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Acupuncture decreased the risk of coronary heart disease in patients with fibromyalgia in Taiwan: a nationwide matched cohort study
Mei-Yao Wu1,
Ming-Cheng Huang2,3,
Jen-Huai Chiang4,5,
Mao-Feng Sun2,3,
Yu-Chen Lee2,6 &
Hung-Rong Yen ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0131-16581,2,3,5
Arthritis Research & Therapy volume 19, Article number: 37 (2017) Cite this article
The aim of this study was to understand whether acupuncture can decrease the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with fibromyalgia.
Using data from the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database, we performed a propensity score-matched cohort study to analyze patients with fibromyalgia diagnosed between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2010. Patients who received acupuncture treatment, beginning with their initial date of fibromyalgia diagnosis and extending to 31 December 2010, were regarded as the acupuncture cohort. The no-acupuncture cohort comprised patients who never received acupuncture through 31 December 2010. A Cox regression model was used to adjust for age, sex, comorbidities, and drugs used. The HRs of the acupuncture and no-acupuncture cohorts were compared.
After performing a 1:1 propensity score match, 58,899 patients in both cohorts were identified. Baseline characteristics were similar in both cohorts. The cumulative incidence of CHD was significantly lower in the acupuncture cohort (log-rank test, p < 0.001). In the follow-up period, 4389 patients in the acupuncture cohort (17.44 per 1000 person-years) and 8133 patients in the no-acupuncture cohort (38.36 per 1000 person-years) developed CHD (adjusted HR 0.43, 95% CI 0.41–0.45). The beneficial effect of acupuncture on the incidence of CHD was independent of age, sex, comorbidities, and statins used.
Our study confirmed that acupuncture reduced the risk of CHD in patients with fibromyalgia in Taiwan. Further clinical and mechanistic studies are warranted.
Fibromyalgia, characterized by chronic widespread pain, commonly presents with associated symptoms such as fatigue, sleep disturbance, depression, cognitive dysfunction, and headache [1, 2]. The American College of Rheumatology published the criteria for fibromyalgia, which were modified in 2010 [3]. The global mean prevalence of fibromyalgia in the general population was 2.7%, and the female-to-male ratio was 3:1 [4]. The quality of life (QOL) of patients with fibromyalgia is always impaired, and about one-third of patients have difficulties in performing the activities of daily living. The high incidence of comorbidities is another health care problem. Researchers in previous studies reported that patients with fibromyalgia in the United States were two to seven times more likely to have comorbidities [5]. According to the U.S. National Health Interview Survey, myocardial infarction occurred more than twice as often in patients with fibromyalgia as in patients without fibromyalgia [6]. In Korea, chronic emotional stress in postmenopausal women with fibromyalgia impaired myocardial function [7]. In Taiwan, a population-based cohort study revealed that the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with fibromyalgia was 47% higher than in the general population [8].
Current treatment strategies for fibromyalgia include pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods. Pregabalin, duloxetine, and milnacipran are U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs for treating patients with fibromyalgia, but the efficacy of these drugs has been questioned because of the small sample sizes in clinical trials [9]. Nonpharmacological treatments of fibromyalgia include acupuncture, massage, and exercise. Because the pathological mechanisms of fibromyalgia are not yet fully understood, current treatments are focused on attenuating symptoms and improving QOL.
Animal studies and clinical trials revealed that acupuncture has a beneficial effect in the treatment of fibromyalgia [10, 11]. However, there is no long-term follow-up study showing whether acupuncture can decrease the risk of CHD in patients with fibromyalgia. The Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) provides information on the entire population of Taiwan with long-term follow-up data for interventions. The advantage of using this database is that it prevents sampling bias [12]. The National Health Insurance (NHI) program was implemented in 1995 in Taiwan by the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA). Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) services have been reimbursed through the NHI program since 1996 [13]. The use of TCM services, including herbal medicine and acupuncture, is common in Taiwan for the treatment of many kinds of disease [14–17]. To understand whether acupuncture can decrease the risk of CHD in patients with fibromyalgia, we investigated a randomly selected sample of 1 million people enrolled in the NHIRD from 2000 to 2010.
We conducted a nationwide, population-based, 1:1 propensity score-matched cohort study by analyzing data derived from the NHIRD. The data source of our study was the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000, which contains all the original claims data of 1 million beneficiaries randomly sampled from the registry of all beneficiaries in 2000. The sampled patients exhibited no significant difference in age, sex, birth year, or average insured payroll-related costs from the general population. The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), codes were used for diagnoses. Because the NHIRD contains identified secondary data for research, the present study was waived from the need for informed consent. This study was approved by the research ethics committee of China Medical University and Hospital (CMUH104-REC2-115).
Study cohort identification
Patients newly diagnosed with fibromyalgia from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2010 were identified (Fig. 1). To be included, patients with fibromyalgia should have had at least two ambulatory or inpatient claims with the diagnosis of ICD-9-CM codes 729.0 and 729.1. The exclusion criteria included age younger than 18 years, incomplete information on age and sex, and withdrawal from the NHIRD during the follow-up period. Patients who received acupuncture from their initial diagnosis of fibromyalgia to 31 December 2010 were identified as the acupuncture cohort. Propensity score approaches were used to reduce confounding by the indication of acupuncture treatment. We used a 1:1 propensity score match by sex, age (per 5 years), comorbidities, drugs used, and the year in which fibromyalgia was diagnosed through multiple logistic regression analysis. Ultimately, equal numbers of patients in the acupuncture and no-acupuncture cohorts were analyzed in this study. The immortal time of acupuncture cohort was the period between the first time of receiving acupuncture and the date of initial diagnosis with fibromyalgia. The claims data for both cohorts were assessed from the initial diagnosis date to 31 December 2011 (the end of this study).
Study population flowchart. After the exclusion process, we identified 158,425 patients with fibromyalgia newly diagnosed between 2000 and 2010. After matching 1:1 by sex, age, comorbidities, and drugs used, the acupuncture cohort and no-acupuncture cohorts each contained 58,899 patients. LHID 2000 Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000, NHI National Health Insurance
Covariate assessment
Sociodemographic factors included age and sex. Patients were divided into three groups according to their age (18–39 years, 40–59 years, and older than 60 years). Baseline comorbidities were considered present if ICD-9-CM codes appeared two or more times in outpatient or inpatient claims before the initial diagnosis of fibromyalgia, which included diabetes mellitus (DM; ICD-9-CM code 250), hypertension (ICD-9-CM codes 401–405), hyperlipidemia (ICD-9-CM code 272), congestive heart failure (ICD-9-CM codes 402.01, 402.11, 402.91, 404.01, 404.03, 404.11, 404.13, 404.91, 404.93, and 428.0), stroke (ICD-9-CM codes 430–438), depression (ICD-9-CM codes 296.2–296.3, 300.4, and 311), anxiety (ICD-9-CM codes 300.0, 300.2, 300.3, 308.3, and 308.91), alcoholism or alcohol-related disorders (ICD-9-CM codes 291, 303, 305.00–305.03, 790.3, and V11.3), tobacco dependence (ICD-9-CM code 305.1), and obesity (ICD-9-CM codes 278 and A183).
