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The meeting will consist of representatives from the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), the National Water Commission (NWC), the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries. A high-level multi-agency meeting is scheduled with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) on Wednesday, October 10, to discuss the maintenance of watersheds in the Municipality. Story Highlights This was disclosed by Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, at today’s (October 9) sitting of the Corporation in downtown Kingston. A high-level multi-agency meeting is scheduled with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) on Wednesday, October 10, to discuss the maintenance of watersheds in the Municipality.The meeting will consist of representatives from the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), the National Water Commission (NWC), the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries.This was disclosed by Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, at today’s (October 9) sitting of the Corporation in downtown Kingston.“We will be asking all the agencies to look into watersheds across the Municipality. We are not just going to focus on what is happening at the Constant Spring Water Treatment Plant. We really want to begin to look at other practices across the Municipality, in particular with watershed areas,” he said.He said the technical officers at the KSAMC have been asked to review and monitor the monthly water quality reports when they are received.“I have also asked our officers here to coordinate with all agencies and to begin to put together a report for us that outlines the various activities taking place adjacent to or within our watershed areas, such as farming and industrial action… any activity that can affect the turbidity levels,” he said.Senator Williams informed that the matter regarding the water quality arose out of the KSAMC’s Public Health and Disaster Committee Meeting.“The issue raised there was in relation to the water quality and the turbidity levels at the Constant Spring (Water) Treatment Plant, which supplies a significant section of the urban area.Subsequent to that, we made contact with the NWC, and they have assured that the quality of water outflow from the Treatment Plant is of a high quality.We have also been assured by the Chief Public Health Inspector, so there is no issue with the quality of water,” he said.He noted too that a multi-agency team also visited the area and carried out an assessment.
zoom Turkish port operator Yildirim Holdings AS has announced plans to sell its 24 percent stake in the French shipping major CMA CGM.As revealed by the company’s Chairman Yuksel Yildirim in an interview with Bloomberg, Yildirim mandated China Citic Bank Corp. to find investors from Asia or the Persian Gulf for its interest in the world’s third biggest container shipping company.According to Yildirim, the current value of the shares ranges between USD 2.5-3 billion based on recent deals in the industry.The sale has been linked with Yildirim’s acquisition of the US maritime terminal operator Ports America Holdings from Oaktree Capital Group, with whom the company has an exclusivity agreement valid until the end of July.The move is said to be part of the group’s USD 10 billion expansion plan covering ports and mine sector.Under the proposal, USD 5 billion would be spent on acquisitions, while the remaining USD 5 billion would be assigned for construction of Turkish power plants.With the latest investments Yildirim Holdings aims to become one of the top 10 international port terminal operators in the world.When approached by World Maritime News on the matter CMA CGM denied to comment.World Maritime News Staff
Les responsables de la santé publique commencent aujourd’hui, le 20 avril, à enquêter sur 120 cas d’oreillons qui se sont déclarés en Nouvelle-Écosse. Cette vague se poursuit dans la Municipalité régionale d’Halifax, et certains cas sont apparus dans plusieurs autres régions de façon sporadique. La majorité des cas concernent les personnes âgées entre 20 et 25 ans. « L’on s’attend à une augmentation des cas puisque les médecins sont très attentifs aux symptômes et les gens sont désormais bien informés sur la maladie », a déclaré Shelly Sarwal, médecin conseil en santé publique. Les symptômes les plus courants sont les suivants : fièvre, maux de tête, douleurs musculaires, glandes enflées et sensibles à l’angle des mâchoires. Les responsables de la santé publique continuent à inciter les gens à consulter leur médecin de famille s’ils ont certains de ces symptômes. Les oreillons se transmettent par la toux, les éternuements, ou encore quand on embrasse quelqu’un ou quand boit on dans le verre d’une autre personne. Ce virus peut être transmis pendant une semaine avant l’apparition des premiers symptômes, et jusqu’à neuf jours après le déclenchement de la maladie. La docteure Sarwal insiste sur l’importance de ne pas aller à l’école, au travail, ou encore participer à des activités sociales pendant cette période. Tous les médecins sont tenus, en vertu de la loi, de signaler les cas d’oreillons aux bureaux de la santé publique de la province pour faire en sorte que les responsables de la santé publique soient tenus au courant des nouveaux cas et peuvent identifier toute autre personne ayant pu être infectée. Pour éviter la propagation des oreillons ou de toute autre maladie : Pour en savoir plus sur les oreillons, veuillez visiter le site suivant : www.gov.ns.ca/hpp/mumps.html . lavez-vous bien les mains de façon régulière avec du désinfectant pour mains; ne buvez pas dans le même verre que quelqu’un d’autre et n’utilisez pas les couverts d’une autre personne; quand vous éternuez ou vous vous mouchez, protégez-vous avec un mouchoir ou une manche. PROMOTION ET PROTECTION DE LA SANTÉ — Les cas d’oreillons continuent à augmenter.
Nova Scotian business owners and employees are getting the boost they need to sharpen their skills and prepare for the good jobs that are coming. Labour and Advanced Education Minister Marilyn More met with business owners and employees in Sydney today, Oct. 17, to launch free tools that will help employers and employees prepare for some of the most exciting opportunities in the province’s history. “Nova Scotians want good jobs for themselves and their children,” said Ms. More. “They want to live and work in a province that has a strong economy and a promising future so they have the confidence to build a life here. “The world is changing, and Nova Scotia is changing with it. People are working hard to make the most of opportunities on the horizon, and these tools will help them do that.” The HR Toolkit, SkillsOnlineNS and Welcoming Workplaces are a $1.5-million investment in Nova Scotias workers and businesses. The HR Toolkit is a free, online resource that helps employers recruit, develop and motivate staff. Employers can access information on how to create a diverse job description or advertisement, ideas on how to find and keep workers, and manage a diverse workforce. There are downloadable guides and templates, and access to programs like the Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit. “As a business operator, I want to be sure that the HR practices I have in place are current and best of breed, that my employees’ needs are fulfilled to the best of our abilities, and that the people I hire are the best fit for the rewarding jobs we offer here at AG Research,” said Pierre LaRochelle, chief operating officer with AG Research Ltd. “These last few months, I have actively looked for online HR support. The new HR Toolkit is timely and will ensure I am following the right processes and doing what is best for my employees and my business here in Nova Scotia.” SkillsonlineNS promotes learning in the workplace with quick and easy access to thousands of online courses, from Microsoft Office, to the fundamentals of globalization. The courses include things like 15 minute tutorials on how to work with Generation Y, or how to be a good coach. The two-year pilot project aims to help Nova Scotias workers and businesses more easily get the skills and training they need. “In the past, time away from work for training was very expensive and usually only a few employees had the benefit of traditional training,” said Paul Jamieson with Maritect Investigations and Security Ltd. “Now our employees will have more opportunities for learning through advanced education sources in areas that influence their jobs. “The available information has also assisted myself and my management team. We have a better grasp on today’s talent pool and selecting the right people to assist my ever growing business.” Welcoming Workplaces helps employers engage and retain a more diverse and productive workforce. A free, online workbook with practical advice and strategies will help employers make workplaces more inclusive and welcoming through methods such as making diversity part of strategic business goals and reworking hiring procedures to be more inclusive. It also helps employers be more fair and understanding with diverse groups such as visible minorities, immigrants and persons with disabilities. “When employees feel supported and valued when they are at work, they are more motivated to do a better job,” said Ms. More. “An investment in this province’s workers is an investment in the long-term prosperity and success of Nova Scotias businesses.” For more information about the HR Toolkit, Online Learning Lab and Welcoming Workplaces visit www.business.novascotia.ca .
