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“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.” Yogi Berra
FYI: This post is not really about the book.
I read it, though. I even saw the movie. I acted all impressed, and I suppose I thought I was. Despite all the raving, however, and despite Milan Kundera’s remarkable portrait of Czech society during a Seminal Historical Period, the story I read was about one man’s shameless infidelity and his meek and accommodating wife.
What I love is the title. Whatever the author meant by it, those five words distill the magic and misery of being a grown up: the unbearable lightness of being.
Every time that phrase surfaces, I imagine shifting, amorphous shapes, rendered almost completely unintelligible due to some blinding backlighting. It’s as if I am emerging from Plato’s cave for the very first time, or–rather less grandly–as if I am staring into the setting sun through a filthy windshield. No matter how hard I try to focus or shield my eyes, I cannot make out what I am hurtling toward.
No one says it out loud, but everyone seems to believe that eventually we’ll know what we’re doing, where we’re going, and what it all means. We’ll feel Grown Up, and life will feel defined. It’s a grand fallacy we buy, and oh, how alluring.
By my early twenties, I was already itching to feel grown, to know who and what I was becoming. I needed to figure it all out, because I wasn’t handling the gray area very well.
Here’s the problem: it’s all gray area. It’s all undefined, and not just when we’re 23.
When things seem to be black and white, it’s a cognitive short cut, a decision to see the world that way. While we may not determine our material circumstances, we do create our interpretations of them, and forge theories about ourselves and our lives. We need to believe things are clearly defined now and then in order to plow ahead with enthusiasm.
I once had a long talk with my sister about marriage. I wanted to know how she knew it was the right decision; how she knew that this was the right guy. She admitted that there was no such thing as 100% certainty, but once you married, you no longer had to continually ask yourself: is this the right person? You started from the idea that it was, and figured out how to handle whatever was coming your way from that vantage point.
Of course perspectives evolve and change, but if we don’t adopt one, we can’t focus in any direction. We lose traction and go nowhere at all. Contrary to how it may appear, choosing a direction isn’t limiting, it’s what makes movement possible. When I allow myself to wallow in the gray area, I limit myself. When I wonder, “Am I really a writer?” I waste a lot of time and energy on this question, instead of simply saying, “I am writing. How can I continue in this direction?”
In the interest of full disclosure, my sister got a divorce. Still, I don’t think that negates the power of what she was saying. Picking a direction only means that we are more likely to get somewhere, it doesn’t guarantee that we will.
September 11, 2001 is an extreme example. It was a clear, beautiful day, and the collective mood had adjusted accordingly. Moments later, when the sky was engulfed in a fog, when it was raining detritus, and fear swallowed the streets, people could not process what was happening. Part of the shock was having to acknowledge the gray area, the great unknown that is life. On that deceptively sunny day, people thought they could see where they were going; they believed that they were headed to work, when actually they were passing through a portal to hell.
This is not a message of doom and gloom, however. Thankfully, we are not always teetering on the brink of an abyss. We just don’t know exactly where we are going. We can’t control other people and events. To be honest, we can’t even control our own actions sometimes. The best we can do is to figure out what and who give us joy, what values and issues are important to us, and how we can contribute to make the world a better place. Then, we can surround ourselves with those people, work on those projects, and head in that direction. But we need to do this while being open to uncertainty. We need to be flexible enough to learn from our mistakes and the changing world around us.
The good news is, when the cracks become visible, when our current perspective is shattered, we can sift through the pieces to make a new place from which to stand, a new perspective that is just as true. It just takes a while to make a new map and start to trust the road.
A friend called me one night not long ago, completely agitated, to ask me, “Who are all those people, smiling and walking down the street like they know what they’re doing?”
Those people are you and I, my friend, on a day when things seem clear.


PRIMARY school performance tables are out today, giving a snapshot of how pupils in Coventry and Warwickshire performed in tests this summer.
Among the top performers in Coventry this year is Stanton Bridge Primary School, in Oliver Street, Foleshill.
Pupils made big improvements between joining the school and taking tests in maths and English at 11 just before leaving for secondary school – giving the school Coventry’s top ‘value added’ score.
Head Sofina Islam says getting parents involved and listening to their concerns is one of the reasons for success.
She said: “Pupil confidence has improved. Doing well in tests has improved their confidence not the other way round.”
Pupils who belong to the school’s student council say they’re doing better because lessons are more fun and teachers are more involved.
The Coventry school with the biggest percentage of pupils getting at least level four, considered an acceptable level, in English and maths is St Osburg’s Catholic Primary School in Upper Hill Street, Radford, where 93 per cent of pupils made the grade.
Results at the school have shown a massive improvement going up from 41 per cent in 2008.
Teachers and staff worked hard with extra classes after school. Many gave up a week of the Easter holidays for extra lessons.
Other schools which have shown big improvements in maths and English results over the last four years are St Anne’s Catholic Primary School in Chace Avenue, Willenhall, and Spon Gate Primary School in Upper Spon Street, Spon End.
Spon Gate Primary School headteacher Jamie Wingrove said: “We are delighted although we have small cohorts which affects results.
“Statistics show children who get to level four do better at GCSE and have much better life chances.”
It was village schools that topped the tables in Warwickshire.
Village schools in Long Lawford, Bishop’s Itchington, Norton Lindsey and Temple Herdewyke all had 100 per cent of pupils making the grade.
Nuneaton’s top scoring school for English and maths is St Nicholas Church of England Primary School with 92 per cent.
All Saints Church of England Primary School is the top Warwick school with 89 per cent.
Paddox Primary School is at the top in Rugby with 95 per cent. And with 90 per cent St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School is the top in Leamington.
Kenilworth’s top school in At Augustine’s Catholic Primary School in with 97 per cent. And Canon Maggs Church of England Primary School is top in Bedworth with 74 per cent.
Ethnic minority school is top
A SCHOOL where the majority of pupils do not speak English as their first language today took the crown as the top primary school in England.
Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior School in Harrow, north west London, gained the highest average points score this year, after 90 per cent of Year 6 pupils gained a Level 5– one above the standard expected of the age group – in both English and Maths tests.
The grade was achieved by 94 per cent of the pupils who took the English test.
Rekha Bhakoo, headteacher of the school, attributed the success to “high academic standards”, adding: “The school provides a really well-rounded education while the foundations are absolutely rock solid.
“I believe children need to be able to read and write and be proficient in English in order for them to live in the world and function and pass exams.
“But the Sats are just one aspect of what happens at this school. I do believe our success is down to the rigour with which we look after our children.”
*See today's Coventry Telegraph for a full list of key stage two results for the city and county


