Corley joins with more than 7,000 volunteers in the Upstate for Hands on Greenville Day, which is held annually on the first Saturday in May. Over the years Corley has helped at different organizations on projects ranging from painting to yard work and general clean up. Community Projects have included the Ronald McDonald House, Greenville County Rec Community Garden, and Brushy Creek Elementary School.
Corley participates in the United Way of Greenville County's "Spring Into Reading" project to help encourage reading for elementary school children. Since 2014, Corley joins with other companies to fill tote bags with two new books, school supplies and small treats that are delivered to students in K-3 through 5th grade. To help fill the bags, employees at Corley hold fundraisers and drives to collect science kits, art supplies and sporting equipment for children.
2018 Marked the first year that Corley partnered on the 6th CEO Build with Habitat for Humanity Greenville County. Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County seeks to put God's love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope. We believe that affordable homeownership is foundational for creating family stability, ensuring academic success for children and eliminating generational poverty.
Child Abuse Prevention Month, held annually in April, is the nationally designated month to acknowledge the importance of communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Corley participates in the annual Walk for Prevention which is a celebration of all the little things we are doing in the community to keep our children safe. The national symbol for Child Abuse Prevention Month (April) is the blue pinwheel. During this family-friendly event, we plant the largest pinwheel garden in South Carolina.


Memorial Day Murph & Potluck!
Join your S:6 workout friends Memorial Day morning for the CrossFit classic "Murph". Come tackle this tough one on your own, or partner up and share the load. Warm-ups start at 9:30am. Then stay for the post-workout social session at 11:00am. Bring a dish to share along with food on the grill and drinks in the cooler. Friends and family are welcome to workout and/or eat the food!
Hope to see you all Monday morning!


August 5th – September 8th.
The title of Jerrod Partridges show, A Eudaimonic Search, is inspired by Eudaimonia, a term for human flourishing and prosperity from Aristotle's philosophy of ethics. The word immediately piqued Partridge's interest as having a connection to the work he was doing, as well as with art's role in human flourishing.
Partridge writes in his artist statement, "One theme is that of domestic scenes, specifically piles of clothes. I am interested in the poetic beauty of the light and color in these paintings, but at the same time they portray excess. Human flourishing is often connected with having more than we need." Other themes explored include traditional graphic symbolism and a focus on flowers, resulting from his wife's successful career as a florist and therefore a constant presence of florals in his daily environment.
Jerrod earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the New York Academy of Art in 2004. Jerrod is a 2011-2012 recipient of a Visual Arts Fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission, and was named distinguished Alumnus of the Year for the Mississippi College Department of Art in 2017. He and his wife currently live in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
Myth of the Beast explores what it means to move beyond insecurity. The narrative for the series sprung from the concept that most of his life, Adams has believed that he was a beast. It challenges questions about protecting ones identity, social constructs, and self confidence. Through his new work he has challenged that myth in his mind, "igniting the freak show up in flames", and offering a window into where he goes to find freedom.
Jonathan received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 2014 from the University of Mississippi. He studied under Mary Beth McKenzie at the Art Student's League of New York in 2012. He currently resides and makes work in Oxford, Mississippi.


Industrial pump maker Weir has signalled another tough year ahead after reporting big slumps in annual revenue and profits for 2015.
The company, which produces and services heavy duty pumps and valves used in the energy, mining and industrial sectors, said annual revenues fell by more than a fifth to £1.9bn in the year ending December. Pre-tax profit near-halved to £220m.
The oil price crash has caused turmoil at the company, with oil and gas customers slashing expenditure after crude prices slumped by around two-thirds in the space of a year.


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Vimond Unbundles OTT, TVE Products
As operators look to customize multiplatform delivery, Vimond Media Solutions announced it will start unbundling its products for distributors that don't need an end-to-end solution. Vimond claims to be the first tech provider of its kind to offer a component-based option.
"Many broadcasters and operators have tried to enter the OTT and TV Everywhere market by building services on their own," said Vimond CTO Glenn S. Pedersen. "They've reached a point where they want to keep some of their homegrown components, but they need help with others such as video flow, ingest, playout, or content management. Our new modular products meet the growing demand for stand-alone tools to build certain features, so broadcasters can get just what they need in order to round out their online offerings."
Standalone products now include Vimond Cross Resume, which collects all end-user logins in a database, enabling users to, for example, pause a video on one device and continue playback from another; Vimond Device Control, a multiplatform rights management service; and Vimond Event Analyzer, a turnkey indexing/chaptering service.
Vimond said it will continue offering its end-to-end platform and full support for ops that want to replace or start an online offering.

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How are you? Are you having a good weekend?
Today I went shopping! I really needed buy some things, but what I wanted to do was to go to Lush!
I'm sure you've heard of Lush, they sell fresh handmade cosmetics. I bought a shampoo bar and a conditioner, the famous American Cream. I'll write a post soon about it!
But today I want to write about lemon balm, everyone knows what is lemon balm, but what no so many people now is all the qualities that an infusion of lemon balm has and how to make the most of it.
-It's anti stress: If you are stressed and you need to calm down lemon balm can appease you and recover your tranquility.
-Insomnia:When you're having a sleepless night, if you drink lemon balm, it relaxes you and induces sleep. You can also drink one half an hour before going to bed. Better if you combine it with valerian.
-Heavy digestion: Lemon balm infusion after a meal eases digestion. It's a big help after you've had a big meal and you need to settle the stomach.
-For mosquitos: Crushing lemon balm leaves, and then rubbing them on the skin is a very good repellant for mosquitos.
-Blood pressure: Can relax blood vessels, therefore is strongly recommended for lowering blood pressure.
Lemon balm is amazing for the hair. My brother has dermatitis and dandruff, so before he has a shower he boils some lemon balm leaves (you can also use infusions if you want) and after washing his hair he uses it.
Now he doesn't have hardly any dandruff. Although his scalp tents to be irritated, the lemon balm has been really beneficial for him.
-Insects stings: In case of stings of mosquitos, bees, ants or other insects apply the juice of a leaf on the sting site.
-Halitosis: If you suffer from halitosis, the best for get rid of it is chewing a fresh lemon balm leaf.
-Face care: Lemon balm is used for the confection of creams for the face, specially for oily skins. The dry plant can be used for the confection of masks.
Do you normally use lemon balm for any of this things? Do you know any other use?
I enjoyed reading your post. At first I thought your post was going to be about a lemon flavoured lip balm! I have never heard of lemon balm before, I did some research to find out what it was because I was a little confused. I think it's great that lemon balm has so many uses, one day I might try it.
Thank you very much! :) I do think that is important to do this type of post, to learn simple things, which are not difficult to try.
I was thrilled to come across you blog on google+ blog it up. I have a lemon balm plant, that grows like crazy, and I have not been able to find much information on what I can do with it. Now all I need to learn is what an infusion is, hahaha. Thanks.
hahahaha, maybe I'll write a post about infusions one day ;). Thank you very much!!


