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Our policies explain what you can expect from our services.
When we review these policies, we may seek input from our customers and stakeholders. We will promote these consultations in our news.
Provide feedback and complaints:
- online via the Customer Feedback form
- by phone on 13 17 10
- in person by filling in a Public Transport Customer Feedback Form available at Access Canberra Service Centres and from Transport Officers at bus stations
- by mail to GPO BOX 158, Canberra City ACT 2601
- by fax to 02 6207 8080
- via social media on Twitter or Facebook.
When providing feedback and complaints about particular services, please help us investigate and respond quickly and effectively by including:
- time
- date
- route or bus number
- location
- direction of travel
- your name and contact details.
You may also provide feedback anonymously. Please note, anonymous feedback or complaints may not be investigated. They will however, be recorded and referred to the appropriate area for information and noting.
What happens to my feedback or complaint?
Transport Canberra takes all feedback and complaints seriously and takes all reasonable steps to investigate feedback and complaints. You should receive a response to your feedback or complaint within 10 working days if you have provided your contact details.
If feedback involves the delivery of a service or driver behaviour, the driver will be identified and the matter investigated and where required, actions will be taken in accordance with Transport Canberra's internal disciplinary processes. Where the feedback is a service request or a change to a service, it will be sent to our Scheduling Team for investigation. For complaints about buses or bus station/stop infrastructure, your feedback will be sent to the relevant depot or Roads ACT, who manage bus stop infrastructure, for investigation.
If you have provided your contact details, our Customer Experience team will respond to your feedback and advise you of what steps will be taken to resolve any issues. Unless requested, Transport Canberra will not generally advise customers of the outcome of an investigation.
Why can't I provide my feedback to a driver or at a bus station?
General feedback provided to Transport Canberra staff in any other way (for example on the bus, or at a bus station) will not be considered formal feedback or a formal complaint. In these instances, a formal response from Transport Canberra cannot be guaranteed.
What does Transport Canberra do with the information I provide?
All feedback and complaints are stored in a Customer Record Manager (CRM) database. Feedback is:
- assigned a unique reference number
- stored with customer's name and contact details
- actioned based on the services or related practices referred to in the feedback.
Feedback or complaints involving criminal allegations or serious misconduct by Transport Canberra staff will not be stored in the CRM database.
All information received by Transport Canberra is maintained in accordance with Freedom of Information Act 1989, Territory Records Act 2002 and Privacy Act 1988.
What if I am not satisfied with the outcome of my complaint?
If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you should write to the Director, Transport Canberra using the address above, requesting a review of the complaint. A review will be instigated by the Director with an outcome of the review provided to you in writing.
If you remain dissatisfied with the internal review of your complaint, you have the right to refer the matter to an external agency such as:
Download the Feedback and Complaints Handling Policy (PDF 122KB) | Word version (DOC 103KB)
Feedback and Complaints Handling Fact Sheet (PDF 121KB) | Word version (DOC 88KB).
Lost property found on Transport Canberra buses is managed through our lost property office at Tuggeranong Bus Depot. Complete a Lost Property Form online.
Download the Lost Property Policy (PDF 407KB) | Word version (DOC 53KB)
Lost Property Fact Sheet (PDF 109KB) | Word version (DOC 1.5MB).
The Road Transport (Public Passengers Services) Act 2001 and its subordinate Public Passenger Services (PPS) legislation requires that all passengers have a valid ticket to travel on a Transport Canberra bus route or school service.
What constitutes a valid ticket?
Valid tickets include tickets purchased with cash from the driver or MyWay cards that have been correctly validated (tapped on).
- Cash tickets – all passengers purchasing a ticket with cash are advised to have the correct fare ready when boarding to avoid delays. Drivers have a limited cash float and may not be able to provide change for large notes. The presentation of a large note may result in refusal of travel.
- MyWay cards – MyWay cards enable passengers to use prepaid credit to obtain the cheapest fare. The use of MyWay cards creates faster passenger boarding times and enables Transport Canberra to gain data about passenger travel patterns, assisting in the development of future bus networks. Find out where to get a MyWay card.
What happens if I do not have a valid ticket?
Failure to travel with a valid ticket may result in refusal of travel, or an infringement notice as referred to in PPS legislation.
Can I ask for a concession fare?
Passengers who request a concession cash fare are required to present valid proof of concession when paying for their ticket. Failure to present valid proof of concession will result in a full fare being charged. The driver's decision is final.
Passengers can apply for a concession MyWay card. Valid proof of concession must be provided.
Passengers travelling with a concession ticket must carry valid proof of concession at all times while travelling on Transport Canberra services and present it to an authorised person on request.
Is there a 90-minute transfer on tickets?
Yes, all single fares entitle passengers to a free 90 minute transfer period. This enables you to connect to a different bus or commence your return journey using the same ticket within 90 minutes of purchasing your ticket.
Are refunds or reimbursements issued?
Find out about MyWay replacements, noting that administration fees apply.
Refunds or reimbursements will not be provided where:
- a passenger purchases prepaid credit and chooses not to use it for travel
- a passenger fails to show valid proof of concession when boarding and paying for a cash fare ticket
- a service is delayed or fails to operate and the passenger uses alternate travel arrangements.
Requests for refunds and balance transfers must be made by completing the application for a MyWay balance transfer/refund and including relevant supporting evidence. All decisions on refund and balance transfer requests are at the discretion of Transport Canberra.
Download the Ticketing, Fares and Refunds Policy (PDF 424KB) or the Ticketing, Fares and Refunds Fact Sheet (PDF 137KB).
This policy applies to all requests for new dedicated school services or amendments to existing dedicated school services.
Download the Provision of Dedicated School Bus Services Policy (PDF 329KB)
Download the Carriage of Goods on Buses Policy (PDF 131KB) | Bikes on Buses Policy (PDF 132KB).
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An exciting addition to Australian music making, Penny Quartet is a fresh interpretative voice, with drive, passion and a vibrant approach to performances.
Based in Melbourne, the Quartet formed at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in early 2014, and have since collaborated and recorded with composers and contemporary artists as well as presenting a recital tour across Australia. The group brings together a range of diverse backgrounds, yet creates a mature quartet sound. Penny Quartet's repertoire is wide and varied; a love for the core quartet repertoire is intertwined with an urge to explore less-charted territory.
Penny Quartet presents a program of decisive, gritty and tender works. Be immersed in a world of primeval desire and unreasoning emotion, from the beauty of 15th-century harmonies to the raw power of Prokofiev at his best. The impressive String Quartet No.1 by Prokofiev is a work of engaging propulsion and intensity balanced with charm in a program complemented by György Kurtág's Hommage à Jacob Obrecht.
Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Penny Quartet
Gyorgy Kurtag
Homage à Jacob Obrecht
Phillip Glass
String Quartet No.3 Mishima
Sergei Prokofiev
String Quartet No.1, Op.50
This production is part of the following series:
Local Heroes 2019
Now in its eighth year, Melbourne Recital Centre's Local Heroes series brings together Melbourne's best artists in a year-long festival of chamber music.
Penny Quartet
Formed at the Australian National Academy of Music in 2014, Penny Quartet are rapidly gaining a reputation as a fresh, interpretative voice to chamber music giving high profile recitals, festival showcases and master classes across the country.
Booking Information
Tuesday 16 April 2019 6pm
Duration: 1 hour (no interval)
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1. A hacker can get into a public email account (yahoo, hotmail, mail.com, etc) and change your password and then you can never get in and they have access to all of your emails and your contacts
Verify this: It happened to my friend. The hacker emailed all of her friends (I got one) and asked for money, claiming to have left a wallet somewhere.
What to do: see #1
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Category Archives: Klaus Hempfling KFH
Chunking down training tasks
(excuse the squealing in the above video, I'm trying to sound really excited! ha) Like I discussed in the last blog post, I've been re-examining my training on Dante. We need to move forward and we seemed to have gotten … Continue reading
How do you "Exist in the Moment"?
