: the ark download torrent
Mono Studio released the long-awaited game in 2018 Insomnia: The Ark, which was created for almost 10 years. It is noteworthy that the money for its development was collected by user donations on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform. Insomnia turned out to be a classic role-playing game with a gloomy post-apocalyptic atmosphere.
Just download Insomnia: The Ark to move into the addictive, addictive gameplay with an intricate storyline. Despite the fact that the development team was small, she still managed to think through the gameplay to the smallest detail, right down to the musical accompaniment written with her soul.
Where does the player who decided to download Insomnia: The Ark get to?
Events unfold at a large station drifting in space, which has been searching for a new home for people for almost 500 years. The inhabitants of the ship are immersed in the cryoson. Suddenly, a huge explosion occurs at the station, which destroys thousands of capsules, and a significant part of the sleeping people wake up and become infected with a disease (doubt), which is a side effect of space sleep.
Among those who woke up is the main character, who by a miracle does not get a new disease, but acquires the ability to experience certain visions.
Gamer deciding download Insomnia: The Ark, together with the main character will go to suppress the outbreak of rebellion. In addition to protesting inhabitants, the opponents of the protagonist are mysterious aggressive creatures.
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To fight opponents, the character is offered a huge amount of small arms: shotguns, pistols, rifles, machine guns. For close combat, you can use improvised means - a wrench, cleaver and other items. It is curious that a certain type of equipment has its advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, ammunition should be selected for the appropriate opponent.
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Chris Attoh's wife, Bettie Jenifer was married to another man
It has emerged that Bettie Jenifer, Chris Attoh's late wife was married to another man in Baltimore, USA.
According to nbcwashington.com, Bettie was also married to one Kedrick Jenifer, 47, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for importing large amounts of cocaine into Baltimore from Texas.
Bettie was gunned down while leaving her office on Friday night.
According to the Greenbelt police, the 44-year-old left her office in the 6300 block of Ivy Lane about 5 p.m. and was walking to her car when a man armed with a handgun approached her.
When she tried to run away, the man followed her and fired multiple rounds. At least one bullet struck her in the head, police said.
The suspect took off in a vehicle. Police described the suspect as black and having a thin build with black hair. He was wearing dark clothing and may have been in a blue car.
On Sunday, police said Jenifer was also married to 47-year-old Kedrick Jenifer, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for importing large amounts of cocaine into Baltimore from Texas.
The U.S. District Attorney's Office said the kingpin's "Jenifer drug trafficking organization" distributed at least 450 kilograms of cocaine in Baltimore and Woodbridge, Virginia.
"Kedrick Jenifer lived large as a major Baltimore drug dealer, but now he will lose all of his toys and live for two decades in federal prison," U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein said in a news release after his sentencing, according to the Baltimore Sun.
Court records show that Kedrick Jenifer filed for a divorce on April 9. Bettie Jenifer then filed for divorce six days later. The attorneys involved declined News4's request for comment.
Greenbelt police confirmed Sunday the shooting was targeted and not a random incident.
Police have not named a suspect or motive in the case.
Co-workers said Bettie Jenifer worked at a temporary staffing agency on the first floor.
A spokesperson for Attoh's talent agency gave the following statement:
"Waka Talent Agency is saddened by the death of Bettie Jenifer, who was married to our client, Mr. Chris Attoh. We would like to note that the family has requested to mourn in private and therefore will not be doing any press interviews or commenting on the death."
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MWC19 Barcelona set to connect the world
MWC19 Barcelona promises to push the boundaries in terms of talking points, technology innovation, gender diversity and encouraging entrepreneurship, all under the banner of Intelligent Connectivity.
John Hoffman, CEO of event organiser GSMA Ltd, told Mobile World Daily: "The focus will be on connectivity, Industry 4.0, but also things like digital wellness; AI; innovation; digital trust – trust and security is always an important topic – and generically the future: what is the future of not only our society and our ecosystem, but how can we make that as productive as possible."
Discussions around 5G and IoT, for example, are moving from "what is it or what could it be, to reality", Hoffman noted. The intelligence comes from technologies including AI and Big Data: "We think Intelligent Connectivity is a great banner from which to discuss and debate the future."
Such discussions will be led by GSMA executives including director general Mats Granryd and Stephane Richard, chairman of the industry group and CEO of Orange. Other standout speakers from the operator community include Nick Read, taking the stage for the first time as CEO of Vodafone Group, and Singtel chief Chua Sock Koong.
However, Hoffman said it is key that the industry doesn't talk only to itself, noting mobility and digital transformation "has encompassed other sectors, other verticals". As such, the event will also feature Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche; rotating Huawei chairman Guo Ping, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella; Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and founder of Rakuten; and Sir Lucian Grainge, chairman of Universal Music.
The International Olympic Committee is due to make its first appearance, with president Thomas Bach discussing how technology "is key for future Olympic games", following a high-profile trial of 5G technology during the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea.
Also taking place is a government and ministerial programme featuring close to 180 delegations from 170 countries, and involving up to 100 government ministers along with EU Commissioners and Amina Mohammed, deputy secretary general of the United Nations.
