A few years ago, I read a book with this title by the philosopher Alain de Botton, wherein he described status anxiety as the constant fear of being perceived by society as unsuccessful – a very 21st century and decidedly first world problem. In the tax and employment law world, however, a different form of status anxiety is emerging– the fear that the contractors providing services to your business might be categorised as employees, with the potentially disastrous consequence that you will be responsible for their PAYE and NIC and recognise employment rights.
Over the years, HMRC have, in some cases quite rightly, queried whether some arrangements involving supposedly independent contractors might not actually be employment relationships. The people working in parts of the gig economy – Uber drivers, couriers, and in a notable recent case, the plumbers of Pimlico – have also increasingly sought to assert rights which would only be available to employees or those categorised as "workers" for employment law purposes.
HMRC have "helpfully" provided an online tool to enable contracting parties to determine whether contracts give rise to employment or self-employment status for tax purposes. This is the so-called CEST (Check employment status for tax) tool which can be found online at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-employment-status-for-tax. HMRC states that, if the CEST tool is used, they will abide by the results unless false or misleading information has been given.
However, this "tool" has been subject to strong criticism by tax advisers, lawyers and contractor interest groups. Recently, the criticism has focused on "mutuality of obligation" (MOO). Essentially, mutuality of obligation is the simultaneous existence of an obligation on the part of one party to the contract to provide work and pay for it, and the obligation on the part of the other party personally to do that work.
Although it is but one factor in the overall picture, the presence of MOO in a contractual relationship is a strong indicator of employment whereas its absence equally strongly suggests self-employment. However, it has been pointed out that the CEST tool does not actually concern itself with MOO at all and asks no questions designed to determine whether MOO exists in the proposed arrangement.
Recently, HMRC rather ludicrously defended itself against criticism on these grounds by suggesting that if a contract was being signed, then there was already mutuality of obligation. This makes it clear that either HMRC does not know what MOO means, and how significant it is in determining status – which suggests that it is incompetent – or it chooses to pretend not to know what MOO really means in order to maintain the fiction that the CEST tool is fit for purpose. For the time being, at least the CEST is clearly no substitute for professional advice.


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The Invention of Health Law
Maxwell Gregg Bloche, Georgetown University Law CenterFollow
By default, the courts are inventing health law. The law governing the American health system arises from an unruly mix of statutes, regulations, and judge-crafted doctrines conceived, in the main, without medical care in mind. Courts are ill-equipped to put order to this chaos, and until recently they have been disinclined to try. But political gridlock and popular ire over managed care have pushed them into the breach, and the Supreme Court has become a proactive health policy player. How might judges make sense of health law's disparate doctrinal strands? Scholars from diverse ideological starting points have converged toward a single answer: the law should look to deploy medical resources in a systematically rational manner, so as to maximize the benefits that every dollar buys. This answer bases the orderly development of health care law upon our ability to reach stable understandings, in myriad circumstances, of what welfare maximization requires. In this Article, I contend that this goal is not achievable. Scientific ignorance, cognitive limitations, and normative disagreements yield shifting, incomplete, and contradictory understandings of social welfare in the health sphere. The chaotic state of health care law today reflects this unruliness. In making systemic welfare maximization the lodestar for health law, we risk falling so far short of aspirations for reasoned decision making as to invite disillusion about the possibilities for any sort of rationality in this field. Accordingly, I urge that we define health law's aims more modestly, based on acknowledgment that its rationality is discontinuous across substantive contexts and changeable with time. This concession to human limits, I argue, opens the way to health policy that mediates wisely between our desire for public action to maximize the well being of the many and our intimate wishes to be treated non-instrumentally, as separate ends. I conclude with an effort to identify the goals that health law, so constructed, should pursue and to suggest how a strategy of accommodation among these goals might apply to a variety of legal controversies.
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/students/jrnlorgs/journals/
91 Cal. L. Rev. 247-322 (2003)
Bloche, Maxwell Gregg, "The Invention of Health Law" (2003). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 55.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/55
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(1855–1929). Art collector and patron. Also a suffragist. With her husband, Henry O. Havemeyer (1847–1907), also a collector and patron as well as a businessman, she amassed a ...
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...artists. Her first painting of a mother and child, in 1888 , announced a theme with which she became increasingly identified. Cassatt continued to paint until 1915 , when poor eyesight forced her to stop. Cassatt also served as art adviser to her friends Louisine and Henry O. Havemeyer , whose collection of Impressionist and old master paintings was eventually donated to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. See also Painting: To 1945 . Nancy Mowll Mathews , Mary Cassatt: A Life , 1994. Judith Barter et al. , Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman , 1998....
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it was 80 deg wed. and thurs, then we wake up friday to the low 60's outta nowhere. this morning was even colder, naturally! about 53 deg or so. it really was perfect running weather so i'll stop complaining.
that should be you!!! it was a great turn out again this year. over 15,000 participants helped raise 400k+ for Texas high school students via the Rodeo.
gun time - 57:50, chip time - 55:07!!!! i really just wanted to finish under an hour, though.
@ the post-race party. yet another reason i love HEB- they sponsor most of the races i participate in lol and ALWAYS have the best post-race snacks. they were giving out fudge ice cream bars but the line was RIDICULOUS:( i was too hungry to wait.
