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Antique Guanyin with Vial and Parrot, China (16246XLOK) $1450
H: 15.5″ W: 6″ D: 5.25″ | for shipping information contact us at 213-568-3030
In this elegant and vibrant carving Guanyin sits in meditation and feet in padmasana. Her beautiful, serene face is elegantly carved in contemplation with half-closed eyes and bud-shaped lips softly set in a welcoming and benign sweet smile. Her forehead is framed with soft curls and long hair drawn into chignon set behind her striated five-lobed crown and falling in knotted braids to her shoulders. Wearing elegant long flowing gilt and red robes, she sits on an open lotus with a vertical post at her sides; her sacred vial on her right and a parrot on the left. Antique carved i Guanyin statues with her symbols in this condition are quite wonderful and rare and impart a feeling of serenity to the environment around them.
Nanhai-Guanyin of the South Seas images were especially popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties in both the imperially sanctioned and provincial rural traditions; this image reflects both traditions. Carved by a provincial artisan, she is a serene and majestic mature woman with a radiantly warm smile, rounded face and half-closed almond shaped eyes. In meditation (dhyana mudra) hands are in her lap and feet in padmasana with bare soles exposed. As an imperial Bodhisattva, she is regally clad in a five lobed crown and flowing robes bordered in red, but the three part robe is modest, open at the chest, draped in swirling curves over her legs and extending down the lotus base. Most of the red and vibrant gilt covering the image remains, as if in a glow of enlightenment. She is welcoming, soothing and decidedly relatable. She sits on a two-tiered lotus throne (padmapitha) on a concave pedestal with a scalloped design surrounded by two vertical posts: on her right is the sacred vial containing amitra, the nectar or sacred precious dew of compassion, healing and immortality and on her left is her constant companion the parrot symbolizing filial piety. The Pure Land Sutra describes the Pure Land with parrots who help those who have achieved rebirth in the Western Paradise. The oval-shaped closed cavity (bung) indicates it was consecrated, probably for a wealthy donor for private devotion on a home altar. Nanhai Guanyin is a Mahayana Pure Land syncretic deity identified by Irvin as one of the Great Chinese Goddesses who epitomizes the feminine role of compassionate protector. This remarkable carving is in excellent condition with ,minor surface and paint losses and loss on the face of the parrot. According to feng shui, Guanyin images should be placed in the center of the home to bring blessings to the entire home. This rare carving is part of the VA Collection of Buddhist-Art set on uniquely fashioned frosted acrylic base.
Click here for the Blog The Emergence of Nanhai Guanyin and the blog Consecrating Wooden Images to Imbue Them with A Life Force
Lee Irwin, “Divinity and Salvation: The Great Goddesses of China,” in Asian Folklore Studies, Indiana University, Vol. 49, 1990, pp 53-68.
|Place of Origin
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Ht: 15.5" W: 6" D: 5.25"
Ht: 39.37cm W: 15.24cm D: 13.335cm
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Free Printable Bear Colouring Page: Ted Ripple
Meet Ted Ripple, the jolly bear who loves spending time in the meadow. He's sitting comfortably, and as he looks up, he sees a butterfly fluttering by. Ted's face lights up with surprise and delight as he watches the friendly butterfly with curiosity. Get ready to bring this scene to life with your brightest colours!

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|Title:||Comparison of methods for determining moisture content of citrus and eucalyptus Brazilian honeys by refractometry|
|Abstract:||The official method in Brazilian legislation for determining moisture content in honey is the one established by the Association of Official and Analytical Chemists (AOAC). Recently, the European Honey Commission (EHC) proposed a modification of this method suggesting a pre-treatment for crystallized honey samples. The objectives of the present work were: to study by factorial design the influence of pre-treatment and physical state of sample on moisture content determined by refractometry; to choose the better procedure and determine the average value of moisture content of 50 citrus and eucalyptus honey samples. Samples were collected in Sao Paulo State, Brazil during 1996-1998. An Abbe Refractometer thermostatted at 20 degreesC was used and the pre-treatment was done in a water bath at 50 degreesC until crystal dissolution. The effects of the variables of factorial design (pre-treatment and physical state) were significant at 95% level. Results of this design showed that the use of the pre-treatment, suggested by EHC, is superior for analysis of liquid and crystallized honey samples. The moisture values obtained for eucalyptus were higher than those for citrus honey samples independent of the analysis method used. (C) 2001 Academic Press.|
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Rev. Billy C. Wirtz will talk with singer/songwriter/pianist/Blues Hall of Famer Latimore, who will play some of his hits and other favorites and share stories of a life in R&B.
Born in Charleston, Tennessee, Latimore was influenced by country music, his Baptist church choir, and the blues. His first professional experience came as a pianist for various Florida-based groups including Joe Henderson and Steve Alaimo. He first recorded around 1965 for Henry Stone’s Dade record label in Miami, Florida. In the early 1970s he moved to the Glades label, and had his first major hit in 1973 with a jazzy reworking of T-Bone Walker’s “Stormy Monday”, which reached #27 on the R&B chart.
His first national hit was a cover of Gladys Knight’s “If You Were My Woman” (#70 R&B). His biggest success came in 1974, with “Let’s Straighten It Out”, an R&B chart #1 which also reached #31 on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 charts. He followed it up with more hits including “Keep The Home Fire Burnin'” (#5 R & B, 1975) and “Somethin’ ‘Bout ‘Cha” (#7 R &B, 1976). However, the hits dried up in the late 1970s.
Latimore moved to Malaco Records in 1982, resulting in seven albums worth of modern soul music. He briefly left the label in 1994 and released a song for the J-Town label (“Turning Up The Mood”) before returning to Malaco in 2000 with “You’re Welcome To Ride”. Next he recorded one album with Mel Waiters’ label Brittney Records called “Latt is Back”.
After several years he collaborated on a new record label with Henry Stone called LatStone, which issued his first new album in six years called “Back ‘Atcha”.
He has also continued to work as a session pianist. He appeared most recently on Joss Stone’s albums, The Soul Sessions (2003) and Mind, Body & Soul (2004), along with fellow Miami music veterans Betty Wright, Timmy Thomas, and Willie Hale.
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UBIOMO CHINEDU OGHENEROH (Enugu) captures the beauty of African women in his digital art, through the art form of Kpuri. “I am a professional digital painter and an abstract creative. In my work, I aim to capture the beauty of the African woman: her elegance, style, and beauty. I am deeply inspired by her. I […]Read more
GETTING TO KNOW HAITIAN BORN WRITER IBI ZOBOI
Ibi Aanu Zoboi was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and is a graduate of the Clarion West Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. Her short story, “Old Flesh Song”, is published in the award-winning Dark Matter: Reading the Bones, a collection of African American speculative fiction. Ibi received an award from theWomen Writers of Haitian Descent for her short […]Read more
Barbara Jones-Hogu Crafted Art that stressed Black Independence and Artistic Self-Determination
Barbara Jones-Hogu was born in Chicago. She received a BA from Howard University in 1959, a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1964, and a MS with a concentration in printmaking from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1970. Jones-Hogu is associated with […]Read more
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Tim Fielder is an Illustrator, concept designer, cartoonist, and animator born and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He has a lifelong love of Visual Afrofuturism, Pulp entertainment, and action films. He has worked over the years in the storyboarding, film visual development, gaming, comics, and animation industries for clients as varied as Marvel Comics, The Village […]Read more
“Sulwe,” which means “star” in Ms. Nyong’o’s native language! Lupita Nyong’o pens a children’s book!
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I never saw my mum as a filmmaker, nor was she ever an activist in my eyes. She was always a loving mum. And as the youngest of her six kids, that was the only side of her that I really knew. There was a lot about her 68 years of life I didn’t know, […]Read more
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Part film, part baptism, in Black Mother director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Soaking up its bustling metropolises and tranquil countryside, Allah introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered souls who call this island home. Their candid testimonies create a polyphonic symphony, set against a visual prayer of indelible […]Read more
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pierre bennu– illustrator + filmmaker + DJ + puppeteer + storyteller + archivist = polymath
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Below the surface of Shantell Martin’s signature black and white drawings is an artists’ inquiry into the role of artist and viewer, where a work of art is more than an object of admiration disconnected from its inception. With a meditative process defined by an uninhibited flow, her compositions embody her internal state and the […]Read more
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Winchester Repeating Arms, SXP Shadow Defender, Pump Action, 12Ga 3", 18" Barrel, Black Finish, Synthetic Stock, Cylinder Choke, 5Rd, Fiber Optic Sight Read more.
