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Jennet Conant: The Irregulars
Thursday, September 25, 2008 to Friday, September 26, 2008
New York Times bestselling author Jennet Conant discusses her newest nonfiction account of events surrounding American involvement in World War II, titled The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington, on Thursday, September 25, at 7 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Before he was the internationally beloved author of classic children's books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach, British war hero Roald Dahl served as a clandestine agent based in Washington, D.C., working for the British Security Coordination " nicknamed "Churchill's dirty tricks squad." Conant traces his rapid rise through the covert ranks, moving from circulating propaganda to engineering the downfall of Vice President Henry Wallace and even serving as a backchannel between President Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.
Conant is the acclaimed author of two other books, Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II and 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos.
Spies: The British Secret Service during World War II
The event is co-sponsored by Rainy Day Books. Conant's books will be available for sale, and the author will sign copies purchased during the event.
Admission is free. Click here or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Camera IconPeter Quinlan is the new Chief Justice of WA.Picture: Justin Benson-Cooper/ The Sunday Times
WA Chief Justice Peter Quinlan on 'the case I will never forget'
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THE death in custody of young Aboriginal woman Ms Dhu is a case that will stay with WA's new Chief Justice as a lesson of the need for people to listen to the stories and experiences of our most vulnerable and disadvantaged.
Peter Quinlan, the 48-year-old father of five who was officially sworn in last week as WA's 14th Chief Justice, represented Ms Dhu's mother and grandmother at a coronial inquest into her death.
Camera IconMs Dhu died while being held in police custody.Picture: Facebook
The Coroner found Ms Dhu, who was being held in police custody over unpaid fines, suffered inhumane and appalling treatment.
Nearly everybody involved in the case unanimously agreed the system needed to do better and this couldn't be allowed to happen again, he said.
"It was a real lesson for me in the way in which different parts of the community perceive and interact with the criminal justice system," he said. "It showed me that ... it's really important for people like me who have different life experiences to really listen carefully to what other people's life experiences are.
"In many respects that inquest was an emotional confirmation of a lot of things that intellectually I already knew."
Justice Quinlan, who like his predecessor Wayne Martin was appointed without having any experience on the bench, said his most immediate challenge would be "learning how to be a judge".
He said he gave a lot of thought to taking on such a high-pressure, public role.
"I don't think you'd be right for doing this job if you didn't have some hesitancy or trepidation about doing it," he said.
"I think it's the kind of job that if you want to do properly and take seriously enough you have to be conscious of the fact that it's difficult and you have to ask yourself whether you're up to it or not."
Camera IconWA's new Chief Justice Peter Quinlan is sworn in by Governor Kim Beazley.Picture: Supplied
Justice Quinlan said a perception that the judiciary was soft on crime was not backed up by statistics that showed sentences handed out in WA were "uniformly fairly high". He said people's perceptions boiled down to the extent of information they had access to.
"I can well understand that sometimes people will read a very brief description of a case and an outcome and wonder how it could have occurred. Sometimes when I'm in that position I have exactly the same reaction," he said.
On the State's meth epidemic, he said it was a "huge health crisis" as well as a criminal justice problem.
"I think it's a matter of the community understanding there's a limit to what the courts can do. The courts are the final consumers of the problem in some respect, the solutions go back way in the process and a lot earlier," he said.
Camera IconPeter Quinlan will start his new job as Chief Justice of WA on Monday.Picture: Justin Benson-Cooper / The Sunday Times
As a lawyer of 25 years and the Solicitor-General for the past two years, he has been involved in many high-profile cases — as counsel assisting the Corruption and Crime Commission investigating the wrongful conviction of Andrew Mallard, and police tasering of Kevin Spratt, as well as providing advice to the State Government to order a second appeal of Scott Austic's murder conviction.
He hoped there was general confidence in the justice system.
Justice Quinlan will start his new job tomorrow.


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Rivans studied 3D design at the University of Brighton, before turning to jewellery design and setting up her own workshop. An aptitude for the visual arts was in her blood: growing up with her Italian family in Essex, hours of her childhood were devoted to drawing and listening to music. She covered her bedroom walls with film and pop heroes, soaking up the televisual culture that would come to form her greatest influence.
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A thank you to everyone who supported Tameside Toy Appeal 2021
Friday, January 7th, 2022 8:04am
Action Together Tameside have made a video to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part in the Christmas Tameside Toy Appeal.
The appeal, supported by Tameside Radio and the Tameside Reporter, has again been a huge success this last Christmas, ensuring every child living in poverty in the borough received a gift at Christmas.
Volunteering support officer (Tameside) Lisa Hannibal said: "We would like to thank all the businesses, schools and individuals - and especially individual children - who have all helped the appeal this year.
"It has been a really tough year for people with a lot of people who are struggling but who have gone above and beyond.
"We would like to thank all of our volunteers too - we couldn't be happier. We would like to thank everyone and Tameside Radio and the Reporter for publicising what we have been doing.
"There will be lots of happy children this Christmas."
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Q: Find text between two tags and replace it with the uppercase version of the same text I am writing code that gives me proper nouns in a sentence in uppercase. I am using an NER tagger for that to get tags like PERSON and LOCATION. I want my code to output the text between the tags in uppercase. I am doing it the following way but its not working:
    Matcher m1 = Pattern.compile("<PERSON>(.+?)</PERSON>|<LOCATION>(.+?)</LOCATION>").matcher(NER);
        while(m1.find())
         { String newDecapTitle = m1.appendReplacement(sb, decapTitle.get(m1.group().toUppercase()));
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}

Here sb is a string buffer.
To give you an example:

James murray went to Los angeles

gets parsed as
<PERSON>James murray</PERSON> went to <LOCATION>Los angeles</LOCATION>

and I want my output to be -

James Murray went to Los Angeles

.

