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© 2015 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Background: Existing review required updating. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of physiotherapy exercise after discharge from hospital on function, walking, range of motion, quality of life and muscle strength, for patients following elective primary total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis. Design: Systematic review from January 2007 to November 2013. Data sources: AMED, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Kingsfund Database, and PEDro. Cochrane CENTRAL, BioMed Central (BMC), The Department of Health National Research Register and Clinical register. Searches were overseen by a librarian. Authors were contacted for missing information. No language restrictions were applied. Eligibility criteria: Trials comparing physiotherapy exercise vs usual/standard care, or comparing two types of relevant exercise physiotherapy, following discharge from hospital after elective primary total hip replacement for osteoarthritis were reviewed. Outcomes: Functional activities of daily living, walking, quality of life, muscle strength and joint range of motion. Study appraisal: Quality and risk of bias for studies were evaluated. Data were extracted and meta-analyses considered. Results: 11 trials are included in the review. Trial quality was mixed. Newly included studies were assessed as having lower risk of bias than previous studies. Narrative review indicates that physiotherapy exercise after discharge following total hip replacement may potentially benefit patients in terms of function, walking and muscle strengthening. Limitations: The overall quality and quantity of trials, and their diversity, prevented meta-analyses. Conclusions: Disappointingly, insufficient evidence still prevents the effectiveness of physiotherapy exercise following discharge to be determined for this patient group. High quality, adequately powered, trials with long term follow up are required.

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INTRODUCTION: Low vitamin D status is prevalent among South Asians living in the UK. The relationship, however, between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level (25OHD), serum parathyroid level (PTH) and bone mass in this group of women is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the association between serum PTH, 25OHD and bone mass in a population based sample of young UK South Asian women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Names of South Asian women aged 18 to 36 years of Pakistani origin living in the Greater Manchester area were identified from primary care registers using validated computer software. Subjects were invited to attend for (i) a blood test for assessment of serum calcium (Ca), albumin, PTH and 25OHD and (ii) for bone mineral density (BMD) scanning using the following: areal BMD at the hip (femoral neck, total hip) and lumbar spine using dual X-ray absorptiometry (Hologic QDR 4500), and volumetric BMD at the distal radius using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (Norland Stratec XCT 2000). Linear regression was used to determine the association between serum 25OHD, PTH and BMD at the different sites with adjustments made for age. RESULTS: In all, 78 women (mean age 29.2 years) were included in the analysis. Mean serum Ca level was 2.42 mmol/l, 25OHD, 7.9 ng/ml and PTH, 52.8 pg/ml. The majority of women (94%) had serum 25OHD levels <or=15 ng/ml, while 20 (26%) had evidence of marked deficiency (<or=5 ng/ml). Mean serum PTH level was similar in subjects with a serum 25OHD of 10.1-15 ng/ml and >15 ng/ml, though rose progressively in subjects with levels below 10 ng/ml. Serum 25OHD was positively associated with BMD at the hip and spine while PTH was negatively associated with BMD at the hip and spine. When categorized by serum 25OHD level there was an increase in BMD at the total hip and distal radial site at least up to levels of 15 ng/ml. CONCLUSIONS: Despite widespread recognition, hypovitaminosis D is still prevalent among young UK South Asian women. In these women a decrease in serum 25OHD level <or=15 ng/ml is associated with a progressive reduction in bone mass at the hip and wrist.

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The Chase Ink family of business credit cards makes it easy to rack up Chase Ultimate RewardsⓇ points through a combination of high sign-up bonuses and generous spending bonus categories. For example, the Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card currently features this sign-up offer: New Offer! Earn 100k bonus points after you spend $15,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That's $1,250 toward travel when redeemed through Chase Ultimate Rewards®. And the Ink Business Cash℠ Credit Card will earn you 5% cash back on the first $25,000 you spend on cable, internet, phone bills and at office supply stores.

But once you’ve built up a stack of Chase Ultimate RewardsⓇ, what are your options for using them? We created a step-by-step guide to show you all the different ways you can redeem your points.

Straight cash

Perhaps the easiest way to redeem your rewards is to take them as cash. Converting your points into cash is a fairly easy process:

  • First, log into your Chase account.

  • From the homepage, click on the link that takes you to your Rewards homepage (this is the page you’ll need to be on for pretty much all of your redemption options).

  • Click on the link labeled “Cash Back.”

  • Decide how many points you want to redeem and in which account you want the money deposited.

Note: It will take up to three business days for the cash to hit your account.

For cash redemptions, 1 Chase Ultimate Rewards® point is considered to be worth 1 cent. So if you were to take 10,000 points as cash, you would receive $100.

Taking cash for your points is a good option if you don’t travel or if you just appreciate the simplicity of immediately having money in your account, but it rarely offers you the best value for your points.

This is one of the more popular options for using points, and it's not a difficult process:

  • Again, navigate your way to your Rewards home page.

  • Click on the link at the top of the page labeled “Travel.”

  • You’ll then be taken to a page where you’ll see all of your options for redeeming your points, including flights, hotels, cruises and car rentals.

  • Enter your destination and travel dates, click the search button, and you’ll be shown all of your options.

There are two important things to note when redeeming your points for travel:

  1. Chase allows you to combine points and cash when making your redemption. So if you're short on points for your dream vacation, you can make up the difference with cash.

  2. Chase cards will give you a redemption bonus if you use your points through their travel portal. For example, the Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card gives you a 25% bonus for every point you redeem through the portal, and the Chase Sapphire Reserve® gives you a 50% bonus.

So if you use 10,000 points on the Preferred’s portal, then those points will have an actual value of 12,500 points.

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You can redeem your points for gift cards from hundreds of different retailers, including Target, Hulu, Sephora, Albertsons and many more. Just click on the “Gift Card” link at the top of the Rewards home page, and you’ll be taken to a list of every gift card that Chase offers. From there, it's easy to select the card you want and the amount you'd like on it.

