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Thanks to D&B Credit, Swisslog masters its international project business - both on the supplier and customer side.
"We finally got what we've been talking about for years." For Bruno Zingg, Head of Strategic Purchasing at Swisslog, the introduction of D&B Credit was a great relief in many respects. The predecessor product e-Portfolio lacked many essential functions. "If someone made a credit report, the others had no access to it," recalls Zingg. D&B Credit has eliminated these and many other weaknesses. It is web-based and makes it possible to work in a team and share reports and information, according to the preferences of Bruno Zingg.
Swisslog is the leading provider of automation solutions for hospitals and is also active in logistics automation. Swisslog is therefore active in the area of project business and does not manufacture any series products.
For Bruno Zingg, it is crucial in this context that everything runs smoothly. Because every supplier who does not deliver runs the risk of endangering an entire project. For this reason, Swisslog keeps a close eye on all suppliers and obtains information in D&B Credit on the financials of these companies. If, for example, you place an order worth CHF 1 million and according to D&B Credit the credit recommendation is CHF 50 000, this corresponds to a factor of 1 : 20 - the supplier automatically receives a red flag. In such a case Swisslog requires payment and execution guarantees. Thus they want to prevent the loss of the deposit in case of bankruptcy of the supplier.
"D&B Credit is a very good solution for us because we get exactly the right information for the financial risk rating, both on the supplier side and for the customers that we have to assess in the course of the project business."
"In the case of larger projects, we consider at an early stage which suppliers might be considered for implementation," explains Zingg. Each of these suppliers undergoes a thorough check, regardless of whether they are already working with him or whether he is still unknown. To do this, Swisslog checks its financial position and generates the necessary credit reports in D&B Credit. If a supplier appears to be in a bad position, he is out of the question for cooperation.
Swisslog is active all over the world. The teams that handle the projects on site are located at 12 locations in Europe, America, Asia and Oceania. "I definitely have to rely on the local project buyers," says Bruno Zingg. As Head of Strategic Purchasing, he does not handle the projects himself. It is his men at the various locations who manage the demand for the projects. Accordingly, they are the ones who work with D&B Credit and create reports. Zingg fully relies on the local people and that they always have the necessary information at hand and are able to make the right decisions. One of the most important aspects are the financial risks based on the credit reports that the teams receive from D&B Credit.
"Yes, we are very satisfied with D&B Credit," reveals Bruno Zingg. He managed the business with e-Portfolio and has since looked at several other solutions from other vendors. He had noticed that his competitors also used Dun & Bradstreet's data. This showed him that D&B was the market leader in the quantity and quality of credit information processed worldwide. "No one else does that on this scale," Zingg explains.
The group view: If an employee makes a report, it is also available to all others.
Simple user administration: Swisslog controls access centrally.
User Guides: New employees learn how to use D&B Credit very quickly thanks to the extensive documentation.
International: Information such as Payment Index or Credit Rating is harmonised in D&B Credit. This ensures that everyone speaks the same language in an international context.
Family Tree: With just one click you can see the business connections of your business partners and have better cards in your hand during negotiations.
Was it difficult to switch from e-portfolio to D&B Credit? "No, it was much more a relief. Now we finally have it the way we imagined it would be," is how Bruno Zingg sums up the change Swisslog successfully made a good year ago.
D&B Credit is the risk platform of the latest generation that takes modern credit management to a new level. It directly taps the largest global company database with Dun & Bradstreet’s state-of-the-art scoring models.


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It should also be borne in mind that the cost of the private car to the population is far higher than any public transport mode.
Tramways bear the full cost of the track, its planning, construction and maintenance. In addition they bear much of the cost of diverting other services and landscaping, reconstructing and maintaining roads.
New tramways are often taken as an opportunity for urban reconstruction and the costs of these ventures are not clearly distinguished from the tramway costs. Buses operate on public roads. They pay an annual license fee but are not expected to bear any special maintenance costs or to make arangements for other traffic inconvenienced by their operation.
The costs of incorporting buses into any new town planning project are not laid at the feet of the bus company.
Trams have a very high initial cost but this is spread over a vehicle life of around 50 years (with probably one major refit).
The maintenance costs are low and fuel costs are very low indeed, giving good economy of scale.
The cost of a fleet of trams is always included in the cost of a new tramway project Buses are relatively cheap to purchase but have a much shorter life than a tram and incur much higher fuel and maintenance costs. Economies of scale are minimal.
When considering guided busways, the cost of the vehicles is often omitted from the estimates of the project.
Tram stops are part of the tramway. To comply with the Disabilities Discrimination Act they have to be carefully designed to compliment the vehicles.
The cost of the shelters can sometimes be met by allowing them to be used for advertising Bus stops are regarded street furniture and have been exempted from the Disabilities Discrimination Act.
It seems likely that the cost of conversion, if they are ever required to comply with the Act, will fall upon the Local Authority.
Tramway alignments incorporate underground ductwork to allow power to be distributed to remote sections of the track. These ducts can also be used for signalling, passenger information, security and other communications at relatively little extra cost.
The cost of these items is included as part of the cost of the tramway. Bus routes (unless they are along old tram routes) are not provided with ductwork. If passenger information displays and other communications are needed, they are far more expensive to install.
The cost of these extras, which have a big influence on public perception of transport mode, is not usually included in a bus scheme.
A tram depôt needs special maintenance equipment similar to a railway workshop. This is expensive in first cost and occupies more space but it allows cheap maintenance over the lifetime of the vehicles.
The relative costs of bus and tram depôts will depend on land prices at any particular location. A bus depôt is more like a lorry repair shop. The equipment is cheaper and smaller but overall maintenance costs are higher.
Because more buses than trams are needed for a given frequency of service, the vehicle storage area of a bus depôt is larger than a tram depôt for the same sized town.

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Only take a browse round the regional high street bookmakers and you’ll find online betting sports sites what kind of stakes they’d prefer one to place with their advertising. You ought to own a player whilst in your favour as you are just about to make bets within the football on line game. You can realize that you are not as inclined to go out and place a bet. In general, placing bets on your favourite sports could possibly be a fantastic experience for all those. At the absolute best, poker resembles the best game I know.
Just keep a small amount of cash you, and that means that you cannot devote the money gaming. Certain money isn’t evaporating. Not only are you able to earn money, however, you can have a wonderful deal of fun. There are additionally a lot.
Sports cards have existed for decades and extend choices for nearly any budget. A great deal of people do not hand out business cards if you don’t ask. Move from there and you will need to target a collection, if you are interested in starting out collecting business cards. It isn’t straightforward in the future across vintage smallbusiness cards available in the market.
It will be possible to stop by their own website. You may want to find a hint company that can give you additional advice on placing stakes when you connect the site. There are tons of websites readily available, however, not all are amazing.
The internet sites usually aren’t just currently offering casino games, so it will allow persons to produce gambling within the sports that are actual. Just make sure the sites you’re likely to join up to are one. Inch method of make certain that the on line site you’re taking a look at is valid is if it’s licensed and governed by the Gambling Commission. You will frequently tell whether the Gambling Commission licenses the site you’re considering because they have the specifics of the license somewhere on the site. The tip internet sites will provide.
It’s almost always a great thing that you’ve read something, in searching for a team. If you aren’t prefer with the team, provide a second notion. Your team may take your own region. you have your team keep in your mind that you assess your prejudice. Meaning once you need your team to win but if, deep down, then you’re aware it’s probably not going to occur, it might not be a sensible bet to it. The bunch of an tournament could grow to be a pioneer within an year. 82 rounds are contained by the championship that is normal.
You might want to register for a membership, if you intend to do sports gambling for a longer level of time. Sports gambling across the kingdom is a number of the biggest on Earth. You would like to choose the one which enables you to play with with fantasy cricket and win cash, but in addition provide you most.

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When it comes down to hip Ford M-400 car accessories, the bumper grille is a good selection since you will not need hard-to-find mounting equipment during installation. Retailed in several catchy configurations and colors, you'll easily locate the perfect Ford M-400 bumper grille that will suit your preferred design and complement your awesome car's style.
As an external car part, the bumper grille has several functions—it can also be used as a safety product. You'll be much safer when on the road with Ford M-400 bumper grilles since they're durable enough against collision impact. Drive with flair by simply installing an awesome-looking grille on your Ford M-400 and enjoy the different benefits this accessory offers.
At our online store, you won't need to worry about a super pricey or ill-fitting bumper grille for your Ford M-400. Take advantage of our online catalog and mind-blowing deals you won't get in other sites. With plenty of grille designs from parts manufacturers that include Putco, IPCW, and Street Scene, you'll have plenty of cool product selections to choose from. Order your Ford M-400 bumper grille right now and get access to quality products, affordable prices, and reliable customer assistance you won't enjoy from other online stores or auto shops.

