National Treasury briefed the Committee on its responses to comments received in the public hearings on the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill [B12-2013] and on the Banks Amendment Bill [B43-2012]. After discussion, the Committee reported that it agreed to the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill while noting the objections of the Democratic Alliance. Thereafter it deliberated on its amendments to the Banks Amendment Bill, and reported that it agreed to the Bill with amendments.
National Treasury Report-back on Rates & Monetary Amounts & Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill
National Treasury said that only two comments were received on the Bill. Other comments did not deal with the Bill itself directly but National Treasury responded contextually. The issues concerned bursary relief by employers to employee relatives, the turnover threshold for micro businesses, the pre-retirement lump sum withdrawal table and the normal retirement lump sum tax table. The South African Constitutional Property Rights Foundation wanted to shift the composition of tax revenues from income tax and value-added tax to a land tax.
National Treasury Report-back on Banks Amendment Bill
National Treasury said it had received one set of comments from Investec which covered amongst others, the Registrar’s power to delegate to other financial sector regulators, banks under curatorship, anti-money laundering measures and bankers’ remuneration.
Members asked for more clarity on the bursary relief and why National Treasury believed that the inflation turnover threshold of R1m for micro businesses had little impact. Members asked how many small businesses were losing out on this tax benefit, when was a response expected from the Tax Review Committee and what was the capacity of National Treasury to determine the impact of the small business tax thresholds on small business. Members proposed that adjustments be made annually to accommodate for inflation. Members said that lump sum withdrawals were not adjusted for inflation. Members proposed that the adjustment for annual inflation of the turnover tax, the personal income tax and the retirement fund tax be put to the Committee for inclusion in the Amendments on the basis of National Treasury’s weak arguments. Members wanted the threshold levels changed annually according to inflation. Members said that one could not change the budget thresholds without knowing the variables in play and how they would be affected. Members said that a better policy on small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) needed to be captured which took into account job creation and was not focused only on the thresholds. SMME taxation was about cutting red tape and the DA wanted its objections noted.
The Committee reported that it agreed to the Bill and noted the DA’s objections.
Banks Amendment Bill [B43-2012] Proposed Standing Committee Amendments
Members wanted clarity on the advice of the state law advisor on the extension of limitation of liability regarding the actions of the regulator and whether this was justified. Members said that National Treasury had not responded on new requirements in Clause 36 which removed the requirement that the written consent from the CEO be received before putting a bank under curatorship. Now it was enough that the CEO be notified. Members felt that it was possible to increase shareholder influence on banks through that Clause. Members said they would be happy if a Clause was inserted that shareholders were to be consulted by the Board regarding remuneration. The remuneration committee should specify the total reward for executives, as remuneration was often concealed in many ways. This would allow for transparency and lastly it must show how the remuneration related to the performance of the individual executive concerned.
The Committee reported that it agreed to the Bill with amendments.
Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill [B12-2013]: National Treasury report-back
Mr Cecil Morden, National Treasury Chief Director: Economic Tax Analysis, said that only two comments were received on the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill. While there were many other comments received which did not deal with the Bill itself, he would deal with them contextually.
The first comment, by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), concerned bursary relief by employers to employee relatives. PwC said that the exclusion of remuneration thresholds and bursary relief thresholds in this Bill would mean that employers would not withhold the correct amount of taxes. National Treasury did not accept this proposal as these proposals were only for implementation on 1 March 2014 as the bursary relief was dependent on changes to the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB).
PwC was concerned that the turnover threshold for micro business had not been adjusted since 2009 therefore excluding more businesses each year. The threshold was inadequate and it needed adjustment each year for inflation. National Treasury felt that the thresholds were linked to value-added tax (VAT) also. The take up of the benefit had not been great and the increase in the threshold would not make a difference. The effectiveness of the turnover tax regime was under review by the Tax Review Committee.
PwC felt that the pre-retirement lump sum withdrawal table and the normal retirement lump sum tax table had not been adjusted for inflation since 2009 while income tax rates had been adjusted. National Treasury had not accepted these proposals as previous amendments had seen larger increases or at relatively high initial levels. It wanted to encourage the preservation of retirement annuities rather than lump sums thus they were not adjusted as frequently as the personal income tax tables.
The South African Constitutional Property Rights Foundation wanted to shift the composition of tax revenues from income tax and VAT to a land tax. The proposal was rejected as it was not relevant to the Bill and no major developed or developing country had been able to rely solely on one tax.
Banks Amendment Bill [B43-2012] National Treasury Report-back
Mr Roy Havemann, National Treasury Chief Director: Financial Markets and Stability, said that National Treasury had received one set of comments from Investec (see Banks Amendment Bill: Matrix document).
In Clause 1, Investec felt that the Bill should refer to a broader definition as provided on the ‘BIS’ website. National Treasury disagreed, as it was not clear what the concern was with the definition as provided.
In Clause 3, there had been a request that a new Clause be inserted dealing with the registrar’s power to delegate to other financial sector regulators. National Treasury said that it would soon be presenting to the Committee all legislation necessary under the twin peaks regulatory structure.
In Clause 4, Investec had asked that the provision that the Minister table the Registrar’s Annual Report in Parliament should be stated in plain language. National Treasury agreed to adjust the wording to increase clarity.
In Clause 5, dealing with Section 13 of the principle act, Ms Z Dlamini-Dubazana (ANC) had said that the word ‘committed” was not effective enough. National Treasury agreed and the phrases relating to the word ‘commitments’ ‘had been removed.
In Clause 11, Ms Dlamini-Dubazana felt that the Registrar appeared to have greater power than the Minister. It was felt that there was no change to the role of the Minister. For a Section 68 winding up or judicial management of a bank, there was no need for the Minister’s involvement. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) felt that under a Section 69 curatorship, the Registrar should be able to act swiftly and decisively. The current proposed wording was ‘…with the consent of the Governor and after consultation with the Minister…’
In Clause 11 also, Investec commented on anti-money laundering measures. National Treasury, after discussions with the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), had removed subsection (c).
In Clause 13, Investec was concerned over the wording. National Treasury disagreed as, even though companies were allowed to prescribe their own thresholds for special resolutions to be passed, a decision to deregister had to be carried by 75% of the votes and legislation could provide for additional requirements.
In Clause 15, Investec wanted the wording corrected because Section 114 and the entire Chapter 5 of the Companies Act (No. 71 of 2008) referred to “scheme of arrangements”. National Treasury disagreed saying that the term “arrangements” was used throughout the Banks Act (No. 94 of 1990) and it was appropriate.
In Clause 20, similarly, the Companies Act provided for alterable provisions in the Memorandum of Incorporation. National Treasury felt the drafting was appropriate.
National Treasury did however agree with Investec on its concerns over the wording in Clause 34, which talked of the filling of a notice and not the giving of a notice and would amend it to be consistent with the Companies Act.
He said that there had been a lot of discussion previously on bankers’ remuneration (Clause 33). Mr T Harris (DA) had been concerned that reporting requirements on bankers’ remuneration had to include reporting to shareholders. New rules in banking regulations had been introduced regarding this in line with international requirements so that bankers were paid in a consistent way without increasing risk to the financial system. The proposal on bankers’ bonuses was that the period over which bonuses were calculated be a period that took a long-term view otherwise bankers would take a short-term view on the profitability of banks. The calculations should reflect fully the current and future potential risk and the size of the variable compensation pool, compliance with policies, market risk, etc. A remuneration committee had already been established and had extensive powers and the current draft of the Bill was thus sufficient.
In Clause 44, National Treasury was proposing a small extension of liability. No changes were being made to liability provisions. It was only with reference to an inspector or payments administrator. Limited liability was implicit and the amendment merely sought to make it explicit.
In the new Clause 45, there was a small amendment to reflect existing practice, to make explicit something that was implicit to improve information exchange. The wording was the same as in the Financial Markets Act (No. 19 of 2012). The Registrar had to inform the Minister and the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) of any significant risk.
Mr Morden said that the bursary thresholds were not in the Bill because they were dealt with in the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill. On the lump sum withdrawal on retirement there had been no adjustment. In the second table there was a large tax-free allowance. This was to encourage people to preserve their money and take a lump sum at retirement and invest the rest in an annuity. The fifth point by the South African Constitutional Property Rights Foundation was not in the Bill at all.
