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Your wedding day is coming up, and all you can think about is looking great in your photos. There is definitely pressure to look your absolute best on your wedding day, but there's no need to stress. Look into these beauty treatments for your pre-bridal beauty routine.
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Teeth Whitening
You're going to be smiling all day, so wanting bright white teeth is understandable. You can go to your dentist can get your teeth professionally whitened, or you can try at home tricks like baking soda toothpaste. No matter what you try, start the whitening at least one month before your big day so you can actually see the results.
If you want close to perfect, glowing skin before your wedding day, try getting a facial. Most spas offer them, and they typically have a variety of options you can choose from. What you choose will depend on the results you want. Make sure you give yourself two months before the wedding so your skin can heal and you can see the results.
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ECHR: Insulting Prophet Muhammad "is not freedom of expression"
NEWS CENTER - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that the defamation of the Prophet Muhammad was not freedom of expression.
In 2009, an Austrian person who was prosecuted for using insulting statements to the Prophet Muhammad was fined in 2011 then she brought to the high court and the Supreme Court did not accept her objection. After all, the Austrian woman brought the case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said that the woman's comments could not be covered by the freedom of expression, stating that it had found that "the applicant's statements had been likely to arouse justified indignation in Muslims" and "amounted to a generalization without factual basis."
"Mrs. S. appealed but the Vienna Court of Appeal upheld the decision in December 2011, confirming, in essence, the lower court's findings. A request for the renewal of the proceedings was dismissed by the Supreme Court on 11 December 2013," it said.
"Relying on Article 10 (freedom of expression), Mrs. S. complained that the domestic courts failed to address the substance of the impugned statements in the light of her right to freedom of expression."
On Thursday's ruling, the ECHR said it "found in particular that the domestic courts comprehensively assessed the wider context of the applicant's statements and carefully balanced her right to freedom of expression with the right of others to have their religious feelings protected, and served the legitimate aim of preserving religious peace in Austria."
"It held that by considering the impugned statements as going beyond the permissible limits of an objective debate, and by classifying them as an abusive attack on the Prophet of Islam which could stir up prejudice and threaten religious peace, the domestic courts put forward relevant and sufficient reasons," the court ruled. (ILKHA)

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Spinach & Salmon Pinwheel X'mas tree
A puff pastry
An egg (beaten)
2 onions (chopped)
A green chilli (chopped)
2 garlic cloves (chopped)
A piece of ginger(chopped)
A bunch of spinach leaves(chopped)
A canned salmon (drain & mince)
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
150 g cream Cheese
Grated Cheese
Heat olive oil & fry onions to light golden brown;
Add chopped chilli, garlic & ginger.
Fry for a while & then add minced salmon.
Mix well & then add chopped spinach leaves.
Remove from fire & garnish with cumin seeds.
Roll out the puff pastry .
Spread a layer of cheese using a spatule leaving 1 cm from the edge.
Top with the prepared spinach-salmon mix.
Roll & keep it in the fridge for an hour.
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Then cut into 12 discs of width 2 cm using a sharp knife.
Place it on a baking tray in the form of a X'mas tree.
Brush the surface with beaten egg.
Bake for 15 mn - until puffed & golden brown.
Take out from the oven & scatter grated cheese over it.
Retuurn to the oven & bake for another 2mn.
Serve hot with tea / as a starter.


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Category:Celestial Spirits
Celestial Spirits
During the early wars between the Negerai Prime and the nine warriors, a substantial number of nature spirits from Negaria fled to a smaller continent located to the southwest called Khanjar Kuro. On this new-found promised-land, many remnants of Avlis from before the time of the gods still exist to this day. As society and politics on Negaria evolved through the ages, so too did events on Khanjar Kuro, and because of the relative isolation of this smaller land, different methods of worship and religion evolved
Celestial Spirits are a unique breed of god-like beings on the southern continent. For the most part, their origins are similar to heroes and immortals: a spirit becomes venerated by local inhabitants and gains insight and ability from that adoration. However, because these spirits are an integral part of nature to begin with, the manifestations of their immortality differ from those of conventional races achieving this status. The innate abilities of the spirit are increased and multiplied, and often their forms become more beautiful and naturally harmonistic. Those without deep knowledge of Avlissian spirits would go so far as to classify the newly arisen celestial as a completely different spirit breed.
Nearly all inhabitants of Khanjar Kuro worship the Celestial Spirits. There are too many of them to list, and each one is characterized by a unique personality, philosophy, and area of influence. Everyone who knows about Celestial Spirits recognizes that there are many different levels of divinity that they may possess. Smaller spirits tend to rule over specific areas, like a grove or rock formation, while larger spirits may cover an entire region, or even an aspect of nature, like poison or the bearing of fruit. In many cases, these larger spirits specialize in one of the four elements: earth, air, fire, or water in addition to their areas of control.
The largest of the Celestial Spirits form a special group called the Celestial Council. This organization acts as the focal point of worship on Khanjar Kuro. In effect, the members of this council manage answering the prayers and guarding affairs of the continent while they strive to keep the area isolated and safe from anything that would upset the status quo. Beyond that, they deal with the internal matters of the domains of Khanjar Kuro and have been known at times to involve themselves with both petty affairs and pivotal events. There is no limit to the number of members on the council, and there have been times when they have numbered in the tens, or as little as eight. As new Celestial Spirits are formed, they take their places on the council, and as Celestial Spirits on the council meet their demise, they are either replaced or their vacancy is compensated somehow. The majority of these council members take the form of celestial dragons during their ascension.
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In "The "Forgotten Organ": Gut Flora and Its Role in Immune Function" , it became clear that the origins of much disease in the body, including autoimmune disease, begins with the status of the microorganisms that are present in the gut. Disease results when the essential gut flora becomes damaged and imbalanced, causing disruptions in the function of the immune system. Damage to the essential flora may also allow the overgrowth of opportunistic flora or permit transitional flora to cause disease. In understanding how damage to the gut flora occurs, it is important to examine the process by which gut flora is acquired at the very beginning of life. Problems in the acquisition process can predispose an infant to an imbalance of gut flora that will impact health and the development of disease throughout life. Acquisition of Gut Flora
In the unborn child, it was once believed that the gut was sterile. However, recent research suggests that colonization of the gut begins when the unborn child swallows amniotic fluid containing microbes from the mother's gut. The majority of the colonization of the gut occurs during the birthing process when the infant is further exposed to a large amount of bacteria from the mother. If the mother's flora is damaged or imbalanced, this will be passed on to the infant.
Type of Delivery
The process of gut colonization with flora is influenced by method of delivery, with vaginal delivery resulting in significantly faster rates of colonization. Infants born by Cesarean section have lower numbers of Bifidobacteria and Bacteroides, important groups of essential flora, compared to vaginally born infants. The gut flora of infants born by Cesarean section may be disturbed for up to 6 months, compared to 1 month for infants delivered vaginally. This is significant because the early composition of the gut flora is known to impact development of the immune system and balance between Th1 and Th2 immunity (see this article for more information).
