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Speech in Parliament - Matters of Public Importance: Budget - 26 March 2015
Mr TONY SMITH (Casey) (15:29): It is my pleasure to once again speak on a matter of public importance moved by those opposite about the budget. As with all previous contributions from those opposite, there was not a mention of their record that has put Australia in the difficult budget position it is in, not a mention of their debt legacy and not a mention of what they would do to rectify it. You only need to go back and look at the figures—and we will never get the figures from them. Those opposite look back on the budget papers and they emotionally airbrush away their period in government. Because back in 2007, it is often said, they inherited no net debt. In fact, they inherited more than that. They inherited $44 billion in the bank. Within a year, they had spent about $30 billion of it. Within another year,…
Speech in Parliament - Condolences: Mr Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH - 25 March 2015
Mr TONY SMITH (Casey) (11:13): I rise to join fellow members in paying tribute to Lee Kuan Yew and to speak on the condolence motion moved by the Prime Minister yesterday. As the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition pointed out, Lee Kuan Yew was one out of a box. For a nation the size of Singapore, as previous speakers have said, a very small nation in a very unstable area, at the time of independence there was no reason to expect it would survive as a nation, let alone thrive in the way it has. The economic figures tell the success story, as the Prime Minister said yesterday. In 1965, Singapore's gross domestic product per head was about a third of Australia's, and today it is almost double Australia's. It has been a stunning success as a society and as an economic powerhouse in the region. As…
Speech in Parliament - Condolences: The Rt Hon. Malcolm Fraser AC CH - 25 March 2015
Mr TONY SMITH (Casey) (18:33): I rise to join those who have spoken before me on this condolence motion for a political giant: Malcolm Fraser, a great and patriotic Australian. Many have spoken of the things he stood for, Aboriginal land rights; the things he stood against, racism in any form; his contribution to domestic and foreign policy. All of the speeches have touched on his service here in the parliament—first as a backbencher, then as a minister and then as a prime minister—and all have touched on his service in so many ways beyond the parliament in all of the years since 1983—giving his view in the arena, arguing for what he stood for, often a position people disagreed with but a position that he would consistently hold to. During the tumultuous Dismissal, which, naturally, most members have commentated on, he showed his strength and determination, the very attributes…
Speech in Parliament - East West Link - 16 March 2015
Mr TONY SMITH (Casey) (17:35): I rise in this afternoon's grievance debate to again call for the state Labor government to see common sense and to construct the East West Link. This is a vital project for Melbourne. It is a vital project for the outer eastern suburbs and the Yarra Valley that I represent along with other members. This is a project that once had broad support from within the Labor Party. This is a project that was first mooted by the Eddington review set up some years ago. The former Labor government of John Brumby was supportive of this project. The former federal Labor government was supportive of this project. The current Leader of the Opposition was extremely supportive of this project, as were other colleagues of his. We can go back to before the time the Leader of the Opposition was elected when, as a member of…
Speech in Parliament - Death Penalty - 5 March 2015
Mr TONY SMITH (Casey) (10:20): In this House of Representatives of 150 elected members and across the way in the Senate with 75 senators, on any given day, all of us can be simultaneously concerned about a range of issues. But on this day all 225 of us have one single thought in our minds, as do so many millions of Australians, and that is the fate of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran in Indonesia. All of us in this parliament are united in our thoughts and prayers for them and their families at this time. All of us are united in our combined plea for mercy in these times. This parliament has come together in a united way with a united voice to Indonesia. We did so in the House of Representatives with a motion supported by all 150 members. The foreign minister and the shadow foreign minister have…
Speech in Parliament - Intergenerational Report: 2015 - 5 March 2015
Mr TONY SMITH (Casey) (15:52): What an extraordinary MPI this is. All year, the shadow Treasurer has been demanding the release of theIntergenerational report. In question time, he asked not one question of the Treasurer, and his entire contribution of 10 minutes avoided the very topic. He just pulled out his talking points. He was exceeded only by the member for Fraser, who dusted off all his silly jokes that we have all heard before, and dusted off his inequality book, and in he came. And who is the shadow Assistant Treasurer? Then we have the member for Chifley. He is actually a little bit smarter than them both. The member for Kooyong would agree with this. He thought, 'I haven't got time to read it, but I'll put a few sticky tabs inside the book. I'm not sure what pages they are on.' All three of them refused to…
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Raymond Dokpesi: Polygamy one of my greatest errors in life
Raymond Dokpesi
Published By: Michael Adesina
Raymond Dokpesi, the Chairman Emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc, has said going into polygamy was one of the greatest errors of his life.
Dokpesi stated this on Saturday in an interview with journalists in Abuja.
The interview was part of the activities to mark his 70th birthday scheduled for October 25.
The media mogul said he never entered into polygamy because of his wealth. He said it was due to internal family challenges.
He said, "I am a Catholic and I definitely will tell you that one of the greatest errors of my life is polygamy.
'But it is not something that I desired or something that I wanted. It was a situation that developed, I just had no alternative.
"A lot of people looked at it as if it was wealth that distorted my behavior but the truth of the matter is that there were internal family challenges that led to the polygamy.
"I was married to a Polish woman, I wanted to remain with the Polish woman, I still desired it in my old age but she left Nigeria for reasons that she was the only child of her parents and so she had to stay with her parents and I had to stay here and there is no leave in marriage.
"And so, I shuttled down to Poland over 16 times requesting her to come back to Nigeria and stay but as the only child, she wanted to be by them.
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"My mother was very anxious that I should have children that are my own; kids that I don't have to enter a plane to go and visit. That whole thing caused the instability that later affected my life."
Dokpesi also revealed how he survived poisoning as a little child even as it was predicted that he would not last more than 35 years.
He said: "Well, let me say 35 years was the benchmark that was given to me because, in my very early years, I was very sickly. I was fairly handicapped because I could not talk from the very beginning of my life; but very many people assumed that because I could not talk, I could not hear or I could not understand what it was.
"So, I would normally just look and see, watch things as they happened. And I vividly recall when one of my father's very close friends came to intervene about my schooling and he condemned, outright, any effort to invest in me because I was very sickly and secondly, he had not seen any child of a northerner succeed.
"I was handicapped and that was the toughest moment in my life at that stage and at that time, I felt highly discriminated against, I felt that I was likely to be denied the opportunity to live.
"By the time, I was about 12 years I was terribly sick, my mother and father took me to several places from hospitals to native doctors and churches praying, looking for an opportunity for me to survive.
"They later took me down to Agenebode, when my father had almost given up, that I was not going to survive. We went through the banks of River Niger at the time. When we got to the destination, they said I had been poisoned and the people that committed the atrocity were there present and they will be able to deliver me.
"But behold, here I am, 70 years old, all those challenges put behind, I am strong, I am healthy and I thank Almighty God and all Nigerians that have given me support all through to be able to reach this year."
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How are animals used in experiments?
Animals are used in scientific research to help us understand our own bodies and how they work. Animals are also used to safety test potential medicines before they are tested in people and to check the safety of other chemicals.
What are animals used for in testing?
Examples of animal tests include forcing mice and rats to inhale toxic fumes, force-feeding dogs pesticides, and applying corrosive chemicals into rabbits' sensitive eyes. Even if a product harms animals, it can still be marketed to consumers.
What are animals used for experiments called?
Around 50–100 million vertebrate animals are used in experiments annually. Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study.
Which animal is used the most in experimentation?
Twenty-two percent of all regulated animals used in labs are guinea pigs, by far the most used animal in research and testing, followed by rabbits (17%) and hamsters (11%).
Who started animal testing?
Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar), an Arab physician in twelfth century Moorish Spain, introduced animal testing as an experimental method for testing surgical procedures before applying them to human patients.
How many animals are killed in laboratories each year?
100 million animals
Each year, more than 100 million animals—including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds—are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing.
How do animals die in animal testing?
Most animals are killed at the end of an experiment, but some may be re-used in subsequent experiments. Here is a selection of common animal procedures: Forced chemical exposure in toxicity testing, which can include oral force-feeding, forced inhalation, skin or injection into the abdomen, muscle, etc.
Why testing on animals is cruel?
Animal testing is cruel and needs to stop, because it has far too many damaging consequences for animals, humans and the environment. Draize created the Draize Test, which is used on the skin and eyes of animals, such as rabbits, to test the effects of a product.
