Certain Definitions. Affiliate means any business entity in which the Company owns directly or indirectly 50% or more of the total voting power or has a significant financial interest as determined by the Committee. Award means any cash bonus, Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Unrestricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or other Performance Awards granted under the Plan. Board means the Board of Directors of the Company. Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor law. Committee means one or more committees each comprised of not less than two members of the Board appointed by the Board to administer the Plan or a specified portion thereof. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, if a Committee is authorized to grant Awards to a Reporting Person or a Covered Employee, each member shall be a non-employee director or the equivalent within the meaning of applicable Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act or an outside director within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, respectively. Common Stock or Stock means the Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value, of the Company. Company means Lamar Advertising Company, a Delaware corporation. Covered Employee means a covered employee within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. Designated Beneficiary means the beneficiary designated by a Participant, in a manner determined by the Committee, to receive amounts due or exercise rights of the Participant in the event of the Participants death. In the absence of an effective designation by a Participant, Designated Beneficiary means the Participants estate. Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor law. Fair Market Value means, with respect to a share of Common Stock as of any date of determination, in the discretion of the Committee, (i) the closing price (on that date) of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market, or any other principal national securities exchange the Common Stock is traded on; or (ii) the closing bid price (or average of bid prices) last quoted (on that date) by an established quotation service for over-the-counter securities, if the Common Stock is not reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market or another national securities exchange; or (iii) if shares of Common Stock are not publicly traded, the fair market value of such a share as determined by the Board in good faith after taking into consideration all facts which it deems appropriate and in accordance with applicable statutory and regulatory guidelines. Participant means a person selected by the Committee to receive an Award under the Plan. Performance Award means a cash bonus, stock bonus or other performance or incentive award that is paid in cash, Common Stock or a combination of both. Performance Goals means with respect to any designated performance period, one or more Performance Measures established by the Committee prior to the beginning of such performance period or within such period after the beginning of the performance period as shall meet the requirements to be considered pre-established objective performance goals for purposes of the regulations issued under Section 162(m) of the Code. Such Performance Goals may be particular to a Participant or may be based, in whole or in part, on the performance of the division, department, line of business, subsidiary, or other business unit, whether or not legally constituted, in which the Participant works or on the performance of the Company generally. Performance Measures shall include, but not be limited to (measured either absolutely or by reference to an index or indices and determined either on a consolidated basis or, as the context permits, on a divisional, subsidiary, line of business, project or geographical basis or in combinations thereof): sales; revenues; assets; expenses; earnings before or after deduction for all or any portion of interest, taxes, depreciation, or amortization, whether or not on a continuing operations or an aggregate or per share basis; return on equity, investment, capital or assets; one or more operating ratios; borrowing levels, leverage ratios or credit rating; market share; capital expenditures; cash flow; stock price; stockholder return; sales of particular products or services; customer acquisition or retention; acquisitions and divestitures (in whole or in part); joint ventures and strategic alliances; spin-offs, split-ups and the like; reorganizations; or recapitalizations, restructurings, financings (issuance of debt or equity) or refinancings. Reporting Person means a person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
Certain Definitions. Affiliate means any business entity in which the Company owns directly or indirectly 50% or more of the total voting power or has a significant financial interest as determined by the Committee. Award means any cash bonus, Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Unrestricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or other Performance Awards granted under the Plan. Board means the Board of Directors of the Company. Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor law. Committee means one or more committees each comprised of not less than two members of the Board appointed by the Board to administer the Plan or a specified portion thereof. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, if a Committee is authorized to grant Awards to a Reporting Person or a Covered Employee, each member shall be a non-employee director or the equivalent within the meaning of applicable Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act or an outside director within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, respectively. Common Stock or Stock means the Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value, of the Company. Company means Lamar Advertising Company, a Delaware corporation. Covered Employee means a covered employee within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. Designated Beneficiary means the beneficiary designated by a Participant, in a manner determined by the Committee, to receive amounts due or exercise rights of the Participant in the event of the Participants death. In the absence of an effective designation by a Participant, Designated Beneficiary means the Participants estate. Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor law. Fair Market Value means, with respect to Common Stock or any other property, the fair market value of such property as determined by the Committee in good faith or in the manner established by the Committee from time to time. Participant means a person selected by the Committee to receive an Award under the Plan. Performance Award means a cash bonus, stock bonus or other performance or incentive award that is paid in cash, Common Stock or a combination of both. Performance Goals means with respect to any designated performance period, one or more Performance Measures established by the Committee prior to the beginning of such performance period or within such period after the beginning of the performance period as shall meet the requirements to be considered pre-established objective performance goals for purposes of the regulations issued under Section 162(m) of the Code. Such Performance Goals may be particular to a Participant or may be based, in whole or in part, on the performance of the division, department, line of business, subsidiary, or other business unit, whether or not legally constituted, in which the Participant works or on the performance of the Company generally. Performance Measures shall include, but not be limited to (measured either absolutely or by reference to an index or indices and determined either on a consolidated basis or, as the context permits, on a divisional, subsidiary, line of business, project or geographical basis or in combinations thereof): sales; revenues; assets; expenses; earnings before or after deduction for all or any portion of interest, taxes, depreciation, or amortization, whether or not on a continuing operations or an aggregate or per share basis; return on equity, investment, capital or assets; one or more operating ratios; borrowing levels, leverage ratios or credit rating; market share; capital expenditures; cash flow; stock price; stockholder return; sales of particular products or services; customer acquisition or retention; acquisitions and divestitures (in whole or in part); joint ventures and strategic alliances; spin-offs, split-ups and the like; reorganizations; or recapitalizations, restructurings, financings (issuance of debt or equity) or refinancings. Reporting Person means a person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.


If you're buying a house in France, you'll need to navigate your way round the French system, which is sometimes helpful, sometimes not helpful, and sometimes downright perverse. Make sure you check all the boxes before you put your signature on the compromis de vente.
One very basic check that you need to do on rural property in particular - check the address and the boundaries against the cadastre map, which you can find at the mairie or online. It's not unknown for half the meeting in the notaire's office to be taken up redrawing the maps!
Check out French inheritance law and how it affects you.
This might alter the way you buy. Some couples buy en tontine so that French inheritance rules can be bypassed and the survivor inherits the house - French law says that children always inherit a fixed amount, but the tontine clause creates a legal fiction that the survivor has always been the sole owner of the property, so there is no inheritance to share. (It doesn't, however, let the survivor off inheritance tax - but that's another story.) Other families use an SCI corporate structure, so they hold shares in the company, not the house (it's much easier to transfer ownership of shares).
Make sure that your compromis de vente includes all relevant contract clauses. Such contract clauses in property buying process in France mean all the conditions you would like to foresee and under which you would like to close the deal. These clauses may cover finance (you won't have to complete the purchase if you can't get a mortgage), any planning permission you need, and any commitments by the vendor (such as putting in a septic tank).
Check the diagnostic, which should be given to you before you sign the compromis. It covers asbestos, lead, electrical and gas installations, and septic tank (if any), as well as termites if the property is in certain regions. If it looks as if there are major works to be done, you can walk away, ask for a price reduction, or perhaps add a clause suspensive so that the owner has to do remedial work before you sign the final contract. Be particularly careful about making sure there is either tout à l'égout (mains drainage) or a septic tank that will pass the SPANC guidelines - septic tanks can easily cost EUR 10,000 or more to install.
British buyers are often surprised that the diagnostic doesn't cover structural issues that would be mentioned in a surveyor's report, such as the roof, dry and wet rot, woodwork, or subsidence. Even if you're not going to commission a full survey, look over the property in detail, preferably with a builder or architect who can spot any problems and give you a rough guess as to what each issue might cost to put right.
Check what amount of taxe foncière and taxe d'habitation are payable on the property. Ask the agent or owner; they should be able to tell you what was charged last year. If you're buying a renovation project, of course, there may not be a taxe d'habitation (for instance for an agricultural building like an old barn) and you'll want to budget for taxes going up considerably once you've renovated the property.
The process of purchasing a property in France starts with the compromis de vente.
The initial purchase of a property in France will incur various fees and taxes.
France is a reasonably wealthy country, the cost of living in France is therefore fairly high.
If you're purchasing a flat in a coproprieté check the annual charges, and whether things are running smoothly. Be careful to check whether any major works, such as renovation or a new boiler, have been agreed but not yet carried out - you'll have to pay for them later. It's also useful, in a small building, to check whether everything's going smoothly, or whether owners are at war over whether to fix the roof or get a new one. You don't really want to inherit a battle!
If you're buying a new (less than ten years old) or recently renovated property, you should be able to see the assurance décennale which covers all building works and installations for ten years from the date they were carried out. If you move in and the electrics blow the first time you use the washing machine, or your first bath results in water pouring through the bathroom floor into your living room, you'll be covered.
UK buyers are used to getting local searches as part of conveyancing.
In France, it's up to you to check that your neighbour hasn't just got planning permission for a brand new cowshed at the end of your garden, and that your view isn't about to be cut off by a line of wind turbines. The notaire might only tell you about changes that will directly affect the property - not about changes a hundred yards up the road. Contact the mairie, and check the local papers if you can read French.
Make sure you and the vendor have agreed on fixtures and fittings. The law on what stays and what doesn't is ambiguous, and owners sometimes move along with all the light bulbs and the fitted kitchen. If you want things to stay, specify them in the agreement.
If you're buying a rural property, by the way, have a good sniff around - literally. If there's a pig farm or a big pile of chicken manure just over that hedge, better find out about it now rather than later.
Oh dear; you signed the compromis and you've just discovered a problem? Remember, you have a fourteen day cooling off period. But once that's past, you're committed!


