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The Mutual of Enumclaw Stage Race bring two things to downtown Enumclaw: some exciting, two-wheeled racing action and detours around some busy streets.
This year's event will take place Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19, and will deliver the same level of quality racing that cycling fans have come to expect.
The Enumclaw event – the longest-running stage race in the Pacific Northwest and operating under the auspices of USA Cycling – offers cash prizes that top out at $2,000 for pro riders.
As always, races will cover roadways throughout the Enumclaw area. An early stage, for example, begins at 7 a.m. Saturday at the Enumclaw Expo Center and features a flat, 6.5-mile course that circles Mount Peak.
The more-visible criterium gets rolling at 1 p.m. Saturday and dominates downtown.
The criterium start/finish line is on Railroad Street and Myrtle Avenue. Riders cover a figure-eight course of nearly a mile, using Railroad Street, Griffin Avenue, Kasey Kahne Drive, Washington Avenue, Cole Street and Battersby Avenue, before finishing with a return sprint on Railroad.
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Tape Cost: $49.95Length of Tape/Time: Approximately 1 hour, 25 minutesNumber
of Moves/Techniques: Too numerous to countReturn Policy: ?Experiences in
dealing with this company: GreatThe Instructor: Kelly WordenCompany's Address:
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Primary Grading Criteria:1.
Production/Tape Quality: 92. Instructors demonstrated skill level: 93. Comprehension
Score/Immediate Understanding: 94. Degree to which this will make someone a better
Martial Artist: 95. Score on delivery vs hype: 96. Degree to which we would
recommend this product: 97. Wasted Time ( The higher the number, the less " fluff"
/repetition ): 108. Playback Score/Watching if over-and-over again: 99. Would
I purchase more of this company's products:1010. Overall grade based on cost
vs. Value: 10Grand Total: 94 %
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is an excellent overview of the filipino martial arts approach to knife fighting.
The material for the most part is combat knife oriented and not overly artistic and
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life and death ) and the legal ramifications that are inherent when using a blade
against another human being. Mr. Worden, as in several other of his videos, assumes
a basic knowledge on the part of the viewer and moves directly into the training.
Because of this approach, he is able to cover much more material than is generally
found in other martial art videos, and he gives the viewer approximately 90 minutes
of non stop demonstration and teaching. This could be a liability if the viewer is
unfamiliar with or unwilling to learn some of the material ( such as joint locks
and takedowns ) from other sources.As the title suggests, the material is
arranged in a progressive order. The tape begins with a display of various knives
and a brief discussion of each weapon's characteristics. Mr. Worden moves into the
material with a section on defensive counter lines, which are basically moves to
simply save yourself when both you and the opponent have a knife. The following segments
in the video deal with low line cutting, merging empty hand techniques with knife
work, reverse grip work, live hand monitoring, live blade training, counters and
finishing holds, double knife fighting, and closes with a section on empty hand vs
the knife. In each section, Mr Worden shows multiple options, and he does so in rapid
fire succession, which allows him to cover so much material on this video.This
is a very good video on knife fighting. The material is oriented toward the student
with some degree of experience in the martial arts. However, anyone can learn a great
deal from this video. If you are interested in knife fighting, this video is a good
place to look.
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Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has announced that the shipment of Terrex Infantry Carrier Vehicles (ICVs) and associated equipment that has been seized by the Hong Kong customs belong to the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) which it had used for its overseas training in Taiwan. The shipment was seized by the Hong Kong customs at Hong Kong's Kwai Chung Container Terminal on …Read More »
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Heavy rain coinciding with high tides could lead to localised flash floods in Dec and Jan
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These are most important releases of 2018 for me.
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Whatever your dream goal is, someone else has it and doesn't value it at all. Unless you are working on something that fulfills within, get ready for the biggest anti-climax of your life.
9 thoughts on "YOUR DREAM GOAL IS SOMEONE ELSE'S KITCHEN SPONGE"
While it's true someone else has generally achieved your goal (unless it's setting a world record or something), that doesn't mean they don't value it at all. Goals and internal fulfillment aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.
Indeed, I give you Ecclesiastes 1 from the good book:
Nothing Makes Sense
When the son of David was king in Jerusalem, he was known to be very wise, and he said:
Nothing makes sense!
Everything is nonsense.
I have seen it all–
nothing makes sense!
What is there to show
for all of our hard work
here on this earth?
People come, and people go,
but still the world
never changes.
The sun comes up,
the sun goes down;
it hurries right back
to where it started from.
The wind blows south,
the wind blows north;
round and round it blows
over and over again.
All rivers empty into the sea,
but it never spills over;
one by one the rivers return
to their source.
All of life is far more boring
than words could ever say.
Our eyes and our ears
are never satisfied
with what we see and hear.
Everything that happens
has happened before;
nothing is new,
nothing under the sun.
Someone might say,
"Here is something new!"
But it happened before,
long before we were born.
No one who lived in the past
is remembered anymore,
and everyone yet to be born
will be forgotten too.
It Is Senseless To Be Wise
I said these things when I lived in Jerusalem as king of Israel. With all my wisdom I tried to understand everything that happens here on earth. And God has made this so hard for us humans to do. I have seen it all, and everything is just as senseless as chasing the wind. If something is crooked,
it can't be made straight;
if something isn't there,
it can't be counted.
I said to myself, "You are by far the wisest person who has ever lived in Jerusalem. You are eager to learn, and you have learned a lot." Then I decided to find out all I could about wisdom and foolishness. Soon I realized that this too was as senseless as chasing the wind.
The more you know,
the more you hurt;
the more you understand,
the more you suffer.
are you some sort of rocket scientist type, or do you like to tell that to girls you are trying to pick up at bars?? or rather- what exactly is your profe
that should read- profession
I believe Marc is a programmer
Oh, he was referring to me.
I'm a priest my child.
I have devoted my life to the Lord.
I disagree… just because that hot chica in accounting has been around the block a few times doesn't mean shes not worth the cost of the two Lean Cuisines and Blockbuster rental it takes to get her in the sack.
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A fun game to play when at at a conference is "Buzzword Bingo."We've all been there – thinking- how many times can the speaker say "synergy" or "accountability" "resilience" or "sustainable"?
And now sexual violence in conflict has hit the big time – we've now got hashtags (#timetoact), Angelina Jolie and Stella McCartney making us feel less frumpy and minor UK celebs like Bianca Jagger and Jemima Khan taking time away from defending accused rapist, Julian Assange, to tweet on our behalf.
