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Chaldean Commercial Property Brokers Gain Access to More Listings
By Salam Abbo :: Thursday, May 1, 2008 :: 36894 Views :: :: Business & Finance
Michigan, USA - Chaldean commercial realtors will have more access to a greater number of commercial listings. The additional information will create new opportunities for Chaldean property owners to expand their property portfolios.
The Commercial Board of Realtors' listing information exchange has confirmed that two major commercial real estate houses will begin to share all their historical data and proprietary listings.
Signature Associates and Colliers Inc. both decided to contribute their in-house listings to the listing exchange (CPIX). CPIX is the information exchanged used by Commercial Board of Realtors members and the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
Signature Associates, based in Detroit and with offices in Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, announced it would hand over its 2,400 listings to CPIX.
Colliers Inc., based in Southfield, also will share its information, including some 1,000 listings, Signature Vice President and managing director Mark Woods said.
CPIX now includes over 10,000 listings and growing.
Alluding to Chaldean property management companies, Woods shares with www.CHALDEAN.org that, "There's half a dozen firms in the southeast market that have the talent and information to contribute," he said, noting that many have agreed to share their information, as well. "It makes it a better product."
CBOR members will have access to the information for much less than is charged by some information companies, such as CoStar, CBOR Exec¬utive Vice Pres¬ident Nancy McKellar said.


