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Located in Casco Antiguo, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Duque La Imperdible Theater and Museum of Fine Arts. Seville Cathedral and Alcazar are also within 15 minutes.
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Along with a bar/lounge, this hotel has a coffee shop/café and a meeting room. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, dry cleaning, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk are onsite.
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The hotel offers a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby.
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- Bar/lounge
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- Total number of rooms - 100
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Run To The Beat, London's only music half marathon, returns to Greenwich Park on Wednesday 18th September with a line-up of established and emerging DJ's sound tracking the event.
The highly anticipated headline act who will welcome runners back to the park after their half marathon effort will be announced in due course and will be worth the wait!
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TV presenter and Radio 1 DJ bringing bhangra and Asian music to the next level.
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After kick-starting her career by becoming the first female Big Brother winner in 2002, Kate Lawler has managed to carve herself a successful career as a DJ. Avoiding the celebrity pitfalls eluded by most BB housemates, she has focused on her career and become a respected member of the UK club scene.
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Entwining taste with style, zest and motion, her sets and appearances are more performance rather than mere, tame exhibitionism building, and popping just when the ambience is ready, and the crowd screams for more. Goldierocks is infecting the capital, and beyond.
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Known as the "voice of Kiss", Neeve recently represented Kiss 100 in a spanking series of gigs introducing bassline to Ibiza, taking her DJ-ing to another level. She'll be spinning the best in eclectic London-centric style of Dance, R&B, Hip-Hop, UK Funky and Bassline.
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Since exploding onto the scene as co-promoter of London's Nag Nag Nag club, JoJo De Freq has become a sought after DJ, spinning regularly at the likes of Fabric, Wet Yourself and Bugged Out. Her sets skillfully mix tuneful techno, electro-disco and synthetic house, whilst her spirited style and attitude has found her in demand internationally with gigs both in the UK and beyond.
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A meeting of minds between ADC and Markie Mark, PHS are now at the forefront of Asian Fusion music, mixing bhangra and bollywood with hip-hop, garage and breakbeat.
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Tocco Caudio
|Tocco Caudio
|Comune di Tocco Caudio
|Coordinates: 41°8′N 14°38′E / 41.133°N 14.633°ECoordinates: 41°8′N 14°38′E / 41.133°N 14.633°E
|Benevento (BN)
|Acquasanta, Arco Marucci, Aspro, Baracca, Capitino, Cesche, Chiano, Ciesco Coppole, Cornito, Folletta, Friuni, La Pietra, La Riola, Le Martine, Lotola, Maione Lunario, Maione Stingio, Monticella, Pantaniello, Paodone, Pisciariello, Pretola, Ripoli, San Biagio, San Cosimo, San Gaudenzio, San Martino, Serra, Serratola, Sperara, Tasignano, Tocco Vecchio, Vigna, Vignali, Vocito
|• Mayor
|Antimo Papa
|• Total
|27.2 km2 (10.5 sq mi)
|540 m (1,770 ft)
|Population (2005)[1]
|• Total
|• Density
|59/km2 (150/sq mi)
|Time zone
|• Summer (DST)
|Postal code
|Dialing code
|Patron saint
|Saints Cosmas and Damian
|Saint day
|27 September
|Official website
Tocco Caudio is the name of a village and comune in the province of Benevento, in the Campania region of southern Italy. The old town was abandoned after a series of earthquakes in 1980 and 1981.
As with many ancient towns in this mountainous region of southern Italy, Tocco Caudio was built on a promontory ridge. Tocco Caudio's ridge is fairly small and somewhat isolated. This arrangement made the town easily defensible, while having ready access to ridge-top roads along which a traveller would not need to cross any rivers. Also, as was typical with medieval development, the town is fairly compact with narrow streets.
In the 20th century the town layout, previously beneficial for the inhabitants, became a hindrance, as most of the core of Tocco Caudio was fairly inaccessible to automobiles. After going up a short, steep hill, one could drive a car only along one part of the main street. In other towns in the province, [Sant'Agata Dei Goti] being a good example, many houses and shops in the old town areas are now vacant due to their inconvenience. Many new homes tend to be built around the old town centers, as there is no need to stay within the old defensive walls.
In 1980 and 1981, earthquakes damaged much of the old historical habitat of Tocco Caudio. Rather than rebuild the historic town, the citizens were forced unwantedly to completely abandon it and resettle around the ridge. Today there are essentially two Tocco Caudios: an empty old town and a new town above it in a location called Friuni. The settlers there have never felt this in their town, and the loss of the historical town still lies in the memories of all, as if having lost the roots of the past, and having never planted the roots of the future and thus a population with no real identity.
Anything of value from the historic center was stolen throughout the following years of the earthquake, eyes that should have been vigil in the control of such mishaps went blind, ears deaf and tonques silent, the final result today is reality a[ghost town]. Most buildings are derelict; the church has lost its roof, although the brick belltower and the incredible stone spiral staircase to the bellfry are in excellent condition. Fortunately the local and provincial administration from the year 2000 have managed to receive government grants to rebuild the old church, mainly to resemble a sort of historical landmark, as if to erect and let emerge a flame over an empty graveyard, as sort of lighthouse, to evoke not danger, but a light of hope and goodwill to renew and start a new era for all.
