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Caramoor Center For Music And The Arts Presents Songs For The Fall
by Alesha Hanson
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Karen Ouzounian will perform at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts as part of its Wednesday Morning Concert series. Photo Credit: Contributed
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KATONAH, N.Y. -- Caramoor Center For Music and the Arts keeps the music playing throughout the fall and winter with programs ranging from Edward Arron & Friends performing rare classical works to Grammy-nominated American roots musician John Fullbright to violist and lecturer Max Mandel offering insight into the world of chamber music.
This Wednesday Oct. 1, "Autumn Colors" is the theme for Ieva Jokubaviciute and Evnin Rising Stars alumni Karen Ouzounian's performance, including excerpts from the sonatas for cello and piano by Beethoven.
The concert is being held as part of Caramoor's Wednesday Morning Concert series, and will be held in the Music Room, beginning at 11 a.m.
The program features Beethoven's three major creative periods, demonstrating the youthful and ambitious qualities of his early compositions for the piano, the positivity, humor and joy of his middle period and the romantic and polished qualities of his late period. Sonata in F, Op. 5 No. 1, Sonata in A, Op. 69 3rd movement and Sonata in D, Op. 102 No. 2 will be performed. The 45-minute concert will be followed by a tour of the Rosen House, the Mediterranean-style mansion and the vast collection of fine and decorative art collected by Walter and Lucie Rosen. Described as a "radiant cellist" and praised for her "rich tone" (New York Times), Ouzounian has performed as soloist, recitalist and chamber musician throughout North America and Europe. She is a member of the Aizuri Quartet, the new music ensemble counter)induction and the Boston-based conductorless chamber orchestra, A Far Cry.
She has performed with ensembles such as Trio Cavatina, The Knights, IRIS Orchestra, Gotham Chamber Opera, ECCO, the Argento Chamber Ensemble and served as guest principal of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Tickets for the concert and tour are $20. To purchase tickets or to view the full events calendar, visit www.caramoor.org.
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Not so much so Nigel Farage but Nigels' Farrago….
Before I start, here's your starter for ten? How do you pronounce garage? Go on – try it out loud, I'm in no hurry. Done it? If you're anything like me, then your pronunciation of garage will have sounded like how the word porridge sounds. But on the other hand, if you're Nigel Farage then your surname sounds as if a pirate has hijacked it with the result that Farage becomes Faraaarhhge. Somehow he's managed to convince every media outlet, every political commentator that his name is not pronounced the way it is spelt.
Jay Leno once said that politics is just show business for ugly people, and if it is, then Nigel has been taking lessons from Ralph Fiennes. Because whilst we all know how Ralph is pronounced, somehow we are duped into thinking that Ralph is pronounced something else. Must make for an interesting meeting when he meets up with Rafe Spall! That isn't the only extent of Nigel's attempt to play fast and loose with common perceptions. In a masterstroke of historical omission, he has managed to convince large swathes of the population that he isn't like other career politicians, and that he alone can articulate the concerns of the ordinary voter.
His own personal website is helpfully vague on his early life, so to is the UKIP website. Fortunately there is Wikipedia, which informs us that Nigel's father was a stockbroker and that he – not his dad but Nigel – went to Dulwich college (a public school) and upon leaving he embarked on a career as a trader in brokerage firms on the London Metal Exchange. This is the sole extent of his working history until he became an MEP (a Member of the European Parliament). So, not that different after all. A politician who went to public school and then worked in the city before becoming a politician. Sound familiar?
Only a cynic would point out that that is why his personal details are a suitably vague. Equally, if ones main hobby-horse is to bang on about a little Europe has done for this country, and how Britain would be better off divorcing ourselves from a political union with Europe, the last thing you want known is that not only do you command a large salary from being an MEP – over £78,000 per year. (That's not including paying your wife up to – no-ones quite sure – £20,00 a year for being your secretary) Or that your voting record is only 45.57%
No, what you wouldn't want known by a public outraged by M.P's expenses, was that you'd claimed over £2million in expenses since riding the gravy train first class.
Nigel likes to prove his man of the people credentials as often as possible, either being interviewed or photographed in a pub and is often seen drinking a pint. Is it only me that remembers that photo's of that well regarded humanitarian Tony Blair being photographed with a mug of tea, strumming a guitar, or famously, when walking with the peace loving George Bush, having both hands tucked rather too self consciously into his jeans. Only me, I suppose who thinks that any politician who wants to appear like a 'pretty regular kind of guy'' – as Blair claimed to be – is usually anything but. This puts me in mind of Rowley Birkin QC. (Not that I'm writing that Nigel Farage is, or might become, like Rowley Birkin mainly because I don't find him as funny or without such a tragic past. )
First let us consider that European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which Nigel Farage seems to find so at odds with British values that he wants us to leave it. In most UKIP supporters eyes the ECHR is synonymous with the European Union but this however, is a fallacy because they are both totally separate entities and besides which the ECHR has conferred many benefits to the citizens of this country. We have an unwritten constitution, meaning we have no set of legally enshrined laws, only vague rights which are open to interpretation by the courts. Since Britain signed up to the ECHR in 1959, a grand total of 500 cases have been presented to Strasbourg, which averages out at just under 8 a year, of which the U.K. has lost 60% of cases.
(Which by the way is comparatively low amongst countries that have signed up to the ECHR, yet no other country has advocated withdrawal. And if we did opt out of the ECHR, we'd join the noted for human wrongs regimes of Belarus and Kazakhstan. Even Russia is signed up to the ECHR!) Another fallacy is that British judges are powerless in the face of the ECHR whereas in fact it is up to British judges to interpret the findings of the European court.
And then reflect on this, whereas Rowley Birkin Q.C. lost the love of his life in an air raid during World War Two, only a cynic of the very highest order would point out that the European Union was created to prevent, in part, by the forging closer a union between the states of Europe, both political and economic, to prevent such a horror ever happening again. And equally, it would be beneath contempt to point out that a politician from a minor party of no significance, by skillful oratory and a keen awareness of the power of the media, enflamed and manipulated public opinion to such a degree that mainstream parties were forced to react accordingly and move even further to the right. By demonizing immigrants' tighter controls on immigration was espoused by the main parties to combat this growing threat to their electoral chances. But the electorate interpreted this as weakness and punished them at the ballot box. They wanted, and thought they got, clear, decisive and effective leadership, which would deliver them from the worst global financial crisis of the 20th century. Who cared about political freedoms, civil liberties and the gradual dismantling of civil society when there was only one party willing to take the necessary steps need safety? From whoever, or whatever, was the most politically expedient bogeyman of the moment. Equally in the midst of a global economic crisis, measures that were deemed superfluous to be in the immediate need of the nation could be sacrificed upon the altar of austerity with the dagger of necessity.
I am not for one second suggesting that Mr. Farage – or however one chooses' to pronounce his surname – is any way comparable to the one testicled tyrant. What I am suggesting is that anyone voting for UKIP could easily be committing the electoral equivalent of going on a few dates and despite not knowing too much about them, getting married, and then realizing what a terrible mistake it was. UKIP is well named because anyone voting UKIP could be sleepwalking into a nightmare. At least, and for all their faults of which they're many, one knows what one gets when one votes Conservative. The UKIP website is full of what they'll scrap and what they'll do but vague as to how exactly they'll achieve them.
A vote for UKIP could well turn out to be Nigel's Farrago because as saying goes, 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'
Filed Under: ECHR, electorate, Europe, expenses, historical amnesia, Nigel Farage, Rowley Birkin, Tony Blair, voting record
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If you are a sports fan or participate yourself in any kind of physical activity, the chances are good that you have come across some seriously impressive articles on sports physical therapy. In addition to the subject matter being very interesting, these articles can help professionals and the general public better understand the functions of the body and how it can be healed without invasive procedures or surgeries. If you want to check some of this late breaking news and research out on your own, there are many sources for articles on sports physical therapy and none of them are hard to find. So go ahead and educate yourself about sports injury prevention, injury first aid, and the techniques that can be used to promote healing and increased mobility after injury.
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There are all kinds of resources available to provide articles on sports physical therapy. All you have to do is take the time to research and learn about your health or sports related injury. A proactive stand in regards to healing often makes the process more successful.


