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There is one thing I cannot understand. We've already seen, that the Man in Black isn't ordinary man at all- and I'm not talking about his insane abilities and uber skills, but about fact, that he isn't human even while he impersonates one... let's see, when Sayid attacked Flocke in Sundown with The Very Special Monsterkilling Dagger, our favourite bald guy didn't even bleed. Okay, but what's the point? Well... my question is: can MiB eat and drink?
1) The Incident, part 1- MiB refuses Jacob's fish and claims, that he had just ate. When I first heard this, it seemed strange to me.
2) Ab Aeterno- MiB destroys Jacob's gift, spilling some fine wine around. At this point, I was convinced, that Flocke cannot eat and drink and that the present was Jacob's cruel joke as well as fish proposal in The Incident.
3) The Substitute- this time Flocke tastes whiskey, but reacts oddly.
4) The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham- Fake Locke eats mango and comments, that "it's the best mango I've ever had". Maybe his first after centuries on the Island.
5) The Package- upon returning to his camp, MiB drinks some water (yay! they finally revealed what's in MiB rucksack... I thought, that he was carrying some ironed black shirts all along)
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Resai was trained in the Soshi Shugenja school, and served as Magistrate in the Unicorn, Crane and Dragon provinces. [1]
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Resai was kidnapped by a mad Ise Zumi called Togashi Okkio, who guessed Resai was also a Tattooed Monk. When he discovered that Resai was no more than he seemed, he kept the Magistrate tied in his hidden encampment. Resai watched to his horror Okkio cutting the tattoo from another ise zumi's dead body. Resai managed to escape but when he returned with Mirumoto Bushi to catch Okkio the madman already had left the place. [1]
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The annual White House Correspondents Dinner — now more appropriately dubbed the Oscars of politics — was held in the nation's capital on Saturday. It's here where Hollywood mixes with politics and lobbyists, the same people host Jimmy Kimmel calls "everything that is wrong with America." But it wasn't just Kimmel (the chaperone of the night as President Obama called him) who was cracking jokes. The Leader of the Free World took on political opponent Mitt Romney (labeling him a snob for having not one Harvard degree like him, but two) and even reality-TV star Kim Kardashian who was in the audience with her date for the night, her mom. While this year's roasting took some potentially sensitive subjects head on, like the Secret Service scandal in Colombia, the evening was kept in good fun and self-deprecating laughter.
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10. KIMMEL: There are a lot of very big celebrities here with us tonight. Uggie is here. Uggie is the dog from the movie The Artist. Uggie is amazing. He can roll over on command. He's a Democrat.
9. KIMMEL: They say diplomacy is a matter of carrots and sticks, and since Mrs. Obama got to the White House, so is dinner.
8. KIMMEL: Mr. President, I know you won't be able to laugh at any of my jokes about the Secret Service, so cover your ears — if that's physically possible.
7. KIMMEL: They told me this would be a very high profile event with some of the most powerful people in the world. They did not tell me I would be looking directly into Sofia Vergara's cleavage. Sophia is from Colombia, this is what women look like in Colombia. What do you expect the Secret Service to do?
6. OBAMA: I guess Governor Romney is feeling pretty good about things because he took a few hours off the other day to see The Hunger Games. It's a movie about people who court wealthy sponsors and then brutally savage each other until only one contestant is left standing. I'm sure this was a really great change of pace for him.
5. OBAMA: Seriously, what am I doing here? I'm the President of the United States, and I'm opening for Jimmy Kimmel? … Why am I telling knock-knock jokes to Kim Kardashian? What is she famous for, anyway?
4. KIMMEL: If you don't win the raffle, remember, you can still win dinner with George [Clooney] himself — if you are a 6'1 blonde with a perfect body.
3. OBAMA: Four years ago I looked like this [picture of Obama smiling]. Today I look like this [picture of Obama frowning]. And four years from now, I will look like this [picture of Morgan Freeman]. That's not even funny!
2. KIMMEL: [American Airlines pilot who safely landed in the Hudson River after a flock of geese hit the plane] Sully Sullenberger. Where is Sully Sullenberger? I met him outside. Sully, would you do us a favor? Would you mind driving Lindsay Lohan home? And make sure you don't run into a goose, especially a Grey Goose.
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IRON POWER (#2, 6/1) had trouble at the break and was sent into a crazy early run circling around the field when finishing behind several of these in turf debut here on July 29; think he's a lot better than that line makes him look, so hoping there aren't too many wise guys on the bandwagon. - Mike Beer
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Backsliding is a term used within Christianity to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre-conversion habits and/or lapses or falls into sin. Within churches which teach Arminianism, backsliding is a state in which any free willed being can adopt, which is a doctrine rejected by Calvinists. Historically, backsliding was considered a trait of the Biblical Israel which would turn from the Abrahamic God to follow idols. In the New Testament church (see Acts of the Apostles and Christianity in the 1st century), the story of the Prodigal Son has become a representation of a backslider.
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Governor Scott Walker signed Assembly Bill 201 and Senate Bill 178 into law today following the Veterans Day ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda.
Assembly Bill 201 -- Gives veterans and active military priority when registering for classes within the University of Wisconsin System and at Wisconsin Technical Colleges. Many times our military members have difficulties registering for the classes they need to advance their careers. The bill was authored by Representative Hesselbein (D-Middleton) and Senator Carpenter (D-Milwaukee).
"A great way to show support for our service members and veterans is to ensure they have the necessary resources available to succeed when they return home and are looking for a job," Governor Walker said. "This legislation means they have access to a quality education which can help propel their futures."
Senate Bill 178 -- Offers in-state rates for hunting, fishing, and trapping permits to recipients of the Purple Heart medal, regardless of their state of residence. This legislation thanks veterans for their service and sacrifice by offering them a reduced rate for permits and conservation licenses. The bill was authored by Senator Petrowski (R-Marathon) and Representative Petryk (R-Eleva).
"The Department of Natural Resources already offers reduced rates on permits and licenses for in-state veterans and active military," Governor Walker said. "I'm proud to extend this benefit to all troops injured while serving this great country."
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SA OPPOSITION Leader Steven Marshall says he is "fully supportive" of federal Coalition plans to cut $500 million in automotive sector subsidies, despite State Government warnings the policy would lead to the shutdown of Holden's Elizabeth plant.
Mr Marshall today told radio station FIVEaa there was "no way we can simply continue to afford to subsidise an industry which is ... completely uncompetitive" and future funding for automakers had to be better targeted to ensure the sector was sustainable.
Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade Minister Tom Kenyon today said he believed Holden was seeking more money from the Federal Government but he was not certain.
