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UK Corporate Governance Code
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued an updated corporate governance code for UK companies. Formerly known as the Combined Code, the newly issued UK Corporate Governance Code is a response to the financial crisis which caused shock waves around the world.
The FRC traces the roots of the UK Corporate Governance Code to the Cadbury Committee Report (1992) http://www.ecgi.org/codes/documents/cadbury.pdf and its successor reports. They recognise that 'The Code has been enduring, but it is not immutable. Its fitness for purpose in a permanently changing economic and social business environment requires its evaluation at appropriate intervals'.
The UK Corporate Governance Code (hereafter 'the Code') continues to have at its heart the 'comply or explain' approach which was introduced in the Cadbury Committee Report. Sir Adrian Cadbury in his seminal book 'Corporate Governance and Chairmanship, A Personal View'(2002) stated 'The most obvious consequences of the publication of the 1992 Code of Best Practice was that it put corporate governance on the board agenda. Boards were asked to state in their reports and accounts how far they complied with the Code and to identify and give reasons for areas of non-compliance'. The flexible approach provided by the 'comply or explain' approach is a great strength and has been adopted in many countries.
Code structure
The Code has five sections being Section A: Leadership; Section B: Effectiveness; Section C: Accountability; Section D: Remuneration, and Section E: Relations with Shareholders. There is also currently a Schedule in the Code (Schedule C) 'Engagement Principles for Institutional Shareholders'. This schedule contains three principles: dialogue with companies; evaluation of governance disclosures; and shareholder voting. However it will cease to apply when the Stewardship Code for institutional investors which is being developed by the FRC comes into effect.
Main changes to the Code
The FRC identifies six main changes http://www.frc.org.uk/press/pub2282.html as follows:
(i) 'To improve risk management, the company's business model should be explained and the board should be responsible for determining the nature and extent of the significant risks it is willing to take.
(ii) Performance-related pay should be aligned to the long-term interests of the company and its risk policy and systems.
(iii) To increase accountability, all directors of FTSE 350 companies should be put forward for re-election every year.
(iv) To promote proper debate in the boardroom, there are new principles on the leadership of the chairman, the responsibility of the non-executive directors to provide constructive challenge, and the time commitment expected of all directors.
(v) To encourage boards to be well balanced and avoid "group think" there are new principles on the composition and selection of the board, including the need to appoint members on merit, against objective criteria, and with due regard for the benefits of diversity, including gender diversity.
(vi) To help enhance the board's performance and awareness of its strengths and weaknesses, the chairman should hold regular development reviews with each director and FTSE 350 companies should have externally facilitated board effectiveness reviews at least every three years.'
Contentious changes?
The changes that seem most likely to be contentious and attract most debate relate to the annual re-election of directors and the move to encourage boards to consider diversity, including gender, in board appointments.
Annual re-election of directors
According to Rachel Sanderson and Kate Burgess, in their article 'Directors must be re-elected annually' (FT, page 17, 28th May 2010), the annual re-election of directors in FTSE 350 companies is the most controversial aspect of the Code. They state 'Critics, including the Institute of Directors, have said it will encourage short-termism and be disruptive. Those in favour have said it will make boards more accountable to shareholders'.
The widespread concern about the underperformance of some UK board directors prior to, and during, the recent financial crisis no doubt led to increased support for the idea of the annual re-election of directors.
Another potentially contentious change is the fact that boards are now encouraged to consider the benefits of diversity, including gender, to try to ensure a well-balanced board and avoid 'group think'. Similar provisions may be seen in the German Corporate Governance Code (2009) 'The Supervisory Board appoints and dismisses the members of the Management Board. When appointing the Management Board, the Supervisory Board shall also respect diversity' (5.1.2) and the Dutch Code of Corporate Governance (2008) 'The supervisory board shall aim for a diverse composition in terms of such factors as gender and age (111.3).
The UK has not gone as far as Norway which has, since 2008, enforced a quota of 40% female directors on boards of all publicly listed companies. Similarly Spain introduced an equality law in 2007 requiring companies with 250+ employees to develop gender equality plans which clearly has implications for female appointments to the board.
Whilst it is fair to say that the number of females with experience at board level in large UK companies is relatively limited, non-executive directors can be drawn from a much wider pool including the public sector and voluntary organisations. Their experience can bring new insights to the board, maybe challenging long-accepted views and hence adding value.
Institutional shareholders
As mentioned above, the Code currently contains Schedule C 'Engagement Principles for Institutional Shareholders' but this will be withdrawn when the Stewardship Code becomes operational. The Stewardship Code is being developed separately by the FRC and will set out standards of good governance for institutional investors, the FRC hopes to publish it by the end of June 2010.
Andrew Hill in the FT Lombard column (FT, page 18, 28th May 2010) 'New code sets the high-water mark for governance' discussed the new Code. He points out that 'Now it is up to shareholders, encouraged by their own forthcoming stewardship code, to rise to the challenge……the FRC has set a new high watermark for post-crisis governance standards. The test will be whether investors use it responsibly and maintain sensible pressure on boards, as recession turns to recovery and chief executives' and directors' risk aversion dissipates'.
Concluding comments
The FRC has produced a robust UK Corporate Governance Code, building on the earlier Codes and retaining the flexibility of the 'comply or explain' approach. Future success will be measured by companies following the substance, or spirit of the Code, and not just its form and by institutional shareholders and boards engaging more fully.
The new edition of the Code will apply to financial years beginning on or after 29 June 2010. The Code, and a report explaining the main changes, can be found at: http://www.frc.org.uk/corporate/ukcgcode.cfm
Chris Mallin 28th May 2010
Risk Management
One of the main areas in corporate governance that has caught the headlines recently is risk management. There is a widely held perception that in recent years many boards have not managed the risks associated with their businesses well – whether that was because they did not identify the risks fully or whether because having identified the risks, they did not take appropriate action to manage them.
Review of UK's Combined Code
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC)'s Review of the UK's Combined Code published in December 2009 http://www.frc.org.uk/corporate/reviewCombined.cfm states that 'One of the strongest themes to emerge from the review was the need for boards to take responsibility for assessing the major risks facing the company, agreeing the company's risk profile and tolerance of risk, and overseeing the risk management systems. There was a view that not all boards had carried out this role adequately and in discussion with the
chairmen of listed companies many agreed that the financial crisis had led their boards to devote more time to consideration of the major risks facing the company.' The FRC therefore proposes to make the board's responsibility for risk more explicit in the Code through a new principle and provision. Moreover it also intends to carry out a limited review of the Turnbull Guidance on internal control during 2010.
Many companies, and especially those in the financial sector, have already established risk committees whilst other companies especially smaller companies, may combine the consideration of risk with the role and responsibilities of the audit committee.
Alternative investment market
The UK's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) expanded rapidly during the 12 years following its inception in 1995. Then from 2007 onwards it went into decline. David Blackwell, in his article 'Signs of recovery seen after years of famine' (FT, page 23, 16th December 2009) states that 'Hundreds of companies have left the market, the number of flotations has collapsed and fines for Regal Petroleum and others – albeit for regulatory infringements dating back years – have once again sullied the market's reputation'. Nonetheless he points out that 2009 saw an improvement with the AIM index rising by 62 per cent over the year compared to a rise of 22 per cent in the FTSE 100.
The lighter regulatory touch on AIM has both attractions and drawbacks. On the one hand, companies find it easier to gain a London listing (albeit on AIM rather than the main market); on the other hand, this may bring concomitant risks for investors as they will be investing in companies which may well be riskier than their main market counterparts.
