San Jose fired another 37 shots on net in their 2-0 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night, and are on a somewhat historic run because of it.
It was the Sharks 11th straight game they have registered at least 35 shots on goal, which is the longest streak of its kind by an NHL team since 1983-84, when the Philadelphia Flyers reached 35 shots or more in 12 in a row.
The Sharks register an even 35.0 shots on goal per game, leading the league.
Surprisingly, though, San Jose doesnt have a single player in the top 25 in that stat. Dan Boyle is the closest, as his 134 shots place him in a tie for 26th in the league. Rounding out the top five for the Sharks are Patrick Marleau (127), Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski (123) and Brent Burns (118).
The Sharks are also fifth in the league in shots against, allowing just 28.5. Their 6.5 differential is second in the NHL, trailing only Pittsburgh (7.3).
NASHVILLE – The Sharks’ road trip somehow got worse, before mercifully coming to an end on Saturday in Nashville.
For the second time in two nights, the Sharks were handled with ease by their opponent as Nashville skated to a 7-2 win at Bridgestone Arena. San Jose lost its sixth straight, all in regulation, including all four games on its road trip.
Colton Sissons and James Neal each had two goals to lead Nashville.
The Sharks have been outscored 13-3 in their last two games, including Friday night’s disastrous 6-1 defeat to lowly Dallas. The last time San Jose lost all of its games in regulation on a road trip of at least four games was March 19-29, 1993 (0-6-0).
The Sharks lost center Logan Couture late in the second period, when he was hit squarely in the mouth with a deflected puck and did not return, appearing to loose at least one tooth on the play. Couture immediately charged towards the dressing room after he was struck.
Trailing 2-0 to start the second period, Patrick Marleau cut the lead in half on the power play, when he redirected a Brent Burns pass at 4:24.
Nashville responded right away, though, when Marcus Sorensen was caught high-sticking P.K. Subban. Neal capped off a pretty passing play with his third goal in as many games against the Sharks this season, whipping it in from the circle just 24 seconds after Marleau’s score.
Subban upped the Preds’ lead to 4-1, when Martin Jones lost sight of the puck and the Nashville defenseman whizzed it just inside the post on a shot from the wall at 14:39.
Justin Braun brought the Sharks back to within 4-2 with his first goal in 20 games at 16:19 of the second period, but San Jose didn’t get any momentum from the tally. Sissons and Neal each got their second of the night in the final frame, including Neal’s on the power play while Micheal Haley was serving a match penalty.
Viktor Arvidsson’s shorthanded goal at 19:22 capped the scoring, and another embarrassing night for San Jose.
The Preds scored the only two goals of the first period. At 4:14, Sissons parked in front of the net and whacked in a pass from Colin Wilson, who outmuscled Tomas Hertl on a loose puck behind the net.
Cody McLeod made it 2-0. After Roman Josi walked Burns just inside the blue line, the defenseman's shot hit the crossbar and McLeod was in front to poke it over the line at 15:19.
The Predators improved to 6-1-0 in their last seven, and took over third place in the Central Division ahead of St. Louis.
The Sharks are just 1-5-0 in their last six regular season games in Nashville, with the lone win coming in a shootout. Saturday was their only visit of the season.
The Sharks went 1-for-3 on the power play, while Nashville was 2-for-4. Perhaps the only good news for San Jose lately is its power play could be coming out of its season-long slump, going 4-for-17 over the last seven games.
Marleau has seven power play goals this season.
Haley was kicked out of the game for attempting to injure Calle Jarnkrok in the third period.
Jones lost for the fourth time in his last five decisions, allowing seven goals on 34 shots, and is just 1-4-2 in his career in the regular season against the Predators.
Pekka Rinne made 26 saves, winning his fourth straight start while allowing just five total goals over that span. He’s 11-6-4 career against the Sharks.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic was scratched due to illness, although he did not appear to be walking right after Friday’s game in Dallas when he took just one shift in the third period. San Jose is 2-4-1 when its top defensive defenseman doesn’t dress.
Chris Tierney was also out, and is day-to-day with an upper body injury. Timo Meier returned to the lineup after he was a healthy scratch on Friday.
Joe Pavelski played in his 800th career game.
The Sharks return home to host the Rangers on Tuesday. It’s their first meeting since New York’s 7-4 win on Oct. 17 at Madison Square Garden in the third game of the season.
NASHVILLE – Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic is out of the lineup again.
The defenseman, who didn’t play on Tuesday in Minnesota with the flu and took just one shift in the third period on Friday in Dallas, was scratched for Saturday’s road trip finale against the Predators. The team stated Saturday’s absence was due to his being sick, although it should be noted he was spotted leaving the dressing room on Friday in Dallas not walking completely right.
The Sharks are 2-3-1 in games Vlasic missed this season entering Saturday night.
Chris Tierney was also scratched, and is day-to-day with an upper body injury. Is was just the second game he has missed this season.
Dylan DeMelo drew into the lineup for Vlasic, while Timo Meier got back in on the fourth line with Micheal Haley and Marcus Sorensen.
Melker Karlsson (lower body) remains out.


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In 1984 and 1985, 21 landscape plant introductions from northern Japan were distributed for testing in the NC-7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials. Seventeen of these introductions were evaluated for 10 years at six to ten sites representing a cross-section of growing conditions in the north central United States. For these 17 introductions, first-year survival averaged 60%; however, by year 10, fewer than 20% of the original 425 plants were alive. Based on these evaluations, the populations could be divided into four groups. One population of Rosa rugosa was adapted to most trial sites; two populations (Alnus hirsuta and Lonicera chrysantha) were adapted to some sites; three populations were of poorly adapted dieback shrubs, and the remaining II populations included a diverse set of trees and shrubs unadapted to any, or nearly any, trial site. Temperature and moisture data from Japan and from trial sites were used to examine relationships between plant adaptation and climate. Statistically significant, multiple-regression models were calculated to describe the functional relationships between temperature and moisture conditions and plant adaptation at the various trial sites. Our models predict that plants from northern Japan are best adapted to sites in the northeastern United States where moisture surpluses exceed those typically found in the north central United States. These models also suggest criteria to evaluate sites throughout northeastern Asia for future exploration.
Works produced by employees of the U.S. Government as part of their official duties are not copyrighted within the U.S. The content of this document is not copyrighted.
Widrlechner, Mark P.; Hebel, James B.; Herman, Dale E.; Iles, Jeffery K.; Kling, Gary J.; Ovrom, A. Paul; Pair, John C.; Paparozzi, Ellen T.; Poppe, Steven R.; Rose, Nancy; Schutzki, Robert E.; Tubesing, Charles; and Wildung, David K., "Performance of Landscape Plants from Northern Japan in the North Central United States" (1998). NCRPIS Publications and Papers. 81.

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Bleeding Through has unveiled a track from next album.
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The Ninth Canada-Mongolia Intergovernmental Roundtable Meeting was successfully held virtually on May 27, 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. H.E. Mr. Javkhlan Bold, MP, Minister of Finance of Mongolia and the Honourable Karina Gould, Canada’s Minister of International Development delivered opening remarks at the meeting.
