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Pontiac GTO came to define muscle cars thanks to ingenuity -- and a lot of luck
You might have been told once or twice in your life that you would do better if you just got out of your own way from time to time. Well, the same holds true in business, especially when good product intuition is smothered in corporate politics and personal agendas.
It's true that the GTO became the icon of the Musclecar era, but few know just how hard it was to make it all happen, except perhaps for one man who had to battle the establishment.
John Z. DeLorean, was, at the time, chief engineer of Pontiac. What he wanted was simple enough: a normally mild-mannered mid-sized sedan powered by a big V8.
The GTO concept developed in early 1963 when DeLorean, along with members of his engineering staff, were experimenting with the Tempest, an economy Pontiac introduced the previous year. The car's four-cylinder engine was inherently rough-running and vibration prone. Coupled with its weak-kneed Chevrolet Corvair-based rear-mounted transmission, the Tempest's drivetrain was problematic to say the least.
As a cure for the car's power deficiency, it was suggested that, since the Tempest's four-cylinder shared the same engine mounts as the V8 from which it was derived, it would be easy to install the big motor into the little car.
A prototype was cobbled together using a 389-cubic-inch V8 (borrowed from Pontiac's full-size Bonneville) and a heavy-duty four-speed manual transmission. The resulting transplant not only made the car quick, but also a blast to drive.
It was also DeLorean who named the car. The term GTO stood for Gran Turismo Omologato, or, in plain english, Grand Touring Homologated. The word "homologation" was used to describe a race car constructed from a variety of parts in sufficient quantities to be approved for production-class competition by the International Automobile Federation (FIA). Why so complicated?
As it turned out, a limited-edition Ferrari was already using the GTO name. But, as the initials could not be copyrighted, it was no problem for Pontiac to adopt them for its newest creation which no doubt brought instant credibility to the car.
The only remaining hurdle was for the car to be approved by senior GM management, which was not an easy proposition at the time.
In the 1960s, it was GM policy that no specific model could have more than 10 pounds of total weight per cubic inch of displacement. Since the GTO weighed about 3,500 pounds, it meant that the 389 engine was too large by nearly 40 cubic inches.
DeLorean's way around this rule was to make the GTO an option instead of a separate model. That somewhat loose interpretation of corporate edict allowed the beefed-up Pontiac to sneak by top management.
Originally, the division's skeptical sales department committed to just 5,000 GTO option packages for 1964. But as the word got out, dealer demand gobbled them all up within days of the official announcement. That not only guaranteed the GTO's success, but it was now too late for the GM brass to change its mind, even if they wanted to. The '64 GTO became a certified hit before it had even arrived at any Pontiac showroom.
So sensitive were the GTO's creators to breaking the engine size rule that initially no mention was made of the car in any of Pontiac's sales literature. News of its existence was communicated in a few automobile enthusiast publications only.
Every GTO-optioned Tempest (base-price of about $3,200) began with a 325-horsepower 389 V8, dual exhaust, floor-mounted Hurst-brand three-speed manual transmission, heavy-duty suspension and front bucket seats. Buyers could also add a more powerful 348-horsepower version featuring three two-barrel carbs, as well as options such as a Hurst-shifted four-speed manual transmission or GM-built two-speed automatic, limited-slip differential, better suspension and a faster steering ratio.
By year-end, total sales of Tempest LeMans hardtops, coupes and convertibles equipped with the GTO option totaled a whopping 32,450, nearly seven times that of the original GM-approved plan.
Part of the car's sales strength was attributed to a period article in Car and Driver magazine, the editors of which created a mythical head-to-head comparison between the Pontiac GTO and Ferrari's equivalent. The fact that this shoot-out existed only in the minds of the magazine's editors (they couldn't get a Ferrari version to test) was of little consequence since the resulting story heaped nothing but praise upon the Pontiac.
That could be partly due to the fact that the GTO used for testing had been fitted with Pontiac's larger 421-cubic-inch engine specially prepared for the occasion.
As a result of the article - which put the Pontiac head and shoulders ahead of the Ferrari - sports-car purists were livid, but subscriptions to both Car and Driver as well as GTO sales soared.
For 1965, the GTO (or Goat, as it was beginning to be called) remained an option, but featured attractive new front- and rear-end styling, improvements to the engine and suspension and new rally-style wheels. That year, total GTO sales exceeded 75,000.
It wouldn't be until 1966 and the arrival of the second-generation Tempest that the GTO would be marketed as a separate model. By then, other manufacturers were scrambling to create their own versions of the GTO in an attempt to cash in on Pontiac's success. But, there was simply no substitute for the original. With a little planning, underhanded inventiveness and a lot of luck, the GTO created the madness for Musclecars that captured the imagination of a generation of drivers.


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(BRONX, NY) - People with low vitamin D levels may face an increased risk for peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The scientists reported their findings at the American Heart Association's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Annual Conference 2008.
PAD is a common disease that occurs when arteries in the legs become narrowed by fatty deposits, causing pain and numbness and impairing the ability to walk. PAD affects about eight million Americans and is associated with significant disease and death, according to the American Heart Association.
People obtain vitamin D by making it themselves (through skin exposure to sunlight), by ingesting foods such as fish and fortified dairy products that contain vitamin D, or by taking dietary supplements. Adequate vitamin D levels are necessary for bone health, but scientists are only beginning to explore vitamin D's connection to cardiovascular disease.
"We know that in mice, vitamin D regulates one of the hormone systems that affects blood pressure," said Dr. Michal Melamed, lead author of the study and assistant professor in the departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Population Health at Einstein. "Since cells in the blood vessels have receptors for vitamin D, it may directly affect the vessels, although this has not been fully worked out."
To see whether vitamin D might influence PAD, Dr. Melamed and colleagues analyzed data from a national survey measuring vitamin D levels in the blood of 4,839 U.S. adults. The survey tested these people using the ankle-brachial index, a screening tool for PAD that measures blood flow to the legs. Also measured were other risk factors for PAD such as cholesterol levels, blood pressure and presence of diabetes.
The researchers found that higher levels of vitamin D were associated with a lower prevalence of PAD. Among individuals with the highest vitamin D levels --more than 29.2 nanogram per milliliter (ng/mL) -- only 3.7 percent had PAD. Among those with the lowest vitamin D levels -- less than 17.8 ng/mL -- 8.1 percent had PAD.
When the researchers adjusted for age, sex, race and co-existing health problems, they found that PAD was 64 percent more common in the group with the lowest vitamin D levels compared with the group with the highest levels. For each 10 ng/mL drop in vitamin D level, the risk for PAD increased by 29 percent.
While these findings suggest a role for vitamin D in preventing PAD, Dr. Melamed cautions that they don't necessarily show that vitamin D truly deserves the credit. It's possible, she says, that vitamin D levels are a marker for other health practices such as eating a healthy diet. She notes that proving a cause-and-effect relationship between vitamin D and protection against PAD will require a large randomized clinical trial in which some people receive vitamin D supplementation while others do not.
Other researchers involved in the study were Dr. Paul Muntner at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Dr. Paolo Raggi at Emory University School of Medicine.
Dr. Melamed's research was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease of the National Institutes of Health.


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Cornerstone Bible Church (Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada)
The Cornerstone Bible congregation at Steinbach, MB began services and formally organized in 1897, when four families met as a congregation; three of the families had been members of the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren church in Minnesota, while the members of the fourth family were converts from a series of meetings in 1897 led by H.E. Fast of Bingham Lake, Minnesota. Abram F. Friesen is considered the founding leader of the group. After serious difficulties the congregation reorganized and made a fresh start in 1908. G. S. Rempel was leader of the congregation for many years prior to 1957.
The congregation's first building was occupied in 1901, with subsequent building programs in 1912 and 1954.
In 1965 there were 334 members; in 1975, 325; in 1985, 295. The congregation has been affiliated with the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren (1897-1987) and Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches (1987-). In 1987 the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Conference changed its name to Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches. The language of worship is English; the transition from German occurred in the 1940s.