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But thought leadership is only one element in a vast event which now spans three venues across Barcelona.
Four Years From Now (4YFN) is now in its sixth year at the Fira Montjuic, with the 2019 event featuring more than 600 exhibitors and over 700 investors. Hoffman noted "it's not just an exhibition", with more than 300 speakers from companies including Deutsche Telekom, The Founder Institute, Magic Leap and Visa Europe "talking about innovation and how folks can, and should, help define our industry".
The Youth Mobile Festival (YoMo) enters its third year. Situated at the La Farga activity centre in l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, this aims to provide schoolchildren with hands-on experience of science, technology, engineering, arts and maths (STEAM) subjects. "We're expecting between 22,000 kids" along with around 3,000 educators, who will enjoy "hands-on STEAM experiences, really focusing on the introduction of technology" in a "way that it's fun learning".
Hoffman said a key element of YoMo, and the associated GSMA M-Schools programme, is the "ability for young women to get experience, or get introduced to things that have traditionally maybe not been their first choice".
"As an industry we are not balanced, we do have a gender disparity. We're working on a relatively small scale, but we're working to address that with the youth of today, the leaders of tomorrow."
The focus on gender parity extends to the main event, with Hoffman noting around 30 per cent of those speaking or moderating conference sessions in 2019 will be women.
Hoffman also highlighted the GSMA's Women4 Tech programme, another initiative to address gender diversity "where we focus on helping women to get the tools, the contacts, the networking opportunities to succeed" in what so far has been a male-dominated industry.
The halls
The broadening ecosystem is highlighted by the breadth of non-traditional businesses now keen to be part of MWC Barcelona.
Formula 1, for example, will be making its second appearance at the show with a stand in Hall 8 giving an insight into one of the leading industries in terms of putting technology into action.
And the Innovation City makes a return, offering "a look into the future", with a range of technology-led experiences illustrating the impact of mobile across a range of diverse sectors including entertainment, transportation, environment and robotics.
MWC19 Barcelona will also put technology into action with the event set to employ a facial recognition technology named Breez at the two main entrances. "Breez is something that we're really excited about and think it's going to revolutionise, simplify and enhance security", Hoffman said, noting even MWC has "to drink the Kool-Aid" in terms of employing the technology at the heart of discussions.
MWC Barcelona's position as one of the world's largest trade shows could take a toll on the very world it aims to improve.
But the event has again been certified as carbon neutral, thanks to a combination of carbon offset programmes and various recycling initiatives covering furnishings and carpets.
The approaches form a key part of the GSMA's commitment to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and have resulted in MWC Barcelona being recognised as the world's largest carbon-neutral trade show by Guinness World Records for a third time.


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Checking out the Super Bowl Boulevard! Great Success!
Hey guys, Drew back here. I've been in the midst of a break from the hobby, with most of my time dedicated towards cleaning my desks up, sorting cards, and devoting time towards my girlfriend. However, once in a while I still like to do a thing or two involved with my favorite hobby, and I was shocked the other day when my Dad told me we were going to check out the Super Bowl Boulevard! We headed down to Manhattan on Friday for the day after I wrapped up all of my midterms, and we didn't realize that we were in for quite the treat!
In case you didn't know, the Super Bowl Boulevard was held throughout the past week between 34th Street and 47th Street, taking up Broadway and much more. While it was a huge event, most of the features were all crammed together, leaving a few other parts of the experience far away. It was a great day for the NFL to host such a large event, supplying fans with great opportunities for all ages, but it certainly had its glitches along the way. The spacing was the biggest problem, with so many people crammed together, some in line to get to see the Lombardi Trophy up close; some to slide on the large toboggan float; and others to get autographs from the players announced on the lineup. On Friday, we expected to see Redskins WR Pierre Garcon, Panthers LB Luke Kuechly, Colts WR Reggie Wayne, Eagles QB Nick Foles, and legendary Rams RB Marshall Faulk. All five of these stars were scheduled to sign outside at the Autograph stage at different times throughout the day, so originally we planned to keep going through the same line all day long.
However, there were rumors that it would be smart to see what was going on at some of the other local stores, many of which hosted players as well that may have went under the radar. Unfortunately in the Big Apple, nothing goes under the radar, but we did end up finding out about a signing at 3:00 at Macy's! When we got to Macy's, which is on 34th street and was considered at one of the ends of the Boulevard, we were pleased to see FOX Sports reporter Erin Andrews posing with fans. The cost to meet Andrews was $50 spent at the NFL Shop which was occupying the entire 4th floor of the building. It wasn't worth $50 to me to meet Andrews, but it was easily worth $50 to meet the 3:00 guest!
In order to meet the 3:00 guest, we had to hang around Macy's, because he was only to sign for the first 100 people in line and a crowd was already gathering. It was noon when we got there. So yes, we had to wait 3 hours to meet this player, but even for the very short amount of time with him, it was still easily worth the time and money! We bought a special edition mini helmet for this year's Super Bowl in hopes to get it signed at some point during the day, along with a rack pack of Panini Rookies & Stars and a commemorative Super Bowl card set. We were 9th in line to meet this legend, and we took our 3 hours in line to get to know the people around us who were also patiently waiting for the event to begin. Eventually he arrived, and I swear it felt like the President of the United States had just entered Macy's. Fans gathered around the sides hoping for a free autograph (which they didn't get much to my approval), and he was chock full of security surrounding him during the whole event.