Family firms
Family firms are the dominant form of business in many countries around the world and range from very small businesses to multinational corporations. Richard Milne in his article 'Blood ties serve business well during the crisis' (FT, Page 19, 28th December 2009) points out that the attributes of a typical family business will have stood it in good stead during the recent financial crisis: 'Long-term thinking, conservative, risk-averse: the very characteristics of the typical family business seem to be the ones needed in the economic crisis of the past two years'. Given that they tend to be more conservative, family firms will take less risks, for example, by not over extending themselves with their gearing (leverage).
Banks and financial institutions
Many banks and financial institutions were widely criticised because of the perceived overly generous bonuses paid to some executive directors and senior management at a time when the world is suffering the consequences of a global financial crisis precipitated by bankers who did not seem to fully appreciate the risks involved with some of the products they were trading in. And yet already we see banks again paying out enormous bonuses. Megan Murphy in her article 'Tycoon attacks return of bankers' bonuses' (FT, Page 3, 28th December 2009) quotes Guy Hands, the private equity tycoon, who is highly critical of these big bonuses and speaks of bankers 'taking home "wheelbarrows of money" on the back of taxpayers' support'. Moreover he is quoted as saying 'It cannot be right to continue with a system that allows risk to be taken in the knowledge that, if things go right, bankers will take on average 60-80 per cent of the profits generated through compensation and, if they go wrong, shareholders and ultimately the government will pick up the costs'.
Asset managers
Managing risk is, of course, relevant to all parties in the business and financial world as the article by Sophia Grene 'Managing risk is the main task ahead' (FTfm, Pg 1, 4thJanuary 2010) illustrates. In her article, Sophia points out that 'many financial models failed in the past two years as markets demonstrated they did not behave according to conventional assumptions' and that 'the main challenge for asset managers in the coming decade is understanding, managing and communicating risk'.
Concluding comments
Managing risk and managing it well is an important consideration for boards of directors, whether in main market firms, second tier markets, or family firms. Firms, and especially those in the banking and financial sector, need to pay particular attention to executive director remuneration packages which should not encourage adverse decision-making in terms of the impact on risk, that is, remuneration packages should be designed so that they do not lead to unacceptable risk-taking which may be to the detriment of the long-term sustainability of the company and potentially, as we have already seen, the wider economy.
Please refer to the newly published third edition of my book 'Corporate Governance' for updates to various national and international corporate governance codes and guidelines; board committees including risk and ethics committees; the Alternative Investment Market (AIM); family firms; remuneration packages, and the global financial crisis.
In addition, new material on many other areas including: private equity and sovereign wealth funds; governance in NGOs, public sector/non-profit organisations, and charities; and board diversity. Many examples, mini case studies and clippings from the Financial Times are included to illustrate the application of corporate governance in the real world.
Chris Mallin 7th January 2010
Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance Reform
Corporate governance codes and guidelines have long recognised the important role that institutional investors have to play in corporate governance. As well as being influential in their home countries, institutional investors have increasingly become a more significant force in other countries through their cross-border holdings. Recent corporate governance reforms motivated by the global financial crisis have placed even more emphasis on the role of institutional investors.
Role of Institutional Investors
Back in 1992, the Cadbury Report recognised the role played by institutional investors stating that 'we look to the institutions in particular ' to use their influence as owners to ensure that the companies in which they have invested comply with the Code'. Various codes since then have emphasised the importance of the role. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) publishes the UK's Combined Code on Corporate Governance (commonly known as the Combined Code). The Combined Code (2008), in Section E, identifies three main principles. Firstly it states that 'institutional shareholders should enter into a dialogue with companies based on the mutual understanding of objectives'; secondly 'when evaluating companies' governance arrangements, particularly those relating to board structure and composition, institutional shareholders should give due weight to all relevant factors drawn to their attention'; thirdly, 'institutional shareholders have a responsibility to make considered use of their votes http://www.frc.org.uk/corporate/combinedcode.cfm The first and third principles relate to two of the tools of governance being dialogue and voting. All three principles essentially require institutional investors to behave in a responsible and conscientious way, taking all relevant factors into account and making considered decisions.
Corporate Governance Reform
The UK Treasury commissioned the Walker Review of Corporate Governance of UK Banking Industry which reported in November 2009. The Walker Review recommends 'strengthening the role of non-executives and giving them new responsibilities to monitor risk and remuneration; it also recommends a stewardship duty on institutional shareholders to play a more active role as owners of businesses.' http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/walker_review_information.htm Kate Burgess and Brooke Masters in their article 'Institutions urged to adopt tougher stance' (FT, Pg 21, 26th November 2009) states 'Institutional investors are being urged to be tougher on company boards by Sir David Walker, as the City grandee adds his weight to pressure for them to take their responsibilities more seriously.'
The FRC's statement welcoming the Walker Report can be found at: http://www.frc.org.uk/press/pub2174.html. The FRC has agreed to implement those recommendations that it considers should apply to all listed companies. In addition the FRC has agreed to consult on adoption of a Stewardship Code for institutional investors as recommended by Sir David.
A recent review of the Combined Code http://www.frc.org.uk/corporate/reviewCombined.cfm has however recommended that Section E of the Code (addressed to institutional shareholders) be removed, 'subject to sufficient progress being made on the Stewardship Code for institutional investors and its associated governance arrangements.' The Stewardship Code for institutional investors as was proposed by Sir David Walker, and is an area on which the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) will be consulting separately http://www.frc.org.uk/corporate/walker.cfm
The final report on the review of the Combined Code (2008) makes various recommendations which include, inter alia, annual re-election of the chairman or the whole board; new principles for the roles of the chairman and non-executive directors. Kate Burgess in her article 'Sir Christopher misses out on succession planning' (Pg 21, FT, 2nd December 2009) highlights that more emphasis should have been put on succession planning in companies as this tends to be a weakness in many firms. Moreover it would be beneficial to investors in their stewardship role to have more knowledge of the process in place for succession planning.
Stewardship Code
The Institutional Shareholders' Committee (ISC) membership comprises the Association of British Insurers, the Association of Investment Trust Companies, the National Association of Pension Funds, and the Investment Management Association. The ISC has previously published guidance on the responsibilities of institutional investors in 2002, 2005 and 2007. In November 2009, the ISC published its Code on the Responsibilities of Institutional Investors which is included as an Annex in the Walker Review and which is widely viewed as the basis for the Stewardship Code which will be monitored for the adherence of institutional investors on a 'comply or explain' basis. The ISC states that 'the Code aims to enhance the quality of the dialogue of institutional investors with companies to help improve long-term returns to shareholders, reduce the risk of catastrophic outcomes due to bad strategic decisions, and help with the efficient exercise of governance responsibilities.' http://www.institutionalshareholderscommittee.org.uk/ The Code discusses the stewardship responsibilities of institutional investors which include effective monitoring of investee companies and voting of all shares held.
Effective Stewardship
Of course in order to carry out their responsibilities as shareholders, institutional investors need to be able to exercise their rights effectively – if they cannot, then they may be tempted to exit, i.e. to sell their shares. An article in the Financial Times, 'Shareholder rights' (FT, page 12, 30th November 2009) points out that 'if selling the shares is a blunt instrument, then removing board members is the sharpest. More than nine in 10 international investors say the ability to nominate, appoint and remove directors is the most valuable shareholder right. It is wrong that efforts to boost this power in the US have been delayed by the business lobby.' Clearly it is in the interests of effective stewardship for institutional investors to be able to exercise their rights. This will enable them to take action on prominent topical issues such as having a 'say on pay' in relation to directors' remuneration, and removing underperforming directors from the board.
