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Q: Copy directories and their sub directories created day ago I tried to copy Copy directories and their subdirectories created a day ago as follows:
find /application/work/   -type d -mtime -1  -exec cp -r {} /tmp/backup \;

But it is copying all directories (Not only the ones created a day ago).
Would you please advise?

A: find is also finding the working directory /application/work/ and is copying it, see How to exclude this / current / dot folder from find "type d". Since you're executing cp -r, it recursively copies everything in . before also copying the subset of directories you've found via -mtime. You need to set the -mindepth to exclude the working directory from the paths on which find will operate.
Modify your command to:
find /application/work -mindepth 1 -type d -mtime -1 -exec cp -r {} /tmp/backup \;

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IIHS announces tougher award criteria
Good or acceptable headlights need to be standard equipment next year for a vehicle to qualify for the highest award available from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
In addition, front crash prevention that earns at least an advanced rating in both the vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations will have to be available for the Top Safety Pick+ award. Previously, only the vehicle-to-vehicle rating was required.
IIHS said the front crash prevention requirements will also apply to the second tier of awards, Top Safety Pick. Available good or acceptable headlights will be required for that award too, though, like this year, they won't need to be standard.
Both awards will require good crashworthiness ratings across the board. In 2019, an acceptable rating in the passenger-side test was sufficient for a Top Safety Pick award.
"As we do nearly every year, we're making it a little tougher to earn our awards," said IIHS Chief Research Officer David Zuby. "We hope these changes will encourage automakers to stop equipping vehicles with inferior headlights and speed the adoption of technology that can help protect pedestrians."
The first 2020 award winners will be announced early next year.

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The Opera Place Condominiums are located at 887 and 889 Bay street South east corner of Breadalbane St and Bay Street. Opera Place condominium is Close to Wellesley St Subway. Minutes away from Yorkville, University of Toronto, Government offices and Financial District, Eaton Centre.
The Opera Place, 887-889 Bay Street Condo was built in 1999. Apartments range from 500 sq.ft to 1300 sq.ft,. studio, 1 Bedroom + den or solarium, 2 bedroom plus den.. Most of the suites have balconies. The building has underground parking.
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B.A.N.D is a motorcycle club formed by a loose association of motorcyclists. We are a small friendly bunch dedicated to biking and socialising.
We normally meet at about 8.30pm, at The Union Inn, Stibb Cross, although this may vary a little if a rideout has been arranged for that night, usually during the better weather.
If the weather is poor, then the club still meets, although cars may be more plentiful than bikes. The important thing is to meet and socialise with friends.
The website was new for September 2006 and is still being added to, so please visit often to see what is the latest to be added to the site.
So, if you are interested in powered two wheelers and would like to get out on a Thursday night, occasional weekend and even motorcycling trips, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
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Accrington Stanley's tie with Derby County on Saturday has all the makings of an FA Cup classic - a small stadium, treacherous pitch and a team of underdogs with real bite. But beyond the romance, there is serious hard work that underpins a minnow's preparations - from extra ticket printing, to building new TV gantries and giving the ground an extra lick of paint. The Telegraph went behind-the-scenes at the Wham Stadium this week to see how Stanley have prepared for their big day.


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Clinic offers free mammograms
Author: Aleksandra Bush
Published: 6:24 PM CDT August 3, 2016
Updated: 7:35 PM CDT August 3, 2016
BRYAN, Texas - Twenty women made an appointment today to get a free mammogram at Santa Teresa's Catholic Church in Bryan through the Texas C-Step program. The screening was sponsored by Texas A&M's Physicians Family Medicine, A&M's Health Science Center and the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas.
Brenda Hernandez is a community health worker for Texas C-Step. She says that prevention can save lives which is why they are working to get more people help.
"Most women don't know how to get a mammogram. Once they see there is a program out there that offers free services, they are more inclined to make an appointment," says Hernandez.
