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Rates will rise up to five per cent for Benalla and district residents under Benalla Rural City's proposed budget.May 14, 2014 3:30am
Rates will be on the rise for Benalla residents in the next 12 months under Benalla Rural City’s proposed 2014-15 budget.
At last week’s special meeting of council it was proposed there would be a five per cent increase in total rates and charges revenue, four per cent of which would be used for capital works including the Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop Learning Centre, Benalla Landfill and Resource Centre cell construction and rehabilitation, and the strengthening of the Ackerley Ave stock bridge.
One per cent of the increase will be applied to maintaining existing services.
However, Benalla Rural City chief executive Tony McIlroy said the overall five per cent increase in rates and charges revenue would not mean an automatic five per cent increase in all residents’ rates notice.
‘‘This year has been a general valuation year, and there has been an overall increase in the value of properties of 2.6 per cent,’’ he said.
‘‘We have also had an increase in the number of rateable properties, and we have included provision for rates on further new properties during the coming year. The amount that rates will change will vary across different properties.’’
To fund the increase in total rates and charges, the general rate revenue will increase by 5.1 per cent, municipal charge revenue by 3.8 per cent and waste management charges revenue by 5.6 per cent.
The budget proposes a surplus for 2014-15 of $1.831
‘‘The savings in operational costs amounting to $250
Councillor Peter Davis said while it was unfortunate that rates could not be kept low, the landfill site and infrastructure were going to be substantial costs to council in the coming year.
‘‘At the end of the day ratepayers do want infrastructure,’’ he said.
For full story see this week’s Ensign.
The sky is the limit for Wanganui Year 12 VCAL student Leigh Polan, 18, who decided to create two posters examining birdlife around the school.
The under 16 Pigeons kick started the YFNC's finals campaign with a resounding victory over the Paul Spargo led Scots College in the Grand Final of the AWJFL Elwyn Langford Shield at the Albury Sports Ground on Sunday.
Greater Shepparton City Council was successful in securing the National Cutting Horse Association Victorian Futurity Cutting Horse Championships for 2014 and 2015, with this year’s event scheduled from September 10-14 at Tatura Park.
An ad for the Healthy Ageing Project will be filmed in Echuca, Rushworth and Rochester today.
More than $15,000 was raised at a family day on Sunday. The event was to raise money for the families of Barry Purtell and Dave Lobb.
Book Week gets colourful turnout.
Deaprtment of Environment and Primary Industries unhappy about Mt Disappointment vandals.
Jerilderie Shire deputy mayor Ruth McRae handed the key over for the new Rural Fire Service station last Friday.
Farmers have a new weapon in the fight against mice.
Cobram kids learn about health with hospital as state-wide obesity campaign is launched.
Murray Irrigation to search for new boss after Anthony Couroupis finishes with the company.
A few anxious customers were outside the closed gates of the failed Bee-Jay Machinery business on Goulburn Valley Hwy in Shepparton on Tuesday morning, wondering what would become of deposits they had paid for tractors and other machinery.
The Benalla Indian Myna Action Group will pay a $1 per bird bounty on live birds delivered to CAL farm. National Party MP Bill Sykes donated $100 to fund the bounty.
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This is the year of the sprinter, and no one has personified it more than Ato Boldon.
The brash and brilliant Boldon bolted to the year’s fastest time and the fifth-fastest ever in the 100 meters Saturday, clocking 9.87 seconds at the World Championships.
Bolden’s sensational time was the fastest ever in a second-round heat and set up an all-out assault on the year-old world record of 9.84 in today’s semifinals and final.
“I probably ran faster than I wanted,” the confident Boldon said, “but I don’t think it took that much out of me. What I’ve done is put a lot of pressure on myself.
“I’ll send a message (tonight) as to who’ll be the world’s fastest human.”
The title of world’s fastest human currently belongs to Canada’s Donovan Bailey, but it doesn’t appear he will be a factor in the final after appearing to injure his left calf while finishing second in his heat in 10.10.
Boldon has predicted that the world record will dip to 9.79, but hedged on that figure Saturday.
“There’s still a big difference between 9.79 and 9.87,” said the 23-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago, who trains in Los Angeles with sprint guru John Smith. “My dream is to run under 9.80, but certainly I would be happy with 80 or 81.”
Smith also tutors Maurice Greene, the U.S. champion, who finished second to Boldon in his heat in 9.90, the third time he has hit that mark this season.
The sub-10 second clockings by Boldon and Greene, plus 9.99s by two other heat winners, Frankie Fredericks of Namibia and Tim Montgomery of the United States, brought the year’s total to 22 - the most ever in one season.
A third Smith protege, Jon Drummond, the U.S. 200-meter champion, watched Boldon’s race and predicted: “He’s going to break the record tomorrow.”
Boldon appeared to even have a shot at the record Saturday. After blazing down the track with a powerful mid-race acceleration, he slowed slightly at the finish line after having passed Greene and assured of a win.
“This track is lightning fast,” he said. “It didn’t feel that fast. I thought it was 9.95.”
Greene was not dismayed at finishing behind his training partner.
“I know how fit I am and how fast I can run,” he said. “That was very easy for me. What counts is tomorrow.”
The women’s 100 final appears to be a battle among Jamaica’s Merlene Ottey, U.S. champion Marion Jones and the Ukraine’s unheralded Zhanna Pintussevich.
Pintussevich upstaged her more renowned foes by running the fastest time in the second-round heats, 10.90, matching the second-fastest time of the year.
Two finals were held Saturday on the first competition day of the championships, and the gold medals went to Ukraine’s Aleksandr Bagach in the men’s shot put at 70 feet, 5-1/4 inches, and Mexico’s Daniel Garcia in the 20-kilometer walk in 1:21:43.
Bagach’s victory spoiled John Godina’s chance of becoming the first wild card winner in the meet. Godina, the 1995 world champion, failed to make the U.S. team this year but was given a free pass into the championships by the sport’s world governing body.
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PHOENIX — Nicole Hazen, the wife of Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen, has died at the age of 45.
She died Thursday from complications related to glioblastoma, a rare form of cancer.
The Diamondbacks released the following statement regarding Nicole Hazen's death.
“Nicole was a beloved member of the D-backs’ family, and we are saddened by her passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mike, Charlie, John, Teddy, Sam and their entire extended family. Nicole will be remembered for her vibrance, kindness, and a beautiful smile that could light up a room. Her fighting spirit was evident in every step of her courageous journey and in her efforts to make an impact on research and treatment, while providing future hope to those who receive a similar diagnosis. She will forever be remembered and honored.”
Mike Hazen took a leave of absence from the D-backs in June of 2021 to be with his wife as she battled the disease.
In addition to Mike, she leaves behind four sons.
A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, August 13 at 1 p.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the "Nicole Hazen Fund for Hope," through the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation. The Nicole Hazen Fund supports research and therapies for glioblastoma.