Prior to the denomination's name change, Cornerstone Bible Church was known as the Steinbach Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church.
The congregation's address is Box 69, Steinbach, MB, R0A 2A0. (204) 326-3561. The church is located at 290 First St. Pastor Bob Vogt served in 2001 as a congregational leader.
Canadian Mennonite (3 December 1954): 1; (26 April 1957): 4.
God, Working Through Us: Steinbach Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church 1897-1972. 1972, 110 pp.
Harder, Leland. Steinbach and Its Churches. Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Biblical Seminary, 1970, 109 pp.
Mennonites in Canada Collection, "70-Steinbach," Mennonite Archives of Ontario.
Rempel, G. S. A Historical Sketch of the Churches of the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren. 1939, 109 pp.
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|Harold S. Bender
|Marlene Epp
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|February 1989
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Bender, Harold S. and Marlene Epp. "Cornerstone Bible Church (Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. February 1989. Web. 14 Aug 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Cornerstone_Bible_Church_(Steinbach,_Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=142142.
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Bender, Harold S. and Marlene Epp. (February 1989). Cornerstone Bible Church (Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 August 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Cornerstone_Bible_Church_(Steinbach,_Manitoba,_Canada)&oldid=142142.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 625. All rights reserved.
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Montreal, Canada, October 31, 2011 — Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced that Shuttle Inc., a leading specialist in innovative mini PCs, has validated the Matrox M-Series multi-display graphics cards with the new Shuttle XPC H7 5820S mini PC. The M-Series PCI Express (PCIe) x16 boards support up to eight DisplayPort or single-link DVI monitors at resolutions of up to 2560x1600 per display. A second M-Series card can be combined within the H7 5820S workstation, allowing system integrators to actualize a wide range of multi-display installations in corporate, digital signage, security surveillance, process control, and other professional environments.
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(L-R): Reagan Miller, Emily Frazier and Sadalia Ellis are the Lady Flames' three returning point guards this season.
As the Liberty women's basketball team prepares for its Nov. 8 season opener at Charlotte, LibertyFlames.com will provide a four-part preview of the 2013-14 season. Today's article provides a look at the Lady Flames' point guards. "Most of our experienced leadership will come from the point guard position, with three very capable players," Green said. "Reagan Miller has the most minutes of playing experience at point guard on our team, followed closely by savvy, experienced Big South assist-to-turnover ratio leader Emily Frazier. Meanwhile, Sadalia Ellis gained tremendous experience as we closed out the season at the Big South Championship and in the NCAA Tournament." Miller, Frazier and Ellis all hail from Texas, and each of the three brings a different skill set to the position. Miller is the best outside shooter of the trio, and the 5-7 junior already ranks 11th in program history with 91 three-pointers. Last season, she averaged 5.0 ppg, connected on 35 triples and started the last eight games of the year after Frazier's season-ending injury. Prior to said injury, Frazier was fashioning an impressive redshirt sophomore campaign. The prototypical floor general led the Big South in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.81 and finished second in the conference with 4.7 apg. Liberty's top returning scorer in the backcourt at 5.3 ppg, Frazier connected on 35 percent of her three-point attempts last season. A 5-6 sophomore southpaw, Ellis is the top slasher and on-the-ball defender of the point guards. She averaged 3.4 ppg and 2.0 apg as a freshman, while making the most of extended playing time at the end of the season. In the Big South Championship title game victory over Longwood, Ellis contributed eight points and four assists in a career-high 31 minutes of action. Moriah Begin, a 5-7 Milwaukee native who played her senior year of high school locally at Liberty Christian Academy (LCA), could also see some playing time at point guard. Begin was a part of successful high school teams, helping Heritage Christian win the Wisconsin Division 5 state title as a junior and contributing to LCA's state runner-up finish as a senior. With a wealth of options at the point guard spot, Green noted, "These players could also see action at the '2' position, giving us a solid, capable, good-shooting backcourt."
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Los Angeles: Mexicali Taco & Co. Is Back and Better Than Ever
If you never left downtown Los Angeles, you'd be convinced that the whole wide world is awash in Mexicali Taco & Co. love. The former late night taco table long sat in a parking lot north of Staples Center, often siphoning off in-the-know event goers willing to trade in a yard of beer for some of LA's best street eats. After piling up enough gold stars from locals and food-blogging bigwigs alike, they managed to win the vaunted 2011 Taco Madness bracket-style tournament. They quickly earned a whole new wave of hungry customers. Then they earned themselves an eviction notice.
Now, several months and a pop-up or two later, the Mexicali guys have turned the key on a fully functional space just up Figueroa. The smallish spot keeps the kitchen tucked in a side room, while the main dining area is nothing more than red picnic tables and a few touches of exposed wood. Thankfully, the food hasn't skipped a beat from the old 1st & Beaudry days.
Most people will tell you that the thing to get is the vampiro, a quesadilla-like tortilla fold-over that comes loaded with cheese and your choice of meat. It's also really peppery and loaded up with garlic, a little wink to the clever name. Don't be fooled. If you're looking for an innovative, out-of-the-way dish that Mexicali absolutely nails, go for the cachetada. A single, crispy corn tortilla is poured over with your chosen protein, then doused with cheese and finished off with a chipotle aioli. Not enough for you? Make it "ranchero" style, which means it's topped with a fried egg. After a few crispy, meaty, spicy indulgent bites, you may need to let someone else take the reins and guide you home.
Despite the inventive concoctions and smoky flavors you'll find along the "main menu" side of the board, they guys in the back haven't strayed far from their true taco roots, back in that old, grimy parking lot. Served Baja-style, the corn tortillas are bussed up from Mexico and act as a thick, pliable backdrop to the star of the show: the carne asada. Simply put, this is how it's done. The well-salted beef arrives in thick chunks after spending just enough time over some very forgiving heat. You'll find a few crisp, meaty edges that taste familiar to anyone interested in barbecue-style rib tips. But you'll also find a softer, pliable interior that satisfies those savory pockets of your soul with thick chunks of slightly chewy, warm, satisfying pure beefiness.
There's enough juice left in each bite to get you from one end of the tortilla to the other, and if you're not careful that's exactly what you'll end up doing. If you can, make a run for the salsa bar to bring the asada to another level. A fiery fire engine red roja may make your face match the color of the tables, but the subtler avocado salsa doesn't need heat to make its presence felt. Your best bet? Combine the two for a little mix and match with every bite.
It's good to see Mexicali Taco back and stronger than ever. As trucks and tables grow and fall away with time, it's nice to know that greatness endures. And when it comes to Mexicali, their asada is truly great.
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Kristen Stewart goes topless in her latest film, "On The Road" (a big screen adaptation of Jack Kerouac's famed book), but the actress says she wasn't nervous about the on-screen nudity, thanks to director Walter Salles.
"It didn't bother me," Kristen, 22, told MTV News at the Toronto International Film Festival of her exposed scenes in the movie. "You can do no wrong with [Salles]. He puts so much inside of you.
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"In the four-week rehearsal process, it was okay to ask any question, to bring up any story, to really overanalyze everything and intellectualize everything," she added.
The actress, who will next been seen in the final "Twilight" installment, "Breaking Dawn – Part 2," said she and her "On The Road" co-stars (Garrett Hedlund, Kirsten Dunst and Sam Riley) were completely entrenched in their roles and so prepared that they were given the freedom to improvise lines for their characters – a feat she found more intimidating than going topless.
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"Once we got to set, it was so about just breathing and letting it happen. He put so much trust in us," she said of her director. "So it was like, 'OK, so I have to take my clothes off?' It's so not a big [deal]."
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Aided by a standard-issue Street Fighter IV FightStick, this guy pulls off all of Ryu's Trials in Super Street Fighter IV - using one hand. And he collects the achievement for it, to boot.
YouTube user biffotasty filmed himself doing this over the course of 30 minutes. Trials "21 and 24 were the hardest, almost made me reconsider trying to do it, but then I realised that I was hardcore." And so he is.
