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With summer approaching in the US – and after a particularly LONG winter – I've been dreaming of the warm sun and some sand in my toes! Which naturally got me thinking about the hospitality industry and what types of losses these service-oriented organizations experience.
As one might expect, the hospitality industry faces a broad spectrum of risks. Some of the larger losses involve lawsuits that become class actions, which continue over a number of years. We dug into Advisen's loss data to see who, what, and where some of these losses are occurring.
$160 million was awarded to a nightclub customer who accused its manager and security officers of assault. According to the customer, they forced him to enter a security room and demanded for his identification and credit card after his bill had been paid. The security members and manager allegedly shoved the customer to the ground, causing his head to forcefully hit the concrete surface. The jury awarded damages for past/future earnings and past/future pain and suffering.
A lawsuit was filed after a parking structure expansion at a casino/resort collapsed, killing five workers and injuring over 30 other construction workers. The construction workers involved in the accident had their cases consolidated and sued the resort/casino and other companies involved in the planning and construction of the garage. The settlement amount included cash payments, previously settled cases, workers compensation payments to victims that will not have to be repaid, and future medical expenses. In addition, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued fines to four construction companies.
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I received the following email in my Inbox, earlier today. Interesting question, followed by my interesting answer.
Great blog/website (although you seem to have become more tempestuous, capricious and uneven, recently).
I noticed that the "North East" of the U.S. has had an increase of new construction starts in September 2007 of 45.4%, and a 10% reduction in existing-home sales, but median price up by 0.5%. Pretty good!
My question is, are you seeing a general improvement in your region which may be an indicator of better things to come sooner than I think for the rest of us?
My response, after the break.
We seem to be doing quite well, in Boston and in Massachusetts.
In truth, these are two different markets, you know – Boston and Massachusetts? And, of course, within Massachusetts, the local markets in each of Boston's 351 towns and cities are distinct, as well.
Several of the poorer towns & cities, Lynn, New Bedford, Springfield, and Lawrence, have been hit by foreclosures. Even in some of Boston's neighborhoods.
However, the city of Boston still has not seen any price drops, overall. Again, each neighborhood is different, but citywide, median and average prices haven't dropped. It's an odd thing. And, subject to change, of course. Here, it's a matter of supply & demand. There are simply more people who want to own than there are available properties.
Having said that, we have encountered the same slowdown in sales volume that you are seeing, and that other cities are seeing. I think sales are off 25% year to date, compared to last year, and I don't think September & October were any better. In fact, I think they were slower than previous months. Certainly, slower than last year, and last year wasn't great, either.
Personally, I haven't had any first-time homebuyers contacted me in over two months. I tend to get younger clients because of my web presence – most young people search online, I pop up, then they contact me.
Not this fall. It's disappointing. Fortunately, I've had a couple high-end clients contact me (also from my website), so this should make up for the loss of the other business (and then some). I should do about as well this year as last, revenue-wise. And, based on my projections, 2008 revenue should double, and 2009 should triple.
I sometimes get criticized for my views – some who read my blog say I paint a too-rosy picture. Not true. It's just that, up to now, Boston has been different. Some people hate to hear that! Or, they say, "just you wait!" Possibly. As I say, it's a surprise we've done so well, while the rest of the country has suffered. However, our local economy remains strong, so really, why would people stop paying as much for their properties?
Many people who live in Boston fail to realize how many wealthy people live here. Plus, some of it is a result of the very expensive downtown neighborhoods offsetting the prices in the lower-priced neighborhoods. It skews the numbers, a bit. But, mostly it's supply and demand. Everyone wants to live in a very small area – the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, and South End neighborhoods. They will pay a premium to do so. Or, simply move out of the city.
However, as of now, there are more people who want IN versus OUT. So many young couples, with children!, are moving into the city. Single people might not be able to afford it, lower-income people might not be able to afford it, young people might not be able to afford it, but plenty of others, can. Fortunately, these others are investing in their communities, by becoming active in what goes on in their neighborhoods, by taking an interest in local politics and policies.
That's the part that excites me.
Earlier real estate "bubbles" in the Greater Boston area had a glut of inventory. Not so, now. When we first saw trouble on the real estate horizon, back in spring, 2006, there was a huge jump in listings on the market – I think it was over 3,000 condos, at one point. Now, you're down around 2,400 (increased over the past month due to the fall market). I think it was at 2,000 during the summer. That's equilibrium, actually. Lower than 2,000 units and you don't have enough supply for buyers, and prices would probably rise. Over 2,200 is a glut, a "buyer's market".
I'm not an expert on the suburbs. I think there are areas where there are more units for sale than buyers. Sellers have not dropped their prices by enough to encourage buyers to re-enter the market, en masse. Still, I think almost all owners who sell are doing so at a profit, just not as much as they would have, two or three years ago.
Someone who sells this year who bought in 2005 or 2006 may break even, or lose money (especially after including commissions and closing costs). I'm not sure it was ever otherwise, however (except for 2000-2005). Most people who have to move so quickly, after 2 years, are probably doing so due to some unexpected event, such as job loss or relocation. If they are relocating, they should make their employers pay the difference!
If they are losing their jobs and can't pay their bills, well, that's not necessarily something that is the fault of a slower real estate market (unless they are a mortgage broker, ha ha!).
I can't see any reason why we won't have a stable, but uninspired, local real estate market, for the foreseeable future. Again, we have stable employment, low inflation, low mortgage loan rates, etc., etc., etc. Apparently, the average consumer is not freaked-out by war or high gasoline prices (although consumer confidence is at a 5-year low, right?).
The majority of people are unaffected by what happens "in the press", one way or another. They make their decisions based on how much money is in their pockets, right?


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Two Bethesda companies have agreed to pay $95,000 to settle a federal discrimination suit by a woman who claimed that a job offer was rescinded hours after she told them she was pregnant.
The cash settlement by Downey Communications Inc. and Marketing and Information Management Inc. came a week before the trial was scheduled to start and ended 4 1/2 years of "hostility and retaliation" toward Margaret Walters, said one of her lawyers.
According to court documents, Walters was offered a job in writing as manager of client services in June 1994 by the companies, which are owned by Edward and Loretta Downey of Potomac.
The companies, with about 70 employees, convert supermarket scanner data into marketing reports.
When Walters called back several days later to accept the job, she told a company executive she was four months pregnant.
Five hours later, the executive called her back to say the company had changed the scope of the job, and the offer was rescinded.
Walters, who lives in Arlington, Va., filed a complaint with the Maryland Commission on Human Relations, which found her claim had merit.
The Downeys' lawyers wrote threatening letters to her and threatened to sue her if she did not withdraw her complaint, said John Freedman, one of Walters' lawyers. When she refused, the companies filed suit in Virginia state court.
In May 1997, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against the two companies in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.
"We were convinced that the only thing that could have changed their minds was her pregnancy," said EEOC lawyer Dana Hutter. "The unique quality to this case was the hostility and retaliation displayed by these companies. This has been nothing short of a nightmare for Margaret Walters."
In a deposition, Harvey Richmond, the company official who rescinded the job offer, said he was following orders.
Loretta Downey felt she had been "deceived" by Walters, Richmond said.
An employee at the companies said this week that the Downeys are away until next month and that an authorized spokeswoman, Julia Greer, was not available.
In addition to the cash settlement, the two companies will be monitored by the EEOC for compliance with anti-discrimination laws. They also agreed to drop the Virginia suit.


