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In March, the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown brought life to a standstill across the world. Even the entertainment industry came to a grinding halt. With the celebrities locked up in their houses, they converted their houses into makeshift gyms, utilising every space available at home from the balcony to terrace and even home gardens to pack a punch.
While the sizzling ladies – like Katrina Kaif and Rakul Preet Singh took the help of sofas and lounges, the others like Shilpa Shetty and Malaika Arora preferred the traditional yoga to keep them fit and fines. Needless to say, the boys did not like to stay behind as we saw Vicky Kaushal, Arjun Kapoor, Siddhant Malhotra bombarding their Instagram profiles with their workout pictures and regimes that are certain to keep anyone motivated.
As we bid adieu to 2020, take a look at how Bollywood kept the workout train on the track during the stressful times.
1) Rakul Preet Singh:
What happens when you don’t have a treadmill or gym equipment at home? Do what Rakul Preet Singh does. The De De Pyaar De actress used her sofa to work out as the gyms are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Here’s another one:
2) Tiger Shroff:
Tiger Shroff and fitness are synonyms of each other. Due to the lockdown, the actor could not take a trip to his gym, so he converted his house into one. The star regularly shared videos of himself working out on the terrace on a breezy evening.
For example, in this video he can be seen wearing track pants, giving fans a peek of his toned abs. “My mom never let us play in the house when we were kids, guess this time she has no choice (sic)”, he wrote.
3) Shraddha Kapoor:
The Aashiqui 2 star made the best use of her terrace. During the lockdown, she inspired her fans by sharing videos of her workout sessions during the lockdown.
4) Malaika Arora:
We are talking about fitness, and dare we do not mention Malaika Arora in the list? Impossible. The 46-year-old actress is the epitome of fitness. Even coronavirus could not stop the diva from burning her calories. With the fitness studios closed, Malaika found a unique way of flexing her muscles by working out inside the comfort of her home.
The actress painted her Instagram profile with videos of herself performing yoga. And not just that, she also educated her fans about various asanas and its importance.
5) Kangana Ranaut:
When the government imposed the lockdown, Kangana Ranaut found herself nestled in the hills of Himalayas. She made the best use of her family house in Manali burning the calories by using some very good “juggad (hack)” techniques. Take a look:
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7) Shilpa Shetty:
From the house of Shilpa Shetty, we bring you another (good) example of “juggad”. With the closure of gyms, she converted her stairs into gym equipment. She shared this video in which she can be flexing her legs using a staircase.
6) Katrina Kaif
When the whole world was asked to stay and work from home, Katrina took it rather seriously and differently. She started working out at home! Katrina shared videos of herself working out with her buddy and trainer Yasmin Karachiwala.
8) Vicky Kaushal
While the others converted their homes into gyms, the Uri actor brought the whole gym to his house. The Uri actor shared this picture on his Instagram account with the caption, “Work(out) from Home! #QuarantineStacking (sic)”.
9) Milind Soman
Using home furniture and gym equipment is too mainstream for Milind Soman. He used his wife Ankita Konwar to burn some calories! No, we aren’t joking. The actor shared a video on his Instagram handle, in which he was seen doing push-ups with Ankita seated on his back.
If the above video does not inspire you, have a look at this one. In another video posted by Soman, his 81-year old mother can be seen exercising together with him. Milind Soman is known for his fitness. But it seems sturdiness runs in his blood.
10) Preity Zinta:
Even using humans is too mainstream for Preity Zinta! So how about animals? The Kal Ho Naa Ho actress also invented a unique way of working out. Because, using her pet pup, Bruno, as a weight while performing bicep curls. The actress claims this workout increases jaw strength in dogs! Preity shared a hilarious video on Instagram where she can be seen trying to work out with her dog
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Primus gigs proving to be a hit
Fans are eagerly snapping up tickets for two Primus gigs scheduled to take place in the UK later this year.
The group have so far announced two shows for Britain as part of their forthcoming European tour.
People with Primus concert tickets will be heading to the Manchester Academy on July 12th 2011, with the band also set to perform at the Brixton O2 Academy in London the following evening.
It comes after a series of shows in cities including Amsterdam, Paris and Rome, with the group's website promising that additional performances will be announced at a later date.
The news of a new tour comes after it was announced by vocalist and bassist Les Claypool that their new album was nearing completion, although no release date has yet been announced.
Famous for a variety of songs, ranging from Too Many Puppies to My Name Is Mud, the group are also known to a wider audience as being the musicians behind the theme tune to the TV show South Park.
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Winter camping in New England usually means forever boiling water. Hot liquids and food is not just a luxury in the winter woods, its a necessity. There is no quicker way to heat up one’s “core” than a steaming cup of cocoa or a hot plate of grub. A way to heat up water quickly is a valuable survival skill and a dedicated water boiling system is an essential piece of gear.
Water purification can only be guaranteed with a hard boil. Since rehydration is very important to the winter hiker, a reliable and fast way to “make drinking water” is key. One may even be forced to use snow and/or ice as a water source. Using the same pot to cook meals AND melt snow for drinking means having to clean that cookpot. Let me add here that chunks of Hamburger Helper in drinking water does not add to the wilderness experience and should be avoided. Yet another reason to have a dedicated water boiler system in the pack.
We know boiling water while winter hiking is a task that needs to be efficient and fast. Additionally, the tools to heat the water must be easy to handle, light in the pack and durable enough to depend on. This concept is so important, outdoor equipment manufacturers have created a number of water boilers for the adventurous consumer. One product that comes to mind is the “Jetboil”, an all-in-one system that integrates stove, pot and insulated cup into a super efficient hot water machine.
These water boiler systems just won’t work for the HAE style winter hiker. First, the fuel is all wrong. HAE does not use gas canisters when out in the woods. Those canisters don’t perform well under extreme cold contitions and the concept of a non refillable fuel container is not at all appealing. While the insulated cup/pot built into the system and the featured fuel saving “flux ring” attached to the pot earn this stove lots of points for efficiency, this design falls short when the fuel runs out and a fire is needed. HAE would definitely drop this rig on the “gomer gear” pile.
A close contender for the HAE “Seal of Approval” is the Kelly Kettle. Another self contained boiling system like the Jetboil, the Kelly Kettle takes a technological step backward and uses wood as it fuel. While this backwoods furnace performed flawlessly for HAE, it was not approved as standard issue gear for their expeditions because of its larger size and the inability to be used in a shelter. You can read HAE’s review of the Kelly Kettle HERE
Years of winter hiking, fussing with camp stoves and trail cooking have led HAE to develop a system of their own. Nothing more than a stainless steel water bottle with some “pre-shaped” sheet aluminum wrapped around the base, HAE’s Backwoods Boiler provided the Team with hot water throughout the expedition this winter on our MSR campstove AND the campfire.
