Excursions are a must, especially for students. They have a great educational value. That is why our institution often organizes excursions for the students. Apart from educating the students and exposing them to various experiences, it is a great means of recreation. To experience the great recreation, various trips to Vrindawan, Agra, Paonta Sahib, Mussoorie and Golden Temple (Amritsar) were organized in the month of October, 2015 and April, 2016.


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Kári Árnason (Göteborg, 13 oktober 1982) is een in Zweden geboren IJslands voormalig voetballer die als middenvelder of verdediger speelde.

Clubcarrière
Kári Árnason brak door bij Víkingur en speelde vervolgens in Zweden en Denemarken voor hij in 2009 in Engeland bij Plymouth Argyle kwam. Nadat hij een seizoen in Schotland bij Aberdeen FC speelde, komt hij sinds 2012 uit voor Rotherham United FC. Vervolgens speelde hij voor Malmö FF en AC Omonia voor hij in 2017 terugkeerde bij Aberdeen. Medio 2018 keerde Kári bij Vikingur terug op het oude nest, maar amper 2 maanden later tekende hij een contract in Turkije bij Gençlerbirliği. Hij besloot zijn loopbaan na het seizoen 2021 bij Víkingur.

Interlandcarrière
Sinds 2005 speelt Kári Árnason in het IJslands voetbalelftal. In de zomer van datzelfde jaar vertrok Kári naar Malmö FF. Op 9 mei 2016 maakte bondscoach Lars Lagerbäck bekend Kári mee te nemen naar het Europees kampioenschap in juni 2016. Hij was een van de meest ervaren spelers in de selectie. IJsland werd in de kwartfinale uitgeschakeld door gastland Frankrijk, dat met 5–2 won.

Erelijst
 Malmö FF
'''Zweeds landskampioen
 2016

Zie ook

 Lijst van spelers van het IJslandse voetbalelftal
 Lijst van spelers van Malmö FF

IJslands voetballer

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9 Nov 2009 by Jim Fickett.
The US Treasury is issuing debt at a record rate, and there has been a nagging concern for some time that, if investors lose their appetite for US government securities, it could drive up US interest rates and bring an end to the nascent recovery. So far this is not happening, and it is difficult to estimate how serious the danger might be. It would be nice, then, to have some early warning signs to watch. Japanese interest rates might provide such a warning sign.
when Japan's bubble economy collapsed, it was able to run huge budget deficits and raise outstanding government debt from 60 per cent to 140 per cent of gross domestic product, while still experiencing a fall in bond yields from 8 per cent to 1 per cent. But this "miracle" was only possible because Japan's household savings were huge and invested at home. Japan did not need foreigners to fund its government deficits. Even today foreign ownership of Japanese debt is only 6 per cent compared with 50 per cent for US government paper.
As the US, UK and Japan will be trying to borrow the same buck in international markets, bond yields will rise when QE [Quantitative Easing] stops and there is an even modest recovery in credit demand from the private sector.
(1) Many governments worldwide are borrowing extraordinary amounts, and will be competing for the same savings.
(2) Japan's demographics have changed, and it is unlikely that it will be able to borrow the necessary funds domestically, as it did previously.
A debt trap appears when the rate of interest paid on government debt is higher than the economy's growth rate and the public revenues are insufficient to cover its financing charges. When this happens the fiscal position becomes unstable and the debt spirals upwards. This has been the case in Japan for several years. A bad situation has been made even worse by the global financial crisis.
While the supply of Japanese government bonds looks set to increase, the outlook for demand is not encouraging. As the population ages, Japanese pension funds are more likely to be selling bonds than buying them. The household savings rate is plunging towards zero.
(3) Japan might already be a tipping point where it will be difficult to ever reduce current debt.
Finally, also a week ago, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, writing for The Telegraph, wrote in It is Japan we should be worrying about, not America.
Credit default swaps (CDS) on five-year Japanese debt have risen from 35 to 63 basis points since early September. Japan has suddenly decoupled from Germany (21), France (22), the US (22), and even Britain (47).
(4) The investment community is starting to worry significantly about Japanese sovereign debt.
If the CDS rates are not a temporary fluke, Japanese bond rates could rise. This in turn might cause investors to start worrying a bit more about sovereign debt in general, or could start an international competition for funds that would raise rates elsewhere. In either case, a rise in Japanese rates might serve as an early warning of rate rises elsewhere.


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%     canonical Fourier series. The parameters shift and scale dictate the
%     affine mapping. The output w has size length(x) x length(k).

persistent defaults sqrt_weight dsqrt_weight unweighted_fun dunweighted_fun
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These beauties came from my kitchen a few weeks ago. I've been meaning to post the recipe but have been pretty busy lately. I've baked several batches of different cookies plus made some Christmas candy, but it's all been pretty standard and not blog-worthy.
These Milk Chocolate Chip Toasted Almond Cookies are definitely blog-worthy, though! They're made with browned butter, toasted almonds, and Ghiradelli milk chocolate chips. Mmm! They're so good. Perfect for a last minute Christmas cookie!
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place almonds on a cookie sheet and bake 8-10 minutes or until light golden brown and fragrant.
Melt half of the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; cook and whisk until butter foams and starts to turn golden brown. Remove pan from heat and pour butter in a large mixing bowl and allow to cool 10 minutes.
In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add softened butter, brown sugar and vanilla to bowl with browned butter. Mix together until creamy and well combined. Mix in egg until well incorporated. Stir in flour mixture and milk until just combined. Stir in toasted almonds and chocolate chips just combined. Chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour or until cold.
Scoop out heaping tablespoons full of dough, roll into balls, and place on cookie sheet. Bake cookies 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes before transferring to wire racks.
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I can't imagine anything you make not being blog worthy. I would love these cookies though! Glad you posted them.


