50 states mean 50 sets of rules. Add in cities, towns and counties then multiply by type of tax and you have state tax complexity. Sherri York and Jonathan Weinberg look at why state compliance is difficult and what you need to know when operating in multiple markets.
State and local tax compliance can be complicated. It's important to understand the rules, especially if you have a growing business.
What are the basic principles of state and local tax compliance?
There are three basic principles to state tax compliance. There's nexus, apportionment and tax base. Of course, each state applies those principles differently and when those principles conflict, there are dangers and opportunities.
Visit our state and local tax pages for more on nexus, apportionment, tax base and compliance.
Nexus is an evolving concept, and every state applies nexus principles differently. It's important to not only know what your business is doing, but how your business is doing it in every single state. Certain minimal activities, such as attending trade shows, or even just having receipts derive from sources in the state can lead to a company having nexus.
It is important to understand which tax you're dealing with: income, franchise, sales and use, or property taxes. In the case of income tax, understanding the federal consolidated rules is a starting point. Many states adopt the federal consolidated rules, but many deviate or do not follow them at all.
How states treat goods and services matters a great deal from a transactional perspective. Understanding how the states track treatment of goods and services and how it differs is critical.
You always want to source your income fairly amongst the states, but if you don't understand how the rules are around allocation apportionment work, it's possible to be subject to double or even triple taxation in various states.
Your tax team needs to include a state and local tax specialist. A specialist who follows the rules that are constantly changing in all the states and can track these changes for your business as it grows.
It's important that you look at your nexus footprint every year and understand the changes in your business before you file your extensions or your tax returns or your estimated payments. You want to make sure you're getting this right as your business continues to grow.
When there are major changes in your business like an acquisition or a merger, you want to make sure that you're doing a full nexus study so you can capture all the new activities that the company may have. It's important to get in front of this so that you're filing appropriately and mitigating risk.
Curious if your state tax compliance is on track? A reverse audit can help you identify errors and recover overpayments.


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In its heyday during the 1950s, Craig Hill was one of the preeminent country clubs in the Rochester area. Challenging holes drew some of golf's most renown players. Fast forward a number of years later, and the new owners, Paul and Claudia, have committed to not only restoring the legacy of the course, but of the facilities as well, which had fallen into disrepair. The existing 28,000 square foot clubhouse was renovated and rebranded as Deerfield Golf & Country Club.
The interior layout of the club was re-designed, stripped to the bones and rebuilt to include amenities such as modern ballrooms and a new bar-restaurant. A new timber framed porte cochere receives golfers and wedding parties alike. Exterior porches engage the landscape, framing fairway views while bringing spectators close to the action. 16" x 16" Douglas fir timber posts and 12" x 12" beams were rough sawn and custom finished to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere for each porch.
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Root for your favorite team. That's your first rooting priority, always. But after that, let me suggest what your next rooting priority might be for the next few months: Root to see the Dodgers' pitchers face the Astros' batters in the World Series.
Those numbers might not mean much to you -- somebody's got to be at the top of a leaderboard -- but they put the Dodgers and Astros on course for a potentially historic World Series matchup. No team in at least the past century has had an OPS+ of 136. (The Murderers' Row-era Yankees managed 127 in 1928.) And only one team in the past century -- the 1926 Philadelphia A's -- has had an ERA+ as high as 136.
No team has ever had four qualified batters with an OPS+ of 165 or higher. No team has ever had three batters with an OPS+ of 165 or higher.
No team has ever had four batters with an OPS+ of 160 or higher. No team has ever had four batters with an OPS+ of 150 or higher. No team has ever had four batters with an OPS+ of 145. Or even 141. To find a team that fielded four elite batters, you must drop the definition of "elite" all the way to 140. And only two teams managed even that: The 2003 Red Sox, with Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Trot Nixon and Bill Mueller, and the Big Red Machine of 1976, with George Foster, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose and Ken Griffey.
Marwin Gonzalez, whom you'll recall from that list right up there that I was just freaking out about, has most often batted seventh in this lineup. (As recently as three weeks ago, he started a game in the eighth spot.) By OPS+, Marwin Gonzalez, the Astros' fourth-best hitter, is having a better season at the plate than Vladimir Guerrero ever had. Better than Cal Ripken, Paul Molitor or Orlando Cepeda ever had.
In fairness, that's all OPS, which isn't adjusted for home ballpark, and the Astros play in a hitter-friendly home ballpark. But fear not: The Astros hit much better on the road than at home! On the road, they've hit .300/.364/.516, which is a) 122 points higher than any other AL team, and b) an almost perfect match for Matt Holliday's career line: .300/.379/.516. Brother.
The Astros can field an entire lineup of players who have batted at least 200 times this year and have an OPS+ of 119 or higher. Andre Dawson retired with an OPS+ of 119.
Their No. 9 hitter Sunday, Jake Marisnick, has a better OPS than 19 teams' cleanup spots this year. Better than 21 teams' No. 3 hitters.
With a team wOBA of .362, the Astros would be the team leader on seven clubs.
With a team wRC+ of 130, the Astros would be the team leader on nine clubs.
With a team true average of .289, the Astros would be the team leader on six clubs.
The Astros lead the American League in singles, in doubles and in home runs. They lead in infield hits and extra-base hits.
You can't throw the Astros strikes. They hit .403/.409/.745 on the first pitch of at-bats, the best in baseball by a lot. (League average is .346/.353/.589.) But if they miss the first pitch and you get ahead 0-1 -- welp, they're still the best in baseball by a lot, with an OPS after 0-1 more than 50 points higher than the next team. And if they miss that pitch, they're still the best team in baseball. The only way to turn the Astros into an "ordinary" offense is to fall behind in the count against them, which, of course, is a stupid idea that makes no sense.
Naturally, they lead the majors in runs: If they get shut out in their final 51 games, they will still score more runs than 72 teams have scored this decade, including the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Astros.
But here we go, this should settle it: The Astros have hit .245/.311/.394 in their losses. In 1963, their second year as a franchise, the Astros hit .245/.317/.342 in their wins.
And the Dodgers can pitch.
The Dodgers have struck out more batters than any other NL team.
The Dodgers have walked fewer batters than any other NL team.
The Dodgers have allowed fewer home runs than any other NL team.
They, uh, also have allowed the lowest batting average on balls in play.
By a stat called sOPS -- which compares a staff's OPS allowed in a split to the rest of the league's performance in that split -- the Dodgers have the eighth-best bullpen of the 2000s. They have the second-best starting rotation of the 2000s. And they've accomplished the latter almost entirely without Yu Darvish, who joined the rotation last week.
1. The Dodgers are so good that Darvish's value to them will probably come down to one, maybe two runs not allowed. Follow me: The Dodgers are 13 games ahead of the next-best team in the National League; the rest of the regular season is for the record books and nothing more. Once they get to the postseason, they have Clayton Kershaw, Alex Wood and Rich Hill in their playoff rotation. Kershaw is the best starting pitcher in the world; Wood has been one of the five best this year; Hill, on a per-inning basis, has been one of the five best over the past three years. There is practically no improving on their top three starters, assuming all remain healthy.
Now, Darvish has faced tougher competition and pitched in a tougher ballpark than McCarthy, Ryu and Maeda have, and Darvish is better than those three, but the difference between him and the three very good major league starters he'll supplant is maybe half a run every nine innings. If the Dodgers go to the World Series and Darvish makes four postseason starts and throws 20 or 25 innings, he'd be expected to save a run, maybe two runs compared to any of them. Then he'll be a free agent.
2. There was really nowhere else worth looking to upgrade, and adding Darvish as a luxury item gives them insurance (against Kershaw's back and Hill's blisters) and makes it easier to resist the temptation to force Kershaw to go on short rest. It also gives the team a jolt, and when you're as good as the Dodgers, you might as well get that extra run, because it'd be a shame to have this roster miss out on the World Series by a run, whenever it were to come. What else were they going to do, add a reliever? They already have three relievers with ERAs below 2. Brandon Morrow and Kenley Jansen have the two best FIPs among all relievers this year, and two of the best of all time (min. 20 innings).
The Dodgers' staff is the best in the National League against right-handed batters and the second-best against left-handers. With runners in scoring position, batters have hit .215/.293/.338 against the Dodgers, the third-weakest line since 2000. (With the bases empty, the Dodgers are still in the top 20 this century.) They've had the lowest ERA in the majors in every month this season except June, when they were second. And besides this deep and star-laden pitching staff, they have the best defense in baseball, according to the advanced metric defensive runs saved, and their catchers have been the game's best pitch-framers, according to Baseball Prospectus. Only two NL teams have allowed fewer stolen bases, and only two have caught more runners.
Stephen Strasburg has an ERA+ of 134 this year. The Dodgers have been better. The median American League All-Star this year has an OPS+ of 134. The Astros have been better.
The Astros' offense against the Dodgers' defense is basically just an All-Star game. It's an All-Star game that counts, really counts, and that goes for seven games and will not let up no matter how out of adrenaline you are by Game 4. You don't have to like either of these teams to see the value in that. I'd suggest you get to rooting.
Thanks to the invaluable Play Index at Baseball Reference for powering much of this.


