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There are typically two types of programs offered by a factoring company: recourse and non-recourse. The primary difference is the party that is responsible for repayment of the invoice if the customer is unable to pay it within the pre-established number of days.
If a company sells their invoices to a factoring company with recourse, they are responsible for the repayment of the invoices if not paid within a certain number of days. If the customer does not make payment on the invoice, the factoring company could force the company to buy back the unpaid invoices.
As the customer is maintaining a certain degree of the risk, invoices sold with recourse generally have more flexibility, lower fees, and a higher advance fee.
A company that sells their invoices without recourse (non-recourse) passes the risk of non-payment to the factoring company. For instance, if a company's customers cannot pay their invoices, the factoring company cannot force the company to buy back the unpaid invoices.
Non-recourse might be a good option for businesses that have customers that struggle to pay their invoices. However , factoring companies charge higher fees and provide a lower advance payment for non-recourse invoices for assuming the additional credit risk.
Some factoring companies will charge a credit protection fee to offset the additional risk for high-risk invoices. The fees vary by company but rarely exceed 2 percent.
Invoice Factoring Example
ABC Co. had a £100,000 invoice that they wanted to finance. Based on the customer's creditworthiness, industry, and the amount of the invoice, ABC Co. secured the following terms from the factoring company:
- Advance rate: 80%
- Fees: 2% per 30 days
ABC Co. submitted the €100,000 invoice to the factoring company and received an advance payment of £80,000 (£100,000 x 80%). After 30 days, ABC. Co.'s customer paid the £100,000 invoice. The factoring company processes the payment and settles the account as follows:
£20,000 (£100,000 x 20%)
<2,000> Less factoring fee: (£100,000 x 2%)
The £18,000 payment is deposited in ABC Co.'s bank account.


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In November, 2016 I joined a great team of creative New Englanders as a storyboard artist for "Wally's Opening Day". Produced by Take The Cake Productions.
Wally, the Green Monster and mascot of the Boston Red Sox, goes on a wild adventure from Florida to Boston to make it home in time for the first pitch of the baseball season.
Earlier this year I learned that our show had won the 2018 New England Regional Emmy award for Best Children's Production!
Congrats to the whole crew!

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When 'Red Len' McCluskey, the Leader of the Unite Union, engineered getting Ed Miliband elected through Unite's block vote and huge funding, he must have thought that his efforts to turn Labour to the Left had paid off and that he had bought himself, his Union and his ideology control of the Leadership of the Labour Party.
Red Len's agenda, as can be seen from his own Unite political strategy (click here >>> http://robintilbrook.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/unite-using-londons-bus-drivers-as_13.html), is nothing less than to get control of Labour by getting its candidates elected to many of Labour's safest seats and thereby elected to Parliament. Until recently he must really have been feeling very smug about what he achieved and what was being achieved in the selection process, but in Falkirk it seems that he over-reached himself. As a result, Ed Miliband has now bitten the hand that fed him, nurtured him and raised him to the leadership of the Labour Party. How Red Len must wish now for an "honest politician" who once bought, stays bought!
I haven't found a better explanation about what has been happening in Falkirk than the one written by my old Newsnight sparring partner, Eric Joyce. Back in 2003 he seemed to be one of Labour's natural highflyers. Unfortunately like many of the brightest talents he has been brought low by the "demon drink". That doesn't stop him from being an acute observer, but also writing a well written explanation of what is going on.
Here is his article:-
Unite in Falkirk: amateur and irresponsible
The behaviour of Unite officials in Falkirk was hubristic, but this battle will determine if Labour can win in 2015
by Eric Joyce
Labour's referral today of its internal report into recruitment irregularities to the police has raised the stakes to the highest level. If convictions were to follow, it would have implications for the future of Len McCluskey, the general secretary of Unite, the UK's largest trade union. What lies behind the mess?
First, on a local level, I set off the chain of events last year by behaving atrociously in the House of Commons. My subsequent resignation from the party created a vacuum locally, into which stepped activists who had not had much to do with the party over the years. One, Stephen Deans, chair of Unite in Scotland and a local shop steward, was installed as chair of Falkirk West constituency Labour party (CLP), which covers about 70% of my constituency. In line with wider Unite policy, he immediately began an extensive recruitment campaign at work – Ineos refinery in Grangemouth, and in a local pub, The Broomhill Inn – the aim being to dominate the selection vote for my successor without persuading existing members to support the Unite candidate, Karie Murphy.
Until yesterday Labour party rules permitted trade unions to pay the membership fees for union members who had been paying the union's Labour party levy for over one year. Certainly, many of Deans' new recruits were legitimate in this respect.
It's important to be clear that it's entirely normal for recruitment to go up a little before the "freeze" date set for a selection. Selections get people interested, and are a good time to convert a few Labour supporters to Labour members. Moreover, trade unions have always played a significant part in selections. Many – willing, genuine – members of the Labour party are of course trade unionists.
Over the years, trade unions have used their putative power sensibly. They've understood that party rules create the possibility of serious dysfunction if they choose to overexert their potential muscle. In Falkirk I've found them to be a stabilising influence in partnership with the Labour party. Until now.
However, in this case, the apparent scale of recruitment was worrying local members. Some were approached by people saying they'd received letters from the Labour party, welcoming them as members when they'd never applied. Others found it impossible to find out who the new members were, as the chair would not allow branch secretaries access to their membership list. This made it impossible for new "members" to be invited to meetings. CLP meetings were cancelled at short notice; months went by without any at all.
At around the time this began to emerge, I spoke to Unite's candidate, Murphy. I knew she'd rented a house locally and thought that, with her solid trade union background and the fact she was known to be close to the Unite general secretary, she would be a strong candidate. I advised her, as I did the other candidates, to get into members' living rooms and persuade them of her case. Members always appreciate the effort, even if they don't always vote for you subsequently. She gave me the impression that this might not be necessary.
Shortly afterwards I discovered that the Unite campaign was largely ignoring existing members – the strategy seemed to be to swamp them with new ones, whose membership Unite had paid for. I was made aware of this by local members, and blogged about it. The result of that was a legal letter from Unite, demanding that I take my "slanderous" (truthful) post down and making all sorts of hysterical threats.
Labour party members, whether trade unionists or not, are not that biddable when it comes to selections. Union leaders know their recommendations are just that. With folk signed by their mate in a bar, though – people who've never paid to join and who've had nothing to do with the party – things are different. It's certain that without Ed Miliband's decisive actions in commissioning the report, Unite would have pushed legitimate Labour members out of the way to install what would have been a Unite-first, Labour-second candidate and, quite likely, MP.
Labour has now set a "freeze date" for members' voting rights at the point where I left the party. That means that local members, including many trade unionists, will choose my successor as candidate and, I am sure, MP for Falkirk.
The amateur, hubristic and irresponsible actions of a small number of Unite officials at the top of the organisation will require some rules to be changed to prevent another Falkirk. Unite members will also need to reflect on whether Unite's claim that it is simply encouraging more "working class" MPs is a bogus argument that sits behind a crude attempt to place middle class officials and close friends into jobs: playing the class card is never wise, especially if the sitting MP, council-house born and bred, left school at 16 to become a squaddie.
Len McCluskey has further commented that "middle class" people, such as people who were political researchers, shouldn't be parachuted in. Unite's candidate, Karie Murphy, worked in the office of the MP Tom Watson until she was suspended from the party last week. McCluskey's salary is £122,000.


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Link to The First Post. (New Readers)
Letters to Kate and Jack, 1st July 1919
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Unrest and riots
Demobilisation, nonetheless, remained a difficult undertaking. Many ex-servicemen, promised a 'land fit for heroes' by the Lloyd George government, suffered when unemployment rose rapidly and the ambitious wartime programme of 'reconstruction' was shelved during the 1921 economic slump.
Some problems were caused by demobilised soldiers from the Dominions, who were often left waiting in Britain for long periods until transport could be found to ship them home. A mutiny at a camp for Canadian soldiers in Rhyl in March 1919, for example, was only suppressed after a number of men were killed. A few months later, rampaging Canadian soldiers broke into a police station in Epsom, killing one policeman and causing a serious riot.