The holiday season is among us, which means it's time to start hitting the stores and online retailers to gift shop for family and friends. This is especially the case with anyone buying for a child, whether it's an immediate family member, relative, or friend's offspring still in their early years.
While holiday gift shopping and brainstorming primarily focus on purchases like clothes, electronics and other material possessions, this time of year also provides an ample opportunity to prepare for a child's future—by looking into financial products. Children might not initially understand or appreciate the value of such a gift, but you can't go wrong by looking into one of these financial products to give your or a loved one's child this holiday season.
Description: This is perhaps the easiest out of the three to open. Opening a savings account for a child isn't too different from opening one of your own. Despite not having the benefits of accruing significant interest or other potential financial gains, savings accounts are a great way to put money towards forming a child's own nest egg they can use for future investments and expenses. You can transfer as much as you want into the savings account without worries about cumbersome regulations, but may want to consider that only the first $15,000 of any gift is exempt from the gift tax in 2018 and 2019.
Benefits: According to a 2018 survey conducted by BankRate.com, roughly 40 percent of Americans save less than five percent of their annual income. A Business Insider article written around the same time projected the median savings account balance for individuals under age 35 is only $1,580. Although they primarily fluctuate based on the nature of transactions, consistency and persistence are key when using a savings account to set money aside. If you open a savings account for someone at three years of age for example, and deposit $200 each month ($50/week) until they reach age 18, the child stands to assume a $36,000 balance upon receiving control over the account.
Description: These tax-advantaged plans designed to encourage saving for future education costs, are sponsored by various state governmental entities, and authorized by Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. Every U.S. state sponsors at least one of the two 529 plan types, in addition to numerous private educational institutions. The first type is called an education savings plan, which lets account holders open an investment account to save for the beneficiary's future tuition, room and board, along with other mandatory fees. The second 529 plan type is a prepaid tuition plan, which enables account holders to purchase credits (or units) at participating educational institutions for future expenses like tuition and mandatory fees. Having said that, it's worth noting there aren't as many prepaid tuition plans available, and they don't cover as much as a 529 savings plan. Most of them also have residency requirements.
Benefits: With collegiate expenses vastly exceeding annual inflation rates, families are starting to prepare for their child's education sooner and more aggressively. As the current cost of tuition for public and private educational institutions spills into the tens of thousands, it's not inconceivable to think educational expenses could reach six figures in our lifetimes. These plans offer a variety of investment options like mutual fund and ETF portfolios. While these plans are an ideal way of helping beneficiaries accumulate a sizable financial cushion in their collegiate years, they can also be used to pay for tuitions at K12 schools.
Description: Individual retirement accounts can be started at any age under 70 ½, after which you are required to begin making annual minimal withdrawals. IRAs allow individuals to save for retirement with tax-advantaged growth or on a tax-deferred basis. There are two main types of IRAs—traditional and Roth, whose portfolios can consist of various financial products, from stocks and bonds to mutual funds. Factors like tax-free distributions and deductions vary depending on the IRA type. Regardless of choice, tax benefits allow investments to potentially grow or compound quicker than taxable accounts, based on contributions and earnings. An IRA's growth rate relies heavily on how much money is invested and the amount of risk the account holder is willing to take, which shapes what types of investments are included in the account. Annual contributions are limited to $6,000 a year as of 2019, or $7,000 for those over age 50.
Benefits: Even if you don't contribute close to the $6,000 annual limit to a child's IRA, the potential growth these financial products offer make them worthwhile. If set up and contributed to accordingly, a child may never have to worry about retirement. To put this situation in perspective, if you invest $6,000 annually in an IRA at a return of five percent over 30 years, the account will be worth over $400,000. If you open an IRA for a 10-year old and contribute at least $1,000 at a return of five percent until age 65, the account's value can exceed $270,000. In addition, account holders can also reinvest any accrued interest that can grow tax-advantaged.
Not only can gifting a financial product to a child help prepare them for future endeavors like saving for college and retirement, but you'll also have an opportunity to provide a truly unique gift that veers away from the conventional material presents most children tend to receive. It's also worth noting the other individualized element your financial product gift offers to a child that nothing else they get this holiday season may offer and personifies the true meaning about this time of year—it's a gift that keeps on giving.
These products aren't necessarily for everyone, and there are no guarantees your experience will go as described. While some of the products mentioned (like a traditional savings account) primarily function as an outlet to store money, others like an IRA do present an element of risk, as there is a chance you may experience a loss of principal.
If you're interested in having a discussion about purchasing of one of the investment products mentioned above, you can contact a North Star financial advisor in one of our offices located in 23 states.
A 529 plan is a tax-advantaged investment program designed to help pay for qualified education expenses. Participation in a 529 plan does not guarantee that the contributions and investment returns will be adequate to cover education expenses. Contributors to the plan assume all investment risk, including the potential for loss of principal, and any penalties for non-educational withdrawals. Your state of residence may offer state tax advantages to residents who participate in the in-state plan, subject to meeting certain conditions or requirements. You may miss out on certain state tax advantages should you choose another state's 529 plan. Any state-based benefits should be one of many appropriately weighted factors to be considered in making an investment decision. You should consult with your financial, tax or other advisor to learn more about how state-based benefits (including any limitations) would apply to your specific circumstances. You may also wish to contact your home state's 529 plan Program Administrator to learn more about the benefits that might be available to you by investing in the in-state plan.
This hypothetical example is for illustrative purposes only. Not based on any particular investment. Assumes five percent annual return. Investments will fluctuate and when redeemed, may be worth more or less than originally invested.


Liam McAlinden signed on loan for the Harriers in mid January 2019 on an initial one month loan deal from Cheltenham Town.
Liam started his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers and made his senior debut in April 2013 as a substitute in a 1–2 home defeat to Burnley. His first goal for the club came in September 2013 when he scored against Walsall in the EFL Trophy.
A month later he began the first of numerous loan spells with other clubs when he went to Shrewsbury Town for two months. Loans at Fleetwood Town twice and Crawley Town followed before he left Molineux for Exeter City.
He stayed at St James Park for two seasons but at the end of his contract with them he signed for Cheltenham Town.
He has recently had a short loan spell at Brackley Twon.