Infant Feeding (i.e. Diet)
The feeding method, or diet, of an infant also influences the gut flora by providing a source of nutrition that allows for the growth and function of flora and providing a source of continued colonization of microorganisms from the environment. For babies that are breastfed, bacteria from the feeding environment will be transferred from the mother's skin and milk ducts. For those that are bottle-fed, bacteria will be transferred from the dried powder and the equipment and water used to prepare the formula. Breastfed newborns carry a more stable and uniform population of gut flora compared to bottle-fed infants. The impact of breastfeeding on immediate and long-term health has been well-studied with the results indicating that breastfeeding has many protective health benefits. One of the main reasons behind why breastfeeding is so health-promoting is because of its effects on the gut flora. Attempts to make formulas more similar to breast milk involve adding probiotics (live bacteria), prebiotics (oligosaccharides), and other components to make the microbiota composition similar to that of breast milk. The type of infant feeding is critical in influencing the composition of the gut flora, thereby affecting development of the immune system and long-term health.
Antibiotic Use
The use of antibiotics in the perinatal period, before birth by the mother and after birth by the breastfeeding mother or infant, has a dramatic effect on the colonization of the gut flora. The diversity of the gut flora is reduced in infants whose mothers received antibiotics during pregnancy or while breastfeeding. Antibiotic use by the mother is also significant because the antibiotics will damage the gut flora of the mother and this damaged flora is then passed to the infant during the acquisition process. Antibiotic use by the infant in the immediate period after birth has been shown to severely disrupt the gut flora in a way that lasts for months up to several years and has an impact on the child's long-term health.
The major factors that influence the colonization of gut flora in the infant include the status of the mother's gut flora (as this will be passed to the infant), the method of delivery, type of feeding, and antibiotic use. There are also other factors that play a role, including the infant's overall environment, hygiene, and perinatal stress. The colonization of the gut flora at the beginning of life is significant because the gut flora impacts the development of the immune system, has a major role in immune system functioning (80-85% of the immune system is in the gut), and thereby influences the process by which autoimmune and metabolic disease occurs. Disease begins in the gut and it starts at the very beginning of life!
Azad, M. & Kozyrskyj, A. (2012). Perinatal programming of asthma: The role of gut microbiota. Clinical and Developmental Immunology, 2012.
Biasucci, G., Rubini, M., Riboni, S., Morelli, L., Bessi, E., & Retetangos, C. (2010). Mode of delivery affects the bacterial community in the newborn gut. Early Human Development, 86(Suppl 1), 13 - 5.
Gronlund, M., Lehtonen O., Eerola E., & Kero, P. (1999). Fecal microflora in healthy infants born by different methods of delivery: permanent changes in intestinal flora after cesarean delivery. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 28, 19–25.
Guaraldi, F. & Salvatori, G. (2012). Effect of breast and formula feeding on gut microbiota shaping in newborns. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2(94).
Rautava. S., Luoto, R., Salminen, S., & Isolauri E. (2012). Microbial contact during pregnancy, intestinal colonization and human disease. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 9(10), 565 - 575.


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July 27, 2016
This is breach by Olumide Popoola and Annie Holmes, commissioned and published by Peirene Press for Peirene Now! series.
Published on 1st August, with 50p of every sale donated to us at Counterpoints Arts.
With thanks to Peirene, the award-winning boutique publishing house based in London, specialising in contemporary European novellas and short novels in English translation.
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'The Jungle is like a laboratory.'
In the refugee camp known as The Jungle an illusion is being disrupted: that of a neatly ordered world, with those deserving safety and comfort separated from those who need to be kept out.
Calais is a border town. Between France and Britain. Between us and them. The eight short stories in this collection explore the refugee crisis through fiction. They give voice to the hopes and fears of both sides. Dlo and Jan break into refrigerated trucks bound for the UK. Marjorie, a volunteer, is happy to mingle in the camps until her niece goes a step too far. Mariam lies to her mother back home. With humour, insight and empathy, breach tackles an issue that we can no longer ignore.
breach is the first title in the Peirene Now! series. This exciting new series will be made up of commissioned works of new fiction, which engage with the political issues of the day. In breach, the authors beautifully capture a multiplicity of voices – refugees, volunteers, angry citizens – whilst deftly charting a clear narrative path through it all. Each story is different in tone, and yet they complement one another perfectly. Taken as a whole, this stands as an empathetic and probing collage, where the words 'home', 'displacement' and 'integration' come to mean many things as the collection progresses to a moving finale.
GPS tells me it's eleven minutes. I don't think that's right. It's too short. How can you cross a border, go from one country to another, and be there in eleven minutes? It took us two weeks to get here.
The others laugh because I say I want them to call me Obama. We are sitting down by a tree to plan the eleven minutes.
'Why not Clinton?' Calculate says. 'At least it would sound like you got some action.'
I don't know what he means; I know some boys who are called Clinton, back at home, in Sudan. It's nothing special. But Calculate is old. I normally wait for him to speak.
It's getting darker, the trees are dipping themselves in silence. The others are looking at their phones. We need to agree on when to start the eleven minutes. We need to plan the forty-nine minutes after that, because if we have to walk all the way to the train station it will be that long.
I don't want to sleep in this country. Not tonight.
I search the others' faces. Why is everyone quiet now? I just want to think big; you have to set your bar high. It's one of the things Calculate has taught me, an expression.
I say to them, 'It's just a little fun. Why not?'
I am disturbing their thoughts. They are busy with more important things. Already these thoughts are like swimming with wet clothes. It's heavy, too much to hold on to. It pulls you back. You could drown.
I have made a habit with this thing, the names and the stories, always distracting them. I think they think that I cannot be quiet. Not when it is needed. Like now. When we are planning the next step, like Calculate says.
Suleyman is coughing. He leans forward; his small chest comes out and he does harh-harh-harh, his tongue tired in his mouth. Earlier today there was a bit of blood in his spit. I check that he is not spitting now. He is leaning back against the tree, pointing his thumb upwards, his eyes closed. He does it all the time, the thumbs up. Even though he himself isn't thumbs up. Not at all. When I first met him his face was round and black. Now he is grey and thin and his eyes are hanging like a bag of shopping.
MG says, 'Or Michelle.'
I throw him a look that tells him to shut his mouth. With my mouth I say, 'You're not funny.'
'You don't understand. You can use it as Michel. It's French. Man's name. I learned in school. Michelle better than Obama. Better brain, my brother says. Nicer to the people, she is really for the people.'
'And beautiful,' Calculate says. He laughs again. 'It would suit you.'
