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Obama urged to visit U.S.-Mexico border, see immigration crisis
WASHINGTON — President Obama is facing mounting calls from Republicans to take a firsthand look at the immigration emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, putting him on the spot concerning what he has called the "humanitarian crisis" of tens of thousands of unaccompanied children flooding in from Central America.
"If he doesn't come to the border, I think it's a real reflection of his lack of concern of what's really going on there," declared Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a possible GOP presidential candidate in 2016.
The White House said on Thursday that Obama has no plans to visit the border when he travels to Texas next week, primarily to raise funds for Democratic congressional candidates. A trip to the border could result in awkward optics for the president, who would be unlikely to meet with youngsters he's seeking to deport and would risk upsetting immigration advocates who oppose the deportations if he were to meet with Border Patrol agents or other law enforcement.
Administration officials say that Perry and other Republicans are merely trying to score political points rather than working to resolve a major problem. But the political concerns are not so easily dismissed for Obama.
The border crisis has put him in the difficult position of asking Congress for more money and authority to send the children back home at the same time he's seeking ways to allow millions of other people in the United States illegally to stay.
The White House also wants to keep the focus of the debate in this midterm election year on Republican lawmakers whom the president has accused of blocking progress on a comprehensive overhaul of America's immigration laws. Obama announced this week that, because of a lack of progress on Capitol Hill, he was moving forward to seek ways to adjust U.S. immigration policy without congressional approval.
Obama's options for that range from relatively modest changes in deportation procedures to broader moves that could shield millions of people in the United States illegally from deportation while giving them temporary authorization to work here.
Immigration advocates emerged from a meeting with Obama this week convinced that the president was at least considering the more aggressive approach.
"He's totally flipped from doing everything possible to give Republicans the space to get to 'yes' to doing everything possible to cement the reputation of the GOP as anti-immigrant and to bolster the Democratic Party's image as the party that's for them," said Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, a leading advocacy group.
The advocates are pushing Obama to provide work permits to the up to 9 million people who would have been eligible for citizenship under a comprehensive immigration bill passed by the Senate a year ago that stalled in the GOP-led House. Short of that, advocates want Obama to extend a "deferred action" program to all immigrants in the United States illegally who have children who are American citizens because they were born here. That program allows many young immigrants who arrived in the United States as children before June 15, 2007, to apply for work permits and two-year reprieves from deportation.
Those proposals stand in stark contrast to the Obama administration's response to the influx of unaccompanied minors showing up at the border. The president has asked Congress for $2 billion in emergency spending to hire more immigration judges and open more detention facilities. He's also seeking the flexibility to speed up the youths' deportations.
Republicans have sought to draw a link between the crisis and Obama's desire to use executive powers to change immigration laws. They point specifically to his 2012 deferred-action decision, saying it has left the impression in Central America that youngsters arriving in the United States alone would be allowed to stay.
"This is a disaster of President Barack Obama's own making," said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.


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DBS checks (previously CRB checks)
4. Tracking the application and getting a certificate
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks are now called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
The person being given a DBS check (the applicant) can check on the progress of their application using the DBS tracking service.
Employers can track multiple applications and order blank application forms online.
You can't access the DBS update service through the tracking service.
DBS certificate
Once the check is completed, DBS will send a certificate listing the results to the applicant. The employer will have to ask the applicant to see the certificate.
Security features
Certificates have security features to prove they're genuine, including:
- a 'crown seal' watermark repeated down the right side, visible both on the surface and when held up to the light
- a background design featuring the word 'Disclosure', which appears in a wave-like pattern across both sides of a certificate; the pattern's colour alternates between blue and green on the reverse
- ink and paper that change colour when wet
The security features for a CRB certificate issued before 1 December 2012 are the same as for the DBS certificate.
Reusing a DBS check
A DBS certificate only contains information from a DBS check on a certain date and for a particular purpose.
Employers can accept a previously issued certificate but must:
- check the applicant's identity matches the details on the certificate
- check the certificate is of the right level and type for the role applied for
- check to see if anything has changed since the certificate was issued
Employers can accept a previously issued certificate without a status check but at their own risk.
CRB-branded certificates should be treated the same as DBS-branded certificates.
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The Daytona 500 is on the move.
NASCAR and track officials announced Sunday that the Great American Race will be a week later in 2012, allowing the sport to shorten its season and avoid any potential conflicts with the NFL's Super Bowl.
NASCAR's 2012 season opener will be Sunday, Feb. 26.
The new date allows NASCAR to eliminate a traditional off week following the first three races of the season. It also gets NASCAR ahead of any potential changes to the NFL schedule, including an 18-game schedule or NFL labor strife that might force the Super Bowl in Indianapolis to be delayed a week.
"We're not going to deny the fact that part of this also is in dealing with the NFL," said Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR's vice president of racing operations. "Who knows where they'll go with an 18-game schedule. But we want to get ahead of that.
"Either way, we think it's the right thing to do for our season to kick off. The Super Bowl's certainly a big event, but so's the Daytona 500. To give fans an opportunity to go to both of those we think is the right move, it's a win-win for everybody."
The Super Bowl is scheduled for Feb. 5. But Colts owner Jim Irsay and host committee officials have said the NFL asked city officials to keep blocks of hotel rooms and city venues open for that weekend and the next.
The current collective bargaining agreement runs out at the end of the day March 3. The players believe that team owners are preparing to lock them out as soon as the following day, which could threaten the 2011 season. The NFL has not lost games to a work stoppage since 1987.
Nonetheless, NASCAR officials are anticipating changes to the NFL's schedule. Whether it's an 18-game schedule and/or an extra bye week thrown in, they certainly don't want Speedweeks trying to compete with America's biggest sporting event, the Super Bowl.
They even declined to say that the date for the next Daytona 500 - the fourth Sunday in February - would remain the same in future years.
They also stopped short of announcing other races during 2012 Speedweeks, including the exhibition Budweiser Shootout. That could mean NASCAR officials are considering condensing Speedweeks from a two-weekend event spanning 11 days to a weeklong extravaganza.
"I'm not prepared to ask for that," Daytona International Speedway president Joey Chitwood III said. "I like having the Shootout, I like having the ARCA event and I like having that weekend. It's a good weekend for our fans."
