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Insurance fraud: let the insurers who go after "fraud" first take a closer look at themselves
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on February 9th, 2010
Have you seen those ads on television lately where some downtrodden fellow is so desperate that he arranges for his own car to be "stolen" so he can later file a claim for damages and gain a windfall? The guy ends up getting caught, of course, and is sent to jail. And the intended message from the huge, scary insurance companies: "insurance fraud is against the law, you will get caught and you will go...
Outrage in Chester County: Five African-American voters allege Voting Rights Act violations when they tried to cast ballots in 2008
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on January 29th, 2010
Five African-American voters in Chester County are suing the county and its Board of Elections, alleging that their rights were violated under the federal Voting Rights Act as they stood in seven-hour-long lines to vote in their polling place in November 2008. But the legal claims involve more than just long lines, according to the lawsuit, which was detailed in a story last week in The Legal Intelligencer. "The suit says the precinct, which includes...
Update: FCC rules that Comcast can't keep SportsNet to itself, but it's not over yet — an appeal is likely
Hold on to your Phillies, Flyers and Sixers hats, Philadelphia sports fans -- the U.S. Federal Communications Commission ruled last week that Comcast Corp. now has to start making its Comcast-only SportsNet programming available to satellite TV providers. The FCC ruling came in a 4-1 decision to close a "terrestrial loophole" that had allowed Comcast to keep SportsNet all to itself and its customers for years, according to a story in The Philadelphia Inquirer. In...
'Sexting' prosecution of three teens in Pennsylvania goes way over the line
What do you get when you mix an overzealous county prosecutor, cellphone pranks and a group of teen-aged girls and boys together? Well, in Wyoming County, Pa., in the Tunkhannock School District, you apparently get a huge controversy that brings in the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania to take on a county prosecutor who wants to try to set an example and prosecute the teens on trumped up child pornography charges involving "sexting." What...
Video Blog: Work Injuries
Were you or a loved one injured at work? You may be able to file a third-party claim for pain and suffering in addition to collecting workers' compensation from your employer. In this video blog, attorney Dean Weitzman of MyPhillyLawyer, discusses third-party injury claims. He stresses the importance of hiring a personal injury lawyer who understands the intricacies of workers' compensation law and knows how to maximize the compensation you receive.
UPDATE: Another recall for Toyota owners — be informed about recent 'sudden acceleration' cases
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on January 22nd, 2010
Jan. 26, 2010 UPDATE: Toyota announced that it will immediately suspend production and sales of eight vehicle models bound for the U.S. market to further investigate and repair the cause of sudden acceleration that has been plaguing some Toyota vehicles since last year, according to The New York Times. For the second time in less than four months, Toyota is recalling millions of their cars and trucks in response to incidents of sudden acceleration being...
Graco recalls 1.5 million baby strollers due to finger injuries – what you need to know to protect your children
By Dean I Weitzman, Esq. on January 21st, 2010
Some 1.5 million Graco brand baby strollers are being recalled due to design defects that allow children's fingers to be caught in the sunshade hinges. Five children have already suffered fingertip amputations and two others have suffered fingertip cuts due to the design, according to the voluntary product recall announced yesterday by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. For parents and their children, this means that if you own a Graco stroller, you need to...
Is plastic food packaging safe or dangerous? Will the federal government ever decide and act to protect us properly?
It's not enough that we have to worry about the safety of the vehicles we drive in, the airplanes we fly in and even the toys our children play with. Now, in a story in The New York Times last week, we are reminded to always be concerned about the packaging used for the food and drinks that we consume each day. Less than two years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared that...
Court rules that hormone replacement therapy plaintiff should not suffer due to statute of limitations
Patients who have sued in connection with serious injuries from hormone replacement therapies in the last decade just received a potentially promising ruling from the Pennsylvania Superior Court. In a decision handed down on Dec. 31, 2009 in the case Simon v. Wyeth, the court said that a two-year statute of limitations that forced the reversal of an earlier $1.5 million damage award for the injured plaintiff should not have been applied, according to a...
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Do you ever wonder why the video production expert asks you where your video will eventually end up?
Did you know that the different social platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Linked In and Instagram are desiged and marketed to different crowds?
1. Facebook video is short. Under one min is awesome and definitely no more than 2 minutes. It's designed to shake the audiences hand and smile or rant to get some attention…Building relationships along the way.
YouTube video can sometimes be an hour long. It has lots of information for a good reason. The longer a video is watched…the higher it ranks for the google gods.
2. Your FaceBook video isn't easily searchable. Facebook video is meant to live on Facebook, however, it's packaged and deliver ed nicely to your friends.
By contrast YouTube is still the largest search engine behind Google for content. Kinda made sense that Google ate (bought) YouTube up. YouTube video is archivable, searchable and evergreen.
3. You can only track the benefits of Facebook video if you place it on a Facebook *page*. However, the ability to measure that video's success is relatively easy and quite detailed.
On the other hand you can upload a video to YouTube and be able to measure it from anywhere. You immediately have the ability to view your statistics on each video. The measurability is extensive but can be a little harder to read. Once you know how to though…it's a fantastic tool! By the way, there's a YouTube video to learn how.
4. When video lives on Facebook….it's the property of FaceBook. You get no compensation (other than ranking) for high engagement and views.
Whereas YouTube video that performs well (with a high number of views) gives you an opportunity to get paid for that video. YouTube essentially rewards you for helping them stay relevant.
5. Finally. FaceBook makes it easier to engage your video post through likes and shares. If you're looking for an easy way to communicate with your viewers…this is the place to go.
But if you're creating video for the right people to see it…when they are ready, YouTube is your place.
So you see both Facebook and YouTube have value but need very different types of video.
Consult with your local video marketing specialist (We would be happy to help) to find out more information about making video for other social media platforms.


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Designer Karen Walker shares her number one rule for tackling a design renovation
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"I've only stayed in one hotel where everything was perfect, with nothing I would change, and that was the Upper House hotel in Hong Kong," says Karen Walker.
It's a big statement, and will likely have a few stylish travellers rushing to book rooms there, but when it comes to design, Walker knows her stuff.
As well as the clothing, eyewear, accessories and jewellery she's best known for, over the years Walker has worked on designing paint colours, makeup, fragrance, homeware, umbrellas, pet attire, notebooks and even cookies (peanut butter and dark chocolate, with The Caker) – as well as the Karen Walker label's branding and store fitouts and the interiors of her own homes.
Karen Walker says designing should be a joyful experience. Photo: Jason Dorday/Stuff
And the spaces where she lives have always been pivotal.
"I always get asked where my love of design comes from and I think anybody who loves design, is a consumer of good design or is a maker of good design, has a starting point, where that first got triggered," she says. "For me, an important part of my love of design came from the home that I lived in until I was 21."
Designed in 1959 by architect George Sargent, Walker says "living for the first 21 years of my life in a home that questioned line and strove for the best solutions possible did set the landscape for me, that everything has the opportunity to be designed and questioned and fully interrogated.