Singapore: Harry Kane scored a stunning 93rd minute winner from the halfway line as Tottenham Hotspur edged Juventus 3-2 in an entertaining pre-season friendly in Singapore on Sunday. The England captain latched onto Lucas Moura’s short pass and launched a first-time shot high over a scrambling substitute keeper Wojciech Szczesny as Spurs rallied past new manager Maurizio Sarri’s Italian champions in front of a delighted National Stadium crowd. Also Read – Puducherry on top after 8-wkt win over Chandigarh”It’s probably one of the best goals of my career. I noticed the keeper was often off of his line and thought if I get a chance to shoot I will and it just went in,” Kane said in a post-match interview. A youthful Spurs dominated the first half as Juventus struggled to adapt to their new coach’s “Sarri-ball” tactic of playing out from the back with short, quick passes. Instead of moving the ball forward, Juventus often found themselves defending desperately after being caught in possession as Spurs pressed high up the pitch with the Premier League side going on to take a deserved lead on the half-hour mark. Also Read – Vijender’s next fight on Nov 22, opponent to be announced laterSon Heung-min started the move by holding up play and feeding Troy Parrott for a clear run at Gianluigi Buffon in the Juventus goal, with the 17-year-old forward’s low strike parried by the veteran keeper straight into the path of an unmarked Erik Lamela for a routine tap-in. “It was a very good game, very competitive. To be honest, we are still short in our preparations and I wasn’t planning to play this way so early in the pre-season … we were still hoping to give some players more rest after a long campaign,” Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino said. “The result was not the most important thing today, the performance was and how we continue our preparations for the upcoming season.”
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – With Ontario and Alberta ramping up their efforts to oppose the federal carbon tax, the Trudeau government is pushing back.Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is taking aim at her opponents and lashing out at Ontario Premier Doug Ford for launching new ads against the carbon tax.“Literally having a misleading advertising campaign using taxpayer dollars, not telling people the cost of climate change that we are all paying right now or the money that’s going back,” she adds.RELATED: Alberta premier says provincial carbon tax will die May 30McKenna says Conservatives want to take the country back in time instead of supporting a clean economy.“You have conservative politicians who want to take us back in time, they don’t take climate change seriously, they are using taxpayer money to run misinformation campaigns,” McKenna adds. “You got Andrew Scheer developing a climate plan with oil lobbyists behind closed doors.”She adds it’s disappointing Alberta Premier Jason Kenney plans to scrap his provincial carbon tax by may 30, forcing the feds to impose one.RELATED: NDP unveils parts of climate plan in motion as the Green Party edges closerMcKenna won’t speculate on how quickly the Trudeau government would act but says Albertans will end up getting more money in their pockets thanks to the rebate.These latest jabs are thrown as a new Abacus poll shows 78 per cent of Canadians believe a climate change plan must or should include a price in pollution.
EDMONTON – The head of Kinder Morgan Canada says work is to resume next month to prepare a route for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.Ian Anderson says the company will secure, survey and prepare the right-of-way in coming months, and First Nations will monitor the work to look for traditional artifacts and medicines.“We anticipate laying physical pipe in a prepared, surveyed, environmentally protected right-of-way early next year,” Anderson said Friday.A completion date for the project is to be announced at a later date.“The project has been in a suspended mode for a good number of months,” said Anderson. “We’re ramping up hard and we’re evaluating schedule.“The most important thing for me at this point is to get started to demonstrate to Canadians and to our prospective new owner that this project can be executed in a manner that serves the interests of everybody.”Anderson was speaking at an event west of Edmonton on the Enoch Cree Nation. Also present were Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, federal Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi and Enoch Chief Bill Morin.Notley and Morin announced that Enoch land will be a staging and stockpiling area for the line with at least 35 to 40 kilometres of pipe on site beginning next month.“Today we see the benefit of people working together for the benefit of everyone — Albertans and Canadians — not working against one another for the benefit of a few,” said Notley.The project’s aim is to expand an existing Trans Mountain line from Edmonton to the British Columbia coast to allow more oil from Alberta to be shipped to foreign markets.Alberta says the line is critical given the oil price discounts the province currently must swallow due to pipeline bottlenecks and lack of access to markets outside the United States.The pipeline has been the focus of fractious debate, confrontation and court challenges. The B.C. government, environmental activists and some Indigenous groups all oppose it.Rancour reached such fever pitch earlier this year that Alberta passed legislation giving it power to reduce oil shipments to B.C., which would potentially increase automobile and jet fuel costs in that province.Morin acknowledged the dispute among Indigenous people over Trans Mountain, but said his First Nation wants to move with the times to benefit everyone. Profits will be reinvested in green projects such as a solar farm, he said.“Some of our philosophy out here is the best way to sovereignty and self-determination for us is through business,” said Morin.“You can choose to get left behind or you can choose to get in front and direct change, and that’s what this project is.”Kinder Morgan Canada suspended work on the project in April, saying the dispute had put the line’s financial viability at risk.In late May, the federal government agreed to buy the $4.5-billion pipeline to ensure it got built, but the Liberals say they don’t plan to be the long-term owner.The regulatory hurdles may not be over.Sohi and Anderson acknowledged the project may be subject to U.S. approval because the purchase includes the Puget Sound pipeline.“We are very confident that this is a normal process and we will get through it,” said Sohi.(Companies in this story: TSX:KML)Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version said the pipeline cost $4.5 million.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Local music group Scarlet Sway, and solo-artist Adam Winn have made it into the top 100 of CBC’s Music Searchlight.Searchlight is an annual competition by CBC Music to discover up-and-coming musicians from across the country. Voting is open until March 19th, and both groups are looking to get the vote of Peace Region residents.If both bands pass the voting stage and a panel of judges, they’ll get to partake in a residency at the National Music Centre in Calgary, and will get to perform at JUNOFest 2019. Adam Winn. Photo courtesy Facebook page. Dawson Creek’s Scarlet Sway, who have made it into the top 10 of the CBC Searchlight national music contest. Photo by Scarlet Sway/Facebook Anyone wanting to vote for Scarlet Sway and/or Adam Winn can do so once a day by visiting:www.cbcmusic.ca/searchlight
David Paddon, The Canadian Press TORONTO — It may not happen this year, or next year, or even the year after that.But sometime between now and 2025, Canadian employers will almost certainly need to re-think their retirement policies in response to Canada Pension Plan expenses that began to go up in January.Canadian pension experts say higher mandatory contributions to the CPP and the Quebec Pension Plan, will inevitably ripple through human resource budgets over the next six or seven years.“When a corporation designs a pension plan . . . they take into account government pensions,” says Faisal Siddiqi of EY Canada, where he’s associate partner, people advisory services.“I would think every plan sponsor would be looking at this.”Under the enhanced Canada Pension Plan authorized by Ottawa and the provinces, expenses go up in two ways.One way involves a series of higher contribution rates from 2019 to 2023 and the other will involve a higher ceiling on how much annual income is subject to contributions in 2024 and 2025.By 2023, the employer’s contribution rate will be 5.95 per cent of an employee’s pensionable earnings, up from 4.95 per cent in 2018 and prior years. In 2024 and 2025, the ceiling on maximum pensionable earnings will be raised.Siddiqi predicts that every plan sponsor will have to look at these costs.“Then they have to make a decision . . . to fully offset, partially offset or not offset these changes.”However, he and other pension experts say that only a few early adopters have begun that process.Andrew Hamilton, who leads the Ontario retirement practice for Aon, a consulting firm, says there’s anecdotal evidence that organizations are beginning to consider the impact of the CPP enhancements.“But very few, if any, have actually made any design or structural changes to their programs to reflect the changes.”That’s because the additional CPP cost faced by employers in 2019 is very modest and each year’s incremental costs will also be relatively small until all the increases are implemented in 2025.“I think some organizations look at that and there probably isn’t a sense of urgency to do something now,” Hamilton says.“But they may feel differently when we’re closer to being fully implemented and they’re feeling the full impact of the increase in costs.”Jean-Philippe Provost, senior partner at Mercer Canada’s wealth business, notes the employer portion of contributions will be a full percentage point higher in 2023 than in 2018 before the increases began.“If you’re working in an industry that has very, very low margins, a per cent can make a big difference — especially if people costs (are) the lion’s share of your expenses.”Surveys conducted prior to implementation of the enhanced CPP indicate pension plan sponsors have been looking at what’s being considered by other companies, but few have taken action yet.“I would say a very small minority of our organizations have used that … to re-open design,” Provost says.Ryan Silva, head of the pension segment at RBC Investor and Treasury Services, also says higher contribution rates haven’t affected private plans yet but he thinks they will “somewhere in the future.”“At the end of the day, it’s a simple formula — matching the assets to the liabilities. And the increasing contributions essentially adds to the liability and so they will have to consider it.”Provost says a majority of Canadian organizations set an annual budget for human resource expenses.“Part of that budget goes towards salary increases for employees. Part of it … pays for the cost of the retirement plan. Part of it’s for the benefit plan. Part of it’s for perks.“It can be sliced and diced in various ways.”EY Canada’s Siddiqi says employers are always trying to find the right balance between their human resource needs and their overall financial costs.Siddiqui adds that once those costs have been assessed, the bigger challenge will be to communicate effectively so the changes are understood throughout the workforce and unintended consequences are minimized.“A change to a pension plan design is a pretty big deal . . . because it impacts the entire organization.”