Demobilisation also exacerbated social tensions in various British ports. A series of ugly race riots took place in Liverpool and Cardiff during June 1919, as the local white population clashed with black workers and seamen, many of whom were left unemployed at the end of the war. In Cardiff, in particular, white ex-servicemen, including Australians stationed in the area, headed lynch mobs that terrorised the city's black community during a week of violence that left three men dead and dozens more injured. In the aftermath the government repatriated hundreds of black people (600 by mid-September 1919).
- June 30, 2009
Further to the previous comment, the book is now available in libraries in Wellington, New Zealand.
I have a copy and, unlike most it seems, when straight to the final chapters - no further comment!
The commentary surrounding the letters was excellent and obviously the result of a lot of hard work and research.
A masterpiece Bill - Whats next?!
Paul. New Zealand
- June 30, 2009
As much as Harry would've wanted leave, Jack's letters seem to have been having almost the OPPOSITE effect: it sounds as though the officers are getting irritated by Jack's repeated requests, and Harry is trying to tell Jack to stop, before he, Harry, gets in real trouble. Maybe Harry was too good of a cook for the officer's mess to willingly let him go home!
- July 01, 2009
- Kittybriton said...
It's so sad that even in Harry's day, Soldiers were heroes as long as we needed men to fight. But as soon as the war has been won, priorities change.
Perhaps it is just as well that Harry is still abroad, and well away from the troubles at home.
- July 01, 2009


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More signals from Rick Santorum that he's gearing up for a run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
A source close to the former senator from Pennsylvania confirms to CNN that later Wednesday Santorum will announced that he's bringing on board one of the top GOP political strategists in New Hampshire, a state that plays a crucial role in the race for the White House. Santorum will also next week make another visit to the state, which traditionally holds in nation's first primary in the presidential calendar.
The operative is Mike Biundo, who most recently steered Republican Frank Guinta's successful campaign for mayor of Manchester, the state's largest city, and this past autumn's winning campaign for Congress. Word of Biundo's hiring and the trip to the Granite State was first reported earlier Wednesday by John Distaso, senior political reporter for the New Hampshire Union Leader.
The source confirms to CNN that Biundo will serve as the state director for "America's Foundation," Santorum's political action committee. The former senator is expected to say that he's "thrilled to have Mike a part of our team. His experience and knowledge will be invaluable in New Hampshire."
Santorum's expected to appear at an event next Tuesday for conservative activist and 2010 GOP senate candidate Ovide Lamontagne's new political action committee, followed by two stops later that day and the following day.
Santorum's made trips to New Hampshire, Iowa, and South Carolina following the midterm elections. Iowa and South Carolina also play prominent roles in the road to the White House: Iowa's caucuses kick off the presidential primary and caucus season and South Carolina holds the first southern primary.
The former two-term senator lost his 2006 re-election bid by 18 points to Democrat Bob Casey Jr. and was largely out of public view for a couple of years, except for appearances on Fox News. But Santorum made numerous visits across the campaign trail in the months leading up to November's elections, lending a helping hand to fellow Republicans running for office.
If Santorum formally jumps into the race, he could face a potentially crowded field of candidates, including a string of better funded opponents with larger national political operations.
Recent polls indicate that Santorum registers in the low single digits among Republican voters when it comes to the choice for their party's next presidential nominee. Still, due in part to his strong opposition to abortion rights, Santorum remains popular with many socially conservative voters who have long had an influential role in the GOP primary process.
CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby contributed to this report.
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He's running, and he's not going to win the nomination. He was nailed in his reelection bid because he didn't spend much time in PA nor did his family. His kids were going to school outside of the commonwealth!
I don't like Rick Santorum because he has always been a one issue elected official. Santorum's issue was pro-life on abortion. I am pro-life but from conception to grave. I always found Santorum to be arrogant and combative like most Republicans. Ialso get tired of their phony patriotism and christianity. I am pro-Obama all the way. There is no republican that comes close to Obama's intelligence and leadership style. Obama has done a terrific job. The only potential Republican candidate I have any use for is Ron Paul. I agree with him on foreign affairs and his opposition to our awful trade agreements like NAFTA,CAFTA and WTO.
Bachmann – Palin – Gingrinch – Barbour – Christie – Huck-A-Bye – Mitt – Now, this guy, Santorum!!! WHO let the DOGS out??? LMAO!!!
Please let us continue to support our current leader, President Obama – who will surely win again in 2012 (if he chooses to run), which he MOVES AMERICA FORWARD in the right direction!!! Yes We Can!


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Peavy is months ahead of schedule because of experimental surgery performed on his right shoulder by Dr. Anthony Romeo in Chicago this past July 14. Peavy completely ruptured the tendon that holds the latissimus dorsi muscle to the rear of the shoulder. The stitches and anchors now adhere the tendon to the bone.
Romeo said that despite the dramatic and violent motion of a pitcher placing constant stress on the shoulder, there was little risk of any further damage.
"There's no risk of [the anchors] coming out of the bone," Romeo said. "It can't happen. They have a reverse barb on them, like a fish hook. Once they go into the bone, you can't really pull them back out. They fill the bone, so there's not a weak spot in the bone anymore. There's no risk that even throwing a baseball is going to lead to a crack in the bone."
Peavy is the first Major League pitcher to undergo this procedure, blazing the trail for others who will surely come after him. …
March 9, 2011
Inside Jake Peavy's surgery
Mark Buehrle worried his pickup move will be called a balk this season
The problem is that Mark Buehrle doesn't know what to do.
In one sense, he feels that his highly deceptive pickoff move to first base is only an issue with umpire Joe West and his crew, so he will continue to use it, even though West's crew called four of his five balks on him last year. West called two in one game and Angel Hernandez called two in another.
On the other hand, Buehrle is worried that umpires have been told this offseason that West's interpretation of the balk rule is one that will become standard around the league. …
Jake Peavy on today's start [UPDATE]
"Today wasn't as free and easy as the other day," Peavy said. "It was certainly a lot of work to get ready, but my body did all we asked it to do. I wasn't very sharp. I had pretty decent stuff. It was just a good step in the right direction, another hurdle to clear and moving on toward my ultimate goal, and that's to break camp with the team."
… "Getting up and down four times was the biggest thing," Peavy said, unsure even of how many pitches he threw in the game. "[Ozzie and Coop] asked me if wanted to go back out. I hadn't thrown out of stretch, and I wanted to go out of the stretch with game-like intensity."
… "A good day, all in all," Peavy said. "I came out of it healthy and climbing. That's all you can ask for."
… "That's was one of the things we're going to monitor: Am I able to bounce back and throw a good side session and have good days of playing catch, and feel up to par to starting five days later?" Peavy said. "We did that. It was a lot of work, but we got there. I hope that continues to be the case. I'm going to have typical soreness and probably am going to go through that dead arm period. The ball didn't feel like it was coming out the other day like it did vs. Anaheim but like I said, you have these kind of starts. But we're on the up and up. That was their 'A' lineup and we got some guys out. They hit the ball hard, but they were being aggressive. I was throwing the ball across the plate so …
… "I had a little hamstring tightness," Peavy said. "We had that going on and wrapped up and like I said, my arm didn't feel that great. So we didn't want to go there and push it, push it, push it. Obviously we faced a pretty good lineup today and had to get some good hitters out, and I did that."
… "My right hamstring has a little bit of a knot in it. When you have those little bitty things, there's no sense in going out there in spring training and pushing the envelope. I would even suspect my velocity was probably more down a little bit, because I certainly didn't push it as hard as I pushed it vs. Anaheim. The other day vs. Anaheim I made sure I was healthy and made sure I could throw the ball 90-92 mph without being hurt. I know I can do that now. I just need to find that happy medium of building that arm strength toward the start of the season now."
… "I [threw] about five changeups, five cutters, five breaking balls, and a lot of fastballs," he said. "I was aggressive today, [I threw] balls across the plate [but] made them hit it. I got a little tired—[against] Buster, I tried to throw a good sinker [but] got on top of it [for a] walk in there late. You start to lose a little command as the game wears on."