'hey look, a bull.' the line to take a pic with this guy was about as ridiculous as the ice cream line. after making our rounds at the different vendor booths and running into countless friends (it was seriously a mini reunion at one point) we headed to brunch.
egg white scramble with smoked turkey and veggies. i believe this is called 'the health nut' on the menu. i subbed out the fresh fruit for potatoes cause i had a banana at the post race party. and i love potatoes. drowned in ketchup.
sonny's plate. his stack of pancakes aren't pictured but are hiding to the right.
i'm subbing a weights class at the gym for another instructor tomorrow morning so my muscles really need to recuperate for the rest of the day. headed home for an evening of napping and lounging. have a fantastic saturday!


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A summit forum "Quality Upgrading" was held in the city on Friday, gathering government officials, experts and industry insiders to share insights into quality upgrade.
Government officials, experts and industry insiders attend a forum on quality upgrading in Shanghai on June 29, 2018.
A summit forum "Quality Upgrading" was held in the city on Friday, gathering government officials, experts and industry insiders to share insights into quality upgrade, quality development along the Belt and Road, and the development trend of testing, inspection and certification industry.
Topics of the forum hosted by Bureau Veritas, an international certification agency, included how to help enterprises go abroad via standard certification, supply-side reform and quality innovation, QUSE (quality, health, safety and environment management system) under the development of Belt and Road Initiative, and digitalization and innovation in the testing, inspection and certification (TIC) industry.
"As the birth place of China's national industry and national brands, Shanghai keeps pursuing excellence in quality development," said Chen Xiaojun, deputy director of the Shanghai Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau.
The city has been graded A for three years in the provincial government quality work evaluation by the State Council.


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Final Stage of Marple Skatepark Phase II approaching
The long-awaited fencing materials for the completion of the upgrade of the basketball court in Marple Memorial Park to create a Multi-User Games facility have finally been delivered.
The sports area materials were delayed by a factory closure caused by the Covid19 pandemic but they are here at last and work is expected to start next week commencing 19th October and be completed by the end of that week.
This final stage of Marple Skatepark Phase 2 will include construction of 5-a-side goals, new basketball hoops and marking out of the playing courts. There will be a spectator fence along the top side of the court too.
Once everything is finished Friends of the Park plan to assess the dynamics of the whole area with the council and talk to them about re-siting litter bins.
Quote from: amazon on July 01, 2020, 01:44:55 PM
They use the bus some of them .
I'm sure some do, but not all. Equally, many are dropped off by parents in cars, but neither of these are valid reasons to oppose safer cycling routes
Perhaps parent drop their kids off as they're worried about how safe their children are when cycling to and from the skatepark. Perhaps those who get the bus do so for the same reason, and they'd prefer to ride. Safe cycling routes would enable this.
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Quote from: CTCREP on July 01, 2020, 09:46:01 AM
It is great to see his heading to completion, but what needs consideration now is how will the skate-boarders and BMX cycle riders get there safely?
There is Cycling UK Web site https://www.cyclinguk.org/covid-19-safe-space-social-distancing#WMP that aims to try to persuade Local Councils ro make cycling and walking safer, primarily to cater for the current "social distancing" proposals, however it is an opportunity to point out all the problem areas there are for getting around Marple if you don't use a car..
So if you think the Skatepark Users may have a problem getting there then please use the facility and let the Council know.
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Marple Skatepark is Reopening
We're pleased to advise that the Phase II upgrade to Marple Skatepark has been approved by RoSPA and they are happy for the skatepark to reopen, as are the council.
The herras fencing should be coming down today, possibly even as you read this.
As we've mentioned before, although the former basketball area area has been resurfaced there is a long wait for the sports fencing that we need to complete the conversion to a MUGA. This is expected in September, so the area will remain as it is until then.
Other works still to do include the fitting of railings to the back of the new ramp on the top section, and repainting of the vertical surfaces throughout the whole skatepark. We expect these things to happen during week commencing 29 June.
We hope users enjoy what we've achieved and we're sorry that we can't have a formal relaunch at the present time.
Please use the facilities safely and considerately and put your litter in the bins provided or take it home.
Quote from: Howard on June 06, 2020, 06:31:05 PM
Good to see progress on this, Mark. I doubt there's much that can be done about it, but when walking the dog in the evening, I regularly see skaters on the lower park. I'm assuming that they have just pushed the fencing aside. Are they likely to cause any problems for the new section?
Sadly they never seem able to wait Howard. As usual it only takes one or two then the rest flood in. Speaking to the constructors this time and last time, they say it's a universal problem. Knowing this they have to construction things in a sequence (usually ramps first then selected slabs in-between) to reduce the ability for the park to be used easily until towards the end of the build. They also try to leave the works at the end of the day in a condition that is not likely to lead to it being damage overnight or over-weekend. Probably more likely is someone injuring themselves on a sticking out reinforcement rod or similar.
Despite the futility of it, I've reported to the council that the fencing has been breached and I presume they will do something about it.
Walked past this afternoon one of the fences was completly open the one near were they have laid the track .no one working .there
Latest news and updates on Marple Skatepark Phase II.....
Below are a few photos of recent progress on the skatepark top section refurbishment.