One of Karen Walker's favourite things: Royal Doulton Olio teapot. Photo: Stuff
"I only sold that home last year, it was really wrenching for me to remove it from my life. As much as I loved the structure, I just didn't really want to move back to Remuera, sorry."
The first house she bought was a 1930s Art Deco design that had been transplanted from Mission Bay onto "10 acres of land and bush in the Waitakere Ranges".
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"With my first house, we had a very tight budget. It was very rough and ready and needed a lot of work but over time we made it ours," says Walker. "The brief was creating a unique, interesting property, that made the most of the city and allowed us to enjoy what was unique about the city – in this case it was making the most of the native bush and the Waitakere ranges."
One of Karen Walker's favourite things: Anglepoise Type 75 desk lamps. Photo: Stuff
The house, says Walker, "showed our love of contrast, throwing together extremes, interesting opposites."
It had "a very juxtaposing, almost jarring feel to it and it really worked."
Walker admits that design "can be overwhelming".
"I think designing should be a joyful experience, and if it's not, it's usually because there's something missing, whether it's a problem you're trying to solve or you don't have the right team around you, you don't know your budget or your budget doesn't meet your expectation or the reality."
She suggests wherever possible to get a team around you who will bring the skills and knowledge to the project that you don't have.
"I always think that saves money in the long term and gives you a better result, even though it may feel like an indulgence.
"I'm not an interior designer but I have a point of view, I know what I like – but I'm not going to try and do that myself.
"My rule is hire a specialist, someone who's good, who knows your taste, who knows how to bring the best out of you."
Walker says budget is key to any design process. "Always set the budget at the same time as you set the brief, there's no joy in creating a nice house if you can't afford to live in it afterwards, like there's no point in us making a coat that no one can afford to buy.
"With my current home, Katie and I went through it with a list of things we wanted to do, then we had to prioritise – that's this year, that's next year, that's the year after. You don't necessarily get to do everything in one go.
"Also there's a myth that things have to be expensive to be good," she says, referencing gallerist Michael Lett's Nat Cheshire-designed twin cabins on the Kaipara Harbour as an example.
"I'm sure it didn't cost millions to design and build but it's still astonishing in form and function.
Design, Walker says, is essentially problem solving.
"So for me, with any design project the first step is always figuring out what the problem you're trying to solve is, if you don't know that you're just going to be waffling around."
-Josie Steenhart
– A version of this article was originally published on Stuff.
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Association of Fleet Professionals Appoints Three New Board Members
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The AFP is looking to its three new board members to play a key role in shaping the group's future van training courses within the AFP Fleet Academy. (L-R) Lee Jackson, Marston Holdings; Martin Edgecox, National Highways; and Matthew Hammond, Altrad Services.
The Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) has added three fleet operators as directors to the main board following a vote by the organization's members.
The three new board members are:
Martin Edgecox - national fleet manager at National Highways, where he has worked since 2013. He has significant fleet experience in both the public and private sectors, working extensively in zero emissions by co-ordinating with the Department for Transport and Office of Zero Emission Vehicles to meet ambitious carbon targets.
Matthew Hammond - head of fleet at Altrad Services. Matthew is a national and international CPC holder with more than 12 years of experience in transport and fleet management. He has been in his current role for eight years, operating a mixed fleet of 1,200 vehicles across the UK with cradle-to-grave fleet management experience in cars and commercial vehicles.
Lee Jackson - head of fleet and transport at Marston Holdings and has been involved in fleet for more than 20 years. He was previously head of fleet and transport at both HSS and Stericycle on an international basis. For the AFP, he has worked on Kerbside Charging Network and HMRC AER projects, and is a member of the Northwest Freight Council.
Paul Hollick, chair of the AFP, said:
"We'd like to welcome Martin, Matthew and Lee, as three well-established commercial vehicle fleet managers, to the AFP board. Crucially, we hope they will play a key role in shaping our future van training courses – both for ICE and EV – within the AFP Fleet Academy. We are doing more and more work in the area of van fleet management, as well as cars, so they will be a major asset to the organization."
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New Fortnite Vehicle That Resembles The Jurassic World Pod Is Coming
It wasn't too long ago that Fortnite developers Epic Games revealed that the game would be getting a new fortnite vehicle that would be available in single-player. In a more recent update the devs have further confirmed exactly what this new vehicle will be, and it looks much like the discovery (or escape) pods that we all know from Jurassic World – basically a giant ball with a seat.
The new Fortnite vehicle is set to be named The Baller – no laughs please.
What will the new Fortnite vehicle have on-board?
The new Fortnite vehicle which distinctly looks like your'e going to be running round in a massive hamster ball, is set to allow players to roll around and it comes with a fuylly-fledged grapple as standard. Having this item seems as though players may be able to get from building to building using the grapple – although whether it's likely to be bullet-proof or has a speed advantage over simply running is another matter.
If rolling around in The Baller and swinging between buildings wasn't enough, it also looks like the base of the new Fortnite vehicle will have a charging pad – that's thanks to a datamine in the Fortnite games files by lucas7yoshi.
Whatever this "hamster ball" shite is, its only got a "charger" pic.twitter.com/00ocFepOiz
— Lucas7yoshi_ // Fortnite News & Leaks (@lucas7yoshi_) March 1, 2019
There's no confirmed date of release for this new rolling piece of thunder, but there's a new Fortnite update that comes this week so there's a good chance it'll appear in that patch. All I know is we'll soon be having a ball.
Meanwhile on the other side of the fence it looks as though some pretty sassy dataminers have uncovered some potential NPCs coming to rival Battle Royale Apex Legends. Unless you've hid under a huge virtual rock you'll know that Apex is the closest contender to Fortnite right now, smashing in excess of 50 million players since it's launch in January.
