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Laura Osnes had concluded her run as Cinderella and had a free week before she began rehearsals for “Threepenny Opera,” which will take her off-Broadway after a year in the role that earned her a second Tony nomination, won her a Drama Desk Award and further established her brand among New York producers.
So Osnes used the break to fly home to Minnesota — where she was met by the warmth of her family and friends, and the chill of this silly polar vortex thing. She got new glasses from her father, the Eagan optometrist, did some shopping, caught “Fiddler on the Roof” at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres and spent a day working in her new role as spokeswoman for the Hennepin Theatre Trust’s SpotLight Musical Theatre program, which promotes and honors high school theater productions.
Osnes is no longer the Broadway baby she was in 2007 when she left Minnesota and surprised nearly everyone other than herself by winning a reality TV competition to star in “Grease.” She’s 28 now, the veteran of several Broadway productions and a two-time Tony nominee for best actress in a musical.
“This has exceeded my expectations and hopes,” she said over lunch before hustling off to do more media appearances for SpotLight and visit with the cast of “Cabaret” at the Trust’s Pantages Theatre in downtown Minneapolis.
There was no guarantee Osnes would achieve this success. In fact, “serious” observers looked askance when “Grease” opened with two unknowns who’d won their roles through the NBC-TV show “The One That I Want.” And then, “Grease” took a pounding in the critical press. Osnes, though, was spared the toughest slaps and the production was a commercial hit.
Since then, she has won accolades in pretty much everything she’s touched — as Nellie Forbush in “South Pacific,” Hope Harcourt in “Anything Goes,” Bonnie in “Bonnie and Clyde” and Cinderella. “Threepenny” is an interesting departure for her — a limited run at the smaller off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company.
Yet, we have learned not to question Osnes’ judgment. Her decisions are keen and calculated. Even her misses work out.
She was devastated when she didn’t get the lead in “The Little Mermaid,” but that allowed her to take the “South Pacific” gig, which introduced her to the Rodgers and Hammerstein organization. And that put her in good stead when R&H’s “Cinderella” came up. Besides, portraying two princesses in a row wouldn’t have been a good career move.
She left “Cinderella” because many of her castmates were leaving, and the alternative would have been to sign up to stay through September (pop star Carly Rae Jepsen is her replacement). Osnes recently met with director Martha Clarke and was offered the role of Polly Peachum in “Threepenny.”
“It’s a unique thing to do,” she said. “It’s darker, more artsy. I’ve been a princess for a year, and it’s fun to do this.”
Plus, it’s “pretty exciting” to work with F. Murray Abraham, who plays Polly’s father, and Michael Park as Macheath. The show opens March 12 and runs to May 4. Osnes has nothing lined up afterward, so far.
“Something will come along,” she said.
Osnes was a favorite on some scorecards last year when the Tony nominations were announced. She lost to Patina Miller of “Pippin.”
The ceremony itself was exhausting, she said. There was the red carpet, then she had to run and change into costume for a performance during the show, and then get back into her evening gown. When Miller’s name was announced, Osnes said, she was relieved. She could enjoy the rest of the evening, including the parties that went until 4 a.m.
Osnes has a Web feature, “Ask Laura,” as part of her duties with the SpotLight Awards. She answers questions from high school theater kids who would love to do the same thing she does now: How do you keep your voice in shape? Do you get to keep anything from the shows you’re in? How do you balance life and show schedules?
She was in the SpotLight program in ninth grade, back when 12 schools participated. Now there are 67 schools across Minnesota.
“I’m so honored. I feel like I’m a little hometown hero,” she said. “These kids look up to me.”


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The New York Knicks have finally clinched their long-awaited playoffs berth after eight years of absence. The New Yorkers turned things around this season, coached by Tom Thibodeau and led by a young star like Julius Randle and a proven veteran like Derrick Rose.
The young team has done an excellent job this campaign, and these are the fruits of hard work and the desire to do things the right way. Finally, after an 8-year absence, they are back in the postseason. Their Twitter account found a perfect way to celebrate this feat.
Back in 2014, a little kid called Cody said his Christmas wish was watching the Knicks in the playoffs. It took a lot but they did it, never forgetting that Cody wanted to see them at the big party.
This is even sweeter knowing that they land in this stage not as a team that will be eliminated in the first round. The Knicks are a serious threat to almost every other team in the postseason. NBA fans reacted to this news in a great way, pulling their best memes on social media.
Thibodeau has done a great job with his players, giving them an identity and making them better. Now the Knickerbockers are seeing as a dark horse to come out of the East.
Of course, that won't be easy knowing that the Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets, and Milwaukee Bucks are considered the favorites to win the East this campaign. Still, nobody should sleep on the New Yorkers.
It's good to have them back, competing for important things. As LeBron James said, when the Knicks win, the league wins. This one's for you, Cody. Merry Christmas!

