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Input/Output Impedance Measurement Set
The Input/Output Impedance Measurement Set enables the engineer to perform input impedance, output impedance and conducted audio susceptibility measurements on systems while the systems are under operational power. The Measurement Set is used in conjunction with the Venable Frequency Response Analyzer System hardware and software. The Measurement Set consists of a power amplifier, step down isolation transformer and interconnecting cables.
The Measurement Set extends the Frequency Response Analyzer oscillator drive to include high current/low impedance applications. All Venable System features are fully operational including servo. The power amplifier has one manual gain adjustment but does not require calibration. The automatic Venable System performs all precision control and measurement. The amplifier utilizes rugged selfprotection circuits for routine overloads. The isolation transformer enables direct injection of test signals into the customer’s systems while under full power and loading. The transformer is designed to carry substantial DC without core saturation for undistorted drive. Measurement Sets are optionally available in 50 amp (IOZ- 50) and 100 amp (IOZ-100) ratings depending upon the current requirements of the system under test. The customer provides either a current probe or low ohms
series resistor for current sense. Measured impedances at any frequency are conveniently available on the screen or printer.
Input/Output Impedance Measurement Sets
• Output Power — 100 Watts into 2.4 ohms
• Output Voltage (Power Amplifier) — 16 Vrms into
• Output Voltage (Secondary of Transformer) 7.7
Vrms into 0.6 ohms
• Direct Current through transformer without core
IOZ-50 — 50 amps
IOZ-100 — 100 amps
• Power Requirements 115 VAC 60 Hz 4 amps

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The Olympics are already underway and the opening ceremonies are tonight and you know with every Olympic games, the stories always come out about stuff that goes on behind the scenes that the average viewer wouldn't even know about....that stuff is our favorite part of the Games!
So this year the Olympics are in South Korea and apparently the snow is SO cold that some of the skiers are being forced to throw away their skis after practice runs.
Apparently the snow is so cold that it sticks to the ski base and twists it and ruins the ski!
The weather was in the single digits Fahrenheit during the morning training runs.
Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher explained that when the weather gets too cold, snow crystals become sharp and destroy the skis.
Snow crystals get really sharp when temperatures go to -20 degrees and the base burns. It's the same as lighting fire and burning your base because the snow crystals get such sharp edges.
Jack and Carolyn talked about it on the air! Listen here:

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FSANZ has a useful summary sheet on the elements of a food label in Australia.
Review this useful guide here170314-interactive-labelling-poster_fsanz.pdf
How do food businesses determine the correct shelf life information for their products?
The responsibility of determining the shelf life of a food, and thus its best-before or use-by date, lies with the manufacturer or distributor.
Correct Food Systems can advise business on how to estimate and then test the safe shelf life of a Characteristics of the product,including the quality, form and consistency of ingredients, the moisture content, acidity levels, addition of preservatives all influence the safety of a food product, as does external factors like storage, transport and packaging of the food.
The most direct way of doing this is to conduct properly constructed storage trials on a sample of food under realistic, controlled conditions.
Correct Food Systems is not a food laboratory testing facility.
There are food testing laboratories in each state and territory that can conduct microbiological tests for
NSW Food Authority has a useful publication to assist businesses to ascertain the shelf life and required date marking information for a product.
See our webpage "Shelflife testing"
NSW is proceeding to plan for the introduction of the NSW Container Deposit scheme - scheduled to commence 1 July 2017. All NSW beverage containers between 150ml and 3 litres in volume will be eligible for a refund with some exceptions (see Scheme exceptions). These exceptions are similar to the exceptions in the South Australian and Northern Territory container deposit schemes.
Manufacturers, importers, retailers need to be aware that each applicable beverage container that enters NSW will attract a 18 cent charge, payable to the NSW scheme coordinator ( yet to be announced), in order to run the scheme. Each beverage label also will need to be registered with the NSW EPA- (Fee and lodgement processes yet to be determined).
Consumers will return applicable beverages to bottle banks ( deposit payable yet to be determined)
Tenders have been announced but no national logo or confirmed details have been finalised for labelling of beverage containers.
Importers, wholesalers and manufacturers of containers for beverages are advised to regularly review the NSW EPA website. www.epa.nsw.gov.au/waste/container-deposit-scheme.
Correct Food Systems will continue to keep you updated on this scheme, and the planned adoption in WA and QLD for 2018.
On 28 November 2016, a minor amendment was made to the Information Standard so that sections 22 and 23 (dealing with imported food packed in Australia) and section 26 (dealing with imported food with Australian ingredients).
The amendment primarily relates to a very narrow range of foods that were made in a single overseas country and subsequently packed in Australia.
Section 22 provides for the use of a standard mark on the labels of food packaged in Australia where some of the food in the package has not been grown, produced or made in Australia. The standard mark can state that the food is packed or packaged in Australia and include text and a bar chart indicating the proportion of Australian ingredients, but it cannot include the kangaroo logo because it contains food that was not grown, produced or made in Australia.
The ‘Packed in Australia from at least x% Australian ingredients’ would be retained for foods from multiple countries with some Australian content that are packed in Australia – for example, nuts from Australia and other countries that are mixed together and packed in Australia. Section 23(1) of the Standard has also been amended to prevent food grown, produced or made in a single overseas country from using a label to indicate variance of ingredient origin over time.
From Country of Origin Food Labelling Factsheet Country of Origin Food Labelling Update – minor amendment to the Information Standard 2016
NSW Food Authority has launched a interactive Hub for food labeling information.
This hub provides detailed information on the various aspects and requirements for compliant food labelling.
Review information on Labels and the Law, Understanding Claims, How to read a Label, Ingrredients and Nutrition, Directions for Use, Country of Origin and more.
The new online tool to assist you to determine and down load the correct Country Of Origin labelling mark for your food product has been released.
It is available for use on www.business.gov.au/foodlabels.
This online tool will assist you in choosing an appropriate label for the food product you are planning to sell in Australia. The tool will help you determine if you need a label, and if you need a standard mark that features graphics as well as text, it will then find, customise and download an appropriate label for your food product so your food products are compliant with the new Country Of Origin food labelling requirements that commence on 1 July 2016.
Correct Food Systems is one of Australia's leading food labelling consultancy businesses.
We assist many clients- both start up businesses and existing clients with comprehensive label checks for products.
Clients are advised to send us the following information for each product they want us to complete a label check on:
(or pro rata time) for our professional review and comprehensive report on your product label. The time varies according to the information supplied, complexity of the product, compound ingredients, and claims made about your product.
The Australian Government is changes to Country of Origin labelling from 1 July 2016.
However, there is a two-year transition period so that businesses have time to adjust to the new obligations which will be mandatory in July 2018.
Further Information here on the new CoOL labelling and also the Health Star scheme
Correct Food Systems assists businesses to meet their food labelling requirements.
We conduct comprehensive label reviews for clients, identifying any small details that may mean the label for a product does not meet the Food Standards Code labelling requirement, the ACCC requirements or trades weights and measures state requirements.
We also get enquiries regarding compiling information for a correct Nutrition Panel in the correct Australian format.
Here is some information regarding the requirements for Nutrition Panels that may assist.
How to calculate the information for the Nutrition Panel:
FSANZ has a Nutrition Information Calculator to assist you in the development of information for your Nutrition Panel.This can be found at :
Note some major retailers do not recognise these calculations for their branded products and will require laboratory testing for nutrition information.
All packaged food has to have a nutrition panel except:
-Food sold at fund-raising events
-Alcoholic beverages, water, vinegar
-Herbs, spices, salt, herbal infusions, tea, coffee
-Food Additives (e.g. flavourings, colours)
-Fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry or fish where they are one ingredient
Food for food service and unpackaged food: These have different requirements for nutrition information. Information must be written and displayed near or on the food, or made available verbally on request by the customer.
All packaged food has to have a nutrition panel on it covering:
-Energy (kilojoules or kilojoules and calories)
-Fat, saturated fat (grams)
-Carbohydrates, sugars (grams), and
-Any other nutrient declared (appropriate unit).If another nutrient is declared on the label, it must also appear in the nutrition information panel. Where a nutrient claim in made about the packaged food that is otherwise exempt from a nutrition panel, then it must be included in the nutrition panel be on the package (e.g. fish high in Omega-3).
Note: This must be expressed both per serving size and per 100g / 100ml
The new standard for Nutrition and Health claims on your product 1.2.7 is now fully enforceable. Recent action by the ACCC has demonstrated that the detail of your Health and Nutrition information and claim on your food labels will be examined and compliance to the standard enforced.
Truth in advertising is a current priority enforcement area for the ACCC, with large fines being awarded against companies for false or misleading representation of health or nutrition information.
Arnott's Biscuits has paid $51,000 in penalties for using a "false comparator" to claim on the packaging of certain Shapes products that the contents had 75 per cent less saturated fat. This is despite the fact the claim was clarified in fine print at the bottom of the pack.
Correct Food Systems can assist businesses with their product information and labelling.
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THE THEATRE review of Nina Raine’s “Tribes” and Katori Hall’s “Hurt Village.” In Raine’s subtle and scintillating new play (elegantly directed by David Cromer, at the Barrow Street Theatre), silence is the shadow that lends brilliance to the hubbub around the bohemian, intellectual upper-middle-class British family dining table where the play is set. Twenty-something Billy (Russell Harvard), the youngest member of the family, is deaf, and seems to bend in whichever direction the blustery household weather blows. “Abusive love’s all that’s on offer here,” the rivalrous firstborn son, Daniel (Will Brill), says to his sister, Ruth (Gayle Rankin). Christopher (Jeff Perry), the prolix patriarch, is a disheveled poltergeist of fulmination and cogitation. His wife is the long-suffering Beth (Mare Winningham). Raine shrewdly builds this dense canopy of sound around Billy’s silence, in order to make the narrative of his oppressive solitude and his subsequent liberation from it more than just a problem play about the hearing-impaired. “Tribes” is as much about the tyranny of language as it is about the misery of not being able to hear it. Katori Hall’s gift is for slick presentation, which, in the case of “Hurt Village” (directed by Patricia McGregor, at the Signature), makes her sprawling story mean less than the social problem it takes on. The evening is memorable mostly for the searing arias delivered by Big Mama (the electrifying Tonya Pinkins), a bone-tired matriarch who works nights at a hospital only to discover that the little extra money she makes disqualifies her from being relocated to a better housing project. Among the hardworking cast, Marsha Stephanie Blake’s mouthy, illiterate Crank, and Joaquina Kalukango as Cookie, her precocious thirteen-year-old daughter, an aspiring rapper, bring their own appealing light to Hall’s stick figures.
Nina Raine and Katori Hall on the seen but not heard.
by John Lahr March 12, 2012
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has received no advice that a Chinese company’s 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin is against Australia’s national interest.
The Northern Territory government awarded the lease to Landbridge in 2015, sparking national security concerns about the port’s strategic importance.
Mr Morrison said he would act if there was a change to advice about implications for Australia’s national interest.
“But that is not something that has been presented to me or suggested to me,” he told Darwin radio Mix 104.9 on Thursday.
Mr Morrison said the Port of Darwin was the name for a section of the area, rather than the entire port.
“Military and defence capabilities are not compromised by that, but I understand the perception here,” he said.
“What has to determine our decisions has to be the national interest. It has to be based on proper advice from defence, security and intelligence agencies.”
China labelled Home Affairs boss Mike Pezzullo a troublemaker after he warned “the drums of war are beating” and raised the prospect of armed conflict.
But Mr Morrison said the government was not overstating any one threat or issue despite pouring more money into defence.
“We scan the horizon and we understand what Australia’s national interests are, and then we equip our forces accordingly,” he said.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian labelled Mr Pezzullo’s remarks extremely irresponsible.
“Some individual politicians in Australia, out of their selfish interests, are keen to make statements that incite confrontation and hype up threat of war, which is extremely irresponsible,” he said.
“These people are the real troublemakers.”
Defence Minister Peter Dutton recently said armed conflict between China and Taiwan could not be discounted.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the focus was on maintaining peace but the defence force needed to be well resourced.
He said the trade relationship with Australia’s biggest trading partner was important but there would be no backward step on human rights or national security issues.
Labor home affairs spokeswoman Kristina Keneally said ministers, not bureaucrats, should be leading foreign policy discussions.
“There is no scenario in which China doesn’t matter,” she told Sky News on Thursday.
“We want a productive relationship with China – one where Australian values are understood and respected – and that is up to the elected officials to lead that engagement.”
The relationship between the two nations has crumbled recently, in part sparked by Australia’s early call for an inquiry into the origins of coronavirus.
China has launched multiple trade strikes on Australian commodities as tensions continue to increase.
The post Advice will guide any change to Darwin port lease – Scott Morrison appeared first on The New Daily.


