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When they called it a night, an hour and another half pitcher of draught later, Mona took a longer route home than she normally would. She wanted to clear her head of the decided buzz that was making her stride less than steady, though considering the empty appartment she was going home to, maybe that wasn't the best idea, never mind her brave words to Jilly. Maybe, instead, she should go back to the pub and down a couple of whiskeys so that she'd really be too tipsy to mope.
« Oh, damn him anyway, » she muttered and kicked at a tangle of crumpled newspapers that were spilling out of the mouth of an alleyway she was passing.
« Hey, watch it ! »
Mona stopped at the sound of the old gruff voice, then backed away as the smallest man she'd ever seen crawled out of the nest of papers to glare at her. He couldn't have stood at more than two feet high, a disagreeable and uglylittle troll of a man with a face that seemed roughly carved and then left unfinished. His clothes were ragged and shabby, his face bristly with stubble. What hair she could see coming out from under his cloth cap was tangled and greasy.
Oh my, she thought. She was drunker than she'd realized.
She stood there swaying for a long moment, staring down at him and half expecting him to simply drift apart like smoke, or vanish. But he did neither and she finally managed to find her voice.
– « I'm sorry », she said. « I just didn't see you down… there. » This was coming out all wrong. « I mean… »
His glare deepened. « I suppose you think I'm too small to be noticed? »
– « No, it's not that. I… »
She knew that his size was only some quirk of genetics, an unusual enough trait to find in someone out and about in a Crowsea street at midnight, but at the same time her imagination, or, more likely, all the beer she'd had, was telling her that the little man scowling up at her had a more exotic origin.
– « Are you a leprechaun? » she found herself asking.
– « If I had a pot of gold, do you think I'd be sleeping on the street? »
She shrugged. « No, of course not. It's just… »
He put a finger to the side of his nose and blew a stream of snot onto the pavement. Mona's stomach did a flipand a sour taste rose uo in her throat. Trust her that, when she finally did have some curious encounter like the kind Jilly had sio often, it had to be with a grotty little dwarf such as this.
The little man wiped his nose on the sleeve of his jacket and grinned at her.
– « What's the matter, princess? », he asked. « If I can't afford a bed for the night, what makes you think that I'd go and buy out a handkerchief just to avoid offending your sensibilities? »
It took her a moment to digest that. Then digging into the bib pocket of her overalls, she found a couple of crumpled dollar bills and offered them to him. He regarded the money with suspicion and made no move to take it from her.
– « What's this? » he said.
– « I just… I thought maybe you could use a couple of dollars. »
– « Freely given? » he asked. « No strings, no ties? »
– « Well, it's not a loan, » she told him. Like she was ever going to see him again.
He took the money with obvious reluctance and a muttered « Damn. »
Mona couldn't help herself. « Most people would say thank you, » she said.
– « Most people wouldn't be beholden to you because of it, » he replied.
– « I'm sorry? »
– « What for? »
Mona blinked. « I meant, I don't understand why you're indebted to me now. It was just a couple of dollars. »
– « Then why apologize? »
– « I didn't. Or I suppose I did, but… – » This was getting far too confusing. « What I'm trying to say is that I don't want anything in return. »
– « Too late for that. » He stuffed the money in his pocket. « Because your gift was freely given, it means I owe you now. » He offered her his hand. « Nacky Wilde, at your service. »
Seeing it was the same he'd used to blow his nose, Mona decided to forego the social amenities. She stuck her own hands in the side pockets of her overalls.
– « Mona Morgan, » she told him.
– « Alliterative parents? »
– « What? »
– « You really should see a doctor about your hearing problem. »
– « I don't have a hearing problem, » she said.
– « It's nothing to be ashamed of. Well, lead on. Where are we going? »
– « We're not going anywhere. I'm going home and you can go back to whatever it was you were doing before we started this conversation. »
He shook his head. « Doesn't work that way. I have to stick with you until I can repay my debt. »
– « I don't think so. »
– « Oh, it's very much so. What's the matter? Ashamed to be seen in my company? I'm too short for you? Too grubby? I can be invisible if you like, but I get the feeling that'd only upset you more. »
She had to be way more drunk than she thought she was. This wasn't even remotely a normal conversation.
– « Invisible, », she repeated.
He gave her an irritated look. « As in, not perceivable by the human eye. You do understand the concept, don't you? »
– « You can't be serious. »
– « No, of course not. I'm making it up to appear more interesting to you. Great big, semi-deaf women like you feature prominently in my daydreams, so naturally I'll say anything to try to win you over. »
Working all day at her drawing desk didn't give Mona as much chance to exercise as she's like, so she was a bit touchy about the few extra pounds she was carrying.
« I'm not big. »
He craned his neck. « Depends on the perspective, sweetheart. »
– « And I'm not deaf. »
– « I was being polite. I thought it was kinder than saying you were mentally disadvantaged. »
« And you're certainly not coming home with me. »
« Whatever you say, » he said.
And then he vanished.
Excerpt from « My life as a bird », a short story included in « Moonlight and Vines », by Charles de Lint.

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Flammable chemicals are present in nearly every workplace. The way we handle and store these materials is important to keeping a safe workplace, while protecting people and investments. The article below illustrates flammable safety regulations for NFPA and GHS, how flammable chemicals should be properly stored and safety products that will keep workplaces and workers safe.
Defining Flammable Material Regulations
Flammable liquids are defined by the NFPA as "a liquid whose flash point does not exceed 100°F, when tested by closed-cup test methods…". Examples of flammable liquid materials include gasoline, solvents, pentane, acetone, benzene, diethyl ether, ethanol and cyclohexane.
The flashpoints and boiling points will determine the category of a flammable liquid. See below for a list of OSHA defined flammable liquid categories and their descriptions according to the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.
Class IA: Liquids with flashpoints below 73F (22.8C) and boiling point below 100F (38C).
Class IB: Liquids with flashpoints below 73F (22.8C) and boiling points at or above 100F (38C).
Class IC: Liquids with flashpoints at or above 73F (22.8C), but less than 100F (38C).
Class II: Liquids that have flashpoints at or above 100F (38C), but less than 140F (93C).
ClassIIIA: Liquids that have flashpoints at or above 140F (60C), but less than 200F (93C).
Other Important OSHA Flammable Liquid Classifications:
- According to the new OSHA flammable liquid classifications, the term "combustible" is removed. According to OSHA, all liquids are now considered "flammable".
- NFPA Class III, B liquids are are not considered when mentioning the new OSHA fire codes. The NFPA Class III, B liquids are still flammable and can cause a hazardous situation when given appropriate circumstances. This may cause a confusion when storing NFPA Class III, B liquids and mentioning new OSHA flammable liquid classifications.
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Then and now
The other night after finishing a large and frustrating job I decided to watch some television because I could not sleep, and there is station, HITN, which shows very interesting documentaries... and one of them was about the protests at the UPR in the late '60s. So many of us were participating in marches against the Vietnam war... although Puerto Ricans on the island are unable to vote for the president, they were drafted like everyone else, and many of them refused to go to Vietnam. September 26, 1969, the student Edwin Feliciano Grafales was sentenced to prison by the Fed. Gov't. for refusing to go to 'Nam. There was so much anger... and right on campus we had the ROTC; they marched and displayed their colors, in a campus with so much antiwar feeling. And so after Edwin was sentenced, there was a protest, a symbolic burning...
On March 4, 1970, there was a second protest. The ROTC was across from the School of Architecture, and as I recall, close to Charlie Rosario's Programa de Honor, where I took classes. My recollection is that although there were loud words and hymns and posters and thousands of students marching, there was no violence until the President, Jaime Benítez, called in the shock troops... Everyone was hit; even innocent passersby, professors, anyone who was there got a macana wherever they got you. And when they stepped out of the recinto universitario, a cop killed a young girl from the Education Department (Pedagogía) who was up on a balcony watching the events. He pointed up his gun and she was killed... a 19 year-old girl called Antonia Martínez who was said to be the first in her family to go to college.