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The UK Serious Fraud Office charged a specialty printing company and four individuals, including the firm’s former chairman, with paying more than £400,000 in bribes in Africa.
Smith & Ouzman Limited, two of its directors, an employee, and an agent were charged under the Section 1 Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, the SFO said. They appeared in court last week.
Smith & Ouzma specializes in printing security documents such as checks, currency, payment vouchers, and ballots.
The alleged bribes were paid in Mauritania, Ghana, Somaliland, and Kenya between 2006 and 2010, the SFO said.
The four individuals, all British nationals, are:
- Chris Smith, 70, of East Sussex, the company’s former Chairman
- Nick Smith, 43, of East Sussex, the Sales and Marketing Director
- Tim Forrester, 45, of East Sussex, the International Sales Manager, and
- Abdirahman Omar, 37, of London, an agent for Smith and Ouzman
The SFO’s investigation began in 2010. At around the same time, there were UK arrests and raids in another case involving currency printer Securency. Eighty people from the SFO and police executed search warrants at eight houses and a business.
Securency — half owned by the Reserve Bank of Australia — makes polymer banknotes. It allegedly paid bribes and offered favors to win contracts in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The SFO didn’t say if the two cases were connected.
An older U.S. case involved another currency printer — American Bank Note Holographics. In 2001, Joshua Cantor, the company’s president, pleaded guilty to a four-count federal criminal information. It charged him with conspiracy to defraud the U.S., a books-and-records violation, making false statements to auditors, and conspiracy to violate the FCPA. The charges arose from bribes in Saudi Arabia. He still hasn’t been sentenced.
Smith & Ouzman, founded in 1939, is based in Eastbourne, England.
Richard L. Cassin is the Publisher and Editor of the FCPA Blog. He can be contacted here.
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Dense, crystalline, glass-ceramic coatings containing calcium metaphosphate and aluminum phosphate were prepared on aluminum oxide substrates by a three-step method. The processing involved glass (40 mol % CaO, 10 mol % Al2O3, 50 mol % P2O5) formation, deposition of a glass particle coating, and heat treatment to sinter the glass and crystallize the phosphates, Sintering and microstructure evolution were influenced by wet coating thickness, heat-treatment temperature, time, and heating rate. Heat treatment for 1 h at 725 °C using a 50 °C/min heating rate was found to give a dense, crack-free coating. The resultant coating microstructure has spherulitic morphology (0.3 μm size) with aluminum phosphate in the center of the spherulite. The hardness of the fully crystallized glass-ceramic coating was ∼5.2 GPa.
Bibliographical noteFunding Information:
The McKnight Foundation and the National Science Foundation (DMR-9357502) are gratefully acknowledged.


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A shared vision for the future.
Ed Vaizey, Minister for Communication, Culture and the Creative Industries, recently joined international speakers at the country’s leading conference on youth dance.
The event focused on the future of youth dance and dance education in England and hosted unveiling of three major developments for the arts, dance and education sectors:
the launch of a new nationally recognised Diploma in Dance Teaching and Learning, which will benchmark teaching standards for dance practitioners, with the potential to change the way dance is taught
the launch of the Ten Year Vision for children and young people’s dance, outlining how dance in and beyond schools should be developed nationally by 2020
Dance in and Beyond Schools, the first national resource for teaching dance to be produced since 1993 and distributed to every school in England
Organised by Youth Dance England, the two day event provides discussion and information for people working in the public sector, arts, culture and dance, education, young people and in the creative industries.
YDE Young Creatives
For a flavour of the work of Youth Dance England, watch the Are you a young creative? film:
- National Young Dance Ambassador Chris Scott blogs for DCMS
- Youth Dance England
- Dance In and Beyond Schools - An essential guide to dance teaching


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Our nation’s infrastructure facilities are aging, overcrowded, under-maintained, and in desperate need of modernization. The World Economic Forum ranks the United States 12th in the world for overall quality of infrastructure and assigns particularly low marks for the quality of our roads, ports, railroads, air transport infrastructure, and electricity supply. It is abundantly clear that to be economically competitive in today’s world, adequate investment in infrastructure is critical. And yet, U.S. spending on infrastructure has declined over the past five decades.
In a speech at her Conservative Party’s annual convention, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May laid out a bold plan to reform her country—and her party. She may also have provided a template for reform-minded conservatives in the United States who will be challenged to pick up the pieces of the Republican Party after Donald Trump’s increasingly probable defeat.
Alice Rivlin, senior fellow in Economic Studies and the Center for Health Policy, and William Galston, senior fellow in Governance Studies, discuss the importance of bipartisanship in the United States and how current party divisions are detrimental to the economy.

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TILLAMOOK COUNTY - The Oregon Department of Forestry invites visitors to experience the Tillamook State Forest this summer by taking part in regularly scheduled interpretive programs that are open to the public.
Experienced forest interpreters offer guided walks, talks and tours on this 364,000-acre forest located an hour west of Portland in the northern Coast Range. The programs are free and are conducted at easily reachable locations off Highway 6 in the Tillamook State Forest. Average program length is one hour.
On Saturday, June 19, join naturalists to learn how to identify many of the forest butterflies. Find out more about the habits of these beautiful insects and where to find them in the nearby woods and meadows. "Beautiful Butterflies" meets at the Smith Homestead Day-use Area at 2 p.m.
At 7 p.m., learn the secrets of "Dutch Oven Cooking" in the Browns Camp Day-use Area. Pioneer settlers in the Wilson River Valley prepared their hot meals using Dutch ovens. Today, many outdoor enthusiasts still make it an exciting part of their camping experience. Naturalist guides will demonstrate how to buy, care for and cook with a Dutch oven as well as prepare and share a culinary concoction.
For information, call Denise Diermeier, Oregon Department of Forestry, at (503) 359-7485, e-mail email@example.com or visit www.odf.state.or.us/areas/northwest/tillamook/tsf/inter.asp

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It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and while the only green I’m wearing are my fuzzy green slipper socks, my kitchen is booming with green flavor. I wanted to celebrate St. Patty’s day in the way it’s meant to be celebrated. A cocktail recipe felt just right. I’ve been soaking in the warmer weather, hoping spring is just as wonderful as I believe it will be. I’ve got vibrant green foliage on the mind, and I thought a refreshing spring cocktail would make my optimistic attitude blossom. I was correct, because the refreshing flavors of crisp cucumbers, melon packed Midori, and freshly muddled mint leaves, make for a combination that is meant to be enjoyed in the garden.
Muddling the mint leaves and cucumber helps release some amazing aromatics and flavors, all of which meld wonderfully together. I love implementing my mortar and pestle whenever I can. Muddling the ingredients releases the oils from the mint leaves, creating a vibrant flavor profile that can’t be attained with mincing. My intent was to use a high quality ginger beer to top off this cocktail, but unfortunately when I sent Aaron to the market, they were all out. So we settled on Ginger ale, but I feel it was a much better ingredient choice, because the other flavors stand out and flourish against the mellow carbonated backdrop.
Midori is a melon liqueur that implements an amazingly vibrant green tone to this cocktail. Shamrocks pale in comparison to the vibrancy of this beverage. I can’t help but think that Irish eyes will be smiling when sipping on an icy glass. It’s light and refreshing as well, a great compliment to your hearty Irish dinner.
- Tumbler Glass
- 5 cucumber slices
- 4 large fresh mint leaves
- 2 oz. Midori
- 1.5 oz Vodka
- Ginger Ale
- Using a muddler, muddle 1 cucumber slice and 3 of the mint leaves in the bottom of your tumbler glass. If you don't have a muddler, a mortar and pestle also works here.
- Top muddled ingredients with ice to fill the glass half way.
- Pour the Midori over the ice.
- Add remaining cucumbers to the tumbler glass.
- Gently add Vodka.
- Gently top off glass with the ginger ale.
- Garnish with remaining mint or cucumber slice.
- The beverage will be layered for a beautiful ombre green presentation. Feel free to stir the beverage before drinking to blend all the fresh flavors.