We can also now give you a bit of an update on how the project is expected to continue over the next few weeks.
It has been confirmed that the fencing materials we need to complete the conversion of the basketball court to a MUGA have been delayed due to Covid19 and are on a 12 week delivery, which takes them out to around September 2020.
It has therefore been decided to proceed with the preparation and resurfacing works as far as possible now and then the contractor will return to install the fencing when it is available and then finish off by marking out the playing courts.
So, barring any unforeseen problems, we expect the skatepark top section to be completed some time next week and the basketball court refurbishment to commence straight away.
The skatepark will remain fenced off and closed until the basketball resurfacing works are completed too. We expect this to be towards the end of June.
Please note that reopening of the whole facility will be a council decision and will also depend on the Covid19 situation at the time as well as the completion of the works.
As usual, keep an eye on this page for the latest news, which we will share as and when we have something new.
Marple Skatepark Phase II status at end of May...
Marple Skatepark Phase II refurbishment coming along nicely.
Some progress shots taken over the last few days.
So work is finally underway on the Phase II refurbishment of Marple Skatepark top section.
Here are a few "before" shots from early this morning and an "in progress" from Lewis this afternoon.
Marple Skatepark Phase II to start on site next week!
Friends of Memorial Park are delighted to announce that following this week's easing of Covid-19 restrictions, and after careful consideration by Stockport Council and contractor Canvas Spaces, Marple Skatepark Phase II construction works will commence early next week and last for approximately 6 weeks.
Refurbishment of the top section of the skatepark can go ahead now that plans and procedures for the delivery of the works have been revised to ensure measures are in place to reduce the risk of transmission of Covid-19.
As explained before our start in April was put on hold, activity will commence with a track being laid across the park for heavy traffic and access to the works compound, which will be on the basketball court like it was during phase I. The track will cause some obstruction to park users but is essential to protect tarmac and grass from damage by heavy machinery.
Under the current circumstances and restrictions the whole of the skatepark will remain closed.
At present exact timing of the follow-on works to refurbish the basketball court and turn it into a Multi-User-GAmes Facility is uncertain, primarily due to issues around material supply.
We will make further announcements whenever we have firm information to share with you.
Marple Skatepark Phase II on hold
We thought we'd overcome all the hurdles in the way of constructing Marple Skatepark Phase II but following the PM's announcement on Monday we can confirm that the construction start scheduled for 6 April is now on hold.
Watch this space for more news.........
Stay safe, stay at home, save lives! We'll be back!
PS: If you read the footnote of the article linked in the post below you'll see I sort of anticipated this. At least it's stopped raining for a bit!
Marple Skatepark Phase II to start April 2020.
Read the full story on the Marple Website:
https://www.marple.website/community-projects/marple-skatepark-phase-ii.html


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Join the fun as our free candy factory tours are quickly one of Western New York's must-see tourist attractions. Our factory tour will give you a bit of history, some tidbits about nostalgic candy, a little science, and a lot of fun. This is one opportunity that is sweeter than pie!
We welcome school tours, home school tours, Scout Groups, Motor Coach Groups, Senior Groups, Corporate Groups, to name a few.
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Insigny Ste Mere Salted Butter 250g (PDO France)
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Isigny Butter (Protected Denomination of Origin) is made in accordance with traditions, and exclusively from the milks of the Isigny terroir. As specified in the AOP technical manual, nothing is added or taken away the butter. Made with the best traditional creams of Isigny (matured 16 to 18 hours), it is famous for its golden buttercup colour and its distinctive notes of milk.
Insigny churned butter is made exclusively from the best milks of the Isigny region. These milks, chosen for their exceptional richness in cream, protein and vitamins, are collected every 48 hours and brought to reception tanks. Here they undergo a series of tests to ensure that they meet our highest quality standards.
Only Isigny's best creams are selected to be churned into Isigny AOP Butter. These creams acquire all their distinctive aromas and organoleptic qualities during one crucial stage: the traditional slow maturation. They are seeded with lactic starter cultures before resting for between 16 and 18 hours. After that, they are churned in the traditional way.
By respecting traditional methods, the grains of butter that form have an even melting texture. As specified in the AOP technical manual, nothing is added or taken away. Isigny AOP butter is naturally rich in iodine, vitamin A and beta carotenoids. It is famous for its golden buttercup colour and its distinctive flavour notes of hazelnut and milk.
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The Isigny region used to be one of Europe's largest wetlands until the sea retreated in the sixteenth century. It left behind a clay soil with rich alluvial sediments, upon which green grass grows abundantly. For centuries, the region's dairy farmers have produced exceptionally fine milk, earning a well-established reputation for quality.
In fact, thanks to the salty seawater of the Channel, combined with fresh water from the Cotentin peninsula and the Bessin marshes, the region's climate is mild and damp. The cows which graze these pastures are eating grass which makes their milk rich in mineral salts and trace elements.
So as to preserve what was going to become their brand, the region's milk producers joined forces. Isigny Sainte-Mère is the combines the resources of two complementary dairy cooperatives. The Isigny-sur-Mer cooperative had been operating in Calvados since 1932. The Sainte-Mère cooperative was set up in 1909 and worked in the neighbouring Manche département.
