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Uli Hesse has published today a really interesting article on the changes in German Football since their "failure" in the European Championships in 2000 – "Football: How Germany's awful Euro 2000 forced a mass restructure – and why it wouldn't work for England" (https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/germanys-awful-euro-2000-forced-091758906.html?utm_content=buffer58776&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer).
As the title says, this "wouldn't work in England", but it's also clear that it would be difficult to make it work in Scotland. However, perhaps we might tease out what needs to be done to make it work in Scotland. What will become clear, I hope, as we work through Hesse's thoughts, is that as a first step, there needs to be a greater involvement of the community as well as fan ownership of their clubs.
The first "innovation" in Germany, Hesse discusses was the Extended Talent Promotion Programme, based on "52 centres of excellence to school the most promising talents, but also 366 regional coaching bases where 1,300 professional, full-time coaches teach youngsters the basics of the modern game".
There are two particularly interesting points in relation to Scotland there. First of all, we don't need anything like that number of centres – Germany has sixteen times our population – an obvious point. BUT Scotland has 42 clubs in the SPFL. Germany – with 16 times the population – has thirty-six teams in their two national leagues, Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. Should all our clubs have a Centre of Excellence? Should we expect them to? Could they afford it? Is there a need to train so many apprentice players when there won't be jobs for anything like all of them after their apprenticeship? I think the answer to that is no, and that however much offence it might cause, we need to focus our attention and resources on a smaller number of clubs. If we made it proportionate – and perhaps it should not be – but just to make the point – there would be one sixteenth of fifty-two "centres of excellence", which comes to three or four (if you round upwardly). However, in Germany these subject the clubs running centres of excellence to defined responsibilities, with known and effective sanctions in the event of back-sliding – "put simply, the clubs were told what to do, on pain of demotion to the amateur game". I'll come back to this.
On the same proportionate basis, there would be twenty-three regional coaching bases, with professional coaches. Given the agreements that the SFA has with most local authorities, we will have a few more than that, but not many more. What do they do in Germany? The article tells us there are "full-time coaches [who] teach youngsters the basics of the modern game". The point I take from that is that these professional, full time coaches are not there to teach the next Scottish superstar – if only we could find him – but to teach kids who want to play, how to play. We can get obsessed with developing talent, and forget that the identification of talent is easier and more effective if there is a larger pool of players. If the pool is smaller and/ or shrinking then the future talented youngster may never play, or give up due to lack of interest.
In fairness my experience of the SFA's development programmes is that they are aware of this, and that a good deal of effort goes into encouraging just playing the game, irrespective of talent. However, could there be a role for local clubs – even local junior clubs, where no SPFL club operates, or both together? – to become involved and make such centres more attractive to youngsters, to help football compete more effectively with other sports and activities? In other words, if the infrastructure is in place, perhaps we need to innovate to sell the product. Perhaps the involvement – albeit informal – of local clubs and players from these clubs, might make the programmes in place more appealing to youngsters?
Two points come from this
There is a need to maximise the overall pool of players. Perhaps we need to transform football from a game we watch to a game we play.
However, there is a parallel need for the development of the most talented, the next generation of professional players to be focused on a smaller number of centres. On a proportionate basis, Scotland might only have 3 or 4 centres for such development compared to Germany. Even if we had twice as many, that would still be less than we have now. Do we need to train so many young players? The German experience suggests that we would do better by focusing on a smaller number, though perhaps with bridges into the system for the late developer? After all, as the article says, Miroslav Klose was still playing level 5 amateur football at 21.
One aspect where German clubs are like their Scottish counterparts is in their regard for the national team. Hesse argues, "Because for all the lip service they may pay, clubs are the same wherever you go: they couldn't care less about the national team. They don't even care very much about nurturing homegrown talent. What they care about is winning the next league game – and if it takes 11 players signed from foreign clubs to do this, then so be it. Of course clubs pride themselves on their youth academies. They know that it's good PR if you bring up a few local lads through the ranks. They also know that it can save them a lot of transfer money to school their own talents. However, another thing they know is that nobody can guarantee you that star players will come off this assembly line and that even in the best case you need to have the one thing nobody has these days: patience." That sounds familiar, does it not? So how did the Germans square that circle?
Hesse argues there were three factors – history, money and force.
The first factor, he argues is the closeness of the Football Association (DFB) and their football league (DFL), and in particular "a general understanding in Germany that what is good for the DFB is probably also good for the clubs in the long run, and this includes the fortunes of the national team."
Does this exist in Scotland? I would have to say, at least in terms of potency, it seems to me that it does not. I am not saying there is no cooperation, but it is limited. Moreover, too often too many clubs base their decisions on what is best for them as an individual club, and not even what is best for the League, never mind the game in Scotland or the national team. In doing so they ignore the fact that football is not an individual product of clubs acting autonomously, but a collective product of them acting together. It is of course inevitable that clubs are primarily concerned about their own future and development, but this is not something to be taken forward independently, but collectively. If the game in general is in trouble, then individual clubs will be in trouble. That part of Scottish football culture has to change, but culture change is often a long term project, though it can be accelerated by a crisis. Perhaps there are unmistakable signs of crisis? Not only the failure to reach the final stages of an international competition for nearly 20 years, but the dearth of players in the national team who are playing in the Premiership?
For instance, nearly half the players who played for France in their Euro 2016 semi-final against Germany, played in the Premiership last season. Only six of the forty-three players (14%) named in the Scotland squad on the BBC website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/scotland) are likely to be playing in the Premiership this coming season. More than half the twenty-three-man Welsh squad on the BBC website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/wales), will be playing in the Premiership next season (or in Bale's case, the "second prize" of playing for Real Madrid).
The second reason for the transformation in Germany was the lack of money – their pay-to-view broadcaster went out of business. As Hesse says this was "the rough equivalent of BSkyB going bust, without BT being there to pick up the slack." As a result, German clubs – with the exception of Bayern Munich – could no longer compete their English, Italian and Spanish competitors. They had to rely on young talent. Hesse cites Borussia Dortmund as a particular case in point, as they had paid such little attention to youth development beforehand that they "came close to being thrown out of the Bundesliga". Dortmund had not only to pay closer attention to development of their own players, but actually to play them.
This is a particularly worrying aspect for Scottish football, since, we have experienced our pay-to-view broadcaster going bust – Setanta. But also, for the last four years one of the two biggest clubs in Scotland has been a sort of internal exile in the leagues below our Premier League, which, we are told has devalued the TV contract. How many young Scottish players have emerged during these difficult years? Or is it not true to say that clubs have tended, as Hesse puts it to "spend money on proven players who have been schooled elsewhere, no matter which national team they are eligible for"? Perhaps not such good players, but at their level, "proven" and perceived as the means to winning? Less risky than bringing through youngsters (which attitude in passing makes having so many apprentices even more a folly).
Lastly – there is "force", by which Hesse means the rules of the DFL. Hesse points out that "Under the German league rules, clubs are granted a licence for professional football only if they meet certain regulations, most of them having to do with finances. This is the famous annual licencing process, often cited as a major reason for the German clubs' economic stability". But added to that was a commitment "to build or maintain a centre of excellence and .. to nurture talent". This went as far as specifying "how many players eligible for a German national youth team had to be in the squads, how many coaches and physios the club had to employ, in which way the clubs had to interact with local schools and so on and on". If clubs did not fulfil these requirements on an annual basis (i.e. not one off, but every year) then they would lose their licence and, as we quoted before, suffer "demotion to the amateur game".