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When I started the post about four films worth seeing that were all opening on the same weekend, I really hadn't intended to see them all on that same weekend. The project sort of took shape of its own volition and I felt compelled to see it through.
One of my very good friends and I used to do movie marathons on occasion and I think our record was six. In one day. We'd study the logistics and map out the theaters and show times as well as timing our travels around the city with the precision of a general leading an invading army into battle. I also know that there are bigger, more well-traveled, more extensively-read bloggers than I who regularly attend something called the annual "Butt-Numb-a-Thon", where they watch movies for 24 hours straight. My point is, it was certainly no hardship to see four films in a weekend. I don't regret spending my weekend at the movies. I just didn't get much else accomplished that's all. Oh well.
First up, on Friday night, was Limitless.
It is an entertaining film as long as the viewer is able to check the 20% of their own brain currently in use at the door. There are some serious plot holes and some threads that are just left flapping in the breeze, however, it's also a lot of fun if you can just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Bradley Cooper must have been sleeping with Director of Photography, Jo Willems. He looks fantastic in this movie. The camera certainly makes good use of the actor's amazing eyes. There are lots of closeups. It's also worth noting how much better looking he gets, the smarter he gets. As if it's not enough that with the drug there are no limits (Limitless, get it?) to what he can do and achieve with his brain, we have to add sex into the mix or else it's all for naught. (Apparently the filmmakers are unclear on the concept that smart and talented is sexy.)
Willems certainly wasn't sleeping with Anna Friel. In her first scenes (which are flashbacks) I thought I was looking at Evangeline Lilly before I remembered Friel was in the movie. By the time she shows up again, she is truly unrecognizable. I know it was makeup, but sheesh. (Either that or the dissolution of her long-time relationship with David Thewlis has REALLY taken its toll!)
I don't think I'm spoiling anything to say that Johnny Whitworth gets the Mark Strong Award for "Good Actors Cast in Tiny Parts in Big Movies". And in this film, Friel shares it with him. I've been waiting for Whitworth to break out since The Rainmaker. Still waiting. I'm hoping this will also lead to bigger things for Friel. "Pushing Daisies" was terrific, but it ended over two years ago. She's also in the much anticipated (by me) London Boulevard. Hopefully that will see the light of day soon.
I loved Andrew Howard's Russian gangster. A lot of the reviews I've read seem to be saying that an old school villain like Gennedy has no place in a movie like this, with such a modern premise. I disagree. Considering how he became involved with Morra, I think what came next is entirely plausible (within the unplausible context of this story.) Granted, I do have to agree that more could have been done with the character and his relationship to Cooper's, but this wasn't his story. And if you're going on the ride at all, you have to be prepared to endure the bumps.
I have to say DeNiro is more DeNiro than we've seen in a long time, but he's still not as DeNiro as he could have been. This was the DeNiro of Righteous Kill not Heat (to contrast two films with both DeNiro and Pacino). Regardless, he's always a joy to watch.
Abbie Cornish was underutilized. JMHO, but anyone could have played Lindy. Maybe you disagree.
I really enjoyed the trippy techno soundtrack music. I think I'll have to see the movie again before I decide whether or not to add it to my collection.
I have to say, Roger Ebert summed up Limitless perfectly: "{It} only uses 15, maybe 20 percent of its brain. Still, that's more than a lot of movies do." I recommend it, although it will lose nothing in the translation from big screen to home viewing.
On Saturday morning, me and a handful of geeks bounced into the theater to see Paul. I'm quite sure some of them had already seen it at least once. The excitement in the air was tangible. The movie did not disappoint. It was, in a word, hilarious. The script, co-written by its two stars, must have contained a reference to every sci-fi movie made in the last 30+ years. (I'm sure I missed some of the references and will have to see it again if I hope to catch them all.) Filming part of the movie at Comic Con (and indeed using it as the jumping off point for the plot) was inspired. It was obviously a labor of love and a valentine of sorts to comic book geeks and sci-fi nerds.
Seth Rogan as the voice of Paul, is pitch perfect. I honestly can't remember when, since "Freaks and Geeks", that I've enjoyed a performance of his more. It's also evident in his voice that he was enjoying himself as well. Indeed, it looked to me like everyone involved was having a great time. Perhaps that's because I was following Simon Pegg's Tweets while they were making the film, but I don't think so. I suspect there will be one hell of a blooper reel on the dvd (or at least I hope so.)
I'm trying to remember a comedy team with which to compare Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Their timing can be compared to Abbot and Costello or Martin and Lewis, and Nick Frost certainly has the sweet charm of a Lou Costello or 50's era Jerry Lewis, but Simon Pegg is nowhere near as arch as Bud Abbott or as suave as Dean Martin. Over the course of three films and a television series, their chemistry has not been diluted at all, probably owing to the fact that they are close friends. Some of the best laughs in Paul come from just a look or a tilt of the head between them. Indeed, the bromance is at the heart of the film. Not only is it laugh out loud funny, it is also very sweet, in an ET kind of way, as well as a 'we all have to grow up sometime and realize our true potential' kind of way.
While I don't remember most of the soundtrack, I will say it was nice to hear some ELO again.
I recommend this one as well and again, I don't think it will lose much in the translation to home viewing.
After the credits rolled on Paul, I went immediately in to see The Lincoln Lawyer.
The opening credits of a film should be used to set the tone for the movie, but rarely are they to such good effect as for this film. We get our first taste of the incredible 70's flavored R & B soundtrack that is to come and the bold graphics reminded me of countless movies from the 70's from Shaft to Death Wish to Prime Cut. I even got a bit of an Across 110th Street vibe, although that one is set in New York and this is totally an LA movie.
I've read a couple of references in reviews of this movie to both The Long Goodbye with Elliot Gould and Twilight (Not the one with the vampire angst, the one with Paul Newman, Gene Hackman and James Garner.)
The former is an updated (at the time) take on Raymond Chandler from the 70's in which Gould played Philip Marlowe and the latter is about an aging ex-cop turned PI. It was made in the late 90's, but they share a "feel" with this movie. It was definitely this particular flavor of LA that the director was going for.
I knew nothing of Brad Furman before this film and judging from his CV on imdb, there's not much to know. I'm not sure what anyone saw in him to make them think he was capable of making a multi-million dollar movie, let alone one with any nuance, but, JMHO, I think their faith was justified. I really like what he did with this.
The story itself was one you'd think would be more at home on the mean streets of New York, but instead they used LA (because the writer of the books did, I realize) and made it almost another character.
The color palette was very muted, almost washed out. This was the LA where ordinary people live and work. As McConaughey's character Mick Haller rolled down the streets in his late model Lincoln, he did so past railroad tracks and cement gulleys (like in To Live and Die in LA) or small houses. It was all very sun bleached, not quite seedy, but by no means glamorous. (I actually think the house in the hills in which Haller lived was used in Twilight, although I won't swear that was the film.) They seemed to be using natural lighting. Everyone, with the exception of the preternaturally cool Ryan Phillippe's character, had a sheen of sweat that would come from existing in the heat of Southern California.
I can never get enough of William H. Macy. He's one of the most talented actors alive and when he shows up looking like he could be Easy Rider-era Dennis Hopper's younger brother, you know you're in for a treat. He's not on screen for nearly long enough. The same can be said of Michael Pena and John Leguizamo, who tones down the crazy in this one. Speaking of toning down the crazy, Frances Fisher finally dimmed her hair color so she looks less frightening. Ironic.
Uber-Douche played an Uber-Douche (although to be fair he was also a sociopath. Not sure if he is in real life or not.) I suppose I ought not to continue to refer to Ryan Phillippe in this manner, but I thought I should carry it through from my last post. I just don't get his appeal. What was "pretty" in his 20s is now just "soft" in his 30s, and it's just too much and yet not enough for me to take seriously.
