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Imagine the Cliffs of Moher combined with a Mediterranean climate and sandy beaches, and you have the best beaches in Algarve, Portugal. This idyllic area is the Southern most post of Portugal and home to what I would consider Europe’s most scenic beaches.
You’ll find sandstone rock formations towering over spotless beaches and a rugged coastline scattered with grottos (caves) and coves. The Algarve is ideal if you’re looking to escape to a combination of nature and sea.
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The Best Beaches in Algarve, Portugal
While you may assume that Faro, the biggest city in the Algarve region, has the best beaches, think again. The smaller beach town of Lagos is actually home to many of the epic, Algarve beaches you would get from a quick Google search.
While in Lisbon last month, my partner and I decided to take a bus down to Lagos to relax on the beach for a few days and celebrate Halloween. Even at the end of October, we were pleasantly surprised that we were still able to swim most days. (See the Youtube video above for proof!)
In the summer months, beach-goers wake up at sunrise with their umbrellas just to save their spot for the day. Thus, it gets packed here in hotter months. Other than the small population of locals and British and Irish retirement community, the town gets a lot quieter in shoulder season.
Here are the unmissable beaches in Lagos:
Dona Ana Beach
This beach looks closer to planet Mars than it does planet earth. Dona Ana boasts massive golden cliffs surrounding a blanket of sandy beaches. The shoreline is scattered with colorful shells and rock perfect for collecting. Since the beach is so vast, you really have a lot of space to stretch out and soak up the sun.
Dona Camillo Beach
This is not only my favorite beach in Lagos. It’s quite possibly my favorite beach in the world. About a 10-minute walk down from Dona Ana, Dona Camilo is an oasis of desert-like nature, more golden cliffs, and a quant, yet flawless beach. It’s about half the size of the Dona Ana beach, and the texture of the sand reminded me of quinoa! If you get up early enough like I did, you can have the entire beach to yourself!
Technically connected to Dona Camillo, you’ll find the student beach on the other side of the cliff. Luckily, there’s a small little walkway on the beach that will lead you right to it.
This beach is even smaller than Dona Camilo, and is sectioned into two parts. It has much more of a hidden beach vibe to it, and is usually crowded with young people.
Hidden Beaches around Ponta da Piedade
Speaking of hidden beaches, Lagos has those too, but proceed with caution. While walking along the Ponta da Piedade area at the end of the cliffs (highly recommended), we hopped into a fisherman’s boat for a grotto tour of the area! (Just see my face in our video for how much I enjoyed this). While exploring from the coast, there were a number of secluded beaches with people spotted along them.
Apparently some people will hike down through the cliffs to get to them, however I would recommend being very careful if doing this. The cliffs are infamous here for being unstable along the edges. Prepare for an extreme downhill hike if you’re planning on getting to one of these.
Benagil Cave beach
You may recognize this place, as it’s always in the listicle round ups of “50 places you need to see in the world before you die”. This large grotto is located in the town of Benagil, and is only accessible by boat or swimming.
It’s quite popular to visit either by kayak or boat, and then swimming to the shore. Unfortunately, we ran out of time during our trip to Lagos, but are using this as an excuse to come back.
Ria Formosa Natural Park Beaches
Paved with sandbar islands and salt water lagoons, Ria Formosa nature park is a protected region and park, which is a must visit if you’re in Faro. This nature haven protects wildlife and implements sustainable fishing methods. The area even has a few islands to explore as well!
Praia da Falesia Beach
Not only is this beach known for being one of the longest, it’s also know for being one of the most peaceful. Paraia da Falesia is 6 kilometers long of golden sand beaches, just outside of the town of Albuferia. This area is known for it’s laid back atmosphere and preservation of typical Portuguese culture.
Praia do Amado Beach
Located in the small village of Carrapateira, Amado is one of the longest beaches in the Algarve, with each grain of its sand as golden as the next. However, not only is it particularly beautiful, but the beach is also a great surf location for beginners!
There’s several surf schools dotted along its shore meaning that this beach provides the perfect opportunity to try something new and break away from your standard day of sun-bathing and sandcastle construction.
How to get to Algarve, Portugal
There are a number of ways you can get to this Southern region of Portugal, which depends where you are coming from. The easiest way would be to fly into the Faro airport. You can then take a bus into any of the other towns throughout the area.
Otherwise, if you are coming from Lisbon, you can get here by bus, which takes about 3 and a half hours. You can leave from either of the main bus stations in Lisbon.
We decided to stay in Lagos, which I would recommend as well if you’d like to be closest to the best beaches in the Algarve, Portugal. If you’re planning on traveling through the region, you can either take the public buses, rent a car, or take a day tour.
Check out this downloadable google Map here to help you plan your trip!