We graduated in June of that year... and at least Humanidades was mostly outraged, so we talked about what to do when we went up for our diplomas, and decided we would not accept them, nor shake the President's hand... But one student, activist Carmen Noelia Benítez, grabbed his hand and slapped him on the face. It was rather a riot. What a way to graduate from college... and all of us on that line had torn up the little fake diplomas as a symbol of our outrage...
When we started protesting, before the satrap George W. Bush invaded Iraq, I kept thinking, we stopped that war eventually, and surely we can stop this one! But we just recently celebrated the 6th anniversary of bloodshed and mayhem...
Roy Brown was 'our' musical voice in those days... and here is a song by León Gieco, from the time of their US-sponsored dictatorship, which lasted 30 bloody years... sung by Roy and others. Sólo le pido a Dios que la guerra no me sea indiferente, es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte, a la pobre inocencia de la gente. (I only ask of God, that I am not indifferent to war; it is a large monster that steps harshly on the poor innocence of the people).
The next one became the hymn for the protests against the ROTC... Un mister con macana... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t51P-FKH8OQ&feature=related
And this one is in several of my poems! I still sing this in my sleep...
Here is one of them:
The meaning of life (for Warren)
if you think i am going to tell you anything
about the meaning of life
think again, amigo
what i really wanted to tell you
what i wanted to explain
in one or two versos claros
is why sometimes, maybe most times
there is a lack of punctuation,
puntos y comas
or capitalization,
mayúsculas y minúsculas
when i write my stuff
i gave up most of this
when i was seventeen or eighteen
i'd started college early
la universidad de puerto rico
and had a ball with juan ramón
jiménez, garcía márquez had just
published cien años de soledad
cortázar was writing about cronopios
y famas, joan manuel serrat
kept singing songs in catalán
and ray hernández, whose father
was a US militar with large pistolas
sang against the yanquis, his own
father being yanqui, with his guitar
in cheap bares where we gathered
nights and listened to the story
of profit and destrucción
in colombia, méxico, chile
"fuego fuego fuego, el mundo está en llamas
fuego fuego, los yanquis quieren fuego
fuego fuego..."
it was a simple thing
a given somehow
when the presidente called
in the policía and they killed
antonia martínez, who was just
looking from her balcón in río piedras
that puntos y comas would become
as unimportant as all the major issues
such as why we were killing children
in vietnam or why we were giving money
to the government of papadoc in haití
and pretending he wasn't a killer
or why we were friends with dictadores
and people engaged in la tortura
and were training folks with dinero
through la cia to be asesinos
and so a little punto or a coma
became so not the thing to look at
that i stopped looking, rhyming
and it wasn't eecummings 'cause i was
reading antonio machado and goytisolo
but why rhyme when reason was passé
you may have noticed that i use
the puntos suspensivos - ... -
and sometimes i don't use the I
which is the yo en español
and some of that is who i am
a sad cubana who has never learned
to love this exile who still misses
beaches with arenas blancas
and such a sea you'd cry
and sometimes there's a point
that must be made with proper
puntuación or a mayúscula
that must be used
but most times whether anyone reads this mierda
i've lost the little bastards
with my virginidad
they're gone
mi buen amigo
se fue para no volver
manicero se va...
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People see Facebook ads all the time, but how much do those ads slowly trickle their ways to consumer's hearts and convince them to purchase? And if they do make a purchase, how will we know that Facebook ads were responsible for the offline sale?
Tracking offline conversion
The Facebook pixel can only go so far in conversion tracking, optimization, and remarketing. Facebook's "Offline Events" feature enables marketers to track and optimize transactions that the pixel is not able to. Offline transactions such as in-store sales and phone bookings can now be tracked and correlated to the consumer's viewing of or engagement with a Facebook ad.
Sounds amazing, right? One of a digital marketer's greatest concerns is regarding tracking Facebook ad effectiveness. Gone are the days where online ads must be coupled with promotional codes for tracking, consumers are automatically tracked when they go in-store without the need to check-in. And to top it off, the offline conversion tool can tell you the last product or service the consumer viewed or clicked in the Facebook ad platform.
Let's get started
To get started, your Facebook ad data needs to be connected with your offline sales data.
Before your ad campaign begins, create a new Offline Event set for your ad campaign.
- Visit Offline Events in Business Manager
- Create an offline event set
- Assigned an ad account to be tracked
- Ensure that auto-tracking is enabled as this will allow future ads to be automatically tracked
- Assign permissions to each person that needs to access the information
Next, create and start running your ad campaign. Throughout the campaign, you will need to upload your offline event data to quantify offline traffic and attribute offline sales directly to Facebook campaigns.
This can be done in a couple of ways:
- Manually uploading a .csv file
- Automatically uploading through an offline conversions API or partner system integration
Here are some best practices:
- Upload the offline event data daily (only data that is less than 90 days old at the time of upload can be processed by Facebook Analytics)
- Only upload new data collected since the last upload (duplicate data will be created and there is limited ability to de-duplicate); this allows effective matching of transactions to the ads running
A .csv data file that includes the event and customer information will be needed to match Facebook users and their ad history to the consumers that performed a transaction at the event.
A good .csv data file includes:
Customer Information
- Full name (first, last)
- Email address
- Phone number
- Address (postal code, city, country)
Event Information
- Event name
- Date
- Value and currency
- Order ID and/or item number (if applicable)
Facebook has 17 different accepted identifiers which it can use to match a Facebook user targeted within the ad campaign to the offline buyer. Though not all 17 identifiers are required, the more information uploaded, the more accurate the results will be.
On average, Facebook's match rate ranges between 60 to 80 percent. While it's not perfect, it's a substantial number considering we were never able to track offline data before.
Now for the results
The results can be seen within Ads Manager as soon as the upload is completed. As your campaign progresses, uploading and viewing your offline event data will allow you to adjust your ads and strategy to ensure you meet your goals. You can also customize your column view to add Offline Event Data for 1, 7, or 28 days.
Things to keep in mind
Facebook is revolutionizing the way digital marketers can use offline data; however, it is not yet able to identify crossovers of offline and online conversions. If you are a business that is selling products both in-store and online, keep in mind that there will be duplicates as they are not yet mutually exclusive.
Facebook's ability to attribute a click/view with a conversion is limited to 28 days and the offline data upload is restricted to being uploaded within 62 days of the conversion; a total of 90 days.
Facebook has only recently introduced the offline conversion tool within the last year, so it's still imperfect. But even with its imperfections, it does address the biggest concern marketers have when it comes to Facebook ads – being able to quantify, track and measure their effectiveness.


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We come from all over.
We welcome all.
And we march for Cincinnati.
2019 Membership || $20.00
A 2019 Membership Includes:
• Inaugural MLS season scarf designed for the 2019 season (scarf is regular knit and weight, similar to the scarves from 16, 17, and 18)
• DI logo drawstring bag
• DI keychain
• Access to private SLACK channels & ticket exchange
• Newsletter Updates
• First access to DI hosted events and exclusive merchandise
• End-of-year party (with delicious food)
Pickup: Membership packages are available for pickup at both Mecklenburg Gardens (home matches) and Rhinehaus (Away Matches)
• Pickup times are based on event/marching times. At each home match, we will generally pack everything up before we set off to march.
• During watch parties for away matches, we will have pickup available throughout the course of the entire match.
• Due to the later start times for West Coast matches, we occasionally visit Mecklenburg Gardens in lieu of Rhinehaus. Check Facebook events for all details including pickup times and locations.