I do have to say, that Marisa Tomei looks incredible. Better than she did at 25. As an actress, she's light years from where she was at 25 or even 29 (when she won an Oscar.)
That funky soundtrack is worth coming back to. There are some original classics, some remixes and some that were complete modern remakes and they all completely jibe with the film; a soundtrack in the truest sense. In any case, I will be adding it to my collection.
Finally, Matthew McConaughey went a long way toward redemption in my eyes with this one. Speaking of eyes, one of the things he's always done really well is to let his emotions play through his and he uses that talent to good effect here. Even before this movie was finished, I was thinking about how I wanted more of this character. This felt like it was somewhere in the middle of the series and I know that there are many more books featuring Mickey Haller. I want to know how he got where he was and where he's going next. I wouldn't mind seeing this become a franchise, as long as they continue to do them right.
The Lincoln Lawyer was not a perfect movie, but I really enjoyed it.
Finally, on Sunday morning, came the film that I was undoubtedly looking forward to the most: Jane Eyre.
Oh, Focus Features, I forgive you for so shamelessly toying with me. Your film was well worth the enhanced anticipation you created by making me wait an additional week and in fact, you had me at the title card.
Cary Fukunaga, with all of two major films on his resume has positioned himself to be a cinematic force to be reckoned with. It's staggering, considering how young he is, to think of the career that is ahead of him. Back-handing away any notion of a sophomore slump, he followed up the beautiful Sin Nombre with the equally beautiful and haunting Jane Eyre. On the surface, these two films could not be more different, but at their core they are both about the fragility and resilience of the human spirit. Fukunaga has created a film as beautifully and deftly as any old world master would put paint to canvas.
I've seen many versions of this story and they all have something to recommend them. This one is my new favorite. Screenwriter Moira Buffini's choice to land us in the middle of the story and use flashback to fill in the gaps helped to make it seem fresh. It was the most atmospheric and gothic production, although two recent BBC versions came close, that I can recall. It was again augmented by the use of natural light, which in those days meant a few candles and a hearth. When Jane creeps through the dark hallways of Thornefield Hall holding a single candle, we only see as much as she sees, all of us waiting for something to jump out of the darkness. There is an instance where the entire audience did jump and it happens in broad daylight (well, as broad as it gets in the north of England,) but I won't spoil it here.
The chemistry between the two leads was palpable from their first exchange. When they are onscreen together, everything and everyone else falls away. This scene that I showed you a few weeks ago, encapsulates all of that (and would have shown again if my post weren't "too big".)
What I said at the time, "This is the hottest piece of celluloid that I have seen in a LOOOOOONG time. I can't stop watching it. And every time I do, I sit here with my mouth agape and my chest heaving with the effort to resume the breath caught in my throat, a hot tickle in my stomach…
TMI? Or the ultimate compliment to the palpable sexual allure of Michael Fassbender, an allure that has heretofore not so much remained hidden, but severely underutilized."
I thought I was prepared. I thought I'd seen it so often that the magic had worn off, that I couldn't possibly "feel it" the way I did the first time I saw it. I was wrong. Think about the frame of that scene a thousand times larger, with that voice booming out in Dolby THX (or whatever the hell the sound system at your local theater is)…imagine that and you'll begin to get an inkling. It not only still took my breath away, but it rocked me to my toes. It was quite simply…erotic. Considering that the participants were both fully clothed and only their hands touched, that's saying something.
Beyond all of that, (and frankly because of all that, Fassbender and Wasikowska could have been acting on a bare stage,) the English country side was used to spectacular effect. Just as LA became another character in The Lincoln Lawyer, so did the moors of northern England in Jane Eyre. It is easy to forget that England is geographically such a small country when there seem to be so many vast areas that appear to remain untouched, natural and wild and mostly uninhabited. In the film, as in the novel, the harsh landscape is a reflection of Jane's life. We see it flower and bloom very briefly when Jane does, but for the most part it is harsh and unyielding.
The supporting cast, led by Dame Judi Dench as the housekeeper Mrs. Fairfax and Jamie Bell as St.John Rivers, is all marvelous, as is befitting a movie made in a country where it appears every one of its citizens lives to act.
I must also mention the score by Oscar winner Dario Marianelli. (He won in '07 for Atonement and was nominated for 2005's Pride and Prejudice.) Gorgeous, just gorgeous. Actually, lush is a better word. It's not too early for me to predict another nomination.
JMHO, but the entire thing was utterly swoon-worthy and I can't wait to see it again. It goes without saying that I highly recommend this one and I'd go so far as to say, see it, if at all possible, on the big screen. It will no doubt play well at home, but the sight and sound of 10 ft. tall Fassbender is worth the price of the ticket.
May I also just reiterate what a joy it is to see a movie at an art-house where only adults go to see movies? Not only were there people waiting for the doors to open for the first showing of the day (and not just for Jane Eyre, but obscure films like Poetry,) but inside the theater you could have heard a pin drop throughout the entire movie. (Unlike Limitless where I had to endure the five kids from the nearby technical high school that acted like they were on a field trip and came in 15 min. in, parked themselves next to me in the front row and proceeded to talk to the screen and to each other the entire time. Between them and the transient loudly SNORING at the end of the row, you people are lucky you didn't see me on the news.)
Thus endeth my weekend at the movies.
As always, thanks for reading. Next up, Win Win on Wednesday night!
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snarkypants says:
Hmmm… I have to say, I very much enjoy your reviews! You've convinced me to see Paul (didn't require much convincing there, as I love Pegg and Frost), confirmed my suspicions about Limitless.
More interestingly, I'd been looking at Jane Eyre with a jaundiced eye. What could possibly be said that hasn't yet, in umpty-dozen movies and miniseries? So I'll have to give it a shot now.
And I'll add The Lincoln Lawyer to my Netflix queue! Had no intention whatsoever of watching that before.
*grrrr* WHEN will "Jane Eyre" come to the hinterlands??!!
Your humble opinion has mapped out my movie-going plan for the next few weeks!! Since I've still not been able to see when "Jane" is coming to a theatre near me, I will start with "Lincoln Lawyer" (I love Michael Connelly). And there is not one damned thing wrong with popcorn for breakfast, lunch and dinner!! Nature's perfect food.
You're like the only person I know that can actually make me WANT to leave the house and go to the movies. I love your reviews.
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For Cloud vendors that sell to Enterprises - anywhere in the world - where the focus is on processing and analysing a single customer's data (versus aggregating multiple customers' data), it should be less of a problem, assuming that they have built their cloud platform to support multiple cloud instances that can be deployed in local data centres ! This gives customers the option of choosing which data centre they want to use when they sign up for the service. Unfortunately, most cloud vendors who sell to Enterprise have not set up their cloud offering in this way and don't have multiple data centres throughout the world.
The EU's ruling has made the cloud very physical by shifting the focus to the physical location in which it is stored and how it is transferred. One sure way that U.S. companies can comply is to only shortlist EU companies that have data centres located in the EU. They should also make sure to understand and meet the data protection laws in each country in which they plan to do business. For example, if a US company plans to have customers in the large German market they should only pick a company providing services based on hosting facilities in data centres located in Germany itself, and owned by a local German entity. It's next to impossible to meet the German data protection laws' requirements otherwise.
Platform.sh gives you the flexibility and choice to deploy different applications to specific geographical hosting infrastructures that protect your data according to its required level of security. Please see our web page https://platform.sh/enterprise/on-premises-paas/.


