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When installing ceramic tile, the choice of the adhesive or mortar is crucial not just for perfect installation but also for the durability of the tiling. For this purpose, as well as advocating compliance with the manufacturers' recommendations, the standard UNI 11493 stresses that the adhesive should be chosen according to the project data for the place of installation, the type of substrate and the type and size of the tiles.
The designer: draws up the installation project and indicates which type of adhesive should be chosen in accordance with the UNI EN 12004 classification.
The client: provides all useful information on the use of the spaces and the stresses they are likely to be subject to, thereby allowing the designer to determine the technical requirements and the criteria for choosing the adhesive.
The tile layer: checks the quality of adhesive and mortar and ensures that they are correctly stored on site. Checks the state of the substrate and drafts an official report on any deviations from the project. Installs the tiling using adhesives or mortar in accordance with the requirements of the project and the recommendations of the works manager.
Annex D of UNI 11493 provides detailed guidance for designers on the choice and specification of the type of adhesive. It should be referred to for operational details. For screed and resistance class specifications, refer to UNI EN 13813.
With reference to floor tile installation using adhesive, the above-mentioned standard UNI 11493 provides a series of specifications concerning the nature of the screed. Bonded screeds, especially those with low thicknesses (< 40 mm) should be anchored to the subfloor using an adhesion promoter. Unbonded screeds (thickness ≥ 40 mm) which incorporate a separating layer (vapour barrier or some other kind) require the installation of a perimeter joint. The same applies to floating screeds, which in practice are screeds separated by a layer of thermally or acoustically insulating material. Due to the compressibility of these materials, the screed must be suitably sized and reinforced, if necessary using wire mesh. Heated screeds incorporating a heating and cooling system are growing increasingly popular, particularly for high energy efficiency architecture. In these cases, in addition to the above-listed requirements for floating screeds, a screed thickness ≥ 30 mm is required above the heating and cooling pipes. In the case of plaster for wall tiling, the most important requirements are perfect bonding to the substrate and surface strength. The bonding requirements depend on the place of installation and the specifications provided in the above-mentioned Annex D. Lastly, in the paragraph devoted to floor tiling with cementitious mortar, the standard distinguishes between bonding to the substrate and to a separation layer, in both cases with a mortar screed thickness of between 4 and 10 cm. In the case of thicknesses greater than 6 cm, the standard requires the installation of an electro-welded mesh inside the mortar. Two techniques can be used, one of which involves spreading a cement slurry and the other dusting dry cement over the mortar bed. However, the latter is not permitted for tiles larger than 30×30 cm.
Paragraphs: 7.5 Installation with adhesive. Choice and specification of the adhesive; 7.6 Installation with adhesive. Requirements concerning the screed (floor tiling) and plaster (wall tiling); 7.7 Floor tile installation using cement mortar. Conditions and specifications.
Annex: D – Choice and specification of the type of adhesive according to the design data and the selected tiling.


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Shoppers spend £15 less at Lidl and Aldi than big four supermarkets for large grocery shops
Brits who shop in discount chains spend less than those who go to major supermarket stores
BY SOPHIE CHRISTIE, DIGITAL CONSUMER REPORTER
Updated: 3rd May 2017, 7:41 pm
SHOPPERS who do their 'big shop' at a bargain store rather than at one of the big four supermarkets – Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons – save as much as £15 per trip.
The average spend on a big shop at discounters Aldi and Lidl is £38.76, compared with £53.16 across the big four, new data shows.
Shoppers spend less at Aldi and Lidl, arguably because there is less choice
And shoppers spend even more at retailers Waitrose and Marks & Spencer, with the average spend £58.52.
Data from analysts Nielsen shows the average spend in bargain stores such as Poundland, B&M and Home Bargains was £31.28, compared to £58.85 in Waitrose.
The figures are based on purchases made by 15,000 British households, on shops where more than 20 items have been bought.
One reason why shoppers spend less at the discount stores, as well as the cheaper prices, could be because there is less choice.
Discounters carry a range of up to 2,000 lines, whereas larger supermarkets carry a range of 25,000 to 30,000 items, including value and premium lines.
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As a result, people who shop at the big four or M&S and Waitrose are more likely to pick up premium items and brands.
Nielsen's UK head of retailer and business insight, Mike Watkins, said: "In simple terms, when people do a big shop at the discounters they spend £15 less than they do at one at the big four, as the shopping basket from a discounter contains a different range of products with more private label, and £20 less than at Waitrose and M&S."
Thanks to its bargain prices, Aldi and Lidl's share of big shopping trips is now 13 per cent, and this is predicted to double within five years.
Nielsen's data also shows how shoppers are making more frequent, smaller grocery trips alongside the big weekly supermarket shop.
Small purchases – which include baskets of six items or less – account for 53 per cent of grocery trips, while medium trips for six to 20 items make up 34 per cent of trips.
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Consumers make five per cent more grocery trips than they did two years ago, resulting in the average amount spent on the big shop dropping five per cent to £50.58.
Mr Watkins said: "The move to 'little and often' is a symptom of busier and more time-pressured lifestyles as well as financial concerns of wasting food.
"Thus, supermarkets have made huge investments in the convenience store format to meet this demand and offer a greater variety of food and drink. Their historical role for purely immediate or 'distress' purchasing is long gone."
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#import "DWPaymentsViewController.h"

#import "DWControllerCollectionView.h"
#import "DWGlobalOptions.h"
#import "DWPayViewController.h"
#import "DWReceiveViewController.h"
#import "DWSegmentedControl.h"

NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN

@interface DWPaymentsViewController () <DWControllerCollectionViewDataSource,
                                        UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout,
                                        DWPayViewControllerDelegate>

@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *navigationTitleLabel;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet DWSegmentedControl *segmentedControl;
@property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet DWControllerCollectionView *controllerCollectionView;

@property (nonatomic, strong) id<DWReceiveModelProtocol> receiveModel;
@property (nonatomic, strong) id<DWPayModelProtocol> payModel;
@property (nonatomic, strong) id<DWTransactionListDataProviderProtocol> dataProvider;

@property (nonatomic, strong) DWPayViewController *payViewController;
@property (nonatomic, strong) DWReceiveViewController *receiveViewController;

@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL didPerformInitialPageOpen;
@property (nullable, nonatomic, strong) NSIndexPath *prevIndexPathAtCenter;

@end

@implementation DWPaymentsViewController

+ (instancetype)controllerWithReceiveModel:(id<DWReceiveModelProtocol>)receiveModel
                                  payModel:(id<DWPayModelProtocol>)payModel
                              dataProvider:(id<DWTransactionListDataProviderProtocol>)dataProvider {
    UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Payments" bundle:nil];
    DWPaymentsViewController *controller = [storyboard instantiateInitialViewController];
    controller.receiveModel = receiveModel;
    controller.payModel = payModel;
    controller.dataProvider = dataProvider;

    return controller;
}

- (instancetype)initWithNibName:(nullable NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(nullable NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil {
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
        _currentIndex = DWPaymentsViewControllerIndex_None;
    }
    return self;
}

- (nullable instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder {
    self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];
    if (self) {
        _currentIndex = DWPaymentsViewControllerIndex_None;
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [self setupView];
    [self setupControllers];
}

- (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle {
    return UIStatusBarStyleDefault;
}

