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(Apr. 5, 2012) On March 16, 2012, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) publicized on its website a Notice on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of [Domestic] Individuals' Participation in Share-Based Incentive Plans of Overseas Companies (Circular 7). (Guojia Waihui Zongju Guanyu Geren Canyu Jingwai Shangshi Gongsi Guquan Jili Jihua Waihui Guanli Youguan Wenti de Tongzhi, Hui Fa [2012] No. 7, SAFE website.) Circular 7 replaces the Operating Rules Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Domestic Individuals' Participation in Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Stock Option Plans of Overseas Listed Companies (Circular 78), which were issued by SAFE in 2007.
Circular 7 differs from Circular 78 in several significant respects:
1. Standardization of critical terms and expansion of their scope.
· The term "shared-based incentive plan (SIP)" refers to an incentive plan that involves an Overseas Listed Company (OLC) providing shares to Domestic Individuals who have an employment relationship with the OLC's Domestic Companies. Employee ownership plans and stock option plans, among other SIPs permitted under Chinese laws and regulations, fall within the SIP category. (Circular 7, art. 1.)
· The abovementioned "Domestic Companies" include OLCs registered within the territory of China; domestic branches (or representative offices) of OLCs; and the parent companies, subsidiary companies, partnerships, or other domestic institutions that directly or indirectly control or are controlled by an OLC. (Id.)
· "Domestic Individuals" (Individuals) consist of the directors, supervisors, officials, and other employees of a Domestic Company. Both Chinese and foreign employees are included in this definition, as long as their status is consistent with article 52 of the Regulations on Foreign Exchange Administration. (Id.)
2. Enhancement of practical procedures to set up SIP accounts and transfer the funds (or for other SIP activities) and enhancement of the level of monitoring of SIP-related activities.
· Individuals participating in SIPs offered by the same OLCs are required to collectively through the Domestic Companies they serve entrust one single Domestic Agency to take care of foreign exchange registration, account opening, funds transfer, and remittance and deal with SAFE's local offices or its foreign exchange department.
Individuals will also entrust one Overseas Institution with the handling of such issues as the exercise of options, purchase and sale of related stocks, and transfers of stocks and funds. (Id.art. 2.)
· Circular 7 has reduced to five the number of types of filing materials that had been stipulated in Circular 78 for foreign exchange registration, focusing on a proven real existence of a SIP, the employment relationship between a Domestic Company and its employees, and the entrustment relationship between the Domestic Company and a Domestic Agency. The local offices of SAFE are authorized to request supplementary materials on the basis of questionable authenticity of the submitted materials or related transactions. (Id. art 3.)
· Significant changes of SIPs, such as amendments of key provisions, addition of new plans, and changes to plans that arise from the annexation or reorganization of OLCs or Domestic Companies, must be reported to the local offices of SAFE by the Domestic Agencies or Overseas Institutions. (Id. art. 8.)
· In the first three days of each quarter, Domestic Agencies are required to file with the local SAFE offices a record of the status of the SIPs. Their deposit banks are also required to report monthly on the condition of opening and closure of special accounts related to individual-participated SIPs and the accounts' balance. (Id. art. 10.)
3. It is noteworthy that under Circular 7, Individuals are able to use their own foreign currency funds in their personal foreign currency deposit accounts, RMB funds, or other legal domestic funds to participate in SIPs. (Id. art. 4.) Individuals can transfer the foreign currency funds directly through a bank. In order to transfer domestic RMB funds abroad, however, they are required to first transfer the RMB funds to the accounts of the Domestic Agencies, which will then apply to the local SAFE offices for a foreign exchange payment quota on a yearly basis. (Id. arts. 4 & 5.)
Circular 7 came into force on February 15, 2012.
Prepared by Rong Xiang, Foreign Law Research Consultant, under the guidance of Kelly Buchanan, Chief, Foreign, Comparative and International Law (FCIL) I. Ms. Xiang has a Bachelor of Laws degree from Nanjing University in China and an LL.M degree from the City University of Hong Kong. She recently earned an LL.M. in International Business Law from The American University Washington College of Law.


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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Camera vs. Scanner -- Practical Considerations
In my recent posts on the subject of using a camera or a scanner for digitizing, I have primarily considered the issue of resolution. A film photograph is usually considered to be a "continuous tone" image. However, all film photographs ultimately have a "grain." The grain of the film is the microscopic crystals of the silver-based, light sensitive chemicals used to capture the image. The speed of the film is directly related to the size of these grains. The "faster" the film, the larger the grains, the "slower" the film, the smaller the grains. The speed of any particular film is represented by an International Standards Organization (ISO) number. A low speed or slow film might be ISO 100, a very high speed film might have an ISO as high as 1200 or even higher. The tradeoff for using a faster film was the increased graininess of the image.
Faster films were designed to take advantage of lower lighting conditions. In a studio or with a camera stand, the speed of the film or digital image is not an issue. You can use longer exposure times to compensate for any lack of lighting. You can also use studio lights to add light.
Digital cameras have borrowed the concept of fast/slow and most adjustable digital cameras can change the ISO number to increase or decrease the time it take to form the image on the sensor. There is the same tradeoff, higher speed equals grainy image and etc.