Jonathan Mayo's 2011 Top 10 White Sox prospects (video)
Rank Player ETA 1. Chris Sale, LHP 2011 2. Brent Morel, 3B 2011 3. Dayan Viciedo, 3B/OF 2011 4. Eduardo Escobar, SS 2012 5. Jared Mitchell, OF 2013 6. Greg Infante, RHP 2011 7. Brandon Short, OF 2013 8. Trayce Thompson, OF 2014 9. Tyler Flowers, C 2011 10. Josh Phegley, C 2013
And here's Mayo's White Sox OMG (One More Guy): Jacob Petricka, RHP.
Here's Brent Morel's description:
More of a right-handed Wade Boggs type than a power hitter at the hot corner, Morel is ready to take over at third for the White Sox. He'll hit for average, as his .305 career mark shows, and he's an outstanding defender, one who could even play shortstop if needed.
Wade Boggs? Did Kenny Williams made a deal with the devil?
Shane Lindsay is working on a cutter
[Shane] Lindsay, meanwhile, has impressed coaches and teammates with good stuff and good command. He throws a fastball, curve and changeup and is adapting well to the "slider-cutter'' Cooper has him working on.


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Dr. Daniel McKinney's Environmental Science class uses the $4100 Lowe's Toolbox for Education Grant for an engineering and horticulture project.
Santa Rosa Academy received a grant from Lowe's Toolbox for Education for $4100.00.
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After admiring the handiwork of the Cinema Makeup School booth at Monsterpalooza, and interviewing the graduates involved, Glenn Ross knew that he had to feature CMS on a segment of his Time Warner Cable show – Offbeat Offerings. He was so impressed with the quality of artists who attended Cinema Makeup School that he decided to come down to the Wiltern Theater and see for himself where true makeup artists are made. The final product was a three and a half minute long segment showing the CMS booth at Monsterpalooza, interviews with four CMS graduates and staff members, and an injury application by graduates Ali Mcgee and Christopher Hernandez. The video can be found on the Time Warner Cable Channel as well as the Cinema Makeup School Youtube Channel.
The Los Angeles 2011 IMATS was one to remember. There was an impressive variety of memorable beauty and special FX makeups (some of which were done by our very own teachers and grads) as well as celebrities and great deals. There were also many fantastic demonstrations, classes and lectures to observe as well as admired artists and professionals in the industry to meet. This year's themes for the student competitions where: tribal for the beauty portion, and mythological creatures for the character competition. Everyone did a great job! CMS students reported that highlights from the weekend were meeting the legendary Dick Smith, sitting in on a question and answer session with Ve Neill, and hearing the professionals from Legacy Effects talk about their experiences.
Cinema Makeup School Students also participated in the IMATS Student Competition section. Miyo Nakamura and Gilbert Tang transformed fellow CMS Graduate Christine Thompson into a sci-fi creation complete with full feather headdress. Julian Bonfiglio was happy to model for Miranda Jory's monster application, and Kyung Deok Kang competed in the Character Prosthetics portion of the weekend.
All in all, IMATS was an incredible experience for all those who participated.
UCSF Turns to Cinema Makeup School Graduates for Med. School Exam
The University of California, San Francisco was looking for the perfect way to introduce their incoming students to the fast paced world of medicine. They wanted new students to feel the exhilaration of emergency situations, without putting any human lives at risk. This is where Cinema Makeup School graduate Sofia Carney and Ashley Harris came in. Using Alex Miller as a model, they created realistic injuries to be used in UCSF's Medical Trauma Victim reenactment. They provided the school with blood pumps, forehead pieces, a replication of a compound leg fracture, and a chest piece with a blood piece. Each piece had to be realistic enough that professional surgeons could treat the injury and students would not recognize they were prosthetics. This is the second year that Cinema Makeup School students have been involved in this project.
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Leonard Engelman – retired Director of Education at Cinema Makeup School and Governor of the makeup branch of the Board of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is in charge of the facial hair on "Oz: The Great and Powerful." CMS Graduate Miyo Nakamura also worked on the film, sculpting for KNB FX Group. The film stars James Franco and Mila Kunis and is due out in the theaters by 2013.
JD Bowers – CMS instructor – recently worked on the fourth installment of the Mission Impossible series.
Carlton Coleman – While currently teaching Cinema Makeup School's prosthetics class, has spent much of his time working in the lab to create makeup for television shows including CSI, NCIS, and House. He also worked on "Slumber Party Slaughter" – a thriller film starring Saving Private Ryan's Tom Sizemore. All of this as well as creating a full body suit for a Danish Cell phone commercial, staring one of Denmark's most famous actresses.
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Special Effects work has dominated Chris's summer. In the past few months he worked on the newest Total Recall reboot at Legacy Effects, as well as creating silicone gel filled appliances with Rick Baker for Men in Black 3 – due out summer of 2012. Chris is now working at Legacy on Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim, along with graduates Tomo Hayashi and Morgan Muta.
Liz Mendoza – Master Graduate January 2006
Liz has had a very busy year. She worked as a makeup artist on Insidious, the 2010 Horror/Thriller starring Patrick Wilson. She also worked on the latest Beastie Boys Video "Fight for Your Right Revisited" as an assistant makeup artist; she did a hair piece on Stanley Tucci and an over the top fake tan and mustache on Will Farrell. She was also credited as a makeup artist for 2010's Jackass 3D where she worked on continuity for pick up shots on all the key actors. On top of that she has completed two projects with Academy Award winning composer A.R. Rahman as his personal makeup artist. Together they worked on the music video for "Miracle Worker" with Mick Jagger and Rahman's upcoming project with Honda for the new "Hero." Liz did all of these impressive projects under Natalie Macgowanspencer and her Agency – a connection she made through Cinema Makeup School!
Danielle Barkat- Master Graduate May 2009
One of Danielle's major recent accomplishments was acting as the Key Makeup Artist on "The Ledge" a film that stars Terrence Howard and Liv Tyler and was nominated for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize. She is now working for Kenny Myers and Lois Burwell. Dani was also welcomed into the Makeup Artists Union last year.
Gabriela Catrina- Master Graduate January 2011
Since graduation Gabriela has been hard at work in Romania with photo shoots, weddings and spreads for online fashion magazines in order to build an impressive portfolio. Recently she designed and applied the makeup and hair for the July and August editions of "Must Have-Fashion Online Magazine." She also worked with "Max1 Models Agency" and "Adora Studio." Gabriela is now focusing on working in the fashion industry in New York.
Mari Idaka – Master Graduate June 2010
Mari was chosen to compete at the IMATS competition in Sydney, Australia. CMS will cheer her on as she competes on Saturday, September 24th. In preparation she competed in and won 1st place at the "Stop! I'm not dead yet!" Zombies' Makeup Competition.
Hailey Trifiro – Master Graduate February 2010
Hailey was recently chosen to do Halloween Horror Nights makeup at the Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida with Michael Burnett.
Jennifer Quinteros – Master Graduate February, 2010
JQ booked her first blockbuster in December 2010 working on X-Men: First Class as part of Mystique's makeup team (Assisting Lufeng Qu, the department head), which carried into March 2011. She has been working on features as an application artist, working with actors like Rutina Wesley from True Blood, Michael Ironside, Danny Trejo, Kevin Sorbo and Walter Perez and some of Maxim Magazines "Top 100" to name a few. In between films, she has been lucky enough to break into the world of commercials, with national campaigns soon to be released. Just recently, she was asked to be part of the makeup team for a new show airing on the Travel Channel in 2012.
Jules Keppel – Master Graduate August 2010
In July Jules began working with Badkid Productions on a webisode called "Laid Off" starring Shirley Jones (yes, Mrs. Partridge herself!) and her husband, Marty Ingles, in Los Angeles. Shirley plays a very funny and eccentric grandmother (Nana) who lives with her equally kooky boyfriend (Dick) played by Marty Ingles and the webisode focuses on their relationship with her gay grandson played by Jason Edward Cook. Considering she is an Academy Award winning actress, has acted on Broadway, and was Mrs. Partridge, Jules was a little nervous, but it turned out to be one of the best jobs she's ever done.
Daniela Martinez- Professional Makeup Graduate February 2011
Daniella began working as the Key Makeup Artist for a feature film this September. The feature is a dark comedy entitled "In Security." She will be the personal makeup artist for actor Ethan Embry (Harold and Kumar, Sweet Home Alabama.)