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On 9 April 2013, the Federal Court of Australia handed down its judgment in Jordan v HLB Mann Judd Wealth Management NSW Pty Ltd  FCA 315. The judge found that the financial planner was not negligent and did not mislead or deceive the client in their advice regarding two Basis Capital funds.
Background of the case
The applicant, Ms Jordan, acquired $7 million from a properly settlement and engaged HLB Mann Judd Wealth Management ("HLB") to invest between $5.21 million to $5.5 million. Ms Jordan was an unsophisticated client with little experience in dealing with her financial matters. She wanted her investments to generate $15,000 per month of income and she wanted to have sufficient capital over the balance of her life to generate the income.
In the 2006 statement of advice ("SOA") Ms Jordan was deemed to have a balanced and growth risk profile. In the 2006 SOA HLB recommended, amongst other investments, that Ms Jordan invest:
collectively (the "Basis Funds").
In July 2007, the Basis Funds were in financial difficulty and Ms Jordan ultimately lost her capital of $537,500 plus interest.
Ms Jordan alleged that both HLB and its financial services licensee, Lonsdale Financial Group Limited ("Lonsdale") had:
The Court's decision
The Federal Court found for HLB and Lonsdale in respect of all of the issues.
Justice Foster found a simple proposition at the heart of all the allegations: "that no ordinary skilled financial adviser should have recommended to Ms Jordan that she invest $537,500 out of investment funds of $5.2-5.5 million in the two Basis Funds" (115).
In dismissing the allegations of negligence and misleading and deceptive conduct, Justice Foster made the following considerations:
Justice Foster also dismissed Ms Jordan's allegations regarding s 945A of the Corporations Act as it only applies to retail clients whose investment, which is the subject of the advice is $500,000 or less. As Ms Jordan was a wholesale client and not a retail client, section 945A of the Corporations Act did not apply. The Judge found that, even if section 945A did apply, HLB would have complied with the requirements of this section.
As financial advisers, it is important to consider the following points which are beneficial in establishing a good defence:
For a copy of the case, please contact any one of us.

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Dienstag, 1. Juli 2014
Filmfest München: The Skeleton Twins
There are movies that approximate life through a thoughtful mapping of all this tragicomic randomness around us. And then there are movies which try that route, plan a deliberate dosage of fun and misery in advance, but end up looking doubly phony. American writer/director Craig Johnson's "The Skeleton Twins", about two estranged siblings reuniting and facing their demons, falls unfortunately more into the second category. It's less a dramedy than a comedy that prefers not to be called a comedy and/or a drama that'd rather not be taken too seriously.
Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader are two of the most brilliant comedians of their generation but apparently feel the need to prove their dramatic chops as well. Which is a shame, really, not only because they are so much better at making us laugh, but also their rightly celebrated SNL-personas are so established by now that any foray into humor-free territory is immediately put at an enormous disadvantage. Both are by no means bad actors, but it only takes a few minutes of lip-syncing dual of "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" for everyone to see where their true instincts and genius lie.
And so we've got two immensely likable entertainers acting against their impulses in a movie that strives to stay real but feels from head to toe manufactured. That I don't believe for a second Wiig and Hader are playing twins is just the first of its problems.

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The critics of President Duterte are having a field day on social media, attacking the President for negotiating 60%-40% deal with China anfd in PH favor in the oil extraction in Spratlys.
The President simply wanted to make sure the country will not experience brownouts or power outages years before our major source of energy Malampaya runs out, which happened to be with the other superpower (US) that actually gave us crumbs around 10%.
FYI, both deals have no claims to ownership.
Austin Ong, whom his FB followers called “Prof” asked in exasperation who do we hold accountable when the country starts experiencing brownouts because critics derailed the Duterte admin’s oil and gas exploration deals with China?
Ong hoped the country had a law that requires critics to have a concrete, feasible, better alternative proposal before criticizing, bashing?
Ong’s FB musings attracted the critics of President Duterte.
Of course, they did not drop by to praise Ong’s FB post but to embarrass Ong by correcting his statement that the other superpower (US) which was awarded the contract to extract gas and oil from Malampaya only gave 10% to the Philippines.
The most prominent critic of Ong’s FB post was none other than UP professor Jay Batongbacal, a lawyer and maritime law expert.
Here’s the comment of UP Prof. Jay Batongbacal on Ong’s FB post:
Jay Batongbacal asked Ong: And are you referring to that Malampaya contract which is subject to the 60/40 split at no cost to the PH, which is what they are asking China to follow?
To which netizen Pateño Al Anthony asked Batongbacal for clarification:
Jay Batongbacal Ilan ulit ang royalty ng malampaya?
Batongbacal replied: Pateño Al Anthony 60%, the same that they are trying to get China to give. See further info here:
Netizen Geller Merka joined the discussion and asked Batongbacal: where in the article states 60%?
Batongbacal replied with a link from a newspaper article that he thought would better explain to the commenter asking where did he get his 60%.
And then, netizen Giovanni-Imee Agcaoili Tolentino joined the discussion to correct Batongbacal about his assertion that the PH got 60-40% deal with Shell (Dutch) and Chevron (US company).
Jay Batongbacal, ung 60-40 in favor of Ph kng joint exploration and venture, and shares, maganda na un. ung sa malampaya, base sa links na binigay mo, 60-40 nga pero 60% of the 30% of the total proceeds lng pla un… which is 18% lng tlaga…
Netizen Kevin Yague backed up Giovanni-Imee Agcaoili Tolentino‘s assertion by dropping the screenshot of the businessmirror article as proof that Batongbacal was wrong.
Netizen Ralph Cruz Ramirez took a swipe at Batongbacal for issuing erroneous and misleading statements.
Either kulang ka sa research, kulang sa reading comprehension sa links na binigay mo or nagbubulagbulagan ka dahil dilaw ang paningin mo! Kahit anupaman, sarili mo lang niloloko mo!
Netizen Noyski Navarrete could only ask fellow commenters if Batongbacal is indeed a lawyer.
Lawyer ba talaga si Jay Batongbacal? Maritime law expert ba talaga? Is there truth to the saying that personal interests numbs the mind? Ang alam ko lang kasi ang Yellow virus kills brain cells.
After the embarrassing exchange, UP Prof Jay Batongbacal disappeared in the thread, never to return to the thread to reply and make a face-saving stance.
You may read Austin Ong’s original FB post below.
Overheard over lunch with Professors…
Imagine if we had a law that required critics to have a concrete, feasible, better alternative proposal before criticizing, bashing?
The critics attack President Duterte who negotiates for 60%~40% sharing in favor of the Philippines with the one of the two superpowers years before our major source of energy Malampaya runs out, which incidentally happened to be with the other superpower that actually gave us only 10%… yet where are the headlines and critics?
Both deals had no claims to ownership.
When our country starts rolling brown-outs, who do we hold accountable?
Source: Austin Ong


