Douglasville, Georgia – The Cultural Arts Council Douglasville/ Douglas County welcomes Georgia Artists with DisAbilities , Inc.'s 34th annual statewide tour and exhibit for which over 50 award-winning pieces of art from disabled artists across Georgia will be displayed. The exhibit will open on April 4 and run through April 25, 2019. The opening reception will be hosted by the Douglas County Pilot Club on Thursday, April 4 from 6 until 8 pm at the Cultural Arts Council. The entries in the exhibit include paintings, photographs, clay pottery, textiles, and other mediums.
Local artist Jesse Shuler from Douglasville will be featured and also won an honorable mention award for her acrylic painting "Vortex". Jesse has been doing art for 20 plus years. She really enjoys doing cartoon art, but has learned to embrace other types of art since beginning her studies. Jesse's goals are to continue to keep learning different mediums of art such as pottery.
Another award-winning artist featured is Rick Harbin's coloring "Cat's Meow". Rick is a 63-year-old self-taught craftsman and attends Avita Community Partners of Carnesville. Rick was selected as "Outstanding Citizen of the Year" in 2013 by the Avita Community Partners. He is also an honorary policeman for the Lavonia Police Department.
Georgia Artists with DisAbilities, Inc. was founded in 1985 by the Pilot Clubs of Metro Atlanta and is supported by Georgia District Pilot Clubs. The goal of the Pilot International Foundation is "full citizenship for people who are disabled." The mission of Georgia Artists with DisAbilities is to provide avenues through which Georgia artists with disabilities can display their artistic accomplishments in all disciplines of the arts, and to create public awareness of the artistic skills these artists have developed by overcoming the obstacles of their disabilities. Georgia Artists with DisAbilities, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization.
The Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/ Douglas County, located at 8652 Campbellton Street in historic downtown Douglasville, Georgia, is open Mondays through Fridays, 9 am to 5 pm For directions and more information, visit www.artsdouglas.org or contact the Cultural Arts Council at 770.949.2787.
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As previously announced, on May15, 2017, Philip K. Asherman, President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of Chicago Bridge& Iron Company N.V.'s ("CB&I") Supervisory Board, provided notice to CB&I of his election to retire, effective July1, 2017. In connection with his retirement, on June27, 2017, one of CB&I's subsidiaries, Chicago Bridge& Iron Company (Delaware), a Delaware corporation ("CB&I (Delaware)"), entered into a Separation and Release Agreement with Mr.Asherman. to the Separation and Release Agreement, among other things, CB&I (Delaware) will pay or provide to Mr.Asherman: (1)as soon as practicable (but no more than 30 days) after his retirement date, a lump-sum cash payment in the amount of $978,000.00, less applicable tax withholding determined by reference to the prorated target award for Mr.Asherman under the CB&I Incentive Compensation Program for 2017); (2)credit for service through December31, 2017 for the sole purpose of the Chicago Bridge& Iron 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Incentive Plan"), and the incentive plan agreements for awards granted under the Incentive Plan in 2017; and (3)treatment of Mr.Asherman's retirement as a "Qualifying Termination" under the terms of the Incentive Plan and the special incentive stock award previously awarded to Mr.Asherman. Additionally, Mr.Asherman has agreed to provide certain advisory services under the Separation and Release Agreement, following CB&I (Delaware)'s request, and will be entitled to receive a fee of $700 per hour.
In exchange for the benefits provided to him on his retirement, Mr.Asherman has agreed to release employment-related claims, and he and CB&I (Delaware) have agreed to mutual indemnification provisions. Mr.Asherman has also agreed to confidentiality restrictions, a two-year restriction on solicitation of employees and to repay long-term incentive plan enhancements in the event he violates the conditions of "Retirement" under the Incentive Plan.
The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the definitive Separation and Release Agreement between CB&I (Delaware) and Mr.Asherman, which is included as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5.02 Other Events.
On Tuesday, June27, 2017, CB&I issued a press release relating to the Delaware Supreme Court's decision to reverse the previous decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery in its lawsuit against Westinghouse. A copy of that press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.
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Pleasant Bay is a scenic town located on the north western corner of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park and is situated along the Cabot Trail. Pleasant Bay is a member of Inverness County, on the shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Pleasant Bay was previously known as Limbo Cove, and its current name was chosen in the 1870s. The first Europeans came to Pleasant Bay in 1819, but it wasn't until around 1828 that the first settlers built permanent homes.
Pleasant Bay established a lobster cannery in 1887, as fishing is the main industry, as well as tourism. Ten years previous to the opening of the lobster cannery, the first Church in Pleasant Bay was built. Pleasant Bay is 211 km (131 mi.) northwest of Sydney.
Pleasant Bay is the proud home of the Whale Interpretive Centre, which provides vast knowledge about the whales of the world. See livestock in large tanks, a life-size model of a whale and plenty more attractions. Scotia Sea Kayaking Tours offers a guided tour along the western coastline of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. As well, various other tours are offered including scouting for whales and seals.
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Returning to The Clubhouse
June 21, 2022 | 2753 Views
By Don Wells
Prior to departure last week, I calculated that it had been almost exactly 1000 days since I had last set foot on Langara Island. After such a prolonged absence, I couldn't help but wonder what to expect in the wake of various global goings-on. Would the experience be the same after a constellation of pandemic-rooted supply chain issues, worker shortages and prolonged border restrictions?
Would the fishing be as good as it had been on the overwhelming majority of 20-odd previous trips? I will come back to this subject, but first let me share honest observations of a visit to The Clubhouse in the early days of the 2022 season.
It began on the tarmac. Gone was the 50-seat turbo prop that had hitherto transported guests to and from Masset. In its place was an 80-seat jet that was roomier and noticeably faster, shaving about 30 minutes off the trip each way. A representative of the Club, Denise, was on board to answer questions (there were a few) and to smooth out any issues (there were none, save for an affable chap named Denny waging a digital skirmish with the parking meter outside the terminal, but that doesn't count).
The atmosphere before, during and after the flight was like a return to summer camp. It was the first time since 2019 that everything was, for the most part, back to business as usual, with The Clubhouse operating at full capacity and the full-fledged and unimpeded return of countless American friends.
Many familiar faces among like-minded folk from both sides of the Canada-US border, and much light-hearted catching up amid the heady excitement of returning to The Clubhouse. And as always, an eclectic array of personalities that would inspire humorous and often fascinating conversations in the days ahead. All smiles for the Garske group as they eagerly await their chopper ride to the lodge.
We were warmly welcomed off the helipad by wide-eyed young people who demonstrated expertise, personality and commitment at every turn. The deck had undergone massive renovations that featured glass roofing, outdoor dining areas, additional fire pits and torch lights. Carefully arranged planters and hanging flower baskets complimented new outdoor furniture that would lure guests in the days ahead to gaze in repose at the stunning view of Parry Pass, and waters that shimmered in the long hours of solstice sun.
And then…there was lunch.
At each table, servers presented eye-catching assortments of seared tuna, salads, charcuterie plates and artisan pizzas hot out of the wood burning oven. The kind of thing that lays waste to the conviction of waiting until dinner for wine, with a wide and carefully selected range of old and new-world offerings. My wife is not only my favourite fishing partner but also one who appreciates a properly arranged marriage of food and wine. We raised glasses in a toast to newly appointed dining room manager and sommelier Dawn Schultz, who had indeed taken a cellar that was already richly endowed and ramped it into one that could hold its own with any of Vancouver's finest restaurants. Deepwater Don and his favorite fishing partner Kim taking in the views of Parry Pass Chef Blaine putting the finishing touches on the pizza.
Down at the docks we met new fish master Alex Kerr, who is a beacon of assurance to self-guided anglers like us. Boat 30 and its gear were ready to go, and so were we. (Keep reading friends; the part about the fishing is coming).
The apres-fish hour featured exquisite appetizers and hand-crafted cocktails, along with the aforementioned wine and any other libation imaginable, with sophisticated servers expertly weaving among us and exemplifying the investment in a rich pool of human capital. Under lodge manager Jordan Knight, a culture of co-ownership was in evidence among staff, who seemed genuinely enthused by being part of something extraordinary in the industry, and that would be talked about by all who had experienced it. The perfect apres-fish cocktail and view.
And then…there was dinner.
The Clubhouse affords the most breathtaking view of the natural world that I have ever seen from a dining room. Even Chef Blaine Robinson agrees with that. It is the perfect stage on which he and his team present evening meals that feature the finest and most artfully presented offerings from both land and sea. Guests selected appetizers, mains and deserts from an extensive menu. Accompanied by a wide selection of house wine, each and every evening was an event to which we all looked forward. I can't say enough, so we'll leave it there. (Gentle reminder to Chef Blaine; Kim is still checking her email hourly for the ling cod velouté sauce recipe.)
And now, the fishing. I promised that these would be honest observations so I must say that, according to reports from the previous couple of trips, there were a few days that were eerily slow, but that changed the morning we arrived. Guests who had fished the morning of departure found many salmon that had apparently moved in over night. And that afternoon, we found them too.
Kim and I hit the highway off McPherson and promptly did business with Chinook salmon, with the best being an 18-pounder. So did pretty much everyone else, with the majority of fish being feisty teenagers, many of which were likely part of a predicted early-season run destined for the Columbia River. The following morning produced the same. We decided to head to Boulder-Gunia during the afternoon ebb tide and were not disappointed. We doubled up almost immediately and repeated the performance the following day. In between we caught and released several chinook salmon, including a 26 for Yours Truly in Fury Bay. Halibut too, both out west on the pick and on mooching rods in places not previously renowned for flatfish.
Self guiding is fun but tough when you double up on chinook salmon. Here is Don successfully netting both in one go! Don proudly showing off his nice take-home Chinook!
Greg Garske caught and released the only tyee with a 31 caught on a self-guided mission somewhere he wouldn't disclose. Greg's group included Ken Wilson, his former football team-mate at Eastern Washington University as well as their coach, the legendary and much beloved Dick Zornes, who coached the defensive unit of the BC Lions for a couple of seasons. It was a special time for Greg and his buddies, who helped Coach Z celebrate a birthday during the trip. Eastern Washington football alumni Ken Wilson (left) and Greg Garske (right) with coach Dick Zornes.
Throughout the trip my good friend Tony Adrian kept me posted on his excursion to The Outpost, where the bite was on in a big way. Numerous double headers were the norm, including several mid-twenties fish and a 31-pound tyee for Tony on day three, which he caught and gently released to continue its natal journey. Nice work Tony. You too Greg. Let those big fish carry on their way to produce more big fish, as per long-standing tradition at The West Coast Fishing Club. Paul and Tony after a double at The Outpost. Tony rounds out his trip to The Outpost catching and releasing a beautiful tyee.
And so ends our early-season report from The Clubhouse, but with one final thought: If you're in the business world, you likely know first-hand that the last two years and a bit have thrown some curves at us, however, good organizations, as has often been said, tend to emerge stronger from tough times. I submit that such has been the case for our friends who founded The West Coast Fishing Club and continue to operate it 34 years later. The truth is that this was one of the most memorable trips that Kim and I have ever undertaken to Langara Island, for all the aforementioned reasons, and also because at long last we were able to reconnect with good people from the United States of America. That connection with Canada's best friends and neighbors is an important element in the overall experience. Jack, Kurt, Dusty, Greg, Ken, Denny, Holly, Coach Z, and all the rest of you – thanks for your time and friendship. Cheers too to the Edmonton foursome of Colin, Tony, Ron and Kevin who joined us at table three. The table three guests and new friends – certainly a trip for the books.
In summary, it was unspeakably wonderful to congregate at The Clubhouse once again, to escape the current and recent realities, to breath again and to feel the marine wilderness with all of our senses. And to find a few minutes by ourselves to take a glass and gaze reflectively at the shimmering waters of Parry Pass. At just the right moment, it is the kind of thing that can produce an unexpected lump in your throat, as the revelation occurs that we may never know a greater privilege.
Stay safe and well friends.
Tight Lines!
Don Wells (AKA Deepwater Don)
It has been several long, tumultuous years. Wonderful to hear from you again, eloquently capturing all that WCFC brings to its Guests. Enlightening!!
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Paul Craviotto says:
Don, Great letter! Your prose captured many of my own feelings about The Clubhouse and Langara Island.
The West Coast Fishing Club says:
We couldn't agree more! Don certainly has his finger on the pulse of The Clubhouse and Langara Island and we're glad you feel the same way!
Tight lines,
Don Schleicher says:
Great report … can't wait 🎣
Hi Don,
We're glad you're excited, we can't wait to welcome you to the lodge!
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Shazam gets $40m funding boost from 'world's richest person'
UK-based music discovery and marketing firm Shazam has raised an extra $40m (£26.8m) after getting investment from the world's richest billionaire.
Carlos Slim, owner of Latin American telecoms firm America Movil, is investing the money to expand Shazam's reach in the UK to across the rest of Western Europe and Latin America.
Shazam will use the funding to boost its expansion into TV, where its recognition software can tune into a commercial's soundtrack then link viewers directly to the brand's website.
"Within 18 months we expect TV will significantly outperform the music side (of the business) and that's part of this investment," Andrew Fisher, executive chairman of Shazam, said in an interview.
Leading brands such as Unilever, Procter & Gamble and American Express are already using Shazam in ad campaigns in North America, where the company generates tens of millions of dollars in revenue from the TV side, Fisher said.
Given that global TV advertising spending totalled $350 billion in 2012, according to researchers Nielsen, the scale of the opportunity for Shazam is huge, said Fisher, who hopes the TV business will help build the company into one suitable for a stock-market listing.
"That's our ambition, to list ... Certainly, two years' time is realistic," he said. The company's products are already used by 350 million people.
'World's top billionaire'
Slim, ranked the world's top billionaire by Forbes magazine with a net worth of $73 billion, was brought in by one of Shazam's venture capital owners, Silicon Valley fund Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
America Movil has also agreed to promote Shazam across the dozen or so markets it operates in Latin America. "Shazam is defining a new category of media engagement that combines the power of mobile with traditional broadcast media and advertising," Slim said in a statement.
Slim's investment takes the total backing that Shazam has secured since 2009 to $72 million.
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Portion control: Are you eating too much?
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Some experts say how much you eat can be more important than what you eat. Here's what you need to know about portion control.
What is portion distortion?
Stacy Kopecky defines her old eating habits in two words — portion distortion."I was probably eating two to three times what I should have been eating," Kopecky says. "Even when I was eating healthy things, I was still eating too much."
In 1999, Kopecky joined a popular weight loss program for the fifth time in her life. She knew the drill, but the hardest part of the plan was to pay attention to serving sizes.
"When I first sat down to a meal and saw my serving size, I thought 'Who would eat this?'" Kopecky says. "I used to look for the restaurant who would give you the most for your money. When I go out to eat now, I'm always shocked at the portion sizes they give you."
Kopecky has lost 63 pounds and is now a weight loss leader for her weight loss program in Wisconsin. When individuals in her group lose weight, Kopecky says 80 percent of the time they attribute their success to smaller portion sizes.
The portion doctor weighs in
Carol Francis-Jubert is a registered dietitian in Florida and the president of www.portiondoctor.com. She has been a dietitian since 1981 and started Portion Doctor in 2002. She says her philosophy is based on the old Chinese proverb, which states, "Tell me, I'll forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve me and I'll understand.""As a registered dietician, we always tell patients what to eat and how much to eat, but doing it may be difficult," Francis-Jubert says. "I wanted to be more effective in getting nutrition messages across to my clients."
Francis-Jubert created plates, bowls and glasses with nutrition information printed directly on the surface to make it easy for people to control portions sizes. She says knowing what to eat is easy, but the crucial part is knowing how much to eat.
An extra serving here and there might not seem like much, but Francis-Jubert says it adds up quick.
"Large portions provide more calories," she says. "A few 100 less calories each day could lead to weight loss or prevent weight gain each year," she says.
Increased portion sizes can be found everywhere. For example, Francis-Jubert says several marketplace foods are exceeding the federal guidelines. On average, she says, cooked pasta exceeds a standard serving size by 480 percent, muffins by 333 percent, steaks by 224 percent and bagels by 195 percent. Wow!
Knowing what's important
Lisa Young is a nutritionist and a professor at New York University who has been researching portion sizes for the past 15 years. Her book, The Portion Teller: Smartsize Your Way to Permanent Weight Loss, was published in May 2005."People think that what they eat is more important than how much they eat," Young says. "It's not true."
She says 78 percent of people who are on a diet think the most important thing they need to do is watch what they eat. Young says she wants consumers to realize that quantity is a bigger concern.
"There's all these books on low-carb, low-fat dieting, but nothing about portion sizes. At the end of the day that's what it's all about," Young says. "How much you eat is more important than what you eat."
While there are various professional opinions regarding various diets and the consumption of various types of foods, many experts can agree on the fact that portion sizes, especially in restaurants, have grown exponentially over recent years.
Packaging also contributes to misconceptions about serving sizes. Young says research shows Americans are eating more, in part, because of bigger packaging. Experts warn consumers to read labels. For example, a 20-ounce bottle of soda, a bag of microwave popcorn and a can of soup all contain 2.5 servings. In a bag of tortilla chips, the recommended serving size is about 14 chips, and a serving of cereal is roughly 1 cup.
A lifelong commitment to portion control
Kopecky admits it was hard to adjust to smaller portions, but now, it's second nature. When she goes to a restaurant, she automatically cuts the serving size in half, and she no longer has to remind herself that a serving of meat is about the size of a deck of cards. Kopecky says it's easy to get caught in portion distortion, but she's proof that bad habits can be broken."It's kind of the American way that more is better, but it's not always," Kopecky says. "A big part for me is watching my portion sizes and asking myself how much do I really need to eat?"
Do you know the true definition of a serving size?
Three ounces of cooked meat, fish or poultry is the size of a deck of cards
Two tablespoons of peanut butter is the size of a golf ball
A medium piece of fruit looks like a baseball
A medium bagel is the size of a hockey puck
One ounce of cheese is the size of four dice
A small baked potato is the size of a computer mouse
The serving size for raw vegetables, yogurt and fruit is one cup — which will fit into an average woman's hand.
One cup of pasta is the size of a tennis ball
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The patient activation and self-care conversation, at 12.30pm on Thursday 11 April, will have a particular focus on patient activation measures.
We will hear about Blackpool Teaching Hospitals' use of the Patient Activation Manager, an example of a digital tool for diabetes care and a study of human movement science by Liverpool John Moores University.
This lunchtime webinar will be hosted our Transformation team Programme Manager.
The system flow conversation, will have a particular focus on digitising the outpatient journey.
Hear the latest insights into NHS recruitment communications - and learn how to sketchnote in the latest in our series of EngageWell events.


