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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume V, Issue 8
Newsletter | February 26, 2010
SEC/CORPORATE
SEC Adopts Proxy Rule Changes to Notice and Access Model
On February 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rule changes to its notice and access proxy solicitation model (also known as the "notice-only option") which provides for Internet availability of proxy materials following the provision to shareholders of a notice of Internet availability. The amendments to Exchange Act Rule 14a-16, which governs use of the notice-only option, aim to facilitate shareholders' understanding of the proxy solicitation process and to improve shareholder response rates, which have been lower when companies have used the notice-only option than when companies mail a full set of proxy materials to shareholders. The final rules include several revisions to the proposed rule changes previously reported in the October 16, 2009, edition of Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest.
The final rule changes include amending Rule 14a-16(d) to eliminate the requirement to include a specific legend regarding the purpose of the notice, the online availability of proxy materials and the process for obtaining paper copies. The amended rule requires notices to address these topics without specifying the exact language to be used. In response to comment letters, new Rule 14a-16(d)(2) requires that the notice (1) indicate that it is not a form for voting and presents only an overview of the proxy materials, and (2) encourage shareholders to review the proxy materials before voting.
New Rule 14a-16(f)(2)(iv) allows companies and soliciting shareholders to include along with the notice an explanation of the process of receiving or reviewing proxy materials and voting, as proposed. The SEC also incorporated commenters' suggestions to permit companies and soliciting shareholders to explain to shareholders the reasons for using the notice-only option. Furthermore, in its adopting release, the SEC confirmed prior guidance that the notice need not directly mirror the proxy card in form.
Additionally, as proposed in its earlier release, the SEC amended Rule 14a-16(l)(2)(ii) to require a soliciting person other than the issuer electing to use the notice-only option to file a preliminary proxy statement within 10 days after the issuer files its definitive proxy statement, and to send its notice to shareholders no later than the date such soliciting person files its definitive proxy statement.
Click here for the SEC's release regarding the new proxy rules.
SEC Issues Technical Corrections to Recent Rule Amendments
On February 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission made technical corrections to rule amendments adopted on December 19, 2009, in the areas of corporate governance and proxy disclosure. The SEC corrected Forms 10-Q and 10-K to retain the current numbering of the items appearing in each form (rather than renumbering such items as provided in the December 19 amendments). Registrants should insert "Reserved" for Part II, Item 4 of the Form 10-Q and for Part I, Item 4 of the Form 10-K from and after March 1. In addition, the SEC corrected Form 8-K to add an instruction that allows certain wholly owned subsidiaries to omit disclosure of shareholder voting results
Click here to view the text of the SEC's corrections to its December 19 rule amendments.
Employer Not Named in Employment Agreement Can Enforce Arbitration Clause
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida held that a scrivener's error identifying the wrong entity as employer did not preclude enforcement of an arbitration clause in an employment agreement.
Florida resident Eldiberto Garcia brought a Fair Labor Standards Act claim against his former employer Mason Contract Products, LLC, which then sought to compel arbitration in New York pursuant to a written employment agreement signed by Mr. Garcia. The agreement incorrectly identified MRC Industries—a company affiliated with Mason but neither its parent nor subsidiary—as employer. Although the company official who signed the document was a principal of both Mason and MRC, the document made no reference to Mason, and thus Mr. Garcia argued that Mason could not compel him to arbitrate in New York.
The district court stated that it was "personally sympathetic with Garcia," but held that precedent compelled enforcement on the grounds of estoppel, noting that "arbitration agreements are widely and broadly enforced in the Eleventh Circuit." (Garcia v. Mason Contract Products, LLC, No. 08 Civ. 23103, 2010 WL 520805 (Feb. 9, 2010))
Unwitting Beneficiaries of Ponzi Scheme Cannot Discharge Debt Under Chapter 7
Beneficiaries of a Ponzi scheme who were subsequently found liable to cheated investors under state securities laws could not discharge this liability under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma ruled.
Two unwitting investors in a $9 million Ponzi scheme who benefited from the fraud were sued by those who lost money, and a state court found the investors liable for unjust enrichment pursuant to the Oklahoma Uniform Securities Act, Okla. Stat. tit. 71 Section 1-101 et. seq, requiring them to disgorge the profits received from the scheme.
The investors sought to discharge this debt by filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy actions. The Bankruptcy Court held that debts stemming from violations of state securities laws are not dischargeable. The investors appealed, arguing that they did not directly violate the Oklahoma statute, but the district court affirmed, holding that the Oklahoma statute provides for disgorgement of profits despite the absence of wrongful intent. (Okla. Dept. of Secs. ex rel. Faught v. Matthews, No. 09 Civ. 185-D, 2010 WL 567837 (W.D.Okla. Feb. 10, 2010)); (Okla. Dept. of Secs. ex rel. Faught v. Wilcox, No. 09 Civ. 186-D, 2010 WL 567988 (W.D.Okla. Feb. 10, 2010))
SEC Adopts Uptick Rule Restricting Certain Short Sales
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted the alternative uptick rule (Rule 201) restricting short selling on any stock that has dropped more than 10% in one day. The "circuit breaker" under Rule 201 would be triggered for a security any day in which its price declines by 10% or more from the prior day's closing price. Once the circuit breaker has been triggered for a security, short selling would only be permitted when the price of that security is above the current national best bid for the remainder of the day as well as the following day.
Rule 201 generally applies to all equity securities that are listed on a national securities exchange, whether traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter market, and requires trading centers to establish, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent the execution or display of a prohibited short sale. Rule 201 will become effective 60 days after the date of publication of the release in the Federal Register, and then market participants will have six months to comply with the requirements. Publication in the Federal Register is expected shortly.
The SEC press release announcing the rule can be obtained by clicking here.
Click here to read an August 2009 Katten Client Advisory for information on proposed short sale restrictions previously considered by the SEC.
SEC Approves Amendments to FINRA Rules Governing Expedited Proceedings
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved amendments to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 9550 Series, which provides a procedural mechanism for FINRA to address certain types of misconduct more quickly than would be possible using the ordinary FINRA disciplinary process. The amendments modify various time requirements regarding expedited proceedings, add an expedited proceeding for failure to pay restitution and harmonize a remedy in an expedited procedure with a remedy in the FINRA By-Laws. The amendments become effective March 25.
Click here to read FINRA Regulatory Notice 10-13.
FINRA Provides Guidance from SEC on FAS 167 for FOCUS Reporting
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has issued Regulatory Notice 10-12 providing members with guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Trading and Markets on the procedures for reporting adjustments on the FOCUS Report resulting from the Financial Accounting Standard Board's Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 167 (FAS 167) Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R). FAS 167, among other things, established new standards for reporting transfers of assets to special-purpose entities, known as variable interest entities (VIEs) under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and for consolidating VIEs. Firms are required to consider the impact of the FAS 167 provisions on all future FOCUS Report filings, commencing with the January 2010 FOCUS Report.
FINRA to Amend Arbitration Rules Regarding Deficient Claims
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has amended its Codes of Arbitration Procedure for Customer and Industry Disputes to clarify that if a claim deficiency is corrected within 30 days from the time a party receives notice of a deficiency, the claim will be considered filed on the date the initial statement of claim was filed. The amendments become effective on March 22 and apply to claims filed on or after that date.
PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUNDS
Please see "Deadline for Annual Form ADV Update Approaches" in Investment Companies and Investment Advisers below.
INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND INVESTMENT ADVISERS
Deadline for Annual Form ADV Update Approaches
For investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the annual updating amendment of Form ADV Parts 1 and II must be completed, and Form ADV Part 1 must be filed electronically through the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD), within 90 days after such investment advisers' fiscal year-end. March 31, 2010, is therefore the filing deadline for an investment adviser whose last fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. Form ADV Part II is not filed with the SEC but is deemed filed once finalized. If an adviser is registered in a state that requires an annual amendment, the state-registered adviser also should file the annual updating amendment within 90 days after its fiscal year-end.
In recent years the SEC has waived any IARD annual filing fees. However, this year, SEC-registered advisers must pay an annual filing fee, which will be based on assets under management. The filing fees for the annual amendment filing are $40 for assets under management which are less than $25 million, $150 for assets under management between $25 million and $100 million, and $200 for assets under management which are more than $100 million.
Fed Explains New Overdraft Rules for Debit and ATM Cards
A new online Federal Reserve Board publication will help consumers better understand rules that provide additional protection when a debit card or automated teller machine (ATM) transaction causes an account to be overdrawn.
Federal Reserve Board rules that take effect on July 1 prohibit financial institutions from charging overdraft fees for ATM and one-time debit card transactions unless a consumer consents, or opts in, to the overdraft service for those types of transactions. "What You Need to Know: New Overdraft Rules for Debit and ATM Cards" provides an explanation of how the rules will affect existing and new account holders. It contains basic information about types and typical costs of overdraft services and defines common terms consumers may encounter in communications from their banks about overdrafts.
Under the Board's rules, financial institutions must provide consumers a notice that explains the financial institution's overdraft services, including the fees associated with the services, and the consumer's choices. Institutions will soon begin providing these notices, and this publication will help consumers understand how to use the information to make the best choices regarding overdraft services.
The publication is available here.
Employers Should Note White House Attempt to Revive Health Care Reforms
The White House has released a health care reform plan similar to legislation passed by the Senate in December, and the plan might be headed to the budget reconciliation process for approval. Several provisions in the White House plan are of particular interest to employers.
Under the White House proposal, no mandate would be imposed on employers to provide health care coverage, but most employers would be required to defray the cost if employees enroll in the health exchange established by the proposal. Small businesses would receive $40 billion in tax credits to support coverage for their employees beginning in 2010, and employers with fewer than 50 employees would be exempt from any employer responsibility requirements. The individual mandate for coverage is retained, but the assessments are lowered for those who choose not to become insured.
The tax on so-called "Cadillac plans" is based on the proposal in the Senate bill, which was negotiated with key unions. However, the threshold premium for tax would be raised from $8,500 for singles to $10,200 and from $23,000 for families to $27,500, and would index these amounts for subsequent years at general inflation plus 1%. The provisions would become effective in 2018. Premiums for dental and vision benefits are excluded.
The proposal also provides for a federal authority called the Health Insurance Rate Authority to regulate health insurance premiums. The proposal retains the state-based health insurance exchange and does not contain a public health insurance option.
It is possible for the Senate to use the budget reconciliation process to enact health care reforms, which would allow changes in the Senate bill with a simple majority instead of the 60 votes needed to stop filibusters. However, provisions not directly related to the budget (e.g., creation of the Health Insurance Rate Authority) could not be included in a reconciliation package.
The saga continues with no clear vision of what the final result might be.
More information about the White House proposal can be found here.
UK DEVELOPMENTS
FSA Hedge Fund Surveys Conclusions Published
On February 23, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) published a report entitled "Assessing possible sources of systemic risk from hedge funds." The report sets out the FSA's key findings and conclusions from two surveys it conducted in October 2009—the Hedge Funds as Counterparties Survey (HFACS) and the Hedge Fund Survey (HFS). The FSA intends to continue conducting these surveys every six months to help monitor trends in hedge funds.
The HFACS has been conducted every six months since 2005. It asks some of the largest FSA-authorized banks with exposures to hedge funds about their credit counterparty risks.
The HFS was introduced in October 2009 to complement the HFACS. It surveyed the 50 largest FSA-authorized investment managers representing about 20% of the global industry. The survey asks questions about the assets the firms managed and the larger funds for which they undertake management activities.
The report's conclusions were that: "The HFACS data suggests that on 31 October 2009 major hedge funds did not pose a potentially destabilising credit counterparty risk across the surveyed banks. HFS data shows a relatively low level of 'leverage' under our various measures and suggests a contained level of risk from hedge funds at that time."
The FSA stated that it hoped that its "work in this area can contribute to the ongoing debate about" the proposed EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The clear message sent by the FSA in making this statement is that the survey results, which indicate the low systemic risk posed by the hedge fund sector, should be preferred to the preconceptions of some of the politicians and others promoting aspects of the AIFMD proposals.
To read the report in full, click here.
FSA Fines Financial Advice Firm £700,000 for Failings Relating to Lehman-Backed Structured Product Sales
On February 25, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) published the Final Notice it has issued to RSM Tenon Financial Services (Tenon), fining it £700,000 (approximately $1,070,000) for significant failings in its advice and sales processes relating to Lehman-backed structured products and for having poor systems and controls to prevent unsuitable advice in its structured product and pension switching business. The fine was discounted by 30% because Tenon cooperated fully with the FSA and agreed to settle at an early stage in the investigation. Without the discount, the fine would have been £1,000,000 (approximately $1,500,000).
The FSA concluded that, in relation to its sales of Lehman-backed structured products, Tenon failed to treat some of its customers fairly. Tenon had breached two of the FSA's Principles for Businesses by failing to take reasonable care to organize and control its affairs responsibly and effectively and by failing to take reasonable care to ensure the suitability of its advice to its customers. In addition, in relation to Tenon's structured products and pension switching business more generally, the FSA found that the firm failed to have effective risk management systems in place to manage and control its affairs, and it ultimately failed to minimize or prevent the risk of unsuitable sales.
In addition to the fine, the FSA has required Tenon to:
Conduct a past business review of all sales of Lehman-backed structured products. Customers who received unsuitable advice will be able to sell their investment back to Tenon and to receive reimbursement of their money invested plus interest.
Review sales of other structured products between November 2007 and December 2009 and pay appropriate redress where unsuitable advice was given
Conduct a review of pension switching business it transacted between April 2006 and December 2009 to assess the suitability of recommendations made to customers and, if appropriate, implement a customer redress program
Commission a "skilled person review" of its current sales and compliance processes to assess their appropriateness and the suitability of recommendations made to customers.
The FSA will oversee the business reviews and the redress process that it has ordered, and an independent third party will also review the work undertaken by Tenon.
This is the first enforcement action resulting from the FSA's review of the marketing and distribution of structured products, particularly those backed by Lehman Brothers entities, which was concluded in October 2009.
To read the Final Notice in full, click here.
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7 dead in small plane crash in Kentucky
A small plane crash in the wooded mountains of eastern Kentucky killed seven members of the same family: a Texas couple, their four children and a relative, an airport official said Tuesday.
Aug. 29, 2006, 1:55 AM UTC / Source: The Associated Press
No one survived the wreck Monday in an area so remote that rescue workers on all-terrain vehicles needed help from a helicopter to find it, said Buddy Rogers, a spokesman for the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management.
Kathleen Bergen, spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration in Atlanta, said seven people were aboard the twin-engine Cessna that had taken off from Wichita Falls, Texas.
The pilot did not file a flight plan, but the administrator at the Wichita Falls airport said the pilot told him he was headed to Kentucky and then Virginia.
Monica Morris, airport administrator, identified the pilot as Jason Christie and his wife as Sherri Christie. The Wichita Falls Times Record News reported in its Tuesday editions that their four children ranged in age from 2 months to 15 years old.
Morris could not confirm the identity of the other relative, but the newspaper identified her as Sherri Christie's mother.
"This is a pretty small airport, and obviously when you lose a member of the airport community, it's hard, especially when children are involved," Morris said.
The plane crashed Monday afternoon in Breathitt County, 100 miles southeast of Lexington and about 10 miles from the airport near Hazard, Sims said. There was rain, thunder and light fog in the area for much of the afternoon.
The crash occurred one day after Comair Flight 5191 crashed shortly after takeoff in Lexington, killing 49 of the 50 people aboard.

