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For the lack of better word in English, Bibek or Viveka - ਬਿਬੇਕ, ਵਿਵੇਕ, etc. - is discrimination. But not "discrimination" as in connoisseur, racial, social and religious discrimination, prejudice, bigotry, intolerance etc. In the West, this word "discrimination" is by and large linked with such expressions. The Latin origins of the word "discrimination" include two words: "discriminate" (to divide) and "discernere" (to separate).
However, according to the SGGS and other Eastern scriptures, in the deepest sense, "discrimination" is the firm conviction that God alone is Eternal, and that everything else is impermanent in this world. Thus, Viveka is the discriminating intellect, clear understanding or wisdom, and the power of separating the Changeless from the changeful world. This subtle sense of discrimination helps one to know the difference between Sat and Asat (truth and falsehood) and right and wrong. Without this noble quality a spiritual seeker would be unable to discriminate between the real and unreal — Eternal (permanent) and the ephemeral (impermanent). Only a person of Bibek-budhi (the Gurmukh) knows that the Absolute Reality alone is eternal (Sat) and that everything else in this fleeting or changeful world being in the framework of time and space is temporary (Asat).
Thus, Bibek (also spelt Viveka) is not the all consuming material intellect; for such intellect is the state of delusion — "intoxication", "corruption", "Maya's filth", "Manmukh" or "rabidness" aspect. Therefore, the SGGS time and again reminds us not to use this jewel of "discrimination" blindly but in the right way, as only then will there be the clear Understanding. Otherwise this rare opportunity given to us in the human birth will be wasted and lost.
Perhaps a little story can help us understand the point these foregoing verses are trying to make. Once a man found himself in a large inaccessible forest teeming with beasts of prey such as tigers, lions etc. Near his wandering in the forest, there were several tiger cubs. When the mother tiger saw him near her cubs, she charged him. Seeing the tiger charging him, the man began to run hither and thither in fright. However, he could not succeed in distancing the mother tiger or freeing himself from her presence. In course of his hastily running, he fell into a invisible pit whose mouth was covered with many creepers and shrubs. He became entangled in those clusters of creepers that were interwoven with one another. He continued to hang there, feet upwards and head downwards. While he was in that posture, many other dangers overtook him. For example, he beheld a large and mighty python within the pit. A number of rats were eating away the roots of the creepers he was hanging by. He saw the angry mother tiger at the top of the pit waiting to devour him as soon as he was within her reach, and so on.
While falling in the pit, the man observed that he had disturbed and broken off part of a beehive. The honey (collected in the comb) fell in many jets below on his head. While hanging in the pit, he continually drank those jets. In drinking that honey, he forgot his distressful situation and all those dangers surrounding him. Unsatiated, he desired for more honey — his thirst for the fleeting pleasure of the honey remains unquenched. Even then he did not become indifferent to his life. If allowed, what a trickster the mind really can be!
Here in this story, that which is described as the wilderness is the material world (Jagat). The forest within it is the limited sphere of one's own life. Those that have been mentioned as beasts of prey are the diseases (to which we are subject). The pit symbolizes the body of embodied beings. The huge python dwelling in the bottom of that pit is time, the destroyer of all embodied beings. The cluster of creepers growing in that pit and attached to whose spreading stems the man hanged down is the desire for life. The tiger standing at the mouth of the pit is the year. The tiger's cubs represent months or seasons of the years. The rats that are cutting off the roots symbolize days and nights that are continually reducing the periods of life of all creatures. Bees in the beehive are our desires. The numerous jets that are dropping the honey at the man's head are the sense-pleasures derived from the gratification of our desires to which our senses are strongly addicted.
This illustrates how the man in the story failed to use his discrimination properly. Although he was surrounded all sides by danger but he was lost in the temporary (fleeting) pleasure of the honey. As a matter of fact, the condition of the majority of us is not so different from him! Although we are surrounded by suffering, disease, old age, death etc., yet we do not make sincere effort to free ourselves from the round of unenlightened existence and self-imposed limitations. It suggests that the majority of us do not use our discrimination (Viveka) properly. The Gurbani says at present we are walking around in a sleep state.
Here is a joke that illustrates the point of real value of proper discrimination. Three men were sentenced to death by hanging execution. A royal priest accompanied them to administer the Last Rites. The hanging execution procedure involves dropping the executee some distance and stopped by a rope fastened around his neck. All three men were ordered to stand on the "trap door". The hangman released the trap door of the first man but the "trap door" remained stuck and did not open. The royal priest took it as a sign from God and released the man. The same thing happened to the second man. The third man was an engineer. When his turn came, he looked at the "trap door" mechanism and pointed out the problem as to why the "trap door" failed to open for the first two men. Not only that, he also gave instructions to repair it. The "trap door" was fixed and the engineer was successfully executed! Here the engineer was using his talent, knowledge, and intellect without using his discrimination.
