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Boy Scouts try a halfway about-face on gays
The organization would allow gay scouts but continue to ban gay adults from serving as leaders, ensuring continuing controversy.
The Boy Scouts of America is proposing to lift its ban on openly gay scouts, but it wants to continue barring gays as leaders.
The decision marks an about-face of sorts for the 103-year-old organization, which had been under pressure from lawmakers and some sponsors such as Chipotle (CMG), which said the ban didn't mesh with their own antidiscrimination policies.
But by proposing to lift the ban on children only and not for leaders, the organization is likely to face continued pressure for its antigay policies.
"Congratulations to the Boy Scouts on coming up with a halfway compromise that is just going to annoy everybody," one person wrote on Twitter. Another wrote of the split decision: "How's that make sense?"
While some Scouts and sponsors raised the heat on the Boy Scouts, religious groups privately urged officials to keep the policy, The New York Times reports. Some denominations, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Roman Catholic church, sponsor scouting troops.
As the Boy Scouts continued supporting the ban, membership has fallen. It lost more than 589,000 registered Cub Scouts since 1998, according to BSA-Discrimination.org, which tracks news about the Boy Scouts' gay ban.
In the meantime, one gay-friendly scouting group has surged. Some fed-up scouts have joined Navigators USA, a small group that has an inclusive policy, leading to its membership doubling, reports Mother Jones. Navigators "welcomes all people; boys and girls and adults no matter what gender, race, lifestyle, ability, religious or lack of religious belief," according to its website.
"We knew the Boy Scouts excluded gays when we started, but we thought that was one of the old, outdated rules on its way off the books," Bryan Freed, a father of a scout who switched to a Navigators chapter, told the publication.
The Boy Scouts of America was also under pressure from lawmakers, with California politicians considering taking away some tax breaks from youth groups that ban gay members. Last year, the Boy Scouts reaffirmed its gay ban, which led to more protests against the organization.
Follow Aimee Picchi on Twitter at @aimeepicchi.
Navigator might be flourishing because people want to be seen as trendsetters. There may be a few trend setters there but most may only be sheep following the flock. Like it or not, humans are herd/flock animals. One sheep over the cliff and the others follow.
I see by their website that boy scouts are from 11 to 17 years of age. Just exactly how do you parents decide that your 11 year old is gay ?
It's really strange....That this can become a Liberal / Conservative Issue..
It proves to me, that intelligent levels of Americans or maybe just the Commentors is in real serious decline...?!!!
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Eleven-year-old Cameron (David Mazouz) suddenly starts acting strangely. He locks himself in his room, speaks in strange ancient languages and shows other signs of obsession. When his mother (Carice van Houten) notices, she contacts the Vatican experts, who send a specialist in such cases to the boy, who enlists the help of Dr. Seth Ember (Aaron Eckhart) and his team. This is because Dr. Ember has the unique ability to enter directly into the minds of possessed people when treating them and confront the personified evil that causes the mind to go insane. He does not consider himself a traditional exorcist of devils, but rather a sort of "cleaner". And his moment comes when all the efforts of traditional exorcists have failed.
And that moment has come for little Cameron. Dr. Ember enters his subconscious, where a demon holds the boy captive in an imaginary dream world. This evil adversary turns out to be much stronger than Ember expected. Moreover, he is haunted not only by a cunning and insidious demon, but also by his own traumatic past. Ember must deploy all of his abilities, and perhaps even his life, to overcome the demon and save the boy.
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text: Ivan has been working as a Paralegal specializing in divorce and family law matters at Shield Law for over five years. While completing his B.A. in Economics at the University of Calgary, Ivan started working part-time as a legal assistant. After finishing his degree, he decided to remain with Shield Law and pursue his ongoing involvement with the legal system. Ivan has been directly involved with cases that have resulted in written decisions at both the Provincial and the Court of Queen’s Bench level.

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On a recent field trip with my students in what some people call the West Bank and others call Samaria, we noticed a roadblock preventing access to a Palestinian Arab town we often pass through. Later on, when the roadblock was lifted, we spoke with Israeli soldiers at the Tapuach checkpoint, where a 25-year-old Arab man with 12 pipe bombs underneath a long coat was apprehended, prompting the earlier roadblock.
Events such as these take place more often than generally acknowledged. The reality is that at any time and place there are people determined to fight, harm and kill Jews. This truth is difficult for many, especially those who identify ideologically with the left, to acknowledge. In fact, just a few days after this incident at Tapuach, another man was killed after he opened fire on a group of soldiers there.
While hateful incitement is ongoing in Palestinian Arab society, we need to recognize that Israeli Jews are also subject to feelings that are not always warm and fuzzy or conducive to coexistence. I am no longer surprised when I often hear otherwise intelligent, cultured people reflect the flip side of Arab intolerance. From passive remarks of disrespect to more active expressions of contempt, hearing what is no less than Jewish racism in action should, but does not always, make all Jews feel uncomfortable.
Being targeted as an object of hate does not mean that one must hate back in return. And being a proud Jew, proud Zionist and strong defender of Jewish rights in a Jewish Israel does not mean that you must dislike Arabs to achieve those goals.
Buried deep beneath the headlines are Palestinian Arabs who are eschewing the language of hate and the tactic of violence for a far more refined, and perhaps far more threatening and challenging form of confrontation. Young Arabs out of the political limelight are meeting with Israelis, including “settlers” (they don’t like the term) and right-wing activists, on a regular basis. They discuss, argue, think and try to make sense out of the riddle of the seemingly insoluble dilemma of the Israel-Arab dynamic. And unlike some of the dialogue of the past, these interlocutors have been exposed to threats and harassment from their fellow Palestinian Arabs.
While violence as a tactic still seems to be all too accepted, what if a move from active resistance to active dialogue leads to more and more Palestinian Arabs really saying no to confrontation and yes to “let’s talk?” What can we expect then?