"I think that's right, but we haven't gone down into numbers or anything like that," he said.
The Federal Coalition is planning to pull $500 million from a $1.5 billion car support fund between now and 2015. It has also promised a Productivity Commission inquiry.
Holden has expressed concerns that uncertainty over future national car policy is a key risk for the company's Australian operations, alongside the high Australian dollar and labour costs.
Ford has already announced the closure of its Australian manufacturing operations and there are fears Holden could follow suit later this year after a September board meeting in Detroit.
Mr Marshall today said he was in regular contact with the Coalition's manufacturing spokeswoman Sophie Mirabella, who had been "extraordinarily proactive in this issue".
"I'm fully supportive of their position because I don't think it's about the dollar figure, I think it's about the type of support," Mr Marshall said.
"We have too much of a focus on the dollar amount. It's actually about what sort of money.
"The Labor Party has put a huge amount of money into the auto sector.
"It's not doing well.
"The Coalition at a Federal level has said that they will conduct a Productivity Commission inquiry into the auto sector to come up with programs that are actually going to drive sustainability in this industry. There's no way we can simply continue to afford to subsidise an industry which is completely uncompetitive."
Mr Marshall denied removing $500 million from support funds would result in plant closure.
"Holden is supportive of an inquiry - a Productivity Commission inquiry into the right sort of support that's going to drive sustainability in the industry," Mr Marshall said.
"They support an inquiry into the best targeted support.
"They want to be sustainable, there's no doubt about that."
The Government is expected to seize on the comments today as a sign the Opposition lacks commitment to the automotive sector, which supports thousands of northern suburbs jobs.
But Mr Marshall insisted the sector was "very important" to the state and there was "not a huge difference between the two parties whatsoever" in their policy positions.
"What we need is a bipartisan auto industry taskforce, set up permanently, not for two minutes, but permanently to guide the long-term sustainability of one of our most crucial manufacturing industries," he said.
"We can't understand why the Government wouldn't want to join in a bipartisan way to try and support this sector."
Yesterday, SA Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade Minister Tom Kenyon pledged to do everything possible to keep Holden open in Adelaide.
Auto industry sources say Holden has significant concerns about what support will be available to it after the Federal election, as the Coalition foreshadows a $500 million cut to subsidies.
However, a board meeting in Detroit in September is planned as the company makes practical decisions around where and how its next car models will be produced.
There is no date for the federal election and increasing speculation that it could be delayed beyond September to let Prime Minister Kevin Rudd establish his governing credentials.
Mr Kenyon said he was "very concerned" about the risk of an Elizabeth shutdown.
"That would be a bad result for South Australia and a bad result for Australian manufacturing in general," he said.
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"I am taking the possibility of a closure very, very seriously.
"This is not some idle threat, this is not some game that they're playing to try and screw more money out of the Government. This is a genuine commercial position that they are in.
"The South Australian Government is doing everything it can to keep Holdens here.
"We've already put our $50 million up. We are working behind the scenes with the unions and Holden to assist them through this process. We're working with the Federal Government.
"There is no guarantees in this world about anything.
"If Holden can make cars profitably in this country, they will continue to do so.
"We need automotive manufacturing for a little while longer yet.
"Holden need to make their decision purely on logistics."
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It's finally time for Khloe Kardashian's very own talk show, and the actress is busy promoting the show at every given chance. Today, we'll tell you what you can expect from 'Kocktails With Khloe'
The reality star, who has been in a lot in the news lately for many reasons, will finally be seen on her talk show which will be premiered in two days from now!
Yes, you heard it right. The one hour sit-down with Khloe and other celebrities for the FYI network will debut Wednesday, January 20, 2016.
The show which was to be hit premiere in the month of December 2015 got delayed as Khloe was held up with Lamar's medical condition.
Khloe was seen at many occasions promoting her forthcoming show vigorously, recently on the Watch What Happened Live, where she revealed which of her sisters have hooked up with Justin Bieber!
As there is less than two days for Khloe's talk show to be aired, we thought, we'll take you through a few things that you could possibly expect from the show Kocktails With Khloe:
A Lot Of Khloe Fans
The show is going to conducted before a set of live audience. So, you can expect a lot of crowd out there screaming out Khloe's name and just waiting to shake hands with her or get a hug.
Very Entertaining
If you remember, Khloe has hosted a couple of shows before this, including the X Factor and a radio show. So, we can sure say that Khloe definitely has a lot to offer her fans.
A Grand Supper Filled Chat
So, the one hour show is going to be conducted in a kitchen like set up, around a table filled with food. Khloe will be chatting with her guests before a lot of delicacies.
Hell Lot Of Juicy Information
The Kardashians are themselves known for juicy information. Imagine one of them, especially Khloe speaking with a celebrity on her very own show.
Definitely A Lot Of Booty Shakin'
Khloe's booty is as famous her name! Unlike other talk show, at least Khloe show is going to have many bootylicious guests.
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Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders has hailed his acquittal by an Amsterdam court on charges of hate speech and discrimination against Islam as a triumph for free speech.
"It is not only a victory for me but also a victory for freedom of speech," Mr Wilders told journalists after the verdict was read in the Amsterdam regional court on Thursday (local time).
Mr Wilders, 47, faced five counts of hate speech and discrimination for his anti-Islamic remarks on websites, internet forums and in Dutch newspapers between October 2006 and March 2008, and in his controversial 17-minute movie Fitna (Discord in Arabic).
He also previously compared the Koran to Hitler's Mein Kampf.
"I am overjoyed and very happy," Mr Wilders said after the verdict.
"It means it is legal to criticise Islam."
In his 20-minute judgment, Judge Marcel van Oosten told Wilders:"You are being acquitted on all the charges that were put against you."
The judge said the court found Mr Wilders' statements were made criticising Islam as a religion and not Muslims as people and therefore he could not be criminally prosecuted.
His comments, although gross and denigrating, did not give rise to racial hatred, the judge said.
The leader of the right-wing Party for Freedom's (PVV) acquittal comes on the backdrop of a prosecution unwilling to take up the case against the parliamentarian, who claimed before court he was "defending freedom in the Netherlands" against Islam.
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It pleases me greatly to welcome you to The English Modern High School website. With our clear vision as the focus we are making great strides in becoming a leading co-educational establishment in Qatar. It has been a great privilege to be welcomed into the English Modern School's family in August 2015 and I am extremely humbled to be part of the exciting journey towards becoming an International
The curriculum at EMS follows the Cambridge iGCSE and A Level syllabus which allows our students to learn and develop as global citizens whilst gaining a deeper understanding of our founding ESLR's which are;
Our ESLR's are woven into the very fabric of our school culture and aim to underpin and inform the teaching that is delivered in lessons. These principles have helped our students to flourish as they look to become truly global citizens and leaders in their chosen fields.