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December wholesale prices up 0.3% with sharp jump 2021-01-15 09:08:11U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.3% in December led by a the biggest jump in energy costs since June
U.S. retail sales fell in December for 3rd 2021-01-15 09:04:32Retail sales fell for a third straight month, as a surge in virus cases kept people away from stores during the holiday shopping season
Wells Fargo 4Q profit rose 4%, tops Street 2021-01-15 08:53:31Wells Fargo had its best quarter of 2020 as its profit rose 4% in the fourth quarter of a year defined by the coronavirus outbreak
Citigroup 4Q profit down 7%, revenue drops by 2021-01-15 08:40:30Citigroup Inc. says earnings for the fourth quarter of 2020 fell 7% to $4.63 billion
Germany approves resuming Russia gas pipeline work 2021-01-15 08:36:57German authorities have given permission for work to resume on a subsea pipeline bringing natural gas from Russia
JPMorgan's profits jump as economy, investment bank recovers 2021-01-15 08:05:08JPMorgan Chase & Co., the nation's largest bank by assets, said its fourth quarter profits jumped by 42% from a year earlier, as the firm&rs
Another recession looms for UK economy as lockdowns 2021-01-15 07:07:03The British economy looks set to fall back into recession after official figures showed that it shrank by 2.6% month-on-month in November, when much o
Asian shares follow Wall St lower as traders 2021-01-15 05:30:17Asian shares have declined after a worse-than-expected U.S. jobs report and late slide in several Big Tech stocks left major indexes lower on Wall Str
Xi asks Starbucks' Schultz to help repair US-China 2021-01-15 03:19:15President Xi Jinping has asked former CEO Howard Schultz of Starbucks, one of the most prominent American brands in China, to help repair U.S.-Chinese
Asian shares mixed following Biden speech, Wall St 2021-01-14 23:13:16Asian shares are mixed after a late slide in several Big Tech stocks left major indexes lower on Wall Street
Most major US airlines ban guns in luggage 2021-01-14 21:51:00Airlines say they are stepping up security on flights to Washington before next week's inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden
Instacart, others push incentives to get workers vaccinated 2021-01-14 19:32:45As vaccinations continue across the U.S., some companies are offering financial incentives to encourage their workers to get the shots
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Hot Property: Trevor Noah buys a $27.5-million mansion 2021-01-16 08:30:03From one modern mansion to another, 'The Daily Show' host Trevor Noah recently dropped $27.5 million on an 11,000-square-foot Bel-Air showplace.
Disneyland killed its annual pass program. Why, and 2021-01-16 08:00:49For Disney, ending the annual pass program might be "a blessing in disguise," a theme park expert says: Now the company can revamp the program to bo
Home of the Week: A Bel-Air showplace atop 2021-01-16 08:00:33A modern mansion above the Bel-Air Country Club combines massive living spaces and sleek amenities. Asking price: $38.5 million.
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Russell Simmons seeks $5.5 million for New York 2021-01-15 19:12:44Three years after selling his L.A. home, embattled entrepreneur Russell Simmons is trying to unload his New York condo for $5.5 million.
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Cash in circulation is soaring, and that usually 2021-01-06 08:01:00Currency in circulation soared at a rate unseen since World War II last year, providing what historically has been a good sign for the economy.
Mortgage demand from homebuyers pulled back sharply, even 2021-01-06 07:00:01The stunning surge in home buying demand, brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, may finally be easing up.
Home prices are rising faster in the middle 2021-01-04 10:19:54Home prices are rising across the nation, but the usual geographical trends are being turned on their heads by the coronavirus pandemic.
Weekly jobless claims fall for a second straight 2020-12-31 13:44:28The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time unexpectedly fell last week, marking its second straight decline.
November new home sales fall more than expected, 2020-12-23 13:37:18Sales of newly built homes came in far weaker than expected for November, and builder stocks are not taking it well.
Weekly jobless claims rise less than expected, but 2020-12-23 09:27:56The number of first-time unemployment-benefits filers decelerated to 803,000 in the week ending Dec. 19.
Existing home sales decline for the first time 2020-12-22 10:48:47After five consecutive months of gains, closed sales of existing homes turned lower in November from October.
Weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise, hit highest level 2020-12-17 09:53:17Jobless claims unexpectedly rose as lawmakers struggle to push through additional coronavirus stimulus measures.
Fed commits to keep buying bonds until the 2020-12-16 15:38:16The Federal Reserve made a key adjustment in its efforts to support the economy, while upgrading its outlook for growth.
Fed raises its economic outlook slightly, sees 4.2% 2020-12-16 15:00:53The central bank now expects real gross domestic product to fall just 2.4% in 2020, compared to the decline of 3.7% predicted in September.
Homebuilder confidence drops from record high as rising 2020-12-16 10:17:48Homebuilder confidence in the single-family housing market pulled back in December. Builders say they are concerned that buyers are feeling shock.
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When Can I Apply for a P.P.P. Loan? 2021-01-08 16:46:59A small group of lenders that focus on underserved borrowers will get priority when the Paycheck Protection Program resumes.
Fed Officials Debated Rate Liftoff in 2015, Offering 2021-01-08 14:24:11The Federal Reserve raised rates from near zero in 2015. The discussion back then — and developments since — will inform their future poli
Chinese Solar Companies Tied to Use of Forced 2021-01-08 13:47:50A new report shows some of the world's biggest solar companies work with the Chinese government to absorb workers from Xinjiang, programs that a
The December Numbers Were Awful, but the Economy 2021-01-08 10:46:55Among the reasons for optimism: the prospect of widespread vaccination, and a Congress more open to stimulus spending.
Biden Selects Heads of Labor, Commerce and Small 2021-01-07 22:14:39With his victory secured, the president-elect moved to fill out his economic team.
After Riot, Business Leaders Reckon With Their Support 2021-01-07 18:36:09Many in corporate America endorsed the president's economic policies, which were good for them and gave him mainstream business credibility. It
Unemployment Claims Show Continuing Pressure on Job Market 2021-01-07 17:38:28Employers remain cautious about hiring, one economist says, "but the resurgence of the virus is really the main culprit."
Biden Picks Gina M. Raimondo for Commerce Secretary 2021-01-07 16:37:43The incoming administration will select Gina M. Raimondo, a moderate Democrat, to guide a sprawling department critical to business and technology.
Federal Reserve Officials Fretted Over Covid Surge at 2021-01-06 15:27:18Minutes from the central bank's December gathering show that the chair, Jerome H. Powell, and his colleagues were hoping for a 2021 rebound.
Here Are the 8 Chinese Apps Trump Banned 2021-01-06 05:38:24The White House took a surprise parting shot at China on Tuesday by banning the popular Chinese payment service and other applications.
The Pandemic Sank Auto Sales. Vaccines Could Bring 2021-01-05 18:15:35Carmakers say new models should also help lift the industry in 2021, after a 15 percent decline in its slowest year since it recovered from the Great
New York Real Estate Begins Its Recovery 2021-01-05 09:19:24Real estate sales picked up in the final months of 2020, but not enough to make up for the shutdown in the early months of the pandemic.
National capital's Covid-19 vaccination drive starts with a 2021-01-16 08:41:50Delhi planned to vaccinate over 8,100 people at 81 vaccination centres on Saturday
Coronavirus LIVE: 116 people found infected with UK 2021-01-16 08:05:28Coronavirus live updates: India has rolled out two coronavirus vaccines - Covishield and Covaxin. Globally, more than 94 million people have been infe
First phase of Covid vaccination drive off to 2021-01-16 08:01:15Over 700,000 people to be vaccinated within a week in Karnataka
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100 former civil servants raise questions on transparency 2021-01-16 07:27:29The civil servants wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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How can I get the values of id2 using vba excel?. This is the code that I have tried
Dim xmlDoc As DOMDocument30
Set xmlDoc = New DOMDocument30
xmlDoc.Load ("C:test.xml")

Dim id As String
id = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("//ids/Id-info").Attributes.getNamedItem("id2").Text

A: You will only access one value with that.