Shipping: All membership packages are eligible for shipping.
Why Join?
Who Are We?
Here's the short version: since 2016, Die Innenstadt has been the largest independent supporters group rallying around FC Cincinnati. Our German name (a nod to one aspect of the the city's heritage) roughly translates to "the inner city" or "the urban core." Our members are found all over, though—from city neighborhoods to the outlying suburbs, across the river, in states all over the country, and even around the world.
We're a group that initially formed within the heart of the city, like minded people who have championed Cincinnati's progress and rebirth. We see our participation and camaraderie not simply as a means of enjoying sport, but equally, a way to give back to the greater community around us. Since 2016, we've raised over $11,000 for charitable causes in addition to participating in river cleanup and collecting coats/canned goods at various events.
Our voices aren't simply for a team, they're for the city we love.
Want the long version?
Well, let's go back a few years to those first few meetings: some girls and boys gathering in the basements and back rooms of local bars. We initially met through the internet, friends, and acquaintances. We came from various neighborhoods, out in the suburbs, and even Europe. In the heart of the Queen City, we hatched a plan. Die Innenstadt was born.
Maybe this writing will seem dated in 2021, but bear with me for a minute as I paint a picture:
It's a beautiful day, probably a bit muggy and warm. You're in the the city's uptown, the Corryville neighborhood to be exact. There's this bar you walk into: a historic watering hole, one who's atmosphere and setup were initially brought over with German immigrants. You walk into the biergarten, onto the patio beneath the vines, and are greeted with a crowd decked out in two primary colors. Red will always be a favorite in this town and tiger stripes have their days, but in this place—it's all orange and blue. The crowd is diverse, it's a place where everyone is welcome regardless of their level of sporting knowledge or local fandom. Acquaintances catch up, new friends are made, and liters of local beer are slammed into each other with the call of "prost!" When the time comes, the crowd migrates to the streets. Smoke bombs spew those aforementioned colors, flares are struck, flags wave, the chanting begins and what will eventually be a one mile march begins. On the way, we sing the songs of our city, tip our caps to the neighborhood firehouse, and salute the locals on porches who come out to watch and cheer with us. Near the stadium, the crowd surges and takes over the street as we join other groups in unified stride and song. There's a brief rally, the venture into the stadium, and then the match. The whole time: we stand with our fellow fans, our team, and the Genius of Water. When it's all said and done, the crowd may dissipate and the day may be drawing to a close, but that bar is still there and it's still filled with newfound friends toasting and celebrating a day well spent. People who found each other through their city and soccer club.
Cheering a team is fun, watching soccer is wonderful, but Die Innenstadt is about truly supporting our city. It's not just the home fixtures described above or the away days when scarfs are worn on long drives, in the seats of buses, and in airport terminals. We strive to give back just as much as we strive to make tifo and two-poles.
So now, step in to the neighborhood bar where we meet for away fixtures. Where the bartenders don't just serve you drinks, they greet you like family. Every sip you take out of that glass isn't simply for revery, it's price gives a little something back to the local high school soccer team that needs equipment, the one coached by the bar's owner. Because we believe in and partner with those who know that all of this can be about more than just enjoying athleticism and competition. That's why you'll find us raising funds, collecting donations, partnering with neighborhood organizations, cleaning up the river, and organizing many ways for our members to be involved with charity throughout the year. We support our club, we love our city.
Cincinnati has worked tirelessly to redefine itself to both the outside world and interior critics over the past two decades. Soccer elevated the city in ways that were both surprising and expected. We seek to create a unique match-day experience while using this unifying opportunity to help out where we can. This was our goal from the onset, this will be our goal going forward. We were born in the heart of the city, where a groundswell of new vision took root and began pushing our home to see true potential and a better future. Just as that outlook spread across the region, so have our members.
We come from all over.
We welcome all.
And we march for Cincinnati.


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The Associated Press decided to conduct a survey to find out who was the best NHL player in the world. Thirty of the top NHL players were quizzed and were asked to pick their best player in the world and top choices were between Connor McDavid from the Edmonton Oilers and Sidney Crosby from the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Crosby is 30 years old and has been around a lot longer than McDavid who is just 20 years old. Crosby has a lot more accomplishments in his career till date including leading his team the Penguins to back-to- back Stanley Cup titles in 2016 and 2017 – a feat that has not been accomplished since the salary-cap era. He also led from the front and scored the highest number of goals last season and won the prestigious Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
Connor McDavid is easily the hottest prospect in the NHL and was responsible for reviving the fortunes of the Edmonton Oilers and leading them to the playoffs last season. The 20 year old was awarded the Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award as MVP. He made headlines in June when he became the highest paid NHL player in the world after signing an 8 year extension contract with the Oilers for $100 million.
Some of the top NHL players who were part of the survey included Erik Karlsson from the Ottawa Senators, Dylan Larkin from the Detroit Red Wings, Jonathan Huberdeau from the Florida Panthers, Jordan Eberle from the New York Islands, Chris Tanev from the Vancouver Canucks and T.J. Oshie from the Washington Capitals.
Two out of the thirty players surveyed were unable to pick just one name as they believed there were a lot of good players out there. The results of the survey showed that the majority of players believed that Sidney Crosby was the best player in the world as he received a total of 21 votes with McDavid receiving just 6. Erik Karlsson who plays as a defenceman for the Ottawa Senators received one vote. It is hard to argue with that assessment given the fact that Sid Crosby also has two Olympic gold medals and 3 Stanley Cup rings.
In a statement, Kevin Shattenkirk from the New York Rangers said
He's proven that in big-time games in the last two years especially that he can perform. I know a lot of people love Connor McDavid, but I think Sid is at the peak of his career and someone who has lived up to every expectation that he's been given.
President Donald Trump and NFL players continue to engage in a heated exchange which started last weekend after President Trump asked NFL franchises to fire players who disrespected the National Anthem by bowing their knees while it was being played. The President asked the NFL to fire 'the sons of bitches' who had no respect for their country.
Hundreds of NFL players have protested since then via social media as well as continuing to sit or go down on their knees while the National Anthem was played in a show of defiance.
NFL players started adopting the practice of going down on one knee during the National Anthem to protect policy brutality against African Americans.
Washington Post
While NFL players took to social media to criticize President Trump and expressed their disappointment in having their President label them with derogatory names, American media also went after the President for focusing on issues like sports when there were more pressing issues at hand such as North Korea threatening to hit America with a nuclear bomb and hurricane recovery efforts in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico which belongs to the U.S.
However President Trump did not back down from his remarks and continued to go after the NFL as more than 200 players during the past few days have resorted to kneeling or sitting during the National Anthem. Trump tweeted at the start of the week that NFL ratings had
dropped because of boring games and also because Americans loved their country and would not accept the disrespect shown by NFL players. Trump continued to hammer NFL franchises and asked them to take a tougher stand.
In a statement, President Trump said
You cannot have people disrespecting our national anthem, our flag, our country. In my opinion, the NFL has to change. Or you know what's going to happen. Their business is going to go to hell
There is some truth behind President Trump's statement that NFL ratings had fallen but there are a number of other factors involved as well. President Trump has so far sent out 25 tweets about the NFL and its players disrespecting the National anthem and flag. Trump's tirade on the NFL could be working as Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones who is a Trump supporter knelt down with his team but made sure that it was done well before the National Anthem was played.
US Casino Operators in Iowa are not thrilled over the fact that the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is once again considering the option of approving a casino license for the city of Cedar Rapids. The Commission had considered a similar proposal in 2014 but ended up rejecting the proposal on the basis that the Iowa casino market was too saturated for another casino to be added.
However there are companies who are interested in developing a casino in Cedar Rapids and believe that that gaming market is strong enough to accommodate another casino. Cedar Rapids Development Group in partnership with Peninsula Pacific has sent in two proposals outlining their potential casino site location and amount of investment. A third proposal was sent in by Wild Rose Entertainment.