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Posted on 10th November 2017
What a diverse, welcoming, stunning country Botswana is, teeming with wildlife and blessed with abundant water in the North. Access to Maun, the gateway to the North of Botswana is swift and comfortable for international and South African tourists if one flies from Cape Town or Johannesburg. Within a few hours one can literally be deep in the bush of Northern Botswana, sipping a G&T while elephant, hippo, buffalo, and all sorts of other wildlife pursue their ancient habits undisturbed around you.
Earlier this month I inspected camps for Gondwana Tours & Safaris in the Okavango Delta and the Linyanti. Many of us are familiar with the Okavango Delta, but certainly I knew little about the Linyanti. The name seemed impossibly romantic and remote to me. The Linyanti is in fact a huge “swamp” on the border of Northern Botswana and Namibia’s Caprivi Strip. It is remote, famous for its huge herds of buffalo and elephant. Access by plane to the Linyanti is a 40 minute plane ride North from Maun.
Our first stop however was in the Khwai Concession, a community concession in the heart of the Okavango Delta. A short ‘plane trip from Maun landed us right next to Khwai Village, where the community live in harmony with some of the wildest and most dangerous animals on this planet. As we landed I could see elephants everywhere, grazing peacefully in the green wetlands. We – me and a couple of other agents invited by African Bush Camps – were collected by land cruiser and at once began an informal game drive that left me speechless. Two huge male lions were lying sunning themselves next to the Khwai Bridge while villagers went about their tasks around them, collecting firewood, fishing, and cutting grass for thatch. Then a young male leopard popped up, ignoring us completely as he stealthily stalked a nervous herd of Impala. Amongst this abundance of dangerous game the villagers manage to live and work around the animals, respecting them as they in turn expect respect.
I am told though that an attempt to keep donkeys at Khwai village was unsuccessful.
Khwai Tented Camp, which is run by African Bush Camps, a well known Zimbabwean company with Camps in a number of Southern African countries, was the first Camp to be inspected by us. The Camp is on the banks of the Khwai River in the Okavango Delta in a pretty setting dominated by a luxurious Boma decorated in a colonial style. The Boma overlooks the river. African Bush Camps is well known for their superb service, which in my view is their trademark. Khwai Tented Camp follows this tradition, providing management, staff and guides that are superbly trained and who make a special effort to engage with and please their guests.
The “tents” at Khwai Tented – really most Botswana Camps offer “tents” that are in fact massive luxury apartments – are attractive, luxurious, eclectically furnished, and uniquely offer electrical connections under the beds for sleep apnea machines! We were told this is an increasingly common request. The Camp has a large, super refreshing, deep blue swimming pool for those who prefer not to swim with the crocs and hippos down by the Khwai river.
We were offered a morning walk with armed Rangers and all took up the offer with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. I mean really, the Khwai Concession is particularly well know for its prolific cats. We had already seen lion and leopard near the camp. Now we were going to be walking in the same area! Our guides quickly set us at ease though, explaining a little about their training and the rules that we were to follow to ensure our safety. Walk in single file between the Rangers, wear neutral clothing…and whatever you do, don’t run!
We trooped along past a pod of hippos in the river, the hippos complaining loudly about our intrusion. Past the hippos we stopped to inspect spoor, trees, plants and bushes, which flora the guides are well acquainted with. They explained to us a little about the medicinal use of the plants and trees in the area. Then we moved through a small grove of trees, past an elephant mud bath, only to come across two mating lions ahead! Our guides, quietly and professionally settled us. They said that it appeared to them that the lions had finished mating, a process that takes a couple of days. Indeed the lions looked exhausted, and the female didn’t look particularly thrilled at the male’s further half hearted attentions. The lions were directly on our path back to our vehicle so we had to return to the land cruiser along the same path we had originally taken. This meant we had to pass the hippos again. They were still complaining loudly.
Sadly we had to leave Khwai to head up to The Linyanti. But we had already seen more wildlife than I could have imagined in this relatively small area – elephant, zebra, giraffe, kudu, all sorts of exotic birds, not to mention the many cats – and we’d been impressed by the standard of service and professionalism of our hosts.
Transport between Camps in Botswana is normally by small ‘plane. Our ‘plane to The Linyanti was bigger than usually but still only perhaps a ten seater, single prop ‘plane with one pilot. We took off from the dirt airstrip at Khwai Village and flew North for about 40 minutes before landing at the remote Saile airstrip in the Linyanti. I always feel nauseous after these small ‘plane flights. Most people do, but the alternative is a very long drive over poor sand tracks. We were met by a representative of African Bush Camps at the airstrip who explained to us that Linyanti meant “Place of Buffalos”. The trip to Linyanti Bush Camp was to take over an hour across deep sandy tracks. We spotted Kudu, Giraffe, Impala, and Ground Hornbill along the way.
Linyanti Bush Camp is built on a bluff overlooking the Linyanti Swamp. The camp is in a private concession so as a rule there won’t be any traffic jams of safari vehicles and self drivers as is sometimes found in popular public game areas. The camp has a comfortable Boma where guests can relax and eat communally. Below the Boma is a big fire pit where guests have breakfast and congregate after meals. The rooms are big, comfortable, but a little dark. However I suspect that in the heat of summer those dark rooms provide extra and welcome protection from the heat.
We were soon whisked away from our rooms and the main Boma for a game drive before dinner, surprising a warthog along the way, crouching in the entrance of an Aardvaark hole that he had appropriated. We drove slowly in thick sand down to the banks of the Linyanti where we enjoyed sundowners while elephant drank in the distance. Back at the camp dinner was excellent, not just the mouth watering slow cooked Oxtail but also the company – interesting, diverse guests from all over the world sharing our table. The wines were good South African wines. It always disappoints me when bespoke Southern African Safari Camps neglect their wine lists. It doesn’t make sense to me for them to just provide some arbitrary table wine when they must know that their guests are likely to have a working knowledge of wine – and could have avoided disappointment for a few dollars more.
The unique aspect about this camp is their helicopter! They have a dedicated Swedish pilot who flies the helicopter, providing game viewing and scenic flights around the area as well as transfers from and to the airstrip and other camps. This seems to me to be a swift, safe, and comfortable alternative to the small planes and long drives that are typical of transport in the North of Botswana. I have to admit I’d never flown in a helicopter so I was nervous about what I assumed was a highly unstable means of transport. To the contrary I found the ride we did up to the airstrip and back – in less than a quarter of the time it would take to drive – remarkably stable and calm. Below we could watch and film startled giraffe and hippo splashing through the water. Buffalo were abundant. I’d recommend this mode of transport any time! A complimentary helicopter flight is included in the price of a visit to Linyanti Bush Camp, I believe.
Next door to Linyanti Bush Camp is Linyanti Ebony. This camp is owned and managed by African Bush Camps too. Linyanti Ebony seemed to me a little more luxurious than Linyanti Bush Camp, but apparently the pricing is the same and Linyanti Ebony caters for families. A lovely, secluded camp, positioned in a similar manner to Bush Camp, overlooking the vast vista of the Linyanti Swamp from a bluff above it.
Alas we had to leave for further camp inspections. I would be traveling on alone, back to the Okavango Delta to inspect camps further afield there, while I believe the others were heading for Zambia. On the long and sandy road back to the airstrip we were thrilled to come across a large pack of satiated Wild Dogs lying panting on a sand bank next to the water. We managed to get closer to them and sat in silence, awed by this special sighting. But we needed to catch my plane so we reluctantly moved on, only to run into a huge herd of elephants just around the next bend. Hundreds of elephants with mothers and young, moving swiftly down to the water, squealing excitedly and beginning to run as they got closer. Dust swirled around them as they plunged into and wallowed in the cool swamp. We counted and counted as elephant after elephant moved in front of us. Eventually we gave up as our counting took us into the hundreds.
By now we were late for my flight – but with a good excuse! – held up by elephants – so we raced the last few kilometers to the airstrip. There we found our pilot catching 40 winks, her head resting on the joystick of her aircraft. The Okavango Delta now has many local female pilots who fly superbly. This one was no exception but I had delayed the plane so we set off South at some speed, trying to recover lost time I imagine.
All of the camps mentioned above offer game drives in open land cruisers, guided walking and Mokoro (traditional dugout canoe poling on calm water). The Linyanti camps offer the helicopter too.
I thoroughly enjoyed my couple of days with African Bush Camps (ABC). Gondwana Tours & Safaris often book ABC, not just in Botswana but in Zimbabwe and and Zambia too. Excellent service, superbly trained guides, large well appointed “tents”, and good food and drink are the hallmarks of this company. Gondwana Tours & Safaris have many satisfied clients who can attest to that.


