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ORLANDO — Central Florida will embark this spring on one of its largest mass transportation experiments when service begins on the first 32-mile phase of the $1.2 billion SunRail commuter train, an effort to ease nightmarish traffic and protect the region's long-term economic health.
Currently, tens of thousands of commuters and tourists cram a few main highways and roads in this popular, fast-growing area. The first phase — 12 stations from DeBary in Volusia County through downtown Orlando to Sand Lake Road in Orange County — will be the ultimate viability test case for an area that has never had this kind of transportation alternative before. And with promised federal money for the second phase suspended in Washington budget limbo, the success or failure of SunRail's initial stage will garner an even brighter spotlight.
"This is a dramatic evolution step for Central Florida. It's the first time we're building a fixed transit system — a regional one — with the ability of being able to connect into high-speed (rail)," said U.S. Rep. John Mica, a Republican from Winter Park and a member of the House Transportation Committee.
Gov. Rick Scott rejected more than $2 billion in federal high-speed rail funding in 2011 that would have connected Tampa and Orlando. But after some hesitation, he eventually approved a deal that opened construction for SunRail after being sold on its jobs creation benefits and potential to reduce congestion on Interstate 4, the region's main east-west highway.
But now federal budget cuts have cast at least some doubt on whether another $80 million in funding will be there for the on-time construction of Phase 2, which will extend the rail line farther north into Volusia County and south into Osceola County. When completed, it would stretch the rail to 17 stations and 62 miles.
Construction for the next phase was scheduled to begin next summer, but there are no guarantees SunRail will be included in the 2014 federal transportation budget.
It has caused lobbying efforts to intensify locally and in Washington, with opinions differing about what will happen.
"I know a lot of local business leaders went to D.C. to make the point about trying to make sure to continue to help build it, and get the momentum going," Florida Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad said.
Mica said Phase 2 will have the system's highest ridership, according to projections, and he expects that the expansion will be looked upon favorably with Phase 1 nearly complete.
Optimism also runs high in the affected communities, where growth makes alternative transportation attractive.
MetroPlan Orlando, a regional planning organization, projects that the three-county metro area of Orange, Seminole and Osceola will grow more than 70 percent by 2030.
While the 18-to-35-year-old demographic is migrating toward urban city centers, there are segments that are working and residing in surrounding counties.
It's why persuading a chunk of that group to ride SunRail during the initial rollout has been a focus.
Since 2012, the state transportation department has been having "lunch and learn" sessions to reach out to businesses to tap those prospective riders. The Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce got a grant to promote the train and explain why employers should encourage their workers to ride it.
There has also been a push to bring retail and residential options close to stations.
Prasad said there are 15 projects within a 10-minute walk of the initial stations with an almost $800 million construction value. He said that included about 3,700 new residential units around the stations and new hotel projects.
There are concerns along the initial route for some residents, though.
Christine Watkins, 63, and president of the South Seminole Community Association for Progress, lives in a predominantly black community in East Altamonte, about 2 miles from the SunRail station there. She says residents fear they could eventually be encouraged to move to other areas to make way for development near the station. That is something that happened in the historically black Hannibal Square district in Winter Park years ago.
"We don't want that to happen here," she said.


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Increased representation in Government policy!!
In 2011, the VCC Emergencies Ministry program took part in the review of the Emergency Relief handbook.
The successful negotiation of the inclusion of Emotional Spiritual Care (ESC) into the Victorian Relief and Recovery arrangements occurred. This is the first time in Victorian Disaster Management history that this has been defined in Government policy.
To view full version of Newsletter: February 2012 (879kb)

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There's nothing quite like watching your team get its ass kicked in person.
And it was an ass-kicking, an unquestioned beating from a division rival witnessed while surrounded by tens of thousands of delirious, screaming and largely intoxicated Bills fans. A worse environment, I could not envision.
Maybe that's why this one stings worse than the Jets' other four losses, at least two of which were just as miserable from an on-field perspective. But I wasn't in Cincinnati or Nashville and I can't imagine Bengals or Titans fans being quite as unbearable as Johnny Bills Fan who spent his paycheck on two-for-$25 tickets and the other half on an 18-pack of Bud heavies.
Bitter? Sure. I entered Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sunday expecting to gloat and gleam as the Jets battered E.J. Manuel. I thought I'd chug from the keg of victory as Muhammad Wilkerson and the Jets' defense trampled their way to an overly-satisfying victory in front of my close friends, most of whom are card-carrying members of "Shout Nation."
Instead, I glumly walked to my car in a seven-sizes-too-small Jim Kelly jersey to pay up a yearly bet I hadn't lost since before Mark Sanchez was a Jet. And the friends who I spent the weekend trash talking to rightfully gave everything back to me, 10 times over.
It was miserable, which matched the Jets' on-field performance Sunday and Geno Smith's effort for far too much of his rookie season.
It's impossible to cast the die on a player only 10 games into his NFL career, but the inconsistencies and faults that were clear when he exited West Virginia have yet to dissipate or even improve noticeably:
"Ball will float or sail if his feet are not set or he fails to transfer weight, either in the pocket when facing pressure or when throwing on the run. Blitz awareness is only adequate, will miss guys coming free to his left and right. Will back up from pressure at times instead of unloading the ball or stepping up to make the throw. Seemingly regressed each week, especially when locking on to one side of the field."– NFL.com draft analyst Mike MayockThrough 10 games, Geno appears thoroughly unable to deal with pressure or free rushers. On Sunday, he struggled to process the brief amount of time he had in the pocket. The Jets' offensive line did him no favors, either. Whatever praise that unit garnered for its performance against New Orleans two weeks ago was long gone by 7 p.m. Sunday.
In all but one of the Jets' five losses, Geno has handled the ball like a loaf of bread – a trait Mark Sanchez carried with him until the end. From the behind-the-buttfumble to Kyle Williams' strip-sack of Smith on Sunday, Geno's disregard for the ball is eerily reminiscent of the man he replaced.
And while not all of Geno's three interceptions Sunday – or his 16 on the season – were his fault, his difficulty with ball placement has been noticeable since training camp in Cortland.
Geno deserves credit for his positive moments. His play against Atlanta had the look of a franchise quarterback and his game-winning drives against the Bills and Patriots gave hope for a brighter future. He's also as physically gifted as any player the Jets have had at quarterback in the last decade and isn't afraid to try and fit a ball into a tight window to make a play. But when the day goes poorly, it goes horribly awry. One mistake becomes four and suddenly the Jets are in a hole from which they can't recover.
I don't know whether Sanchez or Matt Simms would've made Sunday afternoon any more bearable. I know the Jets defense played too soft to stop the Bills underneath, yet the secondary was too slow or too confused to keep up with the Bills' third- and fourth-string wide receivers down the field. I also know the Sons of Anarchy were largely unable to get past Buffalo's healthy offensive line this time around and the lack of an impactful edge rusher has become a glaring issue since Antwan Barnes' injury.
