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Q: Our hospital district board of trustees went into closed session with an outside independent auditor, the board's attorney, the district attorney and local law enforcement to discuss a forensic audit of district's finances under its former president. Afterward, the board reconvened in open session and did not discuss the audit results, but voted to send the audit report to law enforcement. Didn't the board have a duty to discuss the audit report and say why they are sending it to law enforcement before calling a vote?
A: Maybe the board refrained from public discussion of the audit because it contains information related to an active criminal investigation, or the audit is in draft form containing "audit working papers" which are confidential.
Final/completed audit reports are public information. Audit working papers are not. You will find the following language in the Texas Attorney General's 2016 Public Information Handbook, beginning on page 135:
(b) In this section: (1) "Audit" means an audit authorized or required by a statute of this state or the United States, the charter or an ordinance of a municipality, an order of the commissioners court of a county, the bylaws adopted by or other action of the governing board of a hospital district, a resolution or other action of a board of trustees of a school district, including an audit by the district relating to the criminal history background check of a public school employee, or a resolution or other action of a joint board described by Subsection (a) and includes an investigation. (2) "Audit working paper" includes all information, documentary or otherwise, prepared or maintained in conducting an audit or preparing an audit report, including: (A) intra-agency and interagency communications; and (B) drafts of the audit report or portions of those drafts.
"Audit working paper" is defined as including all information prepared or maintained in conducting an audit or preparing an audit report, including intra-agency or interagency communications and drafts of audit reports. A governmental body that invokes section 552.116 must demonstrate the audit working papers are from an audit authorized or required by an authority mentioned in section 552.116(b)(1) and must identify that authority.
To the extent that information in an audit working paper is also maintained in another record, such other record is not excepted by section 552.116, although such other record may be withheld from public disclosure under the Act's other exceptions. There are no cases or formal opinions interpreting the current version of section 552.116.
Q: Our county operates an airport. A notice to bidders was published for construction of airport improvements, but not in the county seat newspaper. What is the publication requirement?
A: It's a notice to bidders, not a public notice. That is the key. In the situation you describe, the political subdivision is required to post a notice to bidders in the Texas Register and on the Texas Department of Transportation website. There is no requirement for a public notice in a newspaper. Texas Press Association lobbies in favor of broader public notice rather than a mere notice to bidders, because (1) public notice is especially helpful to smaller local contractors and (2) our position has forever been that the public has a right to know about all publicly funded projects.
Rules concerning notice to bidders are in Title 43, the transportation portion of the Texas Administrative Code. See also Local Government Code Sec. 271.055, titled Notice to Bidders. Unlike a notice to bidders concerning a construction project, that section relates to acquisition, sale or lease of property and it does include a public notice requirement. The law says: a) An issuer must give notice of the time, date, and place at which the issuer will publicly open the bids on a contract for which competitive bidding is required by this subchapter and read the bids aloud. The notice must be given in accordance with Subsection (b) or in accordance with:
(1) Chapter 252, if the issuer is a municipality;
(2) the municipal charter of the issuer, if the issuer is a home-rule municipality; or
(3) the County Purchasing Act (Subchapter C, Chapter 262), if the issuer is a county.
(b) If an issuer gives notice under this subsection, the notice must:
(1) be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper, as defined by Subchapter C, Chapter 2051, Government Code, that is of general circulation in the area of the issuer, with the date of the first publication to be before the 14th day before the date set for the public opening of the bids and the reading of the bids aloud; and
(2) state that plans and specifications for the work to be done or specifications for the machinery, supplies, equipment, or materials to be purchased are on file with a designated official of the issuer and may be examined without charge.
(c) If the contract is to be let on a unit price basis, in addition to the other information required to be in the notice, the notice must specify, based on the best available information, the approximate quantities of the items needed by the issuer that are to be bid on.
Q: I am in a rush to get my newspaper to press and drive, as fast as the law will allow, to the airport to get on a plane to Washington, D.C. I plan to drop in on my congressman, but I need a backup plan in case he isn't available when I show up. Please email me the names and contact information for each member of his staff.
A: Thanks to the Texas Tribune, here is the quick and easy path I took to fulfill your request. I opened https://www.texastribune.org/.directory/ and clicked the "U.S. Congress" tab. Next, I clicked the name of your U.S. representative. On the page that opened, I found a list of his staff members and links to their contact information.
Q: Our city council is not as forthcoming as it should be in its meeting notices, and in particular, the topics of closed sessions. The public is in the dark about what is going to be discussed. Is there something I can share with the powers that be, to get more specificity in regards to agenda items?
A: First, here is a link to the Texas Attorney General's 2016 Texas Open Meetings Handbook:
Open that link and scroll down to page 27. The title at the top of the page is VII. Notice Requirements. I hope you will read the entire section, but for now, please see:
B. Sufficiency. The notice must be sufficient to apprise the general public of the subjects to be considered during the meeting.
Next, on page 30, please see: C. Generalized Terms Generalized terms such as "old business," "new business," "regular or routine business," and "other business" are not proper terms to give notice of a meeting because they do not inform the public of its subject matter.
Now, to submit a request to the city secretary in order to name the exact topic of the closed session, please open this link:
Copy, cut and paste the text of the letter into a new file and print it on your company letterhead stationery. Customize the text as you see fit.
Next, to add weight to your request, at the bottom of your letter, include this:
cc: Justin Gordon, Open Records Chief, Office of the Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548, Austin, TX 78711
You may ask the city secretary to put a date stamp on your letter. If you succeed at that, you may ask for a copy of the date-stamped letter. Then, when you return to your office, you can make copies of the public information request for your files and mail a copy to Justin Gordon.
Sometimes, just going through this process is enough to get a governmental body to give you the information you're requesting. The city secretary or the mayor might see the carbon copy addressee and end up saying, "Please don't send that letter. We'll just give you the information."
Q: I attended a city council meeting Monday evening. I could tell some of the council members had previously discussed an agenda item. I am correct in saying that if a quorum of the council is present anywhere, they cannot discuss city business, right? What should I tell them if two or three meet up and discuss city business?
A: According to the Texas open meetings law, to deliberate on public business, a quorum of a governmental body is required to meet in public, and the public must be provided notice at least 72 hours before the meeting begins.
See Government Code § 551.143, Conspiracy to Circumvent Chapter; Offense; Penalty (a) A member or group of members of a governmental body commits an offense if the member or group of members knowingly conspires to circumvent this chapter by meeting in numbers less than a quorum for the purpose of secret deliberations in violation of this chapter. (b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a misdemeanor punishable by: (1) a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500; (2) confinement in the county jail for not less than one month or more than six months; or (3) both the fine and confinement.
And here is what the Texas Attorney General's 2016 Open Meetings Handbook tells us about that:
Meetings of Less than a Quorum in Attempt to Evade the Act: "Walking Quorums" On occasion, a governmental body has tried to avoid complying with the Act by deliberating about public business without a quorum being physically present in one place and claiming that this was not a "meeting" within the Act. Conducting secret deliberations and voting over the telephone, when no statute authorized this, was one such method. A "walking quorum" is described in Esperanza Peace and Justice Center v. City of San Antonio. The night before an open city council meeting was to be held, the mayor met with several city council members in the city manager's office and spoke with others by telephone about the city budget. A decision was made that night and ratified at the public meeting the next day. The federal court stated that it would violate the spirit of the Act and render a result not intended by the Legislature "[i]f a governmental body may circumvent the Act's requirements by 'walking quorums' or serial meetings of less than a quorum, and then ratify at a public meeting the votes already taken in private." The Esperanza court said that a meeting of less than a quorum is not subject to the Act "when there is no intent to avoid the Act's requirements." On the other hand, the Act would apply to meetings of groups of less than a quorum where a quorum or more of a body attempted to avoid the purposes of the Act by deliberately meeting in groups less than a quorum in closed sessions to discuss and/or deliberate public business, and then ratifying their actions as a quorum in a subsequent public meeting. The evidence showed that the city council intended to avoid the Act. For example, the mayor met with council members constituting less than a quorum to reach a conclusion; the city manager kept track of the number of council members present so as to avoid a formal quorum; the consensus reached was memorialized in a memorandum containing the signatures of each council member; and the consensus was "manifested" when adopted at an open meeting.


