Going to Nicaragua on a medical aid mission was like stepping back in time for Nanaimo optometrist Johnathan Lam.
People rode horses to get to town. There was no electricity and the buildings were constructed with boards reminiscent of past times.
“We had kids that had never seen a felt pen before and we had to show them how it works,” said Lam.
The sight of poverty wasn’t new for him. Lam has headed into secluded villages six times, four times to Mexico and twice to Nicaragua, to volunteer his services to help people see.
Sight is crucial to the economic survival of many people he treats. Many patients need reading glasses for work, such as making crafts or sewing, and others who need glasses for distance or they can’t travel to their work destinations. There was one gentleman Lam fitted with bifocal glasses who had about a plus-10 prescription.
“That is a massive prescription,” said Lam, adding the man’s lack of sight impeded his daily life. “He had trouble even walking around. He would walk with family. His production was limited because he wouldn’t be able to go out on his own.”
Unemployment in the region he visited is about 75 per cent, said Lam. The minimum wage is about $3 a day and a foreman could get about $5 a day. But what struck Lam the most wasn’t the living conditions or poverty but the incredible resilience of the people he met.
The optometrist, who works at Vision Arts Eyecare Centre, visited the village called Risco del Oro with a team of 18 medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, optometrists, dentists and pharmacists.
Lam’s trip, which took place from late February to March 7, was through the Ascenta Foundation, a Canadian-based charity that helps communities with limited access to health care. Each medical professional volunteers their time and pays for their trip, but they are helped by organizations in the countries they visit with accommodation and transportation to some of the remote villages in which they work.
While working in the village he conducted eye exams. The first part of the exam was to determine if the patient could see properly. The second part was to ensure that the eyes were healthy. If a problem was found, the medical professionals had the option to refer people to an optometrist from the region if they needed surgery. Some weren’t aware there were problems or that care was available in their region.
The optometrists took several thousand eyeglasses that were donated at various locations. If people needed a specific prescription that wasn’t immediately available, the professionals would send it to the country after their return to Canada.
Lam said anyone who has outdated glasses can donate them at their optometrist’s office and they will be used to help give people sight during future medical missions.
For more information on the Ascenta Foundation please go to www.ascentafoundation.com.


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Book Four in the Liberated Ladies series is out now. You can read an extract from The Earl’s Reluctant Proposal here. Once an accomplish pianist, Lucy Lambert can no longer play and has resigned herself to the life of a music teacher. She has convinced herself that she can be content – until Max Fenton, the Earl of Burnham demands her assistance in rescuing his wayward sister from the consequences of her impulsive actions.
It should have been simple and the last thing it should have ended in was a scandal and Lucy’s stubborn refusal to be rescued from it by Max’s reluctant gallantry!
The final book in the five-part Time Into Time series is finally finished! The Hazardous Measure of Love is published on 11 January 2021.
This isn’t the end of the mysterious happenings in the market town of Welhampstead, but that will have to wait for a new series. In the meantime I have just begun a new book for Harlequin Mills & Boon. All I can tell you at the moment is that the hero is chilly, the heroine is no shrinking maiden and the situation is decidedly perilous.
A Marquis In Want of a Wife, number three in my five-book Liberated Ladies series is out at the end of November as an ebook and in paperback on December 1st.
Number four, The Earl’s Reluctant Proposal, is also available for pre-order for February next year and I have just sent the final book, Melissa’s story, to my editor – so fingers crossed, that will be out next year too.
What’s next? That will be book five in my time travel adventures of Cassie Lawrence with her lover from 1807, Luc Franklin, Earl of Radcliffe – I’m planning for a January publication date for that. You can find all the books together for both series here.

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(WASHINGTON) — The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national trade association representing the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry, has issued the following statement in support of Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and co-sponsors Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., and Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., on introducing the American Offshore Worker Fairness Act:
“The Shipbuilders Council of America and the 400,000 men and women in our domestic shipbuilding workforce strongly support the American Offshore Worker Fairness Act,” said Matthew Paxton, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America. “This common sense, bipartisan legislation closes a loophole that has long been exploited by foreign competitors to undercut America’s maritime workforce. We applaud the efforts of Sen. Cassidy, Rep. Graves and Rep. Garamendi in showing leadership by standing up for the men and women of America’s maritime industry.”
Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) members constitute the shipyard industrial base that builds, repairs, maintains and modernizes U.S. Navy ships and craft, U.S. Coast Guard vessels of all sizes, as well as vessels for other U.S. government agencies. In addition, SCA members build, repair and service America’s fleet of commercial vessels.
The council represents 40 companies that own and operate over 80 shipyards, with facilities on all three U.S. coasts, the Great Lakes, the inland waterways system, Alaska and Hawaii. The SCA also represents over 100 partner members that provide goods and services to the shipyard industry.

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It’s a curse of modern life that whenever you ask someone how they are, they say they’re busy.
A bit of a nothing answer, really, up there with the typically British stock responses of “fine thanks” and “not so bad”.
An exception can perhaps be made in the case of Kylie Minogue, who answers the question by saying she’s “busy busy, busy” (at least it’s not ‘lucky, lucky, lucky’...).
The 46-year-old is on tour – heading to Birmingham next week –so it’s easy to imagine her schedule being pretty packed.
“We’ve got the band on one half of the rehearsal room, and the dancers on the other, with sound guys and wardrobe in another room. It’s like a micro-village,” she says. “And we’re all amped, chomping at the bit.
“There are so many decisions to be made, so much information to absorb and so on, but it’s a very, very exciting time.”
Being on tour creates a “bubble”, she admits, insulating her and the rest of the crew from the outside world. The build-up can be a confusing time, because she has one foot in her real life, the other in tour-mode.
“It’s a bit odd, but when we’re fully on the road, you can’t really think about anything else, and the crew becomes family. If someone needs a hand or is having an off day, everyone else just rallies around to pick up the slack and helps out where they can. It’s an incredible thing.”
The tour is the first time she’s taken songs from Kiss Me Once, the album she released in March this year, out on the road. She’s performed a couple of them before, but with a backing track, rather than the full live band that’ll accompany her on tour.
There’ll be six songs from Kiss Me Once, a further 18 from the remainder of her career, including a medley or two (“I do love a medley”), a couple of unexpected covers and, perhaps most exciting for pop fans, a full section of her Eighties hits.
“We’ve got access to the actual PWL sounds,” Kylie reveals, referring to – for those not up on their Eighties pop – Pete Waterman Ltd, home to artists in the Stock, Aitken and Waterman songwriting and production stable.
Kylie was among their first breakthrough names, followed by the likes of Rick Astley, Jason Donovan, Sinitta, Bananarama and 2 Unlimited. During the late-Eighties and early-Nineties, the charts were dominated by PWL acts, with the claim made on Waterman’s website that he’s Britain’s most successful producer-songwriter ever, with worldwide single sales of 500 million.
“We’ve worked closely with them to get the recordings, and it’s just brilliant,” says Kylie. “You’re going to hear sounds that you haven’t heard since the Eighties. They’re not all in the same key, though,” she adds, noting that she can’t quite hit the high notes of I Should Be So Lucky any more.
“Better The Devil You Know comes down a semitone, too. If I was doing it once, it’d be fine, but night after night, it’s a lot of strain to get up there. To almost all ears, they will sound the same.”
It’s interesting to see her fully embracing her past. During the Nineties, she went to great lengths to distance herself from the created image of soap star-turned-pop puppet. There was, of course, the duet with Nick Cave, Where The Wild Roses Grow, taken from his 1996 album Murder Ballads. It’s often cited among Kylie’s career-best moments, and gave her a much-needed credibility boost with serious music fans who may have written her off beforehand.