Sunday's loss was not just on Geno, just like my miserable evening was not on the entirety of Bills fans, but rather a select few who couldn't even celebrate one of Buffalo's four touchdowns without falling down a couple rows.
It was a team meltdown of sound and epic proportions which kept the Jets from taking advantage in the mediocre AFC wildcard race and made me miserable for nearly 48 hours.
Thankfully, with Week 11 in the past and Week 12 another day close, I can move on from Sunday's nightmare and focus on more important things. Like how I can make all those Bills fans eat their words next year.
With Johnny Manziel at quarterback.
Sort of.
Corey works for NBCSports.com as an editor and can be reached at @cgriffin415 on Twitter or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Hi! Welcome to my site.
A little about me, … my name is Melanie and I'm married to my super fabulous husband Kurt whom I've been with for almost 14 years. He gave me two wonderful daughters, Paige (21) and Madison (19) that I love oodles and bunches! One year ago Paige had our first grandchild a little princess named Kaylynn. Our world now revolves around her, she's the bestest in the whole universe!! Paige will be married in July of 2012, so we are gaining a son-in-law (Rick) and a grandson-in-law (Anthony) as well. Madison continues her studies at one of our local colleges, while Paige learns the family business. I couldn't be more proud of the both of them! My family is a bit nutty, but we all perfectly understand each other, so it works. It also makes for some really great times together!
The family..(l to r back) Kurt, Me, Madison, Paige, Rick, (l to r front) Anthony, Bonnie (mother-in-law) and Kaylynn. Excited because we got tickets to Disneyland!!! Woo Hoo!!
Kurt started this site for me so I could share my collections with others out there who enjoy the same things. As for updating, I babysit my granddaughter during the week, so when the weekend is here I'm too pooped to post pictures,…but I'm going to try and update more often. It's a lot of work, but worth it, especially if you the viewer enjoy it as well. Just never give up on this site,…. keep checking in,….there WILL be new pictures.
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Patience Google Developers... Patience
December 20, 2007
What's that? Could it be a chink in the armor of the all-powerful Google? More likely it's just a sign that they need to spend a few more hours fully cooking their Android mobile phone development platform.
What am I talking about?
In yesterday's Wall Street Journal, reporter Scott Morrison wrote of "headaches and frustration" for developers attempting to write programs for Android.
In the article, developer Adam MacBeth told Morrison that after weeks of attempting to successfully write programs for Google's Android, he "found the developers' tool kit full of bugs."
"Functionality is not there, is poorly documented or just doesn't work. It's clearly not ready for prime time," MacBeth told the WSJ.
In early November, Google announced the Open Handset Alliance, a broad spectrum of leading technology and wireless companies (see member list) and the development of Android, which is being billed as the "first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices."
Google's Andy Rubin, Director of Mobile Platforms, said at the time "It's important to recognize that the Open Handset Alliance and Android have the potential to be major changes from the status quo — one which will take patience and much investment by the various players before you'll see the first benefits."
Well, if the early returns are to be believed, patience is a concept the developer community needs to embrace in a big way.
For their part, Google told the WSJ that the SDK is really just an "'early look' designed specifically to get developers started as soon as possible and to elicit their feedback."
Bugs are an integral part of early versions of any software release. Working out the bugs and being responsive to the developer community — that's the important thing.
And to be fair, Quang Nguyen, self-described Android Advocate, writing on Google's Android Developers Blog offered the following last week:
It's been just over a month since we gave developers the first early peek at the Android SDK. We've been hard at work since then on some nifty new stuff we think you'll really like. We hope to show that to you soon, but in the meantime, we wanted to fix some of the important issues you've raised.
Me, I think Google is addressing this. I can't imagine a scenario where they would not allocate the proper resources to ensure this not only flies, but soars.
Patience, dear developers. Patience.
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This week's "Dapper" man is Channing Tatum, need I say more? Channing was born in Alabama and moved to Mississippi as a small child. As a teenager he relocated to Florida. In high school Mr. Tatum was quite the athlete, receiving a scholarship to play football for Glenville State College in West Virginia. However, he turned down his scholarship. Later Channing began working as an exotic dancer under the name "Chan Crawford" in a local night club. He then moved to Miami where he was discovered by a talent scout. Tatum began his career as a fashion model before beginning his acting career. For more information on Channing Tatum and his accomplishments you can visit his official Website. I've also included his twitter and facebook pages for further "cyber stalking" after the jump.
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In the previous tutorial, I showed you basics of using BetterTouchTool Remote (BTT Remote) to control a Mac. It's an iOS app that connects to one of my favourite Mac automation apps: BetterTouchTool. You get all the power of BetterTouchTool, but you can trigger it from an iOS device.
Getting Started With BetterTouchTool and BTT Remote
BetterTouchTool is one of the most useful macOS automation apps. While it's not as powerful at pure automation as something like Keyboard Maestro, with BetterTouchTool you can control a Mac in many different ways.
How to Combine Automation Apps on a Mac
I've written a lot about automation apps here at ThemeKeeper Tuts+. I've covered KeyboardMaestro, TextExpander and Hazel in multi-tutorial, deep dives and touched on other apps like Launchbar and BetterTouchTool.


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Adapted from Gourmet
For the cake:
12 egg yolks
2 1/4 cups sugar
6 tablespoons whole milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
6 egg whites
For the cranberry jam:
1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise
12 ounce bag of cranberries (may use frozen cranberries, unthawed)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
1/2 cup water
For custard:
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
4 cups whole milk
2 teaspoons freshly grated orange zest (only orange part...avoid zesting into the white)
10 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
For cognac syrup:
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
2 4-inch strips orange zest
2/3 cup cognac
Sugared cranberries and mint:
1 tablespoon powdered egg white (meringue powder)
1 tablespoon warm water
6 fresh mint leaves
9 raw cranberries
1/4 cup sugar
Whipped topping:
1 1/3 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon cognac
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 envelope Whip-it (cream stabilizer), optional
To assemble:
Cranberry jam (can be made 4 days ahead)
Cognac syrup (can be made 4 days ahead)
Custard (can be made 3 days ahead)
Whipped Topping (make right before serving)
Cake (can be made 2 days ahead, wrapped and refrigerated or frozen up to a month)
To garnish:
Sugared cranberries and mint (mint will only keep a few hours before darkening)
To make cake, preheat oven to 350º. Butter three 15 x 10 x 1/2 inch baking pans. Line with parchment, butter top of parchment and dust with flour.
Whisk together yolks, 1 1/2 cups sugar, milk and vanilla till well combines. Whisk in flour and salt. With electric mixer, whip egg whites till they form soft peaks. Add remaining 3/4 cups sugar and beat on high till stiff peaks form.
Fold a third of the egg whites into the the batter, then fold in the remaining whites. Divide the mixture between the three pans. Tap gently to remove air bubbles. Bake 10-12 minutes...one at a time. Cool in pans.
