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(Some) Irish super-rich bricking it as secretive offshore haven leaks confidential information | NAMA Wine Lake
We are expecting a comprehensive list by the end of this week, but the partial leaking of lists of directors and shareholders of companies in the secretive offshore tax, banking and corporate-regulation haven of the British Virgin Islands has already caused waves with the campaign manager for French president Francois Hollande being forced to reveal his business relationship with a Chinese partner, and a Mongolian politician saying he might have to resign. The partial and full lists are/should be, available here.
But in Ireland, we know that the BVI has been a destination of choice for Irish property developers, as well as businessmen and women generally. After all, its (hitherto!) secrecy and tax regime have been attracting such titans of Irish business as the (Sean) Quinn family and Ray Grehan. A BVI registered company is after NAMAed Paddy Kelly, now in Florida. There is nothing illegal or untoward about incorporating BVI companies, but there are long-held suspicions that the secrecy provided by the BVI has been abused. You cannot generally find out the shareholders, directors or financial information of companies incorporated in the BVI, it's all hidden behind nominees like BVI solicitors. This leaking has changed all that.
The Revenue Commissioners and NAMA will be just two state agencies chomping at the bit to get their hands on the lists which might expose omissions in tax returns and disclosures of assets. NAMA has already reported two developers to the Gardai, apparently for false statements made in connection with business plans, which you might recall required developers (and sometimes their spouses) to provide sworn affidavits. NAMA has engaged lawyers in the BVI previously.
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Tags: Banks, British Virgin Islands, BVI, Florida, François Hollande, Ireland, Irish, Irish News, NAMA, President of France, Revenue Commissioners
The Great Horsemeat Crisis
The Real Culprits are the Banks
by CONN HALLINAN
As the Great Horsemeat Crisis continues to spread—"gallops" is the verb favored by the European press—across the continent, and countries pile on to blame Romania (France, Holland, Cyprus, etc.), what is becoming increasingly clear is that old-fashioned corporate greed, aided and abetted by politicians eager to gut "costly" regulations and industrial inspection regimes is behind the scandal.
In a sense it is fitting that the whole imbroglio began in Ireland, where inspectors in Ulster first indentified that hamburgers should have more properly been labeled "horsewiches." The Emerald Isle has more horses than any country in Europe, and, according to the Financial Times, in 2007 Ireland produced 12,633 thoroughbred foals and has some 110,000 "sport" horses.
The year 2007 was just before the Irish real estate bubble imploded, bankrupting the nation and impoverishing millions. And the year the "Celtic Tiger" died was very bad news for horses. Thousands of the creatures were simply turned loose by their financially strapped owners, and the number of horses sent to slaughterhouses jumped from 2,000 in 2008 to 25,000 in 2012.
The Irish-horse connection goes back to when Celtic speaking people first burst out of Central Europe during the second century B.C. Celtic cavalry and chariots—the Celts introduced the latter to Europe—were pretty formidable, as the Romans discovered on a number of occasions.
Horses have always been a high status item in Ireland, and during the colonial period the English figured out a devilishly clever way to take advantage of that. According to the Irish Penal Laws of 1692, no Catholic—the vast majority of native Irish were Roman Catholics—could own a horse worth more than five pounds. So the English would go into the countryside, select a thoroughbred, and force the breeder to sell them his horse for a pittance. Sometimes the "buyers" would then turn right around and re-sell the animal to its former owner for hundreds of pounds.
When the Irish first discovered horsemeat in the food chain, they claimed innocence and blamed the Poles. It turns out, however, that a small slaughterhouse in Tipperary was shipping horsemeat labeled as beef to the Czech Republic. The British blamed the Romanians, and Rupert Murdoch's newspaper, The Sun, took the opportunity to indulge in his favorite sport: ethnic bashing. A "grim Romanian slaughterhouse built with EU (European Union) cash" was the culprit, blared the largest (and sleaziest) tabloid in England.
The Romanians did indeed use EU cash to build a plant, but the slaughterhouse produced records showing that they had correctly identified the meat as horse. Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta complained that Romania was routinely made the EU's scapegoat.
Then the Swedes got into the act and blamed France, and it does appear it was the French company Spanghero that slipped "old Dobbin" into the food chain. Spanghero denied the charge and, in its defense, trotted out yet another animal: a weeping crocodile. "My first thought is for the employees," said a choked up Laurent Spanghero at a press conference. "My second thought goes to our kids and grandkids that carry our name. We have always taught them the values of courage and loyalty and today we have been plunged into dishonor."
Except, according to French Consumer Affairs Minister Benoit Hamon, Spanghero could hardly have failed to notice that the meat it was importing from Romania was much cheaper than what the company normally paid for beef. A kilo of horsemeat costs .66 cents, a kilo of beef, $3.95. According to Hamon, Spanghero made $733,800 substituting horsemeat for beef.
Then things got really murky.
The Netherlands said the Cyprus-based meat vendor Draap that sold the meat to Spanghold was responsible, and the company's track record would suggest the Dutch had a point. In 2012 Draap was convicted of selling South American horsemeat labeled at German and Dutch beef.
But it turns out Draap—based in Cyprus but run by a trust in the British Virgin Islands—is owned by the company Guardstand, that in turn owns part of the arms dealing company, Ilex Ventures. According to prosecutors in New York, convicted international arms dealer Viktor Bout owns Ilex Ventures. Guardstand's sole shareholder, reports Jamie Doward of The Observer, is Trident Trust, which sets up companies in tax-free nations. Guardstand helped set up Ilex.
Sorting this out will be nigh on impossible, because tax havens like Cyprus and the British Virgin Islands are not about to give up their secrets, and the powerful corporations that shelter their ill-gotten gains there know how to keep inspectors at bay.
Hypocrisy has been in abundance during the Great Horsemeat Crisis.
Owen Paterson, the British environmental secretary who oversees food safety and a member of the Conservative Party, thundered in Parliament about an "international conspiracy." However, the current Conservative-Liberal government has instituted cutbacks on inspections by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), and turned enforcement over to some 330 local authorities.
"It is a shame that testing by the FSA has been reduced," Dr. Chris Smart told the Guardian. "I am sure there will be other crises that come along in the next few years." And given that UK food prices have risen nearly 26 percent that will surely be the case. Inspectors have already uncovered adulterated olive oil and paprika made from roof tiles.
At the heart of this are the continent-wide austerity programs that have driven up the ranks of the poor, requiring low-income families to rely on cheap meat or go without. "Why was horsemeat present in beef burgers?" asks Elizabeth Dowler, a professor of food and social policy at Warwick University, "Because the price has to be kept as low as possible." Horsemeat is one-fifth the price of beef, so the temptation is to either adulterate beef with horse, or sell it as cheap beef. "This has the most impact on those with low income and large numbers of children," says Dowler. "People in this situation have no money to buy better quality burgers, or to go to a butcher and make their own mincemeat. Instead they depend on special 3-for-2 offers. The problem is linked to poverty."
Horsemeat for some, beer and skittles for the likes of Spanghero.
But the real culprits in this crisis are the banks in Britain, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain that ignited the economic crisis by artificially pumping up real estate bubbles. Up there in the docket with the bankers should be the politicians who shoved through development schemes, waved environmental regulations, and turned a blind eye to speculation. And when everything crashed, the taxpayers—the vast majority of whom never got in on the boom years—got stuck with the bill.
Poor Ireland. The EU enforced austerity scheme has raised the unemployment level to above 15 percent—30 percent for young people—and saddled homeowners with onerous tax and fee hikes. Wages have been cut, health care fees raised more, and welfare butchered. In spite of these "reforms," the economy grew an anemic 0.9 percent in 2012, and is scheduled to rise to 1.5 percent in 2013, down from the 2.2 the government originally predicted.
And the Irish economy is actually much worse than the figures indicate, because much of the wealth Ireland currently creates goes into the coffers of huge multinationals attracted to the island's 12.5 percent corporate tax rate, the lowest in Europe. As the Economist points out, "The Irish people have fared much worse than the Irish economy."
And the pain for the average Irish working person is due to get worse. The 2013 budget will cut spending $4.6 billion, increase taxes, and add yet more austerity in 2014 and 2015. All of this woe has drawn widespread praise from the EU and the International Monetary Fund, which suggests that if a bank praises you, it is time to reach for a barricade.
This is not just a European problem, because the trend toward cutting back on regulations and inspections is worldwide. For instance, under pressure from the agricultural lobby, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has backed off trying to reduce the amount of antibiotics used on livestock. According to a recent report by the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System, 80 percent of all the antibiotics manufactured in the U.S. are used on animals. The result is that antibiotic-resistant salmonella is spreading rapidly in chicken and turkey populations, and turning up in hospitals, clinics and gymnasiums.
Horsemeat is going to be the least of our problems.
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Ukrainians may face jail in NI over Quinn assets role
A senior political figure who is also one of Ukraine's richest businessmen has intervened in the ongoing battle for control of a valuable shopping mall in Kyiv formerly owned by the family of Seán Quinn.
A Ukrainian lawyer and an economist may face jail in Northern Ireland for their role in alleged asset stripping by the Quinn family. Oleksandr Serpokrylov and Dmytro Zaitsev appeared before the Northern Ireland High Court yesterday by video-link to defend contempt of court proceedings over the transfer of a $45 million claim against a shopping centre in Kiev.
Lawyers for the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation claim the two men, as representatives of a mysterious offshore company Lyndhurst Development Trading, ignored an injunction against any transfer of debts surrounding the mall.
The net effect of their action was to put the shopping centre beyond the reach of IRBC, which is seeking control of the Quinn's international property empire in an attempt to recoup more than £2 billion.As part of the wider legal battle the British Virgin Islands-registered Lyndhurst Development Trading was prohibited from enforcing any loan agreement under the terms of an emergency injunction granted in Belfast last December.
It is alleged that later that day the order was ignored at a hearing in Kiev. Lyndhurst secured judgment from the Ukrainian court that it was entitled to enforce a $45 million debt against the firm that owns the mall, Univermag.
A judge in Belfast has already ruled the property debt was transferred from one of Mr Quinn's companies to put it beyond the reach of IBRC.
Mr Justice McCloskey held earlier this year that those responsible for the loan assignment were "indulging in an orchestrated, elaborate and illicit charade". All disputed transactions were declared null and void, with control returned to the former Anglo Irish Bank.
A chain of assignments scrutinised in the case set out how Fermanagh-based firm Demesne Investments, of which Mr Quinn is a former director, had been owed $45 million by Univermag.
But in April 2011 Demesne transferred its rights to the debt to Innishmore Consultancy, another Northern Ireland company run by Mr Quinn's nephew Peter Quinn. From there the loan was moved on to Lyndhurst last October.
Lawyers for IBRC argued the assignment was a sham, part of an asset-stripping exercise carried out at a massive undervalue and not worth the paper it was written on.
If found guilty Mr Serpokrylov and Mr Zaitsez could be jailed. But with both men remaining in the Ukraine, any such outcome is unlikely to be enforceable while they remain outside the European Union.
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La Mazda RX-7 è un'automobile sportiva costruita dalla Mazda in tre generazioni tra il 1978 e il 2002. Caratteristica peculiare di questa vettura è il suo motore rotativo Wankel.

