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Polina Stefoglo is to perform the song "Yallah Yallah!" for Moldova on their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest 2016 in Turkey.
The title of the first entry from Moldova at the Turkvision Song Contest has been revealed today. Polina will be performing the song "Yallah Yallah!" as the country makes their debut in the contest. Polina was selected to represent Moldova at the Turkvision Song Contest 2016, having received official confirmation from the Ministry of Culture to compete in the contest.
Polina had taken part in the Gagauz selection process this year but was beaten by Yulia Arnaut. Polina was born on June 4, 1988 and has been performing since a young age. She graduated from music school, piano. Graduate of Russian Theoretical Lyceum Chisinau (Moldova). She took an active part in various festivals such as Star of Moldova and Star of the Chisinau. Polina is currently working on her debut album, the song she will be singing at the contest it to be performed in Turkish.
In Polina's first interview about her participation in the Turkvision Song Contest, she told us more about her song:
My contest song will be performed in Turkish. The music was composed by Oleg Baralyuk, the lyrics were written by the popular singer Gunesh, who represented Belarus very successfully at the Turkvision 2013. Turkish language is very beautiful and melodious. I think we succeeded in creating a real hit, Turkish audience will definitely admire the song.
Tomorrow we will be publishing the full interview with Polina from Moldova about her participation in this years contest.
Confirmed as participating in this years contest are:
- Azerbaijan – Sevinc Beyaz
- Bashkortostan – Zilija Bakhtieva – Dunya Mathur
- Belarus – Svetlana Agarval – Meni Anla
- Crimea (Russia) – Alseyda
- Gagauzia – Yulia Arnaut
- Germany – Seyran
- Kazakhstan
- Kumyk (Russia) – Daniyal Harunow
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia – Oksana Bilera – Yakişiyor bize bu sevgi
- Moldova – Polina Stefoglo – Yallah Yallah!
- The Netherlands – Elcan – Ana vatan
- Northern Cyprus
- Romania – Sunai Giolacai
- Sandzak (Serbia)
- Sweden – Arghavan – Dirçəliş
- Turkey
- Ukraine – Natalia Papazoglo
- Yakutia (Russia)
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The Turkvision Song Contest was first held in 2013 in the Turkish city of Eskisehir. The contest which is open to Turkic nations and regions such as Turkey, Kazakhstan and Yakutia. The contest follows a similar format to the Eurovision Song Contest, with songs limited to being 4 minutes long. To date Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have won the contest.


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Had a tucking great time with the #mcleansendhoff crew!
I mean, can you stop being so perfect Mallory, please? Srsly tho, what a beautiful couple and setting. We loved being a part of the love out in beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia, where we got our pre-nuptials sweat on in the most idyllic setting imaginable. Mallory's fabulous ladies gave us a run for our money with their on-point form, and the wedding-themed play list was the perfect start to get us in the mood for the rest of the day's activities. Cheers to Mallory and Tim, so honored to be a part of your day!

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|Paper Submission Date: May 15, 2006
It an honor and pleasure to invite you to the 7th Congress of Asia Pacific Society of Medical Virology, which will be held in November 2006 in New Delhi, India.
This is the first time that this congress is being held in India. Keeping in mind the prestige of this event, we are all working hard to make this a memorable academic and social event.
I assure you that your visit will be very fruitful. A very exciting scientific program is being chalked out by the organizing committee in consultation with the national and international advisory committees that consist of eminent virologists.
The program will include invited lectures by eminent virologists from all parts of the world, and research presentations by participating colleagues.
Delhi, the capitol of India, offers a fascinating mix of the old and new in all spheres of life, with a wide variety of experiences for the visitor. India Habitat Centre, the venue of the congress, is situated in the heart of the city, is very close to Lodi Gardens, one of Delhi's beautiful gardens, and offers the perfect atmosphere for scientific deliberations. We, in the organizing committee, are putting in our best efforts to make your visit comfortable and enjoyable.
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We hope you shall join us in making this event a grand success. The organizing committee and I look forward to meeting you in November 2006.
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text: Under Linux amd64 and Perl 5.10.1, I'm trying to read from a pair of devices which will produce data in 16-byte blocks. (I can cat the device files - as the same user - and verify that they do this.) Under Perl 5.8 (and an earlier i386 Linux), this worked. Now sysread() is failing with an "Invalid argument". I'm using an IO::Select thus, where @dev contains the device filenames: my $s=IO::Select->new; my @fh; foreach my $device (@dev) { my $fh; open $fh,'<',$device; binmode $fh; $s->add(\*$fh); push @fh,$fh; } while (1) { my @ready=$s->can_read(0.5); foreach my $fh (@ready) { my $data; my $y=sysread $fh,$data,16; die $! unless defined $y; # do stuff with $data } } I can change the open to sysopen $fh,$device,O_RDONLY; with no change in the result; if I add O_DIRECT, the @ready list never gets filled at all. Have I missed something important somewhere? Roger


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Dennis Quaid got his birthday celebration started early with a serious check of the ole ticker involving his girlfriend ... and a roller coaster.
Dennis and model Santa Auzina -- who's 30, btw -- hit up Six Flags Magic Mountain over the weekend and strapped themselves in for high-speed fun, and a lot of screaming.
He'll turn 63 on Sunday.
If the ride doesn't make him feel young, something tells us Santa will.


