(Australian Associated Press)
Fast-tracked company tax cuts for small and medium-sized businesses have passed the lower house, bringing the plan closer to reality.
Draft laws enacting the Morrison government’s proposed tax relief measures are set for the Senate after clearing the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
Companies with turnover under $50 million will receive a tax rate of 25 per cent five years earlier than initially planned under the proposal.
“We believe in the more than three million small and medium businesses in Australia, employing seven million workers,” Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said as he introduced the draft law.
“Reducing their taxes will allow them to invest, grow and hire more Australians.”
Such businesses will have their tax rate dropped to 26 per cent rate in 2020/21, then to 25 per cent the following year.
The legislation sailed through the lower house with Labor’s support, while independent MP Andrew Wilkie and Greens MP Adam Bandt attempted to delay the inevitable on Tuesday evening.
Labor treasury spokesman Chris Bowen said the opposition were happy to facilitate the change in tax policy.
“They (businesses) deserve the certainty to know these tax cuts are locked in,” he said.
However, Mr Bowen says the Morrison government had only shifted to tax cuts for small and medium businesses after its plan for relief for large companies suffered defeat in the Senate in August.
Greens MP Adam Bandt says the looming federal election has resulted in the tax cuts being rushed through parliament to avoid scrutiny.
Mr Bandt said other matters, such as the mental health of refugee children on Nauru, were more important than clearing the parliamentary schedule for business tax cuts.


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Court Backs State In Med Mal Immunity Dispute
An appeals court Wednesday agreed with the Florida Department of Health that a state program should not shield a doctor from potential liability in a medical-malpractice case stemming from the death of a patient.
The ruling centered, in part, on a state program that extended sovereign-immunity protections to physicians who provide free care to indigent patients.
Participating doctors are shielded from medical-malpractice lawsuits for care they provide under a contract with the Department of Health, the ruling by a panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal said.
The case involved physician Allan Dinnerstein, who in 2005 entered a contract with the department to participate in the program.
At the time, Dinnerstein was in private practice but later began working at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Palm Beach County.
In 2007, patient Ludana Prophete, who was receiving prenatal care at the Lantana clinic of the Palm Beach County Health Department, was sent to the hospital because of abdominal pain, the ruling said. Dinnerstein, who was on call, provided some treatment, and Prophete was told to return if she had other problems.
Three days later, Prophete went back to the health-department clinic, and a nurse sent her to the hospital because she believed Prophete had the condition known as preeclampsia.
Dinnerstein saw Prophete at the hospital and gave her two prescriptions, and she returned the following day, Wednesday’s ruling said.
She was examined and again released from the hospital but died a short time later.
Dinnerstein contended that he should receive the sovereign-immunity protections, spurring a lengthy court battle with the Department of Health.
The appeals court Wednesday agreed with a circuit judge, who sided with the Department of Health.
“Although Ms. Prophete was a patient of FDOH’s Lantana clinic, she was never shown to be associated with the volunteer program, let alone a patient referred through the volunteer program,” said the ruling, written by appeals-court Judge Carole Taylor and joined by judges Martha Warner and Spencer Levine. “Ms. Prophete was not informed of and did not consent to participate in the volunteer program. The nurse who prepared her transportation to Bethesda did not have any role with the volunteer program and did not refer Ms. Prophete to a specific doctor at Bethesda as a part of the program. … Because the evidence failed to show that Ms. Prophete was a patient in the volunteer program, Dr. Dinnerstein’s treatment of her was not shown to have been as a part of the volunteer program.”

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The Trump administration and new Congress should focus during its first 100 days on cutting some of the nearly 150 redundant or unnecessary regulations that are strangling the oil and gas industry, Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, said Wednesday.
“From our standpoint, a top priority is the regulatory agenda,” Gerard told attendees at API’s 2017 State of American Energy event at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. “We are currently dealing with 145 proposed or pending regulations that just impact the oil and gas industry. We support smart, common-sense regulation, but many of these are redundant and unnecessarily impose costs on the American consumer.”
Many federal regulations are “conflicting, redundant or confusing” to those imposed by the states, which are the primary regulators of the oil and gas industry, Gerard said. “There is an appropriate role for federal, state and local governments to play in terms of regulating activity, but it should be smart.”
API, a trade group for the oil and gas industry, released at the event its 2017 State of American Energy report, which Gerard said “makes clear that the policies our elected representatives choose and the actions they take today will determine whether this nation’s 21st century energy renaissance endures and delivers the energy, economic opportunities and national security through global energy leadership that Americans today and in the future deserve.”
Added Gerard: “We occupy an important point in our nation’s history. For the first time in our lifetime, we can now say that North America has the potential to become a net energy exporter. That’s a revolutionary change, a significant shift from where we were just a few short years ago.”
In comments to reporters, Gerard pointed to two areas where regulations need review: methane and offshore emissions. “We’re significantly increasing natural gas production in the country; methane emissions have been dropping,” he said. “Yet for whatever reason, the government … has chosen to come in now and regulate the very activity that we are demonstrating is improving on a day-to-day basis.” Federal regulators, he continued, are also performing a study “to determine whether there’s any offshore impacts of offshore emissions. They haven’t even concluded the study yet to determine if there’s any impact but they already put out the regulation to regulate the activity.”
He noted in his speech that “roughly 94% of federal offshore acreage is off limits to energy production. Allowing more offshore oil and natural gas production could create more than 800,000 new jobs, grow our economy by up to $70 billion per year and raise more than $200 billion in cumulative revenue for the government treasury.”
Restricted offshore areas, he continued, “could hold 50 billion barrels, or more, of oil and more than 195 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Just imagine what the industry could do to further benefit consumers, the economy and the environment if more of that energy were available for responsible and safe domestic production.”
“We are doing an analysis of it to see what it would do; we haven’t concluded that analysis yet,” he said. “We have been talking to many, on a bipartisan basis, on Capitol Hill expressing concern and letting them know we will be back to them with further analysis.”
As to climate change, Gerard said the U.S. is at a “25-year low in carbon emissions; that’s not written about enough. Our view is we need to get beyond [climate change] deniers and believers and focus on what’s taking place. We now lead the world in carbon reductions. No one would have thought that possible.”
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We Ain’t Plastic is the personal portfolio of Roland Lösslein, a Creative Technolgist & User Experience Engineer based in Berlin, Germany. His clean and lean new website is full of tiny, thought through UI elements. Good job!
Anton & Irene is a very promising Brooklyn-based design studio founded by Anton Repponen & Irene Pereyra. Their brand new website has a beautiful design and features some exquisite projects. Definitely worth a visit, but don’t forget to fool around with the »splash screen«. Site credits: Oleg Chulakov Studio

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(Vatican Radio) The funeral for Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes took place on Wednesday in his hometown of Macksville, New South Wales. The 25-year old national team member died last Thursday, two days after being hit near the ear by a ball while batting for South Australia against his former state side New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Here in Rome, St Peter’s Cricket Club organised a Mass in memory of Hughes on Tuesday night at the Venerable English College.
The main celebrant was Team Captain Fr. Tony Currer, who is an official for the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Listen to the full interview by Philippa Hitchen with Fr. Tony Currer:
“So many people have been touched by the death of Philip Hughes,” Father Currer told Vatican Radio. “It’s really shocked everybody who plays cricket at whatever level. Here’s a young man who just had an exuberance, and a joy of life. The way he played cricket, and his whole personality, just radiated that.”
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Over the weekend I worked on the above piece. I was inspired by this piece by Matisse. The coloration was very appealing to me so I adapted it for what I wanted to do. I took an idea from my Lake Alpine sketches done last summer and gave some thought to the shapes and colors that I wanted to use. I am surprised more and more by my willingness to use the phthalo blue and green in my paint box. I like to knock them back with other colors but sometimes, as above, I use them straight. I guess it is always a matter of balance. The big surprise was a yellow-orange color that I had sort of abandoned. It turned out to be just the thing for what I wanted. I continue to pry at the blues on my palette, trying to make them work. I haven't quite gotten there yet but give me some time I guess:) I do like the feeling of the above piece. I picked the title based on the name of a location on the island of Hawaii (Place of Refuge). Seemed just right.
Hope everyone had a good weekend. Thanks for reading and commenting.