The Chairperson reminded the meeting that on 18 June there had been an official briefing and only two written, not oral, inputs had been received and National Treasury was responding to those inputs.
Ms J Tshabalala (ANC) asked for more clarity on the bursary relief and why National Treasury believed the inflation turnover threshold of R1m for micro businesses had no impact.
Mr Morden replied that the first R10 000 for bursaries was tax-free and the proposal was to increase this to R30 000 for higher education bursaries. Bursaries were not included because it could not be implemented this year because of structural changes which needed to occur via the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill first as there would now be two thresholds. He said there was no clear evidence that increasing the threshold amount would make a difference to the number of small businesses taking up the offer and the Tax Review Committee had to decide why there was no impact and on the threshold amount. Less than 9 000 small businesses had registered to take advantage of the small business tax benefits.
Mr D Ross (DA) asked what was the estimated number of small businesses that were losing out on this tax benefit. When was a response expected from the Tax Review Committee?
Mr Morden replied that the aim of the tax was to make micro businesses legitimate. Revenue income was R5-20m but this was not important. The draft report should be available by the time of the Budget the following year.
The Chairperson said that Parliament should be seen to encourage businesses to participate in the tax review if it believed that small business was the best driver of job creation. The country had not looked enough into the constraints that inhibited this sector and the tax review proposals gave parliamentarians an opportunity to influence the small business sector.
Mr D van Rooyen (ANC) asked what the capacity of National Treasury was to determine the impact of the small business tax thresholds on small business.
Mr Morden replied that National Treasury had built a reasonable capacity. The thresholds had been changed significantly. The challenge was that most job creation was in the small and medium business categories not the micro businesses.
Mr T Harris (DA) proposed that adjustments be made annually to accommodate for inflation.
Mr Morden replied that some taxes would be inappropriate to adjust annually and that some taxes were adjusted above inflation rates.
Mr Ross said that lump sum withdrawals were not adjusted for inflation.
Mr Morden replied that one needed to take into consideration the base or threshold level. If one were to adjust annually then one would start at a low base. South Africa had a high base, which was much simpler to operate.
Mr Harris proposed that the adjustment for annual inflation of the turnover tax, the personal income tax, and the retirement fund tax be put to the Committee for inclusion in the Amendments on the basis of weak arguments by the National Treasury.
Ms Tshabalala said this was something to be looked into but not at this stage
Mr Van Rooyen said the submission could be noted in considerations.
Ms Z Dlamini-Dubazana (ANC) felt the recommendations were invalid as there had been time to engage in June for changes to be made in the budget. Making changes now would impact on other variables.
Mr Harris wanted the threshold levels changed annually according to inflation.
Mr Ross said the budget cycle was not cast in stone and that he supported Mr Harris.
Ms Dlamini-Dubazana said one could not change the budget thresholds without knowing the variables in play and how they would be affected.
Mr Morden replied that the threshold (on page 7 of presentation) had increased from R350 000 to R550 000, which was above the inflation rate. He added that even so this would not have a significant impact on the number of small business who would register to take advantage of the tax benefit.
The Chairperson said that a better policy on small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) needed to be captured which took into account job creation and was not only focussed on the thresholds.
Mr Harris said that SMME taxation was about cutting red tape and he wanted the DA’ objections noted.
Mr Van Rooyen said that the Tax Review Committee could give the appropriate inputs and that there had been engagement with the state law advisors.
The Chairperson said that there was a big problem of unsecured lending in the SMME area where employees were using the provident fund to advance money for home expansions so that by the time employees reached pensionable age they had nothing left.
Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill Committee Report adoption
The Committee reported that it agreed to the Bill with the DA objections noted.
Ms Tshabalala wanted it noted that the objections of Mr Harris were also the Committee’s thinking but that it was not appropriate to entertain them currently but to wait for the response of the Tax Review Committee.
Proposed Standing Committee Amendments to the Banks Amendment Bill [B43-2012]
With reference to Clause 33 (on p6 of the Banks Amendment Bill Matrix), Ms Dlamini-Dubazana said that there was no monitoring of remuneration practices by shareholders as that was the task of the board of directors. National Treasury’s proposal that the bank take into account the full range of current and future potential risk should end at the word ‘risk’. Secondly she said the third bullet point talked about the bank differentiating amongst risk to the firm, the business unit and the individual. She asked whether this referred to internationally accepted internal controls.
Mr Ross wanted clarity on the advice of the state law advisor on the extension of limitation of liability regarding the actions of the regulator and whether this was justified.
Mr Harris said that National Treasury had not responded on the question of question of new requirements in Clause 36, which removed the requirement that the written consent from the CEO was received before putting a bank under curatorship. Now it was enough that the CEO be notified.
Mr Havemann said that the banks were subject to the Companies Act. If there was a conflict, the more specific law trumped, therefore more specifics had been added. It did not want to change the Companies Act, which applied to everybody but was imposing the requirements when determining remuneration. All the examples in the remuneration proposal could be excluded in the final draft. On page 7 risk was differentiated. The remuneration committee must ensure that it could differentiate risks between the firm and the individual. Individual risks had to be seen in the context of bank risk and also be taken into account
Adv Michael Blackbeard, Deputy Registrar of Banks, Bank Supervision Department, South African Reserve Bank (SARB), said that additional functions and duties could be assigned. The detail that the remuneration committee had to comply with were in the 1 200 pages of regulations.
Mr Harris felt that it was possible to increase shareholder influence on banks through that Clause.
Mr Havemann said that one could include wording to the effect of ‘adequately take into account shareholders interests’.
Adv Blackbeard said it had to be remembered that the Financial Stability Board was busy with developing remuneration by a compensation monitoring group. Internationally, the board of directors determined remuneration and the Companies Act also required that.
Mr Harris said he would be happy if a Clause were inserted that shareholders were to be consulted by the Board. The remuneration committee should specify the total reward for executives, as remuneration was often concealed in many ways. This would allow for transparency and lastly it must show how the remuneration related to the performance of the individual executive concerned
Mr Havemann said that the registrar of banks collected extensive information and the annual reports of banks provided extensive disclosures of the amounts that banks paid their senior professional management. There were thus adequate systems in place to provide for sufficient disclosure and therefor the issue was already covered.
Adv Blackbeard said that disclosure was already covered in their regulations and anything extra should be placed in the regulations.
Mr Havemann said that what one was proposing with the insertion of Section 64C was that the board of directors establish a remuneration committee whose task amongst others would be to consult shareholders in developing remuneration practices.
Ms Jeannine Bednar-Giyose, National Treasury Director: Financial Regulation and Legislation, said that the list of tasks read up to (i) currently and the new sub-Clause would be added as ‘ (j) to consult with shareholders’. (see Clause 33 of the Banks Amendment Bill, which dealt with the insertion of Section 64C)
The Chairperson asked if that proposal could supersede the Companies Act.
Ms Bednar-Giyose said that if a piece of legislation diminished the standard of the Companies Act, the Companies Act would prevail but if it set a stricter standard than the Companies Act then that legislation would prevail.
Regarding Mr Ross’ question, Mr Havemann said that one was not changing the limitation of liability.
Ms Bednar-Giyose added that National Treasury had engaged extensively with the state law advisors throughout the whole process and they had not identified any concerns over the proposed provision in the Amendment Bill.
Mr Havemann said that the key issue was implementation of international standards. The Registrar of Banks was essentially there to protect the banks’ depositors, to resolve issues around banks that were in difficulties and to take decisions that were in the best interests of depositors. The Registrar should be able to act quickly if a bank was being mismanaged and without following a long complicated process. In Clause 36 there was a proposal to amend Section 69 so that the Registrar be enabled to act without getting the consent of the CEO of the bank to proceed with curatorship through a system of notification.
Adv Blackbeard said that the flaw was brought to his Department and National Treasury’s attention after an assessment by the IMF and the World Bank.
Banks Amendment Bill Committee Report: adoption
The Committee reported that it adopted the Bill with amendments.
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To the editor:
What is a ghost tree?
Have you noticed black and white signs and stencils surrounding street trees in Brookline? Nearly 50 volunteers organized by Mothers Out Front Brookline placed these markers on the morning of Saturday, May 12. The purpose of the markers is to raise awareness of the beautiful trees that no longer shade the streets of Brookline.
These “Ghost Trees” have been killed by leaking natural gas. Gas suffocates trees by depriving the roots of the oxygen they need to live. More than 400 street trees in Brookline, worth more than $1 million, have been killed or have sustained grave damage to their roots from these leaks.
