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RMAF 2017: Noble Audio and a surprise guest
The Wizard Was Here
Posted on October 16, 2017 by Lee Scoggins in RMAF 2017 // 0 Comments
At any North American show I've been to, Brannon Mason, who serves as essentially the Chief Marketing Officer of Noble Audio, is a fixture on the scene. Brannon has been involved since the beginning but his business partner, affectionately known as The Wizard, is often nowhere to be found. So color me surprised to hear Brannon say, "Hey, The Wizard is here." Scot had asked me to cover CanJam so I dutifully went over to the newly modernized ballroom to find The Wizard, aka John Moulton, sitting behind the Noble table with his lovely wife and two daughters. As a strategy consultant I was eager to learn more about how Noble got started and what are some of their key ingredients to the great sound quality I have been experiencing with a pair of Katanas.
Noble really began many years ago when John ran into Brannon at a restaurant in Thailand. Brannon got started in sound as a DJ at school events. As John tells it, this restaurant was a bit of a Cheers-like place. From there, a predecessor audio company was started which ultimately led to Noble being launched around 2013 with Brannon serving as a North American sales rep and also helping to source product. As the company grew, John remained in Thailand to grow the Asia-Pacific market and Brannon built up North America as the current headphone market exploded in size.
The great benefit of all this is that Noble is very much a global company with 24/7 support that varies between John and Brannon's team depending on what time of day you call in. I like this as I believe innovation can occur from ideas that emerge from every market and it probably provides more stability to be in more places as well. Helping out the team are some very experienced beta testers including the former owner of a major audio manufacturing firm.
But none of this interesting history would matter if the products did not sound good. And I gotta tell you, they are spectacular. Right now, Noble has two flagships, the Katanas and the latest version of the Kaisers. The Kaisers to my ears have a little more bass but not exaggeratedly so. The Katanas, however, are a reference class IEM for me. Very neutral and open sounding. They perform well with everything from Sinatra to Yello.
RMAF 2017 coverage is proudly sponsored by Noble Audio.
I asked John what made their products sound so good…what was different? John mentioned three things: the tuning of their balanced armature drivers, cable quality, and the fine CNC machining of the casework to provide an inert structure. Let's start with the last item: the quality of the outer case on a pair of Nobles is like a Rolex. Solid and beautiful. On the Katanas, half the case is gold and half is black. The "fluted" seam where they merge is flawlessly smooth between the two colors. Real Swiss watch precision based on my experience. The Wizard is very unassuming about this. He simply says they found a world-class CNC operation. The cable? They spent five years refining the ribbon "tinsel" they use for the wire. It's a silver plated copper wrapped in aramid, a derived product of Kevlar capable of 150 pounds of pull strength.
But what's the big news? The Kaiser Encore, the latest version of the flagship Kaiser which notably offers a better midrange and these features:
10 proprietary balanced armature drivers manufactured by Knowles© per side
Updated Noble universal form factor and geometry featuring creative precision machined aluminum housings
Sensitive enough for use with smartphones as well as portable amps and DAPs
Hand-assembled and matched
Detachable cable with industry standard 2-pin configuration (0.78 mm diameter)
I had a listen and they sounded superb. But I should probably mention one more theme of Noble: they make some of the most gorgeous custom designs I have seen. Just check out the "LookBook" section of nobleaudio.com if you don't believe me. John shared with me a photo (below) of the manufacturing process on one piece.
CanJam was even more full of energy this year than usual but Noble Audio was a personal highlight for me. It was truly wonderful to meet The Wizard and his beautiful family.
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About Lee Scoggins (125 Articles)
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Lee got interested in audio listening to his Dad's system in the late 70s and he started making cassettes from LPs. By the early 80s he got swept up in the CD wave that was launching which led to a love of discs from Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs. Later while working on Wall Street in the 90s, Lee started working on blues, jazz and classical sessions for Chesky Records and learned record engineering by apprenticeship. Lee was involved in the first high resolution recordings which eventually became the DVD-Audio format. Lee now does recordings of small orchestras and string quartets in the Atlanta area. Lee's current system consists of Audio Research Reference electronics and Wilson Audio speakers.


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Matthew Salman "Matt" Anoa'i ou Matt Anoa'i (San Francisco, 7 de abril de 1970 — Pensacola, 17 de abril de 2017) foi um lutador profissional de luta profissional americano. Fazia parte da família samoana Anoa'i, que tem entre seus membros lutadores famosos como Dwayne Johnson, Rocky Johnson, Peter Maivia, Yokozuna, Rikishi, Umaga, The Usos e seu irmão Joe Anoa'i, mais conhecido como Roman Reigns.

Carreira
Iniciou a carreira em 1994 em federações independentes, lutando principalmente em duplas, sob o codinome Mack Daddy Kane. Logo após, juntou-se ao seu primo Eddie Fatu, trocando seu codinome para Kimo e formando os The Island Boyz.

Em 1994, Matt e Eddie foram contratados pela WWE para formar a dupla 3 Minute Warning, sob os nomes de Rosey e Jamal respectivamente. Sua função era ser guarda-costas de Eric Bischoff.

Em 2003, Eddie foi demitido pela WWE e Matt continuou a trabalhar, agora fazendo dupla com The Hurricane. Esta dupla capturou o WWE World Tag Team Championship em uma ocasião. Com o fim da dupla em 2006, Rosey não foi mais utilizado até ser dispensado de seu contrato pela WWE.

Após o fim de seu contrato, Matt foi lutar na All Japan Pro Wrestling, usando o codinome R'OZ. em 2007 foi chamado novamente pela WWE para lutar em sua federação de desenvolvimento da época, a Ohio Valley Wrestling, mas não obteve um novo contrato com a WWE.A 19 de abril Matt Anoa'i foi encontrado morto em casa

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One of the top government officials in Yunnan is spending time this week in Naypyidaw, capital of neighboring Myanmar. Provincial governor Chen Hao (陈豪) began a three-day diplomatic trip May 6 by meeting with Burmese president Thein Sein to discuss a litany concerns on both sides, as well as ways to promote the increase of legitimate bilateral trade.
At the center of the talks is stability along Myanmar's 2,000-kilometer shared border with Yunnan. The most high-profile concern is a three-month war raging between the Burmese military and ethnically Chinese Kokang guerrillas in Myanmar's Shan State. What started as an internal Burmese issue in February quickly changed into a cross-border crisis when tens of thousands of refugees sought safety in Lincang Prefecture in Yunnan.
Already angered by the humanitarian situation, Beijing was positively incensed when Burmese warplanes bombed rural Yunnan villages not once but twice. Although the initial bombing caused only minor property damage, the latter claimed the lives of four Chinese farmers, leading Beijing to angrily summon the Burmese ambassador to China for a tongue lashing.
Chen's trip is no doubt a delicate attempt to repair strained relations between Myanmar and China. Civil war, refugees and errant explosives are enough to make any relationship tenuous, but Chinese leadership is also concerned with the huge shipments of heroin, opium and methamphetamines that routinely leak across the porous Yunnan border.
And the concerns are not one-sided. Thein Sein's government charges that illegal trade out of his country — especially in jade, gold, endangered species and old-growth timber — is promoted and financed by unscrupulous Chinese businessmen operating illegally in Myanmar. However, the touchiest issue may be that of human trafficking in women.
Already this year, Chinese authorities have made several notable stings, arresting dozens of people involved in buying, transporting and selling Burmese women to perspective Chinese husbands. The largest of these occurred in March, when police made 35 arrests and repatriated 177 women and girls to Myanmar after raiding a Yunnan company advertising "Myanmar women [who] cost you only 20,000 yuan".
Chen has only officially been in power since January, and his province's western border snakes along endless mountain ranges, beside lush river valleys and through dense jungle that are nearly impossible to properly patrol. The one possible bright spot, and something he will undoubtedly bring up repeatedly during his Naypyidaw visit, is bilateral trade and the third annual China-South Asia Expo opening June 12 in Kunming. But what can be accomplished regarding the lawless and sometimes dangerous border between Myanmar and Yunnan remains a giant question mark.
This article was written by Patrick Scally and originally published on GoKunming. It is reprinted here, in its entirety, with permission from the author.
Last week the US State Department issued its annual Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Report, which ranks every country in the world according to their adherence to the US government's anti-trafficking mandate. For the first time, Thailand was designated "Tier 3," the lowest "rung" on the TIP Report's ladder.
In the past two weeks, close to 300 suspected Uighur migrants were discovered in the jungles of southern Thailand. Since their discovery and apprehension by Thai authorities, accusations of terrorism and rebuttals to these claims have flown.
Quoting an unnamed source attached with Thai police, the Bangkok Post published an article claiming that the migrants were indeed Uighurs. They intended to use Thailand as a transit point to go to Turkey, where they would be trained in terror tactics that could be used in their native China and elsewhere.
Recently, two groups of migrants have been found in the south of Thailand. The first, discovered March 12 at a rubber plantation near Songkhla, was a group of 219 people, containing dozens of women and children. Another group of 77 were arrested near a school in Sadao district on the 20th of March.
The same source alleged that the migrants were identified as Chinese Uighurs and not Turks, as they have claimed, by bus tickets and items that had Chinese writing on them. "Immigration police are not stupid," the police source added.
Turkey has sent diplomats to southern Thailand to verify the migrants' claims of Turkish nationality. The migrants were able to speak with diplomats when interviewed, however when met by an interpreter from the Thai Immigration Bureau they could not communicate well. "The interpreter believed they could not speak Turkish," the source said.
A named source, Thai Immigration Bureau chief Lt. General Panu Kerdlarppol, refused to give any specific details regarding the migrants' nationality or ethnicity. However, historically and geographically, it would make more sense that they were Uighur. Thai authorities have been aware of a Uighur migrant presence in the country since last year.
In December 2013, 112 refugees were arrested in the country's south and are now being held at a detention center. Thirty of the migrants have so far been positively identified as Uighurs. Following the arrests, Lt. General Panu met with Chinese authorities in Kunming about the issue.
There are some, however, that dispute claims of the migrants' nefarious motives. Speaking through the Phuket Wan Tourism News, the New York-based Human Rights Watch dismissed the accusations.
Mr. Robertson links these claims of terrorism to Thailand's treatment of asylum seekers in the past. Starting in 2009, hundreds of Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar began regularly washing ashore on Thailand's western coast. These refugees, fleeing ethnic violence in their home, were also labelled as terrorists. Oftentimes, they were pushed back out to sea by units of the Thai navy.
"It seems pretty clear that Thai officials have some ulterior motives in trying to tar this entire group with the 'terrorist' label," Mr Robertson said.
He believes the end game is to deport the migrants to China, "I suspect that such 'terrorist' accusations are a prelude to some Thai government officials trying to force these groups back to China in what would be a clear violation of international law," Mr Robertson surmised.
Migrants claiming Turkish nationality were also arrested in Malaysia this month, though no further word on their situation has been released.


