A: BJ's Wholesale Club is aiming to open on June 22, which is a Saturday.
That's per a rep at the warehouse club's customer-service line. She said you can buy a membership card now, if you're interested. The card's 12-month expiration would be tagged to the opening of the store on Glensford Drive in Fayetteville. But you could use it at other BJ's stores in the meantime. For info, call 800-257-2582.
A: That catchy, cool, jazzy bit of music is ... not part of a publicly available longer recording.
MeTV got it from a paid music library that it subscribes to, according to spokeswoman Melissa Kennedy.
The music feeds the noir vibe for the late-night block of early '60s TV shows about crime, the fringes of society and weirdness ("The Twilight Zone"). One of the promos includes a definition of noir - "crime fiction featuring shadowy atmospheres with foreboding music."
Other shows in the Sunday night lineup include "Thriller," "The Fugitive," "Naked City," "Peter Gunn," Mr. Lucky," "Route 66" and "The Saint."
MeTV - short for Memorable Entertainment Television - can be found on channel 50.2 over the air, on channel 51 on Centurylink Prism and on channel 151 on Time Warner Cable. For more info, check metvnetwork.com.
A: Not that we know of. But we'll let you know if we hear of someplace.
Hydrostatic weighing, which involves weighing someone when he (or she) is submerged, is a way of measuring that person's body-fat percentage based on how much water is displaced. The idea is that someone with more fat is lighter in the water than a leaner person. Many universities have hydrostatic weighing equipment as part of their fitness-assessment programs.
A: It was indeed, after its 10th season aired last year.
TV industry watchers have speculated that sister show "CSI: New York," which just completed its ninth season, could be next. The show averaged a 1.4 rating with 9.68 million viewers this year, according to tvseriesfinale.com.


Jessi and George are my kind of couple. They are informed, have great taste, fun-as-all-get-up, and adorable to boot. They scripted their day to make sense for them, which, as a photographer, I adore. Their sweet ceremony at the Gallery Black Lagoon in Austin clocked in at under 5 minutes, and having a first-look meant they got lots of mingle-time with their guests. This wedding was a blast of fresh Austin air, and Jessi and George's love is as light and breezy as a cloudless sky.


We have launched our campaign calling for Fonterra to quit coal. Here, you'll find resources and links for the campaign.
Friday 18 September 2015: Jeanette Fitzsimons had an Op Ed in the Christchurch Press: Read it here.
Thursday 1 October 2015: In partnership with Action Station, we launched our open letter asking Fonterra to commit to building no new coal boilers and progressively switch from using coal to using wood. 2777 people signed the open letter.
We're opposing Fonterra's plans to build new coal-fired boilers at their Studholme Plant in South Canterbury. Make a submission against the proposed plant expansion – submissions close Friday 27 November.
Have a look at our leaflet – click on it to download, print out and distribute (it works in black and white, too).


Ensure all content and design fits into a logical heading structure.
Be especially careful with light shades of gray, orange, and yellow. Check your contrast levels with our color contrast checker.
Font size can vary based on the font chosen, but 10 point is usually a minimum.
Don't make it too long or too short.
Differentiate links in the body of the page with underlines or something other than color alone.
A link for keyboard users to skip navigation should be at the top of the page. It can be hidden, but should be visible when it receives keyboard focus.
Avoid "Click Here" in link text. Other ambiguous links, such as "More" or "Continue", can also be confusing.
If used, provide a play/pause button. Avoid flashing or strobing content: It can cause seizures.
Because users often can't distinguish or may override page colors, color cannot be the only way information is conveyed.
Design Considerations - One Size Fits All?


You may find that in this course we use terminology that you are unfamiliar with. This is why we have created this glossary of terms used in the course.
If you think that there are any terms missing from this glossary that might be useful to fellow learners, please let us know in the comments.
Melee - a fight. This word comes from French and implies chaos and confusion in a close fight. It is often used to describe weapons used in close fighting e.g. 'melee weapons'.
Muster roll - a document which lists the names of groups of men ready and prepared to fight in a battle campaign. Men were usually mustered and recorded under the name of each commander.
Secondary source - a term historians use for documents or materials which are written after the events they describe. Secondary sources are often based on primary sources and other sources for their information.
Usurp - to take power (e.g. the crown) by force or illegally e.g. Henry usurped the throne.


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MilliporeSigma Collaborates with Angiex to Speed Clinical Readiness of New Cancer Therapy
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Angiex
- Project is first for MilliporeSigma's Massachusetts BioReliance® End-to-End Solutions center
- Collaboration gives Angiex access to MilliporeSigma's process development tools and technologies
BILLERICA, Mass., Aug. 29, 2017 /CNW/ -- MilliporeSigma today announced a new collaboration with Angiex, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, to support the biotechnology start-up's ability to speed its lead oncology antibody drug candidate to clinical use. Angiex is developing an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapy for cancer against a vascular target, TM4SF1.
The collaboration with Angiex is the first project to be undertaken at MilliporeSigma's new biodevelopment center in Massachusetts. MilliporeSigma will give Angiex access to end-to-end process development tools, education programs and training to support its success.
"Companies benefit from our expertise and experience in developing GMP manufacturing processes for early clinical development programs," said Udit Batra, CEO, MilliporeSigma. "With an end-to-end approach, MilliporeSigma can facilitate and accelerate scaling and technical transfer for companies like Angiex."
Angiex CEO Dr. Paul Jaminet applauded MilliporeSigma's broad range of process development capabilities and services for customers at all stages of molecule development and commercialization. "Through this collaboration, Angiex hopes to accelerate our path to the clinic. We appreciate MilliporeSigma's expertise in bringing to cancer patients an innovative treatment capable of addressing the most dangerous solid tumors," Jaminet said.
MilliporeSigma's BioReliance® End-to-End Solutions delivers products and services allowing biopharmaceutical companies to accelerate the progression of potential new therapies from the laboratory into clinical trial and on toward commercialization. The turnkey package includes process development, cGMP manufacturing, facility design, equipment for pilot-plant production, process and equipment training, technology transfer, equipment qualification and set-up for commercialization. To further support its global BioReliance® End-to-End Solutions, MilliporeSigma will inaugurate its new biodevelopment center in Burlington, Massachusetts, in October 2017.
MilliporeSigma's BioReliance® End-to-End Solutions is part of the Process Solutions business area within the Life Science business.
About Angiex
Angiex was founded by world-class scientists to develop vascular-targeted biotherapeutics. Angiex targets fundamental aspects of endothelial biology with a focus on angiogenesis. Angiex's lead product is an antibody-drug conjugate therapy for cancer. Angiex is resident at LabCentral in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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About the Life Science Business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, which operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada, has 19,000 employees and 65 manufacturing sites worldwide, with a portfolio of more than 300,000 products enabling scientific discovery. Udit Batra is the global chief executive officer of MilliporeSigma.
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany completed its $17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich in November 2015, creating a leader in the $125 billion global life science industry.
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials. The company has six businesses - Biopharmaceuticals, Consumer Health, Allergopharma, Biosimilars, Life Science and Performance Materials - and generated sales of €15 billion in 2016. Around 50,000 employees work in 66 countries to improve the quality of life for patients, to foster the success of customers and to help meet global challenges.
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is the world's oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company - since 1668, the company has stood for innovation, business success and responsible entrepreneurship. Holding an approximately 70 percent interest, the founding family remains the majority owner of the company to this day. The company holds the global rights to the name and the trademark "Merck" internationally except for the United States and Canada, where the company operates as EMD Serono, MilliporeSigma and EMD Performance Materials.
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MilliporeSigma to Provide Provantage End-to-End Services to Acticor Biotech
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Sri Lanka: Government's refusal to implement UN Resolutions strengthens case for international justice mechanisms
The ICJ today condemned the Sri Lankan Government's announced "withdrawal" of support for the process under UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolutions 30/1, 34/1 and 40/1.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dinesh Gunawardane, formally announced the decision on 26 February at a High-Level Segment of the 43rd session of the UNHRC in Geneva.
"The Government of Sri Lanka's refusal to implement effective measures for truth, justice, accountability and reconciliation, including as set out in the resolutions of the Human Rights Council, places it in violation of its obligations under international law," said Frederick Rawski, ICJ's Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific. "Holding perpetrators of human rights violations accountable at the international level now appears to be the only real option – including referral to the International Criminal Court, the creation of an ad hoc international mechanism, and the exercise of universal jurisdiction."
Gunawardane stated that the Government of Sri Lanka would instead "achieve sustainable peace through an inclusive, domestically designed and executed reconciliation and accountability process, including through the appropriate adaptation of existing mechanisms, in line with the Government's policy framework."
"It is the Sri Lankan Government's failure to initiate a credible and comprehensive approach to transitional justice in the aftermath of the war that led to the intervention of the international community in the first place," said Rawski. "Sri Lanka's domestic legal system has repeatedly demonstrated that it is unable to address systemic and entrenched impunity for crimes under international law perpetrated by the military and security forces," he added.
Pronouncements by the President, on protecting military personnel from any accountability measures coupled with appointments to senior command positions individuals credibly accused of serious human rights violations indicate that the long history of impunity of security forces in Sri Lanka is set to continue.
The ICJ is deeply concerned that the Government's official refusal to implement the UN resolutions comes at a time when the human rights situation in Sri Lanka is rapidly deteriorating. It threatens to undermine even the meagre progress made over the past few years, which albeit slow and wholly insufficient, has been primarily due to the continued engagement of the Council, OHCHR and international community. The UNHRC process is also the only forum at the global level where Sri Lankan civil society and victim groups have had the opportunity to engage openly in dialogue with the Government and other States on human rights concerns in Sri Lanka.
The validity of adopted resolutions of the Council does not depend on their acceptance by the government concerned. Reporting and discussion of Sri Lanka's implementation or failure to implement them will take place this year and in 2021 at the Council regardless of the Government's position.
Frederick Rawski, ICJ's Asia Pacific Regional Director, t: +66 2 619 84 77; e: frederick.rawski(a)icj.org
Myanmar: ICJ supports youths and civil society on freedom of Religion and Belief
Myanmar: Why law reform is urgent and possible (UN statement)