I'm using the Mac version after switching from the new Microsoft RDP beta. One feature I like is that you can set up shared accounts to use which you can then edit and it will update across all relevant connections.
Any way to get a good implementation of this?
Shared credentials is such a useful feature I'm surprised more people don't request it. It's especially useful in companies with regular password rotation polices.
Yes, a really useful feature. I have two accounts that account for all of my many Remote Desktops. When the password has to change every 90 days, I need to update every RD config.


Designed by Slovak artist Patrick Illo, the Oeno (eee-no) pattern is named after the Greek goddess of wine who had the ability to turn anything into this highly coveted fermented beverage – a trait no doubt learned from her grandfather, the Greek god of wine Dionysus. Appropriately enough, the study of wine is called oenology but even non-serious students will appreciate the fine lines of this new Moser pattern.
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Chegireddi Ghanapuram or Chegireddy Ghanpur is a village and Gram panchayat in Jilled Chowdergudem mandal of Ranga Reddy district, Telangana, India.

Demographics
According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Chegireddy Ghanpur village is as follows:
 Total Population: 	1,253 in 245 Households
 Male Population: 	629 and Female Population: 	624
 Children Under 6-years of age: 255 (Boys - 	140 and Girls -	115)
 Total Literates: 	316

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 Villages in Ranga Reddy district


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Share this Story: Taxing wealth might sound like a good idea, but it would be a tragic mistake
Taxing wealth might sound like a good idea, but it would be a tragic mistake
Opinion: A wealth tax is a demagogic ploy that ends up being counterproductive
Gaël Campan, Special to Financial Post
French studies conclude that the wealth tax is not fiscally efficient. Photo by Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
By Gaël Campan
A number of politicians in North America are warming to the idea of a wealth tax. In Canada, the NDP is proposing to introduce one on all net assets over $20 million. South of the border, Democratic hopeful Elizabeth Warren is proposing one that would kick in at US$50 million.
Taxing wealth might sound like a good idea, but it would be a tragic mistake Back to video
The NDP introduced the idea as a way to pay for a national monopoly pharmacare program, among other things. Beyond this vote-seeking aspect (who doesn't want more "free" health care?), the appeal to "take the money where it is" calls for a warning.
A tax on wealth is a direct tax aimed at people with the largest estates. These assets might have been inherited or built up over years of hard work.
France has been experimenting with such a tax for some time. It adopted the "Solidarity Wealth Tax" in 1989, after having had a similar tax from 1982 to 1986. This tax is not indexed to income but to the value of the assets that people have accumulated.
Joe Oliver: Canada is getting worryingly close to embracing economically destructive 'sustainable finance'
William Watson: Giving zillionaires below-zero tax rates could help us all — really!
Jack Mintz: Ottawa can't keep squeezing Crazy Rich Canadians. Or barely rich ones
This can lead to absurd and tragic situations, like the one French farmers on the Îsle de Ré off France's west coast had to confront in 2005. They had spent their whole lives tending to family farms but found themselves forced to sell because real estate prices had gone through the roof and their modest farming income would not allow them to pay the wealth tax that now as a result applied to them.
Opponents of wealth taxes sometimes call them "confiscatory." Let us examine, however, the real effects of such a tax that singles out, on purpose, a minority of citizens.
First and foremost, a wealth tax comes on the top of other taxes these individuals already pay, such as the progressive income tax or the capital gains tax. Hence, there is an obvious possible "Laffer" effect (higher taxes, less government revenue) to any additional tax that further encumbers the wealthy.
The most detrimental consequence for the Canadian economy, as it has been for France, would be the exodus of some of the targeted population. In the case of France, the ones who left were among the most industrious. Indeed, despite impacting a structurally older population on average (66 years in France) compared with other taxes, the wealth tax primarily drove away experienced entrepreneurs aged between 45 and 55. Although these might not form the majority of the targeted group, they are definitely the wealthiest. They found refuge in more fiscally lenient nearby countries like Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the U.K.
Different independent studies, and government reports as well, converge to estimate an average number of net departures at about 510 households per year, representing around 0.2 per cent of the one per cent. While this may appear like a small number of people, it is not insignificant. And to put it in perspective, at 10 million euros per household, over a period of 33 years, it amounts to some 170 billion euros of capital flight (or between 143 billion euros and 200 billion euros in inflation-adjusted 2015 euros, by different estimates). Moreover, it represents a sizeable missed opportunity for investments in France's economy.
The French studies conclude that the wealth tax is not fiscally efficient, with the value-added tax revenues foregone because of the exodus, far exceeding the wealth tax, not to mention other lost revenues. Also, the cost of collecting the wealth tax is twice as high as for any other tax. The aging population (most of them retired), the unpredictability of the tax base, and the complexity of the tax return are all flash points with the government.
In the end, the wealth tax will end up reducing government revenues (via foregone sales taxes, employer and employee contributions, corporate taxes, etc.) and new taxes will be required to make up the shortfall. But this time, the entire population will be targeted, including those who can't leave the country so easily.
To sum up, the French experiment shows that a wealth tax is a demagogic ploy that ends up being counterproductive. Moreover, once created, governments tend to be reluctant to rescind it because of the anticipated political costs. Canadians would be well-advised not to fall for it in the first place.
Ga ë l Campan is a Senior Associate Researcher at the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI).