This change of attitude, which we claim we want to see, won’t be easy for either side. On the same field trip where we encountered the roadblock, we also met with a local activist, Ahmed, who told us of the harassment and violence some of his fellow villagers are subjected to by Jewish residents of neighboring communities. “They burn our schools and chicken coops and cut down our trees,” he said. The young Israeli guard assigned to our bus suspiciously eyed Ahmed, a man I have known for years. I have sat with him in his home, in his village, arguing about who is right. The guard fidgeted in his seat and at one point was belligerently “in his face” as Ahmed spoke. Ahmed’s discomfort was clear, as he urged the bus driver to drive faster.
Once we reached the outskirts of what used to be the Hawara checkpoint, he nervously wished us a “Shabbat Shalom” and left the bus, an hour earlier than scheduled. When I went out after him, he was shaky and said that he was scared that the guard would call some settler friends to harass or harm him. “Nonsense,” I said, but I couldn’t persuade him to rejoin us. Ahmed was acting like so many Jews act, fearful and convinced there was good reason for his concern.
A bit later we stood overlooking the city of Shechem (Nablus) and came across a group of Jewish West Bank residents from the community Ahmed had spoken to us about. When I asked them about the burning of schools, the cutting of trees, the accusations of violence, they admitted and justified the actions. No denial, no excuses. So, was Ahmed right to fear what may happen to him?
A few weeks ago I asked a Palestinian Arab acquaintance what his friends talk about when discussing “the situation.” Well, he said, you Israelis cannot be trusted, you want everything, you brought this all upon yourselves, you only understand force and you can’t be reasoned with. There never will be a solution and there never will be peace.
Mutual respect is difficult to build and more difficult to earn. With what Jews have gone through, it is easy to be skeptical and fearful. But at some point we may face the question of what to do “if.” What if “they” really want a solution, what if they really don’t want everything, what if they really abandon violence and what if they really can be reasoned with?
Unlikely perhaps, but it may be more fearful to think about what we would do next.
Irwin J. (Yitzchak) Mansdorf is a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, where he directs the Israel-Arab studies program.


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THE unique geostrategic position that India has in the India Ocean region gives it some wonderful natural advantages. Despite the geographical advantages, its size and its track record, India is still lacking in several areas. Recent times have, however, witnessed a strategic shift in India’s Indian Ocean Policy with larger engagement with countries sharing the vast shores.
It was an imperative that Indian diplomatic channels needed to implement in the right earnest with incremental as well as tending measures. That India is on course to align itself with the pivotal shift in the region’s importance vis-à-vis emerging interests from the United States and China is evident from the assertions from National Security Advisor Mr. Ajit Doval, who has sought mutual cooperation from Indian Ocean countries with an idea of growing together. Mr. Doval’s address to the top brass of Navies from countries which are part of the Indian Ocean, at the Goa Maritime Conclave, centred around the thought of wellness in togetherness. He was forthright in spelling out India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ Policy which calls for a cohesive growth rather than being against any country.
This belief has formed Indian diplomacy’s engagements in other countries be it infrastructure development, cultural exchanges, economic collaborations, or maritime assistance. The strategic shift in the Indian Ocean is on the same lines where smaller nations are being approached with a healing touch. India’s progress in developing technology and bringing in newer enterprises in sectors like disaster management, preparedness for cyclone, and Naval operations can be helpful to all the neighbours and countries in South Asian and Pacific regions. Mr. Doval’s offer of sharing expertise is part of the cooperation measures India wants in the region with total focus on larger human good. It is also a strategic necessity in view of keeping the flock together in wake of imperialist ambitions of some forces, especially China.
The presence of Chinese ships in the Indian Ocean a few days ago is a case in point. Indian Ocean is an important maritime domain of Asian geopolitics. It is also the most vital maritime energy and supply line for India and the neighbourhood. It is Indian Navy’s primary responsibility, rather a prerogative, to ensure security of this link. With enhanced cooperation from the countries inhabiting the shores of India Ocean in maritime and data sharing, India would be better equipped to safeguard the region.
Hence, the outreach to the Indian Ocean countries with totally non-reciprocal approach -- a hallmark of Indian diplomacy. Changing geopolitical equations in Asia and growing competition among extra-regional and resident powers have formed the contours of India’s enhanced strategy towards Indian Ocean. The NSA reaching out to the top officials of foreign Navies is in tune with the renewed Indian Ocean Region Policy kicked off in the first term of the Modi Government. It has got a new vigour in the second term with the Prime Minister attaching prime importance to neighbours including Maldives, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, African nations, and Pacific Islands. Apart from the Quad formed by US, Australia, Japan, and India in the Indo-Pacific region, New Delhi is also awake to the importance of consolidation of its own gains in the Indian Ocean.

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Harry Hamlin is coming clean about the reason why he has never worked with acclaimed director Steven Spielberg. The actor recently opened up about how his catastrophic audition for Steven's 1981 action film, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, may have contributed to the two never filming together.
Harry, 68, recalled his 1978 audition for the beloved adventure film to Page Six. The husband of Lisa Rinna was one of the top choices to play Indiana Jones and was told to come in for a reading with Steven, 73, and Indiana Jones creator George Lucas. He was set to audition with actress Stephanie Zimbalist, who was trying out for the role of Indiana's lover, Marion.
The roles of the famed movie archaeologist and his ladylove went to Harrison Ford and Karen Allen respectively.
Harry revealed, “He said, ‘Harry, Stephanie, I’m so sorry, but George’s plane is going to be late. He’s flying down from San Francisco and it’s going to be at least 45 minutes until he gets here.'” The Schindler's List director then weirdly asked Harry and Stephanie to bake a chocolate cake for the Star Wars filmmaker in the studio’s kitchen while they waited for him.
“He closed the door and left and we were standing alone in this kitchen,” Harry continued. “I said, ‘Stephanie, have you ever made a chocolate cake?’ And she said, ‘No…'”
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The Mad Men star and the Remington Steele actress spent 40 minutes chatting and cooking. “During that time, because Amy Irving Steven's future wife from 1985-1989 had been a good friend of mine, I was talking about how Amy was calling her friend group in LA and saying that this guy, this director guy was stalking her in New York and how she was kind of getting annoyed because this guy, Steven Spielberg, was showing up at the stage door every night with flowers.”
