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While Uncle Sam plays a part in your retirement, he isn't the only tax man. All 50 states are also partners to some extent.
Many state governments depend on income taxes for public revenues, and in some, city governments take a piece of the income tax pie as well. And what about the states that don't have an income tax? They rely on other revenues, like gas, property, and sales tax collections.
If you are among the growing numbers of Americans who wish to retire elsewhere than your current community, take note. Many variables play into people's choice of retirement relocation: the cost of living, unemployment rate, work possibilities, social opportunities, and closeness to people and causes that you hold dear.
However, they aren't the only factors, as taxes can take a bite out of retirement income. It's important to see how your tax situation might affect your bottom-line in any places you may be considering.
Every year, Kiplinger publishes an updated, annual guide to state taxes. Their findings show how state and local government taxes are "all over the map" – and how living in different states can be a difference of thousands of dollars in income, depending on your retirement tax situation.
Just as importantly, the guide includes an analysis of each state's "tax friendliness" for retirees. Those judgments are based, in large part, on taxability of Social Security payments, exemptions for other retirement income, and property tax rates.
Here's a look at the top 10 most tax-friendly states for retirees in the U.S., as ranked by Kiplinger.
The 10 Most Tax-Friendly States for Retirees
Without further ado:
10. Georgia
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Apart from being a top location for filming movie productions, Georgia is a top retirement tax haven, it turns out. Its low-tax environment is attractive for a number of reasons, according to Kiplinger.
Retirees have their Social Security benefits exempt from state taxes. Not only that, if you are 62 to 64 years old, up to $35,000 of qualifying retirement income is also exempt. Under Georgia law, that spans most kinds of retirement income. Those qualifying income types include:
- Pension as well as annuity payouts,
- Capital gains,
- Interest earnings,
- Dividends,
- Rental property income, and
- The initial $4,000 of earned income like employment wages
Should you be 65 or over, the exemption amount per taxpayer goes up to the $65,000-mark. Couples have a state tax exemption for qualifying income of up to $130,000. Some exceptions for certain types of income exist, such as military pension payouts.
Georgia holds an average state and local sales tax of 7.23%, as well as low income tax rates. At present, a 1% income tax rate is levied on the first $750 net taxable income for single filers (or first $1,000 for joint tax filers).
From there, a 6% tax rate is incurred at taxable income of $7,000 for single filers. As for joint filers, the 6% rate is applied at a taxable income level of $10,000.
According to Kiplinger, the median property tax on the state's median property value of $152,000 is $1,413. Some property tax relief measures do exist for seniors.
9. Kentucky
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As with other states on this list, Kentucky exempts Social Security benefits from state taxes. What's more, up to $31,100 of retirement income is also exempt, so long as the income sources qualify under Bluegrass State law.
Distributions from 401(k)s and IRAs, private pensions, and annuities are among the kinds of income that are excluded. Qualified military, civil service, and state as well as local government pensions also may be exempt.
When it comes to income tax rates, Kentucky has a flat rate of 5%. Some localities have income tax collections of their own. The average state and local sales tax is 6%.
As for property taxes, the median property tax on a median residential property value of $126,000 is $1,078, Kiplinger reports. Kentucky also provides a homestead exemption for qualifying single-unit residential property.
8. New Hampshire
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According to Kiplinger, retiree tax treatment is rock-solid in the Granite State. New Hampshire residents don't have taxes on their Social Security benefits, pension payouts, or distributions from their retirement plans.
Having no sales tax helps as well. The Granite State does levy a 5% tax on dividend interest. For folks age 65 and up, a $1,200 exemption might be able to be applied.
The flip-side of this tax treatment is a higher reliance on revenues from property taxes. In New Hampshire, the median property tax on the state's median home value of $239,700 is $5,241.
Kiplinger claims that this is the third-highest property tax rate in the United States. High-income households may face a higher federal tax bill since exemptions for state and local taxes have been capped at $10,000.
7. Nevada
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What does the Silver State offer retirees in terms of tax obligations? Quite a bit. There is no state income tax in Nevada, which offers considerable benefits for income and tax planning at the state level.
While the average state and local sales tax is 8.14%, groceries are excluded from state sales tax collections.
On the other hand, property taxes are a considerable revenue generator. The median property tax in Nevada on the state's median home value of $191,600 is $1,478. Nor are there any property tax breaks for seniors, either.
6. Pennsylvania
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Yes, the Keystone State does have an income tax rate of 3.07%. But there is good news for retirees. Pennsylvania excludes most kinds of retirement income from state taxes.
Social Security payments, public as well as private pension payouts, and distributions from 401(k)s as well as IRAs are treated as tax-free. Some localities do have high income taxes, but those tax bills generally apply to earned income. Those who have completely retired from the workforce won't face those tax obligations.
The average state and local sales tax is 6.34%. Meanwhile, clothing as well as non-prescription medications are excluded from sales tax collections. However, property taxes tend to be high in the Keystone State. The median property tax on the state's median home value of $167,700 is $2,603. According to Kiplinger, that is the thirteenth-highest rate in the nation.
5. Florida
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The Sunshine State has long been a hotspot for retirees. Aside from the warm climate, the appeal of a low-tax environment may be another draw-in.
Florida has no income tax, but it does collect sales taxes. While sales taxes in some parts are as high as 8%, the average state and local sales tax is 6.80%.
And what about property taxes? The median property tax on the state's median home value of $166,800 is $1,702. So long as they meet certain requirements, including certain income limits, Florida retirees who are 65 and up may have homestead exemptions available to them. If someone is a widow or widower in Florida, they may be able to claim an additional $500 exemption.
4. Mississippi
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The Magnolia State offers many tax breaks to retirees. Not only are Social Security payments excluded from state income taxes. So are withdrawals from IRAs and 401(k)s, income payouts from public and private pensions, and other kinds of qualified retirement income (i.e., income from pre-tax sources).
That being said, Mississippi imposes a 3% tax on taxable income of $1,000 or more. And it levies a 5% tax on taxable income of $10,000 or more. More good news, though. The Magnolia State is giving more tax breaks for retirement income in the coming years. In 2019, the first $1,000 of taxable income will be exempt from the 3% tax rate. By 2022, the first $5,000 of taxable income will also be exempt.
Unlike many other states, Mississippi does have a high state sales tax at 7% – the second-highest in the nation – and the sales tax does apply to groceries. However, home utilities, motor fuel, and newspapers are exempt. The average state and local sales tax is 7.07%, meaning local sales taxes add little to the cumulative rate.
Vehicles sales are taxed, not to mention a personal property tax levied on a vehicle's age and value. As for property taxes, Mississippi is well below the national average. Its median property tax on the state's median home value of $105,700 is $841.
3. South Dakota
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The Mount Rushmore State has no state income tax. Not only that, sales taxes are generally low. The average state and local sales tax is 6.4%, but the trade-off is very few items are exempted.
Groceries and non-prescription medications are taxed. So are many services. Thanks to recent case law in the Supreme Court, South Dakota residents will also pay sales taxes on more of their online purchases. Kiplinger reports that the state began its collections of sales taxes from out-of-state online retailers in November 2018.
South Dakota also depends on revenues from property taxes. The median property tax for the state's median home value of $146,700 is $1,943 – the sixteenth-highest rate in the country.
