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In the mid 1970s, L. Ron Hubbard ran his church from aboard his ship, the Apollo, sailing from port to port. He handwrote his notes, in red ink for a bulletin, in green ink for a policy letter. He said two things about those who want to leave: don't keep staff who don't want to be there, but don't let them go without "sec checking'' them, to make sure they won't harm themselves or the religion.
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It has occasionally happened in the past that a staff or crew member has used the fact that he or she was leaving an org to spread upset.
It is a common make-wrong in children to threaten to run away. And it is a common action of suppressives to spread upset and dissatisfaction by saying they are leaving.
There are some people who leave wherever they are obsessively and the most casual check reveals they have seldom remained anywhere; committing continual overts, they are routinely running away from any job, any post, any group and from themselves and life.
As the actual reason behind blows is overts and withholds, the excuses for leaving are usually simply justifications and are actually a third-party action of associates, usually false reports.
Therefore, informing fellow staff members and others that one is leaving is hereby properly labeled a suppressive act.
Where it is found that this is occurring and if the person concerned does not report it to the proper terminals, HAS and Staff Chaplain, departure will be followed by a declare.
If one is going to leave an org, the proper action is to report it only to the HAS and Staff Chaplain and not to fellow staff members.
Where a person is secretly planning to leave and making private preparations to do so without informing the proper terminals in an org and does leave (blow) and does not return within a reasonable length of time, an automatic declare is to be issued. Should any monies or organizational property be found to be missing in consequence, action is to be taken on criminal charges.
All persons whose contracts expire without renewal and all persons who wish to leave are to be security checked by an auditor who is qualified in Qual to make prepared lists read. This will remove the overts and withholds inevitably connected and so relieve the person and the org of the usual justifications and false reports.
All persons before going on leave must be given a Security Check by an auditor qualified to make prepared lists read. Final pay before departure is to be withheld until this action has been done.
All persons returning from missions or leave must be security checked.
Any staff or crew member falsifying the reasons why a leave is needed or requesting a leave when in fact blowing is to be the subject of an automatic declare.
There is no intention of holding on to people who do not want to be where they are.
There is every intention to use our tech to prevent false reports and suppressive actions from occurring, both to the detriment of the person himself and to an organization.
There are enough lies in the world without generating more as to the "reasons" one is leaving or seeking to use the fact to damage an org or its staff.
The vast majority of staff want to be there and are NOT leaving and they don't need third-partying SPs around. The vast majority are good guys.
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As I see it
As the Obama transition team focuses on the nation's highest priorities, don't think for a moment that drug marketing issues will get a pass come Inauguration Day.
With healthcare promises near the top of his agenda, expect Obama operatives to work closely with Capitol Hill counterparts to undo the prohibition on negotiating Medicare drug prices, even if work on the national deficit diverts attention from the notorious "doughnut hole" in seniors' drug benefits.
Although there was hardly any mention of the FDA on the campaign trail, Team Obama's reforms for that agenda will be set by Democrats on Capitol Hill who have a laundry list of things to change, including the composition of outside advisory committees to lessen industry influences, attention to drug safety in the early phases of new product development and review, and more attention to whistleblower complaints.
A Supreme Court decision favoring industry in Wyeth v. Levine is likely to provoke swift congressional countermeasures if it gives the FDA blanket pre-emption authority like that awarded last February for medical device makers. Nevertheless, readers of Supreme Court judicial banter tea leaves have a poor batting average when it comes to predicting case outcomes, so when the decision comes down, Democratic bills to answer it will be ready, and to undo the device preemption decision in Riegel v. Medtronic as well.
And as one anonymous but apparently informed FDA blogger put it, the core issue in Wyeth v. Levine wasn't the failure of the FDA-approved label to warn, but its failure to contraindicate the IV-push technique that caused the harm.
James G. Dickinson is editor of Dickinson's FDA Webview (fdaweb.com)

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Each year the Mechanical Engineering Department hosts a Career Celebration and Senior Appreciation event. Alumni, current students, industry partners, and family and friends are invited to the afternoon & early evening event.
The event includes opportunities for networking, recognizing the achievements of senior students with focus on Senior Design, learning about the latest research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the presentation of the Distinguished Career Awards to accomplished alumni.
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Publication date: February 5th 2013
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Cinder returns in the second thrilling installment of the New York Times-bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive.
Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother and the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she has no choice but to trust him, though he clearly has a few dark secrets of his own.
As Scarlet and Wolf work to unravel one mystery, they find another when they cross paths with Cinder. Together, they must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen who will do anything to make Prince Kai her husband, her king, her prisoner.
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College Football Realignment: Big TV Market Is the Ticket to a Big League InviteNovember 29, 2012
Though the Big Ten may justify the recent addition of Maryland and Rutgers by pointing to the financial potential that the institution's locations near huge urban centers offer, this claim only underscores how far gone college football really is.
Indeed, until 2012 the Big Ten—the FBS's oldest conference—was held in esteem as the old guard, a real honor to belong to and the toughest nut to crack from an entrance standpoint.
Since 1896 the Big Ten has been the premier institutional sport destination, a claim that is illustrated by the league landing big-fish Nebraska in 2010.
The Huskers were the first to receive an offer to join since Penn State dropped its independent status in 1993; prior to that the newest member was Michigan State, which signed on in 1953.
When the similarly steeped-in-tradition Huskers announced their move from the Big 12 to the Big Ten for the 2011 season, it seemed like a match made in heaven; perhaps even a step up for a program and institution that any athletic conference would love to issue a membership card to.
Any school, regardless of their situation, would be foolish not to seriously consider any overtures made by the Big Ten in terms of an offer to join.
This includes stalwarts such as Oklahoma, Texas, Notre Dame and Tennessee; all programs that geographically, academically, athletically and tradition-wise would fit into the Big Ten scheme.
Even though it would turn college sports upside down, an announcement that Oklahoma was joining the Big Ten is not unthinkable.
Beyond a top-tier team scenario for further expansion for the Big Ten, it seems plausible that institutions such as West Virginia, Pitt, Louisville, Kansas, Kansas State or even Oklahoma State would have a shot.
These options, again, all make sense geographically and they all offer a consistent winning program in at least one of the major NCAA men's sports.
All this logic leads to the question: why in the world would the Big Ten, the bastion of hard play, stiff competition and old school ball, welcome in the likes of Maryland and Rutgers?
The answer that everyone across the nation is spouting—"For the TV money"—does nothing but signal that this is the beginning of the end for college sports as we know them.
Indeed, if the Big Ten is willing to offer its once prestigious membership packages based by and large on TV attractiveness, what's next?
Both Maryland and Rutgers are fine institutions, but joining the ranks of the Big Ten over other viable options that fit the conference footprint more suitably?
For what?
The supposed viewership from a Washington D.C. market that has never fully embraced the Terrapins and a New York City market that is saturated with its slew of pro teams?
Realistically who is going to be excited about the big Ohio State vs. Rutgers clash or the Michigan vs. Maryland series?
Screw the fan, screw the existing programs and screw the sport…show me the money!
The Big Ten has overplayed its hand in its most recent expansion shenanigans, and not unlike an MLB that overestimated its national presence when adding teams, it may have pushed itself to the point of no return.
Unfortunately, the precedent has now been set. If you would like to join a major conference and enjoy the security and financial blessings that only a well-oiled, long standing league can bring, you had better hope like hell that you live near a stockpile of plugged-in, tuned-in TV sets.


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Autistic children in the Annapolis Valley are benefiting from a life-saving swim program in Greenwood, but time and money are running out to keep it afloat.
The Valley Chapter of Autism Nova Scotia was able to offer families swimming programming for the first time this past summer with the support of a one-time $5,000 grant from the GoodLife Kids Foundation, a national charity that aims to reduce barriers to activity for those with special needs.
Partnering with the aquatics department at CFB Greenwood's Sports and Recreation Centre, instructors offered the children ages four to 17 quieter, private swimming lessons they require.
"It's been very successful so far and we'll be continuing the program throughout the coming months until the grant monies are exhausted," said Sandy Wing, the chapter's co-ordinator.
