The NDP told us not to worry about the trickle down effects of their carbon tax, but now many businesses—from trucking companies to daycares—have announced added costs that will be passed on to Albertans.
Omega Properties based in Calgary are charging their tenants $17 per month on top of rent to make up for the costs of the Alberta NDP's carbon tax brought in on January 1.
The charges will be applied to all new leases on of any one of their 250 unit properties. It will also be added to all renewed leases once they've expired.
Omega Properties says they aren't entitled to a rebate like tenants are, so they figure the cost won't break the bank for residents since the average rebate for a single person is $200.
If you're following the math, this means some tenants will end up paying their entire rebate toward the fees that landlords say will be put into a green fund in order to make their building more efficient.
So now we know that for some Albertans, a rebate will barely cover the increased costs for gassing up a vehicle, let alone the extra fees for natural gas and the new costs that many businesses have confirmed they'll be implementing due to the tax.
The Alberta government insisted there wouldn't be a trickle down effect from their carbon tax, but we're already seeing additional expenses getting passed on to consumers and it's only the third week of January!
Forget the trickle. At this point, I think it's more realistic to expect a downpour of added costs in the coming days and weeks.
Stephenson . . . ALL the evidence for Gorebull Warming is based on computer models and the NOAA adjusting historical data . . . not Science!
The reality is in the last twenty years if the so-called changes were rounded off to the nearest DEGREE . . . the graphs would be a FLAT LINE ! ! !
There is NO reliable, affordable alternative energy . . . as the folks in Ontar-i-owe now know! "
At least there's evidence in support of climate change models. The denier side seems to involve, mostly, telling us that you don't like models, and then providing no alternative evidence whatsoever. This illustrates a profound ignorance of the scientific method, which involves the best model. The various climate change models (the result is very replicable between models and researchers) may not be perfect, but they're better than the complaining that the deniers bring to the table.
That's why you don't round to the nearest degree. The changes are not quite so coarse. The difference between interglacial and glacial is only about 3 degrees, so you can see why "rounding" might be deceptive.
I have solar panels on my roof. They're pretty reliable. I don't live in Ontario.
ANDREW….I thought the purpose of the tax was to reduce carbon emissions with the goal of controlling climate and saving the planet, which it won't. The primary goal is to lie and bilk money out of us. Call back in a few years. I predict your bank account will be as empty as your head.
ANDREW….. Do tell how reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere from almost dangerously low levels now will help us? When sun spot activity crawls to a low level and the earth rapidly cools, what shall we do then? I guess I didn't give our politicians enough credit. By not exploiting the oil sands we can just throw a match in and sit around the camp fire.
The intent is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. If you consider it a cash grab, that's fine, you're allowed an opinion, although I doubt that argument will gain much traction among the government, or those who prioritize the environment.
For most ecosystems, carbon dioxide levels don't become limiting until about 100ppm. We're currently four times that. Generally speaking plant growth is limited by growing season, being eaten, or nutrient limitations, typically phosphorus and sometimes nitrogen. It's only when these limitations are removed, as in a greenhouse, where that becomes a limit. In the wild, "Carbon fertilization" has been observed in only a few locations and is actually something more of an artifact of water limitations. In most locations climate change obscures the effect, although it's possible to deconvolute the variables and determine that it's generally not an influence in most climates.
The sunspot cycle has been declining for a century. By about 1970, we were adding enough carbon dioxide to overwhelm the slight natural cooling. Natural climate change is a lot slower than anthropogenic influences; a new ice age will be a 50,000 year process, not 50.
The name calling tells us you know you're not arguing from a position of strength. An argument should be able to stand on its own merit.
Not to forget the NDP increased the minimal wage as well . Now with the added carbon tax the NDP is making it harder to do business for the little guy , and just wait once prince trudope ads his federal carbon tax it just keeps getting better .
There is NO reliable, affordable alternative energy . . . as the folks in Ontar-i-owe now know!
ANDREW….. Do tell how reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere from almost dangerously low levels now will help us ? When sun spot activity crawls to a low level and the earth rapidly cools, what shall we do then? I guess I didn't give our politicians enough credit. By not exploiting the oil sands we can just throw a match in and sit around the camp fire.
Might I suggest looking into solar panels?
You can suggest it, but I won't be doing it. I want constant power, not fading power. The well is 220 power, as is the close dryer, oven, air compressor, and welder. You can't weld with fading power, and if there's one thing that is hard on an electric motor that shortens its life, it weak power input. "
Hmm. I wonder if anybody has ever invented any sort of voltage regulator to address that very issue. Oh, wait, they have.
ANDREW STEPHENSON blurted…."Of course, installing such a system would have the unintended consequence of reducing your carbon emissions, which means….the tax did its job.
