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The territorial government has upped the amount of money it's willing to pay to help processors manage non-refundable recyclables.
The Department of Community Services announced last week it will spend up to $717,000 on diversion credits to help cover the costs of sending recyclables like cardboard, milk cartons, or tin to Outside processors.
That's up from last fiscal year when the budget was set at about $600,000. About $500,000 of that ended up being spent that year, the department said.
The amount the government pays to cover non-refundable recyclables varies from item to item.
The city's budget for diversion credits is $150,000 a year. Diversion rates are negotiated every year.
Dwayne Muckosky, director of community operations at the Department of Community Services, said the budget went up this year because the government expects more recyclables are going to be processed. The department has also increased the amount of money it's willing to pay per tonne for some items, he said.
"They (recycling companies) just, quite frankly, need support. The returns that they get for the materials that they ship out are just very low now in comparison to a few years ago."
The market for junk plastic, for example, has become so bad that often the processors can't find a buyer that will pay anything he said. Instead processors have to pay a fee to have the plastic taken away.
Joy Snyder, executive director of Raven Recycling, said she is grateful for this year's increase.
"Over the year the commodity prices fell and shipping increased because of the American dollar, so they did a cost of living adjustment," she said. "That was very much appreciated."
The increases will be retroactive to April 1. Raven Recycling gets a $100,000 lump sum from the Yukon government at the beginning of every quarter. At the end of the year the government pays the rest of what the company is owed.
On top of the increase in diversion credits the Yukon government is increasing the processing fees paid on refundable beverage containers by 20 per cent. That works out to an increase about $90,000 a year between the two processors, the department said. Deposits paid by consumers will not increase.
This is the first time fees have been increased since Raven Recycling started in 1992, Snyder said.
Snyder said the increase in diversion credits doesn't dramatically change the organization's precarious financial position.
When a mandatory curbside recycling program was cancelled by the City of Whitehorse earlier this year, representatives for Raven Recycling said its business model would likely have to change.
Fluctuating commodity prices combined with the fact diversion rates have to be negotiated every year means the organization doesn't have a consistent funding source, Snyder has said. That makes it difficult to plan ahead or fix aging infrastructure.
Raven has yet to decide on any changes to its operations, Snyder said today.
They're keen to work with the private sector to bring more recyclables to Raven as a way of increasing its economy of scale, she said.
"We're looking for more tonnage, we're keen to work with the private sector. But there will be some operational changes and I don't know what those are yet."
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Aston Villa will allow some of their fringe players to leave this month as they seek regular football.
Tommy Elphick is likely to be the most high-profile exit and his departure could pave the way for Axel Tuanzebe's arrival from Manchester United.
A number of Championship clubs are interested but boss Steve Bruce has said he is happy to keep him on board.
Villa have also knocked back a couple of offers for Aaron Tshibola who has scored two goals in his last two U23 games.
He will be on the move this month but is tempted by a switch abroad rather than another loan spell in England.
Birkir Bjarnason is wanted by Serie B side Parma but Villa are not letting him go on the cheap.
They paid £2million for his services this time last year and will want to recoup at least that amount back if they let him go.
Bjarnason played the second-half of the 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest last weekend, replacing injured Glenn Whelan at the break.
And he showed that he can still play a part with an impressive display in defensive midfield.
Elsewhere Easah Suliman has been tracked by Oldham, Scunthorpe and Scottish Premier League side Ross County, managed by Owen Coyle.
A number of loan requests have also been made for Rushian Hepburn-Murphy and Callum O'Hare but boss Steve Bruce will not let them leave.
More Villa news
Former Aston Villa youngster Ellis Deeney has moved from Tamworth to National League North rivals AFC Telford for an undisclosed fee.
Deeney made 81 appearances for Tamworth and scored three times after signing from Worcester City in 2016.
Darlington had also been keen to sign Deeney but he wished to remain Midland-based.
Deeney, brother of Watford striker Troy, fell out of favour at The Lamb after the 4-1 drubbing at Nuneaton on Boxing Day.
He was substituted at half-time and left out of the squad for the return match.
Tamworth boss Andy Morrell said: "We are disappointed with the way things have ended really.
"I think Ellis is a fantastic player and he's been a mainstay for us. He's played a lot of games.
"But I think his time with us had run its course. I think it was time for a fresh challenge for him and also for us. It was the right time to part.
"When he was on his game, a lot of our play went through him but fans also saw the other side to him as well when he frustrated."
The 26-year-old joins Telford on an 18-month deal and Bucks manager Rob Edwards told their official website: "When we were made aware of that Ellis was available, we were keen to get the deal done as he is a player I have been very impressed with at this level.
"Ellis will add further strength to our squad and I am delighted we have secured him."
Elmo's fire
Ahmed Elmohamady's message is loud and clear: Now is the time for Aston Villa to show what they're made of.
The right-back reckons February and March are crucial months in the promotion hunt and believes Villa can shape their season in the next ten games.
Elmohamady has won promotion twice before with Steve Bruce at Hull City - in 2012/13 as Championship runners-up and in 2015/16 as play-off winners.
Asked about a third, he said: "It looks good and we are looking forward to the games coming up.
"The most important time in the Championship is the two months coming up. It makes a big difference in your season.
"Derby keep winning games now and the last couple of months they have been in great form.
"If you have good form for two or three months in the Championship it can make a big difference."
Villa are five points behind the Rams and are in good form after three wins on the spin.
Games against Barnsley, Sheffield United, Burton Albion and Birmingham City will give Bruce's troops chance to kick on.
Bookies taking notice
Aston Villa's rise up the table hasn't gone unnoticed with bookies, with the club closing in on Derby County as second-favourites for promotion.
The race for the Premier League is hotting up and while the bookmakers think Wolves are dead certs, they are less clear on second place.
Derby are largely second-favourites for promotion, and are 10/11 with BetFred and Coral.
However, the odds on Villa being promoted have dropped after the thrashing of Bristol City was followed up by an away win at Middlesbrough.
Villa are now 6/3 with Bet365 and 2/1 with most bookies, including Betfair and William Hill .
Cardiff are 9/4 with several bookies, while Bristol City are largely 5/2.
Derby County face Bristol City on Friday, January 19 in a clash of the top five.
On January 20, Villa host Barnsley and Cardiff City are away at Sheffield Wednesday, televised on Sky Sports.
Sam the man
Samuel Bastien is attracting interest from Villa, Bournemouth and Huddersfield, according to the Guardian.
The 21-year-old midfielder is playing for Chievo Verona in Serie A at the moment, having moved from Anderlecht in 2016 and has caught the eye from those who have watched him in England.
Midfielder Bastien is a Belgium U21 international and is tipped for a bright future.
The claret and blues aren't able to spend significant amounts of money on fees and wages this month, not unless there are notable departures, but manager Steve Bruce has already ruled out his better players leaving this month.
Bruce wants to keep the bulk of his squad together ahead of a big push for promotion to the Premier League in the second half of the season.
Bournemouth and Huddersfield - the latter of whom have spent big to bring Alex Pritchard to Yorkshire this month - both have one eye on the ensuing relegation battle below them in the top flight.


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The structural reasons for declining trade union membership rates among the young have been widely documented. In a nutshell, the young are increasingly concentrated in lower- value service industries which have traditionally been under-unionised. Indeed, relatively novel employment practices with in these industries (with many workers not having a traditional 'workplace', or even being recognised as employees) make it particularly difficult territory for union activity.
Low pay, insecurity and skills under-utilisation abound. There is of course a chicken-and- egg dynamic here: has the young's reluctance to join trade unions made labour market precariousness irresistible, or does the experience of precariousness make union membership less attractive? Whichever way the causal story is told, the ending is the same. Our research with Unions21 (in conjunction with Slater and Gordon), sought to ask young people directly what they think about trade unions – and what they would like unions to offer.
