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Award 2015 Calder Prize Calder Foundation New York The Calder Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1987 by Alexander S. C. Rower and the Calder family, is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, preserving, and interpreting the art and archives of Alexander Calder.
Award 2010 - 2013 Zurich Art Prize, DAIWA Foundation Art Prize, Silver Lion, 54th Venice Biennale, The Northern Art Prize
Solo exhibition 2014 Haroon Mirza Museum Haus Konstruktiv Zürich
Solo exhibition 2014 Harron Mirza Villa Savoye Poissy
Solo exhibition 2012 Harron Mirza University of Michigan Museum of Art Ann Abor
Monograph 2014 Irish Museum of Modern Art are jee be? 13: 978-1909792050 Dublin Irish Museum of Modern Art
Monograph 2017 Published by Zabludowicz Collection Haroon Mirza /HRM199: For a Partnership Society Elizabeth Neilson London
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Mirza lebt und arbeitet in London.
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Mirza has collaborated with actor, musician, writer and curator Richard Strange on two major works: "A Sleek Dry Yell" and "The Last Tape", with unrecorded lyrics by Ian Curtis of Joy Division performed by Strange in the style of Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape.
Lisson Gallery hosted Mirza's solo show in early 2011. In the same year his work was also displayed at the 54th Venice Biennial, as well as in the British Art Show 7.
MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design
MA Design Critical Practice and Theory, Goldsmiths College
Haroon Mirza has won international acclaim for installations that test the interplay and friction between sound and light waves and electric current. He devises sculptures, performances and immersive installations, such as The National Apavillion of Then and Now (2011) – an anechoic chamber with a circle of light that grows brighter in response to increasing drone, and completely dark when there is silence. An advocate of interference (in the sense of electro-acoustic or radio disruption), he creates situations that purposefully cross wires. He describes his role as a composer, manipulating electricity, a live, invisible and volatile phenomenon, to make it dance to a different tune and calling on instruments as varied as household electronics, vinyl and turntables, LEDs, furniture, video footage and existing artworks to behave differently. Processes are left exposed and sounds occupy space in an unruly way, testing codes of conduct and charging the atmosphere. Mirza asks us to reconsider the perceptual distinctions between noise, sound and music, and draws into question the categorisation of cultural forms. "All music is organised sound or organised noise," he says. "So as long as you're organising acoustic material, it's just the perception and the context that defines it as music or noise or sound or just a nuisance" (2013).Melbourne (2019) gezeigt.
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Hongkongers gather to commemorate 6 months since Yuen Long mob attack
by Kris Cheng 13:30, 21 January 2020 00:00, 1 April 2020
Around 100 people gathered in Tin Shui Wai on Tuesday to commemorate six months since last July's mob attack in Yuen Long. The rally near the Kingswood malls had been approved by the police.
On July 21, 2019, a stick-wielding mob wearing white shirts indiscriminately attacked civilians, journalists and a lawmaker at Yuen Long's MTR station, leaving dozens injured. Hong Kong police have been accused of colluding with the assailants after officers were seen walking away from the scene, and emergency calls went unanswered. Reinforcements did not arrive until around 39 minutes later.
Lam Cheuk-ting (right). Photo: RTHK screenshot.
Democratic Party lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting, who was injured in the attack, said at the rally that despite a large amount of evidence, only seven people have been charged in connection with the incident.
"[The perpetrators] were only minor figures. We don't expect the criminal prosecution to reveal the truth but we cannot give up," he said.
Lam said that several victims plan to file a civil claim against Police Commissioner Chris Tang.
Lam also said that protesters must persevere in pushing for their "five demands," to which the crowd responded with "not one less."
Protests were first sparked last June by a now-withdrawn proposal to draw up an extradition agreement with mainland China. Though the bill was eventually axed, police handling of the crisis has spurred calls for an independent investigation into officers' behaviour, the unconditional release of arrested protesters, retraction of "riot" characterisation, as well as universal suffrage.
Towards the end of the rally, a man was assaulted after he was accused of taking photos of attendees. He received medical treatment from a volunteer first aider on site.
The injured man. Photo: RTHK screenshot.
Riot police formed a cordon to separate the injured man from others. Officers then searched the area and questioned several district councillors before allowing them to leave.
Tagged: China Extradition, Chris Tang, Lam Cheuk-ting, Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long, Yuen Long Attacks

