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Well I need to apologize… today's post isn't THAT exciting. The guest bath is just that… a guest bathroom. But I do love the shower curtain and our bathroom fixtures, so I thought it was "post" worthy!
Typically this bathroom is overrun by a potty training toddler: potty seats, potty charts, and M&M's for rewards, but I CLEARED it out for picture time.
We have "ADA" height vanities in all of our bathrooms. It's crazy how you don't realize how much you bend over to wash your hands, at other sinks, but with ADA height vanities you just reach right out. We receive a lot of compliments on the style of vanities that we have.
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Thank you! My husband picked this mirror out at Home Depot believe it or not! I want to say it was a Martha Stewart brand mirror too!
Wow your house looks like it was taken out of a magazine! Mine is a mess!
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You really should be an interior designer. I love it all!
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I can say that you are qualified to be a home designer as well as what Tammy said. I would be happy to visit your house. Maybe one day.
Well thank you so much! I sure don't think of myself as an interior designer, but I appreciate the compliment!
This has been really fun looking room to room in your new house!
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Beautiful home! Where did you find the shower curtain?
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Home » Publications » Determination of Exit Share Value in Termination of Partnership Lawsuits Under Turkish Commercial Code
Determination of Exit Share Value in Termination of Partnership Lawsuits Under Turkish Commercial Code
TARIK SAHIN GOZDE GOKYILDIRIM
Determining The Exit Share Value in Association Termination Lawsuits Under The TCC
1. What is The Termination of Partnership Lawsuits in General?
2. What is The Concept of Just Cause?
3. What is The Termination of The Joint Stock Company and Alternative Remedies?
4. What is The Determination of Exit Share Value?
Pursuant to Article 531 of the Turkish Commercial Code ("TCC"), numbered 6102, the owners of the shares representing at least one-tenth of the capital and one-twentieth in public companies have been given the right to request the termination of the company in the presence of justifiable reasons. With this regulation, minority shareholders are allowed to intervene against the misuse of the management by the majority shareholders who are dominant in the joint-stock company.
Minority shareholders who meet the minimum share ratio stipulated in Article 531 of the TCC can directly file a lawsuit against the legal entity of the joint-stock company in the commercial court of the first instance where the company headquarters is located. Although the TCC does not set forth include a time limit for termination for a just cause, the Court of Appeal's Court Decisions is that the lawsuit must be filed within a period in accordance with the principle of honesty.
The concept of just cause in the termination of the Joint Stock Companies is not regulated in the TCC. What can be deemed as the Court appreciates the just cause according to the characteristics of the instant case before the Court.
However, it is possible to give the following examples of termination cases for just cause brought in before the Courts.
Systematic use of majority power in a way that violates the legitimate interests of the minority or that of the company,
Deprivation of the shareholder from the dividend,
Damage to the partnership by providing benefits to the members of the board of directors or the people they are affiliated with,
Continuous violation of the shareholder's rights such as attending the general assembly, voting, and obtaining information,
Unrequited capital and permanent loss of partnership,
Loss of decision-making function of organs.
Termination cases for the just cause listed above should be evaluated per the law and fairness according to each case. In addition, while evaluating the interests between the minority and majority shareholders, it is necessary to consider the characteristics of concrete events and the economic and social consequences.
Here is an article that might interest you for further reading: Action For Termination of The Partnership as a Minority Right in Joint Stock Companies.
Whether the reasons put forward by the minority shareholders constitute cause is evaluated by the court according to the characteristics of the event, and the court decides on;
I) termination,
II) dismissal from the partnership or,
III) any other solution it deems appropriate.
In one of the landmark decisions, Court of Appeals of Turkey dated 4.07.2017 with 2016/2752 File Number and 2017/4079 Decision Number, and the plaintiff filed a lawsuit for termination and liquidation request of the company based on Article 531 of the TCC whereby the Court of Appeals has decided that;
It is not possible to realize the common purpose of the company, that the plaintiff does not have a negative contribution to the emergence of just cause, and that the conditions for termination are fulfilled for cause in Article 531 of the TCC,
It is not appropriate to pay the real value of the share of the plaintiff shareholder as of the date of the decision and to be excluded from the company,
Termination and liquidation of the company in the best remedy,
Accordingly, it was decided to dissolve the joint-stock company and appoint a liquidation officer.
As stated in the Court of Appeal's ruling, the reasons put forward in the termination action to terminate the joint-stock company must be very crucial and substantial in a way that justifies the termination, it should form a conclusion that other alternative solutions are not suitable for the situation and termination is the last resort.
Notwithstanding the preceding, in practice, Courts predominantly decide on alternative solutions appropriate to the situation, rather than dissolution of the company, such as;
Acquisition of the shares of the plaintiff minority shareholders over their real value by the company or other shareholders,
Admission of a new shareholder to the company,
The division of the partnership,
Granting the plaintiff to a member of the board of directors,
Determining the principles of the annual profit distribution,
The payment of a certain amount of the undistributed profit in equal instalments to the shareholders in a certain period in proportion to their shares,
A capital increase from undistributed profits,
Partial liquidation.
In Article 531 of the TCC, it was regulated that instead of the dissolution of the company, the plaintiff shareholders could be paid the real values of their shares closest to the decision date of the Court afterwards, the plaintiff shareholders could be removed from the company. It is important how the share value of the minority shareholder removed from the company will be calculated.
In the decision of the Court of Appeals of Turkey dated 22.05.2020 with 2018/1032 File Number and 2020/527 Decision Number; the Court has decided that based on Article 531 of the TCC, the plaintiff's share will be paid, and the plaintiff shall be removed from the company because the company is active. The plaintiff is dismissed from the company by paying the amount determined as the current value by the board of experts.
On deciding on exit share value, The Court of Appeals has stressed the determination of share value for the outgoing shareholder on 29.03.2018 based on the figure determined in the expert report dated 10.08.2016 complies with the law. The Court added that there is no procedure to determine the real value of the withdrawal share by charging interest between the expert report date and the decision date. Moreover, there is no long period passed between the date on which the exit share is determined and the date of the final court decision, and this period is reasonable.
At another decision of Court of Appeals on exit share; the Court, with its ruling dated 03.12.2015 with 2015/4504 File Number and 2015/12980 527 Decision Number, has rendered that; the best solution in the future is instead of buying out in cash, to give the immovable property to the plaintiff in return for its shares, afterwards to cancel the title deed registrations and to register it on behalf of the plaintiff, and ultimately to terminate the partnership rights and cancel the shares due to the partnership share amount given to the plaintiff when the decision is finalized.
As can be understood from the Court of Appeals' Decisions, the Court may exclude the minority shareholder from the partnership instead of the company's termination. In this case, expert reports are used in determining the real value of the share as close to the date of the decision.
Article Keywords: Exit Share Value, Determination of Exit Share Value, Joint Stock Companies, Termination of The Joint Stock Companies, Shareholders, Minority Shareholders, Termination of Partnership Lawsuits, Court of Appeals, Turkish Commercial Code.
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Rice: the guilt-free carb
Written by AAP. Published in Sydney Morning Herald on 13 July 2012.
Healthy choice … Basmati rice has a medium GI rating. Photo: Marina Oliphant
It's been shunned by those on low-carbohydrate diets but rice could experience a healthy resurgence after a study found that most varieties have a low to medium GI rating.
Researchers from the CSIRO and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) also identified the gene responsible for rice GI which would allow growers to develop varieties with lower levels to meet consumer demand.
