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15 February 2021

IHG Hotels & Resorts reveals guests' growing passion to travel better

More than 80% of people say it is important to choose a hotel brand that operates responsibly as IHG launches its 10-year plan to care for people, communities and the planet

People are more mindful than ever about travelling consciously following the Covid-19 pandemic, reveals a new global survey by IHG® Hotels & Resorts. The research is commissioned as part of IHG’s launch of ‘Journey to Tomorrow’: a 10-year action plan comprising a series of far-reaching new commitments to make a positive difference and help shape the future of responsible travel.

60 per cent of the 9,000 adults surveyed across the US, UK, Germany, Greater China, the UAE and Australia agree that they want to be more environmentally and socially conscious on their travels. This is led by 69 per cent of younger travellers (aged 18 to 24) compared to just 48 per cent of 55s and over.

It appears travellers not only intend to do more for the planet and communities around them, they are willing to pay for it too. The research found that consumers will spend an average of 31 per cent more on accommodation they know operates responsibly – with 51 per cent happy to fork out more than 20 per cent extra a night.

Community first: Guests connecting with purpose

With the world travelling more locally – or not at all – right now, it seems the pandemic has made consumers more mindful about preserving and connecting with the communities around them. More than half of respondents across the globe (57 per cent) say they care more about doing their bit for local communities and the planet while travelling, now than they did 10 years ago. In fact, 46 per cent of people say they are more likely to be mindful about avoiding tourist activities that have a negative impact on the local environment and communities since the global pandemic.

86 per cent of people say it is important to get to know the local community when visiting somewhere new, with two thirds doing this by supporting local eateries (67 per cent), followed by shopping locally (64 per cent), speaking with the locals (61 per cent), and getting involved with local tours (48 per cent). A further 3 in 10 choose to stay with travel companies that offer local community programmes. As for activities such as volunteering and restoration projects, young travellers aged 18-24 are nearly three times as likely to get involved when visiting another country, compared to those 55 and over.

Travelling better for a sustainable future
The appetite for better, greener travel is ripe. An incredible 82 per cent of adults around the world say they are committed to taking their everyday sustainable habits with them when they travel, with using the correct waste and recycling disposal for different items taking the top spot as the number one habit.

And it seems sustainability doesn’t need to take a backseat on holidays. Hotels are a welcome spot to do better: the two most popular habits when travelling include re-using towels and walking short distances to explore the local neighbourhood. And, when asked what people would avoid so they could be a more responsible traveller, 47 per cent of respondents said they would avoid leaving the air conditioning on when they leave the room.

Our Journey to Tomorrow

Keith Barr, CEO, IHG Hotels & Resorts, said: “As we look to the future, the global response to Covid-19 reminded us what can be achieved when we come together and work towards the greater good. This has made us all more conscious than ever about caring for people, communities and planet. Journey to Tomorrow embodies IHG’s strengthened commitment to make sure we do what’s right, not just what’s needed, and we are determined to contribute towards positive social and economic change, to stand up for key issues such as diversity, equity and inclusion, and human rights, and to make more responsible environmental choices.

“A great guest experience at our hotels is inextricably linked to operating thoughtfully and growing sustainably. So, while travel may have been temporarily paused for many, we want the next stage of our journey to be successful in every sense of the word.”

The ambitions and commitments are firmly rooted in an understanding of what is most important to colleagues, guests and partners across the world when it comes to doing business in the right way, as well as how IHG can play its part in advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals in this important 10 years of action. For decades, IHG has been championing its purpose of True Hospitality, from providing skills and education to supporting young people, and taking action for environmental change, to partnering with experts globally on urgent causes such as humanitarian and disaster relief efforts.

Commenting on IHG’s Journey to Tomorrow, Laurie Lee, Chief Executive Officer, CARE International UK said: “For the past decade, IHG Hotels & Resorts has demonstrated its commitment to responsible travel by working with CARE International UK to respond to emergencies around the world with a special focus on providing safe shelter. IHG’s support of CARE has remained firm despite the unprecedented challenges facing the travel industry – and the communities we serve – as a result of the pandemic. In the past year alone, CARE and IHG provided essential Covid-19 prevention resources to almost 5,000 people in the Bogor district of Indonesia, a region severely affected by floods and subsequent Covid-19 outbreaks.

“Furthermore, with IHG's support, CARE helped nearly 20,000 people following Vanuatu’s devastating cyclone by providing emergency materials as well as the training and tools to rebuild homes. These life-saving humanitarian efforts are critical to helping communities respond to, and recover from, crises wherever they happen, and we look forward to continuing the next decade of action with IHG.”

With a family of 16 brands and almost 6,000 hotels and resorts at the heart of local communities around the globe, IHG is here when travellers are ready. IHG recognises the power of collaboration and will join forces with all who stay, work and partner with them to reduce carbon emissions in line with climate science, eliminate single-use items or move to reusable/recyclable alternatives, reduce food waste, and collaborate locally to tackle water sustainability in high-risk areas.

  • Join the journey: More information on IHG’s Journey to Tomorrow can be found here, including information on the plan, ambitions, detailed commitments, and to follow the progress.
  • Link to assets here

For further information please contact:

Nicole Veauvy
+61 (0) 448 063 902

About IHG®

IHG Hotels & Resorts [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation with a broad portfolio of hotel brands, including Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, Regent Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo, EVEN Hotels, HUALUXE Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, voco, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, avid hotels, Staybridge SuitesAtwell Suites and Candlewood Suites.

IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns nearly 6,000 hotels and 890,000 guest rooms in more than 100 countries, with approximately 1,900 hotels in its development pipeline. IHG also manages IHG Rewards, our global loyalty programme, which has more than 100 million enrolled members.

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group’s holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. Approximately 400,000 people work across IHG's hotels and corporate offices globally.

Visit www.ihg.com for hotel information and reservations and www.ihgrewards.com for more on IHG Rewards Club. For our latest news, visit our Newsroom and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

All the figures are from OnePoll, a survey-led marketing research company specialising in online and mobile polling. It has offices in London and Bristol, U.K.

9,000 people were surveyed: 2,000 in the United States, 2,000 in the United Kingdom, 2,000 in Greater China, 1,000 in Germany, 1,000 in the UAE and 1,000 in Australia.

Survey was conducted online between 20 and 28 January 2021.

The figures stated have been weighted and are representative of adults (18+) who travel for business/leisure in every region.