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text: FRAUD PREVENTION FOR SENIORS VA N E S S A O LT M A N N , M B A , C PA , C G A , C F I WHAT IS FRAUD? Fraud is a lie or misrepresentation that is committed with the of purpose depriving you of something of value FRAUD AND SCAMS IN THE NEWS • Vancouver Chinese seniors targeted in scam • Stealing from mom and dad: Why power-of-attorney abuse against seniors is soaring—and so easy to get away with (July, 2011. Maclean's) • Elderly BC fraudster sentenced to 8 years (April, 2010. CBC News. Fraudster Judith Lynn Slobbe) • VISA scam – Prince George (Video) THE FRAUD TRIANGLE Opportunity Rationalization Pressure Offenders are motivated and able to commit fraud when these three elements are present… THE FRAUD TRIANGLE OPPORTUNITY • Red Flags: Power of Attorney with no check on spending by the person holding POA, house is mortgage free and does not have title insurance, valuables are accessible in house, house needs repairs, senior has disposable income, senior gives to charity. PERCEIVED NEED / PRESSURE (usually a financial need) • Red Flags: shortage of money, living beyond income, substance or gambling addiction, extra-marital affairs, divorce … (can you think of others?) RATIONALIZATION A mental process in which the fraudster justifies his/her actions internally. • Red Flags: signs of resentment, evasiveness, failure to be accountable for actions. Red flags are signs that something MAY be wrong. A red flag is not proof, but it is a sign you should take reasonable measures to protect yourself from possible financial abuse. CASE – JUDITH SLOBBE Richmond News, Mar 17, 2010 "Slobbe has a history of fraud going back nearly four decades and spanning two continents. She has prior convictions in Australia, where she once lived. She also has several convictions in Canada." CBC News, April 22, 2010 – Sentencing. Includes VIDEO "Judge Ron Fratkin [called Slobbe} a conniving and pathological liar who preyed on the elderly and the sick to support her own lavish lifestyle. Oct 19, 2012. CBC News Parole Board, Judith Slobbe Parole Hearing. Predators have no need for rationalization – all they need is opportunity I TRUSTED HER … I TRUSTED HIM This is one of the most common comments made by victims of fraud. Judith Slobbe's victims trusted her. Trust is not a control Trust … but verify An honest person should have no reason to refuse to explain or verify that things have been done right TELEPHONE FRAUD – CASE • A True Story – Scam • The Scam - Genisis • Dreams Beyond Thirty presents "SCAM", a film about telephone fraud. LOTTERIES, SWEEPSTAKES AND CONTESTS Source – The Little Black Book of Scams, Competition Bureau Canada CASE –PONZI SCHEME Rashida Samji, Notary Public (Arvindbhai Patel AKA Arvin Patel, Coast Capital) • Man says he lost millions of dollars by trusting Rashida Samji – BC Securities Commission Hearing (Nov 15, 2013 – CBC News Video) • Coast Capital Named in Ponzi Suit – Civil Suit. (Nov 15, 2013 – CBC News Video) Background • Vancouver Ponzi Scheme: Rashida Samji Arrested (Huffington Post, updated Nov 13. Samji released on bail) • Prominent Vancouver businesswoman charged for alleged $17M Ponzi scheme (Nov 13, 2013, Financial Post. Fraud stretches back to 2003. Links to two other Ponzi schemes) • B.C. judge certifies class-action lawsuit over alleged Ponzi scheme (Sep 11, 2013. The Vancouver Sun. Defendants named include Samji, Patel, RBC, TD, Coast Capital, Vancouver City Savings, Worldsource Financial Management Inc. PONZI SCHEMES – RED FLAGS Common Elements of a Ponzi or Investment Scam • High Rates of Return • No Risk • Act Now! • Insider Information • Tax Free BBBVancouverIsland ScamWATCH Episode 10: Ponzi & Pyramid Schemes (Video) PONZI SCHEME – VANCOUVER ISLAND Nanaimo man jailed 6 years for Ponzi scheme, victims across Island. (Nanaimo Daily News, March 6, 2013. Michael David Chodorowski, $2.5M defrauded, sentenced to 6 years) PONZIS AND PYRAMID SCHEMES Source – The Little Black Book of Scams, Competition Bureau Canada MONEY TRANSFER SCHEMES Nigerian Scam (419 fraud) AKA Advance Fee Fraud 1. "Help me transfer this money out of the country and I'll give you a share." 2. "Just send me your bank details and I'll transfer the money to you …" 3. A few days later (you're checking your account daily…) your contact calls/emails you … "The bank says we have to pay a fee/tax to do the transfer. If you can wire the fee to me, I'll pay the fee and they'll release the money to your account." 4. … and so it goes on. Overpayment scams 1. Fraudster makes a purchase and prepays by check (often from out of Canada). 2. The check arrives, but it's an overpayment. 3. Fraudster says, "Keep the check, just send me the overpayment." 4. Some weeks later, the bank advises victim that the check has bounced. MONEY TRANSFER SCHEMES Source – The Little Black Book of Scams, Competition Bureau Canada GRANDPARENT SCAM/ EMERGENCY SCAMS • Canadian Bankers Association –Grandparent Scam advice (Video) • Canadian Bankers Association – Fraud Resources GRANDPARENT SCAM OTHER KINDS OF FRAUD • Internet Scams • Health and Medical scams • Dating and romance scams • Charity scams • Job and employment scams • Service scams RESOURCES • • • • BBBVancouverIsland ScamWATCH Listings of BBB YouTube Videos, Alerts, and Resources FINANCIAL ABUSE: Protecting British Columbia's Seniors. SeniorsBC. Linked Document Includes Listings of BC resources including • Public Guardian and Trustee of BC • BC Centre for Ender Advocacy & Support – Seniors Abuse & Information Line (SAIL) • VictimLinkBC • BC Securities Commission The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre Competition Bureau • The Little Black Book of SCAMS (some excerpts from this book have been reproduced under the terms of Industry Canada's Permission to Reproduce) V. G. Oltmann, MBA, CPA, CGA, CFI Email: [email protected] Web: TheFraudChronicles.com Twitter: @Fighting_Fraud