As the mind can be a clever trickster (of course if allowed), many take the extreme view suggesting not to use the discrimination (Bibek) at all. For they argue it to be the greatest of all mistakes. However, the SGGS does not seem to agree with this extreme view. In fact, "Bibek" is equated with the "Guru" in the SGGS. If we do not use our discrimination in the right way, then who is at fault? If we do not use love in the right way, then who is at fault? If we do not use compassion in the right way, then who is at fault? If we do not use non-attachment in the right way, then who is at fault? If we do not use Vichaar, wisdom or knowledge in the right way, then who is at fault? If we do not use humility in the right way, then who is at fault? If we do not use charity in the right way, then who is at fault? If we do not read scriptures without understanding their essence, then who is at fault? List can go on and on. Clearly, if we do not use noble qualities properly, then they are not at fault. Because, if we allow the mind, it can use any quality in the wrong way. Those without noble qualities are indicated in the SGGS to be nothing but "Maya's filth". Furthermore, the SGGS indicates that this noble quality of Bibek is obtained from the Satgur.
So the Gurbani urges us to pray to Parameshar to bestow upon us the power to proceed intelligently and with proper discrimination in every circumstance. Using intelligence without proper discrimination can reduce our strengths and talents to weakness or destructive force. On the other hand, intelligence coupled with proper discrimination can modify our weaknesses into strengths and help us use these strengths and talents most creatively and effectively, leading to Bairaag (also spelt Bairaag) meaning detachment from that is untrue (falsehood) or impermanent, good actions (Karanee), the mind's purity and expansiveness, permanent inner Peace, and ultimately Mool-Realization (Realization of Source, Jot...).
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"A lot less time for a lot more care." So sang the Undertones on 1979's More Songs About Chocolate and Girls, facing the age-old second-album problem: You've had years — your whole lives, in a way — to compose that initial public offering, but if it makes a splash, you soon find yourself working on the follow-up at a faster pace, with higher outside expectations. Or, as the New Pornographers' Carl Newman puts it, "God help bands that are 'anticipated.'"
Newman and most of his groupmates are veterans of Vancouver's indie scene, and their songs are more likely to concern "the wreck of the soul" than adolescence and Mars bars, but the new Electric Version (Matador) finds them in the same uneasy position. Back in 1997, Newman (Zumpano, Superconductor) conceived the New Pornographers as a workshop for unused songs by himself and Destroyer's Daniel Bejar, to be sung by a rotating cast including rising alt-country belter Neko Case. Their first four-song demo went unnoticed until Newman placed the hypercharged, Case-fronted "Letter to an Occupant" on a Mint Records compilation. In 2000, Mint released Mass Romantic, a furiously paced, virulently catchy full-length.
The resulting acclaim was heartening and somewhat shocking: a Juno award (the Canadian Grammy-equivalent), across-the-board critical raves, and a vote of rock-royalty confidence from Ray Davies, who performed the Kinks' "Starstruck" with the band at 2001's South by Southwest festival. Speaking from Vancouver, Newman is forthright about the key to the band's success. "We have big drumbeats and a good female singer. It was always my theory that if you had those elements, you'd become popular. When I write a song that sounds like a hit, I say, let's get Neko to sing this one."
Calculated? Perhaps — but how often has great pop been anything but? With Newman's most immediate melodies again hammered home by Case's rich, knowing vocals, Electric Version doesn't make any radical changes in the New Pornographers' recipe. But this isn't Mass Romantic Reloaded, either. Blaine Thurier's keyboards are better-integrated, the production (courtesy of bassist/engineer John Collins) is measurably cleaner, and the median tempo is closer to "chop very fine" than "purée." According to Thurier, "On the first album, we were barely keeping our footing; this time, we held on to the banister."
Still, stacked up against anything but its immediate predecessor, the disc is as sonically and lyrically action-packed as they come. Rock-historical references fly thick and fast: The opening guitar attack of "Loose Translation" is a dead ringer for Bowie's "Suffragette City," while "The New Face of Zero and One" cops Adam & the Ants' trademark stick-clicking. More important, Newman's melodies and chord progressions actually develop, making their "boneheaded" (his word) payoffs that much sweeter. Take the single "The Laws Have Changed." Kurt Dahle's "big drumbeat" keeps it danceably direct; Newman's vocal line rises as an organ hook descends, seamlessly giving way to Case's pre-chorus croon, until both singers burst into mysterious instructions: "Form a line through here/Form a line to the throne."