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What is States� Rights? Part 6.
In Part 1 of this series a concept was presented that runs a bit contrary to current public conception � that the term States� Rights can be used more for partisan benefit than a true effort to protect the God-Given Rights of the people. Part 2 demonstrated that as early as 1801 incursions attacking American Liberty and State�s Rights had already started and have continued to this day. Part 3 gave details on an obvious expansion of central government powers (authority) by legislative action. Part 4 began listing the causes of the failure of State�s Rights. Part 5 and this article continue listing the causes of the failure of States Rights.
Part 6 is the second continuation of: Cause # 2: Misconceptions about original Constitution of 1787 (prior to Bill of Rights) from Parts 4 and 5.
Now let�s look at the continuing debate to further clarify the actions of the Framer�s of the Constitution of The United States.
It was moved by Mr. Read,2 2ded. by Mr. Chs. Cotesworth Pinkney, to postpone the 3d. proposition last offered by Mr. Randolph viz that a national Government ought to be established consisting of a supreme Legislative Executive and Judiciary, in order to take up the following,�viz. "Resolved that in order to carry into execution the Design of the States in forming this Convention, and to accomplish the objects proposed by the Confederation a more effective Government consisting of a Legislative, Executive and Judiciary, ought to be established."
In the very early days of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the delegates, the framers of the Constitution made a deliberate and conscious decision to discontinue a federated form of government and to replace it � let me emphasize � REPLACE IT � with a national form of government in their deliberations.
By the votes of May 30, 1787 the framers of the Constitution began debating the ultimate elimination of States Rights! The concept of States Rights is mutually exclusive with the concept of a national or consolidated government as clearly explained ("�the latter having a compleat and compulsive operation �") by Gov. Morris.
If it is true that the framers of the Constitution of 1787 proposed a national government, then it should be easy to understand why the Anti-federalists were opposed to its ratification. It explains why our Confederate forefathers made changes in several areas when drafting the Confederate Constitution of 1861.
Most importantly - it explains why efforts to Reform have failed for 200 years and why efforts at Reform are most likely a fool�s errand with little or no hope of success.
For the benefit of the doubting Thomas�s, let�s continue looking at the debate for more insight.
The other clauses giving powers necessary to preserve harmony among the States, to negate all States laws contravening in the opinion of the National Legislature the articles of the union, down to the last clause, (the words :or any treaties subsisting under the authority of the Union," being added after the words " contravening &c. the articles of the Union," on motion of Dr. Franklin) were agreed to without debate or dissent.
On May 31, 1787 the framers agreed without debate or dissent that the National Legislature would be Supreme over the State Legislatures in any matter that in the opinion of the National Legislature was important.
Just 13 years earlier, some of these same men had assembled in the First Continental Congress and as a major step toward the creation of American Liberty and our Independence from England had rejected this same concept as absolutely and totally unacceptable! But here in Philadelphia on May 31, 1787 - it was accepted without dissent or debate.
The debate then continued using the "national" form of government submitted by Virginia delegates as their model.
Mr. MADISON considered an election of one branch at least of the Legislature by the people immediately, as a clear principle of free Govt. and that this mode under proper regulations had the additional advantage of securing better representatives, as well as of avoiding too great an agency of the State Governments in the General one.
When did the US House of Representatives start down the road of being out of control? On June 6, 1787 and look where we are today! How would Mr. Madison like the so called "better representatives" that assemble in Washington City today?
This proposal or motion would have embedded a federated aspect to the new form of government which in 1776 was a major factor in our Independence. In fact an argument can be made that had the Congress in 1776 been composed in the manner of the current US House of Representatives the Declaration of Independence would not have passed Congress at the time and manner that occurred.
Proverbs 28:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Sections that are in italics are copy and paste from the historical record of the Convention or in the last case from the King James Bible.


Instant Pot Greek Lemon Butter Fettuccine Pasta with a simple, fresh creamy lemon yogurt sauce; a Mediterranean dish easily made in your pressure cooker.
Creamy and lemony and buttery and pasta. What more is there to say?
Like my Instant Pot Dijon Shrimp Linguine recipe, Instant Pot Greek Lemon Butter Fettuccine is a comforting meal, which you can easily and quickly make Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker.
The ingredients are few and the steps are easy.
Hey everyone. I'm going to show you how you can make a very simple pasta recipe with some kitchen staples and my famous Instant Pot Greek Yogurt, which should be a refrigerator staple.
Fresh Lemons – if you don't have fresh lemons, please use True Lemon Crystallized Crystal with water to make what will taste like very fresh lemon juice. Really!
Just Take Me To the Best Greek Lemon Butter Pasta Recipe Ever!
Preheating a stainless steel cooking pot before adding a fat, will help to make your Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker non stick.
To save time, hit your sauté button and then go and gather the ingredients.
By the time you are ready to cook, the Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker will be nice and hot.
Just a quick sauté of the garlic in the oil and butter will release the oils in the fresh garlic and add nice flavor.
Even though we have plenty of lemon trees around my home, we still keep a bottle of True Lemon in the pantry.
There are times when I want a deeper lemon flavor without adding liquid and the crystals are perfect. They truly taste like you just stepped outside and picked a lemon off your tree.
What Type of Lemons are Used in Greek Lemon Butter Fettuccine?
We use Eureka lemons as they are full of juice and the tart taste pairs nicely with the yogurt and the garlic.
Meyer lemons are delicious, but they will add a sweeter taste, as well as a bit of an orange flavor, which is a result of being a hybred from the pairing of citron and the orange/mandarin fruit.
A burst of lemon juice after sauteing the garlic will add nice flavor to the fettuccine.
Along with the fresh lemon juice, salt and pepper is add to the cooking pot and cooked with the pasta and water, so that the pasta, linguine in this case, will take on this special flavor.
Once pasta is cooked, any flavoring is just in the sauce, as opposed to being cooked into the pasta.
This adds another layer of flavor.
Depending on the size Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker you are using, will determine if you need to break the fettuccine in half.
If you want to leave the fettuccine whole, I suggest adding the water first to heat and then adding in the fettuccine (or linguine if you choose) and pushing the noodles into the hot liquid, where they will bend and fit.
Can I use Another Pasta for Greek Lemon Butter Fettuccine?
Of course you can. In pretty much any recipe which uses a particular shape of pasta, you can use one of your choosing.
There are instances where one type of pasta is better than another type of pasta.
Sometimes the sauce in a recipe is delicate so a delicate noodle would be best. Other times a recipe is more hearty and a pasta with a more hearty bite would be best.
For instance, my Pressure Cooker Macaroni and Cheese [Instant Pot] recipe, where I use Cavatappi Pasta, so that the cheese fills the hollow pasta and each bite is filled with warm cheese.
In my Instant Pot Baked Ziti (Pressure Cooker) recipe, I chose Ziti noodles, as it pairs so well with ziti and a heartier noodle is preferred.
To get the feeling of a Philly Cheesesteak, I used Gemelli Pasta in my Instant Pot Philly Cheesesteak Pasta recipe, since the Gemelli is solid and with a bite, much like biting into a sub sandwich.
As I wanted a clean taste, I used fresh water.
A teaspoon or two of Better than Bouillon Chicken Base would be nice here and give a more hearty flavor with hints of chicken.
Extra liquid is to be expected, so don't freak out when you open the pot. As the sauce is being made, the fettuccine will continue to absorb the liquid.
This gives you time to add the rest of ingredients, while the pasta is finishing cooking, without worrying about over cooking the pasta.
No one like mushy pasta and you can't undo mushy.
If you have some of my homemade Instant Pot Greek Yogurt (Thick and Creamy), it is perfect for this recipe. Whole milk yogurt makes for a thicker sauce and therefore you may need less yogurt.
One or two percent yogurt contains less fat and you may need more yogurt than what is called for in the recipe.
Just play it by ear and add enough yogurt according to your taste buds.
Parmesan or Asiago cheese can be used interchangeable in recipes. We usually use Asiago, but here we used Parmesan cheese.
It is super easy to buy a block of cheese and use a ribbon grater and grate or shred the cheese yourself. It is fresher this way and in my opinion, tastes better.
However, if you prefer to buy a bag of already shredded Parmesan cheese, please do what you like. Just make sure to use real cheese here, not the powdered stuff.
Use True Lemon Crystalized if you do not have fresh lemon and add 1 teaspoon to 3/4 cup fresh water.
Parmesan or Asiago cheese can be used. Buy it in a block and shred yourself.
Wear loose clothing, as you will want a second helping.
Look at Ed's Eyes – He Wants Greek Lemon Butter Pasta!
Another cozy comfort food recipe to enjoy is my Instant Pot Creamy Parmesan Garlic Mushroom Chicken. It is so delicious and it is low carb!
Oh Yeah, Baby, this is Good!
Get your comfortable clothes on and cozy up with a bowl of Instant Pot Greek Lemon Butter Fettuccine.
Squeeze some more lemon on top for a nice fresh taste.
Select Sauté or Browning on Instant Pot and allow pot to fully heat.
Add oil, 2 ounces of butter and garlic and sauté for 30 seconds.
Add freshly squeeze lemon juice or the True Lemon mixed with 3/4 cup water into cooking pot.
Add salt, pepper, water and fettuccine to cooking pot. Hit cancel.
Lock on lid and close pressure valve. Cook at high pressure for 3 minutes. When beep sounds, wait 5 minutes and then slowly release the rest of the pressure.
Remove lid and add the rest of the butter (2 ounces butter), Greek yogurt and stir to make the creamy sauce. Fettuccine will continue to absorb the liquid and a creamy sauce will form.
Stir in shredded Parmesan cheese and when combines, mix in chopped parsley.
Serve with a squeeze of lemon over top.
Greek yogurt can be low fat or whole milk/full fat.
You may need to use more yogurt or less, if that is your preference. Some people like a thicker pasta and others prefer a thinner sauce, so do as you please.
What to Serve with Instant Pot Greek Lemon Butter Fettuccine.
Can't wait to try this. Have a couple questions. I have true lemon packets. How many do you suggest I use? Second question. I have a pasta maker so how long should I cook this in the IP and how long a pressure release? My homemade pasta only takes 3-5 minutes to cook as opposed to a longer time for boxed. Thx for your help.
SO DELICIOUS!!! And easy to make.