GI, or glycaemic index, measures the ability of carbohydrates to raise blood sugar levels after eating.
Foods with a high GI are more easily absorbed by the body which can result in blood sugar fluctuations leading to an increased chance of conditions like diabetes.
Low GI foods are absorbed at a slower rate, causing a gradual release of sugar into the blood.
An analysis of more than 200 rice types from around the world by the CSIRO and the IRRI found that rice GI ranges from 48 to 92, with an average of 64.
Low GI foods are those 55 and less, medium GI are measured between 56 and 69 and high GI is 70 and above.
Melissa Fitzgerald from the IRRI said the widely grown Indian rice variety Swarna had a low GI while Australian varieties like Doongara and Basmati had a medium GI.
Dr Tony Bird, a CSIRO Food Futures Flagship researcher, said the results would allow people to make more informed choices about what type of rice to eat.
People aiming for a low-GI diet could swap high GI rice for lower GI rice, Bird said.
It would also enable growers to develop low-GI rice varieties and could assist people with conditions like diabetes, he said.
"This is good news for diabetics and people at risk of diabetes who are trying to control their condition through diet, as it means they can select the right rice to help maintain a healthy, low-GI diet," he said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/rice-the-guiltfree-carb-20120713-21zvw.html#ixzz22NbQxG1v
Posted by Rhianna on August 14, 2012 in News Articles
Tags: Blood sugar, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Glycemic index, Low-glycemic index diet, Sydney Morning Herald
It's official: We eat too much
Written by Peter Jean. Published in Sydney Morning Herald on 17 July 2012.
It's no wonder that Australia is the fifth-fattest nation on earth.
A report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that many Australians are consuming too much food that is high in fat and sugar and not enough vegetables or wholegrain cereals.
The report, Australia's Food and Nutrition 2012, says that Australians exceed the world average consumption of alcohol, sweeteners, milk and animal fats.
Australians eat almost three times as much meat as the world average.
But Australian consumption of vegetables and cereal is below the world average.
The AIHW report said that 90 per cent of people aged 16 years and over failed to eat the recommended five serves of vegetables each day.
Most adults didn't eat enough fruit and adolescent girls failed to eat enough dairy foods or alternatives.
People in remote areas had difficulty accessing a variety of affordable healthy foods.
The report said that restaurant and takeaway meals was the highest weekly item of food expenditure for Australian households in all income groups.
In 2009-10, high-income households spent $389 on food and beverages each week, equal to 18 per cent of household expenditure.
Low income households spent $113, or 20 per cent of expenditure on food.
AIHW spokeswoman Lisa McGlynn said: "The cost of healthy foods is increasing which means that it is cheaper for some people to eat takeaway food than healthier foods."
"It can cost less to feed a family on food from some of the fast-food outlets than it can to feed a family on some of the foods that would be considered to be appropriate and what experts recommend a family eat.''
On average, "treats'' or extra foods such as chips, biscuits, pastries, soft drinks and alcohol contributed 36 per cent of the energy intake for adults and 40 per cent for children.
How we consume food compared to the rest of the world. Photo: Keisuke Osawa
One quarter of adults and one in 12 children aged between five and 12 years in Australia are obese.
"That's about three million people aged over five which puts Australia fifth in the OECD countries for the proportion of the population who are obese,'' Ms McGlynn said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/its-official-we-eat-too-much-20120717-227bh.html#ixzz22NZTG3Eq
Tags: Australia, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, obesity, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Sydney Morning Herald
Chocolate really is good for you
Written by Daisy Dumas. Published in Sydney Morning Herald on 18 July 2012.
It's a vice many of us can't step away from – give up smoking, drinking or swearing and chocolate seems to be the go-to reward mechanism.
So it's a welcome finding that bars of chocolate may soon come stamped with health claims.
Dark chocolate has been given another accolade in the health stakes – this time receiving the backing of the European Food Safety Authority for its blood circulation-boosting capacities.
Thanks to cocoa flavanols, found in chocolate and cocoa, the sweet-toothed treat has been linked to low blood pressure, heart health and even brain function. Cocoa flavonols stimulate nitric oxide, which relaxes blood vessels.
On the back of the support, Barry Callebaut AG, one of the world's largest cocoa buyers, is now seeking European Commission approval to use the impressive health claim on its packaging.
The move comes after the Swiss food giant, which sells to Kraft and Nestlé, conducted a study involving 20 clinical trials over the past seven years. The company has developed a method for preserving up to 80 per cent of the flavonols which are commonly destroyed in mainstream cocoa processing.
It is also, tellingly, linked to rising cocoa costs and concomitant dwindling branded food sales, according to the Wall Street Journal. Health benefits are, of course, worth their weight in gold – and while the label would only apply to chocolates sold within Europe, it may have implications for products further afield, including Australia and the US.
A known anti-oxidant wonder food, dark chocolate already leads the pack when it comes to 'Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity Units' (ORACS).
According to the USDA, it contains 13,120 ORACs per 100 grams, where famous antioxidants, blueberries, have a mere 2,400.
But, before chocolate is promoted to one of your health supplements, beware – not all chocolates are created equal and cocoa, sugar, saturated and unsaturated fats and caffeine contents vary. The higher the cocoa content, it goes without saying, the better.
The EC has until early 2013 to make its decision.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/chocolate-really-is-good-for-you-20120718-229i7.html#ixzz22NY3QsBB
Tags: chocolate, European Food Safety Authority, Sydney Morning Herald
The skinny on full-cream
Written by Melissa Davey. Published in Sydney Morning Herald on 29 July 2012.
Australians have been steadily switching from full-cream to low-fat milk over the past decade, with many citing their waistline as a reason, but the results of an international review may have even the most health conscious embracing the full-fat latte once again.
It has been broadly accepted that consuming saturated fat could lead to an increased risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, prompting dietary guidelines to recommend low- and reduced-fat milks and yoghurt as part of a balanced diet.
"These still contain calcium and other nutrients, but with less saturated fat," the guidelines state.
But in a review examining the link between high-fat dairy and health, published in the latest European Journal of Nutrition, researchers concluded " … in contrast to the prevailing scientific and public sentiment, dairy fat consumption is not typically associated with an increased risk of weight gain, cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes.
"This is also in contrast to most current dietary guidelines recommending the consumption of fat-reduced milk and dairy products."
Researchers found 11 out of 16 international studies showed higher dairy fat intake was associated with lower body fat levels and lower long-term weight gain.
The review, led by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Washington, noted that further studies were needed, but concluded there was "no compelling reason" to avoid the fat found in dairy products.
Statistics from Dairy Australia, the national services body for the dairy industry, show full-cream milk consumption – which contains about 4 per cent fat – is on the decline, making up 49 per cent of milk sales in 2010-2011 compared with nearly 57 per cent in 2000-2001.
But it was too early to call for changes to dietary guidelines in favour of full-cream dairy, said Tim Gill, an associate professor at Sydney University's Boden institute of obesity, nutrition, exercise & eating disorders.
"I think the jury is still out on the quality and consistency of the evidence we have available to us at this time.
"However, there is no strong evidence linking full-cream dairy with obesity, type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease."
A study he was a part of found no consistent evidence that out of reduced-fat, low-fat or full-fat dairy, one was better than the others. "But I would still recommend reduced-fat dairy, given its lower fat and calorie content," he said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/the-skinny-on-fullcream-20120728-232qs.html#ixzz22NWxjzmA
Posted by Rhianna on August 8, 2012 in News Articles
Tags: Milk, scientific study, Sydney Morning Herald
The best alternative to sugar?
Written by Paula Goodyer. Published in Sydney Morning Herald on 24 July 2012.
With links to obesity and heart disease, sugar's reputation is worse than it's ever been – but does this make alternative sweeteners a healthier option?
