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The NCAA, NFL and pro sports leagues (the “Leagues”) have now staked out their ground in the Supreme Court sports betting case (Christie v NCAA). Just before the close of business on Monday, Paul D. Clement, attorney of record for Leagues, filed a brief on the merits that “stuck to the script” as we previously described it, arguing that the federal law effectively banning sports betting outside Nevada is perfectly constitutional because it doesn’t “commandeer” New Jersey (meaning, basically, the law doesn’t strip away states’ rights or force them to take action to enforce the law).
With the benefit of a bit more time to digest the 71-page brief, we now look a bit deeper at the Leagues’ arguments and also consider what they don’t discuss, which includes the proliferation of daily fantasy sports (which the Leagues certainly support) and regulatory oversight of sports betting. And they barely discuss Congress’s purpose for passing PASPA (the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act): to protect the “integrity” of the games, to stop the spread of sports betting, and to protect young people from sports betting. Why avoid that? Because many experts and members of Congress believe PASPA has completely failed at accomplish those goals.
Legal Expert John Holden Analyzes the Leagues’ Brief, Their Arguments, and Looks Ahead to Next Steps in New Jersey’s Supreme Court Betting Case
“Certainly Clement was very careful to avoid harming any of his client’s arguments at any point,” said Dr. John T. Holden, who spoke with SportsHandle to discuss the Leagues’ filing. Dr. Holden (@JohnSportsLaw) is a visiting Scholar at Florida State University who has written numerous articles in the realm of gaming law and sports betting, and whose own amicus brief (“friend of the court”) on aspects of the case was accepted by the Supreme Court for consideration.
One of the potential harms Dr. Holden references is NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s 2014 op-ed in the New York Times in which Silver argues in favor of legal, regulated sports betting. Silver wrote in 2014 (emphasis added):
“In light of these domestic and global trends, the laws on sports betting should be changed. Congress should adopt a federal framework that allows states to authorize betting on professional sports, subject to strict regulatory requirements and technological safeguards.”
The Leagues’ brief makes no mention of Adam Silver. And while a federal framework or regulatory requirements for sports betting is perhaps a matter for the future, Dr. Holden argues that PASPA itself provides no framework or regulatory program for states to follow. The result? That void means New Jersey has to handle the federal law’s enforcement and dirty work. “There’s no one to enforce it” Dr. Holden says. “There’s no sports gambling commission” or anything of that kind.
“The Leagues don’t see it as New Jersey has to do anything” Dr. Holden continues. “But I quite clearly see it as, no, New Jersey has to maintain the status quo,” which includes keeping its sports betting prohibitions on the books, although the state has tried to repeal them. “If New Jersey doesn’t maintain their criminal laws of governing sports gambling, then there’s nothing that they can default to. There’s no federal program. So, the maintenance of that state criminal apparatus is commandeering.”
The Option to ‘Do Nothing’ or Get Rid of All The Laws: Real Options or Just Illusory?
Conversely, the Leagues argue that to comply with PASPA, New Jersey effectively has to do nothing other than refrain from licensing third parties to operate sportsbooks in the state, or go ahead and open up shop itself. But does doing nothing still constitute “commandeering” by the federal government, as New Jersey argues.
One point observers have previously discussed, which the Leagues reference, is colloquially known as the “nuclear option.” That is New Jersey’s theoretical option to completely repeal its laws prohibiting sports betting.
“They’re able to make that sort of dare without having to address the consequences” Dr. Holden says. If the “nuclear” option is really an option for New Jersey, which might make PASPA more palatable by theoretically giving New Jersey an option, a completely unregulated environment would follow. That would not be good for the consumer or the state. And that’s certainly not what Silver advocates for in his editorial, nor what Congress envisioned in 1992 when they sought to stamp out the spread of sports betting.
All of this said, Dr. Holden did find the Leagues’ brief very effective in what it did do, calling it a “very tactical strike.”
“It’s a sort of reframing of the arguments. It’s the same message over and over. It also drilled the weaknesses of the New Jersey law. [Clement] must have driven home at least three times that the New Jersey law exempts New Jersey teams [from sports betting in the state]. Well if it isn’t causing harm, why are you exempting your own teams? It’s one of the better briefs certainly in this litigation.”
Going forward, it’s difficult to predict where the conversation will go at oral arguments before the nine Supreme Court Justices. Dr. Holden ponders:
“Are they going to stick strictly to the anti-commandeering? Where this fits with New York and Printz? Are they going to ask questions about equal sovereignty? What’s the preemption status of PASPA? So I think a lot of that will depend on (a) whether Solicitor General’s office files a brief and (b) whether they request oral argument time.”
Next up in the case: New Jersey and co-petitioner, the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, have the opportunity to file a reply brief to rebut the Leagues’ argument. And the U.S. solicitor general, Noel Francisco, who acts as the government lawyer in the case, has the option to file a brief (in which he would defend PASPA). And then it’s a familiar battle cry for the Leagues — game on — at oral arguments on December 4.