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Jason Gray - A Way To See In The Dark
A Way To See In The Dark
13 Sep 2011
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ReviewA Way To See In The Dark is the new album from talented songwriter Jason Gray. Calling on the help of friend and producer of the moment Jason Ingram, together they have put together 12 very strong tracks. Jason Gray and producer Jason Ingram both worked together on the album Everything Sad Is Coming Untrue which was a major success. These guys have again joined forces to rekindle the magic of that last album for this new release, and be sure to know that their magic is still there.
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Jim Keenan email@example.com. January 18, 2004.
The first edition of the Perl Cookbook succeeded not only in its own right but as a model for other work as well. As of early 2004, O'Reilly & Associates has published no fewer than 22 different information technology books using the cookbook formula pioneered by Christiansen and Torkington in August 1998.
The second edition of the Perl Cookbook retains all but a few of the recipes from the first edition, but adds, by my count, 80 new recipes, including two entirely new chapters. To oversimplify, these additions may be described as being either 'internal' or 'external' to Perl. The 'internal' recipes show new, improved ways of handling problems that Perl already was tackling at the time of the first edition. The 'external' recipes demonstrate applications of Perl to non-Perl information technologies which have become much more important since 1998.
In the first area, recipes are presented for use of newer Perl modules such as Tie::File, Switch, Inline::C, and POE. New features such as weak references also receive new recipes.
In the second area, recipes for using Perl to control Unicode, mod_perl and XML dominate. At least eight new recipes utilize Perl 5.8's improved Unicode handling for practical applications. mod_perl and XML are each the subject of entirely new chapters, with 27 new recipes between them. Ten new recipes have been written for improved handling of database connections, including transactions. LDAP and SOAP also are the subjects of new recipes.
See below for my own list of the new recipes.
The value of a recipe in the Perl Cookbook (perhaps we should say, its 'yumminess') could be measured in either of two ways. ĀFirst, does it represent the best, or nearly the best, way of solving a particular programming problem? ĀSecond, can a programmer who is not particularly skilled in the subject matter of a given recipe cook up a script according to the recipe and get the intended result?
Since I do not have the breadth or depth of programming experience that Tom and Nat have, I am not well positioned to evaluate whether their recipes are the best for the particular dishes they're trying to cook. ĀIn the course of preparing this review, however, I tried out several recipes with useful results. ĀIn fact, some of these recipes have led me to think of solutions to programming problems that have bedeviled me for years.
Like most lay, non-geek computer users, for my first four years on the Internet I relied on commercial e-mail clients like Microsoft Outlook Express to receive and sort my e-mail; I knew nothing of the underlying e-mail protocols. And, like geek and non-geek computer users everywhere, my enjoyment of the Internet has been diminished in the last year by the vast increase in spam, viruses and worms coming into my e-mail inbox. I felt completely helpless when, just a few months ago, my daily e-mail count went from 300 items (90% junk) to 1100 items (99% junk, or worse). I purchased a shareware program (Poco) that, unlike the version of Outlook Express I was using, enabled me to view my e-mail headers on the server before downloading. I realized that if I could learn something more about how e-mail works, I could attack my spam problem more directly both through Perl extensions such as Mail::SpamAssassin and through the power of Perl regular extensions. But I first needed a painless way to learn how e-mail really works.
Turn to the Perl Cookbook, Recipe 18.5: Reading Mail with POP3. I followed the recipe on using the Net::POP3 module and was accessing my POP3 mail within minutes.
use Net::POP3;
my ($site, $username, $password, $pop3, $messagesref); my ($k,$v);
$site = 'incoming.verizon.net'; $username = 'jkeen'; $password = 'jimspassword111';
$pop3 = Net::POP3->new($site); # Most error-checking deleted for clarity
defined ($pop3->login($username, $password)) or die "Can't authenticate: $!";
$messagesref = $pop3->list;
while ( ($k,$v) = each %$messagesref ) { print "$k:\t$v\n"; my $msgref = $pop3->top( $k, 0 ); print "@$msgref\n"; }
But then I saw that the recipe called for use of a password as part of authentication. I didn't want to type my password in plain text or store it in a Perl script, even on my home computer. What to do?
Again, turn to the Cookbook: Recipe 15.10: Reading Passwords. I was quickly able to write a simple command-line prompt for a password.
use Net::POP3; use Term::ReadKey;
# [snip declarations of variables]
$site = 'incoming.verizon.net'; $username = 'jkeen';
print "Enter password for $username at $site: "; ReadMode('noecho'); $password = ReadLine(0); chomp $password; ReadMode(0); print "\n";
# [snip balance of code]
``Wow,'' I thought, ``I really got this to work!'' The joy of using Perl to get something done ... something you didn't think you'd have the time to learn how to do.
People who read the New York Perlmongers list will recall that about a month ago I asked about the best way to migrate from one ISP to another, i.e., how to get the files I had in the 'free' storage space on my old ISP to that on my new. I tried to use WS_FTPro to establish a direct connection from the old ISP to the new, but eventually became convinced that the new ISP wouldn't allow it. So I had to learn how to code FTP connections myself.
Once again, I turned to the Perl Cookbook: Recipe 18.2: Being an FTP Client. Here's how I established a connection to my new ISP:
use Net::FTP; use Term::ReadKey;
my ($ftp, $i, @files, $dirname);
my %site = ( name => 'ftpmysite.verizon.net', username => 'jkeen', password => undef, topdir => 'Storage' );
$ftp = Net::FTP->new($site{'name'});
# [snip: prompt for password]
$ftp->login($site{'username'}, $site{'password'});
$dirname = $ftp->pwd(); print "Current directory: $dirname\n\n";
@files = $ftp->ls(); print "Files listed via \$ftp->ls()\n"; print "$_\n" for @files; print "\n";
@files = $ftp->dir(); print "Files listed via \$ftp->dir()\n"; print "$_\n" for @files;
In evaluating the Perl Cookbook, you may be tempted to measure the book by the recipes alone. ĀThat would be a mistake, because you would pass over the excellent chapter introductions. ĀLet me just mention one such introduction: that to Chapter 21 on mod_perl.
In my day-to-day work, I have absolutely no use (yet) for mod_perl. But I like to know what's going on in all aspects of Perl, so a couple of months ago I attended the New York Perlmonger's meeting where mod_perl expert Geoff Young spoke on mod_perl 2. Now I have to admit: I really didn't know what Geoff was talking about. I didn't have the Second Edition of the Cookbook at that point, but if I did, I would have been able to follow Geoff with no problem.
Programmers turn to the Camel book to learn how to do things in Perl; they turn to the Ram book to learn how to do things with Perl.
This is as true of the second edition as it was of the first. ĀIf you have not bought the first edition and need to know Perl, buy the second. ĀIf you already have the first edition, assess how your Perl programming needs have changed since 1998. ĀIf they have not changed at all, don't buy the second edition. ĀIf, however, you now need to address newer programming issues such as Unicode, mod_perl and XML, then the second edition's treatment of these issues will be worth the purchase price. ĀIn particular, if you are part of a programming team rather than a solo practitioner (hint: this applies to the reviewer's brothers), you should definitely order a copy of the second edition, even if you already have the first.
1.5 Using Named Unicode Characters 1.8 Treating Unicode Combined Characters as Single Characters 1.9 Canonicalizing Strings with Unicode Combined Characters 1.10 Treating a Unicode String as Octets 1.14 Properly Capitalizing a Title or Heading 1.21 Constant Variables
4.4 Implementing a Sparse Array
5.3 Creating a Hash with Immutable Keys or Values
6.17 Matching Nested Patterns
7.6 Writing a Subroutine that Takes Filehandles as Built-ins Do 7.13 Storing Multiple Files in the DATA Area 7.14 Writing a Unix-Style Filter Program
8.18 Treating a File as an Array 8.19 Setting the Default I/O Layers 8.20 Reading or Writing Unicode from a Filehandle 8.21 Converting Microsoft Text Files into Unicode 8.22 Comparing the Contents of Two Files 8.23 Pretending a String Is a File 8.27 Program: Flat File Indexes
9.11 Working with Symbolic File Permissions Instead of Octal Values
10.17 Writing a Switch Statement
11.15 Coping with Circular Data Structures Using Weak References 11.16 Program: Outlines
12.5 Making Functions Private to a Module 12.13 Overriding a Built-in Function in All Packages 12.15 Customizing Warnings 12.19 Writing Extensions in C with Inline::C
13.7 Copy Constructors
14.8 Saving Query Results to Excel or CSV 14.10 Escaping Quotes 14.11 Dealing with Database Errors 14.12 Repeating Queries Efficiently 14.13 Building Queries Programmatically 14.14 Finding the Number of Rows Returned by a Query 14.15 Using Transactions 14.16 Viewing Data One Page at a Time 14.17 Querying a CSV File with SQL 14.18 Using SQL Without a Database Server
15.18 Graphing Data 15.19 Thumbnailing Images 15.20 Adding Text to an Image 15.23 Program: graphbox
16.22 Turning Signals into Fatal Errors
17.14 Multitasking Server with Threads 17.15 Writing a Multitasking Server with POE 17.19 Managing Multiple Streams of Input
18.8 Accessing an LDAP Server 18.9 Sending Attachments in Mail 18.10 Extracting Attachments from Mail 18.11 Writing an XML-RPC Server 18.12 Writing an XML-RPC Client 18.13 Writing a SOAP Server 18.14 Writing a SOAP Client 18.15 Program: rfrm
20.14 Using Cookies 20.15 Fetching Password-Protected Pages 20.16 Fetching https:// Web Pages 20.17 Resuming an HTTP GET 20.18 Parsing HTML 20.19 Extracting Tble Data 20.21 Program: hrefsub
21.1 Authenticating 21.2 Setting Cookies 21.3 Accessing Cookie Values 21.4 Redirecting the Browser 21.5 Interrogating Headers 21.6 Accessing Form Parameters 21.7 Receiving Uploaded Files 21.8 Speeding Up Database Access 21.9 Customizing Apache's Logging 21.10 Transparently Storing Information in URLs 21.11 Communicating Between mod_perl and PHP 21.12 Migrating from CGI to mod_perl 21.13 Sharing Information Between Handlers 21.14 Reloading Changed Modules 21.15 Benchmarking a mod_perl Application 21.16 Templating with HTML::Mason 21.17 Templating with Template Toolkit
22.1 Parsing XML into Data Structures 22.2 Parsing XML into a DOM Tree 22.3 Parsing XML into SAX Events 22.4 Making Simple Changes to Elements or Text 22.5 Validating XML 22.6 Finding Elements and Text Within and XML Document 22.7 Processing SML Stylesheet Transformations 22.8 Processing Files Larger Than Available Memory 22.9 Reading and Writing RSS Files 22.10 Writing XML


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"The clouds cleared, but there is no sign of sky
The Sun shines, still the darkness rules
The birds chirp, out of agony
The branches sway, but there is no beat
The birds fly of the chaos
Children play, there seem to be no fun
A lass smiled, there was no life
The plane takes off and fly high but whats the point?
The road is busy with traffic where cops keep on clearing the crowd but still it appears empty
Buildings are built high but there is no sight of a tree
People cross each other but there is no smile or any sign of acquaintance
There is light, but it's gradually fading
There is life all around but still it all appears dead"
All these would have been a way opposite if I looked at it in a happier way. This explains what art is. Everything we look, everything we hear, everything we feel, all these are based on our own perspective, there is no use or it is simply lame blaming things around and comforting self with a lie.
a Self Prosecutor


