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to the cancellation policies listed above.
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package io.druid.cli;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
import com.google.inject.Binder;
import com.google.inject.Inject;
import com.google.inject.Module;
import com.google.inject.Provides;
import com.google.inject.name.Names;

import io.airlift.airline.Command;
import io.druid.audit.AuditManager;
import io.druid.client.CoordinatorServerView;
import io.druid.client.indexing.IndexingServiceClient;
import io.druid.guice.ConditionalMultibind;
import io.druid.guice.ConfigProvider;
import io.druid.guice.Jerseys;
import io.druid.guice.JsonConfigProvider;
import io.druid.guice.LazySingleton;
import io.druid.guice.LifecycleModule;
import io.druid.guice.ManageLifecycle;
import io.druid.guice.annotations.CoordinatorIndexingServiceHelper;
import io.druid.java.util.common.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorFactory;
import io.druid.java.util.common.logger.Logger;
import io.druid.metadata.MetadataRuleManager;
import io.druid.metadata.MetadataRuleManagerConfig;
import io.druid.metadata.MetadataRuleManagerProvider;
import io.druid.metadata.MetadataSegmentManager;
import io.druid.metadata.MetadataSegmentManagerConfig;
import io.druid.metadata.MetadataSegmentManagerProvider;
import io.druid.metadata.MetadataStorage;
import io.druid.metadata.MetadataStorageProvider;
import io.druid.server.audit.AuditManagerProvider;
import io.druid.server.coordinator.BalancerStrategyFactory;
import io.druid.server.coordinator.DruidCoordinator;
import io.druid.server.coordinator.DruidCoordinatorConfig;
import io.druid.server.coordinator.LoadQueueTaskMaster;
import io.druid.server.coordinator.helper.DruidCoordinatorHelper;
import io.druid.server.coordinator.helper.DruidCoordinatorSegmentKiller;
import io.druid.server.coordinator.helper.DruidCoordinatorSegmentMerger;
import io.druid.server.coordinator.helper.DruidCoordinatorVersionConverter;
import io.druid.server.http.CoordinatorDynamicConfigsResource;
import io.druid.server.http.CoordinatorRedirectInfo;
import io.druid.server.http.CoordinatorResource;
import io.druid.server.http.DatasourcesResource;
import io.druid.server.http.IntervalsResource;
import io.druid.server.http.LookupCoordinatorResource;
import io.druid.server.http.MetadataResource;
import io.druid.server.http.RedirectFilter;
import io.druid.server.http.RedirectInfo;
import io.druid.server.http.RulesResource;
import io.druid.server.http.ServersResource;
import io.druid.server.http.TiersResource;
import io.druid.server.initialization.jetty.JettyServerInitializer;
import io.druid.server.listener.announcer.ListenerDiscoverer;
import io.druid.server.lookup.cache.LookupCoordinatorManager;
import io.druid.server.lookup.cache.LookupCoordinatorManagerConfig;
import io.druid.server.router.TieredBrokerConfig;
import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFramework;
import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;

/**
 */
@Command(
    name = "coordinator",
    description = "Runs the Coordinator, see http://druid.io/docs/latest/Coordinator.html for a description."
)
public class CliCoordinator extends ServerRunnable
{
  private static final Logger log = new Logger(CliCoordinator.class);

  private Properties properties;
  private boolean beOverlord;

  public CliCoordinator()
  {
    super(log);
  }

  @Inject
  public void configure(Properties properties)
  {
    this.properties = properties;
    beOverlord = isOverlord(properties);

    if (beOverlord) {
      log.info("Coordinator is configured to act as Overlord as well.");
    }
  }

  @Override
  protected List<? extends Module> getModules()
  {
    List<Module> modules = new ArrayList<>();

    modules.add(
        new Module()
        {
          @Override
          public void configure(Binder binder)
          {
            binder.bindConstant()
                  .annotatedWith(Names.named("serviceName"))
                  .to(TieredBrokerConfig.DEFAULT_COORDINATOR_SERVICE_NAME);
            binder.bindConstant().annotatedWith(Names.named("servicePort")).to(8081);

            ConfigProvider.bind(binder, DruidCoordinatorConfig.class);

            binder.bind(MetadataStorage.class)
                  .toProvider(MetadataStorageProvider.class);

            JsonConfigProvider.bind(binder, "druid.manager.segments", MetadataSegmentManagerConfig.class);
            JsonConfigProvider.bind(binder, "druid.manager.rules", MetadataRuleManagerConfig.class);
            JsonConfigProvider.bind(binder, "druid.manager.lookups", LookupCoordinatorManagerConfig.class);
            JsonConfigProvider.bind(binder, "druid.coordinator.balancer", BalancerStrategyFactory.class);

            binder.bind(RedirectFilter.class).in(LazySingleton.class);
            if (beOverlord) {
              binder.bind(RedirectInfo.class).to(CoordinatorOverlordRedirectInfo.class).in(LazySingleton.class);
            } else {
              binder.bind(RedirectInfo.class).to(CoordinatorRedirectInfo.class).in(LazySingleton.class);
            }

            binder.bind(MetadataSegmentManager.class)
                  .toProvider(MetadataSegmentManagerProvider.class)
                  .in(ManageLifecycle.class);

            binder.bind(MetadataRuleManager.class)
                  .toProvider(MetadataRuleManagerProvider.class)
                  .in(ManageLifecycle.class);

            binder.bind(AuditManager.class)
                  .toProvider(AuditManagerProvider.class)
                  .in(ManageLifecycle.class);

            binder.bind(IndexingServiceClient.class).in(LazySingleton.class);
            binder.bind(CoordinatorServerView.class).in(LazySingleton.class);

            binder.bind(DruidCoordinator.class);

            binder.bind(LookupCoordinatorManager.class).in(ManageLifecycle.class);
            binder.bind(ListenerDiscoverer.class).in(ManageLifecycle.class);

            LifecycleModule.register(binder, ListenerDiscoverer.class);
            LifecycleModule.register(binder, MetadataStorage.class);
            LifecycleModule.register(binder, DruidCoordinator.class);
            LifecycleModule.register(binder, LookupCoordinatorManager.class);

            binder.bind(JettyServerInitializer.class)
                  .to(CoordinatorJettyServerInitializer.class);

            Jerseys.addResource(binder, CoordinatorResource.class);
            Jerseys.addResource(binder, CoordinatorDynamicConfigsResource.class);
            Jerseys.addResource(binder, TiersResource.class);
            Jerseys.addResource(binder, RulesResource.class);
            Jerseys.addResource(binder, ServersResource.class);
            Jerseys.addResource(binder, DatasourcesResource.class);
            Jerseys.addResource(binder, MetadataResource.class);
            Jerseys.addResource(binder, IntervalsResource.class);
            Jerseys.addResource(binder, LookupCoordinatorResource.class);

            LifecycleModule.register(binder, Server.class);
            LifecycleModule.register(binder, DatasourcesResource.class);

            ConditionalMultibind.create(
                properties,
                binder,
                DruidCoordinatorHelper.class,
                CoordinatorIndexingServiceHelper.class
            ).addConditionBinding(
                "druid.coordinator.merge.on",
                Predicates.equalTo("true"),
                DruidCoordinatorSegmentMerger.class
            ).addConditionBinding(
                "druid.coordinator.conversion.on",
                Predicates.equalTo("true"),
                DruidCoordinatorVersionConverter.class
            ).addConditionBinding(
                "druid.coordinator.kill.on",
                Predicates.equalTo("true"),
                DruidCoordinatorSegmentKiller.class
            );
          }

          @Provides
          @LazySingleton
          public LoadQueueTaskMaster getLoadQueueTaskMaster(
              CuratorFramework curator,
              ObjectMapper jsonMapper,
              ScheduledExecutorFactory factory,
              DruidCoordinatorConfig config
          )
          {
            return new LoadQueueTaskMaster(
                curator, jsonMapper, factory.create(1, "Master-PeonExec--%d"),
                Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(), config
            );
          }
        }
    );

    if (beOverlord) {
      modules.addAll(new CliOverlord().getModules(false));
    }

    return modules;
  }

  public static boolean isOverlord(Properties properties)
  {
    return Boolean.valueOf(properties.getProperty("druid.coordinator.asOverlord.enabled")).booleanValue();
  }
}

