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If your will and estate planning objectives include planning for a beneficiary who has mental or physical disabilities, your planning is likely to be focused on matters such as:
- The lifetime financial well-being of your special needs beneficiary
- Preserving the beneficiary's eligibility for government assistance benefits
- Protecting your beneficiary and his or her assets and
- Minimizing taxes to the extent possible
In most provinces and territories, providing for a beneficiary with special needs using a fully discretionary testamentary trust (commonly referred to as a "Henson trust") in your will is the primary tool to address these objectives.
One of the most important steps to take in planning for your special needs beneficiary is to consult with a lawyer whose practice is focused on this area, as effective planning and the proper drafting of any trusts requires in-depth knowledge and understanding of estate and trust law, tax laws and provincial laws as well as the interconnection between them.
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Qualifying disability trust
Under federal tax changes effective January 1, 2016, testamentary trust income not distributed to beneficiaries is taxed at the highest tax rate except in certain situations, including where the trust is a "qualifying disability trust" (QDT) – a trust created by will where at least one beneficiary is eligible for the federal disability tax credit. Undistributed QDT income is taxed at graduated tax rates, reducing taxes that would otherwise be payable. Note that your beneficiary can only have one QDT.
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped program
In June 2018, Alberta made some welcome changes to the financial eligibility requirements for the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program, which provides financial assistance to qualifying Alberta residents with mental or physical disabilities. The new rules exempt assets held in a trust and also allow beneficiaries a one-year grace period to deal with non-exempt assets to avoid being disqualified, such as transferring the assets into a trust or acquiring an exempt asset. Income from a trust still needs to be monitored as this could result in AISH benefits being reduced.
Ontario Disability Support Program
In Ontario, proposed amendments to the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) were cancelled by the new provincial government.
Consult with your financial advisor and tax and legal advisors regularly to ensure your planning for your intended beneficiary is up to date.

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Damen Shiprepair gets Rowan Viking remodeling contract
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, has been awarded the contract by a subsidiary of Rowan Companies plc to remodel the Rowan Viking.
The Rowan Viking is a Keppel Fels 'N' Class Drilling Rig. The rig, which at 124 (l) x 95 (w) x 170 (h) metres is one of the largest of its type, is active in the North Sea.
The Rowan Viking has been contracted to Lundin to explore the oil field in Norway and will have to be converted accordingly. The work will consist of:
– Special Periodic Survey (certification extension);
– Acknowledgement of Compliance Scope (safety modifications in accordance with Norwegian law);
– Leg Extension Scope (the 170-meter legs will have to be extended to 180 metres to be able to work in the deeper Norwegian waters).
Because the leg extension work will be done at great heights, DSV has contracted Palfinger Systems to use the latter's unique JUMP Systems. JUMP stands for Jack Up Maintenance Platform. These are platforms that can be built around, and moved up and down, the legs. Mammoet's largest PTC cranes will be used to hoist the 120-tonne leg extensions. The crane will be more than 200 metres high (nearly four times the height of the covered dock at the shipyard in Vlissingen).
To make room for the crane, DSV has moved its warehouse, demolishing the warehouse itself and building a special foundation that can handle the high ground pressure of 30 tonnes per m² that the crane will create.
Parallel work
The contract is being supervised by Damen Shiprepair & Conversion's 'Offshore & Conversion' task force team.
Commercial Manager, Bas Loohuis, says: "This is a unique project. A leg extension of this magnitude has never been done using this method at DSV. Using the Palfinger systems and the Mammoet crane will enable us to carry out other work while the legs are being extended, which will translate into a significant improvement in turnaround time."
This project represents a major step in DSV's progress. Leaving aside the unique crane foundation, which the company will be able to use for many other projects in future, the shipyard will have to take a big step in its project organisation.
Ron Brusket, DSV's Rowan Viking Project Manager, had this to say about the upcoming step: "This project is our industry's Champions League. The oil and gas industry is subject to extremely high HSEQ (Health, Safety, Environment and Quality) requirements. This will require us to make significant adjustments to our project organisation. The comprehensive preparations have convinced us that these adjustments will be successful; the new project organisation will serve as the foundation for future major offshore conversions."
The Rowan Viking will be at the shipyard for approximately 130 days.
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Yes, the gas planet Saturn will be visible in the sky on June 1, 2016 and this news is confirmed by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) itself.
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The search of life on Mars was the most incredible thing for astronomers but, unfortunately, they got no results. The visibility of Saturn from earth will surely give the NASA and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) a break from this research and will open up the new roots for discoveries about planet Saturn.
Many people still think that the news of Saturn's appearance is a hoax just like all the other previous space news but this is what actually NASA's spokesperson George Pooler have to say about this incident, "Saturn does not often come this close to Earth, and this will be a sight no one currently living has ever seen."
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According to Newsweek and US News & World Report's Best High Schools lists, Chatham County is already home to some of the top schools in the country. To maintain these high educational standards, Chatham Park is working closely with the Chatham County School Board to develop new public schools as the community grows.
Based on planned school capacities, two elementary schools, plus additional middle and high schools will likely be needed in the North Village. Students will be able to take sidewalks, trails, or bike paths to and from school.
Chatham County Schools are recognized as some of the best in the country. For the fourth consecutive year, students from Northwood High School (Pittsboro, NC) have out-performed both the State and the Nation on the SAT. Northwood was also ranked in the top 9% of 'America's Most Challenging High Schools' – The Washington Post, while Woods Charter School ranked the 3rd best high school in NC and 94th best high school in the country – U.S. News & World Report.