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Inland Rail inks Qld agreement, Gladstone eyed
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Bielby Holdings managing director Adam Edwards, ARTC interim CEO Rebecca Pickering and Member for Groom Garth Hamilton. Photo: ARTC
THE Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has signed of an agreement with a Brisbane-based joint venture for the Northern Civil Works Program as part of the Inland Rail build in Queensland.
The program includes more than 900 concrete culverts and at least 30 bridges spanning a total of more than 11 kilometres in the 162km section connecting Whetstone north-east of Goondiwindi with Gowrie on the western edge of Toowoomba.
The BHQ joint venture (BHQ JV) comprises Bielby Holdings, JF Hull Holdings and QH&M Birt, and has entered into a collaborative framework agreement with ARTC as the builders of the Melbourne-Brisbane Inland Rail project.
ARTC Inland Rail interim chief executive Rebecca Pickering said the announcement was the culmination of months of work by ARTC, and will ultimately support hundreds of jobs in Queensland.
"Inland Rail is a fast freight backbone that will transform how goods are moved around Australia – it's also a catalyst for regional employment and economic opportunity," Ms Pickering said.
"Queensland stands to benefit significantly from Inland Rail, with approximately two-thirds of the total project expenditure allocated for Queensland, and more than 11,800 jobs expected at the peak of construction in 2023-24.
"We've already committed contracts to over 630 businesses in Queensland worth over $1.5 billion, and this agreement will bring even more stimulus to the state as it recovers from the economic impacts of the pandemic."
Ms Pickering said the appointment of a civil works proponent in parallel with environmental planning approvals will allow local businesses to hit the ground running when formal approval is given.
"Major construction will not start until statutory approvals have been received from the Queensland and Australian governments, but with the appointment of a preferred proponent now tells local businesses to get 'Inland Rail ready' and start talking with BHQ JV about what the future looks like."
Ms Pickering said a large local workforce would be needed for this part of the Inland Rail project, with up to 950 workers needed at the peak of construction.
BHQ will initially be working with ARTC to review reference design and develop construction plans and methodologies ahead of the development of a fully costed proposal for the first of the works packages next year.
BHQ JV will now be seeking partnerships with businesses and skilled operators that can support project delivery such as transport operators, fencing, quarries, earthworks and electrical companies.
Work on the Inland Rail project is moving north, and sleeper replacement and other upgrades are occurring on the Narrabri-North Star section which stops just short of the NSW-Queensland border.
Floodplain dissent
The proposed route of Inland Rail south of Millmerran has sparked serious concerns from local landholders including Millmerran Rail Group chairman Wes Judd.
He said neither the Queensland Government or the Australian Government have approved the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed route over the Condamine River floodplains, and the Independent Panel of Experts appointed by both governments
was still investigating ARTC's flood modelling.
"Nothing is settled with this proposed route," Mr Judd said.
"The ARTC can appoint designers and update websites all they like; with no EIS approval they can't lay a sleeper."
Mr Judd said advice the MRG had seen from the Coordinator-General's office last week confirmed this."
"As the Senate Committee who spent almost two years investigating Inland Rail and ARTC found, they have done a botched job with the project and engaging the local community."
Mr Judd said the draft EIS for the route has been roundly criticised, from parties including the Toowoomba Regional Council, which stated: "It is recommended that the Draft EIS be rewritten to remove inconsistencies and confusion raised through missing, potentially misleading, or inaccurate information."
Some farms fronting the Gore Highway at Pampas near Millmerran are hosting visual reminders of peak flood levels and the dangers they pose to the proposed Inland Rail route which is yet to receive final approvals.
The proposed path for Inland Rail across the Macintyre Valley has also sparked concern and, like the Condamine floodplain crossing, has been brought to the attention of a federal senate committee.
The path across the Macintyre is the 39km North Star-to-Border section, and the ARTC website states it is currently in the reference design stage.
"During this time, we are conducting various studies and consulting with landowners and other key stakeholders to better understand potential issues and opportunities around the Macintyre River crossing," ARTC said.
Eyes on Gladstone
The Federal Government announced on Friday that it will provide up to $10 million to undertaking a business case into extending the Inland Rail line from Toowoomba to the Port of Gladstone.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Barnaby Joyce said extending Inland Rail from Toowoomba could deliver better rail connectivity to the Port of Gladstone and expand access to import and export markets for Australian businesses and industry.
"Extending the line to Gladstone would ensure the benefits of this nation-building piece of infrastructure are felt farther and wider, creating more jobs during construction, supporting existing jobs in the region, and better connecting our resources industries and agricultural producers to another major export gateway.
"The connection to Gladstone would be in addition to our existing commitment to take Inland Rail to Brisbane."
Federal Member for Flynn Ken O'Dowd said enhancing Australia's freight network is vital to improving productivity and supporting economic growth well into the future, which is why the Liberal and Nationals Government is exploring options to extend Inland Rail.
"Our Government has listened to calls to explore this extension to the Port of Gladstone and this business case demonstrates our commitment to delivering for our regions and for Queenslanders," Mr O'Dowd said.
"Inland Rail is already creating jobs, transforming our regions and stimulating new revenue and growth opportunities for businesses in every state and territory across Australia.
"The Deputy Prime Minister and I have consistently advocated for the extension of Inland Rail to Gladstone and this business case ensures that the idea is thoroughly tested.
"Our commitment also aligns with opportunities identified by Infrastructure Australia's Priority List for the Port of Gladstone Sea and Land Upgrade initiative."
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Oceans 11 producer Jerry Weintraub reveals Cannes inspiration for charity
While for many, Cannes Film Festival represents the height of Hollywood glamour, for award-winning producer Jerry Weintraub, it's also the birthplace of his relief charity Not On Our Watch.
Speaking to me ahead of next weekend's fundraiser at London's Sandown Racecourse, Jerry, 75 - the man behind the famous Oceans movie series -revealed the precise moment that he, along with Don Cheadle, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, first came up with the idea for the charity.
'It was 2007 and we were premiering one of the Oceans movies in Cannes and I remember sitting on the back of a yacht, drinking champagne with George [Clooney] and he turned to me and said: 'We should do something with this.',' the 75-year-old told me.
Both George Clooney and Brad Pitt are founding members of the charity
'So we did. We realised that we had the power to do so much more – simply because we had people around us who wanted to spend time with us because of who we are. When we're in Cannes we can bring in the big names to support us and that's a really powerful thing. In among all these parties, we can do something great – and that's what we have done.'
Since then, Not On Our Watch has gone from strength to strength, helping to bring global attention and resources towards putting an end to mass atrocities around the world, something which Jerry believes is made all the more possible by its founders and the media's interest in them.
'We can go to Washington and meet the president, or we can go to London and meet the Prime Minister and all because we have cameras with us,' he explained. 'The politicians love the cameras! It's the same thing in Cannes. Instead of doing things to celebrate ourselves however, we're doing things to help a charity.'
The Oceans 11 cast came up with the idea for the organisation while at Cannes Film Festival
While Jerry and his co-founders have yet to storm the doors at No 10 Downing Street, he admits that he wouldn't say no to the opportunity to meet Mr Cameron in order to chat with him about the charity's work.
'I think it would be great to meet with your Prime Minister and, even though we don't have a meeting with him planned, it's something that I think we should definitely do in the future!'
Jerry may get his chance later this month when he travels to the UK for the Not on Our Watch Race Day on June 15th at Sandown Racepark, the charity's first major event to be held on British soil.
Hosted by Heloise Agelou, Prudence McNellis, HH Princess Nauf Al Bendar Al Saud and Carol Joy Hatton, it will feature exclusive private performances from pianist Daniel Grimwood, renowned concert violinist Nazrin Rashidova and British Soprano Laura Wright.
Fine Artist Ben Mosley will also be working on his Genocide painting during the luncheon which will be donated for the auction.
This will be followed by an afternoon of racing and a silent auction.
An afterparty hosted by Cleo Rocos, Prudence McNellis and Heloise Agelou will then be held at The Brompton Club.
For more information about the Not on Our Watch Race Day at Sandown Racepark on June 15, visit: http://prudenceproduction.com/sandown.php
Report by Charlie Lankston
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Hats off! A new collaboration for Philip Treacy
Milliner Philip Treacy has made hats for everyone from the likes of Camilla Parker Bowles, Kate Middleton, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie to Madonna, Lady Ga Ga, Victoria Beckham and Sarah Jessica Parker. But his latest venture has seen him leave the world of mixing with royalty and celebrity for the first time to design a limited edition range of sun hats for women and children.
Teaming up with Thomson travel agents to create the collection for holidaymakers, we can vouch for the fact that the hats look fab. And we reckon they will be a real hit when they are presented free of charge to guests at the new Five star Sensatori resort in Turkey.
'Hats are about making yourselves look good and having a good time.' Philip told us at the official launch in London last week.
'I think that hats are about escapism - as are holidays and hotels. It's about giving people an experience that they don't have at home. But when they are on holiday, they can get wear a hat and get glammed up and enjoy themselves.'
Philip revealed how he took inspiration from the iconic image of Liz Taylor wearing a wide-brim hat at the pool parties of the Fifties in Beverly Hills.
The Irish-born milliner also told us how he has designed the stunning hotel bar at the new Thomson resort.
The Butterfly Bar takes inspiration from one of Philip's proudest creations; the infamous butterfly hat he designed for Naomi Campbell.
'As well as designing the hats I've designed a gorgeous bar,' enthuses Philip.
'It's very deluxe and I wanted to create a very glamorous environment where you can go and relax and have a drink in the evening. I would love to get Naomi over there too. She has asked me to design a hat for her new talent show The Face. Don't believe everything you read about Naomi, she's not that bad. It's a thrill to design hats for the most beautiful and exotic women of the world, and she sure is in that category!'
Philip Treacy has designed a limited edition range of sunhats for Thomson to celebrate the launch of their new 5* Sensatori Resort in Side, Turkey. For more information on the collaboration visit http://www.thomson.co.uk/blog
Report by Olivia Buxton
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Boujis put their mark on the polo at inaugural Audi afterparty
Favourite London nightspot Boujis is set to take the polo world by storm this summer as it prepares to host an exclusive after-party at this year's Audi International Polo.
Due to be held at the Guards Polo Club on July 28, the Audi International Polo is one of the most anticipated social events in the summer calendar and sees a whole host of famous faces gather to cheer on their respective teams.
The Audi Polo Challenge will team up with London nightspot Boujis for the first time ever this year
Guests at last year's event included Matt Smith, Douglass Booth and Dominic Cooper and this year looks set to boast an even more impressive guestlist as hundreds of eager polo enthusiasts - inlcluding yours truly - get set to toast the season with a right royal knees up courtesy of Boujis.
Boujis will host their after-party in the grounds of the Guards Polo Club
"Boujis has been synonymous for throwing some of the best parties and exclusive events in London and internationally for its members - now it's time to put our stamp on this prestigious polo event,' Martyn Bowden, Boujis' Marketing & Group PR Manager, told me.
Photos courtesy of © www.imagesofpolo.com
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Nichola Smith is Red Hot
Ok I admit it, we have something of a food obsession here on the MoS Diary desk. So imagine my delight when I was given the opportunity to chat with one of the UK's rising foodie stars Nichola Smith, host of TV's newest food favourite Red, Hot and Yummy.
Far from being your average chef, Nichola is also a former music manager, events organiser and general nightlife guru, having spent many years managing Fabric nightclub. Combine that wealth of showbiz knowledge and incredibly impressive black book of contacts with her passion for food and you have one heck of a show.
Nichola ensures that she overseas every aspect of the meal
'My experience working with those celebrities has helped me to understand so much more about every aspect of an event experience,' Nichola told me. 'I make sure that it's not just the food that I take care of, but also the cutlery and the table settings and everything like that. It's all equally important.'
Working for such high-profile clients does have its drawbacks though - and has presented Nichola with many a complex and demanding challenge.
'I've had some unbelievable requests,' she revealed. 'I've never taken on a job that I didn't think I could do, but at the same time I've been really careful not to turn down anything because it was challenging.
Cooking for her idol Jamie Oliver was one of Nichola's most nerve-wracking tasks
'There have been some jobs where I have felt slightly overwhelmed by the whole thing - and you see a lot of that come through in the shows - but it all works out in the end and we manage to work around any surprises that crop up along the way.'
Seemingly ever calm and collected in the face of mishaps, I couldn't help but question Nichola as to her most stressful experience in the kitchen.
'Cooking for Jamie Oliver was amazing and scary at the same time,' Nichola explained. 'We went and cooked for him on the set of his show and it was quite the operation! Everything turned out fine in the end though and he gave me lots of brilliant feedback.'
Nichola's new show Red, Hot and Yummy is broadcast on the Food Network UK, every weekday at 9pm until June 6.
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Former ZAF officers petition ConCourt over housing allowances – Zambia: News Diggers!
Five former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) officers have petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking an order that ZAF should pay them their housing and utility allowances, including withheld salary arrears until their pension benefits are paid in full.
The five: Owen Mayapi; Mulasikwanda Manengu; Hezron Gondwe; Edward Falanga and Majory Munkena who have sued the Attorney General, are also seeking a declaration that ZAF's decision to stop paying them housing and utility allowances is unconstitutional.
In a petition filed in the ConCourt registry, Mayapi, Manengu and Gondwe stated that they joined ZAF as officers on different dates and rose to the ranks of Lieutenant-Colonel, Major and Major, respectively.
And Falanga and Munkena stated that they joined ZAF as non-commissioned officers and rose to the ranks of warrant officer class one and two respectively.
The petitioners stated that the conditions governing their employment provided that they could retire from employment upon completion of 10 or more years of service by giving ZAF the prescribed notice.
"In keeping with the condition governing their employment, the five who had all completed more than 10 years of service applied to voluntarily retire from employment with ZAF by giving the due notice to ZAF," read the petition.
The petitioners stated that ZAF accepted their application for voluntary retirement and advised each of them that they would be paid their benefits calculated in accordance with the Public Service Pensions Act.
They stated that during the period of their employment, their salaries comprised of a basic pay and a housing allowance calculated at 40 per cent of the basic pay for those who were not accommodated in the respondent's house.
The petitioners stated that on or about November 22, 2018, ZAF issued a circular stopping payment of Housing and Utility allowances to the petitioners and advised them that they were only entitled to be paid their basic salaries, pending payment of all their pension benefits.
They stated that despite representation from them that they were entitled to be paid their housing and utility allowances, ZAF had gone ahead and stopped payment of the same, and had even threatened to recover the housing and utility allowances paid to them since their respective retirements.
The petitioners pray that the Court declares that a circular issued by ZAF stopping the payment of their housing and utility allowances is unconstitutional.
They are further seeking for an order that ZAF should pay them their housing and utility allowances, including withheld salary arrears until their pension benefits were paid in full.