A: You are giving it the whole pattern, try giving it a m1.group(1) (which is James murray) and m1.group(2) (which is Los angeles). Or you can do another regex and strip all the tags from your final result (PERSON and LOCATION - those are tags, stack strips them as well).

A: For the sake of future proofing, I have considered that you may use tags in the future that may be different to just <PERSON> and <LOCATION>. You can do the following to capture words between the tags that are of the form <tag></tag>:
public static void main(String[] args){

    String in = "<PERSON>James murray</PERSON> went to <LOCATION>Los angeles</LOCATION>";

    Matcher m1 = Pattern.compile(">(.*?)<").matcher(in);

    while (m1.find()) {
        for (int i = 1; i <= m1.groupCount(); i++) {
            System.out.println("matched text: "+ m1.group(i));
        }
    }
}

Output:
matched text: James murray
matched text:  went to
matched text: Los angeles

You can use this to do whatever you want with the captured words.
Another solution is to use a non-capturing group to do something like this (untested):
Matcher m1 = Pattern.compile("(?:<PERSON>|<\\/PERSON>|<LOCATION>|<\\/LOCATION>)?([\\w ]+)").matcher(in);

This will find specifically the tags and capture the groups between them. But I would recommend the first way of doing it.

A: Try it with jsoup and apache.commons.lang WordUtils
Example:
import org.apache.commons.lang3.text.WordUtils;
import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
import org.jsoup.select.Elements;

public class ExtractInfo  {

    public static void main (String [] args) {
        String html = "<PERSON>James murray</PERSON> went to <LOCATION>Los angeles</LOCATION>";
        Document doc = Jsoup.parse(html);
        Elements es = doc.select("person,location");
        for(Element e : es){
           String eText = e.text();
           e.text(replace(eText));
        }
        System.out.println(doc.text());
   }
   public static String replace(String str){
       return WordUtils.capitalize(str);
   }
}

//prints "James Murray went to Los Angeles"

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5. Roma Downey: Married to long-time Trump confidante, "The Apprentice" producer and advisor Mark Burnett and a star in her own right. The Derry-born actress would play well in Ireland and it would make a fascinating homecoming for her.
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For the fifth time in six years we're celebrating good news from the Marketing Society Scotland, who have shortlisted our final year design student Charlie Law for the Star Creative Award 2016. This award is in the Development category, sponsored by Union Direct, and requires students from Universities and Colleges in Scotland to submit a written proposal and moodboard to a brief set by a high-profile client.
This year the client was the Scottish Government, and the brief was to highlight gender inequality and the pay gap in the business sector in Scotland. Only four entries made the shortlist this year, and they were then required to develop their idea and present it to the judging panel last Friday at the Union's studio in Edinburgh. Charlie's presentation featured a clever twist on gender stereotypes and some engaging copywriting. We'll post up samples of his work in due course.
The winner will be announced at the Marketing Society Star Awards, on June 9th at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh, the annual celebration of Scotland's world-class marketing community. You can find out more about the awards, including the shortlists across all the professional categories, at the Star Awards 2016 website.
Earlier this week we had a visit from Eric Campbell, Creative Director at White Light Media, an award-winning Edinburgh-based agency specialising in editorial design, magazines, and publishing in print and online. They've been consistent supporters of the course for a number of years (Eric is a graduate of the course) and he came in to talk to the NC and HNC classes about the joys of editorial design and the general approach thats required in the niche market area of magazines.
Eric talking editorial design in the studio.
White Light Media's work includes their cool specialist drinks mag Hot Rum Cow, and Eric brought in a box of Issue No.7, and also the quarterly tabloid-sized magazine, Poppy. Awesome stuff.
The NC group are currently working on an editorial brief 'Interview', so this was great timing for them. The brief was to interview our HND students whilst they were out on placement, and find out about their experiences, and then use that as source for magazine spreads that will be included in our forthcoming annual review magazine, InSitu.