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The name says it all … say hello to a super sweet new offering known as the Super SWEET!
A quaint cottage nestled in the heart of downtown Lewes, we're thrilled to add yet another off-centered experience for those visiting us here in coastal Delaware. Located just a hop, skip and a jump away from the Dogfish Inn, the Super SWEET features the same amenities you'll find at the inn … with a little added room!
Upon entering the Super SWEET, you'll be greeted by a charming interior that boasts original Dogfish Head artwork, as well as archival pieces of Dogfish history. And thanks to a spiral staircase that leads to a bedroom loft with a king size bed and two pull out couches, this cozy (and practical) space sleeps six quite comfortably. The Super SWEET also features a full kitchen and outdoor shower, and acts as the perfect backdrop for your upcoming retreat - be it a family getaway, annual business planning meeting, or wedding weekend you'll never forget!
Super SWEET nitty gritty
- 2-night minimum. You can also book for 6-nights, getting your 7th for free - just give us a call for week-long bookings!
- No pets.
- Roughly 1,200 sq. ft.
- Amenities Include: Free WiFi, Free Cable TV, Bike rentals, Reservations to Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats, Chesapeake & Maine, and tours at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, and more!
- Check-In occurs at the Dogfish Inn.
Now available … let's start planning your next trip! Just give us a jingle at 302-644-8292 today!
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Facebook's Video Feed - Why You Want To Be There
As a small business owner, being noticed is critical to getting new customers and making money. One way to stay ahead of the competition is to capitalize on post placement with Facebook's video feed.
For past months, Facebook has been testing a feed just for video. It hasn't been rolled out to all users yet because Facebook is still testing the feature, but there's a lot of opportunity to reach new audiences and potential customers in this largely under-utilized feed.
Even if you don't have the feed in your own Facebook app, others do and will be able to discover your branded videos promoting your business or service. You have the opportunity to make your mark early and gain traction. There's a specific "Suggested Video Section" for people to browse and another opportunity to be discovered.
If you are the lucky one who has this feed, take a look at what content is in there. You'll see a lot of News networks ahead of the curve posting live video and branded videos. Your content has the ability to stand out among News feeds.
This is an opportunity for small businesses to show up where people go to exclusively watch video. "This videos section helps people discover, watch and share videos on Facebook that are relevant to them."
As Facebook and Instagram move to video "stories" and curated video content in their apps, small businesses have the opportunity to innovate and gain post placement if you remain focused on animated video posts.
Video isn't going away so jump on board and get ahead in the feeds!
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Amazon BuyLink: Stand and Deliver Your Love
Mistress Sarah was once a woman of promise, until a greedy relative left her to fend for herself on the cold, hard streets of London. Now she does the only thing she can to survive and care for those she has sworn to protect.
Lord Byron Cobbett has given up on life after the death of his beloved fiancee. On a trip to London to clear his family's name he tangles with disaster.
Sarah gets more than she bargains for when she unwittingly rescues Byron. She must find a way to convince him to keep her secret. Can she allow herself to love him and still keep her promise? Will Byron stand and deliver his love to the auburn haired bandit and risk his own freedom?
The twists to this plot provide more than just the expected romance traits, giving a deeper level of complexity and drama to a risky relationship. Killarney tells a gripping tale. Rosalie Skinner, author of The Chronicles of Caleath series.
My Review:
This book was my first read by Killarney's but I will tell you now that I am done with it that it will be my first of many of hers.
After reading the description of the book I was totally intrigued so I had to read it. I am so glad I did.
This book was very well written and the story flowed. I thought the whole idea of this book was unique. Yes you have a love story but it is different from any I have read before. I wanted to read fast to see what would happen next but I was also sad because I knew each page I turned would bring me closer to the end. I really love historical romance genre LOL
I thought Killarney did a great job with Sarah and Byron's characters.
Sarah is a lively, loyal with a bit of wildness to her but she is also some what shy and innocent. The passion between Byron and Sarah was explosive at times but yet he was so tender with her. Killarney brings you back in time with this passionate tale of life and love.
I was easily engrossed in this wonderful tale. Killarney gives her readers details and descriptions that allow you to picture everything in your mind. I was sighing in delight 🙂 Totally Loved the unexpected ending!!!!
I have to say that I read a lot of historical romance books and I have noticed that with this particular genre that it is either hit or miss. Killarney different delivered with this one… I am looking forward to reading her next book.
My Rating: 5 Romanticals


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Albedo and Reflectance Anisotropy Products from MODIS, VIIRS, and Landsat
Crystal Schaaf, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston (MA), USA
This global product, which is available from the year 2000, uses data from both the Terra and Aqua platforms to provide intrinsic measures of surface albedo, BRDF, and Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance (NBAR) at a 500m resolution on a daily timestep. Albedo, BRDF and NBAR products from 2012 onward can also be prepared from the spectrally similar Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP). And further efforts are underway to couple the spectacular near-nadir imagery from Landsat 8, launched in Feb 2013, with MODIS and VIIRS BRDF information to provide 30m measures of albedo. An overview of these products and the ongoing efforts to evaluate them under the auspices of the CEOS/Working Group on Cal/Val (WGCV)/Land Product Validation (LPV) program will be presented.
Biography :
Crystal Barker Schaaf is working on the development and use of operational products from NASA's MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) to monitor the Earth's environments from the Terra and Aqua polar orbiting space platforms. She is a science team member for both MODIS and the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) sensor on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership platform (NPP is the precursor to the next generation of national meteorological satellites).
Prof. Schaaf's current interests include modeling reflectance anisotropy and albedo and using remote sensing data to reconstruct and monitor the reflectance characteristics of various land surfaces, including vegetation phenology and land surface change. More recently she has also been involved in the development and use of ground-based Lidar systems to characterize biomass and vegetation structure.


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Engagement sessions are complimentary to all of my clients. It is a great way for you to get to know me and for me to get to know your style and personalities. It will make you feel so much more relaxed in front of the camera on your wedding day.
Each session is styled and shot in a location that reflects the things you enjoy doing together. It can be in the heart of the city for an urban chic look or in a beautiful garden to capture your softer romantic side or someplace that truly showcases your time together. We will discuss what look works the best for you both.
To see a full range of different style engagement shoots please check out my blog. There you can view galleries from many of my previous engagement sessions.


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Math and Literature Resource for Grades K-3
Hello all!
My colleague Sandra Ball and I have completed another resource for primary teachers!
Read A Story: Explore The Math promotes the teaching of important math concepts through the context of great children's books… The lessons span K-3 and some are even appropriate for grades 3/4 classrooms. Lessons involving number sense and operations, data management, measurement and more are included in this 65 page resource. Scan through the list of titles and corresponding math concepts to sort out which children's books would be a best fit for you and your students. The complete set of ISBN numbers for each of the stories is included so you can easily share ordering information with your teacher librarian…!
To download, please visit my online store (https://mindfull.ecwid.com) and click on the FREE DOWNLOADS icon.
Daily Math Investigations for K-2 – An Alternative to Calendar
Sandra Ball and I are pleased to announce the release of our newest collaboration, entitled Daily Math Investigations: Meaningful Math Routines. The resource is intended to present alternatives to a traditional calendar time – ways to keep our students actively engaged in the learning of mathematics in meaningful, hands-on and developmentally appropriate ways.
In the resource, you'll find a set of thoughtful tasks that promote visual spatial capacity, number sense, operational sense, data and measurement concepts. Each is presented in the form of both entry tasks and rich routines, intended to keep your youngest students thinking and reasoning mathematically. The complete resource, including a selection of classroom-ready line masters, is available to download for free, by visiting my online store at https://mindfull.ecwid.com. Click on the FREE DOWNLOADS icon to access the PDFs.
We sincerely hope that this resource provides you with practical, fun and engaging ideas for use your primary classroom – ways to ensure all students are doing math every day!
Carole and Sandra


