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Lockbuster’s Escape Room Review Orlando
Lockbuster’s Escape Rooms in Orlando, Florida are some the most beautifully built rooms in the area if not the nation. Every room the players enter, they pause and admire the craftsmanship that has gone into every detail. The team at Lockbuster’s did a fantastic job when setting the scene for their rooms but the design does leave a bit to be desired in terms of gameplay. These rooms are great for people new to escape rooms! At Lockbuster’s, you get the thematic details you get from a theme park and here you get the extra fun part of actually touching the props and moving through the game. It’s a truly marvelous experience.
Although, the immersion was beautiful, the game flow and puzzle designs leave you a bit underwhelmed. The Escape Crusaders expected the puzzles to be as creative as the immersion, yet, we felt that some of the puzzles left us expecting more. This did not take away from the level of fun in the rooms, but this made our experience not overly challenging and too short lived.
The Collector Escape Room at Lockbuster’s is a spooky experience for the thrill seeking escape fan. The set design is beyond creepy and any madly murderous individual will feel right at home in this room. The puzzles are creative and this is the room that we would recommend to anyone currently visiting Lockbuster’s. The flow of the room is steady with fun details. The only hope for this room was that we were waiting for a suspenseful peak in the game, that never really got there. It ended with a confusing puzzle that can be easily misinterpreted and when we reach the end we were asking ourselves, “Is that it?”
Story: You and your friends have been abducted by The Collector. Can you outsmart this paranoid killer in your effort to escape his bloody grasp?
Immersion: This is the game, it is completely about immersion. All of the scenery is done to a degree that is movie quality. Lockbuster’s has thought about all of the details within the room, from the lighting as you move through your escape, to the props you encounter. This room is beautiful
Game Style: Horror/Adventure
Game Flow: The game flow is steady and never really speeds up in the room. We never felt the intensity increase. You start this game anxious and excited, and as you progress you are waiting for more excitement that doesn’t really come.
Puzzles: None of the puzzles are too hard but one of the puzzles in the room does require at least 3 people to complete. Although, many of the puzzles were fun, some puzzles felt out of place and at times some were hard to decipher. Overall, this room tried to stay true to its theme when they developed their puzzles.
Game Master: The Game Master is involved in a few sections of the room. Many of the Game Masters are very enthusiastic and are there to make sure you have a great experience!
Group Size Suggestion: 3-5
Final Thoughts: Make sure to admire the gory details throughout the room, and don’t forget to explore the cadaver!
The Pirate Adventure Escape Room at Lockbuster’s is an experience for those looking for beautiful immersion. This game is linear, and moves quickly. Although we really enjoyed our experience, we were left wanting more! This is a room that we highly recommend for anyone that ever want to chase buried treasure or is a pirate at heart.
Story: Set sail in the Sea Dog on an adventure to find Captain Bonefish's lost treasure.
Immersion: This company is known for their set designs, and this room does not disappoint! The owners have a keen eye for detail and deserve all of the praise they receive! While playing this game, you forget that you are located in the heart of Orlando! This room is quite the adventure!
Game Style: Adventure
Game Flow: The game flow is linear and smooth. The puzzles are fun but not too difficult. We ran into one issue, but we will play that off as human error on our part.
Puzzles: None of the puzzles are hard and this is why we would recommend this as a starter room for new escapers. All of the puzzles fit the theme but the lighting in the room does play tricks on you. Be sure to pay attention to detail!
Game Master: The Game Master is involved in a few sections of the room. The Game Masters are very enthusiastic and are there to make sure you have a great experience!
Group Size Suggestion: 2-8
Final Thoughts: We recommend taking your time and admiring every part of this room. It’s really cool to see the time and dedication at each interval. We do have one disclaimer, if your group has young children that are sensitive, be warned that you travel through parts containing realistic skeletons.
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Read My Licks (Columbia) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) 1/2
An American original, Atkins is back with another package of diverse, primarily instrumental material designed to appeal to mainstream tastes, ranging from the teenish-tempoed "Young Thing," which opens the collection, to the contemplative "Vincent," which-without accompaniment-closes it. Some of the more notable instrumental titles here are "Mountains of Illinois," "Norway (Norwegian Mountain Song)," "Around the Bend" and an Atkins-George Benson collaboration, "Dream." The package also contains two vocal cuts, with Suzy Bogguss singing on "After You've Gone" and Steve Wariner collaborating with Atkins on the title tune. To read some of these licks, you'd better be a musical Evelyn Wood.

