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Rotorvation Helicopters
1 month ago, we held a competition for a new logo on 99 designs - we were so impressed with the talent of each designer - we are back again to ask for your creative flair once again to shine!
We require a full vehicle wrap for our Toyota Hilux SR5 Dual Cab Utility (photos attached for you to use). We are after something that really stops traffic (not literally - as that could be quite dangerous!) We want our vehicle to stand out, be seen from a distance and for people to have a smile on their face when they see it because it just looks amazing.
The car is a vibrant blue colour (same as photo colour), so use that as your backdrop of the sky, with a helicopter flying down the sides of the vehicle or change the wrap colour completely and go with a modern graphic image - choice is yours!
We are after an image that sells itself, makes people instantly want to fly in a helicopter, the image/s to scream "faced paced action and adventure"! The entire design to have a seamless blend of images and text, making the vehicle completely covered but very clearly advertising what we do and what we are about.
We really like the look of when a vehicle wrap makes the vehicle no longer look like a vehicle, when very clever graphics help morph the vehicle into the actual image object.
Can't wait to see the brilliant designs! We will give you feedback along the way to help perfect designs.
The vehicle drives around alot, and when not being driven it is parked outside our operational premises. Marketing & Advertising the business is the main objective. We need this to stand out, be different and something totally amazing!
It has to look exciting and eyecatching. The design has to really make people stop and look, be quirky or different, but very easily showcase a helicopter company.
We are a helicopter flight training, charter operations & tourism company. So we have 3 very diverse areas of daily operations. Everything we do is action packed, helicopters are fun & exciting!
Our target audience is the general public - you never know who is in the vehicle next to you on the freeway, or parked next to you whilst at the shop. This design has to cover an interest for all demographics, whether they like helicopters or not - it just has to be something that stands out and people remember a helicopter on a vehicle and who the company was.
Full vehicle body wrap required. Both sides, rear & front, plus hard top canopy on tray (can be top of cab as well)
Image/s on Hard Top Canopy on tray of Ute must be seperate to main body of Vehicle, as sometimes canopy is removed from Ute. Design has to still be complete when canopy not in place.
Use many photos blended together, or just one great image - we will look at all designs, but will offer feedback early to perfect designs.
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We would prefer to start seeing your designs first, but if you do require photos to use of some of our aircraft, please send a private message and we will be able to forward those through.
Helicopters which we use in our fleet are:
R22, R44, Jetranger B206 & Squirell AS350
Please only use these helicopters, other types will not be accepted.
No cartoon like images or cartoon text either.
Please keep with our company colours in our logo. If requested, I can Private Message the PMS colours. We have 2 logos that can be used, one with black background or one with clear/white background either is fine for design purposes (both are attached).
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- Offensive Line – Need here is fairly obvious. We do not have 5 quality starters at the moment and we do not have depth behind them. Spitz still has potential and if he can fill in for Colledge, we may end up being a bit better than the previous couple years overall. But if Tausch, Sitton, Wells, Spitz or Clifton get hurt, we'll be in trouble. Only Lang seems like someone who could come in and provide positive help. But one real concern I have is whether or not we have the COACHING to draft young linemen and then groom them. For several years our line play has not been that great. That last couple haven't been horrible, but not great. So I'm unsure if we're just drafting duds of if we not teaching quality players effectively.
- Tight End – Donald Lee is OK but as his pass-catching role diminishes and in light of the fact that he doesn't seem like that great of a blocker, I wonder if it's time for someone else to see more time opposite Finley. I'm not sure if Havner is really developing as a full-fledged TE or if they plan to continue to use him only as a TD machine. Finley is great and will continue to be great. Fantastic draft pick by TT. I can't pretend to know the first thing about Devin Frischnecht or Tom Crabtree, the other TEs on the roster – but I'm beginning to think right now, we could use an outstanding blocking TE opposite Finley. Maybe Havner, Frischnecht, Lee or Crabtree can develop in that role but I'm not sure. It may be an area to explore in the draft.
- Wide Receiver – We are still solid at WR. Donald Driver seems to continue to defy age. Greg Jennings is now one year removed from the I-just-signed-a-monster-contract-so-I'm-going-to-scare-everyone-by-being-mediocre-right-after-signing-it stage – and my guess is he'll be a beast again this year. James Jones and Jordy Nelson are two quality guys to have in the #3 and #4 WR positions, though I have to say, I thought Jones would be better than he's been. Still, we look good here. I still believe we could use either a super quick, slot type WR and model his use after how the Patriots use Wes Welker. This guy could also help our return game. Or, on the flip side, I would mind picking up a brutishly strong dude who could drag defenders down the field like Sterling Sharper used to. I do expect TT to snag some sneaky good guy here as he seems to enjoy drafting WRs.
- Running Back – While I'd still like to take a chance on Westbrook (though Nick is right, waiting until after the draft would probably be advisable), this may be a draft we could nab a quality shifty guy. Yes, I'm somewhat obsessed with shiftiness, but mostly because these kinds of players can be really effective (i.e. Darren Sproles), but also because I think for our team, it would complement Ryan Grant and his running style well. I still like Ahman Green and believe his signing last year was a good one. Brandon Jackson is apparently very good at blocking on passing downs and a decent receiver so cutting him outright could be tough. Lumpkin seems to be sticking around so he must still have some potential and DeShawn Wynn may have the best overall running instincts of any back on the team (though other areas are problematic). IWhile there will be plenty of competition in camp this year if the team only keeps 3 RBs, I do think this is a position we should target in the draft – ideally a super athletic shifty dude.
- Punter – we should bring in a few veterans as well as some promising young guys and make this a big-time competition this summer. Field position has been an issue over the last few years and it's time that TT place a bit more emphasis on finding a quality punter. I don't care if he's a rookie or a 45 year old veteran – I just want someone who is consistent and who will help out our defense by pinning opposing offenses deep in their own territory.
- Kicker – I still like Mason Crosby. He works hard, is decent on kickoffs and overall, he has a nice leg. But I remain concerned about his overall accuracy on FGs, which of course is his primary duty. His career accuracy percentage is 78.4%, which isn't horrendous but it's not that good either. In his 3 year career he's made 100% of his FGs from under 30 yards – which is solid, though most kickers are pretty automatic from that close. Much more concerning though is that his career percentage from 30-39 yards is only 81.8% which is comparatively poor. From 40-49 yards, his career percentage is 66.7% which is also not good. And his +50 yard percentage is just 47.1% which is really weak compared to other kickers. Most concerning to me though, is his overall FG percentage has declined in each of his first 3 years starting at 79.5% and ending at 75% last year. Again, I'm not sure I'm ready to cut him, but I sure would consider bringing in some competition.
2010 Draft Needs – Offense
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Ron La Canne Says:
April 17, 2010 at 11:56 am |
#1 O line
#2 O line
#3 O line
You get the picture. Last year's draft yielded Lang and he has potential to move up. Beyond him the team is sorely lacking in O line depth. Clifton and Tauscher will likely miss time in the upcoming season. Remember the first eight games. Cliftion was still working out the stiffness from surgery, Tauscher wasn't there, Spitz was playing center. 32 of the 51 sacks were chalked up. TT chose not to address the O line, or anything else for that matter , in FA.
Certainly CB and S are also needs. There seems to be a plethora of talent in this years' draft so some skill should be available deep in the draft.
Like last year, my approach would be fix the weakness in the O line.
Travis Says:
April 17, 2010 at 3:04 pm |
Good points.
Oline is a definite area of need. We should be getting one in the first 2 rounds. And Andy I've been thinking the same thing with our Oline coaching. I have a strong feeling it's time to give the Oline coach the boot, because years of bad Oline play needs to change.
Tight end is pretty unlikely I think but it sure wouldn't hurt to have a really good blocking TE to go with Finley.
WR is a possibility. But unless someone really slides I don't see getting one early. Besides, Jennings was a 3rd rounder I think, and Driver was a seventh. It doesn't have to be early to get a star. This year is also suppose to have incredible depth, so that means there will be gems found in the later rounds. I think a tall big strong WR would be perfect, but a Deshaun Jackson type or Percy Harvin certainly would add alot to our WR core, and Offense for that matter.