2. Wyoming
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Thanks to substantial revenues from state taxes on oil and mineral rights, Wyoming offers a very tax-friendly environment. Residents of the Equality State have no income tax, meaning their Social Security benefits as well as other income gets a free ride.
Sales taxes are also low. The average state and local sales tax is 5.39%. And Wyoming residents don't shoulder high property taxes, either. The median property tax on the state's median home value of $199,900 is $1,233 – the 9th lowest rate in the U.S.
Seniors who meet certain income requirements may be able to claim a refund of up to $900 ($800 for single filers) on property taxes, utilities, and sales and/or use taxes.
1. Alaska
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According to Kiplinger, The Last Frontier offers one of the best tax havens for retirees in all 50 states. And why is that? Alaska residents don't have any state income tax or state sales tax. Some localities impose sales taxes, but two of the state's biggest cities, Fairbanks and Anchorage, don't.
Property taxes are higher than in other states. The median property tax on the state's median home value of $257,100 is $3,048. However, homeowners who are 65 or older may have an exemption from municipal taxes on the first $150,000 of their assessed property value.
Alaskans also benefit from dividend checks from the state's wealth savings account. All permanent state residents, defined as folks who have lived in Alaska for one year or greater, receive annual checks from Alaska's oil revenues. In 2018, the state gave each resident a check for $1,600.
Preparing for a Financially Confident Retirement
While a state tax environment has a bearing on your retirement, of course it's not the only thing that matters.
As you decide upon your retirement lifestyle goals, having a set financial plan can go a long way in moving them from dreams to reality. A retirement strategy can encompass many elements: income, taxes, investments, protection, legacy, and insurance to name a few.
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If you haven't had your current financial plan reviewed for your retirement financial goals – or possibly had any adjustments made to align with your new stage of life – now may be a time to get started.
An area of great importance in retirement is income planning. It's the process of creating a plan to ensure you will have the income and cash-flow you need for a long-term, comfortable retired lifestyle.
If your existing income strategy could use a second opinion – or you would like to review your progress toward your goals and any other potential steps – financial professionals at SafeMoney.com may be able to assist you with your "what ifs."
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I have used this sound as background to one of my videos. Thank you for sharing it on freesounds.
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Wao, you are the men! Indeed this was a problem of configuration. I've tried without checking force checkout and it goes right ! I've looked your link and well it is not clearly written that the report will not be avaiable but it is logic. Thanks again Alexis -----Original Message----- From: Emmanuel Venisse [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 2:55 PM To: email@example.com Subject: Re: Can't see SCM and dependencies changes report ok, I found the "problem" 2010-08-04 14:20:49,494 [pool-7-thread-1] INFO org.apache.maven.continuum.scm.queue.PrepareBuildProjectsTaskExecutor - Performing action checkout-project 2010-08-04 14:20:49,494 [pool-7-thread-1] INFO action#checkout-project - Checking out project: 'mrteGest', id: '24' to 'C:\Program Files\apache-continuum-1.3.6\data\working-directory\24'. 2010-08-04 14:20:49,572 [pool-7-thread-1] INFO org.apache.continuum.scm.manager.Slf4jScmLogger - Executing: cmd.exe /X /C "svn --non-interactive checkout file:///C:/temp/svn_repository_collab 24" For your build, you run a checkout instead of an update. If it isn't the first build, I assume you use the "fresh build" option for your build definition [1]. With a checkout, Continuum doesn't populate scm changes because it doesn't have a reference to use to find changes. Except for some cases, I consider the usage of this option as a bad practice. Your build will be more fluent without it and Continuum will build your projects only if it find changes in them, not all the time. [1] http://continuum.apache.org/docs/1.3.6/user_guides/managing_builddef/bui lddefGroup.html
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An ex-convict wanted in Tennessee for the killing of a Memphis police officer turned himself in to the authorities on Monday, law enforcement officials said.
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A Guide to Conceiving a Baby of Your Own
Do you want to have a child of your own, but you don't have a partner? Maybe you feel your biological clock ticking and are worried that it's too late to wait. Choosing to become a single mom is not an easy decision to make. It may hurt to realize that your dream of a husband and family may not happen when you want it to or the way you thought it would. It's okay to grieve for that dream and feel the pain.
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Women under 35 may be able to get pregnant via IUI, intrauterine insemination, with donor sperm. If you are 35 or older, your fertility specialist may recommend moving to IVF treatment with donor sperm. Women who are 40 or older may want to consider donor eggs to increase their chance of having a baby. The first step at any age is to see a reproductive endocrinologist and get a fertility workup. Then you'll know what your options are, based on the quality and quantity of your eggs and other factors that affect your fertility.
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Donor sperm is available through sperm banks. Your fertility center may recommend one to you. Using a sperm bank is the best choice if you do not want your donor to have any relationship with the child. In most states, an anonymous sperm donor does not have any parental rights over children conceived from his donation. Sperm donors are screened for sexually transmitted infections and some hereditary diseases. Read more about choosing donor sperm here.
What Happens Next?
If you're having IUI, usually your fertility specialist will give you Clomid to stimulate your ovaries to produce multiple eggs. When you ovulate, you will be inseminated in the fertility clinic with the donor sperm. In many cases you will then be monitored to make sure you don't have a high-multiple pregnancy. IUI usually costs $300 – $800 plus the cost of the donor sperm. Monitoring is an additional cost.
In an IVF cycle, you inject fertility drugs prescribed by your reproductive endocrinologist to stimulate egg production and help the eggs mature. When they are ready, they are extracted from your ovaries with a syringe. Your eggs are fertilized with donor sperm in the embryology lab. When embryos develop over 3-5 days, the best one or two are chosen and transferred to your uterus. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) estimates the average cost of an IVF cycle in the U.S. at $12,400, plus the cost of fertility medications, which range from $4,000 to $10,000 per cycle. You would also have the cost of the donor sperm. IVF costs tend to be higher for older women because they often need higher doses of fertility medications in order to get pregnant.
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- chamber
cham·ber n1: a judge's office; specif: the private office where a judge carries on business other than court sessions (as conferences or signing papers)— usu. used in pl.four other judges met in my chambers — R. H. Borka hearing in chambers2 a: a hall for the meetings of a deliberative, legislative, or judicial body or assemblyto run back into the House chamber — Tip O'Neillb: a legislative or judicial body: houseapproved by two-thirds of each chamber of Congress — U.S. Code
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
- chamber
(body) noun
aggregation, assemblee, assembly, bench, bench of judges, board, body of judges, cabinet, caucus, collocation, committee, confederacy, confederation, conflux, congress, constituency, convocation, council, court, federation, forum, gathering, group, ingathering, institute, judicial branch, judicial department, judicatory, law-making body, lawmakers, league, legislative body, legislature, mass, meeting, members of the bar, organization, panel, panel of judges, parliament, plenum, representatives, session, society, tribunal, union
associated concepts: chamber of commerce
(compartment) noun
alcove, antechamber, anteroom, apartment, box, camera, cell, chambre, closet, court, cubicle, cubiculum, den, division, enclosure, hall, hold, hollow, hollow place, lodging, meeting hall, office, parlor, pars interior, partitioned space, reception room, retreat, room, salle, section, separate part, sitting room, stall, stateroom, thalamus
associated concepts: chambers of the court, judicial chambers, legislative chambers
bench, cell
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
- chamber
n.A hall or room in which a judicial or legislative body meets.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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- Genre:Management & Economie
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- Publicatiedatum:jan 2003
Modern Investment Management
An Equilibrium Approach
There are many approaches to investing, but for Bob Litterman and Goldman Sachs Asset Management¿s Quantitative Resources Group, the equilibrium approach has been the most rewarding. In any dynamic system, equilibrium is an idealized point where forces are perfectly balanced. In economics, equilibrium refers to a state of the world where supply equals demand. And although perfect equilibrium is never actually reached in financial markets, this modern investment framework provides guidance for informed investment decisions in a world where random shocks constantly create new opportunities.