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Herbert hits the mark — again
Among the many heartening things about the workers fighting back in Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere is the spotlight that is being thrown on the contemptuous attitude of the corporate elite and their handmaidens in government toward ordinary working Americans: police officers and firefighters, teachers, truck drivers, janitors, health care aides, and so on. These are the people who do the daily grunt work of America. How dare we treat them with contempt.
It would be a mistake to think that this fight is solely about the right of public employees to collectively bargain. As important as that issue is, it's just one skirmish in what's shaping up as a long, bitter campaign to keep ordinary workers, whether union members or not, from being completely overwhelmed by the forces of unrestrained greed in this society (My emphasis. RS).
The predators at the top, billionaires and millionaires, are pitting ordinary workers against one another. So we're left with the bizarre situation of unionized workers with a pension being resented by nonunion workers without one. The swells are in the background, having a good laugh.
It may be wishful thinking.
When will the protest move from the state capitols and follow the money trail back to Wall Street, the offices of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the gated mansions of the super-rich?
When they are identified as the source of the problem.
What makes Herbert's columns so refreshing is that in very few places in the mainstream media do you see the issue framed as a symptom of a plutocracy. The reason should be clear: the media are owned by the plutocrats. When, and if, protesters direct their action against the real cause, rest assured the media will described those in the streets as "radicals waging class warfare."
Funny that all those protesters in the Middle East aren't also labeled "radicals waging class warfare." Instead they are "pro-Democracy forces." That's because they are over THERE and we are HERE, where the corporate boards are interlocked and the hefty media paychecks (from corporate advertisers and underwriters) get written and cashed.
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Malloy friend: Misused state logo to promote his energy company during school's move to Monroe
When Al Barbarotta, the governor's close friend and manager of his private Stamford property, was approached by the Malloy administration in December to coordinate the relocation of school equipment from the shattered remains of Sandy Hook Elementary School, he said he would be happy to help, free of charge.
But Newtown officials say Barbarotta made a sales pitch to them during that traumatic move from Newtown to Chalk Hill School in Monroe. Additionally, he later sent them a sales brochure that state officials say improperly used the logo of a government agency.
"Here you are in the midst of a tragedy, and this guy is trying to sell you stuff," said one Newtown official, who asked not to be identified because he is not an authorized spokesman. "He really upset a lot of people."
Barbarotta's firm, Conveo Energy, works out of the same Bridgeport address as AFB Construction Management of Trumbull, Inc., his company that manages school facilities throughout the state as well as public works and parks in Stamford, where Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was mayor for 14 years.
Barbarotta on Thursday acknowledged that he handed out Conveo literature at Chalk Hill that featured a Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection symbol and logo on the top of a page, with Conveo's addresses and phone numbers on the bottom.
Officials from DEEP on Thursday called it a misuse of its logo and said Barbarotta will be asked to stop. He said he will.
Ron Bienkowski, the school district's business director, said Barbarotta's sales pitch for Conveo's services was heavy-handed, warning Newtown that it could be fined if it didn't comply with DEEP air-quality mandates.
"I didn't like their marketing style, because they were very threatening," he said.
Barbarotta, whose handling of Malloy's million-dollar property in Stamford set off an investigation this month into the use of city equipment by a landscape contractor there, said his company has given about 40 school districts in the state similar literature.
In an interview, Barbarotta said that during a break in the activity at Chalk Hill, which has been renamed Sandy Hook, he shared what he said was information on a free service that can save schools money while they can comply with new DEEP energy-efficiency regulations for school furnaces and lighting.
`We don't see it as sales'
Conveo makes its money -- and profits -- in the back end of such conservation projects, taking a 25 percent cut of any school system savings. "We don't see it as sales," Barbarotta said of the work his company does to help schools meet state standards that have been in effect since February.
In Stamford, AFB provided gas, oil and electricity conservation management to the Board of Education since 2010. The arrangement has netted the company more than $100,000 in incentive bonuses over the last three years.
AFB performs the energy efficiency work under the umbrella of its Systems Analyst Services, for which it charges the city a $92,000 fee included in its one-year, $508,000 contract with the school district.
Schools Superintendent Winifred Hamilton said Stamford schools are getting a deal on the energy savings program because the management service is included in AFB's contract.
"Without a doubt, it's been a major savings to the city and to my operating budget," she said. "In the long run, it's a savings that then allows us to do other things in the way of upgrading buildings and using that money toward more academic purchases like books, supplies, computers."
`By what authority?'
The origin of Barbarotta's participation and ultimate role in the relocation of Sandy Hook to Chalk Hill remains murky.
Six months after the shootings, Barbarotta said Malloy had called him personally to get involved in shifting the usable Sandy Hook resources to Chalk Hill.
"In the days after Sandy Hook, I got a call from the governor asking if I would help out and oversee the moving of all the desks and everything from Sandy Hook School to Monroe," Barbarotta said in a June interview. "We moved things and put things exactly in the place they were in from one building to the school in Monroe. It was a complicated move. There were things we saw in there that were hard to look at. We had to promise to lock our cellphones in our cars. The State Police didn't want anybody taking any crime-scene pictures and posting them anywhere."
But on Thursday, Malloy's office said it was Pasquale J. Salemi, deputy commissioner of the state Department of Construction Services, who had approached Barbarotta about helping out at Sandy Hook.
In an interview, Salemi said he wanted Barbarotta's expertise as a school facilities manager to help figure out where the Sandy Hook students could go.
"Al helped me find Chalk Hill School," Salemi said, recalling a Dec. 15, phone call from the state Department of Education, which first explored the possibility of erecting temporary classrooms on the school grounds.
Salemi said he's not sure what Barbarotta's work entailed, but he was attached to Newtown officials and attempted to gather invoices and other records to get a handle on the value of materials, work and services performed.
Bienkowski on Thursday questioned Barbarotta's authority and role in moving equipment from Newtown to Monroe, as state and local officials hurried to turn a vacant middle school into a new, safe home where the Sandy Hook School children could resume classes after the Dec. 14 killings of 20 first-graders and six educators.
In a directive to "All Venders, Friends, Companies" and others who had contributed to the relocation, Barbarotta instructed them to submit all invoices or donation information to his company.
Bienkowski said that Barbarotta "was insisting that he wanted copies of all this stuff. I said, `What for? By what authority?'"
Bienkowski said he declined to provide the materials to Barbarotta, whom he said never circled back with an answer or with the proper authorization.
Robert Tait, the finance director for Newtown, said in an email obtained by Hearst Connecticut Newspapers that the town's education building manager, who was overseeing the Chalk Hill relocation, paid no attention to the letter from Barbarotta directing contractors to submit their invoices to him.
"Basically he (the building manager) and his subcontractors ignored the letter (threw them out)," Tait wrote.
`He was a player'
Newtown First Selectman Patricia Llodra and the Monroe schools chief said they were comfortable with Barbarotta's role.
James Agostine, Monroe's superintendent of schools, said Barbarotta gave him regular updates on the status of the move to Chalk Hill Elementary, including the arrival of furniture so teachers could set up classrooms.
"I know that he was a pivotal person in terms of coordinating," Agostine said. "Quite honestly, I think he was a player."
Agostine was not familiar with Conveo and said Barbarotta didn't make any pitches for business in Monroe.
Llodra said she wasn't involved in the matter and had no concerns with Barbarotta's role.
"I don't have an issue here," Llodra said.
Barbarotta described his two weeks of work on the move from Sandy Hook School as "one of the most horrendous things in my life" as he looked to see what could be salvaged from the crime scene. He said his volunteer work has been "twisted around against me" and that he sought receipts only to get a ballpark estimate of the value of the overall move.
"This is something I never intended on promoting there with my brother and my company," Barbarotta said. "We did amazing things to prepare Chalk Hill for those kids. If I had stuff there, working on it in a folder in a slow time, I could have handed workers something. I was sharing information. We were working for free. How many of their people were working for free? I don't understand why it's a bad thing."
Staff writer MariAn Gail Brown contributed to this report.