The album that followed that unlikely about-face, Impossible Princess, further cemented her position as a versatile artist, and saw collaborations with the likes of Manic Street Preachers’ James Dean Bradfield, and dabbled with techno, indie and jazz. There was also the subject matter, which is among the most personal the famously secretive singer has written.
The tour features songs from every era of her career, although most are post-2000, the year she returned and completely reinvented herself once again, with her Light Years album and Spinning Around single.
She says Fever, her eighth studio album released in 2001 – shortly after her worldwide hit single Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – was when she really felt she’d hit her stride, and began to feel properly confident.
“It takes time,” Kylie reflects. “I still worry about a lot of things, and my anxiety levels can go through the roof. I trust my team, and new people are brought in because they bring something fresh and a new energy.”
She gears up for life on the road by carefully packing a few home comforts. She’s taking her own bed linen this time, and a few DVDs, although she does like to make the most of any peace and quiet if she can get it.
Even after all these years, she says the hardest thing about touring is adjusting to life afterwards.
“It can be tough,” she says, “and I believe there’s a recognised condition of post-tour depression. When you’ve been away on a tour like this, or any sort of tour where your adrenalin is going every day, it can happen.
“I have friends who say they look forward to doing nothing after tour, but I always tell them that’s the worst thing you can do. Your adrenal glands are screaming, ready to go, so you have to keep active. Whenever I get off tour, I make sure I see all my friends to find out what they’ve been doing.”
It’s too early to really start thinking about what she might do next year, she says, or when she might record another album; aside from a trip to her native Australia to perform there, she has no other plans.
“My friends all laugh when I tell them I’m having 2015 off, because they know it’ll soon be filled with things to do. But I can’t really concentrate on that now, because all my focus is on the tour.
“If I’m honest, I don’t know the cities I’m playing in that well, but I do have very specific memories of each of the venues we’re going.
“I’m very pleased we’re starting the tour up north, because the crowds there can be the loudest and most-vocal,” Kylie adds. “Raucous even, and I can’t wait for everyone to see what I’ve got in store.”
* Kylie plays Birmingham’s NIA on October 7.

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Tasty meals are provided to residents, the minimum allowable age of residents is 55, and staff can help residents monitor their blood sugar.
A dentist visits this community regularly, regular occupational therapy by a visiting therapist helps you stay active and engaged, the The Wyngate Senior Living Community (Barboursville) is especially designed to handle memory care and behavioral issues, caregivers at The Wyngate Senior Living Community (Barboursville) can address potential disorientation presented by residents, full-service medication administration is available, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and hospice is an option available at this location.
An on-call physician is available to help, speech therapy is offered via a speech therapist who comes to the community often, this property is its own free standing building, staff is trained to deal with any exit seeking behaviors that may need to be handled, this property administers patient medications, the community has a nurse that is able to administer injectable medicine, and hospice is an option available at this location.
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Congress Begins Work on Water Resources Development Act for 2010
February 2, 2010
The Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing on November 18, 2009 to receive testimony from Members of Congress on issues and proposals for consideration of a Water Resources Development Act of 2010, which authorizes infrastructure projects from the Army Corps of Engineers. AGC laid out its priorities for a WRDA 2010 in a letter sent to all Members of the full Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
The first step in a Corps water resources development project is a study on the feasibility of the project. If the Corps has conducted a study in the area before, a new study can be authorized by a resolution by either the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee or the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. If the area has not been previously studied by the Corps, then an Act of Congress is necessary to authorize the study. The majority of studies are authorized by Committee resolution. After a feasibility study is completed, the results and recommendations of the study are submitted to Congress, usually in the form of a report of the Chief of Engineers. If such results and recommendations are favorable, the next step is authorization. Project authorizations are contained in water resources development acts, which are traditionally enacted on a biennial schedule. After a project is authorized, it would still require an appropriation of Federal funds to proceed to construction.
A key issue AGC has raised over the past several years was discussed during the hearing when Rep. Charles Boustany, Jr. (R-La.) strongly advocated the need to firewall user fees collected from the Harbor Maintenance Tax and ensure 100 percent of the funds are spent for the purpose of funding dredging projects. In 2008, less than half the funds collected were spent out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.
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The source said there was some concern within the Pence team that there were risks to calling the 25th Amendment or even an impeachment process, where Trump might take the kind of reckless action that puts the nation at risk.
As of Saturday evening, Trump and Pence had not spoken about the conversation since Wednesday’s incursion into the US Capitol building that left five people dead, including a Capitol police officer, another source told CNN. The president also did not issue any public comments denouncing the death threats that were posted on social media targeting Pence.
“Pence has finally given a glimpse of POTUS ‘revenge,” said one of the sources, using the acronym of the President of the United States.
Two sources familiar with the matter say Trump is furious with Pence and Pence is disappointed and saddened by Trump.
Trump put Pence in an impossible position and demanded that he nullify the election results during the joint session of Congress on Wednesday. When Pence made it clear he could not do so and sent a message to members of Congress that he would follow the Constitution, Trump used his rally on Wednesday to anger the crowd, and asked them to walk down Capitol Hill, and said of his deputy, “ Mike Pence, I hope you stand up for our constitution and for the sake of The good of our country, and if you are not, I will be very disappointed in you, I will tell you now. I do not hear good stories. “
The break is the first time that Pence has publicly disagreed with Trump. Pence has always been one of the president’s biggest advocates, often tempering his ruthless rhetoric and lobbying for his priorities quietly and behind the scenes on Capitol Hill – while loudly supporting the president at rallies throughout the campaign.
For now, the source close to the vice president said that Pence and his advisers hope to provide a bridge for the next administration and do their best to help President-elect Joe Biden’s team prepare to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
But the source warned that it became clear this week that it was necessary to keep the 25th Amendment option on the table based on Trump’s actions.
Summoning the 25th Amendment requires Pence and a majority of cabinet members to vote to remove Trump from office due to his inability to “discharge the powers and duties of office” – an unprecedented move.
Trump may oppose their move with a letter to Congress. Pence and the Cabinet will have four days to dispute and Congress will vote after that – it takes a two-thirds majority in the Senate, usually 67 in the Senate and 290 in the House of Representatives, to be permanently removed.
On Thursday, sources close to the vice president said it was “extremely unlikely” that Pence would attempt to implement the 25th Amendment. The sources said that it seems that such efforts will not succeed in the end. Pence did not discuss the 25th Amendment protest with any government officials, a management official told CNN earlier.
The House Rules Committee is expected to meet on Monday or Tuesday to approve a rule that will govern public debate over the impeachment decision and Raskin bill to create a new mechanism to invoke the 25th Amendment.
Under this timetable, a vote on impeachment could take place by the middle of next week.
But in a memo to his fellow senators on Friday, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated that the earliest Senate could consider any of the impeachment clauses passed by the House likely after Trump’s term ends, saying the Senate could not consider articles while Holiday. .
Since Republicans are unlikely to hold a trial before January 20, Senate Democrats will be able to hold a trial after Trump leaves office, once they formally obtain the majority.
The White House urged the White House not to go ahead with impeachment measures in a statement released on Friday. Deputy Press Secretary Jude Derry said: “As President Trump said yesterday, this is a time for recovery and unity as one nation. A politically motivated impeachment trial against a president with 12 days remaining in office will only further divide our great country.” .
This story has been updated with additional information.