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What is a Short Sale? You've heard the term on news programs, seen it in ads for homes, and still wonder, "What is a short sale?"
A short sale occurs when a home seller owes more on their mortgage(s) than they will get for the sale of their home. In other words, market value of the home is below what is due the mortgage holder. There will be a shortfall on repaying the mortgage, therefore the mortgage holder(s) will need to approve the sale and accept the short repayment.
A short sale can be a great alternative to foreclosure, for those who find that their mortgage payments have become unaffordable, and may have begun missing mortgage payments. In the Commonwealth of Virginia it is estimated that banks spend an average of $50,000 in attorneys fees to foreclose on a home. A short sale will transfer ownership of the home to the buyer without that legal wrangling and cost. All you need is the approval of the mortgage holder, accepting the short fall of the loan repayment. You can see the financial savings of short sale to a bank versus foreclosure.
You don't need to miss mortgage payments in order to qualify for a short sale. Short sales are also useful for sellers who are being forced to transfer to another state, or Country, by their employer. A job transfer is considered a hardship by most banks.
If you think you may have to list your home for short sale, find an agent to represent you who understands the process of short sale approval, and short sale contracts. An agent with a proven track record of success in closing short sales will know exactly how to help you through the process and will increase the odds of a successful short sale settlement.

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Great germination and delicious. Large bunches and very tender.
Here in Ohio it has been very cold in December, it's gotten below 10F many times. But with a simple plastic low tunnel this lettuce is still looking fresh, in fact I am going to pick some for Christmas dinner today.
I agree with the lettuce description. I have grown this variety for several years now and it never fails to impress me. It's not only a beautiful lettuce but it has held up to lots of heat and humidity. I keep it well watered and harvest the outer leaves as soon as they are large enough to pick. This variety has given me LOTS of salads. I pair it with Year Round Lettuce for a dynamic duo of flavor...you will want this one in your garden!

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I am published today in the First Things blog about the Swiss court ruling permitting assisted suicide for the mentally ill. I point out that the Dutch Supreme Court issued a strikingly similar ruling more than ten years ago and that there is advocacy here in the USA for “rational suicide” among some mental health professionals. The gist of my argument: “No one should be surprised by the Swiss ruling. The two weight-bearing ideological pillars of euthanasia/assisted suicide advocacya radical individualistic notion of ‘self-ownership’ and the deemed propriety of killing as an acceptable answer to the problem of human suffering-virtually compel this result. After all, many people suffer more intensely and for far longer than people who are dying. And, if choice is the be all and end all of personal freedom, then who can gainsay a suffering person’s decision to die? Hence, rather than being a radical extension of assisted suicide ideology, the Swiss court decision is simply its logical outcome.”
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Japanese train models and building kits come with stickers, not decals as I have been used to working with. At first I found these hard to work with but after repeated attempts and trying different techniques, I have been getting better results. These stickers are colorful and add quite a bit of realism to the finished structure.
The back side of this particular set of stickers had a foil look to it. Later an accidental scratch on the front of the sheet revealed the same foil look suggesting that this is a foil sticker.


Locals were left "terrified" after a number of cars were badly damaged during an early morning fracas in west Dublin.
The frightening incident took place at around 1am this morning in Mulhuddart, Dublin 15.
It's understood the disturbance broke out at a home in the area before spilling out on to the street.
A witness told Dublin Live a car then arrived at the scene and a group of armed men got out.
A number of cars were damaged as the two gangs engaged in a running battle on the street before gardai arrived at around 2:30am.
A garda spokesman told Dublin Live one man was arrested at the scene.
He said: "A male in his 20s was arrested in relation to this incident and has was subsequently released pending administration of an adult caution."
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Despite protests from politicians and citizens, Baltimore County will begin sharing legislators with Baltimore City under a final redistricting plan released today by a special advisory panel.
The panel did agree to have only five districts cross the city-county border, instead of the six proposed when the first plan was released two weeks ago.
But, in several important ways, the plan did not change. The city will maintain control of eight districts, despite a dwindling population that some said entitled the city to only seven districts.
In addition, the plan maintains its key plank -- a new black-dominated district in the Liberty Road area. Creating that new district will force several Baltimore county incumbents to run against each other.
Furious Baltimore County officials and residents have said they wanted nothing to do with city politics. Some residents even predicted the joint legislative districts would eventually lead to countians paying the city's higher property tax rates.
"I still think it's totally unfair to Baltimore County and Baltimore County voters," said Del. E. Farrell Maddox, chairman of the county's House delegation.
The plan now goes to Gov. William Donald Schaefer, who must submit his own version to the General Assembly next month. It is not clear how much Schaefer will tinker with the panel's plan.
"At first blush, he thinks they did a good job with it," said Page Boinest, a spokesman for the governor.
If the General Assembly is unable to agree on changes to Schaefer's proposal, it will become law. The debate in the legislature promises to be vigorous, as lawmakers maneuver to protect favored election turf.
The district map will be used to elect all 188 members of the legislature in 1994 and 1998. New maps are drawn every decade based on U.S. Census figures.
The panel modified several proposals in its original map:
* The revised plan creates a new, single-member House district in Catonsville as part of one of the city-county districts. That will mean the loss of one delegate from the city. Baltimore County, however, will show no net gain in elected officials because it also lost a delegate seat to Howard County.
* Howard County will be split into three districts instead of five as the panel had contemplated.
* Essex has been reunited in a single district. It had been split between two.
* Towson is now back in a Baltimore County district. It had been included in a city-dominated district.
Despite protests from black leaders, the panel declined to create another black-dominated district in Prince George's County. The map maintains three districts with minority populations of at least 74 percent. The NAACP had proposed giving the county at least four districts with substantial black majorities.
In all, Baltimore City will lose one of its nine districts. Four of the eight city-dominated districts will be heavily black. Three will be mainly white. The eighth, the 43rd District in northeast Baltimore, is 61 percent minority in the panel's final plan. It was 46 percent minority in the panel's first plan.