The stainless steel bottle we found was a discounted water bottle with an all plastic cap. The aluminum “ring” at the base was scrap pulled from the endless pile of junk in Timur’s basement. A couple of pop rivets later and the boiler was born. The aluminum ring was key in concentrating and distributing heat along the sides as well as the bottom of the bottle. Also, the aluminum ring made the bottle much more stable both on the MSR campstove and on coals from our fire.
Another benefit of having a stainless steel bottle as a boiler is the ability to transport water easily. If you’ve ever tried to carry a pot full of water from the source with snowshoes on at -10 you know that you’ll not have a full pot when you set it on the stove. The convenient bottle (with a stopper) is much easier to handle. Because the bottle is stainless steel, water freezing inside is not a problem. Within minutes, a frozen bottle on the stove becomes liquid. The aluminum ring can be slid down the bottle an inch or so beyond the base when sitting on the burner. Slots filed on the bottom edge fit over the stove’s pot rests and stablize the boiler. Amazingly, the bottle never spilled, even under the raucous conditions usually associated with an HAE Happy Hour. Countless bottles of Maine’s finest water were processed with this newest innovation.
The Backwoods Boiler does have some issues to address. The first being an easy way to handle the bottle when hot. A wire loop around the top of the bottle may be enough. HAE will whip up some clever solution, to be sure. Another issue was the plastic stopper. HAE feared the stopper left on by some inexperienced gomer would turn the Backwoods Boiler into a Backwoods Bomb. A valve in the stopper perhaps…? The solution is probably more like a printed disclaimer on the bottle warning the gomers to remove the cap before boiling.
Deemed a complete success, the HAE Backwoods Boiler was added to the Half Ass Expeditions permanent gear list in 2014.
Total weight: 260 g. Bottle weight: 150.8 g. Ring weight: 71.7 Stopper weight: 31.1


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Penguins forward Mike Zigomanis will face his former team, the Phoenix Coyotes, for the first time on Thursday night at Jobing.com Arena at 10 p.m.
Zigomanis, who played the past two NHL seasons in Phoenix, was acquired from the Coyotes on Oct. 9 for future considerations.
“It’s good to be back, playing against the (Coyotes),” Zigomanis said. “I have a lot of friends on the team and it should be fun.”
Zigomanis tallied 26 points (16G-10A) in 108 games for Phoenix and has one goal with the Penguins in eight games. He's seen duty as a fourth-line center and logs a lot of time with the penalty killing unit.
“It’s been great,” he said of his time in Pittsburgh. “I’ve had a lot of fun. The guys are great. The organization is great. They made the transition easy. I’m happy to be here.”
Zigomanis has excelled in the faceoff circle, winning 61 percent of his draws this season. He has improved each of the last three seasons with 59.8 percent last year and 56.2 two years ago.
Despite having a lot of friends on the Coyotes team, Zigomanis didn’t take any time to catch up with his former teammates.
“This is strictly a business trip,” he said. “I didn’t see anyone or talk to anyone. I want to concentrate on hockey.”
Zigomanis is saving his talking for the ice. He’s looking forward to playing his old team.
“It will make a win a lot more satisfying,” he said. >
Hal Gill, Maxime Talbot and Chris Minard will play Thursday night against the Phoenix Coyotes. Forward Pascal Dupuis
, who suffered an undisclosed injury, will miss his first game of the season.
The defense will get a boost with the return of Gill. The 6-foot-7, 250-pound defenseman returns after missing three straight games due to an injury he suffered on Oct. 20 at Boston. Gill began skating and conducting drills on Oct. 24 and participated in his first team practice on Tuesday. It will be the first game action he’s seen in 11 days.
Talbot will also play Thursday night against the Coyotes after practicing at Pittsburgh’s morning skate. An undisclosed injury forced him to miss two days of practice and Tuesday’s game against San Jose.
Pittsburgh call-up Minard will also see action against Phoenix. Minard leads the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with 13 points (7G-6A) and a plus-9 rating in seven games.
An injury forced Dupuis to leave practice on Wednesday. He returned to practice today but will not play against Phoenix. >
With the injuries, Pittsburgh adjusted its line combinations. Although the lines are obviously subject to change, the Penguins will likely start the game with the following combinations: Ruslan Fedotenko-Sidney Crosby-Tyler Kennedy; Matt Cooke
-Evgeni Malkin-Petr Sykora; Minard-Jordan Staal-Miroslav Satan; Talbot-Zigomanis-Eric Godard.
The defense will likely be rearranged to the pairings used at the beginning of the season: Brooks Orpik
-Kris Letang; Gill-Rob Scuderi; Mark Eaton-Alex Goligoski.Archive

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The Weatherman LP
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Warm vibrations with universal attraction
The American vibraphonist, singer, songwriter and arranger Roy Ayers is one of the most sampled contemporary musicians. With songs like »Everybody Loves The Sunshine«, the soul jazz legend, which celebrates it’s 80th birthday in September, became the main inspiration for Acid Jazz in the late 90s. His new album “Roy Ayers JID 002” on Jazz Is Dead with Adrian Younge and ex-ATCQ producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad continues his golden period of the Polydor years in the 70s seamlessly.
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A Japanese Groove Disc Guide
Exclusive Edition: »Wamono A To Z«
For the start of the »Wamono A To Z« series, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite and Chintam have put together ten pearls of Japanese rare groove from the sixties and seventies. We have an exclusive, golden vinyl edition available.
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With emphasis on We
We Jazz, that stands for edgy, surprising jazz from the north. And also not. Since 2013 the festival has been held in Helsinki, since 2016 the label was founded. Matti Nives mainly publishes Finnish bands there. And acts as one of the most important networkers of the local scene.
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Apollo Brown has teamed up with Che’ Noir for »As God Intended«, which will be released by Mello Music Group on September 4, 2020. The album is exclusively available from us in a Coloured Vinyl Edition.
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Important development in the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport. Starting next week, the new emergency runway 2.35 km at a cost of Rs 2 billion will be operational.
Paving the infrastructure of strategic importance for the country was completed several months ahead of the work program. These have required no less than 1.7 million cubic meters of fill. This infrastructure has the dual function of allowing aircraft to clear the runway landing faster and ensuring the continuity of airport operations, in case of closure of the main runway for major cause. By extension, it will prevent the country finds itself cut off from the world with serious economic repercussions.