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Bruce Moon: Ngai Tahu's river of cash
Labels: Bruce Moon, Douglas Graham, fiscal envelope, Henare Rakiihia Tau, Ngai Tahu, Treaty of Waitangi
With assets now reported to exceed $1-billion and ability to trade as a tax-exempt charity, Ngai Tahu have become a financial force to be reckoned with, courted by public bodies. Reports that "Ngai Tahu are good for Dunedin" and complaints that Southland is missing out on their beneficence attest to this. Ngai Tahu greed appears to know no bounds and there is no sign that the flow of cash from taxpayers to the tribe is likely to end. Part two of this three-part series shows that the wealthy South Island tribe has been receiving settlements for 146 years.
1. Ngai Tahu complained that reserves allocated under the Kemp purchase 20 years earlier were inadequate and in 1868 a further 4,930 acres were granted. This was their first settlement.
2 Though Ngai Tahu had declared themselves happy with this settlement, by 1872 they had started to complain again and sent a petition to government with absurd claims such as that they would have been killed if they had not signed Kemp's deed of purchase. Nevertheless the claims were treated seriously, leading to the chief judge of the Land Court stating in 1876 that he could see "no ground whatever ... for [their] position" and that "if [they] were Europeans [there was] no reason why any favourable consideration should be given to [them]." Even so, he recommended that they should be dealt with "in a parental and liberal spirit". This case when there was no merit in a grievance is an example of what the Tribunal found to be acting with "dishonour and injustice ... high-handedness and arrogance". It was not the only time this was the Tribunal's opinion. Really!
Complaints continued until the South Island Landless Natives Act 1906 was passed, 142,463 acres being granted to settle 4063 "landless" tribal members. - the second Ngai Tahu settlement.
Notwithstanding the continual disputes, 250 Ngai Tahu signed an illuminated address to Premier Seddon in 1902 as he was about to depart for the coronation of King Edward VII. This begins: "Right Honourable Sir, ─ As you are about to leave our shores to represent our country at the coronation of our Most Noble King, we therefore (members of the Ngai Tahi tribe) regard this a fitting opportunity to express to you the very high esteem in which you are held by us." With more in this vein, one concluding remark is "your name will ever live in the land of the Maoris" [sic]. One Te Tau of Karitane (old Waikouaiti) at about this time gave his son the Christian names "Richard John Seddon". I knew R.J.S. Te Tau personally
Clearly Ngai Tahu were doing well. A correspondent to the Taranaki Herald in 1909 praises them in saying that they "are vastly more energetic and progressive and aim at higher ideals than do most of the Native people I have met in many parts of the North Island." (1)
3. Complaints continued with one in 1920 by Tiemi Hipi and 916 other Ngai Tahu about the Kemp purchase yet again. In 1944 the Ngai Tahu Claim Settlement Act, described in the act as a full and final settlement, was passed, £300,000 in 30 annual payments of £10,000 being awarded to them. This was their third settlement.
4. When payments were due to cease in 1973, further complaints arose that this settlement had not been discussed widely enough. These were rejected by Whetu Tiurikatene-Sullivan, MP for Southern Maori, who stated that 109 formal resolutions in favour of the compensation offered were accepted at around 80 meetings. Nevertheless annual payments of $20,000 in perpetuity were awarded to the tribe. This was their fourth settlement.
5. When the Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act 1985 was passed allowing claims back to 1840, Henare Rakiihia Tau and the Ngai Tahu Trust Board brought up all their old claims again and added a few more, leading to a payout to the tribe in 1997 of $170 million and numerous other benefits including the right to all the unclaimed greenstone in the South Island. This was their fifth settlement.
6. A "top-up" generously granted by Treaty Negotiations Minister Doug Graham, who appeared intent on throwing away taxpayer money, meant Ngai Tahu last year received their sixth payout, of $68.5-million. I remark that with my acquaintance with members of the tribe over what is approaching 80 years, I do not recall ever once hearing complaints of their being treated unfairly by white members of the community.
The Ngai Tahu agreement, like that of Waikato-Tainui, was reached in an environment in which the government argued that all treaty settlements should total no more than $1-billion dollars, with the settlement cap called a "fiscal envelope". The relativity clause that the tribe would receive 16.1 percent of anything paid to other tribes that exceeded $1-billion in 1994 dollars. After much prompting, the government conceded that the $1-billion mark was crossed in June last year. Nevertheless, Ngai Tahu is demanding more and has entered arbitration with the Crown over interpretation of the clauses that detail how the relativity payment should be calculated.
Reasonable people might think that, at least where Ngai Tahu are concerned, that is the end of the matter, with the tribal elite living in luxurious style. Regrettably that is far from the case. We are informed that to consider the matter closed is "not the Maori way" so that in future we may expect more and more outrageous claims to which a succession of weak governments will submit as in the recent past.
In view of the fact that Ngai Tahu have already received five settlements, most of them described as "full and final", that the tribe is wanting more than the $68.5-million top-up received last year, that there will be numerous more top-ups as remaining tribes settle. Therefore, Ngai Tahu officials have many reasons to feel optimistic about more in the future.
The first part of this series, "Ngai Tahu as they were", may be read at http://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.co.nz/2014/04/bruce-moon-ngai-tahu-as-they-were.html. Part 3, titled "Ngai Tahu claim deceit" will be published here next week.
1. W.W. Smith, Taranaki Herald, LV, 1390, 10th March 1909, p2.
The Whitey said...
Look, it's really really simple:
would you rather live in NZ as it is today
or a South Pacific version of Ulster circa 1972.
Your choice.
Wilyum said...
One could be fooled into thinking it is just fiction as it is beyond belief.
Jigsaw said...
So Whitey thinks that we should pay (forever) to live in the country we were born in!Blackmail!
I knew some of this but not in such detail and it makes for very sad reading indeed. There is some detail missing such as the objections of the Tirikatene family to the claims of Stephen O'Regan and others that the 1944 claim was not approved by the tribe. The fact that one of the main negotiators for Ngai Tahu in 1997 is now the treaty minister is an absolute disgrace and a dark stain on the National party.
I am telling my children to get their quallifications and leave New Zealand and never come back. For forty years I have seen the greed of Maori ruining our country.White do gooders have created a monster and all for what? Maori still fill up the jails and commit most of the crime. So its obviously not the answer to keep throwing money at them. How about some tough love and making them stand on their own two feet...let them show us they have some pride. Theres not much mana in being regarded as bludgers and greedy mongrels.
Cpt747 said...
..again and again.....the same evidence shows up...HIGH TREASON has been committed by Finlayson/Key for their own greed/power and ego-trips"....against All New Zealanders...past present and future...C Tribalism..racisim is rampant....WAKE UP NEW ZEALAND..!!!
My children have obtained their tertiary qualifications and have moved overseas permanently. Unfortunately, my wife and I are now too old to even contemplate such a course of action and, in any event, why should we? As NZ citizens, born and bred, we consider our entitlement to be equal to that of any other citizen, Maori or non Maori, and we shall do all within our power to resist the current march towards apartheid and the establishment of a Maori tribal elite. Our politicians really are a meek, feeble minded pack of wimps and until we get some new blood in Parliament with a strong sense of justice and the intestinal fortitude to do something positive to get us out of the current mess, nothing much will change. The comment above referring to "a South Pacific version of Ulster circa 1972" is defeatist and pathetic! The forthcoming election may be our last chance to turn New Zealand around into a modern, fully democratic country with real equality for all of its citizens. We must NOT let this opportunity escape us.
I believe that when any Maori breaks the Treaty provisions, there should be financial penalties against any Treaty compensation paid to their tribe. After all, the signatories to the Treaty agreed to the rule of the Crown. So if they commit criminal offences, thereby breaking the Treaty, the relevant tribes should compensate the Crown. ie the New Zealand taxpayers.
Mike G said...
The unfortunate thing is the fact that no politician has the guts to be the one or ones to stand up against this treaty garbage!! The Greens and Labour will be even worse than the current lotThe only one with the bollocks to stand up to the bludgers is Winston and he's probably getting some of the slops from the grievance trough as well
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I have been shopping at Walmart ever since it opened how many years ago like most Americans and have never written a bad check to wally world. However now that they have decided to use telecheck to tell them whether to accept a persons check things have changed.
On June 3, 2011 I went to Walmart to buy groceries for my family-we spend $200-300 per week at Walmart- and when they went to run my check through, telecheck would not accept it-never mind I had 20 times the amount of the check in my account. This happened before with Home Depot- telecheck said my checks were out of order.
Well, Walmart I will blow you off and now start using Winn-Dixie,Harveys, CVS, and Walgreens with their coupons. If you don't like my money I don't like your product!!!!
Review #211256 is a subjective opinion of GoneFishing.
Look, debit cards and credit cards, as well as pulling money out from the ATM incur charges and fees. These options do not solve the problem. The option of a check is a valid option, so Simon, Shako, Cashier, FRGirl85, y'all can seriously can it. Wait a little longer, slow down your life, and see that a debit/credit card wastes your money.
Telecheck has poor management, and there's not much that can be done about it, unfortunately. The employees of the company (according to them) cannot tell the computer to accept checks and that all is well either. There is no way to get rid of the hold on your account because, according to them, there is no actual hold, they just advise that you do not pay by check for the next week.
Checks are not that inconvenient. They take literally thirty seconds longer to run than a credit/debit card. Learn to calm down and stop rushing through life. The thirty seconds you spend in that line will not make a *** bit of difference in your life.
What Telecheck does seems irresponsible and unnecessary. Hopefully, it'll change for the better one day soon.
I eagerly await the day when third party companies that have no part in people's money are banned, and store employees and customers chill out.
Get a debit card? Why should YOU have to accommodate THEM when you're trying to give them money?
I had the same problem with Office Depot and Shop n Save, who also use Telecheck. When I called Telecheck they said nothing was wrong with our credit, it's just that we hadn't written enough checks for small sums for them to evaluate our credit (small being under $20).
That's horrible "customer service". So we don't shop at any of those stores.
Where I work I get tired of telling customers that they don't have to write anything on their check and they do anyway. They keep other customers waiting. Just use a debit card.
You need to bravely march into the year 1996 and get a debit card. It's quicker and thus more convenient for the customers waiting behind you and the store is guaranteed payment.
I eagerly await the day that all stores stop accepting checks and believe me, that day is coming.
Working for a finance co that uses telecheck i can tell you this. Walmart has nothing to do with the decsion to accept the check.
Telecheck looks for people who have wrote bad checks before to any place by using the account and routing #.
So just because you have not wrote walmart bad checks does not mean anything. Also telelcheck CAN NOT check to live to see if funds are available, it just runs your check electronically which post faster and higher priority than paper checks.
I work for wal-mart thank you very much and not employees there are bad, its putting up with *** like you that puts us in a bad mood and for the tele-check thing Its our fault that it won't accept it If you have 20 times the amount in there use a *** Debit card next time ***!!
Your best bet is to NOT shop at Walmart or if you do, only buy what you absolutely need and/or cannot find anywhere else. Then, pay with cash and get the heck out of that store!!
Take a look at the employees who work there as you walk around the store. No wonder talking to them is like talking to your shoe.


