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Erva-de-passarinho ou visco é como são descritas as plantas arbustivas hemiparasitas das famílias Loranthaceae e Santalaceae, pertencentes à Ordem das Santalales. Nativa em todos os continentes do mundo, parasita diversas espécies de árvores de grande porte.

Denominações
Visco é a denominação popular mais comum em Portugal, mas a planta também é conhecida como visgo ou agárico. No Brasil, ela é amplamente conhecida como erva-de-passarinho ou enxerto-de-passarinho.

Os indígenas brasileiros, contudo, a conheciam como guirarepoti, que em língua tupi significa "excremento de aves" (guira = ave, repoti ou tepoti = excremento). Isso indica que os povos indígenas do Brasil já conheciam as ervas-de-passarinho muito antes de ela ser descrita pela taxonomia oficial. Acredita-se que os índios provavelmente observaram alguma espécie de ave, como os gaturamos do gênero Euphonia, defecando as pequenas sementes de alguma erva-de-passarinho, como as do gênero Phoradendron.

Espécies
As espécies europeias e asiáticas são:
 Viscum album, que apresenta três subespécies:
 Viscum album mali, com bagas brancas, apresenta folhas ovaladas de bordos lisos em pares ao longo do caule lenhoso. Parasita árvores do género Populus e Crataegus, e a macieira, o limoeiro, entre outras.
 Viscum album abietis, o visco dos abetos.
 Viscum album pini, que parasita os pinheiros no centro e sul da Europa e norte da Turquia.
 Viscum cruciatum, que é hemiparasita da oliveira.

Na Austrália, a mais conhecida é a espécie Dendrophthoe glabrescens.

No Brasil, ocorrem em duas famílias: Loranthaceae e Santalaceae, com os seguintes gêneros:

Loranthaceae
Cladocolea Tiegh.
Gaiadendron G.Don
Ligaria Tiegh.
Oryctanthus (Griseb.) Eichler
Oryctina Tiegh.
Passovia H.Karst.
Peristethium Tiegh.
Phthirusa Mart.
Psittacanthus Mart.
Pusillanthus Kuijt
Struthanthus Mart.
Tripodanthus (Eichler) Tiegh.

Santalaceae
Acanthosyris (Eichler) Griseb.
Antidaphne Poepp. & Endl.
Arjona Cav.
Dendrophthora Eichler
Eubrachion Hook.f.
Jodina Hook. & Arn. ex Meisn.
Phoradendron Nutt.
Thesium L.

Ecologia
As ervas-de-passarinho são plantas cuja dispersão de sementes se dá a partir da planta-mãe, sendo feita por aves frugívoras ou morcegos através de defecação ou regurgitação sobre as futuras plantas hospedeiras ou sobre seus galhos, como ocorre nos gêneros Struthanthus e Psittacanthus.

Usos

As bagas de algumas espécies possuem propriedades medicinais e, por isso, a planta era utilizada como remédio para a epilepsia e distúrbios nervosos, para doenças cardíacas, hipertensão e para a digestão.

Na Europa, a planta está associada em algumas culturas às festividades do Natal, assim como o azevinho, ou ao renascimento, havendo uma lenda escandinava que diz que duas pessoas que se encontram debaixo de um visco devem se beijar para celebrar com amor a ressurreição de Balder, divindade da mitologia nórdica. Já os druidas a tinham como planta sagrada e sempre a colhiam no inverno, quando realizavam seus importantes atos religiosos.

Na série em quadrinhos Asterix, o druida Panoramix colhia o gui ("visco" em francês) das árvores.

Estudo
O principal taxonomista das ervas-de-passarinho é o canadense Job Kuijt, mas há especialistas em quase todas as famílias. Destaca-se também o trabalho de Daniel L. Nickrent, que aborda não somente ervas-de-passarinho, mas plantas parasitas no geral, com foco em análises moleculares.

Quanto às ervas-de-passarinho brasileiras, em 2012 foi publicado uma ampla revisão da literatura sobre ecologia das espécies neotropicais, com ênfase nas que ocorrem no Brasil.

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Plantas parasitas
Santalales
Plantas natalinas