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Sleeping Through It

“Proper prior preparation prevents poor performance.” That was a line I heard fairly often back in my Air Force days (seems like a complete other lifetime now), and it spoke to the notion that a bad day is often the result of our own actions, or inaction, as the case may be.

I am thinking of the “6P’s” because a cursory look at the calendar reveals that this year’s Seventy48 race is only seven weeks away. To go from Tacoma to Port Townsend, by water and under your own power, is not something that you can roll out of bed and just do. At least, I don’t think so. It’s a function of the need to make good distance happen during the appropriate times, to manage time, sleep, weather and tide in a way that will allow you to finish the course before the race ends at the 48-hour mark.

I don’t think I’ve been getting as much of that proper prior preparation as I should be lately. Life has a knack for getting in the way of the best intentions and that’s how it’s been going around here for the past couple of months. I would be lying if I said I’m not concerned about what that means for my prospects, but I like to think that there’s still time to get on the stick and make it happen.

Of course, there’s another saying that also comes to mind: “If you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute.”


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North America Isopropyl Alcohol Market to Reach 1.0 Million Tons by 2025, Impelled by Advent Bio-Based Variants

Published on Sep 12, 2020

According to the recent report by IMARC Group, titled “North America Isopropyl Alcohol Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2020-2025,” the North America isopropyl alcohol market size reached around 871,861 Tons in 2019. Isopropyl alcohol, with the chemical formula CH3CHOHCH3, is a colorless and flammable compound. Also known as 2-propanol, it is synthesized from the reaction of sulfuric acid and propylene, followed by hydrolysis. Isopropyl alcohol creates a homogenous mixture with ether, water, ethanol, chloroform, oils, natural resins, and polyvinyl butyral. As a result, it is commonly used as a solvent and cleaning fluid, especially to dissolve oils. Besides this, it is also utilized as an anesthetic, disinfectant, intermediate, and additive. Due to its versatile nature, isopropyl alcohol finds applications in a wide range of sectors like cosmetics, automotive, liquid detergents, paints and coatings, food processing, and printing.

We are regularly tracking the direct effect of COVID-19 on the market, along with the indirect influence of associated industries. These observations will be integrated into the report.

North America Isopropyl Alcohol Market Trends:

One of the leading factors driving the demand for isopropyl alcohol in North America is the rising cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Isopropyl alcohol is utilized in the production of hand sanitizers, hand rubs, other disinfection products, which are being widely used as a preventive measure to curb the spread of the disease. Furthermore, due to its favorable properties, isopropyl alcohol is utilized in personal care products and cosmetics. The rising demand for anti-aging products in North America is bolstering the growth of the market. Apart from this, isopropyl alcohol is employed in the food and beverage industry for the extraction and purification of natural products like colors, vitamins, flavorings, and oils. Furthermore, the introduction of bio-based isopropyl alcohol is creating a positive outlook for the market growth due to the rising inclination toward renewable resources. On account of these factors, the market is expected to exceed 1.0 Million Tons by 2025, exhibiting a CAGR of 2.7% during the forecast period (2020-2025).

Market Summary:

  • Based on the type, the market has been segmented into process solvents, cleaning agents, coating solvents, intermediates, and others.
  • On the basis of the end use, the market has been classified into cosmetics and personal care, pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, paints and coatings, chemicals, and others.
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All the President's Men (1976) Poster

Jason Robards: Ben Bradlee

  • [last lines]

    [last lines excluding archive footage]

    Ben Bradlee : You know the results of the latest Gallup Poll? Half the country never even heard of the word Watergate. Nobody gives a shit. You guys are probably pretty tired, right? Well, you should be. Go on home, get a nice hot bath. Rest up... 15 minutes. Then get your asses back in gear. We're under a lot of pressure, you know, and you put us there. Nothing's riding on this except the, uh, first amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country. Not that any of that matters, but if you guys fuck up again, I'm going to get mad. Goodnight.

  • Howard Simons : Then can we use their names?

    Carl Bernstein : No.

    Ben Bradlee : Goddammit, when is somebody going to go on the record in this story? You guys are about to write a story that says the former Attorney General, the highest-ranking law enforcement officer in this country, is a crook! Just be sure you're right.

  • Ben Bradlee : All non-denial denials. They doubt our ancestry, but they don't say the story isn't accurate.

  • Ken Clawson : Please, listen, now, if you're going to refer to that alleged conversation with Sally Aiken, you can't print that it took place in her apartment. I have a wife and a family and a dog and a cat.

    Ben Bradlee : A wife and a family and a dog and a cat. Right, Ken, right, yeah. Uh, Ken, I don't want to print that you were in Sally's apartment...

    Ken Clawson : Thank God.

    Ben Bradlee : I just want to know what you said, in Sally's apartment.

  • Ben Bradlee : Where's the goddamn story?

    Bob Woodward : The money's the key to whatever this is.

    Ben Bradlee : Says who?

    Howard Simons : Deep Throat.

    Ben Bradlee : Who?

    Howard Simons : Oh, that's Woodward's garage freak; his source in the executive department.

    Ben Bradlee : Garage Freak? Jesus, what kind of a crazy fucking story is this? Who did you say?

    Howard Simons : He's on deep background, I call him deep... throat.

  • John Mitchell : [on phone]  All that crap you're putting in the paper? It's all been denied. You tell your publisher, tell Katie Graham she's gonna get her tit caught in a big wringer if that's published. Good Christ, that's the most sickening thing I ever heard.

    Ben Bradlee : [later]  He really said that about Mrs. Graham?

    Carl Bernstein : [nods]

    Ben Bradlee : Well, I'd cut the words "her tit" and print it.

    Carl Bernstein : Why?

    Ben Bradlee : This is a family newspaper.

  • Scott, Foreign Editor : It's a dangerous story for this paper.

    Ben Bradlee : How dangerous?

    Scott, Foreign Editor : Well, it's not that we're using nameless sources that bothers me. Or that everything we print, the White House denies. Or that no other papers are reprinting our stuff.

    Howard Simons : What then?

    Scott, Foreign Editor : Look, there are two thousand reporters in this town, are there five on Watergate? When did the Washington Post suddenly get the monopoly on wisdom? Why would the Republicans do it? McGovern's self-destructed just like Humphrey, Muskie, the bunch of them. I don't believe this story. It doesn't make sense.