The funding created a summer and fall program for up to 14 children and Wing said she is hopeful she can plan another session in the new year with what's left of the grant.
"There are still some kids who we weren't able to reach on account of the summer and fall swim schedule," she said.
"We really need to find the funding to keep it going, even if on a smaller scale. It could easily save their lives."
Something every parent of an autistic child knows was recently confirmed by a study out of Columbia University, where researchers found that 46 per cent of unintentional injury deaths for autistic youth were caused by drowning, particularly between ages five and seven.
"A lot of (autistic children) have no sense of danger," said Wing. "And they're drawn to water," she said, recalling the case of four-year-old who drowned in his grandparent's pool in June 2016 in Middle Musquodoboit.
For Janet Hall, it's all about swimming safety for her eight-year-old grandson Mackenzie.
"I don't want him to be on a swim team; I want him not to be scared and learning how he can be safe instead of panicking if in the event he finds himself in a situation," she said. "Even doggie paddle or tread water to get himself through it."
Tanya Ervin said her 16-year-old son Luke wouldn't be able to save himself if he fell in the water.
"He still has to wear floaties in the deep end," she said.
But placing their kids in public, group-based swimming lessons isn't a successful learning environment for them, the women said.
"A public pool setting can be such a sensory overload," said Hall.
Other children swimming around them can be too much commotion, light reflecting on the water can be distracting, earplugs don't mitigate the amplified sounds in pool environments and the result can be a meltdown for an autistic child, leaving them unresponsive, crouched on the pool deck and afraid.
"The anxiety was enough to start all of his behaviours," said parent Kari Smith of her five-year-old son, Ellery Saunders. "Even being an in an outdoor pool was way too much stimulation."
Smith said she looked into private lessons before, but she said most swim instructors aren't equipped to deal with autistic children.
Instructors at Wing 14 customized the one-on-one instruction and adapted teaching techniques through resources they sourced from the Red Cross and the South Shore Autism Nova Scotia chapter, including laminated pictograms to help with visual learners as well as the tactile ones, said Susan Fayant, aquatics supervisor.
"The instructors really enjoyed the attention and direction they could give to the participants," Fayant said. "With concentration they can really interact with them," adding that she's happy to hear parents of participants value the program.
Smith said she saw improvements with her son, who will also be in the fall program beginning in early October.
"And (the instructors) were open to listening to suggestions from parents about how to deal with our child, what works best to keep them on task," said Smith.
"I couldn't believe the difference in eight weeks compared to three years of lessons every season," said Hall. "(Mackenzie) learned so much in such a short period of time, more than in the three years trying him in regular public lessons."
Hall said she's noticed an increase in her grandson's confidence and courage in other water settings after the lessons by going into deeper waters.
"You could tell he was proud of himself," she said. "That will be something that pays off in other areas of his life, too, knowing he can try something and achieve."


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Graham's Magazine carried in its issue of April, 1841, a short story entitled "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." Nothing quite like it had ever been seen before. The reading public was accustomed to tales of crime, whether fictional or of real events, and the violent deaths of Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter would not have been a cause of any particular note, except possibly for protests over the shocking details. What was of note was the novel manner in which the author treated his subject. With "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" Poe became the only American ever to invent a form of literature. He invented the detective story.
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History will remember Mitt Romney's attempt to oust Barack Obama as President of the United States as the tipping point of the marriage equality movement.
Some will credit Joe Biden's "blunder" or Barack Obama's assertion that "gay couples should be able to get married." Others will assert pop culture's influence, noting the Green Lantern's proposal to his boyfriend or the same-sex marriage of Marvel Universe's Northstar to his lover last month.
However, the historical account of the gay marriage movement will memorialize Mitt Romney's Mormon faith as the magnifying glass that moved Americans most regardless of which candidate wins the White House in November.
In June, The New York Times published an op-ed piece, "Why We Fear Mormons," by J. Spencer Fluhman, an assistant professor of history at Brigham Young University who suggested that "making Mormons looks bad helps others feel good." He states, "By imagining Mormons as intolerant rubes, or as heretical deviants, Americans from the left and right can imagine they are, by contrast, tolerant, rational and truly Christian." He further proposes, "Anti-Mormonism has long masked America's contradictions and soothed American self-doubt."
Resisting a snarky retort seems like the more reasonable road to travel, but it's hard to refuse noting the similarities between Professor Fluhman's musings about faith and why some wish to keep the institution of marriage from same-sex couples, why adults and children justify bullying kids who don't conform to gender norms, why preachers hit the Web with bold assertions to beat "gayness" out of children, and why Pastor Curtis Knapp of Kansas contends "government should kill gays, but they won't."
The Mormon church's past anti-gay positions and its role in financing Proposition 8 California's 2008 ban on same-sex marriage may have been the first dominoes to fall around the faithful, but vetting Mitt Romney as a presidential candidate links the straightforward similarities between Mormonophobia and homophobia. In both cases, it can be argued, that we ridicule others and deny others humanity in order to feel better, to feel more faithful or to assert our moral superiority. Mitt Romney's "youthful indiscretions," his contemplation of classmates who are bullied because of real or perceived sexual orientation and his argument for the freedom of religion are all rooted in deep considerations of morality, acceptance and the motivation behind the actions we take against others.


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In some penetration tests, tools and applications only get you so far.
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In early 2016, we began evaluating how easily our customers could find answers on the Nimble AMS help site. We started by speaking with our customers about how they like to search for information on the internet, and what types of content they find most helpful. We had conversations with users at different technical levels and job roles and found a few striking similarities in what everyone needed most.
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Hark, the trumpet loudly pealing
Knocks the plaster from the ceiling,
As there marches on the course
The Jumbos of the police-force.
Clowns, and Dogs with queer expression
Have their place in this procession;
And 'tis hard for dogs, I know,
On their two hind legs to go.
Who are these with courtly manners
Bearing lofty poles and banners?
Faithfully they represent
Followers of the tournament.
Next a line of pretty pages
Our attention close engages;
The Chinese Giant in the rear
Making them like dwarfs appear.
Here's a funny turnout, surely,
With an Ostrich lashed securely
To a coach, Zenobia shares!
And well the bird the burden bears!
Goats upon the mountains ramble,
And in harness sometimes amble;
But a tandem-team like this,
Is a sight you should not miss.
Through the desert Camels travel,
Speeding o'er the sand and gravel,
Bearing heavy burdens too,
Which in our land they could not do.
Here the roads are rough and stony;
And the Camel's back's so bony,
None but Clowns would dare to go
On them, with the Circus Show.
Goodness gracious! Did you ever?
Here are harnessed up quite clever
Two Giraffes! The whip they heed;
Nor venture at a break-neck speed.
A Soldier comes! On stilts he's stalking!
Back of him a Dude is walking,
Either side of him a friend
As you can see;—and that's the End!
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Much has been made about the wounded nature of the NCAA, but sportswriter Gregg Doyel believes that the struggles of college sports' governing body will prevent it from going after its most powerful member: the University of Alabama.
Since Nick Saban took over and turned the floundering Alabama football program into a powerhouse, allegations of cheating and improprieties have surrounded it. Most of it comes across as simple rumors or vague allegations from jealous fans of rival schools. Even more specific allegations have failed to land with the program and can be seen as sensationalism.
Some believe Alabama is completely innocent (or at least as innocent as an institution can be in this day and age), while the more cynical believe that Mark Emmert has shielded Saban, the man he hired at LSU, from any sort of investigation or discipline.
However, recent issues with the program have moved beyond real or fictional recruiting violations, but a seemingly serious issue of money floating around the program. Doyel has a different take on how the NCAA will handle the situation.
Regarding the recent payment of a coach to safety "Ha Ha" Clinton-Dix, as well as other infractions, including agent contact with players like DJ Fluker and Marcell Dareus, Doyel writes, "A few years ago we'd be throwing around phrases like 'lack ofinstitutional control' and wondering how many scholarships the NCAAwould take from Alabama and how many years it might keep Alabama out ofthe postseason. But now isn't then."