No you idiot, unless the job of the carbon tax is solely to extort money from the serfs for unchecked spending by the federal and provincial politburos we are stuck with"
This is going to sound really circular, and that's because it is. Apparently, though, you're so full of partisan vitriol to have missed such an obvious point, which is that if the stated goal of the tax is to reduce carbon emissions, and the tax pushes you into using a low-emission off grid generation system, then … your emissions have been reduced, meeting its primary goal. All the name calling in the world (which seems to be all the opposition has these days) doesn't change this blindingly obvious conclusion.
ANDREW STEPHENSON blurted…."Of course, installing such a system would have the unintended consequence of reducing your carbon emissions, which means….the tax did its job.
No you idiot, unless the job of the carbon tax is solely to extort money from the serfs for unchecked spending by the federal and provincial politburos we are stuck with. I thought the job of the tax was to control the climate and save the earth. Were we LIED to? We end up broke, and the climate churns along on its own terms. Are you that naiive sucker?
LLOYD NOLAN….thanks for the revelation…those three ducks could easily be lined up at some point….I'll have to keep an eye on their itinerary.
Every cent will be passed on to the consumer. We've been looking at getting one of those stand alone generators and running it off the natural gas, and cutting the power off. Rather than having deliver charges for electricity and gas, we would only have the one for gas. The savings from eliminating the electricity delivery charges should offset the increased use of gas. "
You can suggest it, but I won't be doing it. I want constant power, not fading power. The well is 220 power, as is the close dryer, oven, air compressor, and welder. You can't weld with fading power, and if there's one thing that is hard on an electric motor that shortens its life, it weak power input.
Watch land and housing prices increase as job opportunities increase in Saskatchewan..
Brad wall protects the last fronttier in Canada.!! "
Maybe. Maybe not. They're only slightly better off given that their oil is mostly conventional and shale which is slightly more cost effective than Alberta's bitumen, though their potash sector which is a major player, is still laying off. Right now infrastructure projects are absorbing the surplus labour freed up by labour, but what happens to the thousands of people working on the Regina Bypass when it's done in a few years?
Brad Wall or not, companies would inevitably be anticipating national rollout of carbon taxes. Sask may not have them … for now, but accountants aren't stupid and anticipate one going in place in the next few years anyway. Companies consider not just the current political environment, but also future ones. That's also why Trump's pro-coal stance won't go anywhere, nobody's going to open a coal plant that the next government will close down again a decade out, or why oil sands investment isn't ever going to regain its former levels as the long term markets are no longer certain, displaced by shale oil and plateauing to declining demand.
Might I suggest looking into solar panels? The cost of a solar setup with batteries is a bit more expensive, but no fuel costs, or you can set up for net metering which alleviates the need for a battery bank – sell power to the grid during the day and buy it back at night. If you're a bit strategic and generate more than you use you may even make a few dollars doing it.
If you insist on going fully off-grid it's actually worth putting in the solar panels even with backup generator, as the savings from using solar when available (vs the more expensive generator) more than pays for the panels.
Of course, installing such a system would have the unintended consequence of reducing your carbon emissions, which means …. the tax did its job.
Hi Jeff /Bill same here. No raises and am I working just for the tax woman Nutley.
when is tax freedom day now December 31.
Brad wall protects the last fronttier in Canada.!!
Many Albertans are quite upset here, and I don't blame you as I have been paying a carbon tax for 7 years. It does nothing for the air. You will get even more upset once you discover the stupid things that the Prov. and Municipalities spend the money on. Its a complete joke.
Don't think you'll be able to go to a generator exclusively!
I'm sure any forward thinking government such as the ones that we have will be able to pass some kind of law or regulation preventing you from doing so.
If not, they will surely find a way of taxing you to death!
They are always looking for ways to tax us. This carbon tax is only going to growing, and it be like the deliver and line charges that are always far more than the actual cost of the electricity. Why not eliminate one whole set of those charges. I've found that by buying one of these stand alone generators, and buying one that is more than what you actually need for a house, they only have to run at about an 1/8 to a 1/4 of their actual capacity. When they do that, they consume very little natural gas. Around a 28 KW generator would be plenty.
Why do we trust elected officials.
Most were born with a silver spoon in their mouth ready to feed at the trough.
They feel entitled and live way better than most Canadian but probably not as well as some of our recent immigrants.
Just the start and just the tip of the iceberg of tax inflated costs from this "everything tax" as producers hand the costs down to the end user – My prediction is food, transportation, home heating and rents will see the greatest inflationary spiral from carbon taxing – also seniors, single income parents and struggling working class will feel this the most.
When the struggle to get by becomes impossible, remember this tax is and provides no benefit to the climate the environment or Canadians, it is a raw tax grab by malevolent power structures.
She is an idiot if they do not think there will be a trickle down event.