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Merrick Garland Nominated for Attorney General
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. on January 07, 2021 2:23 PM
President-elect Joe Biden nominated a familiar name for U.S. Attorney General on Wednesday, January 6: Merrick Garland. A former prosecutor for the Department of Justice, Judge Garland has significant experience to bring to the role, including a stint as principal deputy associate attorney general beginning in the 1990s.
Judge Garland takes over a DOJ that has been criticized for being overtly political in recent years under William Barr. According to reports, morale at the department has also suffered, and there have been many high-profile resignations in recent years.
Garland Has Already Received Some Bipartisan Support
This is not the first time Judge Garland has been considered for a prominent federal role. In 2017, then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell floated Garland's name for FBI director. This was after McConnell refused to conduct a hearing for Judge Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court.
After President-elect Biden's nomination, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham tweeted: "I believe Judge Garland would be a sound choice to be the next Attorney General. He is a man of great character, integrity, and tremendous competency in the law." Judge Garland has long been considered a respected and moderate jurist on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Political Investigations
Judge Garland's reputation as a centrist will be put to the test right away should he be confirmed as expected, as there are a number of politically sensitive investigations underway. For example, former Attorney General William Barr has appointed Special Counsel John Durham to investigate the FBI investigation of Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign. There is also currently an investigation into Hunter Biden's taxes, although Trump's request to appoint a special investigator was ignored. An ongoing investigation into Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, is looking into his work and dealings in Ukraine.
Changing Morale at the DOJ
A number of high-profile resignations have occurred recently at the Department of Justice. For example, all four of the prosecutors in the Roger Stone case resigned after interference from Barr. In defending his actions in that case and several others, William Barr said in a September, 2020 speech that "[l]etting the most junior members set the agenda might be a good philosophy for a Montessori preschool, but it's no way to run a federal agency" and that "[t]he most basic check on prosecutorial power is politics."
One of President-elect Biden's campaign promises included ending the politically charged atmosphere at the DOJ. "Any decision should be based on the law, should not be influenced by politics," Vice President-elect Kamala Harris told CNN about their pledge to not influence DOJ investigations.
With several Republican senators already expressing support, Garland's path to attorney general appears clear. Once appointed, however, the path forward becomes much murkier.
DOJ Argues U.S. Can Kill Citizens at Its Discretion Under State Secrets Privilege (FindLaw's D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals)
In Latest Scheme to Get a Pardon, Joe Exotic Sues Department of Justice (FindLaw's Greedy Associates)
ABA Says Yet Another Trump Nominee to Federal Bench Is Not Qualified (FindLaw's Greedy Associates)