The good news, for trade unions, is that today's young people hold concerns about their labour market circumstances which are enduring. Their view of what constitutes 'good work' – focused on fair pay, a degree of security, and opportunities to develop – is common to most cohorts. They also say they like the idea of trade unionism (if not all of the union practices they appear to be aware of).
There is, however, some bad news. We find evidence that today's young people are rather more individualistic. This should not in-itself dishearten trade unions, for instance – even with out a commitment to collectivist values, individuals are able to recognise the benefit of co-operating to pursue common objectives. However, it also means that today's young people are less able or willing to recognise the structural causes of the labour market conditions they are experiencing.
Similarly, while they uphold enduring notions of 'good work', they consider themselves far less likely to experience good work than previous generations. Rather than being inspired to confront this inheritance – which would go hand-in- hand with collective action – they appear rather resigned to their labour market fate. There was a strong sense among our research participants that traditional forms of political and economic representation are not well-suited to their perspectives, or individual ambitions. There is a degree of confusion about the activities, and overall purpose, of trade unions.
But we should avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Trade unions are surely an essential part of any effort to improve labour market circumstances for young people – even if the young do not (yet) realise this themselves in sufficient numbers. Indeed, many of the things our research participants claim they want from unions are actually the things that unions already do, for the most part. Young people have been overly-influenced by negative portrayals of strike action and antagonistic industrial relations.
Our research suggests that the most effective way of reaching potential members among the young is through face-to- face communication, and ideally via trusted colleagues who are already union members. This enables highly tailored – and therefore more salient – information about the benefits of membership. Unions should also enable members to communicate with each other via communication platforms – let the young talk to their colleagues by the same means they talk to their friends. Smartphone apps can also be used to give detailed, up-to- date information to young members about the workplaces and sectors they are working in (which may of course change rather frequently).
Many of our research participants questioned the cost of union membership. Trade unions clearly cannot pander to those among the young who believe union membership should be with out cost. But they can perhaps do more to differentiate their fees, or offer flexible membership models. A stronger focus on the long-term value of union membership to their career appears to appeal to young people more than a focus on how unions can help with
particular employment problems.
None of these suggestions are out-of- step with existing recruitment strategies. Furthermore, Gavin Kelly's recent essay for Prospect illuminated some of the ways in which the trade union movement is attracting newer and younger members, from the establishment of new unions in low-value service industries, to developing a partnership-based approach with large employers and opening membership to co-operative owner-workers.
We should take heart also from evidence of workers organising industrial action with out the direct support of recognised unions.
These developments are of course contradictory in some ways, and challenge traditional notions of trade unionism. Then again, the UK labour market is contradictory, with notions of work and employment being challenged. We are skilling up millions of young people for low-skilled jobs. Indebtedness has replaced earnings growth. Technology is making us less productive. Workers are being monitored and disciplined in wholly new ways – but at the same time are less likely to be formally employed.
It would be unwise to assume that any one model can address all of these dilemmas. There are, however, several challenges that the trade union movement as a whole must face up to.
Firstly, and most critically, will new forms of organising produce financial models that allow them to be reproduced at sufficient scale? The workers that need unions most are those least likely to be able to afford to join.
Secondly, what should the political role of trade unions be? Fascinatingly, many focus group participants argued that trade unions should not have a political role, particularly in relation to a single political party (the research is therefore an interesting counter-point to the notion that support for the Labour Party among young people has 'surged' under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn). Again, unions cannot pander to this view – their role in political life is indispensable – but there must surely be more effort to meaningfully represent the political views of members.
Finally, there remains a danger that, even as unions innovate to adapt to structural and attitudinal change, the foundational idea of trade unionism becomes diluted. This matters for two reasons. On the one hand, the principle that workers need to be represented because their interests are never perfectly aligned with their employers is too important to put at risk – and indeed it is recognised by most young people. On the other hand, and from a more practical perspective, young people need to remain attached to the union movement through all the twists and turns of their career. We need different types of organising for different ways of working – but we also need a size that fits all.
Our research is presented in full in Young Workers and Trade Unionism in the Hourglass Economy, published by Unions21 in conjunction with Slater and Gordon.


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Went the loo on the final whistle.
Went the loo on the final whistle because I appear to be suddenly attempting to drink all the beer. All of the beer. Went the loo on the final whistle and crossed Steve Graves the other side of my handwash. He said: "Is right". "Is right," he said. Is right.
Liverpool were abject, Steve Graves is doing maths. Liverpool were diabolical, you should be doing maths too. Is right. Is right.
Let's be clear – Sunderland are a dreadful football team. It's astonishing how poor they are. Unable to be alehouse. Unable to clog it. Unable to do the basics that anyone needs to see or feel or have. They are eleven lads, trying their best but unable. In a sense it is heartbreaking. I love Sunderland, love the place and the people. They are a good set of lads on the stands there. Our lads in a sense. An unironically good set of lads.
Through one manager after another, one set of decisions after another they are left with a football team which is neither use nor ornament, hither and thither, betwixt and betwain. Allardyce needs a window. And even if he gets one and is successful all that window does is further exacerbate problems further down the round; another layer sticking plaster which leads to no scabs that can stand up to the slightest trauma. Another fine mess someone else has got someone else into.
Liverpool couldn't despatch this football team. Liverpool lacked certainty. Liverpool lacked quality. Another goalkeeper thrown up in the dying seconds. Another corner to be anxiously headed clear. Another win needlessly complicated. Another win where there wasn't quite as much quality as there needs to be. We all know this. We all know that quality and composure and assurance.
There's a contradiction here; Liverpool defended with certainty and they attacked with uncertainty. They held together well and effectively and they were rarely troubled. Apart from in moments. It's the moments that bite, the moments that hurt, the moments which mean the attacking is uncertain, the moments which mean everyone knows a second is required.
Dejan Lovren for the second successive game was impeccable at the back for Liverpool. He was the business for Liverpool. He was what you want Liverpool to be. But you worry. Because of moments. He has moments in his past. He may have moments in his future. No wonder they snatch too often at the ball in the final third. They know more about moments than you or I do. One goal doesn't settle the nerves but maybe two will.
For the second game on the bounce one goal has settled the issue and the same man has scored it. But even Benteke doesn't get to settle. Does he fit, does he suit, is he a Liverpool player? All valid questions but he has scored the only goal in three 1-0 wins for Liverpool this season – this should count for something. This is what being a match winner is – scoring the goal that wins the match. But moments. Twice now in two games he should settle the question in Liverpool's favour but moments don't happen as they should. The question keeps being asked, keeps being repelled. And each time you think. Each time you think. You thinking, me thinking is what needs to stop. Matters need to start being beyond doubt.
But Liverpool won. Liverpool go on as winners. Frustrating winners. None of Lallana, Coutinho and Firmino should be in gilded cages. None showed outrageous quality tonight bar perhaps Firmino who also had the moments you don't want. This is how hard it is to be Liverpool manager – a centre forward who scores who doesn't score enough. A troop of tens who don't quite create enough but create enough for the centre forward to be missing enough. Centre backs who play brilliantly until they don't.
I read a book recently where Klopp describes the ninety minutes as an ongoing state of emergency. Till he came here he won't know the half of it. Liverpool, where the catastrophe curve curls upwards, takes you six behind City when they still have to come to Anfield, Libpool, full of urgent, hungry no-so-young men like me who need to see one thing happen, who hunger after it, crave it like vampires. The Reds, where there is always opportunity to become the thing and the whole of thing. Imagine. You shouldn't have to. But imagine. It is here and it is now.
