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Step-by-Step Guide: How do I Start a Professional Negligence claim?
In all professional negligence claims the Civil Procedural Rules provide that before commencing a claim, certain procedural steps must be followed (depending on which type of professional you intend to sue).
What follows is a step-by-step guide for a claimant on how to start a professional negligence claim. If the steps are not followed, a court is likely to criticise the defaulting party and there could be potential adverse costs consequences.
If you have suffered financial loss at the hands of a professional who has failed to act to the requisite professional standards, we can assist you. Our professional negligence team have assisted many high net worth individuals and SME businesses obtain compensation from negligent professional advisers such as Accountants, Architects, Builders, Construction and other Engineers, Financial Advisers, Lawyers, Surveyors, Tax Advisers and Valuers.
Our London Solicitors and Barristers are experts in dealing with high value contentious professional negligence disputes. We provide results-focused legal representation to aid those who have been victim to incorrect advice or conduct and can often act on a no win no fee basis after an initial assessment. Our experience and advice will help you decide on the ideal legal strategy to obtain optimal financial redress.
What is the Pre-Action Protocol for Professional Negligence
Any party to litigation or any party contemplating litigation has to follow the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (the CPR). As a result, the provisions of the CPR are applicable, in particular the Pre-Action Protocol for Professional Negligence (professional negligence PAP).
The new pre action protocol for professional negligence came into effect in May 2018, on which date claims to be issued from then must comply with.
The parties to litigation are encouraged to try to settle any claim without issuing formal proceedings in court. The PAP sets out the framework to be followed and encourages an exchange of information and a set timetable, which both parties must comply with to encourage early settlement without the need for a costly court process.
When does the professional negligence PAP apply?
The professional negligence pre action protocol applies to all claims against legal professionals, accountants, financial advisers, auditors and certain other professionals. But the PAP does not apply to claims against construction professionals, (e.g. architects, engineers and quantity surveyors) as the Pre-action Protocol for Construction and Engineering Disputes is applicable instead. It also does not apply against healthcare professionals (see the PAP for the Resolution of Clinical Disputes) or in defamation cases (see the PAP for Defamation Claims).
First step: The Preliminary Notice
A claimant is required to notify all potential defendant(s) in writing as soon as it decides that there is a reasonable chance of a claim for negligence by submitting a preliminary notice which is required to:
identify the claimant and any other parties;
contain a brief outline of the prospective claim;
provide a general quantification of the financial value of the claim;
request that the professional inform their professional indemnity insurers (if any, NB law firms are most likely to have professional indemnity insurance).
The defendant is required to acknowledge receipt of the letter within 21 days of receiving it. If the defendant fails to do so once the preliminary notice (or Letter of Claim) is received then this may invalidate their insurance policy.
Second Step: Letter of Claim
When a claimant has decided that there are grounds for a professional negligence claim, then it should send a Letter of Claim to the professional which amounts to a notice of intention to commence legal proceedings. It is recommended that the assistance of specialist professional negligence lawyers is sought for this correspondence as this is an important letter and if not handled correctly can lead to a reduced chance of obtaining a settlement or reduced prospects at trial especially if the subsequent Particulars of Claim (which is a statement of case) differs from the Letter of Claim in which case the court has the discretion to impose sanctions. The professional negligence pre-action protocol states that the Letter of Claim should include:
the identities of any parties involved in the dispute, or any related dispute (it is important to identify any and all correct defendants including successor entities before the limitation period expires);
a chronology containing key dates of the facts on which the claim is based, together with copies of all key documents;
reasonable requests which the claimant needs to make for documents held by or in control of the professional;
any details of the allegations made by the claimant against the professional;
an estimate of the financial loss caused to the claimant by the alleged negligence, including details of how the loss is calculated (in any claim this figure will likely be the subject of expert evidence, for example, consequential losses or loss of chance are difficult to quantify at the outset of a claim without expert evidence therefore an estimate will suffice at this stage, for example "in excess of £2 million");
confirmation of whether or not an expert has been appointed (expert evidence is an important part of any claim in litigation and as experienced professional negligence lawyers we have forged many contacts with leading experts in different industries from forensic accounts to hedging derivatives experts);
a request that a copy of the Letter of Claim be forwarded on receipt to the professional's indemnity insurers (if they have any);
an indication of whether you agree to refer the dispute to adjudication. If so, propose three adjudicators or seek a nomination. If you don't wish to refer the dispute to adjudication, you should give reasons.
Third Step: Letter of Acknowledgment
Acknowledgment to the letter of claim is required by the professional within 21 days. If the defendant does not do so, the court has the discretion to levy sanctions.
Fourth Step: Investigations by the defendant
After 90 days from the date of the Letter of Acknowledgment, the professional should investigate the claim and respond to the claimant by providing a Letter of Response and if it so wishes a Letter of Settlement.
Fifth Step: Response to the Letter of Claim
Once a defendant has completed the investigation (i.e. within 90 days of the Letter of Acknowledgment, unless an extension of time has been agreed), a Letter of Response, a Letter of Settlement, or both will be sent by the professional's legal team.
Sixth Step (1): Letter of Response
This is letter is sent in open communication responding to the claimant's allegations. Whilst it does not have the formal status of a pleaded Defence (which is a statement of case), the court has the discretion to impose any sanctions if it is materially different from the Defence in any court proceedings.
In a case with good prospects which was well set out in a Letter of Claim, the Letter of Response or a separate Letter of Settlement may offer the possibility of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) such as mediation or a without prejudice meeting. This could lead to resolution of the dispute. If not then you will need to take advice as to whether to reply further or to issue a Claim Form at court (the latter of which can be an important tool in focusing the parties on the resolution of the claim especially in circumstances where the professional is not taking meritorious allegations against it seriously).
Sixth Step (2): Letter of Settlement
According to the professional negligence pre-action protocol (PAP) (particularly at para 9.3.1), a Letter of Settlement can be sent in various forms, including: a letter sent in open communication; a without prejudice letter (which means the contents of which cannot be later admitted as evidence in the court case where the claim does not settle); a "without prejudice save as to costs "(WPSATC")" letter; or an offer made pursuant to CPR Part 36, commonly referred to as a "Part 36 offer".
Seventh Step: Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR")
Ultimately, many professionals and defendant companies and firms will not want a long court case with bad publicity and negative judicial public chastisement of poor conduct, therefore ADR is ordinarily considered at every stage of the claim/defence to the claim.
The court has a wide ambit to levy sanctions upon parties for costs if they are found to have behaved unreasonably by refusing to engage in ADR. The court is
There are several forms of ADR, which includes:
The parties to the claim will mutually select a mediator and a venue for the mediation. Mediation often occurs in professional negligence claims and can result in a successful resolution of the dispute, either during the course of the mediation itself or in follow-up negotiations post- mediation.
Our specialist lawyers have attended many mediations (with one in particular lasting over 24 hours straight!) alongside our clients, industry leading experts and the UK's top QCs to achieve fantastic settlement results.
Arbitration is generally not deployed in professional negligence claims (and certainly does not occur as often as Mediation).
This is a rare form of ADR in the majority of professional negligence claims and is usually only offered by defendants facing a weak claim from an inexperienced litigator or litigant in person.
Adjudication is the binding determination of the claim (unlike for Early Neutral Evaluation which is non-binding), or on particular issues (for example on whether a duty of care is owed in the first place or whether the claimant has failed to mitigate its' loss(es)) by an independent third party (the Adjudicator). Adjudication offers flexibility in that the parties are able to agree the precise terms of the adjudicator's reference and whether or not the adjudicators' decision will be binding.
Adjudication is relatively rare (except for in construction related disputes where Adjudication is more common). However after the completion of the Adjudication Pilot for Professional Negligence Claims supported by the Ministry of Justice, the requirement to consider whether the dispute is suitable for adjudication has been added to the professional negligence PAP in May 2018.
In May 2019, the Professional Negligence Bar Association launched a voluntary adjudication scheme for professional negligence disputes. This allows for disputes to be determined by an Adjudicator who can be either nominated by the Chairman of the PNBA (Caroline Harrison QC) or by the parties. The Adjudication scheme rules can be downloaded here.
Adjudication is generally best suited to low value claims or claims where the facts and legal issues involved are relatively straightforward.
Ombudsman schemes
The Legal Ombudsman ("LeO") and the Financial Ombudsman Service ("FOS") have their own complaints mechanisms for individuals and small businesses. Both the LeO and the FOS have the ambit to make determinations which will be binding on the professional if accepted by the complainant (the claimant).
However, there are pitfalls in solely relying on Ombudsman schemes as for example, the Legal Ombudsman cannot award compensation of more £50,000 (but can order the refund of legal fees paid by the complainant which could be in excess of £50,000). Moreover, the Financial Ombudsman is not mandated to award compensation in excess of £150,000 plus interest. Further, the FOS for example have strict jurisdictional criteria before considering any complaint (for example turnover of the complainant company, number of employees and also the FOS has its own time limits in which a complaint can be brought).
City of London Specialist Professional Negligence Lawyers