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Seriously Spreadable gets strong push
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Airing nationally from June until September, the television campaign showcases the Seriously Strong Spreadable portfolio.
Communicating the key brand message 'The same great Scottish taste, just spreadable', the ten-second ad is running on national television channels, during popular programmes such as Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Come Dine With Me. The ad, which is expected to be seen by 73.4% of UK housewives with children, also underlines the fact that Seriously Strong Spreadable Vintage was voted Product of the Year 2017 for the cheese category (Winner Cheese Category. Survey of 11,637 people by TNS).
The television advertising runs alongside other high profile marketing activity, including print and social media advertising.
Mike Chatters, sales director for Lactalis McLelland, says: "The media campaign builds on a strong 12 months for Seriously Strong Spreadable.
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Psychologist and author Laurie Helgoe joins me to talk about dealing with bullies and narcissistic types. We also respond to listener questions about someone who won't take "no" for an answer and how to connect with others as an introvert.
Dr. Laurie Helgoe is a psychologist, educator, and author specializing in the relationship between personality and culture. She is Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences at the Ross University School of Medicine, and author of several books, including INTROVERT POWER: Why Your Inner Life is Your Hidden Strength. Her next book, FRAGILE BULLY: Understanding America's Destructive Affair with Narcissism, is set to be released in early 2019.


