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Yacht and Aircraft Leasing
Value Added Tax Treatment of Private Yachts and Aircraft Leasing
Yacht Leasing
The guidelines explain that the leasing of a pleasure boat falls within the scope of such scheme when the lessor (owner of the boat) contracts the use of the boat to a lessee (the person who leases the boat) for a consideration. For VAT purposes, the lease of a yacht is treated as a supply of services which is taxable according to the use of the yacht within the territorial waters of the European Union. In other words, one would need to apportion the standard 18% VAT rate in accordance with the yahct's use within the EU's territorial waters.
In order to calculate the portion of the boat's use within EU territorial waters, the VAT department has issued a table which outlines the estimated percentage portion of the use happening with EU territorial waters based on the length of the boat and its means of propulsion (motorised or sailing). The table is set hereunder:
% of lease subject to VAT
Effective rate of VAT
Sailing boats or motor boats over 24 metres in length
Sailing boats between 20.01 to 24 metres in length
Motor boats between 16.01 to 24 metres in length
Sailing boats up to 10 metres in length
Motor boats between 7.51 to 12 metres in length (if registered in the commercial register)
Motor boats up to 7.5 metres in length (if registered in the commercial register)
How does this procedure work?
The lessor incorporates a company in Malta which would have as part of its economic activity the leasing of the yacht/s. The company duly registers for VAT in Malta under Article 10 of the VAT Act.
The lessor (company) acquires the yacht and initially pays 18% VAT (when the outright exemption is not possible). However, in terms of the company's economic activity, this full input VAT incurred could still be claimed back.
The lessor (company) leases the aircraft to a lessee and levies VAT on each monthly lease charge. However, only the portion which relates to the use of the boat within the EU waters (calculated on the basis of the above-mentioned table) is subject to the 18% VAT rate.
For example, take a 25 metre sailing yacht, in this case when leased the monthly lease charges would not be at the standard 18% VAT rate but rather at 5.4% (being 30% [table] of 18%). Therefore, this means that no Maltese VAT is charged on 70% of the lease payments since this is deemed to relate to when the yacht would have been used outside EU territorial waters.
The lease agreement may offer the lessee the option to acquire the yacht at the end of the lease period. If such option is exercised, a certificate showing that all VAT due has been paid in full would be issued by the VAT department.
What conditions need to be satisfied?
The yacht must come into Malta, preferably at the beginning of the lease agreement;
The leasing agreement shall be between a Maltese company (lessor) and any Maltese or foreign individual or company (lessee);
An initial contribution shall be paid by the lessee to the lessor amounting to at least 50% of the value of the yacht;
The lease period shall not exceed a period of 36 months and the lease installments shall be payable on a monthly basis;
The lessor shall be expected to make a profit from the leasing agreement, over and above the value of the yacht;
In the case of an option for the ownership to pass to the lessee at the end of the lease agreement, the final payment at the end of the lease agreement shall not be less than 1% of the value of the yacht.
Malta has recently introduced clear guidelines on the VAT treatment of aircraft leasing, making the country an ideal jurisdiction for aircraft registration. By combining this VAT scheme together with the existent beneficial income tax treatment for these arrangements, Malta offers aircraft leasing affiliates considerable fiscal advantages while at the same time ensuring high standards and full compliance with international laws and regulations.
The guidelines explain that an aircraft leasing falls within the scope of such scheme when the lessor (owner of the aircraft) contracts the use of the aircraft to a lessee (the person who leases the aircraft) for a consideration. For VAT purposes, the lease of an aircraft is treated as supply of services which is taxable according to the use of the aircraft attributed within the airspace of the European Union. In other words, one would need to apportion the standard 18% VAT rate in accordance with the aircraft's use within the European Union's airspace.
The VAT Department has issued a straightforward formula for calculating the portion of use of the aircraft within the airspace of the European Union. The formula takes into account the following details pursuant to the aircraft in question:
MTOM (kg)
Maximum Fuel Capacity (kg)
Fuel Burn
Optimum Altitude
Optimum Cruising Speed (knots)
The lessor (if not already a company registered in Malta) incorporates a company in Malta which would have as part of its economic activity the leasing of the aircraft. The company duly registers for VAT in Malta under Article 10 of the VAT Act.
The lessor (company) acquires the aircraft and initially pays 18% VAT (which is only avoidable in the case of international airline operators). However, in terms of the company's economic activity, this full input VAT incurred could still be claimed back.
The lessor (company) leases the aircraft to a lessee and levies VAT on each monthly lease charge. However, only the portion which relates to the use of the aircraft within the EU airspace (calculated on the basis of the above-mentioned formula) is subject to the 18% VAT rate.
The lease agreement may offer the lessee the option to acquire the aircraft at the end of the lease period. If such option is exercised, a certificate showing that all VAT due has been paid in full would be issued by the VAT department.
The lease agreement shall be entered into by a lessor who is established in Malta and a lessee which is also established in Malta and who would not be eligible to claim input tax in respect of the lease in Malta;
The Director General (VAT) may request the lessor to submit details regarding the use of the aircraft;
Prior approval must be sought in writing from the VAT Department and each application will be considered on its own merits.
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Review: Hemlock Grove, Season 2
Posted on July 12, 2014 by Rhube
Well. The ratio of anticipation to disappointment on this season was striking.
The first season of Hemlock Grove was original, unexpected, challenging, exciting, unpredictable, and provided a wide range of interesting female characters. This season drew extensively on racial stereotypes, reduced the number of interesting female characters, and dramatically increased their representation as instrumental objects to serve others' needs (especially reproductive needs). Lots of gratuitous female nudity – the plot even working to specifically enable as much of this as possible – and yet where there was male nudity it was downright chaste in comparison.
Colour me 'Eh' with shadings of 'rather pissed off, actually'.
Plot (mild spoilers)
Following the events of last season, Peter (Landon Liboiron), Destiny (Tiio Horn), and Lynda (Lili Taylor) have rejoined their Roma family. We catch up with them at a wake, which is going down with a lot of drink, music, and (for Destiny) sex. The wake is disturbed by the FBI, who have finally caught up with Lynda's years of racketeering. For legal reasons I did not exactly follow, this means that Peter and Destiny must return to Hemlock Grove to put together his mother's defence.
Roman Godfrey (Bill Skarsgård), meanwhile, has been dealing with becoming an upir, trying to find ways of feeding without killing people, and running the family company. Oh, and raising his Demon Spawn – I mean 'Lovely little girl with unnaturally blue eyes that no one – no one at all – ever comments upon'.
Olivia Godfrey (Famke Janssen) is not dead. She's been in a coma and then recovering, with the sinister aid of Dr Johann Pryce (Joel de la Fuente) and his new dodgy scientist side-kick, Dr Zheleznova-Burdukovskaya*, from dodgy Russia, with dodgy-but-nebulous war crimes hanging over her.
A young blonde woman, Miranda (Madeline Brewer – visually very similar to Lethe, Roman's cousin, Peter's girlfriend, whom Roman raped and impregnated with the Demon Spawn) is forced off the road near Roman's house. She knocks on his door for help and he lets her phone for a tow-truck and stay with him until she's ready to move on. Quelle suprise, the tow-truck company is the same one Peter has just got a job with.