In my last post, I talked about the idea of being authentic and that part of this was existing in the moment. This morning I just had a problem this morning that shows what happens when you don't live in … Continue reading
Klaus Hempfling in Theory and Practice
These are my observations and application of the information and theories that Klaus Hempfling brings forth in his books: Dancing with Horses and What Horses Reveal. Its my plan to buy his It's Not I Who Seek the Horse, and … Continue reading
Free Play vs. Equipment Work
Before Dante was injured and work halted, I had noticed a big difference in his attitude when we did clicker training with a target and NO halter/cavesson on him, VS. when I did the same work with clicker and target, … Continue reading
Gaining the right tempo
We are on fire today! Feeling a lot better about Dante after today and hopefully this signals an upward trend. About a month ago I noticed an issue – when Dante and I would do our ground work which required … Continue reading
Teaching a Horse to Stand Square
This is a simple exercise to teach and quickly shows results. The goal is to ask the horse to stand square each and every time you are working with them – whether it be at the wash rack, mounting block, … Continue reading
Dealing with Balking – common solutions
Z's most irritating resistance is to balk. This isn't a balk due to fear. This isn't a balk due to lack of self confidence and concern for what is in front of her (i.e. water, bridge, tarp, etc…). This is … Continue reading


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To provide guidance to executive management on corporate and business development issues such as strategic planning, corporate strategies, finance, government affairs, and technology. We spent years searching for the right team to advise this company, and we believe we've found them. Our board of advisors allow us to effectively conduct business in the world of business intelligence, financial reporting, data analytics, compliance reporting, visualizations, and geo-mapping. You can also keep up with our team on the social media platform, LinkedIn! Follow us for weekly updates on our company, BI, data analytics, visualizations, compliance events and more!
Christopher Haakon
Christopher Haakon has over 40 years of experience in the industry focusing on profit center management and top-level corporate responsibility. Since his retirement from General Dynamics in 2003, Mr. Haakon has applied his significant expertise as a consultant, serving on the Board of Directors to four fast growing companies and Board of Advisors to three other companies. He has also served as a director on numerous associations, commissions, and foundations over the past forty years. Prior to work with General Dynamics, Mr. Haakon worked for Boeing-Autometric from 1963 to 2002, working his way up from an image analyst to CEO in 1997. At the time of acquisition by The Boeing Company in September 2000, he was the CEO of Autometric, providing the strategic vision and executive direction and leadership. Mr. Haakon focused on maintaining and strengthening strategic partnerships in industry, government and across Boeing operations. The company provided leading-edge services and applications to federal and commercial clients, specializing in data visualization and animation, modeling and simulation systems, image processing and analysis, geospatial data management products, systems engineering and integration. Mr. Haakon was a Program Director for Geospatial Initiatives for the General Dynamics line of business. He retired in 2003 from General Dynamics to become a part-time consultant for numerous companies. Mr. Haakon is a retired Navy Reserve Captain where he held four command tours, culminating in his service as Reserve Intelligence Area Commander, Area Nineteen, Washington, DC, responsible for 20 subordinate reserve units and 950 officers and enlisted members. Mr. Haakon was formerly Chairman of the Advisory Board of the National Defense Intelligence College Foundation, Chairman Emeriti of the AFCEA Intelligence Committee, a member of the National Correlation Working Group Board of Directors, and past Advisor to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Transformation Advisory Group. Mr. Haakon has a BA from Columbia University, New York City.
Earl E. Devaney
Earl E. Devaney is the President of The Devaney Group, having retired from the Federal government at the end of 2011 with over 41 years of service. He now provides strategic advice to a wide variety of companies seeking to establish, mature, and expand business with the Federal government, applying his policy and operations management expertise to assess issues and provide guidance with lasting solutions that streamline operations and increase return on investment. Six days after President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law, he named Mr. Devaney Chairman of Recovery and Transparency Board, to oversee the $840B stimulus expenditure. Working under tight legislative deadlines, Mr. Devaney established a new Federal Agency, created two award winning websites with innovative geospatial web services for full transparency, and implemented an internationally lauded oversight program. Reporting directly to the Vice President, he also served as the Co-Chair of the U.S. Attorney General's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. His leadership of the Recovery Board resulted in extraordinarily low levels of fraud while enabling millions of citizens to clearly see how their tax dollars were being spent in real time via the Internet. In 1999, Mr. Devaney was appointed Inspector General for the Department of the Interior by President Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. During his tenure, he led the public corruption investigations, resulting in the convictions of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the Department's Deputy Secretary and presided over the oil and gas investigations that engulfed the Mineral Management Service. Prior to his role at Interior, he was the Director of the Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training for the Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Devaney directed all of EPA's criminal investigators, as well as the agency's forensics laboratory and its enforcement-training institute. While at EPA he was the U.S. Head of Delegation and Co-Chair of INTERPOL's Environmental Crimes Committee in Lyon, France. Mr. Devaney spent the first 20 years of his career with the Secret Service serving in locations throughout the United States and abroad. When he retired, he was the Service's foremost expert on fraud and Special Agent-in-Charge of the Fraud Division. Mr. Devaney holds a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and graduated from the prestigious Leadership Coaching Program at Georgetown University, the Executive Development Program at George Washington University, and two executive management programs at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. In 2011, he was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Currently he serves on a number of corporate and non-profit boards.
Gary Ford
Gary Ford has served as an attorney and counselor to businesses in the Washington, D.C. area for more than 35 years.
From 2009 until his retirement in 2014, he served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., the largest independent securities regulator in the United States. In FINRA's Office of General Counsel-Corporate, Mr. Ford managed the Code of Conduct group and the Corporate Transactions and Intellectual Property group. The Code of Conduct group monitored investment accounts and investments in which FINRA employees had an interest, managed FINRA's employee hotlines and reporting systems, investigated and brought to resolution apparent violations of FINRA's Code of Conduct, conducted ethics training for FINRA employees, responded to employee inquiries, and provided ethics compliance reports to FINRA's executive management and Board of Governors. The Corporate Transactions and Intellectual Property group negotiated and managed FINRA's commercial contracts, regulatory services agreements and agreements to acquire or dispose of business groups; the group also managed FINRA's intellectual property rights and disputes regarding intellectual property rights asserted by others.
From 1995 through 2008, Mr. Ford served as general counsel for technology companies headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area, including BroadSoft, Inc., Collaborex, Inc. and AXENT Technologies, Inc.; he also served as securities counsel to webMethods, Inc. In those positions, he managed securities reporting and compliance matters, venture capital transactions, acquisitions, corporate matters, the initial public offering of AXENT, growth and compliance of international operations, technology licensing and intellectual property matters.
Previously, he was a member of the law firm of Tucker, Flyer & Lewis, a professional corporation, where he practiced in the firm's securities, technology and corporate areas. Mr. Ford also was a member of Spooner, Mitchell & Ford and an associate with the Washington office of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan.
Mr. Ford holds a BA with Honors from the University of Iowa and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center.
Lorraine C. Castro
Lorraine C. Castro is currently the Executive Vice President of NextFed, Inc. Ms. Castro was previously Vice President of Community Plans and Programs Information Solutions at BAE Systems. She identified and analyzed the allocation of resources within the Defense and Intelligence Community budgets and identified how the Agencies were planning to meet the objectives set forth by the President and Congress.
Prior to BAE Systems, Ms. Castro completed a distinguished 25-year career in the Federal Government, retiring from the CIA as a Senior Intelligence Service Executive and career officer. As a CIA executive, Ms. Castro was assigned to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) where she held the position of Comptroller and Principal Deputy Chief Financial Executive. She also served as NGA's Deputy Director, Office of Corporate Relations where she was responsible for NGA's congressional liaison and managed NGA's internal and external communications and public affairs activities.
Ms. Castro also held numerous positions in the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology, Office of Congressional Affairs, and Intelligence Community Staff. Her duties centered on resources and budget management and strategic planning activities. She also served as principal liaison to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and to the Department of Defense Comptroller, with responsibility for funding interests of the Intelligence Community.
Ms. Castro received numerous awards to include the Secretary of Defense's Civilian Meritorious Service Award, National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal, DoD Distinguished Civilian Service Award, and NGA's Distinguished Civilian Service Medal.
Ms. Castro is serving as a member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Intelligence Committee.