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ILRI incorporates CIMMYT tool into their scaling framework and recommends other CGIAR centers to do the same.
Seed companies in Malawi share how they chose their flagship varieties and got them onto the commercial market.
Source: PR Newswire (18 May 2020)
CIMMYT contributed to rapid assessment and registration of biological control for fall armyworm.
The 2020 IAAA award recognizes groundbreaking data systems and tools helping more than 150,000 farmers in Mexico.
Hot on the trail of fall armyworm, CIMMYT builds local research partnerships in Southeast Asia.
New testing and learning platform aims to build the knowledge base for trust and transparency technologies in food systems.
CIMMYT scientist helps breeders meet complex and stringent market demands for high-quality wheat.
Source: Devex (4 May 2020)
Leaders from CIMMYT, Harvest Plus and Clinton Development Initiative discuss need for smallholder farmers to be resilient against shocks — pandemics, droughts or crop infestations.
Publication analyzes success factors of Wheat Seed Scaling project, which has benefited more than 131,000 rural households in Ethiopia.
Researchers in Kenya and Uganda are incorporating sensory preferences like taste, smell or texture into maize breeding.
Source: The Nation (27 Apr 2020)
CIMMYT, Clinton Development Initiative and Harvest Plus work together to make drought-tolerant and vitamin A biofortified maize available to farmers in Malawi.
The world’s largest public research network on food systems, of which CIMMYT is a member, is looking for qualified individuals to join its new One CGIAR Common Board.
Malawian smallholders tackle challenges together using the farmer field school approach.
Source: Dhaka Tribune (22 Apr 2020)
CGIAR centers recommended Bangladesh to ensure transportation of food and the flow of crucial inputs to farmers through market systems.
New project to deliver wheat disease warnings directly to farmers’ phones in Bangladesh and Nepal.

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The restrictions that must be lifted tonight to give businesses ‘a fighting chance’
The CEO of Victoria’s peak business body says he’s optimistic that the state will snap back from the circuit breaker lockdown tonight.
Businesses were hit hard by the snap lockdown, which came into place just before Valentine’s weekend and Lunar New Year.
CEO of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Paul Guerra, says he thinks the short, sharp lockdown “has worked”.
“Yesterday’s numbers were really encouraging, there was no unknown sources so they’re all connected,” he told Ross and Russel.
Mr Guerra says businesses desperately need restrictions to be eased quickly, not gradually.
“Now is the time to get businesses what they need,” he said.
“We have to run out of this, we’ve got to snap back straight out of this and let’s start sprinting.
“We need at least the conditions we had back last Friday.
“If we can get those it gives businesses a fighting chance.”
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This is the Bents Basin, a deep waterhole that forms part of a gorge on the Nepean River between Camden and Penrith in New South Wales. It has a good picnic grounds, a parking area and a function building for wedding, birthday celebration, family event and many more. Bents Basin is also a perfect place for swimming, canoeing and fishing.
We visited this place in November 2012 and we saw some people having a nice day in one of the picnic area close to the river, a man swimming and another man canoeing up the river. I had several photos taken here and right upstream which was almost covered with huge rocks. The bush surrounding it is so thick yet created a fine habitat for wild birds and animals. It’s a serene place, a place to enjoy nature and relax. Some of my friends celebrated their Christmas Eve celebration here during that year.
They say that the site caters for caravan and camping but we didn’t see any campers when we came here. All we saw was, a family event taking place at the function building.


Danny Collins stars Al Pacino and tells a fictional story inspired by an event from the early life of singer-songwriter Steve Tilston. While the screen character of an ageing alcoholic rock singer given a second chance is far removed from Steve himself, the starting point was an incident from Steve's youth.
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Cubic Global Defense has been awarded $61 million contract for P5 combat training system/tactical combat training system updates.
The contract includes, but is not limited to, modifications to ensure the P5 system and supporting infrastructure meets or exceeds dynamic emerging government requirements, US Department of Defense said in a statement Wednesday.
Work is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2022.
The P5 CTS/TCTS is the program of record air combat training system for the U.S. plus many allied air forces. The system allows the U.S. Marines, Navy and Air Force to train on a common platform with coalition partners. It sets the standard for joint, multiservice and coalition training.
This system is comprised of easily transportable components with advanced security features, real-time weapons simulations and live monitoring functions. P5 CTS/TCTS incorporates a long-range datalink to continuously transmit and receive the Time, Space, Position Information (TSPI) of each aircraft during the exercise and to send Real-Time Kill Notifications (RTKN) to the aircrew via synthesized voice communications.
The system can be used in tethered/range operations for monitoring and managing the exercise on the ground or at sea aboard aircraft carriers. In addition, the P5 system can also be used without ground stations for untethered/range-less operations, allowing pilots to train “anywhere, anytime.” Either approach provides realistic, real-time training for air-to-air, air-to-ground and surface-to-air combat training missions.


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My zTanding Desk design project is almost done, I found a clever way to add plenty of structural strength to the middle section (where both the table and body blocks connect), and those inner supports work awesome. The desk is almost 1200 mm wide that should work just fine for any modern laptop or workstation.
Here’s how the 3 optional heights look in 3D, they are 800 mm (for a normal sitting position), 1000 and 1200 mm for standing positions.
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UPDATE: Project finished! plans here: zTanding Desk CNC Plans.


Julio M. Singer
According to our database1, Julio M. Singer authored at least 5 papers between 2008 and 2015.
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Cook's distance for generalized linear mixed models.
Comput. Stat. Data Anal., 2015
Central Limit Theorems.
Proceedings of the International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science, 2011
Missing data mechanisms and their implications on the analysis of categorical data.
Statistics and Computing, 2011
Intellectual property policy and attractiveness: a longitudinal study of free and open source software projects.
Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2011
Performance of balanced two-stage empirical predictors of realized cluster latent values from finite populations: A simulation study.
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My first association to Dvorak is the composer’s New World Symphony without consciousness of his precious 2 “Pearls” for piano solo. These double your pleasure treasures derive from the collection, Young Czech Pianist, published in Prague by Urbanek with Dvorak describing them as “undemanding works aimed at children.” (The autograph went missing for many years but was rediscovered at the beginning of the 21st century.)
Such an underestimation of the skill needed for adequate “pearl-like” musical and technical immersion, is reminiscent of Tchaikovsky’s endeavor in his Op. 39 Children’s Pieces; alongside Schumann’s Album for the Young Op. 68, and Kabalevsky’s analagous Op. 39. (Add in Bartok and Shostakovich tableaux for the young pianist.) If the designation “children’s pieces” deems these collections as intrinsic to a beginning piano student’s journey, then teachers and students need to be a bit more circumspect. (Perhaps the titles that are evocative of childhood give credence to their overall description without focusing on their individual challenges for the developing pianist)
Virtuosos Pletnev and Lisitsa, for example, among others, have recorded Tchaikovsky’s Children’s pieces collection, (Op. 39) while Dvorak’s two pearls seem to have been given short shrift. It could be that the so-called 2 “miniatures” of Dvorak are not part of a substantial body of work as is associated with Tchaikovsky’s Op. 39, or that of Schumann. (Op. 68) Note that both bodies of work contain pieces with varying degrees of difficulty, not specifically progressing in order of complexity. This speaks to why “leveling” such collections have little validity.
Finally, given the relative obscurity of Dvorak’s Pearls, my Online student in Scotland one day excavated them from ISMLP: “Da Kola! In a Ring!” B. 156 followed by the more lyrical, “Grandpa Dances with Grandma.” (No. 2)
Without doubt, the music speaks for itself with its engaging melodies, and interspersed, catchy rhythms.
“Da Kola! In a Ring!” (No. 1) sparkles with embullient folkloric energy and syncopated accents while Grandpa and Grandma in No. 2, dance intimately to a mellifluous opening, followed by an interlude with engaging dotted-8th/sixteenth rhythms, before a lyrical return.
Such gorgeous music wells up with Czech homeland emotion as we’d expect from the composer!

