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CAMP KOSCIUSZKO, Poland – Members of Polish and American armed forces and community gathered for a memorialization ceremony to rename the dining facility here to Staff Sgt. Michael Harold Ollis Warrior Grill in honor of the fallen hero on October 27, 2023.
The 24-year-old U.S. Army soldier from New Dorp, New York, served with the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light) during Operation Enduring Freedom.
“The 2nd battalion has a motto,” said U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Eric J. Riley, deputy commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division.
On August 28, 2013, Ollis’ last day of duty, he sacrificed his life during action by shielding Lt. Karol Cierpika, a Polish Army officer, from a suicide bomber throughout an insurgent assault on a forward operating base in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
“Deeds, not words,” Riley recited.
“By all accounts, Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis lived that motto every day of his life, especially August 28, 2013,” Riley said.
Riley said the memorialization will not bring Michael back or ease the pain of his loss, but it will commemorate a true American hero who made the ultimate sacrifice.
“The memorial reminds us of Michael’s courage and bravery throughout his service,” Riley said.
Esteemed guests, Michael’s parents, Robert and Linda Ollis, his sister, Kelly Manzolillo, and the Polish Army officer whose life he saved, Lt. Karol Cierpika, joined to unveil his portrait and a memorial plaque tribute. The family traveled to Poznan from the U.S. to attend the ceremony and honor their son’s life and selfless acts of heroism during his Army service.
Michael was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, Purple Heart, and Polish Army Gold Medal for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity under fire. Years later, in 2019, his award was upgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross, the second highest military honor that can be awarded to a U.S. Army soldier.
“As a soldier and a commander, I am proud that Camp Kosciuszko, from this day forward, will call the dining facility the Staff Sgt. Michael Harold Ollis Warrior Grill,” said Polish Army Lt. Col. Adam Dabrowski, commander of the Polish Army 14th Garrison Support Unit. “It is a place where the Polish and Americans can dine together and strengthen as allies.”
Michael is a revered hero in the Polish community. He not only saved Cierpika but several lives during the attack.
“Ollis will always be in our hearts and minds,” Dabrowski said.
The Ollis family expressed gratitude during the occasion.
“The Army thanked us for coming; I am so grateful they allowed us to be here,” said Michael’s sister, Kelly Manzolillo.
The Ollis family now embraces Cierpika as part of their family, so they had more than one reason to be grateful for the occasion.
“It gave us a chance to visit Karol as well,” Manzolillo said.
Manzolillo said she was glad she and her parents could attend, and she said she was thankful for the kind dedication to her brother, Michael.
“He’s my baby brother,” she said.
Manzolillo said that she and her brother were incredibly close. She reminisced about caring for Michael as a child because they were born ten years apart. She said that while growing up, Michael aspired to greatness.
“He was fulfilling his dreams; he always wanted to be a soldier,” Manzolillo said. “Michael was brave and kind. His friends, teachers, and everyone only have kind words to say.”
Although it hurt to lose Michael so soon, she said his passing was ideal for how he lived his life, dedicated to the Army and his brothers in arms.
“We are proud of Michael,” Manzolillo emphasized. “So proud!”
Staff Sgt. Micheal Harold Ollis’ sacrifices exemplify the U.S. Army Soldier’s Warrior Ethos. The dining facility at Camp Kosciuszko will be a permanent reminder of his heroism and service.


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It was a week where oil prices climbed but natural gas futures dropped.
On the news front, U.S. energy major
Chevron ( CVX Quick Quote CVX - Free Report) set its investment budget for 2019 at $20 billion, up 9.3% from its projected spending this year. Meanwhile, Schlumberger ( SLB Quick Quote SLB - Free Report) warned of weakness in the North American hydraulic fracturing market.
Overall, it was a mixed week for the sector. While West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 3.3% to close at $52.61 per barrel, natural gas prices fell some 2.7% to $4.488 per million Btu (MMBtu). (See the last ‘Oil & Gas Stock Roundup’ here:
Shell's Green Initiative, Par Pacific's Acquisition & More)
The U.S. crude benchmark rose last week after OPEC members and some non-OPEC producers, led by Russia, committed to withhold production by 1.2 million barrels per day from January in an effort to tighten the market and boost prices. Data showing drillers in the United States cutting oil rigs the most in more than two years also contributed to the gains.
Meanwhile, natural gas prices dropped as predictions of milder weather (translating into weak heating gas demand) over the next few days more than offset the larger-than-expected decrease in supplies.
Recap of the Week’s Most Important Stories
1. Chevron recently announced its capital and exploratory spending program for 2019. The budget for capital projects is reserved at $20 billion, higher than 2018’s projected investment of $18.3 billion. Notably, this marks the first budget increase in four years and reflects a 9.3% annual increase.
Chevron’s upstream spending in 2019 is expected to increase 9.5% from 2018, which can enable the company to deliver steady growth in production. Downstream expenditure of the company will likely increase 13.6% in 2019. Moreover, the company expects 66.7% of its 2019 capital spending to realize cash flow by two years.
Chevron allocated 86.5% of its total budget toward upstream operations. The company has plans to spend $7.6 billion in the upstream projects located in the United States and $9.7 billion in the international upstream projects. The company will use around $10.4 billion to develop and grow its present producing assets, of which $3.6 billion will allocated to the Permian Basin and $1.6 billion for other shale related developments. (Read more
Chevron Unveils $20B Capital Expenditure Budget for 2019)
2. The executive vice president of Schlumberger, Wells Patrick Schorn, recently said in a conference that the company’s total fourth-quarter revenues from the North America will see a 15% sequential fall, owing to declining hydraulic fracturing pricing.
Schlumberger generated $3.2 billion revenues from the North America (accounting for 37.5% of the total revenues) in the third quarter of 2018. This reflected a 2% increase from the year-ago figure. However, the Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company now expects fourth-quarter 2018 revenues from the region at around $2.7 billion, representing a 3.6% fall from the year-ago quarter. First-quarter 2019 revenues will also bear the brunt of low hydraulic fracturing activities. However, Schlumberger expects the region to undergo a gradual recovery till the first half of 2019.
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Schlumberger expects its international revenues, excluding the effects of Cameron businesses, to be in line with estimates. However, a few Latin American countries can reflect signs of weakness. (Read more
Schlumberger Expects North America Revenues to Fall in Q4)
ExxonMobil ( XOM Quick Quote XOM - Free Report) continues to gain from holding in some of the most prolific upstream global assets, particularly the Stabroek Block. The asset’s exploration potential was ascertained again with the 10th discovery at the Pluma-1 well, offshore Guyana.
With the recent discovery, the combined gross recoverable resources have been increased to more than 5 billion oil-equivalent barrels, up from the prior projection of more than 4 billion oil-equivalent barrels. Pluma-1 well is the sixth find on the Stabroek Block in the past year. Located about 17 miles south of the Turbot-1 well, it encountered about 121 feet (37 meters) of superior, hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone reservoir. The drilling of the well commenced on Nov 1, 2018.