Modern Investment Management: An Equilibrium Approach outlines the modern investment theory used by the Quantitative Resources Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management to achieve strong, consistent investment returns. Through in depth analysis and expert advice, you¿ll learn how the insights of an equilibrium framework help you to structure a portfolio that maximizes expected returns within a limited risk budget. You¿ll also learn how to identify and take advantage of deviations from equilibrium.
Tremendous progress has been made in both the theory and the practice of investment management over the past fifty years, and our understanding of the science of market equilibrium and of portfolio theory has developed with it. Through six information rich sections, Modern Investment Management will show you how to understand these changes and how to implement them in your own investment endeavors.
- Part One presents a simple, practical introduction to the theory of investment management that has been developed in academic institutions over time
- Part Two focuses on the problems faced in the largest institutional portfolios
- Part Three discusses the various aspects of risk, from defining a risk budget to estimating covariance matrices
- Part Four looks at traditional asset classes such as equities and bonds, as well as the challenge of manager selection
- Part Five considers nontraditional investments such as currency and other overlay strategies, hedge funds, and private equity
- Part Six explores the particular prob lems of private investors, such as tax considerations and estate planning
Today, you have an opportunity to invest more intelligently than previous generations of investors. The possibilities of creating a portfolio that will deliver consistent, high quality returns are better than you may think. With Modern Investment Management as your guide, you¿ll quickly learn how this can be accomplished.


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After three days of remedial instruction on mission protocol (and why you do not neglect to call) courtesy of Batman himself, Aqualad, Robin, and Kid Flash are released from subjectively eternal torment. At 8 AM on July 8, they're asked to travel via Zeta tube to Mount Justice, where they will finally get to hear more about their new team.
Aqualad shakes his head at Kid Flash. He steps forward and bows, placing his hand on his chest.
"It is an honour to meet you, Yvette. I am Kaldur'ahm, known on the surface as Aqualad."
Oh goodness this is a large number of people her age all focused on her at once, eep.
"Honor to meet you too," she says politely to Kaldur, then looks at Kid Flash again. "Uh - whichever you like? It's your secret identity, I'm not going to demand it of you."
"Well, if Aqualad's doing it - hey, nice name by the way," he tells Kaldur.
"I guess you guys can call me Nate."
"Don't call him Nathaniel," Robin contributes.
"I'd jump on the bandwagon, but Batman won't let me tell anyone my secret identity."
"Uh, okay. Nice to meet you all."
Can he celebrate this with a hug? Because he'd like to! Hmmm, but who to hug...
Eenie, meenie, miney... sister!
"Eep," says the sister in question, then she snorts.
"This is my penance for teaching you about hugs, isn't it."
"Yes," agrees Rain, sagely.
Robin hops up onto the kitchen table and sits there swinging his legs.
"So, what were you doing with the microwave?" he asks Yvette.
"Oh, it's magic now. Well, partially. Self cleaning, will try not to leave weird cold spots in your food, won't turn on if you put a cat in it, that sort of thing."
"A necessity I'm sure won't be tested," says Batman, showing up out of nowhere as Batman is wont to do. He looks at Robin. "Is that a chair?"
Pouting, Robin pushes himself off the table and drops back down to the floor. It looks less impressive than usual without his cape flaring behind him.
"Thank you."
He looks to the others and motions for them to follow.
They all obediently follow him back through to the main room.
Nate and Robin whisper together as they walk, speculating about what might be about to happen.
What looks like half the Justice League seems to have congregated in the main room. Some of them were there when the kids arrived, or came with them, but others have zeta-ed in while they were gone.
Flash and Aquaman are there, as mentors to two of the team, but so are Black Canary, Red Tornado, Hawkman, and Captain Marvel. Martian Manhunter is standing by the zeta tube, having clearly just arrived.
The two Green Lanterns are flying around the ridiculously high ceiling, moving heavy objects into position.
"This cave was the original secret sanctuary of the Justice League. We're calling it into service again to serve as your base of operations. Red Tornado volunteered to live here and be your supervisor. Black Canary's in charge of training. I will deploy you on missions."
"Real missions?"
Robin looks dubious, possibly from experience.
Batman looks a little bit like he just swallowed a lemon.
"Yes," he allows, "but covert."
"The League'll still handle the obvious stuff," Flash adds.
"There's a reason we have these big targets on our chests." He taps his lightning bolt insignia with a self-deprecating grin.
"But Cadmus proves the bad guys are getting smarter."
Aquaman looks about as happy as Batman with this state of affairs.
"Batman needs a team that can operate on the sly."
"The five of you will be that team."
"Cool!" is Nate's verdict.
"...wait, five?" There are only four of them - Rain, Aqualad, Robin and Kid Flash.
"Is Yvette gonna be joining us?"
"Not currently. Joining you will be Martian Manhunter's niece, Miss Martian." He motions behind them.
A smaller figure who has been hiding behind Martian Manhunter now steps out from the safety of his shadow.
Like her uncle, she is green-skinned, and dressed in a costume with a red X over the chest. She also seems to have copied the high-collared blue cloak, although the costume under it is blue and white, rather than black. The most obvious difference between them, though, is her long, curly ginger hair.
Other than the green, she looks exactly like a human sixteen-year-old.
She smiles shyly at her new team.
"Liking this gig more every minute," Nate mutters to Robin.
He steps forward to greet Miss Martian, grinning broadly.
"Welcome aboard, Miss M! I'm Kid Flash, but you can call me Nate."


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Vasette Long Necklace
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The Vasette Long Necklace has been handmade from poured resin. Each bead has been crafted into a vase shape and strung onto an adjustable wax cotton cord. An easy necklace to layer, you can wear multiples to create a strong look. The bead shapes were inspired by antique Chinese vessels.
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Drop: approximately 44 cm at its longest
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By Charlie Crittenden
Richard Van Camp knows how to tell stories about the closest matters of the heart and the deepest mysteries of the cosmos. Moccasin Square Gardens, his latest collection of short stories, begins with a romance set in the shadow of extraterrestrial spaceships engaged in boiling the world's oceans to cleanse their pollution ("Gently, though, so no fish are dying").
The accomplished author from the Tłı̨chǫ Dene Nation ranges further in the stories that follow, spanning apocalyptic tales of flesh-devouring monsters awakened in the pits of the tar sands, an examination of the disastrous wrestling moves exchanged by old friends, and an archivist's journey in connecting with the spirit world through the guidance of his ehtsèe/grandpa.
What unites each story in the collection is a belief in the good humour and strength of humanity, at least if we can pull ourselves back from the brink of self-destruction.