Try
Option Explicit

Public Sub test()
    Dim xmlDoc As Object, items As Object, node As IXMLDOMElement
    Set xmlDoc = CreateObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument") 'New MSXML2.DOMDocument60
    With xmlDoc
        .validateOnParse = True
        .setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath"
        .async = False
        If Not .Load("C:\Users\User\Desktop\Test.xml") Then
            Err.Raise .parseError.ErrorCode, , .parseError.reason
        End If
    End With
    Set items = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("//Id-info")
    If Not items Is Nothing Then
        For Each node In items
            Debug.Print node.getAttribute("id2")
        Next
    End If
End Sub

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March 31st Deadline Approaching For Black Farmers' Settlement
John Boyd, John Conyers and House Judiciary Attny Keenan Keller
Deadline Ticks With No Movement On Black Farmers' Settlement
By Kevin Bogardus - 03/24/10 03:45 PM ET
www.thehill.com
Lawmakers from both chambers on Wednesday pressed the administration to help find funds to resolve black farmers' longstanding discrimination claims against the Agriculture Department (USDA).
March 31 is the deadline the Obama administration and Congress set to fund a new $1.25 billion settlement, according to its agreed-upon terms. But a week away from the deadline, Capitol Hill has not moved on funding for the settlement.
Reps. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and Robert "Bobby" Scott (D-Va.) and Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) made a public plea Wednesday to find the money to resolve the discrimination claims.
Lawmakers said the administration needs to step in so Congress can move forward on the appropriations request. Conyers and others said the administration has to designate the settlement funding as an emergency so Capitol Hill can waive pay-go rules and attach it to legislation.
"Do we need anything else?" Conyers asked the crowd gathered at the press conference.
The member then decided to take the matter into his own hands. After calling Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's office on an aide's cell phone from the press conference, Conyers scored an impromptu meeting with the Cabinet official Wednesday.
"Put Vilsack on speaker," Conyers said as an aide brought over his cell phone while television cameras rolled.
Standing at the House Triangle podium with reporters watching, the powerful House Judiciary Committee chairman sorted out the particulars of when a meeting could take place. "You realize this is urgent," he said on the phone.
Learning that the Agriculture secretary was on his way to the White House, Conyers said he could meet him there.
"I don't want a phone conversation. I want to meet him in person," Conyers said.
After hanging up, the Michigan Democrat said, "Jesus. Government employees."
Aides to Conyers later confirmed that the lawmaker had scored his meeting with Vilsack. Conyers is expected to meet with the Cabinet secretary later Wednesday at his office in the Rayburn Building.
A USDA spokesman said Vilsack is actively looking for funding to resolve the claims.
"USDA is actively working with Congress to find the resources needed to fulfill the Pigford settlement agreement. In recent weeks, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack has made personal phone calls and sent a letter in support of the president's budget amendment, and he has urged Congress to appropriate the resources to resolve this important matter," said the spokesman.
The settlement's $1.25 billion consists of $100 million already appropriated in the 2008 Farm Bill as well as the administration's 2011 budget request of $1.15 billion.
President Barack Obama was vital in getting the $100 million for black farmers in the Farm Bill when he was Illinois's junior senator.
The brash move by Conyers won approval from John Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association, who has lobbied for resolution of the discrimination claims for years.
"It's good that he is calling him out on the rug," Boyd said.
Despite only a few legislative days until the Easter recess, Boyd was confident that lawmakers could act if given the green light from the administration.
"They can attach this to the next moving train," Boyd said. "It is very doable."
There is a possibility the settlement's deadline could be extended past March 31, giving Congress more time to find the necessary funding. But Boyd said black farmers cannot be asked to wait any longer and deferring compensation yet again would disrupt another planting season.
"I don't want an extension. I want Congress to act," Boyd said. "Honestly, I don't want to go through that process."
Black Farmers' $1.25 Billion Deal May Fall Through
By Jasmin Melvin
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62O01Q20100325
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Black farmers are worried that a landmark deal to compensate them for discrimination faced over decades could slip through their fingers as a deadline looms without funding approved by lawmakers.
Last month, the Obama administration announced a $1.25 billion settlement with black farmers left out of loan and assistance programs administered by the U.S. Agriculture Department due to racism, one of the largest civil rights settlements in U.S. history.
But the deal was contingent on Congressional approval by March 31. Lawmakers leave on Friday for a two-week break, and there is no clear sign the funds will be approved by then.
Missing the deadline "would mean missing another planting season, more black farmers going out of business, more black farmers dying waiting for justice," said John Boyd Jr, head of the National Black Farmers Association.
The USDA's decision to settle without the money to back up the deal may require Boyd, the government and all of the law firms involved in the case to go back to the bargaining table if the March 31 deadline is not met.
"The reason we took the settlement was because we thought they were going to act swiftly," Boyd said.
But a last-ditch meeting with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and key appropriators and lawmakers on Capitol Hill late on Wednesday gave Boyd some optimism about the looming deadline.
"I don't think Secretary Vilsack would want to walk away from the deal," Boyd said after the meeting. "He seems sincere."
He hopes the administration will declare the settlement an emergency, which would waive Congress from the so-called "pay-go" requirement to trim budgets for other programs to fund the settlement.
The deal, known as Pigford II, was reached with the Justice Department and USDA on February 18. About $100 million had already been approved.
The original Pigford class-action lawsuit, named after North Carolina farmer Timothy Pigford, was filed against the USDA in 1997 after decades of the department not responding to black farmers' claims of discrimination.
It was settled two years later with more than 13,000 farmers receiving monetary awards and debt relief worth more than $1 billion.
But tens of thousands of farmers missed the filing deadline so their claims were denied. The new settlement would allow these farmers to again make their claims.
(Reporting by Jasmin Melvin; Editing by Richard Chang)
© Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved.
Louisiana Senator Landrieu Urges 1.15B For Black Farmers Court Settlement
Written by: BayouBuzz Staff
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., today joined the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) in calling on Congress to swiftly approve President Obama's request for $1.15 billion to fund a 1999 court settlement compensating African-American farmers for racial discrimination claims against the United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA). In Louisiana, 985 farmers have filed an eligible claim.
The $1.15 billion request is part of the supplemental appropriations bill Congress is expected to consider in the coming weeks.
"This settlement isn't just about correcting past wrongs – it is about ensuring future prosperity," said Sen. Landrieu. "These funds will help our black farmers stave off the current economic downturn and survive in the face of constant rain and storms that have crippled Louisiana's agriculture community.
"Now is the time for Congress to end the 12-year delay and approve this settlement as quickly as possible. Nearly a thousand African-American farmers in Louisiana have waited for too long for this compensation. The finish line is in sight, and I commend John Boyd and the National Black Farmers Association for their tireless efforts in getting us to this point."
For decades, the government blatantly discriminated against African-American farmers by denying them loans that were awarded to their white counterparts. In 1999, the USDA settled a class-action lawsuit which compensated approximately 15,000 African-American farmers. The compensation per farmer was about $50,000.