Notable people[edit]
- Nicola Sala, composer and theoretist
- Carlo Coppolaro, composer and critic
- Carmen Valacchio, nuclear research
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Baseball at Reid River
What does a combat unit do while under orders to stand down? Various leisure time activities helped pass the time during the spring of 1943, with baseball being one of the most popular. Under the direction of the newly assigned Special Services Officer, 2/Lt. "Buck" Weaver, many teams were formed and tournaments were organized. This photo was taken at Reid River, the camp for the 2nd and 408th Bomb Squadrons. (William K. Miller Collection)
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For the fifth time in a row Ethiopian Airlines has been named as the continent's Airline of the Year by the African Airlines Association (AFRAA).
Thw award was given during AFRAA's 48th Annual General Assembly held on Nov 21, 2016, at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.
The AFRAA annual awards recognize excellence in service delivery, innovation and competitiveness in airlines, individuals and service providers in the African aviation industry.
Receiving the award, Ethiopian Group chief executive officer Tewolde GebreMariam said, "We are highly honoured for this recognition by fellow sisterly airlines in Africa, for the fifth consecutive year. The award underscores the continuous efforts and hard work of Ethiopian employees who are striving day and night to surpass customers' expectations.
"Ethiopian is also grateful to its loyal customers for giving us the opportunity to serve them, for travelling on Ethiopian in great numbers, for their continued feedback and support which, in turn, assisted us in enhancing the airline's service excellence.
"This is a testimony of the soundness of our Vision 2025 fast, profitable and sustainable growth strategy and once again, Ethiopian welcomes this award with great pride."
The Airlines was applauded for its outstanding financial performance, technological leadership and investment in modern fuel-efficient fleet, exemplary co-operation with other African carriers and for significantly expanding its route network in Africa and beyond.
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The teenage daughter of Czech president Milos Zeman has denied being at a porn party after photos and film footage allegedly of her gyrating with naked men emerged in a local newspaper.
Blonde Katarina Zemanova wearing a white blouse and short black skirt is seen with friends at the event in Prague surrounded by girls guzzling drinks while naked men perform sex acts.
But the 19-year-old has denied the KateGate photos and video (as local media have dubbed the affair) are of her, slamming them as a fake.
Speaking through the spokesman the presidents daughter said: "This was not me. The photos are a hoax or some sort of fake.
But the editor of Extra.cz which initially published the photos, Pawel Nowotny, has now released the footage saying: "This is viral on the Czech internet.
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MINNESOTA SPORTS ROUND-UP: U women's hockey team routs Bemidji State 10-0
MINNEAPOLIS - Bemidji State was no match for the No. 1 ranked University of Minnesota women's hockey team as the Golden Gophers scored six goals in the second period alone for a 10-0 win Friday evening at Ridder Arena.
Rachel Bona, Hannah Brandt and Sarah Davis all scored twice for the U. Assist leaders included four for Rachel Ramsey, Kate Schipper had three (along with a goal), and two each for Bona, Davis and Millica McMillen. Maryanne Menefee had a goal and an assist. Minnesota had 40 shots on goal to BSU's 21 and winning goalie Amanda Leveille made 21 saves. The series concludes this afternoon starting at 4:07 p.m.
Eric Gordon scored 20 points and helped key a huge fourth-quarter swing that lifted the New Orleans Pelicans to a 98- 91 triumph over the Minnesota Timberwolves Friday. Gordon recorded nine points on 4-of-5 shooting in the final frame, during which New Orleans outscored the Timberwolves by a 37-20 margin to rally for its sixth win in eight games. Anthony Davis justified his recent All-Star Game addition by adding 26 points and 10 rebounds to the victory, with Brian Roberts contributing 16 points and six assists for the Pelicans. Timberwolves star Kevin Love returned from a one-game absence to put up 26 points and 19 rebounds, but finished just 6-of-20 from the field and Minnesota faltered down the stretch to suffer its fourth loss in five outings. Corey Brewer and Kevin Martin recorded 16 and 15 points, respectively, for the Timberwolves.


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A group of businesses at a shopping center in Arvada are getting together Tuesday for a Valentine's Day event that doesn't focus on selling roses or chocolates but on donations to feed low-income children.
"When we opened, we wanted to have a bigger purpose, but now when we see how businesses are willing to join us, it's been real special," said Robyn Kuhlmann, owner of Smart Cow Yogurt Bar, on the southeast corner of Wadsworth Boulevard and West 88th Avenue.
Kuhlmann opened the Yogurt Bar last May and has held school fundraisers twice a month since.
But it's the first time she asked other local businesses to join her for a Valentine's Day event.
"I'm so pleased with how it's turning out," Kuhlmann said. "It's such a show of businesses coming together to give back to the community."