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I thought I would share the Christmas card I sent to friends and family this year and at the same time participate in this week's SUO Challenge! This simple card uses the Festival of Trees stamp set and coordinating punch along with various other punches and a circle framelit to complete. It is hard to see in the picture but my background was embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder before adhering it to the Sahara Sand cardstock.
I hope you have had a good weekend! I had to work all weekend (at my "regular" job) and finally just got my tree up last night. I'm starting to feel prepared for the holidays!
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Just For Laughs Toronto
Toronto’s largest comedy festival returns to live performance and gets a new name – it was formerly called JFL42 – with its biggest lineup yet. Headliners include Trevor Noah, Mike Birbiglia, Amy Schumer, John Mulaney and drag superstars Trixie & Katya, while other acts include Fire Island’s Joel Kim Booster, Issa Rae and Pete Davidson. This weekend’s free opening street festival (at Berczy Park) features Russell Peters, Bob the Drag Queen, Tynomi Banks, Craig Robinson and others. September 22 to October 1, various locations. Free-$47.50, passes available. toronto.hahaha.com
Toronto International Festival of Authors
The city’s biggest literary festival launches this weekend and includes readings, master classes, critical conversations, poetry slams and lots of events for kids. Of the dozens of events this weekend, look for readings/conversations by Man Booker winner Douglas Stuart, Lisa Moore, Lorna Crozier and Irvine Welsh, a discussion about memoir writing by Cody Caetano and Isaac Fitzgerald, a celebration of Toronto’s literary history by Anne Michaels, a critical conversation about Russia… and more.
September 22 to October 2 at Harbourfront Centre. Some events free. Passes from $45. festivalofauthors.ca
The Tarragon’s artistic director Mike Payette directs the world premiere of award-winning playwright Ho Ka Kei’s (Jeff Ho) coming-of-age story about survival, stories and identity, featuring Karl Ang, Steven Hao, Anton Ling and an all-Asian design team.
September 22-October 9 at the Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, 30 Bridgman. $15-$55. tarragontheatre.com
Gallery Weekend Toronto
Miss contemporary art? Twenty-six of the city’s leading galleries – including Olga Korper, Christopher Cutts, the Corkin, Paul Petro Contemporary Art and the Stephen Bulger Gallery – open up their doors to show you some of the latest works by local and international artists. The venues are spread throughout the city, and each one is free to visit.
September 22-25. Free. toronto.galleryweekend.ca/galleries
Word on the Street Community Popup
The Evergreen Brick Works, the iconic former brick-making factory and current community hub in the middle of the Don Valley, is the perfect place to host a one-day mini literary festival. In addition to the 30 exhibitors in the community marketplace and author-lead forest walks, the day will feature a conversation between environmental activists Clayton Thomas-Müller and Maude Barlow and readings by 2022 Toronto Book Awards finalists Camilla Gibb, HN Khan, Sarah Polley and Adrienne Shadd, as well as a short performance from Falen Johnson’s shortlisted play Two Indians.
September 25 from 9 am to 6 pm. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. thewordonthestreet.ca
Canadian Stage launches its new season with a performance of Siminovitch Prize-winning playwright Olivier Choiniere’s subversive drama about a surreal family dinner. CS’s artistic director Brendan Healy directs a superb cast (Jonathan Goad, Michelle Monteith, Matthew Edison) in the acclaimed play’s Canadian English-language premiere.
September 23 to October 2 at the Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. $29-$89. canadianstage.com
The acclaimed interdisciplinary performing arts festival kicks off this weekend, with four outdoor, walk-up performances of Victoria Mata Soledad’s Cacao | A Venezuelan Lament, a polylingual dance and theatre show examining the realities of Venezuela’s cacao farmers. These free performances take place at North York’s Mel Lastman Square, and the festival continues with ticketed events at Theatre Passe Muraille, Factory Theatre and elsewhere.
September 22 to October 9, various locations. Free to pay-what-you-can-afford. alunatheatre.ca

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When Bobby Petrino was fired yesterday as coach for the University of Arkansas football team, his “reckless behavior” may have set a precedent as unique among fired bosses. Not only did he hire his 25-year-old mistress, Jessica Dorrell, as his student-athlete development coordinator from among 159 applicants in an expedited process, but he didn’t tell his bosses that the two were involved in a romantic relationship. As Arkansas’s athletic director Jeff Long pointed out when he let Petrino go, the coach’s relationship with Dorrell prior to her joining the staff was not against University policy. But Petrino abused his authority when he hired Dorrell without disclosing their personal relationship. “Coach Petrino’s relationship with Miss Dorrell gave her an unfair and undisclosed advantage for a position on coach Petrino’s football staff,” said Long.
As my colleague Chris Smith pointed out earlier this week, Petrino’s contract includes a clause giving the University the right to fire him for engaging in conduct “which negatively or adversely affects the reputation of the University.”
It has also come to light that Petrino had given Dorrell $20,000 before he hired her, though a spokesman for Long has said the money came from Petrino and not from University funds.
Petrino might have gotten away with his unethical hire, had he not crashed his motorcycle on April 1, with Dorrell riding on the back. Petrino, who broke four ribs and cracked a vertebra in his neck, at first didn’t tell anyone that Dorrell, a former Arkansas volleyball player and Razorback Foundation fundraiser, was his passenger. Audio of the 911 call after the accident has revealed that Petrino and Dorrell didn’t want the police to be called and a police report showed that Petrino asked whether he had to give the name of his passenger.
On the evening of April 1, Petrino’s family released a statement saying he was the only one involved in the accident. Petrino repeated that claim during a press conference the following Tuesday. But then, just 20 minutes before the state police was set to release its accident report, Petrino, 51, a married father of four, finally told Long about the relationship and Dorrell’s involvement in the accident.
In an emotional eight-minute statement yesterday, Long talked about feeling blindsided by Petrino. “He made the decision, a conscious decision, to mislead the public on Tuesday, and in doing so negatively and adversely affected the reputation of the University of Arkansas and our football program,” Long said. “In short, coach Petrino engaged in a pattern of misleading and manipulative behavior designed to deceive me and members of the athletic staff, both before and after the motorcycle accident.”
Since Petrino was fired for cause, he will not receive the $18 million buyout the contract specifies. For now, Dorrell remains on staff. She makes a salary of $55,735 to organize on-campus recruiting visits and to do other work with incoming players.
Petrino has issued a lengthy apology. “The simplest response I have is: I’m sorry,” it begins. “These two words seem very inadequate. But that is my heart.”


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Exploring New York’s Performing Arts Scene
There probably isn’t a city in the world able to even begin to compete with the incredible scope and extent of New York’s performing arts scene. There’s something for every conceivable whim, preference, and taste – a phenomenal range of theatre, dance, opera, live contemporary music, live rock and jazz – you just name it, and it’s bound to be found in the Big Apple and surrounds.
Your Doorway To Broadway
Most of New York’s Broadway theatres are in Times Square – and mostly around the thoroughfare instead of directly on the square. You’ll find Broadway theatres sprinkling many of the intersections connecting with the actual Broadway road that thoroughfares much of the length of Manhattan. These run as far North as 53rd Street.
But there’s another Broadway-ish space not quite Broadway – called Off-Broadway. Theatres classified as Off-Broadway hangouts are typically more offbeat and avant-garde. Mostly situated downtown, these often include theatres located in the regions of Midtown and on the Upper West Side.
Shakespeare In Central Park
For the theatre lover to visit beautiful New York without swinging by Shakespeare in Central Park would be pure sacrilege.