In 2008, the Food Conservation and Energy Act included a provision to re-open the case to allow late filers. The supplemental appropriations bill will ensure that these disputes are finally settled, putting an end to the 12-year waiting period.
There are 1,914 African-American farmers in Louisiana.
(Senator Landrieu Press Release)
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I've got my R1 takeoff headers. Now I'm looking for the quietest 3/4 system. I would have originally assumed Akrapovic, but it doesn't come with a removable baffle. I previously had the full Yoshi system on my FZ1 and had the baffle out most of the time, but would occasionally put it back in.
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Need some help fast! I'm planning on sending my ECU to Nels, since Ivan doesn't have an FZ10 tune yet, which is too bad, because he did wonders for the FZ1.
I've had the Yoshi setup and it's a notch down in terms of loudness vs a decat and stock slip on. Cleans up the sound and cuts out the rasp. Baffle made a noticeable difference.
Does the baffle come with the 3/4 yoshimura? Or do you have to get it as an option?
I think that my LeoVince is probably the quietest because of the small pre-silencer in the De-cat section, it also has a removable baffle in the can which I have never used.
Compared to the Delkevic that I had before it is much quieter but as a friend put it "More beefy" It has a deeper tone with virtually no rasp, the Delkevic was quite raspy.
I also like the look of all the carbon.
The Hindle 3/4 setup I am running is awesome with the baffle in; it is even comparable to stock in terms of decibels imo, no joke. At highway speeds all I can hear is the engine/wind. But take the baffle out and it turns into a real ear burner. Very deep and throaty and LOUD. It's been the best of both worlds for me.
just get the austin racing, use the db cutter and wear earplugs.
I have Remus decat and Arrow Indy Race can with dB killer installed. It's in the middle of the road to quieter noise range, nice deep tone and zero rasp, 5x quieter than the Remus decat with stock can I originally had. That setup was literally distracting it was so loud, even with earplugs.


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The most politically important piece is $5.7 billion in funding to build a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border, something Trump has said since he campaigned for president is necessary to stop illegal immigration and the flow of drugs across the border.
Democrats counter that a wall is an expensive and ineffective way to achieve those goals, and instead have proposed spending $1.3 billion on other measures such as adding more immigration judges and screening technology at border crossings. The Democrat-led House of Representatives has passed several bills with those elements and plans more votes this week, VoA notes.
In exchange for Trump's demand for border wall funding, the proposal includes pieces meant to entice Democratic support. It would give three years of protection for young immigrants who came to the country illegally when they were children and who are enrolled under an Obama-era program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
The same extension would apply to temporary protected status (TPS) for people who fled Latin American and African countries because of violence or natural disasters. Trump has previously sought to end DACA and to halt TPS for people from certain countries, VoA writes.
The Republican plan would add 750 border patrol agents and 375 customs officers, as well as technology upgrades at ports of entry, and at the same time it would boost funding for immigration enforcement, including adding 2,000 law enforcement, support and legal personnel, and thousands of vehicles.
With Republicans holding a 53-47 majority in the Senate, they would need a number of Democrats to support the bill in order to reach the 60-vote threshold usually required for legislation to advance. The partial government shutdown has been in effect since December 22, and from the rhetoric of Republican and Democratic leaders it does not appear to be on the verge of a resolution, VoA points out.
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Thanks to the good shelf life, I was able to use the Moroccan sauce on an emergency day when we had a snow storm in December. The instructions were simple, 2 lb of chicken (thighs preferred and one packet of this wet sauce. That's it. No water no nothing! I set the slow cooker to 4 Hours and prepared a plain Couscous with olive oil and salt. The dinner was a hit with both the Sasquatch and our roomy.
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Dallas Hockman has more than 25 years of experience in agricultural marketing. Dallas has an extensive background in the area of sales, sales management, product development, brand management, business start-up, and event marketing. Dallas has traveled extensively internationally, involved in new business start-up, consulting, oversight of business units, and presenting at numerous marketing conferences around the world. Dallas Hockman is the Vice President of Industry Relations for the National Pork Producers Council. In his current role Dallas is responsible for enhancing relationships with the industry sectors from pork producers all the way to the consumers. Prior to becoming a part of the National Pork Producers Council staff in 2006, Dallas was Vice President of Demand Enhancement for the National Pork Board, responsible for the National Pork Board's product marketing programs worldwide. His responsibilities included oversight of retail marketing, foodservice marketing, packer/processor relations, marketing communications, advertising, public relations, and international trade. Prior to joining National Pork Board, Dallas was Swine Business Development Manager for Cargill's Animal Nutrition Division. At Cargill, Hockman directed domestic and international swine business marketing. Prior to that, he worked 11 years for Purina Mills, Inc. in a variety of marketing and management positions. A native of Missouri, Hockman earned both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in animal science from the University of Missouri.
As Regional Director of Producer Services for the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Peter Houska is directly involved with U.S. pork producers in an effort to increase awareness of NPPC Programs and participation in the Strategic Investment Program primarily in Iowa. Peter also represents NPPC at various producer functions.
As Director of State and National Relations for NPPC, McKinley is the primary point of contact for state pork organizations with NPPC. McKinley will assist and support program staff at the state and national level in conducting work on behalf of pork producers and the U.S. pork industry, facilitate state-oriented planning/programing and staff NPPC's organizational development activities.
As Regional Director of Producer Services (MN) for NPPC, Mark will work jointly with the Minnesota Pork Producers Association (MPPA) in an effort to increase awareness of MPPA and NPPC Programs with producers in MN. Mark's focus is on retention and recruitment of producers in the SIP.
In Resource Development Projects Greg will work with our SIP investors, collecting SIP markets, and other duties. At World Pork Expo, Greg will be managing the execution of offsite activities (Ag Tours, WPO Clay Target Championship & WPO Golf Tournament).
As the Manager of Outreach Marketing Janine VanVark is responsible for coordination of and assisting in the delivery of pork industry messages and successes of NPPC activities to NPPC investors; State Associations, Producers, Alliance, Packer Processors, and critical food chain audiences.


We call Adam "Boots" so hereafter I'll refer to him as such. He drove me the twenty miles north back to Saco in his humble blue pickup truck. There was a CB radio in the cab. I asked him if he had a handle, like a truck driver.
Challenge accepted. I unhooked the black microphone from its base. The plastic coiling looped around itself, tangled from underuse. When I was a kid, my parents had a rotary phone, and one of the greatest pleasures of my young life was letting out the snarls of the receiver's spiral cord. I did as much in Boots' truck and hummed a low note of satisfaction.
We passed a police car parked behind an overpass on the southbound side of the highway. I pressed the button on the microphone and spoke.
A voice came on over the scratchy waves. "Cool it, bucket mouth," it said.
"Bucket mouth—what does that mean?" I asked Boots, holding the microphone to my chest like you do with a phone when you don't want to be audible on the other end.
"Ten-four, old buddy," I said, and placed the microphone back on the radio's base.