Stabroek Block has acreage of 6.6 million (26,800 square kilometers). Exxon’s affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, holds 45% interest in the Stabroek Block as the operator. Hess Corporation (HES) holds 30% and CNOOC Limited (CEO) holds 25% interest. (Read more
Exxon Discovers Oil in the Pluma-1 Exploration Well)
4. Reeling under discounted crude prices and pipeline crisis, the Canadian energy sector is struggling to find a path to growth. Amid the growing crisis, one of the country’s leading energy companies,
Canadian Natural Resources Limited ( CNQ Quick Quote CNQ - Free Report) recently slashed its capital budget by C$1 billion. The company’s capital budget for 2019 is estimated at C$3.7 billion, down 20% from projected investment in 2018 and well below its preferred range of C$4.7-C$5 billion.
Canadian Natural expects its 2019 oil and natural gas liquid production at 782,000-861,000 barrels per day, on par with 2018 levels. However, natural gas output for the next year is expected within 1.49-1.55 billion cubic feet per day, reflecting a year-over-year decline of 2%. Overall production is targeted within 1.03-1.12 million barrels of oil equivalent (comprising 76% liquids and 24% gas), which is slightly lower than this year’s projected output. (Read more
Canadian Natural Slashes Capex Amid Pipeline Pinch)
5. Scarred by corruption scandal and huge debt burden,
Petrobras ( PBR Quick Quote PBR - Free Report) recently unveiled its new five-year plan (2019-2023), which highlights the company’s aim to revive its financial health and boost overall performance.
The 2019-2023 business plan of Petrobras is released as Roberto Castello Branco prepares to head the company from Jan 1, 2019, as part of the new Brazilian government led by Jair Bolsonaro. Notably, Branco will replace Ivan Monteiro, who became interim CEO in June after Pedro Parente resigned amid the nationwide trucker strike in Brazil. Per the new five-year plan, the company has raised its investment and divestment targets, which will help to boost growth and credit metrics.
The Brazilian oil giant intends to invest $84.1 billion between 2019 and 2023, representing nearly 13% increase from its projected investment of $74.5 billion through 2018-2022.The prudent capex program, in sync with ambitious production plans, is likely to boost the company’s top-line growth. (Read more
Petrobras Ups Investment, Divestment Goals in New 5-Year Plan) Price Performance
The following table shows the price movement of some the major oil and gas players over the past week and during the last 6 months.
Company Last Week Last 6 Months
The Energy Select Sector SPDR – a popular way to track energy companies – generated a -3.1% return last week. The worst performer was
Transocean Ltd. ( RIG Quick Quote RIG - Free Report) whose stock slumped 10.6%.
Longer-term, over six months, the sector tracker is down 18.4%. Oilfield service major Schlumberger was the major loser during this period, experiencing a 38.8% price decline.
What’s Next in the Energy World?
In this week, market participants will be closely tracking the regular releases i.e. the U.S. government statistics on oil and natural gas - one of the few solid indicators that comes out regularly. Energy traders will also be focusing on the Baker Hughes data on rig count.
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Global instability induced failure of tall steel moment frame buildings. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. 31(2). 2017.
Resilience of tall steel moment resisting frame buildings with multi-hazard post-event fire. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 139:202-219.. 2017.
Loss‐of‐stability induced progressive collapse modes in 3D steel moment frames. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering: Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle Design and Performance. 11(3):334-344.. 2015.

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Today we officially release the classic PONY M4A1 PTW receiver . Both Gen I & II are in stock now !
You can see very clear the difference between two M4A1 in different ear with following pic.
The profile on the right side of upper receiver.
The rail number is milled on Gen II. Laser engraved on Gen I
The rib of back of the receiver is the biggest difference.


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DescriptionThis route felt much harder than we expected since the guidebook said it was 5.6. It is kind of an interesting lead with a lot of stemming and little OW. The pro is thin until you reach the bottom of the crack, at which point you will spend a lot of time looking in little nooks and crannies for the best place to put pro. There is a large wedged boulder on top that can be slung for an anchor. Scramble off down a sandy chimney and walk back around to the base of the crag.
LocationThe last crack on the right of the crag that is of significant height. It is really wide. Just go straight up.
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A total of 15 workers implementing the Astro Kid and Astro Teens programs in Hong Kong participated in qualitative evaluation interviews after completion of the programs. Interview questions were designed around the CIPP model, focusing on the evaluation of the context, input, process, and product of the programs. Results showed that the workers had positive perceptions of the different aspects of the programs, particularly the process and product of the programs. The findings generally showed that the program implementers had positive perceptions of the programs and they perceived that the programs were able to protect the participants from substance abuse.
|Title of host publication||Drug Abuse in Hong Kong|
|Subtitle of host publication||Development and Evaluation of a Prevention Program|
|Publisher||Nova Science Publishers, Inc.|
|Number of pages||19|
|Publication status||Published - 1 Dec 2011|
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MSI has a new GTX 1080 Ti graphics card, which they recently showcased at the Tokyo Game Show 2017 – the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X TRIO. Looks like the GTX 1080 Ti Lightning won’t be MSI’s last GTX 1080 Ti after all. However, the new GTX 1080 TI GAMING X TRIO isn’t a flagship graphics card. Instead, it sits in between the GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING and MSI’s GTX 1080 Ti GAMING cards. Noticeably, this new graphics card is quite long and will occupy 2.5 slots; this is due to its triple fan design and large aluminum heat sink. More details below.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X TRIO
The new MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X TRIO looks like a longer version of their GAMING X/Z graphics card; similar to their DUKE and LIGHTNING variants. It also features RGB lighting and has MSI’s Gaming Dragon back plate design. Like most of MSI’s graphics cards, this too has an OC mode, Gaming mode and Silent mode. Below are the speeds:
OC Mode – 1569 MHz base / 1683 MHz boost / 11124 MHz memory clock
Gaming Mode – 1544 MHz base / 1657 MHz boost / 11016 MHz memory clock
Silent Mode – 1480 MHz base / 1582 MHz boost / 11016 MHz memory clock
For connectivity options, is has the usual Dual Link DVI port, two HDMI ports and two DisplayPorts. It draws power from two 8-pin PCIe power connector; and power consumption is reported to be at 250W and will require at least 600W of power supply.
MSI hasn’t disclosed its suggested retail price yet, but the new GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X TRIO is expected to go on sale starting October 12, 2017.
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Does anyone even care about same old video cards but with resigned fans. omg
Unfortunately, Volta is no where near yet. Thus we see these “refreshed” 1080 Ti and the upcoming GTX 1070 Ti.


Pickles win at Chico
The Portland Pickles pounded out 15 hits on Sunday in an 11-6 win over the Chico Heat on a hot night in northern California.
Portland improved to 8-10 in the Great Northwest League and took two of three from the Heat (11-7).
Up next for the Pickles is a six-game home stand beginning at 7 p.m. Monday, playing host to the Yuba Bears at Walker Stadium in Lents Park.
The Pickles scored four times in the top of the ninth inning after the Heat pulled within one in the bottom of the eighth. Portland had three hits and took advantage of three Chico errors in that inning.
Zander Clark went 3 for 4 including a home run and scored four runs for the Pickles. Aidan Malm went 3 for 5 and Thomas Rudinsky and Renner Stecki each went 2 for 3.
Pickles starting pitcher Matt Hardy allowed one run over five innings for the win. He scattered five hits, struck out four and walked two.
Gametime temperature was 108 degrees.
In the first, Joey Cooper singled and scored on a Malm single.