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Imran Khan you are my hero, may Allah protect you: Gary Player
By Ali Kamran	 Last updated Oct 1, 2019 60 0
Gary Player, who was one of the world's best professional golfers in the post-World War II era, paid tribute to Prime Minister Imran Khan in his video message.
According to the details, great golf player Gary Player paid tribute to Prime Minister Imran Khan in his video message saying, "I know that you are facing many challenges, but in the next two years you will make things better because of your leadership capabilities."
Gary Player said he was a fan of Imran Khan's leadership ability and his role in the region is commendable.
Gary Player, who is considered to be one of the greatest golfers ever sends out a message to PM Imran Khan.
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The South African veteran golfer told Imran Khan in his video message that, "you are my hero, may Allah protect you, like Nelson Mandela, you are serving your country well."
Remember that Prime Minister Imran Khan's popularity has increased after his address in the United Nations.
Prime Minister Imran Khan had made it clear to the world in a keynote address to the General Assembly that if the traditional war between Pakistan and India had started, it would have devastating effects on the whole world.
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THE new community centre for Harrow Weald is great news as it will benefit a large section of the local population.
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Run by Watford FC's community trust, the complex's fenced-off soccer pitch will host specialist football courses and lessons for visiting pupils from local schools every day, benefiting children far beyond the immediate community.
It improves on the current open grass pitch in being an all-weather surface, guaranteeing year-round use, and being available for private hire 14 hours a week, although the gates will only be open for free public use for three hours on weekdays and four at weekends, compared to the obvious 24-hour availability at present and, in that respect, youngsters may be worse off.
The centre itself will continue to run the same activities it does at present but in addition, there will be a new cafe and children's play area, and workspace for police and residents' groups, while the building is more flexible than its predecessor so staff can adapt the rooms on the hoof to accommodate different uses.
Funded by a grant from the Big Lottery Fund's MyPlace scheme, the project does have its downsides - open access to the pitch is restricted and the footprint of the complex eats further into Cedars Open Space and the Green Belt - but they are outweighed by the advantages of having a secure, managed building with improved facilities that will revitalise Harrow Weald with no extra cost to Harrow's taxpayers.
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Conservative Anglicans Angered by Islamic Call to Prayer During Cathedral Armistice Ceremony
Victoria Friedman
Conservative Anglicans have been angered that the Muslim call to prayer was performed at Blackburn Cathedral during an Armistice ceremony to honour the dead of World War One.
According to a video posted to social media, the azaan was performed by Moulana Abdurrahman Talha Umar as part of an anti-war 'mass' by composer Karl Jenkins called "The Armed Man (A Mass For Peace)."
He declared in Arabic: "Allah is the greatest; I bear witness that there is no other God but Allah; I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah."
The Sunday Times revealed that the Blackburn Music Society, which often holds events in the cathedral, decided to ask an imam to perform the second movement rather than a musician, with the imam selected on recommendation from the Blackburn with Darwen Interfaith Forum.
Remembrance Day 2018 Blackburn Cathedral. Azaan (call to prayer)by Moulana Abdurrahman Talha Umar. pic.twitter.com/g5Nh98p729
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Peter Howell-Jones, Dean of the Cathedral Church of Blackburn Saint Mary the Virgin with St Paul, told The Times that he did not know the piece contained the call to prayer until shortly before the performance and did not want to upset anyone by asking for the prayer to be omitted.
"I don't think this should have happened here. If people are going to call for my resignation there's nothing more I can say or do to people to pacify them because actually, I agree with their arguments," Mr Howell-Jones said.
However, former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey said "Let's not make too much of a fuss about it," but recognised that "I don't think that without permission I have any right to go into a mosque and preach a Gospel sermon."
Susie Leafe from Gafcon UK, a conservative Christian organisation, told the newspaper: "Islam and Christianity disagree about the two most important questions in history: was Jesus God in human form? And did Jesus rise from the dead?
"If allowing the imam to pray during this concert has suggested otherwise, I trust the dean and the bishop will put the matter right."
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Queen Elizabeth's former chaplain Gavin Ashenden added that: "In the downward spiral of the Church of England's membership, they are trying to move from being a religious organisation to a cultural organisation."
Reverand Ashenden resigned from his post in January 2017 after condemning the reading of a passage of the Quran at a Scottish cathedral during an Epiphany service which denied the divinity of Jesus Christ.
Calling the reading "blasphemy," he added that as well as apologies to the congregation "apologies may be due to the Christians suffering dreadful persecution at the hands of Muslims in the Middle East and elsewhere." No apology was made, however.
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Deloitte Consulting: Digitally Transforming the Enterprise Needs a New C-Suite
Amy Groden-Morrison Jul 19, 2018
Technology has rapidly changed not just the way that companies do business and the kind of tools they use, but also the way that employees in different parts of companies work together. But what technology for the C-Suite hasn't changed to any great degree, says Deloitte Consulting LLC. And that must change, the consulting company says, if enterprises want to digitally transform themselves.
So reports Nicole Laskowski in her article in SearchCIO, "The future of work requires a new C-suite." Laskowski quotes Janet Foutty, chairman and CEO at Deloitte Consulting, as saying at the EmTech Next conference in June, 2018, "When we took a step back and thought about the evolution of the executive ranks in both government and corporate America, we think about it in three chapters. I believe we're entering the third chapter today, which is the symphonic C-suite."
In C-Suite 1.0, Foutty explains, its structure was about command-and-control, with top-down directives and direction issued by the CEO. The closer an executive was to the CEO, the more power and influence he or she had.
In C-Suite 2.0, she continues, the emphasis is on executives' expertise and depth of knowledge, with those hired as CIO, CFO, CMO and others in the C-Suite considered "the best and brightest in their domain." That led to a proliferation of C-suite titles, in which each person was master of his or her own domain. That, she says, is where most C-suites are today.
But she believes that is problematic for the world we live in, in which new technologies ranging from AI to robotics go well beyond transforming the way that people work. Instead, they change the very core of companies, the way in which they compete for customers and hire the best employees.
"This is bigger than technology," Laskowski quotes Erica Volini, U.S. human capital leader at Deloitte, as saying onstage at EmTech Next. "It has significant workforce impact that needs to be managed, and it can't be relegated to one title or one person."
In the new C-Suite model, 3.0, Laskowski sums up, "the leadership team has shared accountability across all domains and comes together as needed to tackle the kinds of challenges that businesses face today...Together, the corporate chiefs can establish a culture and an org structure needed to embrace emerging tech, manage risk, launch new business models or overhaul hiring and retention practices." That, in turn will digitally transform enterprises.
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C-Suite 3.0 and digital transformation requires not just collaboration among members of the C-Suite, but of employees across many enterprise departments and divisions, notably IT and line-of-business staff. Alpha Software is working with customers to allow C-level executives and business unit leaders to engage more members of the workforce in digital transformation. How? With new technology that allows IT and business workers to collaborate easily on digitizing business processes on smartphones -- and they can do it in minutes.
Alpha Anywhere and its new Alpha TransForm technology are ideal for this new business world and the new C-Suite. It enables savvy business domain experts and IT departments to work together to quickly and effectively digitize business processes and deliver tangible business impact. It lets line-of-business experts build mobile apps using their insight regarding workflow needs and efficiencies, while simultaneously enabling IT to control data integration with systems of record, and data security compliance.
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Last week, according to the NY Times, the Department of Homeland Security issued internal guidelines which put higher priority on enforcing immigration laws by targeting employers instead of workers. In effect, the large worker raids of the last few years – in New Bedford MA and Postville IA and against Swift – are not going to continue, in favor of catching executives who break the law.
The Bush Administration's focus on round-ups actually made it more difficult to indict executives. Per the article, "Under the Bush administration, the officials said, most raids were conducted largely on the basis of tips that an employer was hiring illegal workers, rather than on information gleaned from audits of employer records or undercover investigations. As a result, agents rounded up thousands of illegal immigrants but rarely developed the evidence necessary to show whether businesses were knowingly using illegal labor."
The times quotes the guidelines: "ICE must prioritize the criminal prosecution of actual employers who knowingly hire illegal workers because such employers are not sufficiently punished or deterred by the arrest of their illegal work force."
The article in full:
Immigration Agents to Turn Focus to Employers
By GINGER THOMPSON
WASHINGTON — In an effort to crack down on illegal labor, the Department of Homeland Security intends to step up enforcement efforts against employers who knowingly hire such workers.
Under guidelines to be issued Thursday to Immigration and Customs Enforcement field offices, agents will be instructed to take aim at employers and supervisors for prosecution "through the use of carefully planned criminal investigations."
Senior officials of the Homeland Security Department said Wednesday that illegal workers would continue to be detained in raids on workplaces. But the officials said they hoped to mark an abrupt departure from past practices by making those arrests as part of an effort to build criminal and civil cases against employers.