He goes on to articulate that the weakness of the NCAA is the reason punishment may be unlikely.
"The NCAA is a weakened animal, cowering in the corner out ofself-preservation," Doyel continued. "Last month the NCAA backed slightly off its PennState sanctions, an unprecedented and symbolically significant move. TheNCAA still hasn't ruled on Miami, paralyzed by its own taintedinvestigation."
That supposed weakness has moved the NCAA's concerns from beyond public relations and onto survival. As Doyel puts it, "the NCAA is terrified that the biggest football schools will break away partially or even completely."
Agree or not, Doyel's point sheds light on the distinct possibility that certain football programs have perhaps grown more powerful than even the NCAA. It remains to be seen what the NCAA will ultimately do, whether anything can slow down Alabama's march to historical levels of dominance, or if all of this will have lead to more rumors about Nick Saban's possible dance with Texas this offseason.


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"Our recent submission to the Productivity Commission, responding to its draft report on childcare and early learning, supports the suggestion of government subsidies for nannies," FamilyVoice Australia research officer Ros Phillips said today.
"Qualified nannies do a great job caring for children in the family home, providing flexibility that institutional childcare cannot offer. It is only fair that families in different situations receive equal childcare support when it is funded by the taxpayer.
"And it is only fair that families who do their own childcare – by sacrificing a whole salary so that one parent, usually the mum, can stay home to do it – receive equal support as well," she said.
Ros Phillips said that gold-standard longitudinal research has shown that young children develop best with parental care up to the age of two or three. "Full-time daycare can be damaging for very young children," she said. "They are more likely to be aggressive and uncooperative in later years, disrupting their own education and that of others in their class.
"Policies that support only institutional childcare choices are likely to lead to negative outcomes where future productivity is concerned," Ros Phillips said. "I am surprised that the Productivity Commission does not appear to have taken this factor into account."
"It is only fair that parents who wish to receive government support for caring for their own children comply with standards required for commercial nanny care.
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Australia: Boral Ltd has announced that its profit for the first half of the 2017-2018 fiscal year (from 1 July 2017 – 31 December 2017) rose by 13%. The company benefited from the 2017 acquisition of the US-based building products firm Headwaters Inc. and continued growth in its Australian business.
It reported a net profit of US$136.0m for the six month period, a rise of 12.7% compared to the same period of the 2016 – 2017 fiscal year when it made US$120.7m. Its profit before amortisation and significant items increased by 58% to US$$186.5m.
"These strong results confirm that our transformation strategy is on track," said Chief Executive Mike Kane. "The Headwaters acquisition has helped transform Boral into a construction materials and building products group with a greater geographic reach and improved prospects for growth."
Boral's US business, which was only breaking even in 2015 – 2016, recorded a fourfold rise in earnings, despite adverse impacts from bad weather, including two hurricanes.
Kane also said Boral's Australian arm, its largest divison, was 'exceptionally strong' during the half. Boral reported a 12% rise in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation from that business.
"Higher revenues and earnings were driven by increased spending on infrastructure, in line with our expectations that a large proportion of our work would gradually shift from residential to infrastructure projects, primarily in the eastern states," said Kane.
Boral reported a 1% dip in earnings from its USG Boral division, a joint-venture with USG Corp., the largest US maker of gypsum wallboard, which operates throughout Asia, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.
Boral USG's revenue rises on back of Sheetrock rollout16 February 2017
Australia: Boral's revenue from its gypsum wallboard join venture, USG Boral, has risen by 2% year-on-year to US$566m in the first half of its financial year, which ended on 31 December 2016, from US$552m in the same period in 2015. Its earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose by 18% to US$116m from US$98.5m. It attributed the sales growth to growth in its Sheetrock plasterboard product. The on-going rollout of Sheetrock is scheduled to continue until the end of 2017. Regionally, sales growth in South Korea, Australia and Thailand offset a declining market in China.
The building materials company added that its joint venture had started building a new warehouse at its USG Boral's Dangjin facility in South Korea in the reporting period. The upgrade at the site is intended to add incremental capacity and support the longer-term addition of at least 30Mm2/yr of plasterboard production capacity at the site, which has existing capacity to produce around 70Mm2/yr. The investment will be self-funded through the joint venture.
Overall, Boral's sales revenue fell by 5% to US$1.6bn from US$1.68bn. However, its profit after tax rose by 9% to US$114m from US$105m. It attributed this to a 'solid' performance in Australia combined with good earnings from Boral USA and USG Boral.
Boral's profit rises by 8% to US$204m25 August 2016
Australia: Boral's profit after tax has risen by 8% year-on-year to US$204m in its financial year which ended on 30 June 2016 from US$190m in the previous year. Its sales revenue fell, by 2% to US$3.28bn, but revenue from continuing operations rose slightly. Revenue from continuing operations benefitted from stronger residential activity in Australia and the US, which offset the decline in resource-based and other major project activity. The company's earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) also rose due to operational cost improvements, lower fuel costs and some pricing gains.
"We have continued to improve our performance across our businesses in line with our strategy, managing our portfolio more efficiently and maintaining a strong balance sheet," said CEO and managing director Mike Kane. "The continued growth in Boral's earnings demonstrates the great work that has been done to improve our cost base, grow margins, and efficiently supply market demand, which continues to be strong in Australia and Asia, and is growing in the US."
The group's joint-venture with USG, USG Boral, saw its revenue rise by 10% to US$1.06bn from US$965m. This was attributed to growth in Sheetrock product
wallboard sales resulting in higher pricing, and growth in adjacent product (non-board) sales. Strong volume growth in Australia was offset by contraction in key Asian markets and price competition in South Korea. EBIT increased by 27% to US$136m from US$107m.
Boral profit grows by 23% to US$97.2m for half year11 February 2016
Australia: Boral's profit after tax has grown by 23% year-on-year to US$97.2m in the first half of its 2016 financial year. It reported a profit of US$80m for the same period in its 2015 period. It attributed the growth to a strong residential market and growth in New South Wales (NSW) with cost cutting, price rises and slightly higher property earnings for its construction materials and cement business. Overall revenue fell by 4% year-on-year to US$1.6bn.
"The success of the first half is underpinned by a very strong residential construction market in NSW, a solid performance in South-East Queensland, further recovery in the US and a successful growth strategy in the gypsum business in Australia and Asia," said Boral CEO and Managing Director Mike Kane.
Boral's gypsum business reported a 13% rise in revenue to US$505m. This was attributed to increased penetration of Sheetrock brand wallboard, resulting in higher overall pricing, and stronger non-board sales. Strong volume growth in Australia was offset by contraction in key Asian markets and a reversal of a short-term market share gain in South Korea.
LafargeHolcim says Australasian business is not up for sale01 December 2015
Australasia: LafargeHolcim has said that, despite what has been reported recently in the media, its Australian and New Zealand operations are not for sale.
LafargeHolcim recently announced a plan to divest almost US$5bn of assets in 2016 after posting unexpectedly weak third-quarter results. Speculation had emerged that it might exit from the Australasia region.
However, according to local media, an internal email sent to staff on 30 November 2015, Holcim Australia Chief Executive Mark Campbell said the company was 'not currently being sold,' but could not rule out an exit in the long term.
"I have checked whether the LafargeHolcim group had made a decision to sell the businesses in Australia and New Zealand and started a sale process without my knowledge and the answer I have received is 'no,'" said Campbell. "That said, organisations change focus over time and it is impossible to say that we will always be part of the LafargeHolcim group."
Australian-listed rivals, including Boral, Fletcher Building and Adelaide Brighton, are seen as potential acquirers, should the multinational giant choose to sell off its local arm. Ireland's CRH may also be interested. However, Morgan Stanley said that many of LafargeHolcim's local competitors might run into competition issues, given that the market is concentrated among several large players. "Should Adelaide Brighton fully participate, we cannot rule out that the 50% share in Cement Australia would be divested due to Australian regulations, given Adelaide Brighton's already strong share in cement," said Morgan Stanley Analyst James Rutledge. "While we think Fletcher Building is unlikely to be in a position to participate in industry consolidation, a change in owner that was less integrated into the region may be a positive for Fletcher Building at the margin," said Rutledge. "Given Boral's strong share in aggregates and the concrete market, we believe it will be difficult to participate in industry consolidation."