In the second, Clark hit a leadoff single and came around to score on a wild pitch.
In the fourth Clark hit a solo home run.
In the fifth, Rudinsky hit a leadoff double and scored on a two-out single by Cooper.
In the sixth, Clark singled and scored on a Stecki base hit and Bobby Kinne reached on an error and came home when Alec Leighton was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
In the seventh, Malm hit a one-out single and scored on a Kinne base hit.
The Heat pulled within one with two runs in the bottom of the eighth. But Pickles pitcher Jacob Albee got a strikeout and a groundout with runners at second and third to end that rally.


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This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on May 8, 2008 but was never passed by the Senate.
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Today Mary and I walked all the way around Wimbleball Lake.
A permissive path, at times merging with public rights of way, circles almost all of the reservoir – only the northern tip has a section with no footpath. Most people cut this out by crossing Bessom bridge but we took it on for the sake of completeness, walking on the exposed shore.
We parked in the anglers’ car park on the east side and walked clockwise, breaking at the café for lunch (nice tea; confused cakes). We followed the summer path which can be flooded in the winter; at the moment though the reservoir still incredibly low after a dry year. Old tree trunks and rocks are exposed by the receded water, and everywhere there lies a lush green weed which looks like grass until you walk on it and it bounces under your feet.
We cut across the naked bank at times and the pathways were by and large dry easy going, but we also stopped for photos and took the summer route so the time of 3 hours is probably a fair measure of how long the walk takes. In muddier conditions it would be longer as some of the paths would become very unreliable.
The views were not as pretty as they would have been with high water, but autumn has well and truly set in, serving up chambers of colour and texture especially around the east side and towards Upton. The view down the Haddeo valley from the dam is sumptuous as the trees turn. Near the bridge a strange sculpture is under wraps. It looks like a giant pair of wellington boots on the shore. It must be 8 foot high, yet the tops will be submerged when the water level returns.
It was enough of a walk to get some joints aching without doing serious damage. The dog loved it, of course. At the driest time of year it would make a good run. It has none of Clatworthy’s hills.
The reason we hadn’t visited England’s tallest tree already is that we didn’t know where it was. Various websites talked about it and gave rough suggestions as to its location, but none of them nailed down the directions or address. It was starting to feel a little apocryphal.
We found it in the end by a bit of guesswork. It’s in Dunster Forest, by a stream between Hats Wood and Hur Wood, next to the track known as Broadwood Road.
Head south west out of Dunster on the A396. Take the first left down Bonniton Lane, following it round into Whitswood Steep until you come to Nutcombe Bottom car park on your left. Signs to the tallest tree start near the car park entrance. It’s a 5-minute drive from Dunster to the car park, then a 10-minute walk to the tree.
The tree itself is impressively tall and straight, although you wouldn’t guess it was the loftiest, perhaps because all the other trees in that rich little valley are big too. Next to the 60-metre Douglas Fir is the country’s tallest Magnolia. The fir was hard to photograph too, with no clear sight of its top or standpoint to fit it all into the frame.
That’s not to say we didn’t have fun. Mary met a friend who said she brings her little kids to the forest every weekend, and I can see why. It is a gentle spot, with a stream wending its way down through the giant firs amid a soft carpet of pine needles. And there’s plenty more of Dunster Forest to explore, although we only had time for a quick visit.
I met a lovely old guy with his dogs, who sat and told me about commuting from Minehead to Bristol back in the day, and how a different tree nearby used to be the tallest until it got struck by lightning.
Clatworthy Reservoir was one of the first places we visited when we moved to the 10 parishes; as a nearby expanse of blue on the map it was irresistible.
In real life it proved to be well worth the short trip: a natural looking lake with a formidable dam and a pathway round the whole expanse of water. The path rose and fell with the headlands, through woodland and along open shore, sometimes turning up a valley to cross a long spur of water back where it began as a stream. In the open parts the path is a wide grass carriageway, mown cutely through the fern and gorse.
We saw a deer there on one visit, 20 yards down the path, climbing steadily through the trees in the hope that we had not spotted her. Another time the water level had dropped and there were hundreds of American crayfish shells, or parts thereof. I foolishly filled my pockets with them at the kids’ request only to discover just how bad rotten crayfish bits can smell when we got home.
But all that stopped when we got a dog. Because dogs are not allowed at Clatworthy. It’s well over a year since we visited. Until today.
In my quest to walk every footpath in the vicinity I noticed a dashed green line that started at the anglers’ car park and tracked the water’s edge for a while, not as closely as the mown green highway, but only a short distance further out. It turned out to be a beautiful walk, at times with unimpeded views of the reservoir, at others climbing through woodland. Sometimes the path was parallel to the shoreline, other times it angled away to cross a field with cows in or make a square around the contours of the lake.
It would be possible to combine public footpaths with lanes to make a circular walk around the reservoir; it would be much longer than the perimeter path and swing you away from the lake for some of it, but it would be rewarding walking and the dog is allowed on all of it.
Today, it felt like I was at the lake again, a feeling I’ve missed. It’s so peaceful there; just the sound of birdsong and the dog crashing through the undergrowth. Anglers dotted the shore, apart from two in a bleached white boat, who from a distance both looked asleep. The water level was very low, exposing vibrant green and orange rings around the water, and making some of the fingers of the reservoir look more like a river. And I saw my first ever Heath Spotted Orchid, tucked away modestly in a meadow.
Until we moved to the country I didn’t realise how valuable our network of public footpaths and bridleways really is.
I grew up on the edge of a national park, and we used to go for walks, but I don’t think I ever understood the significance of rights of way. It felt as a youngster that the countryside was our playground. Striding along Hadrian’s Wall or Druridge Bay or rambling along a burn in Hexhamshire the last thing in our minds was land ownership. The country was for everybody, and the more adventurous you were, the more you got. If you wanted to loop a ropeswing round a branch or dip in the deep bend of a river, you got on and did it.
Then university came with it’s ‘Keep off the grass’ signs and security walls. Sure there were public parks, but even a small, leafy city is a stark contrast to the country’s least populated corner. Then we rented a house with a few paving slabs outside and a towering view of the back of a car park; followed by a garden that we actually owned and grew some herbs in but in reality wasn’t big enough to pitch a family tent. And we were too busy with pushchairs and highchairs and nappies and nurseries to go off in search of countryside again.
Even when we did, by moving to Somerset, one estate agent tried to ward us off a house because it had no garden. Pointing to the beautiful hills all around the building she said ‘it’s not like the old days when kids could go out and explore – now it all belongs to somebody’.
But she’s wrong. Maybe land is more valuable and better utilised these days, boundaries better maintained and ownership more socially established, but I have walked through that very combe on my way from one little village to another, between the patchwork fields and through the wooded ridge, along a track with views to the Quantocks then down through the fields among the sheep with their lambs – all entirely legally, by following public paths and bridleways.
They are everywhere. They are the network that opens up the country to us all.
All you need is an OS map showing the routes and you’re off. I’ve climbed hills with incredible views, tracked rivers through secret valleys and forests, circled lakes by the water’s edge, walked across undulating farmland and acres of the greenest grass. My favourite pastime is picking a virgin footpath off the map and heading out with the dog to see what lies along it. The map hints at the territory via steep contour lines or marked features – waterfalls, old bridges, historical ruins, pools and landmarks – but the reality is unpredictable and discovering it first hand is such a thrill. Invariably, I don’t meet a single other person on the walk. The countryside is mine again.