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It’s a never ending whirl of drama in celebland, and this time Ke$ha is at the front of it all.
Surely she must have known that making a comment about Justin Bieber when she’s only new to the music scene was going to cause a little controversy. According to The Daily Mirror, she was reported saying that she didn’t find the little singer hot because he looked about four. However his adoring fans were having none of this – despite Justin not even saying a word about it – and so Ke$ha was made to apologise on the internet! A little extreme, no? Poor Bieber baby!
And if all of that wasn’t enough, Katy Perry has said her piece too; ‘I want Ke$ha and Justin Bieber to make out, have make-up sex, and maybe Britney Spears can join? I know she likes things in three.’ Hmm, maybe you’ve been spending too much time with that Russell Brand of yours….

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SAAD, S. M., PERERA, T. and WICKRAMARACHCHI, R. (2003). Simulation of distributed manufacturing enterprises: A new approach. In: 36th Winter Simulation Conference, NEW ORLEANS, LA, DEC 07-10, 2003. 1167-1173.Full text not available from this repository.
The globalization of markets and world-wide competition forces manufacturing enterprises to enter into alliances leading to the creation of distributed manufacturing enterprises. Before forming a partnership it is essential to evaluate viability of proposed enterprise as well as how a company's operations are affected by the proposed virtual enterprise. Distributed simulation provides an attractive tool to make decisions on such situations. However, due to its complexity and high cost distributed simulation failed to gain a wide acceptance from industrial users. This paper presents a new approach for distributed manufacturing simulation (DMS) including a formal methodology for DMS and, implementation approach using current commercial simulation software, employing widely available and cost effective technologies. The main objective of this work is to promote the use of distributed simulation particularly in distributed manufacturing by making it fast to develop and less complicated for implementation.
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Cricket Scotland announce squad for the T20Is against Pakistan and tri-series
June 5 (CRICKETNMORE) - Cricket Scotland have announced squad for the two Twenty20 Internationals against Pakistan and the tri-series in the Netherlands this month. Kyle Coetzer will lead the 15-man squad in both the series.
Squad for Pakistan and the Netherlands tri-nation series
Kyle Coetzer (c), Richie Berrington (vc), Dylan Budge, Matthew Cross (wk), Alasdair Evans, Craig Wallace, Michael Leask, Calum MacLeod, Hamza Tahir, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal, Stuart Whittingham.