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Real estate portal PropTiger has acquired Housing.com in an all stock deal, with the combined entity raising $50 million from global online real estate advertising company REA Group and $5 million from Softbank.
The deal values Housing at $70 million, which was its latest valuation two months back, when Softbank put in a bridge of $5 million in the startup, two sources said. Both companies declined to divulge financial details of the deal. However, the joint company is believed to be valued at close to $250 million, sources said.
"With this merger, we clearly become the leader in the online to offline real estate space," Agarwala told ET, adding that the integration will take about 3 months to complete.
"We (Proptiger and Housing team) bring in very complimentary skills to the table, so we will retain the employees of both teams," he added.
"India is an important part of our international growth strategy," said REA Group CEO Tracy Fellows. "The joint entity will have access to REA Group's expertise and know-how from its operations across the globe."
According to that tie up, new projects showcased on the Housing.com platform online, will leverage PropTiger's offline services including site-visit arrangement, price negotiations, paperwork assistance, home-loan offers to complete the deal. While PropTiger will provide an upfront marketing fee to promote New Projects on Housing.com, it will also share a part of the transaction fee on successful sale of a property.
Housing has raised more than $130 million in funding so far, out of which about $85 million has been invested by Softbank. Other major investors include Nexus Venture Partners and Helion Venture Partners, while it also counts Falcon Edge Capital, Nirvana Venture, Russian billionaire Yuri Milner's Apoletto Holdings besides Snapdeal co-founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal as shareholders.
After the ouster of Housing's founder Rahul Yadav, most of the company co-founders quit the startup. However at the same time, under the leadership of Kothari the company has revamped its top management and appointed more experienced talent on its board including former Google and Amazon top executive Vivek Jain as its chief product and technology officer. and Keerthi Kiran as the head of new real estate projects.
PropTiger, on the other hand says it distinguishes itself in the market by offering customers an end-to-end service from house discovery to final purchase, including arranging site visits, assisting with home loans and property registrations.
The company's other investors include SAIF Partners and Accel Partners. News Corp acquired 25% stake in Elara in November 2014 for $30 million and increased its stake to about 30% in June 2015.