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Now I didn't really do anything with this account since 2009 - and as you can see I only posted seome really crappy stuff back then.
But I feel like I should maybe give Newgrounds another try, because I remember this being a very nice and well designed place - and maybe, just maybe there will even be some people who'd care about my art.
In the meantime I've even been practicing some animation which I may or may not submit here.
Anyways let's see how things turn out this time!
Also I just wanted a post to overwrite my old one *cough*
I'm too lazy and too busy for animations so I'm really happy that newgrounds has an Art Portal now!
I submitted some of my little pics in a random order xD so the "latest" ones are the oldest and the older ones are actually the latest :S
But anyway...I'm getting more active at NG so if you need any animation,drawing or programming advice you can ask me^^ I have some experience,trust me.
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I love music, so I have always had a DJ record box with me and have had my own disco since I left school. I love playing with tech stuff so radio outside broadcasts seemed a good place to do both!
When I'm not doing radio you might find me in my 4 X 4 playing off road somewhere!
My Favourite Place In Dorset
My favourite place in Dorset is The Square and Compass in Worth Matravers, Great pasties and ale! Good walks no matter what the weather.
My Top Three
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3. Years & Years - King
Why do I love being part of the Wessex FM team?
I love working at Wessex FM because I get to meet all our listeners when I'm out and about with the outside broadcast team, and play great music on Sunday Night Legends. Plus I get to drive the coolest big blue van in Dorset!


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At Sarasota Medical Center, we believe every patient deserves to be treated with respect and attention, and we strive to provide top quality medical care using the very best people, practices and equipment.

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Any aviation photojournalist’s dream would be to catch a Raptor down low in the mountains of Wales, running what we refer to as the Mach Loop. It is an absolutely epic location, where the British Hawks, Typhoons, and Tornados–as well as USAF Eagles and Strike Eagles–can be seen down low, raging through valleys with steep escarpments and mountains on either side.
As we reported previously, F-22s from the 95th Fighter Squadron are currently deployed to RAF Lakenheath and enjoying the hospitality from our good friend Colonel “Blend’r” Novotny. Mister F. Bones and his contingent of Raptors are using the England base as a jumping-off point for a tour of Europe, but folks around the ‘Heath are getting spoiled with the sights and sounds of Raptors venturing out into the English countryside. They’ve now flown the Mach Loop for the first time!
Any aviation photojournalist would love to capture a Raptor running the Loop. Talk about a dream come true, right?! It’s certainly a “bucket list” item for us, and we’re hoping to get over there soon to see it in person.
So in the mean time, we’ll continue to live vicariously through the lens of Mark Jayne, Neil Bates, Elwyn, and others who regularly frequent the loop. As you can see from the video below, the result is nothing short of spectacular!

