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Confidence is the belief that you'll be successful in a particular situation or at a specific task.
Your confidence is related to your self-esteem, which is feeling good about yourself and feeling that you're a worthwhile person. But having high self-esteem doesn't mean you always feel confident.
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from difficult experiences and cope in hard or stressful situations.
Resilience and confidence are related too. If your child has resilience and learns that she can cope when life is difficult, it will leave her feeling more confident to tackle difficult situations. It's a positive cycle.
Confidence helps teenagers make safe, informed decisions. Confident teenagers can avoid people and situations that aren't necessarily right for them, and to find those that are.
If your child is confident, he's more likely to be assertive, positive, engaged, enthusiastic and persistent.
For example, a confident teenage girl whose boyfriend breaks up with her might be upset for a little while. But then she might realise that she can bounce back from the sadness she's feeling now and focus more on the positive aspects of her life, such as other friends and family. On the other hand, a girl who feels less confident in her relationship skills might be much more upset, or even feel that it was all her fault. This could also affect her self-esteem, and leave her feeling that she isn't worth dating.
Teenagers with low confidence are less likely to join in activities, more likely to hold back in class, and might be more willing to give in to peer influence. When a child lacks confidence, he might expect to fail at things he tries, or to not try as hard when things get tricky.
Here are some tips for building confidence and resilience in your child.
Be practicalLook for the practical and positive things your child can do to build skills and increase her chances of success. For example, 'Ada, if you want to be picked for the basketball team, you need to make sure you're listening to the coach and practising between sessions'.
Give your child opportunities to try new thingsWhen your child tries lots of different things, he'll get to know what he's good at and what he enjoys. He'll also learn that most people do well at some things and not so well at others – and that's fine. After all, we can't all be Olympic athletes, computer geniuses or rock gods!
Encourage your child to keep tryingIf your child fails at something, help her understand that everyone makes mistakes. It's OK if you can't do something the first time you try. You could share some examples of times that you have failed, or have needed to keep trying at something.
Model confidence in your own abilityYou can be a role model when it comes to confidence. For example, you could talk to your child about what you're going to do to try to succeed at a task. If it doesn't work out, you can model resilience by talking about what you're going to try next time. You can also discuss things you've done that might have been scary or tough for you to do, showing your child that you've also been through times when you've needed confidence.
Encourage your child to act confidentActing confident is the first step to feeling confident. So you could suggest to your child that he makes eye contact with others, is bold, does what he loves, tries not to focus on what he can't do, and walks away from situations he knows aren't good.
Practise social skills
If your child feels anxious in social situations, she might need some guidance from you. For example, body posture, smiling, connecting with others, showing interest in others' activities and joining in conversations can help build confidence.
Praise your child's effortsIf an exam, interview or game doesn't work out the way your child hoped, try to praise your child for the effort he put into the activity. You could also suggest some ideas about what he could do differently next time.
This short video demonstration shows examples of how to use descriptive praise to encourage good behaviour. Descriptive praise is telling children exactly what you like about their behaviour. It can work well for children of all ages, including teenagers.
Your child's confidence might be at risk if you, he or other people he respects focus on his outcomes rather than his efforts. If the outcome is a 'failure' – for example, a poor exam result, a grand final loss – it can seem like the end of the world.
Instead, you can send your child a powerful message about what makes you proud – will it be how hard your child tried, or what she scored in the game or the exam?
During adolescence, physical changes can also affect teenagers' confidence. If teenagers feel self-conscious about their bodies, it can affect their confidence overall and how they feel about themselves.
Bullying, or peer pressure to be the same as others, can also affect teenagers' confidence.
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Roth-Herbst, J., Borbely, C.J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2008). Developing indicators of confidence, character, and caring in adolescents. In B.V. Brown (Ed.), Key indicators of child and youth well-being: Completing the picture (pp. 167-196). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
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This article was written in collaboration with Emma Little, educational and developmental psychologist.


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Will Pope Francis Publicly Oppose
"Gay Marriage" in Ireland?
A Vatican Phone Number to Call
By Robert L. Mauro
(CFNEWS.ORG) Pope Francis has publicly opposed " Climate Change" and is preparing an Encyclical on the subject. As to the issue of homosexuality, he has publicly asked " Who I am to Judge?" Will he now publicly oppose " gay marriage" in Ireland prior to a public vote at the polls on changing Ireland's Constitution to allow " gay marriage "which will take place this Friday?
According to a lengthy article in the pro-homosexual New York Times two days before the Friday vote, all of Ireland's major political parties support a vote by the public to change Ireland's Constitution to allow "gay marriage." Various politicians who are pro-homosexual or openly homosexual have urged the public to vote to change Ireland's Constitution to allow same-sex "marriage."
The New York Times states in effect that the Catholic Church in Ireland had been silent on the public referendum to change Ireland's Constitution until about two weeks ago, when it had Pastoral Letters distributed stating that the family and children would adversely be affected if the Constitution was changed to allow same-sex marriage and that this should be kept in mind before a vote is cast.
Some have criticized the Irish Bishops pastoral letters as too weak. Most of the lobbying against changing the Irish Constitution, prior to the Bishops' Pastoral Letters, had been done by Irish laity .
Polls show Pro-homosexual Vote Ahead with Lead Diminishing
The EWTN TV Catholic host Raymond Arroyo last week spoke of a poll showing the pro-homosexual Irish vote at 80 per cent. Other recent polls show the pro- homosexual lead diminishing. One recent poll showed the vote "too close to call."
Will Pope Publicly Oppose " Gay marriage " prior to the Vote?
Thanks to advice requested of and provided by a Vatican insider, pro- family persons in the U.S. can be urged now, immediately to call the Vatican switchboard number: 01-39-06-6982.
Ask to be connected to Monsignor Wells. Leave a message urging him to contact Pope Francis immediately to issue a strong public statement opposing "gay marriage" in Ireland.
Also ask the switchboard operator to connect you to Archbishop Gaenswein to urge the Pope to immediately issue a strong public statement opposing "gay marriage " in Ireland.
You may also ask the switchboard to connect you to Domus Santa Marta,where the Pope lives, and ask to be connected to Father Yoannis Lahzi Gaid and urge him to have the Pope immediately issue a public statement opposing " gay marriage" in Ireland.
Please forward this to others.
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Words by Ruby Goss
Image credit to Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. Penguin Life, 2017
It's the digital-age dilemma: We gorge on work/life balance hacks but fall prey to screens and scrolling in the hours we have to ourselves – momentary buzzes, sure, but fulfilling in the long term? Doubtful.
In the book Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less former Silicon Valley consultant, author and futurist Alex Soojung-Kim Pang makes a case for rethinking rest as simply the passive opposite to work. We'll admit, we weren't surprised to read that binge-watching Friends, though restful (no thought process needed, it even prompts you when to laugh) was not actually rejuvenating. Instead, Pang suggests that when we take the time to engage in stimulating activities for ourselves we are more productive and creative in our professional lives. Most importantly, rest should outweigh work. His inspiration? Thinkers like Darwin or Maya Angelou who despite being prolific, worked only for few hours every day.
This is not a call to start timetabling your free hours, but it is a reminder that we are works in progress, and progress is something that needs to be worked at. "Rest", says Pang, "turns out to be like sex or singing or running. Everyone basically knows how to do it, but with a little work and understanding, you can learn to do it a lot better." Here are four of our favourite lessons from Rest:
Play Hard to Work Hard
According to Pang, we need to think of leisure as the Ancient Greeks did (We like to imagine that being fed grapes while wearing a toga also falls under this umbrella). Though, real talk: Leisure was the time taken to further the self, exercise, read, engage in stimulating conversation. It's a call to cultivate your interests, which is proven to have immense psychological benefit, or do something as simple as going for a walk. Your brain will thank you.
Go to Bed
Sleep more. In an interview with The Guardian Pang quipped, "If you don't care about your mental development or your body, then forget about sleep. Otherwise sleep is the original rest." Sleep restores energy, making you more alert and better primed for a day out in this world. New studies also suggest that we sleep, toxins in our brains are being cleared out. Preach.
Power(naps) to the People!
Twenty minutes in the afternoon can provide a better pick-me-up than a cup of coffee and even be a lifesaver (driving drowsy can be as dangerous as driving under the influence). There is some work to go here, Pang admits, as snoozing on the job isn't an accepted ritual in many workplaces – yet (tick of approval to you, Google). But, together, we can make zzz's come true.
Creativity is a Routine
No one plans a lightbulb moment. Bursts of creativity and productivity only have a chance of repeating when you show up regularly and chip away at something. "Creativity doesn't drive the work; the work drives creativity. A routine creates a landing place for the muse." Helpful last words.
To find out more about Rest and Pang's other works, see here.