It depends on who you believe. If you think sugar gets a bad rap ('sweet poison'; pure white and deadly') it's mother's milk compared to aspartame which so many internet sites suggest is guilty of everything from vaginal irritation and weight gain to Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis. Often used in soft drink, some weight loss products and yoghurts, aspartame is considered safe by Food Standards Australia New Zealand unless you have the rare genetic disorder – phenylketonuria – which all newborn babies in Australia are screened for. As for cancer, artificial sweeteners including saccharin and cyclamates once linked to cancer in animals, have been okayed – cautiously – by the World Cancer Research Fund, which says the evidence doesn't suggest any 'detectable effect' on cancer risk.
On the face of it, artificial sweeteners let you have your cake and eat it – you get the sweet taste without paying the price of extra kilojoules from sugar. But are they useful or do they perpetuate and even increase our reliance on highly sweetened foods?
"We don't know the answer to that, although my belief is that they're not doing us any good," says Russell Keast, Associate Professor in Food and Nutrition at Deakin University, who thinks artificial sweeteners may leave us hankering after the real thing.
"Besides having receptors for sweetness on our tongue we also have them through the digestive tract where they pick up signals telling us that carbohydrate foods are on their way," he explains. "But with a food like an artificially sweetened soft drink you get the sweetness but the carbohydrates never come and the body is saying 'you promised me energy and it's not here' – so the body may feel cheated which drives appetite or increased hunger. "
Whether this happens with foods like artificially sweetened yoghurt which still contains carbohydrates isn't clear – it's probably less of an issue but we just don't know, he says.
If you want to eat less sugar and avoid artificial sweeteners too, there's a middle road: the plant-based sweetener stevia which is so intensely sweet – 290 times more than sugar -that it only takes a tiny bit to sweeten food (though it does have an odd aftertaste).
I've been trialling stevia this week with mixed results. For sweetening your cocoa with fewer kilojoules, stevia hits the spot. It's okay in porridge too, but less successful in stewed rhubarb – it's sweet enough but compared to raw sugar, strangely flat and less satisfying. As for baking, I had more success with CSR Smart, the blend of sugar and stevia which seems like a good compromise to me – it has 50 per cent fewer kilojoules because you only use half as much as you would with regular sugar.
But sometimes common sense gets lost when a food like sugar becomes demonised. Too much sugar spread through the day in breakfast cereal, soft drink, cakes, sweets and packaged foods is a problem – a teaspoon on your porridge isn't. Instead of spending research dollars searching for the perfect no-kilojoule sugar substitute that lets us eat more sweet stuff with less impact on our weight, wouldn't it be smarter to eat sugar the old fashioned way? Skip the soft drink, juice, bikkies and too-sweet yoghurt and just add a bit of real sugar to real food when we need to.
"It's hard to go past the message that says it's best to avoid highly processed food and to remember that our early food experiences are very important for determining our food preferences as we get older," adds Russell Keast. "We learn to like what the family exposes us to – and parents should be aware of this."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/blogs/chew-on-this/the-best-alternative-to-sugar-20120723-22jfe.html#ixzz22NUeqQ1x
Tags: Sydney Morning Herald
Go nuts for better health
Written by Graham Osbourne. Published in Sydney Morning Herald on 31 July 2012.
They can be a seat-belt for your heart, reduce the risk of diabetes and bring down cholesterol but stick to just a handful of nuts a day – raw if possible – and avoid additives like salt and sugar.
Tree nuts are increasingly regarded as wonder foods that lower the risk of heart disease, some forms of cancer and type 2 diabetes while providing essential vitamins and minerals including niacin, zinc, folic acid, selenium and magnesium.
They contain more unsaturated fats than animal proteins and can cut levels of LDL or "bad" cholesterol, according to numerous studies. And their mix of omega-3 fatty acids, protein and fibre will help you feel full and suppress your appetite.
Plus the fat content helps release satiety hormones in the digestive system, which also helps to curb hunger, adds dietitian Lisa Yates of the Australian Nut Industry Council website nutsforlife.com.au. A small snack of nuts can lessen your desire to overeat later in the day.
Despite the good news, not all nuts are necessarily nutritious.
In the supermarket snack section, "nature's bite-sized wonders" are often drowned in salt and/or sugar.
"Anything coated with or tucked inside layers of sugar, toffee, chocolate or ice-cream isn't going to give you much nutritional benefit, and the calories can quickly add up," warns US Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spokesperson Judy Caplan, R.D.
Avoid nuts packaged or roasted in oil and instead eat them raw or dry roasted, Caplan told the Huffington Post. "Roasted nuts may have been heated in unhealthy fats at high temperatures that can destroy their nutrients." She also cautions against snacking straight from a box or tub of glazed nuts, such as honey roasted cashews or caramelised Vienna almonds.
"And don't justify eating a Snickers bar because it's got peanuts in it."
Nut butters are another contentious issue, with many warning that they can pack on calories because they're delicious and easy to eat.
Look for spreads with the fewest ingredients possible, advises Caplan, who notes that most major-brand nut butters contain hydrogenated oils, which are high in saturated fats.
The debate over the caloric content of nuts continues to rage in cyberland – but "sorting out the truth from the propaganda," as one blogger puts it, is not entirely straightforward. Online magazine Vegsource.com has highlighted the case of vegan chef AJ, who dropped 12 pounds (5.4 kilos) in 12 weeks simply by giving up all nuts and seeds.
AJ, who is hypothyroid with a slow basal metabolic rate, says even a moderate amount of healthy fats was too much for her.
"[But] if there's one myth that needs busting," insists Yates, "it is that nuts are fattening."
"Nuts are healthy high-fat food in a fat-phobic world and it is high time we moved on from thinking that the low-fat diet is going to solve our heart disease, diabetes and obesity problems." Research has moved on from the low-fat mantra of the 80s and 90s, she says.
"Epidemiological [large population] studies have found that as nut consumption increased, body mass index decreased. We also know that nuts help prevent weight gain, which is the first step in losing weight, but like any food, healthy or not, eat too much and you may gain weight – especially if you're eating more than you need and not burning enough through exercise."
Yates suggests eating one handful of mixed nuts a day, just 30g, and enjoy them as a snack or add to your meals to make them more exciting.
All nuts are about equal in calories, but their nutrient profile does differ. There are 10 varieties of tree nuts: almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts.
Almonds are rich in vitamin E, a fat-soluble vitamin and antioxidant essential to maintaining heart health, with 20 almonds (a handful) providing 85 per cent of the recommended daily intake (RDI) of vitamin E.
Brazil nuts – seeds from a large tree found in the Amazon rainforest – are rich in selenium, a vital mineral and antioxidant. Just two Brazil nuts a day may prevent heart disease and prostate cancer and can also enhance mood.
Cashews are high in magnesium, needed for healthy bones, and are good sources of phytochemicals and antioxidants. A handful is about 15 cashews.
Hazelnuts, the most fibre-rich of all the nuts, contain significant levels of B-group vitamins including folate and vitamin B6. An average handful is about 20 hazelnuts.
Macadamia nuts are high in healthy mono-unsaturated fats, contain all the essential amino acids and have been shown to lower blood cholesterol. Fifteen macadamias make a handful.
Pecans also reduce cholesterol and may delay age-related muscle nerve degeneration, according to a University of Massachusetts study. A handful is about 15 pecans.
Pine nuts – the edible seeds of pine trees, removed from pine cones – contain zinc, niacin and manganese and are rich in mono-unsaturated acids. Ancient Greeks and Romans believed pine nuts were an aphrodisiac. Two tablespoons is an average serve.
Pistachios are packed with protein, vitamin E and are an excellent source of copper and manganese. Sixty pistachios makes a 30g serving.
Walnuts are loaded with natural plant omega-3s called alphalinoleic acid or ALA. Eating walnuts is "like wearing a seat-belt for your heart," according to nutsforlife.com. Ten whole walnuts is the suggested average serve.
Peanuts, technically legumes but commonly referred to as nuts, are high in vitamin E, folate (for brain development) and may reduce cognitive decline.
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/go-nuts-for-better-health-20120730-239eg.html#ixzz22NRxO43b
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There is a single fact that is true for everyone in the military: they won't stay on active duty forever. Even when it is hard to imagine a time when you're not serving, thinking about it now can make it easier when it does happen. For some on tips on how to prepare for transition, see this Paycheck Chronicles post. For additional transition tips and a customizable transition plan, visit the Military.com Transition Center.