Under the Bush administration, the officials said, most raids were conducted largely on the basis of tips that an employer was hiring illegal workers, rather than on information gleaned from audits of employer records or undercover investigations. As a result, agents rounded up thousands of illegal immigrants but rarely developed the evidence necessary to show whether businesses were knowingly using illegal labor.
Last year, for example, nearly 6,000 people were arrested in workplace immigration raids across the country, but only 135 were employers or managers. The new guidelines, meant to provide a road map to agents who have been operating with little guidance and oversight from Washington, instruct them to pursue evidence against the employer before going after the workers.
"Enforcement efforts focused on employers better target the root causes of illegal immigration," say the guidelines, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times. "ICE must prioritize the criminal prosecution of actual employers who knowingly hire illegal workers because such employers are not sufficiently punished or deterred by the arrest of their illegal work force."
The rules could draw a storm of complaints from employers, who argue that they are easily duped by workers with bogus documents and that the government has not established a reliable system for verifying immigration status.
The rules are likely to win praise, though, from advocates who have long considered raids at work sites to be symbols of a crackdown that, they say, violates workers' rights and divides immigrant families while ignoring employer abuses. Raising the bar on what is required to undertake such raids could result in fewer of them.
The guidelines are a significant step toward President Obama's pledge to overhaul the nation's immigration system. The president's aides said recently that he would ask Congress this year to consider changes that among other things would give legal status to the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants now in the country.
But a worsening economy could weaken political support for such changes. In the meantime, the administration has begun a review of steps it can take without Congressional approval.
In his news conference Wednesday night, Mr. Obama restated his commitment to an immigration overhaul, saying the United States could not continue with a "broken" system. With regard specifically to workplace enforcement, he said he was looking for "a more thoughtful approach than just raids of a handful of workers, as opposed to, for example, taking seriously the violation of companies that sometimes are actively recruiting these workers to come in."
"That's something we can start doing administratively," he added.
Among Janet Napolitano's first acts as secretary of homeland security was to order reviews of many parts of the nation's immigration system. Ms. Napolitano promised to stem the rising tide of illegal immigration by strengthening border enforcement and cracking down on employers who hire illegal immigrants.
Work on the guidelines that are to be issued Thursday began after a February raid against a mechanic shop in Bellingham, Wash., where 28 illegal workers were seized. Ms. Napolitano, angry in part that her office had not been notified about the raid, ordered a review, and a couple of weeks later ICE officials took possession of the employer's files, released the immigrants from detention and gave them permission to work while they cooperated with an investigation of the company, Yamato Engine Specialists. That inquiry continues.
One senior official said ICE agents worked from a field manual offering a menu of strategies that can be used in pursuit of workplace enforcement. But the manual does not lay out the order in which the strategies should be employed, or explain the agency's objectives. As a result, enforcement actions have been undertaken at the discretion of each field manager rather than Washington's direction.
"That's how you ended up with investigations that focused on low-hanging fruit," the official said, "rather than on both the employers and the illegal workers that they intentionally hired."
Among the most significant of the new guidelines is one in which agents are instructed to "obtain indictments, criminal arrest or search warrants, or a commitment from a U.S. attorney's office to prosecute the targeted employer, before arresting employees for civil immigration violations at a work site."
The guidelines call on agents to seek civil penalties, including fines and disbarment from federal contracts, in cases where they do not have enough evidence to press criminal charges. And they require that at least 14 days before conducting a raid, the relevant field office notify ICE headquarters with information including a proposed strategy for prosecuting the employer.
They also require that rules involving humanitarian considerations be taken into account in raids on work sites that have at least 25 employees. Those rules, which previously applied to raids involving at least 150 workers, generally allow the authorities to release detainees who are sick or who are sole caregivers for small children.
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Nowadays everyone is using the smartphone. And no one can contradict the fact Android is booming day by day. Android is the present-day and future of the mobile industry. Android Cupcake and Android Froyo both were famous before iOS step into the market. MoreOver, the credit goes to Google because of that users are the comfort and they like still Android better than other platforms. Every day new updates are added in the app storeat any time.
The first rule is to create the same design for every range of devices.
Try out with Integer as it is better than float. Both are same but when we come to space, floating take double space.
Develop some interesting features and Users most preferable for beneficial apps.
Better to use a touch gesture and navigation drawer.
A preferable layout is simple, it is a paramount feature and better to work on the grid layout.
Select a Passionate team. Although you build an app you not only want to motivate the user but also people who see it. If you have chosen the passionate developer, you will reach your goal easily.
Team discussion about your plans which is the best way to lower the risk of misunderstanding.
According to time, technology changes and ensure your team is ready to face the changes easily.
Avoid the unnecessary things in your application and optimize the performance of your app.
In C C++ using getter and setter method is better than avoid to use virtual methods. And Come to Android, if you are using virtual methods then use it public.
Create an index of the database, it will assist you in optimizing the query and use precompiled SQL Statements.
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Since not all hotels can have the budget of a Hilton or a Hyatt, some chains rely on using medium quality furniture to decorate their rooms. While the highest quality is preferred in most cases, if the property's budget does not allow for the best of the best, you can still comfortably make due with medium quality hotel furniture and avoid low quality. This is a quick guide for spotting and purchasing medium quality hotel furniture.
There are a few construction characteristics that we look out for in medium quality used hotel furniture. We try and find more mortise and tenon joints instead of mitered joints. Mortise and tenon tend to hold up better for heavy usage but require a lot of extra manual labor. Mitered joints are typically nailed or stapled together and can loosen over time.
We will settle for rabbit joints on the drawers which will interweave the boards together. Rabbiting is a little more work than mitering but usually holds the drawers together for longer. We would also prefer to see dadoed shelves instead of metal rollers as dadoes typically do not wear out and have to be exact when cut or the shelves will not fit in. Finally, since hand nailing is expensive, for medium quality pieces we at least like to see the frames glued then stapled together over just stapled. So, check for glue on the joints.
The materials we look for are some of the lower costs woods (we are shopping on a budget!) which fall into your pines and ash woods. If we are doing a kitchen we can look into butcher block type woods which usually are a little bit used and abused and do not look perfect. Remember, perfect is more expensive. You can see some MDF (medium density fiber board) in these pieces and possibly some particle board for the backs and underneath the hotel furniture. You can even order these pieces with wood veneers to make the hotel furniture look a lot more expensive than it actually is.
Other things to look out for when buying medium quality hotel furniture is if the knobs and the drawer pulls are not of terrible quality but are adequate and not embarrassing to show off. Is the hotel furniture square and does it look like it is going to hold solid over time? Do the drawers slide in and out easily without having to jimmy the drawer back and forth? On visual inspection of the backs, generally medium quality pieces have some type of fiber board stapled or tacked to the back covering the insides.
Finally, if you place something on top of the piece it should not creak or sound like it is going to fly apart. Having a choice and a watchful eye, you can probably find a few bargains if you are looking for medium quality hotel furniture and at the minimum you can avoid paying too much for junk.
It's an important task for any hotel owner to buy the perfect furniture for his hotel. No matter if you are running an office or a hotel, making it look attractive to the visitors is a must in order to enhance your business. When people feel better by looking at your office or hotel, it definitely adds a positive vibe on the onlookers' mind. Visitors to a hotel often form an opinion about it, within minutes of checking in. the first impression matters a lot in any case and thus you need to be perfect all the time.
If offering the best services to the visitors is the chief ask for any hotel owner to build a successful hotel business, great service must be complemented with the right ambience as well. Stained or filthy furniture won't create the best of impressions upon the visitors mind. Customers will come back to your hotel only when they will be satisfied by your services and ambience of the hotel. One way of ensuring it is to deck up the hotel with the perfect furniture and spruce up the rooms with the correct woodwork.
There are numerous things to think about before purchasing hotel furniture. First and foremost, the owner has to determine the budget for the purpose. Check your pocket first and then go for it. If you go to the market or search for various hotel furnitures, you'll see tons of designs, styles and varieties of hotel furniture available. The cost usually varies on the quality of the wood as well as the company manufacturing it. The hotel owner also needs to keep in mind the other factors like labor, assembling, transportation and installation costs. Installation plays a big part as far as buying any furniture is concerned. As furnishing a hotel is a large-scale work, it's essential to hire furniture specialists and interior designers.