The first project was completed the rehabilitation of the runway and its extension in July at a cost of more than Rs 1 billion. It allows widebody types Airbus A380 or Boeing Dreamliner to serve the airport SSR in optimal safety conditions. At AML, the emphasis is on rigor. "These huge investments of around Rs 3 billion reserves are drawn AML. Financial footing AML remains strong, however. The company even paid dividends of around Rs 500 million to the state in recent fiscal years, "said Serge Petit, CEO of AML.
At the new terminal, which supervision is provided by ATOL, the progress of work is outstanding following the program in line with the budget. The closed cover of terminal will be completed by December, while the installation and testing of equipment, which has already begun, is expected to continue until March 2013. At the airport, where enthusiasm and motivation are strong, we reassured that the terminal will be ready in time and should be operational in 2013.
Meanwhile, preparations for the advanced training of personnel who will be redeployed in the new terminal is accelerating. "We are making the final touches to preparations. We all used to preserve the achievements of our employees. The strong partnership between AML and ATOL, give us the means to persevere in efforts to educate and motivate our employees, "says the CEO of AML. Familiarization sessions have already begun. Coordinating committees, which were established for several months, provide an opportunity for exchange and sharing of experiences among professionals Mauritian and French.
Record profits of Rs 795 million
Despite a difficult economic situation worldwide, AML shows an excellent performance for the first nine months of 2012. Shiv Nemchand newly promoted Deputy CEO of AML, announced between January and September, AML has recorded record profits of around Rs 795 million. Passenger traffic for the same period increased by 1.5% to more than 1.9 million.
"If the trend continues, we should finish the year in excess of Rs 900 million profit," says Shiv Nemchand. Satisfaction also displayed at the Mauritius Duty Free Paradise (MDFP), directed by Serge Petit, whose turnover has increased by 10%. For the first nine months of 2012, duty-free shops of MDFP have revenues of Rs 1335 billion.
The average value of purchases per passenger rose to 67 euros. The participation of AML management MDFP allows vision and a common strategy. And the AML group, including MDFP and ATOL (Airport Terminal Operations Ltd), consolidates the position of the SSR International Airport as a benchmark of good governance and modernity in the region, responding to the country's economic ambitions.
Commenting on the vision of AML, Serge Petit believes that now that the airport infrastructure development is well underway, "We want to give another dimension of comfort, service and safety to our passengers."
Benchmarking of Airport Council International (ACI), is it out showed that our airport is already in the forefront of dealing with airports between two and five million passengers' initiatives abound to develop and implement the 'best practices' to improve our performance further. "
Serge Petit argues that steps have been taken to transform our airport in a Green Airport 'in line with the national project of Maurice Ile Durable "We put in place a program to obtain ISO 14000 certification to validate our efforts. I am pleased to say that we have the support of all our partners in realizing our ambitions. The strength and success of the Group arising from the AML team spirit, rigor and discipline in the management, motivation and commitment of staff at all levels. This is what allows us to be at the forefront of new opportunities. "


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In this book Meghan Don brings forward Gnostic and mystical teachings on the Divine Feminine that have not been previously given in written form. Experience an evolutionary journey and initiation into the deeper mysteries of the Feminine World Soul through reflections, prayers, meditations, and ancient feminine chants.
Learn about the Seven Faces of the Feminine, including the Light and Dark Faces of the Daughter, the Mother, the Crone or Grandmother, and the Pure Virgin or Enlightened Being of one's true nature. The New Divine Feminine shows you how to access each of the Seven Faces in your everyday life, draw confidence and strength from them, and trust in your own soul voice and vision.
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Combining the legacy and success of KIZAD’s onshore structure with the traditional benefits of an offshore free zone, KIZAD Free Zone is set to become the future hub for trade, logistics and manufacturing, and is primed to change the way business is done in the region.
Areas ‘A’ and ‘B’
Within the additional free zone territories allocated in the 16 sq. km Area ‘A’, KIZAD is master-planning the Business Park, District and Local Centers.
KIZAD Business Park in Area ‘A’ offers multiple real estate opportunities and welcomes interested suppliers to serve the needs of over 50,000 customers, both employees and visitors.
Spanning a total area of 84 sq. km, Area ‘B’ will feature heavy, light & logistics industries, commercial complexes, big-box retail stores, town center and mixed-use developments, as well as residential developments.
How to Apply
If you are planning to setup your business at KIZAD, the application forms and procedures described therein will help you get started and consider the next steps.
In order to become an investor at KIZAD Free Zone, you must secure a confirmation of lease agreement as pre-requisite document, and register your company.
Company License Type
Familiarize yourself with the basics of business licensing that is compliant with the United Arab Emirates’ legal provisions.
Permits import of raw material, manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging and export of intermediate and / or finished product and such other industrial activities as are published in the Industrial License (Category List).
Trading License OR General Trading License
Permits trading activities that include import, export, distribution, stocking, warehousing of products and items specified on the License and such other trading activities as are published in the Trading License (Category List).
A General Trading License maybe issued if the total number of products exceed 17 (Seventeen) or total number of groups exceed 3 (three).
Permits service activities such as management and economic consulting services, marketing services, logistical support services such as cargo and freight forwarding, restaurants, retail food outlets, catering services, travel agencies, etc. as are published in the Service License (Category List).
Issue of License
The following categories of Licenses are issued to operate a business within KIZAD Free Zone in accordance with the Governing Regulations subject to fulfilment of all procedural requirements.
Company Legal Type
Find starter information about the different types of business establishments that can be set-up at KIZAD, as defined in the United Arab Emirates’ company laws.
Limited liability Company
The Company is a limited liability company, having a minimum paid-up capital of AED 150,000 or such higher paid-up capital as may be prescribed.
The limited liability company can be owned by individual or corporate or individual and corporate.
The branch company having valid registration and license outside KIZAD Free Zone can apply for the formation of a branch company.
The branch company can be either registered as a branch of UAE Company or a branch of foreign Company.
Registration & Licensing Procedures
We offer a helping hand at every stage of setting up your business here, including the registration and licensing stage, through dedicated support personnel for applicants.
KIZAD Free Zone offers a streamlined and efficient registration and licensing process which ensures that most licenses are issued within a week of submission of the completed application, payment and relevant documentation.
During this process, dedicated Client Relationship Executives are appointed to all applicants to provide support. This single point of contact ensures that licensing, visas applications and other services are all executed smoothly and efficiently.
Online registration will guide you to set up the company according to the legal type, license type and facility type.
Route to Success
Whether it’s a joint venture with a local company or a sole proprietorship, our land leasing options give you the opportunity to tailor your business growth.
- If you’re a company involved in industrial manufacturing activities, choosing a joint venture with a local company (taking up to 49% ownership) allows you to claim exemption from import duties on raw materials; Goods manufactured in this case will be exempt from customs duties when exported to GCC countries.