While Lafarge has a limited local presence in Australia and New Zealand, Holcim bought a string of Australian assets from Mexico's Cemex in 2009 for US$2bn and now boasts more than 350 sites nationwide.
Boral annual profit up by nearly a half27 August 2015
Australia: Boral has recorded an increase in full-year profit, buoyed by the return to profitability of its US business for the first time since 2007, a pick-up in local demand and cost-cutting initiatives.
Australia's largest building materials provider posted a net profit of US$183m in the year to 30 June 2015, a 48.3% increase on the previous year's US$123m. Underlying profit rose by 45% to US$178m. However, Boral's total revenue over the same period fell by 15.2% to US$3.15bn.
Boral chief executive Mike Kane said that the results reflected the benefits from the company's overhaul of its business which reduced the size of its workforce and resulted in the closure of some unprofitable operations. "We've improved Boral's cost base, strengthened the balance sheet and we are managing our portfolio of businesses more efficiently," he said.
In the current 2016 fiscal year, Boral said it will focus on maintaining underlying earnings from construction, materials and cement, while property earnings remain uncertain. Building products are seen remaining broadly steady, while USGBoral will deliver further underlying improvement.
Australia: Boral will repurchase up to US$182m of its shares after a string of divestments bolstered the company's balance sheet. It intends to buy back up to 5%, or about 39 million shares, of its issued capital on-market over the next 12 months.
Boral chief executive Mike Kane said that the completion of a number of transactions, including the US$127m sale of its Western Landfill business in Melbourne to Transpacific Industries, had allowed for the share repurchase.
"This buyback reflects Boral's commitment to efficient capital management and delivering improved returns to shareholders," said Kane. "At the same time, we are maintaining flexibility to respond to changes in market conditions and to take advantage of appropriate growth opportunities that may present in the future." Kane had already flagged acquisitions in Asia and North America and said that Boral was too unbalanced towards Australia.
Boral received US$500m as part of an agreement with USG Corporation to sell half of its Australasian wallboard assets into a joint venture. It is on target to receive further performance-based payments of up to US$57.7m over the next three years.
Boral was reportedly considering a sell-off of its building products division, but indicated it would instead look for savings through cost-reduction programs and joint ventures. A brickmaking joint venture with CSR will proceed after receiving approval from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, with the expectation of savings of between US$5.39 – 7.69m between Boral and CSR.
Boral reports US$81.1m profit in the first half of 201512 February 2015
Australia: Boral has reported a first-half 2015 profit of US$81.1m, benefiting from a recent overhaul of its business, a pickup in Australian demand for home-building products and a deeper push into Asian markets. Boral had reported a net loss of US$20.2m in the same period of 2014, as earnings were weighed down by asset write-downs.
Boral returned to profit in the second half of the 2014 fiscal year that ended on 31 June 2014, as it reaped the benefits from the earlier restructuring that reduced the size of its workforce and resulted in the closure of some unprofitable operations. "The restructuring and streamlining of Boral's businesses that has been taking place is enabling it to be more responsive to market changes," said chief executive Mike Kane.
Boral said that activity in the Australian housing market, which accounts for about 28% of total revenue, continued to gain pace during the period. A nascent housing recovery is underway in Australia, fuelled by record-low interest rates and demand from investors in major cities like Sydney. It is helping Boral to recover from several tough years, despite uncertainty about the outlook for the economy as a decade-long mining-investment boom slows. While the number of Australian home-building permits slipped by 3.3% month-on-month in December 2014, according to the latest government data, it followed a 7.7% rise in November 2014 from October 2014 and an 11.9% rise in October 2014 from September 2014.
Boral said that appetite for its products in other markets was also rising. It highlighted stronger gypsum demand in Korea and Thailand in particular, although it said that demand in China, where the property market is cooling, was subdued. In the US, Boral said that it was now seeing the benefits from a housing-market rebound and its own moves to restructure the business. The company said that it expects earnings to be 'broadly break-even' in the full 2015 fiscal year after considerable losses in recent years.
Boral concerned that wet winter will affect results06 November 2014
Australia: A wet winter has delayed construction activity in key east coast markets as New South Wales experienced its wettest August in 16 years. Boral's CEO Mike Kane has told shareholders that more heavy rain could buffet earnings in its construction, materials and cement division during the rest of 2014 and 2015.
"Expectations could be dampened if we are unable to realise potential property sales and some level of price increase in this very competitive market and if we experience extended periods of adverse weather," said Kane. However, he added that Boral expected to more than double earnings in its building products division in 2014 and 2015, which made US$8m in earnings before interest and tax in the 2013 – 2014 financial year. Kane said that rising energy and labour costs remained a concern across the group.
Chairman Bob Every said that Boral expects a resources industry slowdown, particularly in Queensland. "We are expecting continued softening in roads and infrastructure activity for most of fiscal 2015 before a solid multi-year pick-up from fiscal year 2016," said Every.
"In our 2015 financial year we continue to expect ongoing strong results from construction materials and cement, improvements from both the building products and Boral USA divisions and improvements in the underlying USG Boral business," said Kane. "We anticipate return on funds employed to improve, despite the shift to equity accounting on Boral's 50% interest in the Gypsum joint venture." Boral made a net profit of US$173m in ist 2014 financial year, an improvement on a US$212m loss suffered during the previous financial year.
Every also announced his intention to stand down in 2016: "I was re-elected by shareholders at Boral's annual general meeting last year and at the time I intended that, if I was re-elected, that this would be my last term on the board. My intentions are unchanged. Therefore, I will not stand for re-election in 2016. I will work with the board to identify the best possible candidate for a successor for the role of chairman and I will help to ensure an orderly transition process."
Lightweight board launch amid improving picture for Boral29 August 2014
Australia: Building materials supplier Boral says that its prospects are improving as government infrastructure spending increases and industrial turmoil recedes. "After reporting lower earnings for two years running, we have clearly turned the corner," said Boral's chief executive Mike Kane.
Boral swung to an annual net profit after tax of US$161m in the financial year ending 30 June 2014, bouncing back from a US$192m net loss in the financial year ending 30 June 2013. The full-year result showed market conditions had improved across all of its divisions in Australia, the US and Asia.
Kane also expressed confidence in the American USG-Boral joint venture, which will soon launch a new lightweight gypsum board into 12 markets across Australia, Asia and the Middle East.


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It was a strange night at UFC 159 though one with as many highlights as bizarre occurrences. One of the evening's most entertainment moments came when heavyweight Roy Nelson KO'd Cheick Kongo in the opening round of their main card clash. The finish came after Nelson landed a huge overhand right, following the shot up with a single, spectacular strike on the ground rendering Kongo into a puddle of goo.
Understandably, the finish was named Knockout of the Night and scored Nelson an extra $65,000.
Meanwhile, Pat Healy and Jim Miller won Fight of the Night thanks to a spirited effort seeing the Strikeforce veteran choke Miller out cold in the closing round of their rumble. Like Nelson, each won $65,000 for the effort.
Also noteworthy, Healy's stoppage of Miller was awarded Submission of the Night, netting "Bam Bam" another $65,000 on top of his other bonus.


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Peter Margulies' Sur-Reply
Peter has responded at Lawfare to my most recent post. I think we've taken the argument about as far as we can, so I'll give Peter the last word. Suffice it to say that, according to Peter's new post, there is nothing wrong with an appellate court upholding a defendant's conviction (1) for a non-existent war crime — conspiracy; (2) on the ground that the non-existent war crime bears a resemblance to a mode of liability that is not within the jurisdiction of a military commission — JCE; because (3) that mode of liability bears a resemblance to a mode of participation that is within the jurisdiction of a military commission — aiding and abetting. We can only hope that the military commissions themselves, and the courts that review them, do not take such a cynical approach to the principle of legality. But I'm not going to hold my breath.
