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A paper presented recently by two Melbourne barristers to a group of insolvency practitioners suggests that administrators, liquidators and receivers (external administrators) who do not take precautions risk personal liability for post-appointment capital gains/income tax liabilities.
Helen Symon SC is a Senior Counsel at the Victorian bar specialising in taxation and insolvency. Mark McKillop has been a junior barrister at the Victorian Bar since 2008 specialising in insolvency, banking and taxation.
Their paper, "Taxation – Common Issues for Insolvency Practitioners" (10 November 2010), looks at external administrators as viewed through the eyes of taxation legislation. The authors make three key points:
"(a) Insolvency practitioners are required to ensure that the entities to which they are appointed comply with most common tax obligations;
(b) although the entities to which they are appointed are legally separate, insolvency practitioners can be personally liable, under some circumstances, for the payment of post appointment tax liabilities of the insolvent entity: income tax, capital gains tax, PAYG collections and GST;
(c) choice of the type of appointment may affect the practitioner's personal liability to pay capital gains tax liabilities of the appointee and, accordingly, the assets available to the secured creditor."
Personal Liability under Taxation Law
In the debate so far the most troublesome law for external administrators has been Section 254 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA 1936), which deals with agents and "trustees", and raises the prospect that, as an agent or "trustee", a external administrator may be personal liable for a company debt.
Section 254(1)(d) states that every "trustee", as defined in ITAA 1936 (*), and every agent is "hereby authorized and required to retain from time to time out of any money which comes to him in his representative capacity so much as is sufficient to pay tax which is or will become due in respect of the income, profits or gains.
Section 254(1)(e) states that every "trustee", as defined in ITAA 1936, and every agent is "hereby made personally liable for the tax payable in respect of the income, profits or gains to the extent of any amount that he has retained, or should have retained, under paragraph (d); but he shall not be otherwise personally liable for the tax.
According to Helen Symon SC and Mark McKillop, "Section 254, then, preserves the position of the Revenue vis a vis tax liabilities which arise following appointment of a liquidator, receiver or administrator …. Casting personal liability on the liquidator or receiver or administrator ensures the tax liabilities are met before funds are applied to satisfy creditors."
Personal Liability under Other Laws
Helen Symon SC and Mark McKillop also refer to instances where personal liability may arise outside the income tax legislation.
In this context they refer to the case of Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Tideturn Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) [2001] NSWSC 217 (26/3/2001). This case concerned a liquidator who kept the business of the company going after he was appointed and, in the process, deducted income tax instalments (group tax) from the post appointment wages of the employees. The court held that the group tax deductions gave rise to a post liquidation debt payable in the liquidation as a priority payment under Section 556(1)(a) of the Corporations Law, as an expense properly incurred by the liquidator in carrying on the company's business.
The liquidator failed to pay any of the group tax, but paid other priority debts. By failing to ensure that priority debts were paid proportionately in the circumstances of there being insufficient funds available (as is required by section 559 of the Corporations Law) the Court stated that this "would be a breach of duty by the liquidator". For this breach of duty the court ordered that "The liquidator must pay personally the sum of $75,000", which was the group tax debt discounted for certain mitigating circumstances. (**)
Other interesting judicial comments on "expenses properly incurred by a liquidator in carrying on the company's business" and liability for breach of duty in not paying post appointment debts include:
- Ansett Australia Ground Staff Superannuation Plan Pty Ltd v Ansett Australia Ltd and Others [2002] VSC 576 (20/12/2002);
- Bell v Amberday [2001] NSWSC 558 (4/7/2001); and
- Charlie Pace & Anor v Antlers Pty Ltd (In liq) [1998] FCA 2 (12/1/1998).
Helen Symon SC and Mark McKillop conclude their paper with the following warning:
"Practitioners need to be aware that, in effect, they will be liable either directly or under penalty provisions for CGT, income tax and GST applying to the entity to which they are appointed. They are also required to ensure that administrative requirements, such as filing returns, are completed. Accordingly, prudent practice requires withholding sufficient funds to cover the liabilities until they are paid."
Note: The profile and contact details of Helen Symon SC are available at http://www.vicbar.com.au/find-a-barrister/advanced-search/search-results/barrister-profile?RollNumber=1884. Mark McKillop's profile and contact details are at http://www.vicbar.com.au/find-a-barrister/advanced-search/search-results/barrister-profile?RollNumber=4135
(*) A "trustee" for taxation purposes is defined in Section 6(1) of the ITAA 1936 [and ITAA 1997] as: "in addition to every person appointed or constituted trustee by act of parties, by order, or declaration of a court, or by operation of the law, includes –
(a) an executor or administrator or, guardian, committee, receiver, or liquidator; and
(b) every person having or taking upon himself the administration or control of income affected by any express or implied trust, or acting in any fiduciary capacity, or having the possession control or management of the income of a person under any legal or other disability."
(**) It is worth noting also, that as a result of his behaviour in this external administration – including his failure to pay all the expenses incurred in carrying on the business of the company after his appointment – the liquidator (William Edward Andrew) was brought before the Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board (CALDB) in 2001 and was persuaded to cease acting as a liquidator. (See ASIC Media Release 01/312 at http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic.nsf/byheadline/01%2F312+Time+limit+imposed+on+liquidator's+registration?opendocument#. )
(***) For my previous posts on this subject see "Post-appointment income tax debts of liquidator" and "Taxing capital gains made during liquidation."


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Located in southern Anhui Province, Mount Huangshan covers an area of 250 kilometers, of which 154 square kilometers are scenic attractions. Its landscape features "four wonders" of imposing peaks, spectacular rocks, odd-shaped pines, and a sea of clouds.