Andrea N. Fry, Alyssa M. Gehring, Molly K Lalonde, Richard W Hertle, Tawna L Roberts; Repeatability of Low-Contrast Visual Acuity Across Horizontal Gaze in Patients with Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2018;59(9):1082.
Purpose : Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome (INS) is a specific ocular motor disorder consisting of an early onset, involuntary oscillation of the eyes. Patients with INS have a position of the eye in orbit where the nystagmus intensity is least, a "null-zone." The null zone in an eccentric orbital position which often results in an anomalous head posture to achieve improved visual function. We have shown that gaze dependent high-contrast visual acuity has excellent test-retest reliability in patients with INS. The purpose of this study was to assess the test-retest reliability of low-contrast visual acuity (LCVA) across horizontal gaze in patients with INS to determine if gaze dependent LCVA is a reliable a testing methodology.
Methods : Test and re-test LCVA was measured binocularly using the ETDRS protocol on the Electronic Visual Acuity (EVA) tester, using low-contrast (5%) letters at 3M in 18 INS subjects (9-47 years) and 20 control subjects (19-53 years) in 7 horizontal gaze positions from 30 degrees (deg) left to 30 deg right in 10 deg steps with the order randomized. Test-retest LCVA was performed in each gaze position. Head position was monitored using a cervical range of motion headpiece. LCVA letter score was converted to logMAR. Test-retest reliability was assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and repeated measures two-factor (gaze position and group) analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Holm-Sidek posthoc analysis.
Results : The mean difference in test-retest LCVA for each gaze position was ≤0.14 logMAR for INS subjects (0.10±0.03, 0.6-0.14) and 0.05 in control subjects (0.05±0.01, 0.03-0.06). There was a significant difference between group (p<0.001) but not gaze position (p=0.95). A significant interaction between group and gaze was found (p=0.002). Post-hoc analysis showed differences between groups in 10 deg right gaze and 30 deg left gaze. Test-retest reliability was high in both INS (ICC≥0.77) and control subjects (ICC≥0.83).
Conclusions : LCVA has excellent reliability in both INS and control subjects across 60 deg of horizontal gaze with the average difference of test-retest being one line in INS subjects and 0.5 line in control subjects. There were no systematic differences in LCVA between groups and the differences detected are unlikely to be clinically meaningful. LCVA is a reliable measure for visual function patients with INS.


Real Madrid will attempt to sign David De Gea again at the end of the season, according to reports.
The La Liga giants came close to bringing the Spaniard to the Bernabeu in the summer but a deal fell through at the last minute.
But the Daily Star claim Real will come back with a £40million offer to try and tempt United into selling.


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Banchayehu Kassie: A health extension practitioner reaching remote communities in Ethiopia
HomeCase StudiesBanchayehu Kassie: A health extension practitioner reaching remote communities in Ethiopia
Banchayehu Kassie is a health extension practitioner in a Lay Gayint, one of the woredas in the Amhara region of Ethiopia; a country which has one of the largest burdens of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Africa. There are roughly 110 million people in Ethiopia and, in 2018, more than 77 million of them required treatment for at least one NTD.
With a high burden of NTDs and many communities living in remote areas, health extension practitioners are a key aspect of health services.
Banchayehu trained for years to become a health extension practitioner. After completing one year of technical and vocational training, she worked for six years as a health extension worker and then studied for a diploma. Banchayehu now works in Lay Gayint, where NTDs such as trachoma and elephantiasis often thrive.
A full-time job
"There are 1,500 households in this community and each household has, on average, five people." Banchayehu says. "It is me and three other practitioners who are responsible for this area."
"It is a difficult, full-time, job. Even if you take one package – hygiene and sanitation for example – that requires latrine construction, which takes a lot of effort. And then you need to make sure that the community is practicing healthy behaviours – which means people keeping their hands and faces clean – as well as making sure that clean water infrastructure is maintained."
These health-seeking behaviours are crucial in preventing the spread of certain NTDs, such as trachoma, which is spread through contact with contaminated eyes and thrives in areas without access to clean water or effective sanitation.
Preventing and treating neglected tropical diseases
"We have been conducting mass drug administration in this area for 11 years but, compared to previous communities I have worked in, this area has a higher burden of trachoma."
"We identified 38 people with trachoma in the community last year."
Trachoma causes a person's eyelashes to turn inward and scratch the surface of the eye. It is an agonising condition which can lead to blindness. Treatments include surgery and antibiotics, but the disease can also be prevented by keeping the hands and faces clean. As of 2018, over 177 million people live in areas that are endemic for trachoma.
"There are also 20 people in the community who live with elephantiasis." Banchayehu says.
There are two main causes of elephantiasis in Ethiopia: lymphatic filariasis, which is transmitted by mosquitoes. and podoconiosis, an inflammatory reaction to mineral particles in highland red clay soil. In Banchayehu's community, which is a highland area, podoconiosis predominates. Podoconiosis is found in 345 of Ethiopia's 800+ districts, and causes severe and extensive swelling of the lower limbs with severe accompanying social, psychological and economic consequences.
Health extension practitioners like Banchayehu are trained to diagnose diseases like trachoma and elephantiasis, and act as a first point of contact for drug distributors. Because there are health workers like Banchayehu in this community, people with these NTDs are able to receive treatment. "All of the people we identified with trachoma received the surgery they needed" Banchayehu says.
Health extension practitioners also promote health-seeking behaviours. "Prevention and control mean educating the community so that people understand how diseases are transmitted. We also have an extension package which focuses on maternal and child health."
Health workers improve health systems
By training health workers in remote communities like this, NTD programmes have a significant effect on improving local health systems. Primary health workers are described as "the cornerstone of a sustainable health system" by the London Declaration on NTDs.
It is, Banchayehu says, an extremely difficult but rewarding job.
"Our biggest challenge is poverty. I go house to house for health education purposes, but it's very difficult because people are often away looking for work or farming. It makes house to house visits meaningless, because we don't find people."
"Drug shortages can also make my work very challenging."
But Banchayehu has seen improvements over her twelve years of providing primary health care. "I have seen a lot of change, but it requires intensive work from health workers. I hope that communities will continue to take on health behaviours."
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Boyd Warren Chubbs – Breakwater Books Ltd.
Boyd Warren Chubbs was born in L'Anse Au Clair, Labrador on Bloomsday, 1955 to Una (nee Cribb) and Gordon Victor Chubbs.
His poetry and music have been broadcast and featured on both regional and national CBC Radio and Television. He has received numerous private and public commissions for drawings and illuminations. From 1987 to 1990 Boyd was Poet-in-Residence at the former Nova Scotia Teacher's College in Truro. His previous books of poems include Lines from the Migrant Coast (Mokoshan, 1989), Through Solomon's Lane (Mokoshan, 1991), Poems from the Burntwoods (Creative Publishing, 1995), And You, Blessed Healer (Breakwater Books, 1996) and The Birth and Burial Grounds (Breakwater Books, 1999). A play-in-progress, A Day Upon the Wooden Crow, was given two stage-readings by the RCA Theatre Company in St. John's in 1998.
His guitar compositions include two recordings, Spanish in the Harbour (1991) and Across Waters and Stones (1998). His three most recent art exhibitions at the Christina Parker Gallery in St. John's, A Land and Sea is Beyond Claim or Discovery (1998), Gifts and Allegories (2000) and I Make A Covenant With My Eyes (2003), were purchased en suite and remain in the province. Boyd lives in St. John's. All work continues and all are one.