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Your Valentine's Italian
Darrell Fusaro (February 13, 2021)
What a wonderful surprise to discover that the legend of St. Valentine is not limited to romantic love.
One of the inspirational books I look forward to reading during my morning routine is Alan Cohen's "A Deep Breath of Life." In it he shares the story of St. Valentine and I feel compelled to share it with you.
"The legend of St. Valentine goes back to the early days of Christianity when Christians were being persecuted by the Romans. One Christian, Valentinus, was tried as a heretic and sentenced to death. In prison, Valentinus befriended a guard who respected his wisdom, and soon the guard brought his seven-year-old blind daughter Julia, to Valentinus for lessons. Daily, the two talked of important things, and Julia developed a deep love and respect for her mentor. One day Julia asked him, "Valentinus, do you think I will ever be able to see?"
Valentinus thought for a moment and answered, "With love in your heart and belief in God, anything is possible, Julia."
At that moment, Julia was overtaken with a flash of light, and suddenly her eyesight was restored. "Valentinus, I can see!" the child shouted.
"Praise be to God," he humbly answered.
The next day when Julia came to visit Valentinus, he was gone. He had been taken to his execution. Julia found this note:
My Dear Julia,
Although we shall never see each other again, know that I will always love you. You are very dear to me. I will stay unseen by your side, and I will live in your heart. I believe in you.
~Your Valentine"
What a wonderful surprise to discover that the legend of St. Valentine is not limited to romantic love. It's a clear example that love given in the form of kindness has a tremendous effect upon the lives of others. Every time we perform a kind act, even as gentle as a smile, we set off an chain reaction for good that travels from one to another. This ripple effect will make it's way, and be felt, around the globe. Valentine's Day gives all of us the opportunity to share our kindness freely, without embarrassment. Whenever we greet others with a smile and a "Happy Valentine's Day!" we're contributing to a better world. Now that's amore!
According to Our Lady of Rosary Library: "Valentinus' sentence was carried out on, February 14, 270 A.D., near a gate that was later named Porta Valentini in his memory. He was buried at what is now the Church of Praxedes in Rome. It is said that Julia planted a pink-blossomed almond tree near his grave. Today, the almond tree remains a symbol of abiding love and friendship. On each February 14, Saint Valentine's Day, messages of affection and love are exchanged around the world."
"Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card, how you leave others feeling after having an experience with you becomes your trademark." –Unknown
–Darrell Fusaro
Darrell Fusaro is the author of What If Godzilla Just Wanted a Hug? and co-host of the Funniest Thing! with Darrell and Ed podcast
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Chaplain journeys from monk to priest
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Monsignor Dennis O'Donovan serves as Legatus chaplain and vicar general . . .
Monsignor Dennis O'Donovan
Portland Chapter
Monsignor Dennis O'Donovan, 70, has a brother and sister, both of whom are happily married with children. He is happily married to the Church, which he served as a monk before asking to be released to the Archdiocese of Portland, Ore., more than 30 years ago. Oregon is "a secular society with a vengeance," he says, and Legates serve a leavening role by witnessing to their faith and by reaching out to other Catholic leaders, who tend to stand out in a state where Catholics are in the minority.
Tell me about your call to the priesthood.
When I was in high school in Des Moines, one of my teachers was a priest as well as vocations director for the diocese. Even though he was diocesan, he invited me to attend "seminary week" at the Benedictines' Conception Abbey in Missouri. I was quite taken by their life of prayer and community. I ended up going to college anyway, but entered the monastery in 1962 after my second year.
I valued my years in the monastery when things elsewhere got really turbulent after the Second Vatican Council. I got a great spiritual grounding in prayer and liturgy. I also loved teaching at our boys' boarding school in Elkhorn, Neb.
But I felt a call to more pastoral ministry. When I did some postgraduate work at the University of Oregon, I asked my superiors to release me to the diocese. That was in 1979, and I've been here ever since — as a pastor most of that time, but for the last 11 years as vicar general. I wear many hats and do lots of odds-and-ends. For example, I'm very involved with our child-protection program, which has been copied elsewhere. On the weekends I'm able to serve pastorally at parishes.
How were you introduced to Legatus?
One of the greatest things Archbishop John Vlazny ever asked me to do was to serve as chaplain of our Legatus chapter, which I've been for the past five years. I was a handy choice: My office is right next to his! The previous chaplain, Fr. Michael Maslowski, was involved with the founding of the chapter, but he was assigned additional duties that preoccupied his time.
What about Legatus appeals to you?
Just seeing our members' dedication and care for their faith life, a care that extends to their businesses and employees. It's faith in action, and it's inspiring. I've always loved being a priest. For me, it's the greatest privilege imaginable. I so appreciate the support of Legatus members for my vocation, just as I try to support them in their personal lives. We strengthen one another, and I treasure that support.
How would you like to see the chapter move forward?
I encourage members to continue reaching out to other Catholic leaders to make them aware how Legatus can help them strengthen their faith. That personal strengthening is so important, because strengthening one's dedication to Christ carries over into everything one does.
What do you do to relax?
I like to walk and read, especially just before going to bed, so I've got a few books that are dog-eared pretty badly. Most recently I've been reading President George W. Bush's Decision Points. I really like mysteries, too. I've read all of Agatha Christie. Oh, and when I retire, I'd like to take up golf again.
Can you recommend any special devotions?
I recommend getting a copy of Benedictus: Day by Day with Pope Benedict XVI, a book of daily meditations drawn from the Holy Father's written and spoken words. They're absolutely magnificent, especially for busy people. Each daily meditation always gives me something deep to ponder — and each is barely a page long.


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Джінн Кольєр (, 15 травня 1946) — американська стрибунка у воду.
Срібна медалістка Олімпійських Ігор 1964 року.

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Народились 1946
Призери літніх Олімпійських ігор 1964
Жінки США XXI століття