Mount Huangshan boasts 72 peaks, more than 1,000 meters above sea level, with three main peaks rising majestically. They are both fascinating and dangerously steep. Cliffs, stone forests, stone pillars, stone blocks and egg-shaped stones form the unique granite geomorphological scenery.
The pines on the mountain are tall and have fascinating shapes. The famous Welcoming Guests (Yingke) Pine (1,500 years old) and See-Guest-Off Pine have become a symbol of being faithful, unyielding and hospitable. More than 200 days each year on Mount Huangshan are misty and cloudy. The vapors coagulate to form a sea of clouds. As the clouds cloak the mountain, they give a feeling of being in fairyland.
Mount Huangshan has more than 400 famous scenic attractions of which 140 have been developed and opened to tourists. In 1990, Mount Huangshan went on both the world cultural and natural heritage lists.
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Jessica Silva might not serve any time in jail despite being found guilty of the manslaughter of her abusive, drug-affected former partner on Mother's Day two years ago.
Silva, 24, collapsed, sobbing hysterically, in the dock of the NSW Supreme Court on Thursday after a jury found her not guilty of murder but guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter of James Polkinghorne.
Silva had pleaded not guilty to both charges by reason of self-defence, but that was rejected by the jury of seven men and five women.
Her parents and friends wailed and cried after the verdict. Ms Silva's father Avalino pleaded with sheriff's officers to "let me have my daughter please". However, he was not allowed to approach her.
Tension between Silva's family and that of the victim boiled over as the parties waited for the jury members to deliver their verdict after deliberating for more than 24 hours over six days.
Avalino Silva said to Mr Polkinghorne's mother: "I will never forgive you" and "You could have stopped this".
Silva killed Mr Polkinghorne by stabbing him five times outside the Silva family home on May 13, 2012.
Ms Silva went into the house, returned with a knife and stabbed him up to five times.
Justice Clifton Hoeben said Silva faced a "spectrum" of sentences, from non-custodial to a term of imprisonment.
Crown prosecutor Eric Balodis said he did not oppose bail and it was continued on the same conditions.
Silva will face a sentencing hearing in February. She made no comment as she left the court.
The court heard Silva had endured confronting, shocking abuse from Mr Polkinghorne during their four-year relationship. In the days before his death, he was staying in a city hotel and using methylamphetamine, known as crystal meth or ice. He tried repeatedly to get back with her, but she refused.
A telephone intercept recorded Mr Polkinghorne saying to her, "I'll kill youse all, I'm telling ya. I'm not f---ing joking."
In an interview with detectives in the hours after the stabbing, Ms Silva said she thought Mr Polkinghorne had a gun and would kill her.
"I wasn't trying to kill him. I just didn't want him to hurt me any more," she said.
"I know for a fact he was coming to kill me, because he told me.
"I know he has killed before. I was scared. He's a psycho."
Mr Polkinghorne was the main suspect in the murder of a drug rival, Nikolas Argiropoulos, whose body was dumped in a Birchgrove park in March 2012. Silva's calls and texts were being recorded by police as part of that investigation and were used as evidence in this trial.
Two hours before the stabbing, Silva was recorded in a phone call to Miguel saying Mr Polkinghorne was a "f---ing psycho" and she was going to "f---ing stab him myself".
When he arrived at her home, Mr Polkinghorne punched her in the face, ripped her pants and screamed "I'm going to kill you", Silva told police.
Miguel and Avalino attempted to stop Mr Polkinghorne entering the house and the three men became involved in a brawl in the middle of Livingstone Road.
Silva said Mr Polkinghorne was on top of Miguel and yelling, "Youse all deserve to die".
"He looked at me with these evil eyes and said 'I'm going to kill you'," Silva told police. "I didn't know what to do, so that's when I [went inside] and grabbed the knife."
When detectives asked why she had not pressed charges over Mr Polkinghorne's physical abuse or sought an apprehended violence order, she said he threatened to kill her if she ever went to police.
"Everybody knew [about the abuse] but I was scared because I knew what he was capable of. I thought I could change him."
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TOYOTA Self Driving
Using seven laser radars with total value of $ 123,000, Toyota really poured into the massive founds. Recently, the Toyota Research Institute made public the first unmanned prototype vehicle. Restructured by the Lexus LS 600hL model, this car is equipped with a sensor matrix consisting of a laser radar, radar and camera to minimize reliance on high-precision maps as much as possible.
The first unmanned test vehicle by TRI is based on Lexus LS 600hL. Just look at its sensor configuration, which is extremely luxurious. The most catching-eye on the roof is a 64-line laser radar HDL-64E manufactured by Velodyne, with priced at 75,000 US dollars; and the front and roof also equipped with six 16-line laser radar PUCK by $ 7999 priced at Velodyne official website. The around sides of the roof and two sides are common radar and GPS antenna, while the front side were installed three cameras. 7 expensive laser radar by total price USD 123000, it seems that TOYOTA really poured into the massive founds this time.
This configuration is no doubt that Toyota's self-driving strategy similar to Google, Uber, and will mainly rely on the high precision real-time map drawing. A plurality of radar and camera sensors array redundancy design, making the whole automatic driving system will not rely too much on laser radar, which can still achieve automatic driving to a certain extent in the case of laser radar doesn't work.
According to the car cloud, TRI will be based on this unmanned vehicle to carry out two automatic driving research:
1, Virtual driver Chauffeur. Chauffeur is a Level oriented 4/Level 5 automatic driving technology, the requirements of Level 4 unmanned vehicles can only travel in specific regions of the city or the interstate highway; and according to the standard of Level 5 automatic driving cars can run under any conditions.