At Cassandra Complexity, we take gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies very seriously, but sometimes, you have to sit back and laugh.
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Well first off, this is quite like the original intention of the shift.
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Also the Morning TAY: Open Forum NEEDS more Photoshop entries, so get creative TAY!
Well haven't been around for most of the day, so need to catch up by reading the DAILY TAY. Let have a read .... hmmm.
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Quality assurance at VÖGELE
To ensure the consistently high quality of WIRTGEN GROUP products, all components must be manufactured to the exact millimeter. VÖFGELE relies on state-of-the-art laser scanning technology for quality assurance.
Monday, 8:30h at VÖGELE in Ludwigshafen. An employee from the quality assurance department holds a device in his hand that is reminiscent of a mixture of a scanner at the supermarket checkout and a fitness dumbbell. He points it at the component of a paver in front of him. Seconds later we can see how an exact image of the component is created on the monitor mounted above.
However, the device in his hand is not a supermarket scanner, but the Handy Scan 700 - currently the most modern device of its kind on the market. VÖGELE has been using it successfully since mid-2017. Its functionality is as simple as it is ingenious. "The software of the device produces a high-resolution 3D model on the screen after the scan. This is extremely fast and is a real plus for our quality assurance," says Matthias Labes, Head of Quality Management at VÖGELE. In this way, the components supplied by VÖGELE are checked for exact fit.
Before the introduction of the mobile phone scan, quality assurance was carried out by an external service provider using the same procedure. The application of the test method in-house also brings considerable cost savings.
Once a part has been scanned, the 3D mesh created is compared with the CAD model. In this way, an exact comparison between the desired and actual state of the component can be made. This is particularly advantageous in series testing, should a whole batch have been produced faulty. The scan provides information about this and thus ensures that only perfectly manufactured components are used in production. Only by knowing the actual quality of the individual parts can we keep our quality promise to the customers of the WIRTGEN GROUP at all times - and we attach great importance to this.
Use in reverse engineering
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In reverse engineering, the structures and properties of an existing product are examined and finally extracted back into its design elements. A CAD model is created from the finished object - and this also works simply and uncomplicatedly via Handy Scan. Based on the data derived in this way, the products are continuously developed and optimized.
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Friday, September 27, 2013
Diaper Advice Please!!
However, are name brand diapers really worth the extra money? Target has their own brand of diapers that I've heard people swear by and are much cheaper.
What brand did you use? Is it different with boys?
Sidenote: I don't have it in me to use cloth diapers. I get that they're much better for the environment and all but I just do not have the energy and effort to be constantly doing laundry to keep up with them. If I was a stay at home mom, maybe. (Who really knows?)
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If you're breastfeeding it really doesn't matter. Not many diapers will hold the blow outs. We used a little of everything. Mostly sam's club brand but also what ever gifts people had gotten us. If we were going to be gone all day, we would use those plastic diaper covers on top of the disposables just to contain the blow outs some.ReplyDelete
We were a pampers family. I tried them all, but they leaked, or didn't fit right. And I had a boy and a girl. That said...this was 11 years ago, so things might have changed.ReplyDelete
If you have a friend who uses a different brand, can you ask for a few diapers to try them out (assuming they are the right size).
I found it depended on the baby - each one of mine wore and used a different brand better. None were leak proof though, I do remember that. I just carried around extra clothes all the time.ReplyDelete
I actually dislike the name brands (Huggies and Pampers) because they seem to run smaller, especially Huggies. Target's are great, as are Walgreens, and Sam's Club. Luv's are pretty good too.ReplyDelete
I had to experiment a bit with each kid, so you may not want to buy too many of any one kind. Maybe two or three different packages for the first week. Try them out & see what works best. Pampers worked best for us when the boys were in their first few weeks, & then we moved on to Huggies.ReplyDelete
I used a bunch of different kinds including cloth. I still use the cloth now and again but I've found that I suck at it (like you said, maybe if I were a stay at home mom). Overall we've used Pampers babydry. My little guys pees through everything else. For me it has been worth it to use the more expensive ones. Oh and he got rashy instantly from some of the cheaper ones.ReplyDelete
I was always Pampers or the PC brand I liked as well... other than that, a lot I didn't like. Mostly Pampers though 'cause I loooove the smell! lol!ReplyDelete
My kids were in Huggies the first two-three months of their lives but I actually really like Walgreens brand. As for Target, we only bought their diapers once but they gave my son such a terrible rash (that took weeks to get rid of) that we stay away ever since!ReplyDelete
My SIL wasn't a fan of Huggies and Pampers were a bit too expensive. Targets was def a good brand, at least once you get into 2-4 sizes. What doesn't get used can always get donated, so it's not like they spoil. If you have Amazon Prime, try checking every so often. They have coupons that make diapers very cheap, like $0.18/ea. Wipes, on the other hand, we stuck with Huggies or Pampers. Generic wipes are no fun at all.ReplyDelete
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I used disposables for the first month of my son's life, and only Pampers would do. My husband bought other ones thinking it would save us money, (bless his heart) but they were all but useless for containing the blow-outs. I'm not trying to convert you (I get that not everyone is into cloth) but I think I did about the same amount of laundry once we switched to cloth, because they contained the blow-outs better (so fewer outfits to wash equaled out the diaper laundry). (BTW-I work outside the home). Good luck whatever brand you choose, and here's hoping for as few blow-outs as possible for your little man :)ReplyDelete
My girlfriend has twins (5 months old) and loves the kirkland brand from Costco.ReplyDelete
I like Huggies and Pampers both. I also use the Kirkland Costco brand if their on coupon because they've improved them a lot since my first baby. I now think they're comparable. I tried Luvs once because everyone talked them up, but I thought they were thin and horrible. You can tell how cheap they are by how much lighter they are. Huggies has different "models" and I have found that some are super plush and wonderful.ReplyDelete
I've also heard that if you get on a recurring order with Amazon you can get some great deals. I haven't tried it because I'm hoping E will someday take an interest in potty training, sooner, rather than later.


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Huskers Suffer First Road Loss with 83-75 Defeat at Indiana
The Huskers (19-8, 10-4 Big Ten) suffered their first road loss of the season Saturday with an 83-75 defeat at the hands of Indiana (15-12, 8-6 Big Ten), dropping them to a game behind Ohio State and two games behind Maryland in the loss column in the Big Ten standings.