However another dimension to consider is that of free riders. Ruth Sullivan in her article 'Walker plan points finger at freeriders' (FTfm Pg 3, 30th November 2009) points out that some institutional investors will not engage more with their investee companies and be active owners, rather they will save their time and money and free ride on the efforts of other institutional investors.
Concluding comments
The recent reforms mooted by the Walker Review and the Review of the Combined Code have made recommendations which will help to strengthen corporate governance in the UK. The role of institutional investors is seen an important one and institutional investors are being encouraged to engage more fully in their role as owners and adhere to the ISC Code of Responsibility for Investors.
Chris Mallin 2nd December 2009


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2014: The Year Reclining Your Airplane Seat Got Ugly
Thinking of reclining your seat on that long flight you've got coming up? Think again. On Monday, a Delta flight to Florida was diverted thanks to a reclining argument, making it the third flight in one week to land because someone's knees were getting squished. Remember the days of yore when all we did was grumble when the person in front of us reclined? If we were feeling bold, we'd "accidentally" kick their seats throughout the flight in retaliation. But we certainly wouldn't demand that the plane be grounded because we weren't getting sufficient legroom.
Well, the Recliner Saga of 2014 doesn't seem to be letting up anytime soon. A West Palm Beach-bound Delta flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport was the latest victim of the new trend. According to another passenger, Aaron Klipin, the woman sitting next to him decided to recline her seat — something that literally everyone on an airplane does — in order to knit comfortably — the audacity! That's when the woman behind her flipped.
Klipin told West Palm Beach's WPTV:
This woman who was sitting next to me knitting actually tried reclining her seat back and the woman behind her started screaming and swearing and the flight attendant came over and that just exacerbated what was going on, and then she demanded that the flight land.
The outraged woman, whom the Jacksonville Aviation Authority identified as Amy Caryn Fine — but should really go by Debbie Downer — was trying to sleep on her tray table when the chair was reclined. Perhaps she had been dreaming about Chris Pratt's six-pack (hey, we'd be upset too if we were suddenly yanked from that dream), but to force the flight to land? That's a little unreasonable.
Klipin recalled that Fine said something to the effect of: "I don't care about the consequences. Put this plane down now."
And that's what the pilots were forced to do, landing the plane in Jacksonville, Florida, where Fine was met by police but not arrested.
Delta released this statement following the incident:
Out of an abundance of caution, the captain elected to divert to the closest airport.
I'm all for "an abundance of caution," but did they try the old "here are three complimentary bottles of mini Champagne, take them and be quiet" technique first? It's something that flight attendants should maybe consider going forward, because the Recliner Saga will most likely continue. Take a look at this growing trend.
United Airlines
The saga began just a week ago when a United Airlines flight was diverted because a man used a banned device called the Knee Defender to prevent the woman in front of him from reclining her seat. How much of a curmudgeon do you have to be to own a Knee Defender?
After refusing to remove the device, the woman who just wanted to lean back a few inches threw a cup of water at the man. Like two squabbling siblings, the passengers essentially forced their parents to turn the car around. The flight from Newark to Denver had to reroute to Chicago's O'Hare Airport, where authorities removed the two from the flight. According to the Guardian, both passengers were the same age — 48. Imagine if this whole incident was just a meet cute that'll make one hell of an anecdote in their wedding toast later.
American Airlines
Two days after the United Airlines incident, another reclining argument forced a flight to divert, this time on American Airlines. This one had to have hurt — the flight was bound for Paris, and was forced to land in Boston. I can just imagine the tears, and the overwhelming croissant cravings.
The 61-year-old man, Edmund Alexandre, who is incidentally from Paris, blew his fuse when the woman in front of him reclined her seat "all the way back." Alexandre is very tall, his attorney told Boston's WHDH-TV, and the reclined chair was hurting his knees. When Alexandre grabbed a crew member's arm, air marshals restrained him. Alexandre was taken to Mass General Hospital in Boston, where he was treated for a preexisting condition and arraigned.Images: Getty Images (2)

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Watch the new video interview for the Paul Phua Poker School, in which Dan Cates reveals how he went from playing poker with scraps of paper at high school to the biggest poker games in the world. Paul Phua picks the highlights
In his previous video interview for the Paul Phua Poker School, Dan "Jungleman" Cates talked about the aggression that has made him one of the world's best heads-up players – "I just try to win all the pots I can!". He also talked about how he could apply some of those heads-up tactics to full-ring games.
In this latest video for the Paul Phua Poker School, Jungleman (as we all call him at the poker table) tells us a bit more about how he became the successful poker player he is today. For anyone dreaming of becoming a poker pro, it's instructive to see how it's done!
How Jungleman Dan started playing poker
Dan Cates made more than $10 million profit on the Full Tilt poker site, and has more than $5 million in tournament cashes. He also plays cash, including in "the Big Game" that I play in. He's still just 27 years old, yet he has already been playing poker for 12 years. Jungleman reveals in this new video interview for the Paul Phua Poker School that he started at the age of 15:
"l played with some friends in high school during lunch periods using torn-up little pieces of paper as chips, playing for $10 or whatever."
How times have changed! But while the stakes may be different, Jungleman's competitive drive has remained undimmed.
How Dan Cates improved his poker strategy
We asked Jungleman how he improved his poker strategy. It's striking how, in so many of these interviews for the Paul Phua Poker School, the pros agree on one key poker tip: it is vital to learn from other players, and get a second opinion on problematic hands.
"In the start, it was all me," says Dan Cates. But, he says, whenever he tried to learn a new game, he would try to find "the specialists that were best in those games". Poker proved no different. "it's helped in random different ways," says Dan Cates, "like other players gave me their opinions or whatever on things, and over time I learned more and more."
As Dan Colman said in his recent video interview for the Paul Phua Poker School, "a big part [of success] is having friends who are very good players".
Dan "Jungleman" Cates's playing style
Over time, each player develops his own playing style. Jungleman's is aggressive (he talked in the last video about how he likes to 3-bet with 5-6 suited), but it is also highly data-driven and analytical. Asked about his strongest attributes as a poker player, he says:
"I guess one of my strongest attributes would be that l understand the game. l think l understand the game better than most opponents. Just how it works, and all the decision tree points. l have a very good memory for each decision tree point, and also how players play different ones of those. It's either that, or that l adjust better than they do. It's one of those two things."
How Dan Cates got his "Jungleman" nickname
Finally, Dan Cates reveals how he got his unusual nickname, "Jungleman", which also inspired his screen name, "Jungleman12".
"l was called 'Jungleman' when l played live," Dan Cates says in the video, "because players… because I was, like, kind of a crazy person, and also because l was, like, pretty hairy, l had a lot of hair. l had longer hair, too. So they called me Jungleman just to, like, sort of mock me, and I thought it was a funny name. And yeah, it stuck, for a long time."
Who is Daniel "Jungleman" Cates? Poker player profile
- Dan Cates, 27, from the United States, is one of the world's leading heads-up poker players.
- He plays online under the names "Jungleman12" and "w00ki3z".
- He has made more than $10 million profit on the Full Tilt poker site.
- He has nearly $5 million in live tournament cashes.
- He often plays cash poker for high stakes in "the Big Game" in Macau and Manila.
- He is known for his aggressive style of play.