I ignore him and turn my head to the side. He is still wearing the Leicester Hockey Club shirt someone gave him in Puglia. And the fake leather jacket. I told him it wasn't real leather but he said he didn't care. His hair and the jacket match. I think he feels older with it, grown up. MG doesn't usually talk rubbish. His mouth is too quick but he is on his way to being smart. Calculate said it.
I call him MG because he doesn't use Western Union. Only MoneyGram. He thinks it is better. The rates, the service, the staff.
I said to him, 'Hey, little brother, it's just ordinary people. Look at the shops, they are the same: news-agents, small grocers, phone repair shops. Nothing special, same kind, makes no difference if Western Union or MoneyGram.'
The others agreed, but he is not convinced. He taps on his forehead with one finger. It's shiny. It was the same when I first met him. It was hot there, it is not hot now. Still, his face is sweaty. This boy has a tap inside his forehead. It's broken. It drips slowly, always leaving something on his skin. He knocks on that forehead, looking at us, when he wants us to listen. His finger is faster than the dripping of his broken tap that makes all the sweat. He looks ridiculous with his one finger hammering at where his brain is supposed to be. He says he knows, his brother told him. The brother said that they are trying to catch people using Western Union, the smugglers. It is better to leave it alone.
MG put away whatever his brother sent him. Everyone did it that way. Someone sends it, you pick it up later, when you have arrived on safe ground. You couldn't take money in the boat in case you lost it.
But that guy and his brother. I want to push MG sometimes. Push him into the road, just to wake him up. If your brother is so great, why does he not come for you? Why does he not tell you how to get to the UK? To London even. Why does he keep saying, 'I don't know, I don't know, all has changed,' when you call?
'Papers,' MG says, 'no papers.'
'Can you be quiet now? I don't want to get caught here.'
Calculate thinks he is our leader. Because he is older, because MG looks at him – his eyes asking, Is this right? – when we have to make a decision.
I answer that I don't need to be quiet. There is no one here. No one can see us. But Calculate puts his finger on his thin lips and puts his backside on a bit of cardboard he keeps in his bag and leans against the tree that is near Suleyman. He tells me to be quiet again. MG is throwing his eyes at me, shy. I haven't replied to his Michel idea. Why? It's stupid.
GPS moves his shoulders up, then lets them fall. He wants to say sorry that way. Sorry, but Calculate knows what we need to do. I don't understand GPS sometimes. Have we not made it most of the way without Calculate? But I just open my backpack as if I am looking for something, my lips holding each other tight.


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If you have the desire to achieve something let it be a fit mind, body, and soul, a six pack or a goal to be an athlete then you should step out of your comfort zone immediately. As there is no gain without pain but in long run, it's going to prove its worth to you. You just need some motivation so you can stick to your routine. This way you can stay away from general illness, to make yourself confident among people. So many people are making a resolution to start going to the gym but the real battle is in maintaining the consistency. It all depends on your mental goal that how you are executing your willpower to stay healthy and muscular. Here we are providing some tips to stay glued to your daily exercise routine for a healthy and fit lifestyle.
If it's not much enjoyable for some then it's not boring too
Believe it that initially holding those heavy dumbbells and frequent push-ups is not the piece of cake but those who have got good hands over it with their regular visit to the gym have got crush upon them. So a consistency will help you to love your daily routine. It's better to choose initially what you love to do but you can't stay so sympathetic to your body for a longer spell. Consistency will help you gain mastery over the difficult activities.
Do it again and again….
If you keep on escaping your visit to the gym or the ground them definitely you are going to lose your interest. So stick to 21 days' formula once you continue something for continuous 21 days it will become your habit. Give it a try…
Reward yourself
Split your aim into short-term goals and upon accomplishment gift yourself something to keep yourself motivated. For example- if you have made a continuous 7-day visit to the gym then purchase something which really mesmerizes you and is under the budget, once packs start appearing on your belly purchase a tight fit tee.
Choose a good partner
If you are getting deviated from your daily track, then you need a good company or a partner who is heading to the gym daily. They will help you to overcome your laziness or silly excuses and also be a troubleshooter to your smaller problem that is becoming an obstacle in your way to the gym. You can also create something like WhatsApp group to share your improvement pictures of before and after to get enjoyment, challenges as well as motivation.
Be ready with all the things required
Keep your gym clothes, shoes, equipment, drinks, nutrition all arranged a place so that you don't need to search for everything early in the morning it right after your work. Save yourself from the panic and wash your gym clothes regularly, this will make you feel fresh throughout the session. So don't wait for something to happen just start and stay committed.


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Kiryat Shmona
|Kiryat Shmona
|Hebrew transcription(s)
|Kiryat Šmona
|• Also spelled
|Kiryat Shemona (official)
View of Kiryat Shmona from Manara cliffs
Kiryat Shmona
|Coordinates: 33°12′27″N 35°34′11″E / 33.20750°N 35.56972°ECoordinates: 33°12′27″N 35°34′11″E / 33.20750°N 35.56972°E
|May 1949
|• Type
|City (from 1975)
|• Mayor
|Nissim Malka
|• Total
|9,960 dunams (9.96 km2 or 3.85 sq mi)
|Population (2017)[1]
|• Total
|Postal code
|Name meaning
|Town of Eight
Kiryat Shmona (Hebrew: קִרְיַת שְׁמוֹנָה, lit. Town of the Eight) is a city located in the Northern District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley near the Lebanese border. The city was named after the eight people, including Joseph Trumpeldor, who died in 1920 defending Tel Hai.
In 2017 it had a population of 22,844,[1] the majority of whom are Jews, particularly of Moroccan extraction. Located near the Israel-Lebanon border, Kiryat Shmona is Israel's northernmost city.
Foundation (1949)
The town of Kiryat Shmona was established in 1949[2] on the site of the former Arab village al-Khalisa, whose inhabitants had fled after Safed was taken by the Haganah during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and an attempt by the village to come to an agreement with the Jewish authorities was rejected.[3] Literally Town of the Eight, Kiryat Shmona was named after eight Jewish militiamen, commanded by Joseph Trumpeldor, who had fallen in the 1920 Battle of Tel Hai during the Franco-Syrian War adjacent to the new town. It had originally been named Kiryat Yosef for Trumpeldor before the name was changed to Kiryat Shmona in June 1950.[4]
Initially the empty houses of Khalisa were used as a transit camp for Jewish immigrants and refugees who worked mainly in farming. It was called Kiryat Yosef after Yosef Trumpeldor. The first residents were fourteen Yemenite Jews who arrived on July 18, 1949 and were followed by more Yemenite Jews a month later. By July 1951, the population had grown to nearly 4,000.[4] Relationships with nearby kibbutzim were often strained.[4]
In 1953, Kiryat Shmona become a development town.[5] In the first few years, the town's growth was driven by the arrival of immigrants from Yemen and Romania, but later on, waves of immigrants from North Africa, in particular from Morocco, arrived. The city was built without a master plan, but rather neighborhood by neighborhood as waves of immigrants arrived.