John Milton was a revolutionary. For instance, he championed divorce in an era when Protestant reformers maintained a fervent commitment to the doctrine of the marriage contract as an indissoluble bond.But John Milton was, in some ways, a conservative: he championed Cromwell’s campaign against the Catholic Irish, fueled English-Spanish antipathy and lapsed into silence over the proposed readmission of the Jews at a time when Amsterdam Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel presented his vision of England as a religiously and culturally inclusive society.This contradiction in the 17th century polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England is one of many themes Elizabeth Sauer explores in her new book, Milton, Toleration and Nationhood (Cambridge UP, 2014).The professor of English Language and Literature examines Milton’s many works – the most famous including Areopagitica and Paradise Lost – to see how Milton developed concepts of toleration and liberty that informed discourses of English nation-building.Milton produced his poetry, essays, speeches and other works during the political, social and philosophical turmoil of an England ruled by Oliver Cromwell, who contributed to varying degrees to a climate of ‘toleration.’“Toleration wasn’t an acceptance of difference but it was the accommodation of difference at the time,” says Sauer. “The notion of toleration was considerably restricted even by those who accepted the idea.”Toleration usually referred to the temporary forbearance of difference or the accommodation (often reluctantly) of “beliefs … deemed to be conscionably held.” “Milton had an expansive notion of a religious society at the time, pluralistic, accommodating of more difference than had been the case under the monarchy to date in England.”Milton was also passionate about ideals of liberty. In his Areopagitica – a speech to the Parliament of England in 1644 – he outlined principles opposing licensing and censorship.“In his own day Areopagitica had no impact and only one edition of it was produced,” says Sauer. “Today, a work like his Areopagitica is hailed as a key work advocating freedom of expression and the liberty of the press.”Milton, Toleration and Nationhood highlights such themes as exceptionalism (national election); exclusionism (foreign relations, anti-Catholicism); “‘Temple-worke’” (ecclesiology and church politics); “Reduction” (conquest of the Irish); “Natural Law” and constitutional law; “Disestablishment” (divorce of temporal and spiritual authority); “Geography” (the formulation of nationhood and foreign relations through geo-political knowledge); and “Exogamy” (mixed marriages, cultural and racial difference, coexistence).Sauer’s work is supported by the Killam Fellowship, an award that comes with two years of funding to focus exclusively on one’s area of research. The Killam Fellowship is a highly prestigious honour. At the time she won it in 2009, Sauer was one of only nine scholars in Canada to get the award.“I feel deeply honoured by the award, which I view as validation of my research and as testimony of the importance accorded at the national level to scholarship at Brock, particularly in the humanities,” Sauer said at the time.
Speaking from Beijing after a weeklong tour observing the humanitarian situation in the DPRK, Mehr Khan, UNICEF’s Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific, highlighted the dramatic drop in levels of funding for humanitarian assistance to the country since early 2003.Ms. Khan noted that UNICEF’s appeal for $12 million in emergency assistance had so far received less than $500,000, and cautioned that recent gains in children’s nutritional status and childhood immunization rates, as well as the agency’s work in other critical areas, such as water and sanitation and education, will be endangered unless funds are urgently provided.Advising that essential medicines, vaccines and food are urgently needed, Ms. Khan added that unless new contributions are forthcoming, child malnutrition rates could easily rise again very rapidly.
AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to TwitterTwitterShare to FacebookFacebookShare to RedditRedditShare to 電子郵件Email Nordstrom’s 1Q sales rose 14 pct but profit only 2.7 pct as it spent on promotions, shipping by News Staff Posted May 10, 2012 7:48 pm MDT NEW YORK, N.Y. – Upscale retailer Nordstrom Inc. said its first-quarter net income rose a slim 2.7 per cent as it spent more on free shipping and other initiatives that boosted sales but squeezed its profit margin.The earnings fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the department store chain’s shares fell more than 5 per cent in after-hours trading Thursday evening following the report.Sales have rebounded since late 2009 for Nordstrom and many other luxury retailers as well-heeled shoppers have gotten more comfortable with splurging again, despite the vagaries of the stock markets. But Nordstrom and others also face a new challenge in shoppers, armed with smart phones and tablets, who are rethinking customer service. That’s pushing the upscale merchant, long known for its service, to light new paths in the digital era.“Selection, speed and convenience have always been important to our customers,” company President Blake Nordstrom told investors during a conference call following the earning release. “But they are becoming even more critical going forward. We’re moving more quickly. We’re accelerating our learning.”Last September, Nordstrom started offering free shipping on all online purchases with no minimum dollar amount. Previously, customers had to spend at least $200 to qualify. Return shipping is free now too. The company also is giving sales associates devices that let them check out shoppers anywhere in the store. It’s providing free Wi-Fi access in all of its full-line department stores. And, early this year, it enhanced its loyalty program, Fashion Rewards, allowing customers to qualify for prizes with less spending.These changes â€” particularly the free shipping â€” helped Nordstrom’s online sales rise 44.2 per cent, compared with a year ago, while revenue at Nordstrom stores open at least a year climbed 8.5 per cent. That comparison is key for retailers because it’s unaffected by sales at stores that recently opened or closed.But the cost of the initiatives â€” especially the shipping and Fashion Rewards changes â€” depressed Nordstrom’s gross profit and caused most of the 0.31-percentage-point drop in its gross margin, the company said. The gross profit margin was 37.5 per cent for the most recent quarter.The Seattle-based company report net income of $149 million, or 70 cents per share, for the three months that ended April 28. That compares with $145 million, or 65 cents per share, a year earlier.Analysts were expecting higher earnings of 75 cents per share, according to FactSet.Nordstrom’s net sales rose to $2.54 billion, just shy of analysts’ average forecast for $2.55 billion.The company maintained its full-year forecast. It calls for earnings of $3.30 to $3.45 per share, while analysts on average were expecting $3.49 per share.Nordstrom’s shares fell $2.83, or 5.3 per cent, to $50.70 after hours. They ended regular trading down 39 cents at $53.53.