Dad and I approached the man and shook his hand and told him how much of a pleasure it was to meet him, and he signed an 8x10 for us that contained the NFL Shop and Macy's logos. I wasn't crazy about the picture at first because of that reason but then I remembered I didn't want to meet him to make a profit, and the logos will remind me of the time I spent 3 hours at Macy's on a cold winter day with my Dad. I think if you add up all the time I've spent in my life in Macy's, it still wouldn't equal three hours! It wasn't an easy wait, but to come home knowing I met Emmitt Smith and got his autograph was enough to make my year!
Emmitt Smith has been regarded by many people as the greatest running back of all time, or at least in the conversation with Walter Payton and Barry Sanders! He owns the NFL record for most career rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, and was part of the Dallas Cowboys dynasty throughout the 1990's! I barely missed the boat on Emmitt's career, as he was just wrapping his career up with the Arizona Cardinals. I went back and watched a lot of highlights of his career after I met him and began to understand why he left such a large mark on the game.
Nothing about this photo really stands out other than it being of Emmitt Smith and featuring his autograph. The picture isn't incredible and the logos certainly get in the way, but it's still a Smith autograph and it comes with a story I think I'm going to love telling in the future! When it comes down to it, this is a hobby of mine after all, and although it can get expensive, moments like these will always be in my possession and I could never try to sell something that carries a personal value like this.
After we ordered our 8x10 print of our photo taken with Emmitt, we rushed out of Macy's to see if we could catch Marshall Faulk in time for his signing. We arrived on time for the signing, but the line was already way down the block and Faulk wasn't even there yet. We later found out he was 35 minutes late to the signing and only could stay until the signing was scheduled to be over, so he only signed for about 25 minutes. We knew a lot of stars were out in the city that we could've hunted down, but we were exhausted and starving from our wait at Macy's so we took one last look through the crowds and then headed over to TGI Friday's for dinner. We went home after a great meal, and although I didn't come home with a mountain of autographs, I got one great one that I didn't previously have and am now so proud to own!
While last night's game wasn't the best Super Bowl by any means, it was really cool to have my home state partially host the big game! Tickets for the game were far too expensive for me, but getting to see and hear some of the Super Bowl atmosphere throughout the city all day was an experience I'll never forget!
Thank you so much Dad for taking me and spoiling me to death as always! I can't thank you enough for everything you've given and done for me!
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Paul Hadsall February 4, 2014 at 12:47 AM
I went to the Super Bowl Boulevard thing with a couple of friends on Friday. I helped one friend get an extra autograph from DeSean Jackson at JC Penney's (I'm a Giants fan, so I didn't really want an Eagles' autograph) and then we stood on line for three hours to pose with the Lombardi Trophy. It was an experience.
Yankeejetsfan February 4, 2014 at 10:33 AM
I went for 3 days and I was able to get a bunch of autographs. I have all three days chronicled in my sports blog, http://thesexygeekssportsroom.blogspot.com/. Take a look, there's one autograph snag I think we both will agree was a great success.
Drew February 4, 2014 at 6:47 PM
Wow Mike, amazing job! I read all the blog posts and I'm blown away, between Chrebet and CC, just wow! Awesome job! I knew if I stuck around I'd get more but at that point it was far too packed for my Dad and I to even bother. I'm more than content with just getting Emmitt!
Dion's IP Autos only February 4, 2014 at 3:15 PM
I know your i a little young but any conversation of best running back ever starts and stops with one name Jim Brown it's like Jerry Rice at Wide Receiver. Just saying lol but still a great autograph I've been with in range twice of getting Emmitt's Auto and was blown off twice once after a Monday Night Football game in Baltimore and once at a Golf Tournament in North Jersey so he is a tough one to get and congrats! Nice Auto even if picture is lacking, was that all he was signing?
Ah jeez, my bad on missing Brown in that. No disrespect to him by any means, I knew I was missing someone important and I didn't take the time to double check! Tough luck on Smith but I'm sure you'll get him eventually, you always find a way to get whoever you need! And yeah, I don't think it was his choice, the employees at Macy's were instructed to take all of our bags before we got on stage. It kinda sucked in that respect but at least I won't forget getting to shake his hand and see him smile at me and thank me for coming!
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Your phone is an extension of yourself. Chances are, everywhere you go, your device will be right there in your pocket waiting to be used. Smartphones are becoming the go-to for everything from checking your bank account to updating social media to settling sports trivia disputes, and are quickly taking over the roles of cameras, computers, and calculators.
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Using your phone when it is charging can be harmful to the battery; smartphone batteries generate heat when charging and when running apps. Too much heat at one time can overwork the battery and deplete its efficiency in the long term. This is why your phone charging cables tend to be so short. The manufacturers are hoping to discourage this practice.