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Cargo bike accessories
For your Babboe cargo bike you can choose from a wide range of cargo bike accessories at Babboe. These cargo bike accessories have been specially designed for you and will make riding your cargo bike even easier and more pleasant. All of our accessories have been developed at customer request and new ones are always being added. For example, in 2019 we launched the BOET by Babboe collection. These are joyful cargo bike accessories in the Babboe style such as saddle covers and bicycle bells. Below you will find our top 3 cargo bike accessories.
Maxi-Cosi attachment for cargo bikes
The absolute favourite accessory of our customers is the Maxi-Cosi attachment for their cargo bikes. This allows them to use their own Maxi-Cosi seat on the cargo bike. The special bracket can be easily mounted on your cargo bike (except the Babboe Big). Then you click your Maxi-Cosi into the bracket and secure it with the safety straps. Decide for yourself if you want to get the Maxi-Cosi attachment already installed on your cargo bike when you order or if you'd like to attach it yourself at home. No worries: it's not hard if you follow the instructions.
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Don't have a Maxi-Cosi, but want to take baby with you on your cargo bike? Babboe also has a practical and safe solution for this: the baby insert for the cargo bike seat is also very popular with our customers. This is mounted on the seat on the steering wheel side. This way your baby is sitting in front of you in the direction of travel and can already feel the fresh air on its face from 3 months and up. If your baby is still very small, the baby insert can be expanded with head and body supports. The baby insert for the cargo bike is also a fine solution for mums with twins who want to take both along for the ride.
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#3 among our most popular accessories is definitely the cargo bike child's seat. Since 2019, the cargo child's seat has been available in five cheerful BOET by Babboe designs. These are blue with zebras, spotty dots (red with white polka dots), sunny silver, crocodile tears (white with blue drops) and yippee yellow (bright yellow). The cargo bike child's seat is suitable for all small children who are mobile and fit well. Most parents use this seat on their cargo bike from about 18 months of age. Of course, your sweetheart will be strapped into cargo bike child seat with the three-point safety belt.


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Newnan fire victims remembered at candlelight vigil | News
NEWNAN, Ga, --A crowd of friends, neighbors and family members gathered in front of the charred remains of the home where five perished in an overnight blaze.
They came to remember a Newnan woman and four of her children who were killed Saturday morning, one child survived. The mother, three of her children and two step children were sleeping when the house caught fire.
PHOTOS | Mom and children killed in house fire
The only survivor was 11-year-old Molly McCrary, who woke up to her mother telling her to get out of the house.
"Most all of us out here are parents ourselves, so a child getting hurt really hits hard," said Newnan Police Chief D. L. Meadows. "[We feel] Heartache and pain, these families are really going through a lot right now."
Meadows said the mother, 28-year-old Alonna McCrary, went back in to the house to try to rescue the other children. None of the four made it outside. Family members said the kids were together in the home for a sleepover.
A spokesman for the state insurance commissioner says a call about the fire came in at 1:17 a.m. Saturday. Glenn Allen says Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens has ruled the fire accidental. He says the origin was an electrical panel in the home's den area.
A smoke detector was found destroyed inside the home, they are not sure whether it was working or not.
Allen says 28-year-old Alonna T. McCrary, 5-year-old daughter Eriel McCrary and 2-year-old daughter Nikia White were killed in the fire. Three-year-old Messiah White and 2-year-old McKenzie Florence also died.
Meadows said this was one of the toughest scenes he's ever faced in forty years of police work.
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02/02/2010 - The Spanish government announced on Friday, 29 January, its intention of postponing the retirement age from 65 to 67 and to increase the number of contribution years used to calculate pension benefits.
The OECD believes that these measures are important steps in the right direction and would bring Spain closer in line with other OECD countries who have already reformed their pension systems. The OECD also encourages further efforts to promote the sustainability of the public pension system. Possible measures include linking the retirement age to life expectancy, raising the effective retirement age and computing benefits using the entire working life. In order to raise effective retirement ages, the minimum number of years needed to be entitled to a full pension may need to be extended (from the current 35 years), and pension gains for those who continue contributing after 35 years may also be increased.
Such reforms should be complemented with a clearer policy to expand the population's contributions to private pensions and introduce regulations to raise retirement savings and better protect private pensions from financial market volatility. Private pensions are an important component in the goal of diversifying the sources to finance retirement. Despite its establishment over twenty years ago, Spain's private pension system is one of the least developed in the OECD area, having accumulated assets that represent around 7% of GDP, below the OECD average of 60%. The coverage of private pensions at 54% of the working population is relatively high compared with other countries. However, the amount of money contributed by those participating is quite low. Around 66% of participants contribute less than 300€ a year.
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Ok so I'm safely back home and dead tired.
Driving blindly(since I don't know the road) on 120 speed. lol. Fastest speed I ever achieved.
My clothes has the terrible smell of smoke. I hate pubs. Ew.
Oh and I just got the news that Rosevelt got through!! YAYYY!!!
Cheers to the band that got me screaming like crazy. lol
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The reason Citizen Kane got itself an important position in the history of cinema is mainly due to its exquisite camera work and lightning to tell the story of an important man in the world of journalism. Orson Welles uses them to opress the viewer because that is how the character feels.
The film starts by slowly taking us into Xanadu, with its sequential dissolving shots which are accompanied by a slight increase of the music, as if the sound was fearful of disturbing when we witness the death of Charlie Kane. Charlie lost his childhood and, like a frustrated Peter Pan, all he wanted was to rescue it. Hence, he grasped for the only thing that remained - Rosebud. While little Charlie's mother signs Mr. Tatcher's contract, his father shuts the window (from a light snowy yard to the dark house) not only as an act that ceases Charlie's childhood but also silencing him; Charlie didn't have a choice. Charlie is clearly a kind, amiable, jolly and honest character. He does everything he can to show the rotten truth of the world and his urge to change it. As it is seen in the montage sequence of the initial fake documentary, everything Charlie does is for the benefit of the common man; thus, showing his generosity. However, Charlie Kane, a citizen of the world, is misunderstood by the world surrounding, specially (and oddly) by his supposed "close friends". They don't understand his nature and believe the things he does are for selfish reasons. The public, Jebediah and Susie are all truly loved by Charlie, but none of them believe it. "If I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man." Charlie Kane is in fact a great man, but if he was poor everyone would see him as a "hero of the people" or a good man - no one would question his reasons.
The journalist, an irrelevant and impersonal character, therefore always hidden in the shade, witnesses the same statements about Charlie's life as the audience; his presence can be perceived as a form of aid and interconnection between the public and the narrative. However, fails to understand the true essences of the details. Even though he did not unveil the meaning of the word, it can be concluded that he heard the stories but did not truly listen, for the audience is able to truly comprehend who Charlie Kane was and his longing of returning to his happy childhood - something perceptible in Charlie's first encounter with Susie. Orson Welles focus the camera on society's mistakes before a man's life. Charlie Kane's life is a a gunfire in a mirror room, however Welles would wait for Rita Hayworth to demonstrate that mind outspread of the human being.


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Like many photographers who struggle to find subject matter worthy of photographing, Sandy Kim turns her camera on a subject with which she is intimately familiar - her friends, her love and her life.
"I use what I have, and since my life is readily available that's what I shoot," she says.
Kim, now 26, came into the public eye a few years ago when Girls, a San Francisco band she had befriended and was photographing religiously, started to make it big. Suddenly her photos were in The New York Times and Fader. Her unique style garnered praise from both audiences and other shooters and she was name-checked in an interview with art photographer Ryan McGinley.
Her photos continue to appear in Fader – the mag calls her their "BFF" – and her latest project ties together the last two years of her life through sexual degrees of separation.
"I started making this map of sexual relationships between me and my friends," says Kim. "Once I started mapping it out on paper, I was surprised to see how big and complicated it became. We live for sex, and because of sex we're alive. The photos represent the different intersections on the map. There are portraits, feelings, and special occasions, kind of like different stations on a subway map."
Kim is not the first photographer to turn the camera back on herself, and its rare to have conversations about her work without hearing references to Nan Goldin and McGinley, among others. Yet her work is more carefree and loving than Goldin and less contrived than McGinley.