There have been many changes this year in the High School. We have welcomed new teachers who bring with them a wealth of experience, knowledge and guidance. We are also developing many new initiatives and strategies that we feel will only serve to support and enhance our current practices as we strive to constantly improve the curriculum that is delivered.
I hope that you find our school website both useful and content rich. Feel free to peruse and really get a feeling of what it is like to be part of EMS by understanding our family values, ethos and educational principles.
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Think back to a time when you had a window seat on a plane on a clear day. Do you remember when it was like to be at 39,000 feet, peering down at the world with wonder?
One trip I make often is the one from the east coast (Maryland or New York) to Arizona, where much of my family lives. The second leg – either from Chicago or Dallas-Fort Worth – always amazes me. Below, I see farmland neatly divided into squares, and rectangles, inset with circles. It's beautiful geometry. Or we fly over the Sierra Nevada mountains, and I watch the desert mount itself into snowy peaks, with a faint trace of a road meandering through them. Once, when I flew into Chicago, it was the night before the Fourth of July, and I could see tiny white explosions of light pinpricking the ground below me in Smalltown America, like fallen stars. Flying into a Caribbean Island, I've seen the azure blue and cobalt shadows in the ocean below me. These moments are amazing and I treasure them.
Now, imagine that you could see something like that every time you open a new tab. That is the Earth View extension in Google Chrome, which shows you fabulous places all over the world, as taken by satellites.
Sometimes they are mundane – oh hey, Las Vegas. But more often, they are fantastic, incredible (I mean that in the literal sense) portraits of exotics places: deserts, mountains, river systems, sparsely populated regions cloaked in nature's most glorious features, or else testaments to humankind's capacity for creating beautiful destruction.
They often make me pause and prompt questions. What kind of purpose do those turquoise squares of liquid serve? Is that a strip mine? Is that pollution and toxic runoff, or just mineral-colored mud washing out to the ocean from a pristine desert? What is it like to be there, on the ground?
I've taken to writing down my favorites. I'm hoping to get one made into a print to hang above my couch as the most beautiful artwork.
I am amazed several times a day that these places exist on our planet. And when the occasional suburb does make an appearance, it only serves to underscore the the sad fact of our capacity to take amazing things and render them useful and productive, but very un-beautiful.
Anyway, I suggest you get this extension, because it can only serve to bring a little dose of wonder into your workday.


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How to Fill in your System Specs at Ten Forums
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InformationThis tutorial will show you how to fill out your TenForums system spec which will enable other members to assist you more quickly and efficiently.
1. Click User CP located top right.
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New regulatory authority over significant price discovery contracts: An example of natural gas swaps with econometric applications
This study details the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's significant price discovery regulatory authority over exempt, over-the-counter contracts, as introduced in 2008. A vector autoregressive model is used to conclude that three cash-settled natural gas contracts traded on the IntercontinentalExchange are significant price discovery contracts (SPDCs). Thus, this study demonstrates the methods' use in analyzing the new financial policy authority and other similar and evolving policies. The paper also discusses some of the policy implications of the SPDC determinations. Lastly, the authors address the transition of the Commission's SPDC authority as a result of the passage of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was signed into law in July 2010.
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OIG to Revisit Potential Duplicate Medication Payments through Hospice/Part D
CMS Makes Big Changes to Three Payment Models
NAHC Board Announces Strategic Planning
Help Build the New NAHC – Send Us Your Nominations for the Board of Directors
Hospice Quality Updates – Deadline Tomorrow!
CMS Launches Hospice COMPARE Quality Website
Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Program Payment Adjustment Process and Enforcement of Service Codes on Home Health Claims
In the various roles he has undertaken through the years, Val J. Halamandaris has been a singular driving force behind the policy and program initiatives resulting in the recognition of home health care as a viable alternative to institutionalization. His dedication to consumer advocacy, which enhances the quality of life and dignity of those receiving home health care, merits VNA HealthCare Group's highest recognition and deepest respect.
- VNA HealthCare Group
I have the highest respect for them, especially for the nurses, aides and therapists, who devote their lives to caring for people with disabilities, the infirm and dying Americans. There are few more noble professions.
- President Barack Obama
Home health care agencies do such a wonderful job in this country helping people to be able to remain at home and allowing them to receive services
- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Chair, Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee
Home care is a combination of compassion and efficiency. It is less expensive than institutional care...but at the same time it is a more caring, human, intimate experience, and therefore it has a greater human element...it's a big mistake not to try to maximize it and find ways to give people the home care option over either nursing homes, hospitals or other institutions
- Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R-GA)
Medicaid covers long-term care, but only for low-income families. And Medicare only pays for care that is connected to a hospital discharge....our health care system must cover these vital services...[and] we should promote home-based care, which most people prefer, instead of the institutional care that we emphasize now.
- Former U.S. Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-CD)
We need incentives to...keep people in home health care settings...It's dramatically less expensive than long term care.
- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Home care is clearly the wave of the future. It's clearly where patients want to be cared for. I come from an ethnic family and when a member of our family is severely ill, we would never consider taking them to get institutional care. That's true of many families for both cultural and financial reasons. If patients have a choice of where they want to be cared for, where it's done the right way, they choose home.
- Donna Shalala, former Secretary of Health and Human Services
A couple of years ago, I spent a little bit of time with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice and its president, Val J. Halamandaris, and I was just blown away. What impressed me so much was that they talked about what they do as opposed to just the strategies of how to deal with Washington or Sacramento or Albany or whatever the case may be. Val is a fanatic about care, and it comes through in every way known to mankind. It comes through in the speakers he invites to their events; it comes through in all the stuff he shares.
- Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence
Val's home care organization brings thousands of caregivers together into a dynamic organization that provides them with valuable resources and tools to be even better in their important work. He helps them build self-esteem, which leads to self-motivation.
- Mike Vance, former Dean of Disney and author of Think Out of the Box
Val is one of the greatest advocates for seniors in America. He goes beyond the call of duty every time.
- Arthur S. Flemming, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Val has brought the problems, the challenges, and the opportunities out in the open for everyone to look at. He is a visionary pointing the direction for us.