You see the stories everywhere. “Baseball teams are striking out more than ever,” blared an NBC Sports headline back in April. In 2015, The Hardball Times wrote a story entitled “The Strikeout Ascendant.” And the year before that, friend of the program Ben Lindbergh hosted a “rising strikeout rate symposium” on his popular podcast, Effectively Wild. Clearly, the baseball world is well aware that strikeout rates are up — way up.What’s less well-known, but equally true, is this: Baseball’s recent rise in strikeout rates has little to do with how good batters are at making contact. That’s a bit counterintuitive, I know, because strikeout rates have increased (up nearly 26 percent since 20021That’s the first year for which we have plate-discipline statistics, so that’s as far back as we can look using the data mentioned throughout this article.), and when you think of a strikeout, you usually imagine a batter taking a mighty hack and missing. And indeed, swinging strikes are up as a percentage of all pitches.But keep in mind that this isn’t only about the batters — pitchers also have a big say in the matter.And in 2009, pretty much all of a sudden, they started throwing way fewer pitches in the strike zone, as measured by Fangraphs’ zone percentage statistic.2It’s worth noting that Pitchf/x’s version of the same statistic, which uses a slightly different methodology, shows roughly the same trend, but with a different start date and a shallower slope. From 2002 (the earliest year for which we have data) through 2008, pitchers put the ball through the zone about 52 percent of the time, year in and year out. In fact, over the seven seasons from 2002 to 2008, the league-wide rate of pitches in the zone never dropped below 50.5 percent or rose above 54.2 percent. When it came to tossing strikes, MLB hurlers were a model of consistency.But during the 2009 season, pitchers threw balls in the zone just 48.3 percent of the time. In 2010, that number kept falling — to 45.4 percent! — and by 2011, the league-wide rate of pitches in the zone was just 44.6 percent. In just three years, about one out of every nine pitches that had previously been thrown in the zone started missing its mark. (Since then, MLB’s zone rate has basically leveled off: Last year, it was exactly the same — 44.6 percent — as it was in 2011.)But despite that drastic change, batters haven’t really changed how they react to pitches inside the zone. Batters still swing at basically the same proportion of pitches in the zone as they did in 2002, and they still make contact with those pitches at essentially the same rate.Instead, the big changes have come outside the zone. The trend here is striking. As pitchers started throwing outside the zone more and more — again, the really big decline in strike-throwing started around 2009 — hitters not only started swinging at more pitches outside the zone, they also started getting much better at making contact on those wayward pitches. Add it all up, and you see that instead of making contact on just 10 percent of all balls thrown outside the strike zone, as they did back in 2002, hitters made contact on nearly 20 percent of such pitches in 2016.3Note that this isn’t the same as the “contact rate” listed at FanGraphs, which only looks at balls that the batter took a swing at. This figure looks at all pitches outside the zone, which will include, for example, some pitches that were essentially unhittable or thrown as part of an intentional walk. That’s double the rate! That’s unbelievable!Let’s step back for a second, because this is a pretty counterintuitive finding. Batters are striking out more often, but they haven’t gotten any worse at their core task: hitting the ball. They’re also not getting as many good pitches to hit as they used to, but they’re about as good as they ever were at making contact on balls inside the strike zone, and far better than they used to be at making contact on balls outside the zone. Normally that should add up to swinging and missing less often, not more often. But because more of the balls they’re swinging at are outside the zone, and those balls are fundamentally harder to hit, the effect on overall contact is just about level. It’s a classic Simpson’s Paradox.So if MLB hitters suddenly started channeling their inner Vladimir Guerrero, making better contact on bad pitches, why are they still suffering so many strikeouts? We don’t really know for sure, and there’s a lot more digging to be done before anything can be said conclusively. For one thing, it’s not entirely clear which came first: pitchers throwing more outside the zone or hitters swinging at those pitches. I tested whether one month’s zone rate predicted the next month’s swing rate and vice versa, but I found almost no case for either.4The r-squared was less than 0.03 in both directions. This suggests that the complex interactions between batters and pitchers are happening on a much smaller scale than a month, and that they deserve more granular research.But here’s one possible (as-yet-untested) hypothesis for the big-picture story: Sometime in the late 2000s, pitchers began throwing more breaking pitches outside of the zone — hence the decline in zone percentage.5We know that fastball usage has dropped over the period in consideration, and given the trend in zone rate noted above, it’s not ridiculous to guess that some portion of that drop came from pitches outside the zone. At the same time — possibly out of necessity — hitters became increasingly willing to swing at pitches outside the zone, even finding some reasonable success doing it. But pitchers had another weapon: The fastball on the corner of the strike zone. Perhaps the adjustment that hitters made in order to hit breaking stuff outside the zone also made them vulnerable to hard stuff inside it — for which they were not mechanically prepared — and they started getting called out on strikes by the boatload.Again, that’s only a theory. But the fact is that batters are striking out more on called strikes in the zone even as they’re getting better at hitting pitches outside of it. So the next time you see a hitter preparing for a breaking ball out of the zone, remember: It’s not the pitches you swing at that get you. It’s the ones you don’t.
Perjeta is available for patients on the NHS in EnglandCredit:PA Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings. Professor Jonathan Fox, the SMC’s chairman, said he knew some decisions would be “hard for patient groups and clinicians”.But he added: “When we considered all the evidence in front of us, it was not strong enough for us to be able to accept these medicines for routine use.” The SMC now plans to meet Roche to discuss the next steps.But Richard Erwin, the company’s general manager, said Nice had already established the drug’s cost effectiveness and Roche had offered the SMC the same discount as in England.He said: “Today’s decision is a devastating blow to women in Scotland with this very aggressive form of breast cancer.”This means that these women will be denied this early-stage treatment which allows for reduction of large tumours to a size that is operable, potentially enabling breast conservation surgery instead of mastectomies.”Nicolas White, head of Breast Cancer Care in Scotland, described the decision as “outrageous”. He added: “It adds further insult to injury that patients in England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive access to this innovative treatment.”This is the ultimate postcode lottery and more must be done to tackle this imbalance in the UK.”Miles Briggs, the Scottish Conservatives’ public health spokesman said: “When the SNP set out on modifying the drugs approval system, it said it would reduce the chances of things like this happening. “Yet here we are again talking about how Scotland is the only part of the UK where a vital treatment is unavailable.”Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour’s health spokesman “These cases are becoming more frequent and it is clear the system isn’t working for patients.” Breast cancer sufferers in Scotland have been denied routine access on the NHS to an “innovative” new drug despite it being approved last month for use in the English health service.Campaigners said the Scottish Medicines Consortium’s (SMC) decision not to accept Perjeta – also known as pertusumab – had created the “ultimate postcode lottery”.The agency, which decides which new drugs should be provided on the NHS, said it had rejected the treatment over concerns about its long-term survival benefits and not because of cost.But drugs company Roche said the ruling was a “devastating blow” to Scottish breast cancer sufferers and pointed out National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), the English equivalent of the SMC, approved the drug last month.Cancer charities described the decision as “outrageous” and said it added “insult to injury” that women in the UK’s other three home nations could access the drug on the NHS.Perjeta is used in combination with another drug and chemotherapy for the treatment of “locally advanced, inflammatory, or early stage breast cancer.” Tests found it could reduce the need for patients to undergo a mastectomy.According to the submission by Roche to the SMC, 426 women in Scotland would have been eligible for treatment in its first year, with 256 patients using it at a cost of £3.1 million to the medicines budget. This would have increased to 391 patients at a cost of £4.7 million in year five.