Later years (1950–present)
Kiryat Shmona's location close to the Lebanon makes it a rich target for rocket fire cross-border attacks.
On April 11, 1974, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command, sent three members across the border from Lebanon to Kiryat Shmona. They killed eighteen residents of an apartment building, including many children, before being killed in an exchange of fire at the complex, which became known as the Kiryat Shmona massacre.[6]
The city continued to be the target of attacks after this, including Katyusha rocket attacks by the PLO in July 1981,[7] a Katyusha rocket attack by the PLO in March 1986 (killing a teacher and injuring four students and one adult),[8][9][10] and further Katyusha rocket attacks by Hezbollah during 1996's Operation Grapes of Wrath.[11] The citizens of the town had suffered almost daily attack from the mid-1970s until 2000, when the IDF left Lebanon.
In spite of attacks from Lebanon, the town steadily grew. It had a population of 11,800 in 1972, which grew to 15,100 in 1983.
In the years 2000–06, the locals enjoyed relative peace but suffered from loud explosions every few weeks because of Hezbollah anti-aircraft cannons fired at IAF planes flying across the Israeli-Lebanese border.
During the 2006 Lebanon War, the city was again the target of Hezbollah Katyusha rocket attacks. Most of the city's residents left the area during the war, and the 5,000 who remained stayed in bomb shelters, turning the city into a ghost town.[12] During the war, a total of 1,012 Katyusha rockets hit Kiryat Shmona.
Kiryat Shmona is located in the Finger of the Galilee next to the Hula Valley, about 5 kilometres (3 miles) south and 2 km (1 mile) east of the Israel–Lebanon border. Its elevation is about 150 metres (492 feet) above sea level.[2]
The city is located above the Dead Sea Transform fault, and as a result, is one of the cities in Israel most at risk to earthquakes (along with Safed, Beit She'an, Tiberias, and Eilat).[13]
According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was 97.9% Jewish and other non-Arabs, without a significant Arab population. In 2001 there were 121 immigrants. The Jewish population of the town is largely of Sephardi and Mizrahi heritage, and many are industrial workers employed in local small industry and in neighboring kibbutzim.
According to CBS, in 2001 there were 10,800 males and 10,700 females. The population of the city was spread out with 33.5% 19 years of age or younger, 19.8% between 20 and 29, 19.3% between 30 and 44, 15.3% from 45 to 59, 3.5% from 60 to 64, and 8.5% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2001 was 1.8%.
According to CBS, as of 2000, in the city there were 8,303 salaried workers and 467 are self-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried worker in the city is 4,306 shekels, a real change of 4.6% over the course of 2000. Salaried males have a mean monthly wage of 5,443 shekels (a real change of 7.1%) versus 3,065 shekels for females (a real change of −2.2%). The mean income for the self-employed is 6,769. There are 564 people who receive unemployment benefits and 1,655 people who receive an income guarantee.
Kiryat Shmona has diverse economic activities among its inhabitants. The town's economy is based on both light industry, involving consumer-oriented products such as communications, information technology, and electronics as well as agriculture on the surrounding lands and tourism.
The town has a cable car link with Manara above in the Naftali mountain range and also is home to an activity center and toboggan run located in the south of the town.
In the residential area there is an urban natural space called Park HaZahav. Zahav means "gold" in Hebrew; the park is named after the stream running through it – Ein Zahav Stream – the source of which is Ein Zahav ("golden spring"). Park HaZahav covers 11 hectares in the middle of the city. It comprises many diverse natural resources. In addition to intensive activity areas designated for leisure and play, and open to all, the park contains a diverse, protected, natural area comprising Ein Zahav Stream and HaTachanot Stream (Tachanot refers to two water mills [tachana=mill] which were active along this stream in the past), which flow through the middle of the park. These streams have created different aquatic habitats, including shallow sections, rapids, deep sections and pools that support diverse riparian vegetation that has developed with time into a riparian forest. This isn't common in Israel. The park has a trail that goes through the forest and along the stream. Included in the park are different gardening initiatives by local volunteers, a picnic area, and a playground. The park is used for educational purposes by the community.
According to CBS, there are 12 schools and 4,339 students in the city. They are spread out as 9 elementary schools and 2,355 elementary school students, and 6 high schools and 1,984 high school students. 49.3% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.
The Tel-Hai Academic College is a college located near Kibbutz Kfar Giladi and north of Kiryat Shmona. The college offers academic and continuing education programs for approximately 4,500 students, 70 percent of whom come from outside the Galilee. Minorities comprise about 10 percent of the student body. The college offers degrees in life sciences, social sciences, computer science and the humanities.
Kiryat Shmona is the smallest city in Israel with a top flight football club, Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Formed by a merger of Hapoel Kiryat Shmona and Maccabi Kiryat Shmona in 2000, the club won promotion to the top division for the first time at the end of the 2006–07 season, and won the Israeli Premier League Championship in 2011–2012.
Tennis is also part of the Kiryat Shmona sport scene. The town is home to one of the 14 Israel Tennis Centers (ITC). These Centers throughout Israel teach children life skills through tennis. The Centers are primarily funded through donations. The Israel Children's Centers in the United States, and the Canada Israel Children's Centres are largely responsible for the funding of the Tennis Centers, which strive to never turn a child away due to financial need.
Notable residents
- Vladislav Bykanov (born 1989), Olympic speed skater
- Zephaniah Drori (born 1937), Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Shmona
- Dudi Sela (born 1985), tennis player
- Eden Ben Zaken, singer
- Ronald Zilberberg (born 1996), Olympic figure skater
Twin towns
Kiryat Shmona is twinned with:
Hampstead, Quebec, Canada (since 1978) Nancy, France (since 1984) Memmingen, Germany (since 2009) Rishon LeZion, Israel (since 2006)
- 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- 1 2 Vilnai, Ze'ev (1979). "Kiryat Shmona". Ariel Encyclopedia (in Hebrew). Volume 7. Israel: Am Oved. pp. 7111–12.
- ↑ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. pp. 250–251.
- 1 2 3 Amir Goldstein (2016). "The kibbutz and the ma'abara (transit camp): The case of the Upper Galilee kibbutzim and Kiryat Shmona, 1949–1953". Journal of Israeli History. 35: 17–37.
- ↑ HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel (in Hebrew). Miskal – Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. p. 852. ISBN 965-448-413-7.
- ↑ "Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1970–1979)". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ↑ "The Daily News – July 1981". The Eighties Club. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ↑ "Yearbook of the United Nations 1986 – Volume 40". United Nations. December 31, 1986. Archived from the original on April 24, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ↑ "World Notes Middle East". Time Magazine. April 7, 1986. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ↑ Friedman, Thomas L. (March 28, 1986). "New Rocket Casualties". New York Times. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ↑ "The History Guy: The Israel-Lebanon Conflict (1978–present)". Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ↑ Slier, Paula (2006-07-20). "An eerie silence in Kiryat Shmona". Jpost.com. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ Experts Warn: Major Earthquake Could Hit Israel Any Time By Rachel Avraham, staff writer for United With Israel. Date: Oct 22, 2013
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kiryat Shmona.
|Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kiryat Shemona.
