Marketing the products or services of any business, is a great challenge for all business owners, especially those who do not have a marketing background.
As the success of every business, is totally dependant on attracting customers or clients, all business owners need to develop a sound understanding of marketing practices.
This excellent article (part 1 of 2), suggests that marketing is an art that takes years to master, and it provides the first 10 of 21 timeless marketing tips to help business owners on the road to marketing mastery.
The internet is a worldwide network of computers, but it seems very intangible to most of us. In a general sense, the internet is made up of a lot of different components: Websites, users, servers, browsers, networking cables, and more. Some of these things have a physical component, and some of them do not, but even the ones that do have a physical component can be hard to conceptualize spatially. These maps help to lend that spatial component to the Internet.
In 2013, 56% of marketers plan to focus more on B2B email marketing. For this focus to pay off, you must maximize clicks on every email you send. Read more.
A few years ago, marketers were decrying the death of email. Instead of fading away a la MySpace and mood rings, B2B email marketing remains one of the most productive means of generating leads.
According to a 2013 National DMA email report, 89% of marketers believe that email is important to their organizational goals. Rather than dying out, 56% of email marketers plan to focus more on their email campaigns in 2013. To ensure that this focus pays off, you must maximize conversions and clickthrough rates with every email you send.
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12 ways to maximize the click through rate in your email B2B marketing.
There are many SEO activities you can do to drive traffic but the most popular activity is social bookmarking.
Not sure about this ranking being exhaustive but using a mix of Page Rank, Alexa Rank and Moz Rank to compare various platforms is interesting.
And we're pleased to see Scoop.it showing #8 right after huge sites like Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit or Stumbleupon.
Thanks Peg Corwin for sharing it with us!
In what is probably causing employers and divorce lawyers to high-five one another and celebrate with copious amounts of booze, Facebook have now announced that all public posts will now be fully searchable, using their cool new Graph Search Engine.
Many companies and brands run social media contests on the internet. They try their best to ensure that these contests reach a wide audience. There are several ways to promote social media contests.
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Awesome content to build your brand!
How to get your content to be seen by more people through content curation and other social media tricks.
Since Gen Y joined the workforce, employers have been scrambling to figure out what these young workers want. Are they really the narcissistic generation obsessed with instant fame and success? Or do they just have an urgency to change the world?
Whichever it is, managers need to have some sense of what will keep their younger workers satisfied, since this generation has been projected to make up 75% of the global workforce by 2025.
To get a better idea of what millennials most despise and also really love about their jobs, we asked career site Glassfoor to comb through its database of worker commentaries.
Here's 4 free ideas to grow your MLM business: 1. Participate in your community – volunteer your time, join a church, fundraisers, get to know your community 2.
Now, more than ever, it's time to start learning all the things we always wanted to learn for two great reasons. First of all, the Internet has become so complex that it is now possible to learn new skills online and secondly because the economy has had some problems since the recession that began in 2007.Millions of people have lost their job, and it would be wise to polish your skills if you ever want to stand a chance in this cruel world. While some decide to become professional couch potatoes, you can spend your valuable time learning new things that you are passionate about, and put them to good use. Here are ten skills, and careers that you can learn online and also enjoy.
Over the years, we studied businesses endeavoring to master social media at various stages.
Most businesseses, will at some point in their evolution, attempt to introduce a new product to their chosen market.
Given that the vast majority of new product launches fail to excite their markets and disappear from sight very quickly, it pays for any business thinking of launching a new product, to first determine that their proposed product possesses the qualities of past successful products.
This excellent article, highlights the very real downside of launching a new product, and it offers a 10 point checklist that any business can use to evaluate their proposed offering against to determine whether or not to proceed with any proposed launch.
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-Shops like VC are disappearing as the society of people are shifting standards. Sears has taken its place and VC mergered with Kmart. There are places that are for the lower classes, and places for the higher end places. The middle market has hollowed out though. Investing in the low end can be profitable, but obviously takes strategy.
-I think that it is a difficult thing for huge stores like Sears to go out of "style", but they usually disappear when a new one replaces it. It may upset those people who are still going to those stores like VC and Sears. I also think that it is not ideal for Kmart to buy out VC, but at least they are still apart of part of the market. Having stores that are disappearing disappoint loyal people, and it is a difficult process for the business.
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there is one element that's usually missing from most other competitor analyses. It's executive profiles, which contain deep professional, behavioral, and personal insights on C-level and senior employees who work to compete against your company. While financial reports and product lists could tell you what's happening on a tactical, day-to-day level, executive profiles will tell you what's happening or will happen on a strategic, big-picture level for a competitor analysis. After all, an executive's personality, past experiences, and current activities do play a role in their company's competitive advantage.
Here is a good outline of the type of competitor analysis I have been doing for my clients, saving them time and money.


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Facebook Reveals that 70% of Americans Have a Gay Friend
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On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court is expected to take on the issue of gay marriage with a pair of rulings, one addressing the constitutionality of the controversial 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and the just-as-controversial 2008 Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage in the state of California. It's unclear how the court will rule on the cases, but one thing is for certain: Americans' perception of gay marriage is changing, and rapidly.
Only 27% of Americans supported gay marriage in a 1996 Gallup poll, as opposed to the 53% who did in a May 2013 follow-up survey. An increase in gay characters on television in shows like Will and Grace and Happy Endings likely played a part, as has a continued, decades-long public debate over the issue. But one of the most important factors is that Americans living in 2013 personally know a lot more gay people than they used to. Indeed, new data revealed today by Facebook states that 70% of Americans who use the social network have at least one gay, lesbian or bisexual friend.
Though many people often complain that technological advances are driving us apart and killing communication, the truth is that technology is simply changing the way people talk and connect. Social networks like Facebook make it easier to share your sexual orientation, putting a human face on a divisive topic. And earlier this year, support for equal marriage went viral on the social network, with supporters flooding the site with red equal sign logos to denote their position publically. It all makes a difference: Gallup research indicates that knowing someone who is gay will affect your views on gay issues.