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The FHA loan program is designed to help first time home buyers finance their first home or people with less than perfect credit to also have a way to finance a home. If you have been through a financial crisis, chances are that your credit is “less than perfect” and the FHA loan program is designed for you! Depending on what type of crisis you have had (foreclosure, short sale, etc.), the waiting period will be different – but it is also important to remember that just because you may have waited long enough after the crisis doesn’t mean that you automatically qualify for a FHA loan.
Qualifying for an FHA loan after a financial crisis is generally the same as qualifying for an FHA loan for a first time home buyer – with some exceptions where you may need to elaborate on your situation more for the underwriter.
FHA is simply the insurer on an FHA loan, they are not the lender. That means that when you take out an FHA loan, you are going to be required to pay mortgage insurance – both up front when you get the loan as well as on a monthly basis.
Up Front Mortgage Insurance premium (UFMIP) on an FHA loan ranges from 1.5% of your loan amount to up to 3% of your loan amount depending on which FHA loan program you are using.
The main reason that FHA loans are popular with people who have had a short sale or foreclosure in their past is that the waiting periods are typically lower than other loan programs.
FHA loan after foreclosure: The waiting period for getting an FHA loan after a foreclosure is 3 years after the foreclosure.
FHA loan after short sale: The waiting period for getting an FHA loan after a short sale can be as little as 2 years, but some lenders may make you wait longer depending on your overall credit profile.
FHA loan after deed-in-lieu: The waiting period for getting an FHA loan after a deed-in-lieu is 3 years.
FHA lenders are all approved and monitored by FHA to ensure that they are helping people get FHA loans according to the FHA guidelines. Finding the right loan officer at a great FHA lender can make all the difference when getting your loan done. If you are interested in getting an FHA loan, then submit your information below and we will work hard to match you with the best possible FHA lender that we can find and that specializes in helping people who are in your situation.
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This page presents the geographical name data for Arsurile in Romania, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division.
NOTE: The information regarding Arsurile in Romania on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the United States of America, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Arsurile information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Arsurile should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

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The legendary Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi will be talking about his life and career, hosted by Phil Alexander.
“Each evening will be unique. As well as covering Tony's formative years, each night will focus on a specific period in his remarkable, storied career providing a different experience for every audience."
Tony Iommi is synonymous with heavy rock, his innovative dark riffs are acknowledged to be the beginning of what became heavy metal.
Sabbath have sold in excess of 100 million albums and their most recent album went to number 1 around the world including the UK and USA.
They played to vast crowds live, selling over 1.6 million tickets on the last global tour, concluding with 2 shows at Birmingham’s Genting Arena.
Tony is in the UK and US Rock n Roll Hall’s of Fame, has two Grammy’s, his autobiography was a New York Times bestseller, and he has a star in Birmingham’s Broad Street. Tony also has 3 solo albums to his credit.
Phil Alexander is an editor, broadcaster, presenter and producer who has worked across print, radio, TV and digital.
He was appointed Editor of Kerrang! in 1993. He transformed the latter into Britain’s first truly multi-platform print-based brand when he launched Kerrang! TV, Kerrang! Radio, kerrang.com and The Kerrang! Awards (which he continues to host).
He was the Editor-In-Chief of MOJO for 14 years between 2003 to 2017, and launched MOJO Radio and The MOJO Honours List.
In September 2017, he was appointed Global Creative Director of Kerrang! Magazine And Rock Music Media.
He remains Contributing Editor on MOJO and hosts a weekly Saturday night radio show on Britain’s leading rock radio station, Planet Rock.

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Google Ads operates on a pay-per-click model, in which users bid on keywords and pay for each click on their advertisements. Every time a search is initiated, Google digs into the pool of Ads advertisers and chooses a set of winners to appear in the valuable ad space on its search results page. The “winners” are chosen based on a combination of factors, including the quality and relevance of their keywords and ad campaigns, as well as the size of their keyword bids.
Now that you've read up on how to get started with PPC, download my complete PPC 101 guide to jumpstart your PPC success!

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text: Civil Engineering is considered to be the most versatile branch among all the engineering branches. It is the branch with a lot of diversity from Geo-technical Engineering to Structural engineering, Environmental to Hydraulics, Transportation to Hydrology. Civil Engineering can be considered as a single largest branch among all the engineering branches.

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The Spotlight on the FCTC are SFP briefing papers covering the most important articles of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
The eighth issue of the Spotlight on the FCTC focuses on Articles 11 and 13 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which covers the labelling and packaging of tobacco products.
In the context of the revision of the 2001 Tobacco Products Directive, the SFP launched a Spotlight on Articles 11 and 13 of the FCTC, calling for the adoption of mandatory pictorial warnings, in combination with plain, standardised packaging, across the EU.

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Pamela Sietos is a new aspiring fashion designer. Born in the U.S.A. and raised in Greece. As she was brought up in a family where thread, needles and pins is a tradition handed down from mother to daughter, she developed an interest for sewing and designing from a very young age. After exploring other creative avenues, she holds a degree in Interior Designing, Pamela's constant love and passion for fashion design led to her pursuit of a career in the fashion Industry. She attended Veloudakis Athens Fashion Design school, and has had the opportunity to work in many fashion events.
In 2012, she attended the Athens Xclusive Designers Week, as a co-creator of the PixieMud line, and was awarded the 'Trend Setter' by MTV prize in the New Designer Award.She was also working for a well-known woman's footwear brand as a head leader of the creative team.
In 2013, Pamela has created her personal collection. Her designs are inspired from every woman, young at heart, with a positive attitude towards life. It was presented in Athens Xclusive Designers Week under her name and featured on Catwalk magazine online and Elle magazine.
At that time she worked for Elena Vorea, haute couture bridal, as a stylist.
In 2014, her designs were advertised in UK's Vogue.
She participated in the Athens Fashion Trade Show, Femmina and presented her collection.The collection was also featured in Vigore magazine editorial USA and on Catwalk magazine online.She was interviewed the same year on Joy tv programme on national tv and on style and the city online blog.
In 2015, she was working at a pret-a-porter brand, Haris Cotton, as a designer, stylist, patronist and as a head leader on the social network advertisement.
In 2016, she was interviewed for the bovary blog.


text: SUPERFET III MOSFET is ON Semiconductor’s brand−new high voltage super−junction (SJ) MOSFET family that is utilizing charge balance technology for outstanding low on−resistance and lower gate charge performance. This advanced technology is tailored to minimize conduction loss, provide superior switching performance, and withstand extreme dv/dt rate. Consequently, SUPERFET III MOSFET is very suitable for the various power systems for miniaturization and higher efficiency. SUPERFET III FRFET MOSFET’s optimized reverse recovery performance of body diode can remove additional component and improve system reliability.

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More than 1,500 patients and family members have enrolled in the 100,000 Genomes Project in the West of England – as results start to come back.
The West of England NHS Genomic Medicine Centre (WEGMC) has started work on analysing the results of the 100,000 Genomes Project which could lead to more knowledge about underlying causes of conditions or new future treatments.
Just under 1,500 patients with rare diseases have consented to be part of the project through the WEGMC, with a further 200 patients with cancer also consenting since the centre was set up at the end of 2015.
Around 500 of these patients have consented to be part of the project in the last six months, as the centre continues to go from strength to strength.
Catherine Carpenter-Clawson, programme manager for the WEGMC, said: “It’s been a really busy year. We’ve got up and running and are now able to consent patients with certain types of cancer and rare diseases from across the west of England.
One of the patients to sign up is grandfather Gregory Fudge. The 69-year-old from Hanham, near Bristol, has been diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), a type of cancer that affects the white blood cells and tends to progress slowly over many years.
The retired draughtsman and later tool planner at Airbus in Filton signed up to the 100,000 Genomes Project alongside a trial which is helping his condition.
Suriya Kirkpatrick, senior cancer trials nurse and 100,000 genomes champion at Southmead Hospital which is run by North Bristol NHS Trust, said: “Gregory’s involvement in the project could lead to us finding underlying causes of the condition he has or we might be able to develop future targeted treatments.
“It won’t mean that we change his medication or treatment but it could lead to future benefits or provide valuable information should his condition change.
Gregory said: “I’m really pleased that I signed up to the 100,000 Genomes Project. If it provides any information that could help my treatment, find out more about the underlying causes of my condition or help other patients in the future, then it’s worthwhile.
The 100,000 Genomes project is a major NHS initiative that aims to sequence 100,000 genomes from patients with rare inherited diseases or with cancer and to transform NHS services to include genome sequencing as standard care for future patients.
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Judges are “embedded” in all the projects that make up the £1bn court modernisation programme and whether hearings are held by video or person will always be a matter of judicial discretion, a senior official at HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has said.
Speaking at the Legal Futures Civil Litigation Conference this week, Richard Goodman, change director at HMCTS, said: “We have judges embedded in all of our projects, and on all of the boards and decision-making bodies that work on reform, to make sure that we and the judges are working in partnership.
Rank-and-file judges recently made clear their concerns about using video for final hearings in particular.
Reassuring delegates that video would not be imposed, Mr Goodman said: “There is no ability or desire by HMCTS to mandate what is being used. For short hearings or interlocutory work, making everyone turn up to hearings is inconvenient.
Mr Goodman said that even where HMCTS made decisions based on the assumption that cases would be cheaper to administer and support because they used video conferencing, for example, the decision would remain with the judges.
Mr Goodman said the decision by HMCTS to extend the deadline for completion of the court modernisation programme from 2022 to 2023 was the first time it had been extended.
He stressed that although “at its conceptual phase in 2015” plans were drawn up for the programme to run for four years, following discussions with the Treasury and Cabinet Office “that was deemed to be heroic”, so the timeline was changed before the start to six years.
“What we’ve been very clear about throughout is that this is a very challenging and ambitious programme. Some people view this as a criticism. I am proud of it.
“At the first international conference of online courts in December, what was very clear was that England and Wales, which currently occupy a pre-eminent position as the leading legal jurisdiction globally, are cementing that by being ahead of every other jurisdiction on online courts.
“I am pleased we are ahead of the competition. What we mustn’t do is do something fast rather than doing it better or put our heads in the sand where we need more time to do something better.
Mr Goodman said the programme did intend to save money but that was not “antagonistic” to what it aimed to do.
He concluded: “The proof of the pudding is always in the eating. This service is live and real. It works well and people like it.
“We will see if that holds true in the legal profession over the future as well. There are some things I won’t be able to make go away overnight. I don’t have the money to knock down the court estate tomorrow and rebuild it to make it really nice. I wish I could.