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Advisers: Bond Market Bubble to Pop, Catapult Stocks
Tuesday, 06 April 2010 09:53 AM EDT
Investors' love affair with bonds appears to be ending, leading many financial advisers to expect a surge in stocks.
"This is the beginning of the end," says Bob Froelich, senior managing director at The Hartford.
"The bond market is a bubble. It's getting ready to burst," he recently told CNBC.
Since the financial crisis almost three years ago, investors have bought bonds as a hedge against continued economic peril, as the sharply higher level of money flowing into bond funds shows.
Foreign governments, particularly China and Japan, have bought U.S. debt heavily as well, which helped finance stimulus and bailout programs.
Bond buying by foreign countries comes with a cost — the inevitability that supply will eventually outstrip demand, forcing issuers to pay higher yields in order to attract buyers.
Moreover, the Federal Reserve cut its key lending rate over the past three years to near zero, causing bond yields to slip even as the government flooded the economy with debt and deficits.
Even so, international appetite for U.S. Treasuries remained fairly strong up until last week's auctions, when bonds were obviously less well received.
While the debt sales were hardly a disaster by historical standards, they were seen by some as a signal that the government's recipe was no longer working.
The latest S&P Case-Shiller home-price index showed that home prices rose in January, prompting an uptick in the stock market, huliq.com reports.
The news comes at time when the Federal Reserve is making moves to exit from its mortgage bailout tactics including the buying of $1.25 trillion in mortgage-backed securities.
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Investors' love affair with bonds appears to be ending, leading many financial advisers to expect a surge in stocks. This is the beginning of the end, says Bob Froelich, senior managing director at The Hartford. The bond market is a bubble. It's getting ready to burst,...
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The old Ashe County Courthouse, with the 1949 Veterans Monument on the right and the granite bench on the left
The 1949 Ashe County Veterans Monument
Detail of the plaque honoring "those who made the supreme sacrifice" while serving in wars prior to World War I
Detail of plaque honoring Ashe County's World War II dead
The front of the granite bench adorned with symbols of five military branches
The back of the granite bench, inscribed with "Honoring Ashe County Veterans Past, Present, and Future"
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On Sunday, May 29, 1949, less than four years after the Japanese surrender ended World War II, more than 3,500 people—"One of the largest crowds ever assembled in Ashe County," according to The Skyland Post—gathered for a Memorial Day service at the courthouse in Jefferson. "Over 70 ex-servicemen from Ashe county (sic) and the West Jefferson high school band, in uniform, marched from the Jefferson high school to the courthouse," where they led the crowd inside "to pay tribute to those who have died in past wars."[1]
Reverend Hoyt Wood was the keynote speaker. Alluding to sentiments expressed by President Abraham Lincoln 86 years earlier at Gettysburg, he emphasized "that, even though people will forget his speech and that the Memorial Day service had been held, that they shouldn't forget those men that gave their lives for their country."
Following Wood's address, the crowd moved to the courthouse lawn, where, the Post relates, "crosses for each of the past wars" had been decorated with flowers by local Boy Scouts. "Taps" was sounded, and three volleys were fired. Then as "Gold star (sic) parents, members of the American Legion and auxiliary and hundreds of others looked on," L. P. Colvard unveiled a granite monument affixed with three bronze plaques: one cast with the names of 20 World War I dead, another enumerating 84 killed during the Second World War, and a third, "In memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice while serving in wars in which the United States participated prior to World War I."
Civic-space commemoration, as evidenced through this monument and its tablets, requires the forging of societal historical memory, choosing what to acknowledge—and sometimes what to "forget." In contrast with the rapid memorialization of its World War II dead, Ashe County, like nine of ten North Carolina mountain counties bordering Tennessee, did not erect sculptural commemoration specifically honoring Civil War veterans or the dead for more than a century, thereby avoiding public acknowledgement of a conflict that pitted neighbor against neighbor with violence against civilians by draft-dodgers and petty criminals, armed gangs that could not be contained by authorities.
During World War I, Ashe was again plagued with draft dodgers and deserters, many from outside the county. While 536 local men served in the military, and the county's desertion rate was less than one-third the state average, armed conflict between local officials and renegades resulted in the death of at least one deputized Ashe citizen. In June 1918, despite advice from the state's adjutant general to use force in restoring order, North Carolina Governor Thomas Bickett journeyed to Jefferson, where in a celebrated courthouse speech, he persuaded the outlaws to peacefully surrender and return to their military units.[2]
World War II, however, was broadly supported across the state; and in Ashe, 2440 men served. Following the conflict, multiple American Legion posts and one Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter were established locally; Lansing Post #171 would lead the monument-building effort.[3]
The Skyland Post relates little about fundraising, and the whereabouts of Post #171's records, a unit since disbanded, are unknown. While memorial activities began shortly after the war, with the Legion's Auxiliary holding a poppy sale in May 1946, one of the first references to funding a monument was in January 1949, when in the final paragraph of a front-page article, the Post states, "L. P. Colvard reported that a number of contributions had been made to the memorial fund and requested that all members solicit further aid."[4]
Subsequent fundraising was not detailed by the newspaper, yet by May sufficient monies had been collected to erect an approximately 13-foot-tall modified obelisk of gray granite atop a concrete base. "American Legion Is Planning War Dead Memorial Service," headlined a May 19 Post article which listed Ashe's "honored dead" from each World War before concluding, "The Legion is planning a memorial service and the graves of the honored dead are to be decorated."[5]
The front-page banner headline of the weekly's next issue read, "County-Wide Memorial Service To Be Held Sunday." Plans included a "Special Program [and] Parade," sponsored by the "Legion Post," and the "Special Unveiling of Memorial On Courthouse Lawn; Public Invited." A "special invitation" was "extended to the parents and wives of all of the honored war dead to attend," and also urged "Ex-Service Men" to take part: "Wear a uniform if you have one otherwise wear civilian clothes."[6]
Showcasing the depth of Ashe County's commemorative commitment, the monument unveiling was but one of two memorial activities conducted by the Legion and its Auxiliary that weekend. "Poppy Day Is To Be Observed Here On Saturday," headlined the paper's second section above an article describing how American Legion Auxiliary team captains and volunteer workers "have been assigned different districts" in which to sell the flowers, "with the hope to see a poppy on every coat on Poppy Day."
A vigorous plant that produces small red flowers, poppies were among the earliest vegetation to sprout across the barren soil of World War I battlefields and cemeteries, and for nearly three decades, artificial red poppies had held a central place in military memorialization. The blooms were immortalized by Canadian physician Lt. Col. John McCrae in his 1915 poem, "In Flanders Fields" and became a worldwide symbol honoring both the war dead and surviving veterans. Artificial poppies, first made of silk and later of paper by wounded servicemen, were sold by the American Legion Auxiliary beginning in 1921, becoming the group's major fundraiser. [7]
Twenty-one photographs of fallen servicemen filled more than half a page of the Post's June 2nd issue. The images and article, "Unusually Large Crowd At Memorial Service As Monument Is Unveiled," detailed the dedication, described above, while a letter from "A citizen who was present" lauded the service and praised the high school band.[8]
Memorialization, however, is a dynamic process that waxes and wanes with public opinion. Patriotic fervor following World War II was replaced a quarter-century later with a collective ennui, and sometimes hostility, toward the military during the Vietnam War. Ashe County's monument was vandalized; a metal logo of the American Legion—shown in early photos topping the granite shaft—was removed and never recovered, replaced with a lantern which remains today.[9]
Respect for the military and veterans returned later in the 20th century; a wall of honor installed inside the old courthouse, now the Museum of Ashe County History, lists the names of more than 3,000 local veterans, and in 2003, specific recognition of veterans of nine named conflicts—including the Civil War—was realized with the dedication of a $65,000 memorial at the new courthouse.
The 1949 monument is also receiving a facelift. A plaza of brick pavers, with plans to inscribe some with donors' names, fronts the monument, and in 2020 a granite bench adorned with symbols of five military branches on the front, and the words "Honoring Ashe County Veterans Past, Present, and Future" on the back, was installed.
Memorialization has been described as part of a conversation between generations, honoring slain and surviving veterans while revealing much about the citizens effecting commemoration. Succeeding generations add voices to this evolving remembrance recalling, as proclaimed in front of the current Ashe County courthouse, that for nearly 250 years when "Our Country Called Our County Answered."
Dr. Douglas Butler is a practicing physician and independent scholar. He is the author of North Carolina Civil War Monuments: An Illustrated History (McFarland, 2013). Additional information and photos can be found at www.northcarolinacivilwarmonuments.com.
[1] "Unusually Large Crowd At Memorial Service Sunday As Monument Is Unveiled," The Skyland Post, June 2, 1949, second section, p. 1.
[2] The Ashe County Case, From Public Letters and Papers of Thomas Walter Bickett, Governor of North Carolina, 1917-1921. Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, 1923. Summary of The Ashe County Case (unc.edu) accessed July 18, 2021; Bickett, Thomas Walter, https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/bickett-thomas-walter, accessed July 18, 2021.
[3] Text of World War II plaque, part of the Ashe County Veterans Memorial dedicated in 2003 in front of the new county courthouse in Jefferson, North Carolina.
[4] "American Legion Met Sat. Night," The Skyland Post, January 13, 1949, p. 1.
[5] "American Legion Is Planning War Dead Memorial Service," The Skyland Post, May 19, 1949, pp. 1, 8.
[6] "County-Wide Memorial Service To Be Held Sunday," The Skyland Post, May 26, 1949, pp. 1,4; "Memorial Service," The Skyland Post, May 26, 1949, second section, p. 1.
[7] National Poppy Day, although not widely celebrated in the 21st century, is designated by Congress as the Friday before Memorial Day and is strongly promoted on the American Legion Auxiliary website as a fundraiser. https://www.legion-aux.org/poppy, accessed July 24, 2021.
[8] "Unusually Large Crowd At Memorial Service Sunday As Monument Is Unveiled," The Skyland Post, June 2, 1949, second section, p. 1; "Help A Worthy Cause," The Skyland Post, June 2, 1949, p.4; "Showing Appreciation," The Skyland Post, June 2, 1949, p. 2.
[9] https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/1744#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&r=0&xywh=-337%2C-197%2C2527%2C1355, accessed July 18, 2021.
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Cannot Withhold Salary For Not Linking Aadhaar Card With Bank Account: High Court To Centre
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The Bombay high court has asked the centre how can they withhold salary of a person for failing to link Aadhaar card with his bank account, reported The Hindu.
Ramesh Purale who is working as a chargeman with the Mumbai Port Trust, has not got his salary since 2016 as he refused to link his bank account with the Aadhaar card. In December 2015, the Union Ministry of Shipping issued a letter to him asking to link his salary account with Aadhaar card. Citing his rights to privacy, he refused. After that, his salary was withheld, then he filed a petition with the Bombay High court.
Bombay high court on Monday while hearing the matter asked the centre how can they withhold salary of a person for failing to link his/her account with the Aadhaar card. The bench which comprised of A S Oka and S K Shinde has directed the union government to pay the salary to Purale, the petitioner and next hearing of the matter is on January 8.
"We have perused the apex court's judgement. Prime facie, we are of the view that the petitioner's salary cannot be withheld on the ground that there is a failure to link Aadhaar card with the bank account," he said.
Salary to Purale was stopped since July 2016 after that he petitioned in the court. This month, he filed an application on the court citing September 26 order of Supreme Court which said that mandatory linking of Aadhaar card with the bank account is not required.
Earlier, a five-judge Supreme Court bench on September 26 upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, however, it has struck down multiple sections of the Aadhaar Act as unconstitutional including mandatory requirement of Aadhaar card for opening bank accounts. Justice Chandrachud was the only dissenting judge who pronounced the Aadhaar Act to be unconstitutional.
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Gunshots exchanged in Oak Forest following road rage incident, police say
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Oak Forest police are investigating an apparent road rage incident Tuesday that escalated into a gun battle, officials said.
Officers responded to a shots fired call at the intersection of 159th Street and Central Avenue around 1:30 p.m. and found the occupants of two vehicles exchanging gunfire, police said in a statement.
No one appears to have been struck in the exchange, police said. Authorities offered no description of either of the shooters but said their vehicles were described as a black Cadillac Escalade and a white Mercedes sedan.
Anyone with information on the incident should contact the Oak Forest Police Department non-emergency number at 708-687-1376.


