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Dear Citizens,
I want to address the issue of school closures and explain why I made, and still stand behind, my initial recommendation.
In the past four years, [the] Fayette County Public Schools [System] has seen a decrease in local and state revenue of $25 million and a loss of student enrollment of 1,800 students. We have too many schools and lack the financial resources to maintain the status quo.
Last spring, I recommended to the Board of Education the closure of Hood Avenue Primary, Fayette Intermediate, and Fayette Middle School. I also recommended we utilize Rivers Elementary as a K-5 school. I had three primary reasons for my recommendation:
1. Hood Avenue Primary and Fayette Intermediate were built in 1970 and 1974. Fayette Middle was built in 1986. While these buildings have been well maintained, they are not as modern as our newer facilities.
2. The three schools that would close, because of their desirable location, could be repurposed. In fact, with the current level of support for a College and Career Academy, I can envision one of the closed schools either being used for that purpose, or using the LaFayette Educational Center (the old Fayette County High School) for the College and Career Academy and moving our instructional department to one of the vacated buildings. The other closed schools could provide some much needed rental income to our system.
3. Displaced students would be relocated to attend another, more modern school.
After I presented this to the Board of Education, they directed me to come up with the following three additional options:
1. Close Hood Avenue Primary, Fayette Intermediate, Brooks Elementary, and Fayette Middle. Open Rivers as a K-5 school.
2. Close Hood Avenue Primary, Fayette Intermediate, Tyrone Elementary, and Fayette Middle. Open Rivers as a K-5 school.
3. Close Hood Avenue Primary, Fayette Intermediate, Brooks Elementary, Tyrone Elementary, and Fayette Middle. Open Rivers as a K-5 school.
I do not support the closure of either Brooks or Tyrone Elementary. The loss of these two schools would have a detrimental economic impact on those two communities.
Because these are the only two schools in these communities, property values may drop and families looking to move to Fayette would likely choose an alternative community. Some of our children from Brooks would have incredibly long bus rides to get to their nearest school. I do not believe the closure of these two schools is best for kids or for those two communities.
On Monday, August 6th, at the Board of Education meeting, Dr. Bob Todd recommended we add a fifth option. (Citizens may listen to the podcast of the meeting by visiting our website.) This proposal would include the closure of Inman Elementary School, Tyrone Elementary, and Fayette Middle. Todd's proposal would keep Rivers Elementary open in its current capacity, very much underutilized.
If Inman were to close, because of its remote location, the district would struggle to find opportunities to repurpose this facility. The plan proposed by Todd, and supported by Marion Key, would take our local taxpayers' investment in facilities and basically leave these two state-of-the-art facilities unattended. I do not and will not support their proposal.
Whether or not Inman, Rivers, and even Bennett's Mill Middle School should have been constructed is irrelevant at this point in time. They were built. Our community has already invested over $23 million dollars on the construction of Inman and Rivers. They should be utilized to their capacity. My proposal does just that.
I made a recommendation to the Board of Education that I stood behind last spring and I stand behind today. My decisions are always motivated by what I think is best for the community in which I live and the children for whom I serve.
On Thursday, August 30th, we will have our first public hearing on the school closure/redistricting process at 7 p.m. in the Fayette County High School cafeteria. We will meet in small groups to give our citizens a better opportunity to have a voice. You are invited to attend.
Jeffrey B. Bearden, Ed.D
Superintendent of Schools
Fayetteville, Ga.
I agree with the person that posted that all schools should be considered. Of course there will be some that obviously can't be closed. What costs will increase because of a closing. In most cases it will be transportation. For example if Brooks Elem is closed then the buses will have to take the kids primarily to Sara Harp, some maybe to Inman, some maybe to Peeples. How much will that cut into the savings. Also how much do you save? I'm guessing if you close Brooks (smallest elem school in system) you will save the least!
I digress. With so many colleges having secondary campuses why doesn't the BOE search out colleges that want to expand and lease/sell them Rivers! Give em a sweetheart deal on financing or a lease! Empty buildings may save money but if you can sell or lease them we'll be even better off.
Lots of talk about "can the building be repurposed?" How about can the building be sold? BOE should be pro active on this!
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Yes chadf, I really do have a copy of Bearden's contract. You too can have a copy by simply calling the Board of Education and they will send it to you. Call 770-460-3535. You can then copy and post it wherever you like.
Jim Richter
"Whether or not Inman, Riverts, and even Bennett's Mill Middle School should have been constructed is irrevelent at this point in time"
That statement is soooo wrong. The $$$$ 23 million in 2 of the schools would go a long way now. It is just this kind of attitude that got us here. Oh well, we spent millions... no big deal. All those million dollar adventures with our money, such as the hundreds of acres of extra land we now own is what brought us here.
We needed decisions made a year ago. The fact that none have been made was a well thought out plan for Smith and Smola to retain their seats on the BOE. They didn't want attention to their blunders and Beardon has played right into their hands.
Because of all the in action, more painfull cuts will have to be made.
You have one and I will add that you need to give Mr. Haddix a call to see if you can instruct him on how to develop one.
Experiencing a financial crisis is painful but having a rational well thought out plan on how to deal with it is essential to preserving and improving what is left behind. You sir have articulated what appears to be a good plan, let those that would like to challenge it come to the meeting with an equally persuasive argument.
let those that would like to challenge it come to the meeting with an equally persuasive argument.
By sharing persuasive arguments - our students will be well served! Thanks for your contribution.
Who do you think is the dumbest of them all? Bearden or one of the board members?
For a long time, I thought Smith and Smola were the dumbest. Later, I thought it was "Silly String Presberg." Then I read Key and Todd's recent letter that was highly critical of Bearden (they wrote it AFTER they voted to extend his contract). Now, I read Bearden's self serving explanation. He has appointed a school closing committee, but he has already decided what he really wants and is publicly stated that he is clearly not open minded about the matter.
Having a tough time deciding who is the dumbest. Looks like a close contest here. What do you think? Who is the dumbest of them all? I think we are surrounded by idiots.
We are surrounded by idiots at the BOE. We can only hope Marchman and Ballacao bring some sanity and common sense into the equation. The rest are pretty hopeless.
I got a copy of Bearden's contract by filing an open records request. You can do the same.
It WILL NOT cost a fortune to fire Bearden as you think.
After his contract was renewed, I called Dr. Todd and asked him why on earth he and Marion Key voted to extend his contract.