Sussex Police say they believe the five men who died in the sea at Camber Sands were in their late teens and early 20s and from Greater London.
Chief Superintendent Di Roskilly said the men had come to Camber for a day on the beach together. She said: "These men were not fully clothed when they were pulled from the sea but wearing clothes appropriate for being at the beach for the day.
"We have no further reports of anyone else missing from Camber and there are no ongoing searches related to this incident.
It was feared a sixth person was missing but the search operation has now been called off.
The first three men died despite efforts by medics to save them after being pulled from the sea at about 2.15pm on Wednesday. Later in the evening a beach-goer found two bodies and reported another in the water.
He said he could not understand how the men had run into difficulties as the sea appeared calm.
A spokesman for Rother District Council said that, despite there being no lifeguards, there are summer patrols to advise people of potential dangers, reunite lost children with their families and deal with incidents on the beach.
"While it's very upsetting to see two similar, tragic incidents this summer, over the years these kind of incidents are extremely rare and on a fine day around 25,000 people use the beach safely,'' he said.
An online petition started a month ago to campaign for lifeguards on the beach has reached more than 3,600 signatures.
Eyewitness Natalja Taylor, 30, who was on a day trip with her husband, said police were driving up the beach with a loudhailer, urging people to stay out of the sea.
It is the second serious incident to take place recently at Camber Sands, which, with its sand dunes, has long been a popular destination for beach-goers.
Last month, 19-year-old Brazilian Gustavo Silva Da Cruz died when he got into difficulty while swimming in the sea there.
Mr Da Cruz, who was visiting family in Croydon, was one of three men who got into trouble. The two others, who were not connected to him, included a man aged 35 and his 17-year-old son.
The latest Camber Sands tragedy brings the death toll around Britain's coastline to 12 over the last week, prompting the RNLI to urge seaside visitors to take care and respect the water.
Two-year-old Mckayla Bruynius died at Bristol Children's Hospital on Tuesday night after she was caught by a large wave at Fistral beach in Newquay, Cornwall, on Friday.
Her father, Rudy Bruynius, also died after getting into trouble as 13ft (4m) waves lashed the coast amid strong winds and rain.
A mother and son died on Saturday after a rescue operation at Aberdeen beach, while a windsurfer in his 60s died in a Colchester hospital after being rescued off the coast of West Mersea, Essex.
On Sunday, a woman in her 30s died after getting into difficulty while swimming off Jersey, and a man died despite the efforts of medics after getting stuck in a rip current at Sandbanks beach in Poole, Dorset.


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Our core courses are designed to build a robust framework for lifelong theological reflection and missional engagement. We also aim to help you work through vocational discernment and exploration. With an interdisciplinary approach that combines the best of historical and sociological tools for the work of theology, we have designed a curriculum that helps students to better understand the city, the world, and their calling to both.
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For the first few decades after screwcap (or Stelvin) closures were invented in 1964, they met with considerable resistance from the public.
Screwcaps were mostly associated with cheap, low grade wines such as Thunderbird or MD 20/20, the type of beverage consumed by drunks in convenience store parking lots. That perception has gradually changed, as consumers have come to realize that the benefits of screwcaps go way beyond the absence of cork taint: They deliver the wine in the same condition the winemaker created it. Mark talks with Tim Keller, founder and CEO of Vinperfect, a former winemaker who has devoted himself to developing the perfect screwcap closure. On Bizarre Beverage News, Mark investigates the story of an Oklahoma gun range that has been granted a liquor license, explores the behavior of drunken fish, and examines the case of an Oregon woman who has filed suit for $8 million because a bottle of wine fell on her foot.