- If you’re a 100% foreign- owned company, you can avoid duties on imported goods kept in bonded status in the Industrial Zone and re-exported from the UAE. In addition to imported goods, you can also avoid duty on raw material if you’re running a manufacturing business.
In addition, the land at KIZAD is specially planned and designed to be flexible, allowing plots to be subdivided and merged based on your requirements.
Land plots are allocated in long term, secure contracts with a focus on imports and exports via Khalifa Port, supported by mutually attractive terms.
Taken together, the cost benefits ensure that businesses at KIZAD are well positioned to be competitive in their industries and set up to drive growth in Abu Dhabi for the long term.
Serviced Land Plots
With a carefully designed master plan and world-class infrastructure, investors can take advantage of a primary and secondary road network of dual four-lane highways and dual three-lane arterial roads as well as utility corridors to allow provision for all power, water, telecom, sewerage services.
In addition, industry innovations can go a long way towards optimising industrial and logistics operations.
Companies can minimise capex costs by setting up logistics operations at KIZAD Logistics Park (KLP). Set to become one of the leading warehousing centres in the region, KLP is comprised of pre-built, well-designed modular warehouse units equipped with easy access loading docks for trucks, raised docked floor levels and clear open spaces for the eaves. Each unit has its own dedicated loading yard with ramp access for forklifts and designated on-site parking.
All units are provided with sufficient power to be cooled to a target temperature of 25°C. Around 15% of the units are equipped with enhanced power provision for cold storage.
KLP is designed to be fully flexible with combinations in various sizes and layouts. The design also includes the shell and core scheme for setting up a mezzanine office.
There are two domestic industrial zone phases and one free zone phase to choose from. KLP Phase 1 comprises 41 units (already let) while KLP Phase 2 has 64 warehouse units ready for lease.
The free zone phase of KLP is currently under design and can take up approximately 17,000 square meters.
Providing for The Needs of Everyday Life
Currently being designed to support a population within a 4 km radius, the proposed Business District Centers will provide a range of facilities and services to meet the daily requirements of people working and living close to the zone.
The District Centers will be home to a mosque, hospital, bank, hotel apartments, civil defense, some associated retail, food & beverage outlets as well as other related community facilities and services.
KIZAD Land Lease Tariff
AED / m2
Standard Use Fee Per Annum (Land Plots)
Standard Industrial Plots of all sizes in Free Zone
Standard Industrial Plots of all sizes in Domestic Zone
Standard Logistics Plots of all sizes in Domestic Zone
Open lay-down plots in KIZAD Area B
KIZAD is an integral part of the Abu Dhabi economic vision 2030 – A roadmap for sustainable growth of the Emirate’s economy and the prosperity of its peolpe.
KIZAD is earmarked to set new standards for industrial zone infrastructure, environment and operation.

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Its success – or failure – could have lasting repercussions both on the survival of the upcoming hate crime legislation in Congress and on the strength of the Democrats’ hold in Peach State.
So they call for mobilization themselves. Asian Americans, political leaders say, were once largely on the fringes of US politics. Her headlong immersion in the organization, which has been built for decades and achieved its greatest results in 2020, keeps Georgia at the center of the political universe.
“With the newfound political currency that Asian Americans have in Georgia, we are ready to spend it and get things done,” said Chris Chan, advisory chairman of the Georgia chapter of the Asian American Action Fund.
This desire to act was noticeable during a weekend protest near the Georgia State Capitol. The flags were at half the workforce on Saturday; Metal barricades surrounded the entire building and extended down the block.
Police “are trying to humanize the killer,” said Lucy Lee, a Sino-American Marietta resident among the more than 600 demonstrators.
“They are trying to stigmatize the victims and the Asian community,” said Lee, who wore a red, white and blue jacket and carried a massive American flag. “That’s the part that I really can’t tolerate anymore.”
Before the shooting on March 16, Lee was not politically active. That has now changed.
“I’m American. I’m not just here to make money and go back to Asia,” said Lee. “I’m here to stay.”
“You have to be involved”
Over the past year, a combination of grassroots organization and targeted advertising helped increase AAPI’s political participation ahead of the presidential and Senate runoffs. Groups like the Asian American Action Fund spent millions tailoring their messages to AAPI voters. Campaign mailers, as well as online and television advertising, have condemned Donald Trump’s abuse of the pandemic – and extolled the power of AAPI voters to make history in the 2020 election. The organizers knocked on doors in more than a dozen languages and called voters.
A year-long surge in anti-Asian violence due to Trump’s White House rhetoric also motivated Asian Americans to get involved, particularly in Georgia, experts say. Asian Americans in the state saw the largest increase in voter turnout of any group between 2016 and 2020, with votes cast up 91 percent. Quit polls showed that the majority of those votes were for Joe Biden.
If Democrats rely on the same gamebook of consistent liaison with AAPI voters, they are likely to maintain their momentum across the state in future elections. Georgia’s Asian-American leaders, mostly Democrats, want to keep the rapidly diversifying suburbs of Atlanta blue. Young Asian activists, older voters who again reluctant to get involved in politics, and black and Latin American communities have become part of this coalition. This coalition was featured at the weekend rally, where hundreds of Black, Latin American and Asian leaders and community members gathered to commemorate the victims of the shooting.
“We have seen the Asian-American community translate into real political power with this economic power and demographic growth,” said MP Sam Park, Georgia’s first representative of the Korean-American state.
Gwinnett County, once a Republican stronghold and Georgia’s second most populous, was elected a park in 2017. This made him the first Asian-American Democrat to be elected to the General Assembly. The influx of immigrants from nearly half a dozen Asian countries – Korea, China, Vietnam, India, and Pakistan – contributed to its success. Gwinnett County, which now comprises 11 percent of Asia, moved six points to Hillary Clinton in 2016. Biden tripled those wins in 2020, winning the district by 18 points.
Park and other Asian American leaders say they can draw a clear line from Trump’s anti-Asian rhetoric surrounding the coronavirus last March to the steep rise in violence against members of their communities.
The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism found that reported anti-Asian hate crimes in the 15 most populous cities in America have increased by nearly 150 percent in victims’ distrust of the police or fear of retaliation since March 2020. And until recently, much of the incidents occurred without much public attention. Women and elders are particularly at risk, proponents say. Of the eight victims killed on March 16, six were Chinese and Korean women between the ages of 51 and 74. (The other two victims were white and Latina.)
“Certainly for AAPIs who may not have been involved before, this is a wake-up call to say, ‘You need to be involved,” said Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Chair of the Asia-Pacific Congress Caucus in Congress With 21 members, the group is the largest in the history of the Congress.
