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Hi and welcome to our site!There is no requirement to report foreign assets.However - most likely - the amount you choose to keep with your former employer must be included into your income. Under IRS regulations - you should include in the gross income all items of income you actually or constructively receive during your tax year.You have constructive receipt of income when an amount is credited to your account or made available to you without restriction. You do not need to have possession of it. If you authorize someone to be your agent and receive income for you, you are treated as having received it when your agent received it.In additional - you will report interest and earnings credited to that account every year these amounts are credited regardless if the money are distributed to you or not.For the FBAR reporting purposes - according to instructions - a financial account includes, but is not limited to, a securities, brokerage, savings, demand, checking, deposit, time deposit, or other account maintained with a financial institution (or other person performing the services of a financial institution). A financial account also includes a commodity futures or options account, an insurance policy with a cash value (such as a whole life insurance policy), an annuity policy with a cash value, and shares n a mutual fund or similar pooled fund.Based on your information - your accounts represents an annuity and as such is subject of FBAR reporting.
Please be aware that taxpayers with specified foreign financial assets that exceed certain thresholds must report those assets to the IRS on Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets, which is filed with an income tax return. The new Form 8938 filing requirement is in addition to the FBAR filing requirement.The current filing threshold is generally $50,000.
I understand that I have to report the Income, I have already reported and will report the interest when it becomes payable.
My question is if I have to file a FBAR form for the Money I left with the company like it would be a Foreign Bank account TD F 90-22.1 ?
Based on your information - your accounts represents an annuity and as such is subject of FBAR reporting.
The account itself is subject to reporting, but the contents of the account do not have to be separately reported.
It is not an annuity. or is it? Instead of taking the Money I received and paied taxes on it,I simple left it with the Company for future use. They only guaranty the principals and a very small interest at withdrawal if momey stays with them for 10 years. There is no interest payment in between.
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For specific details of FBAR reporting requirements - see here - http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-02-24/pdf/2011-4048.pdf"with guarantied principal and a small payable at liquidation" - that seems as an annuity. But sometimes there is no clear determination. That is clear a financial account in which you own the interest have have a signature authority.According to regulations - United States persons are required to file an FBAR if:1.The United States person had a financial interest in or signature authority over at least one financial account located outside of the United States; and2.The aggregate value of all foreign financial accounts exceeded $10,000 at any time during the calendar year to be reported.So far - based on your information that account is subject of reporting.
In additional - reporting will NOT trigger any additional tax liability.
Thank you it is clear.
You are welcome.
When do you have an interest in an account or asset? If any income, gains, losses, deductions, credits, gross proceeds, or distributions from holding or disposing of the account or asset are or would be required to be reported, included, or otherwise reflected on your income tax return.So far - you clear have an interest in an account - and such account is subject of FBAR reporting.See IRS publication 575 - Annuity. An annuity is a series of payments under a contract made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.So based on your information your account might be classified as annuity.


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Tanked Episode 157 for Tuesday May. 31, 2011
-How was your Memorial Day?
-Scott's bad week. Wait it just got better!
-Give away for a Rare MW3 poster
Apple's WWDC invites were sent out today.
Apple has confirmed that it will be announcing iCloud on June 6th, what it's calling an
"upcoming cloud services offering." That will be part of the keynote for this year's Worldwide
Developers Conference, known to the cool kids as WWDC. This is, of course, where everyone
has come to expect new iPhones to come to light, but this year the focus will most likely be
more on software, and indeed Apple's event notice indicates that the big highlights will be
Mac OS X Lion and the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 5. This is a decidedly
non-Apple way to announce something big like iCloud, making me wonder what other surprises
Steve Jobs will have for us at the event -- yes, he'll be kicking things off.
Sega and Nintendo complain so Google rips all game emulators off the market. Fuck you Sega.
Speaking if Sega
Ric's Review of the Hangover Part 2
BIGGEST MEMORIAL WEEKEND B.O. EVER! 'Hangover Part 2' Shatters
Comedy Records For $138M Domestic/194M Worldwide Total; 'Kung Fu Panda 2'
Kicks Up $123M Global; 'Pirates 4' Sails Past $640M Cume In 12 Days
Craig Mazin Back Onboard to Write 'Hangover 3'
No real shock there. Be the biggest comedy movie and expect another sequel. So yeah, here we go for 3. Who gets married now? Alan? Humm, that could be funny.
The Hobbit movies get there Title and release dates.
Part one is titled The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and it will be released on December 14, 2012. Part two is titled The Hobbit: There and Back Again
and it will hit theaters on December 13, 2013. Both films are set sixty years before the events of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
A real-life superHERO is patrolling a
small city in Washington state
Fortunately for the citizens of Wenatchee, their Deadpool is a mercenary of munificence who just
wants to help folks in need. The Wenatchee World recently interviewed the hero (via pay phone)
and learned why he became the protector of this north-central Washington city of
approximately 30,000 residents:
But why did this 20-to-30-year-old Wanatchee resident assume the identity of an unhinged murderer?
To become a beacon of hope to others, of course. "It takes a certain kind of crazy to do this," he said,
"But it takes a certain kind of sanity to help others. I want to inspire people to what a model citizen
could be and what a helping hand can be like."
Man who gave trooper the finger has charge dropped
A harassment charge has been dropped in the case of a 35-year-old Colorado man
who faced prosecution for displaying his middle finger to a Colorado State Patrol trooper.
The State Patrol said in a statement late Friday that it asked that the case be dropped.
The American Civil Liberties Union had argued that while the gesture may be have been rude,
it amounted to protected free speech.
According to the ACLU, Shane Boor was driving to work in April
when he saw a trooper pull over a car. As Boor passed by,
he extended his middle finger in the trooper's direction.
Boor was later stopped and received a criminal summons ordering him to appear in court
to answer a criminal charge of harassment, which carries a possible six-month jail term.
No good humor in frosty Pa. frozen treat feud
UNIONTOWN, Pa. –
Police are hoping the threat of losing their permits will be enough to thaw the frosty relationship
of two Pennsylvania ice cream truck drivers accused of trying to run each other off the road.
The Herald-Standard of Uniontown reports police told the rival vendors to chill out
after a dispute Wednesday night. Authorities say the wife of one vendor told police
the other man tried to run her husband off the road.
The implicated ice cream driver disputes the woman's account,
saying it was her husband who tried to force him off the road.
He also claimed the man had returned his good humored hello by shouting an expletive.
Patrolman Thomas Kolencik says he warned both drivers the city
could explore revoking their permits if they can't get along.
Pa. man knocks out wall, pulls plane from basement
CAMP HILL, Pa. –
Lots of houses have a two-car garage. Dan Reeves' had a one-airplane basement.
Until, that is, the central Pennsylvania man knocked out a wall to get it out.
Reeves spent the past nine years building a two-seat airplane in the basement of his Cumberland County home.
The plane arrived in pieces via mail but eventually it became way too big to get up the steps.
So Reeves dug a trench down to the foundation and took out a wall.
Reeves pulled the plane out Wednesday using a truck, a chain and some neighbors.
Onlookers were drawn to the spectacle by the "Airplane Removal Wednesday" put up on Reeves' porch.
Reeves tells The Patriot-News of Harrisburg he spent $40,000 on the plane and about $5,000 on the excavation.
Man arrested for selling Obama condoms
NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) --
New York police arrested a man for a third time for selling condoms
bearing President Obama's image despite a court ruling in his favor.