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Oil train terminal would result in derailments every two years
From the Associated Press:
WASHINGTON � A proposal to build the largest oil train terminal in the Pacific Northwest could result in a derailment every two years and an oil spill from a derailment once every 12, according to a draft analysis by a Washington state agency.
The document, released Tuesday, indicates that most fire departments along the oil trains� rail route are not prepared for a spill or fire that could accompany a derailment. Out of the 12 departments that responded to the survey request, only one indicated its firefighters are trained and equipped for such an incident.
Further, only half the departments said they knew the locations of BNSF Railway�s specialized firefighting equipment closest to their jurisdiction. And while three-quarters of them reported having access to personal protective equipment, firefighting foam and foam applicators, only a quarter said they had access to oil spill containment booms.
The draft environmental impact statement from the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council said that BNSF would bring four oil trains a day to the Vancouver Energy facility at the Port of Vancouver, Wash., with the loaded trains mostly following the path of the Columbia River and the empty trains returning east via Tacoma, Auburn and Stampede Pass.
With those four daily trains, carrying 100 or more cars each of either light crude from North Dakota or diluted heavy crude from western Canada, the agency forecast �a derailment incident might occur once every two years with a loaded train, and once every 20 months with an empty train.�
The document noted, however, that not all derailments would result in a spill.
Tina Barbee, a spokeswoman for Vancouver Energy, said the company was reviewing the document and �will be able to address specific issues and respond to more detailed questions over the coming weeks.�
Courtney Wallace, a spokeswoman for BNSF, said the railroad had trained 800 firefighters in Washington state this year, and that included giving them the location of BNSF�s specialized firefighting resources.
She said BNSF has equipment and personnel staged in Everett, Seattle, Longview, Wishram, Pasco and Spokane.
�We will continue to work with first responders to ensure they have information about BNSF�s resources,� Wallace said.


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Lionel Messi fails to hit back at critics as struggling PSG ace is subbed off at half-time
Lionel Messi was substituted at half time of Paris Saint-Germain's Ligue 1 clash against Lille on Friday.
By Lewis Winter
07:06, Sat, Oct 30, 2021 | UPDATED: 16:03, Sat, Oct 30, 2021
Is Pochettino under huge pressure at PSG after Messi arrival?
Lionel Messi's tough start to life at Paris Saint-Germain continued on Friday as he was substituted at half-time of the Ligue 1 clash at home to Lille. Messi is still yet to score a league goal for PSG since his free transfer in the summer. The Argentina superstar has faced strong criticism from the French media for his slow start in the capital.
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Lille were leading the match 1-0 at half-time when Messi was taken off.
But PSG turned the game on its head without Messi in the second half, with goals from Marquinhos and Angel Di Maria giving them a 2-1 win.
There were no indications that Messi was struggling with an injury in the first half.
However, Ovacion24 claimed the 34-year-old had a muscular issue which meant he could not continue.
WhoScored claims he has now had the most shots in Ligue 1 this season without scoring a goal (15).
Lionel Messi was substituted at half time PSG's match against Lille (Image: GETTY)
Ahead of the match, French newspaper L'Equipe made their feelings clear on Messi's time at PSG so far.
Their front page had a picture of Messi looking disappointed and the headline: "Finally a good start?"
The publication added in the copy: "Since his arrival at PSG, Messi has not yet reached the performances he showed at Barca. There is still no concern, but impatience is beginning to spread."
The criticism came after former France star Nicolas Anelka gave a savage verdict on Messi's start at PSG.
Speaking to French outlet RMC, Anelka said: "Today we demand from Neymar, but we can do the same with Messi.
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"Since the beginning of the season he has not been extraordinary either.
"There is a player who has six Ballon d'Ors and in the end he is not so extraordinary."
Messi's three goals for PSG so far have all come in the Champions League.
It was the second time he has been substituted in a PSG shirt after being dragged off with 15 minutes to go in the clash with Lyon last month.
PSG were 1-0 down when Lionel Messi was substituted (Image: GETTY)
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PSG went on to win the game thanks to a stoppage-time winner from Mauro Icardi, who also replaced Messi against Lille.
PSG boss Mauricio Pochettino admitted this week he caused a stir in the dressing room when he said Messi should win the Ballon d'Or.
In an interview, the former Tottenham manager said: "The Ballon d'Or should go to Messi without any doubt.
"And if I didn't coach Messi, I would still say Messi. I answer with my heart. I always say what I feel. On the podium with him would have to be Lewandowski and Cristiano."
But Pochettino has since said Neymar and Kylian Mbappe were not happy with his comments.
"I had a problem saying that Messi should win the Ballon d'Or," Pochettino said.
"Neymar and Mbappe told me why not them.
"In any case, it would be great for any player from Paris to win it, but Leo deserves it."
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ACLU Files Suit To Stop Police From Searching Cell Phones Without Warrant
keep your eyes to yourself
Updated: 1.17.14 3:56 PM EDT By Chris Morran@themorrancave
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A decade ago, searching someone's cell phone would give you a list of names and numbers, maybe some recent texts. But now, the average smartphone could contain as much personal and sensitive information as a desktop computer, yet many law enforcement agencies argue they don't need a warrant to search these devices. That's why the American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against the city of San Francisco and its chief of police.
According to the suit [PDF], filed in the Superior Court of California in San Francisco County, a longtime Bay Area activist had pitched a tent and was staging a non-violent protest in Jan. 2012, when he was arrested by the SFPD.
He alleges that police officers seized his phone and not only scrolled through the messages on his phone, but read them aloud.
The California Supreme Court ruled in 2011, in People v. Diaz, that police could search an arrestee's phone without a warrant and without violating his Fourth Amendment rights. And the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in 2012 that police did not require a warrant to look through a suspect's phone because it was not password protected.
However, the lawsuit counters that "The California Constitution provides greater privacy protections than the federal constitution… Cell phones today are essentially compact home offices that can be carried on the person or in a briefcase, and searching them poses special privacy concerns beyond what is typical in the search and seizure context. The California Constitution and the First Amendment… also safeguard the rights of free speech and free association against governmental interference, in particular, against the compelled disclosure of speech and associational information."
The ACLU believes that such warrantless searches go beyond violating the rights of the person being arrested, but also intrude upon the privacy of that person's "family, friends, co-workers, and anyone whose information is in their phones."
Speaking to Consumerist about the difference between this lawsuit and the ones that have previously found in favor of warrantless searches, Linda Lye, staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, says this lawsuit goes beyond the Fourth Amendment concerns raised in those cases.
"Our case involves privacy claims under California's more protective constitution, as well as speech and association claims under the federal and state constitutions," she tells Consumerist. "The Seventh Circuit and other courts haven't had a chance to examine these claims yet."
Adds Lye, "The bottom line is that the police shouldn't be searching through cell phones without a warrant. Phones contain our emails, text messages, information about our health, finances, and personal beliefs. All of that is sensitive information that the cops shouldn't be able to get without a warrant. Also, a phone contains information not just about its user, but also everyone the user talks to. The Constitution gives us the right to speak our minds and talk to our friends, and to use our phones to do so. That means that the police can't force me to hand over a list of everyone I've spoken to and what I've said to them, simply because I've been arrested."
3.20.13By Chris Morran@themorrancave
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This chapter considers the specificity of French cinema in the 1970s before analysing in more detail Coline Serreau's first film. Serreau's work on stage and on big or small screens was strongly influenced by the political mood which succeeded May '68 in France. In France, the Utopian tradition in literature is particularly marked in the period preceding and following the 1789 Revolution. The presence in the background of a huge reproduction of a painting by the French seventeenth-century painter Lorrain reinforces in a way the idea of performance since the rebellious artists appear in some long shots to be part of the painted background. What J. P. Jeancolas calls the 'vague contemporary', which for him characterises French cinema before the 1970s, became much more precise afterwards. The 'contemporary' was mostly expressed through socio-political films.