The two operations merged in 1980. Why? Firstly, the two milk collecting zones complemented each other geographically; both the cooperatives shared the same concerns to ensure quality and the same ambition to achieve it. Everything brought them together: remaining faithful to ancestral know-how, a respect of both the terroir and the men who worked with it and kept it going. The new cooperative set out to conquer the world. It has been so successful that more than half of its sales are exported and the name of Isigny Sainte-Mère is known all over the world.
Insigny collection zone is a geographically-defined area which extends across 35 square kilometres of the Cotentin peninsula and adjoining elevated Bessin farmland. This zone comprises low-lying marshes and higher bocage or farmland criss-crossed with hedges and thickets, all drained by a network of rivers that converge along the coastline near Isigny-sur-Mer. This fertile land, with its mild maritime microclimate, was transformed down the centuries, turning it into a classic terroir: a seamless blend of naturally favourable conditions and human endeavour. Today its rich pastures are the source of prestigious and luxuriant grazing, a truly great source of butter and cream.
The soils are rich and fertile, thanks to alluvial deposits. It averages 170 days of rain a year, well spread throughout the seasons. Summer temperatures are mild, the winters are not particularly cold. The growing grass benefits from the salty, onshore sea breezes. The temperate ocean climate ensures exceptionally rich grass growth for much of the year. The milk from their cows is rich in mineral salts, trace elements and essential fatty acids.
To achive PDO accredited products, dairy farmers have observe extensive farming practices on their holdings. They undertake to respect both animals and land alike. Cattle have access to grazing for at least seven months of the year, the stocking density is no more than three cows per hectare and forage crops are grown mainly on the same farm.
Casanova Aged Balsamic Vinegar 7 Medals
Sovereign Boneless Lamb Leg Approx 2.75kg Each (VIC)
Sher Wagyu Double Black Label Scotch Fillet Marble Score 9+ (VIC)
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Error <No BizTalk Configuration database(s) found on server ".> when deploy BizTalk application in VS if your account is removed from sysadmin role in SQL.
When a user account's SQL sysadmin role is removed and only leaves it with public, the user cannot use Visual Studio to deploy BizTalk application after you edit the server name, even if the account is in BizTalk Server Administrators group. An Error <No BizTalk Configuration database(s) found on server ''.> is displayed in VS.
According to SQL profiler trace captured when the error occurs, the stored procedure sp_databases will be called to retrieve the list of databases on the SQL server.
On SQL server 2012, when I manually execute this stored procedure with only public role(sysadmin removed), the sp returns a blank result even if my account is in BizTalk Server Administrators group which has access to BizTalk databases.
On SQL server 2008 R2, the same sp properly returns databases with public only.
If we check the code of this sp, looks like it should at least return the databases which the account has permission to access.
Requires CREATE DATABASE, or ALTER ANY DATABASE, or VIEW ANY DEFINITION permission, and must have access permission to the database. Cannot be denied VIEW ANY DEFINITION permission.
Therefore, we can grant view any definition permission to specific user which needs to deploy BizTalk application in VS.
GRANT VIEW ANY DEFINITION TO "SQLUser"


Abhinav Bindra gave an impressive performance to win gold in Men's 10m Air Rifle at the 8th Asian Airgun Championship on Sunday.
The 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist Bindra, who turns 33 on Monday, shot 208.3 to bag the top prize ahead of Kazakhstan's world number eight Yurkov Yuriy (206.6) and Korea's Yu Jaechul (185.3) on the first day of competition at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi.
London Olympic bronze medallist Gagan Narang, finished fourth while another Indian, Chain Singh could not defend his title and finished sixth.
Narang looked well in control, shooting 10.6, 10.6 and 10.5, to take the lead after the first three shots of the finals. He then shot a 10.3 followed with a perfect 10.9 but his sixth shot on 9.2 pulled him down two places to No. 3 spot. In his next 10 shots Narang shot two shots on 9.8 and eventually finished fourth with a score of 164.5.
Bindra, however, maintained his consistency and was way ahead of the rest of the pack when the finals ended. He also had the best qualification score of 627.9 (105.6, 103.9, 105.8, 105.4, 102.7, 104.5).
"A lot of training has gone into it. I am always trying to do the best I can. It may look easy but I can guarantee it's very, very tough," Bindra said after his triumph.
"It's always good to win medals. I can't call it a practice but yes it's good preparation for Rio Olympics because there were medals at stake. When there is a medal involved we can't call it practice because there is varying degree of pressure," he said.
India's rifle coach Stanislav Lapidus was never in doubt about Bindra's chances in the tournament.
"There was no doubt about his result, I was expecting it, but with Gagan, it was different. He is preparing for the future," Lapidus said.
In the qualification, Gagan shot 622.6 (105.6, 103.2, 103.7, 102.5, 104.9, 102.7) while Chain shot 618.1 (103.1, 103.5, 103.1, 103.5, 102.8, 102.1).
India also won the gold in the 10m air rifle team event with Bindra, Narang and Chain Singh shooting a total of 1868.6. The Korean team of Kim Dajin, Yu Jaechul and Kim Taegon (1859.1) finished second and Saudi Arabia's Mesfer Abound Alammari, Faiz Anazi Ali and Mesfer Mubarak Aldawsari (1824.8) took the bronze.