LaNae Garcia Professional Graduate November 2010
LaNae started her summer on stage at this year's IMATS LA in Passadena CA, giving a brush and makeup demo for Bdellium Tools assisting Cinema Makeup School's own High Fashion instructor Mirreile Bertrand. LaNae is currently working as the Key Makeup Artist for several shows airing on HMI web TV.
Nonomari Yanagida – Master Graduate January 2011
Nonomari's work was recently featured in Bunker Hill Magazine. She was the makeup artist for the "Taken by the Light" spread in their August 2011 edition.
Mayera Abeita – Master Graduate September 2009
In March of this year Mayera was the Key Makeup Artist for a feature entitled "Death Method." Cinema Makeup School graduates Elle Favorule (department head) and Amanda King were also involved in the project. She also finished up a feature called "The Kitchen" staring Laura Prepon (That 70's Show.)
Dari A. So – Evening High Fashion Graduate November 2010
Dari's editorial career has been flourishing. Her work will be included in the September 2011 publication of Bunker Hill Magazine (US) and Étoilée Magazine (UK).
Emmy Feyeux – Master Graduate October 2008
After graduating from the master program in 2008, Emmy moved back to the east coast and got a job as a shop assistant at a full service effects lab called Monster in My Closet in New Jersey. Ever since, she has been working on TriBeCa films and manufacturing supplies for Blue Man Group, SNL, Shrek and Phantom of the Opera. She is currently working on trying to get into the makeup artist union.


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In a year that featured the European debt crisis and volatile stock markets, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan managed to produce a rate of return of 11.2%, pushing net assets to a record high of $117.1-billion.
But the performance in 2011, driven by solid returns in private-capital, fixed-income and infrastructure investments, was not enough to insulate the country's largest single-profession pension plan from its "chronic" problem: a funding shortfall.
For the tenth year in a row, Teachers is facing a preliminary funding shortfall because the cost of future pensions outstrips plan assets and future contributions. This time, the number is $9.6-billion as of Jan. 1, 2012.
And it comes even though the plan's sponsors raised contribution rates and lowered benefits to balance the fund last year.
"Our liabilities, that is, the projected cost of providing future pensions, continue to outpace our projected asset growth," said Jim Leech, president and chief executive of Teachers. "Accordingly, we are working with our sponsors, Ontario Teachers' Federation and the Ontario government, to advise them on the various options for closing this gap at a reasonable cost."
Mr. Leech said the latest funding shortfall "isn't a crisis by any means," though he conceded immediate "levers" could be pulled to increase government and member contributions and reduce inflation protection for plan members would not be enough to "cure" the problem.
"I think all the parties would like to deal with the demographic and systemic issues here and solve it," Mr. Leech said Tuesday after the plan's annual results were released. He noted the Ontario government indicated in its latest budget that it would like to take action on the shortfall this year, long before the required deadline in 2014.
A separate calculation prepared by an independent actuary for accounting purposes, called the financial statement valuation, shows the Teachers' pension plan ended 2011 with a deficit of $45.5-billion, compared to $39.4-billion a year earlier.
Among the funding issues facing the Teachers' plan is that many of its pensioners have been retired for longer than they worked. There are now 2,600 retired teachers over the age of 90, including 102 that have reached the century mark.
At the same time, the ratio of active teachers to retired ones is declining, meaning there are fewer contributors to bear the burden of the plan.
The amount paid out in benefits passed contributions in the mid-1990s, and the gap today is expected to more than double to $4.1-billion by 2131.
Persistently low interest rates, the economic outlook, and the after-effects of the global financial crisis continued to weigh on the pension fund's performance in 2011.
The steady decline in interest rates has required pensions to hold more assets to fund a typical pension. And the Teachers' pension plan spreads significant losses and gains over a number of years, meaning the losses sustained in 2008 will continue to "haunt" the fund through the current year, Mr. Leech said.
Nevertheless, the $11.7-billion contribution to net assets in 2011 included $1.4-billion in "value-added returns," which represent returns above the fund's composite benchmark.
And Teachers said the plan is active, rather than passive, an investment style adopted in 1990 that has added $53-billion to the plan's asset size.
Neil Petroff, executive vice-president and chief investment officer at Teachers, said the fund expects to seek out "opportunistic" investments in the aftermath of the European debt crisis.
"The debt situation is not solved, but they're going to solve it by selling assets — infrastructure, maybe lotteries," he said. "Those are the opportunities they will be looking at."
However, Mr. Leech said Teachers will not shop for assets sprung loose by the European crisis if there is a great rush by other investment funds to do so.
"When everybody says that, I'm not sure that's where Neil's going to go," he said.


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text: Advancing Accountability on a Difficult International Terrain Discussion with Richard Dicker, Director of Human Rights Watch's International Justice Program ABOUT THE TALKAs we head into a new year, the landscape for accountability for the most serious crimes is a challenging one. There is an increasing number of country situations (Myanmar, Yemen, Syria, South Sudan) marked by total impunity for mass atrocities. Meanwhile, the International Criminal Court is overstretched, under-resourced and struggling to ramp up its own performance as the Prosecutor there seeks to open an investigation in Afghanistan that could target US nationals. In "Advancing Accountability on a Difficult International Terrain" Richard Dicker will explore the road ahead for international justice through highlighting benchmarks for progress as well as key obstacles on an admittedly uphill path. ABOUT THE SPEAKERRichard Dicker, director of Human Rights Watch's international justice program since it was founded in 2001, has worked at Human Rights Watch since 1990. He started working on international justice issues in 1994 when Human Rights Watch attempted to persuade several governments to bring a case before the International Court of Justice charging the government of Iraq with genocide against the Kurds. Dicker later led the Human Rights Watch multi-year campaign to establish the International Criminal Court (ICC). He continues to be closely involved on issues that are important at the ICC. He has spent the past few years leading advocacy efforts urging the creation of effective accountability mechanisms in several different countries, including DRC, CAR and Bosnia. He monitored the Slobodan Milosevic trial in The Hague and made several trips to Iraq before and at the start of Saddam Hussein's trial at the Iraqi High Tribunal. A former civil rights attorney in New York, Dicker graduated from New York University Law School and received his LL.M from Columbia University. He has authored many article on justice for the most serious crimes that have appeared in Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune and The Guardian. He teaches international criminal courts at UCLA Law School and Columbia Law School.RSVP Here. Lunch will be served.Event FlyerSponsors: The Promsie Institute for Human Rights; International and Comparative Law Program; International Human RIghts Law Association; Burkle Center for International Relations; Human Rights Watch


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JERUSALEM, April 30 (Reuters) - Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron has granted Mastercard permission to hold 10 percent of Israeli bank services firm SHVA, the central bank said on Tuesday, in a step aimed at boosting banking sector competition.
Mastercard got the green light after the company signed a deal to buy the stake from Israel's Bank Hapoalim, the Bank of Israel said.
SHVA, the Hebrew acronym for Automated Banking Services Ltd, provides a large portion of the services in the payment card transaction chain in Israel.
New legislation to increase competition in the sector is forcing Israel's largest banks to reduce their stakes in SHVA to below 10 percent.
Hapoalim rival Bank Leumi last year received permission to sell a 10 percent share to Visa.
The Bank of Israel said Hapoalim, Leumi and Israel Discount Bank are preparing a public offering to sell more of their stakes in SHVA to the public to take their holdings below 10 percent.
Supervisor of Banks Hedva Ber said the payments sector is expected to undergo changes in coming years and that adding international players that specialise in payments will boost innovation and knowledge. (Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Tova Cohen/Steven Scheer/Jane Merriman)


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Hello All -
Some of you may arrived here expecting the announcement of the next volume of LENNONOLOGY. It's not yet complete, but we do have something else to keep you busy in the interim.
Mark and I are very pleased to announce that a "remastered" edition of Eight Arms To Hold You will be available via digital download on August 1st, 2018. There have been countless requests for a revised edition and used copies sell for inflated amounts on the secondhand market (as many of you may have experienced). With that in mind, Mark and I thought that the time was right - after all, it has been nearly 18 years. Knowing that, we've decided to make the original available again digitally since there is still a demand for it, and feel it is important to have our work "out there" in the brave new world of book distribution, at a fair price.