Types of acupuncture and disease categories in the acupuncture cohort
We analyzed the acupuncture type that patients received by the treatment codes, which included manual acupuncture of TCM type (B41, B42, B45, B46, B80-B84, B90–B94, P27041, P31103, P32103, and P33031) and electroacupuncture (B43, B44, B86–B89, and P33032). Disease categories for which patients with fibromyalgia received acupuncture were identified by the ICD-9-CM codes. More than one ICD-9-CM code may be recorded when patients receive acupuncture, so the total numbers of patients in all categories were more than the number of patients in the acupuncture cohort.
We compared the baseline characteristics of the acupuncture and no-acupuncture cohorts using standardized mean differences. Standardized mean differences with less than 0.1 SD indicated a negligible difference in mean values or proportions between the two cohorts. The HR and 95% CI were calculated for each variable by Cox proportional hazards regression. The difference between the two cohorts in the development of CHD was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and the log-rank test.
Statistical analysis was performed and figures were created using SAS 9.4 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA) and R software (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). p < 0.05 in two-tailed tests indicated statistical significance.
Using the NHIRD, we identified 189,512 patients with fibromyalgia newly diagnosed between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2010 (Fig. 1). After excluding patients with missing information or lacking follow-up, 158,425 patients were included. Among included patients, 81,843 received acupuncture and 76,582 patients never received acupuncture from the initial fibromyalgia diagnosis date to 31 December 2010. To minimize the differences in basic data between these two cohorts, we used a 1:1 propensity score match to randomly select 58,899 patients each for the acupuncture and no-acupuncture cohorts.
The baseline characteristics of both cohorts are shown in Table 1, and they were similar in sex, age, comorbidities, and drugs used. The proportion of women was higher than men in both cohorts, and the dominant age group was 40–59 years. The most common comorbidity was hypertension, which was present in more than 20% of patients. Among the patients with fibromyalgia, 17% had hyperlipidemia, 11% had anxiety, 10.6% had DM, 6.9% had stroke, 4.9% had depression, and 1% had congestive heart failure. The proportions of patients diagnosed with alcoholism or alcohol-related disorders, tobacco dependence, and obesity were similar in both cohorts. Almost all patients in both cohorts used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and approximately 67% of patients used oral steroids. About 13.5% of patients took statins for hyperlipidemia in the no-acupuncture and acupuncture cohorts. The mean duration between the initial diagnosis of fibromyalgia and the first time receiving acupuncture was approximately 919 days. The average number of acupuncture visits was 7.45. Most patients (85%) received manual acupuncture of TCM type, and 3.6% patients received electroacupuncture. About 10.7% of patients received both types of treatment.
Table 1 Characteristics of patients with fibromyalgia in the present study
During the follow-up period, there were 12,522 patients included in our study who developed CHD (Table 2). The incidence of CHD in patients with fibromyalgia increased depending on age (adjusted HRs 4.24 and 6.24 in 40–59 years and ≥60 years age groups, respectively). Patients with fibromyalgia with comorbidities also developed CHD more easily than patients without comorbidities. Overall, the incidence of CHD was significantly lower in the acupuncture cohort than in the no-acupuncture cohort (adjusted HR 0.43, 95% CI 0.41–0.45).
Table 2 Hazard ratios of coronary heart disease associated with acupuncture and covariates among patients with fibromyalgia
Figure 2 reveals that the cumulative incidence of CHD was significantly lower in the acupuncture cohort during the follow-up period (log-rank test, p < 0.001). In this study, 4389 patients in the acupuncture cohort (17.44 per 1000 person-years) and 8133 patients in the no-acupuncture cohort (38.36 per 1000 person-years) developed CHD (adjusted HR 0.43, 95% CI 0.41–0.45) (Table 3). The beneficial effect of acupuncture on the incidence of CHD was observed in both female and male patients (adjusted HR 0.48 in women, 95% CI 0.46–0.51; adjusted HR 0.47 in men, 95% CI 0.45–0.50). Although the risk of CHD gradually increased with age, acupuncture significantly decreased the incidence of CHD in all age groups. Acupuncture decreased the risk of CHD in patients with fibromyalgia with or without comorbidities. Regardless of whether patients took oral steroids, NSAIDs, or statins, fewer patients in the acupuncture cohort developed CHD than in the no-acupuncture cohort.
Cumulative incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) between the acupuncture cohort and the no-acupuncture cohort. The cumulative incidence of CHD in the acupuncture cohort (dashed line) is significantly lower than in the no-acupuncture cohort (solid line) (log-rank test, p < 0.001)
Table 3 Incidence rates and hazard ratios for coronary heart disease among patients with fibromyalgia with or without acupuncture treatment
Table 4 reveals the top ten disease categories for which the patients with fibromyalgia in the acupuncture cohort received acupuncture treatment. The most common conditions leading to visiting acupuncture doctors were disorders of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissues that are highly related to fibromyalgia. Injury was also a common reason for receiving acupuncture.
Table 4 Top ten disease categories as reasons for clinical acupuncture visits in the acupuncture cohort
To our knowledge, our present nationwide population-based study is the first to reveal that acupuncture decreases the risk of CHD in patients with fibromyalgia. As a popular treatment for fibromyalgia, acupuncture has been performed on patients with fibromyalgia in several clinical trials. However, the outcome evaluation was previously always focused on pain score, sleep quality, and QOL [10]. In our study, we found that the beneficial effects of acupuncture on developing CHD in patients with fibromyalgia were independent of sex, age, comorbidities, and anti-inflammatory drugs included in our data. Statins, the inhibitors of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase for treating hyperlipidemia, were previously reported to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases [18]. Our study revealed that regardless of whether patients with fibromyalgia took statins, acupuncture lowered the risk of CHD.
Our study revealed that more than half of patients with fibromyalgia in Taiwan have received acupuncture. A previous report revealed that the leading reason for patients in Taiwan to seek acupuncture treatment was diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue [19]. Fibromyalgia also belongs to this disease category. This is true not only in Taiwan, because patients with fibromyalgia also receive acupuncture in the other countries, such as Germany [20]. Previous studies in the United States, Spain, and Iran have demonstrated the efficacy of acupuncture in fibromyalgia [21–23].