2, Driver guard Guardian. Guardian as a driving assistance system can monitor the driving environment around the vehicle in real time. Once the potential risk appears, the system will alert the driver in time. If necessary, the system will be involved in the operation, in order to avoid the occurrence of serious accidents, such as collision.
TOYOTA believes that the study of the "Guardian" may be faster than "Chauffeur". Similar security features, such as AEB automatic emergency brake, has appeared in a lot of production models. There is no doubt that this two-way path of the R & D strategy also reflects the Toyota's attitude to the cautious towards autopilot. Differ from Google, Ford and those who wants to achieve unmanned car strategy in one step, Toyota hopes to develop driving assistance and unmanned systems that can help consumers accepted this new technology gradually, but also to ensure production of unmanned vehicles into the market truly safe and reliable through the two-way verification tests.
According to Gill Pratt, head of TRI, this is an intelligent car that can learn the habits of the driver and can become "smarter" over time. It also reflects the Toyota attaches great importance to the interaction between the machine and the driver experience in the development of automatic driving technology, and TOYOTA on the CES this year to show the concept of the car on the main emotion recognition.
In December 2015, TOYOTA announced that it would invest $1 billion in TRI for the development of artificial intelligence technology for autonomous vehicles and home robots. At present, the headquarters of the Institute located in Los Altus (Los Altos) nearing the Stanford University, the other two branches are located not far from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Massachusetts and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor city.


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A majority of public servants expect public services to decline in the coming years, with seven in ten (71%) citing finance and resources as the sector's number one challenge ahead, according to exclusive research carried out by the team behind the Public Sector Show.
Faced with the country's growing population and the impact of years austerity, the need to find innovative ways of not only saving money, but finding solutions that improve people's lives over the long term, has arguably never been greater.
Many of these innovative solutions are being devised and implemented at a local level, with promising results. Geoff Connell, Chief Information Officer at Norfolk County Council and immediate past-President of Socitm, the society of IT professionals, outlines how an innovative approach to using technology has led to improvements in local service delivery.
It's a familiar problem: councils increasingly accustomed to tight budgets and stretched resources know they need to do more with less – but the question of how to do this while maintaining high standards of service delivery is less straightforward. It's a challenge that Norfolk County Council has confronted head-on, exploring how technology and data could deliver service improvements while also helping people achieve a better quality of life.
"We knew we had to work smarter", says Geoff on the challenge faced by him and his colleagues, "and digital technology was one of the few resources we had that would enable us to do more with less while maintaining high service standards."
Norfolk County Council took a pioneering approach, forming a cross-party Digital Innovation and Efficiency Committee and tasking it with improving outcomes using data and technology. One of the areas they focused on was adult social care, bringing assistive technology to over 2,000 homes to enable people to live better, more independent lives. Looking ahead to the challenges presented by the UK's ageing population, the Council is now turning to look at how this project can be scaled up to form part of a bigger adult social care package, including for self-funders.
So what were the challenges? "You need to start with digital connectivity and a degree of education and information", Geoff advises, "otherwise it just doesn't work. There are cultural barriers at work here – people don't think it's for them, or they're too busy to find out about a new way of doing things and how they could benefit from it."
Digital inclusion is a big part of the Committee's work – sharing information, educating people and helping them to develop new skills. There is also a lot of external engagement – with the local community, special interest groups and other stakeholders. "So much of what the Committee does is visible to the public", Geoff explains, "it's all in the public domain. We want local people to be involved in shaping this work because ultimately, they are the ones we want to benefit from it.
On the connectivity side, too, the Council is laying the groundwork for progress, working to improve Norfolk's mobile connectivity and broadband – mapping voice and data signal at over 6 million points across the county and over 200 council buildings, negotiating with mobile operating companies to get technical equipment installed at an attractive price point, and working with alternative network suppliers to ensure the best possible service. The Council's "Better Broadband in Norfolk" strategy is for 1000% of Norfolk's households to have access to high-speed broadband – up from 91% currently and at least 95% by April 2020.
Notwithstanding the opportunities, current and potential, that come with technological progress, there are concerns that need to be addressed – not least security. At a time when technology is making our lives easier, is it also opening us up to new dangers?
"The technology needs to be secure by design from the outset", Geoff agrees, "and as threat levels increase, we need to be prepared to deal with them." This is something that will be all too familiar to members of Socitm, the Society representing IT professionals, where Geoff's tenure as President recently came to an end.
In 2017, Socitm set up the local government Cyber Technical Resource Group, established to facilitate dialogue between the Local Government Association, National Cyber Security Centre and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The group assists local authorities in improving their cyber resilience, in areas including email security and the future of compliance. The group also recently secured £1.5 million in funding from the National Cyber Security Programme to help improve levels of information around security capability.
So far, so good. But what does the future look like? What are the opportunities and challenges, and how do we confront them? "Better integration of health and social care will be a huge challenge", predicts Geoff, and he is not alone in his opinion. Other challenges identified by public servants in the Public Sector Show's "State of the Nation Report" include Brexit, staff shortages and maintaining a workforce with the necessary skills and experience.
One thing is certain – collaboration is key to success. "Knowledge-sharing is key, and I'm looking forward to discussing the challenges and opportunities ahead with colleagues at this year's Public Sector Show", says Geoff, who as one of this year's speakers, will take part in a panel discussion on delivering digital transformation at scale, exploring how technology can be used to revolutionise the interactions between state and citizen.
The Public Sector Show takes place at ExCel London on Tuesday 26th June and is free to attend for those working in the public sector. You can find out more and register here.


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For authors, it's a sad fact that when it comes to popularity, not all articles are created equal; some prove to be more popular than others. The truth is that no matter how well you select topics, or how well you write, you won't be able to hit a home run every time. Nonetheless, if you're already writing programming articles (or you're thinking about writing them), the tips listed here are proven to help vault articles from the ho-hum heap to the top of the most-viewed lists.