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KCHM is a CHM file viewer written for KDE desktop environment.
It uses the Qt widget toolkit and the KDE core libraries.
WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kchmnew/
There is no configure plist information for this port.
No installation instructions: this port has been deleted.
The package name of this deleted port was: kchm
PKGNAME: kchm
There is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo: There is no distinfo for this port.
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
Number of commits found: 24
KDE3 and QT3 expired on 2013-07-01, remove these ports.
Unfortunately, this also affects some ports using QT3 as a GUI toolkit.
Changes to infrastructure files:
- bsd.kde.mk : obsolete, remove
- bsd.qt.mk : note that a CONFLICTS_BUILD line can probably go after a while
- CHANGES : document the removals from bsd.port.mk
- KNOBS : remove KDE and QT (KDE4 and QT4 should be used instead)
- MOVED : add the removed ports
PR: ports/180745
Submitted by: rene
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Exp-run by: bapt
- update png to 1.5.10
- remove maintainer tags from pkg-descr
Approved by: portmgr
Approved by: bapt (mentor)
- Get Rid MD5 support
Chase after net/openldap24-server update.
Reminded by: miwi
- DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION} is the default and not needed.
PR: ports/153292
Submitted by: myself (pgollucci)
Tested by: -exp run by pav
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
Sync to new bsd.autotools.mk
- update to 1.4.1
Reviewed by: exp8 run on pointyhat
Supported by: miwi
- update to jpeg-8
- Switch SourceForge ports to the new File Release System: categories starting
with D
-Repocopy devel/libtool15 -> libtool22 and libltdl15 -> libltdl22.
-Update libtool and libltdl to 2.2.6a.
-Remove devel/libtool15 and devel/libltdl15.
-Fix ports build with libtool22/libltdl22.
-Bump ports that depend on libltdl22 due to shared library version change.
-Explain what to do update in the UPDATING.
It has been tested with GNOME2, XFCE4, KDE3, KDE4 and other many wm/desktop
and applications in the runtime.
With help: marcus and kwm
Pointyhat-exp: a few times by pav
Tested by: pgollucci, "Romain Tartière" <firstname.lastname@example.com>, and
a few MarcusCom CVS users. Also, I might have missed a few.
Repocopy by: marcus
Approved by: portmgr
- bump all port that indirectly depends on libjpeg and have not yet been bumped
or updated
Requested by: edwin
Bump PORTREVISION's after OpenLDAP update.
Suggested by: rafan
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
Remove always-false/true conditions based on OSVERSION 500000
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/.
- Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}.
- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
- Fix WWW
PR: ports/103238
Submitted by: Vlad GURDIGA <gurdiga(at)gmail.com>
Approved by: Linas Valiukas (maintainer)
Attempt to fix plist on pointyhat.
No response from: maintainer
Post libtool-conversion fixups
Submitted by: pointyhat
Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
Approved by: krion@
Bump PORTREVISION to chase the glib20 shared library update.
Don't overwrite header file of chmlib
Submitted by: maintainer
Reported by: pointyhat
Fix plist
Reported by: pointyhat
Add kchm, a CHM file viewer for KDE
Submitted by: Linas Valiukas <email@example.com>
Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, iXsystems, and RootBSD
8 vulnerabilities affecting 120 ports have been reported in the past 14 days
* - modified, not new
All vulnerabilities
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Over time, lingerie has helped to shape our society's notion of beauty while, at the same time, telling us a lot about cultural issues and revealing our ideas of power, status and sexuality.
Lingerie fashion has a history of flipping between the painful and practical, to favoring boyishness or exuberant femininity. Bras were designed to flatten when the skinny flapper dresses of the 20's required a deflated chest and in the 1500's corsets caused women to faint in order to accentuate child-bearing attributes.
Lingerie has come a long way, now with a dizzying selection of undergarments that pad, tighten, contort, control or reveal the feature of choice. But there is always something beautiful about the mystery of what is hidden, and the lady who is classically covered. After decades of g-strings and push-ups we're seeing the sensual, burlesque trend emerge and once again reconsidering our notion of beauty.