"Is this your exit?" asked Boots.
"Yeah, this one," I said.
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea is 20 years old! This is the best track off the album, end of discussion.


Finn and Rachel's Road to…Somewhere: In yesterday's Spoiler Chat, we told you that there was a Finn and Rachel scene that hasn't been captured via photography yet. To elaborate and share some more, I can tell you that this Finchel moment may or may not include both Lea and Cory in the same place, simply speaking to each other. Confusing? Probably a bit. But what I mean is that a good Finchel moment doesn't necessarily mean it's a scene with both Finn and Rachel. Thus far, I haven't seen this photo floating around the Net. And I am an expert at creeping around the Net for photos. You should see my collection of John Krasinski pics. I'm his future second wife, by the way.
Mr. Schue Hits New York: Yes, all that Broadway talk in this episode meant something. We've all be so focused on the high school kids and all their issues, we almost forgot that the adults on Glee are also capable of their own drama. Do you think the lights of NYC will lure Will away from McKinley? I can't imagine that our fearless leader will soon forget about his dream of being under the lights and on that stage.
Death Is at Our Door: It's at our TV door, at least. The funeral episode is coming up as well, and I see that you all have been guessing away at who will be laid to rest in the Glee world. I wish I could give you more clues on who it is, but the only ones I can think of (that other TV scoopers haven't already said) are way too obvious. And I've seen some of the guesses you guys have put forth, so I know how smart you all are. Plus, the episode is much more than just a funeral, so we can't focus too heavily on that plot point, you know?
Time to Prom and Groff It Up: Did you see? Did you see The Groff in the promo for next week's episode? I was so smitten with just a glimpse of the curly-haired angel known as Jonathan Groff that I almost forgot to be mad about the Quinn and Rachel moment in the bathroom. Almost forgot. Damn you promos for unleashing all my secrets! That is the moment that I cannot wait for fans of Rachel and Quinn's friendship to see. Even though you got a preview of what goes down, it's what comes after that really hits home. Oh, and to paraphrase one of my favorite comments ever on a Glee-Dux: "The Groff is back and nothing hurts." But you know what else I cant wait for? Kurt's prom ensemble. From what I hear, it's going to be both outrageous and fabulous.


MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA–Monique Bayer will be the first to admit she's obsessed with food and coffee. That's why she quit her corporate job four years ago to launch a food tour company. Just don't expect her to take you to tourist guide-recommended top spots.
"If anything smells of being too touristy, we stay away from it," says Bayer. Instead, her company, Walk Melbourne, is dedicated to sharing Melbourne's food culture from a uniquely local perspective.
What makes Melbourne a top culinary destination?
It's got something to do with Melbournians; we tend to have the most curious palate. When I talk to chefs about what makes Melbourne a great culinary city, they say, "We have customers that will try it." It allows chefs to get a bit more creative. We've also always had a culture of embracing new cuisines from new arrivals: Chinese, Italian, Greek and Vietnamese cuisines have made a really big impact.
Why don't many popular restaurants in Melbourne have signs or facades?
That's got to do with where the culinary hot spots are, as well as what they are. It's become a cultural thing that if you're down a laneway, you must be cool — but a lot of the restaurants are nowhere near grungy. We hide our best stuff down alleyways and behind graffiti walls.
Why is it so hard to find a Starbucks in Sydney and Melbourne?
Yesterday, I was having a conversation with someone and he guiltily shrunk down in his seat and said, "Sometimes, I have a caramel latte." He felt like it was a confession.
People are often surprised that Australia has an amazing coffee culture; we revere our local roasters and we love our independent cafés. Although our espresso culture does come from a heritage of an Italian dark roast, we now veer towards light, more acidic and floral roasts.
Where can I try Aboriginal food in Melbourne?
There are a couple of ingredients that pop up on menus: barramundi, kangaroo and lemon myrtle. At Perkup Café and Burger Bar, you can order the Outback Burger, which has a kangaroo patty with lemon myrtle mayonnaise. Charcoal Lane teaches Aboriginal kids to cook and the menu itself veers towards indigenous flavours. However, the best way to try kangaroo is to barbecue it yourself and eat it quite rare; that's the way most Australians would do it.
Jessica Wynne Lockhart was hosted by G Adventures, which didn't review or approve this story.
Do this tour: Walk Melbourne's food tours run six days a week, with prices starting at $79 (AUD). "The Melbourne Experience" costs $99, which includes a three-hour guided walk, food and drinks. Walk Melbourne tours can be booked online.
Get there: From Toronto, Air Canada offers a 22-hour direct flight, with a short refuel in Vancouver.


With a cluster of mountain peaks, ancient pinewoods, secretive crossbills and soaring golden eagles, it's no wonder that Beinn Eighe was Britain's first National Nature Reserve. From a distance the pale scree slopes on the mountain-side look like barren fields of snow, but get up close and you'll be amazed by the diversity of wildlife that thrives on this reserve. Take advantage of the trail network here that offers something for everyone, whatever the weather.


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Renewing Ontario's Electricity Distribution Sector: Putting the Consumer First
Midland Power Utility Corporation
Newmarket-Tay Distribution Ltd.
Newmarket-Tay Power Distribution Ltd. have purchased Midland Power Utility Corp. (MPUC) - the part of our local utility that delivers power to businesses and homes.
The deal will mean stable electricity distribution rates, guaranteed service levels, lasting job security for existing workers and new economic development that will bring new, good paying jobs to the area.
NEGOTIATIONPRINCIPLES
The Transaction Team established a set of Negotiation Principles prior to receiving offers from interested parties. Only offers that met all Negotiation Principles would be considered.
The Newmarket-Tay offer meets and exceeds the following Negotiation Principles:
Why are we selling the Midland Power Utility Corporation (MPUC)?
The MPUC, like many smaller local distribution companies (LDC's), is facing some significant challenges. With ever increasing technological changes, increased customer expectations, numerous evolving energy options and alternatives, smaller LDC's are being forced to examine their ability to adapt and change to meet these interesting times.
The ability to expand and grow within this market space has become a challenge identified by senior government and regulators alike. According to the Ontario Distribution Sector Review Panel, these challenges are likely best met through larger entities that have the necessary scale and capacity, including strong balance sheets. Small utilities by their very nature have limited resources and access to the capital required to address the significant changes already underway in the sector. In fact, the Ontario Distribution Sector Review Panel suggested that the optimal size of a local distribution company is at least 400,000 customers – more than 10 times the size of MPUC.
Growth in the northern Simcoe County has been far less frenetic than the growth witnessed throughout the Greater Toronto Area and parts of Southern Simcoe County. The limited growth Midland has experienced places certain constraints on the MPUC's business. Over time, regardless of growth, the MPUC's fixed and capital costs are likely to rise in order to provide for both system and infrastructure upgrades. This investment by MPUC is necessary to ensure consistent and reliable levels of service.
What will happen to current electricity rates after the sale?