As Van Camp says, referencing the benevolent 'Sky People' in his opening story, "I'm really hoping that the aliens who've been watching us slowly and knowingly destroy our planet hit the pause button on all the mystery surrounding them and hold a press conference to say, 'Alright. It's obvious you're all useless at getting your acts together—well, most of you. So we're here to let you know we're watching you and we're putting you on notice. Do not take your planet for granted!'"
In the trials faced and victories won by his characters in the collection's stories, Van Camp makes it clear that he's not waiting for intervention from above to solve our problems.
"This whole collection is a fight," he says, "a fight for better leadership, a fight for an unwounded planet, a fight for an undoomed future, a fight against molesters, a fight against 28-year-olds still living at home yelling at their moms if their laundry isn't done."
The stories orbit around Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories, with characters travelling out into the tundra and down to the big city lights of Edmonton. Van Camp grew up in Fort Smith, and he signals its gravitational pull in his imagination by naming the collection after a central dance hall in his hometown.
"Moccasin Square Gardens is what we call the Roaring Rapids Hall," he says. "It's where they host dances, wakes, feasts, community meetings. The title, for me, evokes a dance, either for the purpose of attracting a mate or a good old-fashioned dust-up chucking knuckles."
The storyteller builds on a body of writing that began with The Lesser Blessed in 1996 and includes formats from short story anthologies, to children's literature and graphic novels.
Van Camp takes references from his past work as starting points in Moccasin Square Gardens. The collection brings in characters from Angel Wing Splash Pattern, The Moon of Letting Go, Godless but Loyal to Heaven, A Blanket of Butterflies, and Night Moves.
"Some stories show you characters when they were still alive or fresh out of jail or finally falling in love or soaring together over thousands of caribou who are watching them rise with the aurora," he says.


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West Ham's penultimate home game of the 2018/19 Premier League season saw Manuel Pellegrini's side draw 2-2 with Leicester. In front of their second biggest crowd of the season, the Hammers took the lead twice, only for the Foxes to come from behind on both occasions and take home a point.
Here are our talking points from the game
VAR cannot come soon enough: If it was Felipe Anderson's disallowed goal against Manchester United last week, this time it was Lucas Perez's turn. Just before Harvey Barnes' equaliser, Perez had the ball in the back of the net, but 3-1 remained 2-1 as the linesman had his flag up. Both decisions that would've gone in West Ham's favour with VAR present and given how the games panned out, potentially six points to Pellegrini's men instead of the single they eventually had to be content with.
A left footed assist from Mark Noble!: And what a cracking one it was too! A pinpoint cross from the Hammers skipper for Michail Antonio to nod in for the game's opening goal, one that the likes of Felipe Anderson and Robert Snodgrass would've been proud to have to their name. The finish was equally good as well (and so was Antonio's celebration with the claret carpet!)
West Ham need to avoid switching off: Leicester did nothing of note in the first half, but came back into the game once West Ham decided to sit back after Antonio's opener. The Hammers decided to attack again after Vardy's equaliser and were reward with Lucas Perez putting them in front. They would've probably even been 3-1 up had the linesman not wrongly disallowed Perez's second goal.
Was that Lucas Perez's last act in a West Ham shirt? Perez has flattered to deceive since his move from Arsenal. The fixture against Cardiff in December and this one here against Leicester have been the rare bright points in an otherwise very disappointing campaign from the Spaniard.
Lee Probert keeps his cards in his pocket: Referee Lee Probert chose to keep his cards in his pocket in an attempt to let the game flow. There were plenty of crunching tackles from both sides, and it made for an interesting game. Among referees who've been in charge of more than 10 Premier League games this season, Probert has the second lowest yellow card rate per fixture (only Graham Scott is lower than him). He eventually carded two players- both West Ham ones (Declan Rice and Robert Snodgrass)


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I gotta nicey restipe data my sista Maria she givey to me. D'Americani they makey some good stoff and my sist she getta da restipe from a frien. She makey witta pond cake. Oh, my kids dey love dissa pond cake. I likey too. It'sa pond cake ana soma whoop cream. But I makey witta cream likey we makey inna Sant' Ambrogio, eh? You gotta puttey jost a litty bit a liquore in. Makey tastey betty. My husban he likey da anisetta, so I usa da anisetta.
Den, you gotta puttey da ryeberries, fresh ana sweet. Oh, it'sa good. My kids dey wan I makey. So, I tell my litty Gina, "You come by me. We takey bus, nicey. We takey Diverse bus and we go a marketa ana we buy soma ryeberries." She'sa five, Gina. She no go by school, ana we shoppa. I takey soma banani cuz we eaty a lots dem. I takey spinaci cuz they looka good, ana soma broccoli ana zucchini. I gonna makey a nicey parmigiana, maybe.
Ma, den I look. I look ma I canno see no ryeberries. Ma no, I say! Dis canno be! I see inna newsapape. I gotta coupon! I say to Gina, "You go, ana askey nicey da guy. Say, 'Did you gimme please where I canny fine some ryeberries?'"
She'sa too shy, dis one. She no wanna go. I don know why my kids dey too shy. I say alla da time, "No be too shy! Disa you countr, it'sa no mine. You speaky inglese, you talk, you no be too shy! No try to be ignorante." All da time she getta mad, she cry. Dis one, you look inna da face and she cry. She'sa too sensitiva. But I aska nicey an she gonna do, so I say, "Gioia, please, go ana askey da guy." An she say "OK."
She go, ana I wait by her. She come back and she'sa cry. I askey, "Why you cry?" She no wanna tell. I getta scare. I tell, "You say to me why! Dis guy, he tell you someting?"
I gotta five girl and all da time I worry--you gotta worry! Da men, dey figli di putani wit da litty girl. "It'sa danger if you no watch out," I tell my kids. Ma she still no wanna say why she cry. I shut my mouth. But she fine the ryeberries, I pay too much, ana we go. Whena we stan by da bus stoppa she no talk. I come down by her, look inna face, and I say, "You gonna say please to me why you cry?"
Dis time she say, an den I cry too. She say to me, "Mama, why you say me askey for 'ryeberries'? You da mama ma you don know. You supposey teachy me, no me teachy you. You gotta say 'raspberries,' no 'ryeberries.'"
She feel stupid. She tink I stupid, I know. She cry. I cry. But dis no my countr. I canno teachy inglese. I canny teachy to cook da food ana be a nicey girl, ma I no go by school. Even inna my countr I no go by school. I canno teachy inglese.
Ma I no wanna no more she cry so I say, "One day," I tell, "you go by school and you gonna teachy yo mama good inglese"--cuz she smart, dis one. "See," I say, "you teachy me abota da raspberries!" Ana I give a kiss. She no cry no more.
My kids. They so sensitiva.
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This Curried Brown Rice is a faux kedgeree. It is great as a way to use up leftover boiled brown rice, or it can be cooked from scratch as below. Ajicito peppers look like hot habanero peppers but are sweet. They bring the taste without the heat. You can find them in most Latino markets. Italian frying peppers or Cubanelle peppers are a good substitute if you can't find them. We've added frozen lima beans for extra protein, but you can use frozen peas or any other frozen vegetables you like.
- In a heavy, lidded pot, bring the basmati rice and 2 cups water to a boil over a high flame. Add the slice of ginger, salt to taste and cover. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 35-40 minutes. Without lifting the lid, remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes.