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Why are we being asked to believe it is such a surprise that the number of working people who have to rely on housing benefit has doubled in the last five years – at huge cost to the taxpayer?
It is all part of the “long-term economic plan” that the Conservatives keep mentioning, every chance they get.
That plan is to provide government support to major employers and to private landlords rather than the people who need it.
We know that the Conservatives have spent almost 40 years working to undermine working people, with policies designed to increase financial insecurity among those who have to work for a living. For example, the humbling of the unions ensured that increasingly meagre pay settlements would contribute to an ever-widening gap between the lowest and the highest rates of pay. Huge amounts of wealth have been transferred from the masses to an ever-smaller ‘elite’, guaranteeing their support for the Tories.
Ever-diminishing pay and rising living costs have meant that increasing numbers of people have had to claim benefits, even though they have been in full-time work. Again, this attacks people on low and middle incomes, rather than those who are paid the most; people in the highest tax brackets have been able to take advantage of legal tax avoidance schemes, some of which have been created by the current Chancellor, George Osborne. That has left those on lower pay scales to subsidise housing benefit through the taxes they pay – another drain on their resources.
Depressed rates of pay for those in work have necessitated government action on benefits for the unemployed, in order to justify claims that the Coalition has been “making work pay”. This has meant below-inflation increases in out-of-work benefits that have made them inadequate to cover living costs, forcing the unemployed to face the possibility of losing their homes and possessions to the bailiffs as their debts mount up. In order to avoid this, they find themselves forced to accept work at ridiculously low rates of pay, if they can find it.
This in turn has made it possible for employers to refuse calls for pay increases – anyone making such a request may be told that an unemployed person would happily do their job for even less – and so the wheel turns back to its starting point and the cycle begins all over again.
A consequence of all this is that private landlords benefit from increased inflows of housing benefit into their pockets. The law allows them to increase their rents in line with the going rate, with no reference to tenants’ ability to pay; housing benefit is then used to help tenants achieve that amount, but it is the landlord who benefits from the increase – not the tenant. These are people who are already, by definition, well-off – otherwise they would not have been able to buy the property and make it fit to rent out.
The Conservatives’ “long-term economic plan” is to leech wealth from anybody poorer than them and create a new feudalism, with themselves as lords and everybody else as vassals, only able to make a living under conditions granted by the moneyed few; a modern slave-state.
According to The Independent, the cost to the taxpayer of in-work benefits will be £6 billion by 2018-19, nearly triple the £2.2 billion it cost in 2009-10. LabourList reckons the total cost of in-work poverty by 2019 will be more than double that amount, at £12.9 billion.
The total cost of housing benefit has already almost tripled, from £8.8 billion in 1990 to £24.4 billion now – despite the apparent efforts of Iain Duncan Smith’s Department for Work and Pensions. This is because all their cost-cutting efforts have been about finding ways of denying the benefit to people who deserve it.
Helping people earn enough to obviate the need for housing benefit runs contrary to the “long-term economic plan”, you see.
And what do you think this says about where the benefits of economic growth are going?
The Independent article states that the Department for Work and Pensions has claimed the number of unemployed housing benefit claimants has fallen since 2010, arguing that it is better for people to be employed, paying taxes and contributing towards their rents than to be “languishing” on out-of-work benefits, living on government payouts.
Technically, this may seem like a good argument. The minimum wage for full-time work is £11,700 per year, more than the increased tax threshold introduced by the Coalition government – but this means that, with Income Tax at 20 per cent, a full-time worker would lose one-fifth of everything earned above the £10,000 threshold, passing just £340 on to the government. They are likely to receive more than that in housing benefit. And the level of pay is still a pittance.
Worse still, a drop in the number of unemployed claimants does not mean they have all found jobs. Some will have been pushed off the system by the Bedroom Tax, which has made it impossible for some households to meet their rent commitments.
And there is no guarantee that the extra working people are paying taxes either – they might be self-employed (or claiming to be self-employed – see earlier VP articles on the subject) who are not earning anything like enough money to provide for themselves; they might be on zero-hours contracts – technically in work but on health-endangering wages; they might even be on a government-mandated Workfare scheme, in which case their only pay will be state benefits.
Mark Harper, Minister for Disabled People, claimed that the Coalition government had taken action to get the system under control by capping benefits “so no family can claim more than the average family gets by going out to work and we’ve put an end to unlimited housing benefit”.
He added that Labour voted against the cap, and against a general limit on benefits.
But this is disingenuous. The Tory/Coalition benefit cap was set at a level more than £5,000 below the income an average family receives – because it didn’t take into account what such a family would get in benefits! It seems likely that level was pegged lower because the Tories realised that a cap at the proper level would mean almost nobody would be disqualified from receiving benefit.
Harper’s claim that the system under the previous Labour administration “saw some people claiming £104,000 a year,” is also disingenuous as it related to a handful of people in specific circumstances. None of them are receiving anything like that amount now, and it is unclear whether this had anything to do with Coalition policies.
Labour, on the other hand, has hit the nail squarely on the head by pointing out that the rise in benefit claims is entirely due to the Tory-led Coalition’s failure to tackle low pay, insecure work and the cost of living crisis – although the opposition party stopped short of actually claiming that this was the plan all along.
The party has said that, if elected into office, it would build more homes and cap rents, easing the excessive demand that has made it possible for landlords to demand more and preventing abuse of the rental market.
Labour would raise the minimum wage and introduce contracts for the living wage – at which an employee earns enough not to need benefits – wherever possible.
Both sides are treating housing benefit like a disease.
The difference is that the Conservatives want to cure it by attacking the victim, while Labour want to attack the cause.
Which would you prefer to have as your doctor?
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Prinsengracht 315-331 Amsterdam 1116 GZ Netherlands
Location This luxury hotel lies between two canals, close to the Royal Palace. 25 traditional buildings, right by the canal, have been tastefully restored and harmoniously combined into a single hotel. From here one is able to enjoy a picturesque view of the famous Princes canal. This hotel is located right next to the old centre of Amsterdam. It is around 500 m from links to public transport. Facilities This hotel was built in 1700. Travellers are welcomed at the establishment, which has a total of 230 rooms. The individual storeys can easily be reached via the lift or stairs. Services and facilities at the hotel include a restaurant, a dining area, a cafĆ©, a bar, room service, a conference room and a business centre. Wireless internet access is available to guests in the public areas. The grounds of the accommodation feature a playground and an attractive garden. Travellers arriving by car can leave their vehicles in the garage or in the car park. Rooms Each of the rooms is appointed with air conditioning and a bathroom. A balcony is included as standard in most rooms, offering additional space for relaxation. A safe and a minibar are also available. Additional features include a fridge, a mini fridge and a tea/coffee station. A telephone, a TV, a radio and WiFi ensure optimal comfort. Slippers are laid out in each of the rooms. The bathrooms are fitted with a shower and a bathtub. A hairdryer and bathrobes are provided for everyday use. The hotel offers non-smoking rooms. Sports/Entertainment The establishment offers a gym (for a fee) to guests. Meals It is possible to order breakfast.

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From Blakey to Brown, Como to Costa, Eckstine to Eldridge, Galbraith to Garner, Harris to Hines, Horne to Hyman, Jamal to Jefferson, Kelly to Klook; Mancini to Marmarosa, May to Mitchell, Negri to Nestico, Parlanto Ponder, Reed to Ruther, Strayhorn to Sullivan, Turk to Turrentine, Wade to Williams… the forthcoming publication Treasury of Pittsburgh Jazz Connections by Dr. Nelson Harrison and Dr. Ralph Proctor, Jr. will document the legacy of one of the world’s greatest jazz capitals.
Do you want to know who Dizzy Gillespie idolized? Did you ever wonder who inspired Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey? Who was the pianist that mentored Monk, Bud Powell, Tad Dameron, Elmo Hope, Sarah Vaughan and Mel Torme? Who was Art Tatum’s idol and Nat Cole’s mentor? What musical quartet pioneered the concept adopted later by the Modern Jazz Quartet? Were you ever curious to know who taught saxophone to Stanley Turrentine or who taught piano to Ahmad Jamal? What community music school trained Robert McFerrin, Sr. for his history-making debut with the Metropolitan Opera? What virtually unknown pianist was a significant influence on young John Coltrane, Shirley Scott, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Timmons and Ray Bryant when he moved to Philadelphia from Pittsburgh in the 1940s? Would you be surprised to know that Erroll Garner attended classes at the Julliard School of Music in New York and was at the top of his class in writing and arranging proficiency?
Some answers can be gleaned from the postings on the Pittsburgh Jazz Network.
For almost 100 years the Pittsburgh region has been a metacenter of jazz originality that is second to no other in the history of jazz. One of the best kept secrets in jazz folklore, the Pittsburgh Jazz Legacy has heretofore remained mythical. We have dubbed it “the greatest story never told” since it has not been represented in writing before now in such a way as to be accessible to anyone seeking to know more about it. When it was happening, little did we know how priceless the memories would become when the times were gone.
Today jazz is still king in Pittsburgh, with events, performances and activities happening all the time. The Pittsburgh Jazz Network is dedicated to celebrating and showcasing the places, artists and fans that carry on the legacy of Pittsburgh's jazz heritage.
I moved here to go to PItt and never left. I was active in the post-punk and alternative music scenes, where I found out about The Art Ensemble and Sun Ra. I owe my jazz interest to an ex from college and my husband, who loves Miles. I have been taking drum lessons from Brad Smith for about 4 years, and prior to that I played drums, bass, guitar and keyboards in various post-punk/ indie type bands for many years until I became a parent about 12 years ago. One of the high-lights of my band life was playing at the Knitting Factory in the 90s, and being on the same stage that some of my jazz and alternative idols had played on. Despite the fact that I do not play jazz, I think it is an amazing musical form and I never tire of listening to it.
Favorite Pittsburgh musicians/performers
Joe Negri, Geri Allen, Dwayne Dolphin, Kenny Blake, Ben Opie, Opek
Favorite all around jazz players include Marian McPartland, Eliane Elias, Dorothy Donegan, Don Byron, Sun Ra, and most avant-garde players. I love women jazz players, particularly piano jazz.
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Favorite Pittsburgh Jazz Venue
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Strayhorn Theatre, Gullifty's, stuff at PItt, or shows that Manny does.
I love jazz, but tend to listen to it more than see shows these days, although I was thrilled to see Opek about 2 weeks ago. One of the best shows I saw in the past few years was Geri Allen do the Zodiac Suite at the Strayhorn. I've seen her several times and think she is an amazing musician and composer.
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Carlynton Board hires principal for high school
Carlynton High School students will find a new face in the principal's office when they return to classes Aug. 28.
The school board voted unanimously Monday night to approve the hiring of Michael Loughren to the position.
District superintendent Gary Peiffer said the search for a new high school principal has been a summer-long process.
“It was a priority to get a good person in here,” he said.
Loughren's hiring is effective immediately at a salary of $100,000 and other provisions laid out by the state, according to school board president David Roussos.
Loughren comes from Plum Borough High School, where he was assistant principal. He is a former Fox Chapel teacher.
“He is someone who wants to be here,” Peiffer said. “He wants to be a Carlynton Cougar.”
The board approved the following hirings: Larissa Russo, junior high head cheer coach; Jennifer Searles, assistant band director; Ashley Ferrar, secondary reading/English; Stephen Hope, guidance counselor; Allison Fekety; elementary special education; Kristen Tatara, elementary special education; and Nickolas Vayansky, elementary special education.
The board again tabled a motion to purchase a 2014 Ford F-350 truck for the maintenance department at a cost of $29,491. Several board members requested that the current truck undergo diagnostic testing to see how much it would cost to repair and maintain it.
Peiffer said the current truck is a 1997 Ford F-350.
The motion was tabled with the stipulation that member questions — including the resale value of the current truck, the cost to repair the current truck, and whether the option of buying a 2013 truck is viable — be explored. The board plans to take action one way or another at its next voting meeting.

