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Parramatta enforcer Nathan Brown is poised to miss two NRL games for a grade two careless high tackle on Sydney Roosters lock Victor Radley on Saturday night.
It comes just a fortnight after Eels forward Brown returned to the field from a two-week suspension for dangerous conduct in round two.
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St George Illawarra winger Jordan Pereira is facing a two-week stint on the sidelines with an early plea, for a grade three careless high tackle on Corey Thompson in Saturday’s win over the Gold Coast.
Brisbane lock Patrick Carrigan is facing a maximum two-game NRL ban for his late shot on Newcastle halfback Mitchell Pearce on Thursday.
Carrigan was on Friday hit with a grade-two dangerous contact charge for the 59th-minute hit, which drew the ire of champion halfback Andrew Johns.
The Broncos youngster can reduce his suspension by a match if he takes the early guilty plea, which would result in him missing next week’s clash with Gold Coast.
Teammate Thomas Flegler is also staring at a one-game suspension for dangerous contact on Knights second-rower Sione Mata’utia.
Flegler has been slugged with a grade-one dangerous-contact charge, which normally would escape suspension with an early plea.
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However, a prior similar offence increases his loading by 50 per cent, meaning the front-rower would have to fight the charge at the judiciary to face the Titans.
Broncos second-rower Tevita Pangai Junior also escaped sanction for what appeared to be a shoulder charge on David Klemmer in the opening minutes.


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My daughter is studying in the US. I send money for her education directly to the university. Can I claim deduction on the payment under Section 80C of the I-T Act?
Section 80C (xvii) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961, provides for deduction on tuition fee payment, provided such fee is paid to any university, college, school or other education institution within India. As you are paying tuition fee to a university/college outside India, you will not be eligible to claim any tax deduction.
I have earned long-term capital gain on the sale of unlisted shares. I want to invest the entire gains in a residential house to save capital gains tax. As I am living with my parents, I will let out the new house. I don’t own any other house. Can I claim tax exemption even if I let out the property?
As per Section 54F of the IT Act, an exemption from long-term capital gains is available if the gains are invested in a residential house property. The Section specifies the acquisition of a residential property and does not talk about its utilisation for own purpose. As such, there is no requirement to use such a house property for own residential purposes for claiming the deduction under Section 54F.
My father is suffering from chronic renal failure and I have incurred about R80,000 till date on his medical treatment this year. Can I claim tax deduction on such a medical expenditure?
The expenditure incurred on medical treatment by an individual for himself or a dependent where the taxpayer is a resident in India will qualify under the Section 80DDB, provided the disease is specified in Rule 11DD. Rule 11DD does not refer to chronic renal failure as a prescribed ailment and, hence, you cannot get the deduction under this Section.
I am a salaried employee and tax is deducted from my salary at source. I made short-term capital gain from sale of shares. What will be the tax payable on such gain?
With respect to short-term capital gain on shares, you will be liable to tax at 15% in case the sale of shares is entered into through a recognised stock exchange and security transaction tax (STT) is paid thereon. In all other cases, the tax will be payable as per the normal slab rate. Further, with respect to the payment of such tax, you have two options:
Option 1: Pay tax on this other income by way of advance tax or self-assessment tax.
Option 2: Give particulars of the gain to your employer and, then, the latter will deduct tax at source on your other income as well.
Under Section 192(2B), if an employee has income under other heads, he may furnish particulars of such income to the employer, who will take it into account in computing the tax to be deducted at source. The particulars of such income are to be furnished in the manner stated in Rule 26B of the income tax rules. It may be noted that declaration of other income to the employer is not mandatory.
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As one of Britain's most innovative and celebrated composers, Michael Nyman's work encompasses operas and string quartets, film soundtracks and orchestral concertos. Far more than merely a composer, he's also a performer, conductor, bandleader, pianist, author, musicologist and now a photographer and film-maker. Although he's far too modest to allow the description 'Renaissance Man', his restless creativity and multi-faceted art has made him one of the most fascinating and influential cultural icons of our times.
At this stage of a long and notable career, he might forgivably have been content to rest on his considerable laurels. Yet instead of looking back on a lifetime of achievement that ranges from his award-winning score for the film The Piano to the acclaimed opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, via a string of high-profile collaborations with everyone from Sir Harrison Birtwistle to Damon Albarn, he's still looking forward - pushing the boundaries of his art with a diverse and prolific burst of creativity as energetic and challenging as any new and iconoclastic young kid on the block.
Nyman first made his mark on the musical world in the late 1960s, when he invented the term 'minimalism' and, still in his mid-twenties, earned one of his earliest commissions, to write the libretto for Birtwistle's 1969 opera Down By The Greenwood Side.
In 1976 he formed his own ensemble, the Campiello Band (now the Michael Nyman Band) and over three decades and more, the group has been the laboratory for much of his inventive and experimental compositional work.
For more than 30 years, he had also enjoyed a highly successful career as a film composer, the role in which - sometimes to his slightly rueful regret - he is probably best known by the general public.
His most notable scores number a dozen Peter Greenaway films, including such classics as The Draughtsman's Contract and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover; Neil Jordan's The End Of The Affair; several Michael Winterbottom features including Wonderland and A Cock And Bull Story; the Hollywood blockbuster Gattaca - and, of course, his unforgettable music for Jane Campion's 1993 film, The Piano, the soundtrack album of which has sold more than three million copies. He also co-wrote the score for the 1999 film Ravenous with his friend and sometime prot�g�, Damon Albarn. His music was used in the 2009 BAFTA award winning and Oscar nominated film, Man on Wire.
In 2008, he published the sumptuous photo-book Sublime. His first gallery exhibition, Videofile, in which his photos are presented alongside a series of short films, was exhibited at the De la Warr Pavillion January to March 2009.
In October 2009 he released The Glare, a collaborative collection of songs with David McAlmont, which cast his work in a new light. The album - recorded with the Michael Nyman Band - finds McAlmont putting lyrics based on contemporary news stories to 11 pieces of Nyman music drawn from different phases of his career.

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Designing ready-to-wear is a somewhat different challenge to designing costumes for ballet. For one, fashion is about enabling someone to express themselves through clothes, costumes on the other hand help a dancer embody a character. Then there are the practical requirements. “Someone being able to lift their leg above their head wasn’t something I had to think about when I was designing my last collection,” Moralıoğlu says. “The costumes have to [withstand] being washed after every performance, each costume is custom made to the dancer’s body, so the fittings are extraordinarily rigorous and last minute because you are working around their schedule.” During the stage call, the loose velvet ribbons attached to the harnesses hinder the dancers movements, but before long Moralıoğlu and the costume team find a solution: small concealed loops to hold the ribbons in place without being too restrictive.
As for his foray into designing garments for men; can we expect to see Erdem menswear showing up on the London Fashion Week schedule anytime soon? Not for now - he’s sticking to womenswear - unless, he adds with a laugh, “it’s for dancers.”


Attracting the next generation of food & beverage professionals
By Rebecca HarrisBusiness Operations
The food processing sector is aiming to shed its “unsexy” image to draw the new wave of workers
By Rebecca Harris
There’s no disputing it: the food processing industry has an image problem, which makes it difficult to attract young, bright talent.