- While the rice is steaming, heat the oil in a wok or wide sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the cumin seeds. When they start to darken and become aromatic, add the minced ginger and garlic. Cook, stirring, until the garlic starts to color. Add the onion and peppers. Cook, stirring, until softened, about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add the curry powder and cayenne pepper to the vegetables in the pan. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute, until the spices are mixed with the oil and a paste forms. Do not let the spices burn! Add ¼ cup of water, mix, then add the French beans and lima beans. Cook until the lima beans have thawed and are bright green. Add another ¼ cup of water if it looks dry. At this point, the rice should be ready.
- Add the cooked rice to the pan a spoonful at a time, mixing it into the vegetables as you go until well coated. Cook, stirring, for a minute, then add the shredded arugula. Cook, stirring, until it is wilted. Adjust for salt. Sprinkle with a little chopped cilantro and stir to mix. Serve immediately.
- 1 cup brown basmati rice, washed
- 2 cups water, or stock, plus an extra ½ cup
- 1 inch chunk of ginger root, peeled and finely diced, plus 1 slice for the rice
- 1 to 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 small yellow onion, finely diced
- 1 medium Italian frying pepper, finely diced
- 2 teaspoon mild curry powder
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
- ¼ pound frozen, or fresh French beans, cubed
- ½ cup frozen baby lima beans
- 2 cups shredded arugula, or spinach
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (optional)
- Sea salt, to taste
Nutritional Information
307 cals
7 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Polyunsaturated Fat
1 g
Monounsaturated Fat
5 g
55 g
3 g
4 g
7 g
762 mg
*per serving
Ann's Tips and Tricks
Adding arugula will bring the health benefits of its membership in the cruciferous family. If you don't have arugula on hand, then add 2 cups shredded spinach, or 1 cup frozen, but be sure to include the cilantro.


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Dreamgirls original cast member Loretta Devine earned an Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama honor for "Grey's Anatomy," while Gwyneth Paltrow was awarded the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy for "Glee."
"So You Think You Can Dance" earned an Outstanding Choreography Emmy for Mia Michaels, and Harry Connick Jr. received an Outstanding Music Direction Emmy for "Harry Connick Jr., In Concert On Broadway."
The 64th Annual Tony Awards received the Outstanding Special Class Programs Emmy Award, as well as Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special (David Boone, Matt Roberts, Mo Rocca); while Lonny Price (Merrily We Roll Along, A Class Act, Master Harold…) earned the Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special for "Sondheim! The Birthday Concert."
The Kennedy Center Honors was also the recipient of an Outstanding Special Class Programs Emmy Award.
Additional honors went to "Glee" for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series, and "Boardwalk Empire," which walked away with seven Emmy Awards, the most for any program. Click here for a complete list of the 2011 Creative Arts Emmy Award winners. The Creative Emmys will air Sept. 17 on Reelz.


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Toyota has introduced its flagship Land Cruiser V8 in its 2012 model year form at the Brussels Motor Show. The vehicle features reworked exterior and interior styling, as well as improved mod cons and a host of additional tech.
The external styling changes are led by a new oversize front bumper with integrated fog lights and a new grille that pairs chrome and silver-finished vertical bars across its width. The headlamp units have also been reconfigured, incorporating LED daytime running lights and cylindrical high and low beam HID bi-xenon headlights, and the turn indicators now extend outwards, increasing their side visibility.
The rear bumper is new too, as are the rear combination light clusters, which now feature a new double-cylinder form that echoes the look of the new headlamp units. Also slapped on are new side protection mouldings – with chrome detailing – and new-design 20-inch wheels, as well as redesigned door mirrors, which now get LED turn indicators and side view cameras.
Inside, changes made to the Land Cruiser V8's cabin focus on raising the level of perceived quality in the look and feel of the interior. Extensive changes have been made to the dashboard layout, including the introduction of a new audio panel, a piano black paint finish for some elements, with bright silver-finish trim and chrome-plated details on the switchgear and air vents. There's also a new, lighter interior colour scheme, matched with high-gloss wood grain trim elements and bright silver-finish details.
Meanwhile, the driver's instrument binnacle has white Optitron dials that are backlit with blue illumination and a large, colour TFT multi-information display. The front seats, upholstered in perforated leather, gain a cool air function in addition to built-in heaters, plus a position memory setting, and active headrests have also been introduced. A Toyota Touch Pro advanced multimedia and navigation system with voice command control, Bluetooth and rear-view camera is also in the mix.
Technical revisions include an uprating of the 4.5 litre V8 turbodiesel engine, which offers 286 hp at 3,600 rpm and 650 Nm between 1,600 and 2,800 rpm – it's now compliant to Euro 5 standards, with the introduction of a diesel particulate filter and new G3 200mPa piezo injectors in the common rail injection system. The main exhaust silencer has also been reduced in size and weight, improving fuel efficiency and reducing noise and vibration.
Of course, the ability to tackle the toughest off-road conditions has been fundamental to all Land Cruiser models, and the flagship gets new tech to extend the vehicle's capabilities even further. The raft of new handling features includes the world-first Turn Assist, which works in conjunction with Land Cruiser V8's Crawl Control function, plus Multi-terrain Select (MTS), Multi-terrain Monitor and Tyre Angle Display.
The Multi-terrain Monitor works in conjunction with the MTS, displaying images from four external cameras (including the ones on the door mirrors) on the multi-information screen to provide a comprehensive view of the area immediately around the vehicle in off-road situations.
As for the Tyre Angle Display, this one complements the predicted tyre path guidelines presented on the Multi-terrain Monitor – guidelines linked to the steering angle are projected in real time on the display, showing the driver changes in steering angle between zero and 45 degrees.
The hydraulic power steering also gains a new Variable Flow Control, which provides direct response and feel when travelling at cruising speed and easy operation at parking speeds. A unique, dedicated off-road setting delivers a constant level of steering assistance, whatever the terrain condition.


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Alcaidesa Links Golf Course
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If you want really spectacular views, head west towards Gibraltar and play Alcaidesa Links Golf Course. It's not a true links, with dense hedges replacing sand dunes, but it is by the sea and offers amazing views over the Rock and North Africa.
Alcaidesa Links Golf Course may not be as well known as neighbours San Roque and Valderrama but its location – on the coast and with great views to the Rock of Gibraltar and the north African coast – makes it the most scenic. Designed by Peter Allliss and Clive Clark, Alcaidesa's layout uses the impressive dunes to give a linksy feel. Landing areas and greens are relatively generous, making this a playable course for all standards – and a good place to kick off a golf holiday. The golf course opened in 1992 and hosted the junior Ryder Cup in 1997.
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|72 par
|Course Style
|Green Fees
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|6,251 yards (5,716 metres)
|Medium 11-20
|Course Membership
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- Course has: Bar
- Course has: Buggy Hire
- Course has: Driving Range
- Course does not have: Practice Green
- Course has: Pro Shop
- Course has: Restaurant
- Course has: Trolley Hire
- Course does not have: Dress Code
- Course has: Club Hire
- Course does not have: Handicap
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This course is great! if you like Links golf then this is a must! The views from the 4th tee are quite simply unbelievable! We played on a Saturday and it was like playing 'Millionaires golf'! Great variation of holes both short and long but course management a must if you are to score well! The breeze at the top of the course intimidates but strangely subdues as you descend to the coastal holes! Very impressive facilities and has the wow factor! Not the cheapest of courses and a buggy a must butthe feedback from our party of 16 golfers (handicaps 3-27) was that it is a 'must' for next year!