An ongoing look at the singer's best outfits.
From his X Factor days to the One Direction era and his solo rock star style, Harry Styles' fashion sense is always evolving. Here's an ongoing look at the singer's best looks.
At BBC Studios in London.
At BBC Radio 2 in London.
At Gare du Nord station in Paris.
At the American Music Awards.
Attending a private dinner celebrating the launch of the Nick Grimshaw for TOPMAN collection at Odette's Primrose Hill in London.
Attending the Burberry Prorsum show at London Fashion Week.
Arriving at Kendall Jenner's London hotel.
At a Fashion East fashion show in London.
At the Burberry Prorsum Womenswear Spring/Summer 2014 show during London Fashion Week in London.
With Taylor Swift in New York City.
At the Burberry Spring Summer 2013 Womenswear Show in London, England.
Everything Harry Styles Does in "Dunkirk"


When trying to highlight a word in my text the cursor jumps to somewhere completely different and highlights totally the wrong area. The only way to change/edit my text is by entering the Source code and doing it manually i.e. changing colour/font. I am using fckeditor v2.6.3 and its running on a large network so its not the computer i am using as ive used several all with the same result.
I have however imported a table from word using the correct procedure with no text but even highlighting other areas is a real pain as im trying to teach others to use the editor. I have requested the company upgrade to ckeditor v3.0. Will this maybe solve some of my problems? I did not install it i just have to use it the best i can.
This is so important to me as i have to write training manuals and procedures for my work over the next 2 years and i really need a stable editor.


International Children Day on 20th November 2018 also coincides with the 80th Anniversary of the Kindertransport. On the evening of November 15th I attended a very inspiring evening at Quaker Centre, Friends House, Euston to commemorate the eighty year anniversary of the decision by the British government to allow approximately 10,000 (mainly Jewish) children to travel to this country and take refuge with volunteer British families who willingly opened their doors to strangers and who, out of their own pockets, donated £50 towards the expenses of this operation. That's nearly £2400 in today's money.
Although he is able to recall many happy memories of excursions into the country, winter sledging and skiing, and playing with friends at school and in the neighbourhood, he says that he remembers the shock when none of the children wanted to play with him, and even the teachers didn't want to teach him any longer.
Tragically even worse stories of child refugees who are fleeing persecution and violence is current news Sage Passage. Lord Dubbs is trying to follow in the footsteps of the late Sir Nicholas Winton who saved over 600 children from Prague in 1938-9, as the You Tube clip of 'That's Life' in 1988 shows. Happily my grandparents escaped and were reunited with my Dad, once again, thanks to the Quakers.
My Dad in the front row, surprised and delighted to be reunited with his parents (and a number of other Jewish refugees) who were given sanctuary by the Co-Operative Holiday Association in a mansion called Lledr Hall, located in the hamlet of Pont-y-Pant. "This was a happy time, I recall, partly being with my parents again, partly because I appreciated the beautiful setting of The Hall".


St. Aloysius, I come before you on behalf of all those suffering from HIV and AIDS, especially (name person).
Ask God to: bless them with doctors and nurses who are educated and experienced; to send them caregivers who are respectful and kind, and treat them with dignity; to touch the hearts of their friends, co-workers and families so that they are embracing, compassionate, and empathetic; and, to heal any hurts they have because of misunderstanding or rejection.
Please plead their cases before God's heavenly throne and always assist them with your love and prayers. Amen.


A systematic exam of acids and bases, discussing what they're and the place they are often stumbled on, the houses and behaviors of acids and bases, ideas, and makes use of. comprises net connections and a glossary.
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Acids are found in fertilizers, plastics, petroleum products, and batteries. Bases are found in fertilizers, construction materials, paper, and soaps. Both acids and bases are found in a variety of cleaning products. Acids and bases can make you feel better. Acetylsalicylic acid is better known as aspirin. Cough syrups often contain bases. Antacids such as Tums, Rolaids, Milk of Magnesia, and Pepto-Bismol are bases that counteract excess stomach acid. pH-Balanced Products Many products you use on your skin and hair may keep you clean and make you smell good, but excessive hygiene is not as healthy as you might think.
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The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) together with the Japan Sake & Shochu Makers Association, will co-host the "Sake Masterclass & Showcase", to be held in Sydney on Thursday 21st June 2018.
From Japan, 18 Sake breweries, members of the Japan Sake & Shochu Makers Association (list attached), will participate. Australian sake related business guests attending the event include; Japanese food & beverage importers, sommeliers, and restaurant related business persons. This is the first time for JETRO to hold a Sake related business matching event in Australia.
Further, in addition to the business matching event, a Sake promotion seminar will be held. In the first half of the seminar, Mr Yukio Hamada, Director of the Japan Sake & Shochu Makers Association, will present about the foundation of Japanese sake. Following, WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) Certified Sake Educator, SSI (Sake Service Institute) Certified Kikisakeshi – Sake Sommelier (SSI Tokyo) and IWC (International Wine Challenge) Sake Judge, Mr Leigh Hudson, will present in detail on the differences between sake and wine, and sake food pairings. Through holding these seminars, Japanese food and beverage related business guests will be able to deepen their knowledge on sake, and by understanding the affinity of sake with western foods, learn how to proactively serve Sake in accompaniment of Australian fine dining and fusion cuisine.
The Government of Japan has set the goal of 1 trillion yen ($12.2 billion AUD) global export value of Japanese agricultural, forestry, and fishery products in 2019. Last year, in 2017, the total export value of Japanese agricultural, forestry, and fishery products was its highest ever of 807.1 billion yen ($9.8 billion AUD), with Japanese sake accounting for 18.7 billion ($227 million AUD), a record high for eight consecutive years.
In 2017, the export value of Japanese agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to Australia was a record high of 14.8 billion yen ($180 million AUD, 9th world wide), up 19.7% from the previous year. With respect to sake exports, 2016 saw 362 million yen ($4.4 million AUD, up 16.8% from previous year), and in 2017 increased to 396 million yen ($4.8 million AUD, 9.4% increase over previous year). In Australia, the alcoholic beverage market is centred on wine and beer, with the market for Japanese sake not as big. However, in recent years, with the boom and diversification of Japanese food and beverages, this sake business matching and seminar event aims to support further expansion for the demand of sake in Australia.


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Officials from the US and UK will also be in attendance.
The quartet of web giants that make up the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) are holding their inaugural meeting today. Formed in June by Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft and Google, the initiative aims to leverage technology -- such as the shared industry hash database and machine vision-based detection -- to stamp out extremist imagery online. In attendance will be UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd and the US Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke, along with EU and UN representatives.
As calls for a crackdown on violent and hateful material grow louder, the four companies will set out their collaborative goals. These include blocking terrorists' use of social media and the web to spread propaganda, and to exploit real-world events.
To a certain extent, it seems their long-running individual plans are already working. At the outset of the year, the European Commission confirmed that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft had improved their efforts to review hate speech on their respective platforms. But that announcement was drowned out by the tough talk levelled at the tech titans by the UK and French governments in June.
Facing the threat of fines and legal penalties, the GIFCT is outlining more measures for the near future. Over the next few months, the forum will add five more companies to the industry hash-sharing database for violent terrorist imagery. Two out of the proposed five new members have already joined, among them Snapchat developer Snap Inc. and Justpaste.it. The forum will also work on knowledge-sharing with 50 companies as part of ICT4Peace and the UN's Tech Against Terrorism project. Additional meetings will be held around the world later this year.


Best data yet on the composition of a planet known as HR 8799 c.
Astronomers at the Caltech have obtained some of the best and the more robust data yet on the composition of a planet known as HR 8799 c. While different scientists had previously made comparative estimations of this planet, but these new data show the power of combining high-resolution spectroscopy with a system known as adaptive optics, which redresses for the obscuring impact of Earth's atmosphere.
HR 8799 c is an extrasolar planet located approximately 129 light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus, orbiting the 6th magnitude Lambda Boötis star HR 8799. This planet has a mass between 5 and 10 Jupiter masses and a radius from 20 to 30% larger than Jupiter's.
Dimitri Mawet, an associate professor of astronomy at Caltech said, "This type of technology is exactly what we want to use in the future to look for signs of life on an Earth-like planet. We aren't there yet, but we are marching ahead.
Taking pictures of planets that circle different stars—exoplanets—is an impressive undertaking. Light from the host stars far surpasses the planets, making them difficult to see. In excess of dozens of exoplanets have been straightforwardly imaged up until this point, including HR 8799 c and three of its planetary allies.
Truth be told, HR 8799 is the only multiple- planet system to have its image taken. When a picture is obtained, astronomers can utilize instruments, called spectrometers, to break separated the planet's light, similar to a prism transforming sunlight into a rainbow, consequently uncovering the fingerprints of chemicals. Up until now, this methodology has been utilized to find out about the environments of several giant exoplanets.
Now, by perfecting their technique using Keck, scientists want to learn about the compositions and dynamics of giant planets.
For the study, astronomers used an instrument on Keck called NIRSPEC (near-infrared cryogenic echelle spectrograph), a high-resolution spectrometer that works in infrared light. They coupled the instrument with adaptive optics, a method for creating crisper pictures using a guide star in the sky as a means to measure and correct the blurring turbulence of Earth's atmosphere.
This is for the first time, astronomers used this technique to directly image planets using what is known as the L-band, a type of infrared light with a wavelength of around 3.5 micrometers. This region of the electromagnetic spectrum contains many detailed chemical fingerprints.
Astronomers published their study in the Astronomical Journal.