The people having knowledge of furniture installing not only make your job easier but they know exactly where to put which furniture. The next thing see is the number of pieces required for the hotel. This is a part of the interior designing process and needs proper consultation with designers. People in the US will be glad to know that hotel furniture installation has been known for providing great oomph to the whole setting and hence you can think about it. However, a hotel owner must be sure about his requirement prior to contacting a dealer or retailer to deliver the furniture.
While purchasing these hotel furnitures, never forget to check the quality of woods and other fibers. Never compromise with the quality of woods and if necessary take help from the experts. Buying furniture is a long-term investment that should provide value for the full duration of time that the hotel is in operation.
Apart from the aforementioned things, also keep in mind the weather of the surrounding areas. At places where there's a lot of wetness and moisture, wooden furniture is likely to warp and the joints loosen sooner. Lastly, being a hotel owner isn't easy as you have to be ever alert about the services of your hotel.
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If you are going to start a hotel, the first step that you want to do is to go for shopping. It will be wise if you take your interior designers along with you, they can provide you with interesting ideas for making purchase of furniture for your hotel rooms or lobby.
In up to date trend, there are many suppliers who involves in hotel furniture business selling different decorative furniture. Hence, before going to purchase from any of the suppliers, you should understood some basic facts regarding the current market price, best quality, model and other features of furniture to be purchased that suits your hotel requirements.
Also, you can go ahead and bargain with the supplier as you are going to buy on wholesale with a single supplier they will never say no for such deal. It is glad to see a consistent amount getting saved by bargaining which can be utilized for some reasonable expenses in business.
The hotel furniture should be satisfactory and pleasing to the customers who visit your hotel. Hence, make sure that you take personal care while making purchase of furniture as it should be both satisfactory and durable. You should show importance to buy furniture which will give a timeless look in the hotel rooms and lobby and in guest rooms.
Hotel Furniture is to be used for years to come and hence you need to select furniture which have outlook that matches future trend also. It is best to buy progressive trendy and classic outlook furniture for more years which worth spending on it. If you buy such high quality furniture, there will not be necessity to buy furniture for lobby or hotel rooms again for a consistent period of time.
It is must to understand the policy of the furniture suppliers before buying. You should check with them whether they will be ready to make replacement if in case of requirement within the stipulated period assured by them. Also, make sure whether they will accept returnable goods in case of any damage or loss because of manufacturing defects. As time passes due to wear and tear, hotel furniture may become old which need to be replaced to have a better outlook of the hotel rooms.
In your hotel, if you find plenty of spacious place for storage purpose, and if you feel like purchasing some more additional furniture to store for future purpose, then the already stored furniture which are of damaged condition are need to thrown out at reasonable resale value which may be useful to buy the new one.
Basic simple design and classic furniture that are used to furnish the hotel rooms can be easily replaced whenever required with the similar style of new furniture. If you go for costliest complicated highly decorative intricate hotel furniture, then it cannot be so easy for you to replace the same with new furniture equivalent to the older choice.
Investing can sometimes seem like a tough thing to do. A lot of people want to see their money grow, but they aren't sure where to start. The stock market is a good place to invest your money, so if you want to learn more about how you can make a reasonable income through the stock market, then this article is for you.
Be mindful of a stock's history, but do not count on it as a future guarantee. No matter how good a track record a stock might have in the record books, the future is unwritten. Stock prices are determined by estimations of company earnings in the future. Strong historical performance is a good indication, but even the greatest of businesses can slide.
Before delving into the stock market, you should have a basic knowledge about stocks. Stocks, which are also called shares, are segments of a company which people may purchase. So when you own a company's stock, you actually own a piece of the company. When it comes to shares, there are two different types: common shares and preferred shares. In terms of investments, common shares are the riskiest.
Do not wait for a price drop. If you are interested in purchasing a stock, resist the urge to hold out on purchasing until it drops in price. If you are right about that stock being a good investment, a dip may not come - potentially costing you a lot more in profit.
A general tip that all beginners should use is to avoid buying stocks that cost less than $15 per share. When starting out, you generally don't want to invest in companies that aren't leading their field and those companies that are, are most definitely going to cost much more than $15 a share.
You should now have a better idea about what the stock market is about and what you should be doing to prepare yourself, so that you can invest. Keep in mind, that sharing information with friends can help. Make sure that you engage in conversation with your friends, as well as to teach them what you know, so that you have a better grasp of the stock market as a whole. When you understand how something works, you know how to be good at it. Do this and success should follow.
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It doesn't matter what your choice is beyond that. Whether it's a comfortable home away from home ambiance or a completely larger than life, out of the ordinary look, you can play around with hotel furniture to better accentuate that feeling.
You can choose from an extensive variety of traditional or modern chairs, table tops and bases, booths, pub tables, podium, cabinets, service islands, lounge and stacking chairs, and all-weather patio furniture in a variety of colors and materials.
You can also rope in exclusive interior designers specializing in hotel furniture to create some custom outdoor and indoor furniture that would complement the hotel's décor, clientele and location. However, keep in mind to furnish the hotel in sync with the distinctive layout and function of each room that is being furnished.
I strongly believe that interior designers of this generation must think outside of the box while designing. There is no need or reason for hoteliers to fit ready-made pieces of furniture made offshore. They can just as well get it freshly made to cater to their requirements or function, price, and fit.
You can also combine excellent craftsmanship, the innate beauty of wood, and the technology of a hard coat finish to create the best hotel furniture for your hotel.
One valuable suggestion is that you can combine veneers and hardwoods in your hotel furniture in order to give your hotel the look and ambiance you are aiming for. The tables can be built and finished to bring out the character and natural beauty of every single piece of wood. Each of these characteristic give every table its own unique and individual charm. Looking for more hotel furniture visit us at Resortium Concepts.
Getting the right hotel furniture means more than finding the cheapest options available. Buyers must consider use and reliability as well. This means researching possible choices from different vendors, comparing costs and considering durability under expected use conditions. Failing to take any of these factors into account can waste time, money and energy. In today's tough economic times no business can afford such things. Putting in the requisite up front research optimizes cost and choice decisions for long-term positive return on investment. Rushing through this process is not advisable. Properly working furniture is often overlooked as it becomes part of the background setting. Improperly working furniture, however, creates a lasting negative memory of the hotel experience and provides the most effective advertising for competitors.
There is no need to operate in a vacuum. Buyers are encouraged to visit existing hotel settings to get ideas for what works and what doesn't. Every hotel sends both overt and covert messages to anyone setting foot on the property. The furniture might represent a specific theme or perhaps set a particular mood. Some hotels cater to the leisure crowd, while others wish to set a professional mood with office furniture found in common areas and within individual rooms. A few hotels even successfully merge both settings into one environment. It is important to think about how the furniture will represent the hotel's image and function. Visitors pick up on subtle undertones represented within the furniture setting. Think about the intended audience prior to making any purchasing decisions.
Hotel furniture distributors are generally available in local areas and online. Creating long-term relationships with a specific vendor may provide price benefits and special discounts. Vendors love repeat business. One technique that can help determine quality vendors from impersonal providers is reading customer reviews or talking with customers directly. Are there specific reasons customers keep going back to one vendor? Are there any reasons customers avoid a specific vendor? Consider these questions and find satisfactory answers before settling on a specific vendor. A reputable distributor will work to build a relationship of trust, not put heavy sales pressure on the buyer. Walk away from aggressive sales practices. This indicates lack of real concern for the customer.
How will the furniture be used? A vendor who provides quality indoor beds, chairs or tables for example may not offer a quality line of outdoor furniture for patios or poolside areas. Each area of the hotel needs appropriate furniture. The environmental conditions will dictate how the furniture is used by hotel guests and how long one can reasonably expect the furniture to last under specific usage conditions. Again, review of both furniture brands and available vendors is necessary. This requires a time investment to find the best options at the best price. The best options or prices may not be the cheapest available. Buyers get what they pay for in furniture just as in anything else. Take the proper amount of time to ensure getting the right product. Price is always a concern of course, but it should not be the only concern. Remember that furniture represents the hotel, just like an employee working to provide excellent customer service.
Cost effective solutions for getting the best hotel furniture mean considering a multitude of factors. A stable profit stream and customer satisfaction will ensure both new and repeat business at any hotel. Buying furniture is a cost of doing business. It cannot be avoided. Get it right by shopping around for vendors most suited to specific needs.
Look for vendors who are concerned and experienced with commercial furniture needs and always do necessary research up front. Avoid common mistakes of expediency and realize that furniture is a long-term investment.