He continued, “It never occurred to me … that we were actually in the audition while we were making the cake.”
Harry said the studio's kitchen was bugged with cameras and microphones while George and Steven were watching them to see if they had chemistry. “I’d been riffing on how annoying Steven Spielberg was to my friend Amy, so hey, guess what? I didn’t get the part, OK, and I’ve never worked with Steven Spielberg," Harry said. "I grant you that I never will work with Steven Spielberg and I never learned how to make a cake.”
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CMPD denies WBTV request for video of Keith Scott shooting
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department continued to withhold video from police body cameras and dash cameras Wednesday that contain footage surrounding the moments a police officer shot and killed Keith Lamont Scott in the parking lot of a University City-area apartment complex.
Police say Scott was shot as he attempted to get out of his car with a gun in his hand. His family disputes that, saying he was in his car reading a book while he waited for his son to come home from school.
At a press conference Wednesday morning, CMPD Chief Kerr Putney said his department would not release the video.
"The law is pretty specific, especially around evidence for an investigation, and I cannot release that," Putney said.
In response to a formal request for all video and audio recordings documenting the incident, a CMPD spokesman said the following:
"The applicable statute that governs release of video is set out below and specifically states that criminal investigatory records are not public records."
Specifically, the spokesman cited a portion of the North Carolina Public Records Act, N.C.G.S 132-1.4(a) that says records of criminal investigations compiled by law enforcement agencies are not a public record.
A video or audio recording is considered a public record under the state's law.
But criminal defense attorney Brad Smith says CMPD overlooked a subsequent part of the law that applies more specifically to cases like the one at hand.
"The video would certainly fall under subsection three, which is the circumstances surrounding an arrest," Smith explained.
Smith is referring to N.C.G.S. 132-1.4(c)(3), which says the following police records are public, even though other types of police records aren't:
"The circumstances surrounding an arrest, including the time and place of the arrest, whether the arrest involved resistance, possession or use of weapons, or pursuit, and a description of any items seized in connection with the arrest."
In this case, police were attempting to detain Scott when he exited his car with a gun, Smith explained, so any CMPD documents showing that—including video and audio recordings of the incident—are required to be made public under the law.
Smith questioned Putney's explanation that the law prohibits the recordings from being released.
"There is no language in here, in the statute, that says the law prevents him from doing it," Smith said. "The reasons we've received right now, I sort of ask the question of why is that the response we've been given?"
Another provision of the law, N.C.G.S. 132-1.4(e), does allow police to withhold records that should be made public—like video and audio recordings of Scott's shooting—if police get an order from a judge.
CMPD has, so far, neither sought nor received such an order.
Attorneys for WBTV have written to lawyers for CMPD, including City Attorney Bob Hagemann, requesting the video be made public as called for by the state's public records law, which currently governs the release of police video.
The laws surrounding police video are set to change in October, as a law passed by the North Carolina General Assembly takes effect.
Under the new law, all police video is not public unless police receive an order from a judge to release it. The law allows for a chief of police to show limited portions of a video to a person appearing in the video at a time and place of their choosing.
Governor Pat McCrory hailed the new law as one that would increase transparency when he signed it earlier this year.
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NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city had reached agreements with four labor unions regarding the city's vaccination mandate, including on exemption requests and leave policies.
The agreement, similar to one already in effect for teachers, affirms the city's legal right to impose the mandate on unvaccinated workers in four unions. But it also lets those employees go on an unpaid leave through at least the end of June while keeping their health benefits.
The deal covers about 75,000 people who work in settings from parks to school lunchrooms to trash trucks — but not police or firefighters. Firefighters unions said Thursday they had been offered the same pact and made the city a counterproposal, including a permanent option for weekly coronavirus testing instead of inoculation.
"We’re still not agreeing to a flat-out mandate," Uniformed Firefighters Association President Andrew Ansbro said at a news conference.
His union, which represents rank-and-file firefighters, and the Uniformed Fire Officers Association are also asking for more time for their members to apply for exemptions to the requirement, as it currently stands. The unions are challenging it in court.
Currently, over 92% of city workers have been vaccinated. Workers who give in and get inoculated can go back to their old jobs.
"Vaccinations are critical to our recovery and our city workforce is leading the way," said Mayor Bill de Blasio. "92 percent of city employees have stepped up and gotten vaccinated, and this agreement ensures a fair process for those seeking exemptions. Thank you to these unions for working with us to keep New Yorkers safe."
The city reached a pact with District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; Teamsters Local 237; Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association Local 831, and Local 300 of the Service Employees International Union.
Those unions agreed to drop litigation against the mandate. In return, members of the unions who filed an exemption request by Nov. 2 will remain on the payroll with weekly testing pending determination of their request for an exemption and any appeal.
Employees who choose to go on leave without pay rather than get the shots can maintain health insurance through June 30, 2022.
District Council 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido said in a statement, "We have reached an agreement that gives our member options. Individuals can now make choices based on what is best for them and their families and know they will have health benefits available during this critical time."
About 9,000 city workers went on unpaid leave when the mandate took effect Monday.
Thousands of police officers have declined the vaccine, but most of those have applied for a religious exemption and are continuing to work. Only a few dozen have been suspended, according to the police commissioner.
At the Fire Department, where 1 in 5 firefighters remain unvaccinated, more than 2,000 firefighters requested sick leave when the mandate took effect Monday, about twice the number who are normally out sick.
De Blasio and Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro have acknowledged that some fire companies have been short-staffed, but they said response times remain normal and firefighting robust.
Four of the city's 350 firefighting units were out of service Thursday morning, fewer than usual, Nigro said. He said about 20 are out on an average day because of maintenance, training and other reasons.
But union leaders said the city is managing by having firefighters work exhausting amounts of overtime.
"The morale out there is pretty low," said James Slevin, who works out of a Manhattan firehouse and is an officer in the International Association of Firefighters, the UFA's parent union.