Omar Jabara, Newmont Mining’s Senior Director of Communications and Media Relations, reports that “a three-judge panel at the Indonesian Supreme Court is in the process of reviewing the government’s appeal of the Manado District Court’s full exoneration of Newmont and its President Director, Richard Ness (even though appeals of full acquittals are supposedly forbidden under Indonesian) in April 2007, in the Buyat Bay pollution case. There could be a ruling in the coming weeks and there is concern that the panel may overturn the unanimous acquittal by the Manado District Court.”In stark contrast to that possibility is a report from The Jakarta Post, “which is based on interviews with Buyat Bay residents who say they were tricked by NGOs to leave their village and claim they were sick in exchange for promises of money and better housing. This is a remarkable account of how residents were manipulated by NGOs for political purposes.”Jongker Rumteh, writing in The Jakarta Post of November 27 this year, says “evacuees from the Buyat Bay area in South Minahasa, North Sulawesi, who have been living in Duminanga, Bolaang Mangondow regency, have returned home after rights groups failed to supply the amenities they had initially promised to provide them with.“As many as 30 of 68 families have now returned to Buyat because the Buyat Bay Humanitarian Committee (KKTB) and a number of non-governmental groups, including the Health Legal Aid Institute (LBHK), reneged on their pledge to provide aid.“The Buyat residents said they were even required by the NGOs to claim they had contracted various illnesses from tailings dumped by gold mining company PT Newmont Minahasa Raya into the bay area.“A number of residents who spoke to The Jakarta Post in Buyat recently said they had been enduring cramped quarters built by the KKTB and administered by Abit Takalamingan, a South Sulawesi legislator from the Prosperous Justice Party.“One returnee, Sudirman Modeong, who arrived back in Buyat six months ago, said that, unlike in Buyat, he was not able to catch fish in waters off Duminanga, because the area was too rocky. They lack the larger boats necessary to catch tuna, which is only available further from the coast and during certain seasons.“‘When we moved to Duminanga, we were not provided with motor boats or equipment to catch tuna, so most of us could not sail to the open sea. We had to rely on fishing along the coast,’ Sudirman said, adding that had he and his family not been lured by the promises of KKTB and other NGOs, their lives would likely be better.“Sudirman and his family now live in a substandard house, but say they are happy now, because Buyat Bay offers more hope for them.“Sudirman said he no longer owned a home because he and a number of other residents burned their homes, after being lured by the promise from activists that they would be provided with fully furnished homes in Duminanga.”“We were cheated by the KKTB and other rights groups,” Sudirman said.The Jakarta Post article concludes that these returning Buyat Bay residents “are currently looking for a legal adviser to bring the case to court.”
Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp TCI: Savory favors investor residency status, heralds KPMG economic report, says Caicos link is economic lifeline Tourism Strategy calls for greater information disclosure and analysis Local Atty says Govt going against public consultation; says NO to taller resort plan Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsAppProvidenciales, 06 Nov 2015 – The National Tourism Symposium is set for November 17 in The Turks and Caicos on the world’s #1 island destination: Providenciales and the Permanent secretary with responsibility for Tourism, Desiree Lewis, said this will not be an event held in a vacuum. “Voice your opinions on the report that is going to be laid on the table, give us your feedback so that you would have your input on how we would remain the #1 destination in the world.”Last year, KPMG was contracted to find out what residents, visitors and others want to see as the TCI tourism product is maintained and enhanced. The findings of that study will be unveiled at the symposium as the country joins with regional counterparts to commemorate Tourism month. Related Items:feedback, KPMG, national tourism symposium Recommended for you
In announcing the financial restructuring plan, AMI also said it terminated a previous offer to exchange its outstanding 14 percent senior subordinated notes due 2013 for a combination of cash and shares of common stock. The process had been extended several times over the last several weeks past its initial deadline.Last July, AMI underwent a financial restructuring that it said cut its debt by $200 million by exchanging AMI’s bonds for equity in the form of AMI common stock. Following that transaction, AMI said its leverage will be reduced from 7.2X to 5.1X and that the company will have an extra $50 million in free cash flow on a pro forma basis.That deal followed a similar one in February 2009 that had the publisher transfer ownership of 95 percent of its common stock to bondholders, effectively slashing its debt by $227.2 million.Pecker and Evercore Partners bought American Media in 1999 for $850 million. Evercore, together with Thomas H. Lee Partners, were the principal shareholders.AMI publishes several magazines including Men’s Fitness, Shape, Star Magazine and the National Enquirer. Despite its many efforts over the years, American Media Inc. ultimately has been unable to manage significant debt load. The company this morning said it is moving toward filing a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan in order to “significantly de-lever” its balance sheet. The company did not immediately indicate how much debt the financial restructuring would eliminate. An AMI spokesperson tells FOLIO: the company is not releasing any further details about the restructuring.So far, roughly 80 percent of AMI’s bondholders have agreed to the terms of the financial restructuring, which revolves around a debt-for-equity swap. Once AMI secures the requisite percentage of bondholder approval it says it will file its Chapter 11 plan and expect to emerge within 60 days after filing. The reorganization should not affect American Media’s operations,” AMI chairman, president and CEO David Pecker says in a statement announcing the Chapter 11 plans. “Publications will function seamlessly, staff will be unaffected by the reorganization and customers should not notice any difference during the 60 day process.”
Senate appropriators on Thursday restored $322 million in funding for military grocery stores while marking up the fiscal 2016 defense spending bill, matching a similar move by their House counterparts.The Obama administration’s budget request recommended the cut — out of a total allocation of $1.4 billion for commissaries — which would have been accommodated by reducing days of operation and operating hours, laying off staff and closing some stores, reported Military Times. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (Md.), the committee’s top Democrat, criticized the proposal as a shortsighted idea from “Pentagon bean splicers” and said those savings should not come at the expense of military families.“The president is wrong,” she said. “[Defense Secretary] Ash Carter is wrong on this. These are false savings,” Mikulski said.The defense authorization bill now on the Senate floor endorsed the commissary cuts called for in the administration’s budget request, however, setting up a possible showdown before next year’s defense budget is completed.The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 27-3 to pass the $575.9 billion defense spending bill and set up a battle next week when Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tries to bring the bill to the floor. Democrats are planning to block the legislation from advancing. Dan Cohen AUTHOR
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Zach Davies wins 7th, Brewers beat Pirates 5-3
Zach Davies became the first Milwaukee starter to win his first seven decisions in a season, hanging on for five innings Saturday before the Brewers’ bullpen finished off a 5-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates.
Ryan Braun had an RBI single in the fourth that put the Brewers ahead to stay. Mike Moustakas hit his 19th home run and pinch-hitter Manny Pina added a late homer.
Milwaukee moved a season-high nine games over .500 and beat the Pirates for the fifth time in six games this year.
Davies (7-0) gave up seven hits and left with a 4-3 lead. Four relievers blanked the Pirates on one hit, with Josh Hader striking out the side in the ninth for his 15th save.
Tigers 9, Twins 3: JaCoby Jones homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs in Detroit’s win over visiting Minnesota. Christin Stewart also homered for the Tigers, who had lost three straight and 13 of 14 at Comerica Park.
Cubs 9, Cardinals 4: Pinch-hitter Victor Caratini hit a tie-breaking bases-loaded double in Chicago’s four-run sixth inning in a win over visiting St. Louis. Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester was hit hard early, allowing all four St. Louis runs in the first inning on homers.
Red Sox, Rays split: In the first game of a doubleheader in Boston, Ryan Yarbrough held the Red Sox to an unearned run into the eighth inning and Travis d’Arnaud hit a three-run homer in Tampa Bay’s 9-2 win. In the nightcap, David Price made his 300th career start, pitching six solid innings, and Marco Hernández hit a key two-run double in his first major-league start in over two years as Boston won 5-1.