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By-election bores
In the early 1980s, British politics briefly became exciting. There were a series of by-elections in which Social Democrat and Liberal candidates won some stunning victories, most notably Roy Jenkins in the distinctly unpromising Glasgow Hillhead constituency. He had earlier lost in Warrington, and there was certainly no guarantee that he would win at his second attempt - but he was willing to take the risk of suffering another defeat.
One of the many problems with the upcoming by-elections in Hong Kong is that no-one is taking any risks. Five legislators from the League of Social Democrats and the Civic Party have resigned in order to force by-elections - which they know they will win, because in a straight fight the democrats always win.
Just to ensure that this is meaningless, the Liberals (no relation to the British party) have decided not to put up any candidates. This seems like a smart move, because they would certainly lose, but it also highlights the fact that the Liberals are probably the most pointless of all the parties we have in Hong Kong.
Amusingly (but predictably) the Liberal Party claim it is a matter of principle because they can't accept the LSD and Civic Party talking about the by-elections as a de-facto referendum (on democracy) and a "popular uprising". An alternative view is that they are just doing what Beijing told them to do, and somehow that seems a lot more likely than a sudden (and unprecedented) outbreak of principles.
The DAB are likely to do the same thing (for the same reasons), so the five legislators will be back in Legco without even facing any serious opposition.
Actually, it's hard to see how anyone resigning and standing in a by-election is ever going to prove anything. A recent example in the UK was Conservative shadow home secretary David Davis, who resigned as a Tory MP to fight a by-election, which he duly won - but can anyone remember the issue that caused him to resign? Did it make any difference? Obviously not (except that he is no longer in the shadow cabinet).
I think I might even agree with Priscilla Leung Mei-fun (independent pro-Beijing legislator), who proposed changing the rules so that anyone resigning from Legco would not be eligible to stand in any by-election. This would not have prevented the five legislators resigning, but it might have made them think twice about doing so.
And, yes, the Liberals and Social Democrats had some stunning victories in the early 80s, but when it came to the 1983 General Election, the Tories won a huge majority, and these days the Liberal Democrats are still largely irrelevant in the two party system.
Posted at 11:49 PM in Hong Kong politics | Permalink | Comments (2)
Changing alliances
I used to think that airline alliances (and particularly code sharing) were just an evil trick played by the airlines. After all, who wants to book a flight on Cathay Pacific only to discover that the flight is actually operated by a "partner". And when most of the flights on a particular route are operated by one of the global alliances (e.g. Oneworld for Hong Kong to London or Australia), can that really be good for customers?
On the other hand, if you are a frequent flyer there are obvious advantages to these alliances. If you have managed to get Silver on Marco Polo (Cathay's program) you also get certain privileges with other Oneworld airlines (but no lounge access), and you can earn tier points (needed to get or retain your status in the Marco Polo club). But, of course, that's only worth anything if there are other airlines in the same alliance that you might be able to use, which is why all of them try to be global.
Right now there's a battle going on to get the "new" (post-bankruptcy) JAL to sign up for one of the alliances. JAL is currently in Oneworld, but they are being wooed by Delta, who want to bring them in to SkyTeam (which includes Air France-KLM, Korean Air, China Southern, and, coming soon – try to contain your excitement - Vietnam Airlines). As the Financial Times points out (Rivals want Japanese airline to come aboard):
If JAL abandons Oneworld it would leave Oneworld with just one large member in Asia, Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific. This would mean both Star and SkyTeam were stronger in mainland China and Japan, two of the most critical markets in the region. It would also hurt American's position on lucrative transpacific routes.
I'm not sure how JAL switching to Sky Team has any impact in mainland China – and Cathay probably benefit more from JAL's problems than they would lose from a weakened Oneworld.
Anyway, there has been talk about BA and American making offers to entice JAL to stay in Oneworld, but these seem not to amount to much (Absurd weasel words and useless figures from 'oneworld' about Japan Airlines), and you have to question how much any airline would want to spend on supporting a rival. American's other strategy is to hope that regulators would object to Delta and JAL's share of the US-Japan route - whilst conveniently forgetting Oneworld's own dominance on other routes.
One airline that does provide some competition to Oneworld on the London – Hong Kong – Sydney route is Virgin Atlantic, which isn't a member of any of the big alliances. Instead it has arrangements with various carriers, notably Singapore Airlines (owner of 49% of Virgin), which even allow you to earn tier points as well as mileage. And Virgin generally offer more mileage (both for flights and from hotel and other partners), and they set lower tariffs for reward flights (Hong Kong – London in Business Class is 120,000 miles on Cathay/BA, but only 100,000 miles on Virgin). So it does seem that alliances are not good for the consumer.
Of course Cathay can get away with having a less than generous frequent flyer program because of their dominant position in Hong Kong – they may face competition on most routes, but no airline (or even alliance) comes anywhere close to offering the number of routes they have in and out of Chek Lap Kok.
East-West? No.
They print so many stupid letters in the SCMP, but this one is spectacular:
Combine two MTR rail lines
There has been much discussion (or rather negative feedback) from East Rail Line passengers after the West Rail Line was extended to Tsim Sha Tsui East while the East Rail Line now terminates at Hung Hom.
The change of terminus has caused problems for East Rail passengers, as it is now at an inconvenient location. Some people would rather change to the Central Line at Kowloon Tong, which makes that route even more crowded.
I think the best solution is for the MTR Corporation to merge the East and West lines. They would form an (almost) U-shaped route, from Lo Wu to Tuen Mun. There would not have to be a terminus in Tsim Sha Tsui East or Hung Hom.
I do not have the technical specifications of the trains, however, I think that modern-day locomotives should be able to run long distances. If the fatigue of the drivers is a concern, then drivers can change in Hung Hom.
The fact that the East Rail Line used to terminate in Tsim Sha Tsui East station, before the West Rail extension was completed, means that the train design and the platform design allow East Rail trains to go through the Tsim Sha Tsui East station and the rest of the West Rail stations.
For the same reason, if West Rail trains can terminate in Hung Hom, they should be able to run through the rest of the stations along the East Rail Line.
Karina Lam, Sha Tin
Well, why not? Could it because East Rail trains are longer and run more frequently? I think it could. If the MTR ran East Rail trains through to Tuen Mun they would be half-empty. It would also cost a lot of money because they would need to purchase a lot of extra rolling stock to extend West Rail trains to the same length as East Rail.
Luckily, the MTR have a different plan. A more logical plan. They will link up West Rail with the other ugly duckling (Ma On Shan Line), and extend East Rail across to Hong Kong island. If there are any journalists left at the SCMP and they have access to the archives they would surely find some stories about this plan, and then they might have thought twice about printing this stupid letter.
Posted at 11:15 PM in Public Transport, SCMP | Permalink | Comments (1)
A big mistake
Time magazine has a story about Santander: The Most Boring Bank in the World. Except that it seems not to be so boring:
Santander's only stumble has been steering some of its private-banking clients into Bernard Madoff's Ponzi machine through its Geneva-based Optimal hedge funds. It moved fast to make good, offering to repay 100% of the sums invested. Santander says 94% of its Madoff victims have accepted, costing the bank $648 billion at current exchange rates. It also returned $235 million to the Madoff estate in a settlement of claw-back claims with U.S. trustee Irving Picard.
Still, for a bank that can get a bit smug about its meticulousness, the Madoff stain, albeit minor, will be hard to rub out. It's also one of the reasons why Santander's private-banking business is in the red. "We were caught in a fraud, but it was still a mistake," concedes chief financial officer Juan Antonio Alvarez.
$648bn is a really big mistake. Talking of mistakes, I wonder if possibly the figure should be $648 million. Just a thought.
Posted at 09:23 PM in Media | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday's SCMP had a strange story about the possibility of replacing Easter Monday with a new public holiday for Confucius's birthday. Hard to see that happening – we already have too many of these one day holidays on random days of the week, and Easter is the only Hong Kong holiday that is guaranteed to produce a long weekend (Friday to Monday).
