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1. Monthly Energy Bill Costs

Your average monthly energy bill will help determine whether or not your house is a good candidate for solar. A good general rule is that solar will make sense for a household with a monthly electric bill over $75. Because solar will replace your electric bill, you want to see the best return on investment possible. Vision Solar works closely with SunPower for financing options to make sure that you are saving the most money per month possible while helping the environment.

2. The Type of Roof on Your Home

Solar systems will work best with durable roofs made of concrete tiling, seam metal, and composite or asphalt shingles. Vision Solar has extensive experience in installing on other types of roofs such as clay and metal or stone coated steel. Reach out to us today to talk to an expert on your options.

3. Will Your Roof Need to be Replaced?

Because our solar panels can last 30+ years, it’s a good idea to make sure that your roof does not need to be replaced before installing solar. The savings from our solar panels could help pay for the cost of a new roof in as little as five years after installation, so it may be worth it to do any roof work before installing solar.

4. The Amount of Sunlight Your Roof Receives

There are plenty of valuable resources to determine whether or not your roof will receive enough sunlight to make your house a good candidate for solar. Google’s Project Sunroof is one. Vision Solar offers a tree removal service to help you get the most sunlight to your panels. Our panels are made to be extremely efficient in low-light conditions. Contact us today to set up a consultation with one of our experts.

If you think your house is a good candidate for solar, reach out to us to schedule a consultation with our experts.

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Pull Up A Chair And Sit A Spell

While you are here stop in one of our locally owned restaurants and get a taste of Washington County. Whether you are looking for ethnic cuisine or good down home Southern cooking, we have you covered. We have unique dining experiences in all four corners of our county that will leave you satisfied and feeling like you are a part of the family.

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Vitamin T Vitamin T

The Vitamin T Blog: All you ever need to know about creative hiring, plus tips on digital portfolios, resumes, events, and trends.

How to Write Ads That Get Great Candidates

Source: jurvetson

A lament we often hear when we meet talent at events around the country is how little time hiring managers, HR, or recruiters spend looking at their resumes.

Which, according to a study by TheLadders is right around six seconds.

Sadly, that six seconds window is  a fact of life. The best thing to do is make those six seconds count. (Which is why we try to create content for job seekers like 5 Tips for Creating a Winning Resume and Tips for Making Your Resume More Engaging.)

But in an interesting turn of events, a newer study by TheLadders may prove there may bit a of the pot calling the kettle black going on.

In a study of job seekers looking at job descriptions, most spent fewer than 60 seconds reviewing a job posting before deciding to apply or pass (even though the majority of them had said they’d spent up to 10 minutes reviewing a job description to see if they were a good fit.)

So now that the shoe is on the other proverbial foot, what’s a hiring manager to do to attract great talent?

Selena Hadzibabic, director of product and user experience at TheLadders suggested that anyone writing an ad for a job should recognize where potential candidates will be spending their attention and write clearly to their audience. She said many people, “write job descriptions in ways that aren’t very easy to scan or understand. So the job-seekers get lost in run-on paragraphs...”

Here’s where the participants in the study spent the majority of time looking:

  1. Title
  2. Company (23 seconds avg., but skimmed)
  3. Job requirements (14.6 seconds avg.)

The bottom section was often skipped entirely. (You can check out a heat map to see where participants’ eyes went on the ads.)

Ms. Hadzibabic also pointed out that job titles should also always be clear,”If you’re looking to hire a Java developer, that’s what the job title should be even though they’re going to join your team of ninjas.”

Read the whole study to see if you’re spending your writing time wisely.

Need help coming up with compelling copy to find that needle in the haystack? Check out our posts 6 Steps to Writing a Great Job Posting and  A good job description will attract good talent.

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VivaTango’s 5th Anniversary Milonga

8 PM Thursday August 25th
45 Stockton Street Princeton NJ
Live Music

Tango Ware Boutique

Come to dance or just to watch and listen and socialize
Our famous food and beverage tables await you
Cost just $20 ($5 for students)
No partner necessary

   emilio_sollaEmilio Solla is a Grammy Nominated Argentina born and NY based pianist & composer. Frequent performer at the Zink Bar in NYC and has performed at Lincoln Center. His first band, Apertura, was praised by Astor Piazzolla himself as one of the most interesting new sounds in the Buenos Aires scene in 1986.

Pablo Lanouguere is an Argentina born Electric and Double Bass performer. He has Pablo Lanouguere (2)toured the USA performing with Alejandro Ziegler Quartet and has played in New York City with musicians such as Frank Perowsky, Raul Jaurena, Emilio Solla, Kayo Hiraki, among others.

Wendy Zoffer is a versatile flautist. She is the Founder/Director of the respected WendyStanding2company, Princeton Music Connection, which provides live bands for events in the New York Metropolitan Area and nationally.  Prince Tango will be featuring songs from her CD Bird of Beauty, (on sale at the Princeton Record Exchange and Amazon and adapted for the Tango.

Jacklyn along together with Roberto Peña were Third Place Champions in the 2016 USA Tango Chanpionships in the Stage Tango category. Jacklyn is also the owner of the Adorno Dancewear Boutique. She will entertain us with two of her songs. Sample her singing on this video:

Adorno Dancewear Boutique

This Boutique will be at VivaTango for our 5th anniversary event. See Jacklyn’s image010hand-made Tango dance ware clothing line and the latest in tango shoes on display. For more photos of the wares check out this link:

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Getting Rid of Bedbugs, Mites, Fleas

Getting rid of bugs is very important thing to be free from them so that it should not reoccur. They are spread as an epidemic in 21st century again. United States is highly infested by them. Bugs like to travel all over the worldwide. They come along with the person’s in their suitcase. Once they enter home, they multiple very rapidly and takes shelter in the cracks of furniture, walls, beds etc. It is very necessary to get rid of them as early as possible.

There are various methods through which we can get away from insect and mites. They are as follows.

Getting Rid of Bed Bug Naturally

While giving them treatment the very first thing you can do is to wash all clothes, beddings with extremely hot water and keep all the things that are not washable in the hot dry sun because buggy cannot survive in extreme climate. Also remove all the newspaper and magazines from room where bed bugs hide out. The next step is to remove all bugs and their eggs. This can do easily by vacuum cleaner. The vacuuming not only removes all the pests but also removes all its eggs and dropping. Steam cleaner helps a lot to remove the bugs.

Once they are removed from home the next step is to give proper bed bug treatment naturally. Natural products are safe to human as well as for pets. One can also try fossil shell dust which is naturally obtained from marine organism fossil. It doesn’t allow them to reoccur. This dust once spread, directly goes into skin of bug making it to dehydrate and die. We can also go with the option of traps which is completely non toxic and free from pesticide.

Bed bugs spray

There are various number of sprays available in market. Many people use pesticide to kill the bugs. But permethrins and pyrethrins are the common ingredients to pesticides. It is very effective to kill the bug but at the same time it can be harmful to human and pets. Bug Patrol is a natural pesticide to be use. These all are the bed bug killer.

There is also another method for killing bed bug. One can call the professional exterminator for pest control. There are several methods which shouldn’t be tried like bug bomb or aerosol pesticide because it doesn’t remove the bug from home.

Getting Rid of Bed Mites

We can get rid of bed mites also with help of cleaning. Cleaning is the best solution to keep away bed mites. There are also some sprays like Steri-Fab or Bedlamp which can be directly sprayed on the mites.

Getting Rid of Fleas

The cheapest way to get away from flea is to mix boric acid and salt and all around the infected areas. One can also keep bowl filled with soapy water below the lamp in night to attract more fleas. The next is one can give regular bathe to the pets. These are few safest and cheapest methods to get rid of the fleas.

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Some best vitamins for human hair wavy

Some best vitamins for human hair wavy

Nowadays, besides taking care of human hair wavy with specialized products, it is also important to add the necessary vitamins. To have healthy and beautiful wavy human hair, let Vnremyhair see out what those vitamins are?

1. Vitamin A.

One of the vitamins indispensable to complement human hair wavy is Vitamin A.We all know that vitamin A is good for the eyes. In fact, vitamin A is also a powerful antioxidant called retinol.

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This vitamin helps to produce healthy sebum, mucus secreted by your scalp. That can keep your hair from drying out. In addition, vitamin A can fight free radicals causing hair loss.

Currently, foods rich in vitamin A include cod liver oil, peaches, carrots, broccoli, cabbage, spinach as well as a mollusk, meat, eggs, and milk.

2. Vitamin E.

Vitamin E is also considered as a powerful antioxidant. This vitamin can help to reduce lipid oxidation as well as oxidative stress in your scalp. That helps to improve human hair wavy growth.

In addition, vitamin E can help control hair from the root to the shaft, along with helping the human hair wavy to shine and shiny. Thanks to the antioxidant properties, vitamin E can kill free radicals that damage hairs.