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In-Preventing Wrecks Creedence's Rock Corridor Induction
The Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame induction ceremony on Jan. 12, 1993, featured a pair of bands that hadn't performed collectively in additional than 20 years. It labored out a lot better for one than the opposite.
Cream and Creedence Clearwater Revival have been each first-ballot inductees on the first ceremony held on the West Coast, at Los Angeles' Century Plaza Resort. Different inductees that evening included Ruth Brown, the Doorways, Frankie Lymon and the Youngsters, Etta James, Van Morrison (a no-show, although he despatched a letter that was learn) and Sly and the Household Stone. It additionally marked the primary time the ceremony featured inductees taking part in their very own units moderately than the advert hoc all-star jams that had closed the seven earlier occasions on the Waldorf Astoria Resort in New York Metropolis.
Properly-known acrimony had marked the ends of Cream and Creedence, in 1968 and 1972 respectively, and there was each anticipation and apprehension about bringing these band members collectively once more. Nobody knew if it was headed for the form of "fuck them" second Jeff Beck had with the Yardbirds the earlier 12 months, or if there can be the form of friendlier, albeit uneasy, truces that Simon & Garfunkel and the 4 Seasons engineered in 1990.
Perhaps somebody would keep away from the entire thing, like Paul McCartney when the Beatles have been inducted. Or maybe they'd go off on a Mike Love-style rant, when he used the Seashore Boys induction to slam a ballroom's price of his friends and problem the McCartney-less "Mop Tops" to a battle of the bands.
For Cream, fears of rancor proved unfounded, although all three members acknowledged there have been fears. Eric Clapton, who'd already been inducted with the Yardbirds, instructed the gang that smart counsel from a buddy put him comfortable: "Robbie Robertson identified that minor and main miracles happen in right here. It deeply moved me. I .. realized that rather a lot will be gained by coming right here tonight. Quite a bit has been gained. I have been reunited with two folks that I really like very dearly. It's totally transferring."
Watch John Fogerty Carry out 'Inexperienced River' at 1993's Ceremony
Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker bought collectively the evening earlier than the ceremony to be rehearsed on the Energy Plant Studios in Los Angeles. It was the primary time they'd performed collectively in 25 years, however the chemistry was clearly nonetheless there. On the induction, they tore by a set that included "Sunshine of Your Love," their signature rendition of Robert Johnson's "Crossroads" and Albert King's "Born Below a Unhealthy Signal."
"It was unexpectedly magical," the late Bruce instructed this author a few years later. "I feel we have been just a little older and we understood higher what we may do once we're collectively. It additionally gave us a way that there could also be extra to do." Cream later reunited once more for a collection of reveals at London's Royal Albert Corridor – the place they'd final performed in 1968 – and at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York, yielding a reside album and video.
However then there was Creedence Clearwater Revival. The legendary group's Rock Corridor induction is definitely one of many saddest in historical past.
Lingering animosities and unhealed wounds, in addition to some more energizing points, not solely prevented CCR from reuniting on stage however led John Fogerty to flip off his bandmates by taking part in a three-song set of songs ("Who'll Cease the Rain," " Inexperienced River," "Born on the Bayou") with an all-star band that included Robertson, Bruce Springsteen – who made the induction speech – Benmont Tench, Jim Keltner and Don Was.
Fogerty maintained in subsequent interviews and his 2015 memoir Lucky Son: My Life, My Music that he made it clear to Rock Corridor organizers that he wouldn't be prepared to play once more with Stu Prepare dinner and Doug Clifford (in addition to his late older brother Tom Fogerty's son Jeff) that evening.
"What I did inform them was that on the finish, when everyone's onstage, jamming, if all of us occur to be onstage, that is high-quality," wrote Fogerty, who'd been an everyday at earlier ceremonies and inducted Ricky Nelson in 1987. " I am simply not going to face on a stage with these folks, three in a row, play our songs, and be offered as a band… I additionally made it very clear that if I did not play in any respect, that was high-quality too."
Watch the CCR Acceptance Speeches at 1993's Ceremony
Fogerty was significantly bitter that the others had bought their rights to Creedence Clearwater Revival's music to Fantasy Data govt Saul Zaentz, giving Fogerty's nemesis and "worst enemy" management over the music. He was additionally indignant they didn't assist to defend him when Zaentz sued Fogerty for self-plagiarism over his 1984 hit "The Previous Man Down the Highway."
As for the all-star band, Fogerty credited occasion organizers with the thought: "After I made it clear that I wasn't going to play with Stu and Doug, the Corridor of Fame got here again to me with one other method of it. : They wished the songs to be heard, so that they proposed getting different folks – together with Bruce and Robbie."
Prepare dinner and Clifford stated all of that was information to them after they arrived in Los Angeles. Prepare dinner instructed this reporter a couple of years later that when the band was knowledgeable about its induction "we requested if we have been going to have the ability to play. They stated, 'Yeah, somebody will contact you.'" He and Clifford have been subsequently instructed that plans had modified and it might as a substitute be a jam, "a free factor" on the finish of the present.
