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KUCHING: There is a need for the public and private sectors to become digital leaders to understand the new work culture of the future workforce.
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said theres no denying that cognitive technologies will fundamentally change how people interact with computers in an era where digital technology continues to grow and evolve.
Uggah (fourth right) presenting the Digital Leadership Academy code to Yayasan Sarawak director Azmi Bujang while (from left) Abdul Karim, Dr Rundi, Wong, Fatimah and Talib look on. Photo by Chimon Upon
This wave of change will certainly impact on how we deliver our jobs and make the global economy more competitive.
Hence, we should intensify our efforts in building competencies and capabilities to solve the challenges and create new industry solutions, he said in his speech read by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas at the opening ceremony of Workforce of the Future: Driving the Digital Economy For Sarawak and Beyond Forum held at a leading hotel here today.
He pointed out that in order to become a digital leader, this meant that there would have to be a shift in focus from the inside-out to outside-in.
We would have to be immersive in our approach to engage in diverse conversations; be able to utilise data analysis for better decision-making; and encourage greater collaborations across industries, he stressed.
In view of this, he noted that the Sarawak Centre of Performance Excellence (Scope) will launch its Digital Leadership Academy in collaboration with global management consulting firm Korn Ferry Hay Group in tandem with the Sarawak Digital Economyu Strategy to develop the talent pools within government link corporations and corporate organisations of Sarawak.
Abang Johari also urged small-medium enterprises (SMEs) and individuals to be more agile and open so that they can fully leverage on the facilities being provided to innovate and compete effectively.
Above all else, we must have a mind-set change and embrace the new digital future.
On the forum, he said it serves as a good platform for participants to have meta-conversations on how to utilise technology to enhance humanity which is very much interwoven in everyones work and lives.
Also present at the launch were Second Finance Minister Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh, Utilities Minister Dato Sri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom, Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Minister in the Chief Ministers Office (Integrity and Ombudsman) Datuk Talib Zulpilip and Deputy State Secretary Datu Dr Sabariah Putit.
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Meeting an Old Friend
Nipperkin hands you a map, showing directions to a creepy-looking shack and the word "Deadline" written on it. Head to the jungle. From the Jungle Entrance, head West, North, North, North to find the Creepy Shack. Knock on the door and give the password, "Deadline."
Once inside, you'll find that Deep Gut is none other than The Voodoo Lady! She's back, and she's still crazy! Voodoo Lazy will give you more details about Guybrush's voodoo hand, saying that it's the Pox of LeChuck. Furthermore, she will say that to cure the hand, Guybrush must seek La Esponja Grande (Yeah, The Big Sponge). But La Esponja Grande is not on Flotsam Island, and that the only person who knows its location is Voodoo Lady's former lover Coronado De Cava. She'll then say that they last parted at Jerkbait Island, then she'll give you a Locket. Voodoo Lady will also say that the wind problem in Flotsam Island is beyond her powers, and that someone in town can help.
Once you've regained control of Guybrush, explore around the shack a bit. Talk to the Skeleton Parrot, and Voodoo Lady will complain about how you just wasted months of her work on the thing. She'll discard the parrot, which you can now have for yourself. Take the Pyrite Parrot from the floor. Next, grab the Indestructible Bottle on one of the shelves. Voodoo Lazy will say that the scroll inside the bottle supposedly tells how the wind problem in Flotsam can be solved, but the bottle is indestructible! Yikes. We'll worry about that later. Lastly, she'll mention that she got the scroll from a bitter old pirate named McGee. Time to leave the shack. Outside, you'll find a broken weather vane. Pick it up and acquire Ancient Weather Vane, you'll need it later.
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A Crusty Old Pirate
Head back to the town. You'll see Nipperkin, and he'll ask Guybrush about his opinion on "The Death Cloud." What death cloud? Blistering barnacles, the Pox of LeChuck has formed a scary giant green cloud above Flotsam Island! It's up to the Mighty Pirate™ to save the day!
Go near the Court House (the area with Club 41 and the Keelhauler Gazette) and you'll find a Crusty Pirate. Talk to him, and you'll find out it's McGee! You know, the guy Voodoo Lady said she bought the scroll in the bottle from. McGee will rant to Guybrush about how he lost both his legs. Apparently the local doctor, Marquis De Singe, is a tad bit too keen on amputation. But still, he's a doctor, and maybe he can help with Guybrush's hand. After talking with McGee, he'll give you the Eye of the Manatee. This game just loves manatees, huh? Anyway, hold onto it, you'll need it later.
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Pirates and Glass Unicorns
Before heading out to see the doctor, talk to Crimpdigit, the pirate turned glass blower. Apparently, he has an "Alphabet Sale", and he's giving out free vowels. Ask for a free vowel, and he'll give you a "U" shaped glass tube. Also called a U Tube. Nice. Next, ask him about breaking bottles. He'll take out his Unbreakable Bottle Breaker, but he won't give it to you unless you hand over some pieces of eight. Of course, Guybrush is broke (all his pirate booty went down with his ship). There has to be some piratey way to grab that nifty Unbreakable Bottle Breaker. Head over to the Screaming Narwhal, climb it via the anchor chain. Approach the cannon and use it. Boom! The cannonball makes a curve due to Flotsam's weird winds, straight into Crimpdigit's glass unicorn display. Ouch, poor guy. Before leaving the ship, take the Cheese Wheel. You'll need it later. Go back to Crimpdigit, he'll be gone, but he left the Unbreakable Bottle Breaker! Grab it and try to break the Indestructible Bottle, but Guybrush's hand stops him from breaking it! Now it's time to go pay the doctor a visit, he might have something for the crazy voodoo hand.
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Crazy French Doctor
Go to the Doctor's House. Before knocking on the door click on the Flower Pot. Grab it after it falls off. Click the door and the Doctor, Marquis de Singe, will meet you. He'll be fascinated with Guybrush's voodoo hand, so he straps Guybrush down an a surgery chair and injects the hand with a grog based serum, which calms it down. But the Doctor wants to do some unwanted amputation! Yikes! Good thing he leaves the surgery room, giving our hero a chance to escape.
You'll be strapped down the surgery chair. Use the WASD keys to rotate it. First, rotate the chair to left and and bring Guybrush's feet up. Get the key. Rotate to face the monkey's cage. Click the key on the lock to release this strange simian. Rotate to the left, and use the bell. The monkey will change the picture shown by the projector into the one with the machine. Lower your feet to use the pedals. The lower (left) pedal shocks the monkey, while the upper (right) pedal drops a banana. First use the upper pedal. The monkey will go to what the screen is showing, and he'll head to the machine. Use the lower pedal to shock him, and his tail will hit the X-Ray of your hand. Rotate to face the player, lower your feet and grab the X-Ray. Rotate to the left, raise your feet and use the box of Projector Slides. The X-Ray picture will be added there. Use the bell to make the monkey change the picture on the screen to your X-Ray. Drop a banana and the monkey will go to the skeleton hand with the key. Shock him and he'll grab it. Use the bell to show the Pirate picture. Drop a banana for the monkey to go to Guybrush.