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Los Angeles metal band Attack of the Rising has unveiled a new video for their recently released single, "On The Horizon."
The single comes from the band's upcoming debut album, 'Game Changer' which is out July 30th on Weapon Records / Vanity Music Group.
The band, which initially came together back in 2009 with the Lepre brothers, Tony (guitars) and Chris (drums) as the founders, found a stable lineup recently adding bassist Michael Risucci, lead guitarist Billy Sablan (ex-Rude Awakening) and vocalist Mandrake (formerly of Axehammer).
Entering the studio in the summer of 2019 the band sailed through the recording process and began mixing in early 2020 only to have Covid throw a wrench into the process. Everything was pushed back a good part of the year and the band emerged with a finished album around Christmas of last year.
"On The Horizon" opens Game Changer with all the subtlety of a kick to the throat. Chris Lepre's bombastic drumming coupled with his brother Tony and Billy Sablan's twin guitar punch set up, and the old school Testament thrash riffage that the song then breaks into; sets the tone for the album.
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A CODO scheme is when TOTAL appoints you as the Dealer of a Total service station.
If chosen, you would be required to present a business case to Vice President, Sales & Marketing and team chosen by the Vice-President. Format of the business case will be forwarded before the Presentation.
You need to invest a minimum of 100k FJD for your working capital. The amount may vary depending on the projected volume of the service station.
What is the term of the Dealership Agreement?
Five (5) years, renewable for another period of Five (5) years under mutually agreed terms and conditions.
What are the other requirements?
You are required to take a Dealer Training Course for three (3) weeks to familiarize yourself with service station management and operations. Your Forecourt Service Crew (gasoline attendants), Station Manager and Cashiers are required also to undergo classroom and hands-on training.
A DODO is the operation of a Total service station where the Dealer will co-invest with TOTAL for the development and construction of the service station.
Not necessarily.You can 1) Own the property where the service station will be constructed or; 2) Lease the property from a third party of your choice or from a third party Total is leasing from.
What are the requirements of the property?
Lot Size-Minimum of 2,500 sq. m.
The property will also be inspected by Total's Retail Developer to determine its acceptability.
What is the condition of the Lease Contract?
The Lease Contract will have a minimum period of ten (5) years. The contract will be registered and annotated in the Transfer Certificate of Title with the Local Register of Deeds.
You need to invest an average of 500k FJD to construct the service station following Total's standards. This amount may vary depending on the size and location of the service station. You also should be ready with about 100k FJD working capital. The amount may likewise vary depending on the volume potential of the service station.
What will I and Total be responsible for?
How long does it take to build the service station?
From the time that all the required government permits from the Local and national government have been secured, the construction period is on the average four (4) months. This varies depending on the size and facilities to be installed.
If I am currently operating a service station (Dealer Owned) under a different brand, can I convert my service station into the TOTAL brand?
The Retail Developer of TOTAL has determined the acceptability of the service station design, potential and location.
You are required to take a Dealer Training Course for three (3) weeks to familiarize yourself with the service station management & operation. Your Forecourt Staff (gasoline attendants), Station Manager and Cashiers are required also to undergo classroom and hands-on training.
What is TOTAL's operational requirement?
A TOTAL service station is generally open for 24 hours, but operating hours may change depending on the trading area.
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A Total-accredited lorry (tank truck) will deliver the fuel products to your station based on your order. Order is place a day before delivery. Delivery is on Cash on Delivery basis.
Will TOTAL support me with local promotions and marketing programs?
Yes, TOTAL can provide support for local promotional activities and marketing programs. Details can be provided to you by your local Area Sales Manager or Retail Sales Executive.
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Area - minimum area of 2,500 sq. m.
What is required to build a service station according to TOTAL standards and lease to TOTAL?
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The Lease Contract will have a minimum period of 10 (10) years. The contract will be registered and annotated in the Transfer Certificate of Title with the Local Register of Deeds.
You need to invest an average of 700k FJD to construct the service station following Total's standards. This amount may vary depending on the size and location of the service station.
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ET fees: To deter, or not to deter, that is the question
Court 72 in the Royal Courts of Justice – where earlier this week three Court of Appeal judges spent two days hearing Unison's appeal against the High Court's dismissal of its two applications for judicial review of ET fees – is one of the more modern courtrooms to be found in the laughably camp, Gothic Revival edifice that sits on the Strand. Not quite a 21st century courtroom, perhaps, but certainly more 1960s than 1860s. And, to this lay observer, the appeal judges' scrutiny of the appellant and respondent's by now well-rehearsed arguments was a tad more modern than that offered by the reputedly clever but oh-so-out-of-touch-with-2015-reality Elias LJ in the High Court last October.
On Tuesday, when Karon Monaghan QC of Matrix Chambers presented Unison's five grounds of appeal, all three judges had asked challenging questions that, to my mind, indicated a genuine desire to understand the real nature and impact of the fees regime. But things got a little more interesting on Wednesday, when David Barr QC of Temple Garden Chambers rose to present his defence of The Devil [Shurely 'the Lord Chancellor'? Ed].
I think it's fair to say that Mr Barr is not one of the Bar's most flamboyant QCs, but it often sounded to me as if even he wasn't convinced by the arguments that he frequently struggled to locate in the voluminous bundle. In the High Court, Susan Chan had at least sounded as if she believed the garbage spewing from her mouth. The three judges – Moore-Bick LJ, Davis LJ and Underhill LJ – certainly didn't look terribly impressed, and the tone of their questioning became ever more mocking and disbelieving. Indeed, if these things were decided on the body language and facial expressions of the judges, then I'd say Unison have their appeal in the bag.
During a lengthy and turgid section on the Public Sector Equality Duty, Mr Barr seemed to be trying to bore the judges into submission, prompting Underhill LJ to swivel maniacally in his chair with the look of someone who's just got a whiff of the dog poo on their shoe. But it was Mr Barr's attempted defence of the appeal ground of 'effectiveness' that elicited the most mocking responses from the bench.
At one point, a clearly bemused Moore-Bick LJ asked Mr Barr what the 'problem' was that the fees were "trying to address". And – seemingly forgetting the official Ministry line and, indeed, his own assertion that the aim of the fees was "not to deter claimants" – Mr Barr blurted out:
The problem was that there were increasing numbers of [ET] claims and the existing model was unsustainable.
As previously explained on this blog, this is claptrap and bunkum. Leaving aside the (admittedly many) claimants in a relatively small number of multiple claimant cases – as both Ms Chan and Mr Barr asserted we (and the judges) should do when analysing the massive drop in claims since July 2013 – the number of claims/cases was in fact falling towards a record low by 2011, long before the fees came into force. But it's also at variance with the publicly stated objectives for the fees regime of ministers, as confirmed by the recent announcement of the long-promised review.
According to that announcement, the original objectives were:
to transfer some of the cost from the taxpayer to those who use the service, where they can afford to do so;
to encourage the use of alternative dispute resolution services, for example, Acas conciliation; and
to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the tribunal.