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Ya'll remember my Republican friend Paula who got disenchanted with the Republicans and switched to the Dems, well that didn't last a half of a nano second she is now an independent. She supported Kate's Law and was hammered for it by the dems, so it was adios.
Paula Pennypacker says: Since I am officially registered Independent, I have decided to start an Independents for Trump Facebook page. Independents who would like to vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential primaries will need to research their state's primary rules. Arizona, for example, has a closed presidential primary. So we will have until February 22, 2016 to register Republican in order to vote for Mr. Trump in the AZ primary (See link below for state by state laws) Independent voter registration is soaring, but the trend is that Independents don't vote in primaries. This election is too important to sit out. The GOP establishment is terrified of Trump. If you are tired of the status quo and stalemate in Washington, please take a minute to 'like' our page and share it with your friends. Independents for Trump. Let's get this party started! https://www.facebook.com/Independents-for-Trump-111044892576298/timeline/


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Numerical analysis of modified Central Solenoid insert design
The United States ITER Project Office (USIPO) is responsible for fabrication of the Central Solenoid (CS) for ITER project. The ITER machine is currently under construction by seven parties in Cadarache, France. The CS Insert (CSI) project should provide a verification of the conductor performance in relevant conditions of temperature, field, currents and mechanical strain. The US IPO designed the CSI that will be tested at the Central Solenoid Model Coil (CSMC) Test Facility at JAEA, Naka. To validate the modified design we performed three-dimensional numerical simulations using coupled solver for simultaneous structural, thermal and electromagnetic analysis. Thermal and electromagnetic simulations supported structural calculations providing necessary loads and strains. According to current analysis design of the modified coil satisfies ITER magnet structural design criteria for the following conditions: (1) room temperature, no current, (2) temperature 4K, no current, (3) temperature 4K, current 60 kA direct charge, and (4) temperature 4K, current 60 kA reverse charge. Fatigue life assessment analysis is performed for the alternating conditions of: temperature 4K, no current, and temperature 4K, current 45 kA direct charge. Results of fatigue analysis show that parts of the coil assembly can be qualified for up to 1 million cycles. Distributions ofmore »
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Journal ID: ISSN 0920-3796; PII: S0920379615300685
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- Fusion Engineering and Design
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- Journal Volume: 98-99; Journal Issue: C; Conference: Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), San Sebastian (Spain), 29 Sep- 3 Oct 2014; Journal ID: ISSN 0920-3796
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Bayfield Early Education Programs has three classrooms of three to five year olds who attend school on a full-day schedule and one classroom which meets half -days, Monday / Wednesday mornings, and full day Tuesday / Thursdays. Please note that children must have had their third birthday before they can attend a class.
Our classes begin the day at 8:00 a.m. and end at 3:00 p.m. The half-day class runs from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. BEEP operates an after school program for the benefit of working parents. Those hours are 3:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Bus transportation is provided by the Bayfield School District for kindergarten and first grade students to participate. Summer Camps for preschool age children are held during June and July.
Two fully qualified early childhood professionals teach a maximum of 16 children in each classroom. The teachers use aides where needed.
The curriculum includes modified Montessori, Creative Curriculum, Zoo-Phonics, and other ECE best practices. Teachers regularly assess students, and provide parents with information about their child's progress. The preschool also assesses children with special needs and those receiving Colorado Preschool Program care, and records those assessments with the Colorado Department of Education.
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Presently he climbed cautiously out beneath the sash, gathered himself for a spring, and the next instant was seated on the boundary wall between his own house and that of Lady Laura's.
Here again he paused. That which served him for a mind, that mysterious bundle of intuitions and instincts by which he reckoned time, exchanged confidences, and arranged experiences, informed him that the night was yet young, and that his friend would not yet be arrived. He sat there so still and so long, that if it had not been for his resolute head and the blunt spires of his ears, he would have appeared to an onlooker below as no more than a humpy finial on an otherwise regularly built wall. Now and again the last inch of his tail twitched slightly, like an independent member, as he contemplated his thoughts.
Overhead the last glimmer of day was utterly gone, and in the place of it the mysterious glow of night over a city hung high and luminous. He, a town-bred cat, descended from generations of town-bred cats, listened passively to the gentle roar of traffic that stood, to him, for the running of brooks and the sighing of forest trees. It was to him the auditory background of adventure, romance, and bitter war.
The energy of life ran strong in his veins and sinews. Once and again as that, which was for him imaginative vision and anticipation, asserted itself, he crisped his strong claws into the crumbling mortar, shooting them, by an unconscious muscular action, from the padded sheaths in which they lay. Once a furious yapping sounded from a lighted window far beneath; but he scorned to do more than turn a slow head in the direction of it: then once more he resumed his watch.
The time came at last, conveyed to him as surely as by a punctual clock, and he rose noiselessly to his feet. Then again he paused, and stretched first one strong foreleg and then the other to its furthest reach, shooting again his claws, conscious with a faint sense of well-being of those tightly-strung muscles rippling beneath his loose striped skin. They would be in action presently. And, as he did so, there looked over the parapet six feet above him, at the top of the trellis up which presently he would ascend, another resolute little head and blunt-spired cars, and a soft indescribable voice spoke a gentle insult. It was his friend ... and, he knew well enough, on some high ridge in the background squatted a young female beauty, with flattened ears and waving tail, awaiting the caresses of the victor.
As he saw the head above him, to human eyes a shapeless silhouette, to his eyes a grey-penciled picture perfect in all its details, he paused in his stretching. Then he sat back, arranged his tail, and lifted his head to answer. The cry that came from him, not yet fortissimo, sounded in human ears beneath no more than a soft broken-hearted wail, but to him who sat above it surpassed in insolence even his own carefully modulated offensiveness.