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Thanksgiving in 2020 is different for many reasons, but this year also marks a noteworthy occasion of great significance: the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower Pilgrims’ arrival in America.
Four hundred years ago, a rugged group of Protestant separatists – those fleeing religious persecution and seeking freedom of worship outside the only legal church at the time, the Church of England – sacrificed their lives in pursuit of a new world where they, their families, and future generations could worship freely.
The Pilgrims’ story is one of deep faith, bravery, perseverance, and yes – thanksgiving.
The Pilgrims did not come to conquer or plunder. They came for freedom. And the system of self-governance they established with a deep commitment to religious freedom laid the foundation for what would become the United States of America – though not without flaws, the freest, most prosperous nation in the history of the world and a beacon for religious liberty.
Included in this group of Mayflower passengers is my own ancestor, William Brewster, who served as Ruling Elder for the Pilgrims and offered the prayer at what would come to be known as the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
Despite the well-known story of the Mayflower Pilgrims, including the peace treaty they formed with the native Wampanoag people that lasted for more than 50 years and the foundational pillars of freedom and self-governance they established, attempts to undermine the story of the Pilgrims and their significance on our country continue seeping into mainstream cultural and educational narratives.
For example, The New York Times recently called the story of the Pilgrims a “myth” and a “caricature.”
Senator Tom Cotton, speaking on the floor of the United States Senate, lamented how the Pilgrims “have fallen out of favor in fashionable circles these days.”
Revisionist efforts to turn the story of the Pilgrims into a footnote of history that should be forgotten or shamed stems not from a desire to tell an accurate account of history but from a progressive, secular humanist ideology that cannot afford room for belief, let alone celebration, of religious freedom and adherence to God.
We are witnessing growing contempt for the Pilgrims and their relation to the Thanksgiving holiday because they are innately and inseparably connected not only to faith, family, and freedom, but also to the idea that there is a higher power which our rights come from.
Just as prayer and thanksgiving require recognition of a higher authority, religious freedom recognizes that certain rights come from God, not government, and that government exists to secure those rights, not create them.
As Senator Cotton concluded in his remarks, “This year we ought to be especially thankful for our ancestors, the Pilgrims, on their four hundredth anniversary. Their faith, their bravery, their wisdom places them in the American pantheon. Alongside the Patriots of 1776, the Pilgrims of 1620 deserve the honor of American founders.”
Rather than passively accepting secular progressives’ attempts to tear down, ignore, and flat-out rewrite our nation’s history and foundational principles, we must not only remember the story of the Pilgrims but commit ourselves to their same voyage for government by consent, equality before the law, and religious freedom.
This starts with celebrating and passing down the truth about the Pilgrims and their role in creating America, and fighting to preserve the same freedom that the Pilgrims came to find on American soil.
In doing so, we can reaffirm our nation’s commitment to recognizing and upholding religious freedom as the key that holds together all freedoms for all people.
“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” – Psalm 27:13-14

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On the evening of March 11, exactly one year since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 virus a global pandemic, President Joe Biden made his first prime-time address to the nation.
That same day, an Associated Press poll revealed nearly 1 in 5 of us had lost someone to coronavirus within the last year.
“We are bound together by the loss and the pain of the days that have gone by,” Biden said as the virus’ death toll passed 530,000 in the U.S. alone. “We are also bound together by the hope and the possibilities in the days in front of us.”
The hope he offered was his intention to order governors to make all adults eligible for the coronavirus vaccine by May 1. And one of the possibilities he addressed was a July 4 goal for smaller gatherings of Americans becoming commonplace.
The $1.9 trillion COVID relief package Biden signed Thursday doesn’t just put $1,400 in Americans’ bank accounts. It also helps pay for millions of vaccine doses Americans need to defeat the virus and save their lives.
The president’s Thursday address acknowledged our “collective suffering” and offered us optimism for a healthier tomorrow. To realize that goal, Biden said, it will require several more months of mask-wearing and social-distancing.
He also said it necessitates all of us getting vaccinated when it’s our turn.
These vaccines are precious. In the U.S., each comes with the cost of 530,000 lives, 29 million COVID sufferers, 10 million jobless workers and hundreds of thousands of shuttered businesses.
As more vaccines are made available, more Hoosiers are finding multiple clinics locally or nearby to receive a shot. If you schedule a vaccination at one site but receive it sooner at another, make it a point to cancel the first appointment. A missed trip to the clinic might mean another person will be delayed in getting immunized. Worse, unused vaccines could be wasted — each one a missed opportunity.
Canceling an appointment you don’t need is just common courtesy. In this case, that common courtesy could save someone’s life.


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In the hot weather try to walk your dog in the cool of the day. This is very important for short nosed breeds who overheat very easily.
Make sure water is always available and animals can keep cool (especially rabbits).
Pittwater Animal Hospital is still seeing paralysis ticks.
Have your long acting tick control applied at Pittwater Animal Hospital.
Or phone 9913 7979
For a brief overview read information for new clients below.
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OPENING HOURS BY APPOINTMENT (EMERGENCIES ALWAYS SEEN)
Closed Public Holidays
(Open Easter Saturday 10am-1pm)
Emergencies are seen straight away.
Pittwater Animal Hospital is easily located on Pittwater Road in Warriewood.
We have off-street parking for your convenience.