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How to help your teenager with anxiety - Part 1
Does your teenager ever get anxious before a big test?
Or how about the week or two leading up to the start of a new school year … are they a little on edge? Are they not their usual selves? This was certainly the case for my youngest daughter.
What about the morning of a big presentation in one of their classes? Do they refuse to eat breakfast and complain about an upset stomach?
How about social situations? Does your teenager get really uncomfortable or avoid them?
Truth be told we all experience anxiety at some level. For me back when I was in school one of my biggest fears was being called on in class or a group discussion. I should qualify this. I was good with being called on to answer a question with a specific answer. For example: What is the capital of Indiana ? It was the questions that required me to share my thoughts or opinion that freaked me out. Questions like. What did you think the author was trying to say in this poem? I would feel exposed or vulnerable in these moments.
But now I stand up in front of people and share my ideas and thoughts all of the time. Now I am not going to lie. There are still some nerves before I start a talk. But over the years I have learned strategies for overcoming this fear and more importantly I have developed a new mindset that prevents the anxiety from ever starting in the first place.
This is the stuff I wish someone would have shared with me when I was a teenager.
This is part 1 of a 7 part series - How to help your teenager get beyond their anxiety.
Over the next 7 posts we will start by exploring the different types of anxiety and what causes them. Next, we'll talk about strategies that can help you and your teenager get past anxiety in the moment… when you are feeling it. Then we will wrap up this series with some strategies for preventing anxiety so that you and your teenager can be their absolute best.
Your family enrichment coach,

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Today we begin the book of 1 Chronicles. The goal of 1 and 2 Chronicles is to give a history of the kingdom of Judah, beginning with King Saul taking his life, David taking over the throne, and then how David is succeeded by his son Solomon and later kings of Judah.
While the events in 1 and 2 Chronicles overlap with many of the events we read about in 1 and 2 Kings, there are a couple major differences. The first difference is that 1 and 2 Chronicles focuses only on the kingdom of Judah. In contrast, 1 and 2 Kings gives a shorter account of both Judah and Israel.
A second difference is that 1 and 2 Chronicles tend to go into greater detail about certain events in the lives of Judah’s kings. So the insights we gain from reading 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles can be slightly different from, although complementary with, the insights we gain about those same kings as described in 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings. It’s similar to how the New Testament contains four gospels, all talking about many of the same events, but from slightly different perspectives which complement one another.
Tradition holds that it was Ezra who wrote 1 and 2 Chronicles, although we do not have many clues about the author’s actual identity. Most Biblical scholars conclude that 1 and 2 Chronicles were written no later than 400 BC.
With that background in mind, today’s passage is 1 Chronicles 1:1-54. Let’s go!
On verses 1-54: At first glance when we read this passage all we see is list after list of people, many of whom we have never heard and whose names we might have trouble pronouncing. In fact, the first nine chapters of 1 Chronicles consist mostly of these genealogies (ancestor name lists)! Why did the Chronicler begin this book with so many genealogies? It was to show how amazing it was that the Israelites, a relatively small people group, became God’s chosen people. These genealogies helped the Israelites to appreciate their place in God’s story.
Also, as we dig deeper into some of these name lists, we will uncover some significant and amazing truths, especially in verses 1-3 below.
On verses 1-3: Take the first ten names that appear in 1 Chronicles: Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah. According to various scholars, the meaning of each of these names is as follows:
Adam means “Man”
Seth means “Appointed”
Enosh means “Subject to death”
Kenan means “Sorrowful”
Mahalel means “From the presence of God”
Jared means “One comes down”
Enoch means “Dedicated”
Methuselah means “Dying, he shall send”
Lamech means “To the poor brought very low”
Noah means “Comfort, or rest”
When you put the meanings of these ten names together, what you get is an amazing summary of the Gospel: man, though appointed and made in God’s image, fell short of God’s glory and became subject to death and sorrow. Yet from the presence of God, One will come down who will be dedicated to God. By dying, this One would be brought very low, sent to the poor so that He might provide comfort and rest for all.
In other words, centuries before Jesus was born, the Old Testament was already pointing to our need for a Saviour and God’s plan to provide that Saviour from heaven (Jesus).
To help make sense of what is going on in the rest of verses 1-54, see my notes below:
Verses 1-27 show that the Israelites descended from Adam (v1) and later Noah (v1). While other people groups would be born to Noah’s other sons Ham and Japheth (v5-16), the Israelites would be born through Noah’s son Shem (v4, 17-27) and Noah’s eventual descendant Abraham (v27).
Verses 28-42 show that although Abraham produced children with three women (his wife Sarah, her maidservant Hagar, and his concubine Keturah), the Israelites would be born through the family tree of Abraham and Sarah, their son Isaac and their grandson Jacob (whose name God would later to change to “Israel”).
Verses 35-42 show that although Israel (formerly Jacob) was the one through whom the Israelites would be born, Israel’s brother Esau would also become a mighty nation called Edom (v35-54).
What can we learn from this? Sometimes in order to appreciate who we are and where we are going, we first need to appreciate who, and where, we came from. Are you aware of the people and stories that have brought you and your family to where you are today? A useful exercise for you at your next family gathering might be to interview your relatives from the generations before you and find out what people and stories have shaped you and your family. Where have you seen God’s grace and mercy upon your family?
1 Chronicles 1:43 (NIV) 43 These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned: Bela son of Beor, whose city was named Dinhabah.
On verses 43-54: Why would the Chronicler go out of his way to list the kings of Edom and say that these kings of Edom reigned “before any Israelite king reigned” (v43)? In part it is to show how different the people who came out of Israel (Jacob) turned out compared to the people who came out of Edom (Esau). Whereas Esau’s descendants followed the ways of the world and appointed kings almost immediately, Jacob’s descendants did not appoint a king till much later. That’s because God wanted to be their only king. Whereas the kingdom of Edom fell long time ago, the kingdom that came through Israel continues to this day.
What can we learn from this? When you follow God’s plans for your life, be prepared that your life will be different – both in wonderful ways and challenging ways – compared to people who have no interest in following God.
Lord Jesus, thank You for Your Word which is ahead of its time. Thank You that when we were subject to death and sorrowful, You came down from the presence of God and were dedicated to God. You died and were brought low, and as a result we find comfort and rest in You. In Jesus’ name, AMEN!

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We started the year in Advanced Art/AP Studio Art and in Jewelry/Metals II and Adv. Metals with our annual Endangered Art4Apes entry. Students researched their endangered/extinct or threatened animal and then began the designing stage of their projects. You can see several of the wonderful entries below. We are also very proud to share that two students were winners this year in the young artist catagory. Congratulations to Catherine Guevara for her first place win in this international art competition, and to Jennifer Lentz for her third place win. Photos of their work are below, but you can also follow the link to the Art4Apes website here
Here are some more of my students wonderful entries!!!


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If you plan on grabbing Dead Rising 3 when it launches later this year you can look forward to the myriad of bonus content in the Dead Rising Tribute Pack that comes packaged with the special Day One edition of the game.
The content will pay homage to the first two games in the series, with two batches of content that each celebrates a hero from the franchise. The first includes a Classic Frank West costume, Frank’s Zombie Slugger weapon, special attacks, a custom skill move and attribute perks for added melee damage and tougher survivors. The second brings with it an Official Chuck Greene costume, Paddle Saw weapon and attribute perks for increased vehicle and weapon durability.
Dead Rising 3 releases exclusively on the Xbox One this November.

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This week’s sketch WIP on 80lb paper - further progress. A student at the high school I volunteer for pointed out that these figures look like mushrooms. I think the middle one looks rather like a tree.
Godzich’s “International Cyberpunk” lectures, specifically those on automata, doll girls, and the undead, have inspired a new series of drawings. I think I’m excited about where they are going. WIPWIPWIP: Undead


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»BIZ BEAT: Liquidation sales start today at womens apparel store set to close at area malls
“Stores associates are aware and we are working to relocate as many as possible to other store locations,” the statement said.
The company also has a call center in Kettering that employs thousands but is not impacted by closures, according to the statement.
L Brands announced it would close 53 stores earlier this month after disappointing holiday sales. The closures add to 30 shuttered in 2018, both above the company’s average closure rate of 15 per year, according to an L Brands release.
Comparable sales across the company’s brands, which also include Pink, were up 3 percent.
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RIVER ROUGE, Mich. – U.S. Steel announced that it has plans to idle its plant on Zug Island.
That will result in 1,500 layoffs. The company said production will shift to its plant in Gary, Indiana.
In a statement. U.S. Steel said its River Rouge iron and steel making facilities will begin idling on or around April 1, 2020.
The workers will not be affected before then, according to the company.


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USD/JPY Fundamental Daily Forecast – Rebounding after Trump Tweet Calms InvestorsThe financial markets are reversing their earlier moves in a big way, suggesting the worst may be over. Trump is scheduled to address the nation at about 14:00 GMT. This speech could set the tone in the markets for the rest of the session.
The Dollar/Yen is trading slightly better shortly ahead of the U.S. opening. The Forex pair has erased all of its earlier losses, producing tremendous whip-saw action. The catalysts behind the volatile, two-sided price action are escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, and indications of calm.
Earlier in the session, the Dollar/Yen plunged on safe-haven selling after Iran launched missiles against an Iraqi air base that housed U.S. troops. The initial reaction suggests investors were preparing for the worst – a counter-attack by the U.S. and perhaps the start of a war. However, cooler heads prevailed, the selling stopped and the Forex pair eventually recovered from the steep loss to turn higher for the session.
75% of retail CFD investors lose money
At 10:57 GMT, the USD/JPY is trading 108.709, up 0.221 or +0.20%. The session low is 107.651.
The selling stopped after a pair of tweets from Iran and the United States.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif said via Twitter that “we do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression.”
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted, “All is well!” He also added that an assessment of casualties was taking place.
The financial markets are reversing their earlier moves in a big way, suggesting the worst may be over and perhaps we can move on. U.S. equities have erased their losses, crude oil has given up most of its earlier gains, and the safe-haven Treasuries, gold and Japanese Yen have also retreated from their intraday highs.
CNBC writes that “The reassuring tone of Trump’s tweet marked an unexpected shift away from the harsh rhetoric the president has used in recent days to characterize tensions with Iran, which escalated following a U.S. strike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
Trump is scheduled to address the nation at about 14:00 GMT. This speech could set the tone in the markets for the rest of the session.


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DS3 Electrum EV
DS Automobile DS3 Electrum EV first introduced at the 2012 Paris Auto Show and later at the EV Japan show in 2013. The concept vehicle had no release schedule. In 2015 the parent company of Peugeot, Citroën and DS entered into a cooperation agreement with Dongfeng of China to develop the CMP platform (Common Modular Platform) for smaller vehicles, which would allow the inclusion of a fully electric drivetrain. According to announcements by the Group in 2015 and 2016, DS would lead the technology push and start with the smaller models using the CMP platform with the first vehicles delivered in 2019, leaving us to speculate that the DS3 EV will be available in 2019.
DS3 Electrum EV
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if write a code to make 21000000(MHZ) cylcles per second and connect a antenna wire in any digital out pin.doesn't it produce radio waves.I know i am basically have bad basic knowledge. Please help me to understand what is my misunderstanding.
actually if i want to send a data 1001(9) with carrier frequency of 21MHZ(t=21um)
why dont i make mark of 20 ms(1) 10ms(0) 10ms(0) and finally 20ms(1) with space of 10ms
if i do same decoding on other side wont i get the vale
A logic signal isn't sinusoidal so you'd output a whole bunch of harmonics across the
spectrum too... This is the cause of electro-magnetic interference from digital electronics
and why you specifically avoid hanging single wires off a signal.
ohhh. So ,is it the reason why Xbee and rf modules are.isn't it?
Those modules convert digital into analog signals and transmit with some modulation tecqnuice which is same as used in receiver side and it will be again decode to digital data. The transmission is in analog so no harmonics i mean noise ,am i right?
I don't know and can't imagine how you arrive at a tiny fraction of a millimetre as an antenna length for a 38kHz radio wave.
Put it this way, in air, a 40kHz ultrasound signal has a wavelength of over eight millimetres.
Sound travels an awful lot slower than radio.
this is the calculation as far as i know, thats why the AM towers are taller that FM
As far as I'm aware, the modulation scheme has little to do with antenna length.
Frequency is an entirely different matter, however.
So what is that supposed to prove.
That is not the calculation you were making. You were trying to work out the wavelength of a 38KHz radio wave. Put that number in and you get the same result as the Wikipedia page.


With that in mind, the agency said its ratings on KSA debt were unchanged at ‘A-/A-2’ , and the outlook remained ‘stable’.
The stable outlook was based on S&P’s expectation that the Saudi authorities would continue to take steps to consolidate public finances and maintain government liquid assets close to 100 percent of GDP over the next two years.
The agency said: “We think the risks emanating from recent shifts in Saudi Arabia’s political power structures and societal norms, alongside various regional stresses, are balanced by the possibility that these structural reforms could empower Saudi citizens and make Saudi Arabia more attractive to investors over the medium term.”
S&P said it could lower its ratings in the event of further deterioration in Saudi Arabia’s public finances. “Fiscal weakening could entail prolonged double-digit central government deficits as a percentage of GDP, a quicker drawdown of fiscal assets, or an unexpected materialization of contingent liabilities,” it said.
KSA’s debt ratings could also come under pressure if the agency observed a “significant” increase in domestic or regional political instability “as a result of the increasing centralization of power.”
Conversely, the agency could raise its ratings if Saudi Arabia’s economic growth prospects improved markedly beyond S&P’s current assumptions.
Last week, S&P said that despite uncertainties within GCC countries, capital market issuance of bonds and other debt instruments had climbed rapidly, with corporate and infrastructure capital market activity forecast to more than double from 2016 in 2017.
S&P Global Ratings said it saw an emerging trend in budget-constrained governments increasingly looking to their government-related entities to tap capital markets for corporate and project bonds to complement record sovereign debt issuance.
It added that the Qatar trade embargo had resulted in downgrades of one or more notches and negative CreditWatch placements or outlooks on all rated corporates in that country.


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Joseph Smith and Fanny Alger
111 Total Records
Webster Dictionary's definition of "scrape" (1830).
1830 U.S. Census lists Samuel Alger in Cuyahoga County, OH.
Webster's Dictionary's definition of "affair" (1830).
|Dec 3, 1832|
Joseph records William McLellin's 1832 excommunication.
|1834 - |
M. Hancock provides his birthdate in his autobiography.
1835 D&C declares that the Church believes in monogamy.
|Nov 24, 1835|
Joseph records officiating at the marriage of the Knights in November 1835.
|Apr 3, 1836|
Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery have a vision in the Kirtland temple; Elijah bestows the sealing keys.
|Apr 3, 1836|
J. Smith and O. Cowdery receive the sealing keys in April 1836.
|Nov 14, 1836|
Marriage record of Solomon Custer and Fanny Alger in November 1836.
W Cowdery's Defense of Joseph and the Rigdon family against rumors in Milton and Palmyra areas.
|Nov 6, 1837|
Joseph informs the council that "a matter" involving Cowdery had not been "satisfactorily settled."
|1838 - |
Whitmer on Kirtland secret combinations and plurality of wives.
|Jan 21, 1838|
Cowdery calls Joseph's relation with Alger a "dirty, nasty, filthy scrape/affair."
|Feb 15, 1838|
Letter from Marsh with multiple testimonies regarding Joseph's and Alger's relationship.
|Apr 12, 1838|
Council minutes on the relationship between Joseph Smith and Fanny Alger.
|May 11, 1838|
Joseph records William McLellin's 1838 trial and excommunication.
Elders' Journal says Mormons do not "believe in having more wives than one."
|1839 - |
Joseph reported that he was born on December 23, 1805.
|Apr 3, 1840|
Rigdon refers to "a real drunken scrape" involving Cowdery and Granger.
|Oct 23, 1840|
Record book shows Alger (Custer) attending a Church conference in 1840.
|Sep 13, 1842|
Brewer claims that Joseph had "unlawful intercourse" with "a young orphan girl."
|Jul 12, 1843|
Joseph Smith records a revelation in D&C 132 that lays out the concept of plural marriage.
|Nov 5, 1848|
Pottawattamie High Council minutes mentions Oliver Cowdery's rebaptism.
|Nov 11, 1848|
Orson Hyde writes to Wilford Woodruff about Oliver Cowdery's rebaptism.
|Nov 16, 1848|
R. Miller mentions O. Cowdery's rebaptism by Hyde in November 1848 in a letter to H. Sabey.
|Aug 21, 1850|
1850 U.S. Census lists "Francis Custer" as 31 years old.
|Aug 29, 1852|
O. Pratt officially introduces polygamy to the public.
|Jun 18, 1856|
The Republican Party Platform of 1856 lists polygamy as one of the "twin relics of barbarism."
Butler writes that McLellin robbed the Smith home while Joseph was in prison.
|1860 - |
Holbrook recounts Johnson dying in the Smith home in 1833.
|Jun 12, 1860|
1860 U.S. Census lists "Fanny Ouster" as 42 years old.
|Aug 12, 1861|
W.W. Phelps writes to Brigham about Joseph's 1831 revelation on polygamy.
|Dec 17, 1864|
Millennial Star reviews McLellin's excommunication and hostilities toward the Saints.
Joseph B. Noble provides affidavit stating that he sealed Joseph to Louisa Beaman.
|Jan 22, 1869|
F.D. Richards records that Joseph Noble "performed the first sealing ceremony in this Dispensation" between Joseph and Louisa Beaman.
|Oct 7, 1869|
Orson Pratt says that Joseph said polygamy was "a true principle" in 1831.
|1870 - |
Lightner claims Joseph was commanded Joseph to practice polygamy in July 1834.
McLellin describes the Smith/Alger relationship to Joseph Smith III.
Stenhouse claims W.W. Phelps taught that Joseph learned polygamy from the Egyptian papyrus.
|Feb 16, 1874|
William Clayton recounts the writing of the revelation on plural marriage.
|Oct 14, 1874|
Deseret News prints Samuel Alger's obituary.
|Oct 6, 1875|
McLellin is quoted in the SLT about Joseph and Alger's sealing.
|Apr 24, 1876|
E. Webb recounts the Joseph/Alger sealing.
|May 4, 1876|
E. Webb refers to Joseph's and Alger's relationship as similar to a "sealing."
A.E. Young provides an overview of the Joseph/Alger relationship.
|Dec 16, 1878|
Orson Pratt quotes Lyman Johnson as saying that Smith knew about plural marriage in 1831.
|Oct 1, 1879|
Emma Hale Smith denies that Joseph practiced polygamy.
|Jun 17, 1880|
1880 U.S. Census lists "Fanny W Custer" as 63 years old.
Anti-polygamy periodical recounts the Joseph/Alger relationship.
|Aug 2, 1882|
Unknown author from The Hagerstown Exponent claims that Custer and Alger are practicing spiritualism.
Susa Young Gates quotes Joseph Smith in 1835 claiming to have authority to marry others.
|Apr 27, 1883|
Littlefield states that Joseph "understood and believed" plural marriage in Kirtland.
Helen Mar Kimball Whitney says that plural marriage was revealed to Joseph in 1831; was commanded by an angel to practice it.
Eliza Snow recounts a conversation between Lorenzo Snow and Joseph about plural marriage and the angel with a sword.
|Feb 12, 1884 - |
Braden says that Joseph "practiced polygamy in Kirtland," "committed fornication," and seduced "an orphan girl."
|Apr 1, 1884|
Emily D. P. Young says that Emma Smith knew about plural marriage and was "bitter" and "unpleasant" about it.
Hawley recalls John Alger saying Alger was "seald" to Joseph.
E.R. Snow says that she lived with the Smiths in the "Spring of 1836."
Holbrook reports that Alger was a "spiritual wife" of Joseph's.
C. Webb describes the Fanny Alger/Joseph relationship as a sealing and states that Fanny Alger was pregnant.
Alexander claims that "plurality of wives" was practiced in Kirtland.
Eliza R. Snow lists Fanny Alger as one of "Joseph Smith's Plural wives."
Joseph learned about plural marriage in 1831; Alger is listed as "one of the first plural wives sealed to" Joseph.
|Aug 18, 1887|
Newspaper interviews Eliza R. Snow about plural marriage; she mentions the angel with a sword commanding Joseph to practice polygamy.
E.R. Snow identifies Alger as "one of the first wives Joseph married."
Martin Harris quoted about Joseph's "improper proposals" to Alger.
Reprinted obituary of Fanny Alger.
|Sep 22, 1889|
Winchester talks about Joseph's "licentious conduct" during the Kirtland period.
|Dec 5, 1889|
Newspaper reporting Fanny Alger's (Custer) death in 1889.
|Oct 6, 1890|
Official Declaration 1 of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
John Alger is excommunicated in 1890 after the Polygamy Manifesto.
Lucy Walker recalls that Joseph saying he learned the "principle of plural marriage" in 1831.
Emily D. P. Young testifies that Emma Hale Smith consented to plural marriage, but became bitter soon after.
W. Woodruff discontinues plural marriage, naming revelation and opposition as the reason.
L. Hancock recalls that Joseph told him to take Alger to Missouri.
Levi Hancock marries Clarissa Reed.
|Apr 4, 1899|
Alger sealed by proxy to Joseph Smith in 1899.
|Feb 8, 1902|
Lightner recalls Joseph saying an angel with a sword commanded him to practice polygamy.
|Apr 1903 - |
Benjamin Johnson recalls being told that Joseph and Fanny were "spied upon & found together"; calls Fanny Joseph's "first plural wife."
|Apr 20, 1904|
Lightner says that Joseph was commanded by an angel in 1834 to practice plural marriage.
|Mar 10, 1905|
M. Hancock recounts the marriage of Alger and Joseph.
|Apr 14, 1905|
Lightner quotes Joseph saying that an angel commanded him between 1834 and 1842 to practice polygamy; if not, the angel would slay him.
|Jun 1905 - |
Lightner says Joseph was commanded to begin plural marriage in 1834 [?] and was threatened by an angel.
B.H. Roberts states that the revelation on plural marriage was received in 1831.
Leroli C. Snow provides late account of Emma Hale Smith pushing Eliza R. Snow down the stairs.
Todd Compton reviews Fanny Alger's departure from Ohio.
Todd Compton summarizes the Fanny Alger family background.
Todd Compton speculates that Fanny Alger may have miscarried.
S. Faulring provides an overview of O. Cowdery's rebaptism in November 1848.
Richard Lyman Bushman explains the possible background for the 1835 "Article of Marriage."
Ugo Perego et al., reports on how DNA study rules out 2 possible Smith descendants; casts strong doubt on third.
DNA study confirms that Oliver N. Buell and Mosiah Hancock were not Joseph's sons.
|Mar 7, 2008|
Study finds that marriage age gaps rose between 1850 and 1880; gaps ranged from 4 to 7 years on average.
|Sep 9, 2008|
Mark Staker argues that Alger lived with the Smiths between 1834 and 1836.
Brian C. Hales concludes that the story of Emma Smith pushing Eliza Snow down the stairs is likely "folklore."
Don Bradley dates the discovery of the Smith-Alger marriage between April-September 1836.
The ages of Joseph's plural wives are compared to other regions of 19th-century America.
Don Bradley concludes that the Alger/Smith relationship was Smith's first polygamous marriage.
Brian and Laura Hales argue that the Alger/Smith marriage took place in 1835-36.
Massachusetts statistics indicate 15-20% of women were married before age 20 in the 1840s.
Alice Merrill Horne hears the story of Eliza R. Snow's gang rape at Missouri.
W. Smith explains the evolution of the meaning of "celestial marriage."
DNA study rules out Josephine Lyon as Joseph Smith's daughter.
Ugo Perego reports on how DNA results rule out Josephine Lyon as Joseph Smith's daughter.
Craig Foster provides data on regional marriage ages between 1850-1880.
FamilySearch lists Fanny Alger's birthdate as September 30, 1817.
The Hales list Fanny Alger's birth date as September 20, 1816.
Joseph Smith Papers Website list 1818 as Fanny Alger's birthyear.
Church's essay lists Fanny Alger's birthyear as 1816.
Find a Grave Website lists Fanny Alger's birthdate as September 30, 1816.


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Sanitation, Hygiene and Cleanliness
Sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any other drug or surgery. To lead a healthy lifestyle, it is very essential to maintain proper sanitation and cleanliness. In today’s times when there are severe outbreaks of life threatening diseases, it is paramount to ensure functioning provisions which aid in the promotion of sanitation and cleanliness in order to protect the nation from the clutches of incurable sickness.
Wherever there are human settlements, waste is bound to accumulate. When the accumulated waste is left unattended, it tends to contaminate the entire locality thus jeopardizing the health of the all the residents. It also causes several other problems such as water clogging which results in mosquito breeding. The foul smell that is caused due to the rotting of waste is also highly disturbing. Improper disposal of waste also creates problems on roads as they block large sections.
Another ignored yet important aspect to maintain ideal sanitation standards is the existence of clean toilets. Toilets are the basic necessity that an individual requires. Yet, there are certain areas in our country where there are no toilets. This poses a great risk as inappropriate disposal of human fecal waste might lead to deadly infections. It becomes extremely difficult for women in rural villages or slums as there is no hygienic facility which aids them. They sacrifice their safety and personal dignity each time they defecate in the open. There have been reports that people who go out to defecate in the open are often subjected to greater threats such as looting or harassments on the roads. In fact, according to latest statistics, India is ranked #1 among the countries where open defecation still exists.
Thus, there is a dire need to ameliorate sanitation and cleanliness in order to maintain a disease-free environment for the betterment of all the citizens of the country.
Therefore, we at FRNV aim to work on this sector to improve the current condition that is prevailing in the nation.
For this, we have been working on installing mobile toilets in Kumar Colony, Malviya Nagar in Delhi. With time, we would be spreading this initiative across the national capital region as well as the country.
Several cleanliness drives and awareness workshops have also been conducted in various parts of the city with great response from the local residents.
FRNV aspires to work dedicatedly to provide proper cleanliness and sanitation across the country.
At FRNV, we believe that Values have a very close relationship and direct correlation with good environmental surroundings, good state of individual health and community health.
These Values are very critical for essential human development. In light of this, FRNV has started working on Health, Hygiene and Sanitation program in the chosen intervention areas such as slum clusters of Hauz Rani, Sangam Park and New Ashok Nagar. These areas have been identified as high risk areas as initial findings revealed that there are less toilets as compared to the population of some of these clusters. We also found out that there is less awareness in the community with regard to health and capacity to plan solution for their own problems. There is no intervention in these areas by any other NGO or Voluntary organization with regards to promoting values related to health, hygiene and sanitation.
We identified that in these areas how these problems have lead to a compromise in Values which we aspire to promote. The long term goal is to promote Values such as cleanliness, human dignity, self respect, self love, universal love for humanity, being sensitive to environment and good citizenship in these target areas.
The way FRNV envisions to achieve this is to use a unique way of blending advocacy, radical action and impactful community engagement and participation.
The key focus areas of this project include:
- Prevention of open defecation
- Improved sanitary condition
- Awareness and implementation of Waste Segregation and Management
- Awareness about water-borne, vector-borne diseases and other infectious diseases
- Awareness on Menstrual hygiene
- Awareness about Mental Health
FRNV organizes awareness programs like health meetings, sanitation drives, Nukkad Natak, hand washing workshops etc. to successfully engage community so that they become sensitive towards their current problems and resolve to take ownership of it. We assume the role of resource agency which provides indirect leadership and facilitates to strengthen this movement of community leadership.
We also focus on building the capacity of the community so that they are able to explore possible solutions and act on them.
We collaborate and liaison with agencies such as MCD, PHCs, Schools, Anganwadi workers, local elected representatives and like-minded NGOs, so that the innovative solution oriented community action involves all major stakeholders and entire process become more engaging at all levels, thereby achieving the desired result for the beneficiaries.


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For centuries, crop plants have represented the basis of the daily human diet. Among them, cereals and legumes, accumulating oils, proteins, and carbohydrates in their seeds, distinctly dominate modern agriculture, thus play an essential role in food industry and fuel production. Therefore, seeds of crop plants are intensively studied by food chemists, biologists, biochemists, and nutritional physiologists. Accordingly, seed development and germination as well as age‐ and stress‐related alterations in seed vigor, longevity, nutritional value, and safety can be addressed by a broad panel of analytical, biochemical, and physiological methods. Currently, functional genomics is one of the most powerful tools, giving direct access to characteristic metabolic changes accompanying plant development, senescence, and response to biotic or abiotic stress. Among individual post‐genomic methodological platforms, proteomics represents one of the most effective ones, giving access to cellular metabolism at the level of proteins. During the recent decades, multiple methodological advances were introduced in different branches of life science, although only some of them were established in seed proteomics so far. Therefore, here we discuss main methodological approaches already employed in seed proteomics, as well as those still waiting for implementation in this field of plant research, with a special emphasis on sample preparation, data acquisition, processing, and post‐processing. Thereby, the overall goal of this review is to bring new methodologies emerging in different areas of proteomics research (clinical, food, ecological, microbial, and plant proteomics) to the broad society of seed biologists.
Предметные области Scopus
- Молекулярная биология
- Прикладные компьютерные науки
- Физическая и теоретическая химия
- Органическая химия
- Неорганическая химия

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An emotional teen told her former teacher he “should be ashamed of himself” for plying her with beer at the Met and trying to seduce her with Shakespeare before a judge sentenced him to four months in jail.
“There remains a gross feeling that overpowers me when I think about what he said,” she read from a statement, pausing to sob, as Dean Bethea, 56, sat at the defense table four feet away in beige prison scrubs.
“It’s like a stench that doesn’t wash off or a thick layer of dirt that soap cannot clean,” seethed the pretty brunette.
After guzzling beers during the 2015 outing, Bethea tried to kiss the then-16-year-girl, but she rejected him, according to trial testimony. Bethea testified that the girl lured him to the museum and when she confessed her love, he rejected her.
The high school junior described how other students at the Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science & Engineering created a “Free Dean Bethea” page on Instagram. “[Students] thought I orchestrated the entire incident and trapped him,” she said. “I felt powerless.”
The student was particularly close to her former English and philosophy teacher because he dated her sister for over a year after picking her up at a parent-teacher conference. Bethea had a live-in girlfriend at the time.
“I had to teach myself it wasn’t my fault, I had to remind myself he was the adult who should have known better,” she said. “He was a coward for trying to blame it all on me and not confessing the truth.”
Judge Ann Scherzer told the disgraced instructor that his intentions were clear when he told the student she was beautiful and quoted, “Shakespeare’s proposition that age does not matter in true love.”
She added, “[This] may have been true to Shakespeare, but it is not in a court of law.”
The jurist also pointed out that the only sculpture that Bethea took the young girl to see while at the Met was “in the court’s view quite a seductive one.”
The marble statue in the Roman and Greek wing is from a gravestone and depicts a beautiful young girl, her robe open, kissing her two pet doves goodbye.
In a brief statement, Bethea insisted he had an alcohol problem at the time and drank all seven beers himself —including two he ordered at the same time — while the girl drank water.
This was nothing for the beer buff who testified at trial that he typically tossed back six German pints on a typical weeknight.
But the panel of six jurors believed the student, who testified that he gave her two beers.
Bethea has been sober since the incident, he said, and has even started an AA group for other inmates while at Rikers.
The fallen lothario has “zero physical attraction to the complainant,” noted defense lawyer Matthew Myers.
Assistant District Attorney Pierre asked the judge to impose the maximum of one year in jail.
Bethea was convicted last March of one count of endangering the welfare of a child and has been in custody since.
“This behavior is unacceptable and the DOE is reviewing the findings of Mr. Bethea’s criminal case to make a determination regarding his employment.” said Department of Education spokesman Michael Aciman.


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12 Toronto Instagrams You Need to Follow
As the Buddhist saying goes, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one Instagrams it, who even cares?" Well, no tree falls, and no brunch plate hits a table in Toronto without a sharp-eyed 'grammer being there to take stock, and here are the dozen best among them...
Beautiful sunsets, interesting streetscapes, a lot of playing with light and shadow, and sometimes a bulldog named Norm make for an Instagram that presents a unique view of the city.
Despite what the name might lead you to believe, this Instagram account has nothing to do with everyone’s favourite baseball team. Instead, this Toronto-centric Instagram is full of vibrant shots of city life with a focus on landscape and architecture.
Hungry? You will be once you start scanning this foodie-friendly account full of photos of the city’s best meals. The user-generated photos showcase food from all over the city and we’re happy to eat vicariously through every post.
Fashion blogger Vanessa Cesario posts beautifully minimalist photos, most of which consist of fashion shots where Toronto serves more as a backdrop rather than the main event. In addition to artfully styled outfits you can also expect photos of food and accessories.
A sometimes-gritty, sometimes-dark, but always-beautiful take on Toronto.
Follow along as freelance photographer and sneaker enthusiast Jamal Burger showcases his talent for shooting both athletic footwear and his city.
Toronto has an abundance of unique street art. This Instagram account captures a lot of it, be it on the side of a building, along a fence, across the back of a truck, or on a bathroom stall.
Toronto-based photographer Tono Ariki turns ordinary pieces of city life from every season into art with his shots of Toronto that feature interesting perspectives and a unique use of lines and angles.
Whether it’s a fog-shrouded building, snowy sidewalk, or rainy afternoon, no matter what kind of weather is depicted in these photos, Toronto still looks like a place you want to be (yes, even in the snowy ones).
Toronto art director Dave Hong posts artful pics of everyday life and can elevate even the simplest things (say, having a coffee) to something worthy of a second look. His love of the city (and especially the food you can find here) is on full display, as is his keen eye for a great shot.
The Everyday Foodie captures some of the best food the city has to offer, from high-end meals to street eats and food truck finds. Prepare to salivate.
Photographer Oscar Flores has a knack for capturing Toronto from above -- the effect is slightly surreal, but always amazing.

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Whilst in Boise, Idaho, and so are managing an economic crisis state, then you have a number of our available alternatives so you’re able to-end up being out-of guidance attached to the state. Numerous small-label financial information can give you a straightforward alternatives from dollars to cover up unexpected, unanticipated, and you may crisis having fun with
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To your times after you have to expend of out-of-payment for all the automobiles you have got often are getting so you’re able to get or possess some exercise crisis to your kids, you could potentially create one other expenditures of your subtracting a advance loan. New short financial institutions in Boise, Idaho, submit aided people from the issue satisfy their dependence on short pay day loan on one date otherwise up coming business day.
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You might remember me mentioning that I don’t make lists. Okay, so once in a dog’s age I’ll scribble a few lame lines down on paper and call it good. I’ll admit, it’s been helpful in the past, but I quickly lose interest.
But guess what? Just to show the exciting life of a writer, I decided to make a list of things I hope to accomplish this weekend. Must be the mood I’m in.
1. Have a beer. (I shouldn’t need to put this on the list to remember, but it seemed important after the week I had.)
2. Make a potato salad and hamburger dish for the church’s annual strawberry supper. Mmmmm
3. Have God smile on me while I’m making the strawberry shortcakes for said church supper. I mean volunteer work is good for us all, right? Just call me the strawberry lady.
4.Weed my flower garden. My flowers are crying out for attention. The day they invent weedless gardens is the day I dance naked in the rain.. (Naked in the rain? Where the heck did that come from?)
5.Work on edits for a story I wrote long ago but stopped submitting. (Edits are going quite well, thank you for asking..Yes folks, I know exactly where I’m going with these edits and it feels most excellent.)
6. Read. I’m presently reading a YA book,” Greener Grass.”
7. Housework.Okay, so I threw that one in as a joke..
8. Try *cough* and get caught up on reading all your blogs, or as many as I can..
So there you go. I decided to stop my list at eight because everyone seems to list things to five or ten. I wanted to be different.
Lastly, I’ll leave you with a photo of my honeysuckle vine. It’s gorgeous this year.
What are your weekend plans?


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Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
The majority of the potatoes grown in Ireland are produced for supply to the fresh retail market.
I am fully aware of the challenges posed by the closure of the food services sector, however it is well established that there has been particularly strong demand for potatoes at retail level in recent months. It is hoped that, in line with the Government’s Roadmap for “Reopening Society and Business”, demand will increase for potatoes in the catering and processing sectors also and there is some evidence of this already.
Of course, to address the particular challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government, in conjunction with relevant state agencies, has introduced a range of measures to aid businesses that may be suffering short term financial problems. Bord Bia has also introduced a range of options to aid the horticulture sector. These range from financial support in the form of grants, to training and advice on how best to sustain businesses during this pandemic. There is a particular emphasis in these supports on opportunities to develop different markets, including through online sales.


From all 50 states and the District of Columbia, 4,281 schools registered Walk to School Day events, setting a new Walk to School Day record.
“Credit for the success of Walk to School Day 2012 is shared widely,” said Lauren Marchetti, director of the National Center for Safe Routes to School, which serves as the coordinating agency for the event.
“Much of the credit has to go to the parents, school administrators and local officials who have brought Safe Routes to School programs to their communities,” Marchetti continued. “Credit also belongs to the state Safe Routes to School coordinators, who work hard to improve safety and promote students getting to school by foot and bicycle.”
Other success factors in 2012 include:
- support of organizations such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Safe Routes to School National Partnership and Safe Kids USA;
- establishment of Bike to School Day in May 2012, which created year-round awareness and energy for walking and biking to school; and
- easier access to more resources for event organizers through the new look and navigation of the Walk and Bike to School Day website, walkbiketoschool.org.
“Walk to School Day continues to build momentum here in the U.S. and around the world,” Marchetti said, “and continues to bring visibility to the benefits of walking and bicycling to school for children, families, schools and communities.”
Walk to School Day began in the US in 1997 as a one-day event aimed at building awareness for the need for walkable communities. In 2000, the event became International Walk to School Day when the UK, Canada and US joined together for the first time. To accommodate growing interest around the world, organizers began promoting International Walk to School Month for the entire month of October.
Today, thousands of schools across America and in more than 40 countries worldwide celebrate walking to school every October. The officially promoted Walk to School Day this year was Wednesday, October 3, but Walk to School Day events take place throughout the month, even spilling into September and November.
This year’s registration topped 2011’s record total of 4,175. Many more communities celebrated Walk to School Day, but didn’t register their event. Walk to School Day registration has grown every year since the National Center for Safe Routes to School began coordinating the event in 2006.
Other interesting registration facts:
- 35 percent of participating schools (1,529) celebrated Walk to School Day for the first time in 2012;
- 45 percent of participating schools (1,941) are part of an ongoing Safe Routes to School program;
- One of every 21 elementary and middle schools in the country registered a Walk to School Day event; and
- The three states with the highest registration rates (event registrations per total number of elementary and middle schools in the state) were South Carolina, Oregon and Mississippi, each registering at least 1 of 6 elementary and middle schools.


Gympie Regional Council in Queensland employs approximately 450 staff to provide infrastructure, programs and facilities for the community. With the implementation of Webroot’s email and web security services, the Council now has reliable protection against spam and viruses for staff and the general public who access the internet in the Council’s offices and public libraries. Read more.
This paper looks at this problem and how Webroot, by going back to the drawing board on countering malware threats, is revolutionising endpoint protection and solving the issues that hinder existing endpoint security solutions.
As the Council operations are integral to the community, IT security and the smooth running of IT systems are imperative. However, the complex processes and limited capabilities of the Internet and email filtering system was costing Council many hours in IT maintenance, including installing updates and managing user queries. Any Internet and email system downtime detracted from the IT staff time available to support users. Read more.
PassMark Software® conducted objective performance testing on eight (8) security software products, on Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (64-bit) from December 2011 to January 2012. This report presents results and findings as a result of performance benchmark testing conducted for these endpoint security products. The aim of this benchmark was to compare the performance impact of Webroot’s SecureAnywhere Endpoint Protection cloud product with seven (7) Traditional Endpoint Security competitor products. Rea more.
The North American division of Vizada is comprised of 125 seats across four locations and includes a number of mobile users. Until recently, Dave Newbern, manager of applications and infrastructure, and his corporate IT staff, were experiencing a huge onslaught of web-borne viruses and malware. Read more.
This paper reviews the business value of IT security, illustrates the business case for SaaS over “do it yourself” premise-based solutions, and outlines what to look for in SaaS solutions you can adopt with confidence and count on as you grow.
Flushing Bank is comprised of 16 different branches across New York State, 350 employees, and an increasingly mobile workforce. Recently, as the individual demands of those separate entities became more apparent, the Internet security appliance the bank had in place could no longer effectively keep up with compliance and data loss prevention demands. Read more.
For the past few years, it seemed that mature on-premise antivirus, antispam, and Web defenses were making progress against the rising volume of malicious code aimed at businesses from the furthest corners of the Web. But a new generation of organized, well-funded, and financially-motivated online criminals are now launching attacks using social networks, exploiting consumer and mobile devices and vulnerabilities in Web applications, and deploying blended threats to attack financial targets and individual businesses. Read more.
Virginia Community Bank’s computer system, which networks these branches together, relies on connectivity to serve its customers and loan recipients, but was under a barrage of spam and spoof emails threatening bank security. Additionally, unrestricted Web use was impacting access, and bandwidth limits were disabling the phone system, while malware and other malicious code infected end-user machines. Read more.
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Spring Concert @MGGS
Come and join MGGS musicians for an evening of music on Tuesday 28th March. You will be entertained by soloists, duets and groups performing a range of music genres from classical to pop and rock, so there is something for everyone.
The show starts at 6:30pm in the main hall. Tickets are £4 for students and £6 for adults and can be purchased here.
All proceeds will go towards the Building for our Future campaign, raising funds for our new building which will include a music suite with practice and ensemble rooms.
Don’t miss out on an evening of great MGGS entertainment!!!


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This week in the cruise industry a number of lines are rolling out new rewards and programs for travel agents.
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Royal Dutch Shell spent nearly $193 million worldwide last year on voluntary social investments, including hundreds of thousands spent in Beaver County.
The company released that figure in an annual report Wednesday that tracks Shell’s progress in enacting sustainable principles across its vast portfolio.
Called simply the Shell Sustainability Report, the in-depth document tracked the multinational corporation’s efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and other climate change contributors.
Of the $193 million spent by Shell last year on social programs, at least $58 million was concentrated on “boosting local skills and enterprise and (science-related) STEM education.”
Shell in December donated $150,000 to the Community College of Beaver County to help fund scholarships there. The money will also be used to buy new educational equipment at the college.
In addition, the company last year gave $25,000 to local school districts to be used for science-related programs.
Shell also donated toys and clothes to the Rochester Salvation Army just before Christmas last year. It was estimated that Shell’s donation would help 100 local families.
Shell spokesman Joe Minnitte said Wednesday the company strives to be “a good corporate neighbor and partner with local organizations” while promoting safety, education, community and the environment.
“In addition to volunteer hours, Shell has made considerable donations in Beaver County, some of which include providing funding for a STEM lab at a local middle school, providing radios to enhance communication and response for local fire departments, and assisting an environmental cleanup effort being done on the Connoquenessing Creek,” he said.
In addition to touching on many aspects of sustainability, the report also addressed how Shell is approaching climate change. The company said it is “working hard” to reduce natural gas flaring at its facilities across the world.
While the $6 billion ethane cracker plant being built in Potter Township won’t be operational until at least 2020, the facility here will have flaring capabilities once the plant is started.
“Shell’s policy is to reduce any routine flaring or venting of associated gas at our operations to a level as low as technically and financially feasible,” the report said. “We also aim to minimize operational flaring required for safety reasons such as during the startup of a new facility.”
The company acknowledged that flaring “wastes valuable resources and contributes to climate change” but also admitted that natural gas produced about half the greenhouse gas emissions of coal when burned to generate electricity.
In addition to flaring, Shell’s sustainability report noted that the company converted its hydraulic fracturing process in Pennsylvania last year.
Instead of using diesel fuel for power, Shell converted its fracking operations to electric power.
“This significantly cut our air emissions and saw a reduction in noise and water use — all while saving costs and improving efficiency and reliability,” the report said.
Finally, Shell said it is exploring ways “to deploy solar technologies which lower the carbon intensity of our operations” worldwide.
Shell’s sustainability report will be reviewed and analyzed by a six-member external committee comprising professionals from various backgrounds.Author: Jared StonesiferPublication: The Timeshttp://www.timesonline.com/news/shellcracker/shell-releases-sustainability-report-says-it-spent-million-on-social/article_68fd4d70-1fba-11e7-80cc-97b5de7521d9.html