The Facebook statistic matches up quite well with recent polling from Pew Research Center for People & the Press, which shows that 87% of those surveyed "personally know" someone who is gay or lesbian.
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From Dan on June 25, 2013 :: 11:36 pm
Not everything has to do with being gay, Fox.


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In the male, the ageing neck poses some different issues. They often have more skin excess and the facelift incisions that are used in females have to be altered to account for the male beard pattern. In addition, males have a much greater tendency towards some relapse after facelift surgery due to their thicker and heavier skin. Men also have a much greater aversion to major facelift surgery and may opt for non-surgical tightening procedures such as 3D Skin Rejuvenation with Titan®™ and TriPollar™.
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Viktoria our Swedish Project Manager, kindly introduced us to fika – the key to slowing down in Sweden. The word derived from the Swedish word for coffee is a short event designed to take a pause from your day.
In Sweden it's the law to have at least one daily fika, with some employers even offering two each day – sounds good to us!
Fika pronounced fee-ka is a moment in your day whether at work or at home where you pause to savour coffee or tea with a sweet treat, cake, pastry or even a sandwich. This is usually done with friends or colleagues, to have a chat about anything and everything. Did you know Sweden is one of the top consumers of coffee in the world but they don't grab it and go, we spoke to Viktoria to find exactly how they do it in Sweden.
We have now incorporated fika into the Ocasta weekly schedule. Our first fika saw us chatting whilst enjoying Joe's delicious homemade vegan cake.
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US grocery retailer The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) has announced an initiative to reduce costs at its US business as part of the company's reorganisation.
The company said it plans to reduce overhead costs by an estimated US$50m during fiscal 2005 and an additional $25m in fiscal 2006. In addition to improving efficiency, A&P said the reorganisation will strengthen senior management control, focus local banners strictly on operating and customer service execution, and promote the rollout of its fresh market and discount retail strategies.
The company said it expects to incur cash charges of up to $10m over the next year as changes are implemented.
"Over the past two years, we have stabilised our US operations and maintained the success of A&P Canada. We must now accelerate our improvement to reach and surpass breakeven performance as rapidly as possible, and drive the execution of our promising fresh market and discount retail strategies throughout our store network. These difficult but necessary actions, aligned with the unification of our US management organisation, will give us the cost structure and capability to execute those strategies profitably," said chairman and CEO Christian Haub.
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Hey, What's the Big Idea: Modeling the the Networks of Emerging Innovations
April 23, 2018 by Alan Rothman
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When you want to invite someone new into your LinkedIn network, the social business platform provides users with a simple formatted email making it easier to do this. It reads in part "I'd like to add you to my network". Recently, a research team published the results of their work proving that a similar network effect 1 occurs not only among people, but also in a comparable manner among new ideas. As a result of such inventive schmoozing, ideas plus other new ideas can now be seen as yielding all kinds of unexpected links to innovation 2.
This "mathematical model for the emergence of innovations" mapping out all these processes was published by the School of Mathematical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London, as reported in a fascinating article about an exciting advance on Phys.Org in a story entitled Mathematicians Develop Model for How New Ideas Emerge, posted January 24, 2018. (No writer is credited.) This article is a summary of the full paper by the research team responsible entitled Network Dynamics of Innovation Processes that appeared in the Physical Review Letters (subscription required), published on January 26, 2018.
I highly recommend a click-through and full read of the Phys.org article, including its two accompanying visualizations. I will recap and annotate some of the key points in this piece and then pose some of own questions about how and why ideas may either swipe left or swipe right when trying to meet up with each other.
New Modeling Combining Two Established Approaches
The research team was led by Professor Vito Latora, who was also the lead author of the paper. They found that by "studying creative processes and understanding how innovations arise" and, furthermore, how [mathematical] "novelties" can lead to additional discoveries, the results of these interactions can lead to "effective interventions" that could support the "success and sustainable growth" in our society. Similar patterns have been seen in scientific and artistic fields 3.
This was accomplished by first transposing the theory of the 'adjacent possible' from its original field of biological systems into, second, the "language of complex networks". The former describes the "set of all novel opportunities" that arise whenever a new discovery appears. The latter has become a reliable means to study actual systems in the real world by examining the key relationships "between the components" and, in turn, modeling the "hidden structure behind many complex social phenomena".
In effect, network modeling has been applied here to construct the "underlying space of relations among concepts". Indeed, some very cool and productive connections are occurring within such idea-fueled networks.
Professor Latora further believes that understanding the key elements of a successful idea are critical to later making decisions, forming strategies and supporting successes. He thinks that such results can be part of "sustainable growth in our society".
Potential Benefits for Multiple Fields
Another new methodology was derived during the course of his team's research: The concept of "reinforced walks" (as a subset of "random walks", a form of mathematical object 4), was used as the basis to model the interaction among concepts and ideas. During all of this activity "innovation corresponds to the first visit of a site on the network", as well as every time such a "walker", as termed in the article, transits from one concept to another concept. The more this type of path is traveled, the more it becomes reinforced and thus productive. This network dynamic, named by the team as the "edge-reinforced random walk", is clearly diagrammed and further described in the Phys.Org article's first graphic.
In an actual case study applying this methodology, the research team built a database of 20 years' worth of publications from a diversity of fields including "astronomy, ecology, economics and mathematics". This was done to examine the emergence of new concepts. Their results of applying their edge-reinforced random walk model to this compilation was that they succeeded in reproducing evidence of the growth of knowledge in contemporary science.
Professor Latora and his team are currently working to extend their model by studying network spaces where several of these "walkers" are operating simultaneously 5.
Can edge-reinforced random walks be adapted and applied to additional non-scientific and non-artistic domains such as history, politics and culture? That is, can it yield meaningful results and insights in sectors of society that are less data-derived?