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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante-Apeatu has strongly rejected calls for him to resign.
The IGP has been under intense pressure to abdicate his post after the violence-ridden Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election in Accra last month.
Six people were shot at the Baweleshie polling centre of the constituency, compelling the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to withdraw from the exercise citing safety concerns.
Voters were electing a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the area in the by-election necessitated by the demise of the incumbent Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko last year, representing the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The by-election was won by Lydia Seyran Alhassan, a spouse of the late MP on the ticket of the governing NPP, collecting over 60% of the total valid votes cast.
Calls for resignation
The chaos and shootings that characterised the polls have attracted several criticisms from Ghanaians including civil society organisations and international agencies with the IGP being at the receiving end as calls for his resignation heightened among members of the opposition NDC.
NDC MP for Kumbungu Ras Mubarak for instance, in calling for the resignation of the IGP posited that his continues stay could not be justified in the face of the mayhem that ensnared the by-election.
Former Chief of Staff Nana Ato Dadzie also said in a statement: “The Inspector General of Police, as a matter of personal honour and principle, must resign his Office for entertaining the violation and abuse of his command by the intrusion of an unconstitutional paramilitary force.
“The transportation of the offending persons in official vehicles of the Ghana Police Service, and their display of branded gear of the same reaffirms this demand. The same must be said of the sad spectacle of the helplessness and non-intervention of senior police officers at the scene.”
I won’t resign
In a defiance tone, however, IGP Asante-Apeatu told a news conference in Accra on Thursday he is going nowhere.
“I don’t think my resignation will stall any investigation being carried out by the Short Commission,” he stated.
Touching on whether he should be appointed by an independent body instead of the president, he said: “I was appointed by the president. My appointment is entrenched in the constitution. If anyone has anything against it then start lobbying parliament for possible review of the constitution.”
Meanwhile, he has sent a stern warning to leadership of political parties his outfit will deal ruthlessly with any of their supporters engaging in political vigilantism.
“The police will “not tolerate any form of political violence” going forward, he said.

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Bucks Unitary Council Press Release
It’s set to be the biggest shake-up of local government in Buckinghamshire since the 1970s – and people haveuntil May 25to give their views to the Government.
Secretary of State Sajid Javid is ‘minded-to’ approve the creation of a brand new, single unitary council in Buckinghamshire, which wouldreplace the existing five district and county councils.
In a statementhe said:“I am satisfied that this new single council, if established, is likely to improve local government and service delivery in the county, generating savings, increasing financial resilience, facilitating a more strategic and holistic approach to planning and housing challenges, and sustaining good local services.”
An alternative proposal is to end Buckinghamshire and instead break it up into north and south unitary councils. The Secretary of State said this is ‘unlikely to improve local government in the area, generate significant savings, or provide the capacity to sustain major services or to address planning and housing challenges’.
The announcement was welcomed by Cllr Martin Tett, leader of Buckinghamshire County Council, who said: “A new single council for Buckinghamshire would easily save the most money – at least £18m per year, according to independently-verified calculations – by increasing economies of scale, being more efficient and cutting down on the numbers of senior managers. That’s a lot of money – it would pay for a new primary school or more than double what is currently spent on road resurfacing each and every year! These are real tangible benefits for local residents.
“Every part of Buckinghamshire is different and home to very distinct towns and villages. That’s why I’m particularly proud about how the new council would offer a far more local service. This includes having community offices dotted around the county so that wherever people live, they are only within a few miles of a physical space where they can go in and talk about local services. We know that for many people – and particularly older residents – access to or using the internet can be problematic. They would much prefer to pick up the phone or meet face-to-face with someone locally – and under these plans, that’s what they’d get.
“One council would also put an end to the mind boggling complexity of ‘who does what and who should I talk to?’. Too often confusion over whether a service is provided by district or county means being passed from pillar to post or ‘hands washed’. In the future having departments such as housing and infrastructure under the same roof will lead to a far more-joined up and strategic approach to the issues facing residents. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help create a local government system for Buckinghamshire’s residents which will be simpler, far better value and closer to local people. I’d encourage as many people as possible to let the government know their views.”
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Well everyone, here’s Youta Narukami where he not only didn’t get the girl, but Youta’s dad got mad at him for wrecking his favorite suit from the previous episode.
By the way, the end of the world is scheduled on August 31, which is the end of summer vacation for Youta-kun.
Now then, it’s time for Youta Narukami and Hina Sato to visit the Izanami residence. Then again, Kyouko is not here today but that’s okay for Youta ’cause he wants to meet up with her dad.
But here’s Kyouko’s father where he works as a translator and he never leaves the house ever since his wife died almost a decade ago.
While Kyouko tries to take him outside to pay respects to her mother, it seems that he can’t leave the house due to his wife’s death… until this episode that is.
Anyways, Kyouko’s father is surprised that the outside world has changed over the past 10 years or so. Oh, and he got to eat some fancy food after being stuck at home most of his life.
In any case, he told both Youta-kun and Odin about his dead wife where she left various video messages to him and Kyouko, although he refused to watch all of them.
But here’s one family video from the Izanami family and it’s quite interesting to see Kyouko smiling. Although nowadays, Kyouko doesn’t smile anymore since her mother passed away.
Of course, this gives Odin a great idea of putting some closure to Kyouko’s past as she’s gonna let Kyouko watch those video recordings of her mother.
And that’s by calling Kyouko via her smartphone… as Kyouko’s mother. Really Hina-chan, you can’t just imitate her voice like that. What if Kyouko noticed that it was you on the phone?
But anyways, Odin told Kyouko (as her mother by the way) to watch the video recordings of herself.
Of course, her father refused to play the recordings as he feared that he can’t face the truth. Regardless, Kyouko wants some closure as she still insists on watching the video recordings of her mother.
And here’s Kyouko’s mother where she casts a spell onto her daughter and her husband, telling them to forget about her and move on.
You know something, what she said to her family is a bit harsh since there’s no way that Kyouko and her father would forget about her.
Still, it seems that the final video recording of Kyouko’s mother brought them to tears. Speaking of Kyouko’s father, he still doesn’t want to forget about his wife.
But for Kyouko however, it seems that she finally got closure as Kyouko told her dad to join her on visiting her mother’s grave.
With that said, it seems that Kyouko Izanami has finally regained her smile now that she’s finally moved on from her mother’s passing. Of course, she and her dad will need to pay respects to Mrs. Izanami.
One last thing, looks like Youta failed to take Kyouko as his girlfriend as Hina got angry towards him. Still, there’s like a few days left before the end of the world so Youta has some chances to hook up with Kyouko before it happens.
Well then, that’s about it for this episode and man, watching it makes me sad as Kyouko’s mother wants her family to move on instead of being stuck in the past. Anyways, see ya next time!