London, 19 December 2017 — FlexTrade (@FlexTrade) today announced the expansion of its EMEA sales team with the hiring of a new Multi-Asset Sales Director, Manuela Bauer. The expansion of the team comes at the end of a successful year of cross-asset innovation for the business.
Bauer will be responsible for further strengthening FlexTrade's capability in multi-asset class sales. She joins FlexTrade from MTS, London Stock Exchange Group's electronic fixed income trading markets, where she was responsible for buy-side sales in Germany and the Nordics. Prior to joining MTS, she held various positions within London Stock Exchange Group's Capital Markets division in London and Milan.
"We are delighted to welcome Manuela to the sales team at FlexTrade," said Andy Mahoney, Head of Sales for EMEA.
Bauer's new responsibilities include growing FlexTrade's newly launched Fixed Income EMS across continental Europe and working closely with the buy-side to support FlexTrade's delivery of best in class cross-asset trading solutions.
"After an exceptionally strong 2017 and the launch of our fixed income platform, Manuela is the perfect addition to the cross-asset sales team going into 2018," continued Mahoney.
Request a copy of our latest whitepaper 'MiFID II:2018 Fixed Income' here.
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Plasti Dip is interesting neat stuff. People are doing all sorts of interesting things with it that get my attention, mostly with cars. Ever since seeing the first few As-Seen-on-TV type commercials I've been trying to come up with an excuse to buy some and play with it.
That chance finally presented itself. A few months back, I added wireless charging to my Samsung Galaxy S3 by taking apart some old Palm Pixi phone covers and using some copper tape and scotch tape to transplant it into the back of my phone. Unfortunately, the backs of the Galaxy S3 are pretty thin and the added bulk from those items caused my cover to crack in a couple places.
We brainstormed some ideas of what I could do. A new back for the phone wouldn't be expensive, but I didn't really want to go through the same process of re-transplanting the wireless charging bits and getting them positioned just right again just to have another cover crack and get in an endless cycle of replacing the back cover on the phone. Equally unacceptable was to just take out the wireless charging stuff and replace the back and return to a more "stock" form of the phone.
Somewhere in that conversation, that's where it struck me: Here's my chance to play with Plasti Dip! I picked up some white Plasti Dip, and because I was interested in keeping a bit of the glossy finish of the Galaxy S3, I thought it might be interesting to try out the Plasti Dip Glossifier to see if it would solve my problem.
I must've been a bit on the conservative when applying the coats of Plasti Dip; it wound up taking me like four or five coats before both the crack and the writing on the back of the phone were mostly covered. It was late and I was tired, so I let it set overnight before I tried using the Plasti Dip Glossifier.
The Plasti Dip Glossifier applied just as easily. According to the instructions on the can, applying more coats made the finish glossier. I continued my very conservative application method and wound up doing three or four coats of the glossifier.
One of the things that I'm interested in is how well it holds up over time. I have a holster-style car mount, and the phone fits pretty snugly due to the added width from the wireless charging bits. I'm a bit concerned that the Plasti Dip will get caught and start to rub off due to that friction.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The color of the white Plasti Dip doesn't quite match the phone, but there's a nice grey border that separates the front and the back of the phone and is enough separation that the difference isn't blatant. The big crack in the back of the phone is covered by the Plasti Dip but you can still somewhat see it. Normally, I wouldn't have used Plasti Dip at all because it's typically a pretty flat and dull color but a few coats of the Plasti Dip Glossifier certainly made it shiny enough to match the rest of the phone. Furthermore, the nice, soft texture of the Plasti Dip will help make sure that I have a firm grip on the phone and I will not be dropping it as I have done on a few occasions.
Working with the Plasti Dip was no more difficult than operating a can of spray paint with the added bonus of being able to use the sole of my shoe to scuff off all of the overspray that missed my workspace. When I screwed up and sprayed a coat on too thick, it was a cinch to go back when it was dried and peel off the Plasti Dip to start over again. I can understand why so many enthusiasts find so many different uses for the Plasti Dip and I've already made my mind up to use it on my Corvette to paint a black stripe on the rear window where the tint isn't bound well to the window. Considering the cost and difficulty of re-tinting the window, Plasti Dip seems like a good choice to give a try.


1. That kid in a sweetshop feeling!
Yes, the sweets will keep the kids happy. But let's not kid ourselves; it's the much bigger kids that prop up the shop counter all night! There's nothing quite like the glint in someone's eye when they spot their favourite sweetie. Sweets = happy, happy guests!
We all have our favourite memory of going to the sweetshop as children. Many of the older visitors to the sweetie counter especially, share stories of spending their pocket money on a quarter of pear drops. It's always a lovely conversation starter and a great ice breaker.
'Cause I've got a golden ticket!
no further than our travelling sweetshop. Not only can you treat yourself to your absolute favourites, but we can cater for a wide variety of tastes, as well as special dietary requirements. We can include vegetarian, halal, gluten-free, and even dare I say it, SUGAR-FREE!
For as little as £1 per person for our Petite Sweets package, your guests (and you of course!) can choose your very favourite sweet, all served in a lovely striped bag in a colour to match your theme. We can even provide our fabulous golden tickets for you to include at your table settings, adding to the magic of the day. Here's the full range of packages that we can offer.
…as well as being another source of entertainment! We love chatting to your guests, sharing their stories, discussing the many and varied sweets that we've all tried (it's one subject that most people can claim to be experts in) and generally making merry. Sweets are a subject guaranteed to raise a smile!
A jar of sweets, a sweetie scoop and a bride and groom playing shop: perfect opportunity for a memorable wedding photo!
The beauty of such a traditional style sweet shop is that it spans many ages and is equally as well placed in a country fayre-themed wedding as in a steam punk union! We've been lucky enough to attend a wide variety of venues, from back gardens to grand country parks to Shakespeare's Rose Theatre and fitted well into themes as many and varied as Wed-fests, Winter wonderlands, 1950s vintage, Victorian, seaside themes and many, many more.
Finally, it may be stating the obvious, but you can't beat a massive sugar high for ensuring that the dance floor is full. Keep your guests energised – fill them full of sugar. And may we say that an over-consumption of sugar on the most important day of your lives, won't do any harm as a special treat; our most enthusiastic customer to date, just so happened to be… a dentist!
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This pretty piece features a double layer bralette in sheer mesh and stretchy floral lace. Delicate, unpadded and comfortable, this bra feels like the sweetest second skin.
Washing Instructions: Hand wash cold, tumble dry on low and do not bleach.


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El Movimiento Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez (MPMR) es un movimiento político y social de extrema izquierda fundado por ex militares del Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez, quienes se habían escondido de la organización y de su apego a la lucha armada para derrocar a la dictadura militar ya en 1987. En 2015 sus miembros formaron un partido político llamado Frente Popular, colectividad que tuvo reconocimiento legal entre 2016 y 2017.

Historia
El FPMR participó en actos en contra de la dictadura militar de Augusto Pinochet. El más famoso de ellos fue el atentado contra Augusto Pinochet en 1986.

Luego del retorno a la democracia, un grupo se aparta del FPMR para formar el Movimiento Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez. También fue fraccionado en pequeños grupos como el Frente Patriótico Lautaro e Identidad Rodriguista (IR, 2002).

El 2003 pasó a ser parte del pacto Juntos Podemos Más. Pacto que abandona luego que el Partido Comunista de Chile llamara a votar en segunda vuelta de las Elecciones presidenciales por la Concertación, traicionando así la declaración de principios que mantenía en ese tiempo el Juntos Podemos Más.

El MPMR mantiene contactos con las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, según lo reconoció su dirigente Marcos Riquelme.

Al igual que el FPMR llevan el nombre del prócer chileno Manuel Rodríguez, el cual fue conocido como un revolucionario del grupo de «los exaltados» a principios del siglo XIX, tiempos en los que se forjaba la independencia de Chile. Según las leyendas Manuel Rodríguez abrió la puerta del coche al Gobernador Marcó del Pont, pese a que se ofrecía una recompensa por su captura, por estos y otros acontecimientos del prócer, tanto el Frente Patriótico como el Movimiento Patriótico llevan su nombre, considerándose «continuadores de la lucha independentista de los pueblos».

Partido político

El 3 de agosto de 2015 el movimiento creó el partido político Frente Popular (FP), con el fin de presentar candidatos en las elecciones municipales de 2016 y parlamentarias de 2017. Dicho partido fue inscrito oficialmente en la Región de Coquimbo el 26 de febrero de 2016.

Según su declaración de principios se definen como «patriotas y antiimperialistas, por ende latinoamericanistas» y defienden el «bolivarismo». Formó junto al Partido Igualdad y otros movimientos de izquierda la coalición Pueblo Unido, con la cual presentó candidatos a alcalde y concejales para las elecciones municipales de 2016. La sede del partido se encontraba en avenida Brasil 658, Santiago, y su directiva está compuesta por Marco Riquelme García (presidente), Roberto Muñoz Albuerno (secretario general) y Owana Madera Mac-Killroy.