CHRISTIAN Power has been working solidly in the music industry for almost 30 years.
He regularly performs live on stage with his three piece band, Lonesome Train. The band also tours, having recently returned from Tamworth.
Notably, the band performed 'two tours of duty', entertaining the troops in the Solomon Islands in 2011 and East Timor last year.
Power also teaches guitar and bass, as well as mentoring students wanting to follow in his footsteps.
Next up for Power is the recording of a new CD but he's just as happy to promote his students' CDs.
Power is available to kick start musical hobbies or careers and provides guitar and base tuition for all styles and all levels of ability from his home studio in Austinmer.


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Q: Long title in tikzposter I would like to have a long title in tikzposter and have tried to introduce a newline within the \title{} command using \\ and \newline but it does not start a new line. In the old tikzposter class I think that long titles were split among several lines by default. I will be glad to know about any workaround for displaying long titles on several lines in the new tikzposter class.

A: The problem is that tikzposter puts the title inside a \scalebox thus preventing line breaks. You can recover line breaking placing your title inside a \parbox:
\documentclass{tikzposter}

\title{\parbox{\linewidth}{\centering This is a really  really  really  really  really  really  really  really  really  long title for a poster}}
\institute{The Institute}
\author{The Author}
\titlegraphic{Logo}
\usetheme{Basic}

\begin{document}

\maketitle
\block{BlocktitleA}{Blocktext}
\begin{columns}
\column{0.3}
\block{BlocktitleB}{Blocktext}
\column{0.7}
\block{BlocktitleC}{Blocktext}
\note{Notetext}
\end{columns}

\end{document}

A: To have long title in \documentclass{tikzposter} I used minipage environment to get centred (\centering) title with a line break (\\), larger vertical space between the lines (\bigskip) and second line of the title on one line (\mbox).
\title{
 \begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
   \centering
   First part of the title quite long:
   \\
   \bigskip
   \mbox{second part of the title much much longer than the first}
 \end{minipage}
}

I used the above together with:
\maketitle[width=0.95\textwidth]

(I'm not completely sure how width of minipage relates to \maketitle width but it works well.)

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These tunes were recorded in my kitchen at various times over the last couple of years, under entirely non-professional circumstances. They are crude recordings (unlike the fine work done on my behalf at Dirt Hovel Studio, exemplified by the songs on the main music hall page), but they do capture the feel of what it's like to sit in my kitchen with me late at night, smoking and drinking coffee, as I serenade myself. It's all pretty raw, but it feels real and alive and unprocessed, and it's 100% organic.
Peace in the Valley: It was a lifetime ago the first time I heard Elvis sing this (on the Ed Sullivan show, if memory serves, which lately it often doesn't.) It remains one of the most lovely and compelling expressions of spiritual longing I've ever heard. Recorded in my kitchen yesterday, my birthday, 15 November, 2012.
Who Will the Next Fool Be?: A Charlie Rich tune. First version I can remember paying attention to was by Jerry Lee Lewis on a long-ago live album that I played 'til it wore out. Another birthday recording.
Reconsider, Baby: Written and first recorded by Lowell Fulson - a blues standard.
Irresistible You: Written by Luther Dixon, recorded in the early 'sixties by the great Bobby Darin, backed by a full band with a truly irresistible drum beat up forward. I make-do with my guitar.
A Mess of Blues: Written by the brilliant team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman who (along with their contemporaries, Leiber and Stoller,) were responsible for what seemed like about half of the great music of the late 'fifties -early 'sixties.
I'd been trying to record something else entirely but, after a half-dozen false starts, I just fell into something comfortable that I knew I could play without striking wrong chords or forgetting lyrics.
The last of the birthday recordings.
Fools Rush In: This was the very first song I recorded.
I'd always liked the Rick Nelson version of this standard and had recently learned it, so it was in my head when I sat down to play.
My thanks to Steven Moore Scheffler, who talked me into letting him record me, and without whom I couldn't be doing this.
Ghost Riders: It seems to me I can remember hearing this song while I was still in the crib. It took hold of me then and never let loose. There might be ten thousand versions of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" available - this is ten thousand and one.
Cryin' Can't Help You: This catchy old blues tune was done by B.B. King and lots more, and appealed to me enough to work my own variation on it.
Muddy Water: Dunno what to write about this one ,'cept it seemed like a good idea to play it.
Death Don't Have No Mercy: Learned this song years ago out of a big blues fake book, 'cause it's a favorite. Lot's of folks have worked this Rev. Gary Davis tune - the first version I ever heard was by the Grateful Dead, and I love the Jorma Kaukonen/Hot Tuna version. My version doesn't sound quite like any of 'em. I guess that pleases me.
Reason to Believe: This heart-breaker, written by the great Tim Hardin and recorded by many artists over the years, remains a favorite of mine. A simple and powerful expression of our complicity in our own personal tragedies.
Into the Black (My, My, Hey, Hey): I know how Neil Young plays this -I play it with a slightly different chord structure 'cause to me it sounds better that way. The performance here is less than my best (there are a couple of slight stumbles and a horrendous e-string buzz near the end that I've almost grown strangely fond of), but it's the version that got recorded; I never went back for a second take. It's crude, but it's strong and immediate and I think it works well enough for you to give a listen.