A strength of our study is the comprehensive, large-scale database that we used, Taiwan's NHIRD. This database provides an enormous sample size to reduce selection and participation bias, and it includes long-term follow-up data [12]. In addition, the characteristics of patients with fibromyalgia in our study were consistent with those in previous reports of female and middle-aged predominance in other countries [6, 24]. These baseline characteristics were similar in both cohorts in our study.
In Taiwan, the majority of TCM doctors are graduated from baccalaureate TCM education programs (7- or 8-year medical doctor programs) or postbaccalaureate TCM programs (5-year medical doctor programs) in universities. The graduated students must pass the board examination conducted by the government. The training programs on the manipulation of acupuncture are standardized. The duration of needle retention most commonly performed is about 20–30 minutes in Taiwan, and achievement of deqi is a basic requirement in acupuncture treatment.
Pregabalin was the first FDA-approved drug for treatment of fibromyalgia [1]. It was demonstrated to improve pain, sleep disturbance, and fatigue in adult patients with fibromyalgia [25]. In our present study, we did not compare the efficacy of acupuncture with pregabalin, because this drug was not reimbursed by Taiwanese NHIA for fibromyalgia until 2015. Whether pregabalin decreases the incidence of CHD in patients with fibromyalgia has never been reported. Furthermore, pregabalin has cardiac adverse effects because it may induce heart failure [26]. Acupuncture has been reported to attenuate both ischemic injury of the heart and heart failure [27, 28]. Whether acupuncture treatment provides benefits to those patients receiving pregabalin deserves future investigation.
Fibromyalgia is thought to arise from aberrant brain chemistry, function, and structure [29]. The effects of acupuncture have also been documented to affect the central nervous system to ameliorate fibromyalgia [30]. An increasing body of evidence suggests that central sensitization contributes to hyperalgesia and allodynia in patients with fibromyalgia. Activation of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate-responsive element binding protein promotes hyperalgesia [29]. In a previous study on fibromyalgia, researchers using a murine model found that activation of the dorsal root ganglion was suppressed by acupuncture [31]. Activation of cardiac NMDAR induces oxidative stress and facilitates atrial fibrillation that were attenuated by NMDAR antagonists [32, 33]. Inhibition of NMDAR is the possible mechanism to prevent CHD in fibromyalgia, and whether acupuncture can suppress cardiac NMDAR in fibromyalgia needs further evaluation.
Other than the NMDAR pathway, the 5-HT3 receptor may be another target of acupuncture to decrease CHD in fibromyalgia. The analgesic effect of acupuncture is also evident through the 5HT3 receptor in a rat model of collagenase-induced arthritis, and 5-HT3 receptor antagonists have beneficial effects on autonomic cardiac dysfunction in patients with fibromyalgia [34, 35]. However, the results of our present study were contrary to those of a previous study involving transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1). Overexpression of TRPV1 in the spinal cord was suppressed by acupuncture in a fibromyalgia murine model [11], but TRPV1 in the endothelium prevents CHD [36]. The heart-protective effect of acupuncture in fibromyalgia may not be through the TRPV1 pathway.
Antidepression, anti-inflammation, and improvement of sleep quality are also possible mechanisms of acupuncture to prevent CHD in fibromyalgia. In previous reports, acupuncture improved sleep quality in patients with insomnia, which is highly associated with fibromyalgia and CHD [37–39]. Depression is a common associated symptom of fibromyalgia, and it increases the incidence of CHD through deregulation of the autonomic nervous system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis [40]. Acupuncture stabilized this axis, activated the hippocampal serotonin system, and suppressed inflammation to attenuate depression [41, 42].
Comorbidities of fibromyalgia, including DM, hypertension, and heart disease, are highly associated with chronic inflammation. Many previous studies of acupuncture were focused on the analgesic effect of acupuncture, but additional studies in recent years demonstrated that acupuncture attenuated inflammation. Acupuncture attenuated inflammation through the vagus nerve mediated by dopamine [43]. The combination of acupuncture and moxibustion relieved Crohn's disease by decreasing the ratio of Th17 to Treg cells in the intestinal mucosa [44]. These studies support that acupuncture has not only an analgesic effect but also an anti-inflammatory effect.
In addition, researchers in a previous study found that acupuncture before percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction attenuated cardiac injury [45]. Acupuncture also decreased myocardial infarct areas and preserved cardiac function through heat shock protein 20 (HSP20) and HSP27 in an animal study [27]. These reports demonstrated that acupuncture can protect the heart from ischemia. Future mechanistic study in this area is warranted.
Several limitations in our study are noted. First, the NHIRD did not provide the severity of fibromyalgia, including pain scores, the severity of inflammation, or daily life disabilities. To minimize the confounding factors, we performed a 1:1 propensity score match and found that the baseline characteristics of both cohorts were similar. The percentages of patients who used NSAIDs and oral steroids were also similar in both cohorts. The second limitation is that the NHIRD did not provide data about patients' lifestyles, such as smoking, alcohol drinking, body mass index (BMI), stress, and exercise. Although detailed information about smoking exposure, alcohol drinking, and BMI was not available, we were able to acquire information on illnesses resulting from these personal habits and lifestyles. We conducted a 1:1 propensity score match that included the diagnoses of alcoholism or alcohol-related disorders, tobacco dependence, and obesity. Patients with these disorders were similar in both cohorts, and the protective effect of acupuncture on CHD was significant in patients with fibromyalgia with these comorbid diseases. However, there was still an underestimation of smoking exposure and alcohol drinking in both cohorts. On the basis of our findings in this matched cohort study, we have designed a prospective participant- and assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial to investigate the efficacy and mechanisms of acupuncture in patients with fibromyalgia (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02583334). These lifestyle factors are recorded using a patient-reported questionnaire and should be able to provide more information regarding lifestyle. The third limitation was that detailed information on selected acupoints was not provided in the dataset. Acupoint selection was individualized according to the TCM diagnosis of patients and the experience of doctors, which is more like an effectiveness study. Most studies on the efficacy of acupuncture fix the acupoints to standardize their treatment protocol. The clinical trial of acupuncture in patients with fibromyalgia we conducted also fixed the acupoints as LI4, LI11, LR3, ST36, SP6, and GB34, which are commonly used acupoints for the treatment of patients with fibromyalgia.
Our present study confirms that acupuncture reduced the risk of CHD in patients with fibromyalgia in Taiwan. This noteworthy finding can provide some hints for further clinical and mechanistic studies.
CHD:
DM:
HSP:
Heat shock protein
ICD-9-CM:
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification
Incidence rate
LHID 2000:
Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000
NHI:
NHIA:
National Health Insurance Administration
NHIRD:
National Health Insurance Research Database
NMDAR:
N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor
NSAID:
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
QOL:
TRPV1:
Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1
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This study was supported in part by China Medical University under the Aim for Top University Plan of the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. It was also supported by the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare Clinical Trial and Research Center of Excellence (MOHW105-TDU-B-212-133019). This study was based in part on data derived from the NHIRD, provided by the NHIA, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and managed by the National Health Research Institutes. The interpretations and conclusions reported do not represent those of the NHIA, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, or the National Health Research Institutes. The funding agencies had no role in the study design, data collection and analyses, results interpretation, or publication of this study.