You can’t walk like this in every country. My wife’s cousin lived in Australia and bemoans the lack of public access. Even if you get permission from one owner to walk on their land it’s impossible to tell at what point you have crossed a boundary and have become a trespasser.
In Britain we have this incredible historical matrix of routes and tracks that knit together the landscape and open up the land. That doesn’t even include the right to roam on uncultivated and common areas, or parcels of land shared by the National Trust, the Forestry Commission and the like.
Most of the footpaths are signposted and marked by arrows, kept clear, and correspond to the OS route. Occasionally the path disappears, or is blocked by a fence, but by and large there is a way through. Once when the track was uncertain a man hollered across the field that I was on private land. I shouted back that I thought there was a footpath and he said: ‘fair enough’.
In fact the landowners in West Somerset are remarkably friendly. Once in the middle of his farm a farmer greeted us with amazement because, ‘this path only gets used about twice a year’. Yet it was still signed and open. Another time I was shutting a gate on a field of young cows when the farmer drove up the track. I wondered if he’d take exception to the dog being off the lead but instead he said, ‘hold the gate while I turn around – I’m just looking for my bees’. Another owner asked me if I’d tried all the other routes around her land, pointing out new footpaths to explore.
I’m sure it’s more political when the landowner is a celebrity and the footpath in question crosses their high-walled Surrey estate, but round here people are happy for you to get on with it and enjoy the countryside. I try to stick to the path, keep the dog under control and not damage anything, in return for the pathways being accessible. Some owners marshal you in straight line with fencing but most allow you to walk openly over their land even when grazing animals or growing crops.
Which is brilliant. And it’s only now that I appreciate it.
It feels like such a privilege to explore our country like this. My advice if you’re staring out of a window at your neighbour’s net curtain wondering what you’ve got in life: move to the country, get a dog, buy a detailed map and start walking. The first two are optional; just get out on the trail. Our countryside is a gift.
Nothing prepares us for our first sight of Akaroa’s tiffany blue harbour. We’ve been driving across Canterbury Plain, sparsely populated, each creek that we cross named on a yellow sign. Our spirits lift as we begin to climb into the volcanic round of mountains. Suddenly the vista opens out: green brown hills dipping their limbs into a long lagoon, its many bays like petals of a rare blue flower.
We stop the car. Photograph. Drive round the corner and stop again. Photograph. Eventually we realise that the view is not going to go away. The harbour is gorgeous at every turn. It is deep, with a mouth gulping at the Pacific. The French originally used it as whale nursery.
We hadn’t expected the water in New Zealand to be so bright. It’s like the Indian Ocean filling Norwegian fjords. The boys lob stones into the shallows while we sit spellbound by the bay. Later, we paddle off the grey volcanic beaches.
We’re here to swim with Hector’s dolphins. It’s hard to know what to expect. This is no Sea World. We’ll be out on the edge of the open sea, waiting for the wild creatures, the smallest and rarest of their family, to come by. The voyage out is just gorgeous. The mountains peel back on either side as our boat ploughs a wake through the cerulean depths. The simple joy of piloting these waters under a warm sun in a flawless sky is worth the trip alone.
Nevertheless, all eyes are peeled for a glimpse of distinctly semi-circular dorsal fin. After a couple of false alarms, a pair is seen at a distance. The captain nears the dolphins and cuts the engines, but they swim off. The animals are wild and there is no guarantee that they will be interested in socialising. Another group seems friendlier, but by the time we lower into the water, they too disappear. We’ve been told the water is nippy, and New Zealanders and Americans in the party complain about the cold. They’ve obviously never swum in the North Sea. In fact it’s relatively mild. The cool water creeps inside our wetsuits in sweet contrast to the beating sun.
We return to the boat and move further towards the open ocean. Turn right, and it’s non-stop to Antarctica; left, and you’ll be on course for Chile. A more engaging pod is found, and we drop off the back of the vessel again. Floating is easy in the extra thick suits, and we make noises to get the dolphins curious. Three of four times they swim through our midst, ghostly white and only an arm’s span away. Then they’re done. So is Theo: despite his double layers, he is shivering. Back on board we drink hot chocolate and make our way towards Akaroa.
On the jetty, we hear that the other group had half a dozen dolphins round them at all times. One man calls it ‘life-changing’. Our encounter was more fleeting, and we get given a partial refund. But we would have paid in full to see the creatures even at a distance, and to ride in the breeze and warm sun through that sumptuous, sparkling lagoon.
It’s an inch on the map but it takes us four hours. The road traces the Coromandel peninsula loyally around every headland and pretty bay. Out in the firth of Thames black boats and rigs harvest seafood; the signs for fresh oysters get our mouths watering. Eventually we cross the hills on an even windier road. From the top we look back to the islands off Coromandel town, and forward to sweeping yellow beaches. Logging trucks squeeze past, tyres red with mud, carrying timber freshly felled from the forest.
This is where we imagine the kiwis to live, their eggs on the floor among impenetrable pines, vulnerable only to the invading stoats. Finally we hit the bottom and turn off towards our dead end. On the map the low road appears to go right through the sea. In fact it is flanked by swamp land; scruffy bushes standing in clear water. We reach the one store town, sporting a single petrol pump to prevent visitors from getting stranded. Every New Zealander to whom we mentioned Whangapoua assumed we meant somewhere else. Although we probably don’t pronounce it right (something like ‘fonga-po-a’ with a very light ‘g’).
Whangapoua exists because of the beach, where three generations of baches (beach cabins) have been lined up against the shore. We’re at the back of the village by the fields, but it only takes five minutes to walk to the water’s edge. The off-white sand arcs gently for a mile, pitched up against small dunes by the strong, metre-high waves. Sometimes there are a handful of other people further down the bay, at other times we are alone. At night the sun kicks back into the hills behind the headland, and the last light on the beach is orange and cool.
In fact the town exists because of two beaches. The second is not accessible by road. New Chums beach, or starfish beach to the natives, was a local secret until a travel website listed it as one of the best hidden beaches in the world. It is hard to reach, but having seen the pictures of white dry sand and golden flats against tall, dark trees, nothing will stop us from trying.
Every step of the trek builds our romantic expectations. The sun is shining as we cross the river at the northern end of Whangapoua beach, following the shore of the headland as it fills up with rocks. At first we can walk between them, but then they pile up: large and irregular, hard to walk on. The older children clamber ahead, but Jude finds it difficult and the baby must be carried. A track emerges by the undergrowth that at first makes walking easier. But it has been wet, and deep brown mud and puddles appear in the path, crisscrossed by devilishly slippery tree roots. We debate returning to the slow rocks, but the path is beginning to rise slightly. At last, after some tears and a lost flip flop, it turns and crosses the headland saddle.
An impossibly blue flash comes through the trees, and as we descend we see more of the gorgeous bay. Theo and Huxley have already negotiated the meagre rocks on the other side and are running in the water as though they were born to do so. The sandy crescent is so lovely, backed by dark and steep vegetation, that our hearts soar and we are desperate to dive into the inviting waters.