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The Sovereign Hotel Kisumu is a classy five star boutique hotel, always striving to provide an unrivaled luxury and comfort in Kisumu City. It is situated in Kisumu City, the 3rd largest Kenyan City and capital Kisumu County in the country’s western region. This hotel is only a short distance from the central business district. This ideal setting means guests are away from the hustle and bustle of downtown, but within easy reach of facilities available in the city.
The Sovereign Hotel Kisumu has a tasteful design, spacious surroundings and beautiful gardens; creating serene and tranquil ambience for visitors, leisure and business travelers alike. By offering top-class service, serving delicious culinary cuisine and providing a range of wellness facilities, customers are guaranteed of a true hospitality experience.
Sovereign Hotel serves a diverse client-base by offering a total package of facilities and amenities. The hotel has a wide range of rooms to suit diverse tastes; these include apartments, twin rooms and a luxurious presidential suite. The hotel’s a la carte restaurant serves continental, African and Indian delicacies, not to mention Japanese sushi. The well-stocked Legends cocktail bar, the coffee shop and the poolside café offer guests a range of food and drinks.
The Sovereign Hotel Kisumu has a well-fitted fitness and wellness club (Club Zest), with a gym, swimming pool and spa. Events and conferences we are served in a number of venues; ranging from formal rooms to outdoors. To guarantee your comfort during your stay, guests are provided with a variety of services, such as; airport transfers, laundry, room service, as well as business services.
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28 Mar CHARITABLE GIVING AND TAX REFORM: TIPS FOR PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) represents the most sweeping changes to the Internal Revenue Tax Code in more than 30 years. The new law provides opportunities for professional advisors to discuss philanthropy strategies with clients who are considering corporate and individual tax reductions, which generally have reduced the monetary benefit of charitable contributions. Charitable giving will remain a key component of taxpayers’ financial plans and they will want a way to leverage the knowledge of their professional advisors to help them plan gifts for maximum impact.
The law nearly doubles the standard deduction to $12,000 for individuals and $24,000 for married couples filing joint returns. This may ultimately result in fewer taxpayers itemizing deductions. In fact, according to the Tax Policy Center, the number of households claiming itemized deductions for charitable donations will be slashed from approximately 37 million to about 16 million in 2018. The doubling of the standard deduction is raising questions among taxpayers about how to handle charitable donations if they choose not to itemize.
Here are some charitable giving strategies that may help individuals navigate the new tax situation:
Charitable Contributions. One approach to take advantage of itemizing deductions in certain years is to “bunch” certain donations. Instead of giving regularly each year, combining three to five years worth of gifts into one allows a donor to exceed the standard deduction giving full value to the charitable donation in that year. A way to accomplish this “bunching” is to invest in a Donor Advised Fund (DAF). These accounts enable the donor to aggregate smaller gifts into one large amount and take the deduction in the year of the gift to the DAF. The donor can then designate charities as recipients at a later time while the assets are invested, growing tax-free. Note that these accounts do charge annual fees.
Estate Plans. Another change is a doubling of the estate and gift tax exemption to nearly $11.18 million per individual or $22.36 million per married couple. This inflation-adjusted exemption is set to lapse after 2025. According to the Tax Policy Center, taxable estates will decline almost two-thirds as a result of the increase in the exemption. The new law preserves both “step-up in basis,” effectively shielding assets held at death from the capital gains tax, and “portability,” which allows surviving spouses to receive their deceased spouse’s unused portion of the federal estate-tax exemption. Professional advisors may still use private charitable foundations to allow benefactors to receive charitable deductions, eliminate capital gains tax and control all grant-making decisions.
College Savings. An inflation adjustment raised the annual gift tax exemption from $14,000 to $15,000 per recipient for 2018 and annual gifts may be bunched over five years to 529 Educational Savings Plans typically for children and grandchildren.
IRAs to Direct Money to Charity. Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD), made by individuals over the age of 70 1/2 years, made from their IRAs directly to a qualified charity, continue to be a viable philanthropic tool under the TCJA. These non-deductible transfers of up to $100,000 per year satisfy taxpayers’ annual required minimum distributions without adding the transferred amount to their taxable adjusted gross income for the year. However, because a QCD is not income, the donation may not be taken as a deduction.
Professional advisors should remember that individuals and businesses give to charity for reasons other than the potential tax benefits. Philanthropy is a cultural tradition that bonds people together while helping to benefit the communities where we live and work. Ultimately, it is a belief that everyone can make a difference, improve a life, prevent a tragedy and bring about change.
Richard A. Berkowitz, JD, CPA, is founding and executive chairman of Berkowitz Pollack Brant, and a Foundation trustee. He provides business consulting services to entrepreneurs and high-net-worth families.

