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Navigation Item Endpoint Devices
Endpoint Devices
Under the navigation item Endpoint Devices you will see all the devices stored in the management system (Modern and Classic) with the most important information.
The Last Seen entry in the Properties window of the corresponding device managed by Empirum indicates when the time of the last registration on the server was made. Each time a computer is updated by software or status logs from the agent, that value is updated with the time included in the log.
In addition this table shows the current rollout process of applications on a device, using the following columns:
- Progress: Shows the percentage progress of installed objects (software) that have been assigned to this device by all active assignment groups and does not include all other objects installed on the device.
Installation Errors: Shows the number of errors during installation of assigned objects.
By clicking on a device displayed in the list, a preview pane opens up with further information and configuration options, such as Create Assignment, Create Task or apply further Actions under . This also applies to the other navigation buttons under Devices > Mobiles Workstations, Servers, Virtual Machines.
Quick Filters
By clicking on the icons entries can be filtered by rollout progress state
- Red: error
- Green: 100% (All assigned objects are installed)
- Yellow: partly (Assigned objects are partly installed)
- All grey: '-' (device is not a part of any assignment group) or '0%' not started (No assigned object is installed)
Preview Pane for Endpoint Devices
By selecting an Endpoint Device, a preview pane opens up including further technical information and interaction possibilities.
This view is arranged in several tabs:
This tab shows all device-specific information like: Devicename, Operating System, MAC-Address or Serialnumber.
Rollout information:
- Installations complete: Shows how many objects from related assignments are already installed on the device.
- Applications assigned (active): Shows how many objects are assigned to the device by active assignments.
Applications: Installed Applications
In this tab of the preview pane, all applications installed on the respective device are displayed.
Selecting an application in this list will show further detail for this application.
Windows 10 mobile devices appear in the UEM Console table as Windows Phones.
Applications: Assigned Applications (Active Assignments)
In this tab of the preview pane, all applications are listed that have been assigned to a device using active Assignment Groups.
Clicking on an application in this list will show further detail for the selected application.
If the device is in more than one active Assignment Groups, this list will show all applications from all Assignment Groups where the device is added to.
Assignments: Assigned to Assignment Groups
In this tab of the preview pane, all Assignments are shown where the respective device has been added to.
In addition this table shows the current rollout process of applications on a device, using the following columns:
- objects: Shows the amount of objects (software) that have been assigned to this device by a single assignment group.
- installed: Shows the amount of objects (software) of an assignment, that has been already installed on the device.
In this list only those Assignments are shown that have been created inside of UEM Console.
Actions for Endpoint Devices
In the top bar of the Preview Pane, there are many actions (buttons) shown that can be executed for the selected device.
Show Logs
Clicking the button opens a Sidepanel showing the Server Logs for the selected Device.
Before this feature can be used, a working connection to an Empirum Web Console must be configured first in the UEM Settings Section.
Create Assignment
Clicking the button opens the Assignment window, in which an appropriate assignment can be configured for the selected device.
Add to Assignments
To add one or more Empirum managed devices to an assignment, select them and add them to one or more assignments in the right pane.
Activate / Deactivate
The corresponding button activates / deactivates a device managed by Empirum.
Clicking on "Activate"/"Deactivate" will result in the following checkboxes being shown:
"Software configuration via 'Pull'" will be pre-selected as a default option.
Confirm the action by clicking on "Activate"/"Deactivate" on the bottom right of the Sidepanel.
Default Behavior
- Activating a device will result in the activation of this specific device in all other Assignment Groups where it is a part of.
- Deactivating a device will result in the deactivation of this specific device in all other Assignment Groups where it is a part of.
Clicking "Delete" removes a device completely from the UEM Management System.
Devices managed by Empirum will also be removed from the related Empirum instance.


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There's not a pub in all of Ireland that doesn't rely on their Guinness Pouring Spoons. This handy little item is an absolute necessity for an authentic Black and Tan pour. The metal handle is engraved with the Guinness logo and harp. Includes chain for convenient hanging.
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Prop 3 would authorize the state to sell $980 million in general obligation bonds for the construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of eligible children's hospitals.
My Vote: No.
Why: Sounds good but again it's obligating more state money (which we don't have) to build something. We passed a Prop like this in 2004 as well. We don't need to further increase California's financial obligation right now.


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Nokia's "HERE" mapping technology is an attractive proposition for car makers looking to enhance the GPS functionality in future models. A number of Germany's leading vehicle manufacturers have shown a keen interest and joined forces to make a bid for the company's map software. However, talks between Nokia and BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen have become fractured on the basis of the technology's value. The "HERE" software is valued between £1-3 billion but this estimated figure might have decreased if recent reports are correct about Uber pulling out of the bidding process.
The consortium of German vehicle makers feel they can acquire the company assets at a lower cost given this evidence whilst Nokia believes the £1-3 billion rate is fair. An anonymous, insider source said,
"Talks have not broken down, but they are at a delicate stage of brinkmanship,"
It's also important to reiterate that these car manufacturers are customers of the "HERE" system and it makes sense to sell the mapping software to an existing client. They feel the technology is vital to provide accurate high-definition maps and create a form of smart cars based on internet connectivity. Furthermore, the software could be used in luxurious vehicles to warn of impending collisions, and become one of the first mass-produced driverless cars on the market.
A spokesperson from Nokia declined to comment on existing business negotiations. However, the most likely outcome is a compromise between the German car manufacturers and Nokia.
Thank you Reuters for providing us with this information.


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High Performance Sport
The High Performance Sport programme identifies, supports and develops students who have the potential to become New Zealand representatives in their chosen sport. Year 12 and 13 students are invited to take part in this time timetabled class that strives to support their progress in developing:
- High skill levels in their sport
- Self-reliance and self-responsibility
- Leadership and decision making qualities
- Personal values, self-motivation, self-esteem and a strong work ethic
- Balance in terms of sport, vocation and social development
The course focuses on the principles of training, including weight training and fitness, recovery, treating injury and illness, drug education, nutrition, goal setting and stress management so that our young men develop an understanding of appropriate physical training and medical requirements for involvement in high performance sport.
The High Performance Programme also offers opportunities to develop strong technical competence in their chosen sport, through the use of video analysis, skill assessment and development, and position specific criteria.