The group is also making mammograms convenient. Using a mobile unit, they held their free mammogram service at St. Teresa's Church in Bryan. The service will now be offered there monthly. To find out how to book an appointment, call Brenda at 979.436.0049 or her coworker, Rosa at 979.436.0443.


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Janków Trzeci – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie wielkopolskim, w powiecie kaliskim, w gminie Blizanów.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość należała administracyjnie do województwa kaliskiego.

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To keep the quality of the post in the Free Stuff and Great Deals section, members only need to post only 5deals a day. Many members just post links and thats it which is not acceptable.
because it's the rules of the deals section?
I think people still break the 5 limit rule...?
Yes they do....but hyper will just delete them.
I quit visiting the Free stuff & Good deals forum a while back because it was getting flooded with spam, nonsense, and people posting a link without proper information.
I hate it when someone posts just a link, and won't even come back to edit in extra info or answer question about their deal.
Now they can't just do any of that anymore! Awesome!
I think this will dramatically improve the quality of the deals posted in this forum.
If I find more than five deals I'll just post the extras in a thread with a similar deal, or save it for the next day.
Now if only we could find someone to salvage P2S's Facebook page. ;_; Ref links and spam, AHOY!


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$100,000 Bond for Felony Arson and Criminal Endangerment Charges
Peter Christian Published: May 17, 2021
42 year-old Ryan Kirkbride is in the Missoula County Jail charged with felony arson and criminal endangerment after a fire started in the basement of a relative's home, placing the family in danger.
At his Missoula Justice Court appearance on Monday before Judge Alex Beal, Deputy County Attorney Carrie Garber requested a bail amount of $100,000 for Kirkbride.
"The state of Montana is requesting $100,000 bond," said Garber. "The reason for that Your Honor is due to the very serious nature of what occurred here. There was a fire there did significant damage to the home in question and the lives of four separate individuals were placed at extreme risk of death or serious bodily injury."
Garber said there was significant evidence to determine that Kirkbride was responsible for the fire.
"It's our understanding that he was invited to stay here locally with his sister and her family," she said. "He was the only individual residing in the basement which is where the fire started, and officials observed upon their investigation a gas can literally burned into the floor of that basement. In addition, the defendant made statements to law enforcement which indicated that he was involved."
Garber related the criminal history of the defendant to Judge Beal in asking for the high bond amount.
"Your Honor, his criminal history is 30 separate pages," she said. "Going through that, Your Honor, I see that he has most recently from February 10 of this year an arrest for fleeing and eluding law enforcement in Hamilton. That case is likely still pending. There was no disposition of felony burglary convicted prison sentence imposed in 1999. While on parole, he had a parole violation and was revoked at that time."
Judge Beal set bail at $100,000 and remanded Kirkbride to the Missoula County Jail.
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Get ready for the next evolution in user interfaces (UI): No user interface.
How you ask? How can we remove a pillar of our digital world? Without UI wouldn't we be lost trying to navigate a series of maze-like applications and websites? The solution to that problem is the Internet of Things (IoT). For those that don't know what IoT is get ready for what CES 2015 claims is the hottest topic in tech. According to Forbes "IoT is the concept of connecting any device with an on/off switch to the internet (and/or to each other)," it is simply a giant network of any device that can transmit data to one another. IoT can help make UI designs less complex by reducing reliance on human input and having devices pick up the slack.
As far as UI has evolved to let us accomplish what we want, we still can't beat machines. Humans cannot match the speed at which devices can communicate data between one another. The Internet of Things is speeding up how effectively machines can communicate with one another. With devices getting better and smarter at communicating the right data, and predicting the user's goals; UI will slowly begin to fade. For instance, you won't need to check the weather on your phone if your umbrella lights up when rain is in the forecast.
Think of UI like an obstacle between yourself, a device, and accomplishing a task. Even the best and least complicated UI like voice commands are an obstacle. When two devices communicate with one another to accomplish a task, no UI is necessary required.
IoT can help make UI designs less complex by reducing reliance on human input and having devices pick up the slack.