National Grid is responsible for maintaining the pipelines. However, they are not required to fix leaks that threaten trees or to replace the trees that have been killed. The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, which regulates National Grid, does not hold them responsible for tree damage either.
The Town of Brookline sued National Grid in 2010 to recover the cost of the trees killed by natural gas. Recently, this suit was settled for less than a quarter of the value of the lost trees. Dead trees cost Brookline about $1,000 each to replace. The small replacement trees cannot provide the same carbon dioxide absorption, storm water reduction, shade, and beauty of the lost trees.
In addition to killing trees, natural gas is also a powerful greenhouse gas. It is composed mostly of methane, a fossil fuel that is 84 times more potent at trapping heat than carbon dioxide.
Many underground gas pipelines in Massachusetts were built in the 19th century. Boston’s pipelines are the second oldest in the country, after Baltimore. These ancient structures are made of materials such as cast iron, wrought iron, and bare steel, which are prone to leakage. Gas companies list more than 16,000 gas leaks in the Commonwealth, and independent researchers estimate that the actual number is two to three times that high. Leaking natural gas accounts for approximately 10 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions in Massachusetts, and they contribute more to climate change than all the cars we drive!
In addition, the natural gas piped into Brookline homes today is primarily fracked gas from Pennsylvania, which contains numerous contaminants associated with the toxic fracking process. Natural gas brings with it a risk of explosion, as well as other harms to human health, such as increased rates of respiratory disease.
National Grid bills its customers for the value of the natural gas lost due to its leaky pipelines. These costs are passed along to ratepayers in their gas bills. In the Boston area, the value of natural gas leaked from faulty pipelines is estimated to be $90 million per year.
National Grid needs to fix the leaks in its natural gas pipeline system, starting with the biggest leaks first, and our lawmakers and regulators need to exert pressure on them to do so. Brookline residents who see a dying tree should contact National Grid at 1-800-233-5325 and ask them to prioritize fixing leaks in the root zones of trees. Our Ghost Trees remind us of the danger that all of us face if we allow fossil fuels to drive us further into climate change.
-- Susan Helms Daley and Kathleen Scanlon, Mothers Out Front Brookline


Mark Norris Ph.D.
- Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Natural Resources Science and Management (2008)
- M.S. Kansas State University, Biology (2000)
- B.S. Allegheny College, Environmental Science (1997)
- Stevenson University Professor, Biological Sciences 2017-present
- Stevenson University Associate Professor, Biological Sciences 2013-2017
- The College at Brockport State University of New York Assistant Professor, Environmental Science 2005-2013
- Creighton University Resident Assistant Professor, Biology 2004-2005
I am primarily a forest ecologist with research projects that involve both community and ecosystem level analyses with respect to various natural and anthropogenic disturbances and/or management. The emerging theme in current work is that of the patterns and processes of so-called novel ecosystems resulting from invasive plant species or pests. The overarching goal of this work is to apply our findings to conservation or restoration efforts to maintain native diversity in both natural and managed systems. Ongoing projects include researching the 1) ecological impacts of non-native tree pests (e.g. forest composition and ecosystem functioning); and 2) anthropogenic influence on forests along an urban-rural gradient. One way that I would like to expand these projects is to examine consumer trophic levels, e.g. how invasive plants influence the diversity, abundance, and feeding relationships of amphibians or insects and vice versa. Another potential project includes a greenhouse-based project on competition and life history comparisons of native vs. non-native plants.
I am also interested in different aspects of environmental science including environmental psychology/education (e.g. given that spending time outdoors has been shown to benefit our psychological and physiological well-being, how do schools approach recess and environmental education?) and renewable energy (e.g. are communities interested in establishing solar co-ops to expand solar electricity generation and if so, what would these co-ops looks like and partner with?).
- Brown, J. and M.D. Norris. 2018. Detecting soil and plant community changes in restored wetlands using a chronosequence approach. Wetland Ecology and Management. 26(3):299–314. DOI: 10.1007/s11273-017-9574-7
- Richards, P.L., M.D. Norris, and B.B. Lin. 2013. The hydrologic implications of oldfield succession: depression storage and leaf litter. Ecohydrology. 6(5):863-877. DOI: 10.1002/eco.1310
- Norris, M.D., P.B. Reich, P.G. Avis, and S.Hobbie. 2013. Positive feedback between decomposition and nitrogen fertility gradients. Plant and Soil. 367(1-2):347-361. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1449-3
- Norris, M.D. 2012. Land cover change in Western New York: Consequences for soil C dynamics. Northeastern Naturalist. 19(6):89-100.
- Bernacki, R. and M. Norris. 2011. Old growth forests threatened by invasive pests. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. 2011:470-478.
- Norris, M.D. and P. B. Reich. 2009. Modest nitrogen conservation via retranslocation across two N fertility gradients. Plant and Soil. 316(1):193-204.
- Norris, M.D., J.M. Blair, and L.C. Johnson. 2007. Altered ecosystem nitrogen dynamics as a consequence of land cover change in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 158(2):432-445.
- McKinley, D.C., M.D. Norris, J.M. Blair, and L.C. Johnson. 2007. Altered ecosystem processes as a consequence of Juniperus virginiana L. encroachment into North American tallgrass prairie. Pages 170-187 in Van Auken (ed.) Western North American Juniperus Communities: A Dynamic Vegetation Type. Springer.
- Norris, M.D., J.M. Blair, and L.C. Johnson. 2001. Land cover change in eastern Kansas: litter dynamics of closed-canopy eastern redcedar forests in tallgrass prairie. Can. J. Bot. 79(2):214-222.
- Norris, M.D., J.M. Blair, L.C. Johnson, and R.B. McKane. 2001. Developing regression equations to assess shifts in biomass, productivity, and nutrient stores following Juniperus virginiana forest establishment in tallgrass prairie. Can. J. Forest Research. 31(11):1940-1946.
- FYS 100 – First Year Seminar (BIO/ENV)
- BIO 104 – The Human Body and Contemporary Health Issues
- PHYS 115 – You Are Here; Earth and Space Sciences
- BIO 114L – General Biology II: Structure and Function of Organisms Lab
- BIO 115 – General Biology III: Ecology and Evolution
- BIO 115L – General Biology III: Ecology and Evolution Lab
- ENV 150 – Society and the Environment
- ENV 213 – Ecology
- ENV 260 – Forest Ecology and Management
- ENV 275 – Environmental Science
- ENV/BIO 365 – Independent Research
- BIO 440 – Topics in Biology: Global change biology
- BIO/BIOCH/CHEM 450/460 – Senior Research Capstone
Projects and Funding
- SOS Seed Grant $7,217. Ecological impacts and restoration of an emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) infestation of ash-dominated forests of Western New York. 2016.
- S3RP (Stevenson’s Summer Science Scholars Research Program). Ecological impacts of simulated and actual Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) infestation. 2014.
- LI-COR Biosciences LI-COR Environmental Education Fund $23,994. Leef Bud Package: LI-6400XTP Portable Photosynthesis System. 2013.
- Brockport Foundation Summer Undergraduate Research Program (with R. Bernacki). $3200 The potential effects of invasive pests on old growth forest composition and ecosystem functioning. 2010.
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (with C. Norment). $7,500. Grassland restoration and avian habitat. 2006 – 2008.
- Lydia R. Shreeve and M.D. Norris. Comparison of the arboreal community in tree canopy habitats of a deciduous forest. Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Ecological Society of America meeting, Rutgers University Newark. 2018.
- Zachary F. Cather and M.D. Norris. The effect of eastern hemlock on forest and stream ecosystems. Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Ecological Society of America meeting, Rutgers University Newark. 2018.
- Catarina N. Torres, Samantha M. Paulus, and Mark D. Norris. Tree seedling dynamics in response to a simulated emerald ash borer outbreak and restoration. Northeastern Natural History Conference, Cromwell, CT. 2017
- Mark D. Norris and Rebecca L. Bernacki. Development of novel ecosystems following simulated emerald ash borer outbreak in ash-dominated forests. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale. 2016.
- Catarina N. Torres, Samantha M. Paulus, and Mark D. Norris. Tree seedling dynamics in response to a simulated emerald ash borer outbreak and restoration. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale. 2016.