We specialise in professional negligence claims and have years of experience in handling and resolving negligence claims. Our lawyers have market-leading experience of providing bespoke legal advice and bringing complex claims to settlement. As a leading law firm regularly featured in the news and media and with a track record of success, you can be assured your negligence claim will proceed with precision and care.
We ensure that we provide the best possible outcome for our clients by conducting in depth investigation and research into the realistic prospects of a case before advising on the appropriate course of action in order to reduce time and expense. Where appropriate we encourage the use of alternative dispute resolution (such as mediation and without prejudice negotiation) and our negotiation skills are first-class. If required, we are extremely experienced and capable at navigating our clients through the litigation process.
Clients hire us because of our extensive experience in litigation disputes – when necessary, we know when to go to court and we know how to litigate.
Book an Initial Consultation with our Professional Negligence Lawyers
If you have a claim against a professional and want expert legal advice, get in touch so we can assess the legal merit of your case. We can often take on such claims on a no win no fee basis (such as a CFA or DBA) once we have discussed the claim with you and then assessed and advised you on the merits of the proposed professional negligence action.
Our expert legal team of leading Professional Negligence Solicitors & Barristers can provide urgent help, advice or representation to you. Just call our Professional Negligence Lawyers on 02071830529 or email us now.
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Orioles Sign Galarraga, Neshek
The Orioles have signed a pair of pitchers and invited them to Spring Training. Armando Galarraga and Pat Neshek were both inked to contracts. Galarraga went 3-4 in eight starts with Arizona last season. He fell one out short of a perfect game against Cleveland on June 2, 2010 with Detroit. Neshek had a 4.01 ERA in 25 relief appearances with San Diego last season.
Orioles Have Discussed Casey Kotchman, Edwin Jackson
The Orioles have a few items remaining on their offseason shopping list. Baltimore executive vice president Dan Duquette wants to add a late-inning reliever and remains interested in Edwin Jackson and Casey Kotchman. Kotchman, who turns 29 on Feb. 22, settled for a minor league deal with the Rays last winter, but joined them after Manny Ramirez's abrupt retirement and hit .306 in 500 at-bats.
Orioles Could Re-Acquire Uehara From Rangers
The Orioles are interested in re-acquiring Koji Uehara from the Rangers. Texas is looking to relieve a potential bullpen logjam and Uehara kept his home in Baltimore after he was dealt last summer.
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Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Trade Rumor
Orioles, Andino Agree To One-Year Deal
The Orioles have avoided arbitration with Robert Andino by agreeing to a one-year deal. Andino, 27, had his best season in 2011, playing the majority of his career-high 139 games at second base. He set career highs with 457 at-bats, 120 hits, 63 runs, five homers and 36 RBIs.
Orioles Sign Betemit To Two-Year Deal
Infielder Wilson Betemit and the Orioles have agreed to a two-year, $3.25M contract. The Orioles announced the deal with the free agent Tuesday and say it includes a vesting option for 2014.
Markakis Pledges To Be Ready For Opening Day
Nick Markakis expects to be limited in Spring Training until the first week of March, but he is focused on being 100 percent by Opening Day. Markakis had abdominal surgery on Jan. 6. Markakis is currently doing a lot of aqua therapy to strengthen his lower core, and recently incorporated light jogging into his workouts, which is a far cry from his typical offseason activity. "This could be a good thing," Markakis said of allowing his body time to heal. "I've never actually taken off a full offseason to rest. I talked to Aubrey [Huff] before I had my surgery, and he came off his best year after the surgery, and he was kind of on the same routine I'm on. He rested the whole offseason, and he got back in the swing of things after he had his surgery in January. I'm not saying I'm expecting to go out there and have my best year, but we'll see how things play out, and we'll go from there."
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Tigers, Orioles, Yankees Likely Options For Damon
Johnny Damon may have a hard time finding a job if he isn't eventually signed by the Tigers, Orioles or Yankees. The Rays aren't going to re-sign him because they want more power from their designated hitter. Detroit might be an ideal spot following Victor Martinez's serious injury.
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Adam Jones Open To Extension With Orioles
Adam Jones appears to be open to the idea of a contract extension with the Orioles. His name has been mentioned in trade rumors this winter. "That's up to [the Orioles]. The ball is in their court, right?" Jones said. "Nothing is up to me. I'm under team control for two years, so nothing is up to me. "I like Baltimore," he added. "I've planted some roots here. I like working in the city. If I am fortunate enough to be here a long time, I can build trees from those roots. I think the next few weeks leading up to spring training will be interesting."
Peterson Joins Orioles As Pitching Coordinator
Rick Peterson has officially joined the Orioles organization and is expected to serve as the team's pitching coordinator. The newly created position is a hybrid of the Minor League pitching coordinator position and that will provide added responsibilities in areas of players development and the farm system. Peterson was interviewed several times over a month-and-a-half period before the one-year deal was reached.
Cespedes Says Five Teams Have Shown Interest
Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes has revealed the five teams which have expressed interest in his services. Cespedes, who is awaiting word from Major League Baseball on his status as a free agent after defecting to the Dominican Republic, has worked out for most teams, but he said the most interest has come from the Cubs, White Sox, Orioles, Indians and Marlins.
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Baltimore To Hire Peterson, Correnti
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Orioles Get Miller From A's For Cash
Baltimore has added outfielder Jai Miller.
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Holly Heintz Budd, President/CEO of Williams & Heintz Map Corporation receives Energy and Sustainability Award from RMI President, Mike Galiazzo.
Williams & Heintz Map Corporation, a specialist in map printing, production, and folding is pleased to announce that they have been named a 2018 Champion of Maryland Manufacturing, by the Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland, (RMI).
Williams & Heintz Map received an award for Energy and Sustainability. Champions in this category are manufacturing companies or individuals that have or who have, significantly increased energy savings or helped to reduce carbon footprint within manufacturing facilities.
"It is very rewarding that Williams & Heintz Map is counted as a champion at this event with so many accomplished Maryland manufacturers," said Holly Heintz Budd, President and CEO of Williams & Heintz Map Corporation. "We are a great team at Williams & Heintz Map, all of us work hard to make the company what it is today."
RMI received 280 champion nominations from every county in Maryland and Baltimore City in the following nomination categories: Community Engagement, Emerging Leaders, Energy & Sustainability, Growth & Productivity, International Business, Manufacturing Technology (Industry 4.0), STEM Student Advocate and Talent Attraction. The RMI Nominations Committee chose the top 5 Champions who best exemplify these important categories that promote the true image of Maryland Manufacturing, highlighting the creativity and spirit embodied in today's Maryland manufacturing ecosystem.
2018 Energy and Sustainability Champions: Stulz Air Technologies, McCormick & Co, Mary Beth Tung of MEA, K&L Microwave and Williams & Heintz Map Corporation
Founded in 1990, the Regional Manufacturing Institute (RMI), a non-profit association, was created for manufacturers in the Baltimore Metropolitan area. Today, RMI of Maryland represents the interests of manufacturers statewide – providing programs, services, and advocacy.
The event, recognizing the top Champions of Maryland Manufacturing, highlights extraordinary successes and celebrates our community spirit to promote a positive image of manufacturing in Maryland. Telling the stories of those championing manufacturing helps others learn about the vibrancy of Maryland manufacturing today.
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Kochi Metro- A Complete Makeover for the City.
Kochi Metro will change the way the city is being perceived by outsiders and it will prove to be a lever for reinventing the city.
This will also lead to the integration of all forms of transportation in the city, which is a basic condition for the project sanction. There are plans to set up two townships in the city including Muttam and Kakkanad. The townships will have facilities for housing, trade, entertainment and employment opportunities. As part of encouraging pedestrians, footpaths will be constructed at the township. There will also be facilities for cycling and gathering of people.
The next KMRL board meeting will discuss about the consultancy of the project. The consultancy will be selected based on their international reputation.
An idea box has been created on the website of the Kochi Metro to enable the public to post their suggestions. Though some of the Metro rails are not running on a profit, the branding of the cities will bring in more investments. An out of the box revenue is essential for the smooth functioning of the metro. Not just that, The city's infrastructure should be development so as to make metro at most useful for the commuters.
There are plans to link the townships with waterways available in Kochi. The timings of Metro, water transport and buses will be linked enabling the passengers to use these mode of transports without waiting at each station.
For all the mode of transport, one ticketing system will also be introduced. A project will be submitted to connect the water transport with Metro to Fort Kochi, Mattancherry and Vypeen areas.
These are expected to be done with the commissioning of Kochi Metro. Thus, Kochi Metro is not just a new commuting system; it is a catalyst for the overall development of Kochi.
4 Responses to Kochi Metro- A Complete Makeover for the City.
Thank you so much for the comments and suggestions. We will, for sure, take into consideration what you have said. KMRL aims at the overall development of the region. The township is planned as an alternate revenue for the metro project.
Good News to hear about an integrated transport system in Kochi…Hope the politicians depend upon the trade union will allow the hard working migrant laborers and the quality contractors to complete the task in time…and walk the talk of development as in many cases….
hi i am Basically Born in kerala but i am well settled in chennai.i really impressed about ur recent updates and kochi development in future..and KMRL really doing their fabulous job.hats off to everyone who are all working for this big master plan behind.i got an updates that world trade center 100floor multistoryed building is going to launch in kochi but now peoples are saying that it wont be happen easily and also this world trade center project got droped out is that true? why this big dream project got suspended? and is that project will come to our kochi or not ? plz reply me.?


