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Health workers fanned out across Padang yesterday to douse the Indonesian city with disinfectant over concerns about disease outbreaks six days after a deadly earthquake rattled Sumatra.
The rescue mission in Padang — a port city of 900,000 — and in surrounding hills devastated by landslides has now turned to a huge relief effort to help thousands who have lost their homes. While aid has poured into the area, the scale of the disaster, heavy rains and damage to roads has meant that some relief supplies have built up at various points, triggering anger on the ground.
“I have seen reports on TV of boxes piling up at the airport and not making it to victims. That’s not fair. Those are the secondary items, not the priority items like food and water,” said Gamawan Fauzi, the governor of West Sumatra.
On Monday, correspondents in a number of different areas were told by villagers that little if any aid had arrived.
“Yesterday all I had to eat was a packet of instant noodles. All of us are hungry. We hear on the radio very nice words that aid is pouring in, but where is it?” asked Erol, a resident with a 10-day-old infant in Pasa Dama, a village near Padang.
Fauzi denied that any of the aid supplies were falling into the wrong hands.
“The receipt of aid is signed off by the head of each sub-district. So we know what they have received. I think the risk of corruption is small, but if anyone is caught doing that they must punished,” Fauzi said.
The governor said rotting bodies were a big hazard to health now and experts were monitoring for cases of cholera and tetanus.
“We have sent out of a lot of disinfectant and we will spray in Padang today,” he said.
On Monday evening, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono criticized local officials in the quake-hit area for not focusing enough on emergency needs and too much on reconstruction needs.
“What I want to know is what is being done for emergency steps, such as food supply, electricity supply, fuel supply and other aspects,” Yudhoyono said before a Cabinet meeting.
The president also called for an Aceh-style reconstruction.
“In my view I think we could implement what has been done in Aceh, Nias and Yogykarta,” he said.
The rebuilding of Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra after the 2004 tsunami has largely been held up as success, while massive rehabilitation also took place on the island of Nias, also in Sumatra, and in the city of Yogyakarta in Java after quakes.
Yudhoyono thanked Saudi Arabia for donating US$50 million to the recovery effort. Aid from at least 16 nations and international bodies has arrived since last week, although foreign search and rescue teams are now leaving.
Indonesia’s official death toll from the quake is 625 dead and 295 missing, but Indonesia’s health minister has said the toll could reach as high as 3,000.
FOX HUNT: To suppress dissent, Chinese living abroad that Xi Jinping sees as threats are told to either return to China or commit suicide, Christopher Wray said Chinese agents have been pursuing hundreds of Chinese nationals living in the US in an effort to force their return, as part of a global campaign against the country’s diaspora, known as Operation Fox Hunt, FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday. In a speech about the security threat posed by China, during which he said Beijing’s counterintelligence work was the “greatest long-term threat to our nation’s information and intellectual property, and to our economic vitality,” Wray gave the example of one Fox Hunt target who was given a choice of going back to China or killing themselves. Fox Hunt was launched
INTERNET CURBS: People are rushing to erase their digital footprints after police given powers over online activity, although it might take years for the full effect to be felt At midnight on Tuesday, the Great Firewall of China, the vast apparatus that limits the country’s Internet, appeared to descend on Hong Kong. Unveiling expanded police powers as part of contentious new national security legislation, the Hong Kong government enabled police to censor online speech, and force Internet service providers to hand over user information and shut down platforms. Many residents, already anxious since the legislation took effect last week, rushed to erase their digital footprint of any signs of dissent or support for the past year of protests. Hong Kong Legislator Charles Mok (莫乃光), a pro-democracy member of the Legislative
‘FIGHT FOR FREEDOM’: Hong Kongers will never bow to Beijing, the advocate said, while the US’ envoy to the territory called China’s new security law a ‘tragedy’ The world must stand in solidarity with Hong Kongers after Beijing imposed sweeping national security legislation on the semi-autonomous territory, advocate Joshua Wong (黃之鋒) said yesterday, vowing to continue campaigning for democracy. Wong, one of the territory’s most prominent young advocates and a figure loathed by Beijing, was speaking outside a court where he and fellow advocates are being prosecuted for involvement in last year’s pro-democracy protests. China last week enacted sweeping security legislation for the restless territory, banning acts of subversion, secession, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces. The legislation has sent a wave of fear through the territory, and criminalized dissenting
‘SUICIDE’: Media reports said Park Won-soon went missing on Thursday after a staff member filed a sexual harassment claim against him this week Seoul mayor Park Won-soon, viewed as a potential candidate for the 2022 presidential election, was found dead of an apparent suicide hours after he was reported missing, police said, adding that he was the subject of an undisclosed investigation. In a note he is thought to have left behind on his desk, Park offered his apologies. “I thank everyone who was with me in my life. I apologize to my family for only making them suffer from pain,” according to the note that was released by his office yesterday. Park, in his letter, asked to be cremated and have his remains spread


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The Mayor of Yerevan voted at the polling station N 1/17 in Avan district
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Re: Building xulrunner fails with SandboxViolation. (SOLVED)
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> Hi pkgsrc users,
> I'm failing to build Firefox due to xulrunner failing to build with
> a SandboxViolation.
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As 2018 gradually comes to an end, Soccernet.ng‘s Augustine Akhilomen picks the top 10 players that made the year a memorable one.
1. Ahmed Musa
2018 will be an unforgettable year for Super Eagles winger, Ahmed Musa going by his huge performance at the FIFA World Cup in Russia. The former Leicester City star’s brilliant goal against Iceland in Nigeria’s 2-1 win was nominated for one of the best goal at the tournament by FIFA.
Musa, who plies his football trade with Saudi Arabian team Al-Nassir, has made tremendous progress with his new team and has contributed massively to the qualification of the Super Eagles for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
2. Odion Ighalo
Despite emerging as Nigeria’s top scorer at the qualifying stages of the World Cup, Odion Ighalo had a poor outing at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where he was guilty for not converting some of the chances he had against Argentina in Nigeria’s last group B fixture.
However, he was able to redeem his image in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Libya as he scored his first hattrick in the colours of the Super Eagles before grabbing a brace in the reverse fixture against the same team.
In all, 2018 will be a year to remember both for th wrong and right reasons, knowing fully that Ighalo could not save his Chinese club, Changchun Yatai F.C. from relegation this season.
3. Alex Iwobi
One of the few players in the Super Eagles squad that has managed to pin down a regular shirt in the
Be that as it may, Iwobi’s commitment and dedication in the colours of the senior national team has always been unquestionable. He also played a crucial part in ensuring that Nigeria
4. Wilfred Ndidi
Another player who is currently playing regularly in the English Premier League for Leicester City, Wilfred Ndidi has always marshalled the Super Eagles defensive midfield with great zeal and composure and was instrumental in Nigeria’s qualification for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
2018 wasn’t a bad year for the former Nath Boys Academy as he featured in all the group games the team played at the FIFA World Cup in Russia.
5. Samuel Kalu
One of the few players that got the attention of Super Eagles technical adviser, Gernot Rohr while playing for Bordeaux in the French League 1, Samuel Kalu has indeed fill into the shoes of Victor Moses, who announced his resignation from the senior national team after the World Cup.
Kalu, who has been
6. William Troost-Ekong
The other half of the ‘Oyinbo wall’ that made the Super Eagles defence watertight during the qualifying series for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations where Nigeria qualified as the third team, William Troost-Ekong has become an integral part of the Super Eagles since his first debut against Chad in 2015.
Currently playing for Udinese in the Italian Serie A, Troost-Ekong’s 2018 performance has really been worth celebrating considering the fact that he had an unforgettable display at the World Cup even though the team crashed out in the group stages. However, he scored his first senior national team goal against DR Congo in an international friendly early this year.