The "Share the Love" donation campaign will raise money on Valentine's Day to donate to a program run by the Arvada Community Food Bank, which gives teachers sacks of food to hand out to low-income students for the weekend.
The food sacks that went out this past weekend included a pound of spaghetti, a can of spaghetti sauce, a can of green beans, two apples and a fruit snack.
"We know there are a lot of children that rely on getting a breakfast at school each morning, and on their school lunch," said program coordinator Mary Ross. "A lot of kids are hungry on the weekends."
The program, called Feeding the Future Backpack Program, started with one school in October 2006. Since then the program has grown, and now more than 100 volunteers pack more than 1,200 sacks of food per week to distribute to children at 12 schools in Arvada and Wheat Ridge.
Ross said school nurses notice behavior and health changes in kids on Monday mornings, and surveys of participating families always return appreciation, she said.
About one-fourth of the food that goes into each child's sack is funded by federal dollars. The bank relies on a few small grants and lots of community donations to cover the rest — about $2.50 per sack.
Later this month, the program will add another school.
"The community has been so wonderful to us," Ross said. "It's the reason we're able to keep growing."
Tuesday's contributions will vary by store.
Tokyo Joe's will donate 20 percent of sales proceeds from 3 p.m. to closing. The Rooster Men's Grooming Center will donate 20 percent of proceeds from the day's sales, and Larkburger will donate 15 percent of sales proceeds between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Kuhlmann said her Yogurt Bar store will donate 20 percent of proceeds from the entire day's sales.
The shopping-center management company also got on board and will donate $200.
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Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present Darol Anger's 5th Annual Keepin' It In The Fam Holiday Show at Next Stage on Friday, December 2 at 7:30 pm. In addition to fiddler Darol Anger, the concert features banjoist Tony Trischka, singer/songwriter Emy Phelps, bassist Ethan Jodziewicz and guitarist Grant Gordy.
To celebrate the holidays, Darol Anger and Emy Phelps have gathered some of the country's best string musicians for an evening of mythical, magical, musical mayhem. The multigenerational musical experience focuses on the spirit of midwinter and the turning of the year. Anger has a long history of organizing holiday shows, from Windham Hill Winter Solstice Concerts through Newgrange to Yulegrass, and his old friend and musical colleague, banjo genius Tony Trischka, will be on board as this year's very most special guest. Bassist and Edgar Meyer protege Ethan Jodziewicz (Sierra Hull) and guitar wizard Grant Gordy (David Grisman Quintet) round out the band.
Darol Anger is a legendary fiddle guru, unique in his vast range and depth, who has spent over four decades reinventing American string music to encompass his explorations of bluegrass, jazz, and musical traditions from around the world. The groups that he founded or co-founded include the David Grisman Quintet, the Turtle Island String Quartet, Psychograss, The Montreux Band, the Furies, and the Republic of Strings ensemble. He can be heard every week on the musical background to NPR's Car Talk. He has recorded dozens of influential recordings and toured internationally since 1976.
Tony Trischka is considered to be the consummate banjo artist and perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world. For more than 45 years, his stylings have inspired a whole generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians with the many voices that he has brought to the instrument. Tony is not only considered amongst the most innovative of banjo players, he is one of its most respected and sought after instructors, creating fifteen instructional books as well as a series of DVDs.
Next Stage is located at 15 Kimball Hill in downtown Putney, VT. Tickets are $20 Advance / $24 At the Door. For information, call 802-387-0102. Advance tickets are available at www.nextstagearts.org, Turn It Up in Brattleboro and Putney Food Co-op in Putney. For more information, visit www.darolanger.com, www.tonytrischka.com, www.twilightmusic.org and www.nextstagearts.org.


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Due to continued bond market volatility, we're providing an update and expansion to our Fixed Income Team's insights, first published on June 19 (Bond Funds Hit a Rough Patch: Reassurance from Our Fixed Income Team).
Putting Recent Market Moves in Perspective—Seeing Some "Normalization"
Bond investors continue to be spooked by heightened volatility and a spike in interest rates, which started in May (when rates were extremely low) and carried through June (leaving rates at significantly higher but still low levels, from a historical perspective).
During that time, the 10-year U.S. Treasury note yield rose almost 1% (from 1.63% on May 1 to 2.61% on June 25). That's a big increase in a short time, the biggest, in absolute terms, in a short time since the 10-year Treasury yield rose more than 1% (from 2.39% to 3.47%) from October 8 to December 14, 2010.
But this latest big move, from a broader perspective, is basically just the start of a "normalization" of rate levels. To put recent rate levels into proper perspective, the 10-year Treasury yield was around 3.0% two years ago (June 2011), before the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) expanded its quantitative easing (QE) program. Even during the Financial Crisis, at the end of 2008, the 10-year Treasury yield never dropped below 2.0%. So we're coming off extreme, artificially low, largely QE-influenced levels.