Jose Andujar, 43, was arrested Friday in Times Square for selling the Obama condoms,
and police said it was his third arrest for unlicensed peddling in the past year,
the New York Post reported Tuesday.
A State Supreme Court justice previously ruled Andujar
does not need a vending license to sell the condoms,
and his products are protected under his First Amendment right to free speech.
However, police said Andujar will continue to be subject to arrest pending the outcome of the city's appeal.
Andujar uses politically themed slogans to sell his wares, including
"It's the election, erection for your protection" and "It's the ultimate stimulus package for hard times."
Snakes on a train terrify passengers in Vietnam
— highly venomous king cobras in bags under a seat.
Railroad official Pham Quynh says passengers were terrified
when four cloth bags containing the writhing cobras were spotted Friday.
The snakes were alive but had their mouths stitched shut.
Quynh says the exact number of snakes was unclear but the bags weighed 100 pounds (45 kilograms).
Security staff removed the cobras, which were likely destined for restaurants in Hanoi.
Their owner apparently escaped in the chaos.
Snake meat is considered a delicacy in Vietnam, but cobras are protected by law.
Quynh says the cobras were given to forest rangers who released
them into the wild Saturday after no one claimed them.
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Handbook on Non-State Social Service Delivery Models focuses on social contracting – financing support to CSOs for the delivery of social services to the most vulnerable and marginalised which should be provided at the community level.
Our goal is to help Montenegro overcome poverty, social exclusion and gender inequality, thus accelerating the country's EU integration agenda.
The Study is raising some of the most important issues that some 30,000 people residing in this area, are facing.
The survey examines attitudes, opinions and perceptions of the position of women in politics, and it aims to provide better understanding of how the most important social and political actors perceive the status of women in Montenegrin politics.
Despite the increasing percentage of women who acquire higher education, their status in the labour market remains worse than the status of men, especially in politics and self-employment.


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Yes, risk it. As of right now it's BARELY coming down, and it shouldn't stick to the roads to any degree where it'll become a huge danger.Originally Posted by Cheveyboy
This is a discussion on 12/26 Christmas Meet!!!!!!!!!!!!! within the Mid-Atlantic States forums, part of the Regional Discussion category; Originally Posted by Cheveyboy So what do you think, should i risk it? Im more then comforable driveing in the ...
Yes, risk it. As of right now it's BARELY coming down, and it shouldn't stick to the roads to any degree where it'll become a huge danger.Originally Posted by Cheveyboy
Cool ! Only because i trust you Tim.
Will #1
The wife has a slight temperture. Have fun in the snow without me...
In retrospect, trusting me didn't prove to be the right move. You're probably pissed...driving home slowly in the snow cause it's snowing HARD. Sorry dudeOriginally Posted by Cheveyboy
here is a test pic of the meet, tell me what you guys think?
Will #1
Nice job!
Post the rest if you want. You should also start a thread in the exterior and appearance forum to show the rest of the forum
2011 DGM WRX hatch - Kartboy SS
04 WRX wagon - 304whp Mods - SOLD
BAH! NO GOOD!!!! My car isn't anywhere in that pic!
Hey, my car looks awesome
05 STi - 300whp 331wtq 1/4 - 12.7 @107.4 (SOLD)
06 Evo IX 370whp 386wtq (Under Construction)
so few bugeyes sorry i couldn't make it...family was at the house all day.
woot you can see my broken lip if you look hard enough
More pics or BAN
"I don't think he knows how to give up. His mind and machine are racing as one." -Takahashi Ryosuke
Trailboss, I have seen pics of your front lip before, sorry to hear about what happened to it. Question is what kind is it, im thinking of getting one for my 04 as well? Thanks a lot in advance.
Uncle Lewie
06 Aspen White STi w/ Gold BBS's
Thats the best pic, lets see everyone elses pics. I dont think the other ones came out as good. Ill see if i can edit up some more pics, i put an hour of photoshop into that.
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Will #1
ok didnt have to go to crazy on this one, no editing cars out of the damn way.
Will #1
here's one of my pictures, damn-long line of cars. it might make a nice banner or better yet letterhead for a LISC notepad. ha
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It took me an afternoon to make a floating stand for our mojos.
Some of the things I used are:
-cross link foam
-one section of the stake from a felid mojo stand
If you all are interested enough I can give directions on how to make one and is certainly a lot cheaper then buying a real floating mojo decoy.
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By Chris Harris
Victory in the Carling Cup Final can ease the pressure on Arsenal as they chase even bigger prizes this season, according to Arsène Wenger.
The Frenchman will take his squad to Wembley on February 27 to meet West Ham or Birmingham after a 3-0 win at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday secured a 3-1 aggregate victory over Ipswich.
The depth of Wenger's squad - and a relative lack of injuries - has allowed the manager to field stronger sides in this season's Carling Cup after admitting in the past that a top-four League finish was more important than lifting a domestic cup.
Wenger hasn't necessarily changed his mind on that but this season he is very much 'in it to win it' and he believes that a Carling Cup triumph could be a springboard to greater success.
"It is more difficult to get in the top four in the championship but I get so often the same question in every press conference that we say 'OK, we try to win everything we can'," he said.
"On the other hand it can get the pressure off the team to deliver in the other competitions. It is not the only target of the season but it can help us to achieve the other targets.
"I feel we have the opportunity now we are in the Final to win one. What I am convinced about is that we will go with the same heart for everything, then we will see.
"I believe we have a chance to deliver but now we are in the Final we need to deliver the needed performance on the day. That is part of mental strength as well."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Sharon has created a career based on combining her two great loves: food and writing. As a registered dietitian with 16 years of health care experience, she focuses on writing features covering health, wellness, nutrition, cooking, wine, restaurant reviews, and entertainment. Often, these features include original recipes with nutritional analysis for publication. Sharon is also a passionate writer about food and environmental issues having published a number of features on hunger, agriculture, local and organic foods, eco-friendly culinary practices, sustainability, food safety, humane animal practices, and food security.
Over 750 of Sharon's features have been published in a variety of publications including Better Homes and Gardens, Prevention, Oxygen, LA Times, Cooking Smart, Delicious Living, Food Product Design, Today's Dietitian, and CULINOLOGY. She has contributed to several books, including Food & Cultural Issues for the Culinary and Hospitality and Nutrition Professions (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. 2009). Sharon is also the editor of the award-winning health newsletter, Environmental Nutrition. Her latest book, The Plant-Powered Diet: The Lifelong Eating Plan for Achieving Optimal Health, Beginning Today (The Experiment, 2012), hit bookshelves in 2012.
Living in the Chaparral Hills overlooking Los Angeles with her husband and two sons, Sharon enjoys visiting the local farmers' market every week, cooking, and entertaining friends and family in her home.


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At the tender age 20, Tyler, the Creator has already turned the music industry on its head, reignited the nation's hunger for hell-raising rap, directed a handful of widely acclaimed music videos, launched his own clothing line, and realized a childhood dream of starring in his own sketch comedy show on Adult Swim. And all this in the span of about 18 months. Growing up in South L.A., Tyler attended 12 different schools over the span of 12 years, his boundless charisma and creativity making him an odd fit for formal spaces. Along the way, he accrued a motley crew of tight-knit friends equally driven to forge their own path. With Tyler at their helm, they became Odd Future, an army of music misfits, skate rats, shutterbugs, and weirdos who've been dubbed their generation's Wu-Tang Clan. To give his friends something to call their own, Tyler founded a record label whose every move is followed by zealous fans, drooling critics, and muckraking media hungry for controversy. With a Best New Artist VMA freshly under his belt, his Loiter Squad show premiering in March, and a handful of eagerly anticipated albums on the horizon, the mischievous, affable auteur is posed to inherit the earth. Or quite possibly, destroy it while trying.
