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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 29 – Boundary, the cloud application monitoring leader, has partnered with Locaweb, the leading provider of infrastructure hosting services to companies operating in Brazil and Latin America. Through the agreement, Locaweb customers, including many of the region's largest enterprise organizations, will have access to Boundary's real-time cloud failure detection system, the first solution capable of alerting application providers to cloud outages before consumers suffer the consequences.
Locaweb was the first data center operator in Brazil to provide cloud computing solutions. Today, nearly 24 percent of the Brazilian Internet run through its data centers. The hosting provider employs over 900 people, has more than 250,000 customers, and owns three data centers (two in Brazil and one in Miami) with upwards of 25,000 servers.
By partnering with Boundary, Locaweb customers in Latin America can more confidently migrate their applications to cloud and hybrid IT environments. Unlike traditional IT monitoring tools that assume a static infrastructure, Boundary is ideal for dynamic environments that experience change on a massive and continuous scale, including public and private clouds, fixed networks, data centers, highly-agile application development environments, SQL or NoSQL clusters and Big Data application stacks.
"Many of our customers are interested in capitalizing on the benefits of hosting applications in the cloud, yet legacy monitoring applications don't provide the visibility of performance that is necessary to ensure stability in these dynamic environments," said Gilberto Mautner, CEO at Locaweb. "Only Boundary can tell our customers when a cloud outage is happening and exactly where the problem is, so they can work around the problem and maintain service availability. Boundary provides the real-time insight, tools and services that our customers need to be successful."
"Locaweb is the largest cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provider in Latin America, and we are thrilled to enter this exciting market with them as a partner," said Gary Read, CEO at Boundary. "There is a tremendous appetite among companies in Latin America and elsewhere for cloud applications, but providers are understandably concerned about their ability to guarantee high levels of service. Boundary is their insurance policy. Our solution monitors the performance of cloud applications every single second, so users can navigate around problems before customers are impacted."
Locaweb is the leader for Hosting & Infrastructure for Brazil and Latin America, according to IDC in 2011. With 14 years of expertise and more than 21.000 developers partnerships, the company provides hosting for more than 250.000 customers and has a datacenter for 25.000 servers to provide solutions for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS: Infrastructure as a service (IaaS); on-demand provisioning for Cloud and dedicated servers with managed services; platform as a service (PaaS): Hosting; software as a service (SaaS): Hosted software solutions like Email, Email Marketing, Online store, Virtual PABX, Webchat and WebDesk. Locaweb believes that innovation, quality of service and a high qualified team are the key factors to be successful on the market.
Boundary provides a new kind of application monitoring for new IT architectures: one-second app visualization, cloud-compatible, and only a few minutes from setup to results. Boundary is a privately-held company based in San Francisco, California, with venture funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Scale Venture Partners.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribeca Associates, LLC, a New York-based acquisition and development company, announced the acquisition of a long-term leasehold interest in the historic Bush Tower office building located in the heart of the Bryant Park Office Corridor. The iconic neo-gothic 30-story tower – one of the first skyscrapers constructed in Midtown Manhattan – will be known going forward as 130 West 42nd Street at Bryant Park. The acquisition financing was provided by Mesa West Capital.
Tribeca Associates in partnership with Meadow Partners, an international real estate investor and asset manager, acquired the leasehold interest from American Properties. The team will now undertake a campaign to upgrade and reposition this unique asset to capitalize on its ideal location and unique attributes.
"We are delighted to have acquired the leasehold interest in the property with its proximity to Bryant Park and its adjacency to some of the finest office product in Midtown including 1 Bryant Park, 1095 Avenue of the Americas and 4 Times Square," said Elliott Ingerman, principal of Tribeca Associates. "We will be able to offer boutique-size tenants a full-floor presence in one of the most desired locations in Midtown and at the crossroads of all major public transportation."
American Properties, the lessor, has owned the property since 1983, managing it through the transformation of Times Square and Bryant Park to the thriving areas they are now. Among other things American Properties added windows to several facades to improve natural light and views.
"This is a wonderful asset and we're pleased to entrust its further development to great partners like Tribeca Associates and Meadow Partners," said Marwan Dalloul of American Properties. "We've discussed the plans over a long period of time, and we believe in their vision for taking the property to the next level. 130 West 42nd Street at Bryant Park will be even better positioned to compete in the boutique office market in this stellar location."
Tribeca Associates and Meadow Partners, the new ownership team, have tapped architects Fogarty Finger, to direct the further revitalization of 130 West 42nd street. The project will include a glass facade for the two-story 42nd Street entrance along with a new, modern lobby and elevators. Ownership will also prebuild floors to highlight the building's distinctive architectural details such as 12-foot clear ceiling heights, dramatic oversized windows, efficient layouts and exceptional natural light and views on four sides. "It is rare to find full floors of 5,000 square feet in Midtown with this level of inherent beauty," noted architect Robert Finger.
"This is a historic mid-block building that will be renovated and reintroduced to the market with the efficient floor plate of a modern tower, and the light and air you'd expect in a corner Avenue building," said Tim Yantz principal of Meadow Partners. "130 West 42nd street is really a sort of buried treasure, and we are excited to unearth, polish and reintroduce it to the market."
In addition, the retail on block has been transformed over the last few years with the introduction of global brands like H&M and Equinox. As this trend continues 130 West 42nd street will be ideally located to attract some of the best retailers in the world.
"We were drawn by Tribeca's impressive plans to reposition Bush Tower as a one-of-a-kind building located in one of the strongest performing submarkets in New York City," added Raphael Fishbach, a principal in the New York City office of Mesa West Capital. "This is an excellent addition to our New York loan portfolio, as we continue to grow our lending platform on the East Coast. We are excited to add Tribeca Associates and Meadow Partners to our expanding roster of New York City based clients."
Completed in 1918, Bush Tower began the movement of the Manhattan business district to Midtown. Noted for its combined narrowness, height and Neo Gothic architecture, the tower played a role in the evolution of Times Square and New York skyscrapers. The building was initially owned by Irving T. Bush and was designed as a commercial display gallery and social space, to be an epicenter for international trade, bringing buyers, manufacturers and designers together. The building's distinct architectural details such as trompe l'oeil brickwork, crowning pavilion and two-story arched window are well noted.
Tribeca Associates and Meadow Partners have hired the CBRE team of David Hollander, Paul Walker and Christie Harle as Exclusive Leasing Agents for the property.
Tribeca Associates, founded in 2000, specializes in the acquisition and development of hospitality, residential and commercial assets in Manhattan. Most notably, the firm is currently developing the Baccarat Hotel & Residences at 20 West 53rd Street. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the five-star hotel and luxury condominium is scheduled for completion in 2014. In addition, Tribeca Associates is developing the Marriott Residence Inn World Trade Center at 170 Broadway in an adaptive reuse of an existing office property. The company also developed the Smyth Hotel and Residences, a luxury mixed use property in Tribeca and Artisan Lofts an adaptive reuse of an office building into luxury residential among other projects.
Meadow Partners is an international real estate investment firm founded in 2009 by former Westbrook managing principal Jeff Kaplan and his two partners, Tim Yantz and Andrew McDaniel. The firm has offices in New York City and London. Currently, Meadow Partners is investing its second fully discretionary fund, with a focus on the New York and London metropolitan areas. The firm targets middle-market transactions with opportunistic returns, investing in all property types, structures, and positions throughout the capital structure. Capitalizing on the firm's flexible strategy, extensive network of relationships and access to proprietary deal flow, Meadow Partners acquires real estate assets that generate the highest potential risk-adjusted returns.
Los Angeles-based Mesa West Capital (www.mesawestcapital.com) is a privately held portfolio lender with a current capital base of approximately $3.5 billion. Mesa West has an established debt platform that continues to provide flexible and reliable capital for real estate acquisitions, re-financings and re-capitalizations on office, retail, industrial, multifamily and hotels in the United States.
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It would be rude to only use this artistic community
resource purely for self-promotion so, in the spirit of our community; I’m
going to start a blog about how Citrus Arts are testing our-selves in unknown
In 3 sleeps we’ll be meeting a team of international
artists to set out on a tour of Wales. The project is Cwtch Cabaret, which
hopes to replicate the success of variety shows like London & Edinburgh’s
“La Clique” & “La Soiree” hits, as a touring project for Welsh towns.
Variety shows & Cabaret are a familiar format in larger
metropolitan cities, but how will we fare on our inaugural tour of Welsh towns
- for which we need to deliver an equally high-quality show on a very
In early planning stages, the first issue we had to deal
with was how to afford top-quality international artists. In true circus style,
the answer is a busy workload that takes 10 performers to 7 venues over 10 days
- packing in a maximum number of performances into a short time.
It fills Bridie & I with joy whenever we get e-mails
from the cast, as we read how professionally they’re anticipating what hard
work is in store, & hear about their research into what “looks like very
beautiful country”. I think the real ace-up-our-sleeve will be when they meet
the staff working at the theatres we’ll be visiting, and then get to play to the
kind of audiences they will only ever meet in Wales.
Let’s see how this goes; I will update this blog
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ZALIUKAS BACK AFTER BAN
Hearts captain Marius Zaliukas returns from suspension for the William Hill Scottish Cup quarter-final replay away to St Mirren.
Midfielder Mehdi Taouil is struggling with a back injury and has undergone a scan.
Rudi Skacel has recovered from a head knock and Hearts are hopeful that Stephen Elliott will shake off a hip problem but David Templeton (groin) remains out.
St Mirren will be without midfielder Paul McGowan and winger Dougie Imrie.
McGowan is suspended and Imrie is cup-tied for the quarter-final clash at St Mirren Park.
Better news for Saints is the return of left-back Jeroen Tesselaar, while striker Steven Thompson has recovered from a thigh injury.
St Mirren (from): Samson, Mair, van Zanten, Murray, McAusland, Teale, Goodwin, Thomson, Mooy, Carey, Hasselbaink, Reilly, Smith, McGregor, Thompson, Barron, Tesselaar, Naismith.
Hearts (from): MacDonald, Barr, Hamill, Grainger, McGowan, Webster, Zaliukas, Mrowiec, Robinson, Skacel, Elliott, Santana, Smith, Driver, Ridgers, Beattie, Black.
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Large number of visitors flocked to see the great Egyptian antiquities.
During the first days of its opening, the exhibition witnessed a large turnout of visitors of different age groups.
The exhibition of “Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs” includes 181 artifacts that highlight some of the distinctive characteristics of the ancient Egyptian civilization, especially in the Middle and Modern eras until the late era, through a group of statues, ornaments, cosmetics, paintings, stone blocks decorated with inscriptions, and statues of some deities in the form of birds and animals in addition to some colorful wooden coffins.
The De Young Museum in San Francisco, USA, witnessed the opening of the traveling exhibition “Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs” at its second stop.
It had previously been exhibited at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences; nearly 8,000 tickets of the exhibit have been sold so far.
The exhibition includes 181 artifacts from the era of King “Ramses II” stemming from the collections of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, in addition to artifacts unearthed by the Egyptian mission in the Bubasteum in Saqqara.
It is worth mentioning that The exhibition of “Ramses & The Gold of The Pharaohs” welcomed visitors from all over the American city of Houston to enjoy the splendor of the great Egyptian antiquities with the enchanting melodies of the harp instrument in the background.
During the first days of its opening, the exhibition witnessed a huge turnout of visitors from different age groups. Some 8000 tickets were booked and sold in the first hours of the exhibition’s opening day.
Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri explained that an Egyptian delegation representing the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities had received the visitors, who expressed their fascination with the greatness of the Egyptian civilization.
For her part, Assistant Minister for Tourism Promotion Lamia Kamel said that the Egyptian pavilion at the exhibition also witnessed a great turnout from the museum visitors, who used the QR code shown on the main panel in the pavilion to access the promotional site for Egypt on various social media platforms, in order to get acquainted with the brilliance of the Egyptian tourist destinations and Egypt’s countless tourism products.
Kamel confirmed that the visitors of the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences expressed their enthusiasm to visit Egypt, especially in winter.
Moreover, Kamel reviewed the efforts exerted by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, in cooperation with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, to create a direct flight route between Sharm El-Sheikh and Luxor to link beach tourism with cultural tourism, within the framework of the ministries’ efforts to create an integrated tourism product.
It is worth noting that the “Ramses & The Gold of The Pharaohs” exhibition showcases 181 artifacts that highlight some of the distinctive characteristics of the ancient Egyptian civilization, especially from the Middle and Modern Kingdoms to the late era. The exhibits include a group of statues, ornaments, paintings, stone blocks decorated with inscriptions, and statues of deities in the form of birds and animals, as well as some colorful wooden coffins.
Also, the Egyptian pavilion in the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences will be broadcast Egypt’s grand celebration “The Sphinx Avenue ” that will take place on November 25 at 7:30 p.m.

