"I dislike violence and ferocity of every sort as much as you do," Mr. Jones declared, looking very languid as he leaned against the wall, but speaking fairly loud. "You can ask my Martin if it is not so. This, Mr. Heyst, is a soft age. It is also an age without prejudices. I've heard that you are free from them yourself. You mustn't be shocked if I tell you plainly that we are after your money — or I am, if you prefer to make me alone responsible. Pedro, of course, knows no more of it than any other animal would. Ricardo is of the faithful-retainer class — absolutely identified with all my ideas, wishes, and even whims!"
Mr Jones pulled his left hand out of his pocket, got a handkerchief out of another, and began to wipe the perspiration from his forehead, neck, and chin. The excitement from which he suffered made his breathing visible. In his long dressing-gown he had the air of a convalescent invalid who had imprudently overtaxed his strength. Heyst, broad-shouldered, robust, watched the operation from the end of the camp bedstead, very calm, his hands on his knees.
"And by the by," he asked, "where is he now, that henchman of yours? Breaking into my desk?"
"That would be crude. Still, crudeness is one of life's conditions." There was the slightest flavour of banter in the tone of Ricardo's governor. "Conceivable, but unlikely. Martin is a little crude; but you are not, Mr. Heyst. To tell you the truth, I don't know precisely where he is. He has been a little mysterious of late; but he has my confidence. No, don't get up, Mr. Heyst!"
The viciousness of his spectral face was indescribable. Heyst, who had moved a little, was surprised by the disclosure.
"It was not my intention," he said.
"Pray remain seated," Mr. Jones insisted in a languid voice, but with a very determined glitter in his black eye-caverns.
"If you were more observant," said Heyst with dispassionate contempt, "you would have known before I had been five minutes in the room that I had no weapon of any sort on me."
"Possibly; but pray keep your hands still. They are very well where they are. This is too big an affair for me to take any risks."
"Big? Too big?" Heyst repeated with genuine surprise. "Good Heavens! Whatever you are looking for, there's very little of it here — very little of anything."
"You would naturally say so, but that's not what we have heard," retorted Mr. Jones quickly, with a grin so ghastly that it was impossible to think it voluntary.
Heyst's face had grown very gloomy. He knitted his brows.
"What have you heard?" he asked.
"A lot, Mr. Heyst — a lot," affirmed Mr. Jones. He was vying to recover his manner of languid superiority. "We have heard, for instance, of a certain Mr. Morrison, once your partner."
Heyst could not repress a slight movement.
"Aha!" said Mr. Jones, with a sort of ghostly glee on his face.
The muffled thunder resembled the echo of a distant cannonade below the horizon, and the two men seemed to be listening to it in sullen silence.
"This diabolical calumny will end in actually and literally taking my life from me," thought Heyst.
Then, suddenly, he laughed. Portentously spectral, Mr. Jones frowned at the sound.
"Laugh as much as you please," he said. "I, who have been hounded out from society by a lot of highly moral souls, can't see anything funny in that story. But here we are, and you will now have to pay for your fun, Mr. Heyst."
"You have heard a lot of ugly lies," observed Heyst. "Take my word for it!"
"You would say so, of course — very natural. As a matter of fact I haven't heard very much. Strictly speaking, it was Martin. He collects information, and so on. You don't suppose I would talk to that Schomberg animal more than I could help? It was Martin whom he took into his confidence."
"The stupidity of that creature is so great that it becomes formidable," Heyst said, as if speaking to himself.
Involuntarily, his mind turned to the girl, wandering in the forest, alone and terrified. Would he ever see her again? At that thought he nearly lost his self-possession. But the idea that if she followed his instructions those men were not likely to find her steadied him a little. They did not know that the island had any inhabitants; and he himself once disposed of, they would be too anxious to get away to waste time hunting for a vanished girl.
All this passed through Heyst's mind in a flash, as men think in moments of danger. He looked speculatively at Mr. Jones, who, of course, had never for a moment taken his eyes from his intended victim. And, the conviction came to Heyst that this outlaw from the higher spheres was an absolutely hard and pitiless scoundrel.
Mr Jones's voice made him start.
"It would be useless, for instance, to tell me that your Chinaman has run off with your money. A man living alone with a Chinaman on an island takes care to conceal property of that kind so well that the devil himself — "


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Naturally enough you are Max and the game is played out through the third person perspective. Controls are intuitive and easy to learn and graphically the title is as strong on the PS2 as it was on the PC.
Max lives in a city of drugs, desperation and corruption which eventually leads to the death of his wife and child and it is at that point that Max starts his own particular war on crime.
Featuring for the first time in a game, "Bullet Time" was one of the many amazing effects used in the blockbuster movie "The Matrix". You can slow down the gameplay and use your time effectively to dodge bullets and rapid aim at multiple enemies.
Deaths are treated in a very cinematic John Woo fashion with slow motion death scenes showing the full force of the method of dispatch. Definitely not a title for the younger gamers among us.
Take2 Interactive can rest assured that they are releasing a high quality title with Max Payne. The only minor fault was inability to save where you liked, save points being the way the game progressed. Fortunately though, these save points are fairly abundant and you shouldn't have to play through too much to catch up. The only other minor point is that the title really has no replayability, once you have finished, you have finished, unless you enjoy the New York Minute option which gives you naturally enough, a minute to get through an area.
Max Payne is a great, over the top violent game with an engrossing storyline and unique character progression through the graphic novel format and is a great addition to your PS2 game collection.


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A New Chapter of Growth and Impact: IDC's 2019 Annual Review
By Thomas Kim
The following appeared as the "Letter from the Managing Director" in IDC's 2019 Annual Review.
It is an honor to have the opportunity to lead IDC. Over the past 15 years, IDC has grown from a member committee to a highly successful organization essential to the independent director community and to the regulated fund industry as a whole.
I'm excited to step into a role that can shape the next chapter of IDC's growth and impact. And I intend to build upon the strong foundation laid already—one that's grounded in the cornerstone of independent director oversight in the service of fund shareholders.
To start, I've embarked on a listening tour to hear diverse viewpoints from independent directors at funds of different sizes, markets, lines of business, and strategies. Whether at IDC conferences, regional chapter meetings, or through informal conversations, I seek to gain a deeper understanding of what is top of mind for fund directors so that IDC can continue to advance your priorities in the most effective ways.
There's no question that the marketplace in which we operate today is highly competitive and faces relentless change. As a result, the breadth and depth of the areas that independent fund directors oversee continue to expand. More than ever, directors need access to the resources, expertise, and tools that IDC can provide to carry out oversight responsibilities that cut across multiple disciplines.
In this environment, IDC must double down on its four-part mission, the pillars that build upon our foundation: to educate and bolster director expertise, facilitate peer-to-peer engagement and learning, advocate for the director perspective in the public policy sphere, and promote greater public understanding of the importance of directors role in protecting shareholders' interests.
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Looking to 2020, the 80th anniversary of the Investment Company Act provides a prime occasion to reinforce our mission. It's an opportunity to underscore that fund boards—and fund independent directors—mandated by the act are a core reason for the success of our industry, which has grown to be so important to its 100 million shareholders and to the global economy.
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I've devoted many years to this research on paradise on maps. I remember that many years ago I went to Rome and then I asked the Vatican Library to reproduce some of the maps they had in their possession. I specified in my application that I needed a reproduction of the whole map and all the detail of the earthly paradise on those maps. Then I came back to London and I was waiting for the answer. Then, after a couple months, the bad news came. I was run by one staff of the Vatican Library, they told me that they located in maps, but they were not able to find the earthly paradise. Then I thought: "Oh dear, if in the Vatican they don't know where the earthly paradise is, we are really in trouble". So I thought I must find out about this.