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An assessment of emerging molecular farming activities based on patent analysis (2002∼2006)
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- Basaran, P. & Rodriguez-Cerezo, E. Biotechnol Bioproc E (2008) 13: 304. doi:10.1007/s12257-007-0092-y
The products of Plant Molecular Farming are recombinant proteins or their metabolic products. In this study, patent data was employed to assess industrial trend in the research and innovation process of Plant Molecular Farming within national and international context. The US Patent and Trade Organization (USPTO), the European Patent Office (EPO) issued a total of 585 patents covering Plant Molecular Farming from 2002 through 2006. By nationality, US inventors predominated as recipients of PMF patents, followed by Germany, Denmark, and Japan. The PMF patents were catagorized in five major areas of research namely pharmaceutical and nutraceuticals with 170 patents (31%) and plant expression tools and methods for alternative production systems with 169 patents (29%) were the dominating patent applications, followed by 102 patent claims associated with antibodies (17%), 71 patents of industrial molecules (12%), 48 patents of vaccines (8%), and finally 18 patents related to post-translational protein glycosylation (3%). The greatest proportion of patentees was of US origin (52%), and PMF associated patenting activities at the USPTO and EPO were dominated with 67% by private organizations.


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This article was published 27/1/2014 (1247 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Westman woke to an extreme wind chill warning, and very cold temperatures are expected to stick around today and tonight.
Environment Canada says that the temperature dropped below -30ºC overnight last night, and although the winds are nothing like yesterday, they're still enough to push the wind chill to -44.
Today should be sunny, with northwest winds continuing at about 20 km/h. The afternoon should reach a high of -26ºC.
Clear skies tonight will see temperatures drop again, with a low of -32ºC and another extreme wind chill of -44.
Sunny skies tomorrow herald a slightly warmer day, with a high of -18ºC, as winds start the day at about 30 km/h but lighten before evening.
Wednesday is the sole cloudy day in the forecast, with a high of -9ºC and a 60 per cent chance of flurries.
Nearly normal temperatures for the season are expected after that, with sunny skies predicted for Thursday all the way through Sunday, and daytime highs of -13ºC to -15ºC.
The normal high for this time of year is -11ºC. The normal low is -21ºC.
The warmest it's ever been on this date was in 1976, when temperatures reached 2.2ºC. The coldest ever was in 1966, when it dropped to -41.1ºC.


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5D ii 2 Live View questions
You can autofocus while in liveview.
All you have to do is keep the the AF-ON button pressed until the camera achieves focus (the focus box/rectangle on the display will turn green once this happens and you'll hear the "beep" telling you that the focusing is done).
You can choose the focusing "criteria" in the menus.
There's the contrast detection focus (mirror stays up so its basically the same as MLU). Focus is done via contrast analysis. The camera makes the lens go back and forth until optimal contrast/sharpness is obtained, so you'll notice the lens searching the best focus. This maybe the most handy when using in liveview IMO. (though manual focus is always more accurate)
Then you have the quick focus - in this mode the mirror closes so the autofocus sensor can achieve focus, (so you loose liveview for a second) and then the mirror opens again and liveview comes back. (so this mode is the same autofocus you have when you aren't using liveview).
The third mode is a derivation from the contrast detection focus with the difference that it can "hunt" smiles/faces... (not really usefull IMHO).
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Park Inn by Radisson Lübeck
Willy Brandt Allee 1-5, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein
0.1 km from
The hotel was very well furnished and comfortable. Staff were friendly and extremely helpful. Fabulous location and ideal for exploring the city centre.
werry good
This place was great. Great Pool, Location Great (right near old City), Great breakfast on Patio and food selection wow (Best Muesli ever had), Very helpful staff and modern amenities. Numerous parking spaces in front of the hotel.
The Radisson Lubeck is perfectly situated both from an entry/exit to the main highway Hamburg-Munich as well as it is close to down town. The beds are very comfortable so sleep is easy to find.
The hotel is perfectly located for those who want to explore the beautiful city of Lubeck. We were lucky to have chosen this particular weekend as it saw the start of the local Christmas markets - a bonus for us! Nothing.
The location to the centre of Luebeck , Holstentor, Congress Hall etc.. was perfect.The hotel was also easy to get to. The Hotel is quite old for the rate charged.
Location, friendly staff, good value
Everything was just fine. Good location. Private and public parking, nothing wrong with public
While maybe not a 5 star in terms of the rooms, the hotel provides excellent service, friendly staff and is not trying to charge you for every little extra service. We arrived at 3am in the morning and the receptionist straight away said they would only charge us for half a night the first night. Kids, if you have any eat for free until the age of 12 if the parents eat as well. Can fully recommend this hotel. It is also just 2 minutes away from the beautiful Holsteintor and 5 minutes walk to the centre of Lubeck, with the old Rathaus etc. Enjoy your stay!
Superbly situated and appointed hotel with first class staff and service. I doubt if anyone would be disappointed with their stay here. Unreservedly recommended. A guest in an adjoining room had a dog which barked rather too much for my liking. I was surprised a hotel of this standard allowed animals in the rooms. It's a shame, everything else was excellent.
Room was equipped with air conditioning and directly across from the train/bus station and within 15 min walk of town center. No power adapters available. No wireless internet available.
Cleanliness Very convenient for city centre, station, bus
clean and staff very helpful. Its also such a perfect location for the station and airport bus
comfortable, reasonable price, good breakfast, located close to bus and train stations
The room was quite large and it had a nice bathroom. The breakfast buffet has a really wide range of choice and the quality and quantity was excellent. At the check out they give you a marzipan gift, and it is really nice to receive it even if it's a small thing. The staff is helpful and kind. The position is perfect: a minute from the train and bus station and 8 from the Rathause.
Excellent breakfast, airy and comfortable rooms, friendly staff. No laundry facilities - washing becomes necessary while travelling, especially when on a 5 week trip. This comment applies to most of the places we stayed. Off site laundry facilities were also difficult to locate.
It's location, cleanliness, comfort and friendly staff No
Location was good
Really tidy and a great buffet for breakfast
Beds are excellent, breakfast fine in relation to price. Quiet during the night. No free /wireless internet in rooms (Cabel in hall + 5€ for a box).
Lovely bed, and good and quiet air condition. Nice design. With a lovely flatscreen Tv, it was really bad that there were no international TV channels unless i paid 11 Euros for 12 hours. Tv was not used becaus of this. I really wanted to lie in bed and see TV.
Good contemporary design, comfortable rooms and public areas, good food, great service. Pillows - too hard. Everything else was fine!
Super place in Lûbeck. Fine parking. Quite place. We have orderet breakfast with glutenfree bread for my vife. For a 4 star hotel, it was poor with only one sort of bread - absolute not ok for this hotel.
good location, cenral to our interests.