Achievement Standards are offered at both Year 12 and 13 for this course.
High Performance Performing Arts Class
This class is offered to invited students who have a genuine interest in the Performing Arts.
Students will study Drama, Music, Singing, Dance, Speech and Presentation techniques.
Students will enter the New Zealand Theatre Federation One-Act Play Festival, Trinity/Guildhall Music Theatre Examination in August and present a major work at the end of Term 3 for public performance.
This co-curricular course is to develop students' interests in the Performing Arts and to further develop life skills that will be of benefit to their future careers.
George Mason
At the completion of his secondary schooling at SBHS, during which time he acehived his ATCL qualification, George Mason was accepted into the prestigious Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School in Wellington. George has been successful in landing a role in New Zealand's longest running drama, Shortland Street. "50 Ways of Saying Fabulous" was his first acting role at the tender age of 13. George is currently screening in a NZTA drink drive ad and he has just landed a role in The Blue Rose, which will start screening on TV3 later this year, and will be working alongside another household name, Antonia Prebble.
Taylor Barrett
Taylor chose to attend Southland Boys' High School as his long term goal was to play Rugby for the 1st XV. In Year 12 he made the 2nds and in Year 13 he was selected for the 1sts. No-one was more surprised than he when he decided not to play for the team because of his commitment to drama. Taylor studied Speech and Drama and left school with his ATCL. He was in the winning team that won the New Zealand Theatre Federation Bryan Aitken Best Youth Production.
Trinity Guildhall Performing Arts
The High Performance Performing Arts students have just been awarded a High Merit Pass in the recent Trinity Guildhall Performing Arts for Grade 8.


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In March, under the auspices of the African Union and its chair, Rwandan president Paul Kagame, 44 African countries signed up to be part of the largest trading bloc in the world after the World Trade Organization.
In July, after dragging its feet, South Africa finally signed up.
"When South Africa came to the table, we knew things were getting serious," says Peter Enti, partner and portfolio manager at Nubuke Investments, an investment and advisory business that focuses on Africa.
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Nubuke Investments
Along with South Africa, a further four African countries joined the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) bringing the total to 49 so far. Some countries have even started to ratify it – 22 countries will need to do so for the agreement to come into force.
At the heart of the agreement is the creation of a single market, with free movement of investment and capital, eventually leading to the creation of an African customs union for the entire continent covering 1.2 billion people and with a GDP of $2.5 trillion. Its size, in terms of population and GDP is close to India's. Africa's continental advantage, however, is the huge range and volume of its natural resources.
"The AfCFTA will help to boost growth across the countries in the free-trade area," says Wola Asase, senior vice-president, syndications and trade finance at the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). "One of the benefits that will drive growth will be the need to integrate value chains across the area. Countries within the area will be able to develop industries not just with local markets in mind, which would probably make investments unviable, but with the larger 1.2 billion market created by the agreement."
Kevin Holmes, head, trade, product management at Standard Bank, says: "If industry leaders and local regulators create a frictionless environment to stimulate investment opportunities across the continent supported by the AfCFTA agreement, the prospect of intra-Africa trade will be realized."
A free-trade agreement that encompasses the whole continent will also give Africa a stronger negotiating position to obtain better terms of trade with the rest of the world – especially as global trade ties shift in response to Brexit and US-China trade disputes.
There is already talk of the introduction of an Africa-wide currency, an African central bank and the multiplicity of regulatory bodies that come with creating a customs union. First and foremost, however, the continent will focus on increasing intra-African trade.
Intra-African trade as a percentage of total African trade is extremely low at 15% by volume, especially when compared with the internal trade figures for Europe (67%), Asia (58%) and North America (58%).
The African Union believes that the formation of a trade bloc between all African countries will increase intra-African trade to 52.3% as early as 2022.
African trade volumes amount to a just 3% of total world trade.
"The [intra-African trade] number may be slightly fanciful, but the ambition is there," says Gregory Kronsten, head of macroeconomic and fixed income research at FBNQuest, an investment bank and financial advisory company based in Nigeria.
Indeed, Africa trades more with Europe and Asia than it does with itself, often exporting raw materials at one price and importing value-added products from Europe and Asia at a higher price.
Takunda Pongweni, Rand Merchant Bank
"That needs to change," says Takunda Pongweni, head of financial institutions for trade and working capital at Rand Merchant Bank. "You can go into a shop in Luanda and find a wide selection of French wines, and yet none from South Africa; South Africa still buys an estimated 65% of its oil from outside of Africa.
"It comes at a price, of course, but the point is that Africa trades with the rest of the world more than it does with itself. And when you live in an environment like that, you know that, as an African, you are missing out on an immense opportunity."
The hope is that trade liberalization will spearhead industrialization and manufacturing, create jobs, develop capital markets and drive economic growth, says Pongweni.
"If it works, it will take Africa to the next level."
Stakeholders argue that this is a defining moment in Africa's history – the point at which Africa begins to engage with its neighbours for its own development instead of relying on outdated colonial ties that have driven trade in the past.
"Africa's borders are rigid, straight lines that were carved out by colonial hands, and colonial ties are still strong – these are the ties that continue to drive African trade patterns," says Pongweni. "AfCFTA aims to change this."
Redirecting old trade routes could help ease the continent's ever-increasing dependency on China, which threatens debt sustainability in many sub-Saharan African countries.
According to Standard Chartered, new contracted projects between China and Africa amounted to $76.5 billion in 2017. From roads to railways, China is helping Africa close its infrastructure gap – essential to boost regional trade.
But could the debt burden be too much?
Data compiled by the IMF shows that Chad, Eritrea, Mozambique, the Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Zimbabwe were considered to be in debt distress at the end of 2017, while Zambia and Ethiopia were considered to have a high risk of debt distress. All have taken on very big loans from China.
Looking to boost trade internally may help the continent alleviate some of the pressures relating to foreign debt, while still helping the region meet its infrastructure needs.
Dollar overreliance
Inevitably, cross-border financial transactions will increase with cross-border trade. But some argue that AfCFTA probably won't have a large impact on the way intra-African payments are made because, for the most part, this type of trade is denominated in global foreign currencies – mainly the dollar.