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Finding the Ancient Portal
Great, now you've escaped the crazy doctor's clinic! Time to go find out what's causing the crazy winds! Combine the Unbreakable Bottle and the Unbreakable Bottle Breaker. You'll get an Ancient Scroll. try reading it, and you'll see that it's blank. Combine it with Eye of the Manatee and there you have it, Hemlock's Map. Just like the previous map, this one is also based on following the sounds. Head to the Jungle, to the altar and use the map on it. Guybrush will dance (weirdly) and the screen will shake, confirming that the hunt is on. From here, go South, West, then North. you'll be at the well. Use the flower on the well and the screen will shake again. Head East, West, South. You'll be at the calendar, walk around it counter-clockwise until it blinks green and the screen shakes. Go north.
Guybrush stumbles upon an Ancient Portal. He hides behind a bush and sees the crazy Marquis exiting the old doorway, babbling about how he's behind the wind problems in Flotsam so he can have an ample supply of patients. What a freak! After the cutscene, use the Unbreakable Bottle Breaker on the Crystal Nose on the Ancient Portal. Use the Pyrite Parrot on the hole you just made. Grab the Ancient Door Face on the floor, then head back to the docks.
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I have my first appointment next weekend and want to see your dresses!! Here are my top picks so far!
I have my first appointment next weekend and want to see your dresses!! Here are my top picks so far!
futuremrsJR: Great first choices! My friend wore the Tara Keely TK2200 and it was beautiful!
As for my gown, I will be wearing this. Have fun shopping 🙂
Here is mine. It's probably more of a fit and flare. Your choices are amazing!
My reception gown
Love my Allure 8873!
Pronovias Ugalde. It also comes with a lace jacket that I'm 50/50 on.
steph5565: Wow you look gorgeous. I've just fallen in love with your dress too.
CatyLady: Thank you SO much – that's so sweet. I went back and forth a lot because I'm not an emotional person yet I was buying into the whole "you will start crying the instant "the one" touches your skin" thing). My fiance and I call this one the "comeback kid" because when I first tried it on, I wasn't looking for a lace dress so I was like "this is nice, but I need some tulle". I kept gravitating towards the picture though when I was flipping through them on my computer.
I think the dress consultant was shocked when I came back two weeks later, put this one one, looked at it from a few angles and went "yep, this is it, let's do it".
Love that first one! Here is my Pronovias 2015 gown!
Proinceas: Love this! I have my eye on a couple Pronovias also 🙂
Dresses are gorgeous ladies keep them coming!!
I almost bought the Adalee, but ended up buying Maggie Sotteros Marrianne in blush 🙂
I'm designing my own dress and it's more a trumpet / fishtail shape than mermaid but they pretty much are the same thing.. I haven't had it made yet since my wedding isn't until August 2015 but the train will be basically identical with this:
Maggie Sottero Agnes! It's an older dress but I fell in love and bought the sample when it was disontinued! Still haven't decided if I want the extra belt pictured…
Here is mine.. Vera Wang Lillian!
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I secretly wish I could own all the cool cooking utensils which have very limited use. I'm not talking about electrical appliances - I have no desire for large electric stand mixers which take up heaps of bench or cupboard space. Nor do I covet the strange electrical appliances like pie makers, popcorn makers, egg cookers etc - because you don't really need those things, I can bake pies in the oven and I can make popcorn in a saucepan. If I ate eggs I would cook them in a pan. No, I'm not talking about appliances - I'm talking about utensils.
Here is an example - cannoli tubes. I'd LOVE to have some cannoli tubes - so I could make cannoli! But honestly, I wouldn't make cannoli very often and since they have such a specialised use I can only conclude that they would sit in my draw and never get used. I still want them though.
But why am I talking about this when there is a picture of bean salad at the top of this post? Good question. It's because I'm going to introduce you to a very specialised utensil that I bought on my recent trip to Sri Lanka, and I'm so glad that I did! It's a coconut grater. That's all it does, grate coconuts. It might seem excessive to have a utensil just for grating fresh coconut, after all I don't buy them that often. But, if you have ever tried to use a fresh coconut in your cooking before then you'll know what I'm talking about.
The first time I bought a fresh coconut it seemed like such a great idea - they were $1.99 each! I thought, "awesome - we can have lots of things with fresh coconut!". So, I bought it and brought it home - where it proved to be somewhat of a struggle. You might think that getting into the coconut is the hardest part - I admit, it was challenging. As we don't have a machete in our kitchen (mores the pity), we eventually managed to get it open with a hacksaw. But then the real challenge started: how do you get the flesh out?
I once read a recipe on the internet which said: "scoop the flesh out of the coconut". This is laughable, because if there is one thing that coconut flesh isn't - it's "scoopable". The flesh is hard and it very keen on staying attached to the outside shell. I ended up hacking away at it viciously with a knife, slightly dangerous. This yielded some randomly sized chunks of coconut flesh, but I made do with it. But then - the recipe said "grated coconut", so I wasn't finished battling with the coconut yet. My traditional grater was useless against it, it was too hard. In the end I tried it in my food processor, which worked slightly better but the pieces were still too hard for the processor to grate finely.
The whole experience really put me off using fresh coconut in cooking. I hung up my apron and declared "never again!".
Until.... during my trip to Sri Lanka in July of this year, we took a cooking class in Unawatuna. The first thing we did in the class was to grate up some coconut and make our own fresh coconut milk and coconut cream. She had an amazing contraption for grating her coconut which simply worked like a dream (she also showed us how to crack it open without a machete or a hack saw!). Here it is:
I bought one from her on the spot and, despite it looking like some sort of horrible torture device, didn't get any questions from customs on the way home to Sydney. So now fresh coconuts are no longer as daunting, which was lucky - because I found a lot of recipes during my research for Indonesia Month which called for fresh grated coconut. No problem, I thought, I've got it covered!
|Grating coconuts with ease in Sri Lanka
Lawar Ayam
200g green beans, trimmed
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 shallots, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 red chilli, minced
1 tsp red curry paste
3-4 tbsp water
1 cup fresh grated coconut (probably sub 1/2 cup desiccated, and steam to rehydrate)
Juice of 1 lime
Salt and pepper to taste
To Make
1. Cut the beans into 2 inch lengths and blanch in boiling water until just tender, about 3 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water until completely cold.
2. Heat the oil in a small frypan and add the shallots, garlic and chilli. Cook for about 4 minutes. Add the curry paste and water and simmer for about 2 minutes.
3. Remove the frypan from the heat and stir the coconut through. Combine this with the cooked green beans in a bowl and mix well. Finally, add the lime juice and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Serve at room temperature. Serves 2, or 4 as a side.
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Building on plans to expand its market share in North America, Marimekko announces a series of new shop-in-shop locations in some of the region's most notable department and specialty home stores. The new destinations feature curated collections of ceramics, glassware and home textiles, highlighted with a selection of the brand's vibrant bags and accessories.
"Marimekko has been known and loved in the United States since the 1960s. Now, with measurable momentum already in place, we are concentrating on boosting the brand's distribution in North America through high-end department and specialty stores," says President Lynn Shanahan.
Known for simple, clean, functional design suited to everyday living, Canada's EQ3 stores specialize in furniture and custom upholstery, a service that will now feature Marimekko's signature textiles as well. "The recent Liberty Village shop-in-shop opening was a great success and we look forward to expanding our locations and offerings with a palette of exciting new Marimekko designs," says EQ3 CEO Peter Tielmann. EQ3 Winnipeg, Montreal, Brossard, Calgary, Ottawa, Toronto-King and Emeryville San Francisco openings will take place during the month of July.