We enjoyed our stay very much! Impeccable service, especially during breakfast, wonderful breakfast buffet with rolls, pastries, cold cuts, Müsli, Omelette station and local delicacies, rooms spotlessly clean (although on the small side), great rooftop sauna with view of the city. The only complaints we have is that we weren't helped with finding a rental car (it was a busy weekend) and that the gym equipment was minimal. Othwerwise great hotel within walking distance of all Lubeck landmarks and restaurants!
the hotel was very modern and well situated, although road works we're going on outside, road access to the hotel/parking wanst a problem. The check in staff were fine as were the bar staff.
A ultra modern hotel situated in the city center. Clean, comfortable with a breakfastbuffet with everything you can desire.
Very good location, nice rooms
Fine hotel. Just around the corner from the train station. Breakfast is a little expensive (16 euros), but then you get a very large and varied buffet, including champagne (!). Rooms have a fairly good size (I stayed in a single room).
comfort cleanliness bathroom no tea/coffee making facilities in room - breakfast expensive - safe did not work
Helpful, friendly and polite staff, mostly English speaking. Very convenient for bus/train stations and Hamburg AIrport shuttle bus. Some shopping in immediate area. Excellent restaurant. Space in the room was a little tight. The centre (old town) is a little walk away, but not too far for most. Entrance is via steps - I did not notice any disabled access.
a) Location, beside the main railway station, was very convenient. b)Very good choice of food at breakfast. We requested single beds, to be told on arrival that the hotel does not have singles.(To be fair, the double bed was wide.)
Easy to find next to the station a short walk to the old town. Excellent facilities and a friendly staff who could not have been more helpful and made our stay an enjoyable experience. No
Fast and efficient staff, new and nice room, good and central location near the railwaystation A small mini-bar in the room would have been nice
I thought the service would suffer due to the recent opening but I founf the staff incredibly helpful and polite. I had an awful migraine on the Saturday night and didn't have paracetamol. I went to reception and they gave me some and I felt better within a couple of hours to enjoy Copenhagen! The room was fantastic and the bed and bedding was amazingly comfotable... so much so I slept through my boyfriend's snoring for once! The only thing I would've wanted was the capacity to print out my flight boarding confirmation. We had to go, on the kind advice of the staff, to the internet cafe by the station. I thought that a couple of computer stations and printer would be easily placed in the lounge. The luggage lockers were a fantastic idea. Many thanks for a great stay and we will see you soon.
excellant location booked a double room, however found 2 single beds pushed together and 2 single duvets. When we asked at reception for a double duvet we were told that you did not get this in german hotels.
Perfect for purpose - good location, staff helpful and practical.
Cleaness of the hotel and kindness of the staff. Everything is new and confortable. It is in a strategic position to visit Luebeck and it is well connected with public transport Breakfast too expensive in comparison with the price of the room!
Ideally situated for walking in the historic centre, and for bus and train connections. Good breakfast, comfortable and efficient - a very good value hotel. Nothing major to report. Some small design faults such as the location of the soap dispenser in the bathroom. Might be good to offer foreign visitors the choice of smaller pillows instead of the larger bolsters in use in the hotel.
I was very impressed with the double glass door/window facing the street. The room has a street below with heavy traffic, but as soon as you close the window and the door to the balcony, the room is quiet. Great!
so close to everything no
The room and the both room was very clean
The size, not to big -
Good location, friendly staff and good sized rooms. We have stayed on previous occasions and would return again.
very nice clean hotel close to the center, good breakfast
The hotel staff was very co operative. There was a balcon with the room too. The rooms were really old and needed renovation badly. However, the bathrooms were really nice. There was no fridge in the room and the lighting in the room was also very low.
Room exceeded expectations - booked a twin, but given a suite. Spotlessly clean. Friendly and obliging staff. Great value for money. Good location -close to public transport and old city centre. Highly recommended.
friendly personel
A little inconvenient with too long distance from the hotel to the parkinglot
Great views over the canal and Holstentor. Good central location and friendly and efficient staff.
Excellent location in Old Town, great view from room. Good restaurant & helpful staff
Nicely situated overlooking water and historical building.
The hotels location was excellent. The staff were helpful, and the hotel was good value.
Ringhotel Jensen is located overlooking the river Trave/Holstentor and near shopping facilities. My room was normal continental style in size for a singleroom; fairly small but very clean and comfortable. My room was on the top floor overlooking the river. Fantastic location. The lady in the reception was very helpful when I arrived and upon enquiring immediately agrred to have bearkfast ready for me at 6 am, as I had to catch an early flight. The breakfast was indeed ready when I came down very early morning. I enjoyed staying in the hotel and withey put on the Christmas Market in December and/or one of the arrangements in relation to Thomas Mann. I will certainly come back to this hotel. I would like (unless I overlooked this fact) to have a reasonably sized guest lounge with TV etc.
Good restaurant The room was faced to a fence from the kitchen from the restuant. A terrible sound! Even the noise from f´the french in the bathroom was extremely high. The guy in the reception couldn't support us with an other room. This kind of room should be within booking.com
An excellent hotel in an ideal location. Rooms clean and comfortable - breakfast very good. Reception staff very helpful with regard to what see and do in Lubeck. Highly recommended.
Proximity to most sights Small rooms, no lift to the 5th floor (where I stayed), breakfast spread is limited
Good location. Breakfast OK, no more. Staff friendly.
the breackfast buffet not applicable
Convenient location; good breakfast; good parking facility.
The hotel was located near to the main bus and rail stations and was easily accessed from Lubeck airport. The room was very nice and very clean.
easy access from the train station; friendly staff
The room was quiet, the hotel realy close to th eold town with park place for the car.
Helpful staff (who speak good English). Good free wi-fi, comfortable beds and an excellent breakfast buffet.
Excellent breakfast Room allocated was a smokers room.
Valuefor money No free parking ingarage!
Staff were very friendly My room was dark (late October) and the lighting wasn't adequate for me (like many hotel rooms, even expensive ones)
We loved our room -G2-- to which we were upgraded free. Breakfast was excellent. Location is ideal for visiting the city and for train access. No.
All the staff were extremely helpful and cheerful and nothing was ever too much bother for them. A wonderful stay Showers were a bit cramped
No smooking hotel. In town center. Clean room and nice breackfirst. Own parking No airecondition. Loud churchbells from the "Marienkirche" every hour all the night.
the hotel room was clean, comfortable and modern. There was a charge for using the wireless networking. These days charging for wifi access is a bit out of date.
This hotel was in a perfect place for explotring Lubeck.The breakfast was excellent. The staff were very helpful.
very near to the main shopping street; very nice breakfast
Location excellent in the centre of the old town - literally in the shadow of the Marienkirche. The breakfasts were good and the owners/reception staff were friendly. Drinks were available all day and we were given a kettle to make drinks in our room - one of the owners carried this up to our room in one hand and my wife's suitcase in the other! Despite the advantages, this hotel seemed just a little too basic in what it offered for the price when compared with other hotels we stayed in during our tour of North Germany. Mid-way between a B&B and hotel the room was slightly small, we were on the third floor and there was no lift, there was no air-conditioning and there were no notices in the room for us to indicate when we were ready for the room to be cleaned.
the friendly staff and the proximity to the center of the historic city bathrooms were small, in particular the showers. Everything got wet.
Central location, very attentive staff, excellent breakfast and a pleasant city
Very well presented hotel. Very pleasant staff. Excellent breakfast. good location for city centre, about 15 minutes walk from rail station.