So, for any photograph, depending on the ISO number or speed of the film, there is an ultimate limit to the image resolution. Here is an example from an earlier post showing the graininess of the image at magnification:
If you click on this image and zoom in, you will immediately begin to see a mottling or graininess in the darker portions of the image. In essence, I have reached the physical limit of the resolution of this photograph.
The question is whether or not that extra amount of resolution is necessary to preserve the image? But what if we don't need to preserve the image at all. What if we only want to preserve the information in the image and not the image itself. For example, what if we are in a record repository and merely want an adequate copy of a document for our own purposes? Or what if we have letters or documents from our ancestors we want to share with other family members? Do we need to be concerned about all this technical stuff about ISOs and etc?
The answer is a little bit complex and depends on who you are and what use you are going to make of the images. If you were FamilySearch, for example, and were digitizing millions of images, you would want to make sure they all met some minimal standard, so that the images online would be as useful as possible. But if you are doing your own research and merely want a copy from a page in a book or some other document, why would you care? The main issue would be readability. (In fact, readability should always be the main issue, but that is another post).
So, if you are someone like me, making archive lever digital copies of photographic images, you will be concerned with the quality and resolution of the image. You will also be willing to spend whatever it takes to make adequately useful images. If that means spending $3000 or more on a camera body and even more on lenses, then that is what I will do. I will also use a camera stand, special lighting and anything else necessary to capture images. If I can get a higher quality image with a scanner, then I will purchase and use a scanner. And so forth.
But if all I need is a quick, readable copy, I may use my 8 Megapixel iPhone camera or a 12 Megapixel point-and-shoot camera.
I fully realize I live in a world that is completely foreign to most genealogists, especially those who agonize over the purchase of a $20 genealogy program. But here, as in everything else, there are tradeoffs. I could spend pages and pages listing the things that I don't spend money on at all of only very rarely. Like for example, going out to eat, attending commercial entertainment of any kind, purchasing expensive clothing, and the list could go on and on. My priorities are to preserve the images and documents I find as a full-time genealogist. At last count, I had well over 100,000 images with more being added regularly.
I am not saying any of this because I feel that anyone else should follow my example. But if you do have thousands of images to digitize, you just might want to start reorienting your priorities in order to afford the proper equipment. You may also wish to get started learning all of the complex photographic issues involved in making digital images at this level.
Where does that leave us with deciding between a scanner and a camera? The scanner wins, unless you are faced with huge numbers of scans, in which case, if your time is money, you can get similar quality at a much faster speed with high-end camera equipment. But don't assume that you can simply take a picture of a picture and get anything approaching archive quality without spending the time and money on the equipment.
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My husband came up with an interesting theory. He said that 100 years from now our descendants might not have pictures of their ancestors.ReplyDelete
Everyone now has digital photos and very few actually print them. Those digital scrap books and photo albums could all be lost after the current generation dies.
The idea of that makes me sad. I have to print more photos.
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White sand beaches and sparkling turquoise waters have long drawn travelers (and pirates, and Christopher Columbus) to these islands, but it's the friendly locals and unexpected adventures that have kept so many coming back
Author Grant Stoddard Photography Peter Frank Edwards
DAY TWO | Drawing back the curtain, you're left speechless by the scenery. Just steps from the patio of your single-story guesthouse is a palm-lined white sand beach, kissed by a crystal-clear bay. Traipsing across the sand are three magnificent white-tailed deer, which, along with donkeys, mongooses and iguanas, were introduced to St. John several hundred years ago. On this 170-acre property, they're a common sight.
You eat breakfast at Caneel Bay's oceanside restaurant before driving east. Passing a succession of alluring beaches and the picturesque ruins of Danish sugar mills, you arrive at the head of the Salt Pond Hiking Trail (1), where you follow inconspicuously placed arrows around the shoreline to the rocky outcrop known as Ram's Head. The payoff is at the summit, some 200 feet above the blue-green water below: a superb view of St. John's southern bays and coves, as well as the islands and cays that are part of the nearby British Virgin Islands.
Back in the car, you detour past Coral Bay — where apparently every sailor in the Caribbean takes an extended shore leave and forms an attachment to Cruzan rum — and wind your way through St. John's rolling interior. You arrive on the western shore at P&P By-the-Sea (2), where Patricia Moorehead cooks West Indian delicacies such as shrimp fritters, johnnycakes and conch-stuffed grilled lobster in a converted van and serves them in a gazebo in her backyard overlooking Turner Bay.
After waving goodbye to Moorehead and the neighborhood guys who've arrived to drink beer and play dominoes in her yard, you catch the car barge back to St. Thomas, drop off your rented wheels and board a flight at the Seaborne Seaplane terminal in Charlotte Amalie. You splash down in the waters off Christiansted on St. Croix and cruise toward Altoona Lagoon, where your next mode of transportation is a kayak — specifically, a glass-bottom one belonging to Craig and Bryce Scott, the father and son behind Sea Thru Kayaks (3).