Mexico's leading department store, El Palacio de Hierro, brings 120 years of integrity and a refinement to a sophisticated customer. The company is known for presenting the most beautiful selection of home furnishings and decor. "We are pleased to have the opportunity to collaborate with such an innovative and design oriented company as Marimekko," says Rodrigo Flores Vazquez, Director of Buying. Palacio Perisur, Santa Fe and Coyocan shop-in-shops were opened in May and the beginning of June in Mexico City, and will be followed by a Durango location in mid-June.
Marimekko is a Finnish textile and clothing design company renowned for its original prints and colors. The company designs and manufactures high-quality interior decoration items ranging from furnishing fabrics to tableware as well as clothing, bags and other accessories. When Marimekko was founded in 1951, its unparalleled printed fabrics gave it a strong and unique identity. Marimekko products are sold in approximately 40 countries. In 2012, brand sales of Marimekko products worldwide amounted to approximately EUR 187 million and the company's net sales were EUR 88 million. The number of Marimekko stores totaled 108 at the year end. The key markets are North America, Northern Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The Group employs around 500 people. The company's share is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. www.marimekko.com
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The visiting delegation representing the US Department of Agriculture and Commerce met Wednesday with the General Manger (GM) of the Agricultural Bank of Sudan Salahuddin Hassan Ahmed.
The Agricultural Bank of Sudan's General Manager briefed the delegation on the bank and the services it provides and the activities it undertakes as a development bank specialized in the development of the agricultural sector in Sudan through its presence and spread in all regions especially in the rural and less developed communities as well as its services in the field of microfinance aiming at reducing poverty and supporting the youth to create jobs for them to support the national economy.
The Agricultural Bank's GM urged the US delegation to contribute to advancing relations between the bank and the American institutions working in the agricultural sector and the banks to raise the bank's efficiency of the institutional performance, staff training and the technical and technological cooperation in the various fields of agriculture.
For his part, the Head of the American delegation, Michael Franklin talked about the role that the United States can play in bringing agricultural technologies to develop the agricultural sector in Sudan after the total lifting of the economic sanctions on Sudan after getting acquainted with the policies taken by the bank in the financing process and the financing- targeted groups.
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The Cape Express Soccer Club (CESC) will award scholarship(s) to applicant(s) based on academic achievement, school activities, participation in the CESC and participation in other sports and community service. Applicants will not be selected solely because of their soccer ability or achievements in soccer, but rather on the basis of all around general achievements while also being a soccer player at the High School or Varsity Club level.
To be eligible, a student must meet the following criteria:
- High school senior
- Playing high school or club soccer their senior year
- Cape Express player or former player that participated in the CESC program for at least three years, U11 and older; and/or played at least two years of CE Varsity.
Please note, these are guidelines and the selection panel will blind review each application to find qualified young men and women that best meet this criteria.
- Planning to continue their education beyond high school at an accredited College or University subject to the approval of the CESC Board
- 4 Girls and 4 Boys will be chosen, in the event 4 boys or 4 girls do not apply the selection panel may look to award additional applicants.
The minimum scholarship award per student is $500. The maximum total amount of scholarships awarded by the club for any graduating class is $4,000. The specific number and total amount of scholarships awarded will be determined by the CESC Board of Directors on a yearly basis based on the quantity and quality of applicants and the availability of funds. The CESC reserves the right to not award scholarships for any given year as it deems fit.
Applications are made in the Fall/Winter of the student's high school senior year. The application is accessible via the link on the left side of this page. Applications must be completed and submitted to the Board Secretary by February 16th of the applicant's senior year of high school.
A three-person selection panel comprised of community members not directly affiliated with CESC (no current Board Members, Coaches, Trainers or parents of current players) will blind review the applications and make recommendations to the Board for award of scholarship. Names of applicants will be withheld from both the outside panel and the Board until after award decisions have been made.
The recipient of scholarship must provide proof of actual registration to an accredited college or university for the first award semester or equivalent in order to receive the funds. The scholarship check will be made payable jointly to the recipient and their parent/guardian.
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Leadership Profile: Marc S. Rotenberg
Marc S. Rotenberg, Chair of the Privacy and Information Protection Committee, originally became involved in civil liberties and technology through his interest in chess, which led to an interest in computers, transforming into his current work in the field of technology and civil liberties. Marc decided to become active in the Section because of the importance of addressing threats to civil liberties and individual rights in response to the events of September 11, 2001.
While working for Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) after graduation from Stanford Law School, Marc concluded that social justice is possible only through the protection of civil liberties that help safeguard our democratic institutions. Marc now serves as President and Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), the leading privacy and Internet policy organization in the United States.
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Right. It's not like there's an anti-gun president in the White House, who'll do everything in his power to appoint more anti-gun judges, or powerful anti-gun congressmen entrenched in Congress, or that they completely control the national media or anything. Yeah, nothing to worry about. They're not up to anything. Trust in your government, what could go wrong?
You really should stick to lawn work, retard. Although you might want to leave the close-in trimming to somebody else.
And you didn't answer my question, but I didn't expect you to.
I did answer your question. I said they can try but nothing will happen. Color me not surprised your fat ass doesn't get that.
And again, we see your text book strawmen. I never said I trusted the government. Keep making up things to argue against though. It really demonstrates how intelligent you are.
I'm curious as to why you think the government controls the media. Also, how do the government control the media skip?
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Nandan and Rohini Nilekani have announced a generous gift of Rs. 50 crore ($ 11 million) to the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) to fund the establishment of its School of Environment and Sustainability. They issued a joint statement, saying that "IIHS is at the convergence of both our interests in education, urbanisation and sustainability. We are excited about contributing to an institution which will help people engage with new challenges in an innovative and interdisciplinary manner."
This is one of the largest gifts in India's history for a new School at a prospective national University.
The IIHS Board and its Director, Aromar Revi, expressed their deep appreciation of this gift, given in the spirit of creating an independent globally connected knowledge institution, supported by a range of stakeholders that reflect the richness and diversity of India and the contemporary world. Aromar said, "India is returning to a tradition of philanthropy to build independent national institutions for the common good. Rohini and Nandan Nilekani's support to IIHS's School of Environment and Sustainability is in the spirit that created some of India's greatest Universities almost a century ago. We hope we can match up to this aspiration."
This is a major step in a Rs. 300 crore ($ 67 million) IIHS resource mobilisation campaign to fund five interdisciplinary Schools, one of South Asia's largest reference and digital libraries and other facilities for its Bangalore campus. An additional Rs. 100 crore ($ 22 million) will be raised for chair professorships.
The IIHS is nurtured and led by a group of eminent Indians who include: Xerxes Desai, Jamshyd Godrej, Cyrus Guzder, Renana Jhabvala, Vijay Kelkar, Keshub Mahindra, Kishore Mariwala, Rahul Mehrotra, Bansi Mehta, Rakesh Mohan, Nandan Nilekani, Nasser Munjee, Deepak Parekh, Shirish Patel and Deepak Satwalekar.
Aromar Revi, an international development consultant, researcher and academic is the first Director of IIHS.
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The IIHS (www.iihs.co.in) is a national educational institution committed to the equitable, sustainable and efficient transformation of Indian settlements. It is a prospective National University for Innovation focused on the multiple challenges and opportunities of urbanisation.
The proposed IIHS University aims to be a globally ranked, practice and innovation-oriented knowledge institution that will seek to bridge the excellence, scale and inclusion divide. Organised around five interdisciplinary schools, it will host multiple programmes of campus-based education and research, practical training for working professionals, distance and blended learning as well as advisory services. It will have a strong interdisciplinary orientation, incorporating both theory and practice.