Then I discovered that people were already troubled many centuries ago. Because at the beginning of the whole story people read the Bible. Augustine told that they had to read the Bible in a literal way. So, if a garden is mentioned that meant that this garden had been and still was on Earth. They accepted more or less that it was vaguely located in a distant East, but then this nowhere had to be located somewhere. Then problems became to emerge already around the 12th – 13th centuries, when we had a Scientific Revolution in the West, the introduction of the Greek science through the mediation of the Arab scholars, which completely renewed the approach to geography and astronomy.
Christian scholars, such as Thomas Aquinas, were very brave, they accepted the challenge. They wanted to show through the new scientific tools that the Bible was right, that actually there was a Garden of Eden somewhere on the globe. And this is a fascinating history, I think. Because it was a kind of impossible attempt to locate the unlocatable. There was something about this notion, which was intriguing: this place was completely separated from the daily life, from the known world, yet it was still connected to it. There was a separation: a temporal separation (the fall of Adam and Eve) and geographical separation (a barrel of fire, a navigable ocean, very high peak). But then the connection was ensured by the four rivers, because the text of the Bible mentions four rivers: the Gichon, the Pishon, which were interpreted as the Nile and the Ganges, the Tigris and Euphrates, which were really well-known rivers. So, there was a connection. This place was on Earth, but not of the Earth.
They began to see that just to say it is in the East in a vague way was no longer enough. Debate started in the 13th century. They began to discuss where it is. It is perhaps on the Torrid Zone, because the Arab scientists say that it's very temperate. Avicenna says that the climate there is perfect, but Aristotle says it is torrid. Then, perhaps, it is in the Southern hemisphere that they didn't know. And perhaps, it is empty. This is Dante's idea. Perhaps, it is there and we can't approach it because this is a Torrid Zone, the flaming sword of the cherubim is actually the Torrid Zone. Other people said:" No, it is in the Far East, it is on a very high mountain". The debate was very likely. I won't go into details here, but is fascinating to see how they filtered the traditional biblical law, their own faith through new Aristotelian science. They were very brave in that.
But, of course, in the 14th century the disappointment came, because it was impossible to locate the Garden of Eden. There was no agreement, there were also many factors involved in this fall of a notion. And the main factors, to cut a very long story short, first of all, that new information came into Western Europe from the East. In around 1200 many European travelers went to the East – Marco Polo, Niccolo de Conti – there were travel reports, and nobody came across anything like the earthly paradise.
Then the production of culture shifted from monasteries to universities in mercantile cities. Then the emergence of nautical cartography – people began to map worlds of the present to include the calculation of distance, proportion, to think more of modern trade and less of biblical or classical history. Then the rediscovery of Ptolemy and the new kind of modern mapping. Perhaps, we can think of the Italian novel 'The Leopard' of the 19th century, where one of the characters says: "Everything has to change, so that nothing changes". And this happens to the mapping of paradise.
The medieval mapping or paradise was transformed into what I would call the modern, the Renaissance, mapping of paradise. In between there is a transitional period, which is very fascinating, including beautiful maps of the 15th century, where you find the original notion, the original map sign indicating paradise in a completely different cartographical context. Map makers in the 15th century no longer mapped the universal history and geography of mankind. They were much more interested in and informed about contemporary geography, trade. In the East there was Kathai or the Arabs had told them about the coasts of Africa. There was new information that had to be taken into account. Yet they still mapped the Garden of Eden somewhere in the East.
But then around 1500 – the turning point. Again I have to cut a long story short, but what's happened is that suddenly in order to keep the truthfulness of scripture Christian scholars began to look at a paradise in the past. There was always something implicit in the medieval notion – paradise belonged to the past, because paradise was the place of Adam and Eve. But for the medieval scholars paradise was still on Earth, was still in the present, even though it was an unknown and unapproachable, unthinkable present in geographical reality.
The very first scholar to think that the Garden of Eden was no longer on Earth was actually a catholic, the librarian of the Vatican Library, Augustinus Steucus. And then curiously this became then later a typical protestant argument against catholic tradition. Luther played a very important role, because Luther thought that the Garden of Eden was left empty after the banishment of Adam and Eve, but then was completely destroyed by the flood. You see the parallel, not the human nature, the sin corrupted us, the sin corrupted the Earth. There is no longer Eden on the Earth. For Luther no maps of paradise would be possible, because the Earth changed completely after the flood. The flood destroyed the four rivers, destroyed everything.
What allowed the modern flourishing of maps of paradise was the very complex theological thinking of Calvin. Calvin had a slightly different approach from Luther. Yes it is true that sin destroyed us, but God didn't abandon us, God cares for us, God wanted to give a sign of love to man. In one of these signs of love according to Calvin was the four rivers of Eden still here. Calvin reassured the readers of his commentary of Genesis published in 1556, I think, by saying: "Yes, we were expelled from paradise, but we are meant to be on Earth, on our journey to heaven. God is caring after us and shows us his benevolence by keeping the four rivers. Calvin provided the map of these four rivers.
Calvin's map is the very first example of a very rich torrent of modern photography. Because after Calvin subsequent map-makers, without the complex theological thinking of Calvin, wanted to specify exactly the longitude and latitude of the Garden of Eden. Calvin in his map of Eden did not actually locate Eden precisely, he just said it was in Mesopotamia, because Mesopotamia is a fertile land and you find here the four rivers.
The key of Calvin's revolutionary idea, which was anticipated by Augustinus Steucus is that the Gichon and the Pishon, the Hebrew terms for the two rivers, which since Flavius Josephus were identified with the Nile and the Ganges, according to Calvin they were not, but they were just local streams in Mesopotamia. This is how this paved the way to the modern mapping, because after Calvin other people did not resist the temptation to locate more precisely the Garden of Eden, to give precise latitude and longitude. Then we have other scholars locating paradise in southern Mesopotamia, in Armenia, in the Holy Land, more recently in the Seychelles Islands or in Iran.
But this kind of modern paradise is very different from the Medieval paradise. You may go to Iran or to Mesopotamia, especially now, you wouldn't find the Garden of Eden, because it disappeared. So the modern Renaissance mapping of Eden is an archeological, historical, regional cartography. This is just the very isolated portion of the Earth, where the Garden of Eden was located once, but it's no longer there. Medieval mapping was wider cartography including the whole of history of salvation, where the location of paradise was left in a distant, remote East.
This is the difference between the Medieval mapping of paradise and the modern mapping of paradise. In the Middle Ages there is still the idea that paradise is on Earth, even though distant in a remote East or anywhere else. In the modern mapping of paradise it is in the known part of the Earth, but it's no longer there, it is in the past. A typical paradise on Earth but distanced somewhere else is Dante's paradise, but Dante's paradise is a part of a journey, is a part of a narrative going from the Earth through the depths of hell as the only way to rise up to the light, to heaven. Dante, the pilgrim, has to go through the geography, which is a medieval geography, to access Heaven. In this way we can say that Dante is an old poet like Milton, and he, as a poet, anticipates the conclusion of scientists, seeing the notion of the Garden of Eden as a preliminary stepping stage towards heaven, because modern marking of paradise would then emphasize the importance of heavenly paradise and forget this issue that occupied the most brilliant minds of the Middle Ages so much. but it no longer does. If you approach any clerics or biblical scholars, or important theologians of any Christian denominations, they are not worried about the latitude or longitude of the Garden of Eden, they have other things to worry about.