  • Ben Bradlee : Now hold it, hold it. We're about to accuse Haldeman, who only happens to be the second most important man in this country, of conducting a criminal conspiracy from inside the White House. It would be nice if we were right.

  • Ben Bradlee : How much can you tell me about Deep Throat?

    Bob Woodward : How much do you need to know?

    Ben Bradlee : Do you trust him?

    Bob Woodward : Yeah.

    Ben Bradlee : I can't do the reporting for my reporters, which means I have to trust them. And I hate trusting anybody. Run that baby.

  • Ben Bradlee : *Woodstein*...!

    [Newsroom goes quiet]

  • Ben Bradlee : How are you going to get it?

    Bob Woodward : We haven't had any luck yet.

    Ben Bradlee : Get some.

  • Ben Bradlee : Look, McGovern's dropped to nothing, Nixon's guaranteed the renomination, the Post is stuck with a story no one else wants, it'll sink the goddamn paper. Everyone says, "Get off it, Ben", and I come on very sage and I say, uh, "Well, you'll see, you wait till this bottoms out." But the truth is, I can't figure out WHAT we've got.

  • National Editor : Ben, it's a dangerous story for this paper. What if your boys get it wrong?

    Ben Bradlee : Then it's our asses.

  • Ben Bradlee : Bernstein, are you sure on this story?

    Carl Bernstein : Absolutely.

    Ben Bradlee : Woodward?

    Bob Woodward : I'm sure.

    Ben Bradlee : I'm not. It still seems thin.

    Howard Simons : Get another source.

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Unprecedented Time In A Global Pandemic

Today would have been the first day of a much-needed family vacation. We were planning to head south for some fun in the sun, but like many, we did the responsible thing and put those plans on hold.

As the news reports began to mount we grew increasingly concerned about the risks that the Coronavirus (Covid-19) was presenting not just to those around the world, but also right here at home.

We have learned from what has happened in other countries and the necessary steps needed to ensure the safety of ourselves, our family, the most vulnerable and the community at large. I believe it is up to everyone to do their part to flatten the curve.

As difficult as this time will be for all of those affected, with loss of work, closures of businesses and those whose health may be at risk we need to come together as communities to help those who need it most. We need to do our part by staying home to lessen the burden on our healthcare system and support our front-line workers as they do the hard work of beating this deadly virus.

For those of us who have the easy job of staying home, it is important to have a perspective of the big picture. I am taking this opportunity to pause and find gratitude for what I have. I am going to use this time to connect with my family and catch up on all the things I could never seem to find the time for. Remember all those times when you said: “if I only had more time”?

I am not discrediting how hard this is and the impact this global pandemic will have on people, businesses and our global economy, but I am choosing to take it one day at a time with positivity rather than panic.

Let’s be kind, spread love and have faith that everything will be okay.

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What Is Old Is New Again

Back in the day, going to the salon was a social event that you wouldn’t dare miss out on.

Women would meet at the salon to fill each other in on the latest gossip, and it was imperative that you got the perfect roller set. That seems evident from the vintage photos that show how good of a time was had while sitting under the hood of a hair dryer! It was a ritual. Every week women got their hair washed, dried and styled perfectly. And that routine was on repeat.

Somewhere between then and now, we lost sight of the value of experiences, quality services, and products, and started looking for the quick fix or the “one stop shop”. Fruit markets, butcher shops, barbers and boutique beauty salons started to disappear as big box stores began to appeal to people who could get everything they needed in one location for a lower price. Convenience took the place of quality.

Over the last few years we have begun to see yet another shift, a shift back to the basics. Big box stores are becoming less attractive as people want clean, quality foods and memorable experiences. Its like the old saying … Jack of all trades, but master of none. The same holds true when it comes to personal care.

Vent blow dry bar is in a sense a modern reincarnation of the old beauty salon from the 50s and 60s with a little less hairspray and the addition of some cocktails. We have created a specialized service, in a beautiful setting where women can meet and enjoy their experience. We don’t intend to compete with the full service salon where women go for their cuts and colour, we hope to fill the gap in between where women can come and enjoy an affordable luxury while leaving feeling confident and beautiful.

Essentially it is a perfect storm where convenience, luxury, and affordability come together.

Life is full of appointments, come for an experience!

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Our stress management training helps people recognise the impact of excess pressure on themselves and others.

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Tailored specifically to each group, our stress management courses are designed to help employees and managers deal better with the pressures of the modern workplace.

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A modern, glamorous and unforgettable collection of prom gowns, that are designed in the UK by a dedicated team of talented British designers.  With attention to detail, sensational silhouettes, on trend details and endless amounts of sparkle, this prom collection offers you the WOW factor.

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Published on March 9th, 2019 | by Dan Lix

Starcraft Soldiers #3 Review

Starcraft Soldiers #3 Review Dan Lix

Summary: With miners and marines against her, Singh realizes she needs to adjust her approach---and soon, given the imminent zerg threat.

Zerg rush!

Shivani Singh is back for another round against miners and zerg alike in Starcraft Soldiers #3. Written by Andrew R. Robinson and illustrated by Miguel Sepulveda, this issue continues the saga of the rookie Terran lieutenant on the backwater world of Cavir. Her transport exploded, nearly taking her and Sergeant Tiller with it. Since she has orders to toss the miners off Cavir, Singh suspects their involvement in the attack, but has no proof.

She takes her suspicions to Colonel Basch, but is met with indifference—but a promise that he’ll investigate. Basch tells Singh she needs to lay off, and play things down. He tells her that it’ll help improve her reputation around the base. However, the base is now on lock-down and a lot of people blame her for what happened. Meanwhile, she still has her task to see the miners safely off-world and is starting to realize that this might be something she can’t handle on her own.

Singh is starting to learn that she can’t push people around and not have them push back. Though she began her crusade heavy handed and by the book, now she shows more of a willingness to work with her squad and accept the advice of the people around her. Not only that, but certain events in this issue also indicate that she’s also gained awareness that sometimes a “by the book” stance won’t always work. Without spoiling things, Singh reaches out to an old friend for help, and this particular friend belongs to a certain seedier element.

My biggest gripe with the last issue was Singh’s lack of character development. Soldiers #3 fixes that, and goes a long way to making Singh feel more believable, more human, and generally more likeable. She’s patched things up with her squad and has them mostly on her side. Now she mainly has the miners and the zerg to worry about. I’d still love to know more about her past, but seeing as we only have one more issue for that and this series is barreling towards its conclusion, I’m not sure there’s time for that. Nonetheless, I felt like Singh’s come a long way since when she first landed on Cavir, and she’s up to the challenges that are coming her way.