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If you want to increase the amount of vitamin E in your body, you can consume vitamin E supplements about 15 mg per day as recommended by the National Institute of Health. In addition, you can supplement directly from many foods such as nuts, wheat germ oil, corn oil as well as boiled spinach.

3.B vitamins mixed.

When it comes to the best vitamins for your human hair wavy, it would be a mistake if the B complex is not mentioned. Group B vitamins are essential for controlling the metabolism along with maintaining the central nervous system of the body

In the vitamin B group, niacin as well as B-12, called cobalamin, can make your hair healthy.

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So what you need to do is eat a lot of foods containing B vitamins such as carrots, avocados, poultry, dark green leafy vegetables, whole grains, beans, cauliflowers, nuts, eggs, cow's liver, as well as soy.

4. Vitamin H.

Finally, is vitamin H. This vitamin is sometimes called biotin. In fact, your body can not store this vitamin. However, it can be produced by living bacteria in the intestines.

In addition, the University of Maryland Medical Center has shown that vitamin H deficiency is rare but it can occur if nutrient uptake is compromised by drugs and illnesses.

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And when you are deficient in vitamin H, it makes the human hair wavy dry and ugly. If you want your hair and nails to become healthier, take the recommended dose of 19 mcg of biotin per day for adults and 30 mcg of biotin for the elderly.

In addition, you may consume more foods that contain vitamin H.

Above are 4 important vitamins necessary for human hair wavy that Vnremyhair has learned. Apply it on your hair to get beautiful and healthy hair. Thank you for reading our article, stay tuned to our other posts on the blog page.

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Oi! I just had a look over at Dr Jim’s Thinking Shop & Tea Room because I was in need of a good humour shot, but was not amused to see that way back (ten days ago) he had written that he was “tagging Vridar” to continue some silly superstitious chain mail/post thing. I think he was saying it’s my turn to write about a hymn I hate [Link //drjimsthinkingshop.com/2011/02/08/i-hate-hymn-hes-meme-to-me/ and blog is no longer active… Neil, 23rd Sept, 2015] and then tag a couple of others to do the same.

I don’t know no hymns. So he’s killing the game by “tagging” me.

But I do recall:

Gentle Jesus meek and mild,
Look upon a little child.
Da de da de da de de
Suffer me to come to thee.

Or was that:

Suffer me to come to thee,
Da de da simplicity.

I never knew what “suffer me to come to thee” meant except that it sounded like I was a pain that Jesus had to suffer by having me beg to tag along with all the other kids.

Now that recollection has sent me on a roll:

Jesus loves me this I know
For the Bible tells me so
Little ones to him belong
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A third of women have gone on a romantic date just for a free meal, study claims

A third of women have gone on a romantic date just for a free meal, study claims

If you're anything like me, you would scale buildings, get in high-speed car chases and move mountains for free food - and you don't care who knows it!

But there's one ultimate test of love for grub: would you go out with someone you didn't fancy in the slightest for a free meal?

The answer from many women seems to be 'Yes, I absolutely would,' with a new study alleging that a third of females have been on a date with someone they are not romantically interested in in order to get wined and dined.

Nervous for your next date? No stress - time to check out Ellen Degeneres' dating tips:

This week it emerged from two online studies by psychologists that 23 per cent to 33 per cent of women have done a so-called 'foodie call'.

However, there's some bad news for you, if you have engaged in such behaviour: there's a chance you may have some less than desirable characteristics.

According to the researchers at Azusa Pacific University, women who scored high on the three 'dark' personality traits - psychopathy, Machiavellianism and narcissism - are more likely to find a foodie call acceptable.

In addition, they are allegedly more likely to believe in traditional gender roles - i.e. that women should be housewives, while men are breadwinners.

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In the first study, 820 women were reportedly recruited, with 40 per cent reporting they were single, 33 per cent married, and 27 per cent saying they were in a committed relationship but not hitched. A total of 85 per cent said they were heterosexual, with straight women being the main focus for the study.

The participants answered a number of questions that measured their personality traits, beliefs about gender roles, and their 'foodie call' history, and were also questioned on whether they found a date-for-food situation socially acceptable.

According to the results, almost a quarter (23 per cent) of women revealed they'd engaged in a foodie call, with most of these doing so occasionally or rarely. However, despite these conclusions, most women believed foodie calls were extremely to moderately unacceptable.

The second study, also published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, analysed a similar set of questions with 357 heterosexual women. They found 33 per cent had engaged in a foodie call.

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Nonetheless, researchers advised the public to take the findings with a pinch of salt, saying it was important to note that neither of the studies recruited representative samples of women, so it's impossible to know if the percentages are accurate for women in general.

Study co-author Dr Brian Collisson commented on the research, stating: "Several dark traits have been linked to deceptive and exploitative behaviour in romantic relationships, such as one-night stands, faking an orgasm, or sending unsolicited sexual pictures."

The Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Azusa Pacific University reiterated that psychologists would have to study more women to know for sure, stating foodie calls  "could be more prevalent, for instance, if women lied or misremembered their foodie calls to maintain a positive view of their dating history."

The group of researchers also noted that foodie calls could occur in many types of relationships, and could be done by men as well as women.


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Vinos DO Alicante

A visit to La Viña,` Winecanting in Alicante´ and Fidueà de Gandia…A VÍ Vid report.

It was interesting to read a plea from the distributor of three of Valencia´s newest Vermuts for more coordination of events related to wine and food in the region. This week saw us invited to at least five events, June has always been a manic month for new product launches, new menu events, International food Competitions  and our normal work carries on! La Viña. We started the week with a visit to Bodega La Viña in Font de la Figuera in DO []

A Tasting of Wines from DO Alicante, A VÍ Vid report.

VÍ  Vid were very pleased to be able to attend the Salon Profesiónal in Denia this week and taste the new crop of wines from DO Alicante. The tasting was held in the Cdt of the Marina Alta. 18 Bodegas attended and this is a selection of the wines which impressed us. David Carbonell has been making wines from Viognier (and other varieties) at Vins del Comtat  for as long as we have known the bodega and was a pioneer of producing []

VÍ vid visits Bodegas BOCOPA.

Bocopa, the Petrer based bodega, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. 1987 was the year that saw several small bodegas in DO Alicante pool their resources to improve their marketing prospects and production techniques and volumes. The new bodega brought together some 8000 hectares of vines, mostly in the Vinalopó and  La Marina Alta together with 1800 vineyard owners. Today the bodega is one of  Alicantes reference bodegas, producing more than 60% of the wine from the DO. But, right from the []


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N5IAG – Silent Key

The DARC family and friends mourns the passing Chuck Thompson N5IAG(SK).

Information on Chuck’s funeral services and burial is now available:

Sunday, March 24th, at Sparkman Funeral Home, 1029 S Greenville Ave, Richardson, TX  75081
1:00PM to 2:00PM – Public viewing
2:00PM – Funeral Service
3:00PM to 4:00PM – Reception

Monday, March 25th, at DFW National Cemetery, 2000 Mountain Creek Pkwy, Dallas, TX  75211
1:15PM – Burial with Military Funeral Honors

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Why can’t I buy Bradford White at my hardware store?

Bradford White believes a water heater should be installed by a plumbing professional. The Do-It-Yourself person may be able to handle many small household jobs, but the installation of a water heater could create a dangerous situation if performed incorrectly. There are many local codes and safety requirements that pertain to water heater installation and operation; without understanding these requirements you could be breaking the law as well as endangering yourself and your family.

How long should a water heater last?

New tanks by Bradford White do a very good job of self-cleaning. Life expectancies can vary greatly town to town due to your water quality. Areas with poor water quality can expect averages of 7-8 years on quality tanks such as Bradford Whites that are good at self-cleaning, less for cheaper built tanks or hardware store brands. Areas with average or good water quality can usually expect 10-15 years or maybe even more if you’re one of the lucky ones!

The hardware store has a 10 year warranty, why is yours only 6 years?

We offer a 10-year warranty on our installed water heaters, but it is not necessary as 99% of Bradford White heaters last over 10 years. When you purchase a new water heater through a super hardware store, most are not installed per Illinois Plumbing Code by the subcontractors they use. If your water heater fails, sure you have a 10-year warranty BUT chances are you won’t find the same subcontractor that originally installed your water heater, if you do, he won’t warranty it for you. Then, you will have to drain the failed heater, remove the failed heater, haul it back to the hardware store, wait at the counter, have them pull a new heater, load the new heater back into your vehicle, reinstall the new heater. On top of it, let’s assume your heater is 8 years old, you paid $350 for it, they will refund you about 25% or $87.50 of your original purchase price. In addition, your new heater will only have the remainder of the original 10-yr factory warranty, 2 years. So after all that work you still have to pay $260 for a heater and a licensed plumber to install it.