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Luanda - Human capital is the key element for development of the continent and agenda 2063, said Wednesday in Luanda the minister of Science and Technology, Maria Cândida Teixeira.
The minister was speaking at the opening session of the regional consultation on preparation of Triennale of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), scheduled for March 2017.
Maria Cândida Teixeira said that the investment in human capital is crucial to a system that demands sustained investment in higher education to ensure development of science, technology, research, innovation and the elimination of gender inequalities.
She added that the current African education sector, in particular in Angola, has not been yet in a position to effectively fulfill the role assigned to it in the world and continental agenda due to various challenges to deal with.
According to her, it is important and imperative that Angola and all African countries draw up a long-term comprehensive framework measures of education to achieve global and continental agendas.
Maria Cândida Teixeira described the education as an essential tool, both for the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs) as well as agenda 2063 for Africa.
The Sustainable Development Goals priority is focused on education, skills for employment and entrepreneurship in order to promote the development and blossoming of youth.

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Just like clockwork, Intex has launched a new smartphone this weekend with the successor of the very popular Aqua Raze that was released in February. The Intex Aqua Raze II made an appearance on the company’s website today and it will go on sale a few days from now. For an entry level smartphone the Intex Aqua Raze II sports some decent specs. The Intex Aqua Raze II has a 4.5inch FWVGA (480 x 854 pixels) resolution display which has a pixel density of 218ppi. The bezel to screen ratio is quite good at 70%.
Underneath the hood the Intex Aqua Raze II has Spreadtrum SC9832A chipset that houses a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, Mali 400 GPU and 1GB of RAM to run Android Marshmallow. The internal memory of the Intex Aqua Raze II stands at 8GB out of which 3.16GB remains vacant for the user. The microSD slot for memory expansion gobbles up cards of up to 32GB. When it comes to photography on the Intex Aqua Raze II we have a 5MP LED flash equipped sensor on the rear and a 2MP sensor on the front for selfies.
The good news about the Intex Aqua Raze II is that it supports 4G VoLTE which means you won’t be missing out on the next gen cellular technology. Connectivity options on the Intex Aqua Raze II include microUSB, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The sensor list on the Intex Aqua Raze II consists of gravity, light and proximity sensor. Sadly the Intex Aqua Raze II is powered by an underwhelming 1750mAh battery that is claims to offer 5 hours of talk time and 220 hours of standby. In real life terms it means that you will be getting less than half a day of usage. The company is throwing in a protective cover and a screen guard for free with the Intex Aqua Raze II. The Intex Aqua Raze II will be sold in White, Champagne & Dark Blue colour variants.


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Getting a college education is one of the most important investments you'll make. But with the increasingly high costs of tuition figuring out how to pay for your education can be discouraging.
Along with aid from the U.S. federal government, you'll want to check out the variety of grant and loan repayment programs available from the state of Pennsylvania, and awarded through the schools.
These state-provided grants and financial aid programs are available through the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistant Agency (PHEAA).
A variety of state grants allow Pennsylvania residents to receive assistance to attend PHEAA-approved institutions, including public schools, private 4-year colleges, nursing schols, and technical, trade, or business schools.
The PHEAA offers the Pennsylvania State Grant to students in Pennsylvania who have financial need (as determined in the FAFSA).
These grants are geared toward members of any branch of the U.S. military and their families. They include grants for veterans, children of soldiers declared POW/MIA and more.
These scholarships are targeted to students who are pursuing degrees in science, technology, or allied health, and who agree to work in Pennsylvania for a certain number of years after graduation Unlike other areas of state financial aid, these are not awarded based on financial need.
This grant awards up to $2,500 a year for students who already receive a Pennsylvania State Grant and who are enrolled at least part-time in a PHEAA-approved school.
This is a federally-funded program administered by the PHEAA to help students who are aging out of foster care. Maximum awards under this program are $4,000 per academic year.
This is awarded to children of Pennsylvania police officers, firefighters, rescue workers, National Guard members, or corrections employees who died in the line of duty after January 1, 1976. The money can be used only toward public schools, and only after all other grants (federal, local, and scholarships) have been used.
This is a federal scholarship administered by the PHEAA to students who rank in the top 5 percent of their graduating class, have a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, and scored 1150 or higher on the SAT, 25 or higher on the ACT, or 3550 or higher on the GED.
The state-sponsored program provides you with employment in technology and community-service fields while you're in school.
You'll gain on-the-job experience while earning money to help pay for college. Students work part-time, no more than 20 hours per week (up to 40 hours per week in the summer).
All students should apply for the above aid by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), more commonly known as the FAFSA. Most schools have their own financial aid applications in addition to the FAFSA. It's a good idea to check with a school's financial aid department about specific procedures and deadlines, as they vary.
State aid is of course only part of the package. Learn more about applying for federal aid and scholarships in Pennsylvania.


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QED Cooks and Chris Fennimore will be celebrating the 100th episode of the series in a special called QED Cooks 100 premiering March 3, 2012 at 10 a.m. on WQED- TV. Join a live tweet session with @WQED using the hashtag #Cooks100.
WQED’s program director and “cooking guy” Chris Fennimore is the host of QED Cooks, a local program that has celebrated the delicious food culture of Pittsburgh for the last 18 years. Much more than a cooking show, QED Cooks is about heritage and the tradition of passing down recipes to the next generation.
Along with his kitchen cohort Nancy Polinsky Johnson (shown below), Fennimore will take a fond look back at some of the top-requested recipes of all time, show regulars including Fennimore’s son Joe from toddler to teen, bloopers, and much more. Viewers will have the opportunity to keep QED Cooks and programs like it on the air by becoming members or renewing their membership with WQED during the program. A commemorative QED Cooks 100 cookbook with more than 200 of the best and most sought after recipes in QED Cooks history will be available as a thank-you gift.
QED Cooks started in August 1993 when Fennimore had a large harvest of zucchini that summer from the community garden where he volunteered his time. Not knowing how successful the program would be, the first show (Zucchini Cheesecake) wasn’t even recorded. “Nancy and I brought in all the bowls and other utensils from our own kitchens and we used a folding table as our set,” said Fennimore.
Visit the QED Cooks website for many of the progam's recipes, a full list of available cookbooks, and a monthly blog written by Fennimore.
“The only reason why this show has worked so well here at WQED is that we have such a concentration of great home cooks who have been generous enough to share their family treasures with their friends and neighbors,” said Fennimore.

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Kevin Donnelly is a prominent commentator on education issues in Australia.
He has expressed concern about Christianity being undermined by the new national curriculum. This is a concern ACL shares.
We commend this election piece he has written for the Quadrant website. He also has a website for his education think tank, the Education Standards Institute.
In the Quadrant piece, he makes strong criticisms of the Government’s new funding model for schools. Readers should be aware that the model is extremely complex and that there are differing views in the faith-based education sector on whether or not it is better.
The independent Christian school sector is generally happy with the new model and believes its schools will be no worse off than the model it replaces. The decision to fund schools’ additional needs, such as those for disabled students, will make some Christian schools better off under the new model.