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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds es una banda británica de rock formada en 2009 por Noel Gallagher, excompositor y guitarrista principal de Oasis. La banda se completa con el expianista de estudio de Oasis Mike Rowe, el baterista Chris Sharrock (último baterista de Oasis), el bajista de The Zutons Russell Pritchard y el guitarrista Gem Archer (exguitarra de Oasis). La banda también tiene una variedad de invitados en su álbum debut, tales como el Crouch End Festival Chorus y The Wired Strings.

Desde su partida de Oasis en 2009, muchos creían que Gallagher podría grabar un nuevo álbum solista. En julio de 2011, dio una conferencia de prensa para confirmar que efectivamente, este era el caso, después de desmentir que su hermano Liam Gallagher ya había escuchado las canciones del álbum. También explicó que estaría colaborando con Amorphous Androgynous para un segundo álbum que saldría en 2012.

Los sencillos de su álbum debut son "The Death of You and Me", "AKA... What a Life!", "If I Had a Gun...", "Dream On" y " Everybody's on the Run". "AKA... What a Life!" hizo su debut en un anuncio de televisión de Vauxhall Motors.

Gallagher anunció que iniciaría una gira una semana después de que el disco fuera lanzado. Él dijo: "Saldremos de gira una semana después de que salga el disco. Vamos a empezar lento en pequeños teatros. Si es suficiente bueno para ir creciendo, entonces se irá creciendo. No creo que haya una gran gira este año. Creo que este año será un pase rápido alrededor del mundo y se intentará en las grandes ciudades y entonces probablemente será un gran gira el próximo año".

Gallagher explicó en una entrevista con Jonathan Ross en The Jonathan Ross Show que la inspiración del nombre de la banda vino de dos fuentes. La idea del prefijo "Noel Gallagher's" vino mientras escuchaba el álbum homónimo de Fleetwood Mac (conocido también como Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac), mientras que la última parte es tomada de la canción "High Flying Bird" de Jefferson Airplane.

Historia

Separación de Oasis (2009-2010)
Desde el lanzamiento del álbum Dig Out Your Soul (2008), había varias especulaciones de que Noel Gallagher iba a comenzar su carrera solista. Sin embargo, el 12 de julio de 2009, se anunció a través de un publicista de Oasis que esto no era cierto. Las cosas cambiaron menos de dos meses después, a raíz de una pelea entre los Gallagher en los camerinos que al parecer se inició debido a que Liam rompió la guitarra de Noel, y Noel posteriormente se fue enojado.
El 28 de agosto de 2009 el gerente de Oasis anunció la cancelación de su concierto en el festival Rock en Seine, cerca de París, a pocos minutos de comenzar, junto con la cancelación de la gira europea y una declaración de que Oasis "ya no existe". Dos horas más tarde, una declaración de Noel apareció en el sitio web de la banda que "con un poco de tristeza y gran alivio ... dejo Oasis esta noche. La gente escribirá y dirá lo que quiera, pero simplemente no podía continuar trabajando con Liam un día más".

High Flying Birds y el proyecto de álbum desechado Amorphous Androgynous (2011–12)
Sus planes de carrera en solitario comenzaron en serio después de la desaparición de Oasis. El 6 de julio de 2011, Gallagher dio una rueda de prensa en Londres en la que anunció que Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds lanzaría un álbum homónimo el 17 de octubre de 2011, y una segunda colaboración con Amorphous Androgynous sería publicada en 2012. En julio de 2011, lanzó su primer sencillo "The Death of You and Me", con críticas positivas. Tras el éxito de "The Death of You and Me", Gallagher confirmó en su página web que el próximo sencillo de la banda en Reino Unido sería "AKA... What a Life!" que fue lanzado el 11 de septiembre de 2011. "If I Had a Gun...", primer sencillo en Estados Unidos de Gallagher, se publicó en iTunes el 20 de septiembre de 2011. El segundo álbum de Gallagher iba a ser una colaboración con Amorphous Androgynous, previsto para finales de 2012. Él dijo: "Suena un poco como Dark Side of the Moon de Pink Floyd. El sonido es similar a High Flying Birds, pero más psicodélico y confuso. No es un proyecto electrónico. La gente saca esa conclusión apresurada porque Amorphous Androgynous solía ser un equipo electrónico".

En la rueda de prensa, explicando el material del disco en solitario y la charla de colaboración, Gallagher admitió que la colaboración está "De puta madre. Tiene como 18 pistas, algo de krautrock, algo de Soul, algo de Funk y eso es sólo la primera canción.". Luego confesó que estaba nervioso por la publicación de su segundo disco en solitario con Amorphous Androgynous. "Mucha gente está deseándolo, que es por lo que estoy nervioso. Se lo están imaginando en sus propias mentes, pensando que va a ser algo que podría no serlo cuando lo escuchen. Es jodidamente bueno, pero no debería haberlo anunciado probablemente. Pero entonces pensé: 'Está acabado, así que a la mierda, esto es lo que he estado trabajando.'". Más tarde le costó decir "sin comentarios" a los periodistas, añadiendo, "Estoy maldecido con una absoluta corriente interminable de chistes. Lo siento por eso. La gente dice que es mi forma de hablar en las entrevistas la que hace que la gente se interese. Pero ellos sólo quieren decir que soy honesto. 'Oh, tiene una honestidad, ese muchacho...' ¿Cómo de deprimente es eso?". El 16 de marzo de 2012, Gallagher anunció que su siguiente EP titulado Songs from the Great White North sería publicado exclusivamente para Record Shop Day el 21 de abril de 2012. El EP está compuesto de caras B e incluye su reciente colaboración con morphous Androgynous, "Shoot a Hole Into the Sun".

Chasing Yesterday (2013–2016)
El 15 de agosto de 2013, Noel había sido programado para unirse a Andy Goldstein y Jason Victor Cundy para un programa de entrevistas, TalkSport for Sports Bar, para discutir temas del Manchester City y mucho más. Cuando rivalizaba con preguntas de los fanes en Twitter y por correo electrónico, Andy Goldstein revisó especulaciones de los rumores de una reunión de Oasis por Gallagher, mientras estaba en el programa, y una vez más desconectó cualquier posible rumor de una reunión de Oasis para 2014, y luego le preguntaron si estaba trabajando en algún material nuevo de 'High Flying Birds', confirmó con el programa de entrevistas lo siguiente:

"Tengo un montón de canciones sobrantes del último [álbum]. ¿Qué estoy haciendo en este momento? Estoy escribiendo, juntando cosas. Definitivamente, voy a hacer otro, [un nuevo disco], ¡eso es seguro! No quiero volver a la carretera aún, esa es la cosa". Guardándose algún detalle más de un nuevo segundo disco en solitario, a Gallagher se le pidió una fecha de lanzamiento del nuevo material, y con duda, dijo: "Probablemente saldrá cuando esté terminado, no sé".

El 20 de octubre de 2013, Gallagher afirmó que sus canciones más recientes que fueron escritas exclusivamente para el nuevo álbum son sus 'mejores canciones' nunca escritas. "He terminado y he tocado (las nuevas canciones), creo que '¡eso es bastante bueno! De hecho, podría ser la mejor canción que he escrito!'— 'Hasta que oí 'Rock and Roll Star 'en la radio, y dije, "Sí ... ¡no es tan buena!'".

El 17 de febrero de 2014, Rosie Danvers y The Wired Strings colaboraron con Noel Gallagher para su segundo disco en solitario, grabando para una pista. La sesión tuvo lugar en los Abbey Road Studios de Londres, según el sitio web de Wired Strings.

El 29 de mayo de 2014, Gallagher publicó una foto en su página de Facebook oficial confirmando que había comenzado a trabajar en su segundo álbum y posteriores. La foto muestra a Noel afinando una de sus muchas guitarras eléctricas.

El 17 de junio de 2014, su esposa, Sara MacDonald, indicó en Instagram que Gallagher estaba en medio de la grabación de su nuevo disco. Envió un mensaje a los fanes confirmando que Gallagher no haría su habitual viaje a la Copa Mundial de Fútbol, "Prepárense gente ....... no va a ir. Ni de coña. Está demasiado ocupado".

El 13 de octubre de 2014, se anunció que un nuevo álbum titulado Chasing Yesterday sería publicado el 2 de marzo de 2015. El primer sencillo del álbum, "In the Heat of the Moment", fue publicado el 17 de noviembre de 2014 seguido de "Ballad of the Mighty I" y "Riverman". Una gira en Reino Unido, Europa y Norteamérica seguidas de muchas apariciones en festivales.

El 4 de julio de 2015 encabezó el Calling Festival en Clapham Common. Después de tocar su primera canción ("Everybody's on the Run") Noel habló al público diciendo: "Hola Clapham ... Esto es algo que nunca pensé que diría".

Who Built the Moon? (2017–2019)
Gallagher ha comenzado a trabajar en un tercer álbum en solitario. El 6 de octubre de 2016 publicó una foto en Instagram de sí mismo en un estudio con el subtítulo "Nuevos zapatos. Nuevo amplificador. Nuevo álbum. No hay descanso para los malvados".

Su tercer álbum titulado "Who Built the Moon?" fue lanzado el 24 de noviembre de 2017. Supuso una inmersión en la música electrónica ya que Noel quería probar cosas nuevas. Comenzó una gira que acabó en verano de 2019

Sencillos independientes y Back The Way We Came Vol. 1 (2019–2021)
Entre verano de 2019 y marzo de 2020, Noel publicó varios sencillos en los que se notaba que se había sumergido en el mundo de la música electrónica. En mayo de 2020 publicó Don't Stop... (Demo), primer sencillo de Oasis desde 2009. El 29 de abril de 2021 anunció que iba a publicar un disco recopilatorio llamado Back The Way We Came, donde estaban los grandes éxitos de Noel después de Oasis. También incluía dos canciones nuevas, publicadas entre mayo y junio de 2021.

Council Skies (2021–presente)
El 31 de diciembre de 2020, Noel publicó una demo llamada "We're Gonna Get There In The End", en la que hablaba sobre la pandemia de COVID-19 y era el primer adelanto de su nuevo disco. El 1 de enero de 2022 dio más detalles sobre el disco para anunciar la publicación de una demo de la primera parte de "Trying To Find A World That's Been And Gone", donde se sumerge en un sonido orquestal. El 31 de octubre de 2022 publicó Pretty Boy, el primer sencillo del disco. Colaboró con Johnny Marr y Noel prueba con sonidos electrónicos. El 25 de diciembre se filtró la portada y el título del disco, que fue confirmado por él el 17 de enero de 2023, mismo día que publicó "Easy Now" como sencillo. El disco se llama "Council Skies" y la portada es en el centro del campo del estadio del Manchester City, Maine Road.  Se publicará el 2 de junio de 2023.

Discografía

Álbumes de estudio
 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011)
 Chasing Yesterday (2015)
 Who Built the Moon? (2017)
 Council Skies (2023)
Álbumes recopilatorios
 Back The Way We Came Vol.1 (2023)

Miembros de la banda
Miembros actuales
 Noel Gallagher – voz, guitarra líder y rítmica (2010–presente), bajo (2010–2011)
 Mike Rowe – teclados (2010–presente)
 Russell Pritchard – bajo, coros (2011–presente)
 Chris Sharrock – batería (2016–presente)
 Gem Archer – guitarra rítmica y líder (2016–presente)
 Jessica Greenfield – coros, teclados adicionales (2017–presente)
 Charlotte Marionneau – silbato, tijeras, frases habladas en francés, pandereta, coros (2017–presente)

Antiguos miembros
 Jeremy Stacey – batería (2010–2016)
 Tim Smith – guitarra rítmica y líder, coros (2011–2016)

Referencias

Cuartetos de música del Reino Unido
Grupos de rock alternativo de Inglaterra
Grupos de rock de Inglaterra
Grupos de música de Mánchester
Grupos de música de los años 2010
Grupos de música de los años 2020
Grupos de música formados en 2010


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one sixth of the days present in the second preceding year equals or exceeds 183 days.
the alien files Form 8840 by the due date, usually June 15th of the following year.
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Unlike Canada, United States tax laws allow a husband and wife to file a joint income tax return, in which worldwide income earned in a current calendar year by both individuals is reported. However, to be eligible to file a joint income tax return, both individuals must be United States residents on the last day of the tax year and they must make a special election.
As noted above, United States taxes paid by a Canadian, who is residing and working in the United States temporarily, can be claimed as foreign tax credits against Canadian taxes payable on the same income which has to be reported in Canada, as the individual is considered to be a resident for Canadian tax purposes as well.
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SPiN is a four-piece American alternative rock / power pop  band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area whose first EP Home was internationally released in 2010.

"Stellar musicianship, vocals and writing make this one not to be missed" wrote music and radio industry publication the FMQB. The Philadelphia-area based band's first single, "Home", entered the charts as the second-most added song in the country for two weeks straight. It went on to peak at number 7 on FMQB's Hot AC charts. SPiN has had its songs appear in dozens of television shows in the US and has toured extensively supporting acts such as Puddle of Mudd, Hinder, Trapt, Halestorm, Fuel, Eve 6, Sponge, Charm City Devils, SafetySuit, Ra, Rev Theory, and Red during stops in 32 US states at over 1000 shows. In 2015, "Happy Together", the first single from their Stalked EP hit #1 on the iTunes Indie Rock charts and remained in the top 5 for over two months. The band's Halloween-themed single "Zombie Girl" went viral in 2018 on YouTube and has surpassed 72 million views.

Formation
SPiN's origins can be traced back to a Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, high school, where vocalist Eric Rothenheber and keyboardist Jim Vacca first began performing together. Guitarist Henry Cieplinski and drummer Lou Chudnofsky were added, and with the help of a local booking agent band began playing regional shows 3–5 times a week. Their performances, along with a demo cut in a friend's basement studio, helped secure national sponsorship by the herb-infused liqueur brand Jägermeister, and the band was invited to be part of the Jäger Music Tour series. SPiN's debut EP, Home was then produced by Grammy-winning producer David Ivory.