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The Alternative Energy Company (TAEC) are proud to be supplying and installing solar thermodynamic hot water systems for the 20 homes in the Te Awhina marae Papakāinga development in Motueka.
The housing project is part of a $28m redevelopment plan for the marae that includes communal spaces as well as the 20 new homes. Investment has come from a partnership between Te Puni Kōkiri, Whakatū Incorporation, Whakarewa Trust and Rātā Foundation.
At the opening ceremony the then Associate Minister for Housing, Hon Peeni Henare said “This papakāinga is not just about building bricks and mortar, but it’s about cultural development, economic development and whānau resilience.” The project connects whānau back to their land and strengthens the whole community.
The 10 three-bedroom homes have 250L stainless steel Ecotop cylinder systems and the 10 four-bedroom homes have 300L stainless Ecotop cylinder systems. This technology was chosen for several reasons. Primarily because it is so energy efficient with low running costs, it helps to future proof the homes and is also compatible with photovoltaic panels. Also, it is a responsible environmental choice because it produces no carbon emissions and requires no maintenance. To learn more about how the system works visit the TAEC website.
TAEC manage the installation process and have been able to work in successfully with the build timeline for this project. As soon as a roof is complete, TAEC will fix the solar thermodynamic panel and run the paircoil pipework to the cylinder. Later, when the home is closed in and cylinder plumbed in, TAEC will return to commission the system. Tenants have already moved into some homes and everything is on schedule for the homes to all be completed by early 2024.
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Steal These FamousRedheads' Style in 2019
Redheads have always been a source of awe, and much speculation about one's character comes with the elusive, rare hair color. Since the days of I Love Lucy, we have revered and imitated the relatively few redheaded characters of TV and film, but the real women behind them aren’t to be forgotten. Here are a few famous redheads whose style goes above and beyond those fiery locks and makes some covet-worthy fashion moments.
Bryce Dallas Howard
Daughter of celebrated director Ron Howard, this ginger ingenue comes by her ruby mane honestly, but she’s since grown beyond her father’s illustrious Hollywood legacy. Starring in Jurassic World, The Village and Black Mirror, her acting chops are on par with her sense of style. In contrast with the often wholesome characters she portrays, her fashion choices are bold and celebrate her curves – an unusual but winning combination. Plus, she doesn’t have to wear designer clothes to do it – my favorite red carpet moment from Bryce is this yellow number from Topshop. Its Grecian style is unexpected with the mustard color and her body type, but it all works.
This redhead of Zero Dark Thirty and Interstellar fame has a style that evokes instant drama. We also love that she’s a starlet who rocks a chic look whether on the street or on the red carpet. She’s never afraid to be avant-garde, contemporary, or turn fashion into art. Just look at this asymmetrical lemon dream she sported to the X-Men: Dark Phoenix premiere (alongside fellow sometimes-redhead Sophie Turner, mentioned below!) – and try to miss those Technicolor pumps (hint: you can’t).
Amy Adams is a more celebrated redhead than some on this list, and though she started life as a blonde, red couldn’t fit her ginger skin more naturally. Once a guest on earlier episodes of the Office playing a character seemingly designed to make Pam feel relatably like a less-fabulous dork, Amy blossomed into an acting powerhouse in roles in The Fighter and Arrival. Accordingly, she’s hit her share of the red carpet and clearly knows her way around – just look at this stunner from this year’s SAG Awards. The shoulder-baring gown manages to be flattering, elegant and playful all at once.
No list of famous redhead queens would be complete without Christina Hendricks. Fashion is partly responsible for her fame, though, with her voluptuous figure, a paper sack could make headlines with or without the Advent of Jon Hamm. Christina always slays with classic sex appeal on the red carpet – here are four looks that prove it. The gowns show a go-to theme in Christina’s style – flowing dresses with cinched waists, heart-shaped necklines, and points of interest on the sleeve designs. Fellow curvy girls, take note!
Sophie is somewhat of a newcomer to the scene, and in the tradition of Emma Stone and Amy Adams, looks great red or blonde. While her character Sansa from Game of Thrones began as frustratingly timid, she grew over time and we simultaneously saw Sophie’s real-life personality which is nothing short of delightful. No wonder she snagged a Jonas! Her thinner figure may make being fashionable easier for her than for some of the above ladies, but she takes it to another level on the regular. Just check out this example where she checked up mom jeans with pointy heels and a tough-to-pull-off hemline on her crop top at sassydove. That’s a talent!
There are various materials and fabric that bags are made of. They are based upon the functionality of the bags and the purpose they will be used for. The most luxurious bags are considered to be real leather ones, that may come from animals such as crocodiles, snakes and cows.
There is a famous saying - ‘The real style is never right or wrong. It’s a matter of being yourself on purpose.’ Carrying forward with it, can we say that even gold and silver can be combined together to create an all-new jewelry trend? Let us find out!
Nails are one of the most essential parts of your finishing style, you can’t have nails that look raggedy. Depending on your mood you can rock multicolor nails easy, the best part of this is you don’t need to make hard designs you just have to gather your favorite colors. So gather your favorite colors to create bright colors nails on your fingers.
Have you ever imagined carrying a bag that showcased your style and opinion? If not, then you must give a shot to the custom printed bags. These are designed to match your style and reflect your personality. Apart from being a fashion statement, these bags are now being diversified into custom shopping bags.
Gold chains are preferred by both men and women. A plain gold chain is simple but it is definitely a valuable asset. Gold is a traditional and highly valued ornament and indian women prefer to buy gold chains especially on auspicious occasions like Diwali and akshay tritiya .
The eyeliner defines the eyes and creates a seductive look. It can enlarge the eyes, make them smaller with the different styles of application. You can even do a winged eye look that will make your eyes look wider. For a casual or dramatic look, the eyeliner is a must in every makeup bag.
Wooden watches are the new norm. It is the new fashion statement and there are clear reasons behind that. Given the rarity and uniqueness of such watches, these products have gained a lot of popularity. It is even more in fashion due to its eco-friendliness.

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41% of Russians say they do not have enough money to buy food and clothing, only 50% of water is potable and large parts of the food chain are tainted — and there is no accountability to be found anywhere.
The portrayal of education in Russia that one reads in university brochures or propaganda websites can be impressive. The reality is something else again. As in Russian society at large, Russian higher education is rotten through and through.
… between 20 percent and 30 percent of all dissertations that have been completed at Russian universities since the fall of the Soviet Union were purchased on the black market.
… “A lot of people are ‘exposed’ in Russia,” [liberal journalist and Dissernet member Serguei] Parkhomenko said. “The Russian public says, ‘So what? So he stole. Everyone steals. In the end, why would someone be a boss, if he is not stealing?’ So reputation means nothing. The threat—we will ruin your reputation, we will tell everyone you stole—does not produce any effect.” __ Slate.com
The article linked above describes a brave group of Russian activists, Dissernet, who are trying to “bring Russia into the light” by restoring trust and reputation to a badly tarnished brand. It is a steep uphill effort, a thankless task that sometimes brings unwanted attention from an inner circle that does not want to make Russia better, but merely wants to suck its blood.
… as Russia seeks to build its reputation as an academic and research powerhouse, it must first get a handle on its problem with academic fraud. Not only is it doing a great disservice to the brilliant minds doing legitimate research in the country, but it’s making life much more difficult for Russian scientists and journals to have their work become impactful internationally.
… 40% of all of the fake dissertations were in the field of economics, though pedagogics, law, medical sciences, political sciences, engineering, and social sciences all also had high levels of fake dissertations. Natural sciences, however, had a very low percentage. ___ ithenticate
The Russian people understand that their government and their leaders are corrupt, that they are being lied to at every turn, that to get ahead in Russia Today one must cheat and steal. That is all they have known their entire lives — cheats, thieves, liars. People who will never be called to account because the people above them are the same way.
I am Russian. And when I used to live in Russia, it was widely understood that no one in any position of power got there through merit. This was not—and still isn’t—a secret, nor is it something that people are the least bit ashamed of. People you just met speak bluntly about bribing their way into MSU, the country’s most prestigious university, or of getting a cushy gig as a lawyer because they had the right connections.
___ Diana Bruk
Every university in Russia has departments where fake dissertations can be defended, where faux degrees can be bought. Putin himself took advantage of this process to get a PhD in economics. Perhaps that is why he must turn to his political opponents — liberals such as Kudrin — to save Russia’s economy from his own bad decisions and from his kleptocratic inner circle.
… the connection between plagiarism and overall corruption in society can be clearly made, and increasingly, it is the wealthy and well-connected who benefit while the middle class and poor feel as if they are left behind.
… ___ TriplePundit
The corruption within Russia’s system of education reverberates throughout all of Russian society. One is merely a microcosm of the other — although it feeds Russia’s future leaders into the larger system.
Why is it so hard to reform the corrupt system of education? Because you cannot separate the parts from the whole, when dishonest and criminal mindsets, elites, and component systems tie the whole thing together.
Four Reasons Why Russia Will Find it Difficult to Halt its Decline
First, for a society to modernize, both its elite and its people should acknowledge its backwardness and understand that they must turn their backs on the past and embrace the future. In today’s Russia, quite the opposite might be seen: Both the government and the governed praise the Soviet experience and the glory of the past, insisting that the country “rise up from its knees,” thereby taking failure for success and rejecting any need for change (i.e. putting an end to decline).
Second, the Russian elite actually owns the country, but formally cannot turn it into its property; therefore, its major aim is to plunder the national wealth rather than to increase it. In such a kleptocratic society any attempt to build something new seems counterproductive; for example, the modern highway between Moscow and Saint Petersburg is still under construction after twenty years of efforts, with no new railways built since the Soviet collapse.
Third, the political class understands quite well that industrial modernization can create a new middle class not dependent on oil revenues and state-managed wealth redistribution, which would therefore be more sensitive to democracy and the rule of law. The instinct for self-preservation would not allow this, but rather tells Kremlin insiders that they should prefer the old commodity economy to a new industrial one to maintain their grip on society forever.
Fourth, and the final point I would like to make, is that any modernizing country used to have a counterpart, or ally, which supplied it with technology and capital and absorbed much of the industrial goods it produced (the United States and Japan played such a role for many Southeast Asian nations). Russia today has voluntarily cut its ties with Europe and the US and allied itself with China, by itself an industrial powerhouse, which is by no means interested in a modern, industrialized Russia—preferring to treat it only as a kind of commodity supplier. ___ Vladislav Inozemtsev
People who paint over the deep and fatal faults within Putin’s Russia are doing no favours to Russia or her people. They are helping to make a bad situation worse — insolubly worse.
Russian girls need to be saved from this culture of corruption, deception, and larceny. The best short-term way of achieving this will involve the wholesale immigration of these impressionable young girls into western societies, particularly Europe and the Anglosphere. Once removed from the atmosphere of decay, they will be more empowered to achieve happiness and fulfillment as wives and mothers, as should be the case. Please do your part to achieve this end, today.
Russia is overdependent on energy and natural resource exports:
Half of the Russian GDP and 70% of revenues come from exports of oil and natural gas. The price of oil is the single most important factor for Russia’s economy, as is any potential loss of markets to competition. And oil revenues are needed to fund expensive foreign adventurism, whether in the Ukraine or Syria.
__ Russia’s Deadly Dependency on Energy Exports
Putin was caught flat-footed in the middle of an Eastern European putsch by the abrupt drop in global oil & gas prices in 2014. Since then, state monetary reserves have been in decline, the rouble has struggled, good food is becoming scarce and expensive, infrastructure is crumbling even faster than before, and the Kremlin bribery and propaganda machines have been in overdrive.
Putin is lucky that a weak Obama is US president, with two consecutive weasels as secretaries of state. The outcome of the coming US election is far from certain, but Putin is hoping for another weak and pliable US president to step into the Oval Office. His very survival may depend upon it. Hillary is certainly bought and paid for.
Obscure underpinnnings of Russia’s last hurrah. Demography is destiny.
Putin’s greatest achievement:
Putin appeals to Russians’ sense of historical loss and former glory, openly praising irredentism and militarization. Victory Day celebrations commemorating the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany now surpass the bombast of the Soviet period; and state propaganda constantly fuels anti-Western sentiment with claims that parts of “historical Russia” were illegally seized – hence the need to “reclaim” Crimea by force in March 2014.
In fact, Russia’s propaganda machine is its most profound proto-fascist achievement. Putin can surround ordinary Russians with the uninterrupted message that theirs is a modern economy on par with leading global powers. And each year, populist rhetoric about a “national renaissance” and a “showdown with the enemies” grows stronger. __ Propaganda Juggernaut
The snowballing decline of Russia opens the way for China to step in and assert control. Xi to Putin: “Thanks, sucker!”
Corruption at the Cosmodrome: This sad story is illustrative of problems Russia is having with all aspect of its industry and technology.