Minister B. Javkhlan and Assistant Deputy Minister Paul Thoppil, Global Affairs of Canada, co-chaired the Roundtable Meeting and exchanged views on matters pertaining to bilateral relations, trade and economic partnership as well as global and regional issues of mutual interests. The two sides expressed their shared desire to enhance political and economic relations, people-to-people ties, and to promote cooperation within the United Nations (UN) systems and other international and regional organizations.
The Mongolian side expressed its appreciation to Canada for its long – term commitment to, and continued support in its development through promoting good and inclusive governance; and assisting in better managing natural resources; ensuring gender equality and empowering of women and girls; and helping to build merit-based, citizen-centered public service sector in Mongolia. The future development cooperation of the two countries will be aligned with Mongolia’s Vision 2050 and Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.
Following the Roundtable, the two sides announced the “Mongolia – Canada Roadmap for Comprehensive Partnership” with an aim to bring the cooperation to the level of “Comprehensive Partnership”. The key sectors of bilateral cooperation including political, trade and economic, and development areas, have been prioritized in the Road Map with their action items to be carried out.
Both sides are committed to work to enhancing bilateral cooperation as well as promoting collaboration within the UN and other international and regional organizations on issues such as regional stability, human rights, climate change, gender equality, and peacekeeping.
The two countries agreed to further encourage bilateral trade and cooperate on improving Mongolia’s investment environment and promote transparency, protect intellectual property rights, and prevent corruption in matters related to international trade and investment.
The Canadian side will continue to cooperate to support Mongolia’s progress in meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals and achieving tangible results through Canada’s international assistance program with a focus on inclusive governance, gender equality, economic development and environmental sustainability.
Mongolia has invited the Canadian Government delegations to the Tenth Roundtable Meeting to be held in Ulaanbaatar in 2023. Mongolia and Canada will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations also in 2023.


Durbin Meets With Champaign County Officials To Discuss Transportation Priorities
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with delegates from Champaign County First who were in Washington, D.C. for their annual fly-in. Durbin and the group discussed transportation priorities, including job-creating high speed rail and road construction projects. A photo from today’s meeting with Champaign County First is available here.
“Champaign County First serves as an important local voice within its community,” Durbin said. “I was happy to meet with the group members to discuss ways to support transportation initiatives and local economic development.”
Attendees at today’s meeting included: Mayor Don Gerard, City of Champaign; Laura Weis, President & CEO Champaign County Chamber of Commerce; Ryan Roth, Public Policy Director, Champaign County Chamber of Commerce; Tom Carrino, Economic Development Manager, City of Urbana; Bruce Knight, City Planner and Economic Development Director, City of Champaign; and Karl Gnadt, Managing Director Designate, Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District.
Champaign County First is a collaboration between the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce and the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation that has brought together local elected officials and business leaders from throughout the county. The group advocates on behalf of all the communities of Champaign County to build support for regional transportation, infrastructure, and economic development priorities.
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White Professor Says All White People are Evil, Some Only ‘Less Bad’ Than Others
ANOTHER EXAMPLE of why our system of miseducation needs to be torn down and rebuilt raises its ugly face at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey where a white professor has decided that all white people are evil and that some are only “less bad” than others.
As the country began to debate the situation surrounding race faker Rachel Dolezal, a black wannabe professor named Kevin Allred (pictured) began attacking white people with this Tweet…
until the entire system changes – THERE ARE NO GOOD #WHITEPEOPLE. THERE ARE ONLY LESS BAD WHITE PEOPLE!!!

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Take it or leave it, we’re all a little obsessed with Selena Gomez and the pared-down makeup in her latest music videos for “Fetish.” Gomez looks dewy, natural and oh so fresh in the clips for most recent tune featuring Gucci Mane, which was shot by Canada-born Petra Collins, who also did her “Bad Liar” video.
The focus of Collins’ hazy, nostalgic teaser video is a close-up of the singer’s glossy pout (another point for the lip gloss trend) painted on by Canadian makeup artist Hung Vanngo and perfectly manicured nails courtesy of celebrity manicurist Tom Bachik, who recently taught us how to apply press-on nails. Thankfully, both Bachik and Vanngo took to Instagram to spill all the deets on Gomez’s look with the exact products used to create her effortless glow. The truth? Vanngo explained that “basically it’s almost no makeup” gracing the star’s face.
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I saw this great oped in the Tulsa World this morning. The article is by Hugh M. Robert and below. For those of us who represent injured Oklahomans in nursing home abuse cases, we realize the importance of getting insurance for Oklahoma nursing homes. This will create a greater degree of responsibility and allow injured Oklahomans to hold nursing homes liable for their neglect.
“A growing number of nursing homes in Oklahoma are not financially sound and cannot respond to legitimate claims when one of their residents is seriously injured or killed due to neglect or abuse. Often, the company that operates the nursing home and has the license is a shell corporation and has no assets, while another company owns the building and equipment. These nursing home operators also fail to carry liability insurance.
Most Oklahomans are shocked to hear that it’s not a requirement nursing homes carry some kind of insurance. This was the case of Mrs. Cleo Cloud. Her daughter, going through the already stressful decision to place her mother in a nursing home, didn’t think to look for financial solvency or insurance. After her mother was placed in a nursing home, she suffered a terribly painful injury due to the negligence of the home that left her with both her legs broken. Cloud, who endured much suffering and multiple surgeries due to the negligence of the nursing staff, was left with no remedy.
There are at least 56 uninsured homes with 6,621 beds, and the number is likely much higher, but since it is not currently required or reported, we have to rely on unofficial methods of collecting the data. This represents around 20 percent of the total beds in Oklahoma being uninsured; a state study last year speculated the number may be as high as 65 percent. We have asked the state Department of Health to conduct a survey and publish the results of homes not carrying insurance.
If nursing home residents are neglected or abused, they should have the ability to hold the home’s owners responsible. We require people who drive to carry insurance, why should nursing homes be any different? Forcing nursing home operators to show they are financially sound in order to have a license to take care of our elderly citizens just makes sense, especially with the growing elderly population. Most nursing home operators are for-profit companies; carrying liability insurance is a legitimate cost of doing business.
It’s ironic that opponents of the requirement for nursing homes to carry insurance indicate the cost is too prohibitive and they have to choose between providing quality care for their residents or insurance. We believe they can and should do both.
While the same opponents believe the taxpayer should subsidize the cost to carry insurance, it is hard to imagine the taxpayer paying for the increased cost due to negligence or abuse of a nursing home. Nursing homes are generally for-profit and owners enjoy the profits — if neglect or abuse occurs in their nursing home, they should pay the cost, not the innocent patient or taxpayer.
We suspect there is a direct correlation between nursing homes operating in a financially irresponsible manner and the quality of care delivered to residents. If a nursing home knows it cannot be held responsible for neglect or abuse, what motivation does it have to offer a high standard of care?
Robert is executive director of the Oklahoma Center for Consumer and Patient Safety ( www.okccps.org).”