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CII and S.P. Mandalis WeSchool redefine tomorrow's classroom at the Principal's Conclave
November 21, 2017NewsComments: 0
Mumbai, 21 November 2017: "In the journey of institutional excellence; defining, attracting and nurturing stakeholders that involve students, faculty and long-term sustainable relationships with the alumni are of utmost significance. Focus on academics, management, strategy and a visionary perspective could add many path breaking changes in the education system", said Mr. Ashank Desai, Founder, Mastek while delivering his inaugural address at the CII – WeSchool 'Principal's Conclave'.
The recent call for educational institutions to be entitled to excellence has created multiple discussions about the objectivity of superior quality education. What are the key parameters in higher education that distinguish education institutions and how it could be measured are some common topics of conversations doing rounds in the academic circles. S.P. Mandali's Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research (WeSchool) in association with CII – Western Region, recently hosted 'Principal's Conclave' 2017 under theme 'Building Institutions of Excellence' on its Mumbai campus. The conclave attended by Deans, Vice-Principals and Directors from over forty educational institutions and colleges across Mumbai took a retrospective approach to understand and highlight the areas of improvement for new age students.
Elaborating on the theme of the conclave, 'Building Institutions of Excellence' Mr. K. Nandakumar, Chairman and Managing Director, Chemtrols Industries, said "Reformative measures in education need to be implemented from schools to business schools. Excellence is not a destination; it is a process to train the trainer in order to enlighten the mind-set from aptitude to attitude. There is nothing that must stop us from illuminating the rich legacy of education similar to the Nalanda University in the present times."
In the opening remarks, Prof. Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool and Co-Chairman, CII- Western Region, Higher Education Sub Committee said, "The conclave is a collaborative effort to ascertain the future of education through collective wisdom of academia. It is an interactive platform that aims to delve deep into the multi-dimensional role of education. Faced with technical challenges in a VUCA world, it is the responsibility of each stakeholder to question their individual contribution to the progress of education in India."
The first session on 'Confluence of Talent, Resources and Governance' had prominent industry professionals and educationists such as Mr. Rohitash Gupta, CFO, eClerx; Mr. Vaibhav Srivastava, Education Vertical Leader, CISCO and Dr. Shobhana Vasudevan, Principal, R.A. Podar College of Commerce as panelists and the discussion was moderated by Ms. Rani Desai, Chief People Officer, Deloitte.
The second session on 'Best Practices and Next Practices – Learn, Work and Lead' invited experts to share new models on building world class institutions. Dr. C R Chavan, Director, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management; Mr. Hanuman Tripathi seasoned entrepreneur and Kevin John, GM Strategic Alliances, Rustomjee Academy for Global Careers (RAGC) were the panelists for this session.
While chairing this session, Prof. Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool and Co-Chairman, CII- Western Region, Higher Education Sub Committee commented on imparting value education by exposing students to the market and consumers and not limiting them to the confines of the classroom. Teachers need to be learners all their life and teaching-learning is a reciprocal process. He expressed concern over the future of work in today's changing market and believed that education has to be human and not mechanical. He wrapped up by defining education as something we remember long after we have forgotten what we memorised.
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Today's technological lifestyle has become second nature; using your iPhone to check your email, using your Droid as a GPS, or playing a movie on your laptop. Behind the scenes these functions are provided by the software that runs it. Software is defined as programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. Essentially they are the apps / programs that your device uses to activate these functions.
From time to time these programs need to be updated or upgraded. From upgrading iOS or Android devices, to updating Adobe or Java programs, keeping the latest software installed is almost always the best way to keep your devices working to the best of their ability. At A Plus Computer Tech we can ensure that all of your devices are up to date with the best software available.
With our optimization process we update all of your current software, and install upgrades when they are needed. We provide Windows upgrades (Windows 7 to Windows 8, etc.), Mac upgrades (Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion), and most any device that you need upgrades for.


This battle isn't the recent pay per view box office hit you watched on the weekend, but a battle between Sage One and Sage Live.
What makes every great match-up so eagerly anticipated is a level playing field, in this case there are a few factors making these systems so different. If this was a boxing match, it would be more like a Featherweight vs Middleweight match-up. Let me tell you why.
Sage One is an entry level system. This system is tailored towards small businesses who are after something to manage their accounts as an alternative to excel. One of it's most exiting features is it's connection with the bank where you have bank flows going directly into Sage to match against invoices.
Unlike a clunky solution in excel, Sage One also allows you to send invoices through the system, track what customers owe and watch your banks for payments received. This system is ideal for your plumber by day accounts by night individual where your business is a one-man army right now.
This functionality in Sage One is fairly standard in any other Sage small-mid ranged accounting product. What makes Sage One great is how well it targets it's audience. Sage One lands a big punch in this match-up with its price tag, from £10 per month. That's a point up on the scorecards for Sage One.
Sage Live is Sage's new flagship product. Being fully cloud based and built on the salesforce platform, Sage Live represents the new era of accounting systems. Look at Sage Live as the Gennady Golovkin of accounting systems. Sage Live lays on a storm of blows onto Sage One with its dimensional accounting capabilities. Allowing reporting to be extremely detailed using dimensions and tags.
More of Sage Live's arsenal includes it being a multi-company, multi-currency and a multi-lingual solution. You also have the ability to connect the front and back of office with Sage Live linking in sales, projects and other areas of the business all into one solution. Its capabilities are endless, it's highly customisable and it's built on the salesforce platform. With Salesforce, you can access any other purchased product built on the salesforce platform in the same place as Sage Live.
They should have been in the same weight class!
At this stage of the fight Sage One is looking out on it's feet. The mass of functionality Sage Live possess is far more than Sage One. This would be expected of as they are targeted towards two different audiences. Sage Live is far more scalable and it's targeted towards bigger businesses anywhere in the range of small through to the high end of medium sized…it's a monster in comparison to Sage One. But give credit where credit is due, Sage One does its job brilliantly targeting start-up and small businesses. As an alternative to excel, Sage one is a no brainer and it has great functionality for that size.
After some exchanges, Sage Live doesn't wait around in landing the knockout punch with it's competitive pricing. Being cloud based, you are already saving money on computer hardware and server costs and Sage Live is still priced at £85 per user. Very competitive for an SMB business solution.
In all reality, Sage One is a great product and you wouldn't compare the two. If you have the budget for Sage Live, Sage One probably shouldn't be in the same conversation. Your typical clients for Sage One include start-ups and businesses containing very few employees with basic processes.
On the other hand, Sage Live is for bigger businesses with complicated processes ranging in sizes, or those looking for a platform that can handle growth. The typical businesses using sage live are usually service based, Charities, Recruitment all the way through to bigger International Corporations. Both systems are excellent for their targeted audiences.
If this was a straight up match-up on functionality, Sage Live would come out on top every time. But for smaller businesses with limited budgets where managing finance isn't an integral part of the business, Sage One is ideal. You would choose a basic system like Sage One over Excel every time. A system that already is set up, ready to go and makes it easy to manage your accounts is a no-brainer in comparison to excel.
For that jump up to a larger solution, Sage Live has the scalability to cater your needs. With Sage Live you don't have to worry about whether the system can contain the pace of your growth, instead you can focus on driving that growth.
Liam is one of the key members of our Sales team. When he isn't talking to clients or on-site, Liam enjoys a spot of retail therapy and anything football on the weekends. He started out at itas working as a Sales Executive, he's now working in a Lead Generation/Marketing role concentrating on all Sage products. Fun fact, Liam used to be on a TV series called Pawn Stars Uk where he would buy and sell antiques.


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The IRAS 1.2 Jy survey: Redshift data
Karl B. Fisher, John P. Huchra, Michael A. Strauss, Marc Davis, Amos Yahil, David Schlegel
We present the redshift data for a survey of galaxies selected from the database of the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). This survey extends the 1.936 Jy sample of Strauss et al. (1992b) from a flux limit of 1.936 Jy at 60 μm to 1.2 Jy. The survey extension consists of 3920 sources in the flux interval 1.2-1.936 Jy, of which 2663 are galaxies with measured redshifts. Fourteen objects (0.52%) do not have redshifts. The survey covers 87.6% of the sky. The data for the complete 1.2 Jy survey (the data presented here in addition to that of Strauss et al. 1992b) may be obtained in a machine-readable form from the National Space Science Data Center.
Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Galaxies: distances and redshifts
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Fisher, K. B., Huchra, J. P., Strauss, M. A., Davis, M., Yahil, A., & Schlegel, D. (1995). The IRAS 1.2 Jy survey: Redshift data. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 100(1), 69-103. https://doi.org/10.1086/192208
Fisher, Karl B. ; Huchra, John P. ; Strauss, Michael A. ; Davis, Marc ; Yahil, Amos ; Schlegel, David. / The IRAS 1.2 Jy survey : Redshift data. In: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series. 1995 ; Vol. 100, No. 1. pp. 69-103.
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20Q Holiday Edition
Dec 21, 2015 by Kevin
Supergirl writer/producer Ted Sullivan, Devil's Due screenwriter Lindsay Devlin, Director of Development at the Story Company Doug Griffin and literary manager/producer John Zaozirny of Bellevue Productions answer some questions about the holiday season.
Q1. The best thing about the holidays is…
Ted Sullivan: Seeing all the people you really want to spend your time with but never do during the work year.
Lindsay Devlin: Watching it through the eyes of my toddler son.
Doug Griffin: Time off from work.
John Zaozirny: Having a chance to spend time with family and friends back home in Vancouver.
Q2. The worst thing about the holidays is…
Ted: The focus on buying presents.
Lindsay: How much I procrastinate buying gifts.
Doug: Gaining weight from all the great food that is bad for you.
John: The travel to get there.
Q3. I spent Black Friday…
Ted: Not buying presents.
Lindsay: Decorating our Christmas tree.
Doug: At work.
John: Refreshing blu-ray.com.
Q4. I'll do most of my holiday shopping…
Ted: It's done. No seriously, I buy throughout the year and put things in a "Christmas closet." That way, it's not some mad dash in December. The truth is I really like giving people presents randomly during the year. It feels more authentic and less "following orders" handed down by Christmas Central Command.
Lindsay: Online, last minute (see #2).
Doug: Christmas eve.
John: On Black Friday on Amazon.
Q5. I'd like to give a lump of coal to…
Ted: I was going to say Trump, but really anyone who thinks they have all the answers. They don't. (And I include myself in that category, even though after some whiskey, I tend to think I do.)
Lindsay: Donald Trump.
Doug: Assad.
John: Still under discussion.
Q6. The best holiday gift I ever received as a kid was…
Ted: A movie camera. I mean honestly, the Millennium Falcon was the coolest toy, that movie camera changed my life forever. I have a career because of it.
Lindsay: My first Cabbage Patch doll. My Dad drove all over the state for it.
Doug: An electric hockey game. (It was the 60's.)
John: A large jar of Hot Tamales candies.
Q7. The worst gift I've ever been given is…
Ted: A bottle of sherry. I stopped by to see an actor I know to give them a homemade present I'd made. As I was about to leave, the actor stopped me and said, "Wait! I bought you something special!" He rushed in to his house and a minute later he came out with the bottle of sherry. He handed it to me proudly, not even noticing there was still a card attached to it from the person who had given it to them. I honestly don't know if the sherry was good or bad, because I hate sherry. But the sloppy and oblivious re-gifting was maybe a little gauche.
Lindsay: Lottery tickets from my uncle every year. The scratch-off kind. I never win.
Doug: No such thing. EVERY gift is precious.
John: A large jar of Hot Tamales candies <- opinion arrived at after eating half the jar in one day.
Q8. The one thing I absolutely have to do over the holidays is…
Ted: Listen to "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" from MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS. I like sad Christmas songs and Judy Garland is absolutely perfect. Luckily, this is a pretty easy holiday goal to achieve.
Lindsay: Eat my weight's worth in sugar cookies and watch all the classic Christmas movies.
Doug: Catch up on all the scripts that have been sent to me.
John: Get used to cold weather.
Q9. The person I'd most like to find under the mistletoe is…
Ted: My wife. Again, I'm into easy goals.
Lindsay: George Clooney and Channing Tatum. Kidding. My husband.
Doug: My wife. The person I'd like to find under my Christmas Tree is Donald Trump. I have MANY questions.
John: Elyse
Q10. The holidays are best celebrated…
Ted: At home. With family. Family can be defined a lot of ways. Blood. Marriage. Friends. Anyone you can't imagine life without.
Lindsay: Drunk on eggnog.
Doug: Sober. With family and friends.
John: As long as possible.
Q11. The song that best exemplifies my 2015 in spirit is…
Ted: "Everybody's Talkin'" by Nilsson. Wistful and sad. It's been a year…
Lindsay: Sia's "Alive".
Doug: "The Best Is Yet to Come" by Frank Sinatra
John: "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell
Q12. Three things I read in 2015 that were outstanding…
Ted: "Lazarus" by Greg Ruka," "Afterlife with Archie" by Robert Aguirre-Sacasa, "The People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn, "Criminal vol. 2" by Ed Brubaker, "God Is Not Great" by Christopher Hitchens, "What It Takes" by Richard Cramer, "The Invisible Bridge" by Rick Perlstein, "The Death of Archie" by Paul Kupperberg.
Lindsay: Full disclosure, I barely read anything this year – having a baby meant I started many books but never made it past the first chapter. I did enjoy "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins. But everything else I "read" came in blog form, articles or parenting sites. Or the labels of a million baby products.
Doug: An article on the future of solar power, a book called "Tesla's Attic" by Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman and a script called DAGGERS.
John: "Modern Romance" by Aziz Ansari; "Pale Horse Coming" by Stephen Hunter; "The Private Eye" by Brian K. Vaughn.
Q13. Three things I saw in 2015 that were amazing…
Ted: FARGO season 2. Holy crap… Cannot stop thinking about it. BETTER CALL SAUL may end up being better than BREAKING BAD. I don't know how that's possible, but the show is already breathtaking. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD made me so happy I was cackling throughout the whole damn thing like some lunatic. What a lovely day, indeed…
Lindsay: EX MACHINA, SPOTLIGHT, LES REVENANTS (TV)
Doug: THE BIG SHORT, THE REVENANT, SON OF SAUL
John: Sufjan Stevens at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion; The Broad Museum; "Point Break Live"
Q14. The highlight of 2015 for me was…
Ted: Exploring China with my wife. It got me out of my comfort zone and made me reevaluate what was important to me when I got back home. Doing something difficult often does that.
Lindsay: Surviving the first year of parenthood.
Doug: Seeing gay marriage legalized.
John: Too soon!
Q15. The slang word/phrase I'm hoping ends with 2015 is…
Ted: I hope they all end. Especially Emojis. I don't understand what they mean when someone texts them to me. Is that face? A flower? A pancake? I don't get it. (And yes, I know this makes me sound like Clint Eastwood's character in GRAND TORINO. Or, just Clint Eastwood)
Lindsay: I can't even.
Doug: On fleek.
John: bae
Q16. The trend I'm hoping catches on in 2016 is…
Ted: Listening.
Lindsay: Gun control.
Doug: Compromise in Congress.
John: Million dollar spec sales.
Q17. My New Year's resolution is…
Ted: The usual. Exercise more. Eat less. But also, maybe "cool down on the feels" (that's young people slang, right???).
Lindsay: Write more and get my ass to the gym.
Doug: Say "No. Thank You" more often.
John: Good 2015, even better 2016!
Q18. If I could spend New Year's Eve anywhere in the world…
Ted: Paris. I love that city. Runner up is Dublin. But that said, I am super happy to be spending it in one of my favorite American cities (San Francisco) with some of my very favorite people seeing a truly great band (Flaming Lips). We call that a win-win-win.
Lindsay: On my couch in my jammies suits me just fine this year.
Doug: Paris
John: Los Angeles, California
Q19. The one thing I'm really looking forward to in 2016 is…
Ted: Seeing people I haven't seen in a long time.
Lindsay: The return of Jon Snow.
Doug: Getting a show on the air.
John: Finding out if Jon Snow is a zombie.
Q20. My wish for 2016 is…
Ted: A lot less horrible headlines.
Lindsay: More sleep.
Doug: Peace on Earth. Seriously.
John: See question and answer to 16.
Happy Holidays to all of you and have a safe and festive New Year's! See you in 2016!
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Strawberry Cake was blended up with love for fresh strawberries and sweet creamy white cake, just like grandma always make for holidays. Nothing is better than a creaminess to go along with a ripe fruit, and this juice proves that true. This is one of our best selling dessert flavored flavors at the shop.


