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The rise of video chat in everyday conversation has taken the world by storm. It was once a tool primarily used to communicate with far-away relatives. Now it facilitates much of the daily communication that was previously handled via text or voice alone. Video calls are particularly popular with members of younger generations.
As people alter the way they communicate with friends and family, they will also change their business communication preferences. Businesses must pay attention to the changing expectations of today's customers.
Today's customers seek out businesses who use technology in innovative ways to create unique solutions and to support customer engagement. They find these companies by seeking out information online. Organizations with a robust web presence draw more of today's customers. Furthermore, they expect personal and real-time interactions.
Video chat helps support this desired customer experience in the following ways:
1. Dedicated and personal engagement. Using video chat, customers receive one-on-one attention, and agents can connect more personally. This connection allows agents to adjust their communication to the specific customer and address their exact issues. This level of individualization results in higher levels of customer satisfaction.
2. Enhanced context. Video chat provides agents with non-verbal communication cues, allowing them to respond appropriately to customer concerns and questions. This information can be invaluable in both sales and support scenarios. When an agent can address unexpressed worries or doubts and anticipate both positive and negative responses, they communicate better with customers, close deals faster, and provide the necessary support.
3. Improved trust. Video chat allow agents to build a better rapport. Customers can put a face with a name and voice. With better communication and more effective interactions, customer trust for the brand grows.
4. Simpler conversations. The chances for misunderstanding are lower with video chat than with traditional text or phone options. Customers can more clearly express their requirements or show an agent the problem. With the addition of cobrowse, agents can also guide customers through any number of complex actions on a webpage. The opportunity for personalized guidance ensures that agents fully understand customer needs and address them without any errors or delay.
Real-time video collaboration plays a vital role in enhancing customer engagements. Visual engagement platforms provide a range of tools to supplement the support offered by video chat and to deliver enhanced customer experience.
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Much like the team eliminated before them, the Kings really didn't have too much pressure on them, because many deemed them a couple years away before a playoff spot. However, the quick maturity of Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar realized his true stardom ways, and Jonathan Quick surprised many with how he commanded the crease; the Kings made noise early and often, getting LA back into a hockey state-of-mind after years of indifference. The biggest thing now, even after the first round exit, is to build off the momentum they did have.
Starting with Quick, he had a lot of life event this year towards the end of the season, which could have mentally thrown him off his game. After the birth of his child, it seemed that he was a bit off his game when he came back. I think the buzz about how Jonathan Bernier breathing down his throat didn't help much either for his confidence. Even with his small extension, the presence of Bernier will make him worry more. The starting role is still up for debate because of it, many saying Quick played himself out of the role and Bernier can't be held back anymore. If Quick wants to get his job back that he lost-- he'll have to get mentally tougher in the off-season and work on his positioning better as there are a lot of goal he shouldn't have gotten beaten on in the Vancouver series.
Up front, the Kings look solid for another season. Kopitar will undoubtedly lead the way with Ryan Smyth and Dustin Brown there for support. However, I would expect big things next season when it comes to Wayne Simmons, as he showed very strong signs of promise towards the end of the year. Also, you can probably expect Brayden Schenn to come up and bypass his overage season in Brandon of the WHL. Schenn will probably take the place of Alex Frolov, who probably won't be re-signed at all, considering his tiffs with management. Along with Schenn, Oscar Moller will probably break through an everyday spot on the roster next year and you have to put the wild-card of Brandon Kozun of the WHL's Calgary Hitmen on the prospective break-through guys for next year.
Drew Doughty was the anchor of the Kings blue line and you can expect to hear that for the next decade or so. The young Olympian had a stellar year and should build off of that. The Kings haven't seen something like that since a young Rob Blake patrolled the back-end. Jack Johnson is going to have to improve on his minus-15 if he wants to continue to get 20+ minutes a game. With Thomas Hickey coming up, it should only add to the stellar youngsters the Kings have on their blue line. Plus, they have a benefit of having some older guys (by proxy) in Matt Greene and Rob Scuderi to help mold the younger guys into the system and be the veteran presence to the team.
All in all, the Kings got to their goal faster than even they had though. They are proof that the youth movement trend is alive and well. I mentioned in April of '08 that this team was my team to look out for in the West and they're proving me right this year. Hopefully, even with all the small changes from their prospects (especially a goaltending one which could get hectic) that they'll be able to keep on the same path to success. No one will underestimate them and now will be gunning for them. Whether they can battle back will be the true test.
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Before 2009, most iTunes music files need to pay for it. Someone may purchase a large number of music songs at one time. And even the iTunes Music is free, what you have purchased are still with DRM protected, here we talk about the solutions to remove the DRM from purchased music songs from iTunes Store.
There are two ways to remove DRM from iTunes purchased music. In the following, you can know how to remove DRM only with iTunes & iCloud or with the help of Macsome iTunes Converter.
Method 1. Delete them and redownload it.
First of all, click iTunes Menu –Preferences, turn to Store tab, check "Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases". Close Preferences.
Let's make sure those protected songs are ready for download. Click on the Cloud icon in the list view of your music.
Second, Click "Kind" to list all the files by the type of file it is, and you can find all the "Protected AAC audio file." music in iTunes, just select them and delete them.
Third, select the cloud icon again and download the songs you have deleted.
After you download them, all the music songs are without DRM any longer. And you can play the music anywhere and anytime as you like.
With Method 1, it seems very simple and fast to remove DRM, but sometimes, you can't get the same audio quality as what you have purchased. What a pity.
Method 2 will tell you how to remove DRM from the purchased music of iTunes and keep CD quality as your primary purchased ones.
Method 2 – Use Macsome iTunes Converter to remove DRM from iTunes purchased music songs.
Here we need an audio converter to help us – Macsome iTunes Converter , which gives users simple and fast solution to convert DRM iTunes files including Apple Music, iTunes Match Music, Audio iBooks, Audio Books and so on to MP3, AAC and remove the DRM at the same time.
All the DRM removal from iTunes purchased music files are very simple, you can get it even you are a fresh man.
First, you need to go to download iTunesConverter.dmg by clicking http://www.macsome.com/iTunesConverter.dmg
Install it on your computer and launch it.
Second, click Add button and choose the Music library and add the files you want to convert.
You can also choose the whole list of Music to convert them in batch.
Third, Go to the iTunes Converter Menu – Preferences – Advanced to set the output format.
At last, click Convert button to start the conversion.
After conversion, all the DRM has been removed from protected AA files and so on. And now you can play all your iTunes music on any devices as you like. More tutorials about iTunes Converter, go to http://www.macsome.com/itunes-converter-mac/online-tutorial.html


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The small community of Djibo in Burkina Faso has rallied for the release of an Australian couple who ran a local medical clinic for decades before being kidnapped last week.
Dr Ken Elliot and his wife Jocelyn are believed to have been abducted from the town of Baraboule, near the country's borders with Niger and Mali, by Al-Qaeda-linked extremists
A Facebook message posted Tuesday by the people of Djibo said "the patients of the hospital of Dr. Elliot, distressed at the kidnapping and in view of the duration of his detention, envisages public demonstrations."
"We are calling upon all of the citizens and governments of the international community ... to undertake actions necessary for the liberation of Dr #Elliot," it added.
The message came a day after hundreds of students in khaki uniforms with hand-printed cardboard placards reading "Free Elliot" turned out in the town with their teachers.
"Our small voices are crying our pain along with the dozens of sick people I've seen leaving the clinic these last three days," said a post by Adama Dicko.
"I'm sure you've already looked after a relative of the people who kidnapped you," he added.
The page, titled "Djibo backs Dr Ken Elliot", featuring photos of the white-haired and bearded doctor at work in the clinic, already has 4200 followers, with messages largely from the medic's Burkinabe friends but also from his family and other Australians.
A former Australian hostage who spent 15 months in Somalia, Nigel Brennan, had a message of hope. "Something like 96 percent of people come out alive," he said. "Very few people die in captivity."
The whereabouts of the Western Australian couple, who are aged in their 80s, remains unknown and no ransom demands have been made.
News of the kidnapping came at the weekend as a jihadist assault on an upmarket hotel in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou left at least 30 people dead, including many foreigners.
A spokesman for Malian militant group Ansar Dine, Hamadou Ag Khallini, told AFP in a brief phone message that the couple were being held by jihadists from the Al-Qaeda-linked "Emirate of the Sahara".
He said they were alive and more details would be released soon.
The Emirate of the Sahara is a branch of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) operating in northern Mali, according to experts. The group has claimed the attack on the Ouagadougou hotel.