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I think you may be right that she died. I would love it if she just said something. With all the transgender people being murdered I do worry about her sometimes. I know that's silly that I worry about the well being of a comic strip artist, but whatev's that's just me. Maybe I should start posting my comic strips that I've been doing for years (I keep them hidden usually).
It isn't silly to worry about people that you don't know. If you are a fan of what they do, then you have a connection. If something happens to them, you loose the connection and that is never a good feeling.
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East Asian Studies at IU
Richard Rubinger
Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Straddling two disciplines—Japanese language/history and comparative education—Richard Rubinger brings new insights to his teaching and research on Japanese culture. His recently published Popular Literacy in Early Modern Japan traces the development of literacy among Japan's commoner populations through four centuries, looking especially at the role of village headmen as mediators of literacy and culture.
Degree & Certification Programs
Indiana University's Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures offers a variety of bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs for the study of East Asia.
Bachelor's Programs
Undergraduate students can choose between two B.A. majors:
- Language and Culture (Chinese, Japanese, or Korean)
- East Asian Studies
Master's Programs
The department offers three M.A. programs, as well as two joint/dual degrees in partnership with professional schools.
- M.A. in Chinese or Japanese
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- M.A. in East Asian Studies
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Students in the Ph.D. program train for careers in teaching and research at the college and university level. The department offers a Ph.D. in Chinese or Japanese as well as a Ph.D. minor in Chinese, Japanese, or East Asian Studies.
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Mark Green
Posted February 21, 2018
With negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) headed for a seventh round, let's underscore what we've said to U.S. negotiators since the start of talks last year: While we support attempts to modernize NAFTA, negotiators must not harm key NAFTA provisions that have strengthened the United States' – and North America's – energy position for decades.
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Posted February 24, 2016
Two separate but related news items last week demonstrate the economic promise and geopolitical significance of America's natural gas export opportunity.
The first headline, "U.S. LNG Set to Hit Global Market," signifies a landmark moment in America's trajectory from energy scarcity to abundance. The export facility covered in the article – Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass in Cameron Parish, La. – actually opened as a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in 2008. Just two years later in September 2010, it became the first U.S. facility to apply for a Department of Energy permit to export LNG. After a decade that saw U.S. natural gas production jump 45 percent – and following an extensive review process – Sabine Pass is set to ship its first cargo to Europe.
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Posted January 7, 2016
At this year's State of American Energy event, we highlighted the impact of energy policy on the lives and livelihoods of families and businesses in every state. The connection between policy and pocketbooks is evident after a year in which Americans saved an average $550 per driver on gasoline, due largely to strong U.S. oil and natural gas production. But to maintain the economic and security benefits of America's 21st century energy renaissance, we'll need to make smart policy choices that increase access to energy resources, encourage infrastructure development, rein in misguided ethanol policy and curb costly, duplicative regulations.
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Posted November 14, 2014
The Fix (Washington Post): President Obama is fond of telling Congress that it should pass things with the overwhelming support of the American people, including (among other things) comprehensive immigration reform, increasing the minimum wage, and increasing gun background checks.
And yet, Obama could soon be in a position of vetoing something with a similar amount of support: the Keystone XL pipeline.
Poll after poll has shown support for Keystone is somewhere between very strong and overwhelming. A Pew Research Center survey this month showed support for the project at nearly two-to-one, 59 percent to 31 percent. And that was about the lowest level of support we've seen to date. Support has registered as high as two-thirds of Americans.
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Posted April 24, 2014
Americans support building the Keystone XL pipeline. A new Harris Poll shows that by nearly a 4-to-1 margin Americans agree the pipeline is in the national interest. By continuing to put off a decision on Keystone XL, the Obama administration is casting its lot with the 1. On this issue, a lonely number indeed. API's Cindy Schild, during a conference call with reporters:
"Friday's announcement by the administration seems to dismiss not only congressional support but American support as well. President Obama and his advisers have apparently determined to put their political interests over the national interest and side with a small group of activists led by a billionaire instead of the labor community and the vast majority of ordinary Americans, regardless of harm to the middle class."
For all the talk from this administration about building up the middle class, its lack of action on Keystone XL is hurting middle-class Americans.
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A new Washington Post/ABC News poll on the Keystone XL pipeline adds to the drumbeat of strong public support for building the pipeline. The Post/ABC survey shows a nearly 3 to 1 margin, with 65 percent saying Keystone XL should be approved.
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Kanye West has infuriated some residents of New York City with plans to stage a free concert in front of the iconic Flatiron building.
The rapper is set to headline a gig at the Flatiron Pedestrian Plaza in Manhattan on Friday (13Feb15) to celebrate a big weekend (14-15Feb15) of basketball in the city.
However, plans to erect a large stage and close off roads around the area have infuriated locals, and members of a community group sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio to oppose the gig, which celebrates the NBA All-Star Weekend and the All-Star Game on Sunday (15Feb15).
Nick Athanail of the group Community Board 5 tells 7online.com, "We're concerned with the precedence that this sets... We understand events like this make a lot of money for the city, but we think they need to be planned in a rational way. And we think public input is required for that."
Emil Lissauer, a spokesman for New York City's events office, tells the New York Post, "The city is committed to ensuring safety at all events while minimising traffic disruption and impact on local residents."


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New shipyard for Houma
Synergy Shipbuilding has leased five acres from the Port of Terrebonne. Houma, La., for $3,000 a month and intends to build an indoor facility capable of constructing up to 330-foot platform supply vessels, reports houmatoday.com.
According to the report Bill Underwood is the owner, shipbuilding manager, CEO and president of the new shipbuilding company which now employs about 20 people.
Underwood reportedly plans to invest $100 million to $120 million in setting up facilities, but will start building ships in February using floating platforms.
Underwood worked for Edison Chouest Offshore's North American Shipbuilding for 12 years.


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Carlos Marmol has been on the Cubs longer than any other pitcher, turns 30 in October and will earn $9.8 million next season.
Despite those obstacles, manager Dale Sveum said Marmol is considered part of the future and should be back in 2013.
"I don't see why not right now," Sveum said. "Knock on wood, he's been as good as anyone in baseball since he's been back in the closer's role and the save opportunities he's had."


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DELRAY BEACH — The City Council Tuesday tentatively approved forming a Community Redevelopment Agency, naming itself as the panel that will spearhead renewal of the Atlantic Avenue area.
The CRA, first proposed as a seven-member panel appointed by the council, is expected to rely very much on a $3.76 million revitalization plan presented last month by the Atlantic Avenue Task Force.
``That plan must be further defined so it becomes the blueprint of operation (for the CRA),`` Mayor Doak Campbell said.
Campbell proposed having the council serve as the CRA. He said the measure would thwart clashes that could arise if a citizens-panel CRA sought to implement the sweeping zoning changes and land acquisitions proposed by the task force.
``In any case, the City Council would have the final say,`` City Manager Jim Pennington said of Tuesday`s action.
Meanwhile, the council agreed to consider forming a nonprofit corporation as adviser to the CRA. That group, Campbell said, could be composed of task force members.
``I don`t have any problem with the concept,`` said Tom Lynch, a member of the task force. ``This council is oriented toward the downtown. But I worry about the future because this is a five- to 10-year project.``
The result of a nine-month study, the task force plan calls for wholesale zoning changes along with landscaping and traffic improvements in the Atlantic Avenue area. The plan`s target area stretches from State Road A1A to just west of Interstate 95.
The council has recommended that the redevelopment area include the city`s downtown and the entire length of Federal Highway. Property between I-95 and Swinton Avenue, north of Southwest 10th Street to Lake Ida Road, would also be included under the proposed plan.
The redevelopment area is subject to change, officials cautioned.
Professional consultants and the nonprofit corporation proposed as advisors to the agency will fine tune the boundaries of the CRA, officials said.