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Hans-Joachim von Hopffgarten (* 12. September 1915 in Ohrdruf; † 9. Oktober 2000) war Major der Wehrmacht und später Generalleutnant der Bundeswehr. Ein von ihm verfasstes Gutachten war der Auslöser der Spiegel-Affäre von 1962.

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Hans-Joachim von Hopffgarten ist der Sohn eines Beamten und besuchte ein Gymnasium. Im April 1935 trat er als Fahnenjunker in die Wehrmacht ein, absolvierte die Kriegsschule Potsdam, die Panzertruppenschule Wünsdorf und verbrachte zwei Jahre an der Heeressportschule Wünsdorf. Vom 15. September 1939 bis Oktober 1940 war v. Hopffgarten Kompaniechef im Kradschützenbataillon 1, danach im Kradschützenbataillon 61. Anfang Dezember 1941 wurde er verwundet und war fünf Monate in einem Lazarett. Ab Oktober 1942 absolvierte v. Hopffgarten einen zweimonatigen Bataillonsführerlehrgang für schnelle Truppen in Paris, ab Dezember war er Taktiklehrer für Offizierslehrgänge an der Schule für schnelle Truppen in Groß-Glienicke. Am 15. Oktober 1943 wurde er in die Führerreserve versetzt und absolvierte von April bis Oktober 1943 einen Generalstabslehrgang an der Kriegsakademie Hirschberg in Schlesien. Am 1. November 1944 wurde er zum Major befördert, in den Generalstab versetzt und zum Inspekteur der Schulen der Panzertruppen kommandiert, um acht Wochen später erneut in die Führerreserve versetzt zu werden. Vom 1. Februar bis 30. März 1945 diente v. Hopffgarten als Ia im Stab der Panzergrenadier-Division "Kurmark". Anschließend wurde er als Offizier zbV. zum OKW/Wehrmachtführungsstab kommandiert. Im Mai 1945 geriet er in britische Kriegsgefangenschaft.

Nach seiner Entlassung aus der Gefangenschaft 1946 war v. Hopffgarten zunächst als Gespannführer und Zimmermannsgeselle tätig, 1950 wurde er Sportlehrer in einem Verein. Ab 1952 war er für das Amt Blank tätig und trat am 13. Oktober 1955 als Major in die neu gegründete Bundeswehr ein. Bis September 1958 und vom 1. Februar 1961 bis 30. September 1964 fand er in verschiedenen Führungsstäben des Bundesministeriums der Verteidigung – zuletzt als Referent – Verwendung. Dazwischen diente er Chef des Stabes bei der 7. Panzerdivision in Unna. Ab 1. Oktober 1964 führte er für zweieinhalb Jahre die Panzerbrigade 3 in Nienburg. Seine Beförderung zum Brigadegeneral erfolgte am 25. August 1966.

Von Mai 1969 bis April 1977 war v. Hopffgarten Direktor der Abteilung Streitkräfte und stellvertretender Kommandeur der Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr in Hamburg. Am 1. Mai 1969 löste er dann Generalmajor Frh. Freytag von Loringhoven als Kommandeur der 5. Panzerdivision in Schloss Oranienstein in Diez ab, zwei Monate später erfolgte die Beförderung zum Generalmajor. Ab September 1970 diente er als stellvertretender NATO-Befehlshaber der Alliierten Streitkräfte Ostseezugänge (BALTAP), im Oktober erfolgte die Beförderung zum Generalleutnant. Ende September 1973 trat er in den Ruhestand. Sein Kommando übernahm Generalleutnant Hans-Werner Mehlen. Am 22. Dezember 1973 erfolgte die Auszeichnung mit dem Großen Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

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Major (Heer der Wehrmacht)
Generalleutnant (Heer der Bundeswehr)
Kommandeur der 5. Panzerdivision (Heer der Bundeswehr)
Kommandeur der Panzerbrigade 3 (Heer der Bundeswehr)
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The worst thing I've done intentionally is dog ear my paperback books.
Accidentally - I've spilled water on a book before and it didn't turn out so great.
What about you? What is the worst you've done?
Oops, water is definitely not so good :/ ... But if it can be of any consolation, I'm finding out that lots of people use to dog-ear their books.
I agree with Sylvia, a lot of people this week have come out and said they dog-ear their books. I try to use anything handy to mark the spot...a paperclip, post it note, scrap of paper, I've even had to use money when I forgot to bring a bookmark with me.
When you spilled water on it, doesn't the pages get all wrinkly? LOL I hate when that happens!