- Places To Visit in Kiryat Shmona (English)


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Who is Chheang Vun? This guy has weiredly appeared in his public affairs since he was a Cambodian representative at the UNs.
Recently, this guy proclaimed in the public and in front of the news agents that Cambodia has already allied with Vietnam in order to condemn the ongoing border land encroachment of Thailand. In the news, Vun also elaborated that if Thailand still occupies Cambodia border land, Cambodia will take this issue to the UNs as well as the international world.
What is happening to Cambodia now regarding its foreign policy in dealing border dispute with Thailand?
Primarily, we observed that CPP has tremendously exploited the border dispute of Cambodia-Thailand to gain its popularity in recent national election. CPP had also reprimanded Thailand that they will take this case to the UNs, but it has never obligated that statment.
Now it is occuring again that by allying with Vientam, CPP repeatedly reprimanded Thailand to raise the issue to the international communities. Vietnam might have gain huge popularity among some Cambodian people because they might understand that this country is so kind for them regarding dispute with Thailand. Is this CPP's nationalism policy? Or this is just CPP who is trying to legitimize Vietnamese domination in Cambodia?
As a young Cambodias, and I want to tell every Cambodian that, border dispute has become a useful tool for CPP and Vietnam to utilize for their benefits. They have used the international laws as their pretext, but why they have never implemented it.
Or because it is CPP who are so afraid of international laws particularly the stipulations of Paris Peace Agreement? CPP might not so afraid of international laws and Paris Peace Agreement, but Vietnam is so afraid of it because of its numerious illegal agreements with CPP, and the top incument CPP leaders have numeriously signed with Vietnam.
We are Cambodians are just their political tools particularly CPP's tool who is working for Hanoi. And we loss hope for the CPP to deal with Thailand by using international laws and Paris Peace Agreement.
Predictably, through Chheang Vun's public statement, Cambodia can deal with Thailand to settle down this border dispute unless Cambodia, Lao and Vietnam becomes the single strongest union to lobby Asian...
So this is the fate of Cambodia under CPP's leadership...


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In 1963, Hawking contracted motor neuron disease and was given two years to live. Yet he went on to Cambridge to become a brilliant researcher and Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. From 1979 to 2009 he held the post of Lucasian Professor at Cambridge, the chair held by Isaac Newton in 1663. Hence Professor Hawking received over a dozen honorary degrees and was awarded the CBE in 1982. As He was a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the US National Academy of Science. So Stephen Hawking is regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein.
Some Interesting Facts About Stephen Hawking
1. Stephen Hawking was born on Galileo's death anniversary and passed away on Einstein's birth date.
Stephen Hawking was born January 8, 1942, on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death. Interestingly, he died on March 14th, on the anniversary of Albert Einstein's birth.
2. His love for mathematics and physics instead of Biology.
Stephen Hawking took a liking to mathematics from an early age, and he would have liked to have majored in it. Also his father, Frank, however, had different ideas. He hoped Stephen would study medicine.
But, for all his interest in science, Stephen didn't care for biology. He has said that he found it to be "too inexact, too descriptive". He would have rather devoted his mind to more precise, well-defined concepts.
One problem, however, was that Oxford didn't have mathematics as a major. The compromise was that Stephen would attend Oxford and major in physics.
3. His Interest
In fact, even within physics, Stephen focused on the bigger questions. Hence When faced with deciding between the two tracks of particle physics. Which studies the behavior of subatomic particles, versus cosmology, which studies the large universe as a whole, he chose the latter. So, he chose cosmology despite the fact that, at that time, he says, it was "hardly recognized as a legitimate field".
In explaining why he said that particle physics "seemed like botany. There were all these particles, but no theory".
4. Because of his love for creating things, he nickname was Einstein in school.
Despite his poor grades, Hawking was nicknamed 'Einstein' by his classmates after he built a computer with his friends as a teenager. Hence He also had an almost unbelievable understanding of space and time, which shocked everyone.
Famous Quotes From Stephen Hawking
Beautiful and tremendous collection of Stephen:
"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."
"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."
"My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all."
"Life would be tragic if it weren't funny."
"I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers."
"People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining."


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Derby Day as AEK Host Olympiacos
(Matchday 21 Preview)
The derby between AEK and Olympiacos takes center stage in Matchday 21 of the 2016/17 Greek SuperLeague. AEK will desperately want the points in their bid for a playoff berth, while Olympiacos seek to keep or increase their big lead atop the standings.
Second-placed Panionios are the heavy favorites for the win when they take on relegation-fighting Iraklis on Sunday's first kick-off. PAOK try to bounce back from Europa League disappointment as they entertain Veria.
Panathinaikos travel to face off against struggling Asteras Tripolis. The weekend opens up with an interesting fixture as Atromitos play versus Xanthi, a side fighting for a spot in the top 5.
Elsewhere, Platanias face the usually difficult trip to Agrinio to play against Panetolikos. PAS Giannina try to keep their flickering playoff hopes alive as they welcome Kerkyra to town.
Finally, a potentially decisive match will occur at the AEL FC Arena on Monday night. Larisa and Levadiakos do battle in a match-up with serious relegation implications.
***For the full SuperLeague schedule click here or visit the Greek SuperLeague home page for more. For TV Listings of this weekend's games (and more) in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Greece visit our TV Listings's page.
|Sun, 19-Feb
The AGONAsport Match of the Week could be none other than Sunday night's derby at the Olympic Stadium in Athens between AEK and Olympiacos. One of Greek football's traditional derbies, this has been a match that has produced some classic games over the years. And while this season the result won't seemingly have a direct impact on the title race, the match's importance cannot be diminished.
Olympiacos lead AEK by 21 points with the Piraeus club topping the SuperLeague standings and merely counting the matchdays until they can mathematically clinch their 44th league title. However, this season hasn't been as smooth sailing as one would be led to believe. Paulo Bento has been able to rack up the results with his team since his appointment this past summer, but the standard on the pitch hasn't always been the best. The fact that this team hasn't been easy on the eye has been a matter of discontent from large sections of the fan base. Thursday's Europa League Round of 16 match against Osmanlispor offered evidence of this. Sections of supporters and the press criticized the team's performance in another subpar European outing at home. Critics talked about a lack of creativity, a team without a clear system and players out of position.
Still, there is the flip side. Olympiacos have lost only once in the league all season and have turned a close title race in the early days of the season into another walk in the park to the championship. Despite the perceived lack of style by some, this is still a team that appears to be head and shoulders above the rest in the country, as evidenced by the league table.