My basement flooded, do I need to replace my water heater?

Any and all flood-damaged plumbing, heating, cooling and electrical appliances and related systems should be replaced.


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Jackson, Tim

Timothy Jackson
Start date:
October 2013
Research Topic:
Ending “Too Big To Fail” in the Banking Sector
Research pathway:
Research Supervisor:
Dr Vo Phuong Mai Le
Supervising school:
Cardiff Business School,
Primary funding source:
ESRC Studentship

I am adapting the paper by Gertler, Kiyotaki and Queralto to include a default risk by banks, which is currently subsidized by the central bank’s lender of last resort policy so as to prevent bank runs as modelled by Diamond-Dybvig.

I intend to show that equity funding increases welfare as compared to this current deposit insurance regime.


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Russell Brand and Jordan Peterson – a conversation on addiction recovery, the higher self, tyranny/competence, and synthesis

An incredible 90 minute conversation featuring two truly woke minds. This wide ranging discussion hits on topics we rarely hear about or bother to understand. Discover this!

Russell Brand: “Thesis, anti-thesis, synthesis. We require synthesis

JBP: “And that’s the interplay of opposites”

“RB: “The Ying & Yang- there needs to be necessary collusion between distinction(s), but for that to happen there needs to be acknowledgement and recognition of difference. Trying to achieve equality with the annihilation of category is not a successful route”


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Holistic Healing at Kairali – The Healing Village

I know you guys must be thinking that a blogger’s life is stress free & easy, looking at the pictures we post but that’s not the case. My life is equally stressful & given my busy lifestyle I don’t get time to pay attention my diet. Also, I live in Mumbai, which is full of pollution & adulteration & that has taken a toll on my body & mind. We all need a break from this lifestyle & Kairali is the perfect place for that.

Kairali – The healing village is based in Palakkad, Kerala. I decided to go there for a detox weekend so I flew from Mumbai to Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu via Indigo airlines & from there it’s about 1 & a half hr drive to Kairali. The moment we reached Kairali, I was in awe with its beauty because it’s situated in the lap of mother nature & this place seemed a different world in itself. It has won the title of “Best Luxury Destination Spa’ 2012 at World’s Luxury Spa Awards.

I checked into my room & directly went for my appointment with the astrologer & doctor who understood my mental & physical health to curate a customized treatment.

Next day I woke up & headed straight for my breakfast post which I went for the first session of my massage called “Abhyangam.” It is a regular oil massage which strengthens the bones & joints plus regulates the flow of blood. This treatments overall builds the immunity of the body to fight against seasonal changes.

Post my treatment I went for lunch & later attended a presentation by Dr Chitra on Ayurveda which helped me understand my body composition & how Ayurveda plays a vital role in our life.

For day 2, Dr Chitra suggested “Sirodhara” treatment in which a specially designed apparatus is filled with the medicated oil & placed on top of the head to pour oil in slow oscillation movement.

This treatment is known to promote rejuvenation & revitalization of the mind & body. I simply felt another level of calmness in my mind after this treatment. Post the treatment me & my colleagues went for a tour of the village & visited the local market, dam & fort. I was really exhausted by the time we came back but didn’t want to miss the evening meditation session so attended it even though I was tired. It was really relaxing. This mediation session is organized every evening at 6:30pm & a yoga session is organized at 6:30am every morning.

Coming to food, they serve only vegan vegetarian food & each person’s meal is customized as per their body & mind condition. I loved how well curated my each meal was in terms of nutrition. Also, all the toiletries & herbal oils are manufacture at their own factories.

Well, the detox weekend came to an end & so did my trip, it was time to bid goodbye & come back home with a much stable mind & body. Thank you Kairali for this amazing detox weekend.

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Bartering – An Act of Desperation

“Special Purpose Vehicle aims to keep Iran in 2015 nuclear deal with barter system

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov with EU external affairs chief Federica Mogherini in New York on Tuesday. Photograph: Alexander Shcherbak/TASS

By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Wed 26 Sep 2018 01.00 EDT The Guardian

Source Link: EU, China and Russia in move to sidestep US sanctions on Iran

{What’s next, wampum? – LS}

The European Union, Iran, China and Russia have set out a plan to sidestep unilateral US sanctions designed to cripple the Iranian economy and force the Iranians to renegotiate the nuclear deal signed in 2015.

European diplomats hope the proposed measure – known as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) – will help persuade an increasingly reluctant Iran to stay inside the deal in the hope of rescuing its economy.

Speaking on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York, Federica Mogherini, the EU external affairs chief, said the SPV was designed to facilitate payments related to Iran’s exports – including oil – and imports, so long as the firms involved were carrying out legitimate business under EU law.

The aim is to make the SPV available not just to EU firms but to others, she added.

In his address to the United Nations general assembly, Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, stressed Tehran’s continued commitment to the deal and accused the US of pressurising other countries into violating the nuclear agreement.

“Confronting multilateralism is not a sign of strength,” he said. “Rather, it is a symptom of the weakness of intellect. It betrays an inability in understanding a complex and interconnected world.”

But the US president Donald Trump’s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, addressing an anti-Iran pressure group, said he was “disturbed and indeed deeply disappointed” by the EU plan.

“This is one of the of the most counterproductive measures imaginable for regional and global peace and security,” Pompeo said.

Versions of the SPV floated by thinktanks suggest it could underpin a sophisticated barter system that can avoid US Treasury sanctions. For example, Iran could ship crude oil to a French firm, accumulating credit that could then be used to pay an Italian manufacturer for goods shipped the other way, without any funds traversing through Iranian hands or the banking system.

A multinational European state-backed financial intermediary would be set up to handle deals with companies interested in Iran transactions and with Iranian counter-parties. Any transactions would not be transparent to the US, and involve euros and sterling rather than dollars.

The proposal is additional to a blocking statute passed by the EU in August that theoretically makes EU companies immune from sanctions imposed by the US in pursuit of its Iran policy. In theory, the statute empowers EU firms to seek compensation from US Treasury for trying to impose extra-territorial sanctions in breach of the statute. So far this statute has not been tested in court.

Richard Nephew, a former Barack Obama official and author of The Art of Sanctions, expressed scepticism on Twitter, saying that for the SPV to be taken up, European firms – many with either US employees, or US subsidiaries – must still be prepared to take the risk of being sanctioned by the US.

He also suggested US sanctions could be applied to the traded good as much as to the cash to fund the trade. He predicted few firms would take that risk, outside some SMEs [small and medium-sized enterprises] heavily dependent on Iran for their income.

Jarrett Blanc, another former Obama staffer for the Iran deal, broadly agreed with Nephew, but was more sympathetic, writing that “the symbolism here is probably Europe’s most important contribution, and it may be sufficient depending on what China, India, Turkey do on oil”. He added: “The payment mechanism move opens the door to a longer-term degradation of US sanctions power.”

Either way, Europe needs a solution soon after months of railing against US economic imperialism. The vast majority of European firms are planning to pull out.

Trump announced two sets of US secondary sanctions in May, and other sanctions imposed in August cover shipping and insurance. The other more important sanctions – aimed at ending Iranian oil exports, still the heart of the faltering Iranian economy – do not bite until 5 November.

In advance of the oil sanctions, Iran’s crude sales to China fell 21% between May and August, according to Eurasia Group. But it is unclear how long China will stick to that trend.

The assumption is that many countries like India and Russia will continue to trade with Iran and challenge the US to try to impose sanctions, pointing out that in reality it is the US, by tearing up the agreement and not them, that is in breach of UN resolutions.

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Edward Breeds

About Me

My name is Edward Breeds and I am currently in my final year (final few months, in fact) of an iMR-CDT funded PhD at the University of Nottingham.

My supervisor is Dr. Walter Köckenberger at the Sir. Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre.

Outside the SPMMRC

Although I enjoy my PhD work, I also like to work with young people, teaching them just how exciting science can be. As such, I perform shows ("Current Affairs" and "Under Pressure") to audiences up to 400 of all ages and abilities. I also enjoy "Physics busking", which is interacting with the public using live street demonstrations.

I enjoy climbing, traveling and gaming, outside of work.

Prior Experience

My undergraduate was completed at Nottingham Trent University, where I achieved a 1st Class Master's Degree in Physics.

While studying for my degree I was awarded a number of Summer placements working on permanent magnet NMR systems. This included the design and implementation of both hardware and software, with my final year project concluding with the development of a low cost NMR probe and console with portable applications. These placements and this final year project have helped shape my path to where I am now.

I prefer technological challenges, such as hardware design and optimisation.