Instead, in spite, because, who knows. But this: We can drink the beer, all the beer, and look to West Ham United and imagine what three more of your points can do, imagine where three more of your points can ever so quickly lead. We can drink the beer, all the beer, and sing songs with our friends. We can drink the beer, all the beer and wish Liverpool, Libpool, The Reds, the Manager, all the luck in the world and remind them what is at stake. Instead, because, we can look at one another at the end of another year and nod and say "is right", say "is right" because everything is at stake. Everything is possible. It is here, it is now and we are all alive and nothing is ruled out. Nothing should be, regardless of moments.
Nothing is ruled out.
Steve Graves is doing maths. I tell you this with love and certainty and delusion and silliness.
Thank you for reading, for listening, for putting up with it all. You really don't have to.
With enormous love (come to town, lad),
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On Tuesday morning, Earther got a press release purporting to be from financial services giant Vanguard. The press release touted a new fossil-fuel-free portfolio it called "Vanguardians of the Galaxy" for "young investors." A few hours later, another press release showed up claiming to be from Marvel saying the Vanguard announcement would "mislead customers into believing they would make their investment products 'real zero' and 'Paris-compliant.' This copyright-infringing publicity stunt defies reality, as Vanguard neither shares our environmental stewardship standards nor represents the spirit of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)."
The dueling press releases rippled through Twitter with people eager to see the two corporate titans go to the mat over greenwashing. Sadly, though, the whole thing was a ruse to highlight how Vanguard, one of the largest investment firms on Earth, is more akin to Thanos than the Avengers when it comes to climate change.
It's easy to see the appeal of the faux Vanguard release. The email was filled with groan-worthy puns and plays on words one might expect from a huge, stodgy company trying to seem hip and cool. And it would be legitimate news that represents a huge change of course for Vanguard.
Even though the actual company says it cares "deeply" about climate change, its assets are still entrenched in fossil fuels. There are few signs that they're looking to get out anytime soon. An analysis by think tank Universal Owner found the firm has just one employee for every 300 of its portfolio companies working on figuring out how to disentangle them from fossil fuels. The group also found that Vanguard directs just 0.1% of its assets under management to environmentally friendly funds.
In the 2018 proxy season for shareholders — which Vanguard is in many companies — the investment firm voted for climate resolutions a measly 12% of the time. (The company said it supported 43% of the climate resolutions it voted on in the first half of this year, which is still not exactly leading the way on climate in the boardroom.) In this light, Vanguard offering a boutique Marvel-themed fund to invest in anything but fossil fuels might be cringe, but it would also be a sign that the company is changing its tune.
The press release was covered seriously by at least one outlet. Responsible Investor actually seemed to publish the Vanguard news on Tuesday, though it has since taken down the post.
The Marvel and Disney press releases were equally irresistible. Here was a company worth billions going after a company worth trillions for greenwashing. "Most notable is the use of Groot (who is a tree) to represent financial resources that destroy trees, and Rocket (a raccoon) co-opted into a financial war whose collateral damage includes woodland creatures suffering as their habitats warm," one of the more incredible lines in the Marvel release reads.
The illusion, though, quickly unravelled with a little reporting. The press contact listed at the bottom of the Vanguard release, "Conner Lavigne," had no information available online; he had a voicemail set up at the listed number, but his email bounced back. Both the websites hosting the press releases (investor-vanguard.com and news-marvel.com) had been registered only days earlier. Stanley Goodwin, the purported new head of the "Sustainable Investments division" listed in the Vanguard release, had a LinkedIn with very legit-seeming credentials, including a stint at the nonprofit Ceres, which advocates for sustainability with investors and financiers. But the photo of Goodwin matched stock photos found elsewhere online. When a harried press person reached via Vanguard's main media line told me the release was fake, I knew the jig was up.
"I'm relieved you sniffed it out," said "Conner," whose real name is Keil Troisi, when I finally got him on the phone. Troisi is a member of the Yes Men, an activist group known for pulling elaborate pranks to highlight corporate failings. They've mocked Total with a fake press event, and their last big climate stunt was sending out a fake letter from BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in 2019 stating that the company would make all their investors align with the goals of the Paris Agreement. (Some outlets, including the Financial Times, wrote the letter up before realising it was fake.) This Vanguard project was executed by a splinter Yes Men group Troisi said is called The Fixers, and was meant to shine some new light on less high-profile corporations that are responsible for fuelling our planetary destruction.
"The Yes Men have done so many projects on fossil fuel companies, but they can't do anything unless they're financed," he said. "The place we should be pushing is on big investment firms and financiers."
The challenge, Troisi said, was how to make people care about the inner workings of financial firms — which have managed to get away with a lot of problematic investments without much scrutiny.
"Vanguard is totally opaque," he said. "It's super wonky and kind of dry, which is why they're so good at getting away with so much. The challenge is, how do you make something so boring and complex seem dumb and fun and accessible? So I just imagined, what if they did a really poorly-executed PR push to tap into pop culture, except the pop culture is a little bit late, it's not cutting-edge, but it's also a play on their name?"
The Marvel response was an additional piece of flair meant to build another layer of satire onto the joke. "The [Vanguard announcement] is a little bit too boring to be interesting, but I liked the idea of a giant, influential company being offended by another, even bigger company," Troisi said.
In addition to the press releases, The Fixers deployed a team of actors dressed as the Guardians of the Galaxy characters to stand in front of Vanguard's headquarters, passing out brochures on the "Vanguardians" program. "It's never too late to do good," the brochure says, alongside details about the fake target-date fund.
That line is, perhaps, the seed of the genius in this prank: It's almost imagining an alternate but not-unrealistic universe where Vanguard has made the decision to address criticisms from activists and start cleaning up its act, and where Marvel and Disney could really score points by putting their money where their mouth is by cleaning up their own houses. The ideas Troisi and his fellow Fixers dreamed up are not that far-fetched. These are all policies Vanguard could implement tomorrow — if it really cared about the future of the planet and its business.
"We were imagining the things they can and should do now," Troisi said. "People want to be invested in a livable future, instead of just profiting off climate change. Even their competitors seem to be doing better than Vanguard, so we were like — we should at least pretend they're doing something about climate change."
Editor's Note: Release dates within this article are based in the U.S., but will be updated with local Australian dates as soon as we know more.


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One Week With: 2016 Ford Flex Limited
Ford's alt-ute continues to forge its own three-row path
There's never been a better time to be in the market for a vehicle that seats at least six. In addition to minivans and body-on-frame SUVs, the last few years have also seen a rapid proliferation of swoopy, edgy, three-row crossovers. One notable exception in this space continues to be the Ford Flex. With a boxy design that nods to Ford's '50s era Country Squire wagons, the Flex continues to stand apart from the ever-growing crowd.
Powering our 2016 Ford Flex tester with optional all-wheel drive was Ford's EcoBoost 3.5-liter twin-turbo V-6, which is the option engine. The powerplant is a smooth operator that scoots the big Flex forward with a sense of urgency and hits 60 mph in 5.9 seconds, according to our friends at Truck Trend. Having 365 horsepower and 350 lb-ft of torque on tap will do that, even when there's a massive 4,828 pounds of crossover to pull. Power is sent to all four corners via a six-speed automatic, which compensates for the relative lack of cogs with a well dialed-in logic.
The Flex's braking performance is adequate for a large crossover with so much mass to stop. Steering is effortless but also fairly precise and markedly devoid of slop or play. Its suspension is set up for comfort, so there's a fair amount of body roll when you wheel it into a turn. Wind and tire noise is limited, and what is heard is easily drowned out by the 390-watt, 12-speaker stereo, which is controlled through Ford's standard Sync 3 system. While some of the icons are overly small, the latest iteration of the automaker's oft-maligned infotainment setup is far more responsive than before and dramatically improved overall.