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Kremlin rejects Biden terms for Ukraine talks
MOSCOW, Dec 2, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - The Kremlin on Friday rejected US President Joe Biden's terms for Ukraine talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, saying Moscow's offensive will continue.
"What did President Biden say in fact? He said that negotiations are possible only after Putin leaves Ukraine," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding Moscow was "certainly" not ready to accept those conditions.
"The special military operation is continuing," Peskov said, using the Kremlin term for the assault on Ukraine.
During a state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, Biden said Thursday he would be willing to speak to Putin if the Russian leader truly wants to end the fighting.
"I'm prepared to speak with Mr Putin if in fact there is an interest in him deciding he's looking for a way to end the war," the US leader said.
Peskov on Friday said Putin was ready for talks to ensure Russia's interests are respected but added that Washington's stance "complicates" any possible talks.
"The United States does not recognise new territories as part of the Russian Federation," Peskov said, referring to Ukrainian regions that the Kremlin claims to have annexed.
In September, Moscow held so-called referendums in four regions of Ukraine -- Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia -- and said residents had voted in favour of becoming subjects of Russia.
The United Nations has condemned the "attempted illegal annexation" of Ukrainian land.
Peskov said that before sending troops to Ukraine on February 24 Putin had repeatedly proposed to hold talks with NATO, the OSCE and the United States but those attempts had proved "unsuccessful."
National Rabindra Sangeet Festival begins at Shilpakala