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I just taught the first class of the Spring 2014 session of my Youth Mix-It-Up Painting Art Class. In this class we do a different art project each week in mixed media. This week we worked on a Tape-Resist Triangle Painting. Right now it is a work-in-progress. Next week we will reveal the finished paintings.
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A booming U.S. oil industry has led to near-record amounts of oil production, which has helped drive down oil prices. The energy industry has responded by storing crude instead of selling it at discount rates. That has created a unique situation in Oklahoma, where a major oil storage hub is on track to fill up — completely.
One-fifth of the country’s commercial crude oil storage capacity is located Cushing, Okla., a small city of about 7,900 in northeastern Oklahoma. On the city’s outskirts, field after field are filled with hulking steel storage tanks.
Pumps, compressors and valves hum and shudder. Tanker trucks pull off the busy road and line up at terminals. Sci-fi chirps echo as welders and workers drag cables inside tanks they’re rushing to build. Cushing has room for 71 million barrels of oil, but it’s not enough.
“There’s actually some thought by Memorial Day, if this doesn’t somehow correct itself, we could be, essentially, at a limit of having full storage,” says Steve Agee, an economist and Dean of the Meinders School of Business at Oklahoma City University.
Right now, there are about 54 million barrels of crude just sitting in the Cushing oil hub — a record, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show.
“Kudos to the oil and gas industry, but they’re kind of their own worst enemy by doing this,” Agee says.
The U.S. oil industry has been so effective at using horizontal drilling and well completion techniques like hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking,” to unlock oil from shale rock, the supply of crude has outpaced worldwide demand, Agee says. That’s one reason why oil prices have plummeted in recent months.
Andrew Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates, a Houston-based consulting firm, says the U.S. is at the highest national crude inventory level in nearly 80 years. Low oil prices and prolific supply means North American crude is “looking for a place to go,” he says.
Low oil prices can be an opportunity for energy companies and traders. Some are stashing oil in tank farms like Cushing, or in rail cars — and even tanker ships. They’re betting on buying cheap oil, storing it, and selling it later when prices increase, Lipow says.
“Which means anyone who has tanks is going to fill them up,” he says.
Lipow says the U.S. energy industry has both created and dealt with oil stockpiles in recent years. But not all stockpiles are intentional. In March 2011, the Cushing oil hub had fewer tanks and reached 90 percent capacity. That build-up was more physical than financial, Lipow says.
“One of the differences this year compared to years ago is we’ve got several major pipelines that now connect Cushing to the Texas Gulf Coast,” he says.
In 2011, Cushing’s “glut” grew as crude flowed into the oil hub faster than it could leave — a bottleneck fueled by a shortage of pipeline capacity to carry oil to refineries along Texas’ Gulf Coast.
Pipelines like Seaway and Keystone Gulf helped relieve the glut, but now crude is stockpiling in Cushing because the energy industry doesn’t want to sell its product at low prices — currently $50.45 per barrel.
For the energy industry, Cushing is strategic and symbolic. It’s the location where the primary U.S. oil price, known as West Texas Intermediate, is set. If the Oklahoma oil hub reaches operational capacity, Agee says the effect on the oil market could be practical and psychological.
“Prices would most definitely fall. To what level, we don’t know,” he says, adding that the impact of continued low oil prices could be profound, especially in big energy states.
“Oklahoma is a net exporter, we produce more oil than we consume, so it will hurt Oklahoma more than it will a state that’s not an oil-producing state,” he says.
Oklahoma’s oil hub may not fill. Agee and Lipow, the consultant, say storage in tanks might drop later this spring when refineries demand more oil to make summer blends of gasoline. Or, the flow could stall as low oil prices force energy companies to continue idling rigs and laying off workers.
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Day 39 of our Lenten Journey continues beyond “Beyond Vietnam.” What now? For nine more days, we listen to voices calling us onwards, to live out the legacy of Dr. King. Today, we hear from Monica Lewis-Patrick (right), point guard of Detroit’s struggle for water affordability, excerpted from a conversation she had with a youth group visiting Detroit in July 2016:
People are driven by either two things: pleasure or pain. What has driven me over the past ten years living in this city is watching a lot of pain. That pain has sparked a passion. I’m 50 years old. I’ve done social justice work since I was 16 years old. In North Carolina, in Tennessee, the Deep South. I’ve been in Detroit for ten years and I can tell you there’s not a lot of difference.
What I do know is that people cannot come into the city with the attitude of being a missionary, that “I’m just going to do good in the hood,” and then go back to their community and live well or live in privilege. I think it’s only about immersing yourself in the community and culture and I think it’s only by allowing yourself to be courageous enough to interface with people that make you uncomfortable. I think sometimes it takes us out of our comfort zone—it’s not easy for us who are doing front line justice work to allow outsiders in because of distrust and co-opting and people taking advantage of our trust and the sanctity of these spaces. So it has to be a commitment and willingness to be committed for the long-haul.
I think the other thing about social justice work is that everyone has to decide what amount of themselves they can give to this work. But I think you’ve got to be fully committed, that it’s got to be a life-long commitment because people know the difference. They know when you are coming in to extract from their community so you can feel better about yourself or when you come to give yourself to that community, to let the collective heal so that we can feel better about ourselves. That’s the difference and we know the difference.

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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday directed his government officials to complete modernisation of the public transport system in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri ahead of the Hockey World Cup scheduled to be held from November this year at Kalinga Stadium here.
Chairing a high-level meeting held at the state secretariat, the Chief Minister said,”Presently, as many as 110 buses of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) are plying on different routes in the city. Only 6 percent passengers are availing the benefits of this service. So, there is a need to increase the number of bus passengers to at least 16 percent in order to minimise road accidents, congestion and fuel consumption.”
During the meeting, it was also highlighted that the government has plans to add 200 more buses to its existing fleet of BMC buses, taking the total number to 310.
Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi and senior officials of BMC were present in the meeting.


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An unusual single story property in a very contemporary style for the 60’s.
It is hidden away in the delightful village of Compton amongst the setting of the surrounding properties of much earlier periods.
The property was clearly designed in a modern theme in rectangular modules, with a link to the past with flint plinth walling, large landscape windows and timber cladding to accentuate the length of the building.
The result is a very modern design, providing spacious rooms filled with the surrounding garden and landscape.
We were commissioned to add a further wing to the property and remodel the interior of the kitchen to allow flow and circulation to the property.
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Background The role of sonography in the evaluation of salivary gland alterations in patients with suspected Sjögren's Syndrome (SS) and its benefit with regard to the diagnosis is part of continuing investigation. Studies on sonoelastographic alterations in the salivary glands of patients with SS have been published during the last years and were able to prove significant differences compared to patients with sicca-symptoms without fulfilling the AECG classification criteria [1, 2]. The available knowledge on longitudinal changes in sonoelastographic characteristics is still limited.
Objectives Which variations of sonoelastographic salivary gland alterations can be observed during the five-year follow up of patients with primary Sjögren's Syndrome?