How is this methodology distinguishable from various branches of artificial intelligence where vast stores of data are used to "train" the capabilities of these systems?
Can edge-reinforced random walks also be deployed as a form of predictive device? For example, what if a great deal more data from a larger diversity of fields was similarly compiled and tested, would this provide a partial preview into the future in science, technology and biology?
Taking this a step further, could edge-reinforced random walks be enhanced to include the capacity to predict or at least sense the possibilities and/or probabilities of entirely unpredictable major events such as market crashes? 6
For a comparative perspective, albeit a dated one published 18 years ago, on how human social systems and their interactions will still be needed in the all-encompassing "Information Age", I suggest a book that is still considered a significant achievement for its time entitled The Social Life of Information, by John Seely Brown and David Duguid (Harvard Business Review, 2000).
1. Network effects among people, populations and technologies have also been explored in these 10 Subway Fold posts.
2. See also this April 28, 2016 Subway Fold post entitled Book Review of "Inventology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World"
3. Another example is the study of laws and legal precedents in this manner as described in this May 15, 2015 Subway Fold post entitled Recent Visualization Projects Involving US Law and The Supreme Court.
4. This concept as applied in securities trading is the subject of a classic text on this subject entitled A Random Walk Down Wall Street, by Burton Malkiel (W. W. Norton & Company, Eleventh Edition, 2016)
5. In an entirely different context, fans of The Walking Dead will also appreciate how large groups of walkers manifest their own distinctly emergent behaviors.
6. The leading text on this subject is The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random House, 2010).
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Does the conclusion follow from premises? Are the premises true?
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Q: Self map extending to its resolution Let $X$ be a normal projective variety and $f$ be a finite self map of $X$, which takes smooth locus to smooth locus. Let $Y$ be a projective resolution of $X$.
Question; Does the map $f$ induce a self map $g$ of $Y$ which commutes with the map $f$ and the resolution maps ?

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"ON GUARD FOR LATVIA'S STATEHOOD" Latvia's Foreign Service Staff in Exile During the Years of Occupation June 17, 1941 - August 21, 1991
"ON GUARD FOR LATVIA'S STATEHOOD"
Latvia's Foreign Service Staff in Exile During the Years of Occupation
Exhibition Opening:
January 28, 2004 at 15 p.m.
in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Address by the President of the Republic of Latvia H.E. Vaira Vīke-Freiberga at the opening of the exhibition, January 28, 2004
Within two months in 1940, Latvia's legal status changed dramatically: Soviet military forces occupied the country on June 17 and by August 5 Latvia's annexation and incorporation into the USSR was finished. Nonetheless, the Republic of Latvia continued to exist de iure as a subject of international law.
Though the Soviet occupation regime destroyed the existing state and public institutions, it could not eradicate Latvia's diplomatic service. For the next 50 years, the diplomatic and consular missions continued to represent the Republic of Latvia de iure in the rest of the world. Their activities had both a legal and a financial basis:
On 17 May 1940 the Cabinet of Ministers granted extraordinary powers to Kārlis Zariņš, Latvia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Mr. Zariņš was authorised to defend Latvia's interests, supervise the work of Latvia's representations abroad and handle their finances and property.
On 23 July 1940 US Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issued a policy statement, which determined American policy toward Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during the Second World War and afterwards. Washington did not recognize either de facto or de iure the occupation of the three Baltic States and their incorporation into the USSR. Therefore, after the death of Ambassador Zariņš in 1963, the supervision of Latvia's diplomatic and consular service was taken over by the Latvian embassy in Washington.
Latvia's gold reserves in foreign banks served as an important guarantee for the continued existence of Latvia's statehood. The US Government allowed a part of the deposits to be turned into bonds. Revenues from the bonds were used to maintain Latvia's representations not only in the United States but also elsewhere in the world.
Depending on each country's view of Latvia's occupation de facto, Latvian diplomats worked either in an official capacity or within the limits of personal diplomatic status. The status of honorary consuls was also limited. In most countries (except the United States and Australia) only acting consuls could be appointed.
Latvian organisations in exile supported the efforts of their diplomatic representations to safeguard Latvia's statehood. Using all available legal means to persuade politicians, governments and international organizations, they worked tirelessly against the recognition de iure of Latvia's occupation and annexation.
Between May 1946 and April 1990, Latvian diplomatic and consular representatives held 17 meetings to develop strategies for maintaining Latvia's legally independent status. On 4 May 1990, the newly elected deputies of the Supreme Council declared in Riga the restoration of the independent and democratic Republic of Latvia. After the formation of a new government, the possibility for cooperation between the diplomats in exile and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was discussed. According to the minutes from a meeting in Washington on 14 and 15 April 1991, "Employees of Latvia's diplomatic service abroad answer to the head of the Latvia's mission in Washington; all of them have expressed their readiness to cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia."
The position of Latvian diplomats was crucial in the years from 1988 to 1991 – the time of the national awakening and movement toward Latvia's independence. Their position was that the de iure state be restored along with the Constitution adopted in 1922. This was an essential contribution to the preservation of Latvia's statehood and it determined Latvia's status in the coming years.
Until the restoration of independence on 21 August 1991, employees of the diplomatic and consular service in the West and Anatols Dinbergs, head of the service and chargé d'affaires in Washington, were recognised under international law as representatives of the legally-established government of the Republic of Latvia.
Evaluating their work in 1991, the Latvian diplomats in exile said: "we succeeded in defending Latvia's statehood…."
HEADS OF THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE
KĀRLIS ZARIŅŠ (1879 - 1963)
Head of the Latvia's diplomatic and consular service with extraordinary powers from June 1940 - April 1963, at the same time Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain.