- Margaret (Peg) Cushman, Professor of Nursing and former President of the Visiting Nurses Association
Although Val has chosen to stay in the background, he deserves much of the credit for what was accomplished both at the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, where he was closely associated with me and at the House Select Committee on Aging, where he was Congressman Claude Pepper's senior counsel and closest advisor. He put together more hearings on the subject of aging, wrote more reports, drafted more bills, and had more influence on the direction of events than anyone before him or since.
- Frank E. Moss, former U.S. Senator
Val's most important contribution is pulling together all elements of home health care and being able to organize and energize the people involved in the industry.
Anyone working on health care issues in Congress knows the name Val J. Halamandaris.
- Kathleen Gardner Cravedi, former Staff Director of the House Select Committee on Aging
Without your untiring support and active participation, the voices of people advocating meaningful and compassionate health care reform may not have been heard by national leaders.
- Michael Sullivan, Former Executive Director, Indiana Association for Home Care
All of us have been members of many organizations and NAHC is simply the best there is. NAHC aspires to excellence in every respect; its staff has been repeatedly honored as the best in Washington; the organization lives by the highest values and has demonstrated a passionate interest in the well-being of patients and providers.
- Elaine Stephens, Director of Home Care of Steward Home Care/Steward Health Systems and former NAHC C
Home care increasingly is one of the basic building blocks in the developing system of long-term care. On both economic and recuperative bases, home health care will continue to grow as an essential service for individuals, for families and for the community as a whole.
- Former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
NCOA is excited to be part of this great event and honored to have such influential award winners in the field of aging.
- National Council of Aging
Health care at home…is something we need more of, not less of. Let us make a commitment to preventive and long-term care. Let us encourage home care as an alternative to nursing homes and give folks a little help to have their parents there.
- Former President Bill Clinton
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), along with its co-plaintiffs, filed an Emergency Application to Stay the Court of Appeals overtime lawsuit ruling with the U.S. Supreme Court until the Supreme Court has the opportunity to review the merits of an appeal fully. The application for a stay is needed to prevent the Department of Labor (DOL) rules from taking effect on or about October 13, 2015. As previously indicated in NAHC Report (see previous article here), the Court of Appeals issued a "per curiam" ruling that denied NAHC's request for a stay as well as the DOL request to expedite the court's mandate. That meant that NAHC had to shift the matter to the Supreme Court.
The stay application is directed to Chief Justice John Roberts as he is responsible for emergency motions involving the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Generally, the Supreme Court justices give the other party in the lawsuit several days to reply to the application for an emergency stay prior to the Justice issuing a ruling. It is expected that Chief Justice Roberts will rule before the October 13 deadline and very likely within the next 10 days.
In its brief supporting the application, NAHC and its co-plaintiffs explain that the Court of Appeals ruling erroneously found that an earlier Supreme Court ruling involving the overtime exemptions foreclosed any consideration as to whether the "plain language" of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) prohibited the DOL new rules. The original federal District Court ruling issued in January held that FLSA exemptions clearly are applicable to employees of third-party employers (home care companies).
The NAHC brief also argues that the standards for a stay are met in that it is likely that the Supreme Court will agree hear the appeal (four Justices must agree to hear the case) and that home care companies, consumers, and workers will be irreparably harmed if the DOL rules prematurely take effect. The evidence supporting the risk of harm includes information regarding the lack of preparedness in state Medicaid programs to address the new cost of overtime and the history of lost business, reduced working hours, and care planning confusion when individual states have dropped the federal exemptions on "companionship services" and "live-in domestic services."
The brief notes the discriminatory impact of the DOL rules that permit the exemptions when the worker is directly employed by the consumer, but denies the exemption if the worker is employed by a third-party home care company. The result is that the exemption is applied to only some home care employees simply based on the nature of the employer even though the employees engage in identical work. Among the absurd outcomes is that home care consumers who have the wherewithal and willingness to take on the difficult role of employer have an advantage in gaining access to affordable care over the person who uses a home care agency because their infirmities prevent them from fulfilling an employer's duties.
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A Worcestershire businessman has endorsed a newly launched landmark county skills initiative.
Managing director of Worcester Bosch, Carl Arntzen, was the keynote speaker at the recent launch of Connecting Schools and Business (CSAB), a skills programme being supported by all 29 Worcestershire High Schools.
CSAB is designed to strengthen the relationship between the county's high schools and industry to help develop the next generation of Worcestershire's workforce.
It will offer work experience opportunities and help increase young people's awareness of industry.
CSAB's new web portal, worcestershireskillscentral.co.uk, will let companies offer quality work placement opportunities, apprenticeships vacancies and other support including Young Enterprise programmes for budding entrepreneurs and coaching and mentoring for young people.
Students from each school will be will be able to upload CVs, apply for work placements and track their performance while in the workplace linked to their school targets.
Mr Arntzen said: "I was delighted to support this visionary new initiative which will knit schools and business together smoothing the path to meaningful work experience for students and discovering the next generation of talent for business in Worcestershire.
"So many influential businesses have signed up on the portal and we are looking forward to many more joining up to be part of what I believe is a watershed moment in time for our county."
The programme was put together by schools and business leaders under the Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and the Employment and Skills Board (ESB) and was launched at Sixways Stadium last month.
CSAB has already been backed by over 150 businesses, including Worcester Bosch, Mazak, QuinetiQ, Thomas Vale Construction, Worcester Warriors, West Midlands Safari Park, Kane's Foods and Harrison Clark Rickerbys.


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Just over a year ago, Alan Belcher had one of the worst experiences a fighter can endure.
Belcher had just started to make his name in mixed martial arts, losing a fight to international star Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 100 that many onlookers, if not most, thought he won. He followed that with a pair of impressive finishes and his name started showing up on lists of the UFC's best middleweights.
He was in Brazil, working extensively on upgrading his grappling game, and preparing himself for the biggest fight of his career, against ground specialist Demian Maia. A win would have put him in the top rung of the middleweight contenders.
One morning, though, Belcher woke up and couldn't see out of his right eye.
To this day he can't pinpoint what happened. But he spent the remainder of 2010 under the impression that his fighting days were over.
"It might have been a punch that caused the initial tear and it got worse because it wasn't treated," said Belcher, whose problems started a few weeks after he had choked out Patrick Cote in Cote's home city of Montreal at UFC 113 on May 8, 2010. His 15-month ordeal, which included two surgeries, comes to a close when he returns to the cage to face Jason "The Athlete" MacDonald (25-14) on Saturday night's UFC Fight Night in New Orleans in a bout that will air live on Spike TV.
Believe it or not, Belcher views his injury ordeal as a positive.
"It was a good experience because it made me a little more grateful for what I have, because it can be taken away at any time," said the 27-year-old Arkansas native.