Its Masters and Undergraduate programmes in "urban practice" will provide a deep understanding of a wide range of themes including economic development, public policy and governance, human development, urban and infrastructure planning, transportation, land and housing, environment and sustainability, public safety and disaster management. A global faculty, consisting of experts from India as well as abroad, will create and educate a new profession of urban practitioners.
The School of Environment and Sustainability will be part of the IIHS mother campus located on a 54 acre site in Kengeri, south-west Bangalore. Work on planning the first phase of the 0.45 million square feet campus has started. It will be executed in a phased manner over the next 5 to 7 years. The campus is expected to set global standards for efficient, economic and sustainable design, operations and maintenance. It will aggregate and demonstrate the talents of India's leading designers, construction agencies and artisans.


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Check out the message Gmail emits when you empty your mailbox.
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Just as heavy-metal hair bands of the '80s gave us the air guitar, British bands like Spandau Ballet helped popularize the "air tie"—in other words, a buttoned-up dress shirt sans tie. Luckily, outbreaks of air guitar seem to be contained to the state of Kentucky these days, but the reemergence of the air tie is evident throughout the streets and runways of Europe. Expect to see a lot of it this spring back in the States.
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The other day, I made the mistake of attempting to correct the dimple on the tie worn by my friend Mory Kaba. Mory was born in West Africa but grew up a diplomat's son in Rome, and like all well-dressed Italians, he's very serious about his cravat. As I reached to smooth his tie, he looked at me and said, "Don't touch la sorchetta!" He explained that la sorchetta means "the dimple" and that two dimples in a tie reflect the dimples on a man's face when he smiles at a woman. Upon further pressing, Mory admitted that la sorchetta can also be a double entendre for the folds of a woman's intimate area. Leave it to the Italians.


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Why is it important to have a lifetime personal health record?
You may be seeing many doctors for your health care. For common problems you may rely on your family doctor near your home while there may be others who you consult when your regular doctor is away. If you have a specific problem, you may be seeing a specialist in a hospital. If you have more than one problem, you may need to see different specialists either in the same hospital or in different hospitals. When you are on a holiday or are traveling officially, you may be forced to go to entirely new doctors or hospitals in a strange part of the world. As a result of all these, your health data are stored in different locations and may be fragmented and incomplete in a given place. However, it is important, wherever you get treated, that your doctors have access to the same, complete information on your health - as otherwise the decisions that they make may fail to consider some vital information and might go wrong - sometimes seriously. The solution for this is to maintain one's own Lifetime Personal Health Record (PHR) that can provide the doctor with all one's relevant health data via the internet, email or as a printed copy. This is what the WatchMyHealth Personal Health Record aims to do for you.
The value of a health finding diminishes when viewed in isolation. Every bit of information concerning your health that arises at any time in your life should not be left separate and orphaned (even if it is normal), but should be entered in its rightful place in your lifetime personal health record so that your doctor can evaluate it in the context of its previous values and other important data that are correlated with it. This is possible only if you maintain your complete PHR. A complete health checkup report - no matter how accurate and sophisticated the laboratory is - will be of limited use if it is not evaluated against the whole record of information that has accumulated in the patient's lifetime. WatchMyHealth aspires to collect, organize and maintain your complete health information and ensure that doctors do not take decisions based on bits and pieces of information, but are always provided with a holistic perspective of how your health has evolved through your lifetime to reach its current state.


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A new era began for Bet Shira Congregation in Miami during a recent Shabbat when Rabbi Brian H. Schuldenfrei began his tenure as the synagogue's spiritual leader.
During these past two months, Schuldenfrei, 35, has enjoyed the congregation's warmth.
"People have been incredibly warm and incredibly welcoming and kind at Bet Shira," he said. "Both the professional staff and the community has made me and my family feel so welcomed. We're really thrilled with how warm and gracious everyone has been."
For the past seven years, Schuldenfrei served at the Sinai Temple in Los Angeles with Senior Rabbi David Wolpe, who has been ranked by Newsweek as the leading pulpit rabbi in America. Schuldenfrei also made a name of his own while serving there as his flare for creative programming received international coverage in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Jewish Daily Forward, The Jewish Journal in Los Angeles, and numerous blogs. He also wrote an essay on Conservative Judaism that was published in The Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development. He describes his experience there as a fantastic one.
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Daniel has always been popular with women, she knows that. But until this moment she has had no cause for worry. Has something shifted within their marriage without her realising?
As the family gathers for the summer break, Rose's faith in Daniel is shaken. How well does she really know him? She fears that, after decades of marriage and children, the man who lies beside her at night is lying in other ways too. Then events take a tragic turn.
FIRST SENTENCE {September: Chapter 1}: The dark outline of the doorway framed a section of the sun-drenched garden beyond, the brilliance of the outdoor colours such a contrast to the house's shady interior.
MEMORABLE MOMENT {Page 219}: One of his passions, before he was almost too drunk to do much more than prop up the bar and throw what few hotel profits there were down his throat, was reading. He devoted one room in the hotel to his extraordinary collection of natural history, local interest and history books.
MY THOUGHTS: Essentially the story of Rose, her best friend, Eve, who also happens to be her sister-in-law and their spouses. The Secrets Women Keep is a tale of what goes on behind closed doors, the story revolving around relationships full of deceit and half truths. The adage 'Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive' summing it up perfectly.
Though starting out well (I'd even go as far as to say it was quite refreshing to have a novel in which things weren't all hunky-dory, the characters incredibly flawed rather than perfect) after a while the constant deceit and marital melodramas became depressing, the characters, displaying little other than their flaws, one dimensional and tedious.
A novel I simply couldn't immerse myself in other than on the most superficial of level. Given the title of the book I was hoping for at least one strong female character, either main or secondary, instead of which I got a cast of weak and in Anna and Jess, Rose's daughters, spoilt women none of whom came alive for me.