Music placements on network TV
"Happy Together" was featured in the conclusion of episode 13 of the CBS hit show Stalker on January 21, 2015.
"Silent Night" was featured in the commercial spots for the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World airing on IFC (U.S. TV network) TV Network during all of November and December 2014.
"Hurt By You" was featured in the Free Beats segment on Attack of the Show.
"Not in Love" was used in the MTV Network top-rated series Teen Mom on the 2010 finale episode of season 1.  It is also featured in the popular online video game Audition Online.
"hurt by you" was used in the MTV Network series I Used To Be Fat on Episode 5 of Season 1 in 2011.
"doN't look dowN" was featured on the internationally syndicated radio show ExploreMusic with Alan Cross on February 2, 2011 who said about the band, "True DIY power pop that should turn some heads.  If not, you're not listening properly."
"home" was featured in Emmelunga market stores and Aiazzone Furniture Stores, and at WaterPark Ondablu (all in Italy).
"Not In Love" was featured on Brain Games (2011 TV series) on the National Geographic channel.
"Sing Myself" was featured on TripTank on the [Comedy Central] channel.
"My Everything" was featured in the Why I'm Not on Facebook documentary.
"The First Noel" was featured on The Detour on TBS.
"Breathe" was featured on Bid & Destroy (TV series) on Nat Geo.
"Want to Tell You" was featured on American Restoration on History.

Press
SPiN's releases have been met with favorable press in newspapers, magazines and websites in the United States, including the Philadelphia Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Feature articles were written on the band in The Virginia Tribune, Baltimore Times, Florida Style magazine, and the Washington Informer.

Discography

Albums / EPs / Singles
Home EP 2010
BELiEVE Album 2010
Christmas Time Again EP 2011
The Scream Inside EP 2012
Hard to Ignore EP 2013
Pushed Around EP 2013
Happy Together Single 2013
Stalked EP 2015
What A Rush EP 2015
Jar of Lies EP 2015
Just Fight (Ally's Song) Single 2016
My Hysteria EP 2016
What's Going On (feat. Nikey Knoxx) Single 2016
Meant to Rise EP 2017
All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth Single 2018
Make Me Move Album 2019
Carol of the Merry Gentlemen Single 2019
Thought I Knew You Single 2020
Dreaming Single 2022

RadioPlay/Charting

External links
SPiN Official Website
SPiN @Facebook
SPiN @Twitter
SPiN @YouTube
SPiN @Instagram

Members
 Eric Rothenheber: Vocals / Guitar (2010–present)
 Jim Vacca: Bass Synth / Vocals / Keyboards (2010–present)
 Henry Cieplinski: Guitar / Vocals (2010–present)
 Lou Chudnofsky: Drums (2010–present)