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Step by step XPCOM creation and implementation in C++.
I have written this tutorial for programmers who are just starting out in XPCOM. The article briefly covers writing your own XPCOM objects and how to reuse existing XPCOM components using VC8.0. This article does not cover XPCOM basics or concepts.
Project Settings and Development Setup was a big problem for me. Also, registering XPCOM is another troublesome issue because xpti.dat and compreg.dat must be deleted from the profile directory.
As an exercise, we will attempt to design an XPCOM component that will implement a hypothetical super-fast addition algorithm. The component must take in two parameters of long data type, and return to the user another long parameter that will be an outcome of our addition algorithm.
Use the right XULRunner SDK for your XULRunner release, I use xulrunner-1.9.2.
Use a Microsoft compiler, I use Visual C++ 2005.
Start an empty Win32 project in Visual Studio, selecting the "Dynamic Linked Library (DLL)" option.
Create an IDL file describing the interface of your component.
"xpidl -I < xulrunner-sdk/idl path> -m typelib < youridl>".
Component interface described using IDL. The interface defines the methods, including arguments and return types, of the component.
Component implementation using C++. The implementation is where the methods actually do the work.
Component factory module, also in C++. The factory is in charge of creating instances of the implementations.
Copy your XPT and DLL files to the Firefox components directory.
Normally, if this was installed as part of an extension, it would automatically search this directory and find these files. But now, we have to force a refresh. Delete the "xpti.dat" and "compreg.dat" files from your profile directory. Add "<yourxpcom>.dll" at the end of the "components.list" file.
"regxpcom -x < xulrunner-sdk >\bin \components\<yourxpcom>.dll"
"regxpcom -x < FireFoxDir >\bin \components\<yourxpcom>.dll"
Start an empty Win32 project in Visual Studio, selecting the "Console Application" option.
Create a CPP file that includes the header file.
// The nsIServiceManager instance that was returned by NS_InitXPCOM2 or nsnull.
My next article is about how to convert an MS COM component to an XPCOM component; i.e., step by step XPCOM creation from Microsoft COM.
See one of the XPCOM Video Tutorial from the YouTube Link Below..
I used this tutorial to learn about the XPCOM. I was using the version of the XulRunner 3.6.28 and the development works great. When I tried to install it in my Firefox, I've made a .xpi file with the extension and a message like "not compatible to firefox 12" always returns.
I tried to change the xulrunner to the 18.0.1 version, but when I follow the steps of the tutorial again, my .h interface file do not compile. The creation of the header and the typelib files seems to work perfectly because I used the -w argument during the xpidl call.
What am I doing wrong? I have no ideas why this is happening, even how to fix this.
Does anybody knows how to make a XPI extension with XPCOM component? How can we install XPCOM component into Firefox?
An XPI (pronounced "zippy" and derived from XPInstall) installer module is a ZIP file that contains an install script or a manifest at the root of the file, and a number of data files. So, create Zip file and rename the extension.
I use Visual C++ 2008 express edition.
Have you solved this problem ? if so how ?
i don't use xpcom before, I think this article is good for me.
ya.. this article is for the beginners.
It is working perfectly when i m compiling it as Dynamic Dll.
Do you use in my XulTesting project? Or you created new MFC project.
For both cases, I don't find any problems. At first just create a project not using xpcom dll. then ad xpcom support.
Try this. if any problems, let me know.
Thanx 4 your reply. I tried wht u told me & it compiled successfully with static MFC. but now when i put the .dll & xpt file in components and deleting compreg.dat, xpti.dat & after restarting ff i couldnt load that xpcom. I have checked CID, settings are all OK.
Solved: Was using old XulRunner SDK.
The article doesn't contain anything new and there are article on the internet which are more detailed and simple. Also this XPCOM component won't work with latest Firefox. There are so many registration changes. I expected anything new in an article from what is already there on other websites.
I wonder how you rated 3.
1. My article is for the xpcom beginners. you already know many of xpcom. so, you think that no new things in the article. do you find any article like this in codeproject?
2. ya, there are so many articles in the web. but when i read those article i had to face some problems. so, i tried to clear it.
3. I wrote that, select the correct sdk. so, your sdk and firefox version aren't compatible.
But, if you are looking for Firefox 4, then I suppose you have to wait, as the SDK is not ready, and I am facing lot of issues with the beta SDK.
Thanks. What files for SDK (Windows) do you really download?
Then I downloaded gecko-sdk-i586-pc-msvc-1.7.zip but xpidl needs libIDL-0.6.dll which is not in this archive. To find it I downloaded mozilla-win32-1.7.zip The same problem - libIDL-0.6.dll is absent.
I tried to use mozilla-win32-1.7.zip instead of gecko-sdk-i586-pc-msvc-1.7.zip but it does not contain any idl folder.
read the Jan Wagner comment there or read this article: http://mozilla-firefox-extension-dev.blogspot.com/2004/11/find-xpidlexe-in-gecko-sdk-for.html[^]. I wrote the plugin 2 years back, so I don't remember the exact steps. But that had sufficient knowledge to get started.
1. can u find any article which implement xmcom component in c++ project?
2. can u register ur xpcom dll, using ur link using regxpcom commnand?
regxpcom -x _COMPONENTS_DIR_ where _COMPONENTS_DIR_ is the components directory.
Delete the xpti.dat and compreg.dat files from your Mozilla profile directory.
These files will be automatically rebuilt by Mozilla the next time it is restarted."
but in reality, u have to delete those files first. then use regxpcom command or restart firefox.
I am mentioning again. this article for the beginners.
I don't think regxpcom is needed, creating a component directly under the plugin, works. Just copy your dll to that component folder.


Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for including my testimony in the record of today's hearing. Let me mention my background briefly. I am president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research  and have authored or co-authored many studies on nuclear waste management and related topics for more than two decades. In 1972, I received a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Electrical Engineering department of the University of California at Berkeley, where I specialized in nuclear fusion. I am the principal author of the first technical assessment of the energy efficiency potential of the U.S. economy, which was completed in 1971.
Nuclear power reactor spent fuel should be stored in a manner that would not result in catastrophic damage even if the setorage sites are subjected to a terrorist attack of the magnitude that occurred in New York City on September 11, 2001. This would require hardening of spent fuel storage. Were that done, spent fuel storage sites would be become unattractive as terrorist targets. That is because it is very unlikely that a terrorist group would go to the trouble of planning and implementing a complex and dangerous attack on a spent fuel storage facility if there were essentially no prospect of producing dramatic, catastrophic damage. Hence security would be achieved not only by drastically reducing the damage should an attack occur, but also by making the storage sites unattractive targets. In other words, hardening of spent fuel storage should be seen as a measure that could help prevent a terrorist attack.
Spent fuel storage in pools outside of reactor secondary containment does not provide the requisite level of protection to achieve the goal stated above.  A range of terrible outcomes are possible from serious attacks. This is clearly indicated by government studies. For instance, storage of spent fuel at Indian Point is currently unacceptably vulnerable and steps should be taken to harden storage. Further, dry cask storage of spent fuel in present day systems licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission also does not meet the criteria of secure, hardened storage, in my opinion.
It should not result in catastrophic releases and should be able to resist almost all types of attacks. The estimated amount of radioactivity that would be released in even severe attacks should be small enough that the storage system would be unattractive as a terrorist target.
It should be able to withstand a direct hit by a large commercial airliner full of fuel or anti-tank weapons without catastrophic offsite releases.
The individual canister locations should not be easily detectable from offsite. This means that it must not be visible from offsite and the infrared signature should be obscured enough to prevent a direct hit in case of attack with infrared guided munitions.
One approach to HOSS would be to construct silos resembling small hardened missile silos. Spent fuel could be put in large casks that are then emplaced in these silos. A building would cover the entire set of silos. Silos of modest depth, possibly twenty or thirty feet located in this way could be designed to meet all the criteria I have set forth above. I have not costed such a system, but would venture to suggest that it would increase the cost of power by less than ten percent.
All the spent fuel that can be removed from the spent fuel pool should be mandated to be put into HOSS. This means that all spent fuel that is cool enough should be removed from the pools and put into hardened on site storage. However, some of the spent fuel at the plant cannot really be made very secure so long as the plant is operating. This is because fresh spent fuel must be stored underwater in a spent fuel for several years to prevent a meltdown. It is possible to increase the robustness of spent fuel pools to attack and this should be considered.
The surest approach is, of course, to close nuclear power plants and eliminate spent fuel pools. It is possible to design a different type of power plant that would not require spent fuel pools. Whether such plants may have other vulnerabilities and whether they should be designed and licensed should be put in the context of the overall debate on nuclear power and energy policy. But the possibility of other types of plants does not and should not affect the security debate on the current design of nuclear power plants, which all require spent fuel pools.
It is clear that a plan for the shut down of spent fuel pools, and hence of the current type of nuclear power plant (light water reactors), is desirable from the point of view of security. I recognize that nuclear power plays too large a role in the US electricity system for all nuclear plants to be closed in the near-term. But some plants can be shut quickly. Every effort should be made to prioritize the shut down of plants so as to minimize the risk in places that appear to be more vulnerable than others. For instance, I believe that an urgent effort should be made to line up a reliable source of replacement power for the nuclear power reactors at Indian Point and to implement a conservation and efficiency plan so that these reactors can be closed as soon as possible with grid reliability being maintained. This is because Indian Point is in a densely populated urban region that terrorists have attacked, where there is no reasonable evacuation plan, and where spent fuel is stored in vulnerable pools.
While it is not possible to shut down all nuclear power plants in the near-term, it is certainly possible to phase out nuclear power plants. A nuclear power phase-out can and should be made compatible with significant reductions of emissions of greenhouse gases. A technical assessment I did in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 tragedy to assess this issue concluded that it was feasible to close all nuclear power plants and to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent or more in three to four decades. With very vigorous government policies it may be possible achieve these goals faster. My study is entitled Securing the Energy Future of the United States. It can be downloaded from the website of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.