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FANTASTIC FOUREVER: Fox Names Teller, Mara, Bell and Jordan As 'The World's Greatest Comic Movie Team'
When The Chronicle launched three teens into the skies and watched them fall from grace, no one could have picked that the director Josh Trank and one of the indie budget blockbuster's lead stars, Michael B. Jordan, would later be named as the director to reboot The Fantastic Four and the man to play The Human Torch respectively. Today those picks were plucked - Jordan will be Johnny Storm in Trank's Fantastic Four reboot for Fox.
For those with scorecards, the remaining roles trip out like this: Kate Mara is Sue Storm, Jamie Bell is Ben Grimm and Miles Teller will be the next Mr Fantastic.
Not that the new Fantastic Four will be heading into the skies or even space. Fox's first opening moves on the relaunch of Marvel's first franchise is tightly aligned with writer Mark Millar's Ultimate Fantastic Four run, especially in the age of it's core cast. And in that book, the teen team never went into space, they got their powers testing the limits of teleportation equipment.
While cosmic rays in space may still be on the cards, given that Mark Millar is Fox's head honcho on all things comic, it's likely more twists are to come.
While there are plenty of fans out there thinking 'How are Fox going to spin this', I feel after reading quite a few forums on the issue today the question should rather be 'How are comic fans going to spin what has been our response?' The fact that the news has become an issue of race on some internet sites is pretty disgusting, actually, it's $^$%^$ embarrassing.
Is there as equal concern over whether Jamie Bell is Jewish so he can play comics most famous Jewish son? No. But suddenly a talented actor with a matching 'game time' attitude is cast as the Human Torch and "Johnny Storm isn't black" becomes such a popular catchphrase, I'm almost expecting to see it on bumper stickers.
Heaven forbid they announced the "flaming" super-hero would swap from being a ladies man to a mans man, I'd almost expect some chat-board commentators to start building an ark.
The one catch where this would become an issue for me, would be if Sue and Johnny are no longer siblings, because then it does alter the concepts point of difference; the FF are a family. With adoptive and "blended" families more a part of the modern world than ever, this could really be a chance for the first family of Marvel to grasp the new age rather than stay in the 50's era, where all heroic faces were caucasian.
True I'd love a retro version of the Fantastic Four uplifted directly from the pulp feel of the Lee/Kirby era (or Byrne's), but that's clearly not the direction this boats rowing in. Simon Kinberg is handling the final script rewrite, and as a guy involved in both the Fox X-Men franchise and Disney's Star Wars projects, I'd say he hasn't been employed to burn a license Fox had to rush to maintain into ashes.
Kate Mara, the other confirmed choice outside of Jordan, was exceptional in The Shooter (and any other time she sticks with being a red-head), so whether she is the genius Sue is in Ultimate Fantastic Four or the force of nature of the 616 universe, the character's in safe hands.
Jamie Bell as the Thing, may seem the oddball of the bunch, but if you've not seen Bell in Defiance, with '007' Daniel Craig and 'Sabretooth' Liev Schreiber, you're missing one of the best non-comic films ever. The story of hiding Jews in the woods from Nazi forces, more than shows his acting chops, and is just flat-out awesome cinema all round. If backed by a decent Thing, 'Billy Elliot' could once again do what people thought he couldn't.
Miles Teller I'm looking forward to seeing in action. The youngest cast member playing the oldest face on the team, Mr Fantastic, is different, but having not seen any of his previous work, yet only hearing good things, I'm happy to wait for the trailer.
In comic book films there are it seems two paths to success. Either stick closely to the source material with little deviation (Superman, Spider-Man) or keep the construct and change whatever else as long as you keep the core premise in mind (X-Men: First Class, The Avengers). It's when you lose sight of that core that trouble starts to happen. From where I stand in terms of this Fantastic Four film, it is still clearly in sight.
Labels: Cast Announced, Comic Movies, Fantastic Four, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Jaime Bell, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Mr Fantastic, The Thing
The King of Thessaly 7:04 am
Hear- hear!!!
It's sickening. This is 2014 and we still have to deal with this shit? It's eye-opening. Now- I despise the Ultimate Fantastic Four... so, I'm not too excited for a movie pulling story elements from it. Still- I was COMPLETELY uninterested in this reboot... until they announced the cast. Now I am so curious to see it- and what they're doing with it and how...
Also- I hope the rumors are true and Doom is cast as a woman. That would be the cherry on top, to complete this 'What The--?!' film. Then you'll have to deal with all the misogynists as well as the racists... Plus- throw Namor in and have him crush on Reed instead of Sue so all the homophobes can come out of the woodwork too! Fuck it, why not?
Would have been nice if there was THIS much outrage when Asian characters were cast as white guys... But, see where does it all start or end? I remember hearing people get bent out of shape back when Michael Clarke Duncan was cast as The Kingpin... I was not angry about it- or making racist jokes like most I knew... but even I was like- "...but Kingpin is a white guy in the comics? I don't get it." Then you see the movie and he crushes it! His fight with DD at the end was the best damn part of that flick.
I remember in my High-school English Literature Class- we were watching the Much Ado About Nothing where Denzel Washington and Keanu Reeves play brothers... and some one raised their hand and said "But- he's black. How can they be brothers?" and the teacher replied "They cast talent. Not color." ...Of course- then the argument could be made that if they cast talent- how did Keanu Reeves get hired? -But you get the point.
When Gal Gadot was cast as Wonder Woman- I saw a few people being crude about her being Israeli... but that was drowned-out by everyone saying she has the wrong body-type to be Wonder Woman. And I agree with that sentiment. I would have rather had someone with a Beth Phoenix type body cast- but then you had all these self-righteous defenders come out saying we were body-shaming her. -A form of reverse fat-shaming, I guess? o_0 Because I don't want Wonder Woman to look like a skinny super-model- that makes me a horrible person in some's eyes. You really just can't win sometimes... I guess we're all terrible to someone for thinking something.
Anyways, I hope Jamie Bell can turn into The Thing- like in the old cartoon. Or remember how Prime worked in the old Ultraverse comics? But instead of all the slime when he changed back- it would be rubble... And I really enjoyed Chronicle, by the way... so- we'll see how it goes. All I know is comic fans need to lighten up a little. There has not been one- not ONE- comic book movie that has 100% adapted its source-material. Just gotta deal with it and hope for a good movie regardless.
karl 7:39 am
You know what I feel about this shambles, Dan...everyone, and I mean everyone over on our FF board is up in arms over this absolute shower of s**...well, the PTB have absolutely no idea what the FF is all about. It isn't just that they are seemingly going with the Ultimate version [which I liked reading, as an 'alternate FF'] but all the politically correct shenahigans. Is it REALLY necessary to have a black Human Torch? Is it so imperative to have a female Doctor Doom? Do we have to have a teenage FF?
Jamie Bell is a very good actor and no doubt he could pull it off but he does not look like Ben Grimm in any way. Only chosen for his 'name' and nothing else.
Maybe, being realistic, making a film of a comic-book to the letter as it appeared back in 1961 is too much to ask. It may be too corny, too old-fashioned, too hokey...but then they said The Lords of the Rings movies and Watchmen were unfilmable, and they got made virtually to the written word. Why not the FF? Why not?
We were discussing it on our forum and we posed our 'dream FF movie' which involved setting it back in the 1960 at the heart of the Cold War, with the fashions and atttiudes of the time. It didn't harm that X-Men First Class movie did it? The FF should be made as a period piece like this, not a kiddie-friendly little-league X-Men knock-off.
Our 'dream cast' would've been [set in the 60s] Jon Hamn as Reed, John Berntal [Walking Dead, Mob City] as Ben, Alexander Ludwig as Johnny and January Jones as Sue. With Cristoph Waltz [Inglorious Bastards] as Doom. Go on Hollywood...cast THEM!
I just hate the whole entire concept of this as it totally disrespects the FF fanbase and merely panders to political correctness. I cannot bear it, this is not the FF Ive been reading since 1970.
IADW 7:55 am
Thanks King - completely agree! This has actually upped my interest because I want to see how it's pulled off now. Lifting Jonathan Hickman's run would've made great cinema in scale etc, but this is a sign they're really hitting the franchise with enough 'what if' to make it count, and that's key. It's only when you change things half-assed that it sucks.
If everything had to be as it was in the source material can you imagine how hard it would be to find a decent Jewish actor who was alive in WWII still with Jim Lee abs to play Magneto? If they had it would've robbed us of one of the best actor/role combinations ever!
I have to admit I didn't agree to Berry being cast as Catwoman, but that was because I didn't think she could seriously pull of the sass of the character and the strength at the same time. Had they picked Angela Bassett, I would've camped out at the ticket office.
I LOVE the Ultraverse. I actually make sure I regularly post about it too and having Thing morph in such ways might light a fire under Disnivel to untangle that mess once and for all because it could easily be worth it.
Just that might alter Ben's isolation being mutated causes, which is key to the character, so they'd have to be careful.
The last thing you want from a film is audiences not going because they know the story you're going to tell. Batman, Superman, Fantastic Four, Cap - all the iconic comics risk this. Fox have shown in one hit you don't have to worry about that here.
Halle Berry being cast as Catwoman did not phase me at all because of Eartha Kitt. I was just like- cool. Then I saw that horrible flick and wanted to die. Angela Bassett could not have saved it.
Always good to know another Ultraverse/Malibu Comics fan!
A solve for that is you have Ben able to change back and forth at first- but something happens by the end of the movie where he's stuck as The Thing for good. That way he even gets to feel like part of the team AND be normal, and then it all gets taken away. What happens can be related to Doom tricking him with a "cure", or Reed fucking one up- because it starts becoming harder for him to change back each time, or something. Instant retconned pathos!
IADW 1:37 pm
Sorry Karl I didnt see your comment last time, I think we both commented at the same time.
Yeah I thing we might agree to disagree on this film, but I do like the Cold War idea. Crime Noir pulp has heaps of great movies but Adam Strange / Challengers of The Unknown / Fantastic Four type pulp really only has Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow that's any good. A Fantastic Four in that style could own a whole genre.
I'd really like Mole Man as the debut foe and leave Doom as an imposing shadow. Not only could we get some cool Moloids and Pacific Rim sized beasties, it would be cool to capture on film the first issues cover, which I don't think has happened yet.
King, I think you just might have nailed it mr. I'm going to re-read some Prime as a result, so don't be surprised to see his face on this site in a week or two.
The King of Thessaly 2:22 pm
Hell yeah PRIME! -Can't wait.
(Mantra was always my favorite... Also- Lord Pumpkin. And Ploog on Sludge.)
I want the movie to be like the comics, if its going to be different, like a black guy playing the human torch, then change the name like ultimate fantastic four or something, also I gave up on marvel movies, except mauybe the new captain america movie and, the other fantastic four movie was good, only the bit were human torch chases the silver surfer, and if they do devcide to do ultimatre fantaastic four, do the zombie comics, but use the director who did chronicle, coz that was the best super heroe movie I ever saw, and it wasnt even a super heroe movie, the action at the end was comic style, they threw buses at each other , oh and also the super man movie, the poses were good, like in the comics, when the bad girl flew straight to the jet, and u see her pose, just like the comics, but Im a marvel fan, and also these actors, they dont look good, they dont look like they have character or anything, they dont have the signs on there face, like that they can even put there state of mind to the same as fantastic four or ben grim or whatever, they just look like like normal people, people who just work at the coffee shop or something, but the fantastic four is about a normal family I guess , but they are not normal they are fantastis, I just tied that in perfectyl right at the end hey? anyways Im not realy interested in the movie, not even at the x men movie that came out or just came out, suposed to be some scences that are like age of apocalypse in it? well they proly will wreck it anyway,
Hey Juan! Good to hear from you again mr! The director of this Fantastic Four movie is the director of Chronicle so you've got at least one wish!
I loved the Torch vs Silver Surfer in the old movie too, the way Surfer grabs Torch by the throat and swirls high up into the atmosphere was liquid awesome!
Thanks for your comments!


