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icola Walker was warned that her career would have an expiry date. “Older, brilliant female actors pulled me into a corner,” recalls the 50-year-old star of Spooks and Last Tango in Halifax, “saying, ‘Look you’ve got to really do as much work as you can because once you’re over 40, it really slows down.’ So I was waiting for that to happen.”
It never did. “I think TV, for me, has got more interesting.”
Walker is speaking to me from a sparse bedroom in Glasgow, in a mustard-yellow tartan scarf and burgundy jumper. She came to Scotland to film, but the country went into lockdown the following day. “So I’m here,” she says, “and I’m probably staying here.”
There’s a no-nonsense air about Walker – just like most of the characters she plays. In Sally Wainwright’s brilliant drama Last Tango in Halifax, she’s the Northern sheep farmer Gillian, a loveable loudmouth with a self-destructive streak; in the long-running spy drama Spooks, she was the inscrutable M15 intelligence analyst Ruth Evershed; and in Abi Morgan’s steamy legal drama The Split, the third series of which she’s filming later this year (pandemic allowing), she’s the sharp-dressing, adulterous divorce lawyer Hannah Stern.
Walker puts the steady flow of interesting roles she’s enjoyed in her forties down to the women who came before her. “The only reason is that there are women who I worked with early on climbing up the industry,” she says, “and making decisions about the sort of inclusive TV they want to make. I’m riding in on their coattails, really.”
She should really give herself some of the credit. Ever since Walker’s very first job, as half of that excruciating folk duo in Four Weddings and a Funeral, her on-screen presence has been a precise balance of warmth, wit and mettle. Compelling but never showy, she’s one of a handful of women – among them Sarah Lancashire, Lesley Sharp, Suranne Jones and recent Oscar winner Olivia Colman – who have been elevating British TV for decades.
Unforgotten is the latest beneficiary. The hit ITV crime drama follows detective duo DCI Cassie Stuart (Walker) and DI Sunil “Sunny” Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar) as they attempt to solve decades-old murders. Series four, which begins on Monday, sees the discovery of a headless body dumped in a north London scrapyard, frozen solid, the only clue a Marathon wrapper in the back pocket (which dates the corpse pre-Snickers). But Cassie is moody; her plans for retirement from the police force have been thwarted just as her dad’s dementia is getting worse.
Unforgotten is hugely popular: the series three finale was watched by 7 million people in 2018. That’s partly down to its unexpected twists – the mild-mannered country doctor is actually a serial killer – but also the chemistry between the central pair. “It’s a totally platonic love,” says Walker, apart from a “fumbled and ill-judged kiss” by Sunny early on that was quickly rebuffed. “Cassie dealt with it in 10 seconds. It’s over – it’s done. She loves him. It’s her friend. That is not how narratives normally go in this genre.”
Following a pandemic-enforced hiatus, filming for season four resumed in September. “I felt nervous going back to work,” Walker admits, “but they handled it brilliantly compared to other production companies.”
Last year was Walker’s longest break from acting since her son was born in 2006. She filmed series five of Spooks while pregnant, “hiding the bump behind files”, before officially leaving the show after he was born. But she couldn’t stay away for long. “I went to see Jane [Featherstone, Spooks’ producer] to show her my baby,” says Walker. “As I was leaving she said, ‘Oh we really miss you.’ And I said, ‘I really miss you!’ And she said, ‘Do you want to come back?’ And I went, ‘Yes I really do.’ It will never happen again. My poor agent said that’s not how ‘biz’ is conducted.”
She didn’t stop after that. “As soon as I had my son, the opposite happened to what I feared – quite a lot of work started coming in,” she recalls. “It was very unexpected and very difficult to juggle emotionally and timewise.” She filmed ITV’s harrowing child abduction drama Torn in 2007 – when her son was just six months old. “The character I was playing had to have this huge breakdown, and they were asking me if I needed a tear stick to produce tears for the camera. But I knew my husband was in a caravan off set with babe in arms and I was pretty hormonal still. I was just crying randomly all the time anyway. I said, ‘I don’t need a tear stick.’”
These days, Walker lives in Essex with her actor husband Barnaby Kay and their now 14-year-old, Harry – though she’s apart from them now, in the dingy Glasgow flat, while she waits to film the new crime drama Anikka. Based on the popular Radio 4 drama, it’ll see her bring the Scandinavian detective Annika Stranded to the screen.
Walker could play a police detective in her sleep: she’s played six in total since landing the lead part of down-to-earth DI Susan Taylor in ITV’s Touching Evil in 1997. By 2015, she was playing two at once on prime-time TV: in Unforgotten, and in BBC One’s River, as Stellan Skarsgard’s murdered colleague.
“They’re all very different,” says Walker when I ask if she has a favourite. “I think Cassie is the most unusual. I feel like Chris [Lang, the creator] sees a lot of the story through Cassie and you don’t always get that – the feeling that the female character is leading your eye. But I would definitely put a shout out for River, which Abi Morgan wrote. I was dead in that – I was a manifestation of his imagination, which was kind of tricky to get your head around. But I liked playing her.”
She’s not just known for playing coppers, of course. One of the best scripts Walker says she was ever sent was Last Tango in Halifax, the Bafta-winning drama about two childhood sweethearts who reunite as octogenarians. It’s hard to imagine anyone else playing Gillian, who is a sweary, no-nonsense foil to her haughty stepsister Caroline (Sarah Lancashire). Gillian has little time for pretension. Or indeed manners. She calls Caroline a “snooty bitch!” moments after meeting her – yet their fractious but loving relationship ends up being the show’s secret weapon.
“She just felt very real,” says Walker. “She felt like somebody I knew. Or I would like to know. You’d like to have a pint with Gilly. You’d have a great night with her. She’d get you in appalling trouble; she’d get you too drunk; she’d set you up with someone far younger than you at the bar.
“Of course, it is more complicated than that – we are all more complicated than that.”
As the show unfolds, we learn that Gillian suffered for years at the hands of an abusive husband, before eventually – spoiler alert – killing him. “When you invent characters,” Wainwright has said, “you’ve got to invent them warts and all.”
Does Walker prefer playing flawed women? “They’re not human if they’re not flawed,” she shrugs. “It’s only the superhero franchises where they’re not. I think that’s the only connection that runs through the jobs I have done in the last few years – they are all very real. Of course, the bits that might be considered wrong about them by society are the most fun to play with when you’re filming.”
Walker was born in Stepney, east London, to a scrap metal dealer dad and interior designer mum. She went to a private school in Walthamstow and was obsessed with black-and-white film musicals – the kind that starred Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Gene Kelly. The first in her family to go to university – Cambridge, no less – she continued that childhood passion as a member of the famous student drama club Footlights, alongside Spooks writer David Wolstencroft and comedian Sue Perkins.
She won a place at Rada after that, but ended up turning it down. “I was one of the last people that still had access to maintenance grants,” she says, referring to the financial help given to students prior to the 1990s, at which point grants were phased out for loans. “It seemed insane to pay for another three years of training. Also, I was in a rush to get going.”
Is drama training these days the preserve of the privileged few? “You can’t saddle someone with debt coming into an industry where you have no guarantee of employment for possibly a very long time,” she says. “I worry that if you make it difficult for people from diverse backgrounds to access training, then you are going to get people with the same sort of life experiences. And that is our loss as viewers.”
All of this, she adds, is further complicated by Covid. I ask Walker, who won an Olivier Award in 2013 for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and starred in the hit play A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic a year later, whether she thinks theatres will survive the pandemic. “The government bailout was heartening,” she says. “Hopefully, it’s enough to keep the buildings going. But I have friends who have already had to leave the industry. They had to do something else – they’ve run out of time. It’s an impossible situation. You spend a lot of money launching a production, then find yourself in lockdown a month later having done two previews.”