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We have chosen a selection of yachts that we feel will be of best interest to our clients. This page has three sections: Monohull sailboats, Catamarans, Motor yachts. If you don't find what you're looking for on this list, please don't hesitate to ask.
We have some very good "budget boats" such as the very popular Storm Petrel and Sea Witch, while the most expensive yacht we have listed is a motor yacht for $135,000/week (plus expenses).
Many yachts are available for weekends, short charters, and day sails. Contact us for details.
Availability is quite good at present for summer charters in New England. It seems like we always get slammed for last-minute charters so please book ASAP. We don't want you to be disappointed and miss out on a summer sailing vacation.
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President Ma set to visit Taiping Island (update)
Taipei, Jan. 27 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) will visit Taiping Island in the South China Sea on Thursday, weather permitting, to greet soldiers stationed there ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, Presidential Office spokesman Charles Chen (陳以信) said Wednesday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has officially notified Taiwan's diplomatic allies of the plan, while Presidential Office Secretary-General Tseng Yung-chuan (曾永權) contacted the Democratic Progressive Party on Ma's behalf to invite President-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to send an envoy on the trip.
DPP spokesman Yang Chia-liang (楊家俍) said the party had responded to Tseng and told him that the DPP has no plans to send a representative to take part in the visit.
Taiping Island, which lies 1,600 kilometers south of Taiwan, is the largest natural island controlled by Taiwan in the disputed South China Sea. Ma, whose second and final term as president ends on May 20, has never been there during his nearly eight years as president.
Describing the island as an inherent part of the territory of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Chen said the president has never ruled out a visit to the island and noted that former President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) went to the island during his time in office.
The president will be accompanied by some 20 government officials, scholars and experts, Chen said, but no arrangements will be made for media outlets to join the trip.
Ma will hold a press conference after returning from the visit, Chen said.
The planned visit comes as the government moves to reinforce Taiwan's sovereignty claim over the island in the wake of China's buildup in the region and the Philippines' case against Beijing at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague.
Beijing claims the waters and land in the South China Sea based on a "nine-dotted line" and reinforces those claims by saying the islands, reefs and atolls it considers its own have 200-nautical-mile (370 km) exclusive economic zones.
The Philippines is disputing that, arguing that under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) the atolls and reefs claimed by Beijing are nothing more than "rocks" or "sunken reefs" that can generate 12 nautical miles of territorial waters at best.
They are not naturally formed "islands" capable of sustaining human habitation or economic life, which are entitled to exclusive economic zones under UNCLOS, the Philippines has argued.
The case does not directly involve Taiwan, but it may have indirect implications because Taiwan also claims all of the South China Sea using a similar "dotted line" to China's and has a presence on Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba.
Ma has insisted on Taiping's status as an "island" under the UN convention's guidelines, writing in a Facebook post in December that Taiping Island is self-sustaining, with fresh water and vegetable and poultry farms.
An expert panel formed by the Council of Agriculture that toured the island on Jan. 22 and 23 to check on its natural and agricultural environment also confirmed that Taiping qualifies as an island.
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We Mormons have a core belief, an article of faith that tells us we should follow after anything that is "virtuous, lovely, of good report, or praiseworthy." When I first started blogging, I came across Anne Bradshaw's blog, and that phrase summed up what I found there. Anne is a published writer with a diverse background. She posts everything from nutritional information to book reviews. She often posts beautiful video clips that testify of Jesus Christ and His gospel, and she also has some really cool Giveaways. I was so honored that she agreed to review "The Road Show." Go check her blog out, I think you'll enjoy it!
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Here comes a rather self important and "weighty" arXiv paper claiming to clarify the confusion regarding self organizing complex systems. While "cellular automata" are the solitonic type of phenomena which I have emphasized are well worth study, the ridiculous conceit that these types of phenomena can reduced to some network input /output computer model is laughable. Read the synopsis for a chuckle or two, if you please:
Complexity and Information: Measuring Emergence, Self-organization, and Homeostasis at Multiple Scales
Carlos Gershenson, Nelson Fernandez
(Submitted on 9 May 2012)
Concepts used in the scientific study of complex systems have become so widespread that their use and abuse has led to ambiguity and confusion in their meaning. In this paper we use information theory to provide abstract and concise measures of complexity, emergence, self-organization, and homeostasis. The purpose is to clarify the meaning of these concepts with the aid of the proposed formal measures. In a simplified version of the measures (focussing on the information produced by a system), emergence becomes the opposite of self-organization, while complexity represents their balance. We use computational experiments on random Boolean networks and elementary cellular automata to illustrate our measures at multiple scales.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Information "Theory" is Nothing Except Fraud and Mysticism
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Had a hard time reading this handwriting! Apparently "…this animal (bird) that you see on the tower is very typical of this reagion…". And then there was a football reference.
It looks like a type of stork. Do you think it's getting it's bearings right before delivering a baby elephant?
Thisis one of my favoourites so far. Thinking of framing the card for our new house – the colours will work beautfully in the living area. Unless someone wants to buy me a print *hint hint* *hint hint* *hint hint*


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The Dow lost 178 points today as oil spiked on Libyan tensions escalating. Oil is up to about $95 a barrel and we are seeing unrest in Bahrain and many other Middle Eastern countries. Egypt is certainly still a big problem as well. Libya has the largest proven reserves of oil on the African continent, so it is hugely important with regard to oil supply and prices.
The reality is that, even though we tend to think of the Middle East as being relatively stable most of the time, it's not. They have been fighting with each other for millennia and that will not change. The only difference today is that they control a large amount of the world supply of oil, so when unrest rises, we feel it more.
The other problem, in terms of our financial markets, is that valuations are so extended right now, that it doesn't take much to knock stocks, bonds, and even commodities down. Today was a good reminder of the fact that a little uncertainty can rip a few percentage points off of the markets when valuations get this rich.
Stay tuned for more volatility as tensions rise and as unrest spreads across the Arabian world.


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A COURT battle for the body of Anna Nicole Smith kicked off in all-out war yesterday amid amazing claims the ex-model was killed by her lover.
For the first time since Anna, 39, died of a suspected drug overdose two weeks ago all the main players faced each other.
It should have been a calm legal hearing. But in minutes it degenerated into an ill-tempered circus played for the benefit of TV cameras broadcasting to a gripped nation.
Mum Virgie Arthur and Anna's boyfriend Howard K Stern, 38, are each claiming to be next of kin so they can bury the former Playboy centrefold near their homes.
Former boyfriend Larry Birkhead, 32 - who is fighting Stern for paternity of Anna's five-month-old girl Dannielynn - is a witness.
After early sparring, tensions finally boiled over as Stern's lawyer Krista Barth spoke about his "12-year relationship" with Anna.
As she did so, Birkhead's lawyer Debra Opri mouthed words and pointed to a clearly agitated Stern.
Moments later, furious Barth railed at the judge: "Ms Opri just made a statement to my client that he actually killed Miss Smith. I have to protect him."
Stern has been blamed by Anna's family for her death though the tragedy is still under investigation.
In scenes mirroring the drama of Anna's own doomed life, each of the warring parties had arrived at Florida's Broward County Court with an entourage of attorneys, family and beefy bodyguards.
First on the scene was a glum-looking Stern who walked into the packed courtroom with shoulders hunched. Minutes later, Birkhead entered. With his pin-up looks, bleached hair, tanned skin and sharp suit he could not look more different to his rival.
As he took his seat, Opri cynically checked with a broadcasting crew inside the court to make sure her client was sitting within the range of cameras.
The media-savvy attorney, who successfully defended late soul godfather James Brown in a sexual assault case two years ago, was wearing TV make-up.
Finally Virgie arrived, apparently praying as she tightly clasped hands with her larger than life legal lead John O'Quinn.
Anna's father Don Hogan, who had not seen his daughter for 10 years before she died at a Florida hotel, was already in court.
By the time they were all present, 16 lawyers sat around four desks in the well.
Armed police walked between the major players whenever they left the room. Aware of the barely concealed hatreds, Judge Larry Sieblin appealed: "We want to respect the peace of Mrs Smith's body.
"But the most important matter is the welfare and stability of Dannielynn."
However in a clearly theatrical gesture he asked Stern to write Dannielynn's name on a blackboard to signify her importance.
Repeatedly burying his head in his hands, Stern set out to prove it was Anna's wish she be buried in the Bahamas next to her son Daniel, 20, who died of a drug overdose. She had a dress made to wear in her coffin.
He said: "She always thought she was going to die young. She thought she was going to be a Marilyn Monroe."
Bizarrely, he claimed Anna had wanted to be buried with her son. He said: "Physically she died two weeks ago but emotionally, she died when Daniel died. She wouldn't accept he'd gone."
Stern told the court how heartbroken Anna asked for Daniel's casket to be opened before he was buried.
He said: "She was inconsolable, hugging and grabbing on to him. She said, 'I want to be buried with him'."
Virgie's legal team claim she is next of kin. She wants to bury her daughter near her family in her native Texas. Stern says Anna did not want anything to do with Virgie and her relatives.
Hanging over the dramatic proceedings is the question of Dannielynn's paternity - and who inherits a potential #274million Anna was claiming from the estate of her late husband J Howard Marshall who died aged 89.