It was a bad combination in the first half: Nebraska couldn't make its shots and it couldn't keep Indiana from scoring points. The Huskers, a perfect 9-0 on the road entering the affair, shot 37 percent in the first quarter and then an even worse 28 percent in the second quarter.
On the other side, IU couldn't miss. More specifically, Hoosier guard Tyra Buss couldn't miss. She had 21 at the halftime break and the Huskers looked hard-pressed to slow her.
Nebraska shot it better from the floor in the second half (45 percent) but Indiana just had too much scoring. The Huskers cut what was an eight-point fourth-quarter IU lead to one with just under four minutes to play before Indiana responded with a quick 8-3 scoring spurt punctuated by a back-breaking three with 1:35 left.
Buss finished with 37 points, the most any single player has scored against the Huskers all season. Two other Hoosiers topped double-digits, including another 21 points from guard Jaelynn Penn. As a team, IU shot 46 percent from the field while Nebraska sputtered at 38 percent. Nebraska had a significant depth advantage over Indiana, but it didn't really matter with Buss scorching the nets like she was.
Big Red got 12 points from guard Janay Morton off the bench to lead the way offensively. Guard Nicea Eliely had 12 as well. Center Kate Cain added 10 points and nine boards. Guard Hannah Whitish struggled once again to score; she finished with 11 points but took 11 shots to get there. In her last five games, Whitish has connected on just 14 of her 45 looks (31 percent).
The Huskers will look to regroup on Thursday against Penn State at home before closing out the season on the road against Maryland on Sunday, Feb. 25.


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Devon Meadows, Victoria
|Devon Meadows
Worthing Road
|38°09′43″S 145°18′11″E / 38.162°S 145.303°ECoordinates: 38°09′43″S 145°18′11″E / 38.162°S 145.303°E
|1,548 (2016 census)[1]
|City of Casey
|State electorate(s)
|Federal Division(s)
Devon Meadows is a town in Victoria, Australia, 50 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Casey. At the 2016 Census, Devon Meadows had a population of 1,548.[1]
Devon Meadows Post Office opened on 21 March 1915, and closed in 1941.[2]
Devon Meadows contains a primary school with a current enrolment of about 300,[3] a CFA fire station, community hall, and tennis club.
Just east of the main township is a locality known Five Ways after the split intersection where three roads leave the South Gippsland Highway bound for Berwick, Koo Wee Rup and Cannons Creek. A general store at the intersection provides services to travelers.[4]
The town has an Australian Rules football team The Devon Meadows Panthers competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.,[5] and a cricket team also known as the Panthers that competes in the District Division of the West Gippsland Cricket Association.
- 795 Cranbourne – Warneet (Monday to Friday). Operated by Cranbourne Transit.
- 796 Cranbourne – Cranbourne (Monday to Friday (school days)). Operated by Cranbourne Transit.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Devon Meadows (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
- ^ Schools Online listing, Department of Education (Victoria). Accessed 23 November 2006.
- ^ Map 138, Melway street directory (28th ed., 2001)
- ^ Full Points Footy, Devon Meadows, archived from the original on 12 June 2010, retrieved 25 July 2008
- ^ Cranbourne Transit website, accessed 23 November 2006
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Hey you. Yes, you.
You're fat.
Your ass is far too large. Your thighs wibble grotesquely.
Frankly, it's disgusting.
Your bingo wings are really unappealing, and everyone is looking at the way your second chin comes out when you smile.
Oh, and let's not forget your jiggly belly that folds into ugly rolls when you sit down.
I can't believe you're wearing that outfit – you really think it hides the flaws?
Oh, are you gonna cry? Are you ashamed? You should be.
You are fat and worthless.
Are you getting mad yet? Would you let anyone talk to you this way? Of course not! You would be offended, angry and you would probably speak up for yourself. And you should! Damn right! No one has the right to talk to you that way. NO ONE.
Remember that, because if you're anything like me, this is exactly how you talk to YOURSELF.
Recently I saw this video put out by Special K as part of their Shhhhut Down Fat Talk campaign. At first, I rolled my eyes, but then I got upset. 93% of women engage in Fat Talk. We tell ourselves we are less than anyone else because our body composition is slightly different. We look at ourselves with the most critical of eyes, seeing what no one else would think to look for and judging ourselves by our own impossible standards.
Why are we allowed to speak to ourselves the way we would NEVER accept anyone else talking to us? Why do we focus on our outward appearance as an indication of our worth?
Watch this and think about it.
I mean, what would you do if confronted by someone else with the same damning sentiments you say to yourself on a daily basis? And more than that, would you say to anyone else the things you say to yourself?
I didn't think so.
It's time to readjust our thinking and realize that what we're doing and saying and thinking is having a damaging effect. Not just on ourselves but on everyone around us. What do our daughters and nieces and pupils learn about the world when they see fat shaming on television, in magazines, online and most especially in their own homes?
Hans Christian Andersen once wrote a story which tells of a looking-glass "which had the power of making everything good or beautiful that was reflected in it almost shrink to nothing, while everything that was worthless and bad looked increased in size and worse than ever." In the story, some demons take the mirror all over the world laughing amusedly as they see every person through it. But when they try to take it to heaven to look at the angels with it, "it slipped from their hands, fell to the earth, and was broken into millions of pieces. The looking-glass caused more unhappiness than ever, for some of the fragments were not so large as a grain of sand, and they flew about the world into every country. When one of these tiny atoms flew into a person's eye, it stuck there unknown to him, and from that moment he saw everything through a distorted medium, or could see only the worst side of what he looked at, for even the smallest fragment retained the same power which had belonged to the whole mirror."
I can't help but think of this story, as it seems that most of us have a fragment of that mirror in our eyes. We see our worst features exaggerated to the point where we become disgusting to ourselves. What is worse is that we are making our physical features the most important thing!
This clip of Jennifer Lawrence made me shout "HELL YES" at my screen because she seems to get it and is speaking out against those media outlets that thrive on fat shaming.
And we have the Dove Real Beauty campaign which seeks to help women accept each other – accept THEMSELVES – whatever shape, size, skin color, body type, hair style, etc.
This is not to say that some of us don't need to lose weight or get fit – being healthy is always a great choice. But healthy means different things to different people. And it should be a choice we make to be HAPPIER, not just to feel prettier. We need to focus on self empowerment rather than self punishment! See what is beautiful about yourself rather than what you think people are judging about you.