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Review of Alabama's Compliance With the Reserve or Rainy Day Fund Requirement for the Increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
For the recession adjustment period (October 1, 2008, through December 31, 2010), the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) provided an estimated 87 billion in additional Medicaid funding based on temporary increases in States' Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP). However, a State was not eligible for the increased FMAP if any amounts attributable (directly or indirectly) to such an increase were deposited or credited into any reserve, or rainy day, fund.
Our review found that Alabama complied with the Recovery Act reserve or rainy day fund requirement for receiving increased FMAP. Specifically, the State did not use additional Medicaid funding to supplement any reserve or rainy day account. Therefore, we have no recommendations.
However, the State drew Federal Recovery Act funds that exceeded the amount of the Recovery Act expenditures reported on its Quarterly Statements of Expenditures for the Medical Assistance Program (CMS-64 reports) for the audit period. The State agency did not provide an explanation for the excessive drawdown of Recovery Act funds.
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By Bacchus Barua
and Jason Clemens
The Fraser Institute
VANCOUVER, B.C. Sept. 21, 2016/ Troy Media/ – For almost two decades, fear of a U.S.-style system has fuelled opposition to genuine reform of Canadian health care. Many of those same opposition voices are now [popup url=”http://www.bchealthcoalition.ca/what-we-do/protect-medicare/case-backgound” height=”1000″ width=”1000″ scrollbars=”1″]protesting[/popup] the constitutional challenge to Canada’s health regulations by the former head of the Canadian Medical Association, Dr. Brian Day.Bacchus Barua
In [popup url=”https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/how-good-is-canadian-health-care-2008-report” height=”1000″ width=”1000″ scrollbars=”1″]reality[/popup], our health-care system is expensive, delivers poor-to-modest results, and fails to achieve many of its laudable aspirations. The solution to fixing and maintaining our universal health-care system is to recognize the successful approaches used in other universal-health care countries, such as the use of for-profit companies to deliver health-care services.
The Dr. Day case, which will likely end up in the Supreme Court of Canada, focuses on two aspects of British Columbia’s health regulations: (1) prohibition against doctors working in both the public and private health-care systems, and (2) the disallowance of purchasing private insurance for core medical services.Jason Clemens
Legal arguments aside, the context of the case is worth noting. Canada is one of the highest spenders, on both a per person basis and as a share of the economy, on health care among industrialized countries that provide universal health coverage. Yet Canadians endure some of the longest [popup url=”https://www.cihi.ca/en/health-system-performance/performance-reporting/international/commonwealth-fund-survey-2014″ height=”1000″ width=”1000″ scrollbars=”1″]wait times[/popup] for medically necessary procedures. For example, in 2015 Canadians waited [popup url=”https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/waiting-your-turn-2015.pdf” height=”1000″ width=”1000″ scrollbars=”1″]18.3 weeks[/popup] between referral by a GP and actual treatment. Canadian patients also suffer from comparatively poor access to doctors and medical technologies such as MRIs.
But if the voices of opposition at the Dr. Day trial are to be believed, there’s an incompatibility between medical care delivered by private, for-profit companies and universal health care.
The reality, however, doesn’t match this rhetoric. A recent [popup url=”https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/for-profit-hospitals-and-insurers-in-universal-health-care-countries” height=”1000″ width=”1000″ scrollbars=”1″]study[/popup] looked at for-profit insurers and hospitals in six industrialized countries (Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland) that all maintain universal health care.
For-profit hospitals are found in all six countries. In Germany, France and Switzerland, for instance, universally accessible hospital care is delivered by both non-profit and for-profit hospitals. In Australia and Sweden, governments contract with for-profit hospitals for universally accessible services.
For-profit health insurers are also found in all six countries. Notably, for-profit companies compete to offer the primary health-care insurance in the Netherlands, offer a private substitute for public health-care insurance in Germany, and offer a private option alongside the public system for patients in Australia and Sweden.
Remember, all six of these countries maintain universal health care.
But Canadians need not look beyond our own borders to see the benefits of private, for-profit provision of health services. Saskatchewan’s [popup url=”http://www.sasksurgery.ca/sksi/surgicalinitiative.html” height=”1000″ width=”1000″ scrollbars=”1″]Surgical Initiative[/popup] (SSI) was introduced in 2010 with the express goal of reducing what were the country’s longest wait times for medical treatment.
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Under the SSI, select day surgeries were contracted out to private, for-profit clinics. A [popup url=”https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/learning-from-the-saskatchewan-surgical-initiative-to-improve-wait-times-in-canada.pdf” height=”1000″ width=”1000″ scrollbars=”1″]recent study[/popup] by the former NDP finance minister of Saskatchewan, Prof. Janice MacKinnon, provided evidence that on average, private clinics delivered procedures at 26 per cent lower costs than public-sector equivalents. For example, in 2012, Regina Surgical Centres Inc. provided cataract surgeries at $618 per procedure compared to $1,273 in public hospitals in the Regina Qu’Appelle regional health authority.
The results in Saskatchewan have been stunning. The province has gone from having some of the longest wait times, on average, for medical treatment to having the shortest. The government’s [popup url=”http://www.sasksurgery.ca/pdf/sksi-year4-report.pdf” height=”1000″ width=”1000″ scrollbars=”1″]own[/popup] wait time data indicates a decline of 75 per cent in the number of patients waiting three months or longer for surgery.
The reality is that for-profit provision of health-care services is commonplace among industrialized countries with universal health care. Canada is actually the oddity in limiting – and in some cases, actually prohibiting – such activities. Hopefully the Dr. Day case, if nothing else, will bring these important reform lessons to light for Canadians.
Bacchus Barua and Jason Clemens are economists at the Fraser Institute.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – From the city’s First Ward, Grand Rapids Commissioner Dave Shaffer said he’s pleased that Rylee’s Ace Hardware plans to build a store at 1205 W. Fulton St. because “I think it will spur along more” economic development in that part of town.
Said Rosalynn Bliss, a commissioner in the city’s Second Ward where Rylee’s two years ago opened a new Michigan Street NE store: “Well, I guess we’re willing to share you with the West Side.”
But what about southeast Grand Rapids?
While joining his colleagues Tuesday in approving an amendment to the city’s Brownfield plan regarding the planned hardware store on a former gas station site near John Ball Zoo, Commissioner Elias Lumpkins made a request:
“I’d like to challenge you to do a similar project in the Third Ward,” he said.
While he didn’t discuss prospective locations, the vice president of Rylee’s said the company plans to open two more Grand Rapids-area stores in the next five years if the West Fulton location pans out.
“There’s a lot riding on this,” said Matthew Jamrog, noting that the West Side store would be Rylee’s first venture where it does not already have an existing customer base. The Michigan Street store that opened in 2010 replaced a smaller store that had operated across the street for years.
“We’re excited, but that’s also a little scary because there’s more risk involved,” Jamrog said.
Rylee’s wouldn’t be taking the risk if not for the brownfield plan amendment that will provide about $400,000 for environmental cleanup of the former gas station, such as removal of underground storage tanks, and demolition of an adjacent residential property. The money would be repaid over the next two decades by tax proceeds from the redeveloped site.
The plan last month got approval from the city Planning Commission and, although the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals required the removal of two parking spots, Jamrog said the site has been reconfigured to fit those spaces elsewhere.
The city’s Brownfield Redevelopment Authority will consider a work plan and reimbursement deal Thursday. Also on Thursday, the Kent County Board of Commissioners will consider buying the former gas station site and transferring the property to its Land Bank Authority, which would resell the property to Rylee’s.
Jamrog said Rylee’s hopes to open the 10,000-square-foot store perhaps as early as late February 2013. It will be about one-third the size of the new Michigan Street store and similar to the old Michigan Street store, he said.

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Grow strawberries indoors by starting a plant that has a root and greenery, crowding the container with roots, providing a sunny window and watering the plant frequently. Never let the soil of a strawberry plant dry out completely, and consider more advice from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening.

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Parents who lost babies as a result of avoidable errors at the trust have told The Independent they are disappointed in the lack of action from government on improving safety in maternity units across the NHS.
In the last 12 months there have been multiple scandals at hospitals across England with the care regulator the Care Quality Commission warning too many maternity units are unsafe and not doing enough to improve.
Initial findings and urgent recommendations from an inquiry into the largest maternity scandal in NHS history will be published next month, The Independent has learned.
A year on from when The Independent first revealed the scale of the care disaster at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust, the independent investigation into 1,862 cases will deliver emerging findings from the first 250 cases.
This will include essential safety recommendations for the scandal-hit trust which has faced mounting concerns over its wider safety and quality of care in the last 12 months.
Midwifery expert Donna Ockenden is leading the inquiry into the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust which is also facing a police investigation into the dozens of baby deaths and brain damaged children over several decades.
A leaked internal report last year revealed widespread failings at the trust with repeated errors as a result of not learning from mistakes which led to at least 42 babies and three mothers dying between 1979 and 2017.
More than 50 children also suffered permanent brain damage after being deprived of oxygen during birth, the investigation discovered, as well as identifying 47 other cases of substandard care.
Since then the number of cases under investigation has more than doubled to 1,862.
Now the inquiry team are preparing to publish their first report on the 10 December looking at the first 250 cases. This will include the original 23 families that led to the investigation being called by former health secretary Jeremy Hunt. It was later widened after concerns over many more deaths and injuries.
Details of the report have not been announced but it is expected to include essential safety actions for the Shrewsbury trust to take to ensure maternity services are safe.
Investigations into the hundreds of other cases and specific findings in individual cases is likely to take until next year to complete.
The Independent joined with the charity Baby Lifeline to call on ministers to invest in a new maternity safety training fund for the NHS – a call backed by multiple organisations, including the Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and former health secretary Jeremy Hunt.
The original maternity safety training fund cost just £8m to train 30,000 NHS staff but was scrapped after one year despite a positive evaluation. In July The Independent reported on a single clinical negligence claim for a baby disabled by being starved of oxygen during his birth which cost the NHS £37m.
Rhiannon Davies, whose daughter Kate Stanton-Davies died as a result of avoidable errors in 2009 and who helped expose the failures at the trust, told The Independent: “We are really encouraged that Donna Ockenden’s team are producing this report and making what will be essential recommendations for the trust. We’ve heard many times that lessons will be learned but now these are essential actions they must take.
“None of the other families’ voices have been forgotten they will form part of the full report next year. But I do think it is the right thing to do now to make the essential actions public so they can be addresses as soon as possible.
“We need these changes hammered into the culture at that trust so this is embedded and it’s not just Shrewsbury, other hospitals need to look at this and use it in their own cultural journeys.”
Asked about the failure of the government to act on maternity safety she said: “This is a national tragedy playing out on a month by month basis and no one in government seems to actually care. I don’t think anyone has got their eye on maternity safety.
“It is unforgivable that they have not invested in better maternity safety training. From the perspective of preventing harm and saving lives as well as a cost saving. There is no urgency.”
She said health secretary Matt Hancock had been silent on the issue and warned ministers could not use coronavirus as an excuse for inaction: “We were calling for this months before anyone had heard of Covid. They need to show some leadership, they cant just sit and wait for recommendations.”
Kayleigh Griffiths, whose daughter Pippa died after midwives failed to recognise a deadly infection, said the report and its recommendations were a long time coming.
“The frustration for us as we have said all along is that we have recognised what the trouble is but there has never been any action.
“I hope the trust give families an opportunity to see how they are progressing on the recommendations and the opportunity to challenge them over whether they have been implemented properly. It needs monitoring.
“There has to be a change. It is really important that other NHS trusts read this report and they look at their own services and how they can change as a result.
“It’s hugely disappointing. They need to overhaul training and introduce safety training for all maternity staff.
“Maternity safety training is a small investment against the huge costs of negligence claims and they are letting that carry on.”