You might think that any story on this subject would be accompanied by some background information about the changes that have been made to Hong Kong public holidays in recent years (of which there have been several). However, all we got was this table:
New general holidays since 1997:
General holidays deleted since 1998:
SAR establishment day: July 1
National Day: October 1
Labour Day: May 1
Buddha's Birthday: the eighth day of the fourth lunar month
Queen's Birthday: a Saturday in June, plus the following Monday
Liberation Day: the last Monday in August and the Saturday preceding it
Sino-Japanese War Victory Day: August 18
The day following National Day: October 2
Not very helpful, I feel.
The Queen's Birthday and Liberation Day holiday were cancelled when Hong Kong ceased to be a British colony, and to replace them we got SAR establishment day, National Day (originally October 1st and 2nd), Labour Day, and that curious "Sino-Japanese War Victory Day" holiday (well, if you can't celebrate the end of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong at least you can remember another war against the same enemy).
Then they had a quick re-think and dropped two of these new holidays, replacing them in 1999 with Buddha's birthday and (I think) Tuen Ng Festival.
After you kill them, they stop moving
Today's SCMP has this brilliant observation about dead fish:
Making specimen is a lengthy process - it took half a year to turn the largest gar into a suitable specimen.
A well-prepared specimen can last 250 years and allow researchers to study its body structures in detail, Chong says. However, movements and behaviour of a fish can be observed only when it is alive.
Well, yes indeed. Being dead would rather limit their movements…
In other SCMP news, readers are apparently being asked to email their columnists to tell them whether they agree with columns that they didn't actually write:
As I seem to be unable to write any posts of my own, I should perhaps direct readers to others who are able to produce some analysis of what is going on in Hong Kong.
Mr Smog had something to say on the weird court case about Procurement by false pretences:
In very brief summary the facts of the case seem to be that a young aspiring model was having no luck with her career and so she approached a self-proclaimed Taoist "master" to see if he could help. This "master" persuaded her to engage in rituals which involved him having sex with her on a number of occasions. And this happened multiple times before she apparently started wondering whether she had been duped.
Mr Ulaca also weighed in with his thoughts:
…the law under which he was charged and convicted, "Procurement of an unlawful sexual act by false pretences" (Crimes Ordinance, Cap 200, s 120), is worded in such a way that it raises many more questions than it answers. The law states, in essence, that it is an offence for a person to procure "another person, by false pretences or false representations, to do an unlawful sexual act".
The major, and very serious problem, with this is that "unlawful" is smuggled in rather than defined, which lends a certain circularity to the law. Moreover, the addition of the word "unlawful" strongly implies that there are circumstances in which sexual intercourse under false pretenses is lawful, and yet these circumstances remain, like the "unlawful", undefined.
Truly a bizarre case.
Posted at 08:30 PM in Life in Hong Kong | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Black-tailed Godwit
Charadriiformes Order – Scolopacidae Family
The Black-tailed Godwit is a large, long-legged Scolopacidae with a long, straight bill. It is included in the subfamily Tringinae, tribe Numeniini. It is considered the most elegant of the four godwit species.
This species breeds in both boreal and low arctic areas, and moves southwards after the breeding season. Three subspecies are recognized and share the wide range.
The Black-tailed Godwit is Near Threatened. It is vulnerable to habitat loss in the breeding range, disturbances due to changes in this habitat, predation, hunting, pollution and habitat fragmentation.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BIRD:
Length: 36-44 cm – Bill nominate race: 79-123 mm
Wingspan: 70-82 cm
Weight: M: 160-440 g – F: 244-500 g
The Black-tailed Godwit male in breeding plumage has reddish-rufous head sides, neck, upper breast and upper belly, and dark barring on rest of underparts.
On the upperparts, mantle and scapulars are blotched pale chestnut, grey and black. Rest of upperparts shows variable numbers of brownish-grey feathers. The tail is black with white uppertail-coverts. On the upperwing, a white wingbar is formed by the broad white bases of primaries, and the narrower bases of secondaries.
The crown is brownish to chestnut. We can see a buffy-white supercilium from lores to ear-coverts.
The long bill is orange at base and blackish at tip. The eyes are dark brown. The long legs and the feet are dark grey to dark blue-grey.
The female resembles male but she is paler and less red than male, with less barred underparts. She has slightly longer bill.
The adult in non-breeding plumage has grey-brown upperparts with white-edged wing-coverts. Foreneck and breast are grey, whereas belly and flanks are white with grey mottling on flanks. The supercilium is whitish and contrasts with the dark lores. The base of the bill is duller, mostly pale pinkish.
The juvenile resembles non-breeding adult. The crown is streaked brown and cinnamon, neck and breast are washed dull cinnamon. The upperparts are dark grey-brown with dull chestnut and buff fringes. The underparts are white with no barring.
Winter plumage
SUBSPECIES AND RANGE:
The Black-tailed Godwit has three subspecies.
L.l. islandica breeds in Iceland, Faeroes, Shetland and Lofoten Islands. It winters in Ireland, Britain, W France, Spain and Portugal.
This race is smaller than nominate with shorter bill (74-100 mm). The wings are longer and the plumage is darker.
L.l. limosa (described above) or Western Black-tailed Godwit, breeds in W and C Europe and Russia, E to upper R Yenisey. It winters in Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa, and E through Middle-East to W India.
L.l. melanuroides or eastern Black-tailed Godwit, has disjunct populations in Siberia, E of R Yenisey, E Mongolia, NE China and Russian Far East. It winters from India, Indochina, Taiwan and Philippines, S to Indonesia, New Guinea, Melanesia, Australia and probably New Zealand.
This race is the smallest with shorter bill (67-93 mm). It is darker red than nominate. The non-breeding adult has dark upperparts and breast.
The Black-tailed Godwit breeds in lowland wet meadows or grassy marshes, damp pastures (limosa) and moorland bogs (islandica).
They winter in estuaries, lagoons with intertidal mudflats, sandy beaches, inland wetlands and ricefields.
The nominate race usually winters in freshwater habitats, while the two other races frequent estuarine habitats.
CALLS AND SONGS: SOUNDS BY XENO-CANTO
The Black-tailed Godwit is relatively silent outside breeding season. Flocks in flight give a variety of calls including a short, repeated "kip" or "kip-kip-kip". The feeding birds utter low, deep "kett" or "chuk".
During the flight displays, the bird climbing in the air gives nasal "wicka-wicka-wicka", also a hoarse "wee-eeh" and a shrill, slow-paced "kititititititiw".
BEHAVIOUR IN THE WILD:
The Black-tailed Godwit feeds by picking and forward-probing, usually in deeper water than the Bar-tailed Godwit. The food is swallowed by upward flicks of both bill and head.
This species feeds on a variety of invertebrates such as insects and their larvae, annelids, molluscs, crustaceans, crabs, marine worms, spiders and fish eggs. It also consumes berries and seeds, mostly rice.
On the wintering grounds, the race limosa feeds primarily on plant material, mainly rice, and some larvae and snails.
The Black-tailed Godwit is monogamous with long-term pair-bonds. The male performs elaborate courtship displays and flights while calling and strutting in front of the female. The display flight includes spectacular rolling and tumbling, and vertical dive while rolling.
The Black-tailed Godwit often forms loosely colonial groups. They mob aggressively predators and intruders. Outside breeding season, this gregarious species forms large flocks of thousands in suitable areas. They may roosts in large concentrations during migration.
It is migratory and travels in broad front overland. It performs long-distance flights between some stopovers and its wintering grounds. The southern migration occurs from late June to October, and the return migration to north takes place between February and April.
The Black-tailed Godwit has strong, direct flight with horizontal body and legs held straight back.
REPRODUCTION OF THIS SPECIES:
The laying takes place between April and mid-June. The Black-tailed Godwit nests on the ground among the short vegetation, usually in wet grasslands near freshwater marshes.
The female lays 3-5 olive-green eggs with brown markings. Both adults share the incubation during 22-24 days. At hatching, the chicks have pale pinkish-cinnamon down with dark bands and mottling on back. Both parents tend them. The young fledge about 28-34 days after hatching.
The Black-tailed Godwit produces a single brood per season, but a replacement clutch is laid is the first is lost.
Chick with the female
The Black-tailed Godwit is threatened by habitat loss due to changes in the habitat with drainage of wet areas for agriculture, disturbance, pollution, hunting, grazing and trampling of nests by cattle, reduction of prey abundance following changes in agriculture, habitat fragmentation and climate change.
The population is estimated to number 140,000/270,000 pairs. This population is suspected to be declining, but there is some degree of uncertainty about the sub-populations.
The Black-tailed Godwit is currently listed as Near Threatened.