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Star Wars film to screen in the UAE first?
Star Wars fans have been treated to a teaser of the upcoming film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with a video clip in the desert.
The 360 experience is exclusive to Facebook, and allows you to speed through the Jakku dessert, navigating the camera as you go. The video has already been shared 178,000 times, with fans clearly delighted to get a teaser of the film.
Abu Dhabi was used as a filming location, and this clip appears to show Abu Dhabi's Empty Quarter after a battle scene. Those of you who don't have Facebook (if there are any of you left in the world), can watch the video via YouTube below - unfortunately you won't get the 360 experience.
Hard-core Star Wars fans in the UAE will also be excited by news that the new film may be released in the UAE before anywhere else.
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Your lifestyle should take utmost attention when it comes to purchasing a home. Remember that your abode will be the living space for you. It should therefore embrace your life with all its features. Maybe, you prefer to have a home gym rather than attending a gym center. If that is the case, the house should have a gym section. To the minimum, there should be a place that can be customized to a gym. All things that compose a person lifestyle must be focused on.
For a save living, the house structure needs to be considered. Things like the ease of exit and entry by the elderly and disabled calls for attention. other things like the emergency exits should also be considered. Do not forget things like the rooms layout, lightings and ventilation. Accord special attention to areas like the sinks, kitchen, bathroom and toilets. They contribute to a healthy lifestyle. Taking it in mind that you may fail to get a house that is perfectly as you need, consider what would be the cost of improving it. If you find the cost being too high, forget the house and look for another. If on the other hand the cost is minimal yet the house is comfortable, go for it.
The price of the house remains as one of the determining factors that can be ignored a second. The house buying budget is more than price since it will include transactional costs and repair and improvement costs which are not fixed. if you involve a real estate agent, then you will have to pay for the agent commission.
During a hypnotherapy session, hypnotherapist will induce a state of hypnosis in the client which brings about some behavior patterns. A patient is not made to undergo hypnosis as soon as they get into a hypnotherapist's chair, it would be like going Into a dark room aimlessly , the therapist first has to understand what the problem is. It would be comforting for the hypnotherapist to explain to the client what goes on when they put the latter under hypnosis otherwise one may be over anxious of what goes on during that period of time where they will not be aware of what is going on around them. The emotional and physical reception that a client has should be gauged and this calls for the hypnotherapist to test not only the physical but also the emotional suggestibility of the patient.
The hypnotherapist then takes to inducing the client into a state of hypnosis and the techniques to be used in the process will be determined by the test results of suggestibility and this is to mean that one hypnotherapist may use different methods for two different clients. Hypnotherapy can also be viewed as a form of counseling as sometimes it helps with psychotherapy because it helps clients to explore what may have been hidden from their conscious mind and enable people to perceive some things differently. Suggestion therapy and analysis are the two main ways through which hypnotherapy will be effected on clients, suggestion therapy comes in handy when a therapist wants to help a client quit a behavior , this method will help build self-esteem for those with low self-esteem problems.
Analysis therapy on the other hand uses the relaxed approach to explore elements involved in psychological conflict for instance a traumatizing experience that may have been hidden in the unconscious mind. During hypnotherapy the heightened state of awareness that is attained thanks to the relaxation techniques gives the therapist room to make appropriate suggestions which will help the client effect change deep in the unconscious. As a client who has gone to the client to have help with some problem , it is important to have the trust and let yourself free to the process as otherwise one may not reap the desired help from the experience.
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When you're trying to improve the sort of comfort and aesthetic that your home features, it's easy to see why the furniture you purchase will be so important. With a strong desire to get a great price on all the furniture you buy, you'll be amazed at the sorts of incredible deals you'll be able to lock down.
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The buyer has to make some considerations when opting to buy an air conditioner.Cost of the air conditioner is a big factor to put into consideration.
Another consideration to be made is the intended use of the air conditioner. Unlike domestic conditioners which may be small in size, large commercial premises require technical and big air conditioners to meet many offices and rooms. Noise factor has to be considered too. Air conditioners are not supposed to be a distraction to sleep and other activities such as meditation and yoga.A good air conditioner is deemed to have a longer warranty guarantee. Some air conditioners are so much advanced that they can be controlled via the users phone. Accessibility of a conditioner's filter is necessary so as to keep it clean always. Energy consumption has to be economically viable.However, large energy consumers such as those of malls and hospitals have to be connected to a stronger power source. Air conditioners have a positive impact on human life.
The Benefits Of Engaging In Competitive Activities Such As Sports. The participants of the activity are identified to be the winners at that crucial moment when they receive their awards. Treophies are symbolic in that they identify the person the person who has done well in the completion . Award are made from several metals and there are crucial since they are used to recognize the winner of a particular game such as football. Gold and silver are the most expensive metals used to make sports prizes. The fact that the trophies are made of silver or gold make s the winner to give much meaning to them. One of the best-renowned trophies is the Bobble head trophy. This type of prize has dancing head making it look so special and unique. the main aim of engaging in a competitive activity is to enjoy benefits of winning an expensive trophy. Having a trophy in your possession will always make you feel good for the effort you've done at that particular time. Those individuals who emerge to be the top are awarded trophies which are available in various colors and shapes. In a wrestling completion the winner is awarded a wrestling medal. The team that wins the football match is recognized by giving them a soccer trophy while the winner in the golf competition is awarded a gold medal. Every prize is unique in size. The knowledge of the type of crown one is competing for enables the players to work hard in pursuit of the award. Besides being given the trophy, the winners become heroes to the society. One will be praised by everybody who will witness their victory in the sports activity. they might also benefit from other gifts given by their sponsors.