Cedar Rapids Development Group and Peninsula Pacific's first proposal is to develop a casino in a skydeck that will be joined to the DoubleTree Hotel and U.S. Cellular Center and will cost the company around $118 million, while the second proposal is to develop a casino at the River on First Street S.W and will cost the company around $187 million.
The second proposal is very similar to a casino proposal made in 2014 that was rejected 4-1 by the Gaming Commission due to the fact that it was too big and would cannibalize the casino industry. Wild Rose Entertainment has proposed to build a small casino on First Avenue S.E at an estimated cost of $55 million.
Casino operators from Waterloo, Quad Cities and Tama asked the Gaming Regulator not to approve a Cedar Rapids license as it would negatively impact their business as Iowa's market was saturated. Dan Kehl who heads Elite Casino Resorts, a company that operates the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort; Rhythm City Casino in Davenport and the Grand Falls Casino & Golf Resort in Larchwood told the Commission that the state's gaming market had not changed in the last three years and approving a Cedar Rapids casino license at this point of time would cannibalize the industry and cause major layoffs at the Riverside Casino.
Local businesses in Cedar Rapids and a majority of residents are not against the idea of having a small casino in their city as they know it will create jobs and help boost the local economy. The Commission has visited all three proposed sites and is expected to make a decision in November.
Portland was once a hot spot for poker players even though playing commercial poker is considered illegal in Oregon. However most social clubs in Portland leveraged a loophole in the 1973 gaming law which allowed social gaming. Portland clubs promoted their poker cash games as shootouts and asked their dealers to collect tips which appeared to be within the rules.
Portland Meadows one of the most well known social clubs in Portland and runs the largest video lottery terminal in Oregon. The ten video lottery terminals brought in $350,000 in revenue for the club and generated $1.83 million in gaming revenue for the state. Portland Meadows also offer poker games and used its website and social media accounts to promote $1/2 cash games that had guaranteed prize pools between $1,000 to $10,000.
When the authorities decided in 2016 to crackdown on social clubs who were offering poker games, Portland Meadows became one of the first targets. When the authorities confirmed that the club was offering illegal poker games, Oregon Lottery decided to revoke the clubs video lottery license due to the fact that Portland Meadows ran illegal poker games and announced that its video lottery license would be suspended from October 30 Portland Meadows asked Oregon Lottery to reconsider its decision but the decision was not reversed and Oregon Lottery has once again confirmed that effective October 30, the video lottery license will be suspended. Oregon Lottery sent Portland Meadows a letter highlighting a number of reasons as to why it could not consider the clubs request not to have its license revoked.
One of the main reasons cited was that Portland Meadows continued to offer poker games and defy Oregon state gaming law. Some of the other reasons highlighted included the house serving as a bank; players winning nearly $2,300 in a single hand which violated the $1 limit; staff asking players to tip dealers and players discouraged from dealing their cards. The letter also pointed out that a detective had visited the club undercover and discovered the Portland Meadows had casino style card tables and did not follow deal rotation between players which is required under state gaming law.
Oregon Lottery said it made the decision to terminate the video lottery license because it had determined that there was a threat to integrity, fairness, honesty and security of the lottery at Portland Meadows. The decision to revoke the club's video lottery license will significant reduce the club's revenue.
Tennis Australia, TEAM8 – Roger Federer's management company, a Brazilian businessman and a former Davis Cup player all teamed up to launch the very first Laver Cup in tribute to Australian Rod Laver – who is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time. The organizers put together a unique format which consisted of Team World and Team Europe which each team having a total of 6 players.
Team World was captained by former great John McEnroe and Team Europe was captained by his old rival Bjorn Borg. The tournament was played at the O2 Arena in Prague and a total of 9 single matches and 3 doubles were scheduled with each match carrying a fixed amount of points.
Many fans thought Team Europe would coast to victory as their team consisted of 5 of the top players in the world featuring the likes of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Marin Cilic.
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Team Europe did dominate a number of matches including a special doubles match which saw fierce rivals Nadal and Federer play together for the first time against Sam Querrey and Jack Sock. The two legends did not have an easy time but in the end won their first doubles encounter and got Team Europe 2 points.
Nick Kyrgios and Sam Querrey played well for Team World and kept them in the competition right until the final match between Kyrgios and Federer. Team World had 9 points and Team Europe had 12 points before the final encounter which would give the winner 3 points. Kyrgios put in a fine performance and pushed Federer but the Swiss great used his experience to win 4-6, 7-6 (6), 11-9 and help Team Europe secure their first Laver Cup.
Federer said after his win that Team Europe played fantastic tennis throughout the Laver Cup but it was so close that he was prepared to get ready for a final doubles match had Kyrgios won and helped Team World draw level. The Laver Cup was a tight contest till the very end and was a great start for the inaugural edition.
The organizers plan to conduct the second edition of the Laver Cup in 2018 and will host it in Chicago at the United Center. John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg will be retained as Team coaches for the next two editions of the tournament.
Nevada legalized recreational marijuana from July 1, 2017 but the casino industry in the state still does not allow pot to be smoked on its premises because Nevada casinos are governed by federal law and marijuana consumption is still illegal under federal law. While casino operators are clear that pot smokers cannot be entertained on their premises, there remains a number of grey areas where casino operators need more clarity.
Nevada casinos want to know if they can allow money obtained from the sale of marijuana to be used as their casinos. Their logic is very simple – if marijuana is illegal under federal, then the money obtained from marijuana transactions should also be considered illegal, which means if it is used at a casino, it can constitute as money laundering.
There is also no clear information as to whether Nevada casinos can be allowed to host marijuana conferences and exhibitions.
Governor Brain Sandoval has decided to address these concerns by calling on the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee to meet before December 15 and put together a plan that will research and address all of these concerns. The committee has been given time till June 15, 2018 to present their findings to the Governor and the Gaming Commission.
In a statement, Gov Brian Sandoval said
The Gaming Policy Committee is the right organization to take up these important issues unique to Nevada due to the state's recent legalization of recreational marijuana and our gold standard gaming reputation.
The Gaming Policy Committee is a 12 member committee that is represented by members from the Nevada Gaming Commission, the Senate, Assembly and the Gaming Control Board. State Sen. Richard Segerblom and Gaming Commission chairman Tony Alamo were some of the many senior executives who were happy with the Governor's decision to address these issues and ask the Committee to bring more transparency.
Senator Segerblom has been one of the key advocates for the legalization of recreational marijuana. The Senator believes that Nevada's casinos cannot remain closed to the marijuana industry especially when it comes to hosting marijuana conventions and expos as they generate a significant amount of revenue and is a great opportunity for Nevada's casinos to capitalize. The question remains though that if Nevada's casinos prohibit the consumption of marijuana how can they promote the sale of bongs and pipes at its premises during a marijuana convention.
The legal battle surrounding the issuance of Philadelphia's second casino license had a further twist after the major investor of the petitioning SugarHouse Casino made an allegation that one of the failed bidders had made extortionate demands of it. SugarHouse has been operating the sole casino in Philadelphia since 2010.
An executive from Walton Street Capital, the main investor backing SugarHouse Casino filed documents with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court showing that Ken Goldenberg of the Market East group had demanded that SugarHouse pay Market East payments of $100,000 a month until it opened the casino and also make available necessary funding for the project when needed.
SugarHouse's appeal asks the Supreme Court to send the case back to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. It is also demanding that it be made party to future proceedings regarding the second casino license with respect to disclosing the winning operator Stadium Casino's financial sources.