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On the second day of Bryan's carbon diet, he worked from home to help reduce his carbon footprint.
Telecommuting is not exactly new for me. I've been working from home one day per week for the last two years. (And for the last month, I've worked from home more often than I've been in my office due to my wife's shoulder surgery.) But yesterday it felt like good redemption for my epic failures from the day before.
The key to successful telecommuting for me has been planning ahead and clustering all of my calls, videoconferences, etc. onto a single day each week. But there are obviously many occasions where face-to-face meetings are critical.
Today is another of those occasions for me. Some of our most significant supplier partners are in town for a Supplier Sustainability Summit. I am leading a breakout session on Carbon and Water Efficient Operations. So I did need to come into downtown again today.
And I'm pleased to report that I managed to commute into town without using a personal car at all. A colleague of mine, Carlos Pacheco, joined me for the commute which involved first bicycling to the closest MARTA bus terminal and from there via bus to the MARTA rail station. The good news is that the Georgia World Congress Center (where the Supplier Sustainability Summit is being hosted) has its own MARTA stop. I only had to change trains once to reach the destination.
Weather permitting, I'll be reversing the process on the way home this evening.
I've spent a lot of time in this week's blog focusing on my commute. That's because it is indeed one of the most significant contributions to my personal (and my household) carbon footprint.
From that assessment, driving and flying combine to represent 40% of my household carbon footprint – the largest single contribution. And I offset emissions from my flights.
We have a program within the Company called Red Tag which recognizes exceptional performance. Employees accrue Red Tag points which can be redeemed for various products or services. One of the offerings in that catalog is carbon offsets offered through www.carbonfund.org. So at the end of last year, I cashed in 168 points to offset the 12 trips I took during 2012.
Of course that doesn't contribute to Active, Healthy Living the way my bike journey did. I'll probably have more to say about that tomorrow – if I'm not too sore to get out of bed.