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Our first two episodes feature local businesses that have a tie-in to Waterloo Food Fortnight. Big thanks to Kiki Evans from Unwined in Waterloo who joined us in the studio for a retro 90s wine tasting, Mamuska Polish Kitchen & Bar's Ian Coll who gave us his fave Polish tunes, and George Hind from the Young Vic who gave us a teaser on upcoming arts and culture in the 'hood. Episode three was all about Waterloo Summer School and welcome Richard Howarth - Marketing Manager for South Bank Innovation, based within the Research, Enterprise and Innovation department at London South Bank University - who discusses LSBU's involvement in the Summer School, and provides information on how local SMEs within the BID area can tap into LSBU's funding budget. Listen here.
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Local Projects to Drive the Regional Economy for Next Decade
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Unprecedented capital investment in projects across our local area over the next decade will result in renewed business and investment confidence plus provide a boost in economic stimulus across our entire Capricorn region. With in excess of $3.5 Billion in… Read more »
Major Projects Update – in excess of $70B in regional projects
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Projects valued at in excess of $70 Billion are detailed in the latest edition of the Capricorn Enterprise Central Qld Major Projects Report released today. Whilst coal projects total a massive $64.0 Billion, other general infrastructure projects make up the… Read more »
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After I made the photos of Rachel surrounded by some of her artwork, I decided to try to make some photos that integrated Rachel with her artwork. I chose to do this by using the multiple exposure capability of my camera to double expose Rachel with some of her own artistic creations.
The photo you are seeing here was done entirely in camera and was scanned straight from the negative with no manipulation other than appropriate cropping. Rachel, obviously, is the larger figure. I probably wanted to get in closer to the drawing so it would match Rachel in scale, but I don't think my lens was able to focus that close, so this is what I had to settle for. (I guess I could have tried to match Rachel to the drawing, but I might have tried that and felt it didn't work. I just don't remember.)
Still, I like it, and I think the criss-crossing of the figures work well. (I don't know what others will think.) I also like way Rachel's figure appears double exposed onto the canvas backing of the drawing. It seems to give her real figure a bit of a drawn quality, so perhaps this is something I'll explore for future photographic usage.
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I recently flew home to attend my brother's wedding and in the 3 weeks that I was visiting, two of my friends told me that they were between 8-10 weeks pregnant, and I had to visit another 2 babies that had been born in my absence. Being in my early thirties, this should come as no surprise, both to myself and to those around me. There seems to be this breeding buzz that affects almost everyone at our age, whether you want to or not and before you know it, it's a feeding frenzy – when the majority around you is behaving in this instinctive way, you tend to follow suit.
But how much of this is instinct and how much of this is peer pressure? Now don't get me wrong – I think babies are cute despite their constant pooping and crying and insomnia at the most inopportune times. The idea of creating something with someone you love, building a family, loving and nurturing this helpless ball of blubber is actually a nice one. It's their smell and their chubby bums that do it for me. But what is it about the very personaldecision to procreate (or not) that suddenly becomes everyone else's business? I spent a good ten minutes (maybe 15) at my brother's wedding being chased around the dancefloor (and bar area – the white wine made this conversation bearable) by certain family members asking – no, harrassing me about when I was going to start trying. This relative of mine actually told me that it was my DUTY to have a baby. "This isn't about YOU" she said. "This is about your Family. Think of your parents."
I have done a lot of thinking about this. It's hard not to since everyone around me seems to be popping them out at a ludicrous rate. And I can see the appeal. Really, I can. But how about the appeal of not having one? Being the auntie that swoops in when the parents need a vacation and having a laugh with the kids? The woman who has extra cash in the bank because she hasn't spent it on nappies, baby furniture, a station wagon, football uniforms, music lessons, and can therefore give amazing presents to the little guy/girl (or herself)? Um….here's a good one. Sleeping In?? Oh, how about this classic one….having more than one vodka martini at a time? Or the one that is true birth control to me – potentially f**king someone up so permanently and irreversibly because I might be unfit to be a mother?
I am not saying that I've made my decision to have or not have children. But I want to weigh out the pros and cons of both options. Sounds pretty unromantic, I know, but it IS my life. And it's not like I can return this thing once it's born. But I also recognize that I am not getting any younger. And I know that saying ''I'm just not ready'' is a moot point because when is one ever ready for children and the permanent way in which they completely and totally alter your life? And every full moon, the thought of sacrificing an animal for the fertility Gods and having one too many rum and limes and throwing on sexy underwear and throwing caution to the wind with my husband does cross my mind, but it's fleeting (well, the animal cruelty part. Game On for everything else!)
The Baby Debate is not over. Not by a long shot. And you would probably laugh if you saw that right beside my liquor cabinet is my Folic Acid. In the meantime, dear Family, I love that you want me to create a bunch of mini-me's but please…Give me some Space to get knocked up Accidentally on my Own accord, eh?


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With HTML5 running on pretty much all platforms, you want to use the placeholder attribute instead of any sort of tricks to place a label inside your input widgets.
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More and more, we hear talks about hackers entering personal accounts on systems such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and many others. There are many reasons why someone's account will be hacked. One of them is the lack of imagination for their password. Plus, some people use the same password for all of their accounts.
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As e-Fax is updating their systems further to be compliant with various security systems, some new problems may arise on your servers.
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A few days ago the news that SSLv3 was no good came out. The protocol allows for patterns that can be used by a hacker to decipher an encrypted message without the need for the private key. In other words, encryption using SSLv3 is no good (anymore--it never was, but we know this only now.)