Small snappers jump out of the shallows as we plunge in and each wave leaves sunlit effervescence on the surface. It is like swimming in champagne. And the water is mild. After the first nip it becomes warm enough to forget about the temperature completely. The struggle to get here is forgotten. It is simply the nicest beach we have ever been to.
Back in Whangapoua, we eat fresh fish that our neighbour caught in the bay. At night, the air cools fast and ankles are assaulted by sand flies, while the strumming of a thousand cicadas is as loud as the stars overhead are numerous. A mantis climbs up the window. In the morning the boys catch him. They call him Moron for being so easily captured: they put a bucket down and he crawled right in.
The village is still a wild place, belonging to the creatures. A fat kingfisher sits on the power line, less colourful but bigger than its British cousin. California quail busy themselves around the fences and shrubbery while welcome swallows swoop red-head first above them. In the weeds by the dusty road spiders build web balls like candy floss, and we startle a tatty peacock and his white hen who make off up the hill. We could stay here forever, defending sandcastles from the sea, bathing in it and devouring its fruit.
The walking trail up to the Rob Roy glacier starts an hour from Wanaka, an hour up the Matukituki valley with tyres droning fiercely on the rough track and small stones peppering the underside of the car. Fields of winter feed for the sheep lie along the valley floor, small clouds of greenfinch swirl up from the dusty road in front of us and Australian magpies play in the fields. We glimpse large deer among the pine trees, fenced in. The dry fords we cross are full of pale dust and bright grey volcanic stones, cutting down to the low Matukituki River, which glows pale blue. It is lined in places with bright red autumn leaves caught on the banks of shingle, and dotted with pied stilts for relief. The droning stops, in a car park with a green toilet shed, a path beside the river the only way to go on.
We start along the gentler side of the Matukituki, and spots of rain cause consternation. Drizzle down here means it will be much wetter on the mountain, up the icy stream that flows from the glacier. But we cross the rope bridge anyway, and begin our ascent through the forest. When the path breaks into a clearing before angling up the ravine, we stop for refreshment by a sign that says, “Please do NOT feed the kea”. But there are no Alpine parrots today, perhaps because it is too wet, although we hear plaintive birdcalls among the trees.
We have another hour and a half to climb, on a good path that is occasionally quite steep, or rocky, or half-slidden down the bank. Mainly we can see only the route and the trees around us, but occasionally a view opens out on the left, of the steely blue Rob Roy stream crashing down to where we came from, of bright lichen-coated trees smothering the opposite bank, and just once or twice, of the crown of the glacier itself on the mountain above, towering impossibly high over our heads.
This wonder keeps us going. Theo is eight, and although he looks bedraggled in the wet, he makes his own way, clearly relieved when we stop briefly for each rest. Huxley is younger and only a few minutes into the trek begins to complain. But he has no option: I cannot carry him because it is too steep and we cannot turn back from our first glacier. I chivvy and praise, push and drag, and we make good progress through the forest. At first it seems as though we are alone on the mountainside, but occasionally a group of teenagers strides past. Towards the top, we meet more and more walkers coming the other way, all with smiles, from the spectacle no doubt, but also perhaps from the relief at not having to climb any more.
The biggest boost comes when thin but monstrously high waterfalls appear in the rock face on the left: icy melt water that is falling from the glacier, out of sight behind the mountain. These pencil lines would be hardly noticeable in a photograph, so thin at distance, but up close they must be voluminous. The water takes a long time to hit the ravine floor. Most of all they mean that we are getting close.
When we reach the rough clearing we are still a long way from the glacier but this is where the footpath ends. It is the viewpoint. There is no shelter, and my friend is right about the rain being heavier at this height. For that reason we do not stay long, but these few minutes are unforgettable. The parts of Rob Roy that we can see crest on top of the mountains like the tops of breaking waves. They are high above our heads, and myriad waterfalls run down from the peaks as gifts to the stream below. The colour of the ice is unique: white, but somehow blue in its whitest parts. It is power and it is beauty. We have come so far and yet we are humbled far beneath the glacier’s mount. It is unapproachable, but we have at least witnessed its splendour.
And that is enough. My Kiwi friends have a low tolerance for rain and cold, and for standing around. Only minutes after arriving they are back off down the slope, as though getting back to the car was always the point of the trip. I carry Huxley on my shoulders some of the way, where it is safe to do so, and for as long as I can. The rain lightens up, and the half hour between the bridge and the car park seems the longest stretch of all. But what a view, with blocks of sun roaming the open valley sides, the whole scene somehow transfigured by our meeting with the glacial king enthroned on its summit. I know now why those walkers were smiling.
The drive back down the valley yields even more stunning vistas, and as we near Wanaka deep blue lakes with meticulous vineyards on their shores replace the colourful mountains of Aspiring national park. Old warplanes from the weekend air show curve overhead. It is hard to take a bad photograph in a place like this. Even in the rain.


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A man who was seen punching the back of the head of a flight attendant on an American Airlines plane was arrested after the plane landed in Los Angeles.
Authorities on Thursday (AEST Friday) accused Alexander Tung Cuu Le of interfering with a flight crew. Le of Westminster, California, faces up to 20 years in prison if found guilty.
The incident occurred on a plane bound for Los Angeles International Airport from San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, on Wednesday.
Video released by another passenger showed a man running after a male flight attendant and punching him as the crew walked in the other direction.
Shortly after takeoff, Le grabbed another flight attendant by the shoulders and asked for coffee, according to the testimony of an FBI agent. He was told to wait.
When Le, 33, took a seat from the back of the plane near the first-class cabin, the male flight attendant asked her to return to her assigned seat.
Instead, Le stood in a two-fisted fighting stance and waved his arm at the crew member, according to sworn testimony, but missed.
The flight attendant was on his way to report the incident to the pilot when he was shot in the back of the head.
According to the FBI agent, several passengers “caught” Le and cuffed her hands and legs with restraints provided by a different flight attendant.
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The injured flight attendant, who spent the rest of the flight with an ice pack on his head, was hospitalized.
The president of the Professional Flight Attendants Association, the association that represents American cabin crews, said the passenger exhibited “dangerous, life-threatening behavior”.
“Fortunately, the crew and passengers suppressed the passenger and the plane landed safely,” union official Julie Hedrick said.
“This violent behavior jeopardizes the safety of all passengers and crew and needs to be stopped.”
Airline spokesperson Curtis Blessing said American prohibited the man from traveling on the airline. He said the Americans were helping law enforcement investigate the incident.
According to Federal Aviation Administration figures, airlines have reported nearly 2,000 cases involving unruly passengers this year, up from about 6,000 last year, despite a 38 percent increase in U.S. air passengers.
Most incidents in 2021 and early 2022 involved passengers refusing to wear face masks, but the federal requirement for mask use on airplanes and public transportation was overturned by a federal judge in April.
Government figures, though rare, do not show how often things turned violent.
The most notorious case involved a young woman who broke some of her teeth when she punched a Southwest flight attendant on a plane in California. The woman was sentenced to 15 months in prison.

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The health care system is being tested like never before as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Over the course of the last few weeks and months, we’ve seen hospitals and health systems overwhelmed with patients. It’s been a truly scary time both here in the United States and around the world.
For any doctor or physician’s assistant, the immediate concern has been seeing the dozens of patients–– particularly in hot spot areas–– that need treatment and consultations regarding COVID-19. There has been little time for anything else and the risks that any health care worker takes on a daily basis do not go unrecognized.
