By this time of the year, most Canadian taxpayers have filed their returns for 2014 and received a Notice of Assessment with respect to those returns. Many will have received a refund, while others have received the unwelcome news that money is owed to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and have paid up, however unwillingly.
Although most Canadians do file their returns and pay their taxes on time (90%, according to CRA figures), a significant minority of taxpayers have not yet filed a return for 2014, either out of procrastination or because they believe they owe taxes and don't have funds available to pay those taxes.
For those who have still not filed for 2014, the best strategy is to file as soon as possible. No matter what one's tax situation, it won't be helped by not filing a return. In fact, where taxes are owed, there is an automatic penalty imposed for failure to file on time—even if the return is only one day late. The tax filing deadline for most individuals is April 30 (extended by a few days this year because of an administrative error on the part of the CRA), while self-employed taxpayers and their spouses are required to file on or before June 15. No matter which filing deadline applies, a taxpayer who fails to file by that deadline is assessed an immediate penalty of 5% of the tax amount owing. So a taxpayer who owes $1000 in taxes and doesn't file on time will have a penalty of $50 added to his or her bill the day after the filing deadline. As well, on ongoing penalty of 1% of the taxes owed is assessed for each full month the return is late, to a maximum of 12 months. A taxpayer who doesn't get his or her return in during that 12-month period will therefore be assessed a penalty of 17% of the amount of tax owed—in this case, $170.
The news is worse for taxpayers who have a recent history of not filing on time. Where the CRA has assessed a late-filing penalty within the past three years, and the taxpayer fails to file on time for 2014, the failure to file penalty is increased to 10% of any taxes owed for 2014, plus 2% of that amount for each full month the return is late, to a maximum of 20 months. A bit of arithmetic will show that in a worst-case scenario, the late-filing penalty imposed can be as much as 50% of the taxes owed—in this case, $500. Clearly, any taxpayer who hasn't yet filed his or her tax return for 2014 and owes taxes for that year is well-advised to file as soon as possible, to stop the accumulation of late-filing penalties.
While paying tax penalties isn't anyone's idea of a good use of their money, it's not the end of the story. The CRA charges interest on any taxes owed, starting the day after payment was due—April 30, 2015, for all individual taxpayers. Although interest rates remain near historic lows, the CRA, by law, charges interest at levels higher than normal commercial rates. The interest rate charged by the CRA on overdue or insufficient tax payments is set quarterly. For each quarter, the interest rate charged on taxes owing is equal to the average treasury bill rate in effect during the first month of the previous quarter, plus four percent. For the third quarter of 2015, therefore, covering the months of July, August and September, the interest rate charged on taxes owing is 5%.
While that 5% rate is still lower by far than, for instance, the interest rate charged on most credit card balances or even lines of credit, it is the interest calculation method used by the Agency which can really inflate the interest cost of having tax debts. Where an amount is owed to the CRA, interest charged on that amount is compounded daily, meaning that on each successive day, interest is being levied on the interest charged the day before. Not surprisingly, interest costs calculated in that way can add up quickly.
Perhaps contrary to popular belief, the CRA does have some flexibility. When the amount of taxes owing can't be paid, or can't be paid in full, it's in the taxpayer's best interests to contact the CRA and let them know of that fact. Not surprisingly, the CRA tries to make it easy for taxpayers to contact them to make such arrangements by providing a toll-free telephone line (1-888-863-8657). The taxpayer can propose a payment schedule based on his or her ability to pay, and the CRA, if satisfied that the inability to pay is genuine, will generally be amenable to entering into some type of payment arrangement. Entering into such a payment arrangement does not, of course, stop the interest clock from running, as interest will continue to be assessed at the current rate, and compounded daily.
One final blow: neither interest paid on tax debts nor penalties paid to the CRA are deductible from income.
A number of circumstances and developments have come together to make working from home an attractive prospect for both employers and employees. Soaring house prices in major Canadian cities have driven those who work in those cities further and further afield in the search for affordable housing. Consequently, there are increasing numbers of Canadians who must travel into a major urban centre for work each day, putting already crowded highways and city streets into near-gridlock much of the time. And the summer of 2015 has been more difficult than most for commuters. In addition to the usual delays caused by the summer construction schedule, special events held in major cities have closed or narrowed the usual commuter routes. Any commuter spending hours a day just trying to get to and from work might well wonder whether it's worth it.
Allowing employees to work from home, at least part of the time, has direct and indirect benefits to employers, too. The ability to work from home is a prized employment "perk" for many Canadians, especially those with young families. Employers who have workplace policies which allow their employees to maintain a healthier work/life balance are more likely to retain those employees. And, having employees work from home on a regular basis raises the possibility of alternatives to traditional office arrangements, meaning that the employer can get by with leasing less expensive downtown office space.
Along with the greater availability of work-from-home arrangements for employees, there has been a significant increase in the number of self-employed Canadians. And while not all of the self-employed work from home, it's fairly common for those venturing into the world of self-employment for the first time to save costs by operating their business, at least initially, out of a home office.
While for most employees just the prospect of avoiding the commute one or more days a week would be enough to make a work-from-home arrangement attractive, the fact is that there are also tax benefits to be realized. While those benefits are not necessarily as generous as is popularly believed, it is the case that working from home can make costs which would be incurred in any event deductible for tax purposes.
the home office must be both used exclusively for the purpose of earning income from employment or from the business and must be used on a regular and continuing basis for meeting customers or clients of the employer or the business.
A self-employed taxpayer who meets these criteria is entitled to claim (on Form T2125(E), Statement of Business Activities) expenses such as property taxes, rent, or mortgage interest (but not mortgage principal amounts), insurance, utilities costs, etc. However, such expenses are not deductible in their entirety; rather, the taxpayer must apportion the expenses based on the percentage of the total space which is used as a home office. For example, a self-employed taxpayer whose home office takes up 15% of available floor space and who incurs $2,000 each year in qualifying expenses would be entitled to deduct $300 ($2,000 × 15%) in home office expenses for that year. There is one further caveat, in that the amount of home office expenses claimed in a year cannot be greater than the amount of income from the business. It's not, in other words, possible to run a business which produces $5,000 in income for the year and to then claim $10,000 in home office expenses relating to that business. However, where home office expenses exceed business income in any given year, the excess expenses can be carried over and claimed in a subsequent year in which there is sufficient business income to offset those expenses.
the expenses must have been used directly in the employee's work at home.
Once the T2200 has been issued, and the other conditions are met, an employee who is a tenant can claim a proportionate part of his or her rent. An employee who owns his or her own home can claim a proportionate percentage of utilities and maintenance costs. An employee is not, however, entitled to claim any portion of mortgage interest, property taxes or home insurance costs paid and cannot claim capital cost allowance.
As is the case with self-employed taxpayers, an employee's deduction for home office expenses cannot be greater than the income from employment income for the year to which the expenses relate. And, once again, carryover to a subsequent taxation year is allowed.
One of the tax benefits which is commonly supposed to exist for the home office workers is the right to claim depreciation (or capital cost allowance (CCA), in tax parlance) on one's home for tax purposes. For employees, however, such a claim is simply not allowed. And, while the self-employed may be entitled to claim CCA on a home, making such a claim can create a short-term benefit with long-term costs. Making a CCA claim on one's home is likely to erode the principal residence exemption from capital gains tax which is claimable when a home is sold, and that exemption is almost always more valuable, in monetary and tax terms, than any CCA claim which might have been made.
Being able to claim home office expenses doesn't result in the huge tax benefits that some popular tax myths claim. However, it can and does permit qualifying taxpayers to claim a portion of home ownership (or rental) expenses which would have been incurred in any case, while also avoiding the dreaded daily commute, making it a win-win situation.
Legal fees – what's deductible and when?
For most Canadians, having to pay for legal services is an infrequent occurrence, and most of us would like to keep it that way. In most instances, the need to seek out and obtain legal services (and to pay for them) is associated with life's more unwelcome occurrences—a divorce, a death, or a job loss. About the only thing that mitigates the pain of paying legal fees (aside, hopefully, from a successful resolution of the problem that created the need for legal advice) would be being able to claim a tax credit or deduction for the fees paid.
Unfortunately, while there are some circumstances in which such a deduction can be claimed, those circumstances don't usually include the routine reasons—purchasing a home, getting a divorce, or establishing custody rights—for which most Canadians incur legal fees. Generally, personal (as distinct from business-related) legal fees become deductible for most Canadian taxpayers only where they are seeking to recover amounts which they believe are owed to them, particularly where those amounts involve employment or employment-related income or, in some cases, family support obligations.
