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UGANDA: @MakerereU has now become the butt of all jokes due to Ruto fete
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Doesn’t academic integrity mean anything to Makerere? Makerere should’ve done due diligence before making a damn fool of itself.
Universities must only honour academic excellence, exemplary public service, or recognise alumni and philanthropists who have unselfishly given of themselves to school and society.
Last week, Makerere University went from being the oldest and most iconic institution of higher learning in East Africa to the butt of jokes. I couldn’t believe what I had just read. I did a double take just to make sure my eyes weren’t lying to me. Makerere had just broken ground to inaugurate the William Ruto Leadership Institute.
Mr Ruto, you will recall, is the infamous Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya. No Kenyan university – even the most craven and debased – has ever given Mr Ruto such a sterling honour. That’s for a good reason to which I shall return. Makerere’s academic harlotry is a scarlet letter that will be written in the sands of time.
First, there are ethical rules that govern the naming of academic buildings, programmes, and institutes for living – or dead – people.
Today isn’t the benighted 18th Century when universities were named after white men who enslaved Black Africans or imperialists like Cecil Rhodes. I still cringe there’s a university in Kenya named after Daniel arap Moi, the worst dictator in the country’s history. Universities must only honour academic excellence, exemplary public service, or recognise alumni and philanthropists who have unselfishly given of themselves to school and society.
Mr Ruto is the furthest thing from these indicia. His short biography is one of a chequered public career punctuated by infamy, calumny, and an ungoverned greed for political power.
Second, the reputations of those the universities are named after must speak to the ethics, morals and values of the highest order. A university isn’t a sewer that can be hawked to the highest bidder. Nor is it a pit latrine that cannot reject whatever is dumped in there. Universities are citadels of knowledge and truth. They epitomise humanity’s struggle to reach for the best in us, not to aspire to the worst of us. Even scandalous allegations, whether proven or not, must give a university pause before bestowing its name on an individual. That’s why it’s safer to name universities and monuments after dead people. It’s utterly bereft of common sense to name an institute after a controversial politician.
Third, let’s interrogate credible information in the public domain about Mr Ruto. Particularly relevant here are his academic credentials, or lack thereof, and his brushes with the law. Recently, Mr Ruto was reported to have been conferred a doctorate degree in some obscure subject at the University of Nairobi.
I have been an educator and academic for close to three decades in some of the finest universities in the world. I have supervised doctoral students. Mr Ruto may have the intellectual acumen to earn a doctorate, but he didn’t have the time for the rigour and the work required. A public calendar of his activities in the past five years makes his quest for a doctorate impossible. Which begs the question – is his doctorate fake? Methinks that Mr Ruto and his academic supervisors at the University of Nairobi have a lot of questions to answer. We need to see an audit of his programme of study to establish the authenticity, or lack thereof, of his doctorate. You will notice that I only address him as Mr Ruto, not Dr Ruto.
The logical question to ask is why Makerere, a university, would name a highfalutin institute after a person whose doctorate is at the very least suspect? Doesn’t academic integrity mean anything to Makerere? Makerere should’ve done due diligence before making a damn fool of itself.
Fourth, there’s the matter of Mr Ruto’s familiarity with the local and international justice systems. Public records show that he was found liable for grabbing the land of a private citizen in Eldoret. The court ordered him to restore the plaintiff to status quo ante. Nor can we forget Mr Ruto’s leadership of the notorious Youth for Kanu ’92, a violent government-sponsored group reported to have been responsible for ethnic violence against the Kikuyu in the Rift Valley.
Then of course Mr Ruto was infamously indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity over the 2007-08 election violence. His case was only withdrawn because witnesses were intimidated, eliminated, and because of State sabotage of the case.
That’s not all. Mr Ruto vigorously opposed Kenya’s democratic march as a Kanu mandarin and tried to torpedo the 2010 Constitution. He’s been at the forefront of the so-called “tithing” in churches where he donates obscene amounts of cash whose source is unknown. He’s mentioned in many corruption scandals. Is this the person that Makerere should name an institute of leadership for?
To make matters worse, the institute will be built on land already allocated for President Kibaki’s Presidential Library. Makerere’s illustrious community should reject Mr Ruto’s institute pronto.
The author Makau Mutua is SUNY Distinguished Professor at SUNY Buffalo Law School and Chair of KHRC. @makaumutua.
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How does Pam Professional Heat match up to the original Pam cooking spray?
After purchasing a few cans of PAM Professional High Heat, we headed into the test kitchen to see how it compared with the original PAM. We sprayed one skillet with the original and another with PAM Professional, then placed both over a medium-high flame. After 2 1/2 minutes, the original PAM was nearly black and smoking, and the PAM Professional was crystal clear, just as it had been when it went into the skillet.
A look at the label revealed that the original PAM contains four ingredients: canola oil, grain alcohol, soy lecithin, and propellant. Canola oil is high in polyunsaturated fats, which oxidize, or break down, when heated. These oxidized fats burn rather easily. To reduce the risk of scorching, PAM Professional swaps canola oil for partially hydrogenated soybean and canola oils. These fats are more saturated, making them less prone to oxidation and burning. PAM Professional also contains calcium carbonate, an ingredient that helps fats resist the oxidation process.
For our next test, we cooked beef stir-fries using a few sprays of each type of PAM instead of the 2 teaspoons of oil called for in the recipe. The stir-fry cooked with the original PAM was burnt and blackened, with beef drippings that were hard to remove from the pan. The pan sprayed with PAM Professional exhibited only minor charring and cleaned up much more easily. While there might be minor health drawbacks to eating the hydrogenated oils in PAM Professional, very little spray is used for most cooking tasks. If you use cooking spray for high-heat stovetop cooking, you should consider PAM Professional. If you use cooking spray only for baking, there is no reason to add a second can to your arsenal.

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Medical staff at a New York hospital appear to have resorted to using garbage bags for personal protection due to a severe supplies shortage.
Medical staff at a New York hospital appear to have resorted to using garbage bags for personal protection due to a severe supplies shortage during the coronavirus pandemic.
A photo shared to social media showed nurses at Mount Sinai West Hospital in Manhattan wearing large plastic garbage bags as makeshift protective gowns over their scrubs. They're also shown proudly holding a box of garbage bags.
"NO MORE GOWNS IN THE WHOLE HOSPITAL," the post read.
"NO MORE MASKS AND REUSING THE DISPOSABLE ONES…NURSES FIGURING IT OUT DURING COVID-19 CRISIS."
The shortage of medical supplies referred to as 'PPE' (personal protective equipment) in the US, particularly in the coronavirus hot spot of New York City, has been a serious issue since the pandemic took hold of the nation.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has pleaded with President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for more masks and ventilators for New York City, warning that many more people will die from COVID-19 unless they receive urgent supplies.
Some staff at the Mount Sinai West Hospital have linked the lack of medical supplies including PPE to the recent death of an assistant nursing manager.
Kious Kelly, 48, died from coronavirus after testing positive to the highly infectious disease two weeks ago. He was admitted to a larger hospital on the Upper East Side in Manhattan last Tuesday and by the following week he was dead.
"Kious didn't deserve this," one nurse told New York Post.
"The hospital should be held responsible. The hospital killed him."
"He was willing to help others in need, especially in this coronavirus outbreak," another nurse said.
A different nurse added that there had been "issues with supplies for about a year" and revealed some staff had also been hiding supplies "because even the supply room would have nothing most of the time."
"But when we started getting COVID patients it became critical," the nurse reportedly said.
Sanitiser, wipes and masks also began to disappear from the hospital.
In even more startling reports from the hospital's nurses, they said the same PPE was being used between coronavirus patients and non-infected patients.
"We had to reuse our masks, gowns and the (face) shield," a nurse said.
"We were told, 'You get one for the entire time until this is over'."
The hospital denied the New York Post's reports of insufficient PPE for staff and that nurses were not being adequately protected from infection.
The sister of the deceased nurse, Marya Sherron, said that she "absolutely" believed her brother - who was an asthma sufferer - became ill from his work at the hospital.
"He told me he had the coronavirus," she said.
"He was in ICU but he thought he was OK. He didn't think it was serious as it was.
"We are broken."
Source: 9News https://www.9news.com.au/world/coronavirus-new-york-hospital-staff-using-garbage-bags-for-makeshift-ppe-amid-supplies-shortage/a52c0d54-c725-452d-8be8-f5153a5c496c