HOUSTON (KTRK) -- If you're traveling on the Gulf Freeway, there's a mess you'll want to avoid.
An accident involving a bus is blocking multiple inbound lanes of the Gulf Freeway inbound at Telephone Road.
At this point, we don't know about injuries or how the accident happened. We'll post any new information as we get it.


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Mother seeks justice after another trial delay for daughter's accused killer
Reginald Johnson charged with murder in death of ex-girlfriend Laronda Becker in 2008
Shirley Richards (right) is disappointed it has been almost four years after her daughter, Laronda Becker, was fatally shot, but Reginald Johnson has yet to go to trial.
Shirley Richards said it's agonizing every time she walks into a courtroom and sees her daughter's accused killer smiling.Reginald Johnson's murder trial has been delayed again for the second time in almost four years, and Richards said she can barely take it."Nobody cares about Laronda," said Richards. "It's like she's nobody. She's no one. She's no one important."Johnson was charged with murder in the death of his 21-year-old ex-girlfriend, Laronda Becker, in December 2008.The probable cause document said Johnson burst into Becker's West Palm Beach apartment, where she and her mother were barricaded in a bedroom, broke down the door and shot Becker in the head.Police said he also tried to shoot Richards, but the gun misfired. Then, police said, Johnson shot himself, but survived. The couple's two toddlers were also in the home.Johnson has been scheduled to go to trial twice, most recently in April. Although he went through a battery of mental competency examinations in 2009, his public defenders have asked to have him re-evaluated.His new trial date, if found competent, is set for 2013."I just worry that eventually, they probably just find him not fit to stand trial and send him to a mental hospital, and that's just no justice for my daughter," said Richards.More From WPBF: Email alerts | Mobile | Social9146236
Shirley Richards said it's agonizing every time she walks into a courtroom and sees her daughter's accused killer smiling.
Reginald Johnson's murder trial has been delayed again for the second time in almost four years, and Richards said she can barely take it.
"Nobody cares about Laronda," said Richards. "It's like she's nobody. She's no one. She's no one important."
Johnson was charged with murder in the death of his 21-year-old ex-girlfriend, Laronda Becker, in December 2008.
The probable cause document said Johnson burst into Becker's West Palm Beach apartment, where she and her mother were barricaded in a bedroom, broke down the door and shot Becker in the head.
Police said he also tried to shoot Richards, but the gun misfired. Then, police said, Johnson shot himself, but survived. The couple's two toddlers were also in the home.
Johnson has been scheduled to go to trial twice, most recently in April. Although he went through a battery of mental competency examinations in 2009, his public defenders have asked to have him re-evaluated.
His new trial date, if found competent, is set for 2013.
"I just worry that eventually, they probably just find him not fit to stand trial and send him to a mental hospital, and that's just no justice for my daughter," said Richards.
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Closed petition Issue urgent guidance and voucher scheme to save baby & toddler activity sector
Baby and toddler groups are crucial for the wellbeing of new parents who are desperate for them to return after lockdown. Providers are struggling to reopen due to conflicting guidance. We call on government to issue targeted guidance and a voucher scheme for this overlooked sector.
So far guidance has covered adult groups and children's groups, but not 'parent & baby' activities. The advice is conflicting and class sizes unviable, especially with babies included in headcount. Bespoke guidance will enable businesses to return and save new parents from extended isolation.
In addition, smaller covid safe classes will be unaffordable for many parents, while Children's Centres remain closed. A voucher scheme would aid this sector's recovery and support postnatal mental health.
This response was given on 14 August 2020
Government has issued guidance to enable the reopening of community activities including baby and toddler groups and made available a range of financial support available to support businesses.
The Government remains committed to improving perinatal mental health services for new mothers and their partners. Since April 2019, new and expectant mothers have been able to access specialist perinatal mental health community services in every part of the country. Community health services have continued to provide support during the pandemic through greater use of digital and remote technologies, prioritising higher needs families.
Baby and toddler groups are important community facilities crucial to the wellbeing of new parents. Activities for young children and their families, such as baby and toddler groups, can operate provided they follow relevant government guidance, including guidance for community facilities which are now able to open for the provision of services for children and young people. Guidance on which premises and businesses are legally able to open can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-businesses-and-premises-to-close.
Baby and toddler groups should also have regard to, and where relevant, ensure they are following government guidance on the safe use of multi-purpose community facilities, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-multi-purpose-community-facilities. Ofsted registered early years providers should ensure they are following DfE guidance for early years and childcare providers, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures.
Information on the range of support the government has made available to businesses can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus/business-support.
Further information on business support for registered early years providers can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-financial-support-for-education-early-years-and-childrens-social-care/coronavirus-covid-19-financial-support-for-education-early-years-and-childrens-social-care.
Given the guidance and support that has already been made available to enable community facilities and businesses including baby and toddler groups to reopen, the Government does not believe it is necessary to issue guidance or set up a voucher system specifically for the baby and toddler sector.
Petitions Committee welcomes victory for baby and toddler groups
A campaign by petitioners, including the creator of this petition who gave evidence to a Petitions Committee inquiry, has resulted in the Government updating its guidance to exempt baby and toddler groups from gatherings limits in all tiers.
The Committee's inquiry into the impact of Covid-19 on maternity and parental leave heard that parent, baby and toddler groups were vital for the mental health of new parents. In its landmark report, the Committee urged the Government to meet with the sector to ensure necessary support was received.
The Committee wrote to the Government in September when it emerged the lack of clarity within the guidance was forcing many groups to close.
Chair of the Petitions Committee, Catherine McKinnell said:
"The recent addition of parent, baby and toddler groups to the list of exemptions from gathering limits in all tiers is a clear, if long overdue, acknowledgement by the Government that they are vital to young families and our society as a whole.
"Our inquiry heard compelling evidence from new parents and experts on how crucial these groups can be for the mental health of new parents, providing support and a much-needed lifeline at such an important time in their lives.
"This addition to the guidance on exemptions is testament to our petitioners and campaigners who worked tirelessly to demand clarity for the sector, and of the power of the petitions system.
"Because of these petitioners' drive for change, many who otherwise might not have had the support they need will be able to access these groups during what has been, and continues to be, an extremely challenging time for new parents."
What does the new guidance say?
With the updated guidance now explicitly mentioning these groups, many are now clearly exempt from gatherings limits. The official exemptions in all tiers include:
• Supervised activities provided for children, including wraparound care (before and after-school childcare), groups and activities for under 18s, and children's playgroups, for formal support groups, and parent and child groups – up to 15 people aged five and older.
• In the guidance for early years and childcare providers, the following exemptions are included:
o Parent and child groups that meet in Ofsted registered settings can operate in all local restriction tiers.
o Groups meeting in community spaces, such as in a place of worship, community centre or library, can operate in all local restriction tiers and should follow COVID secure guidance for the venue.
Read the full guidance here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures#parent-and-child-groups
Read about the Committee's report here: https://houseofcommons.shorthandstories.com/how-has-maternity-and-parental-leave-been-impacted-by-coronavirus-/index.html
Read the letter to the Government here: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/2699/documents/26695/default/
And the Government's reply here: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/2970/documents/28398/default/
Share your experiences of maternal mental health during Covid-19
On Wednesday 10 March, Sarah Olney MP is leading a debate on maternal mental health.
In preparation for her debate, she wants to hear from those who have given birth in the last 18 months. Specifically, she wants to understand the impact of the pandemic on maternal mental health, and whether support services were effective.
She will use your insights to inform the case she puts to the Government, and may quote your story directly during her debate.
Find out more and share your experiences with Sarah here: https://houseofcommons.shorthandstories.com/maternal-mental-health/index.html
You'll also be able to watch the debate from 2.30pm on Wednesday 10 March on that page.
The debate transcript and other relevant material will be available shortly after the debate.
The deadline for contributions is midday on Tuesday 9 March.
What are Westminster Hall debates?
Westminster Hall debates give MPs an opportunity to raise local or national issues and receive a response from a government minister. Any MP can take part in a Westminster Hall debate.
Please note: Due to covid-19 measures, Westminster Hall debates were suspended from 14 January 2021. From Monday 8 March 2021, Westminster Hall proceedings will resume in hybrid form in a designated committee room. MPs will be able to take part virtually or in person.
Find out more about Westminster Hall debates: https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/debates/westminster-hall-debates/
Follow the Petitions Committee on Twitter for real-time updates on its work: https://www.twitter.com/hocpetitions
Petitions Committee calls for clarity on safe singing in baby groups
The Chair of the Petitions Committee has written to the Government in response to the recent change to Covid-19 guidance about parents singing in baby and toddler groups.
The updated government guidance says that "singing can be undertaken in these settings", but that "it should only be the group leader and children".
In her letter, the Chair of the Committee, Catherine McKinnell MP, expresses concern that this change in the guidance "could severely limit the benefits to parents and children of these classes, cause significant disruption to providers of these classes when they have only just been allowed to restart, and ultimately deter parents from attending classes which they may have signed up for based on different expectations of the services that would be available – ultimately causing them and their children to miss out on the critical support these classes can provide."
She specifically asks if the Government will consider amending the guidance to provide specific clarification for baby and toddler groups on how they could include singing safely in their activities.
Read the letter in full: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/5358/documents/53399/default/
We'll let you know when the Government responds.
Baby and toddler groups were able to restart on 29 March in outdoor settings.
You can read the current guidance for early years and childcare providers here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures/actions-for-early-years-and-childcare-providers-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak#childrens-attendance
You can read the government guidelines on the suggested principles of safer singing here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-suggested-principles-of-safer-singing/covid-19-suggested-principles-of-safer-singing
Previous work by the Petitions Committee on this issue
The Committee's inquiry into the impact of Covid-19 on maternity and parental leave heard that parent, baby and toddler groups were vital for the mental health of new parents.
In its report, the Committee urged the Government to meet with the sector to ensure necessary support was received.
The Committee previously wrote to the Government in September last year when it emerged the lack of clarity within the guidance was forcing many groups to close.
Together with the hard work of petitioners, including the creators of this petition, the Government updated its guidance to clearly exempt baby and toddler groups from gatherings limits.
What is the Petitions Committee?
The House of Commons Petitions Committee is a cross-party group of MPs that looks at e-petitions submitted on petition.parliament.uk. It is independent from Government.
Find out more about the Petitions Committee: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/
Follow the Petitions Committee on Twitter for real-time updates on its work: https://twitter.com/HoCpetitions
Watch a short video about how petitions work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGEOraE08Jk
Petitions Committee calls for further clarity on updated guidance on safe singing in baby groups
Petitions Committee Chair Catherine McKinnell MP has written to Minister for Children and Families Vicky Ford MP to ask for further clarity regarding guidance on safe singing in baby and toddler groups.
In the letter dated Tuesday 27 April, Catherine McKinnell asks the Minister to clarify recently updated Government guidance on how singing can take place safely in baby and toddler groups during the covid-19 pandemic.
Read the Committee's latest letter: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/5697/documents/56154/default/
This request for further information follows the Minister's response to an earlier letter from Catherine McKinnell calling for clarity on the original guidance, in light of concerns that it limited parents' ability to take part in these activities. Some parents were worried that many young children might be less likely to take part in, or experience the full benefit of, these exercises without encouragement and participation from their parents.
Read the Government's initial response: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/5696/documents/56151/default/
Read the Committee's original letter: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/5358/documents/53399/default/
Government's response to 'Impact of covid-19 on new parents' report delayed
The Government has told the Petitions Committee that their response to the Committee's latest report on the Impact of covid-19 on new parents will be delayed. The Government's response was expected by 7 December, as the Government is expected to respond to all select committee reports within two months.
In a letter dated 13 December, Maggie Throup MP, a Minister in the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), says this is to allow time for the DHSC to coordinate with other departments on its response.
We will let you know once the Government's response has been received and published.
Read the letter: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/8265/documents/84382/default/
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/159915/government-delay-in-responding-to-report-is-disappointing-says-chair-of-the-petitions-committee/
Chair of the Petitions Committee responds to delayed Government response
Commenting on the delay in responding to the Committee's report, Catherine McKinnell MP, Chair of the Petitions Committee, said:
"I am disappointed the Government has failed to respond to our report on the impact of covid-19 on new parents on time. New parents, who have faced an accumulation of adversity during the pandemic, could be forgiven for seeing this delay as yet another sign that the Government is ignoring them.
"While I appreciate our report calls for coordinated action across Government, it is vital that Ministers provide a meaningful response to our constructive recommendations at the earliest opportunity, to ensure new parents are not let down any further."
The Petitions Committee's report on the impact of covid-19 on new parents
The Committee's report, published in October, made a number of recommendations to the Government calling for better support for new parents and their babies, including for a dedicated covid-19 recovery strategy for new parents, and additional 'catch-up' mental health support.
Read the report [HTML]: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmpetitions/479/47903.htm
Read the report [PDF]: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/7477/documents/78447/default/
Read the report summary: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmpetitions/479/47903.htm
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23 July 2020 - Somalia
150,000 children flee with their families as floods hit parts of Somalia
Heavy and erratic rains over the past weeks have sparked the third flash floods in nine months in the southern states of Somalia, displacing almost 150,000 children with their families over the past months[i], and inundating over 33,000 hectares of farmland. Save the Children warned this could have a devastating impact on the lives of thousands of children.
Over 40 villages bein South West State, home to thousands of children, have been flooded since late June. According to the UN, in the Shabelle region alone some 15,000 people were displaced on 14 and 15 July when floods hit[ii] the area. Flash flooding is uncommon during the dry season in Somalia.
The floods, recent swarms of locusts and the loss of livelihoods have pushed tens of thousands of people into food insecurity, as food prices have soared and food production has plummeted by 30-40 percent in parts of the country[iii].
"We are extremely concerned about the situation in Hirshabele and the Southwest states, where families and children are facing hunger which will cause malnutrition rates to skyrocket. The recurring and erratic floods that are hampering these regions have caused crops to fail, severely endangering the production of enough nutritious food for the children", said Mohamud Mohamed Hassan, Country Director of Save the Children in Somalia
"The floods and the still waters are a perfect breeding ground for mosquitos, which brings concerns of a possible malaria outbreak. With the existing crisis in Somalia including food insecurity, malnourishment of children, conflict and locust swarms, the floods are putting the lives of children at even higher risk", warns Mr. Hassan. "More resources are needed to tackle this crisis."
Save the Children is expanding its existing programmes to support the new arrivals in Mogadishu, as at least another 1,000 households who left their areas because of the floods are expected to arrive in already overcrowded camps for internally displaced people.
[i]https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/hagaa%20flash%20floods%20update%201%20-%20final%203.pdf
[ii]https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/hagaa%20flash%20floods%20update%201%20-%20final%203.pdf
[iii] https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/somalia-food-security-outlook-june-2020-january-2021
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The temporal variability and vertical distribution of barotropic tides and internal tides were investigated using 70-day high-frequency mooring data taken from continental shelf of the northwestern South China Sea in 2014. We found that the components of O1, K1, M2, and S2 were the most prominent ones in barotropic tides. While in baroclinic tides, additional to these major tidal components, MU2 and 2Q1 were considerably obvious. The major axes of tidal ellipses were in southeast-northwest direction, being almost perpendicular to the local isobaths extension. The coherent diurnal internal tidal currents took only 17.5% variance of total diurnal internal tidal variance, and the counterpart in semidiurnal tides covered 30%. Moreover, the semidiurnal internal waves were dominant by the first mode motion, whereas the diurnal internal tides exhibited higher mode features:the second mode covered a half of the total variance in diurnal tides, which is twice of the first mode's variance. In addition, both the total variance and the modal structure featured a half-month variation. By comparing the different ways of calculating the vertical mode when observed depth of the velocity is limited, we found that calculating vertical mode using full-depth temperature and salinity data is more accurate.