Of course no one I know makes under 52g a year and under 92 as a couple she thinks that 66% of the people earn less than that what world does she live in.
Any here are my costs so far.
So at the end of the day this carbon tax will cost me personally about $15000.00 or more. How soon can we get these idiots out of here.
For Notley to even make such an assertion in the first place what beyond ridiculous. How could she control every company in the province?
Great summary of down stream economics. Normally it should be to the positive, but with the Non-Democratic Party it is to the negative because they hate their electorate. I have already experienced two carbon hits to my budget, which I have taken out on two of my monthly charitable contributions to cover the cost with a letter is is strictly due to carbon extortion. Sadly, I must say. I have some more charitable contributions to sacrifice, before sacrificing my life style. Something the Non-Democrats of today do not understand, while the Christian New Democrats of the past did: Knowles, Douglas, GRANT NOTLEY. I would bet all would be adversarial to this government because it is anti-people, but pro self aggrandizement.
Broken record time. Get involved in the municipal elections. Alberta's mid-terms.
It's okay everyone , Notley will have no trouble, that is what matters. Us peasants do not need luxuries like food and clothing and such.
Every cent will be passed on to the consumer. We've been looking at getting one of those stand alone generators and running it off the natural gas, and cutting the power off. Rather than having deliver charges for electricity and gas, we would only have the one for gas. The savings from eliminating the electricity delivery charges should offset the increased use of gas.
Luckily all those unionized civil servants are still getting their pay raises to absorb the, union political arm, NDP carbon tax. Cuz surely they can't be expected to bear the burden like those mere taxpayers…..Right?


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British voters must have a chance to prevent the country becoming "the sick man leaving Europe", Labour challenger Owen Smith is to declare.
Speaking in Newcastle, Smith is expected to warn that the economy is "on a cliff edge" and call for Brits to get a chance to vote on the Brexit deal.
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The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled in our favor. I am very pleased with the result for myself, my client, and the integrity of the Arkansas Constitution. News reports are starting to show up.
I will supplement this more later. As it happens, I am recovering from a medical problem of my own.
Challenge to the Civil Justice Reform Act
_This is no longer the "First Immortal Generation" blog, but the has become the "Gerry gets his name in the news again" blog. The Arkansas News covered my oral argument before the Arkansas Supreme Court yesterday (Thursday, January 11, 2012). I had the privilege of representing Teresa Broussard in a challenge to a section of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 2003. The oral argument can be seen on the Arkansas Supreme Court's webpage.
Ms. Broussard was under the care of a nephrologist and a general surgeon. She entered the hospital for purposes of surgery. The surgery went on as planned, however Ms. Broussard was severely burned during surgery. We do not know how the burn occurred. Ms. Broussard originally hired another lawyer who investigated the case on the theory -- not unreasonable -- that something must have gone wrong in the operating room for a woman to come out of surgery with a severe burn on her chest. At some point after taking on the case, that lawyer retired and Ms. Broussard had to find another lawyer. By the time she came to us the case had already been filed and was pending before the court.
Ms. Broussard had found an expert witness, Dr. Terence Baker, Dr. Baker is board certified in many areas, including family medicine and forensics. Dr. Baker was not a specialist in the fields of nephrology or general surgery. After much investigation, we were unable to determine the cause of the fire. The best explanation, which isn't a very good one, is that she suffered an allergic reaction to betadine. The reason that explanation was not terribly satisfactory is that she had been exposed to betadine on numerous occasions without any reactions in the past.
Dr. Baker was more concerned with the care and treatment Ms. Broussard got after the surgery. Both the nephrologist and the surgeon saw her several times after the surgery. They recognized that they did not know what to do about burns. That is not terribly surprising. Burn care is not in the expected area of practice for a nephrologist, and even a general surgeon has only limited exposure to patients with burns. Dr. Baker's problem with the care Ms. Broussard received was that regardless of his specialty, if a doctor recognizes that something is outside of his field of expertise, he should immediately find someone with the proper expertise. This was particularly true given the severity of the burns reported by Ms. Broussard.
Ms. Broussard was released from the hospital but re-hospitalized a few days later. After being released from the hospital the second time Ms. Broussard called her nephrologist and basically told him that she was going to the burn center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With that, the nephrologist reluctantly granted her a referral.
At the burn center, it was determined that Ms. Broussard's burns were serious. She ultimately required extensive treatment. Dr. Baker testified that had Ms. Broussard been sent to the burn center when she should have been, the amount of treatment necessary and the amount of scarring that resulted would have been significantly reduced.
The nephrologist and the surgeon asked the trial judge to dismiss the case on summary judgment. Their argument was that Dr. Baker was not qualified under the Civil Justice Reform Act because he was not of the "same specialty" that they were.