This study was supported in part by China Medical University under the Aim for Top University Plan of the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. It was also supported by the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare Clinical Trial and Research Center of Excellence (MOHW105-TDU-B-212-133019).
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All data of this study are deposited in a properly managed public repository. We examined and analyzed datasets released from the Taiwan NHIRD (http://nhird.nhri.org.tw/en/index.html), maintained and managed by National Health Research Institutes (http://www.nhri.org.tw/), Taiwan. The use of the datasets is limited to research purposes only. Applicants must follow the Computer-Processed Personal Data Protection Law (http://www.winklerpartners.com/?p=987) and related regulations of the National Health Insurance Administration and the National Health Research Institutes, and the agreement must be signed by the applicant and his/her supervisor upon application submission. All applications are reviewed for approval of data release.
MYW contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in the interpretation of clinical data, and drafted the manuscript. MCH participated in the interpretation of clinical data and acupuncture treatment approaches. JHC performed the statistical analysis. MFS participated in the interpretation of clinical data. YCL participated in the interpretation of clinical data and acupuncture treatment approaches and also helped to finalize the manuscript. HRY conceived of the study, contributed to the interpretation of clinical data, and finalized the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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This study was approved by the research ethics committee of China Medical University and Hospital (CMUH104-REC2-115) and by the National Health Research Institute, the data holder of the NHI database. The need for patient consent was exempted on the basis of the total anonymity of all research data in this study.
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It's getting even harder to be a woman!
Here's a shocking idea: Gender inequality is getting worse, not better.
The World Economic Forum says in a new report that "equality is in retreat" for the first time since the group starting tracking the issue in 2006.
Where is the United States in all this? It's not leading the way forward.
The U.S. slipped four spots to 49th out of 144 countries. It now ranks behind countries including the United Kingdom (15th), Australia (35th) and Bangladesh (47th). Back in 2006, the U.S. was in the 23rd spot.
The organization has said that there are simple ways for the U.S. to improve its standing. For example, it's one of the few advanced economies that doesn't provide women with paid maternity leave.
Other countries are making improvements. According to the report, 82 nations posted gains in 2017, while 60 had negative outcomes.
According to the report, no country has achieved gender parity when it comes to economic opportunities and work. That means women the world over are paid less and have fewer opportunities at work than their male counterparts.
Here's the ranking of the best 10 countries for gender equality:
PhilippinesThe report, which examines gender imbalances in the workplace, education, politics and health, found that years of global gains made by women are beginning to erode.
"In 2017, we should not be seeing progress towards gender parity shift into reverse. Gender equality is both a moral and economic imperative," said Saadia Zahidi, head of education, gender and work at WEF.
The organization described 2017 as "a bad year in a good decade," noting that the global gender gap will take exactly 100 years to close at the current rate of progress. Last year, the forecast was for 83 years.
The report looks at metrics such as female labor force participation, life expectancy and the share of women in elected office.
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Farhad: Hey, Katie! Mike is off snorkeling in Hawaii, so I'm thrilled that you're free to help me make sense of this week's tech news. You have some small shoes to fill!
Katie: #dadjoke
Farhad: Er… so, on to this week's news! Hackers posted a huge cache of data stolen from Ashley Madison, a site that claimed to let married people securely seek affairs online. Apparently that was not true. The breach is a pretty frightening illustration of the life-ruining possibilities of cybertheft — what John Herrman of The Awl calls "in some ways the first large scale real hack, in the popular, your-secrets-are-now-public sense of the word."
It wouldn't be a tech newsletter without an appearance by Uber: This week, prosecutors in San Francisco and Los Angeles said the ride-hailing service had failed to uncover the criminal records of 25 drivers in those two cities. Uber countered, saying that the taxi industry's background-check process isn't perfect either — which, to me, seems a small comfort.
Of course, the big news involved the online retailer Amazon. Last week, The New York Times published an article detailing Amazon's bruising corporate culture. The piece drew criticism from Amazon — Jeff Bezos, the company's founder and chief executive, wrote in a memo to employees that he did not "recognize this Amazon" — but it also set off a wide-ranging conversation about the way the tech industry treats its workers.
So maybe we should start with that larger lens. You have covered this industry for a while, Katie. Does Amazon stand alone, or does the work-all-the-time culture described by our colleagues echo a larger problem in tech?
Katie: Maybe the work-all-the-time — and work-at-all-costs — culture that the article explored at Amazon wasn't a tech-specific issue.
The world's most successful consulting firms, law firms, banks and hedge funds accept that this is the cost of excellence. Rather than deny that the grind exists, employees and managers at elite companies in these fields see it as part of what makes them better. It took a Bank of America intern dying for other leading banks like Goldman Sachs to cap the number of hours that an intern can work at 17 hours a day.
Perhaps one reason the story hit a nerve is because the tech industry seems to want not to be lumped in with the Goldmans and Skadden Arpses and McKinseys of the world, as if tech companies can achieve superior results in some other way. But that's probably not true. Witness the emotional and physical abuse that Apple employees underwent to make the first iPhone a reality. And as the early Facebook employee Dustin Moskovitz describes, physical and emotional burnout is an accepted part of start-up life.
Perhaps what separates the best tech companies from the rest of the elite white-collar world is the ability to wear flip-flops to work and eat better cafeteria food. But at the end of the day, the ethos — push yourself to the limits for your company — is always the same if you want to be No. 1.
The work-all-the-time and work-at-all-costs culture doesn't appear to be a tech-specific issue.Credit...Peter DaSilva for The New York Times
Farhad: Forget law firms and investment banks — look at our own business! I'm a diva columnist who writes at a leisurely pace, but many people at The New York Times and other successful news companies don't exactly get to sleep on the job. Miguel Helft, a former Times reporter who is now at Forbes, said on Twitter that the closest he had come to crying at his desk was when he worked here. I think he was joking.
Still, even if most white-collar work isn't easy, I do think it's important to draw a distinction between, on the one side, Apple and Amazon and, on the other, pretty much every other company in tech. Working at Google and Facebook isn't a cakewalk, but these companies are known to be generally less torturous in terms of work hours, and more lavish in terms of benefits, than Amazon and Apple (especially Apple under Steve Jobs).
Ben Thompson, the analyst who runs Stratechery, has a good theory about why: Apple and Amazon produce superior consumer products, the sort of hardware and e-commerce services that never fail to delight end users. (Who among us hasn't been thrilled beyond belief when an Amazon box showed up the day before it was promised?) Google and Facebook are software companies that try to create delight in the aggregate, from data. A failed Google search isn't seen as an issue that needs Larry Page's attention; it just calls for a better algorithm. But a single late delivery of a "Frozen" doll? That's a real hardship, and Jeff Bezos could well get involved.