Here is where it gets exciting. What began as a cleaned up version - fixing a few big mistakes, misspellings and punctuation errors has turned into 20,000 or so new words - however, to keep the indexing in order, we removed roughly the same amount of old and incorrect words! "Eight Arms" still only covers up through 2000, but we've applied another 18 years of research to the existing manuscript - a true case of "If we knew then, what we know now."
So welcome back to the year 2000 - the year before the world changed in many ways. A new millennium: the world is relieved that computers still operated on January 1st, one can still travel through an airport with relatively few headaches, the St. Louis Rams win Super Bowl XXXIV, and the Beatles issue 1, a collection of their thirty-plus-year-old US and UK #1 singles which would end up becoming the best-selling album of the coming decade.
For the purposes of Eight Arms To Hold You, the book we issue in October of that year, it means George Harrison is still with us, Paul McCartney hasn't yet married Heather Mills, Ringo still maintains a revolving door for members of his All-Starr Band, CDs are still king of the music industry, not everyone has a recording studio on their computer... among several other soon-to-change facts.
2000 is exactly where we leave Eight Arms in its newfangled digital form. We're obviously aware that much has occurred in the world of the solo Beatles since its original publication. We have not added entries for things that have been released since the book was first published in 2000, and we're sure that several of the existing mistakes are still lurking. What's new is a more focused and detailed description for the original entries in the book and a lot of exciting new facts.
While revisiting Eight Arms To Hold You for the first time in nearly 20 years after writing and publication, we found a book that, while flawed and almost 20 years out of date, still holds up extremely well - as it examines the four solo Beatles from 1966 through 2000, the most artistically and commercially significant periods of their careers. We hope those who already own a copy of the physical book and those who are reading this for the first time on a favorite electronic device also find it as engaging a read as we tried to make it way back in the olden days when reading required arm strength, turning pages and using bookmarks. Enjoy!
You may order your own digital copy of Eight Arms To Hold You here. Copies will be distributed as a secured .pdf file on August 1st, 2018.
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$19.99 USD - Eight Arms To Hold You - Remastered .pdf
(Copies will be distributed as a secured, password-protected .pdf file). You will receive an e-mail with your password and a link to your .pdf file in no more that 24 hours after placing your order. This is not an automated point-of-sale, I can only fill orders from my home office, so please have some patience. Thanks to all who have ordered already!
*In 2015, Chip and Scott Raile published LENNONOLOGY | Volume One - Strange Days Indeed - a richly detailed accounting of John and Yoko's personal and professional life together from 1966-1980.
You do own a copy - right? If not, you may order a physical copy of the book here (there is no electronic counterpart).
Also available is the Eight Arms To Hold You coffee mug. I wanted to make sure that they were up to snuff before I offered them for sale, and I'm very excited to announce that mine has arrived and it's cooler and of better quality than I could have imagined! The cup is a heavy, black, 15 oz. ceramic mug with the "Eight Arms" record shelf wrapped around it. The pictures pretty much say it all.
Right now, I am only set up to ship the mugs in the U.S., but if you live abroad and are interested in a cup, please send your full mailing address to: email@example.com and I'll get back to you with a quote. For those of you in the States, the cost is $17.49 plus shipping. The lead time is about a week-and-a-half to two weeks, so you will have your file in hand before your mug arrives, but it is likely that your cup will arrive before you can finish the book!
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Robotmasters Toy Review: Road Rocket
General Information:
Release Year: January 2005
Retailer: Japanese exclusive
Price: $20 (Depending on Import Retailer)
Accessories: The Sacred-Cut Sword Armorkiller (Blade Weapon), Chromium Shot (Rifle)
- In Package (Front)
- In Package (Back)
- Card Art
- Tech Specs
- Vehicle Mode
- Vehicle Mode (Left)
- Vehicle Mode (Right)
- Vehicle Mode (Back)
- Vehicle Mode (Panel)
- Vehicle Mode (With Air Hunter)
- With G2 Road Rocket and RiD Sideways (Vehicle Modes)
- Robot Mode
- Robot Mode (Side)
- Robot Mode (Back)
- Robot Mode (Close up)
- Robot Mode (Posed)
- Robot Mode (Alternate pose)
- With G2 Road Rocket and RiD Sideways (Robot Modes)
Road Rocket was originally a Generation 2 Transformer, part of a pair of warriors known as the "Laesr cycles". The idea were two opposing warriors, one Autobot, one Decepticon who had light up weapons and transformed into motorcycles. The figure was later used for Robots in Disguise Sideways. This review will cover the changes made to the figure from that review, so check out Sideways' review for more details on the figure.
Tech Specs (Translated by Doug Dlin):
Name: Road Rocket
Function: Assassin
km/h for up to 8 seconds.
Weapon(s): Turbo LED Chainsaw
|Rank: 8
|Power: 8
|Defense: 8
|Stamina: 9
|Speed: 9
Robot Mode:
Road Rocket's deco pattern is more intricate than those of his predecessors. His primary plastic colors are yellow, silver and black. This sculpt has always had strong primary plastic colors, but the real detail comes in the form of the paint details.
Starting with the head, Road Rocket's eyes are translucent blue. The helmet section of his head is black while the brow above his eyes is painted white. His mouthplate is dark blue, giving him an array of dark colors to contrast with the rest of his robot form.
Road Rocket's chest piece is painted metallic silver. The "V" shaped piece is painted red. His lower arms are cast in yellow plastic, but they are painted metallic red with black paint used on the fists and the sections in the middle of the arms. On the right arm there are two tube like parts inset in the arm. These were left yellow, which offers a nice contrast between the red and yellow.
Road Rocket is every bit as functional as his predecessors. I did notice his right leg is a bit more loose on the section where it slides up and down to extend for the robot form. He stands fine, but that particular section is more likely to slide down than the other leg.
By pressing the button on his back, you can light up Road Rocket's arm mounted weapon just like his previous incarnations. The saw weapon is now translucent blue instead of clear plastic, but the lighting effect still looks great.
Vehicle Mode:
The basic sculpt for Generation 2 Road Rocket was altered for its Robots in Disguise release. This version is based on that tooling, and was altered once again for this release. On the section behind the handlebars, there is a panel held down by a screw that covers the battery compartment of the figure. On previous versions of this figure, this panel was solid and flat. Here, a small slit has been created to allow the insertion of a plastic tab that prevents the battery contacts from touching the internal conducting metal, preserving the battery for a longer time. To use his light up abilities, you need to pull this tab out. There is also a sticker with Japanese writing on it, most likely a note about the battery compartment.
Being the third release of this figure, the designers seemed to make it a point to give this version the most detailed deco out of the three. Road Rocket's primary color is yellow. Black is also used on parts such as the wheels and the rear wheel cover. His windshield cover is translucent blue. The piece that makes up the readouts and handlebars are cast in grey plastic (along with the kickstand).
Silver is used a lot for the lower section of the vehicle mode. The sides of the wheels, the parts connecting the wheels to the central body and even small details on the engine cover are painted metallic silver. On the right side, where the main exhaust pipe is located, the silver is not just applied all over the place. There are spots left black to give more detailing. The front wheel cover has a black stripe on it with an Autobot symbol painted in the center. Running along the sides of the vehicle are orange flames. The seat is painted a grey blue color, which blends with the windshield.
The handlebars are just the right size for the fist holes on Cyberjet sculpt based figures such as R-Blade. Although it was never advertised, many have speculated that the Cyberjets (who were also part of Generation 2) were designed to be able to act as riders on the Laser Cycles. This bolsters that idea.
Final Thoughts:
This is easily my favorite version of this sculpt. Its colors are vibrant and its deco is superior to Generation 2 Road Rocket and Robots in Disguise Sideways. For an import figure, $20 is not bad at all (and some retailers have since reduced him down to $15). Highly recommended.


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Exhibits Four floors of exhibits at the KU Natural History Museum offer ancient mosasaurs and other fossils, science of parasites and microbes, live insects, snakes and lizards, and a massive natural history diorama that dates to the 1893 World's Fair.