Next to Halloween, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday for obvious reasons: cooking a lot and then eating it all!
Yesterday at my Cooking Matters for Teens class, chef and registered dietitian Julie Fromm brought a delicious recipe for Pumpkin Parfaits. One of the girls in the class had requested last week a Thanksgiving recipe, specifically pumpkin pie. At our site there is no oven but Julie came up with this recipe, which I think is much tastier than the typical pie. If you're still looking for a dessert idea for tomorrow's big feasting day, try this simple recipe, which cuts out white sugar and uses maple syrup and reduced apple cider for sweetening. We put the parfaits in the freezer to set up and it took about an hour, hour and a half.
In a small bowl, combine gelatin and a small amount (2T) of the apple cider. Heat remaining apple cider in a sauce pan and boil until reduced to 1/3 volume. Add softened gelatin to sauce pan and heat until gelatin is dissolved. In a large bowl (or an electric mixer), stir together maple syrup, pumpkin, evaporated milk, vanilla, salt and spices. Stir in warm gelatin mixture. Mixture should chill overnight to set up OR individual servings can be poured into clear cups/glasses and put into freezer to set up quicker.
To serve, layer pumpkin filling alternating with yogurt and top with cookie crumbs.


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Ryanair bomb scare: Nine men thrown off flight after shouting 'Allahu Akbar' as a joke
'Foolish joker' being investigated by Belgian police after Madrid-bound was flight temporarily grounded.
By Oliver Cragg
September 2, 2017 16:30 BST
A Ryanair flight from Brussels to Madrid was delayed for several hours earlier today (2 September) after a man shouted 'Allahu Akbar' while waiting for takeoff. The 51-year-old man and eight other passengers whom he was travelling with were promptly thrown off the flight set to leave Zaventem airport at around 7am this morning.
Federal police confirmed to news channel VTM Nieuws that all nine men were of Belgian nationality. The law enforcement agency's Peter De Waele explained to the channel: "The flight commander refused to take these nine people."
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"One of them was a foolish joker and called 'Allahu Akbar'," he said. "All the luggage had to be taken off as the bomb squad was called in with sniffer dogs." Passengers on the plane were evacuated as a result of the incredibly ill-advised prank.
The flight was eventually cleared for takeoff at 9.25am after nothing was found during the search. The police noted that both the airline crew and passengers were terrified for their safety during the initial incident.
'Allahu Akbar' is an Arabic phrase which translates directly into English as "Allah is Greater" but is more commonly paraphrased as "God is great". Members of the Islamic faith regularly use the phrase during prayer, family ceremonies, and as a peaceful, everyday tribute to God throughout the Muslim world.
However, its reported use during high-profile terror attacks has changed its perception, particularly in the west. A full investigation is currently underway.
A Ryanair spokesman told Mail Online: "The crew of this flight from Brussels to Madrid (2 Sep) requested police assistance after a number of passengers became disruptive prior to departure. Police removed and detained the individuals before the aircraft departed to Madrid.
"We will not tolerate unruly or disruptive behaviour at any time and the safety and comfort of our customers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority. This is now a matter for local police."

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I agree with ford. All indian congress' just aim at destroying india. BJP is the great political group.
As now the congress is in rule. We can easily see their reactions and steps they take.
BJP can do a lot to india, congress just wait and watch.
Narayan rane should not come back to congress.
Topic: 6th Anniversary of 9/11.
RE: 6th Anniversary of 9/11.
thanx for taking time to write.
what the matter of issue if there is an "black president"
Even an black president can do the same as white president.
it doesnt make any sense, to make an issue.!
all people are same. All must be united !
great info. I too think Lashkar is responsible behind this attacks.
I too thank germany for helping india against terrorism.
All nations must get united to fight against terrorism.
Topic: China destroys satallite with missile.
RE: China destroys satallite with missile.
I dont think that this is such a big issue that one can easily say that next world war gonna be with China.
anyhow..i would always hope for peace.
Wars are bad, protest against wars.
wars should not be appreciated by common public. common people should protest against it.
Topic: Inflation in Zimbabwe breaks all records!
RE: Inflation in Zimbabwe breaks all records!
yea. I heard about the increasing infaltion rate in zimbabwe. I think this is an temporary matter. It should come back to normal soon. anyhow..
Sanjay dutt have also been quote with an illegal Ak-47 in his home.. i dont see any future of him as an politician.
He should rather stay away from politics, he is ruining his carrier.
Sanjay dutt is not meant to be a politician. he wont get an single vote.
I respect each and every religion in this world. but i have a separate one for me.
I do believe in god but in separate manner. in my own way.
I dont judge people on basis of their cast and religion and that is what makes me believe i am a good person. !


As promised yesterday, it's now time to talk about Worldfall – written by Katherine Cross and illustrated by Claudia Cangini and Tithi Luadthong.
At the start of a game of Worldfall, you have just founded a colony on an alien world. The trip has been extensive and transformative, and the first thing you decide is the politics your cabal of colonists formed during the journey.
Maybe they were the Officer Class, in charge then and looking to keep control now? Or the Workers Intergalactic, the labourers keeping the ship – and now the colony – running and finding solidarity with each other?
Or maybe they tended to the culture of the ship, whether they're the new religion of the Keepers of the Flame or the anarchist upstarts of the Scum of the Universe?
Together, you build your cabals, making choices about the society of the fledgling colony and the world you have landed on. It's a strange and wonderful land, bursting with life. What will you make of it? To answer that, you make Characters. Each character is the key viewpoint we have from that Cabal at this moment in time. You could go with a match for your Cabal (a Gasoline Fire from the Scum, maybe?) or something that's orthogonal, like a Priestex from the Officer Class.
Your character explores the new world, makes deals with other factions, builds grand art projects and battles for the soul of the colony. As they do so, they'll win or lose your Cabal points of Reputation – a marker for their influence over colony society. You play in this mode until someone completes Worldfall's signature Wonder – the Constitutional Convention. Once it's completed, you all take turns to choose the colony's negative and positive liberties. What things does it swear to provide its citizenry? What does it forbid? Each choice comes with its own government institution that you now control, as well as effects on the wider colony. Once you've divided them up between you, you move the clock forward a generation – and see what your choices have resulted in.
That's how Worldfall plays: shifting between the challenges of colony development and the struggle to build a more perfect union. As generations pass, will the colony grow and thrive? Or will it shatter and wither? And all the while, maybe the planet is pushing back: learning more about you, sending its own emissaries to interfere, and try to co-opt you into its own ecosystem. Particularly if someone has chosen to play the Worldsoul – the gestalt representation of life on this planet.
So, that's Worldfall. Please do check it out! And if getting into the mindset of weird, alien life appeals, tune in tomorrow when I tell you about Primal Pathways.