Wow. I love learning new stuff...like all the ways I can do finishes and edges on my garments, pleat and treat fabric. Or how to make stretchy elastic waistbands for the harem pants now in development. I visited an old school factory outside of downtown LA the other day. There wasn't a computer in sight. Just old school machines and people working hard. Here are some images. And the visit to the dye house...that was cool, too. But that's another blog. XO, M.E.


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Janie falls into peoples dreams. Whenever she gets too close to a sleeping person, she gets sucked into dreams and there is nothing she can, no matter how hard she tries. There are the falling dreams, and the being naked in front of lots of people dreams, but then there are also other dreams. Nightmares.
Now Janie is outside, behind a shed. In somebody’s dream. She is alone. She doesn’t quite understand how she can be alone in someone else’s dream, but there she is and there is absolutely nothing she can do. She just hopes that something isn’t going to jump out of the wall or from behind a bush or something…
This book wasn’t great. It was short. Was written oddly. I’m still not quite sure if I liked it or not. People say that it’s a marmite book, you love it or you hate it, but I don’t know which. If the book had taken more time to explain what on earth was going on, it may have been better, but things weren’t explained and I found myself confused as to what was going on.
When I read the blurb of the book, it seemed to me that the author had a good idea forming, but after reading I felt that, she had this idea, but didn’t think it through enough and rushed to get it written down on the page. It was a quick read, and I may buy the next book in the series, but it is definitely nothing more than that, just a quick, read in a couple of hours kind of book.
I give it 3 Feet!

domain: psychology


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Recruiting intelligently has been the catalyst of Luton Town’s recent success and progression through the divisions, with the Hatters operating in the fifth tier of English football just over eight years ago.
The Bedfordshire club’s comparatively small budget to their second-tier counterparts has forced them to use the free and lower league markets to great effect.
Possessing a recruitment team who have consistently set high standards when it comes to their incomings, it remains to be seen what will happen this summer.
Luton are yet to welcome any new signings to Kenilworth Road, with a couple of areas on the pitch perhaps in need of bolstering, with the goalkeeping department the seeming priority as things stand.
Whilst we wait and see how this summer plays out for the Hatters, here, we switch things up and look at eight of the most underwhelming signings Luton have made in recent times and point out where they are now…


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Date of Award
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
David P. Cormode
Cancer is the leading cause of death globally and was responsible for an estimated 9.6 million deaths in 2018. Depending on the type and stage of cancer, treatments to eradicate the tumor or slow its growth include surgical intervention, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, but these treatments may result in severe side effects,. Local sustained and controlled release of these therapeutic agents can significantly improve therapeutic efficacy and alleviate side effects. To achieve local controlled therapeutics release, novel drug delivery systems for the combination of cancer therapies need to be developed, and hydrogels are an attractive vehicle for this purpose. Hydrogels are three-dimensional hydrophilic polymeric networks that can swell with water. Their porosity permits loading of drugs and other cargoes into the gel matrix. One of the most significant developments of hydrogels is the emergence of stimuli-responsive hydrogels. Hydrogels can be designed to be injectable and formed in situ upon temperature changes or be stimuli-responsive serving as an on-demand drug delivery platform, allowing clinicians to modulate the timing and extent of drug release and plan for cancer treatment regimens, such as radiotherapy or immunotherapy. Thus, we herein propose the development of thermosensitive tumor casting hydrogels for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, and FLASH radiotherapy responsive hydrogels for immunotherapy of melanoma,Unfortunately, hydrogels present challenges when attempting to assess their properties in tissue, as crucial information involving hydrogel administration site and degradation degree is often lacking. To address this issue, evaluating and monitoring hydrogels with noninvasive imaging modalities is on the rise. Therefore, we incorporated gold nanoparticles (AuNP) into the previously mentioned hydrogels making them radiopaque. We recently surveyed elements that could potentially be used as SPCCT contrast agents and discovered that ytterbium can produce twice the contrast of the element most used for CT and SPCCT contrast agents, gold. Therefore, finally, we developed ultra-small ytterbium nanoparticles that can be used as contrast agents for both CT and SPCCT and can be used in the hydrogel system.
Dong, Yuxi, "Engineering Injectable, Radiopaque Hydrogels For X-Ray Imaging And Therapeutic Delivery For Cancer Treatments" (2022). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 5410.

domain: medical


January 11, 2013
By Kyle Brazeil, MileSplit
MileSplit HQ - The most recognizable distance in the sport, it would seem the Mile has been getting the attention of some of New York's top prep atheltes. With two big Invites again splitting the state, athletes will be trying to lower that NY #1 mark of 4:16.55 set...
December 12, 2012
Courtesy: Dartmouth College
HANOVER, N.H. - It was announced today that the winners of both the boys' and girls' Mile at the upcoming 44th Dartmouth Relays (Jan. 11-13) will automatically qualify for a spot in the Invitational High School Miles at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston.


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Drainage surveys support Dover Western Docks Revival development
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have been carrying out detailed drainage surveys around the Port of Dover as part of the flagship Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development.
Hundreds of meters of surface water drainage pipes running into the current Western Docks required surveying prior to construction teams commencing with the utilities phase of the project.
John Gilbert, Area Development Manager for Lanes Sevenoaks, said: “As is often the case, records for drains installed many years ago are not complete, so at the start of such development projects a full site survey of all drainage is needed.
“Our CCTV drainage survey reports will allow civil engineers working on the DWDR development to decide which drains can be blocked off, which need to be diverted and where new surface water drains need to be installed.”
Lanes Group plc deployed a jet vac tanker and a CCTV drainage survey team to carry out the drainage investigations and surveys.
The jet vac tanker was used to jet clean drain lines, allowing the CCTV drainage survey teams to use robotic cameras and push-rod cameras to record HD-quality video of the pipes, revealing their condition.
John Gilbert said: “The project has tested the detective skills of drainage engineers as they’ve followed and plotted drain lines across the docks.
“It has been a case of joining dots to create a complete, detailed and highly accurate map of the drainage system which architects and civil engineers will use to help them draw up detailed development plans for the exciting DWDR project.”
The Port of Dover achieved Government approval in 2012 to develop the Western Docks, providing the opportunity to unlock the many benefits to both the Port and the wider East Kent region.
DWDR represents a one-off opportunity for the regeneration of Dover. It will deliver two deep-water berths and a new refrigerated cargo terminal (RCT), along with hectares of reclaimed land for future port-centric development, releasing space within the Eastern Docks for ferry traffic.
The DWDR plans also include a new 250 berth marina in the outer harbour, connected to the existing Wellington Dock through a navigational lock channel, and a transformed public realm waterfront through the creation of a new marina pier and marina curve.