Dr. Todd asked me if I had read his contract and if I understood that the BoE could fire him for cause at anytime without notice and without any separation payment?
Yep! Dr. Todd is right! Get a copy of Bearden's contract and read it for yourself.
I hope and expect that Bearden will be gone early next year or the Fayette County school system is doomed. His leadership has been a total failure.
Jim Richter
Do you REALLY have a copy of Bearden's contract? If so, post that public document here. On this site (I think it was about 2 weeks ago), someone asked you to do so, but you NEVER did.
Anyone who knows anything about contracts for superintendents knows firing one is as difficult as firing a college football coach or a college president. It can be done, but if the contract has not expired, it will cost a fortune.
You quote Bob Todd. The same Bob Todd that is well known (as several people on this site have mentioned) for talking out of both sides of his mouth? The same Bob Todd that some have called senile?
Post Bearden's contract. After all, he works for us. Scan and post it today.
I agree that Bearden's administration is a failure. I disagree with your accepting Bob Todd's explanation of why he [Todd] made the ridiculously stupid decision to vote for extending Bearden's contract.
I'll check back to see the contract.
EVERY employment contract has the "for cause" clause in it, and it can be very difficult to prove "cause" unless the employee does something pretty extreme or the employee just really is incompetent and it can be proven without a doubt. Good luck with that
Not coming up with a "good budget" that some on the BOE like is hardly "cause," either. It was asinine to extend his contract and Todd is hardly the person to talk to about employment and contract law either. I don't think he understands what he voted for in extending Bearden's contract.
This guy seems like he's kissing up to Pressberg, Smith and Smola De Ville.
IF he is "canned," it will cost the taxpayers a fortune to buy out his 3 year contract. The board members rarely agree on anything, but they ALL supported hiring him and they ALL voted (in June) to extend his contract. What stupidity!
Dr. Bearden, in his letter states, "My decisions are always motivated by what I think is best for the community in which I live and the children for whom I serve." Nonsense, Bearden looks out for Bearden. Remember, he just asked for (and received by unanimous vote of the school board) a 1.5 year contract extension in June. Yet, he supported drastically cutting employee pay and benefits.
What is best for Fayette County? Look at the enrollment statistics. It is a "no brainer" - at least 5 schools need to be closed. If Bearden were a true leader he would be advocating doing just that. Instead he postponed a decision a year ago when the evidence was clear (thanks to spending thousands of dollars on a demographic study) that enrollment was going to continue to decline in the school system.
Now, he is pandering to Brooks and Tyrone parents because his "best buds" (Presberg, Smith, and Smola) don't want those schools closed. Duh. Those schools, based on low enrollment, should be the first ones closed.
Bearden's solution to the financial crisis? I suspect that he will continue to cut pay and benefits for school employees. He should close schools and eliminate unnecessary positions (there are many - he could start with his cronies at the county office).
I understand that he is very unpopular with employees. I hear that they are afraid to say anything for fear that their jobs will be eliminated or that they will be assigned to a different schools. Meanwhile, he protects the jobs of his supporters.
Why has a redistricing committee been formed? Clearly, Bearden is anything but open-minded. Why have a committee if it is already clear what he wants to do?
I wish Bearden and the board members who voted to extend his contract (all 5 of them) would resign.
Bearden showed in June how much this election meant to him. When he thought it might turn on him, he asked for a contract extension halfway through his present contract. Moreover, all 5 board members voted yes. Why? He had done nothing. He put off closing schools, put off presenting a budget until the last minute, and used all the money in the fund balance to shore up this year's budget.
Why have a committee? Who is on this committee? When was the public notified about any committee forming?
I hope that the new board will show him the door next year. However, we will be stuck with his contract until 2015. This school system might not survive that long.
and that includes to everyone. First there was Hollowell pandering to Tyrone and Brooks, now Beardon.
How can you possibly decide you are going to close this one and not that one without some study as to what each school cost? Without that, you are showing favoritism. Is that what you want?
If Beardon is certain, and staunch in his standing, as to who he will close...why the hell is he meeting with parents to hear their views? Sounds like his mind is made up without giving everyone a chance.
My thoughts are this affects everyone. It is pompus of Beardon to have already made his mind up.
I think everyone wants to open Rivers (the white elephant) to get this off Smith and Smola who are responsible for this extravant developers tool. Smith's husband ..is...a developer. That she would gaul to run is disgusting. But she ...hopes.. that by running as a Democrat, it will hand her the Black vote by the NAACP and Pressburg. Not smart, when you don't even attempt to look fair by laying the cards on the table and close schools according to cost.
Here's my question:
How can anyone propose a specific school to be closed at this juncture if a thorough cost/benefit anaylsis has yet to be conducted on the matter?
This is the intellectual equivalent of spinning a wheel or throwing darts at a board to determine what schools should be closed.
If closing the gap on a $15M budget deficit is the true object for any school closings, what the School Board should be saying is that ALL SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY ARE BEING LOOKED AT EQUALLY for proposed closings in order to achieve this goal.
Dr. Todd stood in front of the parents and teachers of Inman Elem. on Tues. night and basically talked out of both sides of his mouth losing all credibility with everyone within the 1st ten minutes.
Any specific school names being tossed around at this point is pure political posturing, nothing more.
Political posturing, you bet. Why do you think a former BOE candidate who lost the election on July 31 and his campaign sidekick were at Inman Tuesday night? Why was a present board member's husband at Inman Tuesday night? He was not Ms. Key's husband. Why did Bearden choose these 3 schools without a cost analysis? Maybe rousing up parents in certain districts of the county will help sway an election to his candidate.
Dirty politics to the end. Indeed, they want to whip the parents into a frinzey so they will vote for Smith.
Smith is responsible for the problem. In fact her judgement ...is... the problem,..not... the solution!!!!!
If anyone wants to really salvage what can be salvaged, put all the schools up. See what it cost to run each, how close for the wee ones to go on buses. Then make fair, honest decisions. If it is done that way, out in the open, then some may not like their schools closed, but at least they will know why it was done and that it was fairly done.
Someone mentioned 3 schools in Fayetteville closing. Do you really think it is fair for them to just accept this without seeing the proof?
Smola and Smith are responsible for this.
Great move! He's now emboldened enough to seemingly decide he's also an elected politician and also wants to have a public spat with two BOE members over his very PATHETIC non-plan.
