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The national minimum wage (subscription required) increase for 2010/2011 comes into effect from today (Friday 1 October 2010). In addition to the increases to the national minimum wage adult rate, the "youth development rate" and the "youth rate", a new apprentice rate is introduced for the first time, and the adult rate of the national minimum wage is extended to cover 21 year-old workers (it was previously paid to workers aged 22 and over).
National minimum wage rates for 2010/2011
Here are the full details of the national minimum wage rates for 2010/2011, which will be effective from today (Friday 1 October 2010) until Friday 30 September 2011:
- The national minimum wage adult rate now stands at £5.93 per hour, an increase of 2.2% from its previous level (£5.80 per hour).
- The national minimum wage "youth development rate" (for workers aged 18 to 20) has risen from £4.83 per hour to stand at £4.92 per hour for 2010/2011 (an increase of 1.8%). This increase was based on projected rises in consumer prices index (CPI) inflation, as recommended by the Low Pay Commission (LPC) in its 2010 report.
- The national minimum wage youth rate (for workers aged 16 and 17) has risen from £3.57 per hour to £3.64 per hour (an increase of 1.9%). This increase is also based on CPI forecasts;
- An apprentice minimum wage rate of £2.50 per hour has been introduced. The Low Pay Commission's (LPC) 2010 report recommended that the apprentice rate be "applied as a single rate to those apprentices currently exempt from the national minimum wage. That is all those under the age of 19 and those aged 19 and over in the first 12 months of their apprenticeship. The wage should cover both those employed on traditional contracts of apprenticeship and employed apprentices on government-supported Level 2 and 3 schemes."
Impact of the 2010/2011 national minimum wage uprating
The Government has published a detailed assessment of the expected impact on employers (PDF format, 400.7K) (in terms of costs) of the 2010/2011 national minimum wage increase. This is as follows:
The impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies of the increases in the national minimum wage rates is estimated to be £0 million cost. This is because the national minimum wage is not rising faster than average earnings (excluding bonuses) in October 2010. The national minimum wage is now part of employment practices and implementation costs of administering the proposed increase will be minimal. We estimate, however, that the costs to business, charities or voluntary bodies of moving 21 year olds to the adult rate will be around £47.2 million.
The impact on the public sector of the increases in the national minimum wage rates is estimated to be £0 million cost for the reasons set out above. We estimate that around 1.6% of 21 year olds are employed in the public sector and that the costs to the public sector will therefore be around £0.8 million.
As the October 2010 economic commentary from XpertHR Salary Surveys notes, it is is quite possible that the 2.2% national minimum wage uprating for 2010/2011 will provide a much-needed boost to whole economy pay awards in the closing months of 2010.


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You don't need to be in Berlin to take a swipe at Gordon Brown's economic record. Members of the monetary policy committee have started to put the boot in too. Andrew Sentance, one of the MPC's external members, recently gave a thought provoking speech demolishing the idea of a "bust without a boom".
While we may not have seen a classic inflationary boom-bust cycle on the 1970s-1990s model, it would equally be wrong to deny that the current bust was preceded by a boom of some sort….We are now appreciating that the earlier years of this decade saw an expansion of various forms of financial market activity which have subsequently proved unsustainable.


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Only two Australians made the list of most memorable movie characters of all time released at the weekend, and neither of them was Crocodile Dundee.
Olivia Newton-John, as Sandy Olsson the virgin-turned-vamp in Grease, came in at No. 89 in the list of 100 greatest movie characters compiled by 16 American movie scholars for Premiere magazine.
The other Australian on the list is Max Rockatansky, as played by Mel Gibson in Mad Max. George Miller's loner hero, seeking revenge in a post-nuclear outback, was voted No. 78.
A third Australian actor, Errol Flynn, played No. 16 - Sir Robin of Locksley in The Adventures of Robin Hood.
Top honours went to Don Vito Corleone, as played by Marlon Brando in The Godfather. He also played Nos. 69 (Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront) and 85 (Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire).
The top female characters were Scarlett O'Hara (3) played by Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind; Annie Hall (6), played by Diane Keaton in Annie Hall; and Ellen Ripley (8), played by Sigourney Weaver in Alien.
Explaining the selection process, Premiere said the panel
were "giving priority to people who never were - but who are always with us as movie lovers".
Johnny Depp played Edward Scissorhands (65) and Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean (87). Jack Sparrow is the most recent choice, along with Gollum, played by Andy Serkis, from The Lord of the Rings movies, who reached No. 10. All the other characters are from movies made last century.
Humphrey Bogart played three: Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (2), Rick Blaine in Casablanca (19) and Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (80).
Other triple scoring actors were Dustin Hoffman, (Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy, Michael Dorsey/ Dorothy Michaels in Tootsie and Raymond Babbitt in Rain Man; Peter Sellers (Dr Strangelove, Chance in Being There, Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther); and Jack Nicholson (Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Jake Gittes in Chinatown, and Jack Torrance in The Shining).
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New York -- Federico Fellini, whose movie "8 1/2" won this year's Best Foreign Film Oscar and his wife, actress Giulietta Masina, lend their fine Italian hands to a Graumann's Chinese Theater-style "hands in concrete" ceremony at the New York World's Fair Hollywood Pavilion. Assisting are members of the George Murphy Associates firm. Pictured are Fellini, Norma Yost, Mrs. Fellini, and Lee Savin. (1964)
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You mean Fellini was at the World's Fair, not 10 miles from my home, and my parents left me home and didn't take me to meet the maestro? My folks are going to hear about this!
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I've been thinking about Giulietta Masina all day today.
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Church asks to rent Gateway Middle School for Sunday services
Sunday church services at Gateway Middle School could generate revenue for the district, while some officials said it could set an improper precedent.
Representatives of Harvest Bible Chapel, Pittsburgh East, requested to rent a district facility for Sunday services. The initial request was for Ramsey Elementary, but the school board decided this week that Gateway Middle School is a better option. Narrow streets, limited parking and a neighborhood near Ramsey might cause concern for the Monroeville Zoning Board, officials said.
The services would generate about $40,000 for the district per year, officials said.
There is no policy that prohibits a church group from renting a district facility, though some school directors expressed concern with setting a precedent.
"I think we may be opening up something that we may lose control of later," said school director Jan Rawson. "I think you're going to find you're going to have other religious groups wanting to come in, and you're not going to be able to turn them down."