AEK will have a point to prove at the Olympic Stadium against their long-time nemesis. Though the gap between the teams will still be massive even with a victory, AEK have a lot to play for on Sunday. The return of Manolo Jimenez to the club for a second spell has so far gone very well. AEK are undefeated in six matches, though they are coming off two draws in the Greek Cup and the SuperLeague.
Last Monday's 2-2 draw at Iraklis was a disappointing result. It was a reminder that while Jimenez has improved things, this team is far from the finished article. Besides pride, AEK will want the three crucial points on offer so as to keep the pressure up on Xanthi in the playoff race. A Xanthi loss and AEK win this weekend would put the Kitrinomavri into 5th place on goal difference.
AEK will be without the injured duo of Rodrigo Galo and Manuel Diaz for this match. The absence of the two South American defenders means a bit of a reshuffle of the backline.
atromitos - xanthi
|Sat, 18-Feb
Atromitos hope to build on recent results in order to stage a revival as they await the arrival of Xanthi this weekend. In the early Saturday match, Ricardo Sa Pinto's team seek to make it two wins in a row in the league after winning away to Asteras Tripolis last weekend. The return of manager Sa Pinto to the club along with the goals of the recently signed Abiola Dauda have bolstered a return to form for a side that was in the midst of a slump.
Xanthi will be no pushovers for sure. Currently 5th in the standings, Razvan Lucescu's men may have cooled off from their late 2016 red-hot form, but this is still a serious side with eyes set on Europe. The recent lack of goals will be a problem Lucescu must sort out as Xanthi have only managed five goals in their last six matches. That spell has only yielded two victories as a result. With AEK and to a lesser extent Platanias and PAS Giannina knocking on the door for the playoffs, Xanthi need to put together a few victories to remain in contention.
pas giannina - kerkyra
|PAS Giannina
|Sat, 18-Feb
Kerkyra make the trip to play PAS Giannina on Saturday on quite the high. Last week's victory over Levadiakos all but assured the Faiakes their top-flight survival. The 1-0 win may not have assured Micahlis Grigoriou's side of safety mathematically speaking, however it brought the island club eight points above the drop zone with nine matches remaining.
Giannina played their role in one of the matches of the season their last time out. Last Sunday's 3-3 draw with Platanias was one of the best in the current SuperLeague campaign with plenty of goals, comebacks and chances galore. Now back at home, Giannis Petrakis's team need the three points to continue with their outside shot to reach the playoffs.
asteras tripolis - panathinaikos
|Asteras Tripolis
|Sat, 18-Feb
Asteras Tripolis and Panathinaikos meet up in Tripoli in this weekend's Saturday night fixture. Both teams have been enduring a rough patch as of late. The difference being they are fighting on different ends of the table and Panathinaikos seems to be coming out of their poor form. That might be jumping the gun, however the Prasini picked up a 4-0 victory over Panetolikos last weekend. Panathinaikos supporters will hope to see their club build on that result and rise up higher from their current 4th-placed standing.
Asteras began 2017 in good form only to suffer from a blackout in recent weeks. Dimitris Elefteropoulos has seen his side drop their last few matches falling back down to 12th in the table. Last week's 1-0 home defeat to Atromitos particularly stung, especially on the heels of a narrow defeat to PAOK a week before that. Another loss this weekend could really send alarm bells ringing, though it can't be avoided that this has been the most difficult stretch of the team's schedule in recent weeks. The club have endured a mini-injury crisis and the next few weeks should see as many as five first-team players return from injury.
panionios - iraklis
|Sun, 19-Feb
Two of the SuperLeague's stories of the season will be on display as Panionios host Iraklis on Sunday. Panionios are the surprise package of the season. 20 games into the campaign, Vladan Milojevic has his team in 2nd place with European football on the horizon for next season. Though they sold off their best goals threat in the shape of Karim Ansarifard, Panionios have not stopped winning matches. Even last week's 1-0 win in Veria was revealing. The Nea Smyrni side may not have been at their best, but they dug in and got the result in a way very good teams can do on an off-day.
Iraklis' problems have been widely reported both on and off the pitch this season. The club's financial issues have been difficult to deal with and this has led to a team occupying last place in the league for most of the season. There has been no lack of fight however from this group of players and having nicked a result here and there now Savvas Pantelidis' team have a real shot at avoiding the drop. In the relegation zone only on goal difference now after a good point against AEK last week, there is a growing feeling that despite all their problems, Iraklis have enough in the tank to pick up the points needed to avoid the drop.
panetolikos - platanias
|Sun, 19-Feb
Giorgos Paraschos' Platanias head to Agrinio to battle against Panetolikos. This is perhaps not one of the more fashionable match-ups of the weekend. Upon closer inspection though this will be an interesting contest in its own right. Platanias are in good form at the moment and have risen to 7th in the table. The playoffs don't look beyond this team considering recent performances and results. While that will be difficult to achieve, supporters seem quite content with how the team are faring this season. A win in a match like this would be exactly the type of result that could the Chania club push on and really fight for 5th position.
After defeating Atromitos the previous week, Panetolikos came crashing back down with a 4-0 defeat at Panathinaikos. The scoreline may have been cruel on Makis Chavos' team as they conceded a flurry of late goals, but it also served to indicate that after a good start to the season this team has descended into midtable mediocrity. While there is no worry about relegation, there also doesn't appear to be much to play for and that could be the cause of some unmotivated performances. Home form has saved the club this season with five of their six wins coming at the Panetolikos Stadium. Another home win this weekend could at least put them into a position to end the season on a positive note.
paok - veria
|Sun, 19-Feb
A 3-0 thumping at the hands of Schalke on Thursday will need to psychologically overcome as PAOK take on Veria on Sunday. Vladan Ivic's had high expectations heading into their Europa League Round of 16 1st Leg tie against the German club, however despite a strong start PAOK failed to rise to the occasion. Now with progression to the next round of the continental competition all but lost, the focus shifts back to the league. It is on the domestic front where PAOK have been on a tear in the last two months having 13 of their last 15 matches. With second place in the league still to play, the team cannot run risk of another letdown against lowly Veria.
The big news coming out of the Veria camp is the installation of manager Ratko Dostanic for the remainder of the season. The Serbian manager left Levadiakos late last year, but now finds work back in Greece a short while later. Dostanic is a respected tactician who will bring with him experience of the SuperLeague. That should help, however the question is whether this move will be enough to keep Veria up. Currently in last place, the signs are not looking good for the Vasilissa tou Vorra. The team did look slightly improved last weekend against Panionios, but they lacked the goal threat needed to rescue a point from the match. And it's precisely goals that this team need. Veria have scored a paltry 11 goals in 20 matches and unless that stat improves it's difficult to see how relegation can be avoided.
larissa - levadiakos
|Mon, 20-Feb
Monday's match between Larisa and Levadiakos has all the makings of a classic relegation crunch clash. Separated by only three points (Larisa with 17, Levadiakos 14), this result could be absolutely crucial come the end of the season. Sakis Tsiolis' Larisa have never been in real danger as far as occupying one of the bottom-two relegation places this season. That said, they have hovered just above the drop zone most of the season. After a winless run now stretching to six matches there is growing concern that the Vysinni are right in the middle of a relegation battle. Victory at the AEL FC Arena would perhaps give the necessary push in the right direction to remain the top flight, conversely a draw or worse yet a defeat could make for a nail-biting end to the season for supporters.