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Man Creates Guide On How To Watch The Irishman As A Miniseries If You Find It Too Long
It's already being picked for Oscar triumph in 2020, thanks to a superb cast that includes old Scorsese favorites like Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, and Harvey Keitel.
However, if there is one slight complaint among Netflix viewers – and it is a minor one - it is the film's relatively long run time.
The Irishman clocks in at three hours and 29 minutes, which may be a little too long for some viewers to see in one sitting.
Thankfully, aid is on the way in the form of a clever Twitter hack that allows you to view it in three perfectly formed portions.
He's successfully changed The Irishman from an engrossing and sweeping mob story into an epic TV mini-series as a result of his efforts.
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Of course, how you watch it is totally up to you, although the book offers three very specific cut-off points for those watching it as a television special.
The 'first section' of this version of The Irishman finishes around the 49-minute mark, when Jimmy Hoffa hangs up the phone with Frank Sheeran.
At 1 hour 40 minutes into the'second portion,' viewers are introduced to Joey the Blond. Finally, at 2 hours 47 minutes, the 'third section' comes to an end when Frank leaves his house.
The 'fourth and last part' of Scorsese's crime epic follows from there. The notion of watching The Irishman as a four-part series has gone popular since it was posted on Twitter, but it is not without its skeptics, including Scorsese.
The notion of watching The Irishman as a four-part series has gone popular since it was posted on Twitter, but it is not without its skeptics, including Scorsese.
"The objective of this picture is the accumulation of detail," the filmmaker told Entertainment Weekly, dismissing the idea of The Irishman as a series.
"By the conclusion of the movie, it's a compounded cumulative impact – which means you can watch it from beginning to end [in one sitting] if you're so inclined."
"A series is fantastic. It's fantastic. Characters and plot lines can be developed, and worlds can be constructed, but this wasn't the appropriate fit."
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While technically still on Las Vegas Boulevard, the South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa is a good 6 miles away from even the south end of the Strip. Still, recent visitors compliment the spacious, Southern California-style accommodations' quieter atmosphere after a long night of dining and entertainment; guests love the rooms at the South Point Hotel, particularly for their comfortable beds and great shower water pressure. If you're looking for lower stakes gambling and smoke-free poker rooms, you probably won't want to leave. Guests also like South Point's diverse entertainment options from its horse rodeos and BMX biking events to its movie theater and bowling alley. Before a show, save some time to eat your way through one of South Point's many dining options.
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There's plenty to do, but there's no kitschy theme like most of the hotels on The Strip, nor is there the history of the downtown hotels.
A hotel's guest rating is calculated using data provided under license by Tripadvisor. A total of 6216 have reviewed the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa, giving it a rating of 4, on a scale of 1-5.
Guest rooms at the South Point Hotel are traditionally decorated in a neutral color palette with wooden furniture. Amenities include 42-inch flat-screen TVs, coffee makers and clocks with iPod connectivity. Oversized windows provide views of the surrounding neighborhood or the Las Vegas Strip.
The $21 nightly resort fee includes Wi-Fi access, airport shuttle, fitness center use and a casino funbook with coupons for meals, drinks, entertainment and more
The South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa is located on the southern end of Las Vegas Boulevard, putting it closer to the suburbs than the city center. The hotel hosts rodeos and other large-scale events at the on-site arena and equestrian center.
Las Vegas Strip and McCarran International Airport both 6 miles north of the hotel
Hotel provides complimentary shuttle to Las Vegas Town Square mall
Shuttle to Las Vegas Strip is $8.50 round-trip
Hotel recommends reserving complimentary airport shuttle seat 24 hours in advance
24-hour valet parking (free)
There are 11 restaurants, including seven bars and lounges, at this hotel. Restaurant options include a buffet, Zenshin the sushi venue, Silverado Steakhouse, a deli and an Italian restaurant, among others. There are also three quick bite options for snacks, drinks and treats, including an ice cream parlor, Seattle's Best Coffee and a snack bar located at the bowling alley.
Number of restaurants: 11
Cuisine Types: Buffet, Asian, Italian, American, Mexican
The South Point Hotel has a large lagoon-style pool, a small wading pool and a whirlpool. There is also a seasonal poolside bar, a deli and a pool store.
Hours depend on season
Poolside yoga available Friday and Saturday at $5 per session
Ample lounge chairs available; towels provided
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The Costa Del Sur Spa & Salon at South Point Hotel covers 40,000 square feet of space and includes 27 treatment rooms. In addition to traditional massages, facials and body treatments, the full-service spa and salon offers couples treatments, wedding packages and treatments geared toward teens.
Spa hours are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily
Spa also has separate barbershop on-site
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The South Point Hotel offers family-friendly amenities, including an on-site movie theater, a bowling alley and an arcade.
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The 24-hour fitness center at the South Point provides enough space for floor exercises and includes cardio machines like treadmills and ellipticals, and weight equipment.
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The South Point Conference Center and Pavilion covers 165,000 square feet of event space, including a ballroom, boardrooms, pre-function space and breakout rooms. The hotel can host events ranging from 25 to 3,000 people.
Full-service banquet and catering services on-site
Business center hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Number of meeting rooms: 28
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Dennis Uy's Phoenix Petroleum, China's CNOOC get nod for LNG terminal
The Department of Energy grants Tanglawan Philippines LNG Incorporated the notice to proceed to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Batangas
The joint venture of Dennis Uy's Phoenix Petroleum and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) was given the green light to establish a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Batangas.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Phoenix Petroleum said the Department of Energy (DOE) granted Tanglawan Philippines LNG Incorporated the notice to proceed to build the facility, to support the energy demand in Luzon.
The company also said the facility would produce energy that will be clean, low-cost, and environment-friendly.