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Prayer at New Life
It is always amazing to us that we can communicate regularly with the one triune God who is actively involved in our lives. Prayer is fellowship and communion with God made possible through the works of Jesus Christ. He intercedes on our behalf through prayer as His will directs.
At New Life, we want to be a 'house of prayer' (Matthew 21:13) through supportive, interceding, and encouraging prayer throughout the whole body. We desire for the entire congregation to be pray-ers; we put priority in our preaching and teaching on prayer; we encourage our small groups to pray regularly together; and, we eagerly anticipate God's answers to prayers. We love seeing Him act miraculously in lives in response to prayer, in His way, in His time.
Prayer is a part of all our services, worship, ministry meetings, groups, and classes. We have regular pre-service prayer prior to every service. We have a post-service prayer team that prays with anyone in need after every service. We have times throughout the year as we come together as a body and pray together.
There are many ways to be involved in prayer at New Life. If you desire to be a part of our 'Prayer Team' or have a prayer request, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Please pray that everything in my life, every aspect of my life will glorify God. Pray that the way I write college papers and do assignments will glorify God. Pray that all my hopes, dreams, and plans for the future will glorify God. Pray that all my relationships will deeply glorify God. Also, pray that everything I do and experience will help me to grow in intimacy with the Lord. Pray that all my challenges, difficulties and trials will grow me in love and intimacy with the Lord. And pray that everything I do in life will be a true, living, sacrificial act of worship for the Lord. Pray that I will walk more closely with the Lord in intimacy in every area of my life. Thank you so much, and God bless you!
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9/13/2019 04:07:13 pm
Sorry, please pray for that not to lost my job in the Administration Wing to preach the gospel in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, A-men.
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Hearts of Oak PRO Reveals Club Will Lift Lid On Issues Surrounding Nuttal and Razak On Monday
Public Relations Officer of Hearts of Oak Kwame Opare Addo has told their supporters to expect an official statement from the board in regards to issues surrounding coach Frank Nuttal and Patrick Razak on Monday.
Multiple reports in the media suggest that the Phobians have axed Frank Nuttal from his position as the head coach of the club after he was said to have acted against their code of conduct.
Another reports indicate that, Patrick Razak, who has been a key cog for the side since joining from FC Utrecht two seasons ago, is set to move to Guinean outfit A. C. Horoya.
But the club are reluctant to negotiate the sale of the player, which has culminated in divergent opinions at their board level.
Speaking to Oyerepa FM, the club's scribe disclosed that they will open up the lid on the recent happenings in the club.
"Hearts Board will issue a statement on Monday on the future of Frank Nutal and whether Patrick Razak will be given the green light on the Horoya FC deal or not but we have not spoken to Tony Lokko yet," he told Oyerepa FM.
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Taking care of your jewellery is very important if you wish to keep it clean, sparkling and safe for the next decades even more so if it's your engagement ring or if you finally treated yourself to your dream jewel. Here's a few easy tricks on how to clean your jewellery.
- Light clean: toothpaste
- Deep clean: dishwashing detergent
- Long-lasting clean: professional
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Light clean: toothpaste
If you are looking to just freshen up a ring and give it a superficial clean, then toothpaste is the right product. The best toothpaste to use is the chalky type, not the gel types, you use a bit of it on a soft toothbrush and brush the ring with it. Then you just rinse the ring with lukewarm water and dry it with a lint-free cloth to avoid any little hair on the ring.
It is great for a quick clean of your jewellery, although it is not really as effective as other substances may be.
Deep clean: dishwashing detergent
For a more thorough home cleaning technique, we would recommend using a mild dish washing detergent with water and a toothbrush to gently brush the jewel. Mild detergent is a little more effective and seems to go through the little holes and angles of a design more easily.
Again, just rinse with water and dry with a lint-free cloth. It is a more durable cleaning process but if you want a more lasting cleanse, then we recommend taking your ring to a jewellers.
Long-lasting clean: professional
A jeweller is your best option for a proper deep cleanse of your jewel. Jewellers use special equipment, usually ultrasonic, to clean jewels. The only thing you will have to be cautious about is that not all gemstones can be ultrasonic cleaned because of their lower hardness or treatments they may have had, which renders them more fragile.
The Mohs scale of mineral hardness gives you the scale of hardness and scratch resistance of gemstones and you can be certain that anything below 7 cannot be cleaned with this type of equipment.
Diamonds, sapphire and rubies are usually safe bets, with a 10 and 9 respectively on Mohs scale.
There are of course gemstones that even if they are 7 or above in the scale, that cannot be treated, if you have any doubts, refer to the jeweller.
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GRAIL, Inc., a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured, today announced that Rodger Currie, JD, has been appointed Vice President and Head of Government Affairs and Alliance Development. Mr. Currie will report to Joshua Ofman, MD, MSHS, who was recently appointed Chief of Corporate Strategy and External Affairs. Together, they will spearhead GRAIL's government affairs, policy, and advocacy efforts as the company continues to prepare its multi-cancer early detection test for commercialization. "Rodger is an experienced and driven healthcare advocate, and I am very pleased to welcome him to GRAIL at this pivotal moment for the company," said Hans Bishop, Chief Executive Officer at GRAIL. "As we continue to advance our early cancer detection blood test toward commercialization, Rodger will work closely with policymakers, regulators, patient groups, and other stakeholders to navigate a dynamic healthcare, regulatory, and reimbursement environment."Mr. Currie joins GRAIL from Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), where he most recently served as Executive Vice President for Advocacy; led federal, state, and international government relations and alliances; and reported to PhRMA President and Chief Executive Officer, Steve Ubl."Bringing innovative genomic technology to early cancer detection provides an opportunity to make a dramatic impact on cancer survival. As GRAIL advances a novel paradigm for multi-cancer early detection, policymakers, payers, and other stakeholders must ensure that policies are in place to support the adoption of such groundbreaking technology," said Dr. Ofman. "Rodger understands the challenge this represents, and we believe he is the ideal person to help us push our technology forward." "I can hardly think of a better way to make a positive impact on the lives of patients than by helping GRAIL tackle cancer, a disease that touches nearly every person and family over the course of a lifetime," said Mr. Currie. "I am looking forward to partnering with GRAIL's new leadership team, a truly committed and forward-thinking group of individuals, to help our healthcare system prepare to adopt this breakthrough technology and work to seriously reduce cancer deaths."
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GRAIL Appoints Rodger Currie as Head of Government Affairs and Alliance Development
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Seminario "Government Relations, Public Affairs e Lobbying"
Posted by fidest press agency su sabato, 22 settembre 2018
Roma 3 ottobre 2018, presso il Palazzo Patrizi in Piazza San Luigi Dei Francesi a Roma si terrà il seminario "Government Relations, Public Affairs e Lobbying" organizzato da SDA Bocconi in collaborazione con Cattaneo Zanetto & Co.. Relatori del seminario saranno Luca Brusati, Docente senior SDA Bocconi e Presidente, Net Europe IT & Public Administration GEIE e Paolo Zanetto, Fondatore e Partner, Cattaneo Zanetto & Co.
Il seminario si rivolge al top management di imprese e associazioni di categoria (presidenti, direttori generali, componenti del board) e a chi li coadiuva occupandosi di relazioni istituzionali, affari regolatori, affari legali, comunicazione corporate e relazioni esterne. Il seminario è rivolto anche ai fondatori di start-up che puntano all'innovazione di un quadro regolatorio obsoleto come chiave del vantaggio competitivo.Le regole del confronto competitivo influenzano in misura rilevante le traiettorie evolutive delle imprese e dei sistemi economici. Il seminario offre un'introduzione alle skill necessarie per contribuire in modo proattivo ai processi decisionali tramite i quali le istituzioni pubbliche definiscono le "regole del gioco", soprattutto con riferimento alla regolamentazione settoriale. Il seminario tocca tanto le competenze analitiche necessarie a identificare sfide e opportunità, quanto le competenze strategiche necessarie a definire linee di azione e piani di intervento.