- (void)viewWillTransitionToSize:(CGSize)size withTransitionCoordinator:(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator>)coordinator {
    [super viewWillTransitionToSize:size withTransitionCoordinator:coordinator];

    self.prevIndexPathAtCenter = [self currentIndexPath];

    [coordinator
        animateAlongsideTransition:nil
                        completion:^(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext> _Nonnull context) {
                            [self.controllerCollectionView.collectionViewLayout invalidateLayout];
                            [self scrollToIndexPath:self.prevIndexPathAtCenter animated:NO];
                        }];
}

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];

    [self.controllerCollectionView reloadData];

    if (!self.didPerformInitialPageOpen) {
        self.didPerformInitialPageOpen = YES;

        // scroll to needed index when reloadData finishes

        [self.controllerCollectionView
            performBatchUpdates:^{
            }
            completion:^(BOOL finished) {
                DWPaymentsViewControllerIndex previousIndex = [self previouslySelectedPageIndex];
                if (self.currentIndex == DWPaymentsViewControllerIndex_None) {
                    self.currentIndex = previousIndex;
                }
                NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:self.currentIndex inSection:0];
                [self scrollToIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO];
            }];
    }
}

- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];

    [self saveCurrentSelectedPageIndex];
}

#pragma mark - DWNavigationFullscreenable

- (BOOL)requiresNoNavigationBar {
    return YES;
}

#pragma mark - Private

- (void)setupView {
    self.navigationTitleLabel.text = NSLocalizedString(@"Payments", nil);

    NSArray<NSString *> *items = @[
        NSLocalizedString(@"Send", nil),
        NSLocalizedString(@"Receive", nil),
    ];
    self.segmentedControl.shouldAnimateSelection = NO;
    self.segmentedControl.items = items;
    [self.segmentedControl addTarget:self
                              action:@selector(segmentedControlAction:)
                    forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];

    self.controllerCollectionView.delegate = self;
    self.controllerCollectionView.controllerDataSource = self;
    self.controllerCollectionView.containerViewController = self;

#if SNAPSHOT
#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wundeclared-selector"
    NSArray<UIControl *> *internalButtons = [(id)self.segmentedControl performSelector:@selector(buttons)];
#pragma clang diagnostic pop

    internalButtons.lastObject.accessibilityIdentifier = @"payments_receive_segment";
#endif /* SNAPSHOT */
}

- (void)setupControllers {
    self.payViewController = [DWPayViewController controllerWithModel:self.payModel
                                                         dataProvider:self.dataProvider];
    self.payViewController.delegate = self;
    self.payViewController.demoMode = self.demoMode;
    self.payViewController.demoDelegate = self.demoDelegate;
    DWReceiveViewController *receiveViewController = [DWReceiveViewController controllerWithModel:self.receiveModel];
    receiveViewController.viewType = DWReceiveViewType_Default;
    self.receiveViewController = receiveViewController;
}

#pragma mark - Actions

- (IBAction)cancelButtonAction:(id)sender {
    [self.delegate paymentsViewControllerDidCancel:self];
}

- (void)segmentedControlAction:(DWSegmentedControl *)sender {
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:sender.selectedSegmentIndex inSection:0];
    [self scrollToIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
}

#pragma mark DWControllerCollectionViewDataSource

- (NSInteger)numberOfItemsInControllerCollectionView:(DWControllerCollectionView *)view {
    return 2;
}

- (UIViewController *)controllerCollectionView:(DWControllerCollectionView *)view controllerForIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    if (indexPath.item == DWPaymentsViewControllerIndex_Pay) {
        return self.payViewController;
    }
    else {
        NSAssert(indexPath.item == DWPaymentsViewControllerIndex_Receive, @"Invalid datasource");
        return self.receiveViewController;
    }
}

#pragma mark UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout

- (CGSize)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout *)collectionViewLayout sizeForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    return collectionView.bounds.size;
}

- (CGPoint)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView targetContentOffsetForProposedContentOffset:(CGPoint)proposedContentOffset {
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = self.prevIndexPathAtCenter;
    if (!indexPath) {
        return proposedContentOffset;
    }

    UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes *attributes =
        [collectionView layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];
    if (!attributes) {
        return proposedContentOffset;
    }

    const CGPoint newOriginForOldCenter = attributes.frame.origin;
    return newOriginForOldCenter;
}

#pragma mark - UIScrollViewDelegate

- (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView {
    const CGFloat offset = scrollView.contentOffset.x;
    const CGFloat pageWidth = CGRectGetWidth(scrollView.bounds);
    if (pageWidth == 0.0) {
        return;
    }

    const CGFloat percent = offset / pageWidth;
    self.segmentedControl.selectedSegmentIndexPercent = percent;
}

#pragma mark - DWPayViewControllerDelegate

- (void)payViewControllerDidFinishPayment:(DWPayViewController *)controller contact:(nullable id<DWDPBasicUserItem>)contact {
    // hide payments controller after successful payment
    [self.delegate paymentsViewControllerDidFinishPayment:self contact:contact];
}

#pragma mark - Private

- (nullable NSIndexPath *)currentIndexPath {
    const CGPoint center = [self.view convertPoint:self.controllerCollectionView.center toView:self.controllerCollectionView];
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.controllerCollectionView indexPathForItemAtPoint:center];

    return indexPath;
}

- (void)scrollToIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath animated:(BOOL)animated {
    NSParameterAssert(indexPath);
    if (!indexPath) {
        return;
    }

    [self.controllerCollectionView scrollToItemAtIndexPath:indexPath
                                          atScrollPosition:UICollectionViewScrollPositionCenteredHorizontally
                                                  animated:animated];
}

- (DWPaymentsViewControllerIndex)previouslySelectedPageIndex {
    return [DWGlobalOptions sharedInstance].paymentsScreenCurrentTab;
}

- (void)saveCurrentSelectedPageIndex {
    const NSInteger currentIndex = self.segmentedControl.selectedSegmentIndex;
    [DWGlobalOptions sharedInstance].paymentsScreenCurrentTab = currentIndex;
}

@end

NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END

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Purpose — to analyze results of complex prenatal examination of pregnant women with congenital diaphragmatic hernia in the fetus, to provide description of associated structural and chromosomal pathology, to compare some clinical parameters, according to presence of associated pathology.
Patients and methods. A retrospective analysis of the data on ultrasound examinations and invasive procedures in 200 patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia in the fetus, who were referred to the Department of Fetal Medicine in 2007–2018.
Results. The meanterm of patients' primary referral was 27.37±7.20 weeks, the proportion of patients referred before 22 weeks of pregnancy was 38.5%. Isolated diaphragmatic hernia was diagnosed in 73 % of cases, in combination with other pathology — in 27%. Among associated pathology in 87% of cases there were present other structural anomalies, in 11.1% of cases — chromosomal pathology and structural anomalies, and in one case — chromosomal pathology without signs of other structural pathology. Associated structural malformations were predominantly represented by congenital heart defects, anomalies of central nervous system, genitourinary and musculoskeletal systems. In cases with associated pathology there was significantly lower average term of primary referral than in cases of isolated diaphragmatic hernia (25.39±6.8 weeks vs 28.10±7.2 weeks; p=0.018), and significantly higher rate of patients with polyhydramnios (OR 2.97; 95 % CІ 1.52–5.78) and IUGR (OR 3.54; 95% CI 1.53–6.01).
Conclusions. The mean term of primary referral of patients with fetal congenital diaphragmatic hernia was unsatisfactory for timely complete examination and determination of the pregnancy management. The spectrum o associated structural anomalies in fetuses with diaphragmatic hernia who weren't diagnosed with chromosomal pathology may suspect presence of other syndromic pathology, requiring another methods of investigations.
Key words: congenital diaphragmatic hernia, congenital malformations, chromosomal pathology.
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2. Guseva OI. (2005). Perinatalnyie ishodyi i prognoz pri diafragmalnoy gryizhe. Ultrazvukovaya i funktsionalnaya diagnostika. 6: 19—27.
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Article received: Aug 13, 2018. Accepted for publication: Nov 28, 2018.