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Fourteen months ago I was in Florida, on the eve of the penultimate flight of the space shuttle Atlantis. On my way to KSC to collect tickets for the next day's launch, I checked my email to find some brilliant news regarding the possibility of a future project. But, I couldn't tell anyone about it. What followed was a year of batting ideas back and forth, until all parties were satisfied. Throughout that process I remained enormously excited: this was a chance to be part of something that had always been very special to me. But - I still couldn't tell anyone.
Today I've just watched Atlantis land for the final time. And I'm now pleased to announce that in 2013, in the fiftieth anniversary year of Doctor Who, BBC Books/Ebury will be publishing HARVEST OF TIME, an original science fiction novel featuring the Third Doctor, his companion Jo Grant, and arch-enemy The Master.
I've never had much interest in spinoffery - the idea of writing in someone else's universe generally leaves me cold - but Doctor Who is different. I've grown up with it. It's been part of my life since I was tiny, watching Jon Pertwee on a grainy black and white television in Cornwall, and being terrified out of my mind. All of the usual cliches apply - I was the boy behind the settee, too afraid to look at the screen, but somehow unable to leave the room. Daleks scared the hell out of me, to the point where I wouldn't go round to another boy's house because he had Dalek wallpaper in his bedroom. Above all else, Doctor Who still seems to me to offer near infinite scope for the writer. It must be the least constraining of televisual properties.
I don't remember the very early Pertwee era, but I have very clear memories of the last two seasons, including the introduction of the brilliant and now much missed Liz Sladen. My love of Who transitioned seamlessly through to the Tom Baker period - as a child I accepted unquestioningly that this alien being was capable of regeneration, and I think my "loyalty" had transferred to Baker by about the middle of the first episode of "Robot". I continued watching Who throughout the seventies and eighties, into the Davison and Colin Baker eras. I lost touch with it when I left for university, but never lost my basic affection (albeit tempered with occasional frustration) for the series.
When I was offered the chance to pick a Doctor, it seemed natural to "do" Pertwee. He was the first, for me, and while I have equal admiration for the Baker era, I've always been attracted to Pertwee's portrayal of the Doctor as dashing man-of-science, charming, skeptical and rational. More than that, I felt that I had a better handle on Pertwee's mannerisms and modes of speech than I do on any other Doctor. I also loved the atmosphere of the UNIT era adventures - all that driving around in Land Rovers, crashing through checkpoints, sinister factories and bosses - and, of course, the looming threat of The Master, simply my favorite fictional villain in any medium.
I'll be blogging more about HARVEST OF TIME over the coming year - without giving too much away - but for now I'm as excited as when I got that first email. I hope that the book does justice to the characters and the actors who portrayed them.
I've never bought a Doctor Who novel before... looks like that is about to change.ReplyDelete
This is the best Doctor Who Novel news I've ever heard, and I've been reading Doctor Who Novels for nearly 30 years.ReplyDelete
Wonderful news! There I was on twitter the other day, suggesting you should write a Who episode - little did I know you'd got a book in the works.ReplyDelete
As I started reading this blog entry I was getting very excited because I thought you were going to say you've been invited to write a Doctor Who TV EPISODE!ReplyDelete
A book is still cool but I'd love to see you write an episode of Doctor Who.
I'd be thrilled to write an episode, but you know, one step at a time...this is already more involvement with Who than I ever expected to get.ReplyDelete
BTW, ought to mention Scott Hughes, who correctly deduced that I was doing a Dr Who book back in January (see comment thread for last post of 2010). I couldn't respond at the time, but well guessed, Scott.
Came home from work to see this plastered over doctorwhonews.net and laughed out loud - I've never called anything like this and been right. After a quick stop at gallifreybase to stick my tongue out and shout "I told you so" very loudly, I came here to see... my name. My name on a website. Alastair Reynold's website. Typed out by Alastair Reynolds himself! Seriously though, this is fantastic news both for us and I suspect from your post for you also. I'm looking forward to BRP but HOT is going to be...er...hot?!ReplyDelete
I still have never seen a doctor who episode. Where do I start? (I'm a fan of far out weirdness, aliens, space ships.. basically everything in an Alastair Reynolds book)ReplyDelete
Blimey, Tyler - that's a bit like saying "I've never eaten any food. Where do I start?" :-)ReplyDelete
Doctor Who has been running for 49 years now (give or take a gap or two), so there is a *massive* amount of material to choose from, spanning just about every conceivable type of story. Tonally there is quite a difference between the classic Who, which ran between 1963 and 1989, and the newer series, but there are also lots of neat linkages in terms of backstory and adversaries.
Not all of the classic adventures are, or ever will be, available on DVD - many were lost, although a surprising amount have been recovered in recent years. I have a particular fondness for the Pertwee and Baker years - basically 1970 to 1980 - and there is much goodness therein. "The Talons of Weng Chiang" is a marvellously atmospheric piece of proto-steampunk, set in Victorian London, but involving time-travelling villains, cyborgs, giant rats etc. "The Robots of Death" is an excellent murder mystery set on a giant mining vehicle in the future. Both of these are Baker stories. If you want spaceships, the Pertwee adventure "Frontier in Space" is enjoyable space opera with some well-rendered aliens but as with all classic Who, you have to make allowance for the special effects, which were often done on a very limited budget.
The New Who, running from 2006, is very different - generally better effects, very fast pacing, and perhaps less emphasis on space travel and other worlds - although it does feature on occasion. Some of the most effective stories, though, have been those set on Earth, such as Paul Cornell's Family of Blood.
Running through 49 years are some recurring adversaries - the Daleks, Cybermen, Master, as well as many others.
You have so much narrative space to write more about the Clockmaker, about the second golden age after Absolution Gap and to develop the events after House of Suns. I'm glad you're excited, but this is just chump change. Too bad.ReplyDelete
One of my favourite sci-fi authors combined with one of my favourite sci-fi shows? My anticipation will be great!ReplyDelete
I am curious though: You're generally known for being towards the harder end of sci-fi. The Pertwee era though gave us "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow" to save the day... not exactly rigorous science. Will you fit in with the traditional mould or would you like to take the show into a "harder" science edge?
Swagger - Dr Who is entirely separate to my mainstream novel activities. I'm contracted to write books for Orion to a schedule, and that's what I'll be doing. Doctor Who (which will be around 80,000 words, so half the length of a typical Reynolds book) won't affect that at all. It may mean I write a bit less short fiction in 2012, but that'll be the only difference. As I've said elsewhere, the next three Orion novels will be Blue Remembered Earth and its follow-ups, so it's not like I was planning an RS book or House of Suns any time soon.ReplyDelete
Aidan: it won't be hard SF by any stretch, but I do want to emphasize the Doctor as a man of science (which I think was done very effectively during the Pertwee era, even though the science itself was often daft).
this should be great fun, and quite exciting. I grew up with the same era of Dr Who so it's perfect for me. There really was a sense of fate, foreboding and gravity in the fight between The Master and The Doctor.ReplyDelete
For those who haven't watched Dr Who there are some old episodes (up to Tom Baker) available free on the MSN video player section of Windows Media Center (which I think comes with all Windows 7 versions) might just be in the UK though.
Have been a fan since childhood, and I think it's amazing you've been given such a great opportunity. I always found the banter between Jon Pertwee and Roger Delgado to be some of the funniest. I can't wait to read it.ReplyDelete
Is there any chance you'd resurrect the Keller Machine and put your own spin on it?
Interesting. I have never read a Doctor Who book but would certainly give this a read. I would love to see you get a chance to write an episode or two (parter). The recent Neil Gaiman episode was certainly the highlight of the first half of the current series for me.ReplyDelete
Try as I might, I've never been able to get into Dr. Who so I'll be one fan of yours that wont be looking forward to Harvest of Time. But still, I'm very pleased for you that you get to contribute to a series that you have loved all your life. It's way cool.ReplyDelete
So I started with what Netflix had available which is the Christopher Eccleston doctor and I have to say it is very entertaining. I can't believe I never watched it before!ReplyDelete
This news just made my day! Of to amazon to get some of the old ones. Can you recommend to start from the beginning or is it possible to jump in on any doctor?ReplyDelete
Hans - I wouldn't necessarily recommend starting from the beginning, as you're going back to very early black and white episodes with grainy reproduction and next to no production values - from recollection some of the early eps were even shot and broadcast live? Perhaps best to jump into the colour era - Pertwee and on. The amazon reviews should give an idea of the good stuff, and what perhaps to avoid. Or you could check out the newer series made from 2006 onward.ReplyDelete
For myself, I'm currently watching the 1968 series "The Invasion", which, although perhaps overlong at 8 episodes, is a terrifically well mounted story with a very good villain. Two of the episodes were lost, but the sound recordings survived, so they've been replaced by animations - which work fantastically.
Congratulations! I'm so happy for you!ReplyDelete
Good luck with this - it's very exciting news. I've watched Doctor Who since the age of about 3... it's almost a lifeblood now! But I've never been keen on spinoffery, so I'm selective about what I read/watch/listen to. But a new novel for the Third Doctor, will definitely be worth!ReplyDelete
...and The Invasion is excellent. The animated missing episodes work really well. Some of the B&W stories are somewhat slow by today's standards, but there's something about 1960s who that is special. Some of my favourites are The War Machines, Seeds of Death and The Mind Robber.ReplyDelete
I still think the modern series needs to go back to the show's roots a little, and bring back that air of mystery and intrigue. These days we know too much about the Doctor (or everybody else in the universe also knows all about him), and for me, that just doesn't work.
Anyway, maybe the success of the book will lead to you writing a TV episode. If Gaiman can do it! ;-)
Good news. My relationship with Who novels never stretched past the Target novelisations of the broadcast stories which was a good way of 'catching up' with some of the Troughton episodes that I must have seen as a small kid but had little or no memory of.ReplyDelete
So Pertwee was my first proper Doctor so I'll definitely give the book a shot.
Hope it does well - I'd love to see a Reynolds TV episode at some point and the short fiction suggests you'd be a good fit.
My dad was the Dr. Who fan at our house, mainly during the Tom Baker years, but I have enjoyed it off and on since then. I actually prefer the earlier episodes -- the cheesy special effects and the "daft science" are part of the charm for me :)ReplyDelete
Haven't ever read a Who book, but I will look out for this one -- congratulations!
How exciting! I've always loved Jon Pertwee's Doctor. I'm sure it must be amazing to be able to participate in this phenomenon.ReplyDelete
As Spock would say... Fascinating!ReplyDelete
I have my own collection of Doctor Who videos starting from the first episode. I recently watched "The Invasion" while I was away from home with only my computer and hard drive for company. I watched a lot of old DW shows.
I used to be an avid reader but my eyes are not up to it any more so I've changed over to listening to audio books. I'm a big fan of yours but I haven't read any of your books. They've all been on audio. I hope "Harvest of Time" will be on audio.
Im late to the party, but I cannot wait for this to be released! I hope this trend continues of the top sci-fi writers taking on Doctor Who books.ReplyDelete