Historian Alessandro Scafi on the garden of Eden, Augustin's concept of creation, and the emergence of the term "Paradise"


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'Star Trek Live' to Open in Toronto
"Star Trek Live," an interactive stage performance, will debut at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Ontario, June 2. The show is produced by Mad Science Productions under a license from CBS Consumer Products.Based on the science fiction f
"Star Trek Live," an interactive stage performance, will debut at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Ontario, June 2. The show is produced by Mad Science Productions under a license from CBS Consumer Products.
Based on the science fiction franchise, the show combines special effects, audience interaction and an exploration of real space age technology, the audience joins the Starfleet as new cadets assembled for the first day at the Starfleet Academy.
"Today, thanks in part to the popularity of the Star Trek franchise, public interest in outer space and space exploration is exceptionally high," says Lesley Lewis, chief executive officer, Ontario Science Centre. "This summer, the Science Centre will actively engage and educate 'armchair astronauts' of all ages with 'Star Trek Live.'"
"Star Trek Live" will be performed four times daily for free from June 2 to Sept. 3.
"'Star Trek Live' could not have found a better location for the popular summer holiday period," says Leonard Lipes, managing director and producer, Mad Science Productions. "Based on the storyline and the fiction-to-reality show concept, both NASA and the Ontario Science Centre were clearly an obvious choice of partners for this co-branding opportunity, allowing visitors to follow in the footsteps of Star Trek's iconic characters."
The "Star Trek Live" show previously appeared at the Kennedy Space Center in Orsino, Fla., at various times over the last two years.


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Errol Brown, Hot Chocolate singer, dies aged 71
May 8, 2015 Irshad Hussain
Hot Chocolate lead singer Errol Brown has died aged 71, his manager has said.
Brown had liver cancer and died at his home in the Bahamas, said Phil Dale.
Hot Chocolate had hits in more than 50 countries worldwide, including You Sexy Thing – which Brown co-wrote – It Started with a Kiss and Every 1's a Winner.
Brown was made an MBE by the Queen in 2003 and received an Ivor Novello award for his outstanding contribution to British music in 2004.
You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate's best-known hit and a top 10 single in the 1970s and '80s, charted again in the UK when it was featured in The Full Monty in 1997.
A statement from Brown's manager on Wednesday confirmed the singer's death.
"Errol Brown MBE passed away in The Bahamas this morning with his wife Ginette and daughters Colette and Leonie by his side of liver cancer," he said.
"Errol was a lover of life and obviously 'music!' I never went into his home, car or a hotel room without music playing.
"Errol was a 'Gentle Man' and was a personal friend of mine who will be sadly missed by everyone who knew him," Phil Dale continued.
"His greatest legacy is that his music will live on!"
Fellow artists including Chic's Nile Rodgers have paid tribute on Twitter.
Rodgers wrote: "We had some good times back in the day. #ErrolBrown RIP".
Singer Beverley Knight tweeted: "I am so gutted. Errol Brown was such a charismatic performer."
Brown with his wife Ginette after receiving an MBE for services to pop music in 2003
Brown was born in Jamaica but moved to the UK with his mother when he was 12.
His musical career began in 1969 when he and some friends sent their own reggae version of Give Peace a Chance to its writer John Lennon.
"We all laughed about it," Brown told BBC Breakfast in 2009.
"Amazingly, a week later I got a call to say John Lennon approved it and wanted to sign the band to the Apple record label – and that's how we began."
Brown said they were originally named by a girl working at the record company as The Hot Chocolate Band, which was later shortened.
Late record producer and hitmaker Mickie Most signed up Brown and his friend Tony Wilson as songwriters towards the end of 1969, championing Brown's writing and singing.
He recorded their songs with Mary Hopkin, Julie Felix and Herman's Hermits.
Hot Chocolate released their first single Love is Life in 1970 and the song went to number six in the charts.
Hot Chocolate played at Charles and Diana's pre-wedding reception at Buckingham Palace
The group had at least one hit every year between 1970 and 1984, making Hot Chocolate the only group in the UK to have a hit for 15 consecutive years.
In 1985, Brown left the band to spend more time with his family. But he made a comeback in the 1990s with two solo UK tours.
Farewell tour
Brown embarked on a farewell tour in 2009, telling BBC Breakfast he had "done all [he] wanted to do".
"I'm getting a little older now, you know," he went on. "It's hard to pack the suitcase and get back on the road again.
"But the music will be there, so that won't go away."
In a message on his website after the tour, he thanked fans for coming out in large numbers to show their love and support.
"The atmosphere at the concerts were the best ever," he wrote, "and you played your part in making me realise just how wrong it would have been to have just drifted away and not say goodbye.
"The love I felt at each concert will stay in my heart forever."
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This dynamic and evolving discipline offers exciting opportunities for physicians who enjoy helping others through problem-solving and medical detective work. Academic leaders from the United States and Israel have noted the increased interest among medical students. Seeing patients is not only a powerful reminder of why we went into medicine, but it also gives us the chance to see the evolving challenges and opportunities faced by patients and providers confronting infectious threats. Job #: 9323. In addition to making my work vastly more effective and more able to have an impact, these interactions have allowed me to learn so much more than I ever could from the medical literature. Infectious Disease Associates, PC, (IDA), at Crozer Health System and Medical Center, a six physician ID group, seeks to add one fellowship trained Board Certified clinician to their practice, full or part-time. Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fax: 603-354-5433. Public health offers infectious disease physicians a variety of rewarding career options. Pick up any ID journal, and you'll see the work ID specialists do in public health. We offer competitive compensation plus production bonus. Infectious Disease Associates of Tampa Bay (IDATB) is a group of consulting physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious and tropical diseases. Duration: 12-18 months. Infectious Disease Physician. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. "We just went through an applications season for fellows, and we had more applicants than in recent years," said Richard D'Aquila, director o The author: No reported conflicts of interest. Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, MN is looking for a board -certified/board-eligible Infectious Infectious Disease provider to join a team of two practitioners in a busy and vibrant community practice. We can analyze and interpret data in ways that improve our understanding of disease burden and risk factors. Infectious Diseases jobs in Europe. ID docs - Come work and play with us along the beautiful Southern California coast! The opportunity to work collaboratively with a huge range of partners is one of the other unique aspects of public health that I enjoy and that fits well with my ID training. Pandemic Fuels Interest in Careers in Infectious Disease. From stewardship to surveillance to outbreak investigations and through informal recommendations and formal guidelines, I saw CDC experts working not only to understand and solve important problems but also to implement solutions. 670 Immunology Infectious Diseases jobs available on Indeed.com. Infectious Disease Manpower in the United States—1986. Featured Jobs. I didn't know what "public health" really was as a resident or fellow, let alone imagine it would become my career. Infectious disease certification requires two years of training beyond general internal medicine. View all jobs with Infectious Disease Associates, PC, Delaware. Work Hours: 6am-3pm M-F. Job Type: limited. Salary Range: $17.52 – $20.27 Hourly. Supplement sponsorship. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed. Local Careers: Find all jobs in Springfield.Refine your Infectious Disease job search to find new opportunities in Springfield Illinois. The physician will provide care in the inpatient and outpatient settings. Cheshire Medical Center 580 Court Street North building, Level 2A Keene, NH 03431 Infectious Disease. ID specialists are on the leading edge of some of the hottest topics in medicine today—from treatment for HIV/AIDS patients, to the growing threat posed by antibiotic resistance, to concerns about the appropriate evaluation and response to threats of bioterrorism. Globally, infectious diseases rank as the second leading cause of death, over half of which are children under the age of 5. Over the past 14 years, I have learned much about the vast range of career options in public health, and I have come to appreciate just how well suited ID specialists are to take advantage of those opportunities. As a result, ID physicians feature prominently in all public health organizations. My research project was focused on antibiotic stewardship, but interacting with folks at the CDC opened my eyes to the full scope of activities the CDC was conducting in healthcare epidemiology. 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IMO – beyond COVID-19
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The importance of collaboration between all maritime sectors has been thrown into the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic and will be needed more than ever in the recovery phase, IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim told a webinar on ship-shore relations. Mr. Lim highlighted ongoing challenges, including the need for crew changeovers for some 150,000 seafarers who need to leave their ships. However, the pandemic has led to intensive collaboration on a digital and virtual basis between the shipping and port communities, as well as with and between Governments and international organizations. Many Governments had acted in collaboration with shipping and ports to address crew change and other issues, but more needed to be done. "I would like to encourage all Governments to pay attention to these issues, which impact not only on shipping but also the global economy and the global supply chain," Mr. Lim said.