Gateway solicitor Bruce Dice agreed with Rawson's assessment.
"There's no question if you do it for one you're going to do it for everyone."
But it's not as if a religious group would get preference over a school function, said school board President Steve O'Donnell.
According to the rental policy, school activities have first priority and applicants are required to pay for additional custodial or food services.
Officials were directed by the board to offer the church a three-month trial at Gateway Middle School to ensure it doesn't create a conflict with local sporting events and recreation.
The request would require approval from the municipal zoning board, officials said.
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Comments about PBS The First Measured Century DVD:
For a social scientist, specialized in statistical analysis, this DVD is very soothing to the mind: finally, recognition that what we do DOES matter, actually has an IMPACT, and is not just useless data and junk paper filling shelves...
The format limits the scope, of course, but I felt the documentation implied by the title could have been expanded many times, to do justice to the full breadth of the 'revolution' that took place during that century. Reflective minds will get the point, although some might be frustrated by the fact that so many fields of application have not been mentioned... Over-all, this DVD is worth every single penny it cost to buy and make.
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This is a great video for an AP US history class-- the stuff on Scientific racism is well done, and simply not fund anywhere else,=. The stuff on polling is just what's needed for a government class, the the concept of the program is unique!
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I was introduced to this documentary in 2002.
It is truly enlightening to all who consider advocating for any reason.
It will be instrumental for students from primary to college.
The culture, history, trends and the reporting media discussed answers the "why(s)" for the viewers. What makes this so well done is the way it answers, with stats and other data, CRITICAL questions about the responses during specific events in history. It also creates a base for constructive questions to answer today. It also provides material for credible discussion.
My favorite was data used for health and human resources. This documentary expresses the good, bad and the indifferent responses to pressing historical issues.
Thank you.
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ANDREW Laidlaw is excited the day we meet at Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens. In his hand is a cutting of a justicia, a pretty flowering shrub that he has just discovered on his rounds as the gardens' landscape architect.
''The beauty of these gardens is that you suddenly come across something that's been around for years,'' he says. ''This is fantastic and doing really well in dry shade, and would probably have been used in many old gardens.''
Laidlaw has the task of honouring the design concept of William Guilfoyle, the second director of the gardens and the man who laid out the picturesque landscape in South Yarra that is the jewel in Melbourne's horticultural crown.
Guilfoyle would have been thrilled with Laidlaw's enthusiasm for the gardens given his own determination to create something special after what many saw as a disappointing attempt by the gardens' first director, Baron Ferdinand von Mueller.
Next month is the centenary of Guilfoyle's death and, to celebrate his contribution to Melbourne's botanic landscape, devotees have organised a series of commemorative walks around the gardens to showcase Guilfoyle's design vision.
According to Laidlaw, the gardens were a mess under von Mueller's stewardship. The first state botanist, he had amassed a superb plant collection but things were not going according to plan from either a design perspective or the maintenance of the fledging gardens. Evidently he spent too much time away collecting indigenous specimens for the gardens (Guilfoyle hated them and pulled most of them out), leaving him little time on site.
Disappointed with von Mueller, the search was on to find another person to come up with a design that was less scientific and more grand and ornamental as befitted a botanical showpiece.
''His father Michael was a well-respected nurseryman in Sydney and William was involved in the business. I don't think he'd ever designed any gardens though, but he was offered the job in 1873 and was given a clear agenda to design these gardens so Melburnians could enjoy them.''
He says the challenge would have been daunting trying to resurrect the garden, let alone turn it on its head. ''It's much harder than having a clean canvas. It's amazing what he did and while he started in 1873 he didn't finish until 1908.
''From a landscape design point of view, he only drew up a couple of plans and there's no other detail, whereas I'd spend hours and hours on the planting details alone. He must have worked it out in his head and then designed the gardens on the ground.''
Walking around the vast expanse of gardens it seems inconceivable that someone could come up with such a sweeping panorama with only limited plans to work from.
But the proof is there from the Oak Lawn with its park-like European landscape of stately deciduous trees - displaying spectacular autumn foliage - to Princes Lawn, the Rose Pavilion bandstand, the use of water in his design, the fern gully, Taxodium Lawn and the meandering paths, hidden vistas and vast floral collections.
Laidlaw says there are some elements that he doesn't appreciate, but overall he admires his predecessor's skilful design.
''I can only speak as another landscape designer who's kind of trying to walk in Guilfoyle's shoes but I think I understand his design skills. This relationship with mass and void - the void being the grass and the water and mass the plant material - there's a lovely balance.
''No one element is more important than any other. Under von Mueller, it was the trees and plant collections and everything else played second fiddle but Guilfoyle's design was all about balance.''
While not a landscape designer, Guilfoyle took his inspiration from his experience as a nurseryman, a trip overseas and articles and images from English magazines.
''He had seen in magazines a lot of 'Brownian' [English landscape designer Capability Brown] landscapes so he mimicked the meandering paths, central lake, vistas of green with tree masses.''
As his fame grew, Guilfoyle became involved in designing many regional Victorian botanic gardens and private homesteads in the western district, which occasionally open to the public. One of his triumphs was the volcano. A revolutionary design, it was built in 1875 at the highest point of the gardens. Part folly, part reservoir it was used to harvest water and operated for about 12 years but then resumed life as a landscape feature. The second coming of Guilfoyle's vision was opened in March 2010. It is now operational with mass plantings of succulents around it creating a lava-flow effect.
Despite the changes at the gardens, Guilfoyle's original vision remains. Daffodils have been replanted on the Oak Lawn, which would horrify von Mueller, who criticised Guilfoyle for his ''taste for growing daffodils for the dandies''.
■The walks will be held from 10.30 to noon, June 19 and 28; July 8 and 22; August 4.


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Aikenites of Scottish descent celebrated their heritage and observed Tartan Day on April 5 at the Curiosity Shop.
"A lot of Scots settled in the mountains of North Carolina and in South Carolina," said Sue Ellis, of the St. Andrews Society of Aiken.
National Tartan Day is April 6, and it commemorates the 1320 signing of the Declaration of Arbroath, which asserted Scotland's claim for sovereignty from England and later would influence the United States' Declaration of Independence, according to the National Tartan Day Web site, www.tartanday.org.
It was recognized by the U.S. Senate in 1997.
Members of the St. Andrews Society played bagpipes and performed Scottish dances in front of the shop.