“The fact that we have AAPI leaders at all is the result of increased political involvement by the AAPI. But we need more of it at every management level, ”said Chu.
Four more Asian Americans are now joining as Representatives and Senators Park at the Georgia State House. They represent the various Asian communities in Georgia. A central principle of their public relations work is the desire to suppress the idea that Asian Americans are an “exemplary minority”. One whom the leaders call a myth paints them as monolithic, universally successful and without political freedom of choice. The inspiration for more Asian Americans to get involved has led to more nuances in politics affecting them.
“A lot of conventional wisdom, or what people have said or heard to me, is that Asians don’t turn out to be. There aren’t that many of them, “said Michelle Au, a 2020 senator elected.” People tend to have these unfair stereotypes about this electorate and the power of their votes. “
According to census data, the Au Senate District has the highest percentage of Asian Americans in Georgia – nearly a quarter of their voters identify as Asian, more than twice the Georgia average and four times the United States average. She believes these demographics played a role in Georgia’s newly minted blue status.
“You could argue that very plausibly [Asian Americans] were the profit margin in the state of Georgia, “Au said. “Because we turned out to be.”
This newfound sense of political agency gives Georgian AAPI leaders an increased level of responsibility for enforcing hate crime laws while more members of their community become politically involved. Last June, following the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a young black man who was last killed by white guards, Georgian lawmakers passed a law punishing hate crimes. However, the March 16 shootings will test the limits of this law, which does not apply to standalone crimes and can only be used as an additional fee.
Robert Aaron Long has been charged with eight homicide cases for the shooting in Fulton and Cherokee counties. Investigators in both counties have not yet classified the shooting as a hate crime. Cherokee County’s law enforcement agencies instead cited his alleged sexual addiction as a motive.
Their reluctance has frustrated many leaders inside and outside the AAPI community, who helped promote the passage of the hate crimes law last summer.
“I’m tired of hearing what happened to this sick and misguided person. I don’t care if he had a bad day or not, “said Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock in his remarks during the rally on Saturday.
“You will only invite more robbers”
Still, not all Asian Americans in Georgia view the massacre as inherently political. The Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta, the area’s most established community group that represents more than 50,000 Korean Americans, was slow to recognize that the shooting was a hate crime.
Their silence caused friction among members of the Atlanta Korean-American community. Lawyers familiar with discussions say the association initially did not want to label the shooting as a hate crime until investigators did so. Waiting too long could have led to more tension.
“You will only invite more robbers if you leave a room with a broken window unattended,” said Brian Kim, a Gwinnett County organizer and religious leader in the Korean-American community. Kim said he and others in the area have taken the lead in organizing hate crime events while the Korean American Association stepped back.
There is also some degree of internal conflict over the political engagement of Asian Americans. Many who have been in the US for generations are pretty conservative. Before the Democrats increased their reach for Asian Americans and ran more for office, a greater proportion of them voted for Republicans, according to Asian Americans who have lived in Georgia for decades. The state’s Republicans have yet to launch a sustainable public relations campaign for the electoral bloc before next year’s elections.


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Cuban teens volunteered at food banks and recycling centers and read books to young children, according to the Washington-based NGO that organized the activities
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LETTER: Only Israel seems interested in peace
Published 12:00 am, Saturday, July 28, 2012
I was taken aback by the factually-challenged remark attributed to Erez Krispin in the article "Ex-enemies now fight for peace" published July 23 that said, "there will be no meaningful negotiations until the U.S. persuades Israeli leaders to do so."
He said President Barack Obama has failed to do this.
Replace "Israeli" by "Palestinian Arab" and this would be an accurate assertion.
Obama has repeatedly, but futilely, urged the leaders of the Palestinian Arabs to negotiate. He has had no need to urge the Israelis to negotiate.
Israel's leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has been virtually begging the Palestinian Arabs to negotiate ever since he came into office.
In fact, just a few days ago, in yet another unreciprocated goodwill gesture made in hopes of bringing its neighbors to the negotiating table, Israel gave the Palestinian Authority a 180 million shekel advance on tax money.
Unfortunately, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas clearly has no interest in negotiating.
He has steadfastly refused any real negotiations since 2008, when he didn't even bother to respond to an Israeli offer to establish a Palestinian Arab state on the equivalent of 100 percent of the disputed territories, including giving away portions of Israel's capital.
It takes two sides to make peace. So far, only one of the parties, Israel, seems interested.
Editor's note: Alan Stein is a member of the executive committee of PRIMER-Connecticut, Promoting Responsibility in Middle East Reporting.


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All experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at Stanford University in accordance with the guidelines of the International Association for the Study of Pain. Male Sprague–Dawley rats (Harlan, Indianapolis, IN), weighing between 250-280 g, were used in the experiments.
Dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neuron culture
After decapitation, thoracic and lumbar DRGs were dissected out and transferred to ice-cold Minimal Essential Medium (Gibco, Grand Island, NY) supplemented with penicillin-streptomycin (2X, Gibco). After trimming the axons and connective tissue, ganglia were transferred into Hank’s Balanced Salt Solution containing 5 mg/ml collagenase (Type II, Worthington, Lakewood, NJ), and incubated for three hours at 5% CO2-95% O2 at 37°C. A single cell supension was subsequently obtained by repeated trituration through flame-polished glass pipettes and centrifuged at 50×g for 10 minutes. Single cells were resuspended in neurobasal media (Gibco) supplemented with albumin solution (0.7%, Sigma, St. Louis, MO), penicillin-streptomycin (2X), B27 with retinoic acid (2X, Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA), β-mercaptoethanol (0.11 mM, Gibco), mouse nerve growth factor (40 ng/ml, Promega, Madison, WI) and L-glutamine (2X, Gibco) and plated onto poly-l-ornithine (Sigma) coated coverslips.
Recombinant TGFβ1 (Calbiochem, Gibbstown, NJ) was applied to the culture media in a concentration of 10 ng/ml. During culture in 36.5°C 5% CO2 incubator, the culture media (with and without TGFβ1) were refreshed every 24 hours.
Whole-cell voltage patch-clamp recordings were conducted at room temperature (22–23°C) on the stage of an inverted phase contrast microscope (Nikon Inc., Melville, NY). The recording pipettes were pulled from borosilicate glass to give resistances of 2–6 MΩ. Data were acquired with Digidata interface 1200 series, and pClamp software version 9.1 (Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, California). The concentration in the pipette solution were as follows (in mM): K gluconate (115), KCl (25), NaCl (5), HEPES (10), CaCl (1), EGTA (1.12) and ATP-Mg(2), pH was adjusted to 7.3–7.4 using KOH (280–300 mOsm). The cells were bathed in modified Tyrode saline consisting of (in mM): NaCl (135), KCl (5.4), MgCl2 (1), CaCl2 (2) NaH2PO4 (0.1) HEPES (10) glucose (10), with pH adjusted to 7.3-7.4 using NaOH (300–320 mOsm). In experiments that required eliminating Na+ current, [Na+]o was substituted by equimolar choline.
