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Wenger on where Oxlade-Chamberlain's future lies
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After an outstanding display in central midfield against Southampton at the weekend, Arsene Wenger says he believes Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's future will probably see him play more often in that role.
It's not the first time the Frenchman has suggested this, but at 23 perhaps now he's mature enough for the manager to have the confidence to play him there more more frequently.
Speaking at his press conference today, he said, "I think he's a good flank player and good central player but the future, personally I would say, is more central than on the flank for him.
"When you're young you want to get in team, I push you a bit more wide. Why? Because central demands more experience, more planning, tactical planning and on the flanks you can be a bit more instinctive.
"But naturally he's a guy I think is comfortable to be always involved in the game.
"And when I look back at all the games he's played central, many of them he has done very well."
It's probably not a coincidence that his best performances have come from a central position, but whether or not he can fight his way into the team there on a regular basis remains to be seen.
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Good to have another option. He played well at the weekend but Southampton weren't strong. Worth trying him out in the centre every so often and see how he goes.
Reply to CB
Yes. But both Bayern and Milan where strong. So there is evidence of good signs.
But maybe not against Chelsea, we got spanked last time he played there against them.
Cape Town Gooner
Reply to Oberon
That was Gibbs, wasn't it? ?
loose_cannon
Not sure it's really fair to judge Ox on that "performance"…
Daff
He always delivers when called upon in the midfield. His performance against Milan, Bayern and Crystal Palace now Southampton shows he can handle the pressure of planning , distribution and decision making . What he needs is to be played consistently in the midfield and avoid injuries.
FInsbury Park Gooner
I'm so glad we stuck by the Ox. I've always thought this guy can go all the way to the very top given the right circumstances.
Nullvinho
I wonder where this leaves Wilshere. It would be a shame to see him go.
Giroud's Buldge
Reply to Nullvinho
A career gone up in a cloud of smoke.
Seriously though, smoking is not something that affects a persons stamina or physicality in the short term and I think the press put too much emphasis on this. Wilshere's troubles have been from a series of bad injuries resulting from poor challenges and I hope he comes back. The decision to play a whole season on loan at Bournemouth is a strange one though.
If he does move on we'd better get the British added value for him – 35-40 million.
Reply to Giroud's Buldge
I see your point about it being a bad decision to go to Bournemouth, but I have to disagree. There was very little chance he would've been playing every week in our first team XI. You could say he took the easy way out, but i don't see it that way. For his long-term career it is a wise move, as he is testing his body and pushing himself to play a full 90mins every week. In the short-term yeah it sucks he's not at the club. But in the long-term, especially with Cazorla's injury issues seemingly indicating an Arteta-esque… Read more »
Commander88
Reply to Anup
I think going to AFC Bournemouth will give no end of help for both Jack and Arsenal and he will definitely be signed up by Arsene.
If you watched him play and progress through this season you really are so glad he made that choice as his match fitness and experience gained would be an enormous benefit straight away and for the long term when he returns.
His displays for the Cherries has been exceptional the more he plays the better he got.
Gus Caesar
There are no guarantees of playing "week in week out" at top clubs, you earn the right. To leave because you want that guarantee just to impress Allardyce smacks of nothing other than taking the easy route. And we could have done with him right now.
BidOnLard
Thought the same thing. In fact I thought they had some similarities in stile. Let's see.
Reply to BidOnLard
That would certainly help the Ox to get into another field…
I don't really think the Ox playing well on Saturday makes any difference to Wilshere's future at the club to be honest. What will is him putting Allardyce and England before The Arsenal. If he plays for us again i'd be very surprised.
David Semen
Reply to Gus Caesar
Allardyce got the chop matey.
Reply to David Semen
Yes, and? My point is he put playing for Allardyce first.
Maybe we will have to let Wilshere go. that is sad and unfortunate but Sanchez…
It's remarkable that you can still recall that Milan performance so vividly. It was something else, and this was against tactically experienced players. Somebody else mentioned somewhere that he might be a bit less susceptible to injury playing in the middle as well. Really interesting point. If all Ox is is pace, then they're ten a penny. He needs to be more than that and hopefully this is a switch for his relationship with the team, because despite better end product this season it still hasn't felt great. Southampton was what I saw when I watched him at Milan, a… Read more »
Coq-Ox-Ozil?
Newxieland
Given that we only have two fit non-suspended midfielder atm the Ox is definitely LANS!
Indian Gooner
I would personally start him in the centre of the field in the next match. With some big games coming up.. If it clicks.. it could be a major turning point in our season.
Xhaquelin Kostafi
Reply to Indian Gooner
While I totally follow and support your rationale there, it would make much more sense to test the new pairing which will face Chelsea in order to let them gel at least a bit. Therefore, Coq + Ram still more likely for the Watford game IMO.
Stillmatic
Reply to Xhaquelin Kostafi
Err, why can't the new pairing be Coq and Ox (Cozq?) and let them gel at Watford?
Easily the pairing that resembles Coq and Santi. Ramsey+Coq just gives me bad vibes of Ram-Flam.
MaritalMonk
AOC has been around the team so long it's hard to believe he's still only 23. He gets so much stick for his performances from fans (including me). I should probably be a bit more circumspect in criticizing him and hope that his best years still lie ahead of him (whether centrally or on the flanks).
Probably at Chelsea.
I see him as a sort of replacement for Rosicky. Very direct in his thinking. As always, mentality is what I feel lets so many English players down. Hopefully he can deliver
I'm not sure there have been two more frustrating enigmas than the Ox and Walcott. Both have such talent and on their day can look incredibly good. And yet both also have the ability to turn in abject displays when they can barely pass a football and you wonder how they are still at a club of our size. Ox played very well on Saturday (as too did Reine-Adelaide) but i'd like to see more consistency from him before we start talking about him as the future at centre-mid. One swallow and all that.
But surely we have to conclude it may not be completely coincidental that ALL his best displays have come from being a CM?
Reply to Stillmatic
I don't think they ALL have. I think he's played very well out wide at times and I think he's also been out of his depth before at centre-mid (as others have said above, see Chelsea away). It's also easy to remember only the most recent game. The question we need to be asking is why, when Wenger has been saying for years that he has the ability to play centrally, he can't play centrally without 5 or 6 others being missing. I think it's because he doesn't match the talent he evidently has with his performance levels. He's simply… Read more »
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Ox is Santi's replacement.
His best position could be a CM role in a midfield 3 where he doesn't have to bee too disciplined, a similar role he played on Saturday (I think he played RCM).
We could line up with one deep lying DM in Coq or Xhaka and play Ramsey and Ox (Or Elneny, Iwobi) ahead of them. That system would probably get the best out of every one of them:
Özil–Alexis–Lucas/Walcott
—Ramsey—Ox—
—-Xhaka/Coq—-
Özil, Alexis, Ramsey and Ox could exchange positions during a match. As could Alexis with Lucas/Walcott
Reply to Diarra
On the other hand, having both Ox and Ramsey in midfield has disaster written all over it, as those two aren't usually related to the word consistency (coming from a person who thinks Ramsey is quality when in form)
But you sacrifice the #10 role that Ozil is best at, and that fluid front four that has been so effective on its day…
Reply to Cape Town Gooner
I think the 4-3-3 is worth looking at though, especially as it allows for a more pressing and counter attacking game. Many have suggested Ozil out wide in this formation but I think he could make a switch to CM like Iniesta, Modric and Lallana. He did it briefly in the 2-1 win against Bayern last season
gunnertron
A candidate for the Cazorla role then, perhaps?
Igbo Amadi-Obi
Reply to gunnertron
Let's not forget how easily he loses the ball in midfield, and how much it cost us in the past.
Reply to Igbo Amadi-Obi
that is major anecdata. i have seen no evidence that he actually is dispossessed or misplaces passes more frequently than other midfield options, only that on a couple of well-publicized occasions when he did so it happened to cost us and so people remember those occurrences.
Arsensarmy
Are you people kidding me. I'm pulling for the ox to be a success at arsenal as much as the next fool, but to proclaim that he's the person to fill santis boots is a bit premature. One decent display against a limp dick Southampton 2nd team squad does not fill me with an overflowing amount of confidence. Let's see if he can string together a run of 3 or 4 solid performances before we anoint the ox as the next heir to santis throne.
Lula da Gilberto
He's gone from extraordinary talent to 'good' on the flank. I'm not saying he's out but its interesting how the expectations of him have changed. I hope he can deliver. He's on course for easily his best season. His contribution against spurs notwithstanding he's been a useful addition. Hopefully he's got just a bit more to give.
Winterburn Wanderers
Mr. Blogs,
The last time the Ox played in this position with distinction I believe was the first game of 2016 away to Stoke when Mesut was given the day off. We played well, got a 0-0 and Chambo ran the game. Very strong, holding players off with ease.
@ when you are young i push you a bit more wide because central demands a bit more experience…but his future lies in the middle. I will never understand that thinking. Isn't that why at his age Ox cannot still call himself a wide plaplayer or a midfielder? If we had focused him on the flanks or middle, he would be damn good at it by now.
I think the other problem, that I know people don't want to admit is….
I suspect Ox works best in a midfield 3 as one of the 2 CMs (where he always excels), but….we can't play that formation or role with Ozil. Ozil's…..lack of defensive strength shall we say, means we'll always need 2 deeper CMs behind him.
In some ways, Ozil for all the strength and quality he brings (which is a lot), he does unbalance the team.
It's a nice compliment, for sure, from Wenger. But am I the only one wondering if he's saying the Ox will end up playing in the middle…for someone? I guess I agree with Blogs that it's a make or break year for him.
santori
Certainly gives us the options we need because we are bereft in central midfield at the moment. Aside from Coquelin and Ramsey, we are otherwise down to the potential but inexperience of Maitland Niles (don't let the Soton game fool you, against higher opposition, he isn't quite there yet) Ox at very least gives us an option in the midfield link role which Ramsey provides. I would also think another player that may have potential to re-role could be Iwobi. But in terms of the next 3 matches (till Granit returns), the Coquelin role is a concern should he take… Read more »
Wenger honestly should try 4 3 3 with Ox Coq Rambo, Welbeck/walcot Ozil Sanchez… With Ox and Rambo joining Ozil as attacking midfield when we are pressing or attacking and Welbeck/Walcot and Sanchez play as two strikers. Its flexible and allows our best players in the first eleven and in their preferred or best positions game.
gooner of Oz
He has qualities to be our best box to box and fill a Santi sized hole in our midfield (which is ironically a huge hole!).
Santi himself was so similar a winger in Villareal and Spain, even my favorite box to box in PL right now Phillipe Coutinho had much in common. So-although I loved Jack to be that guy for us- now that I look at it this way Chambo is the man.
I AM ARSENAL
He also plays Wilshere and Ramsey wide when they are returning from injury…Pundits well have you believe that he plays them there because he feels they are good in that position.