Her photographs allow viewers to be voyeurs in lives they may or may not ever lead themselves. The images deflate the youthful fantasy that people never have to grow up and that summers are forever endless. Viewers watch her grow up, watch her fall in love and, by proxy, get to re-live their own versions of these moments. Her pictures of her relationship with her boyfriend, Colby, are intimate and genuine in a way few photographers accomplish, if for no other reason than they are a document of tender moments, pure and simple.
"Sex has always been present in my work," says Kim. "Especially because I started shooting more after I fell in love. I think sex is beautiful and ugly at the same time and I try and show both sides, mostly the beautiful part."
Kim grew up in Portland. In 2004, at age 18, she moved to northern California where she found herself exposed to a world she never knew existed.
"When I lived in Portland I lived in this little bubble and didn't really look past it," she says. "After moving to San Francisco I was introduced to a badass music scene where artists were so talented, inspiring and beautiful, I got excited and wanted to photograph everything around me."
She befriended artists and musicians, and was asked to tour with local bands. That's when she hooked up with Girls.
Though she'd been taking pictures on her own, and got her BFA in Graphic Design from the Academy of Art in San Francisco, Kim started to take photography more seriously through the external pressure of friends. Girls bassist JR encouraged her to shoot more, and photographer Bryan Derballa (who shoots for Wired), built her a blog to use as a platform and pushed her to use it.
Kim uses various point-and-shoot cameras purchased at thrift stores, from Yashica T4s to Olympus Stylus Epics to her favorite Contax T2.
"I didn't consider myself as a serious photographer, or even photographer at all, so I couldn't justify spending more than 10 bucks on a camera. I still prefer film over digital. It's changed my process because when I edit digital photos it takes me a lot longer to edit and look through. With film you're kind of stuck with the photos you get and have to make it work. Sometimes I get unexpected surprises that come out to be pleasant in the end or used to my advantage."
While the camera in her hand has an impact on how the images ultimately look, her pictures are less about the tool and more about the events unfolding around her.
"I think my friends enjoy being photographed by me because I'm capturing a time of their youth and just like for me and everyone else 10 years from now things are going to be different but we'll have photos to remind us of our wild youth," she says.
Her work is a reminder that photography can be used not as a means to experience, but as a means to remember. Her photos are reactionary rather than anticipatory, composition and lighting not meticulously thought through or planned. Her exploration of themes in sexuality, tinged with love and naïveté, are painted with a brush of carelessness and mild sentimentality.
"I find that I'm constantly changing. Even by the day. I also feel that I've matured over the last year. I used to go out and get wasted every day so I would be taking photos of crazy situations my friends and I would get into because of us being drunk. But nowadays I find myself wanting to hang out with my boyfriend all the time so I end up photographing him. Also I'm madly in love, which helps. He's a beautiful person inside and out. Sometimes I find myself just staring at him, watching him, learning him, the way he plays a guitar or the way he peels an orange in bed and eats it. And while I find myself in this trance I realize, why don't I just take a photo and remember this moment forever."


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P1 Poll Results: How physically fit are you?
Variety is the spice of life; complacency in your workouts can be just as dangerous as it is on patrol
By Police1 Staff
We recently asked our Police1 fans a series of questions to uncover their fitness routines and find out what is at the root of our biggest health dilemmas and how we can help.
Over 9,000 of our followers took the fitness survey, and the results were eye-opening. For instance, did you know less than half of one percent of officers do yoga? Shocking, right?
Check out the results below plus some of our own expert tips on how to get in shape and stay there!
1. How often on average do you exercise?
We were pleased to discover only about 10% of the 9,000 people polled exercise rarely or not at all. The large majority indicated they exercised at least two to four days per week or more. The amount you should exercise depends, of course, on many factors, like your health and what your goals are, but most health experts agree at least 30 minutes of exercise daily is needed to reduce the risks of chronic adult diseases.
2. How do you prefer to exercise?
This was another answer that made us happy. There are so many ways to get active, but one of the best things you can do is mix up your routine. Weight lifting and cardio only go so far individually, but work best when used together.
Group activities like running clubs and intramural basketball leagues are great for a couple of reasons: You tend you be more active when others around you also participate, and when it's fun, exercising doesn't feel like a chore. Ask some of your police colleagues to join the dodgeball team with you!
The best part about doing a combination of physical activities is that it keeps your muscles guessing. Complacency in your workouts can be just as dangerous as it is on patrol.
Less than 23% of the agencies of those surveyed enforce recurring fitness tests. For some, that means little-to-no incentive to stay fit on the job (especially if patrolling a small town with little 'action.') But we know that the worst tragedies can happen everywhere, and it's a cop's job to be ready for it.
Despite such few enforced fitness tests, more than 70% of those surveyed said that they felt very confident they would pass a fitness test if given one.
5. If you don't feel you are in the shape you should be in, or don't believe you exercise as often as you should, what is at fault?
Cops aren't alone on this one — ask anyone what the biggest hurdle is when it comes to weight loss and most will tell you: time.
58% of those polled admitted the biggest issue was finding the time to work out between work and spending quality time with family. One simple solution is to make family time active. Go for a walk with the family after dinner, play soccer in the yard with the kids. Even certain video games require you to get up and get moving.
There are online programs like LEO-fit that offer 10 minute fitness plans for officers – plus a support system of fellow officers to root you on as you reach your goals, and countless apps and wearable activity trackers that can ensure you stick with your goals to get the results you want.
There may not be much you can do about sitting in a patrol car most of your day, or the weird hours you're forced to eat due to your shift, but there is something you can do about the foods you choose to eat. Wake up ten minutes earlier to pack a lunch rather than stopping at the same fast food restaurant every day. And don't forget about the grocery story! Many grocers have soup and salad bars and hot dishes ready to eat. Reach for the veggies and lean meats over processed foods.
Communicate your goals with your shift partner. It's hard to stay on track with your own health goals if he or she is still stopping for a fast food burger every shift.


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Should Christians be on Facebook? What about all the privacy issues that are in the news these days?
I sometimes wonder if the devil doesn't take great pleasure in irony, in watching us turn ourselves inside out while missing the point. While I am on Facebook, and therefore at least hold to a tentative conviction that such is allowable for Christians, there are any number of reasons to raise concerns over it. Privacy and the lack thereof, however, would likely be the last one I would raise. With Facebook's very public and controversial announcement of its change in policy with respect to privacy, that, however, is what has many Christians concerned. How, I wonder, can a person take a technology that exists to say to the watching world, "Here I am. Come see about me" complain that the world is coming to see about them? Anyone who wishes more privacy can find such easily enough. Don't use Facebook. If you already do, stop. We are in a moral uproar for all the wrong reasons. We are aghast at the owners of Facebook for daring to change their policy (which, remember, the original policy held out as at their discretion) rather than being appalled at ourselves for implicitly breaking the 8th Commandment. We think because we are a user of Facebook that such makes us an owner of Facebook, and so demand this and demand that from the real owners.
That said, here are some very real concerns I have about Facebook. First, has it become a god to us? When God commands that we have no other god's before Him He doesn't mean ranked higher than Him, but rather He means in His presence. If Facebook is too needful for you, you may need to stop. Second, has it become a graven image? Have you confused its reality with real reality? Do you really think you have 200 friends? Third, have you taken the Lord's name in vain? That is, have you, in weaker moments, put a bad face publicly on your Christian witness? Are you laughing at your old sins with that old buddy from college or high school?
Fourth, is Facebook giving me the peace of the Lord, or agitating me? (And please note the very real difference between that peace that passes understanding and that "peace" we receive when we feed a habit, when we get a fix.) Am I jumpy when I don't get to log on? Am I more keyed up after I've logged off? Fifth, am I honoring those in authority over me? Wives, are you failing to honor your husbands because you're too busy reading about your friends? Children, are you failing to honor your parents because you're too busy sending flair?