Nothing about dealing with an "unsustainable" increase in claim numbers there. Indeed, the second and third objectives are just flannel, as would-be ET claimants need no encouragement from fees to use the mandatory early conciliation services of Acas, and there is simply no way fees could by themselves "improve the efficiency and effectiveness" of the tribunal system – other than by deterring two-thirds of the annual caseload (which, as already noted above, Mr Barr assured the judges was not the aim of the fees). As for transferring some of the cost to the taxpayer, in 2014-15 the Ministry's net income from fees (after allowing for remission and administration costs) was a mere £4.3 million.
However, the evidently confused Mr Barr isn't the first to let the cat out of the bag. For it was none less than the then Lord Chancellor, Chris Grayling – reputedly not the sharpest pencil in the box either – who revealed to the Yorkshire Post in November last year that, by introducing fees, the Coalition government was "trying to deal with a situation where it was too easy to go to a tribunal and where employers, often good employers, were easy prey for questionable claims".
In short, despite Mr Barr's polished assurance to the contrary, the aim was to deter claimants. In the High Court, Moses LJ, Elias LJ, Irwin J and Foskett J all failed to see this, even as unrepentant Tory ministers such as Matt Hancock were claiming 'success' for the fees on this very basis. And, indisputably, the officially unstated aim has been achieved, with knobs on. But as to whether any of this means the fantabulous Unison legal team will be downing celebratory drinks a month or two from now, I have learnt to my cost to reserve judgment.
ET fees: Ministry of Injustice starts hunt for the X Factor
So, the Ministry of Injustice has finally decided to launch its long-promised review of the employment tribunal fees introduced in July 2013. This is the review, you might remember, that the Ministry was busy "finalising" the timing and scope of as long ago as June 2014. And it's no doubt entirely coincidental that, next week, the Court of Appeal will hear Unison's appeal against the High Court's dismissal of their application for judicial review of the fees regime.
The wording of today's announcement provides little cause to think that work-starved employment lawyers should hold their breath until the outcome of the review. To my jaundiced eye, the stated terms of reference suggest the Ministry will be scouring all kinds of tribunal and economic data for any factor – other than the fees, obviously – that might possibly have contributed, even just a tiny bit, to the sharp decline in ET case numbers since July 2013. So the Ministry's finest minds will be studying the "historic downward trend" in the number of ET claims – you'll no doubt remember how much Vince Cable and other ministers made of that trend in late 2011 and 2012 – as well as the impact from "the improvement in the economy" and "changes to employment law".
I'll come back to those factors in a minute, but today also saw the scheduled publication of the latest set of quarterly ET statistics. These new figures remind us just how big the fall in case numbers has been since July 2013. And, perhaps more interestingly, especially to the crack employment team at top 100 law firm Hugh James, they suggest that exploited and mistreated workers, having 'acclimatised' to the fees in Q3 of 2014-15, somehow de-acclimatised in Q4. I'm looking forward to reading about this in the Law Society Gazette, but meanwhile here's a chart.
But back to those legal and economic factors (other than the introduction of hefty, upfront fees in July 2013) that – three, six or maybe 24 months from now – the Ministry will no doubt inform us wholly explain the fall in ET case numbers since July 2013. As is evident from the above chart, and as reported ad nauseam on this blog, there was a modest downward trend in ET case numbers in the quarters immediately prior to the introduction of fees, quite possibly linked to the steady improvement in the economy in recent years. From Q2 of 2012/13 to Q1 of 2013/14 – the last full quarter before fees – the number of new single claims/cases declined by 5%, from 13,407 to 12,727.
I imagine the Ministry boffins will find no reason to assume that that modest downward trend would not have continued, had fees not been introduced in July 2013. Indeed, they may well find reasons to argue that it would have accelerated. So, let's assume that, over the next three quarters, single claims/cases declined by 6%. In that scenario, the number of such claims/cases would have fallen to 11,963 by Q4 of 2013/14, the last full quarter before the implementation of Acas early conciliation (from 6 April 2014). And – if that 6% rate of decline continued – by Q4 of 2014/15, the quarter for which the figures were published today, single claims/cases would have fallen to 11,010. Which, it's worth noting, would have been a record low, unseen since the passing of the first Corn Laws in 1815.
Now, that implementation of Acas early conciliation (which became mandatory in May 2014) may well be what the Ministry had in mind when referring, in the review's terms of reference, to the impact on ET case numbers of "changes in employment law". Because the primary aim of Acas early conciliation was to reduce the number of claims/cases by a whopping 17% (that being the figure given in the final BIS impact assessment). So, from Q1 of 2014/15 onwards, we need to reduce the number of single claims/cases in my 'no fees', downward trend projection by 17%. And, if we do that, we get the following chart, in which the green columns represent the number of single claims/cases we might have expected to see in each quarter, had fees not been introduced, and the red columns represent the actual number of such claims/cases.
We can total up the differences between the red and green columns, and that gives a figure of 36,210 single claims/cases 'lost' to ET fees between 29 July 2013 and 31 March 2015, after allowing for the 'historic downward trend' in case numbers and the introduction of Acas early conciliation. And that figure continues to increase by some 5,000 every quarter (so is, at the time of writing, in excess of 40,000).
Now, I can't think of any other significant (and relevant) change in employment law since July 2013, and I have difficulty imagining what "changes in users' behaviour" might explain more than a tiny bit of the difference in the height of the green and red columns in recent quarters (there is no evidence to suggest that displacement of single claims/cases to the County Courts has been more than negligible). So I think I've just about done the Ministry's job for it. For nothing. In an afternoon.
But perhaps the Ministry's boffins will find some X Factor I have stupidly overlooked.
ET fees: the wrong plan, in the wrong hands
Back in January, I noted on this blog that employment judges had yet to use the power, granted to them nine months previously under section 16 of the Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Act 2013, to impose a financial penalty of up to £5,000 on an employer found to have breached the claimant's rights in a way that "has one or more aggravating features." In late December, in response to a parliamentary question tabled by then shadow BIS minister Ian Murray (now the only Labour MP in Scotland), the then employment relations minister Jo Swinson had confirmed that no section 16 penalties had been imposed since the power came into force on 6 April 2014. And I argued that the most likely explanation for this lack of section 16 penalties is that
the hefty, upfront tribunal fees introduced by the Ministry of Injustice in July 2013 have eradicated exactly the kind of tribunal claim that [former business secretary] Vince Cable [and former BIS employment relations ministers] Ed Davey and Norman Lamb evidently had in mind when they came up with the section 16 penalty regime: a relatively low value claim (because the claimant is or was low paid) against a deliberately exploitative employer. For why would a vulnerable, low-paid worker subjected to 'wage theft' of a few hundred pounds gamble up to £390 on trying to extract the unpaid wages or holiday pay from their rogue (former) employer?
In response, at least one #ukemplaw luminary suggested that I was being a bit premature, given that employment judges had had the power for only nine months. And, while I countered that we could have expected at least some penalties to have been imposed, I had to concede that it would be "interesting to ask BIS the same question again in three or four months time."
Well, five months have passed, and BIS has been asked the same question, this time by Caroline Lucas MP. BIS doesn't seem to have an employment relations minister as such any more, but skills minister Nick Boles has now replied, confirming that the number of section 16 penalties imposed to date is … just three. Of which two remain unpaid.