Generally, gift cards have a value of 1 cent for every 1 point you spend, with a minimum and maximum value that you can purchase. However, the site frequently features sales where cards can be purchased at a discount, which can offer decent value for your points.

Amazon shopping

You can also use your Chase Ultimate Rewards® points to shop on Amazon:

  • Click on the Amazon link at the top of your Rewards home page.

  • You’ll then be required to link your Chase Ink card to your Amazon account.

  • When you make a purchase, you’ll have to choose to pay with your Chase Ink card. Then you’ll be given the opportunity to apply your points to your purchase.

The value of your Chase Ultimate Rewards® points on Amazon are subject to change, but according to NerdWallet’s research, 1 point is worth approximately 0.8 cent on Amazon. This is a low redemption and generally not recommended. You would get better value for your points if you took them as cash and then paid for your Amazon purchases that way.

The bottom line

Head over to the Chase Rewards homepage, which is your starting point for redeeming points no matter how you want to spend them. Remember that as long as you keep your card open, your points don’t expire. So there is no need to make a redemption, especially a sub-optimal one, if you don’t have to.

How to Maximize Your Rewards

You want a travel credit card that prioritizes what’s important to you. Here are our picks for the best travel credit cards of 2020, including those best for:

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While it may be more convenient to buy a home in the summer before school starts, waiting until fall or winter can save you big dollars, a new NerdWallet study found.

To determine the most affordable time to buy, NerdWallet analyzed the past two years’ worth of listings and sales in the 50 most populous U.S. metro areas using data from NerdWallet found that home sale prices — the amount a buyer actually pays — in the nation’s largest metro areas typically peak during the summer, dip in the fall and are lowest in winter, potentially saving off-peak buyers thousands of dollars.

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  • Summer is typically the most expensive time to buy. In the majority of metro areas analyzed, home sale prices peak in June and July. Inventory is also highest those months, but so is competition.
  • Sale prices fall in autumn. Home listing prices don’t fall dramatically once summer ends — they only decrease less than half a percent in the fall. But sale prices take a noticeable dip. In the 50 metro areas, home sale prices dropped 2.96% on average — that’s a drop of $8,300 on the median home — from summer (June through August) to fall (September through November).
  • Home sale prices are usually lowest in winter. If you can wait a little longer to buy, hold off until January or February, when homes cost 8.45% less on average than in June through August. January had the cheapest sale prices in 29 of the 50 metro areas, and February had the cheapest prices in 19 areas.

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The degree of seasonal decreases in home sale prices varies across metro areas. In our analysis, the metro area of Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut, experienced the largest drop in price from summer to fall at 8.2%. The Cleveland-Elyria, Ohio, metro area had the second-largest drop at 8.0%, and the Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama, metro area came in third with a 7.6% drop in price from summer to fall.

“If your circumstances give you the freedom to be able to choose the best time to look to sign a contract on a new home, there’s no question that the market dynamics favor you the most to do that in the dead of winter, ideally in January or February, right before the activity starts to heat up,” says Jonathan Smoke, chief economist for

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Emily Starbuck Crone is a staff writer at NerdWallet, a personal finance website. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @emstarbuck. Daniel Tonkovich is a data analyst at NerdWallet. Email: [email protected].


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  • Daihan Travel & Tour Ltd. – Posted by Owner
  • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Job ID : 11748
  • Category : Administrative
  • Job Type : Full-Time
  • Salary : $22-23 Hourly
  • Anticipated Start Date : As soon as possible
  • Posting Date : 17 Jun 2020
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Benefits: 4% of vacation fee or 10 days of paid vacation
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Daihan Travel is one of well-established Korean travel agencies in Vancouver, BC operating since May 1992 and we have been growing every year. Daihan Travel is looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented and experienced Administrative assistant to join our high paced travel consulting agency.

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I have a student called Andreas who likes practicing with his Chinese colleagues after class. One day he told me that he called one of his female colleagues “xiao jie(小姐)”but she was not so happy with that. She would like to be called “nv shi (女士)”. He was so confused because“xiao jie(小姐)” was what I taught in class. I realized that “xiao jie(小姐)” means “prostitute” in some places such as Guangdong. So I told him about that, and suggested practicing with Chinese friends as soon as he has the chance because we can learn much better in real situations. Besides, by blending in with Chinese people, students can learn more about the culture and avoid some mistakes.


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First, focus on a simple menu. Do not immediately want to try a complex menu that takes hours like rendang or jerky, especially those who need Gordon Ramsey’s complicated Roasted Whole Chicken technique. Just simple, stir-fry, pan grill, oven roast.

Second, learn to multitask. If I don’t bother washing dishes when I’m done, I usually pay in installments to wash while cooking. So when it’s finished cooking, all you need to wash is just a skillet and some equipment.

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There were no departing or arriving flights, and the terminal was evacuated, said Michael Stewart of JAA.
There were no departing or arriving flights, and the terminal was evacuated, said Michael Stewart of JAA.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville International Airport was given an all clear and reopened about 11 p.m. Tuesday after being evacuated for hours, and authorities said the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office bomb squad removed a device from the airport that needed to be "rendered safe."

The airport was evacuated earlier Tuesday evening because of two suspicious packages found there, according to the Jacksonville Aviation Authority. Witnesses said they saw two men taken into custody.

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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office bomb squad was called to the airport at 2400 Yankee Clipper Drive about 6:30 p.m. and the airport was closed.

Investigators said one of the packages was found in a terminal and one was found in a parking garage. The bomb squad searched the airport for any additional suspicious packages.

A police spokesman said the device investigators found was taken to an off-site location to be "rendered safe."