The first situation in which legal fees paid may be deductible is that of an employee seeking to collect (or to establish a right to collect) salary or wages. In all Canadian provinces and territories, employment standards laws provide that an employee who is about to lose his or her job (for reasons not involving fault on the part of the employee) is entitled to receive a specified amount of notice, or salary or wages equivalent to such notice. In many cases, however, the employee can establish a right to a period of notice (or payment in lieu) greater than the statutory minimum. The amount of notice or payment in lieu of notice which is payable becomes a matter of negotiation between the employer and its former employee, and such negotiations usually involve legal representation and consequently, legal fees. In that situation, legal fees incurred by the employee to claim amounts owed to him or her by the employer are deductible by that former employee. If, as sometimes occurs, the matter goes to court and the court orders the employer to reimburse its former employee for some or all of the legal fees incurred, the amount of that reimbursement must be subtracted from any deduction claimed. In other words, the former employee can claim a deduction only for legal fees which he or she was personally required to pay and for which he or she was not reimbursed.
In some situations, an employee or former employee seeks legal help in order to collect or to establish a right to collect a retiring allowance or pension benefits. In such situations, the legal fees incurred can be deducted, up to the total amount of the retiring allowance or pension income actually received for that year. Where part of the retiring allowance or pension benefits received in a particular year is contributed to a registered retirement savings plan or a registered pension plan, the amount contributed must be subtracted from the total amount received when calculating the maximum allowable deduction for legal fees. However, where all legal fees incurred can't be claimed in the current year, they can be carried forward and claimed on the return for any of the 7 subsequent tax years.
The rules covering the deduction of legal fees incurred where an employee claims amounts from an employer or former employer are relatively straightforward. The same, unfortunately, cannot be said for the rules governing the deductibility of legal fees paid in connection with family support obligations. Those rules have evolved over the past number of years in a somewhat piecemeal fashion – the current "state of play" is as follows.
establishing the amount of support payments from the legal parent of that person's child (who is not a current or former spouse or common-law partner). However, in these circumstances the deduction is allowed only where the support is payable under a court order, not simply under the terms of an agreement between the parties.
On the other side of the support equation, the situation is not nearly as favourable, since a deduction for legal fees incurred in relation to support obligations will generally not be allowed to a person paying support. More specifically, as outlined on the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) website, a person paying support cannot claim legal fees incurred in order to "establish, negotiate or contest the amount of support payments".
Finally, where the CRA reviews or challenges income amounts, deductions or credits reported or claimed by a taxpayer, fees (which in this case includes accounting fees) paid for advice or assistance in dealing with the CRA's review, assessment, or reassessment can be deducted by the taxpayer.
The current election campaign has once again focused the attention of Canadians, especially the baby boomers, on changes announced in 2012 to Canada's retirement income system. One of the results of those changes is that Canadians aged 65 and over can, as of July 1, 2013, choose to defer receipt of their Old Age Security (OAS) benefits. What's more difficult is deciding, on an individual basis, whether it makes sense to defer receipt of those benefits and, if so, for how long.
To make sense of the change, and to help with the decision, a bit of background is helpful. The OAS program is one of two federal government programs which provide income to Canadians during retirement, the other such program being the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). While the CPP is funded by contributions made by Canadians and their employers during the working lives of those Canadians, the OAS is a non-contributory plan, for which benefits are paid out of general revenues of the federal government. Eligibility for OAS benefits is based on an individual's age and number of years of Canadian residence. Anyone who is 65 years of age or older and has lived in Canada for at least 40 years after the age of 18 is eligible to receive the maximum benefit. As of September 2015, that maximum monthly benefit is $565.
Following the changes announced in 2012, Canadians eligible to receive OAS benefits would be able to defer receipt of those benefits for up to five years, until they turn 70 years of age. For each month that an individual Canadian deferred receipt of those benefits, the amount of benefit eventually received would increase by0.6%.The longer the period of deferral, the greater the amount of monthly benefit eventually received. Where receipt of OAS benefits is deferred for a full 5 years, until age 70, the monthly benefit received is increased by 36%.
The decision of whether to defer receipt of OAS benefits and for how long is very much an individual one—there really aren't any "one size fits all" rules. There are, however, some general considerations which are common to most taxpayers. Essentially, the first consideration in determining when to begin receiving OAS benefits requires the taxpayer who is turning 65 to consider how much total income is needed to finance current needs and the extent to which other sources of income are available to him or her to meet those needs. It's also necessary to determine what other sources of income (Canada Pension Plan retirement benefits, employer-sponsored pension plan benefits, required RRSP withdrawals) will become available in the future and when receipt of those income amounts will commence. Once income needs and sources and the possible timing of each is clear, it's necessary to consider the income tax implications of how receipt of those sources of income is structured. In doing so, taxpayers need to be aware of the following income tax thresholds and cut-offs.
Income in the first federal tax bracket is taxed at 15%, while income in the second bracket is taxed at 22%. For 2015, that second income tax bracket begins at taxable income of $44,701.
The Canadian tax system provides (for 2015) a non-refundable tax credit of $7,033 for taxpayers who are over the age of 65 at the end of the tax year. That amount of that credit is reduced once the taxpayer's net income for the year exceeds $35,466, and disappears entirely for taxpayers with net income over $82,353.
Individuals can receive a GST/HST refundable tax credit, which is paid quarterly. For 2015, the full credit is payable to individual taxpayers whose net income is less than $35,465.
Taxpayers who receive Old Age Security benefits and have income of more than at income) are required to repay a portion of those benefits. Benefits begin to be "clawed back" when taxpayer income for 2015 is more than $72,809. Taxpayers having income of over $117,954 are not eligible for OAS and must repay any OAS benefits received.
The goal, as always, is to ensure sufficient income to finance a comfortable lifestyle while at the same time minimizing both the tax bite and the potential loss of tax credits or the need to repay benefits received. Taxpayers who are trying to decide when to begin receiving OAS benefits could, depending on their circumstances, be affected by one or more of the following considerations.
More and more, Canadians are not automatically leaving the work force at the age of 65. Those who continue to work at paid employment and whose employment income is sufficient to finance their chosen lifestyle may well prefer to defer receipt of OAS. Similarly, a taxpayer who begins receiving benefits from an employer's pension plan when he or she turns 65 may be able to postpone receipt of OAS benefits.
Nearly all Canadians who were employed or self-employed after the age of 18 paid into the Canada Pension Plan and are eligible to receive CPP retirement benefits. While such retirement benefits can be received as early as age 60, receipt can also be deferred until the age of 70. As is now the case with OAS benefits, CPP retirement benefits increase with each month that receipt of those benefits is deferred. Taxpayers who are eligible for both OAS and CPP will need to consider the impact of accelerating or deferring the receipt of each benefit in structuring retirement income.
Finally, not all of the factors in deciding how to structure retirement income are based on purely financial and tax considerations. There are other, more personal issues and choices which come into play, including the state of one's health at age 65 and the consequent implications for longevity, which might argue for accelerating receipt of any available income. Conversely, individuals who have a family history of longevity and who plan to continue working for as long as they can may be better off deferring receipt of retirement income where such deferral is possible.
Many Canadians put off plans, like a desire to travel, until their retirement years. Realistically, from a health standpoint, such plans are more likely to be possible earlier rather than later in retirement. Generally speaking, the early years of retirement are the most active years, and the years in which expenses for activities are likely to be highest. Having such plans might argue for accelerating income into the early retirement years, when it can be used to make those plans possible.
The ability to defer receipt of OAS benefits does provide Canadians with more flexibility when it comes to structuring retirement income. The price of that flexibility is increased complexity, particularly where, as is the case for most retirees, multiple sources of income and the timing of each of those income sources must be considered, and none of them can be considered in isolation from the others.
Individuals who are facing that decision-making process will find some assistance on the Service Canada website. That website provides a Retirement Income Calculator, which, based on information input by the user, will calculate the amount of OAS which would be payable at different ages. The calculator will also determine, based on current RRSP savings, the monthly income amount which those RRSP funds can provide during retirement. Finally, taxpayers who have a Canada Pension Plan Statement of Contributions which outlines their CPP entitlement at age 65 will be able to determine the monthly benefit which would be payable where CPP retirement benefits commence at different ages between 60 and 70.
The Retirement Income Calculator can be found at http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/isp/common/cricinfo.shtml.