Speaking of zerg, they’re out there and they’re a threat. This issue expands on their presence on Cavir and really illustrates just how much trouble these Terrans are getting into. Zerg rush! Oh noes!

The art, oh man the art. As always, this series does an amazing job at capturing the Starcaft setting. The vehicles and structures are strikingly accurate to the game series, and seeing them drawn to scale with one another is exciting. I could talk for hours about how well the art represents Starcraft, but instead I’ll just focus on a couple of specific scenes that really stood out for me.

The first is a panel that shows the marines decked out in their armor, standing side by side in the rain. The rain is coming down in sheets, the droplets splashing off the plating, while their transport sits off to the side. The shading and rain effects combine really well to lend an impressive sort of ambience.

The next one I loved was a scene with Singh on a vulture. The panel is a drawing of her from the side, and is reminiscent of 2D side scroller games. The blur and the flare from the vulture’s propulsion and the overall sense of motion the scene conveys is impressive and is just overall extremely well done.

There’s another scene that I can’t talk about much due to potential spoilers, but it involves hydralisk spines shredding through a marine’s armor. It’s gory, it’s visceral, and it’s just all in all pretty great.

Singh’s taken some time to find her footing here on Cavir, but she’s a far cry from the rookie lieutenant she was when she first arrived. Her efforts to force the miners off-world haven’t gone quite as well as she’d hoped, and now she’s sacrificing some of her principles to get the job done. She’s learning what she can and can’t get away with, but she’s still sticking to her mission. I enjoyed watching her character growth, and this was a pretty great story set in the Starcraft universe. With the zerg threat incoming, I’m looking forward to seeing how this series concludes!

Story: 4/5
Art: 4.5/5

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Trump's top economic adviser seems to be confused about new executive orders in cringeworthy interview

White House director of the National Economic Council can't seem to get his numbers straight while explaining the president's latest coronavirus relief measures

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Trump's top economic adviser appears extremely confused over new unemployment executive orders

Donald Trump’s top economic adviser seemed to have a difficult time explaining the specific details behind the president’s latest executive orders, which were aimed at providing coronavirus relief measures after negotiations stalled in Washington.

The executive orders would cut additional government unemployment benefits provided during the pandemic from $600 to $400, and offer a payroll tax holiday for millions of Americans, which Mr Trump said he would make permanent if reelected in November.

But none of that was entirely clear when Larry Kudlow, the White House’s director of the National Economic Council, spoke to CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday morning.

Mr Kudlow asserted the president’s orders on unemployment benefits would actually provide $800 to Americans who lost work due to the pandemic — even though Mr Trump’s measures would offer just half of that amount.

He went on to claim Americans would receive as much as $1,200 under the new measures when asked when the first relief checks would be received, saying: “I don’t want to be as specific as you might hold me to it, as you should, but I think it’s going to be in a couple of weeks, and I think it’s going to come to about $1,200 per person — that’s a huge wage increase.”

The economic adviser’s answer did not provide a specific timeline, or include the fact that the federal government will only pay $400 while requiring states to pay 25 percent. Moreover, it is not possible for someone on unemployment benefits to earn a “wage increase” as they are not working and have no wages to begin with.

“You keep saying $1,200 per person, are you talking about in addition to the unemployment that they’re already getting?” Ms Bash asked Mr Kudlow.

“No, that’s the payroll — no, I’m sorry, I beg your pardon, the $1,200 will come from the payroll tax deferral, on top of this — yeah, I’m sorry,” Mr Kudlow responded.

He then once again asserted that unemployment benefits would amount to “$800 bucks,” leaving the anchor appearing confused.

“$800 or $400?” she asked.

“No, it should be four — it should be $800,” Mr Kudlow said. “If the states step up, we’re prepared to match, that should come out $400 federal, $400 states.”

Ms Bash then moved on from the issue, telling Mr Kudlow: “Okay, we’ll move on because I think this is not what the president said and it’s a bit confusing, and I think the fact that it’s not entirely known is very telling.”

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Vedaa weaves a saree store in Mumbai

Contemporary weaves brand, Vedaa launched its first flagship store in the city of Mumbai.
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Vedaa, a brand of contemporary weaves, has launched its first flagship store at Juhu, Mumbai. Bollywood actress Sara Loren and Jaya Laxmikanth - wife of singer Laxmikanth of the Laxmikanth Pyarelal duo were present to grace the occasion.

Award winning weaver Ghanshyam Das Bode inaugurated the store and unveiled the look-book and saree showcase of Vedaa's new bridal collection. He was joined by Snehal Pinto, Director -Ryan Group, Sunita Gupta, Owner - The Big Door and many more!

The centre of attraction of the launch was Sara Loren wearing a beautiful Yellow Organza Kanjivaram from the Vedaa collection, along with other women of stature who are current Vedaa aficionados.

Vedaa stands for the ‘Nari’ in her foremost elegance. Traditional techniques of weaving are revived and curated to create woven textures in sarees, suit coordinates and dupattas.

The brand in its collection has contemporary weaves like ikkat kanchi, kota doria kanchi, linen warp kanchi, tissue zari by zari kanchi, kora kanchi and much more. Vedaa also showcases forgotten mina butis of benares, balucheris and benarasi dupattas. In addition, it has cotton and silk paithanis, patan patolas, uppadas, ikkats and ahimsa silk by ereena.

Vedaa's concept studio is devoted to luxurious handcrafted sarees woven on many looms across India. For the diversity of the store, Vedaa has also collaborated with Ereena silks who are into Ahimsa silks and a leading jeweller who handcrafts antique polki gold jewellery.

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In 2014-15, Indian handicrafts exports stood at US$ 4.5 billion, up approximately 15.4 per cent over the previous year's exports.
Indian Artifacts Sector

The Indian Handicraft industry’s contribution in generating employment to a huge number of artisans’- generation after generation cannot be underestimated. The Indian handicrafts industry is fragmented, with more than 7 million regional artisans and more than 67,000 exporters/export houses promoting regional art and craftsmanship in the domestic and global markets. In 2014–15, Indian handicrafts exports stood at US$ 4.5 billion, up approximately 15.4 per cent over the previous year’s exports.