Though Daniel Bejar's three contributions don't have the tongue-and-groove precision of Newman's, they're far from filler. (Credited as the New Pornographers' "secret member," Bejar sings on both albums but rarely joins the band onstage.) This time out, he quotes Wittgenstein ("The world is all that is the case") and derails Dylan ("Think twice, maybe it's not all right") while hotfooting from one musical idea to the next. The arrangements are what make the pieces fit: "Chump Change" surrounds Bejar with string-enhanced "ooh-hoo"s, while "Testament to Youth in Verse" builds his refusenik outro ("The bells ring no, no, no . . .") build to a five-voiced Brian Wilson–style climax.
Though Electric Version is no sophomore slump, it's also not quite the lighthearted summertime record early press has it pegged as being. Songs like "It's Only Divine Right" have a just-discernible sociopolitical undertow that troubles the music's uptempo abandon. "It's about the Bush girls scamming liquor at the University of Texas while their father wreaks havoc on the world," says Newman. "I had a picture of a decadent, crumbling empire in mind." Too opaque to count as a "protest" ("Come true for the new martyrs/With your hair parted like the Red Sea"), the song sounds more like a great lost Cars single than a Canadian screed against American privilege. And that's fine with Newman: "I want us to be a party band. That's all I've ever tried to do." There's really no conflict here: What better place to throw a party than a decadent, crumbling empire?
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With the advent of the three year 'anniversary' of the liberation of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, the common headline has switched from an indomitable insurgency to impending civil war, if not an existing civil war. Richard Hernandez looks at the issue in detail, and postulates "the shift of meme from the "insurgency" to a "civil war" is a backhanded way of admitting the military defeat of the insurgency without abandoning the characterization of Iraq is an American fiasco." We believe there is merit to this argument.
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Formats: | 12 DVD, Blu-ray |
Starring: | Dionisie Vitcu, Ionut Ghinea, Liliana Mocanu, Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta, Dana Tapalaga, Catalina Harabagiu, Gina Tandura, Vica Agache, Nora Covali |
Director: | Cristian Mungiu |
Genres: | Drama, World Cinema |
Studio: | ARTIFICIAL EYE |
Original title | Dupa dealuri |
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Run time: | 2 hours 32 minutes |
Rental release: | 10 Jun 2013 |
Main languages: | Romanian |
Subtitles: | English |
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Christian Mungius Beyond the Hills has a seriousness and ambiguity that crowd-pleasing UK filmmakers tend to shy away from. Based on a true story novel, this bleak, utterly unsentimental film details events that were supposed to have taken place at a Romanian monastery in 2005. After being inseparable and most probably lovers at the orphanage they grew up in, Alina and Voichita, now in their mid-twenties, have not seen each other for some years. Alina has spent time working in Germany. Voichita has become one of twelve nuns at a rural, comfortless monastery run by a male priest. When re-united, Alina wants the girls' lives to return to the way they were. But Voichitas affections are now directed more towards God. Alinas bitter disappointment begins to take on a vicious and hysterical edge, and when a spell in hospital has no effect, the priest and the nuns conclude that she has become possessed. As the weather becomes colder, Alinas behavior becomes wilder. She brings chaos to the monastery. After much soul-searching, the nuns and the priest decide - in Alina's interest as well as their own - to act. Mungius suggestion is that although Communism may be in the past, the need for belief and to uphold a system still runs extremely deep. The film is all the more chilling because it is acted with complete plausibility no head-swivelling or projectile vomiting here; there is nothing supernatural to excuse the madness and paranoia: the darkest forces are the ones inside our heads.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Romanian film with English sub-titles!
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The Back Bay Amateur Astronomers is a group of amateur astronomers drawn together by a common interest in observational astronomy. The society was founded December 14, 1978 by members devoted to teaching the many aspects of observational astronomy.
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The BBAA's motto is "Bringing Astronomy to the People of Hampton Roads" and we have many events throughout the year to advance that goal. On "Astronomy Day" we team up with the Virginia Beach Public Library to celebrate astronomy. Our members set up filtered telescopes to view the sun and the moon, and take the opportunity to talk to library patrons about our hobby. We do many events throughout the year with the Departments of Parks and Recreation for Virginia Beach and Chesapeake. We also are building a relationship with the Norfolk Botanical Gardens and have done several evening events we call "Garden Stars". You'll often find our members at the local planetariums too, where we set up telescopes and interface with the public.
Our outreach efforts extend to local schools. We attend events like science fairs and PTA meetings at several area schools each year. Every year the list of schools that invite us to participate grows and we now average about twenty such events each year. We would like to do even more and each year we attend the Tidewater Association of Science Educators (TASE) conference to advertise our availability to local educators.