“I’ll say this much: the word ‘processing’ is almost a bit of a swear word to people,” says Craig Youdale, dean of Niagara College’s Canadian Food and Wine Institute. “It doesn’t sound as interesting as the culinary side, working in restaurants or hotels. Everyone loves food, but processing and packaging food doesn’t really turn people’s cranks. Part of the challenge is getting them to see [the sector] in a more sexy way and understand that there’s opportunity for them.”
As those in the food processing industry know, it’s not all about hairnets and production lines. There are occupations in quality assurance, food safety, food science, research and development, engineering, sales and marketing, finance, and the list goes on. However, among the general public, there’s low awareness about the scope of career opportunities in the sector.
Research from Food and Beverage Ontario (FBO) found that less than one quarter of Ontarians have a positive perception of jobs and careers in the industry, and nearly half are unsure. “Most people think of the food and beverage processing industry as being boots-on-the-plant-floor, manual labour, boring and not well paying, which is very far from the truth,” says Norm Beal, executive director of FBO. “Technological advancements have been dramatic over the last 20 years, and those boots-on-the-floor jobs are very high-tech jobs involving robotics. There is some manual labour of course, but we need to broaden how people think about the food and beverage processing industry.”
Today, much work is being done to raise the profile of the sector and make it an attractive career choice. In March 2016, FBO launched its Taste Your Future campaign, which aims to draw attention to the abundance of jobs in the sector. The Taste Your Future website shares stories, videos and articles outlining education and job opportunities.
This past February, Taste Your Future launched a bursary contest to award students who have innovative ideas. Students were invited to submit a video showcasing their idea for a new product, process or technology for the food and beverage industry. Winners were awarded $2,000, as well as industry mentorship and resume coaching. Post-secondary schools including Niagara College, University of Guelph, Durham College and University of Western Ontario helped promote the contest to students.
Isabel Dopta, director of Communications at FBO, says it’s too soon to determine if the Taste Your Future campaign has moved the needle on awareness. But, “we think we’re starting to move forward because we have the colleges and universities engaged,” she says. “We’re using them almost as our ambassadors and our champions.”
Dopta says it’s of interest to the schools to promote the food processing sector since many have made investments in food-related curriculum. FBO is also getting in front of students who are in other programs that can be transferred across sectors. For example, Dopta was recently on a panel at the University of Guelph’s business school, judging MBA students on how they responded to an ethical dilemma within the food industry. “We’re getting them exposed to the food industry because [as business students], they might be thinking about the financial sector or the health sector,” says Dopta. “They might not necessarily think there are opportunities in the food industry…so we’re trying to broaden that out now.”
While the future of the program is uncertain — government funding runs out in January 2018 — FBO would like to roll out Taste your Future nationally. “Although Ontario represents over 40 per cent of the food processing that goes on in Canada, this is a prevalent problem within other provinces: [lack of] knowledge of the industry and no coherent attraction strategy long term,” says Beal. “We can’t be here today, gone tomorrow, because that just confuses the message. We’ve got to build a long-term, sustainable way of keeping food and beverage processing jobs top of mind.”
Jennefer Griffith, executive director of the Food Processing Human Resources Council (FPHRC), supports the idea of a national campaign. “It could be much larger and have many more arms and spokes to it,” she says. “Government could support that as well, but their whole piece around that is every sector is looking to get these same young people. So, it’s sometimes a hard sell to government.”
For its part, FPHRC has a Career Focus program, which provides funding to employers to hire graduates under 30 years old with a $1 to $1 salary match up to $20,000 annually. The program, which has been running for nine years, is funded by Service Canada. However, Griffith says the program is not being supported this year, as the government is shifting its funding towards green jobs and the summer employment program. “They’re not saying it’s abolished and it’s not because of performance or that it’s not successful,” she says. “I think there are a few other factors that played into this decision. Hopefully it will continue the following year because it’s a very popular program and it gives young people the opportunity to set a career path in the industry.”
On the educational front, colleges and universities have recognized the need for more programs focusing on food processing. Niagara College, which has had a culinary arts program for more than 40 years, has offered a three-year advanced diploma called Culinary Innovation and Food Technology for the past five years. The program, which accepts 24 students each year, combines culinary skills with topics like food science and product development.
On the research side, the Canadian Food and Wine Institute’s Innovation Centre works with small- and medium-sized food processing companies. Students and faculty members help businesses solve problems, develop new products and create new concepts. Putting more emphasis on food processing came down to simply realizing there was a massive need from manufacturers for skilled, educated people, says Youdale. “[Food processing] is about a $40-billion business in Ontario and there weren’t many dedicated educational pieces to this business. And so, we thought we have the expertise to fill that gap.”
A key piece of the puzzle is promoting the food processing sector to high school students. The University of Guelph’s Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) developed a liaison program six years ago, and works with high schools through their specialist high-skills major programs. OAC’s efforts include educating high-school teachers and guidance counsellors about opportunities in the food sector, as well as hosting students on campus, where they can learn about the university’s food and agriculture programs.
“We provide special learning and professional development opportunities for teachers and students, and then those become awareness-raising opportunities in terms of what’s available for students in the sector,” says OAC dean Rene Van Acker. “For us, that has made a difference and we have seen year-on-year increases in applications to our programs for the last six years, so that’s very encouraging.” OAC is also looking at developing a new undergraduate program that would be a mix of science and management for students interested in the food sector. Van Acker says the college hopes to have the program launched next year.
Another avenue to a career in food processing is the Youth Into Food Processing program, which was launched in 2014 by the FPHRC, Toronto District School Board and City of Toronto. The training and certificate program includes seven weeks of in-class training followed by work placements, and is open to post-secondary graduates up to age 29.
The program was born from the City of Toronto’s Entry Level to Food Processing program, which launched in 2012 and is still running. “That program is really successful… but it led us to look at what we can do for non-entry level positions in the food industry,” says Michael Wolfson, food and beverage sector specialist at the City of Toronto’s Economic Development and Culture Division. “One of the issues that we had come across was that there was a real lack of knowledge among youth that the food industry was not just a good place for employment, but it was a good career path.”
This past March, the City of Toronto and Centennial College hosted a workshop on attracting millennials to careers in the food and beverage processing sector. Students, graduates and food companies took part in discussions about what millennials are looking for in a career or in a company, employers’ conceptions about millennials, and what they have to offer young people.
“My takeaway from that event and the work that I have done with the many food manufacturers in Toronto is that the HR practices that have worked in the past are not going to work for this generation,” says Wolfson. Millennials, he explains, don’t want to stay in one job for 10 years, they want flexible hours, they’re more interested in work/life balance than previous generations, and they want to know that the company they’re going to work for is doing some good in the world, not just creating profits. Says Wolfson: “There will come a time when [millennials] will make up the majority of the workforce, and those companies that have updated their practices will be the winners.”
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After years in development hell we have gotten our first look at the flash trailer directed by Andy Mushietti and starring Ezra Miller as the scarlet speedster, but does it live up to the hype or look underwhelming?
