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'Paradise Papers': Queen's cash going offshore legitimate, but is it moral?
Calls for a clean-up of Britain's tax system came to the fore again, with some despairing that questions raised by the previous Panama Papers scandal had not led to action.world Updated: Nov 06, 2017 20:27 IST
Questions were raised after the Paradise Papers revealed that millions of pounds of Queen Elizabeth's private money was invested offshore, with opposition Labour leaders questioning if the investments were moral, even if legitimate.
Calls for a clean-up of the tax system came to the fore again, with some despairing that questions raised by the previous Panama Papers scandal had not led to action. Several tax havens are British Overseas Territories or Crown Dependencies.
The Queen's funds were invested offshore by the Duchy of Lancaster, a private estate intended to generate a return for the reigning monarch. It was set up in 1399 and manages land and investments held in trust for the Queen, who also holds the title of the Duke of Lancaster.
There was no official word from Buckingham Palace, but the Duchy of Lancaster said all investments were legitimate, and that the Queen pays the equivalent of income tax on her private income.
The scale of the latest revelations led Labour Party leaders to claim Britain need not have gone through seven years of austerity if the super-rich had paid their taxes in the country, instead of parking their wealth offshore.
The Paradise Papers mostly comprise documents from a law firm in Bermuda, whose premier, David Burt, tossed the ball in London's court, saying the British Overseas Territory had a "robust regulatory regime". It has had the same tax system since 1898, he said, and claimed Britain's tax law allowed the use of offshore tax havens.
Burt said: "Bermuda cannot make a change to its laws to address the challenge of what you are looking at, what you are discussing is the United Kingdom law. There is nothing that has been found that is illegal or contrary to law."
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said he was "pretty shocked" at the revelations but not surprised, and called for a full public inquiry, much greater scrutiny, and a full register of companies and trusts investing offshore. "I actually think there is an issue of morality here," he said.
Anti-monarchy campaign group Republic called on the Queen to be honest with the public over her financial affairs, and alleged that the royals' lack of transparency created a real risk of conflict of interest and abuse of power.
Graham Smith of Republic said: "The Queen is responsible for her investments, she should have instructed her advisers to ensure her money was invested ethically, and that there was no tax dodging involved.
"The Queen's personal wealth and investments mean she has a direct interest in government decisions about tax. Yet we have no way of knowing if undue influence has been used by the royal household to protect these investments.
"The Queen now needs to come clean, to set the highest standards of transparency and probity in her financial affairs. We need to know where the Queen is making her money and what taxes she is paying. We also need to know if there has been any lobbying of the government regarding tax haven reform."
According to Duncan Hames of Transparency International, the bigger picture was that "a corrupt global elite is gaming the international financial system to hide their illicit wealth". He said, "This offshore secrecy industry allows corrupt officials to live a life of luxury with cash that has often been stolen from the very poorest populations in the world."
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St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome, Italy, 1995
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Then the friends went to the right, and the man wheeled his chair to the left. To compensate for the poor light, John opened the lens manually of his mini-zoom 35-70 Leica, pointed, shot, and expected an obscure frame with his Kodak 200 film. John took five more photos, finished the roll, and we left.
Upon leaving the basilica, we took all ten rolls of film from our travel through Budapest, Vienna, Venice, and Rome with 24 frames each to be developed in a little photo shop near John's uncle's condo in Rome. John was worried about exposing our film to airport x-ray security devices while we continued our trip through Europe. Since the photos were quickly machine processed, within a few hours, John and I stood in front of the photo shop and flipped through our travel photos.
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ABSTRACT: Elastic and collagen fibers are the major extracellular matrix (ECM) constituents of the arterial wall. Elastic fibers in the medial layer form concentric layers of elastic lamellae, together with smooth muscles cells and collagen fibers, organizing into a lamellar unit that is considered as a functional unit of the arterial wall. The ECM fiber networks in the arterial wall are highly inhomogeneous. The objective of this work is to advance the current understanding of multi-scale ECM mechanics and the important role of structural inhomogeneity using a coupled experimental and modeling approach that integrates mechanical characterization, advanced optical imaging, and computational modeling.
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Mesothelioma will be the general saying used for virtually any form of cancer occurring inside the mesothelium, which may be the tissue that surrounds one's vital organs. While all types of mesothelioma are caused by contact with asbestos, a toxic chemical seen in many locations, there's more than one type of this form of cancer.