Quiet, very centrally located, friendly staff. Carrying up the luggage to the third floor.
Nothing. Never have we stayed in a less appealing, accommodating place. These are not Apartments! There is no kitchen facilities at all not even a kettle or a cup. The bathroom is basic with a shower that is either freezing cold or scolding hot, and nowhere to hang a towel. It is a very basic room with broken television. The managements main concern is their restaurant on the ground floor and any issues posed to them about the rooms provokes an arrogant response "If you wanted a 5* hotel you should have stayed in one."
Our stay at the Appartementhaus Obertrave was a very pleasant one, the staff were helpful and friendly and the rooms were clean and quite spacious.We travelled to Lubeck for the German markets and the fact that Lubeck is a very beautiful place.The location of the Obertrave was exellant along the river and a short walk into the town and also a short walk from the train and bus station for travel to other cities.We travelled to Hamburg on the train and travermunde by local bus, both places are well worth a visit.We had a meal in the restaurant at the Obertrave and the food was exellant and value for money.All in all I would recommend this hotel because of its location,cleanliness and access to all other facilities.
Very central and pleasant position along the riverside, nice old building, large and bright room, friendly staff. Some problems with rolling curtains and lights in apartment 1. Fair price.
Convenient location (the central historical part of a city, an ancient building, 5 minutes walking to a town hall). The comprehensible size of rooms, presence of a freezer, a teapot. Good balance of the price and quality. A standard room was provided instead of the booked "lux" room meanwhile the price wasn't recalculated. Floor in the room was insufficiently cleaned and during 3 days of living the number was not cleaned, even a dust from baskets was not carried out. The disposal ware was provided (two cardboard plates, 2 plastic folks, a knife and teaspoons) and it was not changed even ones during our stay. Wi-Fi access to the Internet was organized through one router on 1st floor therefore on 3rd floor the signal was very weak.
Cheap and fail price
Comfort and tranquility, great location for the city visit and services, wonderful courtesy of the owners and personnel. NA
Very Central, near to both ZOB and HBF The TV is very small
great position short walk to all sights and right next to bus and rail stations.very friendly owners nothing too much trouble.excellent buffet breakfast included in price
Breakfast Knob of the hot water was slipped and came out in Bathroom.It was aboutto fall down on my daughter head and we luckly saved.No control on hot water flow and while taking bath automatically the cold water started flowing.
Friendly, warm, good food, access to rail and bus services, clean No
room layout & breakfast no drink making facilities in room; had to pay extra to quoted price for child bed in room.
city center very close
Friendly, clean, welcoming, and in a great location for travelers, especially those traveling by train .Beautiful, historic Luebeck is just an 8-minute walk away, too. Breakfast room staff were most attentive, and the breakfast offerings plentiful and fresh.
Breakfast was amazing. Staff at breakfast were really helpful. Walking distance to railway station (Euro Rail travellers) and historic parts of town. Clean and comfortable. with a view. Took a while to learn how to unlock the door to our room
Great central location. Helpful staff. Housekeeping forgot to re-stock our room with towels but did so immediately when we notified the staff. That there is no hotel parking.
Great location and friendly staff. Noisy traffic all night.
hotel is in downtown no free wifi
the location was excellent
The convenience for walking into town and on the bus route from the airport. We had rooms facing the busy main street. Every night it was very noisy due to the traffic and the behaviour of raucous people.
The staff were kind and helpful and the hotel was in a good location - very central to the beautiful city of Lubeck. The decor, particulary the carpet was awful, a pattern of what looked like splashes of different brightly coloured spilt paints (very garish!). The room stank of cigarette smoke as it was located directly above the outdoor smoking area - this became unbearable by the next morning.
that it was close to everything as i don't walk very well
ok not noisy staff helpful
the location in lubeck and the wonderful breakfast. the room was clean.
everyting was ok in this hotel. It is nearby old town and different pizza pubs. quiet place, good breakfast. just two things: the bed was not quite for young couple, as it has two separate parts with hem between them. For us it is quite important. The tape in bathroom was quite annoying. It had ligt sensor swich wich turned in-off-in-off all the time while you use it, so that you save a plenty of water but for washing an extra effort and know how is needed :))
Ideally located and close to buses and trains. Nearby restaurants very good. NO
this hotel is good located (at a short distance from central railway terminal and bus station) as for going Luebek-downtown as for visiting Hamburg. any elevator
Clean rooms, excellent value for money. Good location, close to centre & Railway/bus station. For the price nothing to complain about. Ok, pillows were very soft.
closeness to main station very nice new rooms wonderful bathroom
I liked the lovely and nice waitress and yellow candles at the breakfast:)
the staff and the service
The senior staff spoke English well, although I am not sure the rest spoke anything at all. But all of them seemed friendly. The room was not so big (as expected) but the bathroom was well above my expectations, really modern and in good shape. The location was also convinient, since it was close to both the city and the bus/train-station. The TV set was nice to have during the time in the room. The soap was good but I am not sure about the size of the schampoo (brought my own so did not try it).
Good service. Kind staff.
The location is very good, just a short walk from railway station. The breakfast is very good. The staff is very helpful and friendly. No.
The location is close near by the central station. The breakfast is very wonderful. Many ladies work as personnel and man can find the feminine kindness in the room, specially in the toilette. There are no lift and man will find diffculcy in treating with heavy baggages.


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Space Policy Events of Interest for the Week of February 25-March 1, 2013 - UPDATE
UPDATE, February 25: Confirms the Dennis Tito press conference on Wednesday and adds two NASA science briefings on Wednesday (black holes) and Thursday (Van Allen Probes).
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate are in session this week.
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This is it! Sequester week. Unless Congress passes a bill and the President signs it into law before the end of the week, the across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester will go into effect. The sequester requires $85 billion in federal spending to be cut by September 30 and though just about everyone agrees it could have long-lasting, damaging effects on the economy, both sides show no sign of compromise. Each simply continues to blame the other for the mess.
A number of congressional hearings have been and will be held on the impact on various agencies. We learned ourselves this past week how difficult it is to penetrate the budget fog to accurately report that impact because it is caught up in other budget whirlwinds like how Congress will fund agencies for the last 6 months of FY2013. Agencies are now operating under a 6-month Continuing Resolution (CR) that expires on March 27. The betting is that Congress will extend that for the rest of FY2013, passing a "full year CR" that could have even more dramatic consequences for certain government-funded programs.
One might wonder why Congress and the White House do not at least postpone the sequester until a decision is made on the rest of FY2013 and settle those two matters simultaneously, yet holding this Damoclean sword over the head of the nation's economy for even one extra day seems unpalatable, too.
Meanwhile, the House Science, Space and Technology's Space Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday to discuss the Culberson-Wolf Space Leadership Preservation Act to restructure NASA so that it has a Board of Directors and an administrator with a fixed term. Reps. Wolf and Culberson will testify, along with Tom Young and Elliot Pulham. The bill was introduced in the last Congress and is expected to be reintroduced soon.
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What happens when a passionate musicians fails to find an amplifier that meets his high standards? He builds one himself – founds a company and lets others benefit from his engineering feats. That at least is what Dieter Burmester did: "I've been working for a long time with music – playing in bands, producing in my own studio", says the German entrepreneur. "Since 1977 I've also been developing audio equipment for music listening."