THE FLASH TRAILER SHOWS TWO VERSIONS OF BARRY ALLEN
We received the first look at the Flash film by DC at their DC Fandome event which showcased some other big-name projects like Black Adam, Aquaman 2, and The Batman were also shown. The trailer for the Flash film shows two versions of Flash going to Michael Keaton’s Batman’s Batcave. The whole footage is shown while Keaton is talking about how did the Flash end up in this uniquely weird timeline where everything has collided.
Then we see two versions of Flash as well as Supergirl who is portrayed by Sasha Calle. While the post-production for this project has not been going on for long, the teaser looks especially janky. Flash’s suit looks bad and so do other elements of the teaser. Time will tell if the film looks different after post-production.
THE POTENTIAL STORY FOR THE FLASH
The teaser also shows Barry Allen going to his childhood home when his mother was still alive. Which is a significant part of the original Flashpoint comic in which he tries to save his mother but messes up the whole world while doing so. It will be interesting to see how they implement that storyline in this iteration. The teaser doesn’t show Ben Affleck’s Batman.
THE FLASH WILL INTRODUCE THE DC MULTIVERSE
DC has planned to introduce the multiverse so that multiple iterations of every character can exist without much thought about what is canon. Ezra Miller’s Flash can travel back and forth in time so his character is essential to introducing multiple timelines.“This movie is a bit of a hinge in the sense that it presents a story that implies a unified universe where all the cinematic iterations that we’ve seen before are valid,” Muschietti said. “It’s inclusive in the sense that it is saying all that you’ve seen exists, and everything that you will see exists, in the same unified multiverse.” The Flash trailer shows a sneak peek of the multiverse with Keaton’s Batman meeting up with two versions of Barry and Supergirl.
WB BETTING HUGE WITH ANDY MUSHIETTI
It is finally Mushietti’s chance to show what he can do with Barry Allen after a slew of big-name directors like Lord and Miller had left the project. The director rose to fame with the two IT movies which were commercially very successful. But aside from that, he doesn’t have anything big in his past directorial efforts, so the Flash movie coming next year will be his first major blockbuster level movie, and he has to deliver.
A risky move
The whole project is a big risk. By trying to create a universe by eliminating the previous ones opens up the movie to a big divide with fans. Recent DC movies while having received positive reviews from critics have failed to impress audiences as The Suicide Squad was a box office disaster. Only time will tell how Andy Mushietti’s Flash becomes a success or a failure. The Flash releases on November 4, 2022.

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Ethel Barnsaus neue Musik
Ethel Barns (5. Dezember 1873; † 31. Dezember 1948) war eine englische Geigerin, Pianistin und Komponistin.
Sie wurde in London geboren und trat als Teenager in die Royal Academy of Music ein, wo sie bei Emile Sauret Violine, Ebenezer Prout Komposition und Frederick Westlake Klavier studierte.
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Ethel Barns (5 December 1873; † 31 December 1948) was an English violinist, pianist and composer.
She was born in London and entered the Royal Academy of Music at as a teenager, where she studied with Emile Sauret for violin, Ebenezer Prout for composition and Frederick Westlake for piano.
Barns made her debut as a violinist at The Crystal Palace in London in 1896, and toured in England and the United States. While on tour, Barns sometimes accompanied prominent opera singer, Adelina Patti. Barns was a member of the first council of the Society of Women Musicians, which was founded in 1911. Barns became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and died in Maidenhead on 31 December 1948.
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Cumulus Media has picked up the syndicated Armstrong & Getty on its Talk stations in Albuquerque, Fresno, Salt Lake City, and Ventura. The KSTE Sacramento based program will now be heard in mornings 1050 KTBL Albuquerque, 860 KKAT Salt Lake City and “SportsRadio 1450” KVEN Ventura. The program will also air at night from 9-11pm on 580 KMJ/105.9 KMJ-FM Fresno. Cumulus’ 810 KGO San Francisco had become the first station in the company to pick up the program this past April. Cumulus Media announces that it has added popular morning talk radio show, The Armstrong & Getty Show to the morning line-up on four additional Cumulus talk radio stations. The stations are: KKAT-AM, Salt Lake City; KTBL-AM, Albuquerque; KMJ-AM/FM, Fresno; and KVEN-AM, Ventura. The Armstrong ...[Read More]
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Cumulus Media flipped Country “106.3 Nash Icon” KRRF Oak View/Oxnard/Ventura CA to Classic Hip-Hop “106.3 Spin-FM” at noon today. The flip positions KRRF between Gold Coast Broadcasting Rhythmic CHR “Q104.7” KCAQ and Rhythmic Oldies “Old School 95.9” KOCP while flanking sister Rhythmic CHR “103.3 The Vibe” KVYB. Cumulus Media announces that Ventura County, California’s KRRF 106.3 FM kicks off Memorial Day Weekend with a fresh sound and Classic Hip-Hop programming from the late ‘80’s and ‘90’s on the all-new radio station 106.3 SPIN-FM. The former Country-formatted station launched this afternoon at 12PM Noon PST. 106.3 SPIN-FM plays the party music of a generation and features songs by legendary hip-hop artists including: Snoop Do...[Read More]
Cumulus Hot AC “B95.1” KBBY-FM Ventura, CA has flipped to Mainstream AC “The New 95.1 KBBY“. Now positioning as “Today’s Hits & Yesterday’s Favorites”, KBBY is mostly alternating currents/recurrents and gold library tracks. The relaunch comes with a new on-air lineup. Lance Ballance, Operations Manager of sister Classic Hits “100 The Pike” WWFX and Hot AC 104.5 WXLO Worcester, MA will add mornings at KBBY to his duties. Ballance is known in Southern California for his 1989-2002 run at AC’s 103.5 KOST and 104.3 KBIG Los Angeles. Scott Alexander moves from mornings to middays, while Bill Michaels remains in afternoons
Station Moves One of only two facilities licensed to operate on 87.9 is seeking to move. Mountain View Public Broadcasting’s pending acquisition of 87.9 KSFH Mountain View, CA seeks to move to 100.7 due to “operational challenges faced on this channel, which is outside the normally used FM broadcast band”. The Class D signal intends to operate with 10 watts at -44 meters (Coverage Map). KSFH originally operated on 90.5 and 88.1 prior to moving to 87.9 in 1999. If granted, the move will leave Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls’ K200AA Sun Valley/Reno, NV as the only broadcast facility licensed on 87.9. New Translator Grants Kevin Youngers has been granted a CP for 93.7 W229CG Cleveland, OH. W229CG will operate with 27 watts at 51 meters rebroadcasting EMF Broadcasting̵...[Read More]
Gold Coast Broadcasting flipped Classic Hits “Rewind 95.9” KOCP Camarillo/Oxnard/Santa Barbara to Rhythmic Oldies “Old School 95.9” on Friday, August 29. The new format flanks market leading sister Rhythmic CHR “Q104.7” KCAQ Oxnard. KOCP had dropped to a 1.0 share in the Oxnard/Ventura Spring 2014 Nielsen Audio ratings. The move comes just two weeks after Cumulus flipped competing “Classic Hits 106.3” KRRF Oak View to Country “106.3 Nash Icon“.