"It gave me a more positive outlook on the whole thing. I had put too much pressure on myself to be champion, and to win every fight. Now I realize I'm just lucky to be paid to do this. Being able to have one good fight is awesome to me."
Belcher's nightmare morning in Brazil came with no warning. He hadn't been training stand-up and his first thought was that maybe something had gotten in his eye.
But he waited a day and things only got worse. He went to a local doctor, and before the week was out, his career was in jeopardy and he had surgery to repair a detached retina.
"Looking back, I was starting to see spots and I was sensitive to light," he said. "I didn't know what it was at the time. I was thinking maybe it's a bad reaction to some supplement I was taking and I let it go. Because of the tear, fluid was getting behind it, and the fluid detached the retaina. I wasn't even doing sparing at the time. It was pretty scary. I never experienced not being able to see. …
"The first day, I just thought something had gotten in my eye. Then I went to a local doctor in Brazil, who advised me to get back home as soon as possible and have surgery. I left that night and the next day I was in a doctor's office in Mississippi."
He had surgery the next day in Mobile, Ala., but that wasn't the end. About a month later, the retina detached a second time and he had to undergo a more invasive surgery.
"Then it didn't look good," Belcher recalled. "The doctors tried to be optimistic but I thought this was a sign that I'm not going to fight again. This is the end. I tried to stay positive and wait it out."
He stopped training and although he hoped for a different answer, Belcher was braced for bad news.
"I thought I was pretty much done," he said. "The doctor was more optimistic. For me, it was a little bit demotivating and it changes your whole way of thinking. I didn't do anything for a long time."
It wasn't until the start of 2011 that Belcher was able to start training. When that went well and monthly eye examinations showed no problem, he got the word he could continue his career in the spring. He targeted September for a return to the cage.
"I'm definitely ready to resume where I left off," he said, again taking the positive outlook on a long layoff, saying it helped heal his body and freshen him up. "I got to stop the yo-yo dieting, I got my body healed up, and had a break from the stresses of fighting. It was just a good mental rest, physical rest and a good experience."
MacDonald, 36, is a ground specialist who has bounced in and out of the UFC since 2006. Most of his wins have come through one form of choke or another, either the rear naked, guillotine or triangle versions. A favorite in his native Canada, MacDonald comes from Nova Scotia but now lives and runs a gym on the other side of the country, in Red Deer, Alberta. He's coming off a triangle choke submission win in 1:37 on the April 30 event at the Rogers Centre in Toronto over Ryan Jensen. His role in UFC of late has been as a Canadian favorite working undercards on shows North of the border. This will be his first fight in the U.S. in nearly three years.
"Standing, anybody's dangerous," said Belcher in evaluating his opponent. "There are no lucky punches. He'll be trying to hit me hard and if I'm not careful, he can hurt me. But if you want to compare grappling and stand up, he's twice as dangerous on the ground as he is standing. But I'm not taking him lightly anywhere.
"I think he's a perfect opponent to show I'm the same fighter that I was, and I've even improved some. He's a guy who keeps proving he can hang with the best guys and has a never-quit attitude. He's not going to go away, that's for sure."
Unlike most fighters, who gain momentum through a string of wins, Belcher first turned heads in a losing effort. Belcher and Akiyama had the best fight on what is still the biggest-money event in company history. Akiyama, who had been a champion in Japan, ended up with a broken nose and a broken right orbital bone, needing surgery that night.
Belcher picked apart Akiyama for almost the entire third round, leaving his face a mess. But Akiyama did get a knockdown during the round, as well as a takedown late, which ended up swinging the fight in his direction, taking a split decision. Many that night felt Belcher had been robbed, and UFC president Dana White told the Japanese press he thought Belcher had won the fight – not the politically correct thing to say.
"It was a turning point, a new chapter, everybody was talking to me about beating one of the top guys in the world and getting ripped off, or if I did get beat, it was close against one of the best guys in the world," Belcher said.
He said he's long gotten over the decision going the other way.
"That's all part of the learning experience in being a fighter," he said. "It was a good lesson, not to leave it in the judges' hands and always try to finish the fight. Even if you're winning, make sure you're winning a little better. But today, it doesn't bother me at all."
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Laid-off T-P employees file suits
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According to a message posted today in a private Facebook group, at least seven former Times-Picayune employees have filed "unlawful employment practices" lawsuits against the paper. Abstracts of all the suits are identical except for gender, job description, and the number of years of employment. An example reads as follows:
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The Times Picayune LLC; Advance Publications Inc.
12/11/2013 [Docket] (New Orleans)
Unlawful employment practices action. Despite defendants' purported "Newhouse Job Security Pledge," which was supposed to guarantee that plaintiff, a reporter at the Times Picayune for 26 years, would not be laid off because of economic circumstances or technological changes, plaintiff was laid off. Before she lost her job, plaintiff realized it had been posted to be filled, but plaintiff was not given the opportunity to reapply. A younger, lesser paid employee was hired to take her spot.
It had been rumored for some time that a group of laid-off employees were contemplating some sort of age discrimination action against the paper, and it looks like that action has now been taken.
Stay tuned …
"This is a book with attitude."
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That's the way LSU's Charles P. Manship Professor of History Andrew Burstein describes Hell and High Water: The Battle to Save the Daily New Orleans Times-Picayune, a new book by former T-P reporter Rebecca Theim that is being released by Pelican Publishing this month.
Theim was living and working in Las Vegas when word broke on the decision to cut publication of the Picayune to three days a week and lay off hundreds of reporters, photographers, and other employees.
Her first response was to form Dash Thirty Dash, The Times-Picayune Employee Assistance Fund, to help cushion the financial blow about to befall those who were coming under the axe, many of whom were personal friends and former coworkers. Through that organization, Theim launched a fundraising effort that was supported by hundreds of people who wanted to help while mourning the losses.
But Theim didn't stop there. She believed that documenting the tragedy in book form would establish an important historical record, and rather than leave the task to someone else she decided to do it herself.
The result is Hell and High Water, which has received high marks in pre-publication reviews.
An excerpt appears in the October issue of New Orleans Magazine, and a read-through will definitely whet your appetite for the full release, which is being celebrated at Rock 'n' Bowl from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, October 18.
In the meantime, locals can pre-order the book at Octavia Books, which is hosting Theim's first book-signing on Thursday, October 17, beginning at 6:00 p.m.
For those not able to buy local, the book is also available at Amazon.com.
However you do it, be sure to get your hands on a copy. It's a book you will want to keep in your collection as the definitive documentary and analysis of the Newhousing of New Orleans.