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James Mercy
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Howard Kress
More than 1 billion children – half the children in the world – are victims of violence every year. As part of the Post-2015 sustainable development agenda, the UN has issued a global call-to-action: to eliminate violence against children. Essential to preventing violence against children is guidance to countries on using the best available evidence to address this problem. THRIVES provides this evidence. It represents a framework of complementary strategies that, taken together, have potential to achieve and sustain efforts to prevent violence against children. These strategies, which span health, social services, education, and justice sectors, include Training in parenting, Household economic strengthening, Reduced violence through legislative protection, Improved services, Values and norms that protect children, Education and life skills, and Surveillance and evaluation. For each THRIVES area, we review evidence for effectiveness and identify programmatic or policy examples. This framework will facilitate commitments to effective, sustainable, and scalable action.
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IR studies on the reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia over MFI-ferrisilicate
T. Komatsu, M. A. Uddin, T. Yashima
This chapter presents IR studies on the reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia over MFI-ferrisilicate. IR studies are carried out on H-ferrisilicate for the catalytic reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia in the presence of oxygen. Adsorbed NO2 or nitrate species was found to be the reaction intermediate to form nitrogen through the reaction with adsorbed ammonia species. In this chapter, for the further understanding of the catalytic properties of Fe3+ in ferrisilicate, ones applied ferrisilicate to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitric oxide with ammonia in the presence of oxygen. Recently, Fe ions in zeolites have been studied for this reaction using Fe-exchanged Y zeolites. The chapter presents study on the reaction intermediate in the SCR of NO with ammonia on MFI-ferrisilicate that found to be active and selective for this reaction.
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N2 - This chapter presents IR studies on the reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia over MFI-ferrisilicate. IR studies are carried out on H-ferrisilicate for the catalytic reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia in the presence of oxygen. Adsorbed NO2 or nitrate species was found to be the reaction intermediate to form nitrogen through the reaction with adsorbed ammonia species. In this chapter, for the further understanding of the catalytic properties of Fe3+ in ferrisilicate, ones applied ferrisilicate to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitric oxide with ammonia in the presence of oxygen. Recently, Fe ions in zeolites have been studied for this reaction using Fe-exchanged Y zeolites. The chapter presents study on the reaction intermediate in the SCR of NO with ammonia on MFI-ferrisilicate that found to be active and selective for this reaction.
AB - This chapter presents IR studies on the reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia over MFI-ferrisilicate. IR studies are carried out on H-ferrisilicate for the catalytic reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia in the presence of oxygen. Adsorbed NO2 or nitrate species was found to be the reaction intermediate to form nitrogen through the reaction with adsorbed ammonia species. In this chapter, for the further understanding of the catalytic properties of Fe3+ in ferrisilicate, ones applied ferrisilicate to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitric oxide with ammonia in the presence of oxygen. Recently, Fe ions in zeolites have been studied for this reaction using Fe-exchanged Y zeolites. The chapter presents study on the reaction intermediate in the SCR of NO with ammonia on MFI-ferrisilicate that found to be active and selective for this reaction.
JO - Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis
JF - Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis


The Right Hon. Estelle Morris MP, Former Secretary of State for Education and Skills.
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This course has a number of learning outcomes. In relation to a course of study, a learning outcome is simply something which you should be able to do (and to show that you can do) at the end of studying a particular course. The learning outcomes are concerned with ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of company law, and also ability to demonstrate a range of skills, including use of IT, research and problem-solving.
Seminar delivered on Tuesday 1 December 2009 by Par Engstrom, Lecturer in Human Rights, Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London.
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Is Investing in a Franchise a Good Move?
Let's face it. Operating a retail franchise these days is no cake walk. Just ask anyone that owns a McDonald's, a Burger King, or a Hilton Hotel. These franchises don't run themselves. Owners must put in long hours and a lot of hard work to keep them going.
But retail franchises are profitable under the right circumstances. Many have built-in opportunities for growth if you invest in multiple storefronts. So, if you're an entrepreneur looking for the right opportunity, you could do worse than investing in a dry-cleaning franchise—much worse.
While clothing has become easier to care for, many clothes still need to be dry-cleaned. U.S. News & World Report lists dry-cleaned clothes as a $6 billion to $7 billion industry.
Franchise fees for dry-cleaners are much less than those for other franchises, like McDonald's, Burger King, or Hilton Hotel. Dry-cleaning fees range from $15,000 to $25,000, with total investment about $70,000 to $80,000.
Good franchises provided extensive support to new owners from day one. If you have the right attitude and are dedicated, you can become profitable relatively quickly.
Franchises get the benefits of a large company and cleaning laundry at a centralized facility at their disposal. Small dry-cleaning business, on the other hand, can run into snags when buying equipment, dealing with government regulations, and so on.
Franchise owners can follow the franchisor's guidelines and be successful quickly by taking advantage of its accounting, training, and marketing support. When it comes to marketing, for example, the Tide Dry-cleaning franchises can leverage the company's brand name recognition.
Additional advantages of investing in a dry-cleaning franchise are built-in repeat business, less employee turnover, does well in down markets, and limited inventory. Also, there are no perishable items as in other industries, like food and beverage.
Despite the advantages that investing in a dry-cleaning franchise brings, you still must overcome three barriers to create a profitable dry-cleaning business—reaching a younger audience, increasing your service's convenience, and creating a rich customer service experience.
Appealing to today's young people is a challenge. No doubt about it. Previously, you could use print media to reach potential customers. That won't work any longer. Today, you need to use the latest online strategies and tools.
Effective ways you can appeal to the young include employing social media, optimizing for mobility, utilizing app-based marketing, targeting different demographics, executing an influencer strategy, and using outbound marketing. You also have to make it easy for today's customers to connect with you online.
Increasing the convenience of your services is a must. Today's young generation have less time than generations in the past as well as less disposable income. Many have taken second jobs to make ends meet. Anything that you can do to make things easier for them is a positive.
For example, adding a POS computer system to your dry-cleaners allows you to add pickup and delivery service. Customers no longer need to stop by your storefront. Other ways to boost convenience includes adding a drive-through or car hop service, 24-hour drop boxes, same day service, and adding ancillary services like rug cleaning and cleaning of shoes and boots.
Today's customers are more demanding than ever. If you don't provide them with exceptional customer service, they'll bolt. Some ways to do that include utilizing technologies for customer service, connecting with your customers across multiple channels, aligning your services with your marketing programs, creating staff roles and responsibilities for customer service, and boosting customer experience with garment management.
Overcoming these three barriers can increase profitability whether you buy a franchise or start from scratch. Investing in a franchise, however, provides a combination of advantages that going it alone can't match.
Plus, it gives you a chance to work with a proven system and provides built-in opportunities for growth by investing in multiple franchises. For the right entrepreneur, investing in a franchise is just what the doctor ordered.
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Three days of contract talks with CRA
Our PSAC/UTE bargaining team met with the CRA from July 3 to 5 to continue negotiations for a new collective agreement.
Operational Services (SV) group bargaining proposals
Operational Services (SV) group proposals at-a-glance
Education and Library Science (EB) group bargaining proposals
The EB group includes employees responsible for education, education support and library services. The EB bargaining team exchanged bargaining proposals with the employer last May, tabling group-specific demands that include pay and allowances, travel time, overtime, professional development, leave and hours of work and prep time.
Bargaining underway with Canada Revenue Agency
The PSAC/UTE Bargaining Team met with the CRA on June 20-21 to commence negotiations for a new collective agreement.
PSAC and SSO negotiations: Heading to arbitration
The bargaining teams met in Ottawa from June 12 to 14, 2018, in a last ditch effort to reach a collective agreement that addresses long standing concerns of our hard-working members across the country in both office and field units.
PSAC wins additional compensation in SSO pay equity case
Arbitrator Joy Noonan ruled on June 13, 2018, that current and former Statistical Survey Operations (SSO) employees eligible for pay equity shall be entitled to additional compensation for paid leaves not included in SSO's initial pay equity payments.
Bargaining Demands Input Call for Canadian Food Inspection Agency
The Public Service Alliance of Canada will soon be approaching the employer to begin negotiations for the renewal of the collective agreement. To ensure that we succeed in achieving the demands of importance to the membership, member participation and direct input into the process is critical. Members of the bargaining unit are encouraged to fill out the online form to provide the improvements and changes they would like to see made to the collective agreement.
Bargaining Demands Input Call for Parks Canada Agency
PSAC formally requests PM launch public inquiry on Phoenix
National President of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, Chris Aylward, has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau requesting a national public inquiry on Phoenix. "PSAC has carefully reviewed the latest report from the Auditor General, and we are now prepared to make the formal case for why a public inquiry is needed," said Aylward. Calling Phoenix an "incomprehensible failure," the Auditor General cautioned that, to prevent another similar disaster from occurring, there is a need for "changes that go beyond the recommendations" made in his report.
PSAC services restored following cyberattack
On May 24, 2018 the Public Service Alliance of Canada suffered a cyberattack which infected our central data centre with a virus.