Commercializzata inizialmente solo in Oriente, è stata successivamente esportata in Europa e negli Stati Uniti.

Le serie
Di questa coupé esistono tre generazioni: la prima, presentata nel 1978, solo un anno dopo la cessazione della produzione della prima vettura di serie equipaggiata da tale motore, la NSU Ro 80, la seconda, prodotta dal 1985 al 1991, e l'ultima prodotta fino al 2002 (anche se negli ultimi anni la produzione fu destinata al solo mercato interno giapponese e limitata a pochi esemplari). Venne sostituita dalla Mazda RX-8.

Prima serie (SA22C/FB, 1978-1985)

La prima serie dell'auto venne equipaggiata da un birotore in grado di erogare 77 kW (105 CV) a 6.000 giri al minuto, e fornito di una coppia motrice di 147 N m a 4.000 rpm. La configurazione era quella classica delle vetture sportive del tempo con una linea abbastanza spigolosa, dei fari a scomparsa e una meccanica caratterizzata dalla trazione posteriore. Sbarcò in Europa con l'intenzione di concorrere con le migliori sportive del tempo come ad esempio la Porsche 924 a cui in parte somigliava.

Nel 1981 subì un leggero restyling che esteticamente interessava i paraurti, le modanatura laterali, i cerchi e infine la fanaleria posteriore, che perdeva la zona di depressione centrale tipica del modello, per un più armonioso comparto con targa incorporata (in Europa).

Motoristicamente, grazie ad alcuni affinamenti, si raggiungevano gli 85 kW (115 CV), ed il comparto dinamico della vettura veniva ampiamente migliorato grazie ai quattro freni a disco di serie e ad una piccola modifica della sospensione anteriore.

L'interno poi passava dal tipico stile anni 70 del modello precedente (si veda la cromatura che correva lungo tutto l'abitacolo) a un più moderno uso dei materiali e degli accessori (con cristalli e retrovisori elettrici su tutti i modelli europei).
Della prima serie vennero prodotti 474.565 esemplari, di cui 377.878 venduti sul mercato statunitense dove ancora oggi ha una forte schiera di appassionati.

Le motorizzazioni iniziali della seconda serie, la cui presentazione avvenne nel 1986, erano un aspirato da 146 CV (108 kW) o una versione sovralimentato da 182 CV (141 kW).

Seconda serie (FC, 1985-1991)

A metà del 1989 venne presentata la versione rivista: l'aspirato raggiungeva i 160 CV (ma non era più disponibile in Europa) e la sovralimentata arrivava a 200 CV. Questo modello fu l'unico ufficialmente importato in Italia, nella versione denominata Turbo II, che comprendeva una ricca dotazione di serie (interni in pelle, tetto apribile elettrico, climatizzatore, cruise control).
Esteticamente era riconoscibile dal modello del 1986 per i fanali posteriori, con le luci dei freni rotonde, e per differenti paraurti ora in tinta con la carrozzeria. Venne offerta anche in versione cabriolet che, nonostante una buona accoglienza da parte del mercato, specialmente di quello nordamericano, venne prodotta solo per questa serie.

Terza serie (FD, 1992-2002)

La terza e ultima serie (modello FD3S) vide la luce nell'ottobre del 1992 con un ulteriore raffinamento della linea per adeguarla ai mutati canoni estetici dell'epoca, che ne fece una delle sportive giapponesi più apprezzate per lo stile. Venne esportata al di fuori dei confini giapponesi fino al 1996, e mantenuta in produzione per gli ultimi anni solo per il mercato interno, con il sub-brand ɛ̃fini, pur conservando il nome RX-7.

Il motore montato su questa versione era il wankel rotative 13B REW che, con rapporto di compressione pari a 9:1 e sovralimentazione mediante due turbocompressori sequenziali e intercooler aria-aria, erogava nella versione europea 239 CV a 6500 giri/min (255 CV in quella giapponese), mentre nelle versioni Type R e Type RS, in vendita per il mercato interno dal 1999 al 2002, sviluppava 280 CV, dati però solo dichiarati dalla casa per un vincolo tra le case costruttrici giapponesi che imponeva di non superare quella potenza, in realtà quel motore superava alla prova dei fatti i 300 CV.

Il sistema di turbine sequenziali era sofisticato per una vettura di normale produzione. Sviluppato in collaborazione con Hitachi, era composto da un gruppo turbocompressori in blocco unico, specificatamente progettato, consistente di due turbine di ugual dimensioni Hitachi HT12, gemellate nel lato caldo, azionato dai gas di scarico provenienti dai rotori.