While we may be glued to our "screens" now, IoT is making screens less important. That's exactly what tap-to-pay credit cards are doing right now. It used to be such a chore to take out your credit card, insert it, and follow the steps on the POS system. Now, it is just tap and go, no obstacles in your way.
IoT is growing larger every day with experts like Gartner & Cisco estimating the adoption of connected devices will reach 25 – 50 billion by 2020. As it grows, IoT will get smarter and more accurate at predicting user wants and actions. While it sounds scary, IoT will change how we interact with our devices, making it less about navigating user interfaces and more about accomplishing what we want.
What does this mean for us? IoT has the potential to simplify everyday life. Devices will act seamlessly to both lessen user involvement and achieve the results they wanted. By removing the number of UI encountered in a day we have more time to accomplish other things. No user interface really does sound like the best user interface.


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7 Dry-Skin Mistakes You're Probably Still Making in the Winters
Home / Blogs / 7 Dry-Skin Mistakes You're Probably Still Making in the Winters
Dec 30 , 2019
Avoid these skin-care missteps and you'll be all set (and glowing) for the season ahead.
Credit: Allure
After reading (and, in my case, writing) a couple of bajillion winter skin-care stories, it's easy to think we all have a pretty solid grasp on the best ways to combat seasonal dryness, flakiness, scaliness, and general annoyingness. I know to slather on moisturizer straight out of the shower, swap to a gentle cleanser, put a humidifier this close to my bed at night, obsessively coat my lips with balm, and never, ever take a hot or long shower (heaven forbid). So why on earth is my skin still so freaking dry? I turned to two top dermatologists, Joshua Zeichner and Doris Day, to find out what I might still be doing wrong.
You're using lotion.
Nope. Your regular old runny moisturizer isn't going to cut it anymore. "Make sure you're using a cream, not a lotion," says Day. And while you're at it, up your dosage. "If you've been using a cream at night, make it twice a day and use it both morning and night." (For body, we adore Elemis' Sweet Orchid Body Cream and Elemis' Frangipani Monoi Body Cream)
You're moisturizing at the wrong time.
"Studies have shown that moisturizing immediately after bathing is significantly better than not applying moisturizer at all or applying it long after showering," says Zeichner. In the winter months, stash your body moisturizer in (yes, in!) your shower so you can apply it directly to damp skin before you step out of the steam.
Your moisturizer is missing something.
"You could be using moisturizers with the wrong ingredients," says Zeichner. "Look for skin-repairing ceramides, which fill in the cracks between skin cells and help the skin heal itself." La Mer's The Moisturizing CREAM is an excellent option packed with skin-soothing ceramides.
You're using the wrong cleanser.
"Avoid true soaps, which have an alkaline pH and can irritate the skin, preventing it from being able to retain hydration. Use hydrating skin cleansers instead, which are gentler on the skin barrier," says Zeichner. Clinique's Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm is great as it helps calm dryness-induced irritation almost immediately while leaving the skin soft and supple.
You're not using a sleep mask.
"The purpose [of overnight masks] is to create a permeable seal on top of your skin that makes anything underneath it penetrate better," says Day. You can apply other hydrators (serums, oils) first, then coat all of that with a thick layer of a sleep mask, and it'll help everything soak in more effectively. If you're not sure where to start with overnight masks, you can't go wrong with the award-winning Laneige Water Sleeping Mask, which feels extra thick (in a good way) and cooling on the skin.
You're forgetting about inflammation.
"Severely dry skin can lead to microscopic cracks in the outer skin layer, leading to loss of hydration, redness, inflammation, and itching. Besides improving hydration with moisturizers, you may need to help reduce inflammation with an over-the-counter cortisone cream. It's like a fire extinguisher that puts out the inflammation so that the skin can return to normal functioning," says Zeichner. He also cautions to avoid using cortisone creams for more than two weeks straight, because they can thin the skin. And if the skin is still dry or itchy after that period of time, Zeichner says it's time to visit your dermatologist for a prescription version.
Your skin-care routine doesn't involve Saran wrap.