Methods Patients with primary Sjögren's Syndrome (pSS) diagnosed according to the AECG classification criteria were included in this study. The EULAR SS Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI) was applied for the evaluation of patient's symptoms and the EULAR SS Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI) for systemic features. During 2011 and 2016 the sonoelastographic alterations of the salivary glands in patients with primary Sjögren's Syndrome were evaluated. Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) imaging (=shear wave velocity), Real Time Tissue Elastography (RTTE) and Virtual Touch Tissue Imaging (VTTI) were applied for the sonoelastographic evaluation in addition to B-Mode sonography (BMUS). Results of BMUS, RTTE and VTTI were graded with appropriate scoring systems.
Results Fifty patients diagnosed with pSS were included (45 female, age: 56 years SD =16). In 2011 the mean ESSPRI score was 8.3 (SD =4.6) and the mean ESSDAI score was 5.6 (SD =7.5). Initially, the mean ARFI value of parotid glands was 2.99m/s (SD =0.93) and the mean ARFI value of the submandibular glands was 2.15m/s (SD =0.57). Clinical examination and sonoelastographic evaluation was repeated after five years in 2016, revealing a mean ESSPRI score of 6.1 (SD =3.2, p=0.002) and a mean ESSDAI score of 4.6 (SD =7.0, p<0.001). After five years a significant decline of ARFI values could be observed in the parotid gland (2.33m/s, SD =0.70, p<0.001) while no significant changes of the ARFI of the submandibular gland could be observed. Results of RTTE and VTTI did not change significantly. The mean time interval between onset of first symptoms and first sonographic examination in 2011 was 57.3 months (SD =60.8).
Conclusions The five-year sonoelastographic follow up of salivary gland alterations in patients with pSS revealed a decline in the severity of sonoelastographic alterations of the parotid gland in ARFI imaging, indicating a certain capability for modulation of salivary gland affection in pSS.
Hofauer B et al. Sonoelastographic Modalities in the Evaluation of Salivary Gland Characteristics in Sjögren's Syndrome. Ultrasound Med Biol 2016; 2) Knopf A et al. Diagnostic utility of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) imaging in primary Sjoegren's syndrome. Eur Radiol 2015.
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Where do you go to escape the pain of reality? Today, author Chloé Cooper Jones shares: The survival strategy many of us use to retreat from our lives and how to become more present; How she grapples with the world dehumanizing her disabled body; Why desire and disgust are so connected – and what they teach us; and The thing Chloé wants most – to be seen as inherently whole – and how to get it. About Chloé:Chloé Cooper Jones is a professor, journalist, and the author of the memoir Easy Beauty, which was named a best book of 2022 by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, TIME Magazine, and was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir. She was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Feature Writing in 2020. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. TW: @CCooperJonesIG: @chloecooperjones
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On Hiring Practices
I'm not sure of the original intention of this photo, but it kind of hits the nail on the head.
I was going to write a post on the "Swine Flu" (about how much B.S. it is, and how it's a great excuse for racist media to blame "disease" on folks south of the border), but I'm in the midst of some other things and wanted to write on it before it left my mind.
**If you don't read this whole post in detail, please read the last couple sections prior to the endnotes**
I've been part of a few hiring committees of late. One is for the next Program Director of the non-profit educational organization I work for (I asked in on this one). Another is for a summer camp I work for (part of my job description for this one). The last is for my school (some involvement in hiring my own replacement).
And the first two have really hit me.
So let's do this in order.* The initial screening committee for the Program Director was myself and five white women. And I wasn't even asked to be involved in this process - I had to ask the higher-ups personally to be a part of it.
So I have to admit that every meeting weighed on my soul. It was so heavily culturally-biased, I felt like there was little I could do as the "token" minority with so little statistical pull.
And then there were the applicants. Almost zero candidates of color. Probably zero candidates outside of the middle or upper class. Part of it is that this is a non-profit job that doesn't have the money to pay people. So folks that represent our kids can't afford to waste a college education (and loans) on working this job. Not to mention that most of the staff looks like the hiring committee (except me, of course), so why would a person of color want to carry that burden, anyway?
So we're interviewing these folks, and I'm slipping into despair. How can we ever change these things when the odds are so stacked against that change? An interview with all these middle-class white ladies is only going to increase the chances of the success of another middle-class white female candidate. Because an interview is about confidence and comfort and communication. And if all the people around you have lived a totally different life experience than you - how can you feel confident that they'll give you a chance, or be comfortable in their midst, or communicate effectively?
The other committee members commenting on how awkward certain folks seemed, while I'm back in my seat, feeling outnumbered and equally-awkward.
So middle-class white ladies get hired and get more experience. They then apply more for the work. They are reflected in the staffing, so they are more drawn to working there . . . They get hired and get more experience. It's a deadly feedback-loop.
And I'm not saying people weren't qualified - they were (more or less). But it's so damn frustrating to try to figure out how somebody that doesn't fit that mold can break in without being so far above and beyond the rest. The amount of pressure and weight and frustration they would have to be willing to carry to even go through the process is unbelievable.
Because, being a person of color in an organization like this is an f-ing burden. We're the ones who always have to speak up and bring attention to the inherent biases in the systems. We're the ones who constantly have to try to educate people about experiences that they don't even care to think about. I had to ask onto a committee of all white women to try to make a small dent, and they hadn't even considered it until I asked (at least they agreed, though). Just being on the committee saps my strength and makes me want to quit on the whole ridiculous process.
But I'm not willing to give in. If I'm going to talk about it, I have too much pride not to then follow up. But it's so painful.
A little over a week ago, I met with the current executive director, associate director, and my program director (all white folks, of course) to talk about the cultural make-up of the staff.** And I wanted to cry.
I laid it all out: how hard it is to see so little representation; how uncomfortable it makes me, and then extrapolating that to how much harder that must be for the kids; acknowledging the difficulties to recruitment, etc. while demanding more.
But the problem is that it just ends up sounding like I'm asking for hires just because of race. Like I'm making the argument anti-affirmative action people always pretend we're making: that I want folks to hire less-qualified folks of color just because of their race.
And it's so hard to explain that - no - that's not what I'm asking. That it's about making it all fair. About doing the right things to attract the qualified folks of color to even apply in the first place, and then making the rest of the process actually level - like getting some color (the little we have in the first place) involved in the hiring process.
But nobody ever understands. It's a fruitless, unsatisfying endeavour. And it just makes me wonder if I really need to put myself through more of this crap.
But, of course, I do. And that brings me to my OTHER hiring committee. This one is me and two white women. And due to my busy schedule, I cannot be directly involved in the interview process. And that really worries me. Because now you've got the folks of color coming into an interview with no indication of representation in the organization. Folks that are confronting the same kind of mind-numbing sense of "other"-ness of the rest of their life as they interview for a job - without at least one browner person to help mitigate that.
And there's no real way around it. I'm trying to get myself some phone-time with these folks, but their impressions on the other two-thirds of the hiring committee will be happening separate from that. So they could very well flounder or not be able to connect in their person-to-person interviews, giving a negative taste (understandably) to my hiring counterparts. So even if I do connect with them on the phone and then make my appeal, it comes off as the token person of color trying to get another "unqualified" person of color hired as de facto "affirmative action."