American coffee and fast food chains are looking to branch out by establishing themselves on the Swedish market.
Dunkin' Donuts, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Starbucks — many American coffee and fast food chains are looking to branch out by establishing themselves on the Swedish market. And if the market isn't there for them, they'll make sure to create one. Are you, for instance, looking forward to buying American donuts in Stockholm some time this fall?
"We see the possibility to establish a position both out of a product as well as a price perspective," says Tommy Svensson, managing director for Coffee & Brands, which has received licensing to run the Dunkin' Donuts business in Sweden.
"Our goal is to have between 30 and 50 restaurants." Stockholm is but the gateway into Sweden. There's a rumor Starbucks has plans for some 50 units in Sweden; so far only six Starbucks have opened: three at Arlanda Airport, and one each at the central train stations in Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö. Now an expansion is planned for areas outside airports and train stations, and the center of Stockholm is first in line. If you've ever gotten hungry for American fried chicken in Sweden, you'll be happy to hear that Kentucky Fried Chicken, a company that has some 20,000 restaurants all over the world, is planning on coming to Sweden also.
Kentucky Fried Chicken (founded by Harland Sanders, who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant during the Great Depression. He realized the potential of a franchise, and the first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchine opened in Utah in 1952). "During the first quarter of 2015, we hope to open in Göteborg and Stockholm. After that we will continue to branch out, but we aren't focused on any number," says Morgan Jalinder, managing director for Nordic Service Partners, a company that has a franchise agreement with KFC.
Starbucks (founded by three partnets and opened in Seattle, WA in 1971). "We have as our ambition to open more Starbucks on the Swedish market, but we have no specific number," says Johan Rosenblom, Starbucks' Sweden director.
Thirty to fifty Dunkin Donuts in Sweden?


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wagner Township is a township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 320 as of the 2000 census. Wagner Township was named for Bessie Wagner, later Bessie Hammond of Montana, an assistant in the Aitkin County register of deeds. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.9 square miles (92.9 km ), of which 35.0 square miles (90.7 km ) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.2 km ) (2.40%) is water.
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The starting point for our clients before commencing any involvement with some 40 odd check points and consideration sets to be addressed. We cover the company mission vision and values, the core objectives and key strategic outcomes being sort, which include desired customer, trade, partner and staff outcomes, brand and distribution, timing, media, leveraging engagement platforms and much more.
When we work with a Property or presenting one this is the place we start. Evaluator delivers all the property constructs, it values, the type of benefits that can be created, the enhancements against its current deliver/proposals, defines future positions and addresses engagement measures including leveraging and brand integration opportunities.
In planning any sponsorship it is important to clearly define the opportunities, but also the total playing field with other sponsors, the market overlaps and potential space our clients can own. This includes the design for the all the activation inputs, the leveraging and how the plan will be activated, the platform construction for integration through the brand and organisation, plus the development of new commercial revenue for our client and the integration of existing IP and the creation of new IP for the client.
In the growing television sponsorship market we enable the tracking and measurement of branding in broadcast against pre-determined measurement benchmarks. This system engages in understanding the impact on screen, the frequency of engagement, value of pre promotion programming and re-runs or highlights, full audience data, the prestige and brand fit and all of this is overlaid with real client media buying costs, not Ratecard values. The system factors in product placement, factors live or passive engagement with the product and measures presenter star power, prestige and brand fit.


Sun, sand and sea, an exotic cruise, adventure holiday or ski trip? Our holiday budgets have shrunk but holidays are so important to our well-being that most people are willing to make sacrifices for the chance to get away. With a bit of luck your plans will go smoothly, but a little forethought could make all the difference if unexpected problems arise – especially travel health emergencies. With so much at stake it is also wise to have travel insurance in place to protect your holiday investment.
It is easy to forget about basic preparation for emergencies when planning your trip. If you have a medical problem such as diabetes, allergy, or rare blood type it is important to carry identifying information. Write it down and keep a copy in your wallet or purse, along with a list of prescribed medicines. Ideally, also keep a copy with your travel insurance documents and leave a copy at home with family.
Having a permanent skin tattoo is an increasingly popular trend for identification among people with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. This is a great idea, especially for problems such as serious allergies and insulin-dependent diabetics, although it is more common for diabetics to wear bracelets or jewellery. Also, be aware that diabetics often carry an emergency supply of glucose tablets.
How would you know a person is wearing contact lenses if they do not carry a case with them and/or a pair of glasses. Defibrillators are available at many locations these days, so check the availability and make a note. Quick access to one could be life-saver for travellers with heart conditions.
Enter emergency numbers into your mobile phone, such as for the consulate or embassy, and your travel insurance claims contact number. It is not used in all countries, but 'ICE' (code for 'in case of emergency) entered into a mobile phone is useful for identification and locating next-of-kin. Make a note of the EU-wide emergency number – '112′.
If possible, learn basic first aid (such as the 'coma' or 'recovery' position and Heimlich manoeuvre). Knowing how to do these procedures could save a life. Before your next holiday think about your health and make a note of any medical information that would help emergency personnel if you were unconscious and admitted to a foreign hospital.
Reminder: Declare all pre-existing medical conditions when purchasing travel insurance (many common medical conditions are automatically covered).
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Q: Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve module I have created a simple project which uses babel and webpack. I have checked it in here
https://github.com/abhitechdojo/MovieLensReact.git
In my root folder I have two files script1.js and script2.js. My webpack.config.js looks like
module.exports = {
    entry : {
        main: [
            'script1.js', 'script2.js'
        ]
    },
    output : {
        filename: 'public/main.js'
    },
    "module" : {
        "loaders" : [
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                "exclude": /node_modules/,
                loader: 'babel',
                query: {
                    presets: ['es2015', 'react']
                }
            }
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    }
}

but when I run webpack. it cannot find any javascript files
ERROR in multi main
Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve module 'script1.js' in /Users/abhishek.srivastava/MyProjects/MovieLensReact
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ERROR in multi main
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A: In nodejs, when you call require("script1.js") it won't search in the current folder.
You have to use require("./script2.js"), to specify that the file is in the current folder.
In your case, modify the config file with main: ['./script1.js', './script2.js'].

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MessageLabs Helps Customers Address Email Privacy Concerns With A New Managed Encryption Service
MessageLabs Boundary Encryption Service guarantees the privacy and integrity of email communications between businesses
NEW YORK, NY– 30 March 2005 – MessageLabs, the leading provider of email security and management services to businesses, today announced the launch of MessageLabs Boundary Encryption service, a boundary-to-boundary encryption service that guarantees the privacy and integrity of electronic communications between corporate mail servers.
Driven by regulatory and legislative pressures, concern over the privacy and integrity of Internet email communication is moving up the corporate agenda. As a result, businesses are looking towards encryption to secure their email. A 2005 study by Osterman Research indicated that at least 20 per cent of users in a typical organization would be frequent users of a secure messaging capability if it was available to them.
"Secure messaging is becoming more critical in the enterprise and SMB markets, driven by regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley and Gramm-Leach-Bliley, as well as a need to protect critical communications of various types," said Michael Osterman, president of Osterman Research, Inc. "Users need a way to send encrypted email easily, with minimal disruption to their normal use of email, and they need to be confident that the encrypted emails arrive securely at their intended destination."
The MessageLabs Boundary Encryption service provides a secure private email network (SPEN) for customers to communicate with designated partners using SMTP over Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption, without the need for desktop encryption tools. All email sent between an organization's mail server, MessageLabs and designated partners travels via TLS encrypted channels. This lowers the total cost of ownership (TCO) of managing encryption relationships and the hassle of maintaining encryption clients on individual desktops, while ensuring the privacy and integrity of all email messages passed via these channels.
"One of the great advantages in applying encryption on a boundary-to-boundary basis is that the corporate policy on securing email can be enforced without the need to involve end users in any decisions, or have them change work practices. Any aspect of the policy is out of the hands of individual users," said Jos White, president of MessageLabs. "Without an enforceable TLS guarantee, organizations can only offer a 'best effort' encryption, which is not enough to ensure compliance with industry regulations or legislations such as HIPAA or the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. With MessageLabs Boundary Encryption, email is totally secure and guaranteed."
To use the service, organizations nominate email domains to be subject to encryption and designate partners to be involved in encrypted channels. The MessageLabs service then ensures that communication to and from the service involving these domains is secured using TLS. If an organization communicates with non-designated partners outside the SPEN, then normal unencrypted SMTP is used to pass such messages from the MessageLabs service to the recipient domains.