Defender configuration, pistol grip stock, two interchangeable comb pieces to adjust drop, two 1/4” length of pull spacers, side mounted picatinny accessory rails included
Pro-Grade, Higher Technology Pump.The new Shadow Defender takes the Defender name into a new era of performance. The special stock design offers superb control. The interchangeable comb pieces let you get a perfect fit for the type of sighting system you choose. The forward Picatinny accessory rail is ideal for mounting a flashlight. The Shadow Defender was oritinally a SHOT Show special, but popular demand moved it to an in-line status.
More technical. The features set makes this an efficient system for home protection or when in dangerous game country. Read the full list of features below.
Two user-interchangeable combs and height adjust spacers let you tune comb height on your SXP® Shadow Defender™ and Shadow Marine Defender™ for perfect eye-to-sight alignment with your choice of sighting systems.
The receivers on both Winchester Super X® Pump Shadow Defender™ shotgun models are drilled and tapped for Winchester scope bases and rings, allowing you to easily attach an optional scope or electronic sight to fully utilize the incredible accuracy of today’s shotgun slug ammo.
Item Number 512327395 UPC 048702007330 Gauge 12 Ga Chamber Length 3" Barrel Length 18" Overall Length 38 1/2" Length of Pull 13 3/4" Drop at Comb 2" Drop at Heel 3 1/2" Weight 7 lbs 8 oz Magazine Capacity 5, 2 3/4" shells Barrel Finish Matte Stock Finish Non-Glare Composite Finish Chokes Included Cylinder Receiver Finish Matte Dura Touch Finish No Chamber Finish Chrome Plated Chamber and Bore Front Sight Brass Bead Choke System Invector-Plus Flush Barrel Material Steel Stock Material Composite Recoil Pad Inflex 1, Small Checkering Textured Grip Panels Sling Swivel Studs Matte Blued Receiver Material Aluminum Alloy Trigger Finish Matte Trigger Guard Finish Matte Bolt Slide Finish Matte Black Chrome Magazine Type Tubular Trigger Material Steel Trigger Guard Material Composite Trigger Guard Engraving None Choke Wrench Included Flat Wrench MSRP $449.99


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My Memory of Wings
As land bound creatures, we are obsessed with physical and metaphorical flight.
To fly is to be free, we revere creatures with wings.
Fragile light things rise above the earth, while we are heavy souls, burdened by our feet of clay.
Even though our lives drag us down into the earth, till we are buried beneath it forever, we symbolise our struggle with stone angels and cherubim.
These paradoxical creatures overcome the weight of stone to lift us, and soar into the heavens.
Throughout my life's journey my creativity has been shackled with heavy feet and yet in myself, I have raised my hands to the sky.
I have been beaten down and lost my art, but it has been reborn - time and again, and again.
This cycle my mother began, and I continue.
Through this series it flies anew.


With the MacBook Air rumored to be on its last legs, would it still be a good buy? Let’s look at how it stacks up to the low-end MacBook Pro and see if you should get in on what could be the very last MacBook Air — before it vanishes into the ether for all time.
The relevant question then is, how exactly do these two Macs compare, and which should get your hard-earned money? Read on to find out.
MacBook Pro 13-inch
|Dimensions||12.8 x 8.94 x 0.11 – 0.68 (in)||11.97 x 8.36 x 0.59 (in)|
|Weight||2.96 pounds||3.02 pounds|
|Processor||5th Generation Intel Core i5 or i7||7th Generation Intel Core i3, i5, or i7|
|RAM||8GB LPDDR3 1600MHz||8GB LPDDR3 1866MHz|
|Display||13.3-inch LED-backlit display||13.3-inch LED-backlit Retina display|
|Resolution||1,400 x 900||2,560 x 1,600|
|Storage||128GB, 256GB, 512GB, PCIe SSD||256GB, 512GB, 1TB PCIe SSD|
|Networking||802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0||802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2|
|Ports||2 x USB 3, 1 x Thunderbolt 2, SDXC card slot||2 x USB-C with Thunderbolt 3|
|Webcam||720p FaceTime HD||720p FaceTime HD|
|Operating System||MacOS High Sierra||MacOS High Sierra|
|Battery||54 watt-hours, up to 12 hours||54.5 watt-hours, up to 10 hours|
|Availability||Available now||Available now|
|DT review||4 out of 5 stars||3 out of 5 stars|
The new thin versus the old thin
There was a time when the MacBook Air was the Apple product that most deserved its name. Compared to other models in the line, and for a time most Windows notebooks as well, the MacBook Air really was the most air-like. At least, it was the lightest model to go along with being the thinnest, and that let the MacBook Air carve out a special place in Apple’s MacOS lineup.
Enter the new MacBook Pro. The latest model is also seriously thin and light, almost equal to the MacBook Air. In fact, while the MacBook Air has its wedge-shaped taper down to 0.11 inch, it’s still thicker at its thicker point than the new MacBook Pro, at 0.68 inch versus 0.59 inch. The new MacBook Pro is also 3.02 pounds, pretty much a rounding error compared to the MacBook Air’s 2.96 pounds.
In the end, it would be hard to justify the MacBook Air over the new MacBook Pro in terms of thickness and weight alone, and given everything else that’s better on the MacBook Pro, we have to give it the nod here.
Winner: MacBook Pro
Retina display for the win
The MacBook Air never received a Retina display, meaning it’s stuck with its old-school 1,440 by 900 resolution compared to the MacBook Pro’s 2,560 by 1,600 resolution. That’s 128 pixels per inch compared to 227 pixels per inch. In addition, the MacBook Air’s display maxes out at 300 nits of brightness and it’s limited to the standard sRGB color gamut. The new MacBook Pro, on the other hand, offers 500 nits of brightness and a wider P3 color gamut.
What all that translates into is that the MacBook Air’s display is going to look pixelated and dated compared to the MacBook Pro. Both are LED-backlit screens, but the MacBook Pro is going to be brighter in terms of both the amount of light it produces to combat ambient lighting and the splashes of color you’ll enjoy. Both screens are identically sized, but the MacBook Air has much larger and more unsightly bezels than the new MacBook Pro.
The bottom line is that the MacBook Air’s display is antiquated, and seriously lower in quality. There’s no contest, really.
Winner: MacBook Pro
Generations matter when it comes to performance
The MacBook Air uses fifth-generation Broadwell Intel Core i5 and i7 processors rated at 1.6GHz and 2.2GHz, respectively. The new MacBook Pro, on the other hand, offers up 7th-gen Kaby Lake processors running at 2.3GHz for the Core i5 and 2.5Ghz for the Core i7. Graphics are provided by Intel HD Graphics 6000 in the MacBook Air versus Intel Iris Graphics 640 or 650 in the new MacBook Pro.
Simply put, the MacBook Air is seriously outgunned. While it’s a decent enough performer on its own, and would likely continue working well for most mainstream Mac users, the MacBook Air simply won’t be able to compete with the new MacBook Pro. Maximum RAM is the same on both models at 8GB, but the MacBook Pro offers a 1TB SSD versus the MacBook Air’s limit of 512GB.
The only area where the MacBook Air exceeds the new MacBook Pro is battery life. The MacBook Air has a 54-watt battery versus the roughly equivalent 54.5-watt battery in the new MacBook Pro, but the latter’s more power-efficient Skylake processor doesn’t overcome its power-gulping Retina display. Thus, the MacBook Air is rated at up to 12 hours of battery life versus the new MacBook Pro’s 10 hours.
Here, once more, the new MacBook Pro is leaps and bounds ahead. Unless you need more battery life, that is, in which case the MacBook Air is the better of the two.
Winner: MacBook Pro
How’s the keyboard and touchpad?
The new MacBook Pro has received an even larger version of the Force Touch trackpad technology introduced in previous generations. Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing compared to the MacBook Air’s standard mechanical multi-touch trackpad is purely subjective, and it’s likely worth a visit to an Apple Store to try them both out side by side.
