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Three days in Hobart offer plenty of time to experience Tasmania’s historic sites, natural wonders, and delicious cuisine. Take advantage of money-saving combo deals and sightseeing passes, spend longer at the sights that interest you most, and customize your itinerary to suit your interests.
Lark Distillery might not be the first of its kind in Tasmania, but prior to 1992 when Lark Distillery opened, the last time Tasmania had a whiskey distillery was 1839. Though 150 years may have passed, Tasmania still produces ingredients that go into premium whiskey, and as staff will tell you when taking a tour of the Lark Distillery grounds, it’s the premium, fresh, island-grown ingredients that make the whiskey a smashing success. Even if you don’t take part in the tour, Hobart travelers can enjoy a drink at the popular cellar door, where 150 different whiskeys create a premium tasting experience unrivaled by any in town.
10:30am-7pm on Sunday-Thursday, and 10:30am-11pm on weekends
14 Davey Street, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
The Lark Distillery in on the Hobart waterfront and conveniently located downtown. The three-hour distillery tour begins at the waterfront and then travels 20 minutes to where the actual distilling of whiskey takes place. The distillery is closed on the second Monday of every month, and tour participants must be 18 years old to sample the drinks on the tour.
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- Things to do in Tasmania
- Things to do in Melbourne
- Things to do in Yarra Valley
- Things to do in Ballarat
- Things to do in Victoria
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- Things to do in New South Wales
- Things to do in South Island
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- Things to do in Northern Territory
- St. David's Cathedral
- Maritime Museum of Tasmania
- Mawson's Hut Replica Museum
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
- Sullivan's Cove
- Hobart Salamanca Market
- Parliament House
- Constitution Dock
- Macquarie Wharf Cruise Ship Terminal (Hobart Cruise Port)
- Hobart Convict Penitentiary
- Battery Point
- St. George's Anglican Church
- South Hobart
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I had never done pebbling and I was amazed at how much thread it ate and how much time it took. I cleaned out my local shop's thread 3 times in the course of pebbling the blue. By this time it was November and I decided that it would be finished by Christmas no matter what. During all of my pebbling I was thinking of how to quilt the yellow and decided to do a flower. I found a template at the LQQ and modified it slightly ti fit the space I had. That part did go quickly!
I honestly think the back is my favorite part. I used blue thread for the pebbling, yellow thread for the flowers and I love that you can clearly see them on the back. I'm not sure of the final dimensions as I totally forgot to measure it LOL. They have been using it as a lap quilt for 4 months now and it has been washed multiple times. I just love the texture and dimension that the pebbling adds. It almost makes me want to tackle some more pebbling. Almost.

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Prisons and Poverty: A Nation in Crisis
The United States spends more on prisons and incarcerates more people than any other industrialized country in the world. Over 5 million are in prison, on parole or probation, or are incarcerated in INS detention centers. Between 1971 and 1992, public spending on prisons alone jumped from $2.3 billion to $31.2 billion. Altogether, corrections spending is growing at a faster rate than Medicaid, higher education, and Aid to Families with Dependent Children. In 1995, prison building expenditures jumped by $926 million while university construction dropped by $954 million.
Prisons and Profit
Prisons soak up over $32 billion while generating billions of dollars in profit for big business. Corporations are receiving a growing proportion of our tax dollars to operate private prisons and provide services. Between 1987 and 1996, the number of inmates in private prisons jumped from 3,122 to 78,000. The prison industry generates an estimated $40 billion a year.
- Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) is the largest private prison corporation in the world.
- American Express and General Electric invested in private prisons in Oklahoma and Tennessee.
- AT&T, Sprint, and MCI charge inmates and their families as much as 6 times the normal cost of a long-distance call within the U.S.
- Chevron, TWA, and Victoria’s Secret use prison labor to do data entry, book telephone reservations, and make lingerie at 23 cents an hour.
- UNICOR, the federal prison industry corporation, uses inmates to make recycled furniture at $40 a month for a 40-hour work week.
- The Oregon Prison Industries manufacture “Prison Blues” blue jeans which it promotes with an ad showing a young Latino inmate saying, “I say we should make bell bottoms. They say I’ve been here too long.”
Prisons and Social Control: Who goes to prison?
The so-called “War on Drugs” has made poor people, people of color, women, youth, and undocumented immigrants the primary targets of the prison industrial complex.
- In 1994, one in three black men between the ages of 20–29 were in prison, jail, on probation or on parole. In 1995, 47% of state and federal inmates were black, the largest group behind bars. Black men were 7 times more likely than white men to be in prison.
- In 1993, Asians, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaskan natives made up 2% of prison population. Native Americans are 10 times more likely than whites to be imprisoned.
- Latinos are the fastest growing group behind bars. Between 1985 and 1995, Latinos jumped from 10% of all state and federal inmates to 18%.
- In 1993, whites made up 74% of the general population, but only 36% of federal and state prison inmates.
- In 1970 there were 5,600 women in federal and state prisons. By 1996, there were 75,000. 60% of that population are black and Latina.
- In 1995, 45% of state prison inmates were unemployed at the time of their arrest. The rest reported an income of less than $10,000.
- In 1993, the overall incarceration rate for juveniles was 221 per 100,000; for Latino youth it was 481 per 100,000; and for black youth it was 810 per 100,000. Juvenile arrests fell by 4% in 1995, but only after a 64% rise in the previous 7 years.
- 25% of federal prison inmates will be deported after serving their sentences.
- In 1992, the number of undocumented immigrants detained by the INS was 82,326. This does not include the 30,000 Haitian refugees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that year. In addition to 9 INS detention centers and 5 private contract facilities, the INS has contracts with 900 state and local jails to provide detention centers.
This simple fact sheet is dedicated to Jorge Vargas, Little Julio, Marty Mendoza, Junior Perez (R.I.P), Pedro Macías and countless others who have been f-over by the system.