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We only heard from 3 analysts before earnings. Two upgrades, and one reiteration. Actually we heard from 4 if you count the research note from Roth stating they expect continued coverage to be no problem. Wait, make that 5 if you count Lafferty backtracking on their short position.
I'd expect at least 3 upgrades by open tomorrow. Two minimum...
Anyone want to place a bet on how many?
I just hope none of the longs here fell for the very poorly executed short trick after earnings. If traders bit it, oh well, that's the price you pay for not doing due diligence and trying to scalp.
Stay strong longs! The analysts don't want to miss a turn around story, and they will be typing their reports early. Count on it!
Far from "falling", I actually bought even more, AH at 30.85. I had to talk myself into it for 2 3/4 hours, because it's the most I ever paid, and it upped the cost basis! Ouch! But it seems like the very best investment I could make right now, although if options traded AH I would have preferred to buy some more longer-dated calls, maybe around 35. I was afraid the opportunity would go if I waited for the open tomorrow.
Mikey - I'm sure you noticed that Cartt had some very clear data, this time, about vial counts and how many weeks of treatment for all the major indications, so estimates should go easier next time...
I wish I had 100% faith the PPS would be up at the open, and we've really seen the last of the 20s. How could analysts have needed this cc, to be sure Questcor was going well? I mean: don't they read this board?
im holding my shares, even if we dip back to mid 20s. yea, im dumb but i know this is going back up in a year. i will be adding calls in chunks.. once a week perhaps collect couple hundred calls b4 1st Q numbers if we dip from here. who knows i might score couple of millions. IM dying to find out where we will be by end of the year.... will it be my $100 or Max's $150 or Patent's $60?
Im thinking we'll sell off tomorrow, but i don't think that will last too long. i expect us to be in the high 30s by the next time we report. only 2 months away.

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For both undergraduate and graduate courses in control system design, this book strongly emphasizes real-world design. It makes frequent use of examples drawn directly from the authors' industrial experience, ranging from distillation columns to satellite tracking. Using a “how to do it” approach, this text provides comprehensive, single-source coverage of the full spectrum of control system design. Each of the text's eight parts covers an area in control—ranging from signals and systems, to SISO control and MIMO systems.


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Syrian Activists Run Secret Hospitals to Avoid Brutal Gov’t Crackdown
In a bid to crush the mass demonstrations that broke out in March, Syrian authorities have turned government-run hospitals and medical staff into instruments of oppression, according to a report released by Amnesty International today.
The group documents numerous cases of protesters being physically assaulted and denied medial care, while security forces disappear injured activists from hospitals and obstruct ambulances picking up the wounded.
As a result, many of the protesters try to avoid the state-run hospitals in the cities of Banias, Homs and Tell Kalakh.
“Given the scale and seriousness of the injuries being sustained by people across the country, it is disturbing to find that many consider it safer to risk not having major wounds treated rather than going to proper medical facilities,” said Cilina Nasser, Amnesty’s Middle East researcher.
Some of the injured are even turning to makeshift secret hospitals set up in safe houses across the country.
Reporter Ramita Navai, who traveled undercover in Syria last month, visited some of these secret hospitals, which will be featured in an upcoming FRONTLINE broadcast.
One doctor told Navai that doctors treating injured protesters have been arrested and sometimes even killed. Living under extreme fear, the activists and doctors go to great lengths to hide the secret facilities.
“We saw a courtyard that a network of activists can turn into an operating theater in 10 minutes,” says Navai.
But these secret field hospitals have trouble getting adequate medical equipment, Amnesty says, especially blood for transfusions, which can only be obtained through the Ministry of Defense-controlled Central Blood Bank.
Syrian activists told Navai, who toured some of the warehouses where these medical supplies are kept, that they smuggle equipment in from Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, and then move it from one secret warehouse to another in order to stay ahead of security forces.
Today a Syrian opposition group called for international protection from the government’s brutal tactics. Their demands come just a day ahead of the arrival of an Arab delegation of ministers to discuss starting a dialogue between the opposition and the government. The Syrian National Council says there will be no dialogue while the government cracks down on protestors.
Navai spent 15 days in some of the most dangerous parts of the country, following a network of Syrian opposition activists forced into hiding. Syria Undercover airs on Nov. 8.

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No money to buy tickets, Kavi crew get helping hand from AI
Air India has come to the rescue of cast and crew members of Oscar-nominated short film Kavi, who had no money to buy tickets to fly to Los Angeles for the award function, by providing them complimentary tickets.Updated: Mar 03, 2010, 19:22 IST
Air India has come to the rescue of cast and crew members of Oscar-nominated short film Kavi, who had no money to buy tickets to fly to Los Angeles for the award function, by providing them complimentary tickets.
"Air India has provided four complimentary tickets to the cast and crew members of Kavi as part of its corporate social responsibility and the team would be flying to New York from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport tonight," an Air India official told PTI.
Kavi is the only Indian film to be nominated in the Best Live Action short film category in the 82nd Annual Academy awards to be held on March 7 In Los Angeles.
The 19-minute film, directed by Gregg Helvey and co-produced by Gunnet Monga and Harish Amin, tells the story of a young boy who is forced to work like a slave in a brick kiln.
Unable to play cricket or go to school, Kavi -- played by 13-year-old Sagar Salunke -- is determined not to let his dream die and tries to escape.
"Its awesome, we are thankful to the government and the Air India CMD Arvind Jadav for helping us in participating in the Oscars, as three days back we did not have tickets nor we had money to buy one for the cast and crew and it was not certain that we would attend or not," Guneet Monga, co-producer of the film, told PTI.
The recommendation to the national carrier was made by Minister of State in PMO Prithviraj Chavan for whom a special screening of the film was held.