Our response to that argument was that insofar as the tort reform act required a doctor to have the status of practicing in the same specialty as the defendant, it violated Amendment 80 to the Arkansas Constitution. Rules regarding pleading, practice, and procedure in court are delegated exclusively to the Arkansas Supreme Court under that amendment. The Arkansas Supreme Court had promulgated a rule for determining whether an expert witness should be allowed to testify in a civil case. The legislature's insertion of a requirement that that expert witness also show that he practices in the same field as the defendant was an unconstitutional infringement on the authority of the Supreme Court.
The trial judge rejected that argument and held that Dr. Baker would not be allowed to testify against the defendants. He granted summary judgment for the doctors. We appealed.
All branches of government in Arkansas -- judicial, legislative, and executive -- have a duty to follow the Arkansas Constitution. At the time the Civil Justice Reform Act was passed, many commentators told their representatives that some of the provisions of violated the Arkansas Constitution. The legislature felt otherwise, and passed the act.
Up to now several provisions of the act have been struck down as unconstitutional. See also Summerville v. Thrower. We feel that the Arkansas Supreme Court's decisions in those cases strongly supported our position.
The matter is now before the Arkansas Supreme Court. I had the privilege of arguing the case before the court, and now I've also had the privilege of getting my name in the paper once again. Whatever the result, I will post an update when the Supreme Court rules.


I said a few people not 1!
Yes, focus on a few key people don' go overboard but only following one person, or field or industry all the time without having any hobbies is going to make your life tasteless.
In order to open your mind, you need to experience different things, fail and getting up again.
To learn a new skill or set of skills: Select 1 to 3 key people.
For information: Only go for the trusted sources don't go to our friend Google and take the first few results because they looked good. Don't be shallow, I see you (I sometimes did the same, but I am self-aware so I am careful).
Getting to the core of issues, and finding one reason behind our issues may be a good thing to heal or get better. The same goes when we want to improve and be better at something, focusing on one or two things at the same time provides better results. However, it seems that when we are discussing incoming flows, it starts to gets tricky.
Scenario 1: You are 35 years old with a steady job as a consultant (a very random choice of course, not because I am one 😉 ). Instead of going forward and trying new things you decide to only focus on one domain/field. A few years pass, and you are still on the subject, you are very good at it but at the same time, you missed your promotion. Why? Because in front of you, you had someone with the same expertise BUT who decided to add a source of expertise at the right moment. He has 2 skills while you only have one.
Scenario 2: You are in the middle of preparing your exams for an MBA. As you go on with your research you focus on only one source of information. You learn everything you can on that topic from that website. You then receive an F (bad score) at your test and don't really understand why since you truly worked hard.
What happened? Obviously, it seems that this website was not a trustworthy source or a very biased source on that specific topic.
It is always important to vary your source of incoming flows: traffic, money, information, … providing a healthy balance, more prosperity and long lasting results for your business, blog, career, and studies.
Was there a time you should have created, or used, another source to get better results both in life or at work? Tell me in the comments below and join the discussion.


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Every year, more than 100 million animals are killed in research laboratories, including tens of thousands of dogs—mainly beagles. These animals are often confined for months, sometimes years, in small cages or runs, and they're frequently used in toxicology experiments where they're fed a cocktail of experimental drugs until they have died a slow and painful death.
It's bizarre that our society and legal system hold such inconsistent views of dogs. Acts of abuse that are routine in testing would be considered criminal if perpetrated on dogs living life outside the lab. Animals confined to a life of suffering are no different than our household pets—they feel the same pain when subjected to tests and experience the loneliness that comes with being confined to a barren cage without ever seeing the light of day. And yet, no matter how cruel and painful these experiments are, they're all legal. In fact, most animal cruelty statues in the US contain an exemption for animals used in research. Something too few animal-loving Americans know about.
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Most upsetting is the fact that unreliable animal tests continue to persist even though cutting edge technologies have been developed that are far better predictors of how a substance will behave in humans. These new methods are more accurate than the same test performed on an animal. Imagine if we had first tested chocolate on dogs to determine whether it was safe for human consumption. It's not toxic for humans, but it is for dogs. Cruel and inhumane testing would've proven grossly ineffective and unnecessary.
Beagle Freedom Project works tirelessly to bring about a day when animals are no longer caged, sickened and killed in laboratories. We've rescued hundreds of beagles and other animals from labs and share hopeful and uplifting stories of these rescues on our website. We're also actively lobbying for legislation in several states that would legally require research facilities to make meaningful efforts to adopt out the dogs and cats who survive experimentation, as well as legislation to require greater transparency surrounding the research process. They've been dubbed the Beagle Freedom bills.