Of course the question here is whether the DFL would really do this? If Bayern Munich were in breach of the rules, would they really be thrust down to the Regional League in Bavaria? It could be strongly argued that some "accommodation" would be put in place. But, let's turn that round. Would Bayern Munich want to take that chance? Demotion to the Regional League would at the very least be extremely serious, and perhaps even fatal.
But perhaps the most important point is that German clubs regard fulfilling the terms of their licence as a duty, and so such disciplinary action is not needed. It is no more than a backstop, for the clubs regard the terms of their licence as setting out how they should behave. And that is the lesson for Scottish football.
It is hard to imagine the SPFL – or the SFA – disciplining a club in this way. Indeed, it is hard to imagine the clubs agreeing to a licencing regime which they would find overly onerous or contradictory to their essentially individualistic aims.
Part of the difficulty, Hesse argues, comparing Germany to England, is "that it's difficult to tell someone like Roman Abramovich how to run the company he bought from Ken Bates, or to explain to the Abu Dhabi United Group why they should produce players for the English national team". For which read Dermot Desmond for Roman Abramovich, or Dave King for the Abu Dhabi United Group.
The lesson we need to draw from this is that many of the problems of Scottish football might be structural, but fundamentally it is a matter of culture. Hesse argues that the difference between England (and I would argue Scotland too) and Germany is that in Germany "clubs are not privately owned and have a long history of being community-oriented and operating for the common good, the situation is very different" Indeed, it is.
In Scotland community ownership is usually the initially favoured option when a club goes into crisis. But more often than not, the fans, having put their hands in their pockets to keep their club going during the difficult times, lose out when another business group comes along. There are of course noble exceptions such as Motherwell, where Les Hutchison is supporting the Well Society to buy the club, as well as Hearts where Anne Budge is in partnership with the Foundation of Hearts. However, even in both these cases, fan ownership is only mooted when a club is in crisis. For a club in private ownership, that has been stable in recent years, fan ownership is not really an issue. Moreover, how can we judge fan ownership as an alternative model when it has been employed only in clubs that have been in crisis?
In conclusion, if fan ownership were the normal model of club ownership, then would Scottish football be better able to introduce at least some of the innovations implemented by the Germans with such success (at least till they lost to France in Euro 2016 – though how pleased would we be to get to the semi-final even if we lost?)?
Would there be a better understanding between the clubs, the SPFL and the SFA? One of the main divisions just now, I would suggest is the essentially individualist orientation of too many clubs. Would this change with fan ownership? There could be no guarantees, but at least change would create the possibility?
Would the lack of money cause clubs to play talented Scottish young players, rather than proven, if limited, professional players from abroad? Again, we could not say. But perhaps a change in ownership might bring with it a change in culture? Fan ownership might engender the community involvement that German clubs seek to foster, and where developing and bringing through talented local youngsters is simply part of that community involvement? At the same time, we need to consider how many young players are given apprenticeships when there is a strictly limited number of jobs for them to move into.
Would fan owned clubs be willing to back the introduction of a strong licencing system, which would create the sort of financial stability that the German clubs typically enjoy, as well as requiring appropriate obligations in regard to the development of young players? Hesse makes clear that much of the reason for German clubs not only introducing, but mostly relatively enthusiastically accepting these innovations, was that their clubs are fan owned, with a high degree of community involvement. If this was paralleled in Scotland then the German experience is that such innovations would at least become more possible – strong licencing, commitments to developing young players, genuine partnership of the clubs, SPFL and SFA for the benefit of the game as a whole.


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5 Reasons to get involved in Floatfest
There are some events in life you just don't want to miss and Floatfest 2015, is one of them! It's a two day event proudly instigated by the members of the Murraylands Regional Tourist Association, to encourage you to visit the wonderful Murraylands Region, and experience life by the River. Floatfest is a two day family event where we (with your help) attempt to break the world record at the largest number of floating kayakscanoes 'Paddling into the Record Books'.
There's fun for the kids, with 'Come and try' canoeing, the PS Marion steaming Houseboats, lots of fun and activities for all, stalls, markets, regional food, and much, much more. Here's 5 reasons why you should consider getting involved in Floatfest15.
1) Great family friendly weekend with lots to see, do and get involved in.
There is nothing better than having fun as a family! There will be plenty for the kids to do and be involved in and it gives them one of the last opportunities of the year to enjoy being out and about before winter kicks in. Book in some family fun time with us at Floatfest15 this year!
2) Great team building opportunity.
Build your teams capacity to work together by bringing them to Floatfest. Teams can have a lot of fun together doing something similar, while being part of something massive! There will be prizes for the best dressed teams, giving you even more incentive to get into the vibe of the event.
3) Be part of a world record attempt.
Seriously, when was the last time you were involved in a world record attempt? For many people, the answer is NEVER! Here's your chance to help make a difference all while enjoying some fun on the water and in and around Mannum. Make it a weekend to remember by staying and playing! This will be so much fun, we cant wait.
4) Take time to enjoy the beauty of nature right on our doorstep!
Life is soooo busy sometimes, we often need a reminder to get grounded, to get out into the fresh air into the country, and experience the wonders right at our doorstep. Many people across Australia have to travel a long way to get to the Murray and enjoy all it has to offer, for us, its just a hop, skip and a jump from Adelaide. Do yourself a favour before it gets too cold, and take in some of the beautiful nature and scenery the Murraylands has to offer.
5) It's a safe way to have fun on the river!
The Floatfest waters will be protected under closed waters by Marine and Harbours meaning it will be safe for you and your family to enjoy time on the water. Put you and your family into canoes/kayaks and paddle the calm/safe waters to the Mannum Waters Marina and back again to Mary Ann Reserve. I promise it will be an experience you will never forget!
Registrations are now open for Floatfest15. You can download the registration form HERE. By registering you go into the draw to WIN a Cruise valued at over $2,500, and other competitions as the event gets closer. Registration is for those wishing to be part of the world record attempt. The rest of the event is FREE OF CHARGE, so why not lock it in your diary. We look forward to seeing you there!


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Walking Football
Hills Football is proud to launch the regions first ever WALKING FOOTBALL program for participants 40 years and older. Walking football is an initiative that allows football lovers the chance to continue playing in a format that is safe, friendly, fun, non-competitive and most importantly non-contact.
Anyone aged 40 – 90 years of age.
Francesco Reserve, Bella Vista
Tuesday Nights, 7pm. Starting September 25th for 8 consecutive weeks.
Each match will consist of 4 x 10 minute quarters
How does it work?
Walking Football is the same as "normal" football, however you cant run!
Participants must have at least one foot on the ground at all times. Playing in either a 4v4, 5v5 or 6v6 (depending on numbers).
Each night, participants will be divided into two equal teams with coloured bibs. Participants will play in a non competitive match and rotate any substitutions accordingly.
Regulations for the Walking Football program can be found here:
20180711 – LEG – 201819 Walking Football – Regulations (MR)
The cost of the program for the 8 weeks is $60 which includes players insurance.
How to register?
Simply follow these steps:
- Login:
- Go to the Play Football www.playfootball.com.au (previously MyFootballClub)
- Click on "Register Now"
- Select "Player Registration"
- Follow the prompts to proceed to login pages, find your FFA number and/or reset your password
- Login using your FFA number and password:
- FFA Number:
- Password:
- Once logged in, select "Make a Registration" or "Register Now"
- Update contact details if necessary.