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I have a file for every blacklist, example: blacaklistA blacklistB blacklistC.
I have to assign different combination of A B C to users.
I created dns bind view that, by matching source ip client, provide different answer according to match-clients.
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Austin's PHLUR Gets $7 Million in Funding and Buys Austin-based Texas Beauty Labs
June 25, 2019 by lalorek
PHLUR co-founders, Eric and Cynthia Korman
Austin-based PHLUR, a fragrance company, announced Tuesday that it has received $7 million in funding.
In addition, PFLUR acquired Austin-based Texas Beauty Labs, a clean beauty products maker, founded in 2008. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the transaction, Texas Beauty Labs has formally changed its name to The Goodkind Co.
Symrise Inc. led the round with participation from existing investor Next Coast Ventures, and new investor Belcorp, the second largest beauty company in South America.
"We created a line of thoughtfully crafted fragrances with full ingredient
transparency because we felt it was the right thing to do. Now clean beauty has become a movement, with more and more people correctly holding brands accountable to create safer and more sustainable products and be fully transparent in their product decisions," Eric Korman, co-founder & CEO of PHLUR, said in a news release.
PHLUR and The Goodkind Co first partnered last year on the development of body care for PHLUR, and subsequently jointly launched Explore Naturals, an all-natural, high-performance line of deodorants,
"With the launch of Explore Naturals, it was clear that we had created a special partnership. We launched the brand on Amazon in under three months, and then in the next three months we achieved annualized revenue of over $1M," Mary Berry, the CEO of The Goodkind Co, said in a news release. "This is an early example of what we will be able to achieve together for our direct benefit, and equally as important for our clients."
Founded in 2015, PHLUR Inc. is a certified B Corp that provides complete transparency into its ingredients and processes, using an intentional balance of materials derived from botany and from the lab. PHLUR offers customers fine fragrances, body care, candles, and recently launched a line of natural deodorants under the brand Explore Naturals.
"We were one of the first investors in Phlur and while the notion of selling fragrance online was pretty radical at first, we knew Eric and his team's ability to create a completely immersive, digital experience for customers would make them a D2C brand to be reckoned with," Thomas Ball, co-founder and managing director of Next Coast Ventures, said in a news release. "Phlur's acquisition of Texas Beauty Labs is a seamless extension of their mission to provide sustainable, clean beauty products to customers and we're excited to be ongoing supporters of this exciting new phase of growth."


Amla oil definitely differs from other oils for hair.
Most of all because if you want to acquire amla oil – you can never get it in the pure from.
As a hair oil treatment, amla is suitable only when it's complemented with oily base. Since extract from the green plant is most commonly found in a loose form.
The perfect companion for amla are following oils: almond, macadamia or olive. Due to the average particle size, from which they are built, these oils are suitable for most hair.
Amla oil is often enriched with other known and used in Indian medicine herbs. Usually these are bhringraj and brahmi, which are also known for their valuable conditioning properties for hair.
Women in India cannot imagine hair care without amla.
However, we may be a bit driven away by the intense herbal scent of the oil, but with some determination you can get use to it.
Why should you use amla oil?
After all it works not only as a hair conditioner.
Amla oil prevents and eliminates many diseases as well as hair and scalp related issues.
-… your hair are falling out. Amla strengthens hair bulbs and makes them better rooted in the follicles.
-… you try to grow long hair. Amla oil impacts faster hair growth.
-… your hair are matte and deprived of gloss.
-… you deal with dandruff (amla not only will help you to get rid of dandruff, but also prevent the recurrence).
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-… you often use blow dryer, curler or straightener, which weaken hair structure.


Since its establishment in 1995, Studio Marvil have carried out thousands of graphic design projects, and created complete visual identity systems for some high profile Czech and international companies and institutions.
They have been one of the most successful graphic design offices in the Czech Republic. The work of Studio Marvil has won several awards, they were the first graphic design studio in the Czech Republic to receive a prestigious Red Dot Design Award.
During their presentation members of the Studio Marvil design team presented some of their most significant projects. They also discussed some pitfalls of the design process when working for high profile clients.