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Delagua (Bywater en el original inglés) es un lugar ficticio que pertenece al legendarium creado por el escritor británico J. R. R. Tolkien y que aparece en sus novelas El hobbit y El Señor de los Anillos.

Geografía
Delagua es un pueblo de la Comarca, situado en la Cuaderna del Oeste, al sudeste de Hobbiton y cerca de la Piedra de las Tres Cuadernas. El arroyo El Agua pasa al norte del pueblo, donde se convierte en un lago, la Laguna Delagua, en el que Samsagaz Gamyi y los hijos del Granjero Coto jugaban cuando eran pequeños.

El Gran Camino del Este pasa al sur de Delagua y de él parte el Camino de Delagua, que atraviesa el pueblo y Hobbiton para dirigirse luego a Cavada Pequeña.

Delagua es conocida sobre todo por su renombrada taberna, la posada del Dragón Verde, donde en el año 2941 de la Tercera Edad del Sol, Thorin y sus compañeros esperaron a Bilbo Bolsón para iniciar su aventura en la Montaña Solitaria, y donde Hamfast Gamyi solía contar historias a otros Hobbits. Fue destruida durante la ocupación de la Comarca en la Guerra del Anillo.

Durante dicha guerra, la familia Coto era una de las más importantes de Delagua.

Historia
La historia de Delagua hasta los últimos años de la Tercera Edad es desconocida, aunque probablemente, al igual que en el resto de la Comarca, la vida del pueblo fue bastante tranquila, acorde con la personalidad de sus habitantes.

En el año 3001 T. E., cuando el hobbit Bilbo Bolsón celebró su fiesta de cumpleaños 111, la oficina de correos de Delagua, junto con la de Hobbiton, estaba tan colapsada por la cantidad de invitaciones que tuvieron que contratar a más carteros para la ocasión.

En la Guerra del Anillo, cuando la Comarca fue ocupada por Saruman, Lotho Sacovilla-Bolsón se convirtió en su lugarteniente y estableció su base en Delagua. El pueblo fue destruido en su mayor parte, muchas casas fueron incendiadas, derrumbadas o abandonadas, los árboles fueron talados, y los jardines que descendían hasta la orilla de El Agua fueron descuidados y crecieron malezas.

El 2 de noviembre de 3019 T. E., Frodo Bolsón, Sam Gamyi, Meriadoc Brandigamo y Peregrin Tuk llegaron a Delagua tras su regreso a la Comarca y echaron a los rufianes que ocupaban las ruinas del Dragón Verde. Al día siguiente estalló la Batalla de Delagua, que acabó con la victoria de los hobbits. En el Libro Rojo de la Frontera del Oeste hay un capítulo dedicado a ella, en el que aparece una lista de todos los hobbits participantes, encabezada por los capitanes de la batalla, Merry y Pippin. Poco después Delagua fue reconstruida.