The webinar speakers agreed that the pandemic situation has highlighted the relevance of digitalization and new ways of working, which should continue beyond the immediate crisis situation. One example is electronic data exchange, for information which needs to be exchanged between ship and shore. Electronic data exchange is mandatory under IMO's FAL Convention. IMO is looking at ways to support countries to fully implement electronic data, exchange and the recommended single window approach, whereby all data is sent through a single portal. For IMO's regulatory work, the way ahead may mean holding virtual meetings to ensure the work on important agenda items, including action on climate change and safety issues, is advanced.
The webinar on Improving ship-shore relations in the post COVID-19 era. Ports and shipping working together on decarbonisation, trade facilitation and automation was organized by the IAPH World Ports Conference 2021. IMO Secretary-General Lim participated alongside Ley Hoon Quah, Chief Executive, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, and Guy Platten, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS).
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During a recent visit to the US, I spent a week in the Silicon Valley. The Silicon Valley is a hub of innovation. The freshest of ideas and work continues to happen there. In part, it is due to the ecosystem that is already in place the serial entrepreneurs who are on their second, third or even fourth venture, the angels who provide not just the seed capital but also the mentoring, the venture capitalists, the university backdrop (especially Stanford and Berkeley), and above all, the culture of risk. It is this mix that makes Silicon Valley unmatched globally.
The week that I spent in the Silicon Valley was my longest in four years. I did about 35 meetings during this period mix of friends, interesting technology companies, and entrepreneurs. As I look back on my meetings, there is one impression that I find hard to shake off the world's innovation capital (in technology) is in a holding pattern waiting for the next new thing. Inventing the future, not waiting for it to happen, is something people in the Valley are used to doing.
There almost seems to be a hiatus as venture capitalists and entrepreneurs wonder what is the next big wave. Will it be next-generation search engines? Or web services? Or broadband wireless technologies like WiMax? Or all-in-one personal communicators? Or something different like biotech or nanotech? Whatever it is, it does not seem obvious in the Valley.
Out here in India, we have no such qualms. Outsourcing is In and Hot. Anything and everything that needs people and can be delivered over a wire can now be done from India. A recent Economist business lead story discussed the outsourcing of the IT departments in US companies as part of infrastructure management services. We are delighted about the fact that soon, Bangalore will employ more engineers than the Silicon Valley.
So, has the tide of innovation and entrepreneurship shifted from the Silicon Valley to the Indus Valley?
Far from it. A growth in jobs in and around urban Indian centres does not equate to the coming of age of India as an IT Superpower. There's a lot more to be done if we have to at the forefront of invention and innovation. We definitely have an opportunity to lead in the next generation of computing and communications technologies, but for that we need to see beyond writing software, managing back offices and networks for international companies. India needs to build an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship to build upon its success in services to occupy centrestage in the world of technology in the years to come.
First, we need entrepreneurs willing to take risk. As it turns out, there aren't enough of them. Taking risk also means embracing failure. We had a boomlet in dotcom entrepreneurs a few years ago, but that bubble burst quite quickly as the realisation dawned that this was not going to be get-rich-quick phenomenon. Entrepreneurship is not just about making money, it is about inventing tomorrow. And for that to happen, many have to fail for one to succeed.
Second, we need early-stage venture capital and mentoring for the start-ups. Even as plenty of growth capital is available in India, there is very little finance available for entrepreneurs with passion and ideas. Part of the problem in India is that the VC funds have borrowed business models from the West, set up large funds, which in turn require chunky investments. So, even as it is possible for companies to get $5-7 million growth capital, it is nearly impossible to get a fifth or tenth of that amount for technology start-ups.
Third, entrepreneurs with the initial capital will need mentoring. India has a limited history of technology entrepreneurship and as such the bench strength is not deep. Start-ups face all kind of challenges in their early days as they seek to reduce the risk of failure. Advice from experienced entrepreneurs and business people is what they need to make sure they do not make silly mistakes.
Fourth, we need talent willing to join start-ups. This means that people have to look beyond the fat, rising pay packets and be able to share the risk (and reward) of the entrepreneurs in building up the new business. As salaries in the IT industry have risen and lifestyles have grown, it is easy for complacency to creep in. Instead of continuing the climb after reaching the top, we want to take rest! This continued hunger for growth and risk is what will create the success stories that will start the positive feedback loop of entrepreneurship.
Finally, there is a need to focus on the middle of the pyramid market. Between the two extremes of trying to create solutions for global markets from India (highly unlikely it will succeed because of the distance from the target customers) and the bottom of the pyramid (always a very large enticing opportunity), there is a middle in urban and semi-urban India which needs innovative solutions at different price points. As India develops, this is an increasingly promising target segment. Once it can be made to work with this segment, the solution can be extended horizontally to other emerging markets, and vertically to the bottom of the pyramid.
In big business, when you need to cross a river, you simply design a bridge, build it, and march right across. But in a small venture, you must climb the rocks. You don't know where each step will take you, but you do know the general direction you are moving in. If you make a mistake, you get wet. If your calculations are wrong, you have to inch your way back to safety and find a different route. And, as you jump from rock to slippery rock, you have to like the feeling.


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I Will Return My New Brother CH 82
Those who were familiar with hunting even got an excellent ride, so wouldn't they at least win against Rachel Kubrick
The victory of Liz Brigo, who she marked as a sacrificial lamb because Liz was lower than herself, would be a great humiliation for her.
"The-they are definitely carriage horses .
There were a lot of gazes to say those horses were changed with the one I rode.
In the first place, those horses weren't supposed to be tied there.
I still received no seat, but I was aware that I had caused too much trouble to join the tea table.
Perhaps the young ladies in this table also didn't want to deal with me anymore.
The moment I was about to return to my seat, Young Lady Liz furtively caught my sleeve.
She asked with tearful eyes, as if she had rather taken great courage.
"I-is it fine for me to drink tea with you"
There was no need for me to bring her along.
It was clear that she participated in insulting me even though she was pushed to.
Still, the result is obvious if she stays here.
It was obvious that the arrow of rage from the insult I gave them would be directed at her.
I looked at her and soon made up my mind.
If her knights beat Orion and won the competition, it would have been rather me who was in debt.
"There's orange juice on my table.
Do you like it"
"Y-yes!"
Her voice was a bit higher.