Custom Home Building Services: Choosing The Right One To Build Your Dream Home When it comes to getting the house of your dreams, the better choice would be to build one that you yourself have customized rather than just buying a property. Building a custom home is better than buying a pre-existing one as you will be able to decide all of the details of the home depending on your wants and needs. What's more is that, by custom building your own home, you will be able to gain full control on every finances during the construction compared to buying one that already has a set price. To ensure that you will be satisfied with the outcome of your custom built home, finding a credible home builder like the professional builders at Custom Home Building Bayton is an essential factor to secure. Below are some useful tips you can use to assure that you find the best professional you can trust in building the house of your dreams. The first thing to consider when looking for a reliable home builder is to consider recommendations and choosing the home building service with a lot of positive feedbacks from clients is the best way to go about it.
It would also be of great benefit if you are to visit the website of the custom home builder you want to hire. To ensure that you will not be swayed by false reviews, you need to do an evaluation of the several reviews in order to find out if they are consistent and not fabricated reviews. It would also be wise to ask the home builders themselves to connect you with their previous clients. If the home builder does not have anything to hide and takes pride in the results of their services, then they would gladly help you with this. You can even decide to personally go to the exact location of the property that the custom home builder have built and personally ask an audience with the owner. With this, you will have an insight on what to expect when hiring the home builder and what is the possible work output. After you have found the right home builder to hire, the next step is to look at work samples of the home builder you will hire for you to get acquainted with the designs that they have. This will also provide you with a clear understanding on what kind of home building design they specialized in. With the use of these helpful guidelines, finding a reputable home builder company like the Custom Home Building Bayton professionals will be a breeze.
Methods to Increase Your Instagram Followers Instagram has millions of active users, and the stats on Instagram could be seen as encouraging and highly impressive. With over 500 million active users and more than 300 million active users every day, this is a surprise and at the same time exciting. 80% of these active users live outside the US, and over 95 million photos and videos are uploaded each day. It is just excellent and a gold mine for businesses and online marketers. These statistics should show you just how important Instagram would be for your business. The issue is the way to get on Instagram and get followers that may turn into loyal customers. Below, we shall discuss some measures to assist you in getting Instagram followers. One of the simplest and quickest solution to set up an Instagram account will be to sign up with Facebook. It will automatically permit you to follow your friends and family that already have accounts on Instagram and they, in turn, will follow you. Your family and friends will be the first followers on Instagram which will get you ready for the main deal and will your increase visibility. The most crucial thing on Instagram is the quality of the pictures. So ensure the photos are of high quality before you post them. With quality photos on Instagram, you will get more comments, likes and more followers which will push you up the ladder and on top of all your competitors who are in the same industry. If you take the pictures with a camera, be sure that the focus and lighting are good to get you the best images you need to go viral on Instagram.
Be sure to like photos from other people as this acts as a way of introducing yourself. When you like other people's pictures, these people will visit your profile and might even follow you and like your photos. This is how you start getting more followers on Instagram.
Another approach to growing your fan base is to follow others. In following others, they may follow you back and make a connection between the both of you. This helps in increasing your followers and likes on pictures that appear in your profile. Make sure you comment on other individuals' pictures though it may take some work and time, but it pays off. By commenting on other people's photos, you increase the chances of them following you and liking your photos. Be sure as you post the photographs that you use hashtags that are relevant. Use the correct hashtags to help you to get visibility and more popularity on Instagram. The more tags you utilize, the more popular your photos will become.
What You Should Know About Bathroom Remodeling Nothing is more important than your home. Your home is part of your family's future, and you also spend an incredible amount of time there. A responsible homeowner has many different tasks that he or she needs to tend to. It's important to think about your security system, and you also need a reliable roof. At the end of the day, though, nothing is more important than your bathroom. If you have a good bathroom, your entire home will be improved. Unfortunately, maintaining a good bathroom isn't easy. If you're struggling with your bathroom, it may be time to invest in a remodel. As you are no doubt aware, a good remodel can help you improve the condition of your bathroom. It's worth stating, of course, that it takes talent to remodel your bathroom. You will struggle to achieve results if you don't have any experience. If you're serious about remodeling your bathroom, it only makes sense to prepare. There are two primary approaches to remodeling a bathroom. If you're handy, you may want to do everything yourself. This will occasionally work, but it isn't usually a good idea. As you are no doubt aware, it can be very difficult to remodel a bathroom. In this situation, you will usually want to talk to a professional. By working with a contractor, you can dramatically improve the quality of your bathroom. It should be stated, of course, that no two contractors are ever the same. You need to find a contractor who meets your particular demands. You'll want to define your own expectations before you actually hire a contractor. You'll want to begin by looking at price. Remember that you don't need to spend a great deal of money to get your bathroom remodeled. If you do your research, you should find a contractor who fits within your price range. The next step in the process is to think about experience. Keep in mind that being a remodeler isn't easy. You need to know that your contractor has the skill to get the job done.
When it comes down to it, remodeling your bathroom is all about making a plan. As you are no doubt aware, your resources are limited. To get the most out of your remodel, you need to make every single dollar count. You also need to think about space. If you have any questions about this process, talk to your remodeling contractor immediately.
If you want to successfully remodel your bathroom, you'll want to make everything smaller. The bathroom will seem bigger when the accessories are smaller. By working with a skilled contractor, you can get the help that you need to improve your bathroom.
How Estate Planning Attorneys can Help You Majority of us do not place almost just as much although, as we must into planning our properties will be dispersed the, and the quotes are that many of individuals die intestate without organized a will. These regulations might not replicate at all how they would have selected to spread their belongings although their properties may ultimately be dispersed according to the regulations within their claims. Locating a company of experienced estate planning attorneys is the best reply if you prefer to avoid that condition. Estate planning lawyers possess a thorough knowledge of the procedure in your region, in addition to up to date info on estate tax laws. They'll assist you to make sure your ultimate wishes concerning your healthcare, in addition to the submission of one's estate and life-support desires, are completed. Estate planning lawyers might help you whether or not you wish to write a simple will to get a small estate; to alter a current will such that it displays a big change in your financial standing; to determine an income trust; or even to put up an estate strategy with a will, trust, as well as your healthcare and life support directives.