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Taxation Administration Act 1953I, Louise Clarke, Deputy Commissioner of Taxation, make this determination under subsection 389-5(3) of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953.
Draft Legislative Instrument
1. Name of instrument
This determination is the Taxation Administration - Single Touch Payroll - Amounts to be Notified Determination 2020 legislative instrument.
This instrument commences the day it is registered.
This instrument applies to the reporting required under section 389-5 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953.
The following kinds of amounts are determined for the purposes of paragraph 389-5(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953:
- an amount that is not a SGAA sacrificed ordinary time earnings amount but which, as the result of an effective salary sacrifice arrangement, reduces the ordinary time earnings of an employee
- an amount that is not a SGAA sacrificed salary or wages amount but which, as the result of an effective salary sacrifice arrangement, reduces the salary and wages payable to an employee
- a superannuation liability amount
- a tax offset amount
- a foreign tax paid amount
- an exempt foreign income amount
- a foreign employment income amount
- a lump sum D amount
- a payment made under the Community Development Employment Project scheme
- a voluntary agreement to withhold amount
- a labour hire arrangement amount
In this determination:
- 'salary and wages' has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
- 'SGAA sacrificed ordinary time earnings amount' has the same meaning as the term 'sacrificed ordinary time earnings amount' defined in the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
- 'SGAA sacrificed salary or wages amount' has the same meaning as the term 'sacrificed salary or wages amount' defined in the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
- 'employee' has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992, but disregard subsection 12(3) of that Act
- 'superannuation liability' means the total of amounts which the entity will be liable to pay under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 in respect of payments made to an employee since the preceding 1 July
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Penn State adds pair of high-scoring transfers in Camren Wynter, Andrew Funk
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Penn State coach Micah Shrewsbury continued to overhaul his roster by adding a pair of high-scoring transfers on Thursday.
The Nittany Lions added former Drexel guard Camren Wynter, a 6-foot-3 Hempstead, N.Y. native who averaged 15.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists last season as a senior, and 6-5 Bucknell guard Andrew Funk, a Pennsylvania native who averaged 17.6 points 3.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists as a senior at Bucknell.
Winter scored 1,657 points in 114 career games at Drexel, while Funk tallied 1,230 points in 110 career games.
Penn State is no longer recruiting UConn transfer Rahsool Diggins, who is planning to visit UMass next week and then possibly Rhode Island.
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Zellner comes to Fredonia from his position as Director of Public Works at Valley Center,
Kansas, a community in the Wichita metropolitan area with a population of 7,300. His
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The gluten-free trend has been on the radar for some time and been the subject of numerous articles in Prepared Foods and definitely in the coverage of Natural Products Expo West events for the past five years. For that matter, Expo West has been something of a home to the gluten-free movement, with this year being no exception, as a reading of this month's “New Product Trends” will attest.
Gluten-free has been a topic of spirited debate among trendcasters. For years, some contended gluten-free was such a niche market that it was hardly worth taking seriously. Others noted the 3 million American sufferers of Celiac Disease had precious few prepared food options on store shelves--and even fewer in restaurants. Counting Celiacs alone, that would be 3 million consumers in desperate need of conveniently prepared foods made in a facility without gluten.
An aside: that 3 million count is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate, but the Center for Celiac Research places the number of those with non-Celiac gluten sensitivity at 18 million, roughly 6% of the U.S. population. This is solely those eating gluten-free as a necessity; gluten-free has also emerged as something of a celebrity diet trend, with Miley Cyrus and the world’s number-one men’s tennis player, Novak Djokovic, touting the virtues of dining without gluten. So, what might be the actual size of the gluten-free consumer base? Speaking at the National Restaurant Association Show 2012 in May, Beckee Moreland of the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness noted some 30 million Americans eat gluten-free at least occasionally.
Technomic found a 61% growth in the number of gluten-free menu items in 2010-2011, and the aforementioned NRA Show had an entire gluten-free section, with such exhibitors as Udi’s, Homefree, Schär and Kinnikinnick, regulars at Natural Products Expos who are finding strong interest in gluten-free in the foodservice segment. However, big gluten-free restaurant news was not confined to the NRA Show: Domino’s announced a gluten-free pizza option and Chuck E. Cheese began a gluten-free test.
Such restaurants--indeed, any restaurant offering a gluten-free menu--must realize the urgency of maintaining a gluten-free back-of-house section. Otherwise, they could have all the allergen-free products they want, but a pizza slicer reused from a regular pizza to a gluten-free pizza without washing could lead to untold troubles. If any restaurant staff fails to understand this, a “gluten-free” menu may well have done more harm than good.


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Samuel L. Jackson is an iconic actor who has appeared in over one hundred films, becoming one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood. From his beginnings in the early 1990s, Jackson has appeared in a variety of roles that have become iconic in their own right. Throughout his career, Jackson’s performances have displayed a versatile range, from comedic to menacing, and have been met with critical acclaim. His legacy of roles is one of the most varied and influential in the history of film. Jackson’s breakout role was in the 1992 film “Jurassic Park”, where he played the role of Ray Arnold, the park’s chief engineer. His performance was praised for its intensity and humor, and it helped to launch his career. He followed up his success with roles in numerous other films, including “Pulp Fiction”, “A Time to Kill”, and “Shaft”. His performances in each of these films were lauded for their depth and nuance, and they further cemented his reputation as a great actor. Perhaps Jackson’s most famous role to date is his portrayal of Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction”. The film was a critical and commercial success, and Jackson’s performance was widely praised for its intensity and complexity. His interactions with John Travolta’s character, Vincent Vega, were particularly memorable. His iconic line, “English, motherfucker, do you speak it?”, has become one of the most quoted lines in film history. Jackson’s other iconic roles include Mace Windu in the “Star Wars” prequels, Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Stephen in “A Time to Kill”. In each of these roles, Jackson proved his versatility, displaying a range of emotions and delivering powerful performances. His portrayal of Stephen in “A Time to Kill” was particularly acclaimed, with many critics citing it as one of his best performances. Throughout his career, Samuel L. Jackson has created a legacy of iconic roles. His performances have been praised for their depth and complexity, and his influence on the film industry cannot be overstated. He has become one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, and his legacy of roles will surely be remembered for generations to come.


Proliferation of music festivals and other events across capital's green spaces means disruption and restrictions to access for residents
Access to parks across London is being increasingly restricted by corporate events such as music festivals, a researcher has found, linking it to "creeping privatisation" of public space.
Findings presented at the Royal Geographical Society's annual conference on Friday show that, more than ever before, London parks are being rented out to private companies as councils seek to boost revenue to fund key services.
Dr Andrew Smith, an urban geographer from the University of Westminster, studied the use of Finsbury Park, Gunnersbury Park and Brockwell Park and found councils were increasingly over-reliant on them as commercial assets.
The trend towards bigger and more frequent festivals in parks highlights the pressure councils are under to generate income under austerity, he said.
"It's for good reason - they're desperately trying to find ways of making revenue, but it's got to the point where we need to think about protecting parks from local authorities' exploitation."
"If you live next to one of those parks, you not only lose the access for several weeks of the year, but you also endure the practical inconvenience, the noise and the trucks as well. It's a double whammy."
Greenwich and Lewisham councils, who share Blackheath, each allow events to be held in the park for 90 days. With an extra seven days required by the London marathon, full public access to the heath can be restricted for up to 187 days - more than half the year.
Smith cited figures to show that Battersea Park hosted approximately 99 events in 1991, compared with more than 600 by 2016. Brockwell Park was also hosting more events because Clapham Common was so often booked, he said.
Simon Hunt, the chair of the Friends of Finsbury Park group, said that since the three-day Wireless festival was first staged there in 2014, the park had effectively become a "round-the-clock commercial venue".
"For the majority of the summer months, the park is no longer open, in the proper sense, to the community. It's now reaching boiling point."
According to the group's figures, it was occupied by festivals for 113 days (including setup and de-rigging) in the first nine months of 2018 - up from just 29 days in 2015.
You can read the full article from The Guardian HERE


