Account Manager360 Live Media is an award-winning marketing, strategy, and experience design agency. As the Account Manager, you will be fully empowered to deliver exceptional results that thrill our clients. Unlike many of our competitors, we only work with organizations that are progressive, dare to be innovative, and are driven to produce results immediately. You can see from our portfolio that we create uniquely innovative and disruptive experiences that help our clients engage, educate, and connect their audiences in fresh, cost-effective ways.Working here, you won t be limited to one kind of client or one type of project. Our suite of services includes strategy, research, marketing, membership, branding, experience design, event marketing, educational programming, and content development.You already know how to think two steps ahead and how to navigate all types of people and situations. In this role, you ll have the opportunity to expand your thinking, work on more complex challenges, and achieve greater results collaborating across functional areas with some of the smartest minds in the business.We re built for people who are intellectually curious we are constantly seeking new knowledge and experiences to deliver the most successful, personalized solutions for our clients. Working at the intersection/" of Madison Avenue, Silicon Valley, and K St, we bring fresh ideas, new thinking, and real results to association executives and the organizations they lead. Our work helps organizations build their brands, increase their relevance, and generate more revenue.A new frontier in marketing and communications has emerged through the powerful combination of digital and live experiences. We believe live media events, conferences, trade shows, and any forum where people connect face to face is the original social media and the most powerful media platform to influence hearts and minds.Key Responsibilities of the Account Manager Foster relationships, understand clients business needs, and grow existing business by selling additional services. This includes setting and achieving annual revenue goals on each account, based on the relationship and nature of the work being provided.Think strategically, anticipating future consequences and trends and incorporating them into client planning. Manage our clients at both a strategic and operational level.Be passionate about getting to know our clients, both personally and professionally, and use that knowledge to set, manage, and exceed client expectations at every turn.Develop a thorough understanding of clients businesses, industries, brands, customers, internal teams, and competitive environments.Develop creative strategies and effective solutions to help clients meet their business objectives.Lead the development of client briefs, presentations, and marketing projects.Manage creative deliverables with client and internal teams.Write strategic frameworks and reports.Support projects with detailed notes, timelines, and calendars, and the necessary documents and spreadsheets.Maintain a bottom-line orientation, consistently making sound decisions through a combination of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment.Manage multi-disciplinary projects from end-to-end including development of scope, schedule, resource planning, and synchronization of deliverables and services.Balance the delivery of client commitments against the realities of a budget, timeline, and competing projects and priorities.Maintain accountability and ownership of scopes of work and master services agreements. Create, track, and measure project timelines to ensure clients and colleagues meet key milestones. Regularly report to a variety of stakeholders on project status for client initiatives, directing changes as needed.Qualifications of the Account Manager5-7 years of experience managing projects, marketing campaigns, events, and client relationships. Account management experience in an agency environment is preferred. Attributes of the Account ManagerRelationship builder and activator. You share your insights, seek out other opinions, and listen to the needs and concerns of others. You build trust and buy-in and dedicate time to building successful and effective relationships. Most importantly, you know how to convert those relationships into long-term business partnerships.Strategic vision and creative agility. You always strive to enhance your expertise because you re creative and curious by nature. You have the ability to think strategically, anticipate future consequences and trends, and incorporate them into client planning. You are able to manage clients at both a strategic and operational level. Client-first mentality. You are detail-oriented because you love your clients. You possess a commitment to serving clients in a manner that helps them deliver on their business objectives while helping 360 Live Media reach our goals. You re passionate about getting to know clients, both personally and professionally, and using that knowledge to exceed expectations at every turn.Results focus. You are results-oriented because you want to create an impact every day. With an exceptional track record of exceeding client expectations, you have a bottom-line orientation, consistently making wise decisions through a combination of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment. You balance owning the delivery of client commitments against the realities of a budget, timeline, and competing projects and priorities. You have an attitude of problem-solving and creative resourcefulness.Action orientation. You believe that everything matters, so you act nimbly and quickly to solve challenges, even if limited information is available. You are not afraid to take charge of a situation and make tough decisions.Self-assured. You are confident, assertive, and influential and are not easily discouraged. People follow your lead. You are consistently optimistic. Team player. You always have your team s back. You enjoy working hard and rolling up your sleeves with the team. You have a proven track record for getting results by building strong relationships and partnerships, both with outside clients and internal staff.What s Attractive to the Right Account Manager Candidate? 360 Live Media has twice been named as one of the top 10 Best Places to Work in Washington, DC by the Washington Business Journal. Based in the heart of Washington, DC, our team of entrepreneurial strategists, innovators, and doers are driven to achieve growth for our clients and our company.Working at 360 Live Media isn ta sit-behind-your-desk, 9-5, do-the-same-thing-every-day/" kind of experience. You will have interesting days every day.We offer a highly competitive compensation plan including an annual bonus incentive; 401(k) plan with company match; full health, vision, and dental insurance coverage; 3 weeks vacation; paid volunteer and sick days; and monthly transportation allowance.To Apply for the Account Manager position:You can Apply Online or simply email your resume to Aileen Hedden at [Click Here to Email Your Resum ] with 360 Live Media Account Manager 2019-2459 CB/" as the subject of the email. Please include your resume as a Word or PDF attachment to the email and paste your cover letter in the body of your email.Staffing Advisors has been engaged to find the right candidate and is committed to helping create a diverse work environment for our client. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. This position may require pre-employment screening potentially including a criminal background check, verification of academic credentials, licenses, certifications, and/or verification of work history.


The fugitive Strasbourg man suspected of shooting people as he shouted "Allahu Akbar" at the French city's Christmas market is a criminal who turned radical Islamist in jail, officials said.
A manhunt is continuing today for the suspect, identified by authorities as 29-year-old French citizen Cherif Chekatt.
He has 27 criminal convictions for theft and violence, officials said, and has spent time in French, German and Swiss prisons.
Now police are seeking him as the suspect who killed two people, and seriously injured several more last night. Police today released photographs of Chekatt as the hunt continues.
Neighbours believed that Chekatt's brother was a radicalised Muslim, but they remember the suspect as an ordinary local guy.
However to security agencies, Chekatt had represented a potential threat for some time, his beliefs hardened behind bars.
Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said the suspect shouted out "Allahu Akbar" during the attack.
"Considering the target, his way of operating, his profile and the testimonies of those who heard him yell 'Allahu Akbar', the anti-terrorist police has been called into action," Mr Heitz said.
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said the gunman had evaded a police dragnet and was on the run, raising concerns of a follow-up attack.
The mother, father and two brothers of the suspect are being held in custody for questioning, said sources close to the investigation.
"The government has raised its security threat to the highest level and is bolstering border controls," Mr Castaner told a late-night news conference.
"We will also reinforce security at all Christmas markets to prevent copycat attacks."
With France still on high alert after a wave of attacks commissioned or inspired by self-styled Islamic State militants since early 2015, the counter-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation.
Mr Castaner said the gunman exchanged shots with security forces twice as he escaped.
His whereabouts now were unknown, and elite commandos and helicopters were involved in the manhunt.
The Paris prosecutor said the motive for the attack was not known. No-one immediately claimed responsibility, but the US-based SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist websites, said Islamic State supporters were celebrating.
The attack began at about 8pm as stallholders prepared to close down and restaurants filled in the city, which sits across the Rhine River from Germany. Bystanders were swiftly ushered into nearby shops.
"There was confusion initially but they locked the front doors pretty soon after the gunshots," said US citizen Elizabeth Osterwisch, who was sheltering on the top floor of the Galeries Lafayette department store.
"They moved us several times, eventually settling on the place with the most protection."
MEP Emmanuel Maurel said he had heard the shots and the European Parliament, which is sitting in Strasbourg this week, was put into lockdown.
On the opposite side of the River Rhine, German police also tightened border controls, officials said.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker tweeted: "My thoughts are with the victims of the Strasbourg shooting, which I condemn with the utmost firmness. Strasbourg is an excellent symbol of peace and European Democracy. Values that we will always defend."
European security agencies have feared for some time that Islamist militants who left Europe to fight for the so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq would return after the jihadist group’s defeat, with the skills and motivation to carry out attacks at home.
There have also been attacks in Paris on a policeman on the Champs-Elysees, the offices of satirical weekly publication Charlie Hebdo and a kosher store.


Unfortunately for Hammond, the three bankers were not nearly as morose as the Treasury could have hoped for. Instead they said the risks of No Deal were comparable to the instability they regularly faced across the world.
These level headed predictions were a little surprising to Mr Steerpike though, considering how dramatic all three banking houses were in the run-up to, and aftermath of the Referendum.
All three now admit that job losses in their firms will be in the low hundreds.
It seems that the three horsemen of the apocalypse have become the three stooges, and finally exposed Project Fear for what it was.


An elderly Indiana Jones begins the story of his life and adventures.
The Curse of the Jackal (part 1). 1908: young Henry Jones Jr encounters a deadly mystery on a trip to Egypt with his parents. With Corey Carrier, Sean Patrick Flanery , Margaret Tyzack , Tony Robinson.


Nashville, Tenn. -- Simmons interest in the military started in high school when he spent three years in Air Force Junior ROTC at Hixson High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Once in college, he realized he could relieve some tuition costs through the military.
Simmons joined the Air National Guard in 1998. The training he received with the 241st ES was instrumental in helping him secure a job with the phone company in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2002 Simmons made the decision to permanently move to Nashville and transfer his military service to the 118th Wing.
From there Simmons moved over to the command post where he stayed for a few years. When things began to change in Simmons personal life he started to look for more opportunities to serve.
Simmons began mentoring the student flight, getting them ready for basic training until an additional duty first sergeant position became available. In January 2016, Simmons received his training for additional duty first sergeant. Then in February of 2018, Simmons graduated from the first sergeant academy.
Simmons sees his time as a first sergeant as a blessing.