There were Scottish foods for sampling, including shortbread cookies, fruitcakes and Scottish eggs. People could learn about the different types of tartan patterns.
Star Lakavage, another member of the St. Andrews Society, said Scottish influences can be felt in the South, especially in the traditions of those living in the Appalachian region.
"There are strong ties to the Appalachians and Scotland," she said.
Clogging and bluegrass music have been influenced by Scottish ancestors, she said.
Tartan Day events culminated that night with a concert by Colin Grant Adams, a Scottish balladeer, at the Aiken County Historical Museum.
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So what is happening at Gai Waterhouse's joint? For the third Saturday in a row the premier stable failed to produce a winner on a Sydney track. Is this a record?
And to think Waterhouse is off on her annual holiday. But don't worry, there's work involved. Waterhouse is to further study the techniques of horse whisperer Monty Roberts. She is taking a couple of staff with her.
Might the losing streak have anything to do with Waterhouse wanting the record-breaking Darren Beadman for the No.1 riding job at Tulloch Lodge? Talk about wanting the lot.
But don't worry, Zac Purton is on the way. Glen Boss also has been sounded out. Waterhouse wants a meeting with Boss, who has been through the Tulloch Lodge mill but gave the grind away earlier this year.
It wasn't all that bad a decision. It allowed Boss to dedicate himself to winning a Melbourne Cup. He completed the task last month and is now recuperating from a wrist injury. The mail is Waterhouse has been in touch with him.
So, too, with Beadman, who was just about floored by the offer. Rarely does the premier jockey ride for the mighty stable. Beadman met Waterhouse again last Thursday and declined an enticing offer.
We know it was for a second time, for the son of a rails bookmaker - not Tom Waterhouse - saw Gai and husband Robbie and Beadman and wife Kim out for dinner in a Leichhardt restaurant a couple of Tuesdays ago. It's long odds they were reviewing the Seabiscuit movie. Maybe they were talking about Gary Stevens's role in the movie. The leading US jockey might be the man for Tulloch Lodge. Just kidding.
What about Kerrin McEvoy leaving Melbourne and taking up residence at Tulloch Lodge? What for? What's going on with the riders at Tulloch Lodge?
The mail is Waterhouse was happy to share Beadman with cross-town rival John Hawkes. Beadman rides trackwork for Hawkes on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and remains on call for the other days.
Apparently, Waterhouse just wanted Beadman to turn up at Randwick when available and he could have had the pick of the team on race days. Strange, considering she demands a bevy of jockeys turns up six days a week. No work, no rides.
The list is big. Most names command respect. Jim Cassidy and Chris Munce head the line-up. There's also Danny Beasley, Lenny Beasley, Mark Newnham and others. Larry Cassidy is now picking up rides.
But you have to front up for work. Treat them mean to keep them keen. Trackwork, jump-outs, barrier practice on old horses and young ones. Put in or push off. Loyalty is rewarded.
Well, maybe not. How do you reckon Munce must have felt when the Beadman bid surfaced in last Wednesday's Herald? Munce has been putting in at Waterhouse's lodge for about eight years. He has watched rival jocks come and go. He has been rewarded for sticking solid.
The Munster has a better strike rate for Waterhouse than any other senior jockey. Munce has the best return on a dollar investment and has ridden more black-type winners for the trainer than anyone else.
Sure, Munce has spent extra time on the sidelines because of unwanted suspensions this year but last season was pretty good. In fact, it was his best.
From August 1, 2002 until July 31 this year, Munce rode six group 1 winners for the season. Beadman beat him on a countback for top honours - he'd ridden more seconds - but Munce did the job for four different trainers, while Beadman did it for one. Beadman achieved it on two horses; Munce on six.
But Beadman carved up rivals in the Sydney premiership. He had a record season of 141 winners. He was just too good, but so was Waterhouse. They were on fire.
Waterhouse led in 156 winners on metropolitan tracks last season. It equalled the record set by her father, Tommy Smith, in 1975-76. She didn't need Beadman, so why now?
Waterhouse forewarned the Tulloch Lodge team changes would take place this season. Strange, when you consider the past one was a record breaker. Another blackout at the Melbourne spring carnival for the trainer couldn't have anything to do with it. Surely not?
Maybe it is all about attaining perfection. Who knows?
One thing is certain, Beadman, Corey Brown and Rod Quinn are contentedly committed to Hawkes's Woodlands Stud operation. He keeps them fresh and keen.
Perhaps Waterhouse is looking to do the same. Lock in two stable riders and cut back the six-day trackwork routine to two, as Hawkes does. Could it happen?
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Anyone examining the benefits of out sourcing must come to an inevitable conclusion. Every company's entire accountancy function should be outsourced, preferably to practitioners in America and India.
The big beneift is cost. However, just as importantly, unlike many UK based accountants, overseas practitioners feel no obligation to act primarily on behalf of HMRC. Indeed many win clients by emphasising their ability to minimise UK tax using legal methods.
Speaking to overseas accountants is such a refreshing exercise. They're quite clearly on your side. At a time of severe recession, this is precisely what we need.
Too many UK accountants have had a culture of developing cosy relationships with HMRC to make things easier for themselves. Others have a bizarre sense of morality where they actively want clients to pay as much tax as possible, because that's what feel is the right thing to do. However, that's not their job.
The mesage is clear: focus more on saving your clients money or lose out.
Doubtless this posting will attract the usual share of whingers, trotting out an array of weak arguments for maintaiing the status quo. However, there will be others - hopefully many others - who will have seen this trend for themsleves, and now recognise it as an terrific opportunity to seize business from the laggards.
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Interesting article, jc, but I'm not sure how much it impacts on the type of outsourcing used by accountancy firms.
Usually, the outsourcer takes on what is essentially a 'junior' role, preparing a file to the extent where it's ready for a senior review. Most outsourcing firms that I've spoken to or read about are adamant that they will have no contact whatsoever with the clients, and all queries will be forwarded to you to discuss with the client yourself.
Several firms I've spoken to use outsourcing in this way and the client has no idea that an outsourcing arrangement is even in place (just as they wouldn't if you were, e.g. outsourcing to a semi-retired accountant on the other side of town.)
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are you a toffee nosed twit in a fishermans friend jumper?
or simply a waste of space?
...and for the earlier fool the word questioner has fully identified the person i was talking about. Job done.
This thread is of no further use to man or twits above. shan't bother with it anymore with all respect to the questioner.