Angels 12, Mariners 3: Shohei Ohtani homered and singled in his first three major-league at-bats against countryman Yusei Kikuchi and Los Angeles won at home. Ohtani’s fourth-inning homer was the Angels’ third in four pitches off Kikuchi. Mike Trout, Tommy La Stella and Cesar Puello also homered in that span.
White Sox 2, Royals 0: Lucas Giolito worked into the eighth inning and had a career-high 11 strikeouts to win his seventh consecutive start, outdueling Brad Keller as Chicago won in Kansas City. Giolito allowed three hits and two walks in 7 ⅔ innings.
D’backs 6, Blue Jays 0: Zack Greinke and four relievers combined on a five-hitter, Alex Avila and Kevin Cron hit solo home runs and Arizona topped visiting Toronto.
Mets 5, Rockies 3: Steven Matz struck out 10, rookie Pete Alonso hit his 21st home run and New York won at home. Matz threw 120 pitches, matching his career high, in six innings.
Phillies 4, Reds 1: Nick Pivetta struck out six in his first career complete game and Jay Bruce had a two-run single as Philadelphia beat visiting Cincinnati. Pivetta allowed six hits in his third start since his demotion to the minors. The right-hander is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA since being recalled from Triple-A.
Orioles 4, Astros 1: Renato Nuñez hit his 16th homer, Richie Martin added a two-run shot in the ninth and visiting Baltimore snapped a three-game skid.
Indians 8, Yankees 4: Rookie Oscar Mercado hit a two-run homer off CC Sabathia to break a fifth-inning tie and Cleveland defeated visiting New York. Roberto Perez homered in his fourth straight game for Cleveland. The Indians have won four of five on their homestand against AL division leaders New York and Minnesota.
Braves 1, Marlins 0: Julio Teheran pitched six sharp innings and rookie Austin Riley scored the only run as Atlanta won in Miami. The Braves won despite getting only three hits and improved to 5-0 this season at Marlins Park. Miami had just four hits.
Nationals 4, Padres 1: Brian Dozier hit his 10th home run, a two-run shot, as Washington won in San Diego.
Briefly: A day after returning from a lower back strain that landed him on the injured list, Red Sox first baseman Mitch Moreland went back on the IL because of a right quadriceps strain. ... Catcher Erik Kratz, who began the season with the Giants, signed a minor-league deal with the Yankees. Kratz was released Wednesday by the Rays, who acquired him from San Francisco on May 16.


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Casanova conman: Barman who stole thousands from 13 women he met on the internet is jailed
- David Kean stole jewellery, computers and cars totalling £8,000
- Kean used 19 aliases and five dates of birth to keep up his fraud
- Judge at Derby Crown Court tells Kean his actions were 'spiteful and mean'
David Kean met women through online dating sites and admitted 13 charges of theft after stealing from them
A conman was jailed today for stealing from 13 lovers he met on the internet.
Former barman David Kean, 41, moved into their homes and then left with jewellery, computers and cars totalling £8,000.
A court heard that he invented a new name and identity whenever he contacted a fresh victim and managed to keep up the ruse for three years.
Kean used 19 aliases and five dates of birth to carry out his fraud.
Judge Ebrahim Mooncey jailed Kean for three years at Derby Crown Court and told him: 'You wormed your way into their lives.
'The effect on victims are that they say "my trust in mankind has gone as a result of what I experienced with him."
'You breached their trust and did it without emotion. It was spiteful and mean.'
Outside court, victim Catherine Smith, from County Durham, said: 'I have not seen him for three years and was glad to see him through bars.
'He told me his favourite meal was steak and ale pie. I bought one and he stole that from the fridge.
'He took my daughter Hannah's £180 birthday money and my car. We never realised he had gone until I came home, found the doors locked, the car missing and he was not answering the phone.'
Kean, who is homeless, took Ms Smith's laptop containing irreplaceable photographs of her parents' 50th wedding anniversary.
He told her his name was Jamie Patterson, that he had two daughters from a marriage and worked as a security man.
Kean has been jailed at Derby Crown Court for stealing from 13 lovers he met online
Kean admitted 13 charges of theft between 2008 and 2011. Items stolen were valued at up to £8,000.
Alex Wolfson, prosecuting, said Kean contacted single women over websites like Flirtomatic, Match.com and Oasis.
Laura Finch, defending, said: 'He is sorry for how his actions have affected these ladies.'
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PLEASANTON, Calif., 2017-Nov-29 — /EPR Electronics News/ — OLC Inc. a manufacturer of the world’s smallest miniature cross flow fan announced a new X series of the product and is in immediate availability. X series boost the speed up to 11500RPM, increase static pressure by 30%, and doubles airflow.
OLC’s products offer a unique, small sized cross flow fan, i.e. tangential fans, for customers to design a variety of compact products and turn-key modules. They are mainly used in mission critical and high reliable electronics cooling, thermoelectric cooling/heating, micro air curtain, generating airflow pattern and where space is limited.
The new X series’ increasing airflow and pressure, further expands its applications into higher power of heat or cold dissipation. Because of its compact style, it is very beneficial for aerospace and scientific instruments as well as portable electronics. The X series offers four models measured in length of its air outlet from 1”(25.4mm) to 4”(101.6mm) with unique height of 23mm. With the built-in tachometer sensor, the speed of the X series can be controlled by regulating 5VDC or 12VDC. It also can be controlled by PWM. The full ball bearing system supports motor continuously running life expectancy greater than 65K hours with RoHs compliance.
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Leader, international student, writer, tree planter: meet Sean Park
Hailing from South Korea, Gyungsoo (Sean) Park, 19, is our student leader responsible for media. This month he spearheaded a volunteer tree planting event on Motuihe Island. It was not only a stand against global warming but also an opportunity to unite students from all areas of the school.
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“I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.”
— Abraham Lincoln
EVEN AS many here in Kilgore and across the state and nation begin to venture out to resume life as it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, positive case numbers are still a factor in Kilgore and throughout East Texas.
While we have the go-ahead to dine at restaurants, visit salons and exercise in gyms, caution is still the word of the day. Wear masks, wash your hands and stay home if you’re feeling ill.
We’re not through this yet, folks, and keeping our thoughts on safety and compassion for others will see us through.
PROTESTS AND RIOTS have rocked the nation over the past week following the death of George Floyd, a man killed by a police officer while in custody. Demonstrations in East Texas, in Kilgore, Tyler and Longview, have been peaceful, however, and some area pastors met last weekend to discuss what their Kilgore-area churches can do to make things better (see our story on page 1 today).
The right to peaceful assembly and demonstration is enshrined in our Constitution and Bill of Rights and, according to our founding fathers, is among our most patriotic duties.
WE’RE CERTAINLY glad to hear the city pool and splash pad will soon be open for the summer. While there will still be some health and safety restrictions in place due to the pandemic, it will be a welcome relief from the summer heat to take a quick dip in one of the largest swimming pools in East Texas.
HOW ABOUT THAT new “Welcome” sign, Kilgore? Mayor Spradlin posed next to the brand-new sign for a Facebook photo last week, which garnered hundreds of likes and comments. Here at KNH, we think the new sign is sleek and stylish and will surely catch the eye of those visiting our fair city. Check out a photo of the sign on page 1 of today’s edition.


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HMRC was today slammed for failing to distinguish between genuine tax avoidance and innocent mistakes when wielding "broad, disproportionate powers" like the retrospective loan charges devastating some tech freelancers.
In a damning report, the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee said the taxman wasn't treating people fairly.
Much of its ire was focused on HMRC's use of the loan charge, which was introduced in 2017 and is used to smack taxpayers – often contractors – retrospectively. This meant people were hit hard without preparation or savings to pay up.