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The suburban apartment market is improving -- both for landlords and contractors that do remodeling work.
Rents, renovations rise in suburban apartment market
Net rents for suburban apartments rose in the first quarter, matching a two-year high, while the vacancy rate edged down yet remained tight at 96%. Net rent factors in the value of concessions landlords give tenants, such as rent abatement.
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Net rents rose 2% to $1.08 per square foot during the first quarter, while the occupancy rate fell one percentage point from the end of last year to 96%, according to a new report by Chicago-based Appraisal Research Counselors.
Occupancy levels and rents have been climbing in recent years as few new apartment complexes have been built, partly because municipalities are reluctant to approve new apartment towers.
That's prompting some building owners to conduct major renovations and upgrades with hopes they'll be able to push rents higher, says Ron DeVries, a vice-president with Appraisal Research and co-author of the report.
"The big thing we're seeing this year is the amount of renovation going on," Mr. DeVries says. "A lot of people are looking at it and saying: 'If we can't build new, let's renovate and compete for higher-end dollars.'"
New York-based Sterling American Properties in April announced it had acquired Brookdale Village, a 252-apartment complex in Naperville, for $29 million and is planning to make $1.6 million in upgrades, including a new fitness center and café. Large renovations are under way or planned at the 420-unit Fox Valley Villages in Aurora and the 396-unit Hawthorn Estates in Schaumburg.
Only one new apartment building opened last year in the suburbs, with 90 units, and only one, with 112 units, is slated to open this year, according to Appraisal Research.
Mr. DeVries says he thinks rents, which matched a two-year high hit in the third quarter, are poised to rise further. He says some landlords will be willing to sacrifice a little of their occupancy rates to get higher rents.
The improving apartment market, which has also benefited from steady job growth and the languishing condo market, may also prompt more developers to do apartment projects.
Chicago developer J. Paul Beitler, for instance, has scrapped condos and townhouses for his proposed 13-story building in downtown Waukegan and is now looking to do 245 apartments there. The change was decided in the last few months and was driven largely by market dynamics, says Sharyl Rothschild, a managing director with Beitler Real Estate Corp.
"We felt strongly that the condo market has changed, and the apartment market is very strong," Ms. Rothschild says. "We wanted to have the opportunity to have something there much more quickly."
Ms. Rothschild says after the city gives its final approval in July, construction could begin late this year with an opening planned for 2009. She says doing condos would require about half the units to be sold before construction could begin, which she says would probably add another year.


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The MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Advocate Nelson Chamisa has turned to the Bible and likened himself to the Biblical Joshua who will take Zimbabweans to Canaan.
Addressing a rally in Zvishavane yesterday, Chamisa, who is an AFM pastor, also promised to solve the cash crisis in the country in 14 days by adopting a basket of currencies with a possibility of joining the rand union.
This is despite the fact that Zimbabwe already uses a basket of currencies that include the US dollar, the rand, the pula, the Chinese yuan, the British pound, the euro, the Japanese yen and the Australian dollar.
The MDC Alliance also continued to claim that their rallies are not shown on ZBC TV, yet the alliance and most political parties are not submitting diaries of their political events to the national broadcaster.
This story and many others are also testimony that ZBC is taking the initiative to keep the electorate informed of the activities of other political parties.


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Stephen Sewell's latest play revisits the meeting in 1964 between film star Mae West and controversial photographer Diane Arbus.
If Shakespeare created a lot of fun for his actors with this play, Phillips has boosted the comedy factor with his operatic vision, creating a spectacular entertainment and promising audiences a hilarious and joyous night out.
The play pares down Peter Carey's Bliss to produce an entertaining three-hour show, with plenty of onstage shenanigans.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a finely crafted, highly polished gem that tells one of the most uplifting stories to come out of the high-octane musical era, the 1960s, and pays tribute to the woman who created a lasting legacy with her compositions.
In the intimacy of the Lawler Theatre, the show starts off casually, with the house lights still up and Muggleton engaging in caustic banter with her audience, some of it improvised, warming to her role as Callas. But once the character of the prima donna is well established, she calls in the first...
Vigil is a strange genre-defying beast, and its short run at the Arts Centre will give Melbourne audiences a chance to see a unique show and watch a star on the rise.
George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 has seen a surge in sales in recent years, as people suspect we are heading into an Orwellian future, where oppressive regimes manipulate the truth and undermine humanity and civilisation. Is there anything to learn from going back to Orwell's 1949 text?
The writing is witty, incisive and timeless, a gift for comedians and actors. It is also a comment on American values and democracy, and a call to the individual to stand up against corruption.
The 2014 translation by US playwright Annie Baker, with its use of current vocabulary and slang, gives the play a more contemporary feeling and greater relevance to twenty-first century audiences.
With her chestnut hair bleached and shorn, her buckled boots and her ockerish banter with the audience and musicians, Katie Noonan woos us with ordinariness. But, as soon as the first notes are struck and she opens her mouth to sing, we know we are in the presence of the...
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Tom Ford is an expert in fashion film making. After making his debut as a director and getting global recognition, Tom decided to shoot his brand's spring campaign on his own. It came fancy, mysterious and dramatic. Steven Klein manages the camera. He piques our curiosity with interval day and night demos the perception of which is intensified by swelling sound effects. Ford's passion to Hollywood pictures of 50's had its impact on the ad campaign. It makes you feel the glam of that time.
Karen Elson who is an ambassador of the new makeup line and Joan Smalls - the muses of the designer - took part in his campaign. Joan gets out of the car topless wearing sparkling bikini. The next shot caught her playing at chess on the back yard of her house. Decked out in a velvet pink jacket she covers her eyes with glasses from Tom Ford's new eyewear collection. Another shot shows Karen Elson sitting at the wheel of her car completely nude and fighting with her boyfriend. Wearing Tom Ford glasses makes her eyes the only part of her body that is not exposed.
Every look in demos brings a special sense. Throughout the whole campaign Ford place women as a driver literally and figuratively. He depicts women as dominating figures that are capable of taking the helm as of a car so of their own lives. Tom Ford's view of the Woman is strength, independence. It is not just fashion anymore. This is a vibe for modern fashion industry.