The scarlet eyes looked a bit lively back.
The drooping shoulders remained, but it was great enough for her to be courageous.
When I nodded as a sign of my approval, she raised her face as if she was happy.
As soon as I was about to return to the Miller Family's seat, a neatly dressed young boy approached me with two escorts.
"Hello, Young Lady Miller."
Greetings, Your Highness."
When I bent my knees to greet him, there were voices rushing to follow me in greeting him coming from behind me.
The young ladies who were sitting stood up all together.
Seeing that the young lady of Paris March, who previously didn't care for any of the conversation that happened before her, also stood up, it seemed like the imperial family was really important.
The second prince answered their greetings by simply raising his hand, then he looked at me.
"I'm glad that it appears that the horses I sent were fulfilling their usage."
I flinched at the words he said calmly but with a strange expression.
Prince, was it you the one who bestowed those horses for the carriage
After emphasizing that he was the source of the pitiful and dissatisfied horses, he gave me an offer.
"If it's fine with you, I'd like to join you to drink tea."
"Yo-your Highness!"
From behind Rachel who shouted in surprise, I sensed Young Lady Paris stare at him.
There was no noticeable change in her expression, but her stare was somewhat strangely giving a chilling sensation.
The young prince ignored his fiance, who was still silent, as he reached out his hand to me.
I looked at his hand for a moment, then I corrected him.
"It's not tea but orange juice."
The orange juice made from high quality, freshly hand picked oranges was the pride of the workers in the duchy's kitchen.
I didn't know for the exact reason, but there's a saying that they worked harder on selecting the oranges than buying the tea leaves for the Duke.
The prince quickly changed his words.
"I like it too, the juice."
"Me-me too!"
Young Lady Liz, who was timidly bowing her head, unexpectedly raised her voice.
I sensed the young ladies next to her whispering and flustered.
Orange juice is very popular.
I felt like I could see the prideful head chef's proud expression already.
I, who was somehow tired even when the tea time had not properly yet started, nodded with a mind that everything's fine.
The prince naturally came and sat on my table, then waited for the orange juice.
Meanwhile, the young ladies who were enjoying tea, looked devastated as if they had lost something incredible.
But, I was only planning to peacefully sit on my table and drink juice, though.
I felt like I had become a villainess who stole another person's fiance by using juice as a weapon.
Next to me, Young Lady Liz stared at me with sparkling eyes.
Oddly enough, her gaze was close to admiration.
Don't tell me it's because she thinks I snatched the second prince from Young Lady Paris
When I turned my head, reluctantly pretending not to notice that, I saw the second prince sitting politely.
He cut all the long rhetoric words and said,
"I'm happy that I finally see you.
You're highly praised by my master."
"Young Duke Orion is my swordsmanship teacher."
He smiled as he threw out hidden meanings.
"I gave it happily when he asked for a few excellent horses of good descent that were brought by delegations from other countries for diplomatic relations, but I was a little surprised because I didn't know it would be used for a carriage.
I can't believe the pegasus species that was said to be able to run fast to the sky would be tied to a carriage."
"Master unexpectedly loves you very much."
The sounds of horses' steps and knights pushed through the bushes from the distance sounded like an echo.
I couldn't distinguish which knight order they were from, but I hoped the one who caught the prey was the knights of the Brigo Family.
I stopped thinking and gulped down the water in the glass.
I'm feeling frustrated.


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Run by the Charlie Foundation, this calculator can be helpful when you're using keto as a therapy to help manage a medical condition. The calculator helps estimate calorie needs based on weight, assists in determining a macro ratio and macros needed per meal, and can calculate macro numbers on the basis of meals and snacks you enter into the system. Also takes into account fluids, supplements, and medications.
#5) It can level up your brain, including positively counteracting conditions like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and dementia. As explained here in this TEDx talk by Mark Mattson, Professor at Johns Hopkins University and Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging, fasting is grounded in serious research and more studies are coming out showing the benefits:
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On the other hand, an intermittent fasting-style diet just might feel simpler than trying to follow a more complicated eating plan—and that can count for a lot. "The idea of having a simple rule to follow may make it easier for people to avoid any mindless eating," Peterson says. "I have had some people tell me that intermittent fasting made it easier for them to eat healthfully."
Although many hypotheses have been put forward to explain how the ketogenic diet works, it remains a mystery. Disproven hypotheses include systemic acidosis (high levels of acid in the blood), electrolyte changes and hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose).[19] Although many biochemical changes are known to occur in the brain of a patient on the ketogenic diet, it is not known which of these has an anticonvulsant effect. The lack of understanding in this area is similar to the situation with many anticonvulsant drugs.[56]
Where diets can complicate life, intermittent fasting may simplify it. Where diets can be expensive, intermittent fasting can be free. Where diets can take time, fasting saves time. Where diets may be limited in their availability, fasting is available anywhere. And as discussed earlier, fasting is a potentially powerful method for lowering insulin and decreasing body weight.
This fermented Chinese tea can literally shrink the size of your fat cells! To discover the brew's fat-crusading powers Chinese researchers divided rats into five groups and fed them varying diets over a two month period. In addition to a control group, there was a group given a high-fat diet with no tea supplementation and three additional groups that were fed a high-fat diet with varying doses of pu-erh tea extract. The researchers found that the tea significantly lowered triglyceride concentrations (potentially dangerous fat found in the blood) and belly fat in the high-fat diet groups. Although sipping the tea could have slightly different outcomes in humans, we think these findings are promising enough that it's still well worth your while to fix yourself a steaming hot cup. We at Eat This, Not That! love tea so much, we made it part of our bestselling new diet plan, The 7-Day Flat-Belly Tea Cleanse! Test panelists lost up to 4 inches from their waist! Available now—click here!
I would like to know what led you to the conclusion to recommend eating in the morning and fasting in the evening instead of the other way around. You do not link any studies here that show TRF in the morning is better than TRF in the evening. You do state "Nighttime eating is well associated with a higher risk of obesity, as well as diabetes." but I would hazard a guess that alot people that snack into the evening have many other factors at play that could effect their risk of obesity and diabetes and are possibly not fasting at all. I have been doing TRF from 12-8pm every day for almost a year and have seen vast improvements in my health, not least of which is a loss of 70 lbs, so it seems odd to read items 3 and 4 on your 4 ways to use this information for better health. If you have evidence that supports the idea that TRF in the evening is bad then I would like to see it and perhaps change my dieting habbits.
Indeed, fasting for a long period of time probably means you're not able to enjoy three full meals with snacks each day. Whether you're skipping breakfast or dinner, missing a meal always results in not receiving adequate nutrients. And since the 16:8 diet gives you license to eat whatever you want, you might be tempted to fill up only on fatty, processed foods, especially if you're feeling ravenous. Hunger can also clout your better judgment and lead you to binge eat as well. "Studies show that the majority of people are not able to sustain it for very long and oftentimes end up binging on unhealthy foods, causing weight gain," Mirkin says. Other drawbacks of 16: 8 fasting include poor sleep, muscle mass loss (since it doesn't allow enough time during the day to meet protein needs), disordered/binge eating, weakness, nausea, and fatigue, Mirkin says.
Here's what we do know: The keto diet may be useful in treating symptoms of epilepsy, a seizure disorder. "The use of keto in treating epilepsy has the most evidence," Angelone says. One study conducted by Johns Hopkins Medicine, for example, followed epileptic patients on the keto diet and found that 36 percent of them had a 50 percent reduction in seizures after three months on the diet, and 16 percent were seizure-free. However, experts aren't entirely sure why the keto diet has this affect, she adds.