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Google Street View Prepares to Enter Bulgaria
Google has started collecting images ahead of launching the Google Street View service in the country, it has been announced.
Pictures will be taken from the streets of Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse and 66 other cities, towns and resorts over the following moths, dnevnik.bg has informed. Google will dim the license plate numbers and people's faces that get in the images.
Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from various positions along many streets in the world.
It was launched on May 25, 2007, originally only in several cities in the United States, and has since gradually expanded to include more cities and rural areas worldwide.
A schedule for the vehicles that will take pictures in Bulgaria can be found on google.bg/streetview.
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Eighty seven year-old retired Hospital Attendant at the Savanna-La-Mar Public General Hospital, Inez Collins-Petgrave, who lives in the Westmoreland town, is well known for her selfless, loving and caring attitude as someone who will consistently go out of her way to give good advice and render assistance to persons around her.
Some 53 years ago, she performed a heroic deed that resulted in the successful rescue of a number of patients of the hospital from a raging inferno that destroyed a section of the facility, leaving damage estimated at millions of dollars.
That valiant and heroic deed did not go unnoticed by her superiors, co-workers and citizens of the town and so, on National Heroes’ Day (October 18), Mrs.Collins-Petgrave was named among ten ‘local heroes’ showered with accolades and awards by the Westmoreland Heritage Committee.
She was given a special award for bravery and commitment to duty as a Ward Maid, after raising the alarm on a section of the hospital, and assisting in rescuing a large number of helpless patients and bringing them to safety.
Westmoreland’s local Heroine, Inez Collins-Petgrave,
(seated second left) pose with fellow awardees during the National Heroes’
Day Civic Ceremony recently at Norman Square in Savanna-La-Mar,
On a Tuesday afternoon in March, 1957, the old Savanna-La-Mar Public General Hospital, which was located at the current site of the Savanna-La-Mar Infirmary, caught fire. The incident sent shockwaves through the town and across the parish, as the entire hospital population was caught in a massive firefight.
Mrs. Collins-Petgrave, who was living at nearby Dunbar’s River, was off-duty and standing at the back of her house, when she heard a massive explosion, followed by spurts of fire. The hospital attendant went into action, immediately, raising an alarm, running towards the hospital shouting, at the top of her voice, ‘Fire, fire, hospital on fire!’
The alarm attracted the attention of management, staff and persons on the streets nearby, who all set to work rescuing patients from the burning inferno. Mrs. Collins-Petgrave, though almost out of breath, joined in the rescue operations.
As a result of her noble and gallant act, there was no loss of life nor serious injury to any of the patients who were later temporarily housed at the Manning’s High School, a short distance away.
The ‘local heroine’ was born in the district of Cove, Lambs River, Westmoreland on November 11, 1927, to Edna Lewis-Holt and Herbert Collins. She was the eldest of 11 children and developed an early habit of caring for her siblings, which hindered her from attending school during her childhood.
“As a young child, I somehow missed out on the luxury of attending school. I met a big humbug because I was a very sickly child, suffering from a lame foot and asthma. My mother went away and left us early and, after a while, I was sent to live with my great grandmother,” she explained.
“I was registered to attend a school, but never started attending, as I was given lots of work in the home. I have never sat in a school to hear my name called as a normal child, but I still thank God, because he has truly provided for me over these many years,” Mrs. Petgrave told JIS News.
She pointed out that, as a young woman, she did almost anything in order to earn a living. She got a job at the Savanna-La-Mar Public General Hospital as a Ward Maid, hand washing clothes and cleaning the floor with coconut brush.
“I really did not want to box around the town. I wanted to be an independent person and so I was glad for this job at the hospital. I worked hard and, at the same time, cared for my great grandmother as well as my grandmother, until they both died. People in the town loved and respected me, because of the quality work that I could do as a domestic helper,” she told JIS News.
She commenced working at the Savanna-La-Mar Public General Hospital in 1955, and retired in 1987, after over 30 years of dedicated service to the institution.
She told JIS News that she was very appreciative of the award given to her on National Heroes’ Day by the parish, and thanked all those who had seen it fit to plan the event for her and others.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- At the end of last year, some companies were wondering what they had done to deserve a big lump of coal from Congress.
The research-and-development tax credit, a popular break that often serves as a political football, lapsed on Dec. 31. Then, efforts to revive it -- along with other expired items, such as deductions for college tuitions and for classroom supplies purchased by teachers out of their own pockets -- continually ran afoul of election-year gamesmanship, as Senate Republicans sought to tie the noncontroversial measures to efforts to permanently slash the estate tax.
Over the weekend, with the 109th Congress limping out the door, lawmakers cobbled together a massive lame-duck package, encompassing everything from the expired tax breaks and trade with Vietnam to Medicare payment rates for physicians. President Bush is expected to sign the bill. See full story.
On the tax front, the package retroactively revives the research credit and the other expired deductions to Jan. 1, 2006. The Democratic-controlled Congress will have to pick the ball up again next year, however, as the measures are extended only through the end of 2007.
The research credit is a bit more generous in 2007: It's expected to reduce revenues by around $16.5 billion over 10 years, according the Joint Committee on Taxation, which scores tax legislation.
The bill also revives the deduction for state and local sales taxes for 2006, and extends it through 2007. The law allows taxpayers to deduct state and local sales taxes from their federal returns, rather than from state and local income taxes. The measure is a top priority for taxpayers in nine states -- Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming -- that don't have a personal income tax.
The bill also extends several provisions in the 2005 energy bill that were set to expire at the end of next year, including a credit for renewable-electricity production from wind, biomass, geothermal and other facilities. The package also extends through 2008 a deduction for energy-efficient commercial buildings that reduce annual energy and power consumption by 50%, as well as a credit for 30% of expenditures on some solar-related items for residential buildings.
The package also features a new break long sought by insurers that will allow some middle-income families to deduct mortgage-insurance premiums.
Under current law, homeowners can deduct mortgage interest, but can't deduct mortgage-insurance premiums. Mortgage insurance is often required for home buyers unable to make a 20% down payment.
"Making the cost of mortgage insurance tax deductible helps those who need it most: low- and moderate-income Americans, primarily first-time home buyers, who are financially responsible but simply don't have the means to amass a 20% down payment," said Steve Smith, chief executive of the PMI Group Inc.
The provision allows taxpayers with adjusted gross income of $100,000 or less to fully deduct the cost of private or government mortgage insurance. The mortgage-insurance contract must be issued in 2007
The deduction begins to phase for taxpayers making more than $100,000. And taxpayers making more than $110,000 are ineligible to deduct any mortgage-insurance costs.
The tax bill's authors also quietly slipped in provisions designed to make health-savings accounts, or HSAs, more attractive from a tax standpoint. The measures were seen as a sweetener meant to assuage discomfort by some conservatives over the total cost of the tax package, which is estimated to run nearly $40 billion over 10 years.
Health-savings accounts were created in 2004 by the same law that introduced the Medicare prescription-drug benefit. The accounts consist of a high-deductible health plan with a savings account attached, which consumers can fund with pretax dollars and use to pay for their out-of-pocket health expenses.
The bill would let workers transfer money from flexible-spending accounts and health-reimbursement arrangements into health-savings accounts. It would allow one-time transfers from individual-retirement accounts, or IRAs, to be used to fund a health-savings account.
Also, the legislation would raise the contribution limits for many workers. Currently, taxpayers with a high-deductible health plan are permitted to make deductible contributions equal to the lesser of the deductible or an indexed amount, which currently stands at $2,700 for single coverage and $5,450 for family coverage. The tax package would allow workers to contribute at the indexed rate, which will stand at $2,850 in 2007 for single coverage and $5,650 for family coverage.
The HSA-related measures boost revenue losses by around $1 billion over 10 years.
HSAs are a favorite policy tool of the administration and some GOP conservatives, as well as business groups, who contend that the accounts could help hold down spiraling health-care costs. Democratic critics of HSAs charge that the accounts shift health-care costs on to workers while providing an opportunity for the wealthy to shelter large chunks of income.


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Medical expenses can have a devastating impact on your budget, especially if you have unforeseen emergencies that are not fully covered by your insurance. The IRS allows taxpayers some relief by making some of these expenses partially tax-deductible. If you or your dependents were in the hospital or had other costly medical or dental expenses, keep those receipts – they could help cut your tax bill. Read below to learn how the medical expense deduction works and how to maximize your savings.
Deduction Value for Medical Expenses
Qualifying medical and dental bills for you, your spouse, and your dependents count toward the deduction limit.
In 2019, the IRS allows all taxpayers to deduct the total qualified unreimbursed medical care expenses for the year that exceeds 7.5% of their adjusted gross income (AGI). Beginning in 2020, the threshold amount increases to 10% of AGI.
Your adjusted gross income (AGI) is your taxable income minus any adjustments to income such as contributions to a traditional IRA and student loan interest.
For example, if your adjusted gross income is $40,000, anything beyond the first $3,000 of your medical bills — or 7.5% of your AGI — could be deductible. If you rang up $10,000 in medical bills, $7,000 of it could be deductible in this example.
Which Medical Expenses are Deductible
IRS Publication 502 has a full list of deductible expenses. The following is a shortened list of deductible medical expenses:
- Payments to doctors, dentists, surgeons, chiropractors, psychiatrists, psychologists and other medical practitioners
- Hospital and nursing home care
- Addiction programs, including for quitting smoking
- Weight-loss programs for doctor-diagnosed diseases, including obesity (but diet food and health club dues usually don’t count)
- Insulin and prescription drugs
- Admission and transportation to medical conferences about diseases that you, your spouse or your dependents have (but meals and lodging don’t count)
- Dentures, reading or prescription eyeglasses, contacts, hearing aids, crutches, wheelchairs and service animals
- Transportation costs to and from medical care
- Insurance premiums for medical care or long-term care insurance if they’re not paid by your employer and you pay out of pocket after taxes
How to Claim the Medical Expense Deduction
To claim the medical expenses deduction, you must itemize your deductions rather than taking the standard deduction. This means that you likely need to spend more time on tax preparation; however, if your standard deduction is less than your itemized deductions, you should itemize and save money anyway. If your standard deduction is more than your itemized deductions, take the standard deduction and save some time.
Keep Good Records
Be sure to hold onto your medical bills and receipts. Many taxpayers do not realize how comprehensive the medical expense deduction is, so they tend not to keep track of their medical expenses. This is a huge mistake. Even if you usually do not have enough medical expenses to qualify for the deduction, you never know when a surprise medical expense might allow you to deduct all of them for that year.
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Data visibility often lost as virtualized workloads in the cloud grow
Cloud adoption is growing for virtualized workloads, with a majority of organizations running or planning to run virtual machines in the cloud this year.
That is one of the findings of a new report from Druva, a provider of cloud data protection and management products. According to the report, many of these enterprises have no visibility into how data management policies are being applied, however.
The company surveyed 170 IT and virtualization professionals in July 2018, and 90 percent said their organization was either running or planning to run VMs in the cloud this year. The trend is on the upswing, with 41 percent of organizations now running VMs in the cloud compared with 31 percent in 2017.
Of those organizations running or planning to run VMs in the cloud in 2018, 59 percent expect to use AWS for these workloads.
More than half of the survey respondents (54 percent) said they have no visibility into how and if data management policies are being applied and enforced, and 55 percent do not have a plan to centralize protection of their data across multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.
The result is a critical gap in visibility into data in the cloud, the report said, which can increase risk to data infractions and compliance issues, such as not purging data in time.