References

Musical groups from Pennsylvania

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Companies, LGBT Groups Say Bill Could Cost Texas Billions
Many LGBTQ community stakeholders say the bill is a "license to discriminate"
By Donovan Russo | CNBC	• Published at 5:23 pm on April 23, 2019
The Supreme Court has become the latest flash point for LGBTQ politics, agreeing to hear a case about Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and workplace discrimination. But at the local level, Texas is the current showdown state for LGBTQ rights.
Bill 17, recently passed by the Texas State Senate, sounds innocuous, but citing religious freedom as a reason for licensed professionals — doctors, lawyers and accountants — to turn away business (except in cases of severe injury or risk of death), the bill has become part of a nationwide battle between conservative politics and the business community.
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Republican State Senator Charles Perry, a sponsor of Senate Bill 17, said his concern is not companies that provide Texas with the "almighty dollar."
"When we see what we may perceive as immoralities, those people who hold those beliefs should be able to defend their faith ... without fear of losing their livelihood and their license," Perry, a certified public accountant, said during a Senate hearing on March 25.
Many LGBTQ community stakeholders say the bill is a "license to discriminate," depriving members of their human rights. Similar political battles in recent years have shown that the employers Perry dismissed as the "almighty dollar" have proved to be an important and powerful political voice in these debates.
Similar bills have been bad for business
Bills introduced in states across the country similar to SB 17, such as North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, otherwise known as the bathroom bill, can be detrimental to a state's economy.
Back in 2017 that bill, which only permitted people to use bathrooms based upon the sex on their birth certificates, was estimated to cost North Carolina $3.76 billion. PayPal was one of the many businesses to change its plans within North Carolina, opting not to build a facility that would have generated an estimated $2.66 billion for North Carolina's economy. In March of 2017, the bill was repealed.
Texas attempted to implement several different versions of a bathroom bill a few years ago but ultimately failed.
"I'm disgusted by all this. Tell the lieutenant governor I don't want the suicide of a single Texan on my hands," said Texas speaker of the house (2009–2019) Joe Straus, in regards to the bills that were brought forward in legislative session back in 2017, which cost Texas $66 million in revenue from travel and tourism.
Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act was part of a wave of legislative efforts brought by conservative politicians and deemed anti-LGBTQ by businesses and critics. The text of that bill stated the government cannot "substantially burden a person's exercise of religion" unless it is furthering a "compelling government interest" and acting in the least restrictive way possible. Nineteen states had similar laws at the time of the Indiana battle under then-Gov. Mike Pence in 2015. They are modeled after a federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993.
How the business world reacts to anti-LGBTQ legislation
Apple CEO Tim Cook, the most prominent openly gay corporate official in America, described laws like Indiana's as "very dangerous" in a 2015 Washington Post op-ed piece.
Officials from Salesforce.com, which was at the time building a huge presence in Indianapolis, spoke out at the time in letters, saying its "success is fundamentally based on our ability to attract and retain the best and most diverse pool of highly skilled employees, regardless of gender, religious affiliation, ethnicity or sexual orientation."
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff warned the company would be forced to dramatically reduce its spending in the state and would have employees boycott the state when it came to travel.
Angie's List co-founder and CEO Bill Oesterle blamed his cancellation of a planned $40 million headquarters expansion of his Indianapolis-based online ratings company on RFRA.
After signing the bill, Gov. Pence had the legislation rewritten to make clear in the language that business owners will not be allowed to discriminate when providing services. In a post-mortem analysis of the battle, published in 2018, the Indianapolis Star noted that RFRA caused the city to lose up to 12 conventions and $60 million in business. The Indianapolis Star also uncovered that a year after the passage of RFRA, Pence had spent $365,000 of taxpayers' money on PR firm services to repair the damage to the state's reputation from the religious freedom law.
Republican Governor Greg Abbott noted in a commentary written for CNBC last year when Texas was named the Top State for Business in 2018 that it is the top tech exporting state in the country, the top state for jobs created by foreign and domestic investment, and with an annual GDP of $1.7 trillion, the state is the 10th-largest economy in the world.
"If Texas truly wants its economy to grow, its legislators must concern themselves with the health of our businesses, not our bedrooms and bathrooms," said Jonathan D. Lovitz, senior vice president, National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, discussing the current bill that is running through Texas. "The LGBT community is a vital part of the Texas economy and deserves equal treatment under the law."
"The business community across Texas has made it clear that they oppose this legislation," said Samantha Smoot, interim executive director of Equality Texas. "It is bad for business, bad for the brand and bad for the people of Texas, their workers and their families."
Smoot said efforts continue around the U.S. to craft laws that are presented as protecting religious freedom but in fact are designed to discriminate against the LGBTQ community. Many are modeled on the legislative playbook of Project Blitz, a program of the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation.
Future repercussions in Texas
If the bill passes the Texas House, Lovitz is confident that major corporations will continue to step up to the plate.
A spokesman for Dell Technologies, a company founded in Texas and based in the Round Rock community outside of Austin, told CNBC in response to the Texas bill passing the Senate that "promoting an environment that values individual differences is a pillar of our success."
"Dell Technologies prides itself as a welcoming workplace for all. ... We look forward to working with officials at both the state and local level on policies that encourage fairness, economic growth and business development."
"It's fortuitous that we are watching SB 17, and bills like it, in the same [time period] the NGLCC and the National Business Inclusion Consortium are meeting with the Nation's top 50 corporations for inclusion, " Lovitz said. "Many of the corporations who made this list have publicly come out against discriminatory bills like this in the past, and we will likely see them do the same in the future."
Some of the more notable companies on the top 50 list are AT&T, IBM and Disney.
"Our economy is directly tied to our nation's rich diversity. LGBT people are women; we are people of color; we are veterans and so much more," Lovitz added. "Texas is a place that is known for so many leading industries nationally, such as energy, tourism and transportation. So they know fighting a bill like this is not only the right thing to do by their people but in the best interest of our economy."
There is no date yet in the Texas House for a vote on SB 17, which currently sits with the Texas House State Affairs Committee.
The Texas Tribune noted in a recent analysis that the conservative movement's goal may stop short of complete legislative victory. The bathroom bill considered during the 2017 legislative session was approved by the Senate, but the House never voted. "Nevertheless, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick declared victory," the Tribune wrote.
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Antigüedad, nacionalismos e identidades complejas en la historiografía occidental – Antiquity, Nationalism and Complex Identities in Western Historiographies
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ANIHO/ANIWEH aims to study the role played by ancient Greece and Rome in national historiographies, as well as cultural and political expressions of the 18th and 19th centuries. Along with the Spanish case study – central scope of the project – ANIHO / ANIWEH will also look at other contexts that provide enriching parallels within Europe and Latin America, in particular in Argentina and Colombia.Such comparative perspectives will make possible to scrutinise dynamic phenomena such as the relationships between centre and periphery at different cultural and ideological levels.
The project presents two main lines of research: the first one focuses on historiography and analyses the function attributed to Classical Antiquity in the shaping of a Spanish national historiography, from the Enlightenment to the Restauration, as well as in the rising of 'peripheral' historiographies (notably Catalan and Basque) that tend to be associated with specific political aspirations. In a similar way, Argentinian and Colombian historiographies and scholarship will be examined in correlation with the Spanish colonialism.
Secondly, the project will also study the social function of the past and the cultural and political model of Greece and Rome in 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. On the one hand, we will look at the use of Antiquity in cultural societies, such as the Amigos del País, Athenaea and at archaeological and travellers' associations; as well as at historical painting and novels that proliferated in 19th century Europe and Latin-America. On the other hand, ANIHO/ANIWEH will explore the presence of Graeco-Roman ideas and exempla in political thought and in public oratory, specifically in 19th century parliamentary context.
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Do lần techtalk trước có sự cố venue không diễn ra được, mời các bạn tham gia lại cùng Grokking trong techtalk lần này :) - những bạn đã đăng ký lần trước xin đăng ký lại giúp tụi mình nhé.
Join us this Dec 24th, 3.30pm for Grokking Vietnam TechTalk #15.
Do note that the talks' languages will be in Vietnamese.
The topic is to share data problems which AhaMove had to deal with onearly days, and how our engineering culture and philosophy affected our decisions and actions on handling these issues with detailed showcases on geospatial analytics and data pipeline.
This talk is going to take around 30 minutes in Vietnamese.
This talk would discuss the challenges in implementing the batching algorithm to optimize deliveries.
honestbee is an on-demand grocery delivery platform in the beginning and later on branch out to other services where logistics is the platform (laundry, food delivery).
The talk covers key architectural decisions when building a data analytics pipeline for logistics.
Ngoc is part of the initial member of the Data team at honestbee to build the data infrastructure as well as machine learning modelling for various problems at honestbee in e-commerce and logistics. Prior to honestbee, Ngoc works at Zendesk as backend engineer for its Live Chat product.
Thuc Nguyen is working at AhaMove - an 1.5 year old instant delivery startup - as Lead Operation Engineer.
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Ms. Rita Pitts
Dillard's Inc.
1600 Cantrell Rd.
RE: The tariff classification of a Haunted House Cookie Jar and a Lighted Haunted House from China.
Dear Ms. Pitts:
In your letter dated May 1, 2002, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
You submitted the following samples:
Style #227G097675, Haunted House Cookie Jar, consists of a haunted house shaped earthenware cookie jar that measures approximately 11-1/4 inches in height x 8 inches in width x 7-1/4 inches in length and is decorated with a three dimensional ghost, jack-o-lanterns, spiders, and a witch on a broom. The ghost holds a sign with the words "Happy Halloween."
Style #227G097679, Lighted Haunted House, consists of a haunted house shaped earthenware cookie jar that measures approximately 7 inches in height x 4-3/4 inches in width x 4-3/4 inches in length and is decorated with a three dimensional ghost, jack-o-lanterns, bats, and a spider. The haunted house rests on a base that holds a tealight candle, which illuminates just the haunted house, and not the room.
The applicable subheading for Style #227G097675, Haunted House Cookie Jar, and Style #227G097679, Lighted Haunted House, will be 9505.90.6000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for festive, carnival or other entertainment articles, including magic tricks and practical joke articles; parts and accessories thereof: other: other. The rate of duty will be free.
We are unable to issue a ruling on Style #227G097677, Pumpkin Treat Bowl, a functional bowl decorated on its rim with a 3-D jack-o-lantern.
The issue of the scope of the term "festive articles" under 9505 is currently pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the matter of Park B. Smith Ltd. V. United States, Court of Appeals No. 01-1578 (cross appeal # 01-1586). Section 177.7, Customs Regulations (19 CFR 177.7) provides that rulings will not be issued in certain circumstances. Section 177.7(b) states, in pertinent part, the following:
No ruling letter will be issued with respect to any issue which is pending before the United States Court of International Trade, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, or any court of appeal therefrom.
In light of the prohibition set out in 19 CFR 177.7(b), and as the instant classification ruling request is closely related to the issue presently pending in the Court of Appeals, we are unable to issue a classification ruling letter to you with respect to Style #227G097677, Pumpkin Treat Bowl. Accordingly, we are administratively closing our file.
When all litigation has been concluded on the case referenced above, you may resubmit your request for a ruling. If you decide to resubmit your request, please include all materials that we have returned to you and mail your request to Director, National Commodity Specialist Division, U.S. Customs Service, Attn: CIE/Ruling Request, One Penn Plaza, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10119.
A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist Alice Wong at 646-733-3026.
Tariff No.: 9505.90.60 - Festive, carnival or other entertainment articles nesoi and parts & accessories thereof nesoi


I am missing doing my bread baking tutorials. I have started to double up my bread baking and that has meant I've baked less. I made tiger bread on Monday and it has lasted us till today. I have also made sourdough bread in between times and it tends to last a little while also. So … tomorrow is bread bake day, watch this space for a tutorial.
This week has mostly been school work, it has been quite intense with the children's exams coming up. That is how it's going to be till June I'm afraid. It means a lot of time sitting round the table working for everyone.
Also I had to go for some errands today, I decided to go out first thing this morning and get them over and done with. It also gives the children some fresh air before we get stuck in. It only really took us an hour today, I have been running back and forth to the pharmacy trying to get my prescriptions. Finally they had my things in today and now I have got all my meds for the next two months.
Opposite the pharmacy is a computer game exchange place the children to look at so we went there. Then we noticed the thrift shop down the road which raises money for the local animal shelter so we looked in there.
I got myself a quirky little cat ornament, it looks like a Wade, but it isn't. A cheap copy is okay by me, it only cost a quid.
As if I haven't posted enough banana bread recipes on my page, I'm going to post another one! This might be the last banana bread recipe, because I think I pretty much nailed it. Well, maybe, unless I run out of something and substitute something else and have another happy accident.
I decided we had too many bananas laying about so I turned to my old faithful recipe Thank Me Banana Bread. As I got my ingredients ready I realised I didn't have enough plain flour, I only had self raising flour or bread flour. I didn't really want to use my bread flour today so I plumped for the self raising flour. Basically everything else was the same, except I added some baking powder. I am certain this tiny addition of baking powder gave me a really fluffy cake. My method was very slightly different also, and wow, I got a lovely fluffy banana loaf which was superior to the one I made before.
Just for fun I'm renaming this banana bread too, sadly I didn't take lots of photos because I hadn't intended on doing a tutorial. I think you can figure it all out though.
I actually made two loaf cakes, as it's more economical to fill my oven and run it, I had lots of bananas laying about anyway.
Recipe for 2 loaf cakes.
100g/1 large bar milk chocolate (cheap store brand is fine). I usually use a bar per cake but that's all I had today so 1 bar for two cakes had to do. Just use what you have in the house. Break the chocolate up into small chunks.
Grease or line two (2lb) loaf tins.
In a large bowl melt the butter.
Into the same bowl mash up the bananas.
Add in all the other ingredients except the chocolate and use a mixer to mix well. (This is what I did different, usually I mix banana cake by hand).
At the end stir in the chocolate.
Divide the mix into the two loaf tins.
Bake for approximately 45 minutes. Test for doneness by inserting a cocktail stick and see if it comes out clean.
Cool in the tins for around 20 minutes.
Lift out onto a wire rack till completely cool.
Ugh bread is a weakness of mine! Love banana bread!
Well, you have several recipes on my page to chose from. I love mixing the fudge or chocolate into the banana bread.
The banana bread is lovely.
Beautiful, useful gift. There are several banana bread recipes on my page, have fun with them.