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Who Is Beverly Naya? Biography of The Nigerian-British Actress
By Goodness Ezebuiro
Beverly Naya is a British-born Nigerian actress, model, scriptwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. She started acting in 2008 and won her first award in 2010 as the Most Promising Talent at the Best of Nollywood Awards. Beverly has succeeded in the Nigerian movie industry venture, producing and acting in many highly acclaimed movies, including Guilty Pleasure, Forgetting June, When Love Happens, The Wedding Party, and many others. Here is everything to know about her early life and full biography.
Profile Summary of Beverly Naya
Full name: Beverly Ifunaya Bassey
Date of Birth: 17th April 1989
Place of Birth: London, UK
Ethnicity: Igbo
State of origin: Delta state
Nationality: Nigerian, British
Education: Brunel University Uxbridge, London
Occupation: Actress, producer
Years Active: 2008- present
Beverly Naya is an Igbo Girl Born in London
She was born as the only child of her parents on the 17th day of April 1989 in London England, United Kingdom. Though her parents are based in the UK, they originally hail from Ibuzor in Oshimili North local government, an Igbo part of Delta State. There is no further information about her parents and what they do for a living.
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Beverly mentioned that she grew up in a difficult environment where she was bullied because of her skin color. She only began regaining her self-confidence in her 20s by learning to love herself and this enhanced her interest in contributing her best towards stopping discrimination in our society, especially in the film industry.
Ifunanya had all her education in the UK. After her early education, she went to Brunel University and studied Philosophy, Sociology, and Psychology. According to her, she felt like the course is not befitting for her after she graduated. So, she left it to pursue another degree in Drama and Dance at the same university. After that, she went ahead to Roehampton University where she studied script-writing, filmmaking, and directing.
She Relocated to Nigeria After Her University Education to Pursue a Career in Acting
Beverly Naya started acting at the young age of 19 while she was still at Brunel University. She started with acting in short films for British Broadcasting Corporation and The Metropolitan Police in projects which include Debbie Tucker-Green's Stoning Mary, Psychosis, and Crave. She developed a passion for drama and acting and hence knew that it was what she wanted to do.
After her graduation, she decided to return to her home country, Nigeria to pursue a career in acting. In one of her interviews, Beverly Naya said she relocated to Nigeria, given the rapid growth she saw in Nollywood and the vast opportunities it creates for rising actors. According to her, she could only do a movie once a year back there in London but in Nigeria, she can shoot movies as often as she wants and also build a brand for herself.
She made her debut in Tinsel, M-Net's production, where she acted as Bimpe Adekoya but rose to prominence with the 2012 blockbuster movie, The Meeting, and Lancelot Imaseun's film titled Living in Exile. In 2013, Naya made her television series debut in Passport, a BET TV series shot entirely in Atlanta, Georgia. Immediately after concluding the TV series, she landed a supporting role as the feisty and seductive Yaya Giardia on M-Net's number one soap, Tinsel. She is one of the four lead females in the TV series Sex and The City. Beverly Naya has acted in numerous Nollywood blockbusters alongside top Nollywood actors like Genevieve Nnaji, Majid Micheal, Adesua Etomi, Jim Iyke, and many others.
Her Famous Movies With Release Dates
Tinsel (2008)
Guilty Pleasures (2009)
Home in Exile (2010)
Death Waters (2012)
Up Creek Without a Paddle (2012)
Weekend Getaway (2012)
Forgetting June (2013)
Make a move (2014)
Stripped (2014)
When Love Happens – 2014
Before 30 (2015)
Skinny Girl in Transit (2015)
The Wedding Party (2016)
Dinner (2016)
Affairs of the Heart (2016)
The Wedding Party 2 (2017)
Chief Daddy (2018)
Lockdown (2018)
Fifty Shades Of Black (a documentary 2018)
In Sickness and Health (2018)
Demon Inside (2018)
The Eve (2018)
The Picture Perfect (2019)
Skin (a documentary 2019)
Across The Rising Sun (2019)
Beverly Naya's Other Endeavors Beside Acting
As a result of their hard work and huge achievements, the British-born actress had revealed that her mother, Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Mo Abudu are her biggest source of inspiration. Besides acting, actress Beverly is also an activist who has promised herself to effect change and growth in her society. Given the discrimination and low self-esteem she went through as a result of her skin color while growing up in London, she produced a documentary on Netflix titled Skin.
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Unlike racism, colorism is the discrimination of people based on their skin color and it is common among people of the same racial group. In Skin, Beverly thoroughly explores colorism, finding the true meaning of beauty by speaking to individuals who have struggled with the pressure to meet up with society's standard of beauty based on color. Also, she is the founder of the campaign #FiftyShadesOfBlack which was birthed to empower black women and young girls to love themselves regardless of their skin color.
She Endorses Many Brands
The actress is also a model, and she achieves this mainly by the endorsements she continually signs with high-profile companies within and outside the country. Here are some of the brands she endorses.
She is a brand ambassador to Dark and Lovely
Beverly Naya is currently a brand ambassador for Schweppes and Guinness
LG Africa endorsed Beverly Naya as one of its brand ambassadors
She was the host of the Verve Life 2019 edition
Beverly Naya signed an endorsement deal with Darling Nigeria to be the brand ambassador of its numerous range of products
Beverly Naya is an ambassador for Nivea Nigeria
Awards and Nomination
2010 – Most Promising Talent at the Best of Nollywood Awards
2011 – Fast Rising Actress at the City People Entertainment Awards
2014 – ELOY Awards nominee for the TV Actress of the Year
2016 – Nominated for the African Magic Viewers' Choice Award (AMVCA) in the Best Supporting Actress
2018 – Best Actress at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF)
2018 – Forbes 30 under 30 Awards, Africa
2019 – Official selection (Skin) at the Urban World Film Festival
The Skin was officially selected to play at the Slum Film Festival
2019 – Official selection (Skin) at the San Francisco Black Film Festival
2019 – The Skin was officially selected at the Africa World Documentary Film Festival
2020 – The documentary – Skin, is an official selection of this year's International Documentary Film Festival
Who Is Beverly Naya Dating Now?
Actress Beverly Naya lives a private life and does not relate her relationships on social media, hence, there is no information about who she is currently dating. However, she has been linked to a few men. In 2019, rumors went around social media that the actress is in a hot romantic relationship with Big Brother All-Star winner, Uti Nwachukwu. According to sources, they had been spotted at several events holding hands together.
Uti-and-Naya – image source
Naya responded to the rumor in one of her social media pages by saying This Insinuation is laughable. Please, let's not start a rumor…..My boyfriend wasn't too happy seeing this, Uti makes me laugh a lot, it's always fun and games hanging out with him and nothing more. From her response, the actress obviously has a boyfriend who is not Uti but has not disclosed his identity.
That is not all, it was also alleged that the British-born actress was in a secret romantic relationship with Enugu entertainer, Flavor N'abania. This rumor did not make rounds for a long time as the actress quickly debunked it, stating that she has never even met with the rapper for the first time not to talk of having a relationship with him. Beverly Naya currently puts a lot of her energy into building a sustainable career for herself in the entertainment industry.
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Q: How to loop through all values of a HashMap and print out any values containing a searched term I have a map:
private HashMap<String, CompactDisc> database;

Every CompactDisc object has an artist, and I want to have a user enter a string and search through the hash-map and print out ALL values containing the string.
So if I searched "Jackson", I would get both The Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson (assuming they are in the CD).

A: Iterate through the values of the HashMap and check if the CompactDisc's artist name contains the specified string.
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assuming CompactDisk has a getArtist() method that returns a String. And searchString is the string specified by user.

A: Commons Collections provides a nice way to filter a Collection of objects:
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String searchString = "Jackson";
HashMap<String, CompactDisc> database = new HashMap<String, CompactDisc>();
database.put("key1", new CompactDisc("Jackson 5"));
database.put("key2", new CompactDisc("Michael Jackson));
database.put("key3", new CompactDisc("Random artist"));

List<CompactDisc> values = database.values();
CollectionUtils.filter(values , new Predicate<CompactDisc>(){
   public boolean evaluate( CompactDisc obj ) {
     return obj.getArtist().contains(searchString);
   }
  });

Given searchString = "Jackson", after invoking .filter the values list will contain only CompactDiscs with artists containing "Jackson".