Sixth, is this technology honoring to life? The cyberworld can be a barren wasteland, not because it is filled with pornography and gambling, but because it isn't real, because it is Gnostic. Seventh, are you loving your spouse on Facebook? Is the rush of nostalgia from finding long lost friends encouraging you to be dissatisfied? Are you secretly looking for that old girlfriend? Are you already caught up in adultery simply by wishing you could be sixteen again? Or do you not know that Facebook can all too easily devolve into relational pornography? The allure of porn is that you think you can have the joys of the sexual union without having to have a real relationship with a real person. The allure of Facebook is much the same. Eighth, are you stealing from your employer by not giving a full days work because you are moonlighting at Farmville, or as a Mafia Don? Or, simply because you are spending your hours at work at play?
Ninth, are you lying? That is, is the you you present on Facebook the real you? This technology has an insidious capacity to both hide reality and fool us into thinking we are both showing and seeing it. Why are our updates all about our victories- I just made cookies for the family; My son just hit the game winning home run; rather than our failures- I just shouted at my little girl; I left my computer on the airplane and it's gone? Keep a particularly close eye on this one. And tenth, is Facebook encouraging contentment or resentment? Are you coveting your neighbor's friend count? Are you jealous of how many "likes" there are for his posts compared to yours? And are you content with the real life you are shutting out while hunched over your keyboard?
Please don't misunderstand this little thought experiment. I suspect we could walk through the Ten Commandments in light of our church, and find many of the same temptations. That doesn't mean you should stay away from church. It does mean we ought to be deliberate enough to know what we are doing, and why we are doing it. And deliberate begins by affirming that our own hearts are not just desperately wicked, but deceitful as well. We don't need to protect our privacy. We need instead to expose our sins to the light, the light of Scripture that we might repent and believe, that His face might shine upon us.


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EMI Doesn't Pay Royalties, Or It Does, But To The Wrong People, Or It Doesn't, Or Maybe It Does...
from the ah,-major-labels deptA few years ago, we wrote about Tim Quirk's struggle to get Warner Music to actually provide any sort of accounting for the money earned by his band, Too Much Joy. There have been a few similar stories over the years, and what you begin to realize is that it appears the major labels basically don't even track this stuff. They seem to assume most bands just won't recoup, and so they never have to provide any accounting to them at all (and just keep the money for themselves). From what I've heard, if a band is truly successful and keeps bugging the label, eventually they'll put together something approximating an accounting of what's been earned. Who knows how accurate these statements are.
Of course, sometimes these stories go from just wacky to downright insane. Hans Ridder points us to the story of Bill Nelson, of the band Be-Bop Deluxe, and the rather ridiculous situation he went through over the years. The actual story is about a decade old, but got some renewed attention earlier this year when a bunch of blogs reposted it. We just came across it when Ridder sent it in, and wanted to post it here because it really shows how these labels treat some of their artists -- never giving any actual accounting, always slow to reply with any details, always denying that anything's been recouped. The fact that they then started changing their story and claimed they actually gave the money to the wrong people -- then denied that, then again said that was the case later -- is only an added dimension to the insanity.
The story began with Nelson asking EMI repeatedly for an accounting of what had been earned for Be-Bop Deluxe, and either getting no answer at all or (after asking many times over) being told that the band had "not recouped." There was never any evidence presented for this. The label kept reissuing works, and even contacted him to work on some of them. In one case, they told him that if he helped work on a "best of" offering, that would tip the account over, and he'd start receiving royalties. Of course, that never happened. Yet EMI came back again to ask him to work on a box set, and he asked again. And that's when things got bizarre:
Over a period of two years, a very strange story emerged. The first communication the lawyers received from EMI said that they HAD, in fact, been paying royalties...to 'the band.' My response to the lawyers was..., "Ask them which band," as I certainly had not received any royalty payments from the record company. After a long time and further prompting from the lawyers, EMI said that they actually had been making royalty payments to Nick Dew, Ian Parkin and Rob Bryan. The amazing thing about this is that these three people were NOT on any of the Be Bop Deluxe albums except the very first one, 'Axe Victim.' All the other albums were recorded with different musicians, (Charlie Tumahai, Simon Fox and Andy Clarke), under a different contractual set-up. It seemed that the first line-up, who only ever recorded the ONE album, had been receiving royalty payments from EMI for ALL Be Bop recordings, including re-issues... Recordings in which they had taken NO part, either as performers or otherwise. The really damning thing about this is that none of the original members of the band ever spoke up about it and said, "hang on a minute, I'm getting money here for music I didn't even make!" (It would be evident from the royalty statements they received that the payments were for various albums from the Be Bop catalogue, and not just the 'Axe Victim' album.) Record company cock-up aside, what does this say about people you once regarded as your friends?In the end, his lawyers basically told him there was nothing he could do, except potentially sue the original members of the band, and that going any further with pretty much any strategy would be horrifically expensive. In the meantime, we're still supposed to believe that record labels have the best interests of artists at heart? Why does anyone believe this myth?
Anyway, after I had explained to the lawyers, via Richard, that these people had not earned royalties on anything except the band's first album, letters were then sent to EMI requesting an explanation. Again, some months went by before any reply. I seem to remember that there was some muttering about EMI not knowing where to contact me to send royalties, (and me the only member of the original line up to have continued with a professional and public career in music), but, at a later date, they seemed to change their story and said that they hadn't paid the other members after all. Actually, they said, EMI were only obliged to pay a company called 'Be Bop Deluxe Ltd,' which had been set up by Be Bop's manager Mike Dolan and which no longer existed. As the company no longer existed, there was, EMI claimed, no legal requirement for them to pay any royalties generated by the product. (Despite earlier claiming to have paid money to the band's first line-up.)
Whilst trying to decide what to do next, I suggested that the lawyers should ask EMI to at least let me know how much my 'lost' royalty figures would have been. This would help me to decide whether it was worth pursuing EMI further. The legal costs are, of course, prohibitive, very much so for me. A major company like EMI can easily afford to spin things out until any opponent breaks under the financial strain. I, as they well know, can't.
Again, time passed, further reminders were sent to EMI and they finally replied. It seems that they had now gone back to their first story, that they HAD made payments but only to the three other members of the 'Axe Victim' line-up, excluding myself. A circular argument? Since then, further communications have been made between my side and theirs. These communications have always been marked by a painfully slow response from EMI. Spinning it out as long as possible, hoping that it might go away, perhaps? Eventually, an offer came... EMI would pay me any future royalties generated by Be Bop Deluxe product, provided, one suspects, that I didn't cause any more fuss. Basically, they said that they were under no legal obligation to pay me anything at all, (due to the 'Be Bop Deluxe Ltd' company's demise), although they do admit to paying royalties to the wrong members of the band. An administration mistake, apparently. Does that make it OK then?
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Carbonates (Soft Drinks) Market in South Korea - Outlook to 2022: Market Size, Growth and Forecast Analytics
Carbonates (Soft Drinks) Market in South Korea - Outlook to 2022: Market Size, Growth and Forecast Analytics
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Carbonates (Soft Drinks) Market in South Korea - Outlook to 2022: Market Size, Growth and Forecast Analytics
Carbonates (Soft Drinks) Market in South Korea - Outlook to 2022: Market Size, Growth and Forecast Analytics is a broad level market review of Carbonates market in South Korea.
Sweetened, non-alcoholic drinks containing carbon dioxide.
- Excludes carbonated tea-based and coffee-based products (included in iced/rtd tea drinks and iced/rtd coffee drinks respectively) and carbonated sports drinks and energy drinks.
- Excludes sweetened water-based carbonated flavored drinks. These are included under Enhanced Water or Flavored Water.
- Includes syrups for home carbonated Soft Drinks dispensers eg Sodastream Soda Mix (dilution 1 + 23) and out of home fountain syrups (expressed in rtd volume).
- Includes carbonated juice, carbonated nectars and products, regardless of juice content.
- Includes gaseosa, typical to the Spanish market.
- Includes soda waters i.e. carbonated water with sodium salts.