The owner of Burmester Audio Systems in Berlin wanted to create the perfect union of superior sound, technological innovation and timeless design: "As a musician and an engineer, I have the ambition to make music lovers forget they're listening to music over audio equipment", says Dieter Burmester, explaining his philosophy. "No one wants to buy the technology. But everyone wants to have his Mozart or Pink Floyd in the living room with him." His company's range of products includes amplifiers, CD players, FM tuners, surround processors, speakers and a coordinated cable program. Music lovers can also enjoy the high-end sound from Burmester in selected cars from Porsche and Bugatti. Burmester exports audio equipment of the highest quality to 50 countries and has won numerous awards.
The Berlin factory moves in a creative tension between traditional craft work and the most modern technology: "In research and development as in quality control, we use the most modern computer and most advanced measurement techniques", says Burmester. "But our staff makes all the equipment quite traditionally by hand." Almost all body parts are from German manufacturers. The electronic components are from well-known companies and go through the strictest control measurements, sometimes before being installed. After assembly, they are once again subjected to a multi-day trial run. And before delivery they are again tested by up to 300 separate measurements. Once the technology is perfect, then comes the last, perhaps most critical test: the finely-tuned ears of the staff run the last sound check, without which no audio system leaves the factory.


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The BBC obviously thinks we can't have too much Fiona Bruce. On top of reading the news and presenting Antiques Roadshow, she has been asked to make another series of her art-detective show, Fake or Fortune?. It's the one where she and art sleuth Philip Mould investigate the provenance of a painting that divides opinion. It's a good format, but I wish they'd open it up to other controversial objects. Like people. They could start with Katie Price: fake, and a fortune. And move on to Philip Mould's tan: fake? Or has he spent a fortune on tropical holidays? Then there's Bruce's smile…
I map out the first few episodes during the 10-minute walk from Belsize Park station to a café near her house, where we're due to meet. This is London's real media village, a dreamy enclave of mega-mansions where the BBC's top 1 per cent hole up. Presumably, Bruce doesn't want me to snoop round her place, which is why we're off to the Belsize Kitchen. A pity, but as it happens, I know her house already. It's a detached, Victorian, red-brick villa, with high ceilings and whitewashed walls. On the garden side, she and her husband, Nigel Sharrocks, an advertising executive, have added a massive Modernist extension, which sweeps across the length of the building, joining a vast, clinical kitchen to a vast, clinical drawing-room. I know this not because I'm a stalker, but because you could see it all in fascinating detail in Who Do You Think You Are?, the BBC's family-history programme.
Now there's a good TV programme, in which famous people reveal themselves through talking about their family. There's usually one or two skeletons knocking about, the exception being Michael Parkinson: they abandoned his episode because they couldn't find any interesting relatives. Patsy Kensit came from a line of criminals, and one of Lesley Garrett's ancestors was accused of killing his wife. When Bruce was on, they asked what she hoped to find. "Some mass murderer, or a stripper!" she trilled, knowing the drill. But the disappointment was how little we got to know her. Even Jeremy Paxman appeared in a new light, when he blubbed over his great-great-grandmother's ordeal in a Glasgow slum. Not Bruce: the smiley, breezy shell never cracked. Even when she was talking to her parents, it felt like the Antiques Roadshow, a slick London journalist talking to cosy old people in the provinces. The shots of that kitchen – immaculate, cold, expensive – were more telling.
So, what to expect? She arrives all smiles and laughter, and is taller than I had imagined. She is casual in skinny jeans and a cardigan, and orders a giant muffin with her coffee. She has two children, Sam, 14, and Mia, 10, and they have just taken delivery of a new puppy, Molly, an Irish Terrier, so we spend the first few minutes talking dog: she's thrilled, as she's always wanted one, though she apologises for being "a booore" about it – she speaks quickly but elongates certain words in a strangely posh drawl . This isn't the Fiona Bruce I've read about in other interviews: an ice maiden, nicknamed Lady Macbeth for her ruthless ambition. She is chatty, sympathetic, warm and happy to answer any question – even about her tax affairs.
She seems like a person relaxed with who she is. As a student at Oxford, she was earnest and political, and took herself very seriously. She would go on demonstrations at Greenham Common and, in retrospect, says she wishes she had "lightened up". Today, she is a successful 48-year-old TV presenter with a successful husband, two children, a London house and a country retreat, and now, a dog. It's the perfect life, I say. "Well, not everyone wants to lead the kind of life I lead," she says, brusquely. "I mean, I'm very lucky. But I work hard."
It certainly pays. Her salary is known to be at least half a million, and in recent weeks her name has been bandied about as one of the 148 BBC presenters paid through a private service company (PSC). This is the controversial system by which an individual channels their income through a specially set-up company, allowing them potentially to avoid the 50p top tax rate, and lowering their employer's National Insurance contributions. Everyone's a winner, except the Exchequer, of course. The loophole is perfectly legal, but it doesn't look good. So I ask: do you avoid paying tax?
"There are two things to be said," she says. "I formed a service company because it was a stipulation laid down by the BBC. And I pay my full share of tax." So, you pay the 50p tax rate? "Yes." So why have all the embarrassment of a PSC? "It's a stipulation that I, and a number of other presenters, have to form service companies to be employed by the BBC. It's not my choice, and it would never be my choice. But that's the situation."
It must be annoying that every time a news article appears about BBC presenters and the tax loophole, there's a big picture of her next to it. "If you're in people's living-rooms, via the television, it's what happens. You're more noticeable. But I'm not aware that anyone has said I pay a lower rate of tax. I don't. I pay my full share of tax, believe you me. I mean, that is all I can say about it. But you know, I'm not launching a crusade, and news journalists will write what they write. It comes with the territory. It's not the first time I've been associated with things or decisions I'm not responsible for, and you can't get aggravated about every single one."
She says she's "not particularly thick-skinned", though she seems quite unfazed by the usual criticisms levelled at her: that she's ruthless, that she knows nothing about art or antiques, and that, when she reads the news, her expression appears to be a fixed smirk, whether the item concerns a pantomime or a child massacre. "I can't imagine that's what I do," she says about that latter dig, with a puzzled expression, as if it's the first time anyone has pointed it out to her.
And she is quite open about her non-specialist status, despite being the face of Antiques Roadshow. "I don't know anything about antiques," she says. "I do buy them now, but I have a little knowledge, and great enthusiasm."
Her path to becoming the face of cosy Sunday evenings was, like many BBC stories, rather random and unexpected. She began presenting on the BBC2 show in 1998, and, despite being an outsider amid a field of experts, she replaced Michael Aspel as the main anchor on his retirement in 2007. Inevitably, there were complaints of "dumbing down" and "sexing up", but, curiously, ratings soared by half a million. "I would never have foreseen what I am doing now," she says, "but doing Antiques Roadshow seems to have led to the BBC offering me more work with antiques."
Last year, she presented a documentary about Leonardo da Vinci, despite having no art-history qualifications. Worse, in the eyes of some, was the cameraman's unhealthy interest in her derrière, though at least that had a qualification: it won Rear of the Year in 2010, a prize she accepted in a moment of "dreadful hypocrisy". She also presented a three-part series about the Queen's palaces, a job, some said, better suited to an architectural historian, not a newsreader. Does the sniping about her being given all the plum jobs, despite not being an expert, bother her? "I'm not aware of that criticism," she says. "There's definitely a role for experts, my goodness. Ultimately, it's up to the viewers to decide whether they want to view it. But I never go to anything not knowing anything about it! That's quite a vulnerable position to be in. I do my research. Copiously! But you can't become an art expert in a matter of months. I suppose what I would hope I do is ask the questions the viewers would ask. And lots of experts do that as well, so it's not that I can do something that they can't. But the BBC, in its wisdom or otherwise, has chosen to put me in those roles. And I love making those kinds of programmes, so I'm not going to say no."