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Investigational New Drug (IND) Renumbering
On October 1, 2003, FDA transferred responsibility for regulating most therapeutic biologics, with certain exceptions (e.g., cell and gene therapy products and therapeutic vaccines), from the Office of Therapeutics Research and Review (OTRR), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), to the Office of New Drugs (OND), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), and the Office of Pharmaceutical Science (OPS), CDER. Applications for the therapeutic biological products now under CDER's review, including INDs, biologics license applications, investigational device exemptions, and new drug applications, were transferred to CDER. For more information, see Transfer of Therapeutic Products to CDER.
The consolidation of INDs transferred from CBER to CDER has resulted in duplicate IND numbers. To resolve this issue, INDs numbered below 14,000 that were submitted to CDER before the consolidation will be assigned new numbers. To determine the new number, CDER has added 80,000 to the original IND number. For example, IND 8,999 will become IND 88,999 and IND 11,192 will become 91,192. INDs that were originally submitted to CBER and transferred to CDER will retain their numbers.


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"Money Follows the Person Demonstration: Illinois Pathways to Community Living Program " - 07/06/2017
~~"This notice provides important information regarding the Money Follows the Person Demonstration: Pathways to Community Living (MFP Pathways) Program's referrals and transitions. MFP Pathways was developed under the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration, which was authorized by the Federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and extended under Section 2403 of the Affordable Care Act. MFP Pathways supports state long term care rebalancing by assisting eligible individuals to move from qualifying long term care facilities to community settings.MFP Pathways referrals will no longer be accepted after June 30, 2017. MFP Pathways transitions to community settings will not be initiated after December 31, 2017. MFP Pathways participants who transition to the community before December 31, 2017 will receive 365 days of post-transition services.
Although the MFP Pathways program is ending, Illinois remains committed to rebalancing the Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) system. To facilitate the identification and assessment process of institutional residents interested in returning to the community, the current online MFP referral webpage will remain operational and supported by Healthcare and Family Services after June 30, 2017. "
"Money Follows the Person Demonstration: Illinois Pathways to Community Living Program "
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/medicaid-employment/%E2%80%9Cmoney-follows-the-person-demonstration-illinois-pathways-to-community-living-program-%E2%80%9C
Proposed Renewal of HCBS Waiver for the Supportive Living Program - 05/31/2017
~~"The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) proposes to renew the HCBS Waiver for the Supportive Living Program. The proposed renewal includes (1) changes necessary to comply with federal regulations, including modifications to the processes related to Participant Centered Planning (PCP) and inclusion of language described in the Illinois Statewide Transition Plan for Compliance with HCBS settings as required by CMS, (2) provisions for a new electronic process for submitting claims, and (3) changes to the onsite certification reviews for the dementia care program, making the reviews annual instead of biannual."
Proposed Renewal of HCBS Waiver for the Supportive Living Program
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/medicaid-employment/proposed-renewal-of-hcbs-waiver-for-the-supportive-living-program
"Employment Resources for Job Seekers" - 04/25/2017
~~"Looking for a job does not have to be a solo project. Job seekers can get help from the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). Many people refer to IDES as the "unemployment agency." But IDES offers much more than unemployment insurance services. We are committed to helping people find suitable employment. The reason is simple: When the people of Illinois work, the Illinois economy works.
The IDES mission also includes publication of reliable, high quality data on employment and occupational trends. This information can help people make more informed career and business decisions."
"Employment Resources for Job Seekers"
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/policy/%E2%80%9Cemployment-resources-for-job-seekers%E2%80%9D
"Resources for People with Disabilities" Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Rehabilitation Services - 04/01/2017
~~"The Division of Rehabilitation Services is the state's lead agency serving individuals with disabilities. DRS works in partnership with people with disabilities and their families to assist them in making informed choices to achieve full community participation through employment, education, and independent living opportunities. If you have a disability, the Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services may be able to help you find a job."
"Resources for People with Disabilities" Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Rehabilitation Services
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/policy/%E2%80%9Cresources-for-people-with-disabilities%E2%80%9D-illinois-department-of-human-services-division-of-rehabilitation-services
The DDD Scoop "Employment First Project" - 02/03/2017
~~"As previously reported in the DDD Scoop, the Division of Developmental Disabilities is managing an employment project with the intent to increase the number of individuals with I/DD working in individualized, competitive integrated employment and to expand the State's capacity and expertise in the delivery of individualized, competitive integrated employment. This project is being funded through the Balancing Incentive Program (BIP) and participating providers were chosen through a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The project's funding allows for a maximum of 200 individuals to be enrolled in the project, and the project ends June 30, 2017.
The Division is currently working with 11 DT providers who are providing employment recruitment, assessment and placement services to the individuals enrolled. The recruitment and enrollment process for this project began at the end of October of 2016, and to date there are 186 enrollees. Of these individuals, 59 have had an assessment and job development reports submitted, and 4 individuals have already secured employment. We are excited to see these positive outcomes so quickly, and look forward to more successful outcomes by June 30. We appreciate the efforts of the providers involved, and congratulate the individuals enrolled."
The DDD Scoop "Employment First Project"
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/policy/the-ddd-scoop-%E2%80%9Cemployment-first-project%E2%80%9D
Illinois Dept of Human Rights, Dept of Human Services "Interagency Committee on Employees with Disabilities Annual Report 2016" - 01/01/2017
~~MONITORING EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESThe Committee continues to track the composition of the State's workforce to monitor its affirmative action efforts in regards to people with disabilities. A chart in Appendix A shows employment figures in State government over the last 18 years for employees who identified themselves as having a disability through the State's survey process .
The data shows that the number of State employees as a whole decreased over the years in question by 41%, and the number of employees with disabilities decreased by almost the same percentage, or 40%. The percentage of State employees with disabilities has grown during the years studied, from a low point of about 5% in FY04 to a high in FY13, of 7.5%. The percentage of State employees with disabilities slipped to 7% in 2015, and a little lower to 6.8%, in 2016. It should be noted that the State began a more reliable system of identifying employees with disabilities in 2011 (through an online survey) which might explain some of the increase in the percentage of employees with disabilities in recent years.
Illinois Dept of Human Rights, Dept of Human Services "Interagency Committee on Employees with Disabilities Annual Report 2016"
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/policy/illinois-dept-of-human-rights-dept-of-human-services-%E2%80%9Cinteragency-committee-on-employees-with-disabilities-annual-report-2016%E2%80%9D
Illinois Department of Human Services "Employment First Balancing Incentive Program Project" - 08/05/2016
The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS or Department) Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) is issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity funded by the Balancing Incentive Program with the intent to increase the number of individuals with I/DD working in individualized, competitive integrated employment and to expand the state's capacity and expertise to provide individualized competitive, integrated employment services and supports to individuals with I/DD. The DDD intends to use the results of this NOFO process to award up to $3.0 million in grant funds to successfully place at least 200 individuals with I/DD into individualized competitive integrated employment.
Illinois Department of Human Services "Employment First Balancing Incentive Program Project"
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/policy/illinois-department-of-human-services-%E2%80%9Cemployment-first-balancing-incentive-program-project%E2%80%9D
Employment First Update Recently, the Division met with a small group of stakeholders to work on Employment First concepts specific to the Division's services. This project is being facilitated through the support of a consultant, Lisa Mills, funded through a grant from the United States Department of Labor. It is also supported with funds from the federal Balancing Incentive Program (BIP). The first meeting of the group was held on March 30, 2016. During that meeting, the stakeholders focused on service definitions and possible modifications to enhance opportunities for individuals to access supported or competitive employment. The second meeting, held on April 7, 2016, focused on provider and staff qualifications and rate structures. Staff are now working with Ms. Mills to develop written descriptions of the draft modifications for review by the group. The stakeholders intend to meet again by the end of May. It is the Division's intent that this work will be used during the renewal of the Adult Medicaid Waiver now underway.
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/policy/illinois-department-of-human-services-%E2%80%9Cthe-ddd-scoop-4-15-16%E2%80%9D
Illinois Worknet WOIA Youth Pathways "Goals and Objectives" - 04/13/2016
Evidence Based Programming that encourages youth to progress through a career pathway, completing secondary, postsecondary education and/or advanced training, and enter into unsubsidized employment
Illinois Worknet "WOIA Youth Career Pathways RFA Information and FAQ Discussion "Goals and Objectives""
Illinois Worknet WOIA Youth Pathways "Goals and Objectives"
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/policy/illinois-worknet-woia-youth-pathways-%E2%80%9Cgoals-and-objectives%E2%80%9D
Illinois Dept of Healthcare and Family Services "Annual Report Medical Assistance Program Fiscal Years 2013, 2014 and 2015" - 04/01/2016
Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers, authorized under 1915(c) of the Social Security Act, allow the State to provide specialized long term care services in an individual's home or community. The 1915 (c) Waivers were initiated by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 1981. Illinois' first HCBS waiver programs began in 1983. HCBS waivers have enabled the State to tailor services to meet the needs of particular target groups. Within these target groups, the State is also permitted to establish additional criteria to further specify the population to be served on a HCBS waiver. The State has the discretion to design the waivers as they choose, within certain parameters For example, States may choose the number of consumers to serve, the services provided, and whether or not the program is statewide. Federal CMS continually reviews the waivers and requires each waiver to prove cost neutrality in comparison to institutions. Initial waivers are approved for three years, and waiver renewals have a five year term.
Illinois Dept of Healthcare and Family Services "Annual Report Medical Assistance Program Fiscal Years 2013, 2014 and 2015"
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/policy/illinois-dept-of-healthcare-and-family-services-%E2%80%9Cannual-report-medical-assistance-program-fiscal-years-2013-2014-and-2015%E2%80%9D
State of Illinois Employment First Strategic Plan Draft - 12/29/2014
The Draft report summarizes the history of Employment First in Illinois, and details the initiatives planneds for the future. Plans for the future are broken down in to two phases. The first phase requires collaboration with expert consults to: "Define the types of opportunities DDD wish to promote; Determine provider qualifications; Review and, as needed, modify current rate structure; Discuss maximum utilization issues; and Establish data collection and benchmark expectations. The second phase will include obtaining services through an RFI process to: Assist 200 individuals in the Adult DD Waiver in accessing supported and competitive employment; and Develop a procedural guide and other materials for use by providers throughout the Illinois system in assisting and supporting individuals to find and maintain employment."
State of Illinois Employment First Strategic Plan Draft
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/policy/state-of-illinois-employment-first-strategic-plan-draft
Illinois Employment First Blueprint - 10/01/2014
"This Blueprint provides policymakers and stakeholders in Illinois with specific recommendations and action steps to ensure that competitive, integrated employment is the first option for all people with disabilities, a concept known as Employment First. Illinois has taken important first steps towards Employment First, including enactment of the Illinois Employment First Act and the issuance of an Employment First Executive Order. The challenge is now for Illinois to realign and modernize the states' disability service system. Action must be taken to translate that policy into positive changes for people with disabilities."
Illinois Employment First Blueprint
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/policy/illinois-employment-first-blueprint
http://drivedisabilityemployment.org/illinois/training-ca