- On the next screen, enter the club name Hills Summer Football NB: If you get a message saying there are no packages then click OK and check the club name
- Select the Registration role as: "Player" NB: If this is the first time you have registered to play football in Australia you will need to confirm whether you played in another country
- Select the correct Registration Package that applies for your registration.
- Click the "Add" button.
- Click the Next button at the bottom of the screen.
- Read and acknowledge the Terms and Conditions then click Next.
- Click on "Pay Now" to pay online with a credit card (VISA or MasterCard), or select "manual Payment at Club" if you want to pay at our club information day.
- Where do I go if I need help with my registration?
- If you have any trouble with your registration you can use the following resources to help you.
- Visit the FAQ's page on the MyFootballClub website.
- View the Player Registration guides and videos which are on the Resources page of the MyFootballClub website.
- Call FFA Support Centre (02) 8020 4199 if you are having problems with your password to login.


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The floor to those who use Teethan every day
What's better than reading the words of those who use an instrument every day to understand its usefulness and functionality?
We chose Teethan because in a few simple steps it allows us to evaluate with extreme accuracy the occlusal balance of all our patients, from the first visit to the specialized orthodontic, prosthetic and implant-prosthetic treatments. Today, after more than two years of use, I can say that it has become an irreplaceable exam in daily practice.
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In orthodontics the primary objective is to achieve ideal occlusion and above all to keep it stable. Teethan allows us a monitored finalization of the structures of the stomatognathic system in order to obtain an intercuspation that is stable and balanced over time.
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Astound US Inc is a new kind of Artist Representation business based in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, and now with offices in London.
We aim high - to Astound - by being the Agency with the best in contemporary children's book illustration, and both licensing and commercial art from around the world.
We back that up with excellence in every aspect: from the first presentation, to how we project manage, and all the way through to how we invoice.
We Astound by being good at what we do with a snappy, can-do, enthusiastic, talented and creative attitude. And yes, we're not expensive.
All those things that make for an 'astounding' outcome.
Our promise to artists: career advancement with the right clients, regular creative guidance, strong administrative support and on time payment
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No matter where you are in the world or at whichever stage of your freelance artist career you may be, we're passionate about helping your career be more successful and rewarding by creating the art you love most! We are on your side: we'll give you insider's tips and client feedback for your folio development, and also introduce you directly to leading children's publishing houses, greeting card companies, jigsaw puzzle and game manufacturers, poster and decorative product suppliers (tableware, stationery)… the list goes on!
We're here to discuss the artistic direction you'd like to pursue and make that a reality with you.
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After graduating from the Courtauld Institute in London, having studied history of art I had a number of jobs working in TV production, but realised I wanted a more grounded career. I decided to spend a summer in the South of France working in a small art gallery, surrounded by vineyards. I knew that any future job had to rival that lifestyle and I didn't think it could be done until I came across Astound. It is really important to me to work with creative and inspiring individuals and I found all this and more at Astound. I had no idea that agencies like Astound existed but luckily came across it in my job search and the more I read about them, the more excited I was about the possibility of working there! And now here I am!
What do you look for in an illustrator?
Whatever the style, I look for confidence, whether thats through line, colour or even humour. I am drawn towards work that is both graphic yet textured. But I find the quirky and humorous most engaging and exciting to work with. I like to be able to see an artist's personality in their work.
Why do you think an illustrator needs an agent?
If I'm going based only on my own experience, I know I work best artistically when I have no other distractions and nothing to drag me into the dreaded pit of procrastination! An agent can minimise these distractions and fiddly details which can be a huge benefit. They are also there to help hone ideas and concepts to make sure you are producing the best work possible.
What do you love about being an agent?
I like the fact that I get to look at, and engage with visually inspiring work everyday. It's what I always hoped I would be able to do and I find it incredibly stimulating. It is also exciting to know that I can work with someone to shape their portfolio. The variety of the work is also something that appeals to me from engaging with artists and clients, to more introspective work back at the office.
What about Astound makes it a unique agency?
Being a boutique agency, Astound is particular in the artist's they work with and for this reason you know that you are going to be working with some of the best in the business. They also take the time to get to know the needs of their clients and artists, giving tailored advice and suggestions.
What are some other things you enjoy outside of agenting?
My main hobby is sewing. I really enjoy working with interesting materials, making the clothes from my imagination. It not only gives me a hobby, but I also then get joy from wearing the items. Im perhaps most proud of the linen coat I made (just visible in the first image). Outside of this I really enjoy spending time with my dog Reggie and going on long countryside pub walks.
What is your dream travel destination currently?
At the moment I'm really keen to go to Paris. Although I spent all summer in the Languedoc, France I have ashamedly never visited the capital, even though its just across the channel! I fell in love with jazz, wine and pastries – so I'd like to go on the hunt for more of that!
If you could be any animal or creature for one day what would you be, and why?
I have thought long and hard about this and I've come to the conclusion that I would like to be one of those Bahama Pigs. Not only would one get to spend their day in paradise, but you would also get lots of lovely visitors bringing you food. Plus you'd have all your piggy friends for company whilst paddling in crystal clear waters.


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Petoskey Audubon March 13 program "Conservation Districts: Your Land, Your Water, Your Michigan."
The public is invited to this free program at 7pm on Tuesday, March 13 at Northern Lights Recreation, Harbor Springs.
Alison Adams will provide an introduction to the Charlevoix Conservation District's mission, programs & products.
Adams will discuss the ways Charlevoix Conservation District assists landowners with natural resource protection, partners with other local and state groups for a greener, healthier northern Michigan, and provides free educational opportunities to all ages in the community.
Prior to becoming the District Manager in 2015, Alison spent 12 years teaching environmental education throughout the northern Michigan region. At the District, her duties range from coordinating and facilitating programs to managing administrative needs.
Alison holds a degree in Environmental Policy from CMU, and has two young sons, Ethan, 12, and Noah, 9. Most of her free time involves keeping up with her boys and enjoying the outdoors.
The program is free and open to the public, no reservations are necessary. Northern Lights Recreation is located at 8865 Harbor-Petoskey Road, Harbor Springs.
PRAS is a chapter of Michigan Audubon and is for people interested in birds and the outdoors in Charlevoix and Emmet Counties. PRAS is dedicated to creating a greater awareness, appreciation, and understanding of the inter-relatedness of all Michigan's wild places and wild life and the need for stewardship, with emphasis on our local region.


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See also the related category swahili.
Jah is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.
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Spotlight on Neurosurgery
- James Rutka receives 2019 Cushing Medal from American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Scientists 'reverse engineer' brain cancer cells to find new targets for treatment
- First Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to Treat Drug-Resistant Paediatric Epilepsy In Canada
- Spina Bifida Repaired In Utero
- INFE Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation to Dr. James Drake
- Tracing Single Brain Cancer Cells Simplifies Complexity of Incurable Brain Cancers
- 12 New Subtypes of Medulloblastoma Discovere
James Rutka receives 2019 Cushing Medal from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Dr. James Rutka, SickKids Pediatric Neurosurgeon and RS McLaughlin Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto, received the Cushing Medal from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), on Tuesday April 16th, at its Annual Meeting in San Diego.
The Cushing Medal, named after Dr. Harvey Cushing, the founder of neurosurgery as a specialty within surgery in 1919, is the highest honor that the AANS can bestow on a member. Given annually since 1976, the award recognizes an AANS member for distinguished service and outstanding contributions to and accomplishments in neurosurgery.