As when I wrote on this issue in January, it is theoretically possible that this is simply a good news story: the threat of a financial penalty has incentivised employers to avoid breaching their workers' rights in a way that has "aggravating features". But it seems much more likely that my original theory holds true. That, thanks to fees, employment judges are no longer seeing many of the kind of 'rogue employer case' at which the section 16 provisions were aimed.
And – just for once – I am not alone. In April, Nic Elliott of respondent law firm Actons blogged about having recently spent four days in the tribunal, successfully defending his employer client against a claim with "little merit from the outset, but just enough to warrant four days with an employment judge":
This was a claim my client thought 'misconceived'. Perhaps the type of unmeritorious claim the [then] government was trying to weed out with the introduction of tribunal fees. However, the claimant was a high earner and could easily afford £1,200 in the hope he would make a return on this investment. It seems those employees with entirely valid claims, with little means to pursue them, may not be so lucky.
Nic concludes that "the fees regime introduced [in July 2013] really isn't hitting the mark and preventing claims with little merit entering the system. There's also a significant risk that those with genuine claims are being prevented access to justice because they can't pay their way". And, last month, top employment barrister (and founder of this blog) Sean Jones QC suggested to the CBI and others that "perversely, it is fast track, high merit, low value claims that fees have seen off".
If we are right, this would explain why – contrary to what we could expect if fees were simply deterring 'vexatious' and unmeritorious claims – the overall success rate of ET claims has fallen significantly since July 2013. In short, like the protagonist in Depeche Mode's classic "Wrong" – who answered "the wrong questions with the wrong replies" – Coalition ministers appear to have "reached the wrong ends, by the wrong means, with the wrong method and the wrong technique".
However, if the current ET fees regime was, indeed, the "wrong plan, in the wrong hands", then at least the new crop of ministers has an opportunity to make amends. The government's recent reply to another parliamentary question by Caroline Lucas suggests ministers are still committed to carrying out the long-promised review. All we need now is a date.
Are ET claims going up? Yes but no but yes but no but … whatever!
On Monday afternoon, I was happily wandering through a series of dimly-lit rooms, admiring some rather fine naked bodies in all manner of unlikely poses, when a series of tweets by #ukemplaw tweeps alerted me first to one, then to another, and then to a third news report, each announcing new hope for Britain's work-starved employment lawyers.
"Employment tribunal claims up 75 per cent in 12 months", screamed The HR Director, which claims to be "the most respected independent resource for HR directors and senior HR practitioners in print, in person and online".
"Employment tribunal caseload rebounds after slump", bellowed the Law Society Gazette, which claims to be the "publication of record to solicitors in England and Wales since 1903".
And – a little more wonkishly – the Solicitors Journal, which claims to have been "a reliable and trusted source of information for thousands of legal professionals" since 1856, helpfully explained that "Employment tribunal cases are on the up as claimants adjust to new fee system." [NB – article since deleted, it seems]
Hallelujah! Crack open the champagne! Come back Chris Grayling, all is forgiven. Let the gravy train roll!
And then – cynic that I am – the doubts began to set in. Surely the latest set of ET statistics isn't out until next week, I mused, while sneaking a closer peek at a chiseled pair of buttocks. So, pausing only to check out some extremely pornographic vases, I read beyond the dramatic headline of each news report.
The number of single claims in ET cases has jumped by 16 percent in just six months, rising from 3,790 in Q1 [2014/15] to 4,390 in Q3 2014/15, as the slump in cases reverses, says Hugh James Solicitors, the top 100 law firm. Hugh James Solicitors says that the number of employment tribunal cases fell from 10,900 in Q2 2013/14, after the introduction of tribunal fees. However, the number of claims is now re-bounding as disgruntled former employees adjust to the new fees and weigh the financial risks to them of pursuing a claim against the potential pay-out. Hugh James Solicitors notes that when multiple claims are included in the analysis, the increase in the number of tribunal cases is even more striking – rising by 75 percent from 10,840 to 18,940 in a year. Emma Burns, Partner, Head of Employment and HR Services Group at Hugh James Solicitors, explains: "The cost for launching a claim is between £160 to £250; when they were first introduced it was a shock, but now people are more acclimatised to these fees." (The HR Director)
Employment tribunal cases have rebounded in spite of the introduction of fees and it is still too easy [!!!!] to bring a spurious claim, a leading law firm has said. Claims have doubled [sic], with a similar trend in Scotland, since the requirement was introduced a year ago to use the Acas mediation service before launching a case, according to Hugh James Solicitors. Tribunal cases at first slumped by almost two-thirds in response to the [fees]. But claims have rebounded "as disgruntled former employees adjust to the new fees and weigh the financial risks to them of pursuing a claim against the potential pay-out,", the firm says. (This was The Herald in Scotland – from where things always look a lot worse, apparently.)
The number of claims in employment tribunals is bouncing back following the slump after the introduction of fees, figures obtained [sic] by a law firm reveal today. Top-100 firm Hugh James said that the number of single claims in tribunal cases has jumped by 16% in six months, rising from 3,790 in the first quarter [2014/15] to 4,390 in the third quarter. Hugh James said the number of claims is now rebounding as disgruntled former employees adjust to the new fees and weigh the financial risks to them of pursuing a claim against the potential pay-out. Emma Burns, partner, said: 'The cost for launching a claim is between £160 to £250; when they were first introduced it was a shock, but now people are more acclimatised to these fees.' (Law Society Gazette)
The recent and highly-publicised slump in ET cases has reversed, say lawyers, as reports emerge single claims have risen by 16 per cent over the last six months. Hugh James Solicitors observed [sic] that employment tribunal cases fell from 10,900 in Q2 2013/14, after the introduction of tribunal fees. However, the number of claims has begun to rebound as disgruntled former employees adjust to the new fees and weigh the financial risks of pursuing a claim against the potential pay-out. Emma Burns, partner and head of employment at Hugh James Solicitors, explained: 'The cost for launching a claim is between £160 to £250; when they were first introduced it was a shock, but now people are more acclimatised to these fees.' (Solicitors Journal)
The number of employment tribunal cases is rebounding, after falling when tribunal fees were introduced, according to research [sic] released today by Hugh James Solicitors. "The cost for launching a claim is between £160 to £250; when they were first introduced it was a shock, but now people are more acclimatised to these fees," said Hugh James Solicitors partner Emma Burns. (This was CityAM, which clearly thinks it knows a good bit of legal research when it sees it.)
Yes – and I'm truly sorry to have to break this to you, employment lawyers – we've been here before. It's the old 'Get Our Law Firm's Name in The Papers in The Hope of Drumming-up Some Much-needed Business by Issuing a Press Release With an Eye-catching But Rubbish Story About ET Claim Numbers' trick. Last year, it worked rather well for GQ Employment Law, who were rewarded by the legal editor of the Times, Frances Gibb, with a very silly story about how discrimination claims were bucking the steeply downward trend under fees. And in 2013 it worked extremely well for law firm EMW, for whom publicists Mattison PR [sic] secured splashes in both the Times and Telegraph, later picked up by HR Magazine and the CIPD. (Incidentally, Nick Mattison of Mattison PR wasn't very pleased when I wrote about EMW – he rang one of my then senior managers to complain about me).
And here – kindly provided to me (via email) by Catherine Sirikanda of Mattison PR [sic] – is the press release issued by Hugh James Solicitors on Monday (I've had to crop the bottom of the left hand page but – believe me – you're really not missing anything):
So, just how stale and silly is the story sold to The HR Director, CityAM, the Law Society Gazette, The Herald in Scotland, and Solicitors Journal by Hugh James Solicitors (or Mattison PR)? Have mistreated and exploited workers become "more acclimatised" to ET fees?