After 13 years and 175 million users, Pandora has yet to turn a profit.
Brian McAndrews, Pandora's new CEO, faces two challenges as he steps to the helm: reducing royalties from the 50-60% of sales currently paid, and increasing revenues per listener hour. The former represents the company's central challenge, and is the subject of an ongoing war with rights-holders. But McAndrews can't wait until that problem is solved to begin plotting Pandora's future.
Aggressively pursued mobile revenue. In Q2 2013, mobile revenue per 1K listener hours was $34, up 50% from $22 in 2012. Desktop revenue has stabilized around $60, only growing 3.8% in the same period.
Limited mobile hours. Pandora recently capped free listeners at 40 hours per month (since 80% of listener hours are on smartphones) to stem losses until mobile advertising reaches similar margins to desktop.
Declared war on anti-competitive pricing from rights-holders. Both terrestrial and satellite radio pay much lower fees per hour of music than Pandora. And, according to Pandora's assistant general council, at least 16 out of the top 20 Internet radio companies pay less than Pandora. Terrestrial radio pays a fixed fee (for 2012, BMI fee ranged from 0.3 – 1.7% of gross revenues), while satellite radio pays 9% of revenues (compared to Pandora's roughly 60%). Pandora has responded with negotiating, litigating, lobbying and galvanizing its users – and has even bought a radio station to try and even the playing ground. So far to no avail.
But these incremental improvements are not enough. Although increasing mobile revenues are driving down royalty costs as a percent of revenues (52% in 2013 Q2, compared to 61% in FY2012), royalties have risen in each of the past three years, and these cost increases are slated to continue. While non-internet competitors pay as little as a few percent of revenues, Pandora's prospects are grim.
Use geolocation data for mobile ads. I often get mobile ads for businesses in NC — where I lived years ago. There's no excuse for not using GPS and IP data to update my location and serve me appropriate ads.
Strongly encourage Facebook integration. Encourage people to sync their accounts with Facebook Connect to benefit from more user data, and the ability to better target ads. Right now, the only thing Pandora knows about me is my music taste; most ads are poorly targeted.
Partner with geo-located promotions. Since most listening is mobile, take advantage of geographic data, Facebook user data, and predictive modeling to partner with companies like Foursquare, Yelp, Square, or daily deals sites to serve targeted promotions that translate into real-world purchases.
Invest in predictive modeling for ad targeting. Beyond simple geographic data, Pandora could focus on predictive modeling to optimize outcomes based on specific promotions, and use conversion data from partners to evaluate success. There's a lot of advertising value on the table beyond simply making sure that listeners are in the same city as an advertiser, or has a vaguely related interest.
Develop an audio ad marketplace. As internet radio competition intensifies with Microsoft and Apple's entry, enlist the longer tail of customers cultivated in the simple audio ad production product by offering an ad marketplace that connects customers with listeners on other audio networks. Such a network could provide high-margin revenues and improve sales effectiveness. If the network were a platform to connect advertisers to independent ad producers, it might eventually capture some of the ad revenue destined for major competitors' stations.
Introduce a new license for independent artists. Emulate Soundcloud's user agreement for independent artists and voluntarily pay rates in line with what artists receive per user-listen from terrestrial radio. Then rewrite playlist algorithms to select these artists' tracks more, helping artists much more through increased exposure than through slightly higher micro-royalties.
Develop a promotional platform for music venues and artists. Let artists and music venues advertise specific events, and monetize part of the value created for the music industry by directing fans to concerts they would love.
Launch a music ticket product. The artist promotion platform could allow people to buy tickets with a single click. Initially, this might require a concierge service and small transaction fee to facilitate purchasing tickets from multiple ticketing platforms, but this approach would allow pay-for-conversion advertising and could eventually let Pandora compete directly with Ticketmaster/LiveNation by developing a more artist-friendly ticketing platform.
Become an artist platform. Pandora has created much more value for the music industry than it has ever been able to capture through ads. It could reposition itself as what music labels should be, using its unique resources and user data to identify, develop, and market new talent, relying on a more effective model to grow the music industry by channeling much more profit to artists.
Some of these suggestions are obvious — I should not be hearing ads about an auto parts shop 1,000 miles away, or for fast food I will never buy. Others are entirely new business models. Together they give McAndrews a menu of options to improve his strategic position while Pandora's battle over royalties rages on.
For the company to prosper, it must eventually decrease royalty rates and increasing mobile revenues. But, with competition intensifying and major resources underutilized, Pandora should start building the next version of its business model today.
For more information on radio royalties, see @degusta's analysis here.
For an overview of Pandora's current economics, see @knowledgwharton's article here.