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As Justice Alito’s opinion emphasizes:
“The effect of the HHS-created accommodation on the women employed by Hobby Lobby and the other companies involved in these cases would be precisely zero. Under that accommodation, these women would still be entitled to all FDA-approved contraceptives without cost sharing.”
In light of this, the outraged reaction to the ruling ought to seem a bit puzzling. If what you are fundamentally concerned about is whether women have access to no-copay contraception, then there’s no obvious reason to invest such deep significance in the precise accounting details of the mechanism by which it is provided. You might even be heartened by a ruling that so centrally turns on the premise that accomodation for religious objectors is required when no women will lack such coverage who would have enjoyed it under a mandate.
The outrage does make sense, of course, if what one fundamentally cares about—or at least, additionally cares about—is the symbolic speech act embedded in the compulsion itself. In other words, if the purpose of the mandate is not merely to achieve a certain practical result, but to declare the qualms of believers with religious objections so utterly underserving of respect that they may be forced to act against their convictions regardless of whether this makes any real difference to the outcome. And something like that does indeed seem to be lurking just beneath—if not at—the surface of many reactions. The ruling seems to provoke anger, not because it will result in women having to pay more for birth control (as it won’t), but at least in part because it fails to send the appropriate cultural signal.
Julian Sanchez. I think most of the people expressing outrage in my Twitter timeline today genuinely do not know that the SCOTUS decision does nothing to deprive women of coverage for birth control. They’re uninformed, or have been misinformed by people who know better but pretend not to.
Moral of this story (as of so many other stories in the news these days): dishonest hate-mongering is a practice that almost inevitably succeeds.
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by Elisa Black-Taylor
Katala's ears are gone
Cat's Ears Cut Off is yet another example of a world gone mad.
My daughter told me just before I left for work that a dog in Greenville near where I live was found with its eyes punched out. They said it wasn't a dog fight or there would be other injuries. The abuse never seems to end for the cats and dogs in this sad world we now live in.
This cat story is very disturbing to me not only because the abuser is still out there, but because it's not the first case of this kind in the area.
The abuse took place in Pasco, Franklin County, Washington on May 13, 2011 when a five week old kitten, now named Katala, was found with both ears cut off. Here's a news video on the case.
The animal control officer who found Katala near a Pasco home Friday night has taken her to his home to recover. He fell in love with the little girl, who is just fine health-wise except for a chance the hearing in one ear may be gone.
Back in March a boxer bulldog puppy was found with it's ears cut off. A lot of people have the ears surgically shaped depending on breed. This dog was clearly abused, with one ear being totally cut off.
Police are looking into the possibility of the two cases being related. Anyone with any information on the case may call either the Pasco Police Department or the Tri-Cities Animal Shelter at (509)545-3740.
Please keep your cats safe. I get critisized a lot for keeping mine in, yet with each abuse story I do it convinces me I'm doing the right thing for my cats. These abuse cases are increasing and becoming more twisted. These abusers are sadists. That's the only word I can think of that describes a person who would do this to a defenseless kitten.
Abuse is happening everywhere. No matter where you live or what size your town. Small towns are just as vulnerable. What DOES seem common in most every story I write about cat abuse is the abusers look deranged. Their mug shots look like some reject from a back woods horror movie. I'm not even sure I've done a case where an adult abuser was good looking and well dressed. The Miami-Dade cat killings was a bit different, but this case dealt with a teen. Most of the abuse cases I do are centered around 35-55 year old men. Perhaps a "profile" is forming.
I'd like to add I don't know what the kitten was doing outside at night. Perhaps it belonged to a stray or feral cat. I hope no one would put a kitten out to defend for itself. Obviously, it was no match for someone out there who probably got pleasure from hurting this baby.
This case, as with many others, I believe someone in the area around Pasco, Washington is bragging about what he did. I also get the feeling if this kitten fought back then someone is walking around with a lot of little cat scratches on their hands.
In closing, I have a strange question to ask the readers at pictures-of-cats.org and I'd like your input on this. Do you think it had to be the work of two people? One to hold the kitten down and one to cut off its poor little ears. I'm just curious whether only one person could have pulled this off.
Until next time....

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While neither Jeb Bush or Derek Jeter have pulled out of the running to purchase the Miami Marlins, the two have sought financial guidance in making the deal happen.
It was reported this week neither of the two potential owners of the team have the finances to make the deal work. There has been some talk Jeter or Bush, or both, may back away from buying the team from current owner Jeffrey Loria.
Per a story by the Associated Press that appears on ESPN.com, Bush says he is optimistic he can close a deal to buy the Miami Marlins, with his partner Derek Jeter taking charge of baseball operations.
"Given the interest we have inside Miami and among people that are potential partners, I'm really excited about it," Bush said, speaking publicly for the first time about his efforts to purchase the team from Jeffrey Loria. "It's a sport that has huge potential in Miami. I'm excited about the community aspects of this."
Bush, the former Governor of Florida, made a pitch to buy the team in 2013. His brother, George W. Bush, was an owner of the Texas Rangers prior to becoming the 43rd President of the United States.
MSN.com is reporting that Citigroup is advising the group led by both men to purchase the team. Jeter and Bush won an auction last week to make a $1.3 billion offer to Loria for sale.
There are reports from MLB that there is another group looking to make a purchase offer as well.
Bush has been optimistic about getting the deal done and raising the money needed to make this happen. He is also excited about working with Jeter in this business deal. The two were once on opposing sides competing for the franchise.
"Derek Jeter is a phenomenal guy, a person of incredible integrity," Bush said. "I get to meet famous people all the time, and sometimes they don't match up to what their reputation is. Jeter is the exact opposite. He has this incredible, impeccable reputation he earned, and in person he's maybe even better. He's humble, really smart and totally focused on this.
"We have had to make some tough decisions that would require a little conflict. He has made them in a way that has made me feel really good to be his partner, so we're really excited."
Whoever buys the Marlins will need 75 percent approval from MLB before the sale is finalized.
Bush and Jeter lead one of multiple groups that have submitted bids for the Marlins. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said last week none had yet been accepted. Bush told the media he expects a decision to be made soon on which group buys the team, but the process could take months to complete.

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Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) has opened a specialized oncology pharmacy at its premises.
The pharmacy was opened by IGMH’s CEO Ibrahim Saleem and Maldives’ first and only surgical oncologist, Dr. Mohamed Shifan, this Wednesday morning.
The pharmacy is located inside IGMH’s Oncology Department, and will be open from 9 am to 4 pm on all days its OPD is open.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, CEO Ibrahim Saleem reiterated the hospital’s commitment to improving accessibility to healthcare services. He said that it was for the very same purpose that the hospital chose to open the pharmacy inside its Oncology Department.


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The BC Government announced on Thursday morning that it is reducing most commercial property tax bills by an average of 25%, along with “new measures to support local governments facing temporary revenue shortfalls,” as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
“We know that BC communities and businesses are suffering from the economic impacts of COVID-19,” said BC Finance Minister Carole James. “We are providing further support by making additional temporary property tax changes to provide province-wide relief for business and local governments to help weather the pandemic, continue to deliver the services people count on and be part of our province’s economic recovery.”
James said the province is also taking “significant new steps” to support BC businesses, non-profits and other organizations through the COVID-19 pandemic by further reducing the school property tax rate for commercial properties to achieve an average 25% reduction in the total property tax bill for most businesses, providing up to $700 million in relief.
James said this latest measure enhances the 50% reduction to the provincial school property tax rate that was originally announced for classes 4, 5, and 6 as part of BC’s COVID-19 Action Plan.
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In addition, the government is also postponing the date that late payment penalties apply for commercial properties in classes 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 to October 1, 2020, in an effort to give businesses and landlords more time to pay their reduced property tax, without penalty.
And in response to what it said are “key concerns” from local governments, the province said it is addressing cash flow and revenue shortfalls with new measures that provide additional support. These measures, it said, include:
- Authorizing local governments to borrow, interest-free, from their existing capital reserves to help pay for operating expenses, such as employee salaries;
- Delaying provincial school tax remittances until the end of the year. This will provide significant relief to local governments facing cash flow issues;
- Providing local governments greater flexibility to carry debt for an additional year.
The province said these measures will “provide local governments with the resources to meet their operational costs and required remittances” to regional districts, regional hospital districts, TransLink and transit authorities, BC Assessment, the Municipal Finance Authority and other taxing authorities.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is having significant financial impacts on all levels of government,” said BC Housing Minister Selina Robinson. “It’s going to take hard work from both municipalities and the provincial government, but working together we will get through this.”
With these new measures, Robinson said the provincial government is “giving local governments new tools as a first step to ease their financial burdens and that of businesses in their communities now, and as we look to recovery in the months to come.”
Changes to British Columbia’s property tax framework complement federal measures and build on the $5 billion BC COVID-19 Action Plan that provides income supports, tax relief and direct funding for people, businesses and services.