Asase at the AFC says: "Settlements will continue to happen in the same way, through foreign correspondent banks, and cross-border transactions would likely become easier if and when the objective of a single currency under the AfCFTA is achieved."
For now, there are not any technical or regulatory obstacles to cross-border transfers except for the fact that they are needlessly expensive, says Dimieari Von Kemedi, co-founder and managing director of Alluvial Agriculture, a diversified commodities business based in the Niger Delta. "In some instances, it can cost $25 to transfer $10. But once the demand rises, someone will find a way to make it cheaper. There is a fintech opportunity right there."
But Africa's overreliance on the dollar is an unnecessary burden and obstacle to African trade, says Ade Ayeyemi, group chief executive at Ecobank Transactional Incorporated.
"What you actually need is more visibility, more information on the needs of manufacturers and importers across Africa," he says. "If we are able to create this visibility – match up what a buyer in Nigeria and a seller in Ghana want to achieve – then Africa's reliance on the greenback will fall away.
"Informal trade that occurs across borders all use local currency, not dollars. We need to develop the infrastructure to reduce our overreliance on the dollar."
Pan-African banks such as Ecobank hope to fill this gap, using their on-the-ground experience and large branch network to facilitate trade and the use of local currencies over the dollar.
However, banks now must grapple with the complex financial regulations of each country as cross-border trade increases; there are as yet no plans for financial alignment across the continent to coincide with the free trade agreement.
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Standard Bank"Banks and other financial institutions will need to consider domestic regulations that fall outside of the agreement," says Holmes. "There will be myriad issues to contend with – central bank regulations, state regulations, foreign exchange risks, Basel II among others. The free movement of goods and services is an admirable goal, but the reality is it's complicated."
Asase says: "Regulators across countries will have to increase their collaboration in order to better manage these potential risks.
"Global and regional banks that already have experience conducting business across multiple countries will be in a better position to manage aspects to do with cross-border risk, however local banks will need to monitor their portfolios to ensure that external risks as a result of the integration are properly monitored and controlled."
Compliance will also be a big issue.
"It goes without saying that anti-money laundering, anti-bribery, corruption, sanctions, terrorism financing will remain key themes that banks – especially local banks – should continue to manage," says Asase.
Many other obstacles exist. A big one is the ease of aligning Africa's widely disparate markets under one trading union and eventually a common market – especially at a time when developed-market equivalents, such as the European Union, appear to be fracturing.
Pongweni takes the example of equity markets.
"Look at equity capital markets in Africa," he says. "The Johannesburg Stock Exchange trades between $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion a day – that's 60 times more than the daily average volume in Nigeria, which is the second biggest equity market in sub-Saharan Africa.
"When markets are so vastly different, aligning them under one system will be difficult and will take some time."
Because each African country is at its own stage of development, governments across the continent are keen to keep protectionist policies in place. Indeed, Nigeria is missing from the list of AfCFTA signatories precisely for this reason.
In July, the country's president, Muhammadu Buhari, argued that the free-trade agreement would undermine the country's manufacturers and entrepreneurs and could force some of Nigeria's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to close down.
In addition, Nigeria's youth need to be protected, said Buhari. According to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, 40.6% of Nigerians aged between 15 and 34 are unemployed and 58.6% are under-employed.
"In trying to guarantee employment, goods and services in our country, we have to be careful with agreements that will compete maybe successfully against our upcoming industries," said Buhari.
Nigeria's government has not said that it will not sign, but says that it needs more time to discuss the agreement with stakeholders in the country, including the Nigerian Labour Congress, the umbrella organization for trade unions, the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria and private businesses.
Losing the competitive edge in Nigeria is largely an issue of access to electric power.
While Nigeria has the fourth most diversified economy in Africa, more than half its population of 180 million people has no access to power. Those that do suffer regular power outages. The use of diesel or petrol generators is a huge cost on business profitability.
Lobbyists in Nigeria worry that the free-trade agreement will cut profits further as they become unable to compete with companies that have leaner (and cleaner) business models.
"Nigeria will eventually sign – they'll have to – but will their heart be in it? I doubt it," says one investment banker based in Ghana. "Look at it this way, Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, makes huge margins from his cement business in Nigeria. Do you think he will be willing to give up his profits and join the free-trade area? He'll have something to say if the government signs up to the free-trade agreement without listening to his concerns."
Ade Ayeyemi, group chief executive at Ecobank Transactional Incorporated
Ayeyemi at Ecobank argues: "Some countries that are reluctant to sign do so because they take a short-term view, but aiming for the free movement of goods, services and capital is essential for Africa to thrive. Surely it would be better for Nigeria to create business opportunities in nearby Ghana than in China, by trading with them rather than countries in the continent.
"In fact, Nigeria has a lot to gain from joining AfCFTA precisely because of the size of the economy," he adds.
Protectionist policies threaten to derail the AfCFTA and continue to affect the regional economic communities that already exist in Africa. To the west is the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas); in the east, the East African Community (EAC); and in the south, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa).
In east Africa, for example, nationalist tendencies still hinder cross-border trade. In 2010, when Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda signed up for the establishment of a common market, it was agreed that customs duties would be eliminated, non-tariff barriers to trade between partner states would be removed and a common external tariff in respect of all goods imported into the community would be streamlined.
Trade rebalanced. Tanzania and Rwanda saw an increase in their total trade with the region while Kenya saw a fall. Despite the fact that trade was increasing in absolute terms, non-tariff barriers continue to hinder trade in the region.
The creation of an African free-trade agreement is an admirable but daunting task. Combining 54 disparate countries into a single market for the free movement of goods, services, people and investments will take decades.
"Things take time," says Enti. "Breaking down barriers – cultural, political, language and financial – across the entire continent for the mutual benefit of everyone will take time. We are not saying that it will be a perfect system from the start, but we have to start from somewhere."
Holmes says: "It's an ambitious task to say the least. But it has the potential to completely transform the continent."
Making Nigeria great again
Bose Ayeni, co-founder and chief executive of Tantalizers PLC, remembers when her company was just starting out. The fast-food chain opened its first branch in Lagos in 1997, but it wasn't easy.
"We were able to get a small loan from a bank – not because they liked our business model but because they knew us personally," says Ayeni. "The interest rate was still painfully high. Around 20% in those days. For a small business trying to get on its feet, it was difficult for us to maintain these payments."