Carbonates market in South Korea registered a positive compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.83% during the period 2012 to 2017 with a sales value of KRW 37,97,896.33 Million in 2017, an increase of 1.88% over 2016. The market achieved its strongest performance in 2013, when it grew by 12.42% over its previous year and its weakest performance in 2017, when it increased by 1.88% over 2016.
The research handbook provides up-to-date market size data for period 2012-2017 and illustrative forecast to 2022 covering key market aspects like Sales Value and Volume for Carbonates and its variants .
Furthermore, the research handbook details out Sales Value and Volume for top brands for the year 2014 to 2017 and overall market sales by Distribution Channel (Hypermarkets & Supermarkets, Convenience Stores, Department Stores, Dollar Stores, Variety Store, Cash & Carries and Warehouse clubs, eRetailers, Food & Drinks specialists, Drug stores & Pharmacies, Health & Beauty Stores, Other general retailers and others) where ever applicable.
The research handbook acts as an essential tool for companies active or planning to venture in to South Korea's Carbonates (Soft Drinks) market. The comprehensive statistics within the research handbook provides insight into the operating environment of the market and also ensures right business decision making based on historical trends and industry model based forecasting.
Sales Values in the handbook are depicted in USD ($) and local currency of country and Volumes are represented in M Liters.
*Note: Certain content / sections in the research handbook may be removed or altered based on the availability and relevance of data.
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2 South Korea Carbonates Market Analytics, 2012-22
2.1 Carbonates Value Analytics, 2012-22
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2.2.1 Carbonates Market by Volume, 2012-22
3 South Korea CarbonatesBrand Analytics, 2014-17
3.1 Carbonates Brand Analytics by Value, 2014-17
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In every lifetime, there comes a point when you realise there's got to be more… PEACE IS POSSIBLE
Greg Hopkinson and Sally Lewis, two Ishaya monks from New Zealand, were inspired to make this film to show that anyone can move towards a greater experience of life.
Choice plants the seed of possibility that humanity could live in peace. A shift in consciousness is required; a shift that starts with each of us choosing for our own inner peace and happiness.
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The Bears knocked off the Lions 13-7 last night in a mess of a football game that dropped the hapless and hopeless Lions to 2-4 on the season. Detroit quarterback Matt Stafford had an especially bad night, struggling to find open receivers and managing meager statistics: 28 of 46 for 261 yards. Here's an image that represents just how futile was his evening.
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The World Cup: 32 nations, 64 matches, 1 billion viewers, 1 winner.
From the beaches of Rio de Janeiro to the busy streets of London to the stadiums of Buenos Aires, TIME presents a view of the global fervor around the big, beautiful game, seen through the eyes of Magnum Photographers.
As the World Cup returns to its spiritual home, Brazil, these are the classic goals and heart-stopping highlights, and the all-time great players — Garrincha, Pele, Jairzinho, Carlos Alberto — that give the 2014 host country its deep roots in futbol.
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Oh, Brother! (30/6/2011)
Bob Weber Jr. studied Biology, but followed in his father's footsteps and pursued a career in cartooning. He started out assisting Bob Weber Sr. on the 'Moose and Molly' daily comic in 1978. In the 1980s, he became a staff artist with King Features Syndicate.
The syndicate distributes his feature 'Slycock Fox and Comics for Kids' for nearly 400 newspapers worldwide. This entertaining feature contains nog only comic strips (starring 'Bonnie and BooBoo', among other characters), but also riddles, puzzles and educational content. Since its beginning in 1987, Weber's feature has become so popular, that he continued to work on it on a fulltime basis from his home studio.
Weber has also published cartoons in Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal and Reader's Digest. In addition to his award-winning 'Comics for Kids', Weber launched the daily comic strip 'Oh, Brother!' together with Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens in June 2010. Daily publication ended in August 2011.


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* Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has led since 1969
* Population 6.5m; land area 1.77m sq km
* Population with median age of 24.2, and a literacy rate of 88%
* Gross national income per head: $12,020 (World Bank 2009)
Latest reports indicate a state of civil war in the cities of Benghazi (1000 kms from Tripoli) and nearby al-Bayda in Eastern Libya with the protesters running into thousands and the Libyan army fighting each other with no holds barred. Despite the use of mortars and heavy guns by the Libyan Army, which has allegedly been using mercenaries from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Chad, the protesters, who are also allegedly aided by mercenaries from Egypt and other countries, have managed to overrun the local Brigade headquarters and capture large quantities of arms and ammunition with which they are fighting. Some reports, not yet confirmed, say that the armed opponents of Col.MuammarGaddafi and the Arab mercenaries supporting them have managed to push out of these cities the Libyan army units deployed there and the mercenaries being used by them. Over a hundred persons are reported to have been killed in the fighting so far. There have been no reports of any major incidents in Tripoli, the capital.
2. The Libyan authorities have alleged that Tunisian, Egyptian, Sudanese, Palestinian, Syrian and Turkish mercenaries have entered the country to fight on the side of the protesters. They have claimed to have arrested dozens of them. The official Jana news agency has said that those detained in several Libyan cities were members of a "foreign network (and were) trained to damage Libya's stability, the safety of its citizens and national unity." It has hinted that Israel is behind the unrest. It said: "The people arrested have been charged with inciting acts of looting and sabotage, such as burning hospitals, banks, courts, prisons, police stations and offices of the military police, as well as public buildings and private properties, according to plans drawn up earlier. Certain Libyan cities have been the scene of acts of sabotage and destruction since Tuesday. Sources close to the investigation have not ruled out Israel being behind the network."
3.The protesters have destroyed a radio station in Benghazi. There have been large-scale jail breaks. There's a Facebook video of a captured mercenary from Chad http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1036972563772 .The mercenaries have been allegedly offered between $12,000 - $30,000 each. Some of the latest Tweets originated by an organization called the "Democratic Underground" are given below:
This is exactly what I have been afraid of hearing. Where the fuck is the US, the UN, or any other ?
Come morning we'll learn just how much that oil is worth.
And then they'll escalate from concern to condemnation.
When world leaders respond decisively, it stops
"I'm not afraid to die, I'm afraid of losing the battle"
Youtube channel albayda2011 has selection of footage including shooting with automatic weapons.
Intl banks who hold Libya accounts, do the right thing and FREEZE these accounts.
Security forces in Al Bayda, Darna and Ajdabiya have joined protesters, strong tribal ties
There are bodies everywhere I've read.
Martyrs at Benghazi reached 500 and they will stay in the streets: no room
Chilling, but possibly the only thing better than them being
Special forces are executing doctors.
Tripoli "boiling like a cooking pot'
Women+children leapt from bridges to their deaths trying to escape Gaddafi thugs
This appears to be headed to be a complete genocide.
Do you remember what BP was allowed to do here? Libya is BP land now
Rwanda moment in Libya. This calls for international intervention now.
No electricity, water or medical supplies. Hundreds have been wounded by machine guns. We need aid.
in Darna- largest armory in the hands of the people. includes tanks
To the World, Gaddfi is using oil money paid by you, to pay mercenaries to kill his own people
No news or updates from inside Libya broadcast during the past hour.
SMS sent 2 mobile phones 'We will hit w/iron fist all oppose (Qaddafi's) revolution'.
Egyptian brother and sisters smuggling sim cards into libya. Thank you Egypt
Youtube removing videos
Reports of a C130 sent from Austria with arms for Libya via Malta. Please write to Austrian Chancellor
UK based group aiming to set up a mobile medical centre for Libya
My advice: Talk to Benghazi contacts! LET BENGHAZI SOLDIERS TALK TO ALL LIBYA SOLDIERS OVER RADIO!
United Nations consider deploying peace keepers in Benghazi to prevent protestors from being shot
I misread that... thought they WERE deploying peacekeepers.
When the people grab the oil fields, watch how fast the UN will move in
Egyptians in Cairo are collecting medical supplies, a heart warming gesture in these dark moments
Protesters destroying Gov't Property but…
Gaddafi is a psychopath, criminal & gutter snipe. And the governments that watch this murder in silence ..... (20-2-11)
( The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai. E-Mail: email@example.com )
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Baati with Kanza at the Sanaga-Yong Rescue Center in Cameroon.