She was supposed to be in a production at the National last year – an adaptation of the 1938 Emlyn Williams play The Corn Is Green – but it was shelved. “We all want the buildings to open,” she says, “and we all want people back inside them.” I suspect, with Walker on board, it’ll be worth the wait.
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Escape to the Outdoors
Escape to the outdoors and enjoy four seasons of endless opportunity in Waukesha County. With unmatched parks, serene lakes, and picturesque trails, this region is a haven for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages. From boating, biking and fishing to hunting, hiking and skiing, Waukesha County's outdoor recreation life promises unforgettable moments year-round.
For the sports enthusiast, our region is home to various sports teams, including the Lake Country DockHounds, Milwaukee Admirals, Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Milwaukee Pro Soccer.
Covering over 579 acres, Minooka Park in the town of Waukesha boasts an extensive trail system, offering over 10 miles of trails for hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing. These well-maintained trails wind through diverse landscapes, providing opportunities for nature exploration and exercise.
One notable golf destination in Waukesha County is the Erin Hills Golf Course, which gained international recognition by hosting the U.S. Open in 2017. This championship-caliber course offers a challenging layout surrounded by rolling hills, native grasses, and breathtaking views. Golfers can experience the same fairways that top professionals have competed on, creating an unforgettable golfing experience.
Lapham Peak State Park in Delafield produces manmade snow during unpredictable winter weather. Lapham is often one of the only places in Southern Wisconsin to cross country ski; in fact, there are thousands of skiers using the manmade snow loop each season.

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While there is a great deal of debate over what the word “organic” means, one thing is certain: organic bed mattress are much more expensive than their equivalents.
While there are a number of widely known companies that manufacture their bed mattress with 100% organic materials, there are numerous mattress brands that claim to be “made with organic materials” or “organic-like” however they utilize just a small portion of organic materials in the mattress.
Some labels might come through a third-party certifier that has lax standards concerning quality. There are 2 labels that you need to always keep an eye out for in order to ensure your mattresses are really natural:
The Global Organic Textile Standard or GOTS guarantees that as much as 95 percent of the materials are organic certified. Likewise, it prohibits the use of a few damaging chemicals such as polyurethane.
The Global Organic Latex Standard or GOLS is an important label to look for in a latex mattress. It ensures that the model is 100% percent natural latex.
A really natural latex model should have both the GOTS and GOLS label.
Some labels do not ensure that a mattress is 100% organic and are therefore actually misguiding for novices. However, if you discover labels such as GOLS and GOTS in a model it is not to say that that mattress isn’t really organic.
The Natural Content Standard 100 guarantees consumers that the mattress includes natural materials. Nevertheless, it doesn’t imply the system doesn’t contain some chemical dyes or flame retardants. The CertiPUR-US label simply guarantees the reality that the foam used in the model is organic, whereas other components may include harmful chemicals.
Pick a specialized Organic Bedding Shop
This step alone will save you midway. You need to make sure that you are buying your organic mattresses from a store focusing on organic products. Because natural or organic labels could be misleading, a devoted seller will offer a range of top quality and genuine products.
This will eventually have significant significance on the final quality of the mattress you choose. You ought to search online if you are unable to find a local store.
If you have a low budget pick a natural cover
Organic bed mattress normally cost more than standard bed mattress, so if you can’t find an organic mattress that matches your spending plan, a natural cover will do.
A cover made of organic wool can safeguard you without investing a great deal of cash against using chemicals. Furthermore, you can place a cotton sheet over the mattress to supply a protective layer between the mattress and your body.


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Today we’re taking a look at some of our favorite Case knives of all time. When it comes to classic American pocket knives there is no company out there more closely tied with this tradition than Case. They’re primarily known for their non-locking slipjoint pocket knives but they also make modern folders and even fixed blades as well. However, we’re gonna focus on their best folding knives and we’ll show you a few of their classic patterns to illustrate.
One thing you’ll quickly see is that each of their patterns are available with a wide variety of different handle materials and embellishments and you’ll see some of the highlights as we go through the models. This variety not only makes them fun to collect, but Case Knives make great, affordable user knives too. With such a breadth of options, it’s easy to find one perfectly suited to your preferences. Most of their pocket knives use their proprietary Tru-Sharp stainless steel but some can still be had in CV or chrome vanadium steel for those who like a traditional carbon steel blade.
We’ll start small with the Peanut, a knife with a special place in the hearts of many. This knife may seem tiny (and it certainly is) but with a small clip point blade and an even smaller pen blade, it’s still capable enough to get most people through the day with ease.
This model has a nice half stop in the travel of the blade, which is one of those nice features that not all traditional pocket knives have, and even among Case knives it’s a nice stand out. The material on the knife pictured above is smooth chestnut bone. As with any natural material, each one is going to look a little bit different and that’s all the better for collecting or using, by virtue of knowing you have a knife that’s uniquely yours and unlike any other one out there.
Next up is the Barlow, which was typically a very blue-collar option for working folk. Nowadays they’ve become highly collectible and they’re subject to just as many fancy variants as anything else. They typically have either one or two blades and they come with an oversized bolster at the folding end of the simply shaped handle. Traditionally this was to impart enough strength to the knife pivot even if the handle material was not of the highest quality. That is no longer the case today. Rather it simply makes for a stunning look and it’s a great place for engravers to really show off their work.
The version pictured features wood handles – gorgeous curly maple with a nice turquoise dye. The blades on this model also feature half stops and some also feature a secondary pen blade although not all Case Barlows are fitted with this one. The main blade is available with a clip point or a spear point blade to cater to different preferences.
Now for the three-blade Stockman model. Shown above in one of Case’s classic materials – jigged amber bone. The Stockman is a versatile pattern that’s great for EDC, wood carving and even for small game or farming. The main clip point blade is an all-around workhorse and a secondary sheepsfoot blade is great for scoring or for aggressive cuts. The small spey blade on the other side was traditionally used for cattle castration with a tip that was designed to resist puncturing.
Case offers several sizes of Stockman so you have plenty of options to suit your desires. What’s great about having three whole blades on your pocket knife is you can set them up for different uses and you know you will always have a razor-sharp edge when you need it.
Next up is the Trapper, and as the name suggests, it’s a pattern that’s useful for small game and hunting needs. This design features two blades of roughly equal size that open from the same end – typically a clip point and a spey blade.
The same qualities that make the spey blade great for ranchers mean that it’s ideally suited for efficient skinning. Because that tip is not likely to dig in you’ll be able to get long sweeping cuts with ease. Especially with the longer length on the Trapper pattern, the spey blade makes a great option for rescue operations as well. If you ever need to cut yourself, or someone else, out of a seatbelt or remove clothing from around an injury, the blunt tip can help avoid any accidental secondary injuries.
Available in several different handle variations, the knife pictured features a yellow synthetic material. This shade has become quite famous over the years and is now considered a classic color for not just Case, but other manufacturers too.
In addition to these great slipjoints, Case have also branched out over the years into locking models. The CopperLock series is perhaps the most famous and is available in a few different sizes. With a solid, mid-mounted lock back, the standard size Copperlock pictured above features fence row jigged olive-green bone. If you don’t like the feel of the smooth versions, jigging patterns go a long way to adding grip to the knife, especially with a style as deep as we can see on this CopperLock.
The clip-point blades on these knives are quite useful and they open nicely thanks to the long pull that runs the length of the straight spine. If you like the way a classic pocket knife looks but want the added safety of a lock then the CopperLock is going to be a great choice.