Clifford went to the ballroom to take a look at which drum package can be accessible on the day of the ceremony, solely to be instructed by a stage tech that Creedence wouldn't be performing and that Fogerty had been rehearsing for a month with the opposite gamers. "They have been going to be taking part in Creedence songs whereas we have been supposed to take a seat within the viewers throughout our induction ceremony, our evening," Prepare dinner stated. "This had all been engineered behind our again."
Prepare dinner and Clifford confronted Fogerty that afternoon, and the drummer remembered Fogerty telling them: "I do not such as you. You did not assist me get out of my contract [with Fantasy] 25 years in the past," Clifford stated. "He is ranting and raving, screaming at us. I wished to punch him." Fogerty, in the meantime, wrote that he "wished to be very clear about my intentions and their expectations. I instructed them, 'Contemplating what you may have accomplished, I can't play with you.'"
Watch John Fogerty Carry out 'Born on the Bayou' at 1993's Ceremony
All three males maintained decorum throughout the acceptance speeches, however Prepare dinner, Clifford and Tom Fogerty's household walked out when Fogerty and firm started taking part in. "It was a chilly and egocentric factor to do – however that is John," Clifford stated. Each Prepare dinner and Clifford additionally discovered some irony in the truth that Cream, a band with a equally rancorous previous, was in a position to pull off a profitable reunion that evening.
Fogerty, for his half, famous that Prepare dinner and Clifford knew what was happening earlier than the ceremony, so that they "have been taking part in a job that that they had concocted. … They acted to the general public like they have been victims, taking part in for sympathy! It was phony," he wrote. "They nonetheless pretended to be shocked – as in the event that they have been pure because the pushed snow." Clifford and Prepare dinner wrote to all events involved afterwards however solely heard again from Springsteen, who they stated apologized.
Extra battle lay forward for the previous bandmates: Prepare dinner and Clifford launched the equally named offshoot band Creedence Clearwater Revisited in 1995, prompting Fogerty to file go well with. The group was briefly re-christened Cosmo's Manufacturing unit (after CCR's 1970 album) till the courts dominated of their favor.
Fogerty started to make some conciliatory feedback throughout the '10s and teased the thought of taking part in with Prepare dinner and Clifford once more, however nothing got here of it. "Perhaps 20, 25 years in the past, 10 years in the past even, it might need labored," Clifford stated. "Now it is simply method too late."
Prepare dinner and Clifford introduced the tip of Creedence Clearwater Revisited in 2019, citing age and a want to deal with different issues. All events are a part of a shared limited-liability company, nevertheless, which oversees initiatives resembling 2022's Creedence Clearwater Revival on the Royal Albert Corridor launch.
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Another record year for manatee deaths
By John Platt on December 30, 2010
Frigid waters off the coast of Florida have killed a record number of endangered manatees this year, according to state wildlife officials. The manatee—full name, the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus)—has been protected by the Endangered Species Act since 1974.
As of December 10, 699 manatee deaths had been documented this year in Florida waters, 244 of which were attributed to "cold stress." Most of the year's deaths occurred in January during what the National Weather Service called Florida's coldest 12-day period since 1940.
This year's death toll tops last year's record of 429 deaths, 56 of which were caused by unusually cold weather. That was more than twice the number of cold-related deaths in 2008.
These numbers don't count manatee deaths outside of Florida. The "sea cows," as they are often called, do roam as far as Texas, and two were found dead in cold Mississippi waters this past week.
Part of the problem for manatees is that they have had to change their regular habitats and migration patterns to coexist with humans. According to the Save the Manatee Club, "coastal development pressures in southeast and southwest Florida have pushed manatees further north." Meanwhile, the vast number of power plants heating the water in areas along the Florida coast has allowed the manatees to stay further north instead of migrating south for the winter, which puts them at risk of hypothermia when temperatures drop.
One area where manatees migrate for warmth is the Big Bend Power Station operated by Tampa Electric. Earlier this week, more than 300 live manatees were counted near the power station's discharge canals, where water temperatures stay as high as 75 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the Associated Press. Another 100 were seen this week in a canal near Satellite Beach, where the waters were 25 degrees warmer than the nearby Banana River, which was just 50 degrees F. Water temperatures below 68 degrees F can be deadly to manatees.
Keeping manatees warm in the winter comes with a price. The animals continue to congregate in the Indian River Lagoon (along the state's Atlantic coast) where a power plant stood until earlier this year, when it was demolished. In the absence of a power plant, Florida Power and Light is now spending up to $550 an hour to artificially heat the lagoon, according to a report from local news station WESH. Manatees have been migrating to the lagoon's warm waters for more than 40 years.
The biggest gathering of manatees was further south in Palm Beach County, where an aerial survey last week counted more than 800 manatees, the highest number ever counted in the region in a single fly-over, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). This caused the FWC to increase patrols to enforce boating speed limits and to warn boaters to be cautious and look for manatees while on the water. "It's a good thing the manatees are moving further south so they might be able to better protect themselves from the cold, but there's concern because this is expected to be a big boating weekend," FWC spokeswoman Gabriella Ferraro told the Palm Beach Post News.