Music industry settles over CD price fixing
“The five largest music companies and three of the USA’s largest music retailers agreed Monday to pay $67.4 million and distribute $75.7 million in CDs to public and non-profit groups to settle a lawsuit led by New York and Florida over alleged price-fixing in the late 1990s.
Attorneys general in the two states, who were joined in the lawsuit by 39 other states, said that the industry kept consumer CD prices artificially high between 1995 and 2000 with a practice known as “minimum-advertised pricing” (MAP).
The settlement will go to all 50 states, based on population. Consumers may be able to seek compensation.”
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EA have reported “To ensure the best possible experience, we have decided to delay the launch of FIFA 14 Ultimate Team: World Cup (PC/PS3/PS4/360/XB1) and the World Cup Kick-Off mode (XB1/PS4)“. So we won’t be downloading it today as originally hoped. See EA’s full explanation here and why it will ensure when it is released we all benefit.
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— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) May 28, 2014
To ensure the best possible experience, we have decided to delay the launch of FIFA 14 Ultimate Team: World Cup (PC/PS3/PS4/360/XB1) and the World Cup Kick-Off mode (XB1/PS4).
Knowing that our players have been so excited for these new modes made it a tough decision. However, as we progressed through final testing we encountered unforeseen issues that would affect all users who downloaded the update, so it’s important to address them first before release.
Our team is currently working hard to have the update ready to release in the coming days.
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|Central coordinates||92o 27.50' East 25o 9.00' North|
|IBA criteria||A1, A2|
|Altitude||100 - 1,000m|
|Year of IBA assessment||2004|
Site description The site includes two reserve forests, Norpuh Blocks I and II in the southern part of Jaintia Hills district. The area has some of the finest primary forests remaining in Meghalaya. Block I, established in June 1909, lies west of Lubha, the main river of the area, while Block II, established in March 1918, is eastward of the river. Both are near the India-Bangladesh international boundary. Block II is also contiguous with Barail IBA site of Assam. The terrain is rugged, with steep slopes, deep gorges and narrow valleys. Other major rivers are Prang (Hari) and Apha. Although these forests are on National Highway-44, and can be reached easily, accessibility to the interior areas is very difficult because of the extremely rugged terrain and steep slopes and lack of roads to the interior. The climate of Norpuh (also spelled as Narpuh) forests is tropical monsoon type, with a hot and wet summer, and a cool and drier winter. The area often receives very heavy rainfall, may be more than 6,000 mm, from the southwest monsoon. In the lower warmer areas, Cachar Tropical Evergreen Forest is found, whereas in the higher cooler areas, Khasi Subtropical Hill Forest is seen (Champion and Seth 1968). There are grassy areas in the forest openings and in abandoned jhums. The area is known for its rich biodiversity but no systematic work has been done. The IBA site is likely to yield species new to science, especially among amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates and plants.
AVIFAUNA: More than 140 species of birds have been recorded at this site (Lahkar 2002). Two globally threatened species, Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis and Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler Spelaeornis longicaudatus are found here, perhaps in significant numbers. The Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler, an endemic bird of India, has a very small known range in Meghalaya, Assam and Manipur (Ali and Ripley 1987, BirdLife International 2001). The site lies in Eastern Himalayas Endemic Bird Area (EBA-130). According to Stattersfield et al. (1998), 21 species can be considered as Restricted Range in this EBA. From the available literature (Lahkar 2002), four are found here. Perhaps some more are yet to be identified. This site lies in Biome-9 (Indo-Chinese Tropical Moist Forest). In this Biome, BirdLife International (undated) has listed 19 species that represent the typical bird assemblage. The following four species of this biome have been seen by Lahkar (2002): Whitecheeked Hill Partridge Arborophila atrogularis, Grey Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum, Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus and Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea. As the site has relatively intact Tropical Evergreen Forest in lower warmer areas and Sub-tropical Evergreen Forest in cooler higher areas, many species of Biome-7 and Biome-8 are found here in winter. Some interesting species of these biomes are: Mountain Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola fytchii, Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii, Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica, Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis, Blyth’s Kingfisher Alcedo hercules, Black-winged Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina melaschistos, Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris, White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus, Orange-bellied Chloropsis Chloropsis hardwickii, Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus, Nepal Tit- Babbler Alcippe nipalensis, Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae, Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna, Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii, Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae, Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara, Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger, Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush G. pectoralis and Yellow-breasted Babbler Macronous gularis. This site is selected as an IBA as it has globally threatened species (A1 criteria) and restricted range species (A2 criteria).
OTHER KEY FAUNA: The site is rich in primates with seven species, namely Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang, Stump-tailed macaque Macaca arctoides, Pigtailed Macaque M. nemestrina, Rhesus Macaque M. mulatta, Assamese Macaque M. assamensis, Capped Langur Trachypithecus pileata, and Hoolock gibbon Hylobates hoolock (Choudhury 1998). The presence of endangered mammals such as the Tiger Panthera tigris, Leopard P. pardus, Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa, Yellow-throated marten Mustela strigidorsa, Dhole or Wild Dog Cuon alpinus, Golden Cat Catopuma temmincki, Chinese Pangolin Manis pentadactyla, Asian Elephant Elephas maximus, Serow Nemorhaedus sumatraensis and Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus macrourus shows the importance of this IBA. Other notable mammals include the Himalayan Black Bear Ursus thibetanus, Large Indian civet Viverra zibetha, Small Indian civet Viverricula indica, Himalayan Palm Civet Paguma larvata, Binturong Arctictis binturong, Leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis and Jungle cat Felis Chaus. The ungulates present are Sambar Cervus unicolor, Barking Deer or Muntjak Muntiacus muntjak and Gaur Bos frontalis (Choudhury 1999).
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|Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis||resident||2004||present||-||A1||Vulnerable|
|Yellow-vented Warbler Phylloscopus cantator||winter||2004||present||-||A2||Least Concern|
|Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler Spelaeornis longicaudatus||resident||2004||present||-||A1, A2||Vulnerable|
|Grey Sibia Heterophasia gracilis||resident||2004||present||-||A2||Least Concern|
|White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri||resident||2004||present||-||A2||Least Concern|
|2003||high||not assessed||not assessed|
|Good - based on reliable and complete / representative data|
|Agriculture and aquaculture||annual & perennial non-timber crops - shifting agriculture||happening now||small area/few individuals (<10%)||very rapid to severe deterioration||low|
|Agriculture and aquaculture||annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming||happening now||small area/few individuals (<10%)||very rapid to severe deterioration||low|
|Biological resource use||hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)||happening now||some of area/population (10-49%)||very rapid to severe deterioration||high|
|Biological resource use||logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale||happening now||small area/few individuals (<10%)||slow but significant deterioration||low|
|Pollution||air-borne pollutants - smog||happening now||small area/few individuals (<10%)||no or imperceptible deterioration||low|
|Residential and commercial development||housing and urban areas||happening now||small area/few individuals (<10%)||moderate to rapid deterioration||low|
|Transportation and service corridors||roads and railroads||happening now||small area/few individuals (<10%)||slow but significant deterioration||low|
|IUCN habitat||Habitat detail||Extent (% of site)|
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|Notes: Agriculture; Cash crop (Arecanut)|
Acknowledgements Key contributors: Kulojyoti Lahkar and Anwaruddin Choudhury.
Ali, S. and Ripley, S. D. (1987) Compact Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (Second Edition). Oxford University Press, Delhi.
BirdLife International (undated) Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Asia: Project briefing book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K., unpublished.
BirdLife International (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: The BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Champion, H. G. and Seth, S. K. (1968) A Revised Survey of the Forest types of India. Government of India, New Delhi.
Choudhury, A. U. (1998) A survey of primates in the Jaintia Hills. America Society of Primatology Bulletin 22(3): 8 -9.
Choudhury, A. U. (1999) Wildlife in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya with a proposal for a national park/wildlife sanctuary. Interim Report. The Rhino Foundation for Nature in NE India, Guwahati. Pp 4.
Lahkar, K. (2002) Birds of Upper Shillong, Norpuh, Umiam and Mawphlang. Unpublished Report to the Bombay Natural History Society. Mumbai. Pp 41. + 2 maps.
Stattersfield, A. J., Crosby, M. J., Long, A. J. and Wege, D. C. (1998) Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation. BirdLife Conservation Series No. 7. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Contribute Please click here to help BirdLife conserve the world's birds - your data for this IBA and others are vital for helping protect the environment.
Recommended citation BirdLife International (2016) Important Bird and Biodiversity Area factsheet: Norpuh Reserve Forests. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/10/2016
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Georgia PD: Our Drug Recognition Experts Are More Accurate Than Drug Tests
More than 250 officers in the state are trained to recognize the use of seven different drugs.
More than 250 police officers in Georgia have been trained as "drug recognition experts" (DREs), a type of training that is supposed to make it possible for cops to determine that someone is under the influence of drugs. As drunk driving arrests have dipped, 11 Alive in Atlanta reports, drugged driving arrests are up, but as an investigation by the television station shows, and common sense might dictate, such training is liable to rack up false positives.
11 Alive spoke to three victims of such false positives, all attributed to just one Cobb County officer, T.T. Carroll, who was given a silver medal last year for 90 DUI arrests.
Katelyn Ebner, a bartender, was pulled over on her way home from work and told Carroll she had not been drinking. After passing a number of tests to detect alcohol consumption, Carroll asked her the last time she smoked marijuana. Ebner explained that she had never smoked marijuana and could take a drug test if necessary.
Carroll told Ebner she was giving him "several, several indicators" that she's smoked marijuana.
"Okay, so when I do a drug test, I'll be free to go, correct?" Ebner asked Carroll. Seems reasonable enough.
Carroll answered: "You're going to jail, ma'am. Okay? I don't have a magical drug test that I can give you right now."
However, as the 11 Alive reporter, Brendan Keefe, noted to Ebner, "he just did the 'magical drug test' that resulted in your arrest."
Ebner filed an internal affairs complaint after passing a drug test, but said Cobb County investigators insisted "the test results come back wrong all the time." She said investigators told her a urine test would have come back positive. Ebner says she took a urine test, which came back negative, herself.
The Cobb County Police Department would not let 11 Alive speak to Carroll, but commanders defended him, standing behind the three arrests mentioned by the station (none of which resulted in charges), and re-iterating their belief that their drug recognition experts can be more accurate than physical tests.
Carroll was promoted last year, with his supervisors claiming in his evaluation most of his arrests ended in convictions or pleas (the lawyer for at least one of the victims 11 Alive spoke to recommended a plea deal despite their client insisting she hever smoked marijuana) and calling him their "go-to officer when it comes to DUI-drugs." According to 11 Alive, the evaluation did not mention the 3 arrests they reported on.
Read the whole story and watch the dash cam footage at 11 Alive, which is also seeking more Georgians with first-hand accounts of dealing with "drug recognition experts".