Sadly, the animal experimentation industry is opposing the common sense and compassionate Beagle Freedom legislation. They would prefer to euthanize most of the surviving animals rather than risk increased public awareness and exposure about what exactly happens inside those secretive labs. For example, Illinois is home to several large dog laboratories, and has thus far successfully fought our Beagle Freedom legislation. Who knows how many more dogs' lives will be lost while the animal testing industry fights to protect its public image.
Fortunately, despite industry reluctance, such laws have now been enacted in California, Nevada, Connecticut and Minnesota, and an another bill is awaiting the signature of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Until animal testing is banned, Beagle Freedom Project will continue to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome the victims of animal testing, including five beagles just last week. We're making progress, and lives are being saved.
A crucial component in the fight to end animal testing is exposing what's actually happening. Laboratories understand this, which is why they desperately seek to conceal their activities. It's also why labs are usually in nondescript, windowless buildings. Behind locked doors, they have policies preventing staff from photographing the facility, so the heartbreaking images don't get leaked to the public. We have five separate lawsuits against institutions for refusing to provide public records related to taxpayer-funded experiments on animals. These laboratories rely on the public to pay for animal tests, but aren't forthcoming when it comes to explaining how the money is actually being spent.
Our Beagle Freedom Project team works tirelessly to educate the public about what's happening in these labs. We give presentations in schools about the topic so that the next generation of Americans will, hopefully, be kinder and more compassionate. Our Cruelty Cutter phone app—which is free of charge—lets anyone to scan the barcode of any product and immediately learn whether or not it was tested on animals, so there's no guessing about the things we're choosing to buy.
Beagle Freedom Project is proud of every person we educate, every law we help pass, and every animal we save. After all they have been through, these animals deserve a chance to experience a normal life with a family. However, we're realistic and understand that rescuing the staggering number of animals used in labs isn't practical. We're working positively and with transparency to create substantive regulatory change on the legislative level as well as a paradigm shift in the scientific community so all animals will be considered sentient beings rather than inanimate laboratory equipment.
In 2015, Beagle Freedom Project won the prestigious Lush Prize for raising awareness about animal testing. The prize was established by Lush founders in 2012 in collaboration with the UK not-for-profit group Ethical Consumer Research Association. The Lush Prize provides funding to organizations and teams of leading scientists, researchers and lobbyists who are committed to building a future where no more animals are killed and confined in laboratories. Money from the prize was used to build on our existing programs, grow our organization, educate the public, and save even more animals' lives. Learn more about the Lush Prize.
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Congress Enacts Significant IRS Reform to Better Protect Taxpayers (summary)
Home > Blogs & Publications > Tax Reform Update > Congress Enacts Significant IRS Reform to Better Protect Taxpayers (summary)
The second time around was the charm for the Taxpayer First Act (TFA), legislation that makes taxpayer-friendly improvements at the IRS. After passing the House for the second time, the Senate signed off on the taxpayer-friendly bill on June 13 with expectations that the president would sign the new legislation into law.
Significantly, the TFA, which had strong bipartisan support, reflects recent calls for greater taxpayer protections. Key changes include establishing an independent office of appeals within the IRS, requiring the agency to modernize its infrastructure and adopting enhanced cybersecurity measures.
"It's a big first step toward strengthening taxpayer protections and turning the IRS into the customer service organization it ought to be," said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). "I look forward to President Trump signing it into law so the IRS can begin implementing long overdue reforms that will put taxpayers first."
Some of the highlights of the far-reaching new legislation are as follows:
The IRS will offer an independent appeals process to all taxpayers with a legitimate claim. If a request for review is denied, the IRS must provide written notice of the reason.
The IRS is required to submit to Congress plans to redesign the structure of the agency to improve its efficiency and modernize technology systems.
An automatic waiver for initial fees applies to certain low-income taxpayers making an offer in compromise (OIC). The waiver is available to taxpayers with an adjusted gross income (AGI) below 250% of the poverty level based on location and size of the family.
The TFA directs the IRS to create an online platform to allow taxpayers to prepare and file Forms 1099.
Currently, the IRS can seize property for failing to report cash transactions over $10,000. Such seizures are now limited to instances where the property was derived from an illegal source or the transaction was structured to conceal criminal activity.
Critics have complained about the IRS using private collection agencies to pressure low-income taxpayers. The new law bans private companies from collecting tax from anyone with an AGI below 200% of the poverty level based on location and size of the family.
There are several anti-identity theft measures included in the new law. For example, a single point of contact within the IRS is available for any identity theft victim. Similarly, the IRS must notify a taxpayer if it detects or suspects the unauthorized use of his or her identity.
The IRS has used a third-party processor to accept credit or debit card payments for taxes. Now the IRS can accept direct tax payments from taxpayers on these cards.
The bill authorizes the IRS to communicate with whistleblowers during the processing of their claims while protecting their privacy. It also extends anti-retaliation provisions available to whistleblowers under other laws to these whistleblowers.