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Out of forty-two years I have known my “lifer” friend for thirty- seven of those years. How many people are able to say that? Twenty -nine out of forty-two years we have been lifer friends. We became friends the year we were Thirteen, thanks to a mutual friend going through a traumatic event at the end of eight grade year. By the time this mutual friend had this event happen, I had about all I could take of 8th grade.
I had secretly been in the mental Hospital for trying to commit suicide, I had lost my most favorite “safe” adult/cousin/grandmother figure. I had lost my great X 3 uncle, my good friend in school had her boyfriend kill himself in her lawn after a big ordeal of them running away, which my mom would not allow me to contact her or go to his funeral because of my “unstable” mental state. Then I was forced to return to school and tell no one where I had been. I was embarrassed and ashamed that I had to face my friend that had went through so much and I was not there for her. So as you can imagine this was a terrible year.
Somehow 8th grade went on. Somehow things kept moving and right when the weather turned Louisiana unbearably hot again, a mutual friend of “at that time my arch enemy” was abused by a family member and would be taken from school and moved to another state. We had all heard the gory details by the time she come to gather her things, as only small towns people can truly know how fast news travels. When the mutual friend was almost there all her friends were called from class one by one over the loud speaker and gathered in the extra computer room. We were told that we should not ask questions about the event, just if she is OK and telling her we would miss her. We were also told we could give her our address and phone numbers. So, we waited and soon she come in. We were not prepared. Almost instantly the silent room could only be heard of soft tears trying to be muffled. I don’t remember much of the visit. It was what happened afterwards that would change my life forever.
After the mutual friend left and everyone went back to their classes and as I moved slowly as to take as much time as possible to get back to class, I noticed Amber in the back of the room sitting in a chair her head in her hands and her elbows on her knees. She was crying. Now I’d like to say that I instantly felt great concern but you have to understand this was my arch enemy that had tormented me from day one of school for the last 8 years. So, I sort of rolled my eyes and walked over to talk to the teacher that was standing there who was more a friend than a teacher in my eyes. Then I hear Amber crying. These were real belly cries. I look at my Teacher and she looks at me and knowing the situation, says you don’t have to go over there and I look at her and sigh… Yes, Yes I do.
I walk over slowly, maybe I was hoping she would stop crying or start calling me names. I’m not sure what I was thinking. I get right next to her and I carefully put my hand on her back and I ask her if she is OK? My memory does not hold every word from this point on. I know that I convinced her to get up and move to the other computer room, because the bell was about to ring and this room would be filling up. She moved rooms and was still crying. I put my arms around her and probably gave her, her first real hug.
She finally stopped crying and while nothing toward friendship happened the rest of the year, the bullying stopped. When I signed her yearbook, I gave her my phone number and said if you need a friend and this is how the 29 years of Us Lifers began.
I could not be more different from my Amber. We have always been day light and dark different. About the only thing we had in common was the fact we both breath air. Maybe that is why we are able to be such good friends. She pushed me to do things I never thought I’d do. I push her to do things she thought she never do. She truly is my better half. There are some people in this world that you call friends, and there is some you call best friends but while I may say best friend that isn’t exactly correct. Amber is my family. She hasn’t been my best friend for years really. She has her best friend, and I use to have my best friend. Amber and I we are family, she is my friend, my sister, my guide, my therapist, she tells me when I am wrong, believes in me when I can’t believe in myself. I am those things for her. So as to not walk around explaining that to everyone its easier to say this is my best friend.
I hate that distance and time has come between us, and that at times makes it feel like there is a void between us. We talk a lot, snap, face-time, but let me tell you when I got to hug her recently … That was absolutely the best feeling ever. Almost seconds into seeing her the void went away. Having a week where we got to talk and remember. It meant so much to me. With our world how it is, I don’t know when I will see her again. I don’t know if we will have heads full of white hair by then or if it will be sooner. I just know one thing is for sure, nothing will change how I feel, no fight, no family, no amount of time, no mistakes, no nothing will every make me love and care for her any less. I am so blessed to have family like Amber. I am so blessed that my arch Enemy is now my friend for life. I love you girl.
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Former Apple lawyer Gene Levoff has been charged with insider trading by the SEC, which is accusing Levoff of exploiting his position at Apple to trade stocks ahead of earnings, via CNBC.
Ironically, before he was fired, Levoff worked as the head of the corporate law group at the company and was “responsible for Apple’s compliance with securities laws.” In other words, his job was to make sure that Apple and its executives didn’t do the exact thing that he was caught doing.
Levoff was “responsible for Apple’s compliance with securities laws”
According to the SEC’s lawsuit, Levoff traded based on insider knowledge on at least three occasions in 2015 and 2016. He also had a history of insider trading, with at least three additional infractions in 2011 and 2012. The largest of those breaches took place in July 2015, when Levoff received information that Apple would miss its third quarter estimates for iPhone sales. As the lawsuit details, “Between July 17 and the public release of Apple’s quarterly earnings information on July 21, Levoff sold approximately $10 million dollars of Apple stock – virtually all of his Apple holdings – from his personal brokerage accounts. By trading on this material nonpublic information, Levoff avoided approximately $345,000 in losses.”
In total, the SEC claims that Levoff avoided loses of approximately $382,000 through his insider trading. Levoff no longer works at Apple — he was placed on leave in July 2018 and was fired in September — but it’s still a bad mark to associate with the company, especially given that Levoff was the one who was responsible for instituting many of the rules that he himself broke.
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The majority of the requests we receive from UK rescues are for help with dogs and cats.
Dog fostering and dog transporting are the most requested, together with finding ‘rescue backup’ for dogs that have ended up in the pound.
Volunteering with dogs
If you’re a dog lover, volunteering with dogs is a great way to help rescues and have some fun at the same time!
Dog transporters needed
Rescue dogs often need transport to move in to rescue from the Local Authority pounds or from private homes, or transport from a rescue in to foster care.
Volunteer dog transporters provide much needed support for rescues, and without them many dogs wouldn’t get the rescue help they need.
As rescues are based all over the country, sometimes dogs will need long distance transport. We often put together transport ‘chains’ involving multiple volunteers.
Can I transport dogs?
If you have a driving license, access to a vehicle and the ability to safely handle a dog – yes you can volunteer to transport dogs.
We recommend that dogs are secured during transit, either in the boot, in a crate or using a harness on the back seat.
Volunteer dog transporters should not bring other animals or young children along for the ride. This might be distressing for the dog and it’s always better to be safe than sorry.
Dog fosterers needed
We’re urgently in need of more dog fosterers. This involves caring for a rescue dog in your home until his or her new home is found.
Fostering dogs – why it’s needed
Every year, thousands of dogs end up homeless throughout the UK. Dog rescues large and small take responsibility for these dogs and find new homes for them.
Many of the smaller UK animal rescues do not have premises of their own. They work with a network of volunteer fosterers who care for the animals in their own homes.
This keeps costs down and often works out better for animals that are used to a home environment, rather than them staying in rescue kennels or commercial boarding kennels, which can be a distressing change for some animals, especially dogs.
Am I able to foster dogs?
Probably yes but it does depend on your situation. A love of dogs is a must, and common sense always comes in handy!
Ideally you will not be away from the home for more than 4 hours each day (or you should be able to check in on the dog during the day if you are out of the house), as dogs shouldn’t be left alone for long periods.
Having other animals or small children in the home does not mean you cannot help. Many rescue dogs are absolutely fine to live with animals and kids. (Always make the rescue aware of the people/pets in your home when offering to foster, and always find out if the dog is suitable for your home and family)
Fostering dogs in need of extra TLC
Most dogs coming through the rescue system are happy and healthy and have ended up homeless through no fault of their own.
However, we often see dogs in rescue care after being abused or mistreated by their owners. A dog may be injured, underweight, overweight, may need basic training or have behavioural issues or sometimes even aggression issues.
You should always think carefully if offering to foster a dog with any issues. Consider whether you have the necessary experience and proper guidance from the rescue so that you can properly bring the dog back to full health, ready for rehoming.
The staff and members at Rescue Helpers Unite will always be available to offer advice and assistance if you need us, and the rescue should definitely be your first port of call if you have any queries or problems.
There are loads of dogs in need of foster homes right now! Could you open your heart and home to one of them? Register as a volunteer to help foster rescue dogs
Volunteer dog walking
By volunteering as a dog walker you can help rescue dogs get more exercise and have some fun!
If a rescue dog is being cared for in kennels, they might not always get long, luxurious walks out and about in the local area, but every dog deserves a good walk, even the homeless ones.
Register and post on the volunteer forum to see if any rescues in your area have requested help with dog walking, or use our animal rescue directory to find a dog rescue in your area and contact them to ask if they’re in need of any help from volunteer dog walkers.
Helping poundies and ‘death row dogs’
Every Local Authority in the UK has a responsibility to care for stray and abandoned dogs in their area. Some house the dogs in their own privately run kennels, some use commercial boarding kennels or outsource to commercial dog warden companies and some use local rescue kennels.
If a dog has not been reclaimed within 7 days, or if a dog has been handed in to the pound by it’s owner, the Local Authorities then have the right to rehome (or sell) the dog, pass the dog on to another organisation such as a rescue, or, they can euthanise the dog (over 7,000 dogs are euthanised by UK Local Authorities each year and even more in Ireland).
Volunteers work with many kennels (also known as dog ‘pounds’) to help move dogs out once their time is up, and to find suitable rescues to take the dogs.
These volunteers, (we call them ‘Pound Helpers’) usually visit the dogs, take photographs and details and then share the information with other organisations, such as on our forum, until an offer of rescue ‘backup’ is received and the dog can then be moved on to rescue.
UK dog pounds
Some areas of the UK are much worse than others in terms of their stray dog numbers and their attitude towards rescue and dog euthanisation.
If you’re interested in doing more to help the poundies in your area, it’s recommended that you register on our forum to see if anyone is already working with your Local pound. If so, they will likely appreciate any assistance you can give.
If no one knows of any help being given in your area already, you should definitely contact your local pound or your Local Authority to see if they will accept your help. Dog & animal warden details should be available on your Local Authority’s website. (Find your Local Authority’s website address)
We hope this post helped to provide a basic guide about volunteering with dogs. We’ll be posting more in-depth information soon but feel free to post a comment below if you’ve got any queries and don’t forget to check out our mini-site all about dog fostering.