Divorce is rarely easy, even when the relationship between the parties is amicable. This is primarily because terminating a marriage requires couples to grapple with a number of complicated issues, including property division, spousal maintenance, and shared parenting time, all of which can take an enormous emotional and monetary toll on the parties involved.
From spouses trying to hide assets to 'taking the money and running,' money and property put further strain on an already stressful dissolution process.
South Carolina is an equitable distribution state when it comes to dividing marital possessions upon divorce, which means that all of a couple's assets must be allocated equitably. This does not always mean that a couple's property will be allocated equally, but only that it will be distributed fairly.
Furthermore, this rule does not apply to all of a couple's assets, but only to the assets that are deemed to be "marital" in nature or that were acquired during the course of the marriage. This is true irrespective of whether the names of only one or both parties are on the bank account, title, deed, or credit card in question.
Non-marital property, on the other hand, is made up of resources that were acquired by either spouse before they were actually married. These assets, unlike marital property, will remain solely with the original owner after divorce. However, if those assets were later commingled with marital property to such a degree that it is impossible to distinguish between the two, then even non-marital assets will qualify as marital and will need to be allocated equitably.
It is also important to note that certain types of property, including inheritances, gifts, and personal injury awards, will remain in the hands of the original owner, regardless of when they were acquired.
Although reform groups want changes to alimony laws in South Carolina, as of now, they are alive and well.
● Whether the couple has any minor children.
Once these factors have been evaluated, the court will determine whether ordering spousal maintenance is appropriate, and if so, in what amount and for what duration. The award could take the form of a single lump sum payment or a series of regular payments.
In the event that a couple has children, they will also need to come up with a parenting plan that establishes a time-sharing schedule, as well as how parental responsibilities will be allocated. When two spouses are unable to come to an agreement on these issues, a court will step in and create a plan that is in the children's best interests.
The only constant about South Carolina's family law world is that it is ever-evolving. What may apply to alimony and asset division today probably will not tomorrow.
If you want to learn more about South Carolina's legal requirements for obtaining a divorce, you should consider consulting with an experienced family law attorney who can help ensure that your rights and interests are protected.
Zach Ellis, a family and criminal law attorney, can be reached at 864-991-8738.


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Tax return warning over pensions' growth
December 18, 2019 /in Advisory /by Chris Watson
AN HMRC warning that high earners are failing to report pensions' growth on their tax returns means thousands of people could face large bills in the future, it has been claimed.
The alert comes from insurer Royal London. It explains that when completing annual tax returns, taxpayers are asked if they have put money into a pension above the 'annual allowance'.
That is currently £40,000 per year for most people, but as little as £10,000 for those affected by the 'tapered annual allowance'.
This would include growth in their Defined Benefit pension rights as well as cash paid in to Defined Contribution pots. But this requires taxpayers to understand the rules and put the correct data on their tax return.
Royal London says there "has long been a suspicion" that individuals who do not understand the system have been leaving a blank in answer to this question.
And the insurer says that the taxman has declared that it knows "that scheme members are forgetting to declare details of their annual allowance charge on their self-assessment returns."
Royal London say that means that people who may have failed to declare large pension inputs on their tax return could face a large bill when HMRC finally catches up with them.
Any pension input above the annual allowance is charged at an individual's marginal income tax rate which could be 40 per cent or 45 per cent.
The taxman has now asked pension schemes to remind members of their duty to put this information on their tax return.
However, schemes will only notify members if they have breached the £40,000 annual allowance limit. If an individual is caught in the 'tapered annual allowance' and perhaps has an annual allowance between £40,000 and £10,000, the scheme may not be aware of this and may not notify the member.
Royal London says that if the member is unaware of the rules around the tapered annual allowance then they may simply enter a 'zero' for this question on their tax return. But this could be incorrect and they could later on find themselves with a large tax bill.
Steve Webb, Royal London's director of policy, says: "The shocking saga around the annual allowance for pension tax relief gets worse.
"We now have HMRC admitting that they know that people are forgetting to put information about their pension tax bills on their annual return.
"But filling in this tax return question requires individuals to understand the system, especially if they are affected by the tapered annual allowance.
"Thousands of people could be set to face huge tax bills because they have innocently failed to declare this information on their tax return.
"HMRC needs to get to the bottom of how many people have failed to declare this information and contact them immediately. And the government needs to radically simplify the tax relief limits, to avoid this sort of situation happening again."
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Police have condemned those who threw a petrol bomb at officers attending a road collision in Carrickfergus.
The attack happened at Castlemara Drive at around 1.05am yesterday.
It was the second time a police vehicle has been targeted in Carrickfergus in less than a month, after two officers came under attack from a masked man with a brick in the Pinewood avenue area on May 2.
PSNI Inspector Mick Wood said no-one was injured yesterday but whoever was responsible "should be condemned".
"The police service belongs to the whole community and police officers are there to serve and protect the whole community. A police officer should never come under attack while simply doing their job," he said.
SDLP councillor Margaret Anne McKillop said she was shocked by the early morning attack.
"This must undoubtedly have been a terrifying situation for those involved. No-one should come under attack in this society for simply doing their job. Those behind this sinister crime have nothing to offer the people of Antrim," she said.
Anyone with information was asked to contact Larne Police Station on 101 or speak anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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AEGEE-Verona local branch of AEGEE-Europe, a separate, registered non-profit organisation. Further only "Organisation".
The Organisation is committed to processing data in accordance with its responsibilities under the GDPR especially those stated in the Article 5 of the above mention document and is to comply with the principles stated within.
The Responsible Person, appointed among the current Board members, shall take responsibility for the Organisation's ongoing compliance with this policy.
To ensure its processing of data is lawful, fair and transparent, the Organisation shall maintain a Register of Personal Data, stating among others where, when, how and by whom the data is processed.
The Register of Personal Data shall be reviewed at least annually.
Individuals have the right to access their personal data and any such requests made to the organization shall be dealt with in a month.
All data processing done by the Organization must be done on one of the following lawful bases: consent, contract, legal obligation, vital interests, public task or legitimate interests.
The Organization shall note the appropriate lawful basis in the Register of Personal Data.
Where communications are sent to individuals based on their consent, the option for the individual to revoke their consent should be clearly available and systems should be in place to ensure such revocation is reflected accurately in the Organization's systems.
The Organization shall ensure that personal data are adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.
The Organization shall take reasonable steps to ensure personal data is accurate.
To ensure that personal data is kept for no longer than necessary, the Organization will assure removal of personal data of its members 10 years after the termination of their membership. Any data related to the participants of events of the Organisation will be removed 10 years after the event took place.
We archive the data (name and surname, time of activity) of our members for alumni list which will not be removed from our storage systems unless we will receive a specific request to remove a name from the ex-member himself/herself.
The Organisation will ensure that personal data is stored securely using modern software that is kept-up-to-date, such as currently G-suite.
Access to personal data shall be limited to the Board of the Organisation who need access and appropriate security should be in place to avoid unauthorised sharing of information.
In the event of a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to personal data, the Organisation shall promptly assess the risk to people's rights and freedoms and if appropriate report this breach to a supervisory authority.
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It's been a long six years for investors in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. After a spectacular third quarter this year, the oldest index of U.S. stocks is now a breath away from the all-time high of 11,722.98 set on January 14, 2000.
The flat performance of such a well-known index is a bit disappointing, considering the hype about diversification we've all been forced to hear. In fact, considering the conventional wisdom that one can replicate the returns of the U.S. market with 10 to 30 stocks, one might think that a well-designed index of 30 leading domestic names would do better than post a break-even showing after six years.
As it turns out, all the studies (see Statman, M. "How many stocks make a diversified portfolio?" in the September 1987 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis) that show the relative ease of capturing the return of the entire market with a few handfuls of equities have one thing in common–their use of the standard deviation of returns as the sole descriptor of risk. Unless one is capable of holding a much larger portfolio, one that could minimize the myriad economic risks to stocks that simply can't be captured by its volatility of returns, investors have a good change of seeing the performance of their mini-index slowly drift away from the broader market.
A more rational gauge for advisors is terminal wealth dispersion (TWD). This handy metric measures the variability of an account with a defined holding period. For parents who have ten years to save for college education costs, a TWD-mandated portfolio would seek to maximize the odds the account would get to a given value. A study by Edward O'Neal reported in the March 1997 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal, "How Many Mutual Funds Constitute a Diversified Mutual Fund Portfolio?" showed that the dispersion of one's terminal wealth can be dramatically reduced by as few as six mutual funds, even if some of the funds have the same investment objectives.
I view TWD as the application of mathematics to common sense. In the last six years of flat equity performance, the Lehman Aggregate Bond index, the Dow Jones REIT index, and the HFR Fund of Hedge Funds index gained 52%, 135%, and 43%, respectively. Putting all of one's eggs in the same basket never looked so unattractive.
All returns are estimates as of September 30, 2006. *Return numbers do not include dividends. ** Returns are estimates as of September 28, 2006.