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ASTHMA TREATMENT ADOLESCENT Model. Seretide Diskus. Active molecules : salmeterol which is a bronchodilator and fluticasone which is a steroidal anti-inflammatory. Seretide Diskus is used in the disease-modifying drug for asthma and in the treatment of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
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- Is a Tesla faster than a Lambo?
- Are Hellcats reliable?
- Are Hellcats expensive to maintain?
- Is z06 faster than Hellcat?
- How much HP can a stock Hellcat handle?
- Can you make a Hellcat faster?
- What cars are faster than a hellcat?
- How much HP does a Hellcat demon have?
- Is Trackhawk faster than Hellcat?
- What is the fastest muscle car?
- Is a Hellcat faster than a Bugatti?
- Is the Dodge Hellcat a supercar?
- What has more horsepower the Hellcat or the demon?
- Why are used Hellcats so cheap?
- Can a Hellcat beat a Lamborghini?
Is a Tesla faster than a Lambo?
The Lamborghini hits the mark nearly a full second quicker than the Tesla, or 0.9 s to be specific..
Are Hellcats reliable?
The Dodge Charger has a low JD Power reliability rating. I know JD Power reliability ratings don’t mean much but they still have some value. I was planning on getting the Lexus GSF due to it being an extremely reliable V8 sedan.
Are Hellcats expensive to maintain?
Maintaining a high-performance car is an expensive hobby – and many gearheads seem to forget about it. Consider the Hellcat tires. … Expect to pay as much as $360 per tire!
Is z06 faster than Hellcat?
The Hellcat is faster in a distance, but in a quarter mile race a a8 Z06 will put up a fight. I expect that is the case. GM gave the Z06 a lot better tires for that fight.
How much HP can a stock Hellcat handle?
It measures how much power is applied at the wheels after any power loss from the other components in the drivetrain. That being said, the SRT Hellcat Redeye makes 797 stock horsepower at the crank, but at the rear wheels, it makes somewhere between 650 and 700 horsepower, depending on the dyno and conditions.
Can you make a Hellcat faster?
“To get a standard Hellcat up to Demon levels, it’s really just turning up the boost, doing exhaust work, intake work and tuning,” Schwartz told me over the phone. Add in a gearing swap, from the factory 2.62:1 final drive to a shorter 3.09, and you’re in the Demon’s neighborhood.
What cars are faster than a hellcat?
2020 Porsche 911 4S. 0-60 mph: 3.5 seconds | Price: $120,600. … 2020 Audi RS 6 Avant. 0-60 mph: 3.5 seconds | Price: $112,000 (estimated) … 2020 Jaguar F-Type SVR. … 2021 Ford Mustang Mach E GT. … 2020 Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye. … 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. … 2019 Mercedes-AMG E63 S. … 2019 BMW M5 Competition.More items…•
How much HP does a Hellcat demon have?
The Challenger SRT Demon is even mightier than the Hellcat version, boasting up to 840 horsepower and exclusive drag-racing equipment.
Is Trackhawk faster than Hellcat?
Dodge claims the Hellcat Widebody (which has wider, grippier tires than the standard Hellcat) will run the quarter mile in 10.9 seconds and reach a top speed of 196 mph, compared to Jeep’s estimates of 11.6 seconds and 180 mph for the Trackhawk.
What is the fastest muscle car?
10 Fastest Muscle CarsFord Mustang Shelby GT350R.Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320.Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat.Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat.Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye.Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody.Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody.More items…
Is a Hellcat faster than a Bugatti?
The new 2018 Dodge Demon is/has all of the following: The world’s fastest production vehicle 0-60mph time. Posting a satanically fast time of just 2.3 seconds – with roll-out that time sinks to 2.1 secs – it is faster than a Bugatti Chiron (2.4secs) and the Tesla P100D with Ludicrous Plus (2.3 and a little bit).
Is the Dodge Hellcat a supercar?
Review: The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye is a big, brash, intoxicating supercar worth the $90,000. … It isn’t subtle and it’s not the fastest vehicle around a track, but the Challenger is hilariously fun and riotously powerful.
What has more horsepower the Hellcat or the demon?
The Hellcat comes equipped with a Supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI SRT V-8 engine capable of putting out 717 horsepower. While the Demon is powered by the same type of engine, it also comes equipped with a 2.7-liter supercharger that allows it to produce 840 horsepower.
Why are used Hellcats so cheap?
There’s a multitude of reasons for for the situation. One of the factors is that the Hellcat price range takes a certain level of income to make it a comfortable purchase. Many of these people get car A.D.D. and change out frequently, because they become bored and move on to the next thing.
Can a Hellcat beat a Lamborghini?
The Lamborghini hits 60 miles per hour 7 tenths of a second faster and can run the quarter mile in almost a second less. The 2018 Dodge Challenger Hellcat looks and feels great, just not as good as the 2018 Lamborghini Aventador.