From January 1919, Attaché of the Latvian delegation at the Paris Peace conference. April to September, 1919 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim in Sweden. In October 1919 he became Resident Minister. From February 1921 Envoy to Finland; from April 1923, Envoy also to Sweden, Norway and Denmark, with residence in Helsinki. Between 1925 - 1930 Kārlis Zariņš was Envoy to Sweden, Norway and Denmark, residing in Stockholm. Between 1930 – 1933, he was Envoy to Estonia. From December 1931 to March 1933 Minister of Foreign Affairs. From July 1933, he was Envoy to Great Britain and Consul General in the British Commonwealth.
On May 17, 1940, by resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers Envoy Kārlis Zariņš was granted extraordinary powers to head Latvia's diplomatic and consular missions and defend the interests of Latvia under emergency conditions.
Kārlis Zariņš never recognised the legality or legitimacy of the institutions of the Soviet occupying power and administration, and he never accept their decisions (in July,1940, he was dismissed from his post because of disciplinary violations, had his citizenship rights withdrawn, his property confiscated, was declared to be a traitor to his country).
On July 23, 1940, Kārlis Zariņš in his capacity as Envoy submitted a Note Verbale to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Great Britain, Lord Halifax, protesting the occupation of Latvia and the anticipated incorporation into the USSR.
Until the end of his days, Kārlis Zariņš headed the Latvian Legation in London and Latvia's diplomatic and consular service. He appointed the Charge d'Affaires who were Heads of the successive Latvian Legation in the USA, as well as a Diplomatic Representative in Spain, representatives of the Foreign Service in several countries and international organizations in Geneva, and a Delegate to Germany. He appointed more than 20 acting Honorary Consuls in Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries, and a career Consul in Canada.
ARNOLDS SPEKKE (1887 - 1972)
Head of the Latvia's diplomatic and consular service between May 1963 and October 1970, at the same time also Charge d'Affaires, Head of the Legation in Washington and Consul General in the USA.
From October 1933 Envoy to Italy, Greece, Bulgaria and Albania (until 1939), with residence in Rome.
Protested the occupation of Latvia and anticipated incorporation into the USSR by submitting a Note Verbale to the Italian Government on July 27, 1940. On August 9, 1940 resigned from his post of his own volition. On August 11, 1940, the Legation in Rome ceased to operate.
Worked in various jobs including as a teacher, librarian and interpreter in Milan and Rome. Was the Deputy Chairperson of the Latvian Refugee Committee in Italy (1945 - 1950) and was active in the Latvian Committee in Rome. In 1951, he took part in establishing European Center for Latvian Freedom in London.
From April 1954, he was Charge d'Affaires and Head of the Latvian Legation in Washington, and from June 1954 he was also Consul General in the USA. In May 1963, he became Head of the Latvian diplomatic and consular service.
ANATOLS DINBERGS (1911 - 1993)
Head of the Latvia's diplomatic and consular service from September 1971 to August 1991, at the same time Charge d'Affaires, Head of the Legation in Washington and Consul General in the USA.
From September 1932 trainee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1933 - 1934 supernumerary Class III clerk at the Honorary Consulate in Lodz. 1934 - 1935 Correspondent Class III on the Western Desk and the Legal Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From June 1937, Assistant Secretary at the Consulate in New York, but from September of the same year - Attaché.
He did not recognize as legal the institutions of power and administration of the Soviet occupation and did not comply with their decisions. By a decision of the Envoy A. Bīlmanis in Washington in September 1940, he was appointed Vice Consul and Acting Head of Office ad interim of the Consulate in New York. In January 1941, he was moved to the Legation in Washington as Attaché (the Consulate was closed). From June 1949 Secretary Class I, and then from November 1954 - Counsellor to the Legation. He was the Charge d'Affaires ad interim (July 1948 - June 1949; August 1953 - May 1954). From October 1970 - Chargé d'Affaires and Head of the Legation, but from March 1971 also Consul General in the USA.
From September 1971, he headed Latvia's diplomatic and consular service. He convened meetings of the officers of the diplomatic and consular service, in April 1991 - a meeting of the officers of the foreign service of independent Latvia. Appointed honorary consuls in the USA, Australia and France, Head of the Legation in London and Representative of Latvia's interests in Germany. Following the regaining of independence Ambassador to the USA (September 1991 - December 1992), Resident Representative to NATO (September - December 1991). From December 1992 until the end of his days Counsellor to the Embassy in the USA.
THE LATVIA'S FOREIGN SERVICE STAFF IN EXILE
ARGENTINA, BRAZIL
Pēteris OLIŅŠ (1890 - 1962), Charge d'Affaires in Argentine, Charge d'Affaires in Brazil (residence in Buenos Aires, later in Rio de Janeiro)
Alfredo Teodoro RŪSIŅŠ (1912 – 1978), Legal adviser at the Legation in Rio de Janeiro
Nikolajs OZOLIŅŠ (1910 - 1983) supernumerary Secretary Class III at the Legation in Buenos Aires, free lance Acting Secretary at the Honorary Consulate in San Paulo
Emils DĒLIŅŠ (1921), Honorary Vice Consul, Honorary Consul in the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania (Honorary consul in Melbourne)
Jānis Roberts DĒLIŅŠ (1954), Secretary, Honorary Consul in Melbourne
Olģerts ROZĪTIS (1912 - 1984), Secretary Class I at the Legation in London, career Secretary, Office Manager at the Honorary Consulate in Sydney (residence in Melbourne) and the Honorary Consulate in Melbourne
BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG
Herberts RĀCENIS (1894 - 1960), Honorary Vice Consul in Antwerp, after the war in Brussels
Kārlis GULBIS (1904 - 1973), Representative of the Head of the Latvia's diplomatic and consular service in Belgium and Luxembourg
Eduards UPENIEKS (1920), Honorary Consul in Toronto
Aleksandrs BĒRZIŅŠ (1903 - 1980), Acting Honorary Vice Consul in Newfoundland
Nikolajs OZOLIŅŠ (1904 - 1979), certificated Latvian refugees in Denmark with temporary identification cards according the mandate of the Head of the Latvia's diplomatic and consular service
Olģerds GROSVALDS (1884 - 1962), Envoy to France, after the war operated retaining the personal title of Minister
Kārlis BERENDS (1887 - 1987), Counsellor at the Legation in Paris, Chargé d'Affaires in France
Aina NAGOBADA - ĀBOLA (1920), Latvian Honorary Consul in France (in fact, acting as a Diplomatic Representative)
Roberts LIEPIŅŠ (1890 - 1978), Delegate of the Head of the Latvia's diplomatic service to Germany
Ādolfs ŠILDE (1907 - 1990), Representative of Latvian interests in Germany.