In addition to honoring their heritage, Case have also been looking to the future with new opening mechanisms. To that end, they’ve introduced the Kickstart Series, essentially classic patterns now equipped with a pocket clip and an assisted opening mechanism. The TrapperLock pictured above pops open nicely with one hand while still maintaining that classic Case look. It even has a liner lock to help keep things secure.
As another way of blending the old and the new, the pictured model is part of the Sparxx series of handles, featuring synthetic material that’s been jigged to emulate the look and texture of the bone versions.
There are a couple of models out right now equipped with this Kickstart opener but we expect to see even more in the future.
The Shark Tooth and the CG01
If you want something even more modern from Case then check out these two knives – the Shark Tooth flipper and their collaborations with Southern Grind, the CG01 series. Both feature crisp manual flipping action, aluminum handles, and a stonewashed S35VN blade. The Shark Tooth blade features a nice acute tip that will be great for piercing and for smaller cuts where intricate detail is needed. It also has G10 inlays and a liner lock to keep things secure. It has a really nice feel in the hand and is quite light, making it easy to carry with you every day.
The Southern Grind CG01 knives can be had either with tanto or drop point blades. Their frame lock is very sturdy and I’m really impressed by the colored finish. It looks great and it feels very durable. These are just the first of what we expect will be many modern flippers from Case. We love their slipjoints but we’re glad to see them branching out at the same time.
When it comes to American-made pocket knives that are great for collecting or using, it is hard to beat a Case knife. From their affordably priced offerings all the way up to their premium collaborations with Tony Bose, there’s something in their lineup for everyone. To get your hands on one of these or any of the other great case knives that are out there click here head over to KnifeCenter.com.

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Western Region: We had a great turnout of 40 youth and 8 advisors for “Drama Con” – the regional youth con happening in conjunction with the Western Regional Fall Gathering in Saskatoon. Con-goers came from 6 congregations in the Western region – from Edmonton to Thunder Bay!
Our talented planning team of youth and advisors put together a great weekend of workshops, worship, games and late night activities. There were lots of first time con-goers (or “nUUbies”) that were welcomed into the youth community and left with new friends and beautiful memories.
Thanks to everyone that worked so hard to pull this off, and thank you Saskatoon for hosting – it was definitely a success!
Eastern Region: Lakeshore Unitarian Universalist Congregation welcomed 10 youth and 3 advisors for a regional sleepover at the church, followed by a multigen day of workshops and activities in nearby Beaconsfield. Saturday’s Eastern Regional Fall Gathering was a truly multigenerational success – with workshops exploring who we are as UUs, what we believe, and a fishbowl discussion featuring voices of all ages talking about the promise and pitfalls of church as we know it. Thanks to Lakeshore for hosting and organizational support.
Central Region: Youth from Grand River participated in a multigenerational Fall Gathering day of workshops and worship – joining in Matt Meyer’s drumming and song workshop. We enjoyed lunch together, and a rousing closing worship, and games in the youth room.
Thanks to Grand River and its volunteers for a wonderful day and for all your organizing work!
BC Region: North Shore Unitarian Congregation hosted a very successful regional youth con with 35 youth and adults coming from all over BC, Washington and Oregon. With a SoUUl Food theme, the con celebrated and explored the ways that food shapes and touches our lives through workshops and worship. The planning “staff” team of youth and advisors worked hard, and with amazing organizational skills, to plan this con and make sure it was a memorable and wonderful weekend for everyone who came. Thank you all for your incredible dedication, and thank you North Shore for hosting!
By the numbers: Over 5 weeks, we held 2 youth cons and 2 multigen events involving youth in all 4 regions, with a total attendance of 104 people… And too many hugs to count!

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Timeline of Tanya Saban
Tanya is now aged 25 years old. She has a normal height. Her nationality is American and she has mixed ethnicity. Though she is now in her mid 20s, she is still living a single life. Information related to her love affairs and boyfriend has not been shared in the media.
Tanya's father Haim Saban is a film & television producer and he is best known for being the founder of a worldwide-served independent American-Israeli television production company Saban Entertainment. They have produced several TV shows and one of them is Power Rangers. Her father's net worth is 3.6 billion USD.
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She was born via a surrogate mother1991
A lovely lady, Tanya Saban is the daughter of an Israeli and American media proprietor, investor Haim Saban and his beautiful wife Cheryl Saban. Tanya was born in the early 1990s as the 40th surrogate-born baby in the world.

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This gorgeous ring is unique in every sense of the word. From the partial swirl of the setting to the teal, yellow and green of the parti sapphire that changes hue with each movement.

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The EURO started the week on a positive note, gaining strength against the USD, while breaking its short-term resistance of around 1.27, and reaching a high of over 1.275. However, Asian trading started today with a slight decline of the EURO towards 1.273 levels. The pair is likely to find short terms support at around 1.620, and resistance at yesterday’s high of around 1.275.
The US market again closed on a positive note yesterday, with the DOW (+1.12%) and the S&P (+1.19%) rising. Quarterly reports season continued, with Twitter (-11%) and Facebook (-8% in afterhours trading) making most headlines.
Today at 18:00 will be the anticipated FED meeting, with an interest rate announcement, and rumored announcement of the termination of the FED’s bond-buying program. It’s likely that the rest of the week’s trading will be highly affected by today’s meeting, with negative results likely to cause the continuation of the USD’s weakening against major currencies.
Key Market data today:
10:35 – Germany: 10 – year bond auction.
12:30– CAD: RMPI.
18:00 – USD: FED meeting and interest rate announcement.
22:00- NZD: interest rate announcement.

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4. Kevin Pollak, who plays Laney’s dad, is repeating his ongoing joke about guessing horribly wrong at Jeopardy. He originally did this in Truth or Consequences, N.M..
6. Usher’s performance as the campus DJ was nothing short of brilliant and Oscar-worthy.
- An armed militant group is urging its members to patrol polling stations on election day, a move the group's leaders say is aimed at preventing voter fraud.
- As a bitter civil war in Yemen shows no signs of stopping, nearly 14 million people are struggling to feed themselves every day.
- The Obama administration delayed trans workers' protections for years after a landmark civil rights decision 🔎🌈
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Stephen P. Harbeck knows what it feels like to be under attack — in 1970, he served in Vietnam as a sniper with the fabled Seventh Cavalry, once led by Custer.
Then, as a civilian in 1975 he began what promised to be an interesting but low-key legal career with the Securities Investors Protection Corporation, created by Congress in 1970 to provide some limited protection to customers of failed Wall Street brokerage firms, Diana B. Henriques writes in The New York Times.
He stayed on, and rose through the ranks of the obscure nonprofit to be tapped in 2003 as president and chief executive. Now, Mr. Harbeck is once again under attack.
After decades largely spent shutting down no-name firms with a few hundred customers, Mr. Harbeck spent the last year overseeing the largest bankruptcy on record, the failure of Lehman Brothers, and the largest Ponzi scheme in history, run by Bernard L. Madoff.
It has been a year, he said, “sort of like a dog’s year — seven years in the space of one.”
Regular exercise? “Gained 10 pounds,” he said ruefully. The powerboat he shares with a friend? Forget it. His inbox and voice mail? “I’m feeling more like a piñata every day.”
His quiet life might have survived the Lehman bankruptcy, where the inevitable disputes have been polite and professional. But it did not stand a chance against the roars of indignation from some of Mr. Madoff’s victims, who say the policies of SIPC — pronounced SIP-ic — are compounding the financial catastrophe that began a year ago with Mr. Madoff’s confession and arrest.