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The Genesis 3 Key to End the War in Your Home
11:00AM EST 3/2/2017	 J.D. King
Conflict and stress between men and women began with the fall of Adam and Eve. Yet God subtly redefined roles to set a solid foundation for His family. (Pixabay)
Egregious things transpired in the Garden of Eden centuries ago. Sin ensnared the world—undermining the beauty and purposes of God. I don't think most people comprehend all that unraveled.
When God spoke to the woman after the fall, He revealed that there was now an inherent conflict between her and her husband. He said, "Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you" (Gen. 3:16b).
The ravages of sin had sparked a tragic war in the home. People who pledged to love each other would ultimately discover deep conflict and contention.
What is implied in this passage is that, throughout history, wives will endeavor to control, but—because of their husband's brute strength and temperament—they will not prevail. In many cases, men will take advantage of circumstances in terribly self-centered ways.
An honest perusal of history confirms that women have often been marginalized and exploited. Yet we should note that this was never God's intention. This was the tragic outworking of deception and sin—not the purposes of the Lord.
Whispers of Deliverance
Moreover, within this broader narrative, there are whispers of deliverance. There are subtle allusions to how peace could be found—if one cares to look.
Delving a little deeper, we see underlying redemptive strategies in God's interchange with Adam. He says: "Cursed is the ground on account of you; in hard labor you will eat of it all the days of your life. Thorns and thistles it will bring forth for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground" (Gen. 3:17c-19a).
It's easy to overlook what's actually being articulated. Most interpret this passage to mean that—because of the curse—men will have to agonize and travail to bring home a paycheck. But the Bible is saying much more than this.
What the inspired text is suggesting is that men are uniquely positioned to take on the difficulties and conflicts of life. Because of their physical stature and temperament, men are able to carry duress and problems.
Instead of exerting anger and violence, a righteous man "swallows it up" in acts of sacrificial love. In other words, a man allows himself to be a suffering servant for his family. He becomes a flawed reflection—but a reflection nonetheless—of the Messiah.
From the moment sin entered the world, there was a war going on in the home. However, the pathway to peace is not as difficult as many have been led to believe.
J.D. King, director of the World Revival Network and co-pastor at World Revival Church, is writing Regeneration: Healing in the History of Christianity. King is a sought-after speaker, writer and author.
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The Southwest Airlines Debacle Reveals the Importance of the Customer Experience
When it comes to specific airlines, travelers tend to have very particular opinions. Speak to any of them, and each will have one they love and at least one they hate. Certainly, there may be some general trends in terms of which airlines fall into one category or the other. Ultimately, what it boils down to is the airline customer experience. For every good experience, airlines earn a bit of credit into their credibility account. But all it takes is one horrific encounter with an airline, and suddenly, the account's balance becomes negative. And it appears that this is what is happening with the Southwest Airlines crisis.
As the Southwest Airlines crisis showed, prioritizing customer experience is essential for good business.
A few years ago, it would have been difficult to believe Southwest Airlines would be the target of customer ire. In fact, as far as airlines go, they were among the most beloved when it came to their passengers. Southwest enjoyed incredible loyalty among its clientele, and much of this had to do with airline customer experience. Point-to-point flights and faster turnarounds appealed to customers as did the airlines endearing sense of humor. But based on the current Southwest Airlines crisis, it appears the company forgot what earned them such accolades. Weather may have been the root cause of this recent catastrophe. But the failure to ensure the customer satisfaction is ultimately what has many Southwest loyalists considering other options.
(Read this Bold story for a breakdown of the top ten funniest brands, and how they make humor work for them.)
"[Southwest Airlines has] got the best reputation for customer service and management agility. They're usually pretty good at responding to crises." – Richard Aboulafia, Airlines Analyst
A Christmas to Forget for Many
The date was 12/22/22, the Wednesday before Christmas, when winter weather reared its ugly head. In this regard, all airlines were affected, and many had to cancel flights. But in terms of Southwest Airlines, it led the list with roughly 2,500 flights shut down. In fact, the next closest airline, which was SkyWest, had only 77 cancellations. As a result of Southwest's situation, nearly a million passengers were left stranded at the airport. Thousands also had their luggage dispersed in airports abroad, many with gifts and some with medications. As far as airline customer experience goes, the Southwest Airlines crisis presented the worst for many. Best-made holiday plans rapidly deteriorated along with their faith in Southwest. It's clear customer satisfaction for Southwest is at an all-time low.
Not to make excuses, but the winter storms did impact two of Southwest's most travelled airports the worst. Both Chicago Midway and Denver International Airport took major hits as storms passed through. But other airlines with a strong presence in these locations recovered much faster than Southwest. The reason? One of the biggest reasons relates to a feature that often makes Southwest appealing to many customers. Instead of operating on a hub-and-spoke structure like other airlines, Southwest prefers point-to-point strategies. In normal times, this is quite convenient for customers, allowing shorter flight times and transfers. But when weather affects one of these "points," there are limited solutions to address cancellations. This played a large role in the Southwest Airlines crisis reversing their normally positive airline customer experience.
Nothing says "bad customer experience" like cancelling all flights.
"USDOT is concerned by Southwest's unacceptable rate of cancellations and delays & reports of lack of prompt customer service. The Department will examine whether cancellations were controllable and if Southwest is complying with its customer service plan." – U.S. Department of Transportation
Failure to Invest in Customer Experience
The point-to-point approach to flight scheduling was not the only issue with the Southwest Airlines crisis. In fact, most believe the problems posed by such a structure could have been easily overcome with the right technology. But Southwest has neglected such technology updates despite both Southwest Union and pilot unions pleading for updates. In essence, Southwest continues to operate off 1990's software with outdated legacy systems. The improvements that have been made have been inadequate and far from comprehensive. Because of this, Southwest was unable to relocate airline staff and equipment to where it was needed. And at the same time, it was ineffective in communicating with its customers, undermining the airline customer experience.
Want to alienate your customers? Mess with their travel.
Believe it or not, pilots and staff at Southwest must contact the airline manually by phone if a flight gets cancelled. This lets Southwest know where their staff are while also enabling staff to get hotel accommodations. But because this requires phone communications with inadequate phone personnel, staff may be on hold for hours. This is an issue on a good day, but a nightmare when an airline needs to shift pilots and staff quickly. These same communications and technology issues also negatively affected the airline customer experience. Customers also spent hours and hours trying to locate luggage reschedule flights or receive vouchers. In short, the airline's decision to ride the wave on old technology played a tremendous role in the Southwest Airlines crisis. The decision not to invest in these systems was both purposeful and intentional despite its inevitable impact on customer service.
"Our systems were overwhelmed by the scale of the disruption. We had available crews and aircraft, but our technology struggled to align our resources due to the magnitude and scale of the disruptions." – Chris Perry, Southwest Airlines spokesperson
Lessons Still to Be Learned
While other airlines rebounded quickly, Southwest Airlines took days to return to what it called normal. But even now, it remains clear that the company continues to devalue the customer airline experience. By law, it is required to refund passengers for cancelled flights and provide hotel and meal vouchers. And it has also suggested it will provide reasonable reimbursement for alternative transportation arrangements. But the details of these latter concessions are far from clear. And many customers involved in the Southwest Airlines crisis will be unforgiving the next time they need to book travel. Indeed, Southwest will need to invest in technology systems and reconsider their flight structures. But more than anything, it must again place the airline customer experience at the top of their priority list. And it must also invest in customer satisfaction metrics. Until it does, such debacles will continue to reoccur, and the company will continue to see its reputation decline.
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In art history, the sixteenth century sees the styles we call the High Renaissance followed by Mannerism, and—at the end of the century—the emergence of the Baroque style. Naturally, these styles are all shaped by historical forces, the most significant being the Protestant Reformation's successful challenge to the spiritual and political power of the Church in Rome. For the history of art this has particular significance since the use (and abuse) of images was the topic of debate. In fact, many images were attacked and destroyed during this period, a phenomenon called iconoclasm.
Today there are many types of Protestant Churches. For example, Baptist is currently the largest denomination in the United States but there are many dozens more. How did this happen? Where did they all begin? To understand the Protestant Reform movement, we need to go back in history to the early sixteenth century when there was only one church in Western Europe – what we would now call the Roman Catholic Church – under the leadership of the Pope in Rome. Today, we call this "Roman Catholic" because there are so many other types of churches (ie Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Calvinist, Anglican – you get the idea).
So, if we go back to the year 1500, the Church (what we now call the Roman Catholic Church) was very powerful (politically and spiritually) in Western Europe (and in fact ruled over significant territory in Italy called the Papal States). But there were other political forces at work too. There was the Holy Roman Empire (largely made up of German speaking regions ruled by princes, dukes and electors), the Italian city-states, England, as well as the increasingly unified nation states of France and Spain (among others). The power of the rulers of these areas had increased in the previous century and many were anxious to take the opportunity offered by the Reformation to weaken the power of the papacy (the office of the Pope) and increase their own power in relation to the Church in Rome and other rulers.
Keep in mind too, that for some time the Church had been seen as an institution plagued by internal power struggles (at one point in the late 1300s and 1400s church was ruled by three Popes simultaneously). Popes and Cardinals often lived more like kings than spiritual leaders. Popes claimed temporal (political) as well as spiritual power. They commanded armies, made political alliances and enemies, and, sometimes, even waged war. Simony (the selling of Church offices) and nepotism (favoritism based on family relationships) were rampant. Clearly, if the Pope was concentrating on these worldly issues, there wasn't as much time left for caring for the souls of the faithful. The corruption of the Church was well known, and several attempts had been made to reform the Church (notably by John Wyclif and Jan Hus), but none of these efforts successfully challenged Church practice until Martin Luther's actions in the early 1500s.
The sale of indulgences was a practice where the church acknowledged a donation or other charitable work with a piece of paper (an indulgence), that certified that your soul would enter heaven more quickly by reducing your time in purgatory. If you committed no serious sins that guaranteed your place in hell, and you died before repenting and atoning for all of your sins, then your soul went to Purgatory – a kind of way-station where you finished atoning for your sins before being allowed to enter heaven.
Pope Leo X had granted indulgences to raise money for the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. These indulgences were being sold by Johann Tetzel not far from Wittenberg, where Luther was Professor of Theology. Luther was gravely concerned about the way in which getting into heaven was connected with a financial transaction. But the sale of indulgences was not Luther's only disagreement with the institution of the Church.
Martin Luther was very devout and had experienced a spiritual crisis. He concluded that no matter how "good" he tried to be, no matter how he tried to stay away from sin, he still found himself having sinful thoughts. He was fearful that no matter how many good works he did, he could never do enough to earn his place in heaven (remember that, according to the Catholic Church, doing good works, for example commissioning works of art for the Church, helped one gain entrance to heaven). This was a profound recognition of the inescapable sinfulness of the human condition. After all, no matter how kind and good we try to be, we all find ourselves having thoughts which are unkind and sometimes much worse. Luther found a way out of this problem when he read St. Paul, who wrote "The just shall live by faith" (Romans 1:17). Luther understood this to mean that those who go to heaven (the just) will get there by faith alone – not by doing good works. In other words, God's grace is something freely given to human beings, not something we can earn. For the Catholic Church on the other hand, human beings, through good works, had some agency in their salvation.
Luther (and other reformers) turned to the Bible as the only reliable source of instruction (as opposed to the teachings of the Church). The invention of the printing press in the middle of the fifteenth century (by Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany) together with the translation of the Bible into the vernacular (the common languages of French, Italian, German, English, etc.) meant that it was possible for those that could read to learn directly from Bible without having to rely on a priest or other church officials. Before this time, the Bible was available in Latin, the ancient language of Rome spoken chiefly by the clergy. Before the printing press, books were handmade and extremely expensive. The invention of the printing press and the translation of the bible into the vernacular meant that for the first time in history, the Bible was available to those outside of the Church. And now, a direct relationship to God, unmediated by the institution of the Catholic Church, was possible.
When Luther and other reformers looked to the words of the Bible (and there were efforts at improving the accuracy of these new translations based on early Greek manuscripts), they found that many of the practices and teachings of the Church about how we achieve salvation didn't match Christ's teaching. This included many of the Sacraments, including Holy Communion (also known as the Eucharist). According to the Catholic Church, the miracle of Communion is transubstantiation – when the priest administers the bread and wine, they change (the prefix "trans" means to change) their substance into the body and blood of Christ. Luther denied that anything changed during Holy Communion. Luther thereby challenged one of the central sacraments of the Catholic Church, one of its central miracles, and thereby one of the ways that human beings can achieve grace with God, or salvation.
The Church initially ignored Martin Luther, but Luther's ideas (and variations of them, including Calvinism) quickly spread throughout Europe. He was asked to recant (to disavow) his writings at the Diet of Worms (an unfortunate name for a council held by the Holy Roman Emperor in the German city of Worms). When Luther refused, he was excommunicated (in other words, expelled from the church). The Church's response to the threat from Luther and others during this period is called the Counter-Reformation ("counter" meaning against).
In 1545 the Church opened the Council of Trent to deal with the issues raised by Luther. The Council of Trent was an assembly of high officials in the Church who met (on and off for eighteen years) principally in the Northern Italian town of Trent for 25 sessions.
The Council denied the Lutheran idea of justification by faith. They affirmed, in other words, their Doctrine of Merit, which allows human beings to redeem themselves through Good Works, and through the sacraments.
They affirmed the existence of Purgatory and the usefulness of prayer and indulgences in shortening a person's stay in Purgatory.
The Reformation was a very violent period in Europe, even family members were often pitted against one another in the wars of religion. Each side, both Catholics and Protestants, were often absolutely certain that they were in the right and that the other side was doing the devil's work.
The artists of this period – Michelangelo in Rome, Titian in Venice, Durer in Nuremberg, Cranach in Saxony – were impacted by these changes since the Church had been the single largest patron for artists. And art was now being scrutinized in an entirely new way. The Catholic Church was looking to see if art communicated the stories of the Bible effectively and clearly (see Veronese's Feast in the House of Levi for more on this). Protestants on the other hand, for the most part lost the patronage of the Church and religious images (sculptures, paintings, stained glass windows etc) were destroyed in iconoclastic riots.
It is also during this period that the Scientific Revolution gained momentum and observation of the natural world replaced religious doctrine as the source of our understanding of the universe and our place in it. Copernicus up-ended the ancient Greek model of the heavens by suggesting that the Sun was at the center of the solar system and that the planets orbited around it.
At the same time, exploration, colonization and (the often forced) Christianization of what Europe called the "new world" continued. By the end of the century, the world of the Europeans was a lot bigger and opinions about that world were more varied and more uncertain than they had been for centuries.
Please note, this tutorial focuses on Western Europe. There are other forms of Christianity in other parts of the world including for example the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Cite this page as: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, "A-level: The Protestant Reformation," in Smarthistory, May 23, 2017, accessed April 19, 2019, https://smarthistory.org/the-protestant-reformation-2/.