Telemedicine Keep Revenue Flowing Into Your Practice
While meeting with patients and keeping team members safe is undoubtedly critical, the nuts and bolts operations of your clinic still go on. Medical billing is what keeps the revenue coming in, but with so much going on, there’s little time to dedicate to this critical aspect of your practice. This is the same for major hospitals and health care systems.
Billing and coding for telemedicine visits are vitally important for any health care provider at this time, especially when in-person visits are down (for obvious reasons) and people are focused on social distancing. Being able to have a partner that is skilled in medical coding and can handle the revenue cycle management part of your practice is crucial. Not only does it mean you can stop worrying about finances, but it also allows you to spend more time with your patients both virtually and in person.
Security in the Age of Telemedicine
As always, one thing that is of the utmost importance for a physician is the security of a telemedicine appointment with a patient. Here at MedUSA, we recommend only using secure applications such as Apple Facetime, Facebook Messenger, Google Hangout, Skype, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom for Healthcare. Public-facing applications such as TikTok, Twitch and Facebook Live are not secure and should never be used.
Between all of the video conference options, Vonage CEO Alan Masarek told a recent Forbes podcast that “we’ve seen literally in the last month a 2,000% increase in video usage in the telehealth vertical.” Also according to Forbes, Doxy.me reported 139,000 new providers — doctors, medical offices, healthcare professionals — in one week.
In the Manhattan-based NYU Langone Health system, which is a hotspot for the most coronavirus positive tests in the United States, the number of daily video visits increased nearly a hundredfold, from 80 on March 1 to almost 8,000 this month, chief medical information officer Dr. Paul Testa told Newsday.
But there is one major adjustment to telemedicine that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) changed as of March 30. The Trump Administration lifted restrictions on audio-only telemedicine visits. This means you can conduct telemedicine consultations with patients, even if they don’t have access to a smartphone or videoconferencing software.
One other thing to note with telemedicine is the amount of documentation that must be done. Regardless of video or audio conferencing, verbal consent must be noted in the medical record for each service. The location of the patient and provider must be documented, as well as the method of communication. All instructions given and reviewed should be written down as well for patient files.
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NEW BRITAIN – The lawyer representing Brandon Wagshol, the former Central Connecticut State University student arrested after allegedly showing an interest in mass murder on social media, was arrested himself last week.
Darnell Crosland, 50, of Stamford, was arrested Oct. 1 by state police on a warrant and charged with bribery of a witness, tampering with a witness and conspiracy to commit tampering with a witness.
It was unclear whether the charges against Crosland are related to his representation of Wagshol. Mark Dupuis, spokesperson for the state’s Division of Criminal Justice, said Wednesday he couldn’t comment on any details of the case because the warrant for Crosland’s arrest was ordered sealed for 14 days from the arrest date.
He is the second attorney to receive these charges, after James Hardy II, 36, of South Windsor, was arrested on Sept. 26 and charged with witness tampering and conspiracy to commit witness tampering. Hardy has represented clients in New Britain Superior Court.
Dupuis couldn’t say if the arrests stemmed from the same investigation, again citing the sealing of the warrants for both lawyers’ arrests.
All three of Crosland’s offenses are Class C felonies punishable by up to 10 years in prison, but no less than one year, and a fine of up to $10,000 on each count. Crosland was released on $35,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Stamford Superior Court on Oct. 10.
The investigation is continuing, a release on the arrest of Crosland said. The case is being prosecuted by the Statewide Prosecution Bureau of the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, which is the office that issued the warrant for both Crosland and Hardy’s arrest.
Both attorneys are still licensed to practice law in the state of Connecticut, according to the Connecticut Bar Association.
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Chances are you’ve watched MTV’s “My Super Sweet Sixteen.” Chances are you don’t want to admit it. But, in case you are one of the few out there who hasn’t seen the show, the basic premise is that extremely rich teenagers throw extravagant birthday parties, or Quinceaneras, to celebrate their “coming-of-age.” They go to a party planner, pick out an expensive dress or suit (it’s not just about girls), whine about something, pass out invitations to their friends usually by way of limo, whine about something else, kick someone out of their party over a silly grudge, whine a little bit more, find out their parents have gotten them the $90,000 Jaguar that they so desperately wanted, scream for joy and live happily ever after.
“Sweet Sixteen” not only drives home the point that money can get you anything, but also that “competing for the best,” which is something most 16 year olds are quite good at, is important in daily life. For example, in one of the last episodes I saw, Nikki knew that another girl, Priscilla, was going to have a party three weeks after hers and knew how important it was for her party to be ten times better than Priscilla’s. When she found out Priscilla was going to have actual fire breathers to go along with her Polynesian themed party, Nikki knew she just had to have them too. And when Priscilla mentioned she was going to have Pitbull perform at her party, somehow Pitbull ended up playing at Nikki’s party too, although she claimed she didn’t know he was going to be there. I’m not kidding.
I remember the first episode I saw back when I was a na’ve little youngster, some two years ago. It was about Ava’s birthday bash and I was so sure that it was a one-episode special that MTV was doing about a rich girl’s birthday party. The skimpy red dress, the posh Range Rover, the four cute guys carrying her into her party on a throne – surely this would not be a regular series. Soon after, I realized I was wrong, and the episodes kept coming. And coming. And coming. It freaked me out in way. I mean, when I was younger birthday parties were about watching movies with your friends and binging on cake and ice cream. I don’t really remember shopping for a dress at Christian Dior in France, or running out to my driveway and screaming when my Mercedes Benz pulled up on a red carpet.
And it wasn’t just the cars that freaked me out on “Sweet Sixteen.” It was the party entrances by helicopter, the fashion shows during the parties, the VIP rooms, the thousand dollar dresses, the special birthday parades and of course the dyed pink poodles at Marissa’s “pretty in pink” themed party.
Spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a birthday party may seem like a lot for most families, but for these kids, it’s nothing out of the ordinary.
In fact, many of them don’t even realize how much their parents spent on their party because they’re too busy worrying about party crashers and not embarrassing themselves in any way, because they’d “OMG just die!”
Of course, this is only MTV’s version of the sweet sixteen. There’s the popular 80’s film Sixteen Candles that portrays them in a completely different light. Because of all the attention surrounding her sister’s wedding, Samantha Baker’s sweet sixteen is completely forgotten about. Not in today’s world, though.
The immediate reaction you get from this show is that today’s teenagers are self-absorbed and only care about material possessions. For the most part this theory is proven true. The puzzling thing is that these are parties that are supposed to celebrate one’s maturity into adulthood when in reality, it’s somewhat of the opposite that comes out. Of course, it’s also puzzling that people like myself actually take an interest in this show. Then again, they are just parties, a time for teens to let loose and have fun – and make complete fools of themselves on television.
Kraus is a member of the class of 2009.

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Eliane Elias' Made in Brazil marks a musical homecoming for the multi-GRAMMY®-nominated pianist/keyboardist/singer/composer. In her three-decade long career as a solo artist, Made in Brazil results from the first time she's recorded a disc in her native Brazil since moving to the United States in 1981. Features Take 6, guitarist/vocalist Roberto Menescal and vocalists Mark Kibble and Ed Motta, with seven orchestral arrangements by Rob Mathes recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
Personnel: Eliane Elias (vocals, piano, keyboards).