I live overlooking the course so am a bit biased. Stunning views, particularly the coastal holes from 5th to 13th. Course is challenging, tight in places, and particularly difficult when the wind blows so take plenty of balls. New clubhouse and facilities are excellent with new driving range, chipping and bunker practice area and large putting green all with great views. Greens are good but course is let down slightly by teeing areas, with are ropey and not always flat and a couple of fairways,particularly the 9th which is rough in places. The second course the 'Heathland' is longer, a real challenge but not really mature enough yet but also worth playing Overall a great course and well worth playing if you are on a golfing holiday
Great views - tricky course
Fantastic course, well maintained, stunning views. Suits all player levels.
Lovely course, very long with spectactular views of the coast. Has a real links feel to it with wide open fairways tricky undulating greens, a buggy is mandatory and when the wind is blowing some of the holes are monsters


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This was something I heard myself saying recently. I was with senior staff from Lily's school and we were (again) racking our brains to think how else to help.
Lily is struggling to attend school, thanks to recently being overwhelmed with memories linked to trauma from a different school. As part of this, someone suggested a firmer approach was used. To be frank, that would be a disaster and I think we all knew it, it was just that we feel like we have tried everything else.
Getting interim advice from CAMHS is proving to be a horrible, soul destroying process (despite this being the recommendation of their own clinical psychologist when she discharged Lily last September). So without this help we are stuck, working together, with Lily, desperately wondering if we are doing the right thing, especially since what we are trying doesn't seem to be getting us very far.
It occurred to me, however, that this could be a useful phrase for parents whose children attend a school with a 'much less helpful' approach…
For example,
"When his IEP isn't carefully followed it's much more difficult for me to get him into school the next day."
"If she feels penalised for struggling, then she finds it very hard to leave the house to go to school the next morning."
"If he feels trapped at school and not allowed to leave when he needs to, it is almost impossible for him to manage to go the school the next day."
"If he falls behind with his work becasue it hasn't been differentiated for him he can't motivate himself to get to school the next day."
"If she feels she has been punished unfairly/hasn't been able to process and explain what happened…" You get the picture
"If you do that, it's likely that I won't be able to bring her in the next day."
I do hope these random thoughts come in handy? A way of demonstrating that you can only do so much if once your child is at school they 'get it all wrong'.
Stay calm fellow warriors, day at a time and when all else fails drink gin …


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"The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes, but true leaders are decisive!"
In the corporate world, leaders make all the difference. No matter how well-equipped your workforce is, if your leaders cannot make timely and prudent decisions, your investment will go in vain. Seems unreasonable? It might seem so, but it is going to make sense as you continue reading!
It is the job of a leader to steer the path for the subordinates, make the most out of their technical skills, and help them become the best versions of themselves as a professional and an individual. It is big enough of responsibility, and a leader has to make dozens of decisions to fulfil it. If a leader is incapable of deciding the matters at the right time, a lot of affairs can go south.
Let's say he chooses the wrong person for a task or floats an idea at the wrong time; your company will have to face the consequences.
Nevertheless, decision making is an integral part of leadership. It is essential to not only make decisions but also to make the right decisions based on foresightedness and be ready to take responsibility for the consequences.
While some of your team leads will be firm decision-makers, others will need your help to develop essential decision-making skills required for effective leadership. In such cases, you must give your prospect team leads an opportunity to get leadership training before they assume their leading roles.
This article will comprehensively elaborate on the reasons why strong decision making is necessary for effective leadership and how your team heads may acquire or learn the essential skills.
Top Reasons Leaders Should Have Excellent Decision-Making Skills
Exceptional decision-making skills warrant you have confidence in your stance and be assertive about it. When a leader has such skills, he/she won't have to double guess their own decisions. Their actions are an embodiment of confidence and wisdom combined.
Following are the reasons your company's team heads need to be able to make appropriate decisions and show firmness on the standpoints when needed:
1. To Maintain an Air of Clarity Within the Team
Ambiguities delay work and become a reason of time wastage. A leader has to ensure all the tasks are completed in due time. How will a leader ensure that? By maintaining an air of clarity, so that none of the team members is in a state of ambiguity.
When the subordinates are feeling ambiguous, they will not perform properly. They might even find it a chance to have time to enjoy instead of focusing on work. So, great decision-making skills help the leaders to maintain transparency through preciseness and clarity!
2. To Take the Initiative
Everyday work routine involves taking actions. Unless a leader takes those initiatives, no team member will begin working or have a clear path ahead of him/her. A leader takes the initiative to set a direction for the others with the confidence to ensure that there are no two teams within a team.
There is no denying that initiatives demand courage and mental strength. So, only a decisive leader has these qualities to be able to take suitable actions whenever required.
3. To Handle Difficult Situations
Every organization faces times of turmoil. There are times when you have to choose between the right and the wrong or two wrongs. Such situations are called ethical dilemmas, and the leaders are required to choose the lesser of the two evils. Only a good decision maker can take the lead and stays ready to face the consequences of the actions of his/her team, once the decisions are deployed.
No doubt, such situations require strength and resilience in front of resistance coming your team head's way. Only a good leader with strong nerves is capable of making difficult choices and then owning them. Thus, corporate team leaders need to have the strength of nerves essential for ensuring effective leadership.
4. To Handle Conflicts Within the Team
Nevertheless, diversity is the beauty of life. When human beings work together, disputes and differences will inevitably arise. A good team is not the one where there are no conflicts at all. A good team is the one that surpasses all such times and rises above the ashes to achieve organizational goals successfully.
But who in the team is responsible for keeping the group going and help in moving on after accepting all the differences? It's the leadership! The one whom everyone listens to in the team. So, a good leader with prudence and wisdom to help make peace after listening to the concerns of both the parties and make final decisions to figure out a middle way for co-existence and mutual understanding.
5. To Avoid Team Lead Turnovers
When team leads are not assertive or do not make effective decisions, chances are higher that the team subordinates will take advantage of it. When the leaders do not fulfil their responsibility correctly, it gets easier for the team members below him/her in the hierarchy to rise above and replace them.
No matter how well-experienced a person is in his profession, if he cannot be firm in his decisions, he will struggle with leadership roles. Therefore, it is essential to improve the skills of decisiveness to become a transformational leader!
6. To Analyze Alternatives
Often it occurs to the leaders that they have to choose from more than one plausible option in daily organizational affairs. Being the team lead, you may be oscillating in your mind between the two alternatives. Let's say both have an advantage for your team or organization, but you can choose only one. A person with a lack of mettle to make quick and logical decisions will waste time and stay unclear on the situation.
In such cases, only good leaders with wise mental abilities will be able to be good decision-makers and conclude fast without feeling the need to reconsider his/her decision. You may encounter such situations, now and then while leading the business, so it is better to stay ready than repent later!
What Happens When Leaders Cannot Decide Quickly?