Earlier, Satyajeet Kandhol started India's proceedings with a gold in the Youth Men's 10m Air Rifle. Satyajeet shot 204.8 in the final, just ahead of Chinese Taipei's Lu Shao-Chuan, who managed 203.7. Iran's Daavoud Abadi settled for bronze. In the junior category, Pratik Borse of India claimed silver with an effort of 203.9.


Does anyone else out there enjoy hamsters? We currently have two, Evelyn and Phoebe, who live in separate cages in my home office. They are a joy. Just have to be careful with so many dogs and cats around here that would love to get a taste. Phoebe is an escape artist. I recently had to remove the tube and tree house from her acquarium as she was using it as leverage to wedge herself up to the top of the cage and chew out of the lid!! She has escaped five times so far and everytime I think she uses up another life. So far, I've found her quickly, but she lost her privledges as her safety is in question.
What is a good way to entertain them besides the wheel? Also, any ideas on what else they can eat besides their regular food? They love yogurt drops, but I am wondering about fresh fruit and vegetables.
When I was a little girl I always had a hamster or two. http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/biggrin.gif Here is what i learned about food.
But you need to keep in mind that the fruits will go bad fast so do not keep them in there longer than a day.
If you have any more questions, just ask!
I had hamsters as a child and I can't remember how long they lived. Rusty, who died in April, was full grown when we got him and he lived about 2 1/2 years. He was a joy. He did escape twice in his life, but never went far.
Try giving your hamsters a sand and sterilised compost mix as a base in their tanks. Make it as deeep as you can - they love to dig.
Most garden centres have mushroom compost which is sterilised. Mix it with plenty of sand or try cactus soil. If the compost is a little damp when you open the bag leave it spread out on a tray for a few days.
Thanks Carrie. I'll keep you posted on how they do.
One of the reasons I stopped keeping Hamsters is that it always broke my heart that all they wanted to do was escape. My first two hamsters I got when I was 13 ( I'm 31 now) and they used to escape those Habitrail cages all the time. They'd always climb on my bed though,and wake me up, instead of running away. Those were the nicest hamsters! I've had about 5 or 6 others since then, till my last one died after a tragic wheel accident.
I keep rats now, and they are wonderful! But my daughter wants a hamster , too. I think she'll be disappointed after having the rats.
Do you know what the origin of a hamster is? Mine sound just like the ones you had. When they do escape, luckily I always find them in the just about the same spot. Once, Rusty (who has passed away now), got in my daughter's bed in the middle of the night. She came in my room crying about Rusty being in her bed. Of course I thought it was a dream, and low and behold, there he was, in her bed!!! http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/eek.gif I love these sweet little animals, but know that everytime they escape, they are subject to the wrath of a cat and two big dogs. So far, so good, but our luck could run out!!!


Markets sold off (declined) globally last week over general concerns regarding growth, earnings, and potential financial concerns, particularly those surrounding Greece's debt problems.
Greece doesn't have the money to pay its bills and faces possible default on its debt if it doesn't get fresh emergency funding by June. Everyone from US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to the IMF is urging Greece's new government, headed by new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipars of the Syriza party, to implement reform measures (e.g. pension system reform, labor market reform) that the prior Greek government had agreed to in 2012 as part of a $259 billion rescue deal.
Concerns over Greece are valid: Greek 10-year bond yields hit 12.49% last week, as compared to Germany's .07% 10-year yields. Two-year yields in Greece are over 26%, and this inversion (normally long yields are higher than short yields) suggests that investors see a very high risk of default. They are very concerned that the entity's ability to repay even short-term loans is jeopardized. Looking to short-term rates as an indicator of financial stress is common in financial economics. In his looking back over the 2008 global financial crisis, former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke talked of how he focused on the TED spread, or Treasury-Eurodollar spread, which is the difference between the interest rates on short-term interbank loans (loans between the large global banks) and short-term government debt or T-bills. As the risk of default on these interbank loans (i.e. "counterpart risk") increased, interbank lenders demanded a higher rate, and the TED spread rose from normal 10-40 basis point levels to over 450 basis points at the peak of the crisis (don't worry, its currently at 26 basis points!).
But while the European Union is in much better shape to weather a Greek exit or unmanaged default than it was a few years ago (WSJ), I still don't think it will happen, because it is still in no one's interest - Greece's or the broader European Community's. My view is that, in the end, Tsipars will do what it takes - the absolute minimum - to secure the funds in order to avoiddefault. Not unlike the US's debt ceiling debates, there seems to be an almost natural requirement for countries to move towards the brink before the political process moves towards resolution. That tells me that European and US (and Japan and Latin American) debt problems will be punctuating theheadlines for years. But Europe has made progress in other areas, and our Co-Chief Investment Officer Leah Bennett covers some of Europe's positives in this week's STMM webcast.
I think Olen's insight explains a lot more than that. It explains (or helps to explain) why business cycle theories arise from both the left and from the right. For example, there are those who argue that economies would be stable if it weren't for government-induced shocks, like tax/regulatory changes or central bank actions. And there are also those who argue that capitalist systems are inherently unstable, creating booms and busts through over-speculation or even disruptive innovation. Both have a history of over-predicting economic Armageddon.