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Nephrotic syndrome is defined by proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, edema and hypercholesterolemia. Evidence from both the experimental and clinical literature suggests that high lipid levels are not only a marker of disease, but also contribute to the process of glomerulosclerosis. Lipid mediators, including eicosanoids, platelet-activating factor, and chemotactic factors, can contribute by effecting leukocyte infiltration, mesangial proliferation, extracellular matrix protein production, vasoreactivity, and coagulation. Infiltrating macrophages may play a central role in these processes. Therapeutic maneuvers aimed at the correction of lipid abnormalities may halt or slow the progression of nephrotic syndrome to end-stage renal disease.
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Abstract:The objective of this SBIR project is to develop a man-portable S- and C-band communication antenna that can simultaneously track and communicate with multiple nanosatellites in several planes. We propose a low-cost phased array antenna whose particular design could be adapted to a variety of… more
Abstract:The proposed SBIR Phase II project is to develop miniature light-weight high-functionality multi-sensor systems that meet the requirements for prognostics and health management of military equipment, and their life cycle management and conditionbased maintenance. The systems integrate temperature,… more
Abstract:The Marine Corps in support of the war fighter has identified the need to increase the mobility of the HMMWV platform to conform to the ORD. As operational theaters constantly change and require the HMMWV platform to operate in soils that have a RCI less than the current vehicle VCI the overall… more
Abstract:In order to effectively manage hazardous environments, one requires a detailed knowledge of those materials that pose a threat to valued assets. Through both detector characterization and system modeling, we demonstrated the feasibility of using a Compton Camera based on inorganic scintillators as a… more
Abstract:Exhaust systems have a significant impact on performance of the vehicle, from the automotive perspective, to its acoustic signature. The soldier wants all the power available for mobility, yet has to pay attention to the noise signature that can be detected by human and sensor devices. Military… more
Abstract:Auxiliary power units (APU) offer potential to improve operational efficiency and provide significant tactical advantage for surveillance missions conducted from land vehicle platforms. Current installations have resulted in higher than acceptable noise levels, adversely impacting the ability to… more
Abstract:DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Helminth infections are responsible for severe health problems worldwide, in both human and animal populations. It is estimated that 2-3 billion people, mainly from rural and impoverished regions of the world suffer from disease due to parasitic nematodes;… more
Abstract:So-called tabletop accelerators are a holy-grail of high energy/high field physics and, if developed, as indicated by the Department of Energy in the Accelerators for America report, will spur a revolution in particle physics discoveries and also in medical treatments. This is because planned… more
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Abstract:ABSTRACT: Michigan Aerospace Corporation, in cooperation with the University of Michigan"s Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, will refine existing upper atmospheric models and apply them to the problem of predicting satellite drag. The primary goal of this Phase 1 project… more
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Abstract:Mobile Intelligence Corporation (MIC) and Wayne State University propose a virtual teleoperation and visual landmark navigation system for UGV teleoperation in buildings, tunnels and caves. The challenge is search and navigation in complex structures with sparse visual cues, high-latency… more
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Abstract:The DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (Kbase) was envisioned to provide a framework to support modeling of dynamic cellular processes of microorganisms, plants and metacommunities. The Kbase will provide the tools and data to permit rapid iteration of experiments that draw on a variety of data types… more
Abstract:There is a need for an infrared window material that can replace single crystal sapphire in airborne applications. In order to do so, the alternate must possess optical transmission, optical scatter, mechanical strength, and mechanical stiffness comparable to sapphire while costing significantly… more
Abstract:Superconducting radio frequency (SRF) accelerating cavities are being successfully used for acceleration of electron beams worldwide. The use of superconducting structures helps maximize the accelerating gradient, which is a highly desirable trait for applications involving linear accelerators or… more
Abstract:In the last ten to fifteen years, superconducting radio frequency cavities have begun to be utilized in accelerators for light sources, first as passive cavities for stabilizing the beam and later in the accelerating sections. In this SBIR proposal, Niowave will build and test the quarter-wave… more
Abstract:Many lines of research currently ongoing at storage ring light sources would benefit from intense, tunable, few picoseconds x-ray pulses for time-domain experiments. The use of a deflecting cavity has several advantages over other proposals to produce these pulses. A crab cavity does not… more
Abstract:Compact free electron lasers (FELs) based on superconducting energy recovery linacs are poised to open a new market of tunable high power lasers. The primary impediment to realizing these FELs is an affordable electron source that operates continuous wave (CW) with moderate average current,… more
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If humans are mostly made of water, and fish traditionally inhabit water, fish should naturally occur in the human body. Fix this gap in nature’s logic with today’s Groupon for sushi and hibachi fare at Papa Sushi. Choose between the following options:
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Set in a romantically lit dining room decked out in eclectic art, Papa Sushi dishes up finger-licking sushi and hibachi lunches seven days a week. Guests can park their soul vessels at the sushi bar, overseen by owner Mr. Chan, and peruse an a-la-carte sushi menu with specialties such as the dragon roll, which holds tempura shrimp and crab in a winsome straitjacket of eel and avocado ($9), or the pink lady roll, which neatly packages an offering of spicy tuna in pink soy paper wrapping ($10). Or pull up a chair to a black-swathed table in the wood-paneled dining room, where the full menu flies in six types of fish from Hawaiian waters for a reunion in the sashimi lunch combo ($13). Free-range poultry and locally grown Black Angus beef unite in steamy flavor matrimony on a huge hibachi grill, topped by gleaming chrome vents and surrounded by misty-eyed glassware ($13). Though not included with today's Groupon, artful homemade desserts such as crème brulée and tempura ice cream make for a fine finishing flourish while you dine on the wide outdoor patio. Lunch hours are 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and dinner is served 4:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.


By VINCENT ROMEO
February 1934 was the coldest month ever recorded in New York City and New York State.
On Feb. 9, 1934, NYC recorded it’s lowest temperature: -15 F. Upstate N.Y. on that same day: Stillwater Reservoir (in Northern Herkimer County) recorded NYS’s lowest temperature: -52 F.
New York City’s average temperature for the month was 19 F., (normal temperature 33 F.). Stillwater Reservoir’s monthly average was -1.9 F. (normal temperature 13 F.).
A monthly average temperature that is below zero (F) in New York State happens very rarely. The northeastern part of North Dakota and the northwestern part of Minnesota are the only areas in the U.S. (lower 48) where a monthly average during the coldest month (January) is around -1 F. to -2 F.
By comparison: The coldest part of the inhabited world is in N.E. Siberia, where the towns of Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon average around -55 F. during the month of January.
Fairbanks, Alaska, averages -9 F. for January and Vostok (the Russian research station) on the Antarctic Plateau averages -90 F. during the month of July.


Cisco’s Internet Routing In Space (IRIS), the first solution to bring the networking capabilities of Cisco IOS Software to space, is continuing to transform the satellite communication industry.
The testing and deployment of IRIS has been full of industry firsts. In the most recent milestone, TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), Cisco’s partner in deploying IRIS services, this week announced that it has completed production integration testing and roll-out of a software upgrade to OS-IRIS, adding enhanced encryption and additional IPv6 support to the platform.
According to Michael Bristol, general manager and senior vice president of government solutions for TCS, “Cisco IRIS technology is transforming how government agencies and commercial organizations use IP-based network services to accomplish their objectives. This is another milestone in the long-term satellite industry collaboration between TCS and Cisco, and we look forward to increasing opportunities for both government and commercial markets to deploy more flexible and cost-efficient solutions.”
TCS OS-IRIS allows organizations to directly connect sites on multiple continents without the need for double satellite hops or the traditional connection to a commercial teleport. This converged solution enables voice, data and video traffic over a single IP network to increase efficiency and flexibility, compared with more fragmented, traditional satellite communication networks. Customers benefit from increased bandwidth availability, reduced latency, optimization tools and application flexibility delivered by TCS through an end-to-end Cisco secure IP network.
The end of 2011 marked the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010. At the end of last year, Cisco partnered with the Telework Exchange to help convene a panel of telework experts, including federal agency leaders who have pioneered telework programs in their divisions, to hear the outcomes of these initial efforts and share insights into what the future of telework holds.
Reports from participating sections of the Library of Congress and the Treasury Department revealed workers experienced increased flexibility and job satisfaction as a result of having more opportunities to telework. The Treasury Department in particular saw higher productivity, improved emergency preparedness, and cost savings from reduced office space needs. Technology like telepresence has kept workers in disparate locations connected and allowed business to maintain—even enhance—its fluidity and efficiency.
Over the last decade, commercial satellite technology has evolved to consistently provide communications for emergency response, disaster recovery, military and commercial applications.
Cisco’s Internet Routing In Space (IRIS) solution is revolutionizing the satellite communication industry by bringing the networking capabilities of Cisco IOS Software to space.
Based on growth, innovation and market leadership, Frost & Sullivan has presented the 2012 Global Technology Innovation Award in the Global Satellite Transponder Market to Cisco. The Technology Innovation Award is a prestigious recognition of Cisco’s accomplishments in the satellite industry.
According to Frost & Sullivan, “Cisco’s IRIS solution allows satellite operators to better compete in the greater communications industry landscape by offering standardized IP protocols to the satellite market.”
While Cisco offers Advanced Services to assist customers with network planning, optimization and operations, Cisco is not a service provider that provisions communication services for end users. Cisco has transitioned operations for production service of the IRIS capabilities on board the Intelsat IS-14 satellite to TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. TCS provides OS-IRIS managed satellite services for government and commercial customer use, allowing organizations to reach multiple continents from a single connection to TCS’ network infrastructure.
The Global Certification Team is proud to announce the FIPS 140-2 Crypto certification of the 6900 and 7900 Series IP Phones.
The phones received FIPS certificate #1647 for Models 6901 and 6911 and Certificate #1650 for 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961. Finally the 7906G, 7911G, 7931G, 7941G, 7942G, 7945G, 7961G, 7961GE, 7962G, 7965G, 7970G, 7971G, 7971GE, and 7975G were awarded FIPS certificate #1689.
Take full advantage of converged voice and data networks while retaining the convenience and user-friendliness you expect from a business phone. Cisco Unified IP Phones can help improve productivity by meeting the needs of users throughout your organization. Advanced media endpoints in this innovative suite of Cisco Unified IP Phones enhance the end-user experience.
FIPS-140 is a US and Canadian government standard that specifies security requirements for cryptographic modules. A cryptographic module is defined as “the set of hardware, software, and/or firmware that implements approved security functions (including cryptographic algorithms and key generation) and is contained within the cryptographic boundary.” The cryptographic module is what is being validated.


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Could SOFR, Under Stress, Hurt Bank Balance Sheets and Lending Capacity?
A New York Fed study fleshes out “Main Street” lenders’ critique of the Libor replacement rate
Friday, March 24, 2023
By John Hintze
In a 2019 letter to their top federal regulators, executives representing Fifth Third Bancorp, PNC Financial Services Group, Regions Financial Corp. and other big regional banking companies warned that the transition from Libor to SOFR (the Secured Overnight Financing Rate) could adversely affect loan availability.
They reasoned that a risk-free rate (RFR) such as SOFR will fall during periods of economic stress, causing banks’ returns on SOFR-linked loans to drop just as their cost of funding increases. The “significant mismatch between bank assets (loans) and liabilities (borrowings)” would be exacerbated by commercial customers opportunistically hoarding liquidity by drawing down previously committed, low-cost credit lines.
A Federal Reserve Bank of New York staff report, published in December 2022 and revised in February, backs up and expands upon the banks’ claims about the effects of SOFR – an RFR without a credit-risk component – on balance sheets and the cost of future loans.
The paper, whose authors include Stanford Graduate School of Business professor and New York Fed resident scholar Darrell Duffie, says it is “the first to probe the implications of reference rate choice for incentives to provide credit, and the first to quantify the impacts of reference rate transition on credit provision based on detailed data on bank assets and liabilities.” The research found that the impact of the SOFR transition on credit supply “varies markedly across types of banks,” and that the large regionals are most affected.
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The banks pointed out that “during times of economic stress, SOFR (unlike Libor) will likely decrease disproportionately relative to other market rates as investors seek the safe haven of U.S. Treasury securities . . . The natural consequence of these forces will either be a reduction in the willingness of lenders to provide credit in a SOFR-only environment, particularly during periods of economic stress, and/or an increase in credit pricing through the cycle.”
They suggested “a sensible and practical way to address these risks is to create a SOFR-based lending framework that includes a credit risk premium.”
“We find that in our calibrated model, corporate borrowers do borrow a lot more, at least 50% more, in a stressed period,” Duffie said in an interview.
Bank funding rate patterns were similar during the Global Financial Crisis (left) and COVID-19 recession (right), though the Libor-OIS (overnight interest swap) peak in 2020 was lower. (Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bank Funding Risk, Reference Rates, and Credit Supply, page 18)
The Fed report, in accordance with the regional banks, says that bankers are likely to price heightened risk into future loans, increasing the cost for borrowers who in turn may seek less credit. The report calibrates the expected cost of drawn credit to rise by 14 basis points, total credit-line commitments to fall by 3%, and the quantity of drawn credit to drop by 2%.
“Banks will bear in mind that in the next stress period, they may need even more funding, and some of that funding would be at expensive rates,” Duffie said.
An important mitigating factor during the pandemic, Duffie noted, was that corporate borrowers ended up depositing a significant portion of their credit-line drawdowns, which ended up “being a windfall for the banks instead of a big cost.”
However, the windfall was more significant for money-center banks than for regionals, and it’s unclear whether banks’ deposits would increase in future stress events to the same extent as during the pandemic. Duffie said the largest banks retained nearly all of their corporate customers’ drawdownsas deposits, while the regionals’ figure was closer to 40%. During the 2008 financial crisis, by contrast, corporates did not deposit their credit-line drawdowns, suggesting that this may be related to the nature of a given crisis.
Matthew Tyler, corporate treasurer of Zions Bancorp. in Utah, a signer of the 2019 letter, noted that during the pandemic, credit lines were drawn down significantly and stayed in the bank. “COVID wasn’t really a financial crisis for many of our customers,” he explained, “but rather a health crisis where borrowers were worried about what the financial impact could be.”
Jill Cetina, a Moody’s Investors Service associate managing director and former vice president for supervisory risk and surveillance at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said the New York Fed paper doesn’t consider how the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing (QE) asset purchases during the pandemic impacted banking system deposits.
Jill Cetina of Moody’s
She said the biggest banks were able to fund the bulk of commercial-line drawdowns with higher deposits in part because most of the securities the Fed purchased in the secondary market were from nonbanks that don’t have accounts at the Fed. Consequently, the nonbanks had to keep those funds at a bank, thus creating reserves and deposits in the banking system, and especially at the largest banks that tend to service the nonbanks.
However, such a deposit surge may not occur in future stress periods, such as the recession that many economists have been anticipating.
“It’s fairly common in a recession for corporates to draw down their lines,” Cetina said. “But given the level of inflation today, I don’t know if the Fed would engage in QE. The banking system could perform differently depending on the nature of the stress situation.”
Other replacement rates have emerged that are structured to reflect a degree of bank credit risk, including the American Financial Exchange’s Ameribor and the Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index (BSBY). Another in the works is the Invesco USD Across-the-Curve Credit Spread Indexes (AXI), which reflects credit risk that supplements SOFR and would widen during periods of stress.
Adoption of these benchmarks pales compared to SOFR, which is championed by the New York Fed-hosted Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) and strongly endorsed by regulators.
The New York Fed report estimates that during “normal times, SOFR-linked [credit] lines are about 25 basis points more expensive than Libor-linked lines.” The Libor alternatives incorporating credit risk should also be less expensive than SOFR. So far, though, banks do not appear to be pricing a wider spread over SOFR to mitigate its potential risks.
Allowing for Choice
“I don’t think spreads over SOFR have widened, and in fact they’ve actually come in a bit,” Tyler observed.
Zions offers a choice of loan pricing benchmarks. Tyler said the SOFR portfolio is bigger than Ameribor or BSBY, due in part to regulators promoting it. While the bank has suggested Ameribor and BSBY for loan syndications, other lenders have preferred SOFR.
Borrowers consider SOFR attractive, especially since they can obtain additional credit at lower rates when there is market stress, Tyler said. But borrowers holding loans priced over a credit-sensitive rate will see the rate go up. So even if banks were to add a credit-sensitive spread such as AXI to SOFR-based loans, making them less expensive than loans based solely on risk-free SOFR during benign conditions, borrowers may still choose to pay a premium to be protected in stress periods.
“We would welcome a credit-sensitive rate,” said the Zions treasurer. “The question is whether the borrower would welcome it.”


Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a post on X that Lal Krishna Advani will be conferred with Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian honour.
The Prime Minister posted on X; “I am very happy to share that Shri LK Advani Ji will be conferred the Bharat Ratna. I also spoke to him and congratulated him on being conferred this honour. One of the most respected statesmen of our times, his contribution to the development of India is monumental. His is a life that started from working at the grassroots to serving the nation as our Deputy Prime Minister. He distinguished himself as our Home Minister and I&B Minister as well. His Parliamentary interventions have always been exemplary, full of rich insights.” “Advani Ji’s decades-long service in public life has been marked by an unwavering commitment to transparency and integrity, setting an exemplary standard in political ethics. He has made unparalleled efforts towards furthering national unity and cultural resurgence. The conferring of the Bharat Ratna on him is a very emotional moment for me. I will always consider it my privilege that I got countless opportunities to interact with him and learn from him.”
Lal Krishna Advani (born 8 November 1927) is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the co-founders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He was one of the major architects of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.


I still remember watching Mariah’s video for “I’ll Be There” and she had Trey Lorenz come in and sing his face off. I definitely didn’t do that, but she gave me the opportunity and the confidence to use my voice on her song. By far one of the best experiences in my music career. This album is classic Mariah Carey. 🚧🚧Caution🚧🚧 “Stay Long Love You” feat @gunna
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Happy father’s day to the man that taught me how to be one myself. Thank you for showing me how to put family first and for all of the sacrifices you made for Joy and I. You continue to lead by example and I am eternally grateful for you. Love you dad. Ps. This outfit 🔥🔥🔥🔥🕺🏾
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Green Coffee Bean Extract: This Is Everywhere At This Point – Yet What Is Green Coffee Extract?
Is Green Coffee Extraction Safe?
The safety of green coffee extract depends on a couple of elements. Consumers searching for a fat loss supplement ought to study tags properly due to the fact that they are not just the same. There can easily be impressive differences in between products.
Green coffee extract is just that– an extract from unroasted (green) coffee beans that has come to be well-liked as a fat loss supplement. It is not coffee as we understand it! The roasting procedure modifications coffee beans drastically, and one of the things it does is damage the chlorogenic acid the beans normally include. This chlorogenic acid creates the fat loss results by boosting the metabolism and regulating the launch of glucose in to the blood flow.
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By Jamie McGeever
(Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever.
The global inflation focus turns to Australia's November figures on Wednesday, and will shine a light on whether the previous month's surprise slowdown was a one-off or not.
The annual rate of inflation unexpectedly slowed to 6.9% in October from a multi-year high of 7.3%, which is where analysts expect it to return to. Another downside surprise, however, and Asian markets could open with an added spring in their step on Wednesday.
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The scope of inflation data this week is broad. Regionally, Australia's numbers, punchy Tokyo data released on Tuesday and China and India's December data on Thursday are the highlights, while the cherry on the global cake is the U.S. December report on Thursday.
U.S. and other central bankers insist they cannot let up in the fight against rising prices, despite growing evidence inflation has peaked. Among those warning against complacency is the Bank of England's Huw Pill, who said on Monday that inflation pressures risked becoming permanent due to tight labor markets.
Consumer prices in Japan's capital, a leading indicator of nationwide trends, rose 4.0% in December from a year earlier, the fastest pace in over 40 years and exceeding the central bank's 2% target for a seventh month.
The Reserve Bank of Australia's cash rate is currently 3.10% and money market pricing points to it rising to just under 4% by September. The Aussie dollar hit a four-month high of $0.6950 on Monday and unsurprisingly eased back on Tuesday ahead of the inflation figures.
Risk appetite should be pretty strong in early Asian trade on Wednesday after the three main Wall Street indexes rose between 0.5% and 1.0% on Tuesday.
World and Asia ex-Japan stocks are up 3% and 5.7% so far this year, respectively, and China's Shanghai Composite index is up 3.8%.
Investors have clearly welcomed China's relaxed COVID-19 policies, but the optimism may be tempered a bit by Beijing suspending the issuance of short-term visas in South Korea and Japan in retaliation against countries that required negative COVID-19 tests from Chinese travelers.
Three key developments that could provide more direction to markets on Wednesday:
- Australia inflation (December)
- South Korea unemployment (December)
- Japan leading indicator (November)
(Reporting by Jamie McGeever in Orlando, Fla.; Editing by Josie Kao)


