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Return to Ice
Posted on February 6, 2014
Well, just two days after a snowfall, we got hit again only this time it was an ice storm. No worries though, I made the best of it by staying busy with office work and helping some neighbors with downed trees. After all was said and done I had that itch to get out and capture the beauty of the thick ice that covered everything. Only problem was that the trees that line my driveway were so bent over with ice, that there was no way for me to just jump in my car and getaway. At first I was a bit upset that there was all of this great scenery out there and I couldn't get to it, but as usual I decided to not let this stop me and pack my gear, grab the dog and head out on foot. I must have walked for an hour not once did I take off my pack. It was one of those moments where you scan the landscape for something to shoot and not being satisfied with everything you see.
I know it sounds like I was just being picky (and I was), but as a photographer sometimes I like shooting things that just present themselves in their own time. Whether it be a landscape or on the street. Unless I'm doing portraiture, forcing myself to compsose something that isn't there always puts me on the losing end of the situation. Sheila met me about hallway through my walk and we both looked for places to shoot. After some time I had resolved myself to the idea that this was just one of those situations where I would go home empty handed. Seems like a waste of time, but in the past I have gone out shooting for hours and not even fire one shot, so this was no big deal. At that moment, I heard Sheila say, "Oh wow. You should get a photo of this." I caught up to her looked into the direction that her extended arm was pointing to. And she was right. Here was the scene that I was looking for. I dropped my bag, set up and started shooting. Man was I pleased with myself. It reminded me of that old saying "Good things come to those who wait". What was even better was the fact that the scene in the photo above was taken right in front of my house.
Canon 5D markII, EF 50 1.2 L, ISO 100, 1/160 @ f/8
Be Beautiful, Be Sad
Posted on February 4, 2014
I don't know about my fellow americans here on the east coast, but living in the mid atlantic lately hasn't exactly been a joy. Snow every week, not being able to get to work, and so much salt on the roads that the trees that line them are white. I don't know how many times you vacuum your house without losing it. Speaking of losing it, cabin fever with all of the animals and us is a true test of one's patience. Oh well. at least it gives me time to sort through my photos. Here is one I took of Mt. Olivet cemetery in Fredrick, MD. It was of course, after one of the many snowfalls we've had this year. A bit of history: Mt Olivet is the final resting spot of Francis Scott Key, the man who wrote none other than the "Star Spangled Banner".
Canon 5D markII, EF 50 1.2 L, ISO 160, 1/250 @ f/8
Posted on January 27, 2014
An afternoon walk last summer with the dogs. Sia takes the lead as Sheila, Corran (our other dog), and I struggle to keep up.
Canon 5D markII, EF 50 1.2 L, ISO 320, 1/320 @ f/2.2
Eastern Market
Posted on January 21, 2014
For those of you who have never been to Washington D.C., and may soon come visit, I have a tip: coming to see all of the typical tourist sites is all well and good, but as well traveled person will tell you, get off that predetermined path and find the places where the locals go. Such is the case with Eastern Market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of the city. Typical of any good market in a major city, Eastern Market sells local meats, produce, baked goods,and everything in-between. I love this place because people from all races, economic backgrounds, and different nationalities all congregate here for their various needs. It is a true reflection of the city. Built in 1873, this market has served the locals for many years. During the spring and summer months, venders line the front and sides of the building selling artworks, clothes, food, and even more local produce. On the weekends next to the building is also a great open air flea market. Back in 2007, the market suffered a devastating loss through a fire that almost destroyed the building. The market did not give up however, and carried on it's business under tarps and inside tents until it was rebuilt in 2009 and, as you can see in the photo above, things are back to normal and the market is as good as new.
Even though I live in the suburbs of the city in Maryland, I still come here a few times a year to take in the sights and smells and to remind myself that yes, I did once live here.
Canon 5D markII, EF 50 1.2 L, ISO 640, 1/160 @ f / 5.6
Fort Frederick
Posted on January 21, 2014
In my hunt for fall colors last year, I came upon an old fort on my way to "Big Pool". This Fort Frederick in Big Pool, Maryland. It was built in 1756 and was primarily used as a supply depot during the French and Indian war. This building is an old log house that I believe was erected well after the initial fort was constructed. The actual fort has a large stone wall surrounding it and I will post some shots of that at a later time.