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Participants will work through a series of studio projects using handmade and digital media, as well as digital fabrication technologies like 3D printing and laser cutting. There will be time at the end of the day to discuss each student's efforts with fellow participants and the faculty. Week 1 activities will include digital drafting. Students can either bring a personal laptop to use each day during Week 1, or elect to borrow a University computer for program activities. There is no homework—instructors will assign only what can be completed by the end of each day in studio.
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Euro PM2019 draws to a close
Euro PM2019 has seen three days of presentations on all sectors of the PM industry (Courtesy EPMA)
The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) has reported on the success of its Euro PM2019 Congress & Exhibition in Maastricht, the Netherlands, as the event draws to a close. The four-day event began with a celebration of the EPMA's 30th anniversary, allowing attendees to recollect past colleagues, companies and milestones in the Powder Metallurgy industry over the last three decades.
Euro PM2019 has reportedly seen strong attendance, with visitors in excess of 1100 participants from over forty countries. Over the course of the congress programme, a significant number of abstracts from the PM community has made for an active three days of presentations, discussions and networking opportunities.
The topics discussed during Euro PM represented all areas of Powder Metallurgy, including conventional press & sinter, Additive Manufacturing, functional materials, hard materials and diamond tools, Hot Isostatic Pressing, Metal Injection Moulding, new materials processes and applications.
Ralf Carlström, the EPMA's new President, opened the Plenary Presentations on October 14 with an 'Overview of the Status and Trends in the European PM Industry'. The opening presentation was then given on 'Graphite 'The Wondrous Mineral in PM'', presented by Stephen A Riddle, CEO, Asbury Graphite & Carbons, followed by a presentation on 'Powder based Laser Processes in the Context of Digital Photonic Production and Industry 4.0', by Prof Johannes Schleifenbaum, Chair of Digital Additive Production, RWTH Aachen, Germany.
Following the opening session, a special panel was held on 'EPMA and PM Technologies – Past, Present & Future', facilitated by Lionel Aboussouan, EPMA's Chief Executive Officer, as part of EPMA's 30th Anniversary celebrations. A new feature for the 2019 event was a selection of 'Campfire Meetings'. These relaxed, thirty minute meetings were designed to provide the opportunity to discuss a pertinent topic with a meeting facilitator, for additional networking and cross sector collaborations.
With the event drawing to a close, a special 30th Anniversary Closing Drinks Reception will take place tonight at the Maastricht Exhibition Congress Centre (MECC) prior to the annual Congress Dinner at Château St Gerlach.
Lionel Aboussouan, EPMA Executive Director, commented on the event, "Maastricht has proved a popular and well-connected location, which has made for a memorable event in the celebration of EPMA's 30th Anniversary. The diverse technical programme and sold-out exhibition has helped to attract attendees from several key sectors, who want to learn more about what PM can do for their applications and industries. We would like to thank all the EPMA supporters and stakeholders who have assisted in making this event a success!"
The EPMA stated that planning is now underway for next year's Euro PM2020 Congress & Exhibition, which will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from October 4–7 2020.
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How to Build a Sustainability-Focused Equity Allocation
By Karen Karniol-Tambour,
Carsten Stendevad, Daniel Hochman, Nikunj Jain
We believe it is possible to build an equity portfolio that meets high sustainability standards without materially changing its return profile.
Historically, portfolio construction has centered around optimizing return relative to risk, but we increasingly see institutional investors also adding environmental and social impact goals to their portfolio's aims. For example, many institutional investors have committed to shift their portfolio's carbon emissions profile or direct capital toward solutions that address climate change. This focus on sustainability in addition to risk and return affects all asset classes and is particularly important to consider in equities because collecting the equity risk premium is the bedrock of most strategic asset allocations. This raises the question: how can investors build an equity allocation that can achieve both return/risk and sustainability objectives?
To answer this question, we have developed a process with the goal of building a diversified equity portfolio that meets high sustainability standards without materially changing its financial characteristics. Making the shift to incorporate sustainability into an equity portfolio requires applying the same rigor to issues of sustainability that we are accustomed to applying to risk and return. It also requires creating a new portfolio construction approach that not only balances return and risk but also adds in impact considerations as a new important dimension.
The charts below illustrate the outcome of our process: a globally diversified equity index—with comparable returns to a traditional global equity portfolio—that includes only companies aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).1 In the remainder of this report, we describe how we built this allocation, breaking down the problem into two pieces:
Selecting which companies are aligned with a sustainable future: We have developed the capability to systematically assess the alignment of thousands of public market equities to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Engineering the selected companies into a portfolio: Once we have selected SDG-aligned equities, we leverage our portfolio construction capabilities to build up a diversified index by weighing each company's marginal diversification and sustainability characteristics.
1 The equity portfolio referred to as SDG-Aligned Equities and described in this piece is shown for illustrative purposes only. Such portfolio is not a strategy or product that Bridgewater manages.
2 Returns through May 19, 2021 and are shown gross of fees. SDG-Aligned Equities is shown for illustrative purposes only and does not represent a strategy managed by Bridgewater. SDG-Aligned Equities is constructed using Bridgewater analysis, which selects equity securities that are aligned with the UN SDGs and then combines such equity securities into an index based on publicly available market data. The results do not represent actual results and actual results may significantly differ from the simulated returns being presented. Readers should consider the limitations inherent in simulated results. It is expected that the simulated performance will periodically change as a function of both refinements to our methodology and the underlying market data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Please review the "Important Disclosures and Other Information" located at the end of this report.
Selecting Which Companies Are Aligned with a Sustainable Future
The first step is choosing a sustainability or impact goal for your portfolio. Before investors can build a sustainable portfolio, they must decide what "sustainability" means to them. We use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which are a broad global framework for social and environmental impact agreed to by most governments globally. The goals are expansive, ranging from ending poverty to providing affordable and clean energy, and we believe they address many investors' most important sustainability goals. For example, environmental sustainability and climate change are a top priority for many asset owners, and these play a large role in the SDGs (6 of the 17 goals address climate and the environment directly). The SDGs also contain around 200 specific and measurable indicators defined by the UN that help investors and researchers to assess real-world corporate activities.
The next step is building a scalable process to assess public companies against that goal. After choosing a goal, we develop a perspective on what we aim to measure and why (what we call a "data concept")—rather than reacting to the mountain of messy data that is increasingly available to investors on ESG issues. Given that institutional investors tend to have exposure to hundreds if not thousands of public market equities, a systematic process to assess equities is required to make the process scalable. Of course, systemization also forces a rigor in thinking (because it can be evaluated) and provides the opportunity to build in diversification and triangulation across multiple perspectives.
In our analysis, companies are rated on two dimensions, capturing the two ways corporates can have impact:
What They Do: Companies impact the world through the goods and services they provide. We break down a company's revenues into its various goods and services and align each of them with achieving sustainability goals. Even a very high-level goal like "Reduced Inequalities" can be mapped to specific business goods and services that are aligned with that goal (e.g., expanding financial services provided to underserved and low-income communities).
How They Do It: In addition to their revenue lines, companies also impact the world through behavioral practices such as their environmental footprint and labor practices. Each of these can be mapped to relevant sustainability metrics (e.g., carbon emissions or child labor). The relevance of each of these elements depends on the nature of the business (e.g., carbon emissions are more significant to a manufacturer than to a services business), so we look at close to 100 measures of business practices but weigh the relevance of these issues for each company.
The chart below shows the outcome of that process. Utilizing our systematic approach, we analyzed over 6,000 of the largest publicly traded companies, covering over $60 trillion in available market cap. Our starting universe, illustratively highlighted in the top right box, consists only of those companies that meet our principles for sustainability in "what they do" and "how they do it."
Engineering the Selected Companies into a Portfolio
Because there are so many stocks to choose from in the world with similar fundamental exposures to macroeconomic conditions, we believe that what is lost by reducing the universe of stocks held in terms of the marginal benefit of diversification is relatively modest. The chart below shows this from a theoretical perspective. The initial gains from diversification—moving from 1 to 50 securities—are substantial, while the later gains—moving from 50 securities to 500 securities—are very small. As an illustration, when we engineered a portfolio using the goals and selection process described above, we selected about 300 companies constituting about $13 trillion of market cap to build a diversified allocation.
Building a well-diversified portfolio out of the selected companies requires expanding traditional portfolio construction capabilities, which carefully examine how to achieve optimal diversification from any set of assets, to add in a third dimension that also considers sustainability characteristics in that process. From a risk-reducing diversification perspective, the goal is to avoid a range of biases such as sectoral concentration (e.g., healthcare), geographical concentration (e.g., Europe), company concentration, and factor concentration (e.g., valuation). From a sustainability perspective, the most-aligned companies should have more weight than those with less alignment to social and environmental goals. Going through this process, we believe it is possible to engineer a portfolio of equities with substantially similar financial characteristics as a global equity index—comprised only of companies that were selected to meet high sustainability standards.
Stock returns are driven by corporate cash flows and how those cash flows are discounted; growth and inflation are the dominant drivers of corporate cash flows, and risk premiums and discount rates determine how these cash flows are discounted to today. These exposures are widely shared across stocks. A diversified mix of sustainable equities shares the same overall macro exposures as a typical global index, and the returns of a portfolio of sustainable equities can, in large part, be explained by shifts in these macro factors.
3 Rising/Falling Growth/Inflation refer to perspectives from Bridgewater's analysis called the "AW Lens", which is an analytical approach to assess the behavior of the major drivers of asset performance and their impact on markets during any given period based on Bridgewater's understanding of global financial markets. Returns through May 19, 2021 and are shown gross of fees. SDG-Aligned Equities is shown for illustrative purposes only and does not represent a strategy managed by Bridgewater. SDG-Aligned Equities is constructed using Bridgewater analysis, which selects equity securities that are aligned with the UN SDGs and then combines such equity securities into an index based on publicly available market data. The results do not represent actual results and actual results may significantly differ from the simulated returns being presented. Readers should consider the limitations inherent in simulated results, including limitations and assumptions with SDG construction process. It is expected that the simulated performance will periodically change as a function of both refinements to our methodology and the underlying market data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Please review the "Important Disclosures and Other Information" located at the end of this report.
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And a diversified mix of sustainable equities also looks quite like market indices in terms of its valuation characteristics. Sustainable equities have a slightly lower P/E ratio in aggregate; our bubble gauge, which provides our perspective on stock market valuations, shows the sustainable mix as modestly overvalued, while valuations in the market overall are a bit more stretched (and there are some of the concentrated pockets of froth with much higher valuations).
5 The retail bubble slice refers to a slice of equities where BW analysis indicates that valuations are most stretched due to retail activity. SDG-Aligned Equities represents an illustrative view of equity allocations that uses SDG ratings to select SDG-aligned assets. This index is constructed based on Bridgewater analysis and does not represent returns of any actual Bridgewater strategy.
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Investors are accustomed to tracking, measuring, and reporting on the financial characteristics of their portfolio. A portfolio with added sustainability goals should also have a process of tracking, measuring, and reporting on these goals as well. Below, we give a few quick illustrations of how investors can do this.
First, investors can examine how different companies' goods and services contribute to individual Sustainable Development Goals through their offerings of goods and services. A typical equity allocation ends up with a modest allocation to companies aligned to most Sustainable Development Goals; in the case of climate, for example, it is a net negative when you add up companies that detract from the goal of decarbonizing the economy. The picture is quite similar for most held global ESG indices; in part, this is because many large indices prioritize minimizing tracking error to the benchmark, so they focus on "trimming the tail" by removing only a few companies with the worst business practices. In contrast, we start by establishing a very high sustainability bar (standards for alignment on both products and services, and business behavior) and then overlay our portfolio construction expertise, a process we call "3D Portfolio Construction." This results in a portfolio with meaningfully higher alignment to many SDGs (including SDG 3, which is focused on healthcare, and SDGs 7 and 13, which are focused on climate). It is also worth noting that several of the SDGs (e.g., SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions) are less directly relevant to company products and services.
6 SDG-Aligned Equities is shown for illustrative purposes only and does not represent a strategy managed by Bridgewater. SDG-Aligned Equities is constructed using Bridgewater analysis, which selects equity securities that are aligned with the UN SDGs and then combines such equity securities into an index based on publicly available market data.
Additionally, investors can measure and track how their portfolio is performing in terms of business behaviors. As shown below, an equity index assessed through our process has better aggregate business behavior than global equities on relevant topics such as environmental activity (e.g., pollution and waste), social and labor considerations (e.g., supply chain quality and non-discrimination of labor), and corporate governance.
Increasingly, investors are also able to measure impact directly, for example by accounting for companies' environmental damage. Below, in partnership with the Harvard Business School Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative, we assign a dollar value to the environmental impact that companies have as a by-product of their business (e.g., for every unit of greenhouse gas emissions and waste generated, a dollar cost is assigned). Comparing this to the revenues that the company has allows us to answer the question, "How profitable would a company actually be if we accounted for the environmental impact of the business?" A sustainable equity mix reflects a much lower environmental footprint for corporate activities.
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Заточник (устаревшее — точильщик) — профессия, специалист по заточке режущего инструмента.