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Educated people more likely to have affairs
Posted by fidest press agency su giovedì, 25 Mag 2017
A shocking new survey has revealed that the more education people in the United Kingdom receive, the more likely they are to have an affair. Statistics show that more than 69% of women and over 65% of men who achieve higher education will be tempted to stray.The study, conducted by VictoriaMilan – a dating site for married and attached people looking to have an affair – looked into the education levels of more than 5 million of its active users to discover whether a person is more or less likely to stray based on their level of education.The survey polled men and women from all walks of life, taking into account people who didn't complete high school or college, those who graduated from high school, technical school, college or achieved a Bachelor's, Masters or Doctorate.The group most likely to engage in an erotic affair is those who graduated from college, with 36.87% of women and 25.23% of men confessing they have strayed.A trend appears with the next level up in education – a Bachelor's degree – gives people a bit more confidence, with 18.98% of women and 20.32% of men deciding to embark on an adulterous adventure.Men and women with a Masters are third most likely to slip between the sheets with someone other than their beloved partner. 16.75% of men and 14.45% of women who have achieved their Masters have no issue getting hot and heavy with someone outside of their primary relationship.The most faithful women are those who have achieved their Doctorate (1.40%) followed by those who completed technical education (3.44% women). The men least likely to stray are those who didn't complete high school (2.33%) followed by those achieved their Doctorate (3.12%).
Founder and CEO of Victoria Milan, Sigurd Vedal, said the survey showed that the more educated men and women, the more likely they are to get hot and heavy between the sheets with someone other than their primary partner."People with university credentials are the ones most likely to have an affair and those with limited education are the most faithful. What this tells us is that highly educated people are likely to have more time on their hands, while the working class are too busy making ends meet to have time for a sexy fling," Mr Vedal said. (photo: educated cheat)
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European Business Summit explores the future of the technology industry
Posted by fidest press agency su giovedì, 25 Mag 2017
London. As the EU General Affairs Council meet to discuss Brexit today, the Rt Hon Philip Hammond and members of the European Commission, such as Pierre Moscovici, and Jykri Katainen, will meet to debate what is next for Europe at the European Business Summit. Topics of discussion will include the future of the single market, retaining and attracting young talent in Europe, and future-proofing European industry.One of the hot topics is the future of the technology industry, with a planned roundtable discussion focussing on how to develop an industrial strategy for Europe. FacilityLive, an Italian start-up that is transforming information through unique 'human language search' technology, will be speaking for the third year running. They are amongst a group of ambitious firms who are helping revolutionise their individual sectors, by strengthening the business environment for start-ups and creating an ecosystem that nurtures world class leaders in technology. Gianpiero Lotito, the CEO and co-founder of FacilityLive, comments "We are now seeing more multinational companies investing in UK technology start-ups, such as with Japan's SoftBank financing Improbable. This type of investment highlights Britain and Europe's exciting potential to produce world-leading technology innovations, but we need to create the right conditions to ensure that companies succeed in Europe and stay in Europe."
At the European Business Summit, Lotito will shed light on how to develop a successful technology strategy for Europe. With its objective to open up digital opportunities for business and people, he will place emphasis on how the Digital Single Market will allow Europe to become a world leader in the digital economy. Lotito continues: "Europe is a greenfield of opportunity for technology innovators. However, in the current post-Brexit landscape, Europe shouldn't be looking to simply emulate Silicon Valley or the Asian model. We need to think about distinctive models to encourage growth in Europe." "The Digital Single Market is crucial to the creation and facilitation of a model made up of 'small valleys'. We must strive to protect and promote collaboration within Europe's small towns and also cross-communication between them. Our world class small cities built around leading universities, offer the perfect ecosystem for incubating and cross-fertilising innovation. It is possible to create a multitude of small valleys, where digital innovators work in conjunction with students, entrepreneurs, young skilled professionals and vibrant local institutions. If given the chance to develop and expand, it will pave the way for European technology companies to pursue opportunities that would have been inconceivable a few years ago."
FacilityLive is an Italian high tech startup with global ambitions, based in Pavia, London and Brussels, which develops a next generation technology for the organisation, management and search of information with patents granted in 44 countries worldwide Founded in 2010 by Mariuccia Teroni and Gianpiero Lotito, innovators for over twenty years in the testing of digital technologies in the publishing world, FacilityLive is already adopted by leading Global and Pan-European companies and world-class system integrators.
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Merck Biofarma Italia: Maria Antonietta Compagnone nominata Regulatory Affairs & Pricing Director
Posted by fidest press agency su venerdì, 2 dicembre 2016
Merck, azienda leader in ambito scientifico e tecnologico, annuncia la nomina di Maria Antonietta Compagnone a direttore del dipartimento Regulatory Affairs & Pricing. Compagnone avrà la responsabilità di assicurare i processi regolatori a tutela dei prodotti del business biofarmaceutico Merck in Italia e, allo stesso tempo, definire e realizzare le strategie alla base delle politiche di pricing.
Laureata in Scienze Biologiche all'Università La Sapienza di Roma, porta con sé un bagaglio professionale maturato grazie ad una carriera ventennale in grandi realtà farmaceutiche. Dal 2013 al 2016 ha ricoperto il ruolo di Regulatory Affairs & Market Access Manager in AbbVie dove ha gestito tutte le problematiche di natura regolatoria e assicurato la piena integrazione del ruolo strategico del Regulatory Affairs nelle dinamiche del Market Access. In precedenza, ha svolto incarichi nel regulatory con responsabilità crescenti in Janssen, Janssen-Cilag, Organon ed Abbott."È con grande soddisfazione che diamo il benvenuto a Maria Antonietta Compagnone – ha dichiarato Antonio Messina, a capo del business biofarmaceutico Merck in Italia. Con Maria Antonietta abbiamo rinforzato il nostro team aggiungendo skills di primissimo livello in ambito regolatorio, in un momento di forte crescita e trasformazione per l'azienda. Grazie alla sua grande esperienza ed alla profonda comprensione dei temi di natura regolatoria – ha concluso il Dott. Messina – Maria Antonietta potrà darci un importante contributo, aiutandoci nella realizzazione della nostra mission: sviluppare soluzioni innovative per fare una reale differenza nella vita dei pazienti".
Merck è un'azienda scientifica e tecnologica leader nei settori Healthcare, Life Science e Performance Materials. Circa 50.000 dipendenti operano per sviluppare tecnologie in grado di migliorare la vita – dalle terapie biofarmaceutiche per il trattamento del cancro e della sclerosi multipla a sistemi all'avanguardia per la ricerca scientifica e la produzione, ai cristalli liquidi per gli smartphone e i televisori LCD. Nel 2015 Merck ha generato vendite per 12,85 miliardi di Euro in 66 Paesi.
Fondata nel 1668, Merck è la società farmaceutica e chimica più antica al mondo. Ancora oggi, la famiglia fondatrice detiene la quota di maggioranza della Società. Merck (Darmstadt, Germania), detiene i diritti globali sul nome e marchio Merck. Le sole eccezioni sono costituite da Stati Uniti e Canada, dove la Società opera con le denominazioni EMD Serono, EMD Millipore e EMD Performance Materials.(foto: compagnone)
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JHA informal Council – Improve intelligence sharing in the EU to better combat terrorism, asks Claude Moraes
Posted by fidest press agency su martedì, 26 gennaio 2016
Member States should foster dialogue and trust between intelligence agencies in order to better target and combat threats to security within the EU, said on Monday the Chair of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, Claude Moraes.
Mr Moraes is attending the informal Justice and Home Affairs Council taking place in Amsterdam today and tomorrow. At the end of the first working day, Mr Moraes (S&D, UK) said:"Today at the Informal Justice and Home Affairs Council I reported back to Ministers on the adoption of the PNR proposals in the LIBE committee at the end of last year. I expressed that this is a key file for the LIBE committee and that the committee will give its full support in order to facilitate the work of intelligence agencies in the fight against terrorism.In addition, I have raised the issue of other existing key information sharing agreements by Member States including the Prum Convention which is also crucial to intelligence sharing, however it remains badly implemented by key Member States within the EU. The EU urgently needs to advance on facilitating a better dialogue and more trust between intelligence agencies in order to better target and combat threats to security within the EU".