In Chatham County, the graduation rate (85%) is higher than the state average, SAT scores are consistently improving, and the district performance composite for End-of-course/End-of-grade test scores is higher than the state average. All 17 of the district's schools met or exceeded growth expectations in the 2013-2014 school year.
Thales Academy, a private school with six campuses in North Carolina, plans to open a new location in the North Village; just off Thompson Street next to the first Chatham Park neighborhoods. Thales Academy believes in providing students with an affordable, quality education that prepares them for college and beyond. Classes start in the fall of 2021 for students in grades K-5.
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Chatham Park Names Four Area Builders For Single-Family Home Development
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After meeting five days previously in the Castle Trophies Cup semi-final, Lewis United Youth and Banks O'Dee Albion faced each other once more, this time in a league fixture at Uniconn Park. Banks O'Dee claimed the three points with a 4-0 win, their goals scored by Mark Reid, Greg Pirie and two by Ben Ross.
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Leiper linked up with Mitchel Foy to press forward but Foy's shot from the edge of the box went just wide. As Lewis continued to press, the referee awarded a free kick to Banks O'Dee and Kyle Smith's disagreement earned him a red card, leaving the home side to play with just 10 men from the 16th minute.
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A golf owner in Southern California is now in a world of trouble due to issues with his golf course. After residents in San Diego smelt a foul smell coming from this golf course. It turns out that this horrific smell was due to the fact that the golf owner spread chicken manure all over the golf course. In return this caused air pollution, having this owner to now deal with paying a fine worth $100,000.
The San Diego Country Air Pollution Control Unit claimed that this also isn't the first time that this smell has come from this disclosed golf course. Michael Schlesinger, the owner of this golf club was found with over five tons of chicken manure on top of the previous manure he had already spread. This amount caused for a month long smell to arrive to surrounding neighborhoods which in turn caused for hundreds of complaints from nearby residents.
The owner of this golf club has stated that he feels he has done nothing wrong and is more than happy to pay the fine. He also has noted that he'll find another manure which better suits San Diego's by laws. It's clear that this man isn't willing to stop harassing those who live by his club. This isn't the first time that Mr. Schlesinger has acted in this manner, hundreds of home owners rallied against having this golf club not built. When tested this man paid off city officials handsomely or at least he was accused of doing so.
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I have already asked this question how can I annotate my heat-map with respective genes or sample
this was the code i got and it works pretty good but since I gave that data was very small subset of my cuffdiff output .Now i want to do the same after filtering the cuffdiff output with some threshold value the dimension would be really huge.So I cannot use this code to construct the dataframe manually I suppose.I tried to convert the dataframe into matrix then add the gene name into the matrix when i try to plot I get this error
Error in hclust(d, method = method) :
I guess there is fundamentally wrong the way Im trying to do, any help or suggestion would be appreciated .
My filtered data filtered data set which I want to make heatmap
Your output is lacking the error message that normally follows the ':'
I tried with the normal heatmap function im getting the error "Error in heatmap(df) : 'x' must be a numeric matrix ". I guess as one of my column is character which contains the gene name ..
Likely, you should assign them using rownames and then remove that column, e.g.:
rownames(df) <- df[,1]
mat <- as.matrix(df[,-1])
rownames(df) <- df[,1] so you are assigning rownames to the data frame while selecting only the column?
Assuming, the row names are in the first column, yes. If in doubt, look at the output of head(df). When converting to matrix, all remaining columns must be numeric, as a matrix can only consist of a single element type, otherwise you get a character matrix.
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It was a bit of an odd morning. I had my last Cornell beginning pottery class this am, and I managed to break 2 rather perfect lids, rats! I happened to be demonstrating lid making, so I made replacements, but TWO lids? Put me off my game briefly. Then we had an IMPORTANT errand, but somebody wrote in crayon on the store's door they had to close for a few days.
The only thing you can do is buy the wife a bouquet of flowers for Easter week. Turn the Karma around, perhaps. It worked! Gave her flowers and she took me to my favorite ratty bar. NICE!
We are celebrating Easter week, esp. this year because my birthday is Wednesday. HA! Lots of fun this week, even if snow slop is expected all week!
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Three fools died and are at the pearly gates of heaven. St. Peter tells them that they can enter the gates if they can answer one simple question. St. Peter asks the first fool, "What is Easter?" He replies, "Oh, that's easy! It's the holiday in November when everyone gets together, eats turkey, and are thankful..." "Wrong!," replies St. Peter, and proceeds to ask the second fool the same question, "What is Easter?" The second one replies, "Easter is the holiday in December when we put up a nice tree,exchange presents, and celebrate the birth of Jesus." St. Peter looks at the second fool, shakes his head in disgust, tells her she's wrong, and then peers over his glasses at the third fool and asks, "What is Easter?" The third fool smiles confidently and looks St. Peter in the eyes, "I know what Easter is." "Oh?" says St. Peter, incredulously. "Easter is the Christian holiday that coincides with the Jewish celebration of Passover. Jesus and his disciples were eating at the last supper and Jesus was later deceived and turned over to the Romans by one of his disciples. The Romans took him to be crucified and he was stabbed in the side, made to wear a crown of thorns, and was hung on a cross with nails through his hands. He was buried in a nearby cave which was sealed off by a large boulder." St. Peter smiles broadly with delight. Then he continued, "Every year the boulder is moved aside so that Jesus can come out...and, if he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter."
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- Prohomemaker.Com said...