Audio Mixer: Pete Karam.
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London, UK; NeCena, Sao Paulo, Brasil; Samurai Hotel Studios, NY.
Photographer: Philippe Salomon.
Arrangers: Eliane Elias ; Rob Mathes.
Throughout her career, Eliane Elias has delivered a steady stream of sophisticated, smartly conceived albums showcasing her adroit piano skills and delicate vocal style. Her 2015 effort, Made in Brasil, is no exception and finds her celebrating her Brazilian heritage with a handful of adeptly produced Bossa Nova and jazz songs. Once again working with longtime collaborators, producer Steve Rodby and husband/producer/bassist Marc Johnson, Elias continues to forge her own niche on Made in Brasil, combining jazz, both contemporary and straight-ahead, with her longstanding love of traditional and modern Brazilian styles of music. On her previous album, 2013's I Thought About You: A Tribute to Chet Baker, Elias stuck primarily to jazz standards of the '30s and '40s. Here, she flows easily between classic Bossa Nova songs by such legends as Antonio Carlos Jobim and Ary Barroso, as well as her own original compositions. Along with acoustic bassist Johnson, backing Elias here are electric bassist Marcelo Mariano, guitarist Marcus Teixeira, guitarist/vocalist Roberto Menescal, drummers Edu Barata and Rafael Barata, and percussionist Marivaldo dos Santos. Also showcased on this vocal-heavy album are singers Mark Kibble, Ed Motta, Amanda Brecker (Elias' daughter), and the vocal ensemble Take 6. Ultimately, as with most of Made in Brasil, tracks like "Aguas de Marco (Waters of March)" w/Take 6, "Incendiando," and "Vida (If Not You)," featuring a soulful performance from Motta, are sophisticated, lushly produced cuts that straddle the line between crisp Bossa Nova, sultry contemporary R&B, and glossy crossover jazz. ~ Matt Collar
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The Penn Yan Mustang Cross Country teams continue to improve at the season progresses. On Sept. 20 at Marcus Whitman, the Mustangs competed with teams from North Rose-Wolcott, Red Jacket, Clyde Savannah, Romulus, and host Marcus Whitman.
The Mustang girl's team scored a first place finish in team competition. Sona Dobronova garnered a first place finish with teammates Maci Nicholson coming in 3rd place and Katie Voak a 4th place finish. Allie Harford and Amanda Cline came in 5th and 6th for Marcus Whitman. The Penn Yan girls are 7-1 in the league standings.
On the boy's side, Marcus Whitman won the meet. Gabe Stash finished in 1st place, Liam Prendergast and Aidan Royston came in 2nd and 3rd. Tyler Schwartz finished in 5th place. The Marcus Whitman boy's team is undefeated with a 9-0 record. Ben DeMoras was Penn Yan's top finisher coming in 4th place.

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Sandhills Global, Lincoln, Neb., reports continued upward trends in auction and asking values for used equipment and trucks even after record-breaking end-of-year auctions and strong year-end retail sales.
Examining its Sandhills Equipment Value Index (EVI) — where buyers and sellers use the information to monitor equipment markets and maximize returns on acquisition, liquidation, and related business decisions — auction and asking values for sleeper trucks, crawler excavators and high-horsepower tractors are some of key trends to start 2022.
The Sandhills EVI for the farm equipment market, which includes 100-horsepower and greater tractors and combines, notched 15.5% year-over-higher auction values and 9.2% (or $15,000) year-over-year higher asking values in December.
Used high-horsepower (300 horsepower and greater) tractors are the main impetus behind the overall ag equipment value increase, with 14.3% year-over-year greater auction values (up $20,000 in December 2021 vs. December 2020) and 10.4% higher asking values (up $24,000 year-over-year).
Big tractor inventory levels have continued a month-over-month slide since July 2020, and as of December 2021 the category had fallen by 41.4% year-over-year.
Auction values for used excavators, dozers, loader backhoes, wheel loaders, and skid steers are up 19.5% year-over-year while asking values are up 12.5% (or $10,000) year-over-year, continuing a general upward trend.
Improved values in the crawler excavator category are the primary reason for this construction market upswing, with 16.1% greater auction values year-over-year and 9.6% higher asking values year-over-year.
Meanwhile, excavator inventory has decreased by 38.9% year-over-year and continues to show a month-over-month decline.


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On Thursday, Shares of Met life Inc (NYSE:MET), lost -1.07% to $48.21.
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AFP Provida will continue to comply with its disclosure obligations under applicable Chilean law. Shares of AFP Provida common stock will continue to be listed and traded in Chile on the Santiago Stock Exchange, the Chilean Electronic Stock Exchange and the Valparaiso Stock Exchange.
MetLife, Inc. provides life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset administration products in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. It operates in six segments: Retail; Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits; Corporate Benefit Funding; Latin America; Asia; and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Shares of Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE:NBR), inclined 2.53% to $8.51, during its last trading session.
On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, Nasdaq Composite ended at 5,107.94, up 1.33%, Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 1.10%, to finish the day at 17,720.98, and the S&P 500 closed at 2,078.36, up 1.06%.
Nabors Industries Ltd.’s stock advanced 1.67% to close Tuesday’s session at USD 8.50. The share price vacillated between USD 8.32 and USD 8.73. The stock recorded a trading volume of 4.66 million shares, which was below its 50-day daily average volume of 7.60 million shares and its 52-week average volume of 8.54 million shares. Over the last three days Nabors Industries Ltd.’s shares have declined by 4.06%, while in the past one week the stock has moved up 9.96%. Moreover, in the last six months the stock has lost 41.10% and year to date the shares have shed 32.67%. Nabors Industries Ltd. has a current dividend yield of 2.71%. The stock is trading at a price to book ratio of 0.53, which compares to a historical PB ratio near to 0.77. Additionally, the stock is trading at a price to cash flow ratio of 2.95 and price to sales ratio of 0.56.
Nabors Industries Ltd., together with its auxiliaries, provides drilling and rig services. The company offers rig instrumentation, optimization software, and directional drilling services. It also provides completion, life-of-well maintenance, and plugging and abandonment of a well.
Finally, ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE:OKE), ended its last trade with 5.20% gain, and closed at $24.66.
The board of directors of ONEOK, Inc. (OKE) has elected Brian L. Derksen, Randall J. Larson and Kevin S. McCarthy to its board, effective recently.
“We are happy to declare these additions to the ONEOK board of directors,” said John W. Gibson, ONEOK chairman. “Their experience and expertise will greatly benefit our board and shareholders.”
With these elections, the ONEOK board of directors now has 12 members, 10 of whom are independent. William L. Ford stepped down from the board earlier this month after 34 years of service, and Bert H. Mackie stepped down from the board in May after 26 years of service.
ONEOK, Inc., through its general partner interests in ONEOK Partners, L.P., engages in the gathering, processing, storage, and transportation of natural gas in the United States. The company gathers, treats, fractionates, stores, and transports natural gas liquids (NGL), in addition to owns natural gas liquids gathering and distribution pipelines, natural gas liquids distribution and refined petroleum products pipelines, and terminal and storage facilities; and owns and operates interstate and intrastate regulated natural gas transmission pipelines and natural gas storage facilities, in addition to stores and distributes NGL products to petrochemical manufacturers, heating fuel users, ethanol producers, refineries, and propane distributors.