PS. Peter's invocation of aiding and abetting tells us all we need to know about his willingness to rely on analogy to paper over vast differences between criminal-law doctrines. JCE is a form of principal liability; aiding and abetting is a form of accessorial liability. The actus reus of JCE requires an enterprise, a common plan, and a contribution to the plan; the actus reus of aiding and abetting requires no plan at all, just assistance to a crime that has a substantial effect on its commission. The mens rea of JCE requires intent to commit the crimes contemplated by the common plan; the mens rea of aiding and abetting requires only knowledge that assistance will contribute to a crime. But other than that, JCE and aiding and abetting are exactly the same…
PPS. I feel compelled to set the record straight concerning the government's decision to drop JCE from the Hamdan case. Peter rejects that description of what happened, arguing that "[t]he government dropped the language after a judge in Salim Hamdan's case rejected the enterprise concept from the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), not from JCE." Peter's argument, however, is specifically contradicted by Judge Allred's decision. As Judge Allred notes (p. 102 of the document here), in defending the "enterprise theory," the government argued (emphasis mine) that "[t]here is also historical precedent… in the law of war for an enterprise theory of liability that is neither present nor required in military law." The italicized language puts beyond doubt that the government was arguing JCE, not some kind of RICO liability. Last time I checked, RICO was not part of the law of war.
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I still feel that 10 USC 950q is open to a contrary interpretation, notwithstanding what has recently been ruled. At any rate, such a ruling arguably represents a narrowing of the statutory language relative to the way that the equivalent provision – the then 18 USC 550 – was interpreted during the Dachau trials (18 USC 550 was not directly applicable but was evidently thought of as relevant). The provision, which was in the same terms as 10 USC 950q(a), was frequently referred to in so-called "common design" cases, see, for example, page 342 of the transcript of the first such case (Russelsheim Death March).
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Erbanna Is the Line of Bags That Weed Smokers Don't Even Know How Badly They Need
Having an organized and stylish place to keep your weed that you can leave out in plain sight is an option any adult deserves.
Dress: $700
I had wanted to purchase an unconventional prom dress. So it was written in my third grade diary journal notebook that borrowed heavily from the Amelia's Notebook series; so I thought it should be. I had told everyone (read: everyone who pretended to care) (read: my sister, my mother, and my Livejournal friends) that I was looking for a dress that would say "Hey, I'm, like, totally maintaining an ironic distance from this whole 'prom' thing. I mean, I like Neutral Milk Hotel, okay?" or, alternatively, "Sorry I'm not sorry." I wanted to be Andie Walsh from Pretty in Pink. I was trying to look like I wasn't trying. (The story of my teenaged life.)
The search for my funky sassy alterna "different" prom dress was plagued with mishaps and missteps. I remember spending an entire afternoon stumbling through Flushing, Queens, trying to read the MapQuest directions that I had printed out earlier that morning despite the fact that the ink was beginning to run and smudge across the page due to the drizzling rain that was proving to be more consistent than my own sense of hope. My hair was beginning to frizz, my mother was wearing a metallic bucket hat, and I had no idea how to find the next prom pageant warehouse that was on my list. So obviously I started to cry. I cried and inexplicably blamed my mother for everything and I shouted "fine, let's go home — LET'S GO HOME," with the same intonation and emotion as one would shout "you don't love me."
A few weeks before prom — probably too few weeks for my own sanity — I accompanied a friend to her prom dress fitting. I was hungover from some party that I had probably fought my mom to go to but don't even remember now. (I'm sure there were jelly shots…a Long Island youth includes a lot of jelly shots.) The store where my friend had brought her dress and was now getting fitted was tiny and strangely perched on the side of a main highway. The lights were soft, which was great since my head was aching. I remember it smelling like orchids but that could just be the nostalgia and too many marathons of Say Yes to the Dress talking.
It's easy to get caught up in the fantasy of prom when you are surrounded by women of an indeterminate age who are all complimenting your complexion and your friend emerges from a dressing room, strapped and tied and cleavaged like some anime goddess and racks and racks of frothy dresses are twinkling like you are trapped in a Labyrinth ballroom dream. In a matter of minutes I was standing half-naked in a dressing room, looking at an armful of dresses that I hadn't even picked out. One of the Dorian Gray women bustled in and out of my dressing room with a sense of confidence and dismissiveness that I found comforting. (Although I vividly remember being embarrassed because I was wearing ugly, slouchy underwear.) I put on a dress that was more glamorous than anything I had previously pictured for myself, more Blane than Andie. Everyone oohed and aahed for just the right amount of time. I looked at this rhinestone-and-bead-covered version of myself in the store's full-length mirror and the reflection was so disjunctive, the whole experience so unfamiliar, that I bought the dress. I bought the high glamour, heavily beaded, floor-length, $700 dress.
Because my prom dress purchase was so out of budget, I couldn't afford to pay for alterations. Luckily, my French seamstress grandmother was staying at my house that summer. Every morning that I was roused by my grandmother's stern hand and made to stand in my house's cluttered porch, wearing my prom dress and makeup from the previous night, feeling pools of sweat form around the dress' heavy rhinestone band, my grandmother tugging and pinning and shaking her head and cursing in French, listening to the indignant sounds of her breath and beads bouncing off the carpet floor, I had to remind myself that the end result would be worth it, that PROM was worth it. I'm sure it was but I will say that even now I feel pinpricks of sweat begin to form whenever I hear French.
Shoes/Bag: ? ~40?
I don't even remember what my shoes or my bag looked like nevermind where I got them from or how much they cost. I've scoured through countless Facebook photo albums as research and, evidently, I surreptitiously kept my bag-clutching hand behind my back for THE ENTIRETY OF PROM. My dress was floor-length so the shoes were bound to be a lost cause, but really? Not one photo features my purse, not even a corner of it, not even as an ill-placed blur blocking someone's face?! In a way, that tells you something about prom: 90 percent of the things you spend fret about, tear pictures out of magazines for, labor to coordinate, and blow money on don't even make it into your photos or your memories.
Whatever they looked like, I'm sure my bag and shoes were silly and I clearly never wore/used either one of them again.
Earrings: $25
I bought them from a mall kiosk two days before prom. I'm sure most girls would rather, like, diethan buy something intended for their special night from a tiny stylized hut sandwiched between an incense vendor and that place where you can customize your own airbrush-painted trucker hat but it was TWO DAYS BEFORE PROM. I didn't have the time or the energy to seek out something higher brow. I had never spent more than $7 on earrings before but these were the perfect combination of the words "danging", "rhinestones", "chandelier", and "tear drop." While I was purchasing the earrings, my mom kept looking at me and raising her eyebrows and smiling. She was trying to tell me to haggle but she looked like a Furby whose batteries were dying. I didn't haggle. I think my mother, a shamelessly frugal shopper, partially disowned me that day.
Nails: $12
It was unbearably hot. The night before, my best friend and I had made plans to go to a nail salon that was across the street from our high school but that was when it was still normal degrees outside and my skin didn't feel like it was sliding off my bones. I wanted to call my friend and beg for a raincheck but prom was the next day; THERE WAS NO TIME FOR RAINCHECKS. I walked to the nail salon and got hot tar all over my Old Navy lip flops. #TheAughts!
The nail salon's air conditioner made loud sputtering sounds but it didn't work. If anything, the misty air that it emitted every three minutes just made everything seem closer. Muggier. I left an imprint of back sweat on the couch I was told to wait on and I knew that the nail technician noticed when she came to fetch me and I was incredibly self-conscious. While the woman smiled smugly at my cuticles and made clacking noises with her tongue, I looked outside the front window and watched as some kids from my school bummed cigarettes and lethargically attempted kickflips across the street. I knew these kids because they never went to class but instead occupied that very same street corner and bummed cigarettes and lethargically attempted kickflips all day. The corner they stood on was also home to a tiny brick pizzeria called Elegante's. The pizza wasn't particularly good but it was easy to score a free soda. These kids were known as Elegante kids.
When the nail technician sat me down in front of a a UV nail dryer, she said "you too hot." It was more of a statement than a question. She kept nodding at me so I smiled and tried to not smudge my nails.