The past as prologue
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Former Times-Picayune copy and online content editor Cathy Hughes has written an insightful blog post on Eliza Poitevent Holbrook Nicholson, publisher of The Daily Picayune from 1876 until her untimely death from influenza in 1896.
Nicholson took over the paper upon the death of her husband, Col. Alva Morris Holbrook. Despite being a woman in what in those days was definitely a man's world, she gained the respect of her employees and readers, led the paper out of debt into profitability, and laid the foundation of what was to become (until now) an enduring New Orleans institution.
Hughes speculates on how Nicholson would have managed the transition into the digital age were she still running the Picayune today. To find out how she might have done, read the full post here.
Jeff Bezos offers a reality check
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In an interview with a reporter at The Washington Post, the newspaper he recently agreed to buy for $250 million, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos observes,
No business can continue to shrink. That can only go on for so long before irrelevancy sets in.
Bezos continues,
The Post will have "readers at its centerpiece. I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.
Compare and contrast: NOLA Media Group vs. The New Orleans Advocate.


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1. An RBI situation is where a batter has an opportunity to hit in at least one run during their at-bat because a baserunner is either on second base or third base.
1. With only one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and runners on second and third, Hamilton is going to try to take advantage of this RBI situation and at least tie the game with a sac fly.
Sports The Term Is Used
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By Jacob Stockinger
The Ear has received the following information to post from Ben Luedcke, the artistic director of the choral group Voces Aestatis (Summer Voices, below).
Luedcke writes:
Voces Aestatis (Summer Voices) will present its third annual summer concert this Friday night, Aug. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church (below top and below bottom), 1833 Regent Street in Madison.
Tickets are $20 and available at the door. (Cash and check only; sorry, no credit or debit card sales.)
Artistic Director Ben Luedcke (below) and Assistant Director Ena Foshay have carefully selected singers with a pure blend to perform in this intimate concert venue.
Voces Aestatis is Madison's only professional choir that specializes in early music.
The group will maintain its tradition of favoring a cappella repertoire of the 16th century, but new this year will be a collaboration with Saint Andrew Episcopal's music director, Ken Stancer (below).
Stancer will accompany the choir on organ in four 17th-century pieces, including works by Heinrich Schütz, Giovanni Gabrieli, Henry Purcell and Marc-Antione Charpentier.
While the Purcell is the familiar, powerful and climactic "Hear My Prayer," Gabrieli's "O Jesu mi dulcissime" and Charpentier's "Te Deum," H.147, are rarely performed and are not to be missed.
The Gabrieli setting is for double-choir. But rather than two equal choirs, there are separate low-voice and high-voice choirs that provide a unique and sonorous texture of men and women. Additionally, the Charpentier is full of variety, including solos and quartets within the larger 10-minute piece.
Other a cappella works round out the program, including music by Tomás Luis de Victoria and William Byrd (below).
Most noteworthy will be the group's fresh look at the double-choir motet "Super flumina babylonis," by Phillipe de Monte (below). Although the work is typically performed rather slowly and lamentingly, the group will bring a decisively different interpretation with a quicker tempo and active articulations. (You can hear a traditional performance in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
Also of note on the first half are pieces by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (below top) and Orlando di Lasso (below bottom), with texts from the "Song of Solomon" — a collection of bible passages that allege to describe the love between Christ and the Church, though they are in fact favorites of choral composers as they are known for their rather erotic descriptive passages.
Finally, Jacob Obrecht's "Salve Regina" for six voices is likely to stun listeners not only for its beauty, but also because it was written almost 100 years earlier than anything else on the program.
It features a noticeably different and almost austere harmonic palette with overlapping thick textures, as well as many complicated rhythms and chants in between major sections.
Please visit VocesAestatis.org for more information or to support the organization. The group relies on individual donations, so we thank you in advance for supporting the arts in Madison.
By Jacob Stockinger
Today is the day a lot of people have been waiting for for a long time.
The United States will experience a solar eclipse (below).
By now you've heard enough about not looking directly at the sun because of the severe damage you risk doing to your eyes.
But indirectly you can watch and also hear it unfold from about 11:15 a.m. CDT for three hours. And you can see it and hear about through any number of media, including television, radio and the Internet. Just Google it and take your choice.
What you may not know is that the entire eclipse in the U.S, will be accompanied by the famed and always adventurous Kronos Quartet (below top) playing an ingenious score – which uses the energy from the sun during the eclipse to create notes — written especially for this occasion by the contemporary San Francisco composer Wayne Grim (below bottom) especially for this occasion.
You can hear a sample of Grim's music for another scientific project at the Exploratorium in the YouTube video at the bottom.
Here are links to the stories on National Public Radio (NPR) and the web, which feature a link to the live-streamed performance from the Exploratorium in San Francisco:
And for good measure, here is a link to a story about the first photograph ever taken of a solar eclipse – the one that appears above. The daguerreotype dates from July 28, 1851 and was taken by Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski.
By Jacob Stockinger
The Ear has heard many themes for concerts and festivals.
But he really, really likes the title of this year's Token Creek Chamber Music Festival (below, inside the refurbished barn that serves as a concert hall).
It runs from Aug. 26 through Sept. 3.
Here is a link to complete details about the performers, the three programs and the five concerts that focus especially on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Schubert, Maurice Ravel and Robert Schumann:
The theme or concept is NECESSARY MUSIC.
Of course, as the festival press release says, the Token Creek organizers recognize that the whole idea is subjective, so they refuse to be prescriptive:
"In what way, and for whom is a certain kind of music necessary?
"Certainly the presenters of a chamber music festival would be presumptuous to offer a program as a sort of prescription for listeners. And at Token Creek we won't.
"So often the music we need arrives by chance, and we did not even know we needed it until it appears. And other times we know exactly what we are missing. And so we offer this year's programs of pieces that feed the soul."
The Ear likes that concept.
And he thinks it applies to all of us.
So today he wants to know: What music is NECESSARY FOR YOU and WHAT MAKES IT NECESSARY
Of course, the idea of necessary music changes over time and in different circumstances.
Do you need relief from the anxiety of political news?
Are you celebrating a happy event?
Are you recovering from some kind of personal sadness or misfortune?
But right now, what piece or pieces of music – or even what composer – do you find necessary and why?
In the COMMENT section, please tell us what it is and what makes it necessary?
And please include a link to a YouTube video performance, if possible.
The Ear wants to hear.
By Jacob Stockinger
This Saturday at 11 a.m. in Overture Hall of the Overture Center, the Madison Symphony Orchestra will offer another FREE Farmer's Market Organ Recital.