Creativity is in our nature. Discover it in yours. Arts Whistler is passionate about Whistler, about arts, and about making arts and culture an integral part of day-to-day life. Operating out of the Maury Young Arts Centre in the heart of Whistler Village, Arts Whistler runs a variety of creative classes, showcases an exciting lineup of live shows for the Arts Whistler Live!, and hosts year-round, free-admission exhibits in The Gallery supporting local artists and their craft. Annual events include the Whistler Children’s Festival, Whistler Street Entertainment, Arts Whistler’s Holiday Market, ArtWalk, and Art on the Lake. Arts Whistler creates bold, inspiring, and engaging experiences and supports an arts and culture sector in Whistler that’s welcoming, accessible, and collaborative.Arts Whistler supports the arts community with an emphasis on collaborative efforts including the Pop-Up Art Studio, the Cultural Connector project, and rotating exhibitions from Whistler artists in The Gallery at the Arts Centre.


After briefly working in SNCC’s Atlanta headquarters, Varela was assigned to Selma, Alabama to help educate and register black voters in the “belly of the beast” of the battle for civil rights. Varela soon recognized an urgent problem: the images provided for voter education materials showed only white faces.
At first Varela asked various SNCC photographers to shoot new images. But she had a keen eye, and finally one of them asked her: “Why don’t you shoot the photos yourself?” She quickly learned, and in Varela’s work we see an evolution from utilitarian images, meant exclusively for training materials, to potently composed photos furnishing a sophisticated lens on the dramatic changes underway in 1960s Alabama and Mississippi.
Because she began working with SNCC as an organizer, Varela benefitted from an unparalleled access to her subjects, and her images reveal a unique insider’s perspective.
Throughout Varela’s life, she recognized the connections between struggles for civil rights everywhere. After leaving SNCC, one of her most profound photographic experiences was shooting the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, DC, which brought together Black Americans, low-income Whites, Chicanos, Native Americans, and Puerto Ricans—among others—under a shared desire for justice.
She continues, fifty years later, to support the same ideals and methods, that first brought her south to work with SNCC.
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How far have we come since the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
Watch the official trailer of The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution.


A structural steelwork installation company has been fined after an employee fractured his spine when he was struck by a steel plate which fell from a crane while working at the University of Bedfordshire.
Luton Magistrates’ Court heard how the man suffered a back injury while carrying out work on a new metal staircase. The task involved using a crane to lift a steel sheet attached to a magnet, but the sheet became detached and fell, striking the injured person on the back. The worker has been unable to continue working as a steel fixer.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the incident on 10 December 2015 at the Luton Campus, found the company failed to ensure that the lifting equipment was of adequate strength and stability for each load. Whilst the safe working load was 1000kg the magnet had to be de-rated to take into account the thinness and the length of the metal being lifted. The company also failed to ensure that the lifting operation was planned by a competent person, appropriately supervised and carried out in a safe manner.
HSE inspector Samantha Wells said: “This incident could so easily have been avoided by simply implementing the correct control measures and safe working practices” Companies should be aware that HSE will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action against those that fall below the required standards”.


The first regional conference of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission was held in Mumbai on October 2. The conference was held to take inputs of judicial officers of lower judiciary on pay scale, emolument, service conditions, retirement benefits, post-retirement jobs in judiciary, infrastructure and environment of the lower court and judicial working conditions. Judicial representatives from Gujarat, Goa and Maharashtra participated in the conference.
“By virtue of duties performed by judicial officers they are not equated with state government officers, even though it is essentially a state subject. Though there is revision of pay scales for employees of the central government, judicial officers are governed by old pay scales. We have given an interim report recommending interim pay benefits which are substantially benefiting the judicial officers. They are getting maximum DA of more than 140 percent against the existing pay scales and more than 30 percent of the basic pay,” said, Justice (retd) PV Reddy, chairman, Second National Judicial Pay Commission.
He also said that despite lack of proper infrastructure and utilities in villages and slow response from high courts and state governments, the commission is working expeditiously. Court infrastructure and working conditions have to be congenial for judicial officers and this will be done in the next phase, he added.
The consultation paper on pay scales, allowances and pensions, which will be finalised after similar conferences in the southern, central and eastern parts of the country, will form part of the final report.
After the sixth central pay commission and the first judicial pay commission report, the supreme court in 2002 constituted Padmanabhan Commission to give recommendations on pay scales, allowances and perquisites of judicial officers. The commission’s report was submitted in 2009 and accepted by the SC.
“‘Due to some anomalies, the All India Judges Association filed a writ petition in the SC for constitution of a separate pay commission for judicial officers. The SC in May 2017 allowed constitution of the Second Judicial Pay Commission. In March 2018, in an interim relief the SC directed all the states to implement the interim report of the commission by June 30. While many complied, some states did not implement the order. Thereafter responses of high courts, state governments , judicial officers association, retired and service officers that formed part of consultation paper have been added to report which was submitted in July 2018,” said VK Gupta, member secretary, Second National Judicial Pay Commission.


statehouses across the country and each fight seems dirtier than the last.
We will take you to Texas and North Carolina.
nominations come to an end.
Americans deserve better than Mitch McConnell`s political stunts.
don`t have a remedy, then you don`t have meaningful rights.
rights as toxic. They`re wrong.
And there are real consequences the NLRB. It oversees all kinds of cases.
work their way through to the NLRB.
two-pronged assault by conservatives in two different branches.
to actually function and issue decisions. Ah-ha!
And the Supreme Court has now agreed to take the case on appeal this fall.
Mitch McConnell gives them a vote, the NLRB is in limbo.
permanently inoperable the government body that oversees labor law.
they`ve been able to do that.
of us and then they started their terror campaign.
a board with recess appointees.
workers are out of luck.
And, Larry Cohen, president of Communications Workers of America.
Congresswoman, I`ll begin with you.
conference? What is different now? Is this a breaking point?
the Republicans and the White House.
and American families by obstructing the normal business of our government.
people`s lives are being ruined because of it.
doing. And all that is in limbo until we can get NLRB folks confirmed.
LARRY COHEN, PRES., COMM. WORKERS OF AMERICA: So, two categories.
might have a discussion about our pay. Nothing about a union.
anyone talking about pay, you`re gone, or you`re disciplined.
brought to the highest level of discipline at jet propulsion lab.
job. There is no other agency that focuses on rights on the job.
it will work it`s way up.
justice delayed is justice denied. That`s essentially what`s happening.
court to have a judge hear it but they`re not willing to hire the judges.
So where do you go? You`re pretty much out of luck, right?
I mean, you`ve been watching Republicans go after labor for a long time.
Is this the worst you`ve seen? Is this different?
COHEN: It`s getting worse every year. This is the worst we`ve seen.
the minority, they can block the majority from acting.
COHEN: That`s another (ph) problem.
Workers of America -- thank you, both.
nominees because of the position they are nominated for.
Protection Bureau because Republicans and big business hate the agency.
required to confirm nominees for federal agencies` cabinet appointments.
ability to do the routine daily functions of government.
they`re actually nominated to head, you don`t like that.
working just fine and he likes the way it`s working.
time was when they did this with Cordray a couple years ago.
the agency. McConnell said he wishes the consumer bureau didn`t exist.
the agency, we cannot really run a functional government in this country.
And that`s what`s especially insidious about what they`re doing.
nuclear option. There has been no change of the rules.
are you seeing in the caucus?
nominated up for a vote?
put that all in. Just so folks are clear on this.
means a Republican president in the future can use that precedent?
unless there`s some problem with them.
They don`t ever argue these aren`t qualified people.
secretary, I hope secretary of labor.
Sanchez said on Labor Day.
undercut. And the middle class will continue its decline.
bankrupt? We may be about find out.
solitary confinement for inmates at Pelican Bay.
financial manager, appointed by Michigan Republican Governor Rick Snyder.
He`s tasked with turning around Detroit`s money problems.
you, this week, this week, is pretty crucial."
cut city spending by $172 million a year since taking office in 2009.
occupy an area nearly the size of San Francisco.
percent in the last 50 years.
what all this means in real terms for the people of Detroit.
former executive director of the Detroit NAACP.
there as dire as they seem from the outside?
what the leadership of the city has put before these financial groups.
services are much more critical to the needs of our citizens.
Barack Obama, 2.3 million citizens repealed the emergency management law.
HAYES: So you have an emergency manager now named Kevin Orr.
the autonomous city government of Detroit?
Detroit. Can you imagine that?
HAYES: The state owes the city money?
WATSON: Yes. Yes. And the bill has been put before them.
lack of public safety response, as you outlined in the earlier segment.
WATSON: All of us are committed to that.
Detroit City Councilmember JoAnn Watson, thank you so much.
you`ll never know the true identity of the Southern Avenger.
Well, that -- that view is not the opinion of the Southern Avenger. No.
with the Bush twins. Here`s the 2004 post titled "black and white pride"
southerners are really pissed off."
skin we`re always denied fair treatment."
works for. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. Oh, yes, he does.
because in an article on the conservative news Web site "the free beacon"
every individual with equal protection and respect without exception.
say, you get three white supremacist strikes, Rand Paul`s in trouble.
on Martin Luther King weekend and allowed to remain for almost two years.
avenger on the senator`s staff.
Well, I`m sorry, Rand Paul. That`s three racist strikes. You`re out.
We will be right back wit with click3.
fight that`s spreading quickly across the country. That`s coming up.
symbol for "Yolo." Get on it.
tip. I don`t mean 25 percent, I mean, but $500 for a pizza, Aaron wrote.
started coming in, $60,000 so far. Seth is now traveling across the U.S.
making sure servers in all 50 states get a great tip in honor of Aaron.
Take a look at this latest surprise in Indianapolis.
and this is $500. It`s for you. You`re welcome. You`re welcome.
country, always err on the side of generosity.
(ph) club is not going over too well with some of its members.
scratch himself in private. God bless feminism.
a statewide bus tour sponsored by plan the parenthood today.
parachuting into Texas to lend his support later this week.
rejecting potential amendments including from within their own party.
shut down clinic she is pretty sure they`re unconstitutional.
women and the rights of the unborn in a responsible and constitutional way.
try to sheer -- cheer it of its most radical provisions.
parenthood of central North Carolina, joins me now.
Janet, why did you decide to get arrested last night in.
very much for having on the show.
attacks against women`s health that are coming out of this legislature.
are hold dear, that`s reason enough to protest.
and I just don`t recognize it anymore.
Republican majority in your state came after abortion rights?
abortion was going to be part of that agenda.
as far as I`m concerned, they`re all women`s issues.
restrictions while running for governor.
an opportunity for an actual victory here?
they snuck this bill into the Sharia law that you mentioned.
every week blowing on it. It`s incredible to watch what`s happening.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: In what sense is it different?
deal with some of those complications.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I`m not advised to that.
program at the center for reproductive rights.
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: Thank you for having me.
Arizona 20-week ban in the house. So, that`s one.
perfectly reasonable thing to do?
you shut down the clinic.
ambulatory center to meet some kind of regulatory threshold.
HAYES: That`s what`s going on right now in a few states as well.
GOLDBERG: As if they were hospitals, yes.
contesting this? Why does this violate the law?
front of women who are seeking the right to terminate.
clinics in the state making it so women have to travel hundreds of miles.
and we are going to follow those cases.
really learned a lot tonight.
HAYES: You`re glowing, you`re jumping off the screen.
HAYES: Great to have you back.
MADDOW: Thanks. Cheers. I feel a little embarrassed but in a nice way.
All right. Thanks to you for joining us this hour. It`s not really a tan.
chances are you maybe do not visit the site My Space that much anymore.