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The company behind Netflix's football documentary, Sunderland 'Til I Die, is opening a regional office in the North East.
Fulwell 73, which currently has bases in London and Los Angeles, is launching Fulwell North at the David Puttnam Media Centre at the University of Sunderland on 1 October.
The company says the new office will focus on developing programmes authentic to the area, nurturing local talent and discovering new creators from diverse backgrounds on and off screen. It is hoped the new location aims to help address the skills gap for those starting out in the industry and to attract talent back to the region who have roots there.
As part of Fulwell 73's remit to support existing production companies and talent in the region - it has partnered with regional screen industries development agency Northern Film + Media, who have an established media academy for students and school leavers starting out in the industry (NFM Crew Academy).
Senior Fulwell 73 management will be meeting with local companies and talent at a networking event at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland on 11 October. More details on that event are to come.
There are also plans for a new studio space to house future productions with the support of "significant US and UK based partners, with experience in building, developing and successfully running major film and TV studios across the globe, as well as all 12 North East local authorities".
Fulwell 73 says it is already in discussions with UK broadcasters about key commissions to be developed through its new office.

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SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - "Somebody knows something. I want someone to come forth and tell us so we can do our job and put this person behind bars where they need to be," said Liberty County Sheriff Steve Sikes.
A clear message from the Liberty County sheriff. He is looking for whoever is responsible for breaking into four churches in two months all across the county. Small churches off of Oglethorpe Highway and Talmadge Road were all targets.
Sheriff Sikes says more than one person is responsible and they are breaking into the churches to steal sound equipment. He says since January, he's nearly doubled his surveillance in that area.
Church break-ins are not the only problem, though. Home break-ins are on the rise as well. His message to all residents is to stay vigilant.
"This is the type of person we got to get off the streets. Anyone that would break into the good Lord's house, for personal gain, needs to be behind bars," said Sheriff Sikes.
"It's eye-opening. Years ago you could just leave the doors of the church open and you'd enter at any time you'd feel like it and now it's to the point where you got to make sure you got everything secured and locked up and it shouldn't be like that, but this is a new day in a new year," said Light of the World Deliverance Center Minister Jerry Johnson.
Johnson says he prays whoever stole the equipment has a change of heart and surrenders to police.


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COLONEL Gaddafi is prepared to make a "substantial formal offer" to compensate the families of Lockerbie bombing victims within a month, it was reported yesterday.
The Libyan leader is willing to pay as much as £2.4bn to the families of the 270 victims of the 1988 terrorist atrocity, according to Time magazine.
A letter obtained by the magazine to the victims' relatives from a lawyer negotiating with Libyan officials in Paris suggests he plans to make the deal, despite his previous refusal to admit liability for the attack.
The failure of the appeal by Abdel-Baset Ali al-Megrahi against his murder conviction in March means the investigation into the bombing is now officially at an end.
Britain and the US have been involved in talks with Libyan officials since the Lockerbie trial ended last year, to agree a compensation deal. Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie in 1988, killing all 259 on board and 11 more on the ground.
Gaddafi is thought to be keen to strike a deal to help his country to return to the international fold.
But observers believe that in return for compensation he will expect a resumption of the oil trade currently banned by US sanctions, a demand which would be opposed in Washington after a recent CIA report claimed Libya was actively seeking weapons of mass destruction.


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Jennifer has not accepted campaign contributions from any industry PAC or special interest group that has an issue likely to come before the PSC. In fact, 80% of her campaign donors are ordinary individual Montanans who live in the western Montana PSC district. As a citizen legislator, Jennifer established herself as one of the rare elected officials who doesn't make backroom deals, doesn't trade votes, fights corruption, and is not afraid to go against the grain of the political establishment. Her integrity is also evidenced by the fact that she has not and will not take any secret meetings with lobbyists or officials of the companies she will be responsible for regulating, nor is she involved with any of the special interest groups seeking to influence PSC actions. When it comes to the companies regulated by the PSC, Fielder is refreshingly independent.
Jennifer is a giver - not a taker. The first time she ran for office in 2012 she pledged half of her legislative salary to charitable causes, and she made good on it. She has a true servant's heart and is a fearless defender of freedom. As a liberty-leaning legislator, Senator Fielder earned an "A" rating for steadfast defense of the 2nd Amendment; received the prestigious "Keeper of the 10th" award from a Montana Agriculture Association for outstanding defense of the rights of the States and the People; and won the 2019 Legislative Appreciation Award from one of Montana's largest sportsmen's organizations for protecting Montana's cherished hunting and harvest heritage. An avid outdoors woman in her own right, Jennifer cares about our environment, values clean air and water, and has volunteered thousands of hours to improve access on public lands.

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Here's a recent piece for Cottage Life magazine on building green.
When the nice weather finally arrives I start losing my mind. This year I haven't been able to break away to the cottage. Been thinking about it a lot.
While Tim was painting holes in his roof I was fixing mine. I needed to get out of the studio and get some fresh air.
It's a long way up
Not the most fun you can have, but the view is nice. This is grueling labor, but I did a lot of this when I was working my way through university. I decided to see if I was still up for the challenge
I was lucky to get a week of weather that wasn't too hot and looked to be pretty dry.
A good solid perch.
I'm happy to report I didn't fall off. I don't even want to consider that. I think I spent more time setting up and taking down the scaffolding than shingling. I needed to make sure I had a good safe base to work from.
Due for a change
The studio looks good from up here
I'm ready for a real vacation now! Can't wait to fire up the sauna up at the cottage and treat some tired muscles.