All the brightest stars of the music industry will be heading to London tonight, getting ready to be honoured at the annual Brit Awards.
The ceremony is being staged once again in the massive O2 Arena and the event will feature performances by acts such as One Direction, Emeli Sande, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake and Robbie Williams.
There are usually some dramas every year and in 2013 bookies are predicting that the 1D boys will be at the centre of the storm, as they think that the time has come for the X Factor stars to end their winning streak. Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles have been nominated for Best British Band, but William Hill thinks they will lose out to Mumford and Sons.
“The betting suggest that One Direction will get mugged by Mumford and Sons, which would perhaps have been inconceivable just a couple of weeks ago!” said William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams.
Even Harry isn’t expecting to pick up a gong and he told Capital FM:
“We think Mumford [& Sons] are going to win it and I think deservedly so. They cleaned up at the Grammys so we think they deserve it, and we’re big fans of them as well so it would be great.
“I mean it would be amazing to win, but we think they’ll probably win it.”
Elsewhere, Adele is 1/3 win best single with ‘Skyfall’, despite being up against X Factor star James Arthur, ‘Troublemaker’ hitmaker Olly Murs and Labrinth but it is Emeli Sande that is expected to be the biggest winner on the night and she is 1/6 to win Best Album and 1/9 to be named Best Female!
Emeli is expected to close the ceremony tonight and Labrinth is backing her to win in all her categories.
Speaking to the Daily Star, the London-born artist said the Scottish singer deservesto be honoured.
“She’s worked really hard and made a great album – a very listenable album,” he said. “Emeli deserves everything she’s going to get. Hopefully she gets every single award she’s up for.”
Full Brit Awards 2013 Betting Odds:
Best group: 1/2 Mumford and Sons; 7/4 One Direction; 6/1 Muse; 20/1 Alt-J; 33/1 The XX
Best single: 1/3 Adele (Skyfall); 11/2 James Arthur (impossible); 9/1 Olly Murs feat Flo Rida (Troublemaker); 14/1 Labrinth feat Emeli Sande (Beaneath Your Beautiful); 14/1 Robbie Williams (Candy); 16/1 Emeli Sande (Next to me); 33/1 BAR
Best British album: 1/6 Emeli Sande; 4/1 Mumford and Sons; 16/1 Alt-J; 16/1 Paloma Faith; 16/1 Plan B
Best male: 2/5 Ben Howard; 2/1 Calvin Harris; 10/1 Olly Murs; 20/1 Plan B; 50/1 Richard Hawley
Best female: 1/9 Emeli Sande; 6/1 Amy Winehouse; 10/1 Paloma Faith; 20/1 Jessie Ware; 40/1 Bat for Lashes
Best breakthrough act: 4/5 Rita Ora, 4/1 Ben Howard; 5/1 Jake Bugg; 12/1 Alt-J; 16/1 Jessie Ware


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Hey, all! Hope your weekend is off to a rockin' start! It was so hot here yesterday, hubby & I backed out of going to the local festival...we went to a movie & the bookstore instead. Now we're getting ready to watch the World Cup, but I wanted to get this card posted first.
Finding this scrap of patterned paper in my stash is what inspired this summery card. I combined a well-loved set--PTI's Day at the Beach--with one that hadn't seen ink yet--SU's Smarty Pants.
Once again I've played along with several challenges:
Stamp Something--Happy Somethings
Stampin' for the Weekend 40--Summer
Secret Crafter 87--Include a Quote
Hope you like it!
Stamps: Day at the Beach (PTI), Smarty Pants (SU)
Paper: Real Red, PTI white, October Afternoon pp
Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Nestabilities circles & scalloped circles, dimensionals


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SAN FRANCISCO – AutoFi, the leading commerce platform for digital automotive sales and financing, announced today it has closed $85 million in funding valuing the company at nearly $700 million.
The financing included participation from investors Santander Holdings USA, Inc., SVB Financial Group, the parent of Silicon Valley Bank, and Crosslink Capital.
“We are humbled to have some of the world’s leading financial institutions share our vision to bring innovation to automotive commerce,” said Kevin Singerman, CEO and co-founder of AutoFi. “Finance is a critical part of how people buy and sell vehicles and continues to be a main source of friction in the automotive retail process. Finance must be more integrated into digital experiences. With this additional capital we will double down on our mission to bring joy and trust in this market by enabling banks, captives and specialty finance companies to better support the massive transition of offline to online commerce.”
The company plans to accelerate its investment in its engineering and customer-facing teams. With four consecutive years of 100% revenue growth, AutoFi more than doubled the size of its staff in 2021 to 220 employees. AutoFi’s platform processed more than one million automotive financing requests that resulted in more than $3 billion in vehicle sales in 2021.
The investment will further innovation in transformative retailing experiences like AutoFi’s new “RealPayments” offering. This cloud-based pricing platform allows auto finance companies to extend their decisioning and pricing capabilities into point-of-search shopping experiences. In seconds, consumers are pre-qualified for financing and see their actual price and monthly payment across thousands of vehicles; No more uncertainty for the consumer and seller on what they can afford and their final monthly payment. RealPayments is one of the most exciting innovations in auto finance in decades.
“AutoFi is leading the digital evolution of car buying by combining innovation in automotive finance and retailing,” said Mahesh Aditya, President and CEO of Santander Consumer USA. “We want to help dealers sell as many vehicles as possible, and AutoFi’s platform makes it easier for dealers to do business with Santander Consumer, connecting them more efficiently and effectively with consumers, helping complete transactions faster and bringing finance innovation into the car buying process. We are privileged to be part of AutoFi’s growth story.”
AutoFi’s platform integrates the online, remote and in-store automotive sales experience. Customers shopping or researching vehicles online can obtain instant credit approvals and a firm financing offer from AutoFi’s network of leading lending institutions. AutoFi’s customers include North America’s top automotive dealers, digital retailers, banks, OEMs, and online marketplaces.
Financial Technology Partners acted as the sole strategic and financial advisor to AutoFi in its transaction.
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Indictment May Mark End of PMA Scandal
The last shoe appears to have dropped in the PMA Group lobbying scandal.
After a two-year federal investigation into one of the most influential defense appropriations lobby shops, the inquiry seems to be ending where it began — with firm founder Paul Magliocchetti.
Magliocchetti was indicted last week in U.S. District Court in Alexandria on eight counts of coordinating hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions and on three counts of making false statements. His son, Mark Magliocchetti, also pleaded guilty Thursday to making illegal corporate campaign contributions at his father’s behest.
In what had appeared to be a wide-ranging probe that could have ensnared several Democratic House lawmakers, the end result, an 18-page indictment, mentioned no Members of Congress or broader bribery charges. Several legal experts said it appears that no one else will be charged in the case.
Paul Magliocchetti is accused of orchestrating a scheme to use campaign contributions to help PMA “gain access to candidates for federal office, which in turn helped [PMA] maintain and accrue lobbying work and clients,” according to court documents.
Magliocchetti, who appeared in federal court Thursday, was released on a $2 million bond and surrendered his passport. He is staying at a mental health center in Baltimore.
According to the indictment, Magliocchetti used personal funds and PMA corporate money to reimburse his associates, family members and two Florida acquaintances for making hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of political contributions at his direction. Magliocchetti and his family made $1.5 million in political contributions from 2000 through 2008, according to a CQ MoneyLine study of campaign finance records.
His firm was raided by the FBI in November 2008 and shut its doors in March 2009. The now-defunct lobby shop was prolific in its ability to secure federal earmarks for clients, particularly from the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.
Magliocchetti’s attorney did not respond to a request for comment.
While the federal investigation into Magliocchetti appears to be over, there are still some unresolved issues regarding the scandal. Rep. Peter Visclosky, a senior member of the Appropriations panel, has been the target of a federal investigation. The Indiana Democrat confirmed last spring that he had been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury. Visclosky’s Congressional office did not return requests for comment, and it is not clear whether the Justice Department is still interested in his office.
So far Magliocchetti has declined to cooperate with federal officials. However, the once-prominent lobbyist could still limit his own legal liabilities if he were to aid authorities, which could also widen the inquiry to Members of Congress or staff.
The indictment also did not name any other PMA lobbyists who participated in Magliocchetti’s scheme to increase the firm’s profile and profitability by making illegal contributions.
Several former PMA lobbyists have since started their own lobby shops. Flagship Government Relations, headed by former PMA executives Kaylene Green and John Lynch, has been the most successful.
Green said in a statement that she did not think action would be taken against Flagship employees.
“Flagship employees have assisted the government in its investigation. After a lengthy and comprehensive investigation, Mr. Magliocchetti and his son were the only individuals charged with wrongdoing,” Green said. “We respect the judicial process and believe it speaks for itself in this case.”
Several ethics and white-collar lawyers said it was also unlikely that the Justice Department would pursue bribery charges against Members of Congress or Congressional staff in the case because the burden of proof is much higher.
“Violations of campaign finance laws are clear cut and lend themselves to easy proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Jan Baran, an ethics lawyer at Wiley Rein. “It sounds like this is both the beginning and possibly the end of the PMA matter in terms of prosecution.”
Ken Gross, an ethics lawyer at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, said: “When it comes to criminal prosecution, you need a red-hot smoking gun before you can bring a case.”
The investigation has also been deemed a closed matter on Capitol Hill. While the House ethics panel earlier this year wrote in a report that there was a widespread perception among lobbyists and contractors that making campaign donations helps secure earmarks from Members of Congress, the committee found “no evidence that Members or their official staff considered campaign contributions as a factor when requesting earmarks.”
The independent Office of Congressional Ethics also investigated PMA’s connection to seven Members, recommending in December that the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct dismiss inquiries into five appropriators — Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), Bill Young (R-Fla.), Jim Moran (D-Va.) and John Murtha (D-Pa.), who died Feb. 8. — but conduct a further review of Reps. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) and Visclosky. The committee declined any further investigation.
And unlike the Jack Abramoff pay-to-play lobbying scandal, which spurred massive lobbying reforms, watchdog groups said they didn’t think the PMA scandal would expedite transparency legislation.
“There probably needs to be another scandal” before further action is taken on Capitol Hill, said Steve Ellis of Taxpayers for Common Sense. “One of the challenges that undercuts PMA a little bit still is that it hasn’t really brought down any lawmakers yet.”
The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act followed the Abramoff scandal, the “Bridge to Nowhere” earmark by then-Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-Calif.) pleading guilty to taking $2 million in bribes.
Still the indictment was an important step forward, according to Ellis.
“Even if the indictment reads that these campaigns didn’t know they were getting funny money, the underlying purpose was giving more money gets me more access, gets me more earmarks, gets me more clients, builds my empire,” Ellis said.
Paul Singer contributed to this report.