Witness Jennifer Lee said she saw a man wearing sunglasses taken into custody at the security checkpoint.

"My colleague and I were coming through security, and all of a sudden they stopped everybody that was in security," Lee said. "We looked a couple of lanes over and they were arresting a gentleman in sunglasses. Originally they told us to stand there. Then they started to yell at us to leave."

Another witness said he also saw another man coming off a flight on the other side of security who was tackled and taken into custody as well. The witness said authorities told the man to drop his bag.

The man was seen in cellphone video being removed from a plane on the tarmac by several airport officers just minutes before.

One witness said she was getting a pat down when one man pushed past her and a Transportation Security Administration agent and said he had a bomb.

"Then he tried to push through the other agent on the other side," Catherine Swan-Clark said. "The TSA agent who was assisting me let me through and she started to pat me down when everything kind of went crazy."

"I heard one of the agents say, 'So you're telling me you have a bomb?' And the guy said, 'Yes, I have a bomb,'" Swan-Clark added.

Authorities did not comment about any arrests. They also said they could not comment on whether what happened may have been an act of terrorism.

There were no departing or arriving flights during the closure, and the terminal was evacuated, said Michael Stewart of JAA.

About 60 police cars and several ambulances responded to the scene.

FBI and the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol were also assisting with the investigation.

Some witnesses said their loved ones were stuck in planes on the tarmac.

Some in the airport were put on buses and taken to nearby hotels shortly after the evacuation. At about 8:30 p.m., authorities announced they were starting to offload passengers from airplanes that were stranded at gates at the time, and those travelers were also taken to three nearby hotels.

"It's scary. It makes my heart pound just to even think about the what-ifs," said one woman who sat on the airplane on the runway for two hours.

Once the airport reopened, travelers we allowed to get retrieve their luggage.

Authorities said travelers should stay in contact with their airlines about flights. They said it was up to the airlines whether to continue flights Tuesday night.

"A lot of people, you know, they are a little upset," one shuttle driver said after the evacuation. "Their nights have been up and down. A lot of people have been flying all day and they are trying to figure out how they are going to get home to the kids and the families and things like that. So we are just trying to help, just breathe easy, just get them wherever they can go, get them there safely as soon as we can. Anyone who needs assistance we will help."

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Second case pending against Surge Staffing

PARKERSBURG — A Wood County jury awarded a woman $8 million in punitive damages this week in a lawsuit alleging she was fired for refusing to falsify documents pertaining to the citizenship of employees in an out-of-state office.

Washington County resident Lori Shultz filed the suit against Surge Staffing LLC, which operates in a number of states, in November 2017. That’s two months after she was terminated as manager of the company’s Parkersburg branch, located in Vienna.

In the suit, Shultz and her attorneys claim she was fired after refusing a company executive’s request “to falsely verify” on federal forms, known as I9s, that multiple employees in Surge’s Chicago office “were not unauthorized aliens.”

In its response, Surge denies those allegations, as well as Shultz’s assertion that she “performed her job duties in an exemplary manner.”

The trial began on Oct. 28, with testimony continuing through Monday of this week. On Tuesday, the six-member jury heard closing arguments and returned with a verdict in Shultz’s favor.

According to court documents, the jury awarded Shultz $340,000 for emotional distress, $75,000 for humiliation and $10,000 in back pay, along with assessing $8 million in punitive damages against Surge Staffing.

Parkersburg attorney Walt Auvil called the award “astounding.”

“As far as I know, it’s the largest employment verdict in West Virginia,” he said. “To have that in Wood County, as conservative as the juries in Wood County tend to be, that’s amazing.”

Besides his specialty in employment law, Auvil had an interest in the case because he is representing another ex-Surge employee in a lawsuit that raises similar issues.

According to that complaint, Auvil’s client, Susan Cross, was asked to process I9 forms for an employer in Illinois with which Surge Staffing works. The complaint says a number of the workers had incorrect or duplicate Social Security numbers, which precluded her from legally processing the documents. The suit also alleges other fraudulent manipulation of data requested or performed by the company.

The complaint says Cross was fired in February 2018 for refusing to falsify the I9 forms in 2017.

Surge’s response denies the allegations, saying Cross was terminated because of the performance of the Parkersburg branch, something for which Cross’ complaint says she was not responsible.

That suit was filed in May in Wood County Circuit Court but was moved to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia at the request of Surge. Auvil said it is set for trial about a year from now.

Surge’s attorney, Constance Weber, did not return messages seeking comment on the cases.

Evan Bevins can be reached at ebevins@newsandsentinel.com.

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      Bill Haas and Rory McIlroy each have an eagle on the front nine at the Barclays today. Looks like there might be some low scores. It's not very windy and the course still doesn't seem so firm and fast. Ian Poulter, who started at even par, is 4-under through 11 holes. Haas eagled the par-5 third hole and had reached 3-under early but dropped a shot and is now 2-under. McIlroy eagled the drivable par-4 fifth and is3-under for the day and the tournament through eight holes.

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Benefits and rewards – why employees want more

The workforce is changing. By 2020, 40% of our colleagues will be millennials (aged 23-38). Already, these people are pushing for change. Not because they’re rule breakers, but because cash is no longer king when it comes to salary. Today, we want more than money in return for our labors.

Another significant change has opened salaries and rewards up to a lot more scrutiny. This is the openness of younger employees when it comes to discussing salaries.

Once a taboo subject, a recent study by our total rewards and compensation platform partner, beqom reveals that 56% of millennials will happily discuss salary with their colleagues. This rises to 61% for those entering the job market. Only one in four Baby Boomers would consider salary as an acceptable topic of conversation.

This openness calls for a change in mindset for employers, and a need for total pay and reward clarity. The worst scenario is that one employee thinks another is earning more than they are when in fact this is not the case. You can read more on this in this recent blog, Why Employers Must Teach Employees about Total Rewards.