Note that the first House-passed bill included a provision that would have codified the Free File Alliance of tax preparation software companies offering free software to certain taxpayers. But the IRS was accused of using this as an excuse for not developing its own free tax filing software. The provision on the Free File Alliance was eliminated from the version of the law that passed the House the second go-round.
Despite the taxpayer-friendly provisions of the TFA, taxpayers should remain informed about their rights in interacting with the IRS or defending themselves in IRS defense matters.
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The origins of the Sri Lankan Civil War lie in the continuous political rancor between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils. The roots of the modern conflict lie in the British colonial rule when the country was known as Ceylon. There was initially little tension among Sri Lanka's two largest ethnic groups, the Sinhalese and the Tamils, when Ponnambalam Arunachalam, a Tamil, was appointed representative of the Sinhalese as well the Tamils in the national legislative council. In 1919 major Sinhalese and Tamil political organizations united to form the Ceylon National Congress, under the leadership of Arunachalam, to press the colonial government for more constitutional reforms. However, British Gov. William Manning actively encouraged the concept of "communal representation" and created the Colombo town seat in 1920, which alternated between the Tamils and the Sinhalese.


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Notes/comments: I did this for the prompt "Victorian steampunk AU" for the SGA fanart fest paintedspires. Admittedly mechanical pterodactyls aren't the most efficient way for a flying machine, Steampunk or otherwise, and not a very likely or even possible path technology would take from an SF standpoint, but this way was much cooler visually than merely changing the puddlejumpers with pipes or gauges or whatever. I mean, they more or less look like flying lunch boxes. Not really realistic technology, but this is Stargate after all, and I'm pretty sure John would think that mechanical, flying dinosaurs were cool.
The original is 30x40cm, so unfortunately I had to scan it in two parts, and you can see a slight line where I merged, because I fail at digital manipulation and didn't know how to make the two parts fit completely seamless.


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Breakthrough blood test could predict onset of Alzheimer's disease
A SIMPLE blood test is being developed – and it could be the first of its kind to predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease in people with poor memory.
By Olivia Lerche
PUBLISHED: 14:57, Tue, Aug 30, 2016 | UPDATED: 15:31, Tue, Aug 30, 2016
Alzheimer's disease affects more than 500,000 people in the UK
British scientists have identified a set of protein biomarkers which can to show if a person is likely to be diagnosed with the condition.
Alzheimer's disease is often diagnosed after people experience lapses in their memory, have difficulty remembering recent events and struggle to process new information.
It is the most common cause of dementia, affecting an estimated 500,000 people in the UK - but not all dementia is Alzheimer's disease.
Other types of dementia include vascular dementia and mixed dementia.
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The findings were published in the Journal of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers hope further work will lead to a test that can single out high risk patients who can be targeted with early treatment.
Professor Paul Morgan, from the University of Cardiff, said: "Our research proves that it is possible to predict whether or not an individual with mild memory problems is likely to develop Alzheimer's disease over the next few years.
"We hope to build on this in order to develop a simple blood test that can predict the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease in older people with mild, and possibly innocent, memory impairment."
The team, including scientists from Cardiff, King's College London, and Oxford University, studied blood from 292 people with early signs of memory loss but who did not meet the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's.
Experts said the results could lead to a larger study
The researchers, funded by the Alzheimer's Society charity, focused on proteins in the blood linked to an immune response known to drive inflammation and implicated in brain conditions.
When participants were re-assessed by the scientists a year later, about a quarter had progressed to develop Alzheimer's disease.
In those patients, there was a marked difference in the levels of three of the proteins measured.
The proteins predicted Alzheimer's onset with an accuracy of 85 per cent.
A blood test is being developed which could predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease
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Professor Morgan added: "Alzheimer's disease affects around 520,000 people in the UK and this number is continually growing as the population ages.
"As such it is important that we find new ways to diagnose the disease early, giving us a chance to investigate and instigate new treatments before irreversible damage is done."
Experts said the results could lay the foundation for a much larger biomarker study funded by the Wellcome Trust and involving several UK universities and pharmaceutical companies.
The findings were published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
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Gone Girl is the much buzzed about movie adaptation of Gillian Flynn's 2012 novel of the same name, directed by David Fincher and starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike.
The mystery thriller follows the events of 'Nick Dunne' reporting his wife missing on their fifth wedding anniversary and then the media frenzy shifting from her disappearance to her husband when his innocence is called into question.
This enigmatic Gone Girl billboard creative makes you wonder if this is a man who's missing his wife, or a man who has something to hide.
This landscape billboards were first spied along L.A.'s Sunset Strip on September 6 and later snapped along Santa Monica Boulevard and Westwood Boulevard on September 14, 2014.