- Ashley Myers, Zachary Greeley, & Mark Norris. Effects of non-native invasive insect pests in Central Maryland. Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Ecological Society of America meeting, Kutztown University. 2016.
- Mark D. Norris, Chelsea J. V. Raras, Emily G. Hicks, Bethany P. Liberto, and Garrett J. Perau. Oak forest characteristics and functioning along an urban-rural gradient. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore. 2015.
- Rebecca L. Bernacki, Samantha M. Paulus, and Mark D. Norris. Community and ecosystem effects of simulated and actual emerald ash borer outbreaks in ash-dominated forests. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore. 2015.
- Jordan Brown and Mark Norris. Chronosequences show soil changes lag behind plant community recovery in restored wetlands. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore. 2015.
- Norris, M. Creation Care. Reisterstown United Methodist Church. Reisterstown, MD. 2016.
- Norris, M.D. Bad mascots, 2 girls, and shinrin-yoku. Stevenson University: Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society induction ceremony. Nov. 2013.
- Norris, M.D. Soil – plant interactions across a savanna – woodland gradient. Cornell University: Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity Program, Ithaca, NY. Oct. 2011.
- Norris, M.D. Land cover change in western New York: Is it combating global warming? Huyck Preserve, Rensselaerville, NY. June 2011.
- Norris, M.D. Carbon dynamics in natural ecosystems. 11th Annual Joint AWMA/NYWEA Seminar: Sustainability in a changing climate. Rochester, NY. 2008.
- Norris, M. Christian Environmental Stewardship. Brockport United Methodist Church. Brockport, NY. 2007.
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a plan Thursday to expand several safety programs in the District by adding more workers and money.
Two programs, the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE) and the Pathways Program, will receive roughly $14 million, she said.
“We know that gun violence is a public health emergency,” Bowser said at a news conference at the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center. “When we think about the young people who have died senselessly on the streets, having a lifetime ahead of them and gunned down.”
ONSE uses violence interrupters — D.C. residents who intervene in disputes and cut off shootings before they happen. That program will receive nearly $10 million in federal funds from the city to add neighborhoods of Congress Park in Ward 8, Shaw in Ward 2 and Edgewood in Ward 5.
Del McFadden runs the program. He said the city would see a higher rate of shootings without it.
“Anytime a shooting takes place, the (violence interrupters) go in to both communities to make sure there are not retaliations,” he said. “That has happened numerous times. I know for sure that if it were not for the violence interrupters, the number we’re looking at presently would be much higher.”
The Pathways Program finds jobs, training and education for residents at risk of using violence. It will receive $4.5 million in federal aid, Bowser said.
Residents, ranging from 20 and 35 years old, are referred into the program.
“A lot of us know a person who seems off on the wrong track,” Bowser said. “We’re concerned that if they don’t make different choices, they might not be with us. But we know their hearts; we know they want to live. That’s who these programs are for.”
A third method to reduce gun violence comes through grants to nonprofit groups focused on anti-violence effort, Bowser said. Those groups can apply for a grant totaling more than $1 million.
The expansion comes as the city is still reeling from a recent spike in gun violence.
The latest occurred over the weekend when D.C. high school student Larelle Washington died several days after he was shot in Northeast.
“These are very long-term interventions, ” Bowser said. “These are not acute fixes, and we need both.”

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Comfortnoise Ploy – Offset
Experimental and dubby podcast for Spiel:feld, released in 2016
Enjoy spiel:feld´s podcast no.84 - compiled, mixed and filled with additional effects by the project Comfortnoise Ploy from Switzerland.
Please like, comment and share it with your friends.
“Offset” was recorded on a typical Swiss Sunday in April during a constant succession of rain, snow and sunshine. Kind of like Comfortnoise Ploy, a multi-genre and multi-instrumental stage project, performed by XEED & new.com on turntables, the singer and MC Iyah Ranx, and the effect device operator Rjega on the legendary vintage Roland Space Echo RE-201. In this session, we additionally applied a melodica, blues harp, jew’s harp, flute and different types of rattles besides an Elektron Octatrack and a Korg Monotron Delay. The outcome is a versatile, thoroughly dubbed out sound fabric displaying the aesthetics of techno, reggae, steppers and halfstep. – It was a perfect day for a bass heavy studio séance. And, gee, did we feel it! Hope you have fun as well!
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Villa Turc by Le Corbusier in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (photo by Marius ‘Comfortnoise’ Neukom)

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Wherever parents of preschoolers happen to meet, the mere mention of his name elicits either unadulterated adulation or utter contempt. I am referring, of course, to Barney the Dinosaur.
Let me put my cards on the table. On most days, I'm in the second camp. But my reason for being anti Barney and Friends is not just because the show is overflowing with unnatural giggles and empty-headed phrases like "super-dee-duper," annoyingly saccharine voices, exaggerated gestures, amateur camera work, obvious lyp-syncing and mediocre lyrics.
If those features exhausted my list of gripes, I would merely conclude that Barney is irritating to grown-ups and let it go at that. But after much thought and many hours of observation (yes, my kids are among the smitten), I have decided that Barney is much more than irritating, he's downright dangerous.
What's so dangerous about Barney? In a word, denial: the refusal to recognize the existence of unpleasant realities. For along with his steady diet of giggles and unconditional love, Barney offers our children a one-dimensional world where everyone must be happy and everything must be resolved right away.
"Using denial as a primary coping strategy," confirms Lisa Korman, M.D. a child psychiatrist in New York City, "means that, unlike PBS's luminaries such as Sesame Street and Mr. Roger's Neighbourhood, Barney and Friends does not help children learn to tolerate sorrow, pain, frustration and failure.
I can just hear a million parents coming to Barney's defense: "What about the recent Yale study claiming that Barney and Friends prepares kids for school success? Who could ask for anything more?" I could. School success is important, but emotional success is more important. And, as I see it, Barney & Friends falls short in this area. To illustrate:
These vignettes fly in the face of principles established by child-rearing authorities like Haim Ginott, Ed. D, author of between parent and child (Avon Books). Barney's instant interventions distract children from their pain before they have a chance to examine it, respect it, stay with it, and ultimately, watch it evaporate. His often manic attempts to rescue ("How we can help Kathy feel happy again?""Are you still scared?") teach his young audience to resist or flee painful emotions, an approach that only guarantees their persistence.
"Children can't learn to walk without falling. If you always carried them to prevent the inevitable scrape, both their muscles and their social skills would be severely underdeveloped," says NYC family therapist Jeanette Hainer. "Similarly, sugarcoating painful moments can diminish a child's ego strength."
"But," parents might say, "Mister Rogers has a Neighbourhood of Make-believe, doesn't he?""What's wrong with offering children a safe magical world for 30 minutes a day?" Here's what's wrong. Children need to know the wonderful things that happen in the Neighbourhood of make-believe (or as Barney would say, "in our imagination") doesn't always happen in the real world. Mr Rogers makes this point regularly, Barney does not.
Am I advocating for the assassination of Barney? Not at all. My children would never forgive me, and in all fairness, the big guy does offer age-appropriate laughter and love to millions of children, many of whom crave the cuddling that Barney dispenses so freely. But am I advocating the transformation of Barney? You bet. All it requires is a little script revision.
If Barney's creators take these steps, they will send parents and children a priceless message: the notion that childhood is filled with perpetual euphoria is extinct as, well, the dinosaur.

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Nobody wants to declare themselves bankrupt. A trustworthy San Manuel debt settlement company might be able to help. Our aim is to get you in contact with a debt settlement firm – right now – that can:
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Though debt settlement may lead to dramatic debt reduction, it has a dramatic impact on your credit rating, so you need to be completely certain that it’s an appropriate solution to get out of debt.
Before you proceed with debt settlement, there’s something you need to understand. As an example, debt settlement will be a whole lot worse for your credit score over the long haul than other options, because your credit balances will never be completely paid off. Because debt consolidation entails paying back your creditors on a monthly basis, debt collector calls will usually grow less frequent. Not so during debt negotiations. You might have to wait 180 days for anything to happen, during which time your credit card debts will keep increasing.
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Credit card providers have only so long to take legal action for credit debt. In Arizona, this is 6 years.
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Most prospects for debt settlement in San Manuel owe no less than $10K in debt, are facing filing for bankrupty, and can’t afford the minimums on their credit or store cards on a monthly basis.
If you meet these criteria, don’t be discouraged. We estimate that 440 of San Manuel’s 4,440 residents owe at least $10,000 of credit card debt.