We believe it's worth emphasizing that much of the bond market's interest rate declines (and price gains) since the 10-year Treasury yield last spiked in 2010-11 have been technical in nature as opposed to fundamental, as yields were driven down in part by the Fed's extensive bond buying through QE. So, it shouldn't be surprising that this May/June bond selloff has been largely a technical reversal of some of that downward rate move since 2011, fueled by a growing belief that the Fed will begin to scale back QE later this year.
Economic, Inflation Fundamentals Still Argue for Low Rates
Signs that QE might be reduced (or "tapered") have been met so far with violent market reactions. (The financial media has recently made frequent allusions to the markets behaving like monetary stimulus addicts going through QE withdrawal symptoms.)
To a certain extent, the violent reactions are understandable. Fundamentally, the U.S. economy is still struggling with high unemployment and debt levels, and inflation is very very low. The economy may very well be reliant on QE for continued growth. In the economic community, and within the Fed itself, there's no clear consensus about whether the U.S. economy still needs QE, or if it should be weaned from QE.
Bernanke's Warning Shot
Despite this policy uncertainty, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke plunged ahead. He chose to fire a warning shot across the capital markets' collective bow after the June meeting of the Fed's interest rate policy committee, triggering much of the recent market volatility.
On one hand, Bernanke said the U.S. economy remains hampered by high unemployment, government spending cuts, and higher tax rates. He added that tightening monetary policy too much now would endanger the economic recovery. But he also said that as the employment outlook improves, the Fed could reduce QE in coming months. Red alert. Alarm bells. This was not what the markets wanted to hear. It started a massive selloff in Treasuries and most other U.S. fixed income sectors.
And it wasn't just the bond market that suffered. Recent stock market returns have also been driven by low interest rates and the perception that the Fed is "all in" in terms of supporting the economy. So any signs that the Fed might be reducing its bond-buying/economic stimulus have been met with concern by both bond and stock investors, with strong reactions across both asset classes.
Not "The Big One," but Still Preparing for Eventual Higher Rates
Fundamentally, we do not view this recent rate rise as "The Big One" (such as we experienced in 1994), nor do we think that "The Big One" is coming this year. We believe Bernanke merely fired a warning shot about QE—including introducing the notion that the Fed could vary QE levels in coming months depending on economic conditions—and the markets reacted in a rather extreme fashion. We expect this kind of volatility to continue as the Fed attempts to further define and refine its monetary tightening policies and messages.
Given the largely technical (not fundamental) nature of the recent bond market volatility, and our strong conviction that we're still in subpar economic recovery conditions with very low inflation, we have maintained the duration (a measure of bond price sensitivity to interest rate changes) of our bond portfolios at neutral levels relative to their respective benchmarks. But, knowing that even higher rates are likely ahead in the long run, we have made other defensive moves.
For further discussion of our bond portfolio positioning and thinking, please see our June 19 blog post:
Bond Funds Hit a Rough Patch: Reassurance from Our Fixed Income Team.
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Generally, as interest rates rise, bond values will decline. The opposite is true when interest rates decline.
The opinions expressed are those of our Fixed Income Team and are no guarantee of the future performance of any American Century Investments portfolio. This information is not intended to serve as investment advice; it is for educational purposes only.


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'People say that in state-owned enterprises, one man works, one man watches and one man makes trouble,' former premier Zhu Rongji once quipped. He came up with a simple solution: get rid of two of the three.
But while Zhu, a reformist with a direct approach, had an undeniably dramatic impact on the mainland economy as vice-premier from 1991 and then premier from 1998, a glance at the numbers shows he was only partly successful.
Indeed, the restructuring of the state-owned industrial sector has slowed significantly since China gained entry into the World Trade Organisation in 2001.
'The reforms of the previous decade, when Zhu took a scythe to state-owned enterprises, have been very absent in the last 10 years,' said Fraser Howie, managing director at CLSA Asia-Pacific, an independent brokerage and investment group, and co-author of the recent book Red Capitalism.
Referring to enterprises charged with advancing the nation's interests, he added: 'Instead, we have seen national-champion companies take on monopoly-type roles in many sectors, not as the result of competition, but by virtue of government edict and having access to artificially cheap input costs.'
On the face of it, today's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) appear far more profitable and competitive than any that were around 10 years ago. According to Ministry of Finance data, state firms booked a total profit of 283.38 billion yuan (HK$292 billion) in 2000. By 2010, that figure had risen sevenfold to 1.99 trillion yuan. The increase outpaced revenue growth, which rose fourfold to 30.33 trillion yuan over the same period.
That would seem good news for Beijing. Between 2000 and 2010, return-on-equity ratio at SOEs rose from 4.9 to 10.2, meaning today they are creating twice as much shareholder value for the government.
The apparent transformation of SOEs from money pits to money-spinners has been accepted by most mainlanders as fact.
'In the past 10 years, SOEs, including the state-owned commercial banks, have gained the most from China's reform,' Long Yongtu , China's chief negotiator for WTO accession, told the Southern Weekly. 'The overall economy has been so good that even pretty stupid SOEs could do well without much effort.
'But good days also mean lacking the pressure or impetus to further reform,' Long added.