The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) is the first line of defense against hunger and currently serves one in eight Massachusetts residents . But what happens to individuals and families who don’t qualify for SNAP and are struggling to put food on their tables? If a household’s income is more than twice the federal poverty level (currently $22,350 per year for a family of four), they are not eligible for SNAP, but are likely in need of additional resources to make ends meet.
I’m pleased to announce a new, innovative collaboration between the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) and the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) to distribute food to households who don’t qualify for government benefits.
This exciting initiative involves two key components that are currently being piloted at our Dudley Square and Newmarket Square offices in Boston:
- First, DTA identifies households who are ineligible for SNAP but still at-risk of hunger. We give them a voucher that allows them to pick up a box of produce and frozen meats at GBFB on designated distribution days. These packages also include information about food pantries and community meal programs, food safety information, and recipes.
- Second, GBFB will supply boxes of dry, shelf-stable foods to provide emergency food supplies at DTA offices. We will then provide these packages to SNAP applicants who have no other resources to tide them over until their benefits are approved. We hope to be able to offer emergency food supplies at our Boston offices sometime this fall.
Our first food distribution day at GBFB was Saturday, August 20th, and it was very successful. Of the 25 families who were issued vouchers, 18 came to GBFB to pick up their food boxes. Each family received 40 pounds of food including fruit, vegetables, milk, yogurt, frozen beef and chicken. Families were encouraged to utilize the local food pantry network as a way to reduce their 'food insecurity,' or inadequate food supply.
DTA and GBFB will continue to evaluate this initiative and may expand it to include more DTA offices in the future.
The next food distribution day will take place on Saturday, September 10th at the Greater Boston Food Bank.
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Screening lists is no protection against sanctions risks
“The practice that we often see is that institutions in Sweden tend to not apply a sanctions risk assessment or motivating the extent of the mitigating actions. The risk-based decision for this exclusion, as an example, is however neither properly documented nor motivated. This is a risk in itself”, says Lars von Ehrenheim, Director Financial Crime Prevention at Advisense.
Perspectives on sanctions risk management in a rapidly changing environment
The invasion of Ukraine and everything after, has meant that sanctions programs have been put to the test. FCG’s report AML State of Play Sweden conducted end of 2021, showed that most respondents felt that sanctions screening was fairly well developed. When the same analysis was done in Denmark a few months ago, the results were slightly less optimistic.
But even before this watershed, there have been indications that sanctions management has been a weak point in Nordic banks. According to Lars von Ehrenheim, there is a lot of focus on efficiency and the cost of compliance right now. The ambition is to create economies of scale in an area where failure however, be it because of neglect or under-resourcing, clearly is tremendously expensive.
Failure to comply with sanctions obligations is heavily enforced by foremost the US sanction agency Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). This has become abundantly clear in recent years, with the consequences of failure counting in the billions of USD in fines. Over and above fines, the obvious threat to Nordic and European companies at large is to be banned from performing USD transactions or engaging with US financial institutions. Moreover, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a multitude of sanctions have been used as important tools by the EU, the US and the UK to counteract the Russian aggression.
How effective is your sanctions program really?
Swedish companies seeking to comply with US sanctions and perform list screening need to obtain a license from the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Sv. Intergritetskyddsmyndigheten, IMY) in advance. Unless under the Swedish Banker´s Association brokered agreement for this purpose.
Upon approval, an organization should take the first and fundamental step and perform a sanction risk assessment.
Sanctions regulations are in general absolute, but a risk-based approach must at all times be applied first to properly mitigate a potential sanctions risk exposure.
A sanctions risk assessment is the basis for establishing what screening actions an institute should take, what mitigating controls that are needed, the depth and complexity of these. In addition to list screening covering e.g. customers, third parties and transactions, measures can include export and import controls, including dual use goods-measures in trade finance.
Risk assessment and governance
Organizations aspiring to ensure a proper and consistent sanctions management program, must have procedures with a documented framework in place. Efforts can ideally be integrated with the AML framework for a systematic and pro-active approach with clearly defined roles, responsibilities and mandates. Swedish regulations do not set forth any explicit requirements on a framework or functions. It is however typically necessary in a properly defined framework and is specifically required in US regulations including any entity with exposure to OFAC and US dollar transactions.
In practical terms, a few fundamental questions should be considered as a start for a sanctions risk assessment:
- Operational locations
Where in the world do you operate? Any offices/branches/subsidiaries outside of Sweden and/or EU?
- Supply chain risk
Where are your suppliers, distributors, and agents located? If the company imports certain parts of products from a third party in countries bordering a sanctioned country, how do you assure that products or components are not sourced from a sanctioned jurisdiction?
- Third party due diligence
Do you know all your third parties well enough? Have you performed adequate due diligence on e.g. suppliers, agents and business associates to ascertain assurance that good sanctions procedures and processes are in place to mitigate sanction exposure to your company?
This further necessitates performing KYC (know your customer) measures properly, to fully understand the beneficial ownership structure. This will only be successful when the right questions are asked so that sanction risks can be identified.
- Know your end-user
Where in the world are your end-users located? Although your product is sold in Sweden, it can be distributed or re-sold outside Sweden and the EU. The responsibility can stretch beyond. Key questions to consider include if your products or parts of the products can be defined as dual use goods. By way of example of what can be used for dual purposes are the reported parts of high-speed cameras that are used to develop drones in war zones, including in Ukraine.
- International funds transfer
Does the company offer e-banking services with international money transfers? Does the company facilitate transfers and payments on behalf of others? To or from private individuals and local Money Service Business? You need to analyse if your exposure is direct or indirect.
The case involving Sweden, Venezuela and OFAC
In 2017-2019, OFAC increasingly imposed comprehensive sanctions against the Government of Venezuela, targeting i.e. it´s important oil sector. The state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) was fully designated in 2019, and as per the “50 % -rule”, the blocking statue also applied to entities owned to 50% or more or controlled by such parties, directly or indirectly.
In a small town, outside of Stockholm, a Swedish oil company was suddenly affected by OFAC sanctions as it was considered a “Shadow SDN”, due to the 50,01 % ownership by the PDVSA. Not only the company itself, but also it´s subsidiaries were blocked due to this indirect ultimate ownership by PDVSA. The Swedish company was unable to perform USD transactions, its financial stability was seriously threatened and thousands of employees in danger of losing their jobs. Although a general license was issued by OFAC to conduct certain activities with the Swedish company, it eventually had to go through a corporate restructuring of the ownership and in the middle of 2020, due to the restructure and reorganization, the company was no longer subject to US sanctions. During the entire process, banking entities that were either providing accounts or funding to the Shadow SDN, were in constant dialogue with OFAC to ensure that matters were properly handled.
US sanctions can heavily impact your risk exposure if not monitored properly. Since the Shadow SDNs are not listed themselves, you cannot only rely on your list screening.
According to Joachim Rusz, Senior Manager Financial Crime Prevention at FCG, it cannot be emphasized enough that sufficient and adequate knowledge of your customers is ensured and that updates on changes in ownership structures are maintained.
It is also important to note that it is possible to have a dialogue with OFAC to ensure a proper handling and winding down of funding and other operations.JOACHIM RUSZ
There are many public case examples of large and global institutions that have failed to comply with applicable sanction regulations. Even though the area is complex and all cases should be analysed independently, we can identify three common reasons.
- Culture and tone at the top
Lack of knowledge, poor commitment by senior management, and insufficient resources (both human and use of tools)
- Improper due diligence on customers
Conducting due diligence on an organization’s customers, supply chain, intermediaries, and counterparties is critical to an effective sanctions program. OFAC does take recurring administrative actions against companies due to improper or incomplete due diligence on its customers, such as their ownership, geographic locations, counter parties, and transactions.
- Screening software or filter errors
Failure to maintain sanctions screening tools up to date, properly reflecting relevant lists, or failures due to poor “fuzzy logic” screening, e.g., alternative spelling of sanctioned countries or parties, which can lead to sanction breaches.
This is a complex issue area which requires focus as well as a structured approach to prevent any direct risk of breaches against EU or US sanction regimes, or the indirect risk of having correspondent banking partners being reluctant to provide services.
A key recommendation over and above the frequent areas of improvement that we have identified, is generally that a proper sanctions framework with risk assessment and controls can be integrated into the AML framework and processes.LARS VON EHRENHEIM
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Jashpur. In the matter of poor road construction, collector Mahadev Kawre suspended the sub-engineer of the Public Works Department on the spot. A fine of Rs 34 lakh has been imposed under the Forest Act against the contractor for illegal felling of green trees.
In Kunkuri subdivision, the Public Works Department has started the road construction work from Charaidand to Damera. In this construction work of about Rs. 15 crores, the place of rules has been ignored. On the complaint of the villagers, Parliamentary Secretary UD Minz got the construction work checked by a team of high-grade officers. In this investigation, the Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department Mohanlal Uranw has accepted the felling of trees without permission. Apart from this, instructions were given to conduct an investigation on the matter of negligence of the estimate and undue benefits given to the contractor.
Collector Mahadev Kawre reached the spot and observed after questioning the local officials of the Public Works Department. During this period, the Collector has taken strict action against all the culprits after seeing widespread irregularities. The contractor constructing this road has cut down over 66 green trees without permission. In this case, the Forest Department has registered a case under the Forest Act. The Forest Department has imposed a fine of Rs 34 lakh against the defaulting contractor.