The hydro rates charged by any distribution company are subject to regulation by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB). The actual amount on your hydro bill that is directly attributed to the local distribution company is roughly 25-28% of the overall bill. Hydro rates cannot change without a formal applicable notice to the ratepayers and subsequent approval by the OEB. All distribution companies are subject to the same rules and regulations related to setting rates and customer service. Newmarket-Tay Power has indicated that the rate of increase for the next 10 years following the sale of the MPUC will be at or below the prevailing rate of inflation. After year 10 the rates will be harmonized with the existing rate base for Newmarket-Tay Power which should have a favourable outcome for local hydro users.
Aside from the financial criteria what other factors weighed into the Town's decision regarding the sale of the MPUC to Newmarket-Tay?
Prior to Council seeking a Request for Proposals in relation to the sale of the MPUC, Town Council identified a number of specific conditions that any interested proponent was required to address. The Town requested that the successful proponent disclose how they would be dealing with the following issues:
Maintaining a local presence in the community.
Newmarket-Tay Power will continue to operate from 16984 Hwy 12 in Midland. The Administrative functions will continue at the location for the next 10 years while the operations will continue at the location for a minimum of 5 years. The Town will retain the ownership of 16984 Hwy 12 and Newmarket-Tay Power will lease the site for the foreseeable future. Lease renewal options are included for the next 49 years.
Treatment of existing employees.
All existing employees will be retained to provide the exact same services as they did prior to the sale. Employees will continue at the exact same rates performing their same duties for Newmarket-Tay Power as they did with the MPUC.
Commitment to current Customer Service Standards.
Customer Service Standards should remain unchanged given the fact that the same employees will be delivering the services.
Worker Safety commitment
Newmarket-Tay Power has an excellent workplace safety record, having reported 1 incident of lost work time in +400,000 hours over the past 2 years and 2 minor incidents in the past 10 years of +840,000 hours.
Newmarket-Tay Power is committed to innovation and has undertaken several initiatives including a large scale distribution connected energy storage program. In addition, they are currently working on municipal transit electrification in York Region along with other key stakeholders (Public and Private) under a pilot project that is with funded Federally/Provincially. Newmarket - Tay Power is also working on intelligent electricity distribution networks that focus on the creation of the intelligent fabric for electric distribution.
Conservation and Demand Management
In the area of conservation demand management, Newmarket-Tay Power is actively engaged with the Town of Newmarket, it also has partnerships with Greater Sudbury Utilities, North Bay Hydro Distribution, Northern Ontario Wires PUC Distribution and St. Thomas Energy etc… Newmarket-Tay has worked with these partners in the creation of Customer First, being a new company that designs and delivers conservation demand management programs. The projects have identified a number of key process and systems upgrades that have yielded success for facilities such as North Bay General Hospital, Southlake Regional Health Centre and Laurentian University. Georgian Bay General Hospital may be an ideal candidate to benefit from these previous efforts.
Commitment to Economic Development
Newmarket-Tay Power has also developed a business collaboration and partnership called Smart City Council of Newmarket – being a community collaborative approach. Similar opportunities will be considered.
Distribution Rate Stability
For the next 10 years, distribution rates in the MPUC service area will be adjusted using the lowest possible rate adjustment factor, namely an annual inflation rate index. These rates will be harmonized with Newmarket-Tay Power's customers' distribution rates in eleven years' time. It is anticipated that harmonization should lower rates generally. Currently, Midland rates are estimated to be higher than Newmarket-Tay Power's rates for residential customers but lower for General Service customers.
Advisory Committee/Governance Model
Newmarket-Tay Power has proposed two potential options for Midland Council's consideration. The first option is the creation of an Advisory Committee with the Town to ensure that there is a forum to address any transitional and ongoing operational matters of mutual benefit to both the Town and Newmarket-Tay Power. The second option proposes a board representative for an 18 month period following the transaction to provide additional insight and feedback to both the board and the Town.
Why sell now? Why not wait?
The decision to sell any business is complex and based on a number of reasons. Primarily the timing of selling a business is when the highest and best value for the business can be achieved. All indications for the sale of the MPUC pointed to the fact that that window was now. Given the fact that the industry continues to undergo significant consolidation and the associated scale that is becoming necessary to make future advances within the industry is a challenge, the timing was right for Midland to pursue the sale option. Further, the Provincial policy direction vis a vis the electricity sector continues to reflect an ever-changing environment. This uncertainty in policy direction is creating challenges for local distribution companies across the sector. The smaller local distribution companies in particular have a significant challenge in such a time of uncertainty.
How was the value of the MPUC determined? Are we getting full value for it?
The Town engaged our external Legal Counsel (Borden Ladner Gervais LLP) who in turn retained the services of Dr. Larry Murphy, a leading industry financial expert. Through Dr. Murphy's work, the Enterprise Value was determined for the MPUC. In determining the Enterprise Value, Dr. Murphy examined the financials of the MPUC to determine both the equity value and the long term debt.
Similarly, Dr. Murphy undertook the analysis and review of each of the RFP submissions to determine and make an "apples to apples" comparison using the same assumptions he made in determining the Enterprise Value of the MPUC. He determined that synergies between the MPUC and Newmarket-Tay Power permitted Nemarket-Tay Power to make the most attractive offer of all RFP respondents and to provide Midland with a premium on the current Enterprise Value of the MPUC.
The Town is confident that the RFP process has returned the highest yield possible for the sale of the MPUC. As was suggested to the Town by our legal counsel the public sale process would yielded both a higher degree of interest as well as more robust offer than a sole source option.
Is the sale now final? What if any next steps will occur?
Council, as representative of the Town as the sole shareholder of the MPUC has accepted the Newmarket-Tay Power offer and executed a Share Purchase Agreement. The process will now move forward to the Ontario Energy Board for the approval process.
Over the next couple of months the Share Purchase Agreement along with all of the legal documentation associated with the transaction will be submitted to the Ontario Energy Board. Once the documents are filed the OEB process could take between 6 – 8 months before the deal is finalized. Once the OEB approves the transaction then the deal closes shortly thereafter and the sale proceeds are delivered to the Town.
How/where will the profits from the sale be invested?
Council has directed the Director of Finance for the Town of Midland to deliver a report following a community consultation outlining a long term sustainable investment strategy. A DRAFT REPORT containing key principles related to establishing such a legacy fund have can be found HERE. Community feedback is welcomed and when the final policy is presented to Council the public will be encouraged to further comment on the ideas presented.
A good financial opportunity
New job creation & Economic Development
Maintaining Customer Service and satisfaction
Rate structure and stability for ratepayers
Job security for MPUC employees.
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Club-specific chapters 12 and 13 together with the document linked to above are our Club Policies and Procedures. Section numbers on the left in Chapter 12, refer to sections in the "Association Chartered Club Policies and Procedures" document.
Club-specific chapters 12 and 13 must be approved by the club membership and the Association's Lifestyles Manager.