Update 8/15: Cumulus has debuted the “Nash Icon” Country brand on fourteen stations across the nation. 98.9 W255CJ Atlanta and 102.1 WZAT Savannah were the first to make the flip at 12pm Eastern. Five more followed at 3pm Central and the rest scattered across the remainder of the afternoon. The stations making the move to Nash Icon are: Country 92.5 KJJY Des Moines Classic Country “92.5 The Outlaw” Newaygo/Muskegon MI News/Talk 93.7 WJBC-FM Pontiac/Bloomington IL AC “Warm 94.9” KRMW Cedarville/Fayetteville AR Country 95.5 WSM-FM Nashville Classic Rock “96.3 The Mountain” KBZU Albuquerque CHR “Hot 97.9” KQLK De Ridder/Lake Charles Classic Hits “Good Time Oldies 98.9” W255CJ Atlanta CHR “99.5 The Vibe” WZRR B...[Read More]
Southern California Public Radio, operators of 89.3 KPCC Pasadena/Los Angeles has acquired Christian AC “K-Life” 89.5 KLFH Ojai for $800,000. The seller is Logos Broadcasting Company, who continue to own the originating station of the “K-Life” format: 89.3 KLFF San Luis Obispo and 89.9 K210AD Santa Barbara. The acquisition of KLFH will give KPCC a stronger signal in the Oxnard/Ventura market than 94.3 K232EW, the 7 watt translator that SCPR holds a CP for. The acquisition comes amidst SCPR’s fellow public operators growing in Oxnard and adjacent Santa Barbara. 89.9 KCRW and 91.5 KUSC recently teamed for a deal which will see KUSC move its Santa Barbara simulcast to 93.7 KDB and allow KCRW to take over 88.7 KQSC.
Update 4/1: KRRF ended its weekend of stunting and relaunched as “Classic Hits 106.3“. Focusing on music of the 1960’s through 1980’s, the station is launching with 10,006 songs in a row. Duncan Payton joins the station as PD and will hold an on-air shift as well. Original Report 3/31: Cumulus Classic Rock “106.3 The Surf” KRRF Oak View, CA has dropped its format and is stunting with a broad mix of music similar to what is currently airing at sister “Love 105” Minneapolis. KRRF recently completed its move from the Santa Barbara market down to Oxnard/Ventura. The station now operates with 960 watts at 252 meters from a tower in Ventura proper but no longer puts a city-grade signal over Santa Barbara. KRRF now joins a Cumulus cluster that inclu...[Read More]
We start our semi-regular look at FCC applications in Boston where Horizon Christian Fellowship is looking to relocate 103.7 W279BQ Gloucester, MA to the John Hancock Tower in downtown Boston. If approved, the translator will operate with 10 watts. It is currently licensed to rebroadcast Christian “Renew-FM” 90.1 WRYP Wellfleet, MA. Translators have had a hard time completing upgrades in Detroit due to its proximity to the Canadian border and tight spacing to nearby markets. That isn’t stopping EMF from making an attempt to increase the signal at its 98.3 W252BX. The translator has applied to upgrade to a directional 250 watts pointed directly towards downtown Detroit from its current 170 watt license. With the change, the translator will shift from rebroadcasting a subch...[Read More]
Update 12/3: EMF has announced it has agreed to purchase the 92.7 trimulcast. No terms have been disclosed. As we’ve reported below, EMF began programming the stations via LMA on December 1. Original Report 12/1: EMF Broadcasting has begun programming Amaturo Group’s three stations in Southern California. The stations which all circle around Los Angeles on 92.7 had aired a Variety Hits format as “Playlist 92.7” and have flipped to EMF’s Christian CHR “Air1” network. The three stations are KLST-FM Fountain Valley which covers portions of Orange County, KLSI Thousand Oaks which covers the westermost portions of the San Fernando Valley northwest of Los Angeles, and KLSN Adelanto serving the Victor Valley.

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There is a growing threat looming to corporate computer security in the attitudes of younger workers to technology, according to a report issued Wednesday by Cisco Systems Inc. The solutions as I see them are written between the lines below, as the article describes the “reasoning” of those “young workers” surveyed. In my incident response experience, it isn’t just the young folks, either.
- One-third ignore policy because they don’t believe they’re doing anything wrong.
- [This is an educational and awareness issue.]
- 22% did it because they needed to access unauthorized apps to do their job.
- [This is an HR and compliance issue. If they can’t do their jobs without breaching policy or security, they were the wrong hires.]
- 18% said they do not have time to think about policies when they are working.
- [That is 18% that need awareness sessions focusing on recent events. They could do with some time away from work, thinking about security & policy.]
- About 19% said they did it simply because the policies aren’t enforced.
- [This is an enforcement issue, should be addressed in a security program, and employees made aware of new monitoring and enforcement efforts. If it aint enforced, it aint policy.]
- About 16% said adhering to the policies is not convenient.
- [This is an educational issue, and should be 100%. Policies are not INTENDED to make things convenient, they are intended to make things safe, secure and reliable.]
Educational issues should be addressed by placing someone with authority in front of the subjects, explaining the policy to them, the reasons for the policy, the fact that when they do foolish things they risk their own jobs, the reputation and well-being of the company, the jobs of those around them, and highlighting the impacts to their employment that continued violations could have.
Awareness materials should be developed based on current issues the company faces, and should be updated and offered regularly.
HR issues can only be addressed through screening and monitoring. Those who cannot operate under the governance and rules of the company belong with the competition. People who don’t think about security are not thinking. Do they protect their PIN? Do they walk down dark alleys flashing cash in hand?
There are not enough policemen to patrol every street, so are they running red lights because that is hard to enforce?
Convenience is the blunt and comforable end of the stick. They are not being paid to be comfortable at the risk or cost of the company and its customers.
Just my 2¢ from the pointy end of the stick. Suck it up, “young workers”, we all want to keep our jobs…

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Monday, 21 May saw the publication of Adrian Beecroft’s report on employment law. The venture capitalist and Tory party donor was asked to prepare the report in August and September 2011, but it has only just been made public following a Freedom of Information Act request. The report has looked at a number of areas relating to employment law and has numerous recommendations. Some of the more controversial of the Beecroft Report’s recommendations are provoking heated discussion in the media.
The tone of the report is set in its introduction: “much of employment law and regulation impedes the search for efficiency and competitiveness […] that was addressing yesterday’s problem. In today’s era of a lack of jobs those regulations simply exacerbate the national problem of high unemployment.”
No fault dismissal
By far the most controversial recommendation in the report is the introduction of compensated no-fault dismissal for any business, no matter what its size: the current government’s proposal for compensated no-fault dismissal envisages restricting the procedure to microbusinesses with fewer than 10 employees only. Under the Beecroft Report’s proposal, an employer would have the right to dismiss an employee without reason and that employee would be prevented from pursuing a claim of unfair dismissal, provided the employer makes an enhanced leaving payment. The Beecroft Report states: “The result of this change would be that the onus would squarely be on the employee to perform well enough for the employer to value them as an employee. It would no longer be possible to coast along, underperforming in a way that is damaging to the enterprise concerned but not bad enough for the employer to want to undertake the whole rigmarole of the unfair dismissal process.”