Kindred Beings
Jane Goodall On Kindred Beings:
All who read this book will be deeply moved. How fortunate for Dorothy and the other orphaned, captive chimpanzees — and for those of us who care about them — that there are people like Sheri Speede who risk their health, and work for a pittance, to rescue them. Sheri's words will bring a tear to all but the hardest of hearts. And a lot of smiles as well.
— Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE founder - Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace


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After totally dominating the London 2012 Olympic Games, Michael Phelps has one more feat to accomplish: selling his Baltimore, Maryland home. According to Curbed, Phelps' pad, which hit the market in March, is listed for $1.42 million.
The decorated swimmer's home is quite swanky, though no indications of his Olympic accomplishments are in sight. Phelps' pad features three bedrooms, two bathrooms, all over three stories and 4,000 square feet of interior living space. There's also high ceilings, a two-car garage, and a granite and stainless steel kitchen where we imagine Phelps totally scarfing down hoards of food after a meet. Located in Baltimore's posh community of Fells Point, Phelps' pad boasts views of the marina and a modern interior.
The Baltimore Business Journal reports that Phelps splashed out $1.69 million for the waterfront spread back in 2007. Now that he's the most acclaimed swimmer of all-time, we're guessing Phelps is set to upgrade his digs once he returns from what is likely a massive celebration in London.


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Washington preps to to host Frontier League All-Star Game
Team releases starting lineups for July 17th in Washington
The Washington Wild Things will host the Frontier League All-Star Game July 17th. The following is a release from the team announcing the starters for the game:
The 2013 Frontier League All-Star rosters have been announced for the July 17 All-Star Game in Washington, Pennsylvania. Second baseman CJ Beatty and outfielder/infielder Stewart Ijames will be representing the Washington Wild Things at Consol Energy Park when the game gets underway at 7:05 p.m.
This season, Beatty carries a .299 batting average and leads the team in both homeruns with nine blasts and runs-batted-in (RBI) with 30. Stewart Ijames, a utility man for Washington, leads the team in batting average (.324) and has 7 HR with 21 RBI. Next Wednesday will be the first All-Star Game for both Beatty and Ijames, who are in their first year of independent baseball with the 2013 Wild Things ballclub.
The votes came from all 14 league general managers, field managers, coaching staffs, broadcasters and local members of the media.
The starting position players for the Eastern Division are Frontier Greys 1B Balbino Fuenmayor, Washington Wild Things 2B CJ Beatty, Lake Erie Crushers 3B Andrew Davis, Traverse City's SS Taylor Wrenn, Lake Erie Crushers C Emmanuel Quiles, DH Byron Wiley of the Florence Freedom, Evansville Otters OF C.J. Henry, Washington Wild Things OF Stewart Ijames and Evansville Otters OF John Schultz.
The starting position players for the Western Division are Normal Cornbelters 1B Mike Schwartz, Joliet Slammers 2B Marquis Riley, Normal Cornbelters SS Pat McKenna, Gateway Grizzlies 3B Chris McClendon, Schaumburg Boomers C Mike Valadez, Schaumburg Boomers DH Steve McQuail, Gateway Grizzlies OF Jon Myers, Gateway Grizzlies OF Antone DeJesus, and Schaumburg Boomers OF Sean Mahley.


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His Grace Dionysius (Diachenko) was the Bishop of Pittsburgh of the Russian North American Mission (Metropolia) in mid twentieth century.
Born Dmitry Diachenko (Дмитрий Дьяченко) in 1882.
In 1914 he was ordained a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church, and in 1917 he fled from Russia during the Russian Revolution. He thereafter resided for some time in Manchuria and later in China.
As an archimandrite he served as Dean of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary from 1944 to 1947. Then, he was consecrated a bishop and served as Bishop of Pittsburgh.
During the Eighth All-American Sobor of December 1950, he announced the election of Archbishop Leonty as the new metropolitan of the Metropolia after the vote by the Synod of Bishops.
In 1957 the decedent was elevated to the rank of archbishop.
On December 14, 1958 he was appointed аrchbishop of San Francisco and California
Не retired in 1959. Не died September 12, 1967 in San Francisco.
Dionysius (Diachenko) of San Francisco
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Benjamin (Basalyga)
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Jered Weaver pitched 2-hitter in Angels' win over Astros
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Houston Astros saw a completely different Jered Weaver than the one they faced 6½ weeks ago at Minute Maid Park, when they hit four home runs off him.
The Los Angeles Angels' ace pitched a two-hitter Wednesday night in the rematch, posting his first complete game in nearly two years, and Albert Pujols hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth to lead the Halos to a 2-1 victory.
"Those guys roughed me up a little bit at their place, so I wanted to come in here and have a good game and keep us in it as much as possible," Weaver said. "Their guy was throwing a good game, too. So it was nice to come out on top."
Weaver (5-3) threw 94 pitches while going the distance for the 12th time in 241 career starts and first time since Aug. 6, 2012, when he beat the Athletics 4-0 with a four-hitter at Oakland.
"It was definitely exciting to run out there for the ninth and hear the fans," Weaver said. "That's what you pitch for — to go deep into games and finish it off."
Weaver struck out five, walked one and retired 17 of his last 19 batters — including 10 straight after giving up a leadoff homer to George Springer in the fourth. The three-time All-Star is 5-1 with a 1.70 ERA over his last seven starts.
Weaver hit Springer with a pitch with one out in the ninth, then picked him off after getting a sign from manager Mike Scioscia in the dugout. He got the final out by retiring Dexter Fowler on a popup to third base.
"In that situation, I'm not really worried about baserunners. But Scioscia called a great pickoff there," Weaver said. "Usually when I look over, I can see a little bit of the runner. But when I looked over before that pick, I couldn't see him. So I figured he was off the bag pretty good. I just made a good quick move, and that definitely took a lot of pressure off."
Weaver threw a called third strike to Jason Castro in the fourth for his 1,281st career strikeout, overtaking Mike Witt on the Angels' career list behind Nolan Ryan and Chuck Finley.
"I didn't even know that I was coming up on any milestone like that at all," Weaver said. "I think I threw strikeouts out the door maybe two years ago. I mean, it's great when you're young and you just want to go out there and try to strike everybody out. But then you realize that getting early outs is just as important and it helps you get deeper in games."
Collin McHugh (2-3) lost his third straight decision over four starts despite allowing just two runs and four hits in seven innings. The right-hander struck out seven and walked two. Erick Aybar drove in the Angels' other run with a third-inning single.
"You know coming into it that Weaver's arguably one of if not the best pitchers in this league," McHugh said. "So you know that you're not going to be able to give up a lot and that it's going to be a dogfight."
Pujols who homered twice on Sunday against Tampa Bay ace David Price, drove a 2-1 pitch into the top tier of the double-decker bullpen in left field for his 13th homer this season and 505th of his career to surpass Eddie Murray for 25th place on the career list.
On hand to see it was Air Force staff sergeant Tom Sherrill of Pomona, California, who came up with Pujols' 500th home run ball on April 22 at Nationals Park in Washington.
"What I did two or three weeks ago, I put that in the past. I've flipped the page," Pujols said. "My goal is to try to concentrate on what's in front of me and help this organization win. I don't get caught up too much in numbers."
NOTES: The jockey and trainer for Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome — Victor Espinoza and Art Sherman — each threw out a ceremonial first pitch. ... Angels CF Mike Trout missed his first game of the season because of a sore left hamstring, but was available to pinch-hit if necessary. He expects to be back in the lineup Friday night for the start of a three-game series with Kansas City. Collin Cowgill started in CF for the third time this season and robbed Jose Altuve of a hit with a diving catch of his shallow flyball leading off the game. Altuve was 0 for 4, ending his career-best 12-game hitting streak. ...... Pujols had 43 home runs against the Astros, tying Aramis Ramirez for the most among active players.