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Art History/Art History for Museum Professionals 4+1 (BA/MA)
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Applicants to the 4+1 MA in Art History for Museum Professionals must be at least in their junior year of study at the University of Delaware, enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History, and should have an overall undergraduate Grade Point Average of 3.0 or better for at least 60 credits, and an undergraduate average of 3.25 or better in at least four Art History courses. In addition, applicants should have taken or be enrolled in ARTH301.
Students are admitted to the graduate program in Art History on the basis of consideration of a combination of all of the following materials: a writing sample; a personal statement outlining their goals and objectives for pursuing this program; three letters of recommendation (of which at least one must come from a professor in the Department of Art History); and undergraduate transcripts. Candidates may be interviewed by one or more members of the graduate admission committee before a final decision on the applicant's portfolio is made.
Admission is selective and competitive, and on rolling basis without a fixed deadline. However, no application will be considered after November 1st of the senior year, and usually not later than June 1st after completion of the junior year. Those who meet stated academic requirements are not guaranteed admission nor are those who fail to meet those requirements necessarily precluded from admission if they offer other appropriate strengths.
33 credits are required for the MA in Art History for Museum Professionals. Students must take a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate coursework, of which 21 credit hours must be Art History seminars, following the same course distribution requirements of the MA in Art History. In addition, students must take 9 credit hours of Museum Studies courses, including MSST600 and at least one more core course. Completion of a Master's Paper (3 credits) is optional; if completed, these 3 credits apply towards the 21 credits of Art History graduate coursework. An additional 3-credit internship (ARTH663) is usually completed after the end of the senior year.
Students in this 4+1 program take their 400-level seminar for the Art History major as a 600-level course, which simultaneously count towards the BA and the MA programs. At least one more 600-level ARTH seminar must be taken in the senior year, as well as two Museum Studies graduate courses (at least one of them must be a core course). These two MSST courses count towards the BA overall credits and, if appropriate, towards the Art History related work requirements for the Bachelor's program. The minimum grade for dual-counted courses is B+. Art History majors seeking a minor in Museum Studies should take their MSST graduate credits for the 4+1 MA program in addition to those counting for the minor.
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J. Crew to shutter bridal shops
by Jacqueline Renfrow |
J. Crew announced the discontinuation of its entire bridal line, which first launched it into the online marketplace.
The fashion brand has marked down its entire bridal line by up to 70 percent both in store and online until all of the wedding merchandise sells out, according to a wedding specialist at J. Crew. The change signifies a shift for the company, which started in the bridal business in 2004.
Until 2010, the wedding collections were sold exclusively online. Six years ago, the retailer opened its first bridal shop on Madison Avenue in New York and other locations have opened since, including inside J. Crew's larger store on 5th Avenue in the Flatiron District in New York.
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The decision comes after several years of dragging sales for the retailer. In the most recent quarter, comparable sales fell 9 percent, on top of a 13 percent drop in the same quarter in 2015.
In an effort to refresh, J. Crew recently announced its first activewear line. The company is trying to compensate for several fashion mistakes and complaints by consumers that items are overpriced. It's also putting stock into its Madewell brand, which has seen considerably more success over the last few years than the namesake brand, growing by double-digit percentages each quarter.
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While J. Crew is getting out of the wedding business, other retailers are diving into bridal. Macy's recently announced it would invest more in the bridal experience by offering customers personal bridal shoppers and adding more expensive jewelry to the accessory lines.
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Highsnobiety Crowns 2016: The Winners
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The Winners of the Highsnobiety Crowns 2016
By Chris Danforth in Style
At the end of every year we take the time to look back on how the past 12 months have affected the street fashion scene we know and love. Shortlisted by us, but chosen by our readers, the Highsnobiety Crowns are our way of celebrating the leading forces in our field, and the changing face of our industry. And this year, the winners will receive special aluminium key trophies designed by Snarkitecture and Highsnobiety.
Here's how you voted in this year's Highsnobiety Crowns awards, along with one extra Editors' Choice for each category, chosen by us. Check out the full list of stores, fashion collections, brands, sneakers, people and more below.
The Best Store of 2016
Bronze – Grailed
Captained by entrepreneur Arun Gupta and former Four Pins editor Lawrence Schlossman, Grailed secured third place in the "Best Store of 2016" category. Hosting flash sales like "The Drop" and "Grailed 100," the site locked down its reputation as a go-to source for the world's most coveted fashion items from past and present, including late '90s Supreme box logo T-shirts, and impossible-to-find couture from a wide range of labels. In short, Grailed has proven itself as more than just a retailer, but a resource for education.
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Silver – Kanye West "Pablo" Pop-Up Shops
Kanye West's "Pablo" pop-up shops took second place, separated from third place by a mere 61 votes. Purveying merchandise that was designed in partnership with Canadian designer Cali Thornhill DeWitt, and executed across the globe with the help of merchandise firm Bravado, West's Pablo concert merchandise literally popped up everywhere from Chicago to Cape Town, giving kids an affordable alternative to the pricy YEEZY Season line with adidas Originals.
Gold – KITH
First place winner Ronnie Fieg wasn't shy about his ambitions to take KITH to another level in 2016. Most notably, Fieg expanded further outside of his home of New York City, opening outposts in Miami and even winter destination Aspen in Colorado. You might have also caught word of the KITHLAND presentation at New York Fashion Week, and KITH's numerous collaborative projects with the likes of Cap'N'Crunch, Rugrats, and other names like BAPE, adidas and Nike. These efforts kept KITH and Ronnie on the front page of our website all year, and also on the tip of our tongues.
Yeezy Talk Worldwide
Editor's Choice – Facebook
Anyone that posted a WTB or inquired about a legit check this year will know that Facebook is fostering some of the most closely-knit communities in sneaker and streetwear culture. As we mentioned in the voting phase, groups like Yeezy Talk Worldwide and Supreme Talk are likely the two best examples, both of which are frequented by members of the Highsnobiety editorial staff. These Facebook pages seem to be filling the void left with the decline of the popular forums that cropped up when streetwear was in its infancy.
Simply put, if you strike out on a Supreme or YEEZY drop, Facebook is the place to go, however, these groups are not only great resources for buying and selling, but also learning and networking.
The Best Fashion Collaboration of 2016
Bronze – Nike SB x Soulland
In third place, Nike SB and Soulland's skate-oriented collection of smart menswear staples pays homage to everyone's favorite day of the week. The FRI.day collection features all-over print short-sleeve shirts, moisture-wicking blazers, and even paneled trousers—all of which can withstand a day's worth of grinding. Throw in a subtly stylish pair of Zoom Eric Koston QS sneakers, and the result is a uniform actually suited for the rest of week, too.
Silver – OFF-WHITE x Levi's Made & Crafted
Back a few hundred votes in second place, Virgil Abloh's collaboration with storied denim company Levi's channels OFF-WHITE's experimental street-informed clothing with the timeless subcultural appeal of Levi's jeans. Under the company's Made & Crafted label, known for its fashion-forward attitude, Abloh re-engineered the anti-fitting dad jean with a zipper placket and contrast panels, and re-interpreted the classic trucker with patchwork color-blocking and frayed edges. The limited-edition collection only hit select retailers like SSENSE and Barneys, and many pieces flew off the shelves instantly.
Gold – Supreme x Undercover