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Not wasting any time getting the fundraising effort started on the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, AMPAS president Tom Sherak and CEO Dawn Hudson have landed a big fish to chair their capital fundraising effort: Walt Disney President and CEO Bob Iger (whose ABC network happens to air the Oscar telecast), along with fellow Academy members Annette Bening and Tom Hanks as co-chairs.
During a phone interview, Sherak admitted that as soon as the Memorandum of Understanding (which gives the Academy 18 months to raise funding) with LACMA was closed, they had a reason to pursue this long-held dream as quickly as possible. The museum would already exist without the 2007/2008 recession, he insists. "We didn't let the dream get away from us. It's now becoming real again." To that end the Academy is endowing $50 million in seed money, for starters. And Iger quickly agreed when asked to chair. "He saw what this museum would mean to the industry and LA, putting a lot of people to work, and bringing people from all over the world to see what we do as a community," said Sherak.
The Academy and LACMA are working together to create the Academy Museum at LACMA's 300,000 square-foot May Company building at Fairfax and WIlshire, twice the size of their originally planned structure. The Academy is betting that partnering with LACMA and using an existing facility instead of building from scratch will help them to raise the hundreds of millions they could not get in an unforgiving economy. But they now need half of the $400 million they needed before. The Academy and LACMA are hoping to have a completed museum within five years.
This partnership was the brainchild of LACMA chief Michael Govan (who collaborated with then-Film Independent chief Hudson on LACMA's film program), who has built twelve museums over the years. He approached the Academy a year and a half ago. The two organizations plan to create both permanent and rotating exhibitions, as well as an interactive exp;oration of the evolution of the movies.
The Academy has been talking about a movie museum since the 60s. They developed plans for a hi-tech interactive celebration of Hollywood, hired and fired museum design firms and French architect Christian de Portzamparc, and sought helpful suggestions from the industry's best and brightest (from Leonard Maltin to Steven Spielberg), but yielded little progress beyond a controversial $50-million construction site on Vine that still needs to be cleaned up. Some early members of the Museum committee felt strongly that the long-awaited museum should be located in Hollywood on those blocks adjacent to their Mary Pickford Study Center, which houses the Academy's film archives and theater. The Academy will hang onto the property, and plans to turn it into an outdoor theater and exhibition site while the museum gets up and running. Heather Cochran remains in the charge of the museum effort on the Academy side.
"The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures represents a bold new way of saving and presenting film history," said Iger. "It will innovate not only the museum experience, but also the public's relationship to the art form."
The museum "will give so much to our city, to historians, and to visitors from all over the world, who love movies," said Bening.
Added Hanks: "The movies have done so much to shape world culture and our own lives. Preserving and sharing their history with the public should be an important undertaking for us all."
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[February 05, 2014]
Benjamin Yount
SPRINGFIELD (Illinois Watchdog) — Illinois
could change the way it pays for public schools.
Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, has a plan. He wants to put
Illinois' $6 billion in school spending in a big pile and hand it
out based on need.
"We're going to put 96 percent of what we appropriate through the
'equity lens', that's the proposal," he said Monday. "We (will)
attach money to goals and outcomes — identifying students that are
at risk, identifying students that are English language learners."
Money for now falls into some nine categories and, said Manar, need
is a factor in fewer than half of those. Illinois would not spend
any new money under his plan. Rather, it would spend it differently.
"While we could have a rigorous debate about the levels we fund
schools, we'll never have that debate until we get the distribution
formula right," Manar said.
If the state is going to pay less for schools, says LeRoy schools
Superintendent Gary Tipsord,the state should get less of a say in
how schools spend their money.
"Think of it like a business. If you are a minority investor, why
should you have the greatest say in the outcomes at the local level?" Tipsord asked.
"If my local investors, my local taxpayers,
are footing 75 percent to 80 percent of the bill, why shouldn't they
have the greatest say in the expectations of LeRoy schools?"
Tipsord would like to get some leeway from the state for assessments
and standardized tests and tailor them to his district. As the state
pays less for local schools and local taxpayers pay more, it becomes
all about control.
"Should education in every community, every town, every city, every
type of school, should it look exactly the same as everybody else?"
Tipsord thinks schools should have the local flexibility to make
their own decisions.
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That could happen, Manar said.
It should happen, said Joshua Dwyer, director of education reform at
the Illinois Policy Institute.
"There was a bill last year that would have allowed districts to not
be forced to abide by the state mandates if the state was more than
two months past due on payment to the district. This could
potentially help local school districts have more freedom in their
curriculum and administrative procedures," Dwyer said. "In general,
many researchers and educators believe that the more local the decision-making
the better."
A wave of local control and school choice appears in Illinois this
year seems unlikely. But, Tipsord said, Illinois lawmakers could at
least be honest with local schools about the money schools won't be
"If they could create some predictability in the budget process," Tipsord said.
"Whether that means if they change the budget cycle, and they let us know of a
calendar-year basis. Or if they would do a multi-year budget cycle for
As it stands, Tipsord and schools across the state are making budget
decisions this month while lawmakers won't even start talking about
a new state budget until the end of March.
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Southwest Renewable Energy Fair
duBois Center, NAU
August 9, 2002
Man was the first creature to use fossil fuel…or was he?
E. Allan Blair, Ph.D.
Fossil energy or fossil fuel is solar energy stored as chemical energy in the form of coal, petroleum, and natural gas. It is plant material that has accumulated in sediments and thereby removed from the biosphere. If the plant material had stayed at the surface of the earth (in the biosphere), it would have been decomposed to carbon dioxide and water by bacterial action.
Ecology books present the concept that life consumes energy and that all energy for life comes from the sun. Plants collect solar energy by photosynthesis and everything else gets its energy by eating the plants or other creatures that eat plants, or directly from the sun. An exception to this rule has been recently discovered in a group of creatures living on geothermal and geochemical energy on the ocean floor. Since it was so unusual, it attracted a great deal of attention.
Since about 1600, man has not obeyed the rule that energy for life comes from the sun. Before Elizabethan times, man had no other energy source except the sun. It furnished not only our food, but our warmth and shelter–our warmth from burning wood or animal fat, and our shelter (including clothing) from wood, other vegetable materials, or animal skins. The world could only support the number of humans that the sun's energy could support.
Then, in the Elizabethan age, man learned to use coal, a fossil fuel. The use of fossil fuel meant that man's population could increase beyond the number that solar energy could support. If the use of fossil fuels stopped, a large portion of the people on Earth would freeze or starve. There are still places where the only source of energy for human life is the sun. We call them underdeveloped nations.
Man was the first creature that learned to use fossil fuels—-Or was he?
The latest knowledge of geochemistry says that when the Earth was formed about 4.6 billion years ago, it had an atmosphere consisting mostly of nitrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide. The heat from the sun evaporated water and caused rain as it does now. Some of that rain came as thunderstorms, and as shown by the work of Urey and Miller in 1953, the lightning caused the gases of the atmosphere to react to form organic compounds. These compounds, which included all of the chemical building blocks of life, were washed into the oceans where they collected like salt does today. Also, since there was no oxygen in the atmosphere, there was no ozonosphere to absorb the ultraviolet radiation from the sun, so the surface of the earth was exposed to a tremendous amount of UV radiation. Talk about sunburn! Ultraviolet radiation is used today to promote chemical reactions, and in those ancient days, it must have caused further reactions of the compounds formed by lightning. In addition, the volcanic hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor caused more, and probably different reactions.
Those organic compounds in the ocean were formed, either directly or indirectly, by solar energy. Solar energy caused the thunderstorms and lightning and solar energy in the form of UV radiation caused the lightning formed compounds to combine into more complex chemical compounds. This "primordial soup" was solar energy stored as chemical energy, just like the other fossil fuels. Some reactions may have taken place in the ocean floor geothermal vents, where the pressures and therefore temperatures are much higher than can be achieved on the surface of the earth.
Over the approximately 600 million years before the beginning of life (that is as long as the time that the earth has been occupied by multicelled organisms), these organic compounds accumulated in the ocean, and must have reached a fairly high concentration. During that time, the environment of the earth was constantly changing. Organic compounds (compounds containing carbon) were accumulating in the oceans, and the composition of the atmosphere was changing as the original gases were used up.
Then about 4 billion years ago, some of these organic compounds joined together to form chemical compounds with some of the characteristics of life. They could use the energy of some of the other compounds in the primordial soup of the ocean to reproduce themselves, breaking down part of the material to carbon dioxide, water, and nitrogen compounds. These "living" compounds eventually organized themselves into something like protozoa and eventually, they used up all the organic compounds in the oceans, converting them into "bio-mass", nitrogen compounds, and carbon dioxide.
During that time, the environment of earth was still changing constantly, as the chemicals in the primordial soup were used up by the "proto life" and converted to "living" compounds while the carbon dioxide and nitrogen in the atmosphere were replenished. This was the first example of the consumption of fossil solar energy. The compounds in the primordial soup that had accumulated for 600 million years were consumed by the new proto life, and the environment was changed by their action.
The oceans must have looked like fermenting beer, full of micro-organisms living on dissolved organic material. The land was totally barren, because there was no food there (it had all been washed into the ocean,) and UV sterilized everything. The atmosphere again consisted of methane, carbon dioxide and nitrogen, and did not contain any oxygen at all. There was probably no life in fresh water either, because there was little food there.
When the living (or semi living) creatures had used up all the chemical compounds in the primordial soup that had been created by solar energy, about 2.8 billion years ago, they had to find something else to live on. Talk about an energy crisis! It involved all life on earth, not just the small fraction of Homo Sapiens that live in "developed nations." By that time, the living chemicals had probably organized themselves into cells and may have developed cell walls, like bacteria and algae have. They had converted all available organic compounds into biomass and the gases carbon dioxide and nitrogen. Probably, some of these "creatures" had mastered the art of eating the proto-living compounds in the sea, and became the first "primary consumers."
In order to survive, life had to find a new energy source!
It did, in the form of photosynthesis. In photosynthesis, plants absorb sunlight, and use its energy to convert carbon dioxide and water to carbohydrates (starch and cellulose) and oxygen. Imagine the environmental impact statement for that new chemical process! It changed the composition of the entire atmosphere from oxygen free to oxygen rich, removed most of the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and made it possible for life to invade the land. It changed the entire atmosphere and surface of the Earth. Even the US Army Corps of Engineers never did anything so outrageous!
When a high enough concentration of oxygen had been developed in the atmosphere, the ozonosphere was formed, protecting the surface of the earth from UV radiation, and life could eventually move onto the land without dying of sunburn. There was no food there, but photosynthesis made that unnecessary. All plants needed was sunlight, carbon dioxide, some minerals, and water. With oxygen available, the Earth could develop modern style ecology, where plant-type life would use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide, nitrogen compounds, and water into oxygen and living matter, and animal-type life (primary consumers) would convert oxygen and living matter into carbon dioxide, water, and nitrogen compounds.
Eventually, most of the carbon dioxide was used up, and the environment reached the first steady state in history. Even that was not an entirely steady state, because plants produced more organic matter than animals could consume. This was removed from the biosphere (the part of the Earth where life exists), by being buried under sediments, and ended up as coal, natural gas, or petroleum–fossil energy.
By now, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has leveled out at a fraction of one percent. Carbon dioxide, nitrogen compounds, potassium, and phosphorus are the limiting factors in the growth of plants. Since there is a shortage of these materials, plants can not use all of the available solar energy for photosynthesis. This has allowed incredible inefficiency in the use of solar energy by plants. Why be efficient if you have more of one resource than you can use?
Western man has learned to find and use fossil energy with greater efficiency than any other creature. All known supplies will be exhausted in a few hundred years, and the first use of it was only four hundred years ago. It took our single celled ancestors about 1.2 billion years to do the same thing. Homo Sapiens is really a wonderfully capable creature!
What will our new energy source be? We don't have many choices. Many potential sources have been used in the past and abandoned in favor of fossil energy. Those include wind, tides, low head water power, direct sun, etc. New sources include ocean currents, ocean water temperature differentials, geothermal, and nuclear energy. All of these alternative sources are hampered by politics and/or by short-term economics.
The one thing of which we can be sure is that Mother Earth cannot support us in the manner to which we are accustomed if we don't find a satisfactory alternative to fossil energy in the next few hundred years.
In modern times, man has shown remarkable ingenuity in finding solutions to problems like this. This one will probably be solved by something that we haven't even thought about. Whatever it is, I doubt that the environmental impact of our new energy source will be any greater than the one that was developed 2.8 billion years ago by our single celled ancestors.
Historical Energy Crises
Date Crisis Solution
1600 Exhaustion of trees in British Isles Use Coal
1820s Exhaustion of trees in Eastern USA by iron industry Ship coal from frontier, build canals
1830s-1940 Stopping canal shipments by drought or freezing Build railroads
1974-1978 Gasoline Crisis Raise gasoline price