Benefits are good for cashflow and retention

This shift from cash to rewards and benefits is a good thing. They present huge (often missed) opportunities for businesses, especially at times when there is no budget available for cash pay reviews.

We recently partnered with Benify, to round out our integrated payroll benefits solutions and services portfolio. This has been an interesting learning experience. There can be the perception that benefits are simply add-ons to a salary package, but the bearing they can have on a business, and its relationships with its workforce is so much greater.

Quick facts – the value and lost opportunities of flexible benefits:

  • They cost a business 25% of their total people spend, yet only 7% of employers actively interact with employees about their benefits on a monthly basis.
  • Packages are worth 10 – 15% of an employee’s total pay, yet rewards packages are undervalued by an average of 5.4% (the equivalent of a luxury annual holiday) a year.
  • Can add 42% to the value perception of an employee’s package, yet only 9% of employees take advantage of the employee loyalty opportunity a standard, global flexible benefits policy builds.

Think beyond the basics

It’s surprising how few businesses still offer no benefits as part of their international payroll processes beyond the basic holiday, paid leave and pensions statutory in their jurisdiction. By looking at the cost versus the performance and loyalty return, this makes no sense.

Companies with online, self-service options, where employees manage their own rewards packages, report more than financial returns.

For your business, employee benefits mean;

  • Easier recruitment
  • Better retention of the best people
  • Ability to add benefits when no budget for salary reviews
  • Employees respond well to control of salary and benefits
  • Admin is simplified and costs cut
  • It is incredibly easy for everyone to use – on any device, from any secure location

For most businesses, the cost of rolling out an integrated flexible HR and payroll benefits scheme is almost immediately negated by the cost savings gained through process standardization, retention and control of costs.

Life keeps changing and so should benefits

As people reach new stages in their life, so their lifestyle changes. Flexible benefits, therefore, should be set-up to evolve to support the employee through these changes.

For the employer, with minimum effort, the employee is receiving far more than a monitory reward for their work, they are being offered options. People like to feel in control.

Flexibility is a huge employee retention tool

Benefits can also be a great stress eliminator. They can make the logistics of life so much easier. For someone in their 20s and 30s, the option to assign less of their benefits allowance to a pension and more to buying days off to cover travel or childcare, for example, is a huge bonus – and one that costs the business very little.

Employees in their 40s are likely to be attracted to generous pension contributions (all tax deductible), while those in their 50s could be looking at extended healthcare options, or again, the opportunity to travel while still in good health and likely on higher salaries.

At the end of last year, I contributed to this blog, HR Tips for Managing Your 4 Generation Workforce, where we touched on the expectations of the workforce when it came to company culture, flexible working, the changing workforce dynamic and performance reviews.

Employers can save money

As a result of our partnership with Benify, NGA HR will now provide clients with the option to integrate Benify’s digital employee engagement platform into existing HR and payroll infrastructures and into all digital HR transformation projects.

One of the great advantages of this is single source HR data and so the ability to administer seamless admin checks. For example, most pension and insurance companies issue a single invoice for all employees, but what if someone leaves? How easy is it to notice if the premium of a now ex-employee is still being paid? The processing lag using standard processes can be several months, with several £1,000s in overpaid premiums. And, how easy is it to gather evidence by applying HR analytics?

This simple cost control alone usually justifies the business case for integrating an online benefits platform into your HR and payroll processes. It integrates fully with the employee lifecycle.

Employees want more!

The visibility that self-service benefits and rewards bring to the employee / employer relationships cannot be under estimated. Without this visibility;

  • Employers can undervalue the time and lifestyle options that benefits offer an employee above straight money
  • Employees can be naive to the actual monitory value benefits add to a salary

For a quick example, a £50,000 salary can easily become a £55,000 with the addition of tax free pension contributions.

When matched against the £2,000 pay increase a potential new employer is offering, suddenly, it becomes clear to the employee the value of a total pay and rewards package, but you, as the employer, needs to be sure that this is clear!

Mind the compensation gap

However, it’s not enough to just offer flexible benefits. As an employer, you must regularly ‘remind’ your employees of the value of their total reward. It is all too easy for an employee to lose sight of this.

Total reward, and the equally challenging ‘compensation gap’, are outlined in this recent blog, Why Employers Must Teach Employees about Total Rewards, but the long and short of it is; No business can achieve its full potential if its employees think competitor employers are offering better salary packages.

This is the downside of flexible benefits. A study by our benefits partner, Benify and YouGov, discovered that 8 out of 10 employees think they receive a third less in total reward from their employer than they actually do.

What this means is that when it comes to comparing salaries, many are using just 67% of their actual salary as the comparison figure. This is a major problem for employers and employees.

This lack of visibility is what we call that the “Compensation Gap”. The gap being the difference between what employees perceive as their Total Compensation

Executive compensation

Managing the complexities or executive pay is yet another challenge for the rewards teams. These executives are very heavily compensated for the success they generate. There are often tiered rates of reward.

To simplify this process for our clients we recently partnered with beqom. For a business, the platform makes it is easy to understand the performance and retention returns on specific rewards and incentive programs.

For employees, beqom presents the total value of rewards – addressing the compensation gap that sees many employees leaving organizations for perceived higher salaries. It also makes it very easy for employees to see what they need to achieve for financial reward. This can be a huge motivator and drive the efficiency of individuals and business groups.

Top 5 Benefits

Our own Global Pay Optimization Survey found that the top five benefits an employee wants are very simple to deliver and low cost to the business;

  1. Increased flexible working
  2. Spot bonuses or cash incentives
  3. Employee wellbeing e.g. in-house massages or yoga classes
  4. Options to buy days off
  5. Travel / health insurance

A survey by Glassdoor, suggests that;

  • 3 in 5 people rate perks in their top considerations before accepting a job
  • 4 in 5 would prefer new perks over a pay raise

Further research by Arise suggests that 58% of workers would take a pay cut to be able to work from home and 25% would be happy with a lower salary to avoid their commute.