Email is secured via the SPEN only when it is sent outside the organization's network, remaining unencrypted or "in the clear" within the corporate network, which facilitates other compliance-led solutions such as archiving. Both incoming and outgoing encrypted email passes through the MessageLabs' global infrastructure at the Internet level, whereby the full array of MessageLabs email security services can be applied to protect organizations from threats such as viruses, spam and other unwanted content. Customers can control content and apply policies, ensuring that only clean email is then forwarded on to the intended recipient. The service is transparent to the end user, with no desktop tools required.
Using a central management console, organizations can manage their own set of partners. MessageLabs will then perform an automatic check to ensure nominated partners support TLS.
MessageLabs' range of email security and management services provides organizations with a complete managed email security solution, without the hassle, inconvenience or additional cost of traditional software or hardware solutions. These services ensure the integrity of electronic communications, helping businesses to manage and reduce risk while securing their critical infrastructure and business information.
About MessageLabs
MessageLabs is the world´s leading provider of email security and management services with more than 10,000 clients and offices in eight countries. For more information, please visit http://www.messagelabs.com
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Book Review: Secrets on the Italian Island
By Sara Steven
Her work has got in the way of relationships before – but never like this
Anna's job as a geologist takes her all over the world, including to the beautiful island of Elba, where she's sent to look for precious metals. And the island isn't the only thing that's gorgeous – she can't believe her luck when she meets windsurfer Marco and sparks fly.
But Anna must keep her role on Elba a secret to avoid upsetting the locals, which means lying to Marco even as they grow closer. When her old friend Toby visits, Anna suddenly finds herself torn between the attentions of the two men. However, Anna's not the only one keeping secrets.
Is Marco being entirely honest with her? And why did Toby really come to visit? (Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads)
T.A. Williams has mastered the art of love triangles. There are moments for Anna when she refers to herself as "Naughty Anna," particularly where Marco is concerned. But then there's Toby, a man she's known through familial channels--their connection evident. And as is often the case, you want to somehow meld the two potential love interests together to remake one perfect character, but ultimately, where's the fun in that? I loved the back and forth and Anna's "Will I, or won't I" attitude as she's fighting her own inner urges, and as the synopsis indicates, who is being honest, and who can she really trust?
I also enjoyed the uniqueness behind Anna's occupation. It's not often that you'll find a protagonist deep in the trenches of tunnels, attempting to find something rare and unexpected. It was neat to read about her experiences as a geologist, but that later throws a wrench into things. If she were to find precious metals on Elba, what would that mean for the local conservation efforts? It was an interesting conundrum and something I found myself focusing on and thinking more deeply about, considering it's a real-life issue that is relevant.
There are unforgettable characters within Elba, like George the dog and his owner Jack. Jack is very familiar with geology, considering that had been his former profession before he decided to retire and delve more into conservation after seeing what mining could do to the environment around it, and it places Anna into this tough spot. It is obvious how much respect and admiration she has for Jack, but what would he do if he knew the truth about her reasons for being on Elba? I felt as though her friendship with Jack, as well as the bond she forms with his dog was a nice balance to the love triangle with Marco and Toby.
This isn't the first time I've cited my love of scenery in a T.A. Williams novel, and I imagine it won't be the last. As with each and every one I've read, scenery becomes another primary character, and this island is no exception. When Anna swims in the warm blue sea, shakes sand from her shoes, or when Jack offers to let her stay in his idyllic guest house on his property, I yearned for my own special guest house, too, surrounded by tall grasses and quiet, and peace. I enjoyed Secrets on the Italian Island, a definite five-star experience!
Thanks to Rachel's Random Resources for the book in exchange for an honest review.
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I'm a man. And a pretty old man as well. I did languages at university a long time ago and then lived and worked in France and Switzerland before going to Italy for seven years as a teacher of English. My Italian wife and I then came back to the UK with our little daughter (now long-since grown up) where I ran a big English language school for many years. We now live in a sleepy little village in Devonshire. I've been writing almost all my life but it was only seven years ago that I finally managed to find a publisher who liked my work enough to offer me my first contract.
The fact that I am now writing romantic comedy is something I still find hard to explain. My early books were thrillers and historical novels. Maybe it's because there are so many horrible things happening in the world today that I feel I need to do my best to provide something to cheer my readers up. My books provide escapism to some gorgeous locations, even if travel to them is currently difficult.
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Enter for a chance to win an autographed copy of the Jaws Of Life pressed on black and white marble and three more.
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Enter for a chance to win a 75" TV with a soundbar and a $500 Fry's gift card. There are four secondary prizes of a $500 gift card as well.
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Enter for a chance to win a 3-night stay at the Historic Gatlinburg Inn, four Gatlinburg SkyLift tickets, a $100 gift card and $100 gas card.
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Enter for a chance to win guitar effects pedal with a pair of 15 foot cables. It's worth $479.
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Enter for a chance to win a Sterling Silver locket and $1,200 in gift cards. It looks like some of the gift cards are from businesses in Hanover, New Hampshire so this one is maybe not as good as it looks for some people.
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Small patch which disables screensaver and sleep while Simutrans is in focus. Minimize Simutrans and screensaver and sleep mode will activate as normal.
Looks like this is only when running full screen.
By the way: Maybe disabling sleep might be useful for servers as well. Or is there code for that already?
That should not be the case as it should activate when the window is created. Perhaps the window events are not set up properly for windowed mode though as I am not too sure about them.
In theory light sleep mode is still permitable as it was designed for purposes like DVRs where video capture should always be possible. In any case this would need changes to the POSIX front.
Ah. I didn't check the second diff block. The thirds and fourth diff blocks are within an if(is_fullscreen) scope.
I'm not so convinced that this is a good idea to hardcode on. In particular, I might not mind the screen blanking (does anybody actually use screensavers anymore?) if I'm idle long enough. If I'm not moving the mouse or using the keyboard for that long, I'm probably not paying attention to Simutrans. Turning off sleep might be OK, so long as Windows can overrule it if running low on battery.
I think, I would like to darken the screen, if there is nobody looking at it. (And I know people who did run Simutrans over night and would like to do so without fiddling with the screen setting. Keeping windows running seems ok though.


The big difference in an Open Access HMO health insurance plan is that the member is not required to get a referral to see a specialist, however, the specialist must be in the network in order for health insurance benefits to be paid.
The big difference in an Open Access POS health insurance plan is that the member is not required to get a referral to see a specialist, however, the specialist must be in the network in order for health insurance benefits to be paid as an "in network" benefit. Otherwise, out of network benefits will apply which are usually less benefit and mean that the insured pays more out of their pocket.


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From Motors to Servers
Paul Kearney is a consultant with KCP Computing Solutions, currently assigned to work with EDS on the U.S. State Department enterprise network management operation. He's helping to roll over 475 domains at U.S. embassies worldwide running Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 and Active Directory, in an effort to centralize management services.
The current migration work masks a past that wasn't wholly unrelated to IT: Paul served in the U.S. Army as a vehicle mechanic. "We did a lot of diagnosing and troubleshooting, which basically translates over to the IT field," he explained. "Both fields require you to be very analytical."
At the end of his stint in the Army, he made the career switch to IT because he "wanted to do something I liked doing," he says, "versus what I had to do for 20 years."
Listen as Paul outlines the particulars of the State Department's massive migration project and explains why he believes Microsoft certification played a key role in his successful post-military career switch. Paul Kearney, Jr., MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, is a systems engineer with Maryland-based consulting firm KCP Computing Solutions. Currently assigned to work with EDS on the U.S. State Department enterprise network management operation, he's helping to roll over 475 worldwide NT-based domains to Windows 2000 and Active Directory.


These policies are provided to guide staff as well as the Board in determining whether and how gifts will be received by The North Star Community Foundation (hereinafter "Foundation") and how they will be utilized to further our mission.
The Foundation actively solicits gifts and grants to further the mission of the organization. There is a potential that the acceptance of certain gifts could compromise the ability of the organization to accomplish its goals or could jeopardize its exempt status. Hence, the following gift acceptance policies shall apply to all gifts offered to the Foundation before acceptance of said gifts.