Love the pitcher, and you get extra Hubby Points for the flowers. If only more men knew how they can solve so many problems
- April 4, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Wow I never heard that joke! Mabybe it was time for new lids:)
- April 4, 2009 at 7:47 PM
- cookingwithgas said...
great joke-
- April 4, 2009 at 10:28 PM
- Barbara said...
Would it be in poor taste to say that would be a funny t shirt . . .
- April 5, 2009 at 12:01 AM
- Linda Starr said...
Happy Birthday early. I notice one fool was a she, the other two must have been he's.
- April 5, 2009 at 3:01 AM
I'm sure God has a sense of humor...if he doesn't - we're all in trouble.
Good joke, Gary
Happy Easter week!
- April 5, 2009 at 6:32 AM
- ~ Sil in Corea said...
I like that joke!!! I was in Japan when the little dictator shot off his rocket this weekend. A reporter asked a Japanese fisherman what he was going to do. He said, "I'll let all the important people worry about it. I'm going fishing."
A Maine fisheman would have said the same thing in the same situation, I'll bet.
Hugs from a very unpreturbed Corea,
~ Sil
- April 5, 2009 at 12:41 PM
- John Bailey said...
Thanks for the great laugh, Gary, and thanks to Sil, too, for perspective.
- April 5, 2009 at 12:51 PM
- Unknown said...
Wonderful story, Gary! Love the twist.
And that vase is one gorgeous piece of pottery. So, how about stopping already?
I know, I know, it's your living, but will you feed me when I've spent all my money on buying YOUR stuff and can't afford to to buy groceries any more? Sob, sniff, boohoo, etc.
And live it up on Wednesday! Happy birthday!
- April 6, 2009 at 6:46 PM


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The Benefit of a Revocable Trust
A revocable trust is a trust which gives great flexibility in the administration of it. One of the great things about a revocable trust is the fact that it is revocable. A person may establish a revocable trust and if he does not like it he can simply revoke it. Unfortunately, because a revocable trust is revocable, it does not protect assets from creditors and law suits. An irrevocable trust would better suit someone who is looking to protect assets from being threaten by third parties. For an irrevocable trust contact a Utah estate planning lawyer.
The main benefit for a person making a revocable trust is to bypass the probate process after one passes away. Any time a person dies with a will or without any type of estate plan whatsoever, the person's property is subject to the probate process. The will process can be burdensome, time consuming, and expensive. When a person places all of his or her property into a revocable trust, however, that property does not pass through the probate court before it is distributed to beneficiaries. The new trustee of the revocable trust distributes the property according to the terms of the trust drafted by a Utah estate planning lawyer.
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Character Shopping
With NaNoMo fast approaching, those of us who are planning to take the challenge have characters knocking on our brains asking to be included in our stories. While some writers have meticulously outlined their stories anxiously awaiting November first to start, others, known as pansters, go with whatever enters their head when they sit down to type.
Whichever type of writer you are, you still need characters. So where do you get them?
I've been busy critiquing this week and I've read about every type of character from a hedgehog to an alien, to an Egyptian princess.
WARNING: Characters that we make up in our head are usually flat. They're one dimensional, the way we see them as we write. The trouble with dreaming up characters is that they're NOT original.
Example. This past spring I was involved in a YA critique group at an SCBWI conference. Seven people made up our group.
Two wrote historical fiction.
One wrote paranormal.
One wrote high fantasy.
One rewrote of a fairy tale in a historical fantasy setting.
And, two wrote contemporary fiction.
I mentioned to the group that as I read their pages I was taken aback at how similar our main characters were, even though our genres were different.
Among our MC's we had a female pirate, an Irish laundress, an evil Queen, an angel, a high school student, a mysterious girl, and a theater manager. They sound different enough, don't they?
Well first off, only one was a male.
Six of the seven had red hair.
All of them had a stubborn streak.
And they all welcomed controversy.
And here we thought we all had different stories.
Since then I've taken to people watching. I always have a paper or pad with me and whether I'm sitting in the car waiting for my husband to come out of a store, or I'm sitting in a food court waiting for my order to be up, I jot down possibilities, describing them in as much detail as I can discover by watching their actions or hearing their conversations. I strongly suggest using real people as models for your characters.
Sometimes seeing is believing.
Places to find your characters:
- In a shopping mall.
- In a restaurant
- In the movies
- In a classroom
- On the beach.
- On a hike.
- In a grocery store.
- And lastly, if you live out in the country, where it becomes difficult to get to a mall or a restaurant, check out your mail. Yes, catalog models, retail store coupons, even charity flyers can offer you a picture of a character you might not have thought of on your own.
One thing is for sure. They won't all have red hair. By the way, an editor at that same conference stated that she is tired of seeing red-headed protagonists. Do you think she read all of our first pages? J
Where do you find your characters?


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Procter and Gamble
The Great Depression was exceptionally difficult for most consumer product companies, but Procter and Gamble came out of the entire meltdown a whole lot stronger than it was in 1929. How did the soap giant beat the Great Depression? Things were rough at first when most of their mainstay grocery customers started cutting their orders and P&G's resulting inventories piled up. P&G's leadership determined that even in a depression people would still need soap, why wouldn't they buy it from Procter and Gamble?
Thus, instead of cutting back their advertising efforts to cut costs (as many of its competitors did), the company actively pursued new marketing channels, which at the time included the then rising commercial radio broadcasts. It was able to maintain and increase sales while other companies folded. One of these campaigns involved becoming the chief sponsor of daytime serial dramas aimed at housewives, the company's primary market.