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Directed by Ron Fricke
Halfway through Samsara, a pair of heavily tattooed young people, a man and woman, are shown on camera. The woman is staring directly at the camera, as do many of the people highlighted in this documentary. The man’s shaved forehead, however, is bowed so we can see one of his many bits of body art, a tattoo crowning the front of his head, reading “Methodical.” It’s fitting that this word is featured so prominently, even in a shot that winds up lasting about 15 seconds. Samsara, Ron Fricke’s follow-up to the 1992 film Baraka, is nothing short of meticulous, a 100-minute plunge into our modern world and our fractured sense of reality.
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In the past two years, we saw sports cars slowly morphing into something closer to sporty SUV’s. Big Names such as the Maserati Levante, Lamborghini Urus, and the Bentley Bentayga were launched recently. But there’s one big name that has been very quiet, until now. They call it the DBX SUV, Aston Martin’s first SUV to date.
It’s been 106 years since the first Aston Martin roamed the streets and everyone has been wondering what to expect from the classic and refined manufacturer, and man did they deliver for the launch in 2021. A twin-turbo 4.0-litre V-8 engine powers the engine of this superior SUV. Standard on this SUV is the Adaptive dampers and air springs. The car has a diverse set of drive modes you can choose from and is ultimately refined and relaxed yet responsive and playful.
With its adjustable ride height and descent-control features, this SUV is not only a pretty face, but you can venture off-road with it. Even though the car comes out with different body styles and height, one thing you can’t miss is the unique grille. This grille on the Astin Martin is the largest one ever made. Integrated air-ducts to aid the aerodynamics system help the brakes to cool down with openings between the front passenger door and front tyres.
This outstanding car delivers its own brand of beauty. The engine has a lusty soundtrack, so it’s not just an “SUV” but still, the Aston Martin sports car that we all know and love today.
The inside of the car is just as luxe as can be expected from this premium sports car manufacturer. The inside is stitched in full leather, soft-touch surfaces, and a microsuede headliner. The Aston Martin DBX has customizable ambient lighting, and the car comes out with a standard 12.3-inch fully digital screen. For even more relaxation it has three-zone climate control, and heated system for the front and rear seats.
For the top of the range option, the SUV includes ventilated front seats and a variety of even more superior cabin materials and a heated steering wheel. There is more than enough knee and headroom, so you will never feel that your personal space will be invaded. All of the models come out with a large 10.2-inch infotainment screen. The downside of this is that the screen is not a touch screen. You use an action called interface, and it’s controlled through the steering wheel, and then there’s also a rotary knob on the centre console. The integrated touchpad is optional when choosing your model.
The car does include some popular features for its users such as built-in navigation, several USB ports, a 12-volt charging outlet, a 14-speaker audio system and Apple CarPlay
Key performance specs are as follows:
Engine: 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8
Power and torque: 404 kW and 700 Nm
0 – 100 km/h: 4.5 sec
Top speed: 291 km/h
Kerb weight: 2245 kg


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Essential Client 1.19, 1.18.2 is very different from all Mods we have introduced thus far. It is not a Mod by itself, but an entire client that works to improve Java and Minecraft. Although Minecraft is an excellent game, the client has suffered from a lack of interaction options with other players. Essential allows players to invite their friends and peers into their Single-player world. This is a significant improvement over the older client, which required at least 10 steps. They can also customize their skins in the client.
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A TCSdaily.com column explains why market‐based pricing for road usage would be an improvement over the current system, which encourages congestion by charging the same price (zero) for trips at the peak of rush hour and in the middle of the night:
…congestion pricing is conservative economics at its best. For decades, conservatives have championed market‐oriented solutions to highway problems as a means to allocate scarce resources. Congestion pricing gives consumers the opportunity to decide when it is in their economic interest to ride crowded roads, and whether the price charged for a given trip is worth their travel time savings. In the former Soviet‐bloc states, the standard way to allocate scarce goods was to set the purchase price low enough for everyone to afford, but to make consumers wait in long lines to buy them. The real price depended on what value consumers placed on their time. This approach is the way we’ve always allocated access to most roadways in capitalist America — access is “free,” just like for a public park. But our real cost skyrockets when we consider the time we spend crawling along in bumper‐to‐bumper traffic and with no option to pay extra for a faster trip. And even without factoring in the cost of time frittered away listening to satellite radio, highways have never really been “free,” but subsidized by taxpayer dollars. Congestion pricing is not a tax increase, but a user fee, which, conservatives agree, is a better way to divide costs.
The author is right that congestion pricing is not a tax increase. But roads today currently are financed by taxes. So if congestion pricing is implemented, it should be accompanied by a tax cut of equal magnitude to prevent politicians from inadvertently having a new pile of money to waste on other government programs.


Origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding and craft, is creativity and ingenuity at its very best. The art of making multiple designs and patterns with the help of a single paper is enthralling. It is as complex as it appears and requires years of practice to attain perfection.
Origami is widely used in art and craft, 3D architecture and teaching mathematics. But it would be quite surprising to know about the use of origami in spacecraft designing.
Complex science in intricate folds
NASA engineers use origami not only because of its aesthetic appeal, but also because of the hidden geometry in the various folds.
At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of NASA, origami is providing an answer to a very difficult question – how to pack the spacecraft in the minimum possible volume?
One answer to this is found in Starshade, a folding IRIS design that can block light coming from far away stars. The size of the Starshade would be about 85 feet.
Once the dazzling brightness of star light is dimmed, it would enhance the capability of the space telescope to detect orbiting exoplanets. A futuristic project that would be accompanied with Starshade is Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope that will help in exploration of smaller planets.
Better aerodynamics, less risk.
In order to avert the risk of a meteoric strike that can obscure a telescope’s vision, origami inspired folding pattern would be very useful.
Manan Arya, a JPL technologist who works on Starshade, says that multiple layers of material are used to block starlight and they are separated by gaps so that even if they get hit, there won’t be a line-of sight puncture.
The first part in designing was developing an algorithm for folding and unfolding. The PhD thesis of Arya was titled “Use of Origami in Space Superstructures”
Behold! The motivations and the futuristic designs
Manan was inspired by history of space folding and solar arrays. Along with him, Robert Salazar, another JPL intern, also works on origami designs. Salazar tests folding materials and designs. He also uses Kapton, a special polythene fabric material that is used for spacecraft insulation. Specialty of Kaptan is that permanent creases are not formed in it.
Salazar says “With most origami, the magic comes from the folding,” he goes on to add that “You can’t design purely from geometry. You need to know the qualities of the material to understand how it will fold.”
Starshade is still in its nascent stages but origami in space is the thing of the future and has a lot of uses.
Cubesats, miniature satellites the size of briefcase, would use origami-inspired designs and NASA will launch missions using modular spacecrafts.