For scaly legs, Day has a DIY remedy: After taking a (not too hot!) bath or shower, pat skin dry, slather on a rich moisturizer, and wrap your legs in plastic wrap for a few hours. "It shouldn't be so tight that it is constricting, but tight enough to occlude," she says. Then cover with long cotton tube socks and let the hydrating ingredients really seep into skin without evaporating.


And it went on. And on and on. A drumbeat, present for months but deafening over the weekend, mounted louder and louder for Turner's mugshot. It was not lost on the collective "we" mentioned above that a white male criminal guilty of sexual assault was being illustrated with a fresh-faced clean-cut besuited headshot—a privilege not afforded to many non-white defendants. After monthsof dallying, the mugshot was finally released and promptly added to his Wikipedia page.


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Q: Constraint layout occasionally ignores changes to margins I am working on an Activity using a constraint layout. Every once in a while, when I try to increase the margins on one of my views, the changes seem to be ignored. I change the margin in the android studio ui, and the change briefly takes effect, but when I move focus to somewhere else on the activity, it shrinks back to the old distance, while keeping the new number. The change appears in the xml layout, but when run in the emulator, it doesn't render. This can usually be fixed by deleting and recreating the view.
Does anyone know why this happens or how to fix it?

A: I'm not sure if this will answer your question, but if you have two layout margin attributes of the same direction, like layout_marginLeft and layout_marginStart, sometimes the changes in the design tab only changes one of them, and it defaults to the other, so you have to change both manually in the xml file.


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Bowman Blasts GOP's Attempts To Whitewash Bla
Milton AllimadiDecember 15,2013
Gen. Sejusa, Dr. Omara-Otunnu, Prof. Mousavi. Credit: Henry Gombya
Dr. Kizza Besigye won Uganda's 2006 presidential election by a 69% landslide victory according to Gen. David Sejusa, who says he and other army officers were involved in stealing the election so Gen. Yoweri Museveni could remain in power.
Gen. Sejusa says there were two electoral commissions; the official one, and an unofficial shadow version operated by the military intelligence.
The actual election results from polling stations were first sent to the unofficial commission which then forwarded the doctored numbers, depriving Dr. Besigye of victory, to the official commission.
On Feb. 25 Gen. Museveni was declared the winner of the Feb. 23, 2006 vote. He has held power since 1986.
Anytime an African incumbent president is declared the winner by a 59% margin then you know "he's lost," Gen. Sejusa said, referring to the margin officially announced for Gen. Museveni.
Gen. Sejusa's allegation was greeted by thunderous applause at the by-invitation attendees, at the launch of the Freedom and Unity Front's (FUF) official manifesto, at The London School of Economics, in London on Saturday.
The opposition parties have long accused the regime of stealing the 2006 and other elections, including the 2011 vote. This was the first time that a senior Museveni regime official at the time publicly described how the system worked.
Gen. Sejusa was until earlier this year a Member of Parliament in Uganda and the east African nation's coordinator of Military Intelligence services. He fled to London after raising questions about an alleged plot to assassinate military and political leaders who opposed a plan by Gen. Museveni to groom his son Brig. Muhoozi Kainerugaba as his heir. Gen. Museveni's security agents raided Gen. Sejusa's home and offices.
Gen. Sejusa also discussed Uganda's interference in the affairs of neighboring countries. He alleged Uganda was involved in Kenya's 2008 election violence and that Gen. Museveni, not only Kenya's leaders should appear before the ICC. President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto are now being tried at the Hague for their alleged role in the deadly violence that accompanied the Kenyan elections.
Sejusa said Gen. Museveni had a falling out with the late John Garang, the leader of South Sudan's liberation; the Ugandan ruler told Garang that he had to win the referendum that resulted in Sudan's independence at all cost and that he was prepared to loan him two million Ugandans to help determine the outcome, Gen. Sejusa alleged.
Dr. Amii Omara-Otunnu, a professor of history at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, in the U.S., and author of several books, including on militarism in Uganda, presented FUF's manifesto.