To make matters worse, some people who used these schemes were required to do so by their employers; others who felt they had been incorrectly caught in the net of tax rules, such as IR35, thought they might be a legitimate way of paying the right amount to the taxman.
Extended powers like this – which were given to the department as a way to ensure tax was recouped – "disproportionately affect unrepresented and lower income taxpayers", the peers said.
Contractors slam UK taxman's 'aggressive' IR35 tax reformsREAD MORE
The way HMRC approached the loan charge is "devastating the lives of middle and lower income individuals, from the private and public sector (including the National Health Service)", committee chairman Lord Forsyth of Drumlean said.
He added the committee had received "disturbing evidence" from people who had been affected by the charge, some of which is published at the end of the report.
A number of taxpayers report being told to use schemes by their employers. These include things like an Employee Benefits Trust – which is used by businesses to receive a tax deduction and pay funds were paid to employees as non-taxable loans. Another individual, an IT contractor, told the committee it was used as an alternative to the "confusing and poorly understood" IR35 legislation.
The problem is that the charge is retrospective; Lord Forsyth said it was used to claim tax "from years which should be closed to enquiry".
He emphasised the UK tax collector should tackle tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance, but that it needed to strike a balance between clamping down and treating taxpayers fairly.
"Our evidence has convinced us that this balance has tipped too far in favour of HMRC and against the fundamental protections every taxpayer should expect."
The committee called on the government to widen the role of HMRC's Adjudicator or increase the tax service's obligations to act on that body's recommendations, and to commission an independent review of the taxman's work.
HMRC contractor scores IR35 payout after yet another taxman blunderREAD MORE
Contractor lobbyists have seized on the criticisms of HMRC's approach to tax collection as an indictment of its rapid overhaul of rules on off-payroll working in 2017.
There, the revenue service's aim is to squeeze contractors for more cash by shifting the liability of determining contractors' IR35 status from the contractors to the organisations hiring them.
The reforms began in the public sector – reportedly causing a mass exodus of government IT contractors – and is being rolled out to the private sector in April 2020. That's despite complaints about a lack of evidence that the reforms are effective and difficulties assessing people's tax status – even when using HMRC's own CEST tool to check.
Dave Chaplin, CEO of ContractorCalculator, said that the kinds of schemes described in the report come about due to HMRC's "aggressive tax legislation" such as IR35 and its "ghastly sequel" of off-payroll reforms.
"As we approach April 2020, with the planned extension to roll out the IR35 reforms to the private sector, I'm already seeing new schemes being designed," he said.
"History is likely to repeat itself, the result being damage done to the flexible workforce, more taxpayers unwittingly becoming tax cheats, and a travesty 10 times worse than the loan charge surfacing in 10 years' time."
Seb Maley, chief exec of Qdos, agreed, saying that HMRC's "aggressive pursuit of contractors has had disastrous consequences" in the past.
"With further IR35 reform on the horizon, it's vital these recommendations are taken seriously and appropriate changes made to the way HMRC enforces tax compliance." ®


“In an effort to preserve this priceless cultural treasure and the many jobs it creates from coast to coast, Senator Chuck Schumer introduced a bill in Congress called the Stage Act,” James said.
Borle chimed in: “Taking effect this year, the bill affords vital tax benefits to Broadway, similar to those offered to the film and television industries. Thank you, Senator Schumer.”
As the cameras panned to the tux-sporting senator, who was seated in the audience, he beamed and pointed to the silver ribbon on his lapel, which many attendees sported in honor of the victims of the mass shooting early Sunday in Orlando.
There were other political moments in the evening’s ceremony — a skit featured Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton impersonators, and there were jabs aplenty directed at the presumptive GOP nominee — but the tax-law call-out might have been the only policy reference.


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The Board of Education has approved installing ground-mounted solar panel canopies at six district building, according to a report on northjersey.com.
A BOE architect estimated the district would save $1 million over 15 years, the report said.
Elsewhere in North Jersey, William Paterson University has installed similar panels in the form of carports, the Associated Press reported. Hudson Energy will operate Teaneck's panels for 15 years. The company works with other districts, .
Read more about the project on northjersey.com.
A district presentation and photos of the panels are attached to this report. Additional presentations are posted on the school district website.


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It's been 19 years since a veteran Fall River police officer and father of three was killed in the line of duty, but the streets he patrolled still hum with his memory.
Runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes from across the country will gather in the city on Sunday, April 7, for the 19th annual Officer Thomas J. Giunta 5K Memorial Road Race.
Sponsored by the Fallen Officers Memorial Trust of the Fall River Police Department, the race honors the memory of a man who served the department for 21 years before he was shot and killed in August of 1994 while distributing parking passes to Middle Street residents ahead of the Holy Ghost Feast.
Officer David Pacheco, race coordinator, said last year's event drew more than 1,400 participants, including officers from throughout New England and New York. One runner traveled from the Bahamas to compete.
"It continues to grow every year," Pacheco says, adding that he hopes 2,000 or more runners participate in 2014, the event's 20th year.
Giunta's widow Doris and many family members help to coordinate the race. In addition to his wife, 49-year-old Giunta left three children, including Timothy Giunta, a city officer assigned to the uniform division, according to the Fall River Police Department.
Pacheco said the race also attracts many spectators, especially residents who live along the race route and want to cheer on the racers and walkers as they pass.
"It's a great show of community support," Pacheco said, noting that many area businesses, banks and restaurants help support the fundraiser.
Giunta was shot to death with his own gun while trying to issue a parking pass to an unexpectedly aggressive man at a Middle Street house in advance of a 1994 feast. The man shot Giunta numerous times during a struggle, unloading all of the revolver's ammunition.
Following Giunta's death, a scholarship was established in his memory. Almost two decades later, the scholarship is still funded by race proceeds and private contributions.
The Fallen Officers Memorial Trust was established to honor Giunta, and officers Richard George Magan, who died as a result of a fall in August 2000; Officer John W. Ruggiero, who died after being shot in July 1973; Louis Gormley, who died as a result of accidental gunfire in August 1898; and Constable Gideon Manchester, who was shot to death in July 1852.
Pacheco said a committee annually awards a memorial scholarship to a member of the graduating class from BMC Durfee, Diman Regional Vocational Technical and Bishop Connolly high schools. Some years, a scholarship also is awarded to a student enrolled in the criminal justice program at Bristol Community College.
Scholarship applications are available at the Fall River Police Department, 685 Pleasant St.
Officer Nicholas Magan, who followed in his late father's footsteps and joined the police department last year, said he appreciates the scholarship program because it helps to alleviate — if only in a small way — the financial burden placed on college students and their families.
Last year, Magan ran the race with his police academy class one week before graduation.
"It was a nice way to finish off the police academy," he said, adding that his family has been strengthened by the emotional support they have received from race participants and the community since his father's passing.
Pacheco said that during the race, many off-duty police officers volunteer to serve as traffic officers or perform other duties with the support of their wives and families to ensure the event's continued success.

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Scroll to the bottom for my video tutorial!
Sometimes we all crave a quick and fun little project that let’s us get the creativity moving and grooving just a little bit. You know the kind: “I don’t really want to make a huge mess” (that rules out making those delicious 20 ingredient cookies you saw on Pinterest…) or that “I have a free afternoon, what do I do with myself?” (“and the kids, what do I do with the kids?!”)
Enter: my Fa-la-la-Llama felt sewing project!
Ain’t she the cutest?!
She’s inspired by everyone’s most favorite well dressed llama’s, Peruvian llamas!
How majestic and colorful!
I am a very big fan of cute, well dressed animals. Peruvians have kept llamas as livestock for thousands of years, and it’s obvious why: they can wear the heck outta a pom pom!