This is me. With my frizzy hair and uneven skin and my wrinkles and my eyebrows that need plucked and my double chin and… my beautiful blue eyes that my sons both inherited, and my smile that brings out my wrinkles and still genuinely makes me look younger… This is me focusing on the positive and seeing myself in a new light. This is me. #FightFatTalk
Join in. See yourself as beautiful. Forgive your body for being less than perfect. Be you. That's all you ever had to be in the first place.


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In my current setting, one of the main dominant species' is the Golem, former automatons made of assorted materials who gained sentience through some kind of life-giving explosion. As such, though they operate like any other sentient species, they can feel no pain and cannot die from any cause (i.e. disease, bloodloss, poison, old age, etc.) short of being blown to fragments.
So - my question is, how would this fact affect their mindsets? Would they think significantly differently from humans or other fleshy species'?


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Jerusalem's MiniActive Project Hits the International Stage
Jerusalem's MiniActive Project Hits the International Stage
This week, the MiniActive project, a joint venture between the Jerusalem Foundation and the Jerusalem Intercultural Center, was featured in the May 2017 edition of the Cities of Migration Newsletter, reaching more than 16,000 people worldwide.
The Cities of Migration Network seeks to improve integration practices through information sharing and learning exchanges. The MiniActive project was accepted by the network as a 'Good Idea in Integration' and was presented to cities around the world. Jerusalem has now joined the ranks as a culturally competent city, along with Vancouver, Amsterdam, Sydney and Singapore.
We first came into contact with the Cities of Migration Network last year, as we prepared for the "Jerusalem as a Culturally Competent City" conference.
The Cities of Migration Network recently featured the MiniActive project and our May 2016 Cultural Competency Conference where Uzma Shakir, Toronto's Director of the Office of Equity, Diversity and Human Rights, was our keynote speaker. Click here to see Uzma's remarks and click here to see the story on MiniActive.


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RALEIGH — A jury on Monday found Jonathan Frederick Sander guilty of three counts of first-degree murder.
Sander, who killed three of his next-door Wake Forest neighbors with a shotgun in 2016, could now face the death penalty.
Jurors emerged from deliberations Monday afternoon after defense attorneys ended arguments on April 5. The trial began on March 25, three years to the day after the slayings.
According to prosecutors, Sander blasted his way into his neighbors' home in the 5900 block of Clearsprings Drive on the eastern edge of Wake Forest with a shotgun. He then shot and killed Sandy Mazzella, Sandy's wife Stephanie and 76-year-old mother Elaine.
Sander ran a Wake Forest landscaping business with Sandy Mazzella and the two families had gone on vacations together, but the relationship soured in early 2016 as the families became increasingly antagonistic toward each other, testimony at the trial showed. Deputies were frequently called to settle disputes over things like pets and infidelity, and a few days before the killings, an underage female member of the Mazzella family accused Sander of inappropriately touching her.
Prosecutors submitted evidence showing Sander had looked at articles online about the penalty for inappropriate touching in North Carolina prior to the shootings. Sander also confessed to the shootings in a video interview with deputies, in which he said "I wanted to kill him so his family would be hurt like my family was."
Sander, who was 52 when he committed the murders, declined to testify in the trial, telling Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley that "the truth will come out."
Video of the first day of the trial from ABC11 showed Sander begin shouting as Sandy Mazzella's father, Sal, was testifying about witnessing Sander gun down his son, daughter-in-law and wife.
"You're telling me I blasted through the laundry room door five times and you sat there with your family?" Sander yelled in the video, as deputies rushed to grab him. "You didn't run. You killed your family and you'll go down for it."
He was removed from the room and warned by the judge to be civil for the rest of the trial.
But on Monday, after the jury left the room following reading the verdict, Sander yelled at Sal again, according to video from WRAL.
"See you soon, Sal," Sander said. "Have a nice day."
He then mouthed "F--- you" to the family repeatedly as they left the courtroom.
Shirley warned Sander that even though the jury was not in the room, prosecutors could use his comments against him as they argue for the death penalty.
"Put me to death," Sander responded. "That's what's happening anyway."
The sentencing hearing began Tuesday. Defense attorneys have called experts and Sander's family members to testify as to his character and mental health.
After the hearing ended, which was expected to happen late Thursday, the jury will begin deliberating if Sander should be sentenced to death or be imprisoned for life.
As of press time, no sentence had been handed down.


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It is horrible when you're driving along, and your car just decides to give out. In addition to the immediate hazards, you have the hassle of finding a mechanic to fix your car. How do you go about finding a good mechanic? Use these tips to get proper auto repair service.
You absolutely need a good emergency kit inside your vehicle. You can make your own; include things that you will have to have to put on a spare, add gas or charge the battery. For night time breakdowns, make sure to include warm blankets and a flashlight with extra batteries.
You do not have to contact a mechanic every time you have issues with your car. Some jobs are simple and do not need to be taken to the auto shop. If you would like to try it, you can research on the problem online. If it is a simple fix, you can usually do it yourself.
Ask for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) parts. OEM parts means that part was produced by the manufacturer specifically for your make and model of vehicle. Generic parts may cost less, but you cannot really tell if they are the best quality. Though you may think you are getting a deal with generic parts, in the long run, you will end up paying double than you would have if you had gotten OEM parts.
You should make sure to have a spare tire and jack with you all the time. New cars often come with a kit you can use to change a tire. They are extremely helpful if your car experiences a problem while you are out on the road and you don't want to call a tow truck. It's far more convenient and less costly to take care of it yourself.
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I recently wrote a story for the state wide news website opinion page (published today) about 3 simple things Alabamians could do to raise our health ranking as a state from just above Mississippi to near Missouri. The solutions, from a set of policy recommendations put forward in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 (GBD 2010) were, I thought, motherhood and apple pie. They included: Prevention of road injuries through enhanced enforcement; Implement diabetes treatment programs through expansion of primary care coverage and improvement in care delivery; and Reducing sexually risky behavior through targeting those most at risk (teenagers, not politicians).
To do this we will need to think about illness differently. We will need to focus on fixing a broken system. We will have to exhibit a collective resolve, state agencies will need to partner with other care providers and community leaders, and we will have a slight reduction in individual freedom. I don't know if Alabama is ready for this, yet. I suspect that many Alabamians would prefer to see other's personal responsibility amped up instead. Why collectively try to fix a problem when we can blame the individual next door.
In Remedy and Reaction, Paul Starr describes our system as it exists until 2014
The United States took the critical steps in the formation of its health care financing system in the two post-World War II decades, when it turned decisively towards private, employer-based insurance and created separate programs for the elderly and for the poor. These were the years when the United States ensnared itself in a policy trap—a costly, extraordinarily complicated system which nonetheless protected enough of the public to make the system resistant to change.