The organization describes itself as an ecumenical body --not a political party-- meant to bring together all groups and parties dedicated to the removal of dictatorship in Uganda.
"We must all commit ourselves to an ethical approach to politics in Uganda," Dr. Omara-Otunnu said. "The only approach that can save Uganda has to be ecumenical."
Dr. Omara-Otunnu also offered a novel approach to eliminating the problem of election rigging in African countries: why not have an independent body from outside the individual countries, such as the African Union, conduct the elections.
He said many people had asked about the FUF's position on violence. The question should not be about "the use of violence"; rather, the debate should focus on whether people already subjected to violence by the state, as in Uganda, have the right to use "counter violence" to defend themselves.
Oxford University law professor Kaveh Mousavi also spoke about how Gen. Museveni duped many international intellectuals and human rights advocates, including himself, through the years.
He disclosed that he had invited Gen. Museveni to Oxford years ago when he still remembered his promise of "fundamental" change, only to realize, later, that he was basically putting on a good act.
He said initially he had thought Gen. Museveni was the "antithesis" of Idi Amin, but turned out to have been the "apotheosis."
He said Museveni "cynically" used the ICC to go after Joseph Kony, only to recently turn around and denounce the court as being "racially" motivated.
Prof. Mousavi offered Ugandans suggestions on how to forward evidence of corruption involving government officials, including Gen. Museveni's family, to prosecutorial agencies in the U.K.
"Depart I say; it is time for you to go," Prof. Mousavi said, offering a message to Museveni.
Many of the Ugandans clapped energetically whenever speakers spoke urged the need to abandon parochialism, in favor of nationalism and unity, to end dictatorship and to rebuild the country.
"Museveni has survived for long because of the division within all the opposition," said Walter Odoch, who was a former military adversary of Gen. Sejusa.
An "ethnic based party" was incapable of defeating "the enemy," he said. He also deplored the horrors of the camps in the northern part of Uganda where people were herded into "like animals."
The gathering was temporarily interrupted when activist Monique Wyatt held up signs accusing Gen. Sejusa of committing genocide against the Acholi when he commanded anti-insurgency operations there. When Ms. Wyatt shouted at Gen. Sejusa to provide an answer, she was escorted out of the meeting, even though Sejusa stood up and asked that she be allowed to stay so he could respond.
Gen. Sejusa later apologized for any wrongs he may have been involved in and said Ugandans should unite to remove Gen. Museveni, after which a truth and reconciliation could be set up, after which it could even be determined if there are people who should go to prison.
Veteran Ugandan journalist, former BBC correspondent and now publisher of the London Evening Post, Dr. Henry Gombya offered a summation of Uganda's long history of disruptive politics and violent upheavals from 1966 up to date, with condemnation of the abuse of Dr. Besigye by "thugs" in uniform.
Gombya saluted Uganda's female activists and politicians, including Ingrid Turinawe and Doreen Nyanjura, who gained wide recognition when she was arrested for trying to launch a book critical of Gen. Museveni.
"We want to see Yoweri Museveni and his bunch of thugs gone," Gombya said, to loud applause.
"I would like the FUF leadership today," he added, "to leave the London School of Economics vowing to return power to the people."
The meeting room was packed with members of the Ugandan community in London and professionals who flew in from all over the world, including the U.S., South Africa, kenya, Australia, the Netherlands, and other countries.
Dr. Alex Magezi, who traveled from South Africa lamented about the cost of tyranny in terms of the brain drain. He revealed that there are 4,000 Ugandan doctors working in South Africa and 600 in Lesotho.
The event was covered by media outlets such as Reuters, the BBC, The London Evening Post and The Black Star News.
The event was coordinated by Dr. Vincent Magombe, who also offered a slide presentation of images of Ugandan civilians brutalized by the regime's military.