She was, she adds, offered one arts series she turned down, because she felt she wouldn't have been right for it, though she can't remember the name. "If there's a need for an expert, I'm not going to put myself up for it."
The fiercest criticism came when she interviewed Prince Philip last year, as part of a BBC documentary to mark his 90th birthday. Although it's hard to think of anyone who could ask him about his feelings and come out on top, Bruce came across as particularly Key Stage 3. From the moment he said, "Who cares what I think?" to his frank admission that he didn't want to do the interview, the Prince was one person not easily won over by the Bruce charm. So, to ask a question she might have asked, how did it feel?
"It was an interesting experience, slightly more antagonistic than I had expected," she says, delicately. "I mean, I've met him since and he's been a delight, but clearly he didn't want to be there." Her main concern, she says, was that he might have walked out. "I really thought he might. He was getting quite agitated." Perhaps her questions were the problem? "Partly, though it's not that they were too soft… I'm not going to flatter myself, but there are a few members of the Royal Family who, well, there are certain things they don't want to talk about. And you can go along with that or not. I took a view that there were some things I wasn't going to talk about. Like, I wasn't going to say, let's talk about Princess Diana. It may have made it pretty anodyne, watching it, but for me, while those are the most natural questions in the world to ask, they may not be the questions he wanted to answer."
In fact, she did manage to get him to talk about himself, and when he refused to discuss whether he minded having to give up his job as a naval officer, it's obvious that he did. "He is a bit like a clam when it comes to his feelings. So when I asked, did you enjoy your time in the Navy, which to me seems like a pretty anodyne question, to him, it was like a red rag to a bull." Would she do it differently, if she could do it again? Long pause, then: "Probably not, because actually what I think we got in the end was truthful to the man. It was a very uncomfortable hour."
After we meet, Bruce is off to interview Boris Johnson and to host the 6 o'clock and 10 o'clock news. Throughout the Olympics, she is presenting the news from a special studio in Stratford, which makes her sound like she's speaking via Skype from her kitchen. She is taking only two weeks' holiday this summer, which she will spend with her family in south Oxfordshire, where they have a second home. When she had her daughter, in 2001, much was made of the fact that she went back to work only 16 days later. Does she ever think about doing less? "I went back to work for three hours. I wanted to go back to work and see the people I like and show them my baby. They made a big fuss of it, but that was all. But the conflict about children and work is always there. It wasn't an issue with my maternity leave, I just took it. But now that they're more grown up, absolutely. It's the kids' holidays, and I'm only taking two weeks, and I used to work part-time, but that was a long time ago. I want to see more of them, I want to make sure I don't miss their key things. So there's a lot of guilt, definitely. I'm not absolving myself, I'm sure I could be a better mother. I feel guilty about a lot of things, a lot of the time."
Her own childhood was "very stable", despite much of it being spent abroad. Her father worked for Unilever, rising from postboy to company director, and was given various foreign postings. Bruce was born in Singapore in April 1964, and the family later moved to Milan, where she learnt Italian. She has two elder brothers, one of whom is a local councillor, the other works in the wine industry. Her mother, who died of cancer last year, was a constant and reassuring presence throughout her childhood, and she describes the family as "a very close unit".
Returning to Britain, she attended the comprehensive Haberdashers' Aske's in New Cross, south London, then read French and Italian at Hertford College, Oxford, though she didn't feel especially comfortable there. "I wish I had been more relaxed about it all, but I felt I had to prove myself." Afterwards, she wanted to become a journalist but felt she didn't have the contacts, so went into management consultancy instead, which was "a disaster". She then worked for an advertising agency where, in 1988, she met her now husband, Nigel Sharrocks, who was her boss. Those who like to portray Bruce as a Lady Macbeth figure point to the fact that she targeted him at a Christmas party, and five years later, when he still hadn't asked her to marry him, she told him to, which he eventually did.
Her journalistic career began in 1989, after she met the Panorama editor Tim Gardam at a party, and begged him to give her a job, which he did, as a researcher. She later moved to become a reporter on BBC Breakfast News in 1992, and swiftly moved up the ranks. In 1999, after the murder of Jill Dando, she became a presenter on Crimewatch and started presenting the 6 o'clock news. In 2003, she was promoted to reading the 10 o'clock news as well.
For the past 10 years, she has been ubiquitous across the BBC, and it's easy to see why: bright, straightforward and utterly professional, she is a reliable all-rounder, unflappable during live events, but also warm and enthusiastic during non-news programmes. She is reaching the age at which the BBC has had a tendency to get funny about women, though she says she has never experienced any sexism. As to whether there's another, more complex, Fiona Bruce, I can't tell. You want to think there's something more lurking behind that perma-smile and the cool blue eyes, but if there is, I didn't see it. Then again, to get ahead in television, you don't exactly need a soul. You just have to be happy in the knowledge that it's all a bit fake, and get on with making a fortune.
'Fake or Fortune?' returns to the BBC on 16 September
Pyramid scheme
Asked how he came to own a 4,000-year-old Egyptian bust, a man from Derby said: "I was doing some gardening when I hit it with my spade. I'm just glad I didn't do too much damage." Experts valued the bust, possibly a Roman copy, at £10,000. It now lives in the British Museum.
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A pilot's watch bought at a bric-a-brac stall in south Wales was found to have belonged to TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). It came complete with repair bill made out to "TE Shaw" – the name Lawrence adopted to enter the Royal Tank Corps in 1923. "Good god," said the owner on being told it was worth £10,000. "I thought he was a fictional character."
Sheet music
A 1960s loo roll that was rejected by the Beatles for being "too hard and shiny" while recording at Abbey Road was brought in last year. The brown paper roll was stamped on each sheet with the EMI logo, and came with a letter of authentication. Owner Barry Thomas had bought it, framed and mounted, for £85, but was told they couldn't put a value on such an odd object. "A Japanese Beatles fan has offered me £1,000 for a single sheet," said Thomas, "but I don't fancy unrolling it."
Dadd's the word
A couple in Barnstaple, Devon, had no idea what they had on their hands when they brought in a painting which had been given to them, but which they didn't like. Peter Nahum, the expert who sized up the find, couldn't believe what he had seen. He knew of the existence of the painting – "The Halt in the Desert" by Richard Dadd – but he also knew it had been missing for a century. The painting was later authenticated – and valued at £100,000.
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Our last weigh-in with our weight loss counselor was Thursday. Instead of renewing (because we're broke), we bought a new scale for at home and we're going with that. I've switched to AM weigh-ins. As of this morning, I was sitting at 250. blech.
I spent an hour yesterday and pre-cooked 6 chicken breasts, 2 pork chops and chopped up every vegetable in my fridge. I also made enough tuna salad for 3 lunches. Now we're prepped for meals until Thursday. Tonight I have to make a run for more produce, but I'll prep and bag it all like I did yesterday. So much faster whne you're getting lunch in the morning and you just have to reach in for a handful of this and that, toss it in your container and go. No washing, no chopping. Just move!