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Sean McCann (* 1950 in Cork, Irland) ist ein Generalleutnant der Irischen Streitkräfte und war von 2010 bis 2013 Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, also  Generalstabschef der Streitkräfte.

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Sean McCann wurde 1950 in Cork (Irland) geboren. Er wuchs jedoch in  Tipperary  auf. McCann besuchte die Thurles Secondary School und das Cistercian College Roscrea. Zurzeit lebt McCann mit seiner Frau und seinen beiden Söhnen in Newbridge.

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Generalleutnant Sean McCann begann seine Ausbildung im Jahre 1970 als Kadett. Einige Zeit später war er  Director of Operations und Director of Cavalry. Zudem war er Ausbilder an der United Nations Training School. Seit 2009 war er Deputy Chief of Staff, also stellvertretender Oberbefehlshaber. Am 9. Juni 2010 wurde er für das Amt des Oberbefehlshabers nominiert und am 13. Juni 2010 offiziell ernannt, nachdem der Verteidigungsminister von Irland Tony Killeen seine Nominierung akzeptiert hatte.

McCann war häufig in Übersee im Einsatz. Im Jahre 1981 und 1987 absolvierte er Einsätze im Libanon. Später war er an der Grenze des Iraks (1991) tätig. Im Jahre 2000 nahm er an der Beobachtungsmission der Europäischen Union in Jugoslawien teil. Von 2002 bis 2003 war er Chief Operations Officer in Jerusalem

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Alarmed by these tidings and letters, Caesar levied two new legions in Hither Gaul, and, at the beginning of summer, sent Quintus Pedius, his lieutenant, to conduct them further into Gaul. He, himself, as soon as there began to be plenty of forage, came to the army. He gives a commission to the Senones and the other Gauls who were neighbors of the Belgae, to learn what is going on among them [i.e. the Belgae], and inform him of these matters. These all uniformly reported that troops were being raised, and that an army was being collected in one place. Then, indeed, he thought that he ought not to hesitate about proceeding toward them, and having provided supplies, moves his camp, and in about fifteen days arrives at the territories of the Belgae.


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Looking towards a lagre group of people gathered on the riverbank from the deck of a barge steamer. Although the exact location is uncertain, Evans-Pritchard mentions that he observed the Baro Anyuak living almost wholly on the southern, Ethiopian bank, only from the deck of a steamer, stopping at villages briefly only twice. He probably traversed it as far as Gambella judging by the landscape of winding channels and plains.


The technology and business world is abuzz after yesterday's announcement that Steve Jobs would resign as CEO of Apple Inc. Mr. Jobs has been battling cancer and other health issues for years and our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. In 2005 he delivered an excellent commencement speech at Stanford University.
It's time for executives and IT teams to stop wasting time and money making excuses or virtualizing technologies of the past to make them seem more modern. Today the Internet rules!
The power is out! Oh no, we use Cloud Computing for all our Apps.
Apparently the power is out for a large area in North Kansas City. Good thing I just moved into an office with a bigger window and it's sunny. With the natural light I wouldn't even have noticed the outage had it not been for my Internet connection. "What if the power goes out" is a common refrain from cloud computing critics.
Cloud Computing is going to have a great 2011. It is economics rather than technology that truly drives the paradigm forward. Economics is coldly objective and regardless of personal opinion the shift will accelerate. Look to vendors with business models based on technology services rather than software products to find the most robust and value-adding cloud computing services.