1. Cash. The Foundation does not accept currency but accepts checks, money orders and gifts by credit card.
2. Marketable Securities. The North Star Community Foundation will create an agreement with The Alaska Community Foundation if it accepts gifts of publicly traded stocks and bonds. The policies of The Alaska Community Foundation would govern these gifts: when the securities are in "street name," they are transferred to the Alaska Community Foundation's custodial account; thereafter it may either sell or hold the securities for the benefit of the North Star Community Foundation. When the gift is in the form of physical securities, ACF may either sell or hold the securities for the benefit of the North Star Community Foundation.
3. Stock in Privately Owned Companies. The North Star Community Foundation will create an agreement with The Alaska Community Foundation if it accepts such stocks and must have a qualified appraisal performed by an independent professional appraiser. The policies of The Alaska Community Foundation would govern these gifts. If immediately marketable, the stocks are sold. If not, they are kept (in the safe) until they can be redeemed or liquidated. Redemption should normally be made within a five year period. Prior to approval, such gifts are reviewed by the Foundation board (and legal counsel if deemed necessary) including any variance from the normal redemption period. Any gifts that would be subject to rules related to excess business holding must be divested within the time period established under the excess business holding rules.
4. Stock in subchapter S Corporations. See policy for sections 2 and 3. The same applies for stock in subchapter S Corporations.
5. Real Estate. All real estate gifts are directed to the Foundation board for review and approval. Concerns include legality, mortgages, easements, restrictions, and environmental problems. Until the property is sold, the donor must provide for obligations such as taxes and insurance. More detailed rules related to real estate gifts are outlined in a separate policy related to such gifts.
6. Tangible Personal Property. The property must be readily saleable and the donor must agree that the property can be sold unless the Foundation agrees to use the property for a purpose related to its exempt purpose. Prior to approval, such gifts must be reviewed by the Foundation board (and legal counsel if deemed necessary).
7. Partnership Interests and Interests in Limited Liability Companies (LLC). These will be considered by the board on a case-by-case basis.
The President of the Foundation, subject to board policy, shall have the authority to solicit and accept or decline gifts on behalf of the Foundation. If there is a question regarding whether or not the gift is within the foundation policy or there is a special reason why the gift should be accepted or declined, staff will bring the issue to the board. Staff will periodically report all gift acceptances and declines to the board.
The Foundation reserves the right to decline any financial commitment, gift, or bequest, as well as the right to determine how a gift will be credited and/or recognized without explanation.
1. The Foundation will pay no commissions or finder's fees as consideration for directing a gift to the Foundation or to any of the Foundation's affiliates.
2. Donors are responsible for obtaining their own appraisals for tax purposes of real property or tangible or intangible personal property being given to the Foundation and for any fees or other expenses related to such appraisals.
3. The Foundation retains the right to obtain its own qualified appraisals of real property or tangible or intangible personal property being offered as a gift at its own expense.
4. The President shall cause an acknowledgement and receipt of the gift to be sent to the donor. The acknowledgement will only issue a receipt of a dollar amount if the gift is in cash or marketable securities or is accompanied by an appraisal or sales invoice (on smaller items). If these documents are not available, the receipt will state that The Foundation has received the gift and the Foundation will send an IRS Non-cash Charitable Contributions Form 8283 for the donor to fill out and have signed. Once returned to the Foundation it will be sent to the appropriate persons for signature and then be returned to the donor for tax purposes.
5. Prospective donors shall be strongly encouraged in all cases to consult with their own independent legal and/or tax advisors about proposed gifts, including tax and estate planning implications of the gifts. No representative of the Foundation shall provide legal or tax advice to any donor or prospective.
All information about donors and prospective donors, including but not limited to their names, the names of their beneficiaries, the nature and amounts of their gifts and the sizes of their estates will be kept strictly confidential by the foundation and its representatives, unless the donor grants permission to release such information. All requests by donors for anonymity will be honored, except to the extent that the Foundation is legally required to disclose the identity of donors.
The Board, as deemed necessary, might amend these Gift Acceptance Policies.


Don't get these twisted: the Via Portico d'Ottavia is an area of ancient ruins in Rome, located in the center of the neighborhood designated as the Jewish ghetto in the sixteenth century. The Roman emperor Augustus, known for ushering in the Pax Romana period of relative peace and stability for the empire, originally built this colonnaded structure in honor of his sister, Octavia Minor. This is not the Via Portico d'Ottavia that I am talking about here.
The Cooper Hewitt's version of Via Portico d'Ottavia is a vase by designer and architect Gaetano Pesce. Although a vase, rather than a Roman ruin, is more of what you might expect to find in a design museum, Pesce's piece still eludes being described as conventional. It looks like it could be a piece of the sky, fallen out because it didn't quite fit right, or a creature that just crawled up out of the waves and onto the shore. This is classic Pesce, who is known for thinking outside of the box and creating work that is imaginative, experimental, and unexpected.
For instance, Pesce's process in creating the Via Portico d'Ottavia vase takes a traditional glassmaking method and turns it on its head. This vase is made from mold-blown pâte-de-verre glass and applied resin. Traditionally, the pâte-de-verre glassmaking technique involves applying a layer of paste, made from finely crushed glass and a binding material such as gum arabic, to the inner surface of a mold. The mold is fired and removed, and the hardened glass form that is left retains the shape of the mold. Such a practice was standard at CIRVA (Centre International de Recherche sur le Verre et les Arts Plastiques) in Marseille, France when Pesce arrived there in 1988. He had no experience in glassmaking, but his modus operandi was to shatter convention. Instead of brushing or tamping the glass paste into a mold, Pesce decided to blow it into a mold. Through this innovative technique, Pesce created a piece that looks like it is frozen in motion.
Are boundaries between ancient ruins and modern design also irrelevant to Pesce? Why is this vase named after an old Roman building? Apparently, as the space of the Roman ruin has changed over the centuries, it has been used for different purposes. In the medieval period, it was a fish market; perhaps Pesce, whose last name means "fish" in Italian, felt some connection to the building's history in this way? Even if it is just a coincidence, Pesce's recollection of an ancient form in the name of his twentieth-century vase is a subtle reminder of the longevity and ubiquity of design thinking.


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Malta provides very limited protection for stateless people. Although it is party to some relevant international and regional human rights treaties, it is not party to any of the core statelessness conventions. Maltese law provides some protections against arbitrary detention, but rights afforded to those detained for removal purposes are very limited. Malta has no mechanism to identify and determine statelessness, and no stateless protection status, although it did introduce a new route to regularisation in 2018 for people refused asylum and unable to leave the country, who have lived in Malta for more than five years. Data on the stateless population is therefore limited, with figures available only for the very small number of stateless people who acquire Maltese citizenship, and refused asylum seekers recorded as 'nationality not known' who cannot be returned and may or may not be stateless.
There are some safeguards in Maltese law to prevent statelessness, but implementation is problematic and there are some key gaps. The law prevents statelessness in cases of adopted children and new-born foundlings whose parents remain unidentified. There is a provision granting children born stateless on the territory a conditional right to acquire nationality following five years' legal residence, but, although in line with the 1961 Convention, the provision does not prevent statelessness in all cases and is not currently implemented in practice. Discriminatory provisions in both law and practice relating to conferral of nationality by descent (ius sanguinis) remain in force despite a European Court of Human Rights judgement ruling against Malta on this matter in 2011.
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Assesses whether countries are state party to the relevant international and regional instruments, including whether reservations have an impact on statelessness, and whether instruments are incorporated into domestic law. The four core statelessness treaties (1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons; 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness; European Convention on Nationality; Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in Relation to State Succession) carry more weight than other relevant human rights instruments in the assessment.
Malta is not state party to any of the core statelessness conventions. It has signed but not acceded to the European Convention on Nationality and has neither signed nor acceded to the other three. It has fully transposed the EU Returns Directive into domestic law and is party to most other relevant human rights instruments, but it retains significant reservations to these, including in relation to protection from unlawful expulsion and several reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women impacting on women's equality.
The 1954 Convention
Malta is not state party to the 1954 Convention.
Other Conventions
Malta has signed but not acceded to the European Convention on Nationality and is not state party to the Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in Relation to State Succession.
Malta is state party to and/or bound by all other relevant international and regional instruments, except for the Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers, but it retains several significant reservations. For example, its reservation to Article 13 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relates to protection from unlawful expulsion. Other reservations relate to the criminal justice system and protections from hate speech and incitement to violence.