The concert will last 45 minutes. No tickets or reservations are required. All ages are welcome to attend.
The organist this time is the prize-winning Simone Gheller.
Gheller (below) is an international organist from Padua, Italy. He has played concerts in prestigious locations in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Brazil, and America among others. Gheller studied at Oberlin College in Ohio with Professor James David Christie and Olivier Latry, and currently serves as the Music Director and Organist at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Oconomowoc.
Gheller's program will feature works by Liszt, Bossi, Thalben-Ball, Buck and Creston. Sorry, no word about specific works on the program. (You can hear Gheller playing a dramatic and animated work by Liszt in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
For more information about the performer, go to:
For more information about the Farmer's Market Organ Recitals, go to:
By Jacob Stockinger
Kyle Johnson (below, in a photo by Peter Jakubowski), a talented pianist who is studying at the UW-Madison and who has contributed reviews to this blog, sends the following information:
Hi all,
You're receiving this email because you collaborated with me on my ongoing Messiaen podcast production, helped me in a small way, are on my doctoral committee, or are simply someone whom I've told about the project in recent weeks.
I've great news: Edge Effects, a magazine out of the Center for Culture, History and Environment (within UW's Nelson Institute) picked up knowledge of the project and decided to feature it!
The feature is a full-length preview episode of the podcast series, specifically created for Edge Effects. That episode is currently available for streaming or download HERE.
I hope everyone can get a chance to listen to it and enter the world of birdsong (below), contemporary piano repertoire, composition, ornithology and performing. (You can hear Messiaen's use of birdsong in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
Podcasting, itself, is a great, relatively new medium for education, storytelling, and informing — all attributes I hope you'll take away after hearing it.
Happy listening,
Kyle D. Johnson, Mead Witter School of Music
Dissertator, Doctor of Musical Arts
By Jacob Stockinger
Just a quick reminder today: Single tickets for the new 2017-18 season of the Madison Symphony Orchestra (below), under music director John DeMain, are now on sale.
And there are some good deals.
Here are two links to information about the programs and guest artists for the new season, including an interview with John DeMain that John W. Barker did for this blog:
And here are two links to information about single ticket sales.
While you're at it, what do you think of the new MSO season?
What do you like and what don't you like?
The Ear wants to hear.
By Jacob Stockinger
It was the famous 20th-century composer and pioneering modernist Igor Stravinsky (below) who advised us to listen to music with our eyes open.
For one, it fosters our appreciation of the sheer physicality of making music. Musicians are, as the pianist Vladimir Horowitz once observed, athletes of the small muscles.
If you listen with your eyes open you can see a lot of things.
You can see how musicians give each other cues.
You can see the expression on their faces, the joy and pleasure that making music gives them.
You can observe how different members of the audience react differently to different music.
You can appreciate the many kinds of instruments with the eye-catching shapes, sizes and colors.
And you can see patterns that make for good photographs – if taking photos is allowed.
Of course even if it is, there are rules to follow so that the musicians and other audience members are not disturbed: no flash and no shutter sound are the main ones besides the rule of intellectual property and the forbidding of taking photographs – kind of a difficult one to enforce these days, what with all the smart phones out there.
But some musicians and groups are very friendly and open to photographing, especially if the photos are strictly personal and not for commercial use to earn a profit.
At the last regular concert this summer by the Willy Street Chamber players a little over two weeks ago, The Ear found two that showed patterns for good composition.
It's just fun. But productive fun that can capture the fascination with music and musicians, especially if you sit close to the performers.
Here they are.
First is "Three Clarinets," a portrait of guest artist Michael Maccaferri, from the Grammy-winning chamber music group eighth blackbird, with the three clarinets he used in the Argentinian-Jewish composer Osvaldo Golijov's "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind." The black verticality of the clarinets is heightened by the same quality of the music stands.
The second is "Two Cellos and One Violin," taken during the bows after the string sextet version of Mozart's "Sinfonia Concertante." The shapes and shades of brown wood draw the eye.
Tell The Ear of you like this kind of photo essay and want to see more of them on the blog.
The Ear wants to hear.
By Jacob Stockinger
I can't think of anyone who doesn't like playing or hearing the music of Chopin (below).
Can you?
But just why the 19th-century Romantic composer has such universal appeal is hard to explain.
One of the best explanations The Ear has read came recently from pianist Jeremy Denk, whose essay on "Chopin as a cat" appeared in The New York Times.
Denk, who has performed two outstanding solo recitals in Madison, is clearly an important musical thinker as well as a great performer. You can also see that at once if you read his excellent blog "Think Denk."
The Ear suspects the current essay grew out of some remarks that Denk gave during a lecture on Chopin's pedaling at the UW-Madison, and will be incorporated into the book he is working on that includes his previous acclaimed essays in The New Yorker magazine.
Denk (below), who has lately been performing an intriguing survey concert that covers 600 years of music, thinks that Chopin's uniqueness resides in how he consolidated and fused both conservative values and radical, even modern, innovations.
To the Ear, it is the best modern analysis of Chopin that he has read since the major treatment that the acclaimed pianist-musicologist Charles Rosen wrote about the Polish "poet of the piano" in his terrific book "The Romantic Generation."
Moreover, the online web version of Denk's essay is much more substantial and satisfying than the newspaper print edition. It has not only audio-visual performances of important Chopin works by major artists such as Arthur Rubinstein and Krystian Zimerman, it also suggests, analyzes and praises some "old-fashioned" historical recordings of Chopin by Ignaz Friedman, Alfred Cortot and Josef Hoffmann.
Now if only Jeremy Denk would record an album of Chopin himself!
Here is a link to the Chopin essay:
Please listen to the wonderful clips that Denk suggests.
Then tell us what pieces are your favorite Chopin works, big or small, and what performers are your favorite Chopin interpreters.
The Ear wants to hear.


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HDI and AXELOS Release Co-Branded Whitepaper on the Synergies of ITIL and Knowledge-Centered Support(SM)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --HDI and AXELOS today announced the release of a co-branded whitepaper that explores the combined benefits of adhering to Knowledge-Centered Support (KCSsm)1 and the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)2, suites of best practices for IT service management (ITSM). The complimentary whitepaper can be downloaded by visiting www.thinkHDI.com or www.axelos.com.
HDI and AXELOS decided to collaborate on the whitepaper when they recognized that ITIL and KCS share the same core objective: improving the quality of services and service provisioning to support business processes. ITIL is the most recognized framework for the set of practices known as IT Service Management (ITSM) which focuses on ensuring the alignment of IT services to business needs. KCS, developed by the Consortium for Service Innovation, is the set of best practices that focuses on the use of knowledge within support as a key asset to facilitate the achievement of business goals.