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Ruth Laura Millar (born in 1975 Newton Mearns, near Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish actress, writer and producer.

Early years
She spent her early years in Glasgow before attending Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design where she graduated with a degree in fine art in 1996. After leaving art school Millar formed Wee Lassie Productions, a production company that showcased the best of acting and writing talent. The showcase was held for one night only at the Groucho Club, London. This was where Millar was spotted by an agent and then landed the Punto girl in one of the year's most successful advertising campaigns.

Acting career
Millar starred in Glasgow Kiss alongside Iain Glen and Sharon Small, as younger sister Jess Rossi, to great acclaim. North Square was the next lead role, where she played pupil barrister Morag Black in the Bafta winning Channel 4 drama, starring alongside Phil Davis, Helen McCrory, Rupert Penry-Jones and Kevin McKidd. Millar then went on to work on several hit television shows including Silent Witness, Life on Mars, Friends and Crocodiles, Legless, Footballers' Wives, New Street Law, Sold, Auf Wiedersehen Pet and Monarch of the Glen. Millar's feature films include Love Live Long by Mike Figgis and Broken Lines with Paul Bettany in 2008. In 2003 she played alongside Ewan McGregor in the Channel 4 short film Solid Geometry, directed by McGregor's uncle Denis Lawson. In 2009 Millar reprised the role of Jackie Queen from Life on Mars in the sequel series Ashes to Ashes. Millar recently returned to the UK and can be seen in Doctors as Sonia O'Neil. Millar has partnered with Marcus McPeake, a Scottish writer and director/producer, and has a feature film in development for 2014.

Theatre roles
Millar starred as Pia in the original cast of Festen starring alongside Jonny Lee Miller as Christian at the Almeida Theatre, London, before transferring to the Lyric Theatre. "Festen" was directed by Rufus Norris and nominated for five Laurence Olivier Awards.

Personal life
Millar now lives in Scotland with her two daughters, Grace Sophia and Ava Jeanne. Millar is also a health activist and blogger and has business in multiple countries with the AgeLOC brand.

References

External links

Ruth Millar article
Ruth Millar Facebook Page

1975 births
Living people
Scottish film actresses
Scottish television actresses
Alumni of Central Saint Martins
People from Newton Mearns