Véase también
 Batalla de Delagua

Referencias

Bibliografía

Lugares de la Comarca
Escenarios de El hobbit

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Following Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, the White House issued a statement listing a huge array of opportunites explored together in trade, cultural and scientific areas.
Major Defense Partner. The United States remains a reliable provider of advanced defense articles in support of India's military modernization efforts. United States-sourced defense articles, including the Sea Guardian Unmanned Aerial System, Apache attack helicopters, and C-17 aircraft will further enhance the capabilities of the Indian Armed Forces and provide additional opportunities for interoperability. Completion of these sales would increase bilateral defense trade to nearly $19 billion, supporting thousands of United States jobs. If selected, United State offers to sell F-16 and F/A-18 fighter aircraft to India would represent the most significant defense cooperation between the United States and India to date.
DTTI. The United States-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) remains the premier forum for deepening collaboration on defense co-development and co-production. The seven DTTI Joint Working Groups continue to discuss a range of technologies and platforms for potential co-development, including India's participation in the Future Vertical Lift program. DTTI representatives met most recently in April 2017.
Military-Military Engagements. Key military and civilian defense leaders continue to meet via reciprocal counterpart visits and strategic and policy dialogues, promoting closer service ties and improving interoperability among our forces. The annual MALABAR naval exercise, occurring in July 2017 in the Indian Ocean, will be the most complex to date, including participants from the U.S. Navy, Indian Navy, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The United States and India also participate in the VAJRA PRAHAR Special Forces exercise, the RED FLAG air force exercise, and YUDH ABHYAS army exercise.
Counter-Terrorism Partnership. The United States and India are committed to combatting terrorism in all its forms and to strengthening cooperation on terrorist screening, intelligence, and information sharing, terrorist use of the internet, and multilateral terrorist designations. Reflecting this partnership, the U.S. Terrorist Screening Center and Indian counterparts are cross-screening known and suspected terrorists for investigative and intelligence purposes.
Law Enforcement Cooperation. The United States has provided anti-terrorism assistance training for more than 1,200 Indian security personnel since 2008.
Facilitating Strategic Trade. The High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) facilitates greater civil high technology and defense trade between American and Indian businesses, leveraging India's status as a Major Defense Partner. In 1999, 24 percent of all exports from the United States to India required an export license. Currently, licensed exports still make up only a small percentage of trade with India; in 2016, only 0.4 percent required a license, commensurate with the United States' closest allies and partners.
Trade. Two-way trade in goods and services reached $114 billion in 2016. With the Indian economy growing at 7 percent annually, both countries are committed to further expanding and balancing the trade relationship.
Aviation. In 2017, Indian airline SpiceJet announced the order of 100 new Boeing 737MAX-8s, bringing its order to 205 planes valued at more than $20 billion and, according to industry, creating and sustaining 130,000 American jobs in the state of Washington and elsewhere. At the Paris Air Show in June, SpiceJet announced a preliminary commitment for an additional 20 Boeing aircraft.
India is projected to become the world's third-largest commercial aviation market by 2020. Through the U.S-India Aviation Cooperation Program, the United States has increased the safety and security of India's rapidly growing aviation sector, and generated over $600 million in exports of U.S. manufactured goods and services.
Trade Facilitation. The United States and India, both signatories to the World Trade Organization's Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), are working together to implement the TFA's provisions and help lower the cost of trade for both our countries.
Investment. According to the Government of India, the United States is one of the top five destinations for investment from India. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that Indian companies have invested over $11 billion in the United States economy, creating and sustaining more than 52,000 jobs. Industry sources indicate these investments are spread across 35 states.
Capital Markets. The Department of Treasury and Indian Ministry of Finance continue to collaborate on resolving outstanding tax disputes, building Indian capital markets, and promoting greater bilateral investment. Enhanced technical cooperation includes areas such as the development of India's municipal bond market. The just-completed issuance of a municipal bond for the city of Pune was India's first municipal issuance since 2011.
Liquefied Natural Gas Exports and Investment. Indian energy companies have signed more than $30 billion in long-term contracts for U.S.-produced liquefied natural gas (LNG), including from Louisiana and Maryland. Industry estimates that Indian companies have invested more than $10 billion in the United States LNG and shale sectors.
Nuclear Power. The United States and India are committed to realizing commercial civil nuclear cooperation, in particular through a contract for six Westinghouse Electric AP-1000 nuclear reactors to be built in Andhra Pradesh, India. Once completed, the project will provide reliable electricity for millions of Indian citizens.
Fossil Energy. The U.S. Trade and Development Agency will host a Refineries Performance Optimization Reverse Trade Mission in fall 2017, familiarizing senior executives from Indian refining companies with U.S. technologies that can optimize the performance of India's oil refineries.
Grid Expansion and Modernization. The Department of Commerce will lead a Smart Grid and Energy Storage Business Development Mission to New Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai in March 2018 to showcase U.S. technologies and services that can help India address its grid modernization needs. The two countries also announced the Smart Grid and Energy Storage consortia under the U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy and Research Development Center.
Energy Finance. The U.S.-India Clean Energy Finance Task Force is delivering recommendations to mobilize U.S. technology exports and American and Indian private investment in India's $1.2 trillion power market. Additionally, the Department of State is facilitating connections between American and Indian industry, state governments, and universities to advance energy solutions.
Today, nearly 4 million Indian-Americans reside in the United States and over 700,000 U.S. citizens live in India. Last year, the United States Government issued nearly one million visas to Indian citizens, and facilitated 1.7 million visits by Indian citizens to the United States.
Global Entry Trusted Traveler Program. The United States began accepting applications from India for the expedited entry program, facilitating travel in both directions that will lead to more business, investment, and tourism. In 2016, Indian visitors in the United States spent nearly $13 billion, making India the sixth largest market for U.S. travel and tourism exports.
Skills Development. More than 166,000 Indian students studied in the United States in 2016, contributing $5 billion in economic activity and supporting some 64,000 American jobs. Over the last decade, Indian students contributed $31 billion to the U.S. economy.
Entrepreneurship. The United States and India will co-host a Global Entrepreneurship Summit this year in India, focused on supporting women entrepreneurs, and geared toward solving 21st century challenges and improving lives. President Trump has asked Ivanka Trump to lead the United States delegation to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.
Indian Americans have embraced innovation and entrepreneurship, sitting at the forefront of Silicon Valley's technology revolution, and founding an estimated 15 percent of Silicon Valley startups. They have helped to develop the Pentium chip, fiber optics, and noise canceling headphones, among numerous other innovations.
Exploring Space. The United States and India are working together in the exploration of space, from discovering water on the surface of the Moon to sharing data on Mars from our respective orbiters. The joint NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite, scheduled for launch in 2021, will help scientists to better understand some of Earth's most complex systems and hazards.
Afghanistan Development. The United States and India support increased stability and prosperity in Afghanistan and their expanded development coordination and cooperation benefits all three countries. India has spent $2 billion on development assistance to Afghanistan since 2001, and pledged an additional $1 billion in 2016. In September 2017, the United States will co-sponsor the India-Afghanistan Export, Trade and Investment Fair in New Delhi, to promote expanded Afghan commercial ties with India.
Global Agriculture Cooperation. Fifty years after the Green Revolution helped India to free millions from hunger, the United States and India have trained more than 1,500 agricultural practitioners from 17 countries across Africa and Asia on specialized farming practices to improve productivity and income.
U.N. Peacekeeping Burden Sharing. India and the United States remain committed to U.N. peacekeeping and building the capacity of African partners, training participants from 13 countries and the African Union. The two sides will conduct additional joint training in July 2017 and lead a mobile training team in Africa this fall.
Disease Research and Treatment. For more than 40 years, the United States has collaborated with India on disease research, including tuberculosis (TB), HIV, and rotavirus, and non-communicable diseases – cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. The United States supports India's ambitious goal to end TB by 2025, through the scale-up of detection, diagnosis, and new treatments for drug-resistant TB.


46 Haverford alumni are currently working in the Bi-Co community. They can be found working in the College Advancement offices, in the Athletic Center, and as professors or lecturers. One such alumna is Heather Curl, a lecturer in the Bi-Co Education program.
Curl teaches full time in Haverford's education department, though she is based at Bryn Mawr, teaching between four and six classes a year. Not only did she instruct at Haverford for the past six years, but she was also in the graduating class of 2003 as a history major, and became certified to teach social studies her senior year.
In her time as a student and as a lecturer, Curl has been witness to several different periods of the Bi-co. She recently sat down with The Clerk to reflect on the Haverford of past and present.
Socially, Heather was incredibly grateful for the people she met as a student, beginning with her freshman year on floor 3/2 of Gummere Hall.
In her time as a student, Curl worked at the Coop and the Dining Center. She was also a student athletic trainer for the women's basketball, volleyball, and lacrosse teams. Heather was a school secretary her sophomore year, and was appointed to head the committee that planned Snowball and Sundance.
Her passion for education was with her even as a student. For all four years, she was a tutor at the ABC House, a program that supports students from low-income neighborhoods that attend wealthier schools in the area.
"I really enjoyed my academic work my senior year when I got to student teach," Curl said, explaining that student teaching helped prepare her for the transition from college to the professional world.
Being both a student and alumna of Haverford, the Honor Code has followed Curl well after graduation. But in her teaching, she finds that she does not need to depend on the Honor Code in her teaching.
Though the Honor Code is not as prevalent in her life now, she admits that she was not the biggest fan of it as a student. Curl explained that her Customs team introduced it as a set of rules, which lead to several negative interactions.
Ferguson, race, and police brutality are some of the largest social justice issues present on Haverford's campus today. But in her years here, Heather recalls that one of the biggest issues on campus was the 2000 election, when Al Gore was running against George W. Bush. The race, neck and neck, all came down to Florida, Curl recalled. Students were enraged by the election result.
Another large event that shook Haverford's campus at the time was the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. There were a number of vigils. Curl says that the memory of hearing about the attack in her junior year has stuck with her – she was in the training center, learning skills for her new position, and had been living in the Haverford College apartments.
With much of the student body coming from New York, she felt the impact it had on campus.
However, Curl mentioned that 9/11 did not necessarily bring out the social justice side of Haverford.
"There wasn't a 'social-justicey' mindset, there was a 'protect ourselves' mindset," Curl explained.
Heather says that despite everything that was happening on campus, it was not until after college that she would take a serious interest in political and social issues.