Creating a Marketing Opportunity
P&G was one of the first companies to sponsor daytime serial dramas on the radio in the 1930s to advertise their products to housewives. The shows were associated with sponsors such as P&G's Oxydol, Duz, and Ivory soaps and were dubbed "soap operas."
In 1933 P&G debuted its first serial, Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins, and housewives around the country quickly fell in love with the daily stories. The program was so successful that P&G started actively creating similar daily serial dramas to bolster its other brands, and by 1939, the company was producing 21 of these so-called "soap operas."
P&G sponsored numerous other radio shows, including Perry Mason, The Red Skelton Show, Truth or Consequences, The Road of Life, Dreft Star Playhouse and Against the Storm, the only radio drama to win a Peabody Award.
Their most successful production was The Guiding Light, a soap opera created by Irna Phillips in 1937, and sponsored by P&G White Naphtha Soap. The series transitioned to television in 1952 and continued to also be broadcast on radio until 1956.
What began as a small family-run candle and soap business, grew through innovation, creative marketing, and partnerships to become the largest consumer goods company in the world.
Don't Cut the Part of Your Business Which Gains You New Customers
"Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it." The quote is most likely due to writer and philosopher George Santayana, and in its original form it read, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Which side of history are you going to fall on? Many more businesses failed during the Great Depression and other economic collapses than thrived and rose above. We obviously have choices to make.
You have choices to make:
- Do you cut your messaging and outreach to potential new customers and take the chance that your competitors speak to the market alone?
- Do you dominate the market by being the only business talking while your competitors are silent?
- Are you going to ignore this low-cost investment opportunity and just preserve cash?
- Are you going to take advantage of this unique opportunity to leverage lower costs to arise in a better place than you were before all this began?
- Are you going to "hope" that demand for your brand will just "be there" when this comes to an end?
- Are you going to createpent up demand through your efforts?
- Are you going to redirect human resources elsewhere or perhaps not redirect them at all?
- Are you going to redirect human resources to marketing efforts?
- Will you be planning only for HR reductions?
- Will you be ready for expansion and potentially new HR growth?
- Are you going to run yesterday's messaging that perhaps ignores this new reality?
- Are you going to change your messaging and develop emotional bonds with your potential customers and existing clientele?
- Are you simply going to focus on the risk alone?
- Are you going to run a Risk vs. Reward analysis?
- Will you go it alone financially or wait too long?
- Will you investigate low-cost funding opportunities that are unique to this economic environment?
And finally, you have to ask yourself one last pair of questions:
- Will you look at this as only a threat?
- Will you look at this as an opportunity?


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Dragon Casserole Dish
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- SB-102 9" x 9" Casserole Dish
- SC-11 Blue Yonder
- SC-16 Cotton Tail
- SC-27 Sour Apple
- SC-88 Tu Tu Tango
- SG-401 Designer Liner
- SW-001 Stoneware Clear
- SW-120 Northern Woods
- SW-123 Sapphire
- CB-604 #4 Soft Fan
- BT-910 Synthetic Sponges
- AC-230 Clay Carbon Paper
- Designer: Marcia Roullard
- Skill Level: Basic
- Time: 1½ hours
- Begin with properly fired shelf cone 04 bisque. Moisten a clean sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
- With a pencil and AC-230 Clay Carbon Paper, trace on the pattern. Also sketch triangles below the outer top rim of the casserole about a half-inch wide.
- Outline the pattern with SG-401 Designer Liner. Allow to dry.
- Using a CB-106 #6 Script Liner, apply a thinned coat of the following colors to the areas indicated: SC-11 Blue Yonder to the area behind the dragon; SC-27 Sour Apple to the body of the dragon; SC-16 Cotton Tail to the eyes and teeth; SC-88 Tu Tu Tango to the spines on the back, tail, side and top of head and the area around the word YUM. The Triangles around the outer rim are SC-27 Sour Apple on the top row and SC-88 Tu Tu Tango on the bottom row. Allow to dry.
- Using a CB-604 #4 Soft Fan, apply 2 coats of SW-001 Stoneware Clear to all the areas of the pattern.
- Using a CB-604 #4 Soft Fan, apply 1 coat of SW-123 Sapphire to the background of the casserole. Do not glaze the bottom of the piece.
- Using a CB-604 #4 Soft Fan, apply 2 coats of SW-120 Northern Woods over the SW-123 Sapphire. Allow to dry.
- Fire to shelf cone 5/6. Remember that Stoneware must be dry footed since it cannot be stilted.


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What Are "Permissions"?
In order to provide a more customized experience, Tagger has launched an entire Permissions Suite for our users.
Within the Permissions Suite, Tagger Admins can now invite multiple different users to access Tagger within their organization.
Once those users have accepted their access, the Admin can gate off specific rights within the platform to ensure that everyone is only seeing the parts of Tagger they're supposed to see.
Enterprise clients now have the opportunity to create teams and sub-teams to ensure that everyone is set up for success and everything is organized the way it's intended to be.
You can also adjust your settings in the Permissions Suite. Here you can upload a logo for your organization, as well as opt to enforce a password change every 90 days for your users if you need that for security purposes.
How To Grant Access
This video covers how Admins can grant access to new users in Tagger's Permissions Suite.
In order to invite new users into your organization:
Step 1: Click your Admin Icon in the bottom left hand corner and select "Users."
Step 2: Click on the blue button in the top right that says "+Invite Users".