Now I'm confused why you left out CB/S/OLB. We will be drafting a monster pass rusher for OLB. Mark that down. It will terrorize teams having him and Clay rush the QB all day long. QBs like Favre, (Warner, I know he retired), Roethlisberger, etc won't be throwing for 400/500 yards on us. We had tons of picks last year, and this could mean more to come. And sacks, possibly qb fumbles. This will make our defense strong.
CB is also a concern. Healthy, we may be able to last a year without drafting one. But taking that risk, could mean one thing. The same as it did the end of last year. Defense getting lit up. Over and over. Could really use help. We got Woodson, we got Harris but we don't know how Harris will play this season. We also got Tramon who we also lost last year, but same as Harris, we don't know how well he will play after that injury last year. Pat Lee gets hurt every year, so if he can finally settle in and be healthy, that would help. If we have an opportunity at a great corner, I'd expect us to take one.
Last is Safety. Lacking depth. Collins paired up with a strong big physical safety could be a nightmare of a safety tandem. Teams will not want to play our defense if we get a pass rusher to go with Clay, and a very good safety to go with Collins. Very likely we look for a safety in the draft.
Punter we should look at, at the 7th round. Bring in one, sign UFAs. Your right, a big competition is needed at punter this summer. TT this was one of your bad calls by releasing Jon Ryan, now it's time to get serious and find a real replacement.
K, doubt we'll use a pick (rather it be a punter) but, UFA for sure or a veteran to push Crosby and make him earn the top spot. We need better out of him. I agree with you Andy, he's not terrible, but we need more from him and it's about time we push him to reach the level we need.
RB I am going to say we will be drafting one. And it's going to be a quick shifty back. If we don't we need to really look into Westbrook, it can't be that hard to get him to sign a reasonable contract. We need one with speed, and is very shifty. Having that with Ryan Grant will improve our running game especially if we get a solid line this year.
bucky Says:
April 18, 2010 at 4:29 pm |
Since when is Brandon Jackson a decent receiver? In fact, he is awful trying to catch a pass coming out of the backfield. Ahman Green is the best the Packers have for that purpose, and that says a lot.
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Ron La Canne Says:
April 19, 2010 at 1:40 pm |
Well TT just gave us a big clue. TT said this am by saying, "OT and DB will be the focus of this year's draft." Of course, he could be setting up a diversion.
Travis Says:
April 19, 2010 at 2:31 pm |
Yeah I mean, we need an OT. They don't even need to start this year, just for depth if Clifton or Tauscher go down.
The issues on the line is OT and its depth. We have Clifton and Tauscher healthy at the moment, but should they go down, we had no backup. Colledge was terrible at OT so we need him to stay at guard at least for this year. So if Tauscher or Clifton goes down, we got Lang, and at least one OT from the draft. We need just one OT I think.
And Lang can help at guard should Colledge go down. One OT in the draft should be enough for this year. It would be nice if we could get a very outstanding line, but I think we can manage on a 2 yr plan to get it to a high standard.
And a "2yr" plan seems the best way now that I think of it because we can address a few areas on defense. We NEED someone opposite Clay and I'm really thinking it will be our first round pick. Then we also need to pick up a CB and S and then we should be good for defense. That then should allow us to get a fast RB somewhere in the draft which Green Bay are apparently focused on doing. Then late in the draft a QB and a P are probable picks.
I agree, we need an OT. But just one might be enough (as long as we don't get one very late, we need one that is at least decent coming in). Then another defensive focused draft. I just want it to be Thursday!
bucky Says:
April 20, 2010 at 12:05 pm |
You may not say Jackson is awful, but I'll say it. And it's true.
I've started to wonder whether the reason the Packers don't pass to their backs is because they don't have the proper personnel- or whether the reason they don't have backs who can catch the ball out of the backfield is because the Packers simply don't have that as part of their offensive strategy. I'm beginning to lean toward the latter.

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With all of the attention given to '69 Chargers these days due to the Dukes of Hazzard hoopla, we felt it was time to focus on another historic Hollywood Mopar: It's got a cop motor a four-hundred- and-forty cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks; it was a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. So what is it? A 1974 Dodge Monaco, of course. With the Bullitt Mustang and the Bandit's Trans Am, the Bluesmobile stands as a member of the Triumvirate of Filmic Car Chase Icons. And yes, we just made that up. Has a nice ring, tho, eh? Ah, if the policemen of Mt. Prospect, IL only knew what they'd given up. After all, all it needed was a new cigarette lighter.
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Online backup company, with an awful website, needing to come up with some better email & banner creatives
We love our slogan:
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Our logo is hardly a brand though, so dont make it the emphasis of the creative.
Also - cheesy stock photos of white people smiling at a computer isn't a good email creative.
We want to tell them that the death star is pointing at their house, and soon all the precious memories stored on hard drives will be lost forever unless they back up now
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The New Forest District Council Local Requirements were reviewed and adopted in July 2013 and are available at Committee Report 10 July 2013 [102kb] Opens new window and 1APP B Report Planning Development Control Committee 10 July 2013 [102kb] Opens new window and 1 APP C Report and Appendices 1 & 2 from 8 May 2013 Planning & Development Control Committee [77kb]Opens new window. In order to reflect government advice and ensure a proportionate response when registering applications these local requirements were significantly reduced as they did not universally apply to particular application types. However this does mean that an applicant/agent has to consider what specific information will be required, and if any such information is identified at registration the Council will advise accordingly. This will not stall registration but if the identified information is not provided it may prejudice a favourable recommendation. The Local Requirements were reviewed again in December 2014 to support the Council's implementation of the Community Infrastructure Levy in April 2015 and are available at Committee Report 10 December 2014. [604kb]Opens new window A list of other commonly required supporting information is available.
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The Planning Development Control Committee on 12 October 2016 agreed to proposed revised 1 APP Local Requirements be published for consultation with regular planning agents, internal and external consultees and Town/Parish Councils. This consultation ran for a 6 week period from 13 October 2016. The report and details are as set out in the spread sheet and text attached as Appendix 2 to this report which can be viewed on the following link Proposed New Forest District Council revised 1APP (planning application) local requirements [153kb] . Please note that within the Transport Statement of these revised 1APP requirements, reference is made to additional requirements set out in Hampshire County Council Highways Standing Advice, published on 1 April 2017
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A bankruptcy judge has approved an auction of The Inn at the Black Olive, a boutique hotel in Fells Point, according to court records. The sale is scheduled for mid-June.
First Mariner Bank foreclosed on the hotel's developers, the Black Olive Development Co. LLC, in January, listing mortgage debt of $5.4 million. A foreclosure auction of the 12-suite luxury inn on South Caroline Street was scheduled for late March but was canceled after Black Olive Development filed for bankruptcy.
The inn's operators are working to find investors and attempting to negotiate with the bank, said Gary R. Greenblatt, an attorney for Black Olive Development. Whether the auction goes forward will depend on the success of those discussions, he said.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Nancy V. Alquist approved the sale of the inn earlier this month. The Alex Cooper auction house has scheduled the sale for 10 a.m. on June 13.


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Weaving Source Code into ThreadScope
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The task of program optimisation is frustratingly hard, with many possible problem sources to consider. Consequently, good profiling tools are essential for observing program behaviour and helping the programmer to spot the patterns and underlying reasons.
The ThreadScope profiling utility has already proved invaluable in this task. However, so far it has mainly tracked performance characteristics, with little help for relating them back to the program in question. Our aim is to improve this situation by allowing the user to relate the observed behaviour to locations in the application's source code.
We have extended the GHC tool chain accordingly and are now able to give quick and accurate program profiles, complete with source code references. Our talk will give an overview of the new functionality and its implementation. We will talk about:
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Google's next smartphone, the Nexus 4, will have a 4.7-inch screen and start shipping on Oct. 30, according to U.K. retailer Carphone Warehouse.
The follow-up to the Galaxy Nexus, which was announced in October last year, is widely expected to be unveiled at an event in New York on Oct. 29.
While the Galaxy Nexus was manufactured by Samsung Electronics, Google has this time chosen to work with LG Electronics.