Miranda begins a relationship with both Roman and Peter. As you do. What's weirder is that Miranda starts spontaneously lactating, conveniently supplying nourishment for the Demon Spawn, and also affording the viewer many opportunities for close-ups on her breasts. Many. We did not need that many. We really got the picture from the milk-stains on her top. This whole thing was not subtle.
Meanwhile, Peter cons some drug dealers into thinking they are buying some magical drug, developed by the Roma people, by turning into a werewolf in front of them 'on a bad moon'. This starts Peter off on a journey to become a vargulf (really uncool kind of werewolf that can change whenever he pleases but loses his humanity) which Destiny warns him about and he, you know, ignores her. Destiny is playing Cassandra this season.
He does this so that they can hire a lawyer for his mum, Lynda. For some reason, everyone refers to the lawyer as the 'lady lawyer', like this is 1950.
Meanwhile, Shelley Godfrey (Nicole Boivin and Madeleine Martin)is off in hiding, being kind of a badass and kind of really in trouble. Eventually, she returns to the fold, whereupon Dr Pryce explains about the naked blonde lady (again, very similar looking to Lethe) floating in a tank we've been seeing off and on throughout the season. He'd been 'growing' her to create the perfect human, but because he actually really does care for Shelley, he proposes copying Shelley's brain patterns and putting them in the blonde girl, then killing Shelley's old body, so that Shelley can live on in the 'perfect' body she's always dreamed of. Which is just the bestest idea EVER.
Oh, and there are some dudes in masks who are killing families and Peter and Roman keep sharing dreams about them and that's what brings them back into being best buddies again after the events of last season. That and a threesome with Miranda.
And Norman is still floating around, trying to work out his relationship to Olivia, and the fact that it's really not healthy, and I wish I could care about this, because I like Norman, but it's for that exact reason that I never bought the relationship in the first place.
Why I was displeased
OK, so let's talk about the racism, first. Season 1 started off a little bit racist, what with Peter and family introduced as basically on the left side of the law, but that kind of dropped away as Peter went on to be awesome and basically the hero in the way that Roman really turned out not to be. I had mixed feelings about it, but in a way that was kind of 'hopefully they will improve in the second season'. Why do I keep thinking things like this? Nobody knows.
We see a lot more Roma people, and they are framed as lazy, jobless, carefree people who party a lot and don't work for a living. The issue of systematic racism is lampshaded when the 'lady lawyer' mentions that the FBI will be really going after Lynda by angling to paint the Roma people as a criminal organisation. Which could have been explored interestingly, except for the fact that, despite Peter's protests, that's basically how they are presented within the world of Hemlock Grove.
And then there's the whole 'evil scientist' thing. Dr Pryce was already showing up for the sinister Asian and the scientist Asian stereotypes, but now we have Dr Incomprehesibly-long-double-barrelled-name which is not her only incomprehensibly long alias. And she's an Evil Russian. Like she just walked out of a Cold War Bond movie. She even has what a friend once described (referring to a Movie Nazi) as 'Evil Hair' – coiffed and then held severely solid by God only knows what heinous kind of product.
As for women? We've lost Lethe and Clementine from the first season, and Lynda is spirited away quicker than you can say 'The script writer didn't have any use for this character anymore'. Norman's wife, Maria, finds her way out of the story pretty quick** The 'lady lawyer' is in about two scenes, maybe three. Destiny gets more screen time, but I'm not sure she does a single thing that actually affects the plot. Her biggest scenes involve swallowing psychotropic magic poisons for Peter's sake. The first one has a needlessly suggestive snake slithering up her nethers. The second involves three people holding her head under water until she drowns. Yup, the themes of sexual objectification and violence against women are strong this season.
Then there's Miranda I-exist-to-spontaneously-lactate-and-sleep-with-the-leads Cates. Yes, lactation is creepy. Spontaneous lactation is creepier. It's a horror show. I GET it. But you actually literally do get to choose what tropes you employ, and Miranda could be replaced by a sexy bag of baby formula, and that's not in-world disturbing, that's plain disturbing. On the plus side, it is Miranda who takes the lead in initiating the threesome, but if you had told me there was going to be a threesome involving Bill Skarsgård and Landon Liboiron in this season, I would have shown up with my popcorn and expected, well, more. We only see them sleeping afterwards. Given the amount of naked ladies in this season, and all those close-ups of Miranda's boobs (lactating or otherwise), I was nonplussed***.
And if Miranda isn't used instrumentally enough, there's Prycilla, the girl Pryce has grown and whose brain he literally writes over for the sake of Shelley, and whom Dr Zheleznova-Burdukovskaya suggests to Olivia she might consume to overcome some of the difficulties she is facing. The girl exists to be used by others.
And speaking of Olivia, she is significantly powered down following Roman's attack on her at the end of last season, and her plot is strongly focused about how, having been dominated by her son, her maternal instincts resurface and she wants to mend fences with her children and be a better girlfriend to Norman. So, uh, not at all Freudian misogyny themed, then. It should be stressed that it's a believable performance by Famke Janssen and the progression does work for the character, but in the context of the diminution of other female characters, the choice to take this path with her is striking.
Certainly, no women are here to fill the vacuum Clementine Chasseur (Kandyse McClure) left behind. Indeed, Clementine's memory is reduced to fridging motivational fodder for her brother, Michael Chasseur (Demore Barnes).
Oh, and, in case you hadn't gathered by now, absolutely no mention of Roman's rapes is made whatsoever. There are no repurcussions for Roman for this. Roman's redemptive arc is conducted solely against his present worry that he might hurt other people now that he's an upir. It's not just that he gets away with it – men get away with rape all the time, and I appreciated the 'pretty guys you are rooting for can do this shit too' aspect of how it was handled in the first season, but this season it is literally as though it never happened. Roman and Peter are reeling from Lethe's death, Roman generally doesn't like who he became under his mother's power, but in as much as one might speculate as to his inner thoughts on the matter, any responsibility he might have taken for his own actions he seems to have shirked off, attributing it to Olivia and his upir nature. I kept expecting something to happen to reveal to Peter exactly what Roman had done. But nope. 'Oh, Roman, why are you raising the baby when I was going out with her mother and had taken the decision to step up as the father? Why are you so focused on her being your daughter? How come that whole "impregnanted by an angel" thing is still unresolved from last season?' Nuh-uh. Nadda. Nothing.
You can't see it, but I am not wearing anything resembling my happy face right now.
The artistry and originality of the first season is gone. I felt none of the genre-bending 'what am I watching' mystery, most of the characters became less interesting, racism and sexism upped substantially, the fact that Roman is a rapist completely forgotten… It's still well-acted and mostly well-scripted – I could and did consume this easily and quickly – but one is left, overall, with a bad taste in one's mouth. This is not the show I was raving about last year.
*She's not listed on either IMDB or Wikipedia, yet – I had to check the name in subtitles for the spelling – so I can't say who the actor is.
**SPOILER: She gets fridged.
***There were instances of naked gents – Peter gets naked every time he changes, and two other guys are forced naked for torture reasons, but as I say, these are pretty chaste in presentation compared to the treatment Prycilla and Miranda get.
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5 Responses to Review: Hemlock Grove, Season 2
Savantace says:
Just a brilliant and excellent review that encompasses exactly what I felt, saw and believed, on every level, while magically and most wonderfully brought to life and made exceptionally easy-to-understand. I was, however, under the impression that Roman was under some type of deep, evil, spell and thoroughly oblivious to his actions when he raped his own cousin, Lethe.