The fact is that Bearden along with the BOE should have already came up with a plan a year ago. Bearden wasn't interested in doing that at all and that's why 14mil in reserves are about to be erased. Probably had a LOT to do with the fact that Smola and Smith's seats were up for re-election in a year so he wanted to make sure he didn't have to make any tough recommendations that might have jeopardized their chances. Instead, Smolas wisely hung it up and then Smith switched parties just so she would have maybe a snowball's chance in hell. In the meantime, 14mil+ in reserves are going to get wiped-out, there is still no plan that comes anywhere remotely close to addressing the financial crisis, and Bearden is also dropping hints about wanting to amend the State Constitution to allow a vote on raising the ceiling of 20mils that the system has already been maxed-out on for a while.
This dude is about as bad of a hire as Bernie McMullen or Skip Clark. Totally NOT qualified in the first place and has done nothing to show that they can come anywhere close to rising to the job as necessary. With the shape of the school system financially(that Bearden knew before taking the job), what the BOE was looking for needed to be an eagle. Instead, they hired a pigeon.
Bearden: "We have too many schools and lack the financial resources to maintain the status quo." Why then, close 3 schools, open 1 (that equals only 2 schools closed ) and then use one of the remaining 2 schools you closed for offices or a career academy (which takes students out of high schools)? If the school board approves Bearden's proposal, that will net 1 school closed.
Where is the financial study that states closing any or 1, 2,3,4,or 5 schools will save a certain amount of money? A financial study should also point to which schools need to be closed, if any.
Closing Tyrone and Brooks as you state: "The loss of these two schools would have a detrimental economic impact on those two communities." Where is the data that shows this is will happen? If this is so, don't you think this will happen to downtown Fayetteville, where already, a school has been closed, East Fayette Elementary? With the closed stores and offices all along Hiway 85-N, would you not think closing 3 more schools, all close to downtown Fayetteville, would devastate that community, the 2nd largest community in this county?
There is a study that shows price per student & Brooks is one of the highest. Why keep them open? Close 3 schools, open 1? Net result - 2 closed schools? What is the sense in that? Does not do enough in this financial crisis. Tyrone is a septic nightmare waiting to happen, how much will that cost IF it were to back up? I don't think it's fair closing 3 schools in Fayetteville. I think they were picked because there won't be much of a fight from them. This is being handled so poorly. What a shame.
Actually, overall it's 4 schools in Fayetteville, don't forget East Fayetteville Elementary. Looks to me like a systematic attempt to close all the schools in Fayetteville. What's left after this? FCHS and Spring Hill, will Spring Hill go back to being over crowded? Doesn't Tyrone also have Burch Elementary? The whole thing smells to me.
to Tyrone and Brooks PTO...you don't count! You aren't them...your needs aren't as important as theirs...or Smith, Smola, and Beardon...don't you get it?
Smith, Smola, and Beardon trying to cover up and get Smith re elected. Beardon knows Key and Todd would can him if they got the chance.
He sat on his butt last year and fiddled while Rome burned tyring to help Smith and Smola get re elected. Now here we are going over Niagra and he is offering rain bonnets!
Correction - Key and Todd might say they would "can" Dr. Bearden, but remember they voted in June to extend his contract. They BOTH talk out of BOTH sides of their mouths. Oh, and don't forget Bob Todd voted to build Rivers as well, not just Smith, Smola, and Wright.
It would have been nice to have wiped the slate clean of EVERYONE on the BOE and inject new blood into one of the most vital resources FC has, but that wasn't to be. No one stepped up to face Todd or Key and the issue has been too focused on simply getting rid of Smith and Smola. ALL of them needed to go a few years ago IMO.
Marchman winning and Ballacao looking like a sure-thing are two very positive steps in the right direction. We'll see...maybe we'll be howling later and in disbelief about who we just elected, but it's way past time for new thinking and also people who aren't bordering on corrupt or actually senile. Just don't stop there, FC.
I actually have no dog in this fight, my kid is a Sophomore in college this year. But, I watched over the years as the school board caved time after time to the parents, when they should have stood tall and done the right thing. Hey Bearden, maybe you can explain why there is such a difference in enrollment between our high schools. There's no reason they should be in two different classifications due to enrollment.
but like you, sat on the sidelines watching them drag the schools down for their own reasons. I felt it so sad.
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text: Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity "C. S. Lewis, Reluctant Churchman" first appeared in the Fall 1997 issue of Touchstone. C. S. Lewis, Reluctant Churchmanby Wayne Martindale The Church has long felt comfortable with C. S. Lewis. He is quoted regularly from the pulpit and in Christian books and periodicals, not to mention the massive popularity of his own works. But Lewis was not always comfortable with the Church. He was repelled by much that he saw, both in the Church as the local congregation of worshipers and the Church as the universal body of all believers. First, the local congregation. Lewis had no natural fondness for church-going. He found the sermons often dull, and he disliked hymns and organ music, which he described as "one long roar."1 In his spiritual autobiography Surprised by Joy—speaking of his 1929 conversion to a belief in God (two years before his full conversion to Christianity)—Lewis refers to himself as "the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England."2 Though reluctant, his reason commanded assent. Disgust & Grace He was equally reluctant about church. But he went. Why? He went at first because he felt he ought to: the Scriptures that had won his reasoned assent commanded it. He went later because he learned that it was good for him and necessary for his spiritual growth. In an essay written many years after his conversion, Lewis recalls both his disgust at the services he attended and the grace that came through them: Lewis was keener than most about knowing when the Devil was using things like personal taste and, more deadly yet, personal pride to imperil his soul. In The Screwtape Letters, Lewis has the senior devil Screwtape advise junior devil Wormwood regarding a new convert he is trying to tempt: Our Holy Neighbors It is, as Lewis realized, precisely this neighbor presented to our senses whom Christ commanded us to love as ourselves. If we can't love our neighbor, whom we have seen, how can we love God, whom we have not seen? The local church and its gallery of "types" is our primary laboratory for testing the authenticity of our Christianity. It is there that we learn to love. Lewis calls on us to remember that "next to the blessed sacrament itself, your neighbour is the holiest object presented to your senses." How else could we respond than in Christian love? We must apply this knowledge beyond the church, to be sure, but how successful can we hope to be with the frankly skeptical and uninterested if we first fail with those who care enough to find their way among us? But there's more. Our ability to grow and our very worship of God to be adequate, requires others; Lewis would