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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them, You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,
Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost - Which guided him into all truth, and raised him far above the fear of man; placing him in a widely different state of mind to that in which he was found when, in the hall of Caiaphas, he denied his Master, through fear of a servant girl. But now was fulfilled the promise of Christ, Matthew 10:18-20; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake; but take no thought how or what ye shall speak; for it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
Barnes's Acts 4:8 Bible Commentary
Filled with the Holy Ghost - See the notes on Acts 2:4.
Ye rulers ... - Peter addressed the Sanhedrin with perfect respect. He did not call in question their authority to propose this question. He seemed to regard this as a favorable opportunity to declare the truth and state the evidence of the Christian religion. In this he acted on the principle of the injunction which he himself afterward gave 1 Peter 3:15, "Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear." Innocence is willing to be questioned; and a believer in the truth will rejoice in any opportunity to state the evidence of what is believed. It is remarkable, also, that this was before the Great Council of the nation - the body that was clothed with the highest authority. Peter could not have forgotten that before this very council, and these very men, his Master had been arraigned and condemned; nor could he have forgotten that in the very room where this same council was convened to try his Lord, he had himself shrunk from an honest avowal of attachment to him, and shamefully and profanely denied him.
That he was now able to stand boldly before this same tribunal evinced a remarkable change in his feelings, and was a most clear and impressive proof of the genuineness of his repentance when he went out and wept bitterly. Compare Luke 22:54-62. And we may remark here, that one of the most clear evidences of the sincerity of repentance is when it leads to a result like this. So deeply was the heart of Peter affected by his sin Luke 22:62, and so genuine was his sorrow, that he doubtless remembered his crime on this occasion, and the memory of it inspired him with boldness. It may be further remarked, that one evidence of the genuineness of repentance is a desire to repair the evil which is done by crime. Peter had done dishonor to his Master and his cause in the presence of the great council of the nation. Nothing, on such an occasion, would be more likely to do injury to the cause than for one of the disciples of the Saviour to deny him - one of his followers to be guilty of profaneness and falsehood. But here was an opportunity, in some degree, at least, to repair the evil. Before the same council, in the same city, and in the presence. of the same people, it is not an unnatural supposition that Peter rejoiced that he might have opportunity to bear his testimony to the divine mission of the Saviour whom he had before denied. By using the customary language of respect applied to the Great Council, Peter also has shown us that it is proper to evince respect for office and for those in power. Religion requires us to render this homage, and to treat men in office with deference, Matthew 22:21; Romans 13:7; 1 Peter 2:13-17.
4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost - That moment. God moves his instruments, not when they please, but just when he sees it needful. Ye rulers - He gives them the honour due to their office.


SLOVAKIA'S economy exceeded the expectations of market watchers when in the first quarter it grew by 2.4 percent year-on-year. Compared to its performance in the last quarter of 2013 when it grew by 1.5 percent, the flash estimate released by the statistics authority on May 15 represents a rather significant acceleration. Though detailed numbers are not available, analysts attribute the rosier results to growing household consumption, foreign trade and government spending.
The flash estimate also confirmed the continuing revival of the Slovak economy during the first quarter of 2014, said Andrej Arady, macroeconomist with VÚB Bank, with Ľubomír Koršňák, analyst with UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, calling it a positive surprise, as the market had expected GDP growth at only 1.6 percent.
After seasonal adjustment the GDP rose by 2 percent as compared to the first quarter of 2013 and by 0.6 percent quarter-on-quarter. The volume of GDP in current prices reached €17.022 billion, 1.9 percent up compared to the same period in 2013, the Slovak Statistics Office said. The detailed structure of the economic growth will be published on June 4.
Components and household consumption are likely to have significantly contributed to the growth, as indicated by growing retail revenues, which went up 4.3 percent y/y in the first quarter, wrote Martin Baláž, analyst with the Slovenská Sporiteľňa, in a memo.
The revival of firms' investments, which started in the previous quarter, might have continued as well, Baláž said, adding that foreign trade also made a positive contribution.
"The growth might have also been supported by government spending," Baláž wrote.
Koršňák suggests that private investments could have bottomed out and moved upward as indicated by loans provided by banks to non-financial companies, which ceased dropping in the first quarter.
"On the other hand, weaker results in the construction sector at the beginning of the year, mainly in the segment of construction of infrastructure, might signal that public investments did not continue their revival from the end of last year and returned to a decline," Koršňák wrote in a memo.
Koršňák, too, assumes that net exports continued to contribute to the growth, with mainly export-oriented branches fuelling the economy.
Yet, its contribution to growth will no longer be as significant as in 2012 and the first half of 2013, since "the stronger domestic demand is pushing up imports as well".
According to Arady, the development of prices brought surprises, since the drop in prices significantly inflated the numbers of real GDP growth.
The total number of employed grew to 2.2 million in the first quarter of 2014 and grew 0.5 percent compared with the same period in 2013. Seasonally adjusted employment rose by 0.3 y/y and 0.2 percent compared to the previous quarter.
Nevertheless, Baláž noted that growth in employment is still slower than the numbers provided by the labour authority, the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (ÚPSVaR), "which perhaps is linked to the continued departure of the unemployed abroad".
Real growth in labour productivity in the first quarter has accelerated from 1.5 percent to 1.9 percent, Koršňák noted, adding however that in nominal terms it stagnated at 1.4 percent.
Yet, monthly statistical data suggests that y/y growth of wages in the first quarter mildly accelerated and thus wages might have grown faster than labour productivity, and with the absent inflation the dynamics of the growth of real wages significantly increased, which was also reflected in the more robust growth of domestic consumption.
Koršňák said that as a result of the surprisingly strong numbers, his bank will revise its GDP estimate for 2014 slightly up from 2.9 percent to 3.0-3.1 percent.
"The growth this year should be fuelled both by reviving domestic consumption as well as growing foreign demand," Koršňák wrote in his memo.
Nevertheless, he sees risks in the prediction mainly due to external factors, namely the escalation of the crisis in Ukraine.
"Our basic scenario does not anticipate its further escalation and thus a more significant impact on European economies," Koršňák wrote.