Il sistema, nato per sopperire ai limiti tecnici dei turbocompressori di allora, era stato studiato per fornire una curva di coppia generosa e molto piatta fin dai bassi regimi. Un solo turbocompressore piccolo infatti avrebbe consentito una coppia poderosa ai bassi regimi, ma fornito un motore molto soffocato agli alti; per contro un turbocompressore molto grosso avrebbe aumentato eccessivamente il ritardo della risposta all'acceleratore (turbo-lag) pur fornendo una buona potenza agli alti. Il sistema impiegato sulla RX-7 è di fatto concettualmente semplice, ma di esecuzione assai complicata: i due turbocompressori erano azionati dai gas di scarico e soffiati nel collettore di aspirazione prima singolarmente e poi in coppia, in parallelo. La prima turbina consentiva una sovralimentazione pari a 10 psi (0,689 bar) a partire da 1800 giri/min, la seconda turbina (nel frattempo tenuta in una sorta di "stand-by") era resa operativa a partire dai 4000 giri/min e permetteva di mantenere i 10 psi (0,689 bar) di sovralimentazione fino alla linea rossa dei 7500 giri/min (7000 giri/min per la versione europea). Il passaggio dalla modalità "singola" alla modalità "doppia" tra i 3500 ed i 4000 giri/min vedeva la pressione di sovralimentazione scendere intorno ad 8 psi (0,551 bar), per questo motivo sulla RX-7 si parla non di pressione di sovralimentazione ma di schema della pressione di sovralimentazione, appunto definito 10-8-10.

Tutto il sistema era gestito tramite attuatori pneumatici, valvole a solenoide, valvole by-pass e valvole di sfogo e gestito tutto dalla centralina elettronica del motore, per la sua complessità era spesso fonte di problemi, dovuti in gran parte alla manutenzione che non veniva eseguita correttamente.

Il sistema di iniezione MAP (Manifold Absolute Pressure) L-Jetronic studiato da Bosch prevedeva due iniettori per ogni rotore, azionati anch'essi in modo sequenziale: il primo iniettore da 550 cm³/min alimentava il rotore nel campo di funzionamento del primo turbocompressore, il secondo iniettore da 850 cm³/min veniva azionato in concomitanza con l'entrata in funzionamento del secondo turbocompressore. Per lo stesso motivo, la pompa benzina era azionata a due velocità.

Il motore in questione adottava anche la doppia candela di accensione per ogni rotore, gestito da un sistema elettronico con sensore di detonazione piezo-elettrico, per attenuare il problema del Wankel di avere camere di combustione schiacciate e allungate che davano problemi per il fronte di fiamma che doveva viaggiare da un punto all'altro della camera in pochissimo tempo.

Per  quanto riguarda le sospensioni la vettura era dotata del sistema a doppi bracci triangolari sovrapposti di lunghezza ineguale all'anteriore, mentre al posteriore presentava un sistema Multilink. Sia all'anteriore che al posteriore troviamo ammortizzatori telescopici e molle elicoidali, completati da barre antirollio. I duomi delle sospensioni erano rinforzati da una specifica barra al posteriore ed una regolabile all'anteriore, non presente però nella versione touring e base.

I freni erano a dischi ventilati da 294 mm con pinze flottanti a 4 pistoncini all'anteriore e a dischi ventilati da 294 mm con pinza fissa a singolo pistoncino al posteriore. ABS a 3 canali di serie su tutte le versioni. Servosterzo con assistenza variabile in base alla velocità.

La trazione alle ruote posteriori con differenziale a slittamento limitato di tipo Torsen avveniva tramite un cambio manuale, denominato Type R152a a 5 marce sincronizzate. I rapporti delle marce erano: prima 3.483:1; seconda 2.015:1; terza 1.391:1; quarta  1.000:1; quinta 0.719:1; retromarcia 3.288:1; rapporto finale 4.100:1. Era disponibile anche una trasmissione di tipo automatico denominata R4A-EL controllata elettronicamente a 4 rapporti e con convertitore di coppia.

Le prestazioni dichiarate erano di una accelerazione da 0 a 100 km/h in 5,5 secondi e 250 km/h di velocità massima, tutto questo grazie anche al peso contenuto di circa 1280 kg.

Il basso centro di gravità, la configurazione con motore anteriore dietro l'asse delle ruote e la trazione al posteriore, unitamente ad una eguale distribuzione dei pesi di 50:50 sui due assi hanno reso l'RX-7 una vettura dalla buona guidabilità e performante se portata al limite.

Nel 2002, ultimo anno di produzione della RX-7, venne presentata una versione ad alte prestazioni, denominata Spirit R. Essa era disponibile nelle configurazioni Type A, B e C. La prima di queste varianti era una biposto dotata di cambio manuale a cinque rapporti, sedili sportivi Recaro che diminuiscono il peso complessivo della vettura di 10 kg e impianto frenante a disco potenziato.

Attività sportiva
La Mazda RX-7 è stata iscritta nel 2002 al campionato Super GT nipponico nella classe GT300 dal team RE Amemiya. Oltre ai nuovi sistema di sicurezza prescritti dal campionato e a nuove appendici aerodinamiche, la vettura è stata dotata di un propulsore potenziato a 400 CV di potenza.

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Altri progetti

Rx-7

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Parker in Douglas County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Newcomb House
10965 Pikes Peak Drive
— Town of Parker Landmark —
By Mark Hilton, July 26, 2016
1. Newcomb House Marker
Newcomb House. 10965 Pikes Peak Drive. In 1910, newlyweds James and Victoria Newcomb bought this property from George Parker for $150. In January of 1911 they built their first home, which is the central portion of the present house. Reputedly, it was built quickly, "up and all closed in" in just 21 days. James had moved to Parker in March of 1910 and had opened a barber shop in the Rhode Island Hotel. James was also a fine violinist and formed Newcomb's Orchestra, later called the Parker Band. In the fall of 1911, James built his own shop across the street from the Rhode Island Hotel and for many years the couple moved back and forth between the house and the rear quarters of the shop, renting out the house at least five times between 1913 and 1926. . . Victoria, who had once taught at Pine Grove School with her sister, Laura, became Postmaster of Parker in 1914 and held that position for 34 years. By 1930, James and Victoria had separated but Victoria remained on as one of Parker's most steadfast citizens. She and her sister lived together in this house from the late 1930s until their deaths in the early 1960s. . . The home was designated a Parker Landmark on August 20, 2007. . This historical marker was erected by Town of Parker. It is in Parker in Douglas County Colorado
In 1910, newlyweds James and Victoria Newcomb bought this property from George Parker for $150. In January of 1911 they built their first home, which is the central portion of the present house. Reputedly, it was built quickly, "up and all closed in" in just 21 days. James had moved to Parker in March of 1910 and had opened a barber shop in the Rhode Island Hotel. James was also a fine violinist and formed Newcomb's Orchestra, later called the Parker Band. In the fall of 1911, James built his own shop across the street from the Rhode Island Hotel and for many years the couple moved back and forth between the house and the rear quarters of the shop, renting out the house at least five times between 1913 and 1926.
Victoria, who had once taught at Pine Grove School with her sister, Laura, became Postmaster of Parker in 1914 and held that position for 34 years. By 1930, James and Victoria had separated but Victoria remained on as one of Parker's most steadfast citizens. She and her sister lived together in this house from the late 1930s until their deaths in the early 1960s.
The home was designated a Parker Landmark on August
2. Newcomb House (Marker is to right of gate)
Erected by Town of Parker.
Location. 39° 31.05′ N, 104° 45.715′ W. Marker is in Parker, Colorado, in Douglas County. Marker is on South Pikes Peak Drive south of Pilgrims Place, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100965 South Pikes Peak Drive, Parker CO 80138, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Ave Maria Chapel (within shouting distance of this marker); Dedication to Parker's Most Significant Early Doctor (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Twenty Mile House (about 600 feet away); Hood House (approx. 3.4 miles away); Cherry Creek Camp (approx. 3½ miles away); Russellville - History of Franktown / Franktown Country - Timber Industry (approx. 7.6 miles away); Franktown (approx. 8.9 miles away); Founders Village (approx. 10.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Parker.
1. Parker history about the Newcomb House. (Submitted on September 19, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
2. The Newcomb House: A Celebrity Cottage. (.pdf). (Submitted on September 19, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
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Credits. This page was last revised on September 19, 2016. This page originally submitted on September 19, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 351 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 19, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.