The majority of manatee deaths are caused by watercraft. FWC officials say this year's death-by-boat count, while not yet final, is expected to be on par with last year, when 97 manatees were killed by boaters.
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"The construction industry somehow skipped springtime this year – and has been catapulted from a polar winter into a heatwave.
"True, the figures are flattered by comparison to the weak data recorded at the start of 2018. But such solid improvements in both output and new orders reveal some genuine momentum.
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We are so excited that we have this new course to offer, which will help you begin (or continue) your acting journey on the right foot. We have offered Scene Study before, but this new, expanded course is built for students who have completed our Camera 1 course. If you have any questions about this course, please contact us.
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Instructors David S. Hogan and Angela DiMarco are both working actors. Aside from teaching, they also produce films and occasionally act as casting directors for independent film projects. They founded Mighty Tripod in 2012 to teach the craft of acting to PNW actors, and so they could create their own work. Angela coined the phrase, "Don't Wait, Create," while producing for the Seattle 48 Hour Film Project, and she currently has a few films making their rounds on the festival circuit. David is also a headshot photographer, and is often at the studio putting actors on tape for auditions and agency interviews. Their passion for acting is matched by their commitment to helping uplift the talent and spirits of the PNW on-camera actor.


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Celtic Thunder is a new group and concert special featuring five Celtic male vocalists: Paul Byrom ( age 28, Dublin, Ireland), George Donaldson ( age 39, Glasgow, Scotland), Keith Harkin ( age 20, Derry, Northern Ireland), Ryan Kelly ( age 28, Moy in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) and Damian McGinty ( age 14, Derry, Northern Ireland). Performed by the male vocal ensemble " Celtic Thunder, " this lovely Irish folksong will create a moment of breathtaking beauty in concert. With a snippet of the Gaelic, the song' s English lyrics will evoke the legends and lore of the Emerald Isle. Celtic Thunder sheet music - Piano/ Vocal/ Guitar sheet music by Celtic Thunder: Hal Leonard.
Shop the World' s Largest Sheet Music Selection today at Sheet Music Plus. Gordon Smyth is the man who wrote the lyrics of this song. Tune, Buchaill On Eirne, Sheet Music and Tin whistle notes below.
The video is of myself [ Martin Dardis ] singing and playing, I do this one in the key of D Major. Sheet music for Come by the Hills ( Buachaill ón Éirne; Boy From the Erne; Boy From Ireland) by Traditional Irish, arranged for Flute solo.


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By Po Di
Shark Tank season 3 episode 2 introduces ideas that include a training system for salespeople, a management system for cargo trucks, family-friendly Las Vegas entertainment, and a cat-portrait business. Also: a follow-up on a Season 2 potty-training product for cats.
Season 3 Episode 2 in depth
In season 3 guest shark is Lori Greiner. Mark Cuban become a regular shark. Barbara Corcoran appears in 11 episodes.
In season 3 episode 14, there is no guest judge.
I don't care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing.
We listed below every entrepreneur and business who has appeared on Shark Tank Season 3 Episode 2. Many scammers claim they've received big investments from the Sharks or they have been on the show. If you don't see a business on this list, they haven't been actually on Shark Tank. Some of the top places you can use to check are on Wikipedia and also ABC's episode guide.
List with all the appearances in season 3 episode 2:
Invis-A-Rack
I Want to Draw a Cat for You
Rick Smith Jr. Magic
Salespreneur
Shark Tank Air Date: 01/27/12 – Season 3 – Episode 2
ASKED FOR GOT SHARK
$100,000 for 10% NO DEAL NO SHARK
Entrepreneurs: Donny McCall
Invis-A-Rack is a cargo management system that can transform a pickup truck in less than 30 seconds into a bigger cargo-carrying vehicle with racks that fold out of the back bed.
Invis-A-Rack cargo management system allows you to fold down for a sleek design when not in use as a functional ladder rack. The system has non rusting strength, made from lightweight aluminum extrusions, with a black powder coat finish.
It is made in the USA with high-quality mechanisms ensure to last longer and it comes with all mounting hardware.
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$10,000 for 25% $25,000 for 33% Mark Cuban
Entrepreneurs: Steve Gadlin
I Want to Draw a Cat for You is an online service where people can buy made-to-order cartoon drawings of cats, which are posted to the website.
Gadlin had the goal of seeing if he could construct a successful business using only a widget and first the idea came up as a joke.
At the beginning of his business, which started back in 2011, he only had a website that consisted of only an embedded YouTube video and a PayPal button.
After Gadlin appeared on Shark Tank to promote it, the business became well known, and he successfully persuaded Mark Cuban to invest $25,000 in the idea.
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$1,500,000 for 20% NO DEAL NO SHARK
Entrepreneurs: Rick Smith
Rick Smith, Jr. is a Professional Magician and his three Guinness World Record Holder for distance playing card throwing, greatest height, and most accurately. Rick threw a playing card at a whopping 92 miles per hour an incredible 216 feet distance.