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The Protected Node module adds a field set to the Node Type form that you edit under:
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Vintage Cufflinks Cuff Links Stratton Gilt Gold Patent Bow Tie Bowtie in Original Box Circa 1970s
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Item - Vintage 1970s Stratton Patent Gilt Gold Cufflinks in Bow Tie Design complete with Original Box/Case, Circa 1970s (please see all photos)
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Hotel Ambet is situated at an altitude of 1400 metres in the South Tyrolean village of Meransen at the entrance to the Val Pusteria. The building may be new, but the hotel is still a building steeped in tradition. 50 years ago, the Rieder family opened a guesthouse in the same location, which has been replaced with a new building by the youngest generation. Only the indoor swimming pool and the wellness area of the old guesthouse have remained, both of which have also been thoroughly renovated and adapted to suit the style of the new hotel.
The new building is adorned with a wooden frame that surrounds the upper floors and adds a light touch to the structure. In addition, the irregularly placed window openings and balconies over the corners break up the façade. Natural materials can be found both inside and outside. Indeed, architecture and interior design blend beautifully: the plaster of the external façade can also be found inside on the two lower floors. The rooms and public areas are predominantly built of oak wood and characterised by muted natural colors. The natural alpine landscape is omnipresent through the large panoramic windows – even the sauna offers wonderful views of the surrounding mountains. On the 500 square metre roof terrace with its 360-degree panorama, the sky feels close enough to touch.
What to do
Hiking, paragliding, mountain biking, wellness, skiing, snowboarding, tobogganing, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing.
Why we like this house
Modern alpine architecture, magnificent views, a wellness area with a swimming pool and a breathtaking alpine landscape. A beautiful destination for relaxation as well as for active holidays.
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Active holidaymakers and sportsmen, dog owners, families.
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Region/Town: IT – Italy, South Tyrol, Meransen
Name: Alpine Hotel Ambet
Scenery: In a panoramic position at an altitude of 1,400 m
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Number of guests: max. 72 guests in 34 rooms/suites
Architecture: Modern
Completed: 2017
Design: Florian Scartezzini & Wolfgang Piller, Bozen
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This three bedroom apartment has a three very large double bedroom with stunning interior & plenty of storage space. This apartment comprises a beautiful reception room with superb views, a modern fitted open plan kitchen, three bedrooms & two bathrooms. The apartment is situated on the fourteenth floor of this prestigious building which features a concierge, lift service and secure underground parking. This apartment steals the show with amazing views from its beautiful south facing balcony. Along with this comes a stunning, spacious (912sq ft) interior designed apartment, set within the heart of the Paddington Basin and close to the popular West End Quay.
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1. verb To gawk, gape, or stare, especially with a naïve, unsophisticated, or foolish manner. I hate the amount of people who descend on the city each year wander around and rubberneck. People kept clogging up traffic as they slowed down to rubberneck at the accident.
2. noun Someone who gawks or stares in such a manner. The famous cathedral was filled with rubbernecks, much to the chagrin of the regular churchgoers. A bunch of rubbernecks gathered around to watch the building burn.
1. n. one who stares at something or someone; a tourist. (see also gander.) At noon the sidewalks are crowded with rubbernecks.
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Pastor Smith is a three-time graduate of Luther Rice Seminary and University with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion, Master of Arts in Leadership, Master of Divinity in Apologetics and is currently pursuing a PhD. He is a devout family man and is completely committed to loving God, loving people, and serving the world.


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The 1:18 Scale Dart XB Mini Buggy by VRX Racing comes "Ready-To-Run" right out of the box. All you will need is 8x AA batteries to get started. This is a rugged 4WD truck with a powerful 370 brushed motor and 7.2v 1100mAH battery. The Dart XB has realistic long-travel suspension for tackling the roughest terrain.
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Almost mid June. Only one more month and then it's officially Summer. The sun can be pretty bright and intimate in the Spring and Summer months, so it's very important to take good care of your skin and body. Over the last few months I have bought and received many beauty products, about which I would really like to share my honest impressions. Here are some beautiful products that you need to know about!
The first amazing product I want to discuss is the Elizabeth Arden superstart skin renewal booster. As the product name suggests, this is for the start of your morning or evening routine. Simply apply the superstart skin booster onto the clean face before moving over to serum and moisturizer. The product is easy to use since it has a pump system and a slide lock, so the product cannot run out into your beauty or make-up bag. I just take one pump for my face or two pumps for my face and neck. It gives the skin a fresh feeling and soaks into the skin immediately. Personally I prefer using the product only in my morning routine to kick off the day super fresh. Aesthetically the packaging looks very luxurious, perfect for displaying on your beauty table.
The Dr Renaud revitalising and plumping elixir is the first product I've ever tried of this brand. Only when I feel my skin needs to be nourished and moisturized quite intensely, this oily serum is used. If my skin feels a little tense and dry, I apply only two drops to my face before using day cream. Because it's an oily serum it stays visible on the face, so you get that glowy and shiny healthy look. On very hot days I wouldn't recommend using this oil, because it would make your face look sweaty. The Dr Renaud anti-aging elixir consists of rose concentrate which ensures that your facial contours are redrawn. This elixir specifically takes on volume loss, adding density to the skin. It just has that lovely rose scent and it gives the skin a silky smooth feel and supple shine.
I've never experienced such a fancy beauty product as the Ioma 3 renew youth booster. This cream hydrates the skin optimally, so I'm using this as a day cream. One pump of this product in the morning is all you need, after applying a serum. The sensor makes it possible to measure the effectiveness of the Ioma youth booster. Very practical to measure the skin changes in the comfort of your own home. I must admit that this is a pricey product, but using one pump is more than enough, so you can use this product longer than I had anticipated at first.