The black Nexus 4 has a Gorilla Glass 2-protected 4.7-inch display with 1280-by-768 pixel resolution, and a 1.5GHz quad-core processor from Qualcomm.
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Besides a new smartphone, Google is also rumored to be upgrading and expanding its line of Nexus tablets, including a new model with a 10-inch screen, on Oct 29.
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The LDS church sponsors scouting programs for their boys, and I understand that many LDS young men attain the rank of Eagle, the highest rank in Boy Scouts.
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From acclaimed production company LD Entertainment (The Zookeeper's Wife, Jackie, and Megan Leavey) and Director Ken Marino comes Dog Days. Dog Days is a hilarious and heartfelt ensemble comedy that follows the lives of multiple dog owners and their beloved fluffy pals around sunny Los Angeles. When these human and canine's paths start to intertwine, their lives begin changing in ways they never expected.
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The SmartObserver is a software for online visualisation of measurement values enabling condition monitoring of machines and installations or energy consumption analysis.
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By DAVID GREEN
The time is drawing near for Morenci city council members to make a decision about the former Morenci Area Hospital property.
Councilors discussed the issue at their regular meeting Monday, keeping in mind a desire by property owner ProMedica Health System for a decision by the end of the year.
Mayor Keith Pennington reviewed two proposals presented by ProMedica. One calls for the hospital and EMS buildings to be given to the city, as is. The other would transfer the EMS building to the city, but raze the hospital. The land would be cleared, planted to grass and given to the city.
City administrator/clerk Renée Schroeder mentioned environmental concerns, including asbestos and buried tanks, and said the city would want to make sure that it was protected from future liability if the building were demolished.
Schroeder obtained quotes from two firms that would review the environmental impact, one charging $200 and the other $500. On Tuesday she learned that Rod Cole of A+ Environmental would review data about the property, write an opinion and attend the Dec. 14 council meeting for $400.
Mayor Pennington asked council and audience members for opinions on the issue.
Audience member Jan Sampson asked if there were suggestions about how the former hospital could be used if it were saved.
Pennington said he's heard a suggestion of converting the building to use for all city offices. City supervisor Barney Vanderpool pointed out that the facility would have to be made handicap accessible and that much of the heating system is the original installed in 1961.
It would be a shame to knock it down, he said, but he anticipates high renovation and maintenance costs.
The recently invested about $10,000 in updating the heating/cooling system at the current city hall, Pennington said.
Councilor Leasa Slocum recalled seeing water damage in one portion of the building.
Moving would provide more space than needed, Sampson said, which would lead to maintenance on unneeded space.
"It would be significantly more room than we have now, more room than we would ever need," Pennington said, "but you could do some things that you're not doing now."
Perhaps a portion could be demolished and a portion saved, he said. There's also been talk about asking ProMedica to pay the city to take it—saving them the demolition costs—and using that money to renovate.
Pennington said he isn't advocating for any of these approaches, but he wants a thorough discussion of the issue before a decision is made.
Schroeder summed up the dilemma facing council.
"On the one hand, people see where it could become a huge money pit and a burden to taxpayers because we see where we might have to keep putting money into it," she said. "On the hand I think we really think about it because we don't want to have any regrets afterward."
In the past, for example, many people have been sorry that Stair Auditorium and Hotel Saulsbury were demolished. They were torn down because taxpayers couldn't afford the cost, she said, and this might be the same situation.
"Unless ProMedica is willing to give us a lot of money to fix it up," Pennington said, "we don't have money to fix it up."
After the city attorney reviews ProMedica's two offers and the environmental review is presented, Pennington expects council members to be better informed about the issue.
Schroeder said ProMedica expects to begin construction soon for the renovation of the Charles Fay Village and hopes city council will make a decision by the end of the year.
TOWER TRUCK—German Township near Archbold approved Morenci's bid for the used tower truck owned by Archbold and the township.
BIDS—Vanderpool suggested the city should seek bids now for snow removal. A year ago, a firm was hired to remove snow from walks when property owners failed to clean their walks. Bids are due at city hall by Dec. 10.


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Thomas Vinterberg to receive EU Prix MEDIA in Cannes at beginning of this year's two-day European Rendezvous
Danish film director Thomas Vinterberg has been selected as the winner of the second European Union Prix MEDIA to be presented during Cannes' first weekend by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth.
The prize is awarded to the best new film project with box-office potential which was submitted for development funding from the EU's MEDIA Programme this year.
Vinterberg, who is the president of this year's jury for Un Certain Regard, will accept the award from the Commissioner on May 19, the director's 44th birthday.
He will share the award with his regular co-screenwriter Tobias Lindholm (The Hunt) and producer Sisse Graum of Zentropa for his next project The Commune which is set to go into production next year.
The Commune is based on the film-maker's play of the same name which he staged successfully in Vienna's Burgtheater and draws on his experience of life in a commune in the 1970s and 1980s.
The first EU Prix MEDIA was awarded last year to Iranian Asghar Farhadi's project Le Passé which was selected to screen in this year's Official Competition in Cannes.
The award ceremony kicks off this year's European Rendezvous two-day programme of high-level roundtables.
Cultural exception on the agenda
On Monday, Vassiliou will address a seminar hosted by France's CNC about strengthening the cultural exception which has come back on to the agenda after the Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht insisted on including audiovisual services in the EU's draft negotiation mandate for free trade negotiations with the US from this summer (Vassiliou was one of three Commissioners who had voted against this proposal in March)
Although de Gucht had claimed that the cultural exception "is not up for negotiation", he did little to allay the concerns of a delegation of Belgian film-makers – including the Dardennes brothers, Jos Stelling and Jaco van Dormael – who met him in Brussels last week.
After the meeting, they called on the EU Member States to reject the draft negotiation mandate and also invited de Gucht to join them at the CNC seminar on May 20.
However, the Trade Commissioner is due to be in New York from May 17-20, so it is unlikely that he will find time to drop by to the Cote d'Azur for another grilling from the European film family.
In the meantime, the petition launched by leading European film-makers declaring that the cultural exception is non-negotiable has attracted almost 5,000 signatures.
Vassiliou will spend the rest of the Monday morning with her now traditional meeting with festival president Gilles Jacob and a select group of European film-makers to discuss such issues as strategies to reach the audience and promoting film literacy.
Creative Europe, Cinema Communication
The European Rendezvous in Cannes will doubtless also serve as a platform for yet further discussion on the European Commission's (EC) planned Creative Europe framework programme and the latest draft on the Cinema Communication about state aid for film and audiovisual works.
While the EC had initially trumpeted a 37% increase of funding for 2014-2020 compared to the budget for the existing MEDIA and Culture programmes, Creative Europe is now expected to have an overall budget of around €1.3bn, which translates into an increase of "nearly 9%", according to the Commission.
Meanwhile, film functioniaries and producers from across Europe will be using their free time between screenings and cocktail receptions to put pen to paper to give their comments on the EC's third and final public consultation about its review of the state aid criteria used to assess EU Member States' support measures for films and other audiovisual works.
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Vassiliou and Filippetti to attend Europa Cinemas meeting
At the same time, policy statements can be expected from Commissioner Vassiliou and France's Minister for Culture and Communication Aurélie Filippetti when they attend Europa Cinemas Network meeting on May 19 along with MEPs Doris Pack and Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, MEDIA unit chief Aviva Silver (at her last Cannes Film Festival before moving on to DG COMM on June 1), Sari Vartiainen, head of MEDIA at the EACEA agency, and CNC president Eric Garandeau.
Items on the meeting's agenda will include an overview of distribution and digital screening in the Europa Cinemas network, the political timetable for Creative Europe, and results of Europa Cinemas Mundus in 2012.
The Network Meeting will be held only a couple of weeks after 100 Europa Cinemas members learnt that they are among 130 cinemas (with a total 200 screens) receiving €4m – double the originally planned €2m – towards the costs of digitisation of screens showing a significant proportion of European and non-national European films.