Today, for those lucky enough to have a job that provides "good" insurance their illness care involves a lot of invasive testing and "machines that go ping." For people who are uninsured, if they are lucky enough to roll their care, they will be rapidly transport via EMS to the nearest trauma center where they will, in addition to getting their wounds treated, get tested for diabetes. The motivation is not to keep the car from rolling or to prevent the diabetes.
In 2014, theoretically,the world (at least for Americans) change and everyone gets skin in the game. That is the crux of the Affordable Care Act. Health insurance will be "guaranteed issue" meaning that everyone gets it no matter what their "pre-existing condition" status is. The policy will be based on number of people covered, age, and smoking status. importantly for this discussion, it will also include a "geographic rating." This will reflect, it seems, the cost of care and the number of sick people in the Metropolitan Service Area (MSA). The more uncontrolled diabetics, costly car accidents, or preterm births we have in our town, the more we will have to pay.
It appears to me that we will be required to take individual responsibility (the individual mandate). We are also going to have to take collective responsibility for our regional costs as well. Maybe we will become our brother's keeper after all.


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You probably heard before of the "Flynn Effect", the phenomenon first described by James Flynn which states that every new generation has an average IQ higher than the one before and as a consequence, with every new generation, we make new tests that fit the latter.
Now, the above is what the objective facts are and all of what comes after is an explanation of my reasoning and what the implications of the "effect" are according to my own subjective opinion, so you are allowed and encouraged to challenge anything I say below.
What this phenomenon means to me is twofold; First, I think that it's impossible that on average, our children are smarter than us as there is no reason for that to happen and biologically, no species can evolve that fast and the genetic differences between two successive generation is completely negligible. Second, by assuming the first proposition, there is, in my opinion, only one possible explanation for the Flynn Effect and that is that the accelerating dominance and importance of standardized testing in our education system worldwide leads pupils to score higher each time as they become more accustomed to that specific way of testing which leads to obvious conclusion that the IQ test is very far from being completely reliable as it's sole duty is to test how good said person is at taking tests.
There are probably multiple flaws from my logic but however many flaws one can find, this effect will always lead, in my opinion, to the conclusion that the IQ test is not greatly reliable at all.


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you know what?
gimme that perm.
life's too short
to play it straight.
tease it
crimp it
crop and primp it.
make them hate me.
so much that i look so hawt
they'll have to stop
and call upon the S.W.A.T. Team.
but all they're gonna catch
are sequined trails
an epic fail
as they become ensnared within
my layered lair of Aqua-Net®.
the fumes alone
will linger
longer than the limpest lover's last goodbye.
and boi-o-boi
will they be high.
i never touch the stuff . . .
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İstanbul / Esenyurt
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Modern Towers project is offering a high class lifestyle in luxury concept residences with very reasonable prices. The investors are interested with that project not only for its modernity and also for its unique location which at the border of Basaksehir.
That unique project is offering its investors all the services around the project, only few mins walking distance to one of the biggest shopping mall in Turkey, one of reputable university hospital, restraurants, cafes, grocery shops, pharmacies, and so on, and so on. On the other hand, the project will also have its own shops, so all apartment owners including tenants able to find all of their daily needs at the compound. Moreover, according to the governement's announcements the subway line will be active in 2019 at the project district and there will be a direct tunnel to nearest subway station from the project. Residentials can also use that tunnel to reach the nearest shopping mall directly.
Project is also offering a reasonable payment plan up to 24 months which is also essential for the investors. The investors who are looking for a cheap apartment for sale in Istanbul should definitely visit Modern Towers project. The project are not only offering a luxury lifestyle, it is also attracting international real estate investors who are looking for investment opportunities in Turkey by its perfect location. Property developers have only designed 1+1 and 2+1 high quality residences to attract the investors who are looking for an apartment for sale in Turkey.
Great area for the construction consisting 2 towers and 248 apartments in total. There are different floor plans with different size of apartments which allow you to find the perfect apartment you are looking for.
With its perfect location, the project is just next to E6 highway and only few mins away from E5 main road, therefore you will have a perfect acceess to the main roads and that will allow you to go wherever you want in Istanbul, easily.
There are more than 13000 university students are living in Avcilar, Beylikduzu, Bahcesehir and Esenyurt districts. So, the investors can easily find tenant even only as students after delivery of the project.
Price Range
There is only 2+1 apartments are available for sale in the project with space of 96m2 for 510.000 to 590.000TL.
Only cash payments are available.
Project is located in the middle of new generation Istanbul, in Esenyurt area, only few mins walking distance to the subway station which give you a very good opportunity to reach all districts of Istanbul, easily. This is not all, you will be having more than 5 different shopping malls around the project in same neighborhood and the most importantly thing is only 1.5km away from the Kanal Istanbul project. If you would like to know about Kanal Istanbul, please click here fore more information but as a summary, there will be built new Boshporous and as a resulf of the Kanal Istanbul, property prices around it will be remarkably increased upcoming years.
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12 PJ Sets for Everyone in Your Life/on Your List/Who Is You
There's something about this time of year that makes us suddenly care about what our pajamas look like, amiright? Maybe it's the constant holiday-themed Insta posts or the need to look presentable around family and guests. Either way, we have a feeling we'll be spending a lot of time in our PJs over the next few months, and we know we're not alone—pajamas make a great gift for really anyone on your list. So we rounded up 12 styles perfect for everyone from your I-don't-want-to-grow-up brother to your hard-to-please BFF to, well, you.
Classic Plaid
Your dad will love the timeless look of this matching set.
Brooks Brothers ($99)
Adult Onesie
If your younger (but not exactly young) brother still lives at home with your parents, gifting him this union suit will make so much sense.
J.Crew ($70)
Jumpsuit PJs
How could your BFF not scream over this modern take on a nightgown?
Anthropologie ($128)
Festive Flannel
This lightweight set (with slight stretch) might be your perfect look for Christmas morning, but new flash: It's great the rest of the winter, too.
Victoria's Secret ($55)
Lacey Sweats
If your sister's style is more 'old hoodie' than 'silk nightie' she'll be all over this elevated, organic-cotton sweat suit.
Garnet Hill ($128)
Understated Cool
The ideal non-matchy set for your low-key husband.