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Lukutafa A.k.A Maloxman out of the norm,unique and narrative singer comes again with this encouraging song, “i Believe” ,produced and mixed by Mikoka mix. It’s not just a song,until you hear it that you get what I mean. You can follow on instagram as Lukutafa ,facebook as Lukmon Abiodun.
“For that one person that believes in you don’t give up. Growing up in whatever takes time and success isn’t acquire by wish calls. Lukutafa”, out of the norm composes this song,”i believe” to remind you that your Faith is very important, don’t neglect it.
I belive is not just a song, it’s an anthem,it’s a prayer,its rave,until you hear it,then you wil understand the real deal.
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Do you want to apply for a Swedish passport or national ID card? Find out how to apply and which documents you need.
Due to the measures around COVID-19, we have fewer time slots per day to apply for a passport. We therefore kindly ask you to only apply for a passport if your passport is close to the expiration day. This does not affect the handling time, which is about 2-4 weeks.
Postal address: Swedish Consulate Aquavite b.v. De Lairesselaan 78 3062 PK Rotterdam
Please note that all your questions concerning Sweden (general information, consular matters etc.) must be directed to the Embassy in The Hague. The Honorary Consulate General in Rotterdam does not answer any questions from the general public.
Honorary Consul-General: Ben Vree
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Stronger corporate governance will be good for pensions
We are only a couple of months into the new decade and the pace of change in UK corporate governance shows no sign of slowing down. Soon companies will have to “comply or explain” with an updated combined code, institutional investors will be subject to a new stewardship code and the coming voting season will rightly see increasing scrutiny on remuneration. Playing its part in improving standards, the National Association of Pension Funds published guidance last week to help pension fund trustees to fulfil their obligations under the stewardship code.
On the same day, Lord Myners, the City Minister, while commending the efforts of many pension funds, exhorted the industry to raise its game. So where does this leave us as we approach the voting


The full moon of January, which peaks at 2:18 p.m. Thursday, January 28, this year, was one of the least welcome of all the full moons to Native Americans and early European colonists. It arrives during the harshest, most unforgiving time of the year.
They knew it as the Full Wolf Moon because of the packs of hungry wolves that patrolled just outside the protection of the village.
Those earlier peoples lived their daily lives in proximity to the large canines. As the depths of winter closed in on them in January, the wolves could be heard howling just outside the village and, in the case of the early European settlers, at the edge of the homestead, where they foraged for scraps left by the humans and posed a constant threat.
Today, true wolves are gone from Pennsylvania, but we have coyotes that carry some hybridized wolf genetics and are nearly the size of wolves. Maybe a modernization of the Native American full-moon naming system would be the Full Coyote Moon.
Some Native Americans also knew the January full moon as the Old Moon, acknowledging that while winter still held sway, the newness of spring was on the way; Ice Moon, because it comes when waterways are covered by ice; and the Snow Moon, because it coincides with a time of snow on the landscape.
The depths of winter may not be as life-threatening to most of us today, but the Full Wolf Moon still arrives with the growing comfort that spring is less than 2 months away and springlike temperatures will arrive even sooner than that.


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Check out this nice and funny lil TV spot for Portal 2, it features those two retarded but likable robots, that said they make C3-PO and R2D2 look like a right pair of rusty old bolts. The T-1000 however has nothing to worry about. Of course this Laural and Hardy styled duo will be our hosts for the co-op/multiplayer portion of P2 so ya best get used to shining their helmets… oops pardon!
Gabe Newell is a king among gamers! For those that dont know who he is, he is head of Valve and the big kahoona of Half Life and all its spin offs, including Left 4 Dead, Portal and of course the Steam platform. He is also so wealthy that Forbs.com have done a special article on him which you can and should read here – Forbes.com Gabe and Valve have always done their best to give fans what they want along with caring about the quality of their games and not just knocking em out like a horny monkey… or
Ok, this shit is the bomb!Portal 2 will be cross compatible online between the PC and PS3, Yep! A PS3 owner will now be able to play and chat with a PC player online. Ain’t that great?! But it gets better because if you get Portal 2 on the PS3 (Currently – April 21st, 2011) you will get the PC version free with it… yep, free! Ya hear that Microsoft?? It’s all made possible through ‘Steam’ Valve’s game market place and general game platform. Once ya reg up on steam you can slip between platforms to play the game as
There have been lots of attempts to do a Half Life movie by independent film makers and so far they have been pretty good, here is another one – ‘Beyond Black Mesa’. It also looks brill, if perhaps a lil rough on the acting. It was done on a budget of $1,200, over two years. That’s pretty good going and with it gaining notice at film festivals this could end up in the cinema… Yay! Just keep the Hollywood fat cats away from it all!!Our HL hero is nowhere to be seen though – Where is Gordon when ya need
Zombies, zombies everywhere and not a one to screw! Yep, more brainless meat sacks for ya. Left 4 Dead 1&2 DLC – ‘The Sacrifice’ is nearly here for us, coming on October 5th and you can watch the preview below. Looks like Bill is truly fooked! But you can make that decision for yourself when you play it. The Sacrifice will be free for PC and Mac players but will be 560msp on the Xbox, which sucks shriveled up zombie balls! That said, Id sell my zombified granny to play it. Enjoy!
Left 4 Dead is probably one of the best frantic paced zombie based games ever and a dammed good shooter in its own right! Valve have been very consistent with their DLC and this time we are getting something to please both L4D1 and L4D2 fans. As all us Dead Heads know poor Bill bought the farm in the series as it stands… but you can change all that and decide for yourself which of the original four end up as zombie chowder in ‘The Sacrifice’. It tells the story of how the old meet the new hero’s and all
Sweet baby Jesus, I love Valve! They can do no wrong. Portal was feckin great, Portal 2 looks feckin greater, and now they have a Co-Op mode, all that is left to do is dip the game in gold and perfection is achieved!! Check out the trailer for this mode below, looks like a robot ‘Dumb and Dumber’ thing going on. They must workout!!


Weather watchers' network to go nationwide
Minnesota will be the 50th state in the network when it joins Tuesday. The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, or CoCoRaHS, already has about 14,600 volunteers nationwide.Word count: 117
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New Delhi, Sept. 12(ANI): Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Saturday said the efficiency and capabilities of Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has been thwarted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who does not know how to run a government.
“Suresh Prabhu is known to be an efficient minister, but his efficiency and capabilities have been completely thwarted by the Prime Minister who does not know how to run a government,” Dikshit told ANI.
The Congress leader said it’s becoming apparent that ever since Prime Minister Modi-led NDA Government has come, the rate of major accidents that have been happening has increased in many folds.
“We express sympathy and support to all those who have been injured. I would urge the local administration there and the state and central governments to give all possible help for the people involved in this accident,” said Dikshit while commenting on the train derailment in Karnataka.
Taking a jibe at the BJP-led NDA Government, the Congress leader further said that this government wanted to take railways on a bullet train path, but it is not able to manage even simple trains.
“Once again it’s a case of a Prime Minister talking big and vending his dreams without any substance, idea or any way of administering. The government’s whole plan seems to fall flat,” he added.
At least two passengers died and eight others injured after nine coaches of the Duranto Express going from Secunderabad to Mumbai derailed in Karnataka early this morning.
The accident took place around 2 am at Martur village station in Gulbarga district, near the Maharashtra-Karnataka border. (ANI)