Tantalizers persevered. Repayments were made on time and in full. Now the firm employs 1,000 people in Nigeria in over 50 branches throughout the country.
"Once we showed that we can make the payments and we demonstrated our ability to grow, we were able to access more bank financing," says Ayeni.
It is a similar story today. Interest rates are still around 20% for small and medium-sized enterprises hoping to borrow from commercial banks. Some SMEs access finance from microfinance institutions as an alternative – but in those cases it is not uncommon to hear of interest rates of 5% a month.
Bankers on the ground blame the fact that many of these SMEs still do not have accurate financial records or collateral to back the loan. The risk, they say, is just too high.
"When president [Muhammadu] Buhari argues that a continental free-trade agreement will hinder Nigeria's growth and SME development, what he has conveniently chosen to ignore is the fact that local businesses don't have the capacity to grow because they can't get the capital to do so," says a Ghanaian banker. "And why would Nigerian banks choose to invest in risky SMEs when they can safely put their money in government securities? The government has crowded SMEs out in Nigeria."
Change is afoot. Nigeria's Bank of Industry, the country's development finance institution, has a number of funds dedicated to supporting Nigeria's burgeoning sugar, cassava and cement industries at interest rates as low as 7%.
Earlier this year, the bank signed service agreements with 122 consultants to help them identify appropriate SMEs for funding at the more affordable interest rates.
The central bank has also taken some steps to support Nigeria's SMEs.
"Under the direction of the central bank of Nigeria, all banks in the country are required to dedicate 5% of all profit after tax to fund SMEs at low interest rates," says Peter Bamkole, director at the Enterprise Development Centre at the Pan-Atlantic University in Lekke, Nigeria. The Enterprise Development Centre was set up 16 years ago to identify the needs of Nigeria's SMEs and to support them.
"We are also introducing a unique identification number for people in Nigeria opening bank accounts so we can start keeping a record of payments and debts," says Bamkole. "This could hopefully be used in place of collateral, making lending easier."
Perhaps Nigeria's businesses will begin to grow.


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The facility is secured by a universal key system, access to the facility can be gained through the purchase of a Master Locksmiths Access Key (MLAK). To be eligible for access to a MLAK members of the community must present a copy of one of the following:
Keys can be purchased for a fee of $20 from the Council office at the Civic Centre or online at www.masterlocksmiths.com.au/mlak
Temporary keys can be loaned from the Mount Gambier Visitor Centre, Library and Riddoch and Main Corner Complex for a bond of $20, proof of eligibility must be provided.
A MLAK enables 24/7 universal access to many of the Changing Places amenities across Australia. Further information about the Changing Places initiative is available at changingplaces.org.au.


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Raytheon and Black Sage Announce Counter-Drone Solution at Paris Air Show
Read more: Aquatic Drone Firm Dives Deeper with Two Major Alliances
Raytheon and Black Sage join forces
To defend urban environments, airports other sensitive locations against drones, Black Sage combines sensors with AI and radio-frequency jammers. These have been integrated into Raytheon's Windshear command and control system, effectively giving a single operator control over a network of sensors and effectors to safely and quickly track, take over or land drones flying where they shouldn't.
"As we saw at Gatwick and Heathrow airports, drones operating inside commercial air corridors are posing a real challenge," said Todd Probert, vice president of Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services.
"And though Raytheon has developed a range of counter-drone systems, from missiles to lasers to high-powered microwaves, authorities also need a system that can safely stop and land a drone where it may not be safe to shoot them down. That's why we've teamed with Black Sage on a solution safe enough to operate in a populated area."
"Together we address a diverse range of customer missions combining some of the deepest and strongest capabilities in the industry," said Dave Romero, managing partner at Black Sage. "Customers now have access to an unprecedented and complete kill-chain; one that can be deployed as narrowly or broadly as the mission requires."


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As a member of the Campus Wellness Committee, HR is committed to the wellness initiatives that are offered to staff, faculty and students. HR encourages work/life balance, occupational, emotional, physical, spiritual, environmental, social and intellectual wellness for all the univeristy employees.
Be sure to visit the Campus Wellness website for a current listing of wellness events, information and resources.


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South Korean AD bring Chae "Piglet" Gwang-jin has joined Clutch Gaming to compete on its academy roster for the 2018 season, league sources told ESPN.
Piglet will play along with top laner Maxime "Maxtrobo" Delangis-Gallichand, jungler Galen "Moon" Holgate, mid-laner Josh "Sun" Cook and guide Philippe "Vulcan" Laflamme, resources stated. Clutch announced Moon and Sun because of the first two players of their Academy group on Monday. The Clutch Gaming Academy roster came collectively after the Houston Rockets-owned League of Legends team finished its starting roster in overdue November.
Piglet will join the Clutch agency after his former team, Team Liquid, did not renew his contract. He competed with Team Liquid for all three years of his time in North America, after transferring to the USA following his departure from SK Telecom T1 in 2014. Liquid determined to move on after the opportunity to reap Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng — one of the nice AD contains in North America — have become available at some stage in the 2017-18 offseason.
The North American Academy League is about for its inaugural season to begin on Jan. 19. All North American League Championship Series groups will host a 2nd team in the Academy League, which is meant to present the possibility to expand young expertise that would sooner or later compete on the better-stage LCS teams.
Clutch Gaming received its spot inside the League Championship Series, and as a result, the Academy League, after Riot Games regular it as an extended-time period franchise companion. Its discern corporation, the Rockets, are among three NBA franchises to participate within the league, along with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors, who also began new esports brands in November.
Every gaming fanatic ought to have the right gaming add-ons for her or him to have a splendid gaming revel in. If you are gaming enthusiast, right here are some of the nice add-ons that you ought to have:
Entertainment pod
There are many agencies that manufacture those accessories, however one particular feature in all of them is they tend to wrap you right into a cocoon. As quickly as the door slides down behind you, you're isolated from the outdoor global and nothing else in this world subjects, other than you and your sport.
Many pods have leather seats which make sure which you are at ease when playing. To decorate your consolation, the pods include functions that let you customise the hardware internally.