Your estate planning lawyers will allow you to decide, together with real estate holdings your purchases, and individual residence, from the present state of your economic affairs, what your estate planning goals should be. They will help you get a realistic snapshot of the probable requirements of your heirs and generate a definite comprehension of your closing medical care needs.
To you, estate-planning attorneys may then explain with that data for simply because your estate is treated when you want, the top options. They will not merely examine wills and trusts; they'll provide selections that you may employ quickly to lessen the taxes and probate prices in your estate. Estate planning attorneys may also help you regarding whether or not any particular alterations in your living will demand an alteration inside your estate plan. If, for example, you're separated or widowed, in your old age, and contemplating remarriage, you ought to be conscious that there might be effects for the estate. Should you remarry overdue in living, you and your spouse are likely to be in charge of the costs of each other is long term healthcare must one of you be put into a nursing home. These charges be considered a substantial strain you, or you potential spouse's belongings. In case you plan to remarry, so that you includes your spouse among your beneficiaries, altering your estate approach and have children from an earlier marriage, there's possible of conflicted thoughts among your children. Estate planning attorneys may advise ways you can begin to distribute the belongings you want to keep for you youngsters resources among your kids through your lifetime without tax penalties being caused by it.
Aiming to further improve customer experience is attainable even without spending huge sum of money. Believe it or not, there are so many companies who've got untapped resources from within. Those who have succeeded both during and after the down-cycle are the ones that embraced slowdown as opportunity to strengthen business processes and innovation. This strengthening better aligns with offers and ways of doing business to which, fairly difficult to copy by your competitors.
You might want to consider complaint logs, sales call and service reports, data residing in survey reports, win-loss analyses, blogosphere, CRM databases and so on. If they're pieced together, then a deeper and broader picture of customer experience will soon emerge. A small team may peruse these sources to either enhance or create customer segment persona.
What's more, valuable insights can actually go beyond the typical persona definition from purchasing decisions focused towards panoramic view of full spectrum customer experience. This particular spectrum has to be defined via customer interviews and it usually starts with his or her awareness of a desire or need for a solution and then extending through full use of the purchased service or product including after new models have been released and the eventual disposal, upgrade or downgrade. With these insights, there are plethora of new avenues will open.
CLV or Customer Lifetime Value is the cumulative profit stream over the period of interest a customer has in a certain brand category. Actually, CLVs can be revised to be able to sharpen prioritization of panoramic experience persona segments. Prioritization is helping executives and frontline employees of the company to be able to think of strategic and tactical decisions. Executives and frontline employees as well should be provided with tools to keep CLV policies a priority to allow CLV based decision making. Prioritizing CLV additionally helps in listening strategies and even experience improvement initiatives.
Reviewing customer sentiment monitoring methods is the next move after referring to experience persona as well as CLV findings. For this, there are a number of questions that you have to answer such as is the full customer experience reflected, are CLV prioritized segments are accordingly represented, are these adequate representation of influencers across the experience spectrum, does it integrate the typical latent data that's listed above to provide panoramic view and are employees at different levels involved personally in formal customer listening. All the answers that you would get from these questions will help you determine whether data collection has to be adjusted for higher ROI in regards to its use for internal branding, affinity development and innovation.
Answering Services: What Business Owners Should Know Many businesses today are looking for ways to lower their cost of operation. One way of accomplishing this is foregoing non-essential expenses. However, it remains necessary even if somewhat expensive for most companies to hire a receptionist. A receptionist is integral to any well-run business and it is difficult to do without one. Employing one at minimum wage will cost you a monthly total of $1200 upwards. Contracting an answering service company could save you from spending this kind of money. Below are some points to help you understand how answering service pricing works. When you choose to contract an answering service provider, think of it as an investment. The start-up cost is essential as a first consideration. Answering service companies will charge you a setup fee. The fee may be upwards of $15, but this hinges on the particular company. The size of your business does not affect the setup fee. Small enterprises, as well as larger ones, are charged the same price range. Next on your list of considerations should be the answering service cost. The cost of the service generally varies depending on the answering service provider. Your selected package is what will determine the overall cost. However, one key similarity is that all companies will have a standard monthly fee set. Referring back to the monthly fee will give you an indication of how much it will cost to use the service. To cover a certain number of calls per month will cost you from around $19 upwards.
One of the factors that will influence answering service pricing is additional features. A unique forwarding number is a good example. Answering service providers generally have their own selection of numbers from which you can choose from. Be prepared to spend an upwards of $10 to purchase a number. Taking and delivering of message carries its own separate charges. Usually the average minimum for this is $5 a month.
Customer preferences tend to dictate the packages that they will favor. Most answering service providers offer packages based on their client preferences. This includes considerations such as the volume of calls a company receives to whether the contract is monthly or long-term. Usually, it is less affordable to maintain a monthly contract as opposed to a long-term contract. A long term contract is not only preferable to a short term one bit is more affordable as well. Answering service pricing will be affected by call charging. There are two main types of call charging: calls can be charged per minute or per call. The better option will vary depending on the type of calls you generally receive. The second choice is better suited to companies that field long phone calls. $0.98 an $0.45 are the average charges per minute and per call respectively. With the information above, you now have a better grasp of how answering service pricing works.
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François Pinault pledged €100 million to repair the cathedral. Pretty generous, right? Even considering his $35 billion net worth.
Well, it turns out Pinault's company has been found to have evaded more than €2 billion in tax.
What's more, while the cathedral was still burning, Jean-Jacques Aillagon announced that he was petitioning the government for 90% of donations to be tax-deducible. Who is this Aillagon, you ask?
Need more money for food. Planning on going food shopping tomorrow at the Shop Rite near where I work. Please help me out by donating $100 for food. I want to try to find time to cook and eat at home a bit.
@nuttgodd are you talking about buggies (bug furries) or the insect?
Every time I see a girl or enby talking about how lonely they are because they don't have a GF, I wish I could just adopt them and take them home with me. I wish I had enough time to care for and love every single one of them.