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KTM Duke 790
KTM duke 790 price, launch, specification, features
KTM debuted their Duke 790 prototype at this year’s EICMA show, Milan. The bike is likely to be produced in India, on launch.
Here’s a video:
Here are some of the expected specifications of the bike:
|News : KTM 790 Duke | 1290 Super Duke R Details|
|Latest Industry buzz:||-Could be produced in India|
|Expected price (ex-showroom, Delhi):||Rs. 4.80 Lakhs|
|Launch date:||Launch in 2018|
|Displacement category||500cc to 1000cc|
|Price category||2 lakh – 5 lakh INR|
|Colours available||Black, white, army|
|Engine||800cc, LC8c, parallel-twin cylinder,|
|Brakes||Front: Dual Disc|
|Rear: Single Disc|
|Wheel & Tire||Front: Alloy|
|Suspension||Front: WP Upside Down (USD)|
|Rear: WP Monoshock|
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Design is similar to other 2017 Duke bikes but since the 790 is still in prototype phase, it difficult to comment on this. All we know is that it looks amazing.
Some of the expected features are provided below:
KTM duke 790 UBI Report
KTM is working on a new middleweight Duke for launch in 2018. A prototype of the bike has been unveiled at the EICMA 2016- called Duke 790, which looks absolutely amazing. The new bike will be KTM’s smallest twin cylinder offering.
It is very likely that the new motorcycle will be produced in India and that is why we’ve set a low expected price.
Stay tuned for more updates.


The Lady Mustangs are making a case for a three-peat next week in Lexington.
The North Oldham girls track and field team did so in dominant fashion to win the Class 2-A, Region 3 title for the fifth year in a row with 191 points Wednesday evening at Christian Academy of Louisville.
BUCKNER – The 2016 29th District softball tournament championship game will be remembered more for its controversial officiating than the see-saw battle between two teams with rosters that couldn’t be any more different.
BEDFORD – North Oldham eighth-grade pitcher Madisyn Eads didn’t know she was one inning away from a no-hitter until after the game. She and her teammates were more focused on the precise defense and explosive offense they played that when they saw Eads’ individual performance, it was just icing on the cake.


The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is involved in range of activities that support skills provision in the region. Below are a list of current projects and resources.
- West of England LEP Skills Prospectus
The growing economy in the West of England region is growing, creating new jobs across Bristol. High quality, industry informed training can help people to meet the demands of these jobs, and the West of England Skills Prospectus outlines how and where you can do this.
Produced by the LEP, the Prospectus outlines what’s on offer from colleges and other providers across the Zone’s priority sectors, and highlights how training and education providers are collectively meeting the needs of the local economy. It also explains how the LEP is tackling future skills needs based on this year’s sector statements and key findings from their research.
Copies of the Prospectus have been distributed to schools, colleges, local authorities and other partners across the West of England, and you can read it online. You can request hard copies by emailing email@example.com.
- Careers & Enterprise Company
The Careers & Enterprise Company, a central government initiative, aims to inspire young people and helps them to prepare for and take control of their futures by filling the gaps in the provision of careers and enterprise activities across the country and increasing employer engagement with young people. Via the West of England LEP, they are currently looking for volunteers in the region from the world of work to be Enterprise Advisers, who will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team in local schools to develop their careers, enterprise strategies and employer engagement plans, drawing on local business networks.
If you are interested in this opportunity and want to know more, please contact the LEP Enterprise Coordinator Beverly Walker at firstname.lastname@example.org.
- National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) 2016 toolkits
NAW 2016 takes place on 14 – 18 March, celebrating apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on individuals, businesses and the wider economy. In preparation for the week, you can download a toolkit containing information and activity suggestions.
- Do you employee Apprentices?
The West of England LEP is championing local employers, colleges and training providers who have taken on apprentices, and would like to hear from you if you would like your business to feature in a case study. These case studies will be utilised over 2016 across the LEP website, featured in local press and in LEP publications. If you are interested in supplying a case study of your business and your apprentice(s), please contact email@example.com.
- 2016 Apprenticeship Awards
The West of England LEP are pleased to be supporting the ‘Small Employer of the Year’ award at this year’s Bath Chronicle & Bristol Post Apprenticeship Awards. The aim of the awards is to celebrate the best and brightest apprentices, and the awards are open to companies which employ apprentices as well. They can be firms employing just a handful of people to those with hundreds of staff on their books. More information on categories and how to nominate is available online.


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By Paul Thompson
All people who lived in the course of the reign of Edward VII was once an Edwardian, no longer in simple terms the wealthy, the literary or the scandalous. during this vintage paintings, Paul Thompson files the existence tales of a few Edwardians born among 1872 and 1906 in a pioneering use of oral heritage, which captures a distinct list in their occasions. Domestics, labourers, expert and semi-skilled staff, execs and excessive society women and men describe their paintings, their households, their politics and their rest. The Edwardians establishes and describes an important dimensions of social switch in the early 20th century: type constitution, gender differences, age differences - city and rural - and nearby modifications. It additionally evaluates the forces for social switch in the interval: financial pressures, spiritual and political conviction, feminism and socialism, patriotism and the conflict, to bare how close to and the way some distance Edwardian society used to be to revolution during this time of severe social swap. through giving a voice to the contribution and event of standard humans, Paul Thompson brings the Edwardian period vividly to lifestyles. This new version, is considerably revised and contains a new bankruptcy on id and tool, take into consideration significant historiographical and social adjustments seeing that its e-book in 1975. It has new images and an up to date bibliography.


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QALY saved to $16,000. If the model includes no discounting for either costs or health benefits, the cost per QALY saved (compared to case 1) is approximately $19,000 (see Cases 10 and 11). The committee reiterates, however, that both costs and benefits should be discounted.
The committee believes that the model it recommends can and should have far more utility beyond informing research and development priority considerations. For example, a policymaker might want to evaluate and inform decisions about the value of investments in new vaccine delivery programs. Such a policymaker might also wish to evaluate those options in an idealized scenario. Therefore, the committee offers several examples, using the Vaccine X scenarios described above, of results obtained in the idealized scenario; that is, vaccines against disease X-1 through X-9 have just become available, they are all 100% effective, and there is a means to ensure that the entire target population is vaccinated immediately. The following discussion illustrates results that might be important if there is now a desire to find out the cost-effectiveness of an investment in a vaccine program against one of these nine diseases, if that program were to begin today. Because the model includes discounting for both costs and benefits, components of the model with a time factor are particularly affected by this change in analysis.
The cost-effectiveness ratios for vaccines X-1 through X-9 in the idealized scenario change in some fairly predictable ways. Vaccine strategies appear more cost-effective when analyzing this “idealized scenario” compared to the primary analysis reported by the committee (less-than-perfect utilization and efficacy, including development costs and time until program is stabilized). The denominator (health benefits) is higher (approximately two-fold) compared to the standard analysis in every case. The factors responsible for this are the positive change by increasing utilization and effectiveness and the absence of the negative impact of discounting the health benefits during the 12 years until the vaccine program is fully implemented (7 years for vaccine licensure and another 5 years for vaccine use to stabilize).
The numerator of the cost-effectiveness ratio is changed in the idealized scenario in several ways, and not always in ways that will be intuitively obvious. Costs for vaccine development ($7,200,000 for these vaccines) are zero in this analysis. Delivery costs increase in the idealized scenario because utilization is 100% and, therefore, 10% more vaccine needs to be purchased. Delivery costs are also increased because they do not need to be discounted to account for the time for vaccine licensure and for usage to stabilize. The cost of care saved with a vaccine strategy is higher in the idealized scenario because more people experience health benefits due to higher efficacy and utilization. In addition, the discounting is not applied for the 12-year lag required for licensure and for usage to stabilize. The net costs can be higher or lower in this scenario compared to the