I lied to myself about working out this morning. I was really really cold and unprepared for such coldness. No, seriously.
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After all the drama between Phaedra, Apollo and alleged attempted home wrecker Kenya Moore on this past seasons "Real Housewives Of ATL" it's no surprise that Kenya Moore has a lot to say about Apollo's guilty plea. Will She be putting money on his books?? Check it out below. Am I the only one who cant wait until next season?
God is so good. He exposes your enemies for you. All you have to do is trust and believe only in him. Stay strong and let him work. #justice
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"@Jord3058: @KenyaMoore lmao both Porsha & Apollo being EXPOSED in last couple days." Yes
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What Should IT Do If Empowered BT Increases In Popularity?
Posted by Marc Cecere on April 29, 2011
An empowered BT model includes the idea that end users will take on some functions that are typically performed within an IT organization. These may include selecting and deploying applications, buying mobile devices, and contracting with services firms.
With factors such as increased availability of cloud applications, more IT-savvy businesspeople, and IT shops buried in maintenance of existing applications, there's a lot on the side of increasing IT functions outside of IT. However, security and compliance concerns, the need to integrate apps and data, the complexity of these applications, and cost are just some of the constraints that are holding back this approach.
Whether there will be a trend towards functions moving out of the IT organization or the reverse, with IT taking on more control, empowered BT will happen in some organizations. When it does, there are things that CIOs can do to exploit this and minimize potential damage:
- Shift senior IT people from "doing" to consulting and overseeing. Architects, for example, spend a significant amount of their time on projects (doing). Some of their time needs to be freed up to provide advice to businesspeople on how to make these functions scalable, secure, and integrated where necessary. Similarly, vendor managers need time to help businesspeople in the selection process for vendors.
- Select for and build up negotiations skills. The leader of apps that speaks in technical terms, the security expert who generates every possible scenario as an argument for not doing something, and the architect who hoards information while making pronouncements on what the business should and should not do are working against you in an empowered BT world. With technically sophisticated end users and tools that can quickly build functionality, business requests leading to IT responses now become negotiations.
- Determine whether this is a long-term decision or something short-term that will be brought in later. An IT customer that has an immediate need for an application for a small workgroup is very different from one that has decided their business unit should go their own way and use a cloud-based sales force automation tool.
- Help set up the mechanisms so that end users can make informed decisions. Empowered BT moves more IT decisions to the business but should include the requirement that these are informed decisions. For every decision, there is a finite number of factors that will cause serious problems. IT should help business people to identify what those factors are and the trade-offs of each one.
The key to safely exploiting empowered BT is to get ahead of business. This translates to having a relationship with the business where IT is aware of business inclinations before they become decisions. With this, they can prepare business people to take on these added responsibilities, or at least have them understand the full implications of what they're taking on. For more on Empowered BT, please join me for my keynote at Forrester's upcoming IT Forums: May 25-27 in Las Vegas and June 8-10 in Barcelona, Spain.
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Comment from Michele Hudnall on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 09:53
Nice piece and well explained. I wonder if what you are describing doesn't scream for new roles of Service Managers to aid in managing between the two organizations, but without becoming the obstacle. More here --> http://bit.ly/kmTtlL
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Assessment of postural instability in patients with Parkinson's disease
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Postural instability is one of the most disabling features of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). In this study, we focused on postural instability as the main factor predisposing parkinsonians to falls. For this purpose, changes in sway characteristics during quiet stance due to visual feedback exclusion were studied. We searched for postural sway measures that could be potential discriminators for an increased fall risk. A group of 110 subjects: 55 parkinsonians (Hoehn and Yahr: 1–3), and 55 age-matched healthy volunteers participated in the experiment. Their spontaneous sway characteristics while standing quiet with eyes open and eyes closed were analyzed. We found that an increased mediolateral sway and sway area while standing with eyes closed are characteristic of parkinsonian postural instability and may serve to quantify well a tendency to fall. These sway indices significantly correlated with disease severity rated both by the Hoehn and Yahr scale as well as by the Motor Section of the UPDRS. A forward shift of a mean COP position in parkinsonians which reflects their flexed posture was also significantly greater to compare with the elderly subjects and exhibited a high sensitivity to visual conditions. Both groups of postural sway abnormalities identified here may be used as accessible and reliable measures which allow for quantitative assessment of postural instability in Parkinson's disease.


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The escalating conflict in the Middle East was the subject of discussion Tuesday between UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Terje Roed-Larsen and top Lebanese officials.
Larsen's visit to Lebanon attempted to clarify the country's position on issues related to the Middle East conflict, reported the Daily Star newspaper.
Lebanon was the first leg of a regional tour in which Larsen plans to assess the mood among state leaders.
"I am here at the request of the secretary-general to discuss the difficult situation in the Middle East with regional leaders and to prepare for talks which will be held in the General Assembly in New York," Larsen said after meeting President Emile Lahoud at Baabda Palace.
The UN General Assembly in New York had planned to hold a session Tuesday, but after unprecedented attacks in the United States targeting official buildings, it was canceled.
Larsen, who was accompanied by the UN secretary-general's personal representative for south Lebanon, Staffan de Mistura, said he reported the UN's views on the Middle East conflict to Lahoud.
"I informed him of our position on these complex issues, and the president presented the views of the Lebanese government," Larsen said.
Lahoud told Larsen that the Middle East conflict has reached a point which requires a new approach to the peace process.
In a statement, Lahoud said that this new approach must include "a relaunch of the peace process on the basis of a just and comprehensive peace."
The president stressed that peace should be "in accordance with the foundations established by the 1991 Madrid Conference and other related United Nations resolutions.
"It is necessary to correct the halt in the regional peace process which has occurred as a result of the hostile Israeli policy," the statement quoted Lahoud as saying – Albawaba.com
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Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Top Class in Blaby.
Here's the recipe (read, ingredients thrown together) for the mega juicy salad I had after the class tonight. It was sooooo delicious.
Salad leaves - use whatever you have. Watercress, rocket, iceberg, spinach, romaine, kos, regular. I used spinach and a little gem lettuce.
Sweet Peppers - I used those long pointy pale green turkish ones with some small red ones too.
Grapes - cut in half
Fresh herbs like coriander or basil - chopped
Spring Onions - chopped
If you like heat then chop up some tiny pieces of habanero (hot) pepper
Hard Boiled Egg - sliced
Feta or Goats Cheese - I used a Greek sheeps milk cheese
Olive oil or any lovely nut oil that you like
Lemon - to squeeze for juice
Seeds - pumpkin, sunflower, sesame etc
Mushrooms - chopped or sliced
Butter & Garlic to fry the mushrooms in
How to do it!
First, put all of the seeds and nuts into a small frying pan with NO oil, and put on a low to medium heat. Shake occasionally to prevent burning.
Wash well, then chop, slice or rip up the main salad ingredients, and put in a large bowl.
Slice or crumble the egg and cheese over salad in the bowl.
Pour and squeeze oil and lemon juice over salad in the bowl.
When seeds and nuts are slightly roasted (they will smell lovely), sprinkle over the salad in the bowl.
Heat the butter on a medium to high heat and add the finely chopped garlic and mushrooms. Fry quickly until they just begin to soften and smell delicious. Sprinkle over the salad.
A yummy fat salad with lots of protein and vitamin C. Just what you need after a good work out!
Til next time, lots of love
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