A second US casino license for the city was offered and a total of four bidders sent in their proposals. SugarHouse and Market East were two of those bidders and in the end the licensed was awarded in 2014 to the consortium called Stadium Casino L.L.C. Both Market East and SugarHouse appealed the decision which delayed the proposed project.
The Court directed the case back to the gaming board for further hearing. The gaming board cleared the Stadium Casino's Live! casino proposal again in August finding it in compliance. The board said Bob Manoukian would limit his financial interest in Stadium Casino to 33.3 percent.
Manoukian is the owner of Greenwood Gaming, one of the two companies making up the Stadium Casino consortium. Baltimore-based Cordish Companies is the other partner. SugarHouse subsequently filed a petition for review and asked the court to vacate the gaming board order.
SugarHouse in its latest court filings stated that the company had reached out to Market East before a gaming board hearing earlier this year, to which Goldenberg had responded with demands that included monthly payments and financing in exchange for filing an additional
Sugarhouse noted that it had refused to the demands adding that Market East had consequently failed to support SugarHouse adequately in the hearing. Market East Associates did not provide any specific clarification on the charges.
In a statement Market East Associates said
Market East is disappointed that SugarHouse has chosen to misrepresent their communications to further SugarHouse's own goals, but Market East will not comment further on the matter
Scotland has been ranked as the region with the highest level of gambling according to a recent survey carried out by the country's Gambling Commission.
The survey was carried out across various parts of the UK and revealed that nearly 68 percent of people in Scotland have gambled at some point in the last 12 months as compared to 52 percent recorded in London. The national average was 63 percent. The regions covered in the study included Wales, Scotland and nine regions in England.
Scotland was also the top region in terms online betting with a bookmaker having a 10 percent rating, while the rest of the country was recorded at seven percent. Nearly five percent of adults in Scotland, Yorkshire and the east of England have indicated that they have used betting machines available with bookmakers. The national average is three percent.
Machines in bookmakers would include the highly controversial fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) which have been linked to an increase in gambling addiction, debt as well as money laundering. The FOBTs allow £100 to be wagered every 20 seconds. Research by Landman conomics in 2016 showed that punters in Scotland had wagered £3.7 billion on FOBTs for the year up to December 2016.
According to a Guardian news report, nearly 14 percent of males in the 16 to 24 year old bracket currently use FOBTs. The gaming industry has been accused of clustering FOBTs on high streets of economically disadvantaged areas. Anti-gambling activists have labeled the machines as the crack cocaine of gambling. It is estimated that 43 percent of FOBT users are problem gamblers or at risk of becoming one.
In a statement, Matt Zarb-Cousin Campaign for Fairer Gambling spokesman said
That the problem gambling rate is increasing tells us all we need to know about the efficacy of self-regulation and so-called player protection measures the industry have introduced. We now have over 200,000 problem or at risk gamblers in Scotland. At the least, the Government must recommend a reduction in the maximum stake on FOBTs from £100 to £2 a spin
He urged the ruling party SNP to limit the spread of the betting shops by strengthening planning laws for betting shops. The party had mentioned FOBTs in its general election manifesto stating that the machines were harming communities, but so far no action has been
The UK Government is expected to release a report in the coming weeks on FOBTs which is likely to include a cap on the betting amount per spin.
Singapore is on its way to becoming one of the most preferred destinations for Blockchain companies looking to launch Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). The market has particularly come into prominence after China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) recently announced that it would ban ICOs. The PBOC said that ICOs were a threat to the stability of the economy and noted that some of them could be scams or pyramid schemes.
Several additional factors are boosting Singapore's popularity for the fast growing ICO market. Some of these factors include tax-friendly regulations, low regulatory requirements and state funding. The Singaporean government with backing from the central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has set up programs aimed at supporting the development of the fintech industry in the country.
A budget of nearly S$200 million has been set aside towards funding fintech projects and related applications. The country has also partnered with Japan to create a framework for enhancing collaboration between the two countries in the fintech industry.
In a statement, Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief FinTech Officer at MAS said
Technology and innovation remain key enablers of financial sector growth in Singapore and Japan. The setting up of the framework is a great opportunity for the FinTech ecosystems in Singapore and Japan, and enhances the already strong financial and economic cooperation between the two countries
Singapore has also entered into a similar agreement with Denmark under which the two countries will work to reduce barriers to market entry and enable sharing of information with respect to fintech innovations. MAS has also teamed up with New York-based fintech company R3 for opening a blockchain lab in Singapore which will work with the country's stock exchange as well as eight major banks.
MAS has also launched Project Ubin, an initiative that seeks to showcase Singapore as a welcoming destination for crypto-assets. Under the project, the central bank has released a tokenized version of the state dollar using Ethereum-based blockchain currency. The project is aimed at developing an alternative system to the current interbank payments network.
Port operator PSA along with Pacific International Lines has plans to partner with IBM to explore the use of blockchain technology in supply chain networks and trade financing. Tan Chong Meng, group CEO of PSA pointed out that blockchain technology could transform the supply chain industry by reducing inefficiencies or gaps and enhancing transparency.
The active involvement and regulation by the central bank in the country aims to bring clarity for the nascent industry and ease worries.
The People's Republic of China has ordered the freezing of all initial coin offerings (ICOs) saying that they are disruptive to the country's financial and economic status. The new order was issued by a committee led by the country's central bank.
The committee has identified 60 ICO exchanges which would be inspected and a detailed report would be prepared until which time all ICO sales were to be ceased.
The committee is said to have expressed concern that some ICOs were scams and pyramid schemes. The regulator has also indicated that action will be taken against past sales, stating that the firms would need to provide refunds. Around 65 ICOs have been held in the country so far this year.
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Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are used to sell new crypto tokens to investors. Several start-up firms worldwide have used ICOs to raise millions of dollars. According to data from crypto-currency research firm Smith + Crown, around $1.1 billion has been raised through 89 coin sales this year.
According to a Goldman Sachs report, the total amount raised from such token sales has exceeded early stage investments by venture capital firms in the first quarter of 2017. China is home to some of the world's biggest bitcoin communities and has been highly active in terms of both tokens sales by companies and investors buying digital coins.
The ICO platforms currently operational in China are mostly located in the cities of Shanghai, Beijing and Guangdong based on a report from the National Committee of Experts on the Internet Financial Security Technology. These firms have raised around 2.6 billion yuan ($399 million) from 105,000 investors till July 2017. China's top three ICO platforms in terms of financing are: ICOINFO, ICOAGE and ICO365, cumulatively accounting for 64 percent share of the market.
ICOage and ICOINFO have both announced that they were voluntarily suspending ICOs.ICOINFO has said in a statement that it will operate as per official regulations once they are issued. The crackdown by China's central bank comes in wake of the U.S. Securities Exchange recently declaring that all ICOs would need to be subjected to regulatory norms.
The move by the Chinese central bank is likely to have widespread consequences. Regulatory authorities worldwide would be keeping a close watch to see the kind of supervisory framework and mechanisms that China will introduce to regulate ICOs. Singapore's central bank MAS also recently issued a warning stating that ICOs could be vulnerable to money laundering and terror financing risks given their anonymous nature and the large sums of monies involved.


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Open Letter to Kofi Annan sign now
November 2, 2006
Mr. Kofi A. Annan
The Secretary General
United Nations
New York, NY, USA
Dear Secretary General Mr. Annan:
This is my official Complaint against United States of America, Islamic Republic of Iran, and Turkey Republic for conducting systematic assaults and inflictions of disabling injuries and impairments to me by CIA under directions of my enemies Nosrat Ghorbankhani and her daughter Nazanin Mehdizadeh and her husband Hamid Mehdizadeh who have been managers in CIA who have directed secret relations and secret deals between United States government with Irans regime for past 27 years including routine sales of advanced weapons and military technologies and factories and intelligence guidances and supports to Irans regime by United States government that has regularly gotton billions of dollars in ransome moneys every month from Irans regime through Mehdizadehs plus regular shipments of free of charge petroleum to United States and Israel, which secret deals in-part became known as the Iran Gate Scandle in 1986 although they started in 1980 and have continued to present date.