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Toyota services over 3 million recalled vehicles
Repairs and program upgrades continue
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. has already serviced more than three million vehicles affected by the series of three recalls which started late last year.
Toyota USA broke down the figures and the type of recall it serviced as such:
- 1.6 million vehicles to address the sticking accelerator pedals issue
- 1.5 million vehicles to remedy the issue of accelerator pedals being trapped in an open throttle position by the floor mat
- and 115,00 vehicles to update the anti-lock brake system (ABS) program of some 2010 Toyota Prius and Lexus models.
Toyota still needs to work on roughly 30 percent of the 2.3 million vehicles affected by the sticking accelerator pedal issue, 25 percent of the 147,500 units in need of the ABS program update, and 73 percent of the 5.4 million vehicles with the floor mat entrapment problem.
"Toyota and Lexus dealers continue to make significant progress in servicing customers' recalled vehicles as quickly and conveniently as possible, and we appreciate their extraordinary efforts," said Steve St. Angelo, Toyota Chief Quality Officer for North America. "Over the past three months, Toyota has delivered on its commitment to listen to the voices of customers more intently and respond more swiftly and effectively to their needs. Above all, we want to thank our customers for their patience as we implement the recall remedies, and we won't let them down."
CAMPI confirms 3rd Philippine International Motor Show
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A pythonic way to deal with lower levels of e-commerce.
Satchless is a low-level library that provides base classes, interfaces and patterns to work with while implementing a store. Its goal is to provide you with well-tested core logic to build business logic and UIs upon.
Satchless is not a framework and it will not give you a full-fledged store to work with. If that is what you want and you're working with Django, check the Saleor project instead.
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All major search engines send out a little program called a 'spider' to index your pages. Some search engines use them to 'index' your entire site, some just 1 or 2 pages. Spiders take a 'snapshot' of your page, and determine what your page is about by looking at text on the page, META tags, and various other page factors. Most directories such as Looksmart, Zeal, and the Open Directory Project also send out a spider. However, since they are not search engines, the primary function of their spiders are to ensure your site is still up and running.
These robots leave a trace behind of their access attempts in your server log files just as a human visitor does, so if you have access to your stats you will be able to spot them. Your best hint of this indexing attempt will be seen by checking access attempts to your 'robots.txt' file in the root of your webs directory. If you don't have a 'robots.txt' file that is because you never created one. Don't worry however, a spider will still crawl your site without one. All search engines check for this little text file that will tell the crawler where and where not to go. It can also allow and disallow certain robots if you find a particular spider to be nasty in nature. The main purpose of this file is so the robot will not index directories or files it isn't supposed to, such as cgi directories, administration files, etc. If you wish to create a 'robots.txt' file but don't know where to start, visit the 'official' robots.txt site by clicking here.
Unfortunately, there are also malicious spiders on the web that are used for reasons other than search engines. Some spiders are designed to copy your website to the clients hard-drive, others are designed to collect e-mail addresses to be used for sending unsolicited e-mail.
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Women's Health Video Lectures & Seminars
Eighth Annual Interdisciplinary Women's Health Research Symposium
Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH
Total Running Time: 04:54:28
Sex Differences and Pain Research
Roger B. Fillingim, Emeran A. Mayer and Carmen R. Green
Lessons in Lupus
Maureen Bunyan, Award-Winning Television News Journalist and Anchor for ABC7 WJLA-TV
Social Media Tools and the NIH Mission: Innovations for the Future in Women's Health Research, Outreach, and Health Communications
John Burklow, Jonathan Cho, Erik Augustson, Judy Meehan, Carol Krause and Laura Bartlett
Seventh Annual Interdisciplinary Women's Health Research Symposium
Vivian W. Pinn, M.D. and Alan Guttmacher, M.D.
Enrolling Pregnant Women: Issues in Clinical Research
Environmental Exposures and Women's Health
Office of research on women's Health
Update on Reproductive Health - Controversies and Approaches to Fertility
Alan DeCherney, Teresa K. Woodruff and Lawrence M. Nelson
Update on Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Translating the Evidence to Improve Outcomes through Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Jay Shah, M.D. & Ana T. Acevedo, M.D., Clinical Center, NIH
Breast Cancer Chemoprevention and Anti-inflammatories
Michelle Holmes, M.D., Dr.P.H. and Louise R. Howe, Ph.D.
ORWH Women's Health Week - May 2010
Ngina Lythcott, Dr. P.H.
Women's Health @ NIH presents National Cancer Institute's Smokefree Women Project: Smoking Cessation Strategies for Women
Erik M. Augustson, PhD, MPH, Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute
Women's Health Update on Nutrition, Fitness, and Weight Management
Richard Kreider, Ph.D. and Kathryn McMurray, M.S. as Senior Moderator
Rhythms of the Night and Day: Update on Insomnia and Sleep Disruptions
William Riley, Ph.D., NHLBI and Michael Twery, Ph.D., NHLBI
Hot Topics in Diabetes Research
Update on Infertility Research and Implications for Clinical Practice
James Segars, M.D., Eric Levens, M.D. and Carmen J. Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
Sex and Gender Research: The Interaction of Depression with Other Diseases
Jill M. Goldstein, Ph.D., Giovanni Cizza, M.D., Mary Jane Massie, M.D. and Viola Vaccarino, M.D., Ph.D.
Sex and Gender Research: Metabolic Dysfunction
Andrea Dunaif, David Ehrmann, Judith Fradkin and Kathryn Sandberg
Invisible Wounds-Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Military Perspective
David F. Moore, Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Terri Tanielian, Rand Center for Military Health Policy Research
The Nutrition and Age-realted Macular Degeneration Lecture
Emily Y. Chew, M.D.
Heart Health for Women: Using Old Knowledge, Generating New Knowledge
Rose Marie Robertson, M.D.
Sex and Gender Research in the Urinary Tract
Scott Hultgren, Ph.D., Washington University, John O. L. DeLancey, M.D. University of Michigan and Jeanette S. Brown, M.D. University of California, San Francisco
Sex Differences and Obesity in Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Amy L. Lerner, Ph.D., University of Rochester
Sex and Gender Research: Pain
Giovanni Cizza, M.D., Ph.D., MH.Sc., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Laura Lavrin, Director of R & W and Terry Bowers, Certified Personal Trainer
Depression and Osteoporosis; the Magnitude of Bone Loss is Substantial
NIH Community Forum on the Future of Women's Health Research
Sponsored by DHHS/NIH/Office of Research on Women's Health
Sex Matters: A Tale of Two Bones - Sexual Dimorphism in the Skeleton
Joan A. McGowan, M.D., National Institute of Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Sex Gender Differences: Substance Abuse
Sari Izenwasser, Rajita Sinha and Himanshu P. Upadhyaya
Integrating Genomics and Behavioral Science: Opportunities & Challenges for Women's Health
Suzanne O'Neill, Ph.D. and Colleen McBride, Ph.D.
Uterine Fibroids - An Understudied Condition: Epidemiologic Research at NIEHS
Shannon Laughlin, M.D. and Donna Baird, Ph.D.
HPV Infection and Cervical Cancer: Applying What We Have Learned About Natural History to Prevention
Allan Hildesheim, Ph.D., Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI
National Leadership Workshop on Mentoring Women in Biomedical Careers (Day 2)
The Office of Research on Women's Health
Vulvodynia Awareness Campaign Press Conference
Vivian Pinn, Christin Veasley, Bernard Harlow, Hope Haefner, Candace Brown, Estella Parrott, Nelson Adams and Elena Rios
Accept the Challenge: Stay Healthy! Focus on Nutrition, Exercise, Heart, and Bone Health
Wendy Johnson-Taylor, Jane Cauley, and Ileana Pina
Grantsmanship Workshop for Research on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
New Genes that Control Reproduction in the Human
William F. Crowley, Jr. M.D., Harvard Medical School
Changing Models of Biomedical Medical Research or Interregnums are Tough for Young Investigators
The Health of Girls and Women Across the Lifespan: Adolescents
Preeclampsia - The Major Cardiovascular Disease of Reproductive Age Women
James M. Roberts, M.D., University of Pittsburgh
The Menstrual Cycle is a Vital Sign
Lawrence Nelson, M.D., NICHD
Gonadal Steroid Hormones and Neural Mechanisms of Cognition and Emotion in Women
Karen Berman, MD., NIMH
Third Annual Interdisciplinary Women's Health Research Symposium
Role of X Chromosomes in Women's Health and Sex-Specific Diseases
Barbara R. Migeon, M.D., Johns Hopkins University
Stopping the Clock on Diabetes in Women: Strategies for Prevention and Treatment Across the Lifespan
Griffin Rodgers, Robert Ratner, Peter Savage, ka M. Kanaya and Martha Funnell
Genomic Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease
Elizabeth Nabel, M.D., Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Women
Meena Vythilingam, M.D., National Institute on Mental Health
Fertility Preservation in Women Undergoing Chemotherapy
Alicia Armstrong, M.D., NICHD
Women's Health Seminar Series: Caregiving
Peter Rosenbaum, Sharon Lewis, Anne Wilkinson and Chloe JonPaul
A Model For Understanding the Etiology of Domestic Violence
Ted George, M.D., NIAAA
Endometriosis: New Insights Into Killer Cramps
Pamela Stratton, M.D., NICHD
WHI Conference: The WHI Legacy to Future Generations of Women (Day 2)
ORWH, NHLBI, NCI, NIA and NIAMS
ORWH Women's Health Seminar Series
Disparity in X-chromosome Gene Dosage and the Risk for Coronary Disease
Carolyn Bondy, M.D., NICHD
Gender Differences in Lung Function and Response to Environmental Agents
Darryl C. Zeldin, M.D., NIEHS
Women and Pain
Roger Fillingim, Richard Lipton, Karen Berkley and Katherine Woodbury-Harris
Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Katherine Sherif, M.D., Drexel University
Second Annual Interdisciplinary Women's Health Research Symposium
Office of Research on Women's Health
Racial Disparities in Women's Health Care
Women and Depression
Linda Chaudron, Peter Schmidt, Charlotte Brown and Sue Bergeson
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency: New Approaches, New Problems
Jennifer M. Puck, M.D., National Human Genome Research Institute
Women and Sleep Disorders
NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on Management of Menopausal Symptoms (Day 3)
Effects of Sex Hormones on Cognitive Aging
Susan M. Resnick, Ph.D., National Institute on Aging
International Women's Day Celebration
Fogarty International Center and Office of Research on Women's Health
Advances in Uterine Leiomyoma Research (Day 2)
NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
New Molecular Epidemiologic Data on HPV16 and Cervical
Mark Schiffman, M.D.,M.P.H., NCI
Exercise and Women's Health: Basic and Clinical Applications
Patricia A. Deuster, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Women and Obesity
R. Kuczmarski, S. Austin, L. Kuller and M. Schwartz
Office of Research on Women's Health Symposium on Family Hormonal Health
Women's Health Interdisciplinary Research Symposium (Day 2)
Identifying the Body Mass Index of Risk for African Americans
Anne E. Sumner, M.D., NIDDK
Women and Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Margaret Chesney, Janine Blackman, Norman Farnsworth and Marjorie Woollacott
Estrogen Actions in Cardiovascular Physiology: 2004 Update
Michael E. Mendelsohn, M.D, FACC, New England Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine
Sharonne Hayes, Pamela Ouyang, Njeri Karanja and Ann Taubenheim
Developing Management for Pre-Invasive Lung Cancer
James L. Mulshine, M.D., NCI
Evaluating Differential Estrogen Receptor Activities Using Knock Out Mouse Models
Kenneth S. Korach, Ph.D., NIEHS
Autoimmune Diseases in Women
Denise Faustman, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
Molecular Targeted Therapeutics and Proteomics in Ovarian Cancer
Elise C. Kohn, M.D., Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Pathology, NCI
Boning Up on Osteoporosis: Emerging Therapies for Prevention and Treatment
Joan McGowan, Connie Weaver, Mary Bouxsein, Deborah Sellmeyer, Allan Noonan and Joan Goldberg
Estrogen and Synapses in the Hippocampus
Catherine Woolley, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Alcohol: A Women's Health Issue
Mary Dufour, M.D., Karen Rhines, Ph.D. and Kenneth Leonard, Ph.D.
Autoimmune Disease – Why Female?
Nancy Olsen, M.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Cancers in Women: New Approaches
Rachel Ballard-Barbash, James Connolly, Elise Kohn and Doug Lowy
Live Webcast Cancelled - Will Be Archived in Near Future - Please Come to Wilson Hall, Building 1 for a Lecture entitled Sex Hormone Effects on Specific Brain Mechanisms and on Generalized Brain Arousal given by
Donald W. Pfaff, Ph.D., Rockefeller University
Estrogen-Dependent and Independent Regulation of Immune System Development
Paul W. Kincade, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
The Prevention of Breast Cancer "Effects of Raloxifene in Pre-Menopausal Women"
Jo Anne Zujewski, M.D., Center for Cancer Research, NCI
2003 NIH Women's History Month Observance
Donna M. Christensen, Congresswoman, United States House of Representatives
Depression: a Risk Factor for Osteoporosis in Women? & Depression and the Perimenopause
Giovanni Cizza, M.D., Ph.D., NIMH and Peter Schmidt, M.D., NIMH
Respiratory Health and Diseases in Women
Prolactin in Breast Development and Cancer
Barbara K. Vonderhaar, Ph.D., NCI
Estrogen Receptors - From Molecular Biology to Therapeutics
Dr. Jan-Ake Gustafsson, Karolinska Institut, Huddinge, Sweden
The Impact of Sex and Gender on Human Physiology and the Experience of Disease
Marianne Legato, M.D., Director, Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine, Columbia University
Promoting Healthy Lives: Diet and Physical Activity (Seminar 2)
Second Annual ORWH Lectureship on Women's Health Research: From Estrogen Receptors to Management of Menopause
Jan-Aike Gustafsson, M.D., Ph.D. and Rodolfo Paoletti, M.D., Ph.D.
Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress
Dennis Charney, M.D., Carol S. North, M.D., M.P.E. and Sally Winston, Ph.D.
10th Anniversary of the HHS Office on Women's Health (OWH)
HHS Office on Women's Health
Potential Cardioprotective and Neuroprotective Effects of Conjugated Equine Estrogens (CEE): The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Bhagu Bhavnani, Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Women and Addictive Behaviors
Heart and Brain Attack in Women
genetic testing and women; autoimmune diseases; physical fitness for women; women and smoking; risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy; mood disorders in women; Alzheimer's Disease and caregiving for the elderly; arthritis and osteoporosis; and breast cancer. Held four times each year, the seminars provide a forum for researchers and others to discuss state-of-the-art research and its potential to achieve the ORWH's ultimate goal of improving the health of women of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Women and Stress
The NIH Office of Research on Women's Health Seminar Committee Presents:
 Women and Diabetes