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Testicular means the testicles, so this kind of mesothelioma affects the tissue present in this part from the male anatomy. This is the least common form of the disease, therefore, there's not quite a lot of information available on prevalence statistics or common treatments. There have been lower than 100 cases of the type of mesothelioma reported at this time.
Pericardial Mesothelioma
Also one in the more rare types of mesothelioma, pericardial mesothelioma affects the mesothelium found across the heart. The symptoms, including a persistent cough, a pounding heart, breathlessness, problems breathing, and chest pain, are hard to differentiate from that regarding pleural mesothelioma.
Peritoneal Mesothelioma
The peritoneum refers back to the lining of the abdominal cavity, which explains why the cancer that develops within this tissue is referred to as peritoneal mesothelioma. This cancer affects the tissues around the organs found inside abdomen, including the stomach and intestines. Peritoneal mesothelioma is a bit more common than either testicular or pericardial mesothelioma, comprising anywhere between ten and twenty percent with the total number of mesothelioma cases reported. Some signs and symptoms of this manner of cancer include pain or swelling in the abdomen, bowel issues, anemia, problems breathing, nausea, blood clotting, decrease of appetite, vomiting, and chest pains.
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The phrase, "Affiliates are an extended sales force for your business", which is often used to explain affiliate marketing, is not completely accurate. The primary difference between the two is that affiliate marketers provide little if any influence on a possible prospect in the conversion process once that prospect is directed to the advertiser's website. The sales team of the advertiser, however, does have the control and influence up to the point where the prospect either a) signs the contract, or b) completes the purchase.
Provide excellent customer service. Answer any questions buyers post as quickly as possible. Be professional and courteous. Positive communication builds your reputation with buyers and gets you return business. Also, package your product well and ship it out quickly. Allowing an item to become damaged or taking too long to ship can negatively affect your reputation among buyers. Wrap all items, especially fragile ones, in appropriate packaging. Commit to shipping items as soon as you receive payment.[32]
Websites consisting mostly of affiliate links have previously held a negative reputation for underdelivering quality content. In 2005 there were active changes made by Google, where certain websites were labeled as "thin affiliates".[34] Such websites were either removed from Google's index or were relocated within the results page (i.e., moved from the top-most results to a lower position). To avoid this categorization, affiliate marketer webmasters must create quality content on their websites that distinguishes their work from the work of spammers or banner farms, which only contain links leading to merchant sites.
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This post has been super helpful. I like how you treat the affiliate marketing like a traditional business that is built on repeat customers. That is totally true, but it is hard at times to see that from my computer. I have been guilty of the hit and run approach, which incidentally produces hit and miss results! Time to change! Thanks for a great post!
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I start with topic for my website, then build my website and start writing content for it. Because I don't sell my own products, I already know that I'll be able to sell products from other people without an issue. What I do is called "affiliate marketing". Some people do like to research potential products to sell beforehand, but for myself, I'm mostly concerned with finding a topic I think is interesting, with maybe some traffic numbers research, and monetization comes afterward!
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A niche affiliate site often presents like an eCommerce store. To get started with an affiliate site, choose your niche then display products with pictures, descriptions, and prices, just as you would on an online store. However, when visitors click the 'buy' button, they will be taken directly to Amazon, to make the purchase. You then make an affiliate fee for sending the traffic to Amazon but have none of the packaging hassle, or initial financial output creating or buying the products.
To get started with Amazon affiliate marketing you will need to sign up with Amazon Affiliates. Then subtly market products on your site that are relevant to your niche and will be of interest to your audience. Make sure you only endorse high-quality products. If your visitors make a purchase on your recommendation but are not impressed with the item, you could quickly lose followers.
This book doesn't lead you by the hand and tell you how to do every last thing. It can't and Greene didn't attempt to do that. You have to do the work yourself to reap the rewards. Greene simply points out that Clickbank isn't the get rich quick scheme everyone seems to be looking for and then he tells you how you can actually work to turn it into a great passive income source.
Online business is how I've made a living since 2003 and what has helped me retire early. I make over $40,000 a month through my blog. You can create your own blog here with my easy 15-minute step-by-step tutorial. You can start a blog for as little as $2.95 a month (less than a cup of coffee!). Create a blog and leverage it into affiliate sales or product endorsement deals. Consider topics like:
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The Clickbank Marketplace list thousands of products for you to promote. You can sort search results based on commission, sales, popularity and a bunch of other criteria. I like to get a copy of the product before deciding on whether to promote it. You can either email the advertiser for a copy or buy it from them and then refund it if you don't want to promote it. All Clickbank products are covered by a 60 day money back policy.