Though they offer tours during daylight hours, too, you're setting off on a nighttime adventure. Featuring mounted flashlights that illuminate the water below, the tour begins in a shallow river that many locals believe to be haunted, and you find yourself gliding just inches above puffer fish, crabs, poisonous jellyfish, spiny urchins, giant ink-flinging sea slugs and many more creatures of the not-so-deep. You follow Bryce into the open harbor and several larger fish turn sideways to get a better look; you lock eyes with a barracuda, which Bryce assures you is good luck. The trip culminates with a hover above a shipwreck, the rusting hulk only a foot or two below you.
The Scotts inform you there's no need to dress up for dinner at Singh's Fast Food (4) in downtown Christiansted, so you throw on a T-shirt. Served in what amounts to little more than a shack, Singh's roti is consistently voted the island's best. You order the curried goat and are presented with a volleyball-size portion, which you devour. Sated, you thank the proprietor as you waddle out.
It's around 9 — high time to check into your next hotel, the Buccaneer (5), where you enjoy yet another alcoholic concoction made of too many tropical ingredients to fully comprehend. Serenaded by a frog chorus, the moonlight reflecting off the water, you end the evening with a dip in the surf. The tranquil environs are like something from a dream, so you take this as your cue to head off to bed.
We used the travel app Explore St. John for our trip. It was VERY useful!
While in St. Thomas, take a ferry boat ride over to St. John and take the Bad Kitty Catamaran for an all day excursion through the British Virgin Islands…..absolutely beautiful and a lot of fun!! The boat stops at 4 different islands where you can snorkel, eat lunch, and try the island favorite tropical drink: The Pain Killer. It costs around $200 per person, but it's well worth it!! One of the best excursions we've been on.


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Seahawks Insider Blog
Injury report, etc.
CB Jeremy Lane (knee) did not participate. RB Marshawn Lynch (back) returned to full participation.
For Washington: CB D.J. Johnson (knee) and G Kory Lichtensteiger (ankle) did not participate. S DeJon Gomes (knee) was limited. Those with health issues who participated fully include: QB Robert Griffin III (knee), WR Pierre Garcon (foot), CB DeAngelo Hall (elbow), LB Ryan Kerrigan (ankle) and LB London Fletcher (ankle).
A couple notes out of the locker room. As Eric reported, Browner spoke about his return. He certainly looked like he's been working out during his suspension. He sounded very eager to be back in action. I wonder if that will make him vulnerable to biting on first moves, or being hyper-physical and getting flagged. But when you consider the challenge posed by RGIII this week, particularly with the read-option, it's comforting to remember some of the edge plays Browner made against Cam Newton in the Panthers' game. One way to defend that play is if you have a rare athlete out there who can tackle either guy whether the quarterback keeps or gives. Browner just took the ball from Newton once on one of the game's biggest plays.
Some funny stuff from Mike Robinson, after having said that Marshawn Lynch sometimes baby-sits his children. Don't believe it's full-time nanny status, more on the lines of "if I have to go down the street for a while," Robinson said. Now, every time his kids see somebody with dreads, Robinson said, the kids start yelling "Marshawn, Marshawn." It was suggested that it might be the plot-line for a sit-com (tough guy halfback shows sensitive side as child-care fill-in for his fullback). I offer the title: "Nanny McBeast"
As would be expected, tackle Breno Giacomini expressed pride in the performance of the stellar student-athletes representing his alma mater, Louisville, after their rout of Florida in the Sugar Bowl Wednesday night.


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James McNeill Whistler
Charles Freer met Whistler in 1890 when, on his first trip to London, he paid a call at the artist's Chelsea studio and initiated a long and fruitful friendship. With Whistler's encouragement and cooperation, Freer built the most important collection of his works in the world, including the Peacock Room, which is now a part of the Freer Gallery of Art.
Whistler, an American by birth, left the United States at the age of twenty-one and never returned to his native country. He began his expatriate life as a student in Paris, where he befriended Gustave Courbet and other artists of the French avant-garde. Family connections and Victorian prosperity lured him to London, and he eventually settled there, living always in sight of the Thames River.
During the 1860s, as Whistler attempted to discard the realist style he had adopted in Paris, he found inspiration in the composition and subject matter of Japanese prints and the delicate designs on Chinese porcelains. To Whistler, objects imported from Asia embodied a beauty worlds away from the unpleasant aspects of industrial London.
By the 1870s, he was transforming scenes of contemporary life, especially along the riverbank, into tranquil views of the city, veiled in mood and atmosphere. He gave his works musical titles, hoping to defeat the Victorian tendency to read pictures like books, and he incorporated elements of Japanese style into his compositions. His monogram, which took the form of a butterfly, served as a signature on many of his paintings and some of the picture frames that he designed. In Whistler's own time, these devices were often dismissed as eccentricities, but today his works are considered among the most innovative and original of the nineteenth century.
Adopt-a-Pot in The Peacock Room Comes To America
CollectionsBrowse works by Whistler in our collections section.
Current exhibitionsFreer and Whistler: Points of Contact
The Peacock Room
PublicationsThe Peacock Room Comes to America
James McNeill Whistler in Context
Mr. Whistler's Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition
The Peacock Room: A Cultural Biography
With Kindest Regards: The Correspondence of Charles Lang Freer and James McNeill Whistler
Other Whistler ResourcesJames McNeill Whistler: The Etchings A Catalogue Raisonné, University of Glasgow
The Story of the Beautiful: Freer, Whistler, and Their Points of Contact
James McNeill Whistler Collection, Colby Museum of Art
The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler
Whistler Online Catalogue, Hunterian Art Gallery


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The reduced $C^*$-algebra of a non-abelian free group $G$ has a unique trace. Hence, there is no chance to separate conjugacy classes of group elements using traces on $C^\star_{red} G$. On the other side, for the group ${\mathbb Z}$, separation is clearly possible.