 Presenters:

 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and CVD Risks in Women
 Barbara V. Howard, Ph.D.
 President, Medlantic Research Institute, Washington, D.C.

 Preventing Type II Diabetes: Weight Control
 James O. Hill, Ph.D.
 Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics and Medicine
 University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO

 Treatment of Type II Diabetes
 Saul Genuth, M.D.
 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

 Complications of Diabetes
 Aaron I. Vinik, M.D., F.A.C.P., Ph.D.
 The Diabetes Institution, Norfolk, VA

Mood Disorders and Women: Clinical and Treatment Issues
ORWH Womens's Health Seminar Series
Chronic Neurological Conditions in Women: Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis and Migraine
Women's Health Research for the 21st Century: Hormone Replacement Therapy
Women's Health Research for the 21st Century: Breast Cancer and Breast Disease
Ethical and Legal Issues of Genetic Testing
Eating Disorders: Fads and Facts
Obesity in Women
Chronic Pain in Women
Women's Health Initiative: Finding the Answers on Hormone Replacement Therapy
Arthritis and Ostheoporosis
Women's Health in the Middle and Later Years
Women and the Mystique of Smoking
Women and Mood Disorders
Autoimmune Disease in Women
Genetic Testing and Women
Gender Differences, Stress, & Cardiovascular Disease


This section contains pectoral crosses for Orthodox priests and panagias for bishops. Many of the items are handmade using such diverse techniques as filigree, electrotype, gilding, silvering, etc.) in the non-ferrous metals workshop of St Elisabeth Convent.


Finally managed to get hold of the buyers today since the recent incident.
The husband appears to be coming out of hospital later today (Friday) although he is not out of the woods yet. Still at least he is still with us .
I found out today (Thursday) that I didn't get the job I went for in Belfast, I can't help it if I am useless :unsure: , perhaps Oon may employ me?
Still chin up, still applying although I have found that I am battling with the newly released and soon to be exploited students that have just qualified. I mean, who in their right mind would work as an IT manager for £6.50 per hour add another £10 per hour and it may be worth it!
Still, if we can get this flaming house sold I can move forward with my company plans and get back to the nitty gritty of working on my own.
Well a boring read, and hey, well, it beats counting sheep (just).