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Nike needs to be extra nimble on its ft and promote extra footwear on to clients on-line as a part of a restructuring during which it plans to chop about 1,four hundred jobs and scale back the variety of sneaker types it presents by 1 / 4.
The corporate introduced a number of modifications to its enterprise construction Thursday, saying the strikes will assist it supply extra merchandise to clients quicker.
Nike, which is predicated in Beaverton, Oregon, says the roles cuts symbolize about 2 % of its 70,000 staff all over the world.
It additionally says a principal focus would be the 12 key cities in 10 nations that it expects to symbolize greater than eighty % of its projected progress by way of 2020.
Shares of Nike Inc. fell greater than 2 % to $fifty three.35 on Thursday.

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Many people could have wanted to kill Vladlen Tatarsky, the pro-war Russian blogger who died in a bomb blast in a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday.
Tatarsky, whose real name is Maxim Fomin, was notorious for his vehement support for the invasion of Ukraine, where he regularly called for Russia to commit to a total war and advocated for extreme violence that included war crimes. “We’ll defeat everyone, we’ll kill everyone, we’ll loot whoever we need to, and everything will be just as we like it,” he said last year on camera after a Kremlin ceremony confirming the “annexation” of four Ukrainian regions.
A former coalminer from east Ukraine, Fomin was convicted of bank robbery and was serving a prison sentence in east Ukraine when Russian proxy forces launched their war against the government. Fomin claimed he then fled custody and joined the Russian-backed forces. Later, he became a blogger and moved to Moscow several years before Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion in 2022. After the war began, he claimed to have joined a volunteer battalion and fought in Mariupol.
At the beginning of the war he became a member of a small but influential group of military bloggers who have been vocally supportive of the conflict, regularly posting updates citing troops on the frontlines or dangling scoops about potential offensives or big political decisions such as mobilisations.
At the same time, they have also been some of the most virulent critics of Russia’s military effort, condemning the army’s top brass as ineffective and lazy, and uncaring for the lives of Russian troops sent into battle.
Their posts on Telegram have become a popular alternative to state media. Claiming to provide unfiltered news from the frontlines, they often deliver an equally aggressive line that tells Russians that the country is too hesitant and should be mobilising for total war against Ukraine and the west.
Tatarsky in particular repeatedly called for generals to be prosecuted: over major retreats from cities including Kherson last year, or the ineffective efforts to train and equip mobilised soldiers. And he had aligned with other critics of the military leadership, such as Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Putin ally who founded the paramilitary Wagner group.
“What are we spilling our blood for? Why can Zelenskiy calmly come to Kherson?” Tatarsky asked in a video post last year, calling for an assassination attempt against the Ukrainian president following the Russian retreat.
Posts from bloggers such as Tatarsky have become a popular alternative to state media. Photograph: EyePress News/Rex/Shutterstock
“Either we fight a full-on war or … we will not succeed.”
Among the small community of pro-war bloggers, Tatarsky had been mocked for exaggerating his military service. He had feuded with Igor Girkin, the former leader of the Russian-backed fighters, who has also been critical of the military effort.
Most importantly, he was a classic soft target – someone who was a visible face of the war and yet lacked the protection of a government official or army personnel. The event at which he was speaking was publicised and the woman accused of bringing the bomb to the event was even reported to have joked with him about whether or not she was carrying an explosive device hidden inside a bust of a soldier. Soon after, it detonated.
“The events have shown just how vulnerable these active supporters of the war are,” wrote Tatyana Stanovaya, the founder of R Politik, a political analysis firm. “I don’t think that a massive reaction from the government will follow: as experience shows, the Kremlin will try to make these situations routine.”
She added: “We’re facing the routinisation of terrorist attacks which, without doubt, will become one of the factors leading to an internal political destabilisation.”


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This shows all Badminton Clubs playing in or near Buckinghamshire. You will find both purely social clubs and those that play competitively with teams in one of the District Leagues Aylesbury and District, Chalfont and District, Milton Keynes and District, Wycombe and District:
Want to add your club to the list, or check your club details before they are published? Head to the New Club page.
Affinity Badminton Club
Affinity is an active community club that caters for Junior and Adult players from beginner to County/Performance play.
We have a Team of coaches dedicated to getting the best from their players and who focus on the ‘Whole Player’.
We encourage excellence and fair play.
We enter competitive teams into the local Adult and Junior leagues and many of our players enter circuit tournaments.
We are active in the community and hold fund-raising events for local charities and represent badminton in the towns annual party in the park event.
Although we are a competitive club, we have some sessions that are fully inclusive as well as Premier Training Sessions for Performance players. We run Boot Camp Training for Badminton for adults and juniors and help every player develop their game and have fun on court.
Our players are very friendly and welcoming to everyone; and overall, we give opportunities for fun, competition, training and development for all ages.
For more information on what to expect as a Junior please see the Affinity General Infosheet.
Mondays 4.30pm – 10.00pm
Thursdays 3.45pm – 10.15pm
Fridays 6.00pm – 7.30pm
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I’m featuring great picture of street art Maastricht by Mo Draj from Mosaffer, Mo loves travel and is totally addicted to taking pictures along his way!
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This week I’m hosting what has to be the cutest photograph ever! Rocky – King Charles Cavalier Spaniel is undoubtedly a member of the Oranje Explorers Team.
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I love adrenaline. I’m always willing to try crazy things. I’m more and more into extreme sports. I introduce a new series on my blog! I DID IT! This time I mean Pragliding in Kazbegi mountains in Georgia! It was super experience, and you can be sure I will do it again and again! Check out the video!
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Prince Harry, Prince Charles, and Prince William are all dressed to the nines in formal military uniforms in a new photo released by Kensington Palace, People is reporting. The image of the three men will be featured as part of a series of postage stamps commemorating the Prince of Wales’ 70th birthday.
The future King of England will turn 70 on Wednesday, and to mark the event, the United Kingdom’s version of the Post Office, the Royal Mail, is issuing a set of six stamps showing the Prince of Wales “at work and play,” and collectors can get a packet featuring all six for as little as £7.40 ($9.60), according to the Royal Mail website.
One stamp shows the Prince hugging his wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles, while another shows him by himself, giving a stately smile. Another shows the Prince and his two sons enjoying a day at the polo grounds, while two others show the Prince at royal engagements.
But it’s the one that shows the three men bedecked in military attire that has everyone talking.
Prince Charles at 70: Royal Mail releases birthday stamps https://t.co/jQJjQV8z2V— Rani GilL (@ranigill7) November 10, 2018
“There’s something about a man in uniform,” as the old saying goes, and it’s apparently true even if one of the men is old enough to be your grandfather, one has gone almost completely bald well before his 40th birthday, and one is a mousy ginger.
It’s not uncommon for men of royalty to appear in military-looking uniforms, complete with various sashes, cords, and medals, even though they never served in the military. Look up any male European monarch from the past 150 years or so, and you’ll see a lot of them in military attire, even though they didn’t necessarily serve.
But in this case, all three men did actually serve in the military.
Prince Charles, for his part, served in both the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy for a period of time in the early 1970’s, although he likely didn’t see any action.
Prince William followed in his father’s footsteps and served in both the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, and indeed, William’s unit was at one time likely to be deployed to an active war zone. However, considering his position in line to the throne, he was hustled out of harm’s way.
Prince Harry, on the other hand, actually saw combat in Afghanistan as a helicopter pilot, and indeed, was quickly hustled away from his unit once “specific threats” from the Taliban, who threatened to kidnap or kill him.
Harry has since gone on to create the Invictus Games, an Olympics-style sporting competition for wounded veterans.