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ETF MINING, the real thing.
Established in the UAE in 2009, ETF has been a long time in the making. For many years, ETF walked the treacherous road that innovation on an industrial scale brings. Still, it intrigued the mining industry the world over. Its deep innovation left many fascinated and inspired talent all over the world. But left even many more convinced it would never happen. End 2014, it almost didn't.
In 2015, ETF HOLDING BV was incorporated in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and now controls its affiliates ETF European Truck Factory GMBH and ETF FZE. ETF also expanded its shareholder base and sanitized its balance sheet.
With renewed energy, ETF management attracted the necessary know how, teams and skillsets it urgently needed. ETF, in its own unique ecosystem way, now encompasses executives, skills and teams on design, engineering, systems, cloud- and data-grid infrastructure and autonomous and big data algorithms. Proving itself to be a truly agile boutique mining equipment design, engineering and systems office.
As its business model imposes, it also has been working on the supply chain management to handle its future global decentralized supply chain sourcing and logistics model.
It has been one of the great joys to see the scope of talent and drive the ETF DNA, vision and blank canvas thinking is able to attract.
But most spectacularly after 8 long and difficult years, together with its loyal base of technology partners, ETF made the SK1- MT240 real. And now, it lives.
Early 2016, as digitization, electrification and robotics progress at ever higher pace, ETF set out on a significant program of upgrading the technologies it integrates. Redefining its Mining Vehicle Platform as a combination of ETF WHEELS and ETF CONNECT. Turning what used to be a breakthrough modular truck design and F1 maintenance model into the most advanced digital and automated truck based haul platform. API enabled and ready to welcome all other applications miners might want to integrate. This is advancing at high pace and is scheduled for delivery in mines by 2022.
Top Industry specialists have now confirmed and validated the ETF value proposal. They also established that the ETF holistic and multi layered innovation approach makes it virtually impossible to mimic. Its agility to integrate new technologies on the fly being a major factor. And its capacity to scale, think and model unconstrained by heritage another.
ETF is not only very satisfied with the results but also reassured on the uniqueness of its position as one of the very few high value quantum leap innovators out there. And perhaps the only one in haulage. To mining, it is considered a unique jewel in the crown.
Summer 2016, ETF incorporated Entreprises ETF Canada Inc in Quebec. ETF DNA may be European, its soul is global. By opting to incorporate its first overseas entity in Canada, it commits to a presence in the main hubs for mining know how, culture, innovation and industrial spirit.
Not only will ETF MINING soon have the most advanced 21st century mining vehicle platform it will also grow into a powerful lean, agile and stakeholder oriented 21st century company.
ETF is open for technologies, talent, business and partnering.
Undoubtedly, ETF MINING is the real thing. And in for the long haul.
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It was the phrase coined by Captain Mainwaring in the long running sit com Dad's Army. If your dad was a fan of the much-love television series then he will love the collection of Dad's Army inspired T. shirts from Burtons.
There are two designs to choose from and along with the one pictured there is a print of most of the cast with the popular catchphrase 'Don't Panic'underneath.
The T. shirts have been designed to raise money for the British Forces Foundation.
Dad's Army T. shirt, £16, Burtons.