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The population in Italy has declined by about 384,000 in the past year, as deaths reached their highest level due to declining birth rates and an outbreak of the coronavirus, officials reported on Friday.
The Demographic Dynamics During the Epidemic by the Year 2020 report by the Italian National Statistical Institute (ISTAT) said that on Dec. 31, the resident population was more than 59.25 million, but it decreased 0.6%, or 383,922, compared to Dec. 31, 2019.
It said it was equivalent to the destruction of a city the size of Florence.
In Italy, 404,104 babies were born in 2020, which means 16,000 fewer births than in 2019.
ISTAT said the COVID-19 outbreak reinforced the downward trend in the population, which has been declining since 2015.
Due to the impact of the disease, the death toll increased 17.6 % in 2020 compared to the previous year.
In 2020, 112,000 more deaths were recorded compared to the previous year and the death toll was 746,146.
The number of births was the lowest recorded since Italy achieved unity, while the death toll was the highest recorded in any year in the post-World War II era.
Since December 2019, the pandemic has claimed more than 2.76 million lives in 192 countries and regions.
More than 125.9 million cases have been reported worldwide, with recoveries exceeding 71.34 million, according to figures compiled by the US-based Johns Hopkins University.
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The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has said incessant destruction of its equipment and staff assault by some consumers had become a challenge in its areas of operations.
Head, Branding and Corporate Communications Strategy of the company, Mrs Angela Olanrewaju said, on Thursday, in Lagos, that in spite of a recent court conviction of eight culprits, the trend had continued.
Olanrewaju said the organisation had spent several millions of naira to replace the equipment vandalised.
She said the conviction of the eight persons in various courts was to curb those infractions against IBEDC’s businesses but it had remained unabated.
She hoped that the convictions would serve as a deterrent to persons who might be considering going into the illicit act of vandalism and energy theft. Olanrewaju sought the co-operation of members of the public to curtail the trend. According to her, the fight should not be that of IBEDC alone but for all lovers of development of the society.
“The fight is for all patriotic Nigerians and lovers of development who will not want to allow few criminally minded persons in the society to destroy what is meant for all of us to enjoy,” she said in a statement.