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The term “slow food” seems to fit perfectly with this time of year — stirring up images of rich, creamy soups and stews, hearty breads and all of the generally comforting flavors that help us prepare for the long, cold winter ahead.
But when it comes to the Slow Food Movement, the verbiage isn’t quite a reference to your crock pot (although that does play a role).
“Slow Food means good, clean, fair food,” says Robert Stockinger, Board President for Slow Food Wisconsin Southeast (SF WiSE), the local chapter of Slow Food USA.
He’s referring to food that tastes good, respects the season, is grown and harvested in an environmentally responsible manner, and that is also accessible to people, regardless of economic standing. And let’s not forget about the farmer — “fair” food means that the individuals and families who grow and pick food should be paid proper wages to maintain their dignity and their livelihood.
This Saturday, as part of Slow Food USA’s national day of action (themed “Dig In! Break Ground, Break Bread”), SF WiSE will host an all-day event pairing good local food with amazing works of art.
“The Art of Food” will be hosted within the magnificent grounds of the Lynden Sculpture Garden, featuring an evening of local and regional food and wine, along with music from around the globe as SF WiSE bids farewell to Sharon and Larry Adams, founders of Walnut Way Conservation Corp., along with Jennifer Casey the region’s biodiversity representative — the delegates to this year’s Terra Madre conference on biodiversity.
Biodiversity also play a huge role in what the Slow Food movement does around the globe. Invasive species, climate change, pollution and genetic modification: all of these factors contribute to the reduction of (and in some cases, extinction) varieties of plants, birds and animals.
The Terra Madre was created a “platform to foster exchanges, discussions of common challenges, and proposals for replicable solutions – all with the common goal of global sustainability in food.” The conference is held every two years ,2010 being apt, as it is also the international Year of Biodiversity.
The Slow Food Movement began in Italy in the late 1980s, as a response to the prevailing “fast life” culture — from the proliferation of fast food restaurants around the globe to the advent of new technologies. It’s no doubt that in the last two decades, the human race has become accustomed to instant gratification in all aspects of life — entertainment, the way we receive information and most definitely in the way we eat.
The Milwaukee-area chapter of the non-profit organization was formed in 2003, with the singular (though multi-faceted) goal to help people in the metro area become better acquainted with their most basic source of nourishment.
Evidence of the slow food persuasion can be seen all over our fair city, in farm-to-table style restaurants and cafés that source their food from regional growers. Or in places like the Urban Ecology Center, Growing Power, SweetWater Organics and the aforementioned Walnut Way.
Locally, SF WiSE is involved in a variety of education and outreach efforts. Each spring,it publishes the Farm Fresh Atlas, a free fold-out map of area farms and farmer’s markets. They also run the Farmer-Chef Connection, creating relationships between food producers and buyers to facilitate direct purchasing options for food-related businesses in Milwaukee.
One of the national projects that drew Stockbridge to the movement is the Slow Food in Schools project, working to incorporate gardens into schools, and in turn put fresh, locally-grown food into cafeterias.
“It’s really about instilling a presence in schools and showing kids ‘oh yeah, you can grow your own food,’” Stockbridge says, adding that the program was able to plant several 8×8 raised beds at an elementary school in Hales Corners.
Changing eating habits is no easy task. There are misconceptions that whole food is more expensive and time-consuming than say, a frozen dinner or a trip to the drive-thru. Beyond that, there’s the time and convenience factor. We all lead busy lives, and cooking a full meal often falls to the wayside. But if these habits are instilled at an early age, and if kids can learn where food comes from — and better yet, how to cook — it has the potential to change our fast-food culture.
Stockbridge affirms that getting local food into schools is a challenge, but a worthwhile one.
The Art of Food event takes place tomorrow, Sept. 25, from 6-10 p.m. at the Lynden Sculpture Garden. There will also be a volunteer session held from 8-11 a.m. Saturday working in the gardens at Walnut Way on 17th & North Ave. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the Slow Food WiSE website.
Erin thanks for bringing more information on healthy “slow” food to us. I heard about “slow” food while campaigning this last year and have wanted to learn more about it. Now you have provided me with some good leads. Please write more about it. My dad was a big fan of healthy food in the 60s and 70s but I have a long way to go to return to my healthy roots. It’s one slow cooked meal at a time.

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Matt Shorrock journeys to the laid back island of Jamaica and discovers stunning scenery, populated by friendly locals.
Rastafarians wander the streets with their long dreadlocks and relax on a small beach. Some are drinking Red Stripe beer, others smoking ganja. Rastafarianism is a minor religion of Jamaica although it has a steady following in the smaller island towns. An American Black Nationalist, Marcus Garvey, born in 1887, is credited with starting the “Back to Africa” Rasta movement. He hoped it would create an independent African country filled by American’s with African heritage. Those who believed Garvey’s prophecy withdrew from mainstream Jamaican society and rejected Western culture because they considered it to be the modern “Babylon.” Some Rastafarians also adopted ganja as their sacred “herb”. They consider smoking the “Holy Herb” to be being filled with the Holy Spirit.
The next day was our first real view of Mo-bay Bay, as the locals call it. Despite being Jamaica’s “second” city, with Kingston being the capital, Montego Bay is the tourism capital of Jamaica.
The landscape consists of mostly hills covered with palm trees and combined with the wet humidity, created a distinctly tropical effect. The city itself however is a diverse combination of resort-town, commercial centre and slum.
We headed out for a shopping trip down Mo-bay’s famous “Hip Strip”, which is the main tourist street along the coastline. Here you will find no shortage of souvenir shops or people wanting to sell you bracelets, woodcarvings or Bob Marley hats, t-shirts and CD’s.
On leaving the hotel we were immediately swooped on by three large Mo-bay ladies, who wanted to take us to their shop. After they realised we weren’t going to buy from their store, each one of the ladies whispered to me as we left, “Ya smoke, Mon?” It became obvious to us that Jamaican people, although among the friendliest in the world, are a little obsessed with selling marijuana.
We carried on walking down “Hip Strip” and began to wander in and out of the various souvenir shops attempting to cash in on the thriving “Bob Marley T-shirt with a side of Ganja business. We walked up to a place called Doctor’s Cave. In 1906, Dr Alexander James McCatty donated his beach property, which at the time was only accessible through a cave, to the City of Montego Bay to form a Bathing Club. The cave itself was destroyed by a hurricane in 1932 but the area went on to become the centre of Montego Bay’s resort district with many tourists flocking to the crystal clear waters with its average temperature of 22 degrees Celsius in summer. For the first time, we heard Jamaicans speaking their native language, a combination of French, German, Spanish and various African languages.
Jamaica put on a glorious show for us the next day as we sat on the talcum-white sand, with Bob Marley music playing in the background and the turquoise Caribbean Sea lapping at our feet. Bob Marley is an important icon of Jamaica. He has become a patriotic icon for the country and the people. All are proud of his achievements and are more than happy to speak about him for hours on end. While reggae music has always been popular in the Caribbean, it wasn’t until four young men from Kingston formed a band called The Wailing Rude Boys (later shortened to ‘The Wailers’) that the genre really took off.
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We connect retailers to their new customers through distributed shopping.
►Longstop Date is 24 months from the date of the convertible agreement.
If conversion has not been triggered by the longstop date shares will be issued on the longstop date at a valuation based on the lower of (i) a pre-money company valuation of £9,710,179; or (ii) the price for any share issued after the date of the convertible agreement. The convertible would also convert to equity at this price in the event of winding up or liquidation of the company.
Since the last round, our focus has been on building the B2B model. Our first B2B partner, GT Shopping, has grown considerably to over 300k monthly unique visitors. The platform has been engineered to allow for multiple partners and named S8 Platform.
We will maintain our B2C brands (Luxi, WozNow, Octer) as showcases for our core B2B business. Investment in growing their direct audience will remain light as we believe the fast-track to achieving our target of $1bn GMV is through B2B partner audiences.
We currently define ‘White Label Shopping’ as a new product, although it could be argued this is, in fact, a new business category. Certainly, it appears we may have hit upon something that connects retailers to their new customers in a way that has not been adopted previously at scale.
Accordingly, we are moving quickly to exploit our advantage.
1. TECH - Develop the B2B platform with partner and customer dashboard.
2. TEAM - Expand the team for roll out.
3. TERRITORY - Establish the business in the US.
4. TRADE - Reach 15 x B2B partners.
We hope you are able to take up your rights or extend your ownership at this inflexion point in the company timeline.