7. Leon Balogun
William Troost-Ekong defensive partner in the Super Eagles, Leon Balogun had a blissful year most especially scoring his first goal for his Premier L
Balogun, who featured at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia also played a crucial part in Nigeria’s qualification for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
8. Oghenekaro Etebo
Etebo most notably came to prominence at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he hit four goals as the Dream Team claimed a surprise bronze medal. He also played a crucial part in the Super Eagles midfield with his robust style of play like former Nigerian player, Daniel ‘De Bull’ Amokachi.
Etebo started all three of Nigeria’s group matches which saw the team beat Iceland but lose to Argentina and Croatia which meant that they failed to progress to the knock-out stages.
9. John Ogu
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Yes, you decide who the tenth player should be! Drop a comment below and let us know who you think should be the tenth player on this list.

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Thursday, 21 June 2012
Government Response to Report
I present three government responses to committee reports as listed on today's Order of Business. In accordance with the usual practice, I seek leave to have the documents incorporated in Hansard.
The documents read as follows—
The Government supports the Committee’s conclusion that, although the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) is a government entity, the insurance policies they provide to exporters are commercial agreements and, as such, should be free from governmental intervention. In addition, the Government supports the Committee’s judgment that to interfere to amend retrospectively EFIC contracts could possibly affect the future viability of National Interest Account (NIA) insurance arrangements and reflect a short-sighted approach to export insurance arrangements. The Government, however, does not accept the Committee’s recommendations.
The Committee recommends that the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation and AWB Ltd agree to a distribution of Paris Club scheduled repayments that enables growers, through AWB Ltd, to receive the first 20 per cent of repayments from Iraq, beginning in 2011.
The Government does not accept this recommendation.
Agreement by EFIC (the Government) to pay the growers the first 20 per cent of repayments from Iraq would contradict the terms of the original insurance contracts between EFIC and the former Australian Wheat Board1 and would be inconsistent with the principle of risk sharing implicit in not only these, but all, insurance contracts. Such an agreement would also be inequitable for other exporters who had sales defaults in Iraq covered under insurance arrangements with EFIC.
Under this recommendation, AWB Ltd’s share of the debt, payable to wheat growers, could be paid by 2014. The taxpayer portion would not commence repayment until 2014 and would not be fully repaid until 2028. In the event that Iraq did not honour its obligations to Paris Club creditors part-way through the repayment schedule, the Government, and therefore the taxpayer, would be left with all the remaining liquidity.
Market practice within the insurance industry is that claims and recoveries are made on the basis of the conditions agreed at the time an insurance policy is established, and before the risks covered are realised. Recoveries are shared between the insured and insurer, in proportion to the loss borne, at the time of the recovery. The precedent set by departing from this practice in the case of Iraq debt may create an expectation that Government might be willing to waive this basic contractual principal for other recovery situations.
The Government notes that previous debt reschedulings, such as Russia and Egypt, have followed market practice, but any precedent set with regard to Iraq debt could then be applied to other situations and to Australian non-government creditors of rescheduled debt, in addition to other Australian exporters to Iraq. The situation which the committee describes, in which individual growers will be required to wait very long periods to receive remaining funds, may also apply to many other exporters whose debt has been subject to rescheduling, such as creditors of Russia.
An additional implication of government agreement to repay growers first, and consequently depart from market practice, would be that it may make it more difficult for EFIC to source reinsurance for exposures on the NIA in the commercial market. Commercial reinsurers, who would also have a contractual right to recoveries in proportion to their level of reinsurance, would take into account the prospect of the Australian Government departing from contractual obligations after claims have been paid, in favour of insured exporters and to the possible detriment of reinsurers, in their consideration of whether to reinsure NIA exposures.
AWB Ltd immediately commences the process of identifying and locating every grower entitled to receive payments made by Iraq under the Paris Club agreement. Further, prior to the commencement of Iraq’s scheduled debt repayments in 2011, AWB Ltd undertakes to establish a payment mechanism whereby those receiving Iraqi payments are responsible for meeting the costs of their distribution.
The Government notes this recommendation. This is a matter for AWB Ltd to consider.
Dissenting Report by Senator Bob Brown
In preparing its response to the report, the Government has also taken into account the dissenting report by Senator Bob Brown. The dissenting report’s recommendations are:
1. The government should within 12 months undertake to repay growers the outstanding Iraq wheat debt and to cover the cost of this redistribution.
2. That the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation and AWB Ltd ensure that the first 20 per cent of Paris Club scheduled payments, beginning in 2011, are returned to the government.
3. That, to assist the government, the AWB Ltd immediately commence the process of identifying and locating every grower entitled to receive payments made by Iraq under the Paris Club agreement.
The Government does not accept recommendations one and two, and notes recommendation three.
As noted in the response to the Committee’s first recommendation, implementing these recommendations would require EFIC to deviate from market practice, and set a damaging precedent for the future provision of insurance on the NIA. In addition, repaying the growers within 12 months would require an additional outlay from taxpayers which would shift all the risk of non-repayment by Iraq onto the taxpayer. This is considered untenable given the outlays already provided by taxpayers under the original insurance contract.
The second and third recommendations would be relevant only if the first recommendation was accepted.
1 Agrium Asia Pacific International (AAPI) is the new name for AWB (International) Ltd. Although the broader AWB Commodity management business was sold by Agrium Asia Pacific to Cargill in 2011, responsibility for historical issues, such as the Iraq wheat debt, remained with Agrium.
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (PJCCFS)
Statutory Oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
The committee recommends that ASIC acquire empirical evidence of its resource allocation to its educative activities and outcomes of these activities. This information should be more fully publicised in ASIC's regular reports and other media accessed by investors especially retail investors.
The Government supports the recommendation in principle and notes that ASIC, as the Government's financial literacy educator through its National Financial Literacy Strategy (NFLS), provides a coherent framework to improve consumer financial literacy nation-wide.
ASIC has indicated that it accepts the recommendation and it will provide more detail of the resources it devotes to the NFLS, including making this material available to retail investors.
The Government commends ASIC's decision to adopt the Committee's recommendation, and also its continued approach to consumer and investor education.
The committee recommends that ASIC take steps to use available information to collate and analyse definitions of, and approaches to, financial crime, with a view to developing standard definitions and classifications that can be used across the Commonwealth.
The committee further recommends that ASIC give particular attention to ways of distinguishing between criminal fraud and market failure, and the interventions available to ASIC in each case.
The Government supports these recommendations in principle.
The Government considers that the extent to which it would be beneficial for this work to be undertaken would need to be determined by ASIC, subject to its resourcing priorities.
The Government notes that should these recommendations be carried forward, ASIC would consult with the Attorney-General's Department which has responsibility for criminal law on a whole of government basis.
The Government's in principle support for recommendation 3 should not be taken to imply any deficiency on the part of ASIC in its current approach to determining the causes of losses to investors.
The committee recommends that the government provide the basis on which company registration fees are set and an explanation as to the process of determining late fees.
The Government provides the following response to Recommendation 4, on the understanding that the question, while referring to 'company registration fees', is seeking the basis for the setting of both registration fees and annual review fees.
Following registration, companies receive annual invoices from ASIC for payment of the annual review fee pursuant to the Corporations Act 2001, Corporations (Review Fees) Act 2003, and related regulations. The purpose of the annual review process is both to collect fees to fund the national corporations scheme, and to ensure the currency of information held by ASIC by providing a clear and regular opportunity for companies to check all details held by ASIC's register, and notify ASIC of any changes.
Section 1351 of the Corporations Act specifies that payment of the annual review fee is required within two months of the company's review date. If a company fails to make payment within the specified period, then a late fee arises under the regulations. The fee is $69 for payments which are up to one month overdue, and $287 for payments which are more than one month overdue.