The MacBook Air also retains the old style of Apple’s island keyboard with chicklet keys, which remains a favorite for many people. The new MacBook Pro has a second-generation version of the MacBook’s keyboard, offering the same mechanical feel but with more apparent key travel. Again, which is better will likely come down to each user’s preference.
The MacBook Pro’s keyboard is a bit polarizing. Some people love how clicky and tactile it is, some people hate how short the key travel is. Here, there’s no right answer, so it’s really up to your preferences. The MacBook Air features an earlier, less tactile version of the MacBook Pro’s keyboard, but the differences are very subtle.
Winner: It’s up to you
Which is more connected?
The MacBook Air is probably one of the last Apple machines that will offer the old-style USB-A ports, and it’s limited to a single Thunderbolt 2 port. The new MacBook Air, on the other hand, eschews the thicker USB connector in favor of the increasingly in-vogue USB-C ports. The MacBook Pro also offers the newer and faster Thunderbolt 3 connection.
In terms of wireless, both have 802.11ac Wi-Fi. The MacBook Air has Bluetooth 4.0 versus the Bluetooth 4.2 offered by the new MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air does include an SDXC card slot, whereas the new MacBook Pro has none, and so that’s a plus in the MacBook Air’s column.
Overall, which is better connected comes down to your willingness to use dongles to support all of your old USB devices and cables or whether you’re ready to move ahead to USB-C. Also, if you just have to have an SD card slot without using an external adapter, then the MacBook Air is your choice.
We have to give a nod to the future here, however, and anoint the more flexible MacBook Pro as the better option going forward.
Winner: MacBook Pro
But the MacBook Air costs less!
Yes, that’s right — the MacBook Air costs significantly less than the new MacBook Pro, even the version we’re comparing with here that doesn’t include the new Touch ID support and OLED Touch Bar. The MacBook Air starts out at $1,000, $300 less than the entry-level MacBook Pro, which comes in at $1,300.
Now, look back over the specs and analysis above. Look at what you get for just an extra $300. A quicker processor, a much better display, a newer overall design. If you’re on a budget and want a simple, well-performing, thin and light notebook to carry around for basic computing tasks? Then you’d probably be better off buying a Dell XPS 13, but if you want to buy into MacOS, the 13-inch MacBook Pro offers the most bang for your buck.
Winner: MacBook Pro
Final answer? The new Macbook Pro
When we tally up the score using our unscientific methodology, we have to say that the MacBook Air has enjoyed its time in the sun. It was the first truly thin and light PC on the market and arguably cemented thickness and weight as important metrics when selecting a new notebook. It was a trailblazer, it forged new paths, it was ahead of its time. Pick the platitude. Today, though, it’s just old news, and we’re surprised that Apple hasn’t done away with it completely — but it’s probably on its way out.
The new MacBook Pro is a svelte, futuristic-looking notebook with almost up-to-date components and it maintains that excellent Retina display. It has the new, larger Force Touch trackpad, and a second-gen butterfly mechanical keyboard, so it’s likely to provide an excellent experience in terms of interacting with the machine. And its connectivity options are equally new and future-proof.
In the end, we’re sad to be the ones to say it, but the MacBook Air is no longer a viable choice. Unless you’re really strapped for cash, then you should pick up a new MacBook Pro and let the MacBook Air sidle off into the sunset. The MacBook Pro is the new thin and light MacOS device of choice.
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Updated on 1/25/18 by Jayce Wagner to reflect the latest hardware.


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An ingrown toenail is a common condition accounting for 20% of all foot problems in primary care. It can develop in any nails but often affects the big toenails. If you have such a condition, then you’re probably experiencing discomfort, especially when you move around.
Fortunately, ingrown toenails can easily be avoided and, if caught early, managed at home to prevent further pain and discomfort. But if it has already become infected, it’s time to seek the help of your trusted podiatrist.
Seeking medical care for a seemingly harmless ingrown toenail may seem excessive. But if left untreated, an infection might develop in the affected nail, which can cause extreme pain and mobility problems. Additionally, an infection can cause serious complications, especially if you have an underlying medical condition, such as diabetes or poor blood circulation.
An ingrown toenail is a foot condition that happens when the corner of the nail grows into the skin of the toenail. This condition primarily occurs when you trim your nails improperly (e.g., cutting them too short, cutting in a rounded shape, or ripping the nail).
Improper trimming can cause the nail to be irregularly shaped or have tapered edges, causing it to curve and grow into the skin. Other causes of ingrown in the toenail include the following:
In its early stages, an ingrown toenail can feel tender and slightly sore when touched. You can also observe some swelling around the edges of the nail. As the nail grows and curls down onto the skin, pain and discomfort become more evident, and you may also see some fluid build-up in the toe.
An infection will soon follow and cause more pain, especially when you move. Some symptoms of an infected ingrown include:
It’s important to act quickly and treat an ingrown in its early stages to prevent infection and further discomfort. Here are some safe and effective home care remedies to treat your foot condition:
Do these home remedies for at least a week until the ingrown toenail improves. However, you should be careful not to go beyond these home care procedures to avoid further damaging the injured nail. Here are some answers to questions you might have about your ingrown toenail:
Sometimes, minor ingrown toenails can heal on their own if the affected nail grows above the skin edge.
Podiatrists caution patients not to remove an ingrown toenail themselves as this will only increase their risk of getting infected. If you pull or “dig” out the ingrown nail, there’s a huge chance that you might accidentally nip the skin, creating an opening for bacteria and fungi to enter.
Additionally, your nail grooming tools are not clean and sterile; they may harbor dust, dirt, or microorganisms that can cause infection to your injured toenail.
If you want to avoid a nasty infection, then NO. You should NOT cut an ingrown toenail yourself.
If your ingrown does not respond to home treatments or if it shows signs of infection, you should immediately seek professional help. Your podiatrist will evaluate your condition and decide what kind of surgical treatment to perform.
A partial nail avulsion involves removing only the ingrown part of the toenail一the portion that’s digging into the skin of the nail bed. Your doctor will administer a local anesthetic to the toe and then use a scissor or other surgical instrument to trim the ingrown.
For infected toenails, your podiatrist may need to drain the pus and remove overgrown tissues that have developed. They may also need to cauterize or perform a chemical matrixectomy on the exposed nail base to neutralize the area and destroy the remaining nail-growing cells.
If your ingrown has been a recurrent problem or affects both sides of the nails, then your doctor may recommend a complete nail avulsion. This involves removing the entire toenail to facilitate the normal growth of a new nail for approximately 12 months.
A complete nail avulsion may also be performed with chemical matrixectomy to hinder the growth of a new nail, thus preventing an ingrown toenail forever. This will all depend on what your doctor will recommend based on your condition.
An ingrown toenail may seem like a harmless little problem, but it can actually grow into a complicated medical condition if left untreated. So if you have been suffering from such, then it’s time to call in the cavalry.
Florida Foot and Ankle Associates is a leading medical facility in Miami that provides the highest quality treatments and services for foot and ankle conditions. Some of the practices we specialize in include:
Call us now at 786-662-3893 to speak with our podiatrist about your condition.
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Electricity prices are currently low in the National Electricity Market (NEM) as natural gas prices and demand for electricity have fallen, amongst other factors. While these effects were discussed in Energetics’ earlier podcast and subsequent article, “Australia’s electricity and gas markets during COVID-19: know your contract terms, look for opportunities”, here we revisit the fundamentals of risk-managed retail electricity contracting for large energy users. Based on a recent podcast, Energetics’ Gilles Walgenwitz, General Manager, Energy and Carbon Markets and Mark Asbjerg, Principal Consultant discuss the options for balancing short and longer term risks when approaching the market to secure the most advantageous deal.
What are the elements that make up an electricity bill?
Around 40% of the average electricity bill is made up of regulated, network energy and demand charges which essentially equate to the cost of developing and maintaining the infrastructure to transport and distribute electricity. Around 10% is attributable to environmental schemes: the renewable energy target and a number of state-based efficiency targets. 50% is the cost of the actual electricity supply i.e. generation and retail components of the supply chain. This latter component can be managed with different contracting options.
Mark Asbjerg said, “There are two markets for electricity. The first is the spot market. Prices change on a 30-minute basis, driven by demand and the cost of the marginal generator to meet that demand at every single price interval. For example, overnight, base load demand, which is quite low, would typically be met by a coal-fired generator at a lower price point. Conversely, on a hot summer's day when demand surges with the use of air conditioning, we see more costly gas peaking generators engage in the market to meet that demand spike.”