A popular saying in Zhu's time, when sweeping efforts were being made to downsize and privatise SOEs in the run-up to China's WTO entry, was guotui minjin, or 'the state retreats while the private sector advances'. Since the 2008 financial crisis, preferential access to stimulus-directed credit has proved a bonanza for many state firms, and that saying has resurfaced with a twist: guojin mintui, or 'state advances, private sector retreats'.
But a closer look at the finances of SOEs shows their newfound success is not all that it seems.
In a 2009 study for the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research, economists Giovanni Ferri and Liu Li-gang tackled the question of whether SOE profits were 'real'. They studied official finance figures for 250,000 mainland firms with annual sales over 50 million yuan between 2001 and 2005. Their conclusion: 'SOE profits might be overstated since they have historically benefited from subsidised bank credit.'
More specifically, they wrote: 'SOEs' profits would have been entirely wiped out if SOEs were made to pay the same interest rates as otherwise equivalent private enterprises.'
According to Howie: 'SOEs today have incredible power and influence both politically and economically - more than they were probably ever intended to have, and it would be very difficult for anybody coming in to try to break this state-driven model now.'
It appears Zhu's success was only partial because he fell short of his original goal of cutting SOE employment by two-thirds.
There were around 106 million people working as full-time staff in state-owned enterprises when Zhu took office in 1998. That number had plunged to around 70 million by the time he stepped down five years later - meaning almost one in three staff members at state companies lost their jobs.
Which begs the question: assuming the people who actually do the work survived the cuts, is it the ones watching or the ones making trouble who are still hanging around?
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Do you have any specials on your Navarre Beach house due to the oil spill ?
I imagine that you don't have any idea how much it costs to keep a house at the beach. We were just getting back on our feet after having to rebuild our little gem of a gulf front townhome after it was completely destroyed by hurricane Ivan four years ago. The upkeep is enormous yet we can't sell because the values have fallen way below what we have into it. Just this summer we had a nearly full reservation calendar where the rentals actually covered the mortgage for that month. The cancellations have been tough especially since the beaches are beautiful and though there have been a few tar balls, ten people come to scoop up each one from the sand the moment it hits.
I'm just sayin' that when you write and ask for a discount at a time like this, you are basically trying to get yourself a vacation on the suffering of others. I am sure you can find someone desperate enough to take anything, but I welcome you to take the high road and come stay at this amazing beach and pay the regular, very reasonable price to support those of us who are yet again, in the midst of a terrible crisis. It's your choice, but it all comes back to you.
Navarre Properties is our property management and you can make reservations and check the availability on the Navarre Properties web site page. If you scroll to the bottom of the page you will find the reservation calendar for our unit.


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The government is keen to crack down on employers who knowingly hire illegal migrants, or turn a blind eye to contractors to doing so, perhaps in the knowledge that workers will be unable to complain to the authorities about poor pay and conditions. Tony McNulty, a home office minister, insisted the proposals were "highly, highly speculative" in an interview with Sky News' Sunday Live, adding: "We are going through a complete review of the immigration services."
The plans, revealed by the Sunday Telegraph, could be included in a consultation document due to be published next week. Yesterday business chiefs and immigration campaigners argued that businesses could err unknowingly and suggested the government should put its own house in order. Last month ministers promised to tighten up the national insurance system after it emerged that Jobcentre Plus staff had been told to issue NI numbers even if applicants' immigration documents appeared to be faked. The month before, five illegal immigrants were discovered working as cleaners at an immigration enforcement office.
Richard Lambert, director general of the CBI, said: "Responsible companies already make extensive checks [for] illegal workers. But complex government policies ... and the existence of hard-to-detect fake documents make this task very difficult." Keith Best, chief executive of the Immigration Advisory Service, added: "The government's role should be to make it simple for employers to know what the rules are for whether someone is able to work. This is a discriminators' charter. It will merely send the message to employers - don't go near anyone who has a funny sounding name or looks slightly foreign - when [most] people are legitimately able to work."


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The court said the law went to far by mandating Americans buy health insurance.
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Maybe not full of holes, but certainly the Cloud requires us to think carefully about what we are doing. Mel Beckman addresses the top 5 vulnerabilities of the cloud:
Each of the three cloud service models has at minimum one unique security vulnerability, and cloud services in general share a couple of serious security risks. I've found five vulnerabilities that are significant because they're so often overlooked, even when they're easily addressed.
Mel cites inadequate passwords and the need for multifactor authentication, a problem which hackers are all too ready to exploit. Add the need for encryption of the cloud conversation (including authentication) using something like SSL 3.0. Then there are factors only your cloud vendor can control, but you need to confirm: the virtual server "snapshot problem" where others have access to virtual memory pages including all encryption keys; backup redundancy (does your backup provider back up its own datacenters and how well); and treatment of API keys as data rather than keys to be secured. For the full explanation of each vulnerability and how to address it, please read the full article.
Charles Babcock finds a security bug caused a major cloud service outage at Microsoft.