Which leads to a larger question: How bad should we feel for Amazon's white-collar workers? As Ezra Klein of Vox points out, unlike Amazon's warehouse workers, the people at its corporate offices are well paid and could easily work anywhere else. Honestly, that fact mitigates any guilt I may have harbored about shopping there. How about you — are you still visiting "the everything store"?
Katie: "The everything store" just sent me 24 rolls of paper towels, and, indeed, I was delighted.
Regarding your take on Apple and Amazon versus Facebook and Google, hierarchies of excellence also exist in all industries. In corporate America, people pay a high cost to stay on top. Apple is the most valuable company in the world, and Amazon became a cloud computing leader with Amazon Web services. Conversely, Facebook integrated Instagram and WhatsApp to fight obsolescence and, as Mr. Thompson pointed out last year, Google is starting to look like Microsoft in all the wrong ways.
It's condescending to feel bad for people who choose a grueling lifestyle. It's more interesting to debate whether there's an alternative management style for companies that want to reach Apple- or Amazon-level success. When tech companies blaze a different path to the top, then they'll really be different from the rest of corporate America. That sounds like the sort of impossible problem that the industry says it loves to tackle. In the meantime, there will be no end to the Amazon boxes arriving at my door.


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Q: Bootstrap input group inside table  tag I have an issue when trying to add bootstrap input-group-addon to the input field that is inside the table  tag. When adding all needed classes there is some space between a sign and input field.

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What is the solution for this issue? Thanks.

A: Make sure you are not applying a margin to the form input, that would create this problem if you are doing it on a global CSS scale (all input elements)
here is a simple JSFiddle
showing how a simple margin can effect this.
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A: Use 'span' instead of 'div', modify your HTML as:

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Freddy Thiriet (* 18. März 1921; † 26. Dezember 1986) war ein französischer Byzantinist, der sich mit dem spätmittelalterlichen Süd- und Südosteuropa und dem östlichen Mittelmeerraum auf der Grundlage venezianischer Quellenbestände beschäftigte und dazu zahlreiche Regesten veröffentlichte.

Thiriet war Professor an der Universität Straßburg. 1959 promovierte er über die venezianische Romania, also den Teil des ehemals byzantinische Gebietes, der insbesondere infolge des Vierten Kreuzzugs ab 1204 unter venezianische Herrschaft kam.

Thiriets Arbeiten basierten weitgehend auf Quellen, die sich im Staatsarchiv Venedig befanden. Zunächst publizierte er in Form von Regesten die Entscheidungen des venezianischen Senats (Rogadia), die das ehemalige Gebiet von Byzanz betrafen – schon der erste Band umfasste 941 Seiten. Hinzu kamen Arbeiten zum venezianisch-byzantinischen Handel, etwa in einem Sammelband zu Ehren von Amintore Fanfani. Schwerpunkt blieb jedoch der Zugang zu den venezianischen Quellen. 1966 erschien der erste Band seiner Délibérations des assemblées vénitiennes concernant la Romanie, in dem er die Entscheidungen aller venezianischen Ratsgremien von 1160 bis 1363, die die Romania betrafen, als Regesten publizierte. 1971 erschien der zweite Band, der die Zeit von 1364 bis 1463 umfasst.

Auf der Basis dieser Editionen und weiterer Quellenstudien brachte er 1977 das Standardwerk Études sur la Romanie Gréco Venitienne (Ve aux XVe siècle) heraus. Ihm folgte ein Jahr später eine Edition der Quellen des Duca di Candia, des Vertreters Venedigs auf der Insel Kreta, dessen Administration analog zu der der Mutterstadt aufgebaut war.

Zu seinem Gedenken erschien 1987 ein Sammelband zum Verhältnis von Byzanz und Italien, das ihn ein Leben lang beschäftigt hatte.

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 Sui dissidi sorti tra il Comune di Venezia e i suoi feudatari di Creta nel Trecento, in: Archivio Storico Italiano 114 (1956) 699–712.
 Quelques observations sur le trafic des galées vénitiennes d'après les chiffres des incants (XIV–XVe siècles), in: Studi in onore di A. Fanfani, Bd. 3, Mailand 1962, 459–522.
 Les relations entre la Crète et les émirats turcs d'Asie Mineure au XIVe siècle (vers 1348–1360), in: Actes du XIIe Congrès international des études byzantines (Ohrid 1961) 2, Belgrad 1964, 213–221.
 Histoire de Venise, Paris 1965.
 Délibérations des assemblées vénitiennes concernant la Romanie, Bd. 1, Paris 1966, Bd. 2, 1971.
 La condition paysanne et les problèmes de l'exploitation rurale en Romanie gréco-vénitienne, in: Studi Veneziani 9 (1967) 35–69.
 A propos de la seigneurie des Venier sur Cerigo, in: Studi Veneziani 12 (1970) 199–210.
 Études sur la Romanie Gréco Venitienne (Ve aux XVe siècle), London 1977.
 Duca di Candia. Ducali e lettere ricevute (1358–60; 1401–1405), Venedig 1978.
 Venise et la Mer Noire: organisation et trafics (XIIIe–XVe siècles), in: Archeion Pontou 35 (1979) 38–53.

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This article first appeared in La Tercera on June 24, 2021.
The Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) and Control Risks' 2021 Anti-Corruption Capacity Index (CCC) revealed that efforts to tackle corruption are more necessary than ever. Already in 2020, this index had reflected a decline in the ability to detect, punish and prevent corruption, which was accentuated by the pandemic, especially in Latin America. In fact, 5 of the 15 Latin American countries evaluated registered significant decreases in their scores, with Brazil and Mexico registering the sharpest drops.
And despite the pessimism, there have been signs of hope in recent weeks. The current President of the United States, Joe Biden, released a memorandum in which he establishes the fight against corruption as a central national security interest, and in which he commits to promoting good governance, bringing transparency to financial systems, as well as preventing and combating corruption at a global level.
This memorandum provides a decisive fact: it is estimated that, in financial terms alone, acts of corruption subtract between 2 and 5% of the world's GDP. And although this cost is not the same for all countries, the fact is that bribery, abuse of power, misappropriation, shell companies, laundering of illicit wealth, among other crimes, affect citizens' trust, democracy, equity and undermine development efforts, especially in weaker economies.
Biden gave State agencies and offices 200 days to conduct an interagency review process and develop a presidential strategy to combat corruption, including actions such as modernizing and resourcing key agencies; proposing relevant legislation to Congress; vigorously enforcing the federal law requiring companies to report beneficial ownership to the Treasury Department; reducing offshore financial secrecy; requiring accountability; identifying and recovering stolen assets; and other measures.