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Hayes and Co yarded 253 head at Silverdale sale on Wednesday.
They reported the market saw slight improvements for most descriptions due to some good widespread rainfall.
The biggest rise was export cows with most good quality cows making 245-260 cents a kilogram.
They said there was not a lot of restocker cattle yarded but that those offered sold to strong competition.
J. Wilson sold a pen of Brahman cows for 256c/kg or $1243.
RJ and MJ Harvey sold Droughtmaster medium cows for 260c/kg or $1462.
Droughtmaster cows from G. Wood sold for 253c/kg or $1360.
G. Nicholson sold Charolais store cows for 194c/kg or $1106.
Droughtmaster bulls from S. Hughes sold for 253c/kg or $2317.
Normanby Pastoral Co sold Droughtmaster 6 tooth heavy heifers for 269c/kg or $1508.
I and L Voss sold Santa light feeder steers for 317c/kg or $1078.
Linger Longer Pastoral Co sold Brangus light feeder steers for 313c/kg or $1077.
Charbray feeder heifers from D. Neal sold for 246c/kg or $879.
WR and K Hallas sold Droughtmaster weaner heifers for 208c/kg or $615.
Angus weaner steers from S.J Devilliers sold for 320c/kg or $897.

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Miguel is writing a book and I wish him all the best.
I’ve had a idea for a story I want to tell for a little while now. I’ve thought more about it as a screen play than a book, but I’m not sure where to take it. Which is why I am posting here, I want to get some feelers. I told the idea to my wife, she sort of likes it but warned me that the premise, as well as a few of the characters will invite upon me the wrath of the SJWs.
Either as a book or a screen play, I want to do a zombie story. I know, I know, that’s all played out, but I have a different angle I want to take it. Part of the story is inspired by the book Dracula. I know, I’m making it so much worse, but bare with me.
I want to have it set in Louisiana between 1862 and 1863. The main villain will be a runaway slave who is a Bokor, a Voodoo priest. He is bringing soldiers who died on the battlefield back to life to enact revenge on the families of the plantation owners. His actions go, at least for a while, unnoticed because of the war, but eventually a small group of people catch on and have to stop him.
I want one of the good guys to be a house slave, who is also (unbeknownst to his master) a houngan, a good Voodoo priest. He is my Abraham Van Helsing character, a wise, older character steeped in knowledge of Voodoo. I want at least one Union officer and one Confederate officer as part of the Bokor hunting party. I like the idea of that internal conflict, that has to be overcome. The rest of the party needs more fleshing out. And I want there to be at least one battle with a Rougarou, a sort of Louisiana Voodoo were-alligator, that the Bokor is using as a bodyguard.
Part of why I want to do this, is I like the idea of Voodoo zombies instead of disease zombies. There is a little bit more I can play around with – like Voodoo zombies and their aversion to salt. I also like the idea of zombies vs. civil war era weaponry. Fighting zombies in the Bayou is going to quickly turn into a saber and knife fight. You can bet my Confederate officer will be dispatching zombies with a D-guard bowie. Modern zombie movies and shows have a lot of rapid fire and accurate head shots. Early Civil War battles were still fought with Napoleonic volley fire tactics and bayonet charges. I imagine that not being particularity effective against a horde of the undead.
Some of it, like the locations, Civil War weapons and tactics I will try to be as accurate as possible. Other things, like Voodoo, I will have to take some liberties.
What do you all think? Zombies played out? Is this something you might like?
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Sounds doable. Try to be as realistic as possible in the areas where realism will count, such as cultural and historical issues, and step across every other line without fear or apologies. Oh, be as accurate as possible in your weapons too.
Well, since you did ask. Honestly? Yawn.
I like the idea. I don’t know if you already have it in the story, but Necromancers are assholes that need to be put down. You are placing it in Louisiana which can be tied to Haiti because of the french stuff. Hell, make it a chase from Louisiana to Haiti via Alabama and Florida tracking the necromancer and killing the undead he leaves behind. Make the soldier calvary offices and think a brace of revolvers :Colt Army and LeMats besides the sables and bowies.
OK, I’ll shut up now, I already have an outline in my head…LOL
1 – turn off auto-correct 2 – get a proofreader 3 – get an editor 4 – do not use the run-of-the-mill manga illustrators for this comic book — the old fashioned flat, almost no perspective style of the 1950s would probably be your best bet.
Alternatively, you could do a heck of a lot of character development and sub-plot inter-twining and stand a good chance of giving some of today’s best-selling but non-award winning authors a good run for their money. Just don’t copy their characters.
And consider me for one of your beta readers.
Oh yeah, DIBS on a beta reader job too! Lol
Every time I think the zombie thing is played out, I find a new story/movie that catches my fancy. Personally, I find the Night of the Living Dead/ Dawn of Dead/horror zombie movies dull. They are mindless horror stories all built for suspense, and catching the next “gotcha” moment. Guy goes into house to escape zombies, and every time he turns around/the camera pans, there’s a zombie. Repeat until movie ends.
I prefer things like Zombieland, Exit Humanity, and even the Walking Dead. The stories about the survivors matter far more than the fact that there are zombies. The zombies are merely a conflict vehicle.
So, in short, do your story. Sounds interesting to me, I’d read it.
Best zombie movie: Shaun of the Dead
I thoroughly enjoyed Shaun of the Dead. It was a great movie. I enjoyed Exit Humanity, too, which some people found slow (it was) but I liked the interaction of the main character with the living he found along the way, and the Civil War era gave it a different twist. J’s idea actually reminded me of it, merely because of the CW connection.
‘On stranger tides’. The title of a Tim Powers’ novel that seems similar to what you are proposing.
The story was set in the Caribbean in the Golden Age of Piracy and featured Black Beard, Ponce de Leon, and other historical figures as well as voodo, zombies, etc.
One of my favorite books of all time.
Will you idea sell? Who the eff knows.
I have a dear friend who broke into the literary scene by introducing a ditzy, clutzy, redhead who works as a social worker for an agency that serves the needs of mythical creatures that walk among the denizens of San Francisco.
Really, really concentrate on making your central characters into human beings with weaknesses, doubts, and let them fail enough to allow some sort of empathy your reader will feel for them.
Seriously, good luck. Writer’s are in a damned tough business and it’s rarely good for the ego.
Have you read any of Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter International series? It sounds like a similar vein, except that MHI is set in the present day and includes ALL kinds of monsters.
Keep the combat and weapon use/manipulation realistic. Keep the mannerisms, speech, and dress historically accurate. Do your research (especially on the history stuff), but be prepared to fudge on some of the details (read: make s#!t up) where the history is vague or undocumented (especially on the voodoo stuff).
If done well, it could be a heck of a read. 🙂
I’ll echo comments made already:
1. Beta Readers (I volunteer!!!).
2. Competent editor (nothing worse that reading along and hitting a “their/they’re/there” error or some other grammatical speedbump that yanks me out of a book. I’ve deleted books for too many of those)
3. Make your characters human. Nobody in the real world are perfect, and if even the protagonists’ flaws are shiny, it takes the realism element right out. Especially in scifi/fantasy/urban fiction. There’s enough make-believe without having perfect characters that go through a hundred minions without mussing up their hair or angsting over their “character flaws”.
4. Timelines and tense: figure them out, and stick with them. Don’t jump around unless the story calls for it (ie, character has to travel, in that day and age, Louisiana to Atlanta would take a week or more), and make sure your verb tenses line up.
That being said…when/where do I buy this?!?
Incidentally, this would make such an epic d20 Modern campaign.
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Kathy Moore Obituary: Kathy Moore, 61, of Walkerton was the person who died in a crash on Friday morning near North Liberty.
The crash happened around 7:10 a.m. on State Road 23 between New Road and Osborne Road. According to police, a box truck crashed into the back of an SUV that was stopped for a school bus that was picking up students.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found Moore, the driver of the SUV, dead. She was the only person inside the vehicle.
The St. Joseph County Fatal Crash Team (FACT) is handling the investigation. Police say the driver of the box truck, a 32-year-old Indianapolis man, is cooperating with authorities.