Question: Let $G$ be an amenable group. Does the reduced group $C^\star$-algebra of $G$ support sufficiently many traces to distinguish between conjugacy classes of group elements?
EDIT: The question seems already interesting for $S_{\infty} = \cup_n S_n$. Let's get explicit and pick $g \in S_n$ (for some $n$) and consider the canonical trace $\tau_{g,n}$ which sends every conjugate of $g$ to $1$ and all other elements to zero. (This can be done for any $n' \geq n$ since $S_n \subset S_{n'}$.) The function $\tau_{g,n} \colon {\mathbb C}S_n \to {\mathbb C}$ is a conjugation invariant function and hence, it must be a linear combination of the normalized traces of irreducible representations of $S_n$.
Question: What is the sum of the absolute values of the coefficients that come up in this linear combination of traces?
This is (as one can check) the norm of $\tau_{g,n}$, call it $c(g,n)$. So, we see that the compatible family of maps $\tau_{g,n}$ extends from ${\mathbb C}S_{\infty}$ to $C^* S_{\infty}$ if and only if $c(g,n)$ remains bounded.


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Real Cinnamon On Top is versatile, enabling operators the flexibility to use it as an ingredient to add excitement to existing menu items; as a topper to help drive profits; and even as the core of an entirely new item. Everyday desserts, breakfast staples and beverages instantly become fresh, featured seasonal menu items with the addition of a dollop. Research proves over and over that adding a dollop enhances value (and higher margins) that customers are willing to pay for. Plus, Real Cinnamon On Top's easy-to-use pastry bag format with decorator tip and 100% yield allows anyone in the kitchen or behind the bar to handle the product without worrying about mistakes or waste…simply thaw, pull "easy open" tear seal and use.


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft "shuddered" when he saw Tom Brady take a crunching hit on a 1-yard touchdown plunge. He even wondered if Brady's back was broken.
Such a graceful dive. Such a powerful blow.
"It was scary," Kraft said Monday, his momentary fears quickly put to rest, "but he popped right up."
Brady shook off the body-bending force of Ray Lewis' helmet to his lower back, spiked the ball and punched the air in celebration. He had just scored the go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter of New England's 23-20 win against the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC championship game Sunday.
He was OK and so are the Super Bowl-bound Patriots, who will face the New York Giants on Feb. 5.
But at the instant of impact, there was concern in the owner's box where Kraft was sitting with friends, family members and former Patriots.
"We all shuddered up in the box," he said. "We thought that his back might have been broken."
Another unexpected occurrence also caught Kraft's attention — the vertical leap of the lumbering Brady. He soared high over his offensive line, arching his back and reaching the ball over the goal line while clutching it with both hands.
"I actually didn't know he had that kind of rise," Kraft said with a smile.
But as Brady was landing, the picture wasn't as pretty.
He had his head toward the ground and his legs up in the air as if he was about to complete a somersault. Then Lewis, who had lined up a few yards behind the line, barreled in for the blow and sent Brady's legs back from where they had come. Both players got up without jawing as their teammates prepared for the extra point.
"That's the way the game should be played, physical," Patriots wide receiver Matthew Slater said. "This game is not a noncontact sport. So there's going to be hits. We knew that going into the game with those guys. They play physical football, and we knew we had to match that going in.
"I didn't see it as a dirty hit at all."
Two plays earlier, on second-and-goal at the Ravens 1-yard line, Brady ran off left guard for what officials initially ruled a touchdown. But it was reversed when replays showed his knee hit the ground before the ball crossed the goal line. On the next play, the Ravens stopped BenJarvus Green-Ellis for no gain.
Trailing 20-16, the Patriots decided to go for a touchdown on fourth down. They got it on Brady's leap with 11:29 left in the game that the hard-hitting Lewis stopped — just a split-second late.
"I saw him get crunched," wide receiver Julian Edelman said. "I'm sure if it was reversed, TB would do the same. (They're) competitors. Whatever it takes to win that little play, that's what guys are going to do ...''
Brady didn't complain.
"It's just the way the game was played," safety James Ihedigbo said. "It's two teams battling for the AFC championship. There's going to be those type of hits and it's all a part of the game. Tom understood that. Everyone on the field knew that.''
Brady and Lewis had an earlier collision in the first two minutes of the third quarter, and that time, the intense leader of the three-time Super Bowl champs was angry.
On a second-and-one at the Baltimore 46, Brady carried around left tackle for a 4-yard gain. Lewis, who already had started toward him, landed lightly on his back.
Brady came up yelling. Lewis gave it back. But the confrontation was over in seconds.
"It was definitely a physical game," Edelman said.
Green-Ellis felt that early in the second quarter when linebacker Dannell Ellerbe pulled his helmet off as he was running off right guard. As bodies landed around him, Green-Ellis finished with a 1-yard gain and no damage to his unprotected head.