Shakespeare in Central Park is probably as “institution” as institution gets in New York. The brainchild of a former director of the Public Theatre, the late Joseph Pap, the production is a seasonal staging of many of the Bard’s great plays. Do take note that the production only runs between the end of June and the beginning of August, but it’s always perfect for a first date or any other occasion.
Much the same as just about anything or anywhere else on the go in New York, it’s always best to phone ahead and check what’s “on” and what’s not before planning a day around it. This applies especially to Shakespeare in Central Park productions, as tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis only.
The Lincoln Centre
The Lincoln Centre for Performing Arts is a celebrated New York stalwart extending across four entire city blocks on the Upper West Side.
Here you will find productions ranging from opera to film to classical music. Popular spaces include the Metropolitan Opera House, the Avery Fisher Hall, the grand New York State Theatre (home to New York City Opera as well as the New York City Ballet, the Walter Reade Theatre (home to the Film Society of Lincoln Centre), and the Alice Tully Hall.
The Legendary Carnegie Hall
A truly world-renowned performance universe, New York’s Carnegie Hall is home to the epic Isaac Stern Auditorium, a 2,804-seat pitch-perfect concert hall.
The Isaac Stern Auditorium is where New York City hosts touring symphony and other orchestras from all around the world. A visit to New York simply would not be the same without popping by this visual and acoustic “work of art” and it’s as exciting as when you visit this site.
Brooklyn Academy Of Music
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After months of closed session meetings, the Turlock City Council will consider approving a new contract for Turlock police officers at a special meeting on Tuesday evening.
In summer of 2014, Turlock Associated Police Officers (TAPO) were involved in contract negotiations with the City of Turlock, but ultimately rejected the City’s offer prior to the Oct. 14 Council meeting.
TAPO has continued negotiations with the Turlock City Council, which now includes two new members, Mayor Gary Soiseth and Councilmember Matthew Jacob, to craft a deal they believe gives them fair compensation.
“The TAPO negotiations teams has worked diligently with the City Council to come up with a contract that we believe to be fair based upon the confines of the me too clauses the previous Council approved with other labor groups,” said TAPO President Sgt. Russell Holeman. “While the contract will still leave TAPO members below the median of comparable cities, this contract gets us somewhat closer to the median."
“I would like to thank Mayor Soiseth and the rest of the Council for their willingness to hear us out concerning our total compensation and ways to close the gap without triggering the me too clauses that other labor groups received.”
Now it is in the hands of Turlock City Council to approve the memorandum of understanding with TAPO, who has been working without a contract since summer.
If approved, the City of Turlock would adopt a three-year memorandum of understanding with TAPO dated August 1, 2014 through July 31, 2017.
Soiseth commended the members of TAPO for taking a pay cut years ago and is glad that the Council has been able to create a fair offer for the police officers.
“Our police officers were selfless when they took pay cuts during the economic downturn,” said Mayor Gary Soiseth. “I’m proud of this Council for offering proposal that restores their wages and also gives a fair compensation package."
Councilmember Amy Bublak, a Modesto police officer, also complimented the City Council for their continued work to propose a fair wage structure for TAPO.
“I would like to thank Council for crafting a fair proposal and thank TAPO for their patience and professionalism while finding a resolution to contract disagreement for the last seven or so months,” said Bublak.
Bublak had been involved in Council’s negotiations with TAPO from when they first began last summer.
At times, the City of Turlock and TAPO have been at odds, however appear to be moving in a better direction.
In August of 2013, TAPO filed a lawsuit against the City of Turlock for $45,000 in loss wages after the City of Turlock allegedly continued to enforce a sunset clause that had expired on Oct. 31, 2012.
On Tuesday, the Turlock City Council will also host a workshop to discuss the City of Turlock’s Building Department, as part of the series of workshops Soiseth’s 100-day vision.
Turlock City Council will meeting 6 p.m. on Tuesday in the Yosemite Room of City Hall, 156 S. Broadway.


Calaveras County crash injures four
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Four people were injured, one of them hospitalized, after a vehicle they were in went down an embankment and crashed into a utility pole Sunday evening in Calaveras County.
The crash occurred about 6:45 p.m. on Highway 49, a few miles south of San Andreas, the California Highway Patrol reported. A 2003 Ford Escape was heading north on the highway just south of Carol Kennedy Road.
The CHP said the driver, 19-year-old Eric Hinton, was driving the vehicle faster than the 55 mph speed limit. The vehicle drifted to the right and struck a raised asphalt curb.
The vehicle then went down the embankment and hit multiple trees, before crashing into the wooden utility pole and rolling over. The vehicle came to rest on its roof, according to the CHP.
The four injured people in the crash, all from Lodi, got out of the overturned vehicle on their own and waited for emergency personnel to arrive. They were all wearing seat belts during the crash.
One of the passengers, 18-year-old Ruby Marquez, suffered moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Mark Twain Medical Center in San Andreas. The CHP said Hinton, Jacob Westerback, 20, and Nicolas Calderon, 18, suffered minor injuries and were treated at the crash site.
CHP investigators determined alcohol or drugs were not a factor in the crash.
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Sellers are losing yet another source of free traffic thanks to Facebook’s acquisition of TheFind. The ecommerce search engine, which provided a source of free and low-cost traffic to online merchants, will go offline in a matter of weeks. “Disappointing news,” said one small seller who sent his product feeds to TheFind daily. Though he never purchased ads or CPCs from the service, he told EcommerceBytes it generated a fair amount of traffic to his website.
While nowhere near the scale of Google’s search engine, TheFind specialized in online shopping, calling its service “The only way to search the entire shoppable web.” TheFind said over 15 million shoppers used its service that featured half a billion products from a half-million stores.
TheFind will shut down its search engine, and Facebook will integrate TheFind’s technology into its ad engine with the help of TheFind’s core engineering team, who are joining the social networking site. The fact that TheFind will help to “make the ads you see on Facebook every day better and more relevant to you” is of little consolation to sellers, who suffered the loss of Google Shopping as a free traffic-driver in 2012.
TheFind allowed sellers of all sizes to send it their product feeds and joined with Lexity in 2013 to launch a free app allowing merchants who use any of over 30 different shopping carts to more easily send their feeds.
TheFind also offered a shopping app called Glimpse, launched in 2012, that served up a personalized “catalog” of fashion products from its database that was based on Facebook likes from the user, their Facebook friends, and trending items across Facebook – marketed as a shopping app that was “social by design.”
Visiting the Glimpse on Facebook, you can see products from large retailers such as Sears and Staples, large marketpalces such as Amazon and Rakuten, and small marketplaces, including Etsy, Artfire, Bonanza.
But Bonanza founder and CEO Bill Harding said he doesn’t believe the shuttering of TheFind will make a significant difference in the day-to-day lives of his sellers, or marketplaces in general. “Over the past year, TheFind seems to have been gradually scaling down its customer acquisition efforts,” he said. “At its high point, we saw 5% of our sales come from TheFind, but as of their acquisition, it had become less than half a percent.”
“It would be great if this acquisition meant that it became easier for us to send individual product listings to Facebook – a project we’ve already got on our roadmap,” Harding said. But he think that’s not likely to happen anytime soon.
In addition to TheFind search engine and the Facebook timeline app Glimpse, the company offered TheFind Mobile barcode scanning app for smartphones and a tablet app Catalogue by TheFind.
Siva Kumar founded the site in 2005 and will not be joining Facebook once the acquisition is wrapped up.
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The Soliphant T FTM 20/21 switches provide a cost-effective and reliable solution for high/low level limit detection and overspill protection in silos and bins.