Well, the official statistics that The Law Society Gazette reports as being "obtained" by Hugh James Solicitors were, of course, published by the Ministry of Justice on 12 March. And you really don't have to have spent nearly three months studying those statistics to 'observe' that the number of single claims/cases did indeed increase by 16% from 3,792 in Q1 of 2014/15 (erroneously referred to as Q1 of 2013/14 in the Hugh James press release – an error dutifully copied out by both The HR Director and Law Society Gazette), to 4,386 in Q3 (October to December 2014). Or to 'observe' that the number of multiple claims increased from 4,478 to 18,943.
But can we conclude from this that would-be ET claimants have become "more acclimatised" to ET fees? Indeed, can we conclude anything at all from these figures?
Well, the short answer to both questions is: no. And the slightly longer answer is: only if you are an idiot (or a journalist at The HR Director, the Law Society Gazette, CityAM, The Herald in Scotland, or Solicitors Journal with a law firm's press release to copy out before your deadline).
Because you only have to spend less than three minutes looking at Table 1.2 of the Ministry's statistics – freely available even to Law Society Gazette and The Herald journalists since 12 March, remember – to see one obvious explanation for at least a large part of this counter-intuitive rise in the number of ET claims, from Q1 to Q3 of 2014/15.
We can see, for example, that equal pay claims actually fell, from 1,995 to 1,759, as did redundancy claims, from 900 to 675. Meanwhile breach of contract claims rose by a less than whopping 4.3%, from 1,928 to just 2,012. But Working Directive claims rose by 488%, from 2,171 to 10,604, and Unauthorised Deductions claims rose by 420%, from 2,545 to 10,701. And, frankly, you don't have to be a former Pulitzer Prize winner to realise what was going on here. In short, a high-profile (and certainly well-reported) legal ruling on holiday pay in early November led to a (relatively small) tsunami of holiday pay claims in the final weeks of 2014, as workers (and their unions and lawyers) rushed to take advantage of the ruling. Do a few basic sums to take those extra holiday pay-related claims out of the picture, and the total number of jurisdictional claims increased from about 27,100, to about 38,800.
Yes, that is still a rise of some 43%, from Q1 to Q3. But you also don't have to be a legal genius to know that the figures for Q1 were artificially (and quite considerably) depressed by the implementation, at the start of that quarter, of Acas early conciliation, which introduced a one-month delay in the registration of new ET claims (known to employment lawyers everywhere – other than those at Hugh James Solicitors, it would seem – as the 'Acas pause'). This 'Acas pause' is plainly evident in the columns for May and June 2014 in the following chart, which – unless you are Emma Burns or Catherine Sirikanda – you have probably seen at least one version of before.
So an increase in the quarters immediately following Q1 of 2014/15 was inevitable, and by itself tells us nothing whatsoever about the relative inclination of mistreated workers to issue an ET claim. It is (much) more meaningful to compare Q3 of 2014/15 to Q4 of 2013/14 (i.e. the three months immediately prior to the introduction of Acas early conciliation). And when we do that, we can see that the figure for single claims hailed as a 16% increase by Hugh James Solicitors – 4,386 – was still well below the 5,619 just nine months earlier, and the 4,969 in the quarter before that. I don't see much 'acclimatisation to fees' in those figures, or indeed in the above chart.
So, well done Emma Burns of Hugh James Solicitors, you got your firm's name in the papers. But it's a moot point whether you have acted in a way that is consistent with ensuring public trust in the legal profession. And you certainly haven't enhanced your personal entry for Employment Law Genius of the Year.
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Postscript (3 June): As Paul Statham has today noted on Twitter, the Law Society Gazette article may be rubbish, but the BTL comments are worth reading. So, in case the Gazette decides to follow Solicitors Journal in deleting its article, here are the best of those comments:
This has got to be one of the worst articles I've seen on the [Law Society Gazette] website. (anonymous)
Sounds like a desperate PR plug for Emma Burns. And considering that Hugh James are a respondent outfit, how would she know what claimants are thinking? She has come across as a bit of a wally. (Marshall Hall)
Hugh James said the number of claims is now rebounding as disgruntled former employees adjust to the new fees … Emma Burns, partner, said: '… when they were first introduced it was a shock, but now people are more acclimatised to these fees.' These statements make no sense. (anonymous)
That the Gazette should publish unchallenged the PR guff of Hugh James is depressing but not surprising. Slack lazy journalism, and Hugh James should be ashamed but no doubt will not be. (Paul Jeffcoate)
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When is an ET claim not a claim? (Answer: When it's part of a case)
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Mayo led 0-8 to 0-7 at half-time at Ballybofey and moved three ahead after Diarmuid O'Connor's penalty.
However, Leo McLoone's 58th-minute goal helped Donegal keep their 100% record as they won an entertaining contest.
Down remain rooted to bottom of Division 1 after another chastening home defeat.
The Mourne County were hammered by Donegal at Newry in their league opener and after blowing a chance to beat Monaghan in the second game at Clones, Down produced another woeful Pairc Esler display.
Down failed to score for 30 minutes either side of half time in an embarrassingly one-sided contest.
Bryan Sheehan top-scored with 0-6 for Kerry who picked up their first win of the campaign as Kieran Donaghy and Colm Cooper made their first appearances of 2016.
In front of over 11,000 spectators at a sunny MacCumhaill Park, Mayo led 0-2 to 0-0 and 0-4 to 0-2 but Donegal stayed in touch as fine scores from play from Ryan McHugh and Rory Kavanagh and a Michael Murphy 45 cut the Connacht champions' advantage to 0-8 to 0-7 at the interval.
Excellent scores from McHugh, Paddy McBrearty and Donnacha MacNiallais moved Donegal 0-10 to 0-9 ahead but Mayo were back in front after O'Connor blasted in his controversial penalty.
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Shortly after the penalty, Donegal endured another blow as substitute Neil Gallagher was black carded for a hand trip less than a minute after coming on.
But from 1-10 to 0-10 behind, Donegal outscored Mayo 1-4 to 0-2 in the closing 15 minutes.
McLoone's 58th-minute goal came after Donal Vaughan spilled a Robert Hennelly kick-out in midfield with Toye and Kavanagh combined to set up the over-lapping goal-scorer.
Murphy's towering 62nd-minute point to increased Donegal's lead to two points was an inspirational score as Mayo'a old Achilles heel of missing chances afflicted the Connacht champions in the closing stages.
The only downside from Donegal's win was a suspected hand injury sustained by corner-forward Martin O'Reilly in the closing stages as Mayo remain without a point after three games.
At Pairc Esler, Darran O'Sullivan's pace caused serious problems in the Down defence and he scored the first of four points from play after just 30 seconds.
Kerry scored the opening three points before Down got on the board through Connaire Harrison's 14th-minute free.
Eamonn Burns' side scored three points inside four minutes to draw level, Barry O'Hagan with their only point from play in the first half.
But they failed to score again in the first period, Kerry hitting an unanswered six points to lead 0-9 to 0-3 at the interval, Sheehan and Alan Fitzgerald among the scorers.
Conor Maginn stroked over a 45th-minute point for Down, their first in half an hour, but immediately Kerry brought on Colm 'Gooch' Cooper who scored a free within a minute of his introduction.
Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice emptied his bench with Barry John Keane, Brendan O'Sullivan and Cooper all contributing on the scoreboard.
O'Hagan scored his second point of the afternoon with sub Ryan Mallon also weaving through for a nice score for Down, who gave up the fight alarmingly early, allowing Kerry to stroll to a comfortable victory.
The struggling Mourne County look unlikely to be boosted the addition of Martin Clarke and Benny Coulter any time soon.
Clarke's brother John told BBC Radio Ulster's Sportsound on Sunday that the former AFL had told him over the weekend that his struggles with the Addison's Disease mean that he will be unable to commit to the county squad in the immediate future.
Down boss Eamonn Burns said in January that he hoped to have Benny Coulter back in the squad soon but this now appears unlikely.