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Grand Opening of Project Workshops, Quarley
Grand Opening of a major new development at Project Workshops and exclusive preview of 'Summer Exhibition 2010 on Friday 7 May 6pm-9pm
Gala event: Grand Opening of a major new development at Project Workshops andexclusive preview of Summer Exhibition 2010 on Friday 7 May 6pm-9pm. Exhibition continues until Sunday 8 May.
Join Mandy and Richard Atkinson-Willes, owner of Project Workshops, on the weekend of the 8-9 May to celebrate the Grand Opening of their state of the art Bronze and Silver Foundry, purpose built Artist Workshops and spacious Granary Gallery, at Quarley, near Andover in Hampshire.
The Project Workshops Summer Exhibition gives visitors a rare opportunity to meet the Project Workshops artists in their studios and visit an exhibition of some of the very best contemporary artwork by over forty guest artists from across the UK.
To launch the exhibition, Richard and Mandy have organized a special gala evening on behalf of Alzheimers on the evening of Friday 7 May, when guests will be able to share a relaxing glass of wine with the artists and be first to see and buy from the exhibition before the crowds.
This years Gala evening will have an Italian theme, with musical interludes by Hat stand Opera, Mediterranean canaps, a display of mouth watering motor cars by the Wessex Ferrari Group and an Italian tasting table hosted by wine experts, Caviste.
Central to the evening will be a silent charity auction of artwork donated by the artists on behalf of Alzheimers, where guests will be able to place bids for unique pieces, some of which have been
specially made for the event. Admission to the gala evening on Friday 7 May is by pre-booked ticket only and all profits from the evening including all proceeds from the auction are going to support Alzheimers.
The exhibition continues throughout the weekend, when visitors will be able to enjoy the exhibition in the Granary Gallery, two outdoor exhibitions of sculpture, homemade refreshments and a daily program of demonstrations in the Project Workshops studiosopen 10am to 5pm daily. Entry tickets are 5, available on the day. There will also be a raffle for an array of exciting prizes in aid of Alzheimers.
For more information about the Summer Exhibition at Project Workshops, the artists taking part and a timetable of events throughout the weekend, visit www.project-workshop.co.uk.
More about the fabulous development
Project Workshops Bronze Foundry, one of the most modern and competitive in the country has moved to a purpose built foundry, a 4,000 sq ft state of the art establishment, which continues to supply sculpture casting services to artists across the region.
The team from the MFH Art Foundry, which was established at Project Workshops in 1992, made the decision to move to a new premises to increase capacity for life-sized portrait and animal sculptures and are using the move to re-name the company Talos Bronze, after the legendary bronze guardian of Crete.
Along with the Foundry comes the completion of an ambitious expansion programme providing six fabulous new workshops and the Granary Gallery, a spectacular timber barn which doubles as a covered exhibition space.
"The new buildings put Project Workshops on the map in more ways than one" says Richard Atkinson-Willes, who has overseen every detail of the construction project.
"The new design combines traditional with contem-porary and will enhance further the atmosphere of an already thriving community of artists and craft makers with a bronze and silver sculpture foundry at its heart."
Owners Richard and Mandy Atkinson-Willes established Project Workshops in 1989, in traditional Edwardian farm buildings and created the beautiful courtyard garden which gives the site its unique character.
The new development continues this farmyard model and uses traditional facing materials to complement the original buildings, but underneath the new workshops are the latest steel and concrete construction offering generous open-plan spaces and up-to-date facilities for art and craft businesses.
Included in the scheme is a magnificent timber-framed barn, which provides a landmark entrance to Project Workshops with its towering Dutch gabled roof and modern cedar cladding and also acts as the Workshops main exhibition space. When not in use as an exhibition hall the Granary Gallery will store the annual harvest from the farm.
Project Workshops is home to a diverse range of artists including:
Roman Glassmakers Mark Taylor and David Hill who specialise in making high quality reproductions of ancient Roman, medieval and eighteenth century glass vessels for collectors, museums and the film industry. In 2008 Mark Taylor was runner up in the Balvenie Artisan of the Year Award, which recognises those keeping ancient skills alive. Mark and David will be moving to one of the new larger workshops giving more space for their popular demonstrations and semi-nars.
Other residents include Elaine Peto, well known for her distinctive hand-built ceramic animal sculptures and potter Jennie Gilbert, acclaimed for her unique Mishima range of tableware in reduction fired stoneware;
Tim Chadsey, a furniture designer who combines the traditional and modern craft skills needed to make furniture of the highest quality;
Geoff Hague, a knife maker who produces high quality, functional, as well as aesthetically satisfying cutting tools for the discerning user and space for collector;
Stonemasons Henry Gray and Robyn GoldenHann, both of whom have worked on the restoration of Salisbury Cathedral: Henry specializes in stone sculpture while Robyn specializes in bespoke memorials providing a sensitive and personal experience;
Sculptor Elizabeth Hodgson, who creates complex constructions in copper and steel and also runs sculpture workshops in local schools;
Amy Goodman, renowned for her dynamic life-sized welded steel sculptures of horses and other animals, which she describes as three-dimensional drawings.
Project Workshops
Quarley, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 8PX , just off the A303
www.projectworkshops.co.uk.


The Statue of Buddha standing in the auditorium of the college has been especially brought from Thailand in the year 2006. It is 12 ft. tall made in bronze. It symbolizes the mission and vision of the college.


> Hocus (as in hocus-pocus) cleverly implies a magical surprise, and this game delivers with its take on poker with spells.
Much like rhyming slang, Hocus references the mechanics of traditional poker to produce its own version of Texas Hold'em with a satisfying twist.
Players create their best poker hands to win pots worth points after first being given complete agency to form multiple communities of shared cards, pairs of individual pocket cards and pots of winnable points through alternating card play which includes unique player abilities. Unlike traditional poker, players form two hands of cards to score each round towards winning the available pots. Game play continues until a player accumulates at least 25 points, and then the player with the most points wins.
The spell casting theme of this game underscores the tricky nature of this apparent poker variant. Obvious differences from traditional poker include having multiple hands to score each round, the shared responsibility in determining not only the pot but also the cards in the community, the opportunity to choose one's own pair of hidden cards, cards worth dual value in either forming poker hands or adding points to a pot, and the unique and thematic powers players use in addition to their basic actions. The game feels both familiar and different to its poker cousin, making it very accessible and yet surprising in how it plays. Also worth noting is that, unlike in traditional poker, players do not wager with personal funds in this game. The object is to score enough points by winning pots, and each players starts a round with the same amount of cards to use in attaining that goal.
+ Very accessible to poker players, using familiar poker rankings and terminology.
+ Open-ended creation of played cards provides wealth of possibilities each round.
– Names of the suits plus variant rules for Jokers should have been included in the game.
– Special unique abilities (known as advanced spells) include a few sets which appear unbalanced.
– Susceptible to group think as to which hands are preferable for winning pots.
* No folding; all players take turns until round ends.
* The best hand doesn't necessarily win the most points, rewarding clever play.
* Reminiscent of poker but much different in how it's played.
* A special note on the game's art: The mythology Tiffany Turrill created for the characters that represent the suits is fantastic, and the artwork is gorgeous. Her evocatively illustrated characters breath visual life into the game's theme and then fade into the background as simply attractive card art while the mechanics of game play take center stage. 'Tis a bit of a shame, though, as much thought went into crafting these characters. Based on a combination of Norse mythological figures, the artist's own inspiration and traditional Italian tarot suits (swords, batons/wands, coins and cups); the four suits as described by the artist herself follows with a few notes* from me.
A be-antlered manifestation of the forest, in her cloak of underbrush, calls her raven familiars about her. Bemused, they puzzle over a crudely stamped human coin. Traditional leshii are a male presence, but here I have given him a gender bend for creative purposes.
* For fun I've taken to personally calling the denomination of the coin depicting the wizard as a Vitki after finding this bit of historical detail: Vitki ("wise one", pl. vitkar) is an Old Norse and Icelandic term for "sorcerer".
In a secret library kept as sanctuary within a massive ash tree, a wizened warlock finds himself under threat from without. Laboriously, he holds aloft a gnarled oak stave, croaking the protective words from his prized tome. It has been long since he last faced a challenge.
A sad lost love ghost story – traditional among seafaring peoples the world over. A pale lass offers a blessing to the sea, mourning her lost fisherman husband. She herself is a ghost, a stain of memory caught betwixt land and sea, who wanders the cliffside at dawn.
In the subterranean world of the dead, the Eternal Blacksmith forges sword and shield for the coming apocalypse. Himself melted into the swords he has created, he is kept from truly entering the ranks of the dead by an infernal flaming sword that has been driven through a cursed anvil, and forced through his shattered ribs. Like a Sisyphean marionette, he toils on.
← Ep 056 – Have we really been recording for 2 years?!