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Q: Unable to build expression for 'inline-eval' : null'facts["XYZ"] == "ABC"' When I have upgraded mule version 3.3.2 to 3.4.2 I am facing this issue for bpm rule engine.
drools 5.0.1

upgraded spring dependency also 3.2.1.RELEASE , here is my drl :
#From row number: 13
rule "TEST Block Rule 1"

    salience 65523
    when
        dto: DroolsDTO(facts["XYZ"]=="ABC", facts["MESSAGE_ASC_FLAG"]=="Y")
    then
        dto.setState("PQR", "XYZ");
end

and equivalent mule entry:
    <foreach collection="#[groovy:flowVars.TAGS]" counterVariableName="TAG_IDX">
            <bpm:rules rulesDefinition="${drools.config.path}/Determination.xls.drl"
                    initialFacts-ref="NoFactsBean" doc:name="Fire Drools" />
</foreach>

This was working fine with 3.3.2, but giving this stack trace:
org.mule.api.config.ConfigurationException: Errors while parsing ruleset defined in file drools/Determination.xls.drl : Unable to build expression for 'inline-eval' : null'facts["XYZ"] == "ABC"'
null : [Rule name='TEST Block Rule 1']

Any help will be appreciated :)

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Public Schedule
*THE DAILY PUBLIC SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
SECRETARY MICHAEL R. POMPEO
Secretary Pompeo is on travel to Italy, the Holy See, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Greece from September 30-October 6. Please click here for more information.
9:40 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Pompeo meets with staff and families of the U.S. Embassy Athens, in Athens, Greece.
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10:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Pompeo meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in Athens, Greece.
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11:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Pompeo meets with Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos, in Athens, Greece.
12:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Pompeo meets with Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias, in Athens, Greece.
12:55 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Pompeo participates in a working lunch with Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias in Athens, Greece.
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1:50 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Pompeo participates in a signing ceremony of the U.S.-Greece Mutual Defense Agreement with Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias in Athens, Greece.
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2:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias in Athens, Greece.
4:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Pompeo delivers a speech on "The United States and Greece: Showing the Way Forward" in Athens, Greece
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Secretary Pompeo's speech will be live streamed on www.state.gov.
7:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Pompeo attends a dinner hosted by U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt, in Athens, Greece.
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Chef Pat Walston (center) with Magnolia Place staff (L-R) Cynthia Daye, Tasha Howard, and Vonda Ashford.
September 23, 2011 (Goldsboro, NC) — Pat Walston, Corporate Chef for House-Autry Mills volunteered her time recently to conduct a cooking class at RHA Howell's Magnolia Place in Goldsboro, NC.
Magnolia Place is a 24-hour supported living program for people with disabilities. Its mission is to provide quality training and residential services for selected students of the Work Source East Vocational Rehabilitation Facility.
Seventeen Magnolia Place residents attended the hands-on cooking class to learn how to prepare an Italian menu.
them into three smaller groups: one to prepare the appetizers, one to prepare the entrees, and another to prepare dessert.
With assistance from Magnolia Place staff members, Chef Pat demonstrated techniques of cooking as the group prepared Caprese salad skewers (appetizers), two hand-made deep-dish pizzas, hand-made meatball subs (the students prepared the meatballs one by one), and a chocolate brownie trifle for dessert. In the process, they learned how to prepare an actual meal and how to work together as a team in the kitchen.
Afterward, they all sat together and enjoyed the meal.
"We are so grateful to Chef Pat for donating her time to the Magnolia program and for giving back to her community," said RHA Howell's marketing director Debbie Valentine, who joined in the fun as a member of "Team Brownie" to make dessert.
Chef Pat Walston, who lives in Goldsboro, is a regular participant in RHA Howell's annual "Epicurious Vino Challenge" fundraiser held each summer at Hinnant Family Vineyards in Pine Level, NC. The challenge requires professional chefs to use a Hinnant wine as a main ingredient in a signature dish. Chef Pat received an Honorable Mention in the People' Choice category.
Magnolia Place is located at 1401 Salem Church Road, Goldsboro, NC 27530. For more information about the Magnolia Place program, contact Charlotte Wooten, Residential Director at 919-734-9039 or visit www.rhahowell.org.
RHA Howell is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that has been helping people with disabilities and special needs, and their families, make choices to live more independently for nearly 40 years. Integrity, high standards for quality and hard work are at the core of every RHA Howell disability assistance program. Proven leaders in caring for people, RHA Howell, Inc. is a pioneering force in the field of human services, particularly supporting infants and children. For more information, go to www.rhahowell.org.