When is its urban scheduled to be at QVC again? I see his guitars and guitar packages are back on your site for sale but there are none of the guitars I want to purchase. it's a limited choice. Can you please tell me where I can view the show calendar?
?, Keith Urban will be here at HSN on 4/23.
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Roswell family sues NMDOT, trucking company, for death of son on US 285
The suit accused Midland-based OilField Outfitters of negligence, and the NMDOT for "failing" to maintain the roads.
Roswell family sues NMDOT, trucking company, for death of son on US 285 The suit accused Midland-based OilField Outfitters of negligence, and the NMDOT for "failing" to maintain the roads. Check out this story on CurrentArgus.com: http://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/2018/04/24/nmdot-lawsuit-us-285-accident-roswell-family-death/547915002/
, Carlsbad Current-Argus Published 6:49 p.m. MT April 24, 2018 | Updated 10:26 a.m. MT April 25, 2018
Signs on County Road 716, also known as Higby Hole Road, point the way to drilling rigs. U.S. Highway 285 which intersects with CR 716 runs south into Malaga, New Mexico where residents say heavy industrial traffic is making life difficult.(Photo: Jessica Onsurez/Current-Argus)Buy Photo
It's been more than two months since Michael Ponce, 39, was killed in a car crash on U.S. 285, in southern Eddy County.
He was one of two men killed in the accident, which continued a string of fatalities along the troubled roadway known for heavy industrial traffic to and from the oilfields of southeast New Mexico and west Texas.
Ponce's passenger, 60-year-old Fernando Martinez was also killed in the wreck.
But Ponce's family sought justice.
MORE ON THIS STORY: Two killed in crash near Loving
Representatives of the family filed a civil lawsuit in February in New Mexico's First Judicial Court in Santa Fe, alleging fault by both the New Mexico Department of Transportation for failing to maintain the road, and the trucking company that employed the driver of the vehicle which fatality struck Ponce.
The suit accused Midland-based Oil Field Outfitters of negligence. The company employed Leonardo Ferras of Miami, read the suit, as a driver. Ferras was behind the wheel of the tractor trailer that allegedly struck Ponce.
State, local officials and Loving residents talk 285 improvements
Ferras' passenger, Pedro Sotello of Midland, Texas, was also listed as a defendant as the owner of the tractor trailer Ferras was driving during the incident.
Another motorist, Yobel Rodriguez of Cape Coral, Florida, was allegedly involved in a previous accident with Ferras that caused the final, fatal collision with Ponce.
Records show Rodriguez was driving south on U.S. 285, between Malaga and Loving, and Ferras was headed north.
MORE: Roswell man arrested on 285 for fourth DWI offense
The crash occurred when Ferras swerved into the southbound lane, read the suit, colliding with Rodriguez, driving off the road and colliding again with the truck driven by Ponce.
Both Ponce and Martinez were pronounced dead at the scene.
The lawsuit accused Oilfield Outfitters, and Eagle River Energy Services, Rodriguez's employer, of being responsible for Ponce's death.
The NMDOT was also listed as a defendant as the suit alleged the Department was responsible for maintaining the road, and by failing to do so, caused Ponce's death.
U.S. Highway 285, a two-lane highway that runs from Loving, New Mexico to the Texas/New Mexico state line is crowded with large commercial traffic. (Photo: Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus)
The accusations against NMDOT centered on a later discredited statement Ferras allegedly made to police after the incident, blaming the accident on a pothole.
Ferras later, under penalty of perjury, recanted the statement, court records show, in a declaration filed on April 16 by lawyers of Oilfield Outfitters.
MORE: After crashes on U.S. 285, New Mexico residents at odds with officials over road repairs
The rest the defendants are accused of negligence, as the companies are liable, the suit read, for the behavior of its drivers.
The suit accused Ferras, Sotello and Rodriguez of driving distracted and without regard for safety, "maliciously" causing Ponce's death.
Members of the Ponce family are seeking financial damages due to loss of wages for his wife and children, along with pain and suffering caused by the incident.
The amount of damages, per the suit, should be determined by a judge.
A request for a 12-person jury trial was also made, but a court date was not set.
The Village of Loving is inundated with large commercial vehicles every evening following the boom of the oil and gas industry in the Delaware Basin. (Photo: Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus)
On April 16, attorneys for the defendants filed a motion to remove the case from the First Judicial District of New Mexico, to U.S. District Court in the District of New Mexico, citing the diversity among defendants' place of residence.
The dangerous stretch of highway has been a topic of concern for both the NMDOT and local and state law enforcement.
The NMDOT recently unveiled a multi-stage project to modernize and upgrade U.S. 285, from the Texas state line to Loving, about 22 miles of roads.
MORE: Texas man killed on 285/302 intersection, Texas DPS investigates
The project would widen roads, and add lanes, while adding signage and increasing shoulder space, hoping to make the roadway safer.
NMDOT Cabinet Secretary Tom Church said the about $61 million project, has about $30 million in state funds allocated, with the project expected to take up to three years for completion.
A sign alerts drivers of the safety corridor, March 22, 2018 on US 285 near Loving. (Photo: Manon Arnett | New Mexico Department of Transportation)
In the meantime, NMDOT declared a section of 285 a "safety corridor," which increased police presence from both the Eddy County Sheriff's Office and New Mexico State Police, and also doubling fines and adding additional signage.
MORE: Fines to double on 285, as state increases patrols
Eddy County Sheriff Mark Cage said the Sheriff's Office is not giving warnings in that area, opting to serve citations wherever a violation occurs.
Recently the Eddy County Board of County Commissioners approved funding for five new deputy positions to help patrol U.S. 285.
Cage called the accidents a "public health crisis."
"This is our county, this is our problem," he said. "We will do what we can to make Eddy County as safe as it can be. There's got to be a change in attitude."
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Shelagh Lea, who has died aged 89, survived shipwreck, then near-starvation and numerous bouts of malaria during a three-and-a-half year internment in Japanese prisoner of war camps after the fall of Singapore; her diaries of the period were later among the accounts used as the basis for the television series Tenko and the film Paradise Road.
She was born Dorothy Shelagh Brown in Singapore on March 23 1916, the daughter of Major Edwin Brown, a former Army officer who had gone into the import-export business and was, for more than three decades, choirmaster of St Andrew's Cathedral in the centre of the city, where he was known as "the man who put the 'sing' in Singapore".
Shelagh and her siblings were sent to school in England, but by 1939 she was back in Singapore and living with her parents. On the outbreak of war she took a job in the city's Ministry of War Economy. At the beginning of 1942, with Singapore under attack from the Japanese, the British were being advised to evacuate.
On February 10, with just a few possesions, Shelagh and her mother left their home. "We took our dogs to the vets," she later recalled, "and told him if we were not back in three days then you know what to do." Her father had elected to stay in the city, so the two women were sent to the Raffles hotel to await details of the evacuation.
There, looking out on to burning buildings and streets strewn with the dead and dying, amid the fumes of the smashed bottles of spirits which the hotel staff had destroyed to prevent the enemy getting drunk, Shelagh Brown watched Singapore crumble. "A city dying," she later recalled, "is a revolting sight." Mother and daughter were sent to the docks where they were given a place in the Vyner Brooke, a freighter equipped for 12 passengers into which were crammed 250 evacuees, mostly women and children. They set sail at night and anchored during the day.
But on February 14 they were spotted by six Japanese bombers which proceeded to attack, firing continuously until a bomb smashed through the vessel's forward hatch and exploded inside, blowing a hole in the keel and injuring many of those on board.
She found Mrs Brown holding on to an injured nurse whom she had promised not to leave. She was finally persuaded to let go when it became apparent that the nurse had died.
During their internment Shelagh and Mrs Brown, along with the other women with whom they were incarcerated, were moved from camps on Bangka to Sumatra and back to Bangka again. The women proved themselves to be resourceful and selfless in the face of many horrors. From designing lavatories to cope with the endless dysentery to devising sun hats out of old umbrellas and fashioning outfits from old pyjamas, the women coped with their situation manfully, forming a community and supporting each other when they were ill and unable to work.
She was reunited with her father, to whom she had to break the news of his wife's death. He had spent three years interned at Changi, the notorious men's camp in Singapore, but after their reunion he never mentioned his own experiences of captivity, nor asked about hers. None of their possessions had survived the occupation and so they returned to Britain, via India, to live with her sister Barbara in Northern Ireland.
During her time in captivity, Shelagh Brown and her fellow internees would keep up morale by writing endless lists; one of them, which she kept until her death, was a description of her ideal wardrobe, which included brogues, skirts from Jaeger and a shooting stick. She would also list the people she had known in her old life, always beginning with Arthur Lea, a young man with whom she had corresponded after meeting him three times when he had umpired at her brother's rugby matches.
During her internment, Lea kept in touch with Shelagh's sister and resumed his correspondence with Shelagh after the war. Within a month of her return to Britain he had proposed, inviting her to move to Canada where he had recently been ordained. Undaunted by the prospect of yet more travel, she sailed across the Atlantic then took a train to North Saskatchewan. They married in June 1946 and a year later their son was born.
In 1952, following the birth of their daughter, the family returned to England where Shelagh Lea embraced her role as the wife of a country parson. She also indulged her passion for singing, joining choral societies wherever her husband's ministry took her; thus she was able to say that she had sung at Singapore Cathedral, in the prison camp choir and the Three Choirs Festival. Following Arthur Lea's death in 1988, she moved into sheltered accomodation provided by the Church of England.
Shelagh Lea's diaries, which record with restrained but meticulous detail many of the privations, triumphs and tragedies of camp life, are now part of an archive held at the Imperial War Museum and are regarded as some of the most important records of that time. She was at pains to point out, however, that film and television representations of the period contained inaccuracies, not least in their portrayal of some of the women as imperious and difficult. All the internees, she said, looked out for each other and, in particular, for each other's children. Although half the women with whom she was interned did not survive captivity, none of the children died.
Shelagh Lea's strength of spirit was not confined to her experiences during the war. In later life she survived two brushes with cancer and bore her final illness with stoicism and good humour. Whilst staying in an insalubrious hospital ward during the last year of her life, she kept herself going by reciting flower names in alphabetical order. She died on November 30, after listening to evensong on the radio, as she did each Wednesday.
She is survived by her son and daughter.