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Or perhaps he can't see this. He won't let go of them and his grip is so tight that the man is afraid he will break the boy's arm if he pulls any harder.
He asks the boy what his name is but the boy won't answer. The boy is in some private hell which he will never entirely leave. The farmer has no choice but to turn and swim, towing the three of them ashore.
Only when he tries to stand will he realise that his ankle is broken. The tattooed man comes running down the pier clasping the cocker spaniel to his chest and when he runs through the gate onto the promenade the two of them are greeted by cheers and whoops from a crowd eager to celebrate some small good thing.
Eight minutes. Fifty-nine dead. The helicopter appears in the sun-glare from the west. Everyone on the promenade hears the growing pulse of the rotors and turns to watch. None of the eleven people running onto the pier find their missing relatives among the injured and unconscious so they stand near the ragged chasm and shout to the people on the other side.
Have they seen an old lady in a green windcheater? A little girl with long red hair? But the people on the far side are not interested in the lady in the windcheater and the girl with red hair because they are missing relatives of their own and they are terrified that the rest of the pier will collapse and the only thing they want to know is when they are going to be rescued.
Two ambulances reach the seafront but the traffic is jammed so tight that the crews have to run carrying stretchers and emergency bags. Five stay with the injured on the front, three continue onto the pier itself. Three policemen are trying to push the spectators back, some of whom resent being evicted from ringside seats. Nobody realises how many people have died. Everyone is thinking how they will tell the story to friends and family and workmates.
On the pier a woman is slid sideways onto a spinal board. An elderly man with a broken collarbone is given morphine. Fourteen minutes. Sixty dead. On the promenade people are wondering if it was an IRA bomb. No one wants to believe that time and weather can be this dangerous, and it is exciting to think of oneself as a potential target.
As the helicopter hovers over the end of the pier the people below fight to be the first to grab the winchman as he descends, but the downdraught batters them away from its epicentre and he alights in a circle of empty decking. He scoops a little girl from her mother's arms and the sight of her being clipped into a harness shames them. As she is hoisted aloft they start gathering the other children, lining them up in order of age ready for the next lift.
The swimmers come ashore-the sisters, the confused man, the struggling woman, their three rescuers. People rush forward with towels.
It looks like a competition to see whose will be chosen. The struggling woman drops to her knees and digs her hands into the sand as if nothing and no one is going to separate her from solid ground ever again. The body of the old woman who had a heart attack is carried through the service gate under a white sheet into a sudden hush. There are still people on the front who think she is the only person who has died.
The farmer towing the little boy and his dead parents hauls them into the shallows and feels one end of his broken fibula grinding against the other.
It should hurt but he can feel no pain. He needs very badly to lie down. He rolls over into the water and looks at the clouds. People rush into the surf, then see his cargo and come to a halt. A young woman steps between them, a nurse from Southampton where she works in the accident and emergency department. She has seen much worse. She is the only black person on the entire beach. She puts her hands flat on the boy's shoulders and some of those watching wonder if she is using voodoo, but it is the steadiness of her voice which enables him to let go of his parents' bodies and turn and be held by someone who is not frightened.
The colour of her skin helps too, the fact that she is so different from all these other people among whom he no longer belongs. Her name is Renee.
They will stay in touch with one another for the next thirty years. The fourth child is lifted into the helicopter, then the fifth. The arcade manager emerges from his tiny office. He realises that if he is the last person winched to safety he will be able to say, "I stayed at my post. Twenty-five minutes.
The lifeboat arrives and the crew begin hauling people from the water. Some cannot stop talking. Some slither into the bottom of the boat like netted fish, sodden, glassy-eyed, oblivious. A boy of thirteen floats in a dark recess between two fallen girders. He refuses to come out and will not respond to their calls.
A crew member jumps into the water but the boy retreats into the flooded forest of wreckage and they are forced to abandon him. The winch is stowed and the helicopter swings away with all the children on board. Many of them have left parents on the pier. Several don't know if their parents are alive.
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From the unfamiliar to the known, here’s 12 Canadian start-ups we feel should be on your watch list in 2016.
Here are the top 12 companies we feel should be on your watch list:
Shoes.com has gone from just being online to being a physical presence in malls. The company is poised for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) that could well change its future. The company took the shoe market by storm by changing the way people were buying shoes. Its founder Roger Hardy sold off his successful eye-care web business ClearlyContacts to combine two online shoe sellers into this larger business. Shoes.com has also diversified its business by acquiring socks and underwear company Richer Poorer. This company definitely gets a prime position on our Canadian companies to watch list.
Hootsuite, with its owl logo, is the most widely used platform for managing social media. The company is in the news for all the right reasons and could be one of the most important stories to come this year. As social media becomes stronger than ever, Hootsuite too is set to grow. While this company did face some reorganization and even endured some layoffs last year, we should remember that it is one of Canada’s fastest growing startups in history that we are talking about. This is one of the most important companies to watch out for.
Zootly has been defined as the ‘Uber’ of moving companies. The startup is making waves in the moving industry with its app. Zootly works as a logistics operator connecting moving companies and people who are looking to move in New York and is expected to be available in other cities in the U.S and Canada soon. The company is looking to launch its IPO soon. While it has often been compared to Uber, it will not face the hiccups that Uber did since Zootly doesn’t bypass traditional moving companies.
This is a subscription based app designed for construction workers to make life easier for them. The app connects contractors and laborers and keeps them updated on their project and also has integrated messaging and images. This could be the latest in the building and construction industry and hence is on our watch list.
If you weren’t sure whether to cut this one some slack then it is time. Slack is a messaging app that its users say is different from the number of other messaging services that can be downloaded for free. The app which is said to have around 2 million active users is also known to be very user friendly and addictive. The company is looking to build platforms and bots to integrate into its main app making it a absolutely essential to keep on our list.
Figure 1 is another medical tech company that is making waves. It is a way for doctors to share and discuss about compelling medical cases. Known among the medical community as the ‘Instagram for doctors’ it has been gaining popularity with doctors worldwide. As top medical professionals continue using Figure 1, it is definitely the right fit here on our must-watch companies list.
Vancouver based Vision Critical is a platform that helps companies build communities of customers for feedback. We are keeping our eyes on this company as it is expecting its Initial Public Offering (IPO) very soon. The company said it was ‘very close’ to being ready for IPO and just like anyone else we would love a slice of the Vision Critical pie. This company is probably going to stay on the must-watch companies list even after the IPO.
3D printing has often been seen as the ‘future’, this company takes 3D printing technology and computer vision technology to build gear that uses data from smartphones. They are custom printed wearables. The company has seen some seed funding and venture funding so definitely takes a sought-after place on our list.
This is an app that nudges you in the direction of making better professional relationships. Nudge claims to leverage your professional network and could very well be the future for some of us looking to build business relationships that last. We will be keeping an eye out for the ‘nudge’.
Alberta based Showbie has nothing to do with showbiz, it is an application that targets at paperless classrooms and aims at bringing better technology to students to teachers. The app has around 2 million teachers and students using it and is now available to parents aiming to make education more transparent and easier to track. This one seems to have all the makings of a winner so we recommend you keep a watch on Showbie.
Atomwise is a company that focuses on developing artificial intelligence for drug discovery. While developing new medicines take 15 years on average with high costs to boot, this company is using technology to bring about change in the sector. This is a lifesaving endeavor that can speed up the process of medical solutions. Atomwise moved to Y Combinator in Silicon Valley from the University of Toronto incubator, however that does not stop it from being on our watch list.
BlackBerry has, in the past, been Canada’s pride and has been the largest tech company. While the company did face a fall it shouldn’t be written off just yet and thus it earns a spot on our list. Is there an exciting rebound story to look for?