To make jam, scraped seeds from vanilla bean into a medium sized saucepan. Add cranberries, sugar, orange juice and water. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, then reduce to a simmer and cook about 20 minutes longer...stir every now and then. Puree jam in a food mill set over a bowl. Cool at room temperature, stirring occasionally. Cover and refrigerate till needed.
To make cognac syrup, bring all ingredients to a boil in a saucepan, stirring occasionally, till sugar is dissolved. Reduce to a simmer and cook 5 more minutes. Cool.
To make custard, whisk 1/4 cup of the sugar, cornstarch, and a pinch of salt in a medium saucepan. Whisk in 1/4 cup milk till smooth, then stir in remaining milk and orange zest. Bring to boil, whisking frequently. Fill sink or a large bowl with ice and water. Whisk together yolks and remaining sugar in a large bowl or glass measuring cup. Add about 1/2 cup of the hot milk mixture while whisking vigorously to temper the yolks. Whisk in more of the milk,then return the yolk mixture back to the saucepan. Cook, while stirring constantly, till mixture reaches 170º. Do not bring to a boil. Pour this custard mix through a fine sieve into a Pyrex or metal bowl. Stir in vanilla and set in ice water, making sure water is not high enough to spill into bowl. Allow to cool, stirring occasionally. Cover and store in fridge till needed.
To make garnish, mix egg whites and warm water in small bowl. Dip berries and mint leaves in mixture, removing excess with fingers. Coat with sugar and place on a rack to dry.
To assemble trifle, cut around perimeter of cakes with knife to loosen. Cover with wax or parchment paper and flip out onto rack. Remove parchment from bottom of cake and put a fresh sheet of wax or parchment on top of cake. Repeat with other two cakes. Cut cakes in half from long side to long side. Spread 1/3 of jam on half of each cake...almost to edge. Use wax or parchment paper to flip plain half of cake on top of jam topped half.
Cut each
"sandwich" into 3/4 inch strips (going which ever direction makes the
best length for your trifle dish. Line perimeter of 3 1/2 quart trifle
bowl with these sandwich strips. Trim tops and brush cake strips with
cognac syrup. Brush scraps with cognac syrup.
To serve, whip cream with powdered sugar, cognac, vanilla and Whip-it, if using, till soft peaks form. Mound on top of trifle. Garnish with sugared berries and mint.


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I can't use wifi.. because the date rates are two high and p2p hates wifi.
I also can't just pull fiber or cat6 to the spot... because there is a big fireplace in the way.


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The SUN ANGEL DUO is a further development of the SUN ANGEL. The improved skin sensor delivers even more precise results and makes the measurement system even simpler. Calibration is no longer required.
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- Tanning exclusively with type B lamps
- With the UV spectrum necessary for vitamin D synthesis
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- Only very gentle skin tanning even with intensive use
- Optimum utilisation of tanning-effective spectral components
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I'm sure lots and lots of people complained about the TVP being nerfed. Most people would reply saying "It's only a 3s nerf" it doesn't sound bad but the tank is [edited]now.
I was grinding the TVP line pre-nerf and when I researched the tank all I had left was to obtain the silver required but by the time I did that the tank was nerfed. The gun handling is bad, penetration is awful, speed isn't even that good etc.
Wargaming did not just nerfed therefore time by 3 secondes they did something else to it secretly or it has more RNG than the rest of the tanks.


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Leaders in individual trades build their advantage basing on their knowledge and experience. In order to support business decision-making, our experts prepared a set of trade instructions in the form of financial handbooks. You will find there practical advice and guidelines, systematically updated, concerning management of financial liquidity, risk, debt recovery, factoring, debt trade. We explain comprehensively and thoroughly behind-the-scenes secrets of financing enterprise operation and suggest how to minimise the risk and take advantage of business opportunities. From today onwards, awareness of current trends, opportunities and threats is your best strength.
No, it is not an obstacle. Yet, on the stage of preparation of the transaction the Factor should be informed on their amount, on the concluded settlements or on the payment schedules with the public law institutions.
In recourse factoring, the Factor finances the receivable and after its payment term pursues payment from the Customer. If in the time agreed before this activity is not successful, the Factor takes advantage of the recourse claim towards the Client, usually deducting the amount paid before from the next receivables reported to the Factor. It means that it is the Client that bears the insolvency risk.
In non-recourse factoring, the Factor takes over the risk of insolvency of the Customer up to the amount of the limit granted by the insurer and thus it does not exercise recourse in relation to the means of the Client after the payment term of the invoice.
It is one of the most deep-rooted stereotypes relating to factoring. The Factor cares about payment discipline of the Customers on behalf of its Client but it selects its actions reasonably, so as not to disturb cooperation of the Client with the Customer. It is also in the interest of the Factor servicing the transaction.
Yes, it is possible, for such solutions we have prepared all variants of simplified factoring, both recourse and non-recourse one
In our offer, we have the entire range of solutions and it is the Client that decides which of them is the most comfortable. In the aforementioned simplified model, the Client not only selects the Customers, for which it orders factoring, but it may also select the individual receivables to be financed.
In such case, we offer classical dispersed factoring, with – which is worth emphasising – much less restrictive requirements than the banking factors. It is also the most affordable service among our factoring solutions, which ensures stable source of working capital and may be an alternative for credit solutions.
Certainly; it is perceived as good for development of factoring cooperation. The Client disposes of the next receivables and improves the liquidity while the Factor obtains diversification of the sources of payments.
It is a comfortable situation for all parties to the transaction. We can base on the limit decision of the insurer and grant financing up to the amount of the granting limits, signing a trilateral understanding between the Client, the insurer and the Factor. At the same time, the Factor makes sure, on behalf of the Client, that all terms & conditions imposed in the policy are fulfilled, so that in case of reporting of a claim to the insurer the Client is sure that the indemnity will be paid.
Yes, we are prepared to service the portfolio of receivables of the Client in a complex way. After examination and assessment of the receivables by our Advisors, we refer a part of the cases to debt collection, participating actively on every stage of their recovery. For the balance of the overdue payments, the Client may also obtain an advance for future payments of the debtors. We may accept other non-payable invoices for financing; the variant of the factoring service will be proposed in response to the needs reported by the Client.
In such cases, we offer financing of the entire process, from purchase of materials up to sale with deferred payment term. It is a favourable solution both for the Client and for the Factor. The first one obtains complex financing in one financial institution, covering the entire cycle: purchase of raw material – manufacture – sale – inflow of receivables, thus avoiding the complex and long-lasting verification process in several banking institutions. On the other hand, the Factor has control over the means engaged by it for purchase of raw material and possibility of effective monitoring of payment as of its occurrence.
Yes, certainly. We may offer maturity factoring, in which if within the payment term of the receivable there is no payment from the Customer, the Factor will send the means for the payable receivable to the account of the Client. Thus, the Client may be sure that it will receive the means within the agreed term and secures its enterprise against payment jams.
We may verify the potential Customer not only in terms of creditworthiness for sale with deferred payment term, suggesting the safe value of the trade credit, but also check whether historically there have been the cases of payment jams, bailiff enforcement, etc. We may also check whether the given Customer will be covered by the insurance limit.