Canon 5D markII, EF 50 1.2 L, ISO 320, 1/160 @ f/8
With Teeth
Posted on January 19, 2014
Here is another post from my iPhone. I am going to post more from my phone in the future because I believe that a decent photo doesn't have to come from expensive gear. Sharpness, correct color, and all of that are fine, but to me composition is the end all be all for me, and composition can be done on anything. This photo was taken at the Maryland science museum where Sheila and I went to see the last day of the "Mummy" exhibit.
What Polar Vortex?
Posted on January 14, 2014
As I mentioned in the last post (for you international folks) most of us here in the states went through one hell of a cold snap last week that the weather folks on TV incessantly called "The Polar Vortex". Our dog Corran, who refuses to come inside, weathered the cold by wearing some custom made fleece coats that Sheila made him, even though we had to force him in at night. Sia, on the other hand prefers to deal with the cold in her own way from the confines of a comfy old couch.
Canon 5D markII, EF 50 1.2 L, ISO 1600, 1/25 @ f/5.6
Hunting Creek
Posted on January 13, 2014
After eating a big fat breakfast that Sheila made me this morning, I packed up my car and headed out for some landscape photos. I had something very specific in mind: Hunting creek that runs down the Catoctin mountain near Thurmont MD. Last week during the "Polar Vortex" that we all went through I went out for a drive to the mountain to see what's what. That's when I noticed the creek with it's huge boulders and rolling water that parallels the twisting mountain road. At the time the weather was a bit harsh and it was late in the day, so I decided to come back later. Well, that later was today. What I didn't realize was that there would be very little places to park and I would have to traverse large boulders and downed trees to get to the spots where I needed to be.
Since there are no clear paths along the creek, getting to the various places along it was extremely time consuming, as I had to crawl in the mud and rocks under and over trees, get to my spot, set up, shoot, and then climb a small cliff with heavy gear on my back, only to run along the mountain road as fast as I can since there was no shoulder (only a 30 foot drop) and jump back in near the creek before I got run over by a car or truck. Sounds crazy I know, but I live for this stuff. The sheer beauty of the creek kept me wanting more, and as usual what started out as only a two hour trek lasted at least three times that. All I can say is thank god for my Think Tank camera bag and my Merrells.
Canon 5D markII, EF 50 1.2 L, ISO 50, 0.3 sec @ f/11
You'll Never Walk Alone
Posted on January 7, 2014
As I sit here at my computer for what seems like hours trying to write a post that reflects my feelings about the loss of such a truly remarkable human being that was Nelson Mandela, I think I will forego all of that and post this photo of his statue in front of the South African embassy instead, as a tribute to a man that, in his long walk to freedom, never walked alone.
Canon 5D markII, EF 50 1.2 L, ISO 100, 1/100 @ f/8
Worthington House
Posted on January 6, 2014
A day or two after Christmas we had a fifty degree day so Sheila and I took full advantage of the situation and loaded the dogs into the car and went to our favorite place – Worthington Farm, which is part of the Monocacy Civil War Battlefield here in Maryland. As usual, I brought my camera with us because here the dogs are easy to manage if I want to get a few shots in while we hike. We were walking the main road in when Sheila suggested that I turn around and get a photo of the house from the back because two of our favorite trees in the park happen to be there. I post processed the photo this way as a sort of tribute to the old plate photographs one sees of the civil war.
Canon 5D markII, EF 50 1.2 L, ISO 100, 1/200 @ f/8
Black Water
Posted on January 6, 2014
As many of you great people who follow me may have noticed, some of my landscape shots include some body of water that is either black or close to it. This because having black still water is something I look for in my shots if possible. I won't throw away a shot if it doesn't mind you, but it is this type scenario that I will spend the most time in the field with. It may sound crazy, but a black pool of water can absolutely mesmerize me on how it can reflect in great detail life above it yet completely conceal anything within it. Such scenes can keep a photographer busy composing a shot as the black water (for me anyway) is not just part of a scene, but almost like a model whose pose must be just right. This was the case in the photograph above. It was taken in Hancock, MD on the C&O canal, directly across from the shot that was used in a previous post. I spent a very long time at this location composing different shots and loved every second of it.