say in both the local church and the Church universal. He explains why: And again: Each individual was created with a unique capacity, because of his personality, to see some aspect of God more clearly than anyone else, and we must have the help of others to worship more fully. Lewis's idea of our worship in heaven is of such a harmony, requiring all of the parts for wholeness. Our Grim History What, then, of the Church universal? Did Lewis love that? I think not at first. He was too much of a historian. The Church through history has much to repent of. Lewis writes of a false devotion the Church has attracted when it has been militant at arms: when the name of the holy has been usurped to sanction the unholy. Many have used the grim facts of the organized church's history to reject Christianity. Others withdraw from the schisms and abuses into an equally dangerous parochialism. With inbreeding comes a blinkered view of the whole and the danger of thinking that those things which we find stressed in our own corner of Christianity is the very whole itself. It is altogether too easy for us to pick and choose those aspects of Christianity which suit us. Unity in the Center It is a short step to institutionalizing those parts we like, relegating the rest to "those other churches." Just as we can and must balance each other within the local church, so must we embrace the balance provided by the Church universal—the world-wide body of Christ. Lewis is a strong advocate of finding the center: It is precisely at the center that "mere Christianity" is to be found. The danger of inhabiting the periphery is spelled out by his fictional senior devil Screwtape, who sees in imported ideas (non-biblical ideas) an opportunity to divide and weaken us: The fragmentation of the Church has always been a source of confusion for those outside the faith, as well as a stumbling block to growth for those within. As Lewis says: "The time is always ripe for re-union. Divisions between Christians are a sin and a scandal, and Christians ought at all times to be making contributions toward re-union, if it is only by their prayers."12 Many Members, One Head Does Lewis advocate the abolition of differences, then? By no means. As we have seen already, the differences in personality, even in group or church or denominational personality, are often ordained by God. The differences only become dangerous when they become a source of pride or division. Lewis suggests that if we know our own interests (and those of a watching world), we will embrace each other sometimes in spite of and often because of those differences. The Church as the bride of Christ will be a body of many members united in one head, Jesus Christ. In his Revelation, John saw "a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb." We must, if we would be in that multitude, sooner or later come to love this Church, the Church universal, as well as the whole body of the local church. For, as Lewis says, "The Church will outlive the universe; in it the individual person will outlive the universe. Everything that is joined to the immortal Head will share His immortality."14 Finally, we must embrace each other, not only in anticipation of our eternity together, but so that others may share that eternity with us: Are you a reluctant churchman as regards the local congregation or the Church universal? Take heart. The example of Lewis shows that very great obstacles of personality and prejudice can be overcome. And his cogent thinking on the subject in many works over many years shows why the effort must be made. Notes: 1. Roger Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper, C. S. Lewis: A Biography (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1974), p. 104. 2. C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1955), pp. 228–229. 3. C. S. Lewis, "Answers to Questions on Christianity," God in the Dock (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1970), pp. 61–62. 4. C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (New York: Macmillan, 1982), pp. 12–13. 5. C. S. Lewis, "The Weight of Glory," The Weight of Glory (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1965), pp. 14–15. 6. C.S. Lewis, Mere Chrisitanity (New York: Macmillan, 1952), p. 144. 7. Mere Christianity, p. 163. 8. C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1960), p. 49. 9. Mere Christianity, p. 80. 10. Mere Christianity, p. 9. 11. The Screwtape Letters, pp. 115–116. 12. "Answers to Questions on Christianity," p. 60. 13. Letters of C. S. Lewis (7 December 1950), edited by W. H. Lewis (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1966), p. 224. 14. C. S. Lewis, "Membership," The Weight of Glory (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1965), p. 39. 15. Mere Christianity, p. 163. Reprinted from Touchstone, Summer/Fall 1988. Dr. Wayne Martindale is professor of English at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. "C. S. Lewis, Reluctant Churchman" first appeared in the Fall 1997 issue of Touchstone. If you enjoyed this article, you'll find more of the same in every issue. 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By Fareeha Qayoom
oke Studio season three unleashed after a lot of TV and billboard advertising on June 6th, 2010 (over the last weekend). After much media hype and two successful seasons under its belt, this season also debuted with mega-stars like Abida Parveen and Arif Lohar and less famous stars like Meesha Shafi of Overload fame, Zeb and Haniya, Arieb Azhar and Karavan making up the lineup of episode one.
It was not anti-climatic despite the hype, though; the show stopper was not Abida Parveen surprisingly even if she's a veteran and has a huge fan following among the young and old, (for some reason, I didn't like her song selection). It was Arif Lohar and Meesha Shafi's Alif Allah Chambay di booti number while the runner's up was definitely Zeb and Haniya's Bibi Sanam Janem.
Arif Lohar's performance also revived younger generation's interest in Alam Lohar – the mega-folk star of yesteryears and father of Arif Lohar. Loads of people started digging up his videos of the original Juggni on Youtube and posted them on the Facebook. All in all, Coke Studio season three has opened up with a bang and there are many more goodies in store for music lovers out there.
For my part, I can hardly wait…this season is sure to be interesting too…next episode will be aired on June 20th, 2010.■
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
My top ten favorites from Coke Studio season 3
1. Mori Araj Suno, Tina Sani and Arieb Azhar
2. Hor Vi Neevan ho, Noori
3. Naway Nei, Tina Sani
4. Alif Allah, Chambay Di Booti, Arif Lohar and Meesha Shafi
5. Mirza Saiban, Arif Lohar
6. Bibi Sanam Janam, Zeb and Haniya
7. Soz e Ishq, Abida Parveen
8. Nigah-e-Darwaishaan, Abida Parveen
9. Jana Jogi day Naal, Rizwan and Mauzzam
10. Manzil e Sufi, Sanam Marvi


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With summer approaching and warm weather finally here, I'm thrilled to see more people walking and riding bikes on my daily commute to work.
We can no doubt expect the number of cyclists to continue to climb given the success of Chicago's bike week and Active Tran's Bike Commuter Challenge. And don't forget that Chicago's newest bike lane was just unveiled on the city's busiest bikeway, Milwaukee Ave., and there's Divvy, Chicago's bike sharing program, which is bringing 3,000 "Chicago blue" sharable bikes to Chicago by the end of the summer.
For the increasing number of Chicagoans on bike and foot, I want to take a moment to highlight some of the significant new benefits and protections that they will enjoy under Chicago law thanks to Mayor Emanuel's 2013 Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Ordinance, which the Chicago City Council Council adopted last week.