Dr. Rutka is only the second Canadian to receive the Cushing Medal in its history. In his acceptance speech, Dr. Rutka thanked the staff of the AANS, his colleagues on the AANS Executive Committee, the Editorial Staff of the Journal of Neurosurgery, of which Dr. Rutka is Editor-in-Chief, and his family. When asked about the importance of the award, Dr. Rutka said: "Receiving the Cushing Medal from the AANS is one of the greatest honours of my professional career, as it is an organization in which I have worked hard to make a difference these past 30 years".
Founded in 1931 as the Harvey Cushing Society, the AANS is a scientific and educational association with more than 8,000 members worldwide. The AANS is dedicated to advancing the specialty of neurological surgery to provide the highest quality of neurosurgical care to patients.
Scientists 'reverse engineer' brain cancer cells to find new targets for treatment
Glioblastoma is one of the most devastating forms of cancer, with few existing treatment options. Scientists have 'reverse engineered' brain cancer stem cells gene by gene, uncovering multiple potential targets for this hard-to-treat cancer. Read more.
First Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to Treat Drug-Resistant Paediatric Epilepsy In Canada
In the first use of deep brain stimulation to treat paediatric epilepsy in Canada, SickKids and UHN doctors try to reduce daily seizures. Neurosurgeons from SickKids, including Dr. George Ibrahim, and Toronto Western Hospital (TWH) have performed the first deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat drug-resistant paediatric epilepsy in Canada. With only 40 published cases of the procedure being performed in children for this condition, Andi Dreher, 9, is among the first in the world to undergo this treatment. Read more.
Spina Bifida Repaired In Utero
In a Canadian first, a team from Mount Sinai Hospital and SickKids repaired a form of spina bifida in a fetus at 25 weeks gestation. Read more.
INFE Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation to Dr. James Drake
From the Chairman of the International Federation of Neuroendoscopy (IFNE):
"Dr. James Drake (Head, Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children) received the Award for Life Time Outstanding Contribution to the Research and Clinical Practice of Hydrocephalus and Neuroendoscopy from the International Federation of Neuroendoscopy (IFNE). The award will be presented at the 8th Annual IFNE World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa in November 2017. Please join me in congratulating Jim on this well-deserved recognition of his tremendous contributions to the field."
Tracing Single Brain Cancer Cells Simplifies Complexity of Incurable Brain Cancers
Using an innovative barcode-like system that tracks the behaviour of individual brain cancer cells, an international research team has gained a new understanding of how glioblastoma brain cancers grow and has identified potential new ways of treating these incurable cancers. Read more
12 New Subtypes of Medulloblastoma Discovered
In 2010, scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto discovered that it was actually composed of four different subgroups, each with its own molecular composition and clinical characteristics.
Now, researchers from SickKids and around the world have found these four subgroups separate further into a dozen different subtypes the researchers are calling "the dirty dozen". These subtypes exhibit different clinical behaviour, marking a significant step forward towards developing personalized treatment for children with medulloblastoma. The study was published in the June 12 edition of Cancer Cell.
The study was co-led by Drs. Michael Taylor, Ramaswamy and Goldenberg and involved an international team of 95 researchers including first authors Dr. Florence Cavalli from SickKids and Dr. Marc Remke from the University of Düsseldorf.


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The wardrobe is bursting and so are we… to tell you that we have SO MANY new characters for you to choose from!
StarDust Kids has been scouring Sydney (and beyond!) for the latest and most popular characters out there to add to our collection. Thanks to our amazing clients and their wonderful kids, we've been inspired to find a whole heap of new characters to invite to your next party!
StarDust Kids is proud to announce that we now have Cole – the famous ninja of the Earth from NINJAGO! As well as all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles under our belt!
We also have a very adventurous Jungle Explorer, and a smooth 007-esque Secret Agent to train the kids into top secret spies!
In addition to Alice, you can now invite The Mad Hatter to the tea party – what a laugh he is! Speaking of laughter, Giggle and Hoot are… well… a hoot! We also have the Green Lantern to battle against boredom at your kid's next party.
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Time, concentration, and pH-dependent transport and uptake of anthocyanins in a human gastric epithelial (NCI-N87) cell line. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Time, Concentration, and pH-Dependent Transport and Uptake of Anthocyanins in a Human Gastric Epithelial (NCI-N87) Cell Line.
Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Feb 18 ;18(2). Epub 2017 Feb 18. PMID: 28218720
Allison A Atnip
Anthocyanins are the largest class of water soluble plant pigments and a common part of the human diet. They may have many potential health benefits, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and cardioprotective activities. However, anthocyanin metabolism is not well understood. Studies suggest that anthocyanins absorption may occur in the stomach, in which the acidic pH favors anthocyanin stability. A gastric epithelial cell line (NCI-N87) has been used to study the behavior of anthocyanins at a pH range of 3.0-7.4. This work examines the effects of time (0-3 h), concentration (50-1500µM), and pH (3.0, 5.0, 7.4) on the transport and uptake of anthocyanins using NCI-N87 cells. Anthocyanins were transported from the apical to basolateral side of NCI-N87 cells in time and dose dependent manners. Over the treatment time of 3 h the rate of transport increased, especially with higheranthocyanin concentrations. The non-linear rate of transport may suggest an active mechanism for the transport of anthocyanins across the NCI-N87 monolayer. At apical pH 3.0, higher anthocyanin transport was observed compared to pH 5.0 and 7.4. Reduced transport of anthocyanins was found to occur atapical pH 5.0.


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As an author, I'd like the audio recordings from my PowerPoint presentation to work in Bridge after uploading a PowerPoint presentation to create a new course.
As an author, I'd like the audio recordings from my PowerPoint presentation to work in Bridge after uploading a PowerPoint presentation to create a new course.
Hey Mike,
Is the audio in your Powerpoint per slide or through the entire Powerpoint?
Unfortunatey, no. When using the PowerPoint uploader tool, audio/video and
hyperlinks don't come over into Bridge. What you can do, is insert an
additional course slide and embed your video there.
On Jan 19, 2017 4:42 PM, "Mike Hall" <email@example.com>
Thanks Jeannine!
PowerPoint 2016 (and possibly other versions) has the option to export PowerPoint presentations as video files:
Navigate to File->Export->Create a Video
In the Create a Video menu, there is an option called "Use Recorded Timings and Narrations". This allows the video to cycle the slides at the set timings and includes any embedded audio recordings. Rather than uploading the entire PowerPoint presentation as a course with slides, I uploaded the video file of the presentation on a single course slide instead.
There is a software called "iSpring Suite" that will let you convert your PowerPoints into a SCORM file which would allow recordings to play back in Bridge. Depending on the version of the iSpring Software (you can get the version that just does the conversion or you can get the full suite) it has its own audio recording function as well as many other great tools to help you build your courses in PowerPoint for use in Bridge. Its a little pricey at about $670 for a single license for the suite, but its been super useful for us!


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Metal cabinets
Metal cabinets are made of high quality metals such as inox and sheet metals of different thickness (0,6-2,0mm). Sheet metal cabinets are powder coated which gives them a long lasting anti corrosive protection with minimal environment influence. We offer various types of cabinets in standard dimensions for households, apartment and office buildings and business spaces (letterboxes, first aid cabinets, weapon keeping cabinets, gas installation cabinets).
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Mentoring in the Classics Family Sampler
For those who want to experience a limited run of MIC+, on beloved titles for family readalouds - we hear you!
This bundled product includes 3 favorites:
Each title has video, audio, printable and bonus content to give you an amazing mentored experience with a beloved family classic.