Step 3: Enter the email address of the person you're trying to invite. You can also enter an optional custom email message to be sent along with their invitation.
Step 4: Click "Confirm" to send.
The user will immediately receive your invitation directly in their email inbox. Upon opening the email, they can click the blue "Join" button to accept the invitation and join the team.
After joining, users will be taken to a log in screen where they'll be prompted to enter their first and last name, create their own unique password, as well as accept Tagger's Privacy policy.
Once the user enters this info, they simply click "Activate" and they're good to go!
How To Grant User Rights
This video covers how Admins can grant users rights in Tagger's Permissions Suite.
Once you've invited users into your organization, you'll see their names listed under the "Users" tab. To grant a user specific rights, select them from the list and you'll see their user "profile" come up. It's here that you can select what type of user you want them to be.
On the right-hand side of the page, click the "..." button to view a drop-down menu of options for what kind of profile you want the user to have. You can select "Global Campaign Access", "Admin", or "block user".
If you select "Admin", the user will be able to invite additional users into your organization.
If you select "Global Campaign Access" that means the user will be able to access all the parts of the platform that the Admin grants them rights to, but they won't be able to invite new users.
You'll then want to decide what a user's rights are.
Step 1: To determine a user's rights, select the "rights" tab in their permissions profile.
Step 2: Check the boxes to select the different parts of the platform you want that specific user to be able to see.
Step 3: You can customize this per your various different users in accordance with their role in your organization.
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Employers threaten lockout in reaction to public sector strike call [2]
Public sector employers have reacted to trade union plans for possible strike action by threatening a lockout across 90% of the state sector and around half of the municipal sector. The unions had announced plans for targeted strike action involving around 10%-15% of the public sector workforce following a failure by the employers to make a decent pay offer. The negotiations cover 750000 workers in the state, regional and local government sector and the unions had been pushing for a modest real wage increase over the next three years. However, employers have not only failed to come up with anything like an acceptable offer but have also rejected union proposals for a special fund to tackle the gender pay gap. A mediation process is now underway.


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The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan TD, has today announced €2.13m in funding for Irish arts globally
The Minister for Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs, Josepha Madigan TD, is delighted to announce approval of over €2.13m in funding by Culture Ireland for the promotion of Irish arts globally in 2019. A total of €1.16m will enable 168 Irish artists and arts organisations to present projects, covering architecture, circus, dance, film, literature, music, opera, theatre and the visual arts in 41 different countries and build on Ireland's strong global reputation for creativity. Also included in the awards is a total of €975,000 to annual funding for the promotion of Irish literature, music and film through resource organisations and Ireland's cultural centres in Paris and New York who partner Culture Ireland to present ongoing programmes of Irish artists abroad.
Announcing the awards Minister Madigan said: "Under Global Ireland 2025 the Government has committed to share our culture more widely around the world. Culture Ireland plays a central role in supporting Irish artists to reach millions of audience members worldwide each year. The creative strength of Irish artists means that they are in global demand and are renowned for the high quality of their work and it is important that they are supported to make a global impact and raise awareness of Ireland's arts and culture."
The annually funded partners include Literature Ireland which represents Ireland at key international book fairs and assists the translation of Irish literature from English and Irish into other languages to widen the readership of Irish writing. First Music Contact will extend its "Music from Ireland" programme to present Irish career-ready musicians in the rock/indie/pop genres with the intention of creating further opportunities at industry events including Eurosonic, South by Southwest, The Great Escape, Primavera Pro, AIM2AIM, Reeperbahn, MONDO, M for Montreal and Hard Working Class Heroes, the Dublin based showcase.
Highlights of the projects being funded include the presentation of "Imagining Ireland: Words and Music" at the Barbican in London in January. This special concert is a legacy of the very successful GB18 programme presented by Culture Ireland throughout Britain during 2018. Also in the Barbican, the UK premiere of Rooms by Enda Walsh will be presented by Galway International Arts next April. The modern Irish opera, The Second Violinist composed by Donnacha Dennehy, written and directed by Enda Walsh will be presented at the Dutch National Opera in March and CLASS by Iseult Golden and David Horan will play at the Bush Theatre in London in May 2019 in association with the Abbey Theatre. Teac Damsa's hugely successful presentation of "Swan Lake/Loch na hEala" will tour in Australia and Canada thereby building on the success of their tour to Hong Kong, Korea, Germany, Luxembourg, Britain and Canada during 2018.
An unprecedented number of Irish films are to have their world premiere at the Robert Redford founded Sundance Film Festival in Utah in late January. Presentation at Sundance, regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, serves to generate international sales for the film and to promote the artists and producers attending the festival. The five Irish films being supported to launch at Sundance are "A Hole in the Ground", "Gaza", "Dirty God", "Shooting the Mafia" and "Animals".
The full list of all these exciting projects is available here.


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Copps: Broadband Rollout Tougher than DTV Transition
Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps said the challenge of rolling out broadband service -- which he defined as bringing "high-speed, high-value broadband and an open Internet to all Americans" -- is "much greater" than that of the transition to digital TV.
That came at a speech to a broadband summit in Washington, D.C., where he predicted that a new president and more activist Congress had a new opportunity to make the broadband rollout a national priority.
He said one move worth considering would be establishing a White House broadband czar, adding that the rollout needed the kind of attention given the Y2K threat (the same effort he said is needed and lacking in the DTV transition).
Copps pushed for a coordinated effort, such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development ensuring that "every new low-income housing project" had access to high-speed broadband from the outset.
