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- Title: CF1074
- Date:1960s
Three women / models wearing 1940s style red dresses march to music. Model twirls wearing Dior's New Look. Vs fashions modelled to show British workmanship. 1950s fashions, evening clothes, couture.
Ecu stills camera. Model poses, groovy looking photographer directs model, takes photographs. 60s fashions. 60s office blocks, photographer takes photograph, model poses in front of Centrepoint in Tottenham Court Road. Models pose in front of tower blocks, Heathrow Airport, Commonwealth Institute. Good shots of photographer.
BEA plane taxis and takes off at Heathrow Airport.
Promo for Mary Quant. 60s model wearing lots of eye make-up and drawn on lashes poses while doing make-up. Mary Quant look alike. Gets dressed and makes wacky movements. Model poses in sixties fashion.
Busy London street filled entirely with men walking to work / office workers. Two models wear 60s fashions. Smiling woman wears octagonal sunglasses. LA shots of vs British cars to camera, ecu shot of E Type Jaguar, Rover car, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin. Details of modern architecture including Centrepoint. Two models rush out of Rolls Royce to greet others jumping into Aston Martin, crazy. HA shot of artist painting abstract art. Crazy shots of models on modern buildings, model grabbed by man / kidnapped and put into back of Rolls Royce.
Surreal shots of models posing with modern jewellery.
Sophia Loren walks along London street, fans and photographers. LA shot of Carnaby Street sign. Whip pan to shop called HIS Clothes, Domino Male, Male West One, Mister Carnaby, Lord John. Pan up fashionable 60s fashion shoppers to shop called GEAR. Two men wearing shiny 60s raincoats stand outside shop called John Stephen. I/v with man about fashionable clothes for men – John Stephen? Vs shoppers in Carnaby Street wearing 60s fashions. Man photographs a couple posing against a red sports car. Interior shop, woman tries on mustard colour hipsters and shows assistant. Hip 60s couple try on clothes in boutique – hipsters and peaked cap. Ext shop of Trecamp, street full of shoppers, ext Lord John boutique, Domino Male. Two women look at clothes in boutique, pan up legs of woman wearing a mini shiny red mac. Whip pan to fashionable people outside boutiques.
Vs people in street wearing 60s fashions, swinging 60s. Cu portable typewriter. Vs women working in offices in fashion industry. Clothes taken from rack, cu shopping bag for Lady Jane boutique ('Lady Jane of Carnaby Street'). Women in mini skirts up stairs, in club, sign for Lady Jane boutique. Ext Girl boutique, money changing hands over cash register, ext Countdown boutique, cu women's torso as she pulls up zip on flowery skirt, woman pulls back curtain on changing room to reveal white dress with crocheted hem. Woman pulls up zip on purple mini skirt, legs running down stairs, poster for Carnaby Street showing beautiful models. Woman lifts up dress from rails and looks at it, cu of crotcheted mini skirt as wearer moves as if dancing, Lady Jane carrier bags, cash register, shoppers. Midi dress hem being dropped.
Trays of brightly coloured jewellery and hair accessories. Group of Pakistani women trying on accessories, women from Sri Lanka. Fashion show at Marlborough House. Vs ethnic models twirl on the catwalk at Commonwealth fashion show. Sixties fashions.
Man / presenter flicks through fashion magazine and talks about 'crazy poses'. Zoom into large studio light. Ozzie Clark and Zandra Rhodes select clothes for fashion shoot. Model poses for photographer (Ozzie Clark) in studio. Cu model puts on huge pair of false eyelashes. Model puts on make-up. Poses for photographer. Good shots of camera flashing and taking photographs. Nikon camera. Model and photographer dance in studio.
Knitting industry. Fashion designer at work. Sketches and samples on work table. Woman operates knitting machine. Models pose in knitted designs.
Ext menswear shop / boutique. 60s fashion. Mini Cooper car parked outside. Ext sign for Take Six boutique. Vs clothes shop windows inc shoes and boots. Vs exts restaurants The Peppermint Lounge and the Common Market. Pull out from sign reading Kings Road to boutique window, man speaks Spanish, wears 6os clothes. Ext Nutters boutique, Tommy Nutter talking (no sound), man tries on clothes, Tommy Nutter assists man trying on jacket. POV along Kings Road showing people on pavement. Four models dressed in 60s fashion dance funkily on flat bed truck driving along Kings Road. Eccentric man dances outside boutique.
Vs unusual 60s jewellery modelled. Barefoot model wanders around cave.
Dress being slipped down, vs shoppers in Laura Ashley boutique. Ext boutique. Three women / models stroll around Chelsea street. Vs publicity stills, rows of clothes in shop. Women stroll around shop, try on clothes. I/v with Laura Ashley. Vs factory showing printing presses, people at work, cutting out fabric and sewing machines. Vs Laura Ashley at home with family in Wales. I/V. Hands flipping through fabric samples. People shopping in Laura Ashley boutique. Wallpaper being printed. Pan along racks of dresses.
Vs seals on land and in water. Baby seals in captivity being fed fish. Sealskin fashions modelled. Model dressed in sealskin strokes baby seal.
Fashion show, models on catwalk. Kimono fashions, evening wear.
Vs shoe market, British shoe / footwear industry show. Vs shoes being modelled. Buyers examine shoes. Audience applauds models.
Models pose in furs outside grand country house.
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- Keywords:UK, LONDON, CARNABY STREET, SWINGING SIXTIES, FASHION, STYLE
- Master Title:CF1074
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According to FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal, the Mets and Orioles are chatting, and Baltimore could prefer Curtis Granderson to Jay Bruce.
Here's the Tweet.
Sources: #Mets, #Orioles talking. Orioles prefer Granderson to Bruce. Mets like reliever Brach.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 5, 2016
Who is Brock, you say? Here's a look at this numbers.
2016: 71 Games, 2.01 ERA, 79 IP, 92 K.
What would you think of the potential swap? I'd want a prospect coming back with him, but I like the way he looks. As for his contract, he's eligible for arbitration one more time following the 2017 season. He becomes a free agent after 2018.
Would you do it?
I want the #Mets to keep Granderson, but Brach is super appealing: 2.05 ERA, 2.92 FIP, 10.48 K/9, 1.6 fWAR in 2016. https://t.co/v7fHPZaoIf
— Rich MacLeod (@richmacleod) December 5, 2016

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Bucharest (AFP) - Some 10,000 people protested in Romania on Saturday, accusing the government of limiting voting from citizens living abroad in last weekend's presidential polls.
Thousands of Romanians living abroad were allegedly unable to vote in the November 2 first-round presidential election due to an insufficient number of open polling stations in countries including France, Germany and Britain.
Prime Minister Victor Ponta finished first in the vote with 40 percent of the ballots, while his conservative rival Klaus Iohannis took 30 percent.
However, Iohannis won 46 percent of the vote among Romanians living abroad, while Ponta had 18 percent.
The second round is set for November 16.
Nearly 7,000 people gathered in Cluj in the northwest while another 1,500 protested in the western city of Timisoara, where the anti-communist uprising that led to the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu began in 1989.
Protesters in Timisoara called for Ponta to resign, while hundreds of people also demonstrated in Bucharest, Oradea and Constanra.
"We came out in the streets to see to it that what happened last Sunday does not happen again on November 16," said one of the protesters in Bucharest, Alexandru Alexe.
Outgoing President Traian Basescu on Saturday called on Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean to resign, while the minister has pledged improved organisation for the second round vote.
The vote is seen as a crucial test for the former communist country at a time when democracy has suffered setbacks in some neighbouring states such as Hungary, and as the Ukraine crisis has shaken relations between the European Union and Russia.
Whoever takes over the presidency will face pressing issues including recession and persistent accusations of corruption and bad governance.


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I've spent a lot of time the last few weeks talking about why we need the solid waste fee, and what it will be used for. I've talked about the abuse we're seeing, but one thing that I think needs to be made more clear is what does actually belong in the different sites, and why.
Our green box sites are designed to only hold bagged household garbage – no couches, no mattresses, no large appliances. These green boxes don't hold that much trash, and are not meant to hold those items. They are so bulky that they take up more than their fair share of space in these boxes, meaning that fewer residents can throw away their actual trash. I don't think that's fair for those residents who then have to place trash on the ground in order to dispose of it.
These large and bulky items also make it difficult for site operators to keep the site clean and orderly. It requires a special truck, called a knuckleboom truck to come to the site and literally pick the large items out one by one whenever they find one.
Our convenience centers offer compactors and a few recycling options, with more to come over the next few months.
The compactors offer the ability to pack even more trash into a container before it has to be emptied, making it more efficient and easier for our residents to use. However, much like their green box counterparts, their compactors should not be used to take in large items. Instead, those should be placed in open top boxes, which are also available at the sites. It is perfect for a lot of bagged household garbage, though.
If you have an item you aren't sure about, your best bet is to take it to the landfill, which is open five days a week from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m for now. We are looking at opening the landfill on Saturdays as well. You can also check the website at pittsylvanialandfill.com!
So here's my question for you, which I am asking at the end of each article I write. Is there something you'd like to see us change? Do you have suggestions for what we should add to our convenience centers to make your experience better? We want to know!