You're so utterly and completely right on here, especially with the habitual, endless, Gypsy-Tramps-n'-Thieves thing. It's so nonsensical that it's more like a comedic spoof and slapstick comedy.
The entire "Change at will" for Peter is lame — like so what? Roman and Olivia are full-blown day-walking vampires. Peter is such a light-weight little feller, he needs to change when he wants so everyone doesn't continue to use him as a punching bag. He's almost useless outside of the additional ability at becoming a genuine badass.
His gypsy-medium-crystal-ball-huggin'-potions and eye-of-newt worshipping, cousin, Destiny, the supremely irritating, unfeminine, Miss Know-It-All, has become nothing short of a Big-Bad-Dawgin'-Bully-Hard-Ass, smackin' Peter around continually while ordering him around in every scene, demanding this and that, commandeering and dictating his every step while repeatedly belittling him. She's no chaste, virtuous woman by any stretch and her bull dog, bulldozing of Miranda, the morning after the party, made me want to step in and smack the 'living, breathing, jealous, envious, nasty, ugly, bitch-witch-butch right out of her. She had no business on any level or in any capacity to do such a thing. It was like something out of the film Carrie. I HATE BULLIES.
As far as Lynda goes, however, her entire character was unfortunately useless and without redeeming value. She just brought so little interest or value to the table. She is a criminal and she can't be trusted and while in every scene with her, we always saw this kindly, good, caring, loving mother but the reality is – she's nuts and she's an opportunistic always looking for someone to rob and take tremendous advantage of. Good, send her ass back to Romania and let's call it a day.
Yet, it all ties in with the habitual, endless, Gypsy-Tramps-n'-Thieves thing. And Peter, for CRIPES SAKE, 'DUDE', please do yourself and the rest of us a favor and get a haircut a shower and a shave and perhaps something less young-homeless-male-hookerish looking. He's a nice kid but good grief is he a raging loser. He's stubborn, obstinate, always feeling sorry for himself and he is lazy and rather useless. He's so intense and whiney and thin and slight in stature with nothing — he has nothing. He's a bum so at least give him something that makes him of interest here — the ability to change into a werewolf at any time otherwise he's of no interest.
So what are the writers doing? Taking this already irritating little character that he is; a wimpy, unemployed, no-talent, loser of a pot-head-hippy 'dude' with absolutely no charm or personality on any level, with dirty clothes and give the only thing he has going for him in this series, that of being a werewolf, a bad attitude who now flies off the handle given any little irritation or situation that he can't cope with and he was never good at coping with much of anything to start with.
Oh no! He turned on the wrong moon! Oh my, now you're going to become a giant prick and die early. Oh lovely.
I thought this series was about werewolves and vampires and now Dr. Pryce is somehow sadistically un-vamping the vamps. The only thing remotely interesting about this show is Roman (played by the GORGEOUS Bill Skarsgård) and his character as a vampire. Olivia is painfully predictable, uninteresting and agonizingly dull — except for possibly when she sang at karaoke. Even then I was hoping for a better song where she really ROCKED THE HOUSE, but no, Writer-Forbid, of course not, that might make the episode or scene far too fun and interesting.
Speaking of Pryce, he's so mechanical, sociopathic, asexual, sadistic, scheming, manipulative, devious, decisive, and never-changing. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find out at some point that he's actually an animatronic or alien shape-shifter.
What was with Roman's ultra-scary-creepy-old, butler and maid, getting it on? Roman is calling out, "Somebody answer the door," and our eyes are then raped by the grotesque visual of these two relics that look more like they were reanimated post-mortem, having a good romp in the sack. Then the maid, who WORKS FOR ROMAN, feels the inordinate need to cry out to Olivia that her son is banging a smokin' hot, beautiful, young blonde (though she just refers to Miranda as WHORE) and caring for the baby! Yeah, how dare that blonde WHORE do what nobody else would do – pick the baby up in her arms and cradle her and rock her and nurse her and speak to her ever-so lovingly and tenderly.
And if the old bat assumed she might score some points with her former employees, Olivia never even dignifies her statement and walks directly out of Roman's house.
Roman's persona also took a nasty nose dive in this season. He's so stoic, miserable, immature and hostile, that he teeters on being intolerable to stomach and watch for too long. There's too much animal cruelty in this show as well. We're forced to watch Roman purchase an extremely gorgeous, wonderful and very expensive quarter horse only to see him feeding on that horse an episode later?
OKAY, with that scene, it was definitely STAKE THROUGH ROMAN'S HEART time. I'm done, turned off and finally to the point where he just needs to die. That was unacceptable. Fact of the matter is, this show could have been a lot of fun and entertaining had the writers known anything about writing.
When you start gratuitously killing a bunch of mothers and children and animals, episode after episode, you won't have a show to write for.
Every character in this show has been reduced to nothing short of an ass-face, EXCEPT for Shelly. We finally get to see a little depth in her character. The only GOOD THING in this entire new season thus far was seeing Shelly get bad-ass and kick down the door of the little boy who helped her and takes out his brutally abusive, vile and cruel, violent parents. YAY!
Norman is a fool. How do you carry on an affair with a sadistic, sociopathic, homicidal, deadly vampire B*tch for all those years and be clueless to whom she actually is? He isn't attractive enough to keep me interested. He's such an embarrassment.
Finally, regarding Miranda, I'm guessing at this point that she might be a ghost or Roman's vampire-demon-sweet-baby-girl somehow caused the accident that lured her to Roman's house. Upon the finding the baby, she came off way too opinionated and strong for someone who is a stranger to the household and a guest he's doing a favor for.
Miranda is gorgeous, although she too is a chronic whiner and painfully EMO, like Peter and Roman and the rest of the cast, actually. The poor-me, overly-intense, sniveling, teenagers, with their desperate attempt at playing grown-ups is also enough to wear down Fort Knox. Everything is a continual bummer and buzz-kill in this show. There's NEVER a good day, a ray of hope, or a wrong-turned-right. I'm spent, burned out, turn-off and pissed-off.
I'm extremely disappointed in Miranda for sleeping with Peter. She's staying in the home of one of the hottest and wealthiest of young, single, available men on the planet but she opts to screw the tow-truck driver and move from bed to bed. Why? Once the two find out about her mutual endeavors, she then takes them both upstairs. That's really AWKWARD and uncomfortable seeing as how Peter and Roman have not entirely reconciled their extreme differences.
Just yesterday, Roman is telling Peter to GET THE FK OUT OF MY HOUSE OR ELSE… only to find out that Peter, whom Roman now hates with a vehement, ardent passion, is sleeping with the gal that Roman is falling for – ahh okay, but suddenly Roman has no difficulty climbing into bed with the two of them for a nice, raunchy three-way.
OKAY, SURE.
Littlemiss.S says:
I just finished season 2 also, and I was literally saying "what the ever-loving-fck just happened here" "Are there some episodes missing?" "Who was in charge of this?"
No seriously, though, WTF?
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Um I don't know if any of you people whom are writing all these "bad reviews" have maybe thought of….um I dont know not watching it? Alot of the inconsistencies you speak of are what make this an interesting show. So peter cant change when he wants to like every other show on tv without paying a price… who cares?
LOL – what a totally bizarre comment. People don't know they have a problem with a show until they watch it, and (as you'd know if you were anything but a troll) I really adored the first series – if a show becomes extremely sexist where it was previously very positive, critiquing that MATTERS, and flows from one's original love of the show.
You're chosen example is also hilarious as it doesn't relate to my criticisms at all. I'm guessing your're just copy-pasta-ing this from blog to blog. Commenter for hire possibly? Anyway – thanks for the LOL, but keep your policing of other people's opinions and viewing habits away from my valid criticism, thanks.