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Our multi-skilled cancer team at Saint Joseph Mount Sterling specializes in the prevention, early detection and treatment of a wide range of cancers.
But our success isn’t just about treating the disease. We take the time to get to know you and your unique needs—physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial. Then together, we’ll create a treatment plan designed to care for every part of you.
We also understand being close to home and family is important when diagnosed with cancer. That’s why we’ve brought everything you need to heal under one roof—including the latest radiation and surgical therapies, a recently expanded chemotherapy Infusion Clinic, an onsite rehabilitation program and much more—all without the stress of travel. If needed, you also have access to cancer clinical trials that are conducted in area facilities.
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Ah yes, where better to go to catch the capital’s sights from on high than the London Eye on the South Bank? Where, indeed! But then *everyone* does that. So, what about the less clichéd vantage points for some distinguished, unforgettable cityscape panoramas? Well, here are six of the best…
The Modern Shard
(32 London Bridge Street SE1 9SG)
With its ludicrously high-up, 360° panorama, ‘The View from The Shard’ (as it officially brands itself) is arguably the big daddy of this list – and thus the obvious starting point – in fact, it’s view’s so impressive you might even be able to pick out your West End accommodation like the Park Grand London Kensington hotel.
The Ancient Tower Bridge
(Tower Bridge Road SE1 2UP)
This, one of London’s most iconic attractions in itself, offers two fantastic views from just one vantage point – either of the two (indoors) upper walkways accessible via its fascinating exhibition, which also reveals all the inner workings of this mammoth feat of Victorian-era engineering. From the aforementioned vantage point then you can look west towards Westminster, the South Bank and the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, or south towards London Docklands and Canary Wharf. Spectacular.
Picturesque Sky Garden
(20 Fenchurch Street EC3M 3BY)
Don’t be deceived by the exterior of this frankly rather ridiculous-looking building because the view from the top of the aptly nicknamed ‘Walkie Talkie’ is wonderful, not least because it’s experienced from the environs of a stylish indoor garden that also serves as a salubrious restaurant. Best of all, though, entry’s free so you can enjoy its panorama for nothing. Quite the inducement then if you’re staying nearby at the likes of the Montcalm Brewery London City.
(Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 3 Thornton Street E20 2ST)
Did you watch any of the 2012 Summer Olympics? If so, do you remember that big, red, twirly monstrosity of a structure that stood right next to the stadium? Well, this it and at its summit is a viewing platform that enables you to cast your eye across the whole Olympic Park (now entirely open to the public and perfect for families) and East London and beyond. Interesting fact: a giant slide has now been added to the structure. Yes, really!
Up at the O2
(Peninsula Square SE10 0DX)
Strictly speaking this is an activity rather than just a place to visit for an impressive view (although it’s certainly that too), in that you’re obliged to scale the roof of the O2 venue. Don’t worry; so long as you’re relatively fit, it’s entirely safe and, by all accounts, good fun. Plus, of course the open-air view all around you when you pause at the top – especially of the nearby Canary Wharf high-rises – is outstanding.
Emirates Cable Car Across the River Thames
(Unit 1, 2, 3 & 4, Emirates Cable Car Terminal, Edmund Halley Way, London SE10 0FR)
Finally, fancy checking out the London skyline on the move? Why not, right? Well, this cable car journey that traverses the River Thames to and from the area of The O2 offers you that opportunity. Ideal for clear, non-cloudy days and, owing to it being run by the body that oversees the city’s public transport (TfL), it’s extremely affordable should you use the Oyster card travel payment – which is pretty much essential for using the Tube.


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Well, how do you fare compared to the Zeitgeist?
Chat up your fellow wooters and let us know how lame this poll was or what obvious choices we missed.
For example: Was this poll a) STUPID, b) DUMB, c) POINTLESS or d) ALL OF THE ABOVE?
Just a light dusting here. Husband swept the sidewalk off with a broom.
Tropical swamp. No snow. :-(
I should vacation up in the Great White North for once.
Here in southern Georgia / Alabama we had over 8" last weekend. Pretty neat!
We got that surprise 6" dump in Mississippi. Didn't even know it was coming until we woke up that morning and there it was.
So far around 55 inches. Upper Peninsula of MI.
South Florida - none in decades.
Just got 7" this weekend, only about 4" before that for this season. I now have a snowblower after years of shoveling, pretty stoked.
Actually, I measured six inches in a flowerpot here in Ashburn. The snow was melting on the ground for the first few hours, so it only looked like about three inches total -- but it didn't melt as much on contact with the flowerpot (I suppose the flowerpot was cold enough to begin with). So actual snowfall here was at least six inches, but ground accumulation was about three.
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iPhone 13 might finally bring a smaller notch and faster screens, Ming-Chi Kuo reports
Apple’s 2021 iPhones might finally have a smaller notch and, for some models, faster refresh rate displays, according to a new note from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. He also shared rumored information about other upcoming iPhones, including when we could see a foldable phone from Apple.
Let’s start with the iPhone launching this year, which we’ll call it the iPhone 13. Kuo says the iPhone 13 lineup will consist of the same models as the iPhone 12, meaning that despite reports of poor sales of the iPhone 12 mini, the smaller phone could still get a refresh this year (via MacRumors). The two iPhone 13 Pro models will also have 120Hz refresh rate screens thanks to LTPO display technology, according to Kuo, finally bringing the iPhone on par…


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Police investigating the shooting of a man in a pub car park in North Tyneside have made three more arrests, bringing the total to five.
The shooting happened at the Six Mile Bridge Inn in Seaton Burn yesterday afternoon. Northumbria Police say they've arrested four men and one woman. Police patrols have been increased in the area to reassure the local community.
The man who was shot is still being treated in hospital but his injuries are not though to be life-threatening. Anyone with information is being urged to contact Northumbria Police.
More top news
A North East charity is calling on people in Wearside to consider giving up their spare room to a homeless guest.
Hitachi will launch its first Intercity Express train built at its manufacturing plant in County Durham.
North east crime writer Mari Hannah is ending 2016 on a high - her Detective series has caught the eye of Stephen Fry's production company!