NASCAR officials don't feel the same about the off weekend early in the season. Drivers and owners have complained that the 36-race season is too long already, insisting there's little need for a bye week in March.
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that hurts our momentum throughout the season," O'Donnell said. "So by being able to move the date back a week, we close up that off week, NASCAR's able to keep the momentum throughout the season, which we think is great."


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Noble Nutlings iOS
- Publisher: Boomlagoon
- Release Date: Jan 9, 2013
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Pelit (Finland)Mar 15, 2013One could think, that Noble Nutlings is the next Rovio trademark. It has physics engine, colorful characters and it's very easy to learn. The game is fun to play, but it doesn't triumph with original ideas. [March 2013]
Feb 19, 2013Rather than a game created to hook people with strong gameplay or a novel idea, Noble Nutlings feels like it's all about the Benjamins. Pass.
Jan 22, 2013A noble effort for Noble Nutlings, but its combination of racing and balance mechanics don't completely hook the player.
Jan 16, 2013A cynical, if predictable approach to monetisation also sours the experience.
Jan 15, 2013Noble Nutlings is a solid first effort for Boomlagoon, offering fun, fast-paced courses and a wide-eyed cast of squirrels that we likely haven't seen the last of.
Jan 15, 2013The game has its faults and frustrations, but it also has its moments of enjoyment too, and there's undoubtedly the building blocks of a far more enjoyable game that we hope either an update, or a sequel, can introduce.
Jan 11, 2013A free-to-play offering, Noble Nutlings is a fun diversion, though its reliance on purchasable boost juice drops it to a 3-Dimple score.
Jan 11, 2013Noble Nutlings does little to stand out in a genre filled with stellar titles, but that doesn't make it a bad game.
Jan 11, 2013Noble Nutlings is a fun racing/physics crossbreed, but the freemium system doesn't suit the game.
Jan 10, 2013A good but safe debut from the three-man team at Boomlagoon. Aside from its cute premise and racing-inspired gameplay, everything else feels like something we've seen dozens of times before on the App Store. Hopefully, the team will flex their creative muscles a little more in future titles.
Jan 10, 2013Even though it doesn't set out to reinvent the wheel of physics-based racers, or serve as a visual departure from what the developers know best, Noble Nutlings is still a highly fun and highly quality title, and it shows that Boomlagoon have certainly set the bar high for themselves going forward.
Jan 10, 2013Noble Nutlings is the kind of casual iOS game that's over way too soon. Not because it's lacking in content but because it's so easy to plow through everything in big chunks thanks to all the wacky fun.
Jan 10, 2013Noble Nutlings tries to achieve that elusive Angry Birds-style charm and simplicity, but ends up being frustrating, expensive, and simply rather joyless.
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The story adopts one of Irish folklores about mythological creatures that turn seals in the sea but become humans on land.
"Song of the Sea", an animation from the director of Oscar-nominated "The Secret of Kells", has released its first teaser trailer. The Cartoon Saloon movie tells the story of Ben and his sister Saoirse - the last Seal-child - who embark on a fantastic journey across a fading world of ancient legend and magic in an attempt to return to their home by the sea.
"Almost five years after we posted the initial concept trailer online, I'm excited to share this small taste of the final film with audiences in anticipation of our release later this year," said director Tomm Moore. "This film has been a labor of love for so many of our crew for the past few years, I think their passion and commitment can be seen even in this short clip."
Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan, David Rawle, Lisa Hannigan and Pat Shortt were among the voice actors. The music is composed by Bruno Coulais and Irish band Kila, both of whom previously collaborated on "The Secret of Kells". Moore directed the film using the script from newcomer Will Collins.
The film takes inspiration from the mythological Selkies of Irish folklore, who live as seals in the sea but become humans on land. It is yet to have a release date.


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Rihanna Sets Chart Record with Her New Single, 'We Found Love' [AUDIO]
Rihanna's latest release 'We Found Love' leaped from 16th to ninth on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, giving the pop princess her 20th Top 10 single on the chart.
If you're thinking that it seems like she compiled all those hits awfully quickly, you're right; in fact, with 'We Found Love,' Rihanna has become the fastest solo artist ever to accomplish this feat.
Will J. Cole Top the Charts with 'Cole World'?
Not so long ago, J. Cole was just another budding rapper hoping for a shot at the big time. In fact, his first meeting with his future mentor and label boss Jay-Z occurred when he brushed past the hip-hop icon on the street, failing to get his attention.
Now, of course, all that persistence has paid off: He's one of the hottest young performers in hip-hop, and if industry predictions are correct, he could top the Billboard charts next week with his debut album 'Cole World: The Sideline Story.'
'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Soundtrack Track Listing and Artwork Revealed [AUDIO]
Most of the considerable hype surrounding the 'Twilight' series has centered on the many, many books and movie tickets it's sold, but the franchise has also been a musical phenomenon, generating more than 4.5 million units in sales over three soundtrack albums.
With the next installment in the series scheduled to reach theaters on November 18, dedicated Twi-hards — not to mention music retailers — have been eagerly awaiting news about its soundtrack. On Monday, Atlantic Records obliged, releasing the full track listing and artwork via Twitter.
will.i.am Denies Black Eyed Peas Breakup Rumors Started By Kanye West
When you're as successful as Kanye West, you can make a lot of things true simply by saying them out loud. Luckily for Black Eyed Peas fans, not even Kanye can cause a band's breakup by announcing it.
West caused a stir by telling the audience at his show last Friday that the BEP were no more, but according to the group's frontman, will.i.am, the rumors of their demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Mary J. Blige Returns in November with New Album, 'My Life II'
Starting with 1999′s double-platinum 'Mary' collection, Mary J. Blige has released a new album every two years, and she'll keep that streak alive this fall with the upcoming 'My Life II: The Journey Continues…Act I.'
For her 10th full-length studio effort, Blige has created a sequel to her Grammy-nominated 1994 sophomore release, 'My Life,' which sold three million copies, spawned four hit singles, and is widely regarded as a modern R&B classic.
Is Snoop Dogg Going to Star in His Own Sitcom?
As a young Dr. Dre protege, Snoop Doggy Dogg only had his mind on his money and his money on his mind. The idea that he'd one day be making cameos on 'One Life to Live' or starring in a reality series about his family would have seemed ludicrous.