Find a profitable niche: We've talked about this a lot. But, where are you most comfortable. What niche do your skills, values, and interests intersect? Do you have 10 years of experience as a technical writer? Do you have long-standing PR relationships that'll be invaluable in helping startups launch a successful crowdfunding campaign? Determine what makes your value unique, and lean heavily on showcasing that strength to your potential clients.
This is also known as a sales funnel. The first few emails helps build your relationship with the subscriber. Later emails in the funnel are used to promote the Clickbank products. This setup works far better than any hit and run system. Research has shown that most prospect won't buy on the first visit or email. They need to be hit over and over again. This is where the auto responder comes in. The sooner you set it up, the faster you'll be in the money.
If you want to clear some space out in your house and have a big stack of books you've been holding onto for too long, you can make money selling your books and textbooks online. Stores like Half Priced Books and others will give you cents on the dollar for each of your current books while you can check what your book is worth by simply entering the ISBN number on Book Scouter.
Rather than making money through subscriptions, YouTube channels are based on a traditional advertising system. Meaning the more viewers you get, the more you make. Once you're approved for the YouTube Partner Program and can start including ads on your videos, with every 1,000 views, you will make approximately $2-$4. Which might not seem like a lot, but if you have 100 videos with 5,000 views a month each, that would be $1,000–$2,000 already. Just imagine if your videos start hitting millions of views!
The IM and MMO niches have higher refund-rates than the other 298-ish niches represented at ClickBank (but there's little point in promoting any of those as an affiliate anyway, for the reasons explained here). Other than that, the refund-rates vary enormously between different affiliates for the same products, because they're mostly determined by how the product is pre-sold.
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The Russian national team scored 1,715 points and grabbed gold in junior 25m pistol event at the 2017 European Shooting Championship in Baku.
The team of Ukraine ranked second by scoring 1,713 points, and France's national team ranked third with 1,708 points.
The 2017 European Shooting Championship started in Baku on July 22 and will last until August 3.
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Governor Satya Pal Malik attenuated the Jammu and Kashmir assembly. (File)
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Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik today absolutely dedicated his accommodation to deliquesce the accompaniment accumulation – afterwards befitting it in abeyant action for months – aloof afterwards two alliances staked affirmation to ability aftermost evening.
"The accumulation dissolution was not at the amiss point but at the appropriate point," the Governor told NDTV.
He said Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, rivals who had teamed up to pale affirmation to ability forth with the Congress, had both asked him again to deliquesce the accumulation over the accomplished few months.
"I was accepting letters of horse-trading from both abandon and the bearings was actual bad. Security bearings actuality is the best at the moment, affront has been bedfast to one and a bisected districts, there is no pattharbazi (stone-throwing) and bounded anatomy elections accept been captivated smoothly. Creating abashing was not in the absorption of the state. Nobody was in a position to say we accept a majority," Mr Malik said.
He said he hadn't taken the footfall beforehand because there was no approaching acumen to deliquesce it. "This was because no one came with a abhorrent hypothesis to anatomy government. Democracy was working, MLAs were accepting funds. But back I saw crisis inherent in such adventures, again I attenuated it," he explained.
The governor additionally responded to Mehbooba Mufti's accusation that he didn't accept her calls and fax staking affirmation to power. "Yesterday was Eid. There was no one in the Raj Bhawan to alike accord me food. She could accept appear to me the day before," he said.
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Easter Eggstravaganza at Scolton Manor
- Start Date: 06-04-2019
- End Date: 28-04-2019
Scolton Manor in Pembrokeshire is hosting a fun-packed programme of Egg-cellent activities this Easter holiday.
Throughout the Easter holidays, you can follow the Easter Egg Trail around the picturesque grounds and work out the clues to win a prize.
Have fun in the Manor House throughout the holidays with Easter quizzes, Springtime Crafts and Guess the Name of the Bunny. The crafts, quizzes and bunny competition are included in the normal admission price for the Manor House.
Over the Easter Weekend itself, Friday 19th – Monday 22nd April, why not have a go on our Egg & Spoon Assault Course or let your four-legged friend try our Pawsome 'Have a Go' Dog Agility course? Both the egg and spoon and dog agility courses are available free of charge.
You can also try your hand at 'Hook a Duck' over the Easter Weekend – see if you can win a prize between 11am and 12pm, and 2pm and 3pm.