Audiences hoping to learn the basics of magic or card throwing can purchase Smith's series of instructional movies.
In his Shark Tank appearance, Rick Smith presented his concept for a family-friendly magic show in Las Vegas. Rick came into the Shark Tank offering a 20% equity stake for a $1.5 million dollar investment for his Magic Show. Even though he didn't end up getting a deal, some of the best opportunities followed after his appearance.
$90,000 for 40% NO DEAL NO SHARK
Entrepreneurs: Dave Greco
Salespreneur is a system to teach what to say to prospective customers with step-by-step guides so you make successful sales pitches. Dave Greco the owner of Salespreneur. He is so confident this will help you sell anything to anyone that he has a 100% guarantee or your money back.
In any economic system, the role of the entrepreneur is crucial. The entrepreneur finds creative ways to seeks out information that can be utilized for profit. Entrepreneurs are creative at the moment, and utilize that skill to their benefit, and to the benefit of many others as well.
Salespeople are far more than normal company employees. Sales reps have many qualities in common with entrepreneurs. Sales reps prefer creating their own incomes, and so are paid on commission.
Status: OUT OF BUSINESS
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Executive producer Mark Burnett and Sony Pictures TV and bring another season of the business-themed reality show Shark Tank where major investors, aka "sharks" pitch business ideas from contestants. The show is based on the Japanese reality show "Dragon's Den."
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Legal changes make it harder for employees to win compensation
The implementation of new laws in October 2013 will make it more difficult for employees who have been injured at work to make a successful claim for damages, according to a legal expert.
This could lead to thousands of workers being unsuccessful in claiming compensation for injuries sustained at work due to changes due to new changes in relation to Health and Safety laws.
James Barker from Kirwans law firm said that the changes introduced by the UK Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act means that the onus will be on the employee to prove that their employer was negligent. They will also need to prove that the employer was in breach of the duty of care which they owe to the employee, rather than on the employer to demonstrate that they followed legal guidelines.
The financial fallout could be huge for those injured at work, with government statistics revealing that in 2011-2012:
1.1 million working people were suffering from a work-related illness;
172 workers were killed at work;
111,000 injuries to employees were reported.
Mr Barker explained: "The biggest myth amongst workers is that they will be dismissed if they sue their employer following an accident at work. Fortunately, as long as the claim is valid, there are laws in place to ensure that this does not happen.
"However, employees need to be aware that the change in legislation means that it will be much more difficult to claim for injuries sustained whilst at work, especially with regards to cases where defective work equipment is involved.
"They can still instruct a solicitor to progress their claim, and I would advise instructing a specialist personal injury lawyer who is familiar with the forthcoming changes, but it will be up to the client to collect evidence to demonstrate that their employer has been negligent.
"Surprisingly, the new rules will make it easier for public sector workers to pursue a successful a claim than employees in the private sector. European regulations mean that any body which provides public sector services are tied by European Rules and Directives relating to accidents at work."
For more information please call Rachael Tinniswood on 07846 406487.
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Ecclesiastical signposts the way with roadmap to business resilience
A planning framework to help organisations set out their next steps as they return to work while keeping risks and opportunities at the forefront.
Covid-19 has caused major disruption to how businesses are able to work
As lockdown lifts, adapting to the new normal is crucial to survival for many
Ecclesiastical has used its risk expertise to help businesses prepare
To help businesses develop a strategic risk-based approach to doing business and ensure they are able to cope in the "new normal", specialist insurer Ecclesiastical has created a planning framework to help organisations set out their next steps as they return to work while keeping risks and opportunities at the forefront.
COVID-19 has exposed new risks, ranging from social distancing to uncertain customer demand and so it is vitally important that businesses are able to adapt to these to ensure the safety of employees and customers.
Although the Covid-19 lockdown has lifted in many parts of the UK and businesses are returning to work, the ongoing pandemic is still causing disruption and presenting challenges.
The plan includes a set of tools that have been designed to help businesses identify any potential impact, risks and opportunities for organisations going forward. These include checklists to look at the impact of the pandemic on the business – for example cash flow issues, whether a lack of technology has hampered delivery of service, to the challenges of keeping stakeholders informed as well as tips to support immediate changes to how an organisation works.
By reviewing existing strategies and adapting them where needed, businesses should be in a stronger position to support their long-term viability.
Sarah Pearson, head of enterprise risk at Ecclesiastical, said: "In these incredibly challenging times organisations across the country have shown amazing resilience and flexibility to adapt to a new landscape, all while managing the risks associated with a global pandemic.
"While we are all still going through a huge amount of change, developing a recovery plan to help you navigate the 'new norm' is good governance and using a risk-based approach will mean you are better prepared for whatever the future may hold."
The planning framework and tools are available to download from the Ecclesiastical website.


By edyong on May 12, 2009.
In Mexico's Cueva del Azufre (the Sulphur Caves), a small fish called the shortfin molly (Poecilia mexicana) is on the way to becoming two separate species. Those that live in the dark interior of the caves are very different to their relatives that swim in the bright, surface waters. They have lighter colours and live more solitary lives. Their eyes are smaller, less sensitive and have lower levels of light-sensitive pigment. Instead, they rely instead on a hypersensitive pressure detector - the lateral line - to sense disturbances in the water.