This will probably get me hit with an audit by the Internal Revenue Service, but here’s a modest proposal for a federal government struggling to cut the deficit: Next time Congress decides to stimulate home purchases and energy improvements with federal tax credits, could we make sure the IRS is on board and knows what the heck it’s supposed to do?
I say that having read the latest critical report — the fourth in a series by the Treasury’s Inspector General for Tax Administration — about IRS bungling on housing-related tax credits.
The latest audit, released July 25 with virtually no media coverage, found that the IRS had allowed taxpayers to file amended returns to receive more than one year’s worth of first-time home purchase tax credits — the $7,500 repayable maximum credit plus the nonrepayable maximum $8,000 credit.
Or to switch the year of purchase from 2008 — when you were supposed to pay the credit back over 15 years — to 2009 or 2010, when you didn’t have to.
That’s a neat game — claim credits two years running on a single home purchase, or get out of paying back money to the government that you agreed upfront to repay.
The IRS’ computer systems apparently weren’t set up to spot multiple claims using amended returns or the moving of purchase dates by taxpayers for their own advantage. In some cases, IRS staff simply entered the dates wrong.
The Inspector General also found some amended returns in which credits were paid out though there was no public record or documentation to support the taxpayer’s contention that he or she had ever signed a contract to purchase or had owned a home.
It gets worse. The July report followed up on an audit released in May that found that — based on a random sample of 5 million returns — 302,000 taxpayers who received $234 million in federal tax credits for home energy improvements showed no evidence of ever owning a house, much less installing new windows, insulation or anything else.
Some of the erroneous payouts went to inmates of prisons who could not have purchased or installed energy-saving equipment during the tax year in the opinion of the auditors. Credits apparently also were sent to claimants who turned out to be under 18 — even as young as three.
The July audit, bad as it was, followed a study by the Inspector General last fall that found that IRS computer programs processing claims for tax credits could not distinguish between houses purchased in 2008 and those purchased in 2009, which made the agency easy prey for people seeking the bigger and nonrepayable credit for first-time buyers in 2009 and 2010.
Out of 1.77 million filings for homebuyer credits for purchases in 2009, auditors found more than 73,000 returns that received credits but with dates of purchase that either were incorrect or could not be documented.
The same study identified 1,326 taxpayers who received a total of $10.1 million worth of credits whose home purchase dates turned out to be after the claimant’s death, according to Social Security records.
Dead people, prisoners, kiddies and other non-homeowners can apply for and receive homeowner tax credits? Apparently.
In fairness to the IRS, there were some mitigating circumstances, and there have been significant recoveries of funds. The latest Treasury audit pointed out that the creation and modification of housing purchase tax credit programs in four different pieces of emergency legislation presented "difficult challenges" to the IRS.
This was especially so because taxpayers were allowed to submit amended returns in order to speed up payments of the credit. All of the housing tax credit programs, whether for buyers or energy improvers, were economic stimulus measures intended to pump money into the system quickly.
The IRS, in other words, was under the gun to get checks out the door fast.
The Inspector General also noted that over time, the IRS has improved its controls and procedures to red-flag dubious claims, use third-party real estate data to spot noneligible claimants and to process claims more accurately.
In response to the Inspector General report, Richard Byrd, commissioner of the IRS’ wage and investment division, said the agency continues to seek to improve on its performance, has devoted more staff to the programs, and tightened procedures.
He also noted that the IRS has hardly been passive in the face of questionable or fraudulent claims for credits — conducting and closing 450,000 examinations of filings that yielded back $1.8 billion in revenues, including 225,000 amended returns that yielded $820 million.
We’ll never know the exact number of taxpayers who rooked the system with housing tax credit claims. But I think we know enough now to tell everybody with an interest in the subject — buyers, builders, Realtors and legislators — that next time around we need to require more extensive documentation for claims upfront.
And we need the IRS to look harder and longer before paying out the taxpayers’ money to just about anybody who asks for it.


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It was only in 1912 when the first Vitamin was discovered. Vitamin A was discovered by Gowland Hopkins when he was doing research on animals. Since then the supplements have truly changed the world of medicine. Of course, back in the middle ages, plants and herbs were used to cure various diseases. So why do people rely on such heavy medication now? There is an immense amount of chemicals found in everyone’s medicine cabinet. It’s understandable that many are prescribed pain killers and other types of medication for personal reasons, but are they safe for mental health? With any medication being ingested there is always to increase the mental function in the brain; vitamins. Many wellness savants, like Helen Schifter, want people to try taking natural supplements to help stimulate the mind. (Speak to a doctor before taking anything, these are only recommendations)
Magnesium, which can be found anywhere, is very important for daily functioning. It helps speed up the metabolism, cures aches, and decreases the change of restless sleeping. Many people with depression and bipolar disorder take magnesium to help generate better hormones. Magnesium has also been found to contrite to skin rejuvenation and curing cancer. It’s very hard to do a full analysis of magnesium for doctors because of the number of plentiful benefits. Imagine that…having so many benefits to something that doctors can’t even keep up.
Another vitamin that helps with mental wellness is Folic Acid. It aids in symptom relief and can be found in vegetables. Some fruits also have Folic Acid, but it’s much more common to find it in a salad mix. It also helps make DNA. When women are trying to conceive, taking Folic Acid may be in their best interest. It’s known for rapid cell division when can help develop a fetus. When women are conveying, being in close contact
Vitamin D is a very important one to take because it keeps bones healthy. That includes, teeth, bone marrow, muscles, and is especially good for children. Kids can be unpredictable and although they heal a lot faster than adult, it’s still important to give them proper care. In addition, Vitamin D helps with brain function. Helen Schifter, a wellness specialist, recommends taking Vitamin D supplements to anyone. With her expert experience, she has seen how much better people feel after doing so.
With the pandemic still happening, it’s important to increase immunity with Vitamin C. Although it doesn’t have any direct mental wellness benefits, it might help with comfort or reassurance. This virus is unpredictable so having an immune system that is prepared and ready to go will at least contribute to some form of mental stability.

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ECONOMYEXT – Sri Lanka will provide a ‘trade adjustment facility’ including capital allowances to help domestic companies to be competitive and enter export markets, Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe said.
Economic reforms will allow domestic companies to reach international markets, Prime Minister Wickramasinghe said delivering a policy statement in parliament.
Free trade deals will open new markets, he said.
Regulations that hinder business will be removed, he said. Sri Lanka hoped to be among the top 70 nations in the Word Bank’s Doing Business Index.
Sri Lanka also wanted to boost tourism and commercial agriculture.


Authorities says four teenagers are responsible for a string a burglaries and thefts in northeast Iowa over the past few weeks. Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies arrested the teens in connection with burglaries of a home in rural Fairbank and a business in Oran.
Both burglaries took place around November 8th. Eighteen-year-old Nathaniel Rohrick, 17-year-old Michael Boriboun, 16-year-old Zackery Frazer and 16-year-old Aaron Siegel are facing charges of third-degree burglary. All four teens are from Oelwein.
Frazer and Siegel face additional charges for breaking into another Oran business on October 25 and a theft on October 30. Deputies recovered stolen tools, firearms and other property from the thefts and burglaries.