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A growing number of people around the world are studying relevant subjects and are interested in the humanitarian sector. With this talent programme, we would like to offer them a chance to join the new generation of aid workers.
The programme aims to respond to NRC’s needs in our programming. It is not an internship or about supporting students in completing their formal or higher education.
The programme enhances the candidates’ skills through learning by doing, supportive leadership and individual training based on needs, and aims to build the candidates into the profile needed.
Candidates will be chosen based on previous experience and skills, and the bulk of the training will be aimed at acquiring necessary knowledge and skills related to the humanitarian sector.
After completing the programme, candidates are encouraged to apply for positions at NRC. They will be considered internal candidates and covered by the internal recruitment policy.
Ahmed and Marko were both trainees with us last year, and landed full-time jobs with NRC after they completed the talent development programme. Here you can read about their experiences.
"I hold a Bachelor Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Before Joining NRC, I worked with International Committee for the Development of People, during the peak of the Syrian crisis, when the influx of refugees into Lebanon first exceeded one million. Here, I gained hands-on experience working with emergency response."
Why did you apply for this programme?
"It’s a great chance to join an international humanitarian organisation. The talent development programme gave me an opportunity to improve my knowledge under the supervision of an experienced mentor. You get to learn by doing, and engage in every aspect of NRC’s work."
It’s an excellent opportunity to refine your skills. It’s also a chance to engage and network with experienced and supportive humanitarian professionals.
Ahmad Mustafa has previously participated in NRC's talent development programme.
How did you manage to get a fulltime positon at NRC?
I have worked with NRC since August 2017 as a trainee WASH and Infrastructure Coordinator. With the WASH team, I got the chance to coordinate and implement community support projects, like WASH projects, according to NRC’s strategy, proposals and plans. After eight months working as a trainee and gaining some experience on project implementation, I got the chance to apply for a regular position as a community support project t coordinator. I underwent all the recruitment procedures, and I was offered the position.
Before embarking on this adventure with NRC, besides working with local NGOs in my home country, I gained my first work experiences abroad in the international cooperation and development sector with UN and EU agencies. I also had some experience working as a volunteer with displaced populations.
I applied for the Talent Development Programme primarily because of NRC’s impressive work with displaced populations around the world and its reputation in the humanitarian sector. In addition to that, with this programme, NRC offered a chance to people from other sectors, people like me, to make a career change. I appreciated the initiative to recruit people who do not necessarily have previous experience in humanitarian aid, but are motivated and willing to apply their existing knowledge and skills in this sector.
I appreciated the initiative to recruit people who do not necessarily have previous experience in humanitarian aid, but are motivated and willing to apply their existing knowledge and skills in this sector.
Being part of this programme allowed me to learn more about NRC and identify specific skills I needed to obtain a fulltime position within the organization. In my case, as an Monitoring and Evaluation Talent Development Candidate , I also had a chance to work with a wide array of experienced Monitoring and Evaluation professionals, and to learn from the best of the best. Because of this, by the time I interviewed for the Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator position, 8 months into the program, I already had the necessary knowledge and skills to ace the interview and obtain the position.
I encourage everybody to apply, especially those from other sectors who want to kick-start their career in humanitarian aid. The programme presents a great stepping-stone to do so through gaining valuable work experience from day one and having a chance to learn from many experienced professionals and overall amazing human beings.


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This recent anthology from Michigan State University, Sovereign Traces Vol. 1, edited by Gordon Henry Jr. and Elizabeth PaPensee, presents work from a number of Native American cartoonists paired with Native American writers to bring their work into sequential form. As the title to the collection hints, so many of the stories have to do with the idea of sovereignty as only remaining in the form of specters that the cultures have been able to pass through generations, though struggle to keep in a tangible form as multiple factors cause personal devastation.
“Werewolves on the Moon,” written by Stephen Graham Jones and drawn by Delicia Williams, depicts a parent-teacher meeting over a disciplinary action of a young boy. The boy has, in response to an assignment to draw what he predicts his job in the future will be, drawn a picture of astronauts on the moon and then a werewolf attacking them. In the dialogue between teacher and parent, it becomes obvious that the boys’ indiscretion is partly judgmental — he has no father — and partly cultural, but it’s also that he dares to not only answer the question non-realistically but emotionally. In a situation where Native Americans don’t finish school or end up as the janitor in the school, this boy is penalized for not fitting in with the program, not giving a canned answer to the question.
“The Prisoner of Haiku” could almost be a continuation of that boy’s story. Written by Gordon Henry Jr. and drawn by Neal Shannacappo, this story is more a poem about the nexus between art and protest and violence, and about silencing marginalized people. Following a man through his troubled life, this story once again addresses the idea of the forced suppression of self and the idea of cultural identity as unacceptable. When one form of the ability to communicate ideas is stolen, another forms with a vengeance.
“Ice Tricksters” examines the concept of the Trickster in Native American lore and how it may be the personification of how things just never turn out perfect. Three guys take to a secret ice cave to create a trickster ice sculpture but have consistent burps to their intent and processes. It’s a soulful story of how mythology and life intersect in subtle ways, with GMB Chomichuk’s elegant and mysterious art adding dimensions to Gerald Vizenor’s friendly words.
“An Athabasca Story” indulges in some spiritual time travel, in which Elder Brother’s wandering through the wilds into unknown territory serves as a narrative for the past stepping into the present. When Elder Brother blunders upon an industrial site digging up tar sands and producing fuel with it. Land containing tar sand in Canada is controversial, with industrial efforts encroaching on First Nations land. A volatile encounter with a worker leads Elder Brother to attempt to steal tar sand for himself, but this being a fable, his attempt backfires and the story, written by Warren Cariou and drawn by Nicholas Burns, becomes fantastical, metaphorical, and chilling.
The idea of the Trickster is revisited in “Trickster Reflections,” in which writer Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair examines the notion of what causing chaos means in real life, with the idea of the Trickster as another part of self. GMB Chomichuk’s art adds further depth to the intense piece, giving it a darker psychological aspect while well-incorporating the mythological qualities. At center here is the idea of mythology as self-examination.
“The Strange People” adapts Louise Erdrich‘s poem into a mysterious piece juxtaposing the idea of antelope being chased by young men with the monologue of a woman contemplating a man she is involved with. The initial quote in the story is from a medicine woman depicting antelope as alluring creatures who compel young men to chase them, eliciting the concept of possession without understanding. They know they want it, but they don’t know precisely what it is. As the poetry bears witness, they cannot see it. The visuals are beautifully rendered by Elizabeth La Pensee in the form of cave drawings.
“Deer Dancer” recounts an incident at the Deer Lodge bar, wrapping the arrival of a woman around the inherent lost quality of a nation of people drowning their sorrows, or their disappointments or maybe just the fate of everything, while the woman prepares for a moment of honest display. Writer Joy Harjo evokes a deer alongside the rejection of white laws, while artist Weshoyot Alvitre renders the beautiful agony, the sublime defeat, that looms in the atmosphere of the barroom.
Richard Van Camp’s “Mermaids” is an intense noir-tinged tale of misfortune, as Torchy is found injured by young Stephanie and brought home. Tending to him, Torchy tells a story of God’s dislike of anything more beautiful than him, his violent reaction, and then we enter into Torchy’s nightmare, an unfolding of the story which brought him to the street where Stephanie found him. Once again, the personal story of a Native American, as drawn by Scott B. Henderson, is packed with people dying and disappearing, and the main character doomed to walk like a ghost through his own history.
Gwen Neil Westerman’s “Just Another Naming Ceremony” is the most upbeat story in the book, though it addresses something not so cheery. At a book signing, Native Americans who have some relationship with success meet and joke about their interaction with white culture on that level, the anglicization of names versus optimizing their nativeness as a brand. It’s a sarcastic and frankly cathartic conclusion, given some immediacy through Tara Ogaick’s personable cartooning.
This is an intense and exciting collection and, most wonderfully, uncompromising in its subject matter. It doesn’t push away non-Native readers, but it does demand respect for what it presents. This is both strong storytelling and strong advocacy, easily some of the most passionate storytelling I’ve had the pleasure of encountering in recent comics. These voices, both writers and artists, should not be on the margins of the industry published by a university press — thought that’s certainly wonderful and thank goodness for this project from Michigan State— they should be front and center, not only because of their message but the power with which they are expressed. I’m looking forward to the second volume, which will be released later this year.

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text: “Today, the world lost a statesman who was the symbol of the highest level of civil commitment and who helped weave the fabric of an America that represents freedom and prosperity. The contributions of George H.W. Bush to our country were beyond that of his presidency. As a Naval aviator and fighter pilot, Congressman, Ambassador to the United Nations, Director of the CIA, Vice President and President, George H.W. Bush dedicated his life to service to our nation and vowed to use his presidency and the power of our nation as “a force for good.” I have had the privilege of knowing the Bush family for years and am incredibly grateful to have met such a genuine, gracious and kind man.