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does your surname indicate you are a cow, in which case this might explain your aversion to sheep. I could recomend you to a good farmer!
I don't know who is more dillusional..
Mike or Ronald!!
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"the questioner" ... has he really asked a question? it reads more like a statement designed to provoke comment from professional accountants.
"the questioner" is unhelpful & rude in his comments trying to tar all UK accounants with the same brush!
Mike I have never seen one of your postings before. I accept your points and agree the theory, but in practice outsourcing to India doesnt seem to work with practitioners I have spoken to, and from my own experience.
I contacted one of the major suppliers and to be honest I was astonded at the poor response time to answer questions, the general lack of interest and language difficulties.
Do you have some connection with an overseas outsourcer, or do you sucessfully use it - you seem very passionate about it.
When you have qualified people here in the UK who are preared to work for 1/3 or 1/4 of the fee I struggle to see how outsourcing out of the UK is worthwhile.
I would ban all these posters for being nasty to the questioner. They are unhelpful and rude. Seems to me like the usual sheep with one sweeping opinion again.
great idea
I am taking the rest of the day off. I have sent all my accounts work over to America by Fedex.
I have put a little note in to remind them to include some tax advice when they have finished preparing the accounts.
America??? Really?
When was the last time time you heard about American accountants being cheaper than UK accountants??? Or even offering outsourcing services for UK Comapnies??? They have little or no knowledge (onn the whole) of UK or International accounting conventions much less so of UK tax law ... So i really dont know where the poster gets his information from ..it clearly isn't credible.
Mike's being ironic
Or he's had a really long lunch.
Welcome back Mike..
Nice to hear you're still banging that same drum.
You should really seek professional help, and not the accounting kind.
Cloud Cuckoo Land
I appreciate your argument for outsourcing to India, and would say that if an Indian accountant could offer the same quality of service, and had the same technical expertise and tax knowledge as myself and many other UK practitioners, we would be quaking in our boots.
However, they are unlikely to know as much about UK tax as us because we find it difficult to keep up with the ever changing legislation as it is - and we live here and hear it on the news and in our sector magazines etc.
As for the comment about a cosy relationship with HMRC, it is far from it. We would never wish for our clients to pay the maximum amount of tax - we would (or should) be asking them to pay the minimum amount of tax by utlising legitimate tax avoidance and tax mitigation techniques. I envisage our Indian counterparts would be more inclined to tax evasion.
So in conclusion, let the Indian accountants prove their worth, and then the price war can begin.
Cosy you got to be joking
No chance at all me be cosy with the HMRC. I hate them and I will do anything within the law to reduce the tax liabitities of those who come to me advise. As for work being subcontracted to the India or elsewhere - forget it !. I have had endless problems with banks & creditcard companies who outsource their services and I generally end up by closing the accounts and moving my business elsewhere.
I certainly would not recommend any of my clients to outsource overseas. Think of the security implications for a start. Most client data contain sensitive information which could quite easy by sold on to (say) a competitor or a scam merchant by a underpaid subcontractor looking to top up their pay. Once the dtaa is sent to (say) India you loose control over it. Information is power, you give it away at your peril, especially if the HMRC is involved.
Most accountants do not like the HMRC because unlike the good old days you cannot now negotiate or even speak to Inspectors ( the only exception appears to be the Complex Tax sections - for a start there are no stupid call centres asking a lot useless time wasting ID questions)
Anyhow why subcontract work to India when there are plenty of people in the UK who will do it at a resonable cost. Not being thousands of miles away means you can go and see them, kick up hell and show them what the problem is when they do things wrong. And taking legal action in the UK is easy should you wish to do that.
the point you make with predictable regularity is as unsubstantiated now as it ever was. And didn't you know it is rude to shout.
What about service issues?
Outsourcing works well for some but it's been a disaster for clients of others.
Language difficulties can lead to bad misunderstandings. It is extremely hard to keep up-to-date with a tax regime when you're half way round the world, have no real interest and it's not written in plain English. I have never found talking to foreign accountants 'refreshing', quite the reverse, it's been hard work. But, as you say, where it works well there can be significant cost savings.
Whilst I agree that accountants may recommend that their clients do not take an aggressive, close to the wire, stance on certain matters, this is more likely to be based on their experience of the stress and costs on clients of dealing with enquiries, and not on taking a moral stance. It makes much better business sense for clients to spend their time and effort creating profit rather than dealing with questions from HMRC.
I too have heard accountants make comments about claims seeming immoral, especially where tax credits and the wealthy are concerned, but they risk PI claims if they do not put such claims to their clients.
I doubt any accountant has a 'cosy' relationship with HMRC in this day and age; it's impossible to speak to anyone in any authority any more and being able to speak to the same person twice is virtually impossible.
As for actively wanting clients to pay as much tax as possible or act primarily on behalf of HMRC, quite absurd, although I suspect many practitioners are guilty of not taking as much care as they should to identify tax saving opportunities, especially for jobs they have worked on for many years.
The proof will be in the pudding - if the overseas accountants are good and provide the desired service, they will attract the clients and deserve to do so.


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For Obama the Ben and Jerry's flavor is "Yes Pecan," but from the reports about how the Obama White House handled the Somali piracy crisis this weekend, they might consider "No Drama Choc-Obama" instead. The whack jobs will whine that they don't get a flavor. "Teabaggery Dunce" sounds good, but I'm up for suggestions.
Commentary By: Steven Reynolds
Well, chocolate is the big thing ont he agenda today at the White House, and eggs and children. It will be a frenzied White House lawn, but there's calm there in the White House, and we saw it over the weekend. I'm thinking we saw evidence that "Yes Pecan" is a good flavor name to represent the Obama candidacy, but that "No Drama Choc-Obama" might be the best Ben and Jerry's flavor to represent the Obama Presidency given the last couple days. The pirates in Somalia got slammed, as we all know from reading the papers (Inquirer, New York Times) and watching the news, and Captain Richard Phillips is freed unharmed. Certainly this is a triumph for the US, and a triumph for Barack Obama as well, but the way the Obama Administration handled the crisis shows us calm and deliberation and competence. From an analysis piece by the AP:
Since the standoff began, Obama had made no public, in-person remarks on the topic, even declining to answer when questions were shouted at him during a press availability.
He did not call in his cabinet for a high-profile command meeting. He let military and top administration officials do the talking, but even they kept saber-rattling out of the equation.