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Opinion |The Damage Trump Can Do With 4,000 Nuclear Warheads
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Opinion |Editorial
The Damage Trump Can Do With 4,000 Nuclear Warheads
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD OCT. 26, 2017
Estimated number of warheads in the nuclear stockpile
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Trump's Nuclear Arsenal
The United States nuclear arsenal consists of 4,000 warheads, plus more than 2,000 warheads awaiting dismantlement. This number came into focus recently after a report that President Trump said in July that he wanted a huge increase in the country's nuclear capability.
So, are 4,000 nuclear warheads enough?
In fact, that is far more than the country could ever need. The nuclear stockpile is so large, and its payload so enormous, researchers determined that the United States could kill large parts of the populations of more than a dozen countries using less than half its arsenal.
While the United States has reduced its nuclear stockpile from the peak of 31,255 warheads in 1967, there are still far too many. Even more troubling, Mr. Trump can unilaterally order a nuclear strike at any time. Senator Bob Corker, a Republican, has called the president's threats toward other countries reckless, saying they could set the nation "on the path to World War III."
Every effort must be made to avoid the use of nuclear weapons. Reducing the nuclear stockpile is one important step. But legislators can go even further by requiring the president to seek a declaration of war from Congress before launching a first nuclear strike, as Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Representative Ted Lieu of California, both Democrats, have proposed.
Below, the U.S. nuclear arsenal – and the devastation it could inflict under the president's sole discretion
Figures are based on research from the Natural Resources Defense Council and data from Hans Kristensen at the Federation of American Scientists. "Decimate" indicates at least a quarter of the population could be killed.
The U.S. could decimate
Syria with 11 warheads
Iraq with 24 warheads
Libya with 10 warheads
Iran with 90 warheads
North Korea with 32 warheads
Russia with 147 warheads
China with 789 warheads
... and 2,897 warheads
would remain.
America's nuclear stockpile expanded under the grim rationale of "mutually assured destruction," the Cold War-era strategy aimed at deterring countries from using nuclear weapons because they would be annihilated in a counterattack.
Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara defined the strategy as the ability to kill one-quarter of a country's population in a nuclear attack. The Natural Resources Defense Council used this measure to calculate the nuclear yield required to "decimate" several countries, providing a sense of the payload unleashed in such an attack.
Guaranteeing "mutually assured destruction" would require launching dozens, if not hundreds, of warheads on a target's densest population centers. The N.R.D.C. calculated such an attack on China would kill 320 million people by targeting 368 population centers around the country – a scenario of such vast carnage, it can scarcely be imagined. Of course, just a single nuclear warhead dropped nearly anywhere on the planet would have devastating consequences.
Nuclear Strike Targets to Kill One-Quarter of China's Population
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The group also measured the effects of a similar attack on the United States. In such a scenario, major American population centers, including New York and Los Angeles, would be targeted. The N.R.D.C. estimated it would take 124 warheads, each with a yield of 475 kilotons, to kill one-quarter of the United States population.
Nuclear Strike Targets to Kill One-Quarter of the U.S. Population
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Declining Stockpiles
The United States and Russia have always been the biggest nuclear powers by far. They have dismantled tens of thousands of warheads since 1986, when their combined inventory peaked around 70,000. Even so, the combined total still stands around 8,300 warheads and more than 5,000 awaiting dismantlement. The other countries with nuclear weapons – France, China, Britain, Pakistan, India, Israel and North Korea – altogether have a small fraction of that amount, about 1,100.
Estimated Global Nuclear Warhead Inventories, 2017
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Note: North Korea's nuclear stockpile is not known. Intelligence experts estimate it has enough material to build 20 to 60 warheads.
Source: Hans M. Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists
In 2013, President Barack Obama proposed that the United States and Russia reduce their deployed nuclear warheads – ones that are available for immediate use – to 1,000 each, one-third fewer than the current target of 1,550 deployed warheads set under their 2010 nuclear arms control treaty. But Moscow balked at negotiations. Other experts have argued that the United States could do with still fewer.
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Sources: Estimates based on research from the Natural Resources Defense Council, which measured yield required to kill one-quarter of each country's population, and U.S. warhead inventory estimates from Hans M. Kristensen at the Federation of American Scientists. Note: Population estimates based on 1999 Landscan data.