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VMware pulls AWS's Relational Database Service into the data center
Frederic Lardinois	@fredericl / 1 year
Here's some unusual news: AWS, Amazon's cloud computing arm, today announced that it plans to bring its Relational Database Service (RDS) to VMware, no matter whether that's VMware Cloud on AWS or a privately hosted VMware deployment in a corporate data center.
While some of AWS's competitors have long focused on these kinds of hybrid cloud deployments, AWS never really put the same kind of emphasis on this. Clearly, though, that's starting to change — maybe in part because Microsoft and others are doing quite well in this space.
"Managing the administrative and operational muck of databases is hard work, error-prone and resource intensive," said AWS CEO Andy Jassy . "It's why hundreds of thousands of customers trust Amazon RDS to manage their databases at scale. We're excited to bring this same operationally battle-tested service to VMware customers' on-premises and hybrid environments, which will not only make database management much easier for enterprises, but also make it simpler for these databases to transition to the cloud."
With Amazon RDS on VMware, enterprises will be able to use AWS's technology to run and manage Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB databases in their own data centers. The idea here, AWS says, is to make it easy for enterprises to set up and manage their databases wherever they want to host their data — and to then migrate it to AWS when they choose to do so.
This new service will soon be in private preview, so we don't know all that much about how this will work in practice or what it will cost. AWS promises, however, that the experience will pretty much be the same as in the cloud and that RDS on VMware will handle all the updates and patches automatically.
Today's announcement comes about two years after the launch of VMware Cloud on AWS, which was pretty much the reverse of today's announcement. With VMware Cloud on AWS, enterprises can take their existing VMware deployments and take them to AWS.
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Reticuline is a chemical compound found in a variety of plants including Lindera aggregata, Annona squamosa, and Ocotea fasciculata (also known as Ocotea duckei). It is based on the benzylisoquinoline structure.

Reticuline is one of the alkaloids found in opium, and experiments in rodents suggest it possesses potent central nervous system depressing effects. It is the precursor of morphine and many other alkaloids. It is also toxic to dopaminergic neurons causing a form of atypical parkinsonism known as Guadeloupean Parkinsonism.

Metabolism
3'-hydroxy-N-methyl-(S)-coclaurine 4'-O-methyltransferase uses S-adenosyl methionine and 3'-hydroxy-N-methyl-(S)-coclaurine to produce S-adenosylhomocysteine and (S)-reticuline.

Reticuline oxidase uses (S)-reticuline and O2 to produce (S)-scoulerine and H2O2.

Salutaridine synthase uses (R)-reticuline, NADPH, H+, and O2 to produce salutaridine, NADP+, and H2O. Salutaridine can then be transformed progressively to thebaine, oripavine, and morphine.

1,2-dehydroreticulinium reductase (NADPH) uses (R)-reticuline and NADP+ to produce 1,2-dehydroreticulinium, NADPH, and H+.

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Wow! That title is incredibly cliche. And if you know anything about me, it is that I HATE cliches. Forgive me for the unoriginal blog title.
But it accurately describes what I've done today. Yesterday was my nineteenth birthday. Tomorrow, I'm heading back to Marquette for my second semester of college.
I'm so excited to be back on campus. To see my new friends that I've been missing for the past month. But at the same time, I like being home. It's easy. It makes me feel like I'm back in high school and have several years to figure out the rest of my life. College has really made me realize how fast life is moving (Oh my gosh, another cliche!). I've only got three and a half years left until I enter the workforce. And three and a half years may sound like a long time, but it's not.
Turning nineteen was my last "teen" birthday. Next year, I will be telling people that I am in my twenties! I've dreamt for so long about growing up and being independent, but I like the dream version of my twenties.
What will my actual twenties be like? I'll probably be working or in law school. Most definitely broke. Surviving on Ramen. Quite possibly in a different state, far from my sister and parents. So many changes in the next few years.
No, so many changes starting tomorrow! I'm moving back to a different zip code. Different activities (no more Grey's marathons). Different faces. I'll even be starting my new campus job as a barista at Tory Hill, the law school cafe.
It all starts tomorrow. Which leaves plenty of time for one last night at Seattle Grace Hospital.


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According to locals and visitors, the sand on Destin's beaches, the byproduct of a curious juxtaposition of aquatics and geography, is the whitest in the world.
The finely ground quartz crystals, which look more like the sugar in your morning coffee than the sand that squishes between your toes, originate in the Appalachian Mountains. The residue flows down the Apalachicola River to the Gulf of Mexico, where currents create sand drifts along the Gulf Coast, from east of Panama City, Florida, to the shoreline of Alabama.
A key part of Florida's Emerald Coast, Destin attracts millions of visitors every year. The city's population averages only around 12,000, but, during tourist season, its numbers normally balloon to the 40,000 range. There are 12 separate beach access points, and fishing vessels can be chartered from the harbor. In fact, Destin calls itself "the world's luckiest fishing village" and lays claim to the largest fishing vessel fleet in the Sunshine State.
The city of Destin is situated on a peninsula that separates the Gulf of Mexico from Choctawhatchee Bay. Originally an island, it slowly but surely became part of the mainland through the handiwork of hurricanes and changes in sea level.
The city's water entrance is through Destin Harbor, a lagoon that lies between the beaches and the main peninsula. The lagoon is formed by a sand spit named Holiday Isle, where many condominiums line the harbor. The city is connected to Niceville, Florida, by the Mid-Bay Bridge. The larger municipalities of Panama City and Pensacola are located to the east and west, respectively.
The area is named for Capt. Leonard Destin, a fisherman who settled there between 1845 and 1850. The captain and his descendants remained for decades and were instrumental in launching the area's fishing industry.
Destin was incorporated as a municipality in 1984 and has experienced rapid growth since. The city features a grand assortment of hotels and motels as well as condominiums. Private homes are available for rent for anyone who wants to see and feel the unique sand, play nearby golf courses or cast a line into Destin's fertile waters.
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This was the "slogan" of my recentvisit to Spain. At a meeting with Henry, I suggested to visit Emma Martinez and Josep Barceló in Barcelona. I have known these two " crazy " Spaniards for a long time and wanted to deepen the friendship. Emma is very well known in Spain for her warmth and love of instinctive archery. At her side as a mentor is Josep Barceló, highly regarded, an "old fox " and expert on the bow scene in Spain. For decadeshe has been a coach there and point of contact for many Spanish archers.
After a "cultural program" through Barcelona with Emma, we went to Mataró, 30 kilometers to the north. Mataró, rather an industrial city, along with great food and drink (vino tinto) is known as a stronghold for instinctive archery in Spain.
This becomes pretty clear, when, upon driving into the city, one sees the giant statue of "Laia, la Arquera " – Laia, the archess.
So it immediately suggested itself to strife through the beautiful grounds of T.E.M. (Tir Esportiu Mataró) on both their great 2D and 3D parcours.
As a gift for Emma, I took a customized Raven Longbow with me.
The bow was specially crafted by Christoph Unger according to my wishes and with the signature " Emma's Raven". This was of course directly sponsored by Henry, who backs Emma and Josep and has promised to support "Instinctive Archery " in Spain with further actions.
Henry and I have for some time pulled together, with the aim to promote "Instinctive Archery" and establish this lifestyle worldwide.