Because the interview process is so inherently biased towards white folks, but the "white-as-norm" mentality makes the same white people doing the hiring unaware of it on any sort of intuitive level. And so they think the interview demonstrates "qualifications" to an objective degree. When, really, it's a test to see how well you can follow middle-class, white cultural norms.
Which, in some cases, is a necessary qualification for a job. But, in others - like working with and actually relating to kids of color and/or those in poverty - it's mostly irrelevant. And yet - it's probably the primary factor in most hires (past a certain level). Am I starting to get my point across?
It's one more hidden handicap for folks of color in this systemic game called white privilege. The hiring committee can say, "we interviewed a number of minority candidates, but they just didn't interview well," and then their hands (and consciences) are clean. When, really, it's not so different from interviewing some folks you don't know for a job, then saying they just didn't connect on the same level as that guy you went to high school with.
Nobody would hesitate to say that the latter situation is unfair and perhaps even unethical. And yet, nobody seems to say that the same thing happening with people of color interviewing with mostly-white staff or committees is anything but "equal."
Let me give you a stark example to finish off my point:
What if the middle-class white woman candidate had to interview with a room of five black males who grew up in the inner city? And she was competing with another black male who grew up in the inner city? The white woman doesn't get hired, and that's when the cries of "reverse-racism" would come flying - even if the woman had a horrible interview due to being uncomfortable, etc. while the black male connected and really seemed confident in his interview.
Now tell me that the odds aren't heavily stacked against the candidates of color in this business.
That's what I thought. And that's why my ability to hope is really taking a hit these days. Nothing's ever enough . . .
* I'm going to be purposely vague in a lot of this out of respect to the applicants and the organizations I work for.
** My focus was on racial background, but I talked about economics, as well.
*** And before anybody starts telling me I hate white women - in my line of work, it's heavily-weighted towards white females. It just is. And that was who was on my hiring committees. If it happened to be all white men, or only Latino females, or all anything else, all the same reasoning would apply.


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Rose syrup made with dried rose blossoms is so easy to make and can add some delicious floral flavor to cocktails and other drinks.
We absolutely love it especially in our rose lemon drop martini!
This rose syrup is just a basic simple syrup but just with added rose blossoms. Its sweet and gives an excellent floral flavor and fragrance to cocktails.
How to Make Rose Syrup
A simple syrup is made with equal parts water and sugar and then cooked down until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture thickens slightly and coats the back of a spoon.
Rose syrup is so easy to make! There are just a few easy steps.
- add 1 cup of sugar to 1 cup of water.
- add 1/2 cup of dried rose blossoms.
- bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer.
- simmer for about 10 mins or until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture has thickened slightly. You want it to just coat the back of a spoon. You don’t want it too thick.
- strain the flowers out of the syrup and store your simple rose syrup in an airtight container in the fridge.
And that’s it! The rose simple syrup will keep in an airtight jar for a little while in the fridge so we make a bunch and keep it on hand.
Variations on the Amount of Dried Rose Petals
The amount of rose blossoms in our recipe creates a rose simple syrup that tastes and smells like roses, which is great for cocktails or drinks with lighter competing flavors.
If you are making a cocktail that has stronger flavors, you may want to increase the amount of blossoms you use in your rose syrup.
We have made this rose simple syrup before with as much as 1 cup of rose blossoms and it turned out lovely as well.
How long can rose simple syrup stay in the fridge?
Left too long any kind of simple syrup can get moldy in the fridge, so only make quantities that you’re likely to use within a reasonable time frame. Stored in the refrigerator most simple syrups should last at least 1 month, but lots of ours have lasted up to 6 months.
If you see mold or smell anything funny, chuck it out. If it looks good and it smells good, its probably good to go.
Where to Find Dried Rose Petals
You can find dried rose blossoms at some health food stores. That’s where we found ours. You can also dry your own roses! Or you can easily order some off Amazon here:
- dried organic rose blossoms – which ever ones you buy, make sure they are organic as you don’t want to be making your simple syrup with roses sprayed with pesticides.
Rose Syrup vs Rose Water
These are different in that rose syrup is made with sugar and rose water is not. Rose water is almost always clear instead of colored like rose petals and is used for its aroma rather than its taste.
Ways to Use This Syrup:
- make our delicious Rose Lemon Drop Martini
- add it to some lemonade and then make our Whiskey Lemonade!
- drizzle over crepes or waffles
- add it to any drink you want to sweeten for a little extra flavor
- use it to sweeten up sangria
- add a little more floral flavor to our hibiscus lemonade sangria!
- add it to a little champagne for a rose flavored mimosa
- add it to sparking water for a virgin drink
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How to Make a Simple Rose Syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup dried rose blossoms
- Add the sugar, water and rose blossoms to a small pot. Heat over medium heat until the mixture starts to simmer. Turn the heat down to low and simmer for about 10 mins until the mixture starts to thicken and it can coat the back of a spoon.
- Let the mixture sit for a while and cool down on its own. When its cool, strain the simple syrup and discard the rose blossoms. Store the rose simple syrup in a container in the fridge until you are ready to use it.

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NEW YORK Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures cut gains following jobless claims data on Thursday, with the S&P and the Dow indexes futures briefly turning negative.
S&P 500 futures rose 0.7 point and were slightly above fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures were flat, and Nasdaq 100 futures added 5.25 points.
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Recently it was confirmed by a representative for Capcom Europe that the highly anticipated, upcoming release Mega Man 11 (due out in October) will be a digital-only release in Europe, with no statement on if the Mega Man 'amiibo' figure compatible with the Nintendo Switch version of the game will be released in Europe at all.
For Mega Man fans in Europe, this is highly disappointing. This is the first new Mega Man release (ignoring re-releases and compilations) in eight years, and people in the region will not be able to own a physical copy. While Mega Man has always been most popular in America, he has a passionate fanbase in Europe that want a physical release just as much as the rest of the world. While the Mega Man Legacy Collections series were re-releases of old products (and also did not see physical releases in the region), this is an entirely new game. If it really is the return to form that fans of the Blue Bomber have been waiting for, it deserves a physical release worldwide.


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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of the Treasury issued a Request for Information (RFI) asking for more ideas on innovative programs and waiver concepts that states could consider in developing a State Relief and Empowerment Waiver plan (also referred to as “Section 1332 waiver” or “State Innovation Waiver”).
The RFI comes after CMS and the Treasury issued guidance in October 2018 outlining how the Trump Administration interprets the 1332 waiver guardrails in the Affordable Care Act. The Trump Administration’s interpretation differed from that of the Obama Administration’s in several ways: focusing on the availability of coverage rather than the number of individuals covered; concentrating on the aggregate effects of a waiver rather than the effect on a population; and expanding the definition of coverage to include short-term, limited duration insurance plans and AHPs. At the same time, CMS released four waiver concepts to illustrate how states might take advantage of this flexibility. Since the October 2018 guidance and concepts were issued, few states have taken advantage of the relaxed guardrails. CMS has stated that the goal of the new RFI is to develop additional concepts that will allow states to take advantage of Section 1332 waivers. Comments for the RFI are due by July 2, 2019.