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These two sisters, who share a tombstone, were the daughters of David and Mary R. (Hiller) Berger.  The Bergers attended church at Zion Lutheran, Chatt.
Emma Elma “Alma” Berger was born 17 January 1901 in Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana. She was baptized 18 January 1901 with David Berger and Emma Bollenbacher as her sponsors.
Edna Maria Berger was born 21 November 1902 in Jefferson Township and was baptized 10 April 1903 with her parents serving as sponsors.
Edna died of typhoid fever on 7 November 1910, at the age of 8 years, 11 months, and 15 days. She was buried on the 9th and was survived by her parents, 1 brother, and 4 sisters.
Her sister Alma died three days later, also from typhoid fever. Alma died on 10 November 1910, at the age of 9 years, 9 months, and 23 days. She was buried on the 13th. Survivors included her parents, 1 brother, and 3 sisters, according to church records.
Their tombstone is located near the markers of their parents and a couple of their siblings.
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By , DODOMA, August 9 – The African Union will suspend Mauritania from the bloc following this week’s coup in the west African nation, AU president Tanzania said Saturday.
"The AU will suspend Mauritania’s membership until the country returns to constitutional government," said Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe, whose country holds the pan-African bloc’s rotating presidency.
On Wednesday the former head of Mauritania’s presidential guard, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, led a coup against Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, after the president tried to make changes in the military leadership.
The coup had been widely condemned by the international community even though the new military junta promised to quickly hold "fair and transparent" elections.
"The coup is a serious setback for Mauritanians because it has robbed the people of their basic right to freely elect leaders of their own choice," said Membe, who is also the chairman of the AU’s council of ministers.
Friday saw hundreds of people turn out for an anti-coup rally on the streets of the capital Nouakchott, as mediators from the AU and the Arab League scrambled to avoid a prolonged crisis in the nation of 3.1 million people.
Abdallahi became Mauritania’s first democratically elected president last year after a period of transition supervised by a military council that deposed the previous president in a bloodless coup in August 2005.
On Thursday, the AU condemned the coup and called for a "return to constitutional order and the re-establishment without delay of the institutions that the Mauritanian people have democratically chosen."
The AU statement added that suspension of Mauritania would be in line with the provisions of the body’s constitution under which suspension is automatic until the restoration of "constitutional order."
The largely desert country has a history of coups since its independence from France in 1960.
Mauritania was shaken between December 2007 and February 2008 by three attacks from extremists linked to Al-Qaeda, which left seven people dead including four French tourists.
The attacks caused the organisers of the 2008 Dakar rally to cancel the race, which usually crosses the Mauritanian deserts.


text: The specific climate of the Strandja region is influenced by the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. The average annual temperatures are high 12.8-11.1degrees Celsium; precipitation is 800-100 mm, irregularly distributed throughout the year and having an autumn maximum and a summer minimum. The climate features keep changing from the sea to the inner parts of the region - the precipitation increases, the average annual temperature goes down, winters become colder. The south-eastern part of the Strandja (the Ahtopol-Rezovo area) is the sunniest place in Bulgaria (57 kcal/sq.cm) along with the Svilengrad region. During the season (April - October) Strandja has the highest number of sunny days in Bulgaria.


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We love to check in with AmWest Entertainment CEO, Nelson Clemmens’ retired racehorses to see how they are doing in their new careers! Recently, we’ve been watching Le Chevalier take the world of Steeplechase by storm.
On March 18, 2017, Le Chevalier, affectionately called “Le Chevy,” competed in the 76th running of the Warrenton Hunt Races. The Warrenton Hunt is Virginia’s oldest Point-to-Point. Point-to-Point is a form of Steeplechase held at a local level, traditionally over farmland as opposed to commercial racecourses.
Point-to-Point racing, as the name suggests, began in 1752 when two neighbors challenged each other to race from one point to another - Buttevant Church to Doneraile Church, in County Cork, Ireland. The race consisted of a four-and-a-half-mile distance over stone walls, ditches and hedges all while keeping the steeple of the end point, Doneraile Church, in sight.
Fast forward 265 years to the United States and you’ll find that Steeplechase consists of two forms: Hurdle and Timber. The Warrenton Hunt has been running Point-to-Point races since March 24, 1934. The jumps are similar to traditional natural obstacles however, are now man made.
Specifically, Le Chevy competed in The Springs Valley Open Timber division of the Warrenton Hunt, which is about three miles over solid, immovable, timber rail fences that can reach up to a maximum of five feet. Timber races are longer, from three to six miles, and require a different jumping style from the horse than Hurdle races. Horses like Le Chevy must jump with more of an arc than Hurdle horses due to the solidness of the obstacles. If a horse hits a Timber jump, it can be brought to an almost complete stop.
Jockey, Mark Beecher, reserved Le Chevy’s energy at the beginning of the race, allowing Adios Diablo to take the early lead. With a mile and a half left to go, Beecher and Le Chevy took command, and left the field 10 strides behind them as they crossed the finish line with a total time of six minutes and thirty seconds.
AmWest Entertainment is not only proud of retired racehorses like Le Chevalier, who have made a name for themselves and succeed in their new careers, however, we also understand that we all share the responsibility of racehorse aftercare! From flat racing to jump racing and beyond, we are passionate about these horses and love to see them thrive in anything and everything they do.
Recently, AmWest Entertainment founder and CEO, Nelson Clemmens, as well as AmWest Entertainment IT Director, Jason Martin, were featured in an exclusive article by the BloodHorse’s Frank Angst. Both give their take on the pressing issue of technology within tote systems and the greater racing industry. These racing professionals provide a call to action on the improvement of technological processes and systems. “Without [this technology] there is no racing and there is no racing industry,” remarks Jason Martin. Though tight budgets can make tote companies reluctant to invest in modern technology, refraining from modernization could lead to bigger losses.
Earlier this month, AmWager continued its dedication to post racing care and second careers for retired race horses by sponsoring The Sliver Charm race at Kentucky Downs on Old Friends Day. AmWager CEO, Nelson Clemmens was in attendance for this exciting day of racing, benefiting a wonderful cause. During his visit he had the pleasure of presenting The Silver Charm trophy, as well as catching up with Old Friends Founder and President, Michael Blowen and Kentucky Downs’ Racing Manager, Rick Albright among other friends.
AmWest Entertainment and AmWager.com proudly sponsored the "Derby Party for the Backside" event, held May 1st at Churchill Downs.
The event is a fundraiser for the Backside Learning Center, which supports equine workers and their families in the pursuit of their personal and professional dreams.
The BLC does this by providing "educational opportunities, assistance in navigating and accessing local resources, and by creating community. In a caring and respectful setting, our clients develop their skills and knowledge with classes, tutoring, and direct assistance tailored to their needs."
To learn more about Backside Learning Center's students and programs, click here.
The show benefits Our Mims Retirement Haven, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the rescue, revitalization and care of retired thoroughbred racehorses and broodmares. Their boarding facility gives them a home for the rest of their lives.
The Thoroughbred Horse Show Association’s mission is to help encourage Thoroughbred adoptions by creating an opportunity for the Thoroughbred to compete in an affordable top show venue and to gain quality show experience in the shows restricted to Thoroughbreds. For more information, visit TBHorseShow.com.
The Group 2 Balanchine Stakes went to France last night as Cladocera landed her second win of the 2015 Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan Racecourse.
In doing so, she became the third Cape Verdi winner, (1600m turf), to follow up in this 1800m turf feature but she has a lot to live up to. Sun Classique won the two contests in 2008 before landing the Dubai Sheema Classic on Dubai World Cup night while Sajjhaa achieved the same feat in 2013 before winning the Group 1 Jebel Hatta on Super Saturday and the Dubai Duty Free on the big night.
AmWest is a diversified simulcast service provider that enjoys strong track relationships, as well as other extensive racing industry and marketing firm affiliations. Our passion, background and continued involvement in Thoroughbred racing and breeding, and ongoing commitment to many state HBPA and other national Thoroughbred industry organizations are major determinants in how we seek to conduct our business activities.