Headsets assist you to make use of the sound era on the way to improve your gaming revel in. There are many headsets produced by using one of a kind companies and include one-of-a-kind features and in distinctive expenses.
When buying these accessories you ought to usually cross for first-rate. You have to also make certain that the headsets are as comfortable as possible. Here you need to make sure that the headset has plush ear pads and cushioned headscarf. You have to additionally make certain that the accent gives out high pleasant sound this is secure for your ears.
Racing wheel
If you are a racing fan, you need to maximum certainly have a racing wheel. When shopping for the wheel you ought to make certain that's long lasting and secure to apply. You ought to additionally make sure that it may spin at distinctive angles.
It's also endorsed which you move for wheels with automated transmissions, gas, snatch, and brake pedals. The wheel has to additionally be like-minded with some of PCs and gaming consoles.
To be confident of the wheel's durability, you must usually pass for wheels made with stainless-steel and leather-based.
Mechanical keyboards
Mechanical keyboards aid in assuaging fatigue that comes due to excessive use of rubber domed keys. The appropriate side with these keyboards is that you do not have to press difficult or push the keys all the way down.
The keyboards additionally come with switches that have a wide range of packages. For instance, there may be the cherry MX red switch which is ideal for regular typing. There also are cherry MX black and green switches which can be perfect for racing type games.
These are just a few add-ons that any extreme gamer should have. When shopping for the accessories you ought to always make certain which you purchase them from reputable stores that won't rip you off.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering action against a producer of "The Hurt Locker" who sent out multiple e-mails urging academy members to vote for his movie in the Oscar best-picture category and "not a $500 million film," an obvious reference to close-competitor "Avatar."
The e-mails by Nicolas Chartier, one of four nominated producers for "The Hurt Locker" and who put up the financing to make the front-running film, violated the academy's rule against sending mailings that "attempt to promote any film or achievement by casting a negative light on a competing film or achievement," according to academy spokeswoman Leslie Unger.
The initial e-mail was sent Feb. 19 and obtained by The Associated Press. Subsequent e-mails, posted by the Los Angeles Times, showed Chartier giving more specific instructions, asking Oscar voters to rank "The Hurt Locker" at No. 1 and "Avatar" at No. 10 on this year's preferential ballot for the newly expanded best-picture category.
"Hurt Locker" distributor Summit Pictures said in a statement it was "completely unaware of any e-mails that were sent until we were alerted by the academy earlier this week."
Chartier, after being confronted by Summit executives, worked with the studio and the academy to craft an apology for his actions, said Summit spokesman Paul Pflug.
"My naivete, ignorance of the rules and plain stupidity as a first-time nominee is not an excuse for this behavior and I strongly regret it," Chartier wrote in an e-mail obtained by The Associated Press. "Being nominated for an academy Award is the ultimate honor and I should have taken the time to read the rules."
"Avatar's" distributor, 20th Century Fox, declined comment on the e-mails, as did director James Cameron or anyone connected with the 3-D sci-fi sensation — Hollywood's biggest modern blockbuster.
The motion picture academy itself will hold off on announcing how exactly it plans to discipline Chartier until Oscar voting closes at 5 p.m. PST Tuesday. The academy's Unger refused to speculate on what action might be taken.
Possible measures include public censure, taking away Chartiers Oscar tickets, and the unlikely option of removing "The Hurt Locker" — about a bomb-disposal unit in Iraq and the season's top award-winner so far — from best picture consideration, according to several academy members familiar with the situation. The members spoke on the condition of anonymity because they aren't authorized to comment about the matter.
It's also possible that if "The Hurt Locker" wins, the academy won't extend membership to Chartier, like it does to most newly minted Oscar winners, the members said.
With Oscar ballots due Tuesday, the controversy surrounding Chartier's actions may have little effect on the March 7 Academy Awards because most voters have already mailed in their ballots, said one of the academy members.
But that hasn't stopped Hollywood insiders from bandying about heated opinions referring to Chartier's e-mails as everything from harmless enthusiasm to egregious politicking that should result in the film's disqualification.
As one academy voter put it, requesting anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject: "If 'The Hurt Locker' doesn't win best picture, I wouldn't want to be that guy. They'll be pointing at him."
In addition to Chartier's e-mails, "The Hurt Locker" is also facing complaints — just now surfacing, though the movie was released last June — from veterans and active soldiers over the accuracy of its combat scenes.
Late-in-the-game controversies surrounding Oscar front-runners is nothing new. When Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" was up for several Oscars in 2003, a transcript from the grand jury testimony of Polanski's 1977 sexual assault case was published on a Web site. Polanski still won the Oscar for best director.
A year earlier, rumors circulated that schizophrenic mathematician John Nash, the subject of Ron Howard's "A Beautiful Mind," harbored anti-Semitic beliefs. The movie ended up winning four Oscars, including awards for picture, director and adapted screenplay.
And, similar to this year's e-mail controversy, DreamWorks ran ads in 2004 quoting critics touting Shohreh Aghdashloo's supporting actress performance in "House of Sand and Fog" over that of Renee Zellweger in "Cold Mountain." That campaign backfired, too, with Zellweger winning the Oscar.
"I suppose I'm just naive, but I've always chosen to believe that academy members vote solely on the basis of merit," says film historian Leonard Maltin. "I do know some academy members, and they are very conscientious about their vote. They distance themselves from any jockeying of position and name-calling."


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Address by Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Gaston Browne, at the Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Association of Audit Committee Members
Friday, June 28, 2019 — Statement by Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of the OECS, Honourable Gaston Browne, at the 13th Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Association of Audit Committee Members on Thursday, June 27th 2019 at the Royalton Hotel and Spa, Antigua and Barbuda.
I thank the organisers of this Conference for the honour of addressing the Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Association of Audit Committee Members.
You meet at a time when the financial services sector of our region is under assault by forces in the external community.
Disguised as concerns over "profit erosion", "tax havens", "money laundering" and "counter terrorism financing", the objectives of these external agencies appear to be designed to cripple competition in the financial services sector.
Having dominated the sector until the mid-1980s, financial centres in developed countries found that newcomers to the sector, particularly in the off-shore sector, were becoming highly competitive.
Lower tax rates and efficient and lower cost services for a range of products from jurisdictions in the Caribbean, led the European Union (EU), through the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), launching its "harmful tax competition initiative".