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Accident Summary Nr: 170630420 - Employee'S Hands Crushed In Hydraulic Power Press
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|119867331||10/18/1995||3999||0||Reinhold Industries, Inc.|
Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a hydraulic power press used to form plastic billets, or blanks, that would later be formed into nozzles for a Hellfire missile. The dies on this press close twice: first, to form the billet and, second, to push the billets out into two wells below the die. Employee #1 said that as she was reaching into the wells to pull out loose plugs that had fallen out prior to the billets being pushed out, her vision was restricted by dust produced by the operation and she did not see the dies closing. Her hands were crushed between the billets being pressed by the descending upper die and the plugs. Employee #1 suffered multiple fractures in both hands, but no amputation injuries. She has not regained full use of her hands.
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BABYMETAL new song KARATE was featured once again on Kerrang! Magazine Rock Chart, in addition, Su-Metal was interviewed to talk about the song dance moves and more, check the scans and read the interview below.
KARATE & Su-Metal featured in the new issue of Kerrang! Magazine
BABYMETAL's first Single from "Metal Resistance" is #8 on Kerrang! Magazine Rock Chart this week in the new issue 1619. In addition, Su-Metal was interviewed by Kerrang! to talk about why the song is the first Single, KARATE moves and Wembley Arena performance.
Why did you choose KARATE as the first Signle off Metal Resistance?
Su-Metal: "Only The FOX GOD Knows about the full details. But I think the theme of this song is about challenging and surpassing yourself from the past and moving forward by overcoming each barrier, one by one. There are many lyrics that are about our way of pressing forward through uncharted roads - it shows our intention of never giving up."
Did you have to learn any KARATE moves for the video?
Su-Metal: "Yes, we did! After the song was finished, we became intersted in karate, so we learned the different forms of it by watching videos."
How did it feel playing KARATE live at your massive Wembley Arena back in April?
Su-Metal: "I was surprised, because everyone was singing the "Seiya!" part. This was the first time we performed the song outside of Japan, as well."
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Will Smith's infamous slap at this year's Oscars was arguably the most viral moment of the year so far.
Although, the second most viral moment could go to Liam Payne, who was asked about the incident by a reporter on the day.
The One Direction singer replied with what one can only describe as a 'multi-accent', and viewers were left absolutely baffled.
Liam has now revealed just why he was able to use an apparent mix of 'Welsh, Irish, American and Scandinavian accents' in one go.
Talking to his followers on Instagram live, the 28-year-old said: “I’m good at accents, I pride myself on them!” he told his fans. “I just wish sometimes I could do my own.
“It was quite funny. I had asked the Good Morning Britain presenter, ‘Please don’t ask me too much because I’ve had a lot to drink and I’m under-ly educated about the Oscars’. The very first question the man asked me was, ‘What do you think about Will Smith?’.
“Now can you imagine being put on the spot in that moment and knowing, ‘I can’t say anything wrong because I’m gonna upset someone’?” he added, insisting he 'just did the best I could'.
“I actually read back what I said and I stand by what I said,” Liam claimed. “I’m just sorry it came out in so many accents!”
'I believe whatever he felt that he did, he had the right to do.'— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) March 28, 2022
'I had to leave my chair I'll be honest with you, it cut me really deep.'@LiamPayne reacts to the dramatic moment Will Smith hit comedian Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars for making a joke about his wife. pic.twitter.com/OGT4bA8jDi
Liam admitted: “To tell you the truth, I was staying in a house with two German people, three people from Texas, one person from Liverpool and me. It sounded like one of those jokes people say about an Irishman and an Englishman walk into a pub – and that’s what came out.
“So, you know… what can I say? But it was funny, wasn’t it?”
“Oh, don’t have so many drinks and address the country,” he concluded.
Well, if we rewind to the 2022 Academy Awards, comedian Chris Rock suffered a smack to the face by Smith after he made a joke about his wife's Jada's hair, which is a result of alopecia.
Rock joked: "Jada, I love you. G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see you."
At first, Smith appeared to laugh it off while Pinkett Smith rolled her eyes, but then he walked onto the stage and slapped the comedian.
As Smith walked off stage after hitting Rock, the seemingly stunned comedian said: "Oh wow... wow. Will Smith just smacked the s**t out of me."
Will angrily replied to the comment, shouting: "Keep my wife's name out your f***ing mouth!"
Smith has since apologised for the incident and is now banned from the Oscars for 10 years.


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If I mention the show Slings & Arrows in conversation, I am always met with one of two responses. People either have never heard of it, or they are passionately in love with it. There’s no middle ground. Which is why I feel it’s incumbent upon me to make sure that you know about Slings & Arrows. Because in my limited research, if you know about it, you love it.
Slings & Arrows is a Canadian dramedy about a theater festival teetering on the brink of disaster. Pompous Oliver Welles has sold out, alienated his former friends, and is purposely staging toothless productions of Shakespeare plays because he no longer has the passion to push the system. Then, he gets drunk, trips into the road, and is run over by a tractor trailer truck carrying hams. Yes, hams.
The festival turns to the eccentric Geoffrey Tennant (Paul Gross) to take over as artistic director. Geoffrey was once the festival’s brightest star, but he went literally insane while playing Hamlet for Oliver. The two were best friends, but then they became enemies. Anyway, Geoffrey reluctantly agrees to take over the festival (which includes a new production of Hamlet starring a movie star) and is immediately visited by Oliver’s ghost. And that’s kind of the show.
Of course, there’s more. Kids In The Hall alum Mark McKinney plays the festival’s awkward financial director, and he is being played by an American business woman who wants to buy out the festival and turn into a kitschy theme park. Geoffrey’s ex, Helen, is dealing with the fact that she is aging. And yes, future movie star Rachel McAdams plays a sweet young ingenue who gets tangled up in all the drama. There are sword fights, love affairs, and a pesky chameleon. It’s wonderful.
The show is smart and funny, but above all else it is honest. The theater world isn’t just satirized, but honored. Yes, there are self-absorbed directors and actors. Yes, there’s a buffoonish critic. Yes, there is a lot of campy stuff happening, but it’s all based on reality. If you’ve ever wanted to see what happens after the cast bows and the curtain closes, you should watch Slings & Arrows. (Hint: There’s drinking. There’s a lot of drinking.)
Slings & Arrows is so on point when it comes to depicting the trials and triumphs of backstage life, that it kind of ruined Birdman a little bit for me. Don’t get me wrong, Birdman is gorgeously shot. It’s a monumental achievement for effects and staging. However a lot of the human moments in Birdman felt lifted from Slings & Arrows. In fact, some of the inhuman moments in Birdman felt lifted from Slings & Arrows. You know those scenes when Riggan is talking to the Birdman voice in his head, and then someone walks in the room, and it’s like, “Oh, he was just talking to himself. No one was there. Is he crazy? Or is the voice real? What’s going on?” That’s the entire conceit of Geoffrey’s scenes with Oliver’s ghost. People already think Geoffrey is crazy, and it’s made worse when they constantly walk in on him talking to “himself.”