Located some 3.5 hours' drive north from Adelaide, the Arden Project boasts a large relatively-unexplored area of 1,664km² highly-prospective for sedimentary-exhalative (SEDEX) mineralisation. Results from initial exploration at Ragless Range, Kanyaka and Radford Creek targets have unearthed promising prospects for large scale copper and zinc deposits.
The project is located in the world-class base-metal mining region of South Australia, which is host to numerous large base-metal deposits including the Beltana zinc deposit, the Angas zinc deposit and the Kanmantoo Copper deposit.
The Sedex potential was initially discovered by Kennecott (Rio Tinto Group) between 1966 and 1972, identifying anomalous Sedex-style zinc mineralisation up to 40m wide and with a potential for over 10km of strike. However, since 1980 the area has been the focus of regional diamond exploration, and as such the Sedex horizon at the Ragless Range Target had not been explored.
The Company has moved quickly to realise the project potential, undertaking reconnaissance field mapping, rock-chip sampling,a reinterpretation of historical data and a Aeromagnetic survey before intitiating its maiden drill programme in August 2018.
Arden enjoys access to world class infrastructure including the railway to Port Augusta, which passes just to the south of the tenement.
The region is world-class mining destination with good telecommunications and grid power and access to the recently redeveloped Port Pirie base-metals smelter.
The maiden drill programme was initiated at the first planned drill-hole location at the Ragless Range Target, where the initial drill-hole is targeting the depth extensions of zinc sedimentary-exhalative (Sedex) horizon. The programme will comprise 2,500 metres of Reverse Circulation (RC) and Diamond Drilling (DD).
The initial drilling programme intends to test for the Sedex zinc horizon along strike and at depth below the limit of oxidation, something never previously tested by the initial Kennecott exploration work. In addition to the Ragless Range Target, the maiden drilling programme at the Arden Project will also test the base-metals potential at the Radford Creek and Kanyaka prospects, where rock-chip samples assaying as high as 12.4% copper, 2.4% zinc and 0.5% cobalt present exciting drill targets.


Former real-life love-team Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson together again onscreen for their upcoming movie project to celebrate the 20th year of Star Magic.
Though, the actress have started to shoot a scene for the film Gerald however is still not part of it.
Kim Chiu said in her interview last Monday, "Nagsimula na ako kahapon, pero hindi ko siya ka-eksena. Okay lang naman. Kung trabaho, trabaho."
She added, "Magkaibigan naman talaga kami. Wala naman kaming pinag-awayan as kaming dalawa."
Kim explained that the movie will not just focusing on their tandem (with Anderson) but also to their co-artist's who were also the main casts of the movie which is all about "LOVE."
She explained, "Ang dami namin sa movie. Hindi siya naka-focus sa isang tao lang so ang daming mangyayari. May eksena kami ni Gerald, mayroon din sa ibang artista. Pero 'yung main story it's all about love. Parang lahat ng bagay gagawin mo alang-alang sa pag-ibig."
On the other hand, the movie also features big stars such as, John Lloyd Cruz, Piolo Pascual, Jake Cuenca, Angelica Panganiban and Diether Ocampo.
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MTN is in trouble again after allegations it illegally moved billions of dollars out of Nigeria
Undercover operations.
Image: Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye
Lynsey Chutel
Africa's largest mobile provider is facing allegations that it has illegally moved $14 billion out of Nigeria. According to reports by Bloomberg and Nigerian newspaper Premium Times, lawmakers in Nigeria's senate have accused MTN of moving money out of Nigeria since 2006 to avoid paying tax.
Nigerian lawmaker Dino Melaye brought the matter to the senate on Sept. 27, according to Bloomberg. Melaye alleges that four banks helped MTN move the money: Citigroup, Standard Chartered, and Nigerian lenders Stanbic IBTC Holdings and Diamond Bank. The senate confirmed in a tweet that it would be investigating the matter.
"The allegations made against MTN are completely unfounded and without any merit," MTN Nigeria CEO Ferdi Moolman said in a statement on Sept. 28. Still, MTN's share price dropped by 3.4% the previous day, according to Bloomberg. Citigroup declined to comment, and in an email to Quartz Standard Chartered said that it would cooperate with any queries from regulators, but would not give any further comment.
Last year, Premium Times published an 11-month investigation alleging that in 2013 MTN had shifted more than 11.4 billion naira ($36,206,300) from its Nigeria subsidiary to its company in Dubai. A similar-sized transfer was allegedly moved from MTN Ghana to MTN Dubai.
Last year amaBhungane, a South African investigative journalism team, uncovered that MTN was involved in shifting millions of dollars from its subsidiaries in Nigeria, Uganda, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana to Dubai and Mauritius, also to avoid tax obligations.
The allegations come months after MTN settled a $1.7 billion fine with Nigerian communications regulators over unregistered SIM cards. In August, parent company the MTN Group reported disappointing interim results, posting a loss of 271 cents a share.
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Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
Northern Ireland Orders in Council
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Beaufort County Community College offers 180-degree programs and 3 via distance education. Student-to-faculty ratio is 12:1. 1 high safety campus. 36.8% are women, and 63.2% are men. 1% percents of international students. The average annual total cost of attendance at Beaufort County Community College is 10486$, that is at the level of national average. 13% of full-time Beaufort County Community College students completed their education in 150 percent of time: graduation rate is at the level of national average. Average salary after attending is $24,300, so if you studied 2 years, you'll get your funds back in less than 2 years.
The Beaufort County Community College is a public and non-academic-year institution, so it's net price represents an average of all programs and includes only undergraduates who first enrolled in the fall term and pay in-state tuition and receive Title IV aid.
Depending on the federal state, or institutional grant and available, Beaufort County Community College students in your income bracket may pay more of less than the overall average costs.
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Beaufort County Community College graduation rate is below the national average.
13% of full-time students enrolled for the first time to Beaufort County Community College completed the education program and got a degree in 150 percent of the expected time of completion.
The student-to-faculty ratio at Beaufort County Community College is 12:1, that means that for every 12 students the institution has one professor, lecturer or specialist with a degree in education. Lower student-to-faculty ratio is better - it means that professors can dedicate more time and attention to each student.
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The campus located by 5337 Us Highway 264 East address in Washington, North Carolina.
Beaufort County Community College in comparison of all branches in the US. It is calculated as the average percent of crimes yearly by five years of data for every campus, based on an overall number of students studying there. The branch is a part of Beaufort County Community College with 0.1% of maximum crimes a year. The most often crimes detected on Beaufort County Community College are burglary and robbery.
Beaufort County Community College offers 180 programs in total: 78 are for Associate's degree, 63 - for less than 1-year certificate programs, and 39 are 1-year, but less than-2-year certificate programs.
This is one of the lowest number of programs in comparison with other 196 universities in North Carolina state. Beaufort County Community College is one of the few institutions in North Carolina that offers an Associate's degree program.
There are 3 distance learning programs that are offered in the Beaufort County Community College: 3 are for 1-year, but less than-2-year certificate programs.
Beaufort County Community College provides coursework for undergraduate students оnly.
In 2014-2015 academic year estimated full-time equivalent undergraduate enrollment was 1443 students with 43279 сredit hours for 12-month instructional activity period.
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The public are being invited to attend a church service next week to honour Moray's armed forces past and present.
The event will take place at St Giles' Church in Elgin town centre on Monday, July 11 at 2pm and will be followed immediately afterwards by a sunset ceremony at the nearby war memorial featuring a lone piper.
The service will be taken by Rev Colin Stewart of St Sylvester's RC Church in Elgin, RAF Lossiemouth station chaplain Rev Mark Perry and Rev Seoras Mackernzie, chaplain to 39 Engineer Regiment at Kinloss Barracks.
Representatives from both bases, including RAF Lossiemouth station commander Group Captain Paul Godfrey and Major Gerard McKay of 39 Engineer Regiment, will also be in attendance along with the Lord Lieutenant of Moray, Lt Col Grenville Johnston, and Moray Council convener Councillor Allan Wright.
Moray has a long association with all three main branches of the military – the Army, RAF and Royal Navy – and veterans will be particularly welcome at Monday's event.
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Analog Devices is a worldwide sign conditioning technology and data conversion company based in Massachusetts. The company is considered among the largest, by market share, data conversion businesses in the business. With thousands of products and a customer base exceeding 60,000, customer service is critical to company success.
When customers see the official Analog Devices website http://www.analog.com/en/index.html, you will notice advice relating to products and services. Customers are able to purchase products also as finds technical support. If you prefer to purchase products, you'll need to create an account. On the main page of the website, you've got the opportunity to read advice from the corporate offices and join in on webcasts.
The company engages customers through social media. We detected several conversations between the customer service department and customers. The average response time was less than half an hour.
The e-mail listed on the site is a customer feedback form. The company urges not including private information in your message. We sent a message to the customer service department asking the hours of operation. We said this advice wasn't accessible on the website. After sending our message, we received an automated response saying the customer service department would try to answer to our concerns within five (5) business days.
When we contacted the customer service department, we managed to reach a live representative in about four (4) minutes. The representative described that when customers call during select times, the wait is somewhat more. The representative described customers should try to contact with the customer service department late in the day. Although the representative gave us the response we requested, the wait time wasn't acceptable. Was your customer experience any different? Shout out your ideas below.