My Initial Project Abstract

Temperature-Jump Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation using an Infrared Laser

"In this project a new strategy will be investigated to generate a highly polarised spin ensemble in liquid state, by first applying low temperature Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) and then generating fast temperature jumps using a laser in the mid-infrared regime. In preparation for this hardware project, initial simulations will be carried out to investigate heat transport in an amorphous sample.

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Convergence and New Technologies Change the Landscape

"Quite simply, organizational change is not occurring as rapidly as technology is developing. With different divisions pursuing solutions at their own pace, distributed systems management is on a collision course."

-Saverio Merlo
Boole & Babbage

Convergence and New Technologies Change the Landscape

By John Makulowich

Network management, once a fairly well-defined domain of standard activities, routine chores and maintenance tasks, has been radically transformed.

Traditional technology has yielded way to gigabit Ethernets and announcements by IBM Corp. about super fast token ring. Alongside these advances are the thundering hoofs of Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp., with its NT servers holding out the promise of reduced maintenance overhead with ZAW (zero administration for networks).

On the outskirts are the continuing moves toward full convergence of data, voice and video communications at the desktop, replete with Internet telephony, messaging and videoconferencing. Then there are the likes of Sprint buying a network service provider and a local area network integrator.

These changes have expanded the range of responsibilities for public sector network managers across a diverse landscape of platforms and processes, from the ilk of Unix through client/servers to extranets.

One reflection of the new network management order is the array of niche products that serve both the narrowest of network operations and the broadest of administrative assignments - from monitoring system traffic in pulsating packets to maintaining system security beyond the fierce firewall.

Another reflection is the range of demands made on systems integrators and vendors servicing the government marketplace, from outsourcing to turnkey support.

One person close to the frantic action is Saverio Merlo, senior vice president of marketing and a 17-year veteran with Boole & Babbage, San Jose, Calif., who has broad experience guiding both North American and European marketing strategies. His company provides enterprise automation solutions for distributed systems management.

"There is no good answer to the question about the current state of network management," declares Merlo. "It lost its identity with the encroachment of other disciplines. The traditional evolution of the network from voice and data to open networks and standards has now come to the point where we have to differentiate between network environments and client/server environments."

Not only has the client/server environment eroded the traditional network, but the cost of managing the network is more expensive now, Merlo says. Part of that cost increase is attributable to the difficulty that individuals and organizations are experiencing in trying to organize the workplace to the new paradigm that technology has molded.

"Quite simply, organizational change is not occurring as rapidly as technology is developing," explains Merlo. "With different divisions pursuing solutions at their own pace, distributed systems management is on a collision course."

The solution, he suggests, is to bridge the departmental gap with technology and systems management - the space in which Boole & Babbage competes. Viewing the overall management of information technology, he segments the corporate workspace into people, processes and tools and the management functions into operations, production and administration.

"Our approach is to deliver an end-to-end solution, to bridge any IT element and bring it under a central point of control," Merlo says. "We focus strictly on the top end of the market, whether industry or government, where big customers confront big problems. Here you find large organizations with thousands and thousands of objects whose businesses will suffer immediately if the network falters."

Currently there is strong demand for turnkey solutions, both implementation and operation, especially in the federal government, he says. The focus on open systems and standards is a plus for customers who are trying to come to grips with the dizzying array of network management issues, Merlo adds. Also good news is the fact that World Wide Web technology, including browser programs, has basically solved the graphical user interface issue, decoupling it from a specific technology or platform.

His own company's flagship product, Command/Post, gives managers a pilot house from which to control fault management, end-to-end availability and automated operations throughout the enterprise. And its MainView product line provides performance management and automation in Multiple Virtual Storage systems.

The view of network management across the industry as well as inside the government, is changing almost as rapidly as the network's product life cycles, which in some cases have gone from two to three years to six months.

One of the clearer statements of the transformation shows up in the recently published report, "Information Systems Trustworthiness: Interim Report," issued by the National Research Council's Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on Information Systems Trustworthiness.

"Our nation's infrastructures are undergoing profound change," the report notes. "Networked information systems are becoming critical to the daily operation of increasingly large segments of government, industry, and commerce. Moreover, in responding to the needs of subscribers, critical infrastructures like the electric power utilities and public switched telephone network are increasing their dependence on computers and communications networks.

"But this growing dependence on networked computers is accompanied by increased risk. In short, our nation's infrastructures could well evolve into an interdependent system of fragile and vulnerable subsystems. Understanding how to ensure that they will operate reliably is thus vital."

This message is not lost on Stephen M. Cohen, a computer specialist with the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration, the home of four major program offices: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs; Office of Labor-Management Standards; Office of Workers' Compensation Programs; and Wage and Hour Division.

Ahead of the curve of many of his colleagues, Cohen returned to school for an MBA after getting his undergraduate degree in information science. His approach to network issues reflects that decision.

"I consider where I work not just an [information systems] department anymore; it's now a department that solves business problems. More and more, IT staff will be called upon to serve as business consultants offering guidance in applying appropriate technology to help the organization maintain its competitive edge. To help staff make decisions, you will need to focus the standard business school mind-set on organizational mission, strategy and direction," says Cohen.

"You can see how far we've progressed in just this decade. The basic end user today can almost perform the functionality of an IS department, building his own applications and database and making ad hoc queries."

More and more, network management is becoming an issue of keeping up with user requirements, which change almost daily, as well as monitoring the increased use of the network, including the Internet, for example, to present content and graphics to target audiences. It's all part of extending reach and expanding services to ever-demanding customers.

The advent of HTML (hypertext markup language) and the desire to publish along with developments in Java, applications, imaging technology and multimedia tools, such as VRML (virtual reality modeling language for 3-D), should keep user demand of the network on a continuing growth curve.

Cohen echoes the comments of Boole & Babbage's Merlo with his own observation that the push had been to distributed computing with "servers all over the place." He sees that changing, with a new thrust more toward centralization with greater demand placed on network reliability. In fact, Cohen notes that additional redundant lines had to be installed in his division to support the increase in wide area network traffic.

"Clearly, there's more demand on the network, which makes sense from an administrative standpoint. However, there is chaos on the server end. We are now in the process of cleaning that up," says Cohen.

Asked about the software he's using for network management tasks, he cites as one example FireWall-1 from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Redwood City, Calif., an enterprise security solution that integrates access control, authentication, encryption, network address translation, content security, auditing and connection control.

"We purchased it to address Internet security issues and are pleased with it. Among the key features for us were how easy it was to deploy and that it really provides good information about what's going on with our interface to the Internet," says Cohen.

Still, with all the hardware, middleware and software available, he feels that network management and the present crop of tools are basically in a state of chaos, demanding continuing re-evaluation of products.

"You could end up with five, six, seven packages depending on what devices you are monitoring, whether concentrators, routers, bridges, whatever," admits Cohen.

One product that's caught his eye and which he plans to evaluate soon is the Spectrum Enterprise Manager, an integrated systems and network management platform, from Cabletron Systems of Rochester, N.H. Promising not only to reduce network downtime and associated costs, but to simplify and distribute network operations throughout the organization, the product offers a client/server architecture with different levels of scalability and flexibility. It also allows, according to company literature, everyone from the manager of information services to less-technical, high-level executives to have the tools to run a network in line with the goals of the business.

A different viewpoint of network management is offered by Jay Sriram, a senior systems administrator and database administrator for a division of the U.S. Department of Education. Experienced in both the mainframe and client/server environments, he admits that the changes brought about by distributed computing and increased end-user activity have not been wholeheartedly accepted by all.

"As you might expect, the transformation has been painful for some. Many users are really happy that they can do more. On the other hand, there are those who don't want to do a lot of computing and prefer the old dumb-terminal technology," says Sriram.

His role in the Education Department is unique in that he is responsible for an entire isolated system that he helped develop and which he now operates.

"Running on a Hewlett-Packard machine, the system contains the latest data on post-secondary education for which we are totally accountable. That data includes institutional information from school business offices, for example, the name of the school, when it was started, when accredited, its default rate for loans. Covered are barber shop schools, for instance. It's all public domain data and owned by the business end of the Education Department. We are simply the custodians of the data, responsible, for example, for keeping it up to speed with upgrades. It's a turnkey operation, the first type on this scale," says Sriram.

As he points out, this effort originated from soul-searching about why the department was doing everything on the mainframe when users were demanding to share data. One reason the issue was even raised is explained by how quickly client tools have evolved, according to Sriram. "It has made it easier for someone to say they need this kind of facility for this kind of system."

What he installed was Unicenter TNG (The Next Generation) from Computer Associates International Inc. of Islandia, N.Y., which had all the modules that Sriram wanted. The suite offers enterprise management solutions through a set of functions built on an object-oriented architecture and a scalable manager/agent infrastructure operating across heterogeneous networks. It integrates the management of systems, networks, databases and applications and provides a view of this environment.