The older, wiser Snoop Dogg knows how to step back from the game and have fun, however — and now he's developing a family-friendly sitcom to prove it.
Footage from Kanye West's Dirty Puppet Show, 'Alligator Boots,' Surfaces [VIDEO]
What do you get when you put together Kanye West, a bunch of puppets, and Kim Kardashian in a Princess Leia bikini?
Thanks to some old footage that has leaked onto the Web, we now know the answer: the never-aired pilot for 'Alligator Boots,' the grown-up puppet variety show that West and Rhymefest tried to get off the ground back in 2005. Comedy Central passed on the project, but thanks to the magic of YouTube, now you can see it for yourself — and you really have to see it to believe it.
Tinie Tempah Spends $37,500 on 'Back to the Future' Nike Sneakers
When he traveled to the year 2015 in 'Back to the Future Part II,' Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, saw plenty of amazing things, and a sizable portion of them — including hoverboards, flying cars, and, thankfully, 'Jaws Part 19′ — haven't come to pass.
But thanks to the hardworking scientists in the Nike labs, we now have the glowing, self-lacing sneakers that Marty wore in the future — and they're being auctioned off to benefit Parkinson's disease research. UK rapper Tinie Tempah got his hands on the first pair, which set him back the eye-popping sum of $37,500.
Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and Wiz Khalifa Lead BET Hip-Hop Awards Nominees
With less than a month to go before the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards are held in Atlanta, it's finally time to reveal the list of this year's nominees — and time for Lil Wayne to add another achievement to his ever-growing list.
The multi-platinum rapper, who recently broke the one-week sales record at iTunes and boasts the number one album in the country with 'Tha Carter IV,' now also owns the record for most BET nominations in a year with 18.
Is Will Smith Working on a New Album?
It's been a long time since Will Smith focused on his music career — and even longer since his days as a chart-topping, multiplatinum hitmaker.
But for Smith, who achieved fame in the '80s and early '90s as one half of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince before launching a wildly successful acting career — and then returning to music with 1997′s massive 'Big Willie Style' — a comeback is never out of the question. And it sounds like that might be exactly what he's planning.


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Sevastopol: A pro-Russian force opened fire in seizing a Ukrainian military base in Crimea and NATO announced reconnaissance flights along its eastern frontiers as confrontation around the Black Sea peninsula showed no sign of easing.
Ukrainian activists trying to cross into Crimea to show solidarity with opponents of last week's Russian military takeover said they were halted by men in uniforms of the now outlawed riot police. One of these fired at close range, hitting a man in the chest, apparently with rubber bullets.
With diplomacy at a standstill, Russia said the US had spurned an invitation to hold new talks on resolving the crisis, the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War – although Washington later said a meeting of foreign ministers was possible this week, if Moscow showed it was ready to "engage".
The US-led NATO defence alliance said Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) early warning aircraft, once designed to counter Soviet nuclear missile strikes, will start reconnaissance flights on Tuesday over Poland and Romania to monitor the situation in Ukraine, flying from bases in Germany and Britain.
British Prime Minister David Cameron told Germany's Bild newspaper, however, that Western powers were not considering military action and wanted a diplomatic solution. European Union governments are considering sanctions against Russia.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk, who said he would address the UN Security Council on Thursday, blamed the crisis on Russia and accused Moscow of undermining the global security system by taking control of Crimea.
Ukraine also began military drills to test the combat-readiness of troops, the Defence Ministry said on its website, and the country's new justice authorities issued warrants for the arrest of Crimea's pro-Russia leaders on Monday, six days before a referendum they have called to join the region to Russia.
Russian forces have, in little more than a week, taken over military installations across Crimea, home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet and Russian territory until Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in 1954.
Pro-Russian separatists have taken control of the regional Parliament, declared Crimea part of the Russian Federation and announced the referendum for Sunday to confirm this.
President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was acting to protect the rights of ethnic Russians, who make up a majority of Crimea's population, after Ukraine's former president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted last month in, what Russia calls, a coup.
On Monday, a Ukrainian defence official said a Russian-led military force of about a dozen men fired in the air as they took control of a Ukrainian naval base near the town of Bakhchisaray, though no one was hurt.
The force was accompanied by the base's Ukrainian commander. He persuaded a number of his men to join the Russian forces while allowing those who refused to leave, the Ukrainian official, Vladislav Seleznyov wrote on Facebook. The Russian force drove off with nine Ukrainian vehicles.
One of the Ukrainian naval personnel who refused to pledge allegiance to Moscow, Yarik Alexandrov, told Reuters near the base that he and his comrades at first refused to surrender.
"Then they started shooting round our feet and we surrendered," he said. "What could we do? We had no weapons."
Similar small confrontations have taken place at other Ukrainian bases around Crimea, though shooting has been rare and there has so far been no bloodshed. Russia denies its troops are involved, a stance ridiculed in Kiev and the West.
In a sign of the peninsula's growing isolation from the Ukrainian mainland, armed men prevented a convoy of cars from a Ukrainian activist group crossing into Crimea. The group was part of the Maidan movement behind the protests which forced Mr Yanukovych to flee to Russia. Ukrainian television showed men in the uniform of the Berkut riot police, banned by the new authorities for its role in shooting dozens of demonstrators in Kiev last month, blocking the road south.
One was shown firing twice, hitting a man in the chest. His injuries appeared minor, suggesting the use of rubber bullets.
In other armed action, Russian forces took over a military hospital and a missile unit. Reuters correspondents also saw a big Russian convoy on the move just outside the port city of Sevastopol near a Ukrainian air defence base. It comprised more than 100 vehicles, including about 20 armoured personnel carriers, plus mobile artillery.
Mr Putin said Russia was not controlling events in Crimea but denials of Russian involvement are rejected by the US.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Mr Putin that Russia's position on Ukraine remained at odds with the West, but US Secretary of State John Kerry had declined an invitation to visit Russia on Monday for further talks.
The State Department said Mr Kerry told Mr Lavrov on Saturday that Washington wanted Moscow to cease its drive to annex Crimea and end "provocative steps". In a statement, it added: "Kerry made clear to Foreign Minister Lavrov that he would welcome further discussions focused on how to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine if and when we see concrete evidence that Russia is prepared to engage on these proposals."
Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen seized two Ukrainian journalists in Crimea, Reporters Without Borders said, warning that those behind attacks on the media were trying to turn the region into a "black hole for news".
"The forces controlling the Crimea are responsible for the fate of these journalists," secretary general for the press freedom watchdog, Christophe Deloire,said in a statement.
The Paris-based watchdog said that Olena Maksymenko of Ukrainsky Tizhden disappeared on Sunday along with Kateryna Butko and Aleksandra Ryazantseva, two activists from the Maidan protest movement which backs the new government in Kiev. The three women were taken after soldiers without insignia spotted a pro-Maidan tattoo on one of the women's hands at a checkpoint.
Another journalist, Crimea resident Oleksiy Byk from the Glavkom news website, saw the three women being driven away. He was arrested at the same checkpoint along with his driver Yevhen Rakhno and freelance photographer Oles Kromplyas.
Byk was released, but his two companions were still missing, Reporters Without Borders said.


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Geneticist to Join Clemson Research
An International Geneticist will join with Clemson University in research which may lead to new and improved crops and varieties. Stephen Kresovich will join Clemson's Advanced Plant Technology Program which is based at the Pee Dee Research and Education Center. The Advanced Plant Technology program focuses on improving the value of South Carolina's agronomic crops, such as soybeans, cotton and peanuts. Varieties and production and processing methods developed through research and extension efforts can be applied statewide to enhance crop production and value for farmers and forestland managers. The program will complement ongoing plant science research at the Pee Dee center and at Clemson's Edisto and Coastal research and education centers in Blackville and Charleston, respectively. In 2012, South Carolina growers planted 380,000 acres in soybeans; 340,000 acres of cotton and 110,000 acres in peanuts, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.


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Irresistible 11" interactive dog and cat toys designed for play and training with small dogs and cats. Simply slip your hand into the pocket under the head for fun pet and human together play. Although the original Paw Pets (sold separately) are well loved by dogs and cats of all sizes and ages Paw Pets Babies dog and cat toys are made specifically for the smaller pups and kittens who like toys that are of a smaller size. Pets can also enjoy the Paw Pet alone as a fun plush toy.
Paw Pets are made of soft velboa plush and bonded with a specially formulated tough mesh fabric lining for maximum durability and safety.
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Vulnerable and elderly residents of an Ilkley care home have been given 28 days to find alternative accommodation.
Letters have been sent out to relatives of people living in Red Gables in Parish Ghyll Drive, Ilkley, giving them notice the home is changing from a nursing home to a residential home. It means all residents requiring nursing care will have to move out.
People living in the home, which is registered to accommodate up to 32 people and specialises in the care of clients with dementia, are now being assessed by health workers to see who will have to go.
It follows an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in December which found the service was failing to meet national standards in a number of areas.
Inspectors judged care and treatment was not planned and delivered in a way that ensured people's safety, record keeping was inadequate, there were not enough qualified and experienced staff to meet the needs of residents and the home was heavily reliant on agency staff. One agency staff member described working at the home as "chaotic".
The home was further inspected by the CQC in February and a further report is due to be published. However, in the meantime the owners of Red Gables have taken the decision to end nursing care.
Pam Denman, operations manager at Red Gables, said: "As part of our strategic review we have decided to reposition Red Gables as a service to care for residential clients with dementia. We are working very closely with the local authority to arrange suitable alternative placements for our clients if this becomes necessary."
A Bradford Council spokesman said: "CQC have notified the Council that they have been made aware of the decision by Red Gables care home to change their business from nursing care to residential care for older people.
"Nursing staff from Health and Social Work staff are working with the home to ensure comprehensive reviews are undertaken and suitable alternative placements are sought.
"We know this can be a very traumatic time for those affected by the move and every effort is being made to keep any upset to a minimum."
The daughter of a 90-year-old resident, who has severe dementia, claimed it was a concerned nurse and a local GP, who had initially alerted the CQC to problems in the home.
"I am disgusted about the way my mother has been treated," she said.
A member of staff said: "It is absolutely dreadful what is going on," she said. "What I have seen is heart-breaking."
Queensland Care, the company which owns Red Gables also own Homecroft in Victoria Avenue, Ilkley, The Pines Nursing Home in Harrogate and provide home care.


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JULIA Gillard has clinched a deal for the carbon tax to morph into a trading scheme after three years, which is good. She has used this to try to redefine the ''tax'', which is dumb, especially when many people regard her word as suss.
Didn't anyone around her spot that Tony Abbott would immediately label this as ''tricky'', and many voters would agree? Probably not. Those around the embattled PM are no doubt a little punch-drunk, what with the polls, the cattle, the yet-to-be finalised Malaysian deal, to say nothing of the carbon battle itself.
Gillard's ploy shows how twitchy she is about her broken ''no carbon tax'' election promise. But it re-opens the argument about her credibility, when the government should be able to rack up an achievement.
The framework announced in February provided for a move to an emissions trading scheme in three to five years - and the government is now adopting the shorter period. That is beneficial for business, which prefers a trading scheme. But how foolish to start talking yesterday about ''what Tony Abbott calls a carbon tax''. She had herself been forced to admit it was a tax.
This led to the focus being on her language, rather than the substance. Of course, now a deal is all but done, the emphasis will switch to content, but anything that makes the PM look slippery is counterproductive.
Even before the deal is unveiled, people are wondering whether an Abbott government could actually undo the carbon plan, as he promises. Bob Brown's position is clear - the Greens would oppose a move to rescind. Abbott yesterday challenged Gillard to say what a Labor opposition would do. She hasn't yet responded. It's an awkward path for a PM to go down - presumably she says she's not going to speculate about hypotheticals, unless she takes the Brown route and declares Labor would do everything to ensure it was embedded.
Once the tax has started, and the ETS is in sight, business is not going to be keen on chopping and changing. From Abbott's point of view, if in government he couldn't rescind the tax because of Senate obstruction, it would hardly be a disaster. It would become an unfulfilled promise rather than a broken one, although at some point he'd have to decide when to abandon it.