Prior to patch clamping a cell, the amplifier (Axopatch 200B, Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, USA) was zeroed so that any junction potential was balanced by an offset potential. High resistance (Gigaohm) seals were formed between the recording electrode and cell membrane and ruptured by suction using standard patch clamp recording methods. Action potentials were recorded in mode of I-clamp after obtaining a stablized membrane potential setting at I = 0. 2-step current stimulation pulses were injected for a length of 1.8 sec at 1x and 2x rheobase with an interval of 600 ms. Current pulses were repeated in a range of 0.01 to 1 nA steps until an AP was elicited. Action potential threshold was determined upon the voltage extent before upstroke. Currents were recorded under the mode of V-clamp and the current signals were recorded to disk for off-line analysis using pClampfit and Origin 7. Results were expressed as means ± SE, n = number of cells.
Immunohistochemistry of DRG sections
DRGs (T9–13) were removed and postfixed for 4 hours in 4% paraformaldehyde and cryoprotected overnight in 30% sucrose in PBS. Tissue was embedded in optimal cutting temperature (OCT) and 10 μm frozen sections were prepared. Sections were blocked and permeabilized for 1 h at room temperature with PBS containing 0.3% Triton X-100 and 10% normal goat serum and incubated overnight at 4°C with primary antibodies diluted in PBS containing 1.5% normal goat serum. The following antibodies were used: mouse monoclonal antibody TGFβR I (1:100; ab27969), rabbit polyclonal TGFβR II (1:100; ab66045; abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA), Polyclonal Rabbit Anti-PGP 9.5 (1:400; Dako), and αGFAP (rabbit 1:400; Dako, Carpinteria, CA). After washing with PBS, secondary goat antibodies anti-mouse IgG488 and anti-rabbit IgG 594 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, U.S.A.) were added to the preparations at 1:200 dilution. Sections were rinsed with PBS 15 min ×3 times and viewed under a fluorescent microscope (Nikon Eclipse E600, Japan) with an excitation wavelength appropriate for 488 and 594.
Immunohistochemistry and quantification of fluorescence for KCNA4 expression
DRG cultures with and without TGFβ1 treatment at 48 hours were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) for 30 minutes. Nonspecific antibody binding was blocked by incubation with 8% normal horse serum plus 1% bovine serum albumin for 1 hour. The preparation was then incubated with monoclonal mouse anti-Kv1.4(1:200; NeuroMab, UC Davis, CA, U.S.A.) overnight at 4°C plus 1 hour at room temperature. Secondary goat antibody anti-mouse IgG 488 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, U.S.A.) was added to the preparations at 1:200 dilution. Each step was rinsed with PBS for 15 min × 3 times. Staining was examined with a fluorescent microscope (Nikon Eclipse E600, Japan) with an excitation wavelength appropriate for 488. All procedures were done under the same conditions including staining and scanning. Quantification of Kv1.4 expression was performed using the public domain NIH ImageJ program (
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/). The area of immunopositive cells was determined by threshold with subtraction of background noise and then expressed as mean of fluorescent intensity per high power field.
RT-PCR of KCNA4 gene expression
RNA was extracted from DRG cultures with and without TGFβ1 treatment at 48 hours as described above. cDNA was made from 100 ng of total RNA prior to being pre-amplified for 14 cycles in the presence of various taqman primers obtained from ABI (Foster City, CA). Fold change was determined by the delta delta Ct method after normalizing to GAPDH and expressed relative to the mean value of the control group.
Intrapancreatic infusion of TGFβ1
Under anesthetization with ketamine/xylazine, the peritoneum was incised to expose the duodenum and the duodenal loop was pulled out. The pancreatic duct entering the duodenum was identified under dissecting microscope and a small nick was made into the duct. A 30-gauge needle with polyethelene 10 tubing (Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ) was guided into the pancreatic duct whilst the common bile duct was loosely ligated at both ends. 400 μl of a 10% ethanol in phosphate buffered saline containing 400 ng of TGFβ1 (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MD) or vehicle alone was injected into the pancreatic duct. The tubing was carefully removed and bile flow from the liver into the duodenum was re-established. A pair of electrodes was carefully sutured into the pancreatic tissue as described below under “evaluation of pain behavior”. After removing the tube, the abdominal cavity was closed with sutures and rats were allowed to recover. Pain behavior was assessed in both groups of rats 24 hours post TGFβ1 infusion.
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Evaluation of pain behavior
At the time of surgery for intraductal infusion of TNBS, a pair of electrodes was attached to the pancreas and externalized behind the head, as previously described
[13, 36], and the rats were allowed to recover. At specified times rats were given successive applications of current at 2, 5 and 10 mA for 5 min at a 10-min interval between stimulation periods. The number of nocifensive pain behaviors during the stimulation period was measured. Pain behavioral responses consisted of stretching, licking of the limbs and abdomen, contraction of abdominal wall muscles and extension of the hind limbs as previously described
[13, 36]. All the tests were performed by an observer blinded to the treatment.
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The Journal Sentinel's team of Packers beat writers provide the latest news, notes and analysis
Lions 6, Packers 0 (5:56, 1Q)
Detroit - Sorry about not posting before, we had a few technical difficulties.
The Lions have failed to take advantage of a couple prime opportunities to take a big early lead.
On their opening drive, the Lions had a first down at the Green Bay 1-yard line, but a cut-block penalty on center Dominic Raiola resulted in a 22-yard penalty and Aaron Kampman's sack ended the drive.
The Packers turned the ball over on their first play of the game when Brett Favre fumbled the handoff to Ryan Grant because Daryn Colledge stepped on Favre's foot.
But the Lions only got another Jason Hanson field goal.
The Packers have just gone three-and-out on their second possession.
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DT Ryan Pickett left the game on the third play with a right knee injury but returned six plays later.


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Anothony D’Angelo, a professor at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School and Director of public relations, was one of three public relations professionals recently quoted in the The Wall Street Journal in a story about Roseanne Barr’s racist tweets. D’Angelo wrote: “Roseanne Barr’s brand…
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More than 6,100 runners and walkers from 268 companies filled Onondaga Lake Parkway Tuesday evening, June 26, for the 2007 JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge in Syracuse. From the Syracuse University “Fun in the Sun” team of 170, top men’s competitor was Jason Mintz, research project director in the College of Law, finishing the 3.5 mile race at 22:00. In women’s, top SU finisher was Patti Ford, administrative assistant in The College of Arts and Science physics department, with 25:52. The annual race this year benefited two local charities, Junior Achievement of Central New York and the Make A Wish Foundation, Central New York.