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No. 16 Arizona opens with win over Valpo
Tucson, AZ – Kyle Fogg scored 16 points on 5-of-7 from the 64 victory over Valparaiso as part of the 2K Sports Classic from McKale Center.
Jesse Perry dropped 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Nick Johnson contributed 14 points and six assists in a 25-minute run off the bench for the Wildcats (1-0).
Arizona is off to a good start as it tries to build on a successful 2011 campaign, in which the Wildcats went 30-8, won the Pac-10 regular season crown and made a run to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament.
Ryan Broekhoff paced Valpo (0-1) with 18 points and nine rebounds, while Kevin Van Wijk had 18 points and seven boards.


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An Opinionated Field Guide to Industry Education Conferences
Opinion | Events
By Frank Catalano May 4, 2014
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I am just back from Davos in the Desert. Had it been in the mountains, I would have returned with tablets. Not stone ones. Considering the focus, more likely iPads.
That's because this Davos wasn't economic, it was education. And it was one of an increasing number of industry-focused, technology-tinged conferences for education industry (that is, company and organization) execs, and those wanting to influence or do deals with them.
The industry (as opposed to educator) conference landscape can be a mysterious one for both teachers and startups figuring out how to traverse it. Unlike well-established national and regional teacher- or administrator-targeted events (think ISTE, TCEA or FETC) where the role of the industry is as the "vendor" buying booths and sponsorships, differences in company confabs aren't as clear cut. And their number and fortunes are in flux.
Here, then, is a somewhat opinionated map to the madness from someone who has been attending, planning and speaking at conferences for two decades. These are nearly a half-dozen of the highest profile in the U.S. While disclosures of my involvement follow each, I may no longer have to worry about that after their producers read my shorthand evaluations.
Check out EdSurge's latest edtech conference guide here
ASU+GSV Education Innovation Summit
Alternately known as "ASU+GSV Summit" or, yes, "Davos in the Desert," the ASU+GSV Education Innovation Summit is held in April in Scottsdale, Ariz. Hosted by Arizona State University and the investment firm GSV (Global Silicon Valley) Advisors, ASU+GSV has both a K-12 and higher education innovation focus. Perhaps the highest-powered of the new crop of conferences, it actively woos venture capitalists, edu-policy wonks, social organizations and foundations in addition to established and startup education companies, plus a few dozen hardy teachers. Growth has been huge, from 240 participants five years ago to 2,000 this year.
Business factor: Money, money, money. A must-attend for those seeking funding--if you can find your funder among the crowds.
Buzz factor: Magic Johnson. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. Star power of the highest order. Plus the crowd-sourced "Return On Education" awards.
Best for: Startups seeking funding or glory. Educators wanting to rub elbows with the elite.
(Disclosure: I've never spoken at Davos. Or here. And considering my sardonic sense of humor, probably never will.)
Held in Austin, Texas, every March. Up until recently the baby of the extended "South-by" family, this is probably the most egalitarian of the industry events and attracts the highest percentage of educators. That's by design. SXSWedu began as a Texas-centric, teacher-heavy event and has worked hard to create a balance between educator, non-profit and industry participation. (Each group continues to debate whether a proper balance has been achieved.) An almost overwhelming number of programming elements such as keynotes, panels and workshops to cover areas like tech, innovation and creativity have been accompanied by concomitant rapid growth every year: from roughly 800 attendees, to 2,000, to 4,000, to 6,000 in 2014. But not nearly the size of its gargantuan follow-on event, SXSW Interactive.
Business factor: Great for unvarnished educator feedback and peer-to-peer interaction, if you're willing to leave your comfort zone and peeps.
Buzz factor: From Maker tools to apps, where the cool is rolled out and discussed, and leverages star speaker drawing ability (and entertainment chops) of its SXSW heritage.
Best for: Startups seeking feedback and participation in the LAUNCHedu event. Educators wanting to mingle and learn about new technology put into practice.
(Disclosure: I've been on the SXSWedu Advisory Board to review session proposals and moderated twice.)
SIIA Education Industry Summit
SIIA is the Software and Information Industry Association, an umbrella trade association that represents the digital "code and content" industries. One of its strongest sections is its Education Division, which hosts the Education Industry Summit every May in San Francisco. Telling of the event's long heritage, and the now-pervasiveness of technology, is that the conference's name recently changed from the original Ed Tech Industry Summit.
This was once the only conference with a technology focus in education, and draws edtech companies established in the K-12, and increasingly higher-ed, space. Startups are increasingly showing up, too, as they apply to compete in the Innovation Incubator, now entering its eighth year. It has a steady 300-400 participants, many of whom repeat year after year. (SIIA also puts on the slightly smaller, but more investment-focused, Education Business Forum in New York each late November/early December.)
Business factor: People who know each other get deals done, company to company.
Buzz factor: The annual education CODiE Awards, considered the industry's highest edtech honor for three decades.
Best for: Startups wanting to see how it's done. Educators wanting to see how it's done, if they want to move into industry.
(Disclosure: I've served twice on the Education Division Board of SIIA, and will make participants suffer four times, as of this May, as CODiE Awards emcee.)
The broadest-based, and longest-lasting, standalone education industry conference with a straight-on K-12 focus. Now 26 years old and run by market research and data firm MDR, EdNET is known for its no-nonsense networking, senior execs and balance of traditional (publishing) and cutting-edge (tech) education businesses. Indeed, "EdNET" originally was shorthand for "education networking."
Programming is heavily influenced by an Industry Advisory Board and has the capstone of a signature "View from the Catbird Seat" closing session anchored by EdNET founder Nelson Heller and well-known analyst Anne Wujcik reflecting on, and identifying, new market trends. Held every September, but location varies (this year, it's Baltimore). Attendance steady at 550-575.
Business factor: Networking, networking, networking from the very start when every company introduces itself and why it's there, in 30 seconds or less.
Buzz factor: Not the point; business trumps buzz.
Best for: Startups needing strategic partners. Educators might be bored.
(Disclosure: Catbird Seat sitter, third year perching.)
Content in Context
As the education industry has reinvented itself with the dawning of digital, so has the industry conference once simply known as the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Summit. Five years ago, it became Content in Context. But the focus--originally to serve learning resource and supplemental materials companies--is always on the educational content itself, paper or pixel, primarily K-12.
The re-badged conference, now put on by the Association of American Publishers preK-12 Learning Group, has done much to drag traditional publishers, some kicking and screaming, into the technology age. Held in DC each June for about 330-400.
Business factor: Sessions both visionary and practical for all levels of industry management, plus networking.
Buzz factor: Beacon and REVERE (formerly AEP) Awards, presented at a lunch and a dinner gala.
Best for: Startups with a content focus looking for partnerships. Educators, not so much.
(Disclosure: Moderator of many keynote/general sessions over the years.)
Should-I-Stay-Or-Should-I-Go?
If you're a startup or an educator wanting to understand the inner workings of companies and organizations in the education industry, there is no single, must-attend "best" conference. Seeking funding? Searching for distribution partners? Emphasizing administrative tools? Emphasizing content? The combination of conferences differs.
And that's the key--there is also no one conference that everyone attends (though, in my review of several years of attendance lists, there appears to be a hardened core of about 250 industry figures who routinely attend multiple events, either because they get remarkable value out of doing so--or have nothing else to do).
These five aren't all of the industry conferences: there are several others, more niche and yet expanding their focus (the Education Industry Association, for example, which once focused primarily on supplemental education service providers, is one). Each has its benefits, each is integrating technology, and each is working to address the need for teacher and even student voices.
My advice to you if you're in, or want to be in, the industry? Read the agendas for session descriptions. Pick two conferences. Then attend a primarily educator-focused event to triangulate (from ISTE to a Twitter Math Camp, depending on your emphasis). And for a reality/sanity check.
It's one way to cross, and comfortably straddle, the startup-educator divide, without falling into it.
Frank Catalano is an independent industry consultant, author and veteran analyst of digital education and consumer technologies. He's a regular columnist for EdSurge and the tech news site GeekWire, and tweets @FrankCatalano. He is starting to realize that he may attend a few too many conferences. And on his own dime. What a moron.
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Republicans bank on tax cuts to keep the House in midterms
By Megan Henney Published September 14, 2018 White HouseFOXBusiness
Rep. Brady on tax cuts 2.0: It's a priority
Rep. Kevin Brady, (R-Texas), on the push for tax cuts 2.0, the midterm elections, the Republican agenda and Hurricane Florence.
Ahead of an increasingly narrow midterm election that will determine which political party controls the House and the Senate, Republicans are relying on a strong economy and the promise of a second round of tax cuts to bolster their chances in November.
"We're really peaked toward and focused on this election: Do Americans want to go back to the bad old days?" Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said on Friday during an interview with FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo. "Higher taxes, slow growth, our U.S. jobs going overseas. Or do they want to continue the momentum and opportunity we're seeing today that was absent during all the Obama years?"
The U.S. economy has seen positive monthly job growth for the past 94 months -- a record high -- and unemployment is at an 18-year low. On top of that, the second quarter of 2018 was only the 10th quarter since 2000 in which economic growth topped 4 percent, at 4.1 percent.
Republicans are eager to claim victory for the economic achievements in the past 22 months, which they see as necessary to maintaining their control of the House and the Senate, and quick to warn of the economic perils that could follow if Democrats win control of Congress. (Trump administration officials have said the economic gains are largely due to the massive tax overhaul signed into law in December, the largest since President Ronald Reagan was in office).
"Do we really want Nancy Pelosi back in charge of the economy, and back in charge of your health care?" Brady said. "ObamaCare promised everything to everybody, and here we are four and five years later. Health care [is] still the number one concern of American families."
It may be a fraught battle: According to a new poll by Quinnipiac University released on Wednesday, American voters back Democratic candidates over Republicans at 52 percent to 38 percent in the race for the House.
Less than two months away from the Nov. 6 elections, Republicans in the House Ways and Means Committee this week voted to move forward with a legislative effort that would ultimately bring in another round of reforms to the tax code, including making some of the previous changes permanent.
"We don't want to go, and America doesn't want to go back to those really, I think, disappointing days of the United States," Brady said. "We want to go forward."