Recently I got to know the affordable products of Sampar and I've fallen in love. The pink packaging is totally Instagram proof, perfect for young women. My two favourite products of this brand are called the "glamour shot eyes" and the "golden glow". The glamour shot eyes is a transparant under-eye concealer, it helps to get rid of puffiness of the eyes. Additionally, it blurs the fine lines and wrinkles and brightens the dark areas around the eyes. It's like a real shot of energy for the eyes, because of the fresh feeling. Ideal if your not a morning person (like me) for waking up more easily in the morning. Or at least for looking awake that is.
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Arya Krown
Nickname: Arya
Full Name: Arya Krown
Species: Squirrel
Age: Equivalent of 24 years
Description: Arya has pitch black eyes that seem to glow in the darkest of nights. Her fur is the same tint of black, maybe even darker, than that of her eyes. She has a scar that lays across her right eye starting from her forward going down to her cheekbone. She usually wears a black eye patch to cover up her half-blind eye that seems to get worse as she ages. She has a muscular build that is slightly unusual for a female squirrel her age. She likes to wear red and gold tunic/dresses that have more of a male's style to them.
Possessions: A long sword, a dagger from her brother, a medallion that has markings that she nor no one she has met knows how to read, and her pride.
-sword fighting
-leading others
-giving advice
-fear of water
-the use of far ranged weapons like bows
-terrible at cooking
-half blindness in her right eye that causes a lack in depth perception.
Just a couple years before Arya's arrival at Redwall she had lived in a peaceful tree home with her older brother, mother, and father. Arya has never really known where she was born and where her childhood home was located. As a child she remembers playing on a ship in a river nearby with her family and practicing her swordsmanship with her brother. One night when she was little her brother woke her up completely deranged and scared. Her house had been set on fire by vermins that had owned the ship that her family would play on. As she ran out of the house a vermin caught her by the tail and before she was able to unsheathe her sword the vermin sliced across her face leaving her with a scar that she would have for the rest of her life. Despite Arya's bleeding from the cut she showed no fear and took down the vermin before he could get another jab at her. Her brother and her managed to escape the house alive but as they were running in the woods Arya tripped and smashed her head on a rock, she was out cold until morning. When Arya awoke she couldn't remember anything that had happened and she couldn't find any traces of her brother, mom, or dad. She was alone for the first time in her life.
For days after the accident Arya had nightmares of her family being tortured by the vermin that had attacked her. She could no longer sleep without waking up screaming in the middle of the night covered in sweat. She knew that she had to find help. She was injured very badly from the fall and the cut to her face and she needed to find someone to take care of her. She walked day and night until she found an abbey but by the time she reached the gates she passed out from blood loss. And here is where her story begins.
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I don't think. I beleive that this is a really good character!
I can't wait to see her on the RPGS!
Well done.
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Have you ever heard of being a "Tom Boy"?
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Ugh. Sled. Your name wouldn't have had any charges on it in the first place if you didn't ask. You don't have to ask.
Seriously. It doesn't matter.
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i am sorry but i kinda do the worlds smartest people are men the worlds strongest people are men but i definitely am not sexist
I think you did more to sound sexist in that post than in anything you said before it.
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i am sorry but i kinda do the worlds smartest people are men the worlds strongest people are men but i definitely am not sexist
I think you did more to sound sexist in that post than in anything you said before it.
Yeah. that sentence basically defines sexism.
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I believe you! We need to delete most of these posts, this is supposed to be a character profile, not the "Are you a lesbian or a sexist?" board!!!
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That's a good idea.No one will know except for me,you Saron,Sled,and Arya. ^_^
I've never been with more people at the same time here.
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Ok, should each of us delete our posts? Sorry, I just really felt like what I said needed saying.
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One suggestion to make her a bit less Sue-ish…
The scar across the eye... Have it actually affect her in some way, rather than being an 'iron-on tattoo' to remind her of her family's death. Taking a sword, knife, whatever across the eye with any degree of significant force will usually result in some form of visual disability. You say she doesn't like ranged weapons... maybe she's blind in that eye, and lacks depth perception. Maybe the hit fractured the orbital bone and shifted her eye out of place, making her see the world from an odd angle and occasionally causing terrible (like, migraine and beyond) headaches. This could be exacerbated by the head trauma (amnesia is also -extremely- cliche, but you seem to be working past it with the dream bit, so it's not as glaring).
I modified a few things.
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Much better. Noticeable scars that actually affect the character make them much more relatable, as opposed to magic temporary tattoos that just make them look cool.
Yeah, I most definitely agree. It was late at night when I was making this character so my imagination wasn't at its highest level; for that I do apologize.
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1.1. Introduction
Our civilisation and our standard of living depend on an adequate supply of energy. We need energy to light and heat our homes, to cook our food, to drive our transport and power our communications and to provide the motive force that drives the factories. Without energy all this would be impossible on the scale needed, and our civilisation would soon collapse into barbarism. Our dependence on energy is strikingly illustrated by the connection between average life expectancy and energy consumption. People in the poorer countries, especially in Africa and Asia, have an average energy consumption between 0.01 and 0.1 tons of coal equivalent per person per year and have an average life expectancy of between 35 and 45 years. At the other end of the scale, people in the rich well-developed countries in Europe, North America and Japan use between five and ten tons of coal equivalent per person per year and have an average life expectancy between 70 and 75 years. This difference is a measure of the energy that is needed to bring the standard of living of all people to the level now enjoyed by the most favoured ones.