My above-named adversaries have also arranged secret treaties between U.S. government and Irans regime that include the genocidal treaty by which each country was obligated to eliminate the other countrys enemies under which treaty Irans regime has conducted genocide of Irans intellectuals and leftist political activists under Mehdizadehs supervision through mass executions of about one hundred thousand leftist political prisoners who were marked by CIA as Anti-American that has become known as the National Tragedy and also Irans regime has conducted genocide of the Revolution Generation of Iran by sending to death millions of Iranian youth who had made Irans revolution to killing fields of the Iran-Iraq war without adequate military training and without required weapons and without proper plans and without airbourne or armored support and by prolonging such a war for eight (8) years under U.S. orders thus causing deaths of over one million of Irans elite and hundreds of thousands of diasabled who were also marked by CIA as Anti-American, and in return United States government has eliminated the main enemies of Irans regime that were the government of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Taliban regime in Afganistan by its wars that were financed by Irans regime that have resulted in genocide of about two millions innocent civilian people in Iraq and total destructrion of Iraq since the first U.S. war against people of Iraq in 1990 by using chemical weapons and using missiles and shells containing depleted Uranium, and thus United States has done genocide of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilian people of Afganistan and total destruction of this country by massive U.S. bombardments of civilianss cities although both governments of Iraq and Afghanistan were former allies of United States.
For cover up of these secret relations and dealings, U.S. government and Irans regime have been using a Cold War style of superficial semantic conflict and have agreedably continued economic sanctions against Iranian people since 1979 in order for American companies to sell American products to Iranian markets at very high Black Market prices mainly through UAE (Dubai) and Kuwait from which Mullahs too have been gaining tremendous profits from monopoly importing sanctioned American and West European products and selling them to Iranian people at very high prices. The fact that the famous Haliburton Company that Dick Cheney and Ramsfeld were its Presidents has been conducting petroleum explorations and oil productions in Iran for many years shows the extent of friendly secret relations and dealings of Mullahs regime with U.S. government.
September 11 operations and Antrax attacks operations of CIA in United States, and London bombings in July 2005, and Tsunami and earth quakes in Indonesia were all ordered by Nosrat Ghorbankhani as CIA has created and directed AlQaeda and these schemes to enable United States government to claim legitimacy and worlds leadership in war against terrorism all made by CIA.
Nazanin Mehdizadeh has directed CIA agents under her command to contaminate my foods and beverages with certain chemicals and viruses that have caused me Heart Failure, two Heart Attacks, Diabetes, Reiters Syndrome (by Shigella bacteria) in United States and Nosrat Ghorbankhani has done the same instigations against me causing me Rhuematism in Iran and she has directed systematic assaults against me in Turkey resulting in breaking both of my feet and in disability of both of my arms and causing facial deformity and partial baldness to me and enlargement of my Hernia and Sinusitis.
Previously Nazanin Mehdizadeh ordered one of her agents to hit me by Jeep while I was crossing street that caused me severe multiple fractures of my knees and pelvis and ankle because of which I received three surgeries that were malpracticed and I was hospitalized for five months that resulted in permanent impairments and impotence and my confinement to wheelchair.
Nosrat Ghorbankhani has directed the network of CIA operatives under her command in Turkey with corroboration of agents of Turkey government under direction of its police in conducting systematic assaults and inflictions of disabling injuries and impairments to me by repeatedly breaking both of my feet that as the result both of my legs have been in cast for about two months causing me disability to walk, and they have inflicted facial deformity and partial baldness, and disability of both of my arms, and enlargement of my Hernia that requires surgery, and she has directed routine harassments against me.
Ghorbankhani has also instigated CIA to influence government of Turkey and UNHCR to deny me asylum and the required protection by their using false and inapplicable reasons to easier direct assaults against me and to deport me to Irans regime for persecution and more tortures.
Nosrat Ghorbankhani has also directed the network of CIA operatives under her command in Iran with corroboration of agents of Irans regime under direction of its police in conducting series of systematic assaults to me by repeatdly spraying chemicals in my eyes thus causing me constant eyes burns and reduced eyesight, and by applying electrical current on my tighs thus causing me severe pains and weaknesses of my legs and nevre injuries in my legs, and by applying electrical current on tendons of my elbows thus causing disability of both of my arms, and her agents have broken four of my teeth by repeated assaults.
I have made official complaints about these systematic assaults and inflictions of disabling injuries and impairments to me to Committee against Torture and to Mr. Antonio Guterres the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and to the Representative of Turkeys UNHCR and to the Coordinator of United Nations Permanent Mission in Turkey, but these authorities have failed to take any action to stop or to avert continuation of these systematic assaults and inflictions of disabling injuries to me.
I have submitted my detailed letter for your consideration to Email addrees of [email protected], and because I do not have a permanent address in Turkey because government of Turkey and UNHCR have not provided any housing accomodation and any financial assistance to me in past six months and also they have failed to pay for the costs of my necessary medical treatments and my required surgery, I request that you address your communications to me to my Email address at [email protected] .
Therefore, I request that you order the appropriate office in United Nations to take the necessary actions to end these life threatening situations directed against me and to grant me asylum and resettlement to a safe country to save my life from these atrocities.
Best Regards,
Mohammad Tavakoli
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letter from
The Co-Chairs of PURE's Women's Leadership Council
To the PURE Membership,
Delivering an exceptional member experience begins by hiring the most talented people and then developing and inspiring them to do their best work. In order to do that, we must foster a safe and rewarding workplace that allows men and women to challenge the status quo and make our company a better place.
Two years ago, we launched the PURE Women's Leadership Council with a simple goal: to ensure an equal composition of and contribution from women and men in senior management. When we started this initiative, about one in every five executives were female. Today, we are up to one in three.
This is not only the right thing to do; it is also the smart thing to do. Our employees are more engaged, and our decision-making is stronger. As an employer, we become a more attractive place to work, and as an insurer, we can deliver better service and smarter solutions. This is another example of how an alignment of interests powers our company.
To date, we have been recognized as a Best Place to Work and a Best Place to Work for Women by Fortune magazine. It's a good start, but there is more work to be done.
The PURE Women's Leadership Council is made up of 18 women from across the organization who meet regularly with the goal of making this a better company. Jodi Lash and Joey Cummings from the Subscribers' Advisory Committee and several female broker partners have participated in meetings, as well. Here are a couple of the initiatives we have advanced in recent months:
At PURE, there is a culture of mentoring. Formal and informal mentoring relationships already exist throughout the company, and we'll soon be adding a reverse-mentoring program to gain insights from the younger employees.
In late 2017, we also launched a sponsorship initiative with an emphasis on advocacy and professional development. A cross-functional group of executives are now acting as sponsors for a selection of high-potential and high-performing female employees. These pairings are designed to go beyond traditional mentoring; our sponsors offer insights and help these individuals develop the skills they need to progress in their careers, and they also advocate for their advancement.
In early 2018, we developed a networking platform to encourage all women from PURE to strengthen their skills and create productive relationships with women across the company and the industry. This initiative is in its early stages, but we are optimistic based on the positive responses we have already received. We will host events in PURE offices across the country to inspire our employees (and eventually a broader group of participants) to experience how PURE amplifies the professional and personal success and well-being of our colleagues.
Every business today—throughout every industry—is trying to improve its culture and effectiveness. One of the advantages of serving such successful people, like those we have in the PURE membership, is learning from their experiences and wisdom. Our ability to provide each of you with the care, competency and creativity you deserve and expect is further enhanced by your feedback. We welcome any insight you are willing to share.