What we now know

These findings tell us that employees rate benefits and perks highly when making job decisions and determining which companies to work for – and to stay working for. It makes sense, therefore, that all employers rank benefits and rewards high on their HR agendas. The true value of benefits and rewards needs to be sold to the business and to the workforce.


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דבר נא באזני העם וישאלו איש מאת רעהו ואשה מאת רעותה כליכסף וכלי זהב.

“Please speak to the people, and each person should borrow from his friend, and each woman should borrow from her friend, silver and gold vessels.” (Shemos 11:2)

Before the Jewish people left Egypt, they were instructed to “borrow” gold and silver vessels and other valuables from their Egyptian neighbors.

Rashi comments: “The verse begins with the word please, making this a request [rather than a command] as if to say: ‘Please urge the people to do this, so that the tzaddik Avrohom should not complain that the promise about their servitude was fulfilled, but the promise that they would leave with riches was not fulfilled.’”

The commentators ask about this: Why would the people need to be urged to gather riches? Few people would refuse such an opportunity. Most people would be more than happy to fulfill this request and wouldn’t need to be asked twice. From Rashi’s comment, it seems as if the Jewish people were reluctant to do this and had to be urged to fulfill Hashem’s request.

Rabbi Shimshon Wertheimer zt”l explains this as follows: A person who struggles with poverty will usually not have any special difficulties in keeping the Torah and mitzvosdue to his financial struggles. On the other hand, when a person becomes wealthy, he suddenly faces many spiritual challenges and few people retain their same level of observance after striking it rich. This concept is expressed in the Torah (Devarim 32:15): “And the Jewish people became fattened [with good food] and they rebelled.”

Rashi is telling us that the Jewish people were afraid of the challenge of wealth. He interprets Rashi’s words to mean that their ancestor Avrohom would see that during “their servitude they fulfilled” the Torah and mitzvos, but when they had “riches, they did not fulfill” the Torah and mitzvos. The Jewish people actually had good reason to be fearful, because we see that not long after receiving the Torah,they used the gold of the Egyptians to create the Golden Calf. The challenge of serving Hashem when one is wealthy is very difficult indeed.

There may have been another reason why the Jewish people were afraid of taking the Egyptians’ valuables.  Each person’s possessions carry the essence of its owner, and the Egyptian valuables had within it the essence of the Egyptian nation. The Jewish people did not want this influence in their midst, so they refused to take those valuables. Hashem therefore told Moshe to urge them in His name to take the Egyptian valuables, thereby making it a mitzvah to gather these fortunes. This way, the valuables became an essential part of performing a mitzvah, thus clearing it from any spiritual impurities. This is why it was necessary to urge the people to take the gold and silver vessels, making it a mitzvah, so that Avrohom would no longer complain that the riches ruined the Jewish people, because money that was gathered for a mitzvah no longer has the power to corrupt its owner.

If so, how was it possible that the Jewish people used the gold that they gathered from the Egyptians to create the Golden Calf?

After the splitting of the sea, Moshe had to force the Jewish people to leave the shore of the Red Sea. Rashi explains that the sea cast out the dead bodies and chariots of the Egyptians. These were covered in gold and silver,and the Jews tried to gather as much as they could from these fortunes. When it was time to leave the shore, Moshe had to pull the people away from these riches. The spoils they collected at the sea were much more than the riches they collected in Egypt from their neighbors.

When Moshe commanded the Jews to leave the shore, they were no longer permitted to take from the spoils of the sea. Therefore, the additional gold and silver that they collected had within it the impurities of the Egyptians. With this impure gold, the Jewish people created the Golden Calf. We know that the women refused to give their gold for the impure image, because their gold was collected in Egypt and not at the sea, making it pure gold used for a mitzvah.

The merit of every act depends on the person’s intentions. When someone earns money in order to use it to serve Hashem and do mitzvos, then his money will indeed help him achieve this goal.

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TTL and TTL-BL Study - Distance and Subject Positioning

Russ MacDonald (Arkayem)

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After several discussions on the Nikonians Speedlights & Lighting Forum concerning how TTL and TTL-BL work with respect to off-center subjects and distance, I thought it was best to do a practical study to really find out for sure. Until then, all my comments on this topic were based on what I've seen in my wedding photography. Now I can say for sure exactly what is taking place.

This is a practical study more than a scientific one. I have mostly been looking for effects, and not setting up control shots for precise measurements. I'm interested in how to use this knowledge to take better pictures and simplify its practice, not for a review of the system for a specification.

The first thing I wanted to experiment with was the issue of how TTL and TTL-BL differ when shooting a light subject on a dark background at the same distance.

All the images in this study were shot with the following:
D200 Camera on a tripod
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The location was indoors during daytime with blinds closed and a low intensity incandescent ceiling lamp on AF-S Focusing unless noted otherwise

How Subject Position Affects Flash Power

In this set of tests I used a dark blue bathroom towel as a background and I placed a round white paper targets (the 'subject') at various places within the frame to see how the power of the flash would adjust. The reason I used a bathroom towel was that the texture of the towel provided a good AF target and I consistently got sharp and solid focus.

In Image 1, only available light was used, just as a reference. Notice the color of the bright 'blue' towel has shifted due to the Auto WB, which tried to make it 18% gray. The histogram shows a narrow peak representing the narrow range of brightness values for this image.

To read the rest of the article, please log in. This article is available to all Silver, Gold and Platinum Nikonians members. If you are not registered yet, please do so. To discover the world of Nikonians and the advantages of being a registered member, take our short discovery tour.