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Baccarat was introduced from Italy to France during the reign of Charles VIII of France who ruled from Fourteen Eighty Three to 1498. It became a quite well-liked casino game amongst French nobility. Despite the fact that Baccarat has constantly been very common in European and Latin American betting houses, Baccarat Chemin de fer never really caught on as strongly as Pontoon in gambling houses in the US.
In the fifties, Baccarat became additional popularized in Vegas largely because of the work of Frank Sinatra who was a co-owner of the Sands at that time. The game of Baccarat was targeted to whales-the tables for Baccarat Banque had been exclusive territories that were roped off and had dealers dressed in tuxedos.
In far more recent years, many US gambling dens are offering 'mini baccarat' with smaller stakes and bet on a standard pontoon shaped table. Baccarat Banque is definitely a easy game with only three possible outcomes-player, banker and tie. The term player will not refer to the wagering customer, banker does not refer to the house, and it really is simply an alternative on which gamblers can wager.
It truly is an unusual casino game in that any score of ten is worth zero, or Baccarat Banque. Nine is the highest score that may be achieved. 2 face cards would have a score of zero, a nine and 6 would not equal fifteen, but rather equal five (minus the earliest digit). Aces count as 1 and the rest of the cards retain their face value.
There are three accepted variants of Baccarat Chemin de fer: Baccarat Banque Chemin de Fer (railway), Baccarat Chemin de fer Banque (or a deux tableau) and Punto Banco (North American Baccarat). Punto Banco is bet in the US, Canada and Australia-a variant of Baccarat Banque in which the gambling establishment banks the casino game at all times. Bettors may perhaps bet on either the player or the banker, the designations for the two hands dealt in each casino game. The object of Punto Banco is to wager on the hand with the biggest total, keeping in mind that 2 face cards equal zero (ten plus 10 equals twenty, minus the very first digit is zero or Baccarat).
Mini Baccarat Banque is a fairly common game because of the lower stakes. It really is essentially the same game as Punto Banco, but bet on a table similar to a Pontoon table. Baccarat Banque and mini Baccarat might be found at several betting houses across the usa and Canada, although it truly is not as popular as a few of the other illustrious gambling card games like Hold'em poker and Pontoon.
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Baccarat banque owes its origin from an Italian term baccara, which means "zero", which also is the value, designated to the face cards in the casino game. The game as is already mentioned started in middle ages with folks playing it with Tarot cards and ultimately it developed to take a closer shade of today in about '40s. And in 50s it traveled to the regions of France wherever it came to be connected with royalty and uniqueness and it at some point starting spreading across Europe, The united states etc.
The primary object of the casino game is to draw two or 3 card hand which is closer to the number nine (as per the value given to the cards in the game which must be known prior to hand particularly by a beginner in the casino game) than banker's hand. Crucial point to note here is that the casino game isn't at all challenging to discover except it's still advisable on the outset to know the general rules. Initially 2 cards are drawn and if the hand is in the range of 6 or 9 then the odds are in favour of betting it on but if the hand is of 5 or less then a 3rd card is drawn and as per the hand then one has, the near future action is decided.
A unusual top quality of baccarat banque is that it could be found getting bet in a corner or a place, which is separate from the gambling house owing to the nature of the game. The casino game as is known is played by the rich and the royalty – which adds glamour and fascination to it – and thus, attracts gamblers attributing it a unexplained attractiveness. Many novices on the game would like to test and avoid hitting the casino game directly in the gambling houses' sophisticated atmosphere and therefore, they may well decide to try out a hand or two on the online versions of the casino game and getting their basics about the really game in place. Also an additional advantage of wagering it online very first is that the stakes arc much lower than what you've when wagering live at the betting houses and thus, providing a space to discover as the gambler can afford to make mistakes.
If the online variants are still not able to satisfy the hunger for glamour connected with the casino game then one can attempt his day out in the gambling establishment wherever the surroundings is quite wonderful.
All in all the game does seem to become worth a try out.
If we put aside the black ties, the eligant curtains and the overall exclusive surroundings, baccarat is one of the simplest casino games around. In addition, baccarat chemin de fer is often a beatable game with a small house edge, which makes it one of the very best bets you'll be able to make! Here it is possible to read about baccarat history and learn the way to play the casino game.
Both the U.S. and European versions of baccarat and the French Baccarat are late developments of the Italian game referred to as baccara, which means "0" in Italian. The origins of baccara go back to an old Etruscan myth. According to the myth, a blonde virgin had to toss a 9 sided die to determine her destiny. When the die landed on 8 or nine, she would have to meet her destiny and become a religious leader. If your die landed on six or seven, she would be not allowed to take part in any spiritual activity. In the event the die landed on any additional number, the virgin had to wander into the sea.
The Italian casino game baccara was popular among French upper class during the close of the fifteenth century. Baccara had evolved to the European version of punto banco, which is nevertheless played in European casinos today as well as the French variation of baccarat chemin de fer known as Baccarat, which is mainly bet in betting houses in France. The U.S. version of the casino game was introduced to Las Vegas casinos in the 1950s by Francis Tommy Renzoni, who imported the casino game from Havana.
Baccarat banque nevertheless carries an aroma of upper class and exclusivity. In U.S. gambling establishments, punto banco is played in a segregated location of the casino, hidden behind velvet curtains. Punto Banco gamblers are normally dressed up and the gambling table limits are higher comparing to other table games. So that you can attract the medium budget players, a smaller limit version of punto banco, called mini baccarat banque, was invented. Mini punto banco is played on a tinier table, inside the gambling establishment betting location with lower wagering limits than baccarat banque.
Punto Banco is wagered with 3 croupiers and as much as twelve or fourteen players. Punto Banco is usually bet with eight standard card decks. Aces valued as one, face cards and 10 cards valued as zero, and the rest of the number cards worth their face worth. The suit has no meaning. The object of the game is to obtain as close to nine as possible.
The wager on begins by all gamblers, including the croupier, placing their wagers either on the player, the banker, or on a tie. Usually, the dealer bets about the banker. The croupier can be the casino croupier or 1 of the gamblers. After everybody has placed their bets, the dealer gives 2 cards to each and every gambler and to the banker.