This is excellent news for Latin America, both for its governments and for its companies, which will have to be alert and take care to prevent corruption, as the demands will be greater in terms of probity and ethical standards. Moreover, the strengthening of an already powerful law such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) will require compliance programs to be properly implemented, which will force them to be reviewed and updated, ensuring adequate resources in terms of budget and personnel in charge, in addition to checking the updated guidance of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Risk reassessments are also essential.
In the same vein, a few days ago the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Special Session on Corruption was held, in which a political declaration was approved as a roadmap to help countries combat bribery, money laundering and abuse of power, in addition to strengthening international cooperation.
On the other hand, the new European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), which will investigate and prosecute crimes involving European Union (EU) funds and taxes, began to operate.
Zooming in on Chile, we can rejoice that it ranks as the second least corrupt country in Latin America according to Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index and the CCC Index. However, the annual report of the Office of Institutional Integrity and Sanctions System 2020 of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), announced that it sanctioned three Chilean companies for corruption out of 51 sanctioned in the region.
Time goes by and we do not know more progress in relation to this matter in our country. Without going any further, in the last Public Account of President Piñera, we did not hear any proposal to address corruption -despite the fact that the cases investigated for this reason have increased-, nor about the state of progress of the anti-abuse agenda presented in 2019.
Hopefully, this global reactivation of the anti-corruption fight will raise the requirements and penalties, but let us remember that it is not necessary to impose stricter laws to start worrying about the control and prevention of corruption. While the tightening of regulations is an important push, the private sector must understand that compliance must be at the heart of its business, always linked to its purpose. Prevention is a duty beyond requirements.
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Five questions for the Big 12 in 2017-18
How many teams could the Big 12 send to the NCAA Tournament?
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The Big 12 has always been a storied college basketball conference, but it's been the most enjoyable to watch for a handful of years now. Kansas shouldn't have much trouble earning its 14th straight Big 12 title, but there are still plenty of captivating storylines through the league.
So let's dive right in to five questions we can't wait to see answered this fall and winter.
1. Is Devonte' Graham National Player of the Year material?
Only once before has a school had two different players win National Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons. That honor belongs to Duke's Shane Battier and Jason Williams in 2001 and 2002. If Graham, a senior guard, settles in nicely to his role as the Jayhawks' star, he and Frank Mason III (a second-round pick to the Kings) could join them.
Like Mason, Graham originally committed to a small mid-major program, Appalachian State. But in his first three years at Kansas, he proved he's way, way, way too good for the Sun Belt. He averaged 13.4 points, 4.1 assists and 1.5 steals last season. Mason's junior year were quite similar: 12.9 points, 4.6 assists, 1.3 steals.
Graham struggled in the Jayhawks' Elite Eight loss to Oregon, but generally he's shown an ability to perform on the big stage. He averaged 20 points with a 76.6 effective field goal percentage through the first three games of the 2017 NCAA Tournament. While the three-point shot is his main method of scoring, he's also a crafty finisher, converting 70.2 percent of his shots at the rim.
And it doesn't hurt that he's an extremely likable athlete who plays with a smile on his face.
Less than 3 minutes in and Devonte Graham is already smiling. #kubball pic.twitter.com/vqMcXj2rZ9
— Bobby Nightengale (@nightengalejr) October 1, 2017
2. How good of a scorer can Jeffrey Carroll be?
There's plenty of reason to doubt Oklahoma State this season. The Cowboys lost stud point guard Jawun Evans to the NBA and mastermind coach Brad Underwood to Illinois. On top of that, they have an FBI investigation looming over their heads after (now-former) assistant Lamont Evans got arrested for alleged bribery.
But Jeffrey Carroll should excite Oklahoma State fans this season. He's the Big 12's top returning scorer at 17.5 points per game, and you can expect him to hang 20 a night this year. He could even lead the nation in scoring among high-major players.
Between losing Evans and shooter Phil Forte, Oklahoma State won't sniff the Top 25 this season, even if Mike Boynton turns out to be just as good a coach as Underwood. But with Carroll putting on a show every night, they can surprise some teams in the Big 12 and return to the NCAA Tournament as a low seed.
3. Who's the best frontcourt player in the league?
Texas freshman Mohamed Bamba is the easy answer here. He's undisputedly the top frontcourt prospect through an NBA lens. But this league is filled with great forwards and centers.
Kansas sophomore Udoka Azubuike spent his summer destroying rims.
Another one… This time the whole basket almos came down. #KUbball pic.twitter.com/Eis9fwC5pi
— Matt Tait (@mctait) August 2, 2017
Over at TCU, Jamie Dixon has a pair of potential all-conference first teamers in seniors Vladimir Brodziansky and Kenrich Williams.
We've heard plenty about Bamba's rim-protecting abilities, and he'll have a handful of tough challenges during the league schedule.
4. Will Scott Drew turn this ragtag group of Bears into a Top 25 team again?
Baylor began last season unranked and climbed all the way to No. 1 by January. They struggled a bit in February and March but turned things around with a Sweet 16 run, losing to eventual East Region champion South Carolina.
Once again, Baylor may begin the year unranked. The Bears lost two of their top three scorers but return three of their top five. So you can spin that any way you want. It would be surprising if they're as good as last year following Johnathan Motley's departure for the NBA, but even though this roster doesn't have any big names or top recruits, remember that Drew has never needed top recruits or household names to win a lot of games.
After Kansas, the Big 12 should be wide open. We could see Baylor snag second place and work its way into the top 15.
5. Is eight NCAA Tournament teams too much to ask for?
We've never seen a conference send 80 percent of its membership to the NCAA Tournament. The Big 12 has flirted with that mark a few times recently, but late collapses by Kansas State in 2015-16 and West Virginia in 2013-14 dashed those hopes.
It's incredibly difficult to get eight teams into the field because someone's gotta be losing all those games the other seven teams are winning. You can bet your life savings on Kansas, West Virginia and Baylor getting bids. TCU could be another Top 25 team, and Texas Tech projects to fall on the right side of the bubble. With Texas and Oklahoma prepared to make big jumps this season, Oklahoma State will be the x-factor.
With a first-year head coach and a handful of sophomores playing key roles, the Cowboys will take their lumps in conference play. And outside of a home game against Wichita State, they don't play a particularly challenging non-conference schedule. So they'll need to avoid any slip-ups if the Big 12 wants to make history on Selection Sunday.
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1. Buy your frame beforehand.
This first tip might seem odd to some, but this is what I've learned in my few months of papercutting. When I first got into the hobby, I was too excited to make papercuts that I made a lot of them in all shapes and odd sizes. By the time I realized I wanted to frame some of my best works, I had a difficult time looking for the perfect frame to fit them in. So yes. If you can, and if you can already picture your finished product, buy the frame first. Frame shops are very limited in Manila. And if you want to have a customized frame, it can really be expensive.