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Boy George needs little introduction. With a career spanning over 30 years he first shot to international stardom in the 1980’s as the front man of one of the UK’s biggest exports - Culture Club - and had continued success as a solo artist.
He has sold over 150 million records with top 10 hits in every country. Boy George is a hugely respected house DJ, playing for twenty years, and continues to DJ successfully in clubs all over the globe.
George's real name is George O'Dowd. He was born in Eltham,
Kent in 1961. During the early 80's he became a regular in
London on the "New Romantic" club scene. His flamboyant
cross-dressing style and his appearances at clubs in London
were regularly featured in magazines.
From 1979 he worked as a DJ alongside Jeremy Healy until
he joined forces with DJ Michael Craig and drummer Jon Moss
in 1982 to form the 80's super group Culture Club. Over the
next four years, the group made history with their music including
the huge hits "Karma Chameleon" and "Do You
Really Want To Hurt Me". The group dissolved in 1986.
Boy George struggled through a heroin addiction during some
rough years before he came clean in 1987and re-emerged as
a solo singer with "Everything I Own", which gave
him his first solo #1 hit.
In 1989 he formed his own record label, More Protein, and
fronted a new band called Jesus Loves You. His autobiography,
Take It Like A Man, recalling his extraordinary life, was
published in 1995. Culture Club briefly reformed in 1999 for
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Allison’s practice focuses on trademark prosecution, clearance, and maintenance, as well as general intellectual property matters.
“When I’m out of the office, my passion is fashion, travel, and all things food – I’m always scouting out the city for the newest restaurants!”
Community & Professional Activities
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Fordham Fashion Law Institute
Allison has both in-house and firm experience representing clients in the fashion and tech industries on a variety of intellectual property matters.
Fordham Fashion Law Institute – Dean’s Fellow (2019-2020)
Barneys, New York – Legal Intern (2018-2019)
Macy’s, Inc. – Legal Intern (2018)
Leichtman Law PLLC – Summer Law Clerk (2017)
- Advertising Law Alert – Second Circuit Holds You Can Lawfully Prohibit a Competitor from Purchasing Your Trademark as a Search Keyword for Online Advertising07.21.2021
Fordham Fashion Law Institute (Dean’s Fellow, 2019)
Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 2019; Concentration in Intellectual Property and Information Law)
University of Miami (B.A., cum laude, 2016; Psychology/Business Administration)
- New York


Presenter: Iddo Kadim, Director of Data Center Virtualization Technologies, Intel
Security is a key concern in cloud today. Security solutions are often sold on the basis of fear—how to stop malicious hackers. And there is value in this, for the threats are often real. But in today's competitive world, one must also focus on how technology allows growth and innovation while also meeting security requirements. Attendees will learn how Intel is enhancing platforms with new security capabilities and enabling a broad ecosystem of solutions that allow companies to embrace virtualization and cloud without compromising security, thus gaining more efficiency, control and functional compliance.


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Health authorities in several Arab countries confirmed new cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus on Friday.
The Moroccan Health Ministry said 27 new coronavirus infections were confirmed, bringing the country's total number of cases to 735, with 47 deaths.
In Oman, health authorities said 21 new cases were reported in the country, raising the total to 252. The country’s first fatality from the coronavirus was reported on Wednesday.
In Lebanon, total infections jumped to 508, with 17 fatalities, the country’s Health Ministry said.
The Palestinian government confirmed 22 more coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of cases to 193.
Meanwhile, Kuwait’s Health Ministry confirmed 75 new cases, taking the total number to 417.
In Saudi Arabia, the Health Ministry confirmed the death toll from coronavirus as 25 and the number of people infected as 2,039.
Algeria's death toll rose to 105, while in Tunisia the number reached 18.
Qatar’s Health Ministry on Friday announced 126 more COVID-19 patients, bringing the total cases to 949. A total of 93 people recovered from the illness, while the death toll is three.
In Iraq, in the last 24 hours, 48 more people contracted the virus, bringing the total cases to 820, the Health Ministry announced. The country’s death toll stands at 54.
Bahrain’s Health Ministry announced 29 more COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 672. Recovered patients stand at 382, while four people have died of the disease.
Since appearing in Wuhan, China, last December, the novel coronavirus has spread to at least 181 countries and regions.
Data compiled by the U.S.’ Johns Hopkins University shows worldwide infections surging past 1 million, with more than 58,000 deaths. Over 225,000 people have recovered.
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Eccentric Chinese tycoon Chen Guangbiao took out a full-page bilingual advertisement in the New York Times, inviting underprivileged Americans to a charity lunch and offering cash handouts。
According to Chinese media reports, the ad appeared in the New York Times print edition on Monday, announcing that Chen would host a charity luncheon at New York Central Park's Loeb Boathouse on June 25 for 1,000 "poor and destitute Americans". Each participant would also receive $300.
Chen, who is known for theatrical philanthropic stunts, has a photo of himself in the ad placed side-by-side with a picture of Lei Feng, a Chinese soldier from the Mao-era who is celebrated as a selfless model citizen. The title above the images says, "China's 'Lei Feng for a new era.'"
Those who wish to join the luncheon need to RSVP via a Hotmail email address。
Chen said he was hoping the lunch would show the US that there are Chinese philanthropists。
"There are many wealthy Chinese billionaires but most of them gained their wealth from market speculation and colluding with government officials while destroying the environment. I can't bear the sight of it," Chen told theSouth China Morning Post。
Making his fortune from recycling domestic waste and construction materials in China, Chen has been in the media spotlight in recent years for his dramatic publicity stunts promoting philanthropic causes. He arrived at the scene of the 2013 Lushan earthquake in Sichuan just hours after the disaster took place and personally handed out cash to the victims。
Chen has also tried unsuccessfully to buy the New York Times as part of his ongoing campaign to develop closer ties between US and China。
He recently expressed a desire to reignite discussions to buy the paper's opinionsection and fill it with articles about environmental protection and charity。
Founder of the Huangpu Renewable Resources Utilization Group, Chen has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to various charitable causes over the years and has made it more than once onto Forbes' list of Asia's leading philanthropists。
But not everyone is taken with Chen's flashy generosity。
Jeremy Goldkorn, director of Chinese media research firm Danwei, says: "Chen is a clown whose so-called philanthropy appears to consist entirely of self-promotional stunts like giving handouts of cash in Taipei and New York, and cans of air to people in China."
Goldkorn has also tweeted that Chen is the "greatest insult to the Chinese people."
Other critics find it difficult to take Chen seriously when his English namecard lists an absurdly long string of self-aggrandizing titles, including "Most Charismatic Philanthropist of China."