A younger boy, around the age of ten or eleven, was sitting at an old, rickety writing desk. He was gaunt, with thin, lanky limbs that made him look as if he could collapse at any moment. He had deep, mahogany brown hair that was cut to a medium length, and neatly parted on the right side to hide the scars on his head. The hairstyle framed his diamond shaped face well. His lips were stretched thin, showing how deep his mind always was in contemplation. His nose turned up much like that of a hog. But the most remarkable feature of his face was his eyes. There was something about them, something… odd.
First off they were deeply set into his skull. Their shape was unusual for a boy of his kind-- they were upturned-- but the most curious thing about them was their mismatched color. The left was a vivid lavender, full of life. However, the right was greyish blue, cold and empty, like the sensor of a deactivated machine. It was also enclosed in a heptagonal shape by perfectly straight scars. This gave him a sort of classical elegance in a… mechanically sinister sort of way.
Other than that it could be said that he was an ordinary youth. At least on the outside. Inside his ectomorphic body, however, was a different story. His innards had been mangled and twisted. His stomach was abnormally small, and his digestive system was equivalent to that of a hummingbird. Because of this, he has to eat something at least every hour. His brain is also... unique. Put simply, he lost the entirety of his right hemisphere, and his right eye, due to malpractice that caused an experiment to go terribly wrong.
The missing hemisphere was replaced with a fully functional computer fused to the remaining brain (Luckily for him, he still retained most of his personality after this endeavor). To recover his vision a bionic engineer, called Dr. Vincent Walker, devised a prosthetic eye to replace the one that was lost. It is imperative that one remember that both procedures were still experimental at the time of the incident. And who better to test them on.
Galic Manor was a sprawling 133-acre property. It was secluded and quiet most of the time. To the west of the gates, Galic Manor House, in all its glory, can be seen. To the east, the stables, where Dr. Galic´s son spends most of his leisure time. Past that, the arenas and the track where the horses are trained. To the north, the pastures where the horses themselves spend their time off. It can also be concluded that the staff appreciates Dr. Galic letting them work under him. The staff included four maids to keep house, twin cooks from France, a butler called Mr. Fabian, and nine grooms to care for the seventeen horses residing on the estate.
"Atticus! Get down here, now!" yelled the boldly authoritative voice of Dr. Arthur Galic, geneticist, father of Atticus Galic, and head of Galic Manor House.
"Coming, sir," Atticus responded to his father. He was rushing to clear his desk of the papers he had been pouring over prior to his father´s call. Atticus then bounded down the stairs to present himself at attention to Arthur.
"Didn't you hear Mr. Fabian calling you?" Arthur asked resentfully.
"I did, sir," Atticus answered indifferently.
"And what exactly were you doing when he called you?" Arthur asked bitterly.
"I was finishing up my work, sir," Atticus responded.
"Well then. That's three lashes for not responding immediately, and six more for ignoring a direct command, you know that Mr. Fabian has as much authority over you as I do," stated Arthur sternly. Later that evening he and Atticus went to be seated at the table. Dinner was served, Pigeon with warm foie gras sorbet and creme brulee for dessert. Just before Mr. Fabian was to serve dessert, there was a knock at the door. Dr. Galic got up to answer, while Atticus stayed put in his chair.
"Is Dr. Galic at home?" asked a raspy, sinister male´s voice.
"I am. Please come in," answered Arthur as he took the mysterious guest´s coat.
"Am I interrupting something?" the man questioned.
"Fabian, please set a place for Dr. Radley. He will be joining us for dinner," Arthur ordered.
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It's a terrible shock when a loved one dies, whether it's expected or not. At the same time, there are many decisions and practical arrangements that need to be made. So where can you go for help? The Council on the Ageing Victoria (COTA) have produced a new practical guide for partners and family on how to deal with the death of a partner, available online and in hard copy here.
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On the 21st of March 1986 executive committee of Pervomajskij regional council made a decision of creating a regional historic museum. The work on exhibits collection was being conducted from 1986 till 1989 by former teachers of Pervomajskaja school №1 Lidia Voznesienskaja and Roland Valkman, regional newspaper "Vpered" worker Albert Kulikov, research assistant of the Crimean museum of local lore Nikolai Sekurov, graphic designers from Simferopol Samojlenko and Shulgin. Thousands of exhibits had been collected, such as photos, documents, personal belongings of famous citizens.
The museum started to accept visitors from July of 1990. There are 512 exhibits situated in four halls. There is reflected the history of the Crimea and Pervomajskij region, starting from ancient times up to the present days. The first manager on a voluntary basis was A.K. Kulikov. Now the manager is E.S. Balbekin.
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Dennistoun man fed up with state of his tenement close paints the whole thing himself
We've all been a bit bored during lockdown - but this guy has taken DIY to a whole new level and the close looks brilliant!
Folk in the area have already been asking Gordon Robb if he'll come round to paint their tired-looking closes for them as well (Image: Gordon Robb)
A Dennistoun man has taken matters into his own hands after becoming fed up at the shambolic sight of his close - by painting the full thing by himself to leave it looking a million dollars.
Gordon Robb showed off his impressive feat, which took him four full days to do, on local Facebook page Dennistoun Information Page, and has been met with a wave of positive responses from folk in return - with some even asking him if he'll head round to paint their tired-looking closes for them.
Speaking to Glasgow Live about the cracking paint job, the Business Support manager said: "I've lived in Dennistoun for six years and the close is great but its always been one of these bugbears of mine that because we have two shops underneath us we can never get as much done as we want to do.
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"We had issues in the close because the plaster had fallen off and there were massive holes in the walls so I just said to myself 'Do you know what I'm just going to do it and see what happens'. So I paid for a plasterer to come out and then I just took the initiative and painted the close after that.
"I went out and bought all the paint and it took me about four Saturdays to do. I basically just went off on one, stuck my headphones in and got on with it and that was it really".
Gordon was also motivated by the fact that his estate agent told him that, although his flat (which he plans to sell next year) was beautiful, the close was "an absolute disaster". And he says that putting all the work in - alongside hiring a plasterer - at the total cost of £560 was well worth the effort.
"It's made a massive difference. I stuck it on the Dennistoun page because I thought well surely I'm not the only person thats done something like this and the response has been amazing with so many people asking me how I done it, where I got the paint from to do it and asking for other advice.
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"All I did was paint it and write out to everyone in the close telling them I'd done it. That was pretty much it. The response has been really nice. i think its inspired some people I think to do the same.
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With Facebook's just completed IPO and its familiar icon on the homepages and business cards of companies and brands worldwide, it's pedantic to say the social network site has changed the way we as marketers connect to consumers.
While Facebook , and more broadly social networking, isn't a foolproof marketing component for brands, it's evolved into a necessary one. The newness and uncharted potential is what really makes Facebook exciting, because you'll often learn more from your mistakes than you will from your triumphs.
Marketing the VeeV Spirits brand through Facebook is a bit precarious – you have to honor certain protocols within the liquor industry, you cannot engage minors and of course, you cannot egregiously promote drinking and must incorporate messages about moderation, safety and health. Adherence to these standards aside, VeeV has successfully managed to build an engaged audience of almost 60,000 Facebook fans , a real community of gourmands, social activists and tastemakers who spread the word about the brand and inform many facets of our marketing and product development.
Consumer engagement – more than a 'like' or 're-Tweet.' At VeeV, we strive for engagement: consumers influence cocktail recipes, inform campaign directions, and help us fundraise for good causes. Facebook fans do everything faster than other fans: they browse quickly, engage with content quickly and enter contests quickly – if something isn't quick and easy they probably aren't interested.
Because of Facebook, VeeV's Market Managers have been able to track which cocktails are more popular in different parts of the country, and with what demographic segment they're more popular. Our fans have posted cocktail ideas that we've tested (and sadly, sometimes rejected) and incorporated into our menu of recipes we offer to restaurants and bars nationwide. Our Apothecary Bar (recyclable mason jars in which we serve custom, herb-infused cocktails at countless events nationwide) found early support and eventual cult status via Facebook, with fans posting photos of the mason jars they kept from a party, now filled with their own cocktail (or occasionally even flowers) at home.
Facebook has actually shown us which of our grassroots marketing programs are connecting the most with consumers, and where those connections are being made (literally through geo-targeting). Facebook feedback has even helped us 'gut check' the development of a new product extension, which we're launching later this summer.
Facebook has created real-time marketing. Prior to the advent of Facebook, marketing had to be more conservative by its very nature: a print or TV ad runs/airs numerous times without being able to change the message. Now, our social media team can post something as small as a new recipe or as big as a sweepstakes contest and get virtually instant feedback from our community. Thus, in the consumer products space, I would say Facebook has allowed us as marketers to become more daring and certainly more proactive in our approach.
Facebook's "targeting" has arguably mitigated some of the aforementioned risk: previously it was a "throw stuff against the wall and see what sticks" approach, whereas now we can literally suggest a refreshing VeeV Superfruit Lemonade cocktail to our top 100 evangelists on the West Coast on a Friday afternoon just as they leave work and the closest retailers to them (via a zip code locator) to purchase a bottle. That's pretty amazing. Even when advertising via banners and such on Facebook, I can now target people that already "like" us or go after new potential customers that I know like distilled spirits (or even more specific things like vodka).
In my opinion, this may just be the most profound thing about Facebook for a consumer product, especially one like mine that people enjoy in their free time.
We are now all curators of content and we control everything from our image to our company's image on Facebook. For example, when we get a new press hit or get into a new marquee account chain, we require that all our sales people "share" it on their wall immediately. This creates the 1+1=3 viral effect and creates hundreds of thousands more impressions than we could ever reach with our ~60,000 fans alone and even translate into the "offline" world.
For example, when we found out we were going into the 800 unit chain Ruby Tuesday, our marketing team came up with the idea to have me drive around the country in a Toyota Prius for 10 straight days and visit 100 Ruby Tuesdays whilst driving over 2500 miles. Although grueling (my neck wasn't the same for a few months), it was well worth it: Ruby Tuesday attracted thousands of millennial fans that they were previously having trouble touching, we had a strong group of people who followed by my tour on Facebook and would meet me at a given location for a drink, and even staff at the stores were energized when they knew I would be visiting their store that day. Giving people (fans or employees) the "tools" 'to share a message (especially if it's one they are passionate about) is an extremely powerful thing.
A real social network builds company culture. Facebook is a networking tool that lives with employees when they're at work and when they're off work. Our Brand Manager monitors and mines our Facebook account for new insights, trends and consumer satisfaction. Our sales team monitors it as part of business development, to help track where consumers are looking for VeeV, and what restaurant and retail doors might be a fit for the brand. It helps everyone do their job better and more precisely, even if we take some things we read on Facebook with a grain of salt.
Facebook is so pervasive these days we require everyone in the company to be "friends" with every other employee (since people work in different geographies and haven't all met face to face).
As a millennial myself, I consider Facebook to be one of the biggest innovations of my life thus far and think it will continue to be moving forward so long as it continues to deliver on its promise of improving marketing practices, culture and hopefully ultimately people's overall quality of interactions.
Courtney Reum is the founder of VeeV, the world's first spirit infused with the Brazilian super?fruit, açaí and the preeminent eco?friendly spirit brand. A former Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs on Wall Street, Reum has become one of the youngest eco?entrepreneurs in the spirits industry since founding VeeV at the age of 27. Reum developed his consumer product and beverage expertise at Goldman in New York City and Sydney, Australia, where he worked with clients such as Procter & Gamble, Under Armor, and Glaceau's Vitamin Water. At Goldman Sachs, he was involved with the Pernod Ricard / Allied Domecq merger in the spring of 2005, which served as the catalyst for a simple question: in a consolidated and cluttered industry could he create a product that would offer consumers a better way to drink?