In effect, that initiative was designed to try to stop competition in financial services by coercing smaller jurisdictions to adopt tax rates that approximated the higher rates in Europe.
Regrettably, smaller jurisdictions did not coalesce to resist this imposition on their sovereign rights by a body that had no international authority to do so.
Instead, some jurisdictions individually acquiesced to OECD and EU pressure, fracturing any attempt at unified resistance.
Acquiescence of sovereign rights is a slippery slope.
Once the slide begins, the fall is difficult to stop, and almost impossible to reverse.
Over the years, the EU and OECD's assault on the Caribbean's offshore financial sector crept into the onshore sector, engulfing all in their increasing demands to push our jurisdictions out of the business of providing international financial services.
Now, we have come to the point where, in March of this year, the European Union black listed countries that they claim do not meet tax good governance.
Five Caribbean countries were on that list - Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Dominica, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Others were placed on a monitoring list because we have made commitments to implement changes in our legislative and enforcement regimes by December of this year.
Those jurisdictions are: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.
As a group, CARICOM countries have expressed concern that the new listing by the EU Council constitutes an infringement of our sovereign right of self-determination.
We have said that it is starting to border on anti-competitive conduct, targeting the decimation of international business and the financial services sector in the Caribbean.
CARICOM has said collectively that we believe the EU council is trying to destroy the financial sector in our Member States even as we try to develop resilience in our economies to mitigate our inherent vulnerabilities of small size, limited resources, and exposure to natural disasters.
But, we live in a world of intolerance for the development aspirations of the small and of increasing imposition of the doctrine that might is right.
Of course, we could collectively take the EU to the World Trade Organization on the basis that its actions are a restraint on our ability to trade.
It is not an option that we should take off the table.
We should not take it off the table because it appears that no matter how much our jurisdictions adopt draconian laws and pay for expensive enforcement machinery, new and more intrusive demands are made.
We have wounded our financial services sector by a thousand cuts already.
Is it that the only time that external forces will be satisfied is when our financial services sector is dead and buried?
I say, we cannot allow that to happen.
I say, we have a right to compete in the global marketplace on a level playing field with all.
I say, that the interests of our economies and of our people are as important and vital as anyone else's, and we should fight for them against injustice and imposition.
Ladies and Gentlemen, you are all aware of the serious threat posed to the economies of our countries and the well-being of our people from de-risking and the loss of correspondent banking relationships (CBRs).
Without CBRs, the global financial and trading system would come to a halt, and affected countries will drop into poverty from which recovery will be costly both in time and money, but more importantly in human life.
This grave threat has been hanging over the Caribbean now for almost half a decade; and it shows no sign of abating.
Right now, in many parts of the region, the majority of banks are reduced to only one correspondent bank, and at an extremely high cost.
Consequently, the cost of doing business is escalating, even as we try to cope with high debt, incurred largely to recover our countries from disasters.
But, since 1966 the United Nations has recognised and codified in international law the right of people to pursue their economic development as a fundamental human right.
In this connection, deprivation of CBRs to our countries is deprivation of a fundamental human right.
It is about the right to survive and to prosper and not to wash-up on the shores of the rich, begging for a living if not for life itself.
As the recently appointed Chair of the Heads of Government of the OECS, I have made it clear that under my watch there will be an organised and vigorous promotion to identify CBRs for re-engagement, re-assessment and re-risking of our financial institutions.
We are ready to work with the Caribbean Association of Banks, our Central Bank, and international banking authorities to promote agreed strategies that will demonstrate that our jurisdictions are compliant with the various requirements of all the external agencies.
We will also comply with the Financial Action Task Force's AML/CFT guidelines to ensure that we are not included in any black or grey lists.
But where those lists are unreasonable and unfair, we will publicly and openly voice our concerns.
We will not silently fade away, allowing our countries to wither and our people to suffer.
Ladies and Gentlemen
Some of our Caribbean jurisdictions have been improperly labelled as "tax havens".
A "haven" implies that our banks hold profits and large deposit for multi-national corporations and High Net Worth Individuals.
But the truth is revealed in our reported bank deposit balances that are reviewed annually by professional third-party firms.
These balances tell a very different story and show that we are no tax havens.
In the case of Antigua and Barbuda, for instance, the audited and reported balances, recorded by the ECCB for domestic banks and the Financial Service Authority (FSRC) for international banks, are less than US$4 Billion.
US$4 billion in a world economy of hundreds of trillions of US dollars, is far too minuscule to possibly qualify as a "tax haven".
Audit Committees of Banks – represented in this room – are aware that the US International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), perennially describes every, single country in the Caribbean – without exception – as a "major money launderer".
The US statute defines a "major money laundering country" as one "whose financial institutions engage in currency transactions involving significant amounts of proceeds from international narcotics trafficking".
Well, the Caribbean Audit Committees of the region's banking sector, as the internal watchdogs over money laundering risks, can attest that no significant proceeds from international narcotics trafficking passes through our banks.
All international transactions are traceable by person, business, bank account and bank, and each of them is vetted by our banks as senders and receivers.
Therefore, we are left bewildered over how our jurisdictions are placed in this category of high-risk.
I should point out that this particular US report is not a "blacklist" of jurisdictions, nor are there sanctions associated with it.
But it does unfairly create concerns among US banks that, as a result, have been withdrawing correspondent banking relationships.
In this regard, Antigua and Barbuda's diplomatic representatives in Washington have been in the forefront of efforts to review the sources, process and conclusions of the reports.
This year, some success was achieved and the report was modified.
Encouraged by this progress, we will continue to urge the US to recognise that the total amount of money transacted by all our banks is far too small to warrant the labelling as "major money launderers", and they should stop it.
The reputational damage to our banks has frightened US banks and caused them to shy away from providing correspondent banking relationships.
This situation is both unfair and unwarranted, and threatens to un-bank our countries and plunge our economies into decline.
On a related matter, some of the people in this room are bankers from Antigua and Barbuda and other sister OECS countries that offer economic citizenship to qualified applicants.
They will be aware of the increasing challenges being posed to our Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIP) which have quite literally saved our economies from decline in the face of poor terms of trade, repeated natural disasters, diminished aid and high costs of imports.