“The second market is the wholesale contract market. It is this market that most retail contracts reference. Futures contracts are traded through the ASX and related traded volumes and prices are therefore publicly listed. The wholesale futures market shows the average expected cost of electricity for future delivery; based on currently expected supply and demand drivers and the market perception of risk. To understand the importance of the futures market, we can look back to the impact of Hazelwood’s closure, formerly Australia’s largest power generator. On 23 September 2016, news articles first appeared speculating that Engie would close their Hazelwood power station in 2017. On this day, the average expected price for electricity in Victoria for the 2017 delivery period, was around $54 per MWh. The day after these articles, the market had a very different view of the average cost of electricity for 2017. With such a large amount of generation taken out of the market, expensive gas-fired generators were likely be needed more often. The average price of electricity futures jumped from $54 per MWh to $62 per MWh in one day. This is the market that customers are exposed to when retailers price electricity supply contract for future delivery.”
Historically, end users have purchased fixed price forward contracts. The level of the peak and off-peak rates is based on the underlying exchange-traded futures market and over-the-counter forward market at the time the retail offer is issued. To the example of Hazelwood, Mark said, “If I secured a retail electricity contract one day before the announcement of Hazelwood, versus one day after, my peak and my off peak prices, quoted in each contract, would have a difference in the order of 15%. If I am a business which uses 100 GWh a year, that jump is around $800,000 overnight. Fixed price contracting exposes customers to that risk.”
Gilles added, “When ‘picking’ the time to engage the retail market for a fixed price forward contract, end-users should form a forward view about the market conditions in the wholesale futures/forward markets: if prices for future delivery are low (leading to an electricity budget reduction for the end-user) and there is limited opportunity for further downward price pressure, then locking in 100% of the volume at a fixed price over multiple years makes perfect sense.”
Alternatives to fixed price contracts
There are alternative contracting methods that large energy users can pursue to avoid the sort of price shocks most vividly seen in the example of Hazelwood’s closure. Those methods include progressive purchasing, which is becoming more of a viable option for smaller customers, block purchasing and managed spot market exposure.
Gilles commented, “Before considering alternatives, it's worthwhile splitting the components that retailers will consider when quantifying the risk premium or contract premium as you may also be able to reduce that aspect of your cost. When we look at the contract premiums that sit on top of the underlying wholesale forward or futures contract prices, these premiums will differ according to the shape of the customer’s load. Typically, peaky loads attract higher contract premiums because of the observed relationship between a peaky load and high prices. There are other factors such as the term of the contact, the liquidity of the market, the credit worthiness of the customer and, in some instances, issues with multiple ABNs, or multiple customers with another customer acting as an agent. This can be very challenging for retailers to manage and such factors definitely impact the formulation of the premium.”
He added, “Another consideration is the attractiveness of the overall load shape to a retailer’s portfolio of generating assets and financial hedges, as well as the validity risk factored into the offer. For example, a customer could set an internal approval process with the right levels of delegation of authority to reduce the time taken to accept the offer. So if you had the ability to quickly respond to favourable market conditions and lock in a retail contract within a short period of time, the retailer is less exposed to volatile market conditions which could favourably influence your validity premium. Another option is to refine your estimates of your annual contracted volume and request a lower flexibility allowance on volume. If you have confidence in your future load requirements, you could reduce the load flex so that when the retailer calculates their exposure to the spot market and the covariance between your load shape and the spot price, they are likely to offer a sharper and leaner contract premium. In summary, while there is value in strategically planning your timing to engage the market, there are other components that build a contract premium.”
A fixed price contract locks in volume and requirements on a single date, and the price is driven by the view of the market on the day. With progressive purchasing, different portions of a load are purchased at different points in time. This can benefit the final contract price, and the final peak and off-peak rates, based on the volume weighted average of the purchases. To the example of the Hazelwood closure price shock, and the overnight jump from $54 to $62 per MWh on the wholesale futures market, if half the volume had been purchased before and half contracted later, the contract price would be $58. The price increase would have been somewhat offset.
Gilles added, “Progressive purchasing offers a transparent pricing methodology. You agree on the factors to be used to derive the peak and off-peak rates for electricity based on an underlying wholesale futures or other benchmark price. Some retailers will use a publicly available benchmark or apply one they develop themselves which could include some of their own retail contract risks. You need to understand which benchmark contract price is being applied.”
Mark said, “Depending on the size of your load and different retailers, you can break your volume requirements into chunks - down to 5%, or a single megawatt or five megawatts. Different retailers offer levels of granularity to meet your requirements. Ultimately it is a way of spreading your risk. With progressive purchasing, energy users need to actively monitor the market to have the flexibility to buy more volume when the opportunity presents itself. When market prices are low, they can purchase more.” It naturally fits end-users who want to have a more proactive risk management of their exposure to the retail electricity markets.
“Energetics recommends that clients using progressive purchasing set up a risk management framework, to guide purchase decisions. A framework would include delegations of authority, trigger prices, contract minimum volumes to be bought at different times (which would typically be informed by the time to contract maturity), stop-loss mechanisms, and possible other risk management metrics such as value at risk. It's also important that customers benchmark the pricing they receive from retailers with what they see in the market.”
“It is important to know how the overall pricing methodology will work, especially if you want to implement behind the meter solar generation or if you know your load shape will change over the contract term. The load shape factors or uplift factors that the retailers will apply to determine a peak and off-peak rate, will vary depending on how your load shape changes.”
What can energy users do to optimise their load shape?
The first step should be to reduce demand and minimise demand spikes. Practical measures include ensuring a building or site’s machinery is not operating simultaneously where possible, or using onsite generation, batteries or a backup generator when spikes begin to occur. Another option is portfolio consolidation, grouping sites into a single contract. Where sites operate differently, with some peaking in the morning and others in the afternoon, an energy user could flatten their overall load shape.
Gilles said, “Many would know that a wholesale demand response market is coming. It could be a lucrative market which would substantiate a business case to implement new hardware or software capabilities for demand response management. But there is another benefit to consider. Once you implement demand response capabilities, you develop confidence in your ability to manage your electricity consumption. From there you can assess your ability to take some spot market exposure on your retail contract. Rather than asking your retailer to provide a load following fixed price forward contract or load following progressive purchasing contract, you could buy a block of electricity on the forward market or the futures. You could potentially buy another peak in addition to a flat swap, but then take the spot exposure and use your demand response capacity as a physical hedge.”
Gilles said, “In the future, if the demand response market grows, large customers may not pay retailers a contract premium for a load following arrangement. They could approach retailers with a request for a structured product and request the retailer buy flat swaps, or buy peak swap contracts, or other financial hedges such as options, and then use the physical hedges to reduce their residual spot exposure and reduce the overall hedging costs. We could see in the coming years a move from a market that was fully fixed to progressive and increasingly towards structured products with managed spot exposure.”
Mark concluded, “With COVID-19 there has been downward pressure on market prices. For those customers using fixed price contracting, it's an ideal time to enter the market and extend or renew those contracts. At the same time, progressive purchasing is increasingly used to manage time to market risk. Anyone considering or currently purchasing progressively should actively monitor the market to watch for opportunities and manage any upward movement in prices towards the back end of the year as COVID restrictions are expected to start to ease.”

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Solana Ventures and the Solana Foundation have introduced a $100 million investment and grant fund to help develop cryptocurrency projects in South Korea. The initiative could also attract developers and businesses to the Solana blockchain, which recently experienced severe technical difficulties, including a six-hour outage.
Trying to revive the South Korean crypto ecosystem
The multi-million fund will be primarily distributed towards projects based on Solana and Terra. The latter made headlines last month after the prices of its native token LUNA and its algorithmic stablecoin UST crashed to virtually zero. Thus, many Korean platforms have moved from Terra to other blockchain networks.
Johnny Lee – general manager of games for the Solana Foundation – said these developers needed help because they shouldn’t be blamed for what happened:
“The developers haven’t done anything really wrong, but they’re being left behind.”
Moreover, Solana-based projects also need support. Earlier this month, the network experienced an outage that left it out of service for more than six hours, and the team explained the heart of the problem:
“Earlier today, a bug in the durable nonce transactions feature led to indeterminism when nodes generated different results for the same block, which prevented the network from moving forward.”