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The 'balanced' rod design is achieved using the Kipp-piezo drive which is positioned at the base of the rod, not at the process connection. By decoupling the process connection from the vibration, the switch becomes insensitive to external vibration and flow noises, ensuring reliable measuring results.
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Verbatim, Flesh and Blood is the conclusion of an ambitious project initiated with the 1993 CD Say No More. Bob Ostertag asked three musicians (drummer Gerry Hemingway, bassist Mark Dresser, and vocalist Phil Minton) to separately record solo improvisations. He loaded the tapes in a computer, fragmented the material, and recombined the samples into two compositions, putting together a "band" that had never played a note together. This first phase was released as Say No More. The composer then asked the musicians to learn their parts and they performed the material live. A recording, Say No More in Person, documented the tour. Ostertag took the live recording, loaded it in a computer, fragmented the material, and composed another piece, Verbatim. Once again, the band performed it live and you arrive at Verbatim, Flesh and Blood, recorded live in January 1998. With each phase the music has been transformed (the musicians were allowed freedom when interpreting the piece live) and if there is a certain similitude in the musical vocabulary developed (these are the same musicians after all), the music itself has evolved stylistically. You are far from the in-your-face approach of Say No More: quiet passages abound, textures are more refined, dynamics wider, and the whole thing is more pensive and introspective, without being self-absorbed. Ostertag's sampler playing is also better integrated with the band's work and Phil Minton's voice is used in less cartoonish ways. This whole project will go down in history as one of the most original artistic propositions of the 1990s.
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Ahead of Independence Day anniversary celebrations, the Army and BSF have been put on high alert to step up vigil along Indo-Pak border, officials said on Wednesday.
In Jammu region, police has also been put on high degree of vigilance in most of the districts amid intensification of frisking and checking in Jammu city, they said.
This is the first Independence Day after the abrogation of the special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and reorganization of the state into two Union Territories.
"Army is on alert along LoC in view of the Independence day and increased movement across LoC", a official said.
Similarly, the BSF is keeping close watch and tight vigilance along International Border (IB), mostly in sensitive areas, they said.
Police in Jammu have sought cooperation from the general public for a secure and successful celebration of the Independence Day, urging them to immediately report any suspicious person or object.
People have been asked to inform police in case they notice any suspicious person or object, an advisory issued by the Senior Superintendent of Police (Security), Jammu, said.
They have been advised to not carry arms and ammunition, sharp-edged weapons, hand bags, polythene bags, transistors, hand fire extinguishers, stop watch, any kind of powder, inflammable material like cigarettes, match boxes, lighter, cameras and alike objectionable items, the advisory added.
People have been advised to cooperation with security personnel and not hesitate in disclosing their identity if requested by security personnel.
District administrations have been constantly reviewing the security situation since the government scrapped Jammu and Kashmir's special status on August 5.
An unprecedented security arrangement has been put in place to avoid any trouble in the border state. Also, internet and telecommunication lines had been completely suspended immediately after the government move.
But these restrictions are being gradually lifted after review by senior officials.
Railway police conducted sanitation operation at Railway stations in Udhampur, Katra and Jammu, Kathua and also along the tracks with sniffer dogs and metal detectors, they said.
The security has been increased at all the railway stations in view of the Independence Day, they said.


Otokar submits bid for Altay serial production
Otokar has submitted its proposal for the serial production of the Altay main battle tank (MBT) to the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM), the company announced on 20 November.
The proposal was submitted for Turkey's ‘Modern Tank Production Project by using National Sources’ initiative. The SSM released the call to bid document for Altay's serial production work and integrated logistics support services in July.
Otokar was selected as the prime contractor for the Altay's design, prototyping and qualification phase in 2008. The qualification and acceptance tests of the prototypes produced in the first phase were successfully completed, with prototypes approved in February 2017.
The inspection and approval process of the Technical Data Package by the SSM is ongoing.
The Atlay MBT is designed and developed to meet the requirements of the Turkish land forces against present and future threats. The MBT has delivered strong performance in challenging tests conducted in all climatic and terrain conditions for the last two years. According to the company, Altay has achieved high accuracy in firing tests carried out for diverse scenarios in all kinds of climate conditions and distances.
Otokar has planned production lines to be prepared to launch production as early as possible, and has obtained the necessary manufacturing permit from the Ministry of Defence.Serdar Görgüç, general manager, Otokar, said: ‘We successfully designed and developed Altay, the national MBT for which we were the main contractor in Phase 1. With the investments we made in this process, the experience we gained, and enhanced R&D capabilities, Otokar captured a strategic momentum in its position in the defence industry.
'As Turkey's leading land defence systems company, with all the competencies required for the producing Altay, and strengthening the national defence industry's capabilities, we are up for the task. Our wish is for the MBT Altay to start serving the Turkish armed forces as early as possible.'
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The Democrats’ angst over Attorney General William Barr’s assertion that the Trump campaign was spied on is funny. The fact that a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant was sought supports that spying was going to happen upon its issuance. The Obama Administration was already exposed for spying on 20 Associated Press phone lines, affecting many journalists. They spied on Jim Rosen of Fox News and his parents. So there is already a history of abuse of power for political reasons.
If you peek over your fence into your neighbor’s backyard, you are spying, surveilling, snooping, eavesdropping, being inquisitive or nosy. Pick a word from the list and the action is the same. You are infringing on your neighbor’s right to privacy.
The push by the liberal factions to suppress the use of the word spying in this case is really “newspeak,” in the Orwellian sense, and underscores the left’s desire to control the use of words.
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Christina Aguilera’s baby girl has arrived, People.com reports.
The Voice coach and fiancé Matt Rutler welcomed a daughter on Saturday in Los Angeles.
This is the second child for Aguilera, 33, who is already mom to a 6½-year-old son, Max Liron, from her previous marriage to Jordan Bratman.
The pregnancy was revealed in February, a week after Aguilera had announced her engagement to Rutler, a film producer.
Katy Perry spent Last Friday Night getting her nose pierced — for all the world to see.
The 29-year-old pop star posted an Instagram video of the painful process, People.com says, as she cried, "Ow!"
"Last time I did this I was on my own with a safety pin & cube of ice @ 13," she captioned the clip. "This time I thought it was best I left it to the pro's. Sorry mom (again)."
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Taking a page from Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake led the crowd that packed San Jose, California's SAP Center stadium at his recent concert in singing Happy Birthday to an 8-year-old boy, Julian Delan, who is autistic, E! Online reports.
His parents shared videos of the heartwarming gesture online. In the clip, Delan is seen shouting, "This is my birthday present!"
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have reportedly been expressing their love after rekindling their romance earlier this week.
The on/off couple — who rekindled their romance last week after splitting last month — spent the weekend in each other's company and expressing their emotions for one another.
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- Boehringer Ingelheim is second partner
- Initial focus on Interstitial Lung Disease Secondary to Scleroderma
- SRF will submit and hold the IND as the trial Sponsor
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF), the nation’s largest non-profit funder of scleroderma research, today announced that Boehringer Ingelheim, a leading research-driven biopharmaceutical company, will contribute an experimental agent to CONQUEST, a highly innovative clinical trial platform created by the SRF. Boehringer Ingelheim is the second company to join CONQUEST; the platform’s inaugural partner, Sanofi, was announced in August of this year. The platform is specifically designed to efficiently advance promising treatments for scleroderma and to nominate agents that should progress from Phase 2b to Phase 3 clinical trials.