The credit score of each and every hand is computed as the sum of the 2 cards minus the left digit. For example, in the event the sum of the two cards is fifteen, the credit score would be 5. The decision whether to deal a 3rd card is determined by a set or guidelines and it is not up to the player or the dealer's decision.
If the rating of the players hand is nine or eight, he wins.
If your credit score of the dealers hand is 9 or eight, it is a tie.
If a players credit score is seven or six, he might be dealt a 3rd card.
If a gamblers credit score is 5 or less, he has to receive a 3rd card.
If a player gets a third card and the credit score of the dealers hand is two, one or zero, he must draw a 3rd card.
If your credit score of the croupiers hand is three and the players third card is any value but eight, he must draw a 3rd card.
When the rating of the croupiers hand is four and the players 3rd card worth is between 2 and seven, he must draw a third card.
When the rating of the croupiers hand is six and the players 3rd card is 6 or seven, he must draw a 3rd card.
If the report of the croupiers hand is seven, he cannot draw a third card.
What is baccarat chemin de fer and how do you play it? These may be questions you might be asking yourself. The objective of Baccarat Chemin de fer is to select which hand you happen to be dealt will have the high score (you are dealt two hands called the player and the banker). The highest score you can have is 9 and the lowest is 1. It's also crucial to know that the ten, jack, queen, and king all count as zero and an ace counts as one.
Now that you just know what the purpose of punto banco is you'll be able to now find out the rules. The game is played with six decks and you possibly can bet on the dealer, the gambler, a tie, or any combination of those three options. You as the gambler will constantly go initial. If the complete of the gambler's hand is among zero and five then the gambler can draw one more card, if not, then the player cannot draw anymore cards. Now it's the banker's turn. If the banker's complete among his very first 2 cards is between zero and two then the banker may possibly draw one far more card. To score your hand you merely add your cards together and drop the ten's digit. For example, if you have a five and a six the entire will likely be thirteen and after subtracting the ten's the baccarat overall will likely be 3.
How do you win betting punto banco? If the hand you wager on has a higher entire, then you win. Should you wager about the gambler you win even money. If you wager within the banker then you win even money minus a 5% commission. And should you wager on a tie then you win 9 times what you bet.
Baccarat banque is a simple game to understand as long as you know how to do easy addition. Not only is it easy except it also gives you the opportunity to win big money in the case that you bet on a tie. Right after reading these basic directions you'll be betting baccarat banque in no time!
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I call this story my "lucky baccarat chemin de fer morning" but morning is rushing it a bit. It was a lot more like my lucky baccarat 30 minutes. It was a morning which produced me a believer in folks who know that fate or luck or whatever is on their side and they instantly act upon it. I was glad I found the suitable individual at the correct time so I could act too.
There is absolutely nothing like hitting a great run at the punto banco table. I got up at 08:00 and headed down to get my usual cup of black tea with no intentions of playing anything just before I would had at least two cups along with a sausage sandwich. I bumped into a friend of mine who bets on baccarat banque and quickly adjusted my thinking.
The man in question might be incredibly good at the casino game and also horrible. If he is on he can not lose and I make cash with him simply because I stick to whatever his "bet" offers.
Realizing I had left my room with nothing except $30 in my pocket because I only thought to get some food, I stuck it in the money area. The croupier declared "money plays".
I could tell my buddy was "spot on" as soon as he took a seat. It was nearly as if fortune had blessed him that day and given him a nudge to play at that punto banco table. I took the entire thirty dollars and pressed it as much as $960.
I took the nine hundred dollars earnings and started above with sixty dollars and pressed it as much as $1920 and was ready to begin over with one hundred dollars when he said: "that is it and it's gone". As I had played with him previous to on many occasions, I knew he was most likely right. Everyone calls him the "hit and run kid" so I did not encourage him to stay.
He had created a profit of above five thousand dollars and determined it was time for several breakfast. After tips and hints plus a handful of other expenses, I strolled away from the table with over two thousand and eight hundred dollars.
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In Pictures: Hong Kong migrant worker groups march in solidarity ahead of International Women's Day
by Catherine Lai 12:28, 7 March 2018 Updated 21:57, 31 March 2020
Migrant workers' groups marched against gender discrimination and poverty on Sunday afternoon to express their solidarity with the global feminist movement.
According to organisers, around 100 attended the rally, chanting "women's right, workers' right" and "equal work, equal pay" as they marched from Great George Street in Causeway Bay. They went via the Indonesian Consulate to end the demonstration at Times Square.
Photo: Socialist Action.
Participants also held signs saying: "tax the rich," and "no sexism, no racism."
The march was organised by political group Socialist Action and Indonesian left-wing migrant organisation Kobumi. Groups including the United Muslim Front, League of Social Democrats, Progressive Labour Union, and Refugee Union also participated.
Participants marched in solidarity with the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment, and aligned themselves with a "grassroots feminism" that seeks to defend the rights of workers and women against systematic oppression.
"The #MeToo movement should not only confine itself to the media, it should also be organised in the workplace through trade unions, to win back our right to our own bodies," a press release from Socialist Action said.
Demonstrators also acted out an art performance symbolising the breaking of the chains of oppression and exploitation of women.
The Hong Kong Federation of Asian Domestic Workers Unions also called for the defence of refugee and migrant worker rights and rallied against racial and gender discrimination, demanding the abolition of Hong Kong's "live-in rule." The rule requires domestic workers to live with their employers, though migrant worker groups say it enables abuse.
Last month, a domestic worker lost a legal challenge to scrap the rule.
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Catherine Lai
Catherine is a Canadian journalist and photographer who lived in Beijing for almost two years, working in TV and online media. Aside from Hong Kong and mainland affairs, she is also interested in urban spaces, art and feminism. She holds a BA in Literature and Art History from the University of British Columbia.
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