Unvaccinated firefighters "just want to get back to work," he said, while their colleagues are working long hours.
"Nobody's head is in the right place right now because of the stress of the mandate," he said.
The city hasn't immediately responded to the unions' counterproposal.
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The Railway Reserves Heritage Trail is a wonderful Perth Hills bushwalk that follows the route of the old Eastern Railway. The 41 kilometer loop can be as long or short as you wish. There are many points at which to start your walk, at many of the hill’s suburbs including Glen Forrest, Parkerville and Mundaring. The trail has beautiful scenery – particularly in spring when the wildflowers are blooming.
The gravel track is quite hilly in parts, and includes points of natural and historical significance (like the Swan View Tunnel) along the way. We walked just a very small section of this in Mundaring’s town centre. This part is relatively flat and can be as long or short as you please.
The railway line was decommissioned in 1966, but there are still many railway structures that can be found including former railway houses. The station master’s cottage can be seen in Mundaring, as well as the old station platform.
There’s plenty of car parking, as well as toilets and an information shelter area. Dogs can be walked on a lead and it is also popular with cyclists. The Munda Biddi Trail (which goes all the way to Albany!) is also located here.
Find this section of the Railway Reserves Heritage Trail at the Sculpture Park, Jacoby Street, Mundaring.
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Dantes Partners is doing well with District properties lately. The seven-year-old developer—which appears to have no website—has a piece of the Hine School redevelopment, Vida Senior Center in Brightwood, the West End properties, and a 44-unit residential bulding on Chapin Street. They even served as development consultant on the Peaceoholics’ ill-starred project at 1300 Congress Street. The connections may help: Dantes principal Buwa Binitie formerly managed the New Communities Initiative for the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, and currently serves on the board of the D.C. Housing Finance Agency.
Today, the Mayor’s office announced that Dantes Partners, along with a team including Capital Construction Enterprises and the Perdomo Group, won the right to develop Justice Park on the 1400 block of Euclid Street. Collectively known as Euclid Community Partners, they won out over three other proposals, using mostly the selling point of affordable housing: The $11.5 million building’s 37 rental units will all be priced between 30 and 60 percent of area median income. At a photo op this afternoon, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Valerie Santos made sure to plug the Mayor Adrian Fenty‘s commitment to affordable housing, which he’s taken a beating over lately.
In addition, the development team will contribute to ongoing maintenance at the empty lot across the street, slated to become a community garden. Omar Karim‘s Banneker Ventures had been chosen for the $750,000 project, but ran into some muck when Banneker’s contracts came under question this winter. According to a spokeswoman from the Mayor’s office, Banneker and partner Regan Associates are still on the job, which is now out to bid for an architect.
The Justice Park building is expected to break ground in 2012, after more community engagement to refine the design. Local community associations have already provided positive feedback, and ANC 1B gave it the thumbs up a few months ago, says Chair Gail Anderson Holness. She didn’t have a lot to say when Housing Complex asked her why the Dantes proposal won out, though.
“It was because they had a better offering, and they were more in tune with what the community wanted,” Holness said. She also mentioned the high level of affordability the project offered. “We’re one of the most diverse communities in the city, and we want to keep it that way.”


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Manual: Family and Children’s Medicaid
Change No: 25-05
To: County Directors of Social Services
Effective: October 1, 2005
MA-3255, NC Health Choice, is revised to correct information regarding cases authorized in error for NC Health Choice that should be MIC-N. MAF is allowed as a correction.
Also, when terminating or deleting a recipient from NC Health Choice who is pregnant, you may switch the individual to MAF in addition to MIC or MPW.
This policy is effective October 1, 2005. Apply this policy to classification changes
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Remove: MA-3255, NC Health Choice, pages 23-26.
Insert: MA-3255, NC Health Choice, pages 23-26, dated 10/1/05.
If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact your Medicaid Program Representative.
L. Allen Dobson, Jr., M.D., Assistant Secretary
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Susan Boyle‘s idea of a perfect day may or may not include feeding animals at the zoo or taking in a movie, but she will at last be able to check off recording the Lou Reed song “Perfect Day” from her agenda. A cover of that blissed-out track from Mr. Reed’s album “Transformer” (and which we still unfortunately associate with Ewan McGregor‘s heroin overdose in “Trainspotting”) will appear on Ms. Boyle’s coming album, “The Gift,” The Guardian reported, after she was denied the opportunity to sing the song on television earlier this month.
Ms. Boyle, the breakout discovery of the “Britain’s Got Talent” reality series, was to perform “Perfect Day” on “America’s Got Talent” but was prevented from singing it, leading to accusations that Mr. Reed himself — who, let’s face it, can be particular about his artistic choices — had refused her permission for the song. Representatives for Mr. Reed said the song had been cleared for British television but not for the United States before the “America’s Got Talent” broadcast.
Evidently Ms. Boyle and Mr. Reed have buried the hatchet: “Perfect Day” will be one of the songs that Ms. Boyle will perform (along with covers of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over”) on her next album, which is planned for release in November.


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Smart locks have become common in many homes, adding safety and useful features to many residents. At Artie’s Lock and Key, we have provided our customers in Fairfax, Virginia with the best lock care and services since 1975. As industry experts, we receive many questions about the best types of locks and how to stay safe. One question we receive about smart locks relates to their safety. Specifically, is hacking a smart lock something to be worried about?
Hacking a Smart Lock
Typically, smart locks are very safe, and hacking them is highly difficult. However, this depends on several factors, including whether your lock is properly installed, whether it is up-to-date, and whether it has proper security configurations. Here are some ways smart locks can be hacked.
- Bluetooth Sniffing: Smart locks communicate via Bluetooth connections. Like other types of wireless connections, Bluetooth signals can be hacked with the right tools. However, when your smart lock is using the newest software, hacking is very difficult, and due to being a short-range type of communication, Bluetooth connections cannot be hacked from far away.