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Refugee crisis: Humanitarian concerns as winter draws nigh raised by Civil Liberties Committee Chair Claude Moraes
Posted by fidest press agency su mercoledì, 7 ottobre 2015
"The tough period starts now, difficult decisions must be taken to make the commitments of the Council a reality on the ground", said Mr MoraesThe humanitarian situation of refugees within the EU and neighbouring countries was the focus of a plenary debate with Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Luxembourg's minister responsible for relations with the European Parliament during the Presidency of the Council of the EU, Nicolas Schmit, on Tuesday morning.The Chair of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, responsible for migration and asylum, Claude Moraes (S&D, UK), said:"The tough period is now, we can expect to see an increase in refugee flows before we are fully into the winter months. This is also a time when difficult decisions have to be taken to ensure the hotspots are fully implemented and the budget is made available for the very EU responses the Council has committed to.
The Commission must keep us fully informed of the implementation of the hotspots in Italy and Greece, which will in turn enable the relocation mechanism. Council should also make all the necessary preparations should the civil protection mechanism need to be triggered over the winter period.The refugee crisis will not simply be forgotten, we cannot allow ourselves to become used to the images we see – this will remain high on the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee agenda and we will keep insisting on a coordinated, humanitarian EU response to the refugee crisis".Migration will also be high on the agenda of the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 8-9 October and of the next European summit on 15-16 October.
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"A Missing Global Standard with Regard to Emissions Testing is Half of the Issue Here"
Posted by fidest press agency su lunedì, 28 settembre 2015
London, UK "The Volkswagen (VW) Diesel emissions scandal affair is unprecedented, owing to the apparent deceit involved to "cheat" the emissions testing. CEO Martin Winterkorn having to step down is not the right answer though (in my opinion), because the market could potentially rather gauge the result of this on his response, rather than on the fact that it happened in the first place. I would not expect the CEO would have known directly about this device, and it is likely to implicate a small number of product managers related to specific models or engines; the media release given indeed specified that Mr Winterkorn did not yet have all the facts – but I'm sure it will not be long before he does, and this is how the market and public should react – to the measures set out to recover from this. We have seen several different vehicle manufacturers with high profile recalls due to safety concerns over the last few years, and whilst this affair is slightly different, they were all somehow gauged on the response that these companies had taken for those. This should be the case with VW as well. Potentially the biggest damage this revelation might have, certainly in the U.S. market, where people are buying the vehicles based on the environmental credentials, is the consumers' trust in the VW brand and diesel models in general from all companies. If these environmental credentials turn out to not be the case and the consumer realises he has been deceived, this might cause an issue, as those customers will then not go and buy another VW brand vehicle, and expect to be compensated somehow. However, the focus will rather have to be on the scale: is this only a U.S. problem? Earlier on yesterday it was reported that half a million vehicles could be affected, now this number has increased to 11 million vehicles. If it is a U.S. response, it is going to be very different versus a global response. Undoubtedly the whole affair is going to have impacts and repercussions far beyond just VW. We are already seeing people in South Korea, France, the UK, starting to question the emissions testing standards. And this is half of the issue here. There is no global standard regarding emissions testing: the fact that it can be different up to 2.5 time as many NOx pollutants that can be allowed in Europe and in UK versus the U.S. and then further differences on CO2 emissions make it tougher for global vehicle manufacturers to comply. That doesn't make it acceptable, but does explain part of the problem the manufacturers are facing. So the first question is: will we see more standards on a global level, which is going to have repercussions on all OEMs, while the second one is longer term: is Diesel really the right powertrain we want to produce and want to prioritise through our vehicle manufacturers of the future?"
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Movie screening and debate on how home affairs funds are spent in migration
Posted by fidest press agency su mercoledì, 1 luglio 2015
The Civil Liberties Committee will hold the sixth debate on the strategic own-initiative report on migration on Thursday 2 July, from 9.00 to 10.30. The way home affairs funds are spent in migration and development context, including emergency funds, is the topic to be addressed in this meeting.A series of debates on the portrayal of migration through cinema will also take place in the framework of the preparation of this report, followed by a sequence of screenings focussing on this topic. The third movie will be shown in room Altiero Spinelli (ASP) 1G3 on Wednesday 1 July, from 19.00: "Like a man on earth".Invited speakers for the debate in the Civil Liberties Committee on 2 JulyTopic: How home affairs funds are spent in migration and development context, including emergency funds Speakers:
Jörg Monar, Rector of the College of Europe, Bruges
H. J. Koller, Head of Responsible Authority Unit, Dutch Ministry for Security and Justice
Gabriel Barbatei, Head of the Programme Implementation Unit within the General Inspectorate for Immigration
The debate will take place on Thursday 2 July, from 9.00 to 10.30, in room Paul-Henri Spaak (PHS) 3C050, in Brussels. It will be webstreamed on EP Live.
The next session on the strategic report on migration is scheduled for the meeting of 6 July, in Strasbourg. These discussions will feed into the report that is being prepared by Roberta Metsola (EPP, Malta) and Kashetu Kyenge (S&D, Italy).
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Civil Liberties MEPs restart discussions on surveillance programmes and go to Washington in March
Posted by fidest press agency su venerdì, 27 febbraio 2015
The Chair of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee and rapporteur on the US NSA and EU member states' surveillance programmes, Claude Moraes (S&D, UK), presented his working document on the follow-up of the inquiry on electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens this evening.During the debate, MEPs stressed the need to address new developments since the adoption of Parliament's resolution on 12 March 2014 and called for a hearing on the Gemalto hacking by NSA/GCHQ.MEPs also recalled that the security of IT systems of EU institutions needs to be improved and that more should be done for the protection of whistleblowers. They also showed their commitment to carry on the committee work to ensure citizens' right to privacy. (You can follow the interventions of the MEPs during the debate on twitter @EP_Justice)A Civil Liberties delegation will go to Washington in mid-March. For Claude Moraes, "this trip serves as a great opportunity to continue talks with our US counterparts on key areas of justice and home affairs in EU-US relations. Members will have the chance to gauge the US priorities in light of the decision to vote against the NSA surveillance reform bills in the US Congress. This will provide crucial assistance for Members particularly bearing in mind the priorities of the Civil Liberties Committee concerning the strengthening of data protection standards in the EU, including a review of the Safe Harbour and Umbrella Agreement between the EU and US".
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Anti-money laundering directive: vote on the Parliament/Council agreement
Posted by fidest press agency su sabato, 24 gennaio 2015
Bruxelles Tuesday 27 January 2015 at 15.30 Press conference room: Paul-Henri Spaak (PHS) 0A50 press conference with Krišjānis Kariņš (EPP, LV), from the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, and Judith Sargentini (Greens/EFA, NL), from the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee Parliament and Council negotiators reached a deal on the 4th anti-money laundering directive on 16 December, which is to be voted by the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee and the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee on 27 January, at 15.00. Under the deal, the ultimate owners of companies will have to be listed in central registers in EU countries, accessible not only to the authorities but also to people with a "legitimate interest", such as investigative journalists and other citizens. The rules will also require banks, auditors, lawyers, real estate agents and casinos, among others, to be more vigilant about suspicious transactions made by their clients. The new rules will contribute to fight tax crimes and terrorist financing.
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Social Cohesion in the EU must be strengthened
Posted by fidest press agency su mercoledì, 15 gennaio 2014
Three days after the official start of the Greek EU Presidency, the Greek Deputy Foreign Minister with specific responsibility for European Affairs, Dimitris KOURKOULAS, received a delegation of senior Greek and European Church representatives in Athens. Also in attendance were senior officials from the Foreign Ministry. The aim of this meeting, one in a long-standing series of high-level encounters between Church representatives and the in-coming presidencies of the EU, was to discuss the principal issues the Greek EU Presidency hopes to address in the first six months of 2014. Top of the agenda were the questions of social cohesion and migration in the EU.Right at the beginning of the meeting, Minister Kourkoulas underlined how important he viewed the encounter. It was his view that the Churches could draw on their pastoral experience, with projects on the ground, and their wealth of social teaching to assist in working toward solutions to the challenges on which the Greek Presidency is keen to focus. Precisely for this reason, the minister pleaded to the Churches to keep in touch with the presidency team so that today's meeting would have follow-up.The meeting with the Presidency in Athens was organised by the Vice-President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), H. E Metropolitan Emanuel of France, and by the Commission of Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), together with the Churches in Greece.