In November of last year, Solana in partnership with crypto exchange FTX to launch another $100 million fund focused on blockchain-based games. The initiative, called GameFi, will support start-ups that integrate the Solana blockchain into video games on desktop and mobile platforms.
Korea still wants to be a crypto hub
It is safe to say that the South Korean cryptocurrency scene has been significantly affected by the recent negative events surrounding Terra. However, the country has displayed its ambitions to establish itself as a center of the digital asset industry.
Newly elected chairman Yoon Suk-yeol has introduced himself as a strong supporter of the industry, pledging to allow initial coin offerings (ICOs).
He also promised to increase the minimum threshold for paying capital gains on income from crypto investments. Currently, investors are required to pay taxes if they generate profits above $2,000 per year, while the executive insisted that this should happen if profits exceed $40,000 per year.
Last month, the president’s administration revealed that it would finalize its crypto-friendly regulatory framework in 2023 and enforce it in 2024. Lawmakers also said “yes” to the Bank of Korea’s ambition to release a central bank digital currency (CBDC) next year.
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Dutch startup Salvia BioElectronics this week said it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its implantable neurostimulation system to treat chronic migraine.
Salvia’s system is based on a novel device concept using thin and conforming bioelectronic foils that it says uniquely adapt to the anatomy of the head.
“The FDA breakthrough device designation of our neurostimulation system reflects the recognition of the large unmet medical need of patients suffering from refractory chronic migraine, and the potential of Salvia’s bioelectronic foil technology to address this. We look forward to working closely with the FDA to expedite the review process to accelerate the development of our therapy,” chief medical officer Wim Pollet said in a news release.
Neurostimulation has been demonstrated to be effective for treating migraine patients, but there are no approved devices commercially available, according to Salvia.


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[Hong Kong – 2 April 2020] The Hong Kong Ballet Board of Governors announces that Ms Daisy Ho has been appointed the new Chairman of the Board, succeeding Mrs Mira Yeh, who is now Vice Chairman. Both assumed their roles effective 1 April 2020.
"I am honored to be re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Governors," said Ho. “I am deeply grateful for the support and trust of the Board. Under the leadership of Mira, Hong Kong Ballet has shown exciting growth locally and internationally. The performing arts community is facing unprecedented challenges globally in this 41st season of Hong Kong Ballet, and I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Board, Artistic Director Septime Webre, Executive Director Heidi Lee, the Company staff and our stakeholders to make this home-grown cultural treasure and outstanding performing arts group a spiritual satisfaction to Hong Kong citizens and to deepen the functions and values of the arts in society at this difficult historical moment.”
Yeh said, “Daisy has contributed considerably to the development of Hong Kong Ballet over the years. Her love for and commitment to ballet, in addition to her business acumen, makes her the best choice to chair the Company. I firmly believe that her boundless vision and leadership will lead Hong Kong Ballet confidently into the future no matter what challenges lie ahead.”
An arts enthusiast and ballet devotee, Ms Ho has been a Hong Kong Ballet Board Governor since 2008 and served as its Chairman from 2013 to 2019. She holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Toronto and a BSc. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. She is currently Chairman of SJM Holdings Ltd., Deputy Managing Director of Shun Tak Holdings Limited, and Chairman of Po Leung Kuk.
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Celebrate 35th Anniversary of timeless classic film BREAKING GLASS
Join legendary actress-singer-songwriter HAZEL O’CONNOR as she celebrates the 35th Anniversary of her ground-breaking and timeless film Breaking Glass across the country, with the first ever showing of the digitally re-mastered, uncut version of the film on the big screen.
“This is really exciting,” says Hazel, “it is going to be a very unusual show and I am looking forward to it immensely. Together with my brilliant saxophonist Claire Hirst and pianist Sarah Fisher we will be performing many of the songs from the film as well as other favourites. I am also delighted to have the opportunity for an intimate chat with the audience after the screening – it’s going to be a blast!”
Hazel O’Connor first burst into public consciousness in 1980 playing Kate, the feisty rock singer-songwriter in the cult film. Within months, Hazel – who also composed and performed the film’s soundtrack – had achieved iconic status with the younger generation. The widely acclaimed film won a series of awards and nominations: including best actor and best film score for Hazel. A double platinum Breaking Glass album followed with sell-out tours which sent Hazel O’Connor’s career rocketing skywards.
Particular highlights are Will You with its sensuous and demanding sax solo, the prophetic Eighth Day, Black Man and Decadent Days.
- Monday 30th November: The Lowry, Salford Quays
- Tuesday 1st December: Sage 2, Gateshead
- Wednesday 2nd December: Glee Club, Nottingham
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- Monday 7th December: Glee Club, Cardiff
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Russia began testing its navy’s new hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles, Sputnik News reported citing RIA Novosti Thursday. The cruise missiles are expected to reach five or six times the speed of sound (Mach 5 or Mach 6), the report added.
“The tests of the hypersonic Zircon missiles have begun using a ground-based launching site,” a senior Defense Ministry source told RIA Novosti, according to Sputnik News.
Once the tests are confirmed successful, the missile will reportedly be presented for state approval. It will reportedly be installed on Russia's newest fifth-generation Husky-class nuclear submarines, which are currently being developed.
Modern Russian anti-ship missiles, like Onyx, can reach up to Mach 2.6 (750 meters per second). The sea-based Kalibr cruise missile travels at a Mach 0.9 speed, but while approaching the target, its warhead speeds up to Mach 2.9.
The Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles will also be used for Russian battleship Pyotr Veliky, Tass news agency reported last month. The range of the missile is likely to be just over 248 miles.
"The Pyotr Veliky will start repairs in the third or fourth quarter of 2019. Repairs and upgrade are due for completion in late 2022, the ship to be equipped with Zircon hypersonic anti-ship missiles," a source told Tass at the time.


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Some Austin pedicabs go electric in city pilot program
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some Austin pedicab drivers are getting a boost just in time for the spring festival season by installing electric motors on their vehicles as part of a new city pilot program.
The Austin American-Statesman reports Austin Transportation Department and Austin Energy have teamed up for the yearlong pilot to see how electric pedicabs perform in the city before potentially going to the City Council to shape an ordinance that would make them a permanent feature in town.
“I think it’s a great joint effort to come together to reduce the carbon imprint downtown,” Transportation Department division manager Jacob Culberson said Tuesday. “Hopefully it will be a great last-mile option for a lot of the commuters and eventgoers because they’ll be able to reach greater distances and bring people into the downtown.”
The city has already granted 42 permits to companies in Austin to operate the electric pedicabs, which feature a motor, speed controller, throttle and battery.
Philip Reyna, who owns Kween Cab, said the new gear makes it easier for drivers to start and stop the cabs, travel up Austin’s high, winding hills and travel long distances. The technology is similar to an electric bike and will allow drivers to travel up to 15 mph. They don’t have to use the electric assist all the time, Reyna said, just on parts of the ride that normally present difficulties.
“I hope it gives more opportunities for others to seek employment,” Reyna said. “Without the electric assist, it requires a lot of physical activity on one’s part. With the electric assist, it’s going to give more availability for just the common person who wants to perhaps get in shape but isn’t necessarily there to become a driver.”
Reyna said it will also improve safety, since drivers won’t stall on hills, impeding the normal flow of traffic.
Pedicab operators say it costs as much as $600 to install the equipment on one cab, and companies are footing the bill themselves at no cost to the city. However, Reyna said, the technology will pay off for drivers.
“It keeps them in the game,” he said.
The new electric cabs are already on the road and marked with special plates so riders know they are participating in the pilot program. Riders will be asked to scan a QR code to take an online survey and submit feedback on the experience.
The electric gear is also linked to an app that will record ride usage details and transit data so the city can get real-time information and see whether the technology is making a difference.
Rides in electric cabs will cost the same as a traditional pedicab, and drivers will operate in the same area they are allowed to now, from 38½ Street in the north to Oltorf Street in the south, and from MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1) in the west to Pleasant Valley Road in the east.
The pilot program was approved by the Urban Transportation Commission by an 8-1 vote in August, with members heeding a call from industry leaders pushing for more energy-efficient transportation options in town, Transportation Department spokeswoman Marissa Monroy said.