Topman ($50)
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War Of Words Between Bola Tinubu And Bukola Saraki
There has been a war of words between President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and it doesn't look like the war is about to stop anytime soon. In the past month, at least 12 senators, 36 members of the House of Representatives and two state governors have dumped the ruling party. And this has caused a lot of panic within the ruling APC party.
Tinubu seemed to have initiated the war on Sunday 19th August 2018, when he accused the duo of Saraki and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal, of leaving APC because they both wanted the presidency ticket, and resource sharing. Tinubu stated this in an analytical piece titled "They Go Away Because We Go The Right Way," said that because the APC party couldn't give Saraki and Tambuwal what they wanted, they chose to leave. According to him, the defectors "left the party to return to a motley agglomeration that would promise them what true democracy could not: automatic tickets, sharing of the national wealth and other offices and privileges".
"Nigeria is undergoing a historic transition. Sometimes awkwardly, tentatively, yet inexorably, we nurture political and governance reform. We steadily close the door on the old malpractices that have caused a rich nation to reside in the tenement of the global poor". Mr Tinubu advanced a similar argument for the defection of Mr Saraki.
"Much the same for Senate President Saraki. Returning to the PDP, he harbours dreams of the presidency but Tambuwal's ambition will dwarf Saraki's when the two collide. If Saraki had remained in the APC, he would be unable to reclaim his Senate seat let alone the Senate Presidency. He thus bolted because he lusts for the presidency but was promised by the PDP, at least, a return to his position in the Senate".
"For Saraki to talk about lack of governance is for him to deny who he is and the position he holds. This man stands as Nigeria's Number 3 citizen. Clothed is he in ample power and influence. If he saw areas where government and the nation needed help, he could have easily applied his energies to these areas. He could have drafted legislation and easily got laws passed".
"However, no progressive enactment bears his name for he cared not for progress. He has been more focused on changing the rules of the Senate to favour himself and changing the order of elections so as to coincide with his selfish designs".
He maintained that other defectors were given assurances on their ambitions by their new parties, a step the APC refused to take. Mr Tinubu said the party is better off with the exit of the defectors.
"The rest of the defectors were given similar assurances by the PDP as to their offices. The APC refused to make such bargains as they are part of the ancient regime; these bargains are not of our democratic new way.
"There is nothing wrong with ambition. Without a degree of ambition, we would never strive to improve and develop ourselves. But ambition, restrained by nothing but itself, is a dangerous commodity. Unwed to social conscience, it leads to ruthlessness; it is the father of the deception that leaders are meant to lord over instead of to serve the populace.
"In the final analysis, the reason for the defections is as clear to see as it is crooked in its motives. The APC seeks to reform governance and politics. However, many powerful people believe the established system assures their maximum benefit. Progressive reform would defeat them. They must fight reform and never be allied to it. Thus, they had to leave the APC.
"In a fundamental way, the APC may be better for their exit. It would be untrue to say their departures did not generate concern. As the air clears and we can better assess what is lost and gained by their exit, I can truthfully say the APC will be better off because they are gone."
Saraki, being one who is quite versed in the art of defending every allegation levelled against him, responded to Tinubu's claims. Saraki described Tinubu's analysis as 'wrong and mischievous', and insisted he is surprised that Tinubu is "still peddling the falsehood about the fact that my defection is about automatic ticket and sharing of resources."
Saraki also stated that Tinubu had been publishing false claims about him through his newspaper. Saraki said, It was his choice "to join others to present a viable alternative platform for Nigerians in the coming elections and that, since democracy is a system that allows people to freely make their choices, then "Tinubu and leaders of the APC had better respect this decision or lawfully deal with it." Below is the full response:
"I have always restrained from joining issues in the media with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and this is based on my respect for him. However, I will not allow him to create a wrong, false and mischievous impression about the reasons for my decision to exit the All Progressives Congress (APC) and present his prejudice as facts for public consumption.
I have been consistent in my complaints to all leaders of the APC, including Tinubu, that a situation where the National Assembly is not constructively engaged or carried along in key policy decisions, particularly those that will eventually require legislative approval, is not in the best interest of the nation. No genuine leader of the legislature will be comfortable that the Presidency will simply write a terse letter to the National Assembly on key issues which the federal legislature is expected to later deliberate upon and give its approval.
The Buhari administration consistently treats the legislature with contempt and acts as if the law making body should be an appendage of the Executive. To me, this is unacceptable. In the same way, I find it very objectionable that many stakeholders who worked strenuously to get the administration into office have now been excluded in the government and not consulted on key decisions as necessary and expected. In fact, some of them are treated as pariahs. A party that ignores justice, equity and inclusion as basic pre-conditions for peace, unity and stability cannot sustain its membership and leadership.
Let me redirect the attention of the former Governor of Lagos State to the aspect of my July 31, 2018, statement announcing my exit from APC in which I emphasized that the decision "has been inescapably imposed on me by certain elements and forces within the APC who have ensured that the minimum conditions for peace, cooperation, inclusion and a general sense of belonging did not exist". In that statement, I further noted that those APC elements "have done everything to ensure that the basic rules of party administration, which should promote harmonious relations among the various elements within the party were blatantly disregarded.
All governance principles which were required for a healthy functioning of the party and the government were deliberately violated or undermined. And all entreaties for justice, equity and fairness as basic precondition for peace and unity, not only within the party, but also the country at large, were simply ignored, or employed as additional pretext for further exclusion. The experience of my people and associates in the past three years is that they have suffered alienation and have been treated as outsiders in their own party.
Thus, many have become disaffected and disenchanted. At the same time, opportunities to seek redress and correct these anomalies were deliberately blocked as a government-within-a-government had formed an impregnable wall and left in the cold, everyone else who was not recognized as "one of us". This is why my people, like all self-respecting people would do, decided to seek accommodation elsewhere".
Tinubu himself will recall that during the various meetings he had with me at the time he was pursuing reconciliation within the APC, I raised all the above issues. I can also vividly recall that he himself always expressed his displeasure with the style of the government and also mentioned that he had equally suffered disrespect from the same government which we all worked to put in office. I also made the point that whatever travails I have gone through in the last three years belong to the past and will not shape my decisions now and in the future.
However, during those meetings, the point of disagreement between Tinubu and I is that while I expressed my worries that there is nothing on ground to assure me that the administrative style and attitude would change in the next four years, in a manner that will enable us to deliver the positive changes we promised to our people, he (Tinubu) expressed a strong opinion that he would rather 'support a Buhari on the hospital stretcher' to get a second term because in 2023, power will shift to the South-west. This viewpoint of Tinubu's was not only expressed to me but to several of my colleagues.