[More stories about the launch to come shortly]
Launch of Manifesto
Sejusa
Dr. Kizza Besigye
69% landslide victory
Gen. Yoweri Museveni
On Feb. 25 Gen. Museveni declared winner
59% margin
Freedom And Unity Front's (FUF)
The London School of Economics
Military Intelligence services
Brig. Muhoozi Kainerugaba
Dr. Amii Omara-Otunnu
removal of dictatorship in Uganda
the use of violence
counter violence
Kaveh Mousavi
antithesis of Idi Amin
apotheosis of Amin
Museveni cynically used the ICC
Joseph Kony
Walter Odoch
camps in the northern part of Uganda
like animals
Monique Wyatt
BBC correspondent
London Evening Post
Dr Henry Gombya
Ingrid Turinawe
Doreen Nyanjura
Dr. Alex Magezi
The London Evening Post
The Black Star News
Dr Vincent Magombe.


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OpEdNews Op Eds 9/10/2013 at 10:35 AM EDT H4'ed 9/10/13
Religious Freedom: Free to Leave If You Don't Believe.
By Robert De Filippis (Page 1 of 2 pages) 4 comments
Oppressed (?) Christians
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I was reading this article by Valerie Tarico on alternet.org , "Former Christian Fundamentalist: How Science Made Me Lose My Religion" when I was shocked by the fact there are "32,000 denominations into which Christianity has fractured."
Then I found this on rawstory.com, "Fox News host Dana Perino this week suggested that atheists should leave the country instead of trying to maintain the separation of church and state."
I can see her point. After all, we have 32,000 Christian options to choose from. We should be able to find at least one that fits. (Regrets to you Jews, Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims. This one's about Christians.)
Then the article goes on to say, "In a case before the Massachusetts Supreme Court, atheist lawyer David Niose argued that the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance violates the Equal Rights Amendment of the state's constitution.
"I'm tired of them," Perino complained on Wednesday. "I remember working at the Justice Department years ago when I first started right after 9/11 and a lawsuit like this came through, and before the day had finished, the United States Senate and the House of Representatives had both passed resolutions saying that they were for keeping "under God' in the pledge."
"If these people really don't like it, they don't have to live here," she added.
"Yeah, that's a good point," co-host Bob Beckel agreed.
"If you don't believe then why do you care?" Perino wondered. "It's just like some guy's name."
This whole thing got me to wondering what she'd have us do about agnostics. That's when it got personal. I mean, should I, as an agnostic, leave the country of my birth, that by the way, guarantees separation of church and state in its consitituion.
But there's another side to this story. Maybe we should be forced to leave. After all if you can't make up your mind with 32,00 choices.
I guess I could sneak by saying the pledge of allegiance in its entirety, with "under God", an entity which I have no way of knowing exists? Or maybe I should remain silent, out of respect for the people who believe they know God exists and favors this country above all others.
After all "it's just some guy's name."
Anyway, as Ms. Perino is tired of atheists, she's probably tired of agnostics. Well at least we can agree on that sentiment. As agnostics, we are the most tiring. We're stuck in the middle of the balancing act between those who know God exists and those who know god doesn't.
Maybe I can find solace in Ms. Perino's memory of how the Senate and House both passed resolutions saying we should keep "under God" in our pledge. And although they didn't specify which of the 32,00 choices is best, I'll bet it's a Christian one. But then I think about how ineffective are our legislators. An assessment well earned, I might add.
Well this is the life of an agnostic: We don't fit in or either side of the religious arguments: Arguments that we believe, if truly settled, would bring everyone to agnosticism.
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Freelanews Holds Leadership and Entrepreneurship Awards; Sanwoolu, Gbenga Daniel, Others Set For Awards
The stage is set for the hosting of one of the biggest gala events in Nigeria. The event tagged Freelanews Leadership and Entrepreneurship Awards (TheFLEA) is set to hold on November 30, 2021 at the prestigious Radisson Blu Hotel, GRA, Ikeja.
The programme according to organisers will be dedicated to the recognition of leadership excellence, and awards for good work will be given at the event.
At the event, which is the first in the series, 20 deserving individuals, corporate bodies, businesses and brands will be recognized and awarded in different categories for their excellence as well as for their outstanding contribution to humanity.