"It's football," he said. "Guys are grabbing and scratching and clawing for anything they can get. That was the helmet. That was the part he got. I was able to get away from him. I wasn't really thinking about anything but moving forward."


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MF Global account holders will start to receive compensation imminently
5th March 2012
The FSCS is finalising its pay-out process and is close to making its first compensation payments to customers of MF Global UK Limited.
The Scheme has now sent compensation application forms to all MF Global UK Limited joint account holders and private individuals who had not previously been contacted, and to corporate and trust account holders. This is in addition to the 4,000 plus private customers with individual accounts who had previously been sent application forms. Any customers who do not receive an application form by 15 March should contact the FSCS Initial Contact Team.
Customers should be aware that the FSCS cannot process claims until claimants have agreed their balances with KPMG, the special administrators of MF Global UK Limited. After this, the special administrators will provide agreed balances to FSCS, to allow FSCS to make payments to eligible claimants.
Where the balances may be subject to future review, FSCS expects to follow the administrators approach and adopt the lower of the alternatives at this stage.
The FSCS will continue to keep customers of MF Global UK Limited informed about its progress by providing a further update on its website when it is in a position to do so.


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Yes, and in fact that style is used more often. Most verbs can be used thus.
Student or Learner
My grammar book says in ex2, simple past gerund can replace the perfect tense as simple past tense itself has the meaning of past actions, but in ex1, can "wasting" also replace "having wasted"?
So are the verbs limted that can be replaced by simple past tense? Or can most verbs be?
ex1)I'm sorry that I wasted your time
=> I'm sorry for having wasted(wasting) your time.
ex2)He admitted having cheated on the exam
=> He admitted cheating on the exam.
Yes, and in fact that style is used more often. Most verbs can be used thus.
I'm not a teacher of English, but I have spoken it for (almost) all of my life....
You mean this is true and this can be applied to many verbs as well, right?
I'm sorry for having wasted your time.
=I'm sorry for wasting your time.
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Yes. There is no effective difference in their meaning.


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After a competition-free opening last weekend, Captain America: The Winter Soldier managed to hold on to the number one spot yet again with three newcomers encroaching on its audiences.
The latest in the Marvel franchise added $41 million to its $159 million domestic total and $476 million world-wide total. That was just enough to edge out Rio 2. The animated sequel banked $39 million for a close second, almost the exact amount that Rio earned when it opened in 2011.
Horror flick Oculus made its way to theaters on a traditionally low horror flick budget. At a price tag of just $5 million it's already a financial success, taking third place with $12 million. Sports drama Draft Day didn't enjoy much of a boost from headliners Kevin Costner, Denis Leary and Jennifer Garner. It got a fourth place pick with just $9 million.
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Journal Article
Intangible Assets Identification and Valuation — a Theoretical Framework Approach to the Portuguese Airlines Companies pp191-200
© May 2007 Volume 5 Issue 2, ICICKM 2006, Editor: Dan Remenyi, pp131 - 254
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Intangibles have emerged in the last decade as an important issue among companies' accounting theories. Companies have implemented strategies based on the robustness of their own intellectual capital. Competitive advantage is based on the capacity to anticipate, innovate and make shared use of opportunities. In the air transportation sector, strong changes have also occurred — traditional value chains based on linear activities alignment, were replaced by a new perspective: the innovation cycle (specific intangibles recognition associated with new business models) and its impact on the operational cycle. This paper presents a theoretical framework approach about intangible assets identification and valuation in the air transportation sector as a whole. The first step of this empirical evidence is based on the Portuguese Airlines companies.
Keywords: intangible, knowledge, intellectual capital, valuation, air transportation
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Florida State assistant Tim Brewster's reputation on the recruiting trail is growing.
A story in today's Palm Beach Post by my colleague, Anthony Chiang, pointed out that according to 247Sports, Brewster is ranked No. 10 among college football's top recruiters, the highest of any recruiter in the state of Florida, and Brewster's impact has been felt in South Florida as much as anywhere.
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DEDEDO, Guam -- Sailors assigned to submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) brought a little holiday cheer to the children participating in the Big Brothers, Big Sisters program, Dec. 19.
The event was a collaboration between Sailors assigned to Frank Cable's Second Class Petty Officers Association, a women's welfare league, Soroptimist International Guam, and organized by Vanessa Estella, an executive director of the Big Brothers, Big Sisters.
"Frank Cable approached us a couple of months ago about wanting to do some kind of community service and wanting to spread some holiday cheer by giving some presents out, and I thought that would be a really good idea," said Estella.
According to Estella, the neighborhood where these children live is one of the most impoverished places on Guam, stating that some homes do not even have running water or electricity. She said even most locals do not know about this place, and that it was important to raise awareness.
"Having Frank Cable come out and get a different perspective of what island life is like, and let the kids know that they are not forgotten is very important, especially this time of the year."
The event kicked off with women from Soroptimist bringing in food for the kids, such as fruits, vegetables, meats and cake for dessert. Shortly after dinner, Sailors arrived with gift bags purchased with money from SCPOA fundraising events and care packages donated by USO Guam. Items in the gift bags included school supplies, sports equipment and toys, all of which the Sailors hoped would encourage the kids to stay in school and allow for constructive ways to spend their free time.