Visually, the key ingredient of the Ford Flex is its optional $495 appearance package, which adds a black grille, mirrors, roof, and 20-inch aluminum wheels plus two-tone leather upholstery, an upgraded steering wheel, and unique floor mats. Without the extra black bits, the Flex looks downright pedestrian. Unfortunately, the lovely "Too Good to Be True" aquamarine paint our tester was sprayed with was cut from the lineup for 2017.
Aside from its unique style (which, given its sales numbers, clearly isn't for everyone), the Flex' biggest asset is its packaging. The slab-sided sheetmetal allows for large, full-length doors that make ingress and egress a snap, even if a large object like a child seat is involved. The flat room makes it easy to move around inside, such as when trying to navigate your way into the third row. Second-row occupants are the real winners here though, as they get to enjoy 44.3 inches of leg room, 3.5 inches more than the front passengers. Headroom is ample for all occupants as the Flex bucks the trend of sloping rear rooflines.
All three rows of seats are power operated, with the third row operable from the cargo area. When the third row is upright or simply folded forward, a fair amount of cargo space is available behind it. Additionally, it can also be folded completely into the floor to create a flat load surface or flipped backwards to create seating space for tailgating. With both rows folded, the Flex offers 83.2 cu-ft of easy-to-use cargo space and enough length for an 8-foot surfboard; volume shrinks to 43.2 cu-ft with the second row up and a still-useful 20.0 cu-ft with row number three up as well.
There's a catch, though: The power folding second- and third-row seats aren't standard. Most of the extra cost is rolled into the $3,895 303A equipment group. In addition to the powered passenger rows, the package adds heated and cooled front seats, a heater for the steering wheel with a power adjustable steering column, adaptive cruise control, and active park assist. An extra $695 is tacked on for the captain chair second row, which normally comes as a 60/40 bench.
Rounding out our tester's option list was the $1,595 Vista Roof panoramic sunroof, a $570 tow package with a Class 3 hitch, and $195 inflatable rear seatbelts. All can safely be skipped, though the seatbelts aren't a bad idea if you have kids too old for child seats, which shaves more than $2,000 off the fairly hefty $50,445 price tag.
Although the Flex's design dates back to the start of the decade, the big box has aged gracefully, thanks in part to a well-executed mid-cycle refresh for the 2013 model year and the addition of the Blue Oval's latest tech. All in all, a well-equipped Ford Flex is a compelling package for those looking for something luxurious, roomy, and unconventional amidst a sea of similar looking crossovers.
2016 Ford Flex Limited Specifications
On Sale: | Now |
Price: | $42,600/$50,445 (base/as tested) |
Engine: | 3.5L twin-turbo DOHC 24-valve V-6/365 hp @ 5,500 rpm, 350 lb-ft @ 3,500 rpm |
Transmission: | 6-speed automatic |
Layout: | 4-door, 6-passenger, front-engine, AWD SUV |
EPA Mileage: | 15/21 mpg (city/hwy) |
L x W x H: | 201.8 x 75.9 x 69.3 in |
Wheelbase: | 117.9 in |
Weight: | 4,828 lb |
0-60 MPH: | 5.9 sec |
Top Speed: | N/A |
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Model Union Resolution in support of Starbucks workers:
WHEREAS: All workers need to make a decent, family-supporting wage regardless of what kind of work they do, together with full coverage health insurance, paid time off and a predictable schedule that allows them to plan the rest of their lives; and
WHEREAS: Union representation is the best way to secure these things, therefore all workers need to have a union; and
WHEREAS: On October 28, 2021, Starbucks issued a press release claiming, "Record Q4 and Full Year Fiscal 2021 Results," and "Consolidated net revenues of $29.1 billion increased 24%…from the prior year"; and,
WHEREAS: The wave of organizing at Starbucks stores now sweeping the country is an inspiring move towards rebuilding the fighting labor movement that is needed to reshape working people's lives, so that we can truthfully say that we work to live instead of living just to work.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That this union makes a public statement in solidarity with Starbucks workers' organizing efforts and that the union shares that statement through all available media, including but not limited to: email, social media and a press release; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this union pledge its support to Workers United and the other unions currently striving to build union representation across the coffee shop and cafe industry; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this union make a $1,000 donation to the SB Workers United Strike and Support Fund (GoFundMe) to directly aid these workers in their courageous organizing efforts, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That when Starbucks workers organize a national day of action, our union will mobilize its members and community supporters in solidarity, including demonstrations and walk-ins at targeted stores; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED: That this union demand that any elected representatives who accept Union funding shall move and pass resolutions at the city, county, state and national level, calling on Starbucks Corporation to cease its union busting activities and recognize the union immediately at every store whose employees request it, based on card check recognition.
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Browned butter cookies are simple, no-fuss cookies, but are full of so much flavor thanks to the browned butter. This browned butter sugar cookie recipe is sure to be a new family favorite.
It's time for the Taste Creations Blog Hop for December, and this month, our theme ingredient is SUGAR. Perfect for Christmas cookie season, right?
I decided to try something new: Browned Butter Sugar Cookies. They're simple, similar to a shortbread, but the browned butter makes these cookies something truly exceptional.
What is browned butter?
Browned butter is regular butter that is cooked until the milk solids in the butter start to turn a golden brown color. The browning is evidence of the Maillard reaction, a chemical reaction that changes the flavor of the butter and makes it more complex and deep.
In practical terms, it becomes amazingly delicious when it turns that golden brown color.
I don't have a browned butter cookie in my collection (I do have an amazing browned butter icing recipe, but that'll have to wait for another post), so I turned to my favorite cookie recipe resource, Land O Lakes. Every recipe I've tried from Land O Lakes has been absolutely exceptional, and their Old Fashioned Browned Butter Cookies are just as amazing as every other recipe I've tried from their collection. I only made one very tiny tweak to the recipe for this experiment.
Browned Butter Cookies:
These simple sugar cookies are packed with an amazing depth of flavor thanks to the extra step of browning the butter.
Browned Butter Cookie Ingredients:
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups flour
- sugar (for rolling)
The first step is to brown the butter. Do this in a saucepan over medium to high heat, but watch it carefully and stir the melted butter constantly! I like using a largish pot to increase the surface area and because the butter foams up as it is browning. When it happens, it happens quickly. I very nearly went from browned butter to burnt butter because my daughter called at just the wrong time. Luckily, the butter didn't quite burn, and the flavor was AMAZING. When butter browns, it's because of the Maillard reaction, and it really does create an incredible depth and complexity of flavor. This extremely browned butter tasted so fabulous that I think I'm going to dance that dangerous line between browned and burnt from now on to develop that flavor. It's worth the few sticks of butter that I will undoubtedly burn in the future.
Chill the browned butter in the fridge for 30 minutes or in the freezer for 10-15 minutes. You're just looking to re-solidify, not completely harden the butter again.
Beat the browned butter and sugar together in a mixer. Add the egg and beat until fluffy. Add the vanilla, flour, and salt and mix until the dough forms.
Scoop out dough (a small cookie scoop makes this an easy task), roll into balls, and roll in sugar.
Roll the balls of dough in sugar. I used vanilla bean sugar (buy here) for an extra boost of flavor, but you could absolutely use regular sugar or colored decorator sugar.
Use a fork to press the cookies flat. If the cookies start sticking to the tines of the fork, dip the fork in the sugar between pressing the cookies.
When my mom makes pressed cookies like this, she sometimes likes to use the bottom of a cut crystal glass to press the cookies down. It creates a beautiful, snowflake-like pattern. I don't own any nice, cut-crystal glasses like that, or I would have shown you how pretty it is. I do love the classic, criss-crossed fork style too, though.