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Huawei announced on 7th of March 2019 that the company is suing the United States over the section 889 of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
Huawei’s legal team argues that the provision is a “bill of attainder”. In other words, it means that this legislative act pronounces a specific individual or group guilty of some offense and punishes them without due process. According to Huawei, this act is therefore unconstitutional.
What the section 889 of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act is about? What are the reasons behind the United States’ battle against Huawei?
Mathias Avocats draws an overview of the case and analyses the impacts it has already had.
USA banned the use of Huawei equipment by its administration
On 13th of August 2018, President Trump has signed the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA). Section 889 of the Bill specifically concerns “Prohibition on certain telecommunications and video surveillance services or equipment”. The legislation prohibits federal government administration to “procure, obtain, (…) enter into a contract (or extend or renew a contract) with an entity that uses any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system”.
Then, the bill explicitly names the products manufactured by Huawei and ZTE, such as “telecommunications and video surveillance services” behind the term “covered telecommunications equipment or services”. Consequently, U.S government agencies are forbidden from using or buying products and services from those Chinese companies.
When deposing its lawsuit against the NDAA Section 889, Huawei declared that the bill was unconstitutional. For the company, when imposing sales restrictions, the Congress acted as a judiciary without any possibility for Huawei to defend itself. The Federal District Court in the Easter District of Texas, where the lawsuit was filed, will have to decide whether the Section 889 of the Act is constitutional.
What are the reasons behind the United States’ battle against Huawei?
The United States name the risks for national security as the reason behind its battle against Huawei’s products. President Donald Trump’s administration has repeatedly claimed that the company’s equipment could be used for espionage by the Chinese government.
However, according to experts, it is more about who will be the leader in 5G technology. More specifically, this announcement seems to be a part of the United States’ strategy to spur its allies to ban Chinese companies such as the telecommunication equipment leaders Huawei and ZTE. Huawei is a key player in the introduction of 5G wireless networks around the world and a serious competitor of Apple and Samsung in the global smartphone market.
For an example, according to The Wall Street Journal, US Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell has recently warned the German government that USA will cooperate less with German intelligence Agency if Germany allows Chinese technology firms to deploy 5G across the country.
As a response, Eric Xu, one of Huawei’s chairman, has denounced the American government’s strategy to keep Huawei out of the 5G market. In the future, the technology is expected to have a great impact in various sector including autonomous cars, artificial intelligence or smart cities. Experts predict that the U.S position will result in a dissociation of 5G network: one built with Chinese technology and one built with American technology.
The expansion of the ban in the Pacific
Huawei’s founders have denied many times the allegations that the products of the company represent a security risk. However, following the adoption of the American bill, Australia and Japan also chose to follow its path, holding security concerns. Despite Huawei’s involvement in Australia’s telecommunications industry, the Australian government made an announcement saying that “the involvement of vendors who are likely to be subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government that conflict with Australian law, may risk failure by the carrier to adequately protect a 5G network from unauthorized access or interference”.
Without specifying any countries or companies, Australia pointed out China’s internet laws on national intelligence and counter espionage that require technology firms to hand over network data when asked to do so. Indeed, Article 7 of the 2017 National Intelligence Law states that “any organization or citizen shall support, assist and cooperate with the state intelligence work in accordance with the law”. Regarding this provision, experts doubt of the company’s ability to resist such order. Nevertheless, Huawei continues to state that it will not transfer customer data to the Chinese government if requested. Indeed, Huawei and the Chinese government have close ties as the company’s leader, Ren Zhengfei, is a current Communist Party member.
Mathias Avocats will keep you updated on any further evolutions.


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Advanced indolent lymphoma patients can be treated with a rituximab-containing regimen as first-line therapy and, in some cases, skip chemotherapy altogether, a study with 10 years of follow-up data suggests.
After a median of 10.6 years’ follow-up, almost three-quarters of patients (73%) in the study were alive, and 36% never required chemotherapy.
“This [overall survival] is at least as good as that observed in modern immunochemotherapy trials,”, of Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm and her colleagues reported in the .
The study included 321 patients who were previously untreated and had been enrolled in two randomized clinical trials performed by the Nordic Lymphoma Group. The trials randomized patients to receive either rituximab monotherapy or rituximab combined with interferon alfa-2a. Neither trial used up-front chemotherapy.
Patients included in the follow-up analysis had follicular lymphoma, marginal zone lymphoma, small lymphocytic lymphoma, or indolent lymphoma not otherwise specified.
The overall survival rate at 10 years after trial assignment was 75% and 66% after 15 years. Similarly, the lymphoma-specific survival rate was 81% at 10 years after trial assignment and 77% at 15 years, the researchers reported.
Overall, 117 patients did not require treatment with chemotherapy, but 24 patients were further treated with antibodies and/or radiation. Of the 93 patients who received no additional therapies after frontline treatment, 9 patients died from causes unrelated to their lymphoma.
Among the 237 patients who failed initial treatment, the median time to treatment failure was 1.5 years.
In terms of transformation to aggressive lymphoma, the rate was 2.4%/person-year overall. The cumulative risk of transformation was 20% at 10 years after trial assignment and 24% at 15 years.
The study was funded in part by the Stockholm County Council and by the Nordic Lymphoma Group. The trials analyzed in the study were supported by Roche. Dr. Lockmer reported having no financial disclosures. Her coauthors reported relationships with Novartis, Gilead, Roche, and Takeda, among others.
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The Boeing Company in cooperation with the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam, recently hosted the first Aerospace Manufacturing Symposium in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The symposium is Boeing's first step to facilitate the exchange of ideas between its supplier/partners and Vietnamese government agencies and businesses. The goal is to help participants better understand how Vietnam can establish a viable aviation industry and create new business relationships.
""This conference offers us a valuable opportunity to exchange views and further enhance mutual understanding to work out measures aimed at promoting bilateral economic cooperation and in civil aviation as a whole,"" said Nguyen Bich Dat, vice minister of Planning and Investment. ""Boeing has great financial capacity, sophisticated technologies and rich experience in this field, thus enjoying high international prestige.""
Attending the symposium were approximately 200 participants, including vice ministers from the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Transport, and a director general within the Ministry of Industry. Also attending were other Vietnamese government officials, business leaders, and executives from Fuji Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing, General Electric Aircraft Engines, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce.
""Boeing wants our supplier/partners to assess and evaluate the capabilities that Vietnamese manufacturers have to offer because we believe that this great nation has the potential to become an instrumental contributor in the process of building the world's best airplanes through Boeing's Lean Global Enterprise initiatives,"" said Wade Cornelius, vice president of Business Development and Global Strategy -- Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Boeing has delivered the first of ten 787 Dreamliners to WestJet, marking the start of the airline's global expansion. Having long operated a fleet of Boeing single-aisle jets, WestJet will use the super-efficient, long-range 787-9 Dreamliner to profitably serve new international routes.
The Middlesex production facility of Web Industries’ Aerospace market team has earned accreditation from Nadcap (the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) covering the facility’s composite cutting and kitting operations.
Group Rhodes, through its Rhodes Interform business, has developed a revolutionary new process that enables large monocoque components, particularly those produced by super plastic forming (SPF) from very thin material, to more accurately retain their shape on cooling.


TAR HEEL, N.C. (WTVD) -- A week after Smithfield Foods closed its South Dakota pork processing plant--one of the largest in the country, one worker at the company's North Carolina facility said she is concerned for her health and safety on the job.
A representative with the packing plant said out of respect for its employees, they won't confirm any COVID-19 cases at the Smithfield Packing plant in Tar Heel. Employees said safety measures are now in place at the facility, but they worry it might be too late.
"I don't have any symptoms, but whose to say that three days from now I wont? I might start having symptoms," said an employee who wished to not be identified.
She is an employee of the Smithfield Foods packing plant in Tar Heel. ABC11 protected her identity in an effort to prevent retaliation. She is so frightened about contracting the virus that she left work early last week and won't be in this week.
"I have kids. I have a son with asthma. I can't afford to get sick and bring that home to my child. I'm risking his life and my life. It's just not right," said the employee.
Last week, our Troubleshooter Diane Wilson brought you a story where an employee at the Smithfield plant said management told workers they can earn $500 bonus on their May 15 paycheck if they don't miss or aren't late to any shifts.
Employees are still operating within close quarters despite CDC guidelines. Workers said they stand next to each other on the line floor.
"Meat has to be directly on top of each other going down lines," said the employee. "It's going to take forever if everybody is spaced out. We're still directly next to each other with these little black things on the side of us serving no purpose."
She said temperature screening has been implemented at the start of each shift, plexiglass has been added and masks were distributed.
We reached out to Smithfield Foods, and a representative directed us to its website. On the company's website, it states:We have instituted a series of stringent and detailed processes and protocols that follow the strict guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to effectively manage any potential COVID-19 cases in our operations. These include mandatory 14-day COVID-19 related quarantines with pay as an uncompromising effort to protect our dedicated employees. We've also relaxed attendance policies to eliminate any punitive effect for missing work due to COVID-19 diagnosis or quarantine.