El 14 de abril de 2017 el partido solicitó su inscripción legal en las regiones de Atacama y Valparaíso, con el fin de mantener la legalidad —producto de las modificaciones a la Ley de Partidos Políticos— estando constituido en tres regiones contiguas. Al no cumplir con los requisitos mínimos para su reconocimiento legal, el Servel anunció el 27 de abril de 2017 que el partido sería disuelto.

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 El Rodriguista, órgano oficial del MPMR

Grupos de izquierda radical
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Partidos políticos chilenos de izquierda
Partidos políticos fundados en 2015
Partidos políticos disueltos en 2017
Partidos comunistas de Chile
Extrema izquierda en Chile


Among the main constructive elements of Christofi's music is the physical transformation of sound. On one, explicit level, this metamorphosis is mainly based on the direct timbral alteration of the sound achieved by the use of extended instrumental techniques; on another, implicit level, the manipulation of sound's spectrum - through spectral analysis and computer aided composition tools - results in a harmony vs timbre equilibrium which also influences the formal structure of a work.
Christofi's music reached audiences in more than 15 countries worldwide and been broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Festivals which hosted his music include: 'Clarinet baix i electronica' by PHONOS-FUNDACIÓ MÚSICA CONTEMPORÀNIA (Spain), International Music Festival Heidelberger 'Frühling 2007' (Germany), 'Attention Musiques Fraîches ! 2008' Festival (Belgium), Pescara Fiera Festival 2008 (Italy), 2008 Seoul International Computer Music Festival (Korea), Nuova Musica a Treviso (Italy), The 3rd Pharos Contemporary Music Festival (Cyprus), ECO Sound (Belgium), Centro Culturale San Fedele - Electrobag on Tour (Italy), the 21st International Review of Composers (Serbia), LondonEar Contemporary Festival (U.K.) among others.
George is a holder of a BMus (First Class), and MMus in Guitar Performance (Distinction) from the University of Hull and an MA (Distinction) and a PhD in Composition from the University of York. His studies were funded by the University of York MA Scholarship, the Vinson Award, The Sir Jack Lyons Research Grant and The A.G. Leventis Foundation Research Scholarship. During his U.K. residency had enjoyed a 6-year shortlisting by the London based artistic organisation Sound and Music (ex- SPNM: Society for the Promotion of New Music).
George had the opportunity to externally study with distinguished composers, such as Ferneyhough, Sciarrino, Hosokawa, Neuwith, Boesmans, Harvey among others, at various international artistic programmes where he was selected as a fellow in venues including: the Centre Acanthes (selected for three consecutive years in France and Belgium), Voix-Nouvelles Residency (Fondation Royaumont, Paris), Ircam Academy (Glasgow), Premio Niccolò Castiglioni (Centro Culturale San Fedele, Milano, Italy), the VICC Residency (Visby, Sweden) and others.
He is a Music Theory and Composition Lecturer at the European University Cyprus and a founding member of the EGTA association (Cyprus branch). His music has been published by the Italian Publishing House ARS Publica.


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The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Published December 9, 2011
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry says that "it is incumbent upon the judiciary to respond to cases of violation of fundamental rights and give authoritative opinion on issues in question of law and public importance".
Speaking at a full court reference held on Friday to bid farewell to Justice Mohammad Sair Ali on his retirement, the chief justice reminded those who projected the court's actions "in a negative light" that the Constitution and case laws "fully empower the court to take cognizance in a variety of situations to enforce fundamental rights and do substantive justice".
He said the Supreme Court "has emerged as a true custodian of the fundamental rights of the people and the guarantor of constitutional dispensation". The court would continue using its powers in the best interest of the nation within the well-defined parameters set by the Constitution, he said.
"No obstructions towards independence of judiciary and rule of law would be tolerated in performing the sacred duty of administration of justice," the chief justice said.
He said it was the singular duty of the apex court not only to enforce the freedom of life but also to ensure the quality of life for the citizens.
It is only by adhering to the dictates of the Constitution that our nation can achieve political stability and economic development and attain its rightful and honourable place in the world, he said.
"Whether it is parliament, executive or judiciary, the Constitution has set limitations for every institution.
"The armed forces too are bound to perform functions as entrusted to them by the law and the Constitution," the chief justice said and added that under Article 245 they had to defend Pakistan against external aggression or a threat of war under the directives of the federal government.
"They are also under obligation to act in aid of civil power when called upon to do so. The armed forces of Pakistan perform a very noble function of defending the country."
Justice Sair Ali said the Supreme Court today was an invincibly viable institution under the leadership of the chief justice.
He said the rule of law should be ensured but it appeared that the society had started stagnating.
"Our culture is becoming impetuous; reliance on words and books is considered irrelevant and research as futile. This is producing a literature of chaos and language of confusion," the judge said.
He said the law could not be allowed to become an instrument of negativity in the hands of reactionary forces and an attempt to push the society backwards must be vigilantly monitored and checked through an active process of judicial review.
He, however, added: "By all estimation, Pakistan will be a state of solutions, peace, prosperity and constitutionalism".
Pakistan Bar Council's Vice-Chairman Latif Afridi expressed fear that 'those who considered it their right to rule, interfere, deform and disfigure institutions' were hatching conspiracies to have their cronies at the helm of affairs.
He said the bar would oppose every such effort and defend constitutional reforms.
"The judiciary, being an independent institution, must show the door to elements that in the past have destabilised and destroyed institutions and are still hatching conspiracies.
"Let us undertake and declare that both the bench and the bar will stand for the protection and supremacy of the Constitution and no constitutional deviation shall be tolerated in any form."
He said the bar was concerned and the people of Pakistan should be on alert against any attempt or even thinking of constitutional deviation and should rise, resist and fight against any such deviation.
"I also call upon the superior judiciary to declare in so many words that no constitutional deviation is acceptable and every institution must work within the framework prescribed by the Constitution."
He also suggested to the democratic forces not to bring every cause to the Supreme Court. Political issues should be settled at a political level, he said.
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The Bay of Pigs fiasco marked the first foreign policy defeat for the new JFK administration and the first time a CIA covert operation was exposed to public scrutiny. More than 100 U.S.-backed invaders died in Cuba, more than 1,000 were captured. Kennedy called it "the worst experience in my life." Discover what went wrong in April 1961.