If you would still prefer to choose a frame after making your project, make sure that the length and width of your project are the standards. By "standards", I mean 8×10, 8.5×11, 8.5×13, 5×7, 6×8, and 4×6 dimensions (all in inches). These are the usual frame sizes that you can find in the mall or a bookstore. Others carry 9×12 and A4 sizes, but these are hard to find. And even if you find frames in an unusual size, chances are the color or design may not go well with your papercut.
3. Dont forget to leave an allowance for borders.
I hate to break this to you but while a 6×8″ frame may fit all of your 6×8″ papercut, not every detail will be seen, specifically the sides. Remember that some frames have wide borders which may cover the outer parts of your project, so take note of this before cutting.
4. Change blades as often as needed.
Dull blades are the worst. They ruin the paper and make your project untidy. So when you feel like your blade is no longer cutting deeply into the paper, it's time to change. I normally use a minimum of 2 blades per project, depending on the intricacy of the design. So buy spare blades. Lots of them. I hate it when I'd have to put off a project just because l ran out of blades. Trust me, you'd hate it too.
Avoid pointing your craft knife vertically. There may be designs which are so intricate that you'd point your knife in a close-to-90-degree angle to make sure you cut right through small holes or lines. Don't. This is the usual culprit for breaking the tip of your blade. When this happens, your blade is just as good as breaking the entire thing altogether.
Whenever I'm making a project, I make sure that I take a break from time to time — usually after an hour of cutting. Check your e-mail, drink a cup of coffee, open your facebook, whatever floats your boat. This will give your fingers a chance to rest for a bit and will prevent you from getting backaches after a project.
7. Cut to the music!
I can't remember a time not ever listening to music while doing a project. Music – apart from coffee- is my fuel; it just keeps me going. Papercutting goes hand in hand with sound tripping (at least for me) so always be ready with your favorite playlist.
8. Sometimes, a "so-what" attitude helps.
You will, from time-to-time, commit mistakes. You'd accidentally cut a part you shouldn't, realize you've misspelled a word after finishing an entire project, etc. When you do, try to repair the damage if you can. If not, so what? You're only human. Mistakes, you gotta make them.
Notice how there's a space between "always" and "be" at the last line. That's because I mistakenly put "the" in between, so that it would've looked like "will always the be the same". I just removed the extra "the" to remedy the error. Fortunately, the space is in the middle of the phrase so it kinda looks intentional.
9. Never, ever, pull a loose papercut.
You've finished cutting a project and found a part you haven't cut completely. Whatever you do, do NOT pull! It's tempting, yes, but doing so might tear the surrounding paper. Stop being lazy and grab your cutting knife so can cut through the loose part completely.
I could think of more than 10 tips, actually, but these should do for now. I hope you find these 10 tips helpful in your next project.
2. After cutting the image, I decorated the frame with these artificial leaves which is used for scrapbooking. They're just lovely, don't you think?
3. I used a 6×8 bleach wood frame for effect.


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Bitcoin Near $22,000, Ether Breaches $1700 Mark; Full List
August 25, 2022 Solomon Dick Business 0
Cryptocurrency Price Today: Crypto markets on Thursday, August 25, moved up for the second consecutive day on the news of the confirmation of date of Ethereum's upgrade, The Merger. Ether jumped over 4 per cent in the past 24 hours, while Bitcoin, Polkadot, Solana and Shiba Inu made decent gains. Despite the positive outlook, however, investors remained on their toes for Fed chief Jerome Powell's speech on the monetary policy later this week and his views on further hiking rates.
The global cryptocurrency market on the day was trading slightly higher by 2.10 per cent, and scaled $1.05 trillion at the time of writing this article, data from CoinMarketCap showed. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major crypto coins made minor to decent gains over the past 24 hours.
Bitcoin price today at the time of writing this article was $21,734.58, up by 1.66 per cent over the past 24 hours, data retrieved from CoinMarketCap showed. In the past seven days, Bitcoin prices have fallen by 12.04 per cent.
"Bitcoin and Ethereum rose ahead of the Federal Economic Symposium meetup. BTC has surpassed its crucial resistance level at US$21,500 in the past 24 hours. This small upside momentum can keep the buyers active in the market," said Edul Patel, CEO and co-founder of Mudrex.
On the other hand, Ether price today breached the $1700 mark moved up by 4.16 per cent at the time of writing in article to scale $1,707.14, showed data from CoinMarketCap.
"On the other hand, the Ethereum Foundation has released new information about the upcoming upgrade, indicating that all the preparations are going smoothly. The announcement confirmed that the upgrade would be completed between September 10th and 20th. This announcement might give market players a little confidence to make a move further," added Patel.
"Following years of hard work, Ethereum's proof-of-stake upgrade is finally here! The successful upgrade of all public testnets is now complete, and The Merge has been scheduled for the Ethereum mainnet," said the Ethereum Foundation in a blog post on Wednesday.
"The Terminal Total Difficulty value triggering The Merge is 58750000000000000000000, expected between Sept 10-20, 2022," it said.
Here are the top 10 cryptocurrencies and their prices on August 25, Thursday (data from coinmarketcap.com at the time of publishing this article)
Bitcoin $21,734.58 or 1.66 per cent gain in the last 24 hours
Ethereum $1,707.14 or 4.16 per cent gain in the last 24 hours
Tether $1.00 or 0.00 per cent loss in the last 24 hours
USD Coin $1.00 or 0.00 per cent loss in the last 24 hours
BNB $304.17 or 2.55 per cent gain in the last 24 hours
Binance USD $1.00 or 0.01 per cent gain in the last 24 hours
XRP $0.348 or 1.45 per cent gain in the last 24 hours
Cardano $0.4671 or 1.97 per cent gain in the last 24 hours
Solana $36.22 or 3.26 per cent gain in the last 24 hours
Dogecoin $0.06925 or 2.24 per cent gain in the last 24 hours
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Joint Statement of Support for CREATE (revised CITIRA)
We expressly reiterate our strong support for the immediate passage of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act (CREATE). CREATE is a bold, historic economic reform, one of the largest and most game changing in decades. As a stimulus package, CREATE will be a life-restoring boost to market confidence, providing the most direct, cost-efficient and instant relief to businesses suffering from business reverses due to COVID-19.
We particularly support the immediate reduction of corporate income tax (CIT) rate from 30 to 25 percent by July 2020, which would instantly bring the country close to the ASEAN average of 23%, and the further reduction of the CIT to 20 percent by 1 percentage point reduction per year from 2023 to 2027, which would brighten business outlook even further. The instant 5% tax savings by July is a direct infusion of financial assistance to businesses, giving them more resources to retain employees and to keep up with financial difficulties. As an investment-attracting move, the CIT cut drastically alters, for the better, the financial prospectus of the Philippines.