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
- Holbrook, Amy
- May, Judy
- 2 Arizona State University
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- 1 Daniel Catan
- 1 Fine arts
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- Microfluidic Models of Tumor-Stroma Interactions to Study the Interplay of Cancer Cells with their Surrounding Microenvironment
- Ain't She Sweet: A Critical Choreographic Study of Identity & Intersectionality
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Although opera is the last musical genre one typically associates with Latin America, Mexican composer Daniel Catán (1949-2011) found surprising success across the United States and overseas with his opera Florencia en el Amazonas (1996). Catán blends colorful music with literary elements to create a representation of Latin American culture through language, drama, scenery, and music. Among these elements is realism mágico (magical realism), a significant characteristic of Latin American literature. Indeed, the plot of the opera is influenced by Gabriel García Márquez's novel, El amor en los tiempos del cólera (Love in the Time of Cholera, 1985), as well …
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- 2013
This study focuses on three songs from stage works of Kurt Weill (1900-1950): "September Song" from Knickerbocker Holiday (1938), "Speak Low" from One Touch of Venus (1943), and "Lost in the Stars" from Lost in the Stars (1949). All from Weill's time in the United States, these songs are adaptable as solos and have become American standards performed in various arrangements and styles of popular music by many different artists. The first part of this study is a biographical sketch of Weill's life and music. It is intended to provide context for the three songs by tracing his beginnings as …
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- Kimball, Abigail S., May, Judy, Holbrook, Amy, et al.
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Dr. Catherine Hamlin AC
Catherine and her late husband, Dr. Reg Hamlin, travelled to Ethiopia in 1959 and their hearts were touched by the plight of many women after childbirth. Many were suffering from severe childbirth injuries, in particular, obstetric fistula. They founded the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital which is "committed to improving maternal health, reducing infant mortality and empowering women".
Catherine is angelic in her grace and humility and has dedicated her life to helping these women. Well into her eighties she is still very active in the work of the hospital.
Jim Stynes OAM (1966-2012)
Jim co-founded the Reach Foundation in 1994, an organisation dedicated to supporting young people's dreams and aspirations.
"I truly believe that every person, especially young people, have unlimited potential and that we all have a unique 'voice' which wants to be heard.
Deep down, we just want to be ourselves, and when young people are given the opportunity to express their real selves they can achieve whatever they want, and have all the love, happiness and success they require.
Very often this process starts simply by someone believing in them."
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By Ikram Khan | 06 Jul 2019 | BANGALORE
Trainer M Narredu leading Storm Breaker (Yash Narredu Up), winner of The Juvenile Sprinters' Million (Gr.3)
A facile last start winner Storm Breaker from Mallesh Narredu's yard and Hyderabad challenger Sitara from the stables of Vittal Deshmukh, who had finished second behind Areca Legend were fancied most in the Juvenile Sprinters' Million, the plum event run over a sprint on Saturday. The former in the hands of Yash Narredu after tracking the Deshmukh's yard sprinted well to reign supreme. The winner again needed to win the race in the stewards room following an objection lodged by Trevor Patel against Yash Narredu for coming onto him and interfering with his progress on the rails, but the stewards quickly and rightly threw out the protest contending that Sitara was a beaten horse and Yash didn't really push or stop Sitara from performing at her optimum level. The Shroff schooled Mzilikazi finished third ahead of the Chenna hopeful Breaking Bounds. Both Breaking Bounds and Mzilikazi with the benefit of this exercise will prove to be different propositions net time out.
Earlier, the public rage Brothers In Arms from trainer Neil Darashah's yard in the hands of leading pro Suraj Narredu encountered no problem coming up tops in the Noble Prince Plate run over a distance of seven furlongs. Last start winner Shivalik Kiss from Azhar Ali's yard was also fancied strongly on the strength of her victory in her last essay but Shivalik Kiss failed to repeat the effort and came home a poor third behind Blarney Stone while Amber Crown again could only manage to finish fourth.
The Rare Gem Plate run over the 1100M dash saw the Prithviraj schooled Slice Of Heaven set a new record, clocking 1:5.94 seconds bettering the existing mark of (1:6.1) registered by Queen Latifa two summer ago. The Padmanabhan-trained Indian Democrat was fancied most in the event but the public choice failed to raise a winning gallop and eventually failed to even make the frame. Will To Win from Parvati Byramji's yard did well to gain the runner-up berth in her maiden appearance and it will not be long before this Parvati's ward sheds her maiden status.
A failed favourite last time, Chula Vista from Arjun Manglorkar's ward was again fancied most by the railbirds to deliver the goods and the public choice in the hands of S John just got up in time to peg back the start to finish effort of Desert Angel piloted by Pradeep Chouhan.