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The Court considered the service provided by AirBnB is an 'intermediation service' as it puts potential tenants in touch with landlords offering short-term accommodation services.
In a statement from AhTop, it referred to the verdict as '…….a blank check for Airbnb Ireland UC which may continue to hide behind the directive on electronic commerce.'
Pointing out that the directive on e-commerce dates from 2002 when 'digital technology was still in it's infancy', the Association said, 'The Court's decision demonstrates the urgency of a complete overhaul of this directive. Unable to respond to the challenges posed by digital players. It poses a major risk to players in the real economy, the only job creators, who bear the brunt of platform competition.'
Commenting on the Court ruling, Serge Cachan, President of AhTOP said, 'We take note of this decision. The directive on electronic commerce has shown its limits, it must be changed as quickly as possible so that it enters the 21st century. It is urgent that the Government make its voice heard in the coming months to radically transform the rules of competition in the European Union.'
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Shojo Toshi (), cunoscut și ca Girl City, este cel de-al doilea album de studio al cântăreței și producătoarei japoneze Tujiko Noriko, lansat în 2000 la casa de discuri Mego.

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Cântecul întitulat "Tokyo" se găsește și în albumul From Tokyo to Naiagara, dar aici are o altă compoziție.

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Tujiko Noriko a relansat albumul Shojo Toshi sub numele Shojo Toshi+. Departe de listă originală a pieselor, artista a inclus câteva compoziții din alte albume și o versiune live.

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În ciuda faptului că piesele "Pop Skirt" și "Pop Na Skirt" din albumul Keshou To Heitai au titlurile diferite, ele au aceeași compoziție. Cântecele intitulate "Tokyo" din Shojo Toshi și From Tokyo to Naiagara sunt diferite.

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Albume Tujiko Noriko
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Marilyn Stokstad
A generous gift from a retired University of Kansas faculty member and noted art history scholar will leave a major mark on KU Libraries this year.
Marilyn Stokstad, the Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor Emerita of Art History, has given $250,000 to KU Libraries to create a new interior reception space and remodel the reading room at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. The renovated space, to be named the Marilyn Stokstad Reading Room, will be more open, inviting and visible — key qualities at the library, where researchers spend most of their time in the reading room because the collections do not circulate and are preserved in closed stacks.
"As a world-renowned author and researcher in her own right, Dr. Stokstad clearly understands the importance of the Spencer Research Library not only for faculty and researchers on campus, but throughout the world," said Lorraine Haricombe, dean of KU Libraries. "I am so pleased that Marilyn has chosen to support this effort, which will have such a positive impact on scholarly research at KU. I feel this project will be a fitting tribute to her support and her contributions to KU as a scholar and teacher."
The Kenneth Spencer Research Library has been dedicated to the preservation of the extensive collections of books, manuscripts, photos and other items since its opening in 1968. Stokstad hopes that her contribution to the libraries will encourage students and researchers to explore the collections that deepen our understanding of the vast histories of the world.
"Both the Spencer Museum of Art and the Kenneth Spencer Research Library have always felt like home to me," said Stokstad. "As a medievalist-art historian, you need both a museum and library in which to do your work. At KU, we are fortunate to have world-class institutions in both cases."
Stokstad, a member of the KU Libraries Board of Advocates, has been a longtime supporter of KU Libraries, with deep ties to the Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the Murphy Art and Architecture Library. She has previously established a generous endowment to support the art history collections at KU Libraries.
The Stokstad Reading Room project will include an enclosed consultation/teaching space for small groups within the reading room, a new central service point to make using the collections easier for visitors and a new interior entryway. Infrastructure improvements include more power outlets and upgraded wiring, essential to 21st century researchers, and new flooring. Construction is slated for summer, with completion anticipated by the start of the fall semester.
"I am thrilled that Dr. Stokstad has chosen to support the Spencer library," said Beth Whittaker, head of Spencer Research Library. "I hope this renovation will be the first of several major improvements to the building, retaining its historic character while allowing us to transform the way researchers, students and the public experience our outstanding collections."
Stokstad has been a generous donor to KU throughout her career. In addition to the libraries, she has supported the Spencer Museum of Art, the Hall Center for the Humanities, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Lied Center of Kansas.
Made possible through a gift from Helen F. Spencer in honor of her late husband, the Kenneth Spencer Research Library and its staff are dedicated to the preservation of diverse collections ranging from Kansas historical records to national political documents. For more information, visit spencer.lib.ku.edu.
The gift will be managed by KU Endowment, the independent, nonprofit organization serving as the official fundraising and fund-management organization for KU. Founded in 1891, KU Endowment was the first foundation of its kind at a U.S. public university.