We are building strong relationships with area colleges and universities and are currently participating in an exciting program. The "Rapid Response Robotic Telescope" (RRRT) project teams the BBAA with Norfolk State University and the University of Virginia to operate a robotic telescope at the Fan Mountain Observatory near Charlottesville. The 24-inch Ritchey-Chretien telescope is designed to operate remotely and studies Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB's), Blazars, and other transient events. When not actively engaged in GRB work, students in the area and our members use the scope for a variety of projects.
The BBAA actively participates in our community: both the local community and the wider "astronomical community". The BBAA scholarship program offers financial assistance to graduating high school seniors in our area that demonstrate an interest in astronomy. The club mentors and assists school science and astronomy clubs. The club is proud to be an active partner with NASA's Space Place. An active member society of the Astronomical League, the BBAA created one of the League's observing programs, the Planetary Nebula Program.
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Our monthly meetings are generally held in the Science and Technology Building (Bldg J) at Tidewater Community College's Virginia Beach Campus. Our meeting room is JC-12, which is on the second floor above the planetarium. The planetarium is the rounded end of the J Building, opposite the observatory. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30pm and are open to the public. When classes are not in session at TCC, meetings are held at other locations as announced in the club newsletter, Yahoo Group, and official website.
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I made a panda cake and panda sugar cookie lollipops. We served a variety of sandwiches (including sunbutter and jellies shaped with cookie cutters for the children), dips, cheese and crackers, and fruit.
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Johnny Cash's lyric "I hear the train a comin'" best captures the mood at the Santa Monica Auctions farewell event, held this past weekend, June 9 and 10. Due to the planned extension of the MTA's Expo Line, the entire C Building at Bergamot Station -- home to Track 16, The Robert Berman Gallery and ... More >>
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Ireland's most beautiful landscape: Beara, West Cork - PHOTOS
Ireland's wildest peninsula, with rugged mountains and a spectacular coastline
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| Jul 02, 2013, 06:52 PM EDT
Why am I not surprised?
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BARNEYKX | Jan 16, 2012, 02:59 PM EST
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email@example.com | Jan 15, 2012, 08:32 PM EST
The most beautiful place in Ireland is where you are!!!
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LaoiseRyan | Jan 15, 2012, 05:43 PM EST
Tippboy be careful there! Dont let GeorgeDillon hear you praising diversity in Ireland! He'll hate all those people you just mentioned!
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Irishjule | Jan 15, 2012, 05:31 PM EST
There are so many beautiful places in Ireland that it's hard to pick. Two of my favorites, though, are Connamara and the Dingle Peninsula.
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POF9999 | Jan 14, 2012, 10:48 PM EST
31 is played in South Kerry so it is not exclusive to Beara. Agree it is spectacular country but not up to the views of Kenmare Bay from the Kerry side !
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Tooreenagrena | Jan 14, 2012, 10:18 PM EST
West Cork is magical.
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tippboy | Jan 14, 2012, 09:28 PM EST
It is a unique place and quite cosmopolitan. You'll find Dutch, German, French, American and English people who have settled there over the years. All are welcome and add a wonderful diversity to the community. Kenmare has some great restaurants and McCarthy's bar in Castletown Bere is not to be missed.
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deirdrekeohane | Jan 14, 2012, 05:51 PM EST
I'm on my way to live there in May!!!I can't wait,not only is it beautiful, the people are interesting, open-minded and genuinely friendly!
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Searlit | Jan 14, 2012, 03:52 PM EST
It is beautiful. In 2005, we did what seemed like a marathon, as we went from one stone circle to the next along part of the Beara Penninsula. It was exquisite! However, there is something about the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren in Co. Clare that takes my breath away!
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The ICAEW has recently issued a helpsheet on the reduction of share capital under the Companies Act 2006 ("CA06"). This forms the background to this alert in which we set out some useful guidance for directors when considering a reduction of share capital under the solvency statement procedure introduced by the CA06.
One of the core principles of company law is that a company limited by shares must maintain its share capital for the protection of creditors. Accordingly, whilst the CA06 does permit the reduction of share capital it requires companies to comply with one of two set procedures.
These procedures are:
- with court confirmation – available to both private and public companies; and
- out of court but supported by a solvency statement – only available to private companies.
In both cases, a shareholders' special resolution is required.
Under the CA06 and subject to compliance with one of these procedures, a reduction of share capital may be effected in a number of ways, unless there is a specific prohibition in its articles of association. A company might use a reduction to repay surplus capital to shareholders, assist in the reorganisation of a corporate group, or create distributable reserves.