Mary Ellis (Mael) on August 24, 2013

Although I've had my Nikon for several years, I just joined Nikonians a few days ago, and signed in for the first time tonight. This was the first thing I saw as I came on board, and I must say, it was a great welcome! Until now, I don't think I've ever fully understood the difference between TTL and TTL-BL. Thanks for doing this study and presenting it.

User on August 19, 2013

Very informative. The visuals of the subject vs. the histogram are great for comprehension and retention.

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Very informative and interesting, thanks again and well done Russ!

David Goldstein (dagoldst) on August 10, 2013

Russ, Another good article. All the information about the Nikon flash system you have documented has most definitely improved my images. Thanks for all the hard work.

Victor Rakmil (VR8) on August 8, 2013

Very informative. Thank you.

Jerry Klumpp (jwk1940) on August 7, 2013

I have to agree with the Randal, in that image #11 does not match #8 as far as brightness, so judging from what I see, focus distance does appear to make a difference. Great that you took the time to do this and pass it along to everyone. Thanks

Randal Lathrop (perlnut) on August 7, 2013

Looking at slide 11 where you say that distance has no effect on TTL flash mode, the picture doesn't bear that out. It is definitely brighter than slide 8, and looks identical to slide 10. Other than that, great explanation of distance interacting with TTL/TTL-BL, and understanding what happens with small (relatively) bright objects with dark backgrounds. Helps to understand the practical use of the flash modes and understand what takes place "under the hood."

Very good informative flash test.

User on August 7, 2013

Like the flash test and the article. Thanks for sharing this information.

Patrick Galligan (pgalligan) on August 6, 2013

Great article by the way :)

Patrick Galligan (pgalligan) on August 6, 2013

Where were you focussing? On the blue towel or on the white target?


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These Presidential historical materials are in the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration under the provisions of Title I of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (44 U.S.C. 2111 note), and implementing regulations. In accordance with the act and regulations, archivists reviewed the file group to identify private or personal as well as non-historical items. Such items, if found, have been withdrawn for return to the individual with primary proprietary or commemorative interest in them.

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This is not your grandma’s casserole, but a a whole new level of nomnom experience in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. It just might blow your taste buds. Its a sweet plantains stuffed with crabmeat and topped with tone of cheese. When they made this, they went all in. Crazy amounts of everything….

Sweet Plantains Crabmeat Stew Casserole from Cafe Puerto Rico San Juan Puerto Rico

Croquetas del Dia $6 @ Bar Gitano (6/5 NOMs)

The balls of fury! Holy balls of croquetas this is one of the most nomnom dish from our tip to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Crunchy outside filled with gooy cheesy goodness on the inside. Makes for a perfect dish after a day at the beach and prepare you for some drinks…

Croquetas del Dia from Bar Gitano San Juan Puerto Rico

Slow Cooked Pork Ribs $12 @ Bar Gitano (4/5 NOMs)

Finger licking good when you try some local Pork Ribs in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Slow cooked pork ribs with Gitano’s special BBQ. With first bite you can taste amazing flavor as crazy tender meat just falls off the bone. Almost unprecedented how tender the meat is…

Slow Cooked Pork Ribs from Bar Gitano San Juan Puerto Rico

Canoa $8 @ Cafe Del Angel (5/5 NOMs)

What the appetizer? Its all about the plantains in food like this Canoa here in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The size of that thing, looks more like a dinner dish. Giant fried sweet plantain stuffed with ground beef and vegetables with ton of cheesy goodness on top…

Canoa from Cafe Del Angel San Juan Puerto Rico

Mofongos Rellenos Bacalao $13 @ Cafe Del Angel (6/5 NOMs)

Do you want to mofongo? Lets dive into a very popular dish we heard we just have to try here in San Juan, Puerto Rico. First bite it became one of our favorite dishes from the trip. Its a giant tower of deep fried plantain mashed together and stuffed with nomnom goodies. Cooked in a yummy BBQ like spicy broth…

Mofongos Rellenos Bacalao from Cafe Del Angel San Juan Puerto Rico

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When you’re in the startup phase, workspace flexibility ranks low on the priority list. Every day is about carving out your niche, ideally with a handful of trusted colleagues or founders. The goal? Be lean, work scrappily and operate lightly.

Entrepreneurs lucky enough to work through this phase and come out stronger should be congratulated. As every innovator knows, half of all new businesses never make it to a fifth birthday. However, the struggle isn’t over once you’re rolling along with steady income. As each employee joins the payroll, physical and social demands take a toll on the office dynamics. A once perfectly suitable design suddenly feels cramped and unfeasible — but relocating isn’t always practical.

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At times like those, most founders wish they had planned and prepared for the small- to mid-sized enterprise phase. The good news is that it’s never too late to think about the future and change the way a company functions, physically and culturally.

Workspace Growing Pains: Staving Off the Discomfort

One day you wake up and your office space no longer fits. At least that’s how it feels. Up until now, you’ve concentrated on being nimble, but each time you increase your team size, friction points arise. Maybe people feel segmented in their current spaces. Perhaps they can’t huddle around the conference table that once fit everyone easily. Whatever the reason, the result is disgruntled employees who can’t perform at their peak.

A knee-jerk response to this dilemma would be to buy new pieces of equipment à la carte, but that’s not a sustainable option. Slapping random pieces together just to fill an immediate need isn’t aesthetically pleasing; your overall vibe will suffer.

A better way to approach office growing pains is to take a step back and focus on one word: simplicity. How can you make simple, deliberate, thoughtful moves today that will last for as long as possible? For instance, you might want to equip some workers with furniture that’s easy to set up and move. In doing so, you’ll have increased your team’s working and collaboration choices immediately with something that you can use down the road. Plus, you haven’t had to do anything involving construction, which is very costly. Similarly, you may want to invest in movable walls to give workers the opportunity to switch out their spaces as workloads dictate.