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 minutes.
Printable Browned Butter Cookies Recipe
Want a one page, printable version of this browned butter sugar cookie recipe? Click on the image below to download the PDF version of the recipe.
Want some more sweet holiday baking inspiration? Check out my fellow Taste Creations Blog Hop bloggers' recipes:
Festive Strawberry Jello Cheesecake Pie by Mom Home Guide
Dark Chocolate Sugar Cookies by An Italian in my Kitchen
Fireball Bites by Our Good Life


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"Trans* Aging: Past, Present, and Future" – plenary
November 21, 2014 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CST
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Loree Cook-Daniels will be the afternoon plenary speaker at the Transgender Spectrum Conference. Her speech, "Trans* Aging: Past, Present, and Future," will explore trans aging through a historical context, highlighting several engaging stories to illustrate the changes over time.
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This piece has been contributed by a friend living in Northern England who has been following and studying trends in the weather for several decades - N.D. ........I am not a Scientist, but have been interested in aspects of the changing climate, insofar as it affects the UK in particular, for some years. There is a vocal body of opinion that what is perceived to be a danger of a runaway global warming is entirely – or, at least, largely – due to man's activities. Many 'experts', who may well be far cleverer than I, maintain that a substantial global overall temperature increase will take place over the next 100 or so years, resulting in catastrophic changes to sea levels and massive flooding of many low-lying areas. This, again, is attributed to various man-made factors, but to what extent is unclear. I do not believe that anyone can say with certainty that man has not contributed in any way to this trend, but, thus far, I am not aware of a scientifically robust and completely dispassionate appraisal of the extent to which man has contributed. My other concern relates to the exceptionally short time-scale of truly accurate standardised temperature data which is being used to "prove" that what we are seeing is genuinely exceptional. Extrapolation from a very short timescale of records can give results which may, in time, prove to be false – although Gordon Manley's Central England Temperature data was a remarkable piece of work, this takes us back only to 1659, and he would not have regarded the results as beyond scientific reproach, whilst standardised data probably goes back little more than 135 years, even less if one is to be pedantic. Such time spans are as nothing in a historical context. Evidence of major warming and cooling periods for very many thousands of years has been adduced from, in the shorter-term, e.g. dendroclimatology and in the longer-term from such as ice-core analysis and sedimentology. Changes in the output of the sun, the earth's orbit around it and the tilt of its rotation axis must have some impact on the climate, again posing the question : "how can anyone say with utter certainty that the current warming trend is entirely or largely due to man's activities"? The cynic might argue that it provides a convenient excuse for Governments to increase so-called "Green Taxes" and quote Bierce's definition of politics as : "A Strife of Interests Masquerading As a Contest of Principles" to bolster this. Ever since the commencement of written records telling of the effect of climate change on the way we live, there is evidence of both warming and cooling events, but this evidence is generally localised and only goes back a fairly short time, relatively speaking, when measured against the historical context I've mentioned earlier. And it is not reinforced by accurate and standardised data relating to, e.g. temperature and rainfall. Comments such as "the coldest day in the memory of man" regularly appear in old diaries, but we all know how fallible and subjective this is. True, there are occasional exceptional events which excite much comment from archivists and diarists centuries ago, but these in isolation may prove nothing at all, except to say that climate is variable. Of late, much has been made of the exceptional rainfall event at Seathwaite, when 314 mm. rain was recorded in a 24-hour period, and of a run of milder than average winters, which have, unsurprisingly, also been wetter than normal. The fact that rain gauges cannot be placed in every single square mile throughout the UK may mean that this event was not as unusual as might be thought. It may have been the result of an unusual combination of circumstances whereby an almost stationary and active frontal zone aligned almost parallel to the prevailing isobars pulled in very warm air which was then subject to uplift in a fairly narrow geographical area. Similar events do occur and in places where there are observers capable of measuring them. Some can almost justify the appellation "freak". Such as a snowfall in a 15-hour period in the cold, but otherwise fairly dry February of 1929 in a very localised area of SE Dartmoor which was estimated to have been as much as 6 feet level in depth. I remember an apparently well-informed body of scientific opinion loudly proclaiming in the mid-1970s that we were headed for another Ice Age. Partly attributed to changes in the intensity of the 11-year sunspot cycle, but no-one could explain what caused this, neither, to the best of my knowledge, has anyone come up with an explanation of the causes of the "Maunder Minimum" – a discovery in about 1890 that, between 1643 and 1715, sunspot activity was either almost non-existent or very substantially reduced from what was then regarded as the norm. There were several years in this period when severe winters occurred in Europe, especially the "Great Winter" of 1683/4, which may have been one of the coldest of the last millennium. And some appallingly inclement summers, those of the 1690s resulting in quasi-famine conditions in parts of the UK. But these were interspersed with some mild winters and warm summers, so what can be said is that there is certainty about the uncertainty of climatic variability, but uncertainty about any specific root causes behind this. However, one can understand why someone who has spent many years attempting to prove a theory, and reinforcing this with apparently rigorous scientific observation, being loath to accept that they might possibly be wrong. It is only human nature. But those totally committed proponents of a specific viewpoint on 'global warming' should remember Oliver Cromwell's plea to The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in a letter dated 3 August, 1650 : "I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you might be mistaken".
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Google submitted a lawsuit accusing property speaker maker Sonos of infringing 5 of its patents, escalating tensions among the partners that have now led to a US Intercontinental Trade Fee probe.
In a grievance submitted on Thursday in San Francisco federal courtroom, Google accused Sonos of applying "substantial volumes" of its engineering with no authorization for many items, like controller applications and its Sonos Radio company.
The lawsuit arrived 5 months soon after Sonos sued Google for infringing 5 other patents, and 4 months soon after the ITC said it started investigating Sonos' grievance about audio gamers and controllers from Google, a device of Alphabet.
"Sonos has created fake statements about the companies' shared work and Google's engineering," Google said.
"While Google hardly ever sues other providers for patent infringement, it have to assert its mental assets legal rights listed here."
Sonos main executive Patrick Spence said he looks forward to winning both of those instances.
"Google has decided on to use their dimensions and breadth to test and uncover places in which they can retaliate," and rather than pay out what it owes, it has "turned to sturdy arm techniques the robber barons of outdated would have applauded," Spence said in a assertion.
Sonos is based in Santa Barbara, California, and Alphabet in Mountain Check out, California.
In its lawsuit, Sonos accused Google of advertising infringing items at much less expensive charges, to gasoline its tactic of extracting much more person data to develop its advertising and look for expert services.
Google countered it was Sonos that repeatedly sought aid during their several years of partnership, and it eventually integrated Sonos items with its Perform New music company and Google Assistant computer software.
The ITC in some cases bans importing items into the United States that infringe US patents.
Some Sonos speakers use voice assistance engineering from Google and Amazon.
Google's individual Nest intelligent speakers also include things like Google Assistant engineering.


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Following the 2008 financial crisis, regulators across the globe have increased their focus on valuation issues within the alternative investment fund industry by introducing different measures, such as Dodd-Frank in the U.S. and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive in the EU. Regardless of the type of fund structure created or strategies managed, regulators globally have become increasingly interested in how an asset management firm's valuation policy is being applied to come up with a fund's net asset value, and where conflicts of interest may arise, particularly those that have the ability to negatively affect investors.
However, the disclosures and added transparency some managers are providing aren't just driven by what a regulator wants; they are also driven by sophisticated institutional investors. Limited partners are now demanding more transparency into how private equity managers assign values to an asset, as well as seeking to get more involved in the overall valuation process. Institutional investors are seeking as much information as possible about not only the investment policies and processes but the underlying data applicable to the portfolio's holdings. Obtaining this information helps them make more insightful decisions not just regarding allocations to the specific private equity fund in question, but also how that investment fits into and correlates with other investments in the overall portfolio.