White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said Obama's silence should not be interpreted to mean he wasn't deeply involved. Obama's public posture was calculated to not raise the temperature on the situation or give the hostage-takers anything to exploit.
So what Obama did was receive regular briefings, sometimes half a dozen a day. He weighed in with two critical decisions letting the military act to save Phillips' life. And he laid the groundwork for a federal criminal law-enforcement response.
Calm, efficient, competent. The Obama Administration did all the right things in this crisis, and while it is a relatively small crisis, it is a big contrast to the "sky is falling" character of the Bush White House, what with their terror alert color coding and their panicky use of torture, invasion of countries not involved in terror, etc. Big contrast, but not one we should be surprised at. This Obama team has shown consistent competence over the last couple years. The only question right now is how the whack job Republicans will spin this Obama triumph. Certainly at freerepublic.com there is happiness at the outcome, but the whack jobs that frequent the site are taking their shots at Obama, which you can read here. On Redstate the whining is about Obama taking credit for something he had no part in, despite facts, and the conversation is raving over there. I suppose these dimwits are taking after Newt Gingrich and Britt Hume and Glenn Beck when they slammed Obama before this crisis ended. Still, no consistent Republican whack job narrative is forming since this resolution of the crisis yesterday, but we've got the blowhard Rush Limbaugh going on the air in a couple hours, and he will likely complain that the captured pirate isn't being tortured.
Meanwhile, I suggest the new flavor at Ben and Jerry's to honor Obama should be "No Drama Choc-Obama," and that it be added to the list alongside "It's Pecan." Sure, neither of those two flavors is as entertaining as the flavor suggestions for President Bush, but they are strong and calm and bespeak leadership.
Does anyone have any ice cream flavors to describe the whack jobs out there who can whine about even this triumph? I'm thinking it needn't be an appetizing name, but should reflect the notions of whininess while also representing the divorce from reality evinced by the whack jobs on the right. On another issue one would be tempted to come up with the ice cream flavor "Teabaggery Dunce," or somesuch, but no new flavor names are jumping to mind to describe the rank and file whack jobs of the GOP, their base and ugly "base," as it were. Help me out, wouldya?


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Concurrency: Five Ways
Here's a look at five different concurrency models in Ruby, some whose Ruby
implementation is entirely hypothetical, and others which I have implemented
in some form or another in the past. We'll be using a simple threadsafe
queue with two operations (
get and
put) as our example.
My purpose here is not to demonstrate their relative advantages or disadvantages — this particular example is overly generous to mutexes and a little unfair to transactions — but rather to convey the general idea of how each of these concurrency techniques is used in practice.
For concurrency models which do not inherently involve queueing, queues will
be represented as linked lists made of two-element arrays (in lieu of a
Pair class). So, for a list cell, the first element (
[0]) will
be the value of that list cell, and the second element (
[1]) will be a
reference to the next cell in the list.
Mutexes and Condition Variables (from Ruby stdlib)
require 'thread'
class MutexQueue
def initialize
@lock = Mutex.new
@ready = ConditionVariable.new
@head = nil
@tail = nil
def put( obj )
pair = [ obj, nil ]
@lock.synchronize do
tail = @tail
if tail
tail[1] = pair
@tail = pair
@head = @tail = pair
def get
@lock.synchronize do
@ready.wait @lock until @head
head = @head
rest = head[1]
if rest
@head = rest
@head = @tail = nil
This is how you have to do it today.
Futures (after Alice)
require 'concurrent/futures'
include Concurrent::Futures
class FutureQueue
def initialize
promise = Promise.new
@tail = Ref.new promise
@head = Ref.new promise.future
def put( obj )
new_promise = Promise.new
promise = @tail.exchange new_promise
promise.fulfill [ obj, new_promise.future ]
def get
@head.modify { |pair| pair[1] }[0]
Futures act as placeholders and transparent proxies for a pending result.
Trying to do anything with a future extracted from a
Promise blocks until
the promise is fulfilled, at which point the future pretends to be the
object passed to
Ref#modify sets the value of a ref to a future for the
result of the given block (which is passed the old value of the ref) and
also returns the old value of the ref.
Software Transactional Memory (after Harris et al.)
require 'concurrent/stm'
include Concurrent::STM
class STMQueue
def initialize
@head = Ref.new nil
@tail = Ref.new nil
def put( obj )
pair = [ obj, nil ]
atomic do
tail = @tail.value
if tail
tail.next = pair
@tail.value = pair
@head.value = @tail.value = pair
def get
atomic do
head = @head.value
atomic_retry unless head
rest = head[1]
if rest
@head.value = rest
@head.value = @tail.value = nil
Note that
atomic_retry blocks until another thread updates one of the
transactional objects read anywhere up to the point where the transaction
was retried (in this particular case, just
@head). That
prevents the transaction from actually retrying until something has changed
which might allow it to make more progress than before.
Actors (after Scala)
require 'concurrent/actors'
include Concurrent::Actors
class ActorQueue < Actor
Put = Message.new :obj
Get = Message.new :origin
def initialize
super do |recurse|
actor_receive Get do |get|
actor_receive Put do |put|
get.origin.actor_send( put )
def put( obj )
actor_send( Put.new( obj ) )
def get( &cont )
actor_send( Get.new( Actor.current ) )
actor_receive( Put ) { |put| cont.call put.obj }
Note that if this actor implementation used "heavyweight actors" (one thread
per actor), or took advantage of Ruby's
callcc, the explicit
continuation passing would be unnecessary; as it is, every
unrolls the stack back to the message loop, taking an explicit continuation
as a block, just as in Scala.
It's not uncommon for real actor code to wait on more than one type of
message at a time, with a different continuation for each pattern. The API
shown here accepts multiple arguments to
actor_receive, but that still
means an extra round of pattern matching in the body of the continuation.
Perhaps there's a better way of doing actors in Ruby.
Joins (after Cω)
require 'concurrent/joins'
include Concurrent::Joins
class JoinQueue < Join
async :put
sync :get, :arity => 0
chord :get, :put do |obj|
Yes, really.
The idea is that you define method bodies responding to particular
combinations of methods — chords — which may be called from
various threads.
sync methods wait for a matching
chord to be invoked.
async methods are non-blocking, simply recording the fact that they were
called. Calls to both method types will be queued if they go unmatched,
hence queued calls to
:put form the basis of our queue.