“Austin Energy really supports and sponsors the rapid development of emerging technology that deals with electric mobility,” Austin Energy project lead Kevin Chandra said. “This is electric vehicles, electric bikes, scooters, motorcycles, mopeds and now electric-assist pedicabs. Kind of increasing the options in our ecosystem of transportation.”
The pilot program will be up and running through two South by Southwest festivals and Austin City Limits, which will give city leaders a full picture of how the cabs operate during peak times of year. “It’s going to be a fun ride,” Chandra said.
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Port Vale striker Tom Pope had another pop at Manchester City centre back John Stones after he scored in his side's 4-1 loss at the Etihad Stadium in the FA Cup third round.
Pope tweeted his negative opinion of Stones last summer following the England defender's poor performance in the Nations League semi-final loss to Netherlands, saying: "Just watched the highlights of the England game! I know I'm a league 2 player, I know he plays for England, I know he's on £150k a week, I know he's a million times better player than me but I'd love to play against John Stones every week! I'd get 40 a season!"
Pope had the opportunity to prove his point when he went up against Stones on Saturday, and although his side couldn't manage to produce a huge shock against the champions, the journeyman forward got his moment in the sun in the first half when he headed home to score his side's equaliser.
And he took to social media again afterwards the game and tweeted: "Sorry I can't reply to everyone it's gone mental! I'd just like to say I was completely wrong and bang out of order to say I'd score 40 a season... it's more like 50. Enjoy your weekend."
Fans reacted with delight to Pope's post, with one replying "HAHAHA Spurs Official sign him please," while another added "England call up for you in my opinion."
In the end Pope's goal was a mere consolation for Vale as strikes from Oleksandr Zinchenko, Sergio Aguero, Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Phil Foden ensured it was a comfortable day at the office for City.
Their manager Pep Guardiola praised Pope after the game, however, saying: "When Port Vale get contact with Tom Pope and run, they are a danger. In the second half, we created a lot of chances so we are into the next round."

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From The Day – May 14, 2019
Construction on the United Theatre arts complex in Westerly starts Friday
Story By Kristina Dorsey
Many a construction project over the years has come and gone before reaching the actual building stage. After all, coming up with fabulous ideas is easy; it’s actually making them happen — and raising the money for them — that’s difficult.
That’s why the groundbreaking Friday for The United Theatre project in Westerly is so noteworthy.
With the 1:30 p.m. event, the former United Theatre and next-door Montgomery Ward building on Canal Street will be moving closer to transforming into an arts complex.


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Contrast Ranch was 36 acres of dissimilarities, from the sweeping view of the snow-covered continental divide, to the local coal plant in the foreground. From water scarcity to water abundance, this historic property was an agricultural challenge, now transitioning into agricultural fruitfulness through proper water management and appropriate crop selection. Learn more about this project.
As permaculture sweeps into schools across the US, a demand for campus planning and academic structuring is coming with it. Real Earth Design brings a valuable educational ecosystem perspective from experience. Past clients have included University of Northern Colorado, Utah State University, Naropa University, Prescott College, Northern Arizona University, and Goddard College.
As featured in Toby Hemenway’s The Permaculture City, Utah State University’s Moab campus was a sea of asphalt in the desert. Scant rainfall hit unreceptive surfaces. The more plentiful sun shone on the same surfaces to raise the air temperature. Pollinators were few and far between. Shade and soil, difficult to find. Real Earth Design transformed that urban desert landscape into a productive, micro-riparian area for the benefit of the whole community. Learn more about this project.
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Foreigner has teamed up with Yahoo! and Live Nation to bring to you a LIVE stream of their upcoming show at the Westbury Theatre on February 12th, exclusively on Yahoo Screen!
ProFlowers® introduces the “Hot Blooded” Bouquet, named after one of rock and roll’s most enduring anthems from one of the most popular rock acts in the world, Foreigner. These limited-edition roses brings the classic love songs to your partner, and the entire assortment are available at 25 percent off through February by using the Promo Code “Foreigner” during checkout at www.proflowers.com.
Foreigner VIP Ticket Packages for the 2015 tour are on-sale now! In select cities, Foreigner is offering exclusive VIP packages to their hardcore fans! Enjoy the show like you never have before with these 3 special offers: Foreigner Premier Guitar Meet & Greet Packages, Foreigner VIP Meet & Greet Packages, Foreigner Ticket & Merch Packages.
Foreigner heads to Hard Rock Live tonight in Biloxi, MS to get 2015 started! With three sold-out shows, a New Zealand Tour with Heart, and an Australian 2-date tour all set for January, we're starting 2015 out with a roar!
Foreigner's Mick Jones will be featured on CBS Sunday Morning this Sunday, December 28th! UPDATE: Watch it now! "Cold as Ice" helped to make Foreigner into one of the hottest bands of the '80s. Anthony Mason talks with the man behind the band, lead guitarist Mick Jones, For the Record:
New high-definition live recording celebrating the band's most successful album of all time. “The Best of Foreigner 4 & More,” is due out December 16th on Sony Music/CMG. This new collection includes brand new live high-definition recordings of songs from one of their most beloved albums, ‘4.’ Pre-orders are available on Amazon at http://amzn.to/1zFXIG5.
The international release dates have been announced for Foreigner’s latest album - “The Best of Foreigner 4 & More.” Recorded a little over a month ago at the Borgata on October 3rd & 4th, the new High-Definition live recording celebrating the band's most successful album of all time.
The Cherokee National Youth Choir was left speechless Thursday when legendary rock band Foreigner surprised them with a visit to the Cherokee Nation to award the choir with a $10,000 check for their winning Public Service Announcement about the importance of music in schools.
Frontiers Music Srl presents a homage to Foreigner’s most successful album ever with "The Best of Foreigner 4 & More", available 5th December 2014 in Europe (World except for US and Canada). Foreigner "4" spent more weeks at #1 on the Billboard charts than any artist in the history of Atlantic Records and went on to sell more than 9 million albums worldwide. The band recorded these live high-definition versions of their most enduring anthems at the Borgata Hotel’s Music Box theatre in Atlantic City on Octob
Classic rock acts Heart, Foreigner and Three Dog Night are teaming up for a three-date triple-bill tour this summer. The 'Summer Concert Tour' will see them perform in Taupo, Whitianga and Queenstown. For Foreigner and Heart it will be their first time performing throughout New Zealand.
“The Soundtrack of Summer” tour made history on Saturday, July 26th at The Greek Theatre, when rock icons Foreigner, Tommy Shaw and James “JY” Young of Styx, and Don Felder united for a first-time-ever encore performance of Foreigner hit “Hot Blooded.” Fans were brought to their feet for the final song of the evening when Foreigner frontman Kelly Hansen surprised the crowd at the sold-out show, bringing Shaw, Young and Felder back on stage to join founding member Mick Jones to shred one of rock’s most famou
RHINO celebrates the band’s prolific tenure with Atlantic Records, with a seven-disc collection that brings together Foreigner’s first seven studio albums, as well as a number of bonus tracks. FOREIGNER – THE COMPLETE ATLANTIC STUDIO ALBUMS 1977-1991 will be available on October 13th.
Foreigner will perform a 2 evening special concert dubbed "The Best of Foreigner 4 and More" at the Music Box at the Borgata in Atlantic City October 3rd and 4th! The special event will pay tribute to their 1981 smash album, 4, which unleashed hits such as 'Juke Box Hero', 'Urgent' and 'Waiting for a Girl Like You'! Holding the #1 position on the Billboard album chart for a total of 10 weeks, 4 eventually sold over seven million copies in the United States alone.
It is an amusement of New York life that rock stars live among us, picking up dry cleaning or going to the dentist just like everybody else. And it is a quirk of contemporary rock stardom that its constituents now come in all vintages, with hairstyles and heydays stretching back for decades. So it is that Mick Jones, 69, original lead guitarist of the band Foreigner, has been living near Central Park since the ’70s, long enough that he can say, in the accent of Somerset, England, “I’m really a native New Yo
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The tone of the answering machine message was routine, like a reminder for a dental appointment. But there was also an undercurrent of urgency. “Please call me back,” the voice said. “It’s important.”
What worried me was who was calling: a senior attorney with the Justice Department’s secretive Office of Intelligence Policy and Review. By the time I hung up the payphone at a little coffee shop in Cambridge, Mass., and wandered back to my table, strewn with yellow legal pads and dog-eared documents, I had guessed what he was after: my copy of the Justice Department’s top-secret criminal file on the National Security Agency. Only two copies of the original were ever made. Now I had to find a way to get it out of the country—fast.