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By Heresies Distressed by David Weber
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Now the battle for the soul of the planet Safehold has begun.
The Kingdom of Charis and the Kingdom of Chisholm have joined together, pledged to stand against the tyranny of a corrupt Church. The youthful Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm has wed King Cayleb of Charis, forging a single dynasty, a single empire, dedicated to the defense of human freedom. Crowned Empress of that empire, Sharleyan has found in Cayleb’s arms the love she never dared hope for in a “marriage of state.” In Cayleb’s cause, his defiance of the ruthless Group of Four who govern mother Church, she has found the task to which she can commit her mind and her courage. It is a cause for which she was born.
Yet there are things Sharleyan still does not know. Secrets Cayleb has not been permitted to share, even with her. Secrets like the true story of humanity on Safehold. Like the intricate web of lies, deception, and fabricated “religion” which have chained humanity for almost a thousand years. Like the existence of the genocidal alien Gbaba, waiting to complete mankind’s destruction should humans ever attract their attention once more. Like the existence of a young woman, Nimue Alban, nine hundred years dead, whose heart, mind, and memories live on within the android body of the warrior-monk she knows as Merlin.
And so Empress Sharleyan faces the the great challenge of her life unaware of all that task truly entails…or of how the secrets the man who loves her cannot share may threaten all they have achieved between them…and her own life
That summary is kind of misleading…. *sigh*
Well, I’m glad I stuck with this series because it continues to get better and better. Yes, there are still problems – the names remain a major one for me, unfortunately. They continue to distract me as I try to figure out exactly how to pronounce them.
But overall, I’m definitely finding this series gets more enjoyable as time goes on and books pass. The number of female characters continues to increase, and they get more POV scenes, which is fantastic. There’s been less technical talk – or I’m getting more used to it – so the books flow a lot quicker for me. And Merlin’s fallibility is getting played up more, which is great, because an omniscient, omnipotent main character is boring.
On the other hand, I don’t think the stakes for the characters I care about are particularly high. Well, a little bit for some of them in this one, but overall, I don’t worry that they’re going to die. As the Church wakes up more and more to what’s really going on, and as people believe misconceptions or refuse to stand up to them, yes, yes I do start to fear for people. But not for those I care most about.
Overall, however, the series continues to improve. Still not as good as the Honorverse, in my mind, but Weber’s definitely hit his stride with this series. 4 out of 5 stars, and here’s hoping the rest of the series continues the trend.

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Letters to the Editor, September 22, 2017
Independence activists must not be abusive
I agree with Tian Feilong about the advocacy of Hong Kong independence (“Zero tolerance”, September 15).
The pro-independence camp caused a brouhaha with controversial posters advocating Hong Kong independence at Chinese University. In addition a callous message was posted at the Education University to the education undersecretary who had just lost her son, and activists shouted insults at mainland students. These were not the first such provocative actions in recent years, and I, like many other people in Hong Kong, have been outraged by them.
Whether or not advocating Hong Kong independence accords with the Basic Law, the behaviour of a considerable number of pro-independence advocates should be condemned. Free speech should not be equated to profane and derogatory language, bullying, or rioting; there are better ways to get your view across.
It is understandable that many Hongkongers may be angry with the government and the motherland, given certain events that have unfolded as well as a failure to resolve issues such as the housing crisis and growing wealth gap. However, besides supposedly exercising their right to free speech, as they may argue, how have any of the pro-independence camp’s actions been productive?
I fail to see how all the support for independence and anti-China rhetoric would help resolve anything. Like it or not, Hong Kong is an integral part of China, and becoming an independent state was never on the agenda for either the current government or the former colonial one, and never will be.
If we want the city to progress, we need to learn to work with the mainland rather than against it, otherwise the end result will forever be the same political mess that we’re currently in, if not worse.
Andrew Nunn, Stanley
Stop putting youngsters on a pedestal
Alex Lo is absolutely right in his column (“Professors reap the ideological whirlwind”, September 16), in particular his last paragraph saying that “our professors and administrators are usually too craven to do anything. Perhaps they deserve to be walked all over by their students.”
The seeds of showing disrespect and contempt by the students are sown by our university professors who are more concerned about their liberal image among their students.
Over the years, we have become a society of putting our youngsters on a pedestal and giving too much attention to their feelings and rights without demanding responsibilities and respect from them in return.
To nurture our youngsters into becoming caring, respectful and civil individuals must be the first and most important task of our educators. This is really needed in our society now.
Cecilia Clinch, Mid-Levels
Impose total ivory trade ban before 2021
I find it astonishing that in the 21st century the ivory trade is still legal in Hong Kong.
The Legislative Council agreed to a total ivory trade ban by 2021, but the government should speed up the process and set an earlier date to outlaw the buying and selling of ivory products.
It should follow the example of the central government, which will make the entire trade illegal by the end of this year.
How will a visitor respond to this difference – that the rest of China bans ivory and this international city hangs on for another four years and is, in effect, encouraging elephant poachers? Implementing a ban earlier than 2021 will hurt these criminals as they will lose another lucrative market, along with the one on the mainland.
But if the 2021 date remains unchanged, they will shift their focus to Hong Kong, leading to an expansion of the local ivory trade. We must all work together to save our planet and that includes ending the poaching of endangered species.
Stephen Leong, Fanling
Waste paper collectors in city need help
Cardboard collectors in Hong Kong have struggled as the prices paid by recycling operators for waste paper have dropped.
These collectors are really struggling to get by and many of them are elderly and frail, such as an 89-year-old woman you reported on, who has been collecting cardboard in Causeway Bay for years.
She lives with her son in a subdivided flat, which costs HK$6,000 a month. It is very difficult for her to make ends meet, especially now with the drop in prices.
Surely, the government could and should be doing more to help these elderly citizens so that their lives are not so difficult. It could offer them guaranteed higher prices for waste paper, even if market prices have dropped, because the waste paper is not being accepted at the moment by mainland recycling firms.
In fact, all citizens should be aware of their plight and we should be willing to give them a helping hand.
Yoyo Tsoi, Tseung Kwan O
Technology classes should be on syllabus
I understand why new research would show that the prospects of Hong Kong students are not as good as their peers in Singapore and South Korea (“HK students ‘not prepared for future’ ”, September 20).
They concentrate their studies on revising for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exam, but this means they have a narrow focus. Therefore they are not well prepared for adult life in a society where technology will be dominant.
There is still too much rote learning for the DSE exam. Schools should be trying to broaden horizons and get students to develop their creative, leadership, digital and technical skills.
These are skills they really need if they are to succeed in the workplace of the future and if Hong Kong is to remain competitive in the region.
Crystal Li Wing-yan, Tsz Wan Shan