Unfair dismissal legislation
There can be no doubt that this would represent a truly radical reform to the law of unfair dismissal. Whilst this ‘quick fix’ might be welcomed by some employers, it should be borne in mind that the law already provides employers with the right to dismiss for poor performance, provided the employer follows a fair procedure. While the current regime undoubtedly gives protection to employees, it is certainly arguable it does so for employers as well, allowing them to give a clear reason for dismissal that is less open to challenge on discriminatory grounds. Moreover, it is questionable whether the introduction of such a scheme would have the desired effect. Business Secretary Vince Cable said of no-fault dismissals: “In my daily conversations with businesses, this has very rarely been raised with me as a barrier to growth.”
Equality Act 2010
Among other controversial proposals in the Beecroft Report is the abolition of the third-party harassment provisions contained in the Equality Act 2010. Mr Beecroft states “the legislation clearly creates a temptation for employees to conspire with each other or with customers to create a harassment situation which might result in substantial financial compensation from their employer.” It is unclear what evidence he has reviewed to support this view.
Mr Beecroft would also like to see reform of the collective redundancy process, believing that 90 days’ consultation for employers wishing to make 100 or more redundancies is too long and prefers 30 days as a suitable consultation period: “If in the first thirty days no solution has arisen that management at least feel is worth exploring it is highly unlikely that one will be found in the following sixty days.” It would be interesting to see whether this view was borne out by the evidence. Arguably, it also neglects to mention that management may have known redundancies were in the offing prior to the beginning of the consultation and this contraction of the period only serves to increase pressure on employee representatives to try and negotiate an amicable solution to a large-scale redundancy in a third of the time.
Also among the report’s more controversial proposals are the comments on updating and improving the CRB checking system and Work Permit Checks. Many of the features that are highlighted will be available when the new online CRB system is introduced. This new system for work permits would “eliminate the risk of well-meaning employers fearing or facing prosecution for honest mistakes” and would also “allow HMRC […] to identify illegal workers who are being paid through the PAYE system.” This is likely to be welcomed by employers who currently face Draconian punishments.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills appears to be distancing itself from the more controversial elements of the Beecroft Report. Vince Cable said: “We have always been clear that sensible and well thought-through reforms need a strong evidence base behind them, not just anecdotal experiences.” He continued: “At a time when workers are proving to be flexible in difficult economic conditions it would almost certainly be counterproductive to increase fear of dismissal.”
The government has issued ‘calls for evidence’ in relation to particular aspects of the report, including TUPE amendments, collective redundancies, simplified dismissal procedures and compensated no-fault dismissal (which the Government intends to limit to microbusinesses only). Consultations have also been issued on the proposal to abolish the third-party harassment provisions of the Equality Act 2010, with a closing date of 7 August.
Lyons Davidson’s employment team will be submitting responses to these consultations and comment on developments as they progress.
For more information on issues raised in this blog or employment law in general, contact Lyons Davidson’s employment team or call 0117 904 6000.


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CBD vape pens have gained popularity over the past few years due to several factors. They include; are easily customizable, convenient, and available in several flavors. This blog discusses the reason CBD vape pens are so popular, an overview of CBD vape pens, and the health benefits of vaping CBD.
CBD is one of the most prevalent cannabinoids in the cannabis plant. It has gained traction in recent years due to its multiple health benefits. There are different cannabidiol delivery methods, such as; sublingual, vaping, and topical. Vaping CBD has gained traction over the past few years. There are multiple flavors available, suiting everyone's needs. Vaping CBD provides multiple benefits, such as pain relief, alleviating anxiety, boosting mental clarity and focus, and improving sleep. Vaping CBD is considered safer and healthier than smoking since you do not consume toxic carcinogens.
CBD vape pens are devices infused with CBD vape oil or e-juices. There are various CBD vape pens, the most popular ones being disposable and refillable pens. The disposable vape pens already come ready for use containing an already pre-filled CBD e-juice. Take it out of its package and use it. They are simpler to use compared to other vape pens. Once you are done with it, discard it. Refillable CBD vape pens can be used more than once. They are more costly than disposable vape pens but last longer.
Try vaping if you do not like CBD's earthy and grassy flavor. Vaping CBD helps you enjoy multiple flavors simultaneously, getting the health benefits of CBD. However, if you struggle with cutting sugars and candies, vaping CBD can help since you still experience delicious flavors like candies.
More companies are expounding their flavors regarding cannabidiol vape pens to suit every user's needs. Some of the flavors available include; pineapple, mango, cherries, blackberry, and strawberry. The availability of multiple flavors makes vaping CBD more fun than consuming the product by itself.
One of the most common misconceptions surrounding cannabidiol products is; they are costly. There are various CBD vape pens, such as disposable and refillable pens. The disposable CBD vape pens are more cost-effective than the refillable CBD vape pens and still offer the same exceptional quality.
CBD vape pens are ready to use, making them extra convenient. All you require is to take it out of its box, light it up, and you are good to go. It doesn't require any level of expertise. You can use these pens with a little knowledge. Though it is possible to buy reusable CBD vape pens and play around with various CBD vape liquids, ready-to-use disposable CBD vape pens offer more convenience. They are a good choice for users who need a quick CBD treat.
CBD vape pens are available in various options, allowing you to customize your experience for desired effects. These vape pens are available in multiple flavors, shapes, sizes, colors, and strengths from which you can choose. Since the options are endless, it makes the vaping experience more fun. Additionally, it ensures you get products you like.
Creating your vape juice by blending vape oils and terpenes is possible.
Using CBD vape pens in social situations doesn't negatively influence it. Like smoking, vaping is also a social activity. Its element has increased in popularity faster than other delivery methods. It isn't a big deal to vape in social settings. More and more people are becoming comfortable with the act.
CBD vape pens have also become popular due to the multiple health benefits vaping offers.
Most individuals face insomnia, anxiety, and other mental stress conditions. It interferes with one's optimum daily performance. Moltke &Hindocha (2021) suggested that individuals with insomnia have found vaping CBD effective in enhancing their sleeping time since it induces drowsiness. When taken in smaller amounts, it increases mental clarity and focuses.
Golanska et al. (2021) claimed that CBD promotes a sense of calmness and relaxation, decreasing anxiety and other mental health-related conditions.
Oxidative stress is one of the major causes of aging CBD contains antioxidant and neuroprotective properties that benefit the body. Vaping CBD can tackle various oxidative-related conditions, such as cancer. It protects the cells from oxidative damage.
Epilepsy causes a psychological toll on a patient, affecting general health. Devinsky et al. (2014) showed that CBD could reduce the frequency of seizures.
Nausea and vomiting are common side effects of chemotherapy treatment. The release of serotonin receptors causes them. Grimisonet al.(2020) suggested that CBD is anti-emetic and blocks the serotonin receptor, reducing nausea after chemotherapy.
Baranowska-Kuczko et al. (2020) stated that CBD has relaxing and calming properties that ease. Since it does not contain any mind-altering and psychoactive effects, most users find it more effective. It rarely has any side effects and does not cause over-dependence.
According to Hyson & Polly (2022), one of the most popular benefits of vaping CBD is its ability to relieve pain. When inhaled, it interacts with the endocannabinoid receptors, pain signals from reaching the brain neurons. It contains analgesic properties that provide pain relief.