Over the centuries this energy has been obtained in many ways. In ancient times wood was the main fuel, and it provided heat for cooking and warmth. It was often used more rapidly than it was replaced by new growth, and the forests of countries surrounding the Mediterranean were gradually destroyed, followed by the forests of central Europe. In many countries even today wood is the main fuel, but housewives have to walk increasing distances to gather the wood they need. Other energy sources are crop residues and dried animal dung. Ideally these organic residues should be returned to the soil, so burning them gradually reduces its fertility. These are still the main sources of fuel for some two billion people in the developing countries. They provide the energy equivalent of about a billion tonnes of oil each year, about the same as the energy provided by coal in Europe and the USA combined.
The increasing scarcity of wood stimulated searches for alternative energy sources, and soon coal was found, first near the surface and later underground. It has a higher calorific value than wood and can be transported rather more easily. Soon it became the main energy source in many developed countries and provided the power for the industrial revolution, especially in places where iron ore was also available.
During the nineteenth century oil was found, first in the USA and then in many other countries. It has many advantages over coal: it can easily be transported over large distances by pipelines and tankers, and is the basis of the petrochemical industry. During the twentieth century it gradually displaced coal as the favoured energy source. Natural gas was often found in association with oil, and provided a convenient source of lighting and heating.
The nineteenth century also saw the rapid development of the electrical industry for communication, heating and power. Electricity has the advantage of being very easily transported from the generating station to where it is needed. It soon displaced gas as a source of light and became a convenient power source for factories. Electricity is practicable for suburban trains, but long distance trains and ships, which used to be driven by coal, are now mainly driven by oil.
Electricity is generated by turbines driven by steam produced by burning coal or oil. The turbine can also be driven by water, and indeed water wheels have been used since ancient times to rotate the millstones to grind corn. Hydroelectric power is thus another source of electricity.
During the twentieth century the world's economy and population increased more rapidly than ever before and the total energy consumption rose even more rapidly. World population is doubling on the average every 35 years; the rate of increase varies greatly from country to country, it is greatest in Africa and Latin America and almost stationary in more developed areas such as Europe and North America. Together with the increase in the standard of living, this results in the world energy consumption doubling every fourteen years. This is not a measure of the real energy needs, and many billions of people still lack the energy for even some of the basic necessities of life. At present people in the less developed countries are forced to try to survive on a small fraction of the energy used by people in the developed world. The amount of energy needed to raise the standard of living of the people in the poorer countries to that in the developed ones can be estimated from the United Nations Human Development Index. This shows that an acceptable standard of living requires about five thousand kWh per year, or 200,000 megajoules (MJ) per person. Assuming that the world population will rise to eight billion this gives an energy requirement of about 1.6 x 10 (15) MJ. The present population of six billion uses about 0.41 x 10 (15) MJ. Thus world energy production will have to be increased at least fourfold to bring the standard of living of people in the developing countries up to that in the developed ones (Fanchi 2006). This estimate does not take account of the likelihood that most of the increase in population will take place in the poorer countries. It has been estimated that world energy production will grow from 4.43 x 10 (14) MJ in 2003 to about 7.6 x 10 (14) MJ by 2030, which is completely inadequate. Another estimate is an increase from 9.3 billion toe (tonnes of oil equivalent) in 2003 to 15.4 in 2020, with 90% of the increase in the developing countries.
The world consumption of energy increased by 4.3% from 2003 to 2004, and this trend is likely to continue. At present the relative amounts due to the various sources are: oil 36.8%; gas 23.7%; coal 27.2%; nuclear 6.1% and hydro 6.2%. Of these coal is the fastest growing and also the most polluting. The main sources of energy at the present time, coal, oil and gas, are limited and indeed are fast being exhausted. Studies of the available resources indicate that in the foreseeable future they will become increasingly difficult to extract in the quantities needed. Furthermore, they are seriously polluting and are already causing great damage to the earth and its atmosphere. Eventually we shall have to learn how to do without them, and the sooner we do so the better.
The generation of electricity is expected to show a similar rise, increasing from 13,290 billion kWh in 2001 to 23,702 in 2025. In the developing countries the rate of increase is 3.5% per year, compared with 2.3% per year for all countries. The proportion of electricity generated by natural gas increased in the same period from 18% to 25%.
What can replace them? There are many possibilities, and they have to be assessed considering their capacity, cost, reliability, safety and effects on the environment. This is done in the following sections. Whenever possible, these assessments must be made numerically because this is the only way to make objective comparisons. As Lord Kelvin once remarked, "unless you can measure what you are talking about, and express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind". When evaluating the characteristics of the production of energy by different sources these numbers are often subject to many uncertainties, so it is also important to estimate the range of these uncertainties. Approximate numbers are better than no numbers at all. The existence of numerical data is not however a guarantee of its correctness. Many numbers widely quoted are simply wrong, and sometimes numbers that are correct are extrapolated far beyond their range of validity and used as the basis of inaccurate generalised statements. It is thus not enough to collect a few isolated examples and assume that they are representative of global trends. There is no way of avoiding the laborious task of collecting fully representative statistics and recognising that they can only be used to reach valid conclusions for the time and area actually studied.
It is useful to collect and compare numerical estimates of the same quantity obtained by different investigators as, for example is done in Table 3.3 for the costs of electricity from various sources. Physicists know very well how difficult it is to obtain a reliable measurement of some physical quantity such as the charge on the electron, when no one has any motive for preferring one result rather than another. It is quite different when comparing energy sources, because there may be strong political pressure to reach a favoured result. Furthermore, there is an inherent difference between the degree of accuracy that can be reached when measuring physical quantities, and that attainable in a social context. Thus the accuracy of determination of the charge on the electron can presumably be increased without limit, whereas there is an inherent limit to the values of social parameters. Thus we can collect statistics relating to a specific stretch of time at a certain place. We cannot improve the statistics by extending the period of time because the method of energy production may itself have changed; we cannot be sure that the quantity we are measuring is independent of time and place and this inevitably affects the accuracy with which it can be determined. The figures given here are the best I could find, but certainly in many cases better figures will eventually become available.