Loan companies and credit consultants will want to look at your debt to income ratio.
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Settling your debt and managing it have one important thing in common: just one single payment amount. But the commonalities terminate there.
While debt settlement leads to a reduction of what’s owed, consolidation and management do not.
You pay your credit card issuers monthly as part of credit counseling. This means your credit score isn’t harmed nearly as dramatically as it is during a debt settlement. On the other hand, debt management generally takes longer and ultimately you’re going to pay 100% of what you owe.
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Suzhou River, also known as Suzhou Creek (or Soochow Creek) and Wusong River, is a river that passes through the Shanghai city center. It is named after the neighbouring city of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, the predominant settlement in this area prior to the rise of Shanghai as a metropolis.
While walking on the north bank of the Suzhou River, the south bank is in the stage of long-distance maintenance and reconstruction, and the basic reconstruction of the north bank has been completed, which has become a good place for citizens to relax.
The name of the Suzhou River began after Shanghai opened its port in the mid-19th century. Adventurous foreign immigrants took a boat from Shanghai to Wusong River and reached Suzhou directly. It was called the “Suzhou River”. By 1848, when Shanghai Daotai Lingui signed an agreement with the British consulate in Shanghai to expand the British concession, he officially wrote Wu Songjiang as “Suzhou River” for the first time. Since then, the name “Suzhou River” has gradually become popular.


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“If you knew what was in that book, you’d turn to jelly! It’s not meant for worms like you!” Doesn’t that make you want to read it even more? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they give their unforced perspective on the legendary film, Equinox (1970).
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Four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic, due to possession of a tome of mystic information. Told in flashbacks by the sole survivor.IMDb
- Directors: Jack Woods, Dennis Muren (uncredited), Mark Thomas McGee (co-director) (uncredited)
- Writers: Mark Thomas McGee (based on a story by), Jack Woods
- Producer: Jack H. Harris
- Special Effects: David Allen, Dennis Muren, Jim Danforth
- Visual Effects: David Allen, Dennis Muren, Jim Danforth, Ralph Rodine, David Stipes
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A group of people with little or no experience decided to make a movie and they called it Equinox. What they did know how to do were special effects and stop motion animation. The people who worked on it became some of the most legendary special effects artists in movies and had shelves of Oscars to prove it. Bill even calls it one of the greatest movies ever made, professing it changed his life. Jeff gets into the differences between the original cut and the longer theatrical version with the additional footage that was shot. The whole idea of a book opening the door into the unknown intrigued Chad and he loves Equinox! Doc was not impressed the first time he saw the film but came to really respect the forced perspective and the stop motion animation elements.
The more the 70s Grue-Crew talks about Equinox, the more they are rendered dumbstruck by the cutting edge nature of the special and visual effects and they give it their highest recommendation. If you haven’t seen it, please do so now!
As of this writing, it is currently available to stream on HBOmax, the Criterion Channel, and Kanopy. Equinox is also currently available on physical media from Criterion.
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King Snake Sightings on the Rise in North Carolina: A Closer Look at the Reptile’s Resurgence
North Carolina is home to a variety of wildlife, including some of the most diverse snake populations in the United States. One species that has been making a comeback in recent years is the king snake. This non-venomous reptile has been spotted more frequently throughout the state, leading to an increase in sightings and reports. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at why king snakes are on the rise in North Carolina and what it means for residents.
What is a King Snake?
The king snake is a species of non-venomous snake found throughout North America. They are typically black or brown with yellow or white stripes running down their backs. They can grow up to four feet long and are known for their aggressive behavior when threatened. King snakes are also known for their ability to eat other snakes, including venomous species such as rattlesnakes and copperheads.
Why Are King Snakes on the Rise in North Carolina?
There are several factors that have contributed to an increase in king snake sightings in North Carolina. The first is habitat loss due to urbanization and development. As more land is developed for housing and businesses, natural habitats are destroyed, forcing wildlife out of their homes and into new areas where they may not have been seen before.
Another factor is climate change. Warmer temperatures have allowed king snakes to expand their range further north into areas where they were previously unable to survive due to colder temperatures. This has allowed them to establish new populations in areas where they were not previously found, leading to an increase in sightings across the state.
Finally, increased awareness of king snakes has also played a role in their resurgence. People are now more likely to report sightings of these reptiles than ever before, which has helped researchers better understand their population dynamics and distribution across North Carolina.
What Does This Mean for Residents?
The resurgence of king snakes across North Carolina can be both beneficial and detrimental for residents depending on how they interact with them. On one hand, these reptiles can help control rodent populations by preying on mice and rats that may otherwise cause damage or spread disease around homes and businesses. On the other hand, they can also be dangerous if provoked or handled incorrectly due to their aggressive nature when threatened.
It’s important for residents who come into contact with king snakes to exercise caution when dealing with them as they can bite if provoked or handled incorrectly. It’s also important for people living near areas where these reptiles have been spotted to take steps such as sealing off any potential entry points around their homes or businesses so that they don’t become unwelcome guests inside buildings or yards.
Finally, it’s important for people who come across king snakes while out exploring nature or hiking trails to leave them alone as much as possible so that they don’t disturb them or put themselves at risk of being bitten by one of these aggressive reptiles.
In conclusion, king snake sightings have been on the rise across North Carolina due to habitat loss caused by urbanization and development as well as climate change allowing them to expand further north into new areas where they weren’t previously found before now being reported more frequently due to increased awareness among residents about these reptiles which can be both beneficial and detrimental depending on how people interact with them so it’s important for people living near areas where these reptiles have been spotted take steps such as sealing off any potential entry points around their homes or businesses so that they don’t become unwelcome guests inside buildings or yards while those out exploring nature should leave them alone as much as possible so that they don’t disturb them or put themselves at risk of being bitten by one of these aggressive reptiles


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LiveXLive is expanding into merch with a potential acquisition of Custom Personalization Solutions.
LiveXLive has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire 100% of CPS LLC – in an all-stock deal. The transaction is valued at up to $6 million. The proposed acquisition is expected to be closed by December 31, 2020.
CPS was founded in 2012 in Addison, Illinois, as a fast-growing business focused on merch personalization. The company currently employs around 70 full-time employees. The company’s partners have a combined 50 years of personalization experience. LiveXLive says the acquisition makes sense, as more fans demand exclusive merch.
“The global licensed merchandise market is expected to reach $400 billion by 2023. This acquisition presents an immense opportunity for LiveXLive to leverage its audience, platform, and artist and entertainment industry relationships to add commerce and specialized consumer product revenues to our music stack. And help drive the transaction components of our flywheel business model,” LiveXLive CEO and Chairman Robert Ellin says.
“By integrating social commerce into our live and original content, we intend to fulfill superfans’ dreams with personalized merchandise from their favorite artists and shows – directly to the consumer,” he continues.
LiveXLive’s operating performance and consumer reach continue to grow in 2020. The company hosts a variety of ‘pay-per-view’ content like concerts, meet-ups, and more. The artist-driven format helps keep fans engaged with the platform. The platform works to curate a superfan experience since they are most likely to purchase merch from their favorite artists.
Some of the most dedicated superfans are in the K-pop genre. K-pop fans are driving a resurgence in physical media, thanks to massive merch options for these acts. South Korean entertainment outlets Sm Entertainment and Bit Hit Entertainment maintain their own online stores for non-Korea based fans to acquire merch from their favorite K-pop acts.
LiveXLive’s business model includes multiple monetization paths, including subscriptions, advertising, sponsorships, merch sales, licensing, and ticketing.
LiveXLive also owns PodcastOne, which generates more than 2 billion downloads each year across 300 podcasts. The continued growth of its business saw LiveXLive leadership raising revenue guidance for its 2021 fiscal year.
Expanding into custom merch solutions helps LiveXLive tailor the artist experience even further. Limited edition merch sold online is becoming a huge revenue stream for many artists in a year when touring isn’t possible.
Physical merch sales are at an all-time high thanks to music fans who want some unique music experience in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has canceled most live music events in 2020, with many now in question for 2021.