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Industry Mentors: James Bester
James Bester enjoys the richest of racing lives that has been shaped by a host of high-profile bloodstock identities across the thoroughbred world. He has learned all facets of the business from masters of their trades and continues to apply the knowledge and principles passed on to him.
The international bloodstock agent and Coolmore consultant has, at various stages of a colourful career, been guided by legendary figures of the turf. The affable Bester learned his lessons well, mixing a keen mind and sharp wit in his pursuit of thoroughbred excellence.
A start with an iconic figure in his native South Africa preceded time with bloodstock luminaries John Magnier, John Messara, the late Robert Sangster, Aidan O'Brien and Demi O'Byrne.
Bester went through the usual channels that developed his early passion and love of horses and then came an academic switch that ultimately decided on the U-turn back to his first love.
James Bester with Coolmore's Tom Magnier
"I was first put on a horse at the age of four and according to my parents I was obsessed from that day forward, but there was no family history in racing," he said.
I was first put on a horse at the age of four and according to my parents I was obsessed from that day forward, but there was no family history in racing." – James Bester.
"I'm from a family of lawyers, but an avid rider whose first loves were show-jumping, eventing and foxhunting, I dutifully spent six years studying for a BA and then an LLB degree before realising that (a) I didn't want to be a lawyer and (b) one couldn't really make a living in any equestrian pursuits outside of racing.
"So, after a compulsory stint fulfilling national service obligations as a detective in the South African Police force, I sought a way into racing by combining my legal, investigative and equestrian background as a Stipendiary Steward for the Jockey Club of South Africa.
"My first real mentor was Chairman of Stewards, the legendary Jock Sproule, who deeply impressed on me the importance, to the industry in general and to my own career in it, of absolute integrity."
Bester said he enjoyed the role, but was soon looking to change tack.
"As a steward I enjoyed the role and learned a lot about racing, but the requirement for no closer than arm's length interaction with trainers, jockeys and other racing professionals frustrated me," he said.
"I had learned the colours and could read a race, so I successfully applied for a role as race caller for the South African Turf Club in Cape Town."
Style of his own
Bester brought his own style to the commentary box, although his sense of humour wasn't always appreciated.
"The thrill of calling races for those few years is something I'll never forget, though I did manage to fall foul of one particular jockey by describing him during a race as fumbling for his stick like a bridegroom on opening night. Nor were my stewarding ex-colleagues amused!" he said.
"The senior race caller there was Jehan Malherbe, now better known internationally as bloodstock agent for trainer Mike de Kock, breeder-owner Mary Slack and others.
"He, Robin Bruss and Charles Faull were directors of the Form Organisation, easily then the most knowledgeable and dynamic bloodstock agency in South Africa."
When Bruss departed, Bester's career path took another direction.
"Jehan and Charles kindly took me into their Form Organisation as a fellow agent and became my next mentors," he said.
"Charles knew more than anyone I'd met about international sire lines and Jehan's specialities were both the assessment of race performance and the yearling sale market. Again, integrity was the catch cry of both."
Trainer Mike de Kock and Jehan Malherbe
Gateway to Europe
Thereafter followed a chance meeting that opened the international gate for Bester.
"After a couple of years at Form, I had the good fortune to run into Ben Sangster, son of Robert who with John Magnier and Vincent O'Brien formed the Coolmore/Ballydoyle triumvirate," he said.
"At the time in the mid-1980s they ruled the racing world and were about, courtesy of Sadler's Wells, to rule the breeding world - well, in European terms anyway!
"Through Ben I managed to secure a position, vacated by now-famous agent Charlie Gordon-Watson, on the Isle of Man, assisting in management of Robert Sangster's then international racing empire.
"It consisted of well over 1000 horses world-wide in England, Ireland, France, America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and even Venezuela!
John Magnier and Robert Sangster
"And to say that Robert, as famous for covering in both Hemispheres as his stallions, proved a major influence on my life and career would be an understatement."
"Robert regularly took me racing, to the best meetings in England and Ireland - in the days of Dancing Brave, and still the best horse I ever saw race; Green Desert, the grandsire of I Am Invincible, Slip Anchor, Rainbow Quest and great mares like Indian Skimmer, Oh So Sharp, Pebbles, etc. He taught me so much about life in general and racing in particular."
Exhilarating times
They were remarkable times and peppered with spectacular sale ring action.
"They were heady days in the breeding world in the mid-1980s," Bester said. "I had barely joined Robert when Coolmore, in July and August of 1985, paid some $13 million at Keeneland for the world record sale-topping Nijinsky yearling colt and $3.5 million at Saratoga for the top-selling Danzig yearling colt.
"The story of the first, Seattle Dancer, has often been told. Less known is that, in what became my first international bloodstock deal, I myself two years later bought the second, the speedy but unraced National Assembly for $100,000 and on-sold him to Graham Beck, owner of Highlands Stud in South Africa.
"National Assembly was for the next two decades a leading sire, sire of sires and broodmare sire of National Colour, for one example, whose two Redoute's Choice yearling sons Rafeef and Mustaaqeem sold for millions at Inglis Easter and both won Group 1 races back in South Africa for Mike de Kock and Shadwell. Small world!"
National Assembly
It was with the support and assistance of Sangster that Bester found his way to Australia.
"Without Robert I would quite possibly still be in South Africa and I would almost certainly never have made it to Australia," he said.
Without Robert I would quite possibly still be in South Africa and I would almost certainly never have made it to Australia." – James Bester.