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Many of our favorite products will have sustainable packaging in the future. Plenty of companies are working on such solutions. Ecovative's biodegradable mushroom packaging is quite interesting though. The material is non-toxic and can be grown anywhere. The process is simple. You design a mold, fill it with agricultural waste, add your "mushrooms" and wait a few days for the process to complete.
More gadgets like this: here
Ecovative grows materials made from agricultural byproducts and mushroom mycelium. This process leads to more sustainable product packaging. What do you think? Are you impressed?
*Our articles may contain aff links. Please read our disclaimer on how we fund this site.


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Set up Google Shopping integration
Please note, that Google Shopping requires you to add the following properties to your products in Shopify in order to accept your shop's data feed:
- brand
- barcode
Set up your categories to match Google Shopping's categories
- Enter your Rivio Dashboard
- Enter Settings -> Category Settings
- Google Shopping requires you to set a category provided by them to your products, and will list them accordingly. Click on the "change" button near each category, and choose which Google Shopping category is the closest to yours.
- You can set a "default category" for all of the products which don't have a category assigned to in your Shopify shop.
- Register to Google Merchant Center
- During registration, enter your shop's details
- Verify your shop by choosing "Alternative methods" and using meta tag verification. Copy the <meta> tag with your unique ID.
- Go to your Shopify Admin, and paste the code provided into your Layout/theme.liquid page, just below the <head> tag.
- Save the file
- Go back to Google Merchant Center, and click on "Verify"
- Click on Settings -> Shipping
- Choose a target country on the top right side of the Shipping settings screen
- And add a shipping method by clicking on the "+ SHIPPING METHOD" button
- Save your shipping method. Repeat for each target country you want to have.
- Click on the "Feeds" in the sidebar
- Add a new feed by clicking on the "+ DATA FEED" button
- Set "Feed type" to "Products"
- Set your target country under "Target country"
- Name your Feed in the "Feed name" input - for ex. "My Shop's Feed"
- Click on "Continue"
- Select input method "Scheduled fetches"
- Click on "Continue"
- Enter "shopify-feed" as your file name (first input field in the form)
- Leave Google's default schedule times as they are
- Set file URL to
http://api.reev.io/api/google-shop/your-api-keyand replace your-api-key with your Rivio API key. You can find the link inside Rivio Dashboard, in Settings -> Category Settings, under "Google Shop XML url"
- Leave username and password empty
- Click on "Save"
Click on the name of the newly created product feed, and then click on "Fetch now" button inside.
If your Shopify stock is set up correctly, your products should appear. The Merchant App will fetch your feed in 5 minutes, and let your know of any errors, that might have occured.
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Hi, I've got an M6450G which appears to be pretty dead, but I'm not sure if it's moboard,cpu-fan and/or CPU.
When I switch it on, the lights below the screen light up, nothing on the screen, no beeping, no fan activity at all, the hard drive powers up, but the cpu-fan won't. I suspect that the fan may be hosed and the CPU won't fire up so it doesn't go up in smoke b/c of heat.
There is no beeping whatsoever that would hint towards a memory/video problem.
A few things I checked was cable connections, fan power cabling..cpu doesn't heat up at all, removed extra memory, battery,wlan card, CD-rom, hard drive, checked cpu/heatsink, motherboard for obvious damages, power cabling...nada..
As I live in Japan at the moment, it is pretty much impossible to get spare parts, especially not a motherboard or a cpu fan. Has anyone experienced any of this before and/or does anyone happen to know where to find more detailed hardware/motherboard manual for this model?


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Inner strength is a trait that goes all too often forgotten. People always talk about strength in the physical sense, but have you ever thought about how strong you are emotionally?
Everyone has inner strength, whether you know you do or not.
Of course, you don't get this inner strength by lifting weights.
You get it by pushing through heartbreak, loss, and all of the other bad stuff life hurls at each one of us on a regular basis.
While it can be easy to bulk up your inner strength by learning what works and what doesn't work when it comes to tending to your negative emotions and by reaching out to help others make their way through life with a little less stress, it can be just as easy to feel like you've lost this strength, especially when it seems like things suddenly take a turn for the worse.
Being emotionally strong is no walk in the park. In fact, it can seem downright IMPOSSIBLE some days.
I know I've personally gone through just about every kind of stress, loss, and heartache you can think of over the past year. If inner strength was something you could see, I'd look like frickin' Arnold Schwarzenegger back when he was a body builder.
How is that possible? Because I am a force of nature.
And guess what? You are, too! And no, you're not allowed to argue with me on this one.
I know you might be thinking to yourself, "There's NO WAY I have inner strength because fill-in-the-blank-bad-thing happened to me and I can't even roll out of bed in the morning without feeling depressed anymore."
And if you do say that to yourself, then I already know that you're wrong about not having inner strength.
Here's how I know...
Inner strength isn't about waking up every morning with a smile on your face and a skip in your step. It's about waking up every morning, full stop.
It's about finding the strength to go into work, even when you can't bring yourself to shower or brush your hair, and make it through the day.
It's about being brave enough to ask for a personal day and take care of yourself, even if that means doing nothing but lying in bed and watching Netflix all day.
It's about keeping your chin up and powering through the tough times in life, even if you cry in your car sometimes when there no one around to see it happen.
Heck, it's also about letting yourself cry in front of someone else when you don't have that chance to have your breakdown in private.
THAT is what makes you a force of nature.
There is no rule book for life, and when you have to make things up as you go along, that pretty much gives you the green light to do whatever you need to do to make it through in one piece as long as you're not hurting yourself or anyone else.
And you know what else that means?
It means you're buff as hell… You know, if your inner strength had muscles, that is.
Of course, if you need some extra help flexing (okay, I'm done with the weight lifting analogies now, I swear), then here are the 20 BEST quotes about inner strength that prove you're a force of nature to be reckoned with.
If you're looking for a little inspiration, we've got the best quotes to share and savor. For quotes from the most inspiring celebs, activists, and poets, look no further! You might even find the quote that motivates the best parts of your life (and love!) forever.
"Sometimes, the strength within you is not a big fiery flame for all to see. It is just a tiny spark that whispers ever so softly, 'You got this. Keep going.'"
"It is when you're going through the most difficult chapter of life that your hero is revealed, and how beautiful it is when you finally realize — you have the strength to save yourself." — Dodinsky
"Sometimes we're tested. Not to show our weaknesses, but to discover our strengths."
"The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but the strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to dictate her and who she becomes." — C. Joybell C
"The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those with battles we know nothing about."
"The task ahead of you is never greater than the strength within you."
"The time of greatest gain in wisdom and inner strength is often the time of greatest difficulty." — Dalai Lama
"The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow."
"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the ONLY choice you have."
"So wear your strongest posture now, and see your hardest times as more than just the times you fell but a range of mountains you learned to climb." — Morgan Harper Nichols
"One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn't fall apart."
"I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me."
"Strength grows in the moments when you think you can't go on but you keep going anyway."
"My dark days made me strong, or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it."
"Strength is what we gain from the madness we survive."
"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength."
"Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't." — Rikki Rogers
"If I told you how I got this way... You would marvel that I got up today." — Alfa
"Remember that you were given this life because you're strong enough to live it."
"Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from an indomitable will." — Ghandi


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Quentin represented CJ on his fraud case accused of money laundering more than £6m through a complex tax fraud involving the apparent importation and exportation of mobile telephones between several EU states.
Johnson is one of 21 people to be jailed in connection with a £138m VAT fraud following an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
The case was covered by BBC news and other national newspapers.
UK's best 'financial crime' and 'criminal defence' barrister Quentin Hunt has an established reputation and results in dealing with fraud offence cases. If you need legal advice on fraud offences simply contact Quentin. Alternatively, to find out more on Quentin's successes relating to Fraud offence cases you can visit his criminal defence blog.


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Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton may be the most talked about royals in the world, courtesy their impeccable styles, personal problems and Royal husbands. But many of us are unaware of other beautiful, crowned women that rarely make the headlines. From Thailand and Bhutan to Sweden and Qatar, here are some amazingly talented and stunning royals you probably didn't know existed.
Princess Sirivannavari of Thailand
You may not have heard about Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana of Thailand but she is a style force to be reckoned with. As a 20-year old fashion undergrad at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University, Sirivannavari was invited by Pierre Balmaun to debut her collection at Paris Fashion Week back in 2007. The fashion line, called 'Presence of the Past', juxtaposed traditional Siamese dresses with modern street style.
The royal has since presented a number of collections. She credits grandmother HM Queen Sirikit, who was famous for her own hybrid styles incorporating elegant westernised gowns in the '60s. The Thai princess was also ranked as one of the top 20 hottest royals by Forbes in 2009.
Mozah Bint Nasser of Qatar
This Arab beauty is married to Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa and she's a beauty with brains too. Mozah holds a BA in Sociology and was awarded as an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Virginia Commonwealth University.
The Qatar royal has many foreign honors and is the chosen wife who represents her husband at international events and conventions. She is also known for her fashion sense, sporting turbans and elegant dresses.
Victoria of Sweden
This Scandinavian is actually next in line to the Swedish throne and will be the fourth queen regnant in the country's history. Her title was changed from Duchess to Princess in 1980 when a law reform allowed the throne successor to be of either gender, regardless of marriage. Victoria is one out of only three crown heiresses in the world.
The mother-of-two dresses to impress in feminine yet understated gowns and is loved dearly by the people of Sweden. A people's queen, literally!
Sonam of Bhutan
Princess Sonam is also proof that beauty and brains are not mutually exclusive. The daughter of the Fourth King of Bhutan, this stunning 32-year-old has a degree in international relations from Stanford University and a Master of Law from Harvard.
The princess resides in the small South Asian country and has been married to Dasho Phub W Dorj since 2009. She is a major political player and the current President of the Bhutan National Legal Institute.
Letizia of Spain
Queen Letizia of Spain is one of the world's favourite royal fashionistas!
But don't assume she has always led a bejewelled life. Coming from a middle class family, the Spanish stunner was a journalist and a news anchor before her marriage to King Felipe in 2004. And she isn't shy of showing off her sartorial prowess in spot-on trendy outfits. We think she could give Meghan and Kate a run for their money with her wardrobe as she just never seems to get wrong!
Which one of these royal stunners is your favourite?
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Supercars have a reputation for being some of the most magnificent vehicles on the planet. They have speed, performance and style all rolled into one perfect package. But only a few supercars have been successful. Many have failed or been forgotten. Does anyone remember the Panther 6? How about the Isdera Imperator 108? We're taking a look at five forgotten supercars.
1979 Aston Martin Bulldog
Styled by William Towns, the Aston Martin Bulldog was a one-off test vehicle that Aston Martin produced. The code name for the project was DP K9.01, named after a Doctor Who character. The Bulldog had a trapezium shaped design and featured gullwing doors, hidden headlamps and a 5.3-litre twin-turbo V8 engine. The car could reach a top speed of 191 mph.
Originally, 25 were meant to be produced, but only one was built. The Bulldog debuted in 1980 at the Bell Hotel at Aston Clinton. Aston Martin sold the Bulldog for around £130,000 to the highest bidder.
1976 Argyll GT
The Argyll GT was created by tuning specialist Bob Henderson. A prototype went into production in 1976 and it featured a turbocharged V8 engine. However, he didn't bank on the oil crisis of the 1970s, which delayed the GT. The final version of the car appeared at the 1983 Scottish Motor Show with a reduced V6 engine.
The Argyll was a mash up of Morris Marina door handles, Nissan rear lights and a grid-styled body. It wasn't an attractive motor and with an asking price of £30,000 it's no surprise the car didn't sell well.
1977 Panther 6
The Panther 6 stood out immediately for its six-wheel layout, which looked like something out of a sci-fi film. It featured an 8.2-litre Cadillac V8 engine with a claimed top speed of 200 mph. Inspired by the Tyrrell P34, the wheel design was made up of 265/50 VR tyres and two pairs of 205/40 VR13 tyres. Only two Panthers were produced and they still exist today. Most recently, one appeared at the 2015 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este.
Credit: jalopnik.com
1985 Zender Vision
The Zender Vision is one of the most obscure German cars of all time. It was created by Hans-Albert Zender, who loved experimenting with fibre reinforced plastics. He started off making bucket seats and continued with wheel arch extensions. He created the Zender Vision in 1983. The 1985 version featured a 5.6-litre V8 engine, which produced 300 horsepower.


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Researchers from Hamilton's McMaster University have created a new test to help identify diseases like hepatitis C and superbugs like C difficile much earlier than ever before.
The Biointerfaces Institute at McMaster University is a state-of-the-art facility designed to use high-throughput methods to provide a new understanding of the nature of the biological/material interface, or biointerface.
The overarching goal of the Institute is to understand how biological systems respond to the introduction of synthetic materials, and conversely, how an engineered interface responds to, or is compatible with, a biological system.
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BIRMINGHAM'S Liberal Democrats today insisted their candidate would still stand in next week's local elections - despite his arrest in a postal vote fraud inquiry.
But Labour Party leader Sir Albert Bore denounced the decision and called for Mohammed Khan, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Nechells, to stand down immediately.
He said voters would be bewildered at being offered a candidate whose reputation was allegedly "in tatters".
Coun Khan, aged 52, was arrested at Stechford police station last night on suspicion of postal vote fraud and released on police bail.
The arrest comes a day after his 50-year-old wife, Naseem Akhtar, was also arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud the election process.
Liberal Democrat leader Paul Tilsley said today the candidate would still stand in the May 4 election.
Coun Tilsley said: "I am meeting Mr Khan today. The outcome of that will probably be that, if elected, which is quite possible, membership of the Liberal Democrat group would be suspended until the outcome of the police investigation is known.
"I take this issue very seriously. The police investigation is over two or three votes and any fraud is unacceptable - if found guilty Mr Khan will be immediately expelled from the party."
Labour leader Sir Albert said voters would be confused over why Mr Khan was being allowed to stand as a candidate while facing a police investigation. And he called on the Liberal Democrats to remove him.
"It is very unwise of the Liberal Democrats to allow him to continue in these circumstances," Sir Albert said. "The electorate in Nechells will be very concerned someone whose reputation appears to be in tatters is standing as a Lib Dem candidate. If I was a voter, I would be very concerned."
But in a tit-for-tat exchange, the Liberal Democrats claimed that Labour's 2004 fraud involved thousands of forged ballots, whereas this latest probe surrounded a mere handful.
It is claimed that Mr Khan, of Hob Moor Road, Bordesley Green, was using a second address, in nearby Ronald Road, to collect extra postal ballots.
Police carried out searches at the two addresses where they found a quantity of postal vote forms.
The allegations are strongly denied by Mr Khan, a travel agent who is making his third attempt to gain election to Birmingham City Council.
He has refused to comment on the allegations, but his agent, Council-lor Shaukat Ali Khan (Lib Dem, Bordesley Green) issued a strenuous denial.
He said: "It is all a misunderstanding and will be sorted out. I am 100 per cent confident there is no wrongdoing at all. It is just a publicity stunt to smear Mr Khan's reputation."
Labour Party rivals claim they have a dossier of evidence linked to a third address to which votes are being diverted.
Senior Labour Councillor Tahir Ali (Nechells) confirmed that a file was handed to police last night.
* A special "grass up a voting fraudster" hotline has been launched to chase down any suspicious electoral activity in the city.
Birmingham leader Coun Mike Whitby said the dedicated line would also enable residents to check their vote had not been "stolen" by polling villains.
He said: "Following many calls from concerned residents, I have set up a dedicated confidential hotline to report any suspicious electoral activity.
"It is vital that we stamp out fraud and corruption from democracy in Birmingham," he added. The hotline number is 0121 275 6219.
* Police were today investigating an alleged attack on a journalist working for the Mail's sister newspaper The Birmingham Post. The assault claims come after the reporter visted Mr Khan's address, in Hob Moor Road, on Wednesday night.
* Should postal voting be scrapped? Tell us what you think at www.icbirmingham.co.uk/mail/news/yoursay


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Students were curious on day one about why Mrs. Curt would want them to bring in a Hawaiian shirt and/or beach hat. When students entered the class, they were greeted to flipped desks and chairs. Mrs. Curt greeted them looking like this:
Students pretended to be on a flight that went bad over an island. They worked in groups to decided who would be rescued off the island and why. This was a great way for students to start to work with each other right away and to learn what is expected by Mrs. Curt when working in groups.


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Small businesses' deadline for applying for the government's coronavirus relief loans is here, but the fight over bankrupt companies' eligibility status could drag on.
Companies have until midnight June 30 to apply for the loans made available by the Paycheck Protection Program, administered by the Small Business Administration to help businesses manage payrolls amid the economic turmoil caused by Covid-19.
The SBA blocks bankrupt companies from applying for the loans, a rule that has triggered lawsuits. Courts are conflicted on whether the SBA rule is legal.
That's left some companies navigating the waters between the PPP and reorganizing their businesses to survive. Distressed small businesses have been forced to choose between passing up federal funds and ditching bankruptcy. Bankrupt companies that missed the loan due to the policy may switch to seeking damage payments from the federal government.
"That's the ridiculous charade the government is making these debtors play," said Phoenix-based bankruptcy attorney Thomas Salerno of Stinson Leonard Street LLP. "You just have this terrible conundrum the SBA has put debtors in."
A South Carolina Burger King franchisee abandoned its bankruptcy proceedings to obtain $1.5 million through the PPP. Advanced Power Technologies LLC, a Florida lighting installation and design company, re-entered Chapter 11 in May less than three weeks after voluntarily dismissing its bankruptcy in order to obtain a $1.8 million PPP loan to pay employees.
With the deadline at hand, federal courts' wrangling over the issue may be just "an academic point," Salerno said.
'Unacceptably High Risk'
The PPP, created by the CARES Act, allows small companies to borrow money based on payroll needs and have their loans forgiven if they apply those funds towards paying employees and other overhead expenses.
As enacted, the PPP didn't expressly exclude bankrupt businesses from obtaining funds. But the SBA created a rule prohibiting bankrupt applicants from becoming borrowers.
Such lending "would present an unacceptably high risk of an unauthorized use of funds or non-repayment of unforgiven loans," the agency said.
More than a dozen bankrupt companies and organizations, from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe to USA Gymnastics, have sued SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza over the agency's policy.
The issue has split a number of bankruptcy and other federal courts, with some deferring to the SBA and others ordering the agency to allow bankrupt borrowers' applications.
"I don't think I've ever seen so many cases on one issue in such a short amount of time with such divergent results," said attorney Zev Shechtman of Danning, Gill, Israel & Krasnoff LLP.
Several judges have reasoned that the PPP is more like grant funding, which can't exempt bankrupt parties from participating without running afoul of the bankruptcy code. A growing number of courts also have found that the SBA's rule oversteps its authority.
Handling Uncertainties
Despite the litigation, the SBA's policy is still a barrier for businesses without the resources to challenge a government agency in court, attorneys say.
At least one bankrupt business didn't apply for the PPP, concerned that it "would be a fight and just a waste of time," Shechtman said.
Most bankrupt companies that could've used PPP loans don't have the time or money for litigation, said Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney Sandra Vrejan.
"The businesses that are going to have the resources to actually stay that course are few and far between," she said. The funds are a potential "lifeline" for some businesses, she said.
Those that can't or choose not to wage legal battles against the SBA have maneuvered around the eligibility restrictions by either exiting Chapter 11 and submitting a PPP application or waiting for their loan applications to be approved before filing for bankruptcy.
Florida-based bakery chain Toojay's said it received $6.4 million in PPP funds before seeking bankruptcy protection in late April. Earlier this month, medical device developer Proteus Digital Health said it received $2.2 million through the loan program to fund employee obligations before it filed for restructuring relief.
Blue Ice Investments LLC, the majority shareholder of a company that provides security for concerts and other events, is seeking to reinstate its Chapter 11 case after dismissing proceedings in May to obtain nearly $1.6 million in PPP funds.
"What kind of nonsense is that?" Salerno asked. "If you can wait, get your loan and then file," he said.
Legal Fight Continues
Despite the PPP application window closing, a tangled web of federal lawsuits and appeals will likely continue into the future.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently reversed a Texas bankruptcy judge's order that the SBA consider the PPP loan application for Hidalgo County Emergency Service Foundation, saying that courts don't have the power to issue an injunction against the agency.
The ruling doesn't touch on the merits of the policy, but it creates the potential for a circuit split if other federal appeals courts decide differently.
The end of the application period may not mean bankrupt companies are abandoning the issue.
They could sue the government for damages if they're ultimately unable to obtain a loan, Judge David T. Thuma of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico said in the Santa Fe Archdiocese's Chapter 11 case.
"I do think it's interesting to see what the courts do procedurally," said Rachel Jaffe Mauceri, also an attorney with Morgan Lewis. "I think the damages question will be an interesting one to watch."
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This is a small village near Dover in Kent. My intention is to show some of the Village, its history and the wildlife I find there.
Saturday, 20 February 2010
BTO Survey TTV - TR 34B - Buckland/Buckland Valley
7 comments:
- Adam said...
It's great discovering a new area - nice Egret pic.
- 20 February 2010 at 21:53:00 GMT
- Tony Morris said...
Amazingly I managed to get a picture without any rubbish in the background!
- 20 February 2010 at 23:49:00 GMT
- Kingsdowner said...
Thanks for giving away the score Tony, I was looking forward to watching the recording of the game today. At least I'll be prepared for the disappointment.
Good to see a Little Egret - few around this winter?
- 21 February 2010 at 08:20:00 GMT
- Tony Morris said...
Sorry Steve (not for Man U loosing) but for giving you a premature depression (come on the Arsenal!)
- 21 February 2010 at 13:28:00 GMT
- Wendy said...
A white egret perched on my garden fence a couple of days ago - I live a few doors up from you, Tony - but didn't stay long enuf for me to get the camera!
- 21 February 2010 at 16:57:00 GMT
- Tony Morris said...
Hi Wendy, was it eating one of my goldfish?
- 21 February 2010 at 20:53:00 GMT
- Wendy said...
No, Tony, I think it was probably after mine - haven't seen them for a day or two!!
- 22 February 2010 at 13:45:00 GMT


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We deliver on the KZN South Coast and surrounds: Hibberdene to Port Edward and inland to Harding
Visit us at our shop in Marburg: 23 Berg Road, Marburg, Port Shepstone, 4240
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Paton Agencies, based on the KZN South Coast, supply and deliver Industrial Gas, Lp Gas, Medical Oxygen. As well as Welding Machines (ARC, MIG, TIG, PLASMA CUTTERS), Welding Consumables and Gas Welding.
Paton Agencies has taken over the Rocktip agency from Coastal Engineering!! For all your ground engaging tools, undercarriages & related spares call:
Richard Hopley on 039 682 1889 or 076 118 8860
Visit Paton Agencies in Marburg, Port Shepstone for a wide range of LP Gas Equipment (cylinders, cooker tops, stoves, burners, gas fittings, gas geysers) and Abrasives such as cutting and grinding discs, flapper wheels and cut off machine wheels.
Paton Agencies has one of the widest select of fasteners, bolts, nuts, rawl bolts, thread bar washers stainless steel bolts and nuts on the Lower South Coast of KZN.
Paton Agencies supply various welding machines & consumables such as ARC (MMA Welding Machines), MIG Welders, TIG Welders, Welding Rods, Welding Cables, Welding Wire, MIG Torch Tips & Welding Safety gear.
Your safety is Paton Agencies priority
Call Charles or Gayle Wallis for all your Safety Wear:
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Our History
Paton Agencies is owner run by Charles and Gayle Wallis, who pride themselves for their hands on approach towards their customers.
Paton Agencies was founded by Pat and Tony Philips in 1978 selling gas and welding supplies. The name PATON is the 2 co-founders names combined.
Charles and Gayle who both grew up on the South Coast chose this location to start a plant hire business in 2005.
Charles purchased Paton Agencies when it came on the market in 2008 to compliment the Plant Hire business.
After realizing the potential in Paton Agencies, Charles sold the Plant Hire Machinery and decided to concentrate and learn more about the Welding and Gas industry and in doing so has gained a wealth of knowledge in these fields.
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Air Products South Africa (Pty) Ltd has grown its distributor network extensively country wide, encompassing the Gauteng, Western Cape, Eastern, Mpumalanga and Kwa-Zulu Natal. The current distributor network is strategically placed, offering a high level of sales, service and technical back up.


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See Known Issues, More Information and Post Release Updates at the end of this post.
Last changes released on August 13th, 12:00PM EST.
Hi There,
We just released a new version of the game with the following new features and bug fixes:
1. 21 Decorative Items: 9 Boulders (Farm Decor category), Disability Parking Space and Signs, No Parking and One Way Signs, 3 Colored Parking Stoppers (Other category) and 3 Stone Patches (Paths category)
2. Next 5 expansions for Farm 27: See prices below:
24x24 - 11,000,000,000 coins or 25 FarmCash
26x26 - 11,500,000,000 coins or 25 FarmCash
28x28 - 12,000,000,000 coins or 25 FarmCash
30x30 - 12,500,000,000 coins or 25 FarmCash
32x32 - 13,000,000,000 coins or 30 FarmCash
3. Super Neighbours can now design at your farms: There is a new check box 'Permanently Hired for Design' in the Edit Super-Neighbour window that will grant permission to the Super-Neighbour to go anytime to the farm you selected and start designing, you don't have to be online for this to work.
a) The SuperNeighbour will be able to use any Free Style tools that you own or that she/he owns.
b) In the next few days we will add a checkbox "Allow selling and purchasing items with my coins" so the farm owner can give extra permissions to SuperNeighbours to buy new items for the farm or selling any items in the farm to provide more flexibility when designing together.
4. Other Super Neighbours Improvements:
a) If the owner of the farm owns a Manure Spreader or a Mobile Sprinkler you will be able to use them after you finish planting.
b) When selecting a seed to plant, the Tooltip with the amount stored will reflect the amounts for the farm owner (not yours), same for the belts shown.
5. 16 x 16 LogTruck w/ Chainsaw: Allows you to chop up to 256 trees at a time.
6. Train Freight Cars Delivery Increases: There is now a 50% increase on all delivery capacity for all train freight cars except the Bulkhead Car and the Cattle Car.
7. Long Quarry Freight Car: It will deliver Iron Ore, Cooper Ore, Aluminum Ore, Turquoise Rock, Amber Rock, Kaolin Rock and Limestone Rock.
8. Store trees & flowers in bulk from your Gift Box: Originally there was a Store All button on the top of the Gift Box to Store all gifts and animals in bulk.
Now next to the blue button there is a drop down arrow with 3 options: a) Store Ingredients b) Store Animals and c) Store Plants. Option a) and b) combined is what we had originally, we had to separate them to have a more consistent interface and provide better feedback, option c) is the new option and will move all your trees and flowers gifts to your Item Storage as long as there is enough space available.
9. Other Improvements:
- Add Sand Paper to the Hardware store
- BugFix: Sometimes when visiting a Super Neighbour and returning to your farm it appeared as if you were hired on your own farm with limited access to your tools
- BugFix: Some players with lot of service facilities were shown negative numbers when doing a Cash Out All operation
10. Summer Gear Factory (FC): Produces Summer Gear.
Male Swimwear
Inflatable Pool Bar
Bucket Hat
Fish Aqua Robot
Beach Caddy
Flip Flops
Pool Hoop Game
11. Cuban Restaurant (Coins): Produces Cuban Food.
Cuban Sandwich
Yuca with Mojo
Yellow Rice
Roasted Pork
Baked Mackerel
Stewed Okra
Guava Pastelitos
12. Summer Store (FC): Provides Summer Gear Retail Services and can be stocked with products from the Summer Gear Factory.
13. Nut Shop (Coins): Provides Nut Retail Services and can be stocked with products from the Roasted Nut Gift Factory.
Post Release Updates - July 31st, 4:06AM EST
- BugFix: The store is showing a Reload Game message after every attempt to purchase an item, coins and farm cash were not deducted and the operation was completely aborted.
Post Release Updates - July 31st, 4:35AM EST
- BugFix: The Green Hand is not showing in the ToolBox. Manure Spreaders and Mobile Sprinklers are showing disabled in the Tool Box.
Post Release Updates - July 31st, 2:40PM EST
- BugFix: Issues with the mayor not working all neighbour farms when owning the new Quarry Freight Car
- BugFix: Issues when using Mobile Sprinklers on Super Neighbour farms
Post Release Updates - July 31st, 9:00PM EST
- BugFix: The 'Permanently Hired for Design' checkbox shows unchecked the second time you open the window even after you have checked it previously.
- BugFix: Wrong images in the Store for the new Stone Patches.
- BugFix: Sorting by Stored Amount when planting as a SuperNeighbour will sort by the amounts of the farm owner.
Post Release Updates - August 6th, 8:00PM EST
- BugFix: SuperNeighbour with the purple sprinkler can't water multiple farms if their neighbour does not have the purple sprinkler.
- BugFix: Issues when irrigating Super Neighbour farms, like unable to irrigate or when irrigating, not working as expected.
Post Release Updates - August 13th, 12:00PM
- This new feature promised earlier for this release will be pushed to the next release: "When a Super Neighbour is allowed to design your farm, you will be able to grant him extra permissions to also sell and purchase new items for your farm using your coins".
Known Problems
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The disc will come complete with the following goodies:
The sequel finds four kids in a car on their way to Vegas. After their car breaks down, they find an isolated, seemingly abandoned home with a cherry muscle car parked in the garage, just begging to be driven. Drive they do, unaware that they've just taken he property of Rusty Nails (no longer the voice of Ted Levine, which is a disappointment), who sets out to taunt and eventually kill 'em all.
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Today I continue to answer questions from our recent webinar about the March 1st changes to the Physician fee schedule.
If procedure code 99358 is not reimbursable, what code should I use?
Per the current fee schedule code 99358, previously used for record review bills, is not reimbursable because it is one of the codes that is considered bundled. Bundled codes are not separately payable even if they have RVU values associated with them.
However, Labor Code 5307.11 allows claims administrators and providers to engage in a contract agreeing to pay amounts that differ from the fee schedule. Providers can negotiate for 99358 payment by entering into 5307.11 contracts. Remember that you need to negotiate a separate contract with each claims administrator that includes the price per unit of work.
Consult our workers' comp FAQ for more information on 5307.11 contracts.
I'm confused about Conversion Factors. Why does DaisyBill use different Conversion Factors than the ones shown in the DWC regulations?
Remember, don't look at the body of the regulations for current Conversion Factors--those numbers are the unadjusted Conversion Factors. Conversion Factors change every year for the next several years. Instead, you must look at the update table by the date of service for the proper conversion factors.
As of March 1st, the DWC adopted completely new Conversion Factors.
Find these new values in the regulations in Section 9789.19 Update Table in subsection B.
Who is the Administrative Director?
Destie Overpeck is the AD or Administrative Director of the DWC. She was appointed April 20th of 2015 after having served as the interim AD for several years. Congratulations to Ms. Overpeck!!!
For purposes of workers' comp reimbursement calculations, what is the difference between facility and non-facility?
The DWC uses the concept of "point of service" to determine which work comp formula applies when calculating reimbursement. To determine whether a service location is a facility (F) or a non-facility (NF), you must look up the point of service on a chart found in regulation Section 9789.12.2 (d). For specific directions on where to find this chart, refer to our FAQ about Facility and Non-Facility RVUs.
Two of the most common locations are an office and an ASC or outpatient surgery center. An office is a place of service 11, and if you look at the chart it's a Non-Facility. In contrast, ASCs and outpatient hospitals are Facilities. Make sure to use the correct formula if you're calculating these rates manually.


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The Month Of March
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Born today?
Well known people born on March 1st - your in good company
Well known people born on March 1st - your in good company
Frédéric François Chopin (/ˈʃoʊpæn/; French pronunciation: [fʁe.de.ʁik ʃo.pɛ̃]; 22 February or 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849), born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin,[n 1] was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era, who wrote primarily for the solo piano. He gained and has maintained renown worldwide as one of the leading musicians of his era, whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation."[1] Chopin was born in what was then the Duchy of Warsaw, and grew up in Warsaw, which after 1815 became part of Congress Poland. A child prodigy, he completed his musical education and composed many of his works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at the age of 20, less than a month before the outbreak of the November 1830 Uprising.
James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983)[1][2] was an English actor and novelist who was popular in Europe and in the United States. He may be best known for his roles as Squadron Leader Peter Carter in A Matter of Life and Death, as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and as Sir Charles Lytton, a.k.a. "the Phantom", in The Pink Panther. He was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Separate Tables (1958).Born in London, Niven attended Heatherdown Preparatory School and Stowe before gaining a place at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. After Sandhurst he was gazetted a lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry. Having developed an interest in acting, he left the Highland Light Infantry, travelled to Hollywood and had several minor roles in film. He first appeared as an extra in the British film There Goes the Bride (1932). From there, he hired an agent and had several small parts in films from 1933 to 1935, including a non-speaking part in MGM's Mutiny on the Bounty. This brought him to wider attention within the film industry and he was spotted by Samuel Goldwyn. Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Niven returned to Britain and rejoined the army, being re-commissioned as a lieutenant.
Robert Conrad (born March 1, 1935) is an American film and television actor, best known for his role in the 1965–1969 CBS television series The Wild Wild West, playing the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West. He also portrayed World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Black Sheep Squadron. He was a recording artist of pop/rock songs in the early 1960s as Bob Conrad before he began his acting career. He has hosted a weekly two hour national radio show (The PM Show with Robert Conrad) on CRN Digital Talk Radio.[1]
Conrad was born Conrad Robert Norton Falk in Chicago, Illinois. His father, born Leonard Henry Falkowski (born November 3, 1918), was then 16 years old; Leonard was of Polish ancestry.[2] His mother, Alice Jacqueline Hartman (born May 15, 1919, daughter of Conrad and Hazel Hartman), was 15 years old when she gave birth, and named her son after her own father.[3] She would go on to become first publicity director of Mercury Records, known as Jackie Smith. She would marry several times, including once to Chicago radio personality Eddie Hubbard in 1948.[4] Eddie Hubbard and Jackie Smith reportedly had a child together (born circa 1949)[5] before splitting up in 1958.[6][7][8]
Harold George "Harry" Bellanfanti, Jr. (born March 1, 1927), better known as Harry Belafonte, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and social activist. One of the most successful Caribbean American pop stars in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) is the first million selling album by a single artist.[1] Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has recorded in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He has also starred in several films, most notably in Otto Preminger's hit musical Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957) and Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow (1959). Belafonte was an early supporter of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and '60s, and one of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s confidants. Throughout his career he has been an advocate for humanitarian causes, such as the anti-apartheid movement and USA for Africa. Since 1987 he has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. In recent years he has been a vocal critic of the policies of both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama presidential administrations. Harry Belafonte now acts as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues.[2]
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Naveen Patnaik Thanks People For Giving Him 5th Term, Urges All To Work For New Odisha
Bhubaneswar: All set to form the Government for a fifth time, Biju Janata Dal suremo Naveen Patnaik today took to Twitter and thanked the people of Odisha for giving him yet another opportunity to serve the State.
In the video message, Patnaik also called upon everyone and said, "Let us all come forward and build a new Odisha with concerted efforts."
Patnaik submitted his resignation (from the previous term) to Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal on Friday. Prof Lal accepted the resignation of Naveen and his Council of Ministers and requested him to continue in office till the formation of the new Government. The new government's oath-taking will likely be on May 29.
Out of 146 Assembly seats that went to polls, BJD got 112 seats while BJP bagged 23 and Congress secured 8 seats. The BJD also performed well in Lok Sabha elections as it bagged 12 seats to its name.


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This Joomla! 2.5 or 3.0 module can display any entity from your Redmine on any Joomla! site where it is installed. The module uses Joomla! API library which comes with the module. The following Redmine entities are now implemented, ie. can be displayed from your Redmine on any Joomla site:
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Professional landlords are looking to buy more property
Property professionals are set to expand their portfolios in 2019, despite a backdrop of uncertainty and squeeze on affordability.
Some 80 per cent of investors said they plan to increase their portfolios this year while 20 per cent said they are not making any changes in 2019, according to the poll by MT Finance.
Of those looking to expand their portfolios, 39 per cent are looking to buy in the South East of England, 25 per cent in Wales, followed by 13 per cent in the Midlands.
Only 16 per cent revealed that would not be buying property in the UK and none are set to buy in London which is currently considered too expensive.
The firm says that the results are encouraging especially as 51 per cent of respondents revealed they are uncertain of the conditions for property investors in 2019 and 28 per cent believe conditions will not improve in the coming year.
It points out that overall, 2018 was another challenging year for property investors in the UK, as Brexit negations continued and finances were squeezed by tax changes.
When asked what the biggest challenge for property investors had been last year some 40 per cent of respondents said affordability.
Ongoing Brexit uncertainty was the second biggest challenge at 32 per cent, followed by accessing funding at 17 per cent while 11 per cent said Government legislation was the biggest challenge in 2018.
"The UK property market has seen a reduction in high value purchase transactions. This is reflected in the latest data from HMRC, who revealed stamp duty receipts fell by £1 billion last year," said Gareth Lewis, commercial director of MT Finance.
"The results from our fourth quarter property investor survey highlight how higher stamp duty and a lack of affordability has pushed property investors out of London, where more rental properties are vital.
"While there is continuing uncertainty, particularly over how the Brexit negotiations will unfold, UK property investors remain resilient.
"The fact that property professionals have revealed they will continue to invest in the UK, despite the uncertainty and numerous challenges, bodes well for the future of the market."


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Eaton teen resentenced after failing youth term
September 7, 2004
An Eaton teenager convicted of stealing a truck in Evans and leading police on a high-speed chase that ended in the death of a Loveland woman was sentenced Tuesday to two consecutive six-year terms in the Colorado Department of Corrections.
Stephanie Huff, now 16, was originally sentenced in April to six years in the state's Youthful Offender System for the Nov. 3, 2003, incident that killed Shawna Rush, 28, while she got ready for work in her Loveland townhouse.
Huff was given the opportunity to complete a disciplined regiment of academics, work, interpersonal relations and pre-vocational skills as an alternative to the Department of Corrections, but told officials then that she would run if forced into the system.
She originally faced up to 48 years in prison and up to $1.75 million in fines on charges of vehicular homicide/reckless driving, aggravated motor vehicle theft and vehicular eluding resulting in a death, but prosecutors and District Court Judge Daniel Kaup wanted to give her the opportunity to change.
Larimer County Deputy District Attorney Larry Abrahamson said he had hoped she would take advantage of the opportunity but wasn't surprised that she failed: "She chose not to take advantage of it. She didn't cooperate; she didn't get involved and she abused the officials. With the attitude she possessed at the first sentencing, she could stay in correction for the full time."
As part of a plea agreement, Huff would have faced no more than six years in the facility; now, she could find herself boarding with women twice her age for up to 12 years. Abrahamson said she will come before the parole board in six years but could be denied.
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Huff also must complete two years of probation, 200 hours of public service and pay $81,000 in restitution charges.
Kaup had not been pleased with the agreement from the beginning.
"Rather than say 'I'm sorry,' rather than show some remorse for what you've done, you tell the presentencing investigators that you would rather go to the Department of Corrections." Kaup said. "Very little has been offered for responsibility."


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Feeling a bit like this on a Monday morning? We've all been there. Here's 4 ways to help you start the week strong. No job hating around here.
Whether you're a student, self-employed, looking for a job or working it 9-5, Monday is the day the world goes back to work so it's worth getting on board. To do so, make sure you've had at least one full day rest over the weekend to hit re-set properly when the alarm goes off on Monday. Turn your phone off, read a book, go for a walk. Whatever it is, allow a day to totally zone out.
Dedicate a little bit of the weekend preparing for the week ahead. Stock up your fridge, tidy your apartment, do the washing and review your to-do list for the week. Go to bed on Sunday knowing exactly where you need to be Monday morning.
Why not make Monday your favourite day of the week? If you can, do all the aspects of your job you like best on Monday and focus on being creative before the obligatory admin takes over during the rest of the week. If your job is pretty flexible, spend Monday working from home or in your favourite coffee spot; it's a good way to ease yourself into the week.
Monday tends to be the day we start that painful fitness regime, a diet or insane work schedule, hence the dreaded Sunday fear and inevitable "fuck it Friday". Instead of a 6am run, choose a chilled walk around the park or, even better, leave the workout for another day and make time for a proper breakfast. Start your Monday chilled and calm and we guarantee you'll have a more productive week.


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1And again I saw with mine eyes as I slept, and I saw the heaven above, and behold a star fell 2from heaven, and it arose and eat and pastured amongst those oxen. And after that I saw the large and the black oxen, and behold they all changed their stalls and pastures and their cattle, and began 3to live with each other. And again I saw in the vision, and looked towards the heaven, and behold I saw many stars descend and cast themselves down from heaven to that first star, and they became 4bulls amongst those cattle and pastured with them {amongst them}. And I looked at them and saw, and behold they all let out their privy members, like horses, and began to cover the cows of the oxen, 5and they all became pregnant and bare elephants, camels, and asses. And all the oxen feared them and were affrighted at them, and began to bite with their teeth and to devour, and to gore with their 6horns. And they began, moreover, to devour those oxen; and behold all the children of the earth began to tremble and quake before them and to flee from them.
85:1 Again I looked attentively, while sleeping, and surveyed heaven above.
85:2 And behold a single star fell from heaven.
85:3 Which being raised up, ate and fed among those cows.
85:4 After that I perceived [other] large and black cows; and behold all of them changed their stalls and pastures, while their young began to lament one with another. Again I looked in [my] vision, and surveyed heaven; when behold I saw many stars which descended, and projected themselves from heaven to where the first star was,
85:5 Into the midst of those young ones; while the cows were with them, feeding in the midst of them.
85:6 I looked at and observed them; when behold, they all acted after the manner of horses, and began to approach the young cows, all of whom became pregnant, and brought forth elephants, camels, and asses.
85:7 At these all the cows were alarmed and terrified; when they began biting with their teeth, swallowing, and striking with their horns.
85:8 They began also to devour the cows; and behold all the children of the earth trembled, shook with terror at them, and suddenly fled away.
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Collapse Board: The First Year
By Justin Edwards
I think today is the anniversary of Collapse Board going live; I'm not entirely positive as I didn't make a note of the date at the time (you just don't think about doing things like that at the time, plus I was out of Brisbane at the time) and so I've had to use Google Analytics to see when people from outside of Brisbane started visiting. The trouble with Google Analytics is that it's working on a completely different time zone; I think it's today but it might be tommorrow. We'll just have to make an executive decision to call it today. Either way, amazingly we've made it through a full 12 months, although it doesn't feel that long and seems to have gone by in a flash.
I think we first started talking about 'doing something' way back in 2008. Everett and I met up a couple times over the year, mainly to talk about the state of the music press and music we liked but although there was an agreement that we really should 'do something', what the 'something' should be was harder to decide on. By the time 2009 came around it was decided that we should do a website. I think every time we met up we got a bit misty-eyed at the thought of doing something in print but that probably only lasted for about 30 seconds before 21st Century reality hit, and so I got into the very slow work of researching and putting together a site.
I always wanted a manifesto of sorts but I think the only stipulations were "No news" and "No scores for reviews". The thing we both really wanted for the site was opinions. Our (or at least my) main inspirations were Careless Talk Costs Lives, Plan B, Drowned In Sound, The Guardian's music section and the Archived Music Press website. Although the Archived Music Press site sadly hasn't been updated for ages, re-reading those scanned in pages from Melody Maker and NME is a constant source of inspiration and I strongly recommend anyone with even the slightest interest in music journalism and music photography check it out.
Eventually the first version of the site was built and, if I do say so myself, it was a thing of beauty, complete with its own social networking and a forum set up and ready to go. Someone, who will remain nameless *cough* then managed to corrupt the database and the whole thing had to be started from scratch. One day (hopefully soon) it will get that forum back.
Looking back at the last year, Collapse Board hasn't turned out as I had originally envisaged. I had always assumed it would be a crack-team of the very best music bloggers from Brisbane revising their own content on the site to drive more traffic to their own blogs. Essentially I saw Collapse Board working largely as an aggregator but it was always there for writing bespoke pieces, or for us to collectively write a series of posts on a topic or a theme. In retrospect that view was a bit naive, but it has been a constant source of disappointment the lack of interest, or at least long-term interest, from Brisbane,with a few obvious and notable exceptions. Establishing a community of contributors was always one of the main objectives and that is definitely one thing that has come out of the first year, even if it isn't as Brisbane-focused as I once would have thought it would be.
The first few months were slow, not helped by both myself and Everett both having extended Christmas holidays overseas, and it wasn't until Februray that Collapse Board really started to get into gear and start to move forwards.
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9 Responses to Collapse Board: The First Year
It's been fun to have been along for the ride.
Congratulations on your exellent site's first year.
I think CB is doing a marvelous job of stimulating conversation, which I'm guessing/pretty sure is one of the focal points of its existence. One thing I learned a long time ago is that your opinion is meaningless unless someone else has one too.
The very fact you confront & tackle those 'negative' areas/issues/elements, which most platforms spinelessly avoid or actively ignore, means you've already proven your worth. Plus, you know how to wield a sense of humour effectively.
I wholeheartedly concur with ET, although possibly a little too prosaically than is comfortable: music criticism contains every strand of reasoning – not just brown-nose toadying, +1 glory hunting or conveyor belt apathy. There's no use anyone crying into their haircut if the questions go off script.
Cheers for read. Here's to many more.
Happy Birthday Collapse Board! 🙂
The music press stopped press and started up online. I think that that's what happened in a nutshell. Then the last dinosaurs printing on paper crapped their pants about the threat to their jobs and instantly transformed into pandering desperadoes willing to print any sanitised sales-friendly gibberish in order to guarantee band access and cover stars. This led to a decline. And the whole thing has got boring beyond belief.
Then comes along Collapse Board and the party begins. Honest writing. It's surely a revolution at this point.
Happy 1st Birthday Collapse Board! Happy to be involved as a reader and as a contributor.
I've been a regular reader since the beginning of the year and have to thank you for – among many other things – renewing my love for the music of Ed Kuepper. Even if I only recently realized where your very name comes from 😉 It had been a long time since I saw a bunch of writers criticizing music (because they care) with guts, hearts, brains and a sense of fun. Oh, and I'm glad to see France is the second non-English speaking country registering on the Boardometer…
"Plus it's got a lot more integrity than a glowing 4-and-a-half-stars review that you would get when your housemate or someone with a vested interest in your band might write for street press.
Over the year I've gotten more used to the accusations of Collapse Board being a bunch of haters."
Did he just describe Salter as somewhat depraved, perhaps villainous?


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Faith Ranch and Wildlife Management
Stuart W. Stedmans
family has owned the Faith Ranch since 1932. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Stuart is the president of the Faith Ranch Company and has been a student of white-tailed deer since the late 1970s. After getting his B.A., J.D., and M.B.A. degrees at the University of Texas at Austin, Stuart, through his family foundation, funded a 13 year deer research program conducted by Professor Charles DeYoung at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute in Kingsville. Stuarts keen interest in wildlife science combined with his association with Kleberg Institutes deer program has put the Faith Ranch at the cutting edge of white-tailed deer management. His familys foundation recently funded the Stuart W. Stedman Chair in White-tailed Deer Research at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute. Professor Charles DeYoung currently holds this chair. Stuart is also an Advisory Director of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, a director of the Texas Wildlife Association, former Chairman the Texas Parks and Wildlifes Operation Game Thief Committee, and a recipient of the Texas Wildlife Societys Landowner Conservation Award in 1990.
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Wack Ezell is the manager of the Faith Ranch. Born in San Marcos, Texas, Wack has been guiding elk, mule deer, and white-tailed deer hunts for 22 years. He has been guiding white-tailed deer hunts at the Faith Ranch since 1997. When he is not guiding hunts, Wack works as a contractor in the construction business. Wack recently became employed full time at the Faith Ranch as the manager of construction projects and as a manager of special wildlife projects.
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"Ideology" is a strange thing—in the name of achieving a median of perceived normalcy, it creates a belief system that only posits the opposite, a sense of enduring "abnormal". History provides testimony to the fact that dominant ideologies, ones that promise to bring kinetic change, can hardly function in a space of stability. In other words, there cannot be popular ideological mobilization without a measured creation of the "abnormal", which eventually becomes an absolute precondition and more often than not, an obstruction to reconciliation.
[Does] maintaining a state of constant antagonism actually benefit the "custodians" of the nation? Are Indian nationalists confederates of a frictional India-Pakistan relationship because it keeps them relevant?
The above assumption, however, is better comprehended in a categorically defined political context. For a versatile country like India that is marked by the shared existence of so many psychosocial strands of being, "normalcy" has been no more than a running trophy for the opportunistic ruling class that is routinely used like a fishing bait to induce the passive masses. In the current environment of rankled politics, this conundrum of collective ideology has come out to be far more compounded than usual, prancing about like Brownian particles within tiny moulds of hyper-nationalism and hyper-radicalism.
What better space to look for the threadbare theatrics of abnormality than India's burgeoning anti-Pakistan psyche?
Across her postcolonial history, the Indian polity and popular culture have both experimented with many different shades of nationalism, manifested in a motley set of archetypes. But, one particular variant has had a fairly linear historical trajectory—anti-Pakistanism. Not many have dared to tweak the disharmonious chords of India's obsessive disdain for its malevolent neighbour, not even seemingly avant-garde Prime Ministers or fine-talking cricket commentators.
Yet, the reason why the two countries have been able to muddle through high-pitched diatribes of hatred and reach impressive bilateral agreements that stand till date is because there has always existed a visceral desire for normalcy at the diplomatic-political level, notwithstanding the occasional waves of acrimony. This was a bona fide desire to find loose-hanging threads of common needs, and tie them together to maintain a semblance of sanity. Intriguingly enough, even with the coming of the right-wing government in 2014—which was expected to take a far more "macho" posture against Pakistan than its predecessor— this quest for normalcy remained in its rightful place. But what we are witnessing today is dramatically different.
The high-voltage anti-Pakistanism that has erupted in the past few months is premised upon the idea of maintaining a perennial sense of warlike friction. With the recent uptick in violence across the volatile northern border, the deep-seated yearning for normalcy has suddenly dispersed into the not-so-thin air—the same air that now smells of gunpowder and suspicion.
Clearly, India's traditionally temperate anti-Pakistan constituencies are shrinking, to be replaced by a septic discourse of paranoia and political egoism.
Is the daily bloodletting of our soldiers at the borders now a ritualistic and 'necessary' display of India's might and glory, to be vicariously relished by an emotionally broken nation?
To take the tedious path of self-reflexivity, we must ask ourselves if we even want our relations to return to normal. Or is the daily bloodletting of our soldiers at the borders now a ritualistic and necessary display of India's might and glory, to be vicariously relished by an emotionally broken nation? We see the "most watched" television news channels brazenly drop in the word "war" in their primetime headlines when there actually is none. We see the Home Minister travel to the border, wearing a combat cap, and holler on the microphone about how only cowards fight from the back and heroes from the front. We hear preachy pop-culture patriots and their lumpen followers tell us to stop beating the drums for Pakistani cultural doyens and pretending things are normal, because apparently they are not.
Are we all, in dangerous unison, scripting a catastrophic story of blood and gore that none of us actually seek? Just like every war-weary society (or polity) does before it goes on to become war-weary?
It is not hard to realize that "normalcy" is less of a wild horse running amok in the wilderness, and more of a jointly owned public good that can be tamed at will through our collective conscience. Denying normalcy, in itself, induces abnormality. Alternatively, rejecting abnormality can make space for normalcy. The situation, however, begins to look bleak and impervious when we burrow deeper into the ground to interrogatively look for signs of a slow moral genocide.
Has Indian nationalism, over the past few decades, unwittingly invested in a strong dialectic of tension when it comes to Pakistan, so much so that maintaining a state of constant antagonism actually benefits the "custodians" of the nation? Are Indian nationalists confederates of a frictional India-Pakistan relationship because it keeps them relevant?
Those are musings straight from nightmares, indeed. But, they are hardly shocking. The process of nation-making is often like charting stormy seas—it needs lighthouses to not break and collapse. Pakistan, and its militaristic deep-state, serves as a great lighthouse for a sizable chunk of India's nation-builders to find direction, wade around, and gather a larger armada of hatemongers. After all, what better enterprise can there be for hyper-nationalist entities, especially fringe parties like the MNS, than an interminable festival of anti-Pakistanism?
Our guns are fast, our snipers precise, our artillery powerful, our frigates merciless, our jets indomitable, and our nukes hot—but so are theirs.
A toxic, cyclic discourse that ought to remain fiction may be coming true—in the failure of Pakistan lies a distinguished victory for India's otherwise peripheral nationalist galvanizers; in the celebration of the martyrdom of our jawans lies the quotidian pleasures of India's majoritarian aggressors, including but not limited to men in black-and-blue suits running disdainful propaganda programmes in the name of TV news. Why would this blood-baying ever stop then, if it results in positive sentimental dividends for a nation that has been repeatedly poked at the wrong places by a bunch of uniformed, war-hungry men from across the border?
"Border pe Diwali (Diwali on the border)!" is what our primetime slots have come down to, only affirming the belief that as a country that is self-aware of its greater military prowess over her western neighbour, India is actively breeding an entire generation of fierce nationalists who are stakeholders of a permanently hysterical and wounded India-Pakistan dialectic. These guys cannot afford a peaceful international border in Jammu, or an uneventful LoC in Kashmir, for that would immediately terminate the great circus of celebratory valour and pride.
The compelling image of meticulously made-up news anchors, in perfect hairdos and dazzling blazers, breaking to us, between sinister smiles, the news of how our jawans shot to death 15 Pakistanis at the border looks more like dark wartime satire than peacetime evening news.
As a loose set of peoples adhering to a broad-spectrum "Indic culture" marked by cross-civilizational assimilation and inter-faith syncretism, we were supposed to live as a harmonious tribe that eschews violent confrontations and interventions, very unlike the forward-marching "empires" of the world. Instead, we are on the threshold of metamorphosing into a bizarre, religio-cultural war-tribe, albeit not irreversibly.
Who do we blame really—our distressed selves or an exogenous political force that was never in our control?
The obvious way ahead for us is to mend the broken fences, and curl the barbed wires upward. Our guns are fast, our snipers precise, our artillery powerful, our frigates merciless, our jets indomitable, and our nukes hot—but so are theirs. We would perhaps use up only half of our ordnance supplies before they are burnt to ashes, but as a race that prides itself in not dropping a leg into the countless unnecessary wars of the postcolonial world, do we really want to initiate the most apocalyptic battle of this epoch, or still stick to what we do marvellously—de-escalate? Do we really want to replace our real "mediation rooms" with holographic "war rooms"', like those resourceful TV-people did some days back?
Do we really want to initiate the most apocalyptic battle of this epoch, or still stick to what we do marvellously—de-escalate?
I am not sure anymore what we want. By placing the stinging sound of artillery gunfire at the centre of daily news, and digging the democratic plains of our country to create crevasses of overt militarism, we are perhaps really unbecoming to become something that we would not be able to leash in ourselves. We could become something else, just like Sartre's waiter could, for we do have the free will to—at least when it comes to giving a direction to our Pakistan policy. Prime Minister Modi's astounding December 2015 stopover in Lahore to meet his Pakistani counterpart on his way back from Kabul is a case-in-point: we could really become something unprecedented.
Yet, we seem to be on a devious course, dotted by hollering men and women who want us to think and behave in a certain way, to (mis-) deploy Sartre's free will to become automatons to their idea of nationalism. This induced tectonic shift in our national "thinking" reflects well in the uncomplicated motto of one popular news channel that proudly serves as the vanguard of India's new anti-Pakistan discourse—"Soch badlo, desh badlo (Change your thinking, change your country)."