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Watch the video for Installing WordPress on Heroku Cloud Video Guide, read the text and match the timings written here. In this Video Guide for Installing WordPress on Heroku Cloud, we added some extra steps as troubleshooting as people complained of having issue with Ubuntu during Cloning.
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Frederik Carl Ferdinand Grüner (født 1767, død 8. januar 1834) var en dansk officer.

Han var søn af major ved Bornholmske Infanteriregiment Carl August Andreas Grüner, fik 1783 udnævnelse som sekondløjtnant ved ovennævnte afdeling, men blev 1785 forsat til Kongens Regiment, 1789 til 1. sjællandske Bataljon let Infanteri (1. frederikshavnske Bataljon), ved hvilken og den samtidig oprettede 2. sjællandske lette Infanteribataljon han dernæst i længere tid skiftevis forrettede tjeneste. Grüner, der 1790 blev premierløjtnant, 1795 kaptajn, 1804 major, tiltrak sig her kronprinsens opmærksomhed ved sin duelighed i tjenestens forskellige grene, navnlig som instruktør i skarpskydning og praktisk felttjeneste, og 1804, efter forinden at have fungeret som adjudant hos prinsen ved eksercertider og troppesamlinger, knyttedes han fast til dennes hovedkvarter, hvor han 1808 blev generaladjudant-løjtnant (med obersts rang 1810). 1811 afgik han fra Generalstaben og overtog kommandoen over 2. jyske Infanteriregiment, blev 1814 kommandør for Københavnske Infanteriregiment, 1816 chef for 1. jyske Infanteriregiment, 1817 generalmajor, 1826 Kommandør og 1828 Storkors af Dannebrogordenen. Ved Georg Ludvig von der Schulenburgs død sidstnævnte år blev kommandantposten i København ikke besat, men det overdroges Grüner indtil videre at varetage de derunder hørende forretninger, og disse beholdt han til sin død, 8. januar 1834. Han havde fået kammerherrenøglen 1815.

Han ægtede 1792 enken efter dansk kompastor i Store Magleby, magister Peder Olrog (1741-1788), Barbara født Møller (født 1763), datter af Niels Møller til Vivebrogård og Inger Marie født Mohr.

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Q: Highmap Geojson of China cities I am working on Highcharts Maps of china, but can not find the city level Geojson to implement.
https://code.highcharts.com/mapdata/
I can find the only Province Geojson

A: All available maps you can find in the Highmaps map collection. If the map which you are looking for doesn't exist there that means that you will need to create it by yourself. How to do it you can find here: https://www.highcharts.com/docs/maps/custom-geojson-maps
You can also report the idea about creating those maps here: https://github.com/highcharts/map-collection-dist/issues

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How Cryptoquotes Work
by Joy H. Montgomery
Solving Cryptoquotes
There are many strategies for solving a cryptoquote successfully and improving your time. Syndicated puzzle author Denise Sutherland recommends looking at one-, two- and three-letter words first. Start with any one-letter words, since there are only two words in the English language that are spelled with one letter: "I" and "a." And because all two-letter words include a vowel, thinking about them next is a good strategy, as you may be able to identify or eliminate a few vowels quickly.
Sutherland also recommends looking for words with double letters; for example, "BKKV" could be "feel" or "look." Words with apostrophes frequently end in "S," or they could be a common contraction that ends in "T," like "wouldn't" or "don't." In addition, consider sentences that end with a question mark. Since questions most often begin with "who," "what," "when," "why," "where" and "how," you might be able to decode a few letters right away.
Don't forget that no letter can substitute for itself in a cipher and that the message in a cryptoquote isn't necessarily your only clue to solving the puzzle. Also look at the person to whom the quote is attributed. Many quotes are credited to "Anonymous" or "Source Unknown." Also, think about commonly quoted people, like the Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King or Mark Twain.
As with most brain games, the more you play with cryptoquotes, the better you'll get, and you might even decipher some strategies of your own in the process. If you're really into solving cryptoquotes and other cryptology puzzles, the American Cryptogram Association is a good place to find resources about hundreds of ciphers and tips for solving cryptoquotes. With a mission to put cryptograms in the same league as chess, members get together yearly at a conference dedicated to the hobby of cryptogram puzzles.
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