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After months of cold weather, it's time to get back outside for the summer! We spend hours a day outside. Most of the time I just tell the kids to run around and come up with games with the neighbors, but I do like some fun outdoor toys too. Here are 10 fun ideas for outdoor toys: 1. Bunch O Balloons:… Read More
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What is SEMrush? Open Source Seo
SEMrush is an online marketing and competitive intelligence Package of SEO tools you can use to find top ranking results. Founded by entrepreneurs and designed for entrepreneurs, SEMrush has grown from a startup in 2008 to an established worldwide brand encouraging 20,000 partners, 3 Million consumers, and above 8.3 Billion keywords worldwide. SEMrush is the service provider when it comes To online marketing and comparative competitive intelligence. No wonder the term SEMrush means the same thing as relative and competitive intelligence. Open Source Seo
Features of the programs
Are you a start-up or a freelancer, developing or small Marketing agency, a service with a comprehensive presence or an established brand that requires a customized marketing solution for your business? Well search no further, because from just $99.95 to 399.95 USD per month, SEMrush has packages and plans intended for your size of business.
Additional you can make annual subscriptions for your Marketing and competitive intelligence services, which can help you save around $800! For the monthly subscriptions though, SEMrush includes 4 main price strategies, namely:
1. SEMrush Pro Strategy:
Designed for freelancers , in-house marketers and start-ups With a minimal budget, this, $99.95/month program, is the most elementary plan which gives you access to 28 innovative tools and features to enhance your marketing. It is going to only cost you 999.40 to get a yearly subscription. From the On-Page SEO Checker to Organic Traffic Insights, from PPC Keyword Tool to Ad Builder and many other features and tools, this program gives you more than enough resources and features to offer you an edge over your competition. While also letting, this plan Provides you reports You track 500 keywords, to utilize 5 projects, crawl 100,000 pages and track 50 networking profiles. Enabling you to run your SEO, PPC (Pay per Click) c aigns and Social Media Marketing for your company, this strategy provides you the'spying' potential you'll need by supplying you with in-depth analysis and advice concerning your competitor's sources of traffic, social media outcomes, along with other applicable marketing-related info.
2. SEMrush Pro Plan:
At $199.95 USD a month, this strategy is Acceptable for small And growing businesses and advertising and marketing agencies. You have the choice of paying $1,999.40 upfront for an yearly subscription. Apart from getting all the tools and features that the Guru program comprises, the Guru plan includes Historical data reports that are trackable and elongated limits. This plan supplies you with 5,000 daily reports along with a total of 50 projects, 1,500 key words to monitor, 300,000 pages to crawl along with the capability to track 100 Social Media profiles.
3. SEMrush Business Plan:
This plan is designed for agencies, and, E-commerce projects Businesses with an extensive web presence. Cost at $399.95 USD monthly or $3,999.95 for a yearly subscription, it provides you 10,000 reports per day whilst at the same time providing you with a total of 200 Projects, 5,000 key words to track, 1,000,000 pages to crawl along with the capacity to monitor 300 Social Media profiles.
4. SEMrush Enterprise Plan:
Designed for companies and brands that need and that was exceptional Customized marketing and competitive intelligence solutions, the price for this plan is available upon request. Apart from enabling its users to get API access and daily reports, this program allows its users to extend their limits and make projects, unlimited tracking, unlimited pages to crawl and unlimited Social Media monitoring and posting. Open Source Seo
Advantages and Disadvantages of using SEMrush
1. Access to Tools That Boost Your ROI For Paid Promotion:
Aside from SEMrush being easy to use, it gives you Access to research tools which throw any guesswork out . Through the SEMrush Keyword research, Keyword Magic Tool and Keyword Difficulty tools, you can use the SEMrush recommendations to increase your ROI.
2. Site Audits and Keyword Research: SEMrush comes in handy If you have to check and compare the health status of your site'SEO-wise' alongside your competitors' websites as well. SEMrush also has no equal when it has to do with current keyword tracking and tips on emerging and upcoming key words.
3. All-Under-One-Roof Tools: Whether it's SEO or articles Advertising, Social Media Ad building, Multi-targeting and keyword research monitoring and submitting, you name it, SEMrush has it under one roof allowing some other business and a freelancer to maximize their marketing and competitive intelligence goals.
4. Access to Actionable Data and Insight: With more than 3 Million users worldwide who search through 800 million keywords and through 130 million domains from the SEMrush database, SEMrush owns a treasure trove of data which marketers and SEO experts may use to generate valuable insight and create actionable SEO and online marketing strategies.
5. Get into Search Engines Pages' Top: Using a regularly Updated database of over 10 Million keywords sourced SEMrush is in the ideal position to make sure your site ranks and gets into the top of the search engines results pages.
6. Easy to Understand Reports serving Customers, many of whom might not be SEO-savvy, SEMrush goes a long way in making sure the daily report that SEMrush delivers to them are user-friendly and free from technical jargon.
1. Prohibitive Price: If only it were possible to get the SEMrush tools and attributes under one roof in a cost.
2. Keyword Access ; Management: It may be sifting Through attempting to find specific key words from the over 100 Million key words that the SEMrush database keeps and updates.
3. No Branded Reports:
SEO marketing agencies and pros that provide regular Reports to their clients may desire to possess the reports branded with their corporate images. SEMrush does not allow this at the present time.
Would I recommend SEMrush for your online marketing and competitive intelligence?
It is not as Straightforward. The search engine of Exactly the Identical way Google has better Search query on its website, SEMrush has gotten better with each keyword used, every page crawled and every social networking profile recorded. Since it requires time, engineering and tremendous capacity to Be able to crawl and generate the kind of online data that a firm like SEMrush creates, I would recommend that if choosing your internet advertising or competitive intelligence spouse, ask yourself these questions:
1. Are they tested and tried?
2. Have they delivered in companies?
To Assist You answer the questions above, SEMrush has not only Been proven and tested by everybody including that SEO man you know from next door, but it has also delivered phenomenal results to established brands that the likes of Amazon, Forbes, HP, Deloitte, eBay etc.. As a matter of fact, Booking.com consistently gets a #1 position on Google among 17 million results, thanks to SEMrush! That is not to mention that using SEMrush will guarantee your Success, however you can be certain that using a marketing and Competitive intelligence spouse will improve your probability of success. Open Source Seo