Without the agency’s knowledge, I had obtained the criminal file that the Justice Department had opened on the NSA. Marked as Top Secret, the file was so sensitive that only two original copies existed. Never before or since has an entire agency been the subject of a criminal investigation. Senior officials at the NSA were even read their Miranda rights.
The secret investigation grew out of the final report by the Rockefeller Commission (PDF/18.5MB), a panel that had been set up by President Gerald Ford to parallel the Church Committee. Issued on June 6, 1975, the report noted that both the NSA and CIA had engaged in questionable and possibly illegal electronic surveillance. As a result, Attorney General Edward Levi established a secret internal task force to look into the potential for criminal prosecution. Focusing particularly on NSA, the task force probed more deeply into domestic eavesdropping than any part of the executive branch had ever done before.
I had heard rumors from several sources about such a probe, so I thought it would be worth requesting a copy of the file under FOIA. Nevertheless, I was surprised when the documents, with relatively few redactions, turned up at my door 10 months later. They included a lengthy, detailed “Report on Inquiry into CIA-Related Surveillance Activities” that laid out the investigation in stark detail, as well as a shorter draft “prosecutive summary” evaluating the potential for criminal prosecution. I was shocked that the Justice Department had released them to me without notifying the NSA. An official at Justice later told me that it was standard procedure not to notify the object of a criminal investigation (think John Gotti) once it is completed and requested under FOIA.
It turned out that just as with its investigations into organized crime, the Justice Department had received little cooperation from the potential criminal defendant – in this case, the NSA. Noting that the attitude of agency officials “ranged from circumspection to wariness,” the file made clear that the NSA had stonewalled investigators at every step. “One typically had to ask the right question to elicit the right answer or document,” an attorney for the Justice Department reported. “It is likely, therefore, that we had insufficient information on occasion to frame the ‘magic’ question.”
But the agency’s obstructionism didn’t prevent the Justice Department from finding evidence of serious wrongdoing. The draft prosecutive summary of the Justice Department’s investigative task force, dated March 4, 1977, and classified top secret detailed 23 categories of questionable eavesdropping operations. Five of the illegal activities were immune from prosecution because the statute of limitations had passed, and seven were found to “clearly possess no prosecutive potential.” The rest, however, were fair game for criminal prosecution. Discussing the agency’s Operation Minaret, for example, the full report concluded: “This electronic surveillance activity presents prima facie questions of criminality and is well within the limitations period.”
The prosecutive summary had been sent to Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti for further action. But any attempt to prosecute top officials of America’s most secret agency, the file warned, would almost certainly be met by finger-pointing and scapegoating. “There is likely to be much ‘buck-passing’ from subordinate to superior, agency to agency, agency to board or committee, board or committee to the President, and from the living to the dead,” the report cautioned.
In addition, calling the crimes “an international cause célèbre involving fundamental constitutional rights of United States citizens,” the task force pointed to the likelihood that the NSA would put political pressure on anyone who dared to testify against it. What’s more, the report added, defense attorneys for senior NSA officials would likely subpoena “every tenuously involved government official and former official” to establish that the illegal operations had been authorized from on high. “While the high office of prospective defense witnesses should not enter into the prosecutive decision,” the report noted, “the confusion, obfuscation, and surprise testimony which might result cannot be ignored.”
The report’s prosecutive summary also pointed to the NSA’s top-secret “charter” issued by the Executive Branch, which exempts the agency from legal restraints placed on the rest of the government. “Orders, directives, policies, or recommendations of any authority of the Executive branch relating to the collection . . . of intelligence,” the charter reads, “shall not be applicable to Communications Intelligence activities, unless specifically so stated.” This so-called “birth certificate,” the Justice Department report concluded, meant the NSA did not have to follow any restrictions placed on electronic surveillance “unless it was expressly directed to do so.” In short, the report asked, how can you prosecute an agency that is above the law?
If the first shock to top officials at the NSA was the discovery that they were being investigated as potential criminals, the second shock was that I had a copy of the top secret file on the investigation. When the NSA discovered that the file was in my possession, director Bobby Inman wrote to the attorney general informing him that the documents contained classified information and should never have been handed over to me. But Civiletti, apparently believing that the file had been properly reviewed and declassified, ignored Inman’s protest.
Then, on January 20, 1981, Ronald Reagan was sworn into office. At the Justice Department, Civiletti was replaced by a new attorney general with a much more accommodating attitude when it came to the NSA: William French Smith.
A few months later, while I was working on a chapter of my book that dealt with the Five Eyes partnership, I sent a letter to George Gapp, the senior liaison officer from GCHQ, the NSA’s British counterpart. In the letter, I noted that documents released to me by the Justice Department implicated his agency in Operation Minaret, the illegal NSA program directed against American citizens. I asked whether he knew of GCHQ’s involvement in the operation and whether the agency was currently engaged in any similar activities in the United States.
The letter apparently set off a firestorm, both at the NSA and GCHQ. Lt. Gen. Faurer, who had replaced Inman as director, sent a letter to the new attorney general again pointing out that the documents in my possession contained top-secret material. Considering that they accused his agency of being a criminal enterprise, they were also embarrassing to the NSA, and potentially explosive. The decision was made to try to get them back from me before the publication of my book.
Thus the answering machine message I heard on that steamy day in Cambridge, while I was quietly working away at a back table in the Algiers Coffee House. The call was from Gerald Schroeder, a senior attorney with the Justice Department. When I called him back, he asked whether we could meet in Washington to discuss the file that had been released to me by his own department. The Reagan Justice Department, it seemed, now wanted to reverse the decision of the Carter Justice Department and get the documents back.
Long before the arrival of the internet, and the ability to transfer documents at the tap of a finger, I was very concerned about what the agency might do to retrieve the physical copy of the file in my possession. Years before, when David Kahn had written his monumental history of cryptology, the agency had considered placing him under surveillance and conducting a “surreptitious entry” into his Long Island home to steal the manuscript prior to publication. Decades earlier, after Herbert Yardley wrote about the Black Chamber, the predecessor to NSA, the Justice Department actually did steal the manuscript for his second book, preventing it from ever being published.
My first thought was to quickly make a duplicate of the file and get the copy out of the country. That would protect the documents not only from theft, but also from any court order prohibiting me from revealing their contents. With a copy beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. courts, a foreign newspaper could always publish the documents.
I called a close friend who worked for the Insight Team, the investigative unit of London’s Sunday Times. She agreed to help. It turned out that an American journalist she knew was flying from Boston to London that night, and she quickly arranged for him to take the documents with him and give them to her to hide.
That night I met the journalist on a dark Boston street corner and passed him a package, with the understanding that I was not to tell him what it contained. He wanted as little information as possible, in case he was questioned later. Early the next morning, my friend at the Sunday Timescalled from London with a code indicating that all was well and that the documents were in a secure place.
With the documents safely beyond the reach of the Justice Department, I next turned to my next problem – finding an attorney to represent me. With the advance on my book totaling $7,500, spread over three years, I was in no position to seek out a white-shoe law firm on Beacon Hill. Instead, I called the ACLU’s Center for National Security Studies and explained my problem. They immediately put me in touch with Mark Lynch, a staff attorney at the center who had considerable experience going up against intelligence agencies, including the NSA. Lynch agreed to represent me.
On July 23, two weeks after I had received the phone call at the coffee shop, Lynch and I met with Schroeder for an hour and a half in the conference room of the center, a cluster of rooms in the stately Stewart Mott house on Capitol Hill. Schroeder began by insisting that the two documents had been released to me “by mistake.” The NSA and the CIA had determined that they contained information that was still classified, he said, and the Justice Department would like me to return them.
I politely informed Schroeder that the documents had been in my possession for more than two years, that material from them was already incorporated into my manuscript, and that the Carter administration had spent 10 months reviewing them before releasing the documents to me. There had been no mistake. In addition, because the documents raised questions about criminal activities by the NSA and CIA, I felt it was important for the public to be informed. In the end, we agreed to another meeting – but this time I insisted that since I had traveled to Washington for the first meeting, they would come to Boston for the next one.