Among them is the executive Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; the two-term former Governor of Ogun State and Chairman of Krestal Laurel, Otunba Gbenga Daniel; the FirstBank boss, Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan; the amiable boss of Afkar Printing & Publishing, Dr. Adesola Falaiye and the CEO of First City Monument Bank, Ladi Balogun.
Also, in the list of 20 awardees are the Lagos Special Adviser on Education, Tokunbo Wahab; Nigerian ex-supermodel and celebrity fashion designer, Princess Kelechi Oghene; publisher of Brand Communicator magazine, Joshua Ajayi; veteran and celebrity journalist, Otunba Femi Davies; the Group CEO of Hazon Holdings, Victor Afolabi and the CEO of Bennie Technologies, Jerry Malo.
In his words, the founder of TheFLEA awards, Victor Ojelabi, the night "will be more of a story-telling night, presenting well-researched insights on the activities of the awardees, with informed projections of their impacts on our society within the next decade. These individuals will receive a symbolic gift to remind them of what our collective futures hold because of what they do."
He explained further, "Unlike other leadership awards that are based on elections, TheFLEA Awards adopts the plurarist methodology in its selection process to address the eventuality of poor and manipulatable popular opinion. The categories were carefully created to enlist the critical pillars of sustainable development, which are Human Capital Development, Environmental Sustainability, Innovation, Gender-Balance and Shared Value Creation.
"The vision of TheFLEA Awards is to reduce the awards itself to a symbol of remembrance of what our collective future holds if they persist in their good works," he concluded.
Corporate brands deserving of recognition, according to TheFLEA Awards, include Tony Elemelu Foundation, Paykobo.com, Coca-Cola/NBC, Mouka, Fidelity SME, Arise TV, MTN Foundation, WeCyclers and Dangote Refinery.
Before the awards gala, there will be a leadership session where the Honourable Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, will be giving a keynote address around the theme 'Visionary Leadership: A Panacea to Nigeria's Under Development' where he would be joined with 10 other notable Nigerians in doing justice to the topic in charting a better direction for the country.
TheFLEA Awards is an initiative of Freelanews and through its website, www.Freelanews.com, the newspaper strives every day to make the lives of readers better by keeping them informed and advocating on their behalf.
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We have moved into our new corporate headquarters in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, just a stone's throw from our previous offices.
Designed and built to our specification, the new building now houses our head office team of 35 and our growing operations team who support 95 diverse catering operations throughout the UK.
The highly specified, eco-friendly building is a substantial investment for Wilson Vale.
Andrew Wilson, co-founder of Wilson Vale, said: "This is a momentous milestone in our history to date. It shows our commitment to the Leicestershire region, as well as our confidence in the future of the business and our determination to remain an independent operator with a continued emphasis on offering our clients a highly bespoke service.
The new building features a 49-kilo solar array, low energy lighting and energy efficient, triple glazed windows throughout.
In keeping with our comprehensive CSR programme, 'It's a Natural Choice', there are built in water taps fitted within the building providing purified water so there will be no need for bottled water.
Electric car chargers are available for staff as we have made a decision to replace our fleet gradually with efficient petrol or hybrid models to support the improvement of air quality.
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NYC mayor: I can't control offshore charity funds
Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday said there's nothing wrong with his money managers investing hundreds of millions of dollars in offshore tax havens, defending it as a practical way to make more money for his philanthropic foundation.
The billionaire mayor's foundation has transferred some $400 million to offshore funds in widely known tax-sheltering countries like the Cayman?Islands, Cyprus, Mauritius and Bermuda, according to the Bloomberg Family Foundation's tax forms.
Bloomberg's money is invested through a blind trust that prevents him from knowing his specific holdings, but he signs the tax returns that clearly list the overseas funds.
"I don't have any control over where my investments go," Bloomberg said.
"And incidentally, as far as I know, the investments that my money managers make are perfectly legal, they're fully disclosed and they're appropriate to maximize the assets which I'm giving away to charities," he told reporters.