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I always have an open mind about everything, but we are conducting a review, which is being led by officials.
I take the hon. Gentleman's point, and that is one reason we are conducting the review.
Exactly—it is in the hon. Gentleman's constituency. I hope to review what comes forward and to be able to come back.
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Q: Determine the final Windows user We have a SQL Server 2008 R2 database whose tables are used by stored procedures themselves called by dedicated application code (VBA).
Until now all the final users were accessing the same data but for regulatory compliance they will be split into 2 legal entities and we'll have to ensure each user only accesses his entity's records.
Implementing this restriction at the application level is quite simple but not safe (AFAIK any XLA is easily broken).
So to be safe we must implement it at the database level.
My first idea was to simply change the stored procedures to join on the current caller's entity to transparently filter the records retrieved by the SQL queries.
Unfortunately the access is made via a generic SQL Server user, and, from what I've seen on SO and elsewhere, although we are on a full Microsoft infrastructure, there is no way to get the Windows user name.
And indeed all the functions I have tested return the SQL Server user name:
SELECT SUSER_NAME();
SELECT ORIGINAL_LOGIN();
EXEC sp_who
EXEC sp_who2

So, unless I've missed something, we'll have to switch the authentification mode to Windows.
Then, either join as described above, or:

*

*create 2 database roles, one per legal entity, and manually assign users to each one,

*create views dedicated to each legal entity, and restrict their access with the roles.

Is there any other option?

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles global design competition launches
Prospect 100 is asking young creatives to reimagine and design the iconic characters, with a £5,000 prize and merchandise line for the winner.
Prospect 100 has partnered with ViacomCBS Consumer Products and Nickelodeon to launch a competition for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
The global design competition will provide a platform for up and coming artists, illustrators, designers and Turtle fans aged 16-15.
Young creatives are invited to submit original artworks reimagining the iconic characters.
The winning finalist will have their design turned in a special collection of official TMNT merchandise, available globally on Amazon in August, while they will also receive a £5,000 cash prize.
Each submission will be judged based on originality and authenticity to the designer, with the judges including TMNT co-creator, Kevin Eastman.
"We are thrilled to see how these young creators will bring their vision of Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael to life," commented Veronica Hart, evp global franchise planning at ViacomCBS. "Our goal for the TMNT x P100 Winner Collection is to create a fan-first product offering that presents the winning design to millions of TMNT fans."
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Q: Getting Issue with jquery while displaying text into text field I am making an application using jQuery.  In my app, the user enters some input like:
"We are going to party"
and when he clicks on the convert button, the result should be:
"V R GNG 2 PRTY".
But in my code, I am getting only last value as a result.
The code is at pastebin.com/NWMavENb.
I want the result to be "V R GNG 2 PRTY".Here is my page you can download http://www.mediafire.com/?cj5lz68di25dzx22 this page.

A: For each of your conditional if tests (and yes there are many ways to do this), try
if(words[i].toLowerCase() == "going") // case-insensitive test
{
    words[i] = "GNG";
}

and then after the end of your loop, reassign the value to your destination element.
$("#cnvalue").val(words.join(' '));

A: You are simply changing the value every time, so only the last value is stored.  You need to keep track of the value and append to it.
Here is one way
if(words[i]=="Are"||words[i]=="are"||words[i]=="ARE")
{
    $("#cnvalue").val($("#cnvalue").val() + " R");
}