The CIP is not unique to the Caribbean.
It competes with similar programmes in Europe and North America.
Perhaps, that is a reason why, like financial services, it is under assault by external forces.
But, CIPs involve greater and stronger due diligence on their transactions than apply to others.
Certainly, CIPs prevent money-laundering since funds received by the government for approved applicants are non-refundable.
Nonetheless, some correspondent banks have shy-ed away from transactions related to CIPs.
In this regard, I urge Caribbean banks involved in this service to demonstrate to their correspondent banks the extreme care and due diligence used in managing the CIP product.
By clear policies and procedures, they should demonstrate why CIPs do not pose a risk to the integrity of correspondent banking relationships.
I will go further.
In my capacity as the Chair of the Heads of Government of the OECS, I undertake, if necessary, to assemble a team of government officials, CIP executives, AML/CFT experts and our banks to hold joint meetings with correspondent banks to sensitise them on the integrity and security of the CIP application and approval process.
The CIP programmes are too important to our economies and to the welfare of all, including the banking sector, for us not to run the extra mile that might be necessary to disabuse misconceptions and to build-up confidence in them.
Ladies and Gentlemen
Financial institutions have a pivotal role to play in the financial growth of national economies.
Strong financial institutions are identified by strong financial auditing and reporting.
Good reporting will attract confidence in the institution, which will then attract local and foreign direct investments that will grow the national economy.
National prosperity is a circle that requires the good health of our financial institutions.
The global financial world is evolving, and our banking sectors will need to participate actively to remain competitive.
Our banks need to be nimble, flexible and well advised by their Audit Committees to safely meet the challenges and to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the advance of digital banking services.
In the OECS, I commend Governor Timothy Antoine and his team at the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank for exploring the issuance of a high security digital EC currency to operate alongside physical EC cash.
This development could accelerate real time processing and settlements that would benefit businesses and individuals, saving time and improving efficiency.
Ladies and gentlemen, the strength of our banking sector has a greater role to play now in the prospects of our small economies than at any other previous time.
Banks have to place themselves in a position in which they can not only satisfy local regulation, they must also be able to withstand international scrutiny.
That is the only way they will overcome the fears related to securing correspondent banking relations that are so vital to them and to the economies in which they function.
But, within that framework, banks must also innovate and contribute to new initiatives that could make our Caribbean region stronger for sound investment and sustainable development.
In all this. Audit Committees have a vital role to ensure that Boards of Banks are well-advised; that the integrity of the institutions is safeguarded; and that the deposits of clients are protected.
I know that auditing committees of banks, more than any others, are very mindful of the warning of Warren Buffet that: "Banking is very good business if you don't do anything dumb."
I am confident our banks will be better for your scrutiny, your diligence and your sound advice.
Thank you!!


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The average life expectancy in America has been increasing at a steady rate for much of the past century. As average life expectancy continues to rise and people continue to live longer, it is natural to question how this will impact our society and personal lives. Some people say that 40 is the new 30 but is there any truth to this?
Biological Age is Your "Real Age"
As average life expectancy increases, the importance of biological age as compared to chronological age will increase. Chronological age is the number of years a person has been alive. Biological age can be defined as your virtual age so to speak.
For example, there are 65 year old people who are physically in as good condition as an average 35 year old person. Conversely, there are people in their 20's that are in the same overall condition as an average person in their 40's. Many scientists look at a person's biological age as a more accurate reflection of an individual's true physical state of being.
Traditional View of Aging is Changing
As average life expectancy continues to grow and people live longer, how chronologically old a person is will matter much less. Eventually, the traditional concepts of youth, middle age, and old age will have to be reevaluated and in reality this process has already begun.
Being in your 30's, 40's, or 50's in the new millennium is not the same as it was half a century ago. Back in the 1950's or 60's, the majority of 40 year olds were already married and raising children.
Today with a greater average life expectancy, many 40 year olds are not married and many have delayed having children in order to pursue other interests such as career advancement, traveling, etc. It is amazing when we consider that many centuries ago; most people didn't live much past the age of 40.
Advancements in Science and Medicine
Improving medical technology and public health awareness are helping to increase the average life expectancy. Exercise, a healthy diet, and maintaining a positive attitude are the most important things you can do to add more quality years to your life. Average life expectancy will continue its rise into the foreseeable future and our culture will continue to change and evolve with it.


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Building Strong Friendships in Christ
The Word of God Performing in You Today
"For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe."
1 Thessalonians 2:13 Page 1847
I was talking with a friend of mine many years ago about spiritual things. He mentioned to me that he had prayed to receive Christ with a family friend, but had never done anything more about it for years. The family friend that told him about Christ never spent time imparting his life to my friend, so that my friend would grow up in Christ. I started spending time with my friend, and he developed an intense interest in reading the Bible, praying, and tremendous joy came into his life. For several months, we spent a lot of time together, but then he got a new job and moved away. Since then, we have lost touch with each other. I often wonder how he is doing.
In 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Paul starts with the words "For this reason." Paul uses these words to link his prayer life to the way the Thessalonians acted after the ministry team preached to them. Let me state that as a general principle. If you are serious about the ministry Christ has entrusted to you, then you need to focus your entire life upon believers who receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the word of God, with real faith and commitment on their part and yours.
As you go through life sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, some people will hear the message and not really give it a second thought. They may pray a prayer, but they lack saving faith in their hearts. They have received the word of God by hearing it, but they have treated it as the word of men. Faith is a gift of God, and not from the will of man (Ephesians 2:8-9, page 1828; John 1:18, page 1654). In other people, you will see in them a wonderful reception to the Word of God.
Let us focus for a minute upon the contrast that Paul draws in 1 Thessalonians 2:13 between the "word of men" and the "word of God." People can be persuaded by persuasive human arguments, or clever speech. Paul determined he would never spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ using purely human powers of persuasion (1 Corinthians 2:1-5, page 1783). Are you living your life today as if you received the "word of men" or the "word of God?"
Paul also emphasized the role of revelation here. God reveals His purposes and plans for mankind through His messengers, the apostles and prophets, and more directly through the ministry of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. When Paul talks about the Word of God, he echoes the words of the disciples when they said: "You have the words of eternal life" (John 6:68, 1667).