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The vast brainpower of IBM's supercomputer Watson is to be utilised in Africa to attempt to solve some of the continent's most pressing problems.
Better agriculture, education and health are just three of the improvements the system could bring, said the firm.
Watson uses artificial intelligence to analyse huge amounts of data and can also understand human language.
Experts said such a system could help the African economy "leapfrog" others.
The project dubbed, Lucy, after the earliest known human ancestor fossil which was found in east Africa, will cost $100m (£61m) and take 10 years to complete.
Uyi Stewart, chief scientist of IBM Research in Africa, told the BBC that the system could transform education and health in the same way as mobile banking had transformed finance on the continent.
"With the adoption of mobile phones, banking has become virtual and it could be the same premise in education and healthcare," he said.
Its ability to crunch through vast amounts of data and its access to a wealth of information could prove helpful in a variety of contexts.
And people will be able to ask it questions.
"It is also able to reason. One if its key functions is natural language processing," said Mr Stewart.
Schools with poor or non-existent computer resources could link into the cloud-based system via smartphones or portable devices with internet connectivity.
Doctors, nurses and field workers could use the system to help diagnose illnesses and identify the best treatment for each patient.
So, for example, Watson could help answer why sub-Saharan Africa currently accounts for 22% of all cervical cancers. It could suggest new ways to treat and prevent the disease.
And analytics on the state of country roads and congestion levels in cities could prove useful for logistics firms that currently have to negotiate pothole-filled roads and traffic chaos.
A delivery firm in Lagos is already using the system to improve delivery times and schedules.
IBM is working on ways to make sure that Watson is able to provide relevant bite-sized chunks of information.
Prof Rahamon Bello, vice-chancellor of the university of Lagos, is excited by the prospect of access to a supercomputer which he thinks could help Africa "leapfrog other economies".
Clever data mining has already proved its worth in Morocco where it has been used to improve how crops are grown by predicting weather, demand and disease outbreaks.
Despite the huge potential of artificial intelligence machines, IBM has made just $100m from Watson in the past three years.
It is determined to change that and recently invested $1bn in creating a business unit for the system.


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Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to aging out out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvenile hall. As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian arent as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance. Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life answers that will ultimately free them both.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Yankees-Red Sox.
Ruth. Gehrig. DiMaggio. Mantle. Jeter. Judge. Williams. Yastrzemski. Rice. Pedro. Manny. Mookie.
What tradition. What folklore. What a galaxy of stars and stories. Fisk vs. Munson. Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium. The greatest rivalry in sports.
And we had none of that at JetBlue Park on a postcard-perfect Sunday afternoon.
We had Allen. Koss. Bauers. Chaparro. Gomez. Costanza. (OK, I made that last one up.)
Quick quiz: Tell me which of those names above are Yankees and which play for the Red Sox?
Nobody knows. But that’s OK. This is spring training. The Sox have 10 players at the World Baseball Classic and sent a whole team to Sarasota for a split-squad game Sunday against the Orioles. When you combine that with the cost-cutting exodus of homegrown talent — where have you gone, Xander Bogaerts? Sox Nation turns its lonely eyes to you — you’re not going to have a lot of star power for a mid-March exhibition against a Yankees team that didn’t want to put Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Rizzo, and Gerrit Cole on a 130-minute bus ride from Tampa.
The game ended in a 3-3 tie in a nifty two hours, 50 minutes; speed of sound, by Sox-Yanks standards. For Bloominati and other Sox diehards, the day’s highlight no doubt came in the bottom of the ninth when 20-year-old, can’t-miss prospect Marcelo Mayer cracked a gap double to left on a 3-and-2 pitch to put the potential winning run on base. Alas, Mayer was stranded, leaving the Sox with a spring record of 9-3-4.
This was the ninth Sox exhibition at Fenway South this season and the first sellout (9,950), proving that folks will buy anything Red Sox-Yankees even if it’s Christian Koss hitting against Yoendrys Gomez.
A word about Sox popularity and ticket sales: I came to Florida under the impression that interest in the 2023 Red Sox might be lagging because of a talent drain and another last-place finish, but according to a report issued by Fenway Sports Group after its annual partners meeting last week, it turns out everything is just swell with the ballclub.
“The 2023 outlook for the Red Sox is strong with total ticket sales up 5.6 percent [year over year] and new season ticket sales up by 20 percent.”
Those numbers, while no doubt true, fail to mention that at the same time last year, baseball was shut down by a four-month labor lockdown that threatened to cancel the entire 2022 season. It’s hard to believe anyone was ponying up cash for Fenway summer in those dark days of lockout winter.
For the Red Sox to brag about an increase in ticket sales, citing March 2023 compared with March ‘22, is tantamount to a Home Depot boasting that December’s snow shovel sales were double what they were last July. True, but a tad misleading.
All that said, Sunday was a delightful day at the yard. Alex Cora revealed Chris Sale will not start Opening Day (look for Corey Kluber) and that Sale has known for a month and a half. Regarding playing fewer games inside the division, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he’s in favor of the change, but expressed concern about scheduling and travel problems if there are rainouts against a team that you face for only one series.
Justin Turner, who was hit in the face by a fastball March 6, got his stitches out and told us it might have been more than the reported 16. Turner’s been eating solid food for two days and plans to resume baseball activities shortly. He reminded he was hit in the face while playing in the 2003 College World Series.
Turner considers himself lucky to have walked away with lacerations, but no bone breaks nor lost teeth. They didn’t even have to shave his ginger beard.
“I’m thankful that this one was as minor as it was,” said Turner.
Minor . Watch the video and see if you think it was minor.
Turner plans to be ready Opening Day. This is when I failed to ask the question I wanted to ask: How can you step back in there after something like this?
They do it because they are not like us. They are superhuman. If you have ever faced a 90-mile-per-hour pitch while standing in a batter’s box — not me, thank you — or stood behind a batting cage when big league hitters face live pitching, you know what I’m talking about.
It looks easy on TV, but none of us can do what these guys do, and few of us would stand in there for any amount of cash.
Which is why Allen, Koss, Bauers, and Chaparro are every bit as worthy and fearless as Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, and Yaz. They step into a batter’s box to face professional pitching every day, never knowing when a fastball might tail inside and threaten their life.
The Red Sox open at Fenway against the Orioles on March 30, two weeks from Thursday. Tickets are still available.


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Artist: Hellbeast Of The Night
There are so many rock records but only a few really do rock. Here's an album that does that without any loud noise.
And Then All Hell Broke Loose by Hellbeast of the Night kicks off with "I Do What I Want," which is bluesy and will remind you of some Deep Purple, Bon Jovi and even Alice Cooper. It’s cool, subtly simple guitar riffs and some almost sweet vocals.
"Bourbon Girl" has some amazing guitar riffs that will stay in this writer's mind forever at least and if they break out, it will stay in many other people's mind.
"Seven Years, Seven Lies" presents the guitar and now the bass shining in their full glory with some awesome hooks and lines. Now there are some female vocals that really fit with the greatness of this song that manages to be mind-blowing, again, without the need of too much noise.
"Good For Gone, Went For Worse" has some southern, low vocals. There's a Jefferson Airplanes meets The Who sound.
"Use Me" goes in another direction. Here's some Jet, The Strokes and even The Vines. The vocals will remind you of Joan Jett. It’s a really catchy song that will get you dancing and shake your butt. Some of this energy can be felt as well in "Too Much Fun" and "Burn You Alive."
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In conclusion, here's one of those records made by some really talented musicians that bring some of yesterday and today and put it together to create a pretty interesting combination.