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Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima on Wednesday, ordered an investigation into the alleged abduction of 60 women in Damboa Local Government Area of the state by suspected members of the radical Islamist sect, Boko Haram.
Kashim Shettima of Borno State
Isa Gusau, the governor’s Special Adviser on Communications who made this known in a statement issued in Maiduguri, revealed that the governor was worried over the reports of the alleged mass abduction.
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“Governor Shettima has read with serious concern, media reports about yet another abduction in part of Damboa Local Government Area of the state. He has since directed the chairman of the affected local government and other government officials from the affected areas to make very urgent but accurate enquiries from communities. He also directed them report to him as soon as they can, even as security agencies take appropriate actions. The governor views the reported abduction with all the seriousness it deserves” the statement read.
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It further added that: “He is also worried that weighty developments such as information concerning the abduction of 60 persons require careful enquiry in order to obtain information that is comprehensive and beyond any reasonable doubt. The governor is worried that only recently, leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association were reported as refuting similar reports that some 30 Fulani women were kidnapped at a community in Chibok” the statement added.
Meanwhile, the report of the alleged mass abduction was widely published on various media platforms, but according to vanguard, Aji Khalil, the Commander of Sector 5 unit of the Civilian-JTF in a phone conversation confirmed that about 91 people, comprising women, young girls as well as boys were abducted from seven communities in the state.
“The women were abducted between Thursday and Sunday in southern Borno villages of Kummabza, Yaga and Dagu, Damboa local government area, Borno State” Khali said. “Some suspected Boko Haram members invaded Kumanza, Yaga and Dagu villages and kidnapped 91 persons. More than sixty married women and young girls, the rest 31 were young men and were forcefully taken away by Boko Haram terrorists. Four villagers who tried to escape were shot dead on the spot”.
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The team at Cecil Sharp House would like to thank you all for your patience while building works continue at Cecil Sharp House.
In June 2013 the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) launched a huge online digital archive of England’s major manuscript collections from seven major archives, including those of Frank Sidgwick, Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams and many others, made largely possible with a £585,400 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
BBC Radio 6 Music will be celebrating The Full English project this Sunday. In preparation they want you to pick the Ultimate Folk Playlist. Suggest your favourite tracks and they may well be played on this Sunday's episode of Now Playing @6 Music.
John Kirkpatrick, one of the giants of the British folk scene, will be guiding listeners through The Full English digital archive in a BBC Radio 4 programme entitled "Digital Folk" today at 3.30pm*. You’ll hear from our very own Library Director Malcolm Taylor, musicians Billy Bragg, Fay Hield, Nancy Kerr and Martin Simpson, as well as playwrights Nell Leyshon and Lee Hall (of Billy Elliott fame).
We've delved into the digital archive, so if you would like to explore any of the songs and tunes mentioned the links are listed below. Happy listening and discovering!


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A Thibodaux man has been charged with aggravated rape for having sexual contact with a child younger than 13, according to Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre. Scott Hebert, 28, 516A St. Charles Bypass Road, was arrested Thursday after a relative of the child contacted authorities, police said. Hebert remained in Friday in lieu of a $500,000 bond.
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This was Ellie a couple of nights ago, preparing her valentines for preschool. I love her concentration here.And this is the sketch that I used for a layout last night. Sally is the resident layout sketch artist extraordinaire at Split Coast, and I love, love, love this week's from her:
I just bought a couple of Basic Grey 6x6 paper pads and love quilting the patterns together like this! I used Sultry on this page - "I am a dancer."