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Celebrities and execs gathered at the Beverly Hilton Monday evening to honor Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos and United Talent Agency founding partner Peter Benedek… 505 more words
Jewish oligarchs fund crimes against humanity
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Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) raised a record $53.8 million at its annual Western Region Gala on Thursday night held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. 237 more words
Indian-born filmmaker Mira Nair celebrates her 60th birthday today. While studying at Harvard, she became involved in the university’s theater program, and made a documentary film as her master’s thesis. 936 more words
Haim and Cheryl Saban will donate $50 million to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the largest contribution the project has received to date.
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President Donald Trump’s agenda and policy procedures are making waves across the world.
Argentina President Mauricio Macri has signed an executive order, much like Trump’s, in that there’s an immigration ban on neighboring countering in order to curtail the massive drug flow.
“Peruvian and Paraguayan citizens come here and end up killing each other for control of the drug trade,” said Macri’s security minister Patricia Bullrich this week. “A lot of Paraguayans, Bolivians and Peruvians get involved as either capitalists or mules, as drivers or as part of the drug trafficking chain.”
Bolivia is not happy with the move.
“We have to reject this kind of stigmatization against our compatriots that coincides with Trump’s xenophobic attitude,” responded Bolivian government minister Carlos Romero.
In addition to Macri’s Trump-like “travel ban,” there has even been talk about a border wall in an effort to reduce the drug crisis currently underway.
The revival of the idea of having strong borders and national independence is just at its beginning stages.
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Kelly & Michael: She & Him Volume 3 Review
In 2008, Deschanel and musician M. Ward teamed up for a project they called She & Him. The two worked so well together that they were able to collaborate over email for most the songwriting and took only three sessions to record their indie-folk, California love inspired album.
Now in 2013, She & Him have gotten back into the studio to record their third album, Volume 3.
Zooey Deschanel Character On New Girl Finds Love
The season two finale of New Girl is coming up in the middle of this month and Kelly and Michael wanted to know how the season ends, but Zooey Deschanel wouldn’t give out any of the story lines. She said she really doesn’t know how the season will end but with her character Jess now dating one of the roommates in the loft, things could get messy really quickly.
“I don’t know how it ends,” Deschanel said. “Maybe annihilation.”
Michael Strahan was curious how Jess and Nick’s new relationship on camera translated off stage, asking if it was weird on the set between the two actors. Deschanel seemed to be happy her character was dating Nick. She said it opened up a lot of story lines for the show to take plus she gets to munch on all the mints she can handle. She said with all the kissing she has been doing on set, she always has to remember to brush her teeth and take a mint from anywhere she can find one.
You can see more of Zooey Deschanel by tuning in to New Girl May 7 2013 on Fox.

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The “cloud” that remains over the city of Joseph is starting to take on the appearance of smoke. And where there is smoke, there is fire.
All popular adages aside, there truly is a mess in the city of Joseph, and it seems to be getting worse.
The good news of the council appointing Brock Eckstein as its interim administrator to get through budget season was overshadowed by a second accusation of harassment by a city employee, who is on leave currently and may not return to work.
The news of Dennis Welch’s accusation was announced by Councilwoman Lisa Collier at the City Council meeting Thursday, May 6, and came after the council was already dressed down in a letter by the Joseph Chamber of Commerce and by members of the community who were in attendance.
One accusation of harassment — that by former city Administrator Larry Braden last month — should have been enough for an immediate call for an investigation. This second charge ups the ante.
We already wrote in this space two weeks ago that it was concerning the council kept silent on whether there would be an investigation.
Now, any answer other than “yes” to that question should send up a massive red flag.
Any accusation of harassment is a matter that must be looked into, and the reasons are pretty simple.
Suppose Councilman Matt Soots is correct in his opining last week that this may be a case of individuals being thin-skinned. If what has been claimed as harassment doesn’t rise to that severity after all, the community of Joseph — and the council — needs to know that as soon as possible.
But if these accusations are, in fact, valid, then a thorough investigation must be done, and quickly. The chamber, in its letter that was read to the council last week, called for the individual or individuals responsible — if this is indeed a valid charge — to resign.
We agree, as we called for the same move in this space recently.
We also know, though, that the process must be allowed to play out, and we don’t want to point an accusatory finger until we know for certain where it must be directed.
Which is why the investigation must begin. Immediately.
Residents of the city of Joseph are starting to lose trust in their government. Accountability is the only thing that can begin to restore order and put out this fire before it turns from a manageable blaze into a raging inferno.


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Covid-19 travel guidance
Since 21 March there are entry restrictions to Japan from many European countries, including Sweden. The right to stay in Japan for 90 days without a visa was suspended. Visas issued before 20 March were also suspended.
Entry to Sweden
Since March, a temporary ban on entry to the EU via Sweden has been in force. The Government decided on 17 December to extend the entry ban until 31 March 2021.
It has been decided on a temporary entry ban when traveling to Sweden from Denmark or the United Kingdom. The decision applies from December 22nd 2020 until January 21st, 2021. For more information: here
More information is also available on the webpage of the Swedish Police
Situation in Japan
Measures encouraging social distancing, weaing masks, avoiding closed spaces are in place. Swedish citizens in Japan are recommended to follow the developments and the instructions of local authorities. For more information, please check Japan National Tourism Organization. Information about policy in Tokyo is accessible here: Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Many airlines continue to operate between Japan and Europe, but with reduced traffic, and flights can be cancelled at short notice. Please check the airlines’ webpages for the latest information.
Please contact your airline or travel agency, and your insurance company, about possible economic consequences.
Contact with the Embassy and Ministry for Foreign Affairs
The Embassy’s opening hours are found here.
Read the recommendations of the Swedish MFA about the new coronavirus here.
Swedish travelers are recommended to download the app UD Resklar, with easy to access travel information. If you haven’t registered your stay abroad, you are recommended to do so.
In case you have questions about the coronavirus to the MFA, and do not find the answer at Swedenabroad, you can send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.org or call + 46 8-405 92 00.
Read updated information at the webpage of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Tokyo Coronavirus Support Center for Foreign Residents (TOCOS) gives advice in English to foreign citizens in Tokyo. Telephone number 0120-296-004. TOCOS is open weekdays 10.00-17.00.
You can call Japan National Tourism Organization at any time – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year – at +81 50 3816 2787.
Please find questions and answers about the coronavirus at the webpage of The Public Health Agency of Sweden, här.
The WHO webpage has updated information about the coronavirus here.


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Liberty presents Will Rogers tribute in historic downtown theater
Nearly a century later, Liberty University’s own Alluvion Stage Company is preparing to perform “The Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Revue” on the same stage. The show, running Feb. 1-10 at the Historic Academy of Music Theatre, is the first full stage production to be performed in the theater since its recent renovation.
The musical tells the story of the life of Will Rogers through song and dance, staged in the manner of the Ziegfeld Follies, a turn-of-the-century Broadway extravaganza. The show highlights the wisdom and winsome personality of the early 20th century star known for saying, “I never met a man I didn’t like.”
Department of Theatre Arts Chair Linda Cooper, who directs the show, said that this production is a new style for the Alluvion Stage Company.
“The show is very much ‘old school’ and reminiscent of that time period when entertainment was reading books and talking ideas,” she said. “That seems a little unusual compared with some of the entertainment we have today where ideas aren’t communicated on stage, they’re just spectacle.”
Audiences can expect a show filled with jazzy folk music, colorful costumes, and precision choreography.
“This show is meant to inspire and teach people,” Cooper said. “It’s meant to appreciate a life that has affected us throughout the years. It’s kind of an Americana showpiece where we get to celebrate one of our own.”
Cooper added that holding the production in the historic venue is an exciting opportunity — hopefully one that engages more family audiences outside of the Liberty community.
“We want to get our name out in the community, not just a community that’s within a mile of this campus, but a community deeper into the heart of Lynchburg,” she said. “We want to be entertainment for all of Lynchburg, not just LU. We want to share art, share beauty, share joy, and share theatre with people that would probably never set foot on this campus.”
The cast is led by Andy Geffken, associate professor of theatre arts, who said he enjoyed learning more about Rogers in order to portray him.
“The more quotes of his that I come across the more impressed I am by his ability to articulate wisdom in a way that makes us recognize how simple life can be when we embrace biblical truth,” he said.
According to Cooper, Geffken fits the role perfectly.
“Geffken is intelligent, witty, and affable,” Cooper said. “He’s so engaging and likable as a person and that’s the type of man Will Rogers was. There was a humbleness and humility to Rogers, and Geffken has that same presence about him.”
Alluvion Stage Company is a professional company that invites students to audition for its productions, providing them with the opportunity to perform alongside seasoned professionals, including some of their professors.
“You spend all year coaching and directing others as performers, so getting an opportunity to do it yourself, right alongside your students, is a great gift,” Geffken said.