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The NYT proves that media can live off digital revenues
By Carmen Arroyo Nieto and Josep Valor
Living off digital revenues is every news outlet's dream. Last week The New York Times revealed the dream had become a reality for them. The prominent newspaper announced its 2018 financials, disclosing that 40% of its total revenue comes from digital sources. This is good news, a story of success after the January layoffs that agitated the media industry in the US. Now, the question is whether other news outlets can adopt its model.
The New York Times digital revenues come from two main sources: online subscriptions and digital advertising. By the end of 2018, The New York Times had 4.3 million total subscribers, 3.36 million of them were online. The newspaper brought in more than 265,000 new online subscribers in the last quarter of the year alone. They all count for the resulting $400 million in revenue in online subscription in 2018.
Digital advertising revenues have also increased, surpassing the income coming from print advertising for the first time ($103 million from digital versus 88$ million from print in the fourth quarter). The total income from digital advertising reached $259 million in 2018.
As Joshua Benton argues on the Nieman Lab's publication, all newspapers' goal is to have sufficient money coming from digital to cover the cost of the newsroom. The New York Times has done that: right now, it could cover the cost of two newsrooms. The digital revenues have made sure the Times's newsroom keeps growing: at the moment, the newspaper employs 1,600 journalists.
But while The New York Times enjoys the benefits of financial security in the digital age, other news outlets are not as lucky. According to Pew Research, at least 36% of the largest newspapers in the US experienced layoffs between 2017 and 2018. Weekday circulation of US newspapers fell 17% and ad revenue more than 50% between 2005 and 2015. Local journalism is disappearing, or constantly struggling to survive In 2017, the local digital news-site in New York City, DNAinfo, was shut down. In 2016, The Tampa Tribune in Florida closed. In 2015, it was the turn of Tonawanda News in New York state and The Daily News in Pennsylvania. These are just a few examples.
Then, what is The New York Times doing right? First of all, the paper was already a world news leader well before the digital revolution. Its readership was not enclosed in a small community, as local news outlets. The NYT's audience includes the whole US nation as well as other international readers. Its stories matter to both New Yorkers, Texans, French, Spanish, and Germans. That is why the number of international subscribers to the NYT keeps increasing—16% of the total number of subscribers live outside the US.
Second, The New York Times has always prioritized quality journalism over quantity of pieces published. With a digital-first strategy, the Times publishes its articles first on the web, and then a selected few go on the print edition. Third, the Times has taken advantage of multiple forms of journalism apart from the written word. Right now, it owns a podcast (The Daily), a soon to be released video segment (The Weekly), dozens of newsletters, Sunday supplements and other digital products.
On the contrary, local journals have not been able to adapt themselves. The lack of funds, the competition with social media, and the rise of globalization (fewer people read local news and more read national) have put them under duress. Now, seeing that at least The New York Times has been able to survive and take advantage of the digital era, they should look at the news outlet for guidance.
Two main ideas to be implemented in local news come to mind: subscriptions (focus on the reader) and quality journalism.
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With a digital-first strategy and the Times publishes its articles first on the web, and then a selected few go on the print edition!
Josep Valor
Josep Valor-Sabatier is professor of Information Systems and information technology and holder of the Indra Chair of Digital Strategy.
He received his Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT, and his Sc.D. in Medical Engineering from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Josep Valor teaches extensively at the senior executive level on Management Information Systems, Media Management, Management of Technology, and Strategy.
Beatriz Iglesias
Beatriz is a student at the University of Navarra in Marketing with a mention in Corporate Communication. During three years, she has deepened her curiosity about media while developing her skills at the School of Communication. Currently, she is finishing her studies and taking part in new projects
Carmen Arroyo
Carmen Arroyo is a financial reporter for Euromoney Institutional Investor, which she joined after finishing her graduate studies in international politics at Columbia University in New York City. She also freelances for the news agency IPS News Service at their United Nations Bureau, covering migration and climate, and writes a newsletter on narrative journalism.
Marc Ferrer
Marc Ferrer is a Research Assistant of Chair of Digital Strategy, which he joined after finishing his double degree studies in Business Administration and Management and Journalism. He also freelances in some cultural magazines, covering music and literature, and co-directs a radio program and a talk show on YouTube.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama proposed a $4.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2017 on Tuesday in a final White House budget that met immediate Republican resistance for its cost and reliance on tax hikes to fund domestic priorities.
Obama, a Democrat who leaves office next January, sought to outline his fiscal and political vision for the country with proposed investments in infrastructure, cyber security, education, and job growth.
It also includes more than $11 billion for the Departments of Defense and State to fight Islamic State militants and stabilize Syria - one measure that could draw bipartisan support.
But the plan is primarily a political document and is unlikely to be embraced by the Republican-controlled Congress.
The budget envisions a deficit of $503 billion in fiscal 2017 after a $616 billion budget gap in the current fiscal year ending on Sept. 30.
It seeks to cut deficits by $2.9 trillion over 10 years largely through smaller tax breaks for wealthy earners, new savings in Medicare healthcare, and assumptions that adoption of its policies on immigration reform and other areas would boost economic growth.
"The budget that we're releasing today reflects my priorities and the priorities that I believe will help advance security and prosperity in America for many years to come," Obama told reporters at the White House after a meeting with national security advisers on cyber security.
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"It drives down the deficit. It includes smart savings on healthcare, immigration, tax reform," he said.
The budget seeks $19 billion for cyber security investments across the U.S. government.
White House officials sought to play down the portrayal of the budget as dead on arrival in Congress. They noted bipartisan support for increases in funds for cancer research, opioid addiction programs and anti-poverty measures such as an expansion of the earned income tax credit (EITC), which helps low-income taxpayers.
Other proposals were clear non-starters, though, including one to levy a $10.25 per barrel tax on imported and domestically produced oil to fund transportation infrastructure such as mass transit and high speed rail.
"The president's final budget continues his focus on new spending proposals instead of confronting our country's massive overspending and skyrocketing $19 trillion in debt," said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi.
The budget forecasts that deficits would average 2.5 percent of U.S. economic output over 10 years compared to about 4.0 percent in the Congressional Budget Office's estimate, which is based on existing tax and spending laws.
It stayed within the bounds of an agreement reached between the White House and Congress last year that lifted mandatory "sequestration" cuts on both defense and domestic spending.
The budget proposes lifting the limits entirely from 2018.
Obama and Ryan agree on some anti-poverty policies, but the general differences between the two men and their parties are vast, particularly in a presidential election year.
Underscoring that divide and the fact that the budget is Obama's last, Republican lawmakers took the unusual step of not inviting Obama's budget director Shaun Donovan to brief about the proposal.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest, who has likened the snub to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's decision to skip a debate with fellow candidates before the Iowa nominating contest, challenged Republicans to move on areas of compromise.
"The question really for Republicans at this point is, are they going to do anything? Are they going to use their majority in Congress to strengthen our cyber security, to fight opioid addiction, to cure cancer, or are they not?" he said.
Congress can advance elements of the budget without endorsing the entire proposal.
Republicans are especially resistant to the White House's tax proposals.
The budget takes aim at tax breaks for the wealthy that have been perennial targets, including the "carried interest" loophole allowing investment fund managers to treat income as capital gains. It would also increase the top tax rate on capital gains and impose the "Buffett Rule" to ensure that millionaires pay a tax rate of no less than 30 percent of their income after charitable contributions.
In addition, it proposes a new fee on the liabilities of the largest banks that would raise $111 billion over 10 years and discourage excessive leverage in the financial system.
The budget foresees $375 billion in new 10-year savings to federal healthcare programs, including several changes to the Medicare program for seniors.
The budget calls for $152 billion in research and development, an increase of 4 percent over fiscal year 2016.


I was brushing our horses' tails out after riding, getting pickers and brambles out, and I asked my husband Boe if I could braid his horse's tail. Happy's tail is a little flimsy, not too thick. I know Boe isn't crazy about braids, but they really do make a horse's tail longer and stronger. Horses get to whipping and popping that tail, not a very desirable trait for most. He told me he'd rather I put figure 8 knots in his horse's tail instead. Oh! I'd forgotten about those! They're a neat little trick that can build some length and fullness to your horse's tail over time, and, in the meantime, shortens it when the knots are in, preventing it from hooking so much sage and other brush. It also allows a horse to swish his tail naturally and not whip it like they might with a braid.
It's essentially the same knot as Jolyn Young's Rooster Tail Knot, but in an itty bitty version and we add an extra twist. They hide fairly well within a tail if you don't knot the outside edges of the tail.
Be sure it's brushed out and free of knots, tangles, and debris, without using too much product, which can make the tail too slippery. Pull a small strand of hair away from the rest of the tail and loop the tail over the top as shown below.
Flip one more twist into the loop by turning your wrist to the left.
Pull the little tail through your loop.
Pull snug and done! Add some more knots through the middle of the tail to offer protection.
If you don't tie the outer edges of the tail, the knots hide fairly well in the body of the tail. Leave the knots in for a month or so for added length and fullness.
If the knots start to look messy or are full of debris, saturate the tail and knots with a product like Cowboy Magic, Show Sheen or coconut or baby oil, then carefully untie and untangle the knots. If they aren't full of debris, they untie nicely, but leave a kink in the tail for a day.


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708. pehotna divizija (izvirno nemško 708. Infanterie-Division; kratica 708ID) je bila pehotna divizija Heera v času druge svetovne vojne.

Zgodovina
Divizija je bila ustanovljena 2. maja 1941 kot nepremična divizija 15. vala iz nadomestnih enot 8. vojaškega okrožja v 12. vojaškem okrožju.

Vojna služba

Organizacija
 1941
 728. pehotni polk
 748. pehotni polk
 658. artilerijski bataljon
 708. divizijske enote

 1944
 728. grenadirski polk
 748. grenadirski polk
 360. (kozaški) grenadirski polk
 1709. artilerijski polk
 708. divizijski fusilirski bataljon
 708. inženirski bataljon
 708. divizijske enote

Pripadniki
 Divizijski poveljniki

Glej tudi
 seznam divizij

Zunanje povezave
 Lexikon der Wehrmacht

Pehotne divizije Wehrmachta
Divizije druge svetovne vojne
Vojaške enote, ustanovljene leta 1941
Vojaške enote, ukinjene leta 1944

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Detoxification at Ayurveda Centre | How Detoxification works ?
Detoxification is cleansing the body from inside by removing and eliminating toxins. Then feeding body with healthy nutrients.
Detoxification helps protect one from disease and renew ones ability to maintain optimum health.
A detox program can help the body's natural detoxification process.
If ama continues to be produced over a long period of time, it can leave the digestive tract, travel to a weak area elsewhere in the body and settle there. Usually it blocks the shrotas (microcirculatory channels) and disrupts the flow of nutrients to the area as well as the body's natural waste removal systems.
DO YOU KNOW IF YOU NEED TO DETOXIFY?
Bennett suggests that everyone should detox at least once a year. However, Bennett cautions against detoxing for nursing mothers, children, and patients with chronic degenerative diseases, cancer or tuberculosis. Consult your healthcare practitioner if you have questions about whether detoxing is right for you.
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At Ayulife we offer the Panchkarma procedures to detoxify the body and the process varies depending from person to person. Doctor will analyse the detox requirements in your body and recommend the right procedures.