The truth, I think, is that shocks can emanate from both government policy and from the private sector (i.e. "exogenous" and "endogenous shocks"). They can also be caused by the interaction of the two, as mentioned above. The key for investors is to think in terms of shocks and to try to avoid a lot of the ideological baggage.


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App of the Week: Space Station Research Explorer
by Carli Spina
Name: Space Station Research Explorer
Platform: iOS and Android
Space enthusiasts rejoice! At the beginning of last month NASA released a new (and free!) app that brings users aboard the International Space Station (ISS) with a particular focus on all of the research that is conducted aboard it. The app is divided into five sections: Experiments, Facilities, Benefits, Media, and Links.
The Experiments section, which is the first one that users encounter when they open the app, includes information on the wide range of experiments that have been conducted by various parties on the ISS. The section is divided into six topical subsections: Biology and Biotechnology, Earth and Space Science, Educational Activities and Outreach, Human Research, Physical Science, and Technology Development and Demonstration. Each of those subsections is further subdivided into deeper areas of focus. This diversity of topics shows the breadth of the work done on the ISS and also means that there is something to capture the imagination of almost anyone with an interest in science. Once you choose a specific subsection within a field, you can read about all of the related experiments that have been conducted on the ISS through extensive descriptions, media such as photos and diagrams, and links to related content elsewhere online. You can also search through the experiments using an included search feature or sort them by sponsor or the expedition during which they were conducted. This section was probably my favorite of the entire app because it offers so much rich information about the research that is done on the ISS.
However, this is not to take away from the other sections, including the Facilities section. This part of the app opens on an exterior picture of the space station and allows users to navigate to any of three sections of the space station. Once you have zoned in on a specific section, you see a detailed representation of that area of the ISS and you can pan and zoom using the standard pinch and swipe motions on your device. If you see something of interest, you can click on it to get a detailed image and brief description of what that section of the mechanics does. Next up is the Benefits section of the app which talks about how work on the ISS has been been translated to applications on Earth and the educational benefits in which the ISS has been instrumental. This section includes links out to further information on the NASA website, as well as brief descriptions within the app.
The Media section includes access to one game that can be played within the app and which demonstrates how G forces impact the trajectory of a ball thrown in the ISS. It also offers access to a variety of educational podcasts and videos. Finally, the Links section of the app connects users with related apps and web content from NASA and the ISS to help users move beyond what is included in the app itself.
This app is a bit text heavy, but thought has clearly been put into the design, which is engaging, and the navigation, which is clear. As a nice bonus feature, while content is loading, users are presented with pictures of the ISS and information about both the facilities and the activities undertaken on the space station. This is a nice educational app for use in STEM programming or for teens who are already fascinated with the space program.
Have a suggestion for App of the Week? Let us know. And find more great Apps in the YALSA Blog's App of the Week Archive.
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About Carli Spina
Carli Spina is an Emerging Technologies and Research Librarian. She also writes for YALSA's The Hub blog, where she is on the Advisory Board, and for the Lolly's Classroom blog hosted by The Horn Book. Follow her on Twitter to continue the conversation: @CarliSpina.
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Posted on 2 June 2018 by silentsplease
'Yesterday again today' is the slogan for the Time Cinema, one of Wellington's true hidden gems. Located in the suburb of Lyall Bay on Wellington's south coast, what looks like a typical suburban house turns out to include a 39-seater cinema out the back, along with a large lobby housing the Time Cinema's museum displays.
As well as hosting private functions, the Time Cinema runs screenings four times a month on alternating Wednesday and Saturdays. Generally, the films shown come from the Cinema's own collection of film prints, and the programming is heavy on American titles from the 1950s and 1960s. The screenings also often include a newsreel or other short from the NZ National Film Unit (NFU; 1941-1990), the governmental film-making body that issued regular newsreels between the early 1940s and early 1970s.
However, the Time Cinema's museum displays are just as big as an attraction—maybe an even bigger one. Floor to ceiling, almost every wall in the L-shaped lobby space is crammed with vintage film equipment and cinema memorabilia: projectors, film posters, cameras, splicers, books, interesting knick-knacks, a Steenbeck, even a little cabinet entirely devoted to film cements. There are a bunch of nods to local film culture, too: a lot of equipment here is ex-PRP or ex-NFU, a platterised print of The Return of the King hugs the wall in a corridor, and the Penthouse Cinema's former analogue projector stands in the main lobby. I'm a huge nerd about film technology and even have a small collection of my own items, so this kind of place is a dream to me.
It's not all film-related: for example, there's a whole cabinet dedicated to obsolete phone technology, and a large shelf of wax cylinder recordings. And everything is bundled together with a healthy dose of Kiwiana so gloriously tacky that only a local can truly appreciate it. Vintage Tip Top signs! A floor covered in 1980s AirNZ carpet! There's lot of weird and fun stuff, like how in one corner ceiling a person-sized stuffed Pink Panther is hiding behind a bunch of projectors.
Oddly enough, my family had the same Pink Panther toy when I was a kid.
The Time Cinema was founded almost forty years ago by John Bell, a collector and cinema enthusiast. Apparently he started collecting film-related items at the age of eight, and judging by the sheer number of treasures on display at the Time Cinema, it appears that he didn't really stop until his recent retirement. The museum is orderly—and things are secured pretty well, in deference to the fact that we're in earthquake country—but it's a lot. This is the most wonderful kind of cabinet of curiosities.