Active Trans provided much input on the ordinance as it was being drafted. Although earlier news coverage of it was all over the map, all-told, the ordinance includes a number of very significant provisions that will improve the way people riding bikes, people walking and people driving cars share the road.
It will ensure that people biking and walking have the same rights in Chicago as they do under state law and help reduce the nearly 4,500 reported bike and pedestrian injury-crashes every year in our city. Here are some of the improvements the ordinance will bring when it becomes law on July 6:
Combatting doorings: Perhaps most importantly, the ordinance is part of a two-pronged strategy to combat "doorings"--instances when car drivers or passangers open car doors into the path of people biking--which cause fully one-fifth of Chicago's bicycle crashes. The ordinance doubles of the fine for someone who causes a dooring crash to $1,000 and complements a new Chicago initiative to place "Look!" warning stickers on taxi windows--to alert passengers to check for people biking before opening their car doors.
"Taking the lane" when necessary: People biking frequently encounter conditions that make it unsafe for them to ride outside of car traffic on the right side of the road. Potholes or ice on the road's right edge, roads too narrow for a bike and car to travel safely side by side, and preparing to turn left all are cases when a person biking may need to "take the lane." In these cases, the safest thing for someone on a bike to do is to signal to drivers and occupy the full traffic lane. The ordinance clarifies that people biking may "take the lane" when necessary for safety.
Riding two abreast in a single traffic lane: People and families riding bikes together for fun sometimes want to ride side by side to talk. As long as they're not slowing traffic, people biking are no longer required to ride single file.
Passing on the right: The ordinance clarifies that people on bikes may pass slower moving cars and other bicycles on the right side of the road. This common practice is accepted and expected by people driving and cycling alike. But ambiguities in both state and Chicago laws have meant that people biking weren't always assured of this right. The ordinance makes cyclists' right to pass on the right crystal clear in Chicago law. An Active Trans-backed bill, which the state legislature adopted in May, is doing the same thing statewide.
Riding on the sidewalk to access bike facilities: People biking are now allowed to ride on the sidewalk for short distances to access the nearest roadway, bike path, intersection or bike share station.
Signaling turns and stops with either hand: The ordinance provides that people biking may signal turns, slowing, and stopping with either their right or left hand.
People walking have the right of way: People driving cars must yield to people walking at any crosswalk, not just marked crosswalks. Most intersections have "crosswalks" whether marked on the pavement or not. They exist anywhere a sidewalk leads up to the roadway--imagine a virtual extension of the sidewalk across the road.
Include pedestrians with disabilities: Pedestrians with disabilities are assured the same rights under the traffic code as other pedestrians.
These are great, well thought out enhancements/changes to the existing ordinances.
I was worried about the no bikes on sidewalks issue with the introduction of the new Divvy bikes. It is a relief to know the issue has been addressed.
Additionally, I frequently wish to ride beside my kids in the city. Adding language to allow two riders abreast when they aren't affecting traffic is a great improvement.
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Local filmmaker to document cancer, cycling journeys with Patrick Dempsey's help
LEWISTON — For eight years, Ramsey Tripp watched his mother battle breast cancer.Some years were good — treatment, remission. Other years were bad — metastasis, hair loss, a colostomy bag. It led the 39-year-old to one conclusion.
"Cancer sucks," he said.
With help from actor Patrick Dempsey, Tripp, the owner of Trade-mark R Productions in Lewiston, hopes to make it suck a little less.
Over the next several months, Tripp will create "The Peloton Project," a documentary that will follow a group of nearly 40 Cancervive Peloton Project cyclists as they bike relay-style in October for 10 days, 24 hours a day, from Alberta, Canada, to Lewiston, where they will ride in the Dempsey Challenge. Throughout the film, he will weave in stories of cancer survivors, caregivers and a newly-diagnosed patient, showing their journeys as he shows the journey of the cyclists.
"Ultimately, what I hope is that people can see this and see a different side of cancer," Tripp said. "Maybe it takes a little bit of the teeth out of cancer. It doesn't say, 'Oh, cancer's not hard.' It definitely will show that cancer is hard and it sucks. But ultimately, together we can do this; we can have meaningful lives. We can still do things as a survivor, as a caregiver, as people who maybe had a loved one who did die."
Dempsey, a Buckfield native who helped establish the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing at Central Maine Medical Center, has agreed to serve as executive producer of the documentary, offering input and fundraising support. He will have the final say over the film's content in post production.
The annual Dempsey Challenge raises money for the Dempsey Center with cycling and other events.
Laura Davis, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma 23 years ago and has since battled multiple forms of cancer, will serve as producer. She will be responsible for promotion, fundraising and logistics.
Tripp will direct. "The Peloton Project" will be one of his biggest projects. And his most personal.
Tripp's mother died of cancer March 6.
"I wanted my mom to see the final product," he said, struggling not to cry. "That's not going to happen."
He came up with the idea for the documentary last fall after meeting thefounderof the Cancervive Peloton Project and learning about the annual endurance trek. For the past seven years, cyclists have traveled from Calgary to a U.S. city hosting a Livestrong charity bike ride.
At first, Tripp told the event coordinator he should get someone to videotape the ride. Then he thought about doing it.
"I just couldn't get it out of my head," he said. "My initial thought of making sure someone could film their little journey became a full-blown documentary overnight. I actually stayed up that night writing a proposal. It was all written down on scratch paper at 2 a.m."
He took his idea to Davis. Tripp's production company often shoots commercials and other promotional videos, and the two had worked together through Rinck Advertising, where Davis is vice president. He knew she was a cancer survivor.
She loved the idea of the documentary, with its emotional connection of the cycling journeys and people's cancer journeys.
"The human spirit is compelled to see what they're made of," she said. "Some of the people in this film have chosen to see what they're made of. And some people in this film have no choice, but they will see what they're made of because that's how tough treatment is."
Tripp believes it will cost about $600,000 to make the film. That's including trips to Calgary, hiring a crew, renting equipment and buying a Can-Am Spyder, a vehicle that's part motorcycle, part ATV and perfect for filming the cyclists during the trek. He recentlyposted a request for donations on Kickstarter, a site that allows people to pledge support for projects and grassroots causes. He asked for $20,000 to get started. So far, he's raised about $2,500. The Kickstarter request will end April 6.
The rest of the film's funding will have to come from corporate sponsors, grants and other donors. Tripp has already paid out of pocket for trips to Calgary.