An honest income-tax officer from the 1980s conducts one of the biggest raids of his career. A raid on the White House. Yes, you read that right. That's the premise for Raj Kumar Gupta's Raid.
The raid is planned and executed by Amay Patnaik (Ajay Devgn) and is based on true events – based on the life of Sharda Prasad Pandey – in Lucknow in the early 1980s. Patnaik is a man who is forever being transferred, playing by the rulebook – something established early on when he refuses to enter a club that insists he wears shoes.
This time, Patnaik has landed upon Tauji (Saurabh Shukla), one of the most well-connected businessmen.
This is Devgn's most unintentionally hilarious film in a while. No wonder he hasn't had a critically acclaimed film in some time. While Devgn is serious with his heavy-hitting lines, all you want to do is just laugh at the way he delivers them.
This a thriller punctured by many nauseating and unending sequences between Devgn and Ileana D'Cruz, showcasing their romance. What we needed was high-voltage songs but instead we got melodramatic breaks to the tune of Amit Trivedi's music, who clearly wasn't at his best.
These breathers hark back to the days of Bollywood when the only way to showcase a romance was with the two leads alone on screen looking lovingly at each other while some song plays in the background.
They do not work in Raid, not one bit. The pacing of the film is somewhat like the streets of India. Every once in a while you get a clear road and zip along, but then a bump comes up and ruins everything. The script is loose, which is the worst that can be said of a thriller. It's filled with several moments of Devgn finding hordes of cash with the same expression each and every time. Each and every wall spits out cash and gold coins and chains like no other. But every wall seems a carbon copy of the previous one.
This coming from a director who brought us No One Killed Jessica and Aamir makes it an even more disappointing watch.
Ever-brooding Devgn is far from the most interesting part of this movie. With his dialogue-heavy performance, Devgn isn't up to scratch. Even Ileana – who doesn't have much to work with – ends up being relegated to the tiffin-wielding devout wife of Patnaik.
Shukla, essaying the role of a MLA who zips around Delhi trying to shut down the raid on his own house, is the most interesting of the characters. Shukla along with old diabetic 'mataji', inject some life into the unending raid. 'Mataji' is sharp with her wit.
The film could have worked if there was more attention to detail from Gupta. The relationship between rich business families and those corrupt officers wanting a quick buck could have been fleshed out and serve as an entertaining anecdote to the movie. Along with that, if the pacing of the film was sorted, then this might have been an entirely entertaining thriller.
Lastly, just to inject some spice into the film, the filmmakers have clubbed two separate incidents into one. With the real-life Lucknow raid of 1981 being peaceful, the filmmakers decided to use bits of another raid in the late 1980s. That one included violence. One can understand why Gupta felt the need to do this, but in doing so, he does a disservice to his viewers and history.
You can probably give this one a skip. With its back-and-forth moments between Devgn and Shukla ending with the same emotions, and the blaring background music not helping, this movie is skip-worthy. All this does is to serve as a distraction from the lack of drama traversing on screen.
Raid is a movie that could have been taut but ended up being loose thanks to the flat lead and a soundtrack not worthy of a thriller. Gupta, unlike his first two movies, has let his audience down.
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Creating a Chinese-speaking environment is extremely important if one wishes to teach the language to their kids. Chinese enrichment classes work wonders for those who cannot create such an environment at home. These classes provide the optimal surrounding for a kid to learn all facets of the language by creating a balance between play and immersive learning. You can opt for an enrichment class for children at Chengzhu Mandarin Centre, which offers classes for both children and adults. Their courses have been well-received by both groups and you should definitely check them out.
These classes are known to organically motivate kids to want to learn Chinese, and can also be a great tool for native Chinese speakers.
The first step in teaching Chinese is to get children interested in the language. The best way to do that is to teach via interactive storytelling. Stories can be an effective way to get a child's attention and can help ease of the process of entering the world of a new language. Most people try to teach by forcing introductory words or letters to kids, but don't you think a child would remember them better if they hear it in the form of stories?
Taking a tip from preschools and kindergartens, making learning fun can be a great way to tickle a child's curiosity and keep him/her engaged in learning Chinese. One can attempt to cartoonize or convert Chinese alphabets/character into fun personas and cartoon characters, which can help kids learn how to identify certain alphabets and also teach them how to write.
Using coloring and art books is a great way to supplement cultural as well as lingual education. Young kids love to paint and look at colorful pictures, using these tools to teach kids about history as well as everyday objects can be a very useful and easy way to teach Chinese.
The Internet is a warehouse of knowledge and luckily most of this knowledge can be found on YouTube. There are plenty of easy tutorials and teaching plans on YouTube that can help you enrich your child's language capabilities.
In Singapore, there are different kinds of kindergarten. Some schools use the English language, while some use the Chinese language or Mandarin. However, there are also schools that have a bilingual curriculum which makes them use both languages. Some parents prefer to enrol their children in an all-English school because they think that it would be better. However, they are not aware of the advantages and benefits of learning Mandarin.
At Chengzhu Mandarin Centre, children will learn Mandarin in a Chinese kindergarten, an immersive environment that includes music, storytelling, art & craft. They will develop the confidence to use Mandarin in their daily lives. If you are keen for your child to master Mandarin you should check out their page.
Mind Champs will share to us an anatomy of the best Chinese kindergarten in Singapore for your child.
Learning the Chinese language from young will open up more opportunities for your child in the future. Not only is it increasingly used as a language for business expansion, trade, travel and cultural understanding, it is also one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.
With such enormous and far-reaching benefits to learning Mandarin, no wonder there is a growing demand for Chinese kindergartens in Singapore.
At MindChamps Chinese PreSchool, children from 18 months to 6 years old are engaged in a fun and nurturing Chinese speaking and learning environment that is far from the "drill and kill" approach. Read more here.
MindChamps Chinese Preschool communicated well the importance and benefits of learning Chinese. They also make sure that learning is fun for the students. They play games, listen to and re-enact stories and rhymes, sing songs, and even learn traditional art forms such as Chinese dance, painting and calligraphy.
Now, let us try to find out about some of the misconceptions of Chinese preschools in Singapore. Mind Champs will tell us about it.
These are just some of the questions and concerns that many parents have when it comes to the benefits of enrolling their children in a Chinese preschool.
Now, more than ever, there are great and far-reaching benefits to learning Mandarin. But will learning the language early on really help your child thrive in his or her later school years?
Let us dive right into the Chinese preschool myth-busters you always wanted to know. Read more here.
Provided above are eight misconceptions that we commonly hear from parents. They think that sending their child to a Chinese school will let their children fall behind. Well in fact that is not the case. Below, Mind Champs will tell us some creative ways to encourage your child to learn Chinese.
How do you encourage your child to learn Chinese? The learning of Chinese has myriad benefits. First of all, in Singapore, it is an academic requirement for children to study and do well in a mother tongue for PSLE. And since Chinese has long been, and is increasingly a language for business expansion, trade, engineering, tourism and cultural understanding, the learning of the language transcends academic achievement to wide usage in many aspects. In fact, it is a known fact that Mandarin is the most widely spoken language in the world.
Some children may not enjoy learning Chinese, especially when some perceive it to be the more difficult of the two languages (the less difficult being English) and because Mandarin is an entirely different language altogether, with different intonation and writing system.
Let's find some ways to encourage your child to learn Mandarin, so that he/she becomes inherently interested in the language and culture, not just because you told him/her so. Read more here.
According to what we have read above, we should help our children develop natural literacy skills. In order to that, we could read to them every day, engage in a conversation, arrange play dates with friends, point out written language in your environment, and many more. We should not hesitate and stop our children from learning the Chinese language because they could widely use it in the future. We should also already change our mind-set regarding Chinese preschools because they are good for our children.