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Overview Detail Legend Zoom: ?? Overlay features legend For more map options click on any overview map area or any detail map feature. Detail Map Features Showing 7 items: Crohane 650m, Crohane SW Top 477m, Bennaunmore 454m, Carrigawaddra 425m, Tracks: 2589, 29km 1502, 16km 3051, 7km Find Suggested WalksOpen walks finder Find hill, mountain, island, coastal feature. Videos Recent Contributions 1 2 3 .. 23 Next page >> The Chronicles of Mourne Forum: General mcrtchly 8 hours ago MV members might be interested in a new four part TV programme which follows the seasons of the Mourne Mountains. The series is called the Chronicles of Mourne and charts a season in each programm... Highwayman A route 2018 Track 3962 jackill a day ago Highwayman A - 2018. This years route was slightly less than the 2017 route due to weather conditions. walk, Len: 25.1km, Climb: 580m, Area: Knockshanahullion, Knockmealdown Mountain... Just Dooish ! Track 3486 pazapas a day ago ?The walk is a simple 24.5km loop all inside Glenveagh National Park. The entrance is free of charge.The route is made walk, Len: 24.5km, Climb: 898m, Area: Donegal NW (Ireland) Crockmulroney, Doo Lough Curra Circuit Track 3961 Jim Holmes 2 days ago A simple enough route, but very rewarding - from the Cush carpark, head upwards to Lough Curra. Then it's up to the mi... walk, Len: 12.9km, Climb: 1011m, Area: Galtymore, Galty Mountains (Ireland) G Slieve Binnian: Mind how you go on a route Not Recommended Summit Comment Pepe 4 days ago Climbed this yesterday on the route leading from Brackenagh Bridge. Chose this route because I wanted to do Moolieve and the Wee Binnian on the way up. On a plus note a local farmer kindly let me ... Croghan Kinsella Track 3959 jgfitz 3 days ago This is a variation on track #3938, so I will avoid repeating the comments made there, with which I fully agree. 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Video display Mangerton Area More detail Place count in area: 26, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 79 Highest place: Mangerton, 838.2m Maximum height for area: 838.2 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 583.2 metres, Places in area Mangerton:Bennaunmore 454mCarrigawaddra 425mCrohane 650mCrohane SW Top 477mDerrygarriff 492mDromderalough 650mDromderalough NE Top 654mDromderalough North-West Top 625mEsknabrock 406mFoardal 409.8mGlencappul Top 700mInchimore 256mKnockanaguish 509mKnockbrack 610mKnockrower 554mMangerton 838.2mMangerton North Top 782mPeakeen Mountain 554.7mPeakeen Mountain Far North-West Top 525.5mPeakeen Mountain North-West Top 522.7mPeakeen Mountain West Top 538.7mShaking Rock 402mStoompa 705mStoompa East Top 608mTorc Mountain 535mTorc Mountain W Top 470m Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such. Centre on map. Crohane Mountain An Cruachán A name in Irish (Ir. An Cruachán [OSI], 'little stack') Kerry County, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Rhyolitic lavas Bedrock Height: 650m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 79 Grid Reference: W04970 82967 Place visited by 174 members. Recently by: sharonburns, jamesmforrest, FrankMc1964, Juanita, CaminoPat, hugh_oc, PaulaMc, ilenia, amgall, JimMc, Deise-Man, PaulNolan, jgdarcy, jimgraham, DeltaP I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.) More detail Longitude: -9.384122, Latitude: 51.991149 , Easting: 104970, Northing: 82967 Prominence: 385m, Isolation: 1.1km ITM: 504941 583027, GPS IDs, 6 char: Crhn, 10 char: CrohaneBedrock type: Rhyolitic lavas, (Lough Guitane rhyolites) This peak has the classic hay-stack shape which is typical of mountains whose names in cruach/cruachán. Near Lough Nabroda are some crags with rhyolite formations which, though less spectacular, resemble the organ pipe formations at the Giant's Causeway. Crohane is the 200th highest place in Ireland. Crohane is the second most easterly summit in the Mangerton area. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/195/?PHPSESSID=9sbigs1b09jbeh165e3go94q64 Rate Gallery COMMENTS for Crohane 1 2 Next page >> Picture from group : Crohane from the SW Picture: Crohane from the SW Monarch of the eastern Mangertons. Short Summary created by Colin Murphy, simon3, 17 Feb 2014 Crohane is an attractive member of the "Highest 100" summit list. It has great views over neighbouring Lough Guitane, Killarney with its lakes and to many of the surrounding delights such as the Paps and Carran group. Start from the north at around W043 852 A which leads to a rough track up most of the summit or get to it via Crohane SW its SW spur of Crohane. The latter can be reached from the informal but traditional parking at W03678454 B which is at the end of an extremely potholed road reached from the N22. Go south along the pilgrims path into the extremely scenic vee between Bennaunmore and Crohane SW to the south end of L. Nabroda and then up Crohane SW. Two large batteries which formerly powered a broadband dish have been discarded at the summit. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/195/comment/4955/ Picture from Lynchieboy : Crohane Picture: Crohane Lynchieboy on Crohane, 2009 by Lynchieboy 21 Jul 2009 Just a picture of Crohane to go with my earlier comment from about this fine mountain. You can actually see it from the county bounds aswell. It really is a gem. Nothing too hectic, but it is remote. The surrounding valleys are home to herds of wild goats. I have oodels of pictures of them but here is crohane from the Cork-Killarney road. Head into Lough Guitane from the N22, swing a left when confronted by the lake, park and up you go. The only way I've ever gone up is from this point at W037 835 C but I'd love to have a go from Glenflesk itself right from the post office. I recommend Crohane to Carrigamhadra, breakfast at Lough Nabroda and an exit through the cappagh river valley. Its some valley and not worth coming at Bennaunmore or Stoompa from the south to miss it. What I'm saying is don't miss out on this valley. Stompa can be navigated at a challenge from Lough Nabrean too. This way one can get to walk the valley twice. Also don't ever miss the chance to do Bennaunmore from the North head on. This mountain of a hill has three peaks to reach the top and has loads of secrets. It is in a word unique in my experience for such a little fellow. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/195/comment/2271/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from John Finn : Lough Guitane fron the summit of Crohane Picture: Lough Guitane fron the summit of Crohane John Finn on Crohane, 2005 by John Finn 18 Jun 2005 Shortly after driving over the county bounds from Cork to Kerry you will see the majestic spine of Crohane looming up to the left. It is not a high mountain, just 650 metres, and as such is less popular than the more tempting uplands of Mangerton, The Reeks, etc. It is well worth a visit though as it affords some magnificent views westwards to Lough Guitane, Lough Leane, Killarney, The Reeks, and Mangerton; eastwards to The Paps and the Cork/Kerry border; and southwards to the country beyond Bennaunmore.As you head west to Killarney take the first turn left beyond the village of Glenflesk. (Look for the signpost to Lough Guitane and an art gallery). As you reach the art gallery take the first turn left immediately beyond it. Drive to the end of the road until you come to a yellow farmhouse. Good manners dictate that you ask permission to park in the yard and on the couple of occasions I've been here I've not been refused.Take the path leading up behind the house and stay with it. Very soon you will be afforded magnificent views of Lough Guitane, Bennaunmore, Mangerton and beyond. Continue on the path until it peters out in marshy ground. Head for the barbed wire a short distance away and stay with it until the short climb on to the spine of Crohane that we saw as we drove down. From there it is a short walk to the summit where you can exult in some of the finest views in the Killarney area. Total walking time including time on the summit is only two and a half hours. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/195/comment/1765/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from pdtempan pdtempan on Crohane, 2003 by pdtempan 7 Dec 2003 Crohane seen from Bennaunmore. The simplest approaches to Crohane are from the north. The glen between Crohane and Bennaunmore is beautiful and there are some columnar rock formations to be seen on the cliffs. However, it needs caution as the same sharp-edged rock makes for slow and awkward going underfoot. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/195/comment/771/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average mart on Crohane, 2002 by mart 30 Oct 2002 I started from a small road near the Glenflesk Art Gallery (on the Glenflesk to Muckross Road) The road passes a few farms and then winds up a long way onto the shoulder of the mountain as a good bog track. You can head straight for the top when the path runs out. At one of the farms there is a dog that likes to accompany people up the mountain (a large longhaired labrador/retriever type). His owner kept him while I passed but I met him up there later all the same. Apart from that, a lovely peak with good access, a dramatic summit, and plenty of wild land to the south and west. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/195/comment/187/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from Colin Murphy : Fire & Ice Picture: Fire & Ice Sundown over Stoompa by Colin Murphy 17 Feb 2014 A pic of Stoompa taken while descending via the spur of Crohane to the NW Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/195/comment/15864/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average COMMENTS for Crohane 1 2 Next page >> (End of comment section for Crohane.) Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.) British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence) MountainViews.ie, a Hill-walking Website for the island of Ireland. 11 Million Visitors Per Year. 1300 Contributors.