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- As the 2020-2021 school year begins amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and educators across the United States work to teach students virtually at least some of the time, there’s bound to be some technical issues. And a recent report highlighted how one teacher in North Carolina captured the adorable reactions her students expressed after she was kicked out of her virtual live session.
Good Morning America (GMA) reported that Michelle Westmoreland, a teacher at Mount Olive Elementary School in King, N.C., was reading a story to her second-graders, when she was suddenly kicked out of the virtual session on the platform Google Meet.
She logged back into the session just two minutes later, and all of her 17 students were still there, Good Morning America reported. But the reactions were adorable.
“I’m frantic, trying to get back in the meeting and I had no idea they were all still connected and having these wonderful conversations,” Westmoreland told the media outlet. “They were so engaged, concerned and waiting on me to come back. I’m very proud and impressed.”
She told GMA that her school district recommends recording virtual learning sessions in case a student can’t make the meeting -- or wants to re-watch it.
Westmoreland was able to view the footage when she was booted off -- listening to her second-graders discuss whether they should log off the session.
“Do we just log off the meeting?” one student asked.
Another student responded saying: “She was just like halfway done with the book ..."
All 17 students stayed on the call until she returned, Good Morning America reported.
You can view the students' reactions in the video above.
Jordan Edmonds, a parent of 8-year-old Jett, said she enjoyed seeing the kids' reactions.
“My first thought was, ‘They did a really good job with that,’” Edmonds, who is also a teacher, told the media outlet. “They were trying to problem-solve and were so well-behaved and respectful of each other. I thought it was really neat.”
Westmoreland said she believes her WiFi kicked her offline temporarily, and hasn’t had any issues since, reports Good Morning America.
Students in New York City public schools are reconnecting with their teachers Wednesday as party of a remote instructional orientation period -- which runs through Friday. The first full-day of learning begins Monday, Sept. 21.


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During a plenary session of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21, Dr Lena Chan of the National Biodiversity Centre of the National Parks Board talked about Singapore’s City Biodiversity Index and its progress, and also shared key thrusts of our $1 billion, five-year sustainable-development plan.
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Singapore shares secrets of sustainable city development
A few years ago, Singapore started designing a self-assessment tool which governments can use to gauge how well they are doing in nature conservation and how well their national plant and animal species are surviving.
Today, more than 50 cities are using this checklist, which is known as the City Biodiversity Index, or simply the Singapore Index.
Dr Lena Chan, director of the National Biodiversity Centre of the National Parks Board, said the index has already been translated into French, German and Japanese, and a Portuguese version is in the works.
She was giving an update on the index at a plenary session of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21, a gathering of Asian city leaders to discuss common problems such as crisis and environmental management.
This 11th edition of the meeting, held at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, has pulled in delegates from 10 Asian cities; three cities did not send representatives.
Singapore also shared the key thrusts of its $1 billion, five-year sustainable-development plan, which aims to make energy usage more efficient, reduce pollution and expand the nation’s green spaces.
Minister of State for National Development and for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin chaired discussions on the theme of balancing economic growth with environmental and social needs.
The cities in the Asian Network have a dozen ongoing projects to promote tourism, as well as to come up with counter-measures against infectious diseases and to share their expertise in specialised fields.
Two cities, Russia’s Tomsk and Mongolia’s Ulan Bator, were added as new members yesterday.
At the end of the day’s proceedings, the participating cities made a joint declaration, reaffirming their commitment to achieving the network’s objectives of promoting solidarity and cooperation among Asian cities through joint projects.
They also pledged to continue promoting sustainable urban development and to share knowledge, experience and technology to overcome environmental and social challenges.
The next meeting will be held in Hanoi.


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We now stock Triple Trout Swimbaits, and they are awesome! The creator of these amazing swimbaits hand crafts each one of these, then hand paints them. They are truly a rare and great bait, he can only make so many at a time. Eric was excited when we were able to bring Triple Trouts to The Longfin and now I can see why, they are very nice baits indeed.
The swimming action they have when they glide through the water is very lifelike and similar to a live trout. They move gracefully and naturally, its no wonder they get bit so hard. The colors schemes that he makes them in are always evolving and custom colors come out often. Colors that he makes in limited supply, that are in our shop right now.
Triple Trout is going to be successful because largemouth bass cannot keep them out of their mouths. Stripers find them irresistible as well. The success fishing stories associated with these Triple Trout baits keep pouring in the door. We of course field test them ourselves and quite honestly, they are in all of our tackle boxes. Get some of these amazing Triple Trout baits while you can, you wont regret it!

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The Obama Administration announced Wednesday that it plans to speed up seven infrastructure projects nationwide, including the Port of Charleston. In a statement, the Administration said the project’s study and necessary reviews will be finished by September 2015.
The list of projects, which is part of the Administration’s We Can’t Wait initiative, targets what it considers the most critical infrastructure projects in the country. The news builds upon last week’s update from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Charleston District that announced a reduced timeline and cost estimate for Charleston’s feasibility study. Under the new Administration program, the study and federal reviews now will be further expedited and will be completed up to another year earlier.
“This announcement represents more good news for our deepening project, and demonstrates that the highest levels of our government understand the critical need to advance this project,” said Jim Newsome, president and CEO of the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA). “In just two years, we have gone from not being included in the President’s Budget to now being a top priority. We are grateful for the Administration’s commitment.”
We Can’t Wait is the result of a Presidential Executive Order issued in March, which called for a government-wide effort to streamline the permitting and review process for vital infrastructure projects in communities across the nation.
The SCPA, along with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, Congressman Jim Clyburn and Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, in April sent letters to the Administration and members of the steering committee charged with this initiative, asking that they include Charleston’s Post 45 Project in their priority infrastructure list. The steering committee, comprised of leadership of the U.S. Army as well as the federal departments of Transportation, Commerce and Agriculture, participated in the selection process.
“This is a huge win for Charleston and for all of South Carolina,” Governor Nikki Haley said in a separate statement, “Back in February, I stressed to the President how important deepening Charleston’s Port was and how frustrating the Army Corps’ timetable was, and I’m thrilled to see the Administration has sped up our project.”
Officials say the Charleston Harbor Feasibility Study, which is currently examining the benefits and costs of deepening the harbor down to a possible 50 feet, is expected to be complete within three years.
In February, the Obama Administration included $3.5 million toward the project’s feasibility study as part of the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2013. Last month, the South Carolina Legislature committed $300 million in the state budget to fund the construction of a post-45-foot harbor project for the Port of Charleston. This allocation could cover the entire estimated cost to deepen the harbor to 50 feet or greater, once the project receives authorization from Congress.
With 45 feet of water at mean low tide, Charleston Harbor is currently the deepest port in the region, serving ships drawing up to 48 feet of water on the tides. Ports officials say the harbor needs to be deeper to handle larger ships that will begin arriving on the East Coast once an expanded Panama Canal opens in 2014.