Even though the demand for more transparency from both the LPs and regulators seems to be a big undertaking for many private equity managers, it is also presenting an opportunity for investment firms to gain a competitive edge by adopting a different operational mindset. Many are choosing to outsource valuation processes or partner with industry experts to gain a competitive advantage over their peers and demonstrate to investors that an independent set of eyes is involved.
Given the long-term and relatively illiquid investment nature of private equity investments, it is no surprise that LPs are demanding more transparency to help them understand valuations and expenses before they allocate capital. To underscore just how important reporting has become to investors, a recent survey by Ernst & Young, called "Positioning to Win: 2015 Global Private Equity Survey," reveals that while "investors are generally satisfied with the reporting of methodologies and portfolio company events, [they] are also seeking to understand the key assumptions and inputs driving valuations." Additionally, 69% of those surveyed pinpoint that transparency of information is top-of-mind when it comes to financial reporting.
Although managing portfolios and delivering returns are clearly still critical to investors, private equity fund managers are facing a new competitive reality. One where they must take the extra step and combine strong/consistent performance with greater insight into how they manage those portfolios, while providing detailed valuation processes.
Regardless of whether a firm offers managed accounts, offshore funds, or onshore funds, the valuation policy has to be consistent. Particularly with portfolios holding illiquid assets, managers need to provide a breakdown of where each of the assets lies within the FASB 157 guidelines (Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3). Given their illiquidity, all Level 3 assets are priced based on 'fair value' and LPs increasingly want to know how much has been independently verified by an independent administrator; a trend that is set to continue.
Furthermore, regulators want to see that PE managers are sticking to their valuation policies. Should a manager deviate, for whatever reason, they need to be able to provide reasons for why they made certain choices when valuing those assets, particularly in cases where fair value assets are highly subjective. For example, a manager might have information about an asset that gives him/her a legitimate reason to price it at a premium, or discount it. Regardless, keeping track of valuation data, maintaining detailed documentation, and making sure that there is a clear rationale is becoming increasingly imperative.
More and more, many private equity managers are choosing to outsource valuation processes to gain a competitive advantage over their peers and demonstrate to investors that they are unbiased during the process by involving an independent third party. The investors who participated in the Ernst & Young private equity survey agree with private equity firms' decisions to seek out valuation specialist agencies. According to the survey, 86 percent value the involvement of third-party specialists as it adds a level of consistency to the valuation process.
However, not all private equity managers are responding to this transparency demand by fully outsourcing their valuation processes to external parties. Maintaining a firm's internal valuation methodology can be a difficult adjustment when working with third-party specialists, so there needs to be a unified approach, particularly when it comes to Level 3 asset prices. To create this unity and to ensure that the manager is adhering to the valuation guidelines included in the private placement memorandum, it is critical that both parties within the partnership price the asset in full accordance with the valuation policy that the fund has been approved to use.
While regulations are a tailwind pushing managers to third-party specialists, their use may increase over time due to investors' requests. It is an added assurance and it demonstrates that private equity managers have the LPs' best interests in mind by having an independent specialist providing enhanced control of the valuation process.
Fund managers are realizing that they are operating in the new normal where stringent requirements will continue to be enforced by the world's governing bodies. Yet most well-run private equity groups don't manage their portfolios to accommodate the regulators; they do it to accommodate what is best for their investors and provide them with the right level of transparency. Indeed, with LPs asking for the same things as the regulators, a lot of the operational policies are being put in place to do the right thing, to attract and retain investors while complying with all applicable regulations, not the other way around. Therefore, it is critical and a competitive advantage for private equity and other alternative investment managers to collaborate with their investors to strengthen the existing operational processes and improve the level of transparency together.
Jim Cass is senior vice president and managing director at SEI Investment Manager Services.


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The Real Faces of Disabled Veterans in America
A Veteran's Tale
When people think about disabled veterans they assume you're speaking about old men in their 70's who were in World War II or Vietnam, but in today's society, millennials are the new faces of the veteran community. I grew up in a middle-class family.
My great-grandfather fought in WWII, my grandfather fought in Vietnam, my father was a Marine, and I was in the Navy. I signed up for what I thought was an elite group of individuals who stood for something and I wanted to be a part of that, — but not at first.
I had to work two jobs to make ends meet, like most of you. I had my own apartment at 23, along with a car payment and bills. I was on my way to a blissful beginning, but in 2008 that all changed. The job market began to crash and I found myself homeless and without a vehicle.
Broken and beat down, my grandmother sent my younger sister money to get me back home over four hours away minus most of my belongings as they were stolen by a slum lord. I was rock bottom and I didn't know what to do. My parents didn't have money set aside for a college education or even money to help me stay afloat since they both lived pay check to pay check.
My sister and I decided we had no choice but to enlist in the military, as they supply you with food and a warm bed. At the time, she was a college student, and I was soon to depart back to the coast.
We both tried to enlist in the Air Force, she got accepted, and became a reservist while I didn't due to the fact I now had outstanding debt. After taking a mock ASVAB, I was accepted in all other branches of service, but I chose the Navy as I really wanted to travel and being on a boat was the best option as we were towards the end but still very much deep in the War in Iraq.
After a year in the delayed entry program, on June 6, 2010, I went to boot camp in Chicago, Illinois. After my training, I chose to go to NAS North Island in San Diego, CA and was part of ship's company on board the USS Ronald Reagan as an Aviation Boatswains Mate-Fuels(ABF).
As a Grape, I refueled FA-18, Hawkeyes, Helos, and Prowlers. I pulled flattened hoses that were six-inches across and that sometimes measured over 200 feet in length with a 30-pound metal nozzle attached over my shoulder.
Over time, I began to develop back pain, I expressed my concerns with my superiors but was laughed at, called a liar, and ignored. It didn't help that our military is full of people who wouldn't have a job if they weren't under contract. I was constantly being mistreated by individuals who only cared about themselves. I was denied positions that I worked hard for, just because I wasn't the type of female to sleep with married men or because I wouldn't treat others poorly upon request.
After returning from a temporary transfer and refusing to go back on deck, I was going to file charges against my superiors but the issue was resolved by the head of my department and I was given the office job I was supposed to have over a year ago — not because they wanted me to have the position, but because I was the only one qualified to run the work center.
Still riddled with constant pain, I was laughed at by my chain of command and the medical staff on my ship. I was told I was a malingerer and was made to feel that way without one X-ray ever being taken. I was an avid runner and was able to run about 25 miles straight before stopping.
My goal was to run my first marathon, but because of my pain, I could no longer exercise which turned into weight gain and depression issues. I went from 160 pounds to over 200 and no one would help me medically. They just sent me to the Fit Boss to be put on a weight loss plan.
At this time in 2012, hundreds of minorities from all backgrounds were being discharged for being over weight, while our white counter parts were being given BCA waivers for thyroid issues.
I was no exception, after dozens of medical visits none in which I was given a single X-ray, I was honorably discharged and was coded with weight gain on my DD214 as my discharge reason.
My chain of command tried one last attempt at me by trying to take away my benefits by giving me an SP(Bad) evaluation even though I had never had anything except EP(excellent) and MP(above average) evaluations my entire career.
I had friends in high places at the time that knew me and my struggle, and they didn't allow it. I received all of my benefits and was now a free woman.
Still depressed over my injury, I began to have issues on my right side. In constant pain and after rounds of medical appointments at the VA hospital as well as with civilian providers,
I was told that I had herniated the disk in my back, I had developed Sciatica, and had nerve damage in my right leg. I receive compensation for my injuries, but the road to recovery is long. I still have a limp occasionally and can't stand on my feet for longer than an hour without excruciating pain.