"It's always good to give back to the community," said Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Luigi Cuzzi, SCPOA vice president. "I wasn't this privileged my whole life. So now that I have something to give, I'd like to give back to those who don't."
Cuzzi, himself, was in Big Brothers, Big Sisters and said that it is wonderful program designed to help kids who may need guidance and strong mentors to follow.
"There are a lot of kids who sometimes don't have a role model in their family, and it's a great opportunity for you to make a positive influence on him or her," said Cuzzi.
Frank Cable's primary mission is to conduct maintenance and support for submarines and surface vessels deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility.


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Rocky Mountain punter and kicker Alex Kinney gave his verbal commitment to play football for the University of Colorado last week, according to The Coloradoan.
"It was close to home," Kinney said. "And the football team is going in the right direction."
The 6-foot-1, 195-pound senior-to-be is ranked No. 3 nationally according to Chris Sailer Kicking, and No. 4 by Kohl's Professional Camps.
"He has the ability to make 50-plus yard field goals. His punting is fantastic. He's a young kicker with a huge upside," Rocky Mountain coach Mark Brook said. "CU is getting a quality player."
Kinney is the third Colorado player to give his verbal commitment to CU for the class of 2015, joining offensive linemen Tim Lynott of Regis Jesuit and Dillon Middlemiss of Pomona.
He said Colorado was the only school to give him an offer, but he received interest from New Mexico State and Tennessee.


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Chatelaine Magazine Interview: Easy tools for instant inner peace/
Chatelaine is one of Canada's leading and most widely read lifestyle magazines. Click here to read a print interview that I did with them.
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Chatelaine is one of Canada's leading and most widely read lifestyle magazines. Click here to read a print interview that I did with them.
Sean Meshorer is a contemporary spiritual teacher, author, and speaker specializing in personal development, ecumenical spirituality, and scientific/practical solutions to life's thorniest problems and deepest questions. This site features a blog on the latest in pop culture, scientific studies, and current events as well as instructional videos, information about his book The Bliss Experiment, media appearances, tour schedule, and more.
Sean frequently appears on major media outlets in television, radio, and print. Some examples of his media appearances are posted on the right-side of this page. Follow the links to watch, listen, or read the interviews/articles/features.
Television appearances include CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, and nationally syndicated programs.
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He has been a featured guest on major, nationally syndicated shows including: All Things Considered, The Jim Bohannon Show, New Dimensions, The Richard Stevens Show, The Leslie Marshall Show, Talk of Connecticut, The Frankie Boyer Show, Broadminded, Something You Should Know, It's Your Health, America Tonight, and dozens more.
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Why Choose Aruba?
Why choose Aruba for your Caribbean vacation? Well, there's the reliably near-perfect weather. You've worked hard all year, now it's time for vacation. Guarantee yourself a vacation full of ideal tanning conditions, unwaveringly sunny skies, warm temperatures, and cooling breezes. Because Aruba is more of a desert than a rainforest, the humidity is low and and it seldom rains, but when it does, it's usually only a short shower. Aruba is far south of the tropical-storm belt meaning hurricanes don't often visit. And beaches? Aruba boasts some of the best in the Caribbean, some say in the world for that matter. Legendary Eagle and Palm beaches are home to resorts large and small, super luxurious and laid back, with miles of white, sugary sand; warm, gentle surf, turquoise and aqua seas, and plenty of space. When you tire of lazing on the beach, there's scuba diving, snorkeling, great windsurfing, and all the other watersports you expect from a sun-and-sea vacation. On land you can golf, ride a horse, hike, or drive an all-terrain vehicle over the island's wild and woolly Cunucu (countryside). Away from the beaches Aruba is a desert island full of cacti, iguanas, goats, donkeys, strange boulder formations and even the remains of a Spanish gold mine. Contrasting sharply with the resort area's serene beaches, the north coast features craggy limestone cliffs, giant sand dunes, and crashing breakers. You'll find the overwhelming majority of Arubans are genuinely friendly and welcoming. With little history of racial or cultural conflicts, the island has no cause for animosity. As the license plates say, it's One Happy Island. Though Dutch is the official language, almost everyone speaks English and Spanish.
Picturesque Oranjestad
Reflecting the island's historical roots in Holland, the picturesque capital city of Oranjestad is situated on the southern coast near the western end of the island. Awash with Dutch colonial architecture in pastel colors, Oranjestad is a wonderful place to explore on foot, from its palm-fringed streets to its boutiques, harbor, waterfront market and Main Street shopping area.


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Ronnie Battle could get used to this.
MOUNT OLIVE � Ronnie Battle could get used to this.
Garrett Blackburn and Matt Hinson threw a pair of gems, and Kinston Post 43 did what first-place teams do best � it capitalized on its opponent�s mistakes and grinded out the rest as it swept Wayne County Post 11 5-4 and 3-2 in an Area I East Division doubleheader at Mount Olive College on Tuesday.
The pair of wins puts Kinston (8-3, 5-1) in first ahead of Wayne County (12-4, 6-3) by two games in the loss column, and there was nothing flashy or easy about the way it happened.