"Robert helped me, after three years on the Isle of Man, to secure a position with what was then Sir Tristan Antico's Baramul Stud.
"After a couple of years at Baramul I found myself at Arrowfield Stud, as a replacement for Henry Plumptre, in the role of bloodstock and marketing manager.
"It was there that I came under the guidance and influence of one of my most significant mentors, John Messara.
"Almost Caesar-like in his mantra that Arrowfield is an industry leader and, like the government, we need to be beyond reproach, which means not only doing the right thing but also being seen to do the right thing.
"Again, integrity and transparency were the principles he kept drumming into us."
One of Bester's most significant mentors, John Messara
Heady days
Timing was again very much in Bester's favour during his Arrowfield experience.
"What a time that was. Stallions like Kenmare and Danehill, racehorses like Baryshnikov and Flying Spur and Oaks-winning mares like Mahaya and Kenbelle.
"As with Dancing Brave and company, I mention horses of this ilk because they too were my mentors, from observation of which at close quarters I learned as much about my craft as from any human.
"This was especially true of Baryshnikov and Kenbelle, the first two Australian Group 1 Guineas and Oaks winners that I was lucky enough to buy and part-own with Arrowfield and other friends.
"Living and breathing the fortunes of animals like that teaches one quickly."
Baryshnikov after winning the 1995 Australian Guineas
Dear Dante
While Bester has seen a host of great international thoroughbreds in action and the most influential of stallions, one of a lesser profile touched him deeply.
"One horse in particular stands out - Dante's Paradiso, inherently more talented than any Group 1 winner I've ever bought," he said.
"Unfortunately unsound, he broke down en route to fulfilling his potential but I had him from a Karaka yearling through racehorse, equestrian competitor, foxhunter and companion until he was put down as a 20 year-old last month.
"I learned more from him about conformation, action, training, veterinary aspects and general horsemanship than any human ever taught me!"
He bought Dante's Paradiso (NZ) (Danske) for NZ$50,000 in 2002 and won five races, including the Listed Tattersall's Cup and a runner-up finish in the G2 Villiers S. from limited appearances.
Dante's Paradiso winning at Canterbury in 2003
Coolmore role
The next stage of Bester's career was determined by circumstances out of his control.
"To bring the whole process full circle, along came Coolmore," he said. "When Arrowfield and Coolmore 'divorced' over the extent of Danehill's dual-hemisphere duties, I found myself in the Coolmore camp, unable to tear myself away from Danehill, Last Tycoon, Royal Academy and their barn mates.
"I came under the influence of great horseman and judge Demi O'Byrne, who taught me more than anyone had about assessing horses, especially yearlings.
"Together, Demi and I had the great pleasure of buying as yearlings animals like Atlantic Jewel, Irish Lights, Hips Don't Lie, Bull Point, War, Valentia and many others. And I still follow Demi's advice - if you really love them, put a value on them and bid to that and then keep bidding until you get them."
It has been during the Coolmore association that Bester has got to fully understand and appreciate the brilliance of its patriarch.
"I came under the influence, albeit remotely, of John Magnier, unquestionably the smartest and most successful man with whom I've ever had anything to do in both the racing and breeding industries," Bester said.
"Genius is the only appropriate description of John Magnier, as anyone who has ever had anything to do with him will attest.
Genius is the only appropriate description of John Magnier, as anyone who has ever had anything to do with him will attest." – James Bester.
"Where Demi shone in the realm of physique - not his own, mind you - following John Magnier and the Coolmore ethos taught me most of what I now know about the 'business' of bloodstock in general and of stallions in particular, along with the overall importance of a 'global' approach to pedigree and performance.
Demi O'Byrne (centre)
"It is a source of considerable satisfaction then that, again along with Demi O'Byrne, I was able to put to use some of what I had learned from these mentors in buying, as agent for Coolmore and friends, the yearling filly that became Piccadilly Circus, a Group 1 class filly herself and dam of none other than Coolmore's flagship stallion Fastnet Rock."
Coolmore's remarkably-successful trainer has also become another major player in Bester's racing life.
"Aidan O'Brien has also influenced me greatly - watching him, listening to him and, above all, observing his work and family ethic," he said.
"He strives for, and approaches, perfection on so many levels that he cannot but be a positive influence.
He strives for, and approaches, perfection on so many levels that he cannot but be a positive influence." – James Bester.
"There are so many others, including friends and clients Keith Biggs, Sabine Plattner, Tim Hughes, Laurie Macri, John Camilleri, Robert McClure, Ananda Krishnan, Alan Bell, my vet wife Bridget whom I admire.
"They have all influenced me along the way that I no doubt do many the disservice of not mentioning them. But those I have mentioned are unquestionably my most significant influences.
"And, ever-mindful of how greatly all of these mentors have enriched my life in racing and breeding, it is also very satisfying that a significant part of my current role with Coolmore involves mentoring its own rising stars in all aspects of stock assessment and acquisition, of marketing and promotion and of racing management."
Coolmore trainer, Aidan O'Brien
Bester has been playing his trade for many, many years now and has no intention of slowing down, indeed it's the opposite.
"I'll be 63 this month and if ever there was a game to keep one young this is it," he said. "There's always something new to look forward to.
"A new season, a crop of new season sires, a new season crop of 2-year-olds and new foals.
"All of that I'm sure has a rejuvenating effect. My enthusiasm remains, in fact if anything it gets stronger year by year."