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A rich temperament, a remarkable, linguistic inventiveness, and a vision both original and universal.
Nathaniel Tarn (born 1928 in Paris) is an American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator. He lived in Paris until age 7, then in Belgium (Lycée d'Anvers) until age 11. Tarn graduated in history and English as a Scholar of King's College, Cambridge. He returned to Paris and, after some journalism and radio work, discovered anthropology at the Musée de l'Homme, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes and the Collège de France. A Fulbright grant took him to Yale and the University of Chicago where Robert Redfield sent him to Guatemala for his doctoral fieldwork (1951–2). He completed this work as a graduate student at the London School of Economics (1953–8). In 1958, a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation sent him to Burma for 18 months after which he became Lecturer in South East Asian Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London (1960–1967). Tarn published his first volume of poetry, Old Savage/Young City, with Jonathan Cape, London and Random House, New York in 1964–5; a translation of Pablo Neruda's The Heights of Macchu Picchu in 1968 with Cape and Farrar Straus, and began building a new poetry program at Cape. He left anthropology in 1967. From 1967–9, he joined Cape as General Editor of the international series Cape Editions and as a Founding Director of the Cape-Goliard Press, specializing in contemporary American Poetry with emphasis on Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Louis Zukofsky and their peers and successors. He brought a great many French, other European and Latin American titles to Cape and made many visits to the U.S. as a Cape Editor. In 1970, with a principal interest in the American literary scene, he immigrated to the US as Visiting Professor of Romance Languages, Princeton University, and became a citizen. Later he moved to Rutgers. Since then he has taught English and American Literature, Epic Poetry, Folklore, inter alia at the Universities of SUNY Buffalo, Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Mexico, and Manchuria. He's read and lectured all over the world: Paris, Heidelberg, Freiburg, Berlin, Rome, Messina, Prague, Budapest, Sydney, Melbourne, and many other places. He has set foot in every state of the US, with an especially long study in Alaska. Extensive travels over the years, to all seven continents, have informed his poetry from the start.
As poet, literary and cultural critic (two volumes: Views from the Weaving Mountain, University of New Mexico Press, 1991, and The Embattled Lyric, Stanford University Press, 2007), translator (he was the first to render Victor Segalen's Stèles into English, continued work on Neruda, Latin American, and French poets) and editor (with many magazines), Tarn has published some thirty books and booklets in his various disciplines including Lyrics for the Bride of God and Ins and Outs of the Forest Rivers with New Directions. He has been translated into ten foreign languages. His papers are at Stanford.
In 1985, he took early retirement and has since lived near Santa Fe, New Mexico. His interests range from bird watching, gardening, classical music, opera, and ballet, and much varied collecting, from aviation to world history.
Tarn's poetry redefines nature and art for human culture, bringing a genuine psychological and linguistic curiosity about the human mind, about what it means to be human.
While poetry is narrowing its concerns, Tarn risks a scale epic enough to contain mountains and oceans. He keeps his lines of communication open to more than one life form, with a prophetic sureness of direction.
One of the most outstanding poets of his generation.


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The autonomous city of Ceuta in Spain has a land mass of 18.5 square kilometers (7.1 square miles). It is located in a region where the Atlantic Ocean meets with the Mediterranean sea, facing the Strait of Gibraltar which divides Europe from Africa. With a coastline 21 kilometer, Ceuta has a variety of beaches, rocks, and coves. The city of Ceuta continuously renews itself by constructing new tourist amenities and promoting its beaches. Here are some of the most beautiful beaches in Ceuta.
Situated close to the wall of the city fronting south, El Chorrillo Beach is regularly visited by young adults and as a result of its location, downtown. It is sometimes crowded especially during the weekends or holidays. El Chorrillo Beach stretches around 1300 meters long by 30 meters wide and has fine white sands and good waves which makes the beach suitable for swimming. This beautiful beach of Ceuta has warm still water just like the entire southern bay, and at the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is known as the biggest beach in the city of Ceuta. The beach has over time been given the blue flag because it serves as a guarantee for its safety and quality standards. Being a city beach, El Chorrillo Beach is well-known and features sports amenities and all the beach services.
Located at the heart of the town, La Ribera Beach is the most crowded beach in Ceuta. The beach faces opposite the south and it is perfect for beach walking and sunbathing. Irrespective of the time of the day or night or occasion, the beach is always busy. La Ribera Beach is 270 meters long and 40 meters wide with fine white sands and gentle waves. The beach regularly features water sports shops and visitors can go to the shops and rent any equipment for scuba diving and snorkeling. You can also purchase some delicacies and drinks for refreshment.
The Punta Blanca Beach can be found beyond the urban part of Ceuta, Spain. You can easily get to the beautiful beach through the northern road which borders an attractive pine forest. The views that are experienced during your stay on the beach are remarkable, covering the two continents' beaches. Stretching 320 meters in length and 15 meters in width, the sands of Punta Blanca Beach are dark and contains gravel with mild waves. If you love swimming, this is the perfect beach for you to spend the entire day without ever getting tired of the water.
Having a length of about 650 meters and a typical width of about 5 meters, Benzu Beach is situated on the northern part of the bay close to the border with the African country, Morocco. On a very bright day, you are most likely to see the Iberian Peninsula. The Benzu Beach is blessed with a few vegetation which helps to offer some shade. The sands of the beach are dark and are also made of gravel. The moderate waves of the waters make the beach suitable for swimming. There are also services, e.g., lifeguard on the beach.


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West Sussex, 31 December 2010 – Of all the aspects to consider and focus on when starting and running a company, organisation is one of the most important, and South East Labels helps businesses prioritise and handle organisation. From the first steps of starting a new company to running the day-to-day operations, organisation is always essential. It is what keeps a business running efficiently. It is also what keeps profits flowing and employees happy. Organisation is key to a business functioning smoothly and progressively.
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Tax opportunities arising from lower business valuations
Our corporate finance and tax teams outline the possible tax opportunities business owners could avail of if the value of their business has been reduced due to COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on both individuals and businesses, with lockdown and restrictions severely effecting consumer sentiment, business activity and investment appetite across many business sectors. Given the nature of the pandemic, it's global effect, the sharpness of the economic decline and the ongoing uncertainty around what the future holds, it is likely that many businesses, in particular SMEs, will see a reduction in value.
While such reductions may be seen as a negative where a business is seeking finance or trying to maximise value through a merger or acquisition, the reduction in value also presents some opportunities for business owners to consider.
Below we examine the rationale for why a business valuation may have fallen significantly due to the impact of COVID-19 and how businesses might be able to take advantage of such reduction in certain circumstances.
The areas we have focused on here are:
The opportunity to provide equity participation in a company to key employees with a reduced tax impact and possibly reducing the cash cost for companies of rewarding key staff; and
The opportunity to transfer shares in closely or family-held businesses to the next generation at reduced tax cost.
Factors influencing business valuation
If, as a business owner, you have to answer yes to some of the below questions, it is likely that the value of your business has decreased in recent months:
Business continuity – has your business had to close stores, facilities or offices resulting in a material loss of revenue?
Supply chain – has your supply chain been disrupted making it more difficult to fulfil orders or bring product to market. Does your business supply into a trade that has been severely affected by the pandemic (e.g. hospitality, aviation industries)?
Future revenue – is there a significant risk or uncertainty around significant revenue-generating contracts held by the business?
Liquidity – does your business have short or medium-term debt repayment commitments that the business will struggle to meet? Is there difficulty in meeting ongoing payments to trade creditors?
Working capital – is the business's working capital tied up in stock and debtors? Is there a recoverability concern around existing debtors?
Business model – has there been a change in business model that has negatively affected revenue / profitability? Customer preferences, route to market and regulatory changes may all result in a business revisiting its business model.
Key staff – has the business lost key staff as a result of a reduction in their remuneration package?
When valuing your business, a detailed review considering many of above issues (but not limited to) together with accounts and projections showing past, present and future performance will need to be considered by a skilled independent expert.
Using the lower valuation to your advantage
If your business has been impacted and its value reduced, there may be some opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
We have considered two scenarios by way of example:
1. Share participation by employees
The first area to consider is providing equity / share participation in your business to key employees.
At a time where protecting cash is vitally important, it may be beneficial to look at rewarding key employees with equity in your company. This would provide a number of benefits including incentivising and rewarding your star employees, reducing the cash outlay of the company by replacing future bonus / cash payments with shares, and also reducing the tax impact on the employee significantly due to reduced business valuation.
Why is this now an opportunity?
The tax treatment of most share awards is fundamentally based on the valuation of shares in the company, so a reduced business valuation will mean a lower deemed benefit being taken by the employee and thus a lower or eliminated tax cost.
Growth / flowering shares
A growth share scheme (sometimes referred to as a flowering share scheme) is typically used to try to engage and retain key employees to help build the future value of a business. This is done by creating a new class of share in the company which has limited rights (e.g. no dividend or voting rights) but is entitled to participate in future capital growth over a specified hurdle value.
Where that hurdle value is set at the present day value of the company, it is typically possible to grant the shares to the relevant employees with no tax cost where the value of the share granted is nominal.
In a situation where a company has grown considerably and is at perceived "max value" the benefit in such shares may be considered limited by the employees. However, where the business has incurred a drop in valuation due to COVID-19 and has the opportunity to rebound and grow, the intrinsic value of the growth share to the employee may be significantly higher than it would otherwise have been.
There are a number of share option schemes that could be used to provide employees with a future benefit on the growth and / or sale of a business.
The taxable event for share options is when the option is exercised in the future by the option holder. Typically, the option will be granted at no or nominal cost, and the exercise price set at a discount on the current market value. The benefit for the employee is the potential growth in value. Once exercised the employee will pay income tax on the difference between the market value at sale and the exercise price paid by them.
There is a specific share option plan called the Key Employee Engagement Programme (KEEP), which provides for capital gains tax treatment on that future gain rather than income tax, where certain conditions are fulfilled.
In either scenario, the employee being granted the option will see much more value to the option if the exercise price, based on a discount on current market value, is as low as possible. While this would in a way represent a loss of future value to the existing shareholders it would also represent a zero cash means of rewarding and retaining key employees.
For example, an employee was granted an option in 2019 to buy shares in 2022 at €4 per share, and the company had a market value of €5 per share in 2019. If the employee did not expect the value to rise much over €5 and the company was sold at that price their future gain would only be €1 per share on which they would pay income tax or CGT, and therefore they might perceive the benefit of being granted the shares as relatively low.
Now imagine the value of the business was currently supressed due to factors outlined above, leading to a 2020 valuation of €3 per share and the options came with the same €1 discount on the exercise price (€2 per share). If the employee could see potential growth in the company so that it could rebound to a valuation closer to €5 per share, the perceived benefit to the employee has tripled from €1 per share to €3 per share. This could therefore provide the employee with a much more incentivised path to value and benefit the business overall.
Other share awards
If a business grants shares to an employee for no or minimal cost, a notional taxable benefit arises for the individual which is liable to income taxes through payroll deductions.
A business with a €200k valuation that wanted to grant shares of 5% to an employee would have been obliged to calculate the nominal BIK at €10k (ignoring minority discounts for now) which would have given rise to a liability for the employee of c. €5k (assuming marginal rates of 50%).
If that valuation was reduced to €100k it would reduce the liability to c. €2.5k which would cost the business a total of €5k if it wanted to cover the employee cost and provide them with the shares.
2. Transferring a family businesses or shares in a family company
The second area to consider is the transfer of shares in family or closely held businesses.
A number of tax reliefs and exemptions are linked to the value of shares or assets being transferred to family members.
By way of examples (all figures for valuation below are illustrative only):
Retirement relief for CGT purposes is available to the disponer of shares in a family business if conditions are fulfilled. The exemption on a transfer to a family member is limited to €3m where the disponer is over 66 years old. If a family business had a "pre-Covid" valuation of €4m and the shareholder was aged 67 or older and wanted to transfer the shares to a family member they would have faced a CGT liability of c. €333k (i.e. €4m - €3m = €1m at 33% CGT). If that business is now valued at €3m or less the transfer could be made at no tax cost to the disponer. A similar situation would arise for business assets, such as a farm, being transferred to the next generation.
Business or agricultural relief is available to the recipient of certain gifts of assets or shares in qualifying businesses. This relief reduces the value of the gift by 90% where conditions are fulfilled. If an individual was due to be gifted shares in a family business in which they work, or agricultural assets, and they met the relevant conditions for relief then the value of the assets would be reduced by 90%. If such assets had a pre-Covid valuation of €4m the reduced taxable value would have been €400,000. If the recipient was a child and had their full CAT threshold available, the taxable amount would have been reduced to €65,000 (i.e. €400,000 – the €335,000 threshold) with tax arising of c. €21,000 and the CAT threshold fully used. If the value of those assets or shares has reduced to €2m post Covid the reduced value would be €200,000 which would result in no tax arising and only €200,000 of the CAT threshold being utilised.
If you have agricultural or business assets and / or shares in a family business, now would be a great time to consider plans for transferring these assets or shares to the next generation as the reduced values of property and businesses may provide opportunity to avoid tax liabilities on certain transfers.
Also if you are running a business and are facing challenges of retaining key staff, either due to business uncertainty or cash flow difficulties for paying benefits or bonuses, now would be an excellent time to consider providing share participation for those key employees in a very tax efficient manner.
At Crowe we provide tailored solutions to best meet our clients' objectives as efficiently as possible. If you are considering how best to structure share plans for your key staff or planning for a succession with your business contact a member of our tax team.
Cormac Doyle
Partner, Tax
Lisa Kinsella
Naoise Cosgrove
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Recently, the agricultural sector in the Philippines has enjoyed robust growth driven by rapid price increases in key subsectors, namely, rubber, sugarcane, and coconut. The largest subsectors, however, namely, rice and corn, relatively experienced slower growth and exhibited lower competitiveness than high-value crops (e.g., fruits and vegetables). This study undertakes a stock-taking of value chain studies and gap analysis for major agricultural commodities. It finds that value chain opportunities seem to be well-substantiated for export-oriented crops. The sites suitable for these value chains are those in which primary production and marketing systems are fairly well-established. The value chain studies also take note that risks and entry barriers do pose challenges toward agri-enterprises even in the high-opportunity areas. Value chain activities or niche products may also be found even for the less competitive, import-competing products.