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Cunninghame Medal & Prize
The Cunninghame Medal & Prize were founded in 1866 by Andrew Cunninghame, Town Clerk Depute of Glasgow. They are awarded annually to the most distinguished student in the Advanced Honours class of Mathematics.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- David Freese homered, drove in three runs and had a go-ahead single in the ninth inning Saturday as the St. Louis Cardinals ended a four-game skid with a wild, 10-9 win over the Washington Nationals.
Matt Holliday also homered and Matt Carpenter smacked a three-run double for the Cardinals, who had scored only one run during their four losses while allowing 32. Freese, John Jay and Allen Craig each had three of the Cardinals' 14 hits.
The NL East-leading Nationals led 6-2 in the second inning and, after falling behind by two runs in the fourth, rallied for three in the sixth to take a 9-8 lead. Adam LaRoche and Danny Espinosa each homered for Washington.
St. Louis tied it in the eighth on Carlos Beltran's pinch-hit single off Nationals reliever Sean Burnett. Craig led off the ninth with a single against Drew Storen (1-1). One out later he stole second base and later raced home on Freese's looping hit over the Nationals infield.
Mitchell Boggs (3-1) pitched a spotless eighth. Jason Motte, the last of five St. Louis relievers to follow starter Kyle Lohse, notched his 32nd save.
The Cardinals entered the day one-half game ahead of Pittsburgh for the final National League wild-card spot.
Lohse allowed eight runs - five earned - and nine hits over 5 2-3 innings. He settled down after allowing six runs through three innings and led 8-6 entering the sixth, but he allowed a solo homer to Espinosa and left two outs later in the sixth after Jayson Werth's double.
After walking Bryce Harper, reliever Marc Rzepczynski was replaced by Fernando Salas, who promptly gave up a single to Ryan Zimmerman. Werth beat the throw home from right fielder Allen Craig while Zimmerman looked to take an extra base on the play.
Catcher Yadier Molina attempted to wipe out Zimmerman at second base, but his toss allowed Harper to score. The racing 19-year-old slid in safely putting the Nationals ahead 9-8.
Jordan Zimmermann never found his way, laboring through 3 2-3 innings - his shortest start of the season. Staked to leads of 4-0 and 6-2, he allowed a career-high eight runs and eight hits including two-run homers by Freese and Holliday. Over his last four starts, Zimmermann is 0-3 with a 7.92 ERA after he went 6-0 with a 1.47 ERA in his previous nine outings.
After Lohse allowed two runs and three hits in the first inning, including LaRoche's two-run double, the Cardinals defense came undone, allowing Washington to bat around and take a 4-0 lead. Holliday dropped a deep flyball by Ian Desmond, allowing two runs to score.
Shortstop Daniel Descalso booted Espinosa's potential inning-ending grounder. Kurt Suzuki's single and fourth hit in the inning drove in Desmond for the third unearned run of the inning.
Freese and LaRoche traded two-run homers in the second. The Nationals first baseman finished with three RBIs.
Holliday launched the first pitch he saw from Zimmermann deep to center field for his 25th home run on the season.
Down 6-4 in the fourth, the Cardinals loaded the bases on a double and two hit batters, and Carpenter cleared them with a double off the right field wall, giving Lohse and St. Louis a 7-6 lead.
NOTES: St. Louis activated OF-1B Lance Berkman from the 15-day disabled list. The Cardinals also recalled left-hander Sam Freeman from Triple-A Memphis. .The Nationals reinstated OF Mark DeRosa from the 15-day DL and recalled pitcher John Lannan, catcher Sandy Leon and outfielder Eury Perez from Triple-A Syracuse. .Stephen Strasburg takes the mound for one of his few remaining starts this year in Sunday's series finale against Cardinals pitcher Jake Westbrook.


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ProSiebenSat.1 takes 51% of Kinetic Content
Chris Coelen's Santa Monica-based shingleBERLIN -- Red Arrow Entertainment Group, the production arm of European broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, has taken a 51% stake in Chris Coelen's Santa Monica-based shingle Kinetic Content.
Coelen, who oversaw shows such as "Wife Swap," "Secret Millionaire" and "The Price of Beauty" as CEO of RDF Media USA, set up Kinetic in March. Before RDF, Coelen was a partner at United Talent Agency, where his clients included Ryan Seacrest and Jessica Simpson.
Coelen took several RDF execs with him when he launched Kinetic, among them Jennifer Danska, Gerald Massimei and Katie Griffin as well as ex-BBC producer Matilda Zoltowski, part of the team that launched "Dancing With the Stars" in the U.S. Kinetic has exclusive programming ventures with U.K. nets Channel 4 and STV.
Red Arrow, launched in January, is quickly setting up an international production network to feed ProSieben's pan-European network of channels. The group has a two-year co-production agreement with Phil Gurin ("Singing Bee") to produce formats for the English-speaking market, exclusive development deals with "Deal or No Deal" co-creator Dick de Rijk and Israeli comedy writer Omri Marcus and recently acquired Belgian format specialists Sultan Sushi.


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Teamwork was at the top of everyone's mind Monday as the cast and creators – and real-life inspiration of "When the Game Stands Tall" arrived at the ArcLight for the film's premiere. Inspired by the true story of football coach Bob Ladouceur, the De La Salle High School Spartans and their legendary 151-game winning streak, the film takes viewers off the field and into the lives of the players and Coach Lad, as his players lovingly call him.
"It's such a great story about what it is to be on a real sports team," said Matthew Daddario, who plays Danny Ladouceur, the son of the coach. "I don't think I'll ever be part of a project that is quite as meaningful to my life. This is a very special story."
As they walked the astroturf-esque green carpet complete with goal posts, the entire team gushed over their pride in being the first to tell the story, and remarked over what they learned from Coach Lad and his team in the process.
Actor Joe Massingill told Variety that he had been aware of De La Salle's story from his own time in high school, and was thrilled to have the opportunity to combine his love of acting and football for the film after having to quit playing in college for medical reasons. "I pulled out all the stops," he said of prepping for the role that reaffirmed to him that hard work pays off. "A lot of the stuff we do as kids in sports and in school is not about achieving some fame status or professional sports status – it's about learning about accountability, responsibility and what hard work is."
"We need to know that we're here for each other to help us get back up," added Ser'darius Blain about the film's message. Blain said that working on the project also brought the actors closer together and that he and his castmates now spend time together off the clock. "It's a true sense of brotherhood that we've been able to build throughout this process. It's an amazing story of endurance and perseverance, brotherhood and family."
Jim Caviezel, who stars as Coach Ladouceur saw a bit of his own past in the film. As a high school basketball player Caviezel and his team had gone to see the 1986 pic "Hoosiers" before playing a big game. "That night we played our hearts out and beat them, and I felt in my career if I could ever find something like 'Hoosiers' to be a part of…" he mused, "and this was that movie."
"The coach never focused on winning," remarked Caviezel, "he would say 'I'm not asking you to play a perfect game, what you should be asking of yourselves is to give a perfect effort.'"
"He doesn't just coach, he teaches," said the film's director Thomas Carter. "He's interested in building character in these kids, not just winning football games, and that's more rare than it should be."
Coach Lad himself and his best friend and assistant coach Terry Eidson walked the carpet, still reeling over the excitement.
"The first thing we thought was 'This might get made into a movie? Why would you want to do that?'" laughed Eidson.
"I think we're really lucky to have our story told," added Ladouceur, still just as humble as he appears on screen. "There's hundreds of coaches out there who put together some great teams and programs that probably do the same things we do. We just kind of got plucked out and singled out for that and I hope we represent those coaches well."
Real-life highlights from Lad's coaching career with the Spartans played throughout the film's credits while excerpts from the pic lined the walls of Lure at the afterparty, further proving that the film and the story is not about winning – it's about being part of the team.
Tri Star releases "When the Game Stands Tall" on Aug. 22.
(Pictured: Producer David Zelon, clockwise from top, Ser'Darius Blain, Alexander Ludwig, director Thomas Carter, Matthew Daddario, Terry Eidson, Bob Ladouceur, Jim Caviezel and Jessie Usher at the "When the Game Stands Tall" premiere)