However, this priceless jewel of our heritage is clouded with inadequate advertising and publicity, faulty policies, un-remunerative and baseless pricing, exploitation by middlemen and untapped zones and similar threats. The threats that this age-old craft are facing today need to be overcome with policies and practices initiated by the Government and the citizens of this country alike. Few challenges that the industry faces today can be summed up as under –

Erratic Government Policy
The government has somehow not managed to provide an environment and physical infrastructure favourable for the growth of the industry. Consequently, the mass import of mediocre goods from China has resulted in a virtual swamp of the market by Chinese goods. Moreover, these goods are not only sub-standard most of the times, but are also non-biodegradable which makes them environmentally unfriendly. Therefore, the government needs to do more in terms of regulatory provisions to promote small scale enterprises and in terms of availability of infrastructure. It also needs to create disincentives and enforce them for dumping of goods by other countries.

Poor Marketing Strategies
Marketing strategies are an important factor for the success of rural artisans. These strategies are crucial because it is related to other elements, such as pricing and resulting profits. One way in which this can be implemented with immediate effect is the use of personal recommendation which is used to promote products. Companies should be enabled to promote and sell Indian handicrafts to local as well as International buyers. India needs to develop this into an organized sector to be able to deliver this craft to right people.

Lack of Training and awareness in Artisans
Indian handicrafts, no doubt is, unique in itself, but the makers keep on making the same age old pattern which does not attract consumers. This is because there isn’t a way to bring these artisans and craftsmen up the curve. Low literacy and education levels add to the inability of artisans to access resources from modern sectors. Institutes should come forward to encourage this craft by taking an active participation in the training and development of the artisans and teach them newer and better ways of making their products by giving them a more contemporary touch. A differential strategy rather than a focused one will help the existing situation.

Un-defined wage structure
Since most of the artisans in the Indian handicraft industry belong to the economically backward classes of the society, financially sponsoring entrepreneurial projects, large or small& paying attention to developmental needs of the community remains a major concern. Such an unorganized manner of working has resulted in a low wage system which leaves absolutely no scope for training & development of the artisans. This leads to a shortage of skilled workforce in many cases. The objective of converting artisans to self-sustained community based entrepreneurs need to be achieved to overcome this challenge.

Poor technological know-how
It has been found that a major reason of the popularity of Chinese products in India is credited to large scale machine-made production of the Chinese goods. Indian products are completely hand-made because the Indian artisan is unaware about new technologies and modern industry trends. This coupled with lack of proper infrastructure facilities in India affect the production & marketing in this sector.

Lack of financial and credit facilities
Due to low wages and lack of financial and other credit facilities along with uncertainty of workload throughout the year the artisans are incapable of sustaining a basic lifestyle and hence look for alternate occupation. This makes them difficult to preserve and pass on this art to the next generation as due to financial pressures, the children of the craftsmen have to take up other ill paying jobs, while giving up on their traditional occupation, leading to further deterioration of the craft. This is the time for the Govt. to explore public private partnership models to bring about greater efficiencies in this sector. Such an initiative will promote sustained growth of the handicraft clusters and sustained earnings for the artisans.

To sum it up, an entire cleansing and shuffling of the process is necessary. Policies need to be streamlined and outdated regulations should be amended. Only then will we be able to sustain and enliven this primitive but beautiful craft of our country.

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Shoppers Stop on Wednesday launched clothing and accessories brand Femina FLAUNT, owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL), one of India's leading multimedia groups.

The country's largest department store chain will retail the brand exclusively through dedicated shop-in-shop space within Shoppers Stop stores. The range will initially be available across 17 stores, going up to 75 stores in the next three years.

Femina has a nearly 50-year old heritage and stands for women's voices. We hope to convert this into a fashionable, stylish and affordable brand," said Govind Shrikhande, managing director, Shoppers Stop.

As part of a unique 'co-create and co-own' partnership, BCCL has licensed 'Femina FLAUNT' to Shoppers Stop to design, develop and retail the brand exclusively across its stores. FLAUNT is the retail identity developed by BCCL for Femina. "Femina, one of our flagship brands has had a phenomenal bond with its readers, over the last many decades. Today, that relationship gets redefined, as 'Femina FLAUNT' moves into their wardrobes," said Vineet Jain, managing director of BCCL.

Flaunt's first collection will feature apparel, footwear, accessories and bags. Indian ethnic wear such as sarees and salwar-kameez still account for three-fourths of the entire women's wear market worth Rs 90,000 crore. Experts feel that the demand for women's western wear is at an all-time high, thanks to the increase in the share of women in the workforce and the growing economic independence of women. This trend is expected to continue as more women enter the labour force.

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According to PWInsider, Impact Wrestling's management is looking for a new television deal that can broadcast the company's weekly episodes. After leaving Spike TV in 2014, where the show would consistently get around 1.5 million views or more, Impact Wrestling's program went over to Destination America where it initially was on track to once again get it's ratings up and then it was again unfortunately canceled. The Destination America deal only lasted one year. Impact was forced to look for another TV home, this time it was POP TV who picked up the show and it has remained on their since 2016.

The current deal with POP TV is set to expire on December 31, 2018 and after POP TV's decision to move the program to a later time slot the ratings have been extremely low, so low in fact that it's the lowest they have been in it's entire company's history. Now Impact Wrestling is under way to find a new TV home for 2019. Several new TV home have been thrown around including, TruTV, SyFy, & WGN America which you can read here for more information.

Update On Impact Wrestling’s TV Deal With Pop, & Potential New TV Home

What is now being thrown out there as a potential new home for Impact Wrestling is a rather strange one and that is the USA Network. For anyone living under a rock, the USA Network is the current broadcasting home of WWE Raw & WWE Smackdown. (before Smackdown moves over to FOX in 2019)

Now this is going to be an older quote that was first made publicly online earlier this year (May) and this is a Dave Metlzer quote to don't take it as 100% true or fact but it is as follows.

" Something that nobody expected could happen in the coming days and is apparently USA Network, would be interested in adding a new Wrestling program to their channel to cover the low WWE Smackdown and this could be Impact Wrestling according to Dave Meltzer.

Dave Meltzer speculated that although USA Network kept the WWE RAW program on its network with a new contract. the loss of WWE Smackdown could push the USA Network to look for a substitute wrestling program to cover that low.

Meltzer spoke about the fact that USA Network is possibly approaching Impact Wrestling and that Impact would love being associated with the network. their current contract with PopTV is not worth as much as the $1 million contract USA Network could offer them.