- Wi-Fi Hacking: Your home’s Wi-Fi is connected to your smart lock. If your Wi-Fi configuration or modem has vulnerabilities, hackers could use these to hack into your smart lock. Like Bluetooth, the hacker would both have to be close and have access to your network.
- Out-of-Date Apps or Firmware: The operation of a smart lock also requires a mobile app on your smartphone so you can control it. If your app isn’t updated to the newest version, vulnerabilities could be explored. You should always update your applications when indicated to do so. This also includes the firmware on your smart lock.
You can help protect your smart lock from hacks by taking the following steps.
- Use Trusted Brands: Smart locks made by well-known companies with good reputations tend to have more robust security and better support with updates. Cheaper locks may lack these levels of protection.
- Update Your Locks: When new firmware for your lock is available, you should install it as soon as possible. These patches fix any found security flaws and help protect your lock from hacks as they remove any discovered vulnerabilities hackers could exploit.
- AES Encryption: When buying a smart lock, consider 128-bit AES encryption. This advanced form of security is almost impossible to hack by brute force due to its complexity. This means a hacker would have to know your exact password or break into your Wi-Fi to access your system.
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The growing need for foodbanks in Dumfries and Galloway has been labelled a “scandal” by South Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth.
The comments were made after a new report published today (Thursday 9 January) by Oxfam Scotland, Nourish Scotland, the Poverty Alliance and the Child Poverty Action Group. The report revealed that a further 12,963 food parcels were distributed by independent food banks in Dumfries and Galloway from April 2018 to September 2019. This is up by 8% on the same period the previous year.
The figures are in addition to food parcels distributed by the largest distributor, the Trussell Trust who revealed recently that they distributed 210,605 emergency food parcels to people in need across Scotland in 2018/19, including 3,427 in Dumfries and Galloway, with 720 distributed to children in the region.
Commenting on the report Colin Smyth said, “It is nothing short of a scandal that demand for foodbanks continues to rise year after year as poverty increases in our region. Those across our communities that provide foodbanks deserve our appreciation because they provide a real lifeline for so many. But in 2020 they should not be needed. The fact they are required because so many children in Dumfries and Galloway still face going to bed hungry at night should shame the UK and Scottish Governments into urgent action”.
“Many of those who have to turn to foodbanks are actually in employment, but struggle to get by because of the scourge of low pay. It is clear that the UK Government’s welfare reform and in particular the grossly unfair Universal Credit is fuelling the rise in the number of food parcels required”.
“However, there is also more the Scottish Government can do to make sure every person has access to affordable housing, a real living wage and a stable jobs market that means it pays to work so they don’t have to rely on foodbanks. ”


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Volvo XC40 B5 R-Design Boost Hybrid as Hole-in-One Prize at Alabang’s 35th Mango Tee | Motourismo
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Volvo Philippines is a proud Hole-in-One sponsor of Alabang Country Club’s 35th Mango Tee. The Volvo XC40 B5 R-Design Boost Hybrid graced the greens at what could be dubbed one of the country’s most prestigious golfing events. Held annually, this year’s tournament held activities from January 30 to February 4. Around PHP 36 million were at stake, with prizes and giveaways ranging from cars to golf carts.
The Volvo XC40 B5 R-Design Boost Hybrid is a fitting prize in the tournament. It is the first-ever Volvo model to win the prestigious European Car of the Year award. The XC40 is defined by a strong graphical design, a natural feeling of strength and quality, and a playful nature regarding colors and materials. Intuitive and convenient, it has a next-generation infotainment system that offers customers unprecedented personalization and unparalleled connectivity.
This strikingly stylish compact SUV features Volvo’s advanced kinetic energy recovery braking system, coupled with its existing internal combustion engines, to create a new integrated electrified powertrain. This new powertrain, electrified via brake-by-wire energy recovery, offers drivers up to 15 percent fuel savings and emission reductions in real-world driving.
The XC40 brings a new safety standard to the compact SUV premium segment, as the car is now equipped with the award-winning safety technologies known from Volvo’s 90 and 60 Series cars. It also has Volvo Cars’ latest Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) sensor platform – a modern, scalable active safety system comprising radars, cameras, and ultrasonic sensors. This platform enables the development and deployment of active safety systems, such as detecting other road users, automatic braking, and collision avoidance. In addition, the Pilot Assist function also allows for gentle driver support from a standstill up to highway speeds.
|Atty. Alberto B. Arcilla, Chief Executive Officer and Chris Lee Yu, Executive Marketing Director of Volvo Philippines
“Volvo has many good reasons to engage in sports events like golf. First, it lets us catch up with customers and meet new ones. This Mango Tee tournament is one event where we can get together under exciting circumstances," says Atty. Alberto B. Arcilla, Chief Executive Officer of Volvo Philippines.
Volvo has worked together with the sports world for many years. This cooperation began at the end of the 1970s through sponsoring tennis and equestrian events. Volvo has also been at the forefront of sports sponsorship, mainly focusing on sailing and golf. Among the most notable golfing events in the Volvo sponsorship portfolio are the Volvo Masters Andalucia, Volvo China Open, Volvo Masters of Asia, and the Volvo Masters Amateur.


The Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS, colloquially "BMEWS radar network'" as late as 2004) is a United States Space Force radar, computer, and communications system for missile warning and space surveillance "at five (5) geographically separated units worldwide including Beale Air Force Base, CA, Cape Cod Space Force Station, MA, Clear Space Force Station, AK, RAF Fylingdales, UK, and Thule Airbase, Greenland." SSPARS completed replacement of the RCA 474L Ballistic Missile Early Warning System when the last SSPAR (phased array radar with 2500 "solid state transmitter" modules) was operational at Clear in 2001, the year SSPARS equipment included:
After the Fylingdales BMEWS radars had been replaced by Raytheon/Cossor AeroSpace and Control Data Corporation (embedded CDC-Cyber computer) at a cost of US $100M, in February 1995 the "missile warning center at Cheyenne Mountain AS [was] undergoing a $450 million upgrade program". The entire SSPARS became operational on January 31, 2001 when the "SSPARS Site" at Clear AFS (separate from the BMEWS site) had Initial Operational Capability. The Clear AN/FPS-120 was subsequently "upgraded to the AN/FPS-123 model" SSPA Radar, and the SSPARS was modified in the Early Warning Radar Service Life Extension Program The US approved sale of an[which?] AN/FPS-115 to Taiwan in 2000 and it was introduced in 2006.
The AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) is a series of phased array radar systems used for long-range early warning and space surveillance, operating as part of the United States Missile Defense and Space Surveillance Network.
The Solid State Phased Array Radar System began replacing PAVE PAWS when the first AN/FPS-115 face was taken off-line for the radar upgrade. New AN/FPS-123 Early Warning Radars became operational in (Beale) and (Cape Cod) in each base's existing PAVE PAWS "Scanner Building".
The UK and Alaska BMEWS stations became SSPARS radar stations when their respective AN/FPS-126 radar  and 2001 AN/FPS-120 became operational. In 2007, 100 owners/trustees of amateur radio repeaters near AN/FPS-123 radars were notified to lower their power output to mitigate interference, and AN/FPS-123s were part of the Air Force Space Surveillance System by 2009. BAE Systems began a 2007 contract for SSPARS maintenance. The SSPARS radar electronics was subsequently upgraded, e.g., the Beale radar and the Fylingales FPS-126 each became an AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) by Raytheon. The Beale AN/FPS-123 was upgraded to a Raytheon AN/FPS-132 (UEWR) with capabilities to operate in the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) ABM system—the Beale UEWR included "Avionics", "T/R modules", "FEX/TTG", "BSG", "Signal Processor", and other changes. After additional UEWR installations for GMD at Thule Site J and the UK (contracted 2003), a 2012 ESD/XRX Request for Information for replacement, and remote operation, of the remaining "PAVE PAWS/BMEWS/PARCS systems" at Cape Cod, Alaska, and North Dakota was issued. The Alaska AN/FPS-132 was contracted in fall 2012 and the Cape Cod installation in 2013.
BMEWS was replaced by the Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS) in 2001. ... CINCAD (Command in Chief, Aerospace Defense Command)
AN/FPS-49 has a traditional azimuth bearing assembly (race and steel balls) while the AN/FPS-92 has a hydrostatic bearing (antenna floats on a high pressure film of hydraulic fluid). AN/FPQ-16 Radar Set, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System - PARCS: PARCS is a single faced phased array radar system consisting of AN/FPQ-16 radar and an AN/FSQ-100 computer system located at Cavalier AFS, ND. The primary mission of the PARCS is to provide the CMC with TW/AA data on all SLBMs penetrating the coverage area. ... FORCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FMS) PROVIDES THE CONUS NORAD REGION COMMANDER WITH TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATION
in March 1963 an Air Ministry review of ABM systems said of MIDAS that ‘performance to date has been disappointing’.78 … A teletype circuit was established between NORAD and the ADOC in Britain to pass information derived from Site 1 at Thule.95 This was supplemented by a voice circuit with agreed formatted messages, and both were operational by October 1960. … AN/FPS-49 Range resolution 240 nm Maximum range 2,650 nm Minimum target at 1,650 m 2.8 m2 Impact accuracy North America 135 nm
North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Space Command command center. ... For more than 30 years, the crews operating the missile warning center inside Cheyenne Mountain have maintained an early warning trip line [for] incoming ballistic missiles
Technical Facility/Scanner Building (HAER No. MA-151-A), which houses the AN/FPS-1152 radar and related equipment… PAVE PAWS Site 1 … AN/FSS-7…designed by Avco Electronics Division… The first two PAVE PAWS sites in Massachusetts and California represented the first two-faced phased array radars deployed by the U.S.
Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased-Array Weapons System (PAVE PAWS)
The PAVE PAWS and BMEWS Beam Steering Unit (BSU), Receiver Exciter (REX), Receiver Beam Former (RBF), Array Group Driver (AGD), Radio Frequency Monitor (RFM), Frequency Time Standard (FTS), and the Corporate Feed (CFD) were built for these five radars in the late 1970s and were upgraded in the 1980s. … The PARCS Signal Processing Group (SPG) has received only "band-aid" fixes since the site's Initial Operating Capability (IOC) in 1975


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The unveiling of Corkscrew cannabis seeds represents a groundbreaking advancement in horticulture, particularly within the dynamic and continually evolving cannabis industry. This distinctive strain stands apart not only for its unique spiral-shaped buds resembling corkscrews but also for its exceptional genetic composition, blending resilience, high yields, and potent properties.
The development of Corkscrew seeds reflects meticulous research and selective breeding efforts, where experts in botany and cannabis genetics have carefully crossed various strains to enhance desired characteristics, including disease resistance, THC levels, and adaptability to diverse growing conditions. Corkscrew caters to both medicinal and recreational users, presenting a balanced array of effects that relax the body while stimulating the mind.
Its terpene profile is intricate, offering a fragrant medley of scents and flavors ranging from earthy tones to sweet floral notes, ensuring each encounter is memorable. Renowned for its ability to thrive across a broad range of climates, from cooler northern regions to warmer, temperate zones, Corkscrew showcases its versatility and cultivation ease.
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As the industry progresses, the introduction of such strains plays a crucial role in pushing boundaries, offering users novel experiences and empowering growers with additional resources to meet the growing demand for premium, unique cannabis products. The narrative of Corkscrew cannabis seeds encapsulates not just innovation but also signifies the future of cannabis culture, offering boundless opportunities for enthusiasts and professionals alike.
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Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) is a molecule that has gained attention in recent years for its potential role in promoting longevity, slowing aging, and supporting overall health. NMN is a precursor to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), a critical coenzyme found in all living cells that plays a crucial role in various cellular processes, including energy metabolism, DNA repair, and cellular signaling.
While research on NMN is still in its early stages, several preclinical and clinical studies have suggested potential benefits for longevity, slowing aging, and improving health. It is important to note that most of these studies have been conducted on animals, and more research is needed to fully understand the implications of NMN supplementation in humans.