These earrings have a dainty gold-plated curved bar chain that thread effortlessly through the lobe. They are sterling silver and gold plated and can be threaded through multiple ear holes. A must have this season.


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Bałucianka – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie podkarpackim, w powiecie krośnieńskim, w gminie Rymanów.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość położona była w województwie krośnieńskim.

Historia
Założona w 1470 r. na prawie wołoskim w dobrach Andrzeja Sienieńskiego a potem jego syna Wiktoryna Sienieńskiego (ok. 1463-1530), dworzanina królewskiego (1494), kasztelana małogoskiego (1515), starosty chełmskiego, dziedzica Rymanowa. Później należała do dalszych potomków. W połowie XIX wieku właścicielem posiadłości tabularnej w Bałudziance była Józefa Gorczyńska ze Skórskich i Zofia Urbańska. Właścicielami dóbr rymanowskich w XIX w. byli Stanisław Potocki i jego żona Anna Potocka z Działyńskich. W 1878 r. otworzyli w Rymanowie z własnych środków "szkółkę", mającą na celu nauczanie stolarstwa i rzeźbiarstwa, które uprawiają i dzisiaj mieszkańcy Bałucianki.

W dolnej części wsi istniała olejarnia, produkująca znany w całej okolicy olej. Wieś znana była z wyrobu drewnianych figur. Tradycje rzeźbiarskie utrzymały się we wsi do dziś.

Zabytki
 W miejscowości znajduje się drewniana cerkiew greckokatolicka pw. Zaśnięcia Przeświętej Bogurodzicy, wzniesiona prawdopodobnie w XVII w., obecnie filialny kościół rzymskokatolicki. W latach 1820 i 1899 przebudowana i remontowana. Jedna z dwóch zachowanych cerkwi prezentujących typ budowli sakralnej charakterystyczny dla obszaru środkowej i wschodniej Łemkowszczyzny, gdzie upowszechniło się stosowanie wielopolowych sklepień zrębowych.

 Obok cerkwi znajduje się cmentarz z zabytkowymi nagrobkami. Nagrobki te zostały odnowione w lipcu 1996 r. podczas obozu konserwatorskiego "Nadsanie" zorganizowanego przez Stanisława Krycińskiego.
 Ponadto we wsi znajduje się zabytkowa, dwukondygnacyjna figura przydrożna z 1841 r.

Turystyka
Szlaki rowerowe:
  Szlak między Zdrojami - 24 km. Pętla: Rymanów-Zdrój, Bałucianka, Iwonicz-Zdrój, Klimkówka, Rymanów, Rymanów-Zdrój.

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Linki zewnętrzne

Bałucianka
Wsie w powiecie krośnieńskim (województwo podkarpackie)