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A horse-drawn carriage carries the body of Damien Nash to the burial site in his hometown of St. Louis on Monday.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Damien Nash was remembered Monday as a charismatic man with a captivating smile who died as he lived -- competing in sports and helping his community.
"I don't understand why he's gone," Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan said during a eulogy. "We never had a guy play for one year, as Damien did, and influence so many people."
More than 1,000 people paid respects to the Broncos running back. Nash died Feb. 24 in his home in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson after playing in a basketball tournament at East St. Louis (Ill.) High School that raised money for heart transplant research.
The medical examiner's office said the cause of death has not been determined, and autopsy results might not be available for weeks.
"There's no denying the love he put out to people, especially kids," Nash's cousin Corey Perdue said before Nash's funeral service in St. Louis. "He was a real inspiration."
Dozens of Nash's former teammates and coaches attended the three-hour service, from his fellow Denver Broncos to his middle school football coach. Many spoke during the funeral, recalling a 24-year-old man who smiled often, played hard and loved his family.
Although Nash often lived away from home, he always kept pictures of his wife, Judy, and his 7-month-old daughter, Phaith, taped to his locker, Shanahan said.
The capacity crowd at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis represented a cross-section of Nash's life.
Childhood friends and family knew Nash from his working-class boyhood home. They stood next to NFL stars in dapper suits and black sunglasses who met Nash only recently when he reached the highest levels of the game he loved to play.
Whether they knew him for a lifetime or one season, everyone recalled the same huge personality. Several said they would never forget Nash's smile.
"The young man would look back at me with the biggest smile," said Broncos linebacker Al Wilson, drawing a knowing laugh from the crowd.
Coaches and players from Nash's teen years said his athletic ability shone through from the start. Nash attended Riverview Gardens High School and graduated from East St. Louis (Ill.) High School in 2001.
After playing for the University of Missouri Tigers, Nash was a fifth-round draft choice by Tennessee in 2005.
He played in three games for the Titans. The Broncos signed him as a free agent last season. He played in three games, rushing for 66 yards on 18 carries. In his two-year career, he had 24 carries for 98 yards and seven receptions for 55 yards.
The Broncos said Monday the Damien Nash Trust Fund had been set up through the NFL Players Association to help with school and health care expenses for his daughter.
Shortly before Nash died, he played in the charity game he arranged at his high school to benefit The Darris Nash Find a Heart Foundation. The charity is named after his 25-year-old brother who had a heart transplant last year.
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by The Biz | May 11, 2016 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing
From a Maryland Jockey Club release
Championship racing returns to historic Pimlico Race Course Thursday for the opening of its 28-day Preakness Meet at Pimlico, highlighted by the 141st renewal of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (G1) May 21.
The Middle Jewel of theTriple Crown, the 1 3/16-mile Preakness will anchor an eight-stakes card that includes the $250,000 Longines Dixie (G2), $150,000 Gallorette Stakes (G3) and Maryland Sprint Stakes (G3). Post time on Preakness Day is 10:30 a.m. for the 14-race program.
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Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado is named in three races on Friday's program. Prado, who dominated Maryland racing for a decade before his departure in 1998, is returning to ride full-time on the state circuit after spending the past year and a half primarily in South Florida.
Pimlico is offering bonus money totaling $100,000 to trainers who run a minimum of five horses in combined stakes and starter races during Preakness weekend. The trainer with the most points will receive $50,000. Other bonuses include second $25,000, third $12,000, fourth $7,000, fifth $4,000 and sixth $2,000.
Points are accumulated for finishing first (10 points), second (seven), third, (five), fourth (three) and having a starter (one) in the Skipat, Miss Preakness, Allaire DuPont, Black-Eyed Susan, Pimlico Special, Hilltop, Jim McKay Turf Sprint, Maryland Sprint, Sir Barton, Chick Lang, Preakness, Gallorette, James W. Murphy, Longines Dixie and The Very One.
Preakness Week at Pimlico offers several events including Sunrise at Old Hilltop, where fans can have breakfast trackside while watching horses go through their morning exercise; the traditional Alibi Breakfast on Thursday, May 19; and Budweiser InfieldFest, one of the country's most eclectic outdoor music festivals.
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The second-biggest day on the Maryland racing calendar behind Preakness Day in terms of purses, attendance and handle, Black-Eyed Susan Day features 14 races and events to benefit both Susan G. Komen Maryland and the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. Additional information can be found on www.blackeyedsusanday.com.
Among the improvements at Pimlico this year is a new high-definition LED board measuring 21 feet high and 32 feet wide installed in the infield. After suffering a loss in water pressure during Preakness Day last year due to a water main break, a main booster pump has been installed to prevent another loss in pressure. There are also several new concessions and bar layouts, and offerings have been reconfigured to accommodate guests in a more timely manner.
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On 22 November 1866 Daly and his brother Edward were arrested at their family home having been betrayed by an informer, for running a munitions factory in the Pennywell district close to their home. He was released on bail in February 1867 toughened and more dedicated by the experience.