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Through various events and conferences, we regularly meet other tech startups doing amazing things for UK consumers, and we want to help Onedox customers discover these new (and usually free) products and services. As we look towards 2019, where we will aim to provide more sophisticated recommendations and deeply integrate with more services that will be beneficial to our customers, … Read More
Onedox: Roundup of awards and programmes
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Onedox now supports Water accounts
In a big win for our customers (who have requested Water support from the get-go!), automatic bill collection is now supported for Thames Water, whilst for all other Water providers, you can now contribute data, key contract information and upload bills and documents. This addition reflects a growing demand from customers to be able to supplement automatic bill collection with … Read More
Onedox chosen as a Business Cloud FinTech Disrupter of 2018
Onedox is delighted to announce its inclusion on Business Cloud's list of 101 FinTech Disrupters of 2018, highlighting innovative organisations that are truly changing the way UK consumers spend, save and live. In the prestigious company of FinTechs like Revolut, Starling, Monzo, Cleo and Plum, this latest industry recognition shows the value Onedox brings to UK consumers, providing them with … Read More
Product Hunt, Water Bills, Archiving and our Google Home Mini winners!
These past few weeks have seen some very exciting launches for Onedox… There's been our Product Hunt launch where we were #1 Product of the Day for September 1st, whoohoo! With 331 upvotes and counting, it's gotten a great response from the community made up of keen hunters for cool products worldwide. Visit www.producthunt.com/posts/onedox to check it out and show your … Read More
Dogs don't have bills. People do.
Goggled Onedog 🐶, it's been real. But now it's time to say goodbye 😢 Say hello to our new website design! https://t.co/Omw5gi9ulf 🤩 pic.twitter.com/Cxh14FjCjB — Onedox (@OnedoxInfo) July 18, 2018 Wave goodbye to the dog 🐶👋😢 Onedox.com has a new look! We're excited to introduce you to our brand new website! Remember our old homepage with the dog in … Read More
Introducing the new Onedox Dashboard
It's been a busy time designing at Onedox HQ! First off – we've just released our Open Banking Preview. Secondly, you may have noticed our new and updated To-Do's page within the app; which makes it much easier to take, postpone or cancel action relating to your household admin. And third, but by no means least, we've now publicly released … Read More
Our vision: bringing together banking and utilities
Open utilities + Open banking Open banking is designed to put consumers in control of their data; providing an easier way for consumers to manage and make more of their finances through the application of technology and open access to appropriate services. Open utilities is a concept that Onedox has been making a reality over the last three years: enabling … Read More
Don't give up David Mitchell!
In this Observer opinion piece, David Mitchell rightly points out the incredible dysfunctionality of the UK energy system: "…the fact that the largest operators in the domestic energy marketplace offer some of the highest tariffs is a lovely demonstration that the forces of market competition aren't functioning. …to research who's offering the best price, go through the admin hassle … Read More
Onedox selected for NatWest Fintech Accelerator Programme
Having recently completed the Accenture Fintech Innovation Lab, Onedox continues to make its mark in the land of Fintech, having been accepted into the Fintech cohort of NatWest's Entrepreneur Acceleration Programme. The programme, which commenced in April 2018, is aimed at promising startups in the scale up phase, and offers Onedox a unique opportunity to take advantage of NatWest's support and expertise … Read More
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The UWE Bristol Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) provides the foundation of your career as a barrister. Rigorous and demanding, yet stimulating and rewarding, the BPTC course will equip you with the advocacy, research, conference and mediation skills you need to excel at the Bar and beyond.
We aim to be as supportive of your pastoral care as we are of your academic progression, and alongside the teaching, the BPTC course provides excellent opportunities to help secure a pupillage.
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Santa brings Christmas cheer to the New Beverly with an assortment of holiday oddities, Yuletide mind-busters, gleeful curiosities, and other jolly surprises. Leading off with the cult classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, unwrap a merry medley of jubilant excess including cartoons and trailers plus two bonus top secret psychotronic features sure to put you in a festive mood.
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|Eric Cantor at conservative Christian political event in 2011
(photo credit: Brian Kaylor)
First, Cantor's loss should not sound the deathknell for immigration reform. Although many pundits quickly claimed Cantor lost because of his support for immigration reform, that analysis badly misreads the political climate. If Cantor's loss is related at all to immigration reform it would be because he waffled on the issue and stood as an obstacle to reform legislation. In fact, the same night Cantor lost, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the co-author of the Senate's immigration reform bill, easily beat back Tea Party challenge even as he ran on his immigration reform record. As long as politicians do not learn the wrong lesson from Cantor's loss and run away from immigration reform, Graham's legislation should have a better chance with Cantor leaving.
Second, Cantor's loss should remind us that politics is still local. Cantor is ambitious and had his eye on becoming Speaker of the House. He likely would have made it to that post had the voters in his district just left him alone. As Cantor focused on national politics, he ignored his district and became unpopular at home. He was so out-of-touch (and self-assured) that he stayed in Washington, D.C., on election day even though his district is less than two hours away. In an age where many political races are nationalized, Cantor's loss shows that politicians still need to actually represent the people.


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Some of the Wall Paintings in the Church of Our Savior, in the Vestibule. Rostov Velikii
The city of Rostov the Great is mentioned in written chronicles as early as the ninth century. Between 1670 and 1690 Metropolitan Jonah Sysoevich created on the north shore of Lake Nero a remarkable complex known as the Rostov Kremlin (formally Metropolitan's Court), which included several churches as well as walls and towers. The Church of the Savior on the Stores, built in 1675 above a provisions cellar, served as the metropolitan's chapel and also as a place for the performance of sacred music. Shown here is a part of the fresco on the west wall depicting the Last Judgment. In the upper left is an unclothed body and soul (head not shown) being weighed for judgment, with an archangel standing guard. At the bottom are the four beasts. In the center is the serpent of Hell, whose body shows the names of sins such as "hatred" and "envy." At the bottom right are sinners in torment. The image is by Russian photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863–1944), who used a special color photography process to create a visual record of the Russian Empire in the early 20th century. Some of Prokudin-Gorskii's photographs date from about 1905, but the bulk of his work is from between 1909 and 1915, when, with the support of Tsar Nicholas II and the Ministry of Transportation, he undertook extended trips through many parts of the empire. In 1911 he visited Yaroslavl Province, whose ancient cities included Rostov the Great.
Title in Original Language
Часть стенной живописи в церкви Спаса на сенях. Ростов Великий
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- Prokudin-Gorskii's photographic work survives primarily in two forms: 1,901 black-and-white triple-frame glass plate negatives, made with color separation filters, which Prokudin-Gorskii used to make color prints and lantern slides; and 12 albums of sepia-tone prints, made from the glass negatives, which Prokudin-Gorskii compiled as a record of his travels and studies. The Library of Congress purchased the glass plate negatives and the albums from the Prokudin-Gorskii family in 1948. In 2004, the Library of Congress had digital color composites made from all the surviving glass negatives using a software algorithm to automatically align the color components. As with most historical photographs, title and subject identifications are corrected and enhanced through new research. Current information on the collection is at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/prok/.
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After a successful thirty-year career with the Cape Henlopen and Milford school systems, Kathy Reinhart adds her own tradition of "excellence, knowledge, and professionalism" to that of Jack Lingo, REALTOR. A native of Sussex County, Delaware, Kathy benefits from an extensive knowledge of Rehoboth and Dewey Beach. As a rental agent, Kathy looks forward to helping you find the rental property that will make your vacation an unforgettable joy. Please call Kathy at our main Rehoboth office number 302-227-3883.
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The Rhino Props Story
The Company
Rhino Props™ is a small, highly talented company that started early 2013 when Anthony Drinkwater and Steve Tonkin teamed up with Jassi Singh.
Rhino Props™ lends its success to the direct relationship we share with our manufacture in India which allows us to provide exceptional products at competitive price, source out quality materials direct from suppliers and create new designs for future products.
Although a new company we have received an amazing response to our prop selling out of stock in the first month our product arrived in Sydney.
The People of Rhino Props™
|Jassi Singh
(Manufacturing) is a mechanical engineer and has an in depth knowledge of ASM having grown up in the factory helping his father manufacture products. Having gone to the factory in his teens, Jassi learnt the machines, manufactured products and got to know the staff personally and still stays in contact with them today.
|Tony Drinkwater
(Sales Manager) grew up watching his father manage Eastland Economy Homes, one of the largest building companies in Coffs Harbour. Unfortunately his father passed away in 1987, but is still the driving force behind the Rhino Props company and mentality. Anthony went on to become a boat builder working for McConaghy Boats, North Shore Yachts and gained sales experience as a timber salesman.
|Steve Tonkin
(Advertising) is a carpenter by trade, working on high-end properties in the Northern Beaches, Sydney. Steve's background however, was originally in Web Development. Having managed a business in Brookvale for several years before moving over to carpentry, he has an in depth knowledge in creating a brand and marketing companies to achieve success.
The Manufacturer
Rhino Props are manufactured in India by ASM which is owned by Jassi Signh's father. ASM began in 1976, manufacturing tractor shafts then moved into the manufacturing of hand tools. In 1998 ASM began manufacturing construction props and scaffolding components for distribution in India and Europe.
Our care does not stop at the products but extends to the employees that make the products. The factory in India strives for a safe and happy working environment. ASM is a family environment where a handful of staff began working with the company when it started at the back of a garage, in 1967.