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Fucoidan Can Function as an Adjuvant In Vivo to Enhance Dendritic Cell Maturation and Function and Promote Antigen-Specific T Cell Immune Responses 利用統計を見る
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Jin Jun-O
Du Jiang-Yuan
Wong Ka-Wing
Oda Tatsuya
Yu Qing
Fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide purified from brown algae, has a variety of immune-modulation effects, including promoting antigen uptake and enhancing anti-viral and anti-tumor effects. However, the effect of fucoidan in vivo, especially its adjuvant effect on in vivo anti-tumor immune responses, was not fully investigated. In this study, we investigated the effect of fucoidan on the function of spleen dendritic cells (DCs) and its adjuvant effect in vivo. Systemic administration of fucoidan induced up-regulation of CD40, CD80 and CD86 expression and production of IL-6, IL-12 and TNF-α in spleen cDCs. Fucoidan also promoted the generation of IFN-γ-producing Th1 and Tc1 cells in an IL-12-dependent manner. When used as an adjuvant in vivo with ovalbumin (OVA) antigen, fucoidan promoted OVA-specific antibody production and primed IFN-γ production in OVA-specific T cells. Moreover, fucoidan enhanced OVA-induced up-regulation of MHC class I and II on spleen cDCs and strongly prompted the proliferation of OVA-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells. Finally, OVA immunization with fucoidan as adjuvant protected mice from the challenge with B16-OVA tumor cells. Taken together, these results suggest that fucoidan can function as an adjuvant to induce Th1 immune response and CTL activation, which may be useful in tumor vaccine development.
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c 2014 Jin et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Bank of Ghana Faces Uphill Task in Checking Cedi, Inflation Pressures
Governor of Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison
Accra, Ghana, March 28, 2019//-As the Bank of Ghana's(BoG) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) holds its 87th meeting to review recent developments in Ghana's economy, one major task the Committee faces is to effectively reverse the path of the depreciating cedi while maintaining inflation at a single digit and at the same time keeping interest rates low.
Recently, these two indicators,which have strong correlations with the rate at which the central bank lends to commercial banks,saw upward movements following the BoG's decision to reduce its policy rate by 100 basis point to 16 per cent in January 2019.
"After the decision, the exchange rate and inflation both increased, a proof that the committee may have gotten it wrong in reducing the policy rate," Economic Analyst at GN Research, Emmanuel Zewu said via text. "This is expected to occupy the minds of the Committee members and they may not opt for a cut in the policy rate but are likely to keep the rate at 16 per cent."
Indeed, within a period of ten months, from March 2018 to January 2019, the BoG has reduced its policy rate by some 400 basis points to its current 16 per cent from 20 per cent.
At the last MPC meeting, Governor of the BoG, Ernest Addison said the move was "influenced by a fairly stable outlook for the economy."
However, both inflation rate and the cedi's value have been fairly unstable recently.
Inflation rose by 0.2 percentage points to 9.2 per cent in February 2019 from 9.0 per cent in January 2019, having improved from a December 2018 inflation of 9.4 per cent.
The cedi also took a nose-dive in the second week of February 2019 to record an alarming 13.57 per cent depreciation by mid-March after opening the year trading at GH₵4.9175 to a dollar, according to the Bloomberg Terminal.
It took an announcement by the Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, that a total of $4.6 billion would be injected into the system before the second quarter of this year to rescue the cedi from its plummet.
But the appreciation of the local currency has been unsteady as it has been fuelled purely by speculations and not long-term solutions to firm it up against major trading currencies, analysts have explained.
"I believe that, the performance of the cedi after the successful issuance of the Eurobond should not play a major role in the decision of the MPC. This is because, the effect will be short lived," Zewu said.
He said had the banking sector fully recovered from the recent clean-up exercise by the BoG, a change in the policy rate could effectively result in positive changes in the economy but the situation was not so.
"The banking sector continue to adjust after the clean-up exercise by the central bank. This means that the main channel of transmission of the decisions of the MPC may not be in a position to effectively transmit any changes in the policy rate.
"Therefore, if the MPC decides to maintain the policy rate, it will serve the central bank well in its quest to ensure a stronger link among commercial banks' interest rates, the reference rate, the policy rate and inflation."
Zewu indicated it would be the strongest statement about the central bank's seriousness if it increased the policy rate. But given that the recent $3 billion bond issuance has managed expectations and speculations in the interim, the MPC might not want to distort the current trajectory.
"Also given governments will to bring interest rates down do ensure success of its programs and the fact the monetary policies largely turn to accommodate fiscal policies, the likely decision will be to maintain the rate."
By Raju J. R. PARWANI
The writer is an economic and financial journalist based in Accra.
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"Send No Angel" by JH Glaze is the third in his series about John Hazard, who was a policeman in "Spirit Box", then hunted Aliens in "NorthWest" as part of a Paranormal investigation bureau, of which he is still a part of in "Send No Angel".
The story begins with two parallel narratives telling of separate gas fires being set but then the book takes us back to where "NorthWest" left us off, eight days prior to the fires. John and the survivors of his team return home after they have successfully mastered their challenges, but John's girlfriend, Emily Sparks, has been on the run from some gangsters before joining John's team and will need to face this dilemma now that they are returning back home. With some powerful help from John's rich friend, Frank, they set out to rid Emily of the constant threat to her life.
The connection to Frank however drags the Paranormal Investigators into a new adventure involving a portal that soon has Frank trapped in a different world, full of spirits and monsters, and it is John and Emily's turn to go on a rescue mission.
SO far for the plot as I can tell you without spoiling the experience.
Once again Glaze writes his story in great prose of at times almost literary quality without this interrupting the easy flow or getting in the way of the 'fun' element of the book. The characters, human and non-human, are entertaining and creatively chosen. There is some great humour in this story and a lot of action and suspense all the way through.
I personally loved the monsters in the other world best and I must admire the powers of Glaze's imagination as he describes this new dimension or sphere. As the rescue mission is in progress there are a lot of hairy moments and nail biting situations that kept me on the edge of my seat, holding my breath.
What pleased me most about this book however was that once more Glaze changed direction and made this instalment so different from the two before. There are references to the previous books but instead of following an easy and by all means probably rather successful formula Glaze never repeats himself. The great ideas of book one and two could easily have made for a series on their own but it seems that Glaze prefers to take his cast to new adventures instead. With that in mind it is possible to sit back and enjoy the fun ride – or scare ride, not having to worry about predictability and repetition.
My only complaint is that this book was published today and I will most likely have to wait for some time before I get the next book in the series in my hands.
I only recently discovered Jeff Glaze and his brand of horror. Hooked on his writing and aware that this was the last of his books that I hadn't read yet I waited for an entire week before allowing myself to read it. This series of flash stories rely on a stranger to name a topic or prop that the author then incorporates into a short story.
I was told that the stories of the Horror Challenge were getting better with each instalment and – although I didn't think it possible – they were indeed. Well, not strictly better – the other two books are superb – , but once again each story was original and creative enough to be distinguishable as a work of art in its own right.
Whether it was a fascinating take on Voodoo, an almost amusing twist on the "kissing a frog" theme, a vegan's lifetime ambition fulfilled other than he had expected – the stories all take unexpected turns or turn out somewhat differently from what one expects.
While truly scary and gory at times there is also a lot of wit and humour in some of these stories, making the book a very worthwhile read.
I am sorry to repeat what I have written in other reviews on Glaze, but his writing style and command of the language are outstanding and almost wasted on stories that could easily be enjoyed on the strength of their plot and subjects alone. Having the added bonus of the strong narratives and the well developed characters – achieved in such a short space of time – makes this another book I would like to recommend to all fans of the genre and those curious to give it a try at least once.
Sir – I want more!
Q. When do you know when a story has the potential for a whole book or when the idea is better in a short story?
A. The ideas are developed according to the purpose. Foe example, The Horror Challenge stories are specifically meant to be shorts. They are based on suggestions from fans. My novellas are my ideas that I know I only want to write something short on. My John Hazard series is written on a concept that I then develop into a novel. The Novels allow me to pursue the longer adventure and I try to weave a lot of stories into them along the way. You may notice as I introduce characters in my novels, they are usually stories in themselves.
Q. Tell us about the Horror Challenge, how did that come about?
The Horror Challenge idea was developed to interact with my fans. I wanted to do something special that involved them. The first idea was to use them as characters in my stories. Since there are not usually many characters in the stories, it is easier for me to let them assign the topic. Not only does this involve my fans in my work, it is an excellent exercise in creativity.
Q. How did you come up with John Hazard, the hero of several of your books. He is going through a lot of changes. Did you have a vision of him and where his life was going to go before you even started or how did his career develop?
Q. What do you like most about John? Why did you choose him?
A. What I like most about John is he is a no nonsense guy. For example, in NorthWest when Raj breaks his ankle and John leaves him, he knows that to try to carry the guy would slow them down to the point that all of them would be killed. You might not like his decisions sometimes, but often you know he is right.
Q. What would he say about you?
A. I think John would ask me why I write him as I do. I would tell him that a part of him is me. The GOOD part!
Q. Who else are characters in your books that you hold dear – and why?
A. Anybody is expendable, except Emily for now. Parts of Emily come from my wife Susan, and I like working with her character. I like to make her sensitive, but strong. Sometimes she is scared and I hide it from the reader, just as people do. Emily will be around for a while!
Q. How do you balance writing and promoting your books?
A. There is no balance. 10% of my time is spent writing – 90% promoting. Without the promoting part I would have no audience. I love writing, but if no one was reading it, it would not be as much fun. I love talking to fans. I love their feedback and ideas. Let me ask you, if a writer publishes a book in a vacuum, will anybody know it? Will anyone care? Will they keep writing? Probably not!
Q. I am quite a fan of your style and linguistic skills (and of Susan's editing).
A. I never went to school for it, but I have always had an active imagination and wanted to do something with it. It wasn't until 2009 that I decided it was time to try and write a book, or give up the dream of ever doing it.
Q. What are the dynamics with an editor you are married to?
A. We mostly agree on things, she knows me well enough that she knows my voice and when something needs a bit more work. I always tell folks that I write the stories, but she cleans up my mess.
Q. How did you come to writing in the first place?
A. I used to write a lot of poetry when I was a kid. I wanted to be a journalist after High School, but ended up hitch hiking around the country instead of going to school for it.
Q. Does much change during your writing or is the story pre-written in your head?
A. I tried using an outline on the first book. Halfway through I tossed it. I just start writing with a concept and my story writes itself, my characters take me on the journey. I just document it.
Q. Would you say your books have messages beyond pure entertainment?
A. Yes, but not by design. Forced intelligence has a message of knowledge without context, and one of the animal's points of view. The Life We Dream contains a lot of my own perspective of the meaning of true love, and the impact love has on us, even when it seems an impossible dream.
Q. What do you like most about writing and what least?
A. I love telling stories. I hate that I can only type with 3 fingers!
Q. What is your writing environment like?
A. I can write anywhere, but my favorite places are in coffee shops or on public transportation.
Q. What is your writing process like?
A. I sit down and start writing. Then I get up for a smoke. Then I write some more. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Q. Who are your cover artists?
A. I do all of my own cover art. I tried to work with an illustrator once, but he kept telling me he would be starting the work soon, but he never did start it.
Love Jeff and his books.