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The Macedonian Government has introduced changes to the new economic measures for financial support for payment of salaries, effective as of 1 May 2020, changes in the economic measures for subsidy of social security contributions effective as of 5 May 2020 and changes in the Labour Law effective as of 1 May 2020. Further to that, please find below an updated overview of the economic measures including the recent changes.
Financial support for payment of salaries
Further to the new ordinance, the companies may apply for financial support for payment of salaries to their employees for April and May for an amount of up to MKD 14.500 (approx. EUR 230) per employee per month provided that the following conditions are met:
The taxpayer's revenue for April or May is reduced for at least 30% in comparison with the average monthly revenue in the previous year excluding any one-off revenues that are not generated as a result of the regular business activity of the employer;
The company should not distribute any dividends and provide any bonuses or other awards recorded under the code 102 in the MPIN reporting file, to its employees and members of the management and supervisory boards between 28 April 2020 and the date of payment of the salary for May 2020;
At most 10% of the employees of the company may have a net monthly salary that exceeds the amount of MKD 120.000 (approx. EUR 1.900) in the month financial support is granted.
The number of employees for the period financial support is granted until July 2020 should not be reduced in comparison with April 2020, except for the following cases:
- retirement and death of an employee;
- cancellation of the employment contract by the employee;
- cancellation of the employment contract without notice by the employer due to violation of the work and discipline or work responsibilities;
- amicable takeover of a worker;
- termination of the validity of the employment contract on the basis of a court decision; and
- termination of the validity of the employment contract due to established permanent disability for work.
In accordance with above condition, the number of employees should not be reduced until July 2020 in comparison with the number of employees in April for more than:
- 15% for the employers that have up to 50 employees in the month the financial support is granted;
- 10% for the employers that have 51-250 employees in the month the financial support is granted; and
- 5% for the employers that have more than 250 employees in the month the financial support is granted.
The employer is not eligible to apply for the financial support for the employees
That have received a monthly net salary exceeding the amount of MKD 39.900 (approx. EUR 650) for the last three months;
When the employer is subsidized for social security contributions during the state of emergency. This condition does not apply for the companies that perform business activity in tourism, hospitality and transport sector which may apply for both economic measures (subsidies for social security contributions and financial support for salaries) provided that they meet the following criteria:
- Have been in a profit position in the last two years (2018 and 2019);
- Are not on the list of debtors in accordance with the last published List of debtors nu. 3/2020 for overdue and unpaid debts issued by the Public Revenue Office;
- With status as of 29 February 2020, should not have unsettled loan liabilities more than 90 days overdue.
For the employers who are exempt from payment of personal income tax and social contributions based on the Law of Employment and insurance against non-employment; and
For part time employees that are already fully employed with another employer.
The financial support for payment of salaries should not be paid back and will be considered as a grant for employers that have up to 250 employees under the following criteria:
Have been in a profit position in the last two years;
Are not on the list of debtors in accordance with the last published List of debtors for overdue and unpaid debts issued by the Public Revenue Office on the day of filing of the request;
With status as of 29 February 2020, should not have unsettled loan liabilities more than 90 days overdue;
Will prove that the financial support in the amount equal to or greater than received amount of financial support have been used for:
- investments in employees, such as training of employees or management of the company in areas of marketing and branding, financial management, production improvement, research and development, etc.;
- operational improvements of the company, such as procurement related to upgrade of production process, marketing and branding, change of business model, digital transformation, new market expansion, development of a new product, etc.;
- productive capital, such as procurement of equipment and other assets for improvement of the efficiency and productivity of operations, computers and other appropriate equipment, etc.
Procurement for the purposes of the company's regular business activities will not be considered as an investment.
Provided that the companies meet the above criteria and perform the investment until the end of 2020, may submit a request for conversion of the financial support to a grant not later than the deadline for submission of the statutory financial statements and the corporate income tax return for 2020 which is 15 March 2021.
The companies that have recorded profit for 2020 should pay back the financial aid in 2021 up to a threshold calculated as 50% of the profit for 2020 increased for tax non-deductible expenses. Any subsidy exceeding this threshold will not be subject to repayment to the state. The payback should be performed in three installments in April, May and June 2021 with no interest applied.
Subsidy for social security contributions
Companies may apply for subsidy for the amount of 50% of the social security contributions payable for April, May and June 2020 but not more than 50% of the social security contributions calculated on the average monthly gross salary, by the State Statistical Office of North Macedonia published in January, under the following conditions:
The taxpayer's revenue for April, May or June is reduced for at least 30% in comparison with the average monthly revenue in the previous year excluding any one-off revenues that are not generated as a result of the regular business activity of the employer;
The number of employees for the period subsidy for social security contribution is granted until August 2020 should not be reduced in comparison with April 2020, except in the following cases:
- amicable takeover of a worker,
The number of employees should not be reduced until August 2020 in comparison with the number of employees in April for more than:
The company should not distribute any dividends and provide any bonuses or other awards recorded under the code 102 in the MPIN reporting file, to its employees and members of the management and supervisory boards between 5 May 2020 and the date of payment of the salary for June 2020;
This measure will not apply for any company that is granted with financial support for salary payment for April and May 2020, except for companies that perform business activity in tourism, hospitality and transport sector which may apply for both economic measures (subsidies for social security contributions and financial support for salaries) provided that they meet the following criteria:
Have been in a profit position in the last two years (2018 and 2019);
Are not on the list of debtors in accordance with the last published List of debtors nu. 3/2020 for overdue and unpaid debts issued by the Public Revenue Office;
With status as of 29 February 2020, should not have unsettled loan liabilities more than 90 days overdue.
This measure will also not apply for companies that are subsidized for social security contributions as a result of increasing of the salary based on the Law for subsidizing of social security contributions.
The companies that have recorded profit for 2020 should pay back the financial aid in 2021 up to a threshold calculated as 50% of the profit for 2020 increased for non-deductible expenses. Any subsidy exceeding this threshold will not be subject to repayment to the state. The payback should be performed in three installments in April, May and June 2021 with no interest applied.
Settlement for reinstating the employment relationship
Further to the new ordinance in respect to the Labour Law effective as of 1 May 2020, the companies that have dismissed employees in the period from 11 March until 30 April 2020 may conclude a settlement for reinstating the employment relationship. The employer shall cover all labour obligations that arise from employment relation during the period as of the dismissal until the conclusion of the settlement. The employer that envisages to use this measure should register the respective employee in the Employment agency and Social Securities Department no later than 7 May 2020.
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Who Was Lewis Carroll?
Pam Pollack
Meet the man who created Alice the Mad Hatter and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum! Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles L. Dodgson a mathematician and church deacon who taught at Oxford University. He was inspired to write his best known works Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandand Through the Looking Glass by one of the Dean's daughters Alice Liddell. The books were hugely successful and brought Carroll wide acclaim especially for the nonsense poems "Jabberwocky" and The Hunting of the Snark. Children and adults continue to be delighted by the fantasy of the Alice stories which have been the basis of plays and movies since their publication in Victorian England during the 1860s and 1870s.
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How to block & trust IP ranges using Astra Firewall?
Astra dashboard allows you to block a single IP address or a range of IP address in CIDR format. For example, you can block all IPs from 10.0.0.0 to 10.0.0.255 by entering 10.0.0.0/24 and pressing the Block/Trust button.
Add IP address or range of IP address in Add custom rule section.
Classless inter-domain routing (CIDR) is a set of Internet protocol (IP) standards that is used to create unique identifiers for networks and individual devices. CIDR IP addresses consist of two groups of numbers, which are also referred to as groups of bits.
Here, the "192.30.250.0" is the network address itself and the "18" says that the first 18 bits are the network part of the address, leaving the last 14 bits for specific host addresses. If you have range of ip address (start ip address and end ip address), you can convert them into CIDR range using this link.
How to block range on Astra?
After converting to CIDR format, put it into the Add custom rule section. Press block or trust button based on whether you want to block/trust the IP range.


Staff misuse, theft or fraudulent activity is often known as 'shrinkage', whereby loss of stock can be attributed to employee theft or dishonesty, such as pocketing change, unauthorised refunds or, for example in pubs, pulling two pints but charging for only one.
If you're focused on the day-to-day efforts of running your business, it's easy to shrug off shrinkage as a minor annoyance, but it's more than that. When combined with increasing pressures of higher costs and increased competition, it's more important than ever for operators to tighten security in order to keep closer tabs on transactions and operations performed by staff.
If tills are regularly coming up short, being misused or product is repeatedly being stolen, it can have a considerable impact on both the revenue and profitability of your business.
The latest research by data-driven tech provider, Vianet, revealed that in the pub sector, 2% of total drinks served do not make it through the till. This equates to a staggering missed profit opportunity for operators of almost £250m per annum. Unsurprisingly, shrinkage is equally as prevalent in the retail sector, accounting for as much as 2% of annual sales, according to the Centre for Retail Research. It was reported by the British Retail Consortium that employee theft grew by over a third between 2016 and 2017, highlighting the growing need for additional surveillance front of house.
It is clear that operators must adopt the latest technology to discourage employee theft and ultimately keep hard earned profit where it should be, locked away in the cash register.
To combat this growing trend, Casio has developed a security module that runs on its V-R7000 and V-R200 terminals to integrate with CCTV systems to effectively monitor EPOS operations. The technology enables text overlay on video footage to clearly show till commands such as the processing of VOIDS, discounts and refunds. This generates hard evidence that links an individual staff member, at a specific time, to a clear till command – providing an effective deterrent.
It is also possible to remotely monitor and playback EPOS overlay and video on an IOS or Android device and PC, providing total convenience and flexibility when monitoring, analysing and investigating till transactions.
Users of the system can link the V-R solution to an existing CCTV infrastructure for complete peace of mind when it comes to keeping your venue safe and secure. Find out more about Casio's integration with CCTV here.