Their differences aren't just skin deep either. Michael Tobler from the Texas A&M University has been studying the mollies for years, and has shown that the surface and cave populations have started to become genetically distinct. The question is why? The caves are an open habitat with no physical barriers separating the two populations. What's stopping them, and their genes, from mingling?
Tobler has found that one of these barriers is a living one. The mollies are hunted by an insect, the giant water-bug (Belostoma spp). It's about the same size as the fish and lurks close to the water's surface, waiting to stab passing prey with stiletto-like mouthparts. In the gloom of the cave, the surface fish are more vulnerable to the bug, but in the light, it's the cavefish that are at a disadvantage. The same predator, hunting throughout the Sulphur Caves, is keeping two populations of the same species apart.
Tobler collected the bugs and both types of mollies and housed them in large plastic bottles, which mimicked the cramped, shallow spaces of their natural habitat. He placed the bottles either within the cave or in a shaded spot at its mouth, and waited.
After a day, he found that in the light, the cave-adapted fish suffered most at the mouths of the bugs, and experienced four out of every five stab-wounds. In the dark, the situation was reversed, and around two-thirds of the bug attacks were inflicted on the surface fish. Even if Tobler allowed the captured mollies to acclimatise to their environments for a day before adding the predator to the mix, they still suffered the same proportion of attacks in the two environments.
There are many reasons why species can start to split into two, even though their members occupy the same range. The two populations may become separated in time rather than space. They could grow to find each other unattractive, be unable to produce a fit or healthy hybrid, or simply become unable to mate.
But Tobler's study illustrates one of the simplest blockades - immigrants between two populations do poorly. In this case, the mollies' senses can detect a predator's threat in their home environment, but not in the alternative one. Moving from one to the other greatly increases their odds of a sticky end. Tobler plans on assessing the bug's true impact in future experiments, but for now, he believes that it's a good example of the influence that predators wield over the rise of new species.
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These two populations are still capable of interbreeding, right? I hope his next step is to interbreed the two populations and show that the hybrids do indeed have lower fitness than the pure surface and cave populations!
Very nice, Ed! Do any other examples spring to mind?


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NEW YORK, NY – November 30, 2018 – GNY's President and CEO was named Insurance Person of the Year by the Insurance Brokers Association of the State of New York (IBANY).
Each year, insurance professionals are asked to submit recommendations for the Insurance Person of the Year. Candidates are known for their dedication to the insurance industry, level of engagement within the industry, mentorship to young individuals entering the industry and their charitable contributions. All candidates are presented to the board who then vote to determine the recipient of the Award.
On December 12, Elizabeth Heck was presented with her Award from IBANY at their annual holiday breakfast at the Downtown Association. Congratulations!
About IBANY: For more than a century, the Insurance Brokers' Association of the State of New York (IBANY) has represented the interests of the New York Metro insurance marketplace. Overseen by a volunteer board of highly influential brokers, IBANY provides a platform for education, professional development and networking, serving all generations of the insurance industry, including top level executives, experienced professionals and emerging leaders. To learn more about IBANY, visit: www.ibany.org.


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Two Women, Two Boys, One Mission
Tom Saw
Two Women, Two Boys, One Mission - Tom Saw
Luke 1: 5-56
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord's commands and decrees blamelessly. 7 But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.
8 Once when Zechariah's division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.
11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13 But the angel said to him: "Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. 16 He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
18 Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years."
19 The angel said to him, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 20 And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time."
21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple. 22 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
23 When his time of service was completed, he returned home. 24 After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. 25 "The Lord has done this for me," she said. "In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people."
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."
29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,33 and he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever; his kingdom will never end."
34 "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"
35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most Highwill overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail."
38 "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May your word to me be fulfilled." Then the angel left her.
39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!"
Mary's Song
46 And Mary said:
"My soul glorifies the Lord
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has been mindful
of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed,
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me—
holy is his name.
50 His mercy extends to those who fear him,
51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;
he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones
but has lifted up the humble.
53 He has filled the hungry with good things
but has sent the rich away empty.
remembering to be merciful
55 to Abraham and his descendants forever,
just as he promised our ancestors."
56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.


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Hyatt's new promo is pretty exciting with a chance to net 5,000 bonus points after just 5 nights, 75,000 bonus points with 25 nights. This is particularly great for people with a lot of business travel!
Lots of news this week about airline crew making money on the side.
A United Airlines pilot has apparently been running brothels in Houston.
A JetBlue flight attendant and former Jamican beauty queen ditched 70lbs of cocaine and her Gucci shoes when she was pulled aside for secondary screening at the LAX TSA checkpoint. Legality aside, one should never take anything of value through security or even through the airport since agents can seize it for no good reason.
And if you've been holding on to some VHS rentals for over a decade, say a copy of Freddy Got Fingered, make sure you get those returned. Even if the Video Rental store is no longer operating.