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by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:
The Jerusalem Post, Ben Shapiro and tons of other Zionist “influencers” shared an insane conspiracy theory on Friday claiming a Palestinian holding a dead child in the wake of an Israeli airstrike was actually a crisis actor holding a “doll.”
“Al Jazeera posts blurred doll, claims it to be a dead Palestinian baby,” read the headline from the Jerusalem Post.
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⚡A mother bids farewell to her 5 month of age baby who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza today pic.twitter.com/fmeFEX2CaX
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The infant in question was identified by an on-the-ground photographer as 5-month-old Palestinian Muhammad Hani Al-Zahar.


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Bank of America (BofA) Corp posted the biggest jump in investment-banking fees on Wall Street, helping profit overcome headwinds from lower interest rates.
Third-quarter debt underwriting fees unexpectedly surged 19% and the firm’s fixed-income traders eked out a slight increase, pushing profit above analysts’ estimates. Its gains in advisory fees also surpassed rivals in the best quarter for the investment bank in more than two years.
The 27% increase in fees shows progress by the bank’s new corporate and investment-banking chief, Matthew Koder, who’s overhauling the unit after executives admitted last year they had pulled back too much on risk. He’s reinvigorated efforts to clinch more midsize transactions in the US and has been adding dozens of bankers across the division.
Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan has expressed confidence in the US economy even as the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates and growth estimates are revised down. Lower borrowing costs are a major headwind for banks, while concerns about a global economic slowdown and trade tensions stymie client activity.
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Emitt Lynn Rhodes (born February 25, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter, t and recording engineer. Rhodes began his career in musical ensembles The Palace Guard as the group's drummer before joining The Merry-Go-Round as a t. The Merry-Go-Round had a recording contract with A&M Records when they disbanded in 1969. Rhodes recorded songs at A&M to fulfill that contract, but A&M decided to not release them at the time
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Mirror is the third solo album by Emitt Rhodes with a much heavier rock approach than the debut. All songs composed and arranged by Emitt Rhodes. Birthday Lady" - 2:50. Better Side of Life" - 2:37. My Love Is Strong" - 2:39. Side We Seldom Show" - 2:26. Really Wanted You" - 2:42. Medley: "Bubble Gum the Blues", "I'm a Cruiser" - 4:43. Love Will Stone You" - 3:23. Golden Child of God" - 2:43. Take You Far Away" - 3:00
Emitt Rhodes – Emitt Rhodes. Selo: Probe – SPBA 6256, Probe – 1E 064 ◦ 92116. Formato: Vinyl, LP, Album. País: UK. Lançado: 1970. Design – Cal Schenkel. Instruments, Vocals, Arranged By, Composed By, Recorded By – Emitt Rhodes. Mixed By – Curt Boettcher, Keith Olsen. Photography – Ed Caraeff. Producer – Emitt Rhodes, Harvey Bruce. The etched runout information is contained within etched decorative banners (see images), signed by Keith Olsen (KO).
Produced by Harvey Bruce & Emitt Rhodes. Tears that angels cry And they darken all the sky When the one you love says goodbye Tears that angels cry.
Stacked back to back, the records made by Emitt Rhodes in the short time between 1969 and 1973 stand up as one of the great brief flashes of inspiration and greatness in pop-music history. The Emitt Rhodes Recordings 1969-1973 collects all four albums the sical wiz recorded over that period of time and adds one extra track (the 1973 single "Tame the Lion"). The set starts off with the album Rhodes recorded after his band, the Merry-Go-Round, broke up in 1969
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Here’s Ilmira Shayhraznova and Elena Yakovleva, who, along with four other gay couples, attempted to file marriage applications at the St. Petersburg municipal office to protest the country’s “gay propaganda” law. Since the law was passed last summer, there’s been an uptick in anti-gay violence, but–no doubt aided by the increased scrutiny thanks to the Sochi Olympics–the activists also say it’s helped the cause. ”Before, it wasn’t accepted to talk about this,” activist Yana Petrova said. “Now, there are no neutral people left. Everyone wants to express their opinion. That’s good. Debate is the only thing that can lead to any battle or change.”
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Without Vick, Philadelphia couldn't hold onto the lead and lost 35-31 to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night. The Eagles (1-1) may again be without Vick for their home opener against the New York Giants.
Coach Andy Reid didn't rule out Vick's return this week, but head athletic trainer Rick Burkholder wouldn't give a time.
"That's foolish on our part medically to put time frame out there," Burkholder said Monday. "Everybody wants to know time frame, everybody wants to know whether Mike's going to play, everybody wants to know whether Mike's going to practice. We're going to go through our protocol and when Mike's ready to practice, I'm going to turn him over to Coach and he's going to make a decision whether he's ready to play, had reps, all that kind of stuff."
Vick was injured in the third quarter when he was spun around by a defender and slammed into right tackle Todd Herremans. His neck whipped back and he bit his tongue, which led to him spitting blood on his way off the field.Dunta Robinson, the Falcon's player that caused the hit, wasn't suspened but was fined $40,0000.
Vick wasn't woozy and seemed fully alert. He certainly was aware of the score - 31-21 in favor of the Eagles - when he pointed it out to fans in the Georgia Dome on his way in for tests. Vick barely failed those baseline tests, so the medical staff kept him on the sideline.
"He was just a little bit off, enough that we acted on the side of caution to hold him back as our standard protocol says," Burkholder said. "I was with him on the airplane. He was absolutely fine last night. As the days go on, we'll see, but last night he was pretty good. He told Coach he was fine, he told his teammates he was fine, he told me he was fine, and he was very far along last night."
Vick must pass several different tests and be evaluated by an independent neurologist before he can be cleared to return. The Pro Bowl quarterback had thrown for 242 yards and two touchdowns in his first game as a starter in Atlanta since going to prison and being released by the Falcons.
"There's a whole protocol to go through, and that's why we have it laid out so we're not guessing," Burkholder said. "That's why we have tests that we run, and all the protocol that we go through that we, the NFL and all the medical experts have put together, so there's a lot to do yet."
Reid sounded encouraged by a conversation he had with Vick after the game.
"He remembered everything," Reid said. "He recalled everything. I tried to quiz him and see where he was at. He was frustrated that he wasn't able to finish. He had a vested interest in finishing."
Reid wouldn't say whether Mike Kafka or Vince Young would start if Vick can't play against the Giants. Kafka, a fourth-round pick in 2010, played well in his NFL debut against the Falcons. He completed 7 of 9 passes for 72 yards and finished off the touchdown drive after Vick got hurt.
Kafka drove the Eagles to Atlanta's 22 in the final two minutes, but Jeremy Maclin dropped a pass on fourth-and-4.
Reid blamed his conservative playcalling for the offense's inability to score on full drives without Vick.
"I sent a message to our team and not a positive one," Reid said. "That is something I don't do, in particular given how much trust I have him (in Kafka). I'm kicking myself in the trail for that right now.
"When you have a lead, you have to get after it and stay aggressive. Again, I didn't set the tempo from that. We're going to learn how to finish here, starting with me and the coaches and the rest of the guys."
Young, a two-time Pro Bowl QB in Tennessee, was signed to be the backup, but he's been out with a hamstring injury. Kafka is more familiar with the offense since he was here last year.
"I would have never traded Kevin Kolb if I didn't have trust in Mike Kafka," Reid said. "I didn't show that last night. I didn't prove it to you last night until the last series."
Notes: Reid said hasn't decided whether the Eagles will need to add another QB given the injuries to Vick and Young. ... TE Brent Celek has a low back strain. DE Trent Cole has a strained tendon in his hand. DE Juqua Parker has a high ankle sprain and DE Darryl Tapp continues to recover from his pectoral strain that forced him to miss the game.