Levadiakos were comfortably midtable a few months' back. However an awful run now seems them just above the drop on goal difference. Giannis Christopoulos continues to suggest his side will stay in the SuperLeague, but results will simply need to improve. Levadiakos played well in Kerkyra last week, however they came away with nothing from that game. While it's a positive that performances are looking better, that will not be enough for a club in trouble.


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MrMELHEM(Western Metropolitan) — I also rise to speak on the State Taxation Acts Further Amendment Bill 2017. In doing so I think it is a fine piece of legislation which puts in place a number of measures to simplify some of our taxation. One of the first ones, and I think it is one Mr Ramsay has spoken about, is the valuation measures. What I heard him say is that he is violently against it and obviously planning to vote against it. The Municipal Association of Victoria initially had some concerns in relation to how the valuations will take place, because as we know currently it is done by councils every two years. But the proposal is to look at doing a single valuation to be carried out by the valuer-general instead of the local council. One of the concerns the councils have raised as part of the consultation was who was going to bear the cost. The state government has made it clear that the cost of the new method of valuing properties et cetera will now be paid for or covered by the state.
There were a series of consultations with local government and various stakeholders. I have a quote here from the CEO of the Municipal Association of Victoria, Rob Spence, who said, and I quote:
The government has listened to the local government sector's concerns. The reform is a sensible solution to a complex issue.
There has been debate about local government opposing or having problems with the proposed evaluation system, and it is true that early on a number of councils did raise some concerns in relation to how the system would operate. What the other side has neglected to report is that these concerns were taken care of, they were fixed and various changes were put in place to allay the concerns that were raised by local government. My quote from the CEO of the Municipal Association of Victoria is an endorsement of what the government is trying to achieve. The new system will be centralised, and as I said, the government will pay for the cost. It is estimated that councils will save around $15 million every two years under the new arrangement. So in fact there will be savings for councils as a result of the new arrangements. At least now we will be able to get an up-to-date evaluation every year instead of, under the current system, every two years. It must be seen by any logical person that it is a better, fairer and more consistent land evaluation system for Victorians. I think we should welcome that instead of just opposing it because it is someone else's idea.
The other area of reform is payroll tax relief to grow Victoria's skilled workforce. The change will reduce the payroll tax liability for for-profit group training organisations, which include for labour hire purposes and trainees. I had some involvement in advocating that the government should look at some tax relief for payroll for companies who employ apprentices and trainees. Currently if a not-for-profit organisation were to run the same program it would be exempt from payroll tax, but for-profit companies would not be. Mind you, these companies are not going to be making squillions out of it. Most of these companies have a very small margin of profit. Their main focus is to deliver opportunities for trainees and apprentices. I was approached by a number of companies, and we advocated on their behalf with Treasurer Pallas. It was good to see that that was taken on board and now these companies will be treated in exactly the same way as companies who hire trainees and apprentices and do it for profit. It brings a level playing field, which is something I welcome.
I think is important to grow the pool of apprentices and trainees in this state, because we have been suffering from a shortage of skilled labour. For our young kids who leave school and do the Victorian certificate of applied learning, the biggest challenge is their ability to enter the workforce and learn a trade or to get employers to sponsor them. Hence, one of the Andrews Labor government's signature policies over the last two years has been to encourage companies to take on trainees and apprentices. As a matter of fact there was legislation before the lower house to mandate that on every Victorian major project with a value of over $50 million 10 per cent of the workforce engaged has to be trainees or apprentices.
If we go back 20 or 25 years, organisations like the State Electricity Commission used to employ thousands and thousands of trainees and apprentices. A lot of companies used to do the same thing; but the times have changed. For the last 10 or 15 years it has been very rare and very hard for trainees and apprentices to find a placement with a company to do their apprenticeship and training. Someone needed to go back to fill that gap. Someone needed to step in to drive the change and make sure that young people have an opportunity in this state. The only people who can do that is the state government. That is why I am pleased that for any project in Victoria with a value over $50 million that 10 per cent employed are trainees. That is based against the hourly rates for their total labour costs of that particular project. There are a number of projects going on. There are the level crossing removals — 27 of them have now been completed; there are 23 to go — and all these other projects around the state which now mandate that apprentices should form part of the contract.
This morning the Premier, along with the Minister for Roads and Road Safety and the Treasurer, signed a contract for the West Gate distributor in my electorate. There has been some talk about the cost of the project going up by $1.2 billion, but people have forgotten one thing: they have forgotten that now we are going to have a longer tunnel. The specification of the project and the length of the project has changed. The design has changed. We are getting a longer tunnel. That is why we have the extra cost. The most important thing that is related to this bill is that it will now be mandated that 10 per cent of the labour costs — the bill has passed the lower house, and I will welcome it when it comes to this place and I hope members will support it — will be used for trainees and apprentices. This will give our kids in Victoria an opportunity to have a job. The same thing will apply to the Metro Tunnel; and the list goes on. When the Andrews Labor government came into office it inherited a position from a do-nothing government — not a single major project was on their books apart from the ill-fated east–west link.
MsCrozier — How about the east–west link? What was that?
MrMELHEM — I am coming to that; just hold your horses. The east–west link had no proper business case. It was just a thought bubble, and they decided at the 11th hour to sign a contract which cost this state $1 billion.
I am pleased, as a member for Western Metropolitan Region, that the western section will be built. Construction will start in January next year.
Honourable members interjecting.
MrMELHEM — I will probably never see your proposal built in my lifetime. The Andrews Labor government have invested heavily in infrastructure in Victoria, and I think this puts the other side to shame.
The other changes that this bill introduces involve strengthening and improving Victoria's taxation system, including land tax. I think some exemptions to land tax have been talked about in relation to not-for-profit organisations. If an organisation is truly not for profit, there is no change, but in the event that an organisation tries to claim the status of being not for profit when they are not, they will be captured by the change. But if you are a not-for-profit organisation, the change does not affect you.
The first home buyer grant will continue. In fact it has been doubled for regional Victorians — it is now $20 000. That is something we all should welcome, and it is paying dividends. That is on top of the stamp duty exemptions and the levy on foreign purchasers. The market is now a bit fairer, which will give first home buyers a better chance to enter the market. Hopefully that will go some way towards taking the pressure off housing prices in Victoria, and hopefully people who want to enter the market will be able to do so. There are a lot of positive changes in this bill, and it is important to recognise that.