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Rush – The 70's: "Caress of Steel"
Posted by Lyle Russell | Jan 16, 2020 | Music, Reviews | 0 |
I decided to do this album as a separate article from the next one, 2112, for one simple reason: They both deserve their own review. These two were concept albums that shaped the future of Rush as a band, and how their fans would expect future albums to be. As far as their recording label is concerned, 1975's Caress of Steel was not a success. The highest it got to on the Billboard 200 is 148th, However, mega-fans love it and often refer to it as Rush's underrated triumph.
Lee, Lifeson and Peart in Cleveland, OH – 1977
Something unique to this album is the band's first attempt at one long song broken into pieces, not just by tracks but also within the track itself. This type of concept recording was not a new thing. The Moody Blues, YES, Pink Floyd, The Who, and many, many others had published concept tracks and albums by this time. This would also not be the last time Rush made a concept album like this, and though the record label hated it, Caress of Steel was the harbinger of great things to come.
Mercury Records advertisement for Caress of Steel upon release
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Bastille Day kicks off with a rocking intro. I Think I'm Going Bald and Lakeside Park are good rock-out tunes. However, the money is made on the last two songs. This album is set apart by the epics The Necromancer and The Fountain of Lamneth; two multi-part short stories made into song. They cover more than 30 minutes of the total 43-minute cut. So when playing this album, listen to the first three songs. Rock out Rush style and have fun. When track four starts, shut off your phone and the lights, kick back, and close your eyes. The music and the words will paint pictures for you. And you don't need any chemical enhancement to see it.
Caress of Steel – Track 1: Bastille Day
Live performance at Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ – December 1976
This high-energy lead off track knocks fans out of the park with Lifeson firing riffs and Peart's double-time drums. When Lee jumps in with the high pitch call for Revolution, the song is cemented as an ode to heavy rock before heavy rock was cool. The quick beat hardly lets the listener breathe for four-and-a-half minutes. It's not my favorite song, but it grew on me after a while. Lifeson's master guitar-smithing is on full display here, and it's pretty damn good.
Caress of Steel – Track 2: I Think I'm Going Bald
The title is oddball, but don't let that fool you. This track is about a frontman in another band that was close with Rush at the time. It tells of an upbeat and comedic look at getting older, but still doing it your way. Lifeson's rocking, more-traditional guitar riff echoes in the back while Lee belts out the realization of aging. This song is reminiscent of tracks on their debut album and will really get your foot tapping.
Caress of Steel – Track 3: Lakeside Park
Another personal memoir of Peart's youth put to song. Lakeside Park tells the story of a park near where he grew up that he worked at, and all the menagerie that happened there. The lyrics call back to anyone who remembers a traditional carnival midway at a state fair as a youth. It paints a fond memory of carefree youth and a "pocket-full of silver" being "The key to Heaven's door" with these lyrics:
Dancing fires on the beach,
Singing songs together.
Though it's just a memory,
Some memories last forever.
Lakeside Park by Rush
The words are poignant nostalgia of innocence and days gone by. It's a good song, but feels like a filler. It didn't have the hit track qualities of their other tunes.
Caress of Steel – Track 4: The Necromancer
Featuring the return of By-Tor from Fly by Night, The Necromancer tells an epic story in three movements. Overall, the song almost plays out like a D&D campaign and doesn't hide its nerdy greatness in any way. In fact, I'm sure there's some DM's out there who turned this song into an awesome night of dice, maps, and miniatures with their buddies. These lyrics are obviously influenced by Tolkien's writing, too. The Necromancer in The Hobbit turned out to be Sauron the Destroyer. Peart's lyrics tell a short story on the same vein. Take a listen:
Part I. Into Darkness is very Pink Floyd-ish, and sets up the story of three adventurers passing into the Necromancer's lands. It's a slow, acid rock-y dirge to set the dread our heroes are feeling as they approach the Necromancer's borders.
Part II. Under the Shadow changes perspective to the Necromancer and picks up the musical pace. Similar to By-Tor and the Snow Dog, the guitar and the bass take the spotlight for a few minutes. Our heroes from Willow Dale (ironically, also the Toronto suburb) fall in the Necromancer's clutches.
Part III. The Return of the Prince turns the song to upbeat, cheery strumming and picking, heralding the defeat of the evil Necromancer by Prince By-Tor.
Hard-core fans love this song, and so do I. One fan on YouTube jokes that you don't need drugs when people make music like this! When asked why By-Tor is portrayed as the hero here and not on Fly by Night, Neil Peart said, "I guess he's like all of us—sometimes good, and sometimes he's bad!
Caress of Steel – Track 5: The Fountain of Lamneth
Clocking in at 20 minutes long, The Fountain of Lamneth is the threshold Rush needed to cross in order to make 2112. That does not, however, take any grandeur away from this progressive rock work of art. As I said earlier, fans didn't appreciate this entire album at the time. It grew better with age, and this song is what drives it. Snippets out of this tune show up in later tracks, like chord progression during Bacchus Plateau came back in High Water on their 1987 album, Hold Your Fire.
Some call By-Tor and the Snow Dog Rush's first "weird" song, but I disagree. I think this is that first weird one, but it's good. The constant tempo changes, the high fantasy lyrics, fade-ins and outs between pieces, the switch between electric and acoustic throughout, and Peart's scorching drum work during the second movement. About that second part, called Didacts and Narpets, Peart explained the shouted lyrics:
"…the shouted words in that song represent an argument between Our Hero and the Didacts and Narpets – teachers and parents. I honestly can't remember what the actual words were, but they took up opposite positions like: "Work! Live! Earn! Give!" and like that."
Neil Peart, 1991 interview with the Rush Backstage Club
Judge it how you like. It's a weird song, but good—and necessary. It's the first of three songs Rush made taking an entire album side—paving the way for great works to come.
On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best)…
I give Caress of Steel a 6 out of 10. I want to rank it higher, but of their catalog, this whole cut is one giant musical experiment. It feels like a we-need-to-get-this-one-out-of-our-system type of recording effort. It's a good album (there is no bad Rush album) that fans learned to appreciate more as it aged, but struggled with when it came out. Ticket sales reflected that on the tour that followed. The album, sadly, never even hit Gold status.
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson shredding something up on stage
The next review coming shortly… 2112! See where this review all began here.
The record company practically begged the band to abandon this train of music-making and go back to The Working Man-type of success. Many fans agreed at the time, expressing little interest in an album where one song took up the whole side of their LP. I'm glad they stuck to their guns. Without Caress of Steel being cut like it was, and if Rush would have capitulated to the record label gods, 2112 would have never been made. That album, and the effort that went into this one, is musical master-work and I'll fight those who disagree!
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Wolff: F1 rules should ensure staff rotation to ease calendar pressure
Luke Smith
Toto Wolff believes Formula 1's regulations should require teams to rotate staff members to ease the pressure and human cost of the growing calendar.
F1 is set to unveil its 2022 calendar next week, featuring a record 23 races across a period of just over eight months.
While the move has been welcomed by some for the regular action it will provide fans and ability to race in more markets, concerns have been raised about the personal cost it will have on those working in F1.
Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel warned that F1 must not "neglect" its responsibility to people working in the paddock, and that the series need to "be very careful where we want to put our interests"
Speaking to Motorsport.com in an interview to mark World Mental Health Day on 10 October, Mercedes F1 boss Wolff said the human cost and mental health impact of a 23-race season was something "we have to tackle".
"I think as much as we want to race around the globe, and we want to provide a great show in really good destinations, and make sure that the sport is growing in terms of audiences, footprint and commercial revenue, we also need to see what toll it takes on the people," Wolff said.
"Twenty-three races, with triple-headers, is something that takes a toll.
"Now you can adopt the old-style mentality, and say 'well, be happy that you are in Formula 1, and if you can't cope, then do something else', which is totally contrary to how I operate.
"We need to create an environment where it becomes sustainable. We don't want to reduce races, I'm absolutely with Stefano [Domenicali] there."
Wolff felt there was a need to ensure staff rotation so that not every team member did every single race. While more and more teams have been rotating staff in some departments in recent years, he believed it could be written into the regulations to ensure it happens.
"From 23 races, being able to take five out makes a huge difference for every individual that is in the sport," Wolff said.
"We need to come up with some kind of regulatory environment and say how many races can someone attend, and have a rotational quota."
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, celebrates pole on arrival in Parc Ferme
Photo by: Steve Etherington / Motorsport Images
Wolff also believes that greater rotation would help teams to give more opportunities to young talent coming through their ranks.
"We all have junior people in the organisations that we are bringing up that maybe haven't been in the frontline, or in the hot seat," Wolff said.
"If it's the same for everybody, it will also help people to be exposed to the high pressure environment of the race track, on the field, rather than just working in the background.
"If you know that everybody has to do it, and everybody has to develop the younger people, I think that's a tremendous initiative."
Wolff acknowledged that he and other senior management in F1 were not in the "target group" for any potential rotation, but felt those with a say in forming the rulebook had a responsibility to make working in the series more sustainable for their employees.
"You need to look at the hard-working people out there," Wolff said. "These are the mechanics and the technical people from FOM and the FIA, they arrive three days earlier, the travelling and accommodation is not always the standard of the management.
"And they have high-pressure jobs. Mistakes can mean a DNF, or pit stops that are not going great. It comes down to the individual.
"We need to provide a more sustainable environment for all of these people. We are sitting at the table and we can influence that. We have to do it for their benefit."
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War of the Rebellion: Serial 030 Page 0151 Chapter XXXII. CORRESPONDENCE,ETC. - UNION.
Scouts to-night report that Buckner moved up to Nolensville from Franklin, via Triune. Send plenty of spies to Lebanon.
Second Lieutenant Sixth Infantry, Aide-de-Camp.
You had better send word to Granger to send scouts in all directions, to find where Hall has gone.
Have not heard yet from Colonel Hall, although I have sent four sets of couriers to intercept him. Citizens report to Colonel Harlan,at Hartsville, that there is no force of the enemy near Carthage. A citizen sent out by me yesterday has come back, and reports that he went to Lebanon; Smith was not there this morning, but was expected. I will have his report confirmed or disproved by other scouts by to-morrow, I hope.
The Fortieth Brigade has been ordered to report to General Reynolds; Ward's brigade to General Paine for railroad guards. Dumont's leave sent by mail. Written orders for changes will be sent.