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This annual report describes FHFA's accomplishments, as well as challenges, the agency faced in meeting the strategic goals and objectives during the past fiscal year.
Read about the agency's 2017 examinations of Fannie Mac, Freddie Mac and the Home Loan Bank System.
Submit comments and provide input on FHFA Rules Open for Comment by clicking on Rulemaking and Federal Register.
Goal: Help restore confidence, enhance capacity to fulfill mission, and mitigate systemic risk that contributed directly to instability in financial markets.
MAINTAIN foreclosure prevention activities and credit availability, REDUCE taxpayer risk, and BUILD a new single-family securitization infrastructure. Read more in the 2018 Scorecard and Conservatorships Strategic Plan.
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FHFA experts provide reliable data, including all states, about activity in the U.S. mortgage market through its House Price Index, Refinance Report, Foreclosure Prevention Report, and Performance Report.
HARP - the Home Affordable Refinance Program was created by FHFA specifically to help homeowners current on their mortgage payments, but underwater on their mortgages.
FHFA economists and policy experts provide reliable research and policy analysis about critical topics impacting the nation's housing finance sector.
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An independent regulatory agency, we oversee vital components of the secondary mortgage market including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks. Our goal is to keep them, and the overall housing finance system, healthy.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) was established by the
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) and is responsible for the effective supervision, regulation, and housing mission oversight of
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In addition to prudential supervision and regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, FHFA continues to oversee the unprecedented conservatorships of the Enterprises. In carrying out this responsibility, FHFA has established a
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In a safe and sound manner, maintain credit availability and foreclosure prevention activities for new and refinanced mortgages to foster liquid, efficient, competitive, and resilient national housing finance markets.
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FHFA conducts on-site annual examinations and off-site monitoring of the FHLBanks and the Office of Finance. In addition, FHFA oversees the FHLBanks' affordable housing and community investment activities. This includes FHLBank allocations for the
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June Caldwell's Bio
June's short story collection ROOM LITTLE DARKER is due in May 2017 with New Island Books. Her story SOMAT is published in the award-winning The Long Gaze Back – An Anthology of Irish Women Writers edited by Sinéad Gleeson and was chosen as a 'favourite' by The Sunday Times. She's a prizewinner of The Moth International Short Story Prize ('Charged language and a ferocious imagination; mad as a bag of spiders and genuine talent' – judge Mike McCormack). Shortlisted and/or Highly Commended for: The Calvino Prize in Fabulist Fiction; The Colm Toíbín International Short Story Award; Lorian Hemingway Prize; Sunday Business Post/Penguin Ireland Short Story Prize; RTÉ Guide/Penguin Ireland Short Story Competition; Over The Edge New Writer of the Year. She is a recipient of a John Hewitt bursary and an Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) literature award after completing an MA in Creative Writing at Queens' University, Belfast. Her work has featured at the Italo-Irish Literature Exchange in Verona (May 2012), Read For The World & Telmetale at the Irish Writers Centre (June 2012/2013), Galway Pro Choice (Aug 2013), Over the Edge Galway (Dec 2013), Stinging Fly launch (Mar 2014), At The Edge, Cavan (May 2014), The Winding Stair (Sep 2014), DLR Lexicon Barrytown Trilogy readings (Apr 2015), Circle of Misse France (June 2015), Hodges Figgis Book Festival (Sep 2015), Bring Your Own Stories with Liberties Press (Oct 2015), The Bogman's Cannon Fiction Disco (Nov 2015 & April 2016), Staccato (Nov 2015), Doolin Writers' Weekend (March 2016), Five Lamps Arts Festival (March 2016), National Concert Hall (April 2016), The Monday Echo (Nov 2016), Eastrogen Rising Rebel Cabaret (Dec 2016), Goethe Institut Germany@Home readings (April 2017), Belfast Book Festival (June 2017), Body & Soul (June 2017). Published in The Lonely Crowd, Winter Papers (2017) The Moth, The Stinging Fly, Sixteen Magazine, Literary Orphans, RTÉ Ten, The Bogman's Cannon, North West Words, Woven Tale Press, and Popshot Magazine, as well as a biography of a Trouble's moll. You can listen to June talking about writing short stories on Hen House with further mention of her writing on CBC Sunday Edition (Canada).
Her story is wonderfully subversive – dealing with a highly contentious issue, yet making it entertaining with her electrified sentence fragments bursting with sudden images, word play, bits of conversation, all dancing across the pages like a pinwheel firework escaped from its nail – Hubert O'Hearn By The Book Reviews
The Gloss (Irish Times), The Guardian, The Observer, Sunday Times, Sunday Life, Sunday Tribune, Sunday Business Post, Sunday Independent, Ireland on Sunday, Irish Independent, Garda Review, Irish Crime, Fortnight, Technology Ireland, Éisteach Journal, Big Issues, Ulster Chemist, Computers in Business, Business Plus, Revenue Group Journal, Consumer Choice, Ulster Tatler Interiors, Irish Tatler, Social & Personal, Woman's Way, Prudence, Confetti, Maternity, House & Home, Build Your Own Home, Renovate, Shoptalk, Construction, Irish Kitchens & Bathrooms, Ambulance Ireland, Firecall, Garda Times.
- BA Writing & Publishing with English (Middlesex University)
- Pg.Dip Journalism (DIT)
- MA English/Creative Writing (Queen's University Belfast)
- Stinging Fly Fiction Workshop (6 months)
- Summer Fiction Workshop with The Stinging Fly (week-long)
- Short Story Workshop with Sean O'Reilly (8-weeks)
- Screenwriting with Mark O'Connell @ The Lab (weekend)
- Short Story with Danielle McLaughlin (1-day)
- Fiction Seminar with Claire Keegan (1-day)
- Novel Writing Workshop with Claire Kilroy (week-long)
- Advanced Fiction with Madeleine D'Arcy (1-day)
- How Fiction Works with Claire Keegan (afternoon)
- Writing from Life with Selina Guinness (weekend)
- Writing the Short Story with Mike McCormack (10 weeks)
- Tales of the City with Sean O'Reilly (8 weeks)
- The Short Story with Mike McCormack (weekend)
- Writing Poetry with Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (6 weeks)
- Poetry Workshop with Peter Sirr (6 weeks)
- Writing Short Stories with Michael J. Farrell (weekend)
- American Classics: Reading Course with Paul Perry (6 weeks)
Donal Minihane, Manager of Hotel Doolin & Curator of Doolin Writers' Weekend.
In 2012 I approached June to help me set up the inaugural Doolin Writers' Weekend. June helped me put together the programme for the first Doolin Writers' Weekend and her experience, contacts and creativity were instrumental in its success. Doolin Writers' Weekend and Writing Competition is now in its third year and a firm fixture in the Irish Literary calendar. This would not have been possible without June's contribution over the last three years. June is a pleasure to work with, resourceful, generous with her time and possessing a keen literary eye. She is passionate about the arts and literature in particular and we consider ourselves lucky to have benefited from her skill-set.
Lia Mills, Novelist and Occasional Lecturer on MFA in Creative Writing, UCD
June is one of the most refreshing people I've ever had the privilege to work with. Her writing voice is strong, distinctive and original; as an administrator she is efficient, effective and funny – a rare combination! – and as a co-participant in the Italo-Irish Literary Festival she was invaluable for her storytelling gifts, her sense of humour, her openness to new places and people, and her rare gift for defusing tension before it has a chance to set in.
Ferdia Mac Anna, RTÉ Producer, Author, Film Maker
June is a wonderful colleague, manager and co-worker. She is industrious, hard-working, practical and decisive and she is a terrific team player, always willing to go the extra mile to achieve quality work and a satisfactory outcome. Talented, motivated, funny and a clear thinker, I would give June my highest recommendation. She is also a magnificent and original writer and a great new voice in Irish Writing.
Jack Gilligan, Board Member at The Irish Writers' Centre (former Chairman)
June Caldwell's work on the International Programme and Membership at the Irish Writers' Centre was greatly valued by me and the other directors of the Centre. She is a diligent worker with excellent inter-personal skills and has always shown a willingness to make that extra effort whenever it is needed. Her wide knowledge of the literary sector, her enthusiasm to share her love of literature and her cheerful disposition made her very popular with writers, members of the Centre and with the many international contacts she developed.
Barbara Smith, Poet & Tutor
June Caldwell's writing is as heartbreakingly honest as it is moving; gritty and realistic, she pulls no punches. An incredible organiser with amazing networking capabilities.
Catherine Dunne, Novelist
June had a dual role in the Italo-Irish Literature Exchange in May of 2012. She was a participant in the public readings that took place at Nogarole Rocca and Verona and she was both professional and highly entertaining, as the audience reaction indicated. In addition, she coordinated the travel plans for seven writers, all with different needs, and did so seamlessly and with great good humour. Her technical expertise also came in handy, and she was consistently generous with her offers of assistance. A dream member of any team.
Anna Carey, Journalist at Irish Times, Co-Editor of The Anti Room
June is an incredibly gifted writer with a distinct and powerful voice whose work for the Anti-Room was sometimes funny, sometimes heart-breaking, sometimes shocking, sometimes all three and always utterly unique.
Fergal Tobin, Ex-President at Federation of European Publishers, Commissioning Non-fiction Editor at Gill and MacMillan
June was the author/editor of "In Love With a Mad Dog" in 2006, a particularly taxing and difficult assignment. She was professional, punctual and efficient in all her work and was at all times a pleasure to work with.
Padraig O'Morain Former Editor of Éisteach Journal (IACP)
June Caldwell combines originality with reliability. When she wrote an article for Éisteach, the journal of the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, I found her work stimulating, on time and to the required length. She was a thorough professional in the editing process.If you're looking for a fresh and original voice presented with skill and professionalism, she's your woman.
Neil Ward, Director of Communications at GRA
June Caldwell produced a variety of regular features and new projects on a monthly basis for five years for Garda Review. Her input enhanced the development of Ireland's longest established magazine.
David Quin, Writer, Editor and Copywriter at SwiftWrite, Former Course Leader on PG.Dip and MA Journalism, DIT
I knew June Caldwell as a postgraduate student in Journalism at DIT in 1996/7. She combined great creativity with journalism know-how and skills. She had a gift for sourcing and writing stories, and was a particularly talented writer of feature stories. She has been widely published in the mainstream press. Many of her stories have been picked up and discussed in newspapers and on radio. Her writing has rare vitality, punch and precision. She is an exceptionally gifted writer. In my more than ten years of journalism training, she was the writer who stood out the most.
Hi June,
I'm writing on behalf of The Open University. We'd like to use your writing in a new creative writing course that is in development and would like to make contact with you to discuss this. If you'd consider granting permission or would like further information, please do let me know.
Thanks in advance for your consideration!
With best wishes,
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"In some areas homes have been without power since last November, facing record snowfalls and the collapsing infrastructure of America's Midwestern water and power lines and disaster response systems.
"Power outages began with a storm in December knocking down around 5,000 power poles, and has been accelerated by an ice storm Jan. 22 knocking down another 3,000 power lines on the reservation.
"Frustration at the insufficient response of the Red Cross and governor's office is mounting," she added. "All of this while people sit without power, water and face food shortage."
There is more snow-related devastation to report on, this time right here in the mid-west. Yet almost no one has heard about it. I can see why there was so little press about the dzud in Mongolia, but this is happening right here in our own backyard. I don't want to pull the race card, but being a card-carrying member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, I fell like I have to call a spade a spade.
The news here in America is tiered according to race. When white children disappear, it makes the cover of Newsweek. When black children die in inner-cities, it barely makes the 6 o'clock news. And when thousands of Native Americans are left without power (heat), food and water, no one speaks at all. Scott Peterson got how much news coverage? How many unsolved murders were there that year?
Yes, I'm white. But that doesn't mean that I want my news and information white-washed for me. Native Americans have suffered more than any other racial/ethnic group in the history of this continent, and they continue to be marginalized. I'm not one of those people who gets pissed off because there's an NHL team in Chicago called "The Blackhawks". But was does irk me is how my ancestor's entire history, culture, and contribution to the world we live in today has been white-washed and almost completely written out of the history books. I'm also not one of those people who is going to get pissed off because you supported people in Haiti when they were in need. Compassion is compassion, and turning charity into a polarizing, fodder-for-more-partisianship mechanism is reckless and misguided. I'm all for helping out our fellow humans when we are in need, regarless of geography. But I will ask that you at least acknowledge the need right here in our own backyard.
Our culture is dying, our languages are fading away, our history has been all but lost to the great textbook publishers in Texas. Please don't let our people suffer the same fate. You can donate to the local Red Cross here.