A process meant to detect failed hardware in Microsoft's Azure cloud was inadvertently triggered by a Leap Day software bug that set invalid expiration dates for security certificates. The bad certificates caused virtual machine startups to stall, which in turn generated more and more readings of hardware failure until Microsoft had a full-blown service outage on its hands.
The bug was part of a customer workload, reminding us that in the cloud your neighbors' bad habits affect you. Given the nature of the bug, any regression test from the Y2K days should have captured it. One customer neglected this old standby quality requirement impacting Microsoft and many of its customers.
Art Wittmann puts it all into perspective regarding what to consider before using the cloud, before wrapping your head around the above risks of using the cloud properly and safely.
If you're a weekend warrior and you need a tile saw, jack hammer, or concrete chainsaw for a small project, you go rent one, even though you know that a single weekend's rental price is probably a quarter of the price to buy the tool. But if you lay tile for a living, you buy your own tile saw. The point is that for very infrequent use, the price of the rented tool almost doesn't matter. You need it when you need it, and you don't want to own it under almost any circumstance. If you have computing needs like that, the cloud is for you.
He identifies very creative use of the cloud for development and proof of concept activities prior to moving production in house, as well as using the cloud for "burst mode" capacity needs for a limited timeframe. The idea is to be flexible and creative about using the cloud, but do not forget about the advantages of on premises for your day to day workloads.


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For years, Trans World Entertainment Corp. quarterly earnings calls have been short and sweet. The company announces how it's doing, analysts ask a few questions and it's over in 20 minutes.
Thursday morning's call was short. But for Trans World officials, it was hardly sweet.
In an industry where callers have traditionally avoided tough questions for the Albany entertainment retailer's executives, several investors pointed out that perhaps it's time the company consider reducing its perks.
The criticism came at a time when the company saw a 1 percent drop in sales compared to last year, and a net loss of $9.1 million. The net loss was $2 million larger than last year.
"As you look through the proxy, it's ugly," said Bryant Riley, owner of California-based firm Riley Investment Management, which owns about 5 percent of Trans World's stock. He pointed out that company executives continued to enjoy such perks as a corporate jet and country club membership. Directors are also paid well, he said, considering the company's declining performance. According to this year's proxy, director pay including stock awards ranged from $118,000 to $141,000 for most members.
Mitchell Sacks, another investor, agreed. "It does seem out of whack that you're using a corporate jet for a company that's had negative comps for the past six years."
Robert Higgins, 66, the company's chief executive and chairman, pointed out that he has continually bought stock, a sign of his faith in the company. He currently owns 53.6 percent of the firm's outstanding shares.
He also pointed out that he flew on Southwest last week, and that executives had not taken any bonuses last year due to the firm's performance.
"It's something we look at on a constant basis," Higgins said, in regard to executive perks.
On Thursday, announced total sales for the first quarter ended May 5, 2007 decreased 1% to $286.3 million, compared to $288.5 million in the first quarter of 2006.
Comparable store sales in the first quarter of 2007 decreased 10%.
For the first quarter of 2007, net loss was $9.1 million, or $0.29 per share. Net loss for the first quarter of 2006 was $7.1 million, or $0.23 per share.


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Russia conducted new military maneuvers near its border with Ukraine on Thursday, and President Vladimir Putin said the world shouldn't blame his country for what he called Ukraine's "internal crisis."
In Crimea, where the public will vote on Sunday whether to break away from Ukraine and become part of Russia, jittery residents lined up at their banks to withdraw cash from their accounts amid uncertainty over the future of the peninsula, which Russian troops now control.
"These people are afraid their bank will collapse and no one wants to lose their money," said resident Tatiana Sivukhina. "Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow."
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov plan to meet in London on Friday in a last-ditch bid to end the international standoff over the Crimean referendum, which Ukraine and the West have rejected as illegitimate.
In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel sharply criticized Russia, saying the territorial integrity of Ukraine cannot be compromised. Speaking to Germany's Parliament, Merkel said Russia risks "massive" political and economic consequences, if it does not enter into "negotiations that achieve results" over the situation.
She said the only way out of the crisis is through diplomacy and that "the use of the military is no option."
On Wednesday, Moscow rejected the Ukrainian government's claim that a massive Russian military buildup near the countries' border was raising the threat of an invasion. But on Thursday Russia's Defense Ministry announced that thousands of Russian troops in the regions of Rostov, Belgorod, Kursk and Tambov bordering Ukraine are involved in the exercises, which will continue until the end of the month.
In the southern Rostov region, the maneuvers involved parachuting in 1,500 troops, the ministry said. The drills included large artillery exercises involving 8,500 soldiers and artillery and rocket systems in the south.
During the Ukrainian crisis, the U.S. has sent additional fighter jets to Poland and Lithuania. Russian responded on Thursday by deploying six fighter jets to Belarus, its ally.


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A young girl who once lived a normal life, fell into a well by her house, and was transported back in time to a feudal era where she meets up with Inu Yasha, a half human/half demon that seeks the jewel she carries, along with every youkai around, in order to obtain the power it holds. Something happens that forces them to set off in search for the broken pieces of the jewel, but they are not alone.