Thanks to a clarification from @manton I actually got the mirco.blog setup to work the way I wanted. All it needed was to omit the title in the post. This is very nice and opens a whole lot new possibilities.
Realized that my Mastodon instance seems to be down for quite some time.


ready to go: party packs are perfectly portioned for your group size and come ready to heat and serve.
you choose: everyone has a favorite taco—you can select three (3) fillings for your crew.
simple to serve: if you're picking up well before chow time—not to worry! we'll provide instructions for heating and serving.
easy to eat: re-heating and clean-up are both a breeze—all hot items are packaged in aluminum trays and cold items are served in takeout containers.
to order, please call your local store and speak to any manager for assistance.


Find upcoming events for NASSCO employees and co-contractors.
San Diego City Councilmember Vivian Moreno hosts a community cleanup in Barrio Logan, similar to the cleanup event NASSCO has hosted in past years.
Registration: Please complete and send District 8 Community Cleanup waivers to communications@nassco.com or Mail Stop 21PA and fill out the electronic form below by April 24, 2019. Download waiver by clicking here.
Please enter the number of sizes of each shirt you will need for your group.
Are you interested in working the NASSCO lunch table to provide food to all volunteers?
Format: Four person scramble, shotgun start.


Full of exciting safari park.
Bali Activity Leave your car and join us on an unforgettable adventure in our Safari Exploration truck. Be amazed as you watch over 50 animal species in their natural habitat ranging from Asia's rainforest to African savanna. By become a visitor, you also contribute to helping Taman Safari Indonesia in rescuing Indonesia's endangered wild elephants, orangutans, tigers, and unique birds like the Bali myna.
※ The information above is updated on October, 2013. It might be changed without any notice.
★Get more reasonable with Car Charter!
・・・ The simple plan without lunch and animal rides. You can have lunch at the restaurant on that day.
・・・ The plan including lunch and Bali Agung Show. Please note that it does not includes elephant ride.
・・・ This is the way to enjoy the safari park for 100%!!! It has bothe lunch by looking at lions and Elephant Ride. Don't miss Bali Agung Show at platinum seat!
Camel Ride (1lap) Rp.50,000 Book in the park/Double ride of adult and child is available.
Admission of Water Park Rp.50,000 Book in the park/Bring swimwears.
*1、*2)Photo sessions with photo frame in the areas above are included. please, note that you cannot re-enter the areas onece you leave.
Your camera is necessary to take photo with birds which is free and unlimited. The time may be limited in case if it is crowded.
*1)Only Leopard and Rhino Packages which included Elephant Ride have photo session of Elephant Ride.
*2)Photo session of Camel Ride is available in Leopard Package and for people who book Camel Ride as an optional menu.
All packages above don't include Pick-up Service. Depend on your plan, we offer 2 types of Pick-up Service.
■ Free use is available by booking a package above.
■ Please check About Shuttle Bus for the departure time.
■ Advanced reservation is required. Please use a same bus stop.
■ The buses are available from the 4 areas everyday. Please check the departure time in User Guide .
■ We recomend booking the bus earlier, because the booking might be full.
■ The guide and the driver wait for you in the parking lot while you are in Safari Park. You can also go sightseeing and shopping in the time.
New application for Safari & Marine park! Please check it carefully.
上If you don't use one of 1)~3) service (use taxi, etc.), you need to bring a voucherin order to enter the park by Special Price. After we accept your reservation, we receive the voucher from Safari & Marine Park and attach it on e-mail to you. Therefore, we cannot accept your application just before your leaving day. In this case, we can offer Special Price with previous application of at least 1 week before your leaving day. After the day, we cannot send the voucher, so you need to enter by Regular Price.
Thank you for your understanding. We would like to organize and book your application completely.
Free shuttle buses from the 4 areas are available! Advanced reservation is required.
1)All the information above is by Safari & Marine Park. Please make sure that you book the shuttle bus in advance. The bus might not make a stop without the reservation. The time might change due to the weather.
2)The shuttle bus has a logo "BALI SAFARI & MARINE PARK", so you can find it easily.
Transport is available with addtional charge Rp.600,000(1 car/ 4 people)for Kuta,Sanur, Ubud, Nusa Dua, Tanjung Benoa, Seminyak area. Additional person will chage Rp.200,000 required.
The staff of the Safari Park are kindly and warmly. Depart by large-sized jeep of the zebra design! Start of the adventure of about 20 minutes. In the car, English and Indonesian announce.
One kind of water buffalo. It is world minimum in the wild cow. They are become few numbers by decrease of the forest. Crocodile is hot temper and sometimes attack the person. It grow up 5 meters at the maximum. Another name Bantin Java. The female brown hair and male has black hair and horn.
It is orangutan the indigenous to Kalimantan species. It spend most of day on the tree and eat nut and insect. Living in the tropical rain forest of west Java. It is a monkey, but there is not a tail. The pelican can fly very long distance and comes from Australia for Indonesia. Eat 6 kilos fish on the day!
Living in Asia and like watersides such as mangrove or damp ground. A yellow throat bag is mark. Numbers decrease from environmental pollution. A bear smallest in the world! Fruit,bud and honey are favorites. It is nocturnal animal and almost sleep in daytime. It seems to Pooh! Sumatra tiger is endangered species at presant, and there are only 3,000 of them are confirmed. The Bali safari participates in the project of protection project the Sumatra tiger.
It is an herbivore animal living in India. The male hair is bluish gray and the female (a photograph) is light brown. The child to be born with almost twins. It's mysterious. The lion called "king of beasts" takes a nap leisurely in the daytime. It eat meat of 6 kilos on one day. You can observe this lion from Lion Restaurant! The Masai in Africa, a husband presents this cow to wife when he marrige. And more, those big horns are material of the marrige ring.
Animal Show4	Animal Show5 Animal Show performance at Hanuman Stage. Famous Goa Gaja face is landmark. Guess right thing which in fruit of three. Birds running!
4 dogs rolling a barrel! The guset enters the stage and have gloves, then put a big bird ont the arm. The animal show is surprising! By all means don't miss it!
She likes play with toys.
There are two restaurants in a park. This one is Tsavo Lion Restaurant. It's Lion View! You can have a meal while it looks Tsavo Lion over the window. The lunch set at the lion restaurant is included in Rhino package! The other Uma Restanrant. There is terrace seat of nice view. Lunch set of this restanrant is included in Leopard Package.
Elephant Show performance at Kampung Gajah. From AM 11:45 and PM 4:30. It takes about 30 minutes. Every seat can see the stage. An elephant steps over five guests. I throb even if I understand that all right! In the courageous person, let's try.
Pleasant pool with a pirate ship and water slider ! It's free entrance.Please take a swimsuit. Two attractions of the fan zone amusement park. You can enjoy gratis with all packages! This one is merry-go-round. The other Climbing Car.
New atraction, go go bouncer. This atraction will go around with 2 persons seat There is the attraction space that called Tumbler Right in the depths of the amusement park. Jet Coaster around lake. Big slider at last minute.
You can enjoy meals at Lion Restaurant by watching lions.
※The 15% tax will be added on the price.
You can add menus which are not in the packages with additional charges.