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Playtime Berlin #3
July 4-5 2018
Palazzo Italia
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Playtime Berlin is the most recent addition to the Playtime shows, and its ambition is to facilitate
German and Eastern/Northern European professionals' access to the best of Fashion and Lifestyle for children.
Highly creative and resolutely designed to inspire, it is a prime destination for anyone
who believes work and pleasure should go hand in hand.
Fashion, shoes, accessories, baby gear, design and gifts, all 120 collections
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The World Bank ranks Denmark's business climate as the best in Europe because doing business in Denmark has proven to be fast, efficient and profitable.
Invest in Denmark is part of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is there to help you start up a business in Denmark. So if your company is considering expanding your business activities in Denmark and accessing one of Europe's most skilled and competitive talent pools, then Invest in Denmark should be your first stop.
Core Industry Competences in Denmark
Innovation in the Life Sciences
Thanks to a rich network of universities, hospitals and companies working together in the fields of medical technology, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, the Danish life-sciences industry is – on an international level – a leading example of how to successfully turn academic knowledge into commercial business results. In actual numbers, Denmark is home to the 2nd largest commercial drug development pipeline in Europe – measured by drug per inhabitant, which provides access to innovative R&D skills.
Go Green in Denmark
With 1,100 Danish clean-tech companies, 60,000 employees and an export value of EUR 12 billion, Denmark is indisputably one of the world's clean-tech centres. By 2020, Denmark aims for its electricity consumption to be comprised of 35% renewable energy and 50% wind energy, which means that this segment holds significant business potential.
A Hub for ICT
Denmark is a frontrunner in the development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), and thus a prime location for international companies that want to expand their business in this area. Denmark has been praised as one of the best test-markets in the world, thanks to its unparalleled IT infrastructure, some of the world's highest ICT penetration rates for mobiles, broadband and PCs, and progressive consumers who are quick to adopt new technologies.
A Global Leader in the Maritime Industry
Thanks to its long-standing maritime traditions, Denmark has excelled in developing a broad range of advanced seafaring technologies over the years. Along with favourable framework conditions, this makes Denmark a good base for leading shipping companies. Denmark also has a robust offshore energy industry.
The Danish flexicurity provides new investors with significantly fewer irreversible costs and much more on-going flexibility to plan and adjust their production – especially compared with other neighbouring countries. A significant benefit is also that, other than a negligible annual expenditure of approx. EUR 1,350 per employee, employers in Denmark are not required to make a social-security contribution, whereas employers in other European countries must pay in excess of 30% of an employee's salary towards social security.
Furthermore, the Danish government recently launched an ambitious 'Growth Plan' that aims to make Denmark even more competitive. As part of this plan, the corporate tax rate will be gradually reduced from 25% to 22% by 2016, and a number of other business-friendly deductions in taxes and levies will be implemented. Combined with these new initiatives, the current rules that allow for the depreciation of business expenses will make actual taxation rates even lower.
Finally, Denmark offers some of the world's lowest rates for data and telecommunication services as well as competitive salary levels, especially for managers/scientists.
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The new Valpres 725000 Series can reduce space, cost and weight in any process.
Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) August 12, 2014
Bonomi North America's new "true" wafer stainless steel full-port ball valves are a flow-enhancing alternative to high-performance butterfly valves in OEM applications, skid-mounted systems or any tightly-confined area. Designed for use in ANSI Class 150 flange applications, the new Valpres 725000 Series can reduce space, cost and weight in any process, with maximum flow and minimum pressure loss.
Built with a stainless steel body, ball and stem, the new valves feature an anti-static stem design suitable for environments such as refining, chemical handling and processing. They are available in seven sizes: 1", 1-1/4", 1-1/2", 2", 2-1/2", 3" and 4".
Aligning lugs on the valve body allow the 725000 to be installed securely directly between two ANSI 150 raised-face flanges. This reduces cost and weight significantly compared to conventional flanged ball or gate valves. They are available in smaller sizes than offered by high-performance butterfly valves and are more cost-effective in comparable sizes.
A standard ISO 5211 mounting pad simplifies valve actuation. The 725000 Series are also available in automated valve packages with performance matched Bonomi electric and pneumatic actuators.
PTFE ball seats are standard, with optional steam service trim. Stem seals are PTFE and FKM. With lever handle, the new valves are lockable in the open or closed position. They are TUV T.A. Luft approved. They also meet NACE MR 0175/ISO 15156 and NACE MR 0103 standards.
For more information on the economical Valpres 725000 Series valves or other Bonomi products, contact Bonomi North America at (704) 412-9031 or visit online at http://www.bonominorthamerica.com.
About Bonomi
Bonomi North America has served the U.S. and Canada since 2003 and is part of the Bonomi Group of Lumezzane, Italy. Bonomi Group brands include Rubinetterie Bresciane Bonomi (RB) brass ball valves and check valves; Valpres carbon and stainless steel ball valves; and Valbia pneumatic and electric industrial actuators. Bonomi North America maintains an extensive distribution network for these products from its headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. and a facility in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.