In many ways, Slings & Arrows was simply ahead of its time. It’s the kind of nuanced drama that would demand a big budget and a five season order from AMC or Netflix today. But when it originally came out, it only found life in the United States on the niche cable channel, Ovation. The show found a cult following among theater nerds who passed the DVDs along to one another. And that’s how I discovered it. The cool thing now is that you don’t have to wait for your best friend from your college drama days to lend you a used copy of the show. You can stream it. In fact, you can stream the pilot for free on Amazon.
So, yeah, there’s no excuse. I’ve done my duty. I’ve told you about Slings & Arrows, the best show that you now know about.
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There are serious concerns by TV host Wendy Williams’ bank that she is incapacitated and needs a guardian.
The bank, Wells Fargo, in a letter sent to New York Supreme Court Judge Arlene Bluth, requested for a hearing to determine whether Williams, who has not hosted her daytime talk show since July 2021 due to ongoing health issues, needs a professional to intervene in her affairs.
“We are concerned about [Williams’] situation.
It is our hope that the Guardianship Part [of the court] will imminently appoint a temporary guardian or evaluator to review the situation and ensure that [Williams’] affairs are being properly handled,” the request reads.
This comes weeks after the host’s lawyer had claimed that the bank refused her from accessing her accounts.
The bank has however denied preventing Williams, access to her accounts.
“We deny any allegations of improper actions with respect to Ms.
Williams’ accounts and are fully participating in a court process to reach a resolution that is in her best interest.
The financial well-being of our clients is at the heart of everything we do,”the bank’s spokesperson said.
Williams has been off her show’s set for months following her illness.
Sheh been battling Graves’ disease for years.
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Equitix & Balfour Beatty reach financial close on the £162.9 million Humber Gateway OFTO
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announced today that it has reached financial close on the £162.9 million Humber Gateway offshore transmission project. The Balfour Beatty Equitix Consortium, formed of Balfour Beatty Investments and Equitix, will own and operate the offshore transmission link to the Humber Gateway wind farm for the next 20 years.
The high-voltage electricity transmission link connects the 219MW offshore wind farm in the North Sea, 8km from the Yorkshire coast, to the onshore transmission grid. The 73 turbines are capable of generating enough electricity for around 170,000 homes each year. Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission and Distribution business will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the full OFTO assets, including one offshore and one onshore substation and two cable circuits consisting of 18 kilometres of subsea and 30 kilometres of land cable.
Balfour Beatty Investments, part of the Balfour Beatty Equitix Consortium, will invest £12.5 million of the required equity of £21 million.
Ian Rylatt, Balfour Beatty Investments Chief Executive, said: “Balfour Beatty has extensive experience in investing in and managing OFTO schemes. Our technical expertise ensures we deliver energy to the grid efficiently and effectively, supporting the government’s ambitious targets to meet more of the UK’s energy needs through renewable sources.”
Hugh Crossley, Equitix’s Chief Investment Officer, said: “Equitix’s commitment to the offshore transmission market is testament to our investors’ appetite for long term, availability-based, inflation-linked, UK infrastructure. We are comfortable working in partnership with Balfour Beatty and Ofgem for the benefit of these pension fund investors and the broader community of stakeholders”.
Balfour Beatty and Equitix now own four OFTO projects, including the £317 million Greater Gabbard OFTO in November 2013, the £164 million Thanet OFTO in December 2014 and the £352 million Gwynt y Môr OFTO in February 2015.
Equitix closes North Hub - Aberdeen South of the City Academy School
Equitix has closed on a North Hub project in Aberdeen. This project is for the provision of a £47m Academy School for Aberdeen City Council. The new school will provide a new facility amalgamating the existing Torry and Kincorth Academies. The new school will cater for 1350 pupils and provide high-quality sports and performance facilities for both the school and local community, featuring three distinct areas of accommodation – main classroom and teaching areas, sports facilities and vocational teaching areas. In addition, it will provide car parking in line with the Council’s transport and accessibility guidance requirements.
The construction programme is single phase, commencing on 30th June 2016 and completing 24 months later on 15th June 2018.
Equitix is providing 30% of the investment finance with the remainder coming from Galliford Try Investments (30%), Aberdeen City Council (10%), Scottish Futures Trust (10%) and Hub Community Foundation Investments (20%). Aviva Commercial Finance Limited is providing the senior debt for the project.
Equitix acquires a 20MW operational UK solar PV portfolio
Equitix Fund IV has completed on the acquisition of a 20MW operational solar PV portfolio from the NYSE-listed solar developer ReneSola. The portfolio consists of four utility-scale 5MW solar farms situated across four separate locations in Derbyshire, Devon, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire. Each of the four solar farms, which were connected to the grid in March 2016 and are now fully operational, benefit from long-term, RPI-linked revenues derived from the Renewable Obligation Certificate scheme (1.3 ROCs). Ongoing O&M services to each of the sites shall continue to be provided by ReneSola.
The acquisition marks a significant development for Equitix, representing the first solar PV acquisition in the UK and following shortly on from the acquisition of an Italian solar portfolio by Equitix Fund IV in Q1 2016.
Equitix’s Chief Executive Officer, Geoff Jackson, commenting upon the transaction, said, “This initial acquisition into the UK ground-mounted solar sector constitutes an important milestone for Equitix as we continue to selectively diversify our investment portfolio into attractive opportunities within the UK renewable energy sector, enabling our investors to benefit from the stable, long-term cashflows associated with this asset class whilst enhancing the proportion of the UK’s energy demands that can be met from renewable sources”.
Wrexham set for new £25m green energy plant
•UK Green Investment Bank plc and Equitix commit £25m to Wrexham green energy plant
•The facility will generate enough electricity annually to power 2,400 homes
•The plant will reduce the equivalent amount of greenhouse gas emitted by 2,800 cars
Construction work will soon commence on a new green energy facility in Wrexham Industrial Estate, North Wales, after developers secured a commitment of £25m from UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) and Equitix.
The 5.4 MW biomass plant, the second to be developed by Liverpool-based Green Plan Energy, will generate around 34 GWh of green electricity per annum – enough to power 2,400 number of homes. It will be combined heat and power (CHP) ‘ready’, meaning it has the potential to provide heat to neighbouring manufacturing businesses.
The facility is expected to cut greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 6,000 tonnes CO2e every year – the equivalent of removing 2,800 cars from the road.
The Equitix-managed fund Energy Savings Investment (ESI), in which GIB is a cornerstone investor, is investing £12.25m in the project. An additional £12.75m of private capital has been mobilised from the parallel Equitix Energy Efficiency Fund (EEEF).
Bester Generaciόn UK Limited, part of the Bester Group, has been appointed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) Contractor and has been awarded a long-term operations and maintenance (O&M) contract. Around 60 jobs will be created during construction of the plant, with 15 full-time positions created upon completion.
Fuel will be supplied by Hadfield Wood Recyclers who have sites in Tilbury, Manchester and Middlesbrough with biomass specialists PBS Energo supplying the plant’s biomass boiler, flue gas cleaning system and electricity generation contract.
Power will be exported to the grid and sold to ENGIE under a long-term power off-take agreement.