:get is synchronous, the result of the block becomes its return
value. Both synchronous and asynchronous methods can contribute chord
arguments, but since here
:get has no arguments (arity zero), only
:put contributes an argument to the block.
Notice that a common feature of all of these models is not only the ability to do something atomically, but also the ability to perform an (atomic) blocking wait for some condition to be satisfied. Both ingredients are necessary for a successful concurrency model.
Hopefully this gives you a basic idea of what it would be like to program
with these concurrency models in Ruby. The
'concurrent/*' libraries don't
really exist yet, but maybe someday…
As noted in the introduction, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of the various models soley on the basis of the examples above can be a bit misleading. Here's a follow-on example which illustrates what I mean:
Given the following routine:
def get_two( a, b )
[ a.get, b.get ]
How can you modify the code to ensure that
get_two will never consume a
value from one queue without consuming a value from the other?
Solution for STM:
get_two as follows:
def get_two( a, b )
atomic { [ a.get, b.get ] }
Solution for the rest:
Exercise for the reader…


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In our annual special issue on emerging markets, we take a macro and regional view of the new realities (yes, more than one) that have developed over the past year. There are quite a few surprises.
In our annual special issue on emerging markets, we take a macro and regional view of the new realities (yes, more than one) that have developed over the past year. There are quite a few surprises.
Central Europe and the Southeast revive, while the CIS struggles with low oil prices and sanctions.
The Liberal Party representatives who will form Canada's next government will field several key cabinet posts. Rookie MP Bill Morneau is taking one of the most coveted—minister of Finance.
Asia's emerging economies fight to diversify from China and the US.
An analytical exercise that was moderately popular before the financial crisis has become a mandatory task in the post-crisis years.
Guatemala's political turmoil, with parties deadlocked in Parliament, a runoff election looming and corruption scandals exploding, means the government will operate in a kind of suspended animation until 2016.
After a summer of heavy turbulence in global financial markets, the new season starts with the seemingly endless story of when the Federal Reserve Board will raise interest rates. Although the Fed put off the move in September, the US central bank will up rates eventually, most likely at its next meeting in December. The hike will undoubtedly force some countries to shift monetary policies.
More than a decade ago, the Fed tried to pump life into the faltering US economy. In 2008, the financial markets crashed. There is a connection.
Saudi Arabia needs a strategy to diversify its oil-based economy. Can change come fast enough?
Developing countries have long sought a greater voice in running the IMF and World Bank. The rise of rival development banks gives them more options—and more leverage.
Emerging nations are replacing the Americas as the continent's largest trading partners.
No region of the world has generated an average annual growth rate of 5.5% over the past 20 years—except Africa. In sub-Saharan Africa, GDP has expanded by 40% since 2009.
Newsmakers | China
At the beginning of September, the fledgling Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank took an important step forward with the appointment of its first president.
Regional Report | Latin America
The large economies on the east coast of Latin America—Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina—are slumping badly. Things are far different out west.
Capital Outflows | The meltdown in China's stock market this summer and steep falls in many emerging markets currencies led some investors to wonder if another 1997 Asian crisis was brewing.
Neil Shearing, chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economics, visited Global Finance on September 10, just as Standard & Poor's cut Brazil's public debt to junk level. We asked him about the outlook for that country and other emerging markets.
Commodities | Oil prices have only slightly recovered from a new record low set at the end of August. But they are still 60% below their peak of 2014, which is putting pressure on US oil companies, with many pundits predicting a rapid overhaul of the industry.
Newsmakers | Japan
Despite a less-than-stellar performance at the helm of the country, Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe was reelected in September to a second three-year term as the president of his Liberal Democratic Party.
As Africa improves transport and telecommunications links, it's creating countless opportunities for foreign direct investment.
Country Report | Turkey is roiled by political uncertainty and slowing growth ahead of November elections.


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The fourth season of Pretty Little Liars ended with a bang! Last night, the leading actresses from the ABC Family hit were together in Manhattan, NY, to discuss the shocking and twist-filled finale. Lucy Hale, Ashley Benson, Shay Mitchell, and Troian Bellisario all weighed in with their thoughts — find out what had their jaws dropping the most! On Allie: Marisa Webb blazer, Joie top, and Genetic Denim jeans


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I'm working on a submission to dpreview.com for this blog article I wrote. Takes me a little bit longer to get it up on Dpreview.com as there is an approval process etc. I think that compact flashes for the DP Merrill series or any compact camera with a hot shoe is important. I'm thinking that the EF 140 DG is ripe for an update. Would like to see sigma incorporate a bounce flash feature in a very compact flash similar to Sony's approach with the Nex series cameras. Smaller with higher output than built in staid camera flashes is more desireble to me. Here's my blog. Feel free to make comments and please let me know if I made any errors of serious omisions that I need to address. Sometimes I can't see the forest because the trees get in the way. Enjoy.
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3000mAh portable battery pack doubles as a wall charger for smartphones and tablets
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Portable battery packs can be a hardcore smartphone user's best friend. They provide the power needed to recharge a smartphone or tablet whenever there's no power outlet around. However, the drawback of these portable batteries is that one must always make sure they are charged, as otherwise, carrying them around is useless. So meet juiceBee - the gizmo that tackles this problem...
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1. Tcool (unregistered)
My Panasonic mobile power supply has a capacity of 5400 mAh. It has two USB outputs to charge two gadgets at the same time (smartphone and/or tablet).
2. vladd100 (Posts: 56; Member since: 12 Jul 2012)
the htc double charger looks way better...
3. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Portable battery pack is a very good choice for those who want double juice after battery is dead.
4. ayephoner (Posts: 850; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)
is this the first external battery to come with a wall plug?
i really like that feature, but I need one with much more juice (like 4x). is there one out there?
5. ayephoner (Posts: 850; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)
just found this:
seems like a far superior product and will save you $10
6. rallyguy (Posts: 620; Member since: 13 Mar 2012)
I don't see how much juice it holds. As far as the article goes. No way I would pay $50 for a 3000 mAh battery pack.