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New school may cost £50m
A COMPLETE overhaul of secondary education in Aberdare costing almost £50m, which has been rubber-stamped by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's cabinet, may be funded by borrowing.
The proposals include the closure of Aberdare Girls, Aberdare High and Blaengwawr Comprehensive schools with pupils transferring to a new 1,600 state-of-the-art school for students aged 11-18 on the Ynys site to open in September 2014.
The project, which is the largest ever investment programme announced by council leadership, will include an £8m replacement for the now outdated Michael Sobell sports centre around the existing Aberdare swimming pool complex and Blaengwawr's Speech and Language Communication Disorder unit.
With £23m already announced for new primary schools at Cwmbach (£6.7m), Ynysboeth (£5m) and Abercynon (£11.4m) and investment from the schools and education programme, the Labour-controlled council estimates it will be spending £74m in the Cynon Valley.
Acting Director of Education and Lifelong Learning Chris Bradshaw told cabinet members that the single site plan was generally supported by teachers and families, apart from those at Blaengwawr who would prefer to keep the status quo.
The less favoured, but cheaper, options would be to build a secondary school and FE College at the Coleg Morgannwg site in Cwmdare or a secondary school, only, at the current Aberdare High School site.
But he acknowledged: "The significant strengths and opportunities offered by the flat, central and multi-purpose Ynys site far outweigh the Cwmdare/Trecynon option" – especially since the existing three schools could continue to until the new school is built minimising disruption to pupils.
However, while the Welsh Government facing cuts was unlikely to be able to fund the Ynys project – let alone a more ambitious £113m scheme to also put a new Coleg Morgannwg tertiary college on the site – the council could use Prudential Borrowing funded by savings in closures, running costs and excising 1,000 surplus places to pay the 'mortgage' and get 100% of the cost of later schemes from Cardiff Bay, he argued.
Blaengwawr has resisted the move claiming it is successful as a small school but Mr Bradshaw revealed it was on course for a £50,000 annual loss that would cut teaching staff, was among the worst performing schools in the county and judged only as "adequate" by Estyn inspectors.
Despite its claims of good pastoral care, Blaengwawr also had the second highest number of Key Stage 4 pupils being educated at the Pupil Referral Unit in Ty Catrin, Pontypridd, the officer pointed out.
He said the new school is expected to have 1,429 pupils with room for just under 200 more and space to accommodate a total of 1,800 students if the new housing anticipated is built so there would be the opportunity to review the catchment areas of the new school for Aberdare and Mountain Ash Comprehensive School to ensure travel to and from school is minimised.
The preferred £49.8m scheme would also include significant investment in the road infrastructure at the main entrance to the Ynys site and Abernant Road with extra access via the Cardiff Road roundabout at the East entrance to the town centre.
The new centre will be built before the existing Sobell Centre is demolished, car parking and the skate park would be retained while new allotments would be provided alongside the existing number of playing fields but with improved changing rooms, said the report.
The council will now consult with parents and governors in relation to the education programme.


It turns out Calke Abbey isn't the only place you can find a majolica garden seat adapted from a section of a gaselier design, however niche that might sound. Our colleagues at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery got in touch to tell us that they too own one of the garden seats we featured in our original post, this particular example having originally been part of the Minton Museum and now sitting alongside other magnificent majolica pieces in a dedicated part of the Potteries Museum's ceramics gallery.
With over 1000 images now uploaded to the site you'll have to forgive us for momentarily forgetting about SD 1705/MS4492, a photograph of the Minton Museum in which the exhibition gaselier dominates – just as it did in the original stereo view. Our thanks go to Nicolaus Boston who reminded us about this particular record in the collection, highlighted to us the gaselier illustration in the Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition, 1862 and provided us with the gaselier's shape number. This key piece of information allowed us to find a new image of it – complete with glass shades – in the Archive's collection of Photograph Books alongside it's garden seat partner on the previous page.
This information also made it possible to locate the gaselier's entry in the Estimate Book for the 1862 Exhibition. Having done so it's a good job we didn't decide to trawl through the book looking for gaseliers as it's described simply as a "Candelabra. Col[oure]d Majolica"… a slightly understated description for such a large – the shape photograph tells us it's 8 feet 6 inch (2.6 metres) tall and 4 feet (1.2 metres) wide – and highly decorative piece!
We expected another gaselier design found within the Art & Design folios to be the catalyst for another blog post on the subject but instead the connections have appeared from all over – even the artwork we're signing off with this time, which was serendipitously discovered only a few days ago, was found within the Solon Library rather than from within the Archive. A little bit of Minton Archive magic goes a long way it would seem!