Newswise — Imagine a home appliance that, at the push of a button, turns powdered ingredients into food that meets the individual nutrition requirements of each household member. Although it may seem like something from science fiction, new research aimed at using 3-D printing to create customized food could one day make this a reality.
Jin-Kyu Rhee, associate professor at Ewha Womans University in South Korea, will discuss his new research and the potential of 3-D printing technology for food production at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology annual meeting during the 2018 Experimental Biology meeting to be held April 21-25 in San Diego.
3-D printing of food works much like 3-D printing of other materials in that layers of raw material are deposited to build up a final product. In addition to offering customized food options, the ability to 3-D print food at home or on an industrial scale could greatly reduce food waste and the cost involved with storage and transportation. It might also help meet the rapidly increasing food needs of a growing world population.
For the new study, the researchers used a prototype 3-D printer to create food with microstructures that replicated the physical properties and nanoscale texture they observed in actual food samples. They also demonstrated that their platform and optimized methods can turn carbohydrate and protein powers into food with microstructures that can be tuned to control food texture and how the food is absorbed by the body.
Jin-Kyu Rhee will present the research from 12:45–1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in Exhibit Halls A-D, San Diego Convention Center (poster B284 801.9) (abstract). Contact the media team for more information or to obtain a free press pass to attend the meeting.
Experimental Biology is an annual meeting comprised of more than 14,000 scientists and exhibitors from five host societies and multiple guest societies. With a mission to share the newest scientific concepts and research findings shaping clinical advances, the meeting offers an unparalleled opportunity for exchange among scientists from across the United States and the world who represent dozens of scientific areas, from laboratory to translational to clinical research.


Following on with the new GTX 700 series, NVIDIA releases the new mid-range GTX 760 today. Check out the performance numbers in this review.
NVIDIA did a really job of keeping the GTX 760 that is being released today under wraps. All throughout Computex 2013, the GTX 760 name is one that we didn't hear come up once. Out of nowhere, though, we start to see samples arriving. First we got an NVIDIA reference card sample and straight after we started seeing partners sending us over their versions.
As we always do, the first card we'll look at is the reference one from NVIDIA and from there we'll then take the time to overclock the model to see just what we're able to do with it. Overclocking the reference card always gives us a reference point of what a reference design card can clock like, compared to partner's cards, which go the extra mile by adding higher quality components to the PCB.
Being a reference card means that we've got no bundle to deal with. Instead we'll today just be moving straight onto the card itself to see just what exactly NVIDIA is offering. There's really not much more that needs to be said so let's just get into the swing of things and see just what's going on with this brand new mid-range model from NVIDIA.


Can you boogie? Down in the Indian jungle, the children and animals are learning about actions like leaping, stomping, shaking and flapping while meeting different jungle creatures.
The accompanying enhanced animated singalong CD continues the interactive fun!
Pages: 32 pages, full colour illustrations.


Theresa “Terry” M. Levesque, 87 of Nashua, passed away in the loving company of her 3 daughters on Thursday July 12, 2018 at St Teresa Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Manchester after a brief period of declining health.
Terry was born February 19th, 1931 in Jamaica NY; the daughter of the late Charles P and Mary A (McGowan) Schmit. Terry was educated by The Sisters of the Dominican order; and worked briefly for The Great American Insurance Company in New York; prior to meeting and marrying Robert “Bob” Levesque on June 8, 1952; and embarking on a partnership supporting his career in the US Navy for 22 years. Service that took them to duty stations in Canada, Italy and the United States. Upon his Navy retirement, they moved back to his boyhood home of Nashua. Terry remained a loving and supportive wife and mother; raising a family of 5 children. She worked for many years as a caregiver in her home for a number of children who received as much love and guidance as her own.
Terry is survived by her children; Gary Levesque and his wife Mary Ellen of Merrimack, Michelle Levesque of Nashua, Patricia Levesque of White River Junction VT, Denise McPherson and her husband Ronald of Deerfield NH, Christopher Levesque and his wife Jacqueline of Issaquah WA.
She was kind; loving and supportive of her grandchildren & their spouses: Jeffrey Levesque, Rebecca Jewell & husband Thomas, Mimi Levesque, Madeline Levesque, Kyle McPherson, Philip McPherson, Michael Levesque & wife Katherine, Aimée Levesque & Jared Levesque. In her last year; she was blessed with her first great grandchild; Theodore Levesque. She received great joy watching videos of his antics.
Terry was predeceased by her parents; her husband Bob; a sister Virginia Byrne of Virginia Beach Virginia. Terry is survived by a sister; Sr. Margaret Schmit, OP, of Brooklyn NY. As well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
The family thanks the staff of St Teresa’s for their truly personal support and care for Terry.
Flowers are appropriate; but if you wish to make a donation in lieu; please make it to: The Sisters of St. Dominic, 555 Albany Ave, Amityville NY 11701; or the charity of your choice.
Visiting hours will be held on Monday, July 16, 2018 from 5:30PM-8:30PM at the Zis-Sweeney & St. Laurent Funeral Home, 26 Kinsley St., Nashua, NH. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10am on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at St. Christopher Church, 62 Manchester St., Nashua, NH with burial immediately following at Edgewood Cemetery.


The University's numbering scheme has been employed to indicate very roughly the level of the graduate courses. The 400 series is "at the master's lever," which means in practice that such courses are normally taken by students in their first two or three semesters of graduate work. The 500-level courses are more likely to be taken by second- or third-year students. In some cases, a sequence spans the two levels: 407-408-509-510 is a complete quantum mechanics sequence, 415-516 covers all of graduate electromagnetic theory, and 418-519 is a two-semester sequence in statistical mechanics.
The Graduate Bulletin lists several courses called "Special Topics in ..." whose numbers are of the general number 5X4. These courses are given on demand and consist, usually, of a continuation or specialization of the material in courses 5X1, 5X2, and 5X3. The current listing of instructors should be consulted to determine which of these courses are being offered.


Canoe and kayak liveries will pay a permit fee to conduct business in Milford's Central Park if officials approve a proposed ordinance.
A proposed ordinance regulating canoe rental businesses using Central Park would require livery owners to pay $25 for an annual permit.
Alan Heavner, who runs one of two canoe rental businesses in Milford, welcomes the regulations and permit fee. He picks up some canoe and kayak customers from the park, but operates his business out of Proud Lake Recreation Area.
Village Manager Christian Wuerth said the proposed ordinance limits each canoe livery to two vehicles at a time in the park. It spells out the information needed for a permit application, including a verification of insurance, hours of operation and number of parking spaces used in the park. It also prohibits the businesses and their customers from obstructing public access to the water, sidewalk or driveway, damaging park property, littering, jumping from watercraft, leaving a boat or trailer in the park while it is closed and posting livery company signs.
“The biggest thing from the village perspective is making sure everyone has property insurance and the village is covered,” Wuerth said.
He said the topic of livery regulations grew out of discussions last year over a proposed canoe launch in Central Park’s Pettibone Creek. Officials realized there were no ordinances that related specifically to canoe and kayak rental businesses and their use of public property. They wanted to make sure canoe company employees were properly licensed to drive vehicles in and out of the park and that the companies carried liability insurance.
Wuerth said representatives from both Heavner Canoe & Kayak Rental and Village Canoe Rental attended a recent council meeting to discuss the proposed regulations.
Wuerth said the proposed ordinance likely will come before council for a final vote Tuesday, Feb. 20.
Village Canoe Rental is closed until May and its owner did not respond to a request for an interview. Heavner Canoe & Kayak Rental is open year-round for special events and resumes regular seasonal hours April 1.
Heavner is finalizing plans to expand his summer moonlight canoe events this year by offering a Taste of Milford in the pavilion at Central Park. The moonlight events occur one weekend each month June through August. Paddlers canoe or kayak from his launch in Proud Lake Recreation Area to Central Park, where they stop and enjoy the park or head into downtown Milford, before paddling back to their starting point. Heavner also offers to shuttle weary paddlers from the park to his business, where a bonfire caps the evening. He said the moonlight paddle this summer will feature a different restaurant in the park each month.
Heavner has offered free shuttle rides to and from Thursday concerts for the past two years and plans to continue that service this summer. His customers also will be able to paddle to the concerts and take a shuttle back to their starting point.