If you want to lead out, establish a family culture of excellence and learning, experience the mentoring of youth through family discussions, find the treasures and transformation by coming face-to-face with greatness - then Mentoring in the Classics is the answer for you. This multi-award-winning subscription series is ideal for adults, youth, parents, book groups, Commonwealths, teacher training – anyone who's ready to experience the classics with master mentors Oliver and Rachel DeMille as your guides!
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Every person has inner genius. Thomas Jefferson Education consists of helping each student discover, develop and polish his or her genius. This is the essence and very definition of great education.
I'm Rachel DeMille, one of the founders and co-authors of the TJEd resources. I'm here to help you find your fit with TJEd, so you can have minimum stress, maximum joy, and a clear path to success! Let me walk you through getting started with TJEd.
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His books on freedom and politics, including The U. S. Constitution and the 196 Indispensible Principles of Freedom, 1913 and We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident, have sold widely, and are the backbone of his teachings on liberty and economics. Presently, he devotes a majority of his time to writing and mentoring. Oliver is married to the former Rachel Pinegar. They have eight children. View his personal website and blog at OliverDeMille.com.
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World's Greatest Cities Mosaics
The 18.104.22.168 version of World's Greatest Cities Mosaics is available as a free download on our software library. This software is an intellectual property of Big Fish Games. The current installation package available for download occupies 232 KB on disk. Our antivirus check shows that this download is safe. The program lies within Games, more precisely Puzzle.
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Play five different types of mosaics and discover seven of the greatest cities in the world! Solve 210 different mosaics levels while enjoying the beautifully crafted music. Stimulate your curiosity and your mental prowess with World's Greatest Cities Mosaics!
The game offers: 200+ levels, 5 types of mosaics, challenging and based on logic, discover interesting facts.
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Azone International has transformed the adorable Lien into an even more adorable silver fox.
This version of Lien was released in 2013 as part of the 9th EX-Cute Series.
Have a look at her lovely promo pics.
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- Body: Pure Neemo Flection S
- Hair Color: Silver Fox
- Eye Color: Wild Grape
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Börse Frankfurt simulation focus day today
Börse Frankfurt simulation focus day todayOrder Deletion (in the current Börse Frankfurt Simulation system)
On the Focus Day "Order Deletion" participants can observe order deletions in the existing Börse Frankfurt simulation environment as it happens prior to the launch of Börse Frankfurt on T7.
In the end of day processing on the focus day "Order Deletion", all open orders in selected products will be deleted in the existing Börse Frankfurt simulation environment and can be re-entered by participants in the Börse Frankfurt T7 pre-production. These deletions will have the time stamp 23:59:58 and can be identified tomorrow:
- FIX Execution Report - ExecRestatementReason 6 (Cancel on Trading Halt)
- ETS Trade Notifications – TrnReasonCode "SUS" + trnTim 23:59:58.9
- TC540 Daily Order Maintenance - rsnOrdrDel is "SUS" + trnTim 23:59:58
- VALUES Trade Confirmation - trnTim 23:59:58.99
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FinovateAsia 2013 / Mobino
Presenter Profile:
How they describe themselves: We operate a mobile payment service that offers universal access while being totally independent from credit cards and telcos.
On the front-end, we offer an application for smartphones and a voice service for dumbphones. No special equipment is required from customers or from merchants. Integration in cash registers and vending machines is quick and easy.
For the back-end:
- In OECD countries, we connect directly with bank accounts towards real-time transactions, thereby slashing costs and risks and improving the user experience
- In unbanked or underbanked countries, we aim to build and operate a national e-cash infrastructure on behalf of the central bank, instead of fighting with local money transfer services
How they describe their product/innovation: We are introducing the international version of the Mobino application, available in 5 languages and 50 currencies.
Various scenarios will be outlined:
- Peer-to-peer money transfer
- Payment for goods and services in shops
- POS and cash register integration
- Quicker and safer e-commerce payments
- Fluid payment flow for mobile commerce
- Cheap and efficient international remittances
- Registration and KYC process for unbanked
- Cash-in and cash-out operations at agents
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Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
An interesting email hit my desk this morning:
"The stock market goes up 80% of the time, so why worry about the declines?"
Like a "bull" – rising markets tend to be steady, strong and durable. Conversely, "bear" markets are fast "mauling"events that leave you deeply wounded at best and dead at worst.
Yes, the majority of the time the markets are "bullish." It's the "math" that ultimately gets you during a "bear" market.
The real devastation caused by "bear market" declines are generally misunderstood because they tend to be related in terms of percentages. For example:
"Over the last 36-months, the market rose by 100%, but has recently dropped by 50%."
See, nothing to worry as an investor would still be ahead by 50%, right?
Nope. A 50% decline wipes out 100% of the previous gain. This is why looking at things in terms of percentages is so misleading. A better way to examine bull and bear markets is in terms of points gained or lost.
Notice that in many cases going back to 1900, a large chunk of the previous gains were wiped out by the subsequent decline. (A function of valuations and mean reversions.)
Recently Upfina posted a great chart on "Bear Market Repo's" which illustrates this point very well. To wit:
"Many confuse bear markets with being black swan events that cannot be predicted, however, this is a faulty approach to investing. The economy, market, and nature itself move in cycles. Neither a bear market nor a bull market last forever and are actually the result of one another. That is to say, a bear market is the author of a bull market and a bull market is an author of a bear market. Low valuations lead to increased demand, and high valuations lead to less demand."
The only point I am attempting to make today is don't "confuse the math." A 30-50% decline from any level in the market is destructive not only to your current principal value both also your financial goals particularly as it relates to you investing time horizon.
Time is the only thing we can't get back.
As Upfina concludes:
"The critical discipline to protect your portfolio through bull and bear markets is hedging. Hedging is when you start a position to avoid the risk of another position. The keyword when it comes to investing with the goal of minimizing risk is correlation. You want to buy assets with a low correlation to diversify against bear markets.
A few investments which typically do well in bear markets are cash, long-term U.S. treasuries, the volatility index, gold, shorting the stock market, shorting high yield bonds, and buying safe sectors such as telecommunications and utilities."
With everyone seemingly bearish on bonds and the dollar, and bullish on equities and oil, the contrarian in me thinks "hedging" against the "crowd" might be something worth considering.
Such "hedges" could well be the ticket to minimizing the next "bear market repo."
Just something to think about as you catch up on your weekend reading list.