For example, according to company literature, a management function in Unicenter TNG, such as performance covers network devices and networks as a whole, systems and databases running on them, client/server applications and Internet applications. The integration permits a picture of the performance of all the IT resources involved in a business process.

While he intended to use it on multiple nodes, Sriram wound up hosting it on the single system.

He feels that hindsight has improved the quality of the data. That is, that the information dissemination facilitated by the system has helped better inform users how to tailor their demands. That's been made possible by a new breed of user. Previously solely business analysts, they are now much more computer literate, for example, able to perform ad hoc queries from their system. This has led in many cases to improved quality in their work.

"There is no question that all these developments have raised the level of expectations among users. Many would now like to see increased interactivity, with information returned after they supply input via forms. And many are now offering their input on how the forms should be designed," says Sriram.

With all this change, he admits it is hard to say where the network system will evolve. With broad experience in different environments, he remains philosophical about the future direction.

"There is no right way or wrong way to set up a system to manage information. I don't think it will go in one direction. You just have to align yourself with the technology current at that time. In my experience, every time you centralize or decentralize operations, you have to replace technology to modernize. What's clear is that the online systems have changed the ways that people think about how they can do business. Now different parties to a transaction can call an 800 number and see that a payment has been taken care of," says Sriram.

A third perspective of network management from inside the public sector comes from Ken Wong, an electronics engineer who functions as a network engineer in the National Institutes of Health's Network Systems Branch in the Division of Computer Research and Technology. His role is to help design and maintain the NIH backbone, the high-speed network connection.

Seeking finer granularity for network management - that is, an in-depth look at how traffic was flowing, what hosts were running and what protocols were operating - Wong started using RMON (remote monitoring) products last December from NetScout Systems Inc. of Chelmsford, Mass. One of the key features for him was the clear presentation of the data through a specialized management software program that is highly graphical.

For example, NetScout Expert Visualizer presents a customizable three-dimensional view of the network. Alongside physical views, it offers logical views for traffic, for internetworking and for applications.

The NetScout Manager software provides over 40 integrated diagnostic and analysis tools, letting users view the enterprisewide traffic on any network segment at the physical, protocol or application level. It displays alarms for problem conditions, analyzes the data for troubleshooting, produces reports for policy compliance and generates reports for long-range planning.

The tools also allow network managers to try and offer the maximum quality of service, which means the availability and reliability of distributed client/server applications.

Users are able to view business-critical LAN/WAN segments without regard to protocol or topology; supported are switched LANs, VLANs, frame relay, T1/T3, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, FDDI (fiber distributed data interface) and token ring. Ethernet is a baseband LAN specification invented by Xerox Corp. and developed jointly by Xerox, Intel and Digital Equipment Corp. Token ring is a token-passing LAN developed and supported by IBM.

While pleased with the product, Wong quickly adds that the limitation of monitoring the backbone is the enormous amount of data that is collected. He repeats the now familiar refrain about the status of network management.

"Network management is in chaos. There is just so much information about the network you can collect. Over time, with so much data coming at you, you tend to become desensitized to key parameters that are important to collect. There's also too much information to sort through," says Wong.

One solution, he suggests, is to have network managers protected from this flood of data and only notified when there is important information on the network. This is a function that RMON should be able to perform.

Even so, he finds the software valuable, both to answer questions that occur from rising expectations about network performance and to reduce costs. For instance, he often receives complaints that the network is slow. With RMON, he can put instrumentation on the network to see why it is slow.

"Here's a good example. Several months ago, an end user was saying the network was slow. He proposed a solution that would have cost about $250,000. I told him, 'Let's take a look at it.' I put NetScout probes on the network to monitor performance. We saw lots of intranet traffic, where the traffic was going and what was generating it. After that, we recommended an Ethernet switch for $25,000 and it solved the problem. Admittedly, it's not perfect data, but it offers excellent clues about how to spend money and upgrade the network," says Wong.

The popular RMON market is served by a number of companies, among them SolCom Systems Inc. of Livingston, Scotland, which has a suite of network management products for managers of Ethernet, token ring and FDDI LANs. Their SNMP/RMON standards-based products support all 20 groups of RMON (1 and 2). As enhancements to current versions, the company plans to release an updated Automatic Data Gatherer and a Web-based interface with expanded reporting capabilities including both RMON and RMON2 reports. Probes for frame relay and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) will be introduced later this year.

Another company with an enterprisewide network management solution is Tivoli Systems of Austin, Texas, part of IBM Corp. The company offers an open, end-to-end management solution from mainframes to the desktop with network and systems management in between. This month the firm introduced TME 10 LAN Access, which it claims is the first product to manage disparate work group environments from an enterprise level.

According to Tivoli literature, TME 10 LAN Access lets customers manage enterprise desktops directly from the TME 10 console. LAN management solutions now supported by TME 10 LAN Access include Intel LANDesk Management Suite, Microsoft Systems Management Server and IBM NetFinity. The product is also the first implementation of the Multi-Platform Manager Application Programming Interface, the initiative announced by Tivoli and Intel in September 1996 to establish integration between work group and enterprise management solutions.

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Corien Greenwood, vice president of marketing for Caravelle

In a different category, an up-and-coming network management monitoring tool trying to fill the carefully refined niche of World Wide Web servers is WebWatcher from Caravelle of Nepean, Ontario. Soon to be released in a new version 5.0, the Java-based product monitors your Web site and issues an alert on-screen, by e-mail or alphanumeric pager when it detects an impending problem or real-time failure. It offers visual network mapping and a browser-enabled HTML user interface and tests all TCP/IP hardware and software devices, including http and ftp servers, server hardware, routers and individual Web pages.

According to Corien Greenwood, vice president of marketing for Caravelle, the product targets webmasters dissatisfied with current offerings in the ENMS (enterprise network management systems) market who want to monitor individual PCs on the network. For that reason, WebWatcher is built to perform full SNMP (simple network management protocol) queries on SNMP devices, including setting and receiving trap messages.

"When WebWatcher first hit the market, there were no competing products. In fact, it was one of the first push products on the market announced at Comdex two years ago, the same time as Pointcast. Unlike Pointcast, we don't follow the model of a volume market funded by advertising. With the new release of the product, it can now function as an SNMP device within an ENMS. The ENMS can query WebWatcher 5.0 for the values of both SNMP and non-SNMP devices. One central WebWatcher console can monitor other copies of WebWatcher for exceeded threshold values, sending an SNMP trap to the ENMS for full centralized management," explains Greenwood.

In the midst of this network management activity, plugging away at what it terms the fringes of enterprise computing, is computer stalwart Unisys of Blue Bell, Pa. The company that boasts over 50,000 customers in more than 100 companies is focused on fusing telecommunications and data communications technologies with its Unisys Network Application Platform/VoiceSource product line. That offering merges Computer Telephony Integration technologies, telephone networks and computers into a single business information system - one likely to create new challenges for network and system administrators.

At the other end of the network management spectrum is a range of products catering to companies that sprouted from the Telecommunications Act of 1996, such as competitive local exchange carriers, better known as CLECs. Meeting their needs are companies like Ace*Comm of Gaithersburg, Md., which has been around since the early 1980s.

"Our products fall under back office systems or operation support systems of which network management is a part," says George T. Jimenez, chief executive of Ace*Comm. "They can help network operators that use SNMP on the enterprise side. This consists of large corporations, universities, really any organization with networks that span more than one location and that has multiple aspects, such as telephone and data."

Not only does his company serve the traditional regional telephone companies, but it also sells to the new phone carriers created by the 1996 act as well as carriers worldwide. According to Jimenez, the CLECs have already collectively submitted nearly 400 applications for new carriers to provide competitive services to the traditional carriers. And Ace*Comm's international business is growing with more than 70 percent of their annual revenue generated beyond the borders of the United States.

Among its carrier products is DCMS, which collects call record data from switches and sends it to a central site where different analyses can be performed, such as billing, fraud detection and traffic. A version of DCMS called NEDS provides real-time data collection, gathering data at the same time from several network elements.

The company's core enterprise product is NetPlus, which is made up of multiple client/server systems that automate such management functions as fault, configuration, accounting, performance and security. The product can scale to support networks which range in size from 1,000 to 5,000 users.

Part of the cause of the current chaos in network management falls at the feet of the federal government, in the opinion of David Steinberg, director of federal systems for Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a company that commands a 44 percent share of the firewall market for networks.

"Sure, there are lots of security solutions for network managers. Yet, many end users don't know how to evaluate all the variables. The biggest problem for federal users today is evaluating their needs and vendor solutions in a vacuum of government standards. It's become a hot potato between the National Security Agency and NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology," says Steinberg.

He points to NSA's MISSI (Multilevel Information Systems Security Initiative) Program (, which he claims was setting the stage for the development of a network security standard that NSA was to test. Now, he says, NIST is going to pick it up and perform the firewall evaluation.