Our "Best Fashion Collaboration" winner, Supreme x Undercover takes home the first place prize. Drawing on Undercover designer Jun Takahashi's predilection for punk, and Supreme's penchant for subversive wearability, this collaboration featured anarchy logo-covered sweatsuits made from thick terry cloth, patched-up topcoats for the smart dresser with a rebel edge, and a covetable Gilapple light from Medicom. The latter was one of the most sought-after pieces, combining Takahashi's trompe l'oeil collectible—a hyper-real plastic apple with a small light embedded in the middle—with Supreme's tendency to release branded tchotchkes that everyone wants, from bolt cutters to bricks.
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Editor's Choice – GucciGhost
Gucci's 2016 degauss included a collaboration with multi-creative Trevor "Trouble" Andrew, affectionately known as GucciGhost. Much in the way that Louis Vuitton tapped artist Stephen Sprouse for a street-savvy, graffiti-inspired range in 2001 and then again in 2008, Gucci's creative director Alessandro Michele bravely enlisted the relatively unknown Canadian designer to bring an all-new design language to Gucci.
Most importantly, the outcome of the collaboration itself was quite strong, illustrating a refreshing high-low combination, and creating conversations in fashion.
The Best Under the Radar Brand of 2016
Bronze – Used Future
If 2016 has shown us anything, it's that Korea is a hotbed of exciting young talent. It's hardly surprising that Used Future scored so highly in this year's Crowns — it came third, just a handful of votes behind Manta. The brand has got plenty to offer style-savvy guys in Asia, and the rest of the world, too — let's hope that Korean brands expand their global distribution in the future.
Manta Ops
Silver – Manta Ops
One of the best things about streetwear in the age of social media is that brands can go so far in such a short space of time. Manta Ops is hardly a year old, but its eerie, dystopian aesthetic and strong selection of product won us over big time. Judging from Manta's finishing place, it won over a lot of Highsnobiety readers, too.
Gold – The Incorporated
Repurposed military gear, hand-dyed fabrics and an impressive DIY ethic characterized The Incorporated's debut at the beginning of the year. The young Seattle brand dropped one of the most imaginative collections we saw in Under the Radar this year. We loved it — and 21 percent of the guys voting in this year's Crowns did, too.
Editor's Choice – Sisyphe
In a year jam-packed with promising new brands and designers, Sisyphe stood out. The "Southside" collection, which marked the brand's first appearance on Highsnobiety, nailed the "sweet spot" between boundary-pushing and accessible, and the collections that followed have been no different. That's why we've awarded the Madrid label with the Editor's Choice award this year — like all of the brands included in our shortlist, we can really see Sisyphe going places.
The Best Breakthrough Brand of 2016
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Bronze – MISBHV
Polish fashion label MISBHV found itself dipping its toes into the mainstream in 2016, supported by the likes of Rihanna, A$AP Rocky and Kylie Jenner. In years previous, the label's edgy designs were more restricted to limited T-shirts worn by Warsaw's local scene, but celebrity co-signs and Instagram shout-outs took helped MISBHV find a new audience outside Europe.
Earning more than twice the votes of the fourth place nominee, MISHBV garnered a strong third place finish in this year's "Best Breakthrough Brand" category.
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Silver – VLONE
We know far more about VLONE now than we have in years prior. While close followers of the young lord will be familiar with the name, which for a time was limited to friends and family amongst the A$AP Mob, VLONE made some substantial moves this year, venturing into retail and foraying into the print world, also appearing in Highsnobiety Magazine Issue 13.
VLONE added to its clout by collaborating with Nike on an Air Force 1, also working with Virgil Abloh's OFF-WHITE for a capsule that was shown at Art Basel Miami, positioning the brand to enter 2017 on a strong note.
Gold – Anti Social Social Club
Anti Social Social Club locked in that number one spot with a comfortable margin of several hundred votes between first and second place. This year, the brand was one of the biggest streetwear signifiers on Instagram, becoming a street style favourite for those that managed to successfully cop from the label's limited drops.
Partnerships with the likes of Emily Oberg's Sporty & Rich, and even a co-branded Nike Air Force 1, kept things interesting for Anti Social Social Club, a label that grew consistently from January to December.
Editor's Choice – Anti Social Social Club
For the Editors of Highsnobiety, Anti Social Social Club was hands-down the biggest viral streetwear brand of the year. After designer Neek Lurk unveiled a steady trickle of product releases through his low-key homepage, including dad caps, the American Stussy alumnus went on to establish a strong organic social media presence. Today, Anti Social Social Club continues to be one of the most desired names in streetwear, while still being sold exclusively through the brand's e-commerce site.
The Most Relevant Brand of 2016
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Bronze – Gucci
Alessandro Michele was named Gucci's creative director near the end of 2015, but the fruits of this decision didn't become evident until partway through 2016. Freshening the Gucci aesthetic, Michele introduced a new range of visual hallmarks, including embroidered bumblebees, flowers, and snakes for the brand's visionary runway presentations. Michele also tapped the one and only GucciGhost, aka "Trouble Andrew," aka Trevor Andrew, who helmed his own collection with graffiti-inspired scrawlings of emoji-like skulls, waves and of course ghosts.
The hip-hop community took notice as well, with support coming from all corners of the genre. Gucci received strong co-signs from Young Thug, 2 Chainz, Rihanna and many others.
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Silver – Supreme
Rather than losing traction to newcomers, Supreme maintained a strong handle on its, well…supremacy in streetwear. Fashion's odd interest in skateboarding names like Thrasher directed many new eyes toward Supreme, which has been at the core of the New York skate community since it was founded in 1994, and today is reputed for selling out quicker than any other brand. While core fans have been there all along, Supreme is now more popular than it has ever been, and there may even be a Louis Vuitton collaboration in the works. But in 2016, new and old fans alike greeted the release of partnerships with Black Sabbath and Nobuyoshi Araki, as well as reprisals of long-term partnerships with The North Face and Nike.
Gold – adidas
It's not such a huge surprise that adidas took first place in the "Most Relevant Brand" category. Garnering more than twice the votes of the second place winner, and shockingly nearly seven times more votes than its biggest competitor, Nike (slightly more of a surprise), adidas had a big year no matter how you slice it. Thanks to key collaborations with the likes of Palace Skateboards and Kanye West, as well as a maturation of the Originals division, adidas diversified its fashion portfolio more than ever before. The Herzogenaurach-based brand also introduced a number of new and exciting sneaker initiatives, including the ever-poplar NMD and several tech-forward styles that arrived under the Futurecraft banner.
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Editor's Choice – Vetements
Although Vetements was voted into fourth place, just a handful of votes away from cracking the top three, the Paris-based fashion brand was our sure pick for the Editor's Choice award, a decision that came after we couldn't deny the fact that Vetements was likely the most-debated brand at our Berlin headquarters, whether over the label's oversized Snoop Dogg T-shirt to its SS17 collection with 18 collaborations, to its grinder necklace. Largely, if there's one brand name to remember the 2016 fashion landscape by, many would agree in saying Vetements.
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Bronze – Solebox x adidas Consortium Ultra Boost Uncaged
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Silver – ACRONYM x NikeLab Air Presto Mid
Separated from first place by several hundred reader votes, the ACRONYM Presto Mid was a refreshing departure from the running-inspired sneakers that were so popular in 2016. The militaristic Presto once again highlighted Errolson Hugh's utilitarian design sense, arriving in a trio of well-appointed colorways. Without incorporating any Nike buzzwords or materials like Lunarlon or Flyknit, this unique Presto iteration was announced alongside a set of illustrations drawn by Boston-based graphic artist Kostas Seremetis, nicely rounding out the release.
Gold – adidas Originals YEEZY 350 Boost V2
Kanye West's second generation 350 silhouette was the most popular YEEZY sneaker of the year. Issued up in a total of five colorways over the past 12 months, the V2 eclipsed its predecessor as the must-have YEEZY sneaker. Industry insiders reported December's "Black/White" colorway – affectionately referred to as the "Oreo" 350 V2 – was the most accessible sneaker release from adidas Originals and Kanye West, being produced in more numbers than previous drops.
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Editor's Choice – ACRONYM x NikeLab Air Presto Mid
For the second year running, the editors at Highsnobiety award our pick of the year to ACRONYM and Nike.