The practice is legal and not uncommon, but it could be considered to conflict with the spirit of Bloomberg's oft-repeated message that it is crucial to the financial health of New York City and the nation to keep companies and their economic activities in the United States, funding the tax base that pays for government services.
"We need more people here paying taxes and when they make money, they pay more taxes," he said this week.
Bloomberg, the former CEO of the financial information company Bloomberg LP, established a formal foundation in 2006 to concentrate full time on his charitable giving.
The foundation's tax forms show that his money managers were moving around millions of the mayor's estimated $18 billion fortune in multiple offshore investments.
Reports of the foundation's offshore investments first appeared in the New York Daily News in January and in the New York Observer this week.
The forms list foreign investments including more than $1.1 million transferred to a fund with an address at what is known as the Ugland House. The Cayman?Islands building was singled out as a notorious offshore tax vehicle by the Government Accountability Office in a 2008 report.
The address is used by 18,000 companies, the Government Accountability Office said.
Many large U.S. charities, universities with big endowments, hospitals and other nonprofit institutions invest in offshore hedge funds to reduce their tax burden. The Managed Funds Association, which represents hedge funds in Washington, said the practice is relatively common.
Wealthy politicians sometimes invest in hedge funds with foreign addresses, too, although they face criticism over the practice.
Meg Whitman, a former eBay executive now running for governor of California, has been chided by some opponents recently over investments her charitable foundation made in funds based in the Cayman?Islands and Bermuda.
Congress has talked in the past about changing the tax code to prevent charities from taking advantage of the offshore loophole, but has not done so.
Offshore financial centers such as the Cayman?Islands, the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas have scrambled to sign new international tax treaties and defend an industry that has flourished as an alternative to tourism. They have also lobbied Washington in an attempt to weaken any crackdown.
When asked Thursday about the appropriateness of his offshore investments, Bloomberg first said he had nothing to say.
When an Associated Press reporter pointed out that he signed the tax forms, he initially denied doing so, then relented, "If they are tax forms that I signed, I signed."
His signatures appear on the state and federal tax returns that are publicly available and have been reviewed by the AP.
Bloomberg defended the investment practices, saying it is an unavoidable reality in a global economy.
"You can't invest without investing around the world, you can't have a business without doing business around the world," he said.
After he formed his philanthropic foundation, Bloomberg put his investments in the hands of Quadrangle Asset Management, part of the Quadrangle Group LLC.
The firm was founded by Steve Rattner, who is now under investigation for his role in a state pension scandal.
Bloomberg's relationship with Quadrangle ended earlier this year, but officials said most members of the team that managed his money at Quadrangle were moving to the newly formed firm that is handling only his money.
Associated Press researcher Judith Ausuebel and AP writer David B. Caruso in New York contributed to this story.
Source: The Associated Press.
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OK, Let's be honest here. We all have something that we have wanted to do… forever! For me it is Vlogging has been on my list for a very long time. I mean since it became a thing. I have had a blog of some sort since 2002, but putting words on the screen is different that putting a video out there. But I still wanted to do it.
I am sure that you have something on your bucket list that is similar. Now we all can't just pick up and go to Paris, but there are things on our list that are totally doable. The only things that are holding us back for these things is… wait for it… I know you know the answer… is US!
What is stopping you from working out every day?
What is stopping you from cooking more at home?
What is stopping you from looking for a new job?
Don't be complacent with the way your life is. If you want to do something find the motivation to just do it! Put yourself out there. Stop dreaming about doing it someday and just DO IT!
What is the saying, "shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars". Even if you don't make your goal you will have gained something. A new skill, a new outlook and the list goes on. But imagine how you will be when you do make your goal! How it will change your life!
Now my wanting to Vlog isn't going to change my life, but I have already learned a ton of new things, so in a way it has. I am learning new things, meeting new people. All this hasn't happened in the years I have procrastinated.
So my advice to you today? Find something that you have wanted to do. Something you have been wondering about. Something, big or small, that you have kept telling yourself, "I will do that some day". Now I want you to just DO IT! Just take the steps to make that a reality!
I know you can do it! I have faith in you!