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Pets are experts at hiding illnesses and injuries from their owners. Owners often have to resort to guesswork and following clues in order to determine if their pet needs medical attention, or if the issue will correct itself given time. While some conditions certainly will improve without medical intervention, others require the assistance of a vet. Here are a few signs your pet needs to go to a Chicago animal hospital.
One of the biggest signs that your pet needs to visit an animal hospital is a change in behavior. If your pet is typically energetic and playful, for example, but is suddenly or over time has become increasingly lethargic, it’s a good idea to visit a vet to rule out any serious conditions. Likewise, if your usually calm and snuggly pet has become aggressive or unruly, it can also be a sign that something is wrong. A visit to an animal hospital will help determine what is wrong, and is the first step to helping your pet heal.
Changes In Diet
Another warning sign that your pet is ill is a dietary change. Pets that stop eating or reduce their intake of water are in danger of malnutrition and dehydration, and should be taken to an animal hospital sooner rather than later. Increased water consumption can also indicate that something is wrong, especially if your pet hasn’t increased his or her level of exercise or activity. Visiting an animal hospital can help rule out, or treat, conditions such as diabetes or kidney disease.
New Or Worsening Cysts
In many cases, cysts are unsightly, but harmless, growths that may develop as your pet ages. If you find that the cysts are getting larger, or that there are more of them than before, it’s a good idea to visit an animal hospital to have them tested. In some cases, they can be a sign of cancer, while in others they can be uncomfortable for the animal and need to be drained.
For more information about visiting a Chicago animal hospital, contact Metropolitan Veterinary Center at www.metrovetchicago.com.
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The Terrible Yet Wonderful Fight Between Freddie Mercury And Another Rock Legend – Revealed
Freddie Mercury and Queen at Rock Montreal, 1981 - Vander / Youtube
Late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is admittedly a diva in his own ways, especially when it came to producing music. During the band’s recording sessions for the 1982 album Hot Space, Brian May shares the stories from events he witnessed firsthand. David Bowie, who originally pitched in vocal parts for the track “Cool Cat”, eventually worked with the band to create the hit “Under Pressure”.
Brian May described the relationship of the two clashing egos,“It wasn’t easy because we were all precocious boys and David was very… forceful, yes. Freddie and David locked horns, without a doubt. But those are the things that happen in a studio, that’s when the sparks fly and that’s why it turned out so great.”
The two artists even went down to a level of petty which was bizarre for big names like them. May details their encounters, “(They battled) in subtle ways, like who would arrive last at the studio. So it was sort of wonderful and terrible. But in my mind, I remember the wonderful now, more than the terrible.”
Although the track was far from the other members’ liking at the time, they eventually came to terms with it, Brian May saying how the song was special. Freddie and David never really had any hard feelings either, with Bowie performing at the tribute concert for Mercury on 1992.
What’s more interesting is Brian May’s revelation that “not all of what we did in those sessions has ever come to light, so there’s a thought,” hinting on unreleased material that might work its way out in the succeeding years.


The Weller 100-Watt/140-Watt Soldering Gun Kit produces 100-Watt or 140-Watt heat and comes with 3 different tips for a wide variety of general soldering and hobby applications. The gun heats up in just 6 seconds and features a fingertip trigger with a dual-output selector. It offers a comfortable pistol-grip design with a rock and roll grip foot and 3 LED lights for shadow free illumination. The entire kit fits neatly in its own carry case.
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What it is and where it is
We have been traveling from the Vallecrosia coastline inland for about 15 minutes and see nothing but wooded peaks. Finally, around a sharp bend, the village appears in all its glory. She has the appearance of a noble Lizard of ancient origins lying sinuously on the hills: her paws firmly anchored to the rock, her head gliding into the damp valley of the Merdanzo stream, and a long tail ascending the sunny hillside. How can you blame her? After all, the name "Apricale" comes precisely from the Latin apricus, exposed to the sun. And it is always the sun that enhances its many colors, making it look like a painting.
Why it is special
In addition to its spectacular shape, in its squares and in the ravines hidden almost jealously within the carruggi, the village manifests an unwavering artistic faith. This combination of the historic-landscape nature of the medieval village and art dates back to the 1960s, when Italian and foreign artists, drawn here by the particular brightness and richness of color, frescoed most of the alleys. Many of them claim to have merely pulled from the walls what already lay underneath among the silent stones.
Not to be missed
We came at the end of a winter that more than others appears gray and invites you to stay home, but during the summer season the village lights up and this is, perhaps, the best time to fully enjoy the liveliness of the place. There is something for everyone: historical-religious re-enactments such as the Feast of St. Louis on July 10, theater evenings with the famous "Teatro della Tosse" that comes to perform in August, and there is no shortage of food and wine events such as the "Sagra della Pansarola" in early September.
A bit of history
It was art here that made history in recent decades, so it goes without saying. The painter Mario Agrifoglio, together with some young people from the village, was the creator of the first pottery workshop that became, during the 1970s, a real School attended by all the schools of the Nervia Valley. And again, the illustrator and set designer Emanuele Luzzati, with his creativity, tightened the relationship between Apricale and the "Teatro della Tosse," to which he brought, with his creativity, added value, towards the end of the 1980s. To this day, the company still enlivens the village's summer.
The "Lizard" Castle Museum unveils, within its Theater Gallery, this inextricable relationship between art and the medieval village. Here, between the ancient and more recent walls - dating back to works in the early twentieth century - posters, photographs and playbills from the many editions of the "Rassegna Teatrale della Tosse" are still preserved.
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Research into the medical benefits of laughter began in 1979 with the story of Norman Cousins, who was given a few months to live. Cousins credits his recovery in large part to laughter. Another pioneer was physician “Patch” Adams (played in the movie by the late Robin Williams). Dr. Adams believed in a different kind of bedside manner. He dressed in clown outfits every day and is credited to brining clowning to hospitals around the world. Today, medical clowning is serious medical therapy.
Did you know?
- Belly laughs involve deep breathing so this is an immediate stress reliever. A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes afterwards.
- Laughter improves the function of blood vessels and increases blood flow, which can help protect you against a heart attack and other cardiovascular problems.
- Laughing uses up calories. Laughing 100 times is equal to 10 minutes on a rowing machine or 15 minutes on an exercise bike.
- Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies. This improves your resistance to disease.
- Laughter (as well as smiling) triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s natural feel-good chemicals. Endorphins promote an overall sense of well-being and can temporarily relieve pain.
- Endorphins are the body’s natural painkillers. By laughing or smiling, you release endorphins which can help ease chronic pain and make you feel good all over.
With growing interest in the benefits of laughing (and smiling) there are many organizations and events around the world that encourage and celebrate humour, laughter and clowning.
- The Humor Academy in the USA offers graduate courses and certificates in humour studies.
- For those serious about getting others to laugh, you can become a Certified Laughter Leader through the World Laughter Tour.
- Laughter Yoga Clubs started in India in 1995 and now are active all over the world, including 7 in Toronto.
- The Canadian Association of Therapeutic Clowns provides training and events coast to coast.
- In 1993 the Therapeutic Clown Program was introduced at the Hospital for Sick Children.
- Global Belly Laugh Day, January 24 celebrates smiles and laughter 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on seven continents.
What are the best movies for laughter? According to Forbes Magazine, the following came out on top in terms of laugh frequency, with each getting about three laughs per minute. Can you guess which ones? 1. Airplane 2. The Hangover 3. Naked Gun