Vaping has gained massive traction over the past few years compared to smoking. CBD vape pens have recently gained popularity- and we all know why. These devices are customizable, affordable, offer various flavors, and are convenient. They offer multiple health benefits, such as anxiety relief, pain alleviation, and improved sleep. CBD vape pens utilize CBD vape oil. CBD boosts multiple properties providing the body with health benefits. Get medical assistance before using a CBD vape pen since you may be allergic to its contents.
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My son, though not yet two, is already a budding entomologist. You know the type. He notices the tiniest ants while we’re out on a walk and then squats down and parks himself in the middle of the sidewalk three blocks away from our house, refusing to move until he’s spent at least ten minutes watching and poking around at them. In Charlie’s language, there are two types of insects – butterflies and bees. Butterflies are butterflies but everything else from a housefly to a caterpillar is a bee. We’ve got a patch of anise hyssop growing in our backyard raingarden and during the summer, it was covered in bumblebees. My husband and I tried everything we could think of to keep Charlie away from the bees, but he was absolutely obsessed with them and continually tried to catch them, chase them and play with them. Luckily for Charlie, bumble bees are incredibly docile and rarely sting people so he never got hurt as he plunged into the garden screaming, “Bee! Bee! Bee!”
Though most people I know are slightly better than Charlie at identifying different types of insects, I think the vast majority still lump any flying insect that stings into the same category – bee. In reality, there are 20,000 species of bees worldwide and 250 native bee species in Minnesota alone. With the exception of honeybees and bumblebees, almost all of the other bees are solitary insects that nest alone in the ground or in stems of plants. Yellow-jacket wasps are often mistaken for bees because they are also small with yellow and black stripes but the two types of insects are not very closely related. Yellow-jackets nest in colonies in the ground and under the eaves of our houses and are much more aggressive than bees; if you’ve ever been stung by a “bee,” chances are it was actually a yellow-jacket.
Honeybees are a domesticated species of bee, not native to the U.S. but vital to many of our agricultural crops. Farmers rely on insects to pollinate one-third of their crops and 80% of this pollination is done by honeybees. Minnesota crops that are dependent on insects for pollination include apple, cucumber, strawberry, blueberry, melon, sunflower, canola, pumpkin, cranberry, squash, clover, and alfalfa. Some crops like almonds are entirely dependent on honeybees and to meet this need, beekeepers across the country ship their bees to California and back every year to make sure that almond trees in the groves actually produce almonds.
Since 1945, honeybee populations in the U.S. have declined from 4.5 million to only 2 million today and many scientists and beekeepers fear that honeybees might be on the brink of disappearing altogether. According to Professor Marla Spivak, founder of the University of Minnesota Bee Lab, we are currently losing 30% of our bee colonies every year (Watch her TED talk). Dr. Spivak cites four factors contributing to this bee die-off. First, the increase of monoculture farming means that agricultural landscapes no longer offer a variety of plants, flowering cover crops, and patches of weeds for bees to get nectar from. In addition, the insecticides used to control pest insects, especially those containing neonicotinoids, can also kill bees. The compounds from these insecticides enter plant tissues and remain there for a long time; though the bees don’t always die immediately, the insecticides weaken their nervous systems, leaving the bees more susceptible to disease and less able to forage for food. In residential landscapes, bees suffer from the same lack of habitat that impacts other wildlife as well. Weed-free lawns are a food desert for bees and most common garden flowers have been bred for beauty, not the quality of their nectar. All of these changes in the landscape have left honeybees stressed and vulnerable to diseases and parasites that can wipe out entire colonies virtually overnight.
As a water resource professional, I find it interesting that many of the things we can do to help bees also help to protect lakes, rivers and streams. For example, incorporating flowering native plants like bee balm, anise hyssop and purple coneflower into our gardens provides a food source for bees and, because most of these plants have deep root systems, also helps to de-compact the soil, allow rainwater to soak in, and prevent erosion. We encourage farmers to use cover crops like clover and alfalfa to reduce erosion and restore soil nutrients, but both of these crops also provide excellent food for bees. In a similar manner, farmers can plant flowering trees as windbreaks along fields to prevent wind erosion and also provide bees with sources of nectar. Finally, reducing the use of insecticides in both our gardens and our farm fields can protect bees from harm and also reduce the risk that these chemicals contaminate our water.
For my son Charlie, a bee is an ant, is a fly, is a grasshopper. For the rest of us, however, it’s important to understand just how much we depend on honeybees for some of the most delicious and nutritious foods that we eat. Without them, we would have no almonds, no kiwifruit, no blueberries, no cherries, and certainly no little boys yelling, “Bee!”
Learn about the University of Minnesota Bee Lab and download a list of plants for Minnesota bees at www.beelab.umn.edu. You can also find native plant retailers and recommendations at www.BlueThumb.org. Find additional information about bees and other insects, along with research on the impacts of insecticides at www.xerces.org.
Bees are banned in Woodbury. Apparently, our leaders believe all of our food should be raised in third world countries (Iowa might be acceptable also) so we can live in a sterile environment free from bugs, wild animals, fresh food or other inconveniences of urban or rural life.
Bland is beautiful!
Hmmmm….we’re going to have to work on that.

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ST. LOUIS — Jason Heyward hit a two-run, tie-breaking double in the seventh inning to key a five-run rally, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 8-5 on Monday night.
St. Louis won for the eighth time in nine games and moved five games ahead of the idle Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL Central.
Washington, which had won six of its previous eight, fell 6 1/2 games behind the New York Mets in the NL East. New York beat Philadelphia 3-1 on Monday.
Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper, left, scores ahead of the tag from St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
The Cardinals sent 10 batters to the plate in the seventh and erased a 5-3 deficit with five two-out runs.
Kolten Wong followed Heyward's hit with a run-scoring single to push the lead to 8-5.
Stephen Piscotty and Jhonny Peralta had RBI hits off Casey Janssen (1-3) to tie the game. Felipe Rivero gave up the double to Heyward.
Kevin Siegrist (6-1) picked up the win despite allowing three runs in the seventh.
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North Ogden creek by Village at Prominence Point is focus of cleanup effort
NORTH OGDEN — Spencer Alexander has long clamored for moves to protect Coldwater Creek, the stream that meanders through the southern part of North Ogden on the periphery of the Village at Prominence Point development, still taking shape.
“I’m just too stubborn,” he said.
And as debate over a proposal from Village at Prominence Point reps to shift a short section of the creek simmers — a point of heated contention and now a lawsuit as well — he’s at it again, planning a public effort on Saturday to clean part of the waterway. His hope is to remove some of the concrete chunks that suspected contractors have placed along its banks over the years.
“Hopefully those optics help people understand the possibilities with that waterway,” he said. The cleanup initiative starts at 8:30 a.m., with participants to meet near the bank of Coldwater Creek off 1900 North west of Washington Boulevard.
The unique creek — fed by natural springs — is, as its name suggests, a coldwater stream, thus the temperature of the water stays cool, even in the summer, making it a safe habitat for trout. But it’s been neglected over the years, evidenced by the concrete chunks and extensive overgrowth, and now some, like Alexander, worry it’ll be adversely impacted by the Village at Prominence Point development as well.