Makeup: $70
Previous to my prom, I had never worn a lot of makeup, barring my brief flirtation with "scene-dom" and blue eyeshadow in 2004. The first time I had attempted to wear eyeliner was a scarring experience: I was thirteen and didn't attempt to differentiate between my waterline and my lash line; I had treated my NYC Waterproof Eyeliner like it was a dried-out marker, pushing down and rubbing until my eyes watered, and was called "goth Colette" (insults aren't exceptionally inventive in middle school) for nine whole periods of class. So, by the time prom had arrived, I was woefully ignorant of any beauty regiments or treatments outside of washing my face twice a day and applying mascara while on my way to school.
I wanted to "do" prom correctly, at least in terms of participating in the feminine ritual of dressing up and "putting on my face." I wanted to perform my gender to its upmost; I wanted to prove my bona fides. I wanted to look like I was every woman and that it was all in me. Suffice it to say, I spent $70 on makeup at a local CVS. Creams, toners, primers, foundations, eyeshadows to highlight, eyeshadows to contour, eyeshadows to shadow my eyes with — I bought it all and yet I only ended up using two colors of eyeshadow and the same exhausted tube of mascara I had been using all year. You see, I eventually got sick of pausing and replaying Youtube tutorials and anxiously vacillating between the computer screen and a mirror. My father got sick of skirting around me as he tried to make his way to the kitchen/bathroom, as I had installed myself in my sparkly glamorous prom dress on the dining room floor. (The family computer was in the dining room.) My mother got sick of me discarding Q-tips and balled-up tissues by the truck-full.
I lost $70 worth of makeup later that night when my bag popped open during a particularly rousing grindtrain to Kevin Lyttle's "Turn Me On." All the creams, toners, primers, foundations, eyeshadows to highlight, eyeshadows to contour, and eyeshadows to shadow my eyes with scattered across the party bus floor and I was too dizzy from shots of syrupy vodka to notice.
Hair: $80
I went to get my hair done with the same girl who inadvertently brought me to buy my prom dress. She was much better at this type of stuff than I was: she grew up with two older sisters and a single mother. Surrounded by women who comfortably and fearlessly talked about being women, she knew things about tampons, tanning, boys, and how to tape your boobs up that I still haven't figured out.
I forgot my pictures of hairstyles at home so instead I uselessly babbled about curls and "the tone" of my dress until the stylist wrapped a smock around my neck, told me I was getting something "a little up and a little down," and drowned out my questions with a hairdryer. My hair did indeed end up being a little up and a little down. Unfortunately, my blowout lasted all of two hours — there are some things that just can't survive ponnin' de floor.


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Over the past half-century, biosensors have opened a new window on the physical world while revolutionizing much of modern society.
By utilizing an electronic or optical system, biosensors detect and interact with the components of biological materials, making it possible to analyze DNA, measure the content of glucose in the blood, detect biotoxins in the water and the atmosphere and much more.
Sales of biosensors reached $8.5 billion worldwide in 2012 and are expected to double to $16.8 by 2018. The United States, with $2.6 billion in sales in 2012, leads the world market.
Rossin Doctoral Fellow Yongkang Gao '14 Ph.D. has spent much of the past three years using nanotechnology to improve the speed, efficiency and sensitivity of biosensors while dramatically decreasing their size and cost of operation.
His goal is to transform today's relatively bulky surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors, which take up most of a desktop, into nanoplasmonic biosensors that can be held in the hand and can perform hundreds of tests—medical, environmental or other—at a time.
Gao, who completed his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in January and is now a researcher with Bell labs in New Jersey, is the lead author on an article that a team of Lehigh engineering researchers published recently in the journal Lab on a Chip. The group also contributed the cover image for the issue.
Titled "Plasmonic interferometric sensor arrays for high-performance label-free biomolecular detection," the article was coauthored with Zheming Xin, Beibei Zeng, Qiaoqiang Gan, Xuanhong Cheng and Filbert J. Bartoli.
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For years and years I was unsuccessful at baking fresh yeast breads. Once I had success, I couldn't get enough of it. I made these Angel Rolls with roasted chicken and asparagus and the kids were pretty sure they were going to starve before I got it all on the table.
My oldest came through begging how much longer. I was just finishing up the asparagus so I handed him a roll. He practically inhaled it. He said that these were the best ever and was wondering why I hadn't been using this recipe all the time. I told him well this recipe is from Red Star Yeast and I think maybe they are a little more expert at making bread than I am.
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- 1⅓ cups Milk
- 2 Eggs
- ¼ cup Butter
- 5 cups Bread Flour
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ⅓ cup Sugar
- ¾ teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- 2¼ teaspoon Active Dry Yeast
- In a mixing bowl, blend together yeast, 1 cup flour, sugar, and salt. Heat milk and butter to 120º to 130ºF; butter does not need to melt. Add to dry mixture; blend on low speed. Beat 2 to 3 minutes on medium speed. Add eggs; beat 1 minute. By hand, stir in baking powder, baking soda, and enough remaining flour to make a smooth, very soft, sticky dough. Place dough in lightly oiled bowl. Cover; let rise until dough tests ripe.
- Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; punch down to remove air bubbles. Divide dough into 4 parts. Divide each part into 2 pieces. Divide each piece into 3 sections. Shape each piece into a smooth ball. Place on greased baking sheet. Cover; let rise until indentation remains after touching. Bake in preheated 375ºF oven 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Brush with melted butter if desired. Remove from pan; cool.
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3mm Ball End Adjustable Wire Bangle Bracelet . Polished Original Rhodium Plated / 2 Pcs - BC166-PR
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★Ball End Adjustable Wire Bangle Bracelet . Polished Original Rhodium Plated★
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Material : Stainless Steel
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Dimension : 55mm x 0.8mm (20 Gauge), 3mm Ball
Origin : South Korea
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Welcome to Child Evangelism Fellowship-- The Three Rivers Chapter serving Will, Grundy and Kankakee Counties! We invite you to look around and get a feel for us. Please stop by and sign our online guest book, and if you have any questions feel free to reach out and call one of our Ministry Leaders.
Through the Good News Club, which is similar to a high-powered Sunday school held in public schools and neighborhoods, churches can build relationships with children and their parents outside church doors. Good News Clubs provide the context in which ongoing evangelism and discipleship can occur. We hope you and your family will have a warm experience with us as we share ministries to children.
We are part of a world wide ministry. Learn how God is using Child Evangelism Fellowship in worldwide children's ministry at www.cefonline.com.
We'd also like to invite you to read our online prayer and praise page "Hold the Rope." You can be one of our partners in prayer, God is waiting patiently, at all times, in all situations, to communicate with you.
Satisfied to serve,
J. Michael "Mike" Fox
Hebrews 12: 1,2
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Open up that wallet, PC gamers: Steam is having a sale so ridiculous it's nearly impossible to resist. 2K Games is celebrating itself with the "2K Huge Games Pack" on Valve's downloadable game client. Buried beneath the onslaught of 20 cheap games is the slashed price of Bethesda's Fallout 3, which is available for $24.99 through the July 4th weekend.
For just $53.99, the Huge Games Pack nets you 2K classics like BioShock, Prey, Sid Meier's Pirates, and a silly amount of Civilization and X-Com releases. The whole package would regularly cost $230, and with a massive stable of phenomenal games here there really isn't any reason to avoid filling your rig with 2K's best.
Along the same lines, Fallout 3 is available for half of its regular price this weekend. If you've been holding out on the massive post-apocalyptic shooter RPG, well, now's the time. Though it's a bit of a departure from the franchise's former self, this late 2008 release was endlessly praised by the press, and even managed to snag numerous Game of the Year awards across a bunch of online and print outlets.
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Read more at 2K's Huge Games Pack page, or Steam's Fallout listing.
Mitch's Opinion
Though I've played many of the games included in the Huge Games Pack, it's in my cart regardless. It's such a ludicrous amount of games that I can't resist, and any opportunity to play Sid Meier's games on the cheap is fine by me. Fallout, on the other hand, is something I couldn't get into on my 360. But who doesn't have 25 bones to drop on such a remarkable game?