7. Thomas5.3 (Posts: 37; Member since: 30 Oct 2011)
now build this in a phone without making it to thick and im happy
8. adk199 (Posts: 23; Member since: 04 Oct 2012)
I bring a 12000 mah cheap chinese "power pack" when i'm on daytrips. About 20$. 2x USB and pretty easy to recharge. Recharge does take some hours though. Easy to keep both phone and camera going for some days :-)


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Here's a look at opinion content published today, Thursday, Dec. 9:
Tax-cut compromise: Editorial
We comment on the compromise between Republicans and President Barack Obama on the extension of tax cuts and unemployment benefits. The compromise was staunchly opposed by liberal Democrats. We write:
… Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., complained of the "nonsensicalness" of continuing the Bush tax cuts for the rich. "If I wind up voting for this package, I will not do it silently," she said. Robert Borosage of the liberal Campaign for America's Future complained about the "continuing syndrome of pre-emptive concession and (Obama's) unwillingness to take his case out to the country." Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee: "President Obama let down millions of voters who trusted him when he said he would fight for his core campaign promise, ending the Bush tax cuts for the rich."
… If only such rhetoric bought groceries or paid the rent. There's no doubt that the president blinked on the question of extending tax breaks for the rich, a giveaway he campaigned against before and since his election. But his departure was for the right reasons, as part of a compromise that needed to be made. Americans, to be sure, have had it with government stuck in perpetual gridlock. The president demonstrates that he understands that, even if his detour from the party line and his own send sometimes allies in search of George McGovern.
"We will never get anything done" if Democrats are unwilling to bend and liberals insist on ideal positions, Obama said Tuesday, staunchly defending the tax deal and countering fellow Democrats' complaints that he bends too much on their core issues. "People will have the satisfaction of having a purist position and no victories for the American people. And we will be able to feel good about ourselves and sanctimonious about how pure our intentions are and how tough we are." In the meantime, he added, Americans will suffer.
We think the American people want more such results, instead of words.
Vincent Leibell: Reisman
Columnist Phil Reisman weighs in again on the fall of former state Sen. Vincent Leibell, who pleaded guilty Monday to federal corruption charges. Reisman argues that Leibell's case highlights the need to take retirement benefits away from public officials who are convicted of crimes. He writes:
… Violate the public trust and you forfeit your pension. It seems morally and ethically proper, doesn't it?
But we are stupidly naive. We forget that Albany is where the game is fixed by the capital's ruling class of parasitic power brokers who cynically and unendingly feed off the host of the body politic.
Periodically, a law is proposed that calls for the disqualification of pension rights when politicians commit a crime. They call these legislative proposals "bad-boy bills."
Cute, isn't it?
Such bills go nowhere. No doubt, somebody with a green eyeshade in a windowless office stamps them "dead on arrival." It's a sad waste of paper. …
Westchester budget: Commentary
Barry Kramer, vice chairman of the Westchester Human Rights Commission, argues that cuts proposed in Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's 2011 budget would hamper enforcement of the county's human rights laws.
Tax cut deal could be better: Poughkeepsie Journal
N.Y.'s super boondoggle: Albany Times Union
Off track on betting: New York Daily News
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The Church of the Redeemer is home to a number of groups that regularly use our sanctuary for concerts. Situated in the heart of Yorkville, the Church offers a new lower level and refurbished sanctuary complete with a porcelain tile floor and air conditioning. The nave is wide, providing an intimate setting with comfortable seating and good sightlines. A rebuilt Casavant three-manual pipe organ and Yamaha concert grand piano are available for accompaniment. The lower level provides an accessible green room/warm-up space as well as a spacious kitchen for the comfort of performers. Bookings and rates are available by contacting the church office at 416-922-4948.
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Located on the lower level the Board Room is suitable for meetings or small receptions accommodating a maximum of 21 people.
The largest room on the lower level is the Parish Hall which can be used for meetings or receptions. Its maximum capacity is 100 people seated or 150 standing.
Adjacent to the Parish Hall and lower level washrooms, the Nursery can accommodate meetings of up to 8 people.
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The Mount Kisco Child Care Center (MKCCC), a non-profit childcare facility serving families in Northern Westchester communities for more than 42 years, has created a slate of programming to celebrate The Week of the Young Child, an annual event sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. This year's theme is "Early Years Are Learning Years."
The center will hold events, including a grandparents reading event and a neighborhood cleanup, between April 14-20.
If patrons bring a MKCCC-issued coupon to Quaker Hill Tavern in Chappaqua on April 16, the restaurant will donate 10 percent of your dining check to MKCCC. The center will also launch a new "Mommy and Me" group — dubbed "BABY TALK!" — on April 18.
The center will hold an open house on April 19 between 10 a.m. and noon and 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. The children will be dressed as beloved book characters.
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Police are asking for help from the public to help find a 13-year-old girl who has been missing from Mackay since last Saturday.
The 13-year-old girl was last seen at a residence on Broad Street, Sarina on Saturday evening.
She is described as caucasian, of slim build with dark brown hair and with pink glasses.
Concerns are held for the girl's welfare given how young she is.
Police urge anyone who has seen the young girl to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


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By JP Widne
Salem- The 2013 outdoor track & field season continues to get better and better for Tamera Smith, a senior at Pulaski County High School and a member of the Lady Cougars injury riddled track team.
With hamstring injuries still hurting two regular contributors, Smith has stepped up her game, and it was very apparent this past weekend at the 2013 River Ridge Track & Field District Championship. Smith won the 100 meters (12.59 seconds), 200 meters (25.63 seconds), long jump (16' 9") and triple jump (35'11"- personal record). In the 400 meters, Tamera was put in the slow heat and ran uncontested to win in 61 seconds. It was good enough for 3rd place overall and proved that with competition, Smith could have captured her 5th district title of the day. Overall, the Radford University bound student-athlete finished with 46 of her team's 84 total points. At the end of the day, Smith was named the most outstanding female performer of the meet.
Sydney Anderson, a track superstar when not hampered with hamstring injuries, proved she was on her way back to her old winning ways. Anderson captured the high jump title with 5'5" leap. She had cleared 5'7", but her heel clipped the bar on the way down. Her winning leap broke her own River Ridge District outdoor record (5'4"- 2011). Anderson also tested her legs out on the 1600 meter relay and 3200 meter relay and ran well with no ill effects.
Sarah Wright is really busy nowadays. Despite having three softball games this past week and only being able to practice her field event throwing one evening, Wright still placed second in the shot put (35' 11") and fourth in the discus (93' 6") this weekend. Teammate Dyanne Nipper threw personal bests in the shot put (7th– 29' 2") and discus (8th– 77' 4").