1867 Rising
On 5 March 1867 the ill-prepared Fenian Rising took place. John Daly took charge of the Limerick detachment of the IRB. Limerick was one of the few areas were the Fenians were able to make some show of force, however weak. Through lack of numbers they failed to make a significant impact on the vastly superior forces arrayed against them. Moving out of the city, Daly moved his men into the country and joined up with other Fenians in an attack on the Irish Constabulary barracks at Kilmallock. The attack was repelled and Daly dispersed his men.

After this Daly had to flee the country by stowing away first on a boat the Hollywood, to England, and from London then on board the Cornelius Grenfel to the United States of America.

America
Life in America for working class immigrants was particularly tough and his first job on leaving the ship was digging a cellar. He then obtained work in a white lead factory and worked for a while as a mason's help before getting a reasonably good job as a brakeman on a tram system. Daly was to recall these experiences in his Recollections of Fenians and Fenianism.

Amnesty Association
In 1869 Daly returned to Ireland and took up his old job in the timber yard, and also his Republican activities. He began to help reorganise the IRB and took part in a number of agitations to keep the IRB agenda in the public view. He became a leading voice in the Amnesty Association to help in the release of those Fenians still in jail.

In November 1869 a major tenants' right meeting took place in the city. The IRB objected to the meeting because the issue of the prisoners was not on the agenda.  In what came to be known as "The Battle of the Markets" the IRB charged the platform and succeeded in dismantling it. Though the organisers of the meeting attempted to hold some form of gathering, Daly and the IRB refused to relent. It was Daly's opinion that "it was one of the greatest moral victories ever achieved". The issue of the political prisoners was to keep Daly occupied for much of the 1870s. In 1876 Daly was again arrested for disturbing another home rule gathering, though on being brought before the court he was acquitted.

During the Land War Daly was a member of the Supreme Council of the IRB and became organiser for Connacht and Ulster.

Arrest

In the summer of 1883, Daly moved to Birmingham, England, and settled in the home of James Egan, an old friend from Limerick and a generally inactive IRB man. E.G. Jenkinson, head of Special Branch, was informed that John Daly was on his way to Britain from America; Daly had been asked by the Supreme Council to deliver the graveside oration at the funeral of Charles J. Kickham while in the United States. When Daly arrived, a plain-clothes detective was assigned to follow him at all times. As a result of this, Special Branch were alerted to the importance of John Torley in Glasgow, Robert Johnston in Belfast and Mark Ryan in London of the IRB.

Jenkinson used agents provocateurs in his attempts to convict Republicans. One such recruit was a publican and local IRB man named Dan O'Neill. Both Jenkinson and a Major Nicholas Gosselin persuaded O'Neill to betray Daly. O'Neill then ask Daly to deliver sealed cases to some associates in London, and on 11 April Daly was arrested as he was about to board the train for London, and explosives were found in the case he was carrying. The police then raided the home of James Egan where explosives were "allegedly found buried" in Egan's garden in addition to some documents.

In Chatham prison he became friends with Tom Clarke, who would later marry his niece Kathleen and who was a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. While in prison he claimed that he was being poisoned with belladonna which caused an investigation by a commission of inquiry, 1890; it was admitted by prison officials as an error by a warder. A series of articles in the Daily Chronicle in 1894 analysed prison methods. Daly gave an interview to the Chronicle which appeared 12 September 1896.

The head of the Birmingham police later made a deathbed confession that Daly had been "convicted on perjured evidence".

Released
Daly was unopposed elected as a member of parliament (MP) for Limerick City at the general election in July 1895, as a member of the Parnellite Irish National League.  However, he was disqualified on 19 August 1895 as a treason-felon. In August 1896, he went on a lecture tour of England with Maud Gonne and in 1897 on a tour of American which was organised by John Devoy. He later founded a prosperous bakery business in Limerick, and went on to become Mayor of his native city.

Mayor of Limerick
John Daly was elected three times as Mayor of Limerick City, from 1899 to 1901. He jointly financed with Patrick McCartan the IRB newspaper Irish Freedom in 1910.

The Daly Cup
In 1928, Madge Daly, a niece of John Daly, presented the Daly cup to William P. Clifford, the then-chairman of the Limerick GAA county board. Since then, the Daly cup is presented to the winners of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship.

References

Sources

 D.J. Hickey & J.E. Doherty (2003), A new Dictionary of Irish History from 1800, Gill & Macmillan,
 Ciarán Ó Gríofa, John Daly, The Fenian Mayor of Limerick
 Owen McGee (2005), The IRB: The Irish Republican Brotherhood from The Land League to Sinn Féin, Four Courts Press,
Fenian Memories, Dr. Mark F. Ryan, M. H. Gill & Son, Ltd, Dublin, 1945
Irish Political Prisoners,1848-1922, Theatres of War, Sean McConville, 2003, pps, 365, 377.

External links

Ask About Ireland
"Bishop Edward Thomas O Dwyer of Limerick 1842 – 1917"
Limerick and the 1916 Rising. A digital exhibition based on the Daly collection at the Glucksman Library, University of Limerick.