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The remaining 27 EU states have unanimously agreed their strategy for Brexit talks.
European Council president Donald Tusk said the agreed guidelines give the member states a "firm and fair political mandate" for discussions with Britain over its exit from the EU.
The 27 leaders, who are meeting at a summit in Brussels, took less than 15 minutes to endorse draft guidelines which were issued on 31 March .
Under the terms of the EU strategy, Britain must settle its so-called divorce bill and reach agreement on the rights of EU citizens living in the UK before negotiations can move forward to trade talks.
This puts the EU on a collision course with No 10, as Theresa May has said she wants to negotiate a new trade deal with Europe alongside the divorce settlement.
The EU strategy also states that the Prime Minister has to reach an agreement on the Irish border and provide clarity over EU law in the UK within the withdrawal phase.
During the summit, it is understood that a commitment will be given that if Northern Ireland ever breaks away from the UK, the united Ireland would become an automatic member of the EU.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker described the strategy agreement between EU leaders as "unity in action".
Earlier, Germany's finance minister warned that Britain will not have advantages over remaining member states after negotiations conclude.
Wolfgang Schaeuble said: "There is no free lunch. Britons must know that.
"We don't want to weaken Britain. But we also don't want that the rest of Europe is weakened.
"Britain should not have advantages after the exit, that other countries don't have."
The summit comes days after Mrs May hosted Mr Juncker and the Commission's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier at No 10 for dinner.
The following morning, Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Mr Juncker and claimed that "some in Great Britain still have illusions" about the Brexit deal and the process of reaching it.
Addressing the German parliament, Mrs Merkel said: "Countries with a third country status - and that's what Great Britain will be - cannot and will not have the same or even more rights as a member of the European Union.
"You may think that all this is self-evident. But I have to put this so clearly because I get the impression that some in Great Britain still have illusions about this and that is a waste of time."
Brexit talks are expected to begin after the General Election on 8 June.