According to the NSA Web site, MISSI is a network security initiative to provide a framework for interoperable, complementary security products for networked information systems across the Defense Information Infrastructure and the National Information Infrastructure. The MISSI building blocks are based on common security protocols and standards. Flexible solutions are tailored from these building blocks to meet a system's security requirements.

"With this situation, government end users are now in the awkward position of feeling unsure about what levels of security they need to pass the levels of data that they do. That's because almost every agency has levels of classification," says Steinberg.

What's his proposed solution? He tells customers to pretend they are commercial firms and to remember that having some protection is better than none. He suggests this because he knows that staff are implementing security standards but doing it without government guidance.

With over 130 Internet protocols, each presenting its own challenges, the network manager faces a daunting task to establish a secure network. Steinberg suggests that at the core level, you need an internal firewall. Next, you need to protect data passing over the Internet with an encryption scheme. The third line of defense is an authentication scheme with a password and secure ID.

"If you implement these three things, you are ahead," advises Steinberg. "Crackers are like burglars. Seeing these levels, they are likely to move on. Besides, if you don't implement a solution, you can drive yourself nuts by worrying. Why be more vulnerable?"

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Ariana Grande Gives New Update On 'Sweetener Tour' Live Album

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Ariana Grande has been hard at work on her next music project.

On Saturday (December 7), the “NASA” songbird provided another update on her newest endeavor, the Sweetener Tour live studio album. “Been sitting in my car parked in the rain approving mixes for the live project all am,” Grande tweeted. “So many special lil moments in there ... i love hearing your tiny voices in the background. my mic picked up so many funny little things. i can’t wait for u to hear.”

Given how fans have responded, the anticipation surrounding the musician’s live project has been a pretty big deal, to say the least. “All your going to hear is us screaming FUCK IT UP and PERIOOOOOD,” one user wrote on Twitter, to which Grande replied: “There’s a very clear ‘period’ at the end of fake smile that sent me when i heard it.”

Earlier this month, Grande, who is currently wrapping the final stops of her “Sweetener World Tour” through December 22, revealed just how involved she’s been in putting her live LP together. “Been prepping these vocals for the live album / listening to first pass mixes & am so excited,” the 26-year-old tweeted. “Vocal producing everything myself, johnny’s been producing all the band parts!”

Grande’s latest release, Thank U, Next, arrived on February 8 via Republic Records. The effort garnered the superstar two 2020 Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album.

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2015 Summer Budget: Full Budget Analysis

Date Posted: Sunday 12th July 2015

2015 Summer Budget Analysis (July)

For a full budget analysis see here.

A budget that undermines women’s security

A further £13bn slashed from an already depleted social security budget will undermine the security of women and drive poor families deeper into poverty. This is one of several policies outlined by the newly-elected Conservative government in the summer budget delivered on 8th July.

The Chancellor George Osborne wants to deliver a budget surplus by 2019/20. To that end he published a fiscal charter committing this and future governments to maintaining a budget surplus even during times of economic stability and growth.

Yet maintaining a surplus in itself isn’t the key to economic security and limits the sharing of risk through public investment in social and physical infrastructure. The fiscal charter and the measures announced in this and all budgets since 2010 simply shift social risks further away from collective sharing and onto individuals, in particular women. The result will be increased personal debt, a rise in maternal poverty and greater care burdens on women.

Key points raised in the Women’s Budget Group budget analysis:

  • The £13bn of cuts in social security spending by 2020/21 will disproportionately hit families and women on low incomes, and the rise in the minimum wage won’t compensate this. Instead the cuts in working tax credits will decrease work incentives for second earners and widen the gap between benefit recipients and the rest of the population.
  • Included in the £13bn cut to security is a reduction in the benefit cap to £23K in London and £20K elsewhere. This is going to force more families into debt and rent arrears, many will be forced to leave homes where they have community networks and jobs, and it will disrupt the lives of the poorest children. The House of Commons Library reports that four-fifths of those adults affected by the cap in 2014 were women, many of whom had several children.
  • Raising taxation is welcome, including cuts in pension tax relief. However, such measures are partly offset by continued give-aways including: the poorly-targeted and expensive rise in personal tax allowance, the continued freeze in fuel duties and further cuts to corporation tax rates, all of which benefit mostly men as they are more likely higher-income earners and/or shareholders.
  • Any increase in high quality childcare services is welcome; the pledge of 30 hours a week free childcare for all 3-4 year-olds is a step in the right direction. However, the policy is restricted to children whose parents are in paid employment. There is little detail on how much the government will spend. If no extra funding is available the policy will simply compound existing problems in childcare provision such as the structural public underfunding of childcare, low availability of childcare places and quality issues.
  • The pay rise cap for public sector workers, combined with further cuts in departmental spending yet to be announced, will again affect women disproportionately and threaten employment retention and quality of public services.

The impact of these latest measures discussed in detail below must be judged alongside the austerity programme implemented over the last five years. The Women’s Budget Group has conducted detailed analysis of every budget, spending review and key policies (such as universal credit) for the implications for women and gender equality.

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VP Role for Paul Ryan Has His Former Parish Priest Worried

By Jonathan Rosenblum

Article originally posted August 15, 2012, on the Center for Media & Democracy – PRWatch. Article re-posted here with permission.

“Your budget appears to reflect the values of your favorite philosopher, Ayn Rand, rather than the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

– Faculty at Georgetown University

The entrance to St. Mary Elementary School in Janesville, Wisconsin has two identical archways with contrasting inscriptions. One entrance says, “For God.” The other says, “For Country.” That is where Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, first merged his studies of government and religion as a young student.

Entrance to St. Mary Elementary School in Janesville, WI, with inscriptions “For God” and “For Country”

And the priest who presides over the archways and the towering steeple of the Nativity of Mary says that Ryan’s interpretation of Catholic teaching in national budgetary matters and his prospective vice presidential role have him “worried.” Father Stephen Umhoefer told the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) that he supports a role for religion in the public square, but that Ryan’s austerity budget and proposed steep cuts in social programs are inconsistent with the Catholic teachings that Ryan cites to justify the policies. “If he is following his conscience, he is doing the morally correct thing. But he shouldn’t wrap himself in Catholic teaching because he is not using that [teaching] in what I would say is a balanced way,” said Umhoefer.

Umhoefer, 72, has led the church since 2002 and was the Ryan family pastor until the family left for another Janesville parish a few years ago. Ryan’s current parish is led by a priest who teaches on the diocese faculty under the deeply conservative Madison Bishop Robert Morlino, who characterizes Ryan’s judgment as “in accord with all the teachings of the Church.”

Ryan’s Defense of Austerity Budget Kicks Up Controversy

Ryan’s leadership as chair of the House Budget Committee and author of the “Path to Prosperity” Republican budget blueprint and the FY 2013 House Budget Resolution has become a lightning rod for criticism by other Catholic bishops, ecumenical groups, and lay leaders.

Nativity of Mary Parish

In introducing Ryan to the nation as his running mate Saturday, Romney said that Ryan’s beliefs “remain firmly rooted in Janesville, Wisconsin,” and pointed to his life as a “faithful Catholic.” If elected, Ryan would become the first Catholic Republican vice president in history. The Ryan budget, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 but died in the Senate, would slash taxes on the rich and on corporations, while implementing massive cuts in social safety net programs. It would repeal Obamacare, cut Medicaid, transform Medicare into a voucher system, cut student loans, and end the Earned Income Tax Credit program for the poor, while reversing Wall Street financial reforms.

Standing alone, the harsh austerity budget was controversial enough. But in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network in April 2012, Ryan defended his budget as in conformity with Catholic social doctrine. “The preferential option for the poor, which is one of the primary tenets of Catholic social teaching, means don’t keep people poor, don’t make people dependent on government so that they stay stuck in their station in life. Help people get out of poverty onto [a] life of independence,” Ryan said.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops took sharp exception, calling on Congress to resist “for moral and human reasons” cuts to food and nutrition programs to the poor. The Conference called instead for “shared sacrifice … including raising adequate revenues, eliminating unnecessary military and other spending, and addressing the long-term costs of health insurance and retirement programs fairly.” Faculty at Georgetown University put it more bluntly in an open letter to Ryan: “Your budget appears to reflect the values of your favorite philosopher, Ayn Rand, rather than the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

Father Umhoefer followed the controversy from Janesville. He said in an extended interview that he had a “very friendly pastor-parishioner relationship” with Ryan, but that the two “never sat down and talked politics.” He noted that he has not read in full the dense, 60-plus page Republican budget, but that he has reviewed the budget through a range of Catholic and ecumenical materials and media reports, and he shared the concerns expressed by the bishops.

“The Primary Question Is, How Does This Affect the Poor?”