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Jobs, real estate show signs of improvement in Cairns region
Projects like the Crystalbrook Collection hotels are finally translating to jobs growth. Pic: Prime Constructions
We don't want to jinx it and we don't want to over-hype it.
But it might be time to declare the Cairns economy is finally - steadily - getting stronger.
The latest Cairns Watch report by Herron Todd White notes improvements in employment and real estate, with building approvals and airport passenger numbers ticking up, albeit slightly.
"The Cairns economy gained further pace over the last month, led by strong employment growth and reduced unemployment," Cairns Watch author Rick Carr said.
Cairns Watch author Rick Carr.
Fellow number cruncher Pete Faulkner from Conus also acknowledged the stronger employment scene in Cairns over recent months.
Mr Faulkner said the number of job seekers in the Cairns region had fallen on a trend basis by 863 people in the past 12 months, reflecting rising employment.
Job seekers are classified as a person on Newstart Allowance or Youth Allowance who would usually be engaged in the search for a job. A reduction in the number of job seekers as we've seen in the Cairns region means those people are now in work.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS
The Cairns Watch report found the Cairns region's unemployment rate has dropped to 6.3%, bringing it in line with the statewide unemployment rate.
"With strong employment growth over the last three months, the latest statistics are now indicating that the unemployment rate trend in the Cairns Region is in reduction," Mr Carr noted. "The Cairns Region had a seasonally adjusted trend unemployment rate of 6.3% as at August 2018, down from the trend estimate of 6.4% as at July 2018.
"Importantly also, the Cairns Region's unemployment rate has moved back to parity with the State average, which now also stands at 6.3%."
REAL ESTATE SNAPSHOT
Mr Carr says a range of property metrics have shown improvement in recent months across Cairns, particularly for units.
The median time taken for units to be sold has decreased from 74 days in the year to June 2017 to 62 days in the year to June 2018.
The median vendor discount – the difference between the asking price first advertised on a property and its ultimate selling price – has reduced significantly for units and to a lesser degree for houses.
As any vendor and real estate agent will tell you, house prices remain flat - Herron Todd White has kept the Cairns market in the "steady state" position on its national property clock.
"Though real estate sales volumes are starting to pick up, the absence of any accompanying price growth means we still regard Cairns as being in a 'Steady State' position," according to the Cairns Watch report.
OTHER ECONOMIC INDICATORS
The Cairns rental vacancies remain extremely tight, with trend rates for August 2018 at 1.9% for houses and 1.9% for units.
In terms of building approvals, the calculated trend is 47.3% up in July 2018 compared to December 2017.
"Whilst it remains to be seen whether the building approval trend will continue at heightened levels, the extra construction activity will be most welcome," Mr Carr said.
Passenger numbers at Cairns Airport remained at a record high during July-August 2018, though easing back when analysed in trend terms.
"There remains an overall airport passenger trend increase of 0.9% over the 12 months from August 2017 to August 2018, consisting of a 0.7% trend passenger increase on domestic flights and a 1.9% trend passenger increase on international flights," Mr Carr said.


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Sheikha Jawaher on refugee crisis
H.H. Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of The Big Heart Foundation with children. (Photo: WAM)
Resolving refugee crisis leads to world stability and peace, says Sheikha Jawaher … reports Asian Lite News.
H.H. Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of The Big Heart Foundation, TBHF, Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR and wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, has called on world governments and international organisations to put the worldwide refugee crisis at the top of their agendas.
Sheikha Jawaher's call coincides with the World Refugee Day and The Big Heart Foundation's anniversary on 20th June, and reflects the refugee issue as a global humanitarian challenge that must be collectively solved due to its significant impact on global stability and peace and the future of entire generations of children and young people in countries affected by conflicts and unrest.
"Ensuring a better future for refugees and protecting their human dignity is a process that begins with addressing the root causes of forced displacement and the circumstances which led to it," she said.
"We are dealing with a humanitarian crisis that requires constant effort and consistent commitment to provide an environment for refugees which enables them to carry on with their daily lives. We must provide them with the hope that they will soon return to their home countries where they can effectively participate in sustainable development once these conflicts come to an end," Sheikha Jawaher continued.
According to the UNHCR, 65.6 million people worldwide were forced to leave their homes. Among them nearly 21.3 million are refugees, more than half of whom are under 18 years old. Every day, 34,000 people are forcibly displaced as a result of conflict or persecution, most of them do not have access to basic rights of healthcare and education, and many of them starve.
Many international charity and humanitarian organisations continue to offer urgent relief assistance to refugees at a time when the displacement crisis has hit rock bottom, and notable efforts have been made by TBHF, a Sharjah-based global humanitarian organisation dedicated to helping people in need worldwide.
Last year saw remarkable achievements made by TBHF, which manifested in an array of humanitarian projects it led in several parts of the world and generous donations it extended to key sectors such as service, health and education. The foundation began 2017 with two humanitarian initiatives, namely, the Sharjah International Award for Refugee Advocacy and Support in collaboration with UNHCR – to recognise distinguished humanitarian contributions by organisations and individuals; and the Girl Child Fund – an initiative to advocate for the rights of girls worldwide. The year ended on a high note with the selection of Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Chairman of Sharjah Media Council, SMC, as TBHF Humanitarian Envoy.
The foundation's humanitarian projects in 2017 included providing healthcare, hygiene, lifesaving aid and unconditional cash grants to refugees in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt and Bangladesh.
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Bassenthwaite Lake has a unique position at the foot of the Skiddaw fells on one side and Barf, Ladies Table and Sale Fell on the other. The lake is approximately four miles long and ¾ mile wide.
This is a low level walk with stunning views. The route provides a mix of lakeside and forest great for wildlife such as Otters, osprey and deer among others.
Lakeland walking guides do not seem to include a circuit of Bassenthwaite Lake. There is a north side of the lake walk which includes Scarness, Bowness Bay, St. Begas', Mirehouse, Dodd Wood and the Osprey viewing point. This is a shorter walk but with lots of places of interest along the way. You could add Dodd Fell and the Osprey View Points into this walk with ease.
For this route head to the village, the footpath to the village go through the gate at the top of the campsite and cross this field, turn right in the direction of Peter House Farm. Go through one gate and at the second gate before you go through it turn right towards the village and keep going straight.
You will come out at the village green go through the village passed the school to the A591. Cross the road and you will see a marked footpath just to your right which will take you down to the lakeside, when you reach the Lake turn left and follow this path which is the Allerdale ramble to Mirehouse. The path winds along the lake site but also through fields and woodland. It is a lovely easy to follow path low level for all the family. The walk finishes at Dodd Wood Tea Room. A well-deserved break.
The Workington and Carlisle bus will get you back to Bassenthwaite from there.
Or Walk through Dodd wood on the Allerdale Ramble crossing the A591 further down.
Distance 6.5 Miles but Hard.
Distance 5 Miles – Hard Straight Up.
Or Back the way you came!!!!
We also have a leaflet 'Walks around Bassenthwaite No.1' which has four short walks between 1.25miles and 5.6miles if you would like a short walk.