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For example, what happens if you get hurt while renting? Chances are you’re not going to get an opportunity to inspect the property beforehand, and there could be hidden hazards, such as poorly mounted shelves, loose floorboards, steps that aren’t up to code, and a whole host of other potential traps. You’re certainly not going to be able to tell from pictures on a website. If, for example, a shelf fell on you as you slept or you tripped on an unlit stairway, who’d be at fault?
If you were staying at a hotel, the hotel owner would be responsible. When you have a short-term lease on a house, apartment or condo, it’s not as simple. It may be the property owner. If you’re renting a place for the weekend from a long-term tenant, it may be the landlord. If you’ve rented through Airbnb, you may have a claim against the company.
Further, if a tenant in an apartment building rents out a unit on Airbnb and the renter gets hurt, coverage of the injury may be in question, particularly if the landlord hasn’t authorized the tenant to rent out the place.
Alcohol always creates the potential for tempers to flare, which can make drinking establishments dangerous places. You might not realize that under certain circumstances, you can seek to hold the bar itself accountable for injuries that result from altercations on the premises or outside.
This happened recently in Detroit, where a man named John Sykes was hanging out at Blackberry Bar & Grill. Though the bar wasn’t particularly crowded, an unknown man apparently bumped into Sykes several times. After the second or third incident, Sykes says he confronted the man and asked why he kept bumping into him. The man then pulled up his shirt to display a gun.
According to Sykes, bar staff was informed that the man had a gun, but no action was taken and the man remained inside the establishment. Once the man left, Sykes says he waited 40 more minutes before departing the bar. Once he stepped outside, he says he saw the man talking to a bouncer. As Sykes took two more steps outside, the man shot him several times from behind.
When Sykes sought to hold the bar and its owner accountable, a trial judge tossed out the case, saying the bar had no obligation to keep him safe at that point because of the time that had passed since the man displayed the gun. According to the court, the time lapse showed that the altercation inside didn’t create an “imminent” risk of harm that the bar had to address right away.
But the Michigan Court of Appeals reversed, ruling that a potentially aggressive individual carrying a gun in a bar is not a threat that ends when the individual covers up the gun. Accordingly, there was a risk of imminent harm the moment the man showed off the gun. At that point, the bar had a duty to protect the plaintiff from such harm and should have called the police, the court said.
Now, Sykes has a chance to bring his case to a jury. The law may differ from state to state, so talk to an attorney where you live.
When you sign one of these waivers, you’re acknowledging that you won’t hold the operator or sponsor responsible if you or someone in your family gets hurt. However, if you or a loved one does get injured and you think the operator’s carelessness caused the harm, call a lawyer, because these waivers are far from bulletproof.
Take a recent case out of North Carolina. An 18-year-old woman was visiting a trampoline park in Charlotte and suffered a serious injury to her left ankle, requiring surgery. She claimed the injury was caused by a trampoline that was “hard as concrete” when she landed.
When you sign one of these waivers, you’re acknowledging that you won’t hold the operator or sponsor responsible if you or someone in your family gets hurt.
The woman filed suit, but the park operator pointed to a contract she signed before using the facility. The agreement stated that she was not only waiving her right to sue, but she’d also have to pay any attorneys’ fees the facility incurred defending a lawsuit. The park also counter-sued, claiming she violated the contract by filing suit in the first place.
But a judge threw out the countersuit and assessed sanctions (essentially a fine for wasting the court’s time) against the facility. The judge also said the woman’s lawsuit could move forward, finding that in light of the woman’s young age and the circumstances under which she signed, the waiver might be void.
The trampoline park then decided to settle the case out of court, rather than risking a jury verdict. Cases, of course, will have different outcomes depending on the state you’re in and the facts involved, so speak to a lawyer where you live.
If you’re hurt in a car crash caused by another driver and that driver appears not to be someone who can pay out of pocket for the harm, it’s a good idea to talk to a personal injury attorney instead of assuming the case won’t be worth much, as a recent case in South Carolina shows.
In that case, a 45-year-old woman was driving her son home from school on a rainy day and was about to turn into their driveway when a vehicle going the other way hydroplaned, crossed the median and smashed head-on into their car.
The mother and son both suffered serious head injuries that apparently will necessitate care for the rest of their lives.
It’s likely that the driver’s insurance wouldn’t be enough to pay for their care, and he likely couldn’t have covered it on his own. However, basic investigation by the victims’ attorney uncovered that the driver’s employer, a landscaping company, was paying for the driver’s auto loan directly from its bank account and deducting payments from the driver’s paycheck. The driver said he and his boss co-owned the vehicle and that if he were terminated before the loan was paid off, he’d have to give the vehicle back to his boss.
Investigation also showed that less than a week after the employer hired the worker, he was arrested for possession of marijuana and cocaine that was found inside the vehicle. In addition, the employer apparently hired him despite a background check revealing his criminal history.
This paved the way for the family to bring a case of “negligent entrustment” against the employer. In other words, they claimed that a reasonably careful employer wouldn’t have let such a person use its vehicle.
The employer first argued the vehicle belonged to the employee and that, although it guaranteed his loan payments, it had no ownership or control of the vehicle. However, the employer clearly didn’t believe this would fly, as it settled the case for a sizable amount before trial.
When one of us gets hurt as a result of someone else’s carelessness, we expect to be compensated for the harm, whether it’s for our medical expenses, our time out of work or our pain. But it’s very common for the responsible party (or the insurance company that might foot the bill) to say that a physical injury was from a “pre-existing condition,” and thus there’s nothing for them to pay for.
A recent Florida case, though, shows us that in the right set of circumstances, an injured party can recover despite having a pre-existing condition. The condition can sometimes even help your case if you can show that the other party’s negligence made your condition worse. That’s why it’s important to talk a lawyer after you get hurt, instead of taking an insurance company’s “no” for an answer.
In the Florida case, a woman had suffered back pain for several years before falling down a poorly maintained set of stairs in an apartment complex. After the fall, she had to visit the emergency room and required expensive long-term care from a chiropractor as well as costly pain-management medication.
The woman’s own insurance company initially refused to cover any of her costs, claiming that her back injury was due to a pre-existing condition. The apartment complex made a minimal offer that didn’t come close to covering the woman’s expenses.
Ultimately, the woman had to take the apartment complex to court, where a jury decided the complex was at fault for her injuries even though she’d had a bad back before the incident.
Results vary depending on the facts and circumstances of your individual case. Still, if you suffer an injury that worsens your medical condition, call a lawyer to see what options you have.
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BOSTON (AP) - Wynston Tabbs certainly isn't playing like an inexperienced freshman. He continues to be a pleasant surprise, helping Boston College get off to a fast start this season.
"I'm not going to force it," Tabbs said. "I'm letting it come to me when we run the plays, how we do it in practice."
"I was really happy with him," BC coach Jim Christian said. "I think Wynston never came outside of what he does well today. He didn't break off plays, trying to do too much."
BC used an 18-2 spurt over nearly a six-minute stretch in the game's opening minutes to pull in front 20-4. Hamilton's consecutive 3-pointers 50 seconds apart capped the spree. Tabbs' 3 started the run and Bowman added a trey during the spurt when the Eagles held the Pioneers without a basket for 4 Â½ minutes.
"We started the game taking away all their strengths, which is what we emphasized," Christian said. "As the game got on and we got up a little bit, we allowed them to get back in the game and allowed them to make runs at us with their strengths."
"When you're playing a team like Boston College - an ACC team - I think our guys were a little nervous," Sacred Heart coach Anthony Latina said of the start. "Defensively they were switching a little bit, which we had not seen."
"As the game loosened up, we got a little more comfortable," Latina said.
"I thought he did play well," Christian said. "He came in confident and shot the ball well."


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They’re still out there – some near, most far, all wide-open places waiting to expand your horizon. One of these places is the Santa Elena Cloud Forest in Costa Rica where a dense shroud of mist blankets the tight canopy. Golden flecks of sun penetrate the leafy ceiling and dapple the forest floor. Succulent epiphytic plants cling to soggy branches, absorbing drops of moisture from the air. A sparkling violet sabrewing buzzes past, stopping momentarily to scrutinize strange new visitors who have entered his enigmatic realm. A dung beetle busily drives a spherical gift for a female. A three-wattled bellbird bonks on a high branch to attract a mate.
You are in a forest where clouds meander quietly through the understory. Visibility is about a hundred feet. All is quiet. Suddenly, from above, you hear two deep, smooth melancholy notes. The first note rises slightly and the second descends. As you begin to examine the interlaced branches above, the melody repeats. Then abruptly you see a blur of scarlet and green streak across your field of vision landing on a branch only twenty feet away. The clouds drift past and you’re dazzled by a brilliant emerald gleam of an adult male Quetzal. From the top of its Mohawk-like crest, through its metallic green plumage surrounding a crimson red breast, and its long green and a white tail, there is three feet of this incredible bird perching before you.
The Resplendent Quetzal, it is one of nature’s ornate creatures and its home for most of the year is highland cloud forests. What commonly is called the “tail” is actually a pair of two foot long feathers known as tail coverts. In flight this elegant train of glistening emerald shimmers and sways much like the long ribbons of rhythmic gymnasts. The male flaunts these feathers during the mating season in a spectacular display flight in which it flies 150 feet upwards and comes swooping down in a graceful arc.
The Quetzal was revered by Mayans, but only royalty was permitted to wear its feathers. Mayan kings wore headdresses of dozens of the long feathers with their stunning iridescence. Montezuma, the Aztec supreme ruler, wore a cloak of over seven hundred magnificent Quetzal plumes.
Will the Resplendent Quetzal continue to survive for at least another two hundred centuries so our great-, great-, great-grandchildren can continue to admire this glorious bird in the Santa Elena Cloud Forest, like their ancestors?
From San Jose take the Interamerican Highway north to Puntareas. Go another 12 miles (20 km) to the turnoff for Sandinal. The road is paved for a few miles but then be prepared for a bumpy drive. Thirty-nine spine jarring kilometers later you arrive in Santa Elena and then it’s a short 3 km to the Santa Elena Cloud Forest Preserve.
The Hotel Belmar is a beautiful Swiss chalet-style hotel (www.hotelbelmar.net) on the grounds of which I saw plenty of wildlife and heard the three wattled bellbird during my stay. The cost was $80 per night for a double. If you are looking for an inexpensive place to stay try The Arco Iris Lodge in Santa Elena. A regular room with bath is only $50 per night, and budget travelers can stay in the “Bunk Rooms” for just $18 for a single or $28 for a double. With over 40 hotels in the area, one can always find a room for the night!
The Morpho’s Café, in Santa Elena offers good, hearty, economical meals, with so much food on the plate you can’t eat it all.