Next week, when the carbon plan is expected to be released, the debate will move into a major new phase. The government, which has felt hamstrung because it hasn't had detail to talk about, will benefit from the nuts and bolts being out. But the opposition and other critics will also have a lot of material in which to find holes, and, despite the generous compensation most people will receive, there will be quite a few ''losers'' for political exploitation.
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Contract Duration under Incomplete Land Ownership Rights: Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
Using the land tenure system in Ethiopia, where all land is state-owned and only farm households have usufruct rights, as a case study, we assessed the links between land owners' tenure insecurity, associated behavioral factors, and contract length. In this paper, we analyze these links with survey data of rural households in the Amhara National Regional State of Ethiopia. The empirical strategy follows a hazard function model employed in duration data analyses and investigates the fitness of the data to the alternative exponential and Weibull functional forms. The results show that landlords' risk aversion increases the duration of contracts, which is in line with the reverse tenancy argument that landlords' risk preferences affect land-contract decisions. The findings of the study also indicate that tenure insecurity is a critical factor in the nature and length of contracts; hence, policies should aim to reduce landlords' frustrations regarding future land redistribution by the state. An important implication of the results is that secure tenure systems can reduce the disincentives from tenure insecurity due to uncertainty about contract duration and thereby enhance tenants' welfare. Longer-term and stable contracts can improve the land rental market. In addition, the impact of risk preferences points toward the importance of poverty in the functioning of the land rental market.
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- William H. Hardy
William H. Hardy (1837-1917) was the founder of
Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Laurel, Mississippi; and co-founder of Gulfport.
Born in Todds Hill (in
Lowndes County, Alabama) on 12 February 1837, W.H. Hardy attended Cumberland Universityin Lebanon, Tennesseefor three years, withdrawing before graduation due to contraction of pneumonia. Following his convelesance, Hardy agreed to a cousin's proposal to start Sylverana Academy, a boys' primary school affiliated with the Methodist Church in Jasper County, Mississippi. During his year at Sylverana, Hardy read law, and when he departed Jasper County in 1856 for Raleigh, Mississippi, he was able to easily pass the bar. In 1858 and opened his own law practice. In 1859 he met and in 1860 was married to Sallie Ann Johnson with whom had six children (Mattie, Willie, Ellen, Elizabeth, Thomas, and Jefferson Davis) before her death in 1872. [ [http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m380.htm M380 Hardy (William H. and Sallie J.) Papers ] ]
Civil War Service
In 1861, Hardy joined Company H of the 16th Mississippi and served under General Stonewall Jackson; a gastric ulcer necessitated his discharge and return to Raleigh in 1865. [No Compromise With Principle]
The New Orleans and Northeastern and Alabama Southern Railroads
In 1868 Hardy became involved in a plan to build a railroad from Meridian to New Orleans: the
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad. He later became General Counsel for the company, although his legacy with that road centers on two things in particular: Hardy's engineering work to construct the bridge spanning Lake Ponchartrain and his efforts to secure funding once the road went into receivership during the economic Panic of 1873.
In 1870, Hardy worked sporadically with his brother-in-law and board of directors member, Milton Lott, on the narrow-gauge Alabama Southern Railroad. Hardy's work there ended in much the same way as his involvement in the NO&NE, he eventually secured partial funding from the British banking house of May before departing the road and ending his official involvement in 1873. [9, 13 May 1868 and 17, 25 August 1870 letters to Sallie Johnson Hardy. McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi]
Hardy's increasing involvement in the day to day operations of the NO&NE, eventually as that road's General Counsel, necessitated a move to Meridian in 1873. While on a business trip to Mobile, he met Hattie Lott; they married in 1874. Hattie moved to Meridian soon after; she had three children (Lena Mai, Lamar, and Toney) with Hardy before her death in 1895.
Early Involvement with the Gulf and Ship Island
The coup Hardy achieved in overseeing completion of the Ponchartrain Bridge and securing funding to complete the NO&NE brought a measure of regional fame; railroad men (and those who wanted to be) throughout the Magnolia State courted him for their boards of directors. In 1880 Hardy joined longtime railroad financiers and fellow Confederate veterans William Falkner and Wirt Adams to revive and revise the lapsed charter for the narrow gauge
Ship Island, Ripley, and Kentucky Railroad. With Fallkner's support, Hardy accepted the presidency of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroadin 1887, pending revision of that road's line to "some point on the Gulf of Mexico," and its change to standard gauge. An apocryphal tale says that while involved in surveys for the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad, Hardy came up with the idea of a north-south railroad from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico to Jackson, Tennessee. While Hardy did not devise the entire line on his own, he did make several important changes to the lay of the line: he changed the terminus and route to cross his NO&NE at a point he named "Hattiesburg," in honor of his wife. Hardy determined Mississippi City, Mississippi, was too far east of the natural deep-water harbor protected by Ship Island and proposed a new city at the revised terminus, Gulfport, Mississippi. [William Harris Hardy Papers, University of Southern Mississippi]
Throughout his long involvement with the Gulf and Ship Island, Hardy lobbied investors and financiers throughout the north, west, and Europe to bring their capital to his project; eventually, the reality of Reconstruction economics got the best of him. Hardy's questionable use of the state's convicts, under the lease of Jones S. Hamilton, brought his first dose of bad press; a state commission tasked with investigation of the convict lease system revoked the company's lease in 1888. Also in that year, two of the road's most vocal supporters (William Falkner and Jones Hamilton) were involved in politically-motivated assassinations. The final blow came with a financial collapse; Hardy's efforts to secure fianancing could not counter a wholesale panic, and the Gulf and Ship Island went into receivership in 1896. [William Harris Hardy Papers, University of Southern Mississippi]
Public Service
Although the road changed hands to
Joseph T. Jones, Hardy remained involved as a board member until 1899; his election to the Mississippi State Legislature in 1895 kept him in Jackson enough to make involvement with the railroad less possible. While in Jackson, Hardy met and married his third wife, Ida V. May, with whom he had three children, William H., Jr., Hamilton Lee, and James Hutchins, before his death in 1917. In 1905, he served as circuit court judge for the second district (covering south-central Mississippi); when the district split in 1906, he remained as judge for the newly-created coastal district until his semi-retirement in 1909. For the next eight years, Hardy maintained law offices in Gulfport, Mississippi with his son Toney.