Economy & Fed
- Legalizing Gambling Won't Fix Budgets by Steven Malanga via City Journal
- Will The Fed Know When To Quit? by Caroline Baum via MarketWatch
- 3-Reasons To Expect A Recession Soon by Pierre Lemieux via Econlog
- Fed About To Look At Boosting Economy In A Radical Way by Pedro Da Costa via BI
- When Companies Supersize, Paychecks Shrink by Bryce Covert via NYT
- Is "Goldilocks" Back? by Brian Maher via The Daily Reckoning
- Wealth Causes Homelessness? by Alex Berezow via American Council On Health & Science
- Managing Risks Of Rising Dollar by Mohamed El-Erian via Project Syndicate
- Economic Numbers Less Than Meets The Eye by James Rickards via The Daily Reckoning
- Is 1.8% Economic Growth All We Should Expect by Alan Reynolds via IBD
- What Is Magic Number For Yields? by Tyler Durden via ZeroHedge
- Fed Tightening Cycles Coincide With Crashes by Mike "Mish" Shedlock via MishTalk.com
- Morgan Stanley Knows When Bull Ends by Matt Egan via CNN Money
- Spoiled Rotten: Too Many Funds & ETF's? by Simon Constable via Forbes
- Dan Niles: Stocks Could Lose 50% Next Year by Stephanie Landsman via CNBC
- Stocks Down 20% By Time Yield Hits 4% by Brian Sozzi via TheStreet.com
- Why The Market Has Its Swagger Back by Mark DeCambre via MarketWatch
- Prepare Your Portfolio For Recession by Edward Harrison via Credit Writedowns
- Making Money In Stocks Is Going To Get Difficult by Ryan Vlastelica via MarketWatch
- No, The Market Isn't Overvalued by Ed Yardeni via Yardeni Research
- Trump Wants To Roll Back Regulations Meant To Prevent A Crisis by Joe Ciolli via BI
- A Record Number Of People Think Home Prices Will Rise by Akin Oyedele via BI
Most Read On RIA
- Retiree's Face A Pension Crisis Of Their Own by Lance Roberts
- Don't Be A Victim Of Recency Bias by John Coumarionos
- The Inconsistencies Lurking In ETF's by Michael Lebowitz
- No Strategy Works All The Time, 10-Rules That Do by Lance Roberts
- The Greatest Financial Mismatches In History by Richard Rosso
- Kass: The Madness Of Investing Crowds by Doug Kass
Research / Interesting Reads
- Stock Buybacks Soar To Record by Wolf Richter via Wolf Street
- Subprime Chaos & It's Worse Than 2008 by Adem Tumerkan via Palisade Research
- Stupidity And Greed Will Keep Financial Journalist Employed by Steve Sedgwick via CNBC
- Want To Make Millennials Mad, Talk About Retirement Saving by Alessandra Malito via MarketWatch
- Is The U.S. Becoming Japan 2.0 by Upfina
- U.S. Health Care Is Finally Fixed by Charles Hugh Smith of Two Minds
- Debt Service Is A Function Of Rates & Amount Owed by Danielle Park via JugglingDynamite.com
- Subscriptions For The 1% by Danny Crichton via Tech Crunch
- GDP Linked Bonds? by Robert Shiller via NYT
- The Great Recession vs. The Great Depression by Alex Pollock via Real Clear Markets
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Jan Sokol (born 18 April 1936) is a Czech philosopher, translator and politician. He is son of architect Jan Sokol. He was a member of parliament from 1990 to 1992. He was minister of education from January to July 1998. In 2003, he was candidate for President of the Czech Republic. He is a member of Charles University faculty.
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How to Help Your Baby Through Cold & Flu Season
Cold and flu season is upon us, and it's time to get smart about protecting yourself and your baby. You'll want to be extra careful from December to February, the peak time for illness.
Most people are surprised to learn that sickness is usually spread by you touching something (viruses live for many hours on counters, toys, escalator handrails, etc.) rather than by droplets in the air. Doorknobs, in fact, are crawling with germs. You enter the house, then unconsciously rub your eye or nose, and you may have just set yourself up…to get sick!
Steps to Protect Your Baby from Catching a Cold
Here are a few super-practical tips to keep sneaky germs away from your precious, new little human.
- Wash your hands…a lot! It's your best defense and especially effective if you wash immediately upon returning home from public places. Regular soap does the trick (don't use antibacterial soap, it contains harsh chemicals) but do scrub a good bit…friction helps to knock the bugs off your skin.
- Try not to touch public handles and doorknobs that many others touch.
- It's fine to go out with your baby, but avoid crowds where there may be coughing/sneezing.
- Reduce visitors. With a newborn, it's important to reduce your guests to very close family/friends and people who will help you cook or clean.
- Keep little kids out of your house as much as possible (they carry more colds).
- Hang a sign outside your door telling all visitors to immediately wash their hands and slip an oversized T-shirt over their clothes—keep a stack of clean ones by your front door—before they hug you and cover you with the germs that are glommed on their hands/clothes from their kids at home.
- Breastfeed if you can.
- Have everyone get the flu shot and make sure your baby has all the other routine vaccinations, too!
But if your child does fall ill, you'll want to make sure she gets the rest she needs to kick her cold quickly.
4 Sleep Tips for Babies With Colds
Use any of the following to help your little patient sleep more comfortably:
- Nose Washers. An odd but effective little remedy…Collect some breastmilk from your nipple with an eyedropper, then tip back your baby's head and put a drop or two into his nostrils. (Breastmilk contains antibodies that can fight off colds!)
- Nose Suckers. Babies only like to breathe through the nose, so thick boogers can make them go ballistic. To clear the nose of mucus, I suggest first swaddling with the arms securely down, then putting a drop of your breastmilk or saline nose drops (sold at any drug store) in one nostril, and then using a nose sucker/nasal bulb syringe, to suck out the water…and loosened mucus. (Then, repeat on the other side.)
- Slight Elevation for Sleep. Ask your doctor about elevating the head of your baby's bed—1-2inches—to help your baby breathe easier. With SNOO Smart Sleeper, you can do this easily with our special Leg Lifter accessory. With a standard bassinet, ask your doctor how to safely elevate your baby's head.
- Humidifiers. Cool mist humidifiers are a must-have to keep mucous loose—especially if you live in a dry climate or high altitude. Remember to use distilled water and clean your humidifier.
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Panel discussion on ICE
"The meeting with the local Danbury Brazilian community is an effort to clarify what the 287g program stands for and what it really means," Breno da Mata, an editor with Comunidade News, wrote in an e-mail.
The meeting will feature a panel discussion with Jason McGahan, a member of Stop the Raids; Phillip Berns, a Stamford attorney; Helena Abrantes, a former Common Council member; and an attorney from Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith of Danbury.
The meeting will take place in the Brazilian Catholic Center at 61 Liberty St.
The majority of the Danbury Common Council wants to enroll a few members of the police department in a program that would give them the same training and authorization as federal immigration agents.
Opponents worry the authority will result in racial profiling and that the city's immigrant population will be targeted.
They also worry the authorization will erode relations between police and foreign-born Danbury residents.
Supporters say police will only use the authorization to combat major crimes that have an illegal immigration angle, such as human trafficking.
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I've lived in London for over five years and I have never heard this explained before. Thank you C.G.P. Grey. (Next I hope to learn why Brits don't think they are part of Europe.)
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The Bitcoin network's hashrate has mysteriously crashed over 40% on Monday, September 23, after it dipped from around 98 EH/s to around 57.7 EH/s before recovering.
The crash occurred after the hashrate hit a new all-time high above 100 EH/s on September 18. It isn't clear what's behind it, as competing networks using the same hashing algorithm – including the Bitcoin Satoshi's Vision and Bitcoin Cash hard forks – didn't see a significant hashrate increase, which means large miners didn't choose to mine another cryptocurrency.
A cryptocurrency's hashrate helps secure its network, as miners use their computing power to make calculations and find new blocks. Through Proof-of-Work, transactions on it are validated and the network becomes increasingly more secure, as hitting it with a 51% attack requires an increasingly large amount of computing power.
At press time, the hashrate on Bitcoin's network has seemingly already started recovering, as it's now at 88.3 million TH/s. Looking at hashrate distribution charts it doesn't appear one single miner lost a large amount of computing in the last 24-hour period, although in the last few days BTC.com's pool seemingly went from 19% to 24.2% of the network's hashrate.
While the price of bitcoin has been struggling to stay above the $10,000 mark, its hashrate has been growing exponentially in the last few months. In July CryptoGlobe reported it hit 74.5 million TH/s, merely one month after hitting 65 million TH/s.