On Wednesday, Mr. Harbeck is scheduled to appear before the House Financial Services subcommittee to explain why thousands of Mr. Madoff’s investors are not eligible for cash advances from his organization.
The subcommittee will also hear from some of those being left out — people who withdrew more than their original investment before the fraud collapsed and others who invested indirectly, through pension or feeder funds or other pooled investment vehicles.
Mr. Harbeck said he understood their outrage, but added that he had a statute to uphold and a finite amount of money to help eligible customers.
“Nobody likes to say no to people who are, without question, victims,” Mr. Harbeck said in an interview. “That’s been hard for me. That’s been hard for my staff. But this is a zero-sum game — a dollar we give to someone who is not eligible is a dollar we do not have for someone who is.”
Led by a board of seven political appointees, SIPC is financed by the nation’s brokerage firms, which pay an annual assessment to cover its budget and pay customer claims. Besides a reserve fund of $1.2 billion, down from $1.7 billion pre-Madoff, it can borrow up to $1 billion from the government.
By law, SIPC covers only customers of failed brokerage firms. Those with valid claims receive a cash advance of up to $500,000 and a pro rata share of whatever assets the Madoff bankruptcy trustee can gather.
But thousands of people who invested with Mr. Madoff indirectly through pension plans or feeder funds do not meet the SIPC definition of a customer that has evolved from the statute and subsequent court decisions, Mr. Harbeck explained.
In those cases, the eligible customer is the pension plan or feeder fund itself, not its beneficiaries.
“Those pensioners are sympathetic people who do not qualify as customers,” said Mr. Harbeck. “There are court rulings that I just can’t ignore.”
But at least some indirect investors will get something — a sliver of a cash advance and a share of whatever assets their feeder fund or pension plan receives from the bankruptcy estate.
That is not true for several thousand direct investors who withdrew at least their entire original investment before the Madoff fraud collapsed. They clearly are customers — but are they customers with valid claims?
In court filings, letters, e-mail messages and Web site postings, these victims insist the only valid measure of their loss is the amount shown on the final account statement they got before Mr. Madoff’s arrest last year — amounts that total $64.8 billion.
Mr. Harbeck is equally insistent that the courts have never allowed the losses in Ponzi schemes to be calculated that way — and will not do so now, despite the unprecedented scale of the Madoff fraud.
The courts will have to decide who is right.
In the meantime, brickbats continue to knock against the embattled SIPC, which has offices in a historic 97-year-old building near the White House. “SIPC and its trustees do everything they can to pay victimized investors as little as possible,” says Lawrence R. Velvel, dean of the Massachusetts School of Law and a Madoff victim.
Legislators must understand “the critical injustice being perpetrated on Madoff investors” by SIPC, said Ronnie Sue Ambrosiano, a spokeswoman for a group of investors called the Madoff Coalition for Investor Protection.
SIPC and its Madoff trustee, Irving H. Picard, “are single-handedly destroying the investor confidence in the capital markets” that the agency was supposed to preserve, said Helen D. Chaitman, a lawyer and Madoff victim. As the insults pile up, Mr. Harbeck continues to lead a staff with remarkably little turnover by the revolving-door standards of Washington. Given their highly specialized work and less frenetic pace, it may be that fewer tempting offers come along.
Whatever the reason, most staff members come to SIPC and stay, as Mr. Harbeck has.
Mr. Harbeck, who turns 63 on Monday, is a 1968 graduate of Holy Cross, where he majored in economics. When he arrived in Washington in 1975, he was two years out of Cornell Law School, where he met his “extremely empathetic wife,” Judy, also a lawyer, who he says has helped him keep his critics’ attacks in perspective.
From the beginning, he seems to have found drama in the prosaic work of shutting down failed brokerage firms.
“When I was a little bitty snotty lawyer, I was pretty officious about it,” he said, recalling with a grin how he would swagger in and eject misbehaving executives from their offices. “Then I sat down at one guy’s desk and opened the drawer — and there was a .357 Magnum. After that, I got more gentle.”
He also relishes suing insiders at a fraud-riddled firm and recovering as much money for customers as possible — or, as he described it, “grabbing the bad guys by the ankles and shaking them until the money falls out.”
He added: “That’s the best part of the job.”
And the worst part?
Trying to explain the limits of the law to needy people he cannot help, he said. “What makes the Madoff case so dreadful is that it has occurred at the intersection of a complicated statute and an unsophisticated body of investors,” he said.
Mr. Harbeck takes pride in his staff’s mastery of the baroque details of the SIPC statute. “It is very seldom that the courts tell us that we are wrong about the law,” he said.
But critics say that SIPC’s insistent defense of its statute has left the law too rigid to adapt to the sometimes untidy circumstances of real world customers in an online marketplace.
“The justification is that their cache of funds is finite and paying defrauded investors who may have some troublesome aspects to their claims will leave an empty bag for future claimants,” said Harvey Pitt, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which monitors SIPC’s operations.
In his view, Mr. Harbeck is missing “an opportunity for SIPC to stand up for those who have been defrauded by a master swindler.”
Several bankruptcy lawyers who have worked with and against Mr. Harbeck over the years say he seems to lack the lawyer’s natural inclination for negotiated settlements — splitting differences, finessing details, substituting a grudging compromise for an uncompromising grudge.
Mr. Harbeck sees it differently. “We are trying to do the best we can for the greatest number of people, consistent with the law,” he said. “So we will negotiate over disputes of fact. But we will not negotiate over disputes of law.”
And as he sees it, the law is there to protect the thousands of people who got back far less than they invested in Mr. Madoff’s Ponzi scheme — victims whose claims total more than $20 billion so far.
Those direct investors understand what the fight is about, he said. “The people we said no to are people who had at least gotten all their money back” before the fraud collapsed, he said. “The people with valid claims had gotten nothing back at all.”
Born overseas and educated in the United States, workers in the heart of the tech industry are in a kind of suspension as the Senate considers the immigration bill.
Stocks regained ground in New York after global investors were rattled by signs of a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing and a potential easing of central bank support for the economy.
The regulator of accounting firms said that Ernst & Young had been too willing to trust figures supplied by corporate executives and had failed to improve its procedures.
Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, and the question of what to do with it has found at least one answer in Detroit, where a large coke pile covers an entire city block.
A nonprofit group representing scientists dings officials at both ends of the political spectrum for global warming distortions.
An online conversation with a young energy activist turned solar entrepreneur.
The sitcom, which is likely to have additional episodes produced, has Mr. Crystal playing a once-great comic who tries to revive his career.
The product, rather than the model’s body, may be the focus of new campaigns. Or not.
A new campaign suggests that Mike’s Hard Lemonade is a versatile drink for occasions beyond the backyard barbecue.
A federal judge’s ruling could halt the resale of digital music as well as other digital good like e-books.
A world-renowned physicist meets a gorgeous model online. They plan their perfect life together. But first, she asks, would he be so kind as to deliver a special package to her?
The Winklevoss brothers have moved on from their battle with Mark Zuckerberg and are more active than ever.
Children of mothers with cancer must learn this painful lesson early: the vulnerability of the figure on whom they have grounded their existence. With varying degrees of fearful awareness, such children intuit that the mother who comforts by murmuring “I am here” will not always be there.
A new report from ConsumerLab.com shows that some bottled varieties of green tea appear to be little more than sugar water, while some green tea leaves are contaminated with lead.
Age has its privileges, and a new study suggests that one of them may be immunity to some flu pandemics.
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Aereo Inc., the online-television company that's battling broadcasters in the Supreme Court, said its service has hit the limits of its capacity in New York City and is sold out for now.