Now on view:
New! Biodiversity Research in Focus: The Natural Wonders of the Namib Desert
Silvisaurus: A Kansas Dinosaur
Paleo Garden: live and fossil plants
Biodiversity: Picturing Science
Mammals: A guide to skulls
Have you ever wondered what an elephant skull looks like in comparison to that of a mouse? This exhibit features 48 different types and sizes of skulls. What we learn from skulls, including shape, teeth and eye sockets, helps us identify species of mammals and their way of life.
Bugtown includes live insects such as the blue death-feigning beetle and giant cave cockroaches. At this third-floor exhibit, you can crawl through the worm tunnel, learn how dermestid beetles clean up and find out how insects eat. Plus, you can plop into a booth at Grub's Diner, where the eating of other patrons is strictly prohibited.
Discovery Guides
Museum discovery guides provide ways for school groups, families, home school groups, university groups, adults and others to explore the museum together.
The KU Natural History Museum is the home of Comanche, the horse ridden by Captain Myles Keogh at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. For generations, Comanche was the most famous horse in the United States, revered in death as much as in life. Museum staff completely restored the mount and created a new display on the fourth floor in 2005.
Story Book Science: Pollen: Darwin's 130-Year Prediction by Darcy Pattison
Science On Tap - Wastewater: Resource Production from the Bottom Up - Canceled
Science On Tap: River Stresses & Solutions with the Nature Conservancy
Science on Tap: The World through the Eyes of a Drone: Applications in GIS
Science on Tap: The Kansas Watershed: Flow, Flooding, & Management
Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines in Kansas: An evening with author Craig C. Freeman
Science on Tap - Gomphotheres + Silkville: Little Known Stories about the Woody Plants around Us
KU NHM Mobile Museum: Natural History Collections in the Community - Salina
KU NHM Mobile Museum: Natural History Collections in the Community - Garden City
KU NHM Mobile Museum: Natural History Collections in the Community - Great Bend
Collections Up Close at the Museum - featuring archaeology collections
Science on Tap - Keeping the Devils Out: Grotesques of the KU Natural History Museum with Dr. Leonard Krishtalka, Museum Director
Collections Up Close Special Edition: Game of Thrones Paleontology
Collections Up Close at the Union - featuring archaeology collections
Science on Tap: Auditory Repercussions - Why Can't I Hear at Noisy Restaurants Anymore?


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About a month ago Kitty Yan from Weilongxin Crafts and Gifts Co., Ltd approached me through my LinkedIn connections to ask if I would be interested in receiving a catalog of their cigar accessory products. At first, I was a little hesitant as I have received countless LinkedIn requests from E-cigarette manufacturers and distributors in China to connect. However, I decided to take the chance, and boy am I glad I did!
No sooner had I agreed to accept their catalog, when Vincent Wong, Kitty's assistant sent me an e-mail saying that they would like to send me a free humidor gift, and provided a catalog of about a dozen or so humidors to choose from. I chose one, almost a random, still not believing that they were going to send me a free humidor.
Less than two weeks later, Purolator Courier showed up at my door with a box, and an invoice for $20.00 import fees. In the box was this humidor;
The rich red and gold finish makes a stunning presentation with the gold-plated trimmings, and the product is obviously of some high quality.
The interior is made of fine Spanish cedar, and fits together with the precision of a top end product.
The accessory drawer slides easily, and presents ample room for your smoking needs.
Unfortunately, the postal service damaged the back of the humidor slightly, and left a slight mar on the finish, but that is hardly the fault of Weilongxin Crafts.
The humidifier fits snugly into the roof of the humidor, and the hydrometer is of great value and works wonderfully.
After preparing the humidor, it made the perfect storage place for my two freshly rolled Cuban cigars, and I immediately began stocking the humidor with additional sticks.
This particular model of humidor, the WLH – 0073, is available on their website and through their catalog for $54.00 USD plus $150.00 USD for shipping.
Though that may seem a little steep for shipping, it is good to remember that the humidor is coming from mainland China, and is made of solid wood. If you ordered it from North America you would only pay about $50.00 in shipping but the humidor itself would cost you $150.
Though their website does not give prices, if you place an order with them, by providing contact information they will write you an e-mail and quote you a price.
Weilongxin Crafts and Gifts Co Limited makes humidors to fit whatever need you have, from small box models like the WLH-0009-25 for $18.50, slightly larger boxes like the WLHG-0004 ringing in that at $27.00, and right on up to the WLHC-0014 for a very reasonable $522. As Vincent tells me, to some extent prices are flexible and depend on quantity ordered and customizations.
Overall, I am completely impressed with Weilongxin Crafts and Gifts Co., Ltd, as well as their customer service, communication, and expedience.
They come highly recommended by me, and I will probably order another humidor from them.
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Ashley Hebert's Retro Wedding Curls & Soft Makeup: Get The Look
The former 'Bachelorette' was more beautiful than ever in soft side-parted curls and romantic makeup for her wedding to J.P. Rosenbaum, which was television on ABC December 16–do you think this was the most glamorous she's look? Sound off below!
Millions of hearts melted everywhere when Ashley Hebert, 28, married the man she chose on 'The Bachelorette,' J.P. Ashley was a vision in a retro-style fitted gown with hair and makeup to match. "I wanted something natural and something '20s, '30s, '40s-inspired for my hair, so we did a deep side part with finger waves," Ashley told InStyle.com. "And I wanted the makeup to look soft and romantic."
Ashley's hair was defined by finger waves that can be created with a skinny curling iron like Conair Infiniti YOU CURL Curling Wand, which features a tapered barrel. The key to Ashley's retro look is to part your hair in a deep side part and start the curls from root to tip.
LORAC Cosmetics Founder and Celebrity makeup Artist Carol Shaw created Ashley's look, giving her an elegant, soft and romantic look with defined eyes and light, glossy lips.
To obtain that flawless complexion, start with Natural Performance Foundation, followed by highlighting and concealing with the Double Feature Concealer/Highlighter. Finish with Translucent Touch-Up Powder.
For show-stopping eyes, start with the PRO Palette, using NUDE all over the lid from the lash line to the brow bone. Fill in the crease with TAUPE. Use ESPRESSO in outer corner, crease and bottom lash line, followed by BLACK along top lash line. Finish with PRO Cream Eye Liner in Black along top lash line.
Use the Creamy Brow Pencil in the color that best matches your brows for a thicker, more defined brown.
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Randi Rahm designed Ashley's eggshell silk satin gown, and Bachelorette fans may recognize the designer's name since she created many of the gowns Ashley wore during her season on The Bachelorette. "I feel like I gave birth to their relationship because I did the dress she was wearing when she met J.P. (left), the dress she got engaged to J.P. (middle) and her wedding dress," Rahm told InStyle.com. "It's a trilogy. The next dress I'll design? Her maternity dress!"
Ashley's intricately beaded 14-foot train was so heavy, it made it difficult for her to walk up and down the stairs. "Even though the train weighed 40 pounds, I wouldn't change a thing!" Ashley told InStyle.com. "It was connected to the top of my back, so walking up and down the steps was like I was at the gym!"
Ashley didn't wear "something blue," but she did wear "something pink." "Ashley wanted something fun for her shoes because the dress was serious, so she chose 4.5 inch Manolos," the show's stylist Cary Fetman told InStyle.com. "The blush color matched her bubbly personality." Fun fact: "The shoes are the same ones Carrie left in her closet [in the Sex and the City] movie that Mr. Big discovered," Ashley said. "I wanted something classic, and it doesn't get any classier than Manolo Blahnik!"
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Service charges, administrative charges, surcharges, house fees—whatever you call those charges assessed for food and beverage service in restaurants and in hotels—the rules about how they need to be disclosed to guests and how they must be allocated are propagating. More and more cities, municipalities and other local legal bodies are taking on service charges in detailed laws, and we expect more to come.
Interest in this issue at all levels of lawmaking seems to be increasing as living wage/minimum wage raise efforts become more and more popular throughout the country. Many such efforts result in laws that also affect how service charges may be collected, distributed and how they must be disclosed to consumers. In other words, the locus for relevant law in this area has shifted significantly from the state to the county or city level.