Jesus did not commission His servants to go and spread the "word of men," but rather the "word of God" (Matthew 28:18-19, page 1557). Revelation means that God has told us something we would not have known, except that God told us. The content of the revelation, in this case, is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the "word of God." Finally, Paul also talked about the way the Thessalonians "accepted" the word of God. This word "accepted" means to receive or welcome. Paul said the Corinthians accepted the Gospel, and so also the Gentiles received the Gospel. I love the picture of Simeon taking the baby Jesus in his arms, and holding him, with the full knowledge from God that he was holding the Messiah of Israel (Luke 2:28, page 1598). Simeon "accepted" the Lord Jesus into his arms, and knew whom he held. He was not holding just another baby, but the Savior of mankind. We should all act like Simeon. Finally, Paul talks about the word of God performing its work in the Thessalonians. When the word of God enters your life, with real faith that it came from God, and God has saved you and taken up residence in your life to stay forever, then you will begin to see the Word of God performing His work in your life. The Word of God comes into your life to change you into the image of Christ. God said that He created good works beforehand that we should walk in them. Our lives not only were saved by the Word of God, but also the Word of God continues to perform its work in us for a lifetime.
So, we learn some more about building strong friendships in Christ.
● Strong bonds of friendship form when we accept the word of God, as it really is, into our lives.
● Strong bonds of friendship grow when we use our lives to minister to people who receive the word of God. We should remember them constantly in our prayer lives, and impart our entire lives to them.
● We harm our bonds of friendship when we treat the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the word of men, and neglect using our lives in prayer and service to the people who accept the Gospel as the word of God.
Application for Today
Today, I will thank God for the people I know who have received the Gospel of Jesus Christ for what it really is, the word of God. I want to encourage them, and spend time with them today. How did you receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ? What will you do to encourage true believers today?


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Author Heide Castañeda presents narrative on mixed families living along the border
Laura Quiceno, Staff Writer
April 7, 2020
Guilford College is a campus with a wide range of students that come from different backgrounds and the diversity is very notorious. Many of the students are enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which "gives young undocumented immigrants protection from deportation and...
Guilford announces support of DACA
Annie Vo, Staff Writer
November 5, 2019
On Oct. 8, Guilford College and 165 other colleges gathered in an amicus brief in support of DACA, which provides protection for undocumented students. The president of Guilford College, Jane Fernandes, sent out an email to all Guilford students on Oct. 8 that detailed Guilford College's support...
Guilford College News in Brief
Hannah Shoemaker, News Editor
March 16, 2018
Black Student Union hosts N-word discussion As one of Guilford's final events in celebration of Black History Month, on Feb. 26 the Black Student Union hosted a presentation and discussion about both the historical complexities of the N-word. The event was facilitated by Vice President for Diversity, Equit...
Fernandes joins Presidents' Alliance
Roman Raies, Staff Writer
February 9, 2018
On Dec. 12, 2017, Guilford College President Jane Fernandes joined over two dozen other college presidents from around the country to create the Presidents' Alliance for Higher Education and Immigration. The Alliance was created to advocate for policies which protect immigrant, undocumented and...
Hector Suarez fights for his right to dream
Julia Martins de Sa, Assistant Photo Editor
January 26, 2018
Feb. 14, 1997. Guilford College's Student Community Senate President Hector Rivera Suarez was born to loving parents in Veracruz, Mexico late at night on Valentine's Day. Suarez lived with his parents and older sister in Veracruz for eight years. Veracruz is on the Gulf of Mexico, and every summer...
Using storytelling, activism to promote social change
Fernando Jimenez, Managing Editor
October 27, 2017
"Every social movement begins with one person telling their story." Kat Evasco, award-winning stand-up comedian, performing artist and writer, welcomed over 40 students from nine different states and Washington D.C. to the opening workshop of the first Define American Chapters Summit that took...
HUG honors Latinx Heritage Month, talks DACA
Fernando Jiménez, Managing Editor
October 6, 2017
"Right now, many communities of color are suffering, and the Latinx community is no exception," said Irving Zavaleta Jimenez '08 during his welcoming speech. "This banquet could not come any sooner. Tonight we have a space to breathe and be in community with each other." In celebration of...
ECAR welcomes new refugees and trainees
Jilly Campbell, Assistant Copy Editor
September 29, 2017
18 trainees. Five refugees. One campus. It's been a busy week for Every Campus a Refuge to say the least. On Saturday, Sept. 23, 18 students, staff members, faculty and alumni participated in a training session to become volunteers for the program. And Tuesday, Sept. 26 marked the arrival of...
DACA recipients should not be blamed
Julia Martins de Sa, Staff Writer
September 22, 2017
On the morning of Sept. 18, the Trump administration announced that they would be repealing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. In the moments after the announcement was made, the hearts of millions of Americans and immigrants fell. This was a decision rooted in racism and fear, a decision that...


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Toyota Gazoo Racing is adding to its list of spare parts for Toyota enthusiasts. It started with old Supra parts for the A70 and A80 generation in May of last year, and now GR is doing the same for the spectacular 2000GT.
The lithe 2000GT was launched in 1967 with help from Yamaha and stayed on sale until 1970. Only 337 units were produced, according to Toyota, and most used a 2.0-liter, dual-overhead cam inline-six. It only made 150 hp when new, but the 2000GT only weighed about 2,500 pounds, so it got to 60 mph in (checks notes) 10 seconds? OK, so it wasn't fast by today's standards, but we're talking about the late '60s here!
The 2000GT had a top speed of 136 mph, "on par with European sports cars of the day," says Toyota, and set three world records and 13 international records during speed trials. It was also used in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice.
As of now, the only parts are transmission- and differential-related; however, those do take a lot of punishment. The parts include gears, the synchro hub and sleeve, gaskets and an oil seal kit, bearing kit, snap ring kit, thrust washer and shift fork for the transmission. And for the differential Toyota has the final gear kit and the ring gear set bolt.
These parts join the newly announced Supra A70 fuel sender and A70 and A80 door handles, along with the parts they originally announced: front badges, weather stripping, fuel gauge senders, driveshafts, headlights and brake boosters.
The parts are on sale now at the Toyota Gazoo Racing website.