This will be great news for Impact producers as it would allow them to maintain the program and get new benefits for the program both in advertising and in making themselves known to the general public by being in one of the largest networks in the United States."

Now if this were to happen this would not be the first time that two rival wrestling companies have aired on the same network. Back in 2015 out of nowhere Ring of Honor was being broadcasted on Destination America on the same night as Impact Wrestling something that really surprised many people.

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Technologists at Facebook on Tuesday are releasing a source code transformer intended to boost the performance of PHP.

In development for the past two years, the technology, called HipHop for PHP, has been used to reduce the CPU usage on Facebook Web servers by an average of about 50 percent, said Haiping Zhao, senior server engineer at Facebook.

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"The project has had a tremendous impact on Facebook. We feel the Web at large can benefit from HipHop, so we are releasing it as open source this evening in hope that it brings a new focus toward scaling large, complex Web sites with PHP," Zhao said in a statement on the Facebook Developers page.

The technology is not complete and users need to be comfortable with HipHop before trying it out, said Zhao.

HipHop, he said, technically is not a compiler. It features a code transformer, a reimplementation of PHP's runtime system and a rewrite of some common PHP extensions to boost performance optimizations.

"HipHop programmatically transforms your PHP source code into highly optimized C++ and then uses g++ to compile it," Zhao said. "HipHop executes the source code in a semantically equivalent manner and sacrifices some rarely used features -- such as eval() -- in exchange for improved performance."

PHP, Zhao said, offers benefits in terms of programmer productivity, as do other scripting languages such as Perl, Python and Ruby. But scripting languages are known to be less efficient in terms of CPU and memory usage, he said.

"Because of this, it's been challenging to scale Facebook to over 400 billion PHP-based page views every month," Zhao said.

HipHop allows developers to keep the best aspects of PHP while taking advantage of performance of C++,  said Zhao.

"In total, we have written over 300,000 lines of code and more than 5,000 unit tests. All of this will be released this evening on GitHub under the open source PHP license," Zhao said.

The CEO of PHP tools maker Zend Technologies questioned how much of HipHop was Facebook-specific.

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MORE than 200,000 tonnes of cane were crushed last week.

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With about a month remaining until the end of the 2020 cane season, road users are again reminded about the dangers associated with cane trains. There were two serious incidents at crossing equipped with flashing lights in the past week. Fortunately, there were no serious injuries, however, both cars sustained significant damage.

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Akema Greenaway's 13 goals this season have helped Ingham to ten wins in a row.

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IT’S now ten wins on the bounce for Ingham’s women as they won two matches in three days.

A hatful of goals were scored as the girls beat Wulguru 7-1 and that win was followed by a 2-nil victory over Saints.

Akema Greenaway and Jade Nucifora each grabbed a brace while Aimee Godfrey, Brooke McLeod and Rebecca Pace scored one-a-piece against Wulguru.

The one name missing from the scoresheet was prolific captain Kirrily Low – but she grabbed both goals in the match against Saints.

Coach Rodeny Fascetti said the latter fixture was played in baking temperatures and that he was proud of the girls’ efforts.

He said: ‘We’re gelling at the moment. I told the girls they were good enough and they have responded.’

Greenaway was full of praise for her coach.

She said: ‘Rodney listens to us and gets us working as a team – we all enjoy playing for him.’

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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Michael McHale, a candidate to retain his seat in November, had improper contacts with prosecutors during a murder trial last year, four defense attorneys allege in filings.

The misconduct allegations involve the way McHale handled the murder trial involving the October 2012 shooting of a South Shore man, 74-year-old William Thomas.

The case was among several controversial actions by McHale, identified as part of an Injustice Watch review of the record of all 60 judges who will be on the ballot in November for new six-year terms.

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McHale, a former veteran prosecutor, has enjoyed a good reputation. In 2005, he was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame for his “political activism, neighborhood organizing, and professional achievement” as an openly gay assistant state’s attorney.

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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Michael McHale

He joined the bench in 2006 and has received favorable evaluations from the bar associations; in 2012, the Chicago Council of Lawyers reported he was considered “fair and honest” and was “considered to have an outstanding temperament, remarkable patience and an excellent work ethic.”

But the Injustice Watch review of McHale’s most recent six years on the bench revealed a contrasting picture.

The review identified 12 times in the past six years in which McHale’s decisions were overturned by a higher court, including repeated instances of convictions reversed because McHale improperly prevented the defense from challenging the police version of arrests. He sentenced one defendant to prison for more than a decade for stealing less than $50 in loose change from a vending machine. He convicted another defendant on drug charges based on drugs that were found in a house, but it was never proven that it was the defendant’s house.

And in a landmark gang conspiracy trial now on appeal, defense attorneys contend that McHale was wrong in his handling of allegations of racial bias during deliberations

“This man is unfit to sit in the criminal division,” said defense attorney Ronald Draper.

McHale failed to respond to repeated messages. His office referred questions to a spokeswoman for the Committee for Retention of Judges in Cook County, who also did not respond to a request for comment.

Draper represented Malcolm Terry, one of four defendants charged in the death of Thomas. Terry was accused of providing the murder weapon and serving as a lookout; he went on trial in 2017 along with the accused gunman, Akeem Simmons. The other two defendants had their trials delayed, and were called as witnesses against Terry and Simmons; both were promised limited immunity that ensured what they truthfully testified in court could not be used against them.

When the two refused to testify even under limited immunity, McHale held the two in contempt of court and ordered them held in solitary confinement at the Cook County jail.

Terry’s aunt, Leah Thigpen, would later submit an affidavit stating that she had overheard McHale discuss the case during jury selection with Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney C. Thor Martin without Terry or his attorney present.

Thigpen stated she heard McHale referring in a loud voice to “this code of silence bullshit I’m sick of,” and also heard the judge saying, “this won’t matter at sentencing.” Thigpen also wrote in her statement that the prosecutor and judge discussed Terry’s failure to come to court over an incident that occurred between Terry and a guard. The prosecutor told the judge, according to Thigpen’s affidavit, that he did not believe the defendant, and McHale responded, “I don’t believe him either.”

Martin, who prosecuted all four defendants’ cases, declined to comment on the case through the State’s Attorney’s office.

Legal ethics experts interviewed by Injustice Watch said the discussion, as described by Thigpen, appeared improper. “There should be no pre-formed opinion of the case, of the outcome of the case, of the sentence, before trial has even begun,” said Rebecca Roiphe of the New York Law School.