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United States joins Alliance of Civilizations
Posted by fidest press agency su lunedì, 17 Mag 2010
United Nations, New York – The United States government today announced it is joining the UN Alliance of Civilizations. It will be the 100th member country of the initiative. "I am pleased that the United States has announced its intention to join the Alliance of Civilizations," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "The US will bring unique capabilities to this initiative, not least the great diversity and innovative character of the American people." President Sampaio, High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations, welcomed the decision. "The United States membership is a very significant opportunity to maintain the issue of cultural diversity high on the global agenda," he said. The Alliance of Civilizations is a special project of the UN Secretary-General which seeks to counter the cultural and religious forces which can lead to extremism and polarization in society, and works to actively engage governments in support of civil society projects that help bring communities together. The Alliance has already developed a number of partnerships with US-based organizations, and the entry of the US government into the Alliance is expected to lead to greater participation by US-based academic and research institutions, NGOs, businesses, religious and media groups. "The goals and activities of the Alliance complement President Obama's vision of active U.S. engagement with other nations and international organizations to advance American security interests and meet the global challenges of the 21st century," said Philip Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.
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World Economic Forum
Posted by fidest press agency su domenica, 31 gennaio 2010
Davos (Svizzera). Si conclude il 31 gennaio la quarantesima edizione dell'annuale World Economic Forum. Dirigenti politici ed economici si incontrano per affrontare le problematiche più urgenti e critiche del pianeta, verso il superamento della crisi economico-finanziaria globale e una rielaborazione dei modelli di business in un contesto economico profondamente mutato. Manpower è partner strategico dell'evento, a guidare il dibattito sull'indispensabile necessità di un ripensamento e una ridefinizione del mercato del lavoro globale. I massimi esponenti dell'azienda parteciperanno alle principali sessioni di discussione che avranno luogo nel corso del Forum: Jeff Joerres, CEO di Manpower Inc., David Arkless, Presidente Global Corporate & Government Affairs, Barbara Beck, Presidente Manpower EMEA operations, Francoise Gri, Executive Vicepresidente di Manpower Francia. Molteplici le tematiche trattate, tra le quali: la creazione delle competenze viste come il futuro dell'occupazione, il raggiungimento della parità di genere nel mondo del lavoro, le iniziative per la ridefinizione dell'assetto economico globale, il ruolo dei social network in azienda. Tra i principali elementi che andranno a trasformare e ridefinire il mercato del lavoro mondiale, Manpower ha identificato quelli che saranno cruciali per navigare con successo l'onda della ripresa. Anzitutto c'è la carenza di talenti e la relativa difficoltà a soddisfare la richiesta di competenze specifiche da parte delle aziende, difficoltà che diventerà sempre più grande con la diminuzione della popolazione in età da lavoro e che porterà le aziende a concepire in maniera diversa la definizione di una professione e a individuare i modi migliori per attrarre e trattenere i talenti "rari". Le rivoluzioni tecnologiche avranno il potere di cambiare luoghi, tempi e modi di concepire il lavoro, dando alle aziende il vantaggio di essere più agili e innovative. Il livello delle richieste da parte delle aziende diventerà sempre più alto e sofisticato, e ciò richiederà un differente modo di lavorare, guidato dall'innovazione e dalla ricerca di valore aggiunto ed efficienza.
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The New Jersey Devils defeated the Boston Bruins 4-3 from TD Garden in Boston. The win brings their record to 2-5-4 on the season.
The Least You Should Know:
- The Devils scored two power play goals in the last 1:08 of the third period to beat the Bruins.
- New Jersey was excellent with the extra skater, tallying four PP goals on the night.
- The Bruins got out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first behind a power play goal by Torey Krug and a fortuitous bounce in front that gave Jarome Iginla his second tally of the season. After that, the Devils added a power play goal by Adam Henrique, but Milan Lucic scored with less than a minute to go in the first to stretch the lead to 3-1.
- The team battled back behind a strong performance by Martin Brodeur, who was excellent the rest of the way after the three-goal first period. He made timely saves in the third to give the Devils a chance.
For all of the frustrating finishes, odd bounces and perhaps just bad luck, on Saturday night, it was the Devils who came away with a monumental win up in Boston.
After a first period that saw some fortunate bounces result in a 3-1 lead after the first twenty minutes, New Jersey battled the rest of the way and finally got their chance. Torey Krug went off on a double minor and Patrice Bergeron followed suit with a delay of game penalty that allowed the Devils a rare 6-on-3 advantage that resulted in a goal by Marek Zidlicky. Zidlicky, who has eight points (1g, 7a) on the season, knotted the game with only 68 seconds remaining.
Then it was Andy Greene's turn to play hero. Sure, it was a busted play after Damien Brunner partially fanned on a shot. The result was an almost perfect "pass" to Greene, who beat Tuukka Rask to give the Devils the lead.
The man-advantage was flat out sensational. Four goals on the power play against a staunch defensive club like Boston is about as good as it gets in terms of execution on the power play in this league.
Not to be lost in the talk of the goals was the play of Martin Brodeur. The first two goals were the result of bounces that went the way of the Bruins. A three-goal period isn't easy for a goaltender to overcome, but that's exactly why Brodeur has the hardware and accolades to his name. The man with the most wins in NHL history blanked the Bruins over the last two periods to give the Devils a chance. He came up with a great save on David Krejci in the third, with Krejci parked in the slot. Brodeur's strong play over the rest of the game allowed for the comeback attempt.
Jaromir Jagr turned in another strong effort, notching two assists on the night, giving him nine points (2g, 7a) on the season. Damien Brunner had a two-point night as well, with his power play goal and assist on the game-winner.
While the win over the Rangers was big, this one could be the turning point. You have to expect that this team feels rewarded after a game where they refused to give up and eventually cracked a goaltender that has been virtually unbeatable this season.
After the struggles that this team has had over their first eleven games, this one has to feel good. No more talk of squandering a point, or what could have been. This team now has a gutsy, hard-fought win over one of the elite teams in the Eastern Conference.
What's next? They'll get a chance to keep their home point streak intact when they skate against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.
For now, the Devils can sit back and enjoy what is their best win of this young season.
Three Stars:
1. Andy Greene - have to give Greene the nod after his huge goal gave the Devils the win.
2. Martin Brodeur - how many goalies can shake off a three-goal period to play as well as Brodeur did over the final 40 minutes. An excellent performance by Brodeur
3. Marek Zidlicky - His huge goal with 1:08 left gave the Devils the tie. He has been a tremendous spark on the power play so far.


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Police committed to improving safety standards in police pursuits
26 Jul 2017
The NPCC Lead for Revision of Police Pursuits responds to figures released by the IPCC which show that the number of pursuit-related deaths have increased.
National Police Chiefs' Council lead for Revision of Police Pursuits, ACC Steve Barry said:
"The rise in pursuit-related fatalities and incidents comes after many years of the numbers remaining consistently low. As the IPCC have said, these figures should be treated with caution as it is not clear whether they represent a spike or trend. We'll work with the IPCC to try and understand the causes of the increase.
"We are continually looking to improve safety standards in police pursuits. We operate and encourage an open and transparent process; when harm is caused we immediately report the incident to the IPCC.
"We are collating national pursuit statistics to inform and improve driver training and are considering with the Home Office how new technology can improve safety standards."


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- Luxury home sales in the seven-county Chicago metro area increased 12 percent annually in the second quarter of the year.
- Home sales in the city of Chicago grew 18 percent year-over-year in the second quarter, making up 48 percent of the total amount of luxury sales in the region.
- Despite the climb in home sales, prices dipped a bit in the Chicago metro area.
The luxury housing market is on the rise in Chicago, witnessing double digit gains in the second quarter of the year. According to a recent report by Re/Max, the Chicago luxury housing market picked itself back up after a mediocre start in the first few months of the year.