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How to Register a Trademark
by Olha Povaliaieva
GT Invest exclusive Legislation
Procedure, exemptions
Trademark — registered verbal designation that can be composed of words, a proper name, letters, and numbers. It is also often referred to as a trademark or mark for goods and services.
There are several restrictions on the content of the trademark
Do not mislead consumers about the quality of a product, service, or brand owner;
You cannot use or imitate the symbols of the state, as well as the names or emblems of state authorities of Ukraine and other countries, seals, awards;
Trademarks are unique. Therefore, you cannot use designations similar to existing brands or declared for registration in Ukraine.
There are several reasons for registering a trademark
Registering a trademark allows you to protect your products or services from competitors. If your product is unique, then you can get a monopoly in the market;
When targeting your business to the whole world, the registration of a trademark in Ukraine is the first step towards the registration of an international trademark;
If we evaluate the trademark, and then put it on the balance sheet and contribute to the authorized capital, then the value of the enterprise can be increased;
You can earn royalties for using a trademark;
You can improve your reputation and brand awareness;
The trademark can be used as collateral if you need to get a loan for business development.
Trademark registration procedure in Ukraine
The organization where the trademark is registered is called Ukrpatent. To register a trademark, you must apply. Any natural or legal person can do this in person or by mail.
What you need to register a trademark
Trademark registration application;
Trademark image;
The list of goods and services for which a trademark is registered.
Applicant's company name and legal address for legal entities. For individuals, this information is replaced by the full name and residence of the individual. Data are submitted in Ukrainian.
Suppose the registration is carried out by a patent person and not by the applicant himself. In that case, the documents for registering a trademark must be supplemented with a power of attorney to a patent attorney.
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Today I have a special guest post/excerpt post from Connie L. Smith about her new book, Tail Lights.
I am loving the funky psychedelic cover on this!
I hope you all take a minute to check it out and read the excerpt!
Preston and Nick endured the breakup of all breakups when Nick accused her of cheating on him. He insisted, and she denied while the rain pounded against her driveway and thunder roared in the distance. Then they both ran – Preston to a life of Rock and Roll, and Nick to a career in the Army.
Over four years later, they're damaged and broken almost beyond repair. He's carrying baggage from his military days, and she bears the scars of living a lifestyle she's grown to hate.
When Preston's label forces her to take time away from music, their paths cross in a parking lot not twenty-four hours after her hometown return, anger and sparks flying in a confusing blend. But regardless of the feelings neither has been able to shake, too many lies and secrets stand in the way of the one thing they need in order to recover.
With a grin, he shrugged in an almost casual manner, far too comfortable in a conversation that made me anxious. Evidently he'd meant what he said about mending things between us, and he wasn't about to let my reservations ruin his determination.
"Your sentence trailed off," he pointed out, a small smile forming on his lips. "That's a good sign for me." Eyes on me, he stepped closer, completely invading my personal space and causing the hand holding the dolphin to fall back against my stomach. After a moment of silently looking at me, so intense and needing, he pointed a finger at my face.
Turning, he walked to the stairway entrance at the other end of the hall, leaving me standing – still gawking where he'd been and suddenly holding the dolphin figure much tighter.
Oh, this is going on my TBR pile. Thank you for sharing.
I really do too Kim!
Ooh! I love the sound of this one. I'm a huge fan of second chance romances and this sounds intense!
Thanks for stopping by Nick!
Uuuuuh, a lot of potential :D Loved the excerpt, this sounds like an interesting read. Though I will confess, in my coverwh0re ways, that cover is a total turn-off. Me no do psychedelic well, lol.
Ooooo love the sound of this one Ali! I so adore antagonistic relationships, and given how things ended between them there's definitely going to be a lot of hurt and anger for them to sort through. As long as it ends happy, I'm on board!!!
I agree, there must be a HEA.
Sounds like an intense read. I just did a marathon of NA reads so I am a bit tired of dramatic reads right now, but I will keep this in mind for a later date.
I actually agree with Alreem, the cover does look like a textbook, at least a little bit, but the story sounds very interesting!
It really does sound interesting!
This looks good..her Dad sounds evil. That cover is cool.
He really does. Definitely makes me curious about it all.
You usually don't see rockers and military men! Sounds like a unique read.
I didn't know about this one so thank you for the excerpt!
The blurb doesn't sound like my kind of book (broken characters) but I liked the except, the two have good chemistry.
It sounds good! I'm on the fence about the cover, but it's definitely not bad!


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ESPN adds Steve Levy, Louis Riddick to Week One MNF double-header (Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk)
ESPN has announced that Steve Levy, Brian Griese, and Louis Riddick will work the Broncos-Raiders game from the booth, with Laura Rutledge serving as the sideline reporter.
Josh Watson takes lessons from the barbershop to Broncos camp (Kyle Fredrickson, Denver Post)
Said Watson: "It was a blessing to see my dad have conversations with NFL players while cutting their hair, the things that they've gone through in life and the sacrifices they have to make to get in the position they were in to play in the NFL. I soaked up a lot of knowledge and information that is going to help me in the position I'm in right now."
Five Broncos who could have much larger roles in 2019 (Cecil Lammey, 1043 The Fan)
Offseason training activities have started this week, and it's time for these players who need to "step up" to prove they can handle increased responsibility.
John Elway OK with Joe Flacco's lack of interest in mentoring Drew Lock (Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk)
Via Mike Klis of 9news.com, Elway said that he liked Flacco's comments regarding a focus on winning, pointing out that it's more important for the backup to learn by watching the starter than for the starter to expressly teach the backup.


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Single breasted with 2 button fastening and 4 Buttons on each cuff, with a spare front button and a spare button for the sleeves.
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Friday night lights to shine on ECHS, SEHS football
Donald Heath @DonaldHeathSMN
In the heat of the day during the last two weeks, Effingham County and South Effingham high school football players have been displaying their skills to their coaches.
Friday, the Rebels and Mustangs go under the lights for further inspection.
ECHS will showcase its varsity, freshmen and feeder middle schools in intrasquad action as a culmination to spring football practice.
Taking a different approach, SEHS will play an exhibition game against Screven County.
Kickoff for the Rebels is 6 p.m. at Rebel Field. The Mustangs-Gamecocks get started at 7 at The Corral.
In accordance with Georgia High School Association rules, member schools can hold 10 practices within a period of 13 school days in the spring.
"We got a lot of good reps in and a lot of young kids showing us what they can do," ECHS coach Buddy Holder said. "We lost a lot of good skill guys so we're filling holes."
SEHS coach Donnie Revell and his staff also find the spring as a good time for evaluation.
"After these practices, we'll be able to go into the summer with a good idea of what we'll need to work on," Revell said. "After two tough seasons, obviously, we have a long way to go and a short time to get there."
Believe it or not, the 2018 high school football season is only about three months away. Effingham County opens its season on Aug. 17 on the road against Evans High. On the same night, South Effingham starts at home against Long County.
Both the Rebels and Mustangs have rebuilding ahead. ECHS (5-6 in 2017) loses some of the best skill talent in the area to graduation. Gone are running backs Toot Johnson, Zebrandon Gant, wide receivers DeMario Gant and Trevon Wilkenson, safety DeMonte Lee, offensive linemen Michael Richard and Casey Ulmer and tight end Samari Westbrook.
Holder also has a new offensive coordinator Sterling McNeal and a new defensive coordinator Phillip Richards. The Rebels added Chris Johnson, formerly head coach at Metter, as a wide receivers coach and Greg Mainor, who has been a head coach at multiple schools, as a defensive line coach as well.
"We've brought in some vibrant, mature coaches. It's always good to have new energy around," Holder said. "We have some good young talent too so we're exciting."
He's also excited about the intrasquad game approach.
"The thing we like about it is we can spend two weeks working on us, not having to prepare working on someone else and then have a fun at the end," Holder said.
SEHS (1-10 in 2017) will have to replace stalwart defensive end/linebacker Makenly Newbill and quarterback/kicker Anthony Beck. Despite last season's record, the Mustangs were much improved from start to finish and played competitively against Class 5A state finalist Warner Robins (losing 30-17) in the first round of the state playoffs.
"We may have had the same record (as 2016), but the kids played well down the stretch. The senior leaders showed what could be done," Revell said.
A new group takes over the leadership. And the first task is to get ready for Screven County, a squad that went 11-1 last season.
"I think it's exciting for the kids to see a different opponent," Revell said. "You want to win, but it's important for us to see how they react in a game situation. We're still a work in progress."


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You made my day a very happy one by coming to visit me! I love it here but I love visitors too.
Lookout Ridge is such a pretty place. A lot of the pets like like to go up to Flat Rock and just watch everything. Max and Snuggles asked me to join them so after you leave I'm going to go to Flat Rock. They brought a huge picnic so that will be fun too.
One day next week the three of us are going to go for a really long walk on Sugar Trail. I've never been there before but they both said I will love it, so I'm really excited about going.
I love exploring new places at Just Over the Rainbow Bridge. There is so much to do and so many pets to play with. Everyone is so friendly and everyone really likes me too!
Next time you visit, maybe we could read my story together. You can also leave me a message in my guestbook and I will read it too! Hugs and kisses! See you soon.