We also support the extension of NOLCO (net operating loss carryover) for additional 2 years, from the current 3 years to 5 years, for losses incurred in 2020 for all taxpayers. This also drastically reduces the downside a company expects from COVID-19, and tilts the decision-making process very strongly towards maintaining operations through the recovery years after 2020 – making the amendment a very robust job protection measure, considering that, in 2020, substantial losses will cut across all businesses, whether large or non-large, and all sectors, especially those hard-hit by COVID-19.
We support the proposal to give flexible authority to the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) and the President in granting both fiscal and non-fiscal incentives. This will make the tax incentives system an agile mechanism that can adapt easily to changes in the global business environment, and can very decisively seize high-value investment opportunities when they are presented. However, we urge that proper safeguards must be put in place to prevent abuse of discretion or be a political tool to grant favors to undeserving recipients.
Lastly, we support the granting of a maximum transitory period of 9 years for current holders of incentives and appropriate gross income earned (GIE) tax rate.
We humbly request the Senate and the House of Representatives to move quickly and decisively to push CREATE forward and ensure its passage urgently, ideally before Congress adjourns on June 3. Any further delay comes at the risk of losing more jobs and hemorrhaging more investments. Pass CREATE now!
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2. ANVIL BUSINESS CLUB
3. BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (BAP)
4. CEBU BUSINESS CLUB (CBC)
5. CEBU LEADS FOUNDATION (CLF)
6. CHINESE FILIPINO BUSINESS CLUB, INC. (CFBCI)
7. ENTREPRENEURS' ORGANIZATION (EO) PHILIPPINES
8. FEDERATION OF FILIPINO-CHINESE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY, INC. (FFCCCII)
9. FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE (PHIL) INC. (FICCI)
10. FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES (FINEX)
11. FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC FREEDOM (FEF)
12. INSTITUTE FOR SOLIDARITY IN ASIA, INC. (ISA)
13. INSTITUTE OF CORPORATE DIRECTORS (ICD)
14. INVESTMENT HOUSE ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (IHAP)
15. MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (MAP)
16. NATIONAL REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION (NREA)
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18. PEOPLE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (PMAP)
19. PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP (GO NEGOSYO)
20. PHILIPPINE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (PCCI)
21. PHILIPPINE COUNCIL OF ASSOCIATIONS AND ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES (PCAAE)
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30. TAX MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (TMAP)
31. UP SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (UPSEAA)
32. WOMEN'S BUSINESS COUNCIL PHILIPPINES (WBCP)
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Pine River-Backus School District: Superintendent search narrows to two
The Pine River-Backus School Board has selected two candidates to return for a second interview for the school district's superintendent position: o David Endicott, superintendent at Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Public Schools. Endicott was principal...
The Pine River-Backus School Board has selected two candidates to return for a second interview for the school district's superintendent position:
• David Endicott, superintendent at Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Public Schools. Endicott was principal at Eagle View Elementary School in Breezy Point from 2011-14 before being hired as W-H-A superintendent.
• Thomas Rich, superintendent at Melrose Area Public Schools
The candidates were selected from a pool of 15 applicants based on criteria established by the school board. Five candidates were interviewed the week of April 11.
The school board was scheduled to interview Endicott and Rich on Tuesday, April 19, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Media Center at Pine River-Backus School. The board then planned to meet to deliberate, after this issue of the Echo Journal went to press.
Look for any updates on possible board action at www.pineandlakes.com .
This is the second time the school board had the opportunity to fill the superintendent position, which opened when Cathy Bettino announced she would retire at the end of the school year. The board's first offer, made to Michael Kolness of Ada-Borup School, was turned down due to salary limitations. The board advertised a second time, listing a salary cap to eliminate candidates who wanted to make more than that cap.
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The last Newlyn Archive Open Day this Year is 'Newlyn in Uniform'. It will be held at Trinity Centre, Newlyn on Saturday October 21, 2017 from 10-3.00.
The photo shows Cynthia 'Mary' Llewellyn and Albert 'John' David Llewellyn in Girl Guides & Boys Brigade uniforms, c1944. There was a 1st Newlyn Guides and Brownie Group in 1938 and we have a photograph taken in front of the old school house but little else. Perhaps some of the people named in the photograph could come to the Open Day and supply more information about the Girl Guides at Newlyn?
Some of the artists of the early Newlyn colony were responsible for starting a scout group in Newlyn in 1910, only three years after Baden Powell had his first experimental camp for boys in 1907. Prominent artists like Thomas Cooper Gotch, Reginald Dick and John Mackenzie started the group to help local boys, many of whom were also involved with the Newlyn Industrial classes. The group occupied several headquarters, moving to Gwavas Studios in 1911. The group may have disbanded because of the war but in 1929 Benjamin Maddern founded a scout troop (nicknamed Uncle Ben's Cowboys) which was still in operation in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1957, a new Scout Hut was built at North Corner, on the edge of the old Meadow, where the artists had once built their glass-houses, and there is still a plaque outside the now dilapidated building.
As well as boy scouts and rover scouts, Newlyn also had its sea scouts and sea cadets. Before the second world war, Newlyn Sea Scouts and their gig Trelawney (often moored below the Norrad Slip) were a frequent site in Newlyn Harbour. After the war, TS Grenville sea cadets might be seen marching through the village on important occasions or participating in Newlyn Swimming Club events.
We have fewer images of women in uniform than men in uniform in the Newlyn Archive but there are many stories and images of the old Fishwives of Newlyn who wore a traditional dress.
We also have Newlyners in uniform who worked as Policemen, Firemen and Nurses.
Uniforms were the essence of the armed forces, and we have chosen to feature men in the uniforms of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and the Royal First Devon Yeomanry from world war one. There are also pictures depicting Newlyn men (and one woman) in the uniforms of the Royal and Merchant Navy, the Army, and the Royal Flying Core. For world war two we focus on the dress of the men in the Homeguard of whom Geoffrey Garnier, the artist, was in local command.
Another board shows the Newlyn Male Choir who celebrated their 90th Choir Anniversary Concert at St Mary's Church Penzance in 2011 only a few years before they disbanded. It participated in the Cornwall Federation of Male Voice Choirs' Millennium Concert in the Royal Albert Hall in 2000. Its celebrated history spanning nearly 100 years included winning many honours like the Buller Howell Challenge Shield which was won several times.
What better uniform to bring the exhibition to an end than the traditional dress of the Bards of the Cornish Gorsedh. This must be well known in Newlyn as so many of its folk have become bards since the first Cornish Gorsedh ceremony was held at Boscawen-Un in 1928.
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