Первоначально точильщиками называли ремесленников, точивших ножи, ножницы, бритвы, кинжалы, плуги, топоры и прочий режущий инструмент и холодное оружие.

В индустриальном производстве используется термин заточник — рабочая профессия специалиста, обеспечивающего требуемые параметры режущего инструмента (фрез, режущих частей сверл, резцов и пр.). В России классифицируются по ОКПДТР как 12242.

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Точильщики ножей

Точильщики ножей известны повсеместно с античных времен, представляя собой бродячих либо имеющих небольшую мастерскую ремесленников. Использовали они для правки и доводки инструмента в основном довольно примитивные устройства, например, оселок, точильный камень (иногда с ножным приводом).

В искусстве

Скульптура «"Точильщик", раб-палач, готовящийся к казни силена Марсия», относимая к III-II вв. до н.э.

В литературе:
Проходит, мелодично позванивая большим звонком, древний, но крепкий, как дуб, точильщик ножей, бритв и всякого кухонного металла. Его передвижная мастерская весьма тяжела. Везут ее на колесах вдвоем: хозяин-мастер и его трудолюбивая собака-волк.

«Точильщик (Принцип мелькания)» — картина Казимира Малевича, написанная в 1912 году (по другим данным в 1913 году).

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Consultation launched on introduction of licensing for private rented housing in parts of Leeds
By LeedsStar	 Last updated Nov 6, 2019
People are being asked for their views on the possible introduction of licensing for private sector rented housing in some parts of Leeds.
The city's private rented housing sector has expanded rapidly in recent years, showing how important the market is in meeting housing needs.
A lot of effort is put in by the council, partners and stakeholders, to tackle deprivation across Leeds, as parts of the city, such as Beeston and Harehills, do not fare as well as others.
As a result of these inequalities the council is considering introducing selective licensing in parts of Beeston and Harehills to help improve the management of private rented homes and to help ensure tenants benefit from living in a safe, comfortable and secure home.
If introduced in Leeds, selective licensing would mean that every home let by a private landlord within a defined area will need a licence from the council. Each licence would have conditions attached that the licence holder would have to meet.
Mark Ireland, the council's service manager for private sector housing said:
"Selective licensing schemes can also help create communities and places where people want to live, play, work and stay. The council is consulting on the proposal for selective licensing in parts of Beeston and Harehills. Everyone with an interest in the areas: residents, landlords, businesses and partners will be provided with information regarding the proposal."
The council's Community Hubs in the areas – the Compton Centre and Dewsbury Road – will have information available to take away and read for those not online. The consultation runs from August 1 until October 31.
Councillor Debra Coupar, Leeds City Council's executive member for communities said:
"A priority for the council is to improve the quality of housing across the city and make sure private rented homes are well managed by landlords. This is why we're considering introducing selective licensing in parts of Beeston and Harehills.
"We really want to hear your views on these selective licensing proposals and want as many people as possible to have their say."
Beeston and Harehills have seen an increase over recent years in the number of people living there, making them two of the most densely populated areas in the country.
The last 10 years has seen a significant increase in people living in the private rented sector in Beeston and Harehills, such that it is now the main provider of homes in both areas.
For a number of years, the council has operated an accreditation scheme for landlords in Leeds. Whilst very successful in some areas, it has not been successful across the city.
More recently, the council has supported the Leeds Rental Standard in the city. This is a self-regulation scheme run by the sector, for the sector as a means to recognise good landlords in the market. Like previous accreditation schemes, however, it has not consistently been taken up by landlords in Beeston and Harehills.
More information on selective licensing, including how to have your say, can be found at the following link: www.leeds.gov.uk/selectivelicensing
More information on selective licensing in the private sector can be found on this government website: https://www.gov.uk
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Q: Short circuit risk of using USB-C pins for other purposes DISCLAIMER: I'm new to electronics and this may be a bad idea/question.
I have a 4-pin USB-C connector (VBUS, GND, D+, D-) that is used to quick charge a DJI Mini SE drone using qc2.0.
If feasible and safe, I would like to use the same USB-C cable to also trigger the power on/off button on the drone using a ESP32 with a 8 relay module located on the base (not on the drone).
The idea is to bypass the power button by connecting its COM and NO pins to two pins of the USB-C connector (let's call them USB1 and USB2).
I would then power on the drone by closing the contact between USB1 and USB2 for aprox. 6 seconds.
Please note that I would never need to trigger the power button and charge the drone at the same time, but I'm aware that closing the contact between COM, NO, USB1 and USB2 could short circuit and damage the drone's mainboard when triggering the power button or charging the drone.
Is it feasible to close the contact between two UBS-c pins?
If so, which pins may I safely use?
BTW, I'm using a very strong 4-pin 360° magnetic connector and didn't find a similar 6-pin version.
If not feasible/safe, I would need to use a second connector.
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Grantham University Offers Full Scholarship to Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) & NCO Spouse
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Kansas City, Mo. — July 1, 2009 — Grantham University (www.grantham.edu), an online university serving working adult students around the world, will provide one full, four-year scholarship to a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) and one full, four-year scholarship to the spouse of a NCO from the community of the Greater Kansas City, Ft. Leavenworth, Ft. Riley, and Topeka Chapters of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA). Applicants do not need to be a member of AUSA. The scholarships will cover: tuition costs, required textbooks, software, fees and shipping of the course materials. The value of each scholarship is approximately $36,000.
"I look forward to presenting these scholarships to two deserving recipients at the 10th anniversary event for AUSA's Kansas City Chapter," said Dr. John LaNear, President of Grantham University. "Grantham has supported AUSA nationally and locally for many years, and we're honored to make it possible for two deserving applicants to pursue their educational goals."
Scholarship eligibility requirements and the online application can be found at /ausa-nco/. Applications for the Grantham University NCO and NCO Spouse Scholarship Program must be submitted by midnight (Central time), August 15, 2009. Scholarship recipients will be notified in September 2009.
Grantham University will present the NCO Scholarships at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the AUSA at 5:30 p.m. on September 22, 2009, at the KC Marriott Downtown Hotel, 200 West 12th Street, Kansas City, Mo.
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Silver Star Bike Park Now Open: New Trails Unveiled
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Silver Star Mountain Resort opened its Bike Park today and is now operating seven days a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., until September 1. All downhill and cross-country trails are open, with the exception of the very top trails, Double Dog and Shazam which are expected to open in two weeks time.
"Our trails are in prime condition and in fact, they are the best they have ever been for an opening," says Cameron Sorensen, Silver Star bike park manager. "We had over 800 people at the resort for our bonus opening weekend and everyone had smiles on their faces."
For the first time, cross-country riders will experience the plus five kilometres of Silver Star's newest XC trail network. For beginners, the new Explorer Loop adds an additional 500 metres to the already existing Mountain View and Sidewinder trails, while for intermediate riders the new Silver Shack and Chakra add an additional 4.6 kilometers to the park.
Additional trails will open throughout the summer. A cross-country day pass costs $5 and season passes are available for $37.50. Downhill season passes are available for $389 for adults. For an additional $20, riders can choose a XC add-on. Full day tickets cost $43 for adults.