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Netflix has got fans excited with a surprise update on the much-anticipated ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ films. Greta Gerwig, the filmmaker behind hits like ‘Lady Bird’ and ‘Barbie,’ is set to bring the magical world of C.S. Lewis to life once again. With the last Narnia movie released over a decade ago, Netflix is rebooting the franchise, with Gerwig at the helm for the first two films.
Scott Stuber, Head of Netflix Film, shared the news in a chat with Collider, signaling that production is aiming to start in 2024. While details on the adaptation remain under wraps, Stuber’s enthusiasm is a promising sign. Netflix is working hard to realize Gerwig’s vision for ‘The Chronicles of Narnia,’ with production slated for next year.
Greta Gerwig, since her rise to fame with ‘Lady Bird,’ has established herself as a force in the industry. Despite this, she has voiced her own apprehensions about taking on such an iconic series, stating that while she’s quite nervous, she believes starting from a place of fear is good. Fans are eagerly awaiting to see how she will interpret Lewis’s timeless stories.
Netflix’s strategy recently has been to dive into literary worlds, securing rights to big names like the C.S. Lewis Library and Roald Dahl’s works. Their acquisition of video game titles also hints at a diverse range of adaptations. They’ve already begun exploring Dahl’s universe with a short film directed by Wes Anderson featuring Benedict Cumberbatch.
The platform’s commitment to bringing classic literature to screen is clear, with Stuber hinting that more news will follow. Audiences are encouraged to keep an eye out for further announcements. In the meantime, Netflix continues to churn out original content, like the Wes Anderson-directed ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,’ which fans can watch while they wait for the Narnia films.
By partnering with a talented director like Gerwig, Netflix signals a strong future for their literary adaptations. The Chronicles of Narnia project is certainly one to watch, and with Gerwig’s track record, it’s set to be an exciting new chapter for the franchise. Details may be scarce now, but with production approaching, more information will surely surface soon.
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Apple added the SE series to their iPhone lineup in 2016. The ultimate goal of the iPhone SE series was to give Apple users the basic iPhone experience at an affordable price. Apple released the previous iPhone SE in 2020. It was a $400 iPhone, one of the hottest phones of that year and honestly one of the most important phones in a long time, especially for Apple for the price.
The latest rumor related to Apple's supply chain is all about iPhone SE's successor. Different sources confirm that Apple is preparing for an early March 2022 announcement for the 3rd generation of iPhone SE. The name of the phone is not finalized yet. It can go by the name iPhone SE 2022, iPhone SE 3 or iPhone SE 3rd generation, or iPhone SE 5G as the sources call it.
The iPhone SE series is all about its price. It's a pretty simple formula. Take the old body, put new internals in it, sell it for cheap. It can be told after researching various iPhone SE 2022 leaks that the new iPhone SE 2022 will be no different.
It appears iPhone SE 2022 will hold on to the iPhone 8 's design like last year with a new chipset and the same old 4.7 inch LCD display. Sources confirm that this phone will come with 5G band support when it hits the floor in early 2022. Adding 5G to the next iPhone SE will provide the current fastest network speeds to the cheapest iPhone line-up and will most likely be popular with Apple consumers.
Apple may be the only company that can pull off a budget phone like this. You see, for others, they typically need some standout feature or something to give you a reason to buy it over the other budget phones. So whether it's the budget phone with a high refresh rate or the budget phone with a Stylus or the budget phone with an amazing camera. But those phones also tend to have a few sacrifices in other areas. This is the budget phone that's an iPhone. And for many people, that's enough.


Yeovil Refresh contractor collapses
Midas, the contractor tasked with leading the Yeovil Refresh project, has collapsed into administration. This is not the same as liquidation and attempts will be made to save the business as a going concern. Yeovil Refresh was a flagship project for South Somerset District Council (SSDC). The contractor was working on the Westminster Street area of the town as part of Yeovil Refresh. The Leveller understands that all work on the project, in the centre of Yeovil, has now stopped.
When the Westminster Street project was launched in September SSDC explained: The public realm enhancement work will change the areas that people move or congregate around and will make areas more attractive to residents, visitors and businesses. There are a total of six areas of the town centre which will see changes including Westminster Street, The Borough, upper Middle Street( including Wine Street), Middle Street (East), Middle Street (West) and The Triangle.”
In response to questions from The Leveller today, and SSDC spokesperson told us “We are aware of the reports and we will be proactively working with Midas to prioritise site and related public safety in Westminster Street. Work has currently ceased on site, so we will update local businesses and residents when we have more information on when work will recommence. We will then be taking all practicable steps to ensure that vital work to regenerate Yeovil town centre public realm can continue and we will ensure we communicate the actions we are taking to businesses, residents and other key stakeholders as soon as possible.”
In the meantime, inevitably it’s all a bit messy. These photos courtesy of the excellent Len Copland say it all….