When the documentary is finished, Tripp hopes it might be picked up by Discovery Health or another cable channel. Or, he hopes, it might be accepted by independent film festivals.
But what he'd really like to see is doctors handing it to newly diagnosed cancer patients.
"Saying, 'Here, there's hope,'" he said. "And they can take that video and go home and watch it and realize a lot of the time nowadays it doesn't mean it's a death sentence. Yeah, it sucks and it's hard, but there's still hope. That's really what I want people to be able to see, is this hope in this journey; this really, really hard challenge, this terrible disease — but there really is hope."
Cycling from Alberta to Maine in 10 Days to make a powerful statement about living with cancer.
The Peloton Project is a documentary film that will follow the lives of nearly 40 cyclists as they prepare to take on this year's Cancervive Peloton Project. Team members must train for a year while raising support for cancer care in their community. On October 2nd, the Peloton team will embark on a 2,500-mile journey from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to Lewiston, Maine, for the Dempsey Challenge. They will complete the ride in just 10 days, cycling relay-style day and night. This means that each of the six teams must complete 100 miles in their 6-hour leg of the relay in order to stay on schedule. Woven throughout the team's journey across North America will be stories of cancer survivors, caregivers, and a young woman who has just been diagnosed.
The Peloton Project will look closely at the people behind the cancer diagnoses to see what life is like for them before and after cancer and how they find strength to face the challenge ahead. Kickstarter pledges will be the seed money for our film.
Map of Route for the Peloton Ride
Director - Ramsey Tripp
Owner of Trade-mark R Productions in Lewiston, ME. Ramsey has worked in the industry for over 18 years working at every level. Ramsey production managed the Primetime Emmy-nominated Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of The Mayflower, for the History Channel. He was Assistant Director for Nova's Pocahontas Revealed, which won a Cine Golden Eagle Award. Ramsey also directed two independent documentaries, Underground Reality: Vietnam & Underground Reality: Colombia. These character-driven pieces were filmed on location in Vietnam and Colombia. Ramsey has also produced and directed a number of short documentaries and a film with Co-Director and Director of Photography, Jayson Lobozzo. Their short film, Something Wicked, won Best Directors, Best Script, and Best Actress at the 48-Hour Film Festival. Ramsey's work also recently won a Broderson Award for The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine video he produced and directed with Rinck Advertising.
Producer - Laura Davis
Partner at Rinck Advertising in Auburn, ME. Laura and her husband operate this growing advertising agency while they donate their time and resources to promote the Dempsey Center and the Dempsey Challenge. Laura is a four-time cancer survivor and understands first-hand the cancer journey. She has been a voice for those affected by cancer and has shown how to live with hope and success. Laura won the 2011 Amgen Breakaway from Cancer Survivor award for her involvement in community outreach and for demonstrating a passion for helping others with cancer. Rinck Advertising has won numerous awards for marketing and promotion of local and national brands.
Thank You!
We want to thank you for your pledge to The Peloton Project film and welcome you as an honorary crew member for your support, and hope you'll follow us here and on Facebook. This is a community based film and we believe your support will help impact those touched by cancer.
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Tattoo Artists: The players with the best ink in soccer
- As part of Terra's end of the year coverage, we provide you some content that highlights the best and worst of the year, from the biggest scandals to the most beautiful women. Here, we highlight the best sports tattoos. Photo: Getty Images
- Daniel Agger is one of the most famous "Tattoo Artists" in soccer. His latest was getting YNWA "You'll Never Walk Alone" on his fingers, in honor of Liverpool (hopefully he won't be transferred anytime soon). Photo: Getty Images
- David Beckham barely shows off his tattoos but he has two full sleeves as well as a cross on his neck and wings on his back. Photo: Getty Images
- Kevin Prince Boateng has a proud collection of tattoos. Photo: Getty Images They could be better seen on his beach vacation.
- Tim Cahill has a partial sleeve on his left arm in honor of his tribal heritage. He also has a shout out to his former club, Everton F.C. Photo: Getty Images
- Carlos Tevez unveiled his left sleeve during the winter offseason. It may be a lucky charm as he's had a great season with City. Photo: Getty Images
- France's Djibril Cisse has practically his entire body covered in tattoos, as part of his always unique appearance. Photo: Getty Images
- Craig Bellamy has a full sleeve on his right arm, part of which represents "The Battle of Pilleth" in honor of his Welsh heritage. Photo: Getty Images
- Danielle De Rossi has a full sleeve on his left arm as well as some tattoos on his right arm, chest and back. Photo: Getty Images
- Nigel De Jong has sleeves on both arms. Photo: Getty Images And, well, this is on his back.
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic got to show off his unique tattoos after his four-goal performance against England. Photo: Getty Images There can never be a bad excuse to replay this goal.
- Ezequiel Lavezzi has colorful tattoos on both arms, though they haven't quite gotten to shine in Paris. Photo: Getty Images
- Marco Materazzi may be better known for being on the receiving end of a head butt but he has some of the most colorful tattoos on this list. Photo: Getty Images
- Marek Hamsik clearly needed the tattoos to complement his hair, and at only 25 we can hope they'll develop into complete sleeves. Photo: Getty Images
- Raul Meireles is synonymous with tattoo for most of the soccer-viewing world. He is currently showing them off in Turkey with Fenerbache. Photo: Getty Images
- Former American international, Natasha Kai, who last played for the Philadelphia Union has 60+ tattoos covering her body. Photo: Getty Images
- Sergio Ramos has tattoos on both arms as well as on his wrists, though it seems unlikely he'll develop complete sleeves. Photo: Getty Images
- Martin Skrtel is another player at times known more for his tattoos than his play. He is also has a large tattoo covering his back. Photo: Getty Images
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When he was 19, Billy Corgan moved to Florida as the lead for a goth band called The Marked. Corgan reluctantly returned to the Chicago area a couple of years later, where he began formulating plans for a new band. Corgan met his guitarist James Iha while working at a record store, and he met his future bassist, D'Arcy Wretzky, at a club show. Allegedly, Wretzky and Corgan were arguing about the quality of the show they had just seen and became friends, and then collaborators, as a result. The three musicians formed The Smashing Pumpkins in 1988 and released their first single, "I am One," in 1990 on a local label. The Smashing Pumpkins gained a lot of attention from record labels as a result of their early success, and Billy Corgan's band slyly managed to hold onto their "indie cred" while signing to the large record label Virgin Records. When Gish was released in 1991, it was a smash hit among the college-aged crowd and their supporting tour had them opening for acts like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam. Around this time, the indie community began picking at The Smashing Pumpkins, but the Pumpkins were resilient.