RBoy Apps is now an official partner of Monoprice.
This Device Handler is for the Monoprice Motion Sensor with Temperature v1 and v2 models (15271/10796)
This passive infrared (PIR) sensor detects motion and sends a Z-Wave® trigger signal to the network. It also detects changes in temperatures and reports the temperature to the network whenever a significant change has occurred. It also has a tamper-proof switch, which will trigger a Z-Wave signal when the cover is removed.
This device handler supports the Z-Wave and Z-Wave Plus devices. Support has also been added for v1 and v2 hub fingerprinting for easy identification and supports the Classic and new ST apps. Ideally install the Device Handler BEFORE pairing the device for easy setup.
The Motion Sensor with Temperature can be bought directly from Monoprice here for about $24
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Enjoy, this code expires Dec 31. This is a stacked promotion code, i.e. it can be used in addition to with other promotions from Monoprice
This device handler supports the following features:
- Reading the following sensors
- Temperature (auto convert to F or C depending upon your location)
- Select the primary sensor to show on the dashboard (Temperature or Motion)
- Configure the following parameters:
- Temperature offset (for correcting the temperature reported by the sensor)
- Inactivity timeout (the number of minutes since the last motion was detected after which the motion sensor sends a no motion detected event)
- Motion detection sensitivity (Z-Wave Plus devices)
- Wake up interval
- Support for v1 and v2 hub fingerprinting for easy identification
- Request a manual update for the sensors and configuration (this is a delayed update at the next wake up)
- Easy to use configuration page with detailed explanations for all the parameters
- With the newer Z-Wave Plus devices, the device handler automatically sets the temperature scale F/C based on the hub configuration and also sets the temperature reporting threshold to 1 degree
- After the configuration/preferences are updated, for the settings to take effect immediate, open the Motion sensor cover, wait 15 seconds and close it.
- To request the manual update, please press the “Request Update” button, however this is a DELAYED update. The motion sensor is mostly in sleep mode to preserve battery. The next time it wakes up (every 4 hours or as configured), if the user had requested a manual update, it will fetch the latest sensor status, temperature, battery and also update the inactivity timeout configuration.
- To force an immediate update for all configured settings, press the “Request Update” button and then open the device cover, wait for 15 seconds and close the cover. This forces the motion sensor to wake up and process the manual update request.
- To force a temperature/motion/battery status update just open the cover, wait for 15 seconds and close the cover.
MONOPRICE JUMPER PINS: On this device you will see a few Jumper pins labelled Pet1 and Pet2. When using Pet1, Pet2 and Test modes it reduces the distance at which it picks up motion correspondingly:
Depending on the settings it will change the distance of motion detection, specifically PET1 does 8m-11m, PET2 does 5m-7m, and Test does 3m-4m
NOTE: This is different from the motion sensitivity option for the newer Z-Wave Plus devices which determine the level of motion within the “range” that must be detected to trigger a motion event.
Low Battery: If your battery falls below 35% consider replacing it. The device will stop sending updates if the battery falls below this level. So you won’t know if you battery has run out, the motion/no motion sensors / temperature sensor may get stuck as well and you may receive no updates.
Temperature Updates: For the older Z-Wave devices, according to the documentation, “Every rise or drop of 2 degrees will trigger a notification to the Hub”. If you aren’t seeing too many temperature updates it’s likely that your room temperature isn’t changing much so the device will send fewer/no temperature updates. According to the monoprice technical team the temperature updates are sent every 10 minutes (if there is a change of atleast 2 degrees).
For the newer Z-Wave Plus devices, the device supports two options 1 degree or 2 degree threshold to trigger a temperature reporting update. This device handler automatically sets the reporting threshold to 1 degree when the “Request Update” button is pressed. Make sure you open the device cover, wait for 15 seconds and close the cover for it to take effect.
More features to added, if you have any suggestions or ideas please feel free to ask and we’ll try to add it.
INCLUSION INSTRUCTIONS: It is recommended to install the Device Handler BEFORE paring the device for easier setup.
- If you are unsure about the device state exclude the device first otherwise it won’t pair (see below)
- To pair the device, Select Add New Device from the MarketPlace on your ST phone app.
- Then open the motion sensor device cover.
- Push a pin into the little hole behind the sensor and press it a couple of times.
- The close the cover after it shows up
- It should complete pairing within 30 seconds
NOTE: If you’re doing an inclusion after an exclusion, remove the battery first and then reinsert it and then follow the above instructions, otherwise the device doesn’t always pair up.
EXCLUSION INSTRUCTIONS: If you deleted the device without excluding it won’t pair up again until you exclude it. To exclude the monoprice sensor:
- Set the hub into exclude mode (log into the IDE -> My Hub -> View Utilities -> Z-Wave Exclude.
- Place the sensor within 1 meter of the hub and push a pin into the little hole behind the sensor to initiate exclusion.


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Hey, Trendkillers! Are you ready to a random mix of music to make you move? On tonight’s session of The Schizophonic we have no theme. Just simply a roller coaster ride through Chuck’s music collection. Originally aired 5/11/21 EST.
Last week we explored the 70’s. So now its time to move to the next decade. But with a twist. We are going to dig into the Alternative side of the 80’s. Synths, Simmons Drums, and guitars saturated in chorus. The management at Trendkill Radio ask that you don’t put your Boom Box up to the speakers and try to record it on a TDK D-90! Originally aired 4/13/21 9pm EST o on www.trendkillradio.com
Whats up Trendkillers! Ready to take a trip back in time? Join us on Trendkill Radio to rewind to the 70’s. Just some classic bands and some killer tunes. When Vinyl was king, and questionable fashion choices were all the rage. Originally aired 4/6/21 at 9pm EST on www.trendkillradio.com
Tune into to this session of The Schizophonic and help us celebrate International Woman’s Day. Listen and dig on a bunch of multi genre contributions from women that rock, and groove, and chill. You get the picture. Originally aired 3/9/21 at 9pm EST on www.trendkillradio.com
Tune in and take a trip back the days of airbrushed guitars, big hooks, and even bigger hair. At the height of its popularity in the ’80s, hair bands had huge radio and MTV hits and were one of the most popular genres in all of music. So listen in to hear bands like Tesla, Kik Tracee, Y&T, Crashdiet and many more.
Originally aired 2/2/21 at 9pm ESTon www.trendkill.radio.com
Produced and edited by Chuck Mann for broadcast on the TrendKill Radio Network
Who wants the funk? Gotta have that Funk?
Then tune in to this session of The Schizophonic to get Funkified. Get your groove on with bands and artists like Parliament, Prince, and Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. We also have bands that don’t start with “P”. Original Aired 2/9 at 9pm EST.
After the technical difficulties of last week, we are back with an all new Session of The Schizophonic. No theme tonight just a bunch a cool random songs . Tune in to hear artists like Corey Glover, Suzanne Santo, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, and many more. Originally aired on Tuesday 1/26 9pm EST.