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Salg av Gasnor
Shell selger LNG-selskapet Gasnor.
A/S Norske Shell signerte i dag en avtale om salg av det heleide datterselskapet Gasnor AS til Molgas Energy Holding ("Molgas"). Avtalefullføring fant sted rett etter signering. Transaksjonen innebærer overføring av A/S Norske Shells eierandel i Gasnor, som inkluderer alle Gasnors eiendeler og ansatte.
– Gasnor har vært en del av Shell siden 2012, og vi er stolte av det selskapet har oppnådd. Gasnor har vært en pioner innen LNG, med en ledende posisjon innen småskala LNG-produksjon og distribusjon i det innenlandske gassmarkedet. A/S Norske Shell vil fortsette å fokusere på nøkkelposisjoner der vi kan utnytte vår kapasitet i tråd med Shells strategi og Net Zero-mål, sier Marianne Olsnes, administrerende direktør i A/S Norske Shell.
Alle Gasnors 52 ansatte vil fortsatt være ansatt i Gasnor med Molgas som ny eier. Salget av Gasnor har ingen effekt på driften eller organiseringen av A/S Norske Shell.
– Vi har vært veldig fornøyd med suksessen til Gasnor og læringene som vi har fått for vår globale nedstrøms LNG-virksomhet. Gasnor er godt posisjonert for å fortsette sin vekstreise med Molgas" sier De La Rey Venter, Shells Executive Vice President Integrated Gas Ventures.
Shell Norway Media Contact: +4741503540
Shell sells downstream LNG business Gasnor
A/S Norske Shell today signed a sale and purchase agreement for the sale of its fully owned subsidiary Gasnor AS to Molgas Energy Holding ("Molgas"). Deal completion took place directly after signing. The transaction involves the transfer of A/S Norske Shell's complete shareholding in Gasnor to Molgas and includes all of Gasnor's assets and staff.
"Gasnor has been part of Shell since 2012 and we are proud of what the company has achieved. Gasnor has been a pioneer in downstream LNG, with a leading position in small scale LNG production and distribution in the domestic gas market. A/S Norske Shell will continue to focus on key positions where we can leverage our differentiated capabilities in line with Shell's strategy and Net Zero target", said Marianne Olsnes, Managing Director of A/S Norske Shell.
All of Gasnor's 52 staff will continue their employment under Molgas. The sale of Gasnor has no effect on the operations or organisation of A/S Norske Shell.
"We have been very pleased with the success of Gasnor and the learnings captured for our global downstream LNG operations. Gasnor is well positioned to continue its growth journey with Molgas" said De La Rey Venter, Shell's Executive Vice President Integrated Gas Ventures.
Gasnor is a downstream LNG company with small scale LNG production facilities, headquartered in Avaldsnes, Norway.
Shell has been100% owner of Gasnor since 2012
Molgas, headquartered in Madrid, is owned by InfraVia, a leading French independent private equity firm specializing in infrastructure and technology investments.
The transaction has an effective date of 1st January 2020.
The divestment does not affect Shell's interests in Shell LNG Gibraltar Ltd. Gasnor will continue to provide operator services to the terminal.
Cautionary note
The companies in which Royal Dutch Shell plc directly and indirectly owns investments are separate legal entities. In this release "Shell", "Shell Group" and "Royal Dutch Shell" are sometimes used for convenience where references are made to Royal Dutch Shell plc and its subsidiaries in general. Likewise, the words "we", "us" and "our" are also used to refer to Royal Dutch Shell plc and its subsidiaries in general or to those who work for them. These terms are also used where no useful purpose is served by identifying the particular entity or entities. ''Subsidiaries'', "Shell subsidiaries" and "Shell companies" as used in this release refer to entities over which Royal Dutch Shell plc either directly or indirectly has control. Entities and unincorporated arrangements over which Shell has joint control are generally referred to as "joint ventures" and "joint operations", respectively. Entities over which Shell has significant influence but neither control nor joint control are referred to as "associates". The term "Shell interest" is used for convenience to indicate the direct and/or indirect ownership interest held by Shell in an entity or unincorporated joint arrangement, after exclusion of all third-party interest.
This release contains forward-looking statements (within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) concerning the financial condition, results of operations and businesses of Royal Dutch Shell. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements of future expectations that are based on management's current expectations and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements concerning the potential exposure of Royal Dutch Shell to market risks and statements expressing management's expectations, beliefs, estimates, forecasts, projections and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as "aim", "ambition", ''anticipate'', ''believe'', ''could'', ''estimate'', ''expect'', ''goals'', ''intend'', ''may'', ''objectives'', ''outlook'', ''plan'', ''probably'', ''project'', ''risks'', "schedule", ''seek'', ''should'', ''target'', ''will'' and similar terms and phrases. There are a number of factors that could affect the future operations of Royal Dutch Shell and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements included in this release, including (without limitation): (a) price fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas; (b) changes in demand for Shell's products; (c) currency fluctuations; (d) drilling and production results; (e) reserves estimates; (f) loss of market share and industry competition; (g) environmental and physical risks; (h) risks associated with the identification of suitable potential acquisition properties and targets, and successful negotiation and completion of such transactions; (i) the risk of doing business in developing countries and countries subject to international sanctions; (j) legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments including regulatory measures addressing climate change; (k) economic and financial market conditions in various countries and regions; (l) political risks, including the risks of expropriation and renegotiation of the terms of contracts with governmental entities, delays or advancements in the approval of projects and delays in the reimbursement for shared costs; (m) risks associated with the impact of pandemics, such as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak; and (n) changes in trading conditions. No assurance is provided that future dividend payments will match or exceed previous dividend payments. All forward-looking statements contained in this release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional risk factors that may affect future results are contained in Royal Dutch Shell's Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020 (available at www.shell.com/investor and www.sec.gov). These risk factors also expressly qualify all forward-looking statements contained in this release and should be considered by the reader. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this release, April 8, 2021. Neither Royal Dutch Shell plc nor any of its subsidiaries undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or other information. In light of these risks, results could differ materially from those stated, implied or inferred from the forward-looking statements contained in this release.
We may have used certain terms, such as resources, in this release that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) strictly prohibits us from including in our filings with the SEC. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our Form 20-F, File No 1-32575, available on the SEC website www.sec.gov.


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Q: How To Set Segue Identifier at runtime(programmatically)? i am using a segue for transition between two view controllers
i have some different-different conditions according to which i want to change segue identifier. i have only one button with one segue, in first ViewController.
well....
seeing the problem, its obvious i can't do it statically when i am designing UI in attribute inspector under Storyboard. so can i do it programmatically, at the runtime???
Is there any possible way to come over this problem. A code would be really helpful.