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Althea is seventeen and the only hope for her entire family. If she doesn’t marry well, her mother and brother stand to lose everything, which isn’t much. The family lives in a crumbling castle near some cliffs with Althea’s two (sort of) evil stepsisters. While Althea is very beautiful, it’s more complicated than that: there are very few wealthy suitors to choose from, and even fewer handsome ones. Then Lord Boring arrives and sets all the eligible women in town into a flurry of flirting. To complicate things, Lord Boring’s friend and business manager Mr. Fredericks seems to tag along to all the events and outings, and he tends to cause trouble wherever he goes.
A delight of a book, Kindl’s Regency-set romance is a witty, frothy good time. Kindl has crafted a strong, smart heroine in Althea, who wants to have adventures but fully realizes she will have to marry for money. She loves her family but recognizes that they’re mostly useless, and as a result, she has to be the strong one. Althea’s smart, funny (really, really funny) narration propels this sweet little book. Although it’s largely predictable, it’s also incredibly fun.
There’s a lot of silliness to be found within the pages of Kindl’s breezy novel. The characters are charming and funny, and Kindl’s gentle mocking of the Regency-era tropes adds a layer of entertainment to the already compelling story. Althea’s attempts to attract a suitor are engaging and very funny. Readers will be as enamored with her as her eventual marriage prospect is.
Funny, witty, and satisfying. This is a great, sweet historical romantic comedy. Teens looking for clean, clever reads will gobble this one up. Recommended especially for fans of Jane Austen.
Keeping the Castle by Patrice Kindl. Viking Children’s Books: 2012. Library copy. Read for 2012 Cybils Round 1 Panel.


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With an overall population of 5,137 and a student population of 1,292, approximately 1,292 of Whiting students attend one of Whiting's schools that offer human resources programs.
The largest human resources school in Whiting, by student population, is Calumet College of Saint Joseph. In 2010, approximately 8 students graduated from the Human Resources program at Calumet College of Saint Joseph.
A reported 8 students graduated with credentials in human resources in Whiting in 2010. In 2009 tuition at human resources schools in Whiting was $13,220 per year, on average.
You should also anticipate spending about $1,500 for human resources related books and supplies every year.
After graduating with your credentials in human resources, if you decide to work as a human resource professional in Whiting, your job prospects are not very good. In 2010, there were 2,720 human resource professionals in Indiana. Of these human resource professionals, 180 were working in the greater Whiting area. The government projects that the number of human resource professionals in Whiting will decrease by -7% by the year 2018. This anticipated change is slower than the projected nationwide trend for human resource professionals.
The average salary you can expect to earn as a human resource professional in Whiting is $31,320 per year. This is lower than the state-wide average salary for human resource professionals.