text: WARRENSBURG A 69-year-old Gloversville man was arrested Oct. 3 after he used counterfeit bills to pay for merchandise at the Worlds Largest Garage Sale, police said. Warren County Sheriff's deputies arrested James H. Vandewalker, Sr.for possessing $900 in counterfeit twenty-dollar bills at the sale, police said. Vandewalker was arrested on a felony charge of first-degree Possession of a Forged Instrument. Vandewalker told police he was paid $1,000 in counterfeit money by an unknown person for some merchandise. Vandewalker then brought the counterfeit money to the Sale, where he spent $100 before being located. Police were able to locate four of the counterfeit bills at various venders. Vandewalker confessed to possessing the counterfeit bills and was then arrested. Vandewalker was arraigned Oct. 4 and was released on his own recognizance. He is due in Warrensburg Town Court at a later date. Sheriffs Dept. Patrol Officer Gregory Seeley and Investigator Christopher Hatin handled the incident.


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Lex Luthor, Jr. is the son of Lex Luthor, who lived on the planet Lexor in the pre-Crisis universe. Lex senior had become the planet's champion and took a wife, Ardora, whom he visited sporadically when not on Earth.
Upon his last visit to the planet, Ardora surprised her husband with the reveal of a son they had produced. Over the following weeks, during which Lex senior had committed himself to a reformed life on Lexor, his son was a source of great joy.
Superman eventually caught up with Lex senior who had happened upon a hidden source of advanced technology left behind one of Lexor's extinct civilizations. Lex built an armored suit from the wreckage, strong enough to battle a Superman weakened by the planet's red sun.
During the battle, Lex's offensive interacted with the neutrarod he had built to stabilize the planet's core. The result was a chain reaction that instantly destroyed the planet, including his wife and son.


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I am a huge fan of slow food. If you haven't heard, the movement called "Slow Food" is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people's dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.
In part, slow food is an awakening to the pleasures that food produced locally with traditional farming techniques can offer. There is an incredible range of diversity and flavour in the heritage of our food production, but it's being lost with the transition to large-scale farming. I prefer to enjoy the dozens of different varieties of tomatoes, picked fresh, each with different and intense flavours (in season) over the few varieties of tomatoes grown for their unique characteristic ability to be transported all over the world rather than for their taste. We have sacrificed a lot for the convenience of having any food in any season and especially we are sacrificing greatly for the production of "cheap" industrial food.
So with that in mind, I enjoy making functional dinner ware and I especially enjoy a slow food meal served on hand-crafted pottery. No two pieces of hand-crafted pottery are ever the same. And this is a beautiful thing. It is real life. It is beauty in the imperfect, beauty in diversity.
So while even the most industrial pottery and ceramic production hasn't become as disconnected from its roots as standard food production has, there is something quite fitting and maybe even more satisfying about eating a slow food meal on a hand-crafted plate or bowl, if you can.


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Santa Maria's first homicide of 2013 occurred Tuesday night when a 24-year-old man was gunned down in what investigators say appears to be a gang-related slaying.
The Santa Maria victim, who was identified Thursday as Michel Raygoza Hernandez, was taken by ambulance to Marian Regional Medical Center, where he was declared dead, according to Santa Maria police Lt. Norm Come.
The shooting occurred at about 6:30 p.m. in the 500 block of West Mill Street, in the vicinity of Mill and Smith streets, Come said.
When police arrived, officers found the 24-year-old Hispanic man lying in the street with apparent gunshot wounds, according to police Sgt. Terry Flaa.
Witnesses provided investigators with a description of a vehicle leaving the scene immediately after the shooting, he said.
Flaa said detectives located a vehicle matching the description during their investigation, which is now in custody.
Investigators are still working to identify persons of interest in the shooting, Flaa said.
Few other details were immediately available, but Come confirmed that the slaying "appears to be gang-related."
On Wednesday morning, the mostly Spanish-speaking neighborhood dotted with tall palm trees four blocks north of Main Street was relatively quiet, with no visible signs of Tuesday night's shooting.
A passerby said she had been walking home from work the night before when she saw a flurry of police cars on Mill Street.
She said the block on Mill between Smith and Curryer streets was closed off for some time, although she wasn't aware of why until now.
"Wow," she said, thankful to have not been in the area when the shooting occurred.
More details are expected to be released as the murder investigation progresses, Flaa said.
Anyone with information about this crime and/or the victim is encouraged to contact the Santa Maria Police Department at 928-3781, ext. 277 or they can call Crime Stoppers at 1-877-800-9100.


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Kyle P. here answering some of your most pressing questions about the site.
Did you even play sports? I did. Kind of. I was like the 26th guy out of the bullpen one fall for Oklahoma State's baseball team and, as you can deduce, that didn't last very long. So I started writing about sports instead of playing them.
So, you're qualified to run this website? As qualified as Mike Gundy is to run a high-level organization that makes tens of millions of dollars a year. Translation: not really, but it's working so why mess with it?
Is this your "real" job? It is not. My "real" job involves covering the PGA Tour for CBSSports.com. This is a side gig that has become a nice part-time business.
What athlete would you compare your writing skills to? I like to think of myself as Kellen Moore with a keyboard. Minus the Bieber look. I'm not going to do a lot of things that are going to wow people but I love writing, and I like to study it. I take what I like from other writers and make it my own and hone it into something hopefully all of you will enjoy.
Do you go to all the games? I do not. With the way TV and technology is these days, we've found it just as easy (if not better) to cover most of this stuff from our homes.
Why are you doing this? I think I already covered that but in case you missed it: I love OSU, always have, always will. My buddies and I found ourselves sending thousand-word emails on a weekly (if not daily) basis about ridiculous OSU stuff and I was usually the instigator.
What does your wife think about this site? Mrs. Pistols is cool with it. She likes to chime in with typical girl stuff like "Zac Robinson's eyes are a color blue I've never seen before" (actual quote) and "Kendall Hunter looks like Zacchaeus" (another actual quote). However, I can't make fun of her ever again considering she finished in the 99.7% in the 2010-11 ESPN Bowl Challenge out of like 300,000. Seriously, she did, and she literally cannot name one college football player outside of Cam Newton and a few guys on OSU.
When did you decide to do this? There was a sequential string of events that led me to all of this but I really think the turning point was when I read this Tim Tebow profile by Jason Fagone in Esquire. I had read great stories before, heck, there are hundreds of fantastic articles posted on the internet every day, but I had never been overrun by a piece like I was that one. It was one of the first times I ever thought the way we put words together is capable of affecting people and, on very good days, changing lives.