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Employees of a Stevenson Ranch cellphone store found it easy to describe the man who ripped a demonstration iPhone off its stand in October and ran out the door.
A Las Vegas man is waiting to hear from local investigators about the traffic collision that claimed the life of his daughter three weeks ago, he said Thursday.
A 15-year-old boy injured a week ago when his bicycle and an SUV collided on a Valencia street remains in the hospital, a local sheriff's deputy said this week.
Funeral arrangements for a former Santa Clarita Valley high school educator shot and killed in Woodland Hills on Valentine's Day are to be held in Pasadena, two of the victim's daughters said Thursday.
A preliminary hearing is expected to get under way Monday for two men described as street racers charged with murder in a fatal crash that killed a friend, a court clerk said Thursday.
Winds are expected to ease off in the Santa Clarita Valley today following a day of high winds that caused some damage.
A 52-year-old Granada Hills man charged with trying to cash a forged check at a Valencia bank in January is now serving a three-year sentence.
Jumping over fences, Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's deputies chased down and captured a burglary suspect Wednesday in Canyon Country.
The children of a former Valencia High School educator shot and killed in Woodland Hills on Valentine's Day are struggling with "the worst thing" imaginable as they make funeral arrangements for their mother.
A veteran Hollywood stunt helicopter pilot killed in a chopper crash in Acton earlier this month had his flying license suspended twice in the last 10 years, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said Tuesday.
A former Valencia High School educator was shot and killed in Woodland Hills on Valentine's Day and her daughter arrested in Oregon eight hours after the body was discovered, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
A Valencia woman is safe and unharmed after she snubbed two would-be robbers who held her at gunpoint, a local sheriff's spokesman said.
A man seriously hurt when he was hit by two cars Friday had been running across the freeway at the time of the collision, an investigator with the California Highway Patrol reported.
Carrie Stuart, a captain in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department who nearly died in a fiery two-car crash before Christmas, is out of the hospital and expected to make a full recovery, her daughter says.


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text: With more than 30 years in business, finance, academia and state government, New Yorker Bill Mulrow looks forward to the new challenges coming his way. He currently serves as a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone. Separately, he chairs the New York State Housing Finance Agency and the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Mulrow has captured attention for his work at a number of public and private entities. At one point, he also served as Vice Chair of the New York State Democratic Party and ran for New York State Comptroller.


- Put midi or instrument track and make event.
- Write note on A# (its showing as Bb)
- Go to the Preferences/Event Display/Chords&Pitches.
- Now settings "Display ‘Bb’ as 'B’
This setting doesent make sense or I am doing something wrong here.
Lets say I want to see A# on piano roll instead Bb as it was before. How?


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VietNamNet Bridge – Le Huynh Duc has agreed to take the driving seat of V.League 1 side SHB Da Nang after the central city’s football team sacked Nguyen Minh Phuong early this month.
Coach Le Huynh Duc, 46, has agreed to return as coach of SHB Da Nang for the V.League1 in 2019. — Photo courtesy Sports and Culture Newspaper.
Spokeswoman Huynh Thi Kim Phuoc confirmed to Việt Nam News that Đức, 46, who resigned as coach of SHB Da Nang in 2017 after a poor season, had accepted an invitation to return to the club.
Phuoc said Duc was on vacation in Australia and would return to Vietnam in late November.
She said the team would negotiate with terms of the contract on Duc’s return.
Duc left the team in November 2017 after the team finished eighth out of 14 teams in the V.League, the worst position in history of the team.
Nguyen Minh Phuong, 38, replaced Duc, but the team finished 9th in 2018.
HCM City-born Duc played for Da Nang from 2006 before he took over as coach in 2008.
During his 10 years with the team, Duc won two V.League titles in 2009 and 2012, one National Cup in 2009 and one National Super Cup in 2012.
He also led Da Nang to the quarter-finals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup in 2010.
Duc was assistant coach for the national team and U23 team in 2009, but he refused to coach the national team after several invitations from the Viet Nam Football Federation.
During his playing career, Duc had won three Golden Ball awards for the best Vietnamese footballer in 1995, 1997 and 2002, and two Top Scorer awards in 1996-97.
He was the first Vietnamese footballer to play overseas for Chongqing Lifan of China on a one-year loan.
He scored 34 goals for the national team from 1995-2004.
Duc attained the AFC Professional Football Coaching Diploma, which is also known as the AFC Pro Diploma, the highest level of coaching accreditation issued by the AFC, in 2017.
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|The board of directors of Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced an interim dividend 50 kobo per share for the first quarter ended March 10, 2021.
In a public disclosure that was issued to The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Friday, the brewer stated that the proposed dividend would be subject to appropriate withholding tax. Shareholders are also expected to approve the dividend during the company’s 76th Annual General Meeting (AGM) that has been scheduled to hold on April 22nd.
The Company Secretary, Uaboi Agbebaku in a notice to The NSE said that only shareholders whose names appear on the register of members by March 27th will receive payment. The register of members will become closed starting from March 11th till March 17th.
Agbebaku emphasized that the company’s shareholders should expect their money to be transferred to their bank accounts by April 23rd. This will be exactly one day after the dividend must have been approved during the company’s slated AGM. Once again, there is another provison that only shareholders who have completed their e-dividend registration will be qualified to receive payment.
Shareholders who have not completed their e-dividend registration are advised to download the Registrar’s E-Dividend mandate activation form, fill it, and submit same to the company registrar.
According to Agbebaku, explained that the company was already considering share option as final dividend.
“The election is required to be made on or before the 10th of April, 2021. The Reference Share Price for the purpose of determining the number of shares due to qualifying shareholders who elect for the share option will be a ten-day trading average of the Company’s share price on the floor of The Nigerian Stock Exchange, starting on the 11th of March, 2021”., he said.
Nigerian Breweries had earlier released its audited financial statement for the year ended December 31, 2020, which shows disappointing bottom-line figures. From a not too impressive net revenue of N337.046 billion in 2020 against N323.007 billion in 2019, representing 4.35 percent increase, the company gross profit printed lower at N118.690 billion from N131.250 billion in 2019.


How Warren Buffett's investment inTesco unravelled: 'I made a huge mistake' admits Sage of Omaha as supermarket woes cost him £500m
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett yesterday conceded that his investment in Tesco was a ‘huge mistake’. His investment vehicle, Berkshire Hathaway, is the third-largest shareholder in the supermarket giant, and has been badly hit by its recent share collapse.