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Pancake Day – otherwise known as Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday – is traditionally the day when households use up all their indulgent ingredients, such as eggs, sugar and butter, before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.
Here in the UK, it is tradition to make thin, crepe-style pancakes, but what are the traditions of other countries around the world?
Shrove Tuesday is known as Fettisdagen in Sweden and their tradition is to eat 'Fat Tuesday' orsemla buns, flavoured with cardamom and filled with almond paste and cream. For this reason the day is also called 'White Tuesday' due to the buns being made of white flour. Hundreds of years ago, a semla was simply a bun, soaked in hot milk (known as ashetvägg), but with time the Swedes added cream and almond paste to the mix and started eating semla every Tuesday between Shrove Tuesday and Easter. The semla is a national institution and it has been known to see semla buns in bakery windows as early as December!
People from Newfoundland, Canada, have a quirky Pancake Day tradition. Objects with symbolic value are placed into the batter before serving and the person who receives each item interprets the gift according to the tradition. A coin means the person finding it will be rich; a pencil stub means he/she will be a teacher; a holy medal means they will join a religious order; a nail that they will be (or marry) a carpenter, and so on!
The Polish custom is to feast the Thursday before Ash Wednesday, called 'Fat Thursday'. They traditionally eat faworki or 'angel wings' – sweet, crisp pastries, dusted with icing sugar – and deep-fried doughnuts called paczki, filled with jam. It is estimated that Poles go through 100 million doughnuts on this day alone! On Shrove Tuesday (known as sledziówka or herring day) Poles actually feast on – well, you've guessed it – herring!
The Portuguese feast on malasadas on Shrove Tuesday – a hole-less doughnut, traditionally served hot. The balls of dough are deep fried in vegetable oil, giving them a lovely golden brown colour, and sprinkled with icing sugar. Interestingly, this tradition – which originated in Madeira – is also celebrated in Hawaii. When the labourers came to work in the Hawaiian sugar plantations in 1882, they brought their favourite food, the malasada!
Finns celebrate Laskiaistiistai (Shrove Tuesday) with hot pea soup (hernekeitto) and sweet buns filled with whipped cream and either jam or marzipan called Laskiaispulla. The buns can also be served in a bowl with hot milk. Another Finnish tradition is to go out sledding and enjoy the winter air (ideal for burning off the buns!).
Do you like to eat your way around the globe? There's nothing better than discovering new cuisines and flavours when you're on your travels – especially desserts!
Guests can this week tour the fascinating cities of Europe's Baltic States aboard Costa Magica.
With the start of autumn comes the possibility, once again, of seeing one of the earth's most spectacular natural phenomenon – the 'aurora borealis', otherwise known as the Northern Lights.
From iconic architectural masterpieces to curious constructions, here's our pick of the best weird and wonderful buildings around the world.


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PYG, the IATA code for Pakyong Airport, a greenfield RCS airport in Pakyong, India
 Paraguayan guaraní, currency by ISO 4217 currency code
PYG, the National Rail code for Paisley Gilmour Street railway station, Renfrewshire, Scotland
PYG (band), a defunct Japanese rock music group