Hugh Jackman recently celebrated his 50th — yes, 50th — birthday, and one big name on the guest list surprised some: Ivanka Trump, first daughter-slash-special adviser to President Trump and onetime member of the Manhattan glitterati.
Apparently the boldfacers are connected through Wendi Deng, the ex-wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the woman who brought Ivanka and Jared together in the first place. In addition to Jackman, who has pointedly stayed out of politics, Jared and Ivanka had plenty of celebrity friends before heading to the Hollywood for ugly people in 2017. Supermodel Karlie Kloss recently married Kushner’s younger brother, Joshua; Chelsea Clinton is an old friend of Ivanka’s, although the two haven’t spoken for a long time; and “Shameless” actress Emmy Rossum was at the Trump-Kushner nuptials nine years ago.


So what does that mean for older devices? Is Samsung not planning on showing them love? The good news is that Samsung will not be leaving everyone behind. According to a report from SamMobile, it seems that the Nougat firmware update for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge has already begun.
We’re not sure how far along the development is, but given that Nougat has yet to make its way to devices like the S7 and S7 Edge, there’s a good chance that we’ll probably only see the update in 2017, but that’s better than nothing, right? There was no mention of the Galaxy Note 5, but presumably if the S6 and S6 Edge were to get the update, so would the Note 5 and it’s really just a question of when.
We’re also unclear if there will be a beta program similar to what Samsung is doing right now for the S7 and S7 Edge, but we wouldn’t be surprised if there was. We’ll be keeping an eye out for it all the same.
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It’s not. True, there are no good choices, but Obama’s prospective deal is the worst possible. Not only does Iran get a clear path to the bomb, but it gets sanctions lifted, all pressure removed and international legitimacy.
Congress is proposing precisely that. Combined with cheap oil, it could so destabilize the Iranian economy as to threaten the clerical regime. That’s the opening. Then offer to renew negotiations for sanctions relief but from a very different starting point – no enrichment. Or, if you like, with a few token centrifuges for face-saving purposes.
Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com.
▪ Eugene Robinson says a nuclear deal with Iran is worth a try because the alternative is far worse.
▪ Michael Gerson is not impressed with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s early forays on the national stage.


Beyonce is going to be a mom once more! The singer shared a photo on Instagram today revealing a very pregnant belly (carrying twins no less!), which begs the question—how has she kept her growing baby bump hidden all this time?!
Here’s Beyonce’s pregnancy reveal pic, where it’s easy to see the singer has not one but two babies on the way!
But prior to posting the pic, Beyonce kept a relatively low profile. She wasn’t even seen at her husband Jay-Z’s birthday party back in December, even though her mom Tina Knowles and biffle Kelly Rowland were there. Perhaps she stayed hidden because her bump was too big to hide?
For Christmas, the singer shared a series of pics of her wearing a dark navy dress. The color made it easy for Beyonce to hide her growing bump—she even wore a long black robe in some of the pics. Nobody suspected a thing!
Plus, Queen Bey kept throwing her fans off with posts showing her stomach looking flat and fit!
Maybe we all should have paid more attention when she kept her arms wrapped tightly around her stomach during an outing in November! B folded her arms as she stepped out for an SNL after-party, clearly hiding something.
But it was impossible to hide the growing bump in Beyonce's new ad campaign for her athleisure brand, Ivy Park! Bey released the vid this morning, just moments before announcing her pregnancy, and a bump is evident under her tight green hoodie!
The upcoming bundles of joy will join big sister Blue Ivy, 5.


Looks from Balenciaga's Spring / Summer 2013 show during Paris Fashion Week on Sept. 27, 2012.
Cristóbal Balenciaga was a master, a genius whose avant-garde vision dictated fashion’s greatest trends and inspired generations of designers. With an incomparable creative talent, Nicolas has brought to Balenciaga an artistic contribution essential to the unique influence of the house.
The move is a “joint decision” according to the statement, though it’s certainly unexpected and caps off a year of musical chairs in the fashion industry, which saw Jil Sander return to her eponymous brand, Raf Simons move to Dior and Hedi Slimane take the helm at Saint Laurent.
The decision is surprising in part because Ghesquière has consistently turned out remarkable collections for Balenciaga since he assumed the position in 1997, when he was just 26. But beyond having the stamp of approval from esteemed fashion editors and critics, Ghesquière made Balenciaga covetable and cool among the fashionista set over the last 15 years, garnering attention for his futuristic accessories and shoes.
For designers who come to such storied fashion houses, such as Balenciaga or Chanel, it’s always a difficult and delicate task to simultaneously maintain the brand’s history while introducing something new. Ghesquière has been a master at this, and he is highly praised for his ability to incorporate a more avant-garde vision to collections, while still referencing Cristobal Balenciaga’s signature contributions—broader shoulders and waist—in his work. There’s no word on Ghesquière’s successor, and if Dior’s search is any indication of the time it takes to replace such a renowned creative director, Balenciaga may be leaderless for a while yet.


The decision to situate Speakers' Corner in Hong Lim Park was in recognition of its strong local character going back to 1876, a place for storytelling, recreation, Chinese opera and domestic politics. Similar names notwithstanding, the intention was never to emulate London's Speakers' Corner, which its ardent supporters call the "most famous location for free speech in the world". The preference here is for only Singaporeans to use Hong Lim Park for public speeches or demonstrations without official sanction.
Most would agree that domestic issues, especially controversial socio-political issues, should be a matter for Singaporeans alone to debate among themselves. Lately, the Home Affairs Ministry has made it clear that foreign firms will need a permit to sponsor, publicly promote or get their staff to participate in events at the Speakers' Corner. There is scope for foreign entities to use the Corner but there are limits, given that sensitivities of race and religion need to be handled with care in multiracial Singapore. There are, for example, regulations against the palpable exploitation of religious matters at the Corner and elsewhere too. Complications are caused when other issues touch on religion. Pink Dot, the annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rally, is a case in point. It has attracted support from multinational companies such as Google, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Visa and General Electric. But it also has drawn the countervailing presence of the Wear White campaign, which opposes homosexuality.
Such contests could become more intense when foreign groups intervene in the evolving direction of Singapore society through support for their preferred causes. In the amorphous sphere of social activism, a free-for-all climate would make the Corner an anonymous terrain on which foreign economic entities use their material strength to influence social outcomes. Similar concerns are also the reason for other laws like the Political Donations Act, which prevents foreigners from interfering in Singapore's domestic politics by funding candidates and political associations. It's common elsewhere to check the hand of foreign players in domestic politics.
While Singapore remains open to economic inputs and people from across the globe, it cannot afford to lose sight of what it takes to remain a cohesive society. A practical way of averting possible tensions is to leave the shaping of social and political outcomes to Singaporeans, and them alone. Local companies or non-governmental organisations will no longer need permits to hold events at the Speakers' Corner. But it is proper for foreign entities to declare their presence if they wish to take a stand. The Corner has become part of a larger ecology of public expression that is essentially local. There are good reasons to keep it that way.


IBM most recent study found that large organizations undergo 1,400 DDoS attacks per week. What can be done do to stop this?
IBM's recently discovered an alarming fact: distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are rapidly increasing. The company released a report that offers insight on the attacks and reasons to why they're being performed. According to the IBM Cyber Security Intelligence Index the average number of attacks on a single organization in a week is 1,400 attacks, with an average of 1.7 incidents per week.
DDoS Attacks? What Are Those?
You might be wondering, what exactly is a DDoS attack? And what's the difference between attacks and incidents? IBM defines attacks as security events that correlation and analytic tools identify as malicious activity trying to collect, degrade, or destroy information system resources or the data itself. This includes URL tampering, denial of service, and spear phishing. Incidents, on the other hand, are attacks that human security analysts review and deem a problem worthy of deeper investigation.
Malicious codes and sustained probes are the two most common attacks that make up for over 60 percent of incidents. A sustained scan is reconnaissance activity that's designed to gather information, like operating systems or open ports, about targeted systems. Malicious codes can be Trojan software, keyloggers, or droppers. It is software created to gain unauthorized access into systems and gather information.
The manufacturing industry is the number one targeted industry with 26.5 percent of DDoS attacks directed towards it. Almost 21 percent of attacks are directed at finance and insurance, and 18.7 percent at information and communication. Health and social services and retail and wholesale are targeted 7.3 and 6.6 percent of the time, respectively.
There are a handful of reasons perpetrators execute their invasions. Nearly half of all attacks are opportunistic, meaning that they takes advantage of existing vulnerabilities without any motivation other than to do damage. Twenty three percent are done because of industrial espionage, terrorism, financial crime, or data theft. Perpetrators discontented with their employers or job account for 15 percent of attacks, while only seven percent constitute attacks done in the name of social activism or civil disobedience.
How Do We Stop the Attacks?
Humans are the number one cause of vulnerability in organizations. Forty-two percent of the breaches that happen are due to misconfigured systems or applications. End-use errors make up 31 percent of the breaches, while 6 percent is because of both vulnerable codes and targeted attacks. It's important to crack down on online security protocol with employees to prevent your business from falling victim to these attacks.
IBM offers two essential pieces of advice to help organizations prevent incidents: building a risk-aware culture and managing incidents and response. There should be no tolerance if colleagues are careless about security; it is the management's job to enforce stricter regulations on company security and to track company progress. It is crucial to implement company-wide intelligent analytics and automated response capabilities. Enterprises can easily monitor and respond to systems that are automated and unified.


CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Martin Slumbers never went so far as to say that had Phil Mickelson hit a moving golf ball in the Open Championship as opposed to the U.S. Open, his penalty would have been disqualification. However, when speaking to the media on Wednesday at Carnoustie Golf Links, the R&A chief executive left the impression that a penalty harsher than two strokes might have been applied—and would potentially come into play should a similar instance happen this week.
Mickelson has since apologized for his actions during Saturday at Shinnecock.
Slumbers said that he spoke directly to Mickelson about the U.S. Open incident last week when seeing him at the Scottish Open. Slumbers described the five-time major winner as contrite about what took place at Shinnecock, as he has been with the media in recent weeks after initially defending his actions when he took a stroke at his golf ball on the 13th green during Saturday’s third round before it had stopped moving.
“Not putting words in [his mouth], paraphrasing his words, but essentially [he] admits that it wasn't his finest hour, and I agree with that,” Slumbers said.
USGA officials said that because Mickelson took a stroke at a moving ball, he violated Rule 14-5, which prohibits such action. The penalty for breaking this rule was adding two strokes to Mickelson’s score, but the Rule 14-5 has no additional latitude for disqualification. Meanwhile, Rule 1-2 (stopping a moving ball) brings with it the potential for a DQ, but USGA officials said that Rule 14-5 superseded it in this instance.
Slumbers understood these specifics, but when pressed on them, he implied that perhaps there were alternatives in the Rules that could also have been applied.


A solid-state drive nearly quintupled storage performance and breathed new life into Stephen Shankland's laptop. The storage capacity is small, but it's an upgrade you should consider, too.
Today I transformed my 2009 laptop into a machine that feels like it's from 2012.
All I did was rip out its 500GB spinning-rust hard drive from Seagate and popped in a 256GB Vertex 4 solid-state drive from OCZ. Now I'm kicking myself for not upgrading to an SSD a year ago.
If you're not up to speed on your PC components, here's the technical background on SSDs vs. HDs. For decades, hard drives handled storage chores by writing data as tiny magnetized patches on spinning platters. SSDs use flash memory chips instead, a design that can retrieve data much faster. The biggest drawback is the price: SSDs cost more and store less than hard drives.
My primary machine is a Retina-era MacBook Pro with a 256GB SSD, so I'm used to SSDs overall. What I hadn't appreciated was how much life an SSD can breathe into an older machine, in particular since processor performance isn't improving at the rate it once was.
Of course, not everything gets faster with an SSD. But I use a lot of different software, and I greatly appreciate the blazing-fast launch times. Rebooting Windows no longer means moving over to my MacBook Pro for a spell.
I first caught a glimpse of how impressively SSDs boosts performance with my mother-in-law's new computer, a Windows 7 Sony Vaio laptop. Its performance was dismal, but it seemed to me to be constrained by hard-drive performance.
Judging by how often the hard-drive activity indicator LED was solidly lit, it seemed it was struggling as it launched programs and relied on the disk to augment its memory. CPU-intensive chores like editing photos in Lightroom performed reasonably, but when it came time to pull a new photo into memory from the hard drive, it would drag.
Over the holiday, when I was configuring her new Sony, I pulled out the Hitachi 750GB, 5400RPM drive and popped in a 120GB Samsung 840 SSD. She's not a power user, so she didn't need a lot of capacity, and the drive cost me $98 with shipping.
It was worth every penny. She's astounded how fast the machine fires up. And, speaking as the remote administrator who's continually installing software updates via LogMeIn, maintenance is a lot more pleasant, too.
I didn't measure my boot time, in part because it's hard: Before, Windows would get to a usable interface from which I could start using software, but it would still be dragging in performance as it loaded this or that into memory. It was a long process though -- well over a minute and closer to two the last time I clocked it. It was slow enough that I'd turn it on, go away and do something productive, then come back when it was done.
After the SSD upgrade, I did clock it: 16 seconds to the Windows 8 log-in screen, and 22 seconds to usable, including me typing my password. Tremendous.
Of course SSDs aren't a miracle cure. They're still prohibitively expensive for many, including myself. And of course the power users who would most appreciate SSDs are the same people who have the most need for the capacity of traditional hard drives.
My SSD from OCZ set me back $160; with a 2.5-inch disk enclosure and a copy of Acronis True Image to clone the old drive, the total was $194.
To do the upgrade, I followed Dong Ngo's handy instructions. I had one surprise when I thought I had a malfunctioning USB enclosure; it turns out the problem was just that the new SSD wasn't initialized yet. I used the software included with the Samsung SSD to clone my mother-in-law's old hard drive, but used True Image for my own and the OCZ drive.
The Samsung software was much less of a bother in my experience. Do you really need a 64-character serial number, Acronis? Not including the dashes?
So why didn't I do this before? The cost.
SSD prices per gigabyte were just too high, and I need my gigabytes. I have a terabyte of data, mostly photos and videos. What liberated me was the arrival of Thunderbolt on my main machine, the MacBook Pro, which gives me access to my photo catalog at the same speed as an internal drive. Yes, it's still on a hard drive, but I often do my first round of editing on small and frequently purged short-term catalog stored on the SSD.
Through a fact of SSD life called overprovisioning, though, you get even less SSD than the already small number on the package. That's because flash memory cells wear out with use, and some of the drive's capacity is set aside to replace those that are fried.
Intel wants to persuade us all to buy ultrabooks, a marketing term that refers to skinny machines with SSDs. I can see why: moving to SSDs really can make a PC seem snappy, and without some kind of wow factor, there's not much reason to upgrade these days. I mean, sure, USB 3.0 is swell, and if you're a gamer you want the latest graphics chip, but most folks aren't going to appreciate a CPU upgrade they did a decade ago.
You'll pay a premium today for an ultrabook or indeed any machine with an SSD, but perhaps that premium will be diminishing. SSD shipments should increase from 39 million last year to 83 million in 2013, analyst firm IHS iSuppli predicts, and flash-memory prices are dropping.
I paid relatively low prices by snapping up a couple Black Friday deals during the holidays, but if IHS is right, more and more people will be able to afford SSDs.
For those of you who have a couple hundred bucks to throw around, it's worth it. It's certainly cheaper than a new computer.


SHOPPERS with a sweet tooth can bag a free Cadbury chocolate egg with Quidco's latest offer.
And with Easter just around a corner, it could be the perfect opportunity to stock up on your favourite treats.
Quidco is giving new users the chance to get their hands on a Cadbury Ultimate Crunchie Bits Egg worth £12 for free.
To claim your sweet freebie simply click here and sign up to Quidco, before April 30 when the deal expires.
You’ll be taken through to Cadbury's gift direct shop where you can buy the Easter egg as normal.
Shopper will get their £12 cashback into your Quidco account within two weeks.
The Cadbury Ultimate Crunchie Bits Egg, which weighs 570g, was released in 2019 just in time for Easter.
It is made of a milk chocolate thick shelled egg with honeycombed pieces and comes complete with three bar of milk chocolate Crunchie bars.
If the Crunchie egg is a bit too much for you, Quidco has another Cadbury offer available. You can check it out here.
Bargain eggs are also available at Tesco, which just slashed the cost of its medium Easter treats to 75p.
Lidl also released a brand new boozy Easter egg and it looks amazing.
The showstopper combines gin, prosecco and chocolate, but it will set you back £12.99.
Earlier this month, The Sun revealed the best Easter eggs as voted for my Good Housekeeping magazine.


This study analyzes the effect of immigration on economic performance in the United States using state-level macroeconomic outcome variables such as GDP growth, per-capita income growth, and the native employment-to-population ratio. Our identification strategy uses the popular shift-share instrument which generates variation in measures of regional immigration by using the past settlement of immigrants from each region and adjusting them by subsequent national immigration rates. Our results indicate that immigration has led to slower economic growth over the short run, but these negative effects dissipate over the long run.