Phoenic Reached from Inayathullah's yard spoilt the party of High Tide from Hidayat Khan's yard, who was heavily backed by the insiders and right connections in place.
Another public choice Into The Groove to the delight of the followers of form edged out rankoutsider Bora Bora to take home the Karnataka Police Cup run over a sprint. The runner-up piloted by Chouhan in her bid to make every post a winning one held the edge for most part of the trip before Suraj astride Into The Groove pulled out all stops and drove the favourite home in a close finish. Haedi's Folly who had impressed most while finishing a game second behind Areca Legend in his last essay finished third while Diamond Rays from Sriram Komandur's yard burst a blood vessel during the event and as a result failed to display his true potential.
Trainer Pradeep Annaiah pulled out a good gamble in the July Plate run over 1100M. The topweighted Morrane Gabriella was backed down from (4/1) in the morning to (18/10) in the betting ring and the well backed favourite produced a sprakling gallop in the final furlong to edge out Mischief Flyer. Second in demand at the betting ring, She's Superb despite Akshay Kumar making every effort to make a race of it failed to match strides with the first two and had to rest content with the third spot.
After Pradeep landed a successful gamble, Irfan Ghatala pulled out a rabbit from the bag in the concluding event, the Bhishma Plate run over a sprint. Bernardini who was making his debut as a four-year-old, like Morrane Gabriella was backed down from (4/1) to (9/4) and the winner in the hands of apprentice jockey Shamaz Sheriff proved too good bolting home to the delight of the Irfan camp. Industrialist lasted out to keep the second spot from the late finishing public choice Cosmic Feeling, who it appeared found the sprint trip a trifle too sharp.
Now that Bernardini has made a winning debut after two long years, the Irfan ward should add a couple more to his list in the months ahead.


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What Silence Taught Me: An Interview with Lida Tohidi
We sat down with WITHIN teacher Lida Tohidi to find out how meditation retreats have changed her life, and get her thoughts on how (and why) to practice mindfulness. Here's what she shared with us.
How did you get started with meditation?
I started meditating 11 years ago. I had moved to Japan right after graduating from university to teach English. I began meditating in the Zen tradition, and have since tried different meditation practices ranging from qi gong to visualization meditation to kundalini. I've focused on mindfulness meditation for the last 6 years.
What led you to begin teaching meditation?
I started to guide meditation classes at WITHIN last year. I had started giving talks and workshops for a couple of years, so when the opportunity rose to teach at WITHIN Meditation, I knew it was the right time. I've had a great time so far.
Going on meditation retreats is often described as a key part of deepening practice. What have you experienced on retreat?
I started my first 10-day silent meditation retreat 6 years ago, less than one week after I heard about the opportunity. I chose to participate in the retreat at a Vipassana center in Montebello, Quebec half-way between Montreal and Ottawa, Canada in the Vipassana, or insight, tradition.
Vipassana means "to see things as they really are". It is a logical process of mental purification through self-observation. Although springing from the teachings of the Buddha, this non-sectarian technique is open to everyone regardless of background or belief.
This 10-day silent meditation retreat (during which all participants meditated for 10+ hours/day) is one of the most challenging things that I have done in my life.
I continue to meditate daily (though not for as long as Vipassana prescribes, which is 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening). Despite its inherent challenges, sitting at retreats have also been some of the most rewarding experiences of my life.
An experience like this is an intense one, because the participants are immersed in silence, which can be both peaceful and frightening, as you are 'stuck' with your own mind for 10 days, and nothing else.
Though you may speak to the teacher should you have any questions, there are no other distractions during the 10 days, which means no use of electronics, no reading or writing or drawing, but (thankfully) no chores either. The meals are prepared for you by volunteers, and you make a charitable donation within your means for the retreat experience.
Despite these challenges, you've gone on long retreats many times. What has sitting all those silent retreats taught you?
My experience with retreats has taught me many principles, including feeling more comfortable with oneself, how to be more at peace, and eventually to consistently think and venture 'outside of the box' once the retreat is over and everyone is back to the real world.
Just as working on my physical body in the past has deepened my theoretical understanding of concepts, I have aimed to participate in my daily activities in an enriching and positive way by keeping up my daily meditation practice.
I have been able to move beyond my previous frame of reference, and my world has become less one-sided, and fuller.