Regular readers of this blog will know that we have been following the development and implementation of the FDA's new menu-labeling regulations with some interest. After multiple rounds of drafts and public comment periods, the agency now has issued its final guidance for compliance with the new rules. According to the FDA's press release, the guidance is intended to respond to the most frequently-asked questions from business potentially subject to the new rules, and "differs from the draft guidance by providing additional examples and new or revised questions and answers on topics such as covered establishments, alcoholic beverages, catered events, mobile vendors, grab-and-go items, and record keeping requirements."
Nevertheless, the final guidance does not appear to substantively change the prior drafts insofar as the hospitality industry is concerned. Perhaps most noteworthy to hotel owners and operators is that the FDA has maintained the position, described in the earlier draft guidance, that a hotel's complimentary breakfast would not be considered food offered for sale and thus would not be subject to the menu-labeling requirements.
As before, that guidance comes with the caveat that it merely reflects the "current thinking" of the FDA and does not establish binding rights or duties. Thus, while the guidance may be called "final," the agency's "current thinking" could always shift as the regulations – which are set to take effect in May 2017 – begin to be enforced. Which might lead one to wonder, what's in a label, anyway? Only time will tell.
In the latest of a series of twists and turns regarding the legality of certain tip pools in Western states, on February 23, 2016, a divided three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals validated regulations by the Department of Labor ("DOL") that significantly limit employers' ability to have tip pools that include more than "customarily and regularly tipped" employees. This development means that employers operating in states or territories in the Ninth Circuit (covering Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, California, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands) cannot include in their tip pools "back of the house" employees (such as cooks or dishwashers) or other employees who are not customarily tipped. We examine the impact of and history behind this decision below.
In a recent blog post, we highlighted the trend amongst hoteliers and restaurateurs toward adopting service charge models to meet the rise in state and local minimum wage requirements. Although "no-tip" and "service charge" policies are receiving their fair share of attention in the news, employers with improperly designed tip pools are garnering their own headlines—and lawsuits. For example, Red Robin recently agreed to a $1.3 million settlement in response to class action claims against the company that it impermissibly included back of house kitchen staff in the servers' tip pool. If your company requires employees to pool their tips, or is considering doing so, it will want to avoid some common and costly pitfalls that have beleaguered others. For starters:
Since their official unveiling in December 2014, the FDA's final menu-labeling rules have given rise to a multitude of questions from hospitality businesses who wonder how to comply or whether they must comply at all. The FDA, in turn, appears to be trying its level best to provide enough time and guidance to ease these businesses' transition to the new rules. First, the FDA extended the deadline for compliance by a full year from December 1, 2015 to December 1, 2016, citing the agency's extensive dialogue with chain restaurants, grocery stores, and other members of the hospitality industry.
Emily Harris Gant is an alcoholic beverage attorney, and an Owner in GSB's national Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism Group. You can reach Emily at email@example.com or 206.816.1454.
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-- Judicial release
State v. Triplett
, 176 Ohio App. 3d 603,
– Notwithstanding
State v. Foster
, a trial court granting judicial release to a person convicted of a first or second degree felony must continue to make the findings required by
R.C. 2929.20(H)(1) and (2)
. Though the court gave scrupulous thought as to whether judicial release was appropriate, it failed to meet technical requirements. Also see
State v. Hunt
, Franklin App. No. 04AP-1177,
State v. Weiss
, 180 Ohio App. 3d 509,
– For those convicted of first, second and third degree felonies, jail time credit accrued prior to arrival at the institution may be included when the defendant must wait five years to apply for judicial release because the sentence is more than five but less than ten years. Reference to delivery to a state correctional institution applicable to those serving shorter sentences is not repeated in
State v. Sparks
, 178 Ohio App. 3d 272,
– Defendant serving an aggregate sentence of twelve years for F-3's was granted judicial release, though he did not qualify as an "eligible offender." Applying
State v. Cunningham
, 113 Ohio St. 3d 272,
the court holds the state may not appeal as a matter of right a modification sentence for an F-3, 4 or 5 that is contrary to law. Dissent concludes the modified sentence was "invalid" because ―the trial court lacked statutory and inherent authority to make the modification." Concurring judge draws the distinction that though unauthorized, the matter was within the court's subject matter jurisdiction.
State v. Wiliams
, Franklin App. No. 10AP-55, November 18, 2010 memorandum decision – A presentence investigation is not required before a defendant may be granted judicial release. A PSI is required for community control, but though similar conditions may be ordered as a part of judicial release, judicial release involves a prison term and thus falls outside the definition of community control.
State v. Cunningham
, 113 Ohio St. 3d 108,
-- The state may not appeal the modification of a sentence granting judicial release for a third, fourth or fifth degree felony. The court also heads off an attempt to appeal the modification as contrary to law by finding the court did not abuse its discretion by permitting the defendant to reinstate an initial timely motion for judicial release though a second motion was untimely.
State v. Darst
, 170 Ohio App. 3d 482,
-- Defendant was returned to prison upon violation of judicial release. There is no statutory requirement that a court granting judicial release expressly reserve the right to reimpose the balance of the sentence, though doing so might be the preferred practice. In any event, it was clear from the record that the defendant was aware of this possibility.
State v. Peoples
, 151 Ohio App. 3d 446,
-- (1) Eligibility for judicial release is to be determined by the law in effect at the time sentence was imposed.
does not bring the benefit of changes in the law as it is limited to cases where the penalty has not already been imposed. (2) The former version of
which failed to allow those serving five year sentences to apply for judicial release, though permitting judicial release for those serving longer sentences, violates equal protection. Affirmed:
State v. Peoples
, 102 Ohio St. 3d 460,
. (3) When granting judicial release the court must make the statutorily mandated findings.
State v. Smith
, Montgomery App. No. 20172,
-- The time for filing a motion for judicial release is calculated based on the length of the sentence imposed by the court to which application is made. It is not based on the aggregate sentence imposed by courts in different counties. The controlling statutes use the term "sentencing court" in the singular. This interpretation precludes a court in one county granting judicial release on a sentence imposed by another.
State v. Woods
(2001), 141 Ohio App. 3d 549 -- The denial of judicial release is not a final appealable order. Also see
State v. Ingram
, Franklin App. No. 03AP-149,
; <
State v. Greene
2nd Dist. No. 02-CA-17,
>. Compare the dissenting opinion in
State v. Coffman
91 Ohio St. 3d 125, 2001-Ohio-296 and
State v. McConnell
(2001), 143 Ohio App. 3d 219 -- Defendant was given concurrent prison terms and later granted judicial release. Upon revocation she was given consecutive prison terms. (1) Court was without authority to do so as granting judicial release suspended original sentence, and was not the equivalent of an initial grant of community control. (2) Fleeting inquiry whether an attorney was desired was insufficient compliance with the Crim R. 32.3(B) and Crim. R. 44(C) requirement there be a written waiver of counsel.
State v. Mann
, Crawford App. No. 3-03-42,
-- Return to prison upon revocation of judicial release is not the equivalent of imprisonment upon violation of community control. While it is preferable to explicitly reserve the right to impose the balance of the sentence when judicial release is granted, the failure to do so doesn't not bar return. Nor must the court make findings in support of the sentence.
State v. Wiley
, 148 Ohio App. 3d 82,
-- Defendant was given concurrent three year terms, then granted judicial release. Upon violation he was given concurrent four year terms and denied credit for time previously served. Reversed on both issues. Court could give consecutive time for any new offense, but could not increase the sentence previously imposed, then reduced by judicial release.
State v. Persons
, Meigs App. No. 02CA6,
-- Prosecutor, defense counsel and judge all mistakenly believed a defendant given five years in consecutive sentences could be granted judicial release after serving two years. In fact he had to serve four. Pleas were not knowingly and voluntarily entered due to defense counsel's erroneous legal advice. Reversed for ineffective assistance of counsel.
State v. Horch
, 154 Ohio App. 3d 537,
-- During plea colloquy defendant was mistakenly advised she would be eligible for judicial release after serving 180 days of a five-year sentence. In fact she had to serve four years. Reversed as plea was not entered knowingly and intelligently.
State v. Jones
, Lorain App. No. 03CA008370,
-- Court erroneously granted judicial release after the defendant served three years of mandatory time on a firearm specification and only seven months of the remaining five year sentence. Under the law controlling at the time sentence was imposed, he must serve the entire five years.
does not bring the benefit of amendment permitting application after serving four years of a five-year sentence.