Tālivaldis MEDNIS (1929), Representative of Latvian interests in Germany
Pēteris APMANIS (1901 – 1965), Acting Honorary Consul in Hamburg
Jāzeps ČAMANIS (1884 - 1964), Representative for the protection of the interests of Latvian citizens in Italy (without official status)
Bruno PAVASARS (1896 - 1978), Consul General in Rotterdam, after 1945 in the Hague
Arturs VANAGS (1882 - 1970), Honorary Consul General in Oslo
Roberts KAMPUSS (1899 - 1969), Secretary Class I at the Legation in Stockholm. Counsellor at the Legation in London, Diplomatic Representative in Spain
Valdemārs SALNAIS (1886 - 1948), Envoy to Sweden, from August 1940 - personal diplomatic status
Jānis TEPFERS (1898 - 1994), Representative of the Head of the Latvia's diplomatic service for the protection of interests of Latvian citizens in Sweden
SWITZERLAND AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Arnolds SKĒBERS (1897 - 1979), Representative for the protection of the interests of Latvian refugees and displaced persons at the International Refugee Organization (IRO); Representative in international organizations located in Switzerland and Geneva
Jānis KĻAVIŅŠ - ELANSKIS (1884 - 1957), career Consul General in Bern
Teodors OZOLIŅŠ (1899 - 1981), Counsellor at the Legation in London, Chargé d'Affaires at the Legation
Pauls REINHARDS (1903 - 1990), Head of the Legation in London
Marija Anna ZARIŅA (1927), Head of the Legation in London
Kārlis KALNIŅŠ (1902 - 1967), Counsellor at the Legation in London
Emīls ZELMENIS, (until 1940 - Zolmanis), (1892 - 1979), Senior Officer of the Consular Department of the Legation in London
Pēteris PRIEDĪTIS (1896 - 1974), Officer of the Consular Department, Secretary at the Legation in London
Ēriks ŽILINSKIS (1912 - 1990), Registrar, Archivist, Consular Secretary at the Legation in London
Jānis MEŽS (1884 - 1978), Honorary Financial Attaché at the Legation in London.
Fridrihs MITENBERGS (1875 - after 1957), Honorary Consul in Newcastle upon Tyne
Pēteris PAKALNIETIS (1893 - 1960), Officer of the Consular Department at the Legation in London
Alfreds BĪLMANIS (1887 - 1948), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the USA
Jūlijs FELDMANS (1889 - 1953), Resident Delegate to the League of Nations, Envoy to Switzerland, Charge d'Affaires in the USA
Valdemārs KREICBERGS (1912 - 1995), Secretary at the Legation in Stockholm, Counsellor at the Legation in Washington
Ludvigs ĒĶIS (1892 - 1943), Advisor in economic and financial matters at the Legation in Washington
Vilis TOMSONS (1905 - 1978), Secretary at the Legation in London, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Secretary at the Honorary Consulate in Toronto, Acting career Consul in Canada (residence in Montreal), Counsellor at the Legation in Washington
Jānis LŪSIS (1945), Second Secretary, First Secretary, Counsellor at the Legation in Washington
Rūdolfs ŠILLERS (1896 - 1981), Consul in New York, Press Attaché, Officer at the Legation in Washington
Jānis KALNIŅŠ (1907 - 1998), Head of the Consular Department at the Legation in Washington, Honorary Consul in Washington
Aivars JERUMANIS (1938), Honorary Consul in Los Angeles
Ojārs KALNIŅŠ (1949), Press Secretary and Head of public relations at the Legation in Washington
Idea of exhibition Minister of Foreign Affairs Sandra Kalniete
Conception of exhibition and research Silvija Križevica
Design and computer graphics Arnolds Bāliņš
Project manager Sarmīte Šāvēja
The exhibition was prepared by the Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia
Laura Dzelzīte
Olga Krastiņa
Silvija Križevica
Inta Mazure
Sarmīte Šāvēja
and designer Arnolds Bāliņš
Installation of exhibition SIA OPEN MEDIA, administrative manager Juris Vīgners
Documents and materials were sourced at the Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Historical Archives of Latvia, personal collections, National Library, Special Archives Library and Military Museum
Special thanks to Emīls Dēliņš, Ojārs Kalniņš, Īvs Kampus, Dzintars Liepiņš, Tālivaldis Mednis, Aina Nagobada Ābola, Marija Anna Zariņa.
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Family Business ~ Insight | Do you know the Tax Implications of Seismic Upgrades to Buildings?
We are receiving a lot of queries about the deductibility of seismic upgrade costs to buildings. Sadly these will almost always be capital and no deductible, and no depreciable give the repeal of building depreciation.
There have been calls for the government to provide some tax relief for these costs given the number of people affected and, if you will excuse the pun, the magnitude of the costs. To date these calls have fallen on deaf ears. However, with an election next year there may be some hope. However, any law changes will not be retrospective, so it may pay to wait 12 months if you can before incurring the upgrade costs just in case.
Family Business ~ Insight | What is the impact to you on the latest IRD Interpretation Statement on Tax Avoidance?
In June 2013 the IRD issued an interpretation statement on tax avoidance and the interpretation of sections BG1 and GA1 of the Income Tax 2007 Act. The last time the IRD put out a document on anti-avoidance was around 20 years ago and despite some drafts that came out about 7 or 8 years ago, this document has been a long time coming. At 133 pages, it is not light bedtime reading.