So if you aren’t a local friend of mine (hey there, Jersey Shore folks!) and you can’t make it to my felt llama ornament workshop on December 9th at the Asbury Park Christmas Bazaar I’m happy to share the free pattern and simple tutorial for this hand-sewn furball!
The link to download the file is below, please let me know if you have any questions! And if you make your own, I’d love if you’d share it on social media and tag the shop: @julia_oldspoolsewing on instagram and Old Spool Sewing: Brielle NJ on Facebook!

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WUvians will surely be interested in a great new art book showcasing the weird comics covers of
, inventors tried to think of ways to preserve items during a sinking. Dutch inventor Cornelis Van Blaaderen came up with his Floating Safe, which never quite caught on.
has a brief explanation in English.
has the full story, but all in Dutch. Google translate should help. But even if you don't bother, there are great pictures and a film!
Romance over practicality? What were they thinking?
I finally tracked down the original story. It's copyright so
and read all about it.
Interview with Susanne Wenger from Jeremy Weate on Vimeo.
You know all those campy old films where explorers find a leopardskin-clad white woman ruling an African tribe? Well, while not quite the same, here's the story of
, who gave up European life for Yoruban culture.
And given that Wenger was once
quite a looker
, maybe the Hollywood version is not so far off.
I just hope he knew enough to yell, "Fire!"
Full article here.
Schonach, Germany, is the heart and homeland of the cuckoo-clock industry. Two houses in fact have been transformed into giant cuckoo clocks to commemorate this.
This video offers a perfect pairing of weird personalities.
, a black man from the USA, once a boxer, who became a pop star, but only in Europe.
Jayne Mansfield, dancing and uttering the line, "My ears directed my body toward the sound." 'Nuff said.
More coverage below.
Original article here.
Escape 130206.001 Raerd from Leanne Wijnsma on Vimeo.
This woman does not intend to plant a shrub. It's her art.
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Egypt issues regulatory framework to provide IoT services
Egypt’s telecoms regulator, the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has issued the regulatory framework for providing Internet of Things (IoT) services in the country.
IoT is actually deemed one of the most important mainstays of Industry 4.0, operating the major systems as well as digital services of smart cities including smart home, smart metre and smart transportation.
In fact, such a step comes in line with Egypt’s strategy to foster digital transformation across its different sectors and polarise as well as increase investments in this field. This step aims to support Egypt’s future plans to establish further smart cities, NTRA said in a statement.
For this, NTRA had studied the optimum international modules and practices with respect to IoT services. In addition, the regulator is arranging meetings and hearing sessions with a number of local as well as global organisations operating in such a field to figure out the best regulatory policies applicable in international markets as well as fitting Egypt’s telecom market.
Such a framework was actually prepared and approved to act as a regulatory tool facilitating IoT service procedures, NTRA added.
Hossam El-Gamal, executive president of NTRA, said the new regulatory framework aims to polarise investments to establish IoT networks and sophisticated app platforms.
It also helps with enforcing Egypt’s policy of Industry 4.0 and foster digital information through establishing a large number of sophisticated systems, operated via IoT technologies, across the country’s different sectors, El-Gamal added.
These technologies would also contribute to mechanizing business cycles and providing sophisticated e-services to citizens.
He has further pointed out that the regulatory framework to provide IoT services was adopted and approved by NTRA in conjunction with Egypt 2030 Vision, which entails the foundation of a number of cities similar to the New Administrative Capital.
Such a framework seeks to allow creating a number of modern smart systems in smart cities and communities. It also helps with the transformation from traditional to modern smart systems to expedite and facilitate the process of e-service provision, the NTRA executive stated
IoT is a terminology indicating all equipment interconnected via telecom networks, where data are exchanged to fulfil the requirements and needs of citizens in all life aspects. IoT apps are also diversified according to different aspects of usage including end-user, commercial and industrial, infrastructure besides government activities.


Unlocking the Ancient Mystery of the Universe: A Breakthrough in Missing Matter Discovery
Unveiling the Enigma: Exploring the Missing Matter Mystery in the Universe
According to space.com, A remarkable discovery of an 8 billion-year-old mystery of the universe, originating from colliding galaxies, has the potential to provide insights into the elusive missing matter in the universe. This record-breaking mystery of the universe, designated FRB 20220610A, represents the oldest and most distant instance of its kind observed, revealing that FRBs can serve as a unique tool for “weighing” the universe and addressing the universe’s missing baryonic matter, distinct from dark matter.
The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) detected this momentous mystery, which, within milliseconds, emitted energy equivalent to 30 years’ worth of the Sun’s output. The precision of ASKAP’s array of dishes enabled researchers to pinpoint the source, and further investigation with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile revealed that this source resides within an older and more distant group of merging galaxies than any other previously identified.
The mystery of the universe’s missing matter, consisting of ordinary baryonic matter composed of protons and neutrons, has stymied scientists for decades, given its scarcity and difficulty to detect. Speculations, including those initiated by the late astronomer Jean-Pierre ‘J-P’ Macquart, suggest that the universe may serve as “cosmic weight stations” to identify this elusive matter.
Unraveling the Cosmic Puzzle: Fast Radio Bursts and the Expanding Mystery of the Universe
As the universe traverses vast distances, their radiation is dispersed by the missing matter, enabling the measurement of the universe’s density. Tracking the sources of approximately 50 mystery of the universe to date, scientists believe that thousands more may be detectable in the future especially with upcoming advanced radio telescopes like the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).
The discovery reinforces the notion that fast radio bursts, while their origins remain a mystery of the universe, are common events in the cosmos and hold the potential to aid in the detection of matter distribution between galaxies thereby advancing our understanding of the mystery of the universe’s structure.


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Here’s mine! I am combining two bouquets that were pre-made. I got them from afloral.com. I got both of these bouquets with shipping for $35. My wedding colors are deep purple and kind of a cornflower blue with a brown accent, and so I will probably be tying the whole thing together with brown blinged out ribbon…
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This is my inspiration. I’m adding some roses in place of the orchids (orchids were too expensive). The ribbon will actually look like the blue fabric in the background.
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Beautiful flowers, ladies!
This is my inspiration… I orginially wanted a full white peony bouquet, but they aren’t avaliable in January 🙁
I think this is a good alternative, tho! Plum, lavender, and ivory roses and hydrangeas and I will also be incorporating some baby’s breath
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This is glass pearls & crystals (click the link to go to the site)
Here’s my most recent progress photo. There’s a few hundred more on there now. 😀
I’m going to put a lace collar around mine before I wrap the “stems” in satin.


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Tori Spelling is mad as hell and she’s not taking it anymore! She is fighting back at Star Magazine‘s cover story saying that she and her hubby Dean are divorcing, but that’s not the worst of the story. Tabloids do what they do, but this time her 5-year-old son is the one who noticed it at the grocery story, splashed on the cover in huge letters, and proudly the read the word DIVORCE. It also says, “who will get the kids?” and that freaked the little one out, needless to say. Ya know what? Tori has a right to fight back and I am behind her all the way.
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In Linda Sherman had been working at the U.S. Records Center in St. Louis. She was 27 years old, and married to Don Sherman, who worked as a gas station attendant.
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THE MYSTERIES OF ST. LOUIS was first serialized in the German St. Louis newspaper, Anzeiger des Westens in It was then published as a novel in German, and in appeared in an English version.
and the book is a mini-history of St. Louis at the time of the action () which includes such events as the great fire of St. Louis. Kids who dream of becoming a St.
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If you like mysteries with a touch of broad humor, Fedora Amis sets mystery novel in Victorian St. Louis characters with punny names and a. The Secret of the Rosary from Catholic Book Publishing is a new, enlightening translation of the classic Mysteries of St.
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