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Rules Don't Apply
This certainly seems to be the year for movies about classic Hollywood. We started off just after the dump season with the Coen brothers' Hail, Caesar!, and then there was Woody Allen's Café Society over the summer, and we're about to get Damien Chazelle's La La Land, which has been getting plenty of buzz on the festival circuit. But right now we have Warren Beatty's first time directing a feature in almost twenty years, Rules Don't Apply, and it's kind of a glorious mess. While nowhere near as tightly assembled as the Coens' film, and not the joy to behold of Chazelle's, it easily stands head and shoulders above Allen's effort, distinguished mostly by the radical technique of having a point.
In essence, this is a romantic comedy between two young newcomers to late '50s Hollywood. Marla Mabrey (Lily Collins), the Apple Blossom Queen from Front Royal, Virginia, is the newest contract actress at RKO Pictures. Frank Forbes (Alden Ehrenreich) is the driver who meets her and her mother (Annette Benning) at the airport, himself only in town two weeks. And both of them are under the employ of the reclusive and increasingly eccentric millionaire — I'm sorry, billionaire — Howard Hughes (Beatty).
This isn't the dashing Leo DiCaprio from The Aviator, romancing Cate Blanchett and Kate Beckinsale in turns, but keep that guy in mind. This is years down the line, when Hughes' eccentricities — or is it dementia or insanity? — have come to dominate his life. Marla and Frank work in Hughes' employ for weeks without seeing the man once. And when we do finally meet him, he's a mass of awkward impulses, pulling in ten different directions at once, and off-putting in the extreme.
Critics have been complaining about the haphazard editing. It seems slapdash, or even amateurish, despite the talent Beatty deploys in the cutting room, including Leslie Jones and Billy Weber, each of whom has a list of solid credits as long as your arm. Far from an accident, this is a conscious choice that mirrors Hughes' own mental state. Following the film as it caroms off one idea and into another is as frustrating as following Hughes himself.
So Marla attends classes preparing for a screen test that may never come, and Frank trades off driving duties with the older, more cynical Levar (Matthew Broderick) while studying economics, hoping to pitch Hughes on a housing development in Mulholland Canyon, and neither of them gets much closer to Hughes than his secretary, Nadine (Candace Bergen). And the two of them fall in love, even though they're not supposed to.
But living in Hollywood and working for a man like Howard Hughes makes you think that anything is possible. You haven't missed your chance to be a star on the silver screen, and you really can go from rags to riches in Los Angeles real estate. In short, the rules don't apply to you. And that's the delirious illusion that Howard Hughes creates: the dashing aviator, romancing movie stars, rich enough to move heaven and earth for his slightest whim. It's easy to believe that this man is an exception to the rules that normally govern the lives of regular folks.
Which brings me to American exceptionalism, which is a term that gets thrown around a lot, but not always with a sense of what it really means. In common use, it sees America as a uniquely rich and powerful nation, full of glamour and movie stars and advanced technology; the last remaining superpower on the global stage. But in fact it refers to the idea that America is somehow "exceptional" — not bound by the same rules and forces of history that shape other nations. It's an alluring idea, that by going along with this uniquely unconstrained power you too can get everything you want, regardless of the common wisdom.
But this attitude should be easily recognizable to anyone who's observed a hyperactive teenager, enamored of his own sense of power and immortality, taking on one interest after another until none of them can get the attention they need. With every mounting distraction, this egoist grows more petty and insecure, obsessing over his public image, refusing to see anyone lest they see him in return. The only ones who get in are those whom he trusts not to recognize how truly frail he is, and how ultimately subject to the same rules as everyone else. Or, if they do recognize it, they'll turn a blind eye because they think they too can profit by living inside his aura.
Rules Don't Apply tells a story about the dizzying ride up, but also the lurching, stomach-churning descent when first one person, then another realizes that the rules actually do apply. You might become a movie star, but you probably won't. You might strike it rich, but you probably won't. And, as sweet as the siren song is, there's a touch of faltering sadness behind it. If we're honest, we knew it was an illusion all the time. It's time for us to grow up.
Worth It: yes.
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Shadowed Passage by Shyla Wolf
Erotic Paranormal Romance
Date Published: 5/15/2015
Tariffs paid on an ill-fated decision can last a lifetime. A young boy—tossed an impossible situation by his psychopathic uncle, father or sister, he must kill one for the other to survive.
Two decades later, Dylan has developed his psychic talents, trained by the military, learned the skills necessary to locate the family he'd abandoned as a child and kill the devil himself, Roth. On the day he's discharged, his ex-boss offers assistance in locating his sisters, demanding help with one more mission in exchange.
Tori, a young woman weeks away from graduating with her Psych doctorate, is torn from her stable life and thrust into a world of espionage, warriors, and unexplainable phenomenon. The man she loves, Major Clannahan, attaches her to the unit charged with locating a terrorist cell. Dylan, leading the unit, draws her like no other. Yet the darkness buried in his soul will test her skills and patience beyond anything she's ever known.
Kiera and Kyley, identical twins challenged by the extremes of evil yet remain pure of heart, both bound to their man with a love withstanding the tests of time and tragedy. One a warrior, the other with a warrior's heart, each wield formidable psychic talents, sought after by a psychopath and terrorist bent on destroying the country.
A group of psychic warriors, dedicated to fighting evil in the shadows, locating and helping others develop their paranormal talents without splintering society's tenacious perception of reality.
These are the extraordinary people living among us, protecting and preserving our way of life. Courage and honor, duty and strength of will can sustain us for only so long. Eventually, we must find our own path forward, learning to open our hearts to love even as we risk the ultimate pain.
July 2016
About Shin
The Bookish Ailurophile
Shin is a 27-year-old mom of a fury baby, named Mofa, who had crossed the rainbow bridge, 2 years ago. She is a bookworm who loves books that give her adrenaline rush and makes her feel the characters' emotions. When she's not reading, she spends her time listening to oldies music while making some crafty stuffs made out of old book pages, or spends her time reading books with children at an orphanage. Also, she loves to scare herself with gory movies in the middle of the night.


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Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes is a teacher of EFL, a poet and writer of short stories. She holds an MA in Sociology and Women's Studies, an MA in Publishing and a PhD in Women's Studies. She thinks that the publishing world, artificially, divides books into fiction and non-fiction. But for her, all literary genres use strategies to express truths and realities of human, animal and environmental nature and that is the path she wants to follow in her new adventure with Victorina Press .
"I am an academic", she comments, "but I like that public space of loitering where I can unleash my creativity. I have been part of several creative writing groups because I like to read, write and 'memory' in solidarity and accompanied, although I also give myself time to be alone with myself. This has resulted in several books of poetry and narrative". Consuelo's recent work in Spanish includes Arena en la Garganta (2010) and two books in the series Wonder-Makers:Navigators of the Thames (Bilingual Poetry, 2015 & Bilingual Narrative, 2016), written in collaboration with the Hispano-American Women Writers on Memory. She is also a member of SLAP and of Exiled Writers Ink
Her stories, poems and essays have appeared in various anthologies and journals in Chile, UK, Ireland, Poland and Australia. To see some of her recent work visit Bristolatino and Live Encounters.
If you would like to read more about Consuelo, click here to be redirected to her website.
Literary works
Desentranando Memorias ~ Unravelling Memories
A Bilingual anthology.
Without memory there is no history and our bodies float in a kind of existential limbo devoid of time and space. In this bilingual anthology written by Latin American poets living in the UK, body and memory appear intrinsically interwoven in a continuum of time, where memories exist in multiple spaces and homelands, particularly when one is an exile or a migrant.
As editor, I want this anthology to celebrate languages, memory in diversity and to show that as immigrants we contribute much to society.