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USC lost more than a game against Notre Dame.
Tight ends Xavier Grimble and Randall Telfer and running back Justin Davis suffered injuries that will sideline them for the Trojans' next game against Utah, interim Coach Ed Orgeron said Sunday.
USC will face the Utes with only one scholarship tight end, sophomore Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick, and with a tailback corps devoid of its two leading rushers.
Tre Madden, who started the first six games, sat out against Notre Dame because of a hamstring injury. Orgeron said the sophomore was not ready to practice but that his condition might be improved by the end of the week.


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New York—CBS Digital Media and CBS News announced Tuesday ambitious plans for expanding CBSNews.com. The Viacom units said they would create a 24-hour digital news network—bypassing cable TV in favor of broadband distribution.
The joint announcement was made by Andrew Heyward, president-CBS News, and Larry Kramer, president-CBS Digital Media, who left MarketWatch earlier this year after it was acquired by Dow Jones & Co.
The new CBSNews.com will include: an on-demand, 24-hour news network; a blog to be called Public Eye, designed to provide greater transparency into the newsgathering process; and a newly configured homepage including The EyeBox, an on-page video player.
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Sun in Virgo
Perfection in themselves and everything around them is what the personality of the sun sign in Virgo seek. This sign tends to be demanding due to the fact that they do see each and every detail as if they were peeping through a microscope. This gives them excellent eyes for details, even if they do miss the sunshine for the trees once in a while. These folks are good with their hands, down to earth and practical. They love cleanliness and are fastidious. In every area of their life, they tend to be conservative. They tend to appear emotionally cold on the surface but this is because they have a habit of getting their natural feelings suppressed in the name of control. Virgo folks are dignified and charming. They are methodical, logical and inquisitive. When it comes to problem analysis, they are excellent no matter how much complication there tends to be. They are usually self restrained and modest and are more than willing to give service. Out of chaos, these people have the gift and the tendency to create order and selflessly give themselves when other people are in need.
Depending on the year, the sun is in Virgo from about the twenty-third of August to the twenty-second of September. It is not usual to find the stereotypical, exacting, nitpicky neat freak in Virgos of the modern day. Even if the Virgo sign evolves with the time, there remain some unmistakable trains. People that are from the sign Virgo are generally hard-working, respectable and those who have a love of know-how and knowledge.
Ruled by Mercury, Virgo does not sit still very long, as portrayed in the mythology of ancient Rome. This god was a bundle of energy and swift footed, both mentally and physically. Pretty much, when summing up the make-up and composition of Virgos, this is pretty much it. The brain of the Virgo born is usually on over drive and this is partly the reason why these folks get a lot of things done, more than most of the people or groups of people you know. In addition, these folks use their acuity mentally to the maximum advantage and are able to communicate their ideas to most folks. All these great qualities can cause them to be prone to over-thinking and skepticism, however. But who can blame them? Their perfectionist qualities can sometimes lead to frustration and some times, this can also get in the way of thinking clearly. Whether friends or projects, you can be sure of one thing and that is the fact that Virgo will definitely study these things to breaking point.
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Not everyone born under this sign is a workaholic. On the other hand, when sun Virgos are not really doing a project of some sort, there is a generally discontented feeling. This is true even when they have a life filled with work. They are somewhat nervous creatures who are restless. They have a strong sense of being afraid of underperforming. Virgos love doing things well. Some are thorough and exacting and generally, a Virgo that has convinced themselves to do a job less than perfectly will not feel complete.
The Virgin
The virgin is the symbol of Virgo. Often, it is considered a personality which is like a lady in waiting, naïve and shy. Though celibacy is something that Virgos are not exactly into, throughout their lives they often keep their personal identities completely intact. The symbol of Virgo is sometimes the woman carrying a wisdom sheaf that represents the wheat harvest during late summer, which is the time of year for Virgo.
Sexual organs are thought to be depicted in the Virgo glyph with a tail wrapping inwards, closing itself to outsiders. In contrast to the Scorpio symbol, the Virgo tail points upwards in an arrow and outwards. The planet Mercury rules Virgo.
Through a natural love and a pure spirit, the Virgin symbol of lives through each Virgo. This keeps people born under this sign self-contained and self-sufficient on the outside. To their surroundings, Virgos are sensitive and are easily embarrassed. Generally, when faced with new things, they are reticent. On the other hand, they can take on a storm once they are truly comfortable. Sun sign Virgos are not comfortable in the lime light. As long as they feel appreciated and useful, they are just fine when they live in the background. There is a strong sense of responsibility that this sun sign has. It is also true that even when they convince themselves to be irresponsible about certain things, they feel worried about it.
Being the sign of the Virgin, there are a few virgin-like qualities of Virgo in the sense that they like humanity and modesty. Repressed is a word some use for describing folks born under this sign. Of course, this sun sign would definitely argue that this is a quality which is noble, as opposed to undesirable. More than anything like, Virgo born folks love indulging their logical, practical side and pore over projects to the utmost maximum degree. It is an understatement to say that Virgos also truly love fact finding. They are a whiz at solving detailed problems as no detail will go overlooked with these folks. In the way they make an assessment, this is always in keeping with the sign's mutable quality.
Select Friends
When selecting partners and friends, Virgos are very selective. Due to this, they can be thought of by others as aloof or distant. At heart an intellectual, it may seem as if they are not connected to their feelings. On the other hand, they do figure out their feelings using their brains. Under this sign, people put their relationships in circles that are concentric, with their family and intimate relationships in the inner most circles. Next come closer friends and in the outermost circles, are their acquaintances. If you happen to be involved with people of this sign, prepare that eventually, you will have your faults brought up. While these may feel like criticism, you should know that they are also as critical of themselves. They may lack self confidence and may have a hard time with trusting others.
Health Conscious
With the sun in Virgo, folks can be overly conscious of their health. Most will select careers in the fields of health or medicine to stay abreast of the most current information. Everything in their life is compartmentalized. It is an important part of the journey of their life to balance their body and mind. Many Virgo sun sign students may overly focus on what they are studying that they even forget to eat. Since they focus so much on themselves, they can be a bit of a hypochondriac. They tend to worry a lot and be a bit nervous. They need to relax, take time and let go as they can sometimes seem compulsive to others.
The Finer Details
The creativity of Virgo sun signs tend towards the finely detailed and intellectual. They thus make excellent craftsmen, designers, writers, engineers and architects. They are good at editing, math and make a great secretary. As artists, they love working with art miniatures. Generally, they are good with money. They carefully watch every penny and do not really spend without reason.
Delegating activities is not easy for this sign. Of course, in other respects, they are excellent in business. As a matter of fact they may even tackle jobs that can be overwhelming to other people. They prefer staying busy and are very productive. Their abilities for problem solving are quite amazing. As a matter of fact, doing this gets their intellectual needs stimulated.
Cool, Practical and Intellectual
A lot of the time, Virgos have a combination of being practical and intellectual at the same time and thus are mistaken for being cool. The fact of the matter is that Virgos have a tendency to be shy and self effacing. They will tend to brush off compliments you give them critically and sometimes, too quickly. Don't let these things get you fooled, however, as Virgos really need your appreciation and respect. When you add a ton of projects that are worthwhile and keep them working, Virgos can be the kindest, sweetest people you will meet for miles around.