That distinct Ohio Autumn crispness has floated into the morning air the past two days and it has sparked in me a fierce urge to cook and bake. The summer humidity always dampens my desire to be in my kitchen, but my oven and stove were working overtime this past Sunday afternoon. Our house temperature rose to a stifling 76 degrees, but whatever. It was fun, albeit steamy.
One of my weekend projects was this soup. I had scooped up a hefty butternut squash at the grocery store without any recipe in mind last week. This, unfortunately, tends to result in me throwing out a rotting squash because no plans come to fruition and I always vow to waste less "next time." But then the vision of a silky and earthy butternut squash soup danced in my head and I was researching recipes in no time.
I have a personal preference for savory spices with starchier vegetables like sweet potatoes or butternut squash. They are already sweet to begin with and I think adding spices like cinnamon and nutmeg makes these types of dishes seem more like a dessert. As a result, I added thyme to this bisque instead. The addition of flavorful leeks and sherry really make this soup extra lovely. Sherry is one of the best ways to take a creamy soup up about 50 notches. It adds a whole new dimension and richness. I highly recommend using it if you can; plus- it lasts forever! I think the sherry I have was originally my great grandmother's and my mom gave it to me when my parents were moving.
If you are in the mood for soups and you are in the autumn spirit, I highly recommend making this soup. It makes a great side dish and is wonderful topped with crème fraiche and good balsamic vinegar. You could also make it a main dish and jazz it up with a few crumbles of thick bacon. Either way, I don't think you can go wrong.
P.S. We have three new ladies in our family: Ruth, Idgie, and Sipsey. They are Rhode Island Red laying hens and we love getting fresh eggs every day. Fresh eggs are so much richer and more flavorful than those found in the grocery store and one of our girls is a double-yolk-laying machine.
Melt the butter in a Dutch oven. Add in the leaks and cook until softened, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add in the squash, thyme, black pepper, and salt. Stir and cook for an additional 5 minutes, continuing to stir frequently. Add in the sherry and cook for about 2 minutes longer to allow the liquid to reduce.
Pour in the chicken stock, stir and bring to a boil. Reduce hit to a simmer, cover, and cook for about 20 minutes or until squash is tender.
Using a hand blender or regular blender, blend the soup until desired texture is achieved (I personally like a few chunks and bits left). Return the soup mixture to the Dutch oven. Add in the milk, cream, and any additional salt or sherry as your personal taste indicates. Stir to combine and reheat to desired temperature.
Ladle soup into bowls. Top with a dollop of crème fraiche and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar. Enjoy!
loved this post,and the recipe sounds great. great gma's sherry! wow! bonus pic of the young lad,he looks so big. quite the menagerie you have there,only need a donkey and you've got a manger for the holidays!


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I have a MacBook Pro (Early 2011) which I dual booted (Windows 10 and Mac OS). Then I decided I also needed Ubuntu, which I installed on an external disk.
And here's where things turned messy.
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The WTTC found that the U.S. tourism sector could grow by 35.6% in 2021. Much of that comes from the pandemic surge in U.S. domestic travel. Photo Credit: Bumble Dee/Shutterstock.com
The United States' travel and tourism sector could exceed its pre-pandemic economic contribution in 2022, reaching $2 trillion, according to a report from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
In 2019, the U.S. travel and tourism sector GDP contribution represented nearly $1.9 trillion, or 8.6% of the U.S. economy, and fell to $1.1 trillion in 2020, when the pandemic brought international travel to an almost complete standstill.
The WTTC found that the U.S. tourism sector could grow by 35.6% in 2021, outpacing the overall global tourism recovery, which is set to see a 30.7% year-over-year increase in 2021.
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Much of that comes from the pandemic surge in U.S. domestic travel. Domestic travel spending will increase 40.4% ($261 billion) in 2021, with a further year-over-year rise of 22.9% expected in 2022.
"Our research shows that while the global travel and tourism sector is slowly beginning to recover, the U.S. is recovering faster than many other regions," said WTTC CEO Julia Simpson. "Last year, the pandemic decimated more than 5 million travel and tourism jobs across the U.S.; however, due to a predicted rise in international and domestic spend this year and next, both jobs and GDP are on the rise."
The WTTC report predicts that although international spending by travelers in the U.S. is set to grow by a mere 1.9% this year due to the pandemic, the recent lifting of travel restrictions could provide a significant year-over-year boost of almost 228% in 2022, representing an increase of $98 billion and total contribution of $141 billion.
"The U.S. opening its borders and easing restrictions to major source markets such as the U.K. and the EU will provide a massive boost to economies on both sides of the Atlantic," Simpson said. "However, the long-term recovery of the sector in the U.S. and around the world depends on U.S. borders remaining open to international visitors and making travel easier."
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This book aims to review and discuss the disability policies that have developed in six Western countries in recent years. What have been the major changes? Have the disability policies of these countries become more similar in the course of the 1990s? If so, is it possible to identify a closer relationship between the emerging EU Disability Strategy and national policy developments in this area?
The countries discussed--Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain--are al represented in an academic network on vocational rehabilitation of disabled people that seeks to understand and compare policy developments in the field.
All articles include detailed information on recent changes in disability policies in the respective countries.
Authors include Mike Floyd, John Curtis (UK), Miguel Angel Verdugo, Antonio Jimenez, F.Borja Jordan de Urries (Spain),Wim van Oorschot, Kees Boos (The Netherlands), Steen Bengtson (Denmark), Francesca Lundstroem, Donal McAnaney, Beverly Wester (Ireland) and Rafael Lindquist (Sweden).


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Our design studio, office and warehouse are based within Melbourne Print in the lovely rural village of Melbourne, Derbyshire.
All of our products can be found on sale within the Melbourne Print retail shop – so if you are wanting to purchase some lovely greetings cards you will always find what you want in stock. Melbourne Print offer a permanent 3 for 2 promotion available on all Dandelion products, so you can also pick up a bargain in store.
If you are not familiar with Melbourne, you will not be disappointed by taking a road trip – there are some gorgeous local gift shops along with a selection of super little coffee shops. Melbourne Print is situated on the main road running through the village (right next door to Sainsburys). There is ample on street parking, along with a couple of parking spaces directly outside the shop.


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No one enjoys paying fines so know your limits and stick to them. For example, if you have opted for a fixed limit of 10 GB – 20GB and go over your monthly allowance you could be subjected to fees and charges. Why not avoid this all together and compare broadband packages that are right for you.
If you are sharing the connection, it will be much hard to monitor the usage throughout the household so why not go for an unlimited package deal which reduces the risk of high fees.
Another way to avoid overspending on broadband is to know your minimum term contract. For example, should you leave before the minimum term of the contract you could be hit with a heavy bill.
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