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THE current economic model of The Bahamas has been described as “unsustainable” by Dr Daniel Johnson, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture.
His comments came at the United Nations headquarters in New York, at a special debate on culture and sustainable development.
Dr Johnson said that the government was trying to ensure that culture played an important part in the future of tourism to The Bahamas. “Traditionally The Bahamas’ 300,000 citizens have relied heavily on tourism to generate most of its economic activity, which has served us well for over 50 years. This small island nation now enjoys over five million tourist visits annually.
“The tourism industry accounts for more than 60 per cent of the country’s GDP and provides employment for about one-half of the country’s workforce. The second largest contributor to the country’s economy is the financial services sector, which accounts for approximately another 20 per cent of our GDP. The Bahamas Government generates its revenue from import taxes on goods imported into the country and tax revenue accounts for about 20 per cent of the country’s GDP.
“We in The Bahamas, like so many of our neighbours in the region, have arrived at the consensus that this economic model, as it exists, is unsustainable.
“While tourism and the financial services industry will continue to be the country’s main economic drivers, the government of The Bahamas has made a conscious decision to ensure that culture becomes a key component in driving a sustainable tourism industry.”
Dr Johnson also pinpointed some of the ways in which the government and its partners are trying to implement change. “The Bahamas, through a multi-sectorial partnership, is attempting to revitalise one of its historic districts through its ‘Violets are Blue’ programme. This programme focuses on commerce, empowerment, art and entrepreneurship for two inner city communities, the Farm Road, Bain and Grants Town communities which, in recent times, have been hit by gang violence, poverty, unemployment and a myriad of other social issues.
“The programme also includes the renovation and improvement of parks and recreational green spaces in the community to provide a comfortable environment for residents as well as provide the opportunity to implement walking tours of Historic Nassau.”
Dr Johnson also highlighted the plans to launch a Spring Carnival in 2015 and said that those who participate in the annual Junkanoo festival must be able to derive economic benefit from the event.


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- Koss, M. P. (2014). The RESTORE Program of Restorative Justice for Sex Crimes Vision, Process, and Outcomes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29, 1623-1660. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260513511537
- Swartout, K. M., Koss, M. P., White, J. W., Thompson, M. P., Abbey, A., & Bellis, A. L. (2015). Trajectory analysis of the campus serial rapist assumption. JAMA pediatrics, 169(12), 1148-1154. Scholarly Reviewed: Journal of Pediatrics and also New England Journal of Medicine (Journal Watch – Summary and Comment) DOI: https://doi/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0707
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- A Quest for Justice http://wavemaker.podbean.com/e/a-quest-forjustice%C2%A0stories-from-sexual-harassment%E2%80%99s-front-lines/
- How Alcohol and Sexual Violence Meet Up On Campus During a Pandemic (2021) National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2021) Part 1: https://www.nsvrc.org/resource/how-alcohol-and-sexual-violence-meet-campusduring-pandemic-part-1 Part 2: https://www.nsvrc.org/resource/how-alcohol-andsexual-violence-meet-campus-during-pandemic-part-2
- Experience from Practicing Restorative Justice for Sexual Harm: Trauma, Justice Needs, Participant Satisfaction, Equity Law and and the Future South Carolina Restorative Justice Initiative, University of South Carolina School of Law (2021). https://youtu.be/apTShtlJ7lo

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Are Republicans becoming the country’s majority party? Tantalizing new polling data from Gallup suggest they might. It could just be a blip, or it could be an early sign of an upheaval that would transform American politics.
Gallup found that partisan identification has shifted by a massive 14 points since early 2021. As President Biden’s job approval dropped into the low 40s, 47 percent of Americans said they were Republicans compared with 42 percent who said they were Democrats.


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I first made this recipe when I was in college. Often, I would go home on weekends to meal prep. And, yes, I made sure to take my laundry too. For meal prep, I always made salmon, scallops, and chicken as my proteins. Sides were green veggies, salad, and of course, these Zesty Sweet Potato Fries. Now, let’s start making these Zesty Sweet Potato Fries!
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BOSTON—Boston Business Journal reported on Wednesday that the developer behind the NEMA Boston mixed-use tower in Boston’s Seaport District has sued the general contractor John Moriarty & Associates, claiming its failure to complete construction on time led the developer to lose out on about $4.9 million in revenue.
“The delays led multiple tenants to cancel their leases at the 22-story luxury tower after they were told the building would not be finished when they moved in, including amenities on one of the top floors, according to the lawsuit filed last week in Suffolk County Superior Court by 399 Congress LLC, an affiliate of Miami-based developer Crescent Heights,” said Boston Business Journal in its report.
The BBJ report said that the developer is seeking $3 million in damages, the maximum amount allowed under its contract with Moriarty, as well as other costs. Winchester-based Moriarty was hired to perform pre-construction, construction management and general contracting work, the lawsuit said.
“The inexcusable delay to the project was solely a result of [Moriarty’s] inability to properly and timely perform its work,” the developer said in the lawsuit as quoted by the BBJ.
A Moriarty representative did not immediately respond to Boston Business Journal’s request for comment on the allegations.
According to the lawsuit, the project was originally supposed to be finished between September 2019 and November 2019, but it became apparent in August of that year that Moriarty would not be able to complete the work by then, BBJ reported. As a result, the deadline was pushed back to January 2020 at the latest, the suit said.
“Despite the extension, Moriarty “still failed to complete the project on time due to its deficient performance,” the developer said. In addition to the canceled leases, those tenants who did move in had to live amid the ongoing construction, according to the lawsuit.” BBJ said.
The delays hit the developer especially hard, it said, because they stretched into the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020. That meant the developer had to seek to lease the units during the pandemic and to pay higher costs for things like financing and staff compensation, according to the lawsuit as reported by the BBJ.
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