Those issues can be part of what's known as the "keto flu," Warren says. Other side effects of the keto diet, all of which are tied to carb withdrawal, can include lightheadedness, nausea, mental fog, cramps, and headaches, in addition to tiredness. Luckily, the keto flu doesn't usually last more than a week—which is coincidentally about when people start to see the number on the scale go down, says Warren.


The Acne Cycle. Acne vulgaris, also known simply as acne, is one of the most common skin conditions in the United States. If you suffer from acne you know it's more than just a few pimples on your face.
Acne can affect every area of your life and make you feel alone, unattractive, even depressed. But now for some good news there are treatments that can help you get acne under control and let you enjoy life with clear skin and the confidence it brings.
When you see a red bump, whitehead or blackhead on your skin, it's usually gone through four stages to get there.
Step #1 is a clogged hair follicle or pore. Your skin cells are constantly renewing and when old cells die off they shed. The result: fresh, new skin about every month or so. However, if you're acne-prone, these dead cells mix with the oil (aka sebum) on your skin, become sticky and clump together inside the pore. When that happens oil and the bacteria that causes acne (the p. acnes bacteria) gets trapped inside.
Step #2 in the formation of acne is the overproduction of oil. The question is why are you producing so much it? Basically, androgen hormones stimulate the release of sebum from the sebaceous glands attached to your pores. Things like puberty or emotional stress can increase androgen levels, causing you to produce more oil which leads to more clogged pores. Think of it like there's a stopper, or plug, trapping gunk inside your pore. As you continue to produce oil it continues to be trapped behind the plug, which builds pressure and causes irritation. At this point, the p. acnes bacteria, which naturally grow on your skin, now have an abundant supply of food (oil and dead skin cells) to feast on. As a result, they start to breed inside the plugged pore.
Step #3 on the path to breakouts. If the bacteria and sebum stays trapped below the skin surface, a whitehead is formed. If the pore opens up, the sebum, which contains the skin pigment melanin, oxidizes and turns blackish and a blackhead is formed.
Step #4 occurs because the bacteria continue to feed on your oil. As they do so, they release byproducts your body recognizes as foreign invaders, causing it to produce an immune response. White blood cells rush to the infected area and this causes swelling, redness and inflammation. The end result is a breakout of the throbbing, red, tender bumps you know as pimples (aka papules and pustules).


Recovering from injury and illness can be a long journey for some patients. At Sidra Medicine, our therapy and rehabilitation programs provide patients with a step-by-step path to recovery. These are goal-oriented and time-limited treatment programs focused on restoring a patient's physical and mental health, as well as their functional abilities such as walking, typing, swallowing, and other activities.
Physiotherapy (also known as physical therapy or PT) focuses on movement and improving function for those with disabilities, injury and illness, so that both the patient and family can experience a better quality of life.
Because every patient's home life and interests are different, our occupational therapists meet with children and their families to better understand what they do in their everyday activities. Once we learn more about your child, we can develop a treatment plan that focuses on what's important to them.


Greg Fitzsimmons is a man of many talents. As a comedian, radio personality and now podcast host, Fitzsimmons has spent the duration of his adult life in the entertainment industry.
The Badger Herald was able to chat with Fitzsimmons about his Irish upbringing, podcast and upcoming show at The Comedy Club on State.
The Badger Herald: As a second generation entertainer from an all Irish family, it seems like you've got a lot to work with material wise. How has your upbringing influenced your comedy?
Greg Fitzsimmons: Irish Americans tell stories around the table and bust balls to show love. Audiences can't get offended because they know it comes from love.
BH: This is your tenth year of hosting your own radio show on Howard Stern's SiriusXM channel. Why do you think radio is a good medium for comedy?
GF: Being on Sirius and hosting a podcast allows me to say whatever I want. It is the last bastion of free speech and I never get any notes from the Stern folks about what to do. It's awesome.
BH: Your podcast, "Fitzdog Radio," has become enormously popular. Why do you think is has amassed the amount of success it has?
GF: It's been a lot of years and it slowly grows all the time. I get people to say things they normally would not because I really listen and make them laugh. That's what I enjoy— an hour of uninterrupted conversation with someone interesting.
BH: We at The Badger Herald love podcasts. Which comedy podcasts would you recommend to UW students?
GF: Too many to list. Skeptic Tank, My Favorite Murder, Adam CAROLLA, The Joe Rogan Experience, Bertcast, Joey Diaz etc.
BH: What should audience members be expecting from your set at the Comedy Club on State this weekend?
GF: Not much politics. I still can't make sense of it, but I'm trying. I've got a new hour of material I'm getting ready to tape, so I'll be doing that.


WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 11, 2014) – Newly released research from Hudson Institute scholars examines the geopolitical and economic opportunities presented by recently discovered hydrocarbon fields in the Eastern region of the Mediterranean Sea.
Authored by Seth Cropsey (Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for American Seapower) and Eric Brown (Senior Fellow), the report, "Energy: The West's Strategic Opportunity in the Eastern Mediterranean," provides insight into the region's energy potential and makes the case for strong American leadership to leverage opportunities to reduce the influence of Russia and Iran, build political and economic stability, and strengthen US alliances in the region.
"If the United States and its allies do not take advantage of these opportunities, then those who do not share our liberal aspirations will play a greater role in shaping the region's future," note Cropsey and Brown in the report.
The development of hydrocarbon resources in the East Mediterranean Sea will bring energy self-sufficiency to Israel and economic relief for Cyprus.
The creation of a secure energy production sector in the region could directly supply Europe and reduce the European Union's reliance on Russian energy.
The U.S. should seek Turkey's improved security and inclusion as a key partner in the defense and expansion of a law-based security order in the East Med.
The US and the region's core liberal democracies should continue to bolster security cooperation to guard against a potentially destabilizing naval arms race and deter encroachment of revisionist powers, specifically Russia and Iran.
The U.S. should reestablish a robust naval presence in the Mediterranean.
NATO members France and Italy should be integrated into the regional security structure.
NATO's Partnership for Peace should accept Cyprus as a member, and the U.S. should loosen its arms embargo on Cyprus.
The report's findings will be presented at an upcoming event at Hudson Institute. The report is available online, and hard copies can be requested by emailing Hudson.


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Trophy hunting of grizzly bears to continue in British Columbia
Justine Hunter
A grizzly bear is photographed in the Orford River, in British Columbia, in this 2011 file photo.JOHN LEHMANN/The Globe and Mail
British Columbia is cracking down on the use of sheep and goats as pack animals for big game hunters in its latest set of hunting and trapping regulations. But the contentious trophy hunting of grizzly bears will continue unchanged.
The provincial ministry responsible for hunting produced updated regulations on Monday, and although it has rejected a proposal to increase the number of grizzly hunting permits for resident hunters in the Peace River region, environmentalists are disappointed that the status quo remains in place.
The major changes include additional record-keeping requirements for butchers, and a new ban on bringing domesticated sheep or goats along on big game hunts to act as beasts of burden because of fears that the animals may pass on disease to wildlife. The report did not say whether this was a common practice. Steve Thomson, the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, says in the report released Monday his major concern in wildlife management right now is around the declining moose population, and he promised a new BC Moose Tracker app that will allow people to record moose sightings.
Mr. Thomson could not be reached for comment, but in a statement, ministry officials maintained that the current grizzly bear hunt is sustainable.