As the pictures show, the Time Cinema really is like a stroll back in time. It's the kind of place where screenings have an intermission, during which you are served sausage rolls, lamingtons, and cups of tea in those once-ubiquitious glass mugs.
Last Saturday we convened for a double-bill of Buster: Cops (1922) and The Navigator (1924). Cops was presented in a watchable but rather soft 16mm print, The Navigator was shown digitally. There's not much I can say about such well-established classics—I've seen them both several times before, but it's been a few years. Buster does some of his best work in these films, so if you haven't seen them, stop what you're doing and watch them right now! They're both fantastic! (Okay, with the caveat that The Navigator is marred by the section with the 'island natives').
The cinema itself. (source)
The excellent piano accompaniment was provided by David Beattie, who compiled bespoke scores for each film from music of the era. David's deep knowledge of Keaton's films was evident—his piano playing was perfectly calibrated to the images, with all the accents on Buster's pratfalls flawlessly timed.
Music and silent film is part of David's heritage; during his introduction to the screening, he explained that his grandmother had been a silent film accompanist in the 1920s, in the South Island town of Oamaru (which, incidentally, is the steampunk capital of Aotearoa New Zealand). Her portrait sat atop the piano during the screening. David fell in love with silent film when he saw Murnau's Sunrise (1927) back in the late 1970s and it seems he never looked back. We had a nice yarn during the intermission too, it's always great to meet a fellow silent film nerd.
Wellington is the film capital of Aotearoa: most of our film industry is based here, and companies like Weta (special effects) and Park Road Post (post-production) are internationally reputed; it's also home to ANZ's national audiovisual archive, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. And of course, we did not escape the Lord of the Rings marketing blitz. However, the Time Cinema is not that well-known—even some of my most film-loving friends had never been before the Keaton screening. (In fact, this was only my second outing there, even though I first visited two or three years ago, when a friend celebrated her birthday there). Later this year the Time Cinema will go silent again for a screening of Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei | The Last Days of Pompeii (IT 1913), starring my gal Fernanda Negri Pouget. I'm already looking forward to it!
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Jim Bullinger
Title: Jim Bullinger
Subject: Bill Bonham, Kirk Bullinger, Bob Anderson (baseball), Ray Burris, Archbishop Rummel High School
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Born: (1965-08-21) August 21, 1965
May 27, 1992, for the Chicago Cubs
April 7, 1998, for the Seattle Mariners
Chicago Cubs (1992–1996)
Montreal Expos (1997)
Seattle Mariners (1998)
James Eric Bullinger (born August 21, 1965) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1992-1996), Montreal Expos (1997) and Seattle Mariners (1998). He batted and threw right-handed. He is the brother of pitcher Kirk Bullinger. Jim Bullinger was converted to a pitcher in the Cubs' farm system, after initially playing as a shortstop. He played for the University of New Orleans before going pro, where his team made it to the 1984 College World Series.
He made his major league debut on May 27, 1992.[1] On June 8 of that year, he hit a home run on the first pitch he faced in his first at-bat in the majors, one of only five pitchers to accomplish this feat.
In a seven-season career, Bullinger posted a 34-41 record with 392 strikeouts and a 5.06 ERA in 642.0 innings pitched.[1]
^ a b "Jim Bullinger Baseball Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
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In the United States, typical law marriage has been in existence given that the horse and buggy days of 1877. In popular law systems, a single decided case is binding frequent law (connotation 1) , below the principle of stare decisis In contrast, in civil law systems, case law only acquires weight when a long series of cases use constant reasoning, known as jurisprudence constante In civil law systems, person decisions have only advisory, not binding effect.
States that do recognize widespread law marriage include the following: Alabama, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia (if created prior to 1997), Idaho (if produced prior to 1996), Iowa, Kansas, Montana, New Hampshire (for inheritance purposes only), Ohio (if made prior to 10/1991), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (if produced prior to 9/2003), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Utah.
Where a tort is rooted in frequent law ( connotation 1(a) ), all traditionally recognized damages for that tort might be sued for, regardless of whether or not there is mention of those damages in the existing statutory law For instance, a particular person who sustains bodily injury by means of the negligence of one more may perhaps sue for medical expenses, pain, suffering, loss of earnings or earning capacity, mental and/or emotional distress, loss of top quality of life , disfigurement and far more.
Anyway, the only time widespread law seriously ever comes about is in probate situations, where a partner has passed away and a frequent law companion is either not incorporated in the estate or they are incorporated but are taxed on the passage of the property (most states do not tax spouses, and the FET has unlimited exemptions for spouses).
Despite the Marriage Act of 1753, men and women still tended to maintain marriage informal – many felt that the State and the Church had no enterprise in their private lives. These followed the ritual of the Book of Widespread Prayer but violated canon law in a quantity of methods, most notably by becoming performed in private with no either the reading of banns or a valid licence from a church official. A popular law spouse who is the sole owner of a shared residence could sell or mortgage house without having consent and without the need of splitting proceeds.


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Data Center Blog
Santa Clara at Heart of Data Center Demand
In an effort to meed the data center demands of corporate users, Digital Realty Trust bought two shell buildings in Santa Clara, Calif.