The service will be reopened to new subscribers once it gets more capacity, Aereo Chief Executive Officer Chet Kanojia said on his Twitter account. The New York-based company uses thousands of dime-sized antennas to obtain broadcast signals without paying fees to networks such as CBS Corp. and 21st Century Fox Inc., drawing their ire.
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For details on production records and how these numbers were calculated, see the first article in this series, “Plymouth U.S. Production Figures 1946-2001.”
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D25 Deluxe/Special Deluxe were Plymouth P15 cars with Dodge badges and a scaled-down Dodge grille. Model year totals are serial numbers.
D24 Custom club coupes and sedans were built in Canada. Annual production is compiled from annual serial numbers in each country and the reported model year production in both countries combined for the same period. Serial number totals were adjusted downward to equal the reported model year production. Chassis were excluded. Data is in italics because the annual allocation between standard and long wheelbase is not known, nor is the allocation of each in each country. These are assumed to be proportional.
D24 Custom 7 passenger sedans for 1946-1948 were built on a 3.5 meter wheelbase chassis, vs 3.035 meters for the other Custom models. Annual model year production is estimated as in the previous note.
D30/D34 Custom and D42 Coronet 7 passenger sedans for 1949-1951 were again built on a 3.5 meter wheelbase chassis. The total for 1949, U.S. + Canada, is estimated as the difference between the combined U.S. and Canadian model year totals and serial number totals, or 757 units, which are them apportioned between the U.S. and Canada. For 1950 and 1951, the known model year totals are similarly apportioned. None were built in either country for 1952.
D31/D35/D39 Dodges were equivalent to the smaller 1949-1952 Plymouths, but had Dodge grilles and identification. Chrysler dealers in Canada were either Chrysler-Plymouth or Desoto-Dodge prior to 1961, so the model ranges sokd by each had to be comparable. Model year totals are serial number totals.
D32/D36/D40 Dodges were equivalent to the larger 1949-1952 Plymouths, with Dodge grilles and identification. Model year totals are serial number totals.
D30/D34 Custom and D42 Coronet club coupe and sedan models were built on a 3.1 meter wheelbase. Model year production is compiled from the serial number totals for the model year in each country and the model year production, which combines Canada and the U.S.. A futher complication is that 1951 and 1952 model year production is aggregated, as for 1946-1948. However, the availability of model year serial numbers for each country makes possible the computation of estimates.
Dodge Crusader and Regent Mayfair were redesigned and downsized for 1953-1954, but retained their boxy dimensions. Entries are serial numbers.
Dodge Coronet and Royal sedans for 1953-1954 used a longer version of the Crusader/Regent/Mayfair body, but the exciting news was the “Red Ram” V8, made in the U.S. Entries are derived from serial numbers, with adjustments.
All Chrysler products were completely redesigned for 1955, replacing the boxy look with sleek designs, putting their brands back on buyer's lists. Table entries for the 1955-1956 Crown Royal are Canadian serial numbers.
The Crusader, Regent, Mayfair for 1955-1956 were the attractive new Plymouths, with Dodge grilles and badges. For 1955, all export Dodges were built in the U.S., but Canadian production was still strong. Entries are Canadian serial numbers.
After the complete makeover for 1955, Chrysler did it again for 1957 with Virgil Exner's “Forward Look” for 1957, dramatically ahead of the rest of the market. Unfortunately, in a rush to put the “Forward Look” into production, pre-production engineering and assembly quality were neglected, and the 1957 models were a disaster, erasing a Chrysler reputation for engineering capability that went back to 1924. The problems were gradually corrected, but it would take Chrysler some time to build back to their mid 1950s volume.
The Kingsway, Crusader, Regent, Mayfair and Viscount passenger cars were Plymouths with Dodge front-end clips and identification. Model year total for 1957 is serial number total, entries for 1958 and 1959 are estimated.
Kingsway, Crusader, Regent, Mayfair, and Viscount Suburbans, 1957-1959, were built on the same 3.1 meter wheelbase chassis as the Custom Royal models. These too were beautiful designs, and they too left the assembly lines with major flaws. The 1958 and 1959 were much improved. Custom Royal data is from Factory shipments; Suburban entries are estimated from that and other sources.
In 1960, Chrysler redesigned all of its cars from a clean sheet of paper, and all bodies except that for Imperial were semi unibody with a front subframe. The cars were stronger, well put together, and had the best anti-corrosion protection in the industry to counter leftover concerns from 1957. The Dodge Dart and Plymouth became competitors, both using the same 3 meter body with different sheetmetal. Dodge and Plymouth wagons were built on a longer 3.1 meter body also used for the 1960 Polara. The following year, Desoto-Dodge dealers became Dodge-Chrysler dealers, as Chrysler replaced both Desoto and the Polara. These entries are from Factory shipments.
As the 1962 Dodge and Plymouth were being designed, Chrysler management acted on erroneous information that the 1962 Chevrolet was being downsized, and ordered that the 1962 Dodge and Plymouth be downsized to a 2.95 meter wheelbase with a 5.1 meter overall vehicle length. The resulting 1962 Dart was an efficient package, recalling the 1953-1954 models, but failed in the market. Entry is from Factory shipments and Wards.
Recognizing its mistake, Chrysler added 75 cm to the wheelbase of the 1963-1964 Dodge, and 155 cm to the car length, to make it more acceptable. The Plymouth was enlarged by a lesser amount, but the increases were largely cosmetic, as the interiors were unchanged from 1962. The new styling was not necessarily an improvement, but quality was, and Chrysler’s 5/50 warrantly helped improve sales. The 1963-1964 wagons were also redesigned, but maintained the 2.95 meter wheelbase from 1962. Entries are from factory shipments.
Chrysler introduced new large cars for 1965, and the Dodge entries for 1965-1966 continued the effort to place Dodge above Plymouth again, while sharing as many components as possible. The Dodge 330, Polara, and Monaco were somewhat larger inside and out, more luxurious and more expensive than the Plymouth trim lines. Model year totals from Factory shipments. Many of these cars were imported into the U.S. under the U.S.-Canada Auto Pact from January 1966.
Most of the Valiants built in Canada between 1963 and 1966 had been Darts with a Valiant front end clip, so it was easy to build Darts for export to the U.S. when the Trade Pact made that commercially viable in 1966. Some of these may have been sold in Canada but most were exported to the U.S.. Entry is from factory shipments.
The full sized Polara and Monaco grew even larger for 1967-1968, restyled with sculptured contours and recessed grilles. Interior demensions were unchanged. Model year production compiled from monthly totals and changeover dates.
Polara and Monaco for 1969-1970 used the corporate “fuselage” unibody, a massive car with a flowing design. Canadian production ended in 1970, but were imported from the U.S. through 1973. Model year production compiled from monthly totals and changeover dates.
The Dodge Darts (and Plymouth Valiants) built in Canada between 1970 and 1976 were important for Chrysler. Although profit per unit was extremely modest, they sold steadily over a long product cycle with only minimal investments for annual updates. Although a compact, the conventional three-box design of the sedan and hardtop was a visual link to larger cars, which the Nova and Maverick did not have. Simple, conventional engineering, repeated over many years, reassured buyers they were buying a reliable product.
Only sedans and hardtops were built in Canada for 1970-1971. After that, published production totals combine U.S. and Canadian Darts and also combine sedan/ hardtop with coupe models which used the Valiant platform. An effort has been made to factor these out, but the table totals must be considered best estimates.
The Dart Demon, renamed Sport for 1973-1976, was Dodge's adaption of the Duster coupe, developed by Plymouth on the Valiant platform to replace the Valiant 2 door sedan. The Demon/Sport was a smaller car than the Dart sedan/hardtop models. Model year production is estimated as per the preceeding note.