Auditor-General Carol Bellringer has announced she will conduct a performance audit to determine whether the province is effectively managing the grizzly bear population . The province says there are 15,000 grizzlies in B.C. and that hunting is allowed only after conservation targets and aboriginal harvests for food, social and ceremonial uses are met.
Ms. Bellringer's report is not expected until next spring, and Ian McAllister, executive director of Pacific Wild, an environmental organization, said that means the B.C. Liberal government's current approach won't be effectively challenged until the May, 2017, provincial election.
"This institutionalizes the trophy hunt in wildlife practices," Mr. McAllister said. "It's an indication of what Premier Christy Clark is thinking about this file and that is almost inconceivable given the unprecedented input over the past year."
Pacific Wild has led opposition to the grizzly bear hunt, particularly in the newly proclaimed Great Bear Rainforest. Mr. McAllister says the Coastal First Nations, along with a large majority of British Columbians, are opposed to trophy hunting of grizzlies. (Polls suggest anywhere between 88 and 95 per cent of British Columbians are against trophy hunting.)
The provincial government has been reluctant to curtail the hunt, however, saying it is confident in the science behind its quotas. As well, the province maintains that hunting in general is good for the economy: The province is home to 100,000 resident hunters who, along with guide outfitters, put $350-million into the economy each year by the province's reckoning.
Mr. McAllister said he is hopeful the Auditor-General will agree that the province is not adequately managing the population of grizzly bears. He said the timing of her report at least will help raise the profile of the issue in next year's provincial election.
"It will be a high-profile issue in the run-up to the next election."
However, it is not clear the New Democratic Party will offer an alternative position. The party has said it is still consulting before deciding whether it would promise to restore the moratorium on trophy hunting that it put in place in 2001, when it last help power.
The lone Green Party MLA in B.C., Andrew Weaver, last year introduced a bill to ban the trophy killing of grizzly bears. That bill would treat grizzlies the same as black bears, so hunters would be required to harvest edible portions of a bear.
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OUTA takes on the Guptas' Banks
OUTA is closing the taps on the Guptas' finances by taking action against their banks, the Bank of Baroda and the State Bank of India, for failure to comply with the banking laws.
GUPTAS OUTA STATE CAPTURE
"We have compiled evidence to take action against these banks and handed it to the Registrar of Banks and the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC)," says Ben Theron, Chief Operations Officer at the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA). "We want these authorities to act to ensure that the Bank of Baroda and the Bank of India cease all business with the Guptas, and revoke their licences to trade within South Africa."
A copy of the letter can be read here, and the spreadsheet that went with it, here.
In August 2016, the FIC listed 72 suspicious transactions on Gupta-linked bank accounts, which took place from December 2012 to June 2016 and involved a total of R6.839 billion; various banks subsequently closed the Guptas bank accounts.
OUTA's investigation found suspicious financial transactions predating that list, from 2002 and stretching over years.
"We found that the businesses linked to the Guptas bought properties over more than a decade for a total of R245 million – more than R50 million warooi70
nicols paid in cash – but managed to get bonds on these properties totalling nearly R1 billion, an amount that far exceeds the value of these properties. The Bank of Baroda provided bonds valued at R811 million and the Bank of India provided bonds of R176 million; the remaining R11 million came from FirstRand. The transactions linked to the Bank of Baroda and the Bank of India are particularly problematic," says Theron.
Some properties appear to have had massively inflated values.
For example, the Guptas' company Islandsite 180 bought two Cape Town flats in 2006 for R2.8 million each and two years later the Bank of India generously provided bonds of R24 million on each flat. This is 8.5 times the purchase price.
In another instance, the Guptas' company Confident Concept bought a farm in Mpumalanga for R40 million but a year later this was bonded by the Bank of Baroda for R426 million: more than 10 times the purchase price.
These bonds are apparently still active.
OUTA asked the financial authorities to investigate these deals.
OUTA is #ArrestingStateCapture by taking action against those who have deliberately aided or participated in the capture of the South African state.
UPDATE: 28 August 2017
We're stopping the Guptas from taking mining rehabilitation funds out country when the Bank of Baroda shuts their accounts. Those funds belong to South Africa.
WHY IS OUTA TARGETING GUPTA MINE FUNDS?
The Guptas used their business Tegeta Exploration and Resources to buy Optimum Coal Holdings from Glencore in December 2015. Optimum owns Optimum Coal Mine, Optimum Coal Terminal and Koornfontein Mines. The Optimum and Koornfontein mines each have a mine rehabilitation fund, which is legally required. The Public Protector has reported that the two rehabilitation funds were together worth R1.75 billion before they illegally disappeared into a Bank of Baroda account. These funds are meant to be held in trust to ensure that the costs of rehabilitating the mines are covered. OUTA wants those funds secured for the public benefit.
WHAT IS OUTA DOING?
On 25 August, OUTA wrote to Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane asking him to seize those funds, as the Minister is responsible for the security of these funds. If the Minister does nothing, then OUTA will bring an urgent interdict in court to secure the funds.
OUTA is a proudly South African civil action organisation, that is purely crowd funded. Our work is supported by ordinary citizens who are passionate about holding government accountable and ensuring our taxes are used to the benefit of all South Africans.
Myeni's out in August and OUTA can't wait
OUTA welcomes Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba's confirmation that Dudu Myeni will not serve another term on the board of SAA.
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Due to the sedentary lifestyles of individuals make them more prone to illness which requires frequent hospitalization. And the rising medical costs force every individual to have a proper health insurance plan. Here we will discuss why health insurance from SBI General Insurance in India.
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•Arogya Plus Policy offers coverage against the ambulance expenses up to Rs. 1,500.
•The policy does not require any medical tests for people aged 55 years or below on condition that they have no medical history.
•Pre and post hospitalization expenses are covered for 60 and 90 days respectively.
•Tax benefit can be claimed under section 80D of the Income Tax Act with this policy.
•The policy covers 142 OPD (day care) procedures.
The Arogya Premier Policy from SBI General Insurance has been designed for individuals with high net worth. The policy offers a much wider range of medical coverage options. Along with standard western medicine, the policy also provides coverage against the traditional AYUSH (Yoga, Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homeopathy) forms of medical treatments. These substitute treatments have to be undertaken in a government hospital or any such medical institution accredited by the Quality Council of India or the National Accreditation Board on Health which was established by the Quality Council accreditation and related programmers for the healthcare sector.
•Arogya Premier Policy comes with a wide range of coverage starting from Rs. 10,00,000/- and going up to Rs. 30,00,000/-.
•The minimum and maximum age to sign up for this policy are 3 months and 65 years respectively.
•This SBI General Health Insurance Plan can be taken for a period of 1, 2 or 3 years. The policy offers a discount of 5% for 2 the year plan and 7.5% for the 3 year plan.
•Pre and post hospitalization expenses are covered under this policy for 60 and 90 days respectively.
•The policy can be availed on individual, family and floater basis. Family includes the insured person, his/her spouse, parents, children and parents-in-law under the family plan. The family floater option includes the self, the spouse and dependent children up to 23 years of age.
•After the initial period of 9 months following the policy inception maternity expenses are covered.
•The policy provides the reimbursement of health check-up benefits for up to Rs. 5,000/- given that no claims have been made for 4 years.
•The policy offers protection against 142 day care procedures and also covers organ donor expenses.
•Under this plan, the full Sum Assured will be automatically reinstated without the need for an additional premium if the amount is any way reduced due to a claim.
•No medical tests will be required for people aged 55 years or below and for people who have no medical history.
•The policy covers ambulance costs (including air ambulance) for up to Rs. 1,00,000/-.