As can be expected, it is certainly comprehensive and it does review all of the relevant law on tax avoidance in New Zealand. However, it is sadly lacking because there are no examples. Any inferences are drawn from cases alone without the IRD then applying examples to expand on how it will interpret provisions.
The reality is that while the document is a useful summary of the law, it provides little real practical guidance on how the section is to be applied. Statements like Parliamentary Intention is to be determined from the Act itself where it can't be divined from actual parliament notes or the like, is of little relevance. In practice the IRD takes the view on what a section is supposed to do, and often there is little if any justification for that, nor is there any easy counter to that for taxpayers forced to fight anti-avoidance discussion.
Sadly also the IRD has been wheeling out anti-avoidance as its stop gap measure when it is concerned technically that it may not otherwise win a dispute. In some cases, it simply applies anti-avoidance without even considering the technical provisions in the first place.
The statement and the recent Alesco decision do however show just how far the pendulum of tax avoidance has swung in favour of the IRD. Historically we have relied upon cases like the Duke of Westminster to justify that that taxpayers were entitled to arrange their affairs so as to legitimately reduce their taxation liability. In short, unless the law said you could not do something, you could.
The cases of Ben Nevis, Glen Harrow and Penny and Hooper moved the ground significantly, probably like a 9.0 magnitude earthquake would! The law became that it is now necessary to determine Parliamentary intention to see if it had intended that you could do something. In short, now we have to show that the law contemplates that you can do something, otherwise you cannot.
Alesco moved the goal posts even further away. Arguably Alesco did do exactly what Parliament had intended, as it clearly complied with the requirements of the Income Tax Act in a way that was contemplated. The Court however decided that as there had been no economic loss, it was still Tax Avoidance.
So one could argue, that we have actually returned to the Challenge & Tax Investigation concept, despite strong views from the IRD that we have not.
So if you are having trouble sleeping, I can guarantee that this one is better drugs. However, if you are involved in a fight, while it is relevant to consider, I don't think necessarily it is going to be a lot of use to taxpayers and their advisers in the fights against the IRD as to what is and what isn't anti-avoidance.
Family Business ~ Insight | Are you aware of the Tax Consequences arising from the latest IRD Publications?
The Taxation (Livestock Valuation, assets expenditure, and remedial matters) Act was enacted on 17 July 2013. Amongst other things this Act changed the law in relation to land related lease inducement and surrender payments.
In short, for leases entered into on or after the date of royal ascent, lease inducements will be taxable and lease surrender payments deductible. There are specific sections covering these but in effect they will be spread for both income and deduction over the term of the lease up to the point that the tenant can actually exit the lease (usually when the first right of renewal exists). In terms of Lease Inducement Payments a tenant also has the option of offsetting the amount of the inducement against the cost base of fixed assets acquired.
A special report has been issued by the Policy and Strategy division of the IRD which sets out the application of the new rules and some very useful examples. If you are affected in any way by these new provisions, don't hesitate to contact us.
The IRD has also issued a discussion paper dealing with the tax consequences of charities that are de-registered. The consequence of this is that a charity which is de-registered will typically lose its income tax exemption, often retrospectively. This therefore has taxation consequences.
The discussion paper deals with the various situations and consequences surrounding de-registration and provides that certain legislative amendments should be made to clarify the tax consequences.
What is interesting is that since the charities register opened, 3,902 charities have actually been de-registered! The majority of these were either for failure to file their annual return with the Charities Commission (now called Department of Internal Affairs – Charities Services) or alternatively voluntary de-registration. However, as we have outlined in a number of previous newsletters, there have also been some high profile cases where the Charities Commission has sought to de-register charities where they have amongst other things political lobbying as one of their aims.
While this won't apply to many charities, it is worthwhile noting it has been prepared by the IRD.
A company's (and also the group if a company is part of a group), total R & D expenditure on wages must be at least 20% of their total expenditure on wages and salaries (the wage intensity threshold).
The company (and also group if it is part of a group) must be in a tax loss position for the applicable year (logical if it is trying to cash up its losses).
The company must be resident in New Zealand; it cannot be dual resident nor a look through company, qualifying company or listed company.
Definitions of R & D will be based on NZIAS 38. However, certain costs will be removed from the definition.
c Total tax losses incurred in the relevant year.
6. Initially the suggested maximum cap to be cashed out will be $500,000, which equates to cash out of around $140,000 at the current 28% company tax rate. This is proposed to increase to a maximum cap on eligible losses of $2m, being $560,000.
7. While there is no date for the implementation of this, it is likely any changes would apply with effect from 1 April 2014 on at the earliest.
Family Business ~ Insight | How Important is your Brand Value to your Business?
It is hard to go past the milk powder contamination and its effect on New Zealand as this month's lead story. There have been few other instances over the years where brand value has been destroyed or harmed in such a major way so quickly. The last one that comes to mind was Arthur Anderson where the international accounting firm simply imploded overnight and ceased to exist. The survivors clung to the life rafts sent out by other firms and ultimately a few were bought to account for their actions which had destroyed the brand built up by many thousands of people over many years.
The problem with the Fonterra scandal appears to be two fold. Firstly, that they did not act quickly enough and strongly enough. Secondly, the impact that it had not only on its own brand, but on 'Brand New Zealand'.
The government has been right to be interested in the result, but again may have some egg on its face if it transpires that the Ministry for Primary Industries has actually reduced its testing and in part that could be one of the reasons why the contamination wasn't picked up. All in all, it simply shows that if you have a brand, all your actions may impact upon the value of the brand. Too often we have people complaining about customer service or product quality. We all need to be careful that whatever we are doing, it reflects on the brand and values that we believe in.
As a professional dealing in the services industry, this applies not only to the services that we offer to you, but also to the other professionals that we introduce you to when you need assistance. We have to be careful to vet these to ensure that they are of the highest standard and able to meet your needs and requirements in a most professional and trusting way. If we did not do this, whatever they do will ultimately impact upon the brand value of not only their business, but ours as well.