Keith Rockefeller: If Southerners want to fly the Confederate Battle flag in its various forms it is their right and they should just be left alone.
Confederate Flag flown in 2008 by a Confederate War Memorial on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds.
I am a Northerner. I grew up in a northern state. I have at least one ancestor who fought for the North in the Civil War. I am a member of a Northern Civil War reenacting unit and am a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. I do not agree with the South's reasons for secession or its practices of slavery, and consider men like Jefferson Davis and JEB Stuart to be some of the great villains of American history.
As a Civil War reenactor I have read thousands of pages on the subject from a variety of sources from Shelby Foote and Bruce Caton to many of the primary sources. The Southern leaders wanted to establish a separate country where slavery was legal and where a racial caste system was permanent with blacks being property of the white dominant class. They started the Civil War, but not every Southerner was for slavery or secession. In some areas of the South, the majority did not favor secession and in some of those areas, the Southern leaders had to resort to military force and intimidation to keep them in line. It is evident from the writings of individual Southerners that they weren't fighting for slavery, either. They were fighting for home, hearth, and freedom from what they saw as a government in Washington that was trying to encroach upon their freedom.
As a Civil War reenactor I have a number of friends who serve in Confederate reenacting units and relatives from the South. They are proud of their Southern heritage. They know slavery was wrong. They are not proud of being Southern because of slavery, but because being Southern means having a free spirit and being independent minded. It's the rebel spirit and the rebel yell. They don't see the Confederate Battle flag in its various forms as an emblem of slavery, but an emblem of freedom, and whether or not someone else likes it, those beliefs need to be respected. If they want to fly the Confederate Battle flag in its various forms it is their right and they should just be left alone.
Thank you. I had ancestors on both sides of the war. After doing some research, it is hard to understand why the southerners fought at all. It was a lost cause. The North did a slave census in 1850 and in 1860 and knew exactly where every slave owner and slave was in the South and everything else the Northern Army needed to know about overpowering the Southerners. They had maps. The 1860 census is on the net and can be googled for more information. Wikipedia has some good info. My Northern ancestor never recovered mentally from the war and was in a military hospital on and off during his life. His (my) family suffered for generations. His ancestors had fought in the Revolutionary War and the war of 1812 and the Black Hawk War, even serving under Lincoln in Illinois…My family in Sangamon County, Illinois related to Lincoln by marriage (his step-mother was an aunt) did not think much of Lincoln after the war.


I was supposed to pick up my wife Javaneh from work. I opened the garage door and I saw a car parked five feet away, blocking the driveway. There was no way I could get out.
I waited 15 minutes, thinking whoever parked there must have a quick business to take care of and would come back soon. Me and my friend Haideh, who has a flower shop nearby, also looked in nearby shops and restaurants for the car's owner, without any luck.
Finally I called the police and asked what I should do. They said they would dispatch someone. Five minutes later an officer arrived and asked a few questions. I said I was going to pick up my wife but now she's coming home by bus. We had also bought tickets in advance to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (it's not very good) and we had to leave in an hour in order to make it to the theater on time.
The officer tried to open the car door with a special hook, but was unsuccessful. In order to move the car, he needed to get inside and put the gear into neutral. A tow truck arrived and the driver was able to open the door. He attached hooks in front and lifted the car, ready to drive to the towing company's parking lot.
Meanwhile the police officer searched the car and wrote down all the valuable items, so that nothing would get "lost" during the towing process. These included an expensive looking camera and a wallet, presumably belonging to the owner. I heard the officer having difficulty pronouncing the name (it sounded Hispanic) on a letter he had found on the front passenger seat.
The tow truck was about to take off when I saw Haideh gesturing: The driver had apparently come back. I turned around and I saw a man in shorts and t-shirt rushing towards the car. He looked like he had been to a gym.
How on earth could you park in front of someone's garage for more than an hour and then claim (quite vigorously) that you had done nothing wrong? How very Iranian! He did in fact have a slight accent, but I wasn't sure.
Then I saw Javaneh walking from the bus station towards our apartment. As she passed by the offending driver to get to our door, he snapped: "Thank you! Thank you VERY much!" as if she was to blame for his misfortune. Come on... he's got to be Iranian.
When Javaneh came inside the apartment she said, "Did you know the guy is Iranian? I heard him reacting to the cop in Persian. He said 'baba vel kon, geer nadeh' (give me a break, cut me some slack)..."
The video clips I took from the upstairs window do not have good sound quality: you can barely hear the conversations because of the rumble of the tow truck in the background. Still at least a couple are worth watching.


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Prince George is Prince William's Mini-Me
Prince George Was Prince William's Adorable Mini-Me at the Royal Wedding
The young prince was a perfect match for his father and uncle.
By Lauren Hubbard Published: May 19, 2018
It may not have been his first time playing page boy at a family wedding, but Prince George's dapper uniform at his Uncle Harry's wedding this morning really stood out for the way it showed off just how much the growing royal takes after his father.
In a dark blue frock coat with ornamental folds modeled on the Blues and Royals uniforms worn by Prince Harry and Prince William for the ceremony, the four-year-old looked all grown up standing outside of St. George's Chapel with his family. The outfit was completed by a red tuxedo stripe, a more subdued take on the red panel that runs down the side of the Dege & Skinner-tailored Blues and Royals uniforms, which were worn by both Harry and William (with permission from the Queen, of course) to represent their military service.
While he may not have earned the golden braided aiguillette that his father sports across his right shoulder (a token of William's position as Aide-de-Camp to the Queen), George was a regular Prince Charming with his gleaming golden hair and stately bearing. Holding hands, he and his father looked like perfect copies as the duo descended the steps of the chapel after the ceremony ended.
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A few days back, SS Rajamouli has shared some info about his upcoming film, RRR. He said that the movie will be a fictional take on freedom fighters Komaram Bheem and Alluri Seetharamaraju. He also said that Alia Bhatt and British actress Daisy Edgar Jones will be seen as the female leads.
In some unavoidable circumstances, Daisy has opted out of the project. She has stated it in an official note, released on her Insta page. At first, there was much confusion on it but later, it got clarified when the team RRR has finally confirmed the news. "Due to unavoidable circumstances, @DaisyEdgarJones is no longer a part of our film. We hope she has a brilliant future. #RRR, tweeted the team.
Now, we have to wait and see whom will they replace Daisy with. NTR and Ram Charan are playing the lead roles in this Independence period drama. It is slated to release in July 2020.


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Manav Gohil to play a crucial role in Netflix original film Tribhanga
Manav Gohil plays the character of Raghav, Anu's (played by Kajol) best friend and support system. Always by her side, Raghav is available for not only Anu, but her family as well.
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Netflix's upcoming film - Tribhanga: Tedhi Medhi Crazy is the story of a dysfunctional family of women and their unconventional decisions that display a complex family drama of human failings and flaws. The film is scheduled to release on Netflix on 15th January 2020. The film is written and directed by Renuka Shahane and has an ensemble cast consisting of Kajol, Tanvi Azmi, Mithila Palkar, Kunal Roy Kapur, Kanwaljeet Singh, Vaibhav Tatwawadi, and Manav Gohil.
Manav Gohil plays the character of Raghav, Anu's (played by Kajol) best friend and support system. Always by her side, Raghav is available for not only Anu, but her family as well. When tragedy strikes, Raghav ensures that he is available at the Apte's beck and call. He is the calm in the storm that Anu lives in and ensures her life is on track, being the sane one, keeping her on track by giving the right advice. Manav Gohil perfectly essays the role of a friend who is always there for you, someone who we all would love to have in our life!
Tribhanga: Tedhi Medhi Crazy releases on Netflix on 15th January 2021.
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After suffering a slight touch of jet lag, we had a free morning to recover and then had a presentation to do about ourselves, life, career and project...all in 2 minutes...are you serious.... me, trying to do all that in 2 minutes!!! It was a great insight into the other scholars and their lives and what their passions/research areas are, I hope to collect some details about a couple of really interesting research projects and take photos of the scholars and pop on my blog...so working on that one...I think you will enjoy some of the innovative ideas that are emerging from this group.
Today we had a great session about European Union policy and the Common Agricultural policy (CAP), this is the driver of "subsidies" that have emerged in many forms over the years...we hear a lot about the desire for the "subsidies" to be removed...it is a complicated system of social welfare, protectionism policies and global responsibility...probably at this stage I am feeling that the "subsidies" need to remain in place as removal would see world markets in turmoil, it will be an interesting debate within Europe during 2012 as to where then CAP will be positioned for the next 7 years as negotiations are taking place this year, and as a continent in financial crisis these "subsidies" are being supported but challenged by the common people too!!
After WW2 Europe decided they would never starve again...and this has been the driver of the CAP and protectionism of Agriculture in Europe.