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APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, FIFTH DISTRICT, INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION DIVISION
518 N.E.2d 1289, 165 Ill. App. 3d 550, 116 Ill. Dec. 309 1988.IL.92
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County; the Hon. William F. Green, Judge, presiding.
JUSTICE WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court. BARRY, P.J., and McCULLOUGH, McNAMARA, and CALVO, JJ., concur.
DECISION OF THE COURT DELIVERED BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE WOODWARD
Claimant, Alvin Cox, filed an application for adjustment of claim under the Workers' Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) for injuries allegedly sustained in the course of his employment with his employer, Fritz Electric Company. After determining that claimant had sustained an accidental injury which arose out of and in the course of his employment and resulted in a back strain which left the claimant with a permanent partial disability of 10% under section 8(d)(2) of the Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48, par. 138.8(d)(2)), the arbitrator awarded the claimant 80 3/7 weeks temporary total disability.
Both parties filed appeals from the arbitrator's decision. Following a hearing, the Industrial Commission reversed the arbitrator's decision in part, entering an award under section 8(d)(1) of the Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48, par. 138.8(d)(1)) for partial disability from pursuing his usual and customary employment. Claimant was awarded $264.40 per week for 9 weeks; $75.84 per week for 31 weeks; $78.28 per week for 18 weeks; $282.25 per week for 8 weeks; and $282.25 per week for 42 weeks. The employer was also ordered to pay to the claimant 66 2/3% of the difference between the average amount he is earning or able to earn, and what he would earn in the full performance of his trade for the duration of his disability. The Commission affirmed the arbitrator's award of temporary total disability.
The employer appealed to the circuit court of Jackson County. The circuit court confirmed the decision of the Industrial Commission in all respects. The employer appeals.
On appeal, the employer contends that the decision of the Industrial Commission awarding wage loss benefits under section 8(d)(1) to claimant is against the manifest weight of the evidence, or in the alternative, if the wage loss award was proper, then the Commission erred in its calculation and assessment of those benefits. The employer also contends that the Commission erred in finding that a subsequent accident only temporarily aggravated the claimant's condition.
The claimant testified at the hearing before the arbitrator as follows. Claimant had been employed by Fritz Electric Company (Fritz) since 1980. Prior to May 1982, his health was excellent, although he had injured his back in 1960 and again in 1970. On neither of those occasions was he hospitalized, nor did he lose any time from work. While employed by Fritz, he was an electrical foreman, which required him to supervise the electrical personnel in the installation of all electrical systems in coordinating work with other crafts on the job. He was also required to do the work of a journeyman wireman in addition to supervising if there were less than six men on the job. While he worked for Fritz, he worked 50% as a supervisor and 50% as a journeyman. Physically, the job required him to lift up to 150 pounds, dig ditches, climb and scaffold work, and install electrical conduit, where the weight sometimes exceeded 150 pounds.
On May 13, 1982, while on a construction site at Southern Illinois University, claimant slipped on a metal stairway and fell on his low mid-back section. He felt extreme pain and numbness in his legs and arms but finished the day's work. The next morning he felt no improvement but reported for work. He worked for about an hour, although he was in much pain, and it was very difficult to bend, twist, or lift. He went home and contacted Dr. Carl Hauptmann, his family physician. Dr. Hauptmann examined him thoroughly, took X rays, and prescribed diatherm treatments. The X rays showed some degenerative disc disease at L1-L2 with marginal osteophyte formations, but no compression, spondylosis, or spondylolisthesis.
Claimant was treated with therapy, an exercise program, and medication until July 1982, when he was referred to Dr. John Sterne of Evansville, an orthopedist, who placed him in the hospital for two weeks. Claimant was treated with traction and physical therapy. When he was discharged, he was fitted with an orthopedic back brace. He remained under Dr. Sterne's care and was treated with medication and cortizone injected into the spinal area; however, there was very little improvement. On January 2, 1983, the claimant was hospitalized again and underwent a bone scan and a CAT scan, both of which were normal. Dr. Sterne referred the claimant back to Dr. Hauptmann on January 13, 1983. Claimant saw Dr. Hauptmann about once a month from January 13 through November 30, 1983. Claimant also underwent physical therapy at Harrisburg Hospital for six weeks. At Fritz' request, he was examined by Dr. Marshall Conrad on March 7, 1983, and August 4, 1983.
On November 30, 1983, claimant began a job with Sullivan Electric Company. He obtained this job through the contacts he had made in the construction industry, as well as information that had been provided to him by Michaleen Maher, a rehabilitation specialist assigned to him by Fritz. He was employed by Sullivan as an assistant electrical superintendent and eventually was promoted to superintendent on February 1, 1984. His starting salary was $385 per week. It was increased to $660 per week as of February 1, 1984, and remained at that figure until he was laid off on January 4, 1985. His duties were nonphysical and included coordination of installation of electrical work and supervising of all personnel, purchasing materials, attending meetings, record keeping, and management.
Claimant continued to suffer back pain and leg pain while performing his duties for Sullivan. Then, on March 29, 1984, he slipped in some mud and "reinjured or aggravated the existing back injury." Dr. Hauptmann took him off work for six weeks. Claimant noted that he had slightly more pain in his legs than he had had previously but that he had had pain before in his legs. When he returned to work, he had a little more trouble bending or twisting. His back eventually returned to what it was prior to the second accident and his leg pain continued intermittently up to the present time. Claimant believed that his original back injury was aggravated by the March 29, 1984, accident. When he returned to work for Sullivan, he performed the same duties as prior to the second accident.
At the request of Fritz' insurance carrier, claimant was examined on May 5, 1984, by Dr. Otakar Machek, and on September 17, 1984, by Dr. Conrad, again at Fritz' request.
When his employment with Sullivan ended on January 4, 1985, claimant began drawing unemployment compensation at the rate of $180 per week. He also placed his name on the out-of-work list at the union. He was available for work within the limitations placed upon him by the doctors, i.e ., the maximum weight he could lift was 20 pounds. When his name came to the top of the list, there was an opening of a temporary maintenanceman at Southern Illinois University, but he was not accepted for the job.
At the time of the hearing, claimant still felt back pain and had a problem bending and twisting. He needed ...


|Broadcast area||Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Africa, South Asia, Asia Pacific, Australia, North America|
|Picture format||1080i HDTV|
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
RT en español
|Launched||4 May 2007|
|Mozaic TV (Qatar)||Channel 128 (SD)|
|Eutelsat 7 West A 7.3° West||10892 H / 27500 / 5/6|
|Hot Bird 13C 13° East||11013 H / 27500 / 3/4|
|Badr 4 26° East||11996 H / 27500 / 3/4 (SD)|
|BADR-6 26° East||11747 V / 27500 / 3/4 (HD)|
|Yahsat 1A 52.5° East||11977 H / 27500 / 8/9|
|Yamal 202||3740 L / 38000 / 7/8|
|OSN (Middle East and North Africa)||Channel 455 (SD)|
|Freebox TV (France)||Channel 698 (SD)|
|Live stream||On Air (Free)|
RT Arabic, formerly known as Rusiya Al-Yaum (Arabic: روسيا اليوم, meaning Russia Today) is a Russian state-owned free-to-air television news channel broadcasting in Arabic and headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Rusiya Al-Yaum started broadcasting on 4 May 2007. The parent company of RT Arabic is TV-Novosti, which is an Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization owned by the Russian Federation.
The channel covers a wide variety of events worldwide from the point of view of the Russian government. It also features interviews, debates and stories about cultural life in Russia and major cities.
“Rusiya Al-Yaum” was first conceived in February 2006 following the launch of its English counterpart RT in December 2005. Test broadcasts began on May 4, 2007, with a full launch being made later. By this point, it used satellite to broadcast across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, with a potential audience of 350 million people. The channel can also be watched on the Internet. As of November 2012, it was available on myTV, an over-the-top technology platform in North and South America.
Previously, when ANO TV-Novosti announced plans to launch an Arabic-language channel, the editor-in-chief's position was taken by Akram Khuzam, who had previously been Al Jazeera's former Moscow Bureau chief. He eventually decided to move back to Syria, leaving Margarita Simonyan, RT editor-in-chief, to be appointed as his successor. In her new post, Margarita Simonyan became responsible for the work of RT's English and Arabic channels. Aidar Aganin was appointed Deputy Editor-in-chief of the Arabic channel.
The channel staff includes Russian and Arab journalists, Russian Arabists and orientalists, overall having more than 500 employees including natives of Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, Oman and other countries. The channel has correspondents in Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. The channel also stated in 2007 that it planned to get its own exclusive materials from Syria, Jordan and Iraq in the near future.
RT Arabic, along with other RT channels, has been subject to criticism for its explicit connections with the Russian government. The parent company of RT, TV-Novosti, is registered as a state-owned ANO. According to figures from the Russian Ministry of Justice, TV-Novosti, the Russian state provides 176.7 billion rubles in financing and 42.3 million rubles in other funding.
On November 9, 2017, RT announced that it had been given a notice deadline to register under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) by the U.S. Justice Department. Although the U.S. Justice Department has never finalized the demand nor made it public, the action has generated a series of reactions from RT and the Russian government. Margarita Simonyan referred to this letter as a "cannibalistic deadline" and argued that this was an attempt to limit RT's functionalities. Top Russian officials have also reiterated their stand with RT on this matter, and have stated that a retaliation was likely to follow on U.S. foreign media.
On 17 May 2015, an RT Arabic journalist was allegedly assaulted by Israeli security forces while filming Jerusalem Day celebrations in Jerusalem. A similar occurrence took place on 9 December 2017.
On 29 January 2020, RT Arabic correspondent Wafa Shabruni was badly injured from an exploded shell during a militants' weapon depot removal in the southeast Syrian province of Idlib. She lost consciousness and was later taken to Hama State Hospital under the care of Russian military medics. RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan personally thanked the medics and the Russian Minister of Defense for their assistance in this matter.