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On May 8, 2018, the famous Met Gala was held at The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters in New York, USA.
A large-scale and internationally renowned event that brings together the most important celebrities of the moment in a tribute to fashion and art with the goal of raising funds for the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of the city of New York
Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, Arianna Grande - Met Gala 2018
This magnificent event also known as the "Oscars" of the East Coast, offers a visual spectacle, more impressive every year, which shows us the most daring face of the city that never sleeps.
The subject of this 2018 was Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, interpreted by a list of celebrities and designers in search of the expected red carpet and expressing in each outfit the undeniable link that exists between religion, fashion, and art.
Although the subject could be perceived as controversial, most celebrities paid tribute to the Catholic Church and how it has inspired designers for centuries.
Andrew Garfield - Met Gala 2018
Along with President Anna Wintour were co-chairs Amal Clooney, Rihanna, and Donatella Versace.
On the expected red carpet, influencing stars as Arianna Grande, Diane Kruger, Madonna and more took the show, glancing the audience with stunning designs following the night's special theme.
Amal and George Clooney - Met Gala 2018
About the exhibit and the Costume Institute
The exhibition of the Costume Institute in the spring of 2018 presents a dialogue between fashion and medieval art of the Met collection paying homage to the constant link between fashion and devotional practices and the traditions of Catholicism in an exhibition that is possible thanks to Christine and Stephen A. Schwarzman and the Versace brand.
In the Anna Wintour Costume Institute, the papal tunic and the accessories of the Sistine Chapel vestry are displayed, many of which have never been seen outside the Vatican.
The fashions from the early twentieth century to the present are displayed in Byzantine and medieval galleries, part of the Robert Lehman wing and in the Met cloisters.
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I am always amazed when I am working on formatting issues with my students and I mention to them that they should have just one space after a period, not two. Alas, the consternation! The heavy sighs, the panicked looks, the livid faces! Generally, someone will say, "But my other English teacher said we should have TWO spaces after a period."
I'm always tempted to say, "But is your other English teacher giving you a grade for this class?"
Instead, though, I work to smooth over ruffled feathers. You see, people really don't like change, and students like change least of all. And when you start messing with their spaces after punctuation, well, you have a potential mutiny on your hands. Yes, they're right. The rule USED to be two spaces after a colon, a period, and other closing punctuation marks. However, now it's one space.
Why only one space? The publishing industry is partly to blame. In publishing, space is money, and an extra space after each closing punctuation mark is wasted space--and therefore, wasted money.
Additionally, PCs have to take part of the blame. Remember the old Courier font? Well, each letter of the Courier font takes up the same amount of space--for example, an i and an m would each take up the same amount of space--so we needed two spaces after the period in order to be better able to recognize where one sentence stopped and the next began. Now, however, we have proportional-spacing fonts, which means that each letter takes up only the amount of space it needs--an i takes up less space than an m, and therefore one space after a period is sufficient.
Bill Walsh, copy chief at The Washington Post's National Desk, discusses the spacing issue in the first chapter of his book The Elephants of Style: A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English:
Are you still putting two spaces after periods, exclamation points, question marks and colons? You shouldn't be. Some places are still clinging to this typewriter convention, no doubt, but as a standard operating procedure it went out with the IBM Selectric. (3)If you're a student, however, you're perhaps more interested in what your particular citation format handbook has to say. Here is a rundown of a few of the more commonly used citation styles:
APA Style, from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 15th ed. (2001), p. 290
5.11 Spacing and Punctuation
Space once after all punctuation as follows:
Exception: Do not space after internal periods in abbreviations (e.g., a.m., i.e., U.S.) or around colons in ratios.
- after commas, colons, and semicolons;
- after punctuation marks at the ends of sentences;
- after periods that separate parts of a reference citation; and
- after the periods of the initials in personal names (e.g., J. R. Zhang).
CMS Style, from The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. (2003), p. 61
2.12 Line spacing and word spacing.
A single character space, not two spaces, should be left after periods at the ends of sentences (both in manuscript and in final, published form) and after colons.
Turabian Style, from A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th ed., p. 375
A.1.3 Spacing and Indentation
Put only one space, not two, following the terminal punctuation of a sentence.
MLA Style, from MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. (2003), pp. 93-94
3.2.12 Spacing after Concluding Punctuation MarksI deal with MLA format last because although the other formats require one space after closing punctuation, MLA is a little, well, forgiving:
Publications in the United States today usually have the same spacing after a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point as between words on the same line. Since word processors make available the same fonts used by typesetters for printed works, many writers, influenced by the look of typeset publications, now leave only one space after a concluding punctuation mark. In addition, most publisher's guidelines for preparing a manuscript on disk ask professional authors to type only the spaces that are to appear in print. [. . . ] [I]nternal punctuation marks, such as a colon, a comma, and a semicolon, should always be followed by one space.
As a practical matter, however, there is nothing wrong with using two spaces after concluding punctuation marks unless an instructor requests that you do otherwise. (94)And I say, come now, MLA! What gives?
I suspect that the Modern Language Association is catering to the traditionalists who can't break the habit (or simply aren't willing to) of typing two spaces after a period; therefore, the MLA Handbook offers them a one-sentence license to forgo industry and academic standards. Is it any wonder my students complain that their other English teacher did things differently?
Bottom line: One space after closing punctuation. Period.


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About Largess
The following information about largesse was written by Tsuruko Sensei for a class she gives on the subject. Other notes and comments were supplied by Dame Gwen the Potter, Magistra Aelianora de Wyntringham, and Marquessa Laurellen de Brandevin. All content copyright previous mentioned authors 2014.
What is Largesse?
Largesse is a gift or token given by Their Majesties or Their Excellencies to deserving individuals and to those they meet in their travels throughout and outside of the Kingdom.They are proud of the talents of their people and An Tir's excellent largesse has a good reputation throughout the Known World.
Contributing to Largesse:
If you want to contribute something for Their Majesties or Their Excellencies to use as largesse you can contact their head of retinue for guidance.Their Excellencies Conchobar & Eilidh's Head of Retinue is Magistra Aelianora de Wyntringham. Also, many reigns have a website that can be accessed from the An Tir website that gives their suggestions for largesse items. There is no limit to the number of items you can contribute. One item or many items are all equally appreciated.
Why Give Largesse?
Giving largesse is an excellent opportunity to show your work to a wide audience and gain name fame for both you and your home branch.If you contribute something please be sure to attach your SCA name and branch to the item.Their Majesties and Their Excellencies travel widely and bestow gifts along those travels so you may not actually see your item given out.Your talent and generosity is much appreciated by Them even if you are not publicly acknowledged by name.The recipient is grateful and knows who made this wonderful item thanks to the identification you've hopefully included with that item.At a Kingdom or Baronial event there will sometimes be an area for artisans to display their largesse items before being given; another reason to be sure to attach identification to your item.
If you're not an artisan please consider sponsoring an artisan to make largesse items.
Good Items for Largesse:
Many things can be given as largesse, however, it's generally a good idea to avoid things that are scented or food/drink items unless specifically requested. Your gift can be given to anyone and many people have allergies or other sensitivities. Remember too that these items must be transported to events and this sometimes means limited packing space such a traveling by air. Items that are difficult to handle or are fragile may not travel well.
Below is a general list of some things that can be contributed as largesse; this is not an all-inclusive list.
- Bags, pouches, napkins or table linens made from natural fibers
- Small boxes or containers
- Fabric -- natural fibers
- Handcrafted trim, hand spun silk, wool, or linen; handmade felt items
- Hats, veils or hoods
- Illuminated note cards (please put them in an envelope or box to prevent damage)
- Jewelry, semi precious stones or lamp worked beads
- Children's items such as period games, wooden toys, etc.
- Metal work/small hand forged items (eating ware, small hooks, buttons, pins etc)
- Pottery (smaller items preferred)
- Sewing kits or similar practical items
- Small journals or books
- Tassels and other ornaments that can be used to decorate largesse (please use natural looking yarns or thread)
And here's some more ideas:
Just about anything handmade can be largess. Any 100% wool or linen yardage in heraldic colors is good, as is hand-spun yarn, spindles and spindle whorls, hand-woven baskets, hand painted cards, hand-made brushes, small blown glass items, sewing items such as needle cases, pin cushions, period-looking scissors, pewter items (spoons, coins, buttons), knives, rattan, duct tape, rivets, shield blanks, hand-made pouches & bags, small leather items, Norse wire weaving, hand-made glass beads, pottery, tent stakes, small wooden boxes.this is just a partial list.
Hand-made items are always the bonus.
There are some things that are not as appropriate as largesse. Avoid food, alcohol, scented candles, circlets, chains that could be mistaken for a knight's chain, earrings, modern-looking jewelry, white or red belts, candy/cookies, and large bulky items that could be hard to transport. Also avoid things that look like "garage sale items" or "thrift store items"... such as cotton doilies... Think about how you would feel if you received an item that obviously came from a garage sale.


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Bad breath, plaque, tartar build-up and worse–according to the American Veterinary Dental College, cat or dog periodontal disease is the most common medical ailment of adult pets. Because they cannot brush their teeth, bacteria in their mouths form plaque. Minerals occurring naturally in their saliva harden this plaque into tartar, or dental calculus, on their teeth. The AVDC states that most dogs and cats have at least mild periodontal disease by the time they are three years old.


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Dresses such as these were imported from the Phillipines after the war and were snapped in droves by mothers who wanted to show off their new "baby boomers". Made of a sheer linen, it is hand embroidered in a teensy floral pattern which accentuates the neckline and ambles down the front to the hem. It has a 2 button closure in the back. The measurements are as follows:
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After two violent weekends in Chicago, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is urging legislators to pass legislation that he says will make neighborhoods safer.
The Illinois Public Safety Act would ban the sale or delivery of assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines. It would also require background checks for the transfer of guns.
On Sunday, July 13, 2014, Governor Quinn met Congresswoman Robin Kelly at the site of a recent fatal shooting in Chicago's Morgan Park neighborhood. Over the July 11-13 weekend, three people were shot and 21 wounded. Over the 4th of July weekend, 14 people were shot and 82 wounded.
"The recent epidemic of violence in Chicago is unacceptable and we must join together to fight back," he said in a press release. "Public safety is government's foremost mission and Illinois should not wait any longer to act. There are too many victims of a war being waged on our streets, a war fueled in part by the availability of deadly, military-style assault weapons that have no purpose other than killing.
"We must work together to protect the lives of those we love and stop what's happening in our communities. I urge the Illinois General Assembly to take a stand and pass the legislation that will save lives and protect communities."
Seven states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws banning assault weapons: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York. In addition, Minnesota and Virginia regulate assault weapons.