ASIC has the ability to waive a company's obligation to pay a fee in certain circumstances, from a power delegated to it under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, and is restricted to situations where circumstances exist that are outside the control of the applicant company or its representatives (including agents).
Company office holders have a legal responsibility to ensure they are aware of their obligation to pay prescribed fees within the specified time limits. Details of these requirements are provided with the annual statement package.
Rationale for Company fees and late fees
Successive governments have supported the view that corporations fees should be set to ensure that over time, total revenue from the fees approximates the total outlays associated with the national corporations scheme ('the scheme'). The rationale for this is that as the scheme provides general benefits to market participants, including companies, the cost should be borne by them rather than by all taxpayers.
Following the establishment of the national corporations scheme in 1991, the Commonwealth Government initially set fees at a level that would cover the costs of the regulator (then the Australian Securities Commission (ASC), now ASIC) and make a contribution towards other outlays and compensation payments associated with the scheme. These other outlays include the costs of providing policy advice (formerly by the Attorney-General's Department and now by the Australian Treasury), and of various bodies involved in the administration of the scheme which operate independently of ASIC. Today these include the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee, the Takeovers Panel, the Financial Reporting Council, the Australian Accounting Standards Board, the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, the Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board, and the Financial Reporting Panel. Fees are also meant to contribute to the costs of various related law enforcement, court and tribunal activities.
A significant component of the fees raised was to provide compensation payments to be remitted by the Commonwealth to the States to make up for the loss of companies and securities fees payable under the various State-based company registration schemes.
In 1992-93, for example, the scheme raised revenue of $190 million. The ASC's outlays were $124 million, the outlays for the other administrative bodies were $10 million, and compensation to the States and Territories were $118 million. Consequently, the scheme deficit was $62 million.
Fee levels were reviewed by a cross-departmental steering committee in 1994, with input from the business community and the ASC. A major principle guiding the review was the preference for cost recovery – that is, for the scheme to run at an approximate fiscal balance. The other key principles were equity between fee-payers, and the efficiency and simplicity of the scheme. The characteristics of the scheme consequently adopted included:
Fee levels were considered again in 2000 as part of the Simplified Lodgements and Compliance paper issued under the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program. The principles guiding this review broadly accorded with those of the 1994 review, with an additional emphasis on the need to facilitate the administration of the Corporations Law, and to provide flexibility to facilitate future regulatory reforms.
It was noted in this review that whereas a cost recovery objective may exist at an aggregate level, as an objective for setting fees, this did not mean that individual fees for specific regulatory activities needed to represent full cost recovery for that activity. For example, the annual return fee was set at a level significantly higher than the direct cost of receiving and processing annual returns, because the fees were also designed to cover the costs of other activities relevant to the scheme, such as surveillance, enforcement and prosecution.
The outcomes of the review in 2000 did not diverge significantly from those of the 1994 review in terms of the principles upon which fees were to be set, other than adjusting the levels to reflect Consumer Price Index (CPI) increases.
The last wide-ranging change in fees took place in June 2003, which again adjusted fees in line with CPI increases. Subsequently, only ad hoc fee changes took place.
By 2007-08, the scheme raised $545 million. ASIC's outlays were $292 million, payments for services to the scheme by other bodies amounted to around $31 million, and compensation to the States and Territories was $173 million. Payments to the States and Territories pursuant to the National Corporations Scheme were discontinued after 2007-08 in the 2008-09 Budget. This is the primary reason for the current annual surplus of scheme revenues over expenses.
A review of cost recovery under the national corporations scheme was originally scheduled for completion in time for any implementation to occur as part of the 2008-09 Budget. The review was deferred following the decision to discontinue payments to the States and Territories. It was subsequently abandoned when the Government decided to automatically indexed in line with the CPI from 1 July 2010.
It should be noted that automatic fee increases in line with the CPI at the start of each financial year had been recommended by both of the reviews undertaken in 1994 and 2000.
The review of fees in 1994 recommended a significant increase in late fees, to encourage the timely lodgement of documents and information onto the regulator's databases. The recommendation was for a late fee of $50 for the first month, followed by a $200 fee after one month. The review noted at the time that the behavioural impact of this late fee structure was uncertain, and foreshadowed potential criticism that this structure was aimed at raising revenue rather than ensuring the integrity of the information held by the regulator.
By the time of the review in 2000, a late fee of $60 applied for lodgements within one month of the specified period, and a fee of $230 for lodgement more than one month late. The review reiterated the objective of late fees to encourage the timely lodgement of documents so that ASIC's corporate database is accurate and up to date, and that the late fees regime remained an effective mechanism for encouraging the timely lodgement of documents.
The current fee is $69 for lodgements up to one month overdue, and $287, for lodgements more than one month overdue.
The imposition of fees for company registration and annual returns, including penalties for late lodgement, is a practice common across many jurisdictions. In Australia, fee levels were set in the 1990s to recover costs in line with the expenses of the national corporations scheme. As the scheme has evolved, fee levels have been raised so as to approximately maintain this equity between revenues with expenses. The most significant structural change in recent years has been the automatic indexation of fees in line with the CPI from 2010, this proposal having been recommended twice earlier by reviews of the scheme. A surplus of revenue over expenses has opened up since the abolition of compensation payments to the States and Territories under the scheme at the end of 2007-08. The imposition of a substantial late fee in respect of annual reviews, to encourage prompt lodgement, has been an important component of the scheme since its inception.
Government Response to the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform - Second Report: Interactive and Online Gambling and Gambling Advertising and Interactive Gambling and Broadcasting Amendment (Online Transactions and Other Measures) Bill 2011
2.109 The committee supports the need for national research on online gambling to acquire data on which to base appropriate policy responses. As recommended in its previous report, the committee reiterates its call for a national independent research institute on gambling.
Response: Matter for Jurisdictional Consultation. The Productivity Commission recommended in their 2010 report on gambling that jurisdictions work together to improve the usefulness of gambling survey evidence. This issue will be discussed through the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform.
Additionally, in 2009 the Australian Government renewed their memorandum of understanding with the states and territories for the national research body Gambling Research Australia until 2014. Future research arrangements are a matter to be discussed with states and territories through the COAG Select Council.
2.111 The committee recommends that the review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 being conducted by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy commission relevant research on the local online gambling environment.
Response: Agreed. Work is being done on this as part of the department's review of Interactive Gambling Act 2001, through the commissioning of research by Allen Consulting Group and KPMG.
7.87 The committee recommends that the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (IGA) be amended to address the inconsistencies and ambiguities identified to the committee regarding prohibited interactive gambling services and any others that are identified through the review being conducted by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Specifically the IGA should be amended to capture methods of avoidance such as websites which provide links to facilitate access to prohibited interactive gambling services.
Response: Agreed. The following ambiguities have been identified and will be addressed in the Review Report of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001:
7.89 The committee recommends that following the review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the
Digital Economy, an education campaign be developed for consumers to provide clarification of online gambling regulation and highlight the risks of harm.
Response: Any education campaigns should be highly targeted. Initiatives will be identified as part of the review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.
8.32 The committee supports the recommendation of the Productivity Commission that the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform should review new gambling opportunities, particularly those which appear to target youth, with a view to developing a national regulatory approach.
Response: Matter for jurisdictional consultation. New opportunities such as use of social networking sites are being considered in the review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. The Consultative Working Group on Cybersafety is also considering the issue of gambling services being made available through social networking sites.
The Government will discuss this issue further with state and territory governments through the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform.
9.50 The committee recommends that the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 be amended to address the inconsistencies and ambiguities identified to the committee regarding the advertising of prohibited interactive gambling services, and any others that are identified through the review being conducted by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Specifically it should be amended to capture methods of avoidance such as advertisements that do not mention gambling linked to gambling websites.