Buying a house from foreclosure listings can possibly be a great way to buy a home or investment property at a huge discount! Why don't more people take advantage of this untapped market of houses? Largely this is thanks to lack of knowledge about the process or fear from misinformation they may have heard about buying a foreclosure. Foreclosuresearch.ca is a fantastic resource to learn about the foreclosure market and how best to negotiate a deal that suits your unique needs. Click below for foreclosures, power of sale and bank owned homes in Maple.
How can I find bank owned homes in Maple?
This saves me a great deal of time and effort. I don't have to search the internet for hours looking at different Realtors websites sifting through houses in Maple that are not foreclosures or don't fit what I am searching for.
How to buy a repo house in Maple with bad credit.
Let me begin by saying that investing in a foreclosed house in Maple with bad credit is feasible!
To start with, you have the option to buy a house for cash at a real estate auction. Then your credit doesn't play a factor at all because you are not obtaining a loan. Not everyone has this sort of money lying around though so lets take into account other options.
Search for residential or commercial properties in Maple and try to find loans with low down payments. Save up money for your down payment but expect to pay a moderately higher interest rate because of your lower credit score. You should be able to refinance in a couple of years after making on time payments to acquire a lower rate.
Tips on how to buy a foreclosed condo in Maple, ON.
Next, find condos in Maple, ON that you are interested in. Find a Realtor that is skilled in foreclosures and will be able to help you through the process of buying.
How long does it take to buy a bank owned home in Maple?
This relies on how you are buying the property. Properties that are bought in cash at an auction are turned over within a week or two maximum depending upon how long it takes your funds to move to the bank and the title to be completed. Personally, I have had properties to me within three days in most cases.
If you are purchasing a property through a mortgage then the closing process takes a small amount longer. My practical experience has been about thirty days to closing, which is pretty basic when purchasing a property. The key is to obtain your down payment to the bank quickly and arrange monies to pay for your closing costs. Any paperwork that the bank sends you must be filled out right away and sent back to expedite the process.
Often a foreclosed property in Maple ON has sat vacant for some time so maintenance has been neglected and will need to be looked after immediately.
Sometimes, just because the title has changed to a new owner doesn't mean that all issues have gone away. This is the importance of having a title search done prior to buying a property since liens or lawsuits could be attached to the property and you could take over them without understanding it.
Keep in mind that dealing with banks is a mechanical process and usually handled by computers and not actual people. This can be irritating for you the buyer but it is what it is. At some point if you are persistent the bank will very likely cave if they have no other offers because they recognize they need to move the property quickly.
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There are numerous things you might not know about the power of sale. When do you know you are faced with a power of sale or foreclosure in Maple, and how do you understand if it is the right financial investment for you? Supplied below are answers to seven commonly asked questions relating to the power of sale, and how it can help you make educated purchases in Ontario.
This is a term that very few daily individuals have actually heard of. But if you have an interest in purchasing property, particularly those on the foreclosure market, then you wish to be familiar with this term. A power of sale is a clause that is written into a home mortgage which permits the lender to offer the residential or commercial property in case of default to pay back the home loan financial obligation. It technically is the provision that allows foreclosure on a house when a financial obligation is not paid. This type of sale happens so that the lending institution, which is usually a bank, can recover losses that they sustained by the loan default.
A power of sale also refers to the power expressed or suggested in a trust arrangement permitting the trustee to sell the financial investment making up the trust.
Generally, this clause in a home mortgage or trust permits the lender to sell the home without going to court to do so. It is a type of faster way to enable recovery easier and much faster. For those planning to purchase foreclosed home, this is a lot easier as the loan provider does not need to go through the courts to make the sale happen.
It is really simpler than you believe to discover power of sale houses. In Ontario, as in all of Canada, the normal procedure is to sell the residential or commercial property by power of sale, which is unlike the majority of the United States which has the tendency to go through the courts for a foreclosure. Usually, when a house is being sold through power of sale, it really goes through a real estate agent. That makes it simple to discover homes under power of sale. A real estate agent, or other property websites, will likely have listings of power of sale houses in your area.
It is a terrific option to buy power for sale foreclosures in Maple Ontario. The process is pretty quick and easy. The process for the sale is usually set out in the mortgage, so they might vary a bit in a different way for homes depending on the lending institution.
In Ontario, there are two types of power for sale – contractual and statutory. A contractual power of sale is when the mortgage documents have consisted of the power of sale provision. A statutory power of sale is when the power of sale provisions is not consisted of, but these are very unusual.
The home can be offered by auction, private agreement, or by tender. The property is typically noted with a real estate agent and put on the market for sale using several listing service (MLS).
The ownership of the property will alter hands only if the home is offered. This is likewise not a fire sale, although it is quicker than a court procedure. The deals from the buyers like you are carefully analyzed, and the existing owner may ask for an accounting.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – CRADLE OF FILTH "So many fucked-up things happened on the 'Midian' tour. It was pretty mental." DANI FILTH.
Cradle of Filth frontman, Dani Filth took some time off from working on a new studio album to talk exclusively to Overdrive about the bands iconic 'Midian' opus, which celebrates its 20th-Anniversary next week [30th of October].
Currently taking a short break away from the studio where the band are in the process of working on a new album…
Cradle of Filth frontman, Dani Filth spoke to Overdrive amidst lockdown to take an ironically bright and happy trip down memory lane to reminisce about the recording of the boundary-pushing 'Midian'; a dark and melodic release touching base on a combination of monsters and twisted fantasies, which pushed the band further into the limelight of extreme metal.
Suitably unleashed during the most ominous time of the year, one of the band's most popular albums reaches its second decade in existence next week on October 30th.
OD – On the 30th of this month, Cradle of Filth's classic 'Midian' album will be turning 20-years old. When you look back to that era and the recording/writing process do you feel that the album has aged well?
DANI – I could tell you that if I had listened to it recently! It's strange to think it's twenty years old as it seems like only yesterday. It marked the start of a great relationship that we had with that particular studio, Parkgate Studios, in a place called Catsfield near Battle, where the historic Battle of Hastings took part in the south of England.
It was a big residential studio where we had a cook and a cleaner. With the producer; we'd chosen him because of his work on 'Razorblade Romance' by HIM, and he'd been put forth by the record company as well. It all marked the start of this glorious relationship with the studio. We went back to record 'Damnation and a Day' and 'Nymphetamine'.
The studio isn't there anymore; it was taken over by another place. It was like being on holiday – it was out in the middle of the country with beautiful surroundings. It was during the summer and it was amazing.
Every time I think of this album it reminds me of the great times we had as a band. 'Midian' marked the start of the post-'Dusk And Her Embrace'/'Cruelty And The Beast' line-up, introducing Adrian Erlandsson who is currently in At The Gates. He was in At The Gates at the time of recording, hence the title of the song 'At The Gates' on 'Midian' – it was a little nod in that direction. Great times, new line-up; everything felt like a fresh start. Even if the album was shit it was still a glorious moment!
OD – From what I have read, the recording process was a very happy time for you, as things were going well with the band as well as the birth of your daughter, which makes it even more ironic that the album sounds so dark and foreboding. Did you find that dichotomy had a profound effect on you personally contributing to the overall atmosphere on the album?
DANI – Yes, that's exactly what we wanted to try and achieve. I think it helped the entire scenario – everyone was getting along as a band, we had a lot of creative and artistic freedom. They didn't know it at the time but it was the last record for Music For Nations, where we went on to do work with Snapper Music before signing to Sony. I think the liberal nature of the surroundings and being in a studio like that gave us more material to produce an album like 'Midian'.
We had Doug Bradley on the record and he came down to the studio, which was fantastic as we were massive fans of Hellraiser, and it coloured the situation. J.K Potter also contributed to the artwork and I'm a massive fan.
At that point, I was also involved with the 'Cradle of Fear' movie [see the trailer below], so I was jumping backwards and forwards between agents. The producer came down for a few nights to party and film behind the scenes footage of the band in the studio.
OD -Of course, this was also the first time that began working with Dough Bradley [Actor best known for his role as Pinhead in Clive Barker's, Hellraiser series]. It seems like there was a lot of creative freedom around this time, almost like you were given the freedom and you just ran with it. Would that be a good assumption?
DANI – Yes, absolutely. We had quite good success with 'Dusk…' and 'Cruelty…' that the record company basically just let us get on with it. We had a couple of visits from them but they gave us total free rein on the album.
OD – When you were writing Her Ghost In The Fog, did you have Doug in mind for that immediately or was it more serendipitous?
DANI – We did have Doug in mind, hence the Hellraiser narrative. Strangely enough, on 'Godspeed On The Devils Thunder', it's a little known fact that we approached Tony Todd from Candyman to undertake the role of Gilles de Rais. I have a CD somewhere of all of his parts.
Unfortunately, and fortunately, Todd's manager had briefed him on the context of the work he was undertaking, and judging on his comments behind the mic, he was blissfully unaware that the narrative he was undertaking of de Rais was actual trial transcripts and not from my imagination, and I think he was a little offended by some of the things he had to readout.
I think there was one point during the recording process where he actually just walks out of the studio. So, coming full circle and the whole reason I brought this up – we said to Doug Bradley, "Sorry, but the subject matter is somewhat bleak and obtuse; our previous guy walked out". Bradley [pictured below] said, "No problem, I understand – it's Gilles de Reis!". He had no problem undertaking the part.
OD -With the original recording I suppose you can't use that now and only have it for your own personal archive.
DANI – Well… 'allegedly' I have it! [Laughing]
OD – 'Midian' is considered as the first sounding Cradle… album with a big step up in sound and production, with some declaring that it was the bands big move towards a more commercial sound. Would you agree with that sentiment and looking back how important was that aspect for you?
DANI – I would hope and presume that's the process that most people go through when presenting the recording of an album. We really wanted to get a great solid production. Parkgate was in our sights. I believe the record company suggested that residential studio and that producer. We had some good engineers working on the record who were courtesy of the studio.
I believe it was a guy called Doug Kirk who we took with us from the studio and he worked on 'Damnation and a Day', and then further along he worked on 'Godspeed…' and 'Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa'.
'Midian' was the start of a great relationship with a lot of people, and the start of a relationship of getting great productions. We revisited that studio and must have spent a year over the course of three albums within that studio. It's so criminal that it doesn't exist anymore – there was a very large residential house beside the studio which we referred to as 'the mental institution'. Subsequently, when the studio was bought out, they bought it.
OD – What memories do you have upon the release and touring cycle for the album?
DANI – They were great. We had a launch party for the record in London which was fantastic. We had hired this building that was a sort of half-church, half-meeting place. We had fire breathers and lots of exotic performers – very S&M. Doug Bradley came along, we invited a lot of our friends, people from the industry and other bands.