The resort has also added a new food truck this year and a newly licensed patio at the Saloon so guests can enjoy a refreshing beverage under the warm Okanagan sun. Riders and hikers can start their day with a hot, hearty breakfast at Town Hall in the village and a barbecue lunch is offered by a food truck parked at the top of the Comet chair between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on weekends and holidays.
Silver Star's bike park features more than 300 dirt jumps and 600 berms. Trails range from green (easy) to double-black (expert), from gently winding through wildflower meadows to adrenalin pumping runs packed with berms, table tops and features that challenge the hardcore rider. A four-bike carrier lift, Comet Express, allows access to 18 trails and 1,600 vertical feet of riding in under seven minutes. It runs daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., while the Summit chair runs from noon until 4 p.m. on Fridays to Sundays.
For more leisurely outdoor pursuits, hikers can choose to access hiking trails from a chair lift or from the village. Trail passes can be purchased from Ski Dazzle ticket office.
New this summer is the 3-day Ride Card for $109. Season passes and the Ride Card can be purchased online at www.bikesilverstar.com or at Ski Dazzle in the village.
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New York Man Accused of Murder, Blames It On identical Twin Brother
Hopkins Updated: March 22, 2021
What sounds like something more out of a courtroom TV drama, a New York state man is trying to convince a judge that the real suspect in question is his identical twin brother. Syracuse.com is reporting that the 23 year-old Syracuse man is accused of first degree murder, stemming from May 2020. Perhaps there was a mistake? However, officials say the case all boils down to one key differential factor; hair.
The suspect's lawyer said Friday that there may have been some confusion which lead to the wrong brother being accused of the crime. The prosecutor and police were aware that there was another identical twin, who could play a factor in the defense's case. One of the officers testified that the suspect had long, shoulder length dreadlocks with beads, while the other brother (the one who's not a suspect) had much shorter hair,and tighter beads. Officials say both brothers had recent photos on their Facebook pages which they had kept a close eye on.
It is uncertain if the suspect's attorney plans to carry the "twin brother" defense over to an actual trial. If so, this could leave a potential jury quite confused, which could eventually even lead to both brothers remaining free. Is this the defense's real strategy? One thing is for sure, it's got to be a little awkward around that family right about now. Is the suspect really throwing nis brother under the bus? Think your family plays favorites when it comes to your siblings?
In unrelated news from earlier this week, police announced they had arrested the same man three times in the same day right here in the Hudson Valley. Officials say the man even managed to get arrested twice by the same state trooper that day. According to a press release, the 28 year-old suspect was pulled over for a traffic violation before 8 A.M., where police found that he was driving with a suspended license, and allegedly had crack cocaine in his possession. The Post then says the same suspect was eventually arrested by the same trooper at 2:30 P.M. after he allegedly was found with more drugs in his possession. He completed his memorable day about three hours later, according to police, when he was busted for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs.
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Congress recognized that the US economy was starved for professionals in the technology sector, and passed laws making it easy for US companies to fill the void with foreign professionals.
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Working with employers and immigration attorneys, we are compiling examples of unlawful agency actions in each visa category and preparing appeals for federal court.
The Administrative Procedures Act (APA) grants the right to appeal an agency action in federal court.
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The appellants successfully appealed an arbitrator's decision on the basis that the arbitrator erred by failing to give effect to the ordinary and plain meaning of a statutory provision regarding employment benefits
28. May 2013 0
Posted by Joel Morris
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Labour and employment boards – Arbitration Board – Labour law – Collective agreements – Benefits – Judicial review – Appeals – Compliance with legislation – Statutory interpretation – Standard of review – Correctness
British Columbia Teachers' Federation v. British Columbia Public School Employers' Assn., [2013] B.C.J. No. 767, 2013 BCCA 179, British Columbia Court of Appeal, April 19, 2013, R.T.A. Low, D.F. Tysoe and D.M. Smith JJ.A.
The Greater Victoria Teachers' Association, a local of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation, the appellant, was a party to collective agreements with the Board of Education in School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria), a member of the British Columbia Public School Employers' Association, the respondent. The collective agreement in issue contained a grievance procedure. The appellant filed a grievance claiming that the respondent was required to credit teachers with experience for increment purposes while on pregnancy and parental leaves under Part 6 of the Employment Standards Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 113 (the "Act"). The respondent denied the grievance. The grievance went to arbitration.
The arbitrator denied the grievance. The arbitrator held that with respect to the Act "the drafters of the legislation made a distinction between the situation where employment should be deemed continuous and the remaining situations where it is only increases in the pay rates and benefit plans that are protected." The arbitrator stated that the wording of the provisions "makes a clear distinction between the benefits that accrue to the position and those which attach to the actual experience of teaching." The arbitrator concluded that s. 56(3) of the Act requires an employer to pay all increases in wages attached to an employee's position while the employee is on leave under Part 6 of the Act, but this does not require the employer to grant experience increments to teachers while on pregnancy or parental leave.
The appellant appealed the arbitrator's decision to the Court of Appeal under s. 100 of the Labour Relations Code, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 244 (the "Code"). The respondent took the position on appeal that an appeal did not lie to the Court of Appeal, in the alternative that the standard of review to be applied was reasonableness and, in any event, the arbitrator's decision was correct.
The court identified four issues raised on the appeal:
(1) Does an appeal from the arbitrator's decision lie to the Court of Appeal?
(2) Is the standard of review to be applied to the arbitrator's decision reasonableness or correctness?
(3) If the standard of review is reasonableness, was the decision reasonable?
(4) If the standard of review is correctness, was the decision correct?
(1) Forum for the appeal
The court held that on the basis of ss. 99 and 100 of the Code, an appeal lies to the Court of Appeal in these circumstances. Section 100 of the Code provides that a party affected by a decision or award of an arbitrator may appeal to the Court of Appeal if the basis of the decision or award is a matter or issue of the general law not included in s. 99(1). Section 99(1) provides for appeals to the Labour Relations Board where a party has been or is likely to be denied a fair hearing or the decision or award of the arbitrator is inconsistent with the principles expressed or implied in the Labour Relations Code or another act dealing with labour relations. The court found that the interpretation of s. 56(3) of the Act is a matter of general law because it applies to non-unionized employees as well as unionized employees and does not raise or affect any labour relations principle. Therefore, an appeal from the arbitrator's decision does lie to the Court of Appeal.
(2) Standard of review
The court held that on the basis of its decision regarding the proper forum for the appeal, the interpretation of s. 56(3) of the Act is a question of general law and the standard of review is correctness. Section 56(3) applies to non-unionized employees as well as employees covered by collective agreements. Arbitrators appointed to deal with grievances under collective agreements do not necessarily have any special expertise in interpreting such provisions of general application.
(3) Correctness of the decision