The “Birth of a Nation” at Sundance was one project that was meant to grab eyeballs of many. Parker was praised enthusiastically and publicly for his debut passion project. Due to its sheer awesomeness, it quickly grabbed the nominations for all the early awards predictions.
However, his fame was soon to make him infamous due to allegations of rape against him and his then-roommate Jean Celestin. Jean and Parker co-authored “Birth of a Nation”). In the year 1999, the two men were accused of rape and assault while they were still studying at Penn State University.
Things got even more out of hands when Variety later reported that Parker’s accuser was no more as she committed suicide. This news resurfaced along with his trial in the year 2012. This news was deeply disturbing for many. During the 2001 trial, Parker was freed from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty. However his roommate Celestine was found guilty, his sentence did go back to the appeal later on. Conversations regarding the film with Nate were always dominated by the intricate details of this heinous act performed by the two men. It came up every single time the movie was talked about.
The Current Scenario: Even though all these mishaps took place and the artists faced a lot of backlashes which they probably deserved in the first place, the studio that had bought and obtained “Birth of a Nation” out of Sundance as the part of an iconic and landmark deal, Fox Searchlight took the risk and went ahead with the agreed upon deal and release. The movie was far away and greatly left out for any possible awards and it did not even make a fortune at the box office, it pretty much came and went without grabbing too many eyeballs. Personally, Parker has mostly stayed out and away from the limelight of any kind from the time that the incident took place.
Top Celebrity Involved In The OJ SIMPSON Trial
The O.J. Simpson trial was actually a media bazaar. The measure of drama that encompassed it is overpowering and to such an extent, that you may not understand that there were a few famous people paid a section in the madness.
Mysteries & Scandals, airing Fridays at 6/5 on Oxygen, kicks of the series with an in depth look at the O.J. Simpson case. Here are a portion of the VIPs you might not have known were associated with the case.
Robert Kardashian, the father of the now super-renowned Kardashian ladies, was a dear companion of O.J. also, Nicole Brown Simpson. He and O.J. were the best of buddies. They initially met on a tennis court in 1969. Simpson was even a usher when Kardashian wedded Kris Jenner, as indicated by the Los Angeles Times.
In 1994, Kardashian was not an easily recognized name. The well-known father of the Keeping Up With the Kardashian sisters worked as a lawyer, and he chose to join his disfavored companion’s lawful team. The night before Simpson’s emotional police pursue, Simpson dozed at the Kardashian home. Simpson even thought about suicide while in Khloe’s room.
Kardashian upheld O.J. yet, soon moved toward becoming clashed when he understood that his companion of quite a few years may have really slaughtered Nicole.
In a 1996 interview on ABC’s “20/20,” he uncovered that he speculated Simpson was blameworthy.
“I wake up in the middle of the night. I’m so conflicted because of that blood evidence,” he said.
His response to the “not guilty” verdict was legendary.
A List of Coach Scandals
Coaches are paid a huge number of dollars and get robust rewards for performing well in national titles and bringing major attention and funding to their schools. With the greater part of this attention comes a ton of temptations, as well.
1. Mike Leach, Texas Tech: Former Texas Tech head football mentor Mike Leach has a popular temper, yet when he was suspended just before the Valero Alamo Bowl in January 2010, Leach foes and companions were shocked.
2. Rick Pitino, University of Louisville: University of Louisville b-ball mentor Rick Pitino conceded in 2009 to having engaged in sexual relations with a lady who was not his significant other in 2003.
3. Mike Price, University of Alabama: Hard celebrating Alabama football mentor did little to help the picture of the powerhouse sports school that additionally had a notoriety for overwhelming drinking.
4. Baylor University ball scandal: Conservative Baylor University was hit with a stunning embarrassment in 2002 and 2003 that brought about the puzzling passing of a promising competitor and genuine claims of abusing NCAA directions.
5. Clem Haskins, University of Minnesota: Minnesota Public Radio reports that this embarrassment was considered by the NCAA as being ” among the most serious cases of academic fraud in 20 years.”
6. John Calipari, UMass and Memphis: Men’s ball mentor John Calipari has been lauded for conveying groups to national titles, but at the same time was named “the sleaziest mentor” by Slate.com for two separate embarrassments he was associated with at two separate schools.
7. The University of Colorado at Boulder football outrage: Ten women submitted claims that they were raped and/or sexually assaulted by University of Colorado at Boulder football players at off-campus parties. CU coach Gary Barnett was suspended.
8. Pokey Chatman, LSU: LSU ladies’ b-ball mentor Pokey Chatman needed to leave in March 2007, after a story was plugged about her sexual issue with one of her female players.
9. University of Colorado enrollment embarrassment: Another scandal involving the University of Colorado focuses on unethical recruitment practices.
10. William and Mary Scandal of 1951: The athletic division, under the heading of McCray, began altering secondary school transcripts and school grades.
Scandalous Food Safety Issues in China
Food security episodes in China have gotten expanded universal media examination following the change and opening of the nation, and it’s joining the World Trade Organization. Urban zones have turned out to be more mindful of food security as their wages rise. Food security offices in China have covering obligations. The 2008 Chinese drain outrage got the most consideration among food security episodes.
Poisonous Jinhua ham
In 2003, a few small producers of Jinhua hams (from Jinhua, Zhejiang) worked out of season and delivered hams amid hotter months, treating their hams with pesticides to forestall deterioration and creepy crawly pervasion. The hams were absorbed the pesticide dichlorvos, which is an unpredictable organophosphate bug spray utilized for fumigation.
Counterfeit baby formula
In April 2004, no less than 13 babies in Fuyang, Anhui and 50– 60 more in provincial zones of Anhui passed on of malnourishment from ingesting counterfeit powdered drain. Furthermore, 100– 200 different children in the region endured ailing health however survived. Nearby authorities in Fuyang captured 47 individuals who oversaw making and offering the phoney recipe and examiners found 45 sorts of substandard equation available to be purchased in Fuyang markets. More than 141 industrial facilities oversaw the generation of the recipe and Chinese authorities seized 2,540 packs of the phoney equation by mid-April. The State Food and Drug Administration requested an examination in May 2004.
Inside three days of ingesting the recipe, the children experienced what Chinese specialists depicted as “large head ailment,” since the infants’ heads swelled while their bodies ended up plainly slenderer from malnourishment. The phoney recipes were tried to have just 1-6% protein when the national prerequisite was 10% protein. The administration guaranteed to repay families and help cover doctor’s visit expenses. Most of the casualties were country families.
Adulterated pickled vegetables
In June 2004, the Chengdu Quality Inspection Department discharged assumes that exclusive around 23% of every single cured vegetable delivered in Chengdu, Sichuan had an adequate measure of substance added substances. The marks on the cured vegetables that should show the compound substance were additionally observed to be off base. In Sichuan, the processing plants had been utilizing mechanical review salt to pickle the vegetables and had been splashing pesticides containing high measures of DDVP on the cured vegetables previously shipment.
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A blog post by Jay Parekh, senior analyst, Center for Integrated Research at Deloitte.
COVID-19 has created tectonic shifts in how and where we work. The ratio of full-time employees working remotely versus from the physical workplace has almost flipped in a matter of a few months—from merely 3 percent of employees working from home in January1 to more than 80 percent in May.2 While remote working helped to ensure business continuity and to maintain social distancing, it hurled previously unseen security challenges to internal IT teams. Office closures made it almost impossible for employees to access on-premise infrastructure and networks.3 Simultaneously, the rise in remote working created a completely new and heterogeneous IT infrastructure configuration comprising home internet, personal mobile devices, and remote collaboration tools at scale. Ensuring maximum security for this increasingly distributed and, in some cases, new cloud IT infrastructure has raised new cybersecurity challenges for IT teams globally.
To address shifting security concerns, companies must change the way they approach security by implementing a more federated model across distributed work infrastructures. By focusing on proactive defensive monitoring and managing endpoint security, with an aim to enable dynamic sharing of threat information, organizations (across networks) can create a federation to enhance security against known and novel attacks.4 Federated security models can effectively mitigate challenges posed by the “new normal,” namely heterogeneous IT infrastructure, remote access management, ineffective physical perimeter security, and secure information-sharing and collaboration in the cloud.