And that�s the way Battle prefers it.
�It was a yeoman�s effort tonight, and that�s what I like to see,� the Post 43 manager said with a grin. �The pitching was out-, out-, outstanding. Everybody worked together and grinded it out, and we took advantage of what the other team gave us.�
Blackburn, back on the bump where he plays his college ball at Scarborough Field, wasn�t the sharpest tool Battle had on Tuesday but he held his own when he had to.
Save for a rough fifth inning in Game 1, the hard-throwing right-hander had seven strikeouts and limited his damage.
Blackburn stranded a runner at second or third three times, and got back-to-back strikeouts with the tying run at third in the bottom of the seventh to secure the win.
�Blackburn is my horse,� Battle said. �He�s going to work for us and do exactly what we want, and that�s win ballgames.�
While Blackburn was busy pulling the cart with 119 pitches, Post 11 was busy filling it up for the visitors.
Four errors � three in one inning on back-to-back pitches by shortstop Ryan Faucette � helped Kinston�s cause.
North Carolina signee Adam Pate also pitched a gem, holding Post 43 to five hits, but of his five runs allowed only two were earned � the two that decided the outcome.
Trailing 4-3 in the seventh, Grant Tyndall ripped a one-out double to the corner in left that scored Hinson, who pinch-hit singled, and Will Deters, who walked.
Tyndall was thrown out at third trying to stretch it into a triple, but his lone hit of Game 1 proved to be the biggest.
�Everyone had a part in tonight, from those who were in the field to the ones in the dugout and even the fans cheering our players on,� Battle said. �It was just a total-team effort.�
Game 2 featured more of the same.
Hinson, dubbed the �Professor� by Battle, gave a lecture on how to get it done in the extra-inning affair.
Like Blackburn, Hinson went the distance, then added one more frame in the nine-inning game � the teams played two seven-inning contests. He struck out nine, walked three, and scattered three hits across eight frames.
Deters pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the save and the sweep.
�Hinson took everyone to school,� Battle joked. �He taught a clinic on how to pitch. And Will did exactly what we asked him to do � save it for us.�
Sammy West went 2-for-4 in Game 2 � Kinston�s only player with more than one hit in either game � and Deters drove in a run on a two-out single in the sixth to tie it at 2-all.
The score stood until VeQuain Joyner scored on a wild pitch in the ninth.
Deters then closed the door, and gave Post 43 its fourth straight win to match a season high heading into tonight�s division tilt at Wilson Post 13.
�I couldn�t be more pleased with my guys than I am right now,� Battle said. �Let�s just hope this continues on.�
Notes: Game 1 of Rocky Mount Post 58�s doubleheader with Albemarle-Elizabeth City Post 84 on Tuesday was suspended due to rain in the seventh in a 4-4 tie, and Game 2 was postponed to an undecided date. Rocky Mount (3-5, 3-1) and Kinston are tied for first in the loss column. � Game 1 between Kinston and Wayne County was delayed for about 30 minutes due to rain. � Post 43 scored three runs with the benefit of a single and three errors, all with two outs, in the third inning of Game 1. Pate was perfect until Wesley Melvin come-backer up the middle with two outs. � The entire doubleheader lasted exactly five hours. � Post 43�s sweep denied Post 11 its 800th win in program history, according to the Goldsboro News-Argus.
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Based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp plays a reporter who moves to Puerto Rico in the 1950s, where he falls for the girlfriend of a sleazy real estate developer. Co-starring Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart, Giovanni Ribisi and Richard Jenkins, opens Oct. 28.
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13 - 17 August 2012, Brasília, Brazil
The OECD held a week-long series meetings with the Brazil's Supreme Audit Institution (Tribunal de Contas da União or TCU) to present the preliminary main findings and policy recommendations of its peer review of the TCU audit of the year-end government report (Prestação de Contas da Presidenta de República).
This peer review was requested by Brazil's Supreme Audit Institution and is complementary to the activities of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) to build the capabilities and professional capacities of supreme audit institutions.
Photo: Discussion of OECD preliminary main findings and policy recommendations of its peer review of the TCU audit of the year-end government report with Brazil's Supreme Audit Institution.
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The OECD meetings were opened by Minister Benjamin Zymler, TCU President, and involved all nine ministers of the TCU and was followed by break out session with many senior TCU officials involved in the audit of the year-end government report. The OECD mission was led by Mr. Rolf Alter (Director for Public Governance and Territorial Development), Mr. Janos Bertok (Head of Public Sector Integrity Division) and Mr. James Sheppard (Co-ordinator of the OECD Peer Review of the TCU).
The preliminary findings and recommendations stem from 10 months of work to review the TCU and benchmark its practices against international standards and experiences in 12 other countries (Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States).
The OECD peer review of the TCU was launched on 4 December 2012 at an international workshop on financial audit hosted in Brasilia. The report is available from here (www.oecd.org/gov/ethics/externalauditbrazil2012.htm). The launch was attended by representatives of the Brazilian National Congress, Brazilian Presidency (Casa Civil), the Brazilian Office of the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU), as well as supreme audit institutions of Australia, France, South Africa, Sweden and the United States and the European Court of Auditors, Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank.