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New England has a history of witchcraft and Rhode Island just became home to one more — Emma Watson enrolled at Brown University this weekend as a freshman. The 19 year old arrived by helicopter to the Providence campus and was allegedly mobbed by fans as she attempted to enroll in an English Lit class. Earlier in the year, Watson hinted that she would be enrolling in an American university so she could live in relative anonymity, but judging from the welcome she received, we’re not sure that’s a foolproof plan. Watson will finish filming Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows while she’s on her summer break from school. [Photo: WireImage; Source: Digital Spy]
Bronx Mowgli Simpson-Wentz is ten months old now, but his momma, Ashlee Simpson, is over-sharing the details of her pregnancy on the talk show rounds this week. While doing press for her new role on Melrose Place, Simpson taped an appearance for “The Rachel Ray Show” (the interview will air September 15), where she said that pregnancy didn’t affect her physical prowess.
Simpson told Ray, “I could do the splits when I was nine months pregnant. I could put my leg over my head still. I used to be a ballerina.” We aren’t sure what would make a nine-months-pregnant woman attempt splits, but…good for her? After all, we thought the only dancing she did was a nervous jig to cover up lip-synching. [Photo: Splash News Online]
Maggie Gyllenhaal moved to Brooklyn to avoid a paparazzi frenzy, but her brother JakeGyllenhaalopted to live in L.A. and is constantly hounded by photographers. Of course, that may also have to do with the fact that he’s dating Reese Witherspoon, but still, he has a hard time staying out of the watchful lens of the paps, and Maggie doesn’t like it one bit. Maggie tells Marie Claire that she gets upset for her brother that his life is constantly scrutinized:
“I get so angry, really upset. They chase him in their car and it’s just different for him. More than anything I feel sorry for him that he has to deal with that,” she says of life in L.A. “I think it’s really hard for anybody who has to figure out a way to manage it. Like in Los Angeles, I don’t always know where to avoid going — sometimes you just walk right into a paparazzi nest.”
Gyllenhaal and husband Peter Sarsgaard also spend part of the time living in England to avoid the limelight. [Photo: FilmMagic]
The Hollywood Palladium hosted a memorial for DJ AM yesterday, six days after his death. Among the celebs who were on hand to celebrate the life and talents of the DJ were Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson, Rebecca Gayheart and Eric Dane, Robert Downey Jr., and John Mayer.
The memorial was held in the same structure as a 12-step meeting, and no press was allowed inside, but we did learn from MTV that DJ AM’s girlfriend Hayley Wood spoke during the service, telling mourners: “He was my soul mate and now he is my soul. He is my amazing grace.” More than 3,500 people attended the service, which was described as a “somber and sad crowd.”
Lady Gaga has been the target of hermaphrodite rumors recently because some folks think they saw a bulge in her underwear during a show. First of all, going by the picture above, we don’t see it, and second, hasn’t anyone thought of what Lady Gaga’s lady parts have to say about such vicious attacks against their existence?
During an Australian radio interview, the DJ asked Gaga: “Obviously we have to talk about the tiny penis rumours. Where are we at right now with the tiny penis issue, Lady Gaga?” To which she hilariously responded, “My little vagina is very offended. I’m not offended, my vagina is offended.” Figures. Some vaginas are so sensitive. [Photo: Getty Images; Source; News.com.au]
Hailey Glassman got herself into a crappy situation when she decided to date Jon Gosselin, and not just because she decided to date Jon Gosselin. It has to suck when your formerly married boyfriend all of a sudden turns into a skeevy, Vegas-loving, Lohan-clinging tabloid fixture, and Jon’s jet-setting started to fuel rumors that he and Glassman were no longer together. Not so according to Page Six – the couple is going strong, it’s just that Glassman apparently hates the limelight.
“Hailey actually hates the fact that Jon is famous. She doesn’t want to be photographed and doesn’t like the attention,” a source told the paper. We feel bad for Glassman. Who wants to stay home while their boyfriend is throwing pool parties in Vegas? But then again — who wants a boyfriend who throws pool parties in Vegas? [Photo: Splash News Online]
Chris Brown has been working on repairing his public image, but someone should tell him there are certain topics, like dissing Oprah, that won’t win him any fans. The singer mouthed off yesterday about Winfrey because the talk show host filmed a show about domestic abuse that was inspired by Rihanna. Brown took offense to the fact that Oprah didn’t include him in the show, saying: “I commend Oprah on being like ‘This is a problem,’ but it was a slap in my face. I did a lot of stuff for her, like going to Africa and performing for her school. She could have been more helpful, like, ‘Okay, I’m going to help both of these people out.” Hey Chris, you know what was a slap in the face to Rihanna? You slapping her in the face. We can understand why Oprah, a victim of abuse herself, would opt not to include you.
Of course, Oprah is not one to sit idly while being criticized, a rep for her released this statement after hearing Brown’s complaint. “Oprah is very appreciative that Chris Brown performed at her school but she takes domestic violence very seriously. She hopes he gets the counseling he needs.” Advantage, Oprah. Care to take another swing, Chris? [Photo: Getty Images and WireImage; Source: TMZ]
Is there any business that Justin Timberlake isn’t dipping his toes in? The singer-dancer-actor-comedian-restaurateur-fashion designer was in Las Vegas earlier this week specifically to promote his William Rast clothing line, and ended up at a club to shill another endeavor, his new tequila.
After hosting a private dinner party at Lavo at the Palazzo with girlfriend Jessica Biel and business partner Trace Ayala, Timberlake entered the main room of that club and offered free shots of his 901 Silver tequila and toasted the crowd, saying “We should all believe in something, and I believe it’s time for another shot of tequila.” Everyone in the club got to sample some of the sweet Timberlake nectar that’s named for the Memphis area code he grew up in. And just in case JT is reading, we have some suggestions for drinks that can be made with his booze: What say you to The Señorita Margarita? FutureSex/Lime/Salt? Maybe? No? [Photo: Getty Images]
Chris Brown taped a much-anticipated and much-speculated about interview with Larry King last week and it finally aired last night. Brown dressed in his Sunday best blue bow tie, sat with his mother Joyce and his lawyer, and answered most questions honestly, expressing his relief that the media spectacle surrounding him was winding down. As remorseful as he seemed, he opted not to go into details about the night of his fight with Rihanna. Brown acknowledged the abuse and confessed that he loves Rihanna and is still in love with her, despite the protection order that separates them. When King asked Brown why he was violent and what the cause of the fight was, Brown refused to answer “out of respect for [Rihanna’s] privacy”, but we feel it was more likely out of embarrassment for whatever actually transpired.
Brown also claims not to remember doing what he did the night of the Grammy’s, and his mother said she was shocked because, despite the reports that Brown and Rihanna had a history of violence between them, she says they never had any previous altercations. (Brown said of the incidents “I’m not aware of those.”) While the answers Chris provides are not terribly revealing, King does ask pointed questions and shows Brown the pictures of a battered Rihanna and it’s clear that he knows what he did was wrong, but it’s nothing we didn’t hear from his taped video apology, honestly. Brown’s mother proved to be more emotional and revealing, discussing her own relationship with Rihanna and her personal history of violence.
This situation is obviously something people have already made up their minds about — Brown does regret it though and emphasizes how wrong it was. Does the interview succeed in changing the public’s opinion about him?
Watch more video from the interview after the jump.
It’s almost Labor Day in New York City, which means most people with money have cleared out of the city and are holed up in their vacation homes on the east end of Long Island. There are some celebs though who have chosen to stick it out in the city this week though for a reason — they scored tickets to the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows in Queens. This ragtag bunch of tennis enthusiasts have been watching the matches all week and it’s a pretty impressive group — and even more impressive is seeing Anna Wintour dress in her Queens Casual look. Here’s a look at who’s watching the matches. [Photos: Getty Images]


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I have an Associates Degree in Social Work. In 2010, I published a book entitled Tales Of A Broken Hearted Girl. My hobbies include reading books, writing books, visiting a variety of restaurants. I have worked as an accounts clerk, a receptionist and I volunteered for some time in children’s homes, teaching them their homework. I became an ESL teacher because I love making a difference in the lives of others, as they flourish with the knowledge they receive.
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If you have lost a tooth due to an accident or a dental extraction, you have likely talked to a dentist about your options for tooth replacement. Among the available options are dental bridges. Dental bridges are a permanent alternative to partial dentures, and many people prefer bridges because they don't require the routine application of denture adhesive. Bridges are also more inexpensive and less invasive than dental implants. Before you undergo the treatment required to have a dental bridge installed, you should know what to expect. Here are four steps your dentist will take you through:
1. Reshaping your existing teeth
A dental bridge is a prosthetic tooth that is affixed to your mouth using dental crowns. That means the teeth surrounding your missing tooth will need to be reshaped so the crowns will fit over them. At your initial appointment, your dentist will use a dental drill to shave down the enamel of these two teeth. Next, they will take a mold of your mouth so the crowns and bridge can be constructed for a proper fit.