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Insurance policy fails to live up to expectations
Jason is dyslexic and relied heavily on the insurance salesperson's advice when purchasing accident insurance. Jason understood the insurance was a 'top up' to ACC and would, like ACC, cover him indefinitely. Jason had discussed the insurance with his mother, Meg, but said the salesperson did not give him a copy of the policy for Meg to review. After Jason was injured in a motorbike accident, Jason asked Meg for help with the insurance claim process.
Meg asks for information about Jason's insurance cover
Meg was not familiar with Jason's policies so called the insurer for more information. When Meg spoke to Urmila she discovered Jason had eight policies providing cover for accident and sickness. Urmila went through the policies describing the cover provided. After the conversation Urmila wrote to Meg, sending her a synopsis of all Jason's policies. The letter did not say that the accident policy was limited to six months' cover from the date of the accident.
Continuation forms required
With Meg's help, Jason submitted a claim and the claim was accepted.
The insurer required Jason to submit continuation forms, signed by his doctor, confirming that Jason was still totally disabled. Jason was being treated as an outpatient at the fracture clinic. In order to have the continuation form completed Jason had to wait at the clinic for the doctor to finish seeing all the patients before the doctor had time to sign the continuation form. On one occasion Jason had to wait at the hospital for five hours to have the form signed.
Claim process inconvenient
Meg called the insurer to explain Jason was finding the claims process very difficult, not only did Jason have to wait at the hospital to have the continuation forms signed, but mail from the insurer in Australia could take as long as a month to arrive.
Claim period ends unexpectedly
Meg called the insurer again, and spoke to Andrew. Meg was concerned that the continuation form, signed by the doctor, that she was about to submit had the wrong dates on it. Andrew told Meg not to worry, the claims person would work out the correct dates.
About a fortnight after Meg's conversation with Andrew, Jason received a letter from the insurer advising that it had made the final payment under the accident policy.
Jason was shocked his cover had ended, believing that the cover was a top-up to ACC, and like ACC, would continue indefinitely.
Meg's view
On Jason's behalf, Meg complained to FSCL that Jason's cover had ended. Not only had the insurance sales people given Jason the impression that the cover would last indefinitely, but after making the claim no one had advised that the cover would only last for six months. Meg said that Andrew should have told her that the claims process was about to end, saving Jason the trouble of having a further continuation form signed.
Meg also explained they found the claims process inconvenient. Mail took as long as a month to arrive and the insurer required continuation forms to be signed by Jason's doctor requiring him to wait a long time at the hospital to have the forms signed.
Cover limited to six months
We explained to Meg and Jason that the policy only provided cover for the first six months of Jason's injury, so the insurer had paid the correct amount owed under the policy.
We listened to Meg's telephone conversations with the insurer and discovered that both Urmila and Andrew had mentioned that the cover would cease after six months. When we sent the recording to Meg she said that she was under considerable stress at the time of the conversations, both conversations were long covering a lot of information and Meg simply had overlooked the advice that cover would only last for six months.
We agreed Andrew should have told Meg the claim was about to end, but given the timing of the conversation and Jason's appointments, the failure to give this advice had not caused Jason any inconvenience.
Insufficient evidence of misleading advice by sales people
We gave careful consideration to Meg's complaint about the misleading advice given by the sales representatives. However, even if the sales representatives had compared the policy to ACC, we had insufficient evidence on which to find that the sales representative had given the impression the cover would last indefinitely.
Policy provided
In any event the insurer provided a copy of Jason's application where he had signed, acknowledging he had received a copy of the policy. Although Jason is dyslexic and would have relied heavily on what he was told by the sales representatives, he could have asked Meg to check his understanding against the policy wording.
Inconvenience?
It is probably inevitable that the insurance claim process is inconvenient, so for us to recommend compensation we need to be satisfied that the insurer has done something out of the ordinary causing Jason and Meg inconvenience.
While it would have been inconvenient to wait in a hospital for five hours to have a form signed, the policy required confirmation from Jason's medical practitioner that he remained eligible under the policy. Unfortunately, Jason's medical practitioner was the fracture clinic doctor who was not prepared to deal with paperwork until after he had seen all the patients. Although it would have been inconvenient to wait five hours to have a form signed, this inconvenience was caused by the New Zealand health system and not the insurer.
It would also have been inconvenient, and not acceptable, to wait for a month for mail to arrive from Australia, but we were not satisfied the inconvenience caused was sufficiently serious to warrant compensation. We encouraged the insurer to review its communication with customers, and consider emailing correspondence rather than rely on the post.
We were satisfied the insurer had correctly paid the claim under the policy and were unable to uphold the complaint. We were not satisfied that the inconvenience caused by the insurer was sufficient to require compensation.
Miscommunication is often at the heart of complaints. This complaint is an example of a misunderstanding at the outset that, due to the claimant's stress, was not corrected when the claim was lodged. Claimants are often under considerable stress, and may not absorb all the information in a conversation. We encourage insurers to provide full and complete information, both verbal and written, to increase the chances their customers will understand both the extent and limitations of the cover.


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Maharashtra offering subsidies of up to Rs 1 lakh on electric vehicles
May 1, 2019 by Santanu Mukherjee
In a bid to encourage electric vehicles in the state, the Maharashtra government is reportedly offering subsidies of up to Rs. 1 Lakh on their purchase.
According to ET buyers can get subsidies of Rs 5,000, Rs 12,000 and Rs 1 lakh on new two-, three- and four-wheelers, respectively.
The state government is also encouraging establishment of electric vehicle charging stations in the state offering incentive of up to Rs 10 lakh. These EV charging stations will have to be set up in public and private parking lots, fuel pumps, bus stops or railway stations.
One can register for subsidies online. The vehicle incentivised cannot be sold outside the stat for a minimum of five years from the date of registration.
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An official from the industries department speaking to the publication on condition of anonymity said "Electric vehicles are the transport mode of the future as they are environment-friendly. Few automobile companies have rolled out electric vehicles. Hence the government decided to offer subsidies."
Last year only the state government opened the automobile market to battery-operated vehicles. A pilot project of electric autorickshaws was also launched in the same year in Nagpur, which received a good response.
According to the rules, "only new battery-operated electric vehicles sold and registered in Maharashtra will be offered incentives. Individual buyers will be eligible for incentives only once in each category, that is, two-, three- and four-wheelers during the policy period."
The biggest barriers for EV adoption is the charging time and availability of charging stations, it will be interesting to see if the people in the state readily embraces the new automotive tech after the subsidy from the state government .
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Der Potentiometer and Keyboard Integrated Circuit (POKEY) ist ein elektronischer Spezialbaustein des US-amerikanischen Herstellers Atari. Er findet sich in den Heimcomputern Atari 400, Atari 800, den Modellen der XL- und XE-Reihe sowie in der Spielekonsole Atari 5200. Daneben ist er in einigen Arcadeautomaten von Atari verbaut worden und Bestandteil weniger Spielmodule für die Spielekonsole Atari 7800. Im POKEY sind verschiedene elektronische Funktionsgruppen zusammengefasst: die Tonerzeugung, die Tastaturabfrage und der Betrieb der seriellen Schnittstelle zur Kommunikation mit entsprechenden Peripheriegeräten.

Technische Daten

Der POKEY verfügt über vier Tonkanäle (Stimmen), die jeweils eine Rechteckschwingung (Klangfarbe) mit frei einstellbarer Amplitude (Tonstärke, Hüllkurve) und Frequenz (Tonhöhe) erzeugen können. Zusätzlich können Tonkanäle paarweise zusammengeschaltet werden, was weitere Beeinflussungen (Mischungen, Filterungen) der synthetisierten Klänge ermöglicht. Darüber hinaus erlaubt der POKEY in Zusammenarbeit mit der CPU auch das Abspielen von digitalisierten Signalen (Samples), beispielsweise von zuvor mit einem externen Analog-Digital-Wandler (Sampler) aufgenommener Sprache. Allerdings ist die dafür benötigte CPU-Rechenleistung erheblich, so dass insbesondere von Spieleautoren vielfach auf die zwar eingeschränkte, dafür aber zeitsparende synthetische Klangerzeugung zurückgegriffen wurde. Alle bereitgestellten Töne, auch die evtl. vom Datenrekorder extern eingeleiteten, werden anschließend in den HF-Modulator zur Ausgabe an das angeschlossene Fernsehgerät eingespeist.

Die Abfrage der Tastatur geschieht ebenfalls mit dem POKEY; darüber hinaus verfügt er auch über Zeitgeberfunktionen und Zufallszahlengeneratoren (Pseudo-Rauschen).

Literatur
 Julian Reschke, Andreas Wiethoff: Das Atari Profibuch. Sybex-Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf, 1986, ISBN 3-88745-605-X
 Eichler, Grohmann: Atari 600XL/800XL Intern. Data Becker GmbH, 1984, ISBN 3-89011-053-3

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February 10th OR February 11, 2015.
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Louis Malleret (1901–1970) was a French archaeologist. Malleret together with Paul Levy are credited with first reporting the archeological site An Son in Southern Vietnam.

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