No matter what you do, don’t expect to remain stagnant. Have a team of 10? What will happen when you reach 20, 30 or even 50 employees? That’s when strategic long-term planning is necessary.

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Seeing the Eventual Forest in a Plain

Being pragmatic about your inevitable business scaling (fingers crossed) involves becoming a bit of a fortune teller. You can’t be sure of what the years ahead might hold, but you can use your best judgment to prepare your workspace for what you imagine will occur. Use these tips to get started:

1. Incorporate multifaceted designs

Have the chance to give your workspace a facelift? Go with a design that makes your employees’ lives easier. Talk with employees about what they do day in, day out. What spaces do they need to achieve maximum efficiency? These could be anything from an on-site cafe to private offices to huddle rooms. Take your findings to your facility manager and figure out the best way to make your workers’ wishes come true while still allowing for adaptability.

2. Go beyond design updates

Functional furnishings and accoutrements are critical to maintaining flow within your office, but business can also get a boost from lesser considered changes. A great example is to pipe in music, white noise or pleasant aromas. You could even add a designated coffee hub. Be sure every time you try something along these lines that you measure the results. After all, just because someone theorizes that the fragrance of peppermint will increase production doesn’t make it true for your peppermint-averse workforce. You’d need to take (and pass) the smell test first.

3. Talk about changes before they happen

Humans generally resist anything outside the norm. Consequently, when you make changes in your corporate environment, you can expect some pushback from wary employees. Counteract this type of response by reinforcing that the changes you’re making aren’t set in stone. If they don’t work out, they can be undone. At the same time, be firm in expecting your people to at least try new ways of working, whether that means sharing a central printer to encourage more walking breaks or turning a private office into a yoga room.

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For all businesses, it’s imperative to stay flexible no matter what stage you’re in, and office furniture that’s simple and easy to set up makes that possible. Old, cumbersome cubicle systems are expensive and laborious to build — plus employees can be “offline” for the better part of a day while waiting for outside help to construct the furniture. That approach is officially obsolete.

New, flexible options make installation a breeze. The right sit-stand desks, for instance, take a handful of minutes to set up and offer a lifetime of health benefits for employees. Prioritize competent, long-term purchases that keep costs down versus splashy, unnecessary items like ping-pong tables or expensive fitness memberships. Some simple planning will allow you to grow at a comfortable pace and keep your workspace contemporary.


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The Frustrating Mullet

September is one of my favourite months for fishing and grey mullet are high on the agenda though they can often live up to their difficult to tempt reputation. This has certainly been the case over the past week with three sessions bringing little success. The first session saw me spend three hours in a favoured spot at the right state of tide. Not a bite but the fish and chips were good as was the sunset.

The next trip saw me visit a local harbour that gave shelter from the strong North East Wind. It was one of the biggest tides of the year and I arrived a couple of hours before the top of the tide and started getting rattles on the rod tip straight away. I assumed the fish were mostly small mullet. As darkness fell I missed the bite of the night prompting a couple more last casts.

Two days later I was back at first light and enjoyed two hours of the flood tide with barely a rattle on the rod tip. The morning sun lit up the bay and boats bobbed upon moorings illuminated by the light. A North East wind is seldom good and was my excuse as passing walkers enquired if I had caught.

As the tide began to ebb the fish switched on and the tip began to rattle frantically as soon as the bait touched down. A tiny mullet was swung to hand could this be classed a saving a blank? Next cast the tip thumped round with a proper bite. A decent mullet of perhaps three pounds gave a spirited tussle before throwing the hook!  “”******************

Small mullet swarmed in the shallow water but no more decent fish could be seen. I packed away twenty minutes later reflecting on the frustrations of wily mullet.


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Things are tough right now. We hope you are taking care of yourself. Please use these tools for help coping during the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you are in a crisis, call (844) 772-4724 or text MN to 741741.

  • Reach out to a loved one. Social distancing doesn't have to mean social isolation! Text, email or call someone you love to stay connected and check in on them.

  • Connect with others online or by phone for support.

    • Minnesota Warmline: 877-404- 3190 or text “Support” to 85511 to receive help through peer support to address loneliness, isolation, increased feelings of anxiety and depression, as well as help people living with mental health conditions with recovery and wellness before a crisis occurs. Available Monday - Saturday, 5 - 10 p.m. CST.

    • Recovery GroupsMinnesota Recovery Connection has resources for those in recovery from addiction to alcohol and drugs and In The Rooms has 130 weekly online meetings for those recovering from addiction and related issues.

    • Eating Disorder Support: The National Eating Disorders Association has a variety of virtual tools to support recovery from eating disorders.

    • NAMI Support: The Minnesota chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is hosting regular support groups online for people living with a mental illness or family members of people living with a mental illness and NAMI Douglas County is offering a virtual peer support group for people living with a mental illness. They are held the first Thursday of each month at 5:30 p.m. (May 7, June 4, July 2 and Aug. 6). Contact Chrissy at 920-452-5152 or or Gen at 218-393-5499 or to get the link or phone number to join the meeting.

  • Thrive Range offers free therapy and resources for mental health and substance problems.

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  • If you have a mental illness and are wondering what steps to take to prepare, The National Alliance on Mental Illness has practical suggestions.

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  • The American Psychological Association has a page dedicated to distancing yourself from others while still getting the social support you need.

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We are delighted to have gained a 2019 Great Taste 1 star award for Mackenzie’s own Beetroot Chutney and a 2020 Great Taste 2 star award for Mackenzie’s own Spiced Tomato and Pepper Relish.