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Environmental sustainability has been the trending theme in most international seminars when discussing issues around development. In the same vein, nations advocate strongly on environmental conservation even at the level of recreation and entertainment. The question now is, how do we help out in case we find ourselves in an ice-covered environment? How can we transport our goods and family from one region to another without altering the natural settings? Maybe the solution lies with breaking the ice to pave way for the transport to take place. Conditions for traction on ice
Success in driving on ice lies with good traction which is has always been linked to good tires. Drivers are always advised to inflate their vehicles properly and check on thread availability before commencing a journey into the ice-land.
a. Snow chains: these are normally used during winter seasons when you may find yourself stuck in the snow. However, the chains reduce the speed of traveling and may greatly inconvenience the users.
b. 4-wheel drive: in order for one to move swiftly in an ice-caped region, they may adopt the use of 4-wheel drive vehicle instead of the 2-wheel cars which do not have the ability to safely hug the ice and move even during the winter seasons. But even with the 4-wheel, driving on these surfaces is still a dangerous proposition and may cause serious injuries and loss of life and property.
c. Salt-based ice melt
Traditionally, salt-based ice melt has been used to aid traction on ice by breaking the ice using the compounds to disintegrate the surface for passage of vessels. However, an environmentalist has raised a red flag that salt-based ice melt is incredibly hazardous to the environment and perilous to the domestic and young people. They posit that these harmful rock salt must be done away with from the environment at all cost thought people must also travel.
The need to reduce the cost of operation and raise the level of safety on transport networks has led to the invention and inception of a company known as the Safe-paw. The company has devised a mechanism that breaks the ice in a natural manner with no harmful chemicals or perilous salts being used in the process making it 100% safe. The roofing materials will not be affected, the concrete walls will be safe and so will be the walkways.
Safe Paw use materials made of modified crystalline amide components mixed with a unique glycol admixture as well as traction agents. When put to use, the liquid component melts ice on the sport as it breaks the surface tension. The crystal core then permeates through and destabilizes the ice hastening melting. Once safe paw has done away with the ice and snow, the traction leaves behind what can be seen as a "shield" preventing ice from forming for a duration of three days. This technology is applauded because It can be used in all weather and seasons and will cause the little effect on plants, concrete buildings as well as stone walls.
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My son and I took my latest quilt on an outing to Assiniboine Park (Winnipeg, Manitoba) to enjoy some sunshine and the first signs of spring melt. Being a teenager he was loathe to stand around with a quilt in the park with, like, actual other people nearby but he soon came around and got right into it and was even making suggestions of where to shoot next.
I used the fabulous My Unicorn collection designed by Kelly Panacci for Riley Blake Designs. The pattern is the Even Stephen quilt by Kitchen Table Quilting.
In the background is the Assiniboine Park Pavilion. With its Tudor style architecture, it feels just medieval enough to be the perfect backdrop for this fabric. The close-ups are in the adjacent Children's Garden, a playground created with natural and eco-friendly materials.
All photos © Holly Clarke, 2018. To share photos, please contact me for permission.


As a kid, I loved the first day of school. The evening before, on that bittersweet last night of summer, the nerves, excitement, and sense of possibility were overwhelming.
The preparation rituals for kids across the state probably go something like this: Lay out your best clothes. Pack a special lunch (mine was a peanut butter and banana sandwich). Stuff backpacks full of brand new notebooks and pencils. Scrub the last of the summer grime off. Then, climb into bed and do your best to fall asleep.
But for over 600 students in the Saint Paul Public Schools, those rituals were a bit more complicated earlier this month. Because, when you're homeless, that's how it goes. Life gets complicated.
In 2014, there will be more than 2,000 Saint Paul Public School students in shelters or doubled-up with other families in Saint Paul alone. That number doesn't include all the homeless babies, homeless toddlers and homeless preschoolers.
According to Project REACH, Saint Paul Public Schools has already identified 606 students who are homeless, and about 330 of those students are newly homeless since last school year.
Over six hundred kids in Saint Paul schools are students by day and homeless by night.
Six hundred. And we're just a few weeks into the school year.
Just stop and imagine that.
Shelter beds, couch hopping, maybe even the backseat of a car with Mom and your little brother. Oh, and don't forget to do your homework.
We stop seeing child poverty when we become resigned to it, as if it were an inevitable fact of life. Of course, it's not. We've just chosen that it's okay.
In 1987, I was in the 4th grade. The Twins won their first World Series. Oliver North was fielding questions on the Iran Contra Affair. The sitcom thirtysomething debuted, and President Reagan told Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down that wall.
It was also the year of Wilder's first significant shelter count. Any guess how many kids were in Saint Paul and Minneapolis homeless shelters in 1987?
We've given a green light to child homelessness over the past 25 years. The numbers tell the story. Child homelessness is not inevitable. It's a choice, and we've chosen.
And so tonight, 606 Saint Paul kids (that we know of) will be students by day, and homeless by night.
The good news is that we can choose again. Starting now. Through personal growth and awareness, by supporting existing direct service efforts, and by calling for systems change, we begin to make a different choice.
Call for public investment toward housing stability. The birth of homelessness as we know it has strong roots in public policy decisions of the 1980s. While there were certainly unintended consequences from past decisions, today's state of poverty and homelessness is not accidental. It was and is a choice.
Thankfully, at least in Minnesota, we're starting to do better. Elected officials from across the political spectrum and from every corner of the state are displaying real leadership in responding to housing instability among their constituents.
Governor Dayton and the Minnesota legislature made serious investments in housing and homeless services this year, increasing funding by over $33 million in the current biennium.
These are simply numbers on paper today, but tomorrow they might provide a life altering intervention for one of those 606 students in Saint Paul who are students by day and homeless by night.
Patrick Ness previously served as the Public Policy Director with the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.