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Day-care centers aren't just for napping and storytime anymore.
The Academy at Julington Creek, which promotes healthy eating, active children and high academics, opened on Oct. 13, and just like its students, the staff is learning, growing and beaming with confidence about the new learning institution.
Lucinda Chapin, the owner of the day-care center, said she saw a need for an academic-centric learning center in Julington Creek. After a friend informed her of the plot of land for sale, she decided to take on the challenge.
"I want to give the opportunity for children to be somewhere where learning is fun," she said.
Chapin is also the owner of Children's Lighthouse, a similar center in Jacksonville.
The businesswoman grew up in a household where reading was a top priority; her mother was a reading teacher who taught her phonics early in life.
"Because I had that background, it was important for me to bring it into my business," she said.
Teachers at the center use a combination of different teaching methods, including A Beka, a phonics-based reading system founded in Pensacola, and "Read, Play, Learn," which allows children to learn at their own pace.
Chapin said she chose the best parts of each system and put them together to form the learning style teachers use in the classrooms.
A Beka starts when children are 2 years old, Chapin said. The program facilitates learning and allows the children to learn to read by the time they're 4. She said this increases a child's confidence and gets children ready for success when they enter elementary school.
And a Montessori-type learning environment, in which the learning is child-directed rather than educator-directed, is also practiced at the center.
Teachers also use sign language with babies and include cultural aspects into their lessons, including art and music lessons for all ages.
"Babies are sponges," Chapin said. "That first year of growth is phenomenal."
And the learning continues beyond toddlers.
The Academy at Julington Creek also plays host to an after-school program. Students from Julington Creek and Durbin Creek are bused from school to the center once school concludes for the day.
At the center, the children could have tutoring sessions, have a snack and maybe participate in organized activities, such as dance, in the future.
"We wanted to create somewhere that's kind of an oasis," Chapin said of the center. "And as time goes on, we'll develop a culture and a 'feel' to [the center and its activities]."
For now, all the kids can enjoy the aspects of the center that make it so different from others in the area: a building with the latest green technology, several different playgrounds for different age groups and nearly all-organic meals.
"The center reflects what I would want for my child," Chapin said.
So, the center has nearly 65 children enrolled in its early-learning and after-school programs. Chapin said she hopes to be near 100 by January. When completed, the center could hold about 300 students.
She said also hopes to get the center involved in the community later on. For now, she wants to see the fruits of hard work bloom.
"Children are just like little flowers," she said. "If they are loved and safe and given the chance to learn, they just flourish. I absolutely love that."


The Scottish Professional Football League are expected to meet with the four Betfred Cup semi-finalists on Thursday to thrash out a solution to their scheduling problem.
Hampden chiefs face a major dilemma over when to play the last-four clashes after Celtic and Rangers were kept apart in Wednesday night’s draw.
Celtic were paired with Hearts while Rangers will take on Aberdeen in ties due to be played over the weekend of October 27-28.
Both semi-finals normally take place at Hampden, one on Saturday and the other on Sunday, but both Glasgow clubs are in Europa League action on the Thursday night - leaving one of them with the prospect of being forced back into action just 40 hours after competing in Europe.
Celtic face RB Leipzig in Germany while Rangers will host Spartak Moscow and Light Blues boss Steven Gerrard insists it would be “unfair” to ask either of Glasgow’s big two to play again after just one day’s rest.
SPFL bosses are now set to meet representatives from all four clubs to work out a solution, with playing both ties on the Sunday looking the most likely option.
Finding a venue will then be the next matter to be addressed. Murrayfield has been suggested as possible alternative but so far neither the SPFL nor the Scottish Rugby Union has commented on whether the 67,000-seater arena is an option.
Gerrard is keen for a workaround to be figured out after questioning the validity of the current plans to ask one half of the Old Firm to play on Thursday and then on Saturday.
Speaking after his side’s 4-0 triumph over quarter-final opponents Ayr, he said: “Listen, whoever has to do that, it’s not fair on any team, having played on the Thursday night.
“I’ll be interested to see how they decide. All the best with that one.
“We’ll deal with that when we have to. I’m not sure how they will select who plays when or what the rules are.


ABC announced on Tuesday morning that it is moving forward with a new season of American Idol. After running for 15 years on Fox, the singing competition show wrapped up its “farewell season” in April of 2016.
“America, get ready for the return of a bigger, bolder and better-than-ever Idol,” added Ben Sherwood, president of Disney/ABC TV Group.
The news of Idol‘s return was announced by Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America. According to the pair, ABC has not yet determined who will run the show, host or serve on the panel of judges.
According to Variety, ABC is considering a March 2018 premiere for the new version of Idol. The network appears to be building up its stable of singing shows: in March, it announced plans to debut another new music competition show called Boy Band.


There's a new streaming music service in town and this time, it's legal.
On Monday, Emusic.com (EMUS) signed the first licensing agreement for an interactive music service with the National Music Publishers Association. Emusic CEO Gene Hoffman said the streaming service will be integrated into the existing download service by mid-year 2001.
In July, the company rolled out its subscription service, which offers consumers unlimited downloads for a monthly fee ranging from $9.99 to $19.99. But requiring users to download, manage and store their own music can be seen as a drawback.
"You could build this into a business, but I don't think that people (would be) willing to pay $10 if this was just a streaming service," Hoffman said.
The streaming component, where users have the ability to determine how they want to listen to their music, will be added by the second quarter of next year, Hoffman said.
While other services also offer streaming, the flexible licensing agreement will allow Emusic to create a more user-friendly service.
"We have a new and additional right to do fully interactive streaming, so what users will have is the ability to listen to anything they see on the site in whatever order they choose," Hoffman said.
High-profile companies like Farmclub.com and MP3.com rolled out streaming services for the public despite potential conflicts with copyright laws. Emusic.com took the direct route and negotiated licensing agreements with publishers and musicians to insulate the company from lawsuits.
"The advantages of having negotiated good licenses, not having to work within the constraints of the DMCA compulsory, would let them develop interactive streaming services that are much more compelling than the run-of-the-mill webcaster can," Forrester analyst Eric Scheirer wrote in an e-mail.
"Right now, I think Emusic offers the most compelling subscription, because it's about new content. As long as your music interests are in a content niche they cover well – jazz, punk rock, classical."
Other companies haven't fared so well in obtaining the licensing agreements.
The Universal Music Group, which owns Farmclub.com, was sued by the National Music Publishers' Association on Dec. 8 for copyright infringement. The Internet music label created the streaming subscription service without signing a licensing agreement with the publishers.
In April, MP3.com (MPPP) was found guilty of copyright infringement in a federal court for the creation of its streaming locker service. The Universal Music Group refused to settle its case, and eventually secured at $53 million judgment.
Representatives from Farmclub.com declined to comment.


Neighbors and officials gathered to help break ground on a Lou Malnati's slated to open near Midway Airport.
MIDWAY — Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria will soon open near Midway International Airport.
The 5,000-square-foot restaurant is slated to open in spring 2017 on a former used car lot at 6456 S. Cicero Ave.
A number of dignitaries, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, House Speaker Michael Madigan, Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) and Lou Malnati’s co-owner Rick Malnati, broke ground at the lot Friday morning.
Over the last year, a number of new developments have sprouted along Cicero Avenue. Panda Express recently bought a 16,000 square-foot lot at 6501 S. Cicero Ave., a property adjacent to the forthcoming Vib, a 74-room Best Western boutique hotel at 6501 S. Cicero Ave.
“With exciting developments like the Vib Chicago hotel and the addition of a Chicago staple like Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, we’re hoping to give people a reason to stay, shop or dine around Midway," Quinn said.
Famous for its deep dish pizza, Lou Malnati’s has 13 full-service restaurants, two cafes and 32 carryout locations around Chicago.
Neighborhood folks and business owners hope the pizzeria serves as a catalyst for other restaurants to invest in the area.
“A high-quality restaurant like Lou Malnati's is a great asset for the community,” said John Kapusciarz, long-time general manager of European Chalet Banquets at The Mayor’s Mansion. “This will help in creating a ‘restaurant row’ in the airport district."


Carson Valley Senior Living Administrator Kaitlin Peitz, Medication Aid Rosa Hoyt, Wellness Assistant Krista Crabtree-Evans, Medication Aid Jessica Burtt, Wellness Director Ana Hernandez.
Carson Valley Senior Living and Memory Care's team member, Rosa Hoyt, was recognized as the 2018 Caregiver of the Year by the Perry Foundation. Presented at the annual Perry Foundation Endeavor Awards dinner on June 20 at The Grove at South Creek, the award celebrates exceptional colleagues and communities for their outstanding contributions and achievements in post-acute and long-term care in Nevada. Carson Valley Senior Living, located at 1189 Kimmerling Rd., Gardnerville, is an assisted living and memory care community operated by Carson City, Nev.-based Mission Senior Living (MSL).
Hoyt joined the team at Carson Valley Senior Living as a medication aide last year.
"Rosa has left an impression on residents, families and team members alike with her amazing attitude, giving heart and hard work," said Administrative Assistant Neisha Arceo "Every single day we can count on her being here on time and in a great mood."
One resident said she felt the award was well-deserved.
"Rosa has two jobs, but she never seems too busy to help you. She spoils me and even brought me her mother's cookies that remind me of my Italian grandmother's," she said.
"Being recognized as Caregiver of the Year is an exceptional accomplishment and we are proud of Rosa," said Darryl Fisher, president of MSL. "She cares for residents just as she would her own family members, with compassion and respect. She is a shining example of how we fulfill our mission of Caring People, Serving People, Improving Lives."
Two fellow MSL team members received 2018 Endeavor Awards for outstanding contributions and achievements in post-acute and long-term care in Nevada. From Summit Estates Senior Living and Memory Care in Reno, Zareen Gul, director of dining services, received the 2018 Endeavor Award for Innovation in Dining. From Fernley Estates Senior Living and Memory Care in Fernley, Wellness Director Kim Rothenberg received the 2018 Endeavor Award for Outstanding Nurse Leader. In addition, Summit Estates Senior Living and Memory Care received the 2018 Endeavor Award for Quality of Care in an Assisted Living Community.