By Ainsley Jones | Posted May 25, 2010
In an effort to meed the data center demands of corporate users, Digital Realty Trust bought two shell buildings in Santa Clara, Calif. The data center developer intends to use the buildings to facilitate six data centers totaling 48,000 square feet, San Francisco Business Times reports.
The aquisition is the latest by Digital Realty Trust, which aquired a shell building of 40,300 square feet earlier this month, according to Web Host Industry Review. Scott Peterson, senior VP of acquisition for Digital Realty Trust noted:
Combined with the acquisition of 1725 Comstock announced earlier this month, we can continue to incrementally build out and deliver turn-key space in Santa Clara to meet the strong demand in Silicon Valley for our data center product. The buildings are strategically located on a single 4.2 acre parcel across the street from our Space Park campus, allowing us to achieve meaningful economies of scale as we expand our footprint in this important, supply-constrained market
The company plans to build out the six data center PODs in two phases, with the first being operational by the first quarter of 2011.


How good is actually a protective surface coating? Do the products keep made promises, meaning, is the protective coating still on after several car washes? MrCAP has plenty of satisfied customers and our own comparative tests show that our FormulaU™, a product we developed in-house, functions perfectly. We decided anyways to let conduct a research by an objective laboratory comparing our product to some of the best-known products on the market.
The research contains some 891 measurements and proofs that 10 competitive products vanish from the surface already after 1 washing cycle. We were positively surprised that FormulaU™ stays on longer than what the test is even designed for.
At the end of test after 14 washing cycles (corresponding to 182 manual car washes) FormulaU™ is still actively protecting!
In their marketing companies claim to have the best products. But not all can be best. Usually some products are good whereas others perform less. Therefore, it can be difficult for a consumer to know what is true. We simply wanted to know what is really the best buy. Our own experience has shown that our FormulaU™ is probably the best protection for a car's paint. Our long-term tests have shown that the FormulaU™ stands up very well against other products. But to know for sure, we decided to let an independent laboratory conduct a research of our own and competing manufacturers' products. We turned to the best national institution, namely RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden – see box) to get the issue settled in an objective and scientific test. The brief to RISE was to compare MrCAP FormulaU™ Car Paint Protection and the corresponding product for the marine market MrCAP FormulaU™ Marine Gelcoat Protection, to 13 other, well known competitive products.
We ordered to, under controlled conditions, make a scientific comparative laboratory test, as close to reality as possible. The purpose was to investigate which of the products had best durability against wear and tear that occurs when the car is used and washed in a normal way. That is, the product that provides the best protection over time. The graphs show that the products from MrCAP survived the wear and tear by far the best. Just one competitive product was fairly comparable. The graphs from the test show the contact angle (see box next page) measured in different stages; first measurement before applying surface coating, then measurement after application and hardening, and then measuring after each wash cycle, 1, 2, 3, etc. The bar graph shows clearly how long the protection from every product was left on the paint/gelcoat surface. Both FormulaU ™ products from MrCAP got top results. The competitive products showed, with one exception, very low capacity to protect surfaces over time.
Before the test a number of identical steel panels were painted with the same regular, industrial car paint as used in the automobile industry. In addition, fiberglass panels with red gel coat were produced, to parallel test marine products. Surface protection products were then applied on the painted steel panels and gelcoated fiberglass panels that were part of the test in the laboratory. Product application was done according to each manufacturer's instructions. Before each wash cycle the painted steel panels and fiberglas panels were exposed to a treatment with two different types of degreasing.
In the crucial part of the test included a session in an abrasion tester, equipped with two parallel mounted sponges that were continuously wetted with an ordinary car shampoo, sweeping across the surface under constant pressure. In each washing cycle the sponges were drawn 20 times back and forth over the panels, that is, 40 times.
From experience we know that in a normal manual car wash a sponge is drawn 3 times on average over every painted surface. A washing cycle in the laboratory test would then correspond to approx. 13 manual car washes. (A car is washed at an average of 18 times per year.) After each washing cycle exactly 3 ml of water was dropped on the test surface with a laboratory pipette. Then the contact angle (see box) to the paint surface was measured with a microscope and recorded. It was repeated until the measurement showed that the current protective paint coating had disappeared from the surface. That is, when the reading was back at the same level as before the application of the respective protective surface coating product. In this way, one could observe how each washing cycle affected the respective protective surface coating durability.
The test was laid out in a series of steps. Initial measurement at only painted sheet metal, then measurement of painted surface treated with hardened protective surface coating products and then measurement after each washing cycle. Already after two washing cycles in the laboratory's abrasion tester 12 of our competitive products had vanished, i.e. there was no protective surface coating left on surfaces.
The graphs speak for themselves. The research, totaling 891measurements, showed that 10 competitive products had disappeared from the surface after one wash cycle. Two more products were gone after two washing cycles and one stood against eight cycles. But after 14 washing cycles in the abrasion tester, both our FormulaU ™ Car Paint Protection and FormulaU ™ Marine Gelcoat Protection were still present and active on each surface.
We are convinced that the superior properties of FormulaU ™ are the result of our own constant and thorough testing, as well as application of the result of studies of the physics behind hydrophobic surfaces and adhesion.