Networks which are designed to support most different traffic types which share a single data path between routers. Congestion management techniques should be considered in such cases to ensure the quality and treatment for the various traffic types.
"Traffic prioritization especially important for delay-sensitive, interactive transaction based application for instance, for example takes video conferencing that requires higher priority than the file transfer applications. However use of WFQ (weighted fair queuing) ensures that all traffic is treated fairly".
By various parameters used for network quality of service which allows the specification of quality metrics. Such quality of service metrics are monitored and analysed using network quality parameters and important aspect of quality which is always ignored in many cases and overlooked is the behaviour of each and every individual applications in the internet recognised .most applications try to possess a majority part of network resources possible, immediately it may not or influence the quality of an application.
Here the working of qos follow a series flow of simple rules in order to execute the file or a packet and at first the packet is pass through the classification which means that the following packet must be in which group does it fit then the packet is moved on to the next level which is the pre-queuing which means that the following packet is arranged in a order according to the source and the destination numbers and then it is again moved on to the next level which is the queuing and scheduling its main work is to set the stream to the destination point so that it automatically enforces the bandwidth allocations then moves on to the last level which is the post queuing which increases throughput on the lower speed links so that it reaches the destination point within the time it has decided and thus the working of the qos is completed.
All packets in a network are given equal access to all the resources , the priorty acn only be given when we can distinguish data packet from a voice packet. For a company network to effectively use the network and its resources it must identify which network traffic is the appropriate and which is not to allocate the right recourses to effectively support the traffic streams . The priority should be given to all the data streams to failing to do so can create low quality of voice and data, because most of the audio and visual application is delay and jitter sensitive. Only a good Qos can give the audio and video packets the best priority access.
The networks which are used with Qos enabled are called the "Best -effort network". Where each and every packet is treated in the same way which is significantly important in the network design for preferable results, when even space in the cpu is available these type of networks work prominently.
There are two major architectures of qos, both the architecture have different approach and different ways of quality of service in their own preferable ways. The main architecture of Qos is integrated services and differentiated services.
It is mainly specified as some serious problem to qos which is also known as the delay and if we speak in technical words it's the same amount of time taken by a packet from source to destination and if the latency and the bandwidth are defined they are for speeding the network so for instance we can say that a normal average person can hear a call upto 250 ms approx and 200 ms in sensitive person ear so if the call doesn't return in that range the caller is going to be disappointed.
Either the payloads or the headers compressed by reducing the total number of bits required to transmit the data.
Call Admission control: reduces all the overall load of the network by denying any new incoming voice and video calls.
"Qos refers to a broad collection networking technologies and techniques. The goal of Qos is to provide guarantee on the ability of a network to deliver predictable results".
"Qos involves prioritization of a network, Qos is a method to guarantee the bandwidth relationship between individual or application or protocols". Qos refers to the capability of a network to provide a better service to selected network traffic over various underlying technologies including frame relay,(Cisco systems Inc. 1999). There are seven Qos mechanisms and tools that are used to implement Qos in a computer network.
1.1.3 Aim of Qos is to provide a dedicated bandwidth sufficient to deliver for the service of the applications by controlling latency and jitter, and by reducing data loss.
Network characteristics managed by quality of service.
Gives the information of number of users and the applications used to network resources it allows only specific users and resources which can be used in a network segment (subnet).
It controls and regulates the data flow by classifying and marking the packets based on priority and by stopping traffic, service class assigned to a traffic flow which evaluates the quality of service treatment, the traffic receives.
For defining a quality of service identifying the traffic is the first case involved in the procedure which is treated either differently or preferentially which is done by classification and marking.
Bandwidth reservation provides guarantee to the bandwidth, i.e., bandwidth is provided whenever needed without reserving it for a specific application or flow in a network.
The significant issues related to quality of service in a network are solved by traffic shaping , the delay and loss in a network are solved by traffic shaping which is called as(egress blocking)The data which is sent or received are measured by traffic shaping and traffic policing . traffic policing in a network is used to remove all the excess packets which helps to overcome the policed rate. The excess packets are again en-queued by shaping. Both shaping and policing prevent the traffic from exceeding the bit rate defined.
Link efficiency is used increase the quality of service of a network,particularly if the given note continuously increase the bandwidth rate on a network which causes the sudden change in behaviour of the network. Which slows down data applications significantly.if the load exceeds the given bandwidth for a period of time the application slows down completely or even stops down ata particular point because of the continuous queues which can be avoided by using the link efficiency.
Whenever queuing occurs in a network congestion management gives the ability to rearrange the packets.
Congestion avoidance tools are used to avoid congestion. It enables queue to avoid congestion. Whenever the rate of transmission load and offer load exceeds the line rate send by various senders.Queues are formed which may cause congestion. The queue are managed by congestion avoidance tool by dropping the packets randomly which are selective which reduces the congestion level.
Each and every packet will be given equal access to resources when we not consider the QoS policies. We cannot give voice priority if we cannot tell a voice packet from a data packet. In order to utilize its network resources efficiently for a company, so to support those traffic streams it must identify which network traffic is critical traffic and allocate appropriate resources to support those traffic streams. Otherwise, the result could be intermittent with voice quality complaints. Applications like voice and video are delay and jitter sensitive. Voice packet will be given first priority access to the interface queue, when we use a good QoS policy. For example, both FTP and an voice packet arrive at the same time at an outbound router interface.
The voice packet could be given priority first over the FTP packet when we use QoS configuration. The FTP packet may be fragmented to make sure that the voice packet does not show any excessive delay, if the interface speed is less than T.
The main reason for the wide transformation of best-effort models to more complex differentiated services models is by privately owned enterprise and service providers networks, the meaning that the network gives different applications differing levels of service.
d. Class-Based WFQ: CBWFQ is most like CQ, in that it can be used to reserve minimum bandwidth for each queue. It does differ from CQ in that you can configure the actual percentage of traffic, rather than a byte count. CBWFQ is like WFQ in that CBWFQ can actually use WFQ inside one particular queue, but it differs from WFQ in that it does not keep up with flows for all the traffic.
e. Low Latency Queuing (LLQ): LLQ combines the bandwidth reservation feature of CBWFQ with a PQ-like high priority queue, called as Low Latency Queue, which allows delay-sensitive traffic to spend little time in the queue. But first, this section begins with WFQ, which uses a completely different scheduler.
Strict service; always serves higher-priority queue over lower queue.
Serves a configured number of bytes per queue, per round-robin pass through the queues. Result: Rough percentage of the bandwidth given to each queue under load.
Each flow uses a different queue, Queues with lower volume and higher IP precedence get more service; high volume, low precedence flows get less service.
Service algorithm not published; results in set percentage bandwidth for each queue under load.
LLQ is a variant of CBWFQ, which makes some queues "priority" queues, always getting served next if a packet is waiting in that queue. It also polices traffic.
Similar to CQ, but each queue gets an exact percentage of bandwidth. Supports LLQ mechanism as well.
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