When people cannot make a decision, they make excuses. When the team heads cannot decide, they put the work performance of their team as well as the company's progress in jeopardy. They give the subordinates unnecessary space to indulge in workplace politics. At such times, conflicts begin to develop.
Again, when conflicts arise, only wise leaders can help resolve the situation and encourage them, team members, to coexist in a professional setting. When dirty politics are going on around, only an intelligent decision maker will help eliminate the negative influences and improve the working environment of the team.
When leaders are not right decision-makers, teams crumble like gingerbread houses. Within the groups, many conflicts arise. Team Performance wavers. The morale of the workers declines. Your business suffers. No one would want their teams and departments to fall apart like this.
Ways to Improve Decision-Making Skills in Team Leads/Leaders
The ever-growing complexities in the corporate sector have changed the famous maxim as "21st-century leaders are made not born". It is because some traits are inherent; others can be learned with a little hard work and dedication. As a company owner/manager, you need to take this responsibility and help the ones in need of training for soft skills like decision-making.
However, some ways can help your team leads to becoming strong decision-makers. Let's dive into:
1. Plan Ahead of Time
Planning saves you from a lot of hassle. One way to avoid the difficulty that comes at times of making tough decisions is to be mentally ready for the situation.
The leaders should be well-prepared to handle tough situations to keep everything as per the requirements, even if any challenging event they knock at the door. In this way, team leads will be able to stay composed and not feel any surge of emotions, which may affect your reasoning.
2. Practice Conflict Management
Conflicts are difficult to handle for every human being. You only get better at managing them with exposure to conflicts. Thus, your team leads need to face conflicts and experience them. When they practice how to manage conflicts and disputes, they begin to learn how to make difficult decisions with high stakes.
3. Hire Professional Trainers! (Groom Your Skills Through Training)
Not everything is learned individually, so the teachers, counselors, mentors, and trainers are there to help the emerging leaders in grooming their skills. Just the way you are confident that you are good at your profession, soft skills trainers know their job well.
Just like you think your business can serve your customers well, your team leads can learn to lead effectively. So, it is best to devise comprehensive leadership training programs for instilling decision-making skills among the prospect leaders.
Are Your Team Leaders Influential Decision-Makers?
Summing up, the team leader is not just a title you get after getting promoted from a junior position. It is a responsibility very few people can shoulder. Responsibility goes beyond making decisions about daily affairs in the workplace.
It includes owning what you have decided to do, or have put in the pipeline for your subordinates to do. If a person cannot even decide basic matters, how will he/she take responsibility, let alone own a good or bad decision?
So, find out those decision-makers who doubt their decisions. Identify their weaknesses and underlying factors. It is suggested to ensure corporate training programs for overcoming the weaknesses to enhance decision-making skills among the leaders. In this way, you can turn your doubters into confident decision-makers.
Remember, leaders, are the captain of your business ships to make it sailing smoothly towards success. So, identify the best decision-makers and capitalize on their good leadership capabilities by focusing on effective skills grooming!


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BRiC Funding
The Building Recovery in Communities (BRiC) Fund managed by Red Rose Recovery, is a community asset fund providing grants across the 12 district authorities of Lancashire to social enterprises, organisations and community projects supporting individuals and their families in recovery from substance misuse.
Awards of up to £4999 are available to help a wide range of projects which have been inspired by the recovery community, we're interested in ideas which embrace the Five Ways to Well-being: Connect, Be Active, Learn, Take Notice & Give Back.
Approval is subject to approval by the Gate I & Gate II panels. Support is available in preparing an application, but an important feature is that the applicant has ownership of the project and it promotes recovery!
You can apply online or download the application form and guidance notes at the bottom of the page.
Closing dates for this year: Quarter One: 31/06/2020 Quarter Two: 07/09/2020 Quarter Three: 24/11/2020 Quarter Four: 29/01/2021
Please contact our office for more details on 01772 821440.
Projects Funded by BRiC
Bartley Arts
Tony Bartley made a successful application for funding to set up his fine art social enterprise and arts workshops. A self-taught artist Tony creates pieces in a variety of styles and mediums. He works from a studio in Worden Park, Leyland where much of his work is showcased and has provided workshops in various locations across central Lancashire including Preston prison and the Discover centres in Preston and Leyland. Please take a look at his website for more information and contact details. www.bartleyart.com
Empower The Invisible Project C.I.C.
We were borne from the ideas of people with lived experience of childhood sexual abuse who wanted to change the lack of support and also the lack of understanding from some professionals about how trauma in childhood in particular childhood sexual abuse impacts on the life of those affected and Empower the Invisibles Project was set up. We had no funds just our passion for making change and supporting others. With all these ideas in mind one of the co-founders turned to the wider recovery community and sourced seed funding so on behalf of the team I would like to express our thanks to Red Rose Recovery and Lancashire User Forum for approving the Building Recovery in the Community application that I submitted.
The funding provided has allowed the C.I.C. to grow at a mucher quicker pace than we could have hoped for and it means that we can do more voluntary peer support groups for the community not only in Lancashire but further afield. With the BRiC funding we have been able to purchase equipment, attend conferences that we can learn from and also reimburse volunteer expenses. We have also been able to fund launch events for the Invisible Exhibition that raises not only awareness but the profile of the C.I.C. and it will change lives and promote recovery.
So on behalf of all of us at Empower the Invisible, Thank you
Open Cinema
Open Cinema North Lancashire is a highly successful social inclusion project providing a welcoming space for anyone who feels excluded from society and wants to socialise and acts as a social hub for recovery to flourish in Lancashire. OC is led and run by a team of volunteers who organise a weekly film club, a monthly reading group, a Summer "Family Friendly" Film Festival and other simple activities most of us take for granted, like meeting friends in a café, a day trip to Blackpool or going for a walk. OC provides vulnerable people with something to do and the ability to form positive relationships. Attracting people from across Lancashire over the last 18 months we have organised more than 160 health and wellbeing events incorporating film into all the activities and helped 4125 individuals to reduce their social isolation, make new friends and have fun (Sept 15 2015 – March 31, 2017).
Skem, I Love You
We used our Bric funding to run "Skem, I Love You" Lockdown Soap Opera, a community wellbeing collaborative video project. The projects ambition was to provide a positive experience for households on lockdown; a community experience involving linking with other families and building new support networks. We also wanted it to be an opportunity for people to learn new skills and increase their
self-confidence. All participants felt an improved sense of wellbeing, an improved sense of pride about their town and now have a more positive approach to their mental health. As a wellbeing project, our soap opera was a resounding success. There have been some notable individual participant successes to celebrate as well, such as Mary-Anne who has been inspired to set up her own YouTube channel sharing her food preparation videos. Maybe the project's greatest achievement is giving our 14 year old writer Ryan the opportunity to write for professional actors who performed and filmed his monologues. We're honoured to have been part of his and everyone else's lockdown journey. The project has turned out to be a comprehensive account of Skelmersdale's lockdown experience, a shared experience we can all relate to.
Watch now on Connector Media
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Stepping stones
Stepping Stones provides funding of up to £1000 to support local projects which benefit the recovery and wider community.
The introduction of the funding was in response to feedback from members who felt being able to access smaller grants with a simplified process compared to the main BRiC programme, would really help projects which otherwise might not be able to get funding and provide access to a diverse range of peer led activities for the community.
Please contact a member of your local RRR team for further information.