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There is so much to talk about on this subject but I will try to narrow it down and talk more about this subject again soon. Certain herbs, fruits, vegetables and spices do have more beneficial effects to the skin than others.The main question to ask is what symptoms are accruing first, what changes do you need most and then link nutrition to that problem. To start with herbs I recommend:
Basil is an extremely effective herb for soaking up bacteria making it antiseptic for acneic skins. It is also extremely anti inflammatory for very sensitive skin and if you have white heads it also helps to treat them. You can create a home based mask with herbs and I will do a separate post with home base masks soon that are super easy to make and you will find the ingredients at home. I would recommend to consume basil in your diet - it is gorgeous with garlic, lemon, in pesto for dressings and soups. Keep an eye out in spring for basil to add an abundance of flavor to any meal.
Parsley is an all year round herb that is high in calcium, magnesium and beta carotene. It helps to remove toxins from the body and helps the liver which is so important for acne sufferers. Parsley also contains vitamin C, A & K that are essential for the skin. I juice with parsley mainly.
There are several spices that I would recommend to include in your diet:
Turmeric comes from the ginger route family and is one of my favorite spices for dry skin condition, eczema and dermatitis as it is very anti inflammatory. It contains curcumin - a powerful antioxidant to treat acne as it is antibacterial and antiviral, and helps to reduce sore spots and boils on the skin. You can drink it in juice or smoothie, add to hot water or in curries, or apply directly to the skin.
Cinnamon is excellent for the skin and helps to lower blood sugar levels and stops cravings. I love it sprinkled on hot drink with cocoa or almond milk cappuccino. Ginger is great for blemishes and garlic is great for hair.
Fruits and berries that are high in antioxidants are best for the skin, e.g., blackberries, gooseberries, blueberries and raspberries. Apples are an excellent source of fibre. Kiwis and pears also are very good and they help to cleanse the gut which is so important for clear skin. All these fruits are very high in vitamin C to help collagen production that is vital to delay the signs of ageing.
Avocados are the best food for eyes because they are rich in antioxidant vitamin E, monounsaturated fats which are so beneficial for the skin, and they help to keep balanced cholesterol level. Half an avocado twice to three times per week is what I would normally have.
For vegetables I recommend: Peppers will be great to treat crows feet, I know because I have them so I eat loads of peppers. Kale is high in calcium, vitamin K & C, and they all are vital for healthy skin. Sweet potato contains beta carotene and Brussels are a super source of B1 & B6, vitamin C & K that all are super good for skin health.
All of this information is completely wasted if I don't mention the importance of sourcing high quality produce. If you buy imported fruits and vegetables that are lying on the shelves for weeks, they will be loosing huge nutritional value before even it reaches your mouth. General rule that I follow - do not to buy fruits and vegetables packed in plastic. In my opinion fruits & veg should never be in plastic.You will know and be able to detect the quality of fruits & veg by the taste, especially blueberries and berries in general because as soon as they are picked the nutritional value drops massively and that is why you can never get a good taste from blueberries bought in supermarkets. They are literally tasteless. The same goes for pears, nectarines and peaches.
Be careful and try to source seasonal produce locally to you. I research markets a lot so on my day off I try to visit market in Stillorgan shopping centre (every Wednesday), local produce sellers outside the parking lot in Stillorgan (I get my gooseberries there every Saturday), and The Happy Pear in Greystones (organic, really good and fresh produce all week). Check out markets and local produce sellers around you today & stock up for the week ahead!
Thanks so much for reading. Please get in touch if you need advice or my help. To your best health :)


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Rambutan: The Red Hairy Fruit
Have you ever seen a red hairy fruit at your local markets? I know I wondered about it when I came across it! The rambutan was one of my wife's favourite fruits growing up as a child. Her dad would bring home baskets full of Rambutan from his village in Papar, Sabah where they had…Read More


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2013 for me was the year of sequels and delayed gratification.
Sequels were a constant in my life this year: from the second year of Japanstudies I enrolled in, the majority of movies I watched at the cinema (Fast and Furious 6, Iron man 3, Thor: The Dark World, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire & The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug), to the new seasons of TV shows I watched.
Delayed gratification – thank you Cookie Monster and Tom Hiddleston for that very important lesson! – was something that I've never known the name of, but it's also been a common occurrence this year. Waiting for word for the air dates of Sherlock, Hannibal and Community, waiting for the new books of James Barclay, Steven Erikson, Brent Weeks and Glen Cook, and patiently waiting for the words to flow from my fingers whenever I was stuck while working on my WIP (work in progress), instead of forcing myself.
2013 was the year of worries and surprises, both pleasant and unpleasant.
I worried a lot this year, as do I ever, about many things. About money issues, about university tuition, about insomnia, about midterm results, about presentations and papers to prepare, about finals and their results. I worried about my lack of inspiration when it came to writing on my WIP, I worried about not working enough hours, and I worried about worrying so much. (Ah, what can I say? I'm a worrywart)
There were also a lot of surprises this year: I found someone who loves the same books I do (you know who you are) and book lovers will know how rare that is, especially when you're a lover of a genre – Fantasy – which encompasses so many sub genres. I was unpleasantly surprised when a certain Dutch online store I've been a costumer of for as long as I can remember bungled three successive orders of mine, one of which was part of my Christmas present.
2013 was the year of endings and beginnings.
2013 marked the year I finished the Elves series by James Barclay – alas all good things must come to an end – but it also marked the beginning of TV shows Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Almost Human, and the beginning of Steven Erikson's The Kharkanas Trilogy with the first book Forge of Darkness. This was the year I lost one job, and after working for 6 weeks in a meat processing plant (which I shall never do again) during my summer vacation, found another job right across the street from my old one.
All in all, 2013 was quite the year. Hopefully 2014 will be a bit calmer, with a lot more sequels, pleasant surprises, and new beginnings.


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What does the name Tamil mean? Find out below.
Etymology: Written also Tamul
From Tamil தமிழ௠(tamiḻ, "Tamilâ€).
Tamil was also found in the following language(s): Dutch
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I do not know how you feel about it, but you were a female in your last earthly incarnation. You were born somewhere around the territory of USA South-Central approximately on 750. Your profession was entertainer, musician, poet, and temple-dancer.
You always liked to travel, to investigate, could have been detective or spy. You should develop self-love and ability to implant hope into hearts of people. Ambition - is not everything. True wealth is buried in your soul.


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An invisible menu button was recently discovered on the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. The button, housed at the far right of the navigation bar, opens the hamburger (3 dots) menu of the screen its on. Despite being a fun Easter Egg for some folks, Google has now confirmed that to CNET that this feature is a bug that will be patched out in future.
The mysterious button just worked in some apps including Settings, Calculator, Messages, Docs and also it also doesn't do anything that you couldn't do.
Check out the video by Android Police.
It isn't clear exactly when the button will be patched out, but it may only take a few days.


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French press review 2 June 2018
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The postponed Trump-Kim summit on North Korea's nuclear capacity is, after all, going to take place. What can be done to save the world's oceans from destruction by the billions of tonnes of plastic which we humans have been dumping there?
The boys are going to meet after all.
Those on-again, off-again talks involving the two weirdest haircuts on the planet will finally take place. Probably. America's Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea are to meet on 12 June in Singapore. Unless something dramatic happens in the meantime.
Le Monde speaks of the "intense and delicate diplomatic ballet" required to get the two notoriously touchy leaders to the talks, which are still not, according to the French daily, "completely confirmed".
Trump, with typical never-mind-the-details bluster, has been saying he wants the whole deal done and dusted in a single meeting, even if he admits that the complexities of the case may delay a final agreement. More than half a century of conflict and mistrust won't be wiped out that easily.
Basically, the US want to see a complete end to the North Korean nuclear programme. Kim Jong-un wants to be assured that denuclearisation won't leave his country defenceless and that the thaw in relations with Washington will continue.
The devil, as the saying goes, is in the detail. And Trump's ignorance of most of the matters covered in the small print won't make them go away.