I am a full-time student and I work part-time. I'm thankful I worked hard and received my GI Bill, but the way they distribute it leaves me short on cash every month and some times I can't make rent.
Since my discharge, I've been evicted once and was almost evicted a second time. The VA tells you that they are going to give you housing as long as you're enrolled in school full-time, but it's not true.
Yes, when school is in session I receive a basic housing allowance based on my school's zip code of $2,341 a month, but this doesn't include school breaks and holidays. If we are on break from classes my checks are cut even though I am still enrolled and am enrolled for the following semester. Last month I only received $1,400 of my supposed $2,341 stipend, because the school didn't reopen for classes again until June 16th, even though I had been enrolled every semester since 2015; and my rent is $1600 a month and my disability only amounts to half my rent.
I can understand you not paying me tuition because I'm not in class, but why my housing? You said I need to receive at least $2,341 a month to live here!
I'm not a 21-year-old student that lives with my parents in my high school bedroom, I'm 32 years old and I live in a one bedroom apartment with my service dog. I'm barely able to make ends meet, and I'm trying my hardest to succeed.
Furthermore, due to stress and money, my grades are falling behind. How can I concentrate on getting a quality education, when I'm going to sleep for dinner? Every day, people pass by veteran millennials holding up signs asking for money and we are being written off.
It only takes three days past your rent due date in San Diego to get evicted. People even other veterans that have had it just as hard roll their eyes as kids my age are turned away or ignored at the VA. There is no communication between VA avenues and thousands of us are being put out of our homes.
Meanwhile, Washington D.C gives billionaires billion dollar tax cuts, spends millions of dollars to send missiles to Syria, spends millions on war machines we don't need that sit in the desert while the tires on them dry rot, and are about to spend millions building a wall between us and Mexico, when part of the US was Mexico until the late 1800's.
What is going on? I'm at the point where I'm considering moving away from the country my family and I fought for, and to top it all off, I can't get food stamps, because I make to much money even though I'm living paycheck to paycheck and am on disability and I can't get housing from HUD because I'm a full-time student.
The face of the VA aren't just men in their 70s anymore, it's your children. They are kids from poor and middle-class families, whose parents couldn't afford them an education. They are boys and girls who went into the military after high school, who were sent to Iraq to die to put money in the hands of oil tycoons. They are husbands and wives that work full-time jobs and enlisted in the reserves to feed their families because Congress refuses to pay us a livable wage.
When are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness going to apply to anything besides right-winged bullshit? When are everyday families, the lives of average citizens, and the lives of immigrants who moved to this country to make a better life and pay into our tax system going to matter…When?
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Pro's Ranch to Sell Four Stores to Vallarta Supermarkets
Regional Hispanic-themed independent Pro's Ranch Markets has agreed to sell four of its California Central Valley grocery stores to Vallarta Supermarkets, another Hispanic independent grocer that operates 27 stores across six counties in the state. The transaction is expected to close before Thanksgiving 2010.
"The Central Valley and the surrounding communities welcomed us with open arms from day one, and we have long-term team members who are like family, so this decision is especially difficult," said Mike Provenzano Sr., Pro's Ranch Markets president and CEO.
Ontario, Calif.-based Pro's Ranch will continue to own and operate 11 locations in the Southwest with stores in Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico (including four currently under construction).
"We welcome the customers of the Ranch Markets team to our family and look forward to working with the employees for a smooth transition," said Enrique Gonzalez Sr., owner of Vallarta Supermarkets.
Pacoima, Calif.-based Vallarta Supermarkets will operate 11 stores in the Central Valley after the completion of this transaction.


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Beverly Hills, Calif. -- Gleaning data from Nielsen's evolving Total Content Ratings, CBS touts strong time-shifted viewing from traditional TV platforms for the recently completed 2016-2017 TV season.
The announcement was made at the Television Critics Association meeting in Beverly Hills, California.
CBS says for the full TV season, time-shifted viewing boosted its initial airing of TV episodes by 53%, totaling an average of 12.1 million prime-time viewers for Nielsen's metric of live program-plus 35 days of time-shifted viewing across multiple platforms -- VOD, TV, and DVR.
CBS' live-plus same-day time-shifted viewing averages 7.9 million viewers. The 35-day metric is also 15% more than the 10.5 million live-program plus seven-day average.
This is not the total picture, as it does not include online and mobile viewing.
But David Poltrack, chief research officer of CBS Corp. and president of CBS Vision, stated: "Now that YouTube TV and Hulu's new TV streaming services are being counted by Nielsen, we expect an even greater boost in our viewership numbers going forward, along with more opportunities to monetize delayed viewing."
Among the biggest shows gaining the full 35-day metric: "Big Bang Theory" improved 66% from its initial live air to total 23.3 million; "NCIS" was up 43% to 21.0 million; "Bull" added 57% to 17.9 million; "Blue Bloods" gained 64% more to 16.3 million; and "NCIS: New Orleans" soared 60% to 15.3 million.
Some of the lift isn't actually "time-shifting." It's reruns of the same episode on CBS within the 35 day window.
Darrin, here in Australia the re-runs would be reported separately. The only way they would be aggregated under our system is if the ad load, ad content and ad order (including station promos and idents) were exactly the same.
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Tuesday was an awesome day for the U.S., and the world. I am proud of Americans, and their wise judgement in choosing Barack Obama as our next president. Well done.
There were an bevy of activities on Election Night here in Buenos Aires. I was invited by the U.S. Embassy to the American Club of Buenos Aires to watch election coverage on CNN and CNN en Espanol.
It was a crowded affair that attracted politicians, businessmen, diplomats and lots of local and foreign press. There were hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, chicken wings and mozzarella sticks (or, should I say, Argentine adaptations of these delicacies), and an open-bar. Jim Beam had a banner and bar set up, but I was told by a source they were charging for the Kentucky Bourbon; only rail booze was free.
We spent a few hours at the party, but then headed to a friend's house in Palermo to watch the real results start to pour in. It was nice to be surrounded by fellow Americans and Argentines on this historic night. It was clear to me that the outcome meant a lot to both.
Now the hard task is at hand. We need to restore America's faith in itself, as well as our image and relationships around the globe. I have no doubt that Obama is the right man to lead that charge.


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Big Finish: The Worlds of Blake's 7 - Heroes and Villains Announced Today!
- 11 Feb 2022
- Big Finish
COMING SOON FROM BIG FINISH! The Worlds of Blake's 7: Heroes and Villains
Big Finish have today announced the latest audio boxset in their Worlds of Blake's 7 range. This box set stars Sally Knyvette as Jenna and Jan Chappell as Cally, in stories by Trevor Baxendale, Mark B Oliver and Andrew Smith.
Unscrupulous bounty hunter. Cunning rogue trader. Sadistic interrogator. They're adversaries to avoid, but now they've found Jenna Stannis and Cally.
The Amagons deceive enemies and allies alike. Dorian's glamour disguises his danger. And there's no hiding Shrinker's brutal intentions. These villains will have no mercy when they encounter our heroes.
The titles are:
1. The Amagon Queen by Trevor Baxendale
2. The Deal with Dorian by Mark B Oliver
3. Everyone Talks to Shrinker by Andrew Smith
Script Editor and Producer Peter Anghelides said: "The reaction to Cally and Jenna's adventure together in The Clone Masters was great — from listeners and also Jan Chappell and Sally Knyvette! We decided to do three new adventures for them together, foregrounding the characters in a way that perhaps the TV series didn't always manage to do.
"As it's The Worlds of Blake's 7, we also wanted to do a further exploration of some opponents who we wish had got more screen time on the telly. Our adventures put Jenna and Cally together with characters and scenarios in each story that are echoed and reflected through all three."