The significance of the 1975-1979 Charger SE/Magnum is not that it was the first Dodge “personal luxury coupe,” a market owned by Ford and GM for the previous five years, but that it was the first car to be completely sourced from Canada for the North American market. Chrysler may have missed the boat on “personal luxury coupes,” but they understood the efficiency of single-point assembly sourcing and put it to work before everyone else. Model year production is compiled from monthly totals and changeover dates, with reference to other information.
The J-body Mirada was a trim, scaled-down replacement for the Charger SE/Magnum, which sold poorly despite a competitive design. Buyers of a mid-price-to-luxury coupe were probably influenced by Chrysler's financial situation. Model year production is compiled from monthly production and changeover dates.
The M-body Diplomat sedan had gone into U.S. production as a downsized luxury Dodge in 1977. Production was transferred to Canada during the 1981 model year, through 1983, then back to the U.S, for 1984-1989. It could be ordered in luxury trim, but many were sold as fleets — indeed, by 1983, most were fleets, with civilian buyers preferring the Chrysler version. Model year production is compiled from monthly totals and changeover dates.
The Voyager/Caravan minivans created a new vehicle category, a front-drive unibody van which drove like a passenger car, with abundant, flexible space for passengers and cargo. The first generation Caravan minivan (1984-1990) set a production record for a Canadian Dodge (since surpassed by the LX Charger/Magnum). Model year production is compiled from monthly totals and changeover dates.
When Chrysler acquied AMC in 1987, the acquisition included a Renault 30 adapted for North American markets, a new Canadian plant equipped to build it, and a Jeep-Eagle dealer network to sell it. Chrysler put it into production as the Eagle Premier, adding a Dodge Monaco when the Eagle failed to generate much interest. The Monaco was priced at the same level as the Dodge Dynasty, a more conventional choice by far (critics tended to prefer the Premier/Monaco, which was the ideological basis for the later Dodge Intrepid, but the PRV engine could be problematic). Model year production is from monthly totals and changeover dates.
The T Caravan minivans received major engineering revisions for their second cycle (1991-1995) to maintain their appeal against the vans being introduced by competitors. Model year production is from monthly totals and changeover dates.
The LH cars, including Intrepid, were a complete departure from the boxy front drive sedans that had sustained the company during the 1980s. They were low, wide and sleek, the first of a series of “cab forward” cars which made Chrysler a style leader, and profitable, during the 1990s. Because the Intrepid was sold as a Chrysler in Canada, model year production was compiled from monthly totals and changeover dates, and model year sales of the Chrysler Intrepid in Canada were subtracted from the totals. Chrysler Intrepid sales are recorded in the Chrysler table (coming soon). Thus, Intrepid entries are in intalics.
For the two cycles of minivans ending in 1995, standard wheelbase vans had been built in Canada, extended wheelbase versions in the U.S.. When the NS vans were introduced in 1996, Chrysler had equipped its plants in both countries to build both versions. The published data for 1996 through 2000 does not distinguish between standard and extended vans, so the table entries are estimates, based on monthly production and changeover dates for both versions combined. This total is apportioned using U.S. model year sales of each type, a different total than that of model year production, and thus the entries are italics.
A second generation of the LH cars was built for 1998-2003. The structure was redesigned for greater strength, rigidity, and quietness; the suspension was new, as were base and optional engines. All second cycle LH cars were built in Canada. Even allowing for U.S. production of the first generation Intrepid, the second generation was more successful. Model year production is compiled from monthly totals and changeover dates, with reference to other information.
RS Caravan, Grand Caravan, 2001-2007: The RS was a thorough revision of the NS, influenced by conversations with owners and prospects (as the NS had been). It remained a versatile, competent, spacious package at a reasonable price. The Caravan had a 2.88 meter wheelbase, the Grand Caravan had a 3.03 meter wheelbase, both with three rows of seats in different configurations. Production was somewhat lower than the previous versions, reflecting a shift in consumer preferences toward utility vehicles and stiffer competition from Honda and, later, Toyota. As with the previous vans, Canadian model year production of both versions combined is compiled from monthly totals and changeover dates, then allocated on the basis of U.S. model year sales of each. Table entries are thus shown in italics.
While Chrysler was already planning replacements for the Intrepid, Concorde, 300M, and LHS when Daimler took over in 1998, immediately after the takeover, existing plans were junked and the large-car team set out to adapt Mercedes’ large car architecture to Chrysler needs. The results were critically acclaimed, largely due to the new Hemi V8 engine, though some found the cheap interiors to be a come-down from the LH series, and the V6-powered cars suffered from added weight without added performance.
There was no immediate replacement for Dodge Intrepid; buyers wanting a large sedan (rather than the Magnum wagon) had to go to Chrysler, and Dodge large car sales plummeted until the Charger appeared in 2006. For two years, Charger easily beat Intrepid’s final-year sales, but the story afterwards was inconclusive.
Magnum itself was not especially popular, especially when compared with Intrepid or Charger. While the nameplate was dropped in 2008, the car itself continued to be made as the Chrysler 300 Touring for European export, wearing a Chrysler front fascia.
The Challenger (LC body) was added in 2008, with highly attractive “retro” exterior styling and a drab interior; the car was a niche vehicle but garnered respectable sales for a modern large coupe. The car was reportedly a bridge model between the first generation LX series and the second generation.
Chrysler entered a controlled bankruptcy in 2009, and emerged owned by a pension-and-healthcare fund, the Canadian and American governments, and Fiat. This impacted heavily on sales, both due to temporarily closures and due to consumer reaction; aside from warranty concerns, many believed it was wrong for GM and Chrysler to have any government intervention and ownership, and turned away from the companies to Ford (which accepted $6 billion in subsidized, low-interest government loans, possibly avoiding bankruptcy that way) and imports.
The Charger and Grand Caravan were both redesigned in the 2011 model year, cutting into 2011 production but rapidly increasing sales and, perhaps more important, average sale prices once the new models were out; large rebates were no longer needed to make the sale. Charger gained an eight-speed automatic with its V6, providing V8-type acceleration (0-60 in 6.6 seconds), with highway mileage of 31 mpg (US measure), along with a vastly upgraded interior and new electronics. The suspension tuning was changed for a lighter feel, with different mounting points. Grand Caravan gained a standard six-speed automatic and powerful V6, along with a complete interior redesign.
Sources expect Chrysler to refresh the Charger and Challenger in calendar-year 2014; the Challenger refresh is expected to be far more extensive. Both are expected to standardize on the eight-speed automatic, and it is unknown whether Challenger will continue to have a manual transmission option. A new 6.2 liter supercharged V8 is expected to join the current engines. A completely new minivan is to debut in calendar year 2014 or 2015 (more likely 2015). Both lines should continue to be built in Canada.
Also see Chrysler and Dodge history by year.
Also by Gerard Wilson: Chrysler 1945-48 • Chrysler 1949-52 • Chrysler 1953-54 • Chrysler 1955-56
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Aging brings challenges for older adults and family members alike. Here in Sarasota County and across the state of Florida, we have a number of community and professional senior service resources to support and assist families with aging matters.
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Research shows that extreme heat has already begun to change people’s daily habits. As climate change continues to draw temperatures upward, cities and the individuals living in them increasingly depend on weather analysis that enables them to make infrastructure adjustments or plan activities. Google aims to support this front with new initiatives dedicated to helping cities adapt to extreme heat.