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Contacting the molecular world through graphene nanoribbons(Nanowerk News) Scientists from CIC nanoGUNE, Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Materials Physics Center (CFM) and CiQUS (Center for Research on Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials) create the tiniest magnetic device contacted, made of a single molecule (Science Advances, "Survival of spin state in magnetic porphyrins contacted by graphene nanoribbons").
|A single molecule can behave as the smallest electronic component of an electronic system. With this premise in mind, researchers in the field of molecular electronics have endeavoured in the last years to develop new approaches that bring closer the long-awaited objective of using molecules as electronic logic components.
|Scanning Tunneling Microscopy image of the new molecular device and its graphene nanoribbons contacts. (Image: nanoGUNE)
|And one of the most recent steps forward is appearing today on peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, as a result of a new collaboration between physicists from CIC nanoGUNE, Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) and Materials Physics Center (CFM, CSIC-UPV/EHU) and synthetic chemists from CiQUS (Center for Research on Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials at the University of Santiago de Compostela). A breakthrough that has allowed contacting a single-molecule magnetic device for the first time.
|The idea is fascinating: to store information into a single molecule and read it, says Nacho Pascual, Ikerbasque Professor and leader of the Nanoimaging Group at nanoGUNE. We have known for long time how to make the molecules, but we could never wire them into a circuit until now, he confides. To achieve this goal, scientists developed graphene narrow stripes with the aim of using them as electrical wires; in addition, they also designed a method to precisely contact the molecule at predefined places.
|We found that the contact to the molecule crucially affects how the molecular device behaves, says Jingcheng Li, first author of the article. This discovery has made us direct the contacting step with atomic precision technologies.
|Regarding the molecule creation process, researchers have employed in this case a chemical method based on guided chemical reactions over a metallic surface. The creation of the molecular device is simple, explains CiQUS team leader, Diego Peña: we designed and synthetized the building blocks with glue-like chemical terminations at the points where contacts are to be created; from then on, nature does the rest of the job for us, he jokes.
|To illustrate the process, this group of scientists has given a very visual metaphor: we can see it as a molecular LEGO, they said. In words of Dr. Pascual, we are learning how to use natures laws for assembling molecules into more complex nanostructures, he claims.
|The authors demonstrated the working function of the molecular device using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), a very advanced method to visualize atoms and molecules, and to measure their behavior. By means of this tool, they could confirm under which conditions the magnetic information stored in the molecule could survive to the contact, opening a new way to develop novel materials for efficient electronics.
|Source: CIC nanoGUNE
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Throughout his career, Mr. Orza has held a number of academic positions, worked as a TV anchor, and held a number of executive position, including founding and leading a public company operating restaurants all across the U.S.
Mr. Orza watched Shen Yun at the Civic Center Music Hall on March 25.
Based in New York, Shen Yun aims to revive China's divinely inspired culture through performing arts.
Mr. Orza said Shen Yun's portrayal of China's history and culture is "very inviting," and said the performance is colorful and very enjoyable, and the music, performed by the Shen Yun Orchestra is wonderful.
"I think the orchestration of the program, the choreography of the program is just inspiring, it's wonderful to see," Mr. Orza said.
"There is a great energy on the stage, and the same time there is a spectacular gracefulness of all the dancers, and it's really fun to watch."
At the heart of Shen Yun is Chinese dance, which, according to the Shen Yun website, "known for its incredible flips and spins, and its gentle elegance, it is one of the most rigorous and expressive art forms in the world."
Shen Yun, Mr. Orza said, provides "a great introduction for the West to see traditional classical Chinese dance."
He also praised the performance of Shen Yun vocalists, who use the bel canto style to sing Chinese lyrics.
"[The vocalists] have some beautiful voices there; just a terrific look and sound … and I think the entire audience is really enjoying the program," he said.
Reporting by NTD Television and Omid Ghoreishi
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UIPM 2019 Pentathlon World Cup Szekesfehervar: Hungary hosts clash of the titans
It takes a special competition to draw the very best pentathletes in the world to one place at one time.
This rare occurrence will materialise this week in Hungary, where 15 of the 16 top-ranked male pentathletes – as well as the reigning Olympic and world champions – are on the start list for UIPM Pentathlon World Cup Szekesfehervar (May 1-5).
As the world's most versatile athletes continue their campaign to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, this is clearly not the time for injuries, dips in form or complex performance schedules to keep the gladiators of pentathlon apart.
It is time for statements to be made, and it is not only in the men's event where the outcome will be surrounded by intrigue.
In this heartland of pentathlon, the Hungarians are always notoriously hard to beat and the host nation will be intent on maintaining their record of winning medals on home soil.
Jamie Cooke of Great Britain, who won the world title in the most dramatic style imaginable at the UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Championships in Mexico City (MEX), will be reunited with the man he defeated on the finish line – world No.2 Valentin Prades of France.
The two rivals will have plenty of auspicious company.
The world No.1, Jun Woongtae of Korea, once again teams up with his compatriot, 2017 world champion Jung Jinhwa (10), and they are joined by all but one of the athletes ranked between them – Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe (3) of Ireland, Jan Kuf (4) of Czech Republic, Ilya Palazkov (5) of Belarus, Patrick Dogue (6) of Germany, Joseph Choong (7, GBR) and Pavlo Tymoshchenko (8) of Ukraine.
Tymoshchenko (UKR) will also be reunited with an old foe – the man who beat him to Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Alexander Lesun of Russia.
Hungary will also have high hopes of a podium finish, with perennial contenders such as Bence Demeter (13), Adam Marosi, Robert Kasza and the up-and-coming Gergely Regos (15). Indeed, Demeter (HUN) won individual silver and bronze at UIPM Pentathlon World Cup Kecskemet in the past two years – and he also claimed Mixed Relay gold in both events alongside Sarolta Kovacs.
Such is the consistency of Hungary's performance in home events, world No.3 Kovacs (HUN) also finished 5th in the Women's Final last year having won bronze the year before. She will be joined in the medal quest this year by Tamara Alekszejev (HUN, 18), UIPM Pentathlon World Cup Final winner in 2017.
Their main competition is likely to come from within the borders of Europe, from the likes of world silver medallist Annika Schleu (7, GER) and Kate French (9, GBR).
Other superstars to look out for include the London 2012 Olympic champion Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania, who returned to the podium with silver at Pentathlon World Cup Sofia last month, and Rio 2016 silver medallist Elodie Clouvel (13, FRA).
Qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be firmly on the minds of all participants on the start line in Sofia (BUL).
For the majority, the UIPM 2019 Pentathlon World Cup Final in Tokyo (JPN) in June offers the first chance to seal the Olympic dream, and a good performance this week in Szekesfehervar will put them in a strong position to qualify for the Final with Pentathlon World Cup Prague (May 21-26) still to come.
Find out more about the Tokyo 2020 qualifying process.
UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann commented: "Every time we arrive in Hungary, we know we are in the heartland of pentathlon. Not only has this country produced many male and female champions of the past and present, the Hungarian federation (HMPA) has organised many successful UIPM competitions and events and is a trusted partner of UIPM.
"Later this year, in September, Budapest will host the first-ever unified UIPM Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships at Kincsem Park. After that, the 1st World Urban Games will also take place in Budapest, and our popular development sport of Laser Run will be included in the programme as a showcase sport.
"At the highest level of our sporting pyramid, we are going to see pentathlon at its best throughout this year, as athletes from all countries plot their journey in Tokyo and aim to achieve peak performance.
"Behind the scenes we will continue to develop and grow our sport through projects like the Pentathlon Stadium and the Mixed Relay, which we are targeting for inclusion in the Olympic Games Paris 2024."