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A group of scientists-ornithologists composed of the more than 70 people from different countries compared the behavior of 32 species of shorebirds nesting in different corners of the globe. First of all they were interested in the behavior of birds during the incubating eggs season. For this different equipment was used – cameras, camera traps, geologgers. The latter are the illumination recorder that was attached to the legs of shorebirds. Thanks to geologgers scientists were able to establish a continuous periods of incubation egg laying by birds and their duration.
During the analysis of the data revealed that the shorebirds are inherent very diverse rhythms of hatching eggs. In some cases, parents have succeeded each other in the nest frequently, while others hatch the eggs alternately a day or more. Thus these rhythms practically did not depend on the change of day and night, and are likely to be some kind of "agreement" about the change frequency between the two parents. In addition, variety of brooding rhythms is due to the color of shorebirds – a bird with conspicuous coloration succeeded each other more often than the birds with color, allowing almost completely merge with the background. For the latter, a long stay in the nest more profitable, as they become visible for predators only in the moment of change of the parents.
The contribution to the study made Russian scientists too. P. S. Tomkovich, world-renowned expert on Arctic shorebirds and leading researcher of the Zoological Museum of the Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, along with another Russian expert on these birds E. Loktinov provided for the project data obtained in the south of Chukotka. This information has been systematised thanks to the project "Noah's Ark" – the repository of genetic biological material of all types of living organisms of the Earth.
Journalists of E-Vesti asked P. S. Tomkovich about the details of this study.
Tomkovich P. S.: The initiator and main executor of this study was the Institute for Ornithology of the Max Planck in Germany. Employees of the institute collected, summarized and analyzed data obtained from 76 scientists from around the world. My role in this study was also to provide the information obtained as a result of work in Chukotka. Getting this information was possible thanks to the participation in the project "Noah's Ark", as my work was funded in the framework of this grant.
EV: Tell me please, in what other studies are you participate now? What more are you doing in the project "Noah's Ark"?
Tomkovich P. S.: At the moment, we prepared for printing a new article together with the Finnish colleagues. In it you will learn about genetic research other shorebird – terek sandpiper. They are based on generalized materials throughout the area propagation of this bird – from Finland to Chukotka. This study was also carried out in the framework of the project "Noah's Ark". But it is a scientific piece of work. But there is another side of the project. Now our Zoological Museum holds cataloging of the entire collection. And we began to do it just with the ornithological part of it, which I run. Almost 140'000 birds of this collection, accumulated over half a century, will be included in the electronic catalog. We plan to complete this work in about a year. Its results will be made available to the public – the catalog can be viewed via the Internet.


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Srinagar, February 20: A former student of Kashmir University, Bashir Ahmad, in a media interview threw light on how one of his innocent fellows, Muhammad Rafiq Shah, acquitted by a Delhi court after over 11 years of illegal detention, was arrested from the university campus after being falsely implicated in a case of Delhi bomb blasts.
On the morning of October 30, 2005, Bashir Ahmad said, he was about to leave for Kashmir University to attend his MA class of Political Science when he received a telephone call from the family of his best friend, Mohammad Rafiq Shah, also a post-graduate student at the university.
Bashir Ahmad in his interview in Srinagar said, on the phone, Rafiq's family pleaded with him that he and his friends should not go to university as it might not be good for them.
"I was surprised to hear him say that," Bashir said of that moment. "But, later, they told me that their house was raided in the night at about 1:00am by a contingent of Indian forces and Rafiq was arrested. The family was told that Rafiq would be released in the morning, but he wasn't."
Rafiq was at that time studying in the 4th semester of an MA degree in Islamic Studies at the Shah-e-Hamdan Institute of Islamic Studies of Kashmir University. The news of his arrest sent shock waves through the entire campus. His friends could not understand why a humble and down-to-earth student was arrested in such a manner.
"Within minutes of hearing the news, all of us (Rafiq's friends) reached the Islamic Studies department. We were all confused and aghast at his arrest," Bashir recalled.
The KU campus was rocked by student demonstrations against the arrest of Rafiq. The university witnessed three weeks of continuous shutdown after the day of his arrest. Mohammad Rafiq Shah, now 34, a resident of Shuhama Hazratbal, was one of three Kashmiris acquitted by a Delhi Court, after they had spent 12 years in jail, of charges that they played a role in multiple bomb blasts in Delhi ahead of Diwali, killing 67 people.
Bashir said that Rafiq was one of the outstanding students at Islamic Studies department. "He was keen to revive the Kashmir University Students Union (KUSU)..
"After two semesters at the university, we started brain-storming sessions and efforts to gain support from students for reviving the students union. I was impressed with his clear thinking on the occupation of Kashmir by India as well as by his Islamic ideology," Bashir recalled.
Remembering Rafiq as a man regular in prayers and having sound Islamic knowledge, Bashir said that his friend became an inspiration for him and many other students.
"After 12 years, from where would he start his life now? Twelve golden years of youth he lost for being a Kashmiri," Bashir said of the injustice done to his friend.
"Rafiq was a common person like you and me. He was just made a scapegoat. It's no time to celebrate the release of Rafiq but to question whether any of us is safe. For how long will Kashmiris be discriminated against and imprisoned in fabricated cases?" Bashir said.


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Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Vanessa McNeil Rocchio
These brownies literally get better with every item you toss on them. Pretzels? Sure! Leftover candy? Of course! Nuts? Why not?
How to Make It
Bake your favorite brownies; top immediately with chopped and mini candies. Add some pretzel pieces--you'll love the salty-sweet touch. Bake 5 more minutes or just until candy melts a bit.


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