- Longevity: Studies conducted on mice have shown that NMN supplementation can extend their lifespan. For example, a 2016 study by Mills et al. found that NMN administration led to increased NAD+ levels and improved mitochondrial function, which in turn increased the mice’s lifespan (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5310666/).
- Slowing aging: NMN’s potential to slow down the aging process is primarily linked to its role in increasing NAD+ levels. NAD+ declines with age, leading to impaired cellular functions and contributing to the aging process. By replenishing NAD+ levels, NMN might help counteract age-related functional decline. A 2013 study by Yoshino et al. demonstrated that NMN supplementation restored NAD+ levels and improved mitochondrial function in aged mice, suggesting its potential role in slowing aging (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3632303/).
- Health benefits: NMN has shown promise in improving various aspects of health, including metabolic health, cardiovascular function, and neuroprotection.
- Metabolic health: Studies in mice have shown that NMN supplementation can improve glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, and lipid profiles, thereby reducing the risk of obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders. A study by Zhang et al. (2016) found that NMN treatment enhanced insulin sensitivity and reversed diet-induced glucose intolerance in mice (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859368/).
- Cardiovascular function: NMN has shown potential in improving cardiovascular health by reducing oxidative stress, inflammation, and vascular aging. A 2018 study by de Picciotto et al. demonstrated that NMN treatment improved vascular function and reduced age-associated arterial stiffness in mice (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197652/).
- Neuroprotection: Research has indicated that NMN may have neuroprotective effects, potentially reducing the risk of neurodegenerative diseases. A 2019 study by Gong et al. showed that NMN treatment improved cognitive function and synaptic plasticity in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6477631/).
In summary, NMN has demonstrated promising results in preclinical studies for promoting longevity, slowing aging, and improving health. However, it is essential to note that most of these findings are based on animal studies, and more research, including well-designed clinical trials in humans, is needed to fully understand the potential benefits of NMN supplementation.

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This magazine once compared Ablow to Thomas Harris, which you’ll no doubt note on Murder Suicide’s dust jacket. It appears Ablow’s also been channeling another revered master of murder most foul: Agatha Christie. The elegantly complicated forensic psychiatrist Dr. Frank Clevenger is still front and center, but this time there’s no manhunt, no ornately macabre crime scenes, and the victims, a brilliant Boston inventor plagued by epilepsy and his beautiful-but-borderline mistress, at first appear to be just gruesome suicides who bought it the same day. But Clevenger methodically interviews the suspects – the powerful business partner, the aloof wife, the enraged husband, the unhinged daughter, the arrogant neurosurgeon – and his insight into their psyches (and his own) moves the plot along at an appropriately brisk clip. Then he gathers everyone for the Big Reveal. It’s enough to make Miss Marple proud.
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Industrial chic meets California cool in a Toronto interior that puts comfort above all else.
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love being in the house barefoot,” says Lynne McEachern of her west- end Toronto home. “The rugs are plush to walk on, the sofas are comfy to cuddle up on and our bed is hard to get out of in the morning.” Lynne and her husband, Hamid Arabzadeh, purchased their 3,400square-foot turn-of-the-century house 11 years ago after transplanting from Boston. The Canadian couple – she grew up in Halifax, he’s from Montreal – work in the tech industry and their careers have taken them all over the world, including London, where they met. When it came time to settle back in Canada, they decided to try out Toronto. “We liked the layout of the city, which reminded us of London, with all the great neighbourhoods,” she says.
When the couple found this house, they loved its trendy location as well as its open plan and move-in-ready status – the space had been given a distinctive loft- style look, featuring cherrywood, slate and concrete by its previous owner. “In Boston, we had just completed a painful two-year reno and really didn’t want to go through the process again,” says Lynne.
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had made a few updates over the years,” says Lynne. “We tweaked the kitchen, updated part of the basement, added a room upstairs and built a new garage. But then, the house needed more light and a look that better reflected our California coastal style.”
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Jacquelyn brightened the space by refinishing certain architectural details, such as bleaching the floors and painting the dark wood ceilings white, while leaving other features – the big beams, exposed brick and wrought-iron railing – striking a beautiful balance between coastal and industrial. “I wanted to showcase the existing structure,” she explains. “The hardwood and exposed brick add a bit of warmth.”
Jacquelyn employed a neutral palette throughout the house, with a few hits of watery blue to achieve that coastal look, while clean-lined furnishings offer calming consistency and deliver comfort. “The more modern furniture plays off all the rustic architectural details,” says Jacquelyn. “They’re a young, busy family, and I really just wanted to create a space that felt simple, elegant and timeless.” The barefootfriendly comfort is an added bonus.
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US/EU: Data privacy talks near completion
By Deborah Hargreaves in Brussels
US and EU political leaders agreed at a joint summit last week to try to conclude their tortuous negotiations over data privacy by March. The talks are vital for businesses that want to see rules in place to protect the flow of personal data across the Atlantic.
The dispute arose when the EU passed legislation in October 1998 giving consumers the right to have access to personal information held electronically by companies. The EU directive also contained rules on how companies could use that data.
The US has no similar provisions, which theoretically means that EU data protection authorities could stop some information being sent to the US if they felt there was not adequate protection.
Talks with the US on reaching some kind of common solution to the different levels of protection offered to consumers in the EU and US have been going on for 20 months. "A lot of people in business are getting very impatient and want to see this resolved as quickly as possible," said Christiaan van der Valk, of the International Chambers of Commerce in Paris.
Companies are worried that if the dispute is not resolved, it could turn into a full-blown trade dispute and end up going through the World Trade Organisation procedures which would take even longer. "It's going to have to be resolved in the next few months, because patience may be running out and interest in getting this done may be running out," said Barbara Wellbery, counsellor to the US under- secretary for electronic commerce.