This is something we all have to deal with in various guises every day throughout our lives. Sometimes it can be the simple 'no' on your lottery numbers or the petrol station is out of fuel and you have to go limp on to the next station vs. the bigger rejections of a professional or personal manner.
The big ones can really hurt when taken personally however in business nine times out of ten it is not meant personally. We dealt with rejection at school, in our sports and in our hunt for that perfect job, so why then does a rejection feel so much more painful and hurtful as you get older?
For the purpose of this newsletter I want to focus on the business rejection rather than the personal ones – having seen friends go through ugly divorces and separations over the years I do want to be clear we are focussing on the business relationships here.
I believe chemistry is the primary criteria – without having the right chemistry the relationship has potential to always be an uphill struggle. This doesn't mean it is doomed to failure or that we should only ever do work with people we connect with, but it does mean we need to focus in on how we connect with those who are not mirror clones of ourselves. They don't necessarily have the same interests as you or the same background which means their life filters and conditioning will be different to yours.
In the world of 'proactive sales calling' rejection is part of the process – the more you get a no, the closer you are to getting a yes. People who thrive in this arena of business development are treated as gods or weirdoes because the majority of us just can't handle getting rejected in this way. The training technique to remember is that the more true to yourself and what you are offering the better quality the yes's will become. From these people you can then build really long term relationships rather than Faffing About with the high maintenance Mood Hoovers that bring you minimal pleasure or profit.
The simple fact is that you have never been chosen first for everything throughout your life, so why should you be now! Rejection is part of life; you know that so get on with it. The phrase I use after rejection is simple – just one word – "Next". I can't afford the time or the psychological yo-yoing that can bring down my focus or productivity all because someone has said no, it is just not worth the anxiety or mental anguish. "Next" opportunity please!


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Ticket Update for Sheffield United and Carlisle United
Tickets for the Spireites' first Sky Bet League 1 away fixture of the season at Sheffield United on Saturday, August 15, go on general sale tomorrow at 9am.
The visiting Spireites have received an allocation of 3,000 tickets for the match at Bramall Lane, which kicks-off at 3pm - and approximately 600 have already been sold to season ticket holders, Spire Lotto subscribers and membership card holders.
The remaining tickets for the fixture will be available to buy online, via the phone or in person at the Proact Stadium on a first-come-first-served basis from 9am on Wednesday. Prices for the match are set at:
Adult: £25
Senior (over 60): £19
Young adults (18-21)/students with valid NUS card: £14
Under 18: £12
Chesterfield also visit Carlisle United in the first round of the Capital One Cup at Brunton Park on Tuesday, August 11 (7:45pm kick-off).
By Tuesday afternoon the Proact ticket office had sold around 100 of the 200 tickets received by the club.
No further tickets will be received before the match so supporters intending to travel to the match are advised to purchase in advance, as tickets are more expensive if bought on matchday.
Season ticket holder prices are as follows:
Adults: £7.50
Senior (65+): £6
Young Person (18-22): £4.50
Junior (11-17): £3
Under 11s: £1.50
Under 7s: Free of Charge
Prices for non-season ticket holders are as follows:
Senior (65+): £12
Young Person (18-22): £9
Supporters are asked to note that on matchday, each general ticket price is increased by £2 a ticket.


As the Hemnet-junkie I am I found this lovely thing today. For sale now here.
A place to spend a quiet moment, styled by me and shot by Kristofer Johnsson.
After a wonderful weekend in Autumn orange & yellow, Monday seems a bit cold with one obsticle after another (blog problems included). Wouldn´t mind staying in this house until things start running like usual again. Wishing you all a much better start to the week.
I´m moving but will be back very soon!
It´s been a crazy week with the stomach flu turning our family upside down but I think I can see some light in the tunnel now and hopefully be back at the office for a final day of work before the weekend. Interesting how you can miss work so much when you are away from it and sometimes feel that you want anything but it. Anyhow – a Thursday blend of pics that has caught my eye this week. Enjoy!
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Relocation of unaccompanied children from Greece to Portugal and Finland
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On 7 and 8 July, 49 unaccompanied children were relocated from Greece to Portugal and Finland as part of a scheme organised by the Commission and the Greek Special Secretary for Unaccompanied Minors, in partnership with UN agencies and the European Asylum Support Office.
These two operations mark the beginning of the main phase of the scheme. With preparatory work coordinated by the Commission now completed and coronavirus-related travel restrictions easing, relocations will proceed progressively over the next months. The next transfers will take place later in the month, with 18 children finding new homes in Belgium, 50 in France, 106 (including siblings and parents) in Germany, 4 in Slovenia and 2 in Lithuania.
While the scheme started with an aim to relocate at least 1,600 children and young people, Member States have now pledged up to 2,000 places. The scheme is focused primarily on unaccompanied children, but will also include children with severe medical conditions and their core family members. At the same time, durable solutions for the protection and care of those unaccompanied children that will stay in Greece must also be found. The Commission stands ready to provide increased support for Greece and Member States in this respect.
Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas, said: "In a tangible expression of support to Greece, Portugal and Finland will soon open their doors to 49 children as part of our programme to relocate unaccompanied minors. This is the embodiment of the European spirit of solidarity and I truly commend the Member States taking part. We cannot, however, rely on ad hoc solutions forever. No Member State should be left alone to shoulder a disproportionate responsibility. The aim of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum will be to ensure that solidarity is provided on a permanent basis."
Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, said: "We have worked tirelessly to make sure that relocations can take place despite complications caused by the outbreak of the coronavirus. Seeing that these 49 children will start a new life in Portugal and Finland shows our efforts are bearing fruit. Our services are working well with Greek authorities and international organisations on this scheme, turning pledges into action."
Greek Alternate Minister of Migration Policy Giorgos Koumoutsakos said:"49 unaccompanied minors have departed yesterday and today to start a new life in another EU Member State, in Portugal and Finland. I want to thank Portugal and Finland for the support and for this tangible gesture of solidarity. I also want to express my gratitude to the European Commission for the continuous help and encouragement so as to make possible the relocation of 1,600 unaccompanied minors to other Member States."
As of mid-June, there were over 4,800 unaccompanied children in Greece. As part of the Action Plan for immediate measures to support Greece, the Commission proposed to relocate up to 1,600 children as part of a scheme supported by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
To date, 11 Member States and Norway (Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Luxembourg, Lithuania and Slovenia) are participating in the scheme. The first relocation operations took place in April, when 12 children were relocated from Greece to Luxembourg and 47 to Germany. On 17 June, 8 unaccompanied children were relocated to Ireland, following a bilateral agreement that predates the scheme. Finally, 6 unaccompanied children who could not be relocated to Germany in April as they were not fit for travel at the time were transferred to Germany on 26 June.
Relocations under the scheme will be carried out progressively in groups of various sizes to ensure adequate reception capacity in the receiving Member States. In addition to its coordinating role, the European Commission is financially supporting most preparatory and pre-departure steps in Greece, as well as the transfer costs, while Member States can also request funding for participating in the scheme (€6,000 per person transferred).
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Blair Hobbs's fantastical, multi-media compositions respond to an impulse to capture real or imagined narratives and represent them on canvas. Her figures are animated charicatures caught in the midst of swirling colors, symbols, and text in a deliberate obfuscation of the boundary between interior and exterior.
Hobbs grew up in Auburn, Alabama. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan, and teaches poetry at the University of Mississippi.


An illustration about the Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election.
A spot illustration about the availability of guns in contemporary society.
A piece referencing the latest evidence of Russian collusion with members of the Trump campaign.
An illustration showing the danger of the President's Twitter rants.
plan to give guns to teachers.
A piece in opposition to the proposed budget cuts to Arts programs.
A painting of the edible orange flowers.
A painting of the delicate sea creature.
A depiction of the creation of the universe.
A spot illustration about houseplants that are bred to fluoresce.
A book cover design for the classic novel by Ray Bradbury.
A piece about healthcare legislation and the people it affects.
An illustration of the iconic shoe, celebrating over 100 years in fashion.
A selection of some of my favorite personal sketchbook pieces.