Wonderful graphics and very well put story. Yet another successful series/manga by Rumiko Takahashi (Creator of Ranma 1/2 series). The series is long...very long..but each and every moment is enjoyable. The characters all have their own personalities, and together are fun to watch. There is also various movies they released that go with it.
Notes: 167 Episodes + 4 Movies
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"Can you hear me? Yes? No? Hi. Yes it's me. Alright? No the other John. The line is not great. Sorry. What accent is that?" Poor technology has a habit of discouraging collaboration – yes collaboration, the great inventor of ideas and mistress of productivity. So why do businesses put up with poor quality? In a perfect world with fast connections, high audio quality and video capability, collaborative working can flourish. It has huge merits to any business that wants to develop company-wide projects across different offices, buildings, cities and even countries.
It's what Brian Solis, principal analyst with the Altimeter Group says is changing the way we work. "Collaboration platforms give us the ability to connect our people and information together anywhere, anytime, and on any device," he says.
All great stuff but what's the point? There has to be an end goal here surely and can it be measured?
The Aberdeen Group thinks it can and recently released a study that found that over the course of a year, organisations with a collaboration policy saw a 96 percent improvement in the time it takes to respond to customers.
Most businesses understand that putting people together can usually result in increased creativity and clear project goals. Increasingly disparate workforces means collaboration needs to be treated as its own business function. It needs to be thought through to make it worthwhile, otherwise you will get to a point at which businesses lose control of technologies leading to security and usability issues.
Think of the benefits. From a sales point of view the technology can enable productive meetings with customers while also improving the customer experience, regardless of location. But only if you get the technology right.
It's perhaps no surprise that much of today's low level collaboration is conducted over well-known consumer apps, which are free to use to a point. Great for a one-on-one perhaps or even for a small group chat but if you have ever tried to conduct a serious collaborative business meeting over these apps you will understand that it doesn't always go to plan. The experience often leaves staff frustrated and can even lead to people dismissing the idea of collaborative working altogether.
So what's the point? If businesses are serious about collaborative working surely they need to invest in the technology and tools that can make the experience reliable and engaging? That doesn't mean building a dedicated room with a big screen and hoping people will use it. It's about enabling staff across a network, ensuring all staff have access to the same tools, regardless of location.
It's a point Evan Rosen, author of The Culture of Collaboration and executive director of The Culture of Collaboration Institute makes. He suggests managers can only manage and measure collaboration if all staff have access to the same tools.
"Some companies reinforce command-and-control culture by creating a hierarchy of tools," he says. "If your company invests in only a few such systems, it's more effective to reserve them for particular functions rather than for particular people. The most collaborative organizations give everybody access to the same tools regardless of level, role, or region. This eliminates unnecessary hierarchy, reinforces collaborative culture, and creates greater value."
A dedicated technology backbone that unifies communications, such as BT's One solutions promises clear, fast video and audio, as well as collaborative tools for everyone. It will not only help staff to collaborate efficiently and regularly it will inspire them too. The ability to hear nuances in people's voices, recognise accents or see expressions reacting to comments in real time as if they are in the room; these are the fundamentals of human communication that can be achieved through state-of-the-art unified communications. Everything else is lost in translation.


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OLB is a huge need, now it's Mingo vs Jarvis... and I think they go Mingo. Mingo is extremely athletic, can get after the QB, and can play coverage if forced to. Jarvis is slow, can rush the QB, and that's it. Jarvis is likely the safer pick, while Mingo is boom/bust - and NOLA needs to take that risk.
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It seems I'll have one more reason to retire my Dreamcast this week, yes kids it is finally official, Ikaruga will be hitting XBLA this Wednesday.
Being the shoot'em-up fan I am, I already own two forms of Ikaruga in both the Dreamcast and GameCube versions. But this HD version complete with leaderboards, replay functionality, and only an 800 point price tag (making this the cheapest way to play), will be a welcome addition into my home. So if you start seeing the news slow down around here, rest easy knowing that I am off in Shoot'em-up heaven.
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I haven't really determined what makes Q sound more believable than other rappers. Maybe it's his deadpan way of speaking, the fact that he'll laugh at himself or that he doesn't pause to think before answering. None of his answers ever seem calculated or coached. Interviewers ask and he responds. Recently, he sat down with Angie Martinez and the topic of drugs came up. As usual, ScHool didn't hold back when discussing his addiction, current relapse and consumption.
The conversation begins with Q explaining in pretty simple terms how he got hooked on Percocet and Xanax as well as he strong attraction to sippin' syrup. One of the tales he recounts focuses on an experience at SXSW where "so much stomach pain" from pills and syrup left him curled up, physically unable to do anything. Instead of saying the alcoholic's porcelain god prayer – the one where they promise not to drink anymore if a higher power stops their throwing up and laying on the cold bathroom floor – Q responds to Angie's question of whether that was the moment he felt he needed to stop by saying "S***, that was the moment where I said I need mo'."