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MANILA, Philippines -- A Kapamilya actor who is no stranger to leading man roles on primetime TV will take on the character popularized by Mexican actor Arturo Peniche in the hit "telenovela" "Maria Mercedes."
According to Jake Cuenca, who last appeared in the primetime series "Kahit Puso'y Masugatan," his next TV project will be the Philippine remake of "Maria Mercedes," which starred Mexican superstar Thalia in the title role.
"Sobrang grateful ako kasi may teleserye ako ulit," the 25-year-old actor was quoted as saying by entertainment news site Philippine Entertainment Portal.
He added: "Si Jessy Mendiola pa ang leading lady at si Direk Chito Roño pa ang director. So, isa rin siyang bagay na hindi mo mahihindian."
The reported Kapamilya adaptation of "Maria Mercedes," while not officially announced, is said to feature "Paraiso" actress Jessy Mendiola in the title role.
Cuenca said he is excited to finally work with the 20-year-old actress. "Napapanood ko ang 'Paraiso' at ang laki na ng in-improve niya, ang laki na ng maturity level niya as an actress and as a person."
"Tapos, magkaibigan din kami, so excited akong makatrabaho siya," he said.
Aired locally by ABS-CBN in 1996, "Maria Mercedes" sees Thalia as a street urchin whose life takes a turn when she agrees to marry an immensely rich man who is terminally ill.
While Mendiola dressed up as the character in the recently released summer station ID of the Kapamilya network, no official announcement has been made on her reported part in the remake.