It will be interesting to see where all this Fonterra business goes, as ultimately it could have a significant impact on New Zealand's export sales.
It is with sadness that we advise that Martina Evans has moved on to bigger and better opportunities. Martina was with us for 2.5 years in total and was a valued member of our team. We are hoping, in the future, to have Martina become part of our external consultant team.
As usual we continue to have a team to look after you and your needs so don't hesitate to contact myself or Sally in the first instance if you have any issues.


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Homi Jehangir Bhaba – A Scientist who changed Nuclear Research of India forever
Homi Jehangir Bhaba is still called as the Father of Indian Nuclear Research. One of the greatest scholar and researcher of the Nuclear Physics of the world, Bhaba ensured that India is on the right path of achieving success in the field of science and technology. Today, we need the determination and commitment like him to excel more in the field of science. He is still a celebrity, a Real Celebrity.
His Early Days of Education and Research
Homi Jehangir Bhaba was born in the then Bombay in 1909 on 30th October. He was born and raised in a wealthy Parsi family. His father Jehangir Hormusji Bhaba was a prominent lawyer and his uncle Dorabji Tata was an influential businessperson even in the British India. He completed his education in Mumbai and went to Cambridge for further studies. He received his doctorate after his research on "The Absorption of Cosmic Radiation". This was a key Nuclear Physics research that explained the absorption features of the cosmic rays and also the phenomena called the Electron Shower. However, his paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A was even more prominent in the Nuclear Physics. He was the first person who formulated the calculation of the electron position scattering. This was again in the field of Cosmic rays and electron showering. The phenomenon of the Electron Position Scattering is now known as the Bhaba Scattering in the Nuclear Physics in honour of him.
Homi Jehangir Bhaba, the Father of Indian Nuclear Programme
Bhaba came back to India before the outbreak of World War II and settled thereafter. He joined Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru. This institute was headed by another Real Celebrity, the great Scientist C V Raman. He then established the Cosmic Ray Research Centre at the Institute. But the visionary scientist never stopped by the lack of resources. He, in fact, started the research on Nuclear Weapon back in 1944 by his own. In 1945 he became the founder and director of the newly established Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai. Soon after the Indian Independence, he became the Go-To man for the Indian Nuclear Mission and became the first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India in 1948. He was also the founder of the Tromboy Atomic Energy Establishment which was later renamed as Bhaba Atomic Research Centre.
His intellect and knowledge on the Nuclear Research made him the President of the United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in 1955. He became the first person who started lobbying for Nuclear Weapon in India and made all the possible attempts to make India a Nuclear Country.
Homi J Bhaba died in an unfortunate plane crash in Mont Blanc in France when he was going to Austria for an Atomic Energy in Vienna. There are various theories about his death. The said theory of his death was the miscommunication between the Geneva Airport and the driver. However, there are theories that CIA killed him to stop the nuclear program.
Homi J Bhaba laid the foundation of Nuclear Program and Research and contributed a large for the Indian Science.
He was, he is and he would always be a Real Celebrity of India.
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We need to remember the working poor folks who are struggling in our area. Last week while I was bell ringing at Von's for Manna House, a lady came by and looked into her purse and told me, "I haven't any money for you." That is common as many of us spend via credit cards or checks. This lady was different. She walked over to an ATM, pulled $20 out of the machine, and then walked over to me and put the $20 into the chimney and told me, "Well that's done. Merry Christmas." Her actions sure made me smile.
At this time we need to fill the coffers of Manna House but we also need to send checks to Toys for Tots, because they still have needs as there are gaps where the toy doesn't match the kids. We need to give to the Boy's and Girl's Club, because while they got a shot in the arm from the tree auction they have a huge budget because they offer a huge program to the kids who would otherwise hang around in town and cause trouble. Local schools need dollars for supplies and the Children's Museum must maintain the location each week for little ones to enjoy. I remind you of these charities because you can feel better at this time of year, and in April you will feel better because the donations made this year will be tax deductible.
Many of us get to a point where we just don't need more stuff. We become harder to buy for because we already own whatever it is they want to buy for us or we are so technologically challenged that we can't figure out how to use the gadget they want us to have. I still want someone to explain why I needed a DVD player that held five or six discs at one time. In my age I couldn't possibly sit through five or six movies without having to get up for other reasons, and I could then change the disc. However; I had a five-disc player!
My desire is to get notified by charities important to me that a gift was donated to that charity in my name. Those charities want help and I don't need stuff. Tell your families what your charity of choice is and help raise the dollars for that group.
At the tree auction they paid tribute to Archie Macaulay who had helped create the Oakhurst Boys & Girls Club. When he went home to be with the Lord he left behind a legacy of giving and a part of that legacy are his son, grandson, and daughter-in-law. Grandson Bobby serves as President of the B&G Club and helps those kids who need that program. Archie would have two emotions about that; he would be delighted to see that service continue and would smile, and he would also have expected that service to continue, with his approval.
As Christmas approaches, and you are looking for that perfect gift to send, please remember with that which we do for the least of us, we do it unto the Lord.
So volunteer, drop off food at Manna House, donate the spare change, give a tot a toy, or send a check. Don't do the least you can do. Do more.


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Succulents — yes, the plants — are dividing a Berkeley senior home
Charles Herring has raised hundreds of succulents over the years, but some residents believe they are attracting mice and want them gone.
by Kate Darby Rauch March 10, 2021, 10:55 a.m. October 4, 2022
Charles Herring in front of some of the succulents he has cultivated at Oregon Park, a senior housing complex. Photo: Pete Rosos
Charles Herring loves succulents. He loves looking at them, thinking about them and growing them. To Herring, 80, his plump-leafed, twisty, spiny plants are like pets. A resident of Berkeley's Oregon Park senior apartments for a dozen years, Herring loves succulents so much that, to many at his apartment complex, they've become a problem.