We have seen an increase in the number of clients using the solvency statement procedure for reducing a private company's share capital particularly in the context of reorganising and simplifying group structures. A reserve arising from a reduction in share capital using a solvency statement is treated as a realised profit for the purposes of the CA06 and, consequently, it may potentially enable cash or other assets to be distributed to shareholders.
What is a solvency statement?
A solvency statement must be made in writing and signed by all of the directors. In the solvency statement, every director is required to state that he has formed the opinion that (1) there is no ground on which the company could be found to be unable to pay (or otherwise discharge) its debts, (2) if it is intended to commence the winding-up of the company within 12 months of the date of the statement, the company will be able to pay its debts in full within 12 months of the commencement of the winding-up, and (3) in all other cases, the company will be able to pay (or otherwise discharge) its debts as they fall due during the year immediately following the date of the statement.
A director who makes the solvency statement without having reasonable grounds for the opinions expressed in it risks imprisonment and/or a fine.
Can the solvency statement procedure be used to eliminate a deficit on the company's profit and loss account?
This is a question that often arises. It is not uncommon for a company to use a court confirmed reduction of capital to eliminate a dividend block resulting from an accumulated deficit on profit and loss accounts. But can a private company use the solvency statement procedure to do so?
In short, the answer is yes. The reserve arising on reduction may not all be able to be distributed; it must be set against the accumulated deficit first and only once that has been eliminated can the balance potentially be distributable.
What practical steps can the directors take to protect themselves against committing an offence?
Some time ago the City of London Law Society published a memorandum setting out a number of practical steps to reduce the risk of directors committing an offence under the relevant sections of the CA06. Its recommendations included:
- Recording information relied on in reaching their opinion: The directors should undertake, and document, due diligence in relation to the company's debts. Any uncertainties regarding the company's liabilities or the resources available to meet them should be addressed.
- Considering different factors depending on the circumstances: When forming their opinions, the directors should consider factors appropriate to the circumstances, for example, whether the company is trading or non-trading.
- Obtaining reports from third parties: While there is no requirement for a report by any independent third party on the directors' conclusions, they may, in some cases, wish to obtain advice to reach their opinion or seek comfort on the processes that they have undertaken (or propose to undertake) to help satisfy themselves that their opinion expressed in the solvency statement is soundly based. Where directors give proper instructions and take account of the advice or comfort that they have received, it is likely to be helpful in showing that the directors had reasonable grounds for their opinions. But if the directors do not obtain a report from an independent third party or advice or comfort on the processes, this should not necessarily mean that they are unable to demonstrate that they had reasonable grounds for their opinions. We have seen instances where auditors have provided some level of comfort in support of directors' opinions and/or stress testing of company projections. However, this is by no means the norm.
In our experience, directors should also bear in mind the following:
- Prepare cash flow projections and focus on identification of all liabilities: The CA06 specifically says the directors must take into account all liabilities (including any contingent or prospective liabilities).
- The directors should look a minimum of 12 months into the future: In practice, it may be prudent for directors to consider beyond a 12 month horizon and thereby seek to accommodate some 'buffer' beyond the period actually covered by the solvency statement.
Further practical points to consider when reducing capital by way of the solvency statement route
- Check the company's contractual arrangements for prohibitions or restrictions on the company's ability to reduce capital: For example, consent from a third party may be required under the terms of debentures, warrants, banking facilities or guarantees. Obtaining consent from third parties before the reduction of capital is carried out might affect the timing of a proposed resolution. The impact of any reduction in the context of a company's pension scheme (if applicable) should also be considered, together with the powers of the Pensions Regulator.
- Consider imposing voluntary restrictions on the distributable nature of the reserve arising on reduction: For example, the shareholders' resolution could provide that the reduction reserve is only distributable when existing creditors have been paid. This would mimic the type of protection that may arise in a court confirmed reduction involving a repayment of paid-up share capital to shareholders, or a diminution of a liability on unpaid shares.
- The special resolution must spell out precisely what is to occur so that the accounting follows the wording of the resolution: A common mistake is for the resolution to set out the result of the reduction but not the process by which it is to be effected e.g. the resolution should specify whether shares are to be cancelled and, if so, which shares.
- Ensure there is at least one non-redeemable share in issue after the reduction: This is relevant where the reduction involves the cancellation of shares.
- Take care when using the written resolution procedure: There is an inconsistency in the CA06 in relation to the timing requirements for written resolutions generally and for resolutions relating to reductions of capital using the solvency statement procedure. The statutory lapse date for written resolutions generally is 28 days whereas the CA06 requires the resolution approving a reduction of capital to be passed no more than 15 days after the directors' solvency statement. There are a couple of practical ways in which this can be addressed.