"I don't wanna sit here and talk about it in a good way," he continued, "cause it's not, but it is. I love it." Habits & Contradictions, indeed.
The convo moves along to the downsides of syrup and pills and Q quantifies it as when you want them more than you do sex, saying if he had to choose between an ass-naked Jennifer Lawrence and the drugs, he'd take the drugs, lie and go get high. You really can't front on the guy for his honesty, I'll give him that much.
From there, the whole convo slowly keeps getting a little more – I don't think depressing is the word, but I wouldn't frame any of it as being hopeful. Q admits that he's been back on lean frequently after supposedly being clean during the two-year period spent making OXYmoron. The weirdest part is when he admits that the codeine does have an effect on his music and personal life. "My sex life sucks right now," he admits, to which Angie retorts "Well, there's an anti-drug commercial." He continues on, "When it comes to, like, making music…I suck right now…besides my album."
Again, I admire Q's honesty. I truly do.
That's why I can honestly say that nothing about his recent output – everything that's released between "Yay Yay" and Wednesday's release of "Blind THreats" – really made me want to hear OXYmoron. Nothing. And I say this from the perspective of a fan, not some quasi-critic trying to take shots at his music. As one of TDE's next in line after Kendrick, I want to see him have crazy success just to stiff arm naysayers who say the roster begins and ends with K Dot.
But, that's from March of 2013 to February of 2014 where nothing he put out made it to my iPod and none of the songs we know will be on the album really grabbed me beside the two aforementioned ones. Almost a full calendar year where his music felt and sounded stale to me. In fact, if he's saying he was sober, I'm wondering if he needs the drugs to tap into his creative energies, kind of a like a Lil Wayne or Eminem. It feel selfish and enabling to sit here and be like, "Hey man, do drugs, risk your health so I can hear better music from you."
But, then again, it brings me to Billboard's recent profile of a rehabbed Chief Keef, who blames lean for his recent music sucking. As he tells the mag, "My last two mixtapes were mistakes. I was on promethazine, all drugged out. I was tweaking. I don't sip the lean no more though."
Granted, Sosa will never be confused with Nas. His interview statements were published around the same time the Young Chop-produced cut "War" hit the webs and it's by far one of the most garbled pieces of garbage I've heard Keef record.
It's not just limited to these two guys. Mac Miller was hooked for a bit, Soulja Boy Tell'em flaunts his bottles on Instagram on a frequent basis. Lean's become the drug of choice in rap. Name any artist floating near the top of the charts or a young guy on the comeup – Young Thug, for example – and there's plenty of references to drinking syrup…and a lot of shitty music.
So was it the lean or lack thereof that made ScHoolboy's music stagnant? Is the syrup f****** up the sound of rap?
Watch Q and Angie's interview below and check out the second clip, too, where he speaks on a much talked about collaborative record with 50 Cent not making OXY because it "didn't fit." Around here, we prefer to say "that shit sucked."


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A storm that "came out of nowhere" last week shut down businesses for days, damaged cars and landscaping, and left people stranded.
The 15-minute microburst on Aug. 16 hit in the early evening, as motorists were headed home and businesses were preparing to close for the day.
Mitch Olive was one of those business owners left stranded. He and one staff member at the State Farm Insurance Agency in the 4200 block of Ina Road weren't allowed to leave the building because of the damage.
The storm's intense winds knocked down 18 power poles along Ina Road, leaving live power lines that created a public safety issue at Olive's business and those of his neighbors.
"The storm came out of nowhere," said Olive. "The power lines were knocked down right in our parking lot. They were laying across both exits."
Tucson Electric Power staff worked for several hours to clear the lines.
"They worked quickly and efficiently," Olive noted.
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All remaining issues are minor concerns, Barrios said.
Barrios said TEP did not keep a running tab on how much all the damage will cost to repair.


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Fiji Time: 2:25 PM on Saturday 24 February
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Sunday, April 06, 2014
HEALTH Minister Dr Neil Sharma finds it hard to believe people in Lau are not getting full medical treatment because of a shortage of medical supplies in certain health and nursing stations.
During the government tour to the Lau group, the issue of people not receiving medical treatment was raised in a number of villages.
"There are only two growth (population) areas, one is Kadavu and the other is Lomaiviti," Dr Sharma said.
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Dr Sharma said in most cases where nursing stations or health centres faced a medicine shortage, it was because nurses and doctors stationed there did not send in reports stating which medical item they did not have.
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"If the doctors and nurses don't put in their supply properly, if they don't make the orders, how do you expect us to read their mind?
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The issue was raised by Kabara district rep Qalo Lelea during a talanoa session at Naikeleyaga Village on Kabara and by villagers of Vanuavatu and Oneata and Vunuku Village on Moala.
"The system is well tuned in for people to respond, when you are falling short of something then you place your order," Dr Sharma said.
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Dr Sharma said the distribution islands was updated and the question that should be asked was why medical officers stationed in such areas did not place their orders on time.
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