A plethora of woe, including a string of profits warnings and an embarrassing accounting probe, has seen the grocer’s shares lose half their value in the last year.
Tens of thousands of small shareholders watched as the value of their investments was slashed as the shares fell.
The Sage has spoken: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett yesterday conceded that his investment in Tesco was a 'huge mistake'
Buffett, who is worth an estimated £41.5billion and known as the Sage of Omaha, owns around 3.98 per cent of the company.
He is estimated to have lost almost £500million due to the falling share price so far this year. Yesterday he held his hands up and admitted buying Tesco was a bad move.
Tesco last week admitted that it overstated profits by £250million in a move that sent its stock spiralling downwards.
The group has brought in Deloitte to investigate and a number of senior directors have been suspended.
The run of bad news since Buffett invested
Buffett first bought into Tesco in 2006, when shares were more than 300p and Sir Terry Leahy was running what was seen as an unstoppable juggernaut.
But the company has lurched between disasters since Phil Clarke took over in 2011.
Berkshire raised its stake in Tesco at the start of 2012 in the wake of the company’s first profits warning in living memory.
Tesco also suffered a highly embarrassing exit from its US business - Fresh and Easy - which cost it £1billion.
And it was forced to scale back its Chinese ambitions and jump into bed with a state-backed grocer in order to survive in the market.
During 2013, Tesco was the only one of Buffett’s 15 largest holdings that fell in value.
But this year the supermarket has so far fared even worse.
It issued two profit warnings in the space of six weeks, fired Clarke and admitted to a massive accounting exaggeration.
The company is now facing a formal investigation by the City watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority.
From bad to worse: A plethora of woe, including a string of profits warnings and an embarrassing accounting probe, has seen the grocer's shares lose half their value in the last year
Speaking on the American business channel CNBC, Buffett yesterday spoke publicly about the company for the first time since its shares tanked.
He said: ‘We definitely made a mistake, I made a mistake. That was a huge mistake by me.’
He added: ‘I’m going to make mistakes but I’m not going to make mistakes because I buy businesses I like as they go down in price.
‘I’m just going to be wrong sometimes on the facts.’
At one stage, Buffett owned more than 5 per cent of Tesco. But he has been selling this down in recent months.
Tesco yesterday refused to comment, and said it did not know when Buffett began buying the company’s shares.
Despite being one of the most widely-owned stocks in the UK, the company also said that it did not know how many retail investors it has.
All of the major established supermarkets have lost market share to upstart discounters Aldi and Lidl.
But Tesco has been hit the hardest, seeing its share dwindle from almost a third to 28.8 per cent at the last count.
Last month Tesco brought in former Unilever director Dave Lewis to try to stem the decline.
Shares yesterday fell again, dropping 2p to 178.2p.
Morrisons, the next hardest hit after Tesco, yesterday pledged it would match the prices of the cut-price rivals in order to top an exodus of shoppers.
The UK’s fourth largest grocer, which has seen its shares drop 42 per cent in 12 months, fell 1p to 158.9p.
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1.) I have a moral obligation to my own people to publicize the issue. Blacks and Hispanics complain about their depiction in the media. They complain about their treatment in our history books. They have complained about dying in foreign wars that are not in their interest. I don’t see what I am doing here as any different. Whites have legitimate grievances against Jews. We should air them.
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An ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturing firms says of its wind turbine couplings now cover a broad range of wind turbine applications. Zero-Max Wind Turbine Couplings are available as an upgrade replacement for existing wind turbines and for OEM applications. Successfully tested under conditions simulating a 20-year load spectrum of continuous operation, the turbine couplings easily handle torque spikes and high misalignments.
The couplings are said to withstand high misalignment while remaining torsionally stiff. They are designed with composite disk packs at both ends of a center spacer. The disk packs provide high strength and generous flexibility. The composite disk packs (flex elements) provide a distinct advantage over other coupling component designs by allowing a surplus of parallel and axial misalignment while remaining torsionally stiff through all harmonic ranges of the wind turbine’s oscillating load.
Depending on application, the center spacers can be machined out of steel, composite glass fiber, or 6061-T6 aluminum. Simulate software helps engineer these center spacers to withstand in excess of 100,000 Nm of torque.
Additional design advantages include flex elements that electrically insulate the turbine’s generator from the gear box, eliminating stray electrical current that can leak across the coupling, thus preventing bearing damage to the gear box. The coupling protects the generator by transferring lower reaction loads to the generator bearings.
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These days, it is common to see electric cars on the roads with more and more motorists making the switch. This is fantastic to see as electric vehicles can play such a major role in reducing environmental damage, but what about motorbikes? While there are some electric motorbikes on the road, the statistics show that the electric motorbike revolution is behind the electric car one but there are reasons to be optimistic.
Struggling to Keep Pace
The Institute of the Motor Industry show that just 1.3% of all new registered motorbikes are electric compared to just over 10% of new cars. This is quite a large gap and one that likely to grow with the car industry taking great strides and the UK Government encouraging people to switch. The most obvious example of this is the 2030 ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars, which does not include motorbikes.
Motorbikes are not included in the ban because they are a cleaner way to get around and contribute less than 1% of CO2 emissions for UK transport, but the Department of Transport will consult with the Motorcycle Action Group and this could change in the coming years.
Key Figures Calling for Change
There is less innovation and urgency for motorcyclists to make the switch, but some names in the industry are starting to encourage people to do so. Harley-Davidson may not be the first brand to spring to mind when thinking about green, quiet vehicles, but in 2019 they released the highly regarded Livewire, which can provide the same thrill as their classic models but with an eco-friendly performance.
The Best Bikes
There are many other great electric motorbikes to choose from currently as well. These include the Zero, Zepp, Curtiss and Verge just as a few examples. Electric motorbikes may not be the cheapest vehicles on the market, but you must consider the cost-saving that you can make with these vehicles when it comes to both fuel and road tax. Additionally, like electric cars, there is also a plug-in motorcycle grant that will cover 20% of the cost up to £1,500.
Whether you buy a traditional combustion engine motorcycle or one of the electric models mentioned above, it is always important that you take great care of your vehicle. This will include taking out motorbike insurance that will provide protection for accidents and breakdowns and you should always find coverage from a specialist provider.
The electric motorcycle revolution may not be accelerating quite like the car one is, but progress is being made and the future looks bright with so many great models to choose from and the technology and infrastructure improving. Hopefully, more motorcyclists will start making the switch and enjoying the many benefits that electric vehicles can bring.