If you're a fan of Ben Affleck, be sure to also check out these billboards for his Oscar-winning movie Argo and these movie billboards for The Town.
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Q: Delet an Entity from a Collection in Entity Framework I have a Vendor that might possibly have up to 2 or many contact attached to it in the database and I want to implement a delete command from my controller...
When a user hit on the delete button in the front-end I want to check in the database if the vendor has up to 2 or more contact before the action is allowed else revoke it. Because a vendor cannot have a 0 contact it must have @ least 1 contact remaining in the database
when i retrieve all the contact by vendorID from database if i try this
if(contact > 2)
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it not working my contact service returns IEnumerable of contact from my service
Please how can I go around it to work, kind of lose the logic behind it.
thanks for your time
public IEnumerable<VendorContact> GetAllVendorContacts(int vendorId)
    {
        var contacts = _unitOfWork.VendorContactRepository.Get(v => v.VendorId == vendorId, null, "");

        return contacts;
    }

this is my service that get all Contact by Vendor

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SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Ridha/Reza (AS) who said: God bless the one who revives our command (traditions of Ahlul Bait (AS)). A person asked: How your commands are revived? Imam (AS) replied: Learn our instructions, sciences and culture and teach them to others. Because if people hear and learn about the benefits of our sayings, will follow Ahlul Bait (AS) .
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"Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment. Must be able to multi-task." ??
If you have ever looked for a job or promoted a job opening, you have very likely seen something like this. I have even written it myself... it was many years ago. These statements are problematic for two reasons.
1) Aren't all work environments 'fast-paced'?
2) Multi-tasking is actually impossible, so when asking someone to multi-task, aren't you really asking them to make more mistakes, be more stressed, and get less done?
Fast-paced, hectic, busy, flat-out, crazy, chaotic, messy... the list goes on. I have not seen a work environment that couldn't be described with one of these words. Telling a candidate they must be able to work in that kind of environment sets the stage for stress before they even begin working.
It is true that if the culture is fast and hectic, the person working in it must be able to work in it. However, slowing down is actually the best way to handle a fast pace. So what if we began using words like, "must be able to slow down in order to effectively manage the work day," or "it is an asset to be able to address stressful situations in a calm manner?"
Because, really... if your employees do not have the ability to calm down in a fast-paced situation, they won't be effective at their jobs.
Our brains can't multi-task. Our brains are actually switching from one task to another, not focusing on more than one task at a time. This leads to lack of attention, errors, and increasing stress on the individual. Some researchers say that productivity is reduced by about 40% when trying to multi-task!
Distractions in society and workplaces are producing a loss of the ability to pay attention. And it's costing our organizations time and money and talent.
So what if we changed the idea of "must be able to multi-task" to "must be able to focus?" And what if organizations implemented training programs to help their employees and managers and leaders build their focusing skills?
Mindfulness training helps people calm down and get focus. The only two purposes of mindful meditation are in fact concentration and awareness... or attention and meta-attention (awareness of paying attention). All of the other benefits are spin-off outcomes (and they are all pretty awesome!).
Get educated and educate your team on the detrimental effects of always rushing and multi-tasking. Join groups on social media (join Pomroy Harmony & Wellness, Going Om, Search Inside Yourself or search for others) for free resources and information.
Give your team the autonomy to create pauses throughout their day to simply sit for a few minutes and do nothing or meditate or go outside for a breath of fresh air or do a few yoga stretches.
Tell your team to create a reminder for themselves to stop and breathe every hour. This is a mindful breath and a simple deep breath in and then out calms the mind and helps bring the person to the present moment. The breath in activates the sympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for the fight, flight, or freeze responses, and the breath out activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for physiological responses when relaxing and calming. So try to breathe in for 4 counts and out for 8 counts, and the net effect is relaxation and calm.
Try it on. There is no evidence that this stuff is not good for you... and there is lots of evidence that it is good for you. So why not?


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Europe's symphony of complacency over Italy's economic disaster
Italy has a new coalition government. One wing of it aligns with France's Marine Le Pen, admires Hungary's Viktor Orban and is determined to forcibly deport half a million migrants over the next year and a half. The other wing is stuffed with antivaccine conspiracy theorists and is so chaotic that it makes Ukip look like New Labour in the 1990s.
Both wings are sympathetic to Vladimir Putin and are pushing for European sanctions on Russia to be lifted. Their puppet prime minister is to be an obscure law professor who appears to have embellished his meagre academic credentials.
As if all this wasn't bizarre and depressing enough, both Five Star and The League have campaigned in the past for Italy to ditch the euro.
Though quitting the single currency does not command majority support in Italy, many suspect the strategy of the two movements is to provoke a clash with the rest of the single currency area's member states and to profit electorally from the ensuing chaos. In other words: these populists relish playing with fire.