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Every time I post a fig recipe I end up wondering how many of you actually eat figs, let alone have access to them. I know they’re not exactly apples or oranges – they’re a little more exotic than that, I guess – but I love them so much that I can’t resist sharing at least one recipe that uses them every summer. I think they’re something that you have to learn to love though, so if you’re not at the stage yet, I’m begging you to give them a few more chances. Once you do I think you’ll be smitten ferrrrsurreee.
Even though I don’t bake with figs all that often, I always seem to get lucky and come up with a recipe I totally love when summer comes around and figs are in season. Last year it was those Brown Butter Hazelnut Fig Bars, which I was soooo tempted to make again if it weren’t for the fact that I’m constantly trying to come up with new recipes. Don’t ask me how an upside-down cake came to mind, but thank god it did, because this recipe?? SO good.
You might have noticed that I’ve become a bit obsessed with whole wheat pastry flour lately, and this cake officially convinced me that it’s a miracle-worker. The fact that whole-wheat flour and hazelnut meal can make an ultra-tender cake is kinda mind-blowing in the best way possible. Add to that a luscious ribbon of cinnamon-sugar swirled through the middle and that rich, sweet, juicy upside-down fig layer on top, and holy moly do you have a good little cake. Speaking of which – when I call this a cake I definitely mean it’s the kind of cake you can have for breakfast (like a coffeecake, that is), but if you’re into light and fruity desserts, this would definitely be up your alley too.Print
Fig Upside-Down Cinnamon-Swirl Cake
A light and tender whole-wheat cake layered with a ribbon of cinnamon-sugar and a sweet topping of fresh figs.
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: one 9" cake 1x
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
Fig Upside-Down Cake
- 2 ounces (¼ cup) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 ⅞ ounces (¼ cup, packed) brown sugar
- about 15–20 figs, halved*
- 8 ½ ounces (2 cups, spoon and level) whole-wheat pastry flour**
- 4 ounces (1 cup) hazelnut meal **
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 ⅜ ounces (⅓ cup) coconut oil, melted and briefly cooled
- 3 ½ ounces (½ cup) granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 6 ⅜ ounces (¾ cup) buttermilk (for an easy substitute, click here )
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- In a small bowl, whisk together the sugars and cinnamon. Set aside.
Fig Upside-Down Cake
- Preheat oven to 350ºF and grease a 9″ springform pan (I used a push pan ) with nonstick spray.
- Combine the melted butter with the brown sugar and whisk together until smooth. Pour into the bottom of the prepared pan in an even layer to cover. Arrange halved figs in a concentric pattern on top of the sugar layer, cut-side down.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the pastry flour, hazelnut meal, baking soda, and salt.
- In a separate, large bowl, whisk together the coconut oil and granulated sugar until thoroughly mixed. Beat in the eggs one at a time until fully incorporated. Mix in the vanilla extract.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and fold in just until fully incorporated. Dollop half of the batter into the pan and use an offset spatula to spread out in a flat layer to cover the fig layer completely. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar in an even layer over the batter and carefully dollop and spread out the remaining batter evenly on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out free of batter. Allow to cool completely before removing from pan, carefully lifting bottom of pan from fig layer. Serve at room temperature.
*Any fig should work for for this recipe. I’ve used both Calimyrna figs and Brown Turkey Figs for recipe testing.
**White pastry flour and almond flour should substitute well for whole wheat pastry flour and hazelnut meal, as needed.
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According to data extracted and analyzed by Atlas VPN, the United States residents reported 168,818 imposter scam cases amounting to $299.9 million in losses in the first half of 2020 with a median loss of $694. That is more than two times less than in H1 2019 when the US consumers reported 355,866 imposter fraud cases.
Nevertheless, while the number of imposter scams in the first half of 2020 dropped compared to the same period last year, the amount of consumers who incurred loss due to such scams doubled. It grew from 11% in 2019 to 22% in 2020.
The amount of funds lost to imposter scams also increased by 15%, suggesting that imposter fraud is becoming more sophisticated. It rose from $261.1 million in H1 2019 to $299.9 million in H1 2020.
Rachel Welsh, COO of Atlas VPN, advised on what to do should you encounter an imposter scam: "If you find yourself in such a situation, it is essential to confirm whether the person who is contacting you is truly whom they are claiming to be. If you receive a call from a representative of a certain company or institution, confirm independently whether that entity is really trying to reach you. Secondly, if you find out that you were contacted by scammers, report the incident right away. You should warn the person or the organization being impersonated, as well as the government institutions in charge of dealing with imposter scams. "
Imposter scams most common in California
Imposter fraud was present in all the US states, however, some states had a bigger share of imposter scams than others. The biggest US state in terms of population, California, had 13,312 imposter scams in the first half of 2020 — the most out of all the 50 states.
The number of imposter scams in California dropped by 66% compared to the same period last year. Imposter fraud cases faced by California's residents account for 8% of the total number of imposter scam cases reported by the US residents.
Other states with a significant amount of imposter scams include Florida (10,489), Texas (9,944), New York (7,844), Pennsylvania (4,958), Ohio (4,474), Illinois (4,313), Michigan (4,254), North Carolina (3,893), and Georgia (3,731).
The state with the fewest amount of imposter scams is Wyoming — the least populated US state overall. Wyoming residents reported 165 imposter scams in the first half of 2020, which account for less than 0.01% of the total amount of imposter fraud cases in the US. The number of this type of scams in Wyoming dropped by 56% compared to the first half of last year.
Other US states with a low count of imposter scam cases include North Dakota (187), South Dakota (205), Alaska (261), Vermont (264), Rhode Island (426), Montana (463), Maine (473), Hawaii (488), and Delaware (504).

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MIRAMAR — Undocumented immigrants are facing both increased raids at home and arrests during regular check-ins with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
According to ICE, 41,318 immigrants here illegally have been arrested for deportation in the first four months of 2017, an increase of 38 percent over the first four months of last year, when there were 30,028. Of them, some 10,800 have no criminal record, an increase of 153 percent over the same time period last year, when there were about 4,200.
The increases represent a new, broader mandate under the Trump administration to arrest and deport any immigrants who enter the country illegally. Under the previous administration, those with no criminal records and those who crossed the border illegally as children were largely exempted.
"ICE continues to focus its enforcement resources on individuals who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security. However, ICE will no longer exempt entire classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement," said Nestor Yglesias, public affairs officer for ICE's Miami office. "All those in violation of immigration law may be subject to immigration arrest, detention and, if found removable by final order, removal from the United States."
The deportation of immigrants who have committed no crime other than an illegal border crossing, and who are in some cases seeking asylum or who have obtained work visas, has drawn the ire of activists, who held a news conference Friday outside the Miramar ICE facility where several such arrests have taken place.
"We're here to denounce the silent raids, a new practice of the Trump administration," said Maria Bilbao, of United We Dream, an umbrella organization for immigration activists.
Bilbao highlighted the cases of two undocumented Nicaraguan men, Espilvio Sanchez-Benavidez and Charlie Rodriguez. They were arrested and deported in separate incidents after showing up to the Miramar facility for required check-ins. Both were deported last month. Neither had a criminal record. Sanchez-Benavidez had been seeking sylum, and Rodriguez had received a visa to work as a church minister.
The activists said when they brought the deportations to the attention of U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami, her office responded that it was aware of five similar deportations occurring in one week in mid-April.
"We won't tolerate one more deportation. United We Dream is ready to escalate here in Florida and we warn ICE that we will do everything in our capacity to stop these disgusting practices that are separating our families," Bilbao said.
The deportations have caused other asylum seekers that regularly check in at the Miramar facility to believe they could be next.
One such worried immigrant is Jenny Martinez, who arrived in the United States three months ago from Ecuador. She wears an ankle monitor applied by ICE and is trying to get asylum. She fled with her son, William, and says her husband is a gang member who was violent with her.
Martinez said when she first arrived in Florida, she was relieved to find "a place where there is no fear, where no one's hitting me anymore."
But since her interactions with ICE at the Miramar facility, she says she lives in fear of being sent back to Ecuador.
"After running away from criminals, I come to the country of liberty to be treated like a criminal," she said.
She has no money to hire a lawyer to get asylum papers in order, and pleaded with immigration officials to streamline the process and for sympathetic attorneys to help her with her case.
"We're willing to escalate, we're willing to do rallies, shut down this detention center, not just a press conference but with marches, rallies and civil disobedience if it's necessary," said Ricardo Campos, Regional Field Director of United We Dream.
But for now, as more immigrants come in for their check-ins, the organization intends to travel with them to the center to witness and provide "a circle of protection."
Campos said if immigrants are arrested while the activists are there, they intend to take further action, but United We Dream was still determining what that action would be.
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In the wake of the tragic death of Suicide Silence frontman, Mitch Lucker, some scummy capitalists have figured this is the perfect time to cash in.
A barrage of R.I.P. Mitch Lucker t-shirts have surfaced on eBay, most of which look incredibly tacky to begin with, and the rest of the band want to make it clear that they do not condone any of it, and more importantly, none of the money made off of Mitch's name will go to the person who needs it most: his five year old daughter, Kenadee. The band released this statement over the weekend, promising official shirts are coming this week:
“Please do not purchase any bootleg RIP shirts from Ebay / online stores. An official t-shirt & donation fund will be surfacing this week.”
We will keep you posted when these official shirts and donation funds get announced.


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Acquisitive Icelandic raider Baugur has picked up a stake in Selfridges as it continues to seek out undervalued British retailers.
Baugur, which already has holdings in House of Fraser, Big Food Group and Somerfield, now has a 0.5 per cent interest in Selfridges.
A Baugur spokesman denied any ulterior motive. He said: 'This is an investment. We may add more at some point, but we may not. We believe the retail sector is undervalued, so that represents good value for us.'
Selfridges said the purchase is recognition of its good performance up to and including Christmas, store expansion plans and strong asset value.