- Where a reduction is undertaken to enable a company to make a distribution, the distribution will need to be considered after accounts have been drawn up reflecting the reduction: Since the reduction is only effective when the relevant paperwork is filed at Companies House, the relevant accounts to determine distributable profits cannot be prepared before filing has occurred.
- Distribution in specie: If a distribution in specie is contemplated in conjunction with a reduction of capital, bear in mind that this will typically require a direction by shareholders as part of an ordinary resolution detailing the relevant dividend


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Updated: Apr 30, 2013 9:14 AM
(KOB) We are beginning to learn more about Lawrence Capener, the man accused of stabbing four people at a church in Albuquerque on Sunday.
In some ways, he seems like a man suffering from obvious mental issues, but a neighbor says the Lawrence Capener she knew was a nice, normal guy.
"Lawrence has always been very respectful, very helpful. I've never seen him lose his temper," said next door neighbor Mercedes Reynolds.
But parishioners at St. Jude Thaddeus say instead they saw anger and hate in his eyes as he stabbed four people during Sunday mass.
Albuquerque police said he confessed to targeting the choir's director, Adam Alvarez, because the devil sent a message through the microphone every time Alvarez sang.
Capener had an outburst during his first appearance in court Monday afternoon.
He screamed, "I'm Lawrence Capener!"
It's clear his home in Northwest Albuquerque is that of a devout Catholic family.
When asked if he had something to say about Capener, a man at the family's home only responded, "We're having a hard time right now."
Next door neighbor Mercedes Reynolds said she spoke with Capener's mom, a Eucharist minister at St. Jude Thaddeus.
"She's just really really upset. She's real real devastated. Because I know she's a true true, strong strong Catholic," said Reynolds.
To Reynolds, Capener is the respectful young man next door who puppy sat for her.
As for a possible motive, Reynolds said Capener was really affected after he lost his job at a nearby Dollar Tree store about three weeks ago.
Reynolds says Capener told her he wanted to wear a hat to block the sun when he worked as a cashier, but he was told he couldn't so he quit.
She add he was happier recently after getting a job at Walmart.
"I just think he's had a lot of pressure and it was just too much for him," said Reynolds. "I think the public needs to stop and think that it might be one of their children that does that and they wouldn't like the bad publicity and people talking about them."
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The 2nd Regional Summer Course "Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) policies and their implementation in Arab Countries" Beirut, Lebanon 2010
I. Background
This year the Tobacco Control Research Group- hosted by the Center for Research on Population and Health of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut (AUB) - and the Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies (SCTS) in collaboration with Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) Eastern Mediterranean region, the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), and Tobacco Free Kids (TFK) co-hosted a workshop on FCTC policies and their implementation in Arab Countries.
The workshop was held at AUB over the period June 28 - July 1, 2010. The training was planned by the AUB team in collaboration with Dr. Wasim Maziak, Director of SCTC and Dr. Fouad Fouad, SCTS Coordinator..
II. Participants
A total of 18 participants from 8 Arab countries attended the workshop. They were distributed as follows: five from Jordan, three from Syria, three from Egypt, one from Yemen, one from Saudi Arabia, one from Iraq, one from the Bahrain and three from Lebanon. There were 9 women and 9 men. The profiles of participants varied slightly with regards to age and background. The group was a heterogeneous crowd with good team spirit and a genuine interest in tobacco control.
Mawya Hammad
Lina Creative & Development Group
Hiba Commercial Complex, Amman
Omar Khabour
Jordan University of Sciences & Technology
Karem Alzoubi
Maher Aboumayaleh
Maad Kaltoum
Omar El Shahawy
Ain Shams University, Public Health Department, Cairo
Muhammad Murad
Furas Shamsan
Saleh Al Abbad
Antismoking Charitable Org.
Saudi Arabia
Rawnak Aqrawi
Ministry of Health
Mohammad Alzubi
Ghada Ali Sakheer
Royal Medical Services
Sherwet Ahmed
Abir Kassis
Green Hand Org.
Roba Fahes
Islamic Health Society (IHS)
Nour Al Jafari
Samar El-Feky
Egyptian Coalition for Tobacco Control
III. Resource Persons
A variety of regional and international resource people were on hand to conduct the workshop sessions. These included:
§ Dr. Rima Afifi, Associate Professor, AUB
§ Dr. Wasim Maziak, Director of SCTS and Professor at the University of Memphis,
§ Dr. Fouad Fouad, Coordinator, SCTS
§ Dr. Rima Nakkash, Assistant Research Professor, AUB
§ Mr. Feras Hawari, Director, King Hussein Cancer Center
§ Dr. Kenneth Ward, Professor, University of Memphis.