This is one of the better deals in PC history, for sure. Seize it while you still can.


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Well, except for two groups. Tourists, of course – and old Campesinos on their visit to town to drink a coffee, maybe call in at the bank or chat to great nieces and nephews parked on the zebra crossing, while traffic backs up and every horn toot creates some avant-garde orchestral piece. These old men congregate on street corners too, eyes as slitted as those of Clint Eastwood under the brim of their hats, a roll up cigarette in the corner of their mouths. Their half-mast trousers flap on their Queen Anne-legs and the suit-jackets may match for colour but not for size.
And yes, the tourists do wear hats; fake panamas with Feria de Moderación 2012 on a synthetic hat-band, baseball caps – peaks forward or back depending on how cool the logo might be on the front and – occasionally – something that looks like it should have corks dangling from the edge.
Locals call foreigners Guiris. It means someone who comes from somewhere else. Under Franco they used to use it to refer to the Guardia Civil. Now it means foreigners who live in Spain. That tells us something, I suppose. We Guiris, you might imagine, don't generally wear hats. We should, we know: the spectre of skin cancer looms over all white boys in the sun. In fact, if you do see an Expat in a hat, they've probably already had a brush with the Big C.
I like hats. I like the films they used to wear hats in. A policeman or a gangster in a hat used to be someone to take seriously. Imagine if you saw someone in the street wearing a trilby, a homburg or a bowler hat today! You'd think they were making a film.
So I say a metaphorical 'hats off' to the bold campesinos, for they can return the favour with no artifice, using the real thing. Only, well, these bold men in their titfers are also old men, so pretty soon it will be "no hats en el pueblo".


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Fri, 14 April 2017
Dating apps; so many people use them, yet the stigma still remains. The hook-up culture linked to the world of swiping leaves some feeling defeated or desperate, but single people in search of love or company keep coming back! There has to be some success…right? On today's show, Emily is diving deep into why we bother with online dating, as well as answering some of your most perplexing sex questions!
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Dec 9 2012
Python Error Logging to Amazon Web Services' Simple Notification Service (SNS)
Jamie Begin
As part of the standard library, Python provides a very flexible logging module that includes the ability to define custom handlers. Commonly this is used to log errors to Syslog, SMTP, a database, etc. However, we can also easily adapt it to log to a Amazon Web Services Simple Notification Service (SNS) topic. Subscribers (either […] …Read more
Aug 22 2012
3 Things You Must Know If You Develop on Amazon Web Services (EC2)
Jamie Begin
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a great way to begin building highly-scalable, durable web apps almost immediately… er, which is a bit of a problem. If you're developing applications on AWS, here are three important tips to keep in mind before diving in head first. Never run anything important on a single EC2 instance. If […] …Read more
Mar 22 2012
A better way to authenticate users via a SQL database.
Jamie Begin
For years I've been using this simple design pattern when building a new user authentication backend for a project. Rather than just querying whether a username and password is valid, I perform a conditional INSERT on a login history table. It's a pretty obvious idea, but not one that I've personally encountered in other developer …Read more
Feb 9 2012
4 Non-Obvious Tips When Developing with Credit Card Gateways
Jamie Begin
I've been working with credit card payment gateways as a web developer since 1997, when I built an e-commerce website for a small computer store. It's a complex industry with myriad fees intentionally obscured behind various jargon. I've picked up on some of it along the way, but didn't really start to get a solid […] …Read more


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Tonight's Evening Brief is brought to you by the Toronto Global Forum. Over 130 speakers and 2,600 participants are expected to be at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel on September 12-14, 2016 for the 10th Anniversary. Confirmed speakers include Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund, Enrique García Rodríguez, Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and Rob Lloyd, Hyperloop One.
The Lead:
We begin tonight in London, where Home Secretary Theresa May is set to become Britain's first woman prime minister since Margaret Thatcher resigned in 1990. May's only rival for the Conservative Party leadership vacated by David Cameron in the wake of the Brexit referendum mess, Andrea Leadsom, pulled out today. Mrs. May, 59, was a Remainer in the divisive campaign over leaving the European Union but has vowed to oversee a calm and civil exit. "Brexit means Brexit and we're going to make a success of it," she said in a speech today. Cameron is set to hand over the reins after PM's question time on Wednesday. Today, he was downright jolly. Here's The Guardian's live blog.
In Canada:
In the bafflingly transformed political landscape of G7 democracies that now includes the previously unimaginable Cinderella stories of Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, Beppe Grillo and Donald Trump, could this be the moment when the stars finally align and Canada embraces perpetual political bridesmaid Tony Clement? On the eve of Clement's leadership launch, our BJ Siekierski has "Never a bride? Stranger things have happened".
During a joint news conference in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada stands by Ukraine in its struggle against Russia, but wouldn't be pinned down on whether it will continue supplying troops to train Ukraine's military. CP's Lee Berthiaume reports.
In Calgary, Alberta Premier Notley, flipping flapjacks at a Stampede breakfast today, said the do-si-do taking place between Alberta's two right-of-centre parties hasn't changed how the NDP plans to tackle the next election. As CP reports, Notley seemed unfazed by Jason Kenney's designs on her job.
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, speaking at Britain's Farnborough air show, said Bombardier's CSeries program doesn't require immediate federal financial support but he still expects Ottawa to come through with US$1 billion in additional funding. Quebec has already made a US$500 million first payment towards its US$1-billion commitment to the CSeries. CP's Alexandre Robillard reports.
In James Munson's Drilldown blog: Report says Parks Canada shirking environment, plus all your other resource politics news.
Kelsey Johnson is off this week. The Sprout returns next Monday.
After a week of pain and grief for both black Americans demanding their civil rights and police officers charged with protecting and respecting those rights, Dallas Police Chief David Brown, who lost five officers to sniper fire last week, today expressed open frustration at the demands placed on law enforcement in 2016. "We're asking cops to do too much in this country," Brown said. "Every societal failure, we put it off on the cops to solve … Policing was never meant to solve all of those problems." In the wake of the officer killings in Dallas and those of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police in the previous week, President Barack Obama cut short a European visit and will travel to Dallas tomorrow. Meanwhile, the above photo of protester Ieshia Evans in Baton Rouge has gone viral.
In Other Headlines:
- The internet was supposed to foster democracy; China has different ideas (The Washington Post)
- South Sudan rivals call for ceasefire (BBC)
- Ex-Fox news correspondent named Vatican spokesman (The Guardian)
In a notable challenge to the trend of not only flouting the conventional protection of journalists as non-combatants but actually targeting them as a form of censorship and intimidation, the family of the late, legendary Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin is suing the government of Bashar al-Assad for allegedly assassinating her by artillery fire in 2012 to silence her reporting on the war in Syria. The suit, citing numerous Syrian sources and government documents, alleges that Colvin's killing was facilitated by intelligence tactics including surveillance, hacking and paid informants.
The Kicker:
Finally tonight … stop pouting — Last Week Tonight may be on hiatus but John Oliver is alive and kicking on YouTube trolling YouTube trolls.
And, a beautiful bonus … Serena Williams' masterful delivery of Maya Angelou's Still I Rise.
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A day in the life of an "SA"
Systems administrator ...? Never heard of one? No wonder really considering nowadays, many new careers are the result of several professions combined. A systems administrator is a prime example of this. This recognised skilled occupation is a combination of electrical engineering, IT and telecommunications engineering.
It is a highly diversified profession, full of exciting, innovative technologies that require systematic expertise. Training takes 3½ years but may be reduced to three years for outstanding performance.
I'm an aspiring systems administrator in my second year of training at Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH. In the first nine months, I completed my basic training in the company's own training workshop. During this time, I gained useful theoretical and practical knowledge. The main topics covered during basic training include metalworking, installation technology, component handling and digital technology.