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Irmo, SC - The Irmo Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that took place Friday morning at the Circle K located at 7435 St. Andrews Road in Irmo. At approximately 1:40 a.m. a male subject entered the convenience store with a handgun and demanded cash from the register. The subject had his face concealed and was wearing all black clothing including a black hoodie. He is described as a black male with a silver and purple handgun. No one was injured during the incident and the subject fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash.
If you have seen anything or if you have any information on this case you are urged to contact Cpt. Dennis with the Irmo Police Department at 803-781-8088 or Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC. You can also go to www.midlandscrimestoppers.com or use the P3 Tips App by downloading it in your app store. You may be entitled to a reward if your information leads to an arrest.


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Rusty Harry is 12 in the summer of 1960, one that is full of surprises for he and his father. Ivan Doig writes again from the fabled Two Medicine country of Montana. The Bartender’s Tale is about Rusty’s father, the proprietor of the legendary Medicine Lodge saloon and the example he sets for his motherless son. I love coming-of-age stories; this is one of the best.
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Not all families are the same, and this poignant and gritty story of a father raising his son while running a 'local wateringhole' in northern Wyoming is a gem in the area of father-son fiction.
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Students do not need to have a GCSE in Psychology to study this subject at BTEC, however experience with a BTEC would be helpful. Students will learn mandatory topics in Year 12 and then will be taught the remaining mandatory unit and optional unit in Year 13. The mandatory units in year 12 will cover the various approaches in psychology and how to conduct investigations. In year 13 you will explore Health psychology, which looks at healthy decision making, stress, addiction and how we can change behaviour. We will also be looking at the optional unit of Psychopathology, which will give you an understanding of disorders and treatments.
This course will develop theoretical knowledge of Psychology and take an applied approach to explaining behaviour. Additionally, students will gain an understanding of how to plan, conduct, and evaluate practical research in a scientific manner, through the completion of practical study.
Exam Board: Pearson
Qualification Title: Psychology - BTEC Applied
Qualification Specification Code: 603/3057/0
Qualification Webpage: Click here to visit the Pearson webpage for the specification.
Standard Sixth Form entry requirements
• Psychological Approaches and Applications (exam)
• Conducting Psychological Research
• Health Psychology (exam)
• Introduction to Psychopathology
Psychology and/or Sociology related degrees, Clinical Psychology, NHS, Human Resources, Banking and Finance, Teaching, Counselling, Psychotherapy and many more. Learners will develop transferable skills that are vital in Further and Higher Education as well as in the workplace. With the BTEC, the knowledge and understanding learnt in Psychology will help students to work with others in the workplace or in the wider society.
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Story By: DAVE BUCHANAN / LANCASTER SPEEDWAY – LANCASTER, NY – A near capacity crowd welcomed the 60th consecutive season of stock car racing at Lancaster Speedway @ New York International Raceway Park on Thursday night as Andy Jankowiak of Tonawanda, N.Y. won the 5th annual Ol’ Boy Cup 60 Bill Colton Memorial race for the Race of Champions Modified Series.
The event was the first stock car race held under the New York International Raceway Park (NYIRP) ownership group, which purchased the facility in late April. NYIRP has partnered with the management and staff of the Race of Champions to put on a six-race schedule of stock car races in 2019.
In additional action, Tim Welshans of West Falls, N.Y. earned his first career Street Stock victory at Lancaster. Josh Schosek of Hamburg, N.Y. captured his first ever win at Lancaster in the 4-Cylinders. In the NYPA TQ Midgets, Kyle Hutchinson of East Aurora, N.Y won the 20-lap feature.
A total of 25 RoC Modifieds were on hand for the first of three visits by the series this season at Lancaster. Timmy Catalano and Daryl Lewis, Jr. were scheduled to lead the field to the opening green flag. Things did not go as planned for Lewis, however, as he pulled out of line just as the field came out of turn four to take the green. He stopped on the track to put the start of the race on hold.
This moved Scott Wylie to the front row for the second attempt to start the race. Wylie capitalized on this as he grabbed the lead from Catalano when the race got under way. Eric Beers eventually settled into second followed by Patrick Emerling, Catalano and Chuck Hossfeld.
Emerling, a former Ol’ Boy Cup winner, wasted little time as he moved from his seventh starting position to take over second from Beers on lap 6. The race continued just past the halfway point without another caution as Wylie and Emerling pulled out to a slight advantage over the field.
Jankowiak started 10th after winning his heat race. He passed Hossfeld for third on lap 14, but was over a second behind the leaders at this point. Jankowiak made up the ground, and was challenging Emerling for second right before the caution came out on lap 31 for a spin by Jake Rought.
The race took a dramatic turn following a restart on lap 34. Wylie and Emerling were racing for the lead in turn two when the pair made contact. Wylie suffered a damaged left front wheel, and lost control of the car. A few cars were caught up in the chaos the ensued. Daryl Lewis, Jr. hit a Thermal Foam block protecting an infield light pole, but was able to drive away. Jack Ely suffered the worst damaged, which ended his night. Wylie’s night was also done after leading the first 34 laps.
Emerling lost momentum when he made contact with Wylie and slipped back to second place. Jankowiak was scored as the leader when the race restarted followed by Emerling, Catalano, Hossfeld and Beers.
Catalano got past Emerling for second on the restart. This allowed Jankowiak to pull away as the pair battled for position. He looked to be on cruise control to an easy victory when a pair of yellow flags on lap 48 bunched the field up one more time.
Emerling regained second on the restart, and then went after Jankowiak to try and take the lead. He hounded Jankowiak throughout the final 10 laps, looking to make an inside move. While Emerling looked to have the stronger car, Jankowiak did a masterful job of not relinquishing the inside line.
Jankowiak held on to capture the Ol’ Boy Cup V for his fourth career RoC Modified win at Lancaster. He has won four of the last ten RoC races at Lancaster dating back to the start of the 2017 season.
While he has done a lot of traveling to other tracks up and down the East Coast this season, Jankowiak was happy to be back in victory lane at the track he grew up at. “It is fun going in the truck to Riverhead, Bowman Gray and Seekonk, but this is home, and I’m glad so many fans came out to support this race tonight at Lancaster,” said Jankowiak.
Emerling had to settle for second followed by Hossfeld, Catalano and Beers. The RoC Modifieds return to Lancaster on August 17 for the 30th annual Tommy Druar/Tony Jankowiak Memorial 110.
Front row starters Mark Hoch and Tim Welshans battled for the duration of the 30-lap Street Stock feature. Hoch led the opening seven laps from the pole while followed closely by Welshans. There was one caution during the race. It came on lap 7 when Ken Maltby and Rich Sharpe got together off of turn two.
Welshans took advantage of the restart to take the lead from Hoch. He then held off Hoch for the final 22 laps, without a caution, to capture his first ever Street Stock win at Lancaster. Hoch finished second followed by Nik Welshans, Max Northem and Tommy Wentland. A total of 23 Street Stocks were on hand.
The 4-Cylinder 20-lap feature had several caution periods, but also had some intense battles for the lead throughout. Former track champion, Dan Dressel, grabbed the initial lead from the pole position. He led until lap 3 when Dave Brunka and Jacob Gustafson got by him.
Josh Schosek started ninth in the 19-car field, but passed Gustafson for second by lap 5. He got by Brunka for the lead just two laps later.
Gustafson landed back in second to battle Schosek for a second time. The young driver from Webster, N.Y. used the outside line to challenge Schosek for the lead. Gustafson managed to take the lead on lap 13, but could only hold it for three laps.
Schosek took the lead back for good on lap 16, and he survived two restarts with less than three laps to go to capture his first win at Lancaster. Gustafson finished second followed by Jason Anasiewicz, Dressel and Brunka.
Kyle Hutchinson dominated the NYPA TQ Midgets feature as he led all 20 laps from the pole. He faced a couple challenges from eventual runner up Dave Wollaber. Andy Nye finished in third. Andy Jankowiak started last, and made his way up to fourth by race’s end. Erik Musto rounded out the top five.
The next stock car event at Lancaster Speedway @ NYIRP is Thursday, July 11 with the Joe Reilly Tribute 54 for the RoC Sportsman Series. The Street Stocks, 4-Cylinders and NYPA TQ Midgets will be back in action as well.
RACE OF CHAMPIONS MODIFIED SERIES
Fast Qualifier: Mike Leaty – 17.232
Heat Winners: Eric Beers, Andy Jankowiak, Tommy Catalano
Ol’ Boy Cup V Finish: ANDY JANKOWIAK, Patrick Emerling, Chuck Hossfeld, Tommy Catalano, Eric Beers, Amy Catalano, Daren Scherer, Daryl Lewis, Jr., Owen Bednasz, John Barber, Chris Ridsdale, Dan Majchrzak, Austin Beers, Mike Leaty, Jake Rought, Bobby Weber, Timmy Catalano, Alan Bookmiller, Chris Finocchario, Scott Wylie, Jack Ely, Karl Hehr, Kevin Miller, George Skora III, Danny Knoll, Jr.
Heat Winners: Tim Welshans, Tommy Wentland, Max Northem
Feature: TIM WELSHANS, Mark Hoch, Nik Welshans, Max Northem, Tommy Wentland, Mike Scott, Tom Northem, Chris Powers, Rich Sharpe, Mike Dalfonso, Ken Maltby, Lou Carbone, Jerry Kosmowski, Tim Garlock, Frank Prell, Chris Handley, Rich Carnes, Mike Rogers, Wes Lebar, Jim Dauer, Scott Chaplin, Michele Russo DNS: Scott Soos
Heat Winners: Kevin Bainbridge, Jacob Gustafson
Feature: JOSH SCHOSEK, Jacob Gustafson, Jason Anasiewicz, Dan Dressel, David Brunka, Kevin Bainbridge, Dave Milbrand, Jr., Andy Danielwicz, Dave Evans, Robert Palmer, Casey Pew, Mason Offhaus, Kyle Casper, Charles Palmer, Ross Bulger, Jr., Chris Pennell, Tommy Hughes, Bob Bogner, Jimmy Pierce
NYPA TQ MIDGETS
Heat Winners Bobby Holmes, Kyle Hutchinson
Feature: KYLE HUTCHINSON, Dave Wollaber, Andy Nye, Andy Jankowiak, Erik Musto, Bobby Holmes, AJ Hessler, Brandon Zavarella, Vinny Christiano, Jr., Vinny Christiano III, Arik McGruder, Tony Patrea, Ted Jones, Chad Haywood, Pat Smith, Sean McNamara, Cameron Ruggiero, Chester Haywood, Jim Musto, Mark Schulz, Kevin Wilson, Tim Ruggerio