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Bus or train from Bangkok to Siem Riep
Replies: 7 - Last Post: Oct 7, 2012 8:14 AM Last Post By: bigal1
Sep 28, 2012 11:10 PM
Bus or train from Bangkok to Siem RiepHi all
I need some help. I can't decided whether to take the bus or the train from Bangkok to Siem Riep. I've done all my research and I know the train leaves heaps early (5:55am from Hualamphong station to Aranyaprathet) and also takes longer.
The bus is an hour or so shorter. Just wondering what the road conditions are like for the bus trip?
What are people's recommendations?
Sep 28, 2012 11:37 PM
1The bus takes about 4 hours to the border and is smooth going. The train is non air con and takes upto 7 hours and bumpy, it is however a great experience if you have the time. The bus is significantly faster. If you get an early start on the bus you could actually be in Siem Reap buy the time the train arrives at the border. Obviously there are no trains operating in Cambodia at present so you'll have to get the bus or taxi on the Cambodian side. See the many other posts on the border crossing.
I believe any flooding around Aranyaprathet in the previous weeks has now cleared.
Personally I've done the train once but won't rush to do it again unless I had time on my hands. I usually take the public bus from Ekamai or Mo Chit.
Sep 29, 2012 3:48 AM
Sep 29, 2012 8:17 AM
3I found the bus trip easy, convenient and cheap. You can get picked up right at your guesthouse and it shouldn't cost more then 400 baht. I think I left at around 9 am and was at my guesthouse in Siem Reap by 6 pm. Don't know if that is shorter or longer than the train, but it was an easy trip - the roads are really smooth travelling now.
Oct 3, 2012 5:28 AM
4thanks all....I am going to catch the bus now.
Apologies for spelling Siem Reap wrong :)
Oct 3, 2012 6:27 AM
Oct 6, 2012 6:52 AM
6The train is fun, no reservation is needed, just turn up, pay 48 baht and hop on.
It's easy to find where the train goes from, as it leaves from the main Hualamphong station in central Bangkok, you can't miss it!
On the train, you can face the person you're talking to next to an open window with a cool breeze blowing in, as you clickety-clack along. It certainly wasn't crowded. That's instead of being cramped in a bus seat with no legroom and a seat back in your face, and no opening window.
You can buy food and drink (including cheap beer) on the train, too, it's a pretty pleasant journey across Thailand to the Cambodian border. There's always tuk-tuls waiitng at the station when the train arrives, to take you 10 minutes to the border point, for around 80 baht.
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“They added that the review should focus on long-term plans for the industry, rather than short-term solutions like introducing additional surveillance to ensure patients are treated properly” (Industry Weighs In On Nursing Home Review, Miss Elizabeth Soh).
In light of the recent controversy surrounding the Nightingale Nursing Home, and assorted opinions on the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) ongoing review – as expounded in the news report “Industry Weights In On Nursing Home Review (June 13, 2011) by Miss Elizabeth Soh – it appears that improvements to the status quo are desired. Quite interestingly, current suggestions offered by professionals, representatives or members of the public have been premised upon macro-management factors to be instituted by the government or the respective nursing homes: increasing surveillance, conducting checks and reviews anonymously, value-adding staff training and orientation et cetera. However, taking into account the roles and responsibilities of the families and relatives, it seems more imperative for heightened endeavours to be dedicated to the enhancement of relationships between nursing staff and the residents’ kin.
Having the working and nursing employees communicate with the families or relatives on a frequent and honest basis is extremely important; the employed personnel have professional commitments, while the latter has the obligation to continue caring – and engaging – their kith and kin residing in the homes. Having closer relationships would certainly be beneficial for the homes’ residents, because the family members would be able to share more about resident characteristics, preferences and habits with the nursing staff. In turn, the staff members – as primary caregivers – can thereby develop more intimate friendships with their patients, and be better-prepared when interacting with more challenging or demanding individuals. Subtly, family members can be emotionally encouraged to make for vis-à-vis visits, and provide more support tangibly.
The aforementioned can be facilitated through a number of methodologies.
First, orientation and training pedagogies for nursing staff can be customised to mentally prepare them for their day-to-day activities, become more sensitive to patient needs, and guiding them how to converse with family representatives. It is also important to consistently make the staff feel encouraged, motivated, and have strong sense of belonging or responsibility. Second, staff-family meetings can be organised on a regular basis to promote dialogues between the stakeholders, and to familiarise the family members with the home surroundings and update the resident’s conditions. Third, internal feedback channels should be proliferated for the patients, families and caregivers so that complaints or constructive criticisms can be processed healthily.
Nursing homes and family members cannot afford to relish in the comforts of conservatism; the unfortunate event, while thankfully an exception rather than the norm, has shown why more preventative measures and safeguards must be speedily put in place.


It's time for a journey through the Fox Thursday schedule in 2015-16...
|2015-16||Bones||Bones||Sleepy Hollow||Sleepy Hollow||71 (+5%)|
|2015-16||79 (-7%)||79.333079060644||63 (+25%)||63 (+25%)||70.9897564430883|
Sleepy Hollow was a shell of its former self on Thursday, to say the least. But it still had enough juice to represent a significant improvement on the year-ago bomb Gracepoint. Bones kept chugging along with small declines in Plus.
|2014-15||American Idol Thu||American Idol Thu||Backstrom||Backstrom||110|
|2015-16||American Idol Thu||American Idol Thu||American Idol Thu||American Idol Thu||150 (+36%)|
|2015-16||150 (+1%)||150 (+112%)||150 (+112%)||150 (+112%)||150 (+112%)|
American Idol had a strong final season, and aired for two hours on Thursday throughout the winter.
|2015-16||Bones||Bones||American Grit||American Grit||52 (-8%)|
|2015-16||59 (-10%)||59.0421184547485||45 (-6%)||45 (-6%)||51.8334877131804|
After Idol's finale, Bones returned to 8/7c with similar Plus declines to the ones in the fall. American Grit couldn't improve on the dying days of Backstrom from a year ago.
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Bones: Most of the damage to this show was done last year, but there was no real hint of a bounce-back this year. Maybe for the final season? Grade: C.
American Idol Thu: Already updated.
Sleepy Hollow: Improving upon Gracepoint and then holding up OK in the move to Friday were sort of positive, and enough to keep it from a failing grade. But they should not obscure the fact that the show was still in complete free-fall compared to its past history. Grade: D-. The good news is maybe it's gotten low enough that losing Nicole Beharie can't make things much worse?
American Grit: Mentioned a couple times that it was interesting how much younger/maler this show skewed compared to Bones. But I wouldn't have thought it was interesting enough for an actual renewal. Apparently Fox did; now, can they actually come up with a situation that could tap into that...?
The names in this last table link to the shows' War of 18-49 pages. Links with an asterisk(*) have been updated with the new info. Updates to younger shows will come later in the summer.
Check back tomorrow for this day's new Schedules Plus! Till then, you can refer to the old version.