Although the anticipation lasted for months, which surely worked in the favour of this particular sneaker drop, Errolson Hugh's take on the Presto Mid would have been a highlight of the year even if landed with zero warning, but there was ample time to anticipate the shoe. Nike's Beaverton camp gave Hugh lease to inject the Presto silhouette with his signature technical toolings, across a range of two militaristic colorways, and a third, more vibrant iteration, that nicely adopted Nike's luminescent Volt shade.
The Most Influential Person of 2016
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Bronze – Jerry Lorenzo
Fear of God frontman Jerry Lorenzo took things up a notch in 2016, working with established retailer PacSun to introduce Fear of God diffusion line F.O.G., and aligning with Justin Bieber to provide wardrobe and on-stage styling for Justin's Purpose tour.
Lorenzo was also the backbone of the vintage metal T-shirt revival, releasing a Chapel of God range featuring a curated selection of rare deadstock T-shirts in partnership with vintage authority Chapel NYC, and a Maxfield LA pop-up that offered yet another range of customized band T-shirts with vintage concert shirt maker Never Gonna Turn Down Again.
Silver – A$AP Rocky
Maintaining a foothold in the world of fashion, Rocky remained one of the most stylish names in hip-hop, landing a spot as one of four faces for French fashion house Dior, collaboration with GUESS, and also creating a co-branded collection with British designer JW Anderson, titled "JWA AWGE."
Rounding out a strong year, Rocky also became the creative director of MTV, and if there's one person that might have a chance at rejuvenating the antiquated TV network. Rocky had a massive year, and he didn't even have to release an album to do so.
Gold – Kanye West
Far and away the winning nominee for "Most Influential Person" of 2016 was Kanye West. Clocking in with more than four-and-a-half votes more than silver medalist A$AP Rocky, Kanye remains to be the most influential person in the Highsnobiety world, bottom line. His pursuits in music and fashion ripple through the news cycle on a daily basis, making Kanye West the top name that Highsnobiety readers love to hate, or hate to love.
Editor's Choice – Kanye West
Giving this award to anyone else just wouldn't be real.
Even by Kanye's standards, 2016 was a huge year, with the tandem release of YEEZY Season 3 and The Life of Pablo at Madison Square Garden, followed by the Saint Pablo tour, and a grip of successful sneaker releases alongside adidas Originals.
Kanye's outspoken behavior and ability to polarize opinions between the naysayers and the Yeezus disciples maintains a constant conversation that surrounds his every unpredictable move, whether he's meeting with Donald Trump after being released from hospital, posting a stream of vintage fashion lookbooks on Instagram, or teasing new gear from his ongoing adidas collaboration. All that's left to do is see how things progress into 2017.
Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 – Tinker Hatfield
There are plenty of big figures at Nike that are deserving of this particular award. Of course there's Michael Jordan, a basketball legend and part-time internet meme. And Mark Parker, the CEO who has helped usher in the era of Nike being the most recognizable brand on the planet. Then there's Phil Knight, the outgoing founder of the company who documents its scrappy start in his recently published autobiography, Shoe Dog. But when it comes to what's really contributed to Nike's transformation from humble Onitsuka Tiger importer to global sportswear juggernaut, one only needs to remember what Mars Blackmon said in a series of memorable adverts: "It's gotta be the shoes."
Michael Jordan's success story at Nike is buttressed by the rise of Tinker Hatfield. Sure, Peter Moore's Air Jordan 1 is a certified classic (and saw a slew of re-releases this year), and Air Force 1 designer Bruce Kilgore is the man behind Jordan's Air Ship (the shoe he played in before the Jordan 1) and the 1's successor, the luxurious, Italian-manufactured Air Jordan 2—but Hatfield's Air Jordan 3 is the sneaker that kept Jordan onboard at Nike at a time when he was free to pursue other opportunities. A trained architect, Hatfield's design experience draws from the same creative wells as modern wünderkinds like Virgil Abloh. It turns out, a mutual appreciation for clean lines and structural integrity is a great starting point for innovative kicks that look good and perform exceptionally well.
The footwear he designed for the Jordan line remain some of the most anticipated retros, signifying a true synergy between style and sportswear—a time before basketball shoes began to resemble complicated foot machines and possessed a subtle, "gotta have them" appeal that drew customers in. Sure, having Jordan, Spike Lee, and Bugs Bunny as spokespersons may have helped, but the shoes were already seductive in and of themselves.
Tinker Hatfield's legacy has been integral to keeping Nike at the forefront of form and function. From the Pompidou-inspired Air Max 1 that turned the concept of "walking on Air" to a literal sneaker with a window, the Mexican footwear-inspired Huarache, the streetball inspired Air Raid, and the desert-trekking Mowabb that birthed the outdoorsy All Conditions Gear line, he's created many of the bedrocks of Nike's oeuvre, things that keep getting revisited and gussied up with the Swoosh's ever-evolving array of technological advancements—jacquard, Flyknit, Lunarlon soles, the list goes on.
The HTM line—a three-letter abbreviation for "Hiroshi, Tinker, Mark" that functions as a footwear incubator for concepts spawned by the superteam of Hatfield, Hiroshi Fujiwara, and Mark Parker—has arguably produced some of the most influential and important sneakers of the modern era. The Flyknit Racer and Trainer have already achieved "instant classic" status.
In his 1963 book Inventing the Future, Nobel prize-winning physicist Dennis Gabor writes: "The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented. It was man's ability to invent which has made human society what it is." And 26 years later, Hatfield was doing that on the silver screen. Featured prominently in Back to the Future II, his Air Mag concept of self-lacing shoes of the future incited an overwhelming sense of desire in budding sneakerheads the world over. And that creation has not only become a sought after, auction-only release, but his science fictional self-lacing technology has become a reality: the groundbreaking Nike HyperAdapt.
Hatfield's own ties to Oregon symbolize a closed loop of sorts for Nike. Founder Phil Knight started the brand with a vision of being an Oregon-based company that keeps the state's pioneer spirit alive, and Hatfield, a former Duck runner himself, took that notion into the future solely (pun not intended) through the strength of his footwear designs.
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Q: Weblogic 10.3 with axis I am migrating from weblogic 8.1 to 10.3 with JRockit1.6. When accesing the webservice using jaxrpc.Call.Invoke() method, it throws NullPointerException.
I had a workaround fix of using the Xerces.jar to be preloaded in the weblogic prior weblogic.jar.
But i dont want to use the xerces.jar as this is going to be a additional jar. Please let me know if you guys had come across these kind of situations to overcome this.
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at java.io.FilterInputStream.available(FilterInputStream.java:142)
 at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:325)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityManager$RewindableInputStream.read(XMLEntityManager.java:2939)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.io.UTF8Reader.read(UTF8Reader.java:292)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityScanner.load(XMLEntityScanner.java:1742)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityScanner.skipSpaces(XMLEntityScanner.java:1492)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDriver.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:872)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:647)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:140)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:508)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:807)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:109)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205)
 at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:523)
 at weblogic.xml.jaxp.WebLogicXMLReader.parse(WebLogicXMLReader.java:134)
 at weblogic.xml.jaxp.RegistryXMLReader.parse(RegistryXMLReader.java:172)
 at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:396)
 at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.parse(DeserializationContext.java:227)
 at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:696)
 at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:435)
 at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.readFromSocket(HTTPSender.java:796)
 at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:144)
 at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:33)
 at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118)
 at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:85)
 at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:165)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2443)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812)
Thanks,
Steve