domain: economics


How not to repeat the mistakes of 2011.
In a couple of days I’m going to be participating in an Economic Policy Institute conference on “excessive wealth disorder” — the problems and dangers created by extreme concentration of income and wealth at the top. I’ve been asked to give a short talk at the beginning of the conference, focusing on the political and policy distortions high inequality creates, and I’ve been trying to put my thoughts in order. So I thought I might as well write up those thoughts for broader dissemination.
While popular discourse has concentrated on the “1 percent,” what’s really at issue here is the role of the 0.1 percent, or maybe the 0.01 percent — the truly wealthy, not the “$400,000 a year working Wall Street stiff” memorably ridiculed in the movie Wall Street. This is a really tiny group of people, but one that exerts huge influence over policy.
Where does this influence come from? People often talk about campaign contributions, but those are only one channel. In fact, I’d identify at least four ways in which the financial resources of the 0.1 percent distort policy priorities:
1. Raw corruption. We like to imagine that simple bribery of politicians isn’t an important factor in America, but it’s almost surely a much bigger deal than we like to think.
2. Soft corruption. What I mean by this are the various ways short of direct bribery politicians, government officials, and people with policy influence of any kind stand to gain financially by promoting policies that serve the interests or prejudices of the wealthy. This includes the revolving door between public service and private-sector employment, think-tank fellowships, fees on the lecture circuit, and so on.
3. Campaign contributions. Yes, these matter.
4. Defining the agenda: Through a variety of channels — media ownership, think tanks, and the simple tendency to assume that being rich also means being wise — the 0.1 percent has an extraordinary ability to set the agenda for policy discussion, in ways that can be sharply at odds with both a reasonable assessment of priorities and public opinion more generally.
Of these, I want to focus on item (4), not because it’s necessarily the most important — as I said, I suspect that raw corruption is a bigger deal than most of us can imagine — but because it’s something I think I know about. In particular, I want to focus on a particular example that for me and others was a kind of radicalizing moment, a demonstration that extreme wealth really has degraded the ability of our political system to deal with real problems.
The example I have in mind was the extraordinary shift in conventional wisdom and policy priorities that took place in 2010-2011, away from placing priority on reducing the huge suffering still taking place in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, and toward action to avert the supposed risk of a debt crisis. This episode is receding into the past, but it was extraordinary and shocking at the time, and could all too easily be a precursor to politics in the near future.
Let’s talk first about the underlying economic circumstances. At the beginning of 2011, the U.S. unemployment rate was still 9 percent, and long-term unemployment in particular was at extraordinary levels, with more than 6 million Americans having been out of work for 6 months or more. It was an ugly economic situation, but its causes were no mystery. The bursting of the housing bubble, and the subsequent attempts of households to reduce their debt, had let to a severe shortfall of aggregate demand. Despite very low interest rates by historical standards, businesses weren’t willing to invest enough to take up the slack created by this household pullback.
Textbook economics offered very clear advice about what to do under these circumstances. This was exactly the kind of situation in which deficit spending helps the economy, by supplying the demand the private sector wasn’t. Unfortunately, the support provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the Obama stimulus, which was inadequate but had at least cushioned the effects of the slump — peaked in mid-2010 and was in the process of falling off sharply. So the obvious, Economics 101 move would have been to implement another significant round of stimulus. After all, the federal government was still able to borrow long-term at near-zero real interest rates.
Somehow, however, over the course of 2010 a consensus emerged in the political and media worlds that in the face of 9 percent unemployment the two most important issues were … deficit reduction and “entitlement reform,” i.e. cuts in Social Security and Medicare. And I do mean consensus. As Ezra Klein noted, “the rules of reportorial neutrality don’t apply when it comes to the deficit.” He cited, for example, Mike Allen asking Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles “whether they believed Obama would do ‘the right thing’ on entitlements — with ‘the right thing’ clearly meaning ‘cut entitlements.’”
So where did this consensus come from? To be fair, the general public has never bought into Keynesian economics; as far as I know, most voters, if asked, will always say that the budget deficit should be reduced. In November 1936, just after FDR’s reelection, Gallup asked voters whether the new administration should balance the budget; 65 percent said yes, only 28 percent no.
But voters tend to place a relatively low priority on deficits as compared with jobs and the economy. And they overwhelmingly favor spending more on health care and Social Security.
The rich, however, are different from you and me. In 2011 the political scientists Benjamin Page, Larry Bartels, and Jason Seawright managed to survey a group of wealthy individuals in the Chicago area. They found striking differences between this group’s policy priorities and those of the public at large. Budget deficits topped the list of problems they considered “very important,” with a third considering them the “most important” problem. While the respondents also expressed concern about unemployment and education, “they ranked a distant second and third among the concerns of wealthy Americans.”
And when it came to entitlements, the policy preferences of the wealthy were clearly at odds with those of the general public. By large margins, voters at large wanted to expand spending on health care and Social Security. By almost equally large margins, the wealthy wanted to reduce spending on those same programs.
So what was the origin of the conventional-wisdom consensus that emerged in 2010-2011 — a consensus so overwhelming that leading journalists abandoned the conventions of reportorial neutrality, and described austerity policies as the self-evident “right thing” for politicians to be doing? What happened, essentially, was that the political and media establishment internalized the preferences of the extremely wealthy.
Now, 2011 was an especially dramatic example of how this happens, but it wasn’t unique. In their recent book “Billionaires and Stealth Politics,” Page, Seawright, and Matthew Lacombe point out the enduring effects of plutocratic political influence on the Social Security debate: “Despite the strong support among most Americans for protecting and expanding Social Security benefits, for example, the intense, decades-long campaign to cut or privatize Social Security that was led by billionaire Pete Peterson and his wealthy allies appears to have played a part in thwarting any possibility of expanding Social Security benefits. Instead, the United States has repeatedly come close (even under Democratic Presidents Clinton and Obama) to actually cutting benefits as part of a bipartisan ‘grand bargain’ concerning the federal budget.”
And here’s the thing: While we don’t want to romanticize the wisdom of the common man, there’s absolutely no reason to believe that the policy preferences of the wealthy are based on any superior understanding of how the world works. On the contrary, the wealthy were obsessed with debt and uninterested in mass unemployment at a time when deficits weren’t a problem — were, indeed, part of the solution — while unemployment was.
And the widespread belief among the wealthy that we should raise the retirement age is based, literally, on failure to understand how the other half lives (or, actually, doesn’t). Yes, life expectancy at age 65 has gone up, but overwhelmingly for the upper part of the income distribution. Less affluent Americans, who are precisely the people who depend most on Social Security, have seen little rise in life expectancy, so there is no justification for forcing them to work longer.
Where do the preferences of the wealthy come from? You don’t have to be a vulgar Marxist to recognize a strong element of class interest. The push for austerity was clearly linked to a desire to shrink the tax-and-transfer state, which in all advanced countries, even America, is a significant force for redistribution away from the wealthy toward citizens with lower incomes.
You can see the true goals of austerity a couple of ways. First, by comparison with other advanced countries the U.S. has low taxes and low social spending, yet almost all the energy of self-proclaimed deficit hawks was expended on demands for reduced spending rather than increased taxes. Second, it’s striking how much less deficit hysteria we’re hearing now than we did seven years ago. The full-employment budget deficit now is about as large, as a share of GDP, as it was in early 2012, when unemployment was still above 8 percent. But this deficit, although far less justified by macroeconomic considerations, was created by tax cuts — and somehow the deficit hawks are fairly quiet.
No doubt many wealthy backers of tax cuts for themselves and benefit cuts for others manage to convince themselves that this is in everyone’s interest. People are in general good at that sort of self-delusion. The fact remains that the wealthy, on average, push for policies that benefit themselves even when they often hurt the economy as a whole. And the sheer wealth of the wealthy is what empowers them to get a lot of what they want.
So what does this imply going forward? First, in the near term, both during the 2020 election and after, it’s going to be really important to ride herd on both centrist politicians and the media, and not let them pull another 2011, treating the policy preferences of the 0.1 percent as the Right Thing as opposed to, well, what a certain small class of people want. There’s a fairly long list of things progressives have recently advocated that the usual suspects will try to convince everyone are crazy ideas nobody serious would support, e.g.
A 70 percent top tax rate
A wealth tax on very large fortunes
Universal child care
Deficit-financed spending on infrastructure
You don’t have to support any or all of these policy ideas to recognize that they are anything but crazy. They are, in fact, backed by research from some of the world’s leading economic experts. Any journalist or centrist politician who treats them as self-evidently irresponsible is doing a 2011, internalizing the prejudices of the wealthy and treating them as if they were facts.
But while vigilance can mitigate the extent to which the wealthy get to define the policy agenda, in the end big money will find a way — unless there’s less big money to begin with. So reducing the extreme concentration of income and wealth isn’t just a desirable thing on social and economic grounds. It’s also a necessary step toward a healthier political system.
Martin Gilens, professor of politics at Princeton University and a member of the executive committee of the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, discussed his new book as part of the Wilson School’s “Talk of 2012: The Upcoming Presidential Election” thematic lecture series. The discussion was co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics and the Department of Politics.
so in the mid-1960s in myquantitative analysiswas a period of very low associationbetween public preferences and policyoutcomes the opposite set of politicalconditions and the strongest period ofassociation between public preferencesand policy outcomes was much to my greatsurprise during the early years of thegeorge w bush first term and when i didthat analysis and saw that not onlywhere the policy is adopted in 2001 and2002 consistent with what affluentAmericans wanted but we’re also the mostconsistent with what the middle classand the poor wanted from any period ofin my data set it was fairly certainthere must be some sort of error therein coding or something must have gonewrong so like you know a good socialscientist that Ike scoured the data tosee like where this error had emergedbut the fact of the matter is that therewas no error there and the policies thatwere adopted during those early Bushyears were in fact quite popular acrossthe income spectrum so so let me remindyou that you know Bush ran in 2000 as acompassionate conservative right hetalked about his bipartisan work withTexas Legislature and and so on and youknow I think a lot of people on the Leftkind of dismissed that as kind of acynical posturing but the truth is thatwhen Bush came into office you knowafter a very close election and afterhaving lost the popular vote the themost prominent policies that wereadopted were broadly supported centristpolicies in some cases bipartisanpolicies adopted that he worked withDemocratic legislators so I’m thinkingof things like the Medicare drug benefita long-standing Democratic Partypriority No Child Left Behind educationreforms which whatever you may think ofthem now was a bipartisanpolicy that you know senator Kennedyworked with the administration on Bush’sfaith-based initiative very popularacross income levels his compromise onstem-cell funding which contrary towidespread views actually increased thelike the range of stem cells that wereeligible for federal funding and evenhis tax cuts which clearly provided mostof the benefits in terms of dollars tothe most well-off Americans werestrongly supported across the incomespectrum so so a lot of what happenedthen was very consistent with what thepublic wanted including what the middleclass and the poor wanted but it’s notbecause of any sort of particularcommitment on the part of Bush or hisadministration to you know serving asadvocates for the poor but it waspolitical circumstances so Congress in2001 was more closely divided than ithad been at any time in half a centuryright you may remember when Bush cameinto office the Senate was split 50-50with the vice president serving as adeciding vote the Republicans had a veryslim majority in the house they losteven that sort of you know deciding votemajority in the Senate after JimJeffords abandoned at the RepublicanParty a couple months into the Bush’sfirst term so it was a very closelydivided Congress with control being upfor grabs at the next election right andthis is the opposite of what we saw inthe mid-1960s and this these two periodsrepresent a consistent pattern within mydata that when control of government isdivided and uncertain you get policyoutcomes that more strongly reflect thePreferences of the public and moreequally reflect the Preferences of lowand high-income Americans and when oneparty has dominant control then you seeresponsiveness to any groupthe public decline and in fact that’sexactly what happened when theRepublicans increased their control ofCongress so if you compare thepreference policy Association in thefirst two years of Bush’s first termwith the first two years of Bush’ssecond term right when Republicans forthe first time in half a century hadunified control of the nationalgovernment and strong majorities fairlystrong majorities in Congress not likethe 1960s but but relative to recentyears then what you saw is that theresponsiveness to the public plummetednow I should mention if you areconcerned that 9/11 and the war onterror and the wars in Afghanistan andIraq are responsible for theserelationships I was concerned about thattoo I redid these analyses afterexcluding all the policy questionshaving to do with defense and terrorismand in the wars and so on and when yousee the same pattern so that is some ofwhat was popular about the early yearsof Bush’s first term was things like thewar on terror and some of what was lesspopular in Bush’s later years but thepatterns remain the same even if we’reonly looking at domestic policy andexcluding things like on terror okay soso the point here is that politicalconditions right make a difference andthat’s one of the perhaps few sort ofhopeful findings from what for peopleconcerned about sort of normativedemocratic concerns is in general andnot particularly hopeful or optimistic aresearch project but but control ofgovernment does matter and that meansparties can be constrained to pursuepolicies that are more consistent withwhat the public wants under the rightcircumstances so there’s there’s a rayof hope there you might expect if thereif that political circumstances to saythe tenuous nature of government controlmakes a difference well so might someother ..
.. As the leading figure in the civil rights movement, King had to toe a delicate line. Because he needed to retain popular support – as well as be able to work with the Kennedy and Johnson administrations – there could be no question about where he stood on the issue of communism.
A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the earth And every man is free.
.. the halo effect is a well-documented psychological bias, where a person has one trait that you like, and your positive feelings about this spill over to encompass the person as a whole. For example, if you find someone attractive, you’re also more likely to think of them as smart, considerate, approachable, and so on.
Research even shows that we tend to vote for the more attractive candidate in political elections. Something to keep in mind the next time you head to the polls!
Get the blinks for Influence, by Robert Cialdini.


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A well-developed transport network makes it easy not only to get to Fjord Norway from abroad, but also to travel around. Several of the airports in the region have direct flights from abroad and from the biggest cities in Norway, and if you are coming from the continent, you can also take the ferries from Denmark or Germany.
If you can find it on the map, you have got a good chance that a bus or boat will take you there. Many foreign travellers are positively astonished at how good public transport is in Norway. Even the most remote destinations have viable communications with the world-at-large, and for those who live there this is important confirmation that they are part of the greater community. It is also easy to get around by car.
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When you visit Geiranger we highly recommend a visit to one of the many famous fjord farms in the fjord:
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Boreal Transport AS runs bus services in the Ryfylke municipalities of Strand, Forsand and Hjelmeland, and the tourist route to Preikestolen Fjellstue (mountain lodge) from Tau quay through Jørpeland. For timetable please see www.pulpitrock.no...
Car and passenger ferry with limited car spaces between Lysebotn - Lauvvik - Stavanger. MS Lysefjord is the ferry crossing, a combined goods transport vessel. Vehicles of more than 3,500 kg cannot be taken on board or arrive onshore in Lauvvik....
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Ferry connecting islands to the mainland at Haugalandet and Ryfylke.
Ports: Fogn, Judaberg, Halsnøy, Helgøy (Finnøy kommune), Nesheim, Nord-Hidle, Eidssund, Foldøy, Nedstrand, Hebnes, Jelsa.
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domain: geography