Print Page - How To Take Part In The Multiplayer Beta.
Title: How To Take Part In The Multiplayer Beta.
1) (Optional). Register on FS2NetD (http://fs2netd.game-warden.com/main.php?area=register), Diaspora's matchmaking service. You don't need to do this for a LAN game.
2) If you want to host, you'll need to forward ports 7808 and 7117 (TCP and UDP) on your router or firewall. Step 4 here (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=63609.0) shows how to do this for other FS2_Open games and the procedure is the same for Diaspora.
Title: Re: How To Take Part In The Multiplayer Beta.
For people unfamiliar with IRC, I'll just point you to Espernet's help page. (http://www.esper.net/getting_started.php) It has links to clients and helpful tutorials.
Or you can just click here (http://widget.mibbit.com/?settings=293cbec0e27282897519f438e6cb5b44&server=irc.esper.net&channel=%23diaspora), and run an IRC client via your browser.


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River Cruising to Expand in France
albert@aghmedia.com October 24, 2013 2 min read
2014 will bring new ships to the country's rivers
River cruising in France not only includes trips down the Seine and Rhone but also the canals through regions like Champagne.
River cruising is in full swing all throughout France, offering itineraries from the Seine and Rhone to the Saone. To keep up with the growing trend, Scenic Cruises and Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection will debut new vessels in 2014 to sail the country's rivers on enhanced itineraries.
The new 159-passenger S.S. Catherine, from Uniworld, is being touted as a "Super Ship." Catherine will sail an eight-day roundtrip Bordeaux Vineyards and Chateaux itinerary calling in Pauillac, the gateway to the Medoc wine route; Bergerac; Libourne; and the UNESCO World Heritage historic town of Saint-Emilion. The ship will also sail a 15-day Portrait of Majestic France itinerary, which adds the beaches of Normandy, van Gogh's Auvers-sur-Oise and Monet's Honfleur and Giverny. Expanded services from Uniworld in 2014 will include unlimited fine wine, beer, spirits, soft drinks and bottled water, plus all gratuities.
On the Scenic side, the line will launch the new Scenic Gem next year on the Seine, a ship that was custom-built for sailing that specific river. In addition, Scenic is introducing two new French itineraries: the 11-day Gems of the Seine River and the 23-day Gems of the Seine & South of France River Cruise. Both options take the same route on the Seine, stopping in Les Andelys, Rouen, Caudebec-en-Caux, Vernon and Conflans. On the longer itinerary, guests will be able to extend their stay on the Scenic Emerald to visit ports of call including Tournon, Avignon, Nice, and the Palas-des-Papes for an exclusive shore excursion.
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COVID-19 Day of Reflection: injustices must not be forgotten
Helen Barnard
23rd Mar 2021
As we remember and mourn the people we have lost since the coronavirus pandemic began, this day of reflection is also a time for us to highlight the health and social injustices it has exposed, and come together to call for change, says Helen Barnard.
Today's National Day of Reflection is a time for us to pause and come together to mourn those we have lost. Many of us will especially remember friends, colleagues and family who caught COVID-19 whilst working to keep the rest of us safe and cared for.
Every life is precious and every death leaves a hole in the hearts of those left behind. But we must acknowledge that the patterns of illness and deaths reveal some deeply uncomfortable truths about our society. The inevitable public inquiry must include an investigation of the enormously unequal impacts of COVID-19, and the economic and social reasons for the much higher death rate among some groups in our society.
The unjust impacts of living locked in poverty
COVID-19 ripped through the country, hurting people from all walks of life, but the death rate was more than twice as high in the most deprived areas compared with the least deprived. Perhaps we should not be shocked by this – deaths from all causes are higher for people trapped in poverty, reflecting the cumulative effect of living with the restraints and grinding pressures of hardship. People living in the most deprived parts of the country can expect to live only 52 years in good health, whilst people in the most affluent areas can look forward to enjoying good health until 70. Given these underlying health inequalities, it is less surprising that the pandemic has led to vastly more people in poverty becoming seriously ill and dying from COVID-19. But it is a stark demonstration of the unjust impacts of living locked in poverty.
Last year's Black Lives Matter protests helped to drive a greater sense of urgency in tackling racial inequality in the UK, with decisive action long overdue. The consequences of racial injustice are many and complex, including the much higher proportions of people from some Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups (BAME) living in poverty, in bad housing and in low-paid, insecure and (in the context of COVID-19) risky work. As is the case when we look at the patterns according to deprivation, long-standing health inequalities can be seen starkly continued in the disproportionately high death rates from COVID-19 among people from Black and South Asian groups.
COVID-19 has compounded problems for low-paid workers
In addition to greater illness and loss, people in poverty and from many BAME groups have also been most exposed to the economic impacts of the pandemic. Coming into COVID-19, 4 million workers were trapped in poverty, already struggling to keep up with the rent and bills. Many were stuck in jobs that were not only low-paid but also insecure. Better-paid workers could often keep their jobs and work safely from home. But workers in poverty bore the brunt of job losses and plummeting earnings; or kept working but in jobs that exposed them to much higher risks – as carers, delivery drivers or in essential shops. Pre-existing inequalities in the labour market have widened. Jobless rates are now twice as high among Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups as White groups. Mothers, already more likely to be low earners, have taken the strain of home schooling and caring and had to cut back paid working hours, piling on financial worries.
As a carer, it was already very hard finding a job which would provide flexibility around caring responsibilities. COVID-19 has made that so much worse, coupled with the additional threats to the person I care for's health.
Woman, London
As an Uber driver my business went down, hardly any customers, working more hours. Money wasn't coming in.
Man, Tower Hamlets
How housing has increased this insecurity
Renters disproportionately work in sectors hard hit by the pandemic, and are highly likely to see further waves of job losses later this year. Many were already struggling to keep up with high rents and have been pulled further into debt and arrears. By the end of 2020, 2.5 million households were worried about how they to pay their rent; 700,000 were already in arrears. Once the ban on evictions expires, many are likely to face eviction and homelessness.
You feel like you need to pay off the rent arrears but you just can't and you feel like you're letting the landlord down, or you think he's going to kick us out if you don't pay it off soon and then find someone else to move in. You don't want that feeling over your head, but at the same time you can't pay him because the money ... you're getting isn't covering the rent anyway and if you're in arrears you have to find money from somewhere to pay that off as well.
Renter, Yorkshire
People are facing eviction, and the worry of it being winter with children facing eviction makes it really scary. Even though there is some sort of help about, you put so much energy into it, and there's so much anxiety, it's causing a huge strain on everyone's mental health.
From Grassroots Poverty Action Group as part of UK Poverty 2020/21
Social security has been keeping millions of us afloat
Millions of people turned to social security to help them weather the COVID-19 storm, and the system has held up admirably. The Government acknowledged that cuts and freezes had resulted in an inadequate level of support and boosted Universal Credit payments early in the pandemic. This has been a lifeline for 6 million families, although disabled people and carers have been shamefully shut out of extra support because they receive 'legacy benefits' rather than Universal Credit. Even with the extra help, most low-income families have had to cut back on essentials and take on debt. The Chancellor's determination to cut the Universal Credit lifeline in the autumn has left those of us who most need a system we can rely on facing ever greater fear and uncertainty, reflected in the findings of the COVID-19 Realities project.
This has really illustrated how quick the rug can be pulled from under your feet – people last year who thought they were in a good position are now encountering the benefits system for first time.
Man, London
He said the economic forecast wouldn't start to stabilise until mid-2022 right, so why is he not allowing the £20 uplift to UC to continue until then? Rather than this September, why September? It's not when poverty ends is it?
Man, Wales
We don't know how the economy will recover, yet we face more insecurities for those on low income and on Universal Credit. Through COVID-19 Realities, I know that so many families face this insecurity, and it's just making our daily life – which is already so difficult – only harder still. I wish things could be different. I wish the Government would listen to us.
Caroline, as part of the COVID-19 Realities project
Stand up, stand together and demand change
Today is a chance for us to remember those we have lost and to begin the healing that comes from mourning together. But Marie Curie, who have organised the day, also say that it is about hope for the future. As we look ahead, it is time for us to stand up, stand together and demand changes to make our economy and society healthier and more just.
Working to reduce people's risk of poverty during COVID-19 outbreak
The financial impact of COVID-19 on disabled people and carers
The £20 weekly uplift must be extended to legacy benefits