Carmen Lanoway, RDH, BScDH, graduated from the University of Manitoba 1988 (Dip DH) and O'Hehir University in 2014 (BScDH). Carmen was part of a working group which published a paper in Quintessence International on biofilm management and the newer air abrasion powders (2013). She has lectured on different topics related to daily clinical working as a Dental Hygienist in Germany and the UK. Most of her clinical work has been based on Periodontal and Implant work, currently employed at the Huerzeler/Zuhr Clinic in Munich, Germany. She was previously a part-time clinical instructor at the University of Manitoba, School of Dental Hygiene, while she was based in Canada. Since graduation, Carmen has been a member in good standing of the MDHA (Manitoba) serving in different positions including President (92), currently a member of the DDHV (Germany), and is currently the IFDH/EDHF delegate for Germany.


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HR and employment
Understanding the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)
By Sam Moxham, Chief People Officer 2nd April 2020
This article has been updated with additional information from the Government on 9th April 2020. Please scroll to the bottom of the article for the latest updates.
To say our lives have altered dramatically and rapidly in recent weeks is an understatement. While the priority for all of us should be our health and the safety and wellbeing of our loved ones, the impact of the coronavirus has impacted on all spheres of our lives.
The unavoidable economic uncertainty is already throwing up questions and dilemmas for businesses the world over.
Those of us who remain fit and well are continuing to work, and endeavouring to stick as closely as we can to a normal routine. However, the unavoidable economic uncertainty is already throwing up questions and dilemmas for businesses the world over.
We have been inundated with enquiries from employers looking for guidance on the support available and particularly more information on how they can use the Chancellor's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to help them keep and support their employees through these challenging economic conditions.
Here are some of the questions employers are asking and the answers we have provided. My colleagues Zee Hussain and Alistair Scott-Somers have also contributed on their respective specialist areas of employment law and corporate law.
What are the aims of the CJRS?
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is a ground-breaking measure that will offer employers significant support over the coming months. The scheme is a temporary leave of absence and intended to avoid redundancies and protect jobs.
It takes the form of a government grant to reimburse businesses, through HMRC, for 80% of furloughed workers wage costs (capped at £2,500 per month). Furloughed workers are employees who remain on the payroll but who are temporarily not working during the coronavirus outbreak.
The Coronavirus Job Retention scheme will be open initially for at least three months, starting on the 1st March 2020, but extended for longer if necessary.
The scheme will be open initially for at least three months (from 1st March 2020) but extended for longer if necessary. The Chancellor's said he is "placing no limit on the amount of funding available for the scheme. We will pay grants to support as many jobs as necessary". What's more, all UK businesses are eligible, small or large and also including charitable and non-profit business.
Employers will need to designate affected employees as 'furloughed workers' and submit this information, along with the workers' earnings and further specified details, to HMRC. They can do this via a new online portal which HMRC are currently building.
Zee Hussain: "The grant operates as a reimbursement to the employer which means the employer will need to make the wage or salary payment to the furloughed worker in the first instance and then be reimbursed by HMRC. Employers will continue to pay the furloughed workers, but at the reduced scheme rate."
When will it be operational?
As for when the scheme will be up and running, there is no date available yet but HMRC have emphasised they are working "urgently" to set the system up, noting that existing systems aren't sufficient to use to make payments to employers. They have, however, said that they expect the first grants to be paid in a matter of weeks.
What is the employment status of furloughed workers?
To qualify for the scheme, employers will need to notify their employees that they are changing their employment status to 'furloughed'.
However, changing the status of employees remains subject to existing employment law and, depending on the employment contract, may be subject to negotiation.
If employers have collective bargaining arrangements in place they must agree this change with the union in the usual way. Otherwise, employers may be able to vary contracts without worker consent.
Some contracts permit certain changes without worker agreement and in those cases employers can notify of this change in the usual way. In instances where employers cannot make this change to contracts without consent, they require the agreement of individual workers.
Zee Hussain: "In both scenarios we would recommend this is documented by gaining agreement via a letter or email where practicable. We can advise you on how you do this and provide a template agreement."
Workers who are furloughed are not being dismissed or made redundant. This means furloughed employees are not entitled to redundancy payments.
Workers who are furloughed are not being dismissed or made redundant. This means furloughed employees are not entitled to redundancy payments. The CJRS will, however, cover workers who have already been laid off or dismissed. At the moment it is unclear whether employers will need to re-engage workers who have been dismissed to give them the protection of the scheme.
Furloughed workers are not entitled to receive a top-up of wages from their employers. Some employers may choose to top up the furloughed wage from 80% to 100%. Some may not be able to do so. Workers who receive a lower income as a result of these changes may be eligible for support through the welfare system, including universal credit.
Workers remain employed/engaged during this period. Which means most normal terms and conditions apply and, for example, holiday entitlement will continue to accrue.
What are the criteria for qualifying for the CJRS?
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been introduced to encourage businesses to follow the latest medical advice for Coronavirus and to help businesses who rely on physical interactions close their doors to the public.
Zee Hussain: "In cases where a business can carry on without those physical interactions by working remotely it should be business as usual. The policy doesn't appear to be designed as a catch-all wage subsidy, applicable to everyone in the entire UK workforce."
There is no requirement for a business to be closed to access the scheme. Which means employers should be able to furlough some workers and not others.
Are there any shortcomings of the CJRS?
The CJRS is an unprecedented and generous government lifeline to many but it's not perfect. Businesses still have to pay their staff for March and claim the money back from the government.
Alistair Scott-Somers: "For many businesses, particularly in the retail sector, who are struggling with cash-flow issues and don't need much to threaten their continued existence, the new scheme might not be able to help them fast enough, or provide enough in the way of assistance to ensure they keep their staff and stay operational.
"With a definite date for when the scheme will be up and running still to be announced, a two or three month wait before the money is reimbursed could be too long for some business."
The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme is available up to £5 million, with the government covering up to 80% of any losses with no fee.
For businesses in these circumstances, it's worth knowing that the Government is making alternative help available for employers to continue to pay employees while the scheme is being set up, by way of a loan. The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme is available up to £5 million, with the government covering up to 80% of any losses with no fees. More information can be found at the link above or by contacting your bank manager for more detail.
Are there any areas of the CJRS needing more clarification?
There are some gaps and grey areas in the current plans which we hope will be filled in and clarified in the coming days. Employers are awaiting clarification on whether workers on sick leave can be furloughed in the same way as active workers.
More information is also need on how workers in receipt of Statutory Sick Pay (for coronavirus reasons or otherwise) are affected.
As employment/engagement continues most other normal terms and conditions apply. Employers will be seeking guidance on whether this will include pension obligations.
Are there additional support measures for businesses and employers?
The government has announced a number of further measures to help employers and businesses following the outbreak, including:
14 days of Statutory Sick Pay per employee refunded in full for businesses with fewer than 250 employees;
structured support on tax liabilities; a £10,000 cash grant to small businesses, delivered by local authorities;
a business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England for the 2020 to 2021 tax year.
Update as of 9th April 2020:
The Government has published further detail of their Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, including new information on how apprenticeships, contracts and agency workers fit into the scheme.
Apprentices can be furloughed in the same way as other employees and can continue to train whilst furloughed. Apprentices must be paid at least the Apprenticeship Minimum Wage, National Living Wage or National Minimum Wage as appropriate for all the time they spend training. This means the employer must cover any shortfall between the amount they can claim for wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the appropriate minimum wage.
Employees on fixed term contracts can be furloughed. Their contracts can be renewed or extended during the furlough period without breaking the terms of the scheme, however if the contract comes to an end, employers will no longer be able to make a claim.
Agency workers
Where agency workers are paid through PAYE, they are eligible to be furloughed and receive support through this scheme, including where they are employed by umbrella companies. Furlough should be agreed between the agency and the worker. As with employees, agency workers should perform no work for, through or on behalf of the agency that has furloughed them while they are furloughed, including for the agency's clients.
Employees with multiple jobs
Employees who have more than one job can be furloughed for each job. Each job is separate, and the cap applies to each employer individually. If contractually allowed, employees are permitted to work for another employer whilst on furlough (permission should not be unreasonably withheld).
Length of furlough period
Any employees placed on furlough must be furloughed for a minimum period of three consecutive weeks. When they return to work, they must be taken off furlough. Employees can be furloughed multiple times, but each separate instance must be for a minimum period of three consecutive weeks.
Benefits and discretionary payments
Employers can claim for any regular payments they are contractually obliged to pay employees, e.g. overtime and commission payments. This includes regular money benefits such as car allowance/shift allowance. Discretionary payments are not included.
Employees classed as vulnerable
The intention under the updated guidance is to allow employers to furlough those staff classed as particularly vulnerable who are shielding themselves, and who cannot work from home and who would otherwise have been made redundant.
Employees with caring responsibilities
The updated guidance states that those employees unable to work because they have caring responsibilities resulting form COVID-19 can be furloughed i.e. to look after children.
Written consent required
As noted in the original, consent to furlough must be obtained in writing and, additionally, any correspondence retained for five years for HMRC audit purposes.
Scheduled holidays and Bank Holidays
If an employee is on holiday/annual leave or has a scheduled Bank Holiday while on furlough, they are entitled to still receive this holiday. Employers must ensure that any employee on holiday or a Bank Holiday is paid their full salary for that period of holiday.
More information on the above can be found on the Governments dedicated webpage for employees, employers and businesses.
If you would like further guidance for your business on all employment and HR issues throughout this period, please get in touch, we'd be happy to help.
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Top Tip #15 takes you through encrypting data at rest in EFT using the High Security Module (HSM) or PGP. This article references GDPR requirements and is written by our EFT expert Mark Allen.
Did you know that 200 million personally identifiable records of voters in the US were leaked earlier this year? The data was on an unsecured Amazon S3 storage pool. This brings home the importance of securing your data 'at rest' as well as in transit.
Not doing so risks your organisation's GDPR compliance too. Article 32 says you need "a level of security appropriate to the risk" for all data processing activities, which includes data storage (Article 4). So let's take a look at how to encrypt data at rest using the High Security Module (HSM) or PGP and what you need to watch out for.
Encrypting data using the High Security Module (HSM) is the most straightforward and secure method for EFT users. Any file written to a specified folder is automatically and transparently protected without needing to resort to a third party encryption method, such as PGP. This is achieved using Windows EFS and can encrypt an entire folder structure or a single directory. Any file written to an encrypted folder is automatically encrypted and never written anywhere in an unencrypted state.
Other advantages of this method are that you don't need event rules to trigger the encryption process. There are no issues with the file being deleted either, as it is never stored unencrypted.
Please be aware though that if you access the file storage directly, it only presents the encrypted files. This means you may not be able to access the files directly and any files you may write to the folder may not be visible to EFT. In order to save or retrieve the files, you need to "upload" or "download" them from the server using EFT.
Encrypting data at rest using PGP is a bit more complicated. You can use the PGP action of an event rule to automatically encrypt uploaded files once they have finished being written. This is done by "streaming" the data from the unencrypted file into the encrypted file. Once this has taken place, EFT will automatically delete the original file.
While this process is good enough for many organisations, there are two drawbacks that you need to be aware of.
Firstly, there's a short but finite period of time when the file sits unencrypted on the file system while it's being encrypted. While this isn't usually a problem (it usually takes seconds) there is the risk that the encryption takes longer or the event rule fails to trigger. If this was to happen, your data sits at rest in the file system unencrypted.
The second drawback is that EFT by default uses a standard Windows delete to remove the unencrypted file from the storage. Utilities could be used to recover this unencrypted file directly from the storage. You could use the High Security Module to ensure the deleted file is "wiped" with pseudo-random data, which would ensure the file is not recoverable in a useable state after deletion. If you had the High Security Module though, you'd be better off using the more secure option 1 anyway.
Considering all these factors, I'd recommend anyone using EFT to transfer sensitive or personally identifiable data should be using the High Security Module. If you'd like to find out more, download the data sheet. You can also find out other ways GDPR impacts your data transfer and file sharing processes and systems by downloading our White Paper.