In the meantime, we are committed to building a great company that aims to serve you even better in the future.
Vivian Gee | Co-Chair of the Women's Leadership Council
SVP, Florida Regional Executive
Lindsay Holden | Co-Chair of the Women's Leadership Council
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I'm sorry for being such a remnic recently and didn't mean to upset anyone truly…
The time of my mute I had set my name to something retarded I don't remember but it wasn't something I expected to be punished for, it was mostly just an inside joke between me and Watzi just shitting around and then out of the blue Raox permamuted me. Ever since I've just kind of been riding it out but the mute has been affecting not only my gameplay, but everyone else's. I also can't speak for the other muted individuals as I'm not sure what Tricky or Chiken did.
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The Alfa Romeo Giulietta is a sporty and stylish looking hatchback but can it put it up to its competitors. Eoin Treacy has spent some time with it in order to see exactly what it is made of.
I've always admired the sporty looks of the Giulietta and the most recent facelift which it has received is no different. With the newest facelift the Giulietta gets a new honeycomb grille with black bumper inserts along with some tweaks to the headlight set-up. There are also a number of interior updates in order to bring the Giulietta more in line with some of its competitors. The Giulietta is essentially a small family hatchback which rivals the likes of the VW Golf, the Audi A3 and the Opel Astra. The Giulietta is available in four trim levels, Giulietta, Sport, Super Sport and Super Lux. Standard spec available from the Giulietta trim will get you Uconnect Live services along with a 5-inch touchscreen infotainment system, Alfa DNA driving mode selection, LED daytime running lights, front sports seat and a leather multifunction steering wheel to name but a few. There are a number of petrol and diesel engine options available which can be paired with a manual or automatic transmission.
The subject of this review is the 2.0 JTD 150 bhp Super Sport paired with a 6 speed manual transmission. Super Sport trim brings the addition of 17-inch alloy wheels, fabric and alcantara seats with red stitching, sport rear bumper, side skirts, front splitter with a red trim surround as well as sports suspension along with a twin sports exhaust tailpipes. Carbon effect is added to the headlights as well as featuring strongly inside the cabin and the sporty feel is also added to with the flat bottomed leather steering wheel with red stitching. The red trim on the front splitter definitely catches the eye as you approach and immediately sets the scene for this sporty hatchback.
Sitting inside the Giulietta the first thing that will strike you as it does in every Alfa Romeo is the feel of an interior that is well built. It doesn't feel as spacious as some of its competitors but it never has and it is not something that has ever bothered me. One thing that I can't overlook though is how close the pedals are and there is no rest for your left foot when you are on longer journeys. I don't have the widest feet so the pedals are not a huge issue but I wouldn't fancy trying to navigate it in a pair of work boots. On the top end of the dash, the binnacle is well laid out and with a little bit of adjustment of the steering wheel visibility of all of the essential information is easily achieved. The 5-inch Uconnect touchscreen infotainment system is very easy to navigate. A test of any system is how easy is it to connect your phone by Bluetooth and I can gladly say that this is done with ease as are any other tasks carried out through this system. If you want the bigger 6.5-inch screen with Sat-Nav you will have to stump up for the Super Lux trim level.
There is plenty of space up front for the driver and front seat passenger and comfort is provided in the form of fabric and alcantara sports seats which offer ample lumbar support. The rear seat passengers have slightly less space but it is still comfortable and provides two ISOFIX seats. Boot space in the Giulietta is a respectable with ample space for a buggy or a set of golf clubs. You can also fold down the rear seats and while the seats don't fold completely flat it does offer you a lot more space albeit it is less than some of its rivals.
Where you will really enjoy the Giulietta is when you take to the road. All models of the Giulietta now come with the Alfa DNA dynamic driving modes which allows you to select between normal, dynamic and all-weather. Quite a few cars have the addition of sport buttons to provide that little bit of extra excitement or acceleration but the DNA button in the Giulietta does really give you the feeling that everything changes at the touch of a button. As you cruise along in normal driving mode, press the button forward and hold it for a split second as it selects the dynamic driving mode. You immediately feel more response from the throttle along with a change to the weight of the steering. The brakes are also pre-loaded so they are able to react that bit quicker. The sports suspension of the Super Sport trim is also a welcome addition. If I'm honest, I rarely left the dynamic mode over the course of the test week as it makes the Giulietta so much more fun to drive. It allows you to drive the Giulietta as it was designed to be driven and in a way that is in keeping with its true heritage. This is obviously helped by the fact that my test model was powered by the 150 bhp 2.0 JTD engine which delivers 380 Nm of torque from 1,750 rpm.
Given the generous standard spec available with the Giulietta along with pricing that is more in line with its competitors the Giulietta now has a real fighting chance within the Irish car market which is eventually standing firmly on its own two feet after some of the darkest years in new car sales history.
Technical Specification
Engine Size – 2.0 JTD
Fuel Type – Diesel
Power – 150 bhp
Torque – 380 Nm
Acceleration (0 – 100km/h) – 8.8 seconds
Top Speed – 210 km/hour
Consumption (Combined) – 5.0 litres/ 100 kilometres
CO2 emissions – 110g / km
Road Tax – €190
Starting Price – € 22,950 Model Tested – € 30,900


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When using Fender Twin Reverb and Deluxe Reverb amp modeling , the reverb and vibes effects doesn't work? why?
JoeFender1973 posted a topic in HelixI was making a few sets for next gig and using the amp modeling Fender Twin Reverb and Fender Deluxe Reverb I noticed i can't use any reverb or uni-vibe, why??? the amp settings doesn't have any reverb adjustment and if I add reverb they font work??? any other amp setting works fine except Twin and Deluxe...
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The match started off with forfeits at 106 and 113, which put us in a 12-0 hole.
At 120, Philip Bramucci scored right away with a low single and was able to turn his opponent in a roll through tilt. He used an arm bar to a hammer lock to turn and pin his opponent in the first period to cut the lead to 12-6.
At 126, Joe Newland took his opponent down with a double leg takedown. After an escape, he took him down to his back with a cement mixer, but the 1st period ended before he could secure the pin. In the 2nd period, he was able to turn and pin his opponent with a near-side cradle to even the score at 12-12.
At 132, Destiny Benjamin was able to counter her opponent's headlock attempt to secure her takedown. Her opponent escaped and was able to take Destiny down with a cradle, but she quickly fought off her back. In the 2nd period, she was able to put her opponent to his back with a far-side cradle and secured the pin to put Dulaney in the lead, 18-12.
At 138, Ahmad Cox gave up the first takedown, but was able to escape. In the 2nd period, his opponent was able to secure another takedown and ride Ahmad out. In the 3rd period, while trailing 4-1, Ahmad's opponent lifted him off the mat and did not control the mat return and illegally slammed Ahmad. Ahmad was given a penalty point and was seen by the athletic trainer. Since Ahmad was not able to continue the match as a result of the illegal slam, Ahmad won the match by default.
At 145, Tucker Plasse picked up a forfeit to extend Dulaney's lead to 30-12.
At 152, Noah Dow took his opponent down, but was not able to turn him before the 1st period ended. In the 2nd period, Noah countered his opponent's headlock and rolled him through for the takedown. He did the same thing in the 3rd period and was able to pick up 2 back points as well to extend his lead to 8-3. In the 3rd period, he took his opponent to his back with a nice headlock throw, but was not able to ge the pin before time ran out. He won the match via a major decision to extend the lead to 34-12.
At 160, Carlos Lovo took his opponent down with a nice ankle pick and turned him with a re-directed half nelson to pin him in the first period.