2. Applying a temporary bridge
Once your teeth have been reduced to accommodate the bridge, your dentist will place a temporary bridge in your mouth. This will protect your teeth and allow you to chew and speak normally until your permanent bridge is completed. However, you should keep in mind that this temporary bridge is not very durable. Avoid chewing anything hard on the affected side of your mouth, and do not eat very sticky foods such as caramel, since these foods can pull your temporary bridge loose.
3. Attaching your permanent bridge
At your second and final appointment, your dentist will place your permanent bridge and attach it with strong adhesive. They will check your bite to make sure everything lines up properly, and they may do some slight recontouring of the crown and bridge appliance if necessary.
4. Performing proper aftercare
Once your bridge is in place, your dentist's work is finished. However, according to Colgate, most dental bridge replacements are necessitated by decay in the underlying teeth. That means you should take good care of your dental bridge in order to preserve its longevity. Clean underneath the prosthetic tooth each time you floss. A water pressure flosser can help you do this if you have a hard time with ordinary waxed floss. Make sure to care for your bridge just like you would care for any other tooth.

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Jacobs Engineering Group has received a potential five-year, $34.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue to develop a communication, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management software platform.
The company said Thursday the CNS/ATM software will work to support various aircraft of the Air Mobility and Air Combat Command, including the C-5, C-17, KC-10, KC-135, E-3 DRAGON and EC-130H platforms.
Jacobs will also perform data validation of the National Geospatial Agency‘s aviation datasets and provide support for foreign military services’ aircraft.
Darren Kraabel, senior vice president for aerospace and technology at Jacobs, said the company’s software suite will work to aid continued operations of Air Force aircraft in controlled airspace worldwide.
Work will primarily occur at the Jacobs Software Engineering Center in Nashua, New Hampshire.
The contract extends software development work that Jacob performed under the Global Mobility and Special Mission Mission Planning Software Development and Sustainment contract.


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• Put Options – Give the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to sell the underlying at the stated strike price within a specific period of time. The seller of a put option is obligated to deliver a short position from the strike price (accept a long futures position) in the case that the buyer chooses to exercise the option. Keep in mind that delivering a short futures contract simply means being long from the strike price.
Purchasing a call option is essentially betting that the price of the share of security (like a stock or index) will go up over the course of a predetermined amount of time. For instance, if you buy a call option for Alphabet (GOOG) at, say, $1,500 and are feeling bullish about the stock, you are predicting that the share price for Alphabet will increase.
The fee you are paying to buy the call option is called the premium (it's essentially the cost of buying the contract which will allow you to eventually buy the stock or security). In this sense, the premium of the call option is sort of like a down-payment like you would place on a house or car. When purchasing a call option, you agree with the seller on a strike price and are given the option to buy the security at a predetermined price (which doesn't change until the contract expires).
However, options are not the same thing as stocks because they do not represent ownership in a company. And, although futures use contracts just like options do, options are considered lower risk due to the fact that you can withdraw (or walk away from) an options contract at any point. The price of the option (its premium) is thus a percentage of the underlying asset or security.

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NFL halftime shows are serious business, and sometimes teams really go overboard attempting to get fans fired up in between quarters of games.
The Packers scheduled a pretty awesome event for halftime of Sunday’s game against the Panthers at Lambeau Field, although it didn’t really go as expected.
A skydiver came flying into the stadium — which fans enjoyed watching — and he appeared to be on track or a solid landing, touching down first right around the five-yard line.
However, he had a bit more speed than he had anticipated, and the skydiver ended up crashing into the wall.
He was OK afterward, but yeah, he definitely overshot that landing.


The Motorola devices, however, are not Nexus devices. The current version of Android running on Nexus is 4.2.1. Some of the Motorola devices just got 4.1, but many Motorola devices are not there yet, and some will never get there. Some won't even get to 4.0, even though it was launched more than a year ago. Demand for "pure Nexus" has increased dramatically in recent months as more consumers realize they don't want to have phone manufacturers and mobile network operators force Android modifications upon them. Consumers want their OS upgrades, and they want them as soon as Google issues them. If you buy a non-Nexus device, you may have to wait three to 18 months for an OS upgrade, if you receive one at all. This is unacceptable under any circumstance, and that's why demand for Nexus Android devices is going through the roof. The wait list to buy a Nexus 4 directly from Google has been mostly one month or more since it launched almost three months ago. That's longer wait times than for the iPhone at launch! So here is Google's problem, among many. On the one hand, it's got Nexus smartphones, which have the software people want. On the other hand, it's got Motorola smartphones, and at least one of those models has the battery life people -- and Larry Page -- want. Why can't Google sell us smartphones -- and for that matter other devices -- that have both great battery life and the right, unmolested software, i.e., Nexus? From the outside, it seems that Google is not talking to itself. It's got a person running Motorola in Illinois: Dennis Woodside. It's got another person allegedly in charge of hardware: Lior Ron, according to media reports. So who is running the Android hardware show at Google? When Larry Page says on the quarterly conference call that battery life is a "huge issue," is he talking to Motorola in Illinois? Is he talking to the Nexus group across the street from his office in Mountain View, Calif.? If he is, nobody has been listening.


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The United Kingdom has the highest number of deaths by overdose in Europe. How do drugs like heroin affect your body and what can be done to help the addicts?
More than 3,000 people died in 2017 due to a drug overdose in the United Kingdom, the second highest number in the last decade. This represents more than 30% of the deaths in Europe.
The risks are especially high for users of opiates such as morphine and heroin.
There are several groups, like Narcotics Anonymous and Recovery Cymru, guiding the recovery and rehabilitation of addicts across the UK.
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In the contract of marriage between Alexander
Sir Alexander McCulloch
for the hand of the
latter gentleman's daughter, Margaret, Alexander McCulloch
is described as "familiar servitor to the King" an archaic
way of saying Gentleman-in-Waiting. In his contract, he
undertook "in all tyme to cum and take the trew pairt with
ze said Schir Alexander in all and sunder his just and
honest querrellis against quhatsumever persone, our
Soveraine Lord [King] except" and to marry his eldest
daughter. However, "becaus ther is impedimentis of
consanguinitie and affinitie betwix ye said Alexander and
Margret, that is to say, third and third of
consanguinitie, third and second of affinitie, and in ze
first gre of spirituall cognition quhairthrow ye
matrimonie ma nicht be lauchfulie complete betwix yame.
Thairfoir ye said Alexander sall vithin yere and day eftir
ye date heirof rais and bring hame ane dispensatioun fra
ze court of Rome in dew forme."
Alexander and Margaret were second cousins and Sir Alexander was probably the godfather of Alexander. It cannot be said that the above marriage was ever legally celebrated as the Battle of Flodden took place within the year and Alexander lay dead with his king at the end of the day.
It is on record that Alexander won 35 Scots shillings in a wager with the King at the archery butts - "Samin day tint be the King at the buttis with Sande Makculloch." He was an able fighter and served in the King's Royal Bodyguard.
When King James IV heard that Henry VIII and his army were fighting in France he chose to invade the north of England. The aged Earl of Surrey at the head of a small but discplined English army met and attacked the Scots in a strong position on a hill beside Flodden Field, 9 September 1513. The English left wing under Lord Stanley turned the Scottish flank, and the Scots, losing James and all his chief nobles in their attempt to break through Surrey's center, were utterly routed.
Pitscottie describing the battle relates how the English
went through the Field seeking the Noblemen who were slain, and in special the King's Grace. They found many like him clad in his Coat of Armour, but no Man could say surely it was he, because, on the same day of the Field, he caused ten to be clad in his Coat of Armour: among the rest were two of his Guard, the one called Alexander McCulloch, and the other the Squire of Cleisch, which were Men of Makedom both like the King. Therefore, when they were dead gotten in the Field, and the Kingūs Coat of Armour upon them, the English Men, believing one of them was the King, they took one of them, whom they thought most apparently to be like the King, and cast him in a Chariot, and had him away to England with them: But yet we know surely they got not the King because they had never the Token of the Iron Belt to shew to no Scottish Man.