Heroes and Villains will be released in April 2022 and is available to pre-order now on CD and download at pre-order discount prices exclusively from Big Finish.


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Sunday, during an appearance on Fox News Channel's "Sunday Morning Futures," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) reacted to an interview former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett gave to Maria Bartiromo earlier in the week.
Johnson dismissed Jarrett's remarks that downplayed former President Barack Obama's role in a 2016 investigation into the Trump presidential campaign, adding there was "corruption at the highest levels."
"Well, you will notice she didn't answer your question," he said. "She just talked about, in general, what the process should be. That's not the process they followed. It is very clear that there was corruption at the highest levels of, certainly, the FBI. We have evidence of it. I'm looking forward to John Durham, wrapping up his investigation. I personally believe that the intelligence community was involved in this thing."
Johnson continued, "Their initial goal was to exonerate Hillary Clinton, when — so that she could win the election. When she lost the election, their goals shifted to first — first and foremost, I think, sabotaging the Trump administration, which they have done a pretty good job of, also, I think initiating this diversionary operation, the smokescreen to cover up their wrongdoing. The fact that they — they used all the awesome powers of their agencies to investigate their political opponent. They didn't want that revealed. It's being revealed right now."
"So, again, Valerie Jarrett simply isn't answering the question," he added. "That's our job. We need to get the information. But, as I stated earlier, they still have so many of their supporters in these agencies. They are doing a pretty good job at hiding the ball. It's hard to extract the information. But I'm a pretty tenacious guy."
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KnP Training and Lessons is a family-owned business with 3 generations worth of experience in horse training. The trainers at KnP specialize in helping everyday horse owners overcome their riding and horsemanship obstacles to achieve their horsemanship dreams using patience and understanding. KnP is primarily a mobile training and coaching service but also offers in house training, riding lessons, and clinics throughout the year.
Revolutionize your riding, fix problems, and improve your equine relationship with KnP Training and Lessons. Contact us to schedule your lesson today.
Join us on Facebook or review the articles on our blog for training tips and riding inspiration.
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October 1-2, 2022
Start a solid training foundation or polish up your already broke horse. This two day clinic is the next step to improving your equine relationship and you and your horse's current skill set. Learn; timing, body control, consistency, and softness at all gaits through patterns and exercises. Topics include; groundwork for respect, gaining control of the shoulders and hindquarter, neck reining, proper cuing (leg cues), stops, side pass, establishing WILLING forward motion, training techniques for common bad habits, and leads. This straight forward clinic gives riders plenty of "homework" to expand on . And as always each clinic is 100% unique (each event we offer some new information, exercises, etc) and personalized to the riders who attend.
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Oct 22-23, 2022
Take your horsemanship to the next level. This clinic focuses on refining ; timing, body control, consistency, and softness at all gaits through patterns and exercises. Topics include; groundwork for respect, finishing exercises, two tracking, side passing, yielding the quarters, collection, speed control, rollbacks, pivots, and much more. Every clinic is limited to 15 riders and 3 instructors and is tailored to the needs of those who attend. Great for anyone interested in western dressage, western riding, trail, competitive trail riding, western horsemanship, or those looking for body control in speed events. Riders must be comfortable at the walk, trot, and canter.
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November 5-6, 2022
Learn how to reduce anxiety and open a dialogue with your horse. In this clinic you will learn how to successfully introduce your horse to various obstacles and or recover your horse's confidence and control when things go south. Learn how read your horse's body language and how to set your horse up to for success with common trail elements and challenges. Anxiousness, rushing, anticipation, bracing, not standing still, etc this clinic addresses most common obstacle issues and is personalized to those who attend.
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Christie's annual Multiplied fair is well worth a visit
October is the month when London's art event calendar is busiest and aside from Frieze in Regent's Park and PAD in Berkeley Square, there is also Multiplied at Christie's in South Kensington.
This annual event – now in its fifth "instalment" – showcases an affordable array of contemporary prints and editions including works by artists ranging from Damien Hirst to Cornelia Parker and Rachel Whiteread.
At 12pm today, Saturday 18th October, Sir Peter Blake will be interviewed by the critic and broadcaster Alastair Sooke and at 2pm today and 2pm tomorrow, there will also be showcases of 3D printing by the University of the West of England's Centre for Fine Print Research's CFPR Editions.
Entry to Multiplied 2014 is free and the fair is open from 11am to 7pm today, from 11am to 6pm tomorrow and from 9am to 5pm on Monday.
Multiplied 2014, Christie's, 85 Old Brompton Road, SW7 3LD.
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Buffalo Chamber of Commerce Director Meseret Tegenu and seasonal employees Laura Thorne and Jim Ray spoke to both the Johnson County Commission and the Buffalo City Council earlier this month to provide the seasonal schedule of the visitor center and how important the center is in generating business to Buffalo.
Thorne has worked at the visitor center for 8 years and Ray is in his 9th year and both described the efforts in promoting the area to tourists…
The center is currently open from 11am to 6pm seven days a week. After Memorial Day, the center will open at 9am to 6pm each day through Labor Day weekend.
However, if the tourist season is still active, the center may remain open for as long as visitors keep stopping by.


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15 puzzle
This game seems familiar? Click on the tiles and try out your skills. (Tip: the empty field must end up in the upper left corner.)
The game utilises the D3 framework for transforming a data representation of the playing field into a SVG display and for animating with CSS3 Transitions .
The picture is a part of the draft for the ceiling of the Roman Hall in the Neues Museum Berlin . It was designed by Friedrich August Stüler in 1862. Source


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Results tagged with "Knockhill"
Committed to Win
In competitive drifting there are no half-measures. Success favours the committed and failure awaits the meek. There isn't a set of curves on the Maxxis Tyres British Drift Championship calendar that demands commitment quite like Knockhill Racing Circuit, just north of Edinburgh in Scotland... -
EVENT: King of the Hill: 2013 Maxxis British Drift Championship Round Five: Knockhill, Scotland
The final round of the 2013 Maxxis British Drift Championship saw the BDC roadshow heading north (really far north) to Knockhill Circuit in Fife, Scotland. The BDC has been a regular event at Knockhill and always draws a big crowd… -
FEATURE: 2011 in Pictures: Jordan Butters: Part II
Last year offered up so many great opportunities that I couldn't squeeze them all into one post so here's is Part II of my 2011 in pictures. The crests and curves in Scotland, international stars at Silverstone, drifting in the heart of London and the madness of the Lousada drift festival. I think I need 2012 off to recover! Check it out after the jump. -
EVENT: British Drift Championship Round 4: Part II: Super Pro
With the Semi-Pro and Pro Classes settled respectively it was the top flight Super Pro's turn to tackling the dips and curves that Knockhill had to offer. Who would be crowned King of the Hill? -
EVENT: British Drift Championship Round 4: Part I : King of the Hill
Round 4 of the British Drift Championship takes us way up north for one of the most challenging tracks in the calendar - Knockhill Racing Circuit in Scotland. Who would be crowned the King Of The Hill in 2011? -
VIDEO: The Hill – Maxxis British Drift Championship Round 4
THE HILL .. coverage from the fourth round of the Maxxis British Drift Championship from Knockhill Circuit in Scotland. -
EVENT: BDC Round 5 Knockhill
Last weekend was the final of the British Drift Championship up at Knockhill in Scotland. I've been so lucky this season, not one single event I attended had been spoiled by poor weather! -
SNAPSHOT: Ken Block Found?
On the road to BDC Knockhill and look who I bumped into, A Ken Block lookalike (Mr Alex Broadbent)
chasing sheep round a field… Knockhill coverage coming…