Energy sources are often divided into renewable and non-renewable. A renewable source is one that is not used up, but what we really want is one that is always available. This is satisfied by a source such as water, the fuel for fusion reactors, that is so plentiful compared with our needs that it will never be exhausted, and also to a lesser extent uranium. Coal and oil are non-renewable because there are limited amounts present in the earth. However the reserves of oil and coal are not like the gold in the Bank of England, where the number of bars can be counted. The amount we can extract depends on the price we are prepared to pay for it. Oilfields, for example, have very different extraction costs. In the Middle East, oil gushes out freely and is cheap and readily available. It is much more expensive to extract it from the North Sea, as oil rigs have to be built in deep water. This consideration applies even more strongly to minerals such as those containing uranium. Rich ores are relatively rare, while poorer ones are very widespread. It is even possible to extract uranium from sea water.
It might be thought that the lifetimes of availability of an energy source can be obtained by dividing the estimated reserves by the yearly consumption. This gives about 42 years for oil, 65 for natural gas and 217 for coal. Another way of expressing this is to divide the total recoverable resource of 1260 TWy (terawatts per year) by the world consumption, which amounted to 14.1 TWy in 2003. This gives about 90 years. By 2030 the world consumption is expected to be about twice this, halving the expected lifetime (Avery 2007, pp. 107, 113). However the situation is not as bad as this because there are several competing effects that occur when any raw material becomes more difficult to obtain. Initially the price rises, providing an incentive to reduce consumption and to look for alternatives sources. Improved technology and the higher price make it economic to bring into operation sources previously considered to be exhausted. The Stone Age ended because bronze and iron were discovered, not because the supply of flints ran out. This process continues: steel and other metals are replaced by plastics and composites. In other cases the incentive for change comes from other motives, such as the replacement of domestic coal fires by electric heaters and much correspondence by e-mail. The net result of all this is that, contrary to what might have been expected, it is found for coal and oil that the ratio of reserves to annual consumption and the cost both remain remarkably steady as a function of time (Lomborg 2001/2004), as shown in Figures 1.1 and 1.2. Of course this cannot go on for ever, but it is difficult to estimate the lifetimes, although prices are certainly expected to rise.
It is also difficult to obtain accurate estimates of the cost of energy from various sources. It is relatively easy to determine the cost of construction of a power station, but not to foresee its working life. A power station may last fifty years or more, and it is not easy to determine the lifetime in advance. During that time the value of the currency is likely to change substantially which makes it difficult to calculate the true cost of the electricity generated.
For most industrial and domestic uses, particularly when electricity is being used, it is essential that the supply is reliable. The use of computers is spreading, and an interruption of electrical power immediately brings many vital activities to a standstill. Industrial processes controlled by computers come to a stop, electronic communications are cut, and supermarkets have to close. The cost of such interruptions, even if quite short, can be very high. If the breakdown is prolonged, households relying on electricity are in severe difficulties as heaters, lights and refrigerators fail. We are so used to relying on our power supplies that we are thrown into disarray when they cease. In New York a few years ago, a power station was overloaded and so automatically cut out, throwing more load on another power station, which also cut out and so on until the whole electrical grid was down. The system was so complicated that it took several days before power was restored. Such events are very rare, but power breakdowns are everyday occurrences in many countries, so that it is not possible to carry out lengthy computer calculations or delicate manufacturing processes.
It is neither possible nor necessary for every power station to be able to operate indefinitely, but they should at least normally operate for several months at a time, and this is the case for coal, gas, nuclear and hydroelectric power stations. Their electrical output is fed into a national grid, so if one power station breaks down the load can be carried by the others without interrupting the supply. From time to time power stations must be shut down for routine maintenance, and the grid allows this to be done without difficulty. The demand for electricity fluctuates, but usually in a predictable way. The greatest demand is in the winter, so most maintenance shutdowns are scheduled for the summer. The greatest demand comes during sharp cold spells, so the maximum number of power stations are made available at times when this may happen.
There are some applications where the reliability of the energy source is not important. For example, a farmer may need to have water available for irrigation, so he installs a storage tank and uses a windmill to pump water from below ground to fill it. Providing the tank is large enough, and the wind blows now and then, there is always enough water when needed, and it is topped up whenever the wind is blowing. In this way the unreliability of the energy source is converted to reliability of the system. This is only possible when the amount of energy to be stored is relatively small, as it is uneconomic and often impossible to store very large amounts of energy.
Another requirement is that the energy is available in concentrated form, that is at a higher temperature than the surroundings. Every room contains a large amount of energy, but it is useless for boiling water in a kettle since the availability of energy depends on the temperature difference between source and surroundings. Energy exists in many form, kinetic, potential, electrical and chemical, and since conversion from one form to another always takes energy it should be in the form needed whenever possible. As MacKay (2008) remarks, 'you can't power a TV with cat food, nor can you feed a cat with energy from wind turbines'.
Safety is an essential requirement for energy generation. Perfect safety is impossible, so it is necessary to ensure that any source is a safe as reasonably possible. Increasing safety is costly, so a balance has to be struck between conflicting demands. The same applies to the requirement that adverse environmental effects should be minimised.
Energy is very often wasted, and it is frequently urged that the energy crisis can be solved by increasing the efficiency of energy use and eliminating waste. This is discussed in the next section and in the following sections the possible alternative energy sources are assessed according to the five criteria proposed above.
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