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Aubrey Plaza Reveals What Really Happened Between Cameron And Harper In 'White Lotus'
Warning: Spoilers for Season 2 of "The White Lotus" beneath.
Though an enormous theme of "The White Lotus" Season 2 is infidelity, all the dishonest occurs off display — which led viewers to surprise if any of it really occurred.
Seth Meyers was clearly one in every of these followers, and took the chance to ask Aubrey Plaza whereas she was on his present Monday evening whether or not or not her character, Harper, solely kissed Cameron (Theo James).
In Episode 6 of Season 2, Harper — who's changing into pissed off with the shortage of bodily intimacy between her and her husband, Ethan (Will Sharpe) — decides to start out flirting with the overtly jerky Cameron. Ethan sees the 2 flirting from afar at a bar, after which later notices that they're each gone.
In a jealous rage, Ethan runs again to his resort room, which has its hatch locked. When Ethan lastly will get into the resort room he shares with Harper, he additionally discovers that the adjoining door to Cameron's room is open. Ethan confronts his spouse about his suspicions that she cheated on him. Harper initially says that nothing occurred. However within the Season 2 finale, she admits to Ethan that she and Cameron kissed — and insists that's all they did.
"What happened is, we did some stuff, and I hated every minute of it. It was disgusting and there was no penetration," Plaza instructed Meyers when the discuss present host requested her what actually went down between the characters, earlier than including "I don't know!"
When Plaza requested Meyers what he thinks occurred, he stated that he believed what Harper instructed Ethan, and that the 2 shared "just a kiss."
"Just a kiss?" Plaza stated, shocked.
"I think maybe each of you grabbed the other one's butt — through clothes," Meyers stated.
"I think I grabbed a little more than that," Plaza stated.
Meghann Fahy, Theo James, Aubrey Plaza and Will Sharpe in Season 2, Episode 5.
James additionally believed "something else" occurred between his character and Harper whereas chatting with Vulture Monday.
"… It was probably more than she let on by half," James admitted to the outlet. "Maybe not the most extreme version of that scenario, but there was something else."
James added: "I always read it as Harper says, pretty much. I think she feels oddly attracted to this monster that is Cameron, but she's also trying to use the incident to wake Ethan from his existential and sexual reverie."
Plaza instructed Meyers that she thinks the juicier story from her "White Lotus" arc is no matter occurred between her husband and Cameron's spouse, Daphne (Meghann Fahy).
In the Season 2 finale, Ethan confronts Daphne, saying that their spouses cheated on them with one another. In response Fahy's Daphne — in a phenomenal 30-second performance — convinces Ethan to comply with her to a close-by abandoned island, the place in addition they presumably have interaction in a dalliance that's not seen by viewers.
"But what does my husband do? That's the real question … What does he do with, ya know, what's-her-face?" Plaza stated, referencing the aforementioned scene.
Fahy had her personal tackle what occurs between Daphne and Ethan whereas speaking to Self-importance Truthful in an interview printed Monday.
"I think [Daphne] just sees this guy that looks so broken that she really wants to help him feel better," Fahy stated.
Shs added that Daphne's function in her relationship with the couple she's vacationing with in "The White Lotus" is "to teach not just Harper but also Ethan that they have other options."
"I don't think that she [goes to the island with Ethan] to get back at Cameron or anything," Fahy stated. "I genuinely think in her strange way that's like an empathetic thing that she's doing, the way that she's trying to take care of these people."
Though Fahy was forthright about Daphne's way of thinking, she wasn't a lot when telling a narrative to Meyers earlier this month about why she and Plaza received misplaced on a hike they took whereas filming in Sicily. To listen to Plaza's trippy aspect of the story, watch the video above.
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Architecture » How the first skyscrapers proposed for L.A.'s Arts District will change the neighborhood
How the first skyscrapers proposed for L.A.'s Arts District will change the neighborhood
Renderings for the proposed 6AM complex in the Arts District show low-slung shops, restaurants, offices and residences framed largely in concrete and accented with murals / © Herzog & de Meuron
To paraphrase Ronald Reagan by way of Basel, Switzerland, it's morning again in the Arts District.
At least that's the upbeat sales pitch suggested by the name of a massive mixed-use development proposed for downtown L.A.'s booming Arts District by the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.
Called 6AM — for its location along 6th Street between Alameda and Mill streets — the project includes 1.96 million square feet of residential space as well as shops, offices, a pair of hotels, room for a charter school and parking, most of it underground, for more than 3,400 cars.
Produced with the Irvine-based developer SunCal and covering 14.5 acres, the complex would be crowned with a pair of 58-story towers along Alameda. Each topping 700 feet, these would be the first skyscrapers in the largely low-rise Arts District.
Given debates about the pace and scale of development now roiling Los Angeles in general and the Arts District in particular, the proposal, which De Meuron and SunCal chief executive Bruce Elieff pitched Friday to Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan and other city officials in advance of filing preliminary plans next week, is likely to be a lightning rod for controversy. In height as well as bulk it would dwarf its neighbors, and the project would require a zone change and general-plan amendment from the city.
The developers certainly seem to be anticipating some blowback. Renderings released to The Times this week show an aerial view of the towers as almost ghostly forms and seen from only one angle: looking northwest, allowing them to blend in with the Bunker Hill skyline. Glimpsed from any other direction they would stand out from the surrounding architecture in a much starker way. […]
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Apple Watches and Fitbits were apparently very concerned about us.
By Spencer Buell·	 1/21/2019, 6:43 p.m.
Here in the future, it's pretty good to be a Patriots fan. The haters and the doubters were proven wrong, Brady and Belichick have reaffirmed their legacy as the greatest mind meld in history, and another shot at a Super Bowl ring is just around the corner.
But let's be honest: The final minutes of the AFC Championship game with the top-seeded Kansas City Chiefs were a lot, emotionally speaking. Fans around the country were screaming in their living rooms and tweeting feverishly as the game went into overtime.
And hearts were thumping in chests. We don't have to take fans' word for it: In a perfect illustration of just how stressful Sunday night's game was, viewers of last night's game have been posting screenshots of their heart rates during those last perilous minutes, as captured in real time by their Fitbits, Apple Watches, and other wearable devices.
Zach Fournier, a 21-year-old student at Assumption College, says his FitBit captured the moment, right around the first overtime third down, that his heart rate rocketed up into cardio territory at around 140 beats per minute—the same rate it typically records when he does high-intensity interval training.
He's fine now, though. "Things went back to normal once the game was over," Dylan says.
Another viewer tweeted a screenshot of an alert from his Apple Watch, which noticed that his heart rate had spiked, even though he hadn't moved for several minutes, and feared he might be in trouble. He wasn't. "I'M WATCHING THE GAME, DUDE!" he tweeted.
Fitbit, the company, has recognized the impact big games have on wearers in the past. Back in 2015, when the Patriots played the Seahawks at Super Bowl LXIX, it says users' heart rates climbed an average of 10 beats per minute during big plays.
So just how stressful was the AFC Championship game? Plenty of fans wanted the world to know, so they took to social media to share, offering up some biometric proof of the tortures of fandom.
My Fitbit said that my heart rate was around 128 beats per minute during the end of the #Patriots game tonight. I was basically doing cardio sitting down being stressed.