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— Moments after Chris Chatman beat Thomas Falowo at Twin River Casino in 2013, Chatman promised the then 24-year-old Falowo he'd give him a second chance at beating him in his own backyard.
"'Anytime you want it, Thomas, you can get it,'" Chatman said. "'If you want a rematch, I'm here.'"
True to his word, the outspoken Chatman (13-5-1, 5 KOs) returns for an encore performance Friday, July 15th, 2016 in a highly anticipated rematch against the Pawtucket, R.I., native Falowo (14-3, 8 KOs), eight rounds at Twin River for Falowo's New England Middleweight Title on the undercard of the Angel Camacho Jr.-Kevin Cobbs light heavyweight championship bout, presented by CES Boxing.
Nearly three years to the date of his hard-fought win over Falowo, the Jersey City, N.J., vet fights in Rhode Island for the seventh time and is confident as ever coming off a win against another hometown favorite, Vladine Biosse, in July of 2015.
"I'm a very competitive guy," Chatman said. "I don't even like people walking past me on the sidewalk. I speed up. I'm very competitive. I'm going to come in here the same way I did last time. I beat Thomas before, and I'm going to beat him again."
Both sides remember the first fight well. Falowo scored a controversial knockdown early in the fourth round. Chatman thought he slipped, but referee Eddie Claudio began counting as he hit the canvas.
"He tied it up with that knockdown," Chatman said, "even though he stepped on my foot."
Seconds later, Chatman answered with an overhand right to the temple that sent Falowo to the canvas and left him noticeably off balance as he climbed to his feet. The shift in momentum carried Chatman through the middle rounds before a late surge by Falowo closed the gap. Chatman won unanimously, 77-75 on all three scorecards.
"That was a turning point," Chatman said. "The momentum was back in my corner and I knew I could hurt him. That's a big thing when you realize you can hurt another fighter."
Falowo rebounded in 2014 with back-to-back wins at Twin River before making his network television debut on Showtime against Romanian super middleweight Ronald Gavril in August.
A year later, he developed another rival in previously unbeaten Maine native Russell Lamour, whom he defeated twice, including a second victory in November at the Expo Center in Portland for the then vacant N.E. title.
Next Friday will be his first fight at Twin River since June of 2014 when he knocked out Jose Rivera in the opening round of a scheduled six-round middleweight bout.
"The only advantage I have is that I feel like I've progressed and I'm a much better fighter than I was the last time I fought him," Falowo said. "Before, I was kid, but I'm a much different man now, so it's going to be a whole different story.
"I'm a little more composed and I have my legs under me better than I did before. I'm just mentally stronger. I've been in tough fights. Even then, I was in tough fights, but I'm mentally stronger and more aware of where I'm at. Overall, I just feel I'm a better fighter than I was then."
After beating Falowo, Chatman nearly pitched a shutout against former The Contender star Grady Brewer before moving up to super middleweight to challenge Camacho and Biosse at Twin River. He lost to Camacho, a fight he agreed to take on two week's notice when he was out of work and behind on rent, before outworking Biosse last July in a unanimous decision win.
The fight against Brewer was his first with his current trainer Tony Baldwin, but not much else has changed for Chatman. He still carries the same unwavering intensity and trademark glare he introduced in 2009 when he fought Demetrius Andrade, as evident by the animosity he held toward Biosse before the fight last year.
Notwithstanding his occasional animated speeches at pre-fight weigh-ins, Chatman has actually toned it down in recent years, a sign of maturity under his new coach.
"A lot of times I'd get there and say, 'Fuck this shit, I'm gonna win,' and now with my new coach, it's taken me like a year or two to settle into his style, but I'm pretty sure the last you fight you saw with me and Vladine I was way more precise," Chatman said. "I was fast when I needed to and more calculated.
"I had animosity toward Vla, but I didn't let that show in the fight. I was very poised and stayed calm the whole time. I didn't let that lead me to a point where I was out of control, but I brought the right intensity you need to bring, the intensity to win, not like, 'I don't like this dude,' but the intensity to win.
"I'm more confident now because I consider myself a more patient fighter. I'm a little less reckless. It's more about doing what I need to do to win and not just about anteing up punches and tying people down. That's something I'm bringing to this fight."
Falowo insists he, too, is a smarter, more poised fighter now than he was three years ago, plus he'll have the benefit of the hometown crowd at Twin River, an advantage he hasn't experienced in more than two years.
What happens when the bell rings is anyone's guess, but if the Falowo-Chatman rematch is anything like the first fight, it has the potential to once again steal the show next Friday.
"I've been getting a lot of support and a lot of love from people who have been waiting to see me fight around here for a while," Falowo said. "Everyone always gets to see me on social media and stay updated, but there's nothing like a night out at the fights. I'm looking forward to coming home and having my crowd support me instead of going into hostile territory against other guys.
"It's just a different feel. It's a good feeling to be back home and have that hometown support. Once I'm in the ring, I do what I have to do to win, but I always have that extra oomph, that extra drive with the crowd cheering me on. It always drives me a little more."
Tickets for the event are priced at $42.00, $67.00, $102.00 and $152.00 (VIP) and can be purchased online at www.cesboxing.com, www.twinriver.com or www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at 401-724-2253/2254 or at the Twin River Casino Players Club. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Camacho (15-0, 5 KOs), the undefeated Providence native, puts his Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) International and New England Light Heavyweight Titles on the line in the 10-round main event against the Willimantic, Conn., vet Cobbs (10-2, 4 KOs). The third title fight of the night takes place in the super lightweight division as Nick DeLomba (9-1, 2 KOs) makes the first defense of his New England Title in a six-round bout against Oscar Bonilla (3-1-2) of Bridgeport, Conn.
July 15th also features the return of newly-crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) Female Middleweight World Champion Kali Reis (9-5-1), who captured the belt in April in New Zealand, in an eight-round bout against Atlantic City vet Althea Saunders (3-2-2), plus middleweight Kendrick Ball Jr. (1-0, 1 KO) and lightweight Jamaine Ortiz (1-0, 1 KO), both from Worcester, Mass., and the professional debut of New London, Conn., welterweight Cristobal Marrero.
Also on the undercard, Ray Oliviera Jr. (4-0, 1 KO) of New Bedford, Mass., battles Worcester's Andy Gonzalez (3-0, 3 KOs) in a four-round junior middleweight attraction featuring two undefeated New England fighters.
Visit www.cesboxing.com, www.twitter.com/cesboxing or www.facebook.com/cesboxing for more information, follow CES Boxing on Instagram at @CESBOXING


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Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria Friday called on Pakistan prime minister in waiting and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan and felicitated him on his success in the election.
Khan's PTI emerged as the single largest party in the July 25 general election and it nominated him as prime minister.
The Indian envoy met cricketer-turned-politician Khan at his Banigala residence in the suburbs of the capital.
He discussed various issues with Khan including the bilateral relationship and also presented him a cricket bat signed by the Indian cricket team.
"Indian HC Ajay Bisaria called on Mr Imran Khan, Chairperson & senior leadership of PTI. HC congratulated @ImranKhanPTI on his electoral success, discussed range of issues, prospects of India-Pak relationship. HC gifted a cricket bat autographed by the entire Indian cricket team," the Indian High Commission here said in a tweet.
The Pak premier-in-waiting stressed the need to restart dialogue between the two countries on all outstanding issues including Kashmir.
He expressed concerns over the human rights violations in Kashmir.
Imran also expressed hope of Indian participation in upcoming SAARC Summit, scheduled to be held in Islamabad soon.
The Indian high commissioner said that after Prime Minister Modi's telephone call to Imran, there was a new optimism in India that relations would move forward in the right direction.
The Indian premier, during a telephone call on July 30, felicitated Imran on his election victory. The most significant aspect of the conversation was Modi's unambiguous willingness to improve his country's ties with Pakistan. "India desires progressive relations with Pakistan", the Indian PM was quoted as saying.
Both countries, Modi said, should evolve a joint strategy to develop and strengthen better ties.
In response, Imran had said that both neighbours should move towards conflict resolution through dialogue.
"Wars can breed tragedies instead of facilitating resolution of conflicts", Khan was quoted as telling the Indian Prime Minister.


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The Brand Murders – It's not a pretty scene. A brand has been killed. For weeks it's kept bad company, frittering away money. In the end it died from ineffective advertising and a trashed reputation. Lynn Chealander discusses how the online environment can do that to you, if you don't have the tools and capability to take on the evil doers. Join her (if you dare) as she and your peers discuss viewability, brand safety and ad fraud.
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Repeat Use of Unemployment Insurance
Bruce D. Meyer, Dan T. Rosenbaum
NBER Working Paper No. 5423
We examine the extent to which unemployment insurance (UI) insures workers against unforeseen events or subsidizes firms and workers engaged in temporary layoffs. Our main source of data is a 5- year panel of UI administrative records from five states. While most claimants receive UI only once during this period, nearly forty percent of claims go to those individuals with three or more years of receipt during the 5-year period. Most repeat recipients are concentrated in seasonal industries and are laid off by the same employer each time. We also find that middle-aged and high-paid workers are more likely to be repeat recipients, suggesting that workers in bad jobs are not the individuals who repeatedly receive UI.
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Packed with a host of advanced features, the iVooMi i1s offers quite a punch. Watch movies, play games or video chat with your loved ones - do all that and more on the crystal-clear 13.84 cm (5.45) HD Infinity Edge display (18:9). This smartphone packs a 13 MP + 2 MP dual rear camera system, along with Bokeh effect and Beauty Mode for Instagram-worthy photos. iVooMi's intelligent Fingerprint Sensor ensures that all your photos, files, messages and documents are safe from unwanted access. To top it off, iVooMi has 1000+ dedicated Service Centers across India to provide the best after-sales customer support.