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In 2019, a shakeout in the cryptocurrency market will change the way threat actors move -- and steal -- money, while email fraud moves from spoofing identities to using stolen identities, making it more effective and harder to detect.
At the same time, attackers will double down on abuse of legitimate infrastructure and state-sponsored actors will increasingly act with impunity as laws and defences attempt to keep up with new capabilities and targets.
Social media threats will overlap with increased compliance concerns while threat actors will continue to refine filtering and targeting capabilities, keeping their attacks under the radar and improving returns on investment.
2016 and 2017 were marked by massive malicious email campaigns, the largest of which originated with a small number of influential threat actors.
In contrast, 2018 has seen the highly prolific actor behind the largest Locky ransomware campaigns begin distributing remote access Trojans (RATs) at moderate volumes while ransomware has given way to a diverse collection of downloaders, banking Trojans, and information stealers.
The volume game is largely over, as threat actors focus on high-quality infections that can be monetised over longer periods.
Achieving high-quality infections -- those that are unlikely to tip off vendors or researchers and are in the appropriate geography for given malware configurations -- requires improved filtering and evasion techniques.
Proofpoint expects to see more effective and pervasive filtering on URL attacks and via intermediate malware throughout 2019, continuing the trend it has observed in 2018 with sophisticated malware such as sLoad and infection chains like SocGholish, filtering on geography, evidence of sandboxing and researcher software, language, time zone, and other attributes.
While smart filtering and clever social engineering will combine to improve infection quality and effectiveness in malware attacks in 2019, Proofpoint also expects to see continued increases in social engineering and credential phishing attacks that surpass malware attack volumes.
Successful credential phishing will continue to feed increases in the exploitation of compromised accounts, a trend we are already observing in 2018.
At the same time, attackers will double down on the abuse of legitimate infrastructure such as Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive.
Not only do links featuring legitimate domains improve the believability of social engineering, but leveraging legitimate services makes attacks harder to detect with automated systems.
Finding loopholes in Windows security mechanisms and experimenting with new file formats like .wiz and .pub in malicious document attachment campaigns has also paid off this year for threat actors looking to fly below the radar of antivirus software.
Proofpoint expects this trend to continue, given its ongoing effectiveness as an evasion technique.
Throughout 2018, email fraud, which includes business email compromise (BEC), has grown in scale while actors experimented and refined techniques.
2019 will bear the fruit of these refinements as email fraud actors expand their targeting and improve their effectiveness.
In particular, email fraud actors will move from spoofing identities to leveraging stolen identities.
When BEC attacks can originate from legitimate internal accounts, they evade defences such as external tagging and DMARC.
Actors will increasingly turn to compromised accounts to launch their attacks, obtaining credentials from data breaches, brute force attacks, credential stealing malware, and more.
At the same time, Nigerian BEC actors, not generally known for the sophistication of their attacks, have amassed stolen funds totalling nearly $500 million.
Proofpoint expects to see at least a portion of these funds reinvested in more sophisticated tools and the development of more sophisticated approaches, increasing the risk associated with a large group of well-funded actors.
Threat actors both in Nigeria and internationally will follow the money and enter the email fraud market in 2019, further increasing the scale of the problem and diversity of approaches to BEC.
Moreover, while historically industries with more complex supply chains targeted more often by BEC-style attacks, exploitation of supply-chain vulnerabilities will become more commonplace in 2019.
As more companies are breached and cybercriminals become more sophisticated, achieving systematic identification of companies' trusted partners and key external stakeholders at scale.
Once threat actors understand an organisation's circle of trust, they will be able to leverage the vulnerabilities in trusted external identities to send more BEC and malware over these channels.
State-sponsored actors and APT groups are acting with increasing disregard for attribution in higher profile attacks.
In 2019, attacks by these groups will continue to escalate and state-sponsored actors will operate with impunity in uncertain political climates worldwide.
Shifting geopolitical dynamics in Europe, Asia, and North America will be accompanied by more brazen attacks on infrastructure, computer systems, data stores, and more, in both the private and public sectors, depending upon the aims of the actors and the nations bankrolling their activities.
While 2018 has been a bearish year for cryptocurrencies, many analysts believe that this is just the beginning of a major shakeout that will ultimately bring stability and durability to cryptocurrency markets.
Even as Bitcoin values have continued to drop, new signs point toward the long-term viability of cryptocurrency, while we continue to observe network activity associated with malicious coin mining.
In 2019, maturation of these currencies, stabilisation of related markets, the introduction of regulatory frameworks, and the exit of unstable currencies from the market will result in the return of standalone coin miners and ransomware.
Many banking Trojans and information stealers have built-in coin mining modules and wallet-stealing capabilities.
CoinHive and other web-based coin miners continue to net "free money" for their operators. However, in 2019, cryptocurrency-related activity will increase dramatically.
This includes the reintroduction of ransomware at scale as the economics of malware generally designed to steal from victims in Bitcoin becomes more favourable.
It is unlikely, though, that we will witness a return to the dominance of a single malware family like we saw with ransomware in 2016-2017.
Rather, banking Trojans will likely remain on top, with more strains and families adding capabilities related to cryptocurrencies.
While 2018 saw rapid changes in the threat landscape, affecting malware distribution, email fraud techniques, social media defences, and more, 2019 is poised for even more significant shakeups.
GDPR, cryptocurrency fluctuations, and global politics will all play a role in the ways in which threat actors target people and organisations and shape defensive strategies across industries.


The Nitwits were a vocal group that began performing in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1952. They were a trio consisting of Chic Hetti (born Carl Cicchetti) on piano and lead vocals, drummer and vocalist Donny Conn (born Donald Clapps), and Morey Carr (born Morey Cohen) on vocals and bass. All three were born in the Waterbury area. Each had attended the University of Connecticut in the early 50's and decided to form a comedy group that also sang songs. They toured lounges in the USA and Canada. Their routine and material resembled another vocal group from the mid-50's into the early 60's named the Four Preps. Over five years of touring, the Nitwits shifted their focus from comedy skits with songs to being primarily a vocal group with comedic banter between tunes. In the spring of 1957, the Nitwits got a contract with Roulette Records, becoming the labels first vocal group. They changed their name from the Nitwits to the Playmates. In the middle of the calypso craze, they released an album titled Playmates Visit the West Indies. In 1958 they had a #4 novelty hit called "Beep, Beep". The group appeared on the Milton Berle Show in December. The single was their third Top 30 record. Since the song mentioned the Nash Rambler in the lyrics, it created a bump in sales for that model. "Beep Beep" sold a million records and got The Playmates many invitations to tour around the USA and Canada. From 1958 to 1962 they charted ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Playmates appeared on American Bandstand on May 24, 1958, and June 4, 1960. In the summer of 1959, the Playmates had another Top 30 hit titled "What Is Love?" The song's answer was found in the lyrics: "five feet of heaven and a pony tail." Their next four single releases got little attention, although "On The Beach" made the local Vancouver charts for a few weeks in the winter of 1959. After four commercial flops, The Playmates released "Wait For Me".
"Wait For Me" is a song written by Paul Vance (born Joseph Paul Florio) and Lee Pockriss. Together they wrote a number of hit songs including "Catch A Falling Star" (Perry Como – 1957), "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" (Brian Hyland – 1960), "Tracy" (the Cuff Links – 1969) and "Playground in My Mind" (Clint Holmes – 1972). Pockriss also wrote "Johnny Angel", a hit for Shelley Fabares in 1962. "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weekie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" was actually inspired by Paul Vance's shy 9-year old daughter, Paula, and an actual incident at a beach locker. Lee Pockriss went on to write the theme songs for the 1961 film One, Two, Three, the 1964 film The Subject Was Roses, and the 1966 film, Stagecoach. In later years Pockriss wrote a number of compositions for the TV series, Sesame Street. Vance and Pockriss also wrote a parody of the Shangri-Las' 1964 #1 hit, "Leader Of The Pack". Their Top 30 rejoinder was titled "Leader Of The Laundromat", recorded by The Detergents.
"Wait For Me" was the fifth of five singles to crack the Top 40 in the USA. In Vancouver, it peaked at #5. The song was similar to another hit back in 1958 called "Born Too Late" by the Poni-Tails. "Wait For Me" described a girl who loves Johnny from early childhood and asks the several years older Johnny to "wait for me." Over the years Johnny is put off by her unwanted attention when he finds her waiting for him at the schoolyard gate. However, once he had grown up he finds himself in love with her "but it's too late. She was married only yesterday." Many Vancouver listeners found a song compelling, and a lesson about timing.
"Wait For Me" had its highest chart run in Canada in Vancouver, where it uniquely made the Top Ten at #5. Although "Wait For Me" stalled at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100, it did well in a number of radio markets in the USA. These include climbing to the #2 position in Stockton (CA), #3 in Chicago, #4 in Akron (OH), #6 in Los Angeles, #7 in Corpus Christi (TX) and Fort Wayne (IN), and #9 in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
After "Wait For Me," The Playmates had another Top Ten hit in Vancouver titled "Little Miss Stuck-Up", which peaked at #4. The single did poorly in the USA climbing to #70 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their next single release in the spring of 1961, written by Jeff Berry, was titled "Tell Me What She Said". It was covered by Helen Shapiro who had a hit with "Tell Me What He Said" in 1962 in the UK and Vancouver. They also released a single of "Wimoweh" in the fall of 1961. The song was reworked with the title, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and a #1 hit for The Tokens. A final Billboard Hot 100 single, "Keep Your Hands In Your Pockets", stalled at #88 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1962. But it made the Top 30 on CFUN in Vancouver.
The Playmates left Roulette in 1963 and released three singles with ABC-Paramount. All were commercial failures. They went on to Colpix with no better success. They were one of countless American recording acts overwhelmed and sidelined by the Beatles and the British Invasion. The Playmates split up in 1965 after releasing 24 singles and five studio albums. In 2018, Chic Hetti is the only surviving member of the Playmates.
Leslie Gray Streeter, 'Its Bitsy' Songwriter Paul Vance Looking for Another Hit at 85, Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, Florida, January 24, 2015.
Its Bitsy Bikini Songwriter Lee Pockriss Dies, BBC, November 18, 2011.
Autos: Rambler in High Gear, Time, New York, December 8, 1958.
Warner, Jay. American Singing Groups: a History From 1940 to Today. Hal Leonard Corporation, Milwaukee, WI, pp. 278-279.