Tim Vandenack, Standard-Examiner
Village at Prominence Point is a massive planned community calling for 600-plus housing units — homes, townhomes and apartments — on 33 acres west of Washington Boulevard between 1900 North and 1700 North. It’s been a sore point for some given the magnitude of the development and delays in completing some facets of the plans.
Similarly, the proposal to shift a section of Coldwater Creek on the northwestern edge of the development has also sparked opposition from some. Jack Barrett, the Arizona developer who’s the main force behind the development, wants to move the creek to create more space to build three proposed patio homes. The plan would entail moving a 154-foot-long section of the creek to the northwest and straightening it, creating more land on the east side of the waterway for the three proposed homes.
The Coldwater Creek section that would be shifted isn’t part of the area that’s the focus of Saturday’s cleanup campaign. It sits more to the west, south of 1900 North and east of 150 East.
Even so, concerns about the impact of such change figure in the efforts of Alexander and other defenders of the waterway. The change could harm the critters that use the waterway, some fear, or give it the look of a ditch, not a natural creek. And Barrett’s proposal has become the focus of a lawsuit filed last June in 2nd District Court in Ogden by Neil Amaral, who would lose part of his backyard per the plan.
Daren Rasmussen, a stream alteration specialist with the Division of Water Rights in the Utah Department of Natural Resources, said he’s awaiting more details on the plans from Barrett, represented in the matter by Jerry Draper, a local engineer.
“It’s just basically on hold, waiting for the information I’ve asked from them,” Rasmussen said.
Draper didn’t respond to queries seeking comment. Amaral’s lawsuit, meantime, which is focused on legal ownership of the land where the stream would be moved, winds its way through the court.
The impact of the suit on how the stream alteration request evolves “remains to be seen,” Rasmussen said.
Alexander, meanwhile, hopes via Saturday’s effort to add to the luster of Coldwater Creek, at least on the north side of 1900 North, from Washington Boulevard to the west. The concrete, he thinks, was placed along the banks of the creek by contractors of yesteryear.
“There’s been a lot of people using it as their personal dumping ground,” Alexander said.
The city has provided equipment to help haul off the concrete chunks and Alexander has high hopes. “That’s going to hopefully make a big dent in the look there and give everybody a sense of accomplishment,” he said.


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Sai Wine & Champagne Café, located at Labone recently marked this year's International Women's Day in a significant way when the Café shop hosted some women groups to an Afternoon Tea.
It brought together various women from all sectors including the corporate industry.
This afternoon tea consists of a selection of dainty sandwiches, scones served with clotted cream and preservers including cakes and pastries are also served.
Some of the women groups, who took the time to tour the Café shop, admired the architecture and serene environment.
Sai Wine & Champagne Cafe, is indeed a great place for friends to meet, relax and unwind, hold corporate meetings or simply just to drink some fine wine and champagne!
Sai wine & champagne cafè is open for business and a wonderful addition to Accra!
Sai sells nothing but wine and champagne from key wine producing countries throughout the world.
Alongside wines, they also have complimentary foods such as Cheese & cold meat platters, oysters, clams, pate, salmon, lumpfish roe that you can enjoy, with friends and family or on your own!
About The Afternoon Tea
The Afternoon Tea was introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840.
During the hours of four o'clock to five o'clock, the Duchess would be hungry and would ask for a tray of tea, bread and butter and cake to be brought to her in her room. This became a habit of hers and she began inviting friends to join her.
This pause for tea became a fashionable social event in the 1880's, upper class and society women would change in their long gowns, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea which was usually served in the drawing room between four and five o’clock.


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All over the globe, every first world country with a high standard of living is facing a problem: Not enough children to replace themselves.
Therefore, ALL first world countries have to rely on importing foreigners to fill a variety of jobs and to maintain a strong economy.
Have you wondered why though? According to The Economist (2006), the single largest enabler for the huge rate of growth in the world economy is this – the entrance of women into the workforce. In order to have first world living standards, women need to be in the workforce.
So think about this:
a.) If women (and everyone actually) spend a good half of their living hours studying and/or working in order to achieve their desire of having better lifestyles, what more time is there left to have and look after children? Is there a need to work so hard? We’ll explore later.
b.) It is observable that many believe children, in modern days, are not an “achievement” in life anymore. Neither are they necessary to “look after you in old age”. They’re also not required to help out in the family farm/business anymore. Thus, more individuals are questioning why they want children. Movies like “Sex in the City” glamorizes the single, independent, successful woman who settles down and has a baby late. Such media influence also contribute to the statistic.
c.) Effective birth-control and abortion. Humans now have so much control over their ability to have children that to have kids is a preference and seldom an accident.
d.) Couples are now waiting later and later to get married and start a family. Job commitments, waiting to “achieve goals”. Most are waiting till as late as their 30s and 40s. This gives rise to the risk of complications in child-birth.
We like to think that the “Stop at Two” policy was over effective in the 80s, but just like the rest of the world, we’re now finding out that this campaign wasn’t even necessary.
Is the country doing anything about falling birthrates (apart from foreigner inputs?), the answer is “yes”. I shan’t go into detail as this information is freely available and should be common knowledge anyway.
– Wide range of cash and tax relief incentives to have babies
– Protection by law against discrimination by employers
– Setting the example of shortening the work-week
– A powerful internet infrastructure means telecommuting is a real option (but in reality, few employers want to use this option…I’ll probably discuss this another day)
– A myriad of family day programs, day outs and activities
– Public service advertisements on why work-life balance is important
– Work-Life balance incentives and awards to businesses who advocate it
– Work-Life balance funds and programs by SPRING Singapore
However, all these are useless if the individual feels that he/she would rather spend more time making money or working. (And the Chinese/Asian culture of spending long hours at work doesn’t help at all.)
But is there a need to work so hard? Well, everyone does have a choice – and this will bring to mind the topic of “expensive/rising cost of living”. I shall address this in another post, but for now: Even if your household income is $1200 a month, this is enough to own a very small apartment and feed a very small family. Yes, it will be very frugal – but it’s possible.
The reality is this. Singaporeans, like every first world country in the world, want more than $1200 a month. They want their mobile phones, cars, four room apartments, big televisions, eat good meals at restaurants – which really is nothing wrong. But does this mean the Government should provide for luxurious living? And if so, how? Through subsidy? Should they make it a law for all employers to pay a handsome sum? Where do you draw the line then if humans are not known for being satisfied easily. (Remember, wherever there is a Government welfare or rising cost to business, there is economical karma to pay.)
The layman’s argument then, is that we want ownership of a house to be a “birth-right” – yet do you know that all over the world, this is not a reality. Having every citizen own a roof (especially in land scarce Singapore) is the vision of none other than Lee Kuan Yew, your “dictator”.
Everyone has different expectations from the Government. Yes, Government needs to be responsible for the well-being of it’s citizens but this does not include home ownership (or ownership of almost any other property for that fact).
We shall discuss cost of living (including medical care) in another post.


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Our beaches in Norfolk are absolutely fantastic, and I know that you're going to love them.