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Dollar/CAD has gone on a wild ride over the last 24hrs, but we’d still argue we’re trading with a range-bound, non-directional, tone since the start of the week. Yesterday’s hotter than expected headline and core inflation reads from the July US CPI report saw broad USD buying initially, but this move started to reverse after traders focused on the report’s weakening trend for wage growth. A couple of positive US/China trade headlines then lit a fire under risk assets which sent stocks, oil prices, the Chinese yuan and commodity currencies soaring higher while bonds, eurodollar futures, the USD and the JPY all collapsed lower. The first headline said that Chinese Vice Premier spoke with USTR Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin (at the US’s request) and that negotiations were set to resume within the next two weeks. The second headline said that some Chinese products will be removed from the “10% additional tariff” list based on health, safety, national security and other factors. It didn’t appear as if the Trump administration got anything from China in return for softening its stance so quickly, but traders drank the Kool-Aid and stuck to “risk-on” for most of the session yesterday, which saw USDCAD fall all the way back down to trend-line support in the 1.3180s. Buyers swooped in however and pushed the market back the 1.3200 mark into the NY close, which made the technicals look a bit more positive. The overnight session has been a doozy to say the least. We got bad economic news out of China (July Industrial Production +4.8% vs +5.8% exp, July Retail Sales +7.6% vs +8.6% exp), more bad news out of Germany (a -0.1% contraction to Q2 GDP), even worse Industrial Production data for the Eurozone (-2.6% YoY vs -1.2% exp for June + a downward revision for May’s data from -0.5% to -0.8%) and an inversion in the 10s2s yield curve in the UK. This saw yesterday’s “risk-on” move start to unravel during the European morning, which brought back broad demand for USD. Then we got the headline that everybody’s been waiting for…the widely followed US 10s2s treasury curve has finally inverted, and that last time this happened we were in the 2008 global financial crisis! None of this comes as a surprise to us as yield curves all over the place have been inverting for some time now (Eurodollars, swaps, US 10s vs 3month) and so in our opinion this was simply a matter of time. Needless to say, US recession fears are running rampant this morning, which is leading stocks and oil prices to decline further. USDCAD is now re-testing yesterday’s session highs around trend-line resistance in the 1.3280s and gold prices have recouped 2/3 of yesterday’s losses. Today’s North American data docket doesn’t feature any important economic releases but the financial media should have plenty of recession debate to chew on. The EIA reports its weekly oil inventory report at 10:30amET as usual, and traders here are looking for a build of almost 5mln barrels following last night’s surprisingly bearish API report (+3.7M barrels vs -2.77M expected), which goes against the seasonal trend of draws. We think USDCAD could inch higher to the 1.3320s given this morning’s broad “risk-off” momentum, and we think the odds of a larger trend reversal increase significantly with a move above last week’s highs in the 1.3340s.
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Euro/dollar gave up on its quest to get above the 1.1210s yet again yesterday. While this market hasn’t been a huge mover off US/China trade related headlines, it succumbed to the dramatic reversal lower in gold prices in our opinion, as EURUSD has been following that market again since the US announced the threat of new tariffs on China last week. Yesterday’s selling took EURUSD below trend-line support in the 1.1190s, and while gold prices are reversing higher this morning in light of today’s global “risk-off” mood, the market has failed on two occasions to regain this level. We think this technical failure, along with today’s broad demand for USD could keep EURUSD on the defensive here.
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Sterling appeared to catch a bid off the better than expected UK CPI data out for July this morning (+2.1% YoY vs +1.9% expected), but GBPUSD appears to also be dealing with a technical failure on the charts. Traders attempted a move above familiar, downward sloping, trend-line resistance (now in the 1.2090s) but they’ve given up and are now selling as both the UK and US 10s2s yield curve inversions spook global markets. UK PM Boris Johnson said this morning the EU is “not compromising at all” on the Brexit deal and that the longer this situation goes on, the more likely the chance the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
The Aussie is feeling the full brunt of today’s global “risk off” wave. The Australian data released last night was ok (+3.6% for Aug Consumer Confidence vs -4.1% previously…and +0.6% QoQ growth for the Wage Price Index in Q2 vs +0.5% expected) but the weak Chinese and European data points released overnight are casting a gloomy shadow over broad risk sentiment in general. This morning’s treasury yield curve inversions in the UK and the US are certainly not helping, and so we see AUDUSD searching for buyers once again. We still think traders should be prepared for a re-test of the low 0.67s. USDCNH is bouncing higher with this morning’s broad demand for USD, and we would note yesterday’s ability for the market to hold the psychological 7.00 as technically positive. The RBA’s Debelle will be making a speech later today at 7pmET. Australia reports its July employment report at 9:30pmET, with traders are expecting +14k new jobs and 5.2% on the unemployment rate.
Dollar/yen is also dialing back yesterday’s US/China trade headline euphoria this morning as global bond markets continue to signal things are going to get worse, not better. We already mentioned today’s US 10s2s yield curve inversion. US 10yr yields, on their own, are now risking a collapse to new record lows below 1.60%. The German bund traded to a new record low yield about an hour ago (-0.65%). Ditto for French 10yr yields (-0.35%). Spain’s 10yr looks like it’s going to be the next one to go below zero. What is more, we now have the US 30yr bond yield trading below the effective fed funds rate, which is unprecedented! Something is not right in the global economy, it’s getting worse, and we’re now getting more and more convinced that world money markets are bracing for a wider USD liquidity problem. Central bankers wouldn’t dare say this as it discredits everything they’ve attempted with quantitative easing and excess reserves. Blaming everything on the ongoing US/China trade war is far simpler to convey and for the public to understand, and hides what we think is really going on and what is far more difficult to explain.
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When Quasi defies the evil Frollo and ventures out to the Festival of Fools, the cruel crowd jeers him. Rescued by fellow outcast the gypsy Esmeralda, Quasi soon finds himself battling to save the people and the city he loves.
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Report issued on NYC toll plan; public hearings in two weeks
TRENTON – An environmental assessment of the proposed congestion pricing plan to charge tolls to drivers in Manhattan’s central business district finds it would achieve its goals – reduce traffic and raise a lot of money to spend on transit improvements.
The study modeled seven different scenarios for charging tolls south of 60th Street in Manhattan, each with different combinations of exemptions and discounts. One possibility is that drivers with E-ZPass entering from New Jersey through the Holland or Lincoln tunnels, and perhaps even the George Washington Bridge, could get a credit reducing the Manhattan toll.
It finds traffic in that part of New York would drop 15% to 20%, depending on the toll structure, transit ridership would increase 1% to 2% and air quality would improve.
Janno Lieber, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority chair and chief executive officer, said the report “makes clear the widespread benefits” of the tolling plan.
“Bottom line: Congestion pricing is good for the environment, good for public transit and good for New York and the region,” Lieber said.
Gov. Phil Murphy has said he won’t support the plan if New Jersey drivers are charged twice – once for crossing the Hudson River and again for entering the central business district. While New Jersey doesn’t have a vote on MTA actions, it can interfere with the plan by tying up action through the Port Authority.
Tolls could range from $9 to $12 at peak times for the plans with the fewest crossing credits or $14 to $23 for the plans with the most offsets. The more people are exempted from the tolls, the higher the resulting toll in order for the MTA to generate the revenue it seeks for its transit system.
There will be a series of online hearings during the last week of August to get input from the public. Click here to sign up or watch the livestream.
The meetings are Aug. 25 at 5 p.m., Aug. 27 at 10 a.m., Aug. 28 at 1 p.m., Aug. 29 at 1 p.m., Aug. 30 at 5 p.m. and Aug. 31 at 10 a.m. Each meeting is scheduled to last three hours.
People can also submit comments online or through email at CBDTP@mtabt.org, voicemail at 646-252-7440, fax to 212-504-3148 to the attention of the CBDTP Team or mail at CBD Tolling Program, 2 Broadway, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10004.
Not all the roads south of 60th Street are included in the central business district. It excludes the FDR Drive, the West Side Highway, the Battery Park Underpass and the roadway portion of the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel that connects to West Street.
The assessment found 3% of work trips to the central business district now are made by car from New Jersey. Eighty-five percent are made by transit, 5% by car from New York City, 3% by car from suburban New York counties, 0.2% by car from Connecticut and 4% by other ways, such as taxis and bikes.