Question: why is red tape red? Why can't it be a soft, pale blue, say, or vibrant tangerine? Being colourist aside, there's nothing fun about red tape. Unless of course, you're comedian Joe Lycett, who decided to write a book about his adventures in being wrapped in the stuff, and how he decided to deal with it.
Lycett, who can often be found on our TV's propping up the usual comedy panel show, clearly has a devilish side. When confronted with a situation that most may just lie down and accept, Lycett stands up to, as it were, with electronic missives.
For instance, where most will begrudgingly accept a parking fine, Lycett challenges them, with a wit as sharp as the sharpest tool in the box, an unsettling humanity, and disarming dark humour. it clearly gets results, if only to be part of this entertaining collection.
In essence, it's a book of relationships, usually short, sweet and/or sour, where the comedian trades dialogue with individuals, who are often representing larger companies, with genuinely amusing replies on both sides. It's a simple idea, but makes for entertaining reading.
That said, it doesn't take much to unsettle his targets, but that's part of his charm. And even when the gig is up, he still manages to keep the laughs coming.
It would be so easy to make a lot of these stories up, but Lycett comes across as the type who would find that particular route too much like hard work. Oddly, the truth is the short cut and turns out to be the quickest way to the quips. And if you needed proof, he includes some of the emails/correspondence from his larks, which again, would prove too much work to mock up.
As well as this evidence, Lycett also includes some crude illustrations, and although many of them look like they were produced by a pencil attached to a poorly hedgehog as he torturedly went back and forth across the page, they also have a sweet appeal all of their own.
If you've ever fallen foul of some despicable red tape, or felt that you've been wronged in some fashion, this book may well be just the ticket to help you right that wrong. And if not, you could just warm yourself in the fuzzy glow of someone who did.


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Best of British Report - June 2019
The Chris Dunne Band
June 8. The Chris Dunne Band made a welcome return to the club following their outstanding performance last year.
Among numerous songs that attracted enthusiastic applause I was particularly impressed with Zac Brown's Highway 20 Ride, including an unaccompanied vocal section from Chris.
After singing Happy Birthday to Perry the next song, Proud Mary, was dedicated to club host Mary.
Amazed was performed by request and it is good to see that some of our acts still have the flexibility to depart from a set list.
After what I would describe as a real country music show this six piece band brought a memorable evening to a close with a great rendition of Garth Brook's Ain't Going Down 'Til The Sun Comes Up.


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Converting SOFA to CMake
Sandy McKenzie
A Little SOFA History
SOFA is a software project created eight years ago to tackle a seemingly obvious but unaddressed issue: Many scientists and Ph.D. Students in the mechanical simulation field had to regularly reinvent the wheel. Collision detection, FEM simulation, and contact solver are some of the many common algorithms that have been rewritten several times by different people.
Figure 1: SOFA "caduceus" sample scene
In the French research institute INRIA, three teams working on medical simulation joined their efforts to write a set of reusable algorithms around a common, open framework. As a result, Simulation Open Framework Architecture (SOFA) was born. The main paradigm was to separate the layers of a simulation into different components (collision models, deformation models, force fields, solvers, etc.) so that, when working on a new algorithm for one of the components, you no longer need to care about the implementation of the other components. This saves a substantial amount of time.
From some of the architecture's core components, the codebase grew rapidly as new users became involved in SOFA's development. There was no real project management; the only principle was to share work with others in order to save development time in the future.
SOFA has since become a standard for research teams around the globe. Its modular architecture makes it suitable for many simulation subjects, regardless of whether or not they fall under the domain of the medical field.
Need for a New Build System
As SOFA has been used for a large number of research papers and dissertations, it has had dozens of contributors who have added a comparable number of sub-projects. This includes around 200 library projects that have many external library dependencies and run in various hardware and software environments. As SOFA is used on three different operating systems (not including game consoles), in addition to GPU support (Cuda & OpenCL), various haptic devices, stereoscopic video output, and spatial tracking systems, it can present quite a challenge for the build system!
One year ago, the entire build system was based on qmake. The setup process to build SOFA from source involved copying and patching some text preference files, setting up the paths to the external SDKs, launching the project generation, making the product, and waiting and hoping for everything to be fine in the following two hours. Having everything turn out fine was rarely the case on the first run.
Despite my 12 years of software engineering experience, between the external dependency problems, understanding the setup of configuration files, and the build time, my first SOFA build took me a whole working day. It took even longer for me to begin to understand what was under the hood of SOFA, but that is another story.
Our build system configuration was primarily missing:
1. Ease of customization:
While it is not uncommon in software development to open and modify a text preferences file, it is definitely not the easiest task for users who are not software developers.
2. Reliability of the external dependencies:
No automatic library detection was provided. It was up to the user to setup the library path and to specify what library was present on the system. The user had to hope that the library on the system corresponded to the version used by SOFA.
3. Early setup problems detection:
It was common to issue a « make » command and come back from lunch one hour later to see that the build went wrong because the « x » or « y » library was not present.
CMake looked very promising in addressing these points and, as it turns out, we would not be disappointed.
CMake Improvements
Among the different advantages of our new CMake-based build system, I am personally thankful for several features.
First, I am thankful for CMake's shadow builds feature. For a project like SOFA, which has many optional features and possible option combinations, being able to quickly test a modification on several typical setups on my machine before pushing a significant change to the repository is a very valuable security. This is especially true for a complex project like ours.
Second, in my opinion, the library system is very elegant. Issuing a « find_package(Python 2.7 REQUIRED) » is much more elegant than directly quoting the name of the library file. Moreover, most of the time, you do not have to bother determining the library location on your system. CMake finds it for you. In rare cases when CMake does not know what library you are referencing, you can add your own « findXXXX.cmake » scripts to the build system, which is great!
And last but not least, CMake is substantially stricter than qmake regarding configuration problems. If there is a missing library or an incorrect path, you are immediately told that there is an error during the makefiles generation. Therefore, you are no longer given a link error after two hours of build! As a result, I have reduced my coffee consumption while I wait for the result of the build.
The only lacking feature we would have liked to use was the multiple choice option, as we met several cases where we had options with three or more possibilities. But to be honest, I recently learned this feature has existed since CMake 2.8! As we already require CMake 2.8 or greater for our scripts, this is no longer a problem. This is yet another confirmation we made the right choice, using a tool which is constantly evolving in the right direction.
Anyway, this was a small inconvenience in comparison to all the benefits we have experienced by using CMake over our former build system.
A Long Exodus to the Promised Land
It took almost six months to handle the compatibility issues we met during our migration from the qmake world to the CMake Promised Land. After three weeks, we had the first running build. Problems started to arise, however, when we began to make some volunteer « guinea pigs » using CMake. You could not imagine all of the strange use cases we met.
Nevertheless, this was not a problem related to CMake. On the contrary, the problem was on our side. SOFA is a very complex piece of software, and the former build system had been developed for years to address all potential issues. This development, however, came at the price of various tricky non-documented hacks that are known by some experts.
Now, after some changes have been made, it is much easier for someone who does not know the framework to generate a default build of SOFA on (almost) the first try. There is still a long way to go to clean and simplify SOFA, but on the particular point mentioned above: mission complete!
It was such a big surprise to me that almost no one complained about our move to CMake. I was expecting there to be more yelling and screams of horror. I thought that habits would be much harder to change. Perhaps the lack of resistance can be attributed to the notion that we took the time to adequately develop the CMake scripts before making people switch. We also found that some people were naturally contributing to our CMake effort during the creation process of the CMake scripts, which makes me think people wanted to switch to CMake.
We held a « SOFA Day » in November that had almost 50 attendees. Throughout the day, we were given feedback by SOFA users during roundtables and coffee-break discussions. The feedback regarding the CMake transition was unanimously good. It is always pleasant to hear you made the right choice.
Future enhancements
SOFA has always been distributed in a source code format. We really hope CMake will soon help us provide binary packages for various system environments. While not impossible, the SOFA options combinatory problem and its dependencies make providing binary packages for different system environments a non-trivial task. Moreover, we have a lot of work to complete on refactoring some core mechanisms before we can release a decent stand-alone binary package. After all, SOFA is still, and always will be, under development!
Engineers who worked on this migration:
Olivier Carre (INRIA Grenoble – Rhône-Alpes)
Bruno Carrez (INRIA Lille – Nord Europe)
Brina Goyette (INRIA Sophia Antipolis – Méditerrannée)
SOFA framework: http://www.sofa-framework.org
INRIA: http://www.inria.fr/en
Bruno Carrez has been employed in the video game industry for 12 years. During this time, he has worked on several commercial console games on PS2, Wii, PSP, and X360. As a software engineer, he focused on multi-platform engines (sound, IO, and physics) and project management. He joined the SOFA dev team in INRIA Lille – Nord Europe in 2012 as the new head developer.
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NTSB details what led SacRT trains to crash head on
Report says one train was told it could be on track, other was following signals
Updated: 9:07 PM PDT Oct 30, 2019
KCRA Staff
HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT WAS AN EVENT THESE PASSENGERS WILL NOT SOON FORGET. >> I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET ON ONE OF THOSE TRAINS AND I HAD TO REROUTE. >> MY ANXIETY LEVEL HAS GONE UP ABOUT IT. BRANDI: THE CRASH INJURED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PEOPLE. A MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN TESTING AND OUT OF SERVICE TRAIN WAS GIVEN VERBAL PERMISSION FROM THE CONTROL CENTER TO ENTER THE MAINLINE. THE TRAIN WAS STOPPED FACING SOUTH ON THE ON DOWN TRACK. IT WAS GIVEN SIGNAL APPROVAL TO MOVE ON THE SAME TRACK. THE PASSENGER TRAIN COLLIDED WITH THE STOPPED TRAIN AND TWO MONTHS AFTER THE CRASH, PASSENGERS QUESTION WHY IT HAPPENED. >> THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A DEPENDABLE SYSTEM AND STATE. >> THEY WERE GIVEN PERMISSION TO BE ON THE SAME TRACK AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WHY? BRANDI: NO ONE WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW BUT A SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY IMPLEMENTED VARIOUS CORRECTIVE IMPROVEMENT ACTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE TRAIN INCIDENT, TWO OF WHICH INCLUDE A MINIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE IN THE CONTROL ROOM WHENEVER THERE IS A REVENUE SERVICE TRAIN ON THE MAINLIN
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report into a head-on crash between two Sacramento Regional Transit trains that injured 27 people in August.The regularly scheduled blue line No. 9 train crashed into a stopped maintenance light rail vehicle the night of Aug. 22 at Marconi Avenue and Roseville Road, west of the Winter Street light rail station.On the day of the crash, the No. 9 train was running about 15 minutes behind schedule.The NTSB's report said a maintenance train requested and received permission from the controller at the Metro Control Center to get on the mainline track for propulsion testing. The technician tested the train's throttle, reaching speeds of 50 mph before coming to a stop on the tracks.According to the NTSB, the technician reversed and was southbound on the track. At the same time, the No. 9 train was headed northbound on the same track.The NTSB said the No. 9 train was going about 32 mph at the time of the crash and the weather conditions were clear."At the time of the accident, extra train movements were verbally authorized to occupy the main track. Regularly scheduled train movements were governed by signal indication. The territory was under SacRT Metro control with the radio operator located in the control center," the NTSB wrote in its report.The cause of the crash was not listed on the report.The NTSB said its investigation will now focus on "rail operations of SacRT, signal system operations, the performance of SacRT employees, and management oversight of the property, both internal and external."SacRT released the following statement in response to the report: "The investigation is still ongoing and the preliminary report didn't share any new information."SacRT implemented various corrective improvement actions immediately following the light rail train incident on August 22, 2019. The two actions that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) requested were immediately addressed. SacRT worked with the CPUC on an agreement, which entails that SacRT have at a minimum two people in the control room whenever this is a revenue service train on the main line and that SacRT will also only test trains on the main line after revenue service. "SacRT is cooperating with all regulatory agencies as they investigate the incident and will swiftly act to implement any recommendations."
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report into a head-on crash between two Sacramento Regional Transit trains that injured 27 people in August.
The regularly scheduled blue line No. 9 train crashed into a stopped maintenance light rail vehicle the night of Aug. 22 at Marconi Avenue and Roseville Road, west of the Winter Street light rail station.
On the day of the crash, the No. 9 train was running about 15 minutes behind schedule.
The NTSB's report said a maintenance train requested and received permission from the controller at the Metro Control Center to get on the mainline track for propulsion testing. The technician tested the train's throttle, reaching speeds of 50 mph before coming to a stop on the tracks.
According to the NTSB, the technician reversed and was southbound on the track. At the same time, the No. 9 train was headed northbound on the same track.
The NTSB said the No. 9 train was going about 32 mph at the time of the crash and the weather conditions were clear.
"At the time of the accident, extra train movements were verbally authorized to occupy the main track. Regularly scheduled train movements were governed by signal indication. The territory was under SacRT Metro control with the radio operator located in the control center," the NTSB wrote in its report.
The cause of the crash was not listed on the report.
The NTSB said its investigation will now focus on "rail operations of SacRT, signal system operations, the performance of SacRT employees, and management oversight of the property, both internal and external."
SacRT released the following statement in response to the report:
"The investigation is still ongoing and the preliminary report didn't share any new information.
"SacRT implemented various corrective improvement actions immediately following the light rail train incident on August 22, 2019. The two actions that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) requested were immediately addressed. SacRT worked with the CPUC on an agreement, which entails that SacRT have at a minimum two people in the control room whenever this is a revenue service train on the main line and that SacRT will also only test trains on the main line after revenue service.
"SacRT is cooperating with all regulatory agencies as they investigate the incident and will swiftly act to implement any recommendations."