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Luke Bryan tour brings a $2,000 donation for The Food Bank
CENTRALIA – The presenting sponsor for Luke Bryan's Oct. 7 concert, Bayer, is donating $2,000 to The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri.
This donation is part of Bayer's "Here's to the farmer" campaign. Bayer is celebrating America's farming community in combination with trying to bring awareness to America's hungry.
At every stop along the tour, Bayer has donated to that town's local food bank.
The Food Bank's Executive Director, Lindsay Lopez, said she's beyond grateful for what this campaign is doing for Mid-Missouri.
"When you have a superstar country artist like Luke Bryan, an incredible corporation like Bayer, who believe in this cause, they have the ability to spread awareness more than we can on our own," Lopez said.
Lopez said for every dollar donated, she is then able to buy $21 worth of groceries.
Bayer Event Communications Manager, Joe Hathaway, said Bayer enjoys being able to donate to specific food banks along the Farm Tour.
"When we work with the local food banks in these markets and we see the look on their faces and understand just how much a dollar here and there can do to help feed hungry families," Hathaway said, "it's beyond words and to have that local impact is huge."
The campaign doesn't stop with one check: it continues the rest of the harvest season on social media.
Every time someone shares on any social media #HerestotheFarmer, Bayer will donate one meal to a family in need.


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Toledo may not stand out as a romantic destination, but there are plenty of memorable ways for couples to spend time together in northwest Ohio. Toledo is large enough to have significant cultural offerings such as the symphony, jazz events, and art museums. Pair that with an evening of fine dining and watching the sunset on Lake Erie. Whether you and your love are into simple pleasures like a ball game and a hot dog or prefer a stroll and a fine dinner, Toledo has numerous options.
See a Performance at the Valentine Theater
Address410 Adams St, Toledo, OH 43604-1402, USA
Phone+1 419-242-2787
Take in a performance at the Valentine Theater, located in downtown Toledo. The Toledo Cultural Arts Center hosts a number of shows throughout the year, including performances by the Toledo Ballet, concerts by the Toledo Symphony, Broadway-style musicals/plays, and events featuring comedians, musicians, and entertainers. With only 901 seats, there isn't a bad view in the house.
Listen to the Toledo Symphony
Address1838 Parkwood Ave # 310, Toledo, OH 43604-7902, USA
Phone+1 419-246-8000
For more than 50 years, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra has been bringing a sense of class and sophistication to Northwest Ohio through live concerts performed at many venues around the city. If you are looking for an intimate evening with a loved one, consider an elegant concert with a first-class orchestra. The Toledo Symphony performs regularly at The Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle, The Valentine Theatre, The Toledo Zoo, The Stranahan Theater, and The Franciscan Center at Lourdes College.
Enjoy a Weekend Away in Style
Address12200 Williams Rd, Perrysburg, OH 43551-6803, USA
Phone+1 419-874-2233
The Belamere Suites Hotel in Perrysburg is nothing like a standard hotel. The Belamere Hotel is designed with romance in mind. Each room at the Belamere provides a king-sized bed, fireplace, a Jacuzzi for two or private heated indoor pool, fluffy robes, a private entrance, attached garage, and a catered breakfast. Have the feeling of getting away without having to go too far from home.
Stroll Through the Toledo Museum of Art
Address2445 Monroe St, Toledo, OH 43620, USA
Phone+1 419-255-8000
One of the top art museums in the country, The Toledo Museum of Art regularly hosts world-class exhibits along with a tremendous permanent collection. Set among the historic homes in Toledo's Old West End neighborhood, the outside of the museum and adjoining glass pavilion are impressive.
Take a romantic stroll through the museum's collection of modern, contemporary, ancient, European, African, Asian, and glass art. The museum's permanent collection is always free to visitors; some of the special exhibitions cost a fee. For a special treat, visit the museum on Friday nights and grab a bite to eat at the Museum Café. Note that the museum is closed Mondays and major holidays.
Take in a Performance at the Stranahan Theater
Address4645 Heatherdowns Blvd, Toledo, OH 43614-3154, USA
Phone+1 419-381-8851
For the best concerts, musicals, plays, ballets, and orchestra performances in town, head to the Stranahan Theater, located on Heatherdowns Boulevard in Toledo. If you are looking for a grand way to celebrate an anniversary or special occasion, the Stranahan seats nearly 2,500 guests for an unforgettable experience.
Savor a Dinner for Two at One of Toledo's Top Restaurants
Address953 Phillips Ave, Toledo, OH 43612-1399, USA
Phone+1 419-476-4154
Toledo has so many first choice restaurants, it would be hard to choose just one to share a romantic dinner out with your partner. Some of the best include La Scola, Mancy's Italian, Poco Piatti, Ciao! and Real Seafood.
For an extra special evening, visit the restaurants in Industrial Park which line the river in downtown Toledo, or head to Mancy's original restaurant for an intimate setting with dark wood paneling and plenty of privacy.
Cheer on the Toledo Mud Hens
Address406 Washington St, Toledo, OH 43604-1046, USA
Phone+1 419-725-4367
The Toledo Mud Hens, an AAA Affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, play at Fifth Third Field downtown. The field offers a diverse array of concessions as well as a shallow horseshoe of seats so that you're never far away from the action.
The Club seats here are ideal for a romantic outing. They offer a private entrance, access to the Bird Cage restaurant, and the best views in all of the park.
Enjoy a Lake Erie Sunset
AddressCleveland, OH 44102, USA
Phone+1 216-635-3200
Whether you enjoy the view from Cleveland's Edgewater State Park, on the city's near west side, or Mentor Headlands Beach on the far east side, the sunset over Lake Erie and the Maumee River is one of the loveliest views in town. In the warmer months, bring a picnic dinner and dine as you watch the sun sink unobstructed into the horizon. Or, stroll hand-in-hand along the beach and enjoy the view.
Relive History at Fort Meigs
Address29100 W River Rd, Perrysburg, OH 43551-1056, USA
Phone+1 419-874-4121
Located just south of downtown Toledo in the suburb of Perrysburg, Fort Meigs is the largest wooden-walled fortification in North America. Built in 1813 to defend the Ohio country against the likely British invasion from Lake Erie, Fort Meigs has been restored to its original condition.
Visitors can tour the seven blockhouses, five cannon batteries, and the visitors' center. The Fort is open from April 1 to October 31. The site hosts frequent re-enactments during the season, including the Independence Day celebration and Ghosts on the Garrison (the last two weeks of October.)
Try Your Luck at the Casino
Address1968 Miami St, Toledo, OH 43605, USA
Phone+1 419-661-5200
Hollywood Casino Toledo features 125,000 square feet of gaming space, including 2,000 slots, 60 gaming tables, and a poker room. In addition, it has a sports bar, three restaurants, and a lounge. Adjacent to the casino is a five-story parking garage with space for more than 2,500 cars. The casino is located on Miami Street, just off of I-75 near the Maumee River.
Enjoy Music Under the Stars at the Toledo Zoo
Address2 Hippo Way, Toledo, OH 43609, USA
Phone+1 419-385-4040
The Toledo Zoo hosts a full summer schedule of outdoor concerts in their grand amphitheater. The schedule ranges from jazz and Broadway tunes to big band and classical music. Admission is free.
Grab a Dog at Tony Packo's
Address1902 Front St, Toledo, OH 43605, USA
Phone+1 419-691-6054
A Toledo institution, this Hungarian restaurant located just across the Maumee River from downtown, is known for its spicy pickles and peppers and its Hungarian hot dogs topped with chili. Opened in 1932, Tony Packo's was brought to the country's attention when MASH's Corporal Klinger, a Toledo native, mentioned it repeatedly on the TV series. It's a unique and affordable place to eat after a day of sightseeing.
Savor a Top-Notch Steak Dinner
Famous chop houses like Mancy's Steakhouse, Cousino's Steakhouse are popular with couples who like good food and conversation.
Mancy's serves high-grade, aged steaks that pair with their famous one-pound baked potatoes, French onion soup, chilled jumbo shrimp cocktail, or fresh asparagus with house-made hollandaise. They have an extensive wine list of 300 wines and carry 20 craft beers.
Rustic Cousino's offers romantic sharable starters such as baked brie topped with candied almonds and served with toast points, sliced apples, and four-berry melba sauce. Jumbo shrimp cocktails are also on their shareable menu. Follow that with one of their aged steaks for a memorable evening.
Walk Through the Gardens
The Toledo Botanical Garden is a huge botanical garden with acres of fragrant meadows and wildflower, rose, and herb gardens to stroll through. You can see a recreated pioneer garden as well as natural gardens.
Art lovers will enjoy the Artisan Village, original sculptures located throughout the Garden and the annual Crosby Festival of the Arts. If you love music, go to the summer concert series where local jazz musicians perform.


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The intrepid Keston climbing team.
Keston climbs Kilimanjaro for charity
Published: 18 March, 2010
KENT: Nick Whitwell, managing director of Keston boilers, has successfully reached the summit of Kilimanjaro, along with six colleagues from the building services industry, raising over £33 000 for charity.
The climb was in aid of SACRED (South African Children's Resource for Educational Development). Mr Whitwell and his team set off on 8 March and, following a five-day trek, made their destination in the early hours of Friday morning on 12 March.
The expedition, and all associated costs, were personally funded so that all monies raised went directly to the charity.
Merchants who would like to show their support for this endeavour, can make donations to the charity directly.


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No 1, 14 January 2017
- Self-determined agency as foundation of justice and peace*
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- Make 2017 the year of freedom of expression
- by Karl Müller
- Allegations of hacking US-election are baseless
- Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity Memorandum
- Security Council unites in support of Russia-Turkey efforts to end violence, jumpstart political process
- Resolution to end violence in Syria and jumpstart a political process
- "Enemy stereotype Russia. History of a demonisation"
- A book by Hannes Hofbauer | by Jochen Scholz*
- Don't sacrifice the Swiss state under the rule of law and democracy to the EU integration mania
- by Dr iur Marianne Wüthrich
- Survey of teaching personnel in the Canton of Aargau – the results are explosive!
- For a good school without Curriculum 21
- Resistance against Pisa tests and the worldwide equalization of education is growing in Latin America
- Manifesto against PISA and the Standardization Framework of Education in the World
- Letters to the editor
- Nose deep on the track or up in the wind
- Four-legged hunters – with and without noises | by Heini Hofmann


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Petite Productions is a school of diverse teaching in dance and social graces. It offers a unique program especially formulated for pre-school boys and girls to develop body coordination and self assurance.
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Soccer is the most popular sport for boys and girls in America today. It is an excellent source of physical activity, and healthy habits. Threw the activities and games they play, your child's character and attitude will be challenged and molded in a positive way as they are taught, teamwork, sharing, communication, and respect. Not to mention, IT'S A LOT OF FUN!
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This easy route starting from the Col des Etroits, a crossroads for many footpaths, takes walkers though the unspoilt forest and pastures of Mont-des-Cerfs. The view at the halfway point reveals the town of Sainte-Croix, the world capital of music boxes, and the mountains of the Alps.
Stop off at the Gîte du Mont-des-Cerfs to savour some local products in the authentic setting of a working mountain pasture farm. Then continue your walk between snow-covered pine trees and plains towards La Gittaz-Dessous, where the Restaurant La Gittaz offers a variety of brasserie style dishes. This there-and-back route in the heart of the Mont-des-Cerfs Nordic Centre, with its ambiance of the Great North, is a delight for walkers of all abilities.
A haven of peace, La Gittaz welcomes its visitors in the heart of the Jura countryside.
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Dear Gracie,
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the day that your big brother Rip went to live in Heaven. I know that as you grow up, it might be a little confusing to you if Mama and Daddy seem sad around this time of year.
As your Mama, I want to be able to explain things to you so that you understand...but even though Mamas and Daddys know almost everything, there are still some things even we don't know the exact answers to.
You know who does know the answer to everything? God. And you know who loves us more than anything in the world? God. And do you know who is taking care of your brother this very minute? God!
So one very important thing for you to know is that Rip is safe and sound up in Heaven and you are safe and sound right here with us.
But even though we know that God has Rip safe in Heaven, because we are his Mama and Daddy and would like to squeeze him to pieces like we squeeze you to pieces it makes us sad that he is not right here with us. And that's okay too...it is always okay to be sad or cry about somebody very important to you...just remember that even with sad things there are still good and happy things in the world.
And do you know what my best and happiest thing in the world is? You. Gracie Louise Harris. And do you know why? Just because you are you...the Gracie Louisest Harris of them all. If your Daddy and I could pick from any baby in the whole world, we would always pick you, Squeeze Louise.
So remember, even if sometimes we may seem a little sad, it will always be okay. Because Mama and Daddy love you very,very much (and we know almost everything).


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Most models of language acquisition, and particularly cognitive models, are concerned with input to the learner, and his or her output. From these, the researcher can infer acquisition.
However, linguistic input is extremely abundant, dense and complex. Babies hear many thousands of hours of connected speech, from which they must isolate forms and map meanings to understand and then produce their own utterances. Second language learners face a similar task, through the filter of their L1 competence.
How do learners begin to process linguistic information?
Pitt Corder was the first to distinguish input from intake.
The simple fact of presenting a certain linguistic form to a learner in the classroom does not necessarily qualify it for the status of input, for the reason that input is 'what goes in' not what is available for going in, and we may reasonably suppose that it is the learner who controls this input, or more properly his intake. This may well be determined by the characteristics of his language acquisition mechanism and not be those of the syllabus. After all, in the mother-tongue learning situation the data available as input is relatively vast, but it is the child who selects what shall be the input.
(Corder, 1967, p. 165)
The notion of intake has been of particular importance to the Interaction Hypothesis developed by Gass and Long.


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Bruce Jenner and Kris Jenner have split up...if you believe EOnline, anyway.
The pair is reportedly living apart, and although separated, remain best friends and supporters of their family.
They released a statement letting us know that they are, in fact, living apart, and are happier that way. Which is a pretty classy way to say it, honestly, and surprising given the low level of class often displayed in the Kardashian / Jenner empire.
We wish them, and their family, all the best. That being said, with Bruce out of the way, does anyone else think Kris will try to land herself a dating show or something? I wouldn't be surprised to see a show called "Who Wants to Date Kris Jenner?"
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Bruce Jenner and Kris Jenner Have Split Up!
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This draft of a statement to be issued by Governor Schoeppel concerns the Fourth War Loan campaign for the sale of war bonds during World War II. With a quota set at $112,000,000, Governor Schoeppel urges all Kansans to buy war bonds because they are "a real and vital help to our country."
Creator: Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, 1894-1962
Date: Unknown
This item can be used in conjunction with other material on the home front during World War II to provide students with an idea of the types of activities done by Americans not serving in the military.
11th Grade, Benchmark 2, World War II home front
Item Number: 217266
Call Number: Governor's Records, Governor Schoeppel, Box 63, Folder 15
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217266
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (US_Benchmark 2) - World War II home front (Indicator 6)
Date - 1940s
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, 1894-1962
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas at over 500 protesters about one km (half a mile) from the presidential palace in Khartoum on Thursday, eyewitnesses said.
The protesters' chants were demanding the fall of the regime. Some carried Sudanese flags.
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Rainbow Mickey parties into Blitz Mode and creates powerups!
Drop the disco ball and put on your party glasses, because Rainbow Mickey is celebrating his birthday in style! He's got party prizes for his guests too – powerups and instant blitz mode!
Rainbow Mickey first appeared on November 15, 2018, in the Clear the Frosting event, part of Mickey Mouse's 90th Birthday worldwide celebration.


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Gorgeous view to Deer Lake, North Shore Mountains and City at all windows in the "Monarch built by Bosa"which is well located in the heart of Metrotown area. Nicely maintained 2 bedroom SE facing corner unit. Good size rooms with practical layout for a family living with nice space, enclosed kitchen, featuring gas fireplace, gas stove, designer blinds. Central location to Metrotown, Crystal Mall, Library, restaurants. Open house Saturday December 7 from 2-4 pm.
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Every day, millions of parents across the United States wake their children up, get them dressed and send them out the door to school with their lunches. And every day, about 30,000 kids come home in the afternoon with a few extra friends: head lice. While your first reaction to lice is to recoil, remember that lice do not transmit diseases like mosquitoes or ticks and are relatively harmless. Lice is common among children and does not represent bad hygiene.
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Children and the elderly don't have the strong immune system most others have. When an illness sweeps across the country, they are often the most affected. This is why it's incredibly important to make sure your child has his or her flu vaccination as early as possible. Last year, 85 percent of the children who died from the flu were unvaccinated and one unvaccinated child has already died this year. These are heartbreaking statistics, but hopefully we can reduce this through education and awareness.
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If there are two things I know, it's that most kids aren't overly fond of shots and vaccinating your kids for flu season is incredibly important. This can be a tough balancing act when it comes time to take your needle-shy kiddo to the doctor to protect him or her from the flu each year. It is especially tough during flu seasons like 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, when it was determined that the FluMist nasal spray shouldn't be used because it was ineffective. This year, though, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 12 to 2 to return the nasal spray to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's list of recommended vaccines for the 2018-2019 flu season. The committee stopped short of explicitly recommending the nasal spray, however, and will instead let providers and patients decide if they'll use it instead of traditional flu shots.
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Temperatures in Houston have already exceeded 100 degrees with humidity factored in. During the summer, it's incredibly important to stay vigilant when it comes to leaving children in the car. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, on average, one child dies from heatstroke in a vehicle nearly every 10 days in the United States. In 2017, there were 42 accidental heat-related car deaths in the United States, and seven of those were in Texas.
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The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted virus that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), affects about 27 percent of the female population ages 14 to 19, and 50 percent of the population ages 20 to 24. The virus has several different strands all of which carry varying degrees of risk. Basically, almost everyone will be exposed to it at some point.
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A lot of parents are reticent to get their children a flu shot this late in the season because of the belief that we're almost at the tail end of it and cases of the flu are tapering off. While this might be true for past years, when the season hit its peak by February and tapered off, this is not true for the season we're currently in. The 2017-2018 flu season continues to rage on, showing no signs yet of slowing down. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says there are some signs the flu will continue to get worse.
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There's a lot of misinformation about vaccines, and parents often have questions about their childrens' immunizations – including the flu vaccine. As many of you may know, this year's flu season has already started and will begin ramping up. Let's meet some of your questions head-on. Here are eight things parents need to know about the 2017 flu vaccine.
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Bumps and bruises and splinters – oh my! It's that time of year again! School started, the weather is getting cooler and kids are able to get outside for recess. In fact, when I ask my patients what their favorite subject in school is, "recess" is usually the answer. This is the time of year I start seeing an upswing in playground accidents. Here are some of the most common accidents I see and ways to treat them.
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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) Executive Director Bob Goodenow are the subject of a criminal investigation following a complaint made by the Stanley Cup.
In a statement made to New York police, the 113-year-old trophy said the two men--who were in New York for the 647th (and thankfully, final) attempt to salvage the 2004-05 NHL season--"assaulted" the venerable Stanley Cup in a "lewd manner" in a New York hotel room last Saturday night.
"The three of us were together in my room, having a couple of drinks, when suddenly, things turned quite...ugly," said the Cup. "Gary and Bob told me nobody would believe me if I told on them, because nobody even cares about me anymore."
The Cup held a press conference in New York City yesterday. While it refused direct comment on the matter, its lawyer spoke on its behalf.
"Over the years, the Stanley Cup has had a lot of things done to it...thrown in swimming pools, tossed into snow banks, and been licked and/or kissed by pretty much every germ-ridden yokel in all of Canada. But enough is enough," said prominent Manhattan attorney Charles M. Jacobin, who is representing the Stanley Cup. "Just because these are big--well, at least in Mr. Goodenow's case--big, powerful men in the midst of ruining professional hockey, it doesn't mean that they're above the law."
Questions, however, have been raised regarding this alleged incident. Perhaps the most obvious one is, what was the Stanley Cup doing in New York in the first place?
"We're not going to get into that kind of blame-the-victim game," said Jacobin. "It's the Stanley Cup, the most recognizable and cherished trophy in all of sports, that's the victim here."
Furthermore, what were Goodenow and Bettman--who, by most accounts, can't stand one another--doing together in a hotel room?
Again, the Stanley Cup's lawyer refused to shed any light on this question, nor would he discuss the specifics of what the two men allegedly did to the Cup on the night in question.
"That will all come out at the appropriate time," indicated Jacobin. "Once we've sold our story to Montel, or maybe Maury Povich."
For their part, both Goodenow and Bettman are refusing to talk to the press about the supposed incident or their apparent behind-the-scenes chumminess. However, a spokesperson for the NHL, who requested anonymity, hinted that the Cup is just looking for a cash payoff and some attention, "because it can't stand the fact that it's not gonna get any face time this spring."
NHLPA Junior Executive to the Senior Executive Vice-President Ernie Nabchuk told reporters that he has been assured "that what happened in that hotel room with the Stanley Cup was consensual."
Oops. I've said too much," continued Nabchuk. "Now I'm gonna be looking for a new job, just like Mr. Goodenow."
As for the people really getting screwed in all of this--the hockey fans--an air of resignation appears to have settled in. "I don't know. It's like Bettman and Goodenow actually get off on kicking us fans in the gonads," said Archie Bourbon at Jockstrap's Sports Bar in suburban Ottawa. "Now shut up, curling's on."
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Steve Bee: Are advisers earning too much?
I read two reports recently about the need for financial advice. The first, from the FCA and published last year, suggested up to 18.2 million people in the UK who had probably needed financial advice over the previous 12 months had not taken it. That number brought home the scale of what is surely a national problem.
If 18 million people who need advice on complex financial issues in a year are not seeking and taking advice, then there must be one of two things going on: either people don't know they could benefit from professional advice, or they have no access to it.
The latter would appear to be the case. According to a more recent report from OpenMoney, a digital advice firm, 19.8 million people in the UK would like to have access to financial advice but don't know how to get it. Those numbers, 18.2 million and 19.8 million, give credibility to the scale of the problem. It's huge!
The cost of financial advice may also be a factor and could itself restrict access for people even if they are fully informed about how and where to get it. According to the Money Advice website, the going rate for advice fees ranges from £75 to £300 per hour. At the top end, that exceeds even the cost of taking legal advice, which public sources say can be expected to cost £200 per hour.
The relatively high costs of taking financial advice and legal advice being broadly equivalent must surely act against financial advice becoming widely available to tens of millions of people a year. I do not think the legal profession could possibly provide legal advice to close to 20 million people a year and command such fees, but I presume it does not have to do so.
In our modern times, where a large proportion of the population has access to powerful handheld computers and the internet, there is obviously a place for AI and algorithms to help spread both financial and legal advice. Both professions have already embarked on such solutions.
But a computer programme is no real substitute for one-on-one advice, just as is the case with the medical profession. Speaking to a doctor may well come as the result of online screening, but very few people would see an online consultation with an algorithm as being satisfactory.
The questions of availability of financial advice and its cost are twin problems the industry needs to address urgently if it wishes to make advice available to all. The most obvious way to deal with accessibility is to engage employers in the process. All workplaces now have pension schemes – one of the most complex of financial arrangements. Making advice available on the back of that should be a natural development and could be made widespread through online platforms.
One-on-one financial advice must be available at the end of any online solution for it to be widely accepted. Yet the cost of such advice needs to fall substantially, perhaps even to nothing, for it to become commonplace to access advice whenever required throughout life.
This would require a complete re-think of the way financial advice professionals themselves are remunerated. Maybe that is the biggest challenge of all?
Steve Bee is director at Jargonfree Benefits
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How the new Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 can aid the fight against match-fixing
Published 23 October 2014 By: Thomas Barnard
The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 (the "Act") will come into force on 1 November 2014.1 It is hoped that the Act will offer at least some assistance in combating match-fixing in sport, and this article seeks to explain why and how that may be achieved, before looking at whether that is in fact likely to be the case. It also looks at the role of the Gambling Commission (the "Commission") under the new legislation.
The key provisions of the Act
The Act introduces several key provisions to the Gambling Act 2005, as follows:
- A requirement that remote operators (i.e. those operating outside of Great Britain) hold a UK operating licence in order to provide gambling facilities to customers in Great Britain.
- A requirement to hold a UK operating licence in order to advertise gambling facilities in Great Britain. Previously, operators based in the European Economic Area, Gibraltar and 'white-listed' jurisdictions (Alderney, Isle of Man, Tasmania, Antigua and Barbuda) did not have to obtain a licence.
- A requirement that remote operators pay gambling duty on UK revenue in Great Britain, regardless of where the operation is domiciled or has its seat of administration for tax purposes. The duty is currently 15% of gross gambling profits on all transactions with customers whose usual place of residence is in the UK. This is introduced by the Finance Act 2014.2
Following the commencement of the Act, only gambling operators licensed by the Commission will be permitted to advertise to consumers in Great Britain.3 Carriers of gambling advertising, such as sports clubs and governing bodies, will need to ensure that they only partner with licensed operators for their activities in Great Britain. Likewise, remote gambling operators will only be able to supply services to customers in Great Britain if they are licensed by the Commission.
How will this combat match fixing in sport?
So far as combating match-fixing is concerned, the Act may assist in two ways:
- It requires overseas operators offering facilities in the UK to obtain a licence from the Gambling Commission. This brings with it a responsibility to report suspicious activity; and
- It will generate revenue from bets placed in the UK with overseas operators.
The reporting requirement
First, the requirement to hold a UK operating licence to advertise and / or provide betting facilities to customers in Great Britain will require any such licence holder to report suspicious activity directly to the Gambling Commission. The reporting requirements are set out in the Commission's Licencing Conditions and Codes of Practice (2014) (the "LCCP").
Currently, only those entities operating in Britain require a licence from the Gambling Commission to operate. As such, overseas or remote operators – who are quite able to offer their services in Britain via the internet – are able to operate free of Great Britain's domestic legislation which already requires the reporting of suspicious activity. 4 This causes a problem, since it is widely accepted that a great deal of illegal betting occurs outside of the UK (most notably in the Asian markets) which goes unreported to the Commission.5 Although the bets may be placed overseas, recent cases have shown that the match fixing itself may occur on British soil.
The Commission has issued guidance on the new reporting requirement.6 In summary, the Act requires remote operators licenced by the Commission to report suspicious activity to the appropriate body.7 Suspicious activity includes suspected money laundering and gambling offences. The "appropriate body" to which the remote operator has to report depends on the circumstances of the suspicious activity but, where the remote equipment is based in Great Britain, the requirement is to report to the National Crime Agency ("NCA"); in most other circumstances the requirement is to report to the operator's domestic "Financial Intelligence Unit".8 Before proceeding with the transaction, the remote operator will be required to obtain the Commission's authorisation to do so.
Pursuant to section 15.1 of the LCCP, licensed betting operators must also provide details of suspicious betting activity to relevant sports governing bodies. The licensed operator must supply information which they suspect may:
- Lead the Gambling Commission to consider making an order to void a bet; or
- Relate to a breach of a rule applied by that sport governing body.
The information provided under section 15.1 of the LCCP must be sufficient to conduct an effective investigation.
Generation of revenue
Secondly, and less directly, the requirement to pay duty on profits generated from UK customers,9 wherever the remote operator is based, may also assist to clamp down on match-fixing. The revenue will, in theory at least, be available to fund investigations into suspicious betting activity.
One criticism of the Act is that Parliament's real intention in passing it was to increase tax revenues. Prior to the introduction of the Act, the pre-existing taxation regime allowed for remote operators to offer services in the UK without paying tax within this jurisdiction. That not only created an unfair advantage for the remote operators, but meant that HMRC lost out on revenue.10 The Act, in part, reverses that inbalance.
Will the Act help to combat match fixing in sport?
It is difficult to criticise the Act for being anything other than a step in the right direction. However, whether it will in fact combat match-fixing remains to be seen.
On one view, the reporting requirement will at least provide the Commission (or overseas Financial Investigation Units where appropriate) with greater volumes of intelligence. That intelligence will in turn be shared with the appropriate investigative and law enforcement authorities and sports governing bodies, making it easier for them to carry out effective investigations and prosecutions.11
That said, previous prosecutions led by the NCA have, in the main, resulted from investigative journalism, and not initially from intelligence available to the Commission.12 If that is because the Commission has not previously had the intelligence available to pass to the NCA, the Act may offer some assistance and change the status quo. If, however, it is because the NCA does not have the resources to deal with and follow-up on the intelligence, then the Act may be of little assistance.
There is also the possibility that the Act will serve to push illegal betting underground. With the increased risk of detection posed by the Act to organised crime syndicates, it is highly likely that such groups will look to black (underground) markets in the future. In that case the Act is likely to have little impact on match fixing in sport, and particularly match fixing in Great Britain. It could well be said that it will only serve to make detection, and subsequent prosecution, harder.
Only time will tell if the Act is effective and by itself it may not be sufficient. Yet as a starting point, it is hoped that the Act is a tentative step in the right direction, and one which is taken with (partly) a view to clamp down on match fixing in sport.
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Thomas Barnard
Tom is a solicitor specialising in commercial litigation and sports law. He acts for a wide variety of high-profile athletes, including cricketers, footballers, gymnasts and cyclists.