After the two refused to testify, McHale granted the prosecutors a delay in the trial to introduce new evidence. That Friday, Martin filed a motion to introduce notes that Terry was said to have received in jail, which Martin contended showed Terry influencing co-defendants and potential witnesses.

Then on Saturday, Martin sent an email that included another motion, seeking to introduce evidence of four recordings of conversations Terry had while in jail. The email also included audio files of the recordings.

McHale responded by email that Sunday stating that he listened to the calls and found the prosecutors’ descriptions accurate, but could not find an additional recording that Martin cited in his motion. The email exchange included Terry’s attorney, Draper, but not the attorneys for the other defendants.

Richard Painter, an expert on legal ethics at the University of Minnesota Law School, called the prosecutors’ direct email communications with McHale, rather than through filings with the clerk, “unusual.”

The communications were included among defense attorneys’ complaints about the trial.

In his May response to a motion for a new trial, prosecutor Martin denied all of Terry’s “many boilerplate allegations and some more specific allegations of error” without addressing the communications specifically.

Draper said in an interview McHale prevented him from putting on a proper defense.

Cook County Criminal Courthouse

Following their convictions, Terry was sentenced to 50 years in prison for murder, and Simmons to 65. Their convictions are being appealed.

This February, as co-defendants Aramis McKinzie and Garlin Minor faced their own trials, both filed motions asking that McHale be removed from the case, contending that the judge’s alleged comments about defendants who do not testify showed, as the assistant Cook County public defender Caroline Glennon wrote, “actual bias.”

The state offered McKinzie and Minor a deal before the motion was ever heard. The motions were withdrawn two days after they were filed. McKinzie and Minor both pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of conspiracy to commit murder, and were sentenced to 10 years each in prison.

Record of reversals

McHale’s decisions have been overturned in part or fully reversed 12 times in the last six years. In three cases, the appellate courts reversed convictions because McHale improperly restricted the defense’s ability to contest the police account of events.

In two of them, the court ruled, McHale was wrong to bar the defense in drug prosecutions from learning the precise location of the officer who observed the alleged transactions. In a gun case, McHale erred in permitting the state to introduce an affidavit from an officer stating the defendant did not have the gun registered, rather than calling a witness who could be questioned by the defense.

In 2016, an Illinois panel overturned the sentence of Henry Busse, whom McHale sentenced to 12 years in prison for burglary from a school, after he was found with $44 in quarters taken from a vending machine in a University of Illinois building.

Hoping to deter a “career thief,” McHale told Busse that since “nothing up to this point has made an impression upon you, maybe my twelve-year sentence will make an impression on you.”

By a 2-1 vote an Illinois appellate court panel called the decision “anomalous and absurd” and “grossly disproportionate” to the crime, noting that Busse’s crimes were neither violent nor serious.

“A paltry crime for a paltry sum does not warrant the unpaltry sentence of 12 years,” wrote Justice Michael B. Hyman, finding McHale had abused his judicial discretion. The appellate panel reduced the sentence to 6 years, the minimum sentence.

A contentious jury

Last year McHale presided over a ten-week high-profile trial. Six men were tried under the state’s new anti-racketeering law, accused of running a violent criminal enterprise on Chicago’s West Side as leaders of the Black Souls gang.

The jurors were anonymous, their names kept from the attorneys to avoid any possible pressure. They were sequestered – ordered to stay together, and away from outsiders – as they were sent to deliberate.

Tensions in the jury room quickly became apparent. The jury forewoman and a second juror sent a note complaining of racist and sexist comments.

McHale questioned jurors and dismissed two members but permitted two others to remain.

Portrait of Zerlina Smith on a sunny street corner

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Zerlina Smith, pictured in her West Side neighborhood, speaks with reporters about her allegations of racism in the jury room in a murder trial before Judge Michael McHale

The jurors went back to deliberating, but then came another note: the forewoman and the second juror believed the jury instructions were “structured in a style to come to one verdict, and we can’t complete our civic duty due to that.”

Without questioning them, McHale ordered the two dismissed: “I think it’s obvious to this Court that what they are saying is we cannot follow the law.”

The judge refused to grant a mistrial. And after the jury had convicted the defendants on racketeering conspiracy and drug conspiracy charges, McHale refused to allow defense attorneys to send investigators to interview the dismissed jurors, who remained anonymous, defense attorneys said. “I had never seen a case where the judge was so disinterested in finding out the truth about what occurred in his jury,” Dvorak said.

Not all defense counsel agree. One, Lawrence Levin, said the case was complicated, and that McHale had done “a good job with a very, very difficult situation.”

The dismissed juror, Zerlina Smith, who joined the forewoman in her concerns, was not done. Smith, a West Side activist, spoke to the sister of Dvorak’s client, Antwan Davis. Davis’s sister prepared an affidavit, detailing racist comments that Smith said had taken place in the jury room.

McHale again refused to let attorneys speak to Smith, who later showed up for a hearing prepared to detail her concerns in court. McHale again did not allow her to speak.

In May he sentenced all six men to life in prison. The case is being appealed.

In a recent interview with Injustice Watch, Smith described a chaotic jury deliberation in which, she said, jurors threw chairs and used racist slurs in an effort to persuade her to vote to convict. “It was a one-sided paper, it was a setup for guilty,” Smith said.

She added of McHale: “The judge already had his mind made up from day one.”


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DEAR BOB: My sister and I inherited about $300,000 plus a house we sold for $270,000 after our father passed away. According to my knowledge of the tax law, as long as an estate is below $650,000 we owe no inheritance tax. But what type of tax will be due on the $270,000 real estate portion. My sister says we will receive a Tax Form K for the next year’s taxes. Is this correct? – Vincent M.

DEAR VINCENT: Although you didn’t give the year of your father’s death, if he died in 2000 or 2001, the federal estate tax exemption was for total assets up to $675,000. If he died in 2002 or 2003, the federal exemption increased to $1 million. If he passed on in 2004, the exemption is $1.5 million. Therefore, his $570,000 estate is exempt.

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DEAR BOB: My divorce settlement in 1990 entitled me to receive the house. But my ex-husband has been living with me for the past six years. We file income taxes separately. Is there an “in spouse” and “out spouse” tax law that allows me to claim $500,000 tax exemption when I sell, rather than just $250,000? We both meet the two-out-of-last-five-years occupancy test – Elenor B.