Cinema operators supported in this final round included Munich's Theatiner Film, Tallinn's Artis, Berlin's Yorck-Kino cinemas, Venice's Giorgione d'Essai, and Kino Charlie in Poland. (ends)


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this is a very nice road to drive and would advice everyone to do it
This is closed circuit route, enter based on the closest entry point to you.
This a closed circuit, enter on it from the closest point based on your location and enjoy a 4 hour ride covering cities, country villages, twisty roads, mountain road and nice straights.
Note that there is a 6€ daily toll in Gerlos pass, if you like it I recommend getting the yearly ticket for 44€.
Make sure to respect the speed limits when entering urban/village areas as on average you will have 1-2 encounters.
Beautiful Carnia route
Österrike. Landsbygd. Inga höga bergspass men otroligt vackert. Speciellt vid Traunsjön!
The Villach Alpine Road is a 16.5 km long panoramic road from Villach-Möltschach (550 m) up on the Dobratsch Mountain (only up to the restaurant Rosstratte at 1,732 m). It has 7 hairpin bends and 116 curves. It offers special rests with perfect panorama and for bikers reserved parking places and biker safes for helmets etc. But you'll have to pay a toll to ride it.
The Gerlos Alpine Road is a winding road on the Gerlos Pass
and at the Krimml Waterfalls with a very beauitiful landscape.
On the top of the pass you'll find the marvellous landscape of
the high moors (nature-conservation area) and an perfect view to the
Krimml Waterfalls and into the Krimml Achen Valley.
An on top it is very biker friendly:
- "Bikers' Point" on the "Wasserfallblick" parking area (1,543m) with information of routes and accommodation
- preferential parking areas reserved for motorcycles next to the entrance to the Krimml Waterfalls and the Water Wonder World with "Bikers' Safes" for intermediate safe keeping of equipment not required
The Spisser Landstraße is the main route up to Samnaun. Predominantly in Austria it does come to the Swiss Border near Samnaun. On the whole the road is a joy to ride with a good surface. Samnaun is a duty free area and Petrol is cheaper than in Austria. Unfortunately some people overfill their tanks and deposit any savings they have made on the road surface under braking on the way down so you have to be aware. The attached video is as bad as I have ever seen it. Also being Duty Free and in Switzerland, Duty Free allowances apply as you enter Austria as Switzerland is not in the EU. Often the Border Crossing is unmanned but that doesn't mean you are safe as there are frequent mobile custom checks further down the mountain so don't be tempted to overdo the cigarettes.
The B185 from Nauders in Austria to Martina literally just over the Swiss Border.
A little under 8km of nice scenery and a mixture of straights, curves and hairpins. All in all the road surface is very good. Often overlooked by travellers who continue on the B180 in Austria or the Swiss 27 in the valley below. For that reason traffic is normally light.
Excellent round trip. Sudelfeld pass is a little spoilt by 60kph limit and paranoia of patrol cars, never actually seen any up there. Still, some excellent corners and great surface, take care, hairpins pop up. Take it easy once on the narrow route to oberaudorf. Then head to Austria/Kufstein. The road out of here towards Thiersee/wacht is great, taking you back to where you started.
Kurztrip in das Mühlviertel
Very good road to Kalte Kuchl or Mariazell
Many smile on his face - you must go there and back, there and back
very nice road from Reichenau an der Rax to KalteKuchl with wonderful possibilities for swimming in the river
from Grein go UP is bether
Great route!
Very nice road around Castle Forchtenstein and very nice relax park in Schwarzenbach.
Great ride between Eisenstadt and Stotzing. Little traffic.
Wunderschöne Tour über den Brenner über das Würzjoch mitten durch die Dolomiten und wieder retour.......
Great road with mid-fast corners along Slovenien border and very technical end through Loiblpass.
A nice fast 1hour blast after business.
Super Strecke! An manchen Wochenenden ist mehr los als auf einer Motorradmesse. In Grein lohnt sich die Einkehr in die Konditorei Schörgi. Tolles Eis, gute Mehlspeisen und Kaffees. Ich liebe diese Strecke auch in die andere Richtung.
Hallo, wollte die Strecke heute (16.4.2013) fahren, bin aber nicht ins Resiatal gekommen weil noch zu viel Schnee lag. Bin sie aber schon oft gefahren. Diese Straße ist übrigens im 1. Weltkrieg entstanden, deshalb ist sie auch so schmal.
Dies ist eine schöne Tagestour - ausgehend natürlich von Klagenfurt. Kann man aber im Vorbeifahren auch mitnehmen, zahlt sich jedenfalls aus.
a 350km pure pleasure ride in an absolutely stunning countryside with all sorts of challenges for mature and experienced riders. allow yourself quite a few brakes, first because the landscape wants you to and second your concentration level and body fitness wants you to. i have been riding bikes for 22 years and this trip is on the top of my list. unforgettable indeed.
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MichaelJakobsson brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 270 Designs von 65 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Logo to be used on the webshop pages and in creating digital marketing material. Should also be able to use in print on business cards letterheads ect.
We also want an professional looking design pattern or graphic to be used as part of the graphic identity of our company. Could be used for example on the backside of a business card or in in the background of a webpage etc. Se Complete Brief for links to some examples of what I mean.
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The name of the company and webshop is "vitamera". And we will sell natural health supplements, diet supplements and health products. The main focus will be on products from a Manufacturer called Holistic (http://www.holistic.se/produkter.html) which we are a partner of. But we will also add some of the most popular products on the market from other brands.
For the Logo we would like something that is professional looking and unique. It should look modern and be distinct and easy to read and remember. And I think it is better to focus on clarity rather thatn overly complex and that the logo should stand out in a way rather than bledning into the background. Feel free to use your imagination though and come up with any ideas you get.
We're thinking that the text "vitamera" should be all in lowercase, but you can start out with whatever you feel works best with your design. vitamera, Vitamera, VitaMera, VITAMERA, vitaMERA or VITAmera.
Since we are selling products that should help people feel better and be healthy some keywords we want to reflect in our visual communication are: Health, Life, Energy, Balance, Wellness, Wellbeeing, Nutrition/Nutritious, Vitamins, Harmony, vigorous/energetic
We also want a graphic or pattern, to use partly togeather with the logo and partly individually in the background of webpage or as a backdrop for banners with text and pictures on top.
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My computer died...like really died. Nothing.
I am using John's laptop...but I can't remember my new password. It was easy, but then when it was suggested that we all change passwords a while back, I changed it...and I don't remember what it is...I have autofill set up, so I never type it anymore.
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Incredible Marketing necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 102 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
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This client is located in one of the most popular places on Earth....Los Angeles! Image is everything, and they need a new image. They are the BEST Surgeons in Los Angeles, and now it's time we have an image that represents this.
Their specialty are Veins...both medical-related, as well as cosmetic reasons. People go to them because they are the best.
The business has been family owned for 2 generations, and has a large and loyal patient-base.
The Target Audience is very typical for a Vein Clinic -
-Less than 20% of their client base is between the ages of 20-30 years old
-80% of their clients are over the age of 40
-70% of their clients are Women
-People that are generally concerned with the aesthetics of their body, but also appreciate the health improvements they will be making
-Client Base is more Affluent, have more money and want the best
In General, you have a blank canvas to work with here. To help guide you in the right direction, here are a few pointers:
-Bold and Sexy WILL NOT do it...we want simple, sophisticated, artistic, and relevant.
-We like blues, and greens
-Use of gradients would be nice to see incorporated, but it also needs to look good printed on black/white for print purposes.
-We want to look elegant and fancy, but not over the top - We want people to see our image as AMAZING without necessarily trying to look amazing.
-Don't be cheesy - be Impressive!
-Have a little focus lean toward the medical aspect of their business - but don't overwhelm the design with the medical feel. - Subtle.
Make this Incredible and we WILL choose your Design!
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Courtown Harbour and only 2 minutes from Courtown's Blue Flag beach.`
Run by Julia & Alex, Harbour House featured on the popular 'At Your Service' Programme with the Brennan Brothers.
The Brennans were impressed by the cleanliness of the B&B and we were all agreed that the rooms needed a bit of updating, which we have since done giving the rooms a lovely seaside feel to them now, plus Courtown is back on the map with an annual festival and lots of fun events planned throughout the summer!