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One of the most promising high school baseball players in San Luis Obispo County is one who hasn’t ever played high school baseball.
Until now, that is.
In November, Nipomo senior Jeff McNeil signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his career at Cal State Northridge. That McNeil would become a high-level college athlete wasn’t surprising, as the 6-foot-1, 165-pounder had spent his first three prep years starring for the Titans in basketball and golf.
But he only recently took up baseball as something of a side pursuit on the summer club circuit, and this past year significantly impressed scouts while playing for the California Wahoos. With his future already in hand, McNeil will be making his interscholastic debut on the diamond as a senior shortstop.
“He’s very, very good,” Titans coach John Stevens said. “It’s kind of startling how good he is, actually.”
It could be argued that McNeil’s unique story as the county’s lone Division I signee thus far demonstrates the depth of the PAC 7, as Nipomo, which went 6-20 overall and a last-place 1-17 in league play last year, is among several teams looking up at last year’s league champion, San Luis Obispo (which went 23-6 overall and 15-3 against the PAC 7 in 2009).
Tigers look to defend PAC 7 supremacy
San Luis Obispo appears to be in good position to follow up on its banner 2009 campaign, in which David Murillo starred as a junior pitcher, going 8-1, pacing the PAC 7 with a 1.21 ERA and holding the opposition to a .188 batting average in 692⁄3 innings. Fellow senior-to-be Jonathan Brenneman also was strong on the mound, amassing a 1.99 ERA in 312⁄3 innings.
“I believe they’d have to be the favorites early on,” Paso Robles coach Derek Stroud said of the Tigers, who graduated much of their offense but did feature shortstop Scott Shields, who batted .366 as a junior.
Runner-up Atascadero (16-12, 11-7 in 2009), meanwhile, returns arguably the area’s most polished talent in senior infielder and Point Loma Nazarene signee Bryce Cherry, who led the league with a .500 batting average and 38 RBI, and also collected a school-record 18 doubles on his way to garnering county player of the year honors a season ago.
Cherry also played for the Wahoos over the summer to stay sharp, Atascadero coach Dan Butz said.
“I think he’s gained confidence,” Butz said of the 5-11 Cherry, who recently was named an Under Armour preseason All-American.
The Greyhounds also bring back seven other seniors, including top pitcher Kenny Block (who had a 2.86 ERA in 561⁄3 innings) and infielder Brent Poulin (who batted .348 with 19 RBI).
“Certainly, having (so many crucial) players coming back is huge,” Butz said. “It’s so key when you’re playing three games a week to have that kind of quality depth.”
Third-place Paso Robles (14-14, 10-8 in 2009), meanwhile, will be led by senior Thomas Bernal, who pitched 50 innings last year for a 4.90 ERA, and also stood out at the plate, batting .354 while racking up team highs in runs (27), hits (28), doubles (eight) and home runs (three). Bernal, a four-year varsity player, has fully recovered from a shoulder injury suffered during football season.
“He had a really good offseason as far as getting himself healthy,” Stroud said.
Infielder Trevor Lasley, another four-year varsity contributor, is also back for Paso Robles after batting .327 as a junior. Paso Robles will additionally be looking for heavy contributions from outfielders Mac Stuart (who drove in a team-best 20 runs in 2009) and the speedy Elias Stokes — each of whom started as freshmen.
Fifth-place Arroyo Grande (12-15, 9-9 in 2009) has welcomed back head coach Brad Lachemann, who coached the Eagles from 1996 to 2004 before stepping down.
Arroyo Grande returns a wealth of experience from last year’s young group, including infielders Eric Simon (who batted .449 with 30 RBI and a league-high six homers as a junior), Kyle Raubinger (.405, 24 RBI, four home runs as a sophomore) and Gabe Hernandez (.364 as a junior).
Right-hander Jesse Yancosek, who showed flashes of brilliance in spot duty as a sophomore last year, figures to lead the pitching rotation.
Morro Bay, Templeton seek LPL improvement
In the Los Padres League, both Morro Bay (which finished fifth in 2009 at 7-15-1 overall and 4-8 in-league) and Templeton (last at 4-17, 1-11) are looking to climb back into the top four, which in 2009 consisted of Santa Ynez (22-4, 10-2), Cabrillo (17-11, 9-3), St. Joseph (15-10, 9-3) and Lompoc (17-11, 8-4).
Tyler Duclos, who batted a team-best .379 last year, figures to headline the Pirates’ five returning players, while fellow senior infielder Tyler Lee (.317) should also lead. Cody Brindley, who threw 271⁄3 innings had a 3.84 ERA as a junior, is back to helm a young pitching staff.
Last year for Templeton, then-juniors Chad McGill (who hit .367) and Daniel Wheeler (.308 with a team-high five stolen bases) were among the standouts.
Small schools poised for playoff campaigns
Mission Prep, which went 14-8 in 2009, advancing to the quarterfinals of the CIF-Central Section Division V playoffs, returns nine players with varsity experience, including Clay Mead (who batted .370), Art Lane (.316) and Ray Hurwitz (.302).
The Royals’ young pitching staff will likely be anchored by senior Elijah Balaban (who held opponents to a .261 batting average as a junior in 152⁄3 innings) and junior Stephen Fleming (3.89 ERA in nine innings).
Coast Union (7-11 in 2009) brings back six senior starters. Jake Machado, Jaime Torres, Clinton Almekinder and Trevor Cook are vying for starts on the mound for the Broncos, while burly sophomore Andy Gordon has emerged as a potent power hitter.
Perhaps one of the most underrated players in the area is North County Christian senior pitcher Josh Feld, a three-time all-Coast Valley League pick.
As a sophomore, Feld pitched the first perfect game in Crusaders history, and as a junior, the 6-1, 195-pounder was named the CVL MVP after batting .515 and leading Division VII of the Southern Section with 43 RBI.
Taylor Brard (who batted .453 last season) and Caleb Katches (.444) also were instrumental in claiming the program’s second straight league championship in 2009, as the Crusaders went 17-4 overall and 11-1 in league play.
Shandon was close behind at 11-6 and 9-3, thanks in large part to then-sophomore Tommy Harris (who batted .396 with team bests of 33 RBI and four homers) and senior-to-be Junior Soto (.438).

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KEVIN: Hi, I'm Kevin. Vacuum, sir?
FRANK: Have you any machines?
KEVIN: What kind of machines?
FRANK: Machines. With food in them.
KEVIN: You don't want to eat from a machine. Go across the street. Del Taco. They got great enchiritos.
FRANK: But I DO wat to eat from a machine. Vended food contains all the nutrients necessary for survival. Tastes damn good too, by golly!"
FRANK: An plus, on any given evening the machine which last night gave me Cheetohs might instead dispense Doritos, Oreos, YoHos, Tostidos, or Lorna Doones. You see?
KEVIN: Lorna Dones? I love Lorna Doones. All we got left is Ding Dongs.
FRANK: The randomness of it all is quite apalling. It is, in fact, too random to be random.

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THE TRIAL has begun into James Allchurch, the Pembrokeshire man described by the Crown as a ‘virulent racist and white supremacist’ who described films made during Hitler’s Third Reich as ‘wholesome movies’.
Allchurch, 50, of Chapel House, Gelli, Clynderwen, appeared before His Honour Judge Huw Rees sitting at Swansea Crown Court today (Monday), where he denied 15 charges of recording and distributing audio files for his website with the intention of stirring up racial hatred.
At the time of the alleged offences, Allchurch was known under the alias of Sven Longshank. This, according to barrister Jonathan Rees KC, was in reference to King Edward I and his expulsion of all Jews from England in 1290.
His second alias was ‘Grandpa Lampshade’ which, said Jonathan Rees, was based around the fact that the skin of Jews was made into lampshades.
It is alleged that between May 17, 2019 and March, 18, 2021 Allchurch recorded a total of 15 audio files with titles including ‘Banned from the UK’, ‘Where the Jews Fit In’ and ‘The Leftist Supremest Mindset’.
The audio files were played on Allchurch’s website, known as Radio Aryan, which later became known as Radio Albion.
“The audio files were highly racist, anti-semitic and white supremacist in nature,” said Jonathan Rees.
“In his own words, he’s an avowed racist and a supporter of Adolf Hitler.”
Mr Rees then went on to read extracts from Allchurch’s podcasts.
“No other race is equal to the white race,” he read. “The country is filled with savages – 15 to 20 per cent of British people have been replaced by foreigners and they rape our children and turn them into sex slaves.
“Ethnicity is responsible for the rise in violent crime and we should wake up to that and separate our people from them.”
Allchurch, continued Jonathan Rees, described black people as ‘ugly’.
“They are ugly to white people, just as cats are ugly to dogs,” he read.
“They are a different sub-species to white people and in a matter of seconds they can go from being completely passive to completely aggressive. It’s not because they’re born violent but because they are born black…we might as well share our space with wild bears and crocodiles.”
His podcasts, claim the Crown, were also demeaning to the Jews.
“Jews are running every government and when they rejected Christ they became engines of revolution. It’s the Jews who promoted miscegenation and the idea that there is no difference between black and white. And we all know how much the Jews love profits…so when we spend money, make sure it goes to white people.”
In another podcast, it is alleged that Allchurch urged the army to step in and take control.
“Who should be protesting us from all this?” he asked. “Our army, that’s who.
“They are fighting in Israel when they should be protecting our borders from the invading army that is already here.”
It is alleged that Allchurch retained his podcasts to his personal website, which had around 4,000 listeners. The reason for this, stated Mr Rees, was because this would prevent the podcasts from being censored by Youtube and Twitter.
The trial is expected to continue into next week. Each of the podcasts will be played to the jury which will amount to a total of nine hours and thirty minutes.