Response: Agreed, refer to response to Recommendation 3.
11.30 The committee recommends that the current prohibition on online 'in-play' betting should remain in place.
Response: Noted. This issue will be considered in the review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.
11.31 The committee recommends that the attractions, risks and potential harms of online 'in-play' betting be the subject of appropriate research commissioned by the current IGA review being undertaken by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
Response: Noted. This issue will be considered in the review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, and research being conducted by the Allen Consulting Group.
11.41 The committee recommends that through the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform, governments, in consultation with industry, review the 90-day timeframe to verify identity when opening a betting account, with a view to reducing it to 72 hours, in order to diminish the risk of minors using the current timeframe to gamble illegally.
Response: Greater harm minimisation and consumer protection measures will be considered in the Review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.
The Government will also discuss this issue further with state and territory governments through the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform.
11.119 The committee recommends that the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform, in consultation with the COAG Legislative and Governance Forum on Consumer Affairs, develop nationally consistent consumer protection standards for tighter controls on the practice of credit betting.
Response: Noted. The Government announced on 21 January that it will increase consumer protections including tightening rules on the provision of lines of credit, restrictions on betting inducements, and protection of consumer funds. The issue will also be considered in the review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.
11.120 The committee recommends that the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform, in consultation with the COAG Legislative and Governance Forum on Consumer Affairs, develop nationally consistent consumer protection standards for greater transparency around the practice of paying third party commissions by betting agencies.
Response: Noted. The Government announced on 21 January that it will introduce stricter limits on betting inducements. This issue will also be considered in the review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.
12.62 The committee recommends that the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform commission further research on the longer-term effects of gambling advertising on children, particularly in relation to the 'normalisation' of gambling during sport.
Response: Matter for jurisdictional consultation. The impact of advertising on gambling behaviours is a priority issue for the COAG Select Council. Specific research into the impact of advertising on children will be discussed with state and territory governments through the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform.
12.77 The committee recommends that the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform work towards nationally consistent requirements for responsible gambling messages to ensure they work effectively as harm minimisation measures to counter-balance the promotion of gambling.
Response: Agreed, matter for jurisdictional consultation. The Government will discuss this issue further with state and territory governments through the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform.
This issue will also be considered in the review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.
In relation to messages for individual players on poker machines, the Government is also currently undertaking a trial of dynamic warning parameters that is being facilitated by the Queensland Government. COAG Select Council Ministers have agreed to further consider the implementation of dynamic warnings and cost of play displayers for poker machines once results of the trial become available.
12.101 The committee recommends that the government legislate a total ban of the promotion of live odds both at venues and during the broadcast of a sporting event.
Response: Government announced on 21 January that it is working with the sporting and betting industries to reduce and control the promotion of live odds during sports coverage through amendments to their existing industry codes.
If satisfactory amendments have not been put in place by broadcasters by the end of June 2012, the Australian Government will introduce legislation to ban the promotion of live odds in sporting broadcasts.
The promotion of live odds at venues is a matter for the states and territories and the Government will continue to work with states and territories through the COAG Select Council on Gambling to address this issue.
12.103 The committee recommends that the work to legislate a total ban on live odds promotion also ensures that responsible gambling messages are retained as a harm minimisation measure and continue to appear as a counterpoint to other instances of gambling advertising, both in venues and during sporting broadcasts.
Response: Noted, matter for jurisdictional consultation. The Government agrees that responsible gambling messages should be retained, the requirements for responsible gambling messages to accompany advertising or promotion of gambling at venues is a matter for states and territories. However, this issue will be considered in the event the government decides to introduce legislation to ban the promotion of live odds in sports broadcasts.
The Government will discuss this issue further through the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform.
12.139 The committee recommends that the COAG Select Council on Gambling
Reform, in consultation with Australasian Racing Ministers and the wagering industry, develop a mandatory national code of conduct for advertising by wagering providers covering:
Response: Matter for jurisdictional consultation. The Government will discuss this issue further with state and territory governments through the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform. Further, the Government announced on 21 January that it will increase consumer protections including tightening rules on the provision of lines of credit, and restrictions on betting inducements.
These issues will also be considered in the review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.
12.143 The committee recommends that, following the outcome of the Federal Court 'betbox' case, the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform, in conjunction with regulators, investigate the potential for the growth of betting opportunities in a range of venues which have not previously offered gambling services and develop appropriate nationally consistent regulations to address it.
Response: Matter for jurisdictional consultation. The Government will discuss this issue further with state and territory governments through the COAG Select Council on Gambling Reform.
15.60 The committee majority recommends that consideration of the amendment to the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (IGA) in relation to inducements be deferred until the review of the IGA being undertaken by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy is completed. This would allow the amendment to be considered along with any further amendments proposed by the government arising from the review.
16.50 The committee majority recommends that the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 be amended to prohibit gambling advertising during times when children are likely to be watching.
Response: Noted. As indicated in the response to Recommendation 14, the government priority is to address the promotion of live odds during sports broadcasts.
16.73 The committee majority recommends that the Interactive Gambling and Broadcasting Amendment (Online Transactions and Other Measures) Bill 2011 not be passed.

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Arsenic is a poison that can contaminate drinking water. The federal government sets limits on how much is allowed in bottled and municipal water. But it puts no limits on arsenic in juice.
Consumer Reports just tested 28 apple and grape juices purchased in the New York metropolitan area and found worrisome levels of arsenic in a number of samples. That's a concern — considering how much fruit juice many children drink.
Of the 88 samples analyzed, 10 percent had arsenic levels that exceeded federal standards for bottled and municipal water. The majority of the arsenic detected was the inorganic form — a known carcinogen linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer. And in 12 of the juices tested, at least one sample contained lead levels that exceeded standards for bottled water.
Because the test was limited, Consumer Reports can't draw any conclusions about any particular type or brand of juice. But the higher levels of arsenic and lead are troubling because many children drink a lot of juice and their small body size makes them particularly vulnerable. One likely source of the contamination is pesticides that were used in agriculture and contained arsenic. Even though most are now banned, the arsenic can remain in the soil.
Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, is urging the Food and Drug Administration to set standards for juice. Consumer Reports recommends lead limits of 5 parts per billion, the current standard for bottled water, or even lower. The arsenic recommendation is 3 parts per billion. Consumer Reports says that's attainable because 41 percent of the samples tested met both those levels.
The Juice Products Association told Consumer Reports: "We are committed to providing nutritious and safe fruit juices … and will comply with limits" established by the Food and Drug Administration.
The Food and Drug Administration told Consumer Reports that it was reviewing its own data to see whether it should set guidelines for juice. It turns out the FDA has found arsenic in apple juice at even higher levels than what Consumer Reports' tests found.
For now, Consumer Reports says the best advice for parents is to limit how much juice your children drink.
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The game show revival will return in 2018.
August 6, 2017
ABC is sticking with its game show revival lineup for at least another year. The network announced today that the updated version of The $100,000 Pyramid has been renewed for a third season. The new Pyramid, hosted by Michael Strahan, premiered last June as part of ABC's Sunday Fun & Games block, airing in the 9:00pm hour in between Celebrity Family Feud and Match Game.
The show has continued its solid performance in Season 2, holding the top spot among adults 18-49 at 10:00pm on Sunday nights this summer. With Feud and Match Game also renewed, look for the game show block to return again next summer.