I believe that the meditation retreat experience, though difficult, is certainly worth it. I hope that my future experiences will give me the opportunity to continue to put my 'mental training' into practice, to see the world from others' viewpoints, and to consistently participate in this exchange.
I have since realized that the truly fascinating elements of human nature are not in our differences, but in the connections and similarities. I have taken every relevant opportunity I can to experience others first-hand and find the common thread between us.
I've realized that people are not so different – we just have different ways of interpreting those fundamental values of human experience: beauty, truth, and peace.
What advice would you give to someone who's just getting started with meditation?
Be easy on yourself. As with any habit, it takes some time to establish a meditation practice. Furthermore, we spend almost all of our waking lives focusing on our external reality, and it may be difficult when you meditate and focus on your internal reality.
What's your favorite way to incorporate mindfulness into your day?
My fave way to incorporate meditation into my day is through mindful eating. Hannah Knapp, the founder of WITHIN Meditation, led a great workshop on this last year, and I have definitely started to implement those practices. What's not to love about enjoying your meals and doing so mindfully, while you get extra meditation credits?! :)
What do you love about teaching at WITHIN?
I specifically love that there are folks in WITHIN classes of all different backgrounds with meditation, and at various levels of experience. That allows me to modulate the level of guidance and customize each and every single class.
Lida teaches our midday classes on Fridays. She has cumulatively spent months in silence at mindfulness meditation retreats over the last 5+ years. Join her for a class this week!


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Sec. 1.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.)
Sec. 5.
As used in this Act:
"Board" means a board authorized or created by executive order of the Governor, statute, or the Illinois Constitution to which the Governor has authority (whether or not exercised) to appoint one or more members.
"Commission" means a commission or other body authorized or created by executive order of the Governor, statute, or the Illinois Constitution to which the Governor has authority (whether or not exercised) to appoint one or more members.
"Office" means the Governor's Office of Boards and Commissions, or a successor entity within the Governor's administration.
"Sexual orientation" shall have the same meaning as in Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-234, eff. 1-1-18
Sec. 10.
Repository of board and commission membership; meeting notices.
(a) The Office shall establish and maintain on the Internet a centralized, searchable database, freely accessible to the public, of information relating to appointed positions on the State's boards and commissions.
The database shall include, at a minimum:
(1) The qualifications for, and the powers, duties,
(2) The name and term of each current appointed
(3) Each current vacancy in appointed membership of
(4) Information as to how a person may apply for
(5) A link to that section of the Secretary of
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, the Office shall establish and maintain on the Internet:
(1) a centralized location for an electronic mail
(2) a listing of the meeting times and agendas for
The Office shall send and post meeting notices and agendas pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) at least 48 hours before each meeting. For the purposes of this subsection (b), "electronic mail listserv" means an automatic mailing list server used to manage electronic mail transmissions to a list of subscribers.
(Source: P.A. 99-218, eff. 1-1-16; 100-234, eff. 1-1-18
Sec. 15.
Eligibility for appointment or reappointment to certain boards and commissions.
(a) For the purpose of this Section, "appointment or reappointment" means appointment or reappointment by the Governor to:
(1) A board or commission composed of members whose
(2) The governing board of a retirement system
(3) The Illinois State Board of Investment.
(4) The Illinois Board of Higher Education.
(5) The governing board of a State university.
(b) a person is ineligible for appointment or reappointment after the effective date of this Act if the person fails to file a disclosure of conflicts of interests and a statement of economic interests as required by Section 3A-30 and Article 4A, respectively, of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
(c) Nothing in this Section shall impair the ability of a person serving on a board or commission on the effective date of this Act to complete his or her current term of membership.
(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.)
Sec. 20.
Board or commission website.
A board or commission that maintains a website and has a full-time information technology staff shall make freely available to the public on that website the following:
(1) Any audio or video recordings of each of its
(2) Minutes of each of its regular or special
(3) A regularly updated schedule of its future
(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.)
Sec. 25.
Demographic composition; report.
Beginning October 1, 2015 and for each year thereafter, the Governor shall file a report with the General Assembly detailing the following information:
(1) the demographic information (ethnicity, gender,
(2) the aggregate demographic information for those
(3) the demographic composition of the gubernatorial
The Governor shall electronically publish an annual report detailing the demographic composition of the gubernatorial appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of the date of the report.
(Source: P.A. 100-234, eff. 1-1-18
Sec. 40.
Savings provision.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to contravene any State or federal law.
(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.)
Sec. 90.
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09; text omitted.)
Sec. 97.
The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.)
Sec. 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.)