Of all the elements that make up a links course, and particularly a British links course, none is quite so distinctive as the bunkering.
On inland courses, bunkers can sometimes seem almost decorative, but links bunkers are at the heart of what The Open Championship is all about. The player who wins at Royal St George's this week will either be very good at getting out of them, or very good at not getting into them. Preferably both.
Links bunkers have a severity that the sand traps on parkland courses rarely match. Put your ball in a greenside bunker on a parkland course and you can often be pretty confident of getting up and down in two; do the same thing on a quality links course and you can send your score skywards.
How many Opens have been lost in the Road Hole bunker at St Andrews? How many times each day does Thomas Bjorn recall the trap by the 16th at Royal St George's where his chance of the 2003 title evaporated?
Tony Jacklin's Open victory at Lytham in 1969 was built squarely on his talent for recovery shots from the Lancashire course's hazards. Tiger Woods' momentous win at St Andrews in 2000 came down to the skill with which he kept his ball safely away from the sand. Of course, any Open champion needs an all-round game, but his bunker play must be pin-sharp for four days.
Royal St George's capriciousness tends to divide opinions among top players, but I've always liked it. It tends to play the hardest and fastest of all the Open courses, so you need a certain equanimity to deal with what it dishes up. It's a place where you have to shrug, bite your lip, grimace and get on with it. And if that's not what golf is all about, then what is?
As a general rule, an Open champion will play well from greenside bunkers and avoid the fairway traps completely. With the kind of devious kicks off the fairways you can expect at Royal St George's, that can be hard to do, but the player who picks up the Claret Jug on Sunday will have done better than most of his rivals in both regards.
And, just as the topography of Sandwich causes problems, so does the sand itself. At Royal St George's it somehow seems more powdery, drier and dustier than at other Open venues, and it can be hard to judge shots with real precision.
All links bunkers have a depth and profile that makes them hard to tackle. You might be able to escape, but can you land your ball in the precise corner of the green where you want it? Do you dare to play a six-iron from a fairway bunker when you know your ball may clatter against the lip and land back at your feet? Such thoughts will crowd in on the players this week.
Let the bunker busting begin.
This one sits in a very strategic position in the crook of the dogleg. With wind behind it's not really a problem, but in any other conditions it preys on players' minds. It's pretty deep, so almost impossible to reach the green in two if your ball goes in. Many players end up in the right-side rough as they try to avoid it.
The most famous at Sandwich, this massive, steeply-angled trap dominates the view from the tee. Put your ball in this and you're in serious trouble, as a succession of players have found out. It looks vicious and nasty - and it is. Players who go left to play safe often land in another little trap that's invisible from the tee. Greenside bunker.
The second shot at this par four is semi-blind. Approaching the green, the last place you want to find your ball is in the front-left bunker. With a generous pin position it is maybe not so bad, but on other days it can be almost impossible to get to within 10 feet of the flag from this brutal little trap. Three fairway bunkers. Bad luck come in threes on this hole.
To get a decent approach to the green you have to go left with your tee shot, but these three little horrors lie in wait for any poorly struck drives. The difficulty of the challenge they present is very wind dependent, but the players have to take them on.
This is the one where Thomas Bjorn's Open fell apart eight years ago. The 16th green is circled by sand traps, but this one is the worst because of the way it gathers the ball. Recovery - as Bjorn found out - can be very hard, for with a pin on the left you have to punch your shot into the bank and judge the weight to perfection.


Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is disputing a Republican congressional candidate's claim that he did a voiceover for a campaign ad.
Freeman said in a statement through his publicist Monday that he never recorded any ads for North Carolina candidate B.J. Lawson and that he does not support Lawson's candidacy. Lawson is trying to unseat Democratic Rep. David Price.
The advertisement features a narrator with a voice that resembles Freeman's. The narrator concludes, "It's time that you and I had a voice in Washington. Vote B.J. Lawson for Congress."
Lawson and campaign manager Martin Avila initially said Freeman did the ad. Avila later backed off that claim, saying the campaign had a contract signed for a Freeman ad with Los Angeles-based agency M.E.I. Political. The agency did not return a call seeking comment.


Right in downtown Seattle is an effortlessly cool basement bar with a rock n' roll vibe.
SEATTLE — In Belltown, an effortlessly cool basement bar with a rock n' roll vibe and unique drinks welcomes newcomers and regulars alike.
"The reason it feels so homey is because it's completely and one-hundred percent genuinely us," said Dave Flatman, one of The Screwdriver's three owners.
Rock n' roll memorabilia decorates the walls of the bar, which is partially a converted recording studio. Pinball, arcade games, a jukebox and friendly company keep visitors more than entertained.
"When people play the jukebox, which I absolutely love, they're digging through our records," said owner Chris Jones.
One of The Screwdriver's most popular drinks is called the Street Walking Cheetah, which owner Bryan Krieger described as "halfway between a screwdriver and an Amaretto sour."
Happy hour is from 4 to 7 every day, and a late-night midnight to 2 am special, where wells are $4.50, $2 Olympia tall boys, and a "mystery shot" goes for $3.
"The mystery shot is whatever's in the brown bag," Flatman said with a laugh.
"It's definitely the best deal in the house," said Krieger.


For months now, the status of Tristan Thompson and Khloe Kardashian's relationship was left unclear. Shortly before Khloe Kardashian gave birth to her first daughter, True Thompson, the newborn child's father was caught up in a major cheating scandal that caused a considerable rift between the professional athlete and the mother's reality TV family. Khloe Kardashian earned a wealth of sympathy from fans everywhere, while Tristan Thompson earned no shortage of disdain -- particularly on his social media accounts. But it seems that the couple have learned to mend their troubles and form a healthy parenting relationship together. At least, that's the narrative being projected by the Kardashian clan at the moment. Recently, Khloe K posted a video of Tristan Thompson hanging out with his daughter, offering another glimpse at the baby and suggesting that the troubles between the celebrities are starting to fade away. Hopefully for good.
The Snapchat video, saved via Instagram, shows Tristan Thompson dancing and swaying to some soothing music, while cradling little baby True in his arms. It's not a long video, but it gives fans the indication that things may be mending between Khloe Kardashian and her cheating boyfriend. This is not the first indication we have gotten from the Kardashian clan that troubled waters between them have calmed.
A few weeks earlier, Kim Kardashian West was celebrating her sister Khloe's birthday, and the reality TV superstar recorded a video of the party, which saw Tristan Thompson in attendance. But there was no awkwardness about this party guest being invited. In fact, based on the video she posted, Kim and Tristan were actually getting along pretty well, and to prove that they weren't fighting anymore, Kim Kardashian also posted another video of Tristan Thompson unblocking Kim Kardashian -- along with her friends -- on Instagram, which was part of the scandal's developing drama a couple months earlier.
Does this mean that Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson are finally back together, and that everything has been put behind them? Not exactly. It's not clear if they are going to get back together in any official fashion, but they are going to remain dedicated parents, at least, as Khloe Kardashian feels it's important for True Thompson to have a dedicated father figure in her life. Whether or not Tristan Thompson's continued presence in Khloe Kardashian's life is going to spark some returning romantic feelings is something that will need to be determined in the weeks -- and perhaps months -- to come.
If Khloe Kardashian feels comfortable posting this video to her followers, however, that might mean that we'll hear more about their relationship soon. But that's not confirmed. In the meantime, we'll be sure to keep you posted on all the latest developments between True Thompson, Khloe Kardashian, Tristan Thompson and the rest of the Kardashian/Jenner clan right here at CinemaBlend.


You can still catch one of Chef Anthony Bourdain's well-loved shows on Netflix.
As the world continues to reel from the tragic death of Anthony Bourdain, many fans have been revisiting his great work, from books to television. Now Netflix has announced it'll still be easy for fans to do so on its streaming service.
The run of the chef's CNN series, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, was to leave the streaming service on Saturday, June 16. But Netflix announced on Tuesday afternoon that they've reached an agreement to continuing offering the series for an indefinite amount of time.
Mashable has reached out to Netflix for additional details on the new deal.
The show ran for 96 episodes over 11 "seasons" beginning in 2013. CNN is airing the final episodes throughout the month of June. Bourdain was filming an episode of the show in France when he died.
Parts Unknown is an important part of Bourdain's legacy because it represents what he did so well: using his fame and platform not just to expose viewers to different cultures through the lens of food, but to educate them as well, making the world just a little bit smaller.


A worker at the Kiwi Bacon factory in Hamilton says more should have been done to save the business.
Goodman Fielder, which owns the plant that makes the Kiwi Bacon and Hutton's brands, has told its 125 staff at the factory that they will lose their jobs at the end of March.
The company is selling its New Zealand meat division and workers were told in January that the site would close as a result of the sale.
The Australasian food giant intends to sell to Hellers, which has sites in Auckland and Christchurch, and has previously said the sale should be completed by the end of March this year.
Glen Bratton, who has worked at the factory for 16 years, says that while it's a relief to get a final decision on its future he believes the plant has been left to run down over the past few years.
"I think that maybe there wasn't enough done by Goodman Fielder to promote the brands, to promote the company, the sales team wasn't there. Basically, that's about it."
Mr Bratton said he believed the business could have survived under new owners, but Goodman Fielder turned that offer down.
Workers are annoyed about what has happened and he said it would be difficult for most of them to find new jobs in Hamilton.
First Union represents some of the workers and said staff were given the news at a meeting on Monday morning.
Union secretary Robert Reid said employees had put up four alternatives to the closure but the company rejected them. He said the shutdown is a tragedy for the workers.
"You'll always get a few who will be able to find work straight away but it's still a tight labour market in Hamilton and in the Waikato and we know that we'll actually be having to work very closely with our members and to provide them all sorts of assistance."
Goodman Fielder said a union proposal for a consortium to buy the meats business and continue its operation failed to demonstrate the necessary financial backing and had to be rejected.
It said the affected workers will be able to apply for vacancies at other Goodman Fielder sites and others will receive their full redundancy provisions and have access to a careers workshop.