Hardy died of a heart attack at his home in
Gulfport, Mississippion 17 February 1917.
William Harris Hardy is memorialised in at least two Mississippi sites: prior to Hurricane
Katrina, a 1929 bronze bust stood to the southwest of the Gulfport Public Librarybuilding; a state historical marker in Hattiesburg mentions his involvement in creating that city. As late as 2002 a marble bust and life-size portrait stood in the Gulfport Courthouse. He founded and named three Mississippi cities: Gulfport, Hattiesburg, and Laurel. In his capacity as railroad president, he was involved in platting all three of the cities he named; roads in each are named for members of his family: Hardy Street (that city's main East-West artery), Toney Lane, and Mattie Street in Hattiesburg, and Toney Drive in Laurel.
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Not too sure if that gets any of my true personality across. These things can be so filtered, and yet so difficult to write. If you want to know anything else, get in touch! In the world of startup ideas, we have this concept of failing fast. You can sit and theorise all you want, but often if you don't give it a go you don't know if it will work, and sometimes the fits you think are unlikely turn out the best... And then if it doesn't work at least you walk away quickly! So let's not mull over this too much. If you like my profile or are on the fence, hit me up and we could go for a quick drink and hit it off... or fail fast!
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This course gives an overview of working with Acquia Cloud and covers suggested development practices while working with Acquia Cloud. This workshop is for Developers with no prior experience of version control who want to use Acquia hosting. However it would be useful for engineering managers and technical project managers who wear multiple hats.
This course is for someone who knows how to put together a Drupal site, but doesn't yet have the experience of working with version control and multiple environments; including automation, testing, copying data from various environments.
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ModOptionsAPI 0.7 Released
Well, here it is, the most useful update MOAPI has had in a few months.
I've finally decided to add the all-important key binding options and text input fields, something it was lacking sorely before. I postponed these features to flesh out NatureOverhaul and Survival Craft.
Now they are out I can imagine more developers choosing to develop with ModOptionsAPI rather than other solutions. Which would be nice, as I want to see something I have created put to the test in the wild. Something other than a website or web app anyway.
As for the future, version 0.8 of MOAPI will not be backwards compatible. I will be restructuring aspects simply because it was my first API and I didn't do a great job of it. By my standards at least. I mixed up supporting libraries with the API, I used too-long names, and used Strings to pass information too much when a perfectly good object which *contained* that very string was already present, and more useful, amongst other mistakes. There is also the matter of the secret aspect of 0.8 that I've vaguely referenced in the past.
I will also be adding IDs to options in order to abstract the name from the storage mechanisms a little more. It only makes sense, and I originally shot it down because I felt it could be added later, and it can.
Expect good things from 0.8, which may be here in a week or a month, I can't say.


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A stylish re-issue of the atmospheric graphic-novel adaptation of the Number 1 bestseller Raven's Gate, from the creator of Alex Rider.
Sent to Yorkshire on a rehabilitation programme, Matt finds himself in the midst of a conspiracy of witchcraft and murder. The Old Ones - monstrous godlike beings once banished from our world - are trying to return. Matt is about to discover that he alone stands between the forces of evil and the annihilation of humanity Featuring striking, high-contrast black-and-white art, this distinctive graphic novel captures the brooding atmosphere of the bestselling book.
About the Author
Anthony Horowitz is one of the most popular contemporary children's writers, and his Alex Rider series is enjoyed by millions of readers worldwide. He is also the author of the highly acclaimed Diamond Brothers detective stories, as well as the bestselling The Power of Five books. Anthony has won many major awards, including the Bookseller Association/Nielsen Author of the Year Award, the Children's Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards and the Red House Children's Book Award. He also writes extensively for TV, with programmes including Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders and most recently Collision.
A fantastic adaptation that fans of Anthony Horowitz will devour with joy, and horror! * Empire of Books * A thoroughly enjoyable rollercoaster of a read. * Writing from the Tub * Fans of Horowitz will enjoy re-reading the novel in graphic novel form but it's also worth coaxing reluctant readers to the graphic novel version as well. Very accessible and full of imagery. * LoveReading4Kids * This novel is a brilliant example of expert story telling mixed with some stunning graphics and I would recommend both this and the original novel to anyone. * Magic of Reading *
Series: Power of Five
Audience: Teenager / Young Adult
For Ages: 12+ years old
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 176
Published: 1st June 2013
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 24.7 x 17.2 x 1.4
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Little Blog meet Baby Jack.
Little Jack is my kindred baby spirit. And he belongs to fellow Fitfluential Ambassador Sarah (aka Run Far Girl). And I have been virtually following his medical misadventures for the past few months. (<--- Jack I can totally relate)
Jack was born a completely healthy and normal baby in every aspect except for one: he has a skin abnormality on his back called a giant melanocytic nevus, it sounds scary (and it kind of is) but it is basically a large congenital mole. The condition itself is rare. Though they can be different sizes, a giant one like Jack's is extremely rare: one in 500,000 births. It happens in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy and is caused by a defect in embryological development. It is not hereditary and there is no known prevention. The major risk factors of a congenital nevus are increased risk of melanoma, a potentially deadly skin cancer. So Baby Jack has had to undergo several surgeries and tissue expansion procedures to remove and heal the affected area.
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Early voting could be the solution President Obama needs to gain an edge on an opponent quickly closing the gap.
After Mitt Romney's strong debate performance last week, several polls both nationwide and in critical swing states showed the GOP challenger closing a gap that looked like it might become insurmountable. That could be changing as a court decision in Ohio will allow early voting that is believed to be a boost to Obama's chances.
As The Associated Press reported, a federal appeals court on Friday reinstated in-person early voting in Ohio for the final three days before the November 6 election. A previous state law had ended early voting on the Friday evening before a Tuesday election, but the extra three days are believed to be a boost to Obama's chances.
In 2008, early voting, which is allowed in 34 states and the District of Columbia, went heavily toward Obama. Close to 30 percent of all voting, or about 1.7 million ballots, came before Election Day that year.
"As a result of this decision, every voter, including military, veterans, and overseas voters alongside all Ohioans, will have the same opportunity to vote early through the weekend and Monday before the election," said Bob Bauer, general counsel for Obama for America.