For Umhoefer, the test of the budget is a simple one: “The first question is how does this affect the poor. And everything else follows from that. That doesn’t mean it’s a Republican or Democrat — you could argue that. But the primary question is how does this affect the poor?”

Umhoefer said that Ryan’s lack of attention to the poor and the emphasis on individualism espoused by role models such as Ayn Rand concerned him. “Paul would say that the only way to save the country from a coming [fiscal] disaster is ‘follow my plan.'” But according to Umhoefer, the problem is “you can’t tell somebody that in ten years your economic situation is going to be just wonderful because meanwhile your kids may starve to death.”

Umhoefer said that in Janesville, which lost some 5,000 jobs related to the auto industry after a GM plant closed in 2009, residents continue to seek emergency food and housing support and social service organizations have been running out of funds. A house across the street from the church sits with a red “condemned” sticker prominently on the door, and another house on the block has a sign that declares, “Price Reduced.”

“The welfare check runs out and people are suffering now in ways that they haven’t before,” he said, noting that the church has hired two former auto workers with wages and benefits far below their former level.

Nativity of Mary Parish School, Janesville, WI

Umhoefer said that wealthy church members have offered support for shared sacrifice and revenue raising proposals such as the Warren Buffet rule that asks millionaires to avoid loopholes and pay a tax rate of 30 percent. “I can’t always invite my neighbor over to dinner, but I … need to pay a certain amount of taxes. And I need to vote to make sure taxes are used to help make sure that my neighbor isn’t starving,” he said.

Umhoefer also laments what he calls an excess of individualism in America that is sometimes abetted by politicians. He prepared for CMD a section of the church catechism, which states that the church “has refused to accept, in the practice of ‘capitalism,’ individualism and the absolute primacy of the law of the marketplace over human labor.” Umhoefer said that he doesn’t mean to accuse Ryan of choosing individualism as a creed over community, but that Ryan’s promotion of Ayn Rand to his staff and others is “an alternative universe of which he is a member…. What I call an excessive attitude of individualism is doing a great deal of harm to us as a society because we are forgetting society values,” said Umhoefer.

Priest to Ryan: “You Can’t Just Pack Your Own Heat”

Umhoefer said that Ryan has also selectively presented to his audiences a Catholic concept of empowerment known as “subsidiarity.” Ryan explained subsidiarity to the Christian Broadcasting Network as “not having big government crowd out civic society, but by having enough space in our communities so that we can interact with each other, and take care of people who are down and out in our communities.”

Umhoefer said that he agrees with the “Nuns on the Bus,” a group of liberal nuns who recently undertook a bus tour and visited Ryan’s Janesville office to underscore the absurdity of Ryan’s approach. “Just on food stamps alone, Congressman Ryan is wrong that the church can take care of this issue. The cuts that have been proposed and passed by the [U.S.] House are going to require every church, every synagogue, every mosque, every house of worship in the United States, each year for ten years, to each raise $50,000. It’s impossible,” said Sister Simone Campbell during the Janesville stop. CMD covered the Nuns on the Bus Tour and sought the interview with Umhoefer after the nuns presented an alternative “moral budget” in Janesville.

Reading from the catechism, Umhoefer explained that government “should support [local communities] in case of need and help to coordinate its activities with the activities of the rest of society, always with a view to the common good.” He said that when subsidiarity lacks resources and coordination, government can fail when it is most needed. But sometimes we need to be rescued: “You can’t just pack your own heat and protect your own building,” he cautioned.

“What I wish for Paul — he is so smart and so articulate and has made this whole budget, which he can defend on his own view … of how the economy and politics work. I wish he wouldn’t bring in the Catholic church. He doesn’t need to if his economic and political argument are strong, and I’m sure he believes that they are.”

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Dr. Don Hamilton examines a horse during an endurance ride at Jumping Deer Creek, Sask. Photo by Darice Whyte.

Hamilton selected as FEI official for Games

Dr. Don Hamilton, professor emeritus of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM), is one of four Canadians who have been selected as officials for the 2018 Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI) World Equestrian Games this fall.

The 2018 games will take place in Mill Spring, N.C., from Sept. 11 to 23. Hamilton has been appointed as a Vet Commission (VC) 3 Member, who will be responsible for providing veterinary care and oversight for the endurance portion of the games.

Elizabeth McMullen, John Taylor and Cara Whitham — all from Ontario — were also appointed as 2018 games officials.

Hamilton’s appointment to VC 3 recognizes the excellence of his lengthy veterinary career. He grew up on a small farm in central Saskatchewan before attending the WCVM. There, Hamilton earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1970 and went on to complete master’s and PhD programs at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S).

Hamilton has taught at his alma mater for almost four decades. His research, which focuses on equine renal and acid/base physiology and ion channels, is directly applicable to the assessment of competition horses and their health.

It was at the U of S where Hamilton’s colleague, Dr. Patricia Dowling — an avid endurance rider herself — introduced him to the sport. Hamilton was immediately drawn to the biological challenges of endurance, which led to his eventual certifications as a 4* Official Veterinarian in Endurance, a 3* Endurance Veterinary Treatment Official, and an FEI Permitted Treating Veterinarian.

“A sport where horse and rider compete for up to 100 miles in less than 24 hours …” mused Hamilton.

“As a veterinary physiologist, I became immediately interested because of the amazing physiological ability of these horses to run ultra-marathons. Also, as I have said many times, I stayed with the sport as an endurance control vet because of the owners and riders who are, in addition to being wonderful people, very responsible and knowledgeable riders.”

Veterinary responsibilities vary greatly between disciplines, so Hamilton’s specialized background has made him a sought-after veterinary resource in the endurance world.

“We are responsible, with the rider, for the welfare of the horse,” explained Hamilton of the role of VC 3. “Endurance is an aerobic sport and, in addition to lameness, we try to detect the horse that may be exceeding its ability to remain hydrated and not become excessively tired. As an endurance vet, we try to prevent problems by declaring the horse as not fit to continue when we suspect an impending issue which may compromise the welfare of the horse.”

Hamilton will work with the VC 3 president, the foreign veterinary delegate and nine other members to determine if each horse competing at WEG is fit to continue. The collaborative nature of the commission helps to ensure not only that the horses receive the best care, but also that evaluation standards remain consistent across all competitors.

“Selection is an honour and I feel privileged,” concluded Hamilton. “It is a great way to cap a career in veterinary medicine.”

Reprinted with permission from Equestrian Canada.

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What do the new tax tables mean for you from 1 October?

What do the new tax tables mean for you from 1 October?

The Australian Tax Office has released new tax tables, and whether you pay or receive regular wages, you need to understand the details.

The ATO’s new tax tables will take effect this week and We All Count Partner Shaun Williams has a few key tips to ensure you are confident and ready for these changes.

It’s been a turbulent few months since the Australian Government announced its budget back in May, with many of the final details only being introduced to parliament late last month.

The most notable of them is when the 37% marginal tax rate kicks in for individuals, with the tax threshold proposed to increase from $80,000 to $87,000.

This change was originally set to be effective from 1 July 2016, though due to the recent election, this was delayed, and the new tax tables released by the ATO will now apply from 1 October 2016.

These new tax tables, importantly, don’t take into account any taxes withheld prior to 1 October 2016, which means individuals affected by the change will be entitled to a bit more of a tax refund than they otherwise would have when coming to complete their 2017 income tax returns (by being credited any extra tax paid between 1 July and 1 October 2016.).

So there is some good news here!

What do the new tax tables mean for business owners?

From a practical perspective, that depends on your personal circumstances and how you pay employee wages. Here are the top three scenarios and our tips on how to deal with these:

1. You use XERO

If you are on Xero, you don’t have to do anything. Xero will take care of all your adjustments automatically on 1 October. We All Count is a Gold Partner and Certified Advisor for Xero.

2. You use MYOB, Reckon …

If you are using any other accounting software packages, (ie. MYOB or Reckon), you will need to contact your software provider to confirm if the update will be automatic or not. If the update is not automatic, you will need to manually download the new tax table and install it prior to processing any employee pays after Sunday, 1 October 2016.

3. You process wages manually

The easiest way to ensure you are not withholding unnecessary tax from your employee is to visit www.ato.gov.au/Rates/Tax-tables/ and use the tax withheld calculator provided in reference to the tax tables applicable to your business and employees.

Managing the changes from the ATO and ensuring your business complies with tax law is essential to good business management. If you have any queries on this, or need further information, contact us at We All Count on (08) 8531 0577 or admin@weallcount.com.au.

General advice warning: The advice provided is general advice only as, in preparing it we did not take into account your investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs. Before making an investment decision on the basis of this advice, you should consider how appropriate the advice is to your particular investment needs, and objectives. You should also consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement before making any decision relating to a financial product.