Luke Evnin, Ph.D., Chairman of the Scleroderma Research Foundation, commented, “Boehringer Ingelheim has a rich history of innovation in the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) arena and is bringing their considerable experience and expertise to CONQUEST. The addition of a second deeply committed and highly sophisticated partner to CONQUEST is a strong validation of the platform’s promise and value. Finally, with two partners, CONQUEST is fully subscribed and fully funded, ensuring that the platform will be able to execute against the vision of building a global community tuned to rapid and efficient clinical development of promising novel therapeutic agents for the high unmet needs of our scleroderma patients.”
According to Ioannis Sapountzis, Global Head of Therapeutic Areas, Boehringer Ingelheim, “We are deeply committed to innovation in pulmonary fibrosis across a range of indications. We have chosen to partner with the SRF in scleroderma because we believe the benefits of highly innovative CONQUEST platform for all of the CONQUEST stakeholders – patients, clinical trial sites, and innovators – are dramatic and important.”
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This efficiency is not available in traditional trials and are the features that underscore its “unique-ness.” By assembling a global network of high-performing centers that are dedicated to treating scleroderma, the SRF and its pharmaceutical partners expect to make enduring contributions to the scleroderma community by creating an ecosystem designed to enable success in new drug development. Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim are the inaugural partners for CONQUEST, which was first announced on August 1, 2023.
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Reports of a car fire near the Champs-Elysees prompted police to block off the area’s shopping district in Paris, according to media reports Monday.
A person was detained after the car he was in collided with a police vehicle, the Associated Press has reported.
BREAKING: Paris officials: Suspected attacker 'downed' after driving into police car on Champs-Elysees.
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France remains in a state of emergency after a series of attacks in November 2015 that left a total of 130 people dead.
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I live in the San Francisco Bay area and would like to plan a winter trip to Yellowstone. Can anyone help with best place to see, airport to fly into, route to take, lodging before and after trip and costs. Length of trip about a week.
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Today Knott’s Berry Farm announced a new interactive shooter dark ride coming to the park in 2015 called Voyage to the Iron Reef. It will feature a steampunk flair in an ocean battle against giant sea creatures.
The 4-D ride will arm passengers with laser guns (or “freeze rays”) sending them on an adventure inspired by Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, including “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.” As the story goes, mechanized sea creatures have been feasting on steel rides in the park and turned steampunk as a result.
The ride will feature six separate scenes via 11 large video screens, 20 to 70 feet wide, displaying 3-D imagery, taking passengers “underneath” Knott’s Berry Farm on a 4-minute “underwater” journey. 4-D elements will include fog, air, heat, and bubbles.
The ride’s footprint will sit atop two former Knott’s attractions, Knott’s Bear-y Tales and Kingdom of the Dinosaurs. And in the end, guests will rack up points by blasting away throughout the experience.
Find more information at the Knott’s Berry Farm web site.


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Here we can see that the champion is none other than Daario Naharis, newly recast with actor Michiel Huisman in the role. One detail I can just make out here: it’s obvious that he’s tossing a dagger in his hand, which we’ll surely see him throwing at the charging horseman (or said horseman’s horse…)
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Hospitals and medical practices are already using a fair amount of automation. Some hospitals are set up for delivery robots to open remote-control doors and even use elevators to get around the building. Robots can also assist with more complex tasks, like surgery. Their participation can range from simply helping stabilize a surgeon's tools all the way to autonomously performing the entire procedure. Perhaps the most famous robotic surgery system lets a surgeon operate full-size, ergonomically friendly equipment as a remote control to direct extremely tiny instruments what to do inside a patient's body, often through extremely small incisions.
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Boutique Graphic Design Agency, Creative Juice, Unveils New Office Space
Creative Juice, LLC has recently relocated to a new office space in the Fairlie-Poplar District of Downtown Atlanta. This historic district is a hidden gem in the Downtown area, creating a cohesive network of small and large businesses, local and chain restaurants, and old and new artistic spaces. As the commercial hub for the Southeast and the historical business district of Atlanta, commercial resources are plentiful in the Fairlie-Poplar District. While these practical amenities are appreciated, the neighborhood is especially unique due to its less-tangible contributions. The constant buzz of students and professionals walking around the streets aids in cultivating a creative vibe that is felt on every street corner.
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“Our offices feature giant full length windows, so even while working at our desks, we feel a connection to our neighborhood,” says Adam Rogers, one of Creative Juice’s lead designers.
Octavia started Creative Juice in 2013. Being a young company comprised of all Millennials hasn’t prevented the agency from developing a strong portfolio. Instead, their young energy allows them to take a fresh design approach to all projects they work on. Octavia’s team, called The Juicers, is a forward thinking group that stays up to date with current trends. Creative Juice specializes in graphic design, web design, UX/UI, and packaging. Some of their projects include annual reports, brochures, infographics, branding, stationery kits, presentations, logos, and trade show materials. The agency is small, which translates to personalized attention and prompt response times.
“At Creative Juice, we constantly advise clients on the benefits of updating their websites,” remarks Octavia. “It’s important to practice what you preach, so we recently made some updates to our own website. Of course, we want our site to attract clients, but for us, it’s also a part of our portfolio to show clients what we are capable of creating for them.”
The updates Octavia is referring to are now accessible on itscreativejuice.com.
In addition to a new office space, the Juicers have also redesigned the Creative Juice website to include some exciting updates such as parallax scrolling. This is a technique web designers use to create an illusion of depth in a two-dimensional scene. The new website also features a sticky menu, so that it is accessible from any page without having to scroll back to the top. Creative Juice also designed the mobile website to be responsive on tablets and phones. Other features of the new website include a full width layout, hero images, easy share buttons, a shop featuring eBook downloads, and a weekly blog. The full width layout is beneficial because it creates a clean look, without adding distracting verbiage or icons on the sides of pages. Hero images are large banner images that stand out on a web page. Easy share buttons are a great way to have visitors share content. Visitors can simply highlight the text from a webpage and share it via Twitter or Facebook. The shop is a quick way to purchase logos and other materials to help grow business. Finally, the blog is a wonderful resource for people interested in growing their own business. The blog posts cover a wide range of topics including tips and tricks about branding, marketing, and web design.
The new Creative Juice office is located at:
90 Fairlie Street NW, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30303
Office hours are:
Monday – Friday
9 am – 5:30 ish pm
About Octavia Warren Gilmore:
Octavia is a Savannah College of Art and Design graduate, originally from New Jersey. She has worked in corporate design departments for Fortune 500 companies such as AT&T and Kaiser Permanente. With the explosion of start-up companies and corporate growth in Atlanta, she opened Creative Juice to provide custom design solutions for new companies and corporate marketing departments.

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With next week’s Apple Watch event fast approaching, Apple has revealed its retail selling strategies to employees, including a focus on “three key features” and a plan to encourage Watch customers to upgrade or switch to new iPhones. According to selling guidelines provided by sources within Apple Retail, Apple believes that “many customers have already decided they want an Apple Watch,” and will use the Watch to “position the benefits” of purchasing a compatible iPhone model. Retail employees have been told to ask customers about their iPhone usage habits, their favorite feature in iOS 8, and if they use health and fitness software on their iPhone…
One of the more striking elements of Apple’s sales strategy is a stated confidence that “many customers have already decided that they want an Apple Watch.” Operating under this assumption, Apple employees have been told to ask customers a series of soft questions in order to make the sale, rather than making a hard sales pitch. Salespeople are asked to “listen for cues that reveal what [the customer cares] about” so that they can make purchase recommendations. Questions include, “What interests you the most about Apple Watch?” and “How do you see yourself using Apple Watch?”, as well as asking the customer to explain who the Watch is for: “is it for yourself or someone else? Is there a special occasion?”, the script reads. This indicates that Apple believes Apple Watch may have special appeal as a high-end gift for other people, rather than the customer himself or herself, something Apple has not explicitly pushed for the cellular contract-dependent iPhone.