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Giving clear and calm directions allowed Duke to adjust and follow our lead. Taking time for me to unwind was important so that I could be calm while including him while caring for Kelsyann and adjusting to home. This is important for all new Moms to keep in mind. When you come home you feel like doing all the things you could do before the baby. Coming home from the hospital can be hard and I encourage you to pace yourself and surround yourself with support. You need to focus on your recovery and the baby. Even more important if Mom is breastfeeding. Take your time and go it at your own pace. It will work out.
In our next post....how about the other dogs? What helped with them in the first days? Stay tuned!
Here is Duke during while my husband changes Kelsyann's 2nd diaper at home.


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HOUSTON, B.C. - An Alaska man has been seriously injured in a bear attack in northwestern B.C.
The 65-year-old was attacked Tuesday evening while fishing at a popular spot on the Morice River south of Houston, about 60 kilometres south of Smithers in the Bulkley Valley.
Conservation officers say the bear was with a cub and the attack appears defensive.
The man suffered severe head and facial injuries as well as gashes and puncture wounds to his upper body.
He was airlifted to hospital in Vancouver where he remains.
A campground not far from the scene of the attack has been closed and officials are urging residents to stay out of the area until further notice. (CFTK)
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You are, I assume, settling into Autumn along with me. Welcome to Fall.
You know you need a little spice to warm things up.
Now, I don't generally do "coming out" or erotica on this site, but I have something you must read if you want to add a little extra heat to your reading list.
Dreaming of Her, by Maggie Morton, published by Bold Strokes (one of our favorites!) is sugar, spice, and everything nice. Granted, the first fifty pages or so are slow, but get to page 130 (don't skip ahead!) and you'll be so glad you kept going.
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"Isa has begun to dream of the most amazing woman—a woman named Lilith with a gorgeous face, an amazing body, and the ability to turn Isa on like no other. But Lilith is just a dream...isn't she?
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The Equarius Hotel is a of Resorts World™ Sentosa where guests are accommodated in oversized rooms with panoramic views of either forest or sea. Guests are rooms are fitted with luxe mattresses paired with 400 thread count Egyptian cotton bed linen and spacious bathrooms with double vanity areas. Guests staying in suite rooms can also take advantage of the exclusive 24-hour personal butler service.
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The festive season perhaps calls for an abundance of staycations. Sentosa, divorced from the bustle of the mainland, absorbs many of these locals looking to get away from citylife for a bit. Equarius therefore has an extremely alluring location, and the seclusion of the hotel only furthers that effect, since Sentosa, despite being marketed as a place for a getaway, is still pretty urbanized.
The pool is definitely one of the biggest draws the hotel holds. It is large and situated in a tranquil environment - perfect for relaxation. Floating on the pool surrounded by water on all sides and lush greenery beyond the water is definitely an extremely soothing, calming experience. The balcony attached to our room (I'm not sure whether all rooms have similar-sized balconies) was also great for lounging around at, especially late at night, when we didn't want to leave the comfort of our hotel rooms.
The service staff were friendly and warm, although I found that the service could sometimes be a bit slow. I tried to call for more towels but they delivered them pretty late.
In all, Equarius can be a great place to go if you're looking for a place to relax, but not if you're looking to have fun visiting the theme parks and other attractions in Sentosa, due to the distance from said landmarks.
The most important criteria for a good hotel stay is of course being able to find the hotel in the first place. Equarius hotel is isolated and is located in the outskirts of RWS and the directions to the place were so poor (it is not listed on signages) that I almost gave up finding the hotel and was resigned to sleeping on the streets. So to Equarius, please do something to help us guests find your hotel better. And to all potential guests, follow the directions to ESPA (located beside Equarius and whose location is shown in signages).
Aside from that, the service at Equarius was impeccable and the service staff were all accomodating. The rooms were beyond comfortable with an amazing view (we chose the hotel facing the forest). Perfect for a romantic staycation.
I strolled along it's path searching high and low for the entrance door. The first one I entered was the wrong one. It was flooded with men clad in tuxedos and bow ties, clinging and clanging their delicate glass of wine. After questioning the limited population there for an extensive GPRS system, I succeeded in attaining this isolated destination.
It was a rather isolated hotel compared to the other three; Festive, Hard Rock and Michael Hotel. I was burning in curiosity as to how this hotel would look like. Especially their pool. I caught a glimpse of a winding green slide from afar. The hotels here are known to boast a diverse supply of unique designed pools. Hence, it was simply natural that I linked the slide and Equarius Hotel pools into one. It totally fuelled me with an extreme effervescence of excitement, I even disregarded the blazing sun that was beaming down upon me.
I was slightly disappointed when I reached the poolside. The hotel was isolated but the location as to where the pool was is definitely the isolated of all isolations. There was one humongous pool that was connected to the resorts there. It was rather deafening. No splish. No splash. Nothing. The water was still. I thought a swarm of mosquitos could lay trillions of eggs there had they not been chlorinated. The area was littered with deck chairs. There was no sign that a human was there. Maybe only the worker, for there are those neatly stacked towels arranged nearby the deck chairs. It was rather serene though. The pool was carpeted with dark blue tiles. The shallow pools from the resorts verandas streamed into the main river pools. It was rather breathtaking actually! The ideal setting to set my shutter button on my cameras ablaze.
Apart from the memorable pools, untouched towels and numerous deck chairs, the entire venue buzzed with silence. Was I in a library? Even the library had the constant sound of pages flipping and pens scribbling and scrawling across rough edged papers. It seemed like I had ventured into a travel channel on television that was being placed on mute!
However, the service there brimmed with excellence. They even offered a free tram ride anywhere or even everywhere around this punily exotic island!
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My brother booked a room in this hotel using the privilege from his RWS Invite card. At that time, the hotel was not fully ready yet, some parts of the hotel were still under construction.
We were given an upper level room, there was a balcony as big as the room itself. We thought it would be a good idea to let our children experience camping so my brother went back to take his tent and set up on the balcony.
It was an unique experience for my children, being able to camp outdoor but also relatively close to the comfort of a hotel room so anytime that they felt they had enough of the outdoor, they can just come back indoor.
I stayed at level 5 (the highest level) and once you walk out from the lift lobby, you know at once that this hotel is upscale-luxury quality. The design of the walls and lighting provided good ambience and a high class feel while walking to my hotel room.
Internally, it was adorned with good quality furniture and fittings and it bore a huge double vanity toilet! The most wonderful thing about the room is the bed, it was a very comfortably deep set california king size bed! Can you imagine that! When I woke up in the morning, I was also welcomed by the warm sunshine that enters through the balcony right infront of the bed. Standing at the balcony, in front of my eyes was a large landscaped forest, and on the left was the sea. It definitely has a very good view!
I stayed in this Equarius a couple of months ago. The lobby was spacious with comfortable couches complemented by lulling background music. They even served us lemongrass water while we were waiting for our rooms to be prepared – great service!
The aroma from the scented flowers was far too overwhelming though, it could have been better if they toned down the scent a bit. I was pleasantly surprised when I went into the toilet on the ground floor as it was really luxurious, with a couch within as well as ample makeup corners. There were also potted plants in every single cubicle; I thought that was rather refreshing. Needless to say, the toilet in the room I booked was equally luxurious, with toiletries of good quality, two basins, as well as separate cubicles for the bathtub, shower and toilet bowl. The bed was comfy, but I found the pillow far too soft for my comfort; it's my personal preference though.
This hotel might be relatively new, but its quality is definitely on par with the other hotels; worth it!
Located in Resorts World Sentosa, it is no wonder that this hotel is a luxurious one.
The toilet is very spacious and has both a shower and a bath tub. Complimentary bath salts are provided so that you can have a pleasurable soak in the bath tub. There is even a head rest to make your experience more enjoyable.
I stayed on the first floor so I had a balcony which leads to a private pool, accessible by all customers staying on the first floor.
Other complimentary items included TWG tea sachets, bottled water and toiletries. If I had to name one thing I disliked, it would be the smell of all the soaps.