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The foundation of cinnamon toast is butter, sugar and bread so, really, how could you go wrong? The compound butter created by combining the sugars and cinnamon with the soft spread ensures each bite is evenly flavored. As the bread bakes until crispy, the topping bubbles in the oven's heat; the butter mixture slightly seeps through to the bottom of each piece, adding to the illusion you're eating a pastry and not a measly piece of bread. The end result is so decadent even my Pop-Pop would say the extra steps are worth it.


Warped Tour has asked Halsey to play one of the Atlantic City dates.
Warped Tour has reached out to Halsey over Twitter about playing one of their 25th-anniversary events. Quoting one of Halsey's tweets from 2018, the festival has invited her to actually play one of the Atlantic City Beach dates in New Jersey.
Of course, this interaction has fans of both Halsey and Warped all-too excited. Check out what Twitter users are saying below.
Halsey has yet to respond to Warped Tour's offer on Twitter.
Back in 2018, Halsey confused Warped patrons when she announced that she would be playing a different show on the same day as last year's Jones Beach date. However, even after breaking it to fans that she wouldn't be playing, she said that she may make a surprise appearance at one of the other dates, as she was currently on her own tour at the time.
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Currie scores twice as Vikings clip Finlandia
Finlandia (3-10-1) 1 0 1
Lawrence (8-4-1) 2 0 2
1st - 0:34 - Zach Currie (Lawrence)
1st - 23:39 - Zach Currie (Lawrence)
1st - 28:53 - Zach Wichman (Finlandia)
G: Zach Wichman - 1
A: Albert Hammond - 1
Sv: Noah Raisanen - 9
G: Zachary Currie - 2
A: Nicholas Jatta - 2
Sh: Zachary Currie - 7
Sv: 3 Players (#1, #30, #TM) - 1
Zach Currie (22) scored a pair of goals in Lawrence's 2-1 win over Finlandia.
APPLETON, Wis. -- Lawrence University men's soccer standout Zach Currie scored a pair of first-half goals Tuesday to lead the Vikings to a 2-1 nonconference victory over Finlandia University on Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl.
Currie scored in the first minute and then added a goal in the 24th minute to give the Vikings all the offense they would need.
Currie jumped on Finlandia immediately as he took a through ball from Nicholas Jatta and smacked it into the back of the net just 34 seconds into the match.
The Vikings struck again at the 23:39 mark as Mark Todd started the attack with a pass to Jatta, who went up the right sideline. Finlandia goalkeeper Noah Raisanen came off his line and Jatta got past him and crossed the ball to Currie, who deposited it into the empty net for a 2-0 lead.
Finlandia got a goal from Zach Wichman at 28:53, and the Lions' only other scoring chance came late in the match. A shot was cleared off the goal line by a Lawrence defender to help preserve the win.
Lawrence goalkeeper Hunter Lanton played the first 72:10 to pick up the win. He made one save, and Evan Ney played the final 17:50 and also made a save. Raisanen stopped nine shots for the Lions.