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A couple of years back a French research study (known as the Séralini.study after its primary author) claimed that rats fed a diet which contained a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified corn or the herbicide Roundup or a combination of the herbicide and genetically modified corn died more frequently and earlier over the two year study than control groups.
The paper was retracted after widespread criticism of its methodology and interpretation. It has now been republished in a new journal. However, despite some minor tweaks to the paper the major flaws in this study still remain. Basically, none of its claims are valid, indeed the entire study is uninterpretable.
This evidence shows that all we are seeing in this recycled paper is due to random variation in a poorly controlled experiment. It does not show that GMO corn, or roundup, even at concentrations that no human would ever be exposed to through diet, have any effect on cancer or mortality.


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While Halloween takes place at the end of October, many Chatham-Kent residents got a bit of a fright to start July.
Their tax bills arrived in the mail.
Chatham-Kent council lauded itself for holding the tax increase to 3.2%, but reality set in with the arrival of the bill for the final two instalments of the 2013 property taxes.
It was the perfect property tax storm, so to speak, as the province tweaked how it applied an education tax reduction – something council expected would be applied across the board – and the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) began the phase-in on it's assessment increases. MPAC reassesses land values every four years. The latest review took place last year, with changes being phased in beginning this year.
As a result, farm property taxes rose on average more than 24%, while homeowners saw their taxes jump by nearly 5% on average.
And so began the phone calls, from taxpayer to councilor or to the Civic Centre.
Gord Quinton, the acting treasurer for Chatham-Kent, confirmed the phone's been ringing, with unhappy folks at the other end of the line.
"Every year, when the final tax bills come in, we do get a lot of calls," he said. "But every four years, we get an extra flood of calls when their assessments go up.
"Of course, I don't get phone calls from anyone who gets a reduction in their assessment."
Farmland in Chatham-Kent shot up in value by nearly 66% from 2008 to 2012, according to an MPAC release last fall.
"That's a very significant assessment increase on farmland (24.05%), given that land values have changed to dramatically," council budget chairman Art Stirling said. "The farming community was well aware their assessments were increasing dramatically. But now individual residents are opening up their tax bills and seeing the impact."
Such individuals anticipated a 3.2% increase, but Stirling said an unexpected move by the province changed that.
"The 1.2% reduction in the education levy … the province dictated that it be applied to industrial and commercial tax bases," he said. "I guess I was not as aware as I probably should have been."
But council set the budget in early February, whereas the province's decision on where to drop the education levy reduction came at a later date, Quinton said.
"The actual municipal budget increase was 4.4%. But there was the education rate reduction of 1.2%," he said. "The province sets those rates, and after we'd approved our budget, those reductions were directed mostly at commercial and industrial properties."
That leaves typical homeowners, such as Chatham's John Lyons, fatigued from taxation.
"From what we've been hearing, we sort of braced for it. We weren't shocked, but it's the amount of the creep from year to year," he said. "Over the course of 10 years, (our property taxes) have gone up by 50%."
Lyons said when residents have to pay more on taxes, it results in less disposable income, meaning less spending inside Chatham-Kent.
"That's money not being spent at local restaurants, the theatre or when buying groceries," he said.
If there is a silver lining in this tax cloud, it lies with industrial and commercial taxes, Stirling said.
"The good news is there are significant tax decreases to the commercial and industrial sectors," he said. "This should help with economic development, but it doesn't help the individual residents."
Lyons is also one of the owners of Hub Creative Group. He said they don't see the commercial tax savings, as the taxes are paid through their lease agreement.
Stirling suggested for taxpayers who experienced a large assessment hike and resulting tax increase to speak up, but pick the right target.
"If you disagree with your reassessment, contact the MPAC office."
As for municipal council, Stirling suggests this latest tax fright should also give councilors the chills.
"These kinds of tax increases should be a wake-up call for council. It underlines the importance of the service review and a tougher budget stance," he said. "The majority of council continues to generally choose not to make the tough decisions and tough cuts."
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Bruce Corcoran is a veteran writer, editor and broadcaster, having spent more than two decades in the media industry. His news articles and opinion pieces have appeared in various Sun Media publications, including The Toronto Sun, London Free Press and Chatham Daily News; as well as The Toronto Star; National Post; Metroland publications; and The Canadian Press. His radio news stories have been aired via Broadcast News to radio stations around the country. Bruce is a five-time Ontario Newspaper Award finalist for news reporting and opinion and analysis writing. A Humber College Print and Broadcast Journalism graduate, Bruce spent more than a decade in the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario before moving to Chatham-Kent in 2001.
9 Responses to '13 property tax hike bigger than anticipated
Bill Myers says:
Councillor Stirling should lead by example. When the Realtor Association meet with Art previous to our deputation to council on holding the line with taxes, he clearly did not support us in our recommendation.
Patricia Willan says:
If you think gas prices have gone up…look at what we are soon to deal with here in CK.
Nicole Mceachran says:
Ridiculous and disgusting
Dennis Brown says:
The city must have found out that I could afford cell phone on my pension. So what's another 5%?
Veronica Mercer says:
Makes my blood boil! Municipal grants, newly approved projects, MPAC, windmills…argh! I'd love to move but they've got me financially pinned down! Thanks C-K!
Mike Lepage says:
Looking very forward to the next election. Just another failure, unfortunately, to add to the growing list of incompetence.
Mike Rejects-Mojo says:
gotta pay for St.Clair some how…
Brad Maynard says:
it should be obvious to anyone that city hall does not care about the people, only their misguided ideology that is spoon fed to them by an incompetent bureaucracy. I really, really hope that ian mclartys evidence is substantial and that it brings down these overspenders at the public trough.
Ho Hardy says:
if they do not cut we have to.
many of us have no more to cut.
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Are you a first year teacher? Have you taught in the past and are returning to the classroom? Do you crave knowledge about specific tips and tricks that will help your school year run smoothly? You might be brand new to the education scene or have a few years of teaching under your belt. Either way you can learn from teachers, professors, and educators with years of experience in the field of education through audio books.
After grading papers and reading all day long, your eyes may be fatigued. Give your eyes a rest and listen to educational strategy books instead. You can curl up on the couch to listen or learn while commuting home from school. The extra knowledge you can garner from listening to these audio resources is valuable and will affect your teaching in a positive manner.
What audio books should you check out? If you are a first year teacher then you definitely want to listen to "The Essential 55" by Ron Clark and "Educating Esme" by Esme Raji Codell. The Essential 55 discusses 55 rules that Ron Clark employs in his classroom to great success. Every teacher should be aware of these rules as they will make their teaching experience enjoyable and effective. The rules range from having students properly follow classroom protocols to standing up for what you believe in. He also provides tips for dealing with parents and discipline issues, both of which are a recurring theme in teaching.
In addition, you will want to listen to Educating Esme before your first year of teaching. Many new teachers are excited, but nervous at the same time. Educating Esme provides a hilarious account of a teacher�s first year. Take comfort in the joys, successes, and setbacks that Esme endures during her first year of teaching. This audio book will help inexperienced teachers feel like they are not alone.
Psychology plays an important role in education. You need to understand the needs of each child and fill those needs appropriately. Spend some time listening to "The Education of Children" by Alfred Adler. This timeless book provides insight on personality, social development, and the role of the parent.
Other great audio books to check out are "The Closing of the American Mind" by Allan Bloom, "Cultural Literacy" by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., and "Dangerous Minds" by LouAnne Johnson. You might have seen the movie Dangerous Minds in the 1990�s. Listening to the audio version, with a focus on teaching, will help you succeed in a difficult classroom. By adding these audio books to your listening library, you will cover social issues in education that are hot beds of debate today.
You have stocked your classroom with the basics such as pencils, paper, and textbooks. Now it is time to take your supplies a step further by listening to these entertaining education titles. They are a resource that will prove immensely useful in your classroom experience.