A: The iOS way to do this would be to have multiple segues in your storyboard, each with unique identifiers and possibly going to different UIViewControllers.  That way you can determine which one to fire off in your code (using performSegueWithIdentifier:).
You are not meant to modify a segue outside of a storyboard.  See Creating a segue programmatically for more details.

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Insurers warn of volcano apocalypse, as investors make bank on 'catastrophe bonds'
Lloyd's of London, one of the world's largest insurance markets, warned that volcanic eruptions could bury 15 major cities in lava and ash in the coming two centuries. As always though, there's money to be made in catastrophe.
The Philippines' Taal Volcano belched into life on Sunday, spewing a cloud of ash half a kilometer into the sky and shutting down Manila's international airport less than 80km (50 miles) away. As lava shot out of the volcano and earthquakes rumbled nearby, scientists warned of an "imminent" eruption.
The Taal Volcano last erupted in 1977, but a previous eruption in 1911 killed more than 1,300 people. Residents of the area surrounding Taal Lake are therefore worried about the possibility of another disaster.
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Such catastrophic eruptions will only become more common in the coming 100-200 years, Lloyd's of London warned on Tuesday. According to the venerable insurer, around half of the world's volcanoes in eruption are expected to have "reawakened" during this time, after lying dormant for generations.
Moreover, Lloyd's added, "about one percent of the world's population lives in 15 cities within range of an active volcano."
These cities include Naples in Italy, whose 900,000 residents live in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. Famed for wiping out the Roman city of Pompeii in 79AD, Vesuvius has not erupted since 1944. Geophysics professor Bill McGuire told Lloyds that "another eruption at any time would not be a surprise."
Also on the volcanic chopping block are the Japanese city of Kagoshima, which sits opposite the Sakurajima volcano; Seattle, which lies 100km (60 miles) from Mount Rainier; and the islands of Hawaii, which are constantly threatened by slow-leaking lava flows.
The Lloyd's report warns that "Volcanic unrest is thus a direct threat not only to the urban population, but also to the stable flow of international business."
5 dead and dozens injured as NZ's most active volcano erupts on White Island (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Businesses and homeowners looking to insure their livelihoods against volcanic damage should read the fine print though. Lloyd's was hit with a federal class action lawsuit last year, in which it was accused of "steering" Hawaiian customers in volcano-threatened areas away from comprehensive policies that would have covered lava damage, and toward policies that left them unable to claim when their homes went up in flames following the Kilauea eruption in 2018. An earlier lawsuit forced Lloyd's to pay the aggrieved homeowners their policy limits plus interest.
Legal wrangling aside, catastrophe insurance is big business. The sector is predicted to grow by 5.49 percent this year, and though natural disasters often spell massive losses for insurers, catastrophe bonds – which allow investors to back insurance risks – have become more popular, and are now a $30-billion-strong market.
Of course, none of this matters if a so-called 'Supervolcano' decides to blow its top. When Mount Tambora – located in modern-day Indonesia – erupted in 1815, roughly 100,000 people were killed in the immediate aftermath. The ash cloud that followed caused three years of climate change that led to crop failure and famines across the world.
Further back, the eruption of the Toba supervolcano – also located in Indonesia – some 74,000 years ago is said to have plunged the earth into a decade-long 'volcanic winter'.
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Today is different from any other day. A somber pall falls over the nation as we all mourn the largest terrorist attack in American history. On a day like today, it's easy to cast our partisan squabbles aside in order to form a unified front of empathy for those afflicted by the tragedy of 9/11. That is, unless you're the President of the United States. Then today is no different from any other day that is made entirely about you. Here is Trump's first public statement of the day.
His next tweet did honor the victims of 9/11, but it comes off as an afterthought compared to his first self-absorbed tirade of the day (I also have serious doubts that Trump wrote it considering that he never uses hashtags—it's almost like a staffer with access to his Twitter account, like Dan Scavino, saw his first tweet and knew they needed to save face before Trump made it any worse).
Seven minutes later, Trump was back to his favorite pastime: complaining about how life is unfair to him.
Trump's first statement about 9/11 that actually used words and not hashtags had nothing to do with 9/11 and everything to do with hyping up the most incompetent man on his legal team, Rudy Giuliani.
This is disgraceful. Trump's next tweet resembled something like what a normal human would tweet in this scenario, but that's also because he 100% did not tweet it. He doesn't upload images ever, that's handled by his communications team.
His last tweet before presumably boarding the plane to attend a 9/11 memorial comes off like he forgot all about 9/11.
Normally I wouldn't get this upset about president brain worms doing what he normally does, but today is an especially tough day to have a president like this. All we need is someone to speak to our collective American pain in a somber and empathetic manner, and our president woke up screaming about the Russia investigation while watching Fox News shows he DVR'd from last night. I don't know what I expected, really, given that this is the same guy who boasted about how his building just became the tallest in New York City while the plume of smoke was still rising from the just-collapsed Twin Towers on 9/11.
America is a complicated country with plenty to be ashamed of, but on a day like today, we deserve better than this Neanderthal to speak to our collective pain.


CHETRY: Well, as the Sam Cooke song goes, "Don't know much about history," the same could be said about religion. In a nation where the majority of people say they believe in God, most of us don't know the specifics, it seems, about religion.
According to the new book "Religious Literacy," Americans are shockingly ignorant about the bible, or any other holy book, for that matter. Its author says that one out of 10 Americans thinks that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife. So -- that was only one out of 10 -- all right.
So, did -- we did our own test. We wanted to see if anyone knew who wrote the gospels.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Michael, maybe? Right?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I mean, I know then, but I just can't name them all.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. I can't do it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So that's what I meant, like gospel writers... don't know.
CHETRY: Delia Gallagher is CNN's faith and values correspondent.
Now, I thought that one was pretty easy. For the record, tell us.
DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN FAITH AND VALUES CORRESPONDENT: I thought it was pretty easy, too.
For the record, they're Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, but surprisingly it was the question that most people had difficulty with, Kiran.
CHETRY: All right. So what were some of the other findings, Delia, about -- because the vast majority of people asked say they are religious, and many Christians don't necessarily know the specifics of the bible.
GALLAGHER: Yes. Well, you know, a lot of people will say they believe, and they are Christian, and they are practicing, but when it comes to really knowing your bible or even knowing about other religions, we found that a lot of people don't have a great breadth of knowledge about their history and their religious history.
So, for example, one of the things that I found was interesting in our little non-scientific survey, we should say, from some of those people that you saw there was that they did know about Islam's holy book, the Koran. So, you know, you can see that some of this is seeping through in terms of what's happening in today's world, but they don't necessarily know about Jewish and Christian scriptures in the bible.
CHETRY: All right. So why do we need to know this stuff?
GALLAGHER: Well, you know, it's -- religious history is history in general, so, of course, there is some value to knowing about history, and it's about the history of the Jewish and the Christian people. And then, of course, you have cultural references from today that refer back to the bible and presidents and pop songs, and all kinds of different references that a lot of people are sort of familiar with, but they don't really know where it all comes from.
CHETRY: Hey, does this sort of reopen the debate about whether we should be teaching religion in schools?
GALLAGHER: Well, this is part of the point that the author makes in his book. He blames the fact that were are religiously illiterate on the fact that in our schools we do not teach the bible either as history or as literature in any way.
The problem, of course, with that, as he points out, is that people are afraid to do this, because you will find yourself in court if you try to teach it, but not preach it. You know, there's a fine line between those two. And in our public school system, that is something that the schools are really afraid to get into, and one of the reasons why kids today and adults aren't getting any kind of bible history.
I agree that it's a little bit odd that the vast majority of people in a country that prides itself as the most religious in the world can't name the writers of the gospel, but really, whose fault is that? The last I heard, there were tens of thousands of churches in this country. Is it too much to ask that they be in charge of religious instruction? Isn't that their specialty?
I know that many of the conservative mega-churches spend most of their time instructing their parishoners on Republican politics and holding Christian rock extravaganzas so they don't have time for actual religious teaching. Understood. But maybe they could send their kids to the mainline and liberal churches once a month so they can get some actual Bible teachings. With all the pressure on public schools to find a way to teach biology that doesn't offend the Christian Right, they just don't have the resources to spend on special classes about Biblical references in pop songs and presidents 'n stuff.
I'm sure there are many churches that would be happy to accomodate those who want their kids (or themselves) to learn about religion.


As expected, the Washington Redskins have officially released former star quarterback Robert Griffin III.
CSN Redskins reported the news about Griffin Monday morning.
Griffin was inactive for nearly the entire season, only getting into his uniform once when injuries decimated the team and they needed to have the requisite players suited up.
Monday morning, Griffin tweeted, "We have to face the challenges life presents and never back down. Keep Fighting!"
We have to face the challenges life presents and never back down. Keep Fighting!
He followed that tweet with a "thank you" to his fans.
Griffin was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2012 draft, then earned NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. But injuries plagued the remainder of his time with the Redskins.
Last week, the Washington Redskins placed a non-exclusive franchise tag on Cousins. A source told News4's Carol Maloney there is a chance of getting a long-term deal signed by July 15.


A computer repairman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly planting spyware on dozens of computers he fixed and remotely taking hundreds of photos of women in their homes partially clothed or naked.
"While he had physical access to the computers, he would install a spyware-type application that allowed him remote access to the user's computer and webcam," Goodrich said.
He also would work on friends' computers.
"Once he had access, he would take photographs of the users, usually women," Goodrich said. "Often, the female victims were undressed or changing clothes."
He said Harwell then stored the photos on a remote server and eventually downloaded them to his own computer.
The department estimated that hundreds of thousands of images were collected as part of the investigation, and they are seeking out victims.
The lurid repair ploy first came to light last summer when a Fullerton resident contacted police about suspicious messages appearing on his daughter's computer, Goodrich said.
One message mimicked the appearance of a system message and read: "You should fix your internal sensor soon. If unsure what to do, try putting your laptop near hot steam for several minutes to clean the sensor."
Harwell serviced computers in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Fullerton police say they have documented numerous victims, all of them women.
Still images, videos and cellphone videos of women taken surreptitiously were all seized from Harwell's computer.
Harwell was a student at Biola University at the time but no longer attends the school. Goodrich said many of the victims attended the university.
Harwell used a program called Camcapture that was installed on the victims' hard drives, Goodrich said.
Detectives also believe Harwell may have exploited Macintosh computers that were connected to Biola's internal network. The sergeant said potential victims should search the "/Library/WebServer Documents" directory for the Camcapture program.
Fullerton police are working with Biola's public safety department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on the investigation. Anyone who suspects she may be a victim is asked to contact Fullerton Det. Kathryn Hamel at (714) 738-5327.


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Public Eye: Funmi Iyanda discusses issue of child witches
"It is worse for girls accused of being witches. Men use them. Children as young as 10, 11, 12."- David Etim Otu on Public Eye.
On Sunday, December 20th, 2020, Funmi Iyanda discussed the long-standing issue of child witches with the Principal Council, Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), Mr. James Ibor; lawyer, activist and writer, Dr. Leo Igwe; a representative of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Mrs. Amaka Omo; and a survivor, David Etim Otu.
Throughout Nigeria, it is common to hear people brand elderly women, neighbours, stray animals, and innocent children as witches. This is especially common in the states of Akwa Ibom and Cross River.
The show kicked off with a survivor's tale. A young girl who was kept anonymous recounted her experience, which began when her father suspected that she and her sisters were witches. This suspicion escalated into an attempt on her life when her step-mother, who held a knife to her throat, forced her to "untie her womb". After that, her father kept her and her sisters in a "chicken house" until they were rescued.
Another survivor, David Etim Otu, a guest on Public Eye was accused of being a wizard and forced to live on the street at the tender age of 12. Barrister Ibor found and rescued David at age 15.
With a father-like pride, Barrister Ibor recounted, "He was very articulate. He was in charge of all the other street children. We had organised the first event for the International Day of Street Children. On the day of the event, he told me that if I did not seat him at the high table, he would tell all the children to leave the hall. He sat with pastors and government officials. When we gave him the floor, he exploded."
"After the program, we asked which of them wanted to stay in a proper home. He accepted and was placed with a family. Today, he is a second-year engineering student at the University of Calabar."
Funmi Iyanda, trying her best to reign in her emotions, asked, "How does a parent get convinced that their child… Help me understand it. I don't understand it."
According to Barrister Ibor, "Money is the motivation. The victims are children who can not defend themselves, cannot talk, children with autism, or children with incredibly high IQ. If you are seen as an extraordinary child, you must be a witch. And pastors and native healers are ready to sell this fear to parents and manipulate them for money."
The conversation moved to institutions and the regulations that should control the power of religious leaders.
According to Mrs. Amaka Omo, "What the NHRC does are community town halls. Everything starts with the community. If the community believes in these things, we have to root it out. Also, with the Child Rights Act, we have the mandate to free children from the custody of abusive parents and take them to a safer environment."
An impassioned Leo Igwe stated, "First, we must admit that we have failed as a society. We can try to push the blame to pastors and healers, but they are part of society. Why can't we confront them? They say 'Touch not my anointed'. We have to touch the anointed! We must confront the narratives of witchcraft and the narrative that says that someone can harm others magically."
You can watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/w0yg1_lvaqI
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Flights depart from Sydney, Brisbane (Qantas) and Auckland (Air Chatham), and take about 2 hours.
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07.19.2013 Southeast State & Local Tax: Important Developments - July 2013
BY: STEPHANIE LIPINSKI GALLAND & KYLE H. WINGFIELD
The Williams Mullen Southeast State and Local Tax (SESALT) team is pleased to provide you with a comprehensive recap of recent legislation around the U.S.
RULINGS OF THE TAX COMMISSIONER
Updated Tax Guidelines
Virginia Port Volume Increase Tax Credit Guidelines. P.D. 13-123.
Virginia Sales and Use Tax Guidelines. P.D. 13-102.
Virginia Insurance Premium License Tax Guidelines. P.D. 13-122.
Motor Vehicle Rental Tax Guidelines. P.D. 13-109.
Port Volume Increase Tax Credit. The Virginia Port Volume Increase Tax Credit is available to certain taxpayers that ship cargo through Virginia Ports. The credit is equal to $50 for each 20-foot equivalent unit ("TEU") above the base year port cargo volume each year. Legislation enacted in 2013 expands the types of taxpayers that may claim the credit. Under prior law, the credit could only be claimed by manufacturers or distributors of goods. Under the new legislation, the credit may be claimed by taxpayers that are agricultural entities, manufacturing-related entities or mineral and gas entities. The Department of Taxation has released guidelines concerning the Virginia Port Volume Increase Tax Credit. P.D. 13-123.
Sales Tax Changes Not Imposed in Counties of Gloucester and Surry. Effective July 1, 2013, the Virginia sales and use taxes increased from 5% to 5.3%. An additional sales and use tax of 0.7% also became effective in the areas surrounding Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia. The additional 0.7% tax will not apply in the counties of Gloucester and Surry, as originally planned. New guidance published by the Department of Taxation reflects this change and provides information about the sales and use tax increases in other areas. P.D. 13-102.
Incomplete Exemption Certificate Not Valid. Pursuant to Va. Code § 58.1-623(A), dealers have the burden of showing that a sale, distribution, lease, or storage of tangible personal is not subject to the sales and use tax unless the customer provides the dealer with a valid exemption certificate. Dealers may rely on an exemption certificate received in good faith from the buyer, even where information on the certificate later proves to be incorrect. However, dealers may not rely on a certificate that is incomplete (e.g., does not list the customer's address or provide information stating the basis on which the exemption is claimed). P.D. 13-101.
Request to Allocate Income Denied. The Department of Taxation denied a request by a State A limited partnership to allocate its Virginia-source income rather than using the statutory method for apportioning income. The Department ruled that partnerships with income subject to tax in Virginia and at least one other state must apportion their income under Va. Code §§ 58.1-408 through 58.1-421 unless clear and cogent evidence shows that the statutory method of apportionment is inequitable. P.D. 13-86.
Non-Resident Truck Driver Not Subject to Virginia Income Tax. The Department of Taxation ruled that a non-resident truck driver was not subject to Virginia income tax on amounts earned as an employee of a Virginia trucking company and on payments he received as the sole proprietor of a trucking business. The Department reasoned that federal law Title 49 U.S.C. § 14503(a)(1) prohibits a state from imposing a net income tax on compensation paid by motor carriers to non-resident employees and independent contractors who provide transportation services in two or more states. P.D. 13-90.
Refund Denied because Amended Return Not Filed within Statute of Limitations Period. The Department of Taxation denied a refund claimed by a taxpayer on his 2008 individual income tax return because the return was not filed until May 22, 2012. The Department ruled that taxpayers who do not timely file their returns have three years from the original due date (not the extended due date) to request a refund. As the taxpayers' original return was not filed by May 1, 2012, the statute of limitations period for claiming a refund for the 2008 tax year had expired. P.D. 13-94.
Non-Qualified Pension Distribution Subject to Virginia Income Tax. The Department ruled that a retirement distribution that became due and payable to a taxpayer while he was a resident of State A (but was not actually received until after he became a Virginia resident) was subject to Virginia income tax. Although the distribution was constructively received while the taxpayer was a resident of State A, the Department held that federal law Title 4 U.S.C. § 114 only allows taxpayers to be taxed on retirement income in their state of residency when such income is actually received. P.D. 13-95.
Sales and Use Tax Exemption on Electricity to Certain Restaurants. Effective August 1, 2013, Washington D.C. provides a sales and use tax exemption for sales of electricity to separately metered or sub-metered restaurants. The exemption is similar to the existing exemption for sales of gas to restaurants. For purposes of the exemption, a "restaurant" includes a pizzeria, delicatessen, ice cream parlor, cafeteria, take-out counter and caterer, and banquet and food processing areas in hotels. D.C. Rev. Notice No. 2013-02.
Property Tax Credit Increases. Effective April 27, 2013, the Schedule H Property Tax Relief Act of 2012 increased the maximum credit for property taxes paid to $1,000 from $750. For residents who rent their principal residence, the amount of rent paid that constitutes property taxes increases from 15% to 20% of rent. The act provides adjustments for tax years beginning after December 31, 2005. L. 2013, Act 19-649 (Law 19-283).
North Carolina Tax Reform. The North Carolina General Assembly is expected to approve a tax reform proposal later this week. Highlights include (i) reducing and simplifying the 3-tiered state personal income tax from the current maximum rate of 7.75% and minimum rate of 6% to 5.8% in 2014 and 5.75% in 2015; (ii) increasing the standard deduction for all taxpayers; (iii) increasing the state child tax credit for families making less than $40,000 per year; (iv) offering a $20,000 combined maximum deduction for mortgage interest and property taxes; (v) making charitable contributions fully deductible; (vi) protecting all Social Security income from state taxes; (vii) reducing the corporate income tax from 6.9% to 6% in 2014 and then to 5% in 2015; (viii) capping the gas tax; (ix) eliminating North Carolina's estate tax; and (x) preserving the sales tax refund for nonprofits. Also, if the state meets revenue targets (i.e., tax revenue grows due to a growing economy), the corporate income tax will drop to 4% in 2016 and 3% in 2017.
Dates for Annual Sales Tax Holiday Announced. The North Carolina's sales tax holiday will begin on Friday August 2, 2013 at 12:01 a.m. and end on Sunday August 4, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. During the holiday, no sales tax will apply to certain items of tangible personal property: clothing, footwear, and school supplies of $100 or less per item; school instructional materials of $300 or less per item; sports and recreational equipment of $50 or less per item; computers of $3,500 or less per item; and computer supplies of $250 or less per item. Participation is mandatory; retailers cannot "opt out." Sales Tax Holiday Set for Aug. 2 – 4, N.C. Dept. of Rev., 7/10/2013.
Motor Fuel Tax Rate Changes. The Maryland Comptroller's Office issued a release summarizing recent legislative changes to the motor fuel tax rate, the sales and use tax equivalent rate and the inventory (floor) tax. Maryland Comptroller's Office, Motor Fuel Tax Pub., No 3-2013 (6/7/2013).
Dates for Annual Sales Tax Holiday Announced. South Carolina's annual three-day sales tax holiday will begin on Friday, August 2, 2013, at 12:01 a.m. and end on Sunday, August 4, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. During the holiday, no sales or use tax will apply to certain "back-to-school" items (e.g., clothing, school supplies, computers, printers, computer software, blankets, bed spreads and linens, bath towels, shower curtains and similar items. Additional information about the sales tax holiday can be found at S.C. Info. Ltr. No 13-13; S.C. Rev. Rul. 10-7 and S.C. Rev. Rul. 10-8.
California – Enterprise Zone Credit Program. On July 11, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 93 and Senate Bill 90. The legislation makes sweeping changes to California's Enterprise Zone Credit Program, including a new credit for hiring over the next 7 years, a new partial sales and use tax exemption for purchases over the next 8 fiscal years and a new "California Competes" incentives credit program related to certain investments and employment expansion in California over the next 11 calendar years.
Michigan. The Michigan Supreme Court agreed on July 3, 2013 to review a Court of Appeals decision holding that a taxpayer could not use the allocation and apportionment methods under the Multistate Tax Compact ("MTC") to compute its Michigan Business Tax ("MBT"). See InternationalBusiness Machines Corp. v. Dept. of Treasury, Mich. Ct. App., Dkt. No. 306618, 11/20/2012 (unpublished); leave to appeal granted, Mich. S. Ct., Dkt. No. 146440 (7/3/2013). Recently, in Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. Michigan Dep't of Treasury, Mich. Ct. of Claims, Case No. 11-85-MT (June 6, 2013), the Michigan Court of Claims held that a taxpayer could make the MTC election for purposes of computing the business income tax component of the MTB but not for the modified gross receipts tax. Perhaps to resolve any conflict between IBM and Anheuser-Busch, the Michigan Supreme Court granted the taxpayer's petition to review the IBM case.
New Jersey – Guidance on Taxation of Cloud Computing. The New Jersey Division of Taxation recently released a technical bulletin on how the state's sales and use tax laws apply to cloud computing services. The bulletin addresses cloud computing services in three categories: Software as a Service ("SaaS"), Platform as a Service ("PaaS") and Infrastructure as a Service ("IaaS"). N.J. Tech. Bulletin TB -72.
New York – Companies Not Required to File Combined Report. An administrative law judge ("ALJ") ruled that two taxpayers, KLC and Kindercare, a corporation acquired by KLC in 2005, were not entitled to file a combined report for the 2007 tax year. In 2007, New York tax law was amended to require combined reporting if corporations are engaged in a unitary business where capital stock and substantial intercorporate transaction requirements are met. In its decision, the ALJ held that substantial intercorporate transactions did not exist between the taxpayers, as there was no written documentation that employees were transferred from Kindercare to KLC. The ALJ also rejected the taxpayers' claim that KLC paid all of Kindercare's expenses, as the accounts showed that KLC was merely paying expenses on Kindercare's behalf. In the Matter of the Petition of Knowledge Learning Corp. and Kindercare Learning Centers, Inc., NYS Division of Tax Appeals, ALJ, Nos. 823962; 823963, (6/27/2013).
New York – Metropolitan Transit Authority Tax Upheld. The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, reversing the trial court, held that the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax Law ("Payroll Tax") was properly enacted and comports with the requirements of the New York Constitution. The Payroll Tax is imposed on employers engaged in business in the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District and on the net earnings of self-employed persons attributed to that area, which includes New York (Manhattan), Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Bronx, Richmond (Staten Island) and surrounding counties. Mangano v. Silver, N.Y. S.Ct., App. Div., 2nd Dept., Dkt. No. 2012-09463, (6/26/2013).
Washington – Business and Occupation Tax Preferences Expanded. On June 30, 2013, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed legislation expanding Business and Occupation (B&O) tax and sales and use tax preferences. The bill creates or extends exemptions for taxpayers in numerous businesses and industries, including payroll services, agriculture, restaurants, cooperative finance, financial information, alternative energy, blood and tissue collection, amusement and recreation and aviation. (L. 2013, S5882 (c. 13), effective 10/1/2013 unless otherwise stated).
Wisconsin – Updated Guidance on Tax Changes. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue issued guidance providing an index to changes in the state's tax laws in the 2013–15 budget bill. The guidance also provides a brief description of major provisions affecting individual income tax, corporation franchise and income tax, sales and use tax, estate tax and interest and penalties, among other items. The index also lists the effective date for the various tax law changes listed. (Wisconsin Dept. Rev. Tax Bulletin No. 180).
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Thanks to a gracious offering from Mark of Sebago Brewing, we were fortunate enough to have two bottles of just-bottled Hefeweizen...bottled ten days ago. Into tulip glasses, it pours a hazy, dark yellow color with a slight orange glow. Topping it off is a fizzy, white head that quickly diminishes, leaving gentle rings of lacing behind. The aroma is at once sweet, contributed by citrus notes, and soapy from the unfiltered yeast. Sweet, fruity esters, with a faint banana presence. Initial taste is sour, accompanied by a blast of carbonation that subdues, giving way to a light, sweet finish. Light to medium bodied, it has an almost creamy texture, which is unexpected for this style. Soft carbonation at the finish.
Reviewer's notes: Lemon not needed with this hefe. Lots of chunky sediment from the unfiltered style. Subtle aroma.
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Courtesy Angelina Yang
By Alex Holly
Ringing in the New Year with heartbreak and harmonies, neo-soul and alternative R&B artist Joesef's debut album "Permanent Damage" spins a story of his setbacks and marks an era of evolved sound for the up-and-coming artist. The 13 track, genre-stretching LP centers around his recent life, ranging from most recent relationship and his move to London to themes of change, loneliness, and heartache that intertwined their way throughout. Soulful in both its style and sentiment, Joesef's rich voice carries the listener through a movie-produced journey of beautiful instrumentation, nostalgic sound, and incredibly touching music that will leave any listener close to tears.
Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland, Joesef is still beginning to make his way around the block in the music industry. While the breakthrough in his career as an artist began quite unconventionally through a drunken karaoke performance in his hometown, it's clear that this passion for music has long run through Joesef's soul. Musically, his work draws inspiration with no limits for genre and time, ranging from the sounds of The Mamas and The Papas to Tame Impala and Kendrick Lamar. Yet, even with a wide net of external creative pulls, Joesef has found a way to truly make his own sound. His work — from his full and rich production to his incredibly smooth blend of indie, R&B, and soul — is truly a testament to his strengths and evolution as an artist.
"Permanent Damage" carries similar themes to Joesef's previous work, yet adds an exploration of self that brings a new sense of completeness, aesthetic, and resonance to himself and many others. "When I moved to London, my goal was to advance my sound and evolve it," he stated in an interview with The Herald — and this album easily proves true to these aspirations. Joesef's body of work is a dissection of his triumphs and trials in love, sexuality, and the everlasting attempt to find a new sense of self after indefinite change, and is one which he sprawls across the page in technicolor ink.
The story of "Permanent Damage" is one that reads as a flashback through a film camera: each memory flickering through the whir of a picture frame and washed in the bittersweet pangs of nostalgia. Blending his own memories with the aesthetic of old soul and hazy 90s movies, Joesef guides listeners through the dark of London's nightlife and the mornings after, as well as the many solemn days of reflection that followed. He touches on the high found through hatred of an ex-lover through the rhythmic and upbeat track "It's Been a Little Heavy Lately," all the way to his bleakest moments of the relationship in the acoustically lead "Blue Car." "Most of the album, I feel like I'm on my hands and knees trying to make sense of things," Joesef tells Apple Music. While flush full with emotionally elevated pieces and deeply personal storytelling, Joesef creates an album both resonant to his audiences and earnestly reflective of his own experiences. It's cathartic, it's driven, it's compelling, and that's exactly what makes it click.
Despite being a self-proclaimed "sad boy," Joesef's music and messages run far deeper than this potentially surface-level phrase. "In the end, change doesn't always have to be a negative thing. It always makes you a better person, regardless of whether you feel that at the time," he states, reflecting on the album's closer "All Good." "Permanent Damage" marks a story of Joesef's growth both as an artist and as a person, taking his post-relationship perspective and sharing it with an audience who resonates and understands.
While indefinite, the changes that Joesef depicts — from the beginnings of his life away from Glasgow to the endings of a relationship — are not those to run from, but those that prompt a new stage and new growth to life. In Joesef's own words, as seen through the sentiment of "Permanent Damage" and the messages it carries, "It's always worth making it through the other side."
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