We offer free 24-hour a day Internet access with authorisation key. By logging in our website, the Client sees all operations with the Factor and with the Customers, the costs of the service and first of all the amount of the available means at a given moment.
The same system is used for sending of appendices, including also invoices, goods receipt confirmations or entire sets of receivables, including service of bulk payments.
One of the ideas that we have been following upon creation of the solutions offered by us is clearness of fees. We do not have multi-page tables of additional fees or hidden or unexpected costs, which the Client may not avoid in any way in the course of cooperation. We calculate the cost of our service in an easy way, as the cost of acquisition of capital per month or year, not breaking it down into numerous commissions, margins or the aforementioned additional fees.
The preliminary quotation may be provided even on the same day – our Advisor will ask a couple of questions relating to the financial situation of the Client, the form of the transactions and the Customer(s) proposed for factoring. If you expect a binding quotation, you should send us your current financial documents and provide the information requested by our Advisor. The time of the verification is 24-48 h.
As a standard, 2 blank promissory notes and assignment of receivables. Depending on the level of complexity of the transactions and estimation of risk, there may also be sureties or security interests.
Basically, the debt collection process is divided into three stages: 1) amicable, 2) court, 3) bailiff. Debt collection commenced on the amicable stage is the most effective. On this stage, actions in the direct neighbourhood of the debtor and personal negotiations are conducted and the schedule of payments is agreed.
In case of a need to obtain the order for payment, PRAGMA incurs the cost of representation of the creditor before court and conducts complex proceedings. On the stage of bailiff enforcement, a representative of PRAGMA participates actively in the activities, indicating the assets of the debtor allowing for satisfaction of the debt.
Each Client of PRAGMA has an assigned Account Manager who has all information relating to the pending debt collection process. The Account Manager prepares reports from actions for the creditor and answers the questions on an ongoing basis. With the view to facilitation of the access to information, we have also created the 'client zone'. Our clients have online access to the conducted actions.
The actions conducted by PRAGMA are distinguished by great effectiveness which results from intensively conducted field actions. We conduct our actions on the area of the whole country. Our expanded departments – the Debt Collection Department and the Legal Department handle thousands of taken over receivables as well as court and bailiff proceedings. Contrary to our competition, we credit court fees for petitions of our clients.
Yes. PRAGMA conducts the processes of restructuring of the debt of enterprises. In simplification, this process consists in takeover of the liabilities of the debtor from their creditors and spreading of the payment into instalments allowing for further functioning of the enterprise of the debtor. In case of interest in such service, please contact us through the contact form on the website or through telephone or e-mail contact.
As a rule, yes. However if the debt collection was ordered on the basis of the receivable transfer agreement (including trust assignment), before referring of the case to PRAGMA it is necessary to terminate the agreement and to make sure that the previous company delivers the reverse assignment of receivable.
The terms & conditions contained in the agreement are the guarantee. We always transfer the means to the Client to the indicated account. We attach the bank statement or a confirmation of the debtor, which the recovered amount results from. If very often happens that the debtor pays the means to the account of the creditor. In such situations, we expect information from our business partner. The agreement that we conclude with the clients requires trust and credibility from both sides.
Your claim is already prescribed. Certainly, you may file a petition for payment. The court will issue the order for payment but the debtor may raise an objection, in which they will indicate the fact of the prescription, and the suit will be dismissed. There is some probability that if the debtor had ineffective enforcement several times, they will not raise the objection; in such case, you will receive a legally valid order and the claim will be legitimate again. The new prescription period will be ten years.
This question cannot be answered in an unambiguous way. Every situation is different and should be treated individually. Debt collection company dealing with debt collection professionally have proper knowledge and experienced personnel, so certainly ordering of the debt collection will be more effective than taking of actions aimed at debt recovery by yourself.
As an experienced debt collection company we know that such debt collection actions are not effective. Our philosophy is direct contact with the debtor, so our actions are conducted in the direct neighbourhood of the debtor.
No. The principle of operation of PRAGMA is charging of the success fee, i.e. a percentage on the value of payments of the debtor, determined in the agreement.
Yes. We offer crediting of the court entry fee for our clients. You can also use legal representation and legal assistance. Our clients do not incur any additional costs connected with legal service. In such case, it is better to order recovery of the receivable to a professional company than to collect it by yourself since it may spoil your personal relations with the employees of the company of the debtor.
If you refer the case to the bailiff, you have no influence on the conducted enforcement actions. Ordering the case to PRAGMA, you have a guarantee of active participation in the bailiff proceedings. We indicate hidden property of the debtors to the bailiffs very often. This is why our clients have the guarantee of participation of specialists in bailiff actions.
PRAGMA has the status of a public company, which guarantees its credibility and transparency. Its high share capital – PLN 3.680 million and equity – PLN 57 million ensures safety of settlements. It guarantees safety of the entrusted receivables.
PRAGMA deals not only with performance of debt collection actions but also with purchase of receivables. As a company with high working capital, we offer also factoring and financing services to the clients.
Sale of receivables is the best way for recovery of frozen capital. Thanks to it, the creditor recovers their means within several days, which immediately improves liquidity.
There are a lot of legal offices and companies dealing with debt collection on the market. However, lack of the field debt collection team is a disadvantage of the legal offices. On the other hand, small debt collection companies do not have their own lawyers who take actions before court. They often demand payment of an advance for the conducted proceedings as well. PRAGMA has a team for pursuing of claims, consisting of 49 members.
PRAGMA does not require provision of all invoices in relation to a given business partner. Our Client may determine the invoices provided to us for factoring. We always try to conduct our actions in a flexible way adjusted to the needs and requirements of the served business partners.
You should not expose yourself to additional costs and block the financial liquidity of the company. If it is possible, the receivables should be sold. Such situation will provide the expected financial means in short time. PRAGMA applies also acceptance of the debt collection order with advance option. It means that within several days from the date of signing of the agreement the creditor obtains the means as an advance for future recovered payments of the debtor.
There is such possibility. If the debtor cooperates and does not avoid discussions about the repayment, they are treated as any other business partner.
Yes. We conduct the debt restructuring process. This process consists in takeover of the liabilities of the debtor from their creditor and spreading of the payment into instalments allowing for further functioning of your enterprise.
If you present a security for the paid amount, granting of the loan is possible. Real estates, movables or receivables may be the security.
In our offer of simplified factoring, we do not impose such requirements on our clients as banks or factoring companies. PRAGMA accepts factoring orders even in relation to one business partner.
Loss may constitute the basis for a refusal to grant factoring but does not have to. If the general condition of your customer does not create the threats of the lack of payment, in such case PRAGMA may finance the transaction.
For the performed services, PRAGMA issues VAT invoices. Our clients may include remuneration of the company in tax-deductible costs.
Contact forms are made available on the website of the company. After their completion, you will be contacted by a representative of our company.
You can also send a request for quotation to the e-mail address of the company: firstname.lastname@example.com or contact us via the telephone to the number: +48 32 45 00 100 or to the infoline number: 801 020 120.