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Fans presented with opportunities to play the video game, meet their favourite WWE Superstars and acquire exclusive merchandise
With the release of the game on the PS3 and Xbox360 2K hope to bring the smack down on their newest franchise and to help spread the word the game will be touring the country with some unique opportunities for fans.
Below is a list of dates and venues for the tour as well as some chances to meet your favourie Superstars follow @2KInternational for more information.
The WWE venues and corresponding shopping centres showcasing WWE 2K14 are as follows:
- 8th November – Glasgow Braehead Arena, with gameplay at the Buchannan Galleries and the chance to meet a WWE Superstar*
- 11th November – Manchester MEN Arena, with gameplay at the Arndale Shopping Centre
- 12th November – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, with gameplay at the Metro Centre
- 13th November – Nottingham Capital FM Arena, with gameplay at Broadmarsh and the chance to meet a WWE Superstar*
- 14th November – Leeds Arena, with gameplay at the Trinity Shopping Centre and the chance to meet a WWE Superstar*
- 15th November – O2 Arena, with gameplay at the Lakeside shopping centre;
- 16th November – Minehead Butlins (Somerset), with gameplay at Inside, in the Skyline Pavillion, and the chance to meet a WWE Superstar*
*For a chance to meet a WWE Superstar, follow @2KInternational on Twitter.


This sniper rifle has the same zoom factor as the Deliverator; and is presumed to be the predecessor of the late Snap Shot, since they both have a blistering rate of fire and low damage output. The Snap Shot has since been removed from the shop in the v4.3.9 update for unknown reasons. Its scheduled return date to the UberStrike shop is uncertain.
The G3SG1 comes in Classic, Black and Camo variations. Only available for credits.


Dynamic cylinder shut-off opens up efficiency potential for gasoline engines
Due to the importance of this unique and unique approach by DSF to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, the Tula and Delphi engineers present with a demo vehicle how to achieve these savings potential without compromising the engine’s running even in supercharged four-cylinder engines. What’s more, the technology does not add a heavy surcharge to the price of the motor: engines equipped with the DSF technology cost only 40€ more per saved percent of fuel than non-DSF engines, the developers claim.
DSF calculates cylinder-selectively before each individual ignition process, whether or not the cylinder is ignited. DSF uses a number of parameters to determine which cylinder to ignite next: the driver’s demand for load, the current NVH behavior (noise, vibration, harshness) of the engine, and the noise frequencies and amplitudes that potentially can affect the comfort in the vehicle.
The ignition sequence is continually adapted to the vehicle dynamics, so the engine always operates at optimum performance, as this reduces pumping losses and at the same time improves its thermal efficiency. The unique control strategy also allows new combustion concepts and thus the development of further efficiency potentials. For example, the cylinder-selective control can provide for instantaneous torque equilibrations, in particular in partial-load operation. Another advantage of DSF is the deactivation of all cylinders in the sliding mode, which firstly minimizes the pump losses and allows a longer coasting, and secondly reduces the risk of unburnt fuel entering the catalyst causing damage there.
At the Vienna Motor Symposium, Delphi and Tula presented the DSF technology in a demo vehicle with a four-cylinder gasoline engine, 1.8 l displacement and turbocharging. Driving tests with the demonstrator showed that the engine running characteristics of the DSF demo vehicle are comparable to that of a standard vehicle in the entire frequency range. However, the fuel consumption of the DSF prototype motor was reduced by up to 10% in standard measurement cycles (such as NEFZ, WLTC, US Combined, JC08). Engineering teams from both companies are currently working on another demonstrator that combines the advantages of DSF with those of a mild hybrid drive. When this combinatorial concept is fully implemented, the developers expect fuel savings of up to 20%.
Serial production of a V8 engine with DSF is already planned, while Delphi and Tula are driving a four-cylinder application of DSF together with an unnamed car manufacturer.


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Street artist David Zinn displayed his 3-D chalk art to the participation and enjoyment of Ferris State and the community Thursday, Sept. 22, in the Ferris State University Fine Art Gallery.
There were 22 pieces of his art on display and for purchase throughout the gallery, including framed illustrations and urban chalk art.
“I would describe my work as childish temporary street art,” Zinn said. “In a way it looks 3-D from one specific viewpoint; better known as anamorphic art.”
The Anamorphic art origins date back to the 15th century. It is characterized as art that has to be viewed from an unusual perspective, and gives the subject the appearance of standing, sitting or leaning.
“I’m the only person I know who draws small-scale anamorphic art,” Zinn said. “A lot of people come up to me and say, ‘Do you know how to make the sidewalks look like a huge tavern?’ and I tell them no because it’s hard to improvise something huge.”
Zinn’s theme for his art is centered mostly around small animals and creatures—mice and frogs, for example.
Ferris communications freshman Taylor Wildeboer said it was her first time viewing sidewalk chalk art and she really enjoyed it.
“I’ve always been around art because my mom was painter. She used to go to people’s houses and paint murals on their walls,” Wildeboer said.
Wildeboer also said that she could see herself attending more art exhibits like Zinn’s because it’s a fun atmosphere.
Zinn’s presentation at the Ferris Fine Art Gallery was his first time having his work displayed in a formal setting.
“I prefer to do my art on the sidewalk then just walk away. This is a rare opportunity that Ferris State University has given me to actually put it on the wall and treat it with seriousness,” Zinn said.
For more information on David Zinn and his artwork, visit zinnart.com.