Many years ago I worked in a health food store. I remember tea tree oil was a big thing then. I will never forget the smell.. Now it seems with the big essential oil craze, I am once again being reminded about this wonderful product..
Presently, Ryan has some shampoo and soap that includes tea tree oil. It seems nowadays though, there are soooo many uses for it. If you clicked on the link you would see that it also comes with an ebook called 53 Uses for Tea Tree Oil. You guys…I had no idea about some of these things!
There are recipes for different facial washes..cleansers..deodorants..hair products. This stuff is great for all parts of your body! There are also hints on how to use it around the house and for aromatherapy! The first section of the guide is interesting as it goes into the history and science backgrounds of it. Being a homeschool mom it seems I am getting into that stuff more often.. ha!
It seems to me like this company is really wanting to inform people as well as putting out a quality product. They explain why they do things the way they do. Even the bottle wrapper has a lot of info on it! The wrapper also mentions when it was bottled! I love that!
If you are interested, check them out on Amazon! It isn't a referred link or anything, so I don't make any money off of you getting any, but I do think it is pretty cool! This bottle that I got will last me ages!!


Based in Christchurch, Jan is a Science Leader of ESR's Risk and Response group. She earned her PhD in chemistry from the University of Canterbury and went on to become a postdoc fellow at Leeds University.
She joined ESR in 1989 after returning to New Zealand. Initially her work included laboratory analysis and advising the Ministry of Health and health inspectors on drinking water quality. But as Jan explains, both her role and the nature of the work for ESR's water programme have changed dramatically.
Today, ESR works with the Ministry of Health on maintaining the Register of Drinking Water Suppliers for New Zealand and is responsible for regular reporting on drinking water quality.
Using the same know-how, Jan has also become an internationally recognised safe drinking water expert, particularly for small communities. She has worked across the Pacific, providing guidance for international and national programmes, such as a three-year project to assist Tonga tourism on issues ranging from rainwater harvesting to food safety. She also works with local communities on site-specific projects to improve sanitation and access to safe drinking water.
"You need to offer extremely practical suggestions for improving drinking water in developing nations," Jan says.
For example, Jan and her team have recently been contracted to provide technical expertise to UNICEF New Zealand to address water quality, sanitation and hygiene issues for outer island schools in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.