I got into radio when I was very young, at 17. I was a deejay, and recording commercials [for local businesses] was part of my job.
As I moved from station to station, I found there wasn't a lot of money. So I started doing TV commercials. And when I was 32, I finally left my last radio station to work out of my home studio [recording TV commercials].
I do a lot of commercials for national furniture retailers. I announce the big sales. I just did an infomercial for eDiets where I introduce people who had success on eDiets. I do car dealers and laser vision correction doctors. I did a voice-over for an animated medical documentary. I'm doing the on-hold system for [a bank], so while people are on hold, they're listening to me talking about the various things the bank is offering.
I probably send out a total of 25 invoices a month. To do a 30-second commercial in a local market could be $100 to $250 per commercial, depending on the size, and [bigger jobs] can be $500 per spot.
[What I like most is] that I'm in shorts and t-shirts every day in my home, that going to work every day involves stepping into one of my bedrooms, that it doesn't take very long. It would really surprise me if I'm working more than 18 or 20 hours a week.


BIRMINGHAM-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi Queens ended its England test series by losing all matches.
On Wednesday night the Queens went down again to England Roses in the final match of the three netball international series at the Genting Arena in Birmingham with a narrow 62-60 scoreline.
This was the first time in the three-match Series, the Malawi netball team started strongly and threatened a first win over their illustrious hosts but the Roses retained their composure to win a match which, at one stage, had seen them fall nine goals behind.
Having started on the back foot in the previous two games, the Queens came flying out of the blocks and caught England cold.
Led by an inspired captain Joanna Kachilika and towering up and coming GK Lauren Ngwira , Malawi Queena defended with remarkable discipline and intensity to make it tough for the hosts mid-court to feed the attack.
Malawi Queens suffered a major blow when mid-court chief negotiator Takondwa Lwazi hobbled off and was replaced by Rose Mkanda.
Injury struck again for Malawi Queens as Mkanda was forced from the court with a similar knock to the one which befell Lwazi earlier in the quarter, but the latter was now fit enough to return to the action.
When England introduced Rachel Dunn at GS, Malawi responded by switching Kachilika into GK.
A composed double finish from player of the match Haythornthwaite finally saw the Roses take a lead but lost possession in the mid-court saw the momentum swing one final time in the quarter as the Queens netted twice to take a 46-45 lead.
The final quarter was a tense goal for goal affair in the early exchanges until fantastic defensive pressure forced a turnover with Dunn levelling.
Again ill-discipline cost Malawi from their centre-pass as the Roses snuck ahead once more.
A three goal lead with five minutes remaining saw the home side under immense pressure with the Queens coolly taking the ball to goal and defending with renewed ferocity.
The pressure eventually told and the teams were once more tied at 59-59 with just two minutes left on the clock.
Composure was required and with Malawi sensing a first ever victory over their hosts, they went in search of a killer goal.
A fired feed into the waiting Mwawi Kumwenda was placed two inches too high and drifted long, advantage England as they scored and finally seal a dramatic victory.
The Queens return home Malawi with their heads held high as they showed they can certainly mix it with the top nations.


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The Florida Department of Environmental Regulation has notified the city's utilities commission that its Glencoe Road water treatment plant won the Best Publicly Owned Water Plant award for 1986.
The award, which is for the Central Florida district, was based on a state inspection and a self-evaluation by the plant's professional staff. Water quality was a major factor in the determination, officials said.
Water processed at the plant meets or exceeds all state and federal health standards, including bacteria count and chemical content. The water has excellent aesthetic qualities such as appearance and taste, inspectors said.
Rating standards also cover housekeeping, certification, public relations, maintenance, emergency operation, records and reporting, management, professionalism, training and safety. The plant received very high marks in these areas as well, officials said.
The plant also won the award in 1980, 1981 and 1984 but was ineligible for the competition in 1982 and 1985 after receiving the honor the previous years. New Smyrna Beach's plant was in competition with water plants of all sizes in the district, which includes Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia counties.


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Researchers have found a “breakthrough” drug combination for people with cystic fibrosis, but it has a catch, scientists who conducted two separate studies wrote Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A three-drug cocktail could help cystic fibrosis patients live longer than they would taking just two of the drugs, which is current protocol, reported NBC News. But the current drug combination costs $300,000 a year, and with the third drug, the price will only go up.
“These results represent a major breakthrough in cystic fibrosis therapeutics, with the potential for improving health and possibly survival in all patients who carry the most common CFTR mutation,” Dr. Fernando Holguin of the University of Colorado wrote in an editorial that accompanied the research.
Many cystic fibrosis patients rely on help affording medicine from groups like the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation or personal crowdfunding efforts.
Cystic fibrosis is a rare disease that affects roughly 30,000 people in the U.S., according to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Cystic fibrosis is caused by a defective genes that causes a buildup of mucus in the lungs and pancreas. Individuals with cystic fibrosis have a much lower life expectancy than their peers.


Entries for this year's Peeps Diorama Contest are on display at the Harvard Diggins Public Library, 900 E. McKinley St., Harvard. The public is welcome to vote on a "PEEP-les Choice" award. Winners will be announced Saturday.


In addition to Neighborhood Meetings, residents have the opportunity to discuss issues related to township government with Mayor Anthony Fiore during his Open Office Hours held on the first and third Monday of each month (excluding federal holidays) from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. No appointments are necessary. Residents are seen on a first-come, first served basis. Residents can make public comments during regularly scheduled Township Committee meetings generally held on the first and third Monday of each month at 8 p.m.
Residents can also reach Mayor Fiore by calling his office at 732-615-2024. Township Committee members can be reached through the Clerks’ Office at 732-615-2015. Written comments and inquiries can be sent to Township Committee members and staff any time through the website at www.middletownnj.org.


Have 101 utilities cut their rates thanks to the GOP tax bill?
By Louis Jacobson on Monday, June 11th, 2018 at 12:27 p.m.
For months, President Donald Trump has been touting the benefits of the tax law he signed in December. But in early June, he began expanding his argument beyond lower tax bills to lower energy bills.
On June 7, Trump tweeted, "$3 billion payoff: 101 utilities cut rates, credit GOP tax cuts." The tweet linked to a Washington Examiner article that in turn cited research by Americans for Tax Reform, a group supportive of the tax cut.
This isn’t the first time the White House has relied on Americans for Tax Reform for evidence of real-world impacts from passage of the tax bill. Previously, we looked at Trump’s statement that "since we passed tax cuts, over 3 million workers have gotten tax cut bonuses — many of them thousands and thousands of dollars." That talking point, gleaned from the group’s research, rated Mostly True.
The energy rate-cut list — which is a sub-list of the broader one we checked previously — attracted the White House’s attention not long after it hit its 100th item.
For the utilities on the group's list that provided an estimate of savings per customer, most said rate-payers would save about $1 to $4 on their bill per month.
Americans for Tax Reform cited a large number of company news releases and news articles, so we don’t quarrel with the number (which had already grown to 102 a day later).
That said, we will provide some additional information that helps put the list in fuller context.
It shouldn’t be surprising to see a lot of investor-owned utilities lowering rates after the corporate tax reduction. And it also shouldn’t be surprising that the companies specifically cited the tax changes as the reason for the rate cut. In most cases, experts said, utilities would have been required to do so by their regulators.
The tax law has an impact on privately owned utilities — often called "investor-owned utilities," or IOUs for short — but not on public utilities.
Investor-owned utilities pay corporate taxes, so the tax law’s lowering of the top corporate rate from 35 percent to 21 percent should save this type of utility a substantial amount of money.
By contrast, publicly held utilities do not pay corporate taxes, so they are unaffected by this provision of the tax bill. Public utilities include rural electric cooperatives, municipally owned utilities, and federal or state power authorities.
Among electricity utilities, about two-thirds of Americans are served by investor-owned utilities, while about a third receive their power from public utilities. For water utilities, a few of which appear on the group's list, public utilities are dominant.
So while 101 utilities cutting their rates may seem like a large number, your ability to benefit from a rate cut depends on which utilities happen to serve your area.
It’s also worth pointing out that many of these rate cuts were preordained by existing energy regulations.
"Utilities are natural monopolies, and because of that, they’ve been regulated for well over 100 years," said Manny Teodoro, a political scientist at Texas A&M University who has studied energy issues. "It’s a recognition that a pure monopoly will result in a lack of competition and abusive pricing."
For that reason, under longstanding regulations, utilities need to go back to energy regulatory bodies whenever they seek to modify their rates, in order to provide reasons for the change. And if a utility happens to benefit from a tax change, there’s a good chance it will be required under existing regulations to lower their rates to account for that.
"Rates are set by public utility commissions through rate-making processes that would clearly identify the reasons for the rate change, up or down," said Billy Pizer, a Duke University public policy professor who studies energy.
This doesn’t undercut the larger point of the tally, but it does suggest that the rate cuts required two elements to materialize — the tax cut, which Trump touted, and the longstanding regulations that require companies to share the tax gains with ratepayers rather than just with shareholders. And the latter is an aspect Trump didn’t get into.
Trump tweeted, "101 utilities cut rates, credit GOP tax cuts."
The list comes from a organization that strongly supported the tax bill. The tally of rate cuts is well-documented, and the group acknowledges that it is not comprehensive.
That said, it’s worth noting that public utility customers will not see the same types of rate cuts cited in the list, which is about one-third of Americans. Trump’s tweet seeks full credit for the tax law, while glossing over the role of energy regulations that mandate that utility savings be passed along to customers.
Published: Monday, June 11th, 2018 at 12:27 p.m.