At 170, Tyren Hamilton countered his opponent's headlock to secure the takedown. He got reversed, but was able to reverse his opponent at the end of the 1st period to lead 4-2. In the 2nd period, he took his opponent down with a double leg takedown. In the 3rd period, he countered his opponent's shot and spun behind for the takedown. He turned his opponent with a half nelson and pinned him to extend Dulaney's lead to 46-12.
At 182, Aaron Dow quickly took his opponent down with a blast double and turned him with a half nelson. He used a ball and chain tilt to score three more back points. He turned his opponent again in a half nelson to secure the 1st period pin.
At 195, Scott Shuster gave up the first takedown, but was able to fight off of his back and reverse his opponent. He was able to turn his opponent with a half nelson, but got reversed. He was put in a cradle and got pinned on a very questionable call.
At 220, Nick Schiefelbein received a forfeit.
At 285, Tyler Woodard took down his opponent with a blast double and let him up for the escape. He repeated this a few more times and got some back points to build up a 15-6 lead to end the 1st period. In the 2nd period, Tyler chose down and was able to quickly reverse his opponent to his back for the pin.
The final team score was 64-18, which brings our record to 8-3 overall.
Before and after the Varsity match, we were able to get some JV exhibitions. Before the dual, both Myrddin Bramucci and Ephrem Fitzsimmons were able to takedown and pin their opponents. After the dual, Myrddin wrestled another match and picked up another pin. Nick Schiefelbein took his opponent down with a single leg and quickly turned him for the pin. Eric McChesney wrestled in the final match of the night. Despite fighting hard, Eric was pinned in the 2nd period.
The Lions face Kenwood on Thursday.


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How Orange Is the New Black Characters Got in Prison
Why Every Orange Is the New Black Inmate Is in Prison
Why Is Blanca in Prison?
Before Blanca went to Litchfield, she was a caretaker for a terribly mean old lady. She falls for the gardener at the woman's estate, and the old woman fires him because she sees the budding relationship. The woman awakens in the night to see Blanca and the gardener having sex on a chair several feet from her bed. After that, the woman is terrified of Blanca. TBA on how she actually winds up in prison, though.


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PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. - This Minnesota lakes country town is swapping burgers.
After losing its McDonald's restaurant this spring, the Park Region Cooperative convenience store/gas station at the south end of Broadway is replacing it with a Burger King.
"The Whopper replaces the Big Mac in Pelican Rapids," said Greg Larson, general manager of the co-op.
The McDonald's leaving after 10 years was big news in this small resort city of 2,400. The Golden Arches literally rolled out of town on a flatbed truck in mid-March when the restaurant didn't renew its lease. Larson said at the time he was hoping to fill the space connected to the convenience store with another chain fast-food restaurant.
It took a little longer than expected, but Larson said Tuesday, June 5, that a Burger King will open in late July or early August. Work has started on fitting the restaurant to Burger King corporate standards and Larson said the co-op will upgrade the bathrooms that are used by both convenience store and restaurant customers.
"We're excited. We're happy to have another restaurant moving in and hopefully it's here for a long, long time," Larson said.
The Burger King will be owned and operated by Michael Knoop of Frazee, who also owns the Burger King in Detroit Lakes. Knoop said he's been talking with the co-op for about a year. He said he signed a 10-year lease, contingent after three years on sales.
"It's a great little town. The Park Region board was phenomenal to work with," Knoop said. "Business will definitely be seasonal, it's a summer lakes town, but you've got the main highway going through there and a great school system. I think it's a town that's going to be growing."
Larson said having a restaurant operating in the same building as the co-op's convenience store will be beneficial for business.
"In April, I think we were down 12,000 gallons (of gas). Now, some of that was because April wasn't a very good month for weather," Larson said. "But things have been pretty good since then and really good since Memorial Day weekend and we expect them to get better."
Knoop said he foresees a long-term relationship.
"Hopefully we're going to be there for a long time," he said. "I hope it outlasts me."


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Latvian blog featuring Pilgrim
Recently, we discovered a blog featuring our album, Pilgrim, in Latvian! We got 'slightly' excited. Thank you to whoever wrote the blog! It's cool to see that the message in our music is spreading.
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As a supporter of early stage entrepreneurs, I am always looking for new ways of getting entrepreneurs to connect to their own stories so they can spread the mission of what they do with more impact. Living London crafted a great experience providing entrepreneurs with a fresh perspective on place, connection and story". -Caesar Gordon, Social Lab, 3Space
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Saira is a lovely guide - so passionate and genuine. She treated everyone in our group (around 20 I think) as if they were a new friend and a small number of us joined her for Indian food after the tour! London can be an intimidating city sometimes so to have a friendly guide who is so knowledgeable about and in touch with modern London was very refreshing. I also really appreciated the value Saira places on involving the local community in her walks. If you want to experience a real slice of London life in 2019, booking a spot on any of Saira's tours is the way to go!" -Pamela S (via TripAdvisor)
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Saira also holds monthly talks at the CitizenM Hotel next to the Tower of London, where she invites and interviews a high-profile Londoner with an interesting story to tell. The event is free and a complete steal. I've never left one of her talks without a huge smile on my face and lots of stories to share." - Olivia G, citizens of London and Secret Tooting wandering (via TripAdvisor)
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Ogilvy & Mather is to close its office in Berlin at the end of September with a loss of 14 jobs. Meanwhile, J Walter Thompson has reorganised its German operations around five new units, called 'partnerships'.
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Last year, 81 per cent of products launched in France were 'me-too' products, according to a survey by Secodip, the French research agency. Forty-two per cent were line-extensions.
Volvo France (right) has awarded its FF96m (12m) account in France to Australie after a final pitch involving Grey and Saatchi & Saatchi. Fenech & Le Barazer and CGN also pitched.
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Melitta has handed its DM20m (9m) German account to Roland Klose, a start-up agency headed by the ex-creative director of Ammirati Puris Lintas, Hamburg, which previously handled the business.
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Happy New Year Corporate Rebels!
I hear a lot about people's dreams or people ask me how I have realized my dreams. If you follow my stuff, you know I'm a believer in magic. I'm also a believer in something a lot less sexy than magic. That is...
It's true that my clients get raises and promotions and get happier at work and in life (their dreams). It's true that I have the flexibility to travel and raise my own children while also having a fulfilling and meaningful career (my dreams). Many days, the path to realizing those dreams is as much discipline as it is magic.
It takes discipline to take a hard look at how you conduct yourself or the choices you make to evaluate if they align with what you want. You have to force yourself to have hard conversations that clean up old patterns and relationships. You sometimes have to stick your butt to your chair to write the report, create the development plan, or for me, today, produce this newsletter. There's nothing magic about making yourself do The Thing.
Here are three ways to stay disciplined about creating your dreams when you're tempted to get another cup of coffee, call the dentist, or talk to your cube-mates:
- Remain true to your bigger commitments. That report is just a thing. This newsletter is just a thing. And that thing represents your service to your customers, your value of trust, and your love for your people. This one thing you have to do is part of a bigger picture that is made up of hundreds of "just a things."
- Decide to start. It's pretty simple. Just decide you are going to do the thing and sit down to make yourself start. Once you start, it is much easier to keep going until you're finished.
- Set up a reward. I'm a big fan of joy and fun so I reward myself all the time. Something like this works for me (dorky, I know), after you write your weekly newsletter, then you can make another cup of tea. (Maybe I should dream bigger. After you write, you get a diamond ring.)
Support and accountability also help you create your dreams. A few of you have reached out to tell me that all the January spots to talk with me are already filled. I opened a few more.
If you want to create a 2019 plan to get you on the path to what you want, let's talk! Choose a time here.
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P.S. If you want to explore ways to create a plan for 2019, let's talk. I have a couple of step-by-step processes in my toolbox that will get you set up for a wonderful 2019. Choose a time to talk here.
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