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Corvus Energy to Expand Richmond, BC Facility and Battery Production to Meet Market Demand for Hybrid and Zero-Emissions Vessels
Richmond, BC, March 31, 2020--Corvus Energy announced that the company is moving forward with plans to invest in its Canadian operations by expanding its Richmond, B.C. facility and increasing manufacturing capacity.
Richmond, BC (CleanTech & Energy)
50-99 Employees In BC (100-499 Employees Total)
Founded: 2009 | Revenues: $20-50 Million
Corvus designs and manufactures the world's most powerful lithium-ion polymer batteries and battery management systems for commercial applications.
Corvus Energy Awarded Major Contract to Supply Batteries for New Fuel-Efficient Hybrid Port Cranes for South Carolina Port Authority
Richmond, BC, January 13, 2020--Corvus Energy announced that it has been selected again by CCCC Shanghai Equipment Engineering (CCCCSEE) and ZPMC to supply Energy Storage Systems (ESS) for 25 new battery-hybrid Rubber Tyre Gantry (RTG) cranes.
Corvus Energy Signs Deal With SEC Marine to Supply Energy Storage System for World's First Hybrid Surface Effect Ship for Crew Transfer
Richmond, BC, November 27, 2019--Corvus Energy announced this week that it has signed a contract with SEC Marine Ltd, UK to supply the energy storage system (ESS) for the world's first hybrid surface effect ship (SES) for crew transfer.
Corvus Energy Strikes Agreement With Kawasaki Heavy Industries for Novel Lithium-Ion Capacitor Technology
Richmond, BC, October 3, 2019--Subsequent to a product development agreement between Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Corvus Energy that began in 2017, KHI and Corvus have reached a licensing agreement for a novel lithium-ion capacitor (LiC) technology developed by Corvus for KHI.
Corvus Energy Opens a New Battery Factory in Norway
Richmond, BC, September 9, 2019--Corvus Energy celebrated the grand opening of its automated battery factory in Bergen, Norway on September 6, 2019.
Battery Supplier Corvus Energy and AIDA Cruises Announce Cooperation Deal to Ring in Electrification of the Cruise Industry
Richmond, BC, August 30, 2019--Battery supplier Corvus Energy and AIDA Cruises have Announced a new cooperation deal to ring in electrification of the cruise industry.
Grimaldi Group Completes Installation of Corvus Energy 'Mega Batteries' in Groundbreaking Retrofit Projects
Richmond, BC, August 7, 2019--Corvus Energy announced that the company has completed the installation of a 5,5 MWh battery energy storage systems (ESS) for each of the two Ro-Pax cruise ferries "Cruise Barcelona" and "Cruise Roma" owned and operated by Italian Grimaldi Group.
Corvus Energy Launches Groundbreaking New Energy Storage Battery for Cruise Ships, Ro-Pax and Ro-Ro With Unlimited Capacity
Richmond, BC, June 25, 2019--Corvus Energy launches groundbreaking new battery for cruise ships, Ro-Pax and Ro-Ro with unlimited capacity
Corvus Energy Selected to Provide Batteries for the World's First All-Electric Workboat for Harbour Rubbish Collection
Richmond, BC, April 18, 2019--Corvus Energy announced that it will supply a 550kWh Energy Storage System (ESS) for a new all-electric skimmer workboat.
Corvus Energy to Cut More Emissions in Chinese Ports With Another Energy Storage Contract for 20 Hybrid Port Cranes
Richmond, BC, April 15, 2019--Corvus Energy announced that they have been chosen to supply the energy storage system (ESS) for battery-hybrid RTG cranes by CCCC Shanghai Equipment Engineering (CCCCSEE).


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Q: CSS padding in percent I just noticed something really weird, have a look at this fiddle. There are two containers with different heights. Both containers' elements are set to vertical padding of 10%, which would logically mean that the shorter container's elements should be closer to one another. Surprisingly that's not the case. Could someone explain this behavior to me, I would like to know whether it is safe to say that a padding in percentage would be constant in value ( px ) regardless of the parent's height?
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.foo, .bar { display:inline-block; border:solid black 1px; }

.foo { height: 200px; }
.foo > div { padding-top: 10%; }

.bar { height:300px; }
.bar > div { padding-top: 10%; }

A: padding in percentages based on width, since your width is the same they will be the same.  Try adding a width equal to the height like this:
.foo, .bar { display:inline-block; border:solid black 1px; }

.foo { height: 200px; width: 200px; }
.foo div { padding-top: 10%; }

.bar { height:300px; width: 300px; }
.bar div { padding-top: 10%; }

Check out the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/a98tJ/8/
Hope this helps.

A: The 10% is in relation to the size of the text's div, not the parent containers div. Since the text between both divs are the same, they will have the same amount of padding.


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Water Funds Workshop in Kenya Participants of an African regional water funds workshop © Micere Nyaga
Stories in Africa
Sharing Global Experience to Guide New Water Funds in Fast-Developing Africa
TNC training inaugurates network of potential funds aiming to secure reliable water resources for people and business as Africa's population doubles and its economies boom.
City managers, utilities, and landscape authorities from across Africa gathered for a pioneering seminar on how best to replicate the global success of Water Funds to preserve precious water resources.
Water Funds raise finance from water users like businesses or cities that is invested to sustainably support people farming or living in watersheds and river basins to protect water supplies.
In early November, The Nature Conservancy convened groups from nine African countries representing nine different potential or emerging funds stretching from Morocco to South Africa.
They were joined by the team behind the Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund, the first operational in Africa, and specialists from the US and Latin America, where there are now more than 20 such funds underway.
The idea was to share the fruits of TNC's two decades of experience helping to design and launch the 29 funds it supports worldwide.
"Water Funds are one of our more mature strategies, and what we're trying to do here is an experiment," said Daniel Shemie, TNC's Strategy Director for Water Funds, who attended the training workshop in Nyeri in central Kenya.
"Can we build the capacity that TNC has, by democratizing the intellectual property that we've developed over 20 years and sharing that and equipping others with the same skills?
"It's classic TNC: we're convening, we're providing the science and the direction, but ultimately we're not trying to take the place of stakeholders, we're trying to help them find the solution that works for them."
Teams attended from fledgling Water Funds for the cities of Port Elizabeth, Durban, and Cape Town in South Africa; Dar es Salaam in Tanzania; Mombasa in Kenya; Kigali in Rwanda; and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
Others represented the Sebou River Basin in Morocco, and the Okavango Basin and Delta, which would be Africa's first transboundary fund with authorities from Namibia, Angola, and Botswana.
There is a growing awareness across Africa that water resources need greater protection. The continent's population is expected to double by 2050, and it hosts some of the fastest-growing economies in the world.
"At one of our plants in Addis Ababa already there is no water and we are trucking water in," said Bezuneh Fole from PepsiCo's Ethiopian franchise, who attended the workshop. "We can't continue like this. We have to find an alternative."
Zeleke Teferi, Head of Catchment Management for the Addis Ababa Water Agency, said what set TNC's model apart was how it united farmers 'upstream' with water users 'downstream'. "We have seen ideas like these Water Funds before, but until now there was always that disconnection," he said.
Key sessions during the three-day training covered collecting the scientific data and financial modeling to underpin the business case for a new Water Fund, creating effective governance, and moving from theory to action plan to implementation.
Frederick Kihara, TNC's Africa Water Funds Advisor, helped run the event with Colin Apse, Senior Freshwater Conservation Advisor, and Cory Zyla, Water Funds Program Manager.
"There's no need for new cities to keep reinventing the wheel every time," said Kihara, who plays a central role managing the Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund. "We have walked that path and we know the easy parts and the hard parts, and how to complete the challenge without stress. That's what we are here to pass on."
'Trainees' had completed a series of online training modules before arriving to the workshop. They were then matched with 'mentors' from existing funds or from TNC, who will be on call to advise as each new Fund progresses. Further gatherings are expected on an annual basis.
Those who attended said that they were encouraged by sharing their experiences, and by the opportunities offered by the new informal network of Water Funds that the training initiated.
Mediatrice Bana, Country Director in Rwanda for the Wildlife Conservation Society, which is exploring a Water Fund for the capital, Kigali, said: "Some of the challenges they have, I have too, and I've learned how they can be easy to address."
Noel Ndeti is from Kenya's Water Resource Authority, which is looking at a second Water Fund for the country in the coastal city of Mombasa. "We were lucky the training took place before our process begins," he said. "We're sure we'll do the right things now, and use the information we've acquired and the connections we've made with people across Africa and Latin America."
In South Africa's Eastern Cape, Living Lands facilitates collaboration on environmental best practices among local stakeholders. Ancia Cornelius, its Landscape Mobilizer, said: "We are trying to figure out what are the real needs of the people in the landscape, and how to improve their sufficiency to ensure sustainability not just ecologically but socio-economically, too.
"This course helped me so much to see what are the baby small steps I'm going to take to get where we need to go, and where to start, and who to talk to. TNC has helped us so much how to organize ourselves to make progress."