I learnt a lot during this time, before switching to the Information and Communication Technology department at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. I'm now working in Service & Support. There are five service teams at the airport:
- Team 1: System assembly/network infrastructure, help desk
- Team 2: Telecommunications
- Team 3: IT
- Team 4: LAN
- Team 5: HF/LF (high frequency/low frequency)
Trainees are assigned to a specific team according to requirements and on request. I was assigned to the HF/LF team, which is in charge of radio electronics and radio coverage at the airport. This is also where radio terminals are programmed and handed over to the customer, and vehicle installations and repairs are carried out. Another aspect is public address systems. Electronic PA systems cover the entire terminal, providing information, boarding announcements and alerts. Other tasks include servicing and maintaining the systems, e.g. PA circuit measurement. The department is also responsible for "sound" in the conference rooms. This involves setting up and dismantling intercoms, recording conversations and conference support.
Another area of responsibility of the HF/LF team is video. This not only involves setting up, dismantling, repairing and administering camera equipment. The team also deals with display systems, maintains end devices and administers flight information systems.
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Attend an SEO Workshop that Fits Your Needs
Search engine optimization is an important part of the online marketing equation. People turn to the search engines to find information on just about everything. If you can't be found in a search result, you are missing out on loads of new business opportunities. SEO used to be a phrase that was only used in small circles but it's made huge advances in popularity and any website owner (or anyone involved in online promotion and marketing) wants to know what it's all about. A great way to learn about SEO is to attend an SEO workshop. Of course, these workshops cost money so it's important to fully understand what you are getting for your money before signing up. SEO workshops vary depending on who is running them, so be sure to research these items beforehand to make sure that you are choosing the right SEO workshop option for you:
How long is the workshop?
Workshops may last a week, a day, half a day, or even a few hours. The half day or 2 hour workshop options may be cheaper (or may even be free) but what needs to be understood about SEO is that there is a lot to learn! There's no way that a 2 hour workshop is comprehensive. It may touch upon a few of the most important functions of SEO but without understanding all of the pieces and how they fit together, it's impossible to move forward with any kind of strategy.
Who is the target audience of the workshop?
Many workshops can cater to a wide audience, but some are specialized. For example, the workshop could target a specific segment that can benefit from understanding SEO. Workshops may cater to SEO professionals, small business owners, web designers/developers, entry level marketers, marketing managers, etc. Make sure to choose a workshop that most closely fits your segment.
What is the level of training?
While some SEO workshops are basic, others can be very advanced. What best fits your needs? If you are an entry to mid-level SEO, you may be looking for an advanced training workshop to strengthen your skills. If you know nothing about SEO and own a small business you should look for something basic. Marketers that know a little bit about SEO may be looking for something more in the middle.
What's allowed?
During an SEO workshop attendees will receive a lot of information in a short period of time. You can only remember so much once you leave, even if you are taking great notes! Ask the person/company that is running the SEO workshop if they will allow you to record audio, video, or both during the SEO workshop.
Is it in person or online?
This is really a matter of personal preference. Some people prefer online workshops because they are able to eliminate travel expenses and can attend the workshop in the comfort of their own home or office. The down side is that the environment is less focused and it's easy to get distracted with other tasks.
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Welcome to Jesse Saldana Training Center
This exotic and dynamic bay stallion has a beautifully sculpted dry face with very correct conformation.He has a very elegant and archy neck which gives him a gorgeous headset under saddle.Stud fee for SKORR DA is $1,500
With owner and rider Jessie Smith Scottsdale Top Ten 2015
Western walk/ jog
SupremeChampion Mare Ath at the Las Vegas World Cup
Located in the beautiful wine country of northern California,
Jesse Saldana Training Center is dedicated to development of Arabian
show horses in halter, western pleasure and hunter.
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You Kill Me, Southland Tales & Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
You Kill Me
Every once in a while a movie comes along in which the filmmakers know exactly what they're doing, which is precisely how I felt within the first few moments of You Kill Me, a razor-sharp comedy directed by John Dahl from a script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, starring Ben Kingsley as an alcoholic hitman, Frank. When Frank falls asleep on the job and the target gets away, Roman, his Mafioso brother (Philip Baker Hall), orders him to join the AA and clean up his act. The rest of the plot (involving Dennis Farina as a rival mob boss muscling in on Roman's turf) is at best functional, but with a premise like this—hit-man forced to quit drinking so he can carry on killing—who cares? The casting of Kingsley as Frank is inspired, and Dahl returns to form as a director, his last film of note being Rounders, back in 1998. The film delivers on its giddy promise pretty much all the way, and unlike most other nihilistic-comedies-about-lovable-hitmen, there's nothing mean-spirited about it. It doesn't glorify Frank's work, but it never holds it against him either. It's dark, but it has heart.
Since playing Gandhi in 1982, Kingsley has steadily evolved from an accomplished, rather dull actor into a sneaky, playful presence; he seems especially at home playing heavies, and Frank may be his best role to date. Tea Leoni, Bill Pullman, Luke Wilson, and Marcus Thomas all bring a special flourish to their work, and make up a motley bunch of endearing, slightly off-the-wall characters (the exceptions are Farina and Hall, who have played these roles too many times before). The film rather fizzles out towards the end—it badly needs an ingenious twist or action sequence to round it off—but for most of its length it's a real gem: diamond hard and razor-sharp. Frank takes pride in being good at his job, but he has a conscience. He doesn't regret killing people, just the kills that weren't "clean." The film is gleefully morbid. It's death-affirming.
Southland Tales
Richard Kelly's long-awaited follow-up to 2001's Donnie Darko arrives on a wave of bad press after its 2006 screening at Cannes, and alas, reports were not exaggerated. Southland Tales is painfully sophomoric and entirely devoid of the wit, intelligence and pathos that made Donnie Darko such a unique experience. Aspiring to be a sci-fi epic, the film was shot on a tiny budget in only thirty days, and the film looks (and sounds) like an "avant-garde" American TV show, with performances (a bland cast lead by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Sarah Michelle Geller) on about the same level. Everything about Southland Tales is horribly botched; it even manages to make Miranda Richardson look like a bad actress, a major feat in itself.
Whatever Kelly's vision was, it was hopelessly scrambled on the way to the screen. What's left is an undisciplined mishmash of ill-conceived, poorly executed scenes going nowhere and a lot of slapstick violence and smug, "surrealist" jokes reminiscent of David Lynch on a bad day. Kelly is insanely ambitious and he throws just about everything into the mix—Biblical prophecies, teenage porn, corporate conspiracies, rigged elections, time travel, world war three—everything except believable characters, engaging dialogue, or a plot that makes any sense. When Kelly's not aping Lynch he's coat-tailing Kubrick (he makes his inspirations plain with the soundtrack, probably the most enjoyable thing in the film), but he has sacrificed his own sensibility on the altar of his movie idols. In the process of realizing his grandiose satiric-apocalyptic vision of "Life on Earth," he short-circuited his talent. Without narrative framework or coherent vision, Southland Tales is all sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Written and directed by Zach Helm (who wrote last year's underrated Stranger Than Fiction), Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium tells the tale of a 243-year-old toy shop proprietor (Dustin Hoffman) and his faithful store manager Molly (Natalie Portman). When Magorium decides his time to depart has come, he chooses Molly as his heir, but Molly doubts her ability to fill her mentor's magical shoes. Helm is aiming for a kind of archetypal fairy tale complete with Tim Burton-style carnival antics, but nothing seems to come naturally to him. He's straining for effects and the strings are showing, and most of the time he relies on a soaring orchestral score do his work for him. The music lets us know when we're supposed to be moved, and audiences may go along with the film simply because it works so hard at being liked. But besides the irresistible high of seeing Natalie Portman finding her witchcraft, nothing has much resonance here. It's all bright surfaces with nothing behind them. Where Stranger Than Fiction achieved a magical realism, combining a sharp psychological edge with Capra-esque sweetness, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is all sweetness and no edge. It's cotton candy, and without nuances or depth, the result is as flat and inconsequential as a cartoon show. We might at least have hoped for an inventive star turn from Hoffman, but he comes off as a mincing, cloying presence. The whole film is cloying, in fact. Magic that isn't anchored in reality is just confetti to distract from the fact that nothing is really going on. The film is kid's stuff, a likeable trifle. Considering the talent involved, it's a major disappointment.