The EU and US negotiators are discussing a self regulatory scheme that US companies would sign up to, thereby committing themselves to a set of data protection principles. "It would give us a framework where now there is uncertainty, it would be good for business because it would simplify things and it would push upwards data protection in the US, but it isn't easy," said a European Commission official involved in the talks.
One of the main stalling points is the way the US so-called "safe harbour" scheme would be policed. "There is a lot of nervousness amongst member states that the first line of enforcement would be private sector bodies in the US with business organisations acting as referees and no compulsory set of rules for such bodies," the Commission official said.
Opinion 7/99 on the Level of Data Protection provided by the "Safe Harbor" Principles as published together with the Frequently Asked questions (FAQs) and other related documents on 15 and 16 November 1999 by the US Department of Commerce
Opinion 7/99 on the Level of Data Protection provided by the "Safe Harbor" Principles as published together with the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and other related documents on 15 and 16 November 1999 by the US Department of Commerce
Adopted on 3 December 1999
The Working Party on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data
Set up by Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 19951,
Having regard to Articles 29 and 30 (b) of the Directive,
Having regard to its Rules of Procedure and in particular to Articles 12 and 14 thereof
Has adopted the present Opinion 7/99:
The Working Party reaffirms its general policy on the methodology for assessing the adequacy of data protection in any third country, summarised in its Working Document of 24 July 1998 (WP 12: "Transfers of personal data to third countries: applying Articles 25 and 26 of the EU Data Protection Directive" 2).
The Working Party has followed closely the Commission's discussions with the US Department of Commerce, attaches importance to them and considers the "Safe Harbor" approach useful. It wishes to contribute to the successful outcome of these discussions and considers that a good result depends on a number of basic concerns being met.
In this context, the Working Party recalls that previous versions of the "Safe Harbor" principles and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) have been the subject of the following position papers:
1.Opinion 1/99 of 26 January 1999 (WP 15); 2.Opinion 2/99 of 19 April 1999 (WP 19); 3.Opinion 4/99 of 7 June 1999 (WP 21) and Working Document of 7 September 1999 concerning some of the FAQs (not public); 4.Working Document of 7 July 1999 (WP 23).
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined 10 construction firms almost £60m for illegally colluding to rig bids for construction contracts.
A complex and large-scale investigation by the regulator initiated in 2019 found that the companies colluded on prices through illegal cartel agreements when submitting bids in competitive tenders for contracts.
The CMA found that the bids were rigged and deceived clients into thinking they were competitive when that was not the case.
Some of the organisations affected by the bid-rigging of the 19 contracts include the Met Police Training College, Bow Street Magistrates Court, Selfridges and Oxford University.
Each of the 10 firms was involved in at least one instance of bid rigging between January 2013 and June 2018.
The fines for each company are:
- Brown and Mason: £2,400,000
- Cantillon £1,920,000
- Clifford Devlin: £423,615
- DSM: £1,400,000
- Erith: £17,568,800
- JF Hunt: £5,600,000
- Keltbray: £16,000,000
- McGee: £3,766,278
- Scudder: £8,256,264
- Squibb: £2,000,000
Brown and Mason, Cantillon, Clifford Devlin, DSM, John F Hunt, Keltbray, McGee and Scudder were handed reduced fines after admitting their involvement in the cartel activity.
The CMA has also secured the disqualification of three directors, including David Darsey (Erith), Michael Cantillon (Cantillon) and Paul Cluskey (Cantillon).
Each of these directors has received reduced disqualification periods, having voluntarily agreed to the disqualification by way of undertakings to the CMA.
The bids were rigged by one or more of the construction firms agreeing to submit bids that were deliberately priced to lose the tender. This practice, known as ‘cover bidding’, can result in customers paying higher prices or receiving lower-quality services.
In addition, the CMA found that five of the firms, on at least one occasion each, were involved in arrangements by which the designated ‘losers’ of the contracts were set to be compensated by the winner. The value of this compensation varied, but was higher than £500,000 in one instance.
The firms involved in these compensation arrangements, as well as cover pricing, were Brown and Mason, Cantillon, McGee, Scudder and Erith.
Some firms produced false invoices to hide this part of the illegal activity.
Not all the firms were involved in colluding in each of the 19 contracts and not every contractor that submitted a bid for these contracts was involved in the illegal collusion.
Michael Grenfell, the CMA’s executive director for enforcement, said: “Today’s significant fines show that the CMA continues to crack down on illegal cartel behaviour. It should serve as a clear warning: the CMA will not tolerate unlawful conduct which weakens competition and keeps prices up at the expense of businesses and taxpayers.
“We have also secured the disqualification of certain company directors involved. Company directors must understand that they have personal responsibility for ensuring that their companies comply with competition law, and that disqualification may follow if they fail to do so.”
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A “culture of innovation and collaboration” has helped to underpin Galway’s ability to attract foreign investment and create jobs, according to the IDA’s West Regional Business Development Manager.
Ricky Conneely told the Connacht Tribune it is this attribute across the region that has strengthened Galway’s business ecosystem and led FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) client companies to look at the city and county as a base.
But he again warned that investment in critical infrastructure – more housing, an improved bus system, progress on the Galway City Ring Road and better walking and cycling facilities – is needed to maintain competitiveness.
“Looking toward 2024, continued investment in critical infrastructure is necessary to maintain the competitiveness of Galway’s FDI offering and to increase the county’s chances of attracting further investment.
“The delivery of increased residential supply and the roll out of plans for the key residential sites of scale in the city need to be prioritised in 2024 alongside the critical infrastructure highlighted in the Galway transport strategy, including progress on the Galway City Ring Road, improved city centre access, an improved bus system and better walking and cycling infrastructure remain key factors in winning and retaining FDI.
He said the revamp of Ceannt Station, which begins this month, is strongly welcomed as “it will ensure [Ceannt] becomes an expanded and integrated transport hub in the heart of Galway”.
The overhaul will involve increasing the number of platforms from two to five, new shops, a new waiting area, toilets and ticket office and provision for future bus bay expansion.
Caption: FDI success…Ricky Conneely, IDA’s West Regional Business Development Manager.
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