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With the BP oil spill being called his "Katrina," the pressure on President Obama to strike the right tone in his highly-anticipated speech Tuesday was intense.
Obama, who recently tried to tack away from his coolly intellectual approach by telling Matt Lauer recently that he was looking for "an ass to kick," was back on more familiar ground, pledging reforms, new oversight and pressing his big picture solution of a new energy policy. It shouldn't surprise that the president was roundly blasted by his usual detractors on the right, but this time, the criticism from liberal quarters was nearly as universal.
- Writing for the New York Post, liberal columnist Kirsten Powers complained that the speech focused too much on grand plans for the future, and not the crisis at hand. "We don't need any more plans or commissions," Powers wrote. "We need a permanent moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling and some sort of functional cleanup system for the damage that's been done."
- "It was a great speech if you were on another planet for the last 57 days," said MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, as he hosted a post-speech panel with a similarly disapproving Howard Fineman and Chris Matthews.
- "Were you looking for something that resembled a fully-realized action plan, describing a detailed approach to containment and clean up?" wondered Huffington Post blogger Jason Linkins. "Or perhaps a definitive statement, severing the command and control that BP has largely enjoyed, in favor of a structured, centralized federal response? Maybe you were looking for a roadmap-slash-timetable for putting America on a path to a clean energy future? Well, this speech was none of those things."
- Some sympathy came from the San Francisco Chronicle, where blogger Zennie62 said Obama faced an impossible situation, and did reasonably well. "He explained in detail what happened and what needed to be done to solve the problem. Obama also explained what he wanted to see from British Petroleum," Zennie62 blogged. "No, it wasn't a great speech, but how can any political speech about a disaster, a man-made disaster as was the BP Oil Spill, be a great speech. It's impossible."


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"Please accept my deepest thanks for the wonderful conference and relay them to all who were involved. I can't tell you how thrilled I was to hear my son try to relay everything he came away with on our trip home from the airport. He gained so much from both the formal and informal talks, as well as his fellowship with young men who have a desire to please the Lord. The conference definitely rekindled his desire for godliness in his own life and his pursuit of some kind of mission work."
And so we relay the thanks of one mother, speaking on behalf of the other parents, to everyone who supported the 2010 Timothy Conference with their prayers and contributions to Worldwide Outreach. Through your love and concern for the work of the whole church, fourteen young Orthodox Presbyterians were able to be present for two days of conference lectures at Greenville Seminary in South Carolina and Matthews OPC in North Carolina. Particular love and effort came to the fore from those who provided food and hospitality for the young men: Tony and Kathleen Curto, Jeff and Jennifer Cleveland, Mrs. Herma DeBoer and her daughter Katelyn, and pastoral intern Joby Fowler. Dinner and devotions in the "great hall" of the Cleveland home will be a special conference memory.
Each of the five conference speakers had something special to impart to our conference attendees regarding the nature and proper preparation for gospel ministry in the OPC, whether as a pastor, a teacher, or an evangelist.
Before letting the guys go home, Danny Olinger requires them to submit a short paper summarizing what they are "taking away" from the conference. We who organize the conference are pleased and encouraged by what we read. But, as is obvious from the quote above, there is too much to put in a brief paper. And in fact, these sons of the church are living letters, the result of the Spirit's work in applying faithful parental and pastoral nurture. It is our prayer that there be much more of the Spirit's writing yet to be done in and through these young men as they take their places of service in the church.
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If you're a fan of video game soundtracks, you can pick up a hefty 27-track compilation for free right now from The Gunstringer. Twisted Pixel just made it available on the game's official page. Head over there, click on "Downloads" atop the page and you'll see it.
It's about a 70MB .zip offering you more than two dozen tracks with four different themes (Classic Western, Bayou, Samurai Western and Day of the Dead) representing the different stages of the game. Enjoy.
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Virgin Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina and Paula, of Palestine
The Holy Virgin Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina and Paula suffered in the year 308 under the emperor Maximian II Galerius (305-311). Saint Ennatha came from the city of Gaza (in the south of Palestine), Saint Valentina was a native of Palestinian Caesarea, and Saint Paula was from the region of Caesarea.
Saint Ennatha was the first to be brought to trial before the governor Firmilian, bravely declaring herself a Christian. They beat her, and then they suspended her from a pillar and scourged her.
Saint Valentina, accused of not worshipping the gods, was led to a pagan temple to offer sacrifice, but she bravely hurled a stone at the sacrifice and turned her back on it. They beat her mercilessly and sentenced her to be beheaded along with Saint Ennatha.
Last of all, Saint Paula was brought, and they subjected her to many torments. With the help of God, however, she endured them with great patience and courage. Before her death Paula gave thanks to the Lord for strengthening her. Bowing to the Christians present, she bent her neck beneath the sword.


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Many of these players will never see a World Cup again.
What went wrong? Pretty simple to discern.
"For the four games, we were only ahead for two minutes," Bradley said (actually it was three) after reviewing the recording of Saturday's loss. "The one side is just the maturity, the experience of knowing sometimes early in the game how to manage the game."
Now the U.S. team is off until Aug. 10, when it plays Brazil in an exhibition at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Bradley already is thinking about that game, but he may not be there.
Bradley took over from Bruce Arena after the U.S. made a first-round exit in 2006, getting the job only after Juergen Klinsmann withdrew. Bradley said he and U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati need time to make an assessment.
"At this moment, there's been no conversations," Bradley said. "I've always enjoyed new challenges, but I also from Day 1 have said and consider it a tremendous honor to coach the national team."
Even if Bradley returns, the defense needs a complete overhaul, a process that will start to unfold between August and next year's CONCACAF Gold Cup. New players will be tested by 2012, when qualifying starts for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Oguchi Onyewu showed he hadn't fully regained mobility following knee surgery last October. Jay DeMerit and captain Carlos Bocanegra were a step late at key moments, leaving the openings that led to goals.
"In some cases, there's players that still can help the team, but you're not certain what that will mean in four years time," Bradley said. "In other cases, you feel guys have gotten experience and now for them to continue in their clubs to make progress will be critical for success for the national team. And then there's the part of determining who are the next set of young players that need to be pushed into it."
Bocanegra and Steve Cherundolo are 31, DeMerit 30 and Onyewu 28. Bradley finally admitted "it would be impossible for Gooch to be at 100 percent" given his seven-month layoff.
Clarence Goodson, who didn't get into a game, is 28. Jonathan Spector (24) and Jonathan Bornstein (25) have a chance to be back in four years, along with two players who were cut: Chad Marshall and Heath Pearce (both 25). There are numerous candidates to weave into the player pool, including Gale Agbossoumonde (18), Eric Lichaj (21), Omar Gonzalez (21), Ike Opara (21), Kevin Alston (22) and Tim Ream (22).
Lichaj and Agbossoumonde already have gone to Europe, a path that has helped players gain spots on the national team. Just four of the 23 players on this year's World Cup roster are with Major League Soccer clubs, including Landon Donovan, who spent part of this year with Everton.
Now 28, Donovan is the best American player ever, and if he's going to make a permanent move to Europe, this is the time. With three World Cup goals, he was the undisputed star of the U.S. team, and Everton manager David Moyes appears to want him back if a deal can be worked out with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Midfield is the U.S. strong spot, with Clint Dempsey (27) also in his best years and Michael Bradley (22) — the coach's son — establishing himself as one of the best young players in the tournament. Maurice Edu and Stuart Holden (both 24) have shown promise, along with Benny Feilhaber (25) and Jose Torres (22). Alejandro Bedoya and Robbie Rogers (both 23) figure to be part of the next cycle, and Freddy Adu (21) and Sal Zizzo (23) could be, too.
But forward is barren. All five U.S. goals came from the midfield, and Jozy Altidore (20), Robbie Findley (24), Edson Buddle (29) and Herculez Gomez (28) all went scoreless.
"Anyone who follows games around the world would know that that's still the greatest challenge in the game — to be someone who can consistently score goals," Bradley said. "So it's an area where we do need to improve."