So much for acting in national interest. It is clear that while my own decision is based on protecting the collective national interest, Tinubu will rather live with the identified inadequacies of the government for the sake of fulfilling and preserving his presidential ambition in 2023. This new position of Tinubu has only demonstrated inconsistency — particularly when one reviews his antecedents over the years.
Again, let me reiterate my position that my uncertain and complex relationship with Tinubu has been continually defined by the event of 2014, when I and other leaders of the APC opposed the Muslim-Muslim ticket arrangement about to be foisted on the APC for the 2015 polls. It should be noted that he has not forgotten the fact that I took the bull by the horns and told him that in the interest of the country, he should accept the need for the party to present a balanced ticket for the 2015 general elections, in terms of religion and geo-political zones.
Since that time he has been very active; plotting at every point to undermine me, both within and outside the National Assembly. It is a surprise to me that Asiwaju Tinubu is still peddling the falsehood that my defection is about automatic ticket and sharing of resources. Members of the public will recall that when the issue of my decision to quit APC came to the fore and many APC leaders were holding meetings with me, a newspaper owned by the same Tinubu published a false report about the promise of automatic tickets, oil blocks and other benefits.
I immediately rebutted their claims, and categorically stated that I never discussed any such personal and pecuniary benefits with anybody. My challenge that anybody who has contrary facts should come forward with them still remains open. It should be known that Democracy is a system that allows people to freely make their choices. It is my choice that I have decided to join others to present a viable alternative platform for Nigerians in the coming elections. Tinubu and leaders of the APC had better respect this decision or lawfully deal with it.
As for me, Allah gives power to whom He wishes. Human beings can only aspire and strive to fulfill their aspirations."
What do you think of these exchanges between Tinubu and Saraki?
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3D printing is an increasingly popular technology that saves both time and money for companies worldwide. So how is the automotive industry responding?
Ford has just unveiled its new manufacturing center outside of Detroit, which includes several new technologies the brand plans to use to make vehicle parts and speed up production. Among them is a set of 3D printers the automaker is using to create brake parts.
The new facility
Ford's new Advanced Manufacturing Center is located in Redford, Michigan. It integrates collaborative robots ("cobots") which work on assembly lines next to workers, and virtual reality simulation, among other new technologies, according to Advanced Manufacturing. The $43 million property is over 100,000 square feet and has around 100 employees, and the space opened for tours at the beginning of December.
Forbes said the new facility houses 23 3D printers based on its 10 partnerships in the additive manufacturing industry. Three of these partnerships are known to be with the companies Stratasys, HP and EOS.
Ford bought its first 3D printer in 1988, and has since used the technology to make smaller parts and tools for factories. Other brands, such as GM, have also used the technology to make factory parts.
3D-printed brake parts
Ford announced that the 2019 Shelby Mustang GT500 will include two parts that were 3D printed, which are small black brackets that hold the brake line. This part is integral to supply hydraulic pressure to the brakes.
The new model is set to be released in mid-January 2019 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Automotive News reported. 3D Printing News said the new Mustang model will be the most powerful sports car Ford has made.
Industry significance
3D-printed parts and tools can save automakers a lot of money on manufacturing costs. Ford has also engaged a 3D-printed tool to help build its Ranger truck, 3D Printing Media Network reported. These tools speed up the production process, reportedly without having to sacrifice quality at all.
Another car brand, GM, has revealed that a 3D-printed seat bracket has 40 percent less mass and is actually stronger than a bracket made conventionally, Automotive News said.
If brake and other car parts can be made with 3D printers, the technology could end up saving manufacturers worldwide both time and money, as processes would be more streamlined and parts cheaper and easier to make.
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3/15 WWE Results: Austin, Texas
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1st match: Triple threat tag team match for WWE Tag Team Championship – The Usos vs The Real Americans vs Cody Rhodes/Goldust. Winner-Usos
Titus O'Neil came out and ripped the University of Texas which led to.
2nd match: Titus O'Neil vs Darren Young. Winner-Darren Young via roll up. Brad Maddox came out and made O'Neil vs Kofi Kingston in which kofi won until Bad News Barrett came out and attacked them leading to the 3rd match.
3rd match: Kofi/Young vs Barrett/O'Neil. Winners-Kofi Kingston & Darren Young
4th match: Alberto Del Rio vs Sheamus. Winner-Sheamus
Fans voted for Natalya, Eva Marie, Alicia Fox and Layla to compete either in a dance off or a tag team match. The tag team match got the most votes.
5th match: Natalya and Eva Marie vs Alicia Fox and Layla. Winners via sharpshooter-Natalya and Eva Marie
Damien Sandow ripped on how Mark Henry was from Texas and how he hates it here.
6th match: Damien Sandow vs Austin's own Mark Henry. Winner via world's strongest slam-Mark Henry
Main event was contested inside a steel cage for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Randy Orton vs John Cena. Orton got the win via low blow due to the ref being knocked out which led to an RKO and pinfall.


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If landing a new North American Free Trade Agreement has been a tough haul for Canada, securing a permanent exemption from U.S. President Donald Trump's steel tariffs may prove even harder.
Doubts about how the newly-booming American steel industry will fare without tariffs, combined with Trump's penchant for wielding them as leverage in trade talks suggest the U.S. will be reluctant to simply drop them without insisting on quotas, analysts say.
"It will be very difficult to get rid of those tariffs now especially with a president like Trump who really believes in them," said Gary Hufbauer, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C. "That means even if he agrees to remove them he'll just change them into quotas. Canada won't like it but it's better than a kick in the pants."
A decision on whether to lift tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum imports would be made "when we get NAFTA done," US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Tuesday at an event in New York.
About 1,000 jobs have been added in primary metals manufacturing since the tariffs went into effect
Trump has put blue-collar industries like steel at the heart of his "America First" economic agenda aimed at reducing trade deficits and returning the U.S. to its days of rapid industrial expansion. So far, tariffs have been the key policy tool for advancing those goals.
In a March report recommending the steel tariffs on "national security" grounds, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said they were intended to increase steel production from 73 per cent of domestic capacity to approximately an 80 per cent, "the minimum rate needed for the long-term viability of the industry."
Since the tariffs were announced in March, capacity utilization in U.S. steel mills has increased, hitting to 77.4 per cent in the year ending September 2018, according to data compiled by the American Iron and Steel Institute.