A: Why don't you want to use the xerces.jar? Axis requires it.
Weblogic 8 had different sets of jars included (that caused conflict) but obviously allowed your app to work.

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Q: How to evaluate $\lim\limits_{x\to1}\frac{x^{m+1}-x^{n+1}+x^n-mx+m-1}{(x-1)^2}$?
How to evaluate $$\lim\limits_{x\to1}\frac{x^{m+1}-x^{n+1}+x^n-mx+m-1}{(x-1)^2}$$

I used substitution $t=x-1 \Rightarrow t\rightarrow 0$
After this, the limit is:
$$\lim\limits_{t\to0}\frac{(t+1)^{m+1}-(t+1)^{n+1}+(t+1)^n-m(t+1)+m-1}{t^2},m,n \in \mathbb{N}$$
Then I used L'Hospital's rule, but I get $\frac{const.}{0}$
Can L'Hospital's rule be used, or some other method?
Thanks for replies.

A: If you're getting $c/0$ when using L'Hospital's Rule, then the limit doesn't exist.

A: Hint: Use L'Hospital's rule twice, and you will get 2 in the denominator and be able to evaluate the limit. (After the first application I believe you will still get $0/0$.)

A: The numerator can be written
$$
x^{m+1}-1-x^{n+1}+x^n-mx+m=
(x-1)\biggl(\biggl(\sum_{k=0}^m x^k\biggr)-x^n-m\biggr)
$$
Set $f_m(x)=\sum_{k=0}^m x^k$, so your limit can be written as
$$
\lim_{x\to1}\frac{f_m(x)-x^n-m}{x-1}
$$
Note that $f_m(1)=m+1$, so we can apply l'Hôpital, giving
$$
\lim_{x\to1}(f_m'(x)-nx^{n-1})
$$
Since
$$
f_m'(x)=\sum_{k=1}^m kx^{k-1}
$$
we have
$$
f_m'(1)=1+2+\dots+m=\dots
$$
and it should be clear how to finish.

A: I think there is no truck here, it suffices to apply l'Hospital's rule
twice only
\begin{eqnarray*}
\lim_{x\rightarrow 1}\frac{x^{m+1}-x^{n+1}+x^{n}-mx+m-1}{(x-1)^{2}}
&=&\lim_{x\rightarrow 1}\frac{(m+1)x^{m}-(n+1)x^{n}+nx^{n-1}-m}{2(x-1)}\
(by\ HRule:\frac{0}{0}) \\
&=&\lim_{x\rightarrow 1}\frac{m(m+1)x^{m-1}-n(n+1)x^{n-1}+n(n-1)x^{n-2}}{2}\
\ (by\ HRule:\frac{0}{0}) \\
&=&\frac{m(m+1)-n(n+1)+n(n-1)}{2} \\
&=&\frac{m(m+1)-n^{2}-n+n^{2}-n}{2} \\
&=&\frac{m(m+1)}{2}-n.
\end{eqnarray*}

A: If you use the binomial expansion or Taylor series, the numerator is something like $$\frac{1}{2}  \left(m^2+m-2 n\right)(x-1)^2+\cdots$$


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Meditation Workshop in the Catskills – Dealing With Difficult People.
Kadampa Meditation Center New York offers meditation classes, day courses, retreats, Buddhist prayers chanted in English and a chance to learn about the Buddhist way of life. Classes range from beginner to advanced and are designed to help those who wish to learn to meditate, start a meditation practice or to meditate in a group setting, as well as for those who wish to deepen their understanding of basic Buddhist thought and practice.
KMC-NY offers group & corporate visits, mindfulness workshops & presentations, kids meditation, field trips, accommodations & meals, and community outreach. Kadampa World Peace Temple houses a World Peace Café & espresso bar, vegetarian fare, a bookstore and gift shop featuring a range of unique gifts, cards, meditation accessories, Buddhist art, and books on Buddhism and meditation. Open to the public, stop in an enjoy the peace of the Temple. Weekly Meditation Classes offered in Scranton PA, Sparta NJ and Port Jervis, Beacon, Saratoga Springs & Warwick, NY.


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Granite striped placemats measure 13 x 19 in.


"A járdáról a zebrára lépünk."
Translation:We step from the sidewalk onto the crosswalk.
Zebra crossing and pavement are perfectly good English alternatives for sidewalk and crosswalk.
"We step onto the crosswalk from the sidewalk" not accepted?
In the USA "zebra crossing" would get you perplexed looks.