You can apply online or download the application form at the bottom of the page.
Please bear in mind that funding is subject to approval and fund availability.
Apply for BRiC Funding
Apply for BRIC funding online through the website.


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Listen to the Multi-Minders
Research shows most women do it at least 10 times every five minutes. What is "it?" Multi-minding: mentally juggling a complex mix of family, career and self-care decisions at any moment, with little time for commercial messages to seep into the mix. With everything on a multi-minder's mind, you'd think she already has enough to keep her busy. Not so.
I predict female consumers will take on an increasing role with brands and businesses-the next women's liberation movement when women will co-manage brands with the official brand manager, business owner or marketing director. This partnership will exist with brands that dare to let go and share the steering wheel with consumers. Sound implausible?
The Web enables everyday consumers to be more involved in business. Where once there may have been a desire to connect, there is now that same desire coupled with tools that enable connectivity, especially with women.
Just like real-life relationships take time to build, it takes time to build trusting relationships with female consumers. Unfortunately, the traditional brand-management system, which assigns managers to a brand for a year or 18 months, doesn't seem to have a vested stake in long-term relationships with consumers. In that case, relationship building can be institutionalized through communications agencies (advertising and public relations, usually) that stay with a brand longer.
The explosion of mommy sites and blogs is a prime indicator of women engaging businesses and brands. From highly trafficked sites like mommytrackd.com and cafemom.com to fast-growing sites like coolmompicks.com and themotherhood.com, women express their viewpoints on everything from pregnancy to politics, and on every product imaginable. They will tell a marketer or business owner anything they want to know with sometimes brutal honesty.
Whether you like it or not, women are taking control of brands and businesses that mean something to them. That phenomenon inherently implies marketers and business owners are then losing a significant degree of control.
Not only is losing some control of your brand good, but it's inevitable if your brand or business is to succeed in the future. Consumer voices and participation add insights to product development, marketing and product advocacy.
Relinquishing control to consumers may not be an easy decision. Choosing how to turn over control must be in line with the brand's essence or corporate culture. Given consumers, especially women, say family and friends are the most trusted source of information, giving up some control should at least be considered.
Many brands haven't cultivated a two-way level of involvement, which is one of the big reasons why there are so many "mompreneurs." According to the Center for Women's Business Research, for the past two decades, women majority-owned companies have continued to grow at approximately two times the rate of all companies. The center goes on to report women emphasize relationship building, as well as fact gathering, and are more likely to consult with experts, employees and fellow business owners than men.
There are many examples of women and moms who have created products because they experienced a need and could not find a solution in the marketplace. If marketers are not listening to women, women will go elsewhere — and not necessarily to the traditional competitor. They have the ability to do it themselves and they'll slice into the market share of many products in the form of a million little razor cuts.
As the leader of G23, a senior strategic advisory group working to build relevant and sustaining connections with women, Janet Riccio believes women already help marketers. "The female sole" is how Riccio describes the manner by which brands or companies should approach their communications. "We need to literally walk in and out of the lives of women and the brands they use to really understand those relationships," she said.


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Athens, October 2013 – When I pick up the house phone the recording of a Greek lady monotonously tells me that the taxi has arrived. With our little family we have just enjoyed the traditional Saturday morning breakfast. It's not very often that I'm free on Saturdays, so it's always an event when it happens. From … Continue reading
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MGVCL Security Watchman Result will attachable on their official page @ www.mgvcl.co.in. Check out the MGVCL Security Watchman final list after conducting the Physical Test for the Shortlisted Candidates. Download List of Eligible Candidates for selection for the post of Security Watchman after Physical Scrutiny of Documents on this page which was given by the Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd to select the 51 Security Watchman Posts Vacancies.
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MGVCL Security Watchman Result 2018
All the APplicants, if you are well in the Final Exam then, check out the MGVCL Security Watchman Result for the aspirants who are appeared for the Physical Test which was already conducted by the officials. So, One should go on with the given available links to get your Score in an easy way. The Board also provided the Merit List for the Aspirants. So, Without having any confusion must check out your name whether it appears or not in the Shortlist or not. If your name is in the MGVCL Security Watchman Selected list you will be selected for Security Watchman Post. So, Must be the One to get your individual Result which is available on this site.
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|Name of the Organisation
|Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd
|Post Name
|Security Watchman
|Vacancies Number
|Job Location
|All India Result
|Selection Process
|Merit list
|Final Result Date
|12th June
|Official Website
|@ www.mgvcl.co.in
Basically, the MGCVL Board always giving the priority to the participants who secured good marks in the Conducted exam. Download the MGVCL Security Watchman merit List PDF which is already released on 12th June 2018. So, Based on the Physical parameters the Officials have finalized the Aspirants who are eligible for this Post And who are not capable for this post. Actually, they conducted the Exam for both Male & Female in separate. So, As compared to both of those Physical Standard measurements they calculated the Marks in the final round. As we thought that, many of you are showing much interest to get their Madhya Gujarat Security Watchman result, So, Must be on this page to know the latest updates from the MGVCL Officials.
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Know the www.mgvcl.co.in Result as soon as possible. So, for the selected aspirants, the MGVCL Give the posting in nearby locations in the Madhya Gujarat. So, MGVCL Board selects the participants who got marks in Physical Fitness & Written Test which consists of 5% of the weight of marks are announced for the Written Test only. So, Dear Applicants are you still have any queries kindly visit this article to get more info regarding the MGVCL Security Watchman Exam Result. Know the Gujarat State Govt Jobs if you are not qualified in the Written Exam.
Dear Applicants are you waiting for the final selected list of MGVCL Security Watchman Result, Yes! This is the time to check out the Final Result which is released by the Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Ltd company by taking many responsibilities to give posting as a security Watchman. There is the much complexity to get the job. So, During this Selection Process, The MGVCL gave the MGVCL Security Watchman Eligible Candidates List which is in the form of the PDF. Based on the Aspirants behavior in the selection rounds. So, One ore wants to suggest you Must be in contact with the officials which is going to delivered by the Board on their sites. Or you just keen to verify this site @ @ recruitmentIndia.in to know the remaining updates.
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Dear Applicants, Finally, The MGVCL Board giving the MGVCL Security Watchman final merit list to give posting as Security Watchman in their organization. So, who are appeared for the Physical Test that was organized by the Board Authorities they must know their minimum marks they must have to know the MGVCL Security Watchman Result. Actually, the MGVCL Board Management gave the Final merit list for the aspirants. In this Selection rounds, they are not conducting the Written Test for the Applied Aspirant, They just organize the Physical Endurance Test & The Document verification test only. So, On this 12th June 2018, the MGVCL Board released the Final result for the seekers. So, Ready for knowing your marks for this conducted test.
How to search the MGVCL Security Watchman Result 2018:
- First, all go to the Official site @ www.mgvcl.co.in
- Then, only you can check the Latest Updates of MGVCL Security Watchman Result on page
- Thereafter, click on the Result link
- Here, the MGVCL released the Selected list PDF
- So, you no need to enter the Details to know your result
- At the spot, they gave the Merit list after scrutiny of all your applications
- Just need to take a print out & Verify your name
- Keep the hard copy with you to communicate with the officials
- Then, wait for the further announcements from MGVCL Officials
|Result Date
|Released on 12th June 2018
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