DEAR ELENOR: You win the “nice try award.” But you can only claim up to $250,000 tax-free principal residence sale profits. If your ex-husband is still on the title, he can also claim up to $250,000 tax-free sale profits under Internal Revenue Code 121.

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DEAR BOB: I am interested in getting more information about those reversed mortgages. Which are the lenders? Is it safe and what are the interest rates? – Hilppa M.

DEAR HILPPA: The correct term is “reverse mortgage.” To qualify, you must be a house or condominium owner at least age 62.

There are three nationwide reverse mortgage lenders: FHA (Federal Housing Administration), Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association), and Financial Freedom Plan. The terms of each lender are different.

FHA is the most popular plan with the lowest interest rates. But the FHA loan limit is also the lowest. Fannie Mae currently offers reverse mortgages up to $333,700 (which will increase after Jan. 1, 2005). Financial Freedom Plan has no maximum loan limit, but offers the most flexible plans and the highest interest rate.

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Reflecting on PGW moves by Council

Gas Workers Local 686 lauds City Council's decision to kill the Philadelphia Gas Works sale. While Mayor Nutter excluded stakeholders, Council involved everyone in meetings with its consultant. Council President Darrell L. Clarke and his colleagues had concerns that PGW's privatization would lead to the loss of family-sustaining jobs with health care and put the city's poor at risk. It also was a bad deal for PGW workers, with no protections for jobs, pensions, or health care.

Council members stood with workers and the poor, who literally would have been left in the cold if the proposed private buyer took over. Council reflects our citizenry, not the interests of big business. Its members have consistently demonstrated their willingness to protect everyday Philadelphians, as evidenced by their recent support of airport workers making poverty-level wages. Council members did what they're elected to do - listen to all constituents, not just the well-connected - and make informed decisions. They got this one right.

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Hospice run by nuns touches higher truth

The story of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne and their selfless and compassionate work lifted my soul ("Divine Care In Hunting Park," Dec. 29). Day after day, I read stories about greed, destructive power, and hatred. But Monday morning, I was greeted by a well-written story that proves that good is done by people who have faith in something other than themselves.

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Kudos to bus driver Eugene "Smitty" Smith on his successful career and subsequent retirement ("Next stop: Retirement," Dec. 30). As my father once told me, if you like what you do, you'll be happy. And if you are happy, you will be successful.

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'Do unto others' trumps other life goals

In anticipation of the perennial deluge of New Year's resolutions, much ink, forests in the Pacific Northwest, and time may be saved by the realization that the adoption of the Golden Rule as an organizational principle trumps all other resolutions. This is inarguably true, since the majority of all problems and quotidian madness (e.g., conventional motorist behavior) would not exist if the Golden Rule were rigorously followed. The Golden Rule demands serious thought while one is throwing confetti and blowing whistles.

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Here is a list of resolutions that all drivers should make:

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I was a student when the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal broke, and, as students, we recognized that the true victims were the young men ("Paterno dispute leaves a growing rift," Dec. 28). We held candlelight vigils as a sign of support. Even so, many of us just wanted the coverage of the scandal to end. But the group Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship refuses to allow the coverage, the scandal, and the aftermath to end.

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Future racing plans for Brett McCormick's former teammate Sylvain Guintoli continue to look to be on uneven ground following a recent statement by FIXI Crescent Suzuki, who announced that they have released Guintoli from his 2013 contract, when they learned that the Frenchman wished to re-consider the agreement in favour of an alternative offer from a competing manufacturer.

Following recent media coverage regarding FIXI Crescent Suzuki and Guintoli's 2013 plans, the UK-based Suzuki World Superbike team made the following statement today:

"Crescent came to a full and final agreement with Guintoli for him to join the team for 2013 on a one-year contract. After detailed discussion and amendments, the contract was signed at Magny-Cours by Guintoli and Team Principal Paul Denning. Guintoli made a lengthy and positive press interview regarding his decision to join the FIXI Crescent Suzuki squad, and engaged in a detailed meeting with Crescent's engineers regarding bike set-up and specific test items for the Aragon test starting today (Monday 15th October).

Despite this clear and obvious commitment, Crescent now understands that Guintoli has since received an alternative offer from a rival manufacturer. He has told Crescent that he wants to consider this offer in detail and that he is now unable to commit to the Aragon test or to the agreement made with Crescent.

Despite the obvious turmoil and potential damages created by these actions, Crescent has taken the decision to move forward and to simply release Guintoli from any obligations for the forthcoming season.

Following these developments, FIXI Crescent Suzuki and the newly re-signed Leon Camier will now be joined at this week's World Superbike test at Aragon in Spain by Suzuki's Australian Superbike Champion Josh Waters. The 25-year-old Australian from Mildura in the state of Victoria wrapped up his second Australian Superbike Championship this season - a title he'd also won in 2009 - and will make his debut for the FIXI Crescent Suzuki team in Spain during the three-day test.

FIXI Crescent Suzuki will assess its rider options over the next few days, and will naturally be considering Waters as a candidate following the test, which will allow both team and rider to have a closer understanding of the mutual potential.

Paul Denning - Team Principal: "I am extremely disappointed and surprised by Sylvain's lack of integrity and total lack of respect for the mutual commitments made. He is the last rider I would have expected to behave in such a way, especially as we have had a close professional and personal relationship previously. Our team has always tried to stand by the fundamental principle that you stick to what you've agreed to, and in the long run it's always been the best policy. Sylvain clearly doesn't feel the same way and is prepared to ignore a handshake, a gentleman's agreement and indeed a written contract - and that's a great shame.

"Our energies are now focused on looking forward to the positive opportunities we have as a team in 2013. We are delighted that Josh has been able to join us on such short notice to help us with our plans for next season - he's had a very strong season with the Suzuki Australian Superbike team and he performed brilliantly for our partners, Yoshimura, in the Suzuka 8-Hour race. I am sure he will settle in with the crew quickly and we're all looking forward to seeing how he goes! "

The future of Guintoli's racing plans have been on shaky ground since his abrupt departure from the Effenbert Liberty racing squad this past July on the eve of the Brno World Superbike round. The Frenchman picked up a ride with Pata Ducati for Silverstone, however his 2013 plans remain unclear.

Guintoli would have replaced FIXI Crescent Suzuki rider John Hopkins, who has announced he will take a sabbatical from professional motorcycle racing in 2013 in order to priortize his a return to full fitness prior to return to racing.

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