Here in Norfolk we are incredibly lucky to have a vast sandy coastline that stretches from Snettisham (although this particular beach in Norfolk is not a sandy beach, but still a beach) all the way to Great Yarmouth and Hopton-on-Sea and beyond into Suffolk.
Most of this coastline in Norfolk is beautiful, particularly the North Norfolk coast. However, quite a lot of it is also prone to coastal erosion, such as Happisburgh and Trimingham.
Before the 18th century, beaches weren’t used as we use them today. The first beach resorts were opened in the 18th Century for the aristocracy, and then the use of beaches as leisure resorts only became popular in the 19th Century.
Some of the North Norfolk beaches such as Burnham Overy Staithe, Holkham and Wells-next-the-Sea have swathes of golden sand with wide open skies. When the tide is out you can literally see and walk for miles. For the many times that I’ve visited Wells beach, more often than not the tide is out, and I never reach the sea!
And apart from enjoying the beach with family, many of us love the wide open spaces these beaches provide for walking our beloved dogs.
Dog walking on the beaches in Norfolk is a very popular past-time. Holkham and Wells have to be the two best beaches for dog walking because you can walk for miles. One other beach that is excellent for dog walking when the tide is out is Old Hunstanton.
But what about a Norfolk beach such as West Runton where the remains of the famous Steppe Mammoth were found back in 1990. How would you distinguish this beach if you were walking along it, from its neighbour, East Runton. Both have cliffs, both are fairly pebbly until the tide is out and you can’t really distinguish one from the other. Having said that, East Runton has an old pill box half buried in the sand, so if you knew this, you’d know where you were.
Activities such as kite surfing, wind surfing or beach buggying are popular on Brancaster beach and Old Hunstanton, Informed decisions about tide times on certain beaches in Norfolk is of paramount importance.
Time and tide wait for nobody, so just keep walking!

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Kernersville, NC-- The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) has charged a former fire marshal in Kernersville with taking indecent liberties with a child.
Timothy Scott Swaim, 46, of Kernersville, is accused of taking a picture of a naked 15-year-old girl, according to a court record obtained by the Winston-Salem Journal. The felony offense allegedly happened in November 2008.
A city official with Kernersville confirmed to WFMY News 2 that Swaim was charged on Monday, but he resigned as fire marshal on April 19.
Brad Stanley with the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said he couldn't provide any details about the case. Stanley said the SBI is handling any information released about the investigation.
Swaim started working for the Kernersville Fire Department in 1994. He became the city's Fire Marshal in 2004.


Unseasonal rains have cast a doubt over Sunday's third and final one-day international between India and Australia, who desperately need a win to square the series and avoid their first series defeat against the hosts in over two decades.
The met office has predicted more rains and the sky was heavily overcast in the morning.
India have taken a 1-0 lead by chasing down a stiff target of 290 in the second ODI at Vishakapatnam. The first clash at Kochi was washed out without a ball being bowled last Sunday.
If tomorrow's match is also washed out, Australia will leave the Indian shores without a single win, having lost the Test series before the One-day series. The last time the Aussies had lost a ODI series in India was in 1986-87 when the hosts had won by a 3-2 margin.
Though without several key players, including marauding opener Virender Sehwag and champion batsman Sachin Tendulkar, the home team were undeterred in living up to the stiff task set by the Australians.
India have won their last two encounters -- against England and Sri Lanka -- at this venue and a hat-trick of wins in front of a capacity crowd of 27,000 would be the perfect ending to the rubber for them.
With the batting line-up clicking in unison after the early fall of debutant opener Shikhar Dhawan and his comrade-in-arms Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma looks set to warm the bench for another match.
The Indians would be pleased not only with the superb display dished out by young Virat Kohli, who piloted the home team across the finish line with his classy 118, but also of Yuvraj Singh who has been struggling to get into some sort of form of late.
Yuvraj, who made 58, may not have batted with the gay abandon with which he has been associated with in the past, but his getting into the groove with the World Cup fast approaching is a welcome sign for the team.
Suresh Raina has been in cracking form, especially in the shorter formats of the game, and showed what he's capable of in his 47-ball cameo that was worth an unbeaten 71.
Even with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni falling for a duck, there was enough in the batting tank to see them to the target.
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Multinational automaker corporations like Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen used illegal foreign workers to build their plants in the United States, according to a recently unsealed lawsuit.
Through the German hiring firm Eisenmann, companies like Tesla and Mercedes-Benz imported hundreds of low-wage Eastern European construction workers on B-1 and B-2 visas to build their U.S. auto-plants, the lawsuit states as the Mercury News reports.
The lawsuit alleges that more than 140 Eastern European workers were brought to the U.S. to expand factories – like Tesla’s recently built paint plant in Fremont, California – for sometimes at wages as low as $5.00 an hour.
In the suit, Tesla and other auto-makers are blamed alongside Eisenmann for aiding in falsifying worker “documents to the United States to secure illegal visas for their direct and indirect employees to come to the United States.”
If the foreign workers had not been imported by Eisenmann for Tesla and the other automakers, the lawsuit says hundreds of American workers could have been employed.
Claims of paying workers low wages, violating U.S. immigration laws, and failing to pay appropriate taxes are all included in the lawsuit, as Mercury News notes:
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his company paid appropriate wages to contractor Eisenmann, a manufacturer of industrial systems — about $55 an hour. Eisenmann subcontracted the work to a Slovenian company, ISM Vuzem. Workers interviewed by this news organization said they received a little more than $10 an hour from Vuzem. Pay vouchers submitted as part of Lesnik’s suit indicate he was paid as little as $5 an hour.
The suit claims Eisenmann and various subcontractors hired at least 200 foreign workers to build the paint shop at Tesla’s Fremont factory.
The men were given letters endorsed by Eisenmann stating they were supervisors with “specialized knowledge” of Eisenmann equipment and construction, enabling them to receive B-1/B-2 visas, the suit says. Those business visas allow for limited work — typically meetings, negotiations or conferences — but broadly ban hands-on labor like construction work.
Eisenmann repeated this visa and hiring process at automobile and parts factories across the country, the suit says. It also claims the contract work broke federal law and allowed companies to avoid taxes owed to the government.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) began a probe into whistle-blower Gregor Lesnik’s claims of abuse by the multinational automakers and the lawsuit is moving forward.
Lesnik is one of the hundreds of Eastern European construction workers who were imported to the U.S. to help build factories for allegedly low wages. While on the job, Lesnik reportedly fell through the Tesla factory roof and suffered multiple injuries and broken bones, leading to a $550,000 settlement with the company.
Last month, Breitbart Texas reported on former Eisenmann manager Gerald Greiner’s allegations against the automakers and the subcontracting company, where he claims that American workers could have readily done the job of building the factories, but that Eastern European workers were used instead to keep wages low.
There are four pipelines for which multinational corporations use to import foreign workers. Those options include legal immigrants who come to the U.S. for work; non-immigrants who come to the U.S. on any of the employment-based visa programs available; foreign nationals who are allowed to work legally on Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) – like those given amnesty through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; and illegal aliens who enter the U.S. mostly through the southern border.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder.

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