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Kampala city council Authority boss Jenifer Musisi has petitioned the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga demanding parliament to shift the investigations of KCCA matters from the committee of local government and public service chaired by Kalungu district woman MP Florence Kintu to presidential Affairs committee chaired by Barnabas Tinkasimire.
According to the petition, KCCA boss accuses some members seating on local government committee to have conflict of interest in the investigations citing out Mukono municipality MP Betty Nambooze together with Rubaga north MP Moses Kasibante.
Mrs Musisi in the petition said that the committee of local government does not give her with her officials a fair hearing when they appear before the committee like what the MPs do to the Lord Mayor.
Mrs Musisi also copied the petition to the minister in charge of Kampala Affairs Frank Tumwebaze and the chairperson presidential Affairs committee Barnabas Tinkasimire.
The speaker of parliament last year directed the local government and public service committee to handle the petition which was presented at the floor of parliament by Hon Betty Nambooze on KCCA matters because the committee of presidential Affairs delayed to present a report on the mismanagement of KCCA.


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The "Snowflake Cafe" is an easy block to applique. Add extra details to the house with embroidered snowflakes on the scallop house trim and windows. There's even a bit of Ric Rac machine stitched on the doorway. The Hot Cocoa Mug serves as the Chimney with a little embroidered "steam" coming out the top.
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TJ product Haberstock enters Mercyhurst's hall of fame
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“It's been 20 some years, and I can still see him in the weight room, pushing himself, doing that little extra. He was a special kid who ended up being a special player. He's definitely deserving of being in the hall of fame. In fact, I'd say it's overdue.”
Those are the words of veteran football coach Mark McNellie as he reflected on the stellar college football career of Brian Haberstock, a Thomas Jefferson graduate who was a star running back Mercyhurst University from 1987 through 1990.
Haberstock was inducted Saturday into the Mercyhurst University Athletics Hall of Fame.
McNellie was a Mercyhurst assistant holding his first football coaching job during Haberstock's senior season in 1990. He said that Haberstock opened his eyes from the second he stepped onto campus.
“It was my first time holding a coaching job. Here I am, rolling into Erie, Pennsylvania, and I didn't know what to expect,” said McNellie, now head coach at Lake Erie College. “I walk in the door, and Brian was physically and mentally more mature that your average bear on the team. You could tell he was ‘battle ready,' and we didn't have that at every position.”
These vivid memories persist despite the fact McNellie was Mercyhurst's defensive line coach at the time.
“I was the defensive line coach, but sometimes you get a greater appreciation of a player when you're trying to stop him every day in practice,” McNellie said. “Opponents had to try and stop him once. I had to try to stop him every day.”
Despite the fanfare surrounding his career and last weekend's induction ceremony, Haberstock remains humble about the honor.
“This came from out of the blue,” Haberstock said. “The Mercyhurst athletic director (Joe Kimball) called me and told me I would be going into the Hall of fame, and I was very surprised.
“I am very honored, but I don't feel that I deserve it. There are other players who deserve it more than me.”
Haberstock's resume suggests otherwise.
He finished his Mercyhurst career with 1,271 rushing yards, still 12th on the school's all-time list. He was the first player in school history to rush for four touchdowns in a game, and he held the school record for career yards per carry at 5.1 until it was broken just last season.
He still holds Mercyhurst records for most rushing yards in a game (212 against Buffalo on Oct. 27, 1990), and for the longest kickoff return in school history (100 yards against Brockport State in 1988).
“It's amazing that some of those records are still here,” said Haberstock, who works as an international currency trader at Bank of New York Mellon. “Records are made to be broken.”
McNellie described Haberstock as a multi-dimensional player who also was a ferocious competitor and locker-room leader.
“The thing about Brian that I loved, if you needed a short yard, that one yard, he could go in and get you that one yard every time,” McNellie said. “But at the same time, every time he had the ball in his hands, he could go the distance. He could also be that home run hitter.
“I've been fortunate to coach a lot of great football players over time, but what separates Brian is he was the complete package. He had versatility, and he had a lot of intangibles, too. The word ‘throwback' comes to mind. We're in the age of specialization, where teams have one back who runs inside, another back who runs outside, a third-down back who comes in and can catch the ball. But Brian could do all of those things. He was a ‘man's man' when it comes to running backs, and he was the complete package.”
In true sportsman-like fashion, Haberstock downplays his football prowess.
But he doesn't downplay the role football played in his life, nor the memories he forged on the gridiron in Erie.
“What I remember most about my college football days is just the fun of playing the sport,” he said. “Football is one of those sports when you're done playing after college — unless you're blessed to go on to be a professional — you're done. It's not like other sports, like soccer or basketball, where you can keep playing it.
“I made some great memories, and I just miss the game.”
Brian Knavish is a freelance writer.
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Anyone in the Desborough area who would like to become an on-call firefighter is welcome to attend a recruitment event at the station.
The event, which will allow people to drop in, see demonstrations of firefighting skills and find out more about the current on-call recruitment campaign, will run at Desborough Fire Station in King Street on Monday, September 2 (6pm-8pm).
Firefighters will not only be giving demonstrations, but they will also be talking through the types of equipment used and explaining how these are employed in real life incidents.
There will be static displays giving information about the pathway to becoming an on-call firefighter and details about how to apply, as well as highlighting the community engagement work of Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS).
Adam O’Brien, one of the organisers, said: “Being an on-call firefighter is an occupation people often either do on its own or fit in with another job, which can be very different. In the past, NFRS has employed on-call firefighters who are also part-time hairdressers, carpenters, electricians, fleet managers…the list goes on. We are looking for people who would have time to carry out firefighting duties in the evening, in the daytime, or both.
“We want to let people know the service is currently seeking on-call firefighters across the county, including at Desborough Fire Station. People become on-call firefighters for a variety of reasons, perhaps they want to take on a fresh challenge, learn new skills, like the idea of a job in which no two days are ever the same or simply have the desire to help their community in a real way. If this sounds like you, we would like to hear from you!”
Firefighters will be on hand to answer questions and give any information required about how to become an on-call firefighter.
NFRS is keen to take positive action to improve diversity in the fire service and to attract the best applicants to take on the challenge of on-call work.
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text: First principles calculations based on gradient corrected density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulations of Ca decorated fullerene yield some novel results: (1) C 60 fullerene decorated with 32 Ca atoms on each of its 20 hexagonal and 12 pentagonal faces is extremely stable. Unlike transition metal atoms that tend to cluster on a fullerene surface, Ca atoms remain isolated even at high temperatures. (2) C 60Ca 32 can absorb up to 62 H 2 molecules in two layers. The first 30 H2 molecules dissociate and bind atomically on the 60 triangular faces of the fullerene with an average binding energy of 0.45 eV/H, while the remaining 32 H 2 molecules bind on the second layer quasi-molecularly with an average binding energy of 0.11 eV/H 2. These binding energies are ideal for Ca coated C 60 to operate as a hydrogen storage material at near ambient temperatures with fast kinetics. (3) The gravimetric density of this hydrogen storage material can reach 6.2 wt %. Simple model calculations show that this density is the limiting value for higher fullerenes.

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