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Well, it's budget time in the Easton Area School District and we're once again talking about cutting teachers.
Here's my first suggested cut: slice Superintendent Susan McGinley's salary by half. There's no reason Easton has one of the highest paid high school educators in the Lehigh Valley. She's gotten plenty of public money over the years and still hides when anything happens in the district that requires public comment.
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Clearly, once again this year, the district can't afford the teachers contract it signed off on a few years ago with little public discussion. So, when school board members talk about the cost as inevitable, it wasn't and it shouldn't have been. But a previous school board gave away the house at the same time district pension contributions were exploding.
As I prepare for a week of unpaid furlough at a job where I haven't had a raise in four years, I see a simple solution to the school district's current problem. In fact, it's the same solution as a year ago. Open up the teachers' contract and freeze salaries again.
Let's consider for a moment: Has the Easton area fully recovered from the 2007-08 recession? If not -- and the right answer is "no" -- then the school district can't expect residents to pay for a deal that was never in their best interest in the first place.
What would the school district be with 40 fewer teachers? It would be 40 teachers worse than it is today.
So, once McGinley stands up and cuts her huge salary in half, she'll have the ability to talk to the teachers' union about concessions. If McGinley keeps making the better part of $200,000 and remains utterly inaccessible, well, she has no standing to ask anyone else to sacrifice.
We have many months left of budget debate and our state representatives need to better explain if huge increases in district pension contributions are needed since the stock market has mostly recovered to where it was in early 2008. Have the Pennsylvania pension funds recovered in a way that the pension contribution increases can be spread out over more years and the ensuing local surplus be used to make ends meet?
And as the economy recovers, will state and local tax receipts increase to the point where they can offset local cost increases?
We'll need those answers.
Honestly, I can afford a 2.2 percent increase. I'm fortunate. I'm married to a Northampton County employee. Her salary went up a bit but my county taxes didn't.
But many folks around here can't afford another increase. And why should they be asked to? Most of them weren't given sweetheart contracts by bosses who were too close to labor to properly represent the stakeholders -- in this case, the taxpayers.
This early in the process, board member Bob Moskaitis is the only one pushing for no tax increase. It's a shame that our other representatives on the school board aren't fighting harder for us. A property tax increase should be the last possible option. Not the first.
See, that's where things went terribly wrong in recent years. School board members felt they were pals with the administration and, in some cases, teachers, rather than the protectors of tax receipts, defenders of taxpayers.
We'll see in the coming months where the taxpayers stand. They may say they want to pay more to get whatever it is they want. And if that's the case, an increase would be justified. But if they determine they can't afford more, it's going to come down to the teachers to decide if they want more money and fewer teachers, or less money and more teachers.
And we've been here before. That's what this process is all about. I'd just rather start at no tax increase and have the public be convinced that we need to pay more. Rather than starting at the maximum tax increase and have the school board tell us why it can't do with less.
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I never wear hats. I always want to, but I don't. I admire men and women who wear nice ones–ahh, such panache. Whenever I put one on, I feel loud…then self-conscious. One of my best friends is getting married this year, and for her bridal shower, she asked her guests to don hats for a lovely Sunday lunch. While I did have a subtly nagging sense of dread that I wouldn't look quite right, those thoughts were crowded out by the pleasant idea of seeing my best friends in hats.
Perhaps in order to pay homage to the high pressure all-nighters of my school days, I procrastinated with my headpiece assignment. After hitting a few stores unsuccessfully, and feeling slightly panicked with less than 48 hours left until the shower, I texted my besties for advice on stores, materials, and styles. All responded immediately (because they are the greatest friends in the world) with ideas and reassurances. 24 hours before the party, I headed to Burlington Coat Factory where I found a slew of hats. Some reminded me too much of a church service. Some were too warm for outdoor Florida weather. Some looked nice hanging on the hat rack, but absolutely ridiculous on my head. I took a few different hats to a fitting room along with some dresses. After frantically changing in and out of ten different outfits and hearing pieces of bizarre conversations from fitting rooms next door, I went back to the hat rack, eyes fully peeled. My eye settled on a fun green one with a flower; I swear it hadn't been there before. I grabbed it and ran back to the clothing racks and found a springtime-is-here halter dress covered in a violet, blue, and green flowery pattern. I walked to the fitting room, confident that this combination would be the answer to my silent prayer.
Come Sunday, I arrived at the shower, turned off the car and sat there staring at the hat on the passenger seat, all at once in love with it, yet loathe to put it on. A few moments later, I walked onto a patio filled with behatted ladies, each one all the more lovely and unique thanks to those expressive accessories adorning their heads. There were all kinds–there were straw hats and fascinators, there were ones made of linen and of raffia, some had feathers galore. Each woman's hat was a compliment to her personality and style. While all of us experienced certain obstacles when searching for and choosing our hats, we all agreed that we'd like to wear them more often. My friend's shower was wonderful, and I won't forget that I wore my first real hat for her.
Thank you, dear Olivia, for sending me pictures #6, 7, and 11!
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OMG…I am tickled pink about your post! We look soo fabu! Let me tell you that you are one who can pull hats off the best!!!!! Again, thank you for including me in your blog! I'm totally honored!!! xoxoxo
Maybe we should all do Sunday brunch one day so we can have another excuse to wear a hat
I'm glad you enjoyed the task of finding and wearing a hat. I agree with Olive, I find that you really pull off hats well. As for me, shortly after finding my 'shower hat' I visited Burlington again with my future in-laws, and bought myself another hat! This one I look forward to wearing on my honeymoon
I loved your post! It's funny how I saw your hairstyle and hat and thought, "She really knows how to wear her hair with a hat- she must do it all the time!" I had to laugh whgile reading your blog! I was actually going to go to Burlington to get mine, but just happened to find one that looked like me at DSW. Overall, the hats at the shower were gorgeous and I agree, we should wear hats more often Olive-never got to meet you, but wanted to tell you everything was absolutely fabulous! Hats off to you:)
Beautiful I can't express how gorgeous all the ladies look, I have a hat for the country, a hat for tea party, a hat do my garden, a hat for the beach, hats, hats, hats absolutely fabulous, if some day you do a brunch I will like to be invited and I will wear a hat too.