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The following letter isn't quite right because there is a newspaper article from Jan. 11, 1921 announcing a meeting of Troop 6. Apparently two troops - 4 & 6 were established at Trinity because there was a ceiling of about 45 scouts in a troop.
I was happy to receive your letter of January 17th, and am sorry that an excessive number of activities have prevented my answering sooner.
I am much interested in your report on Scout Troop 6. I have often thought of my early days in Idaho Falls and my association with the fine friends I made, but particularly my association with the boys of Troop 6. We had a wonderful time and many of the things we did would really make interesting reading.
I am very surprised that the record of the Charter for Troop 6 was recorded in November of 1922. This is definitely not correct. Troop 6 was organized in the early spring of 1921.
On June 9, 1920, I was married to Wrenn Willson, daughter of Dr. T. C. Willson and sister of Dr. Harry L. Willson and sister-in-law of Mrs. Harry L. Willson who still resides in Idaho Falls.
Soon after we returned from out honeymoon at Jenny Lake, Dr. Rollins started to talk to me about helping to organize a Troop of Boy Scouts with the Methodist Church as sponsors. I did not feel I could take on the responsibility at the time, so like so many worthwhile things the development of Troop 6 remained in the discussion stage until the spring of 1921. I remember I became Scoutmaster of the new troop in March of 1921, and held the first meeting of the troop in the basement of the Methodist Church either the last week in March or the first week in April 1921.
I am sure of these events because our son was born on May 4, 1921, and the Troop voted him as Mascot at the first meeting after May 4th. Another event fixes the year 1921. In August of 1921 a group of us took all the Idaho Falls Boy Scouts on a two weeks trip through Yellowstone Park. There were 110 boys, which constituted practically all of the boys in Idaho Falls that belonged to the Scout organization. We were able to secure the services of a man and his wife as coo. They had just been married and were willing to go along, do the cooking for their transportation and food for the two weeks. Mr. Clyde Brainard, who operated a trucking company, furnished 3 trucks and drivers. The merchants of the town furnished all the provisions, and each boy paid $15.00 to buy gas, oil and other unforeseeable expenses. As I remember, there were only 5 men besides the cook who went along as supervisors. These were Dr. Rollins, a Dr. West, Dr. Shattock, Clyde Brainard and myself. If you think it was not a real job for 5 men to supervise 110 boys then I recommend that you try it. I lost 10 lbs. On two weeks, but I think the whole trip was a great success for there was no serious unpleasantness and the conduct of eery boy was surely a great tribute to Scout training. We circled the Park and returned hoe to Jackson Lake country, Willson and Swan Valley.
I left Idaho Falls March 1, 1922, and went to Seattle where I entered the University of Washington and graduated in 1925 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Management and Forest Products.
I have not been actively connected with Boy Scout work since leaving Idaho Falls. I have however given a number of lectures on forestry and woodcraft to a number of boys organizations.
I wish I could recall the names of more of the boys who were Charter Members of Troop 6. I do however remember Warren Shattock, George Barcus, Tommy Holden, Bob Rollins, and Max Willson. Naturally, I have wondered what has happened to them and if any of them are still in Idaho Falls I would thoroughly enjoy hearing from them.
I am surprised to learn that the Troop numbers 50, as I remember 42 was the quota limit in 1921, and Dr. Rollins used to get rather exasperated with me because I permitted more than 42 to attend the meeting. We had such interesting times at our meeting that it did not seem possible to hold the quota, and I did not have the heart to tell any boy there was no room for him.
I congratulate you and all your associates on the fine work you are doing. The fact that you have been able to graduate 50 Eagle Scouts is indicative of the time and effort that has been expended in the development and training of boys and young men for future outstanding citizens.
You ask me to give you a resume of what I have been doing. I have followed the profession of forestry since 1925, a few years in private industry and in government service, with short leaves of absence to do special work in the Amazon River Valley, Mexico, Canada and Central America. When I retired 6 years ago I was Director of Forest Products, Division of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce. For 6 years I have lived on a small estate 17 miles from Washington, raise some flowers and improve my woods which consist of 12 acres of hardwood timber. I do some consulting work in the field of forestry and forest products, bit I don't let any work interfere with my enjoying life. Two years ago, Mrs. Holman and I spent 3 months in Europe. Last fall we drove 10,000 miles visiting friends and places in 24 different states and Mexico. Next fall we hope to visit Idaho Falls and I hope to see some of my old friends and attend a meeting of Troop 6.
I surely wish I could drop in on you and at your banquet on Feb. 8th and believe me I have figured every way possible to arrange it, but I am sorry I just can't make it.
Please accept my congratulations for the fine work you are all doing, and I pray that tis work will continue for another 40 years. I surely thank you for writing me and giving me an opportunity to do a little wandering about in the ground that I helped to plow and seed 40 years ago.


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February 6, 2022February 6, 2022By Asim Adhikary
Rivalry continues between Drake and Kanye West as both release long-awaited albums
109 million monthly listeners, 25 Grammys, and over 50 billion streams. This is what it takes to reach "G.O.A.T." status.
This past month, two of music's most influential artists released their long-awaited albums. Kanye West– controversial, trailblazer, and distinctive– released his 10th studio album, Donda. And Drake– calculated, accomplished, and versatile– also released his 10th studio album, Certified Lover Boy, five days after Kanye.
Even though these two projects are vastly different, music enthusiasts, such as myself, have already started to ask questions. Which album is better? Which album will age better? Which album has more Instagram-worthy captions? And the list of questions goes on and on.
Personally, I believe Donda is the better album between the two. The project has greater longevity, is more impactful and personnel for listeners, and has more influence on the music industry. Although I view Donda as the better album, CLB takes the cake with the better Instagram captions.
Both albums are unique in their own way. They each have their own sound, style, and purpose that sets them apart. In an Instagram story, Drake described CLB as "a combination of toxic masculinity and acceptance of the truth which is inevitably heartbreaking." In contrast, Kanye's album incorporates gospel and rap through experimenting with abstract tones.
Donda is innovative as it does not sound like any other Kanye project. The album has better production, more memorable lyrics, and takes more creative risks. My favorite songs from the album include Remote Control, Praise God, and New Again. On the other hand, CLB suffers from originality due to the context and flow being similar to most of Drake's previous works. Drake has a formula for making hits, and because of this, he will rarely step out of his musical comfort zone.
Both artists dealt with challenges while creating their albums. During production, Kanye lived inside the Mercedes Benz Stadium for several weeks, paying $1 million per day for a congested storage room that resembled a jail cell.
Drake, on the other hand, delayed the release of Certified Lover Boy due to an injury he faced while playing basketball. The artist was later memed by fans and the media for the poor excuse.
Overall, I have concluded that both albums are simply too long. Each project has repetitive and unnecessary songs that weigh down its tracklist. The last four songs on Donda are repeats of previous songs with different features. I view this as unoriginal and lazy. On CLB, songs like 7AM on Bridle Path, Race My Mind, and The Remorse all sound the same to me. These songs, if taken off the album, would allow more room for other songs to shine.
CLB is a shapeless album that could be resequenced entirely and would still sound nearly the same. Donda was hindered by Kanye's messy rollout, which included three separate listening events in two different states, constant editing, and delayed-release dates.
When it comes down to it, these albums were made for two different purposes. Donda is a personal album with intimate anecdotes dedicated to Kanye's mother, and Certified Lover Boy is an album that deals with heartbreak and the reality of moving on.
Love them or hate them, both of these albums are unique and varied in their own way. After all, they are created by G.O.A.T.s.
This article originally appeared in The Hoofbeat.
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MALGIERI Gianclaudio, PhD
Associate Professor, Researcher at the EDHEC Augmented Law Institute
Speciality : Law
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59057 Roubaix Cedex 1 - France
Gianclaudio Malgieri is an Associate Professor of Law & Technology at the EDHEC Business School in Lille (France), where he conducts research at the Augmented Law Institute and teaches Data Protection Law, AI regulation, Digital Law, Data Sustainability, Intellectual Property Law and Business Law. He is also member of the Core Academic Committee of the Brussels Privacy Hub and of the Editorial Board of Computer Law and Security Review; External Expert at the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission and Attorney at Law in Italy.
He obtained a PhD in Law at the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) Research Centre of the Free University of Brussels (VUB), where he defended a thesis on "vulnerable data subjects" and where he is now Guest Professor and Affiliated Researcher. He was also Work Package Leader of the EU H2020 PANELFIT Project, for the development of Legal & Ethical Guidelines on Data Processing in Research.
His research focusses on AI regulation, automated decision-making, privacy and fundamental rights, surveillance, data ownership, intellectual privacy, consumer law. He has authored more than 50 publications including articles in leading international academic reviews. He edited the Italian Handbook of Personal Data Protection and a Special Issue on Computer Law and Security Review. He published in English, French, and Italian (but some his works were even translated in Chinese). His research has been cited by, inter alia, the European Commission, the Council of Europe, the World Economic Forum, the Canadian Government, and the Canadian Data Protection Authority, but also by top newspapers (Le Monde, La Tribune, France Culture, Corriere della Sera, ilSole24Ore, Il Manifesto). In the 2020 he was the only European scholar to receive the Future of Privacy Award.
Before obtaining his PhD, he got an LLM with honours at the University of Pisa (2016) and a JD with honours at S.Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa (2017). He was visiting student at the London School of Economics (2013), World Trade Institute of the University of Bern (2014), École Normale Superieure de Paris (2015) and Oxford University (2018).
He is scientific project evaluator for the FWF Austrian Science Fund and Programme Committee Member of ACM FAccT Conference, of the CPDP (Computer, Privacy and Data Protection) Conference and co-organiser of the Brussels Privacy Symposium. He is also peer reviewer of AI and Society; Big Data & Society; Privacy and Security; Computer Law & Security Review; International Data Privacy Law; Federal Law Review; Information, Communication & Society; Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology; Opinio Juris in Comparatione, etc.
For more information: www.gianclaudiomalgieri.eu
Main academic publications
Journal of Consumer Marketing (2021), International Data Privacy Law (2021)
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EDHEC Publications
Research Handbook on Privacy and Data Protection Law
In/acceptable marketing and consumers' privacy expectations: four tests from EU data protection law
Journal of Consumer Marketing, December 2021
"Just" Algorithms: Justification (beyond explanation) of automated decisions under the GDPR
Law and Business, vol. 1, 2021
Algorithmic impact assessments under the GDPR: producing multi-layered explanations
International Data Privacy Law, Volume 11, Issue 2, April 2021, Pages 125–144
Impossible Explanations? Beyond explainable AI in the GDPR from a COVID-19 Use Case Scenario",
Proceedings of ACM FaaCT. ACM, New York, NY, USA, March 2021