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For the Holle Organic Fruit Porridge Banana Semolina, we use only carefully selected grains. Its special feature is its very high fruit content. The fine banana purée provides it with an intense fruity flavour that, combined with semolina, creates a unique taste experience. You can prepare the Holle Organic Fruit Porridge Banana-Semolina in various ways to provide your child with a healthy and balanced weaning diet.
Can be served at any time of the day but is particulalry good for an evening snack to help babies stay satisfied throughout the night - and give mums and dads a good night sleep.
PREPARATION "Organic Fruit Porridge Banana Semolina"
Boil 100 ml full fat milk and 100 ml water and allow to cool down to about 50°C. Give the liquid into a bowl and stir in 25 g of Organic banana-semolina porridge (about 5 tablespoons) in. Allow to soak and cool down to serving temperature (about 37°C).
Stirr 25 g Organic baby muesli porridge (approx. 5 tablespoons) into 130 ml warm mother's milk.
Boil 200 ml of water and allow to cool down to about 50°C. Add 25 g Organic banana-semolina porridge (about 5 tablespoons) and stir in with 1 teaspoon of comestible oil until the desired consistency is reached.
Mix 20 g Organic banana-semolina porridge (about 4 tablespoons) with 100g fruit-based baby food (from a jar) or 100g fresh made fruit puree and 1 teaspoon of comestible oil. Add water ( approximately 90ml / 50°C).
Boil 150 ml of water and allow to cool down to approx. 50°C. Add 5 measuring scoops of Holle Organic Infant Formula Stage 2 before stirring in 18g of Organic banana-semolina porridge (3-4 tablespoons). As of the 10th month the porridge can also be made by using Holle Organic Infant Formula Stage 3.
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A product of driving the back roads of western Alabama near the Mississippi border, Tar Gospel is a photographic and written exploration of the southern Alabama landscape in relation to southern religion.


To be a successful entrepreneur requires determination and a great deal of resilience. It is a demanding and difficult lifestyle, especially at the beginning, when your business is unlikely to make a profit. There are skills that you will need which can be learned and qualities which you will need to possess from the outset. However, if you do succeed, then the entrepreneur life is one of great satisfaction that brings with it some degree of personal freedom. Here are the skills and qualities that you will need in order to prosper as an entrepreneur.
It takes a lot of confidence to strike out on your own and set up your own business. You have to have confidence in the product or service you are selling and in your ability to run a business. Even those who have a business acumen and a great idea can never even take the first step if they lack the confidence to see it through. Staying in your steady job which provides financial security is the safer option than taking the plunge into the world of running your own enterprise.
As a business owner, you will need to be able to negotiate deals with potential clients and suppliers. You might already have a persuasive tendency, but negotiation is something that improves the more you do it. The best negotiators will know what to say and what not to say at the right time, as well as understanding when to make concessions. Negotiation skills can be improved by courses so try watching some videos from LSBF on YouTube to see how you can improve your skills.
In order to start a successful business, you need to have inner determination to keep going. Entrepreneurs have to be able to motivate themselves even when things aren't going well. Time management is very important and you need to be able to set the parameters for every project and make sure it reaches a successful conclusion. Even if you have some employees, it is ultimately up to you if your business succeeds and you need the resolve to see things through.
Your employees will expect you to actively lead them. Leadership is both a skill and a quality. Some people are natural leaders and others require some training. Decision-making is an important aspect of leadership and your team will look to you to make the important decisions for the company. You will also need to be able to motivate your team to do their best for you and the company by making them feel valued and fully invested in the company.
As well as being able to make the day-to-day decisions, you need a certain amount of big-picture vision in order to make strategic decisions. You need to think about the next five years and set realistic goals for the business to achieve. Strategic thinking will involve planning all aspects of your business, from suppliers and clients to your recruitment goals.


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The key to winning as much as you possibly can do when you bet on Rugby League matches or any up and coming Rugby Union matches is knowing which betting sites are famed for giving you the highest odds, and just what types of bets are going to give you the best chances of winning, and that is something you must learn before you ever set about placing a bet.
With that in mind I invite you to read through the following guide on betting on rugby, for by doing so you will soon discover the best ways to place such bets and just which types of bets are going to reduce the chances of you losing whilst at the same time ensure you get the maximum returns on winning bets too.
I would also urge you to check out some of our featured sportsbooks, betting sites and online and mobile bookmakers too, for the ones we have chosen to showcase to you throughout this website are all handpicked and are going to give you plethora of different betting markets covering both codes of rugby, so you will always have plenty of choice regarding the types of bets you can place at such sites.
There are going to be some rugby bets you will not be able to resist placing online, much more so when you are convinced that one team is going to win and the odds available are high in value. Below is a roundup of some of the very best bets you can place on any up and coming rugby match or rugby tournaments.
Before any rugby tournament or season begins, you will find that you can make use of early betting markets that are going to give you the chance of placing a bet on any team or even teams that you think will win those tournaments or be crowned champion of a league at the end of the season.
Those betting markets will not only offer you some appealing odds on each team if you make use of them nice and early, they will of course give you a financial interest in one or more teams throughout the season too.
Another type of basic rugby related bet is one that will entail you picking out a team to win any scheduled match they are playing in, but those types of bets are not famed for offering huge odds, unless of course you pick the underdog to win!
One bet you will enjoy placing if you have a player you do respect and admire is the first or last scorer in any match, each player will have odds attached to him on scoring either the very first or last try, and by making a correct decision you will get some high valued odds on the player you have chosen.
If you support serval different rugby teams or think some teams are much more likely to win their respective matches than their opponents will have of winning, then consider placing an accumulator bet.
When placing an accumulator rugby bet you can pick out as many teams as you like, and if each of them win the winnings along with your stake gets rolled over onto each team, and that in turn will see you amassing some huge winning pay-outs, but only if each team you name wins their match!
Unless you are very lucky, not all the bets and wagers you choose to place on rugby matches are going to be winning ones but believe it or not some betting sites will give you your stake money back if you do place a losing bet!
It will be via the sign up welcome bonus that a free bet will be offered to you when you place an initial rugby bet at some of our featured betting sites, and even if that first real money bet you place is a winning one you will still get a free bet up to the same value as the stake you placed on it.
But such offers do not dry up when you have claimed a betting site welcome bonus, for to ensure you remain loyal to betting sites, all our top-rated ones will shower you with plenty of ongoing bonuses that could take the form of free bets, cash back bonus and in some cases even deposit match bonuses too.
So, for added betting value and for ways to turn a losing bet into a no risk one you are strongly advised to stick to betting at any of our showcased betting sites, that have very deep pockets when it comes to them giving away promotional offers to their customers!
It can be extremely annoying when you see odds being offered on a Rugby Tournament or Rugby match from a betting site or on a betting app and you spend ages signing up to that site or app, making a deposit and then find the odds you saw on offer are not actually available any longer.
That is why if you are on the hunt for a new betting site at which to bet at or if you want to download a betting app onto your mobile phone or tablet device the ones you should select are any of those you see showcased on this website.
Each of the sites and apps we do showcase throughout this website have live and updated in real time betting markets, which means if you see odds on offer then they are on offer and not fake odds being offered to lure you into signing up to such apps and sites!
As a bonus when you do register as a new customer at any of our featured sportsbooks and betting sites you will instantly qualify for a range of free bets or betting bonuses too, some of which will massively boost the value of your sports betting bankroll!