You all looked LOVELY in your hats! Yes, I agree, wearing a hat out and about for the first time is a rite of passage– and you did it with flair!
Wow, you all look fabulous with your beautiful hats! A hat makes a big statement and shows a lot of confidence! Bravo!
Girls, I say we rock them at Panera Bread for book club!!! LMAO!!!!!! Lets start the campaign to bring back "everyday hat wearing" like they used to do….
PS Know I know what to get you for your birthday!!!!
I think you look hot in the hat. Nuff said.
I am giving a bridal shower next month and putting the invitations together now. The bride would like everyone to wear hats so I am trying to figure out a clever way to incorporate it into the invitation. While everyone may not do so, I would like to encourage it. Any suggestions?
BTW – you all look fabulous!


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Tax Agreement between Kingdom of Spain and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Friday, October 7th, 2011The Tax Exchange agreement was published in the Spanish Gazzette the 15/7/2011
As per article 1, the agreement will facilitate that the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall provide assistance through exchanging information that is foreseeably relevant to the administration and enforcement of the domestic laws of the Contracting Parties concerning taxes covered by this Agreement. (more…)
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011The new Socialist candidate for the November 2011 presidential elections, Mr Rubalcaba, proposes to resurrect Wealth Tax. Please see our last posting on this topic at Taxprecision.com Fortunately enough, his chances to win the elections are very limited, plus no other party will support such ridiculous measure. It is unfortunate that politicians use Taxes to win the elections instead as using them as wise macroeconomic vehicles to improve the economy. (more…)
European Commission vs Spain.- Transfer Tax on real estate companies
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010The European Commission has been very active during the last years regarding Spanish Tax position when a non resident element is involved. Our posting today deals with a matter involving transfer tax and stamp duty in the context of M&A.
During the last decades, individuals acquiring Spanish property owned by a Spanish Company (SL) have been forced to create a double company structure to own the shares of the Spanish company.
In many cases the two shareholders were based offshore and increased substantially the costs of owning property in Spain. The reason was that this acquisition will save the application of a real estate transfer tax which was extended to the disposal of shares.
Spain has been applying for many years a transfer tax charge of 6-7% for the disposal of shares of companies owning real estate assets in Spain. Interestingly enough, the application of this tax was not included in the Transfer Tax Act but in Law 24/1988 on the securities market.
Article 108 of Spain's Law 24/1988 on the securities market establishes that a 6-7 percent transfer tax (7 percent in most autonomous regions) applies to the transfer of securities of a company whose real estate assets in Spain represent more than 50 percent of its total assets, or whose assets include securities in another entity whose real estate assets in Spain represent at least 50 percent of its total assets, if the acquirer gains control of the real estate entity as a result of the transfer.
The European Commission has asked Spain to modify its transfer tax provisions relating to the acquisition of securities in real estate companies, arguing that the provisions are not consistent with article 5 of Council Directive 2008/7/EC concerning indirect taxes on the raising of capital.
Gibraltar Road Toll and good neighborhood with La Linea
Monday, August 16th, 2010Does La Linea's mayor care about good neighborhood with Gibraltar?
It is a shame that some Spaniards tackle a XXI Century issue with XIV Century measures. See The Guardian article on the most ridiculous initiative from a local mayor we have seen in decades, the establishment of an international border road toll between Gibraltar and La Linea.
This issue is not an isolated one and unfortunately there are still some Spaniards not recognizing the sovereign rights of Gibraltar as determined by its people and the United Kingdom. The Spanish Socialist government has been advocating for dialogue with Gibraltar and the UK, however talks these days seem to be lost in translation.
Why is the Spanish Government so reticent to conclude a treaty with Gibraltar? why is Gibraltar not removed from the Spanish taxhaven blacklist?
2010 OECD Model Tax Convention, Transfer Pricing and updated PE definition
Monday, August 9th, 2010From the OECD site 22 July 2010 — The OECD Council today approved the 2010 versions of the OECD's Model Tax Convention, the 1995 Transfer Pricing Guidelines and the 2008 Report on the Attribution of Profits to Permanent Establishments. The updates are the result of several years of work to improve these core OECD instruments in the area of international taxation.
Spanish Economy, heading in the right direction according to IMF report
Sunday, August 1st, 2010On July 30, 2010, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued its report on Spain.1 and welcomes the Government initiatives on Financial Institutions, deficit reduction and employment market reforms. Yes, Spain is going in the right direction, and this not just about Football!
The main challenge for the Spanish economy is not its financial stability, which is now clear after last weeks market reaction to the EU Banking stress tests, in which the Spanish Financial sector came as one of the strongest in the EU.
Ending the year 2010 with a public deficit of 9.3% is out of questions. The issue that the government must tackle is the paradigm shift from an economy relying on the construction industry toward improving innovation and the internationalization of the Spanish corporations, which is being primarily lead by the private sector as demonstrated by Banco Santander, BBVA, Abengoa, Telefonica and many other not so well known companies.
Summarizing, the IMF report restates the situation as perceived by most analysts and acknowledge the many challenges and the solutions. The IMF Board welcomes the government initiatives and suggests other necessary reforms. Overall, it seems from the report, what the Market has already understood, the Spanish Economy is heading in the right direction.
Gibraltar & Spain, what's going on?
Saturday, April 17th, 2010We are surprised, happily surprised, to see Spain signing another TIEA. This one with Bahamas signed on March 11, 2010, follows the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Trinidad y Tobago agreements. Please see our Taxprecision post for more information.
When coming to Gibraltar, the question brings some political issues to the table which must be put aside as a matter of urgency.
The Spanish Tax legislation clearly discriminate Gibraltar by discouraging the furtherance of trade, commerce and business with this territory of the UK and part of the EU.
There are powerful economic reasons to end this situation. Gibraltar accounts for 3% of the exports in Andalucia, compared with a 4% with Morocco, or another 4% with Mexico or US. Gibraltar is, therefore, a strategic partner of Andalucia.
I can understand that a generation of Spaniards may still have some issues coming to terms with reality. I would like to invite my fellow Spaniards to rethink their position by reviewing our 2008 posting to get to know Gibraltar and more about its OECD compliance.
There are compelling reasons for the Spanish government to speed up the signature of this TIEA and remove Gibraltar from the list of Tax Havens as per Spanish RD1080/91.


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