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Green Party publishes its manifesto
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
United Kingdom November 19 2019
The Green Party Manifesto states that they want to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030. At the centre of their manifesto is the 'Green new Deal' for which they promise to invest £100bn a year to deliver this for energy, housing, transport, and industry to deliver a "fast and fair" transformation of the economy and society, with bulk of the proposed policies affecting energy. The Manifesto also includes a number of radical proposals to reform taxation to fund the Green new Deal.
The proposed policies for energy include the following:
A new government department to oversee the implementation of the Green New Deal, led by a Carbon Chancellor and yearly early Carbon Budgets
A Future Generations Act for England, modelled on the current Act for Wales, building the needs of future generations into every government decision
Remove subsidies to the oil and gas industries
Apply carbon tax on all on all fossil fuel imports and domestic extraction
A complete ban on fracking, and other unconventional forms of fossil fuel extraction
Introduce new support and incentives to directly accelerate wind energy development, paving the way for wind to provide around 70% of the UK's electricity by 2030
Prohibit the construction of nuclear power stations
Enable community-driven renewable energy projects
New support for solar, geothermal, tidal, hydro and other renewable energies to provide much of the remainder of the UK's energy supply by 2030
Transform the planning system so that it works to support a massive increase in wind power and other renewable generation
Ensure that the long-term profits from offshore wind and marine energy assets come to the UK government rather than energy firms
Support for interconnectors and subsea connections to Norway and Iceland in particular
Deploy demand side management and improve the efficiency of the grid, doubling its capacity
Expand our short-term capacity for energy storage
Energy efficiency training for businesses and public bodies.
Under the heading of ending wasteful spending the Greens would cancel:
Trident nuclear weapons system and nuclear powered submarines
The road building programme, including the proposed road tunnel at Stonehenge with funding reallocated to supporting sustainable public transport and cycle ways
Plans for airport expansion across the country
HS2 with funds reallocated to more effective sustainable public transport options and enable an increase in rail capacity in regions that need more investment, including the creation of three electrified rail lines running from Liverpool and Manchester to Sheffield, Hull and the Tees Valley. These three newly electrified lines will run through Bradford and Leeds, creating new rail hubs in Yorkshire
Help to Buy Programme with funds redirected to a council home creation programme
Right to Buy Programme and instead allow councils to set discounts locally and retain 100% of receipts to reinvest in new and existing homes
The Greens propose to transform the tax system so it is able to generate the funds needed to deliver good public services and the Green New Deal. Proposals include:
A single Consolidated Income Tax, replacing Employees National Insurance, Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax, Dividend Tax and Income Tax
Universal Basic Income to replace the Income Tax threshold
On land and property taxes the proposals include abolition of Council Tax and Business Rates (as well as absorbing a number of other taxes), and replacing them with a Land Value Tax (LVT) phased in over 10 years with reliefs and protections for those on low incomes. The new LVT would charge the landowner a proportion of the capital value of the land each year (estimated to be around 1.4% of current values). LVT would shift the burden of taxation from the land user to the landowner who would be liable for it whether or not they live on the land.
On business taxation the proposals are:
Increase the rate of Corporation Tax to 24%
Increase the Bank Asset Tax
Establish HM Revenue & Customs as an independent agency of government
Entrench the anti-avoidance principle in UK tax law and oblige banks to provide information about companies automatically to HMRC
Widening the definition of 'profit' to cover dividends, share buybacks, additions to cash holdings, payments to parent or subsidiary companies (both onshore and offshore), and other distributed income.
Require offshore companies to reveal their beneficial ownership before being accepted as competitors for publicly funded contracts
Abolish the rule that allows non domiciled residents not to pay tax on foreign income.
On supporting small business the proposals are:
Access to lending at affordable rates, by helping to establish a network of regional mutual banks
Requiring traditional banks to increase their lending to small businesses and businesses focussed on the sustainability transition
Grant 15% of government contracts to small and micro businesses
Introduce fines for large companies that fail to pay small businesses on time
Reduce VAT charged in the leisure and cultural sectors
Increase the Employment Allowance to £10,000 (currently £3,000) per year
Promote and support an increase in co-operatives and community interest companies
Roll out high speed broadband.
While many of the proposals will require legislation some specific bills are promised under the Greens:
Digital Bill of Rights that establishes the UK as a leading voice on standards for the rule of law and democracy in digital spaces and ensure independent regulation of social media providers
New Domestic Abuse Bill, which enables prosecution of economic abuse
Bill to repeal the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and increase funding for the National Health Service by at least £6bn per year, until 2030
Bill to introduce a Universal Basic Income introducing an unconditional payment to "everyone at a level above their subsistence needs"
Future Generations Bill which would build the need to balance the needs of future generations into every government decision
People's Vote Bill which calls for a second vote on the terms of any Brexit deal and with remain as an option on the ballot paper
Voting Reform Bill to replace the UK's first past the post voting system with proportional representation and extend the voting age to 16 and 17 year olds.
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The Voices Within
by Adam Peacock on May 20, 2011
Love aint a one-way street
The Power at Glory
AFL success is hard for football to swallow
If you believe what you read in some parts, Australian football is about to jump. Without the parachute. It's all too hard. We tried, but it's all too hard.
Some want the old days back, others want the present gone. The Socceroos are too old. The ruling body have earmuffs and blindfolds on. Money is being lost. Crowds are down.
Australian football is hearing voices, and inside its head there's a deep and meaningful going on right now between the pessimist and the optimist.
This is an extract of their conversation.
OPT: It can't be that bad. Too many hundreds of thousands play the game. Too many millions watch it. Too many billionaires want to invest in it.
PESS: That's living in a fairytale-land, oblivious to wrongs, distracted by the scent of roses, sent by Ben Buckley.
OPT: They're not roses. They're tulips.
PESS: Of course they are. Those billionaires just want to do is look good to their friends, and use it as a tax write-off. Plus, what's a few million to them?
OPT: Nathan Tinkler wants to pour a reported $25 million into the game, not a club, the game, just because he feels like it? No, it's because he's like any other businessman – always looking for the next big thing. And this is what he sees as the next big thing. Not now, in the future, hence the 10-year license at the Jets.
PESS: Yeah well glad it's with his money. He's got to get people caring about it. It's laughable that a city like Sydney, of over 5 million people, a city that struggles to find enough parks for people to play on in winter, get 6-7000 to a game.
OPT: They're working on it. The penny has dropped. OK, results are what count – win, and people will come. But they're out in the community all the time, visiting schools, clubs, local associations.
PESS: Yeah, the FFA's really encouraging that grass roots engagement, like banning Melbourne Victory and Heart from playing against Victorian clubs in the FFV Cup.
OPT: OK, give you that, they should just play the Youth teams in that, and save the first XI's for the FFA Cup, which will be great.
PESS: When? When will it be great? When will it happen! When Qatar's done with the World Cup? Maybe we can get one of their stadiums sent to us to play the final in. We'll be a third-world football country by then.
OPT: Rubbish. It'll happen season after next, and shorter term, I'm confident the back to basics A-League will be much better when it starts in October. Later start, fresh air from the other codes, and a further improvement in standard. Like how good was the grand final! Not that you would know. When did you leave again?
PESS: Knew you'd bring that up… 0-0, after the 90min. Wanted to beat the traffic. Anyway, didn't know most of the players anyway. What happened to the big names. The marquees. Some have been marquees – the size of one.
OPT: Who?!
PASS: Mario Jardel.
OPT: Allllways comes back to him. Get over it, you child. Didn't the grand final prove the A-League doesn't one big name to be great? The marquee system is has merit, but it should be about building a club. A tribal element, to support the shirt, not the player, like the national team.
PESS: Ah yes, the national team. That bastion of brilliance. Gee they were great in South Africa.
OPT: Um, Asian Cup? Germany? New attitude under the new man, Holger.
PESS: Who cares who the coach is. The squad is ageing. There is no-one coming through.
OPT: So what if we skip half a generation. Our top players aged 19, 20, 21 have a bit about them. And don't underestimate our strongest asset – team spirit. It's a really happy camp right now. They play for each other. Unlike others…even the world champions, Spain. How's Sergio Ramos gunna sit next to Carlos Puyol at breakfast without wanting to punch his lights out? Won't happen under Holger.
PESS: Yeah well, we got lucky at the Asian Cup. Easy draw. Poor opposition.
OPT: Um, do we now have to qualify through Europe? Did the descendants of Dirk Hartog just pass a resolution at The Hague that we now go through UEFA now, cos he bumped into WA in the 17th century? You halfwit, the teams we played at the Asian Cup, are the teams we'll meet to get to Brazil.
PESS: Yeah well… well… well what about the TV rights.
OPT: What about them.
Break in transmission: this is where we'll leave the conversation briefly, so the writer of this blog gets to keep his livelihood.
OPT: Don't call me that.
PESS: Yeah well, if you got your head out of the clouds, maybe you'd realise the game is on life support. NRL and AFL are prospering. It riles me so much those egg-chasers are so dumb, play such dopey "handball" sports, yet so many people follow them. The papers have got it in for us, and love them.
OPT: Listen, we need to look in the mirror before we care about what other codes do. Plus, since the end of the season, there's been a fair share of local football stories making news, which ain't bad considering it's out of the season. It will get better, you watch.
PESS: Not in my lifetime.
OPT: You weren't hugged much as a child, were you?
PESS: Better than being hugged too much.
OPT: You're an idiot.
PESS: Am not. Stop being negative.
Adam Peacock
Adam Peacock joined Foxtel as a presenter of FOX Sports News in 2006. He also hosts GGARMY.com's fave football show Matchday Saturday.