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PhD. Students in Residence
Nico is a second-year doctoral student with research interests in audit (both internal and external) and corporate governance. Nico earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting as well as a master’s degree in accounting (with a double concentration in audit/advisory and tax) from Southern Methodist University in 2014 and 2016, respectively. Nico’s professional career includes work as a bilingual internal auditor at Trinity Industries. Additionally, Nico worked as a manager for EY (Dallas) across several lines of service, ranging from assurance and internal audit to accounting compliance and reporting (ACR). Immediately prior to joining UT’s Ph.D. program, Nico worked as an internal audit manager at Protiviti (Dallas). Nico is a certified public accountant in the state of Texas and a certified internal auditor. He is also a member of The Ph.D. Project (KPMG Foundation), an AICPA Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students recipient and a Hispanic Scholarship Fund scholar.
Jack is a third-year doctoral student with research interests in financial reporting, corporate governance and tax. He is also an Accounting Doctoral Scholars (ADS) Program Scholar. Jack earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi in 2016, and he is a licensed CPA in the state of North Carolina. Prior to entering the Ph.D. program, Jack worked as a valuation consultant at DHG and as a tax associate at PwC. Jack’s current research projects include “Investor Response to Net Operating Loss Carryback Provisions” with James Chyz. Jack taught Managerial Accounting and Federal Income Taxation at UT.
Jason Bangert is a fourth-year doctoral student with research interests in capital markets, financial reporting, corporate governance and tax. His dissertation, “The Disparate Effects of Non-Reliance Restatements on Retail and Institutional Investor Trading,” investigates how aspects of firm disclosure differentially affect the trading decisions of investors with varying levels of sophistication. His other research projects examine how ownership structure and executive employment arrangements influence manager incentives and the quality of the external information environment. “Disproportionate Insider Control and the Informativeness of Stock Returns about Future Earnings” is co-authored with Linda Myers and Roy Schmardebeck, and “The Determinants and Consequences of Interim CFO Appointments” is co-authored with Scott Johnson, Linda Myers and Roy Schmardebeck. Bangert earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Truman State University in 2016 and 2017, respectively. He is a member of the American Accounting Association and a licensed CPA in the state of Missouri. Prior to entering the Ph.D. program, he was a tax associate at PwC in St. Louis, Mo. He taught Intermediate Financial Accounting II and Introduction to Financial Accounting while at UT. Bangert expects to complete his Ph.D. requirements by May 2023.
Audree is a first-year doctoral student with research interests in audit and forensic accounting. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting (2021) as well as a Master of Accountancy (2022) from the University of Tennessee. After completing her undergraduate degree, Audree completed an internship in external assurance at PwC in Nashville, Tenn. Audree is a member of the Tennessee Doctoral Scholars Cohort as well as the American Accounting Association.
Laurie is a fourth-year doctoral student with research interests in auditing, corporate governance and financial reporting. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting at Kennesaw State University. Laurie is an Accounting Doctoral Scholars (ADS) Program Scholar. Prior to entering the Ph.D. program, she worked as an audit associate at Grant Thornton in Atlanta, Ga., and as a controller at a small private entity. Laurie’s teaching experience includes two years as an adjunct instructor of introductory financial accounting at Kennesaw State as well as a lead instructor of undergraduate auditing at the University of Tennessee. Laurie’s dissertation is preliminarily entitled “Firm Transparency of Risk Oversight: An Examination of Cybersecurity Governance Disclosures.” Laurie’s other working papers include “Attracting Female Directors in the U.S.: The Roles of Stakeholders, Boards and Executives” with Lauren Cunningham and “Beyond Financial Expertise: What Do Investors Value in Audit Committee Members?” with Lauren Cunningham and James Myers. Laurie is a member of the American Accounting Association and a licensed CPA in the state of Georgia. She anticipates completing her Ph.D. requirements no later than summer 2023.
Travis is a second-year doctoral student with research interests in financial reporting and corporate governance. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from the University of Wyoming and the University of Montana, respectively. Prior to entering the Ph.D. program, Travis worked as an auditor at Deloitte and at a Montana-based accounting firm, as an accounting and compliance manager at a nonprofit financial institution, and as the lead accountant at a startup software company. Travis taught introductory and intermediate financial reporting courses to undergraduate students and an advanced financial topics course to graduate students at the University of Montana. He is a licensed CPA in the states of Colorado and Montana.
Kory is a third-year doctoral student with research interests in corporate governance and financial reporting. Kory earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting as well as a master’s degree in financial management from Texas A&M University in 2020. In addition, he taught an entry-level business class to first-year students in 2016, 2017 and 2019. While at Texas A&M, Kory completed internships in internal audit and store operations at Academy Sports + Outdoors in Katy, Texas, as well as an assurance internship at EY in Charlotte, NC. His current research projects include "Shareholder Proposal Pressure and Governance Disclosures" with Lauren Cunningham and Roy Schmardebeck. While at UT, Kory taught Intermediate Financial Accounting II.
Eric is a first-year doctoral student with research interests in financial reporting and capital markets. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Brigham Young University in 2020. While at BYU, he taught an introduction to accounting course for undergraduate students. Prior to entering the Ph.D. program, Eric worked as a treasury analyst at Ancestry, where he was responsible for global cash forecasting and reporting.