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Heavy snowfall, fallen trees and closed roads couldn’t stop Explorer Warwick from tackling a slice of NSW wilderness during this 3 day Compagnoni Pass hike.

  • Spectacular scenery — rivers and mountains
  • An impressive camp cave
  • A challenging and rewarding walk

The Kanangra Boyd National Park is a large expanse of wild and rugged wilderness on the southern side of the Blue Mountains in NSW. The area is not as readily accessible as other destinations in the surrounding region. It is unspoilt and often possible to walk for days without seeing another group. This was the case on a recent adventure when our party of 4 embarked on a challenging 3 day hike incorporating the Kowmung River, Compagnoni Pass and Mt Cloudmaker.

We headed from Sydney on a Tuesday evening to enable an early start, but our plans were thrown into disarray when a thick blanket of snow was encountered on the road leading up to Jenolan Caves. Our vehicle was turned around by the SES prior to the descent into the caves, and we tried the alternate access through Oberon. Driving at a slow and steady pace, we eventually made it to the Kanangra Walls road turnoff where we made an impromptu camp on the road side as the snow continued to fall.

Compagnoni Pass Hike Warwick Harding

The following morning we tentatively crept down the dirt road still covered in snow. After removing a few fallen trees from our path, we thankfully arrived at the trackhead without incident. Fog blanketed Kanangra gorge and a light drizzle fell as we walked out along Kanangra Walls and down through Coal Seam Cave to the Gingra Range track. This track is one of the more gentle ways to descend to the Kowmung River, as most other ridge lines plunge rapidly and steeply downwards. We covered the 19km to the river at a steady pace, with a few frustrating unplanned diversions when the faint track was lost. Camp was at a pleasant clearing where Gingra Creek meets the Kowmung.

The second day involved a thigh burning 800m vertical climb up Ti Willa Spur. There is no defined track present, however the country is largely open and easily negotiated, until the final 50m vertical. Unpleasant bush bashing through thick scrub is required to reach the cliff line. From here, Compagnoni Pass is the way up to the top, with a chain and a few metal spikes hammered into the rock to aid the climb. A few km of comparatively flat walking along Ti Willa Plateau leads to 100 Man Cave — a stunning overhang which provides shelter for both camp and a fire. This is a true luxury after walking in damp conditions for a few days.

Compagnoni Pass Hike Warwick Harding

Well-worn tracks were present for the entirety of the third day, making navigation simple. The track took us up and over Mt Cloudmaker, along the knife edge line of Rip, Rack Roar and Rumble, Mt Stormbreaker, Mt Berry and eventually back up to Kanangra Walls. Luckily, the fog gradually lifted as we descended Stormbreaker, revealing the spectacular views in all directions — a photographers paradise.

Essential Gear Required

  • Backpack and camping gear
  • Warm clothes
  • EPIRB (recommended)

How To Get There

Kanangra Walls can be accessed either by a down and up through Jenolan caves, or coming in through Oberon. The trackhead here is the starting point for many possible adventures. Nearby Boyd River campground is a good option to stay in the area, with basic facilities available.

For more inspiration check out Tom Brennan’s write up and photos from the trip.

  • Bushwalking
  • Camping
  • Photography

Skill Level

Intermediate — Advanced (Challenging elevations and some off track walking)

Distance Covered

Approximately 45km over 3 days

More multi-day hikes…

The Greatest Multi-Day Walks in Australia and New Zealand

Your First Multi-Day Hike? // Three Capes Track (TAS)

Self-Guided Hiking The Larapinta Trail


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PHY 182B

Basic Physics II, CBI
Fall, Spring & Summer Semesters
3 credits.
Restrictions: Not open to students with credit in LBS 267, PHY 184, PHY 184B, PHY 232, PHY 232B, or PHY 294H.
Electricity & magnetism, optical phenomena, interference and diffraction of light, atomic and subatomic topics. Competency based Instruction.
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Project goal

In the first place, create a brand image of a brand new clothing for young children. Build an online store where all your clothes and gadgets will be in a bright and pleasing looking way so that we and our fathers can have a good shopping experience for their children.

Automated shopping system in the internet shop. The next challenge was to present in so readable and eye-catching so many Mintini products. Execution of the shop, whose functionality and technical parameters will allow for smooth client purchases. Create a flexible store that will adapt to your products.

Stage one.

01. Interview and analysis

Interview with the client to meet his needs for a new website. Prepare a graphic design page according to requirements.

Stage two.

02. Project

Propose specific solutions that can be implemented on the new site according to the pre-determined assumptions of the project. Implementation of the amendments reported by the client.

Third stage.

03. Implementation

Prepare a new website with its optimization for mobile devices, speed and SEO requirements. Configuration and automation of payment systems and the purchase process by the customer and installation and launch of the site on the target server.

Final result

Information architecture

Logical splitting of bookmarks, placed in visible places CTA buttons.

Easy crm

Ability to fully customize subpages according to the type of published text.

Graphic design

Modern and fits into the tastes of your target audience.

a fully-responsive site that works well with mobile devices.

Short time to load page.

  • BRAND IMAGE – An attractive website that is a tool for building brand position in the training market
  • COHESION – Design of the site corresponding to the educational value, given at the workshops by the institute of functional michocin
  • USER EXPERIENCE – Customized solutions that have a positive impact on user experience while using the site
  • FULL RESPONSIBILITY – Comfortable reading of articles even on small screens of smartphones
Opinion of a satisfied customer

"The cooperation with WebGood is first of all a quick contact, professional advice and creativity, everything is done in time, professionally and reliably.At the relatively low price I got a professionally developed website. "

Ewelina CzerwonkaFreelancer

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10 Charities & Advocacy Organizations Meghan Markle Supports

Meghan Markle serves as the royal patron of 4 charities, but her philanthropy goes beyond that. Here are 10 charities & advocacy organizations she supports.

Her Letter Writing at Eleven Years Old

Charities Meghan Markle Supports- Young Meghan
Photo: Youtube

At the ripe age of eleven, young Meghan began her advocacy for women’s rights. After seeing a sexist advertisement on television, she wrote letters to the company responsible and several influential women, including Hilary Clinton. The soap company who produced the ad ultimately relented and changed the wording of the commercial.

Charities Meghan Markle Supports — Sources

National Theatre
The Association of Commonwealth Universities
World Vision UK


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Designing a research practice

Designing multi-modal learning experiences
Through visualisation, what can we learn about  multi-modal communication in pedagogy?

The research looks to build an understanding of multi-modal communication in practice by developing an accessible visual language that can replace or supplement speech and writing in teaching practice. The language will create a visual record of one’s current pedagogical practice, helping to provide perspective on the delivery modes. The documented visual scenarios provide one with the possibility to objectively review and reshape their practice through making.  The formal visual language will be future-thinking and use digital technology to move beyond the static nature of current ideographic languages.

The study seeks to deliberately adopt alternative ways of conducting, publishing and valuing research by moving beyond the text-centric approach common to academia. It appeals to my interest in subordinate ways of knowing by focusing on non-discursive processing. Additionally, the study seeks to develop inclusive learning experiences that speak to varied personalities and learning style preferences.

I hope a design research lens will reveal blind spots in practice and help develop facilitator/learner competency in multi-modal communication. Insights from the research should help facilitators integrate different modes of communication more meaningfully into the curricular and their practice. Additionally, the knowledge gained reinforces the urgency to form multi-literacy collaborative partnerships that can communicate across a spectrum of channels.

The research will be practice-led and multi-method. Data will be expressed non-numerically and represented in forms other than words — this may include ideographic writing systems, data visualisation, animations, digital interactions and live action etc. (B. Haseman, 2006). The practice-led process will use design thinking methods and visual communication to disseminate research that is both accessible and engaging for communities beyond and within academia (Conquergood, 2002).

The investigation will be rooted in design pedagogy; however, the knowledge generated will be transferrable to other disciplines and professional practice.

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11 September 2010

what we saw bob and bri

originally posted 12 september 2006

ok we admit it this post is a pander to the search engines because we have already had several what we saw googlers arrive here this morning. so here goes. last night
drudge linked to this video and in the text of his link he wrote how this is 'never before seen ground zero footage released online.' we didnt post anything about 911 yesterday because everyone else did and we arent part of the 911 cult. the fact is, is that the twin towers collapse was a controlled demolition and even if you dont believe that by now, then how do you explain the collapse of building 7? hmm?

anyway, we suspect that this vid is a psyops operation because its conveniently edited at the fall of tower one so the viewer cant see - close up the smoke jets (so indicitive of a controlled demolition) that shot out from the side that has been documented in other vids.

for more information about the 911 scam see eric hufschmids site painful questions and painful questions the free video, and september 11th 5-year anniversary special program with daryl bradford smith, christopher bollyn and eric hufschmid
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