text: Einstein came to Saving Grace in November 2020. He was found as a stray and taken to the city shelter, where they had records of him being there before. He’s an older guy and survived Distemper as a young dog, leaving him with a neurological twitch. We think the tick makes him even more adorable. His nose/mouth area twitches and his squishy cheeks poof out. Einstein got his name for his smarts. He figured out how to climb out of his kennel, through a tiny space, and into his neighbor’s kennel. He’s likely an escape artist, and the reason for his frequent flyer status at the city shelter. This is why we always encourage crating dogs inside instead of leaving them alone outside. Einstein isn’t just a smarty pants, he’s also quite the looker. His gorgeous cream colored coat is thick and soft, and his eyeliner makes his golden eyes shine bright. He’s a buff dude, weighing around 60 pounds. He likes to snuggle and give kisses. We tried him with a friendly female dog his size and he did well. We haven’t tried him with cats or kids, but he has been friendly with all people so far. This goofy brainiac deserves a true forever home. Contact us if you’re interested in meeting Einstein.

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According to research, almost a quarter of British children under the age of five are overweight or obese.
The study found that the UK has the second-highest proportion of overweight children out of the 28 countries that were able to provide data.
With 23.1% of youngsters in the under-five age group classed as overweight or obese, the UK was second only to Ireland, which registered 27.5%.
In another study, researchers found that children as young as six are suffering dissatisfaction with their bodies.
The research, carried out by Leeds Beckett University, found that children who were classed as overweight or obese on body mass index (BMI) growth charts had higher body shape dissatisfaction scores than children not classed as overweight.
Girls also scored higher in this area than boys.
Data were collected from more than 300 pupils (52% boys) from eight primary schools in Leeds and found that girls had a higher desire to be thin than boys.
Overweight and obese pupils reported more dietary restraint than their peers, which researchers said might lead to them compromising the quality of the diet at a time when they need a good-quality, healthy diet for growth and development.
The study’s lead researcher, Prof Pinki Sahota, said: “The results suggested that body shape dissatisfaction and dietary restraint behaviours may begin in children as young as six to seven years old, and there is an association with increased BMI.
“Obesity prevention programmes need to consider psychological wellbeing and ensure that it is not compromised. Further research should be conducted on how interventions can help improve psychological wellbeing in this age group.”
Dr João Breda of the World Health Organisation’s regional office for Europe, who was involved in the first study, said: “Evidence suggests that early intervention, before five years of age, is necessary if the trajectory to overweight in children is to be arrested and action needs to be taken to have consistent surveillance on this specific population.”


If you end state employment, you can delay receiving a monthly benefit until a later date. This is a "deferred benefit." You qualify for a deferred benefit if you meet the vesting requirements for the plan you are covered by.
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Daybreak Again: March 24/25, 2012
Darrin Rose was brought up by a tough guy dad who never hugged him and a big brother who was always beating him at everything. But he has managed to find the humour in it and wear a cardigan while doing it. And a comic book t-shirt. Darrin Rose is about to perform shows in Edmonton on March 31 and Calgary on April 20 as part of Chasing Manhood Tour, a one- man show about the challenges of being raised by a big burly father and a tough older brother. Darrin Rose is also one of the stars on the CBC-TV series Mr D and he spoke with Russell.
It's been sixteen years since the demise of the Juno-winning band, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet. But thanks to a Lethbridge-based record label, the band is gearing up for a resurgence. Founding member Don Pyle spoke to Daybreak's Chris dela Torre about the band's upcoming reunion and the re-release of its full-length albums.
New York-based playwright Stephen Massicote is back in his hometown of Calgary for the tenth anniversary of his hit play, Mary's Wedding. The play debuted at Alberta Theatre Projects' Playrites Festival in 2002, and his been staged around the world ever since. Massicote spoke with Chris in the Daybreak studio.
Alberta Ballet is taking on what is perhaps the most beloved ballet in history. Daybreak's Nola Keeler spoke with choreographer Kirk Peterson and dancer Kelly McKinlay about Alberta Ballet's production of Swan Lake.
Alyssa Reid released her debut album The Game, in 2011 and the lead single, Alone Again went double platinum, In February, the Edmonton native was nominated for her first Juno Award for New Artist of the Year. Alone Again has become the #1 searched song on Shazam in the United Kingdom for three weeks running also hit #1 in UK radio airplay. It's alot to take in for a young performer, but when Russell Bowers caught with Alyssa, she was poolside in Miami, taking some if it in stride. They started by listening to her hit Canadian single.
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Situated in Manhattan, the Sun Bright Hotel is five minutes from the Eldridge Street Synagogue and offers a 24 hour reception, wireless internet and air conditioning. This modern hotel is located within a 5 minute walk of the Bowery Ballroom.
The Sun Bright Hotel has 31 rooms offering all the essentials.
The hotel is a short walk from Canal Street, and an easy drive from Jersey City. The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is within a short 10 minute walk of the hotel.

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Google Tez, the application that use the administration’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to empower cashless exchanges, has been refreshed to begin supporting bill installments in India. The new choice is currently accessible on the Google Tez application for Android and iOS and gives off an impression of being intended to counter versatile wallets, for example, Paytm and MobiKwik that have been putting forth the capacity to pay charges through their applications for quite a while. Google initially declared the of the bill installments at the Google for India tradition last December.
You can utilize the Google Tez application to pay your power charges, gas charges, landline bills, and postpaid versatile bills. Likewise, the application underpins DTH revive and installments for protection premiums. In addition, there are more than 70 billers, including ACT, Airtel, DishTV, DoCoMo, MTNL, and Tata Power among others. The application can likewise bring every single unpaid bill from the biller.
To pay a charge, you have to tap New under the Payments segment and after that select Pay your bills alternative. From that point, you have to pick your biller and enter your charging data to make an installment account. The application will check the charging data and after that enable you to see charging subtle elements. Once you’ve chosen an exceptional bill from the accessible points of interest, you are required to interface your ledger to the Google Tez application, if it’s not effectively connected, and afterward enter the UPI Pin to continue for the installment.
Close by giving the choice to pay charges, Google has given the alternative to see your current bills. You have to tap a biller from the base of the Google Tez screen to see a rundown with points of interest of all paid and pending bills. Thus, you can check the status of a past installment by tapping a biller from the base of the screen.
You have to introduce the most recent more up to date form of the Google Tez application on your Android (v8.0) or iOS (v8.0) to get the new bill installments alternative. The application requires Android 4.4 or more and iOS 8.2 and later.
At the Google for India occasion, Google’s Next Billion Users activity boss Caser Sengupta uncovered that the Google Tez application has more than 12 million clients in India. Sengupta additionally featured that since its dispatch in September a year ago, the application has handled 140 million exchanges. Chief Sundar Pichai amid the organization’s income bring in last October expressed the Google Tez application had included more than 7.5 million clients in only five weeks since its dispatch.


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GSM Mobile Phones Notch Up More Than Two Billion Users
By this weekend, GSM mobile phones will be used by more than two billion people worldwide - almost twice as many as use the Internet. The second billion has taken just two and a half years to achieve - every minute, the GSM community welcomes 1ю000 new users. The phenomenal growth of GSM, which is in use in 213 countries and territories, is being driven by soaring demand in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Of the second billion GSM connections, 82% are in the developing world.
China is the world's largest GSM market followed by Russia, India and the U.S. Five of the top 10 fastest growing GSM markets are in Asia. GSM users now send one trillion text messages each year. In China, sales of music via mobile phones outstrip sales of music CDs.
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Like so many people, I was excited to learn that an old “new” book by Harper Lee would come out this summer, followed the growing controversy between Lee’s family and publisher, and then, ultimately, hesitated to read the book upon learning that it portrayed an Atticus who had become a racist in his old age. I asked friends whether I should read the book, lest it tarnish my image of Atticus, the moral and upright lawyer who defended an innocent African American accused of rape in To Kill A Mockingbird.
But I couldn’t turn my back on the fact that this was a chance to peep inside Harper Lee’s complex mind; to see how she imagined the future of characters I loved so much. I still remember the furtive strains of the opening credits of the movie, back when they showed movies at 10:30 pm after the news, drawing me out of my bedroom just off the living room. I remember my mom didn’t have the heart to send me back to bed, as this was just such a good story. I also remember my surprise, and unfolding delight, when I read the book a few years later and realized that the story was so much more than the events portrayed in the movie. We grew up with Scout, wondered with, and loved Atticus because he was always fair, always right, and always there.
So, I’ve read Go Set a Watchman now, and I’m glad I did. Just as we saw Atticus the man through Scout’s eyes in her childhood, we experience her despair as she comes back to a Maycomb, and a family, that isn’t as she remembers it. She’s out of place, disgusted, and certain that she can never love these people again. But then some things happen, and, without giving away the ending, she begins to understand that Atticus is no longer an icon, but he is still her father, and he still helped her become the woman she is today.
As a novel, To Kill a Mockingbird is the superior book. Go Set a Watchman, so the story goes, was Lee’s first submission and it was too rough and unformed–the editors urged her to go back and develop the characters more. The seeds of To Kill a Mockinbird are all over the text–some paragraphs even made their way into the better book and other things that are just passing references become full-blown chapters in Mockingbird. Watchman is more of an internal dialogue which at the time might have served as both an accusation against and an apologia for Southern whites who opted out of the civil rights movement.
Now, I think it probably is best read as a different coming of age novel. There is that moment (not counting the teenage years), when you realize that you passionately, fundamentally disagree with your parents and it shakes you to the ground (mom, you are one of my loyal readers, don’t worry, it happened so long ago that it is ancient history). I can only say that Scout’s family anticipates that moment, encouraging Scout to embrace who she is.
Do they love her enough to change their position? To change their ways? Who knows. Believe me, there is some pretty awful, disappointing stuff in Go Set a Watchman. But this is a novel that can only be really powerful for those of us who love Scout, and Atticus, and Uncle Jack. It challenges you to ask how far you will go to understand the people you love in all their imperfections.
This is said best towards the end of the book, when Uncle Jack is encouraging Scout to move back to Maycomb, Alabama from her home In New York City. Scout retorts “Uncle Jack, I can’t live in a place that I don’t agree with and that doesn’t agree with me.” Eventually, Jack tells her, “The time your friends need you is when they’re wrong, Jean Louise. They don’t need you when they are right.”
And that is when I started to cry.

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Vitamins are nutrients that our physiques ought to sustain overall health. Vitamins help execute the majority of the body’s attributes and promote our strength, energy and durability. The entire body includes a constrained source of nutritional vitamins (two to 20) and the entire body requires the remainder of the vitamins and minerals as well as other nutritional materials it uses to function commonly. Deficiency of natural vitamins can result in death, poor nutrition and ailment – in some cases just from shortage of daily life.
Vitamins are elements necessary for the human body in significant amounts to make certain its correct and healthy functioning. Vitamins are split into different classes, with all the vitamins and minerals sliding into two large groups: macrominerals and find nutrients. A supplement is often a sophisticated organic and natural molecule that is needed in really small portions by an organism to enable its proper fat burning capacity to operate appropriately. Commonly, necessary vitamin products cannot be synthesized through the system, and for that reason need to be supplied over the food we try to eat.
There are many meals that include vitamins and minerals. Some food items are greater in vitamins and minerals as opposed to others and a few food products are reduce in health supplements than others. Some vitamins and minerals are excess fat soluble and must be studied in over the mouth, as opposed to other health supplements are normal water soluble and therefore are brought in the bloodstream because of the blood vessels. Some vitamin products also put together along with other mineral to create herbal antioxidants.
There are all 5 extra fat-soluble nutritional vitamins. A Vitamin is important for the introduction of healthy and balanced neural system, epidermis along with the health and wellness from the body. Vitamin D is important for increasing your metabolism and soaking up calcium supplement. Vitamin E reduces absolutely free significant destruction of the cells with the body system and encourages mobile improvement. Last of all is vitamin supplement K, which defends in opposition to cancers and other health conditions in the body system.
Fat-soluble vitamins and minerals are grouped into two categories: carotenoids and retinol. The labels relate to the yellowish pigment that is found in fruit, produce and pet areas, including dairy and fish. The classification technique might be bewildering, since the label typically relates merely to the shade connected with an piece. Moreover, a number of the vitamin supplements are only somewhat soluble in extra fat and must be taken in a very challenging style to find the suitable sum.
Liquid nutritional supplements include folic acid, which can be found in enriched grain whole grain cereal, fresh new grapefruits and severalsoybeans and benefits, wheat bran, driedlegumes and peanuts, whole grain products, and orange extract. calcium mineral, pantothenic and Biotin acid solution can also be found in mostvegetables and fruit, cereals, soybeans, dairy food as well as some dairy products. Calcium and supplement D may not be contained in excess fat, though pantothenic acid solution as well as the other vitamin supplements are totally or mostly fats-soluble. If they are included in your diet regime together with a complete good diet, you ought to receive the many nutritional supplements your body needs.
Vit C is normal water-soluble, therefore it is kept in tissue cells as anti-oxidants. It contributes greatly control blood sugar levels and its essential for solid bone tissues. It helps repair service and regenerate body tissue, bloodstream, muscular tissues and nerves. Deficiency of ascorbic acid can lead to weakening of the blood vessels, bones and muscles vessels.
Vitamin D is h2o-soluble, it is therefore kept in excess fat tissue cells as antioxidants. It can help maintain healthy and balanced pearly whites and bones. Like vitamin c, it assists fix and replenish the facial skin cellular material, bloodstream, muscle tissue and neural system. Deficiency of vitamins d ends in weakening from the blood, muscle tissue and bone tissues vessels. Some fat-soluble vitamin products, in particular vitamin supplements b6 and niacin, work by making the body use a vitamin. Most of the people need all of the fat-soluble vitamins and minerals and several fat-soluble natural vitamins, like vitamins d, has to be avoided.
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This position announcement will be used to fill a Full-Time, Permanent, Non-Represented, Safety-Sensitive Veterinarian vacancy within the Police Department. This veterinarian position serves as the expert in veterinarian responsibilities for planning, coordinating, and directing veterinary science activities in Animal Care & Control. The primary purposes of this position are to examine and triage animals entering the facility, develop and oversee appropriate treatment plans for animals requiring emergency or ongoing medical care, development and oversee appropriate behavior plans for animals, monitor the health and care of animals housed at the shelter, and acts in the capacity of expert witness as needed. This position will have some supervisory responsibilities, including the supervision of contractual veterinarians. This position requires medical/behavioral knowledge of animals including domestic, agricultural and exotic. The work requires knowledge of the policies, procedures, and regulations of the state veterinary science.
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Nigerian Disc Jockey and producer, Dj Chi has dropped the remix of his enchanting melody called, “More (Remix)”.
On the other hand, the emerging vocalist worked on this fantastic melody with Popular Made Men Music artiste, Iyanya and DMW music act and songwriter, Peruzzi.
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Pooh Shiesty Speaks After Looking Unrecognizable In New Prison Photo
By Tony M. Centeno
August 30, 2022
It's been some time since we've seen a fresh portrait of Pooh Shiesty since he was sentenced to serve five years in prison earlier this year. Now he's sporting a different look and speaking out about his time behind bars.
On Tuesday, August 30, the Memphis native was able to post a new photo to his social media accounts. In the image, fans can see Shiesty is now rocking a pair of gold-framed glasses and is letting his hair grow out longer than before. In a pair of Instagram Story posts, the "Main Slime" rapper also offers a few words about his time in prison so far.
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“The police don’t stop watchin just cause you in jail and you can go to jail inside of jail,” he wrote. “Just let that sink in y’all small ass unconscious head.”
“They gone wait till I’m dead to start listening to what I be saying," he added.
Pooh Shiesty has been locked up for over a year after he turned himself in last June to face charges stemming from a double shooting that occurred in Miami's Bay Harbor Islands back in 2020. The 1017 rapper and his road manager Bobby Brown were accused of shooting two people after a deal for drugs and sneakers went wrong. Although they initially pled not guilty last year, Shiesty and Brown switched to a guilty plea in October 2021 after they accepted a plea deal in the case. In January, the "Back In Blood" rapper pled guilty to a single firearms conspiracy charge, which led to a 63-month sentence.
Since his incarceration, Pooh Shiesty has celebrated his sobriety and even dropped new music.


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Ever since the Yule update thing was done, I noticed many bugs happening. Now I can't call my raven, and when the game loads, Eivor is drunk and staggering with everything being hazy just like in the drinking challenges.
Also, I can't even do the fishing mission with the Baker in my settlement, and the mission tracking markers are all out of whack, taking me to completely irrelevant places that are far far away. I don't know what to do but it makes me not want to play the game at all because it's very frustrating.

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Bring on the cheese! Pizza Days' pizza located in Medford is loaded with fresh cheese and ingredients, making it a local favorite. Guess what? Pizza Days also serves food that's free of gluten and low in fat, so everyone can find something that tastes great. Groups of all sizes can easily be seated at Pizza Days.
No need for a wardrobe change when you hit Pizza Days ? it's strictly casual. Grab your meal to go at this pizzeria if you're in a hurry ? or better yet, have them bring it to you through their delivery service!
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As promised, today's tag challenge is intended to be a little easier than last week's.
The theme is "time." You may interpret
the theme is any way you like and use any medium you like. In other words, it's very open. Leave a link in my comment section so we can all come and see what you've created.
I chose to use a grandfather clock stamp Sarah sent me which I'm pretty sure is from Artful Illusions. I created the background with text stamps from Oxford Impressions, floral border from StampinUp, and a sentiment from The Paper Company.
Although the weekly sampler is just that -- a sample of some of the tags submitted -- for the art doll challenge it was my intent to include everyone's tag in the sampler.
I neglected to add these two to the sampler, so I will add a link here.
You can see Nancy's tag here.
And Suzanne also submitted a tag which you can see here.
Sorry for the oversight ladies. If I left anyone else out, let me know please!

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Read what lead me to start triathlon training in my previous post: From Runner to Triathlete
We had the opportunity to train on the actual Florida Half Ironman race course this Sunday! So, we packed up my van with 5 race bikes, 5 bags of gear, and 5 of us to head over to Orlando to practice our 1.2 mile open water swim in Lake Eva and then bike the 56 mile hilly course. Melissa, Tiffany and I were excited to see what was in store for us. Our coach, Skye from Tri with Skye, brought her friend, Courtney, along to help with the training. She is an amazing athlete as well as a wonderful mentor!
It was not ideal conditions. The lake was 68 degrees and the wind was blowing so hard that there were actual white caps on the little lake! When I hit the water I felt like I was getting into an ice bath. Skye recommended we did not wear our wetsuits, if possible, so we could recreate race day conditions as much as possible. It was so rough that every time I tried to breathe water would splash into my mouth. I had to float on my back just to calm myself down. After a few minutes I got in a rhythm and figured out how to lift myself out a little more to breathe over the breaking water. But then I couldn’t sight (that’s when you look up to see where you’re going!) because every time I looked up all I saw was a wave. I’m pretty sure I zig zagged all around that lake but I did it! It was only my second open water swim and it was the worst conditions I’ve ever swam in. It really raised my confidence to make it through.
The wind was crazy and made the hilly 56 mile bike course even harder! One of the IM (Ironman) signs was down for the bike course and we got so lost. We ended up having to stop to map it on our phone more than a few times but we made it through. It’s always more fun when there is an adventure! Courtney rode with Melissa and me and gave helpful tips and advice. By the end of the ride she raised my confidence so much. It was the first time I actually felt ready for the race!
The training for my 1st Half Ironman has been trying. I’m only up to 6 miles for my run and I need 13.1 on race day! Will this race include any of my best times? I doubt it, but I’m determined to make it through. I’ve been able to swim and bike the full distance but my hip is still healing and running has not been much of an option. My main goal: FINISH STRONG! I don’t want any regrets on how I raced.
I’m focusing on the experience and the physical and mental strength I’m gaining for this incredible opportunity. I could never do it without my coach, Skye, and it would’t be nearly as fun without my training buddies, Melissa and Tiffany!!!What a journey this has been!

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30 December 2013
The Director of Opera picks out his highlights of the year. Do you agree?
25 October 2013
George Benjamin, Gerald Barry and David Bruce short-listed for British Composer Award 2013.
15 June 2013
Audience comments about the UK stage premiere of Gerald Barry's operatic Oscar Wilde adaptation.
7 June 2013
A look at the Importance of Being Earnest composer's brilliant and bizarre back-catalogue.
22 May 2013
Exuberant opera by Gerald Barry makes its UK stage premiere
16 May 2013
To celebrate the staging of The Importance of Being Earnest, three examples of this very English institution as a battleground.
15 May 2013
Gerald Barry awarded RPS Music Award for Large-Scale Composition.
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Americans love to wax histrionic about young people, and it would be cruel for me to deprive them of a beloved national past-time hours before Independence Day weekend. So if you’re gonna get gloomy about Millennials, here’s how to do so responsibly.
Stop talking about basements. Start talking about money.
In the last decade, the face of twentysomething Americans has been righteously slapped by the recession, according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The number of young adults making less than $25,000 has increased by six million; the number of young adults making more than $25,000 has declined by almost two million.
It’s not like there’s one economy for young people and another sparkling economy for everybody else. There’s…
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The post Vince Staples shares new single “Hell Bound”: Stream appeared first on Consequence of Sound.
Over the last few months, Vince Staples has dolled out a number of new songs, including “So What”, “Sheet Music”, and the Queen & Slim soundtrack offering “Yo Love”. Today, the Long Beach rapper has returned with his latest single, “Hell Bound”.
The buoyant track sizzles with bubbling electronic beats as he breezes over with the reoccurring hook, “Hell bound/It’s going down.” Take a listen below.
Along with the new song, Staples has announced TheVinceStaplesShow+, a new website packed with all things Staples, including interviews, live videos, and behind-the-scenes footage of his web series The Vince Staples Show. Up until now, the rapper’s been releasing each single in tandem with a new episode. That won’t be the case for “Hell Bound”, but according to a press release, the song does come along with a limited-edition piece of fan merchandise. Pop over to his shiny new website for details.
Staples will be performing at the upcoming Snowglobe Music Festival in Tahoe and you can grab your passes here. There’s a good chance he’ll bust out the new one.
Listen to Vince Staples’ “Hell Bound” below, followed by a little more detail on his new website from the man himself.
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The Douglas SBD Dauntless was the mainstay of the US Navy's dive bomber fleet for much of World War II (1939-1945). Produced between 1940 and 1944, the aircraft was adored by its flight crews which praised its ruggedness, dive performance, maneuverability, and heavy armament. Flown from both carriers and land bases, the "Slow but Deadly" Dauntless played key roles at the decisive Battle of Midway and during the campaign to capture Guadalcanal. Also an excellent scout aircraft, the Dauntless remained in frontline use until 1944 when most US Navy squadrons began transitioning to the more powerful, but less popular Curtiss SB2C Helldiver.
Design & Development:
Following the US Navy's introduction of the Northrop BT-1 dive bomber in 1938, designers at Douglas began working on an improved version of the aircraft. Using the BT-1 as a template, the Douglas team, led by designer Ed Heinemann, produced a prototype which was dubbed the XBT-2. Centered on the 1,000 hp Wright Cyclone engine, the new aircraft featured a 2,250 lb. bomb load and a speed of 255 mph. Two forward firing .30 cal. machine guns and one rear-facing .30 cal. were provided for defense.
Featuring all metal construction (except for fabric covered control surfaces), the XBT-2 utilized a low-wing cantilever configuration and included hydraulically actuated, perforated split dive-brakes. Another change from the BT-1 saw the landing gear shift from retracting backwards to closing laterally into recessed wheel wells in the wing. Re-designated the SBD (Scout Bomber Douglas) following Douglas' purchase of Northrop, the Dauntless was selected by the US Navy and Marine Corps to replace their existing dive bomber fleets.
Production and Variants:
In April 1939, the first orders were placed with the USMC opting for the SBD-1 and the Navy selecting the SBD-2. While similar, the SBD-2 possessed a greater fuel capacity and a slightly different armament. The first generation of Dauntlesses reached operational units in late 1940 and early 1941. As the sea services were transitioning to the SBD, the US Army placed an order for the aircraft in 1941, designating it the A-24 Banshee.
In March 1941, the Navy took possession of the improved SBD-3 which featured self-sealing fuel tanks, enhanced armor protection, and an expanded array of weapons including an upgrade to two forward-firing .50 cal. machine guns in the cowling and twin .30 cal. machine guns on a flexible mount for the rear gunner. The SBD-3 also saw a switch to the more powerful Wright R-1820-52 engine. Subsequent variants included the SBD-4, with an enhanced 24-volt electrical system, and the definitive SBD-5.
The most produced of all SBD types, the SBD-5 was powered by a 1,200 hp R-1820-60 engine and had a larger ammunition capacity than its predecessors. Over 2,900 SBD-5s were built, mostly at Douglas' Tulsa, OK plant. A SBD-6 was designed, but it was not produced in large numbers (450 total) as Dauntless production was ended in 1944, in favor of the new Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. A total of 5,936 SBDs were built during its production run.
- Length: 33 ft. 1 in.
- Wingspan: 41 ft. 6 in.
- Height: 13 ft. 7 in.
- Wing Area: 325 sq. ft.
- Empty Weight: 6,404 lbs.
- Loaded Weight: 10,676 lbs.
- Crew: 2
- Power Plant: 1 × Wright R-1820-60 radial engine, 1,200 hp
- Range: 773 miles
- Max Speed: 255 mph
- Ceiling: 25,530 ft.
- Guns: 2 x .50 cal. machine guns (mounted in cowling), 1 x (later 2 x) flexible-mounted .30 cal. machine gun(s) in rear
- Bombs/Rockets: 2,250 lbs. of bombs
The backbone of the US Navy's dive bomber fleet at the outbreak of World War II, the SBD Dauntless saw immediate action around the Pacific. Flying from American carriers, SBDs aided in sinking the Japanese carrier Shoho at the Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4-8, 1942). A month later, the Dauntless proved vital in turning the tide of the war at the Battle of Midway (June 4-7, 1942). Launching from the carriers USS Yorktown (CV-5), USS Enterprise (CV-6), and USS Hornet (CV-8), SBDs successfully attacked and sank four Japanese carriers. The aircraft next saw service during the battles for Guadalcanal.
Flying from carriers and Guadalcanal's Henderson Field, SBDs provided support for the Marines on the island as well as flew strike missions against the Imperial Japanese Navy. Though slow by the standards of the day, the SBD proved a rugged aircraft and was beloved by its pilots. Due to its relatively heavy armament for a dive bomber (2 forward .50 cal. machine guns, 1-2 flex-mounted, rear-facing .30 cal. machine guns) the SBD proved surprisingly effective in dealing with Japanese fighters such as the A6M Zero. Some authors have even argued that the SBD finished the conflict with a "plus" score against enemy aircraft.
The Dauntless' last major action came in June 1944, at the Battle of Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944). Following the battle, most SBD squadrons were transitioned to the new SB2C Helldiver, though several US Marine Corps units continued to fly the Dauntless for the remainder of the war. Many SBD flight crews made the transition to the new SB2C Helldiver with great reluctance. Though bigger and faster than the SBD, the Helldiver was plagued by production and electrical problems that made it unpopular with its crews. Many reflected that they wanted to continue flying the "Slow but Deadly" Dauntless rather than the new "Son of a Bitch 2nd Class" Helldiver. The SBD was fully retired at the end of the war.
A-24 Banshee in Army Service
While the aircraft proved highly effective for the US Navy, it was less so for the US Army Air Forces. Though it saw combat over Bali, Java, and New Guinea during the early days of the war, it was not well received and squadrons suffered heavy casualties. Relegated to non-combat missions, the aircraft did not see action again until an improved version, the A-24B, entered service later in the war. The USAAF's complaints about the aircraft tended to cite its short range (by their standards) and slow speed.


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Trogdor!! The Board Game is a cooperative light strategy/area control game of burnination, majesty, and consummate V's for 1-6 players from the Brothers Chaps and James Ernest. Choose to play as one of 9 Keepers of Trogdor, each with their own unique abilities, as you take turns controlling a beefy-armed dragon in his quest to burninate the entire countryside. Box includes:
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Want your home to be green? Here's how
It has never been more important to go green than now. Although a huge amount of the pollution comes from businesses and commercial buildings, there is still so much that we can do at home. The good news is that with just a few little changes here and there we can all have a large and positive impact on environment. I thought I would share with you some of my personal favourite ways of going green.
I’m going to talk about things like Plastic free Fridays, recycled materials and eco paints as you can still be eco-friendly even if you are re-designing your home. Interior design is focusing more and more on how to implement eco-friendly design aspects in all types of styles. From vintage and retro to modern and contemporary, going green is fast becoming the new hot trend.
But in reality, it's more than a trend. It's a necessity. The good news? It may not be as hard to do as you think!
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This combined research project aims to foster the user centered development of a demonstrator of a multi-user application with integrated mixed reality (MR) technology. This application shall encourage a wide range of population stratum to participate in democratic decision-making processes in urban planning using an immersive experience of virtual planning stages. Furthermore, through an intuitive and user-friendly user guidance and asynchronous interactions, inhibition thresholds to participate may be overcome.
The use of Augmented Reality (AR) in outside spaces and in the industry is becoming increasingly important. A precise positioning in urban environments is, however, hindered by high rise buildings causing a reduction in the precision of GPS. Indoors and at assembly lines, normally is void of any GPS signal. Using Point cloud matching algorithms, alternative positioning options (e.g. markers or image referencing) may be reduced and the precision of positioning can be improved.
At HFT Stuttgart, an architecture for an AR-client and a tracking System is conceptualized and implemented as a prototype under consideration of current soft- and hardware solutions. The focus is placed on an innovative tracking system that uses a point cloud matching method. An evaluation is done using concrete case-studies.
A new 6-DOF-tracking algorithm for mobile outdoor-AR applications shall be developed based on point clouds that complements existing methods, such as the line-of-sight-tracking. For this purpose, the project partners shall provide high-resolution point clouds as reference point clouds which were acquired e.g., from mobile mapping systems. Suitable sub-sections of these point clouds (i.e., based on the current region) shall be streamed to the user’s smart phone on demand in order to determine the exact field of view (position and heading) of the user.
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HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences, Berlin School of Economics and Law - HWR Berlin, Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Competence Network for Virtual Engineering (VDC), Point Cloud Technology GmbH, FrauenComputerZentrumBerlin e.V., City of Fellbach
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|Programme||Research program on "human-technology interaction"|
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