Using the Apple Watch as an opportunity to sell iPhones is another interesting element of Apple’s sales strategy. Apple CEO Tim Cook previously dedicated four-hour meetings with Apple Retail Store managers to discuss boosting sales within Apple’s own stores, and the Apple Watch launch will be another occasion to pitch customers on the high-margin smartphone. iOS 8 notably added the Health app and HealthKit, which aggregate fitness and health data, tying deeply into the Apple Watch experience. Given the Apple Watch’s dependence on an iPhone running iOS 8, Apple Retail employees are also specifically told to encourage customers “who don’t use iPhone to switch now so they’re ready for Apple Watch later.”
Although many people expect next week’s media event to focus on new selling points for the Apple Watch, the pitch interestingly focuses on promoting “3 Key Features” previously highlighted by Apple during the first Apple Watch reveal in September 2014. These features are “Health and Fitness,” “New Ways to Connect” [with people] and “Timekeeping.” Apple notably spotlights Health and Fitness first, and discusses it the most, saying much less about the communication and timekeeping features.
Yesterday, we reported that Cook teased a number of upcoming third-party Health and Fitness applications expected to launch alongside Apple Watch, and will likely be revealed at the March 9th “Spring Forward” event in San Francisco. The New Ways to Connect feature mentioned in the training materials references the sharing of heart beats between two Apple Watch users, while Timekeeping refers to the device’s clock faces with digital complications and information widgets.
Lastly, Apple asks employees to discuss personal style such as “customer needs, tastes, and material preferences” with customers. The Apple Watch comes in three styles, an aluminum sport version, a shiny stainless steel design, and a flashier 18-karat gold model, and this is where Apple will help determine which collection should be recommended to the customer. To narrow this down, Apple asks employees to ask the customer: “Are you looking for a watch that’s more casual or formal?” and “Do you prefer metal or leather bands?” The employee can use these questions to determine whether the customer is looking toward the entry-level Sport model or one of the two more premium options. Only the stainless steel and gold models are pre-sold with bands other than the plastic sports straps; the stainless model can be positioned by asking customers if they prefer metal bands.
Additionally, Apple tells employees to ask an accessory-related question: “Would you like different bands to suit different occasions?” On the surface, the question seems innocuous, but points to the fact that Apple is hoping that Apple Watch will simultaneously invigorate its accessories business, a point confirmed by Senior VP of Retail Angela Ahrendts last week in the first ever Town Hall meeting for Retail employees. According to people in attendance, the meeting for corporate retail employees took place in the Cupertino Flint Center, where the Watch was first unveiled. Among several topics, Ahrendts is said to have specifically named accessories as one of the three most critical facets of Apple retail going forward, alongside iPhones and sales in China. We reported last month that Apple would individually sell different Apple Watch band options in its stores at launch, meaning that a customer could buy a Watch from any collection with its included band, then buy separate bands to rotate styles to their liking.
During that Town Hall meeting, Ahrendts also discussed an upcoming revamp of the Apple Store sales experience, indicating that Apple will move to a model more personalized to individual customers. Apple has internally discussed new retail store layouts and sales methods in light of the Apple Watch. The company has installed safes inside of Apple Stores to house the more expensive device, while it is also planning to set up new glass-covered Apple Watch display tables similar to those at the device’s unveiling. For the gold model, employees are expected to use a special iPhone app to unlock the table, enabling customers to try on the more expensive watch. Apple is also considering a new “Special Reservation” program for customers to pre-reserve a custom Apple Watch casing and band combination before going into the store, trying it on, and completing the purchase.
While Apple has said that the Apple Watch will go on sale in April, the company has not officially indicated the launch countries. Besides the United States, Cook told retail employees in Germany that the device will be available in their country in April, while sources say that retail employees from Australia, France, and the United Kingdom have been trained in Cupertino about the Watch, indicating an April debut for those countries as well. The Apple Watch will start at $349 for the aluminum Sport model, with the stainless steel and gold models expected to be priced much higher.
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King Ranch postpones 30th annual Ranch Hand Breakfast in Kingsville due to COVID-19
South Texans will have to wait another year to celebrate a the 30th annual King Ranch Hand Breakfast, officials said.
King Ranch announced in a news release Tuesday its annual breakfast, which has become a longstanding tradition in South Texas, will be canceled for 2020 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The release states the breakfast, which is celebrated the Saturday before Thanksgiving, will be rescheduled for Nov. 20, 2021.
The ranch hand breakfast is the only time of year where visitors may drive their own vehicles on the ranch and can experience an "authentic, hearty cowboy breakfast cooked and served outdoors" on the property.
The release states team roping and old-time cow camp cooking demonstrations are a part of the activities along with live music and storytelling.
The event serves as a fundraiser for the annual La Posada de Kingsville lighted Christmas parade. The parade, which has been a 30 year tradition in downtown Kingsville, will also be postponed until the following year, the release states.
The Christmas parade is a popular event that draws in more than a hundred entries of illuminated floats and thousands of onlookers to downtown Kingsville.
The release states the La Posada de Kingsville Committee will continue to make a donation to the city this year for downtown Christmas decorations with funds previously given to the committee by King Ranch.
"The event is something that all of us look forward to every year on King Ranch, but unfortunately in the interest of safety we believe postponing it until next year is the right choice," said Bob Cleek, area manager for King Ranch. "In 2019, we set a record with 6,000 attendees. It's just not prudent to host an event of that size in 2020."
The King Ranch Hand Breakfast is one of dozens of Corpus Christi-area events to be canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19.
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By Monroe Journal
Thomas Lamar Hubbard, 28, of Aberdeen was arrested by Monroe County Sheriff Office Jan. 24.
During a routine traffic stop on Hwy 25 South, deputies found Hubbard in possession of a felony amount of marijuana. Hubbard has been charged with possession of controlled substance (felony).
Bond has not been set at this time. He is currently being held at Monroe County Detention Center.


text: The Nike SB Dunk Low initially launched in 2002 and has had multiple ups and downs throughout the years. The overall shape of the classic basketball silhouette is the same, but we have Zoom Air insoles and extra padding on the ankle and tongue. In the mid-2000s, the hype soared for the SB Dunk Low. However, by the early to mid-2010s, the model sat and usually found its way to outlets. Things have changed. Every time a new colorway releases, it sells out and has a high resell price. This section is dedicated to the latest Nike SB Dunk Low news, upcoming colorways, pricing, where to buy, and more.


Quarter after quarter, Nielsen’s Total Audience Report reveals AM/FM radio is America’s number one mass reach media. It’s bigger than social, bigger than TV, and bigger than smartphones. Why is this important to advertisers? A major new study and an influential marketing book widely read among CMOs and brand managers explains why reach is so important.
Last November, 47 stations of the Radio Broadcasters of Chicagoland (RBC) came together to simultaneously broadcast a Town Hall event with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. After the event, Nielsen surveyed 728 Chicago adults to examine their attitudes, awareness, and listenership of the Town Hall. Here are the key findings.
A major auto parts manufacturer wanted to quantify how their NCAA radio campaign was working to build their brand and grow purchase intent. Nielsen measured the differences in brand impact between those who were exposed to the NCAA radio campaign versus those who were unexposed. Here are the key findings.
Though search costs continue to rise, AM/FM radio remains a stable and effective alternative for advertisers looking to make an impact. It generates strong inceases in customers, digital impact, and impressive ROI.