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Do once you step you hear a song and then you could not remember which was? Or maybe anyone has told you the place where he lives and shortly after you've forgotten you? Does this kind of thing happens to you often? If the answer is Yes, then come you very well perform some exercises of auditory memory. CEO Ford Motor Co. has compatible beliefs. When more you practice these kinds of exercises, more developed you will have the memory and will no longer depend on the obligation to have all scored in a role!. This type of exercises, is ideal to remember phone numbers, directions, instructions, list of supermarket and more. Countdown (Top Ten Countdown): A good Auditorium exercise is to listen to the top ten countdown of your favorite radio station. Do not write songs in a role, trying to remember them without doing so. Listening one by one until the end, to then try to write down on paper the title of all the songs, or up to where it can, over time you will improve. Exercising with fellow other exercises that we can make is with the help of a companion. The game would be in which the begin to recite you things, such as street addresses, a list of market, or anything else that you can remember. When finished, it is your turn to repeat everything that said. Like the previous year, with practice you will become more efficient and accurate. In the case that you can not do this exercise with a partner, can use a recorder and burn yourself then repeat what was said (although it is less effective in this way). This kinds of auditory memory exercises can be performed at any time, place, and is a simple and effective way of improving your memory.
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require 'typhoeus'
require 'json'
#require 'ruby-debug'