Over the next few months, Google will add extreme heat alerts to its Search function. When users search for information related to extreme heat—such as when they use the search term “heat wave”—Google will present predicted severe heat start and end times, temperatures, and a week-long weather forecast at the top of the page. Google will also display health warnings and tips on staying cool to prevent heat stroke, dehydration, and other dangerous heat-related conditions.
Google is also working on expanding its Tree Canopy tool, which uses artificial intelligence and aerial imagery to help municipal organizations understand their tree coverage. The company says that Austin, Texas has already used Tree Canopy—part of Google’s emissions-tracking Environmental Insights Explorer—to determine which parts of the city are most vulnerable to extreme heat. The city then used this information to prioritize tree-planting projects and strategically shelter existing bus stops to increase shade.
This week, Tree Canopy expanded from 14 cities to nearly 350, incorporating major hubs like Atlanta, Georgia, and Sydney, Australia. Thousands more cities are planned to roll out later this year. Google is working on adding a similar “cool roof” tool to its Environmental Insights Explorer, enabling cities to determine where sunlight-reflecting roofs might be most impactful.
The tech giant shared that it’d bolster its heat mitigation efforts via Google.org’s $30 million Impact Challenge, which it announced last year. The Impact Challenge invites nonprofits around the globe to submit “big ideas for climate action” for a chance at a $5 million grant and access to Google’s enterprise-level products. The Impact Challenge’s first recipient is the World’s Resources Institute (WRI), which plans to use sensors, AI, and satellite imagery to model variables like air temperature, surface reflectivity, tree cover, and heat vulnerability. These models aim to support infrastructure changes that ultimately lessen the effects of extreme heat on communities.


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The word diet first appeared in English in the 13th century. Its original meaning was the same as in modern English, “habitually taken food and drink.” But diet was used in another sense too in the Middle and early modern English periods to mean “way of living.” This is, in fact, the original meaning of diet’s Greek ancestor diaita, which is derived from the verb diaitasthan, meaning “to lead one’s life.” In Greek, diaita, had already come to be used more specifically for a way of living prescribed by a physician, a diet, or other regimen.
Fruits are the ripened ovaries of plants, including the seeds within. Many plants and animals have coevolved such that the fruits of the former are an attractive food source to the latter, because animals that eat the fruits may excrete the seeds some distance away. Fruits, therefore, make up a significant part of the diets of most cultures. Some botanical fruits, such as tomatoes, pumpkins, and eggplants, are eaten as vegetables. (For more information, see list of fruits.)
Wine is usually made from one or more varieties of the European species Vitis vinifera, such as Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay and Merlot. When one of these varieties is used as the predominant grape (usually defined by law as minimums of 75% to 85%), the result is a "varietal" as opposed to a "blended" wine. Blended wines are not necessarily inferior to varietal wines, rather they are a different style of wine-making.
Sourness is caused by the taste of acids, such as vinegar in alcoholic beverages. Sour foods include citrus, specifically lemons, limes, and to a lesser degree oranges. Sour is evolutionarily significant as it is a sign for a food that may have gone rancid due to bacteria. Many foods, however, are slightly acidic, and help stimulate the taste buds and enhance flavor.
The Future of Food (2015). A panel discussion at the 2015 Digital Life Design (DLD) Annual Conference. "How can we grow and enjoy food, closer to home, further into the future? MIT Media Lab’s Kevin Slavin hosts a conversation with food artist, educator, and entrepreneur Emilie Baltz, professor Caleb Harper from MIT Media Lab's CityFarm project, the Barbarian Group's Benjamin Palmer, and Andras Forgacs, the co-founder and CEO of Modern Meadow, who is growing 'victimless' meat in a lab. The discussion addresses issues of sustainable urban farming, ecosystems, technology, food supply chains and their broad environmental and humanitarian implications, and how these changes in food production may change what people may find delicious ... and the other way around." Posted on the official YouTube Channel of DLD
German research in 2003 showed significant benefits in reducing breast cancer risk when large amounts of raw vegetable matter are included in the diet. The authors attribute some of this effect to heat-labile phytonutrients. Sulforaphane, a glucosinolate breakdown product, which may be found in vegetables such as broccoli, has been shown to be protective against prostate cancer, however, much of it is destroyed when the vegetable is boiled.
Anyone who eats a vegetarian diet knows that one of the most common questions asked is “Where do you get your protein?” But this gallery of recipes is your answer. We rounded up our favorite meat-free meals that also pack a serious punch of protein. With over 20 grams of protein per serving, these dishes are anything but rabbit food. Our hearty meals will keep you full and nourished by using vegetarian protein sources like tofu, eggs, lentils, tempeh, cheese, and beans.
Dry (non-sweet) white wine is the most common, derived from the complete fermentation of the wort. Sweet wines are produced when the fermentation is interrupted before all the grape sugars are converted into alcohol. Sparkling wines, which are mostly white wines, are produced by not allowing carbon dioxide from the fermentation to escape during fermentation, which takes place in the bottle rather than in the barrel.
In 2013 Overseas Development Institute researchers showed that rice has more than doubled in price since 2000, rising by 120% in real terms. This was as a result of shifts in trade policy and restocking by major producers. More fundamental drivers of increased prices are the higher costs of fertiliser, diesel and labour. Parts of Asia see rural wages rise with potential large benefits for the 1.3 billion (2008 estimate) of Asia's poor in reducing the poverty they face. However, this negatively impacts more vulnerable groups who don't share in the economic boom, especially in Asian and African coastal cities. The researchers said the threat means social-protection policies are needed to guard against price shocks. The research proposed that in the longer run, the rises present opportunities to export for Western African farmers with high potential for rice production to replace imports with domestic production.
Literary references to wine are abundant in Homer (8th century BC, but possibly relating earlier compositions), Alkman (7th century BC), and others. In ancient Egypt, six of 36 wine amphoras were found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun bearing the name "Kha'y", a royal chief vintner. Five of these amphoras were designated as originating from the king's personal estate, with the sixth from the estate of the royal house of Aten. Traces of wine have also been found in central Asian Xinjiang in modern-day China, dating from the second and first millennia BC.
^ Smithers, Rebecca (February 10, 2012). "Sainsbury's changes food freezing advice in bid to cut food waste". The Guardian. Retrieved February 10, 2012. Long-standing advice to consumers to freeze food on the day of purchase is to be changed by a leading supermarket chain, as part of a national initiative to further reduce food waste. [...] instead advise customers to freeze food as soon as possible up to the product's 'use by' date. The initiative is backed by the government's waste advisory body, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap) [...] Bob Martin, food safety expert at the Food Standards Agency, said: "Freezing after the day of purchase shouldn't pose a food safety risk as long as food has been stored in accordance with any instructions provided. [...]"
The ancient Romans planted vineyards near garrison towns so wine could be produced locally rather than shipped over long distances. Some of these areas are now world-renowned for wine production. The Romans discovered that burning sulfur candles inside empty wine vessels kept them fresh and free from a vinegar smell. In medieval Europe, the Roman Catholic Church supported wine because the clergy required it for the Mass. Monks in France made wine for years, aging it in caves. An old English recipe that survived in various forms until the 19th century calls for refining white wine from bastard—bad or tainted bastardo wine.
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A functional food is a food given an additional function (often one related to health-promotion or disease prevention) by adding new ingredients or more of existing ingredients. The term may also apply to traits purposely bred into existing edible plants, such as purple or gold potatoes having enriched anthocyanin or carotenoid contents, respectively. Functional foods may be "designed to have physiological benefits and/or reduce the risk of chronic disease beyond basic nutritional functions, and may be similar in appearance to conventional food and consumed as part of a regular diet".