While Findley has speed, he showed no scoring ability. Altidore beat defenders but then failed on good chances.
"He's covered a lot of steps so far, but that doesn't necessarily mean when you get to a World Cup, everything's going to fall right into place," Bradley said.
Fans wonder what might have been had Charlie Davies (24) not been in a car crash last October that nearly killed him on the eve of the last qualifier.
"Our hope continues to be that Charlie will get back to the level that he was before the accident, and that ultimately he'll be better than he was, because he's still young," Bradley said.
Given a favorable position in the knockout rounds after winning their group for the first time in 80 years, the U.S. cracked.
"If we were a little less naive tonight, we would have advanced," Donovan said.
Naivete wasn't the problem. Defense was.
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The Roots Hard at Work on New Album, 'Undun' [VIDEO]
Between touring, their prolific recording schedule, and their gig as the house band for 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,' the Roots might be the hardest-working band in show business — and they aren't showing any signs of slowing down.
Barely a year after the release of their ninth studio album, 'How I Got Over,' the Roots are back in the studio, laying down tracks for a new full-length release. Thanks to Roots drummer/resident prolific tweeter Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, fans can get a look at the sessions — and hear a clip from one of the new songs.
Going public with the sessions by tweeting the invocation, "Lord please help me not squander my gifts & put my best foot forward," Thompson sent followers a picture of his drum kit, and followed up with a clip of Roots associate Dice Raw behind the mic.
The Roots don't waste time between releases — they followed up 'How I Got Over,' which dropped last June, with the John Legend collaboration 'Wake Up!' in September — but they're also famously deliberate when it comes to their work. Fans endured months of delays while waiting for 'How I Got Over,' so there's no guarantee that the new album — titled 'Undun' — will reach store shelves anytime soon.
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After a long time, all three of us are at home this time. We thought of visiting the ancient solahbhuji (sixteen-armed) Durga temple at village Deori, near Tamar, around 60 km from Ranchi, on the Jamshedpur-Ranchi Highway (NH-33) to pay our obeisance to Maa Deori – the sixteen-armed goddess Durga, an avatar of goddess Kali and the resident deity of Tamar's Deori Mandir.
I have been visiting this temple from the time it was in its original shape – a small, ancient structure housing the stone idol of Goddess Durga inside a dark chamber with a big lamp providing light inside the sanctum sanctorum. I came to Ranchi for the first time from New Delhi on my promotion in the middle of 1997. My bank colleagues in Ranchi told me about this temple and we started visiting this temple often.
Durga is a warrior goddess, and she is depicted to express her martial skills. Her iconography typically resonates with these attributes, where she rides a lion or a tiger, has between eight and eighteen hands, each holding a weapon to destroy and create. The main attraction is that the idol is having sixteen hands, normally goddess Durga is seen with eight or ten hands.
There are many legends related to this temple. According to some local beliefs, this Solahbhuji Devi Prachin Durga Mandir is in existence since the Mahabharata times. The Pandavas are believed to have prayed here during their period of 'Agyatvaas' (secluded exile). It is also believed by many here that Emperor Ashoka (Reigned circa 268 – circa 232 BCE) and his army worshipped and invoked Maa Durga's blessing for victory at Kalinga War (circa 260 BCE) at this temple while marching en route Kalinga region.
The original temple is made up of big stone placed one over another without using any cementing material in between, like many ancient constructions. Inside the sanctum sanctorum, an ancient idol of Goddess Durga with sixteen hands is consecrated along with Lord Shiva. In the Mundari language, the word deori means stone. The idol and the temple both are made of stone.
According to folklore, a king of Tamar, believed to be in the 18th century, once saw a dream. The goddess told him that there was a temple in Deori, where she must be worshipped. Villagers, as directed by the king, cleared a forested patch to find a small temple with a stone statue of Durga. Ever since the deity is worshipped here.
Legend has it that whoever has tried to alter the structure of the temple has had to face the wrath of the gods and suffer consequences. Therefore, new construction is being done from outside keeping the original temple intact.
Alongside the Brahmin priests, there are six tribal priests known as Pahans who worship in this temple and take part in different rituals and prayers. It is, probably, the only temple where the tribal priests are allowed to worship the Goddess along with Brahmin priests. The best thing in this temple is that one can directly worship the Goddess. The priests only assist with ways and mantras and this attracts me to this temple more.
Even, the former captain of India's cricket team, MS Dhoni comes to this temple regularly. Another previous captain Saurav Ganguly also came here for worship several times. Since the creation of the state of Jharkhand on November 15, 2000, the popularity of this temple has grown manifold and so is the number of pilgrims visiting the temple.
I still find peace in the temple and so I love visiting Deori Mandir. Whenever I am in Ranchi, I try to visit the temple once.
Jai Maa Deori!


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March 28, 2011
Cela me fait grand plaisir de me trouver ici aujourd'hui, avec vous, dans l'une des villes les plus belles au monde, avec son cachet historique tout à fait spécial.
The relationship between La Belle Provence and RBC is over 120 years old. Our first branches opened in 1890 here in Montreal, and today we have almost 8,000 people working in Quebec. It remains our official Head Office and we are very proud of our relationships and customers throughout the province. I should point out that, notwithstanding, that I have not lived in Montreal since 1979 (as you can tell from my French), it remains my hometown and my allegiance remains with the Habs and the Alouettes.
There are a number of RBC people in the audience today who represent us throughout Québec and who do an outstanding job on our behalf. In particular, I would like to recognize: Micheline Martin, President, Quebec for RBC Royal Bank - and - Michael Fortier, Vice Chairman and Head of Quebec, RBC Capital Markets, as well as, two of our directors - Paule Gauthier and Jacques Lamarre. On their behalf and mine, we appreciate the confidence and support of our customers who last year ranked us #1 in client satisfaction, and you can be sure that we are committed to making this a long term trend!
There is currently, in my view, an unparalleled opportunity for Canada to experience a breakaway decade - to significantly outperform the developed world in terms of economic growth and social leadership.
The ingredients are in place for us to achieve unmatched success if we ensure that we capitalize on our current strengths and focus on our weakness. Today, I would like to comment on why we are in such a strong position but, more importantly, what we have to do to ensure we capitalize on it and, indeed, make this Canada's breakaway decade.
When you look at our relative strengths in a world that is grappling with so many issues, our potential seems limitless:
Canada today is an attractive place to live, work and build successful businesses. And with continued fiscal responsibility, we should be able to avoid the current plight of many countries that will be forced to undergo painful restructurings to address their systemic failures.
So, all of these facts allow me to say with confidence that Canada is facing the possibility of a breakaway decade.
Note, however, that I've purposely used the word 'possibility'. I think we can succeed, but we cannot lose focus on what got us here and we have to address some challenges that could set us back in terms of our global competitiveness.
Three areas that I would highlight are:
I would begin by commenting on our low productivity which is one area holding Canada back from maximizing its potential in an increasingly globalizing world. Innovation-fueled productivity is the lever we can pull to increase the economic pie we all share, and in doing so, improve our standard of living and gain competitive clout in the global marketplace.
I have to admit I felt a bit hesitant about bringing this topic to your attention today. Canada has had more conferences and speeches on productivity and innovation than any other place on earth. Even the Montreal Chamber of Commerce has heard from no fewer than three speakers on the subject in the past three years! Adding one more speech to the pile isn't going to help. We need action and follow through to address our position as among the least productive and least innovative industrialized nations in the world.
We should be proud of our successes and prosperity as a nation, but we cannot be complacent and notwithstanding strong performance on most economic measures, our competitive position in a globalizing world has slipped. In this new world order, we are not longer competing against the G8 -- but also with emerging economies who are making significant investments in innovation and production. Our productivity and competitiveness will be a key driver in determining whether we can continue to outperform.
If we don't address our Achilles' heel, Canada's productivity gap will continue to consume large chunks of Canadians' pay cheques. Productivity measures how much is produced for each hour worked and today, our citizens produce thousands of dollars less per capita than Americans.
Low productivity affects employment, trade, new company formation and where businesses chose to locate. Ultimately productivity is a key driver of GDP growth and a nation's living standards.