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Radio host Alex Jones has been spewing his conspiracy theories into microphones for for over 20 years, ever since his community college days when he first started accusing the government of being involved in the Oklahoma City bombing on public access channels in Austin, Texas. The self-described libertarian, who hosts The Alex Jones Show and operates the InfoWars website, has since ranted on a wide range of topics from New World Order plots turning Americans into sheep, to the truth behind the NASA moon landing, to terrorist attacks and mass shootings – including 9/11 and Sandy Hook – which he says are being covered up.
While Jones currently has millions of followers, there's one particularly troubling person who seems to be buying his theories. On December 2nd, 2015, President Donald Trump appeared on Jones' show, praising the conspiracy-minded host. "Your reputation is amazing," he said from his desk in Trump Tower. "I will not let you down." And so far, he hasn't. After the election in November, Trump called Jones to thank him for his service. As Jones told it, "He said, 'Listen, Alex, I just talked to kings and queens of the world, world leaders, you name it, but he said it doesn't matter, I wanted to talk to you, to thank your audience.'"
During the election season, Trump and Jones echoed each other's "alternative facts," both propagating false claims that Barack Obama was born in Kenya and that thousands of Muslims celebrated the collapse of the Twin Towers in New Jersey. Yet somewhere between Trump's fear-mongering about rigged elections and him tweeting lies like millions of undocumented immigrants voted for Hillary, even Jones expressed surprise that his theories were being given so much credence by such a powerful man. "It is surreal to talk about issues here on air and then word for word hear Trump say it two days later," he said in August. "It is amazing."
At 43, the "most paranoid man in America" has thrust himself into mainstream news cycle, reaching 1.9 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, over 6.7 million people visiting his website and 2 million tune in weekly to his syndicated radio show. All told, Jones is the most prolific conspiracy theorist in the country – yet he's still unknown to many in America. To give our readers a taste of the kind of rhetoric he loves, here are seven of his favorite conspiracy theories, explained.
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Satanists are taking over America
To Jones, the coming New World Order is a "demonic high-tech tyranny" formed by satanist elites who manufacture economic and health crises, and are using selective breeding to create a supreme race. In November, he claimed that Hillary Clinton was connected to "top occultist Marina Abramovic" because the Yugoslavian performance artist once invited John Podesta, former chairman of Clinton's presidential campaign, to a "spirit cooking" dinner. (Citing every teenage goth's favorite Nineteenth-century occultist, Aleister Crowley, Infowars reported that dinner would include "eating semen, blood and breast milk." In fact, the menu was made up of "traditional soups.") Infowars has also linked the death of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to meeting with an Austrian secret society group named the Bohemian Grove, which the site traces back to the Illuminati.
But Jones doesn't believe it's just politicians who are working for the Prince of Darkness. In February, Jones posted videos to his Facebook page to announce that Lady Gaga's Super Bowl Halftime Show would be a cover for a satanic rite. "She wears meat suits and does all these rituals… and the organizers of the Super Bowl are deciding to defile America and break our will by having us bow down to this," Jones said. "They say she's going to stand on top of the stadium, ruling over everyone with drones everywhere, surveilling everyone in a big swarm. To just condition them to say, 'I am the goddess of Satan,' ruling over them with the rise of the robots in a ritual of lesser magic." That's one way to describe what happened at halftime – though most just saw it as a family-friendly call for diversity and acceptance in America.
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Bill Gates is a eugenicist trying to wipe out minorities
So, who is running the New World Order's mass eugenics mission? It's the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, of course. Jones has long believed that the foundation isn't a philanthropic organization aimed at improving the health and education of children around the globe, rather it's an evil entity vying for global domination. "I know who Bill Gates is," Jones asserted, adding that the billionaire software developer's father was a "top eugenicist," because Bill Gates Sr. served on the board of Planned Parenthood. Jones goes on to says that IBM – for whom he says Gates is just a "front" – was set up as a eugenics trust with "the expressed mission of creating a world-wide race-based system and funded Adolf Hitler."
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The government is controlling the weather
Not only is the government using eugenics to reign supreme, it's manipulating weather to murder people on demand. "Of course there's weather weapon stuff going on," Jones, who repeatedly suggested that Obama was using secret weapons to control the weather, said in 2013. "We had floods in Texas like 15 years ago, killed 30-something people in one night. Turned out it was the Air Force." Jones thinks that natural disasters have been the result of government interference since the early 1990s. In the nearly three decades since, he's said, major Western governments have been secretly "adding to jet fuel a whole host of radioactive isotopes" to manipulate the weather, even going as far as to "create and steer groups of tornadoes." (While weather manipulation is real, it's basically just a way to increase precipitation during drought – not to create superstorms.)
InfoWars has run reports suggesting that the government and High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), once owned by the United States Air Force, used electromagnetic waves to create major weather events like Hurricane Sandy. This rumor became so pervasive that in August, the University of Alaska Fairbanks – HAARP's new owners – held an open house to show skeptics the facility "is not capable of mind control." Yet Jones stands by his story – just last month he appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience, claiming that a general at HAARP admitted to him that they manipulate the weather.
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Hillary Clinton is running a child sex ring out of a D.C.-area pizza restaurant
In December, a man named Edgar Maddison Welch drove from North Carolina to Washington, D.C., armed with an AR-15, to rescue children being held in a sex ring in the basement of Comet Pizza. When he found no children, Welch, 28, surrendered to police and told them he thought Clinton and Podesta were running the pedophilia ring. The falsehood spread when in October WikiLeaks began publishing leaked emails from the Clinton campaign director, and social media users began to theorize they contained food-related code words, such as "cheese pizza" meaning "child pornography." In November, Jones posted a since-removed video, saying he had "zero fear" of standing up to Clinton even though she had "personally murdered children." Using the hastag #pizzagate, he pushed the notion that Podesta had dined at Comet Pizza, and, naturally, figured it was the site of an underground pedophilia ring. Jones took to the air later that month and said that "Pizzagate is real" and urged his listeners to "go investigate it for yourself."
Turns out Welch listens to Jones and shared the InfoWars articles. Jones has since backtracked, claiming that this was just a red herring to distract from the real evils of the Clintons. Jones later posted a "special emergency report" to tell his audience to "drop this, I smell a rat, it's a diversion." He removed his previous videos because he didn't want to mainstream media to use his reports to distract from the real damage the Clinton family was doing. "They are coming after the free speech," Jones said before he added, "This is all about shutting you down."
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The government is complicit in countless terrorist and lone-gunman attacks
In July 2001, Jones warned his audience that the government was planning to blame Osama bin Laden for the future destruction of the World Trade Center. On September 11th, he opened his radio show saying: "They need this as a pretext to bring you and your family martial law." As the founding father of the 9/11 Truth movement, Jones has been pushing that the U.S. government was behind the attacks for over 15 years.
Based on his reading of the 9/11 Commission Report, Jones believes that the government was complicit in the attacks by assisting Saudi Arabia. "It says Saudi Arabia ran the attacks to blame Iraq that was always the plan," he said. "And then our own government bare minimum stood down." Last year, Infowars posted a video of Trump perpetuating the theory. "But it wasn't the Iraqis, you will find out who really knocked down the World Trade Center," Trump said. "Because they have papers in there that are very secret, you may find it's the Saudis, OK?" In November, Jones pointed to Trump's public comments on the attacks as evidence that he wasn't part of the insider elite. If he were, "he would have gone along with the official story," Jones said. "But he didn't. He was there Day One saying what I was saying on the radio at the exact same time."
But Jones doesn't stop with 9/11 – he also claims the Boston Marathon bombing was an inside job, and has said the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax that involved child actors. Jones has also said Jared Loughner, who killed six people and seriously wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in 2011, was a "staged mind-control operation." "The government employs geometric psychological-warfare experts that know exactly how to indirectly manipulate unstable people through the media," Jones said. "They implanted the idea in his head by repeatedly asking, 'Is Giffords in danger?'" In 2016, the Brussels attacks and the Pulse shooting in Orlando were "false flag" operations, Jones said, arguing that the government allowed radical Islamists into the country so they "can attack us and then have our freedoms taken."
Most recently, Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway echoed Jones' belief that the media ignores terrorist attacks when she spoke on the non-existent Bowling Green massacre by Iraqi refugees. Conway has since admitted her wrongdoing, but that didn't stop Trump from going further and suggesting the media actively doesn't report on such attacks and in "many cases the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it." Why not? "They have their reasons," Trump said, "and you understand that."
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Millions of undocumented immigrants illegally voted in the election
In August, Infowars posted an article, "Hillary Clinton Will Try To Steal Election With Illegal Votes," which stated that Clinton launched the "My Dream, Your Vote" campaign to reach over 700,000 illegal immigrants. In November, another story, "Three Million Votes In Presidential Election Cast By Illegal Immigrants" cited VoteFraud.org's Greg Phillips, a former official with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, who contended it had "completed an analysis of 180 million voter registrations." Trump quickly jumped on the bandwagon and tweeted that he "won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally" – though that was entirely without evidence. Trump's claims were debunked as inquiries from mainstream newspapers proved in all 50 states found "no states that reported indications of widespread fraud." But that didn't stop Trump from tweeting again in January to say that he "looked forward to seeing final results" of Phillips' analysis that said "at least 3 million votes were illegal."
On the season premiere of HBO's Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver did a segment about Jones' influence over the new president. "Trump validated his supporters' beliefs about voter fraud and, in turn, they validated his," Oliver said about Trump's reliance on information from Phillips and Jones. Of course, when Oliver described InfoWars pushing stories like "tap water is a gay bomb and they are putting chemicals in the water to turn the friggin' frogs gay," he was joking. Mostly.
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Former Fox News host Glenn Beck is a CIA operative
A longtime opponent of the media in all its forms, Jones has also cooked up conspiracy theories about fellow radio hosts. In a 2011 Rolling Stone profile, Alexander Zaitchik wrote that "Jones draws a bigger audience online than Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck combined – and his conspiracy-laced rants make the two hosts sound like tea-sipping NPR hosts on Zoloft."
While Beck has since stepped back from the divisive rhetoric that made him famous, Jones has doubled down, accusing his fellow right-wing talk-show host of "stealing his ideas, guests and research." In April 2014, Jones posted a video on his YouTube channel attacking Beck, saying Beck worked as an "Obama agent" and his staff office is a "CIA/FBI substation." He added that this might be a recent development. "If he wasn't always a spook, he was brought in by them over the last four years," Jones said. In December, Beck, who had been interviewed the previous month for the New York Times Magazine article, titled "Glenn Beck Is Sorry About All That," mentioned that Jones believed he was "a CIA operative that helped orchestrate the cover up of 9/11" and added that his accuser is "a really spooky guy, and you just have to be careful" – this from the man who made prepping a national pastime.