- Perimeter security of the office: Office perimeter security was important to counter any physical intrusion into the workplace’s IT network; however, remote working is where work is happening, and therefore where security is needed. Federated security can be a key focus as the importance of perimeter security wanes in the short term. Organizations should now focus on securing remote access points, as well as securing every component through virtual alternatives, with a model that will be scalable and can expand to protect workplace infrastructures as return-to-work strategies are executed.5
- Federated security for complex remote work infrastructure: As more people work from home across a range of devices, locations, and technology types (cloud, edge, mobile, and IoT), the cyberattack surface area becomes wider and more complex. It is essential to have security models in place to target specific threats at each infrastructure tier, especially the endpoint level. This can be achieved through a federated security model across every infrastructure tier, device, and process to close security gaps with network segmentation.6 DevSecOps, along with AI-based predictive threat management, monitoring, and resolution, can play an important role. Proactive threat detection and remediation are crucial for any organizational IT system in the post–COVID-19 era.
- Trusted access in a remote world: Identity management was usually a lower priority, with on-premises enterprise solutions given credentialed access to the office itself and to the local network. But in the post–COVID-19 world, where enterprises have had to quickly migrate to cloud in order to facilitate remote work, trusted access and identity management are increasingly gaining importance. A study found that a third of enterprise security attacks on cloud infrastructure are related to poor role-based access control.7 A Zero Trust approach to cybersecurity (“never trust and always verify”) can help organizations preserve the integrity and security of their data and assets outside of the perimeter across a range of devices.8 Along with this, by enforcing “least privilege,” organizations are able to secure privileged identities.9 In one instance, a manufacturing firm implemented a decentralization model with access layers, based on user needs, to secure its data lake and critical information.10 In another, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced an interim Trusted Internet Connection Policy to deal specifically with telework.11
- Integrated/federated IM solutions: Collaboration and information-sharing across the cloud cyber team in a remote working environment is essential to stay on top of the evolving threat landscape. Organizations are gradually moving away from single-vendor IM solutions to integrated, federated IM solutions to fully leverage cloud providers’ technology to provide coordinated security collaboration across a multicloud infrastructure while ensuring faster threat detection and remediation.
To summarize; yes, the coronavirus pandemic has posed numerous challenges to organizations, but it has also presented opportunities for digitally mature companies to stand out. With the work moving away from swanky and secure offices to homes of employees, securing these dispersed access points is essential for a protected IT infrastructure. That challenge comes with great complexity across an unimaginably heterogenous network, and a tiered (federated) security model needs to be implemented to enable dynamic threat intelligence and remediation. With embedded zero-anonymity security features, multifactor authentication, and privileged access management, organizations can effectively govern network access at scale. And lastly, with higher security system interoperability and team collaboration through federated IM solutions, organizations can achieve faster threat detection and remediation while working remotely.
Ultimately, a robust federated security backbone can enable organizations to effectively navigate through the complex virtual business infrastructure and thrive in these uncertain times.
This is the third post in a four-part series on the future work infrastructure. To read the first and second posts, click here.
To read the related Article on Deloitte Insights, click here.
1 Roy Maurer, “SHRM: Employers Say Remote Work Not Here to Stay,” SHRM, May 5, 2020.
2 International Labor Organization, “COVID-19 and labour statistics,” accessed July 30, 2020.
3 Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, “Next Steps for Cloud Infrastructure Beyond the Pandemic,” Information Week, April 29, 2020.
4 Weiliang Luo, Li Xu, Zhenxin Zhan, Qingji Zheng, and Shouhuai Xu, “Federated Cloud Security Architecture for Secure and Agile Clouds”; Department of Homeland Security, “Federated Security,” accessed July 30, 2020.
5 M. Hatala, Ty Mey Eap, and A. Shah, “Federated security: lightweight security infrastructure for object repositories and Web services,” International Conference on Next Generation Web Services Practices (NWeSP'05), Seoul, South Korea, 2005, pp. 6 pp.-, doi: 10.1109/NWESP.2005.41.
6 Yuri Demchenko, Canh Ngo, Cees de Laat, and Craig Lee, “Federated Access Control in Heterogeneous Intercloud Environment: Basic Models and Architecture Patterns.”
7 Bill Doerrfeld, “3 Key Issues With Hybrid Cloud Transformation,” DevOps.com, July 28, 2020.
8 Deloitte, “Zero Trust cybersecurity: Never trust, always verify,” Dbriefs webinar, July 30, 2020.
9 Louis Columbus, “Protecting Privileged Identities In a Post-COVID-19 World,” Forbes, May 10, 2020.
10 Nikhar Aggarwal, “Charting out your multi-cloud strategy,” ETCIO, March 18, 2020.
11 Libby Bacon, Sean Morris, and Nicole Overley, COVID-19 and the virtualization of government, Deloitte Insights, April 28, 2020.
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During the Cannes Festival Jameson CineFest’s festival director was elected to another 3 years into the board of CICAE, the international organization collecting art cinemas all over the world. CICAE includes more than 3000 cinemas and 15 festivals from 29 countries. Furthermore, during his stay in Cannes Tibor Bíró took part in MEDIA Salles’s general assembly where he was invited to member of the organization’s Executive Committee. Hungary’s Art Cinema Association and the Hungarian Cinema Owners’ Association are members of MEDIA Salles, which organizes such international film professional events as DiGiTraining Plus that will be held from 29th August to 2nd September in Amsterdam.
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Washington – U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, co-chairman of the Blue Dog coalition of conservative Democrats, voted “no” last year when President Barack Obama’s health care reform proposal came before the House. So did U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell.
But when the Republicans vote today on repealing the health care law, both Shuler and Kissell, Democrats from North Carolina, will side with their fellow Democrats to keep the law.
Shuler earlier this year said that doing away with reform now would be “immoral.” Kissell has told constituents that he would rather chip away at the law through changes and that, in any case, with Obama in the White House and the Democrats still controlling the Senate, the Republican House effort is a doomed effort.
“Simply put: we must live in a reality-based world,” Kissell wrote in a column he disseminates in District 8. “Those who are saying they are able to repeal the law are ultimately misleading the people.”
Of North Carolina’s Democrats, only U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, a member of the Blue Dogs, is likely to vote with Republicans. He opposed the health care overhaul last year and promised during a tough re-election campaign last fall that he would vote to repeal it.
Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, said he was surprised that Kissell and Shuler weren’t being as consistent with their votes.
“You know the Republicans are going to go after Shuler hard on this, and Kissell too,” Sabato said, predicting the GOP would knock them for voting with Democratic leadership.
He pointed out, though, that elections come along every two years, and that in 2012 they’ll be looking at a different electorate — one with higher turnout and more minorities.
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“This vote may fit the presidential electorate, just like the vote last year fit the mid-term electorate,” Sabato said.
Other Democrats worked this week to draw attention to Republicans’ plan, hoping to see some residual political benefit in the process.
“Politically, I think it has significance for both them and us. It refines the issue in the public’s mind,” said U.S. Rep. Mel Watt, a Democrat from Charlotte who supports the reform law. “I think people are beginning to change their opinions; even a number of those who opposed health care reform are beginning to change their opinions.”
In Washington, Obama administration officials held conference calls with reporters, touting what they called the law’s successes.
U.S. Small Business Administrator Karen Mills said a recent report from the Kaiser Foundation showed that among businesses with fewer than 200 workers, there was a 9 percent rise in the past year in companies providing health insurance. Among companies with fewer than 10 employees, she said, the jump was 13 percent.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report Tuesday estimating that up to 129 million Americans under 65 have pre-existing conditions that could be affected by repeal.
And Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a district-by-district breakdown on how many people would be affected by repeal – a handy talking point for members trying to get a message to their constituents.
Up to 13,600 small businesses in Kissell’s 8th District, for example, would lose tax credits if the law is repealed, according to the breakdown.
Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce committee estimate that between 1.6 million and 4.1 million North Carolinians could be denied insurance because of pre-existing conditions.
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