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Sekondi,- Mr. Abdul-Mumin Issah, the Metropolitan Chief Executive of the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis has lauded the willingness of the women in the “Kojokrom Gari Co-operative” to empower themselves and alleviate poverty through the Gari business.
He said, “As a private businessman, I believe in skills and entrepreneurship and I, therefore, commend the initiators of this great idea to solving joblessness and creating more self-reliant individuals in Society”.
The MCE was speaking during the launch of the first Gari product from the “Saemuel Gari Ahoto project”, involving women Gari Processors based in Kojokrom in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.
The Saemual concept is a self-help concept originated from Korea which seems to give the citizenry meaningful lives through vocational skills while promoting entrepreneurship.
The MCE encouraged the women to manage the business very well to realise the ultimate goal of self-empowerment.
Nana Panyinyena, Chief of Kojokrom entreated the women to continue to work in unity of purpose.
Mr. Rexford Arthur, a member of the project said Development would have to emanate from the consciousness of the people and therefore called for attitudinal change.
Mr Frederick Agyeman, the Western Regional Coordinating Director pledged the Region’s commitment to their course as the RCC’s vision fell in line with enterprising the Region.
Mr. Patrick Akowua, the Regional Director of Agriculture said the department was happy to learn the contribution of women in adding value to agricultural produce.
He pledged to make available all types of cassava sticks for planting to aid in the constant supply of raw material.
Mr Ebenezer Nii Kpani Abbey, the Deputy Chief Executive of the Sekondi Takoradi Chamber of Commerce and Industry tasked them to learn from best practices and assured of online market space for their products.
Mr Samuel Oduro, the Assembly Member for Kojokrom commended the originators for bringing such a huge project into his electoral area and prayed for the success of the programme.
The product would be commercialized in both Ghana and abroad.
Source: Ghana News Agency

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Donald Trump today banned the US government from giving funding to health groups that offer abortion counselling.
The President signed an order reinstating the “global gag rule”, which denies US foreign aid to groups who "perform or actively promote" terminations.
He was photographed signing the bill in the Oval Office, flanked by eight members of his staff, all of whom are men.
Vice President and anti-abortion campaigner Mike Pence, chief of staff Reince Priebus, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and top advisor and former far-right website owner Steve Bannon were all present.
There did not appear to be any women present for the signing.
On his first full working day as President, Trump also signed orders on withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and a hiring freeze for all departments but the military.
Donald Trump’s press spokesman Sean Spicer today said: “[Trump has] made it very clear that he's a pro-life President.
"We're standing up not just for life on the unborn but for taxpayer funds that are being spent overseas to perform an action that is contrary to the values of this President."
The US funds international family planning and reproductive health groups around the world to the tune of $600 million a year.
It’s thought the money helps 27 million women access contraceptives.
The rule was introduced by Ronald Reagan in 1984, revoked by Bill Clinton in 1993 and reintroduced by George W Bush in 2001.
Barack Obama overturned it three days into his first term in 2009.


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French Army Tests New Tactical Terminal for Images from UAV Systems
Developed by Sagem, the ERS-RVT allows troops on the ground and forward observers to receive and transmit video images acquired by the UAV. The ERS-RVT incorporates feedback from previous missions,
International Military and Civilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Survey
The ERS-RVT comprises a tactical terminal and a man-portable transmitter-receiver, providing real-time, high-resolution displays of geo-referenced images, along with a digital map. Meeting NATO interoperability standards, the ERS-RVT features a modular, open and scalable architecture, capable of using different waveforms and bandwidths.
"This system will allow us to expect more in the way of decision aids for lower command levels. The results of these trials were conclusive: ERs-RVT offers an excellent image, and its ergonomic design enables highly intuitive operation," said one member of the 61st Artillery Regiment.
Developed by Sagem as part of its new Sperwer Mk II tactical drone system, the ERS-RVT can also be adapted to Sperwer systems already in service.
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CHICAGO, Ill. (WGN) — Chicago police announced Monday two new citywide teams will work to strengthen the department’s relationship with the community and respond to marches and other large gatherings.
Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown said a Community Safety Team made up of 300 officers will focus on interacting with South and West communities in a positive way, as well as respond to crime hot spots.
A Critical Incident Response Team made up of 250 officers will focus on special events, marches, and other large gatherings downtown and across the city. More Chicago News headlines from WGN
Brown said their job will be to protect the First Amendment rights of those participating in demonstrations, while also keeping people safe.
“This team is specially trained to make sure protests remain peaceful,” Brown said. “And we saw this play out just this past weekend as the CIRT team did a tremendous job ensuring that protesters were able to express their First Amendment rights without any major incidents. I’m confident in this leadership that we’ve placed in these new teams.”
CPD disbanded its roving response teams about 10 years ago over concerns about its aggressive approach.


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A cyst on your ovary can be found during a pelvic exam. Depending on its size and whether its fluid-filled, solid or mixed, your Gynecologist is likely will recommend tests to determine its type and whether you need treatment.
Treatment depends on your age, the type and size of your cyst, and your symptoms. Your doctor might suggest:
- Watchful waiting. In many cases, you can wait and be re-examined to see if the cyst goes away within a few months. Your doctor will likely recommend that you get follow-up pelvic ultrasounds at intervals to see if your cyst changes in size.
- Medication. Your gynecologist doctor might recommend hormonal contraceptives, such as birth control pills, to keep ovarian cysts from recurring. However, birth control pills won't shrink an existing cyst.
- Surgery. Your doctor might suggest removing a cyst that is large, doesn't look like a functional cyst, is growing, continues through two or three menstrual cycles, or causes pain.


There are many things that can be troublesome in your car, ranging from minimal to a big issue. And while we don’t wish them upon anyone, there’s a benefit in familiarizing yourself with something that could keep you safe, and keep your car from breaking down. Below are a few things you can look out for if you smell something funny in your car, and what you can do after diagnosing the issue!
As spring showers flood the area, you might notice a moldy, wet, or stale odor in the cabin of your car from time to time. While this is sometimes due to moisture from opening the door, or moisture tracking in through other means, it can also mean there’s a presence of mold, or standing water somewhere. Make sure to inspect your carpets for moisture and confirm that all door seals are effectively preventing anything from entering the car.
While sometimes chemical smells can penetrate the cabin of your car, smelling this on a consistent basis can be a cause for big concern. Should you experience this, make sure you’re bringing your car somewhere that can properly inspect all hoses and components and rule out the issues. While these chemical smells can sometimes be nothing, they can also be harmful to you if it continues to creep into your car.
A burning smell is likely one of the worst things to encounter, as you’re likely dealing with an engine or driveline issue. This can be burning oil, or a smoky, burnt smell from metal parts coming in contact with each other due to lack of lubrication. If you experience this, shut your car off or get it to the nearest shop for a diagnostic.
Southport Automotive is Fairfield County’s premier service station for all things Automotive. In business since 1981, we’ve helped get thousands of Connecticut residents back on the road faster, and for longer. To learn more about how we can help your vehicle stay in its best shape, please make an appointment or give us a call at 203-259-3839. For more tips and tricks, make sure to like us on Facebook!


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StayWell Holdings is currently looking for a passionate Assistant Accountant.
One of the largest hotel management groups in Asia Pacific, StayWell Holdings and its parent company Prince Hotels Inc. offer a diverse portfolio of properties across the world.
Prince Hotels & Resorts and StayWell’s combined brand offerings include The Prince Akatoki, The Prince, Grand Prince Hotel, Policy, Park Regis, Prince Hotel, Leisure Inn Plus, Prince Smart Inn, and Leisure Inn. Each brand offers guests quality experiences ranging from luxury to lifestyle though to midscale.
Prince Hotels & Resorts and StayWell have set a strategic goal to deliver 250 hotels in the medium to long term. The expansion of both company brands will take place across the regions of Asia Pacific, South East Asia, China, Japan, the Middle East, Europe and the United States.
Prince Hotels operate a combined network of 54 hotels, 31 golf courses and 9 ski resorts. StayWell has an existing network of 29 open and operating hotels and a further 8 hotels that are committed and opening over the next few years. In addition, StayWell has two key strategic partners Manhatton Hotel Group in China (26 hotels) and Cristal Group in the Middle East (8 hotels).
About the Opportunity
As the hotel assistant accountant, you will assist in executing the daily accounting function including accounts payable, accounts receivable, revenue audit and other compliance and reporting tasks
Skills and experiences that will help you excel in this role:
- Previous experience with accounts payable, accounts receivable, revenue audit and payroll preferably with hotel environment with min 2 years of experience
- An understanding of hotel PMS system, RMS will be preferable
- Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy of data and reporting
- Strong organisational skills to ensure the timely completion of tasks within tight deadlines
- Team player and positive work attitude with high attention to detail
- Learning towards CPA/CA and graduated from University with Accounting major
Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Manage hotel Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Function
- Run Daily credit card reconciliation and bank reconciliation
- Ensure daily/weekly/monthly audit requirement is fulfilled
- Assisting in preparing hotel cashflow forecast
- Assisting in reviewing payroll
- Assist with monthly forecasting
- Assist with preparation of BAS, Payroll Tax and other hotel statutory requirements
- Prepare and process month-end journals including assisting in the preparation of P&L and balance sheet reconciliations
- Perform any other duties that directed by Regional FC
StayWell offers you:
- Hybrid work arrangements - Up to 3 days a week work from home
- A supportive company culture
- Staff discounts at hotels worldwide
- Performance & milestone bonus program
- Opportunity to learn & develop your skills through our online academy
We pride ourselves on providing an environment where you will be truly valued, appreciated and mentored, and where you will gain experience across a wide range of countries, both established and emerging.
Your application must include the following questions:
- Which of the following statements best describes your Covid-19 vaccination status?

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