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There is a lot of controversy about free weights and resistance bands. Some people think that you can not get big muscles with bands and you will with the free weights. Each one has their perks and downfalls but both are very effective. Everyone will always have their own preference.
Resistance bands: give constant tension, are great for travel, work on a horizontal plane and not just a vertical plane leaving you more exercise options for everyday movement while not having to rely on gravity like free weights. They also help build your endurance, strength, and provides progressive resistance while providing tensions which means you won't cheat during your reps. They also decrease your body fat. Great for recovering injuries.
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MyEG has crashed over 70% since the Malaysian election… what now?
Home / Analysis / MyEG Services has crashed over 70% since the Malaysian election… what now?
On 9 May 2018, Malaysians celebrated a momentous day in their country's political history as they voted a new government into power, breaking Barisan Nasional's 61-year rule in Malaysia. A total of 14.4 million voters cast their votes and, after the results were tallied, the opposition party, Pakatan Harapan (Coalition of Hope), secured the majority of seats in the new Malaysian parliament in a stunning upset.
Following the historic victory, former Malaysian prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, returned to become Malaysia's seventh prime minister and immediately embarked on a slew of financial and economic reforms including abolishing the goods and services (GST) tax.
Before the crash, MyEG was a stock market darling. The company provides e-government services for several government departments including the issue/renewal of driver's licenses, renewal of vehicle road tax, renewal of foreign workers permits, traffic offences summons payments, and more. The company earns a small transaction fee for every transaction it processes.
Over the last five years, its share price had grown 11-fold(!) on the back of strong rising revenue and net profit.
So what caused MyEG's massive plunge? And is MyEG worth a look right now?
Here are five things you need to know about MyEG Services before you invest.
The massive selldown of MyEG was mainly due to fears that the new government would stop using the company as its e-government service provider (due to MyEG's close links with the previous government), and the financial impact on the company's GST monitoring project now that GST is zero-rated from 1 June, effectively abolishing the tax. Previously, the project was set to be a source of major earnings growth for MyEG.
The new government plans to reintroduce the old sales and services tax (SST) which was used in Malaysia since the 1970s before the implementation of GST. The details of SST have not been finalised yet and it remains to be seen if the new government will utilise MyEG's system to monitor SST.
There was also a rumour that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had raided the company's head office and its directors arrested. Consequently, MyEG had to release a statement to clarify that the company and its directors were not under investigation by MACC.
MyEG recently reported its 3Q 2018 results yesterday and saw its share price jump 16.34% to 89 sen during trading hours.
The reason for the pop is due to MyEG's good set of third quarter results – revenue increased 12.4% quarter-on-quarter to RM111.53 million. Likewise, net profit increased 8.6% to RM58.55 million. For the first nine months of the year, revenue and profit have grown nearly 20% year-on-year to RM170.38 million and RM318.8 million respectively.
The growth was mainly due to higher contribution from MyEG's motor vehicle trading services and new contribution from its foreign worker job matching and placement programme, which commenced in the second quarter.
Assuming no revenue from the GST monitoring project, CIMB has estimated MyEG's net profit to hit RM250 million this year derived mainly from foreign worker and online road tax renewal services as these services should continue to run despite the change in government.
Moving forward, MyEG has potential non-government growth drivers including its new operations in the Philippines and its foreign workers accommodation programme which was heavily discussed at the 2017 AGM.
Co-founder and managing director, Wong Thean Soon, is currently the single largest shareholder of MyEG. He recently bumped up his shareholding after purchasing 22.5 million MyEG shares; he now holds an 8.3% direct interest and 32.4% indirect interest through Asia Internet Holdings Sdn Bhd.
As investors, we prefer to see key management own a significant shareholding of their company as this aligns their interests with shareholders.
As at 31 December 2017, MyEG has sizeable cash reserves of RM244 million. It also has relatively low debt with its gearing ratio at 0.16 and current ratio at 2.54. At the moment, the company looks financially stable enough to weather its current crisis. However, the company's gearing will most likely rise when it commences its foreign workers accommodation programme.
Before the crash, MyEG was trading at 46 times earnings, which in our opinion, was overpriced even before the election. Based on yesterday's closing price of 89 sen, the stock now trades at a more reasonable P/E ratio of 15.9 (using 2017 EPS).
If you compare this to its five-year average P/E of 36.7, the stock may seem undervalued. But I think this is too optimistic a figure as MyEG has been trading at a premium valuation for years. If you compare it to the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index 10-year average P/E of 16.31 instead, MyEG looks more fairly priced right now.
At the moment, MyEG remains a key provider of e-government services in Malaysia and is 'cautiously optimistic' that it will be able to work with the new government. If the government decides to continue with MyEG as the main provider for its e-government services, the company should ride out this uncertain period and deserve a richer valuation in due time.
However, the risk is that the government could allow competitors to provide e-government services and fail to renew its contracts with MyEG when they expire. If there are changes in government policy that will affect MyEG's services, the company has stated that it would make the necessary impairments and provisions which could see its share price tumbling again.
All things considered, investors need to take a careful stance and may want to look for further clarity from the new government before making any decision.
With additional article contributions by Ian Tai.
Like your geniune comment for MYEG. Tq.
You're most welcome, Kon Kin!
See point number 2: Shouldn't it be 2Q 2018 results?
Gov not going to continue their contract, dont know how they are going to generate earnings now.
How will this impacting the revenue of MyEG since your articles said that foreign worker permits is part of its major income considering no more GST program. How badly affected is MyEG now that it has to depend only on roadtax renewal services for its income.
MyEG still manages the main foreign workers renewal permit services for the Immigration Department at this point. Hope this clarifies!
Is it likely that MYEG will get the SST project?
At this point, no one knows if the new government will utilise MyEG's system to monitor SST.
Do you know how much MYEG revenue percentage is from Malaysia government?
According to MyEG, approximately 19% of total revenue is from eGovernment services. The rest is from MyEG's commercial-based services.
How to get the SST project? Can any business just apply? Where to apply? I may have a new solution.