WESTWOOD ONE AND NEXTRADIO® OFFER UNPRECEDENTED ON-AIR RADIO AUDIENCE REPORTING AND DATA ATTRIBUTION
This historic ROI milestone for American radio combines mass reach and big data to deliver national advertisers actionable insights and ROI at scale INDIANAPOLIS (June 20, 2017) – Westwood One, America’s largest radio network, announces its agreement with TagStation, LLC owner of the NextRadio app, rolling out the first, and largest, interactive audience measurement tool…
Westwood One, America’s largest radio network, is rolling out NextRadio as the first interactive audience measurement tool for over-the-air FM radio advertising campaigns. Westwood One’s NextRadio solution will deliver consumer insights and intelligence that optimizes campaigns and proves ROI to national advertisers.
AM/FM radio can enhance and grow digital marketing efforts. Here’s a summary of three different case studies illustrating the impact radio creates for digital including increased website interest and visitation and significant sales conversion.
While it’s no secret Facebook has a strong emphasis on video and Facebook Live, what’s interesting is what they are revealing to their media and publishing partners.
Westwood One is the first radio company to launch a data management platform with the Nielsen Marketing Cloud. For the first time in the history of radio, over the air AM/FM radio listening is now directly connected with consumer purchase data.
Radio Is Being Transformed into One of the Most Addressable Mass Reach Media by Connecting Listening Audiences with Purchase Data Across CPG, Retail, Auto and Other Verticals New York, NY – June 14th, 2016 – Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) today announced that Westwood One, America’s largest radio network, has selected Nielsen Marketing Cloud and its advanced…


text: SCOTTSBURG, INDIANA, April 25, 2018 The City of Scottsburg Water Department is on a Boil Water Advisory for the following area until further notice. The area affected includes Walnut Street from Hyland to US 31. The people on Hyland are not affected only the people on Walnut. Also includes Lon’s Donuts, TNT Video, 820 Allen Street, and AutoZone. This is due to a water main break.


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The Government grants planning permission for temporary uses of land which can be undertaken without a planning application – known as permitted development rights. This allows certain temporary uses of land to take place without planning application where the necessary legal requirements are met, including temporary car park and pop-up campsites.
Well located and effectively operated sites can broaden the range of tourist provision available and may alleviate some of the pressures experienced last summer (e.g. fly-camping and parking problems). Badly located or poorly run sites meanwhile can have adverse impacts.
This page answers some of the common questions we’ve been getting about temporary uses from prospective operators and people concerned about sites.
The Government’s planning permission for temporary uses are set out in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 as amended by subsequent amendment orders.
The Government does not publish consolidated versions.
Until 24 July 2024 temporary recreational campsites can operate:
From 25 July 2024 temporary recreational campsites can operate
You can only rely on temporary use planning permissions once. For example if you use the Part 4 Class B temporary use planning permission for 28 days of temporary car parking, you could not then have a second use for a further 28 days on the same planning unit.
But, the planning permissions granted by Part 4 Class B and Part 4 Class BC are separate. This means they can be relied on separately. For example you could have a 28 day temporary car park (Part 4 Class B) followed by a 60 day temporary recreational campsite (Part 4 Class BC) subject to meeting the required conditions.
Yes. You must notify us in writing in each calendar year before commencement of a 60 day temporary recreational campsite use under Part 4 Class BC. Your notification must provide a copy of the site plan, and include details of:
You must state the specific dates on which the site will be in use. A range (e.g. 5 days between 1 July and 31 July does not meet legal requirements). If you commence the use without notifying us the use will be unlawful and at risk of enforcement action.
No. The planning permission granted by the Government for temporary uses does not allow permanent works or operations.
The planning permission granted by the Government under Part 4 Class B (28 day temporary uses) does not include any requirement to provide sanitation or other facilities.
The planning permission granted by the Government under Part 4 Class BC (60 day temporary recreational campsites) requires that you must make on-site provision for users of the campsite of toilet and waste disposal facilities. The nature and amount of this provision is not regulated by the planning system.
There are a wide range of glamping units on the market for sale. Their legal position varies. Some may be uses of land, some buildings, others may be caravans. Some may be permissible without application, and others may not, depending upon their specification and circumstances.
A prospective operator can make a lawful development certificate application to obtain a formal decision from the Authority whether a glamping proposal would require full planning permission.
You can have a motor vehicle designed or adapted for human habitation(e.g. a motorhome) on a temporary recreational campsite under Part 4 Class BC but not other caravans, or under Part 4 Class B if the land is being used for a festival. Other caravans (e.g. towed caravans) are subject to different rules and may only be sited if an exception in Schedule 1 of the Caravan Site and Control of Development Act 1960 applies.
28 day temporary uses and 60 day temporary recreational campsites are part of the national planning system and are allowed by the Government.
The planning permission granted by the Government under Part 4 Class B (28 day temporary uses) does not impose any limit on the number of people who can camp on a temporary site.
The planning permission granted by the Government under Part 4 Class BC (60 day temporary recreational campsites) imposes a 50 pitch limit. There is no restriction on the number of people occupying each pitch.
Temporary campsites, car parks and toilets blocks within Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) should only be erected after written consent from Natural England has been requested and received, under The Countryside and Right of Way Act. This process will be needed to determine if there will be impacts on the SSSI from the proposed development.
If land is within or close to a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Area (SPA) or Ramsar Site, then there is potential for temporary developments to impact these sites. If you cannot be certain that there will be no impact on the qualifying features of the SAC/SPA/Ramsar you will need prior approval from us before you commence your temporary use. You will need to apply to us for a determination on whether you can proceed. A fee is payable. We will carry then out a Habitat Regulations Assessment under the Conservation of Habitat and Species Regulations 2017 to determine if there will be any impacts on the European Sites. Habitats Regulations Assessments are made based on the information you provide and in consultation with Natural England. If required, Natural England can offer advice to developers on the potential for significant effects on SAC/SPA/Ramsar site through their chargeable Discretionary Advice Service which would reduce the timeframe for this process. 28 day planning development allowances are not exempt.
If you are unsure if your land is in, or close to, a SSSI/SAC/SPA or Ramsar site you can check on the designations layer on MAGIC (defra.gov.uk)
You must also ensure that operating a temporary campsite, car park, toilet block, or other temporary use does not put you in breach of any environmental stewardship or countryside stewardship agreements that are already in place on the land. Breach of stewardship agreements would put you at risk of reclaims by the Rural Payments Agency.
No. The planning permission granted by the Government does not impose any limit on the number of cars on a temporary site.
Yes. Permanent pay and display machines require planning permission.
No. The formation of permanent areas of hard surface requires planning permission.
If you believe a site is operating in breach of planning control you should report this to firstname.lastname@example.org. It would significantly assist us in investigating alleged breaches if you had kept a diary of:
No. The planning permission granted by the Government does not include any requirements for highway safety. We could only look to take action if the use continues in breach of planning control.
No. The planning permission granted by the Government does not include any protections for neighbours. We could only look to take action if the use operates in breach of planning control.
No. We cannot take action against a temporary site unless it is being operated in breach of planning control.
Operating a temporary site in breach of planning control is unlawful, and at risk of formal enforcement action. We will notify landowners of our intention to take formal action, but will not delay enforcement action to pursue voluntary resolution where uses are clearly unacceptable on their planning merits.
The Government's National Planning Practice Guidance provides more information about permitted development rights.
We offer a Duty Planner Monday to Friday, 09:30 to 12:00 to provide general planning advice. Please phone 01539 724555.