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The Causal Angel
By Hannu Rajaniemi
Read by Roger Wayne
Hannu Rajaniemi Tantor Audio 9780765329516
The Jean le Flambeur Series: Book 3
With his infectious love of storytelling in all its forms, his rich characterization, and his unrivalled grasp of cutting-edge science, Hannu Rajaniemi has swiftly set a new benchmark for SF in the twenty-first century. Rajaniemi's future is one in which quantum effects can be manipulated by the powerful to unknowable ends; an era in which some are gods and billions of others are enslaved for the processing power of their brains; where in the inner Solar System, the once-human Sobornost endlessly iterate themselves in vast, planet-sized guberniyas, while casually running experiments on the photosphere of the sun. In this world, Jean le Flambeur has broken out of a virtual prison and, later, into the mind of a living god. Now his one-time rescuer, the warrior Mieli, is a prisoner herself. To get her back, Jean will need tools: A quantum pyramid scheme, a pair of physical bodies, a nugget of computronium, a bunch of entangled EPR pairs, and a few very special hydrogen bombs. Jean le Flambeur, gentleman adventurer, is back. The solar system will tremble from one end to the other before he's done.
Narrator Roger Wayne's well-paced reading suits the introspective journeys of the story's introspective protagonists. —AudioFile
"Narrator Roger Wayne's well-paced reading suits the introspective journeys of the story's introspective protagonists." —AudioFile
Author Bio: Hannu Rajaniemi
Hannu Rajaniemi was born and raised in Finland, but now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he is a founding director of a financial consultancy, ThinkTank Maths. He is the holder of several advanced degrees in mathematics and physics. Multilingual from an early age, he writes his science fiction in English.


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GDAL/OGR General
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Is GDAL/OGR Installed
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Imports python GDAL and exits the program if the modules are not found.

.. code-block:: python

    import sys
    try:
        from osgeo import ogr, osr, gdal
    except:
        sys.exit('ERROR: cannot find GDAL/OGR modules')

Check Version of GDAL/OGR installed
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This code checks the version of the GDAL/OGR on the imported module

.. code-block:: python

    import sys
    from osgeo import gdal

    version_num = int(gdal.VersionInfo('VERSION_NUM'))
    if version_num < 1100000:
        sys.exit('ERROR: Python bindings of GDAL 1.10 or later required')

Enable python exceptions
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By default the GDAL/OGR Python bindings do not raise exceptions when errors occur. Instead they return an error value
such as None and write an error message to sys.stdout. You can enable exceptions by calling the UseExceptions() function:

.. code-block:: python

    from osgeo import gdal

    # Enable GDAL/OGR exceptions
    gdal.UseExceptions()

    # open dataset that does not exist
    ds = gdal.Open('test.tif')
    # results in python RuntimeError exception that
    # `test.tif' does not exist in the file system

You can disable using GDAL/OGR exceptions at any point during runtime using:

.. code-block:: python

    from osgeo import gdal
    gdal.DontUseExceptions()

Install GDAL/OGR error handler
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This recipe installs a GDAL error handler function that captures the GDAL error, class and message.
Only works with GDAL version >= 1.10

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    try:
        from osgeo import ogr, osr, gdal
    except:
        sys.exit('ERROR: cannot find GDAL/OGR modules')

    # example GDAL error handler function
    def gdal_error_handler(err_class, err_num, err_msg):
        errtype = {
                gdal.CE_None:'None',
                gdal.CE_Debug:'Debug',
                gdal.CE_Warning:'Warning',
                gdal.CE_Failure:'Failure',
                gdal.CE_Fatal:'Fatal'
        }
        err_msg = err_msg.replace('\n',' ')
        err_class = errtype.get(err_class, 'None')
        print 'Error Number: %s' % (err_num)
        print 'Error Type: %s' % (err_class)
        print 'Error Message: %s' % (err_msg)

    if __name__=='__main__':

        # install error handler
        gdal.PushErrorHandler(gdal_error_handler)

        # Raise a dummy error
        gdal.Error(1, 2, 'test error')

        #uninstall error handler
        gdal.PopErrorHandler()


HUNDREDS of residents in the cities of Joondalup and Wanneroo could be affected by the State Government's decision to cut funding for financial counselling services.
The Department of Child Protection and Family Support announced this month that financial counselling services in the Perth metropolitan area would no longer be funded from October 1.
Wanneroo Mayor Tracey Roberts said the cuts would result in the city losing two of its five financial counsellors, which would leave about 60 clients without access to services each month.
"The city's financial counselling services provide invaluable support to help people review their financial situation and suggest ways in which to manage their finances," she said.
Between July and December 2014, the city provided more than 600 clients with financial counselling services.
Wanneroo councillors unanimously supported a motion by Mrs Roberts on Tuesday night to advocate their disappointment to the State Government on its decision to stop funding, and to investigate alternative funding options. The mayor's report said it would cost $157,449 to provide two counsellors from this October to June 2016, or almost $210,000 annually.
Joondalup chief executive Garry Hunt said the city, which has about 360 people access the service each year, was still assessing the implications.
"Like all local governments affected by this decision, Joondalup does not have the financial capacity to cover this funding shortfall," he said.
The Spiers Centre in Heathridge, which relies on government funding and donations to operate, has three financial counsellors – two who job share and are funded by the Federal Government and one full-time counsellor funded by the State Government.
"It's a very big concern, the challenge becomes do we discontinue the service or do we look at funding it ourselves?" acting chief executive Helena Jakupovic said.
The centre helps Joondalup and Wanneroo residents and in 2014, the full-time counsellor helped 215 clients.
Mrs Jakupovic said she was also worried about the broader effect the cuts would have on the centre.
About 50 financial counsellors attended Parliament House last Thursday to express their concerns about the cuts, which would save the Government $1.5 million in the first year.
But Mental Health and Disability Services Minister Helen Morton was not swayed.
Mrs Morton said the increase in WA's population meant the demand for services had risen by 82.4 per cent.
"We have to focus on core services and direct funding to promote the safety and wellbeing of at-risk children and families, with the aim to prevent children coming into care," she said.
Mrs Morton said the Financial Counsellors Association of WA would extend and increase its focus on metropolitan clients. "FCAWA is currently piloting a web chat option for clients," she said.
IF not for his financial counsellor, former Darch resident Ray Wheare believes he would be dead.
After Mr Wheare's wife died in April 2013, he became depressed and struggled to keep up with bills.
A social worker referred him to the City of Wanneroo's financial counselling services, where he met counsellor Jacqui EcclestoneOK.
"If Jacqui hadn't come along I probably would have done myself in," he said.
"She saved my life, a couple of times.
"I got really depressed but she helped me to sort out ways to pay my bills and home loan." Mr Wheare, who has now paid off his debts and was able to buy a house in South Australia near family, said the recent cuts to financial counselling services were "a pity".
Carramar resident Graham Last, who started using the city's financial counselling service two years ago, also found his counsellor was gave emotional as well as financial support.
Mr Last hit financial difficulty during the final six months of his nursing degree, as he and his wife had to balance his nearly two months of unpaid practical work with looking after their four young children and trying to generate an income. He was contemplating giving it up so sought help from financial counsellor Violeta LedesmaOK.
"It (the situation) wasn't working and I was quite depressed, but Violeta said 'we can help'," Mr Last said.
Mr Last is now employed as a nurse and said the community needed more, not less, financial counselling services.
"I think it's an absolute essential service in today's society," he said.


"Adjacent" is a good word for all the processes that directly exchange materials or data with one operation and, if adjacency is locally well managed at every operation, you have a smooth flow from start to finish. I will henceforth use this. At the start of his post, Robert confesses to having studied math as an undergrad, which is another thing we have in common besides having both written books about Lean Logistics.