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On Brandt’s contact officers – and on the “Community of Conviction for the New Front“

This week saw above all the testimonies of three contact officers to “Thuringia Home Guard” (THS) and leader and secret service informer Tino Brandt. They had already been interviewed by the court before Brandt’s testimony, but had been called up to testify again – one reason being that some of them had been extremely unprepared for their testimony.

Not that their testimony yesterday and today showed them much better prepared: all three of them could or would not remember their talks with Brandt, not even after the presiding judge read out their memos summarizing them. So much for the way the service dealt with the information presented by its “top source”. At times it seemed like the secret service officials felt that their task was finished once they had typed up their notes of the meetings with Brandt.

Victims’s counsel requested that Kai Dalek be called to testify. In the 1990s, Dalek had built up the mailbox system “Thule net”. He was also a member of the “Gesinnungsgemeinschaft der Neuen Front“ (“Community of Conviction for the New Front“, GdnF) and as such was responsible for overseeing activities in Thuringia, which is why Brandt had told Dalek about the secret service’s interest in him. Dalek, who himself was already working for the Bavarian secret service at the time, told “his” service about the propensity to violence shown by the “Thuringia Home Guard” and about Brandt’s plans to build it up into a “military” organization akin to the historical SA. Brandt had tried to claim in his testimony that the THS had rejected violence.

But Dalek will also have to be asked about the relationship of the THS to the GdnF. The latter was formed by several militant Nazi cadres from Western Germany in the mid-1980s after several Nazi parties and organizations had been dissolved by the authorities. It was an informal, but strongly hierarchical organization of Nazi cadres aiming at organizing all leaders of the several Nazi parties and organizations all over Germany. By quickly reorganizing into new groups, they could guard against the results of administrative actions, which at the same time ensuring via the GdnF that all these groups worked towards the same goals. The GdnF openly propagated National Socialism as its goal and, as means to use that goal, both street terror after the SA model as well as targeted political murders. It was also the GdnF which opened itself up to skinhead culture and which, in the mid-1990s, worked to build up the “Blood & Honour” network both in Germany and internationally. Seeing that at least two of those most influential with regard to the THS, Brandt and Dalek, were either GdnF cadres or subservient to them, it seems quite possible that the NSU itself was also influenced and supported by that network. The GdnF at that time brought together a number of individuals who were both able, practically speaking, to organize and carry through murders and bombing attacks, and politically speaking, to lay down a concept of murders of migrants carried out without claiming responsibility.


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Angela is Employability Manager and Principal Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, working with Nottingham Institute of Education. She helps to shape the strategic direction of employability across the School and supports academic colleagues to integrate employability, including work based learning and placement activities into the curriculum.

Angela also teaches on the BA in Youth Studies and the MA in Career Development in the Department of Sociology. She is also Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a member of AGCAS, CDI and the Institute of Youth Work.

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Angela has extensive experience as a professional practitioner working with young people. Prior to joining the Division, Angela was employed as the University's Employability Development Adviser where she had responsibility for facilitating the design and delivery of career education into the undergraduate curriculum across the University.

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Angela's research interests include:

  • a historical perspective on service developments for young people
  • study skills
  • young people's experiences of learning
  • career education in the curriculum.

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Angela is:

  • Member of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS)
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Discipline: Nursing
Specialty: Licensed Practical Nurse
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Date Posted: August 26, 2020
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Location: Newton, IA 50208
Shift: 6:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Start Date: November 05, 2020
Employment Type: Per Diem
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This nursing and rehabilitation center provides individualized care for residents and patients to return to a higher level of function in Newton IA. Per Diem and contract opportunities for days or nights. Shifts are 6a-2p, 2p-10p, 10p-6a or 6a-6p & 6p-6a.

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Provide professional nursing care to assigned patients in an Assisted Living environment. Records patient histories, administers medications, and develops patient care plans in conjunction with other medical professionals.

  • 1 year of skilled nursing experience in the past 3 years
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In addition to per diem nursing assignments that let you choose your location and schedule, Nursefinders offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

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BRONX, N.Y. – The quiet of a Throggs Neck neighborhood was interrupted by gunshots fired at a building Thursday — not just any building — a clubhouse recently opened by the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.

In exclusive video obtained by NY1, a caravan of four Harley-Davidson bikes and nine cars can be seen pulling up to the Longstreet location. Then, gunfire erupts.

“We thought the quality-of-life issues would be limited to noise complaints and party time. Now, we have a full-blown shootout,” said Egidio Sementilli, a community organizer.

Police say it happened just after 10 p.m.

According to a post on the Facebook group “Friends of Community Board #10”, 14 shots were fired.

No one in or outside of the club was injured.

The clubhouse opened last month on a street of one-family homes, worrying residents.

The Hells Angels have been tied to organized crime and are notorious around the world. Locally, an Angel was accused of shooting a man in the stomach in 2016, and some members allegedly beat up a deliveryman two years later.

“This is why we did not want this organization here in this community. This is why we are calling for an investigation,” Sementilli said.

In March, the Hells Angels sold, for $7.75 million, the clubhouse they had occupied in the East Village for 50 years. They purchased their new Bronx home, a former American Legion post, for $1.25 million.

The Hells Angels bought the property back in August 2019. It was a private sale that did not require city or community board approval. Neighbors found out after the motorcycle club moved in.

The Hells Angels could not be reached for comment.

Asked about Thursday night’s shooting, a spokesman for City Councilman Mark Gjonaj told NY1, “The Councilman and the owners of the property will likely meet soon to further discuss the matter as well as what can be done to ensure the safety and well being of the community moving forward.”

“This is disturbing. It’s not acceptable. We hope they shape up or ship out,” said Victor Ortiz, a Throggs Neck resident.

But unless they choose to ride out, for now, the Angels are there to stay.

Source: Spectrum News NY1 | The Bronx