Which is not to say that having the two chaps chatting is not a lot better than having them throwing missiles at one another.
Getting along like a house on fire
Le Figaro is also delighted that the already once-postponed meeting between the two nuclear powers looks like it will now go ahead.
The right-wing daily quotes President Trump as saying the North Koreans have promised an end to their nuclear ambitions and he won't impose any more sanctions. There's to be no more talk of "maximum pressure" on the regime in Pyongyang, Haircut Number One told journalists yesterday, "we have a good understanding with the North Koreans".
Le Figaro suggests that the sudden thaw of relations between Washington and Haircut Number Two is probably related to a similar recent softening of the tone locally between the two Koreas. In the wake of the historic handshake between the leaders of North and South in April, there have already been several low-level meetings to discuss commercial, sporting and even military cooperation between the two sides, still technically at war and observing the long ceasefire which ended the Korean War 65 years ago.
Show some bottle in the battle against plastic
Left-leaning Libération gives the front-page honours to what the paper calls "The blue bin," a tragic reference to the globe's oceans, currently collapsing under the sheer bulk of junk which we humans have allowed to accumulate there.
Libé points out that, by the year 2050, according to United Nations figures, there will be more plastic in the sea than fish.
Last week the European Commission banned "single-use plastic objects" like drinking straws, goblets, plates and cutlery.
The sudden flurry of official interest in the oceans is probably not unrelated to a decision taken by Beijing last January to close China's doors to the boatloads of rubbish being sent by everyone else for recycling. Since most countries don't have the capacity to do that recycling themselves, they now have no choice but to cut down on the waste production side.
Today the activist group Plastic Attack intends to target French supermarkets, with supporters being asked to do their normal weekend shopping but to remove all unnecessary packaging and dump the superfluous junk at the supermarket doors.
Libération suggests that the future may reside in something called polyhydroxyalkanoate, a bioplastic which is produced by bacteria fed on organic waste.
According to its inventors, the Californian company Full Cycle Bioplastics, the stuff can be used in compost, is completely degradable and is economically competitive with normal plastics made from crude oil. All they need now is a name the rest of us can pronounce and they're laughing all the way to the sandbank.


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Publishing my family history -- some questions
Posted 25 June 2012 - 07:30 PM
1) I want to publish a history, beginning with my father, and going back as many generations as I have information. If I choose to include a narrative report for him and his ancestors and children, will it include, for each successive generation back, information on both mothers and fathers, or just my father's father, his father, etc? Ideally, I would like a separate, less detailed chapter for each of the auxiliary lines -- a chapter for his mother's line (Smith, e.g.), a chapter for his paternal grandmother's line (Day), etc. In some cases, the wives' families were more interesting than my direct male line. Would I need to choose his mother, for instance, as the starting person for a separate narrative report and choose how many generations to go back on her line?
Obviously, the farther I go back, the less information I have, but it all is pertinent in a history of my father's family.
2) I understand that I can include photos, other than the primary photo, with the published history by adding a scrapbook page. Do I have a choice as to how photos are laid out on a scrapbook page?
3) I have tried to flesh out my database by adding extensive notes. I had envisioned supplementing the narrative report with text pages, giving an overview of the time in which each generation lived, what current events were, plus additional information about each generation. Now that I have extensive notes, though, I fear they will duplicate each other. What's best -- to just add the historical data to the person notes, or to go back and eliminate duplications between the text pages and notes?
Would appreciate hearing from anyone who has had experience publishing a family history.
Posted 25 June 2012 - 09:53 PM
The Scrapbook report is very limited in layout - you can control the number of photos per page and whether captions and descriptions are included, landscape or portrait and a few other things. You cannot have within one Scrapbook (for a person, or a family, for example), different settings for each page, let alone each photo. All will be sized equally and captions and descriptions must be kept very short else they are incompletely revealed.
As to the tradeoff between separate text and embedded notes, really only you can decide. The virtue of embedded notes is that whatever person or lines you publish, only those notes pertaining to the persons included will come out - of course, that might also be a disadvantage, if context is lost. As much as we would like RM to generate a highly readable book from what we have put in, you will rapidly find that both your data and the tool are a long way from being able to do so and that post-generation editing and supplementing is necessary.
Tom user of RM7550 FTM2017 Ancestry.ca FamilySearch.org FindMyPast.com
wiki, exploiting the database in special ways >>> app, a bundle of RootsMagic utilities.
Posted 25 June 2012 - 11:55 PM
First Generation:
1. Starting person [His/her spouse(s) and children are not included.
Second Generation:
2. Starting person's father
3. Starting person's mother
Their children
Third Generation:
4. Starting person's paternal grandfather
5. Starting person's paternal grandmother
Their children
6. Starting person's maternal grandfather
7. Starting person's maternal grandmother
Their children
2) If you have multiple linked photos in a Media Album you can arrange those photos in the Media Album. Media Album screen, Tools, Rearrange media items.
Fact linked photos will link in the sort order of the fact. If you want to completely control the order media prints in, you can link all the media to the person's Media Album, Rearrange the media items as you wish. Media can be linked to as many Media Albums as you want. In the Scrapbook, choose to print for the Person.
3) You can create persons named Addendum A, Addendum B etc. and put your suplimental notes in the general note or into a linked fact note for the Addendum person . Link them as the last child or children of the last parents that will print in the report so they print last.
You can leave the notes where they are and privatize the notes for any one other than the first person who the same notes would be printed for. Don't print private notes in the reports.
Or, if you are using Publisher, you could create separate Narrative reports for each Addendum without having them linked to anyone in the report.
Im Publisher, you can do Add, Other report, Special sections, Text page to add a page to which you can title the text page and enter the text.
Posted 26 June 2012 - 04:38 AM
Posted 24 August 2012 - 03:44 PM
NOW...I have a 200-page family history, but the only way I know of to distribute hard copies to my family is to have it copied at Kinko's or Staples, with a cover. If I wanted to pay for it to be printed as a paperback book -- i.e. vanity or online press -- is there any way to convert what I have to a disc or convert it to a single, e-mailable document? Or am I stuck with what looks pretty much like a college thesis?
I eventually want to do the other side of my family. What should I do differently?
Posted 25 August 2012 - 08:14 AM
"I work on genealogy only on days that end in "Y"." [Grin!!!]
from www.GenealogyDaily.com.
"Documentation....The hardest part of genealogy"
"Genealogy is like Hide & Seek: They Hide & I Seek!"
" Genealogists: People helping people.....that's what it's all about!"
from http://www.rootsweb....nry/gentags.htm
Using FO and RM since FO2.0
Posted 25 August 2012 - 12:46 PM
Posted 25 August 2012 - 12:53 PM
Nettie, thank you. I'll check it out. Now how would I convert the whole thing to a PDF??
The Report Viewer in Publisher has a <Save> button and one of it's output types is a .PDF file
--- "GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own." - Ambrose Bierce
--- "The trouble ain't what people don't know, it's what they know that ain't so." - Josh Billings
K e V i N
Posted 25 August 2012 - 01:29 PM
Posted 31 December 2012 - 08:30 PM
Anybody else published from a Mac?
Posted 11 January 2013 - 08:04 AM
Posted 11 January 2013 - 03:43 PM
Tom user of RM7550 FTM2017 Ancestry.ca FamilySearch.org FindMyPast.com
wiki, exploiting the database in special ways >>> app, a bundle of RootsMagic utilities.
Posted 26 May 2013 - 02:28 PM
Before I sent out my books to my family members, I made photo copies of the photos and hand=pasted each one onto the missing spot. What resulted was less than professional looking, but I figured they'd rather see the photos than blank spaces.
Given the reasonablle cost of publishing via DiggyPod, I plan to do a second printing. I've experimented and think I can use just 4 photos per page, increasing the page count. I viewed it as as PDF and it seemed to look OK.
Bottom line: I would HIGHLY recommend DP, and will use them again.
Posted 26 May 2013 - 09:56 PM
Tom user of RM7550 FTM2017 Ancestry.ca FamilySearch.org FindMyPast.com
wiki, exploiting the database in special ways >>> app, a bundle of RootsMagic utilities.