In comparison, the Bitcoin network's hashrate was of little over 33 million TH/s at the beginning of the year, and of 2.5 million TH/s in the beginning of 2017, before the bull run that saw BTC hit a near $20,000 all-time high.
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A common enough phenomenon, most people don't think much about suffering from back pain. When they do have it, treatment is simple and the pain only lasts for a few days. Nothing to worry about.
However, while back pain is indeed a common condition that happens to four out of five adults, what most people don't know about it is that it could be a symptom of a far more serious disorder. In fact, most chronic forms of back pain (lasting for more than two months) are actually symptoms of serious diseases, such as arthritis, osteoporosis, scoliosis, cervical spndylosis, spinal cancer, bone cancer, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, mittelschmerz, cervix cancer, tuberculosis, meningitis, among others.
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What is gall bladder disease?
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Gall bladder disease occurs when the bile contains too much cholesterol. The excess cholesterol binds with bile salts and calcium to form crystals or hard stones, known as gall stones. The presence of these gall stones is the cause of some of the more painful symptoms of gall bladder disease, such as gall bladder back pain.
What is gall bladder back pain?
Gall bladder back pain is a condition that occurs when the gall bladder is inflamed due to improper functioning. It is a sure sign of underlying problems within your gall bladder. Gall bladder back pain is one of the common symptoms of gall bladder disease, a disorder that mainly affects women (although it could affect men, as well), and causing symptoms that vary widely from discomfort to severe pain.
How do you know if you have it?
Typically, when a person experiences gall bladder back pain, it starts in the mid back before radiating around to the front. Sometimes, gall bladder back pain can be so severe that the person affected may find it hard to walk or even stand. In some instances, gall bladder back pain may even cause difficulty in breathing because of the excruciating pain.
Gall bladder back pain is not susceptible to normal back pain treatments. Because the cause is not some injury or trauma or stress to the muscles or the spinal column, the treatment options available for normal back pains will provide only little, temporary relief – if at all.
Treating gall bladder back pain will have to be done in conjunction with identifying the real cause – that is, identifying what disorder to the gall bladder the person is unknowingly suffering from. Only by treating the underlying cause will it be possible to treat gall bladder back pain and prevent the person from suffering further.
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TEMP - Marketing Automation Specialist at Avalara
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Avalara is looking for a Marketing Automation Specialist to execute digital marketing campaigns using
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• Manage the technical marketing automation programs required to achieve next-level marketing
• Manage the API integration with Salesforce and implement best practices for data field governance
• Responsible for managing and executing marketing campaigns through Eloqua, including building
and maintaining email templates and landing pages that drive campaign responses.
• Work with marketing managers to plan campaign cycles and hit key milestones.
• Understand and segment the database to build the most impactful campaign lists. Build test frameworks (A/B tests, deliverability and tracking) to continually improve campaign
metrics like click-through and conversion rates.
• Understand the API integration of marketing automation with Salesforce.com and how the two
systems synch.
• Develop and optimize marketing profile definitions to identify marketing populations.
• Manage and prioritize list pull activities, including list scrubbing, import and processing.
• Work with Telemarketing organization to maximize lists sourcing activities and investment.
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Posted on June 7, 2017
'Burrard Landing Club 16'-2017, 40″x 40″
"If you don't know which way is up, at least avoid the drains!"
An urban globe on white…
Dye Sublimation printed on White Aluminum Panel.
Category: abstract, Architectural, British Columbia, contemporary art, Dimentionality, Library of Parliament, surreal, Vancouver Tagged: photography, urban, Vancouver
Posted on November 21, 2016
Although Vancouver is not a global power centre; it is one of the worlds' most beautiful cities. Since I don't do 'Postcards'; I had to think of a way to express the excitement and dynamism of the city. Punk is passé, but you can still find Punks here and there. I guess this is my tribute, to the energy and creativity of this quickly fading musical and social phenomenon…
In spite of the passing of time and fashion; some people will be Punks their whole life long… anyways.
This one's for them!
Category: British Columbia, Dimentionality, surreal, Vancouver Tagged: art, contemporary, urban, Vancouver
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'Coal Harbour' on Vancouver's False Creek is a beautiful place to live, although in its early days it was just as its name implies… an industrial zone. Today its waters are clear and clean and it's an upscale trendy place to live. Since I'm bored with taking "straight photos" I decided to put a black star in its center to acknowledge its past.
Category: British Columbia Tagged: arts, urban, Vancouver, Vancouver's False Creek
Posted on September 30, 2013
It feels like winter here in Vancouver today.
10° C with some H2O.
Here's a winter shot I did in 2007. It feels like this today.
Edition info @ http://www.christhomas.com/WorkGallery.html?igm=1_2
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Assignment :
An assignment is when you are selling a condo or any property before it actually exists. You're actually selling your contract to another buyer, you're not actually selling the property yet because you don't technically have title to the property yet.you buy something pre-construction with a builder, you sign the contract, you give your deposit cheques, and then there's a few years of waiting until that property is built and the title transfers over to you. In the interim, if you're selling it before that happens, that is not a typical resale transaction, it's called an assignment. Some people know it as flipping.
There's two sides to the assignment. There's the assignor or the seller, and then there's the assignee or the buyer. The assignor really is the one who's at risk in a sale or assignment from an HST perspective.
Winds of Change. .. .You can run but you cant hide
Thanks to FINTRAC. Now what happens is when buyer put a deposit down on a property their name, their Social Insurance Number is associated with that deposit, and it stays with that deposit and that property all the way through. Then all of a sudden somebody else closes on it, so it becomes glaringly obvious to Revenue Canada something happened.
Jason put a deposit on this property. Roger closed on the property. CRA thinks...What happened? Had to be an assignment. If it was an assignment why didn't we get our piece? Of course, that's what they start with. They start with okay, if there was an assignment that happened here, Jason obviously got his money back. If he got his deposit back we're entitled to our 13%. Jason, where's my 13%? That leads to the second question, did you make any profit on this? Great, we want our 13% of that, which of course leads to the third question, what about our capital gains on the profit? The next question is how often have you done this? If you've done it too often maybe we're no longer looking at capital gains on the profit, but we're looking and saying you're in the business of, now we want full tax.
Assignor~Sellers Implications :
What happens for an assignor, or the seller of the property, the first thing that Revenue Canada has to decide is whether or not when you sell that property you should be considered a builder. What that means is they look at what was your intention when you purchased the property and why are you selling the property.Typically though, if you're assigning a property, selling a property before you take occupancy of it, nine times out of ten they're going to rule you a builder. If they rule you a builder then you now, like any other builder, are required to collect HST when you sell the property.
Example: Firstly, If I'm the original purchaser of the unit and I buy a property for $300 000 and I put 20% down, or $60 000, and I want to assign the property, first thing I want is I want my $60 000 back. When I get my $60 000 back that's not considered a return of a deposit, that's considered a taxable sale. That $60 000 return of your deposit, which is not what it's considered from CRA's perspective, is subject to tax, which means you get that $60 000 back. You owe 13%.
Secondly, Since You've held onto this property for a period of time, so you want to try and make some money if you can. That markup is subject to tax as well. Let's say that we buy a property for $300 000, we hold onto it for three years while it's being built, then we assign the property for $340 000. There's a $40 000 markup subject to HST and a $60 000 deposit subject to HST. Now the sellers owes HST on $100 000, roughly $13 000 is HST that they have to come up with.