TORONTO, April 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust (âSmartCentresâ) (TSX: SRU.UN) announced today that it will issue its financial results for the three months ending March 31, 2020 on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
SmartCentres will hold a conference call on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. (ET). Participating on the call will be members of SmartCentresâ senior management.
Investors are invited to access the call by dialing 1-800-347-6311. You will be required to identify yourself and the organization on whose behalf you are participating. A recording of this call will be made available Wednesday, May 6, 2020 beginning at 8:30 p.m. (ET) through to 8:30 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. To access the recording, please call 1-888-203-1112 and enter the Replay Passcode 5335567#.
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How to Create New Contact on Existing Account in Salesforce | Edit New Contact:
|To keep track of the details of the people you do business with, use contacts. Although contacts are frequently linked to accounts, they can also be connected to other records, like opportunities.|
Create New Contact on Existing Account in Salesforce:
(1) In the previous blog we learn about, “How to Create a New Account in Salesforce“.
(2) Now we add a new contact to this account.
(3) In the Sales app, click on the Accounts tab and you find the Account Name here as shown below.
(4) Now click on the Account Name. In my case, it is ERP Consultors as shown above. After that ERP Consultors account is getting opened as shown below.
(5) In the Contacts Tab, click on the New button as shown below.
(6) Fill in all the necessary information on the card to create New Contact on Existing Account in Salesforce and then click on the Save button. Note: Asterisk (*) sign represents mandatory fields and it must not be left blank.
(7) Now Contact is added to the existing account in Salesforce as shown below.
Edit or Add Information in the Existing Contact:
(1) Click on the Contact as shown below.
(2) Now Contact is getting opened. Go to the Details tab as shown below.
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Following the success of its roofing apprenticeship taster days in June, Leeds College of Building’s (LCB) roofing department has announced it will be welcoming more prospective students in the new year.
June’s event introduced year 11 students from local secondary schools to college life at a taster day held at the institution’s Hunslet campus. The day was organised by LCB Outreach Officer, Louise Allen, who worked in conjunction with roofing lecturer, Chris Messenger.
Students began their day with talks from department staff about the course itself and what is expected of applicants. As the taster day progressed, attendees were issued with full PPE before being introduced to a range of roof tiling tasks in the colleges bespoke workshop.
Verge to verge tasks were on offer for those who wished to participate. Department lecturers supervised pupils as they tiled the verges with plan tiles, before stripping the verges back again and neatly stacking the tiles back into storage bins.
CUPA provided goodie bags for all of students which were handed out before an afternoon of tutorial-based learning that covered other courses available at the college.
Chris Messenger, who supervised the students throughout the day, said: “I enjoyed training the year 11 students, even if it was only for a short time. If I have managed to place roofing as a possible apprentice choice for even a few of the students that attended then the event was worth it and I look forward to the next taster day.”
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As the book travels on Edna defines this role less and less, as well providing several thoughts formally against it. Other characters in the Awakening such as Mademoiselle Reiz, also do not stand well as perfect examples of how 1800th century women were supposed to behave. Adele was written by Chopin as a friend, alone, in concept that she would provide readers with the standard for American women during this era. Adele loves her life and “She is what all women in her society should be like; she puts her husband and children first, centering her life around her family and her domestic duties(Miller).” Adele is also perceived as woman of self-sacrifice showing almost no interest in her own ambitions, or her own cares.
A country girl’s reputation often holds high value in her heart which builds a foundation to create tension through small things. In “The Ruined Maid,” the conversational poem between two girls that grew up alongside each other establishes a new view they have of each other over time away
Therefore, important morals and losses are represented in the short stories, Gwilan’s Harp, The Washwoman, and The Last Leaf. Primarily, in Gwilan’s Harp, Gwilan, a young girl with a prosperous talent for harp playing, broke the precious instrument that was passed down for generations. This tragic incident, however, led Gwilan
A Role Model that Transcends Time Hester Prynne changed dramatically throughout the course of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter. Initially she was viewed as the antagonist and was a destructive character to those around her. After being confined in her cottage with Pearl, she began to develop a sense of who she needed to become in order to efficiently raise Pearl. Hester’s ability to do what was necessary for her improvement made her into a respectable role model for women to shadow. Hester chose to isolate she and Pearl to create a wave of self-improvement. Because of Hester’s mysterious, seductive, and rebellious actions, she demonstrated the characteristics of a byronic hero.
To Kill A Mockingbird is a fictional novel that takes place in a small town in Alabama during the Great Depression. It is narrated by Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, one of the two children that Atticus Finch has. The other is Jem Finch, who is older than Scout and is more mature. Scout is a rowdy little girl that has strong opinions and loves her family. These kids are supported by their dad, Atticus Finch, and Calpurnia, the hired colored help.
As I Lay Dying Analysis A death in the family results in hard times and how we react to it. In the novel, As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner describes the life of a poor, dysfunctional family traveling across rural Mississippi to bury their deceased wife and mother. Faulkner uses point of view to allow the reader to experience the emotion, mindset, and struggle of each individual character.
Throughout the nineteenth century, the age of Edna Pontellier, a female`s role in society was restricted to worshipping her kids and conforming to her spouse. Kate Chopin's The Awakening encompasses the disappointment and achievement in a female's life as she endeavors to survive these stringent cultural demands. Disregarding the stereotype of a "mother-woman," Edna fights the pressures that require her to follow a submissive and dutiful routine. Though Edna's eventual suicide misrepresents her struggles against a tyrannical society, The Awakening upholds and promotes feminism as a method for women to acquire individual identity. Birds play an imperative role in Edna's development.
She had seen the Civil War Soldiers do this when their limbs had to be amputated.” Her dream was to build a home for the elderly, in 1908 the “Harriet Tubman Home for the Elderly” was built. She died on March 10, 1913 from pneumonia. After her death, Harriet Tubman was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn with Military Honors.
Virginia Woolf: Shakespeare’s Sister In the essay “Shakespeare’s sister” Virginia Woolf asks and explores the basic question of “Why women did not write poetry in the Elizabethan age”. Woolf sheds light on the reality of women’s life during this time and illustrates the effects of social structures on the creative spirit of women. In the society they lived in, women were halted to explore and fulfill their talent the same way men were able to, due to the gender role conventions that prevailed during this era. Through a theoretical setting in which it is it is imagined that William Shakespeare had a sister (Judith), Virginia Woolf personifies women during the sixteenth century in order to reflect the hardships they had to overcome as aspiring writers.
In 1894, Cowan became involved in her first voluntary organization, being a founding members and President of the Karrakatta Club, a movement that Perth’s woman could master public speaking and shared their reading on health, literature and disadvantage women 's rights. For the next four decades she continued to dedicated herself into her work as she verbalized openly about venereal disease, prostitution, contraception, illegitimacy and sex malefactions at a time when such subjects were not discussed in polite company. She served several terms on the North Fremantle Board of Education, one of the few public offices then open to women. By the late 1890’s Cowan was elected to the Board of Public entitles to be a part of the education Board and Women’s Service Guild. She was a foundation member of the Children 's Protection Society in 1906,
I believe Abigail Adams thought citizens should govern. I believe this because Abigail Adams was and still is a hero and idle for many women in the United States. As the wife of John Adams, Abigail used her position to bring forth her own strong federalist and feminist views. Abigail Adams was born in 1744 at Weymouth, Massachusetts. During a time when women did not receive a formal education, her grandmother at home taught Abigail.
Tragedy marred my childhood, I witnessed my two baby brothers die as infants. My mother passed away when I was only 14 years old. And my father died three years later. However, my aunt orphaned us which helped my sister and I obtain an excellent education, which was unusual for women in
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A professional Caribbean soccer league, dubbed Major League Football, is expected to launch in Sept.
A professional Caribbean league spanning the mainly island nations could be a reality in three or four years.
Baseball player José Abreu, who left his native Cuba in August, agreed to a six-year, $68 million contract with the Chicago White Sox on Friday, according to
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari warned South Korean fans not to expect too much Samba skill from his jet-lagged squad when the two World Cup finalists clash in
Keisuke Honda's appearance as a second-half substitute paid dividends as Japan eased past Guatemala 3-0 in a friendly in Osaka.
Former champion Sam Stosur was bundled out of the US Open by American teenager Victoria Duval.
* 2011 champion Stosur beaten by teenager Duval
One of Cuba's top baseball players is reported to have abandoned the Communist-run island to seek a fortune in the US.
Trinidad and Tobago took full advantage of a lacklustre Honduras display to advance to the Gold Cup quarters with a 2-0 win.
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This position is open to US residents and citizens only
Geosite builds workflow software at the intersection of legacy GIS engineering tools and modern cloud collaboration platforms. Our main product is a SaaS platform that enables users to collaborate on the creation, fusion and dissemination of geospatial data to facilitate reconnaissance, planning and operations across a wide range of industries. Our customers include major energy companies, environmental organizations and the US Department of Defense. Led by PhDs, GIS experts, and veterans, we closed our series A round of financing in 2021 and are rapidly growing our team.
We are looking for a SENIOR FRONTEND ENGINEER to (1) help build frontend components across the Geosite product line; and (2) lead project teams and mentor junior engineers. You will be joining a team of ~20 engineers and working with our design and data science teams to build beautiful GUIs for working with geospatial data.
General expertise in React and Typescript is a must. Experience with frontend geospatial libraries (e.g. OpenLayers, MapboxGL) and data visualization libraries (e.g. Plotly, D3) is a plus. Because this is a senior position, good leadership qualities are also highly desirable.
This position comes with equity! If you are driven, high-energy, and passionate about application development - we want you on our team!
Roles and Responsibilities
- Help build frontend features across the Geosite product line.
- Work with the design team to shape and implement their designs.
- Work with backend engineers to ensure seamless integration between front- and backend functions.
- Proactively initiate and lead front-end tasks as needed.
Experience & Qualifications
- Expertise in React and Typescript.
- Expertise in modern front-end tools (e.g. webpack, eslint, redux, babel)
- Expertise in front-end frameworks (e.g. material UI, bootstrap)
- A strong portfolio that demonstrates expertise in frontend engineering.
- Experience with frontend geospatial libraries
- Experience with data visualization libraries
- Experienced enterprise SaaS frontends.
- Enjoys leading and mentoring engineers to think about system life cycles, edge cases, and failure modes.
Comp / Benefits
- $130K - $180K + <= 0.42% equity
- Fully remote during COVID-19 pandemic
- Health, vision and dental insurance
- Flexible work hours and paid time off
About Geosite, Inc.
Geosite enables customers across a wide swathe of industries to leverage geospatial data for reconnaissance, planning and operations in real-time. By combining engineering-grade GIS capabilities with UX-centric design in a collaborative, cloud-native format, Geosite lets users focus on mission and operations, not the vagaries of geospatial data science. From assessing epidemiological risk to locating sources of greenhouse gas emissions, Geosite helps organizations solve real-world problems.
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Over the past decades, the political tensions that regularly plague WHO have undermined its authority. Every time an international public health emergency has arisen, WHO has faced internal political gridlock.1 Confidence in the UN agency has dwindled with every health crisis. Today, no one disputes that the political functioning of WHO is an impediment to fulfilling its role as a global health crisis coordinator and promoter of science-based standards. The UN system is still dependent on world politics,2 the failings of which were far too evident during the first months of the COVID-19 crisis.3 In the near future, a comprehensive reform of global health governance will require bold changes, not cosmetic reforms.
The Lancet Global Health, Volume 10, March 2022,