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Emmanuel macron has posted on his Twitter page. The French President was his Russian counterpart to the aircraft before flying to Australia, and it was about a nuclear deal with Iran.
Earlier during his visit to the US macron tried to convince President Donald Trump not to abandon an agreement with the Tehran agreement. The parties agreed on a compromise: to extend the old agreement, not cancellation. In particular, it is proposed that the document is not affected tolko. Iran’s nuclear program, and ballistic. Otherwise, trump threatened to withdraw from the agreement. . In January, he gave his European partners 4 months to revise the parameters of the transaction.
Moscow, one of the guarantors of the agreement, believes that no alternative to it, and that questioning him Washington may open a Pandora’s box. Tehran has the promise to resurrect his nuclear program and to boost the development of ballistic weapons.


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Decades ago when a family had 9 or 10 kids we thought of that as large, however, today, anyone having 4 – 5 children is considered large. The average home in western society now has two to three children. Is population exploding or declining?
Couples are also deciding to have only one child while many choosing not to have kids at all but rather have a fur baby instead. The shift is worldwide in most western countries, indeed in the city areas.
Even in regional areas, there is a marked decline in the number of children re household. While it is still regarded as an advantage to have several children to work on the land and pass on the family farm, in the city’s children are deemed more of an added expense to our lifestyle. We often complain about the changes to our lifestyle that are required when our kids come along. Women seem now to be challenged career-wise when they have kids, whereas it makes little to no difference to dad.
What the UN says population is exploding before declining
The United Nations maintains that the world’s population, now seven billion, will grow to 11 billion (exploding) before it levels off. However, there is growing belief now pointing to the population peaking at nine billion between 2040 and 2060. Then it is expected to start declining steadily. We all understand an exploding population will drain our already limited resources, be more challenging to feed the population and threaten climate change. W find the balance very challenging to obtain. Too many people can destroy our plant while not enough population means a lower quality lifestyle.
Many governments, including the Australian government, is aiming to grow its population with paid maternity leave, subsidised day-care and after school care, family tax payments and child support where applicable. The population is now under the sustainable amount of 2.1 per cent. It is immigration that is used to sustain our population.
One of the reasons for this is urbanisation. More people are moving away from the regional areas into urban and highly populated city areas. This results in more women working, fewer children being born and more isolated family structures. Lower religious affiliations may also have an impact on having fewer children than previous generations. Traditional forms of religion pointed to more subordinate women encouraged to marry, have children and care of the family. With many ignoring religious following, women are becoming independent, educated and enjoying choices for perhaps the first time in history.
Did China One child policy work?
If we look at the one-child policy in China, that ended in 2015, we find fewer families choosing to have more children even though they can have two children now. Something the Chinese government did not expect. They, like many countries in years to come, are struggling to find enough children to take up the multitude of jobs needed to grow a thriving community while caring for its ageing population.
With lower population growth, we will have fewer people working, less jobs being filled, lower taxes being paid and higher drain on government spending. How we will move in the future with our decision to have children, how many or even not have any at all, will depend on how kids may fit in with our lifestyle. While this is not wrong for our couples, nor the planet, it may be of concern for the economic development of countries. Therefore, is our population exploding before declining?
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Medical Marijuana Industry Rattled By the Moves of Federal Prosecutors
Steve Berg, a venture capitalist believed he had an unquestionable business model.
His San Francisco firm, the ArcView Group, vowed to find “angel investors” for business startups that offer products and sevices for the $1.5 billion medical marijuana industry in California.
But last week, the U.S. prosecutors in the state announced legal actions against targeted dispensaries of medical marijuana, and threatened the landlords with property seizures.
All of a sudden, the burgeoning medical marijuana sector in California is dealing with fear and introspection. Advocates for the industry are calling for more state regulation in the hope that such action would weed out bad elements in the trade, and ultimately, ward off the feds.
The action of the government has left politicians, medical marijuana businesses, and potential investors contemplating the risks of operating in the industry.
Berg, whose firm is seeking to fund companies that offer legal services, sales software, marijuana vaporizers and many other items for dispensaries, was one of the panelists at a previously scheduled forum on “jobs in the legal cannabis industry.”
The mood at last weekend’s event was unexpectedly grim. The day before, the four U.S. attorneys in California has declared that the medical marijuana law of the state had been “hijacked by profiteers” and touted charges against dispensaries and speculators, whom they claim is raking in tremendous amounts of profits from the supposedly nonprofit marijuana stores.
Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a Democrat from San Francisco, said that the federal actions are a clear signal for California lawmakers which should galvanize them into enacting state regulations “to provide clear lines” for the distribution of legal medical marijuana.

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