One of the challenges is that it's hard to create a sense of urgency about productivity as it is a complex area to understand and because we look around us and see that Canada is a prosperous country. Our GDP per capita is strong and, as I said earlier, relative to most developed countries, things are pretty good. In many ways, sound policies of the past combined with a little bit of luck significantly shifted our global positions as we managed through the recent economic crisis. But as we increasingly rely on emerging industries and value added exports to drive growth, productivity will be essential to employment and prosperity.
If we don't take advantage of our current strength to ramp up investment, we will have wasted an opportunity and it will impact us in the long term.
Productivity has been a challenge in our country for a long time. In the last thirty years the productivity gap between Canada and the US has more than tripled and leading up to the crisis, we had lost considerable ground in terms of economic performance. This productivity gap reduces each Canadian's share of output by $12,000 per year. Our weak dollar combined with strong demand for our commodities helped compensate for this productivity gap but we have now lost at least half of that advantage as the expectation is for our currency to remain high. And while strong demand for commodities is helpful to Canada's growth, it will not create the jobs of the future.
What do we have to do to correct it? And who is "we"?
To correct it, we have to make innovation central to business strategies and the 'we' is all of us: business, government, labour and academia, working together.
Our governments are on board with the innovation agenda. They've cut regulatory and tax burdens. Our universities, hospitals and a new generation of research institutes in every province are also taking research out of the lab and getting it working in the marketplace where it can create jobs, companies, and even industries.
So, in the main, I think that business needs to take up this cause, to undertake more R&D and for us to collectively focus on ways to improve the commercialization of our science and ideas.
I think it's our turn as business leaders to say, thanks to the government for the tax reform, and now we are going to use it to invest and make innovation part of our agenda.
And there are many companies who have done just that, here in Quebec and across Canada. They're the companies who know, absolutely, that the velocity of change in their markets is just going to get faster, and that their revenues five years from now will come from products or services that don't exist today. Their sense of urgency to anticipate change and act on it reflects a world economic order that is changing at lightning speed.
Quebec's aerospace industry is a shining example of what innovative companies are doing and while we don't want governments to pick winners, having an industrial strategy around a specific segment is both a smart and proven policy. CAE is a world leader in providing simulation technologies and integrated training solutions for the civil aviation industry and defense forces. Bombardier is a global leader in aerospace and rail transportation. And there are other companies in all parts of the aerospace industry in Quebec that are innovative, supportive and that continue to flourish with strong support from both government and academia.
And productivity is not just about high tech industries. Bombardier Recreational Products spends proportionately more than their competition on R&D to maintain its competitive edge.
Dollarama, with world-leading cost and profitability metrics in its industry was born and raised in Quebec and it's established itself as the world's leading sourcing operation for low-priced merchandise in low-cost countries - that's productivity. The same can be said for Montreal-based Gildan, which now markets and manufactures clothing all over the world. And then there's Yellow Media, which is transforming from the old to the new --basic print to digital and internet.
These are great examples of the power of productivity investment but we need more and from all sectors including small and medium sized enterprises that ultimately drive our economy.
Strangely, these innovative, home grown companies won't be found by googling the words 'Canada' and 'innovation'. If you do that, you'll discover that Canadians invented many things -- insulin, the zipper, standard time zones and the telephone. (Also notable would be the snowmobile --- and of course my favourite -- poutine.)
But productivity is less about invention and more about making existing things better and more efficiently. I call it innovation with purpose. What is the future of telecom, smelting, energy or banking? There are thousands of smart and engaging people trying to find ways to better serve clients, improve margins and power growth. And if we don't do it in Canada, someone else will do it for us.
In my industry, we assume that to compete globally we must offer better products, through multiple platforms and at a lower cost. The only way to do that is to constantly improve our productivity.
At RBC, we're aggressively pursuing innovation and we currently have the highest level of capital expenditures in our history.
RBC is also very active in supporting the commercial success of knowledge-based industries. We have a group dedicated to growth companies of all sizes in emerging market sectors that are R&D oriented, highly innovative, export oriented and with high growth potential.
We're honoured to be the leading bank in this sector of the Canadian marketplace, and we got there by building teams of specialists in information and communication technology, cleantech, media and entertainment, and life sciences and healthcare.
Another important industry to Canada is oil and gas and just last month, The Globe and Mail had a headline which read "A country built on crude". Yes, our oil and gas industry is an absolutely vital part of Canada's economy, but it too is a world leader in technological innovation.
Its enormous R&D investments improve production efficiencies, reduce emissions and water use, reclaim land, and address other environmental issues. Commercialized innovations like Carbon Capture and Storage and Toe to Heel Air Injection will end up contributing to Canada's future productivity.
Whether it is aerospace, banking, energy or any other industries, we have the ability to be global leaders if we continue to invest. Doing that requires R&D spending, and in Canada, companies in aggregate have been reducing R&D spending for the past three years and we constantly under spend on a relative basis. When you look at patents - another marker for innovation -- again we are a laggard. We must take advantage of our current strength to reverse this trend.
A large part of innovation and productivity gains will also come from small and emerging businesses. Canada has some extraordinary organizations that are pushing innovation agendas and playing important partnership roles with entrepreneurs and emerging businesses.
I'm Chairman of one such organization - MaRS in Toronto, and I've seen many examples of how the simple commitment to innovation can generate explicit commercial success and a myriad of other benefits. At MaRS, we connect scientific discovery with market opportunities and help develop, nurture and grow ideas into businesses and commercial success.
Other promising trends are also emerging. Many of our scientists are returning home and new research chairs are being created. Our innovation centres and think-tanks are in place and active. Connections among academia, business and government are growing stronger every day. The more these connections happen, the more ideas will cluster together into new products and services, and the more we'll see new companies emerging.
We have put in place a lot of the ingredients for success but, frankly, we have yet to reach the milestones required but we can't back away. We have to keep up the pressure and continue to support and expand our programs even in the face of government spending cutbacks.
It is difficult to maintain programs and spending on innovation at a time when government is assessing all spending programs but it will in the long run pay dividends (U.S. example). Finally, business has to step up and seize these opportunities and invest.
Another key ingredient in ensuring Canada's economic growth and productivity enhancement is by ensuring we capitalize on immigration and our strength as a multi-cultural society. Our population is aging, and underwriting their retirement years and health care will present a serious fiscal challenge - nowhere more so than in Quebec and Ontario.
After 2015, almost one in five people will be senior citizens, and we will increasingly rely on new Canadians to sustain the tax base, support our health care system, build businesses and contribute to Canada's productivity and intellectual capital.
We need and want a steady inflow of educated, talented, hard working and innovative immigrants to fuel and grow our standard of living. And given what is going on in the United States and Europe, we stand out as a country with both the capacity to attract and the ability to integrate new Canadians.I believe that our ability to attract and our capacity to absorb is an incredible competitive advantage for Canada and each of its provinces, and essential for growth and enhanced productivity. Today, immigrants are our main source of population growth, and we need this population growth to achieve economic growth.
The other irrefutable fact is that businesses that take strategic advantage of this pool of talent will see their productivity and bottom line grow. We have certainly experienced this first hand across all of our businesses and geographies.
The final area I would emphasize to ensure it is Canada's breakaway decade is to encourage our governments to maintain fiscal discipline. For Canada to continue to set itself apart, we cannot allow our fiscal position to deteriorate further. We cannot let the advantage gained through 11 years of fiscal responsibility slip away. Notwithstanding, the political challenges of fiscal restraint - it is, in my view, essential that the provinces and the federal governments aggressively work their way back to fiscal balance.
Other countries like the United States and many in Europe will face significant challenges as a result of their fiscal imbalances. The math suggests inevitable restructuring - higher taxes and less spending - which will impact their flexibility and growth. If we can maintain our discipline, it will give us a huge competitive advantage and the ability to invest in infrastructure and areas that will ultimately make us more competitive. For us to forfeit this advantage would be tragic.
We can easily muster the spirit and will to win at the innovation game in Canada. We need only look back to the Winter Olympics, just over a year ago, when Canada, suddenly, out of nowhere, won more gold medals than any other country in the history of the Winter Olympics.