State v. Hoy
, Union App. No. 14-04-13,
-- ¶30: "Nowhere in
is the trial court given the authority to modify an offender's judicial release merely because the offender is confined in a prison. The trial court would be authorized to revoke an offender's judicial release, based on a finding that the new offense violated the conditions of his release. However, the trial court is given no authority to modify or toll that offender's release."
State v. Strausbaugh
(1997), 87 Ohio Misc. 2d 31 -- Defendant was sentenced to five years after shooting her boyfriend in the leg. Prosecutor and boyfriend concurred in motion for judicial release filed after serving 180 days, though
provides those serving between five and ten years must wait five years before filing. Court finds equal protection violation and orders release.
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New approach to aid advocated for Vanuatu donors
Academic says Vanuatu donors need to embrace smart thinking over future support for the cyclone wrecked country.
An academic says donor countries need to start thinking how they can improve their medium and longer term responses to the Vanuatu cyclone disaster.
The founder of Devpacific Thinknet, Dr Tess Newton Cain, says she is bringing together thinkers around the Pacific to discuss issues pertinent to the region.
She says in Vanuatu what is needed is smart thinking about minimising transaction costs in aid but maximising long term opportunities for the country.
She told Don Wiseman there has been significant collaboration to date but there is an opportunity for greater co-operation.
TESS NEWTON CAIN: I guess what we are faced with now is the expectation of there being more aid in terms of quantum, and also, the likelihood of more donors being involved. So possibly having to include into the overall patchwork donors that maybe have not had much of a presence here before or are going to be new to the relatively small playing field, if you like, of donor activity in Vanuatu.
DON WISEMAN: There are going to be issues aren't there, with this co-ordination, of a lack of capacity?
TNC: Well I think it is a case of recognising, while there is some capacity that that capacity is limited. I think it is a case of identifying opportunities to support the capacity where it does exist and minimising the risks associated with putting additional burdens on that capacity. Yes we know that the capacity is limited, largely because of its size and for other reasons, and what is really important is that as decisions are made, as negotiations are carried between governments and donors, that there is awareness and everybody is really keeping their eye on that ball and not placing too much of a burden on capacity that is already being called upon to respond in more and different ways to how it had to before.
DW: How do you envisage the reaction from countries, and agencies, because they all want to be able to fly their ow flag don't they?
TNC: Yeah and I think [Vanuatu] government is aware of that and I think that that can be accommodated. I think people really need to realise that the government of Vanuatu, and the leadership of Vanuatu, and the people of Vanuatu are in this for the long haul. So what we really need to be thinking about is, yes there are short term term political objectives to be achieved, and yes there are good reasons for flying the flag particularly if it means that more funding can then be allocated, but there also needs to be at least some proportion of the energy and the thinking directed to 'what does this mean for the longer term future of Vanuatu. In terms of building and supporting state capacity to deliver services to the entire population, and also minimising or mitigating the chances of Vanuatu becoming aid dependent for the foreseeable future.'
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The line between disorder and order lies in logistics Sun Tzu
Among wargames, its rare to see logistics represented in battle-level games. Its assumed in most cases that the supply, transport, medical, workshop, rations and quartering work is all done either before or the battle. Its assumed that players just want to battle and not care about the challenge of logistics in a contested environment.
AD cares, though. We think that theres no reason to keep that challenge from you. And so, with the technological advances from the AD universe in place, you find that the basics logistic elements (repair, resupply and production) are all present at the pointy end of the battle.
Lets start by having a look at what logistics resources you have available. The primary unit that you will want to pay attention to is the Wombat. Currently the only production unit in the game, the Wombat is your source of replacement vehicles and repair of damaged drones. Its large, its slow and its quite vulnerable to the right type of attacker. Its also easy to hide behind and can roll over the top of and crush enemy drones.
The next unit you will want to look at is your transport (or transports). Here you might go with the Squirrel, the Raccoon or the Armadillo. These guys are all about getting resources and getting out, but as they have more freedom of movement than your combat units (typically), you will find theyre useful as comms repeaters, artillery spotters or even as battering rams.
The Squirrel is the standard transport, packing a great capacity of 8, and hardened armour to defend against artillery and ramming damage. This is a great all-rounder to run with, and that additional capacity to take resources is fantastic for any high-resourcefulness commander or a Nomad whos looking to score the faction victory condition.
The Armadillo is a great way to deny raiders. With both Reflective armour and the Resilient trait, it will shrug off damage from energy weapons, at the low cost of only a single point of transport value. If the enemy is guarding that Extractor with Wolves, Crocodiles or Vipers, send these guys in as a hard tactical counter. Just keep an eye out for those Cheetahs, Cougars and Elephants! Also, if youre the type who loves ramming, stick to Squirrels. Reflective armour is a poor choice to do that with!
The Raccoon is a very different vehicle from the other two. With a 12 standard move, you get a much longer single-bound range than you do with the other vehicles. The reactive armour will save you from projectile attacks at long range, but at only Prot 2 even those will get through from time to time. Carrying only 6 resources isnt as great as the others, but with your faster moves you might be able to make up the efficiency by getting more loads back to base.
Good logistics starts with a good deployment. At the start of the game, there will be a combat phase before any of your logistic units can move, so theres no -1 mods for being mobile. Youll have to decide between an aggressive deployment to get your transports into the Extractor early, and deploying your logistics assets in cover to keep them safe.
Pay additional attention to your Wombat here. Its a massive unit compared to others, so think hard about where it can or cant fit through gaps. Its also one of the few units where you need to think about which way it faces: the transports need access to the rear and the repair and construction work all happens at the front.
Your Wombat comes loaded with enough resources to give you a single new unit, or a couple of the lighter units (like a Jackal or Cheetah). This means that you can probably replace your first loss with a new unit from your existing stocks, but after that youll need a resupply. Ideally, youll want to keep on hand enough resources to produce a new command unit, in case you lose your existing one. If your commander isnt logistically inclined, you might not even start of the game with enough to do this, so acquiring more is your top priority.
The most efficient a transport can be is if it is touching the back of the Wombat and one of the docking ports on the extractor at the same time. Then, it can simply spend two logistics actions to move resources to the Wombat, and the Wombat is still free to use all three orders to build rather than loading up by itself. Stepping down from that peak efficiency (which doesnt happen all that often in real games), you want to look for single-bound distance. Single-bound distance is where a transport only has to make one move action to get between the Wombat and the Extractor. This still gives you a bit of tactical flexibility as to where to place your Wombat, but makes a transport highly effective at its job. It can load, move and unload in a single turn. If you cant achieve this, dont worry about bringing your Wombat too close. Use the distance afforded to you by a second bound to put it somewhere out of the fight.
Where possible, keep your transports moving, even where they wont make it to the Extractor, to keep up that -1 to hit mod. Also try to maximise the cover available to you when moving in, and remember that when docked to the Extractor you will almost always count as being in cover.
A quick note on using your transports for things other than, well, transporting. This is usually the case where you have two transports, and can afford to use one for its primary purpose while the second one hangs out and waits to step in if the first one is too damaged or is destroyed. While all the transports only have an 8 comms bubble, if you put them in range of something that your comms net cant cover (or provide a second channel if the enemy is using
), you can get some use out of your transport while its waiting to step up.
Using them for artillery is also good. If the enemy is putting Reflective-armoured vehicles within range of your artillery but out of LOS, the enemy may not be expecting to be sprung by a sneaky transport at the end of the turn. You can get your lock now and be ready for the enemy next turn, as your transports still count as having moved until the following logistics phase. Make sure that youre prepared to lose a transport that you use for this purpose, or use an Armadillo if youre up against energy-armed raiders.
If youre packing Squirrels, youll probably have figured out how great they are as guided torpedoes on wheels. Seek out those enemy units vulnerable to explosive attacks and hit them as hard and as often as you can, as your Squirrels will save against the damage back on a 3+. Also remember that when ramming something with a lower protection stat, youre going to add +1 ADE and +1 firepower to the attack. Seek out those Prot 2 support units with your Squirrel, or even use your Wombat to roll over Prot 3 raiders!
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