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Ventricular tachycardia
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Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a type of regular and fast heart rate that arises from improper electrical activity in the ventricles of the heart.[1] Although a few seconds may not result in problems, longer periods are dangerous.[1] Short periods may occur without symptoms or present with lightheadedness, palpitations, or chest pain.[2] Ventricular tachycardia may result in cardiac arrest and turn into ventricular fibrillation.[1][2] Ventricular tachycardia is found initially in about 7% of people in cardiac arrest.[2]
Ventricular tachycardia can occur due to coronary heart disease, aortic stenosis, cardiomyopathy, electrolyte problems, or a heart attack.[1][2] Diagnosis is by an electrocardiogram (ECG) showing a rate of greater than 120 bpm and at least three wide QRS complexes in a row. It is classified as non-sustained versus sustained based on whether or not it lasts less than or more than 30 seconds. The term "ventricular tachycardias" refers to the group of irregular heartbeats that includes ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, and torsades de pointes.[2]
In those who have a normal blood pressure and strong pulse, the antiarrhythmic medication procainamide may be used.[2] Otherwise immediate cardioversion is recommended.[2] In those in cardiac arrest due to ventricular tachycardia cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation is recommended. Biphasic defibrillation may be better than monophasic. While waiting for a defibrillator, a precordial thump may be attempted in those on a heart monitor who are seen to go into an unstable ventricular tachycardia.[3] In those with cardiac arrest due to ventricular tachycardia survival is about 45%. An implantable cardiac defibrillator or medications such as calcium channel blockers or amiodarone may be used to prevent recurrence.[2]
Signs and symptoms
While a few seconds may not result in problems longer periods are dangerous.[1] Short periods may occur without symptoms or present with lightheadedness, palpitations, or chest pain.[2] Ventricular tachycardia may result in cardiac arrest and turn into ventricular fibrillation.[1][2]
Ventricular tachycardia can occur due to coronary heart disease, aortic stenosis, cardiomyopathy, electrolyte problems, or a heart attack.[1][2]
The morphology of the tachycardia depends on its cause.
In monomorphic ventricular tachycardia, all the beats look the same because the impulse is either being generated from increased automaticity of a single point in either the left or the right ventricle, or due to a reentry circuit within the ventricle. The most common cause of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia is myocardial scarring from a previous myocardial infarction (heart attack). This scar cannot conduct electrical activity, so there is a potential circuit around the scar that results in the tachycardia. This is similar to the re-entrant circuits that are the cause of atrial flutter and the re-entrant forms of supraventricular tachycardia. Other rarer congenital causes of monomorphic VT include right ventricular dysplasia, and right and left ventricular outflow tract VT.
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, on the other hand, is most commonly caused by abnormalities of ventricular muscle repolarization. The predisposition to this problem usually manifests on the ECG as a prolongation of the QT interval. QT prolongation may be congenital or acquired. Congenital problems include long QT syndrome and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Acquired problems are usually related to drug toxicity or electrolyte abnormalities, but can occur as a result of myocardial ischemia. Class III anti-arrhythmic drugs such as sotalol and amiodarone prolong the QT interval and may in some circumstances be pro-arrhythmic. Other relatively common drugs including some antibiotics and antihistamines may also be a danger, in particular in combination with one another. Problems with blood levels of potassium, magnesium and calcium may also contribute. High-dose magnesium is often used as an antidote in cardiac arrest protocols.
The diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia is made based on the rhythm seen on either a 12-lead ECG or a telemetry rhythm strip. It may be very difficult to differentiate between ventricular tachycardia and a wide-complex supraventricular tachycardia in some cases. In particular, supraventricular tachycardias with aberrant conduction from pre-existing bundle branch block are commonly misdiagnosed as ventricular tachycardia. Other rarer phenomena include ashman beats and antedromic atrioventricular re-entry tachycardias.
Various diagnostic criteria have been developed to determine whether a wide complex tachycardia is ventricular tachycardia or a more benign rhythm.[4][5] In addition to these diagnostic criteria, if the individual has a past history of a myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or recent angina, the wide complex tachycardia is much more likely to be ventricular tachycardia.[6]
The proper diagnosis is important, as the misdiagnosis of supraventricular tachycardia when ventricular tachycardia is present is associated with worse prognosis. This is particularly true if calcium channel blockers, such as verapamil, are used to attempt to terminate a presumed supraventricular tachycardia.[7] Therefore, it is wisest to assume that all wide complex tachycardia is VT until proven otherwise.
Ventricular tachycardia can be classified based on its morphology:
- Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia means that the appearance of all the beats match each other in each lead of a surface electrocardiogram (ECG).
- Scar-related monomorphic ventricular tachycardia is the most common type and a frequent cause of death in patients having survived a heart attack or myocardial infarction, especially if they have weak heart muscle.[8]
- RVOT tachycardia is a type of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia originating in the right ventricular outflow tract. RVOT morphology refers to the characteristic pattern of this type of tachycardia on an ECG.
- Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, on the other hand, has beat-to-beat variations in morphology. This may appear as a cyclical progressive change in cardiac axis, previously referred to by its French name torsades de pointes ("twisting of the spikes"). However, at the current time, the term torsades de pointes is reserved for polymorphic VT occurring in the context of a prolonged resting QT interval.
Another way to classify ventricular tachycardias is the duration of the episodes: Three or more beats in a row on an ECG that originate from the ventricle at a rate of more than 100 beats per minute constitute a ventricular tachycardia.
- If the fast rhythm self-terminates within 30 seconds, it is considered a non-sustained ventricular tachycardia.
- If the rhythm lasts more than 30 seconds, it is known as a sustained ventricular tachycardia (even if it terminates on its own after 30 seconds).
A third way to classify ventricular tachycardia is on the basis of its symptoms: Pulseless VT is associated with no effective cardiac output, hence, no effective pulse, and is a cause of cardiac arrest. In this circumstance, it is best treated the same way as ventricular fibrillation (VF), and is recognized as one of the shockable rhythms on the cardiac arrest protocol. Some VT is associated with reasonable cardiac output and may even be asymptomatic. The heart usually tolerates this rhythm poorly in the medium to long term, and patients may certainly deteriorate to pulseless VT or to VF.
Less common is ventricular tachycardia that occurs in individuals with structurally normal hearts. This is known as idiopathic ventricular tachycardia and in the monomorphic form coincides with little or no increased risk of sudden cardiac death. In general, idiopathic ventricular tachycardia occurs in younger individuals diagnosed with VT. While the causes of idiopathic VT are not known, in general it is presumed to be congenital, and can be brought on by any number of diverse factors.
Therapy may be directed either at terminating an episode of the arrhythmia or at suppressing a future episode from occurring. The treatment for stable VT is tailored to the specific patient, with regard to how well the individual tolerates episodes of ventricular tachycardia, how frequently episodes occur, their comorbidities, and their wishes. Patients suffering from pulseless VT or unstable VT are hemodynamically compromised and require immediate cardioversion.[9]
If a person still has a pulse, it is usually possible to terminate the episode using cardioversion.[10] This should be synchronized to the heartbeat if the waveform is monomorphic if possible, in order to avoid degeneration of the rhythm to ventricular fibrillation.[10] An initial energy of 100J is recommended.[10] If the waveform is polymorphic, then higher energies and an unsynchronized shock should be provided (also known as defibrillation).[10] As this is uncomfortable, shocks should ideally only be delivered only to a someone who is unconscious or sedated.
A person with pulseless VT is treated the same as ventricular fibrillation with high-energy (360J with a monophasic defibrillator, or 200J with a biphasic defibrillator) unsynchronised cardioversion (defibrillation).[10] They will be unconscious.
The shock may be delivered to the outside of the chest using the two pads of an external defibrillator, or internally to the heart by an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) if one has previously been inserted.
An ICD may also be set to attempt to overdrive pace the ventricle. Pacing the ventricle at a rate faster than the underlying tachycardia can sometimes be effective in terminating the rhythm. If this fails after a short trial, the ICD will usually stop pacing, charge up and deliver a defibrillation grade shock.
For those who are stable with a monomorphic waveform the medications procainamide or sotalol may be used and are better than lidocaine.[11] Evidence does not show that amiodarone is better than procainamide.[11]
As a low magnesium level in the blood is a common cause of VT, magnesium sulfate can be given for torsades de pointes or if a low blood magnesium level is found/suspected.
Long-term anti-arrhythmic therapy may be indicated to prevent recurrence of VT. Beta-blockers and a number of class III anti-arrhythmics are commonly used.
An implantable ICD is more effective than drug therapy for prevention of sudden cardiac death due to VT and VF, but may be constrained by cost issues, as well as patient co-morbidities and patient preference.
Catheter ablation is a possible treatment for those with recurrent VT.[12] Remote magnetic navigation is one effective method to do the procedure.[13]
There was consensus among the task force members that catheter ablation for VT should be considered early in the treatment of patients with recurrent VT. In the past, ablation was often not considered until pharmacological options had been exhausted, often after the patient had suffered substantial morbidity from recurrent episodes of VT and ICD shocks. Antiarrhythmic medications can reduce the frequency of ICD therapies, but have disappointing efficacy and side effects. Advances in technology and understanding of VT substrates now allow ablation of multiple and unstable VTs with acceptable safety and efficacy, even in patients with advanced heart disease.[14]
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- ↑ Neumar, RW; Shuster, M; Callaway, CW; Gent, LM; Atkins, DL; Bhanji, F; Brooks, SC; de Caen, AR; Donnino, MW; Ferrer, JM; Kleinman, ME; Kronick, SL; Lavonas, EJ; Link, MS; Mancini, ME; Morrison, LJ; O'Connor, RE; Samson, RA; Schexnayder, SM; Singletary, EM; Sinz, EH; Travers, AH; Wyckoff, MH; Hazinski, MF (3 November 2015). "Part 1: Executive Summary: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.". Circulation. 132 (18 Suppl 2): S315–67. PMID 26472989.
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- ↑ Wellens HJ, Bär FW, Lie KI (January 1978). "The value of the electrocardiogram in the differential diagnosis of a tachycardia with a widened QRS complex". The American Journal of Medicine. 64 (1): 27–33. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(78)90176-6. PMID 623134.
- ↑ Brugada P, Brugada J, Mont L, Smeets J, Andries EW (May 1991). "A new approach to the differential diagnosis of a regular tachycardia with a wide QRS complex". Circulation. 83 (5): 1649–59. doi:10.1161/01.cir.83.5.1649. PMID 2022022.
- ↑ Baerman JM, Morady F, DiCarlo LA, de Buitleir M (January 1987). "Differentiation of ventricular tachycardia from supraventricular tachycardia with aberration: value of the clinical history". Annals of Emergency Medicine. 16 (1): 40–3. doi:10.1016/S0196-0644(87)80283-4. PMID 3800075.
- ↑ Stewart RB, Bardy GH, Greene HL (June 1986). "Wide complex tachycardia: misdiagnosis and outcome after emergent therapy". Annals of Internal Medicine. 104 (6): 766–71. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-104-6-766. PMID 3706928.
- ↑ John RM, Tedrow UB, Koplan BA, et al. (October 2012). "Ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death". Lancet. 380 (9852): 1520–9. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61413-5. PMID 23101719.
- ↑ Kasper, D. (2012). The Tachyarrhythmias. In Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (18th ed., Vol. 2, pp. 1892-1893). New York: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Link, MS; Atkins, DL; Passman, RS; Halperin, HR; Samson, RA; White, RD; Cudnik, MT; Berg, MD; Kudenchuk, PJ; Kerber, RE (2 November 2010). "Part 6: electrical therapies: automated external defibrillators, defibrillation, cardioversion, and pacing: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.". Circulation. 122 (18 Suppl 3): S706–19. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.970954. PMID 20956222.
- 1 2 deSouza, IS; Martindale, JL; Sinert, R (February 2015). "Antidysrhythmic drug therapy for the termination of stable, monomorphic ventricular tachycardia: a systematic review.". Emergency medicine journal : EMJ. 32 (2): 161–167. doi:10.1136/emermed-2013-202973. PMID 24042252.
- ↑ Aliot EM, Stevenson WG, Almendral-Garrote JM, et al. (June 2009). "EHRA/HRS Expert Consensus on Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias: developed in a partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a Registered Branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS); in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA)". Europace. 11 (6): 771–817. doi:10.1093/europace/eup098. PMID 19443434.
- ↑ Akca, F; Önsesveren, I; Jordaens, L; Szili-Torok, T (June 2012). "Safety and efficacy of the remote magnetic navigation for ablation of ventricular tachycardias--a systematic review.". Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing. 34 (1): 65–71. doi:10.1007/s10840-011-9645-2. PMID 22180126.
- ↑ Wissner E, Stevenson WG, Kuck KH (June 2012). "Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy: where are we today? A clinical review". European Heart Journal. 33 (12): 1440–50. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehs007. PMID 22411192.