Under Herring's green thumb, potted succulents have proliferated into the hundreds at the nonprofit affordable housing complex at 1425 Oregon St. (between Dohr and Sacramento streets). They decorate walkways, courtyards and side fences. Retired from the hospitality industry, Herring also used to own a San Francisco plant store.
But in addition to succulents a plenty, Oregon Park is also dealing with rodents aplenty, according to members of the elected resident board that runs the complex. Sightings of mice and mice droppings in and outside apartments have risen dramatically in recent months, they say.
And this has pit mice against succulents and residents against residents. Though resolution may be in the works.
"We try to work as much as we can to make it appealing and safe around here," said Linda Washington, secretary of Oregon Park's seven-member resident board. With mice reports up, the complex's exterminator identified the potted plants as one culprit, saying they offer rodent hiding spots, and they should go, she said.
The exterminator is also closing holes in the buildings, and setting sticky traps, a non-lethal method of catching mice.
"I caught five mice at my house last night," Myrna Simon, board president, said last week.
Herring's plants, Washington said, "are affecting our water bill, our pest control bill, our neighbors are complaining and our insurance company is complaining. It's too much."
In late December, the resident board voted to give Herring 60 days, until February 24, to get rid of his plants or they'd order a dumpster for the job. This deadline was extended, thanks in part to the intervention of organizations trying to mitigate the situation, including the office of Councilmember Terry Taplin, and the nonprofit Eviction Defense Center, which serves Berkeley and Oakland.
Some of the succulents Charles Herring has cultivated. Photo: Pete Rosos
Herring disputes that his plants harbor rodents, and says the complaints are an exaggeration. Some residents love his plants, he says. And they beautify the place, he said.
Oregon Park resident Cardie Tipton, 76, is one of Herring's plant fans.
"I like his plants, I don't have a problem with them," she said.
"I grew all the plants on this property. I brought in other plants; I might have rescued them, I brought them and I rehabbed them," Herring said. "Over a period of time, I accumulated a lot of plants."
Herring was born in Chicago but spent a chunk of his youth in Florida, which he attributes to his love for gardening. As a teenager, he'd do yard work for pay and has good memories of the work.
"Raking leaves out of yards, they' give you money for that. With a push-mow you made made a good little hustle, it was hot and good energy."
From Florida, Herring lived in New York and then San Francisco, working as a union bartender and waiter at all the big hotels, he said. His plant shop, no longer in business, was called Green Planet.
Plants said Herring, are "family and friends, certainly. I care more about them more than a lot of things."
One reason he likes succulents, he said, is because others don't.
"Succulents have no appeal to a lot of people. They don't have flowers for pretty bouquets, and you can't cook them up like collard greens," he said.
But they're drought-tolerant, easy to grow, and full of lore, Herring said.
"Jade is my favorite because they bring good luck, and I need all the good luck I can get. They propagate easy, they're good fortune, and they're a really interesting plant."
Progress toward resolution
A side yard at the Oregon Park housing complex where Charles Herring grew succulents. Photo: Pete Rosos
Initially, Herring said he was reluctant to get rid of his plants, challenging the board.
"Plants are not just something you move like a box of furniture," Herring said. "Plants are living things that you can abuse easily. You can abuse them by moving them, And I don't want that to happen to my plants."
Referring to a side yard near his unit, he said, "At one point it looked kind of unattended and overgrown and I started to put plants out here so people wouldn't use it as a trash pile. Once I started putting plants out it looked more like it was getting attended, and they wouldn't trash it as much."
But he took some steps, moving plants away from people's windows and external walls, he said. He put some over the fence along the Sojourner Truth Court, west of the complex. He gave a few to trusted outside owners.
Meanwhile, residents were still finding mice in their bathtubs, cupboards and under their stoves. Landscapers wanted to pull up ivy, Washington said, but couldn't reach it under the rows of potted plants. At one point, Herring had tarps on the ground, and plants seemed to keep coming, she said.
"There's a community garden right next door, if you want to mess with plants why not go over there?" Washington said she asked Herring, referring to a garden lot west of the housing complex, run by Spiral Gardens.
Herring said they weren't interested in his plants.
The situation was tense; on this board members and Herring agreed.
But it may be rounding a corner.
"He wants them to have good homes, and we want him to keep his housing…and we're doing everything we can to make this happen." — Andrea Henson
Plants are slowly but surely being moved from the complex, and the dumpster deadline is no longer hard and fast, Washington said.
The Eviction Defense Center is taking plants from Herring, in exchange for helping him with rent, he said, and he trusts they'll find caring homes.
"They're not buying my plants; they're compensating me by having my rent paid."
Andrea Henson, a litigation attorney at the center, said many people are working to find loving homes for Herring's plants, understanding how important this is to him.
"He wants them to have good homes, and we want him to keep his housing in South Berkeley and we're doing everything we can to make this happen," Henson said. This help includes some rent assistance, but she wasn't sure of the exact amount.
Loads were taken last week, with more to come, he said.
"Last Wednesday office workers came out and moved a couple of plants; they're coming out next week," he said. "They're minimizing it to an extent…They're going to do more minimizing."
Herring said he isn't sure how it will pan out. "I don't know how many plants they want or how many they're going to take," he said.
And the Oregon Park board plans to discuss a plant policy at its next meeting, which comes Tuesday.
"It's nice to have plants, but not like that," Washington said. "It's just too many."
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The battle between the city and the owners of the historically-registered Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel over the right to keep a supergraphic ad on the side of the building landed in federal court two months ago, with the hotel owner and sign company claiming that the city's refusal to issue a permit for the sign is a violation of the 1st amendment right to free speech.
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The Las Vegas-based sign company, In Plain Sight Media, features the hotel supergraphic in a slide show on its website. The hotel is owned by Thompson Hotels, a boutique hotel chain headquartered in New York City. The most recent supergraphic advertised H&M, a Swedish clothing company.