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(April 9, 2008)
Contact: Rick DelaHaya, Centenary News Services, 318.869.5073
Centenary College Announces New Advisory Council Members
SHREVEPORT, La. — Centenary College added 11 new members to the President's Advisory Council. They are: Merrill Wautlet, Bess Elder, Alex C. Van Hook, Hoyt Bain, Kempton Schwab, Tandy Lewis, David Barlow, Sherri Talley, Mike Ameen, Steve Burkhalter, and Sharon Vogelpohl.
Merrill Wautlet
Merrill Wautlet is a 1981 graduate of Centenary College and currently works as a Senior Vice President in the lending division out of the Shreveport Regional Office for First National Banker's Bank, a correspondent banking company headquartered in Baton Rouge.
Bess Elder
Bess Elder is married to Lt. Gen. Robert Elder, 8th Air Force Commander. Raised in an Air Force family, she has spent most of her working life as a government employee or contract analyst. She worked with quality of life issues at several bases in Family Support Centers, and at the policy level for both Marine Corps Headquarters and for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Force Support and Families.
She also worked as an Assistant Director of Admissions for Tift College in Georgia. Elder has a Bachelors degree in Journalism from the University of Georgia and a Masters in Counseling from Louisiana Tech. Currently she serves on the board of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council and the Junior League Community Advisory Board.
Alex C. Van Hook
Alex C. Van Hook is an attorney practicing in Shreveport. He is a 1993 graduate from Centenary College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science, and a 1997 graduate from Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University where he received his Juris Doctorate.
Hoyt Bain
Hoyt Bain has been active in multi-tenant office building development, marketing, management, operating and leasing. He has been active in the commercial real estate development business since 1972.
Bain graduated from Centenary College with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1963. He has participated in such organizations as the Shreveport Board of Realtors, the Louisiana Realtors Association, the National Association of Realtors, Urban Land Institute, BOMA and Downtown Shreveport Unlimited. Also active in the community, he has helped the Boy Scouts, United Way, YMCA, Shreveport Downtown Rotary Club, and is a member of the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce. He has also served his country as a former member of the United States Air Force Reserve and is a member of the Military Affairs Committee.
Kempton Schwab
Kempten L. Schwab is the Vice President, Marketing and Sales, of Praeses, LLC. He assumed this role on the Executive Team in 2002. Prior to his current role, he was the Director of Transaction Management, a line of business that provides management services for all types of transaction-based needs. Initially joining Praeses in 1995, he developed, managed and directed Transaction Management, growing it into a successful line of business for the company. He was responsible for all corporate sales and human resource management within this line of business.
Schwab attended the University of South Carolina (USC) on a soccer scholarship. He graduated from USC with degrees in International Studies and German.
Tandy Lewis
Tandy Lewis is the Senior Vice President at Morgan Keegan. He is a Certified Financial Planner with 27 years of investment experience. Lewis is a 1980 graduate of the University of the South (Sewanee, Tenn.) with an economics degree.
David Barlow
David Barlow is the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Sklar Exploration Company L.L.C., in Shreveport, La. In this position, he is responsible for managing approximately 30 employees in Land, Engineering and Accounting Departments and for approximately $50 million in annual budget directed toward acquisitions, exploration and exploitation of oil and gas reserves.
Barlow graduated from Centenary College in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in History; received a Juris Doctor from Tulane Law School in 1996, Cum Laude, and is licensed to practice law in the state of Louisiana and is a member of the Louisiana Bar Association. He is also a 2003 graduate from the Executive Management Program for Oil & Gas Executives, sponsored by the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and taught by Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts.
He is the Director and past President, The McDade Hospitality House; past Secretary and past President, Galvez Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution; past 2nd Vice President, Louisiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; past member and President/Facilitator, Pastoral Counsel, St. John Berchmans Cathedral; Alumnus Member, Nan Christian Scholarship Selection Committee, Centenary College
Sherri Talley
Sherri Talley joined KTBS-TV in 1994 as a reporter and co-anchor of the morning newscast. She now co-anchors the 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. newscasts. Over the years, she has covered a variety of stories, including major events like Hurricane Ivan and 9-11 from Barksdale Air Force Base. Her honors include The Louisiana Governor's Advocacy Award for Adoption and being named Best Anchor in Shreveport-Bossier for the past six years by SB Magazine readers.
Talley is deeply involved in Northwest Louisiana, having served on the board of directors for Habitat For Humanity and Mothers Against Drugs. She also twice chaired the American Cancer Society's signature event, Relay For Life.
Mike Ameen
Mike Ameen is the CFO of Ivan Smith Furniture Co., LLC. He is a 1982 graduate of Centenary College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He is married to Lillian, also a Centenary graduate (1984). They have four sons.
Steve Burkhalter
Steve Burkhalter is a trust officer with Regions Morgan Keegan Trust, a wholly owned subsidiary of Regions Bank. He has been with the bank for seven years. He has previously worked as a private banker and financial planner for the bank.
He is a member of the Financial Planning Association and is a past member of the board of directors of the Shreveport Chapter of the FPA. Burkhalter received his CFP® designation in 1989 and has more than 20 years experience in the financial services industry, primarily in investment management, retirement and estate planning.
A native of Ruston, Louisiana, Burkhalter graduated from Centenary College in Shreveport, with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology in 1983. He is married to Libby Taylor Burkhalter. They have two children, Lauren 17 and Taylor 14. Steve is a member of First United Methodist Church where he currently serves on the finance and investment committees.
Sharon Tallach Vogelpohl
Sharon Vogelpohl is the Senior Vice President and Director of Client Services and Public Relations at Mangan Holcomb Partners in Little Rock, Ark.
She graduated from Centenary College with a business communications degree and is a graduate of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Greater Little Rock Class XVI. She serves on the board of directors for the Rotary Club of Little Rock (Club 99) and Junior Achievement of Arkansas.
About Centenary College of Louisiana
Centenary College is a private, four-year arts and sciences college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Centenary is one of 16 colleges and universities constituting the Associated Colleges of the South and is regularly rated as one of the top colleges in the South. In 2008 Centenary College celebrates 100 years in Shreveport and Bossier City.


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ONCE upon a time, Mr. Vincent living in Lagos was preparing to travel to the states. As a wise investor we though he was, he decides to invest some money in property in Lekki by buying some plots of land.
This was in 2001. He contacted his realtor who showed him some choice locations at ₦6m/plot. "This is expensive. It will take 30yrs for this to develop" - Mr Vincent lamented.
He traveled without buying the property. After 9yrs in the States, he returned to find out to his bewilderment that Lekki has developed beyond his expectation.
He called his realtor to get him a quote. "I have some brief Mr Vincent and the cheapest among them is N120m/plot" - The realtor said.
Guess there is a witness in the house.
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UBC RCMP is sending out a confusing message about its plans this summer to patrol Wreck Beach, Canada most-famous nudist area.
The detachment announced Monday that it will set up a tent every afternoon, beginning this weekend until Labour Day, with a couple of officers to "enhance" its presence on the beach. But that seems like overkill, since the force also noted it was only called out to the beach, on average, three times a week summer. The beach doesn't exactly sound like a hotbed of crime. Why is it receiving this special attention?
In the same announcement, the Mounties also suggested they will turn a blind eye to beach goers who, as is routine on that beach, quietly drink alcohol or smoke marijuana. "If it gets to the point where you're risking yourself or putting others at risk, we will move in," said Sgt. Drew Grainger.
But what are police paid to do if it is not to uphold the law? Is it now OK to drink or smoke weed on Wreck Beach, although wrong everywhere else? If police are heading think they need to be there so much, why aren't they enforcing the law?
The whole RCMP tent is a poor use of resources. Wreck Beach is a little slice of counter-culture escapism from the rest of the authoritarian world. Putting a bunch of cops down there will ruin the mood.
Like everywhere else, the police shouldn't be hovering around Wreck Beach unless their assistance is requested.
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