Future bass outfit, Illenium, is a blossoming talent who time and time again proves his forward-thinking approach to melodic bass with every track he touches. From beautifully reimagining tracks from Kaskade and Galantis to continuing his artistic self-discovery in original productions with "Only One," the Denver-based producer recently took the lovely singer/songwriter Niykee Heaton's "Infinity" for a melodic whirl.
Illenium pillows Niykee's voice with vaporous snares and a slick guitar line to deepen the track's sing-a-long nature before he drives listeners straight into a spine-tingling future bass blast that takes the overall emotion to new heights.


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In your letter dated September 16, 1996, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
Five samples were submitted by your office. Style WCL-50 is an oiled woven cotton glove of gunn cut construction with a partially elasticized wrist and a lining. The glove features oiled deerskin leather patches on the palm extending across the thumb and on the backside between the pinky and ring fingers. The essential character is imparted by the woven cotton fabric outer shell.
Style WCL-10 is lined gunn cut glove with oiled deerskin leather extending across the full palm including the thumb and to the fingertips, as well as covering the backside index finger and a patch between the pinky and ring fingers. The remainder of the outer shell of the glove is comprised of oiled cotton. The glove features a partially elasticized wrist. The essential character is imparted by the leather palm.
Style OL-10 is a lined deerskin oiled leather glove of gunn cut construction. The glove features oiled deerskin leather patches on the palm extending across the thumb and on the backside between the pinky and ring fingers. Additional features include a partially elasticized wrist on the backside with a snap closure. The essential character is imparted by the leather palm.
Style BBL-50 is a lined knitted polyester berber glove with a oiled deerskin leather patch on the palm extending across the thumb. The glove features a partially elasticized wrist on the backside with a snap closure. The essential character is imparted by the knitted polyester berber fabric outer shell. Style BBL-10 is lined gunn cut glove with oiled deerskin leather extending across the full palm including the thumb and to the fingertips, as well as covering the backside index finger. The remainder of the outer shell of the glove is comprised of polyester berber fabric, with the exception of a leather strap with a snap closure located at the partially elasticized wrist. The essential character is imparted by the leather palm.
The applicable subheading for style WCL-50 will be 6216.00.3800, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for Gloves, mittens and mitts: other: of cotton: other: without fourchettes. The duty rate will be 24.7 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for styles WCL-10, OL-10 and BBL-10 will be 4203.29.3020, HTS, which provides for Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather: gloves, mittens and mitts: other: other: other: men's . . . lined. The rate of duty will be 14 percent ad valorem.
The applicable subheading for style BBL-50 will be 6116.93.8800, HTS, which provides for Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted: other: of synthetic fibers: other: other: without fourchettes. The duty rate will be 19.6 percent ad valorem.
Style WCL-50 falls within textile category designation 331, and style BBL-50 falls within textile category designation 631. Based upon international textile trade agreements products of China within textile category designations 331 and 631 are subject to quota and the requirement of a visa.


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Atupele is real deal for Malawi 2014 polls, says UDF SG Padambo
November 10, 2012 Nyasa Times 13 Comments
Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) secretary general (SG) Kandi Padambo has downplayed rumours that the newly-elected UDF chairperson Atupele Muluzi, who is Economic Planning and Development Minister will not contest for presidency in 2014, saying he is the real deal.
Padambo, a former acting chief executive officer (CEO) at Escom, told Capital FM Straight Talk popular interview programme that Atupele will be the torch bearer of UDF in the country's first tripartite polls.
Presenter Rhodes Msonkho in his no-hold-barred style of questioning, pressed Padambo to comment on circulating rumours that Atupele will be picked by President Joyce Banda of ruling People's Party (PP) as her running mate.
He said the rumours were unfounded, insisting Atupele, son of former president Bakili Muluzi who ruled Malawi 1994 to 2004, will lead UDF and want a united front of all progressive forces.
Padambo: Atupele is real deal
Asked if he would want "another Muluzi" to lead the country, he responded: "I don't mind having another Muluzi ruling this country just as Americans did not mind having George Bush being president following the footsteps of his father who was also the President of United States."
On UDF chances in the forthcoming polls, Padambo said: "UDF has all it takes to win 2014 elecions."
Padambo said UDF will pursue "an agenda for change" assuring that the newly rebranded party "will make many consultations as possible."
He said: "We are going to do things differently to make sure the party becomes vibrant once again."
Padambo, a wealthy businessman said: "A party is an institution that is run by a number of people. It is my view that political parties, the secretariat, should be run as any other business."
He said UDF will advance "principles of accountability, transparency, good record keeping which apply to businesses."
On when he became a member of UDF, Padambo said: "I have been sympathetic and I have been inclined to the values and ideals of UDF since its inception."
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If you've received an invoice from a construction company or related service provider which says, "This is a payment claim under the Construction Contracts Act 2002" and you're not sure what that means, here's a quick brush up on the changes that have come into force.
As well as setting out duties and obligations on both those commissioning building work and those undertaking it, The Construction Contracts Act 2002 (CCA) is designed to ensure prompt payment of invoices from contractors, and to identify and resolve disputes quickly and cost-effectively. If you're providing this service or commissioning work, you should be familiar with this legislation.
Requiring 'payment claims' on commercial construction contracts to include certain specified information. This was only necessary on residential contracts before 1 December 2015.
Enabling adjudication decisions on 'rights and obligations' under construction contracts to be enforced in court. Previously only decisions on payments could be enforced in this way.
The CCA now covers additional construction services, referred to as 'related services'. These include: engineering and design, and quantity surveying services.
Related service providers can take advantage of the payment, enforcement and dispute mechanism provisions in the legislation. On the flip side, these service providers are also subject to the obligations under the CCA. If you're commissioning such work, you can also use the dispute resolution options. Talk to a commercial lawyer to understand your obligations when faced with a payment claim.
Also be aware that in broadening the definition of 'construction work' under the CCA to include design, engineering and quantity surveying work carried out in New Zealand, the definition of 'construction site' has also been broadened. It now includes these related service providers' sites or premises, even if those services aren't always provided on the actual construction site.
The CCA changes were driven by issues with consumer protection, but they're not free from controversy. In particular, there's concern over how the adjudication provisions will work when a claim is made in relation to related services.
The default position is five days for responding to a claim. This tight time frame may cause problems as it's likely claims against related services will be based on negligence and therefore more complex, legally and factually, than a determination of rights under a building contract. A claim may also be made well after the work in question has been completed, and accessing documents and witnesses may prove problematic.
Claims will most certainly involve insurers. Parties risk losing any insurance cover if they take any steps on the claim which prejudices their insurer's position. Another concern is that standard cover won't extend to such claims.
There is considerable pressure to respond to a claim in five days, and it may not be possible to formulate a response, liaise with insurers and get acceptance of cover in this time frame. You will need to act promptly, communicate often and early with your insurer or broker, and to be familiar with the process. Make sure your contact your commercial lawyer straight away too.
As a related services provider, you should become familiar with the Act's obligations and how it works.
Review your agreements and terms of trade to ensure they are compliant.
Ensure any invoices are structured as payment claims and include the prescribed information. This will ensure you can rely on the Act's prompt payment mechanisms.
Speak to your professional indemnity insurer to check that your policy covers any claims under the Act. Also check on any special procedures they may have in place to deal with such claims.
If you are commissioning related services you should ensure you're aware of how to respond to a payment claim. You will need to pay it or dispute it within the legislation's strict time frames. In the case of a dispute, you will have the option to use a less expensive, rough and ready adjudication process to resolve disputes instead of resorting to court proceedings.
Another significant change to the CCA will take effect from 31 March 2017 when retention monies on commercial contracts will automatically be held on trust. We'll write more about these changes closer to the time.
If you are building, thinking of building, or involved in the construction industry, these changes could affect you. Make time to talk to our commercial lawyers for sound advice and guidance.


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Our team offers an individualized approach to physical therapy and rehabilitation medicine for those dealing with back pain, neck pain, TMJ, headaches & MPS. We also treat arthritis, fibromyalgia and other pain & health concerns. Manual therapy and massage are important hands-on strategies for pain relief and wellness. Neuromuscular Therapy and Myofascial Release (MFR) are available, as well as craniosacral, lymphatic massage and postural bodywork. Acupuncture and oriental medicine provide a safe and effective holistic health option that promotes natural healing. We offer treatment for chronic pain, stress, digestive issues and a variety of health conditions. Biofeedback is a non-drug intervention that supports mind-body harmony. Monitoring of muscles (EMG), heart rate variability (HRV) and respiration can help address anxiety, tension and many types of pain problems.
loss and nutritional counseling to support health and wellness. Our integrative health care team offers Trager Mentastics®, Yoga for Health & other activities at the wellness center. Come enjoy our seminars & stress-free movement classes. Please check calendar for dates and times.
Integrative Therapies offers a multidisciplinary approach to patient care in a friendly and comfortable environment. Our highly skilled healthcare team provides services including physical therapy for individuals dealing with both acute and chronic problems. Whether you are dealing with a localized problem such as TMJD, headaches or back pain, or have more widespread discomfort, such as arthritis or fibromyalgia, we are here to help. We also enjoy serving those who are looking for wellness options to support healthy lifestyle change.