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The world is changing rapidly. Given the advances in technology and the speed of innovation, it is hard to imagine what Boulder Valley School District's youngest students will face when they graduate high school in nearly two decades.
"We are preparing kids to work in the ever changing world, knowing that the majority of the occupations that these kids will occupy don't even exist today," Meadowlark School Principal Brent Caldwell said.
"We have no clue today what we're going to be doing two years from now," explained Ed Schwalenberg, a product manager at Google Boulder. "Today, a lot of people at Google are working on the Google Assistant -- This little box that you talk to and say things like, 'Ok, Google give me directions to the airport' or 'Ok, Google. Turn on my TV.' That wasn't something that was in the plans two years ago. -- but we have a lot of project managers working on it now."
"If you're a freshman in high school and you're looking at an average of eight years in education before you go into the job market, what does that mean? What are people going to be doing in eight years from now? We haven't a clue," Schwalenberg added.
One thing is certain, education must adapt in order to keep up with the changes.
"They used to say that adaptability was one of the top skills that students needed, but they're moving away from that, because adaptability has the assumption that you know what the problem is," explained Lisa Lovett, University of Colorado Boulder's associate director for employee relations at CU Boulder Career Services. "Technology, life, business is moving at such a fast pace that we don't know what tomorrow's problem is, so we are now focused on agility -- because it is not knowing the problem, but knowing how to adjust what you're doing, so you can find those problems or the solution to those things."
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The traditional model of education was founded during the industrial revolution in the image of assembly lines.
"Our [nation's] traditional schools were designed in which teachers delivered the knowledge and skills people would need to work in factories. Now all the knowledge you need is available through Siri or Google at any point. It is no longer about memorizing knowledge and mastering routine skills. It is about being creative and being able to collaborate and how to communicate and how to think critically," Caldwell said. "Some of the most innovative and high tech companies in the world are moving to Boulder because of the quality of life. They are giving us feedback that really the kids who are even coming out of college are not prepared to work in the ever-changing, adaptive and creative work world now. It is so different even than it was 5 or 10 years ago."
"If we think about the way the world is like right now, there are still '9-to-5' jobs, but it is changing, it is evolving, right?" added Katie Gambardella, a third-grade teacher at Ryan STEAM Elementary. "When these eight-year olds or nine-year olds are adults -- it is going to look very different. We have to make sure they are able to adapt and live in that world of uncomfortability and be able to have some grit and be able to problem solve, communicate with each other -- that is what they will need to be successful."
For this reason, educators across BVSD are reworking the way they teach. While students are still learning content, the focus is now on developing skills like critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication -- that will serve them their entire lives, regardless of any changes -- through experiential learning, like problem or project-based learning.
"I think one of the most impressive things I've seen happen is the tight integration of strong and rigorous academic content into these projects in meaningful ways," said Kiffany Lychock, BVSD's director of Educational Innovations. "That is not just our older high school students … Our youngest learners are also engaging in rigorous deep thinking along with these engaging learning opportunities."
During these projects students are encouraged to take the lead in their learning, while their teachers guide and support them. The result is learning that captivates students' attention and sets them free to be empowered explorers.
"It gives students a sense of purpose. It has this deep sense for them of impact and doing something bigger and broader than just themselves," Lychock said.
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A few years ago, Boulder Valley School District worked to define the key components that define this type of instruction for BVSD. More than 200 educators participated in the discussion, which eventually resulted in these six Innovation Guiding Principles. LEARN MORE
As shown in the accompanying videos, these principles are demonstrated in schools new and old across BVSD and in every level from kindergarten to 12th grade.
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We believe that learning is a journey inspired by authentic questions. Along the journey of inquiry, learners acquire knowledge, abilities, ways of thinking, and skills that shape them for the next journey. Inquiry can be initiated by facilitators seeking to guide the journey learners towards specific knowledge and skills, or more ideally, originate with the learner. We will foster a culture in which questions are as important as answers, and every learner is challenged/encouraged to inquire.
2. Learning Fosters a Culture of Curiosity and Risk Taking
We believe that in order to succeed, we must try first. In the pursuit of understanding, learners must have the opportunity, guidance, and encouragement to take appropriate risks – expanding the limits of what they know and can do, or what might be the status quo. We support risk taking, big and small, for learners of all ages in the process of learning. We actively create a culture where curiosity is valued above rote memorization and failure in the pursuit of understanding is valued above complacency in the process of attainment.
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We believe there are many ways to demonstrate deep understanding and mastery of skills. Learners develop skills and demonstrate what they know in ways others can see, understand, and build upon. Learners are challenged to present their understanding verbally, visually, digitally, and by completing projects in multiple mediums. Facilitators of learning and learners themselves will use a variety of tools and measure their skills and understandings in multiple ways.
4. Learning is a Social Process
We believe learning requires interaction. When learning takes place in isolation, there is no opportunity for interaction with thoughts of others. By providing opportunities for collaboration, students use the thinking of others to inspire, improve and reflect on their own learning. Learners will seek highly effective collaboration that produces deeper, meaningful learning. We aspire to foster a culture that encourages meaningful interaction, builds communities where all learners feel safe, heard, and valued.
5. Learning is Powerful when Students Create Solutions to Authentic Challenges that Impact Their Local, National or Global Community
We believe the real world is the most relevant context in which to learn. When learners apply their knowledge and skills to challenges that impact the world they live in, they are more likely to be interested in what they are learning. Learning within authentic contexts provides students with a greater sense of purpose to their learning. We design and facilitate academically rigorous learning experiences, projects, case-studies, internships, and service learning that give learners the opportunity to make an impact on their immediate and broader communities.
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We recognize the importance of learners developing skills and capacities to exercise high levels of self-management, ownership, and accountability over their own learning. We provide learning experiences which emphasize student autonomy, choice, self-assessment, multiple iterations, active exploration, and a variety of learning modalities. Teaching methods emphasize foundation building, structured guidance, facilitation, peer-to-peer teaching and review, connections with community, and other strategies designed to make learning meaningful, relevant, engaging and effective.
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You and your little prince should be able to have the privacy you need at both Disney Water Parks. Each theme park and water park has one or more companion restrooms. These private restrooms will allow more than one gender to enter as well as have space for those Guests who need special assistance.
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Anne Shaw originally from Liverpool, has lived, studied and worked in a number of cities including Manchester and Newcastle upon Tyne. She studied a combined sciences degree in Environmental Studies in Manchester. Her first job in transport was to undertake surveys and analysis on Newcastle's metro system before moving to Birmingham in 1991 where she started employment with the City Council dealing with highway statutory processes and supporting development. Whilst working for Birmingham she has undertaken further qualifications in Highways and Traffic Management as well as management and leadership further studies and is a fellow of the Institution of Highways and Transportation. Her work in Birmingham has involved supporting development and delivering highway changes, the most recent being the transport lead for the Enterprise Zone and leading a multi-agency team to develop a finance package and programme of works for a further extension to metro and associated highway works. Other involvements have included developing proposals with local business improvement districts, Network Rail and other partners for improvements to Snow Hill Station including potential development and is currently working up a business case with relevant partners. Anne has progressed her career in Birmingham and now manages the Transportation Services with responsibility for dealing with the development of a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (Birmingham Connected), coordinating on HS2 and improving walking and cycling as key modes of travel as well as delivering the City Council's transport Capital Programme and supporting emerging new governance and finance arrangements with Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP in relation to transport.