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Hi, i am student like u people.I joined in Darsan Clinica, an institute providing job oriented clinical datamanagement training in hyderabad.Fee 75,000.At the time of joining, they promised job for everyone, after one month of commencement of course they promised that they will provide interview.my course completed on Jan-16-09, till now they didn't show interview to even one student.They are cheating people for money.They are playing with student life for money. so plz try to get more details before joining in any institute.Don't waste your money.
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New Delhi, [India], Sep 08 (ANI): 'Lucknow Central' brings to the audience a real life small town story backed by power-packed actors like Farhan Akhtar, Gippy Grewal, Diana Penty, Ronit Roy, Deepak Dobriyal, Rajesh Sharma, Inaamulhaq to name a few.
The film's deep rooted content is not only backed by performance driven actors but also a strong story line.
Speaking about the emergence on content driven cinema, Farhan Akhtar said, "Eventually, if the story is not good wherever it is set, be it a small town, big city or foreign locations, the film won't work. If you want to be inspired from something or want to console yourself then the only thing is the age is of content driven films. When we think of content or try to borrow content from other nations, think of what's happening there, that are not our stories. So if we want to focus on content then we should focus on our stories, our heroes, our issues and that's what is happening right now. A lot of stories are created on our people, be it in small towns or anywhere, but success is not guaranteed".
Farhan, who is known to be a multifaceted personality as he juggles between many creatives roles from being an actor, writer, director, producer to being a social activist will be seen playing the role of Kishen Mohan Girhotra in Nikhil Advani's 'Lucknow Central'.
The film will have the actor slip into the role of an under trial who gets wrongfully accused of murder.
Based on true event, the trailer of the film which was released few days back received tremendous response from the audience as well as film critics.
The songs from the film have always created a huge impact on the audience.
Produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Emmay Entertainment and Motion Pictures, the film is directed by Ranjit Tiwari and is slated to release on 15th September 2017. (ANI)


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Last week, Alaska Airlines changed the scheduled departure time of a flight so that passengers could experience a total eclipse.
Combine the beauty and artistry of Mother Nature with the majesty of the moon passing in front of the sun and add in the enthusiastic commentary of an astronomer and you have … this video.
The alignment of the sun, moon and earth to create an eclipse is rare. Alaska Air began planning its "intercept mission" over a year ago. The idea was to time a flight from Anchorage to Honolulu so that passengers would have a sky-high view. At lower altitudes, the flight path was covered by clouds and that added to the view, creating a surreal picture.
Joe Rao is an associate astronomer at the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium. His research indicated that a flight between Alaska and Hawaii would intersect the "path of totality" – the darkest shadow of the moon as it passes over the Earth. About a year ago, he contacted the airline to ask if the schedule for Flight 870 could coincide with the eclipse. The flight was rescheduled and departed 25 minutes later than usual.
On March 8, flying at 35,000 feet, Alaska Flight 870 intercepted the eclipse 695 miles north of Honolulu. Rao was one of about a dozen "eclipse chasers" on the flight. They were all thrilled with the rare view they experienced.


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Drunk Driving Accident Attorneys Advising Residents of Albuquerque
Often, an innocent victim pays the ultimate price for drunk driving. In spite of public awareness about the risks of driving under the influence, many people continue to imbibe and get behind the wheel. Sometimes they do this even after one or more criminal DUI convictions. If you are injured or a loved one is killed in an accident caused by a drunk driver, you can consult the Albuquerque car accident lawyers at the Fine Law Firm to explore your options.
Seeking Compensation from a Drunk Driver
Charges may be brought against a drunk driver in criminal court. Even if the defendant is not convicted, moreover, you can potentially bring a lawsuit against him or her in civil court. Different standards of proof apply in criminal and civil court, and the standard in civil court ("preponderance of the evidence") is much easier to meet than the criminal standard of proof. You may be able to recover both compensatory damages and punitive damages from a drunk driver who caused you to suffer serious injuries. Punitive damages are awarded both to punish and deter, and the amount varies depending on what would be necessary to accomplish those purposes.
However, even if you can get a judgment in a civil case, you may not be able to recover the full amount of damages if the drunk driver does not have an insurance policy with significant coverage or does not have assets. New Mexico has a dram shop law (New Mexico Statutes Annotated, section 41-11-1) that can impose liability on an establishment or homeowner that serves alcohol to someone who is already intoxicated. It may be helpful to sue an establishment under dram shop laws. However, in dram shop and social host lawsuits, the bodily injury damages are capped at $50,000 per person or $100,000 per accident.
You can potentially recover compensation from a bar, for example, if you show it sold alcohol to the defendant while he or she was already drunk, his or her drunkenness was "reasonably apparent," and the server knew or should have known from the circumstances that the person was drunk. All of this may be proved through circumstantial evidence.
You can also try to hold a social host liable if he or she gives alcohol to guests recklessly in disregard of the rights of others, including the drunken guest. For example, if a person goes to a party, the host of the party may notice that this person is staggering around and speaking unintelligibly but still serve him drinks. If the drunk driver is speeding and crashes into you, causing you to suffer paralysis, you can sue both the driver and the host. You would have to prove that the host served the alcohol in reckless disregard of your rights and the defendant's rights.
Discuss Your DUI Accident Claim with an Albuquerque Lawyer
After a DUI crash in Albuquerque or the surrounding communities, an attorney may be able to devise multiple strategies you can use in order to seek compensation for your injuries. It is important to retain a legal professional who understands the different possible avenues of relief. At the Fine Law Firm, we are experienced trial attorneys who can help you pursue the greatest amount of compensation possible under the circumstances. Contact us via our online form or call us at (505) 243-4541 to schedule a free consultation. The Fine Law Firm also represents accident victims in Rio Rancho and other areas of New Mexico.


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Krugman explains the basic textbook reasoning for why an economic stimulus should be focused on lower income individuals.
Another good thing to do would be to fund productive public infrastructure projects. The downside of doing so would be that such projects can take time to plan before the money already gets spent, though there are plenty of projects that are essentially just waiting for funding. The upsides are: presumably a lot of jobs being lost are in residential and commercial real estate construction, and increasing public infrastructure expenditures would provide a jobs cushion for those people; there are a lot of crumbling bridges which need to be repaired as there's been a lot of absurd and ultimately costly "deferred maintenance"; smart projects will have later benefits.
Along those lines, Fred Hiatt is shocked that insane conservative free market ideologues like the ones his paper publishes on a regular basis actually mean the things they say!


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When an organisation fails to follow its own rules, the result can be the nullification of decisions taken and, in appropriate circumstances, those who have transgressed the rules can be liable for their mistakes.
Recently, the Court of Appeal was called upon to decide a case involving a sports club which was governed by a written constitution.
The club included a bowling club, and when proposals were put forward to sell the club's bowling green, the 'bowling' members opposed them vociferously.
A meeting was held in 2009 which had to be abandoned due to rowdy behaviour. This was followed by a 'special general meeting' a month later, the validity of which was challenged by the bowling members.
This led to the first court hearing, at which the judge ruled that there had been a number of failures to comply with the club's rules. The judge ordered the parties to consider 'whether it would be in the interest of the parties and in particular the interests of the club' to hold an annual general meeting (AGM) in order to elect officers.
That meeting was held in July 2011 and itself became the subject of a court challenge regarding numerous procedural irregularities, including those dealing with giving notice of meetings and the conduct of elections. Despite these transgressions, the judge accepted that the AGM did validly elect the committee and officers of the club.
The objectors amended their pleadings for the new circumstances and the matter then proceeded to the Court of Appeal.
Lord Justice Lewison, one of the judges who heard the appeal, commented, "One might have thought that in this febrile atmosphere, with one meeting already under challenge for non-compliance with the rules and an order of the court recommending a further meeting, care would have been taken to ensure that the rules of the club were scrupulously complied with. Unfortunately that did not happen."
The Court of Appeal concluded that the committee and officers had not been validly elected and ordered the convening of a new AGM, commenting that it is of the utmost importance that this be conducted strictly in accordance with the rules, and the paper trail scrupulously kept, 'otherwise this unhappy saga will have no end'.
The costs of having taken the case to the Court of Appeal will be very considerable, and it is probable that there will be a further argument over who should pay them and in what proportions. It is likely that those responsible for the breaches of the club's internal rules will end up bearing the bulk of the costs.
This case shows clearly that if you are involved in a club or society as a trustee or officer, you may suffer financially if decisions are made without the correct procedures being followed.
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When an organisation fails to follow its own rules, the result can be the nullification of decisions taken and, in appropriate circumstances, those who have transgressed the rules can be liable for their mistakes.