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Live It! This phase is a lifelong approach to diet and health. In this phase, you learn more about food choices, portion sizes, menu planning, physical activity, exercise and sticking to healthy habits. You may continue to see a steady weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds (0.5 to 1 kilogram) a week until you reach your goal weight. This phase can also help you maintain your goal weight permanently.
Some countries list a legal definition of food, often referring them with the word foodstuff. These countries list food as any item that is to be processed, partially processed, or unprocessed for consumption. The listing of items included as food include any substance intended to be, or reasonably expected to be, ingested by humans. In addition to these foodstuffs, drink, chewing gum, water, or other items processed into said food items are part of the legal definition of food. Items not included in the legal definition of food include animal feed, live animals (unless being prepared for sale in a market), plants prior to harvesting, medicinal products, cosmetics, tobacco and tobacco products, narcotic or psychotropic substances, and residues and contaminants.
The process of making a diet version of a food usually requires finding an acceptable low-food-energy substitute for some high-food-energy ingredient. This can be as simple as replacing some or all of the food's sugar with a sugar substitute as is common with diet soft drinks such as Coca-Cola (for example Diet Coke). In some snacks, the food may be baked instead of fried thus reducing the food energy. In other cases, low-fat ingredients may be used as replacements.

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Most transformation projects fail entirely, or at least fail to deliver promised results. Many small financial institutions use technology to transform business operations in the pursuit of efficiencies and other competitive gains within their industries. Many of these efforts fail to achieve their strategic objectives. These well-intentioned efforts often suffer significant cost overruns and scheduling delays which erode the initial value proposition. The traditional response is to drive more rigorous management routines and delay or cancel the project. In many cases, management fails to understand the underlying issue impacting performance.
New technology means changing old processes. Existing financial institutions have numerous legacy processes performed by employees. These processes were created to allow efficient processing based upon the regulatory environment, financial, and staffing constraints in the market. Technology is deployed in many cases to fundamentally change or automate these processes and create efficiencies.


Baylor jumps to No. 2 in poll
Baylor leapfrogged Kansas and Duke into the second spot in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released Monday.
The Bears finished with 1,567 points in voting, just seven back of top-ranked Gonzaga — even though Baylor had 31 first-place votes and the Bulldogs had 30.
Baylor (13-1, 3-0 Big 12) hasn’t lost since playing Washington in Alaska in its second game of the season. The Bears have notched nonconference wins over ranked teams Villanova, Arizona and Butler along with league wins over the Red Raiders, the Jayhawks and Texas.
The win over Kansas was the first for Baylor in 18 tries at Allen Fieldhouse.
The Blue Devils fell to third in the AP poll, followed by unbeaten Auburn and Butler.
Layups: UNC Wilmington fired coach C.B. McGrath in his third season. The Seahawks are 5-14. ... UNC F Brandon Robinson was hurt in a car crash, but the injuries aren’t serious. The other motorist was charged with driving while impaired. It wasn’t known when Robinson would be cleared to practice this week or play. ... New Mexico F Carlton Bragg Jr. was dismissed from the team following his arrest on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. The arrest came nine days after Bragg, 24, was reinstated to the team following a threegame ban while university officials investigated sexual misconduct allegations.


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Years after Susan Boyle won the world over with her rendition of “I Dreamed A Dream,” that moment in history remains etched in people’s hearts.
Susan Boyle became an overnight sensation in 2009 following her rendition of “I Dreamed A Dream” at the “Britain’s Got Talent” audition.
The song, originally performed by Fantine, the lead character in the 1989 musical “Les Miserables,” went on to become a classic hit following that performance.
Years later, Boyle’s groundbreaking performance is remembered throughout the music realm, inspiring several concerts, albums and shows.
In April 2022, the audition was voted the most iconic moment in the history of “Britain’s Got Talent,” further boosting Boyle’s popularity. Here are five additional things you should know about Susan Boyle’s rendition of “I Dreamed A Dream.”
1. The Song Was A Tribute To Boyle’s Late Mom
Susan Boyle has been open about her mom’s contribution to her career, including how she persuaded her to apply as a contestant on “BGT.”
Sadly, the songstress’ mom, Bridget Boyle, passed before she got her chance. Hence, when she finally appeared as a contestant on the televised version of the competition show, the star deemed it ideal to dedicate the moment to her late mother, who supported her dreams.
Notably, her appearance at the audition marked Boyle’s first time singing in public since her mom’s passing.
2. The Song Inspired Her Debut Album Accordingly Named After It
Barely a year after Susan Boyle performed “I Dreamed A Dream” in front of a stunned live audience, she released her debut album. The album titled “I Dreamed A Dream” dropped in November 2009, debuting at No. 1 on the UK album chart.
It also became the fastest-selling debut album ever in the United Kingdom with 411,820 copies sold. This figure beat the remaining top-five albums combined that year and remained in the top spot for four weeks.
In the United States, the album debuted as No. 1 on Billboard 200, selling over 700,000 copies and breaking several records. Susan Boyle’s “I Dreamed A Dream” boasts of several hit tracks like “Wild Horses,” “You’ll See” and “Amazing Grace.”
3. It Went On To Inspire The ITV Show, “I Dreamed A Dream: The Susan Boyle Story”
Aside from releasing an album under Simon Cowell’s record label, Syco Records, Susan Boyle starred in a variety show.
The Documentary, titled “I Dreamed A Dream, The Susan Boyle Story” was executive-produced by Simon Cowell. It covered the star’s life and rise to stardom since her first appearance on “BGT.”
The show also featured a duet between Boyle and one of her idols Ellen Page, which was a fulfilment of one of her biggest dreams. Well over a year later, the Scottish singer starred in the docuseries, “Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar”, which also became a hit.
Today, she has appeared in up to nine TV shows and has numerous albums, world-records and honors in her name.
4. Susan Boyle Has Performed “I Dreamed A Dream” At Various Events Throughout Her Career
With her success story centered around the song, “I Dreamed A Dream,” it comes as no surprise that Susan Boyle finds herself constantly linked to it.
Throughout her career, several concerts, formal events and shows have hosted the music sensation in hopes of watching her reenact her historic moment from the 2009 “BGT” auditions.
Ultimately, “I Dreamed A Dream” have somewhat become Boyle’s signature song which she identifies with. In 2019, the icon performed it at the 10th anniversary of “America’s Got Talent,” sending the audience wild with nostalgia.
During the event, Cowell reflected on her audition from 10 years back, admitting he would forever remember it. He described it as the moment the world fell in love with Susan Boyle. Interestingly, “I Dreamed A Dream” is now widely dubbed ‘the song that started it all,” and rightly so.
5. Several Women Have Performed It Throughout History
Although the original version of “I Dreamed A Dream” surfaced in 1980 from the first act of the musical “Les Miserables,” Susan Boyle’s version created a resurgence in its popularity.
The original version had the title “J’avais rêvé d’une autre vie,” which is French for “I Dreamed Of Another Life.”
Fantine, the character who performed it in the musical sang of her beloved husband who abandoned her and her daughter. Despite its iconic lyrics, it never charted in the UK nor won any award until Boyle’s rendition nearly three decades later.
In 1987, singer Neil Diamond performed a live version of the track, which peaked at No. 13 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Before that, Patti Lupone released another version from her original London Cast Recording.
That version saw a resurgence in 2009 following Boyle’s performance, eventually charting in the UK and US. Several other female artists have released versions of the song throughout history.
The most revered yet since Susan Boyle was actress Anne Hathaway’s rendition of “I Dreamed A Dream” during her 5-minutes appearance in the 2012 remake of “Les Miserables.”
The performance went on to snag Hathaway a historic Oscar win. It appears with the right song and the right place and time, dreams do come true after all.