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Delta Is Causing A Surge In New Cases In Indiana. Here's What You Need To Know
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The COVID-19 delta variant accounts for more than 80 percent of sampled positive cases in Indiana. State health officials have pointed to the variant as the main driver of Indiana's recent climb in new cases and hospitalizations.
Members of the Indiana Two-Way and the Midwest Checkup asked us about the delta variant and its future effect on Indiana. To join the Indiana Two-Way, text "Indiana" to 73224. To join the Midwest Check-up, text "health" to 73224.
What is the delta variant?
Delta is a variant of COVID-19, first identified in India in December 2020. It's a highly contagious virus – estimated to cause viral loads 1,000 times more than the original virus.
Dr. Robin Ledyard, Community Health Network chief medical officer, said it's similar to chicken pox.
"If you lived through chicken pox, you know that if you were in the same room with another person with chicken pox, you were almost guaranteed to get chicken pox," Ledyard said. "And so, if you think about that, if you're in the same room as someone who has COVID – even if they're vaccinated and they're shedding the virus – you're almost guaranteed to get COVID."
Yale University researchers say, it's spreading 50 percent faster than previous COVID-19 variants.
When will this new wave of cases peak?
From July 3 to Aug. 3, the number of Hoosiers hospitalized for COVID-19 has more than doubled. But Ledyard says, how the delta variant has moved through other countries may help hospitals estimate the timing of Indiana's peak.
"We should, you know, see that spike happen probably in September – mid-September. And then we may see some increase in hospitalizations continue," Ledyard said. "And then hopefully, we'll get that sharp decrease down."
The monthly average for cases from June to July more than doubled. The same happened to hospitalizations.
It's important to note: based on data from the last six months in Indiana, your chance of testing positive for COVID-19 if you are unvaccinated is 1 in 34. If you're vaccinated, it becomes 1 in 467.
What about breakthrough cases? Are the vaccines still effective? How much less effective are they against delta?
There have been a small handful of studies done on how effective different COVID-19 vaccines are against the delta variant. For the original strain of the virus and most of the variants, the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines boasted an efficacy rate of greater than 90 percent. At the beginning of July, Johnson & Johnson said a trial had measured its vaccine at 85 percent efficacy against the delta variant.
Breakthrough cases happen, because none of the vaccines are 100 percent effective. In Indiana, as of Aug. 5, of the 2,967,326 fully vaccinated Hoosiers, 5,323 tested positive for the virus.
Of that, 185 were hospitalized and 69 died.
Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, told PBS Newshour that breakthrough cases can be limited if everyone gets vaccines – essentially, "the unvaccinated are putting the vaccinated at risk."
Indiana consistently ranks near the bottom of states by population fully vaccinated.
How bad will it get in Indiana? Will Indiana officials reinstate restrictions again?
Dr. Ledyard estimates Indiana would peak at about half the cases and hospitalizations it saw over the winter – based on how much of the state is currently vaccinated. That's pretty similar across the board – about half of the U.S. is fully vaccinated. Nearly 3 million Hoosiers are fully vaccinated.
"This is a pandemic – as has been said – of the unvaccinated right now. And we need to take that seriously," she said.
READ MORE: How Is Indiana Distributing COVID-19 Vaccines? Here's What You Need To Know
Join the conversation and sign up for the Indiana Two-Way. Text "Indiana" to 73224. Your comments and questions in response to our weekly text help us find the answers you need on COVID-19 and other statewide issues.
As to whether or not we'll see a return to COVID-19 restrictions? So far, no.
Gov. Eric Holcomb decided not to reimpose COVID-19 restrictions during the last week of July. He defended that decision, saying this is a very different situation than March 2020.
But he also pointed to a focus on personal responsibility and vaccines.
"The role of our state government is to provide the opportunity and we've made it easy," Holcomb said. "We have tried to remove every barrier for individuals to be safe, to be vaccinated."
During the General Assembly's session earlier this year, they passed several laws in response to Gov. Eric Holcomb's and local health officials' actions in response to COVID-19.
Local health officials will have to work with county and local government to put mask orders or other precautions in place. That is already happening. But state health officials have repeated that lawmakers have preferred local control, and they will respect that.
How do we avoid a wave like last winter's?
Get vaccinated and follow the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance on masking.
Ledyard said wearing a mask, social distancing, getting vaccinated and hand-washing all contribute to limiting the spread of COVID-19.
What about the lambda variant?
The lambda variant was first identified in Peru, and has been identified in several states in the U.S.
NPR reports, the lambda variant carries a number of mutations with suspected implications, such as potential increased transmissibility or possible increased resistance to neutralizing antibodies, the WHO says. But it says the full extent of those mutations' impact isn't yet well understood and will need further study.
But some very, very early studies are showing the potential for vaccine resistance – but those findings are early and have not been peer-reviewed. The strain has not been labeled by the CDC as a variant of concern or variant of interest yet.
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Dassey attorney to discuss wrongful convictions
The discussion will focus on wrongful convictions and forced confessions of juvenile defendants.
Dassey attorney to discuss wrongful convictions The discussion will focus on wrongful convictions and forced confessions of juvenile defendants. Check out this story on postcrescent.com: http://post.cr/2nJ5hi0
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One of Brendan Dassey's attorneys will participate in a Facebook Live discussion about wrongful convictions and forced confessions of juvenile defendants on Feb. 13.
The conversation will feature Steven Drizin, a clinical professor of law at Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law and one of the attorneys working to overturn Dassey's conviction.
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The homicide cases against Dassey and his uncle, Steven Avery, were featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" released in December 2015. Both men are convicted in the homicide of 25-year-old photographer Teresa Halbach.
The conversation will be broadcast at 2 p.m. central time on the Facebook page of Concord Law School at Kaplan University, facebook.com/ConcordLaw/. Organizers ask that those interested in watching register on the Concord Law School at Kaplan University website so they know how many people to expect but anyone interested can watch it without registering.
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The leaves of Phormium tenax Flashdance will provide a multi-coloured accent of cream, green and pinky-apricot in gardens all year long. Its leaves change colour from season to season, where in summer more cream is present, and in winter there is more pink. So its colour "flashes" and changes during the year.
Flashdance prefers dry summer conditions with low humidity. It is not suited to tropical climates. It can be grown as a container plant in subtropical climates provided it is sheltered from summer rainfall so that the humidity around the base of the plant is kept to a minimum. Some shade protection is necessary in mid summer to keep the soil and therefore the root system cooler. It is drought tolerant in coastal gardens but responds well to irrigation, particularly when planted in light soils. Climate Zones: 1 to 3.
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On Thursday night, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean appeared at a closed-press grassroots fundraiser for Bill de Blasio, the New York City public advocate who is running for mayor. The "Night of Drinks & Fun" was hosted by Democracy for NYC, a branch of Democracy for America, the grassroots progressive advocacy group founded in the wake of Dean's unsuccessful 2004 presidential run. And it was hosted at a location far different from the churches, senior centers, and been-around-for-decades small businesses where so much of New York's retail campaigning takes place. It went down at The Crown Inn, a hip bar on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Add Dean—who probably led to more political awakenings among today's liberal twenty- and thirty-somethings than any politician not named Barack Obama—and de Blasio's own multicultural-marriage, "organic milk," and economically progressive image, and it seemed fair to ask: Could it be that—in a crowded Democratic primary in which De Blasio is tied for third, pretty distantly behind Christine Quinn and Anthony Weiner—de Blasio is actively courting progressive young people who typically work in creative fields and predominately live in certain neighborhoods in lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, and western Queens? Is de Blasio going after the hipster vote?
Dan Levitan, de Blasio's spokesman, demurred. "Bill is running as a full-throated progressive," he told me, "and that's what Dean did when he ran for president."
I called Jefrey Pollock, a New York-based, one-time "Pollster of the Year" (who is not affiliated with any of the mayoral campaigns) to ask this question. His short answer was: No, de Blasio is not specifically going after the hipster vote, because that is not really something a candidate can do.
In other words, winning hipsters overwhelmingly may turn out to be a byproduct of who de Blasio is. "For Bill," Pollock said, "the reason why those people may be more likely to vote for him is he's running the most progressive campaign. For Quinn, it's her historic position as a woman or a lesbian." And so on.