Fussy and Private
Many Virgos are fussy and private about what they do for work and their personal space for work. When other people look at their work and see that it is unfinished, they get nervous. They also tend to feel quite protective of the way they get things done. Despite lacking in confidence, Virgos can be arrogant or even mightily proud when it comes to their hobbies, routines or work. Many Virgos feel that personally, their way of doing things is the best, and they are usually right. In the little things that they do, they do take a lot of pride. In a big sense, people born under this sign can be somewhat critical of themselves and rather self effacing. Often, solar Virgos get their curiosities mistakenly identified as true passion. Although knowledgeable, Virgos do not always do a hands-on experience. Often, their willingness to explore is often kept at a level that is intellectual. For their willingness to lend a hand, their research skills and loyalty, Virgos are often valued and well-respected. They are generally helpful, kind souls who do everything they possibly can to get things to work out.
Letting Go
When the sun is in Virgo, these folks are stuck in the material, practical world and might learn a few things about themselves if they have enough courage. Once in a while they might try letting go and placing their lives on automated pilot, as this will do great things for their spirits. There is a tendency this sign has to be too hard on themselves. They worry about how they are performing at work, about their health, emails that need to be attended to, all the stuff on their bucket list, daily stuff they need to tick off and all their incomplete projects from the year before. For Virgo sun signs, one of the best advices is to find stuff that is interesting to them, no matter how large of small and to master this.
Earth Sign
There is a distinct note of Virgos being connected to the body, as they are earth signs. Generally, Virgo sun signs are very aware of their physical body and they are attracted to pure, natural things. Generally, they are not afraid to explore what are not, as they are curious in a big way. At the same time, on some level, they do have a strong desire to remain pure. Virgos that find a true calling can be connoisseurs, easily. They have enormous powers of observation and have intense attention to detail. This gives them the abilities to learn the ins and outs of every subject. Research is something that they love to do, aside from detail work or analytic work. They love picking apart things even if they are not as adept in putting things back together. More often than not, they do not have an easy time getting a grip on the bigger picture.
Famous Virgo Sun Signs
- Charlie Sheen
- Keanu Reeves
- DH Lawrence
- Stephen King
- Richard Gere
- Gloria Estefan
- Cameron Diaz
- Billy Ray Cyprus
The Zodiac's 6th Sign
In the entire zodiac, Virgo is number six. This exacting rank is exactly how this sign likes it. For being so critical and picky, those born under this sign are forever begin teased. It is for the reason of helping others that Virgos give so much attention to detail. More than any other sun sign, Virgos are born for service. They get extreme joy from being able to serve. For most jobs, they are tailored made due to the fact that they are efficient, methodical and industrious. In these folks, there is a considerable sense of duty that ensures that it is for the greater good that they do their work.
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Facts and background of the case:
- The assessee, a limited company incorporated under the provision of the Companies Act, 1956, was engaged in the business of manufacture of television sets and components and had started Panasonic Division in technical collaboration with foreign company M for the manufacture of colour television sets in India. Later the assessee decided to restructure and reorganize the company by spin off of the Panasonic Division to company M under Court approved scheme of arrangement under sections 391-394 of the Companies Act, 1956. The High Court accorded permission to the scheme.
- The total consideration agreed to be paid by company M had been fixed at ₹50.12 crores. As per the scheme of arrangement, the shareholders of the assessee were entitled to claim as a right from company M, two equity shares of ₹10 each credited as fully paid.
- In the income tax return filed by the assessee, the total consideration in respect of sale of Panasonic Division was shown as ₹32.48 crores and the same did not include the sum of ₹17.64 crores, being the value of the shares allotted by the transferee-company M to shareholders of the transferor company.
- The assessing officer was of the view that the company diverted part of its income to the shareholders in terms of the scheme of arrangement and concluded that - (i) total sale consideration which accrued in the hands of the assessee was ₹50.12 crores on which the assessee was liable to pay tax on capital gains, and (ii) shares worth ₹17.64 crores given to shareholders were nothing but application of income.
- On appeal, the CIT(A) confirmed the order of the assessing officer.
- On second appeal, the Tribunal reversed the order of the CIT(A) and held that there was diversion of receipt at the very source itself and, therefore, shares worth ₹17.64 crores issued to shareholders of the assessee by company M could not be considered as part of consideration received by the assessee for purpose of computing capital gains.
- The Tribunal further observed that the shareholders of the assessee had acquired the right to receive the shares of the transferee-company M by virtue of the Court approved scheme of arrangement which had binding effect; accordingly, the value of the shares issued to the shareholders of the assessee could not be said to be income arising to the assessee, the same having been diverted at the very source itself.
Decision of the High Court:
- On an appeal filed by the Revenue, the High Court, referring to the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Bacha F. Gazdar1, held that since title in the Panasonic Division vested with the assessee and not its shareholders, who were separate and distinct legal entities, the assessee (being the transferor) would be entitled to the entire consideration for sale of the Panasonic Division and the fact that, at its instance, part of the consideration was diverted to the shareholders would not absolve the assessee from recognizing the entire consideration.2
- Following the "look at" approach enunciated by the Supreme Court in the case of Vodafone, to ascertain taxability of the transaction, the Court held that in an instrument effecting sale of assets, where the owner calls upon the buyer to pay part consideration to third party, undisputedly, the seller is entitled to the entire consideration for sale. Accordingly, equating the word "entitlement" to "accruing" as used in section 48 of the Income tax Act, the Court held that the value of shares issued to the shareholders should be taken into account for purpose of computation of capital gains in the hands of the seller, in terms of that section.
- Rejecting the Tribunal's view that the shareholders acquired right to receive shares under a Court approved binding scheme and that there was diversion of income at source, the Court referred to the decision of the apex3 Court in Sitaldas Tirathdas to observe that the nature of obligation is a decisive fact to determine whether there is diversion of income or not. Applying that test, the Court noted that in the case in question, the assessee had in the scheme of arrangement proposed that the total sales consideration of ₹50.12 crores be discharged in the above manner and hence voluntarily diverted part of the income which belonged to the assessee, to its shareholders.
- Since the Revenue was not seeking to compute capital gains on any hypothetical basis, the entire consideration for transfer of the Panasonic Division (including the value of shares issued to the shareholders of the assessee) was held to be real income accruing in the hands of the assessee.
VA Comments:
- The High Court, by holding that the entire consideration (including the value of shares issued to the shareholders of the assessee) to be taxable in the hands of the assessee has infact, considered the issuance of shares by M to the shareholders of the assessee under the Court approved scheme of arrangement as a two-step transaction, viz, constructive receipt of shares of M by the assessee and thereafter transfer of the said shares by the assessee to its shareholders.
- The issues which arise for consideration are (i) applicability of the said decision to a case where the consideration payable to the transferor is not split in the aforesaid manner but shares to the shareholders of the transferor company are additionally issued by the transferee, (ii) taxability of the second leg of the transaction, viz, transfer of shares (of M) by the assessee to its shareholders � to whether the same would be considered as deemed distribution of assets by the assessee to its shareholders falling within the purview of section 2(22)(a) of the Income tax Act?
- The aforesaid decision of the High Court has opened a pandora's box which would result in uncertainty as to the correct tax treatment in similar cases, both in the hands of the transferor company and its shareholders till such time the issue is settled by a higher forum.