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Vietnam will continue to be one of the fastest growing mid-range economies with an economic expansion of around 6% in 2023, according to Andrew Huntley, Senior Managing Director at BDA Partners, a London-based investment banking advisor for Asia.
Vietnam continues to grow fast in 2023 (Photo: VNA)
Huntley commented that although the growth is lower than that in 2022, it is similar to the level recorded before COVID-19 broke out in 2019.
He said that the growth rate of 8.02% in 2022 showed the strong recovery of the Vietnamese economy, with great contributions from high domestic consumption and exports.
Trade deals with the EU, the UK and Canada are also an important factor contributing to the strong growth of Vietnam in 2022, he said.
The expert was of the view that in 2023, tourism will be a bright spot that helps boost the country's development, along with foreign direct investment.
However, he said that the Vietnamese economy will face many challenges this year, including impacts from instability in the world economy, which may affect the country's exports.
Another challenge for the country is the double pressure from inflation and interest rates in the context that Vietnam is still dependent on imported raw material and energy.
Despite the challenges, Huntley is optimistic about the outlook of the Vietnamese economy in the medium term, as Vietnam has many factors supporting economic growth in following years, including social stability, internal strengths, a focus on technology and education, and a young workforce. Vietnam is also experiencing strong domestic growth when people are seeking higher health care service quality and living conditions, while the Government is providing better infrastructure system, he said, adding that these make the country an attractive destination for global investors.
According to Huntley, many investors also see Vietnam as an attractive market.
In the M&A area, many financial businesses and investors see Vietnam in the Southeast Asian region as a good chance for them. In order to continue promoting growth, Huntley recommended that the Vietnamese Government focus on tackling the ineffectiveness of the central and local administrations to ensure all investment programmes and projects receive suitable support.
At the same time, the country should increase programmes to introduce its strengths to the international community, not limiting to areas of agriculture and tourism but also in the fields needing sustainable investment such as environment, climate change response, the use of farming land, and the impacts of climate change on rivers and forests.
Huntley is one of the three CEOs and co-founder of BDA Partners. Currently, he is in charge of life sciences and global healthcare with his office based in Ho Chi Minh City.
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