This article discusses how the Tres Amigas SuperStation project will unite the long broken electrical grid system in the United States. The Tres Amigas SuperStation will be located in Clovis, NM, USA, close to large amounts of established and potential renewable generation. In its first phase, the project will support the 5000 MW of power transfer capacity. It will employ ultraefficient, high-capacity DC superconductor cables coupled with voltage-source converters in what will be, in essence, a superconductive electricity pipeline. SuperStation will make it practical, and economical, to “firm up” intermittent and variable renewable energy by taking advantage of geographical diversity and energy storage, such as the onsite batteries at Tres Amigas or systems such as compressed air energy storage. This capability greatly enhances the value of new generation, creating additional economic incentives for its development. Tres Amigas will also expand the geographic reach of markets, offering new opportunities to take advantage of load and resource diversity, which will reduce costs.
The U.S. is blessed with abundant renewable energy, from wind in west Texas to sunlight in the western deserts. And the nation is rapidly putting that clean energy to work. Although most forecasts project annual load growth of only 1 percent for the foreseeable future, renewable power's share of net generation is projected to double by 2035.
But this power cannot be put to work unless it can be economically transmitted to load centers. At present, a key deficiency inhibiting the development of our renewable energy sector is America's balkanized power grid: the largely isolated Eastern, Western, and Texas interconnections. Only relatively small, bilateral dc links currently exist between any two interconnections—a mere 2,000 megawatts of combined power transfer. And the three interconnections have never been integrated.
Uniting these interconnections has been a goal for some in the power industry for decades. But the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently approved a project designed to break this longstanding transmission bottleneck and create a power-marketing hub that will provide developers of renewable—and conventional—generation with expanded regional and national markets in which to sell their power. This project, called the Tres Amigas SuperStation, will be located in Clovis, N.M., close to large amounts of established and potential renewable generation, and in its first phase, slated to begin construction in 2012, will support the 5,000 megawatts of power transfer capacity.
What's more, the Tres Amigas project will be a technological wonder. The project will employ ultra-efficient, high-capacity dc superconductor cables coupled with voltage-source converters in what will be, in essence, a superconductive electricity pipeline.
High temperature superconductors used in power transmission are perfect direct current conductors. Wires made from superconductor materials are over 100 times more powerful than copper or aluminum wires of the same size and they can transmit power with zero energy loss when carrying direct current. The lack of resistance makes it possible, indeed practical, to construct dc superconductor cables with virtually any desired power transmission capability.
The power density and efficiency advantages drive system economics, and they are fundamental to the reason that underground superconductor cables can achieve cost parity with overhead alternating current power lines over long distances while also delivering superior returns on investment. In addition to eliminating energy losses in transmission, superconductor cables are compact, lightweight, and emit no heat or electromagnetic fields, and they are particularly easy to install, even in close proximity to other underground infrastructure. The right of way needed to move 5,000 megawatts using a superconducting electricity pipeline is significantly smaller than that of conventional 765 kV transmission lines.
Power cables employing superconductor wires are available from several commercial producers and have demonstrated their reliability and performance in in-grid sites around the world. Such cables have been installed in New York City, Long Island, and Albany, N.Y.; Columbus, Ohio; Detroit; Tokyo, and South Korea. While all installations to date have been for ac applications, applying this established technology to dc transmission is straightforward.
In dc applications in particular, modern power electronics have paved the way for superconducting electricity pipelines to become a significant operational solution for transmission operators around the world. The technology can be used for such diverse applications as collecting wind turbine output from onshore and offshore wind farms; collecting renewable energy from solar and geothermal rich areas; enabling the delivery of renewable power to distant major population centers, including regions that have less productive renewable resources; and transferring power from region to region to take advantage of seasonal and daily power generation and load profiles.
Direct current power transmission itself is not new: it has been used for decades around the world to move large amounts of power from a single source of power generation to one load center. While a few multi-terminal systems using conventional cables have been built, they were very difficult to implement. But recently, multi-terminal technology based on new power electronic designs incorporating voltage-source converters has become available. VSC technology provides greater control and flexibility and, most important, enables dc lines to connect to multiple generation sources and multiple areas of electrical demand.
Direct current terminals employing VSC technology, however, are available only at mid-level voltages in the range of 100 to 300 kV. By comparison, ultrahigh voltages (around 800 kV) are used for conventional point-to-point dc transmission. Thus, to be used in high power transmission, the lower voltage levels require the use of very high currents. But transmitting high currents long distances through conventional aluminum or copper conductors results in considerable resistive losses.
Superconductor power cables bypass that limitation by providing the ability to carry very high levels of current with zero electrical loss. The combination of a VSC-based multi-terminal dc system and superconductor cables makes for a compelling new transmission option, uniquely suited to transmitting renewable energy over long distances with multiple collection and distribution points. In the target applications, superconductor dc cables have higher lifecycle returns on investment because of their efficiency and operational advantages.
The Tres Amigas SuperStation will employ this technology toward an exciting goal. The SuperStation will make it practical, and economical, to “firm up” intermittent and variable renewable energy by taking advantage of geographical diversity and energy storage, such as the onsite batteries at Tres Amigas or systems such as compressed air energy storage. This capability greatly enhances the value of new generation, creating additional economic incentives for its development.
Tres Amigas also will expand the geographic reach of markets, offering new opportunities to take advantage of load and resource diversity, which will reduce costs. For example, at present, marginal prices for energy in the three U.S. interconnections typically diverge because these three markets operate in isolation. Studies that Tres Amigas submitted during FERC proceedings showed that marginal energy prices do vary significantly between the Southwest Power Pool (in the Eastern Interconnection), ERCOT and the WECC. Our studies, during sample time intervals, showed that energy prices vary by more than $50 per MWh for over 2,000 hours per year between CAISO and ERCOT, over 1,600 hours per year between ERCOT and the Palo Verde hub, over 1,500 hours per year between SPP and the CAISO, and over approximately 800 hours per year between ERCOT and the SPP. The key conclusion is that significant opportunities exist to bring lower cost power to market by allowing more efficient producers access to the market.
Pick Up and Drop Off
Superconductor electricity pipeline systems have a broad scope of application. The superconductor dc cable functions as a virtual bus-bar that can carry a set amount of power across its length. The VSC terminals are then able to inject power onto the line, or pull power off the line in precisely controlled amounts. This operation would be akin to valves on a gas pipeline or on- and off-ramps on a highway.
One possible use of that capability is long-distance power transmission. For instance, a superconductor electricity pipeline system could consist of several linked loops of long-distance superconducting cable, each with discrete points of connection to the ac grid. (Connecting such a pipeline in loops increases reliability, since maintenance work or unavailability in one section would not prevent power from flowing from one location to another.) Traditional ac transmission would be utilized to collect power from geographically adjacent wind farms and provide a common point of connection to the pipeline at converter stations. For example, 250 MW would be injected into a 5,000 MW superconductor dc cable at 20 locations as it passes through the wind-energy-rich upper Midwest, and 500 MW would be delivered to each of ten cities on the East or West Coast.
Just as important is that the Tres Amigas SuperStation will enhance the value of transmission investments made in the region by allowing power to move freely between the interconnections. Tres Amigas will permit power to move to and from different markets, expanding the potential use of the existing transmission grid and future additions. Tres Amigas should also provide system planners new opportunities to improve the efficiency and reliability of the electric system at a lower overall cost.
Also, the reliability of the electric system in the area around Tres Amigas will be improved. Tres Amigas will connect the three asynchronous grids at a robust station with backup power and voltage-source converter technology that will provide substantial reactive power to the transmission system in each of the interconnections. VSCs can rapidly control both active and reactive power independently. The reactive power will be controlled separately at each synchronous interconnection independent of the voltage levels on the other synchronized systems.
By using VSCs, Tres Amigas will not place restrictions on each ac network's minimum short-circuit capacity. The self-commutation feature of VSC technology will permit the set of three different phase voltages to be synthesized. Because VSC converters themselves have no reactive demand, Tres Amigas will be able to control reactive power for regulation in each separate ac system. The real-time dynamic support of each ac system will be managed based on each system's separate and individual needs, thus improving stability and transfer capability, and most likely reducing losses on each connecting ac system.
In for the Long Haul
Superconductor electricity pipelines can be the most efficient option for long-haul transmission, whether in ac or dc grids.
In all applications, high-temperature superconductor cabling cuts power losses by a factor of two or three when compared with conventional transmission options. This results in improved return on investment, and reduced pollution and carbon emissions.
These advantages underpin the growing market for HTS cabling. For example, in the United States, the world's first transmission-voltage cable system has been operating successfully near New York City since April 2008. This 138 kV system is now a permanent part of Long Island Power Authority's primary transmission corridor. At full capacity, LIPA's power cable system is capable of transmitting up to 574 MW of electricity and powering 300,000 homes. The cabling for the LIPA installation was designed, manufactured, and installed by Nexans. National Grid and American Electric Power energized distribution-voltage superconductor cable systems in their commercial power grids in Albany, N.Y., and Columbus, Ohio, respectively, in 2006.
In the summer of 2010, Nexans completed the first-ever successful demonstration of an HVDC high temperature superconducting cable operating at 200 kV. This prototype cable, together with a newly designed termination, passed a series of tests based on CIGRE (International Council on Large Electric Systems) recommendations.
In October LS Cable Ltd. of South Korea announced the purchase of 3 million meters of American Superconductor's Amperium high-temperature superconducting wire for fabrication into transmission cables. Just last year, AMSC received its first commercial order from LS Cable for approximately 80,000 meters of its Amperium wire to manufacture a 22.9 kV (distribution voltage) ac cable system that will be installed in a Korea Electric Power Corp. substation near Seoul. Rated at 50 megawatts, that cable system will be 0.5 kilometer long, making it the world's longest distribution-voltage superconductor cable system.
LS Cable also is actively developing a 154 kV (transmission voltage) ac superconductor cable system. KEPCO, which is Korea's only power grid operator, has forecasted the wide deployment of superconductor power cables in the Korean grid starting in the 2012-2013 time frame.
Finally, the VSC will provide black start capability to each interconnection separately. Tres Amigas will appear, electrically, to each interconnection as a large generator. The value of this to the long-distance ac transmission lines planned for the region surrounding Tres Amigas is significant. Although specific engineering analysis of each line interconnecting to Tres Amigas will need to be carried out, intuitively we can predict that the technology that Tres Amigas is deploying will solve many voltage, reactive support, stability, and dynamic control problems that long-distance ac lines connected to large intermittent generation resources create.
It may sound futuristic, but the groundbreaking for this project is actually close at hand. With the recent signing of vendor contracts with CH2M Hill, Xtreme Power, Burns & McDonnell, ZGlobal Inc., and Viridity Energy Inc., the design and build-out of the Tres Amigas SuperStation is near fruition. The vendor agreements that Tres Amigas has completed in recent months cover equipment, proprietary trading platforms, and transmission system planning. Tres Amigas is in the final stages of selecting the vendors for the detailed engineering design and construction services, as well as the supplier for the SuperStation's high-voltage dc technology.
When completed, the power conversion technology at the Tres Amigas SuperStation will be a vast improvement over the equipment used at most of the existing ac/dc ties in the United States. It will apply advanced and proven power grid technologies such as high-voltage direct current superconductor power cables, voltage-source converters, and energy storage systems. Tres Amigas also will be the first high-capacity system to connect all three of America's power grids, transmitting gigawatts of power from region to region through the nation's first renewable energy market hub.
It will be the first step toward a green—and continent-spanning—grid.


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Felling mine disaster was one of the first major Mining accidents or mine disasters in Britain, claiming 92 lives on 25 May 1812.
The disaster became famous because it stimulated an unknown engineer, one George Stephenson, to design a safety lamp with air fed through narrow tubes, down which a flame could not move. It also led and an eminent scientist (Humphry Davy) to devise another safety lamp where the flame was surrounded by iron gauze. The gauze had to have small spaces so that a flame could not pass through, but could admit methane, which then burned harmlessly inside the lamp. The height of the luminous cone above the flame gave a measure of the methane concentration in the general atmosphere. The disaster is thus remembered for stimulating inventive minds to tackle the problem and save lives as well as maintain productivity and confidence in a growing industry.