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Henry Merritt "Hank" Paulson, Jr. (born March 28, 1946) is an American banker who served as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury. He previously served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs.
Paulson was born in Palm Beach, Florida, to Marianna (née Gallauer) and Henry Merritt Paulson, a wholesale jeweler. He was raised in Barrington Hills, Illinois, as a Christian Scientist. Paulson attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
A star athlete at Barrington High School, Paulson was a champion wrestler and stand-out football player, graduating in 1964. Paulson received his A.B. in English from Dartmouth College in 1968; at Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Alpha Epsilon and he was an All-Ivy, All-East, and honorable mention All American as an offensive lineman.


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Soul Music This Saturday By the multi-talented Azania
"I simply compose what I feel, and I'm inspired by different styles. To me what's most important are the message and emotion of each song. If you feel it, that's all that countsâ€.
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Few people are born with the gift of instantly touching people's hearts with their voice. Azania is one of them.
Originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa, this multi-cultural artist was born and raised in the U.S. and in Geneva, Switzerland.
Azania's powerful voice, captivating energy and positive charisma make her a phenomenal performer and a joy to see on stage. She has performed hundreds of concerts around Europe and in Asia. She has also been invited to sing in major music festivals, such as the world-renowned Montreux Jazz festival. In Paris, she won first prize in the French T.V. competition 'Graines de Star' on M6TV. Broadcast to over 4 million viewers, it was the first French show similar to 'American Idol' and 'X-Factor'.
Azania loves exploring various facets of her voice in different styles of music. During her 12 years-plus of classical opera voice training, she sang in many different bands of not only soul and funk, but also jazz to disco, electro/house to gospel, reggae to musical theater. Azania's compositions evolve from diverse musical influences. "I simply compose what I feel, and I'm inspired by different styles. To me what's most important are the message and emotion of each song. If you feel it, that's all that counts".
On Saturday, at 7PM, Azania, now New York-based will be giving a special performance at this February's edition of "Jeremiah presents Artists you ought to know".
This is one classy showcase you won't want to miss! Beautiful voices, Pure emotion...
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PRATT — The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism's (KDWPT) Special Hunts Program offers a variety of limited hunts, many designed to introduce youth and novices to hunting in an uncrowded setting with good opportunity for success. The first application period — for special hunts in September and October — is July 16 through Aug. 13, and drawing results will be emailed within a week. A second application period — for November, December, and January hunts — begins July 16 and runs through Oct. 1., with drawing results emailed during the following week. New this year, applicants may apply for both hunt periods beginning July 16, and they will have three choices for each species per draw period.
Most special hunts occur during regular hunting seasons and will be conducted in all regions of the state on both public and private land. Not all special hunts are for youth or older beginning hunters (novices). Some are open to all hunters, and each special hunt targets specific game species, including doves, upland game (pheasant and quail), waterfowl, and deer. Some take place during the special youth/disabled deer season Sept. 8-16, some during the youth pheasant and quail season Nov. 3-4, and others during special youth waterfowl seasons yet to be set.
Specifically, there are three categories of hunts: open, youth, and mentor. Open hunts are available to all hunters, with no age or experience restrictions. Youth hunts may require at least one youth 15 or younger who must be accompanied by an adult 18 or older who may hunt. Some youth hunts may have more specific age requirements, and accompanying adults are not allowed to hunt. Mentor hunts are open to both youth and/or inexperienced hunters who are supervised by a licensed adult 18 or older (mentor) who may hunt. Some hunts require the supervising adult to be 21 years or older.
Many veteran hunters find new satisfaction in serving as mentors, introducing a relative, friend, or neighbor to the wonder of the hunt in a wildlife-rich setting. Parents or grandparents may take children or grandchildren who have never hunted but are now showing an interest, but mentors and novices do not have to be related.
Hunter Education is not required for youth 15 and younger accompanied by an adult 18 or older. However, persons 16 and older who have not hunted before and do not have hunter education must obtain a one-time apprentice hunting license, which exempts them from the hunter education requirement through the calendar year in which it is purchased. All hunters 16 and older need a valid Kansas hunting license.
For more detailed information or to apply, go online to ksoutdoors.com. Click "Hunting/Special Hunts" on or after July 16. Those who do not have computer access may apply by telephone at 620-672-0791.


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Whether you are a first time visitor or regular customer, we hope you enjoy your stay and the use of our facilities. Dunstaffnage Marina is located in a magnificent environment on the shores of Dunstaffnage Bay at the entrance to Loch Etive on the West Coast of Scotland.
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Time is running out to enter the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards.The deadline for entries for the ten Open categories, for amateurs and enthusiasts, is 4 January 2013. The Professional competition, with 15 categories for serious photographers, will close on 9 January 2013. Professional photographers will compete for the coveted title of L'Iris d'Or/Sony World Photography Awards Professional Photographer of the Year 2013, plus a $25,000 cash prize. Amateur photographers will contend the Open Photographer of the Year 2013 title, plus $5,000 (USD). All entries to the awards are free via www.worldphoto.org. This gallery features entries from the Open categories of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards.
Cemil Seyis, Turkey: A children's playground at night time in Yalova, TurkeyPicture: © Cemil Seyis, Turkey, Open entry, Low Light, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards