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Field criticises GPs for charging 'retainers' for care home provision
The chief inspector of primary care has attacked GPs following claims that some practitioners are charging 'retainer' fees for treating patients in care homes.
Professor Steve Field told the CQC board meeting on Wednesday that he had talks with ministers about GPs 'refusing to talk to patients from care homes unless they get a fee' following newspaper reports.
However, doctors' leaders pointed out that GPs were only charging extra to care homes for providing services 'over and above' what was expected of them as part of the GMS contract.
Professor Field told the CQC board that he was in discussions with ministers about the issue.
He said: 'I am disturbed by some of the newspaper reports about GPs refusing to talk on patients from care home unless they get a fee, that is completely wrong and we will look into that when we start to do our inspections.'
The reports followed research by Care England, the biggest umbrella body for English care home providers, published last month that found that 30 of 34 care homes it surveyed were charged 'retainer' fees to guarantee GP care for their residents.
However, Dr Richard Vautrey GPC deputy chair hit out the claims, saying that GPs were only charging extra to care homes for extra services provided.
He said: 'Some GPs for example provide a weekly ward round to care homes for which they charge a retainer to the care home which is used to backfill for the time that a particular doctors spends away from the practice.'
He accused care home providers of having a 'vested interest' in not paying such retainers and therefore driving up their profits further.
'Many GPs have got concerns about the numbers and the experience of care home staff who are employing less experienced staff which means an extra workload on practices,' he said.
'Many care homes are looking more and more like elderly care wards but they are greatly understaffed.'
Dr Vautrey warned that the CQC's own expectations on care home provision was creating a 'ripple effect'.
'The more they ask of care homes, the more impact this is having on GPs, so CQC needs to be careful of the ripple effect they are having,' he warned.
Meanwhile, Professor Field said he was 'shocked' at some local area team's apparent lack of knowledge about which bodies provide out-of-hours GP services in their area.
He said that the CQC had written to CCG and local area teams requesting information about which out-of-hours providers they were commissioning, but said he had only so far received responses from nine of the 25 LATs.
'It is disappointing that when we ask for information it does not come back quickly and that is a learning point for all of us,' he said.
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One cannot comment specifically on the Prof, but many "academic" GPs, and College senior officers really couldn't do the ordinary job. Some cynics say that is why some of them become academics in the first place, just like some become "committee doctors" on the CCG boards- anything rather than do a full-time GP job.
So, it comes as just a little but rich when people tell us to get on with looking after the massively high demand patients in NH's for a princely £67 a year. That insures my teeth with Denplan for a whole TWO MONTHS. You won't get pet insurance for your rabbit for that much.
I think that it is shocking that some practising GPs spend their time doing other things than looking after their patients. While a GP is raking it in moonlighting at a nursing home, his regular registered 9non nursing-home) patients are not going to be able to see him/ her.
What next? A GP who has his own patients might spend his time swanning around the country given unsolicited, unproven and over-politicised advice to other GPs whilst being paid by the public purse and making himself unavailable to his own patients!
The current funding mechanism for general practice does not reflect the needs of patients with complex health needs such as those patients living in care homes. Patients living in care homes have complex health problems that require significant input from GPs and community staff, as well as skilled care from the nurses who work in care homes. Residents of care home are potentially high users of hospital care as well as having very high prescribing costs, and additional investment in primary care and community services can be highly cost-effective, as well as improving the care these patients receive and their quality of life. Some PCTs introduced local enhanced services for care home patients to recognise the significant input from GPs needed by care home residents. These have often been continued by CCGs. The extra funding from an appropriately funded LES is essential if care home patients are to receive the care they need.
Well it's very simple. Most patients who live in homes are mobile - ie they walk around the home, walk to the lunch room etc etc
Such patients will need to be brought to the surgery (with a staff member if required - after all, higher rate DLA is often being claimed). This may require a taxi, or some other form of assisted travel (at the home's expense).
If homes and Prof Field wants to stick to the letter of the GMS contract and allow nothing more than this, we can too.
I think it is a very good thing that some of these issues are being aired in public. They need to be discussed and a rational way forward for both the NHS and GPs needs to be found. Care homes clearly want ( and need?) more than is currently funded.
However, it is not helpful for people like Field or NHSE staff who demonstrate time and again that they do not understand the issues involved to shoot their mouths off and criticise GPs publicly before they understand what is being done and why. Why of why doesn't he ( or they) investigate first, listen and then propose a sensible solution? Or is the agenda still to slag off GPs as much as possible in the press and be seen to deal with us as if we are naughty school children?


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text: Associate ProfessorELab 324 324 ELab University of Massachusetts 160 Governors Drive Amherst, MA 01003-2210 email@example.com(413) 545-4713(413) 545-1027Wind Energy CenterHorizontal TabsEducation B.S.E., Princeton University, 2002; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007 Research Offshore deep water wind energy; Wind turbine aerodynamics; Offshore wind turbine load mitigation and structural control; Smart wind turbine rotor control Students interested in graduate research should see these two sites for open opportunities:https://windenergyigert.umass.edu/applyhttp://www.umass.edu/windenergy/study.requirements.php Program Area: Mechanical EngineeringResearch Area: Renewable EnergyFluid Dynamics Publications Hao, Y., Lackner, M.A., "Wind Farm Wake Modeling and Wake Impacts Analysis Using the NWTC Design Codes." Wind Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 1: 62-73, 2016. Chase D., Danai K., Lackner M.A., Manwell J.F., "Damage Localization of Wind Turbine Tower and Blades by Signature Isolation in the Time-Scale Domain." Under review, Wind Energy, 2016.Pourazarm P., Caracoglia L., Lackner M.A., Modarres-Sadeghi Y., "Perturbation Methods for the Reliability Analysis of Wind-Turbine Blade Failure due to Flutter." Accepted for Publication, Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 2016. Benitz, M.A., Carlson, D.W., Seyed-Aghazadehb, B., Modarres-Sadeghi, Y., Lackner, M.A., Schmidt, D., "CFD Simulations and Experimental Measurements of Flow Past Free-Surface Piercing, Finite Length Cylinders with Varying Aspect Ratios." Computers and Fluids,, Available Online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045793016302006, 2016. La Cava, W., Danai, K., Spector, L., Flemming, P., Wright, A., Lackner, M.A., "Automatic identification of wind turbine models using evolutionary multi-objective optimization." Renewable Energy, Vol. 87: 892-902, 2016. Stewart, G.M., Lackner, M.A., Arwade, S.R., Hallowell, S., Myers, A.T., "Statistical Estimation of Extreme Loads for the Design of Offshore Wind Turbines." Wind Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 6: 629-640, 2015. Gaertner, E., Lackner, M.A., "Modeling Dynamic Stall for a Free Vortex Wake Model." Wind Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 6: 675-692, 2015. Pourazarm P., Caracoglia L., Lackner M.A., Modarres-Sadeghi Y., "Period-Doubling Route to Chaos in a Two-Degree-of-Freedom Plate Placed in Water." Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 57: 375–390, 2015. Pourazarm P., Caracoglia L., Lackner M.A., Modarres-Sadeghi Y., "Stochastic Analysis of Flow-Induced Dynamic Instabilities of Wind Turbine Blades." Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 137: 37–45, 2015. Stewart, G., Robertson, A., Jonkman, J., Lackner, M.A., "The creation of a comprehensive metocean data set for offshore wind turbine simulations." Available Online DOI: 10.1002/we.1881, 2015. Graf P.A., Stewart G., Lackner M.A., Dykes K., Veers P., "High throughput computation and the applicability of Monte Carlo integration in fatigue load estimation of floating offshore wind turbines" Available Online DOI: 10.1002/we.1870, 2015. Benitz M.A., Lackner M.A., Schmidt D.P., "Hydrodynamics of offshore structures with specific focus on wind energy applications." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 44: 692-716, 2015. Singh K., Baker E., Lackner M.A., "Curtailing Wind Turbine Operations to Reduce Avian Mortality." Renewable Energy, Vol. 78: 351–356, 2015. Pourazarm P., Modarres-Sadeghi Y., Lackner M.A., "A parametric study of the flow-induced instability for the MW-size wind turbine blades." Wind Energy, Available Online DOI: 10.1002/we.1847, 2015. Sebastian T., Lackner M.A., "Comparison of Aerodynamic Load Estimation Approaches for Offshore Floating Wind Turbines." Under review Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 2014. Carswell W., Arwade S.R., DeGroot D.J., Lackner M.A., "Soil-Structure Reliability of Offshore Wind Turbine Monopile Foundations." Wind Energy, Vol. 18, No. 3: 483-498, 2015. Stewart G., Lackner M.A., "The impact of passive tuned mass dampers and wind-wave misalignment on offshore wind turbine loads." Engineering Structures, Vol. 73, No. 15: 54-61, 2014. Chase D., Danai K., Lackner M.A., Manwell J.F., "Detection of Damage in Operating Wind Turbines By Signature Distances." International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management, Vol. 4, No. 018, 2013. Stewart G., Lackner M.A., "Optimization of a Passive Tuned Mass Damper for Reducing Loads in Offshore Wind Turbines." Accepted for publication, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology: Special Issue on Wind Energy, 2012. Sebastian T., Lackner M.A., "Analysis of the Induction and Wake Evolution of an Offshore Floating Wind Turbine." Energies: Special Issue on Wind Energy, Vol. 5, No. 4: 968-1000 2012. Sebastian T., Lackner M.A., "Development of a Free Vortex Code for Offshore Floating Wind Turbines." Renewable Energy, Available online: DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.03.033, 2012. Sebastian T., Lackner M.A., "Characterization of the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Offshore Floating Wind Turbines." Wind Energy, Available online: DOI: 10.1002/we.545, 2012. Lackner M.A., "An Investigation of Variable Power Collective Pitch Control for Load Mitigation of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines." Wind Energy, Available online: DOI: 10.1002/we.1502, 2012. Arwade S.R., Lackner M.A., Grigoriu, M.D., "Probabilistic models for wind turbine and wind farm performance" Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 133, No. 4: 041006, 2011. Stewart G., Lackner M.A., "The Effect of Actuator Dynamics on Active Structural Control of Offshore Wind Turbines" Engineering Structures, Vol. 33, No. 5: 1807-1816, 2011. Lackner M.A., Rotea, M., "Passive Structural Control of Offshore Wind Turbines." Wind Energy, Vol. 14, No. 3: 373-388, 2011. Morgan E.C., Lackner M.A., Vogel R., Baise L., "Probability Distributions for Offshore Wind Speeds" Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 52, No. 1: 15-26, 2011. Lackner M.A., Rotea, M., "Structural Control of Floating Wind Turbines." Mechatronics, Vol. 21, No. 4: 704-719, 2011. Lackner M.A., McGowan J.G., Manwell J.F., Rogers A.L., "A New Method for Improved Hub Height Mean Wind Speed Estimates using Short-Term Hub Height Data." Renewable Energy, Vol. 35, No. 10, 2010. Lackner M.A., van Kuik G.A.M., "The Performance of Wind Turbine Smart Rotor Control Approaches During Extreme Loads." Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 132, No. 1: 011008, 2010. Lackner M.A., "Controlling Platform Motions and Reducing Blade Loads for Floating Wind Turbines." Wind Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 6: 541-553, 2010. Lackner M.A., van Kuik G.A.M., "A Comparison of Smart Rotor Control Approaches using Trailing Edge Flaps and Individual Pitch Control." Wind Energy, Vol. 13, No. 2-3: 117-134, 2009. Lackner M.A., Rogers A.L., Manwell J.F., "Uncertainty Analysis in MCP-Based Wind Resource Assessment and Energy Production Estimation." Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 130, August, 2008. Lackner M.A., Rogers A.L., Manwell J.F., "The Round Robin Site Assessment Method: An Innovative Strategy for Efficient Wind Energy Site Assessment." Renewable Energy, Vol. 33, No. 9, 2008. Lackner M.A., Manwell J.F., "A New Decision Making Approach to Wind Energy Site Assessment." Wind Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 4: 247-265, 2007. Lackner M.A., Elkinton C.N., "An Analytical Framework for Offshore Wind Farm Layout Optimization." Wind Engineering, Vol. 30, No. 1: 17-31, 2007. LinksCV: Matthew Lackner CV 2017.doc


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Bottom line for me is that even after nearly 2 years of waiting, this light should perform like few others. Being small, powerful, with a top notch UI and a tailswitch all for something in the $30 range makes it a winner for me.
FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public
Next up, Lumintop announces FW3A for $99.99….
Next up, Lumintop announces FW3A for $99.99….
That would be about in line with the GT initial group buy price versus full retail.
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BLF members….Next up, Lumintop announces FW3A for $99.99 for
That's with the BLF code…. $89.99 for everybody else…
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Careful there Tally-ho. The last person who commented about these issues got a stern finger wagging from the mods and then disappeared.
I assume it is a joke, does not sound very BLF at least
Someone got banned, but not because of commenting about these issues.
To decide to not buy the FW3A not because of how it became but because you did not like the process is also fair enough but do not waste too much emotion on that …
Each person has their own reasons to buy or not buy items like this, and that's fine. There is no such thing as a wrong reason for that decision… because it's a flashlight. So it's generally best not to get too worked up about it. In the grand scheme of things it is, as someone recently said, small potatoes. And when someone raves or rants about small potatoes, people give them funny looks.
Granted, many of us probably get funny looks already, for being small potato enthusiasts. But still.
I'm'a go finish my leftover potatoes.
Next up, Lumintop announces FW3A for $99.99….
Followed a few months later by "Lumintop announces 70% reduction in the price of the FW2A – now only $29.99!"
+1….. have a with them taters!
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Tally-ho is in no danger of getting banned for the last few posts. People are free to disagree here, as long as it is civil.
RIP "Sharpie 2.0", and RIP my lame joke attempt.
I just assumed most people noticed when the almost constant crapping on the FW3A project stopped earlier this month. But I guess I came across a little too literal with Tally-ho.
Fair enough. I get you. Sometimes it can be a little hard to decipher intent online, but it certainly makes complete sense now. I just wanted to make sure Tally-ho knows that there is a long leash here, and that civilly posted disagreement is always allowed.
It's almost like you guys take this flashlight stuff seriously.
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I would like one
In the grand scheme of things it is, as someone recently said, small potatoes.
Maybe small patatoes but a few manufacturers understood that sometimes, listening small potatoes is good for business.
For recent examples : FireFlies decide to make and sell the stainless steel tail cap as an option (5$). They also modified the E07 head prototype when a deeper fined head was suggested, E07 chamfered fins, etc.
It would not be that difficult to make an alternative external battery tube for the FW3A with it's original design : same lengh, different profil (thickness reduction on both side at 90° angle with a little chamfer on top off it).
Some people are not using pocket clip, or only as an anti-roll feature. No need for the Nitecore big slope chamfer in this case.
There are many online stores offering various options to select before ordering, it's not a big deal, and we do like options.
I don't want to force anyone, but maybe someone from the BLF team could suggest this type of option for a future FW3A-raw-material-with-machining-marks…I would be thankful, but not upset if it never happened as it is not a matter of life and death, just aesthetic, but aesthetic does matter even for tools.
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Didn't want to hope for too much
Just to give an idea for a future FW3A, here is a praxis copper mechanical mod (vaping) with exaggerated machining marks (more a light spiral "knurling") which are grippy.
Sorry for the patatoe quality.
How long does R&D usually go into production of a EDC light?? I
I would say one year from idea to market is normal for a Chinese company to develop a lamp.
The Sofirn C01 was unusually fast.
When BLF is involved you can add a few months, because there is no design freeze. The community will suggest stuff till start of selling and even afterwards.
For what is the front hole in the clip good?
I like to wrap a lanyard around light ant have to come out through the hole to go around my wrist.
Hole at the top, not the hole at the end of the clip.
There could have been a design freeze, but somebody decided it needed paint on the clip and the easter bunny on the button. That wasn't BLF.
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do not waste too much emotion on that
Agreed. Each person has their own reasons to buy or not buy … it's generally best not to get too worked up about it. … it is, as someone recently said, small potatoes.
Maybe small patatoes but a few manufacturers understood that sometimes, listening small potatoes is good for business.
I did not say: Lumintop should not worry excessively about BLF.
The message was: We at BLF should not worry excessively about a particular flashlight.
Lumintop should care, because it is a business and we are its customers. But we should not let things like this bother us, because we are here for enjoyment, and being bothered defeats the point of being here.
If we come here for pleasure and find ourselves unhappy instead, that's a sign that we should step away and do something else. People involved in the project may be kind of stuck here, but everyone else has the freedom to engage in a different activity, focus on other threads, or approach things in a different way which does not cause distress.
BLF.There could have been a design freeze, but somebody decided it needed paint on the clip and the easter bunny on the button. That wasn't
I thought it was cleared up that the clip wasn't painted, and the logo isn't going to be on the group buy lights?
Well said TK. I don't know about the rest of you, but I can be a bit obsessive over even the smallest details if I've spent too much time trying to absorb everything I can about a subject, flashlights being no different. When I get to the point of sweating (literally) about trying to cram entirely too much info into this little cranium of mine, small things can set me off down a spiral of anxiety as opposed to the joy I should be feeling learning about something I enjoy. Don't get me wrong, I bought a ticket at the aft end of this crazy train, but I'm glad to be riding it!
"You need the dark in order to show the light." Bob Ross
"You need the dark in order to show the light." Bob Ross
That's the funniest thing I've seen all day.
Anyway, it seems the fate of the FW3A is in the hands of the potato gods now. If I understand correctly, production may have already started and all that is left may be the final assembly and sales. I have a tracking number for one of the samples in Neal's pics — the ones with the dark clip. But I don't know if that is how production units will look or not. We probably won't know for sure until sales start.
As usual, I can't really say anything with 100% certainty… but I heard a bit more about the emitter options:
- It sounds like Neal is still looking for a good SST-20 tint bin. FA or FD tint, in J4 brightness. Not FB or FC, and not J5, because those are reported to be green.
- LH351D is still possible but it sounds like international relations may interfere with that.
- So it's likely that only XP-L HI will be available at launch time.
- Since the other emitter types haven't happened yet, it sounds like Neal wants to offer XP-L HI in two tints, and he was talking about 3D and 7A.
I tried tossing the emitter poll data at him again, and suggested offering more choices, in ratios matching the poll data… but everything just bounced off. So I asked about a version with no LEDs. I haven't heard back yet.
So it sounds like your sample is just a token for all your work, as opposed to being for review before production begins. Hmm.
we should not let things like this bother us, because we are here for enjoyment, and being bothered defeats the point of being here.
Ive always been baffled by folks that let a bad golf shot ruin their day…… If you cant enjoy yourself you are better off staying at home.
Im not a Pessimist …. just an Optimist with a lot of experience


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Increasing the effectiveness of staff training in services for people with learning disabilities with behaviour that challenges
James Breeze Assistant psychologist, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, intensive support team, Moorgreen Hospital, Southampton, England
Matt Symes Consultant clinical psychologist, learning disabilities division, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, England
Positive behaviour support (PBS) is considered best practice in managing behaviour that challenges in learning disability care. However, training staff to implement PBS approaches has rarely been shown to have lasting effects on consistent delivery of support plans.
This article discusses how PBS training can be designed to ensure retention of knowledge and skills, and to improve implementation of these plans – a significant problem highlighted in recent research. The conclusions drawn from this article support an interactive and collaborative training format in which direct support staff are actively involved with the design, implementation and monitoring of PBS plans. This can be neatly summarised by the Chinese proverb 'Tell me, I will forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve me, and I will understand'.
Learning Disability Practice. doi: 10.7748/ldp.2019.e1987Peer review
This article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and has been checked for plagiarism using automated softwareCorrespondence
None declared
Breeze J, Symes M (2019) Increasing the effectiveness of staff training in services for people with learning disabilities with behaviour that challenges. Learning Disability Practice. doi: 10.7748/ldp.2019.e1987
Published online: 29 July 2019


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More Than 80% Of Skilled Immigrants Find A Job In Canada: Report
Monday, 09 March 2020
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The Language Requirements for Skilled Immigrants (Express Entry)
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Appendix A – The Language Requirements for Skilled Immigrants (Express Entry) Applicants would need to prove their abilities in English or in French. In particular, they would need to demonstrate their abilities in the following areas: Reading Writing Listening and, Speaking Minimum language levels tend to vary with each program. Therefore, applicants would need to
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Canadian Provinces Announce Express Entry Schemes
Sunday, 01 February 2015
Following the launch of the Federal Express Entry Immigration system many Canadian provinces have announced their individual immigration routes that integrate with the federal program. Starting January this year, Canada launched the Express Entry system as a new way of attracting skilled immigrants into the country. Interested applicants have been invited to create their online
- Published in 2015, Canada Immigration News Articles
Skilled Immigration in Newfoundland And Labrador- Inflow Doubled in Seven Years
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Newfoundland and Labrador has been witnessing a steady increase in inflow of skilled immigrants with the inflow rates doubling the past eight years. From 450 per year in 2007, the number of skilled immigrants coming to the province is expected to cross 1000 in 2015. While more and more skilled immigrants are coming, it remains
- Published in 2015, Canada Immigration News Articles
Express Entry to bring 500 more skilled immigrants to Manitoba in 2015
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Beginning January 1, 2015, the Province of Manitoba will be allocated 500 additional immigrants to nominate from the new Express Entry Pool of skilled workers who have expressed interest in immigrating to Canada. Citizenship and Immigration Canada's "Express Entry" system, which intends to match the education and experience of people interested in immigrating with the
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Express Entry Immigration System Details Revealed
Tuesday, 09 December 2014
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While some will be happy, those of you who are regular visitors to the beach for a relaxing afternoon on the beach chairs may not be so happy with the new rules that came into effect on June 21.
Mayor Anan Charoenchasri announced a new policy that removes chairs and umbrellas from both Pattaya and Jomtien beaches on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Vendors are being instructed to remove all their property on Tuesday nights and told not to return until Friday mornings.
The new policy has been put in place for the rest of June and the whole of July so beaches surface can be levelled and restored ready for each weekend.
Along with the imposed two-day ban on chairs officials have decided all vendors will have to take part in a draw once a year to determine there spot on each respective beach.
The raffle for spots on Pattaya beach will take place on the 2nd of August and Jomtien beach will raffle of spots on the 9th of August.
They hope that by raffling of the spots it will end the monopoly some vendors had imposed on the industry over recent years.
What effect will imposing a force two days off work have on the livelihoods of those operating the beach chairs, time will only tell?
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Cold Dark Place
a really technically impressive collection of 4 tracks that highlights their rootsy influences, sound-sculpting expertise, and ability to project raw emotional energy into their songs.
Three of the tracks, "North Side Star," "Blue Walsh," and "Cold Dark Place," were recorded during the sessions for Mastodon's 2014 album 'Once More Round The Sun' and were produced by Nick Raskulinecz. A fourth track, "Toe to Toes," was recorded during the sessions for the band's most recent album, 2016's 'Emperor of Sand', and was produced by Brendan O'Brien.
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What Happens After a Judicial Review
The Federal Court of Canada (the "Federal Court") has the jurisdiction to review immigration decisions, including those of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada ("IRCC") and the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA"). The Federal Court will not order a specific result. Rather, the Federal Court will order that the application be sent back for re-determination by a different officer.
Many people often wonder how that process works.
I recently obtained through a Proactive Disclosure a copy an Access to Information Act request that somebody else submitted which provides insight to these questions. The request stated:
Please send me all information that you have on how your institution responds to orders from the Federal Court or the Federal Court of Appeals to re-evaluate refused Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) applications, including, but not limited to: – any penalties or other actions that your institution imposes on visa officers refuse TRV applications that the Federal Court ordered to be re-evaluated, including, but not limited to penalties, reductions in salaries, reductions in employment rank, retraining, termination of employment, notes in performance evaluations, verbal warnings, written warnings, etc. – any changes to training materials, procedures, etc. Please also send me information on whether your institution keeps track, at a visa officer level, of the number of visa applications that each visa officer evaluates, the number that the visa officer refuses, and the number of refused applications that the Federal Court has ordered to be re-evaluated. If your institution keeps track of this information for each visa officer, then please send me this information, along with information you have about each visa officer, including but not limited to: dates and places of employment as a visa officer, gender, date of birth, nationality, citizenship, performance evaluations, etc.
What Happens After a JR
While individual IRCC office procedures vary,
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Judicial Review Success Rates on Refugee Matters based on the Judge
Sean Rehaag, an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, has published a paper titled Judicial Review of Refugee Determinations (II): Revisiting the Luck of the Draw. Its Abstract states:
This article updates an earlier empirical study of decision-making in the refugee law context in Canada's Federal Court. The initial study found that outcomes in Federal Court applications for judicial review of refugee determinations depended all too often on the luck of the draw – on which judge decided the case. Since the initial study was released, the Federal Court has adopted measures to address variations in grant rates across judges. Drawing on data collected from over 33,000 online Federal Court dockets from 2008 to 2016, the article examines whether those measures have been successful and what further reforms should be pursued.
Some of the charts contained within are fascinating, and show the following.
1) The number of applications for leave to commence judicial review in refugee matters has been steadily declining since 2012.
2) The % of leave applications being granted has increased from just under 20% from 2008-2012 to just under 30%.
3) The % of successful judicial review applications, not including those that settle, has increased from under 10% to around 15%
4) The JR Grant Rate, including leave decisions, ranges from 0.7% to 33.8% in 2008-2011, and 1.8% to 22.8% in 2013-2016, depending on who the judge is.
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Certified Questions and the Federal Court of Appeal
The Federal Court of Canada has the ability to review the decisions of administrative tribunals, including decision makers with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency. Most people familiar with judicial systems know that decisions of lower courts can be appealed to higher courts. However, section 74(d) of Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and s. 22.2(d) of the Citizenship Act provide that an appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal may only be made if a Federal Court judge, when rendering judgement, the judge certifies that a serious question of general importance is involved and states the question.
It is important to note that once a judge certifies a question an appeal to the Federal Court of Canada is not limited to the question that the judge certified. In Kanthasamy v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), the Supreme Court stated that (citations removed):
Once an appeal has been brought to this Court by way of certified question, this Court must deal with the certified question and all other issues that might affect the validity of the judgment under appeal. The certification of a question "is the trigger by which an appeal is justified" and, once triggered, the appeal concerns "the judgment itself, not merely the certified question." Simply put, "once a case is to be considered by the Federal Court of Appeal, that Court is not restricted only to deciding the question certified"; instead, the Court may "consider all aspects of the appeal before it."
Despite the firm wording in the IRPA and in the Citizenship Act, the Federal Court of Appeal has allowed certain exceptions to the rule that an appeal cannot be made to the Federal Court of Canada without leave.
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Staying Removal at Federal Court
The Federal Court of Canada can provide interlocutory stays, including staying removal.
There is a three-stage test to be applied when considering an application for an interlocutory injunction.
A court must determine that there is a serious issue or question to be tried, that the applicant would suffer irreparable harm if the injunction were to be refused, and that the balance of convenience (assessed by examining which of the parties will suffer the greater harm from granting or refusing the injunction) rests with the applicant.
As well, it is important to note that a stay of removal is an equitable remedy that is typically only available to an individual who has not committed an inequity.
Irreparable Harm
The Supreme Court of Canada describes 'irreparable harm' as follow:
"Irreparable" refers to the nature of the harm suffered rather than its magnitude. It is harm which either cannot be quantified in monetary terms or which cannot be cured, usually because one party cannot collect damages from the other.
In other words, harm which can be avoided, or if unavoidable can be cured, is not irreparable harm.
Irreparable harm is often the deciding factor in an interlocutory motion. In British Columbia Civil Liberties Association v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), for example, the Federal Court found that there was no irreparable harm for Canadian citizens facing loss of their citizenship. The reason for this was because there was (and as of writing is) currently a consolidated Federal Court proceeding through which anyone who files an Application for Leave to Commence Judicial Review will receive an automatic stay. As Justice Zinn noted:
Here, as the Moving Parties admit, the harm to anyone in receipt of a Notice of Intent to Revoke Citizenship is avoidable.
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The Right of Permanent Resident Visa Holders to Appeal to the IAD
On June 5, 2015, the appellants in Elham Fathy Elsayed Ismail et al v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, A-203-15, discontinued their appeal of the Federal Court's decision in Ismail v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FC 338 ("Ismail"). This is unfortunate because the question that Justice de Montigny certified needs to be answered. That question was:
For the purposes of determining its jurisdiction to hear an appeal pursuant to subsection 63(2) of the IRPA, shall the validity of the permanent resident visa be assessed by the IAD at the time of arrival in Canada or at the time the exclusion order is made?
The question is important because it addresses a growing tendency of the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA") to defer the examination of foreign nationals possessing permanent resident visas seeking to become permanent residents where CBSA suspects that the foreign nationals may not be admissible to Canada, rather than preparing an inadmissibility report. During the deferral period, the CBSA will then contact Citizenship and Immigration Canada ("CIC"), who, often without providing the prospective permanent resident with any notice, cancel the permanent resident visa. CBSA can then deny entry to Canada on the basis that the person does not have a valid permanent resident visa rather than for the underlying possible inadmissibility. Many immigration practitioners have suspected that the reason for this is to prevent the prospective permanent resident from having a right of appeal to the Immigration Appeal Division (the "IAD").
The Federal Court's decision in Ismail in my opinion raised more questions than it answered, and it is unfortunate that the question will remain murky until the question is again certified in the future.
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Introducing a Residency Requirement for Social Transfers
The Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (the "FPFAA") establishes the Canada Social Transfer, a federal block transfer to provinces and territories to support post-secondary education, social assistance, social services, early childhood development, and early learning. In 2014-15 the total Canada Social Transfer transferred to all provinces and territories will be almost $12.6 billion.
The FPFAA stipulates that one of the objectives of the Canada Social Transfer is to maintain a national standard in which no period of minimum residency is required or allowed for an individual to receive social assistance, and the current version of s. 25.1 of the FPFAA achieves this by stipulating that:
Criteria for eligibility — Canada Social Transfer
25.1 In order that a province may qualify for a full cash contribution under [the Canada Social Transfer] for a fiscal year, the laws of the province must not
(a) require or allow a period of residence in the province or Canada to be set as a condition of eligibility for social assistance or for the receipt or continued receipt of social assistance; or
(b) make or allow the amount, form or manner of social assistance to be contingent on a period of such residence.
In other words, provinces and territories cannot currently impose a minimum period of residence on the receipt of social assistance without a reduction in their Canada Social Transfer payments.
One of the measures in the Conservative Government of Canada's second Omnibus Bill titled "A Second Act to Implement Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures" (the "Budget Implementation Act") would modify this national standard to clarify that provinces only cannot impose residency requirements on the following people:
- Canadian citizens;
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Arguing Incompetence of Counsel in an Appeal
Last updated on April 23rd, 2019
Many lawyers when they meet with clients often review rejected applications and/or appeals where it is obvious that the individual's previous representative was incompetent. The examples of incompetence range from missed deadlines to ignorance of the law. Some specific examples include:
- former counsel being told by an Immigration Appeal Division member to "sit down" because they were incompetent;
- an immigration consultant not knowing the difference between a "conviction" and a "dismissal";
- an immigration consultant stating that the "prevailing wage = the wage paid to Canadians at the employer's company"; and
- a lawyer filing late because "deadlines are policy, not statute."
While the previous representative's incompetence may serve as a ground for relief in a judicial review, cases based on incompetence and/or negligence of previous counsel are exceptionally difficult. The Federal Court's March 7, 2014, Procedural Protocol on arguing incompetence of counsel only make these cases more challenging.
The Law on Incompetence of Counsel
As the Supreme Court of Canada stated in R v. GDB for incompetence/negligence of previous counsel/representative to count as a ground for judicial review, it must be established that (1) previous counsel's acts or omissions constituted incompetence and (2) that a miscarriage of justice resulted from the incompetence.
The Federal Court has closely followed the above two requirements when determining whether an alleged incompetence is a ground for review. In the frequently cited case of Memari v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), the Federal Court stated that:
…the performance component must be exceptional and the miscarriage of justice component must be manifested in procedural unfairness,
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The Beyond the Border Initiative – ETA, Information Sharing, Tracking Exits
[The following is a slightly edited (to include links) version of an article that I wrote for The Canadian Immigrant.]
In February 2011, Canada and the United States agreed to the Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competiveness. More commonly known as the Beyond the Border Action Plan, the effect of the agreement was to strengthen co-operation and, in some cases, harmonize Canadian and American immigration practices.
The Government of Canada has begun enthusiastically implementing the terms of the Beyond the Border Action Plan, and will in 2014-2015 introduce three significant changes to Canadian immigration legislation that will impact almost everyone who enters Canada.
Electronic travel authorization
People who wish to visit Canada generally fall into one of two categories: those who need to apply for and obtain temporary resident visas prior to arriving in Canada; and those who can arrive at Canadian ports of entry without first obtaining a visa. This will change in April 2015, when Canada implements the electronic travel authorization ("eTA") system.
All foreign nationals who are exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa will instead need to obtain online authorization before they fly to Canada. This includes Europeans, Australians, Japanese, Koreans, etc. Citizens from the United States, however, are exempt.
The eTA application process will be online via the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) website. Applicants will be required to enter biographic, passport and background information, which may affect admissibility to Canada. An electronic system will then perform an examination that includes a risk assessment and a verification of the information provided in the application against enforcement databases. The Government of Canada expects that the majority of applications will be approved within minutes.
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Four Case Comments
Sharifi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 453
This was a FSWP case involving an officer who refused a marine engineer's application because the officer did not think that the applicant had demonstrated that he performed the main duties of NOC 7132. In overturning the decision, the Federal Court judge (who prior to becoming a judge was a marine lawyer) stated that the officer did not demonstrate the expertise required of a visa officer.
The following two paragraphs are the most interesting part of the decision:
Furthermore, decision-makers are entitled to deference because of their expertise. The visa officer should be taken to know the functions of a third engineer, even if they had not been spelled out.
Consequently, the visa officer is taken to know the Marine Personnel Regulations issued under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. He would know that a fourth class engineer has at least six months of sea service as an engineer in charge of machinery on vessels that have a propulsive power of at least 500 kW, has attended various training courses and has successfully been examined with respect to applied mechanics, thermodynamics, electro technology, engineering knowledge of motor vessels and steamships and, once again, much, much more.
Perhaps the Federal Court of Appeal, and eventually the Supreme Court of Canada, will consider this case when they determine whether the standard of review for questions of law in immigration matters is reasonableness or correctness.
Zhou v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 465
This case involved a wealthy Chinese individual whose application for a Temporary Resident Visa was refused. While the Court was critical of much of the officer's decision,
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Court Certifies Numerous Questions in Dismissal of Skilled Worker Class Action [Updated – Federal Court of Appeal Dismisses Appeal]
In Tabingo c. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 FC 377, the Federal Court (the "Court") certified three questions when it dismissed the class action lawsuit launched by people whose permanent residence applications were terminated by Bill C-38, the Jobs Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act ("Bill C-38"). Bill C-38 introduced a new s. 87.4(1) ("Section 87.4(1)")to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 ("IRPA") ,which terminated Federal Skilled Worker Class applications made before February 27, 2008 unless an officer had made a selection decision before March 29, 2012.
Section 87.4(1) reads:
87.4 (1) An application by a foreign national for a permanent resident visa as a member of the prescribed class of federal skilled workers that was made before February 27, 2008 is terminated if, before March 29, 2012, it has not been established by an officer, in accordance with the regulations, whether the applicant meets the selection criteria and other requirements applicable to that class.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an application in respect of which a superior court has made a final determination unless the determination is made on or after March 29, 2012.
(3) The fact that an application is terminated under subsection (1) does not constitute a decision not to issue a permanent resident visa.
(4) Any fees paid to the Minister in respect of the application referred to in subsection (1) — including for the acquisition of permanent resident status — must be returned, without interest, to the person who paid them. The amounts payable may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
(5) No person has a right of recourse or indemnity against Her Majesty in connection with an application that is terminated under subsection (1).
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Anime Ships
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~I want everyone to comment what favorite Anime Character ship from any Anime series and why~
My favorite Ship is:
Gajeel x Levy
Why Gajeel and Levy is my favorite Ship from Fairy Tail:
Gajeel is tall, muscular, has a deep mind, and can be very violent often while Levy is short, overly sweet, helpful and frail. I find them a great couple, Gajeel a protector and Levy a loyalist.
Haruhime and Ciarán (Reon) like this
Altough making a choice was difficult, I think HakxYona is the best.^^ They have been going through a lot that's why their relationship is strong. They always make fun of each other and it is fun to watch.(especially Yona always gets angry over Hak's... more
In that case I really enjoyed Bloom into You, So Touko and Yuu would be my pick. Also since iam a big fan of magical index and even though they are not a couple yet i like Touma and Misaka
my favorite anime ship is from pokemon xy which is ash x serena
Usui and Misaki from Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama


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Twelve vie for queen's crown
The 2013 contestants vying for the 77th International Rice Festival Queen's title have been announced by Janet Hebert, Rice Festival Queen's/Contestants Committee Chairman.
The queen's pageant will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Cajun Country Rice Stage located on the courthouse grounds.
The 12 young ladies included in the pageant are the following:
• Stephanie Becnel, daughter of Catherine Becnel and Mr. and Mrs. Steven Becnel, is representing the Bridge City Gumbo Festival. She is a student at Our Lady of Holy Cross College.
Stephanie's favorite subjects are philosophy and fine arts. Her future plans are to receive a degree in Liberal Arts with a certificate to teach secondary education.
Stephanie's hobbies include having a passion for the arts including painting, graphic design, singing, and theatre.
• Amber Brewer, daughter of Lisa and Marvin Brewer, is representing the Arkansas Rice Festival. She is a student at Middle Tennessee State University.
Amber's favorite subjects are accounting, personal finance, and business education. Her future plans are to graduate with a Master of Business Education, pass the Praxis and CPA exams, work for a Big 4 Accounting firm, and then teach high school students.
Amber's hobbies include hiking, camping, canoeing, working out, shopping, modeling, arts/crafts, attending concerts and other performing arts events, and spending time with family.
• Allie Doise, daughter of Cindy and Luke Doise, is representing the Jeff Davis Parish Farm Bureau. She is a student at Elton High School.
Allie's favorite subjects are math and biology. Her future plans are to attend Louisiana State University in the fall studying oncology.
Allie's hobbies include showing pigs, tumbling, cheering, reading, traveling, playing softball, exercising, spending time with friends and family, running track, pole vaulting, running hurdles, and public speaking.
• Mallory Duhe', daughter of Kimberly and Mark Duhe', is representing the St. James Parish Sugar Queen Pageant. She is a student at the Louisiana State University.
Mallory's favorite subjects are human anatomy and human physiology. Her future plans are to graduate from LSU with a Kinesiology degree, become a Physician's Assistant in dermatology, get married, and have a family.
Mallory's hobbies include competitive dancing and swimming, crafting, shopping, exercising, volunteering for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and Relay for Life.
• Dakota Henry, daughter of Renee and Rickey Henry, is representing the Rayne Frog Festival. She is a student at University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Dakota's favorite subjects are political science, American literature, and public speaking. Her future plans are to graduate from college, and then join the U.S. Navy and attend Officer Candidate School, and then eventually work in Civil Service dealing with foreign affairs.
Dakota's hobbies include running and working out, gymnastics, dancing, baking, and watching football.
• Hailey Hensgens, daughter of Joan and Donnie Hensgens, is representing Iberia Parish. She is a student at Louisiana State University.
Hailey's favorite subjects are political science and anthropology. After completing an internship in Washington, D.C., her ambition is to achieve a Master's Degree in Public Administration in order to one day run an international humanitarian organization to assist in the fight against human trafficking.
Hailey's hobbies include sketching, painting, "Do It Yourself" crafts, singing, playing piano, experimental cooking and baking, Yoga, squirrel hunting, skeet shooting, and having weekend barbecues with the family.
• Katelyn LeDoux, daughter of Delilah and David LeDoux, is representing the City of Rayne. She is a student at Rayne High School.
Katelyn's favorite subjects are math and science. Her future plans are to attend the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and pursue a degree in Chemical Engineering.
Katelyn's hobbies include cheerleading, softball, fishing, reading, shopping, and volunteering for Miles Perret Cancer Services.
• Olivia LeJeune, daughter of Edith and Donald LeJeune, is representing the City of Crowley, sponsored by the Crowley Professional Women's Club. She is currently a Legal Assistant at Landry, Landry, and Landry in Crowley.
Olivia's favorite subjects are science and math. Her future plans are to go back to college and further her education in the legal field.
Olivia's hobbies include dancing, cooking, photography, being with family and friends, caring for animals, and just living life to the fullest.
• Melissa Minton, daughter of Betty and Dwight Minton, is representing the Town of Welsh. She is a student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Melissa's favorite subjects are math, communications and marketing. Her future plans are to become a successful independent business owner and/or the lieutenant governor of Louisiana.
Melissa's hobbies include cooking, gardening, crafting, working out, and playing with my niece and nephews.
• Maggie Mott, daughter of Karen and Richard Mott, is representing the Louisiana Rice Run. She is a student at McNeese State University.
Maggie's favorite subjects are biology and French. Her future plans are to graduate from college and graduate school with honors, have a successful career as a neurologist or exotic veterinarian, and start a loving family.
Maggie's hobbies include playing sports, baking, drawing, volunteering for 4-H, cooking, and running.
• Angelle' Venissat, daughter of Lisa and Eric Venissat, is representing the Town of Gueydan. She is a student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Angelle's favorite subjects are history, communications and political science. Her future plans are to graduate in the fall of 2014, apply for graduate school and internships in the advertising market.
Angelle's hobbies include being around family and friends, going on adventures, reading, and running.
• Madalyn Walston, daughter of Chelsea and Woody Walston, is representing the North Vermilion 4-H Club. She is a student at North Vermilion High School.
Madalyn's favorite subjects are math and biology. Her future plans are to become a radiologist.
Madalyn's hobbies include running, participating in band and the 4-H and Math Clubs, and hanging out with friends.
Contestants will be judged in interview and stage presentation.
The 77th Rice Festival Queen will be presented with $3,250 in cash scholarships and will represent the International Rice Festival at the Washington, D.C., Mardi Gras Ball and the Rice Millers Association Convention being held this year in Lake Tahoe.


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UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14: For the past two years, the secretary-general of the United Nations, AntÛnio Guterres, has watched as President Donald Trump upends American foreign policy, engaging in trade wars while simultaneously disengaging from international agreements and alliances. And now Guterres has reached a verdict: The United States, once the guarantor of global stability, is losing its ability to influence world events.
"I think that the soft power of the United States Ö is being reduced at the present moment," Guterres told me in an interview. This, he suggested, is dangerous because there "is no way to solve most of the problems in the world without" America.
"We were sitting in his New York office, beside an array of windows overlooking Four Freedoms Park-an homage to Franklin Roosevelt's vision of what the United States and its allies were fighting to preserve and promote during World War II. It was Roosevelt who spearheaded the effort to construct the United Nations from the ruins of that war more than seven decades ago. "The United States is today involved in a number of conflicts of different natures-in relation to trade, in relation to other situations-and indeed that means that the Ö attraction of American society that was a dominant factor in international relations just a few decades ago is today less clear," Guterres said.
This is happening at the same time as the world itself is "in pieces," moving since the end of the Cold War from an American-led order to an order led by multiple powers that has yet to be defined, he told me. "It's inevitable that mono-state leadership of the international order will be more and more put into question," said Guterres, who had just returned from a marker of this transitional period: a summit in Beijing on China's deepening ties with Africa. "Both the United States and the rest of the world need to be able to adapt to this new situation," he said.
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So Guterres has a "simple" strategy to keep Washington engaged: "It is to affirm the things we believe in, not in confrontation against, but as such," he told me. "I'm not a multilateralist against anybody. I'm a multilateralist because I believe in a multilateral order Ö I consider climate change as the biggest threat [to the world]. That has nothing to do with who is or is not the head of a country or another Ö [With] climate change, if you do not act decisively in the next few years, you might have irreversibly dramatic impacts on the planet. And we are losing the race. Climate change is running faster than we are."
Guterres is in the perhaps impossible position of leading something called the United Nations at a time when, in his own view, the world is fracturing. -AP


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Tadesse Kiros Law Office, in partnership with Baker McKenzie, hosted a seminar on the Ethiopian power sector and lessons that could be learned from other markets. Representatives from both the private and the public sectors such as Siemens, General Electric, IFC, ENGIE, the Ethiopian Energy Authority, Ministry of Finance, and Investment Commission were in attendance.read more
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Tadesse Kiros Law Office, Addis Ababa – based law office, today announced that it has been invited to join Meritas, a global alliance of independent business law firms. The affiliation offers Tadesse Kiros Law Office access to nearly 7,000 lawyers in 233 global markets. The office's clients will benefit from local legal insight, local rates and world-class client service.read more
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Some may question why anyone would wish to receive regular emails from brands, but the same question could be posed as to why people follow brands on social platforms like Twitter or Instagram. Yet Topshop has 9.8 million Instagram followers, McDonalds has 3.4 million, and even niche skincare brand Frank Body has 700,000.
People are willing to engage with brands if they are creating compelling and engaging content that doesn't feel too much like a marketing play. In the internet age, personality has become the new frontier, and in some ways cultivating a recognisable brand identity is the more important job of communications than activities traditionally closer to marketing and sales.
Email marketing has a surprisingly high ROI of 28.5 percent according to Chief Marketer, compared to 7 percent for direct mail, and in fact 59 percent of marketers say that email offers their biggest ROI. This means if you master it, email marketing can become one of the most powerful tools in your arsenal.
Decide what your aims are
Take a measured approach - and take your time - to consider what the aims of your email marketing campaign are and how best to achieve these.
Whether you are an events based, consumer goods, or b2b firm, these approaches will massively vary. However, a universal goal is attracting people to your website so make sure the links to your site are plentiful and prominent throughout.
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Deciding what to write in your email communications will reflect the aim of the overall campaign - is it primarily a tool to communicate deals and offers, or is it part of a wider and more pervasive marketing push?
If the former, you can keep text exceptionally sparse. However, if you intend it as a brand-building tool then you could consider including slightly more text. But remember, brevity is key - this is the internet, folks.
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Patently, words act as the prime amphitheatre in which to act out the colourful and drama-laden pantomime of your brand. Make sure your tone and style fits with the aims of your image and identity. There is leeway for every brand to experiment a little, and consumer-facing brands especially have the scope to play with a funny and irreverent persona. Of course, for some brands and organisations, it's important to adopt a slightly more serious or professional tone.
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Broad principles would dictate keeping the tone personable, friendly and light (unless your brand is all about plumbing the dark and twisted depths of the human psyche, in which case, props).
Despite the importance of tone, it's advisable to keep the copy short and engaging. Most people haven't got the time or inclination to read a block of dense text in a branded email.
On this topic, a subject line that is designed to be attention grabbing is a very good idea. The open rate for marketing emails is generally risible. To nudge people towards clicking, you need to lead with the most notable feature of the email. For consumer goods, this could be an announcement of a new product or range, for a store it could be the announcement of a sale.
If you are a news or content site, you should be highlighting the most interesting or amusing thing in your email. Buzzfeed, for example, chooses a line from an article featured in the newsletter as a subject line.
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For many brands, leading with images and a light smattering of text is the best option. This is especially true for brands - food, clothing, beauty - that lend themselves to an image-heavy approach.
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When devising a design, it's always advisable to go high-impact. Your email is just one tiny toenail clipping in the frothing soup of digital ephemera known as 'content'. To snatch even a second from those weaving, Twitter-intoxicated eyeballs and be even fleetingly transmitted into those meme-addled brains, you must make a bold statement.
Make sure the most important information you want to transmit is placed front and centre: some estimates put the average attention span today at a sliver of eight seconds.