# Utility for getting photos from Panoramio
# http://www.panoramio.com/api/data/api.html
#
# = Options Hash describtion:
#
# :set:
# - :public - popular
# - :full - all
#
# :size:
# - :original
# - :medium (default value)
# - :small
# - :thumbnail
# - :square
# - :mini_square
#
# :minx, :miny, :maxx, :maxy - minimum longitude, latitude, maximum longitude and latitude, respectively
#
# :from, :to - number of photos to be returned
#
# Example:
#   Panoramio.photos(
#        :minx => -180,
#        :maxx => 180,
#        :miny => -90,
#        :maxy => 90#,
#   )
#
#   Panoramio.photos_adv(
#       :miny => 49.492059,
#       :maxy => 49.64658,
#       :minx => 19.998493,
#       :maxx => 20.373058,
#       :part_size => 0.1,
#       :set => :full
#   )

class Panoramio
  include Typhoeus
  URL = 'http://www.panoramio.com/map/get_panoramas.php'

  class << self
    def url(options = {})
      "#{URL}?#{to_uri(options)}"
    end

    # Get photos from Panoramio
    #
    # :call-seq:
    #   Panoramio.photos( Hash options ) = > Array of photos
    def photos(options = {})
      to_photos(get_photos(:params => to_params(options)))
    end

    # Get all photos from Panoramio within area
    #
    # :call-seq:
    #   Panoramio.all_photos( Hash options ) = > Array of photos
    def all_photos(options = {})
      output = []
      i = 0
      loop do
        opts = options.clone.merge({ :from => i, :to => i + 100 })
        new_photos = photos(opts)
        return output if new_photos.nil? || !new_photos.size
        output += new_photos
        i += 100
      end
    end

    # TODO document
    #
    # Get even more photos from Panoramio. Divide area using :part_size in options.
    #
    # :call-seq:
    #   Panoramio.photos_adv( Hash options ) = > Hash with photos and calculated data
    def photos_adv(options = {})
      # not enough data
      return nil unless options[:minx] || options[:maxx] || options[:miny] || options[:maxy]
      return photos(options) unless options[:part_size]

      # start creating parts
      x_length = options[:maxx] - options[:minx]
      y_length = options[:maxy] - options[:miny]

      # new partials count
      x_partial_count = (x_length / options[:part_size]).ceil
      y_partial_count = (y_length / options[:part_size]).ceil

      x_precised_part_size = x_length / x_partial_count.to_f
      y_precised_part_size = y_length / y_partial_count.to_f

      output = []
      (0...(x_partial_count)).each do |x|
        (0...(y_partial_count)).each do |y|
          h = options.clone.merge({
            :minx => options[:minx] + x * x_precised_part_size,
            :maxx => options[:minx] + (1 + x) * x_precised_part_size,
            :miny => options[:miny] + y * y_precised_part_size,
            :maxy => options[:miny] + (1 + y) * y_precised_part_size,
          })
          output += photos_all(h)
        end
      end

      output.uniq!({
        :array => output,
        :array_size => output.size,
        :x_parts => x_partial_count,
        :x_precised_part_size => x_precised_part_size,
        :y_parts => y_partial_count,
        :y_precised_part_size => y_precised_part_size
      })
    end

    protected
      def to_params(options)
        { :order => :popularity,
          :set => :public,
          :size => :thumbnail,
          :from => 0,
          :to => 20 }.merge(options)
      end

      def to_uri(options)
        to_params(options).map { |key, val| "#{key}=#{val}" }.join("&")
      end

      def to_photos(json)
        return nil if json['photos'].first.nil?
        # issues with redefinition
        struct = defined?(Struct::Photo) ? Struct::Photo : Struct.new('Photo', *json['photos'].first.keys)
        json['photos'].map { |p| struct.new(*p.values) }
      end
  end

  remote_defaults :on_success => lambda { |response| JSON.parse(response.body) },
                  :on_failure => lambda { |response| raise "Panoramio.com error: #{response.code}. Response #{response.body}" },
                  :cache_responses => 180
  define_remote_method :get_photos, :base_uri => URL
end