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The 2005 Bavarian Cup was the eighth edition of this competition, organised by the Bavarian Football Association (BFV), which was started in 1998. It ended with the Jahn Regensburg winning the competition. Together with the finalist, FC Ingolstadt 04, both clubs were qualified for the DFB Cup 2005-06.

The competition is open to all senior men's football teams playing within the Bavarian football league system and the Bavarian clubs in the Regionalliga Süd (III).

Rules & History
The seven Bezirke in Bavaria each play their own cup competition which in turn used to function as a qualifying to the German Cup (DFB-Pokal). Since 1998 these seven cup-winners plus the losing finalist of the region that won the previous event advance to the newly introduced Bavarian Cup, the Toto-Pokal. The two finalists of this competition advance to the German Cup. Bavarian clubs which play in the first or second Bundesliga are not permitted to take part in the event, their reserve teams however can. The seven regional cup winners plus the finalist from last season's winners region are qualified for the first round.

Participating clubs
The following eight clubs qualified for the 2006 Bavarian Cup:

Bavarian Cup season 2004-05
Teams qualified for the next round in bold.

Regional finals

 The Jahn Regensburg, runners-up of the Oberpfalz Cup is the eights team qualified for the Bavarian Cup due to the club's reserve team having won the Cup in the previous season.

First round

Semi-finals

Final

DFB Cup 2005-06
The two clubs, Jahn Regensburg and FC Ingolstadt 04, who qualified through the Bavarian Cup for the DFB Cup 2005-06 both were knocked out in the first round of the national cup competition:

References

Sources
 Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2004/05  Yearbook of German football, author: DSFS, publisher: Agon Sport Verlag, published: 2005, page: 280

External links
 Bavarian FA website

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Trading begins on new Beijing Stock Exchange
By Kevin Colleran On Nov 15, 2021
More than 80 companies started trading on the Beijing Stock Exchange, which is expected to complement two main bourses in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
A new Chinese stock exchange focused on SMEs began trading in Beijing on Monday, boosting support for smaller-scale firms as economic growth slows and Beijing cracks down on domestic tech giants.
More than 80 companies started trading on the Beijing Stock Exchange, which is expected to complement two main bourses in Shanghai and Shenzhen by catering to smaller enterprises, which have long faced difficulty getting funding from banks.
Chinese media reported Monday that shares of 10 newly listed companies on the exchange rose by more than 60 percent, triggering temporary suspensions.
Auto parts maker Henan Tongxin Transmission Co made the biggest gains, surging about 494 percent by the close, and media reported that the 10 new stocks rose an average of almost 200 percent from their issue prices.
But the 71 other firms migrated from an existing board posted mixed performances.
Stocks will not be allowed to rise or fall more than 30 percent in a single trading day on the exchange, although earlier reports said there would be no cap for the first day of listing.
The new exchange is vital for "improving financial support for SMEs, as well as promoting innovation-driven development", Yi Huiman, the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said at an opening ceremony.
The new exchange follows the 2019 launch of a Nasdaq-style board focused on science and technology listings on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
It comes as authorities move to develop the country's capital markets amid slowing economic growth, and as Beijing clamps down on tech giants in a bid to stem the sector's aggressive expansion, alleged data misuse and monopolistic practices.
The Beijing exchange provides a capital-raising conduit for SMEs and takes in companies on the top tier of China's existing National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ), founded in 2012.
The NEEQ is an entry-level, over-the-counter stock trading platform allowing firms to raise funds before listing on a stock exchange.
Seventy-one companies from the NEEQ—or "New Third Board"—were transferred to the Beijing exchange and 10 others were listed directly.
The Beijing exchange's rules allow it to process listing applications more quickly than some other boards.
Hong Hao of financial services firm Bocom International told AFP that the exchange's long-term success "remains to be seen".
"You need to have credible companies to be listed on the exchange, to generate enough interest," he said.
Many Chinese companies including giants such as Alibaba and Baidu have in the past listed on the more developed US exchanges.
But Beijing has been pressing companies to instead list on home soil, and Chinese firms hoping to trade shares in the United States face heightened scrutiny from regulators there as the economic and tech rivalry between the two countries deepens.
But Hong Kong remains a more likely location for large Chinese companies seeking to list outside the country's mainland, observers note.
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Defense witness' behavior an issue for judge in Hawthorne 'huffer' case
Dr. Edred Shen, an expert witness for the defense of James Woetzel, appeared increasingly more rattled as he was cross-examined.
Defense witness' behavior an issue for judge in Hawthorne 'huffer' case Dr. Edred Shen, an expert witness for the defense of James Woetzel, appeared increasingly more rattled as he was cross-examined. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2xV3ppV
Richard Cowen, Staff Writer, @RichardCowen123 Published 7:05 p.m. ET Sept. 8, 2017 | Updated 8:28 p.m. ET Sept. 8, 2017
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Closing statements expected to begin Tuesday
Police collecting evidence at the Hawthorne Farmer's Market.(Photo: File photo)
PATERSON — The judge in the trial of a Hawthorne man who crashed his pickup truck at the borough's farmers' market and killed a woman while allegedly high on chemicals was forced to instruct a witness about keeping his composure during a grueling cross examination Friday.
Dr. Edred Shen, an expert witness for the defense of James Woetzel, appeared increasingly more rattled as he was cross-examined by Julie Serfess, assistant prosecutor, during the past two days.
During one break in testimony on Friday morning, Shen told Judge Joseph A. Portelli that he had overheard a couple of jurors talking about his grim demeanor and how well he was holding up on the witness stand, despite the grilling. Serfess also complained to the judge about Shen's demeanor in the hallway outside of the courtroom, seated with his head in his hands, appearing more dour and frustrated as his testimony wore on.
"He doesn't know how to act in court," Serfess told the judge.
She also called his conduct unprofessional and inappropriate. She did not ask the judge to dismiss him as a witness, however.
James Woetzel in court in 2014. (Photo: Tyson Trish/NorthJersey.com)
Shen, a specialist in internal medicine at Overlook Hospital in Summit, was making his first appearance as an expert witness. He was first called to testify by Woetzel's attorneys on Thursday and he returned to the witness stand on Friday. He spent more than five hours on the witness stand over the course of two days, most of it under a rigorous cross examination by Serfess.
Shen was asked to answer variations of the same questions over and over again about the report he had written regarding the case. Serfess' line of questioning was frequently interrupted by objections from the defense, which prompted Portelli numerous times to stop the trial and sequester the jury so he could hold sidebar conferences with the attorneys.
With the jury still out of the courtroom, Portelli warned Shen that he should remain stoic while on the witness stand, and show as little emotion as possible. The judge then called the jury back into the courtroom, and, as he had done repeatedly since the beginning of the trial, instructed them not to talk about the case among themselves.
Donna Wine, killed at the Farmers Market in Hawthorne. (Photo: NULL)
The judge also told the jury that emotions should play no role in how they assess the case. They were to deal "with the facts and the law, only," he said.
Woetzel is charged with vehicular homicide, death by auto, aggravated manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident that caused the death of Donna Wine, a 58-year-old Hawthorne resident. He faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of aggravated manslaughter.
Woetzel is accused of "huffing" chemicals from an aerosol can that police found on the floor of his pickup truck minutes after the Aug. 10, 2014 crash at the Hawthorne Farmer's Market. One of two blood samples taken from Woetzel hours after the crash showed difluroethane, or DFE, in his system. Inhaling DFE produces an intense eurphoria that lasts four or five minutes.
The defense contends that there's no scientific proof that Woetzel was high at the time of the crash or that he was even huffing DFE, although police did recover a partially-empty aerosol can of Dust-Off, a computer cleaner, and a towel from the front of his pickup truck. Two witnesses for the defense testified that Woetzel was into computers.
Shen wrote a report that he believes Woetzel was unconscious at the time of the crash and could not remember what had happened. Shen concluded that the blackout was not necessarily the result of intoxication and that it could have been caused by other medical conditions, such as a heart abnormality, a seizure, a heart attack, or Woetzel could have suddenly fallen asleep at the wheel.
Investigators look over the truck involved in the fatal car accident at the Hawthorne Farmer's Market in 2014. (Photo: File photo)
Shen made his conclusions after reviewing a stack of reports written by Hawthorne police, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, paramedics, and physicians that treated Woetzel at St. Joseph's hospital.
Serfess pecked away at Shen's report during five hours of cross examination that stretched over two days. After many rounds of questions, Shen acknowledged that his opinion that intoxication was not a factor in the crash had been based on only one blood sample: the one that didn't test positive for DFE.
The defense and prosecution rested their cases Friday. The jury is scheduled to return on Tuesday morning to hear closing arguments, after which it will begin deliberations.
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SF Weekly owner doesn't want to pay up
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The corporate owner of the SF Weekly is vowing to make it hard for the Bay Guardian to collect the $15.6 million it was awarded by a San Francisco jury on Thursday.
The jury found that the Weekly, owned by the 16-paper Village Voice Media chain, sold ads at below cost for 12 years in an attempt to run the locally owned Guardian out of business, in violation of California's predatory pricing law.
In a post trial commentary on its blog, the Weekly suggested jurors were swayed by their emotions as the Guardian portrayed itself as the local victim of a national chain.
"Village Voice Media vows that Guardian publisher Bruce Brugmann will have a difficult time cashing his ticket," the blog stated bluntly.
The Weekly's blog hinted at some of the arguments it will use in its appeal, such as claiming the predatory pricing law is out of date.
The verdict upset Village Voice Media executive Mike Lacey, who was heard in the courtroom mumbling "shit" over and over again as the jury's answers to 11 questions were read aloud, according to Guardian editor Tim Redmond's blog. The Guardian ran the picture above (by Charles Russo) of Lacey leaving moments after the verdict.
Meanwhile, the Guardian plans to return to court to ask a judge to monitor sales by the SF Weekly to prevent the paper from selling ads at below cost in the future. If the judge agrees, the Weekly would have to raise its prices and it is possible that customers might shift their business to the Guardian.
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With Village Voice Media's execs not returning calls to reporters, why should they expect any newsmakers to call back their reporters?