With foreign supply weighed down by the levies, demand for locally produced steel is up and a number of restarts and new projects have been announced, many of them touted by the Trump as evidence that a revitalization is underway.
And data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests about 1,000 jobs have been added in primary metals manufacturing since the tariffs went into effect, though crediting those jobs to the levies is difficult given the current strength of the U.S. economy, "which is lifting all boats," Hufbauer said.
But the biggest impact of the tariffs has been on pricing, with the benchmark price for hot rolled steel rising to US $911 per tonne in July, a 50 per cent increase from the previous November. The price has since moderated, settling at $850 per tonne, compared to US$650 a tonne in Canada and US$600 in Europe.
So what happens if the U.S. takes the tariffs away?
"You can't, that's the problem," said Ryan Connelly, global economist with Washington D.C.-based Frontier Strategy Group.
While a number of new steel projects have been announced in the U.S., none of them add up to the kind of massive greenfield investment necessary to help U.S. mills better compete in world markets or for the 20 per cent of the U.S. market usually fed by imports, Connelly said.
Indeed, many of the investments announced seem to be incremental, he said, aimed at making up for upkeep that was postponed during previous market downturns.
"If you examine production from before the tariffs came in March 2018 and after, you don't really see a structural shift that can't be explained by regular seasonal variation in the data," Connelly said.
Part of the challenge, he added, is that firms are unlikely to invest heavily in new operations if they think the tariffs are temporary.
"If we think the U.S. really wants to add more long term sustainable jobs to the industry then what they really need to do is substantially reduce imports. That suggests the tariffs have to be permanent for long term business planning."
Though the U.S. initially exempted Canada and Mexico from blanket tariffs of 25 per cent on steel imports and 10 per cent on aluminum, Trump allowed those reprieves to expire on June 1 pending the outcome of the NAFTA talks. That prompted Canada to immediately hit back with retaliatory tariffs on $16.6 billion worth of American steel, aluminum and a range of other goods.
Since then, the flow of steel over the border has stalled. Canada is the largest foreign supplier of the alloy to the U.S., accounting for 16.1 per cent of the country's imports. In addition, half of all hot rolled steel imports — a key material in auto and other manufacturing — are from NAFTA countries, said Phil Gibbs, director, senior metals equity analyst at Ohio-based Keybanc Capital Markets.
Remove the tariffs from these key trading partners and "there's no reason to think steel prices won't moderate," he said. That would take the heat out of steelmakers' profits, though by the same token, Canada is an important market for U.S. steelmakers, accounting 90 per cent of exports.
Given the importance of this trading relationship, Gibbs believes the tariffs against Canada won't last.
"What is it accomplishing at the end of the day other than making steel prices high for consumers?" he said. "I think the logic will prevail that this is stupid. We're just trading money."
But that doesn't mean the free flow of steel across the border will just snap back to the way it was. Argentina, Brazil and South Korea have all accepted volume limits on exports in exchange for tariff exemptions. And crucially, Mexico failed to win an exemption from Trump's steel tariffs as part of its recently announced bilateral "agreement in principal" with the United States.
"That makes things considerably harder for Canada," said Hufbauer of the Peterson Institute. "Historically, Canada has been omitted from American tariffs but that hasn't been the case under Trump and it won't be this time."
Not that maintaining trade protections for steelmakers will ultimately be in the best interests of the U.S. economy as a whole, he said.
Former President George W. Bush's attempt to revitalize the steel industry through the imposition of tariffs in 2002 ended up costing the broader economy US$800,000 per job saved, according to an analysis by Hufbauer.
The Bush tariffs — which Canada was exempted from — were ultimately lifted less than two years later when the economy had recovered, Europe had threatened retaliation and the World Trade Organization ruled them illegal.
"I don't see the tariff approach being dismantled while he is in officeGary Hufbauer, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Given the current strength of the U.S. economy, the same should be happening now, "but that's not Trump," Hufbauer said. "I don't see the tariff approach being dismantled while he is in office, though you might get a few shifts here and there due to outside pressures."
One outside pressure might emerge from the steel industry itself. Nearly 15,000 workers are negotiating new labour deals at steelmakers ArcelorMittal and U.S. Steel — which together account for a quarter of all U.S. steel production. They voted last week to give their union, the United Steelworkers of America, the right to call a strike with two days notice. As steel prices soar under the tariffs, union leaders say workers deserve a bigger share of the profits.
"The steel companies are not promising as much as the union wants because they're afraid the tariffs are temporary," said John Tumazos, a New Jersey based steel industry analyst.
"The labour bargaining is complex, the union wants its share of the pie now and the companies are afraid the economics of their profits are going to fall apart. So it's possible they don't agree. There are lots of ways these tariffs might have to change."
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23 February 2016
After consulting members on the threat of outsourcing of the Salary and Pensions Department in the CIÉ holding company the TSSA along with SIPTU have written to the company to inform them that we find the proposal to outsource as totally unacceptable. We do not see any benefit either financially or in service provided. Indeed we view the proposal as more ideologically driven than anything else. We have informed the company that we would look to ballot our members for industrial action if attempts are made to outsource.
If we allow outsourcing to occur we believe it will only be the beginning and nobody's jobs will then be safe. The outsourcing experience tends to be start in a small area and gradually chip away at other areas and before you know it everything is gone! How long before the other companies outside the holding company jump on the outsourcing bandwagon?
The dedicated and hardworking staff of the Salary and Pensions Department deserve better. They provide a knowledgeable and efficient service for staff within the CIÉ group as well as the many retired staff on a pension. The Salary and Pensions Department staffs have a real understanding of the CIÉ group and its entire staff that allows it to deliver information to members in a genuine and personal level. If outsourced you will be faced with a large faceless corporation that is only motivated by profit to deal with your queries on pensions. Outsourcing impacts all members within the CIÉ group. We cannot afford to allow this to happen and all TSSA members should support your colleagues in the Salary and Pensions Department.
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If you are a harry potter fan then apparently all this time you have been pronouncing Voldemort wrong!!! If you pronounce it VOL-DE-MORT. J.K. Rowling has just twitted the Harry Potter movies and its fan set straight. So how to pronounce Voldemort?
J.K. Rowling tweeted yesterday that the name Voldemort must be pronounced the French way which is the last T being silent. It all exposed with a fan tweet from South Carolina.
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Voldemort name has a rhymed of word "more" not "sort". Well I would say J.K. Rowling should have tweeted it or told it before the filmmakers made eight movies with wrong pronunciation all the time.
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