Thirdly, CRA can now ask you about capital gains. Revenue Canada with regards to assignments, can send people letters saying, "Can you itemize all the information about all the assignments you've done in the last three or four years?" All of those are subject to HST and all of those are subject to capital gains or taxation issues.
Buyers Implications :
When I buy a property I'm entitled to an HST rebate, whether I'm using the new home rebate and I'm applying through the builder, or I'm using it an as investment property. Both are perfectly legal with an assignment property. The issue, though, is if I file for my HST rebate on closing with the builder I'm going to end up leaving money on the table. What ends up happening is the builder can only give me an HST based on their original purchase price.
If we go back to that example, the original purchaser buys the property for $300 000. They would end up having to pay roughly $24 000 in HST on closing and their eligible rebate would be roughly $24 000. Perfect. When the second purchaser comes along, the assignee, they're buying the property for $340 000, but the first builder can only give them a rebate based on the original purchase price of $300 000. On closing the person who bought the assignment would have to pay $24 000 and be eligible for a rebate of $24 000.
An offer to purchase an assignment property (often on an OREA form 140 or 141) by a buyer's sales representative will state that, if applicable, HST is included in the purchase price (as we typically see in any offer to buy resale residential properties).
The sales representative who represents a seller of an assignment (and who is advising the seller) MUST be aware that according to the Canada Revenue Agency, there are sometimes situations where HST will, in fact, be applicable and payable by the assignor/seller who is assigning a contract to buy a newly constructed unit/residence.
When applicable, HST will be payable by the Assignor (buyer #1 from the builder) on the portion of the assignment sale price related to the return of deposits (paid to the builder by the assignor/seller) PLUS the gross profit (the difference between the builder price and the assignment price).
Whether or not HST is applicable to an assignment depends on the original intention/the plan (in the mind of the assignor/seller) when the offer to purchase was made with the builder. If the PRIMARY PURPOSE by the assignor/seller in buying from the builder was to profit by assigning/flipping the deal, THEN HST IS APPLICABLE to the assignment/sale.
On the other hand, if an individual originally signed an offer to purchase a condo apartment (to be newly constructed by a builder) with the primary intention that the unit bought would be used (for example) by:
(1) a son or daughter when attending University/College, OR
(2) a parent who wanted or needed a place to reside, or
(3) a spouse who planned to separate from the family, or
(4) the buyer(s) who intended to downsize, or
(5) the buyer(s) who intended to use the apartment when working downtown or when visiting Toronto
(6) a son or daughter who was engaged to be married, or
(7) buyer wanted to move closer to a workplace OR to relocate a place of work
THEN the Canada Revenue Agency would typically conclude that HST is not applicable on the assignment/sale if (at a later date) a reasonable change in circumstance resulted in an assignment/sale of the unit if, for example,
(1) such son/daughter chose not to go to University/College, or
(2) the buyer's mom or dad no longer could use or wanted to use such apartment as a residence
(due to their death or needs a retirement home), or
(3) intention to separate from family changed, or
(4) decision was made later not to downsize, or
(5) the buyer(s) reasonably changed his/their minds about such intended use, or
(6) the engaged son or daughter decided not to marry or decided to live elsewhere, or
(7) the workplace location changed or the intended relocation of workplace changed
The question is whether the facts or circumstances would indicate to the Canada Revenue Agency that the condo was originally being acquired from the builder for the primary purpose of personal use versus buying the unit for only a potential profit with the intention of assigning or flipping the deal. If a buyer purchases two or more new condo units or has a corporation purchase a residential unit, it is more difficult (perhaps impossible) to try to explain to the Canada Revenue Agency that the primary purpose in buying from the builder was to acquire the unit for personal use as a residence for an immediate family member.
MAKE SURE THAT AN ASSIGNMENT SALE WHICH STATES HST IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE IS CONDITIONAL ON ASSIGNOR'S/SELLER'S or ASSIGNEE ~BUYERS LAWYER'S APPROVAL so that the lawyer for the assignor/seller or assignee ~buyers will be responsible to advise a seller whether or not HST is applicable to the assignment/sale.
Buying from a Non-Resident Seller :
He's assigning the property to me. I buy the property. After the fact Revenue Canada determines this is a taxable sale. If they can't find Non-Resident Seller ( original purchaser) to get the HST, they're coming to me. Try not to buy an assignment from a non resident seller .
If you're considering it, say to your lawyer, "Can you determine with Revenue Canada whether the sale of this product is subject to HST?" If it is, and we know this as the buyer, we know that the sale is subject to HST, we can now put a hold on that money so that it's submitted to Revenue Canada. We can force the other lawyer. The other lawyer, they're just going to follow the rules and going to do a hold back and that HST is going to go off to Revenue Canada. Now as the buyer in this case, you're protected.
Common Strategies Used by Assignors:
One way that would work is a mutual release by the builder, and this isn't going to happen very often. In this case what would happen is Andrew would buy the property originally. He wants to assign the property, but in order to not have to deal with this whole HST he goes to the builder and says, "Look Mr. builder, I have a client who wants to buy property. Can you release me from my obligation and sell the property to them?" Obviously the downside to this is original purchaser woould not making any money. He's going to get his deposit back and his deposit is going to come from the builder, in which case it's not subject to HST, so that's okay because it's a return of a deposit. The new purchaser then gets to buy the property at that agreed upon price, and original purchaser doesn't have to deal with the HST issue.
What about builders offering free assignments to anybody related to original purchaser..
You need to get an amendment or an assignment of the sale. You can't just do a change of title using a direction of title on closing. In case you plan to assign to your brother, If you do that neither you nor the brother is entitled to the rebate. You still have to pay HST if using a direction of title .
Instead, do name change amendment signed by the builder. Direction of title just changes the name on closing, but it doesn't rights and responsibilities of the purchaser. As far as the purchase and sale agreement goes, there's still a question about taxation.If you know you want to do that, you want to put it into your company's name, add your company to the purchase and sale agreement via an amendment. Then you can close in your company's name, then your company's entitled to the rebate.
My Advice: Have your lawyer do a ruling.
Have your lawyer determine whether or not this sale is subject to HST, when you're selling an assignment. If you're doing it from a buyer's perspective, really you should be doing the same thing. You should be going to your lawyer and saying, "Is this purchase going to be subject to HST?" Because that way you're covering yourself.
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Understanding the two types of EVs will help you provide a charging experience your employees will appreciate. "EV" refers to any vehicle with a plug and can be either a battery electric or a plug-in hybrid vehicles.
When evaluating your parking lot, the ideal location to install EV charging is near existing electrical infrastructure to reduce costs. The farther away chargers are installed from this infrastructure the more it will complicate the installation and increase costs. Plan for future employee EV adoption to save costs on design and construction for the longer term. Other costs to consider are equipment, maintenance and electricity.
To best understand how many EV chargers to install is to know how many employees currently drive electric and how many are considering driving electric. Survey employees and ask:
1) Do you currently drive electric?
2) If not, do you plan to purchase an electric car in one to three years?
A range of EV charging options at various speeds are available, with Level 2 most common at workplaces.
Organizations offering workplace charging can benefit from setting clear guidelines in the areas of usage, sharing, and pricing to help ensure a safe and successful charging experience for all. For pricing, some workplaces prefer employees pay for electricity, while others consider it an employee benefit and do not require employees to pay for charging. To develop your charging policy, consider engaging employees in the effort to fully understand their charging needs.
Here is an example of a workplace charging policy (PDF) by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Once you have installed your charging stations, engage with employees on how they can take advantage of this benefit.