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Man Arrested After Crashing Into Town Fair Tire in Rochester, NH
Kimberley Haas Updated: July 20, 2021
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A man who allegedly drove a car through an exterior wall at Town Fair Tire in Rochester was arrested on Saturday.
According to police, emergency rescue crews were called to the business on North Main Street at about 5 p.m.
When they arrived, a blue 2006 Honda Accord was completely inside the business. No employees were present or harmed.
Aaron Shackelford, 29, of Rochester, who police officials say was the driver of the Honda, was located along Ten Rod Road. He had sustained minor injuries and was transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital.
Shackelford was charged with driving while intoxicated as well as conduct after an accident. He was placed on a probation hold and transported to Strafford County House of Corrections in Dover
On Monday, a person who answers phones for the company said Town Fair Tire on North Main Street was closed. That location is expected to reopen on Tuesday at 8 a.m.
Inside Amazon: A Detailed History of America's Biggest Online Retailer
Stacker compiled a list of key moments in Amazon's history and its current business from a variety of sources. Here's a look at the events that turned an online bookstore into a global conglomerate and a self-made entrepreneur into the world's second-richest man.


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Anti-Jewish, Anti-Zionist Discrimination Reported at San Francisco State University
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San Francisco State University "fostered a pervasively hostile, anti-Jewish environment, knowingly and intentionally discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students and community members, and failed to protect their civil rights and physical safety," the Lawfare Project alleges.
The General Union of Palestine Students president, Mohammad Hammad, wrote "graphic and lurid Tumblr posts describing his desire to set children on fire, radicalize his classmates, join Palestinian terrorist organizations, and behead Israeli soldiers," the Lawfare Project reports.
When an Israeli student, Hammad's classmate, reported that she feared for her safety, they removed her from the classroom rather than disciplining or removing Hammad.
According to the Lawfare Project, attorneys representing five student and two non-student plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint against San Francisco State University (SFSU) on Thursday alleging that the school has "fostered a pervasively hostile, anti-Jewish environment, knowingly and intentionally discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students and community members, and failed to protect their civil rights and physical safety."
Under California's Public Records Act, the amended complaint supplements a first report that SFSU failed to release, detailing findings of national origin discrimination under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Lawfare Project reports that over the past nine months, since legal action has been taken, students have endured even more physical threats by peers and ignored by campus administrators. Professors have demonized Jewish and Zionist Students through public statements, a posted a message on the Facebook page of an official SFSU Academic Center that asserted that Jewish and Zionist students' existence on campus was a "declaration of war" against Arab and Muslim students, and through flyers and posters that announce "Zionists are NOT welcome" and "Zionists support genocide."
Brooke Goldstein, executive director of the Lawfare Project stated, "Jewish students at San Francisco State University are afraid to publicly display their identities, and live in fear of systematic discrimination, harassment, and even death threats. If any other minority community faced similar treatment on campus, the University would be rightly outraged." She stated.
"The Lawfare Project exists to protect and defend the civil rights of the Jewish community. We will not rest until American college students are safe, welcome, and treated equally on the campuses they call home," she concluded.
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RETRO, nostalgia, back-in-the-day, or, as I thought it was called, the olden days. It all conjures up memories and emotions that take us to another time. A different time. In rugby league circles, the game we knew as kids is just that, yet the basics remain familiar. Teamwork, tackling and scoring tries will always be the bedrock of this hybrid version of rugby union. These days, however, interchange, time-outs, two referees, slowing down of the play-the-ball and no appetite for drawn games are but a few of the innovations, for better or worse, that define and separate the modern era from the halcyon days of our youth. For me in the late 1970s and '80s, players like Craig Young, Mark Graham, Lew Zivanovic, Arthur Beetson and Ray Price were my pick of the toughest, in a wild and brutal bunch. For others it might be Terry Lamb, Larry Corowa, Brett Kenny or Peter Sterling. If rugby league offered me anything, it was the chance to later meet and play against many of my childhood heroes. Cherished memories indeed. My only criticism is Retro Round (as Pay TV would have it) makes reference almost exclusively to the NSWRL or the ARL, forgetting the mighty Queensland teams of old, and the many famous country teams that were the mainstay conduit to the big time. The role in sustaining the broader game played by these forgotten outposts over the past century is rarely told. A group that now need some help but can't find it despite the billions in play. I was last week delighted to be invited to attend one such club's 100th anniversary ball in the far north-western reaches of NSW, with Narromine legend, Dave Gillespie in tow. The Moree Boars, the club at which Immortal Clive Churchill played his last game, is a proud community institution. Gathered together at the stately if chilly memorial hall in the centre of town, a gala event did unfold with ball gowns, suits, speeches and honoured guests galore. It was a big night after a big day that featured for all four grades against arch rivals Inverell. Slated to say a few words, I gauged the temper of the 400-strong crowd at 9:30pm and realised I should probably steer clear of too much footy jokes and banter and instead simply pay homage to the contribution by generations of Boars who have kept the club afloat for 100 years, since the end of the Great War. In doing so I may have touched a nerve. I referred to the truly remarkable and dedicated stewardship undertaken by many in the room, and those who have passed on, to sustain the club when their turns came. I acknowledged the sacrifices they've made and continue to make in spite of dwindling numbers, bigger commitments (their closest away game is 92km) and, it's here that I stirred up a nest, a lack of support and recognition from either the Country Rugby League or the NRL. By nearly universal acclamation, the room went up as one. As if to say: "We have carried the game in the Moree for 100 years, yet receive next to nothing from the national or country body to help sustain the game in this far-flung outpost." Later, senior officials expressed dismay as we gathered around the outside bar. "Tony, what you said was spot-on. It's a joke that we never receive any support from the billion-dollar game. There seems to be no plan...we're isolated and the AFL is taking over." One wag even seriously floated the idea of ceding from the CRL to join their Queensland brothers up the road: "At least they care". A sentiment I'm told is not uncommon among many other satellite clubs in the forgotten parts of the state. You know your business model is in trouble when your most loyal people don't know who to turn to. Honoured on the night was 94-year-old Alfred Stokes. Alfred has assiduously maintained records on players, tryscorers, man-of-the-match winners etc since 1952. That's 66 years of dedication. All in his smooth and refined cursive hand until recently encouraged to try out those new-fangled computer things. Alfred regaled me with his own stories of the great grand finals and the players of the many eras he witnessed first-hand. One such yarn involved him regularly travelling the 16 hours on a train to Sydney to trial with the Newtown Jets in 1942. It's here he trained alongside and forged strong friendships with, among others, the brothers Jack and Ray Lindwall. Jack could play but it was his brother who decided after the war to become the fast bowler of his generation. As sharp as a tack and dressed in the tartan coat synonymous with his clan, here was a man who had seen it all and valued family and community above all else. An icon in the north west, if he lived in Sydney he would be feted as a national rugby league treasure. Somehow, I don't think he cares. So long as he makes it to the sidelines next weekend to again watch, cheer and record the history of a proud club and resilient community that for the first time in 100 years need a helping hand. * IN the scheme of things, the Knights-Titans encounter last week was anything but a clash that might change the course of the competition. It was, however, a home win that proves our Knights have a lot of what it takes. At one stage, under pressure and 14 points down, getting the train back on track required willpower, patience and smarts after conceding two soft tries early in the second half. In the end, they did find the necessary composure, went back to basics and rolled up their sleeves. A "very Newcastle" win, with our forwards, led by "bus driver", Danny Levi, ramping up the intensity, when it mattered. Looking forward, there are now only five preparatory matches until the final game of the year: Old Boys day vs the Dragons. A must-win game that, in the absence of a premiership target, sounds like a fitting way to bow out of 2018. So, let's get on to it. Meanwhile, in far North Queensland tonight, it's the Knights by two in hot conditions. Carn the Knights!