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The International Christian Film & Music Festival announced it will honor Roma Downey with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual event scheduled to be held in-person this year.
Last year, the festival, which celebrates those who work in Christian entertainment, was held online due to COVID-19. This year, however, it will be held on May 19-22 at the Wyndham International Resort in Orlando, Florida. Tickets are now available and include the ability to screen over 150 movies and attend seminars and workshops. The festival will also feature live music and an “Oscar-style” awards ceremony.
Marty Jean-Louis, the founder of the ICFF, said he and his team have taken all the measures necessary to ensure attendees are safe at the festival amid the pandemic.
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SOURCE: Christian Post, Jeannie Law


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We now have CSS3 transforms, transitions, animations, media queries, HTML5 audio & video, Canvas, inline SVG, and even WebGL for full 3D rendering. Infinite possibilities and combinations that keep me up at night.
Better Browsers, Better Devices, New Interactions
Browser improvements aren’t just limited to graphics and animations. We can now tap into the hardware capabilities of various devices: geolocation, orientation1, notifications, multitouch, etc. These capabilities create brand new avenues of physical interaction we’ve never had access to before.
How can we use these new features for more meaningful interactions? How can we use them responsibly? Here are a few rules I live by:
- Don't repeat the sins of Flash.
- Don't make users wait.
- Make it non-essential.
- Make it delightful.
Stick to these rules and you’ll be able to surprise users with simple, joyful interactions (and should keep the luddites at bay).
The tools for the job.
Interaction Design is still tough. Aside from sliding around paper cutouts on a flat surface, I haven’t come across a tool greater than HTML for mocking up interaction2.
I’m not naive enough to say, “Thou Shalt Only Design in Browser.” Though, in the near future I’m sure we’ll all spend more and more time mocking up working interaction prototypes in browser. We’ll all need HTML/CSS labs to test clicks, fonts, swipes, flips, orientations, squeeziness™, and more on multiple devices.
We’re in hyper-futuristic times if you consider the browsers and devices we use each day. It’s a new frontier and there’s never been a bigger space for exploration. Go forth and make awesome.


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“What you need to know BEFORE you choose an ipod for your event”.
A trendy topic today is DIY receptions by using an ipod and a rented sound system instead of a professional wedding entertainer, the DJ. This idea is fraught with peril, because a great event is more than simply gear and music. It is the talent that a qualified professional brings to the event that matters most. It is what allows for a smooth flow to the event, with no embarrassing surprises. A Professional DJ provides you with confidence that your event will flow smoothly and will be an event that you, your family and guests will never forget, instead of one they would like to.
If you’re like a lot of cost-conscious couples planning a wedding reception, perhaps you’ve heard the buzz about putting on an iPod wedding. Here’s all you need to make it happen. If you don’t have the full setup, it can all be rented for $200-$400.
Mixer – Plug your iPod into it. Then, the person who stays with the mixer and runs it all night long can balance the volume levels. Otherwise, you’ll hear one song at ear-splitting volume, and the next song practically silent. It’s highly unlikely that all of the music you loaded onto your iPod is balanced to the same audio output level. And an iPod doesn’t automatically self-correct.
Microphone – For your announcements.
Microphone Cable – To plug into your mixer
Mixer-to-Amplifier Cables – To plug your mixer into your amplifier. Be sure it’s properly attenuated, or all of the music will sound distorted. And be sure you know the difference between a 1/4″ plug, a mini-plug, an RCA plug and an XLR plug. If you get the wrong cables, you can’t feed the music from your mixer into your amplifier.
Amplifier, Speakers, Speaker Stands and Cables – If you want all of your guests to hear the music, you’ll have to amplify it. And even the world’s cheapest DJ uses minimum 12″ speakers. Don’t expect to use the 4″ overhead speakers in your banquet hall. Even if they work, most banquet facilities don’t keep a sound engineer on duty all evening to balance the volume levels. And there’s no back-up if their in-house sound system suddenly fails. Also, a house system feeds the same volume level to every part of the room. So music that’s loud enough for the dance floor will make it impossible for any of your guests to have conversations. Have you considered that?
May we suggest an alternative idea? If your venue will let you tap into its sound system, why not record your cocktail music on your iPod, and play it through the venue’s speakers? Then, hire a professional DJ to begin with the introduction of the wedding party, and continue with dinner and dance music, plus all of the important MC duties. With the money you save on cocktail music, you can let your guests dance for an extra hour.
Back-up Equipment – If any of the above items fails (with the exception of the microphone), you have no music. You can try to call the rental company for a replacement. But they may not be open until 9 o’clock the next morning. And most companies that rent you a full iPod sound system, and set it up, don’t put a full backup system in place. So even if they agree to rush to your reception to fix a broken piece of equipment, your party will be dead by the time they get there. A full set of backup rental equipment, on site, costs another $200-$400.
Liability Insurance – Professional DJs always carry it, just in case Grandma trips over a cable and breaks her hip, or your little nephew gets too playful and knocks a speaker over, and it falls on one of your guests. And don’t forget, if you’re serving alcohol, some of your guests are going to be less than coordinated by the end of the evening. Equipment rental companies don’t provide insurance, so you have to buy it yourself. The cheapest single-day liability policy costs about $200. If you’re not insured, and a guest gets injured, you may spend the rest of your lives paying off a huge damage settlement.
All the Right Music – Remember, your guests aren’t there, just to dance to your favorite music. You’ll want enough of a cross-section of their favorite dance music to please all of them, not just a handful of your closest friends. Elsewhere on this site, you’ll find our list of the 200 most requested songs from the past year, as compiled from millions of requests to thousands of DJs across the country. You can find the list by clicking the “Select Your Music” link on the right of this page, then choosing “Top 200 Most Requested Songs.” If your iPod music collection already has these songs, you may be able to survive the evening. If you’re missing any of them, expect to spend at least another $100, and several hours of your time, downloading the rest of them from iTunes.
That’s $700-$1,100 So Far. Are You Still Saving Money?
* Someone to pick up all of the equipment, take it to the reception site, set it up, and run a sound check before the reception. This may be a good friend who has agreed to miss your wedding ceremony, to be your sound man. Remember, he’s probably doing it as a giant favor to you; so if he does a bad job, you can’t criticize him without jeopardizing your friendship.
* Someone to do the announcements — preferably someone who knows his way around a microphone. Most people grab the mic and walk directly in front of the speakers, setting off an ear-piercing squeal of feedback. And they think the way to stop it is to put their hand over the microphone — causing even more feedback. An MC with some professional experience would be a real plus.
* Someone to break down the equipment at the end of the night and take it back to the rental company the next day. Banquet halls won’t let you leave the equipment on site. And even if they do, it’s not insured. So if someone steals it, you have to buy the rental company a full set of replacement equipment — between $1500 and $2500.
* “The Gap” Remember, most of the songs on your iPod gradually fade out at the end, leaving anywhere from 10 to 15 seconds of dead silence between songs. Silence empties a dance floor like nothing else. And a sequence of song-silence-song-silence, etc. won’t generate any momentum or energy to keep people dancing.
* Where’d Everybody Go? Also, an iPod doesn’t take requests, and it doesn’t automatically change music when it senses an empty dance floor. And a song that can fill a dance floor at 11pm, may leave it completely empty at 9pm. A professional DJ has the experience to know what songs to play, and when. A random selection of iPod songs can’t read a crowd and respond. So if your guests don’t like the music you’ve pre-programmed, the dancing will last only a few minutes, and the party will die. But if all you’re looking for is some nice background music for quiet conversation, an iPod will serve you well.
* Dancing vs. Listening If you plan to use an iPod, and ask your guests in advance for their requests, remember to ask them what songs they would actually dance to, not just what songs they like to listen to. There’s an awful lot of great concert music that can empty a dance floor in a split-second. An experienced professional DJ knows the difference between a dance song and a listening song.
* Do Your Homework You can learn more about iPod weddings by simply Googling “iPod Wedding.” You’ll find an eye-opening video of one couple’s experience with an iPod wedding reception. You’ll also find several sites with comment boards, where people who have tried iPods, or plan to, share their thoughts. One common argument is that amateur DJs play all oftheir favorite music, and try to be the center of attention. But a professional DJ asks you what music you want, honors your wishes, and presents himself with class.
People who dislike DJs in general, and who can’t say “DJ” without saying “cheesy,” are usually those who went to the wedding of a friend who hired a bargain-basement DJ to save a few dollars. And when he did a horrible job, the guests didn’t just think, “don’t hire that guy.” They thought, “don’t hire any DJ. They’re all awful.”
The truth is, a professional DJ adds a new level of class and professionalism to the occasion, keeps the reception moving at a steady pace, has the flexibility to change the music to keep the dance floor full, and keeps the photographer, videographer and caterer informed of all important moments during the evening.
So you don’t have to search for your photographer when you’re ready for your first dance, or find the father of the bride when it’s time to dance with his daughter. The DJ does that for you. And he is your best line of defense against the party guest who insists on breaking up a successful dance set to play a totally inappropriate song that brings the party to a crashing halt. Plus, he adds countless touches and flourishes that make the entire evening a great success and a wonderful memory.
It’s Your Signature Event
If you’re looking to make a statement to your families and friends about who you are, and how far you’ve come, there is no substitute for a professional DJ. But we understand that not everyone has the financial resources for a full reception, and an iPod wedding may be the only option for people of modest means.
As long as you understand the requirements and risks we outlined above, and you have someone who will work full-time for the evening as an amateur MC, and you’re fully insured, and you’re willing to risk that your guests won’t like your song selection, or you just don’t want any dancing, an iPod may work for you, and perhaps even save you $100 or more. Only you can decide whether that’s enough of a savings to justify the many hours of extra work you’ll need to do. You may come to the conclusion that a professional DJ isn’t so expensive after all.
|iPod vs. Fourth Estate Audio DJs|
|Cost||$895 for 6 hours||$200-400 for 1st sound system|
|Emergency backup equipment provided free?||Yes||No ($200-$400 additional)|
|Sound system set up before wedding, removed after wedding?||Yes||??|
|Music mixed seamlessly, with no breaks between songs?||Yes||No|
|Music selection||Tens of thousands of songs, plus access to unlimited onsite access||??|
|Volume balanced from song to song?||Yes||No|
|Guest requests accepted?||Yes||No|
|Can music be instantly changed with no awkward silence if no one is dancing?||Yes||No|
|Are bride, groom and guests free to enjoy the evening without worrying about their music?||Yes||No|
|If a guest is injured by the speakers or other sound equipment, are you insured?||Yes||No (minimum $200 for single-day liability policy)|
|If your sound person gets sick, is there a substitute available who understands the equipment?|