Malta's reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women do not have a direct impact on statelessness, but do impact on all women in Malta (including stateless women), and relate to reproductive rights, family and property law, and the payment of certain social security entitlements to 'the head of the household presumed to be the husband'.
Examines the availability and sources of disaggregated population data on statelessness. Provides recent figures and assesses reliability of measures countries have in place to count stateless persons, including in the census, population registries and migration databases. Notes whether statelessness has been mapped in the country and whether there are effective measures in place to count stateless people in detention.
There is very limited disaggregated population data on statelessness in Malta. There is no 'stateless' category in the census, although the question of whether someone has Maltese or 'any foreign citizenship' was asked in the last census in 2011. The Annual Demographic Review has a 'stateless' category in its data on acquisition of Maltese citizenship and the Office of the Refugee Commissioner reports on those with 'nationality not known' among refused asylum seekers who cannot be returned. The Government does not publish data on stateless people in detention and statelessness is not systematically recorded across government agencies. A 2014 UNHCR mapping study provides detailed commentary on the legislative framework relating to statelessness in Malta.
Availability and sources
There is no procedure for identifying and determining statelessness in Malta, but the National Statistics Office Annual Demographic Review has included a 'stateless' category since 2008 in its data on acquisition of Maltese citizenship. From 2008-2010, 24 stateless individuals are reported to have obtained citizenship in Malta.
The last census in 2011 provided limited opportunity for respondents to self-identify as 'stateless'. The question on citizenship allowed for a 'yes'/'no' answer to whether someone has Maltese citizenship or 'any foreign citizenship'. If both answers were 'no', there were no further questions.
The Police and the Office of the Refugee Commissioner use the statistical category 'nationality not known' (though this does not always appear in reported figures) and record data on refused asylum seekers who cannot be returned, but do not have a specific 'stateless' category. They include 'Palestine' as a nationality category.
UNHCR conducted a mapping study in 2014, which provides a detailed commentary on the legislative framework on statelessness in Malta, including examples of different profiles of stateless people and those at risk of statelessness in the country.
UNHCR reports that 100 people with 'unknown citizenship' applied for asylum in Malta in 2016, but more recent figures are not available.
Stateless in detention data
The Government does not publish statistics on the number of stateless people in detention.
The Immigration Police collects some data on individuals released from immigration detention who could not be removed, but they do not publish this.
Identifies whether countries have a definition of a stateless person in national law that aligns with the 1954 Convention, and whether they have a dedicated statelessness determination (SDP) procedure; or, if not, whether there are other procedures or mechanisms by which statelessness can be identified and legal status determined. Countries are subdivided in four groups to enable comparison between those with an SDP in place, those with other administrative procedures, those with a status but no clear mechanism, and those without any status or mechanism. Where a procedure and status exist, these are assessed against norms and good practice, and the rights granted to recognised stateless persons are examined.
The definition of a stateless person in the Maltese Citizenship Act is not in line with the 1954 Convention definition, although the Convention definition is referenced elsewhere in Maltese law. There is no mechanism to identify or determine statelessness in Malta nor any dedicated protection status for stateless people. The Office of the Refugee Commissioner can recommend a form of temporary humanitarian protection, usually where someone has been refused asylum but cannot be removed or there are exceptional humanitarian reasons. However, applicants have no rights during the procedure and it is completely discretionary. A person granted this form of protection can access a renewable residence permit for one year, healthcare, and the labour market. A new regularisation route was introduced in 2018 for refused asylum seekers who entered Malta before 2016 and who are unable to be returned, can show at least five years' residence, and efforts to integrate. The new 'SRA' status provides a two-year residence permit with access to a range of socio-economic rights. However, no rights are granted to stateless people in Malta purely based on their statelessness. There is a possibility in law for anyone resident in Malta for five years to apply for naturalisation, but this is at the discretion of the Minister and almost never granted in practice.
Definition of a stateless person
The Immigration Regulations refer to statelessness within the meaning of the 1954 Convention. However, the Citizenship Act defines statelessness as "destitute of any nationality", which is not in line with the Convention definition.
Existence of a dedicated SDP
There is no mechanism to identify or determine statelessness in Malta, nor any dedicated protection status.
Other routes to regularisation
The Office of the Refugee Commissioner has discretion to recommend a local form of protection - 'Temporary Humanitarian Protection (THP)' - usually either granted where someone has been refused asylum, but obtains protection for exceptional humanitarian reasons (for example, unaccompanied minors, people who are terminally or seriously ill, family reunion), or where someone cannot be removed and fulfils specific integration criteria (for example, independent accommodation and stable employment, among others). Applicants have no rights during the procedure and it is completely discretionary.
If granted THP, under current policy the person has access to various rights including a renewable one-year residence permit implying protection from removal, access to healthcare, and access to the labour market; but these are not rights set in law.
People granted THP may apply for citizenship, which by law may be granted at the discretion of the Minister. However, as Malta considers THP holders as migrants in an irregular situation, it is highly unlikely that their applications will even be considered.
In November 2018, Malta introduced a regularisation route for people who arrived in Malta before 2016 whose asylum applications have been refused, and who could not return or be removed to a former country of residence/origin. The new 'Specific Residence Authorisation (SRA)' is accessible to those who meet these criteria, have lived for at least five years in Malta, and can demonstrate good conduct, frequent employment and efforts to integration. Beneficiaries are granted a renewable residence permit for two years with access to social security (on the same basis as people with subsidiary protection), a work permit, education, healthcare and travel documents. Guidelines for decision-makers require an individual assessment and flexibility in applying the eligibility criteria with consideration for health or vulnerability issues. SRA status is granted to dependent family members in line with the main applicant and all holders of the former THP/N status receive the new SRA status automatically.
Analyses law, policy and practice relating to immigration detention generally, focusing in on protections in place to prevent the arbitrary detention of stateless people during removal and deportation procedures. Subthemes examine areas such as detention decision-making, whether alternatives to detention are legislated for and implemented, procedural safeguards such as time limits, judicial oversight and effective remedies, as well as protections on release and whether statelessness is considered juridically relevant in bilateral return and readmission agreements.
In Malta, stateless people may be detained under different legal regimes, each with its own criteria, rights and guarantees. There are some protections against arbitrary detention relevant to statelessness, such as the requirement that someone is immediately released if removal is impossible. However, the law states that detention 'shall be a consequence of the removal order', a country of removal does not explicitly need to be identified prior to detaining, and statelessness is not considered juridically relevant. Limited procedural safeguards depend on the type of detention: if denied entry to the territory a person has very few rights and there is no time limit; if detained for removal there is a periodic review, and access to legal aid to challenge detention; detained asylum seekers have a right to legal aid, periodic review, and information on rights and remedies. Asylum seekers released from detention are issued with documentation and rights under EU law, but people detained for removal are issued with an administrative record and tolerated stay, which permits access to the labour market and healthcare only if they can show social security contributions from the preceding three months.
Detention screening
Legal powers are provided for to detain asylum seekers, third country nationals denied entry at the border or in an irregular situation, and asylum seekers pending Dublin transfers.
Grounds for detaining asylum seekers in Maltese law reflect the EU Reception Directive.
For detention for removal, the law states that 'detention shall be a consequence of the removal order' once an order has been issued. If someone then applies for asylum, the Order is suspended pending the outcome.
A country of removal does not explicitly need to be identified prior to detention, but there are requirements of necessity, proportionality and due diligence, which could be interpreted as requiring this.
The law provides for immediate release where removal cannot take place, but statelessness is not considered to be a juridically relevant fact during the decision to detain, and stateless people are detained in practice prior to the authorities initiating removal procedures.
The law explicitly provides for immigration detention to be used only as a last resort in the case of detention for removal or where unaccompanied minors and families with minor children are concerned. Elsewhere, the authorities have discretion on whether to consider less coercive measures and alternatives are not explicitly referred to in law, although the Asylum Reception Regulations provide for the possibility of 'temporary permission to leave' detention and lists alternatives.
There are two vulnerability assessments for asylum seekers that were developed for boat arrivals, which would impact on the decision to detain if vulnerability is identified. But those claiming asylum in-country, arriving by plane, or denied access or detained pending removal, do not systematically undergo such assessment. Statelessness is not considered a vulnerability factor.