Edward Northam, Head of Investment Banking, GIB, said:
“Britain’s manufacturing businesses consume huge amounts of heat every year, much of it from non-renewable sources. Dual-purpose plants like Wrexham, which are capable of generating renewable electricity and heat for the benefit of local industry, play an important role in greening the UK economy. Heat isn’t just a bi-product of the electricity generation process; it is a valuable source of energy in itself.”
Geoff Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, Equitix, said:
“We are pleased to have reached Financial Close on another CHP ‘ready’ scheme in our energy efficiency portfolio. Once operational, we expect it to deliver beneficial carbon savings and make a significant contribution to the environment and creating a sustainable economy in the UK.
“Equitix is pleased to have achieved this close on behalf of our investors and we expect to close further energy efficiency deals in the coming months.”
Equitix achieves financial close on new £44m Largs 2 – 18 campus for North Ayrshire Council
Equitix has achieved financial close on a new £44m Largs 2 – 18 campus for North Ayrshire Council. The project marks the 6th DBFM project that Equitix has developed and closed through Hub South West. Construction work, which starts immediately, will be undertaken by Galliford Try Construction with Life Cycle and Hard FM services being delivered by FES FM through the 25 year concession period.
The project marks a significant investment in the school estate of North Ayrshire Council, bringing together three existing primary schools and a secondary school into a single site – promoting the efficiencies of a campus development, but with each part of the campus having its own identity within the whole. The new learning campus will host 1200 secondary school pupils, 210 denominational primary pupils, 610 non-denominational primary pupils and 100 early years places, as well as providing core leisure and community provision to the surrounding area.
The overall area of the new building within the campus is based upon metrics from the Scottish Futures Trust, with the final construction costs delivering an efficiency of 5% below SFT metric.
Hub South West, through the procurement of the project, has also committed to a series of community benefits which will be delivered through the construction of the new facility. These will provide a range of training and apprenticeship opportunities, as well as maximising the use of local suppliers – thus ensuring that the impact of this new facility will extend beyond the building itself and bring with it a wider social and economic benefit to the people of Largs.
Equitix agrees major Scottish tidal deal
Atlantis, a global leader in the tidal power sector, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Equitix, a market leading developer investor and fund manager of infrastructure assets with over £1.7 billion of funds under management.
Under this agreement, Atlantis and Equitix will work together to advance Atlantis’s portfolio of tidal power projects in Scotland, which represent a combined potential capacity of almost 650MW. Equitix, through its managed funds, intends to acquire at least 25% of each Atlantis project vehicle at financial close of that project, and will work with Atlantis to prepare the projects for investment of the construction capital and achievement of financial close.
In the next two years alone Atlantis anticipates committed capital investment of almost £500 million for construction of the Company’s Scottish portfolio, from a combination of debt, equity and grants. This includes £51 million already committed for the current construction of the first phase of the MeyGen project, which is scheduled to produce first power this year.
Tim Cornelius, CEO of Atlantis, commented:
"This agreement with Equitix, a leading infrastructure investment specialist, is an important step for us in engaging a partner with both vital experience of large infrastructure projects and access to extensive capital, coupled with a desire to work with us to accelerate the further development of the UK’s tidal power industry. We are very excited to be working with Equitix on a range of fronts.”
Nick Parker, COO and Founding Director of Equitix, commented:
"We are delighted to be entering into this partnership agreement with Atlantis, the clear market leader in the tidal energy industry which secures access to a pipeline of primary investment opportunities and has tremendous growth potential in the UK.”
Equitix acquires stake in Wakefield PFI contract
Equitix has today acquired, subject to obtaining Wakefield Council consent, 100% of the subordinated debt and 49.99%of the equity in the financing and infrastructure vehicle (the “SPV”) relatingto the PFI contract with Wakefield Council from Shanks Group. The transactionhas been signed by Shanks Group, has full bank consent and requires the formalapproval of Wakefield Council which will be considered at the Council’s Cabinetmeeting in March.
The asset consists of a municipal wastemanagement PFI project situated within the city of Wakefield, WestYorkshire. The project reached Financial Close in January 2013, with FullService occurring in December 2015.
Shanks remains wholly committed to thelong term success of the Wakefield project through its retention of 50.01% ofthe equity in the SPV and the ongoing delivery of the associated 25 yearoperating contract which expires in 2038.
Geoff Jackson, CEO, Equitix, commented:“Equitix continues to invest in the heart of local communities and in line withtheir funds’ investment criteria. We are pleased to be building on ourportfolio of local authority waste projects, which have long term concessionsin place to deliver sustainable solutions to extract recyclates and diverthousehold waste from landfill to build a greener local economy.”
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Queer New York
Enjoy the United States´ Shopping capital
From top designer boutiques to hip markets and exclusive malls: America´s biggest city is a shopping paradise for everyone. Don´t forget your credit cards!
New York´s Shopping Streets
Fifth Avenue is probably the most iconic shopping street on earth. Located in the middle of Manhattan Fifth Avenue is a symbol of expensive shops and exclusive stores. The legendary street is the epicenter of elegance shopping. Here you can find all the world-famous designer names and top brands. With a little luck you can even see some celebrities on their shopping tours.
Another amazing shopping hot spot in New York is Madison Avenue. The busy road is located from 59th street to the 90's and offers some of the city´s best venues. High fashion shops and flagship stores of international top labels can be found here.
NoLita (North Little Italy) used to be the overpopulated home to thousands of European immigrants who came to New York searching for a better life in former times. Today the whole area located in Manhattan has become a popular shopping spot with dozens of mid-range boutiques and cute shops.
New York´s Shopping Malls
Big Apple´s best-known department store is of course, Bloomingdale´s. The traditional shopping temple convinces with a countless number of shops and boutiques. You can find designer stuff here as well as mid-range stores. Situated on New York´s Upper East Side Bloomingdale´s is in walking distance to all of the city´s most interesting sightseeing highlights and important tourist magnets.
Queens Place Mall is the most visited and popular mall situated in the borough of Queens. The massive place is home to huge stores and generally less expensive than Manhattan’s malls. Big Apple´s most modern and also newest mall is called Westfield World Trade Center and located at the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan. The luxurious mall is home to New York´s most expensive shops. The complex was opened in 2016 and has become a real visitor magnet. The interior design is very futuristic and stylish.
Only a short walk away from The Empire State Building you can find Manhattan Mall. This place belongs to the city´s smaller malls and is connected to a subway station which guarantees an easy access.
New York´s Markets
The Broadway Cares Flea Market located directly in the theater district close to Times Square is an absolute highlight and a must-do for every musical fan. Here you can buy real artifacts from original Broadway shows and rare theater treasures. The market is a nonprofit event which supports HIV organizations. Musical lovers from all over the world come here to bargain for their favorite pieces and souvenirs.
A visit to Chinatown belongs to every New York trip. New York´s Chinatown is the biggest in the world and surprises with hundreds of stalls and funny shops. Hell´s Kitchen Flea Market takes place in an old fabric building and convinces with its special charm and rough ambient. It´s the perfect place to get souvenirs and lovely junk.

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