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Square Pegs was a Hong Kong television series 2003. The program's title is an abbreviated reference to the English idiomatic phrase "square peg in a round hole." The series was the runaway success of 2003, commanding a viewership of 3.5 million or roughly half of Hong Kong's population during the last week of its broadcast, and breaking TVB's ten-year ratings record. It also went on to win four awards for its two lead actors in the TVB 36th Anniversary Awards, and made both Roger Kwok and Jessica Hsuan household names in the territory.
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Spate of Black Hawk crew deaths prompts questions for Pentagon
A UH-60 Black Hawk lands during air assault operations in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Aug. 20, 2020. (Spc. Ryan Lucas/Army)
The loss of two UH-60 Black Hawk crews in less than two weeks signals the need for a comprehensive look at the helicopter's mechanical, software and electrical systems to see if the cases "fit a larger pattern of malfunction," according to a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Nine National Guard troops have been killed in Black Hawk crashes in roughly one year, raising "significant concerns about a systemic issue with the Black Hawk helicopter operation cycle," Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday.
When the active duty force is included, data shows that there have been five fatal Black Hawk crashes in the past 14 months, both overseas and domestically, claiming the lives of 16 service members.
Gillibrand's letter called for a classified briefing on the mishaps that have occurred to discuss any problems with the Black Hawk that cause it to malfunction or make it difficult to pilot, as well as the Pentagon's plan to rectify those issues.
"Because of the ongoing danger posed to our service members, I ask for this briefing to occur as soon as the disparate investigations are complete," Gillibrand's letter reads.
One of the fatal mishaps occurred in the senator's home state.
A New York Guard Black Hawk crashed Jan. 20 in a farmer's field south of Rochester, killing three experienced pilots. That was followed less than two weeks later when a three-man Idaho Guard Black Hawk crew was killed near Boise. Both incidents took place on routine training flights, according to Guard officials.
A little more than a year earlier, a Minnesota Guard Black Hawk crashed near St. Cloud in December 2019.
Data showing 160th SOAR's pilot shortage is a 'snapshot in time,' command cautions
Special operations aviation must draw from the conventional pool, which is short by hundreds of pilots.
An investigation into the Minnesota incident determined that the helicopter's number one engine failed because the hydromechanical unit was incorrectly installed, and inspection of the unit's installation did not follow proper procedures. The engine failed during a maximum power check and the number two engine was in the idle setting, causing a dual engine-out condition.
Black Hawk mishaps have not been confined to the Guard, though, which "raises additional questions that we urgently need answered," Gillibrand said in her letter.
Two soldiers from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment were killed in late August when their aircraft went down near San Clemente Island, California. Three other soldiers were injured in the mishap.
Months later in November, five U.S. soldiers, as well as a French and Czech troop, were killed during a peacekeeping mission in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula when their Black Hawk went down because of an apparent technical failure.
Black Hawk helicopters have been flown by the Army since 1979, though the airframe's components have been periodically upgraded since then.
The Army's future vertical lift program is looking for a replacement, but the initiative is in a fairly early stage, and aircraft born of it are not expected to be operational until the early 2030s, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Military aviators told Army Times that the future vertical lift aircraft being tested aren't necessarily technological leaps on their own, but they do combine technologies that have been maturing over the last couple decades, like advanced composite structures for lighter aircraft and advanced rotor control.
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Radical Aliveness and Belonging: Exploring the Intersections of Spirituality and Social Change
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Tickets available at the Fine Arts Center Box office for $20. Admission is free for Five College students.
Join the UMass Amherst Libraries and A Network for Grateful Living for a dynamic afternoon of conversation exploring the landscape of engaged spiritual practice and action for social change. We will delve into the places where the personal and political meet as well as pathways that can catalyze and sustain our love, stewardship, and responsibility for the Earth and each other.
The Radical Aliveness and Belonging Symposium is inspired by the life and work of Brother David Steindl-Rast, a 93-year-old Benedictine Monk known as the "grandfather of gratitude" and one of the most important figures in the modern interfaith dialogue movement. Brother David, whose papers are in the UMass Special Collections and are part of their significant holdings documenting social change movements and activists, will be traveling from Austria to participate in the symposium.
The afternoon features accomplished, contemporary scholars, who are also spiritually-inspired activists and leaders, to engage this theme in its many facets. Speakers currently include:
Mirabai Bush, founder of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, co-developer of Search Inside Yourself at Google, and recent author of Walking Each Other Home with Ram Dass
Lucas Johnson, Executive Director of On Being's Civil Conversations Project and former leader in the U.S. community of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, the world's oldest interfaith peace organization
Rachel Bagby, J.D. (Stanford Law School), award-winning performance artist, poetic innovator and creator of Dekaaz Facilitation™, and author of Divine Daughters: Liberating the Power and Passion of Women's Voices
The Rev. Dr. Gregory Ellison II, Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Emory University and founder of Fearless Dialogues, a non-profit organization that creates unique spaces for unlikely partners to have hard, heartfelt conversations on taboo subjects like racism, classism, and community violence
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Gayla Earlene was raised in the small town of Inola, OK. As an only child she had a very close relationship with her parents who provided a christian home. At the age of 11, she accepted Christ as her personal Savior.
Her dad sang and played guitar and was a huge fan of Hank Williams. Her dad's influence played a big part in her love for music and Hank is still her all time favorite songwriter and singer. It was during these early years, that she began writing poetry that soon became songwriting. She began her professional singing career at age 16.
Gayla met her husband, Gene while in the music business and they have spent their years together in both country and gospel. While in country music, they performed alongside many known personalities such as, Roy Clark, Freddy Fender, Minnie Pearl, Johnny Russell, Hank Thompson, Mel Tillis, Billy Walker and many others. In 1990, following the tragic death of her Mother to cancer, Gayla completely surrendered her all to God and it was then that God called Gayla and Gene into Christian music. While in the gospel industry they have performed with the likes of Colin Raye, Mark Wills, Connie Smith, Jack Greene, Linda Davis, Kevin Sharp, Freddie Hart, John Berry, Crystal Gayle, Marty Raybon and others.
They have been guests on many radio and tv shows and have been featured in various newspapers and magazines. Their music is being played throughout Europe, Australia and Africa as well as the USA. Their travels extend all over the US playing in various venues.
Gayla and Gene have had the distinct opportunity to perform on the Grand Ole Opry as well as the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN and have taken part during Fan Fair week where they enjoy meeting many fans and having the opportunity to share Christian Country Music to thousands.
Gayla has recorded six albums since 1994 with husband Gene as the producer and steel guitarist, along with her cousin and friend, the late Randy Hardison as her co-producer and drummer.
She recorded a Country Christmas Album in 2000 and a new Country/Christian Country project entitled "Broken Pieces" was recently released. The title song and first release from that album "Broken Pieces" went to #1 on the charts in both September and October, 2001. Her second release, "7/24/365" went to #1 status for three months consecutively, May, June & July, 2002. To date, Gayla has celebrated 7 number One songs in Christian Country Music.
In June, following the tragic death of her cousin/producer/drummer and one of Nashville's finest songwriters, Randy Hardison, Gayla has once again turned to the Lord as her strength and song and is planning on a new album in honor of her cousin to hopefully be released next year. Randy and Gayla wrote the 9/11 heart wrencher entitled, "The Day The Planes Came".
On her way to Nashville to finish the current album, Broken Pieces, along with husband Gene Crain, the 9/11 event occurred. As a way of release and the only way she knew to cope with the happening, Gayla began to write the song and had it penned by the time they arrived in Nashville. She then handed the lyrics to her cousin Randy and he arranged the song. The next day, along with Gene, Randy and a group of the best pickers in Nashville, the song was born. Many listeners have cried tears of pain as well as joy in hearing the song. It is a song of reflection, tragedy and victory for America through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Q: PHP script not working as expected My php script is woking outside function but not inside function.
$uid = $_SESSION['user_id'];
function getUserName($conn) {
$sql = "SELECT * FROM `tbl_user` WHERE `user_id` ='".$uid."' ";
$row = $conn->query($sql)->fetch_array();
return $row["user_name"];
}