Home Africa Robert Mugabe Day? A mockery of epic proportions!
That Robert Mugabe's name is indelibly inscribed and embellished in the hall of Africa's revolutionary icons is not contestable. In his trail blazing years, Mugabe inscribed a permanent mark on the sand of Africa through vision, ideological clarity and leadership.
Along with liberation luminaries such as Julius Nyerere and Samora Machel, Mugabe played a central role in the liberation of Zimbabwe and of course, many other African nations. Being one of the few surviving strongmen of Africa's liberation, Mugabe is not only a current brand and political personality, but also a historical figure. As such he is a link between the past and the present.
The reason why Mugabe gets such applause at African conferences is because he is a living representation of the liberation era, which cannot be taken away from him. Even his fiercest critic cannot ignore such a hallmark feature erected on his path. To many, he represents the idea and actuality of victory over the oppressive white minority rule.
However, despite such a decorated resume, Mugabe has done unthinkable things which outweigh his noble contributions in the past. When his legendary exploits of the past are juxtaposed to his current deplorable status, one is convinced beyond any doubt that indeed power corrupts. Mugabe has presided over monumental failures in the past 37 years of his leadership journey. Not only that, he continues to dodder on the affairs of Zimbabwe despite his inability to perfom his duties as a result of old age.
In his political and natural sunset, of course with the help of his thuggish motor-mouth wife, the aged President of Zimbabwe seems determined to drive the final nail into his coffin.
This same Mugabe on one hand is an unquestionable liberation personality yet on the other hand is an apt embodiment of leadership failure. Mugabe has presided over cataclysmic atrocities against Zimbabweans, such the Gukurahundi massacres, Murambatsvina, violent land grabs, abductions and even murdering his opponents.
The Mugabe led government's mismanagement has plunged Zimbabwe into economic doldrums. Zimbabwe does not even have a currency of its own. Cash shortages and black market activities have become the order of the day. The majority of Zimbabweans live way below the poverty datum line.
Several millions of Zimbabweans are in need of food aid. Over one million school going children attend school on empty stomachs. Zimbabweans are dying daily of curable diseases belonging to a bygone era such as Typhoid. The rate of unemployment is above 90% and most graduates have resorted to vending almost anything, including their bodies.
It is against this backdrop that I consider the decision and declaration by the government to make Mugabe's birthday a public holiday not only absurd, but a mockery of epic proportions. It is an insult to Zimbabweans who have been led through untold suffering and oppression by the same Mugabe.
In fact, it is actually evil.
Mugabe's name no longer deserves to be included in the same sentence with the word legacy. Whatever had accrued to his name in terms of legacy has been destroyed by his dismal leadership after the attainment of independence.
Patson Dzamara is a leadership coach, author, political analyst and activist based in Zimbabwe.


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Q: Fubini and the order of integration I want to show that the order of integration is irrelevant as consequence of Fubini's theorem.Thus to say that for
every given permutation the value of  $\int_{\mathbb{R}}\dots \int_{\mathbb{R}} f(x_1,\dots, x_n) d\mu_1({\sigma(1)}) \dots d\mu_1(\sigma(n))$ remains the same (where
$\sigma$ is a permutation of n elements and $\mu_1$ the one-deimensional Lebesgue-measure).
I suppose that since every permutation is writable as a product of transpositions, it is enough to show that for every transposition the value of the integral remains the same.
What might be reduced to the fact that we show for two indices in direct neighborhood (i and i+1), that the former is the case.
Do you think this is consistent? Or is there an easier way?
Greetings
Rico

A: Just apply Fubini's Theorem repeatedly to bring $d\mu_1(x_1)$ to the inner most integral; then apply Fubini's Theorem repeatedly to bring $d\mu_1(x_2)$ to the next integral, etc.

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NEW YORK, February 12, 2014 (ADOTAS) — Ebuzzing, the fastest growing online video technology company in Europe, announced today it has achieved a profitable year in 2013, the second year in a row. With revenue of US$67.5 million and $4.0 million estimated EBITDA, the company grew by 31% year-on-year. Video advertising revenue grew 41% to $61 million.
The company, which has established itself as the experts in online video advertising in Europe, is set to achieve a similar success story on the other side of the pond. After opening their offices in New York (US HQ) and Miami (LatAm HQ) in September, the US and LatAm teams turned over US$1 million in December alone after only one quarter of activity.
While other platforms often focus on pre-roll formats, Ebuzzing create new video advertising distribution channels that leverage the interactive nature of the Web. Ebuzzing's global network covers 26,000 media and premium websites, influential blogs, mobile, tablet and desktop apps and social media sites in over 90 countries.
One format that is revolutionizing the online video advertising industry is Native. The format is consensual and contextual and as with all Ebuzzing formats is user-initiated and is also relevant to the environment it lives in, almost becoming part of the editorial itself.
Ebuzzing is the trusted online video partner of many of the world's leading brands such as Heineken, MasterCard, SONY, Toyota, Red Bull, Adidas and many more.
Ebuzzing is the fastest growing online video technology company in Europe and the global experts in video advertising. Ebuzzing creates engaging, high impact video experiences, distributing video ads to audiences through placements within social media, and premium media properties.
To date, they have distributed thousands of campaigns for the world's leading brands including Heineken, Acer, LG, Samsung, Evian and Adidas.
Founded by Bertrand Quesada and Pierre Chappaz in 2007, Ebuzzing now has over 250 employees with offices in New York, London and across France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, Morocco and Dubai. It's R&D department employs 50 people, demonstrating the company's commitment to innovation.
Ebuzzing has raised a total of $32 million from Lightspeed Ventures, Gemini Ventures, Gimv and TF1.