With our products and services, we are guided by the needs of our customers. This demands a high degree of responsibility. We would also like to live up to this responsibility with regard to the environment.
We check all our products for environmental compatibility.Our products are made of metals and plastics, and are thus easy to recycle.
We use cycloaliphatic cast resins for outdoor and indoor isolators.
We use biologically degradable oils, solvents and separating agents.
We recycle low-voltage, high-rupturing-capacity fuses, isolators and pressed plastic parts.
We don´t deceive our customers with the label fraud "Made in Germany". We actually manufacture in Germany. This isn´t only sustainability in relation to our employees and suppliers, but of course pure environmental protection. The parts of our products don´t have to be flown through half the world. Regional action is becoming more and more important not only for the food industry, but also for the industry. Here in Germany we have the certainty that all our products are produces under decent conditions and environmentally friendly.
Sustainability regarding capital goods is strongly linked to their lifetime. The longer the products can be used, the less energy has to be invested in new products. That saves a lot of resources of our world, but also the budget of our clients. Here we are covering two parts: On one hand we produce high quality products and on the other hand we take care of a high lifetime of the switchboards through our 24/7 service.
Without innovations the earth would not exist in the way we know. The fauna and flora has reinvented infinite times during evolution. Who loses adaptability or whose inventiveness decreases – dies. Our company is full of ideas and inventiveness. With more than 300 Patents we can prove our innovative strength.
In which cases can we use the term "sustainable relationship"? If this relationship stays intact over many years. If both parties can profit from each other, these relations can outlast a very long time. Apparently, we care for these win-win-relationships with our employees. There is no other way to explain why so many employees –against the tide – keep the faith to our company over decades. In our booming region, where a lot of companies are struggling with finding apprentices, we do not have problems to motivate young people to work to study here. Sustainability is heavily linked to the relationship quality of employees and the company.


This Saturday, the Overwatch community will band together to remember legendary Overwatch pro Dennis 'INTERNETHULK' Hawelka, who tragically passed away earlier this week.
The Overwatch and esports community was shaken on Wednesday, November 8 after learning that Overwatch pro player Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka had passed away. While a cause of death has not been given, the Overwatch community has come together in the past couple of days to collectively mourn a man who was considered to be a legend of the game and, more than that, a dear friend.
That's why the competitive Overwatch community is putting together a short-notice Twitch stream on Saturday, November 11 called the Hulktastic Cup. Pro players and various members of the Overwatch community will come together on-stream and run through the Overwatch Public Test Realm, playing around with new character Moira. Throughout the stream, everyone present will share stories about Hawelka and the effect that he had on their lives.
Hawelka is remembered for his stellar play on IDDQD, an early Overwatch pro team that he helped put together by scouting out some of the game's best talent. While the core of IDDQD would go on to be a part of Team EnVyUs (now known as the Dallas Fuel), Hawelka made the transition to League of Legends, where he was expected to coach Team Liquid's squad in the 2018 Spring Split.
Team Liquid made the tragic announcement of Hawelka's death on Wednesday morning.
Fans of Overwatch, esports, and general well-wishers looking to lend their support can tune into the Hulktastic Cup and honor Hawelka's life this Saturday, November 11 at 11AM PT on the Gosu Gamers Overwatch Twitch channel.
IIRC, complications associated with viral tonsillitis. There's probably more to it though.
That was it, became infected.


The wife just gave the all clear on two new tanks for the shelves I put together. Am getting them custom built 800mm x500m x350mm of 10mm glass & nearly 130L each. They'll be for my FM colony (4x) in one & something else in the other (still American but) or as a rearing tank. Using pool filter sand for substrate - approx 1". Mixing limestone & lavarock for structures, some wood & a few amazon swords, java fern & mondo grass for plants (well fish food anyway). I eventually will setup a sump arrangement, but for now 1 will have the Fluval 304 with heavly sponged intake & meshed outlet. The other will have a Atman hang over the back job (cheapy had sitting in cupboard - puts thru about 800L's per hour) with supplemental small internal power filter. Also will be sponge protected & am investing in air powered sponge filters when fry are immenent. These tanks' sole purpose will be to give the fish a happy environment so they'll breed. The idea being to raise enough cash/credit from trading the offspring, to feed my habit. Hence more tanks, fish etc. My dream is to have a 1000L tank with a colony of Front's, but they're big bickies here in Perth so have to work my way up to it.
Anyway, point of my post, after ramblin on. Does anyone see any prob's with my idea or any recommendations. Also, will air powered sponge filters handle the bioload of a cichlid breeding tank, or should I just use them initially in a "rearing tank setup", with the fry relocating to them at free-swimming stage??
My breeding experience has all been with Corys, Bettas & so forth where I did everything after the eggs were laid, & raised the fry independently, otherwise the parents often ate them.
SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN TO ME ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN BREEDING ANY FISH. SO GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.


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Novelda Club de Fútbol is a football club based in Novelda, in the Valencian Community in Spain. The Spanish football team was founded in 1925. For the 2022-23 season it plays in the Regional Preferente – Group 4 (the sixth level) holding home games at Estadio La Magdalena, which has a capacity of 5,000 seats.

Novelda was initially folded on 8 June 2018 after merging with Intercity Alicante. However, the merger was not accepted by RFEF and thus, Novelda did not fold and remained in the league.

History
The first football games were played in Novelda in the 1915-17. The teams consisted of students and took place during holiday breaks.

Season to season

8 seasons in Segunda División B
43 seasons in Tercera División

Famous players
Note: this list contains players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.
 Kily

References

External links
Official website
Futbolme team profile

Football clubs in the Valencian Community
Association football clubs established in 1925
1925 establishments in Spain

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Protagoras prōtăg´ərəs [key], c.490–c.421 BC, Greek philosopher of Abdera, one of the more distinguished Sophists . He taught for a time in Athens, where he was a friend of Pericles and knew Socrates, but was forced to flee because of his professed agnosticism. Protagoras was the author of the famous saying, Man is the measure of all things. He held that each man is the standard of what is true to himself, that all truth is relative to the individual who holds it and can have no validity beyond him. Thus he denied the possibility of objective knowledge and refused to differentiate between sense and reason. None of his works have survived, but one of Plato's most famous dialogues bears his name.


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Highly Tunable Magnetic Liquid Crystals
Stable Photonic Structures
Magnetic Assembly Of Nonmagnetic Particles Into Photonic Crystal Structures
Quantum Dot DFB Lasers, DBR Lasers, and Photonic Integrated Circuits
Magneto-Optic Modulator
Compressive High-Speed Optical Transceiver
Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed an optical transceiver that uses compressive sensing to reduce bandwidth requirements and improve signal resolution.
Adapting Existing Computer Networks to a Quantum-Based Internet Future
Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed an approach for integrating quantum computers into the existing internet backbone.
High-Frequency Imaging and Data Transmission Using a Re-configurable Array Source with Directive Beam Steering
Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed a reconfigurable radiator array that produces a high frequency directed beam via uninterrupted, scalable, electronic beam steering.
(SD2021-057) Electro-optical mechanically flexible microprobes for minimally invasive interfacing with intrinsic neural circuits
Microelectrodes are the gold standard for measuring the activity of individual neurons at high temporal resolution in any nervous system region and central to defining the role of neural circuits in controlling behavior.Microelectrode technologies such as the Utah or Michigan arrays, have allowed tracking of distributed neural activity with millisecond precision. However, their large footprint and rigidity lead to tissue damage and inflammation that hamper long-term recordings. State of the art Neuropixel and carbon fiber probes have improved on these previous devices by increasing electrode density and reducing probe dimensions and rigidity.Although these probes have advanced the field of recordings, next-generation devices should enable targeted stimulation in addition to colocalized electrical recordings. Optogenetic techniques enable high-speed modulation of cellular activity through targeted expression and activation of light-sensitive opsins. However, given the strong light scattering and high absorption properties of neural tissue optogenetic interfacing with deep neural circuits typically requires the implantation of large-diameter rigid fibers, which can make this approach more invasive than its electrical counterpart.Approaches to integrating optical and electrical modalities have ranged from adding fiber optics to existing Utah arrays to the Optetrode or other integrated electro-optical coaxial structures. These technologies have shown great promise for simultaneous electrical recordings and optical stimulation in vivo. However, the need to reduce the device footprint to minimize immune responses for long-term recordings is still present.
Dynamic Target Ranging With Multi-Tone Continuous Wave Lidar Using Phase Algorithm
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a novel algorithm that is designed to be integrated with current multi-tone continuous wave (MTCW) lidar technology in order to enhance the capability of lidar to acquire range(distance) of fast-moving targets as well as simultaneous velocimetry measurements.
Advanced Imaging By LASER-Trained Algorithms Used To Process Broad-Field Light Photography and Videography
Diagnosing retinal disease, which affects over 200 million people worldwide, requires expensive and complicated analysis of the structure and function of retinal tissue. Recently, UCI developed a training algorithm which, for the first time, is able to assess tissue health from images collected using more common and less expensive optics.