Julie Guthrie, the long distance guru of the Lady Cougars, ran two personal bests in the 1600 meters (9th– 5:38) and the 3200 meters (7th– 11:59). With Guthrie breaking the 12 minute barrier for the first time in her career (personal best by 22 seconds), she qualified to run in the Region IV Championships. This was a particularly great feat due to the misty, muggy weather on Saturday. Julie Hager placed 6th in the 100 meters (13.47 seconds), 7th in the triple jump (31' 10 ½") and 11th in the long jump (13' 8 ½"). Erin Hamric placed 4th in the 400 meters (1:03- personal best) while Anne Kelly Newman placed 12th (1:07). Ellisa Fink ran well in the 300 meter hurdles (8th– 53.71 seconds).
The 1600 meter relay team of Erin Hamric, Anne Kelly Newman, Julia Hager and Sydney Anderson ran an exciting race. They placed second in a time of 4:16.53, just 1.1 seconds behind Blacksburg and 1/10th of a second in front of Hidden Valley. The 3200 meter relay team of Anderson, Hamric, Newman and Emily Llaneras placed third (10:21.20), beating Christiansburg by just 2/100th of a second.
"The girls ran really well," commented Head Coach Jamie McCarty. "With Brittany Worrell being out with her hamstring injury and still being cautious with Sydney Anderson's injuries, I think the team performed and finished well at the district championship. This was really a prepping day for the Virginia State Championships in two weeks." The Lady Cougars will compete next Saturday at Abingdon High School in the Region IV Track & Field Championships.
Blacksburg High School easily won the final River Ridge District Outdoor Girl's Track & Field Championship with 170 points. Cave Spring High finished in second place (105) followed by Pulaski County (84), Salem (60), Christiansburg (57) and Hidden Valley (48).
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London, Jan.22 (ANI): Ace Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton has said that Mercedes is capable of competing with the game's top teams like Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari next season.
Hamilton, who was making his first official appearance for the German team, claimed he lives to win, adding winning with Mercedes next season is not an impossible task.
Hamilton, who ended his six Grand Prix season with McLaren after 15 years, said that although beating the top teams is going to be a big challenge, he is expecting it to be an interesting journey for him as well as his team.
After six Grand Prix seasons with McLaren, which resulted in one world championship for the Brit, Hamilton believes he is set for his toughest assignment yet.
Mercedes was placed a lowly fifth in the Constructors' Championship in 2012. (ANI)


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Immunocore Limited
Scoops OBN Best Biotech Dealmaker Award of 2013
(Oxford, UK, 2 October 2013) Immunocore Limited, the Oxford-based biotechnology company developing novel biological drugs to treat cancer and viral disease, has won the Best Biotech Dealmaker Award of 2013 at the OBN (Oxfordshire Bioscience Network) annual awards.
The prestigious industry award recognizes Immunocore's achievements in closing two major partnership agreements this summer with Genentech, a member of Roche Group, and GlaxoSmithKline to discover, develop and commercialise ImmTAC therapies against multiple targets.
This is the second award received by Immunocore in a matter of weeks and follows the company's listing in the Fierce Biotech top 15 private biotech firms globally.
The judges commented on Immunocore's success in securing these multi-target partnerships with GSK and with Genentech. Each partnership involves several target programmes, each of which could result in over £200 million in development and commercial milestones plus significant royalties.
Immuncore's world-leading platform of bi-specific biological drugs, called ImmTACs (Immune mobilising mTCR Against Cancer), exploit the power of T Cell Receptors (TCRs) to recognise intracellular changes that occur during cancer or viral infection. This unique recognition ability of TCRs sets them apart from traditional antibody-based therapies that can only recognise changes on the surface of cells, and provides, for the first time, the ability to develop extremely potent targeted therapies for cancers that are poorly served. A particular feature is that the ImmTACs can be directed to target and destroy only the cancerous cells, avoiding damage to healthy cells.
The most advanced ImmTAC drug, IMCgp100 for the treatment of melanoma, is in Phase I/II clinical trials in the UK and USA.
James Noble, Chief Executive Officer of Immunocore, commented: "We are delighted to win the Best Biotech Dealmaker Award against strong competition. This accolade recognizes the hard work of our highly skilled team in developing our technology and in executing two significant partnership agreements, enabling us to collaborate with world-leading pharma companies to develop new treatments for cancers."
The OBN annual awards celebrate the achievements and major success stories in the UK bioscience sector in raising funds, executing deals and supporting innovation. A complete list of award winners is available at: www.obn.org.uk
Margaret Henry
PR Consultant
Immunocore Ltd, UK
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About Immunocore
Founded in 2008, Immunocore Ltd is a privately owned, clinical-stage, biotechnology company developing a highly innovative platform technology that generates novel drugs called ImmTACs for the treatment of cancer and viral infection. Immunocore traces its roots to Avidex Ltd, founded in 1999 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford to develop novel T Cell Receptor technology invented by the founder and chief scientist, Dr Bent Jakobsen. The Company has about 70 staff and is located in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Immunocore has major discovery collaborations with leading pharmaceutical companies Genentech and GlaxoSmithKline.
About ImmTACs
Immunocore's ImmTAC (Immune mobilising mTCR Against Cancer) technology enables the immune system to recognise and kill cancer or viral cells.
T Cell Receptors naturally recognise diseased cells and Immunocore's competitive advantage is its ability to engineer high affinity T Cell Receptors and link them to an antibody fragment, anti-CD3, which can activate the immune system to kill the targeted cancer or viral cells. These bi-specific proteins, called ImmTACS, have the potential to be extremely potent anti-cancer or anti-viral agents.
Immunocore has completed development of the ImmTAC technology, including the generation of a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliant, fully scalable manufacture route. The company has also established regulatory pathways approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) that will form the basis of all future ImmTAC programmes.
The most advanced ImmTAC drug, IMCgp100, is currently in clinical trials in melanoma patients in both the US and UK. For more information: www.immunocore.com
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Pearson Hall on the Move
Pearson Hall on the Move
Phillips Academy
Pearson Hall began its existence as Bartlet Hall and later Bartlet Chapel. Completed in 1818 for the Theological School, it originally sat between what is now Bartlet Hall (second version) and Foxcroft Hall (originally called Phillips Hall). The large clock tower was added 1875, and the original cupola was restored in 1922 after it was moved to its present site. These three pictures show it in the process of moving to its new site and the foundation upon which it will set.
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"Pearson Hall on the Move," in NOBLE Digital Heritage, Item #15923, http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15923 (accessed August 24, 2017).


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