The second meeting took place on August 14, in the editorial conference room of my publisher, Houghton Mifflin, on Beacon Hill. This time, the government dispensed with any attempt at politeness. Accompanying Schroeder were the NSA’s general counsel, Daniel Schwartz, and the agency’s director of policy, Eugene Yeates. They immediately began by interrogating me. How many copies of the document I had made? Whom I had given them to? Where were the documents now located? I responded that none of those questions were on the agenda; since my attorney could not be present, we had agreed in advance that the meeting was simply to allow them to explain the government’s position. Any questions, I said, would have to go through Mark Lynch. I pointed to the phone.
After placing a call to Lynch, Schroeder brought up the possibility of using the espionage statute to force me to return the documents. Lynch immediately asked to speak with me privately.
Once the three officials left the room, Lynch expressed worry over the way the meeting was going. The officials could have a subpoena or a restraining order or a warrant for my arrest in their pocket, he said. He advised me to put down the receiver, call Schroeder to the phone, leave the room – and keep walking. To this day, I still have no idea how long the three officials waited for me to return before finding their way out of the publishing house and back to Washington.
The fight quickly escalated. On September 24, after we informed Schroeder that I was going to use the documents in my book and that all further discussions would be pointless, I received a registered letter. “You are currently in possession of classified information that requires protection against unauthorized disclosure,” Schroeder wrote. “Under the circumstances, I have no choice but to demand that you return the two documents . . . Of course, you will have a continuing obligation not to publish or communicate the information.” To emphasize the point, on November 27 the Justice Department sent my attorney a letter stating that “there should be no misunderstanding of the Government’s position that Mr. Bamford holds information that is currently and properly classified” and that failure to return the documents could force federal prosecutors to resort to an unnamed “post-publication judicial remedy.”
Despite the threats, I refused to alter my manuscript or return the documents. Instead, we argued that according to Executive Order 12065, “classification may not be restored to documents already declassified and released to the public” under the Freedom of Information Act. That prompted the drama to move all the way up to the White House. On April 2, 1982, President Reagan signed a new executive order on secrecy that overturned the earlier one and granted him the authority to “reclassify information previously declassified and disclosed.”
We responded by citing the legal principle of ex post facto, arguing that even if the new executive order was legal, Reagan could not retroactively enforce it against me. The Puzzle Palace was published on schedule, in September 1982, with no deletions or alterations to the text. And ever since then, the NSA’s criminal file – still officially top secret, according to the NSA – has remained on my bookshelf.
James Bamford (born September 15, 1946) is an American bestselling author and journalist noted for his writing about United States intelligence agencies, especially the National Security Agency (NSA). Bamford has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, as a distinguished visiting professor and has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Harper’s, and many other publications. In 2006, he won the National Magazine Award for Reporting for his article, “The Man Who Sold The War,” published in Rolling Stone.


In a development for Pakistan’s transportation sector, a joint venture between Chinese and Pakistani companies is set to commence production of electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers, commonly known as rickshaws in the country.
The collaboration is expected to bring about positive changes in the local market by reducing carbon emissions and promoting eco-friendly transportation options.
The joint venture was formed in April by Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Benling Group, Chinese battery manufacturer Dongjin Group, and Pakistani auto company Crown Group to leverage their expertise to introduce cutting-edge electric mobility solutions to the Pakistani market. Two-wheelers and three-wheelers are widely used in Pakistan for public transportation and are a vital part of the country’s mobility ecosystem.
By electrifying this segment, the vehicles to be produced here are expected to address the growing demand for efficient and environmentally friendly transportation options in densely populated urban areas, where traffic congestion and air pollution have become major concerns.
More and more Sino-Pak joint ventures are set to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of urban mobility in Pakistan and setting a positive example for sustainable transportation globally," concluded Hu.


ELIZABETHTOWN — Shoppers, get ready for some terrific deals. Merchants and their staffs are getting geared up for the annual Fourth of July Sidewalk Sale. The sale will take place Thursday through Monday in downtown Elizabethtown.
Merchants will be offering all manner of goodies from shirts to shoes to shorts to dress pants and dresses — and everything in between.
“I think it’s going to be the biggest one yet,” said Ricky Leinwand, owner of Leinwand’s of Elizabethtown.
He added that, with new merchandise coming in daily, he and his staff are working to get items ready for what he hopes will be the best sidewalk sale in the history of his store.
Leinwand said the sale is town wide and folks can come and shop and eat at any one of the many restaurants and just enjoy the day.
“Some people start their Christmas shopping during this sale,” said Leinwand.
Leinwand said there are customers who make the annual Fourth of July sidewalk sale a family tradition or a part of their annual vacation to White Lake. He added that, “really, when you look at where many of the customers hail from,” it’s a regional sidewalk sale.
“It’s not only for the tourists and locals. It has become a really big deal … part of our customers come from Clinton, Lumberton and Whiteville,” said Leinwand.
He added that he has hired extra staff for the sidewalk sale. Leinwand said that shoppers can expect great selection and good prices during the sale.
Leinwand said he encourages all of the local merchants to take part in the event as well.


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Synopsis: When a bitter winter in Catlin County, Oklahoma, is interrupted by three murders and a sinister ring of cattle thieves, Sheriff Sam Titus and his wife, Nicky, must solve the baffling crimes. By the author of The Devil Down Home.
From Kirkus Reviews: Photographer and former Army brat Nicky Titus, wife of Sam, the Catlin County, Oklahoma, sheriff, narrates this tale of modern- day cattle-rustling--which begins with the hit-and-run death of hard-pressed rancher Joe Pilkington. Accident? Or murder? Sam suspects foul play, but is nonplussed when the evidence points to Johnny Garcia--his friend and the only full-time employee at the Hereford ranch owned by his dad, Big Sam. Clues suggest that Johnny was romancing Pilkington's unhappy wife; meanwhile, neighboring ranch foreman Buck Houston is courting Brenda, Sam's brother's widow, and Buck's helper, aspiring country-singer Daniel Bibb, frequently turns up with too-helpful suggestions. Then a fairground employee is murdered, Pilkington's widow disappears, and cow patties mysteriously appear in sheep barns. There'll be another death and abduction--and an important visit to a laundromat--before the final showdown at a livestock show. Artful clues, but savvy readers will deduce whodunit long before the close. Fine background detail, however, and endearing characters in this third adventure for Sam and Nicky (The Devil Down Home, Death Down Home). -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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NXT UK Champion WALTER has discussed his time with WWE, and the reason why he never originally planned on signing with the company.
For many wrestlers, the ultimate dream is to compete in a WWE ring. This wasn’t the case for WALTER, who never wanted to leave Europe to move to the United States.
Speaking on WWE After The Bell, WALTER noted that he never thought signing with WWE was a realistic goal. Because of this, he didn’t have his heart set on wrestling for WWE, so was always reluctant to relocate to do so.
The birth of NXT UK convinced WALTER that signing with the promotion could do wonders for the European wrestling scene.
Here is the full quote:
“First of all, I was never thinking about signing with WWE. That was never a goal. I was happy in the process, sometimes you get lost too much when you think about the future. I have to force myself to do it as well, sometimes your brain is way ahead of you. I was never too keen about leaving Germany, leaving Europe to live in the United States.
“Most of the other wrestlers are willing to do it because it was their goal from day one, maybe early in their career that’s where they want to go. For me, for the most time in my life, it was never a realistic thing that I could actually ever wrestle for WWE or something like that.
“When I started 10 years before, the wrestling world was very different. WWE was very protected or isolated from everybody else. It was so difficult to get into WWE and they opened up a few years ago and actually realized how much talent there is out there to work with.
“When everything came to talks with NXT UK at first, they talked to me right when it started and I was doing really well on the indies and I just wanted to see what else comes up and I just said wait and see what happens. When NXT UK came up and we talked again, it sounded like okay obviously the focus is to build something in Europe and the UK is the obvious first step in that process because England was the hottest place to (wrestle).”
WALTER defeated Pete Dunne for the NXT UK Championship at NXT TakeOver: New York in 2019. With successful defences over Ilja Dragunov, Tommaso Ciampa and Rampage Brown, The Ring General has held the title for over 750 days.
During the interview, WALTER also revealed which wrestlers he’d love to stand across the ring from in the future. While Daniel Bryan was mentioned by The Ring General, Bryan’s name was edited out of the clip posted to YouTube.
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