* CIT vs. M/s Salora International Ltd. ITA 12/2003; judgement dated 13.05.2016
1. Bacha F. Guzdar vs. CIT : 27 ITR 1 (SC)
2. Vodafone International Holdings B.V. vs. Union of India : 341 ITR 1 (SC)
3. CIT vs. Sitaldas Tirathdas : 41 ITR 367 (SC)
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News Release
For Immediate Release
May 14, 2015
Ricardo Flores, Utah Film Commission
ABC TV Series, "OIL" to Begin Production
Starring Don Johnson, Chace Crawford and Rebecca Rittenhouse, the ABC series could have a significant impact to the state
Salt Lake City, UT – ABC has announced that the television show "OIL" will be picked up for 13 episodes. The pilot episode was filmed in Utah this past March and it is looking increasingly likely that the beehive state will be the filming location for the additional 12 episodes. "OIL" will air this fall during the ABC primetime line-up on Sunday nights following "Once Upon a Time."
The series follows Billy (Chace Crawford) and Cody (Rebecca Rittenhouse), a young couple that decide to head to the oil fields of North Dakota, where the biggest oil rush in American history has just occurred. While pursuing their fortune, their lives soon get intertwined with an ensemble group of interesting characters including a powerful oil tycoon (Don Johnson).
"The Utah Film Commission is highly optimistic about our negotiations with ABC to shoot their new series "OIL" here. A television series would bring more jobs for locals, a boost to the economy, and a lot of credibility to our state's film industry. We had a great experience working with them on the pilot and we anticipate official confirmation of the series locations will come in early June." said Virginia Pearce, director of the Utah Film Commission.
The pilot episode was approved for a Utah motion picture incentive and filmed across the northern part of the state, including Ogden, Huntsville, Midvale and Oakley. The production also hired over 180 Utah cast and crew and has a projected spend of $5.1 million in the state.
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Web: film.utah.gov
The Utah Film Commission is part of the Utah Office of Tourism, Film and Global Branding under the Governor's Office of Economic Development, and is a member of the Association of Film Commissioners International. The Commission was established in 1974 to market the entire State of Utah as a destination for film, television, and commercial productions by promoting local professional industry crew, services and locations. The Utah Film Commission also manages the Utah Motion Picture Incentive Program, offerring a 20 – 25 percent tax credit for approved productions.


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Haven't blogged today, I left earliy to go to the very sad burial of the people shot Friday night. With little publicity, the burial had a sea of people, dressed in black with flags. It was eerie at times, so many people marching, so few sounds. The only sounds were either prayers, the National Anthem or the clapping sound of what has by now become the chant of the opposition: "not a step back". Very sad, but very emotional to see so many people, particularly young ones spontaneously joining and walking from Meritocracy Square in the Chuao area of Caracas to The Cemetery in the East, some 5 to 7 Kilometers away.
Meanwhile, Chavez is clearly looking for confrontation. He is calling this the final battle, saying his people have to take to the streets to defend the so-called revolution. Meanwhile, we demonstrate and protest pacifically and we get killed. Despite the video associating one of the killers to one of Chavez' closest (and more violent!) partisans, he said in his nationwide speech that the assasin was a hired gun of the opposition. Moreover, Chavez claims the man entered the country after the first video. Well, that video had been shown many times before the shooting and original accusation. If the Governemnt had bothered to investigate the original case of the Mayor of the Libertador District unloading guns at 2 AM at PDVSA headquerters, they would have had a copy of the video before the shootings. The Government does not even investigate, but the President already is accusing. The night before the shootings, two men were also arrested in Plaza Altamira with guns, they had ID's from Military intelligence, they were freed the next day. That is the anarchy we are living in.
At the negotiationg table, which finally met last night, the Government's representatives (all but one), continued calling the strike a failure. Well, almost all of the country is out of gasoline by now. All refineries are shutdown and the country's oil production is 50% and should be zero by tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Government claims it will reactivate PDVSA, the Government oil company, with retired and "new" workers. Good Luck!


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Recently I attended the 2016 National Sales Conference in Coventry, which was sponsored by Avention OneSource Solutions. It was a jam-packed and informative day, where sales professionals from all over the country gathered to share best practice and network with leading industry figures. It was the first time I have attended the conference, and I was extremely impressed by the calibre of the speakers, the atmosphere in the exhibition hall, and – of course – the delicious Avention cupcakes! For those of who you weren't able to make it, here are some of my key learnings.
The importance of face-to-face
Now that most people are only an email or phone call away, it can be all too easy to forget just how effective face-to-face interactions are. Not only can we change our emotions by acting them – i.e. we can become confident by acting like we are confident or become happy by smiling – but we can also influence the way other people are feeling more easily when we are face-to-face. We often talk about the psychology of sales, and quite rightly. For instance, you can build a rapport with someone you are interacting with by mirroring or imitating their characteristics – and that is nowhere near as easy from behind a computer screen or at the end of the phone!
At the end of the day we are all social animals and this is something we should use to our advantage. Remember that it is often more effective to match people by personality type than by level of seniority: as a salesperson, the relationship you build with a prospect is just as important as your product knowledge.
Really know your prospects
In today's digital age, there really is no excuse for not researching a prospect before engaging with them. If you don't do your homework, how are you going to know if you are asking the right questions about their business to get to the right solutions for them? Demonstrating that you understand a prospect's business is key to building a relationship, which in turn is key to closing a sale. In recent years we've seen the emergence of the hybrid salesperson, one that understands the product or service but is equally able to convey its value. You really need to know what is going on in your prospect's world and what their business objectives are to articulate the value of what you are selling in terms of specific outcomes for them.
This is where tools such as Avention's OneSource are incredibly useful. The platform's Business Signals go far beyond traditional attributes – like location, number of employees or revenue – and can give you real insight into a company's behaviours, such as whether it is hiring, experiencing legal issues or launching new products. This gives you a much more meaningful reason to engage, while also demonstrating your understanding of the company and its sector.
The power of teamwork
Many people may not believe this is the case, but sales is a team sport. A salesforce needs to be able to come together and work in unison: it is not just about closing a sale yourself, but also helping your colleagues to do the same. However, it's also really important to remember that it is not just your fellow salespeople that you need to work closely with, but the marketing team too.
Alignment of sales and marketing is absolutely crucial: today, content is king and you need to make sure that both teams are pushing the same messages - especially given the uplift in messages pushed out to the market via digital channels. Sales and marketing have the same goal after all (to drive revenues), so make sure you work with each other and not in silos.
These may seem like obvious tips, but in my experience, they can often be overlooked and the fact that influential sales leaders are still talking about them only reinforces that point. Understanding your prospects and customers and how to interact with them was a key theme for the day, and something that all salespeople should always keep front of mind. Luckily, Avention OneSource Solutions can help with that.
By Paul Harris, European Account Director at Avention OneSource Solutions.


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The PWTorch Newsletter reports that Candice Michelle is asking $5,000 per-appearance now that she's been released from WWE. Friends say she is doing well financially from the GoDaddy.com commercials and other non-wrestling appearances, plus her husband also makes good money as a chiropractor.
She has told friends that she never needed to wrestle, but enjoyed it. She's not ruling out a return to the wrestling business, but is giving friends the impression that she wants to spend more time at home now that she's no longer with WWE.
There's no word yet on whether TNA is interested or not.