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July 26 2018 - 6:48PM
Up Front with Tony Butterfield
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WINNERS: The Knights showed true grit against the Titans.
RETRO, nostalgia, back-in-the-day, or, as I thought it was called, the olden days. It all conjures up memories and emotions that take us to another time. A different time. In rugby league circles, the game we knew as kids is just that, yet the basics remain familiar.
Teamwork, tackling and scoring tries will always be the bedrock of this hybrid version of rugby union. These days, however, interchange, time-outs, two referees, slowing down of the play-the-ball and no appetite for drawn games are but a few of the innovations, for better or worse, that define and separate the modern era from the halcyon days of our youth.
For me in the late 1970s and '80s, players like Craig Young, Mark Graham, Lew Zivanovic, Arthur Beetson and Ray Price were my pick of the toughest, in a wild and brutal bunch. For others it might be Terry Lamb, Larry Corowa, Brett Kenny or Peter Sterling. If rugby league offered me anything, it was the chance to later meet and play against many of my childhood heroes. Cherished memories indeed.
My only criticism is Retro Round (as Pay TV would have it) makes reference almost exclusively to the NSWRL or the ARL, forgetting the mighty Queensland teams of old, and the many famous country teams that were the mainstay conduit to the big time.
The role in sustaining the broader game played by these forgotten outposts over the past century is rarely told. A group that now need some help but can't find it despite the billions in play.
I was last week delighted to be invited to attend one such club's 100th anniversary ball in the far north-western reaches of NSW, with Narromine legend, Dave Gillespie in tow.
The Moree Boars, the club at which Immortal Clive Churchill played his last game, is a proud community institution. Gathered together at the stately if chilly memorial hall in the centre of town, a gala event did unfold with ball gowns, suits, speeches and honoured guests galore. It was a big night after a big day that featured for all four grades against arch rivals Inverell.
Slated to say a few words, I gauged the temper of the 400-strong crowd at 9:30pm and realised I should probably steer clear of too much footy jokes and banter and instead simply pay homage to the contribution by generations of Boars who have kept the club afloat for 100 years, since the end of the Great War.
In doing so I may have touched a nerve. I referred to the truly remarkable and dedicated stewardship undertaken by many in the room, and those who have passed on, to sustain the club when their turns came. I acknowledged the sacrifices they've made and continue to make in spite of dwindling numbers, bigger commitments (their closest away game is 92km) and, it's here that I stirred up a nest, a lack of support and recognition from either the Country Rugby League or the NRL.
By nearly universal acclamation, the room went up as one. As if to say: "We have carried the game in the Moree for 100 years, yet receive next to nothing from the national or country body to help sustain the game in this far-flung outpost."
Later, senior officials expressed dismay as we gathered around the outside bar. "Tony, what you said was spot-on. It's a joke that we never receive any support from the billion-dollar game. There seems to be no plan...we're isolated and the AFL is taking over."
One wag even seriously floated the idea of ceding from the CRL to join their Queensland brothers up the road: "At least they care". A sentiment I'm told is not uncommon among many other satellite clubs in the forgotten parts of the state.
You know your business model is in trouble when your most loyal people don't know who to turn to.
Honoured on the night was 94-year-old Alfred Stokes. Alfred has assiduously maintained records on players, tryscorers, man-of-the-match winners etc since 1952. That's 66 years of dedication. All in his smooth and refined cursive hand until recently encouraged to try out those new-fangled computer things.
STUDENTS OF THE GAME: Herald columnist Tony Butterfield meets Moree legend Alfred Stokes at the club's centenary ball last weekend.
Alfred regaled me with his own stories of the great grand finals and the players of the many eras he witnessed first-hand. One such yarn involved him regularly travelling the 16 hours on a train to Sydney to trial with the Newtown Jets in 1942.
It's here he trained alongside and forged strong friendships with, among others, the brothers Jack and Ray Lindwall. Jack could play but it was his brother who decided after the war to become the fast bowler of his generation.
As sharp as a tack and dressed in the tartan coat synonymous with his clan, here was a man who had seen it all and valued family and community above all else.
An icon in the north west, if he lived in Sydney he would be feted as a national rugby league treasure. Somehow, I don't think he cares. So long as he makes it to the sidelines next weekend to again watch, cheer and record the history of a proud club and resilient community that for the first time in 100 years need a helping hand.
* IN the scheme of things, the Knights-Titans encounter last week was anything but a clash that might change the course of the competition.
It was, however, a home win that proves our Knights have a lot of what it takes. At one stage, under pressure and 14 points down, getting the train back on track required willpower, patience and smarts after conceding two soft tries early in the second half.
In the end, they did find the necessary composure, went back to basics and rolled up their sleeves. A "very Newcastle" win, with our forwards, led by "bus driver", Danny Levi, ramping up the intensity, when it mattered.
Looking forward, there are now only five preparatory matches until the final game of the year: Old Boys day vs the Dragons.
A must-win game that, in the absence of a premiership target, sounds like a fitting way to bow out of 2018. So, let's get on to it.
Meanwhile, in far North Queensland tonight, it's the Knights by two in hot conditions. Carn the Knights!
This story Tony Butterfield: It's time for the NRL to dig deep for country clubs first appeared on Newcastle Herald.
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Home Grand Tours Evenepoel consolidates Vuelta overall lead with stage 18 victory
Evenepoel consolidates Vuelta overall lead with stage 18 victory
Remco Evenepoel made a strong statement with a victory in the 18th stage of the Vuelta, holding off the attack of his challengers and sprinting for the win at the summit.
You can rewatch STAGE 18 HERE
It was the second stage win for the 22-year-old Belgian from team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl.
"This was the most perfect day ever," Evenepoel said. "Winning La Vuelta is still not done, with a really hard stage to come. They will for sure attack me. But maybe now it's easier to control because I feel my legs are really good. This is very good for me and for the team for the last three days."
The big stage victory came a day after three-time defending champion Primoz Roglic, who was his closest rival, withdrew because of injuries from a crash.
Evenepoel's gap to second place Enric Mas stayed at more than two minutes. The Spaniard followed Evenepoel closely on Thursday and crossed the line just two seconds behind him at the Alto de Piornal.
"It was a pretty tough stage with really hard climbs in the finale," Evenepoel said. "The race was really hard, but we always stayed calm. I think that's what I learned, to always stay calm."
Evenepoel has been leading the race since the sixth stage in the longest run at the top for a Belgian at a Grand Tour race since Johan De Muynck won the Giro d'Italia in 1978. That was the last victory for Belgium in a three-week race.
Friday's 19th stage is a short circuit with two mountain passes in Talavera de la Reina. The race ends Sunday in Madrid.
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