Chris Dolezal is an Environmental Graphic Designer at Jacobs Engineering in Denver.
Immersed in the realms of Master Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, and Interior Design, Chris Dolezal has utilized visual communications to connect people to the built environment. His experience - a solid mix of Design Communications, Brand/Identity Design, Graphic Design, Website Design, and Environmental Graphics provides a "Big Picture" perspective to any project while understanding the details of each component.
With his diverse skill set, design disciplines, and experience in several markets, Chris Dolezal takes a macro to micro approach to enhancing, promoting, and communicating our experiences within places and spaces adding the unifying element to today's wide range of graphics packages.
Jacobs focuses on promoting architectural design excellence rather than a signature style, because our design response for each project arises out of the specifics of its site, program, and physical and cultural context.
Jacob's approach is thoughtful and collaborative; each design and construction stakeholder plays an important role in helping us derive the right the solution to delight their clients.
Before joining Jacobs Engineering in 2011 Chris worked for OX Architecture as an Associate/Director of Graphics and Archetype 3-D as a model builder/graphic designer.
Chris Dolezal earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design with a focus on Architecture and Graphics. He also studied Industrial Science and Technology at Colorado State University.
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Quickpen font has a name that speaks enough for itself – a freestyle casual script with light and well balanced letters, flowing in harmony from one to another preserving the uniqueness of natural handwriting. Quickpen font is one of those scripts that are charged with emotions, personality and character that reflects on everything everywhere you decide to use it. Add two lines text with Quickpen and you'll bring to life a boring photo, write a grape variety and you'll make an amazing wine label – Quickpen could always change your design for good. Use it for posters, invitations, wedding cards, valentine greetings, packaging, wine labels – it is good for almost everything you could think of from poetry book to bread package. If you're still not satisfied with its original character set, you could pick of its OpenType alternates, swashes and ligatures. Writing in different languages is easy too – a wide set of multilingual ligatures is available for OpenType compatible software. Quickpen is light-bodied script with wide apertures and increased x-height which guarantees excellent legibility throughout all sizes no matter if used on screen or if printed.
Quickpen is designed by Laura Condouris, Trial by Cupcakes type foundry. Follow the links below to discover more of their beautiful hand-lettered fonts – Anna Clara font, KatieRose font.


This workshop is ideal for students and street shooters who are already knowledgable with basic mechanics of the camera (controlling exposure, focus, aperture, shutter speed) and want to develop their technique and experiment with natural light. It's a great class for applying what you've learned in an introductory course like Field Guide I, furthering your understanding of light, learning to work faster on your toes and push your skills to a more intuitive level.
This six-hour workshop connects technical and creative concerns when photographing in the unpredictable nature of the city landscape. A more advanced course, The Street challenges students to get out and use the environment as a working tool, putting their learning to practice by observing and capturing compelling light, colors and compositions. We'll be shooting out on the street, but these skills will help you in any type of photography.


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When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes office next month, representing New York's 14th District, she will be a part of the "blue wave" of new Democrats in the House. But the 29-year-old may end up being a part of a different kind of wave, too: a bipartisan effort for members of Congress to pay the interns they employ. "Time to walk the walk," she tweeted on Tuesday. "Very few members of Congress actually pay
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said that she will pay her congressional interns at least $15 an hour after slamming her future colleagues for offering unpaid internships and failing to pay staff a "living wage." "Time to walk the walk," the Democratic congresswoman-elect tweeted on Tuesday. "Very few members of Congress actually pay their interns. We will be one of them." She tweeted a link to an article in the Washington Post in which her
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Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has not been shy to talk about about pay inequality — and on Tuesday, December 4, she confirmed plans to pay her interns at least $15 an hour, according to a reporter for The Washington Post. "Time to walk the walk," the newly elected New York Democrat Socialist tweeted on Tuesday. "Very few members of Congress actually pay their interns. We will be one of them." Ocasio-Cortez's promise comes after she
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has earned praise for her efforts to lift the veil and show what Congress is really like on social media, had another revelation to share with her followers on Monday. "This week I went to dive spot in DC for some late night food. I chatted up the staff," the newly-elected congresswoman wrote on Twitter. "SEVERAL bartenders, managers, & servers *currently worked in Senate + House offices.* This is a disgrace. Congress
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New York Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezis pushing hard on her demands that Congress pay its staffers and interns a living wage. The Democrat, who has vowed to pay her interns at least $15 an hour, shared her concerns Tuesday in response to a viral tweet pointing out how lawmakers seeking unpaid interns are excluding everyone but those rich enough to work for free. Her remarks on Tuesday follow similar concerns she raised
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Update 3:55pm CT, Dec. 3: A spokesman for Senator Schumer's office told the Daily Dot that the post was made in error and that "eligible" interns for Schumer will receive stipends in January. The original story appears below. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is apparently looking for an unpaid press intern, sparking outrage from people online who called the posting hypocritical. The job posting was pointed out by Michael Whitney, a newsletter editor for the Intercept. The posting calls for
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The Thornycroft family was a notable English family of sculptors, artists and engineers, connected by marriage to the historic Sassoon family. The earliest known mention of the family is stated in George Ormerod's History of Cheshire as during the reign of Henry III in the 13th century, taking its name from a Cheshire hamlet. Sir John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928) was the founder of the Thornycroft shipbuilding company.