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Gov/AG Kneel Before Abortion Industry
This Thursday, the Virginia Board of Health is scheduled to do what Governor Terry McAuliffe, Attorney General Mark Herring, the media in Virginia, and the $1 billion abortion industry want it to do – gut Virginia's abortion center health and safety standards to ensure that people like Steven Brigham can operate abortion centers in Virginia.
The abortion industry bought this vote – and it expects to be paid in full.
But will the vote happen at all?
You see, on Wednesday, the day before the Board is scheduled to vote, a little known commission of the General Assembly, the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules (JCAR), has scheduled a meeting and on its agenda are several questionable– and perhaps illegal – actions of both the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the Board during this amendment process ordered by Governor McAuliffe.
By now any thinking Virginian recognizes that the Governor McAuliffe and AG Herring have had serious difficulty following Virginia law and the Constitution. Over and over again, both have ignored or been ignorant of Virginia law. In this case, the regulatory process is governed by something called the Administrative Process Act (APA), to ensure a transparent process where the public has ample opportunity to weigh in on regulations and to protect the public's right to know what regulations a government agency is imposing on its citizens. Unfortunately, at several points in the process to amend the abortion center health and safety standards, VDH and the Board have apparently violated that law, making the entire process a sham.
But what else can we expect from the McAuliffe/Herring regime? It's been clear from the beginning of their terms that they have no interest in the law, the Constitution, or frankly, the truth. They have a political ends – to protect abortion at all costs – that justify any means.
In addition, suggested amendments from the Attorney General released recently under the guise of meeting the requirements of the Supreme Court's June opinion on abortion center health standards are actually in conflict with the decision itself and put women in danger. In one case, the AG has recommended that abortion centers no longer be required to follow the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) standards to prevent infectious diseases!
Some of our politicians and Virginia's editorial pages can continue to bury their heads in the sand when it comes to what inspections have found in Virginia's abortion centers. They may be quite content with sending their wives and daughters to facilities that repeatedly have been found to have bloody and unsterilized equipment, untrained staffs, misused dangerous drugs, violated of state and federal laws, and a host of other deficiencies.
But take note - when and if the Board of Health votes to gut health and safety standards for abortion centers - people like Steven Brigham will be the one's celebrating, and that tells us all we need to know about this sham vote.
Victoria Cobb
These Important State Laws Take Effect Today
Every year on July 1st, hundreds of new changes to Virginia's laws officially go into effect. Here's a few The Family Foundation fought hard for and against that you may want to know:
TFF Supported
More educational options for parents and kids through expansion of the Education Improvement Scholarship Tax Credit program (EISTC).The program has been a huge success in recent years and continues to enable more children in families who cannot otherwise afford private education to receive a private scholarship to use towards a qualifying private school. SB 1015 (R-Stanley) expanded this flagship school choice initiative to include pre-kindergarten.
More parental oversight and involvement regarding sensitive materials in public schools. HB 2107 (R-Ransone) provides parents the opportunity to review any audio-visual materials containing graphic sexual or violent images used in any anti-bullying or suicide prevention lessons in public schools, and the ability to exclude their child if they deem the materials too graphic.
More protection for property rights in eminent domain situations. SB 1256 (R-Ruff) creates an income tax subtraction for gain recognized by a taxpayer from a government's taking of real property. Landowners should not have their property taken, only to be slapped with a new tax liability.
More parental authority regarding the delegation of temporary custody. HB 2542 (R-Byron) allows a parent or legal custodian of a minor to delegate temporary custody in limited circumstances for up to 180 days, with the assistance of a private organization, without government intrusion.
TFF Opposed
Expansion of assisted conception through surrogacy laws to remove any biological significance for parenthood. HB 1979 (D-Sullivan) allows non-married individuals with no biological connection to an embryo to contract with a surrogate mother to birth a baby for them. The negative consequences of this bill range from children growing up without any knowledge of one or both biological parents, no protections against "selective reduction" abortions, and no limitations on the proliferation of new lab-created human embryos. This recent article from The Federalist also gets at the fundamental problems with this kind of policy.
To see the full list of laws taking effect today, click here.
The Governor Couldn't Resist!
The state budget process is finally over, and with it came some big wins and also disappointments. Last week Governor Northam submitted his final actions on the budget to the House of Delegates. They included leaving in place the federal "Hyde Amendment" language, which ensures taxpayers will not be forced to pay for abortions of babies with supposed disabilities, and vetoing a modification to the existing Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) program that would have stopped nearly $2 million from being funneled to the abortion industry.
For more details about these budget provisions, you can read about them here on our blog.
We cannot overstate how important of a win it is for the protection of pre-born babies to have the Hyde Amendment language included in the budget, especially given the complete disregard for human life that was on full display during session this year. This achievement is the result of strong legislators willing to stand firm for the protection of pre-born babies, as well as the unwavering resolve of The Family Foundation, the Virginia Catholic Conference and the Virginia Society for Human Life (VSHL) to push for these types of protections year after year.
In the end, the Governor did not accept the Hyde Amendment language willingly, since he was actually prohibited by the Virginia Constitution from vetoing that particular type of budget amendment. Of course, he couldn't let the Hyde language stand without offering this hypocritical comment indirectly criticizing pro-life conservatives: "the General Assembly's action is cruel and out of touch with the difficult reality some families face." Remember, this is the same Governor who tried to explain that leaving a baby on a table after a failed abortion while the parents and physician had a discussion over whether or not the baby should live or die, was somehow morally acceptable.
The Governor's actions also demonstrated his total commitment to Planned Parenthood by vetoing an amendment introduced by Senator Siobhan Dunnavant (R-12, Glen Allen) to limit "LARC" funds to only the purchase of IUD devices. His veto, which will continue to allow millions of dollars in grants being allocated to the abortion industry, was simply a 'wink and a nod' to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers to say "I've still got your back."
All of this goes to show how elections have consequences, and how important it is for voters to be aware of the values that their legislators espouse. That's why The Family Foundation Action works so hard to create a General Assembly Report Card to show you exactly how legislators voted on specific legislation that has a significant impact on families.
To order the 2018-2019 Report Cards for your church or community group, click HERE.