Early voting is seen as a defense against Mitt Romney's growing momentum in the race. Though most pollsters concede that they expected the race to tighten in the final weeks, Romney's gains since last Wednesday were sharper than expected.
A poll conducted by Reuters/Ipsos found that Obama's lead is down to two percentage points as he leads Mitt Romney among likely voters 47 percent to 45 percent. This is down from a six point lead going into the debate.
"Romney's performance in the debate I think has improved his share of the vote for now … It's a significant change from where we were a couple of weeks ago," said Ipsos pollster Julia Clark.
But Clark said that Romney's gains seem to have a limit, and, if the debate were a true game-changer, he would have to have overtaken Obama in the polls. With early voting moving ahead in Ohio and other critical states including Virginia, many believe Romney still has a steep hill to climb.


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December 20, 2002
Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall, 210 West 6th Street
Occurred on 12-20-02 at 1:10 a.m.
Criminal Trespass: A non-UT subject was found sleeping in the bushes on the northeast side of the building in the plaza area. Subject was issued a written criminal trespass warning.
Jesse H. Jones Communication Center, Building. B, 2504B Whitis Avenue
Occurred on 12-18-02 between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Theft: A purse was placed in the bottom drawer of a desk that was located in a first floor office. The drawer could not be locked. The owner left the office to attend a Christmas party. The inner office door and the front door was locked. When the owner returned, the inner office door was found unlocked and open. The purse had contained $66.00 cash of which $35.00 was stolen.
San Jacinto Residence Hall, 309 East 21st Street
Occurred between 12-18-02 at 4:30 p.m. and 12-19-02 at 9:30 a.m.
Theft: An electric Lithonia acrylic exit sign that was mounted outside of stairwell 0402SW was stolen. The sign was mounted in the ceiling with two screws. Two live electrical wires were the only thing that was left to indicate where the sign had been. Loss value: $200.00.
Union Building, #4 West Mall
Occurred on 12-19-02 at 1:55 p.m.
Criminal Trespass: Two non-UT subjects were found on the third floor in an area that is reserved for faculty, staff and students. One subject was found to have already received a prior criminal trespass warning. The second subject was issued a written criminal trespass warning.


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17 September 2008
The Board of The City of London Investment Trust plc ('the Company') announces that it has sent to shareholders the annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 2008 which includes the Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Thursday 16 October 2008 at 3.00pm at 4 Broadgate, London EC2M 2DA.
Copies of the annual report and accounts which, includes the Notice of Annual General Meeting, and forms of proxy have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and are available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility:
Document Disclosure Department
Financial Services Authority
25 The North ColonnadeCanary Wharf
London E14 5HS
Tel: 020 7066 1000
The annual report and accounts, including the Notice of the Annual General Meeting, is available for download from the Company's website:
The Notice includes a special resolution to approve the adoption by the Company of new Articles of Association, amended to incorporate changes brought about by the Companies Act 2006.
The new Articles of Association are available to the public for inspection at the Company's registered office, 4 Broadgate, London, EC2M 2DA until the close of the Annual General Meeting. A summary of the principal changes to the Articles of Association is set out below. Summary of the amendments to the Company's Articles of Association
The Companies Act 2006 (the "2006 Act"), which is replacing the Companies Act 1985 (the "1985 Act") is being implemented in stages and will be fully in force by 1 October 2009. Under Resolution 11, the Company is adopting new Articles of Association (the "Articles") which will reflect the changes in company law brought about by the 2006 Act which are already in force or which are to come into effect on 1 October 2008, as well as some minor technical or clarifying changes. Set out below is a summary of the principal changes.
1. Transfer of shares (Articles 31 to 33)
Under the 2006 Act, a company must either register a transfer or give the transferee notice of, and reasons for, its refusal to register the transfer. Any registration of a transfer or notice of refusal must be made or given as soon as practicable and in any event within two months from the date that the transfer is lodged with the company. The new Articles reflect these requirements. The Company cannot in any event refuse to transfer a fully paid share except in very limited circumstances (such as a transfer to more than four persons).
2. Disclosure of interests (Article 70)
The provisions relating to the disclosure of interests in shares contained in the 1985 Act, including section 212 on company investigation powers, were repealed in January 2007. Section 793 and related sections in Part 22 of the 2006 Act, which contain the corresponding company investigation powers previously contained in section 212, were brought into force simultaneously. Article 70 reflects the replacement of section 212 of the 1985 Act with section 793 of the 2006 Act.
3. Notice of general meetings (Article 47.1 and 50.1)
The provisions in the new Articles dealing with the convening of general meetings and the length of notice required to convene general meetings are in line with the relevant provisions of the 2006 Act. In particular, a general meeting (other than the annual general meeting) to consider a special resolution can be convened on 14 days' notice whereas previously 21 days' notice was required. The amendment to Article 50.1 deals with situations where, because of a postal strike or similar situation beyond the control of the Company, a notice of meeting is not received by a shareholder. The amendment will ensure that such failure does not invalidate proceedings at the meeting in question.
4. Quorum (Article 51)
Article 51 has been amended to make it clear that persons who are proxies for the same member or representatives of the same body corporate can constitute a quorum.
5. Attending and speaking at meetings (Article 54)
Article 54 of the new Articles now provides that the chairman of the meeting may permit non-members or persons who are not entitled to exercise the rights of members to attend and, at the chairman's discretion, speak at a general meeting.
6. Polls (Article 57)
Article 57 has been amended to clarify that a poll may be demanded before a show of hands, as well as immediately after the result of a show of hands, and to give the directors the right to demand a poll as well as the Chairman of the meeting.
7. Votes of members, proxies and corporate representatives (Articles 51, 66 and 75)
Under the 2006 Act, proxies are entitled to vote on a show of hands as well as on a poll, and members may appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of their rights to attend, speak and vote at meetings. Multiple proxies may be appointed provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different share or shares. The new Articles reflect these new proxy rights. The 2006 Act also provides for multiple corporate representatives to be appointed and the Articles therefore refer to the right to appoint multiple corporate representatives.