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About Jiangsu Police Institute
Jiangsu Police Institute (JSPI) is one of China's first provincial public security undergraduate institutions. Its predecessor is Nanjing Public Security School founded in 1949. It was renamed as Jiangsu Provincial Public Security College in 1953, and Jiangsu Public Security Vocational College in 1982. With the consolidation with the former Jiangsu Provincial People's Police Academy in 1998 and Jiangsu Justice Institute in 2000, Jiangsu Police Institute was upgraded as an undergraduate institution in 2002. In 2007, the institute became the first provincial police institute in China to pass the undergraduate teaching evaluation by the Ministry of Education with a favorable grade. In 2011, its first-level discipline Public Security was listed in the Provincial Advanced Disciplines Project, and the institute was included as Postgraduate Degree Education Unit by Jiangsu Provincial Degree Committee. In 2013, JSPI began to hold joint postgraduate degree education with Nanjing Normal University and Nanjing Tech University.
Since its resumption in 1978, JSPI has cultivated more than 45,000 full-time graduates and 25,000 adult education graduates, trained over 50,000 on-job police officers of assistant section chief level or above. At present, its graduates account for more than 40% of all police officers in Jiangsu, of which 80% have become leaders or backbones in various police departments and local police organs across the province. It is fair to say that Jiangsu Police Institute has become a main channel to cultivate public security talents in Jiangsu, an important training center for on-job police officers, and a major force in policing theory and practice research.
With its major campus located in the Pukou district of Nanjing, JSPI also has other two campus named Andemeng and Longtan, covering a total area of 1006 mu (67 hectares) and floor area of 375,000 square meters. It has 8 comprehensive laboratories in forensic test, forensic chemistry and criminal investigation, etc., and training venues such as police stadium, shooting range, natatorium, tactical training simulation zone and standard sports field. The library collects 740,000 paper books and 1.69 million electronic books, with more than 840 kinds of Chinese and foreign periodicals. The library also develops 8 databases featuring public security specialization and opens a digital library in Jiangsu Public Security Network. JSPI owns the first fingerprint theme museum Nanjing China Fingerprint Museum, the Police History Museum of the Republic of China (1912-1949) and the Firearms History Museum. It currently enrolls approximately 6,000 full-time students and 3,000 students of adult education, with 7,000 on-job police officers trained annually. The Institute consists of 10 teaching departments, namely, Public Security Administration Department, Public Order Administration Department, Criminal Investigation Department, Public Security Science and Technology Department, Computing Science and Cyber Safety Department, Department of Law, Ideological and Political Theory Department, Police Physical Training Department, Basic Courses Teaching Department, Postgraduate Department. It boasts a faulty of 647 staff, 368 out of them are full-time teachers, among which 176 have attained senior academic titles, 237 have achieved master degrees or above, 17 are scholars of "333 Project" and "Six Summit Talents" selected by Jiangsu Provincial Government, 40 are excellent young and middle-aged backbone teachers included in "Qinglan Project" and 2 teachers are awarded Teaching Master of Provincial and Ministerial level. In total, 47 teachers have obtained criminal technology assessment qualifications.
Over years, JSPI has formed a discipline structure featured Law as its basis, and coordinated development in engineering, management and other disciplines, with public security as its distinctive specialization. It has one provincial advanced discipline project in public security, 4 provincial key construction disciplines in public security technology, law, public administration and litigation law. It has 16 full-time undergraduate majors, namely, Administrative Management, Public Security Management, Public Order, Investigation, Policing Command and Tactics, Economic Crime Investigation, Forensic Science and Technology, Foreign Policing Affairs, Cyber Safety and Law Enforcement, Traffic Engineering, Audiovisual Technology, Safety Technology and Prevention, Public Security Information Science, Law, Computer Science and Technology, Government Administration and Internet Engineering, and one full-time undergraduate major orientation of civil and commercial law. It has established 5 adult education majors in law, criminal investigation and security, etc. for diploma education. It boasts 2 National Specialized Discipline Construction Units, 2 Comprehensive Reform Pilot Projects by the Ministry of Education, 6 Provincial Specialized Discipline Construction Units, 2 Provincial Key majors, 2 Provincial Brand majors as well as one Discipline Construction Unit of ministerial level.
Aiming at cultivating practice-oriented talents and further deepening teaching reform in public security education, JSPI endeavors to establish a practice-oriented teaching union by collaborating with police departments in Jiangsu, thus to make "Four Synergistic Movements" ( synergies in talents cultivation, team building, research and resource sharing) and "Four Connections"( connecting talents cultivation with real-combat skills, specialized teachers with practical experts, specialization with public security field work, and teaching and evaluation methods with practice-oriented skills) in talents cultivation mechanism and training modes. Strengthen the construction of practice-oriented training courses, integrating 14 public security law enforcement skills training projects into 2 basic practical courses (public security law enforcement and criminal law enforcement). It has one National College Students Practice Education Base, 6 Provincial Lab Teaching and Practice Education Centers, 3 National Brand Courses, 7 Provincial or Ministerial-leveled Brand Courses, two "12th Five Year Plan" National Teaching Materials for undergraduates, 12 Provincial Brand Teaching Materials, 2 Provincial Key Projects Teaching Materials, and in charge of editing 9 teaching materials of the Ministry of Public Security, achieving 17 Teaching Issues of Provincial Higher Education Reform and Research and 7 Higher Education Teaching Awards of provincial or ministerial level .
With the foundation of Institute of Modern Policing Reform of the Ministry of Public Security and Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Public Security, Jiangsu Police Institute has become the only public security undergraduate institution that boasts both provincial and ministerial think tanks. Other research centers including Jiangsu Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Research Center of Colleges and Universities, Jiangsu Public Security Collaborative Innovation Center, Jiangsu Public Safety Emergency Control and Command Technology Center, Research Center of Jiangsu Modern Policing, Public Security Higher Education Development Research Center, Public Security Science Theoretical Research Center, Police Culture Research Center, Documentation Center of Police History in the Republic of China (1912-1949) are also established in the institute. Moreover, 41 research bases and work stations have been set up in collaboration with local police departments and a large number of important fruits with application value have been achieved. Ever since the launch of the 12th Five Year Plan, the institute has conducted 231 research projects, with 7 national projects, 46 provincial and ministerial ones included and was granted 4 patents of invention, 6 patents of utility, and 2 industrial standards of the Ministry of Public Security are issued and conducted nationwide; More than 1600 academic papers have been published, among which 258 are published on Chinese Core Journals, 91 on CSSCI, 40 on EI, SCI and ISIP, and 235 on important journals of Public Security, together with 91 academic monographs published. Over 60 academic results have attained Science and Technology Award by the Ministry of Public Security, Outstanding Achievement Award of Jiangsu Philosophy and Social Science, Outstanding Achievement Award of Jiangsu Social Science Applied Research, Innovation Award of Jiangsu Public Security Work, Sci-tech Award of Strengthening Public Security, etc. The journal "Jiangsu Police Institute Journal" is the Outstanding Journal of Social Science and Class-A Journal of Jiangsu Province, and is selected as Extension Journal of China Humanities and Social Sciences Evaluation and Report by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Focusing on "Four Dimensions Construction" raised by the Ministry of Public Security as well as the "One Body Two Wings" strategic layout required by Jiangsu Provincial Department of Public Security, JSPI takes an active part in the program to strengthen on-job police capability, improves practical training system for backbone officers, and endeavors to train leader members and police chiefs in county level across the province. Several bureaus of the Ministry of Public Security has successively established bases for on-job police training in the institute, including Technology and Information Bureau, Network Security Bureau and International Cooperation Bureau.
JSPI attaches great importance to exchanges and cooperation with international police institutions. In recent years, it has received delegations, experts and scholars from over dozens of countries and regions, including U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Korea, Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan, etc. It has been appointed by the Ministry of Public Security as one of the organizers of EU-China Police Training Project, Foreign Talents Introduction Project and the Training Base for Foreign Police Officers, and has undertaken 7 sessions of Foreign Talents Introduction Project and 9 sessions of EU-China Police Training Project (including the High Level Forum) and 11 sessions of Foreign Police Officer Training Project, which in turn has reinforced its influence on the field of international police education and training. Besides, the institute also undertakes educational aids to Xinjiang and Tibet, promotes cooperation and exchanges with police academies of Hainan, Heilongjiang, Hunan and Gansu, etc., receiving positive social response.
Adhere to integrity education and police cultivation, drawing on the principle of building police institute and police team on the basis of political steadfastness, JSPI persists in the principles of integration of teaching, research and judicial practice, sticks to higher education rules, highlights education with police characteristics and makes great efforts to cultivate satisfactory talents for public security organs. A great number of graduates become heroes and models, over 1000 person-time are awarded the Merit Citation Class II or above, near 100 are granted Hero Model Title by the Ministry of Public Security, National Outstanding Police Officers and National and Provincial Model Workers. In the Second Session of National Public Security Colleges Teaching Competition, JSPI attained 9 first prizes by teachers and participating students won the first prize for groups; Participants dispatched by JSPI also won a lot of prizes in technology and innovation competitions as well as culture and art contests; During the major events such as Shanghai Expo, World University Games, Nanjing Youth Olympics Games, China-CEE Summit held in Suzhou, Nanjing International Marathon, National Memorial Day and G20 Summit, JSPI students successfully fulfilled their security missions and won praise from the society, with the honorable First-class Citation for Merit by Ministry of Public Security. Besides, it has also earned multiple honorary titles including "Jiangsu Civilized College", "Jiangsu Civilized Unit", "Harmonious Campus of Jiangsu Higher Education Colleges" and "Jiangsu Safe Campus".
Seventy years of reform and development witness the glory and visions of several generations' unremitting efforts and persistent aspiration. Standing at a new starting point, JSPI Party committee, under the solid leadership of Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, Provincial Government, Provincial Department of Public Security and Provincial Department of Education, together with all staff and students, shall implement fully the guidelines from the 18th National Party Congress and those of the third through sixth plenary sessions of the 18th Party Central Committee, put into practice the principles from General Secretary Xi Jinping's major addresses, strengthen efforts to ensure the important deployments urged by Higher Education Comprehensive Reform and Public Security Reform, actively integrate into the mainstream of the reform and development of both higher education and public security, stick to the concept "towards practice, towards front-line, towards future" and adhere to the practice of the strategy of transforming and upgrading. Jiangsu Police Institute is working hard to build itself an excellent public security undergraduate university, an outstanding on-job police training base and a splendid research center of policing theory and practice, so as to speed up to build itself a first class public security university, providing strong talents and intellectual support to the cause of Jiangsu public security and the construction of a new Jiangsu.
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