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Q: How to get previous row in SELECT conditionally? In this question there are several ways to visit previous row in a SELECT statement. However, I cannot figure out how to do it conditionally.
For example, suppose we have a Transactions table:
customer_id  purchase_date  merchandise_type  merchandise_name
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1            12 Apr         Rice              Jasmine
1            18 Apr         Rice              Basmati
1            19 Apr         Rice              Long-Grain
3            13 Apr         Rice              Jasmine

I'd like to find out how long a customer changed his/her mind after buying an item, expected output is:
customer_id  merchandise_name  days
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1            Jasmine           6
1            Basmati           1

Customer 1 bought Jasmine rice then bought Basmati rice 6 days later, so "days" in the first record is 6. Following code is able to do this:
select customer_id, merchandise_name,
       purchase_date - LAG(purchase_date) over (order by purchase_date) as days
from Transactions

However, it won't work when there are other types of merchandise:
customer_id  purchase_date  merchandise_type  merchandise_name
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1            12 Apr         Rice              Jasmine
1            13 Apr         Cafe              Maxwell
1            18 Apr         Rice              Basmati
1            19 Apr         Rice              Long-grain
1            19 Apr         Cafe              Nescafe
3            13 Apr         Rice              Jasmine
3            14 Apr         Cafe              Nescafe

Is it possible to get a previous row with some condition? something like:
...
order by purchase_date
where LAG(merchandise_type) = merchandise_type

A: What you are looking for is the PARTITION BY clause in your OVER function:
select customer_id, merchandise_name,
       purchase_date -
         LAG(purchase_date) over (partition by customer_id, merchandise_type
                                  order by purchase_date) as days
from Transactions

Without this clause you will get any previous value for the purchase_date.

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Fashola tackles Senator; warns against trivialising issues raised on 2017 budget
July 6, 2017 Press Release
Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday said it was regrettable that the Senate Committee Chairman on Appropriation, Danjuma Goje, would seek to trivialize the issues he raised about the unilateral slashing of the budgetary allocation to key national infrastructure by the National Assembly.
In a Statement personally signed by the minister and sent in from Zimbabwe where he is currently attending the 35th Annual General Meeting of the Shelter Afrique, Mr. Fashola said he was responding only for the purpose of refocusing attention to the issues at stake.
According to the minister, the Senator's reference to the patriotism of legislators should not be spoken but demonstrated as regards his calls for a more developmental budgeting approach.
Explaining this further, the minister declared: "In this context, it is left for Nigerians to then decide whether budgeting for constituency roads is more patriotic than budgeting to complete the Kano-Maiduguri Road that connects 5 states, the Lagos-Ibadan road that connects 3 states and helps to move food, imported goods and fuel across the country; or the 2nd Niger Bridge that connects the East and West geopolitical zones of at least 11 states together.
"I will also leave Nigerians to judge whether it is more patriotic to budget for the Mambilla Power Project that will contribute to more power across Nigeria or reduce the budget to build street lights in legislative constituencies."
The minister noted that the response to the issues he raised certainly should not have been accusations of his blackmailing the Legislature or referring to those who shared his views as his "surrogates".
Reiterating his respect for the Parliament as a house where very vigorous debates about development should take place, Mr. Fashola advised Mr. Goje to acquire the temperament for such debate and disagreement.
"Let me reiterate that I see parliament as a house where very vigorous debates about development should take place and it is important for Goje to acquire the temperament of debate and disagreement."
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2006 London Games Summit Registration Now Open
The CMP Game Group, ELSPA and TIGA have announced that registration is now open for the business-oriented 2006 London Games Summit, taking place on October 4th and 5th alongside other London Games Festival events such as GDC London, the London Game Career
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The CMP Game Group, producers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) (as well as Gamasutra.com), along with the ELSPA (The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) and TIGA (The Independent Games Developers Association) have jointly announced that registration is now open for the upcoming London Games Summit. Set to take place on October 4 and 5 at the BAFTA headquarters in Piccadilly, the event will offer two days of content from business leaders in the games industry and keynote speeches from UK government ministers. The content, to be programmed with CMP's help, will explore business issues, strategies and opportunities for maximizing the expanding game market across all platforms, and will draw industry executives and business managers from throughout Europe. The London Games Summit will play a part of the London Games Festival, a week-long series of events to be held in the capital beginning October 2. The week will also feature the CMP Game Group's GDC London, a conference focused exclusively on advanced techniques in game development; the London Game Career Fair; the London Content, Outsourcing and Middleware Market, presented by TIGA; and BAFTA's British Academy Video Games Awards. "The game industry is going through a series of transitions, regarding models of distribution and financing, emerging industry-broadening and next-generation development, as well as heightening political impact," noted CMP Game Group Executive Director Jamil Moledina. "As leading publisher, developer, and game conference organizations, it was incumbent upon us to pool our resources and deliver an event that would present those leaders with articulate visions for succeeding through these transitions." For more information concerning London Games Summit, including how to register, as well as speaking and sponsorship opportunities, interested parties can visit the official website for the Summit.


I have allocated a numerical value (possibly negative) to each letter of the alphabet, where some different letters may have the same value. I can now work out the value of any word by adding up the values of its individual letters. In this way NONE has value 0, ONE has value 1, TWO has value 2, and so on up to ELEVEN having value 11. Unfortunately, looking at the words for the numbers TWELVE to NINETEEN, I find that only two have values equal to the number itself.
Here is a manual solution (this analysis has been updated to take account of Tony's comment below).
So, whatever value \(\small TEEN\) has, these are all correct or all incorrect. And, since only two can be correct, this means that they are all incorrect.
To make \(\small THIRTEEN\) correct, \(\small E\) has to be 5.5 but this value also makes \(\small EIGHTEEN\) correct. However, if both are correct we would have three correct values when there are only two. So they must both be incorrect.
Hence only \(\small TWELVE\) and \(\small FIFTEEN\) can be correct.
(1) The above does not show that FIFTEEN is actually correct (although your algebra on the other site does).
(2) On the other site John Crabtree correctly points out that letter values are not restricted to integers.
Allowing non-integers still gives the solution TWELVE, FIFTEEN but for a reason different from the above.
Your algebra leads to TWELVE=12, FIFTEEN=15, THIRTEEN=24-2E and EIGHTEEN=2E+7.
Also if E=0 FOURTEEN, SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN and NINETEEN would also be correct (not allowed).
Any value of E other than 5.5 or 0 and any value of G (real or complex in each case) would lead to a valid set of letter values.
Yes I assumed integer values in my proof above, which, as you say, is not necessary to obtain a solution. I'll update the analysis as you suggest. But, given the integer values assumption, \(\small FIFTEEN\) is shown to be correct indirectly by showing that other words in \(\small THIRTEEN\) to \(\small NINETEEN\) are incorrect (unless, of course, the teaser is wrong).


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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) encodes proteins that are central for antigen presentation and pathogen elimination. MHC class I (MHC-I) genes have attracted a great deal of interest among researchers in ecology and evolution and have been partly characterized in a wide range of bird species. So far, the main focus has been on species within the bird orders Galliformes and Passeriformes, while Charadriiformes remain vastly underrepresented with only two species studied to date. These two Charadriiformes species exhibit striking differences in MHC-I characteristics and MHC-I diversity. We therefore set out to study a third species within Charadriiformes, the Icelandic subspecies of black-tailed godwits (Limosa limosa islandica). This subspecies is normally confined to parasite-poor environments, and we hence expected low MHC diversity. MHC-I was partially characterized first using Sanger sequencing and then using high-throughput sequencing (MiSeq) in 84 individuals. We verified 47 nucleotide alleles in open reading frame with classical MHC-I characteristics, and each individual godwit had two to seven putatively classical MHC alleles. However, in contrast to previous MHC-I data within Charadriiformes, we did not find any evidence of alleles with low sequence diversity, believed to represent non-classical MHC genes. The diversity and divergence of the godwits MHC-I genes to a large extent fell between the previous estimates within Charadriiformes. However, the MHC genes of the migratory godwits had few sites subject to positive selection, and one possible explanation could be a low exposure to pathogens.


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Congratulations to all the children who took part in Young Voices on Monday evening. It was a brilliant event and enjoyed by all.
As always our children were exceptionally well behaved and a joy to be with. Thank you and we'll do it all again next year!
Posted on December 5, 2011, in Special Days. Bookmark the permalink.	1 Comment.
It was the first time I had been to young voices…..I thought it was fantastic and such a great experience for the children!
Many thanks to Miss Siddall and Mrs Hill…I know you didn't get home until almost midnight.