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Fashion brand names that you are probably mispronouncing
Before you commit a fashion faux pas with your outfit, you are likely to get it wrong by mispronouncing the brand name. If you consider yourself a fashion-conscious girl, you need to know the right pronunciation of top brands. We all have been guilty of getting the names wrong thanks to those French and Spanish words that we read out phonetically. But it is time to make things right and learn the correct way to say them so that you don't have any oops-moment with your fashionista friends.
We love the perfumes from this brand but make sure you get the name right. Even though there is a 'v' in the word, it is silent and actually is 'u' in classical Latin. So, the right pronunciation is bul-gaar-ee.
You are one step ahead of others if you know what YSL stands for, it is Yves Saint Laurent, but you also need to know the right way to pronounce it. It is pronounced as eve-san-lou-ron.
Another difficult brand name that most people get wrong is Moschino. You may have heard different versions of it, which makes it even more difficult to know the right one. Well, it is pronounced as mos-key-no.
Trust us, this looks easy to read but the pronunciation is very different. You may think it is a simple word but it likely you are making a mistake. The right way to pronounce it is zhee-von-she.
Louis Vuitton
One of the most popular brands in the world is also one of the most mispronounced one. While it is safe to just stick to calling it LV, if you want to know the right pronunciation, it is loo-ee-wee-tawn.
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Montezuma-Cortez graduate and former Dolores Lady Bears golfer Kiselya Plewe wrapped up her first collegiate golf season last week.
Suiting up for the Weber State University Wildcats, Plewe opened her freshman season with consecutive top-25 finishes.
"Coming into the fall season I had a lot of momentum from the big summer tournaments I played in," she said. "So I just wanted to keep that going and do well and kind of make a statement. I wanted to show that I could play on my team and qualify."
She shot a 76 in her first round at the season-opening Hobble Creek Fall Classic in Springville, Utah in September. And then she followed it with scores of 75 and 77 in rounds two and three, respectively, to finish with a total score of 228 to tie for 24th.
Plewe sat out the team's next meet in Aurora, Oregon to recover from a minor shoulder injury, but then bounced back at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational in Tacoma, Washington. There, she shot a 225 in three rounds to finish tied for 18th.
In the Wildcats' final meet of the fall season last week at the Santa Clara Colby Invitational in San Jose, California, Plewe had her best finish, tying for 12th place after shooting a 234.
Plewe had been playing 18-hole tournaments in high school, except for the state tournament, which was 36. But at the college level, she's playing 36 holes on the opening day of tournaments and another 18 the next day for a total of 54.
"Thirty-six holes in a day is completely different," she explained. "Mentally you have to stay a lot more focused. Because if you have a blowup hole, chances are you're going to be playing it again in about four hours, so you have to move on from mistakes."
"Physically," she continued. "It's an 11 1/2-hour day and it's just really long, so you have to make sure you're eating and conserving energy. It's very different, but you get used to it."
Another difference between high school and college golf is the travel.
As a Wildcat, Plewe has competed in tournaments in Utah, Washington and California. But as opposed to the five-plus hour bus rides she endured as a Dolores golfer, now Plewe enjoys a quicker mode of transportation, as the team flies to most meets. The exception this fall was the season-opener in Springville, which was around an hour-and-a-half drive from Weber State, in Ogden.
"Playing here is awesome because they set up all of our travel stuff and we just kind of get on the plane and can focus on playing golf," she said. "And the trips are really fun to be with your team."
After finishing up the fall season, Plewe is already looking ahead to spring. She said the fall season, which consists of four tournaments, is less significant than the spring season, which includes six tournaments and the Big Sky Conference Championships.
For now, she plans to rehab her shoulder to ensure that she is 100 percent to begin spring play. She will also continue to work on her game at Weber State University's indoor facility, before kicking off the 2017 spring season at Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada on Monday, Feb. 13


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We are a home church ministry that is dedicated to evangelism, and the preaching and teaching of God's Word. Home churches are not a new concept. Many of the churches in the Book of Acts were home based, largely as a result of persecution (sound familiar?). Even a casual glance at the news media outlets reveals that Christianity is under attack by anti-religion special interest groups bent on the destruction of God's church.
Small groups prosper closer relationships and pastoral support.
Homes are not places of public access, making disruption more difficult for outside special interest groups.
Families of small churches grow closer and are more responsive in times of need.
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One of the email responses I received to my first blog post was from an engineer who offered his opinion on the concept of the paperless office or in construction terms, the paperless jobsite. Apparently I am not the only one who cringes every time I hear this term thrown around in the AEC world. Although I think we may be on different sides of the spectrum in this case, I appreciate his perspective. His view is that the paperless office is a myth and the less-paper office should be our goal.
One of the examples he offered to support his opinion was the workflow of design review. He stated that viewing full-scale paper drawings will always result in greater accuracy than reviewing drawings electronically. To which I couldn't help but suggest a gladiator like "review-off," pitting two reviewers against each other. Can't you just picture it; one reviewer with a set of full-scale paper drawings, pen, and architectural ruler and the other reviewer with a 24-inch monitor, keyboard, mouse, and an electronic markup tool (preferably Bluebeam Revu; sorry, I gotta give the contender a fighting chance). Each would review feverishly, marking up, tracking issues, trying not to miss a single detail. Why do I hear the main theme for the Gladiator playing in my head right now?
To counter, I offered up the idea that perhaps this is more an issue of preference than anything else. The reason I say this is because over the last five years I have spoken with engineers and architects who've become extremely comfortable with both methods, and for different reasons.
I've seen reviewers who can quickly detect an issue within a design just by seeing the drawing laid out on a table, reviewing the design in context of the whole. On the other side of the spectrum, I've met reviewers who demonstrate how leveraging technology has allowed them to more easily track issues with greater efficiency and accuracy, eliminating a lot of the redundancy in the review process.
There are times when a head-to-head comparison can settle a debate, but in this arena I think the results can speak for themselves. So let me ask you, what results can you share for either side of the debate? Have you seen results swaying you to prefer and mandate one method over the other? Is this one AEC workflow where we can truly be, dare I say, paperless?
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CNHI LLC, the publisher of more than 100 community newspapers in 22 states, said it is exploring the sale of its newspaper properties.
News of the possible sale of the Montgomery, Ala.-headquartered newspaper company came after CNHI parent company Raycom Media Inc. said it had entered an agreement to be acquired by Gray Television group, a public company headquartered in Atlanta.
CNHI President and CEO Donna Barrett said the company has retained the Santa Fe, N.M.-based newspaper brokerage firm of Dirks, Van Essen, Murray and April to handle the sale of its newspapers.
"We're excited to open the next chapter in our commitment to top-flight community journalism," said Barrett. "We are looking for a transaction or transactions that will carry on CNHI's rich tradition of public service through award-winning journalism."
CNHI, founded 20 years ago as Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., has grown from a few community newspapers at the outset to more than 100 papers located in states of the Midwest, Southwest, Southeast and Northeast.
Parent Raycom Media Inc., which owns or operates television stations in 65 markets, acquired CNHI nine months ago.
"As we undertake this exploration process, we cannot say that any particular transaction will or will not take place," said Barrett. "What we can say is that we will consider various options as we work to find a partner or partners that share our dedication to community newspapers and the vital journalism they produce to serve local audiences."


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Tanzanian girl stripped by mob in Bangalore
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Bengaluru: A mob went berserk and acted most bizarre by targeting a 21-year old Tanzanian girl, a second year BBA student, who was dragged out of her car, beaten and paraded naked after another car had crushed to death a 35 year old Hesarghatta resident here this past Sunday.
According to Police Commissioner N S Megharikh, this was a case of "mistaken identity". The driver of the car which killed the woman is in police custody.
The Tanzanian girl student was stripped and her car – a wagon R was torched by those in the mob. She was pushed out of a bus that was passing by as she tried to board it to escape from them, Legal Adviser of All African Students Union in Bengaluru Bosco Kaweesi told reporters here adding "She's Tanzanian, the man who caused the accident comes from Sudan, they didn't even know each other."
Kaweesi further said three others were also beaten up. She had no connection with the accident that happened much before and alleged that the police did not help when approached.
This one incident is bound to tarnish the image of Bengaluru, which has emerged as a global city and India's IT and tech-hub.