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I did have a total knee replacement 7 years ago and I have had nothing but problems with it. I have been seeing another orthopedic doctor and he told me that when my knee was replaced it was not aligned correctly. He said it needs all taken out and replaced with a newer kind and aligned properly.
I had been getting a lot of pain on my other knee and this new doctor told me it is because I am putting so much weight on that leg because my left knee is so messed up. He said that I walk with a very notacible limp.
I am 70 years old and I don't know if I want to go through this again as when I had it replaced 7 years ago it was very painful. I was told all of the concrete will have to be drilled out which doesn't sound like much fun.
Has anyone had a knee replacement on the same knee twice?
Thank you so much.
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Canadian licensed cannabis company Organigram Holdings Inc. is temporarily laying off about 45 percent of its workforce as part of its coronavirus response. The company said the move is an attempt to “help boost COVID-19 containment efforts representing approximately 400 employees.”
CEO Greg Engel said in a statement that the company’s “priority right now is to make sound strategic decisions that are in the best interests” of the company’s employees “which will contribute to the long-term sustainability of the company.”
“This is a new and evolving situation demanding strong leadership and smart decision-making across all industries and sectors. We continue to monitor this rapidly changing situation and will make the decisions necessary to ensure the safest environment for our employees as well as insulating our business as best we can under the circumstances.” – Engel in a statement
The company had alluded to the cuts last month and said “the majority” of the layoffs were voluntary. They indicated that affected employees would receive lump-sum payments “to help bridge the gap to available government programs.” Additionally, the company said it will absorb the paid health, dental, and short-term disability premiums for all of its employees.
Organigram said they expect to reduce their cultivation, harvest, production, and packaging operations but plan to “supplement with inventories on hand to meet anticipated demand.”
“Specifically, the company will be focused on leveraging automated and the most efficient lines of production and will deprioritize lower value products requiring higher manual labor,” Organigram said in a press release.
The firm said it had already taken coronavirus mitigation actions at its facilities and offices as recommended by Health Canada, including work-from-home policies, the establishment of an Emergency Response Team, restrictions on work-related travel, social distancing, and enhanced sanitation practices.
Last week Canopy Growth announced temporary layoffs of 200 employees amid the outbreak, but also said they were re-opening some of the stores they shuttered last month. Canopy CEO Jordan Sinclair told Bloomberg that the temporary layoffs were retail employees and that the stores would operate under a “click and collect model” and reduced hours.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Thousands of fans filled the Pennsylvania Farm Show’ and Expo Center’s Large Arena Thursday night to hear Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
They were excited to see “The Donald” up close and personal, and the businessman-turned-candidate did not disappoint.
“We will repeal and replace Obamacare,” Trump said to a thunderous applause.
It was one of many hot-button issues that Trump pushed, and the crowd roared its approval every time.
He blasted the U.S.’s political leaders for bad trade deals that have robbed jobs from Harrisburg and Pennsylvania. He said the median income in Harrisburg has declined $7,000 since 2000.
“I don’t blame China, they can get away with it,” Trump said. “I blame our leaders for being so incompetent and so stupid to allow a thing like this to happen.”
Trump said he would do better deals that would return jobs to Pennsylvania.
He then turned to the corruption of campaign contributions and said since he’s self-funding, he’s immune. He hinted at how much he’s spent on his own campaign.
“So far, I’m in for $40-45 million. Even if you’re rich, that’s a lot of money, right?”
There were about seven protesters removed from various parts of the arena. As one was being led away, Trump remarked, “aren’t Trump rallies a lot of fun?”
Back to the speech, Trump called the war in Iraq “devastating.” He called it a mistake to go in initially and a mistake the way America exited. He promised to be tougher on terrorism than President Obama.
“Now, we have people cutting off heads and drowning people in steel cages. We’re gonna knock the hell out of ISIS.”
Of the Republican primary race he’s leading, Trump wondered why his two opponents remain.
“Cruz and Kasich have no path to victory,” he said. “It’s over. It’s over.”
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich have said they’re hoping to prevail in a contested GOP convention in Cleveland in July, but Trump is already peeking ahead to November.
“I wanna run against crooked Hillary Clinton,” he said. “We’re gonna beat her so badly. I wanna run against crooked Hillary.”
Trump promised to rebuild the military and yes, build that wall on the Mexican border.
“Someday, when I’m gone, they’ll name it the Trump wall, ’cause I’m gonna make it so big, so strong, and so beautiful.”
The energy in the crowd was palpable. They are clearly buying what Trump is selling. Perhaps an indication of Trump’s appeal is Jim Curry. He’s the mayor of Middletown. He’s a Democrat and he’s for Trump.
“Frankly, I’m tired of the establishment politics,” Curry said. “I see it on a local level, it’s there on the federal level, someone like this is a breath of fresh air.”
The candidate reminded everyone in the room to vote for him Tuesday and to call friends and tell them to vote for Trump. He said it would be the most significant vote they’ll cast in their lifetime.
Then Trump ended his nearly hour-long speech on a high, almost preacher-like, sermon on his favorite topic: winning.
“We’re gonna win at every single level and we’re gonna make America great again,” he said. “I love you, Harrisburg. I love you, Pennsylvania. I love you.”


Aston Martin’s new Welsh factory is up and running.
R-Reforged announces limited run of 38 new, old V12 Zagatos.
The Vantage AMR special gets a seven-speed manual and carbon brakes.
Aston’s new convertible supercar looks like a winner.
Following Koenigsegg, could AM field an entry in the coming seasons?
TG meets the perfectly sane man behind Aston’s battery-powered DB6 Volante.
Ain’t no school like the old school. Zagato Continuation cars are now being built.
Plenty of new German bits here, but has the Vantage lost its British charm? Absolutely not.
Zagato'd DBS is one half of the £6m 'DBZ Centenary Collection'.


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BOULDER, CO / ACCESSWIRE / March 15, 2023 / BlackStar Enterprise Group, Inc. (OTC PINK:BEGI) (the “Company” or “BlackStar) BlackStar’s most recent amendment to its registration statement on Form S-1 recently received limited comments from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which the Company intends to address within the next [few] weeks. The registration statement, once effective, will register common shares held by certain selling stockholders underlying three existing convertible promissory notes. The registration of the shares of common stock does not indicate that the SEC either approves or disapproves of the Company’s business, operations, or plans, or any proposed business, operations or plans.
BlackStar looks forward to the next steps of seeking a relationship with an alternative trading system and/or broker dealer and seeking any further regulatory approvals for trading its shares on a blockchain platform. We believe the Company is on the path to bringing its proposed business plan to reality. However, there can be no assurance that such regulatory approvals will be obtained in a timely manner or at all. We anticipate initiating formal discussions with the SEC and its relevant divisions and offices, including the Division of Trading and Markets, within the next six months with respect to seeking the approval or clearance of our shares being eligible to be traded on our BDTP™ platform. We believe it may take an additional six to nine months to address SEC comments and questions, and there is no assurance that we will be successful in our shares being approved or cleared for trading on our BDTP™ platform. The BDTP™ is not yet functional and may never be functional.
More information can be found in the Company’s recently filings at the SEC web site: https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=BlackStar+Enterprise&match=&filenum=&State=&Country=&SIC=&myowner=exclude&action=getcompany
BlackStar Enterprise Group, Inc. (OTC:BEGI)
FACEBOOK: BlackStar Enterprise Group Inc-BEGI
CONTACT: Joseph E Kurczodyna CFO, 847-804-6873
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SOURCE: BlackStar Enterprise Group, Inc.
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Profile Of Stefflon Don
Stephanie Victoria Allen, well-known by her stage name, Stefflon Don (Steff London), was born on 14 December 1991.
She is an English rapper and singer but of Jamaican descent.
Birth | Early Life | Background
Stefflon Don was born on the 14th of December, 1991 in Birmingham, England. She was born into a family of six.
Though the rapper is of Jamaican descent, she was born in Birmingham, raised in Holland, grew up in London.
At the age of Four, her family relocated to Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
But when she was fourteen, she returned to Britain to study at a London school.
After school, she worked briefly as a cake decorator and hairdresser before her career in music started.
The Rapper Stefflon Don speaks Dutch fluently due to her upbringing in Holland.
Also her parents speaks Patois fluently which has an influence on her often dancehall-inspired sound.
The curvy rapper is currently dating but she hasn’t made her relationship public￼.
Stefflon Don started her professional music career many years ago but couldn’t hit lime light on time.
She was known officially when she appeared in the song “London” by American singer Jeremih.
After that, she was featured on Lil Yachty’s Teenage Emotions album, in the song “Better”.
Stefflon Don is currently signed to “Quality Control Music”.
She is closely-affiliated with Coach K and also rumoured to be signed to the Altanta-based label alongside Migos, Lil Yachty and more.
Stefflon Don has also featured on other songs like “Instruction” by Jax Jones and Demi Lovato.
The most hit song in her musical career is “Hurtin Me”.
The song received massive air-waves as it reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.
Also “Hurting Me” hits over 43 million views on YouTube.
The video was directed by Luke Biggins and Stefflon Don, and the official video was shot in Los Angeles.
The stunning rapper was featured on the 2018 edition of the XXL Freshman list.
Steff and Giggs collaborated in early 2017 when he was featured on the remix of her hit song ‘Real Ting’, the title track from her debut mixtape.
The video has amassed over 2.5 million views so far.
Stefflon Don, was nominated at the 2018 BET Awards in the “Best International Act” Category.
The curvy Rapper is an active social media user and here is her social Media ID;

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