The court held that the arbitrator's decision was incorrect. The interpretation of s. 56(3) of the Act is a question of statutory interpretation to be considered on the basis of the modern approach to statutory interpretation. On the plain and ordinary meaning of the words in s. 56(3), an employee on leave is entitled, upon his or her return, to any increase in wages to which he or she would have been entitled had the leave not been taken. If, by continuing to work, an employee would have received an increase in wages through a credit of an incremental step, then the employee is entitled to the same increase if he or she took the leave under Part 6 of the Act rather than continuing to work.
The court held that the arbitrator erred by failing to give effect to the ordinary and plain meaning of the wording of s. 56(3) of the Act. The arbitrator did not give the wording a broad and generous interpretation; rather, the arbitrator did the opposite by giving the section a narrow interpretation that was not supported by the words read in their entire context and in their grammatical and ordinary sense. The interpretation given to the section by the arbitrator resulted in a reading down of the wording. There was no principled basis for giving the section this narrow interpretation.
The court allowed the appeal. The matter was remitted to the arbitrator to deal with other issues raised at the arbitration hearing that the arbitrator did not address in his decision.
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The Undying Flame in Hiroshima
Ever since I remembered, In my school, I learned that Japan was a bad country. Which means, they were cruel to my fellow men, they killed many people, they blew up pearl harbour and many more. It was written in history books in schools and even taught by our teachers. Regardless, as time passed, and things have changed, people became more forgiving and more open about that history.
When I came to Japan, I admired on how they preserved their culture, most of all I look up to them when it comes to technology and tradition. Since I was more enamored with those, I never really paid attention to Japanese history, until I came to Hiroshima. Out of boredom and being a foreigner, it's normal to walk around and see tourist spots. My feet brought me to Hiroshima memorial peace shrine which was built on 1915. At first was I thought it's just another historical area. Then I came to realize that there is more to it. Hiroshima itself is a historical place. The Atomic dome or Genbaku dome is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage since December 7,1996, is the only surviving remnant after the atomic bomb was dropped. Over 70,000 people were killed, the other 70,000 suffered the radiation effect. I saw pictures showing on how a quiet town was bombed and killed many people without them knowing. Where most of them tried to hide under the bridge and some jumped on the river, but because of the heat, they still died. At the dome it's self you will see a faded shadow of a man who tried to hide behind the wall, but he still died and all that's left is the mark on where he stood to hide.
At the park you will see there that are two buildings, the cultural center and the museum where they have pictures of the aftermath, It was devastating to look at, that I did not even finish looking at all of the pictures in the museum. On the center, there is a monument called Memorial cenotaph which is shaped like a saddle and all the names of the people who died are written on it, it is aligned with the memorial flame and A-dome.
The memorial flame is a fire that was lit up in 1964 and it was never lit off ever since. That fire was for the souls of the thousands of people who died because of the atomic bomb, and every year the prime minister of Japan visits the place and he offers flowers and prayers for those people. And Japanese government mandates schools to have field trips to the place, for them to learn, pray and remember the people who died because of the war.
The words written in front of the cenotaph is "please rest in peace, for we shall not repeat the same error "After visiting the place I realized that everyone was affected by the war, both sides actually lost because they lost lives. I also believe that even joking for another atomic bomb is not good or I could say the war is not good. I pray for the souls of those who passed away during the war. May they find peace. And as for us, May we learn from the past and live in peace.
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KentuckyOne Health terminates all contracts with Coventry Cares
KentuckyOne Health has sent notice of termination of all contracts with CoventryCares of Kentucky which operates as a Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) under contract with the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services. These terminations will be effective for the former Saint Joseph Health System facilities on December 1, 2012, and for the former Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare on November 1, 2012.
CoventryCares is one of four MCOs providing managed Medicaid services for Kentucky Medicaid recipients. KentuckyOne Health is and will continue to be contracted to participate with Kentucky Spirit, Wellcare and Passport.
On April 27, 2012, Our Lady of Peace, part of KentuckyOne Health, received a letter of termination effective July 18, 2012 from CoventryCares, through their contractor, MHNet Behavioral Health for Our Lady of Peace services.
Our Lady of Peace works with all four MCOs to provide access to the unique services they offer for a very high risk patient population with intellectual disabilities. Many of the children served by Our Lady of Peace have no other facility to meet their highly specialized mental and behavioral health needs. In addition, 75 percent of patients at Our Lady of Peace are children and adolescents, many of which have developmental delays with dual diagnosis.
In addition, CoventryCares terminated the contract with Taylor Regional Hospital, one of KentuckyOne's managed facilities, also without cause. KentuckyOne leadership strongly believes that Medicaid recipients in the Commonwealth should have access to quality health care via a comprehensive network of provider and community organizations in order to achieve improved health outcomes. We feel CoventryCare's actions will ultimately hinder and prevent the care our communities need and deserve. That is especially true when a plan would put our most vulnerable patient populations at Our Lady of Peace (children and adults with complex mental health needs) at risk.
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However, when I compile my app into an iPhoneX with iOS 12 beta, I am able to save the worldmap and use it.
How to Change the initial Hand Color of the Oculus Touch for a project Hi. I'm currently in the process of making my first VR game within Unity 2018.2 and the latest version of the Oculus Avatar utilities. For my game, I want the hand color of the Oculus Touch controllers to be black instead of the default semi-transparent blue. After experimenting with the scripts for rendering the OVR Avatar hand components, nothing seemed to work.
This is my first post here. I've been attempting, for the last 3 days, to achieve a Raycast from the right controller of the Dell Visor Windows Mixed Reality Headset and haven't been able to get anywhere! I've looked over here, the Microsoft forums, gone through the hand controller tutorial videos and documentation on Microsoft's website. I am completely lost and would really love some assistance trying to get this Raycast from the controller to work.
InteractionManager/RaycastHit returning wrong GameObject So I'm using a bit of code from the example of how to check what object has been selected when using the InteractionManager_InteractionSourcePressed method.
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The New Jersey federal court's opinion disagreed with the cases in New York dismissing similar suits. As I understand it, the suits in California are in the discovery stage and the suit against Cooley, which was dismissed, in on appeal to the Sixth Circuit. Brief news story from Law360.
As I've said here before, drawing on my previous career as a plaintiffs-side business tort lawyer, I was surprised that all the suits didn't survive to the discovery stage. But as I understand it, the suits in New York were based upon what wasn't said by the schools while the suit against Cooley was based upon what was said. That may be the dividing line that holds in the long run. I find this USDC opinion out of New Jersey to be the best reasoned opinion yet. The cases out of New York seemed to me to provide the law schools with an exemption from the normal operation of the law (i.e., it seems a bit cozy for the judge to decide to merely lecture law schools on their ethical failing and dismiss them from the suit).
At Tax Prof Blog, Paul Caron has links to the results in some of the prior suits.