•Come with a grace period of 30 days from end of policy term for renewing the policy.
•For each claim-free year cumulative bonus of 10% of Sum Assured is offered, subject to a maximum of 50%.
•The policy offers tax rebate under section 80D of the Income Tax Act.
•For people up to the age of 55 years no medical tests are required.
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•	The policy covers over 142 day care expenses, even organ donor expenses and even maternity expenses (after the first 9 months of taking the policy.
•Comes with a health insurance claim cover for 60 days and 90 days for pre-hospitalization and post-hospitalization respectively.
•The policy offers a reimbursement up to Rs. 5,000/- for ambulance charges.
•The policy is offered with a grace period of 30 days from the last day of the policy tenure.
•Tax benefits under section 80D of the Income Tax Act can be availed under this plan.
• Alternative treatments such as Yoga, Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homeopathy (AYUSH) is covered under the plan.
The maximum asset that every human can evenly possess is Health. There is no indemnity and most of the times we are totally uninformed of the shortcomings with regards to health. It leaves an individual distressed both mentally and financially. The degree of this stress is utterly unimaginable. SBI Hospital Daily Cash Insurance Policy has been designed to help you overcome and cope with such circumstances in a better way.
•Offers daily cash benefit of up to Rs.4,000/- per day of the ICU hospitalization.
•Provides daily cash benefit of up to Rs.2,000/- per day of hospitalization.
•The policy covers pre and post hospitalization expenses for up to 30 and 60 days respectively.
•Offers daily cash benefit of up to Rs.4,000/- per day in case of accidental hospitalization.
•Minimum age to sign up for this policy is 18 years while the maximum age for entry is 65 years.
We all are aware of the fact that life can be unexpected and sometimes, a series of unforeseen events can put us in an unfavorable circumstance. Critical Illness undoubtedly can be specified as one of those events that can demolish you emotionally as well as financially. At times, the patients and their family members are not capable of incurring such high expenses of medication. Therefore, this particular health insurance plan from SBI General offers coverage against at least 13 critical illnesses.
•The policy comes with up to 50, 00,000/- Sum Assured.
•Pre and post hospitalization costs are covered for 30 and 60 days respectively.
•Illness that are covered under this policy are: Kidney Failure, Cancer, first heart attack, coronary artery bypass surgery, stroke, major organ transplant, primary pulmonary arterial hypertension, aorta graft surgery, permanent paralysis of the limbs and multiple sclerosis etc.
•Minimum Entry age for this policy is 18 years while the Maximum Entry age is 65 years.
•The policy pays insurance benefit only if the insured has been alive for a period of above 28 days from the day of 1st diagnosis.
•Availability of cashless facility across the network hospitals of SBI.
•Under this plan, only one critical illness shall be covered in one lifetime.
It's quite understandable that our life doesn't follow any fixed outline of well being. We might be in a peak condition and after few days we still may remain the same. But at times, our sickness can result to critical disease or illness. Health insurance policy helps you to be in charge of the unanticipated turn of events. Health plans make sure that your are safeguarded both financially and mentally by helping you to leave yours stress behind.
•The fees of a Medical Practitioner and Specialists shall be covered under this SBI General health insurance plan this plan.
•He charges for Boarding & Nursing Charges, ICU charges etc. are covered under this plan.
•The policy allows Sum Insured of up to Rs. 7,50,000/- under the plan.
•The minimum age to get entry under this policy is 3 months.
•Blood, Anaesthesia, Operation Theatre charges, Oxygen, Medicines & Drugs, Surgical Appliances, X-ray and Diagnostic Materials, Chemotherapy, Dialysis, Cost of Pacemaker, Radiotherapy, internal implants/ prosthesis and any medical expenses incurred which is an essential part of the operation is covered under this plan.
•Ambulance charges, Maternity Cover is offered with 9 months of waiting period and without 9 months of waiting period.
•This SBI General Health insurance policy offers waiver for waiting period for first 30 Days & particular diseases for the First year.
•Pre-existing Diseases will be covered under this plan from Day One.
What are the Exclusions of SBI General Medical Insurance?
✔Diseases within 30 days of availing insurance.
✔Certain surgeries like Hernia, Hydrocele etc will be covered after a waiting period of 1 year.
✔Cataract, Hysterectomy etc will be covered after a waiting period of 2 years from the commencement of policy.
✔Surgery of joint replacement will be covered after a waiting period of 3 years from the beginning of policy. But there is an exception in case of any accident.
✔Sexually transmitted disease and HIV (AIDS) are not included under SBI General medical insurance.
✔Treatments with alternative medication like acupuncture, acupressure, osteopath, naturopathy etc are excluded from SBI Health insurance.
✔Treatments arising from pregnancy and childbirth.
Renewing your health insurance policy is extremely important in protecting yourself from any future emergencies. You should set reminders for your SBI General health insurance renewal dates so that you never miss your plan's renewal date. SBI General health insurance online renewal is easy, smooth, quick and user-friendly. You can renew your SBI General medical insurance plan with just a few mouse clicks. To complete the SBI General health insurance online renewal, you need to follow the below mentioned steps.
✔At first, you have to log into the online portal of the Company.
✔Then select 'Renew Your Policy' tab and enter which health insurance policy you want to renew to initiate your SBI General health insurance renewal process.
✔Now click on 'Renew' for instant SBI health insurance online renewal.
✔Thereafter, you have to pay the premium digitally for the successful completion of your SBI General health insurance renewal.
✔Finally, you will receive an authentication mail in your registered mail id. You can download and save your SBI General health insurance online renewal for your future use.
1. What does national health insurance mean?
National health insurance is a health insurance system that offers health insurance to a national population against the cost of health care.
2. How is health insurance used?
When you have a health insurance policy, the health insurance company provides financial support in case of serious illness or damages in exchange of a yearly premium. The health insurance company either pays in reimbursement or pays the care directly.
3. What is a public health plan?
Public health plan is a health insurance plan offered by government health insurance providers to the people with lower income so they can pay for their medical care.
4. How much is health insurance for a family of four?
According to Forbes, the premium of health insurance for a family of four is $25,826 per year.
5. Which type of insurance is provided for the people through their employers?
Group insurance policy or private insurance is generally provided for the people through their employers.


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Frankfurt 2011: Ferrari unleashes 458 Spider
Another Ferrari for your dream garage
Ferrari has finally debuted the 458 Spider, which is based on the 458 Italia mid-engined sports car but comes with a fully-retractable aluminum hard-top, a world first for a sports car with this layout.
According to Ferrari, the 4548 Spider's innovative new hard-top is not only 25kg lighter than the traditional folding soft-top used in its predecessor, the F430 Spider; it's also quieter and more thermally efficient when raised. Besides taking only 14 seconds to open or close, the hard-top was engineered to occupy a very small space when stored, allowing Ferrari engineers and designers to include a generous rear bench for luggage behind the two seats.
With the hard-top stowed away, the rear windscreen serves as an effective, electrically adjustable wind-stop that reduces buffeting in the cockpit.
Powering the 458 Spider is the same 4.5-liter V8 engine used by the 458 Italia. Coupled with Ferrari's class-leading dual-clutch F1 paddle-shift transmission, the 458 Spider can run from zero to 100kph in 3.4 seconds before it reaches its top speed of 320kph.
Despite these impressive performance numbers, the 458 Spider also boasts of class-leading fuel consumption and emissions levels with a combined urban cycle of 8.474km/L and carbon dioxide emissions of 275g/km.
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