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On Sunday night, Qavi Khan breathed his last, bringing an end to a long and celebrated career in film and television. The veteran actor who had been regarded as one of the most celebrated performers in the Pakistani entertainment industry, had acted in more than 200 films and dozens of drama serials. He was a fan favourite, gracing screens across the country for many decades in iconic dramas like ‘Aangan’ and ‘Ishq Jalebli’.
Tributes are pouring in from celebrities and fans alike. Actors who had worked with Khan shared their grief on social media and also shed light on the experience they had while performing with him.
Actor Nadia Jamil shared a video clip of Khan and a picture of them together, remembering Khan for “his words, his kindness, his work, his talent and his heart.”
Singer and actor Farhan Saeed termed the actor as an irreplaceable part of the television industry
Actor Sophia Mirza shared a clip of her first drama serial with Khan, and praised him for being an “academy for actors.”
Actor Sami Khan sent a tribute to Khan as a ‘great human being’
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In homeopathic medicine, dulcamara is used to purportedly cure a wide variety of ailments. Homeopathy abides by the "like cures like" theory, in which an ailment should be similar to its remedy. Dulcamara, a type of nightshade plant, is used by homeopathic practitioners for those with sensitivity to cold or damp conditions or who suffer from various respiratory conditions, viral infections, and skin problems. The plant may either be ingested in small amounts or applied directly to the skin.
Dulcamara is part of the Solanaceae family, which encompasses nightshade plants. Tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and potatoes are all nightshade vegetables as well. Some types of nightshade vegetables are considered poisonous, and even dulcamara is not recommended to be taken in large doses due to a potential narcotic effect. Some other names for this plant include woody nightshade, bitter nightshade, and bittersweet.
Most of the uses of the plant are associated with homeopathic medicine. This practice involves taking a natural approach to healing, in which a remedy is meant to bear certain similarities to the ailment is it used to cure. An analogy in Western medicine may be found in the diluted use of the influenza virus in flu vaccinations. Homeopathic remedies, including the use of dulcamara, involve using diluted amounts of natural remedies and only taking one remedy at a time for an ailment.
The woody nightshade plant was first used as a fever cure in the 18th century by Swedish naturalists. Today, the plant is used for those who show signs of sensitivity to coldness and dampness or who may be susceptible to fevers, asthma, pneumonia, and certain skin conditions. Homeopathic practitioners may also recommend dulcamara for those who exhibit dominant or strong-minded personality traits.
There are a variety of use for this homeopathic plant. Fever, common cold, bronchitis, nasal congestion, and sinusitis are supposedly relieved by taking dulcamara. Those who suffer from skin conditions, such as hives, warts, and eczema, may also benefit. Joint problems and rheumatism are also frequently targeted. At one time, these problems were most likely all associated with exposure to the woody nightshade plant, yet are all meant to be relieved by taking diluted amounts of it.
The plant can be either ingested or used topically, depending on the ailment it is relieving. For rheumatism, a weak dulcamara tea may be taken three times a day. For those who suffer from certain skin conditions, the herb can be boiled in and discarded from water, and the patient can then use this water to wash his or her skin. Extracts are also available to be taken topically or ingested after a drop is added to a beverage. These extracts are mainly used to relieve inflammation, pain, and even anxiety.

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