8. Receipt of appointments of proxy and termination of proxy authority (Article 80)
Article 80 provides that proxies for a poll to be taken after the date of a meeting or adjourned meeting must be received not less than 24 hours, or such shorter time as the directors may determine, before the time of the poll. The deadlines for receipt of termination of proxy authority have been brought into line with the deadlines for receipt of proxies.
9. Directors' appointments, interests and conflicts of interest (Articles 111 and 112)
The 2006 Act sets out directors' general duties which largely codify the existing law but with some changes. Under the 2006 Act, from 1 October 2008 a director has a statutory duty to avoid a situation where he has, or can have, a direct or indirect interest that conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the Company's interests. The requirement is very broad and could apply, for example, if a director becomes a director of another company or a trustee of another organisation. The 2006 Act allows directors of public companies to authorise conflicts and potential conflicts where appropriate, if the articles of association contain a provision to this effect. The 2006 Act also allows the articles to contain other provisions for dealing with directors' conflicts of interest to avoid a breach of duty. Article 111, which is the provision for dealing with conflicts in our current articles, allowing directors to be interested in transactions and to be an officer of or employed by or interested in a body corporate in which the Company is interested, has been amended so that it confirms that such interests, offices or employment will not infringe the conflicts duty as codified in the 2006 Act. New Article 112 gives the directors authority to approve conflict situations including other directorships held by the Company's directors and include other provisions to allow conflicts of interest to be dealt with in a similar way to the current position.
There are safeguards that will apply when directors decide whether to authorise a conflict or potential conflict. First, only directors who have no interest in the matter being considered will be able to take the relevant decision, and secondly, in taking the decision the directors must act in a way they consider, in good faith, will be most likely to promote the Company's success. The directors will be able to impose limits or conditions when giving authorisation if they think this is appropriate.
The proposed new Article 112 also contains provisions relating to confidential information, attendance at Board meetings and availability of Board papers to protect a director from being in breach of duty if a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest arises. These provisions will only apply where the position giving rise to the potential conflict has previously been authorised by the directors. It is the Board's intention to report annually on the Company's procedures for ensuring that the Board's powers of authorisation of conflicts are operated effectively and that the procedures have been followed.
10. Quorum (Article 117)
The proposed amendment to Article 117, which deals with the quorum requirement for Board meetings, clarifies that a director cannot count in the quorum for a matter or resolution on which he is not entitled to vote but he may count in the quorum for the other matters or resolutions to be considered or voted on at the meeting.
11. Permitted interests and voting (Article 123)
The provisions which previously deemed certain interests of a director's connected persons to be the interests of that director for the purposes of this article have been deleted. There is no requirement in the 2006 Act to include such a provision and the 2006 Act contains a much wider definition of "connected person" of a director. The director and the Company must still take a view each time a matter is being considered as to whether the interests of the director's connected persons mean that the director should be treated as interested for the purposes of this article.
12. Notices and other communications (Articles 79, 147, 155 and 156)
The 2006 Act enables companies to communicate with their members by electronic communication to a greater extent than previously permitted. Article 147 will provide the Company with a general power to send or supply any notice, document or information to any member by a variety of methods - in person, by post or in electronic form (such as by email), or by making it available on the Company's website. In addition to any notice, document or information which is specifically required to be sent or supplied under the 2006 Act, the Company will also be able to send any other document or information to members using this variety of methods. Article 79 allows proxies to be sent or supplied in electronic form and, where the Company gives an electronic address in a form of proxy, shareholders may send the appointment of proxy to that electronic address, subject to any conditions or limitations specified in the relevant notice of meeting.
The Company may ask each member for his or her consent to receive communications from the Company via its website. If the member does not respond to the request for consent within 28 days, the Company may take that as consent by the member to receive communications in this way. If the Company sends or supplies any notice, document or information to members by making it available on the Company's website, it must notify each member who has consented (or is deemed to have consented) to receive documents via the website, either by post or by email (if the member has specifically agreed to receive communications in electronic form), that the notice, document or information has been placed on the website. A member who has consented or is deemed to have consented to receive communications via the website can request a hard copy of any document at any time. Members can also revoke their consent to receive electronic communications at any time. In relation to joint holders of shares, Article 147.3 provides that the agreement of the first-named holder on the register of members to accept notices, documents or information electronically or via a website shall be binding on the other joint holders. Article 147.4 permits the Company not to send or supply any notice, document or information to a member whose registered address is not in the United Kingdom unless that member gives a non-electronic address in the United Kingdom.
Articles 147.5 and 147.6 cater for situations where the provision of corporate information in electronic form or via a website may amount to a breach of securities laws of another jurisdiction. The Company may send hard copies if it needs to restrict the circulation of information in certain circumstances, such as for US securities law reasons.
Article 155 deals with notices, documents or information sent by the Company to a member which have been returned undelivered on three consecutive occasions. The member will only be entitled to be sent further communications upon provision of a new postal or electronic address to the Company.
Article 156 is included to deal with the validation of documents in electronic form by members where required by the Articles. In the case of notices of meetings or proxies, any validation requirements must be specified in the notice.
13. The seal (Article 128)
Article 128 provides that instruments (other than share certificates) to which the seal is affixed shall be signed by two authorised persons or by a director in the presence of a witness, whereas previously the requirement was for signature by either the director and secretary or two directors.
For further information please contact:
Deborah Trickett
For and on behalf of Henderson Secretarial Services Limited
Secretary to The City of London Investment Trust plc
Tel: 020 7818 6816
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Uma Thurman has reportedly split from hotelier boyfriend Andre Balazs, days after rumours that the two were planning a wedding in the Caribbean.
Uma Thurman and her longtime boyfriend Andre Balazs have split. The on-off couple ended their three-year romance less than a week after tabloid reports had the couple planning a summer wedding in the Caribbean.
"I confirm that they are no longer a couple," Thurman's New York-based publicist Robert Garlock confirmed Monday March 19th, while revealing further that that is all the couple wants to share with the public.
Thurman 36, and Balazs, 50 began dating in 2003, but have split up twice. The actress previously married to actor Ethan Hawke for six years, before then split in 2003. They have two children Maya Ray and Levon Roan.
As of Balazs, he is the owner of some of the world's premier hotels, including New York's Mercer and the Chateau Marmont and the Standard, in Los Angeles. He was previously married to model Katherine Ford.


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