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Home Politics Some in GOP break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims
Some in GOP break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims
WASHINGTON (AP) – Some Republican lawmakers are criticizing President Donald Trump's unsupported claim that Democrats are trying to "steal" the election, saying Trump's comments undermine the U.S. political process and the bedrock notion that all Americans should have their vote counted.
Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, whose state is a key battleground in the presidential election, said Friday he had seen no evidence to support Trump's claim Thursday evening of fraud in balloting.
"The president's speech last night was very disturbing to me because he made very, very serious allegations without any evidence to support it," Toomey told "CBS This Morning."
He added: "I voted for President Trump. I endorsed President Trump. I want the next president to be the person who legitimately wins the Electoral College and I will accept whoever that is."
Trump, who has complained for weeks about mail-in ballots, escalated his allegations late Thursday, saying at the White House that the ballot-counting process is unfair and corrupt. Trump did not back up his claims with any details or evidence, and state and federal officials have not reported any instances of widespread voter fraud.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican from Illinois, tweeted that the president's claims of fraud are "getting insane." If Trump has "legit" concerns about fraud, they need to be based on evidence and taken to court, Kinzinger said, adding, "STOP Spreading debunked misinformation."
Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan, a potential 2024 presidential hopeful who has often criticized Trump, said unequivocally: "There is no defense for the President's comments tonight undermining our Democratic process. America is counting the votes, and we must respect the results as we always have before."
"No election or person is more important than our Democracy," Hogan said on Twitter.
Other criticism, though less direct, came from members of Congress. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who spoke at a recent Trump campaign rally, said in a tweet that if any candidate believes "a state is violating election laws they have a right to challenge it in court & produce evidence in support of their claims."
Rubio said earlier: "Taking days to count legally cast votes is NOT fraud. And court challenges to votes cast after the legal voting deadline is NOT suppression."
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah., the party's presidential nominee in 2012, sought to provide a reassuring note. Counting votes is often "long" and "frustrating," Romney said.
If any irregularities are alleged, "they will be investigated and ultimately resolved in the courts,″ Romney tweeted. "Have faith in democracy, our Constitution and the American people."
The comments by the Republican lawmakers and other GOP leaders were rare, public rebukes of Trump, who has demanded – and generally received – loyalty from fellow Republicans throughout his four-year term. Most in the GOP take pains to avoid directly criticizing Trump, even when they find his conduct unhelpful or offensive to their values and goals.
Trump's tweets earlier Thursday declaring victory and calling for officials to "STOP THE COUNT" were a test of how strongly he can keep Republicans in line as he tries to challenge the voting process in court.
Before Trump's speech in the White House briefing room, several Republicans challenged his attempts to halt vote-counting in Pennsylvania and other battleground states.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Trump ally who won reelection Tuesday in Kentucky, told reporters that "claiming you've won the election is different from finishing the counting." His office declined to comment after Trump's address Thursday.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, urged "everyone to be patient" as results come in. "It is critical that we give election officials time to complete their jobs, and that we ensure all lawfully cast ballots are allowed and counted," she said in a statement.
Rep. Will Hurd, a Texas Republican who did not seek reelection, called Trump's comments about corruption "dangerous" and "wrong." Trump's remarks undermine the U.S. political process and "the very foundation this nation was built upon," Hurd said.
While Biden was close Friday to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, it was unclear when a national winner would be determined after a long, bitter campaign dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and its effects on Americans and the national economy.
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut told The Associated Press Thursday he hopes Republicans step up their response to Trump's unsubstantiated claims. While Republicans may want to give Trump time to "make his arguments," when it becomes clear that claims are without basis, "My hope is that Republicans will put public and private pressure on him," Murphy said.
But one of Trump's top congressional supporters said he supports efforts to question the vote counting process and is donating money to shore up legal challenges. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on Fox News Thursday night he would donate $500,000 to the president's "legal defense fund" and urged people to go to the Trump campaign's website to pitch in.
In remarks Wednesday at the White House, Trump baselessly claimed victory and alleged "major fraud on our nation" as state election officials continued counting ballots amid a huge increase in voter turnout.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Trump ally who is an analyst for ABC News, said there was no basis for Trump's argument. Christie called Trump's attack on the integrity of the election "a bad strategic decision" and "a bad political decision, and it's not the kind of decision you would expect someone to make … who holds the position he holds."
Trump's family, never shy about expressing their support, took to Twitter to question why GOP lawmakers were not rushing to the president's defense. "Where are Republicans! Have some backbone. Fight against this fraud. Our voters will never forget you if your sheep!" Trump's son Eric tweeted.
Some GOP governors responded. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged the president to "Fight on, exhaust all options." South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem tweeted that Trump was fighting "rigged election systems."
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said states administer U.S. elections, not the federal government. "We should respect that process and ensure that all ballots cast in accordance with state laws are counted. It's that simple," Portman said in a statement.
Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa Mascaro in Washington and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, S.C., contributed to this report.
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