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Posted by panch from ? (220.127.116.11) on Friday, May 17, 2002 at 1:59PM :
...so much is the fear that she will be cut off and isolated when all the muck and yuk is known. If she can keep me isolated instead...cut off from my own people...any new customers, any friends..if she can turn people against me by saying and doing whatever comes into her head...she will "WIN". And winning is what rich folk are all about. They already think they're way ahead of the race cause they have money...winning the race should be a breeze...NO?
It galls them all no end that I have no money...never did...nothing to bribe or buy anyone with...quite the opposite, I make things people WANt to spend money on. That's a kind of acceptance and "affirmation" the others can only wish for...and it makes it too painfully obvious to them that their character and status is allpropped up by money...not anything intrinsic to what or who they are and have to offer. Lincoln told her himself.
That's why Jackie got Rabbi Whacko to call Narsai and why they had people from North Iraq call Jeff and make "hints". She hoped Whacko could convince Narsai to put the squeeze on me because she knows Narsai has been and is my main patron...something he doesn't like to mention..that in the 24 years I've known him the man has spent over $300,000 backing me and allowing me the time to learn to do the very detailed kind of work our art requires. If she could drive a wedge between us...have him say something like Fred...I really can't continue to be associated with you if you keep this up."...it would be a tremendous victory for her.
Narsai isn't for show...he isn't in it for the glory. He's known me from the very beginning and with his friendship and support I can't go wrong...solong as I am true...and he was convinced I was,though he cautions me to take care of myself too.
On the contrary, Whacko's call, at Jackie's instigation, has pushed Narsai to re-consider how the AAS is thought to be alligned with ZOWAA and how this could cause problems for all of us...ALL OF US...down the road...at least that's the conclusion I hope he comes to. He can do alot more for us here among the Americans and Assyrians who DON'T act the way the bejans do...if he distances himself from any organizatiion that is willing to get involved in a personal dispute between an Armenian woman and myself...even to the point of calling here and trying to influence people.
Keep it up Jackie, keep it up...you reveal yourself to us all with each passing day. At least you'll always have a footstool in Wilfred.
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By Stelios Orphanides
Hellenic Bank, Cyprus' second largest, said on Monday it generated an after-tax profit of €35.3m in the first six months of 2018 compared with a net loss of €28.9m last year.
The improved result in the first half of the year was mainly on a €7.4m positive impact of the reversal of impairment losses compared to minus €77.6m in the first half of 2017, said a statement from the bank, which completed the acquisition of the Cyprus Cooperative Bank's operations in September.
Hellenic, which in May completed the sale of €144m in non-performing loans to B2Kapital Ltd, a subsidiary of Norway's B2Holding ASA, and in July last year launched its co-operation with APS Holding, a Prague-based non-performing loans specialist, said that its delinquent loans stock fell by €52m or 2 per cent to €2.1bn mainly "by the curing of restructured loans, collections, debt to asset swaps and write-offs".
The agreement with B2Kapital "did not have a material impact on the income statement and capital position of the Bank due to existing provisions taken against these assets," the bank said.
The bank said that in June, its proforma core equity tier 1 ratio was 13.7 per cent and its capital adequacy ratio 17.4 per cent on a transitional basis which in both cases is above regulatory requirements compared to 13.9 per cent and 17.6 per cent a year before respectively.
Hellenic Bank said that its net loan to deposits ratio stood in June at 47 per cent which allows further business expansion and added that alone in the first six months of 2018, it extended €328m in loans, 77 per cent more compared to a year before.
At the end of June, total customer deposits stood at €5.9bn, up from €5.8bn in December, while gross loans by €33m to almost €4.1bn, the lender said adding that is loan market share rose to 8.6 per cent at the end of June from 8.1 per cent six months before. The respective deposits market share was 12 per cent and 11.9 per cent.
The bank's chief executive officer Ioannis Matsis said that the bank made progress in the first six months of the year in strengthening the lender by reducing its delinquent loans stock for an eleventh consecutive quarter.
"We have successfully completed the acquisition of certain assets and liabilities from the Cyprus Cooperative Bank that will accelerate the bank's strategy of strengthening its franchise across Cyprus with an enlarged and diversified customer base, leading to a more diversified loan portfolio," Matsis was quoted as saying. "Through this transformation transaction, the bank will become the second largest bank and the leading retail bank on the island. The bank will proceed with a capital raise of €150m, already approved by the EGM (extraordinary general meeting) of August 22, 2018, by the end of the year in order to fund the acquired business".


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You are watching the movie Little Stones produced in USA, Brazil, Germany, India, Kenya, Senegal belongs in Category Documentary with duration 87 Min , broadcast at 123MOVIES.LA,Director by Sophia Kruz,From a graffiti artist speaking out against domestic violence in the favelas of Brazil to a dancer rehabilitating sex-trafficking survivors in India, Little Stones profiles four women, each of whom are contributing a stone to the mosaic of the women's movement through their art. The film and accompanying education initiative have been designed to raise awareness about global women's rights issues, and to celebrate creative, entrepreneurial, and arts-therapy based solutions to the most pressing challenges facing women globally.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Sophia Kruz
Duration: 87 Min
Release: 2017
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