After presentation of basic information relating to the receivable, the employee will prepare a detailed individual offer for the interested Client.
Contact form on the website: pragma.pl/kontakt and/or
tel. +48 32 44 20 200 | mail firstname.lastname@example.com
tel. +48 32 45 00 100 | mail firstname.lastname@example.com
tel. +48 32 44 20 280 | mail email@example.com
tel. +48 32 45 00 100 | mail firstname.lastname@example.com
801 020 120
Leasing is a word coming from English 'lease'. Leasing as a type of agreement occurred in the 50s in the USA.
Leasing is a form of financing, where under the agreement one party, i.e. the lessor (financing party) provides the other party, i.e. the lessee (using party) with investment goods. In exchange of determined payments (leasing instalments), the lessee obtains the rights to use of the leasing object and to get benefits on this account (income). The financing party (lessor) remains the owner of the leasing object.
The economic reality has formed a lot of types of leasing agreements that do not fall into one legal and tax qualification. This transaction is to great extent based on the legal principle of freedom of agreements.
Anyway, Poland is one of the countries that have regulated leasing in the Civil Code:
Under the leasing agreement the financing party undertakes – within the scope of activity of its enterprise – to purchase an object from a specified seller on the terms & conditions determined in this agreement and to provide this object to the using party for use or for use and for getting of benefits for definite time while the using party undertakes to pay monetary compensation to the financing party, in agreed instalments, equal at least to the price or remuneration on account of the purchase of the object by the financing party.
For tax purposes, leasing agreement is described in a wider manner than the definition presented above. In compliance with tax law, leasing agreement is any other agreement, under which the financing party provides fixed assets or intangible assets, including land, being subject to amortisation, to the using party for its use.
It is the most popular and the most frequent type of leasing. It is characterised by simplicity of posting and tax benefits. The initial rent, i.e. the initial payment, as well as the entire leasing instalments are the tax-deductible cost for the lessee. After expiry of the agreement which lasts usually 24 – 60 months, the using party has the possibility to repurchase the object, usually for its symbolic value, e.g.: 1%.
In tax terms, it resembles more a credit. The amortisation write-offs and the interest part of the leasing instalments are the tax cost for the using party. Financial leasing is treated as delivery of goods (contrary to the operating one that is a service) and thus the lessee pays VAT according to the rate that the leasing object is covered by. This is why financial leasing is often used by entrepreneurs wishing to finance objects covered by lower VAT rate, e.g.: medical devices with 8% VAT rate.
In operating leasing, both the initial payment and the entire monthly instalments are the cost. On the other hand, the using party does not amortise the fixed asset being the leasing object. Also the repurchase value is included in tax-deductible costs if it does not exceed the amount of PLN 3.5 thousand.
Our company specialises in financing of all types of devices, from IT equipment through gastronomic, construction, medical and other devices up to bicycles, by leasing.
It is possible to buy additionally software or accessories to every fixed asset, which will also be included in the leasing agreement.
We do not provide leasing for registered vehicles
Regardless of the purchase object, the minimum agreement value is PLN 1 thousand net while the maximum value – PLN 30 thousand net.
The leasing term depends on the type of devices and on their amortisation rate. It is as follows for the individual groups:
You can choose leasing in the payment methods of Internet shops being our partners – then, from the shopping basket you get automatically transferred to our ON-LINE application, in which you will arrange all formalities without the need to deliver any documents within 15 minutes.
In the companies of our Partners or through the Call Centre, when you ask for payment in the form of leasing for the realised purchases, you will receive a link, through which you will be transferred to our ON-LINE application, in which you will arrange all formalities without the need to deliver any documents within 15 minutes.
If you purchase in a stationary outlet, you will arrange everything on the spot, in the outlet, and you will collect your purchases.
Use the extremely innovative option (the only one of this type on the European market), provided by us: TAKE LEASING NOW. On our website: www.leaselink.pl you will enter the device selected by you (paste a link to the shop) together with its price as well as your Tax Identification Number (NIP), e-mail address and telephone number and you will receive a special link, through which you will be transferred to our ON-LINE application, in which you will arrange all formalities without the need to deliver any documents within 15 minutes, regardless of the day and time.
The offers presented by us are calculated automatically. The intelligent algorithm system adjusts the value of the object and its amortisation to optimum leasing term. The presented offer is always calculated on the basis of a variant that is the most favourable in financial terms for the Client.
The initial fee adopted for our calculation amounts to 10% and it may be changed in our application, on a further stage of request processing, or through reporting of such need to the Account Manager.
Every need of the Client relating to the initial fee or longer/shorter term of the leasing agreement is accepted and confirmed in the agreement.
We do not charge any additional fees for examination of the request and for monthly payment of instalments (we do not force quarterly instalments). The calculations presented by us inform the Client on all expenditures connected with leasing in a reliable way. We also do not apply any hidden costs connected with such promotions as account opening, etc.
The leasing agreement obliges the Client to insure the equipment in case of a theft or destruction, so that the risks of the situations determined above do not relieve the Client from payment of the leasing fees. However, LeaseLink does not insure and does not force its insurance – the Clients have total discretion in this field.
Vast majority of data is filled in automatically for the Client. Our application is integrated with all official bases, thanks to which both in case of individual business activity and companies of any type the Client fills in only:
No documents are required. Leasing application or other registration and financial documents of the company are not required.
The entire procedure, including receipt of the agreement by the Client and payment of the initial fees, lasts 15 minutes.
The verification fee of PLN 1.00 is made via fast transfer (pay-by-link) in order to confirm the identity of the Client.
Through the verification fee, our application excludes the situation, in which third parties personate a representative of the company.
This fee is also confirmation of expression of consents to verification of the Client in available credit information bases, on the basis of which the decision on financing granting is made.
The verification fee is non-returnable.
The confirmation of the will to conclude the leasing agreement and its acceptance by the Client is making of the initial payments directly from our ON-LINE application via fast transfer (pay-bay-link).
In case of collection of the goods from a stationary outlet, the agreement is signed in paper form also in this outlet, directly before handover of goods.
In case when the goods are delivered remotely, the agreement is signed on the next day through setting of a signature on the paper version of the agreement in the presence of a courier.
Regardless of the manner of the purchase of the goods, the Client will receive them as quickly as in case of cash purchases.
In a stationary outlet, we realise the entire procedure on the spot, in 15 minutes.
In Internet shops and through our website: www.leaselink.pl / TAKE LEASING NOW, the agreement is signed and the goods are delivered within 48 hours (provided that the goods are available from the supplier).
We issue invoices for all leasing fees in electronic form and deliver them via e-mail.
Initial fees are invoiced within 10 days from the inflow of the means.
Monthly leasing fees are issued and sent to the Clients on the 2nd day of every month, with 7 day payment term.
After payment of the last leasing fee, the Client will receive an invoice, the payment of which confirms acquisition of the leased device.
Yes, certainly, it is possible, yet with observance of the minimum leasing terms determined statutorily:
tel. +48 32 44 20 280 | mail email@example.com
One of the forms of in-kind securities, a movable (item or object) that the debtor hands over to its creditor as the guarantee to repay its debt.
A right of the creditor to demand the debtor to meet its in-cash or in-kind liability. In business turnover, the most often debts correspond to the debtor's obligation to pay for the delivered goods or performed services.
Remuneration taken by a company, a natural person or an institution for the performance of a given financial or business transaction or operation. Most often, the amount of commission is determined as the percentage on the value of the transaction or operation.
Period that has expired since the determined maturity date.


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Strong Enough to Bend –
16″x20″ Framed Oil on Panel
To purchase, please contact Galleria in Inglewood at (403) 270-3612
This is the first of a series of trees I've painted this spring. I love the contrast
between the delicate spaces in and around the branches and leaves, and the
heavy solidity of the tree itself. The sun and pale sky shone through
highlighting the contrast between strength and intricate detail.


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So, you've finished taking a track class... now what?
Whether you're looking for some more training opportunities, wanting to get more information about the happenings at the track, or just want to get straight to racing, the aim of this page is to help you take the next step in your track cycling journey!
Feeling independent and want to just start diving in on your own? Head to Racer Central and take a look at all the great content on the website.
Come Watch some Racing
Our weekly race nights are host to plenty of exciting racing! We race Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. If you've finished a class, there's still a lot to learn about race tactics and race formats. There's no more fun way to learn
then to come to a race night as a spectator! Friday Night, the "big show", is every Friday at 7:00. Admission is only $5, and kids get in for free! Monday, Wednesday and Thursday night might not be the "big show", but admission is free, so that's a plus.
Want to start exploring the race night schedule? Check out the race night page and start poking around.
Attend Beginner Practice/Training Sessions
The first thing you might want to do is gain a bit more practice riding that track bike. You might be surprised to know you can ride on the track anytime there isn't something scheduled on the calendar, since it's open to the public. Our rental bikes and helpful track cyclists are only around at certain times. Luckily, we're offering organized times for accessing our rentals for the purpose of new riders practicing on the track! These Training Sessions are open to anyone and don't require any sign-ups. Track bike rentals will be available at first come, first serve basis for $10 each.
Beginner Practice/Training Sessions dates:
2018 Dates TBD
Check our training page for more information regarding other practice opportunities.
Start Racing Thursday Nights
Thursday night is the absolute best way to gain practice at track racing when first starting out. Thursday nights provide the opportunity to race in a pack with a small variety of race formats, all with oversight provided by the MVA to organize the fun. There are no published race schedules, since the program is usually put together based on the racers that sign-up that evening.
If you just finished an adult class, the first two Thursday Nights are on the house! After that, it's only $20 to register for racing, $5 for juniors.
Get your own Track Bike
One of the best new deals we've put together for our members this year is access to some really good track bike deals with our partner Bike Shops. These track bikes are perfect for starting out and they will continue to perform for years to come. Interested in learning more? Contact our partner bike shops directly and tell them you're interested in a Jerry Baker Velodrome starter track bike!
- Center Cycle is offering a Specialized Langster and a Specialized Langster Pro. 425-228-3661
- Gregg's Cycle is offering a Specialized Langster and a Cannondale. Greenlake location 206-523-1822, Bellevue location 425-462-1900
- Element Cycles is offering a Pinarello Pista. 425-881-8442
Get and Stay Connected with the Community
The MVA has some pretty awesome ways to stay connected and up-to-date with all things happening with the JBV. Our community is here to support you, so if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us and we'll be happy to help you any way we can. Our cycling community is full of helpful and friendly people, and we're excited that you've joined us!
- Like our facebook page
- Ladies, join the Ladies of the Jerry Baker Velodrome group on Facebook
- Follow us on twitter and instagram (@jbvelodrome)
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Add Racer Central to your bookmarks


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12 Nov2013
You kind of HAVE to find the silver lining, I suppose. With thousands of coconut trees down across the archipelago, at least there is one free source of nutrition and sustenance, the heart of palm. Just a few feet worth of the young trunk at the top end of each coconut tree, yields a few kilos of the most amazing ingredient — ubod or heart of palm.
The recent massive storm Yolanda that ripped through the Visayas forced us to cut down several coconut trees that put people in harm's way. Did you know that it is technically a criminal offense to cut down a coconut tree? It's a weird law that dates back to the era of coconut plantations and their importance to national economic health, I gather. But when neighboring lawyers and barangay officials agree that trees have to be sacrificed, we will certainly comply and do the safe thing… So "off with their heads" and we had the most amazing and incredibly FRESH ubod for kitchen use.
Using a benriner or mandoline, julienne the tender parts of the ubod (the outer layers can be quite tough) and set aside. You need to soak the ubod in acidulated water if you are not going to use them right away. Into a pan, I added a bit of vegetable oil (or better, lard), sauteed some garlic and sliced shallots, then added some thinly sliced pork and peeled shrimp cut into smaller pieces. Next add the ubod, stir this around and add a couple of tablespoons of soy sauce or patis, as you prefer. Season with freshly cracked black pepper and some salt, if required. A scant tablespoon of muscovado or brown sugar gave this a very Bacolod or Silay twist (I learned the trick there) and let this cook and the ubod will exude some more liquid. Though if really fresh, as this ubod was, it barely let off any liquid and it cooked to a perfect tender consistency in less than 10 minutes. Test for doneness and shut off the fire and drain and cool in a colander.
At just this point, I reached into the freezer for local lumpia wrapper and was told we didn't have any. Yipes. Why didn't I check before I started cooking? Instead, I spied some Vietnamese rice paper for rolls and decided to use that instead. It sounds wonky to some of you, I am sure, but DON'T KNOCK IT till you've tried it! They turned out very nicely, thank you. The wrapper was a bit chewy but the flavorful filling enrobed by a cool wrapper made for a very nice fresh ubod spring roll. A vinegar or lime based dip might have put this up a notch, but I ate it with some acharra… :)
Just when we thought we had "discovered" a fusion lumpia by accident, we decided to fry a couple of the lumpia. Didn't bother with a double-fry, but you know, this turned out utterly delicious! A real surprise slam dunk. Just needed a bit of vinegar to cut the richness of the ubod, or perhaps a sauce with peanuts would have been nice as well.
It's nice when necessity leads to something new and scrumptuous. Fried and Fresh Ubod Rice Wrapper Lumpia a la Marketman. :)
Note: This post was written a few days ago and scheduled for release today. Marketman is actually right now on the way to Northern Cebu to distribute relief goods. I will not have internet access all day.
thank you marketman
Nov 12, 2013 | 12:04 pm
Tadaaaa……. like magic
Nov 12, 2013 | 12:41 pm
Hey, the vietnamese use rice paper wrappers for their cha gio (like our lumpia shanghai) and they're really yummy so it is a good option for our own lumpia, albeit more expensive…
Nov 12, 2013 | 12:49 pm
I hope some of the people in the disaster areas (especially the relief workers) realize this and somehow manage to eke out emergency sustenance from the many fallen coconut trees while waiting for supplies to come in. I believe that freshly grated ubod can be eaten raw.
Nov 12, 2013 | 5:04 pm
Hello Marketman! I'm a frequent lurker on your blog and was wondering if you could tell me where you "source" good ubod here in Metro Manila? Thanks!
Dec 6, 2013 | 5:13 am


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The Band on Heavy Vinyl
A Hall of Shame Pressing and another Heavy Vinyl LP debunked.
Flat, compressed, no top end, no Tubey Magic, this is Ron McMaster's work at its worst, helped along by the fact that he does not have the original master tape or even a copy of it to work with, but instead the new remix that was made a few years back because the original tape had been lost. And somehow reviewers like it!


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During a very snowy, blizzardy kind of day in March 2018, Durham Guild held their Spinning Open Day at St Oswald's. Thankfully we had many visitors and regulars turn up to enjoy a feast of fibre and food!
Never let it be said that Northerners are daunted by the weather!
Our guild is lucky enough to own quite a lot of equipment to be able to demonstrate our crafts to others, and we had our usual "sale table" of wool, fibres, products and equipment on offer.
With it being a spinning day, of course, we had many spinners and an array of gorgeous spinning wheels. I have always been struck by how beautiful, and how different the wheels are and our open-day was no exception.
We were delighted to have the company of the wonderful Brian Shaw who brought the most exquisite Pouncy Four-Leg Wheel, complete with yarn winder and tensioned lazy-kate which was made for him many years ago. It was extraordinary to look at even when it wasn't moving, but once he started spinning we were all captivated.
Brian is very well known amongst Northern crafters and has been spinning for 31 years. He had agreed to give us a lesson and demonstration of Long-Draw Spinning and we weren't disappointed.
Long Draw
The key to Long Draw Spinning success is the preparation. Brian brought with him some examples of fibres in various stages of prep and was able to tell us how he and his wife prepared their fleeces at home. For the day Brian had Shetland, White-Faced Woodland and Goathland Roving tops to work with. He showed us how to make the perfect Rolag. For Long Draw in particular the rolags need to be of uniform density and length and the fibres must be allowed to "flow"! To achieve this Brian recommended that the ideal staple length to make the rolag is 3 inches, suggesting trimming the base and tips if need be! The process needs to be controlled, combing out the tips and root, and even processing individual locks. As the fibre needs to move and flow it requires some lanolin, or oil which is often fully removed during the washing process. Brian suggested adding oil back by adding baby oil via a dropper before the fibre is carded…..oh, and don't overload the carder!!
Brian's rolags were like gossamer – fine and translucent and it was a pleasure to watch him make one using the back of his carders to consolidate and lengthen the fibre before spinning.
The control he demonstrated with stopping and starting the wheel, whilst explaining everything his hands were doing as he worked really slowly for us to watch was completely breath taking. Once he was spinning at normal speed it was truly amazing to watch.
Long Draw is self-drafting and Brian demonstrated exactly how to move his hands. The left controlling the twist in small openings, the right allowing the draft. The key, apparently is to coordinate the foot with the right hand – adjusting the wheel's tension. If the wheel band is too tight it draws on too quickly, if too slack the twist rushes in too fast. Watching the video back is a total pleasure. (Check our FaceBook page @DurhamGuild for the video clip)
We had a number of established spinners who had avoided long-draw in the past who tried once watching Brian – and they succeeded. Brian and Elsie were so generous with their time, even helping members make rolags suitable for long-draw.
Our lunch, as always with a shared table, was fun, delicious and full of gossip. Our room was busy and had that delightful buzz of good conversation and good company.
Durham Guild would like to thank Brian for taking the time to come along to our gathering and share his extraordinary knowledge with us.
What a fabulous day! Come and join us for our next gathering. You would be most welcome and we'd love to see you!


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Ajarn Sawai Chinnawong came by my office today with some recent works of art. We have been friends since he served as a judge for the Christian Volunteers in Thailand logo contest early last year. This time, the works that took my breath away (I have already purchased some of his oil paintings.) were pen-and-ink drawings of such detail and beauty that the photographs (taken with my little Canon Power Shot) do not do them justice. All have a Christian theme. So, with apologies for the poor photographs, let me share some of what I saw today. This beautiful Lotus Madonna (left) seems to glow.
For those of you who do not know Ajarn Sawai Chinnawong, he is a Thai Christian artist. He was the Paul T. Lauby Artist in Residence at Overseas Ministries Study Center in 2003-2004. His love for art began when he was a child in Thailand when he saw some old men painting on a Buddhist temple wall. He would watch them for hours each day. Sawai's interest in art persisted into adulthood, and he studied art in a vocational school in Bangkok, Thailand. It was at this time that Sawai became a Christian. He says that a missionary was witnessing on the street one day, and soon after, he began to study the Bible every day after art class.
After completing his art studies, Sawai felt compelled to attend the McGilvary College of Theology at Payap University in Chiang Mai. He was deeply influenced by a series of lectures on the history of Christian Art given there in 1984 by artist and professor Nalini Jayasuriya. He began creating liturgical art while attending seminary, and designed the artwork for the chapel there. Today his art is appreciated in many places for its portrayal of Christian themes through a Thai graphic idiom that is inspired by Thai culture. Sawai's artwork is published by the Tao Fong Shan Christian Centre of Hong Kong and by the Asian Christian Art Association of Indonesia.
Sawai Chinnawong's work has been exhibited in Asia, Sweden and the United States, and he was one of five artists chosen for the Summer of 2007 exhibition "The Christian Story: Five Asian Artists Today," held at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) in New York City. The catalog for that exhibition, which includes reproductions and critical essays, is available from the Mobia Store. OMSC has also published an 80 page color monograph of Sawai's drawings and paintings, with an appreciative critical essay by Dr. William Yoder. The book is available through the OMSC Bookstore.
Yes, he did bring some oil paintings along as well, but I could not take my eyes off of these pen-and-ink drawings. Each one has pictures hidden within the picture and a wealth of meaning that flows from his Christian faith. Once again, I asked him how soon the work on his website would be completed, so that his work could be displayed properly and those who were interested in purchasing some of his work could contact him. He assured me that work on the website continues and that, before the end of the year, everyone should be able to view his works and even make purchases online. I am just a preacher. How I wish my words were as eloquent as his art. Amazing!


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3 Cloud Trends to Prepare for in 2016
With the rapid changes to SaaS applications and cloud platforms taking place today, the area of cloud integration is now in constant flux. Years ago, cloud integration used to be seen as a tool that accomplished a simple use case, such as replicating SaaS data to an on-premise database for analytics. However, with the innovations taking place in the cloud with regards to analytics, big data, and application development, the very nature of cloud integration is changing. Here are three major changes in cloud for 2016 that will impact the way in which companies will need to think about their cloud integration strategies.
Central IT Takes Over Cloud Analytics Initiatives
Ever since the announcement of salesforce.com's Wave Analytics in October 2014, with the tagline "Analytics for the Rest of Us", the cloud analytics race began. In the very same month, Birst announced its partnership with SAP HANA, touting an architecture that provided more instant analytics to the end user. Barely a year later, in October 2015, Amazon Web Services announced its QuickSight cloud BI service, targeted towards data analysts.
A few other occurrences in the cloud analytics world happened in 2015 that are interesting to note:
- It was revealed in January 2015 that a basic Salesforce Wave license costs about $40,000, in addition to other site licenses and per user costs
- In April 2015, Domo announced their latest funding round along with an interesting tidbit –customers would have to contact Domo directly if they wanted any data integrations set up so they could maintain the secrecy of their cloud analytics stack
- A few days later, Tableau and Birst, once bitter rivals, formed a partnership that allowed Birst users to directly connect to Tableau. Birst would provide a central enterprise data repository from which to create new datamarts for business users, while Tableau brought its data discovery and visualization capabilities to the table
- Tata Consulting Services (TCS) and Tableau announced an alliance where TCS would focus on developing "large scale delivery capabilities" for Tableau's data visualization functionality
- These occurrences prove that although cloud analytics was originally targeted towards the self-service needs of business users within LOBs, many of these deployments are more complex than originally thought. The need to contact vendors directly to set up data integrations, enterprise IT-style pricing, the realization that data visualization only forms one layer of the cloud analytics stack, and the involvement of global System Integrators all points towards signs that Central IT will be the major driver of cloud analytics projects in 2016, rather than the individual LOBs.
Your 2016 Cloud Takeaway
Organizations looking at cloud integration solutions to integrate the variety of data sources required for an enterprise-class initiative should choose a cloud integration platform that has a unified data fabric across data sources, transformations, and integration patterns.
Big Data Processing Moves to the Cloud
With the growth in big data, Spark is replacing MapReduce as the data processing standard. The industry is moving more towards real-time streaming data and experimenting with machine learning use cases. To successfully accomplish Big Data use cases in production at scale, all associated infrastructure for provisioning, deployment, logging, and monitoring, as well as ingestion technologies for streaming data and workflow management tools need to be on a single cloud platform. Cloud leaders such as Amazon Web Services have perfected the art of minimizing latency and optimizing clusters for the processing of large datasets. The recent January 2016 announcement by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba launching 20 new online services within its AliCloud offering related to big data only underscores the importance of having a cloud-centric big data strategy. This trend will only accelerate in 2016.
Your 2016 Cloud Takeaway
Using cloud integration as a centerpiece for big data processing in the cloud is a strategy that enterprise architects should consider. Since the future of big data is real-time, organizations should realize that there are different real-time streaming technologies out there, such as Kafka, Storm, and Spark Streaming to name a few. Each streaming technology serves a different use case, and a cloud integration platform needs to connect to a variety of these streaming technologies.
"Hybrid Integration" Gets Redefined Again
The "hybrid integration" term has been one of the most confusing terms out there. In recent years, middleware and integration providers have used the term to mean many things. While it is quite clear that a hybrid integration scenario is one involving cloud and on-premises data sources, the specific approach taken towards solving the challenges involved with integrating these apps will define how successful enterprises are in deriving value out of their investments.
Your 2016 Cloud Takeaway
The ever-changing definition of hybrid integration will continue to evolve due to the explosion of varieties of data within the internet of things (IoT), new open source big data technologies, and the emerging area of microservices. At the end of the day, it is important that companies realize that it is in their best interests that all their apps, databases, and infrastructure move to the cloud. A hybrid integration strategy that supports this end goal will ensure that innovation moves at a much more rapid pace.
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Three years later, Italy joined the Dual Alliance making the Triple Alliance. This friendship worried France and Russia. Both feared the possibility of a common attack by Germany, Italy and Austria.
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It may sound risky to have electricity and your heart in such close proximity, but it's not. That's how your heart works, and an EKG machine doesn't send any electricity through your body, it merely measures the electricity already in your heart. The test isn't painful, either. The only risk of physical hurt may be when they remove the stickers holding the electrodes to your chest. There's little prep work involved -- if you're particularly hairy in places where the doctor needs to attach electrodes, you might be shaved. And you may need to adjust when you take certain medications, which is information your doctor can provide. Otherwise, all you'll need to do is show up and lie still on an examining table (one exception: If a doctor calls for a stress EKG, you may need to perform a little exercise). The test should be over in five to 10 minutes, and you'll likely have results almost instantaneously.


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This is on of those outfits that I just threw on and I am very happy with how it turned out. I have heard of denim chambray shirts becoming a wardrobe staple because of how versatile it is and I feel this outfit proves just how versatile it is since it can very easily be dressed up.
I tucked it in to my yellow Banana Republic skirt in order to work with the colors of the necklace I rented from LE TOTE. As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, it is a clothing rental service that sends you 3 pieces of clothing and 2 pieces of jewelry for $49 a month. Not a bad way to try new things, especially if you are not a fan of shopping but still want to your wardrobe to be current.
This week has been extremely busy for me and I expect it to be difficult to be posting consistently. This Saturday I will be heading to Salinas to celebrate my Sister's 21st Birthday/ Farewell Party. She is heading to Japan to study abroad for a year in September, and I will also be joining her for her first two weeks there! I am so excited and looking forward to this much needed vacation!
Sunday and Monday I'll be in Berkeley running a booth for our office at Caltopia. My goal last year was to make this year a bigger success, and I already feel like it will be. I remember being so stressed out about running the booth for the first time and getting things ready at the last minute. This time it feels a lot less stressful, and it might be because I had the opportunity to really plan ahead.
I've been going to a lot of events as of late and doing my fair share of baking which you can catch on Instagram first hand. I originally didn't know how Instagram would benefit me when it comes to blogging, but now I see it is the best way to keep up with what I am doing since I don't post as often. Follow me @willbakeforshoes to stay updated with my daily adventures.
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It has now been announced that the government's proposal to increase the fees payable for probate applications in England and Wales, will come into effect in May this year. This is despite strong opposition from members of the legal community and organisations such as STEP (Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners).
Instead of the flat fee of £155, the fee will now be based on the value of the estate. There is a sliding scale of fees ranging from £300 to £20,000. For those estates that are less than £50,000, there will be no fee payable.
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£300,001 - £500,000
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£2,000,001 or more
Executors across the country will need to consider how these fees will be paid and for some estates this will be easier than others. Where cash is available in a bank account or simple investment it is proposed that Executors will be able to access these funds to meet the fee payable. For those estates which may be property rich and cash poor, this may prove more difficult.
The role of the Executor has never been more important. It is essential to take advice, not only on the best way to deal with the estate generally, but also how to calculate the probate fee; how to fund the fee as well as the funding of any inheritance tax that is due.
For advice on this or any other matter concerning wills or probate, please contact Samantha Lloyd Head of our Wills and Probate team by email on email@example.com or by telephone on 01905 723 561.
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