It was one of the last big launch parties I can remember. 200 people or so – Cradle of Filth candles, a free bar, we were all in our gear for photoshoots. There was a lot of press there. For the tour that followed we brought out a band called Christian Death, and Usurper from Chicago – it was a crazy tour.
So many fucked up things happened on 'Midian' tour. It was pretty mental. We were young, we were fresh-faced, it was a fresh line-up, we had just done the album of our lives. We hit the road full of zeal.
OD – Would you care to divulge any stories from that tour?
DANI – One story just off the top of my head… we had a day off somewhere in Germany. We took the tram into the city with Christian Death and we went to a really posh restaurant in a very affluent district.
There was an opera house opposite the restaurant and while we were eating our meal, the conductor, some of the members of the orchestra and some of the staff, all in their penguin suits and the women in fabulous dresses, all turn up and had reserved tables – it's basically them and us in this very posh restaurant.
For reasons unbeknownst to anyone other than Maitri (bass, Christian Death), she decided to grab a load of food and throw it over her shoulder right into the middle of their table. We all thought "oh my god…", yet it turned into a massive food fight between us and these people who had just spilled out from the opera. [Laughing]
Literally – the place was just covered. That party went long into the night. Overall it was successful – a very crazy tour, but great.
OD – 'Midian' was your last album with Music For Nations before the band inked a major deal, with Epic. I remember reading about that and it just seemed amazing that an extreme band could secure a deal like that.
DANI – Signing that deal took a little while to come into fruition because we did 'Bitter Suites to Succubi' with Snapper, which was like an interim record – which isn't technically a full record as it's got rerecorded tracks and two cover versions.
But yeah, it took a while to get that deal in place and our management worked very hard to have that happen. There were no negative vibes other than the usual. Well, people were maybe more sort of weary.
When someone signs to a major label no one really knows how to deal with them, you'll be put on the back shelf and then your career will be over. But the door was open and it was glittering beyond. We thought it was a once in a lifetime opportunity and thought "Fuck it, we're going to take it!"
Nick Raphael, the guy who signed us at Sony, was really into the band but said: "I have no idea what your music is about – all I know is that you're very successful and I dig what you're doing". He had everything at our disposal.
I remember going to a Sony party in London for a Madonna record release; Madonna was there, Jay Kay from Jamiroquai… We were regular haunts to this Ivy Club in London with the people from Sony – every now and then we would go there, and it was literally the haunt of TV personalities. [Laughing]
OD – It sounds like you made yourselves right at home with Sony…
DANI – Yeah, Sony was great – though it did come to pass that there was a mix-up of roles at the label and the guy who signed us was moved to a different country to have a different job, and his successor had absolutely no idea what to do with us.
We weren't put on the back-burner, but what was great was that we weren't held to account, like; "Yes, you're signed to Sony but we don't know what to do with you… but you can escape". What happened was they just let us go! Roadrunner was waiting in the wings and that's another story – we went on to record our biggest selling and most popular album which was 'Nymphethamine'.
OD -Did you get any backlash from other bands because of that huge deal?
DANI – I still think we did the right thing. I guess there were remarks behind closed doors of us signing to Sony, but nothing really to our face. There were a lot of warnings and some "You're going to come out like the Backstreet Boys of black metal".
Everyone at Sony said "It's going to be so played and watered down", and it was quite the opposite. I think we purposefully went out of our way on Sony to disprove that analysis to create an album that was literally falling off a CD – I think it was 82 minutes – this huge record, and I think we were bolder, braver, faster and heavier than before. It was two fingers up to the whole-fucking-lot of them. [Laughing]
OD – Going back to Midian – this saw the return of Paul [Allender, guitar] and the arrival of Adrian [Erlandsson, drums] and Martin [Powell, keyboards]. How much influence to the sound of the album did they input, or was there any from them at all?
DANI – We wrote the album from scratch and everyone was integral to that. Even though they were newcomers in the band, Gian [Pyres, guitar] who was on 'Cruelty…' with the arrival of Adrian from Sweden and Martin who lived in the north of England, rented a house together which became 'the Cradle House' and subsequently became the party house and the writing house.
We were very prolific in working together to get that record down. At the time we actually thought it was a bit hodgepodge and sewn together because there were so many influences and everyone was working equally on the record. We were worried it would become a bit too disjointed but it wasn't.
OD – Of that era and now with the anniversary, is there anything that you would have changed about that period of time given the chance?
DANI – Well.. probably would have bought more lottery tickets. [Laughing] I did make the horrible mistake of racing some people in a car and overtook them on a railway crossing that I didn't see – I cleared the entire railway crossing like the Dukes of Hazzard and fucked-up the suspension on my car.
But other than that, no, not really. I think it's really bad to dwell on the past like that. If you get all nitty-gritty and self-analyze every moment of your life, everybody would be like "Yeah I could have done that", or, "Yeah I could have made this decision and my life would be twenty times better". No; it's a learning curve. I think back to it and it's got a certain feel and flavour – the entire time I was there was like being on holiday, even the whole vibe about the record was very fresh feeling and the people who were involved with were great. We just had a fantastic time.
OD – So back to nowadays – you mentioned earlier you were currently in the studio, what's happening? Where are you with things right now?
DANI – As of today, the producer is taking his girlfriend away for a birthday present for a few days so I've actually got five days free. I have my friend here with me from Spain and she's staying with me for a couple of weeks; she's currently in quarantine.
We're in the mixing stage with the new album and it's absolutely fantastic – dare I say it's probably the best record we've ever written!
It's got everything everyone wants from a 'Cradle…' record. At this stage I purposefully say this to all journalists who approach and ask me what the record is about – you just have to listen, I can not describe it.
There's just so much going on and there are so many different tracks – everything has a unique flavour to it. We've been working on it since the end of February and I know it seems like a long, long time but it's all been during quarantine, where things haven't been so available and there have been travel restrictions.
OD – So, things are going exceptionally well by the sounds of it?
DANI – Yes, it's been very relaxed. It's quite a contrast compared to the last two years where we have been lucky and been very busy. We played something like 120 gigs last year and the year before that was around 160 – toured the entire world twice over.
We were very lucky that this year the pandemic started as we were going into the studio anyway and we managed to get our drummer from the Czech Republic in before the lockdown happened.
Our second guitarist couldn't get in until July because that was only when he was able to travel. The whole thing has no pressure and is relaxed, because, well, nobody knows what the fuck is going on! The record company aren't leaning on us like "Christ, you're supposed to deliver four weeks ago, what the fuck is going on?"
OD – If by some miracle there's a vaccine released and the world starts to get back to normal, do you know anything about a tentative release date?
DANI – We do – I can't talk about it but we have a release date and we're working backwards from that. Our press starts in January and we have a video that we're going to be shooting in Latvia.
We have a live stream which is coming up on the Devils Night which is October 31st [since rescheduled to Feb 20th, 2021] and we have to fly the guys in from the Czech Republic.
Believe it or not, even Scotland is under lock and key at the moment, so, it's all very tentative… but that will pay off. The album needs to be delivered, and it's going to be delivered by the end of this month, which will have bonus tracks.
The album release date has been put back several times as well as all the tours. We would have been on tour right this second – a big co-headliner tour with another big band and another up and coming band in the USA – that's been pushed back I think four times already. So, dark Gods willing, hopefully, next September – a whole year late – something might happen.
Cradle of Filth host a live streaming event on February, 20th, 2021 with online tickets available from this link. A recent statement from the band regarding the change of date can be found below…
"Hi Everyone.
Due to the ongoing covid crisis and the uncertainty of travel, we, unfortunately, need to move the date of our Livestream event. With band members residing outside of and throughout the UK there was a real chance of quarantine or travel issues. The new show date is Feb 20th, all tickets remain valid and everyone who bought one is automatically entered in to win a custom Cradle of Filth Midian guitar worth over $2,000.
Sorry for any inconvenience, the show will be an epic event not to be missed!"-
'Midian' is available from Nuclear Blast's online store which can be accessed via this link.
Oran O'Beirne [Interview]
Norrie Kivlehan [Transcription]
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CH Shirley Wind to Invest $50 Million in 20-Megawatt Wind Farm
CH Shirley Wind announced that the company will be investing approximately $50 million in a 20-megawatt wind farm project in Glenmore, Wisconsin. CH Shirley Wind is a subsidiary of Central Hudson Enterprises Corporation (CHEC) and CHEC is owned by CH Energy Group. About 90% of controlling interest in the wind energy farm facility will be acquired by CH Shirley Wind.
The electrical output from the eight wind turbines will be purchased by Wisconsin Public Service Corporation for a period of 20 years through a power purchasing agreement.
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Steven V. Lant, said that the company was carefully evaluating the investment opportunities for its subsidiaries that provide sufficient cash flow as well as predictable and stable earnings over time. He added that the investment should be able to provide strong dividend and appreciation of share price over time, which matters most to its shareholders.
Lant remarked that CHEC should focus on Griffith Energy Services, a fuel distribution subsidiary, and other potential renewable energy projects. He added that CHEC's investments in two landfill gas projects recently and Shirley wind power project are consistent with the company's renewably energy strategy.
The construction of wind farm facility will commence in the year 2010 and scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of the same year. Nordex USA will supply the eight wind turbines for the project. Approximately 64 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year is expected to be generated by the wind turbines. The power generated by the facility is enough to supply electricity to about 8,000 homes. Approximately 55,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year will be displaced by the wind project.
CHEC also has minority investments of about $5 million in two other wind projects, a 7.5-megawatt wind farm located in Atlantic City, New Jersey and a 24-megawatt facility in Bear Creek, Penn.
With nearly 493,000 customers, CH Energy Group, Inc. is a family of companies seizing new opportunities in the energy marketplace through two primary subsidiaries: Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, and Central Hudson Enterprises Corporation. CH Energy Group and its subsidiaries are headquartered at 284 South Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY.
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GLEN BURNIE, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - Police have issued arrest warrants for a teenage husband and wife in connection with the double murder of two men over the weekend in Anne Arundel County.
Investigators are looking for 19-year-old Edwin Javier Hurtado-Valdez, and his wife, 18-year-old Cambrea May Lynn Sieck. Hurtado-Valdez faces multiple charges including two counts of first and second degree murder after police say he was responsible for the killing of two men found shot dead at an apartment complex in the 300 block of Highland Drive in Glen Burnie on Sunday around 5 p.m. Sieck, police say, helped her husband flee following the shootings and faces two counts of accessory after the fact.
Officers say they responded to the apartment complex to investigate the report of gunshots. When they arrived they found 20-year-old Antwon Elijah Queen and 24-year-old Antwan Troy Briggs suffering from gunshot wounds. Queen was found in the parking lot of the building and Briggs was found inside one of the units. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
On Monday, police say they located and searched a vehicle belonging to the couple prior to issuing the arrest warrants. Officials say the husband and wife are believed to be together in the same location. The suspects should be considered armed and dangerous, police say, and anyone coming in contact with them should call 911 immediately.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Anne Arundel County Homicide Unit at 410-222-4731 or the Anne Arundel County Police Tip Line at 410-222-4700.