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ICA's 24H Services Centre Ready By 2023: You Can Self-Collect Passports, ICs In Just 15 Mins
Zafirah Salim
The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) is building a 24-hour Integrated Services Centre in Singapore to "provide a convenient, one-stop service for members of the public."
The centre will be housed in a new 10-storey building situated at the current carpark right next to the existing ICA headquarters.
It will begin construction works from January next year, and is expected to be ready by 2023.
At the new facility, Singaporeans can collect various documents from one place instead of visiting different departments, which is the current practice at ICA Services Centre.
Additionally, Singaporeans will be able to collect documents such as passports and identification cards easily without having to make prior appointments with an ICA officer.
The collection of such documents can be done within an estimated 15 minutes via self-service kiosks which use biometric technology.
A new system called iSMART will help store and deliver the documents using robotics.
It is not clear how many self-service kiosks will be installed, but to avoid any potential crowd, visitors can check out ICA's website to access real-time crowd information.
Biometric Tech To Speed Up Immigration Processes
The existing immigration process will be overhauled to embrace a New Clearance Concept (NCC).
NCC will leverage biometrics and data analytics to speed up immigration processes at airports and checkpoints, and will be launched in 2022.
Under this initiative, the ICA will launch the Electronic Arrival Card (EAC) in the second half of this year.
Paper-based arrival cards will be phased out by 2021, and foreign visitors will have to submit their details online prior to arrival.
From September this year, airlines will also have to submit passenger information, such as passport and flight details, to the ICA to help in risk assessment and screening of travellers.
"Similar programmes have been implemented in many countries to combat terrorism and transnational crime," said the ICA.
The ICA is also trialing a new contactless immigration clearance system at Tuas Checkpoint since last month.
The system identifies travelers through facial and iris biometrics without the need for thumbprints or passports, shortening the clearance process to under one minute.
This system will be extended to foreigners at a later stage.
"It is a powerful transformation, an exciting vision," said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam.
"I assume it is the first in the world, if not among the first in the world. It will transform the traveller's experience at the checkpoints, and transform the ICA officer's job as well."
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Медвежьи шахматы (англ. bear chess) — стоклеточный вариант шахмат, предложенный Михаилом Сосновским в 1985 году в г. Калинине.

История
Михаил Сосновский в 1985 году создал вариант шахмат с новой фигурой «медведь». В сказочных шахматах эта фигура известна как белка (Squirrel). В Твери работали два клуба по этому варианту стоклеточных шахмат: в Доме культуры строителей и в Доме культуры полиграфкомбината
Одной из самых известных публикаций является статья в самиздатовском бюллетене «Информационный вестник друзей клубов "Кипергань" и "6 граней"» (стр. 56-57, выпуск 2, 1990 г., сост. Юрий Таранников), которая является перепечаткой статьи из газеты «Текстильщик» Калининской прядильно-ткацкой фабрики имени Вагжанова. В СССР было большое число публикаций по этому виду шахмат, а основное распространение «медвежьи шахматы» получили в Центральной России.

Медвежьи шахматы придумали  на тверской земле, поэтому организация «Патриоты Твери» пытается возродить интерес к этому виду шахмат, считая их  отличительной чертой  региона наравне с тверским козлом или, например, песнями Михаила Круга.

Правила игры
Применяется стоклеточная доска. Как и в классических шахматах, для обозначения горизонталей используются арабские цифры, а для вертикалей — буквы латинского алфавита (a, b,c, d,e, f,g, h,i, j). Поле а1 — чёрное. Помимо привычных шахматных фигур (король, ферзь, ладья, слон, конь и пешка) в игру введена новая фигура под названием «медведь». Эта фигура располагается на полях d1, g1 (для белых) и d10, g10 (для чёрных), то есть рядом с королём и ферзём. Медведь умеет перепрыгивать через свои и чужие фигуры. Данная фигура ходит на две клетки по вертикали, горизонтали и диагонали, а также как конь. Первым ходом пешки могут пойти на одну, две или три клетки исходя из выбора игрока. Для совершения рокировки король делает ход на две клетки в левую или правую сторону, а соответствующая ладья переносится через короля. Все другие правила (условия рокировки, взятие пешек на проходе, превращение пешек и др.) остаются такими же, как и в обычных шахматах.

Примечания

Ссылки
 chessvariants.com
 evochess.com

Настольные игры по алфавиту
Варианты шахмат
Появились в 1985 году в СССР


One nearly-universal rule in the mobile business is that "more" capacity always is needed. The main implication might be that mobile access revenue per bit always drops over time. Bandwidth-hungry apps are part of the problem.
"And, of course, if the road is becoming free, then you have to make money on what's traveling the road, which is video content," Nolle adds. That is a fundamental insight into present and future business models for many access providers who once earned most of their revenue from voice or messaging.
Across the full range of applications and services, "telcos" (including even cable TV companies, which are a segment of the telecom industry using a different access platform), the value and revenue from traditional apps has fallen. That is starting to be true even for the "newer" legacy services, such as internet access or entertainment video.
There are clear analogies in the internet era, when virtually any app or service can be created and delivered over any public IP network, with no participation by the access provider. With the rise of substitute products, that often means severely disrupted legacy revenue streams.
Voice services on U.S. fixed networks pose a huge stranded asset problem, as fewer than half of locations reached actually generate revenue.
Also, voice is a severely-limited revenue generator. A recent survey of mobile industry executives found that half now view voice as a low value service useful mostly in a multi-product bundle.
The key strategic insight is that since access has become a function that is largely commoditized, with value having shifted higher in the stack, or elsewhere in the ecosystem, at least some service providers must recreate application roles with higher value, higher profit margins and higher revenue, as application or service providers.


Built in 1860's (?1866) as sugar refinery, later a ropeworks. Tall L-plan block on corner site; red brick with yellow contrasting dressings; regular bays, 8 storeys including (mainly blind) circular openings to basement and shallow attic storey, other openings shallow-arched, large windows with 12-pane glazing; moulded eaves; piended low slated roofs. Interior fireproof construction, cast- iron beams and columns, brick arches.
Particularly high quality example of a sugar refinery. Building taken over by ropeworks which was established nearby in 1797 (Hume).