Unable to get it where I am wrong.

A: DO NOT use global variable. It's evil.
Pass the user ID as parameter to the function:
function getUserName($conn, $uid) {
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM `tbl_user` WHERE `user_id` ='".$uid."' ";
    $row = $conn->query($sql)->fetch_array();
    return $row["user_name"];
}

echo getUserName($conn, $_SESSION['user_id']);

A: Best thing you can do is avoid globals and just pass the uid as a parameter:
$uid = $_SESSION['user_id'];

$username = getUserName($conn, $uid);

function getUserName($uid, $conn) {
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM `tbl_user` WHERE `user_id` ='".$uid."' ";
    $row = $conn->query($sql)->fetch_array();
    return $row["user_name"];
}

Read http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.scope.php to learn about variable scope in PHP
Also read this post about SQL injection

A: you need to call the function to work code inside funtion

A: try this
function getUserName($uid, $conn) {
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}

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namespace vsmc
{

namespace internal
{

template <typename RealType>
inline bool weibull_distribution_check_param(RealType a, RealType b)
{
    return a > 0 && b > 0;
}

} // namespace vsmc::internal

/// \brief Weibull distribution
/// \ingroup Distribution
template <typename RealType>
class WeibullDistribution
{
    VSMC_DEFINE_RNG_DISTRIBUTION_2(Weibull, weibull, a, 1, b, 1)

    public:
    result_type min() const { return 0; }

    result_type max() const { return std::numeric_limits<result_type>::max(); }

    void reset() {}

    private:
    template <typename RNGType>
    result_type generate(RNGType &rng, const param_type &param)
    {
        U01Distribution<RealType> u01;

        return internal::is_equal<RealType>(
                   param.a(), static_cast<RealType>(1)) ?
            -param.b() * std::log(1 - u01(rng)) :
            param.b() * std::pow(-std::log(1 - u01(rng)), 1 / param.a());
    }
}; // class WeibullDistribution

namespace internal
{

template <typename RealType, typename RNGType>
inline void weibull_distribution_impl(
    RNGType &rng, std::size_t n, RealType *r, RealType a, RealType b)
{
    u01_distribution(rng, n, r);
    sub(n, static_cast<RealType>(1), r, r);
    log(n, r, r);
    if (is_equal<RealType>(a, static_cast<RealType>(1))) {
        mul(n, -b, r, r);
    } else {
        mul(n, static_cast<RealType>(-1), r, r);
        pow(n, r, 1 / a, r);
        mul(n, b, r, r);
    }
}

} // namespace vsmc::internal

/// \brief Generating weibull random variates
/// \ingroup Distribution
template <typename RealType, typename RNGType>
inline void weibull_distribution(
    RNGType &rng, std::size_t n, RealType *r, RealType a, RealType b)
{
    static_assert(std::is_floating_point<RealType>::value,
        "**weibull_distribution** USED WITH RealType OTHER THAN FLOATING "
        "POINT TYPES");

    const std::size_t k = 1024;
    const std::size_t m = n / k;
    const std::size_t l = n % k;
    for (std::size_t i = 0; i != m; ++i, r += k)
        internal::weibull_distribution_impl(rng, k, r, a, b);
    internal::weibull_distribution_impl(rng, l, r, a, b);
}

VSMC_DEFINE_RNG_DISTRIBUTION_RAND_2(Weibull, weibull, a, b)

} // namespace vsmc

#endif // VSMC_RNG_WEIBULL_DISTRIBUTION_HPP

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Twenty-five years since it was first buried, a golden treasure lies undiscovered in the landscape of France, a mystery that obsesses a band of treasure hunters. A community of people continue to search for the gold, guided by a book of allusive clues, released by an anonymous author. The author is now dead. The competition was designed to be solved within a few years, but the community that has developed around it fuelled competition, within which rumour, misinformation and red herrings spread, confusing individual routes of investigation.
Joining the pursuit, I act as treasure hunter, following the players' failed searches across France, less interested in solving the puzzle than in the interpretations, and the dreams, fantasies and obsessions of individual searchers.
Guided by the players' experience and journeys; (their) interpretations, routes, encounters, misinformation, dead ends, I'm interested in the precarious nature of interpretation and pursuit, and the photograph's precarious relationship to truth, information, and ambiguity.