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Every Thursday, Mary Campbell, a youthful and vivacious 71-year-old, arrives at Career Wardrobe on South 12th Street, usually with a box of fresh donuts from the Reading Terminal Market.
“I like the people. The staff are amazing, and the clients really want to get ahead,” Campbell says. She has been volunteering for five years at the nonprofit, which provides free professional attire for low-income women.
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“I like the people. The staff are amazing, and the clients really want to get ahead,” Campbell says. She has been volunteering for about 15 years at the nonprofit, which provides free professional attire for low-income women.
When a client enters, she is greeted by a dressing assistant. “We want them to feel like valued customers, as if they were walking into Nordstrom’s,” says Campbell. Depending on their career aspirations, clients select from attractive racks of professional clothing: tailored jackets, crisp blouses, pants and skirts. There are also scrubs for women who work in day care or healthcare.
The clothes come from three locations where people can donate professional attire: East Falls Presbyterian Church; Athertyn, an upscale 55+ community in Haverford; and Wardrobe Boutique at 19th and Spring Garden.
Which leads to another service that Career Wardrobe provides. “We offer a variety of workshops on how to dress appropriately, create a confident self-image and prepare for interviews,” says Campbell.
Since 2003, Career Wardrobe has expanded its services to offer this and other educational workshops for women: job coaching, resume critiques, time management, technology, interview skills and financial literacy.
Besides dressing women for new careers, Career Wardrobe holds a holds a “Prom-a-rama” at its Boutique each spring, providing low-income teens with prom gowns, and they have recently launched a menswear pilot program. They also started a co-pay program for college students. “For $10, we outfit them for their first jobs,” says Campbell.
Keeping busy is nothing new for Campbell, an East Falls resident who was working on her Ph.D in Archeology at Temple University when she accepted a one-year position teaching history at Arch Bishop Ryan in Northeast Philadelphia. “One year somehow turned into 25,” says Campbell who, after retiring from teaching, continued her love of archeology by volunteering at Penn’s University Museum three days a week, in addition to one day at Career Wardrobe.
Career Wardrobe is preparing to relocate in the near future from the ground floor of the historic Stephen Girard building on South 12th Street, between Market and Chestnut, to its 19th and Spring Garden location.


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Someone just had to go and do this, didn't they? One of my sole pleasures in life (cue violins) has been pitting my wits against the spreadsheet application Excel. Against the odds, I have devised formulae and functions, and code, to push Excel into doing things it was probably never designed to do.
Many of these were useful, like a staff rota and a technical support reporting system. Others were simply for the heck of it, like my (in)famous Homework Excuse Management System, which will tell you instantly if a pupil has used the same excuse before for not handing in their homework.


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An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Extended Update Support.
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Note: This issue is present in hardware and cannot be fully fixed via software update. The updated kernel packages provide software side of the mitigation for this hardware issue. To be fully functional, up-to-date CPU microcode applied on the system is required. Please refer to References section for further information about this issue, CPU microcode requirements and the potential performance impact.
In this update mitigations for x86-64 architecture are provided.
Red Hat would like to thank Ken Johnson (Microsoft Security Response Center) and Jann Horn (Google Project Zero) for reporting this issue.
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.


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I hate to admit this, but I tend to be a breakfast skipper. With four kids on two different school schedules, my focus is getting them out the door, which leads me to skip the most important meal of the day. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve dropped the kids off at school and jumped right into my daily chores without eating until dinner!
Skipping breakfast is a dangerous thing for me because I’m starving by lunch time and stuffing my face with loads of junk food.
To avoid this problem, I’m making an effort to get my days off to a better start by eating a light and quick breakfast. So, once the kids are off to school, I take a “me moment” to eat breakfast while I check emails and plan out my day.
Since I like to keep things simple, one of my favorite things to eat is fruit and yogurt because it’s one of the easiest things to prepare. However, sometimes I have a craving for something a little more special. Thanks to the new Müller® Ice Cream Inspired Yogurts* found in the yogurt department at Walmart, I can whip up a special breakfast fruit dip in less than 5 minutes! This dip tastes like an indulgent chocolate dessert, but I can feel good about eating it to start my day. Trust me, it’s really easy and super yummy!
*As of 2015, you may not be able to find this yogurt any longer. Substitute with your favorite vanilla bean yogurt.
To make the dip ~ Empty one container of Müller® vanilla bean yogurt in a bowl. Can you see all those wonderful specks of vanilla bean yumminess? Add 2 tsp. of cocoa powder. Add 2 tsp. of honey. Are you breaking a sweat yet? Mix together until everything is well incorporated. Looks good, right? But hold on, we’re not done yet!
To make this an extra special dip, take sugar-free caramel and drizzle it over the top. Next, add some fruit and you have a fantastic breakfast or “better-for-you” alternative to eating ice cream or junk food during the day. This is definitely one time that I can feel good about having a “dessert” for breakfast.
In fact, not only do I love this Vanilla Bean & Chocolate Yogurt Fruit Dip, it’s been kid tested and approved!
What are your favorite ways to jazz up and enjoy yogurt?
Thanks for sharing something simply delicious and will get my kids to eat more fruit! Thanks for sharing with Small Victories Sunday Linkup. Pinning to our linkup board and hope you join us again this weekend.
G’day I could so go for some of this right now!
I love, love love Vanilla bean yogurt! This looks delish! Thanks for linking up at Simple Plate #Simply Sundays! Don’t forget to grab your button and add a link!
Yum, I could get addicted to that 🙂 Thanks for sharing your post at Together on Tuesdays!
It’s super easy and I always have these ingredients on-hand. I don’t always add the caramel drizzle, but if I do, there are a lot of sugar-free ones that are a great addition. The kids love it and it’s a healthier snack than chips & cookies.
This sounds delicious. I may need to make it.
Looks absolutely delicious! I want some right now! I love yogurt, must make this!!
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I love yogurt too! It’s such a great quick snack or breakfast for the family.
It’s such an easy and quick treat to make. Hope you try it and thanks for pinning.
Zan this is seriously one of the best tasting yogurts I’ve had in a long time. The mint and raspberry chocolate chip flavors are amazing!
Lol…yes you’ll definitely want to eat more. Although, I only eat half of the dip with the fruits and save the rest for a snack later in the day.
I love yogurt and dipping my fruit in it makes for a special breakfast treat.
It’s very yummy! One of the best tasting vanilla yogurts out there.
These yogurts are so good! My daughter has asked for more of these.
Oh goodness, that looks yummy! I love yogurt! So versatile!
I love how easy this is pinned for future use, followed here from the Home Matters party.
I am sure my family would ENJOY this dip. We enjoy anything yogurt! In fact, we like to eat yogurt with fruit and granola toppings. And even make frozen yogurt from them. But bummer………our new son seems to be bothered by the foods I eat, especially milk and dairy based foods!!!!! But this yogurt seems like something I would like to try – and no, I have not seen this new kind at Walmart. Well, considering I have not been out shopping since the baby (just one time)….Hubby goes.
I love that this dip is made with yogurt. That makes it very healthy so I can eat more.
I love a good fruit dip any time of the day. I’ve never thought about having it for breakfast. What a fun treat!
It’s so yummy. My daughter LOVES eating this.
This looks amazing! Trying it this week,thanks!


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Description: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Silicon Valley crashed Hollywood's biggest awards show on Sunday as Amazon.com Inc and Netflix Inc collected the first Academy Awards for streaming services while independent studio A24 won the coveted best picture Oscar. After upending television with acclaimed online series, Amazon and Netflix joined the ranks of the film industry's elites with four gold statuettes between them. Amazon Studios, a unit of e-commerce giant Amazon.com, scored a best actor trophy for Casey Affleck's portrayal of a grieving man in "Manchester by the Sea." The movie also won best original screenplay. Amazon's other accolade came for best foreign language film for Iranian drama "The Salesman," which Amazon distributed in the United States and Canada. Netflix triumphed in the documentary short-subject category for 40-minute film "The White Helmets," a look at rescue workers in war-torn Syria. But A24, a small independent studio founded in 2012, won the most prestigious award of the night with its best picture Oscar for "Moonlight," a drama about a gay black youth coming to terms with his sexuality in an impoverished Miami neighborhood. The movie was produced for $1.5 million, a tiny budget by Hollywood standards. The filmmakers thanked A24 for taking a chance on the coming-of-age tale. "It was outside the model of what a movie should be, in terms of return on investment," producer Jeremy Kleiner told reporters backstage. The Oscar victory "hopefully creates some incentives to make movies like this," he said. "Moonlight" had brought in $22.3 million in domestic ticket sales through Sunday, the smallest take among the best picture nominees, according to comScore data. Oscar recognition can boost theater, DVD and digital sales for the winning films. Last year's best picture honoree, "Spotlight," took in $5.9 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters after the award, comScore said. For Amazon and Netflix, the accolades provide bragging rights they can use in marketing to help win customers to their subscription video services. "It will make them a must-subscribe destination for film fans," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore. Amazon paid $10 million for "Manchester by the Sea" at the Sundance film festival. The movie has earned $46.8 million at domestic theaters, and will appear later this year on Amazon's Prime Video service. Among all studios, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp took home the most trophies including six wins for musical romance "La La Land" and two for "Hacksaw Ridge." Walt Disney Co won four including best animated feature for "Zootopia" and best documentary for ESPN's "O.J.: Made in America."
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