- Operating frequency up to 60MHz
- 64KB Flash, 8KB SRAM
- Consist of e-Link32 Pro debug adaptor and target board
- Power supply: USB powered (3.3V or 5V selectable)
- Work with BLDC Workshop
- Dimension: 102 x 70 x 36 (mm)
- Net weight: 38.4g
- MCU : Holtek HT32F65240, 32-Bit Arm® Cortex®-M0+ MCU, including datasheet, package information, tool information, etc.
The HT32F65240 is a 32-bit MCU with Arm® Cortex®-M0+ core. It supports Hall Sensors or Sensorless Field Oriented Control (FOC), has an operating frequency of up to 60MHz and an operating voltage range of 2.5V – 5.5V. It is suitable for applications which require FOC control BLDC motors, such as electric scooters, kitchen ventilators, ceiling fans, dust-free room Fan Filter Units and various fans, etc.
The Holtek BLDC Motor Workshop is a software development platform. It aims to reduce the development and evaluation time for products with Hall Sensors or Sensorless FOC control. The BLDC Motor Workshop contains multiple features including providing a means to optimize parameters to generate a project for users’ secondary development, real-time control to adjust various parameters and a real-time graphical display to allow user adjustment without the need for an oscilloscope.
The FOC_EVB board needs to be used with a power board. Three companion power boards are provided: high voltage AC power board HVPB-A (AC 90V – 260V), medium voltage DC power board MVPB-A (DC 10V – 60V), and low voltage DC power board LVPB-A (DC 9V – 26V).


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Many people fell in love with actor Elijah Wood for his role as Frodo in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I have loved Elijah ever since I saw him at a Garbage concert in Los Angeles on their Version 2.0 tour! I’ve since seen Elijah at other concerts including Prince. The point is, the brother has great musical taste, according 2 g! Elijah is all over New York this week promoting his new slasher film “Maniac” and he was anything but a maniac when he was kind enough to pose for a pic with me. Thanks Elijah! Love ya man!

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SOLD.Up for sale is a lightly used Fehrman Peacemaker with leather sheath. I purchased this used and have only sharpened it, never used it. It is in very good condition, with only the normal minor scuffs of a pre-owned blade. It comes with a Fehrman leather sheath.
New this currently runs. $315 for the knife and $35 for the sheath: $350.
I will ship them both CONUS for $275 or best offer.
Thanks for looking.


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Indian manual raises patent questions
Practitioners in India have praised the latest draft patent manual for examiners but called for more clarity over software and pharmaceutical patents
The Indian Patent Office published the latest draft of the Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure on November 4.
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Arizona (4-3, 2-2) has dropped two in a row following a four-game win streak, losing by a combined 51 points to Washington and USC, while Stanford (3-4, 2-3) is coming off an embarrassing home loss to UCLA.
To get a better idea of what the Cardinal are made of this season, we picked the brain of David Ta from SB Nation sister site Rule of Tree. Here are his descriptive answers to our vague queries.
Nobody could have thought Stanford would be below .500 at this point of the season, yet here we are. Is this entirely an injury issue or is something else going on?
“The real reason behind all of this is definitely injuries. We have six healthy offensive linemen and three of them are true freshmen. A contributing factor is that USC, UCF, Oregon and UW are all tough opponents and I’m not even sure a healthy Stanford would have fared significantly better. This was definitely going to be a down year since we don’t have as much talent as usual.”
Assuming all three quarterbacks are healthy enough to play, who should start against Arizona and why? And what does each bring to the table?
“K.J. Costello has more starting experience on his side, something that Davis Mills lacks and was probably a reason why we lost against USC. K.J. has NFL-caliber size and arm strength but average mobility. He looked good last season but did make some pretty bad mistakes. Mills has mobility which is important to conceal weaknesses on the offensive line. He didn’t take a single sack against UW. He is calm under pressure whereas K.J. sometimes panics under pressure. Offensive coordinator Tavita Pritchard praised Jack West for his football IQ and leadership. However, he looked awful against UCLA despite the fact that UCLA has a bad defense. He held the ball too long and took seven sacks from a defense that averaged 1.5 sacks a game before facing Stanford. He should take some time to develop and should not start. I’d vouch for Davis Mills to start since he has the mobility to conceal the depleted offensive line’s weakness but (coach David) Shaw tends to favor the experienced quarterback when choosing who to start so if both are healthy, KJ is likely to start.”
How does this year’s ground game compare to ones of recent past?
“This ground game has been okay. Fifth-year running back Cameron Scarlett isn’t flashy like Christian McCaffrey or Bryce Love but he gets the job done as power running back. At times, especially the UW game, he reminds me of Tyler Gaffney who led Stanford to a Rose Bowl in 2013. Scarlett could be good and it’s possible that the offensive line is to blame as there are a lot of injuries.”
Arizona’s offense has been very mistake-prone and inefficient of late. Which Stanford defenders do the Wildcats need to worry about the most?
“The biggest star on defense is CB Paulson Adebo. He’s predicted to go top 20 (in the NFL Draft) when he declares. He has the length to disrupt passes and (has) astute anticipation. He had one pick and a dropped pick in the UCLA game. Fifth-year senior and captain OLB Casey Toohill has been Stanford’s most disruptive force in getting to the quarterback. Casey has the second-most tackles with 38 tackles and leads the team with four sacks.”
Prediction time. Does Arizona get back on track by winning on The Farm or does Stanford right the ship?
“At the time that I’m writing this both Costello and Mills are questionable. If Jack West doesn’t significantly improve, it’s going to be Arizona’s game to lose. Costello and Mills both give Stanford a chance to win and I would predict that Stanford would win (if either plays).”

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Plans agreed for major town centre regeneration scheme
Property developer Godwin Developments has signed a significant collaboration agreement with Lord Stafford to redevelop the former Stafford Rugby Club ground into a mixed-use development.
The 6.5-acre site, located in the Castlefields area, which is a part of the Stafford Station Gateway, is owned by Lord Stafford and is situated in close proximity to Stafford town centre and Stafford train station.
When fully redeveloped, it will play a vital part in the wider multi-million-pound regeneration plan for the area.
Plans currently include a food retailer, a hotel, a multi-storey car park and a build-to-rent residential development.
Stuart Pratt, group development director and co-founder at Godwin Developments comments: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with both Lord Stafford and Savills on this really exciting project.
“Staffordshire is an important area of development focus for us as we see high growth potential in the region. We believe that the Stafford Borough Council Regeneration Plan alongside the construction of HS2 and the Stafford Gateway Masterplan project will be key drivers to the fast track growth of the town, which is already shaping into a highly attractive investment proposition for developers and commuters alike.”
Lord Stafford comments: “I have no doubt that this development will play a huge role in the wider re-development master plan for Stafford.”


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Performing all of Ellie Goulding's greatest hits, Liss Jones is one of the most sought after and versatile tribute acts in the UK.
Liss Jones has been somewhat of a sensation in the tribute world. With the ability to transform her voice to imitate so many famous singers including Christina Aguilera, Shakira, Britney Spears, Sia, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Pink, Katherine Jenkins and so many more.
She became popular in 2015 when she appeared on The Voice UK singing her rendition of Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ Ricky Wilson, Rita Ora and Sir Tom Jones turned for her! She became part of Team Rita and was compared to her likeness of Christina Aguilera and Ellie Goulding. This made her career in the tribute world easy to imitate these people so accurately.
Performing all of Ellie's biggest hits including "Burn" and "Love me like you do", with such incredible accuracy, if you close your eyes you'll believe Ellie is right there in front of you!
If an Ellie Goulding tribute act is not enough for you, why not book her brand-new show ‘The Many Voices Of Liss Jones’ where she will combine multiple tribute acts into one show. Call us for more information!
Liss performs a 1 x 45 minute Ellie Goulding tribute show.
If one tribute act is not enough for you, why not book her brand-new show ‘The Many Voices Of Liss Jones’ where she will combine multiple tribute acts into one show. Call us for more information!
A typical set-list will include...
Love Me Like You Do
How Long Will I Love You
On My Mind
Anything Could Happen
I Need Your Love
...and many more!
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