§ Dr. Thomas Eissenberg, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
§ Dr. Taghrid Asfar, Scientist, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
§ Dr. Scott Leischow, Professor, University of Arizona, Arizona Cancer Center
§ Dr. Salah Abdulrahman, Bahrain Council of Representatives
§ Dr. Wael Safwat, Coalition Officer, The Union Middle East Office
§ Dr. Georges Saadeh, Director, National Tobacco Control Program
§ Dr. Jade Khalife, Coordinator, National Tobacco Control Program
§ Dr. Monique Chaaya, Associate Professor, AUB.
§ Dr. Ghazi Zaatari, Professor, AUB-Medical Center, gave sessions.
§ Dr. Alan Shihadeh, Associate Professor, AUB, gave sessions
§ Ms. Peggy Hanna, Instructor, Lebanese American University, gave sessions.
§ Mr. Wael Homeidan, Director, Indy Act, gave sessions.
§ Ms. Joanna Khalil, Research Assistant, AUB, gave sessions.
§ Ms. Alexandra Ataya, Research Assistant, AUB
The following persons organized the workshop logistics
§ Ms. Alexandra Ataya, Research Assistant, AUB, administrative coordinator
§ Ms. Lina Jbara, Research Assistant, AUB, focal person and administrative assistant.
§ Mr. Youcef Hannou, Y-PEER Fellow, administrative assistance.
IV. Workshop Opening and Social Programs:
The workshop commenced with an opening session on Monday, June 28, 2010. Dr. Wasim Maziak and Dr. Iman Nuwayhid, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB, provided the welcome speech. The other social programs included:
An invitation to attend a seminar on the marketing of tobacco to women in line with World No Tobacco Day organized by the Center for Research on Population and Health, AUB and the AUB-Tobacco Control Research Group
A cultural night at a traditional Lebanese restaurant where the participants networked with the trainers.
A tour of the AUB campus
V. Workshop Content
The workshop consisted of 25 sessions over 4 days (Appendix A). There were 5 case studies and a role-play session. The following topics were discussed:
A review of FCTC history, regulations, and current status.
Methods to evaluate effectiveness of tobacco control policies.
Overview of smoke free legislation in the EMR and fundamentals of smoke free workplace laws.
Taxation and bans on advertising.
Introduction of quit line services.
Results of different studies from Syria and Lebanon.
Strategies to influence policy makers.
Smuggling in the EMR.
Lab models to evaluate water pipe.
Network science and its role in developing scientific collaboration to support the implementation of evidence-based practice.
Creating a network of healthcare providers in EMR.
Action planning and recommendations.
VI. Evaluation
At the end of the workshop an overall evaluation was completed to help assess the benefit from the training as a whole and to get feedback for future workshops.
General evaluation of the workshop:
The following table presents the average rating of participants on a scale of 1-5; 1 being "strongly agree" and 5 being "strongly disagree":
The workshop lived up to my expectations
Strongly agree:8
Agree: 11
I was encouraged to voice my opinions during the sessions
Strongly agree: 12
Agree: 6
I was well informed about the objectives of the workshop
Strongly agree: 8
Agree: 12
The content was relevant to my field of work
Strongly agree: 6
I was generally very satisfied with the workshop
Strongly agree: 9
Agree: 9
The workshop activities stimulated my learning about the topic
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Our guide shares history – of Rocky Mountain Elk and Thunder Bay Resort. We learn what dangers they have historically faced, what antlers in velvet is, what determines antler size and majesty – and when they shed. Perhaps you can stump our guide with a question, I couldn't, but then, they are quite knowledgeable. We found Elk gathered at a shaded pond on the hill. Will you? I do hope you bring your camera and get the shot I missed. When stopped beside the pond, a buck turned to stare. Mesmerized, I forgot to click. Just seeing those Elk up close was worth the ride, but there was more. [2]
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Below you'll find the current projected field of 65, through results from Sunday night.
The rule about not having two teams from the same conference in the top five seeds of any regions goes out the window for the Big East because they have six teams which merit top-five seeds. Two regions have two Big East teams among the top five, while the others have one, so they were spread to the maximum possible degree.
All other rules have held up, since no conference got more than eight bids. No rematches in the first round, no two teams from any conference set up to meet before the Elite Eight.
EAST (Boston)
At Philadelphia: 1 Connecticut vs. 16 Morgan State; 8 Dayton vs. 9 Tennessee
At Portland: 4 Illinois vs. 13 Virginia Commonwealth; 5 Washington vs. 12 Miami-Fla.