Allen Fort, who unsuccessfully bid for a seat on the Citrus County Commission in 1992, is trying to find a place on the board once again.
This time, the Democrat hopes to represent District 4, a seat expected to be left open as Commissioner Chet White makes a run at the state Legislature.
Fort took his first formal steps as a candidate Friday when he filed paperwork with the supervisor of elections office. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 8, with the primary set on Sept. 8. To officially qualify for the ballot, Fort either must pay a $2,273.70 filing fee or present signatures from 889 registered Democrats this summer.
Joe Cino is running as a Republican. So far, no other Democrats have entered the race.
Fort, 46, could not be reached for comment Friday evening. News accounts show he was born in Ocala, graduated from high school in Belleview and has lived in Citrus since 1974. He is retired from the Florida National Guard.
In 1992, Fort was bidding to represent District 1, which covers the county's northwest section, including most of Crystal River, Red Level, Citronelle and Dunnellon. He lived in Dunnellon at the time.
During that race, Fort touted his experience as the owner of a small business _ Allen's Auto Parts in Dunnellon. He also called himself a "dedicated environmentalist" and said he favored strong law enforcement.
Fort lost in the Democratic primary to Sidney Kennedy, who went on to lose to Republican Frank Schiraldi.
Fort has moved since then and now hopes to represent District 4, which covers southeast Citrus, including Sugarmill Woods and Floral City.
The term lasts four years and pays $30,316 per year. Although commissioners must live within their district boundaries and formally represent that district, they are elected countywide.


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Regular readers will know (if there are any of you left out there, after my appalling slovenliness of late) that I occasionally dip my toe into the water of the world of Jacqueline Wilson. There are several reasons for this:
She is the most borrowed author from UK libraries, and is persistently popular with almost every girl reader I have ever come across. There is not a single child of the female sex I have yet met who does not flirt with Wilson’s novels. Most of them are obsessed. If you’re going to recommend books to children, it really helps to be au fait with what they read. It lets them see that it is alright for adults to read children’s fiction and plants the seed, conversely, that it is alright for children to read adult fiction. It also means they trust you when you say you think they will like something.
My oldest girl, now fifteen, went through a phase of reading everything by Wilson she could get her hands on. My middle child, who is now eleven, has been reading her books for about four years now with varying degrees of enthusiasm. At the moment she is piling through some of Wilson’s more teen based fiction. Her particular favourites are the Girls in Love series, the first of which I took on holiday with me to read. She was very keen that I read it. She still believes that one day I will find the book that will convert me into being a Wilson fan.
The book Girls in Love made the BBC Big Read top 100 books, and I am steadily reading my way through them all, so it had to be done.
I have to say that this is not the book that is going to convert me into being a fan of Wilson. Sorry Tallulah.
As with all of her other books I’ve read, I can totally see why girls love them, but I find them miserable, unhelpful and sometimes just plain distressing.
This book tells the story of Ellie (through Ellie’s eyes), and her two friends as they start to fall seriously in love with boys. Ellie feels fat and insecure and hates her burgeoning body. She feels overlooked in her new family (step mum and young brother), and out of place as her two gorgeous friends find it easy to get boyfriends, and all she gets is the unwanted adoration of a dorky boy she meets on holiday in Wales. Ellie starts to embroider a fantasy boyfriend, and the whole thing gets rather out of hand as the world of her imagination and the world of her reality collide.
If I were eleven again, I’d probably love this. As it is, I found it irritating and a bit sad and it brought back the persistent wonder as to why anyone would choose to read this kind of thing for fun. Having said that, if I asked a bunch of eleven year old’s to appreciate Wuthering Heights I’m sure they’d have the same question for me.
So, great for girls, not at all for boys in any way shape or form.
It’s good in that it talks about tricky family relationships. It’s good in that it talks about the ups and downs of friendships and how friends are important, even when they fall out with each other. It is good in that it talks frankly about girls having relationships with older boys and the question of whether you can or indeed want to have sex with them. It has a lot to say about the speed with which young girls are required to grow into young adults these days, and it handles that in a non patronising, useful way.
Perfect for girls aged eleven to fifteen/sixteen. I wouldn’t go lower on age, not because it’s difficult to read but because it does talk about sexual experimentation and drugs, albeit in a reasonably informed and not at all gratuitous way.
Younger girls will undoubtedly read it. Wilson writes for children of all ages, and they’re not going to be satisfied by an adult trying to stop them reading through her massive oeuvre, but you need to be prepared for questions and/or discussions if you’re going to allow younger children to read this material. If you’re uncomfortable with it, there are about four million other Wilson books out there, so you are bound to be able to deflect attention away from this one for a while longer should you wish.


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Important New– The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has started group housing scheme. Under this housing scheme, Only active members of EPFO can buy 90% of the PF deposits for buying houses and buying plots. Also, a total of ten members will be able to take a loan from the PF account.
A society of at least 10 members will have to be created amount which will be reduced will be able to take as much loan. Also to make things simpler Subsidy will be available on this loan up to Rs 2 lakh 20 thousand rupees. If money is saved from the expense, then it will have to be deposited back. There is 2 lakh 30 thousand active members in the EPFO office at Karnal. The notification of this scheme has been issued by the Central Government.
Bank will take loan, EPFO will install
Note that contributor has to take a loan for this from any bank. The contributor will take the loan from the bank and the EPFO will pay the installments from its monthly subscription and premium. Like a person has two lakh rupees in his PF account, then he will get Rs.1 lakh 80 thousand rupees according to 90%, while the plot he bought has a value of Rs.5 lakh, given the contribution of the EPFO person, the remaining 3 For loan amount of Rs 20 thousand, he will ask for loan from the bank. On getting the loan from the bank, the EPFO will deposit the loan installment directly into the bank.
Necessary Eligibility Terms
– Accounts of 10 members should be 3 years old and they must have deposited at least Rs. 20 thousand.
– There should not be house, or plot, in the name of any member of the member and his family.
Settlements will be settled online
The Employees Provident Fund Organization has 122 Regional Offices across the country. Of these, approximately 110 officers have been linked to the central server, while the rest is going to be linked. After this, any PF member of any Region office can settle the claim for taking their money. This facility is likely to start in the coming 2 months. With this, the PF member will not need to come to another state during the job to get his PF in the same state.
Get Subsidy up to 2.20 lakhs on loan interest
Under the Housing Scheme of the Employees Provident Fund Organization, any active members can withdraw 90 percent of their funds from their accounts for purchasing houses and plots. Loans can be taken when the amount is reduced. The subsidy will be given up to Rs 2 lakh 20 thousand on loan interest, but this PF member will not get the amount personally. For this, we have to create a society of at least 10 members

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Is alkylation a double displacement reaction?
It depends on your definition.
Some people define a double displacement reaction as a reaction of the type
AB + CD → AD + CB
Others say that it must be a reaction between ions:
A⁺B⁻ + C⁺D⁻ → AD + CB
Let's look at some alkylation reactions.
CH₃-C≡C-Li + CH₃CH₂-Br → CH₃-C≡C-CH₂CH₃ + LiBr
The C-Li bond is highly polar, but it is not ionic. This is a reaction between molecules.
It is a double displacement reaction by the first, but not by the second definition. Organic chemists call this an
Alkylation of Ketones
This reaction occurs in two steps.
CH₃COCH₃ +NaOH ⇌ CH₃COCH₂⁻Na⁺ + H₂O
CH₃COCH₂⁻Na⁺ + C₆H₅CH₂-I → CH₃COCH₂-CH₂C₆H₅ + I⁻
The second step is the alkylation step. This is a double displacement reaction by the second definition. This is also an
This is a three-step reaction.
(CH₃)₃C-Cl + FeCl₃ → (CH₃)₃C⁺ + FeCl₄⁻
(CH₃)₃C⁺ + C₆H₆ → (CH₃)₃C-C₆H₆⁺
(CH₃)₃C-C₆H₆⁺ + FeCl₄⁻ → (CH₃)₃C-C₆H₅ + HCl + FeCl₃
The alkylation step is the second step. It is not a double displacement reaction. It is more like a synthesis reaction: A + B → C.

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