And with a study by the European Council on Foreign Relations think tank suggesting that levels of EU cohesion in Italy have plummeted over the past decade, there is plenty of combustible material around.
Perhaps it's the fact that the anti-establishment Five Star was founded by a comedian, Beppe Grillo, that has led to financial markets struggling to take its tie-up with the xenophobic League seriously.
Despite a selloff of Italian bonds over the past week, the country's interest rates are still very low. At around 2.35 per cent, they are no higher than they were even a year ago. These are not levels that scream "emergency". Those 7 per cent-plus Italian interest rates, which almost destroyed the entire single currency in 2011 and 2012, are nowhere in sight.
The assumption seems to be that Italy's populist experiment will be contained by the country's domestic institutions (particularly its strong presidency), the backstop bond-buying of the European Central Bank and the unflappable statecraft of Brussels, Paris and Berlin. The Eurogroup and the European Commission successfully faced down the kamikaze far-leftists of Syriza in Greece in 2015, goes the logic, so they can do the same to the Italian populists.
A lot of traders have lost money over the past five years wagering on the demise of the single currency.
Perhaps it's not surprising that few seem to want to make that bet again now.
Yet whatever the dance playing out in financial markets, the mood music from Europe's mainstream leaders over the populist takeover in Rome has been a symphony of complacency. The most they have roused themselves to say in public is that there will be no relaxation of the eurozone's rules, whatever the Five Star/League programme demands.
A generous view would be that they are carefully working out their next move. But Europe's leaders should not really be asking themselves how to handle Five Star and the League but questioning how it came to be that they will soon be sitting across the table from them in the first place.
The answer is surely that Italy's economy is a disaster zone. We talk, with good reason, about a lost decade of growth here in Britain in the wake of the financial crisis. But compared with Italy we have been in an emerging market-style boom.
Per capita GDP in Italy is still more than 8 per cent lower than it was when Lehman Brothers went bust in 2008. Quite incredibly, it is even lower than it was when the country joined the eurozone back at the turn of the millennium. Unemployment stands at 11 per cent, down from a peak of 13.1 per cent in 2014, but still double the 5.8 per cent low seen in 2007.
This story of economic failure must surely be a large part of the reason why Euroscepticism has taken hold of this once supremely enthusiastic member state and why the country's mainstream political parties have collapsed, letting in a bunch of populist cranks and xenophobic authoritarians.
Much of the new coalition's programme is misguided. Some of it is repellent. But the call for a reconfiguration on the eurozone's fiscal and monetary rules is justified.
Italy certainly needs market reforms. But it also needs more public investment. And the eurozone's policymakers have undermined Italian domestic reformers by keeping the macroeconomic environment far too restrictive and ignoring the polite calls of successive waves of technocrats in Rome that they need support.
The calls now will be less polite. But the great fear is that the eurozone's leaders, like the Bourbons, have learned nothing and forgotten nothing.
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Sicis opens new London showroom
Sicis, new London showroom
December 18, 2015 | Designbest editorial staff
icis, one of the leading names in the field of mosaic tiles, opens its first London showroom, in the heart of Mayfair. Surrounded by top hotels and restaurants, exclusive boutiques and art galleries, Sicis is possibly in one of the most chic and prestigious corners of the British capital. Housed in a picturesque Victorian town house, this 500 smq showroom extends over four floors and has large windows, which overlook the busy street.
The showroom is in typical Sicis style, however the designer Massimiliano Raggi has added a London twist. We have: best selling pieces, latest news, tile series in a variety of different materials (marble, silver, gold), as well as the distinctive two and three-dimensional mosaic panels, which have made a name for themselves around the world.
Everything comes together in a real "atelier" of style; this is a truly elective brand, which focuses on modularity and bespoke products. Sicis London has everything you could possibly need: furniture, lights, exquisite textiles printed with the historic Sicis patterns, precious jewels and watches in micro-mosaics, exclusively made for the London showroom.
Where: Sicis, 15A Dover Street, London, UK


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Joanne Blais
Program Officer for Public Programs and Special Events
Joanne comes to the Rockefeller Center having spent her career in libraries, large and small. She's held a variety of positions, most recently as the Head of Adult Services at Howe Library in Hanover, where she was part of the team responsible for programming.
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Joanne holds a B.A. in English from the University of Vermont and an M.A. in Library Science from the University of Denver.
When not at work, Joanne can be found hiking, kayaking, biking, skiing, snowshoeing and is a member of both a hockey and a tennis team. Her hobbies also include many types of handwork, but there is always at least one knitting and one rug hooking project in various stages of completion. She enjoys traveling, reading, games, puzzles, and cooking. She and her husband were fortunate to raise their two children in the Upper Valley.
joanne.r.blais@dartmouth.edu
B.A. in English from the University of Vermont
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