Alternatives to detention
Although not framed as alternatives to detention and not forming part of the decision to detain, a list of what could be considered alternatives is set in Asylum Reception Regulations where someone is 'temporary released from detention': regular reporting at a police station, residing at an assigned place, depositing and surrendering documents, placing a one-time guarantee or surety. These measures are subject to a time limit of nine months, but it is not clear if they are also subject to review.
The law states that alternatives must be considered in the case of detention for removal purposes, but alternative measures are not set in law or subject to review and it is not clear whether or how the provision is implemented in practice.
There is evidence to suggest that in practice immigration detention is used prior to all alternatives being considered.
People who are detained may challenge the lawfulness of their detention and request to be released on bail as part of the process, but this possibility is rarely used in practice.
Maximum periods of detention are set in law for asylum seekers (nine months) and those detained for removal (six months plus 12 months), but not for those denied entry.
The law requires asylum seekers to be informed of the reasons for detention in a language they understand, but in practice, this is always in English. There is no requirement that reasons for detention are provided to those detained for removal or denied entry, but those detained for removal may request a translation of the main elements of a return decision and legal remedies 'in a language they may reasonably be supposed to understand'.
The detention order for asylum seekers contains information on procedures to challenge detention and access free legal aid. People detained pending removal should be provided with information on detention facility rules, rights and obligations and the entitlement to contact external organisations, by law. There is no obligation to provide this information to those denied entry to the territory. It is questionable whether information is provided in practice.
There are periodic reviews of detention for asylum seekers and those detained pending removal (differing periods and questionable whether reviews take place within set deadlines). People denied entry have no right to automatic regular review.
Asylum seekers and people denied entry can challenge their detention order within three working days and legal aid is provided if necessary. Review of detention for those detained for removal is either automatic or triggered by the individual. There can be difficulties in practice due to the short time limit and complex procedure. People detained for removal can challenge the removal order and detention, and the reasonableness of detention (not its lawfulness).
There are no rules regarding the process of re-documentation and ascertaining nationality.
There is free legal aid for asylum seekers, and for those challenging the return decision and/or removal order. There is no legal aid for those denied entry to the territory.
Protection on release
The state issues an identification document to asylum seekers released from detention in line with the EU Reception Directive. If not detained, people subject to removal or denied entry are issued with an administrative record, but this does not constitute a right to stay or official documentation.
Rights on release depend on someone's legal status. Asylum seekers have rights in line with the EU Reception Directive. People subject to removal live in the community with tolerated stay if released from detention. Their rights include: access to the labour market and work permit, and access to healthcare if they can show payment of a social security contribution in the past three months.
It is unclear whether cumulative time spent in detention counts toward the maximum time limit.
Return and readmission agreements
The only information currently available is that Malta's readmission agreements are all based on 'the EU template'. It is not clear whether statelessness is a juridically relevant fact and/or whether stateless people have been returned under the agreements in practice.
Assesses the adequacy of safeguards in nationality laws to prevent and reduce statelessness, including protections for otherwise stateless children born on the territory or to nationals abroad, foundlings and adopted children. Examines law, policy and practice on birth registration, including access to late birth registration, reduction measures taken by states to prevent statelessness among groups at high risk, and provisions regarding withdrawal of nationality.
There are some safeguards in Maltese law to prevent statelessness, but implementation is problematic and there are some gaps. There is a provision for children born stateless in Malta to acquire citizenship after five years' residence, but it is little-known and there are no reports of it ever having been used. There is a safeguard against statelessness in adoption cases. Foundlings are deemed to be Maltese from birth, but the wording of the provision leaves open the possibility of statelessness arising later in life or if parents are identified. The differential treatment of children born in and out of wedlock to Maltese parents abroad was ruled to be discriminatory by the European Court of Human Rights in 2011, but this provision remains in force in Maltese law. Birth registration is not problematic in law, but there are reports of barriers to undocumented parents registering births in practice.
Stateless born on territory
There is a non-automatic provision in the Citizenship Act for children born stateless in Malta to acquire citizenship after five years' residence, provided that they have not been convicted of any offence against any State or sentenced to more than five years' imprisonment.
There is no age limit in the provision and the legal status or residence of the parents has no bearing on the right to acquire Maltese citizenship of a stateless child born on the territory.
However, there is no information available about how proof of the child/person's statelessness is required or evidenced, the provision is little known, and it does not seem to ever have been used in practice.
Foundlings
There is a provision in law for foundlings to acquire citizenship automatically.
The law states that the 'new-born infant' shall be a citizen of Malta at the date of birth but it is unclear whether this would apply at a later age.
The provision says 'until his right to any other citizenship is established' so it may be that if the parents are later identified and they are nationals of a country that gives rise to a 'right' to citizenship for the child, the child's Maltese citizenship would cease making them potentially stateless until they apply for citizenship. The reference to 'a right to citizenship' could also be construed to mean that it is enough for a foreign national parent to be able in law to pass on their nationality for a foundling's Maltese citizenship to be withdrawn. Whether there are practical barriers to acquisition of the foreign nationality may not be deemed relevant, entailing a risk of future statelessness.
Dual citizenship is permitted so a child adopted by foreign parents and acquiring another nationality would not automatically lose their Maltese citizenship.
The acquisition of Maltese nationality by an adopted foreign child is governed by a mix of law and policy. The Citizenship Act distinguishes between children over and under 10 years-old. For children under 10, Maltese citizenship is automatically acquired upon registration, but there is a risk of statelessness if an ascendant of the parent was not born in Malta, as Maltese citizenship law requires both the parent and ascendant to be born on the territory. If the adopted child is older than 10, they can either rely on the same provision (though the inclusion of adopted children here is based on a policy decision rather than an explicit legal provision); or submit an application for citizenship through naturalisation, where it is said to be policy to grant citizenship in such cases, but, again, this is not set in law so there could be a risk of statelessness during the procedure.
Ius sanguinis and discrimination
There is a provision in the Citizenship Act for Maltese nationality to automatically be conferred through ius sanguinis to children born to Maltese citizens either in Malta or abroad, but there are discriminatory limitations in the Act, which exclude children born out of wedlock to a Maltese father.
Under the limitations, in the case of unmarried parents, a child born in Malta on or after 1 August 1989 shall only become Maltese if the mother is a Maltese citizen, which leaves a risk of statelessness if only the father is Maltese and the mother cannot confer her nationality to the child, as long as the safeguard against children born stateless on the territory is not implemented in practice.
Additionally, under these same limitations, children born abroad to a Maltese father and foreign mother out of wedlock on or after 1 August 1989 would also fail to acquire Maltese citizenship, even if rendered stateless.
Despite being ruled discriminatory by the European Court of Human Rights in 2011 (Genovese v. Malta), Maltese law still contains these limitations distinguishing between children born in and out of wedlock and between children born to a Maltese mother as opposed to a Maltese father when unmarried.
There are also current cases of Maltese fathers being required by the authorities to undergo paternity testing for their child's Maltese nationality to be recognised, even where they are married to the foreign mother of the child.
Access to birth registration
It is compulsory for all parents, irrespective of nationality or legal status, to register the birth of their child within 15 days of the birth. If parents are unavailable, the duty falls on the doctor, midwife or any other person in attendance at the birth or in whose property the baby was born.
There are credible reports of births remaining unregistered due to lack of documentation or refusal of parents to register the child.
There are no mandatory requirements to report people who are undocumented to the immigration authorities.
Late Birth registration
It is compulsory for parents to register the birth of their child with the Public Registry office within 15 days. This obligation may at times be difficult to meet, so in practice the timeframe is relaxed, and no penalties incur within the first weeks past the deadline.
Late registration is allowed, with no cut-off date.
Identity Malta and Gov.mt provide clear and easy-to-understand information on birth registration, where to register, and services for birth registration (in English and Maltese) on their websites, but there are no proactive campaigns on birth registration.
In 2018, Identity Malta opened an office at the main public hospital to facilitate birth registration.
The Government has implemented no other measures specifically aimed at reducing statelessness.
Withdrawal of nationality
Renunciation of nationality is only possible in cases where the person holds the nationality of another country, and a declaration should be approved by the Minister.
Deprivation is provided for in law in certain circumstances. The competent authority is the Minister responsible for Maltese citizenship, who must convene a Committee of Inquiry made up of specific decision-makers. In cases involving a custodial sentence of less than 12 years there is a safeguard against statelessness, but not in other deprivation/loss cases. There is no legal aid and no right of appeal.
NGOs have reported recent cases of withdrawal of nationality without any due process.
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