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Q: How to trouble shoot servlet output not appearing on browser, even though servlet otherwise working fine Log messages indicate that the servlet runs fine.  But when
we click the button to fire that servlet, nothing shows up on the browser.
I am debugging this.  That is, I put debugging statements  in
the code.
out.println (" ** debugging message ** ")
.. more of the code ...
out.println (" ** debugging message two ")
return 0
... rest of the code ...
I get the two debugging messages.  When I remove the return
zeros, allowing the rest of the code to execute,
none of the debugging messages show up.
When I stop the rest of the code from executing, I see
all the output on the browser that I should from the first
part of the program.
Without any debugging messages, in Network Mode,
I see the GET and "Size" of 0.00 kb, a return code of 302
and a time of 152 seconds.  And the type is html.
This servlet used to work fine.

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Bush urges for $30 billion to fight AIDS in Africa
WASHINGTON - President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to authorize an additional $30 billion to fight AIDS in Africa over five years, doubling the current U.S. commitment.
The money would provide treatment for 2.5 million people under the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief, Bush said.
Through March 31, the program has supported treatment for 1.1 million people in 15 countries, including more than 1 million in Africa, he said. The program's original five-year mandate, which called for spending $15 billion, expires in September 2008 and Bush asked Congress to renew it.
"When I took office, an HIV diagnosis in Africa's poorest communities was usually a death sentence. Parents watched their babies die needlessly because local clinics lacked effective treatments," the president said.
White House press secretary Tony Snow said the specific goals for the next five years call for treatment of 2.5 million people, prevention of more than 12 million new infections and the care of more than 12 million people, including 5 million orphans and children.
Bush also announced that his wife, Laura, will visit four African countries that have benefited from the U.S. program and report back to him on her findings. The trip will take place June 25-29.
The president's announcement comes before next week's annual summit of industrialized nations in Heiligendamm, Germany. Germany is pledging to make Africa a central issue and is calling for more aid, further debt relief and improved financial oversight.