UIPM 2019 Pentathlon World Cup Szekesfehervar begins on Wednesday, May 1 with qualification for the Women's Individual Final (Friday, May 3). The action continues on Thursday, May 2 with qualification for the Men's Individual Final (Saturday, May 4). The Mixed Relay closes the competition on Sunday, May 5.
During each finals day you can watch a live stream of the Fencing Bonus Round, Riding, Laser Run and the medal ceremony on UIPM TV and YouTube, with no geographical restrictions. The Laser Run and medal ceremony can also be watched live on Facebook.
Follow World Pentathlon on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram throughout the Pentathlon World Cup series for additional content, and visit the UIPM website or download the "UIPM Central" app to keep track of results.


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Improving vendor relationships with AP automation
Improving Vendor Relationships with AP Automation
Successful businesses, whether large and small, understand the importance of cultivating positive vendor relationships built on trust. Stephen Covey once remarked, "In relationships, the little things are the big things." Harmonious relationships in business, as in life, come from a balance of trust, strong communication, mutual respect, and a clear understanding of each other's expectations.
By sharing your expectations, goals, and business mission up front, vendors can get a clear sense of who you are, what you need, and what you expect. You can also invite vendors to provide input on how they help you achieve your goals, thereby developing an enduring partnership. A good vendor will have unique insights into your industry and offer helpful feedback.
Conversely, when you take the time to understand your vendor and how they choose to operate, you'll learn their payment terms, preferred communication methods, turnaround times, and the type of documentation they require. Additionally, a healthy relationship requires consistent effort, so keep your supplier updated on strategic company changes, new product launches, and operational shifts that may change expectations.
Though it's not their primary role when it comes to vendor management, your accounts payable team plays a crucial part in helping maintain the ever-important relationship balance. AP departments handle the ins and outs of all vendor invoice processing as well as communication with vendors along the way. So efficient, well-organized, data-driven AP teams can set an organization up for success and help sustain healthy relationships.
Here are four ways AP Automation allows accounts payable departments to strengthen and improve vendor relationships throughout your organization.
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Many businesses rely heavily on their vendors to deliver their product or offering to the market. These companies can't afford to lose their vendors due to accounts payable issues such as late or missed payments.
When the bulk of the invoices received by your organization are processed manually, it's likely that your AP team is overwhelmed with inbound inquiries. Under this stress, invoices are often processed slowly and are easily lost. Department leaders get frustrated by slow payments and relationships with vendors can deteriorate as a result.
With a cloud-based solution in place, AP departments can dramatically increase productivity with fewer mistakes, positively impacting many areas inside and outside the organization. Staff can handle an increased volume of payables in half the time, process invoices faster, reduce manual data entry and coding errors, stay better organized, increase approval cycle times, and route payables automatically and instantaneously.
In turn, automation helps provide a better experience between businesses and vendors. Once an invoice is captured and validated, it is routed directly to the manager responsible for approving the payment accompanied with fully customizable workflows and notifications that help keep the invoice top of mind.
Vendors can take any concerns directly to the approver, and approvers can rest assured that invoices won't get lost in the shuffle. Automation ensures vendors are paid on time based on the terms of their agreements and eliminates costly late payment fees. Vendors can also be automatically alerted during the invoice-to-pay process so that they know when to expect payment.
Prompt payment demonstrates appreciation for your vendors, respects agreed-upon conditions, and ensures your vendors see you as trustworthy. Vendors who get paid on time are also more likely to support special needs that may arise or provide future discount opportunities.
Rather than juggling a slew of messy email chains, automation transforms the accounts payable process into one centralized online workflow. AP Automation software automatically extracts data from invoices and routes it to approvers. Accounts payable teams instantly know where every invoice is, and controllers can monitor payments along with the productivity of their staff.
When vendors ask for invoice updates, everyone has access to real-time invoice statuses, making communications easy and transparent. Because invoice data is captured and logged in a historical database, managers and their teams can quickly and accurately answer vendor questions regarding past payments or settle a dispute within cost or timeframe.
Automation solutions can also provide vendor notification tools that make vendors aware of their outstanding invoice status. This means vendors don't need to contact account managers manually to find out when their invoice will be processed, saving everyone significant time.
Better management, more respect
One of the best ways an organization can show respect for their vendors is ensuring they get paid on time. Slow or flawed internal processes, input and administrative errors, and invoice volume issues can put AP departments at risk of sending payments late. Late payments can disrupt cash flows and supply chains and are perceived as unprofessional and disrespectful.
Tracking hundreds, or even thousands, of vendors can be burdensome, especially when vendor information is scattered in many locations. AP Automation consolidates all vendor information into one digital database, making vendor relationships, information, payment history, and communication chains accessible to everyone. When vendors have a question, approvers and account managers can readily access this information, from anywhere.
With efficient, fast-moving automated accounts payable processes, vendors will be paid on-time, creating healthy relationships and securing a future supply chain.
Transparency and accountability
Any organization will face problems at some point with invoice processing or order deliveries. Working from an established relationship of trust and clear communication, companies can address issues with their vendors without finger-pointing or assigning blame.
Automation supports real-time reporting capabilities, allowing your AP team to understand where late payment fees are occurring and how to address those payment delays. AP data can provide actual spend numbers to budget holders which can be used to track against a cost center or project, as well as identify bottlenecks that are slowing vendor payments. Invoice data can also be used to reveal vendors working outside of company policies, such as those not applying contracted terms to their invoices.
In short, AP automation helps companies work more efficiently and transparently while ensuring vendors are held accountable to contracted agreements.
Vendors as Partners
Improving vendor relationships and building partnerships with them, rather than seeing them as necessary operational transactions, provides companies with a competitive advantage. A healthy relationship based on trust, communication, respect, transparency, and accountability means vendors will be more willing to go above and beyond should a situation demand increased supply or support. You'll be able to ask for discounts when buying in bulk and vendors will be more willing to refer others to your company. With multiple benefits for you and for your vendors, everyone wins.


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If we close down today (the Dow is off more than 50 points at present) we will have 6 trading sessions in a row of lower closes. It had been 158 trading sessions since we have a 4-day losing streak. I am not sure what the record is for days without 6 down days in a row, but I am guessing it has been a while. We are seeing more and more technical indicators lining up, all pointing to a correction, or possibly even a crash. The longer we go with so much negative technical traffic without a correction, the more severe the correction will be, once it begins. For whatever reason, investors seem absolutely oblivious to the signs of pending doom, and this reluctance to sell will only serve to increase the number of sellers, and the magnitude of their selling, once the correction begins. This should be a stampede of selling, as investors scramble to save their paper profits, once it is clear that we are in a correction Phase.
The good news is that corrections are a necessary and healthy aspect of any bull market, and we are overdue and in serious need of one, if we are to have a chance of pushing to new, higher highs. Markets cannot continue to trade up forever, and with valuations where they are – 19X earnings, we really must correct to get valuations back down to something more reasonable. Investors should have a detailed plan for reinvesting after the correction already in hand now. If they don't they need to get one immediately. This will likely be the best buying opportunity over the next 3 to 5 years.


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Helping older people feel less alone through a visit
Elderly people can often feel isolated.
Wesley Mission has just launched a program which provides a visitor to seniors in the Port Macquarie community that are at risk of being socially isolated.
Project Officer Dawn Brown said as the population grows more elderly people are becoming isolated.
"Social isolation reduces their will to live if they have nothing to get out of bed for," Ms Brown said.
We are looking to increase people's self-esteem and keep them connected to the local community.Dawn Brown
Ms Brown said they match older people with a volunteer based on a range of factors such as hobbies and life experiences.
Wesley Mission is seeking volunteers in Port Macquarie.
"The requirement is one hour per fortnight to spend visiting that person," Ms Brown said.
"If people would like to spend more time though they can, that is the beauty of this program is that it isn't a whole day commitment."
The program already operates in other parts of NSW.
Ms Brown said they have had really positive feedback on the program.
"One volunteer said, 'Julie (not real name) was much better today. Her conversation was non-stop, she always makes me promise I'll be back soon.'
And anyone can volunteer for the program.
"Our oldest volunteer is 92, she became a volunteer at 90 because she was lonely and she was still mobile so she is visiting someone else," Ms Brown said.
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Realtor® David Hall receives a phone call from a teen asking him to meet at the Driver's License Bureau and lend him money to get a photo I.D. A few minutes later, another teen calls to see if Hall can take him to lunch. Such is a normal day for David Hall, a broker-associate with Coldwell Banker Residential in Port St. Lucie.
After serving as a foster parent for 10 years, Hall decided to shift his dedication to the teens aging out of the foster care system. "After being a foster care parent, I saw a need to help the kids who turn 18 and are no longer in the system," he says. "I help them stay in high school and college and support them in their job hunts, and with necessities such as food and shelter," says Hall, who does this completely on his own, with his own money.
"The first six months after a teen ages out of the foster care system, he is sick of people telling him what to do and how to do it. He'll try to reconnect with family but that usually doesn't work, so he'll eventually come back looking for help," says Hall.
The problem? There is no help. That's where Hall steps in. "I feed them, support them so they can finish college, and basically give them what they need [out of his own pocket] to get them back on their feet. Sometimes they reimburse me when they can, but most of the time, it's my gift."
Recently, Hall also started to work with Community Outreach Youth Program, which is run through a local church and Lincoln Park Main Street, which is working to economically rebuild the northwest section of St. Lucie County, to find other ways to support these young adults.
Hall is currently supporting or partially supporting seven kids, ages 18 to 23. Two are still in high school, three are in college and two are trying to find a job. "Two are living with me right now as it's the only way they can go to school," he says. "They can't afford to pay for shelter and food." And, he says, he gets calls all the time. "The kids find me," he laughs. "Many are kids who met me through the foster program, but others find out about me via word of mouth and my son's Facebook," he says.
Hall says most of his requests are for money. "I provide basic needs. I'll take them out to eat, drive with them to the gas station and fill up their cars, pay for a photo ID card. It varies based on their most urgent needs," he says. He's even made arrangements for a teen to have his cremated mother's remains released from the funeral home and put into an urn.
And, when Hall can't help personally, he "connects them with community services that can provide help."
Unfortunately, when these kids get out of the foster care systems, the government has essentially raised them and "the government isn't a very good parent," says Hall. "When the reality hits these young people, and they can't call a case worker to get them out of trouble, where do they turn? Someone has to advocate for these kids to get what they need to survive."
For Hall, the rewards come in knowing that a teenager is safe, and able to turn his or her life around. "I had one teen who had been in and out of jail. I lost track of him and then one day he surprised me and stopped by the house. I helped him move back to Port St. Lucie and get enrolled in school. It was fulfilling knowing I could be a part of the solution," he says.
And, Hall adds, the most meaningful reward of all is a simple thank you. "One teen sent me a text on Father's Day thanking me for all I had done for him. The text came in at 2 a.m. and it was sobering to think he was thinking about me at that time. He never showed his emotions, so this was huge."
However, Hall admits that his passion for helping these young adults does "consume my time. For the last two years I've been rebuilding my real estate career, and working with these teens has helped me empathize and sympathize with the challenges of people looking to buy a home."
But, the sacrifices and challenges are worth it, Hall says. "The kids mean the world to me, they really do. To actually see the difference you made in their lives is incredible."
Hall is as passionate about his profession as he is about helping young people. In 2002, he was selected as Florida Realtors® Associate Realtor of the Year, an award given in recognition of an individual's contributions to their local Realtor organization, community, the state Realtor association and the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). Hall also has taken additional education courses to enhance his knowledge and expertise, earning the professional designation of Graduate, Realtor Institute (GRI).


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Mold can be found anywhere in your house starting with the air you breathe all the way to the surfaces of walls, clothing, furniture, and more. Typically, mold spores come from the outside and figure out how to make their way into your lovely clean home. It's important to keep up with regular cleaning around the obvious places like showers, bathrooms, kitchen areas, under the sinks, etc.
When should you get worried about having too much mold in your home? Big mold issues tend to happen when there is an on-going water running issue. Even the smallest of leaks can create huge mold issues. We see it all the time when residents ask us to inspect a potential problem.
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Meet the Maker: Two Birds Brewing
Since the release of its first beer in 2011, Two Birds Brewing has gone from strength to strength, winning awards at every turn, attending every beer event possible and producing some of Australia's most approachable and balanced craft beers.
What started as an idea between long-time friends Jayne Lewis and Danielle Allen while holidaying in the USA came to fruition in 2011. Two Birds bust onto the craft scene with the release of its first beer, a very seasonable golden ale. This was followed quickly with the award winning Sunset Ale in early 2012.
Despite brewing in different spaces across Melbourne for three years, it wasn't until 2014 that Two Birds found a permanent home in 'The Nest' – a brewery in Spotswood. This has allowed Head Brewer and Co-owner, Jayne, to spread her brewing wings and produce some of Australia's most popular craft beers.
Jayne began her career working as a winemaker in Western Australia and the Napa Valley in the USA. Transitioning into craft beer, Jayne started working for Little Creatures in Fremantle while still putting her winemaking skills to good use, helping develop Pipsqueak Cider. From here Jayne made the move to Melbourne working at both Matilda Bay and Mountain Goat before the inspiration and desire to run her own brewery took hold and Two Birds was born.
One of the hardest working brewers in the industry, Jayne can be seen at almost every beer festival, bar tap takeover and craft beer week throughout Australia and New Zealand, tirelessly promoting Two Birds and its well crafted beer.
With Two Birds being the first all-female owned brewery in Australia, Jayne has been at the forefront of providing women in the craft beer industry support and guidance. Her position as President of the Australian arm of the Pink Boots Society allows her to do just this.
Jayne's approach to brewing is to produce approachable beer that is balanced and sessionable. Taking inspiration from food and food pairings, Jayne has produced beers that have gained a huge following amongst both the craft beer newcomers and craft fans.
The incredibly popular beer 'Taco', took inspiration from Mexican cuisine, using flaked corn, fresh coriander and lime peel, accentuated by the use of intensely fragrant and citrus heavy US hops Citra and Amarillo. Despite being rather labour intensive, 'Taco' proved to be so popular that it is now a mainstay on the year round selection.
'Taco' was also accompanied by other one-off food inspired beers this year such as 'Rice, Rice, Baby' – a Vietnamese inspired rice beer with additions of ginger, lemongrass, Vietnamese mint and Thai basil. And 'Red Velvet' was brewed for Two Birds fourth birthday, the classic cake inspired red ale, organic cocoa and vanilla.
Jayne is no stranger to winning awards with judges in Australia, New Zealand and most recently the UK. Recently Two Birds took home the Best Large Brewery award for the second year running and a medal for every beer it entered at the Australian Craft Beer awards. Most notably though was its latest success on the world stage, taking out the Best Beer award at the 2015 Wetherspoon's Real Ale Festival in the UK with its Sunset ale.
The future of Two Birds is looking bright with the addition of two new double-sized fermenters and a new shiny bright tank. With its popularity and reach ever increasing, Jayne hopes to expand even further in the near future with a new brewer starting soon to help with the increasing demand.
If you want to check out Two Birds and see Jayne and the crew in action, The Nest is open Friday to Sunday and located a short walk from the Spotswood train station. With six taps of brewery-fresh beer accompanied by Rockwell And Sons' food menu, there is no better way to spend a sunny afternoon.
Two Birds Brewing
136 Hall Street, Spotswood
03 9762 0000
Open –
Friday – 4pm – 11pm
Saturday –12noon – 11pm
Sunday – 12noon – 8pm
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text: News Feds, province commit to moving Kashechewan SHARE ON: Bob McIntyre, staff Thursday, May. 9th, 2019 Photo credit: Google Maps The MP for the riding that encompasses flood-ravaged Kashechewan is welcoming a three-way agreement signed today, committing to moving the James Bay community to higher, dryer ground. The signatures of federal indigenous services minister Seamus O'Regan, his Ontario counterpart, Greg Rickford, and Kashechewan chief Leo Friday are on the document. New Democratic MP Charlie Angus is pleased. "This is the reason the community came to Ottawa and to Queen's Park two weeks ago," he comments. Charlie Angus, MP, Timmins-James Bay (NDP)Photo credit: Parliament of Canada Angus says there have been a lot of broken promises over the years… but now the commitment to move Kashechewan is in writing. "And so now begins the hard work of actually making them follow through," he notes. "This is an important occasion to have the province and the federal government agree, we need to work together with Kashechewan to get this community rebuilt in a safe place." Kashechewan First Nation Chief Leo Friday.Photo credit: Ontario Parliamentary TV The MP pledges that the issue won't go away after the October federal election. "We're going to continue to see evacuations for a number of years, as we move towards building a new community. So my message is woe to the government that thinks they can walk away from this agreement and ignore it, because this will come back to bite them, big time." Angus adds that the Canadian people want action to end the annual evacuation of Kashechewan due to spring flooding.


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JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. If the environment is sacred, as most environmentalists would say, then how do you get support for protecting it?
That is an ongoing discussion within the environmental movement. Most people connect the sacred with the spiritual, and for many people that means churches. But in Jackson Hole, only 24 per cent of people attend church regularly compared to 50 per cent nationally.
Other similarly outdoors-oriented ski towns and resort valleys in the West have similar no-show numbers because, as Jackson Hole writer Jonathan Schecther points out, "Many of us manifest our spirituality in nontraditional ways, especially by being out in nature."
Schechter argues that environmentalists must hold their noses and face the reality that a high-quality environment correlates with making money. He points out that Teton County, where Jackson Hole is located, has among the highest per-capita income in the United States, but with its proximity to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, it lies at the epicenter of arguably the healthiest ecosystem in the Lower 48.
Environmentalists have no choice but to link the sacred and the profane, he argues, because the profane making money has become the pre-eminent secular god.
"In this age, free-market economics is the worlds dominant paradigm, its pre-eminent secular god. Like it or not, capitalism is accepted, if not embraced, by more people than any religion. And while its taken capitalism a couple hundred years to reach this point of pre-eminence, its now the closest thing the world has to a universal philosophy."
What remains, he concedes, is creating economic tools that make the ironclad argument that conservation in particular, and environmentalism in general, are good for the economy.
Environmental writer Todd Wilkinson, also writing in the News & Guide, observes that when Grand Teton National Park was expanded 60 years ago, some local ranchers including several who went on to become national political leaders predicted economic malaise. They feared Jackson Holes economy would suffer from the reduction in ranching, never anticipating the much greater gain in the tourism and now the recreation and leisure economies.
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EISGRAT, Austria Older people in Neustift im Stubaital, the village below Austrias Eisgrat Glacier, remember that their grandparents sent a priest up into the mountains to appeal to God to stop the encroaching glacier.
Now, they pray for an end to the heat that threats the jobs of about 1.2 million Tiroleans in the Alps dependent in some way on glacier skiing.
Glaciers in Austria have been melting so rapidly, reports the Associated Press, that researchers have placed football field-sized swathes of white polyethylene on top of the snow, in an attempt to deflect the summer sun and hence slow the melting.
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What is it?
- Producing soup that is made from local vegetables grown in local farms.
- Cooked by trained people in less fortunate areas of the city, providing jobs for them.
- Being sold through the soup van all over the city where price is being considered depending on location. It has one price in zone 1, going up in zone 2 and 3. This means it is subsidising for the unfortunate people, with the price going up for delivery.
- Offers three services; ready made soup, box of soup to make the veg and a toolkit to grown your own. Each costs the same price, getting most values for money from the seeds and least for the soup.
Aims & Objectives
- Localize food.
- Help people find jobs and feed families in need.
- People within the communities helping each other and feeling good.
- Help people grow their own food.
Amber Keating, Rachael Johnston, Rachel Bruce, Tom Kinnear, Victor Loux, Reem Sultan. And thanks to everyone at the Dundee Service Jam for their support!


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SKILLMAN, NJ – The inaugural Oracle/ITA Masters is set to begin play Friday, hosted by the Malibu Racquet Club in Malibu, California, with Pepperdine University serving as an official event partner. The Oracle/ITA Masters marks the first national collegiate championship of the 2015-16 season.
Sixteen of the top returning Division I men's and women's singles players will compete, along with eight outstanding men's and women's doubles teams. Each participant is guaranteed two matches.
Official draws for men's singles and doubles, as well as women's singles and doubles, were officially announced today by Oracle and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. You can view the draws on the Oracle/ITA Masters event page http://www.itatennis.com/Events/Oracle_ITA_Masters.htm.
Play begins on Friday at 10 a.m. PT with eight men's singles matches. Oklahoma's Axel Alvarez Llamas, the top-ranked player in the 2015 Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Division I Men's Preseason Rankings, is the top seed in the men's singles draw. Alvarez Llamas, who won his second straight USTA/ITA Central Regional Singles Championship in 2014, rattled off 23 consecutive victories in the spring and finished the year with a 39-6 record. Ryan Shane of Virginia, the 2015 NCAA National Singles Champion, is the No. 2 seed. Shane helped guide the Cavaliers to the 2015 NCAA Team National Championship over Alvarez Llamas and the Sooners 4-1. Baylor's Julian Lenz is seeded third and Notre Dame's Quentin Monaghan is the fourth seed.
Women's singles competition is slated to commence at Noon, PT, on Friday. Megan Manasse of Cal, ranked No. 4 in the 2015 Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Division I Women's Preseason Rankings, holds the No. 1 seed in the Oracle/ITA Masters tournament. She sports a career record of 71-16 in singles play and 56-17 in doubles at Cal. Stephanie Wagner of Miami (FL) is seeded second, Vanderbilt's Sydney Campbell is the No.3 seed and Danielle Collins of Virginia is the No. 4 seed.
Following singles play is doubles, beginning with four men's matches starting at 2 p.m. PT. The No. 1 and 2 ranked teams in the Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Division I Men's Preseason Rankings are both competing in Malibu. Austin Smith and Ben Wagland of Georgia are the No. 1 seed, with Virginia's Shane and Luca Corinteli the No. 2 seed.
Women's doubles gets underway at 4 p.m. PT. Cal's Manasse and Denise Starr are the top-ranked team in the draw and hold the No. 3 ranking in the Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Division I Women's Preseason Rankings. Vanderbilt's Campbell and Courtney Colton will be the No. 2 seed in the Oracle/ITA Masters.
For additional information on the 2015 Oracle/ITA Masters, visit the official tournament page at http://www.itatennis.com/Events/Oracle_ITA_Masters.htm.
Men's Singles Competitor List
Axel Alvarez Llamas, Oklahoma
Ryan Shane, Virginia
Julian Lenz, Baylor
Quentin Monaghan, Notre Dame
Nicolas Alvarez, Duke
Dominik Koepfer, Tulane
Romain Bogaerts, Wake Forest
Ronnie Schneider, North Carolina
Cameron Norrie, TCU
Wayne Montgomery, Georgia
Austin Smith, Georiga
Guillermo Nunez, TCU
Benjamin Lock, Florida State
Or Ram-Harel, Tulsa
Max Tchoutakian, Baylor
Felipe Soares, Texas Tech
Men's Doubles Competitor List
Ben Wagland/Austin Smith, Georgia
Luca Corinteli/Ryan Shane, Virginia
Boris Arias/Jordan Daigle, LSU
Benjamin Lock/Marco Nunez, Florida State
Julian Lenz/Max Tchoutakian, Baylor
Cameron Norrie/Guillermo Nunez, TCU
Alex Lawson/Quentin Monaghan, Notre Dame
Guilherme Hadlich/Gabriel Sidney, Pepperdine
Women's Singles Competitor List
Maegan Manasse, California
Stephanie Wagner, Miami (FL)
Sydney Campbell, Vanderbilt
Danielle Collins, Virginia
Hayley Carter, North Carolina
Giuliana Olmos, USC
Joana Eidukonyte, Clemson
Viktoriya Lushkova, Oklahoma State
Sinead Lohan, Miami (FL)
Astra Sharma, Vanderbilt
Klara Fabikova, California
Rachel Pierson, Texas A&M
Ronit Yurovsky, Michigan
Jasmine Lee, Mississippi State
Kiah Generette, Baylor
Luisa Stefani, Pepperdine
Women's Doubles Competitor List
Maegan Manasse/Denise Starr, California
Sydney Campbell/Courtney Colton, Vanderbilt
Matea Cutura/Christina Maddox, Pepperdine
Mami Adachi/Aldila Sutjiadi, Kentucky
Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay, North Carolina
Giuliana Olmos/Gabby Smth, USC
Stephanie Wagner/Sinead Lohan, Miami (FL)
Rachel Pierson/Saska Gavrilovska, Texas A&M


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Welcome to the State of Idaho' Public site for Current Solicitations.
To view or download documents, click on the 'View as PDF' link next to 'Details' in the desired opportunity section. Within the document will be an attachment link or links that will allow for the ability to open and view or download each attachment individually.
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When you are into the very responsible and high post in the company, like you are one of the board members and you have decided to take resign from the company, then also you need to provide a professional resignation letter.
Most the board positions are unpaid, but that does not mean that it won't be compensated when you have decided to quit, as you have worked the long for providing many opportunities to the company, also through your contact you have done reasonable marketing which affected the performance of the company at some level.
Being on the board also increases the value of your resume, as it shows that you are willing to get involved in managing a crucial role for the company as well at shows that you are very interested in affecting the change in the community.
You should take resigning from being the member of the board very seriously as you take any other resignation; in your resignation letter, you must express your thanks for being provided the opportunity to be one of the members and express your best wishes to others members for the growth of the endeavor.
Like any other resignation letter, it is advisable to keep your words and tone very positive while writing the resignation letter; don't let your words affected by the surrounding circumstances. It is possible that you need to interact with other members in the very near future so always try to leave on a positive impression as you have made a first positive impression.
Below you will find the examples of resignation letter when you have decided to resign as a board member. Your resignation letter also contains two very important things like the effective date of your resignation and the reason for leaving as one of the board members.
Board Resignation Letter Sample #1
Mention Your Name
Address Line 1
Include City, State, Zip Code
Name of the Employer
Post Name
Name of Organization or Company
Address Line 1
City, State, Zip Code
Dear "Name of Employer,"
I writing this letter with regret to make you inform that I have decided to resign from my position on the Board of "Name of The Company or Organization," my resignation will be effective immediately.
As with my increased other commitments, I won't be able to give optimum time and able to fulfill the requirements of my position on the Board. I sincerely feel that I should make way for someone who can really devote his time and energy as one of the Board members, and it will be beneficial for the company too.
Please don't get hesitate if you need me to provide any help like finding the right candidate for the job, or you need me to train my replacement for the post.
Best Regards,
Your Signature (If it is printed or hard copy resignation letter)
Your Name
Board Resignation Email Message Sample #2
It is more convenient to send your resignation notice via email, especially when you don't have time to write a resignation letter. Make sure to use proper "subject line" in your resignation email message as it will make the reader understand what is email is all about.
Subject: Resignation - Followed by your name.
It has been my pleasure to be a part of a board member of ABC Company and enjoyed my work tenure during my last four years under your able and strong leadership. I am sure the goals which we set for board members will be easily reached by the efficient, dedicated, and talented members of the board.
I am writing this email message to make your notice that I have decided to leave my position as a board member as I want to explore new opportunities in other areas of my career.
Please consider my resignation to be effective from 30th July 20XX. Until that time, I am happy to provide my services and time to the board and will help you to find the appropriate replacement so that it won't affect the smooth working of the company.
You must be having many candidates or some prospects in your mind to fill up the position I am leaving, but if you like to take my help on this, please do not hesitate to ask for my help. I will also provide training for my replacement if required.
Best Wishes
Your Name
Your Email Address
Your Contact Number
Further Details & Tips For Email Resignation Message
You can also refer to many other email resignation message, which we have provided in our previous articles to have more idea about email resignation. It is also advisable to double-check your email resignation message, proofread it, and follow the proper format and structure of the email resignation message.
Always include relevant and required information in your resignation email message, you don't need to go into many details until and unless it is required.
Always use positive words and phrases in your email resignation messages and always keep in mind your resignation is a chance for you to leave a positive impression in your last days, it may have happened that you have encountered some really bad situations in the workplace, but this is not the time to be complaining.
Be positive in your tone, be thankful for the opportunities company has provided you to work with them, and also express your gratitude for the guidance you have got during your work tenure as it enhanced you with professional and personal growth.
Always bear in mind that the above resignation letter and email resignation message, is just for your guidance, you are free to improvise it with your circumstances and situations while writing your resignation letter or email resignation message.
The provided samples of resignation letter and email messages is not guaranteed for legality and accuracy as it is only for your guidance and every company and organization have their own rules and legalities, but on the broad spectrum, it will provide you with proper formatting and guidelines which you can follow.
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Unit 13 – Third Person Shooter on PS Vita
Unit 12 is a third-person military shooter that will offer gamers a true, dual-analogue experience. Designed from the ground up for PS Vita by Zipper Interactive, Unit 13 focuses on contemporary mission scenarios with an authentic 'ripped from the headlines' feel.
Players will choose from six different classes – Infiltrator, Sniper, Soldier, Technician, Point Man, and Support – based on their role and your own playing style. Players will be tasked with demanding missions in the most hostile regions of the world – to stop terrorists, dictators, gunrunners, warlords and drug traffickers from destabilising the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and South Asia.
Designed specifically for PS Vita, Unit 13 focuses on portable play, with bite-sized gameplay and a non-linear mission structure that will allow players to jump in at any time, without having to keep up with a story or previous events.


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