In my view, this was the outcome of one of the most successful R&D program in the history of our nation: the Own the Podium program. It was innovative, it was focused, it captured our attention and enthusiasm as an important undertaking, and it was funded.
It's now the turn of Canadian business to begin thinking in an Olympian way - and make its own investments in dramatically improved performance.
We have never been better positioned - our fiscal position, our talent capacity, our tax competitiveness, our resources, our educational institutions, our multiculturalism and our recent economic performance.
We have never been in a better position to invest, to innovate and to do the things that will close our productivity gap and create wealth. But we can't be complacent. We must keep our foot to the pedal on all fronts.
We must continue to hold our doors open to immigration and make integration, diversity and multiculturalism work. We must continue to maintain fiscal discipline. And finally we must close the productivity gap and ensure that we grow the next generation of Canadian success stories.
If we can rise to this challenge, all Canadians will benefit. It will ensure that we capitalize on our unparalleled position to ensure Canada does have a breakaway decade.
Thank you.


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Aus 70 Designs von 31 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Brand package needed for "DaySpring Church" Website, Stationary and other printed materials. Would like to see 'cool' and 'warm' alternatives but will need to suit full color and mono uses.
Please avoid the use of crosses or other stereotypically 'churchy' symbols.
See full brief for more info and specifics.
DaySpring Church
Taking this generation on a journey in the Spirit!
Desired Style:
Professional, Friendly, Stable, Attractive
Accepted File Formats:
Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
General Info:
DaySpring Church is an organization sharing relationships with corporate and local family groups as well as individuals while maintaining a 'coffee shop' atmosphere. Our aim is to simply help make people's lives more enjoyable and successful both personally and professionally.Branding:
We are re-branding and need a new logo and identity kit which will be used on our website as well as stationary and other printed materials such as event promos (flyers, posters, etc).
I would like to see some 'warmer' and 'cooler' alternatives however the end product will need to suit both color and mono uses (ie, good on either black or white background).
I would also like a logo which uses both a symbol or picture as well as a font as the pic will become synonymous with the name may be used as a watermark.
-The font should say "DaySpring Church" over two lines but will need to work with or without the word "Church" as it may be substituted for another word (note the capital D and S in "DaySpring").
-No crosses, doves, hearts, tears, or any other churchy-type propaganda.
-A Tagline may or may not be used. If it is, it should say: "Taking this generation on a journey in the Spirit!"
Stable, Safe, Attractive, Professional
-We have strong relationship with many corporate organizations as well as family groups and individuals so this brand will need to suit use over a wide spectrum.
-CS3 files with all layers and fonts provided is preferred as we'll need the ability to adjust and change in the future.
Any more info needed, just ask.
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The Tax Court recently handed down a decision that could prove to be just the break that trusts participating in business activities need to escape liability for the new 3.8% tax on investment-type income. Now that the tax filing deadline for 2013 is behind us, many trusts with business-related income are finally feeling the sting of the tax, which applied to all trust investment income for trusts with income in excess of a low $11,950 in 2013 ($12,150 for 2014). The decision paves the way for new planning techniques in 2014 and beyond, highlighting the importance of a trust's operating structure in shielding income from the additional tax—and in gaining valuable loss deductions along the way.
Aragona Trust: Facts of the Case
The issue in the Aragona case was whether a trust entity could be found to materially participate in real estate activities so as to quality for an exception to the general rule that rental real estate is a per se passive activity. Importantly, rejecting the IRS's argument to the contrary, the court found that for purposes of the material participation rules, a trust was capable of performing "personal services" and could, therefore, quality for the exception.
The original trustee in this case formed a grantor trust that was engaged in substantial rental real estate business activities, naming his five children as beneficiaries. When he passed away, the five children and one independent individual became trustees. Three of the children worked full-time in the trust's real estate businesses through an LLC that was wholly owned by the trust, earning wages in addition to fees for serving as trustees. Two children had very little involvement in the business.
The trust incurred substantial losses, which the IRS sought to disallow as passive losses that could only be used to offset other passive income. The trust, on the other hand, argued that it qualified for an exception to the passive activity rules that applies if (1) more than one-half of the personal services performed in trades or businesses by the taxpayer during the year is performed in real property businesses in which the taxpayer materially participates and (2) the taxpayer performs more than 750 hours of services during the year for the trade or business.
Rejecting the IRS's argument that a trust was incapable of providing personal services, the court found that the trust here qualified for the exception because the individual trustees worked in the business as part of their duties as trustees. This was the case even though the three trustees who materially participated in the business were also employees of the trust (in that they received wages in exchange for services performed for the wholly-owned LLC).
Because the employee-trustees continued to owe a duty of loyalty to the trust in their capacity as trust fiduciaries even when technically acting as trust employees, activities performed as employees could not be separated from their duties as trustees.
Significance in the Face of the Investment Income Tax
While a trust's ability to deduct losses from real estate related activities is significant, the decision is particularly important because the 3.8% Medicare tax applies to a trust's net investment income, which includes all income from passive activities. The standard for determining whether an activity is passive for purposes of the investment income tax is tied to that which is applicable in the context of the passive activity rules generally.
As a result, the finding that a trust is capable of performing personal services based on the activities of its trustee-employees can allow many trusts to escape the additional tax liability if the trust's operations are structured so that the trustees themselves are substantially involved in the trust's underlying real estate business activities.
However, it should be noted that the Tax Court declined to address the issue of whether activities conducted by the trust's non-trustee employees should be taken into account in establishing material participation.
While this decision does not resolve all of the questions that have arisen in light of the 3.8% investment income tax and its applicability to trust income, it does provide clarity for trusts with trustees who are substantially involved in the trust's business activities. As a result of the issue's importance, it is likely that further guidance from the IRS and the Treasury is likely to emerge in the coming months.
Originally published on National Underwriter Advanced Markets. National Underwriter Advanced Markets is the premier resource for financial planners, wealth managers, and advanced markets professionals who provide clients with expert financial and retirement planning advice.
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A jury has convicted a man of trying to burglarize Paris Hilton's home last year.
District Attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison says jurors deliberated for less than an hour Friday before convicting Nathan Parada of first-degree residential burglary for trying to break into the hotel heiress' home last August.
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Hilton testified this week about she and her boyfriend being awoken after Parada banged on one of the house's windows with the butt of a knife.
A defense attorney told jurors that Parada had left a halfway house days earlier and had not taken his antidepressant medication for several days.
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The Thank You Cards Shop was started by Amy Lowry – a graphic designer with a passion for designing stationery. The shop offers a variety of styles to meet the needs of everyone from newlyweds looking for that personal touch for their wedding thank you cards to new parents looking for a unique design for their baby shower thank you notes. There are options to personalize stationery as well as add photos to thank you cards. Amy even has a section of her site dedicated on how to write the perfect thank you note.
Since I am constantly writing thank you notes on behalf of my two sons, I chose two simple designs for review and am impressed by both. For my three-year-old I chose the Green Bunting Stationery card with little monkeys – a fun card that really fits in with the personality of my Matthew! For my 9-month-old I chose the playful Going Fishing cards. Printed on high-quality paper, these cards are perfect for my any-occasion thank you needs. I always like to keep a stash of notes handy because you never know when an occasion to write a thank you note is going to pop up!
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The study also suggests college students may modify their own sexual behavior on spring break, so as to keep up with their misperceived notion of socio-sexual norms.
Researchers led by University of Washington psychologist Debra Kaysen report their findings in the latest issue of Prevention Science:
College students (N = 1,540; 53.9 % female) were asked to report descriptive normative perceptions of sex with casual partners, drinking prior to sex, number of drinks prior to sex, and condom use as well as their own Spring Break drinking and sexual behaviors. Students perceived the typical same-sex student to have engaged in more frequent sexual behavior for all outcomes than students' own self-reported sexual behavior. Furthermore, results revealed that these perceptions were positively associated with behavior. The choice of travel companion (friend(s) versus romantic partner) also differentially predicted sexual behaviors. Results suggested that intervention efforts aimed at reducing risks for Spring Break trip-takers may be strongest when they incorporate corrective normative information and target those traveling with friends.
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