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Greg's Newsletter 9/1/2012
by Greg Goodwin
Folks, while we are immersed in the great soap opera of politics, the Presidential race, the real power of the country (Federal Reserve and the banking cartel) is deciding what to do next. Implement QE3 (Quantitative Easing 3) now? The real question is when will QE3 be implemented but be rest assured it will:
As the markets of the world were hanging on what Bernanke and the European Central Banks are going to do, inject billions more into the Western World banking system AGAIN, it just shows that the financial and banking markets only care about today and not our future. The money they create out of thin air will only postpone the inevitable, hyper-inflation and a severe economic down turn.
Yes, the politicians and financial people say it is the fault of government spending too much and yes I agree that is the problem, but "why" have we gone into this unsustainable debt? The real answer, after we remove all the political smoke screens from our view, through influence and manipulation of the government by the banking and financial institutions which have made an economic system favorable for themselves while putting the people and our nation on the hook for their debt they created.
Yes there is a laundry list of things the government and the Federal Reserve shouldn't be doing economically but the number one thing they have spent money on ever since the 2008 collapse is shoring up the banking and financial industries and in turn destroying the free enterprise system which made this country great. Remember Bernanke stating we will not monetize the debt? Well the Federal Reserve is the #1 holder of US debt over $6 trillion, the last time I checked their public accountable balance sheet. Who knows how much more that has been hidden from view? Well we know now, here is the GAO report from auditing the Federal Reserve which just came out today:
So while we hope for a new direction in the White House, we will not have any real change until there is real reform in how our economic system is handled but unfortunately we haven't seen a real process to begin the reforms needed in the banking and financial arenas. If since 2008 the government and the Fed had in place a process to turn the entire economy around, we would be seeing it across the board. In reality the only ones gaining from these economic fixes are the largest of the banks and financial institutions (Who created this disaster) and of course, the government by their growing in size and its influence in everything.
Politicians can't fix these enormous economic problems but leaders and problem solvers can, unfortunately we haven't seen any of those in office for decades. Compromise in government has brought us to where we are today, true leaders hold to a course till the problems are resolved. That is how all major challenges are resolved and now that we are fighting for the very economic survival of the USA, we had better find those leaders soon.


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Superannuation payments and calculations can be a tricky thing for employers, of all sizes, to get right. These challenges came to light last month when the Financial Sector Union of Australia (FSU) claimed that 7,000 part time staff did not receive their full super entitlements from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), with claims dating as far back as 2009. The full extent of the potential underpayment is not known, however, the FSU has said that the majority of those impacted are likely to be women and former employees of the CBA.
What is superannuation and when is it paid?
Superannuation is paid to workers to provide for their retirement. If a worker earns $450 or more before tax in a calendar month, their employer must pay super on top of their wages into a super fund. This payment is made regardless of whether the worker is full time, part time or casual.
The minimum an employer must pay is called the superannuation guarantee. The superannuation guarantee is currently 9.5% of an employee's ordinary time earnings and must be paid at least four times a year.
There are some circumstances where superannuation is payable to a contractor. Contractors may be entitled to superannuation if they are paid wholly or mostly for their labour by one principal. In these circumstances, a contractor may be considered an employee for the purposes of superannuation.
What if a mistake has been made?
If an employer finds that a worker has not been paid the correct superannuation amounts or not paid at all – the underpayment should be rectified immediately. Rectifying the situation as soon as you become aware will minimise any further interest that may be charged by the superannuation fund for late payment.
There are serious consequences for employers not making the correct superannuation payments. Employers who do not pay the correct superannuation can face penalties of up to 75% of the shortfall or be charged fees and interest by the ATO. Employers may also lose their tax deduction eligibility for superannuation contributions. Importantly, if a company has not met its superannuation guarantee obligations, the director/s may become personally liable for a penalty equal to the unpaid amount.
Under the FW Act, the failure of an employer to keep appropriate records relating to superannuation attracts civil penalties. The current rate is up to $54,000 for corporations per breach and $10,800 for individuals per breach.
Reg 3.37 of the Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth) requires employers to keep records relating to:
In order to minimise claims for unpaid superannuation, it is important that a regular superannuation audit be undertaken to ensure that superannuation is being paid to all entitled employees (and maybe contractors).
Shane Koelmeyer is a leading workplace relations lawyer and Director at Workplace Law. Workplace Law is a specialist law firm providing employers with legal advice, training and representation in all aspects of workplace relations, employment-related matters and WH&S.
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Baladna is pleased to share its new report "Sectarian Recruitment: Israel's Policies for Conscripting the Youth of Arab Palestinian Citizens". This report provides a comprehensive historical overview of efforts by the Israeli State to recruit Arab Palestinian youth into the military, including the Druze community, Palestine's marginalized Bedouin communities and the Palestinian Christian citizens.
It outlines the risks this poses in terms of promoting intra-Palestinian sectarianism and weakening shared Palestinian identity.


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Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) has signed a contract with Hill International Company to manage the design stage of its Corniche tower project
The proposed tower will be located on the Corniche Road in Doha and will replace Hill International's present headquarters, a QIMC spokesman revealed recently.
A Gulf News report stated that the signing ceremony was attended by QIMC CEO Abdul Rahman al-Ansari and Hill International Middle East operations CEO Mohammed al-Rayes.
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