At Greensboro: 2 Duke vs. 15 Robert Morris; 7 LSU vs. 10 Davidson
At Kansas City: 3 Kansas vs. 14 Vermont; 6 Ohio State vs. 11 Southern Cal
SOUTH (Memphis)
At Greensboro: 1 North Carolina vs. 16 Radford; 8 Utah vs. 9 Wisconsin
At Boise: 4 Missouri vs. 13 Creighton; 5 Syracuse vs. 12 Temple
At Philadelphia: 2 Xavier vs. 15 Stephen F. Austin; 7 California vs. 10 Florida
At Dayton: 3 Louisville vs. 14 Cornell; 6 Florida State vs. 11 Siena
MIDWEST (Indianapolis)
At Kansas City: 1 Oklahoma vs. 16 Cal State-Northridge; 8 Arizona State vs. 9 Virginia Tech
At Minneapolis: 4 Marquette vs. 13 Buffalo; 5 Butler vs. 12 Kentucky
At Minneapolis: 2 Michigan St. vs. 15 North Dakota St.; 7 West Virginia vs. 10 Arizona
At Miami: 3 Wake Forest vs. 14 Weber State; 6 Gonzaga vs. 11 South Carolina
WEST (Glendale, Ariz.)
At Dayton: 1 Pittsburgh vs. Jacksonville / Alabama St.; 8 Texas vs. 9 Utah State
At Boise: 4 Clemson vs. 13 Western Kentucky; 5 Purdue vs. 12 San Diego State
At Miami: 2 Memphis vs. 15 Tennessee-Martin; 7 Minnesota vs. 10 Boston College
At Portland: 3 Villanova vs. 14 American; 6 UCLA vs. 11 BYU
Last out: Cincinnati, Michigan, Georgetown, UNLV, UAB, Oklahoma State


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JOHN HIATT - Hangin' Around The Observatory & Overcoats (1974-75) 2006 Digitally Remastered
John Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for eleven Grammy Awards and has been awarded a variety of other distinctions in the music industry. His songs have been covered by a variety of artists in multiple genres, including Bob Dylan, Willy DeVille, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Three Dog Night, Joan Baez Paula Abdul, Buddy Guy, the Desert Rose Band, Jimmy Buffett, Mandy Moore, Iggy Pop, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Rosanne Cash, Suzy Bogguss, Jewel, Aaron Neville, Jeff Healey, Keith Urban and many others.
Digitally remastered two-fer featuring the first two albums from 1974-75 by this acclaimed American singer/songwriter. 20 tracks total including 'Hangin' Around', 'One More Time', 'Sure As I'm Sittin' Here', 'Smiling In The Rain' and more. Standard jewel box in a slip-case with extensive new liner notes by John Tobler.
TRACKS: 01. Maybe Baby, Say You Do 02. Whistles in My Ears 03. Sure as I'm Sittin' Here 04. Rose 05. Hangin' Around the Observatory 06. Full Moon 07. Wild-Eyed Gypsies 08. It's All Right with Me 09. Little Blue Song for You 10. Ocean 11. One More Time 12. Smiling in the Rain 13. I'm Tired of Your Stuff 14. Distance 15. Down Home 16. Overcoats 17. I Want Your Love Inside of Me 18. I Killed an Ant with My Guitar 19. Motorboat to Heaven 20. The Lady of the Night
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Originally published September 8, 2012 at 12:00 A.M., updated September 10, 2012 at 12:05 A.M.
Belts, jewelry and shoes are the main avenues of expression when it comes to getting dressed for school in Victoria.
The Victoria school district's dress code requires tucked-in, buttoned, sleeved, collared and solid color shirts. Pants must be any shade of blue, black or khaki. The only non-collared shirt students can wear are spirit shirts.
While the outlook for fashionable wear opportunities may look bleak for some students, others have welcomed the challenge.
It holds the most important part of your outfit - your ID. Pick something shiny, so you'll know where to find it after you get home and accidently toss it on the floor.
Stick with studs, small buckles and bright colors. American Apparel makes a cute blue leather belt for about $20.
Ladies, do it while you can because bows are not cute after high school. Bold colors make a statement. Don't overdo it if you go the floral route because you might end up as a walking bouquet.
Charm bracelets make for good storytelling and are fun to make.
Statement necklaces are still in, right? On days when you can find a school-appropriate dress, add a bit of flair with a long necklace with a cute gem. Shop at Esty much? And guys, shark teeth are so 1995.
With school in full swing, you may want to hit up MadiTay's and grab a few of these bedazzled sports earring. You'll thank us later.


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