There is also tax relief, which I spoke about earlier. There is payroll tax relief for training organisations. The government has already delivered over $560 million in tax cuts for businesses in Victoria over the last three years, including lifting the payroll tax threshold to $650 000 on 1 July 2018 — a move that benefits around 38 000 Victorian businesses. The other change is a tax cut of around 25 per cent for the payroll of regional businesses. This ensures regional businesses will have one of the lowest payroll taxes within the country. So there are a lot of positive changes in relation to tax.
Tax settings in Victoria remain highly competitive with other states. If you look at tax and royalty revenue per capita, we will take less tax than New South Wales, Western Australia and the ACT in 2017–18 and across the forward estimates. Significantly, the opposition in their term in government increased taxes. In 2013–14 state taxation revenue grew by 8.8 per cent, in 2014–15 it grew by 8.5 per cent and in 2014 alone the member for Malvern in the Assembly hiked motor vehicle taxes by over $580 million.
The changes proposed in this bill are fair and reasonable, and they ought to be supported by this house. We have delivered on all of our commitments. It is important that we reform the state's taxation system to make sure it is modern and to stimulate the economy. We have created 280 000 jobs in the last three years. That is a testament to the way the Treasurer, the Premier and the whole of the Andrews Labor government have delivered on all of their commitments over the last three years. The government ought to be congratulated on that, and I commend the bill to the house.
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LLANGEFNI Town booked their place in the Lock Stock Cookson Cup third round with a penalty shootout success at Llandudno Albion.
Despite the eventual result it was Darren Jones' side who went ahead after just eight minutes when a fine move saw prolific forward Dave Maddock steer into the net from close range after good work from Peter Jones.
This joy proved to be short-lived as the visitors struck back almost instantly when Liam Morris got on the end of a superb delivery from Cai Powell-Roberts for the leveller with 12 minutes on the clock.
After the break saw Cefni grab the initiative for the first-time courtesy of a brilliant free-kick from Iwan Jones, but Albion received a boost when Chris Saxon was dismissed for the away side for a second bookable offence.
Despite their numerical disadvantage, Chris Roberts' men doubled their advantage when Kevin Lloyd unleashed a stunning drive from the half way line which found its way over the goalkeeper, but Maddock was on hand to get the hosts back into the contest midway through the half.
An additional 30 minutes was assured late on when Peter Jones hit a late leveller, and with neither side able to get a winner it was left to the spot-kicks which saw Town emerge 6-5 victors.
Also through to the next stage are Llanrug United, who secured a penalty shootout win of their own at Bodedern Athletic.
Both sides were in scintillating attacking form which produced a 4-4 scoreline after 120 minutes of play, and the visitors held their nerve to win 4-3 on penalties.
A late own goal was enough to see Nantlle Vale advance with a narrow 2-1 triumph at Greenfield, with Meilir Williams producing a clinical display that resulted in four goals for Penrhyndeudraeth in their 5-0 home victory over Llandudno Junction.


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Electrical and Electronic Engineering is one of the most expansive and energetic of the engineering disciplines. The apprenticeship course is designed to give the learner the relevant training and education required to become a successful employee in the electrical and electronic engineering industry. This apprenticeship will develop the skills, knowledge and competence you will need to carry out the duties of an Electrical/Electronic Technician such as a Product Design and Development Technician in the workplace.
Starting employment as an apprentice can occur throughout the year however the start-date for attending college for training, where required, might vary depending on the type of apprenticeship and will be communicated post-employment and sign-up.
|Level 3
|Up to 36 months
|Colchester Institute
|Apprenticeship Funding Band (Levy paying employers)
|Employer Contribution Fee (Non-levy paying employers)
Non-levy paying employers will need to contribute 5% of the maximum funding band as published by the Skills Funding Agency for the delivery of training and assessment for their apprenticeship. Levy paying employers will pay the full cost of the agreed funding band using their Digital Apprenticeship account.
Apprenticeship Funding Bands
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On behalf of Melmark New England and the children, adults and families we serve, we invite you to join us at the 12th Annual fore Melmark New England Golf Tournament.
This year's tournament will be held on September 11, 2017 and we look forward to another spectacular day at the Andover Country Club. The event features a fabulous round of golf, special gifts for each golfer, fine dining, silent and live auctions and more.
Please see the 2017 Sponsorship and Participation information which includes details on foursome and contest sponsorship offerings, how to contribute silent and live auction donations, secure a program book ad, reserve dinner tickets and more. We raised over $100,000 last year to benefit Melmark New England's educational programs and services, for children and adults, and hope to raise even more this year. Please join us!
Donations from those who share in our mission help ensure that we offer the very best educational, clinical and vocational services to every Melmark student and program participant every day. The funds raised at this event will help provide:
•Innovative teaching and communication technologies in the classrooms
•Funding for professional development, staff trainings and a highly-regarded Expert Speakers Series hosted in our new Clavin Center for Professional Development
•Underwriting for special projects not covered by tuition or reimbursement, allowing our staff to identify and realize new opportunities for best practice in education and treatment
•Expansion of our children's residential and adult services programs
Thank you for your consideration.
Jim Alex and James Stahle, Co-Chairs
On behalf of the fore Melmark New England Golf Tournament Committee
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RAC Update – 12/18/2006
The pads on the floor of the vault for the air handlers and other pieces of large equipment have been poured.
HVAC ductwork and conduit continue to be run throughout the house and work on the VESDA smoke detection system continues. The high pressure mist system is also being installed.
M-104/M-106 (Mr. Madison's Room and the North Passage)
New flooring has been installed along the south wall of M-104 and the next step will be to re-frame the partition. A small piece of molding was also found in the wall between M-200 and M-201 that might relate to rails or stiles of paneling that possibly was installed on the period II stair in M-106.
M-108 (Drawing Room)
Holes for electrical outlets are being made in the baseboards in this room.
M-200/M-201 (Large and Small Bedrooms)
The existing c. 1850 plaster, which had been extensively damaged during the process of leveling and repairing the first and second floor framing, has been removed. The masons from Price Masonry are preparing the exposed c. 1797 riven lath for plastering.
M-209; M-208 and M-211 (Upper Passage, East Center Chamber and Southeastern Chamber)
Re-used riven lath continues to be being installed on the new walls.
Austin Antrim has started to install the flooring for the Madeira Garrett. Circa 1855 roof sheathing boards taken off during the installation of the restored roof are being used as floor boards.
Chinese Rails
The bases for the Chinese Rails are being fabricated and installed on the south wing.


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Atherton manages to capture the feeling of a sleepy wooded town despite sitting a stone's throw from the hustle and bustle of the greater San Francisco metro. People know each other, and put effort in to developing and maintaining a greater sense of history and community—you need only look at the number of community groups that make their homes in the small area to see that.
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