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Alresford Badminton Club
GDPR Compliance Policy
CONSTITUTION:
The name of the Club shall be the "Alresford Badminton Club" hereinafter referred to as the Club.
2. Affiliation
The club shall be affiliated to the Badminton Association of England and local leagues.
a)To promote an interest in Badminton.
b)To provide facilities for members to play Badminton and to provide information, advice and assistance on matters connected with Badminton.
c)To afford members such benefits and privileges as it may be possible to arrange.
Persons of not less than 16 years of age shall be eligible for full membership and persons under this age for junior membership. All membership applications are subject to the approval of the Committee.
The authority and responsibilities for the transactions of the business of the Club for its management shall be vested in a Committee.
6. Officers
The Officers shall be a Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Match Secretary (ex officio), who shall hold office until the next Annual General Meeting.
7. Joint Offices
Where an office is held jointly by two persons, or where there is a deputy or assistant to an officer, then BOTH persons in such a case shall be ex-officio members of the Committee.
The Committee shall comprise the Officers together with not less than four members who shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting. The Committee shall have power to co-opt additional members of the Club onto the Committee as required. In any Committee meeting a Quorum shall be not less than half the members of the Committee or four whichever is the larger.
1. Meetings of the Committee
The Committee shall meet whenever summoned by the Chairman, who may convene meetings of his/her own accord, or on a requisition signed by a minimum of one half of the Committee.
2. Absence from Committee Meetings
Any member of the Committee who shall, without sufficient reason, absent himself or herself from three consecutive meetings will be understood to have resigned his/her position upon that Committee.
3. Voting at Committee Meetings
Each member present at a meeting of the Committee of the Club shall be entitled to the exercise of one vote. The Chairman shall not vote except in the course of a casting vote. A simple majority will carry a resolution.
4. Duties of Secretary
It shall be the duty of the Secretary to attend in person, or by deputy, all meetings of the Club and to take minutes of the proceedings. Such minutes shall be recorded and presented for confirmation at the following meeting. In addition he/she shall carry out all duties requested of the Secretary by the meeting, so far as they are consistent with these rules and constitution.
5. Finances
All monies of the Club shall be banked by the Treasurer, or by deputy, in the name of the Club at a bank approved by the Committee. Cheques shall be signed by any two of the Chairman, Secretary or Treasurer and all expenses shall be authorised by the Committee.
6. Subscriptions
The annual subscription shall be such an amount as shall be determined at an Annual General Meeting of the Club. Such subscription is to be payable within one calendar month of the commencement of the season. The Committee may approve the following discounts and concessions:
a) Early payment
b) Family membership
c) Junior membership
d) Student / full time education
e) Part season membership
f) Allowance for paid visitor fees
7. Visitor Fees
Visitors are welcome to play in exchange for a fee, as agreed at the AGM.
8. The Annual General Meeting
The AGM of the Club shall be held as soon as possible following the end of the season in each year upon a date and time to be fixed by the Committee. Alternative nominations to the Chairman and Officers should be submitted to the Secretary not less than 7 days prior to the AGM. The Annual General Meeting shall:
a) Receive a full statement of account, independently checked and signed as correct by a non-member, showing receipts and expenditure for the year ended.
b) Receive from the Committee a report of the activities of the Club during the said year.
c) Elect Officers and Committee
d) Decide any special resolutions.
9. Special General Meeting
A Special General Meeting maybe convened by direction of the Committee, or on requisition to the Secretary, stating the business for which the SGM is required and signed by not less than six members. If the meeting so requisitioned is not convened within 21 days, the said members may convene the meeting. Ten members shall form a quorum.
10. Notice and Voting at Annual General and Special General Meeting
At least 14 days notice of these meetings must be given with the wording of any special resolutions to be considered. Non receipt by an individual member shall not invalidate the proceedings. Only full members may vote at the Annual and Special General meeting. A simple majority will decide a resolution unless it is to amend these Rules or Constitution when a two thirds majority of those present is required. If a resolution not on the Agenda for the meeting is made, then it maybe considered if all persons present agree. Otherwise if it is formally proposed and seconded then the wording of the resolution must be forwarded by post to all members and a postal ballot taken.
11. Junior Members and Beginners
The Committee may restrict the use of the courts by Junior Members and Beginners. The Committee shall endeavour to provide coaching for Junior Members and Beginners.
12. Observance and Interpretation of Rules
Every member binds him/herself to abide by the Rules of the Club and also by any modification thereof made in conformity with such rules. Members are also to accept as final and binding the decision of the Committee in all cases of dispute or disagreement as to the interpretation of these rules.
13. Cancellation of Membership
Should a member terminate or have terminated their membership they will not be entitled at any time to a refund of their paid up membership fee, or have any claim to assets or funds of the club.
Any member whose conduct shall, in the opinion of the Committee or on the representations of not fewer than six members, be deemed to be prejudicial to the best interest of the Club shall, after due consideration by the Committee and on a vote of not fewer than two thirds of the total membership of the Committee, be requested to cease the conduct complained of. If he/she does not then comply within a time limit imposed by the Committee, the matter shall be referred to a Special General Meeting and be resolved by a majority of not less than two thirds of those present. If more than five members present at such a SGM so demand, voting thereat shall be by ballot.
On a decision being reached to dissolve the Club, the disposition of all assets remaining after settlement of due debts shall be agreed at the same meeting.
15. Alteration of Rules
The Constitution and Rules may be altered by Special Resolution, in accordance with rule 10.
16. Copies of Rules
Every member shall be furnished with a copy of the Club Constitution and Rules.
No portion of this website may be reproduced without the prior written consent of Alresford Badminton Club. All rights reserved.