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Wine in Russia
17 December 2018	by botoloeditor	in Markets
Russia represents the world's seventh largest wine market, with a market value of about 620 million euro. In terms of landmass, Russia is the biggest country in the world. And it's not doing too badly when it comes to its population either. About 144 million people call the country their home and that population has been rising slowly over the last decade or so.
The wine market has started growing again as post-recession recovery continues.
In the wake of the great success of Italian wines, with an overall 523.2% sales growth in the last decade, Italian wines are leaders in the Russian wine market with a 29% market share. In fact, between January and November 2017 Italy sold more than 716 hectolitres of vino, for a whopping 222 million euro.
Following a positive 2017, Italian wines continue to do well in 2018. According to export data elaborated by the Italian Trade Commission (ICE), Italy is now in a position of leadership in the export of its wines. In fact, ICE reports confirm that between January and April 2018, import of Italian wines reached 61 million euro, a growth of 4.5% compared to the same period in 2017.
According to Russia state statistics (Rosstat), Russians are consuming less vodka and more vino: in 2017, on average, Russians drank about 6.6 litres of vodka per person, per year, and about 10 litres of vino per person per year, especially imported wines, so there is huge potential.
Consumption, which hovers around a 1 billion bottles a year, is also predicted to grow steadily.
According to research body Euromonitor, by 2020, consumption is expected to grow at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 1% – reaching a total of 1.1 billion litres.
il Botolo took part at International Wine and Spirits Fair (IWSF) of Hong Kong
The interest in Italian wines is on the upswing in the Asian market and so this year we decided to take part in the International Wine and Spirits Fair (IWSF), that took place in Hong Kong, from November 7-9.
il Botolo returned in Sweden at "Wine Days"
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il Botolo in St. John's with P&S Fine Wines
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SA's booze industry seeks tax relief after new sales ban
13 January 2021 - 07:41 By Reuters
Alcohol associations in SA said the country's wine industry 'faces a grim picture of business closures, job losses, downward price pressure and structural damage to subsectors'.
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SA's alcohol industry, reeling under a renewed liquor sales and distribution ban since the end of December, on Tuesday called for a deferment of excise duty to stave off a wave of business closures and job losses.
President Cyril Ramaphosa extended an existing countrywide ban on alcohol sales and distribution on Monday, saying it has helped to reduce trauma cases in hospitals and keep staff and facilities available for Covid-19 patients.
He did not give a date on when the ban would be lifted.
"The SA wine industry faces a grim picture of business closures, job losses, downward price pressure and structural damage to subsectors," Vinpro, which represents 2,500 local wine producers, said in a joint statement issued by several alcohol associations in the country.
The government banned the sale of alcohol for more than four months from April last year, but later deferred R5bn in excise taxes for July and August.
The country's alcohol industry pays an average R2.5bn per month in excise tax, the statement said, adding that the ban has left the industry in a "precarious" state.
"The industry faces an enormous financial crisis and its capacity to make these payments is severely constrained," said the SA Liquor Brand owners Association, which represents companies such as Distell Group, Diageo Plc, Pernod Ricard and others.
The alcohol ban was introduced in December for the second time in nine months as coronavirus infections spiked in the country.
SA, which has recorded more than a third of all coronavirus cases on the continent, reported record-high daily new cases last week, with total cumulative infections topping 1.2m and more than 33,000 deaths.
Agri SA warns extended booze ban will fuel illegal sales
The organisation's Christo van der Rheede has warned that the continued ban on alcohol is likely to fuel illegal sales and called for liquor to be ...
Extended alcohol ban a slap in the face for brewers who may not survive
The extension of level 3 lockdown regulations, which prohibit the sale and distribution of alcohol, has been described as the death knell for many ...
Alcohol ban remains as lockdown level 3 extended: Cyril Ramaphosa
The country will remain on lockdown level 3, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday night.


My votes against the Maastricht Treaty and my support for a referendum on European integration seem to have labelled me a "Euro-sceptic" - according to letters I receive from right wing little Englanders. Nothing could be further from the truth. Most people have some emotional attachment to the country where they spent most of their life and I am no exception. But I can't get worked up about national sovereignty. More important is deciding at what level power is most democratically exercised.
In the run-up to the Intergovernmental Conference in 1996, the Labour Party has two realistic policy choices. One, as Jonathan Michie argues*, is rejection of monetary union, to give the next Labour government some control over the exchange rate and expand spending to stimulate growth and eventually achieve full employment.
The alternative, which I advocate, recognises the limited scope that Britain has to increase jobs or welfare without foreign exchange regulation, and goes for a democratically accountable tier of federal government at the European level. This federal government should be responsible for managing the exchange rate of a single currency and carrying out redistributive economic policies, plus other matters best organised at a European level, such as environmental regulation, defence and foreign policy.
This alternative is not compatible with the Maastricht Treaty. I agree with most of Michie's criticisms of Maastricht, but the problem is not the idea of a single currency. An eventual common currency would be one way of thwarting speculators who are now responsible for 90% of foreign exchange transactions and are likely to create a run on sterling if Labour win a general election. Joining a system of managed exchange rates, leading to monetary union, should therefore have some attractions for socialists.
However, there could be appalling social consequences from a single currency based on the Maastricht criteria of maintaining price stability, strictly limiting borrowing, and stabilising exchange and interest rates. There is no requirement for limiting unemployment or poverty.
These criteria prevent the government adjusting exchange rates, a principle means of altering industry's costs to improve competitiveness. When devaluation is not an option, the only alternative to economic collapse or massive inequality is to redistribute resources.
The merging of the two Germanies with a single currency imposed at a one to one rate illustrates the point. It quickly led to the collapse of East Germany's uncompetitive industries - and to high employment. The West has had to provide massive investment but at least the Eastern economy is being rebuilt. In the UK we have emerged from recession on the back of the devaluation of our currency, an option that was not available to Eat Germany. But, unlike them, we are not seeing the level of redistributive investment needed to remain competitive and overcome economic inequalities.
In theory, the Labour leadership recognises the importance of public investment, but it has accepted the Maastricht criteria, which will severely limit its room for manoeuvre. The leadership shares Chancellor Kenneth Clarke's position on a single currency - the monetary union is possible without political union or, in Robin Cook's words, the creation of a "European super-state". Yet the idea of creating a common unit of exchange between countries as radically different as Germany and Italy before unifying internal policies, especially redistributing resources, is a bizarre economic miscalculation, according to leading economist JK Galbraith.
In a European monetary union, we should expect economic shocks which result from the different impact of economic events on differing local economies. But under the Maastricht Treaty there would be little scope for dealing with crises by redistributive methods - the most logical and effective way - as resources for redistribution are limited to 1.2% of gross domestic product by the Treaty.
European monetary union should only go ahead if there is a much larger centralised budget to promote industrial investment and protect weaker economies. Stable exchange rates and a common currency require co-ordinated social and economic policies aimed at full employment and reducing poverty, rather than the monetarist convergence of Maastricht. This demands strong, accountable and accessible Europe-wide institutions to govern an economy which has become European, indeed global, whether we like it or not.
It will take courage to choose this social federal option which, far from surrendering sovereignty, can restore democratic accountability that has already been lost to the unelected European Commission and the secretive Council of Ministers. The existing veto is a two-way process which has prevented progress, for example in dealing with the excesses of the Common Agricultural Policy.
The Labour leadership promises social justice, but this must mean effective policies to restore full employment. Without these a Labour victory will soon turn sour, particularly if it includes acceptance of Maastricht's deflationary path and single currency without mechanisms for redistribution. This is why Labour must boldly campaign for a democratic, egalitarian and federal Europe, seeking the support of the electorate for this in a referendum. Considering the low esteem in which Westminster is held, the Labour Party should not be frightened of pushing people's understandings beyond nationalistic self-interest.