Together, KCS and ITIL provide a powerful and valuable framework for organizations to follow. Those that adopt service management processes based on both position themselves and their companies for increased success.
"After meeting with AXELOS at HDI's FUSION 13 conference last October, we quickly realized the service and support industry is better served by having ITIL and KCS work in conjunction with each other as opposed to being standalone frameworks," said Rick Joslin, HDI's Executive Director of Certification and Training. "We are excited to release this whitepaper to educate service management professionals that adopting both ITIL and KCS will lead to improved performance."
Those who download the whitepaper will discover that KCS compliments ITIL perfectly and provides significant advantages to an organization. Some of the benefits discussed are an increase in the value of services provided to customers, improved services that align to business needs, an enhanced customer experience, and increased employee satisfaction, loyalty and productivity - all while continuing to meet the needs of the business.
"At AXELOS, our goal is to nurture best practice communities on a worldwide scale," said AXELOS CEO, Peter Hepworth. "We know first-hand that companies who improve service management have more effective employees, streamlined operations, and better performance from following best practices."
ABOUT HDI | HDI is the worldwide professional association and certification body for the technical service and support industry. Facilitating collaboration and networking, HDI hosts acclaimed conferences and events, produces renowned publications and research, and certifies and trains thousands of professionals each year.
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On 1 July 2013 'AXELOS' was announced as the new Joint Venture company that the Cabinet Office has formed to promote and grow the UK Government's portfolio of Best Management Practice accreditation and publishing services, including ITIL, PRINCE2 and the other PPM products.
AXELOS now owns the intellectual property of the whole Best Management Practice portfolio and will build on the current business activities and developing products in new areas. The organization also has an ambitious programme of investment and growth, and primary focus will now be on stimulating the growth of a vibrant, open international ecosystem of training, consultancy and examination organizations.
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LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC's deal to cut oil production is unlikely to result in a substantial reduction in supplies, some of the world's biggest oil trading companies said this week, meaning the market is unlikely to rebalance until well into 2017.
The price of crude oil has stabilized around $50 a barrel since the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed the output deal on Sept. 28.
But rising production from OPEC members Libya and Nigeria is casting doubts over whether the agreement can be effective.
"Clearly, they have put a floor on the market," Gunvor Chief Executive Torbjorn Tornqvist told the Reuters Commodities Summit.
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Any agreed reduction will not affect actual supplies until next year, Tornqvist said, because the OPEC meeting in Vienna on Nov. 30 to set supply policy will be too late to adjust cargo loading dates before 2017.
"Realistically, they can't do anything till January. We're going to have quite a lot of oil in the market until then. I don't have high expectations of sustained higher oil prices, certainly for the medium term," Tornqvist said.
Mercuria Chief Executive Marco Dunand said prices could fall to the low $40s if OPEC failed to agree anything at the November meeting but could rise to the high $50s and above should it remove as much as 1 million barrels a day from the market.
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Glencore's head of oil, Alex Beard, was also skeptical OPEC's deal was a game changer.
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Gunvor's Tornqvist said the oil market was unlikely to rebalance until the middle or second half of 2017, giving a time frame similar to that expected by Vitol's chief.
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"But can they really give us a million between OPEC and non-OPEC? It's a tough call," Taylor said.
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Asset manager Pierre Andurand, whose energy fund has some $1.36 billion in assets under management, said he believed non-OPEC supply was well on the way to shrinking quickly enough, while demand looked healthy, so the OPEC agreement would help speed up any oil price recovery.
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The BEIS Inquiry on Corporate Governance
PIRC appreciates that this inquiry reflects the concerns expressed in the report on the corporate governance failings highlighted by the Committee's recent inquiries into BHS and Sports Direct, and in the wake of commitments from the Prime Minister to overhaul corporate governance.
PIRC Welcomes 'Shareholder Committees' in new High Pay Centre Report
1 September 2016 I A broad welcome has been given by PIRC to a new report addressing short termism and challenging shareholder apathy in trying to improve company corporate governance.
LAPFF Joins Clinical Trials Disclosure Campaign
4th August 2015 | UK Local Authority Funds add to Investor Pressure for Transparency from Global Pharmaceutical Industry
HMRC Launches Tax Compliance Consultation
28th July 2015 | Improved Transparency Sought but Key Information to Remain Undisclosed
MEPs Vote to Strengthen Shareholder Rights Directive
21st July 2015 | Country by Country tax reporting, shareholder transparency and voting on pay all given boost by EU Parliament
FTSE 100 Reaches Initial Davies Target on Diversity
14th July 2015 | Female Representation on Biggest Boards Tips 25% but Steep Climb Yet For FTSE 350
UK Regulators Announce New Remuneration Rules
30th June 2015 | Tighter Conditions on Bonus Payments and Clawbacks Now in Pipeline
The Transatlantic Gap-What To Do about Chevron and Exxon?
16th June 2015| Shareholders Mull Range of Engagement and Resolution Options for 2016 AGMs
European Shareholder Rights Directive up for Vote in July
June 9th 2015 | Country by Country tax transparency in the balance as MEPs ponder historic vote on wide ranging corporate governance reforms.
Is Shell about to Leave ALEC?
2nd June 2015 | Opening for shareholder engagement as pressure grows over membership of climate denier lobby group
Global Bank Misconduct Bill Closes in on Quarter Trillion
2nd June 2015 | Shareholders and customers foot an enormous bill for malfeasance but jail sentences still a distant mirage
Transatlantic Gap in Oil and Gas Grows
26th May 2015 | Energy companies divide as shareholder groups move closer
Call for Transparency on Asset Manager AGM Votes
26th May 2015 | Closer Alignment With Stewardship Code Needed says Share Action
Record UK Shareholder Vote in Favour Of Labour Resolution
May 19th 2015| But National Express Board Remains Unmoved
AGM Voting Out in the Open
5th May 2015 | Pre Meeting Transparency by LGS Australia - a Pointer to the Future
National Express under More International Scrutiny
28th April 2015 | Pressure Over US Labour Standards Grows in Run Up to AGM
BP AGM-Who's Next to Aim for A?
21st April 2015 | Can investor groups establish a new global standard for climate risk transparency and disclosure?
Louise Davidson Appointed CEO of ACSI
13th April 2015 | New Leader for Peak Australian Investor ESG Council
Global Corporate Tax Gap in the Multi-Billions Says MSCI
14th April 2015 | Meanwhile LAPFF Seeks Tax Transparency from the FTSE 100