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Posted: 5 May 2005
Property charter offers huge promise
Business Report - South Africa
The Property charter, which is due in the next two to three months, would unlock the single biggest property opportunity in the southern hemisphere, Stuart Chait, the chief executive of Property Partners, said this week.
He said the charter could lead the government and parastatals to release property worth between R200 billion and R300 billion. In addition, local companies would have to become compliant, which should see the release of a further 25.1 percent of their shareholding to black economic empowerment players.
According to Chait, only about 5 percent of South African property is in black hands. Chait said the charter "will make the property market in South Africa five to 10 times bigger". It would "create more wealth [for black people] than any of the other charters or probably all the charters combined".
Don't be bulldozed
Moneyweb - South Africa
Don't be bulldozed into signing an offer to purchase, even if you're very keen to buy a property, that's the advice from Piet Botha, chairman of the Nationlink estate agency group.
Botha stresses that homebuyers - particularly first time buyers - should first read every clause in an offer to purchase and make sure they understand them all.
"Buyers should never be persuaded to sign an offer on the basis that they may 'lose' the property to a competing purchaser unless they make a hasty decision," charges Botha.
"And they should be wary of an agent who does not take the time to go through the document with them or is unable to fully explain anything that is unclear," he adds.
Builders renege on house-building contracts
The Post - Ireland
Director of Consumer Affairs Carmel Foley has launched an investigation into house-building contracts.
The probe was instigated after the consumer watchdog unearthed evidence which suggested that house builders are inserting unfair terms in contracts leaving buyers at a distinct disadvantage.
Foley, who already secured a High Court order prohibiting such unfair terms, said it was "outrageous and unacceptable'' that builders and solicitors continued to flout the law.
Property merry-go-round which keeps on turning
The Scotsman - UK
The health of the property market and solicitors' role in it are debated almost as often as a "for sale" sign goes up somewhere in Scotland.
As one half of the Law Society's professional practice team I, along with the director, Bruce Ritchie, receive from the profession more phone calls and e-mails about conveyancing than about any other issue. That might not come as such a surprise to many, as conveyancers make up a large part of the profession and buying and selling houses is very often the first and only contact people have with solicitors.
Property title is the key to wealth creation, says De Soto
Africans did not own enough property, an international expert on poverty alleviation said yesterday.
Hernando de Soto, described as "arguably the greatest living economist" and by former US president Bill Clinton as the greatest poverty alleviation expert in the world, emphasised that the absence of legal property titles in Africa had stunted development.
Addressing an investment conference, he said: "The absence of legal title in Africa has stunted development." He added that the legal ownership of property spearheaded development and described it as the "staircase to social growth".
House price growth slowing
Business.iafrica.com - South Africa
The growth of house prices gradually slowed over the past six months from 35.4 percent during last year's fourth quarter to 26.9 percent by March 2005, banking group Absa said on Wednesday.
The current trend could probably be explained by last year's below 10 percent pay rise and the fact that houses had generally become "less affordable", the group's senior economist Jacques du Toit said.
Business.iafrica.com


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Designed down to the very last detail by Mandalaki studio, this innovative miniature white house is located on the lovely Greek island of Rhodes. Created as a livable design object, it distills the ideal living conditions to a miniature scale, just 26 sqm. This micro-home is constructed using modular concrete panels and is inspired by the island's traditional architecture, sleeping two people in close but cosy quarters. The crystal clear water of the Aegean Sea is just 200m away from the cabin, while the nearby town of Rhodes offers great Byzantine architecture that has been given World Heritage Site status by UNESCO.
The sleek interior consists of a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, while the outside terrace doubles as both sitting and dining room – Rhodes' sunny climate makes eating outside the easy choice – as well as offering a workout area around the side. The courtyard is open and uncluttered, again paying homage to the simplicity that defines the island's architecture. The minimalist space is fitted with custom furniture and decor, and lots of large and small windows that keep the interiors bright and airy.
Windows and apertures of the Greek holiday home are used to blur the line between inside and outside, with trees providing shade and colour, while the lights and appliances are charged by Mandalaki's solar powered designs.
Beyond the architectural work, Monocabin offers an unique stay within this metaphorical holiday house that reflects Mandalaki lifestyle. The space is furnished not only with the studio's products but also with other design and artistic interventions providing a source of experience and well-being for the hosts. It becomes a space nourished by the passage of guests, designers, artists, friends with the perspective of a common goal : a return to oneself.
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Rhodes is the largest island of the Dodecanese. Blessed with bright sunshine all year round, Rhodes Island combines a sense of cosmopolitan flair with Greek tradition and is full of natural wonders. With natural springs and protected landscapes surrounding its endless choice of breathtaking beaches as well as a long history and rich culture, the capital of Dodecanese will satisfy any desire. There is also the Old Town to discover which is one of the best preserved fortified medieval towns from the earlier Byzantine and in UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites. Moreover, Rhodes is among the best Greek islands for water sports such as windsurfing, kite-surfing or sailing. For windsurf enthusiasts, Monocabin is situated only a few minutes walk from one of the best spots of the island. The island also presents 253 km of coastline. There's plenty of variety. Some people will enjoy rocky coves where they can dive off boulders or outcroppings, while others opt for the sandy beaches. They all have one common feature, beautiful clear blue water.


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Coventry has no zoning. Due to the town hosting a landfill; the municipal taxes are uniquely appealing as they are one of the lowest in the state. The Newport International Airport is located in town and has recently expanded and will accommodate small jet aircrafts. Another great feature is the school choice for high school students. Coventry opted not to join the union school district so if you are a resident of the town, your child can be tuitioned out to one of several high schools. There are also scholarships available to local students based on the tax revenues received by the town. A great place to live and a very friendly community.
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