Canon 5D markII, EF 50 1.2 L, ISO 100, .4 sec @ f/8
The Bridge at Roddy Creek
Posted on January 4, 2014
Welcome to the new year, I hope everyone is coping well. As many of you know, the east coast here in the U.S. is going through some very cold and severe winter weather and it seems like we are getting snow here every week. Yesterday the sun finally came out and I thought that I would revisit some old haunts to get a different snow covered perspective on things. At this point and time it was late afternoon and as usual I was fighting for daylight. However in recent years I have resolved myself to the idea that in photographic terms, if you want to go out and shoot something, then shoot it, providing you have the means to get there. Such is the case with the shot in this post. I was sitting around with some time on my hands, just itching to get out with my camera when I thought " I wonder what the covered bridge at Roddy creek looks like with all this snow?" That's it. That's all it took to get me out the door. I just grabbed my camera, one lens, a tripod and went. As I was flying down the highway to get to my destination before dark, I slowly realized that the road this historic covered bridge lies on is very rural and the chance that any snow plow has cleared it would be slim to none. Oh well. Too late to think about that now. When I got to Roddy creek road I could see that if anything, the road was barely passable. The road itself is pretty short so I decided to just go slow and steady in my little car until I got to the bridge. Once I got there I found a small patch of ice on the side of the road that gave me just enough room to park. The snow covered bridge and the creek that ran beneath it was a site to behold.
There was snow everywhere and since there was no leaves on the trees, I had plenty of light and did not have to use my tripod. There is a concrete barrier that runs along the creek to keep cars from going in and it was the perfect brace for me to lean on to get my shots, as there was no way I could stand on the icy boulders that line the creek itself. The barrier allowed me to lean in as far as I could without falling in and take my shot. I first found this place last summer when I was doing some research on historic bridges in Maryland that I could shoot. I got a lot of photos of the bridge back then but haven't had the time to post them. Someday I hope to. As the title implies, this is a bridge that crosses Roddy creek in Thurmont, MD. which is near where I live. It is one of only six existing bridges in the entire state of Maryland and this one is the smallest. It is believed to have been built around 1856. More info on the bridge is HERE.
Canon 5D markII, EF 50 1.2 L, ISO 100, 1/100 @ f/8
Happy Holidays Everyone
Posted on December 25, 2013
Return to Ruin
Posted on December 10, 2013
On occasion I will go back to places that I have visited to shoot before for various reasons. Different time of day or year. Different lenses. Or maybe there was something about the particular subject that was left unsaid from my previous visit. The truth is that the same story can always be told more than once, just from a different perspective. Such is the case of this ruin of an old stone mill the a bit off the beaten path from the C&O canal in Maryland.
Canon 5D markII, EF 50 1.2 L, ISO 800, 1/100 @ f/8
Flying Buttress
Posted on December 9, 2013
Here is a shot of the Flying Buttresses on the side of the Washington National Cathedral from the previous post.
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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services There are 7,029 cases of Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) in the national registry.
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With outsourcing to countries like India we can expect to lose more than three million jobs by 2015.
Legislation for the very first time will expand assistance to communities that lose a significant employer in the community, upon which the community depended.
More than 17,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost in Maine since 2000.
Source: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)
Border Drug War
Border Drug War In 2006 the DEA seized 1711 kgs of Methamphetamine.
The DEA reports a 42 percent decline in meth labs between 2005 & 2006
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Climate Change is not a Fatality ! - Statement By HE Sophie Aubert, Ambassador of France to Bangladesh
Climate Change is not a Fatality ! - Statement By The Ambassador HE Sophie Aubert
HE Sophie Aubert,
Ambassador of France to Bangladesh
16 10 2016, Residence of France
Honourable Secretary for Environment and Forests, dear colleagues, and dear guests,
Good afternoon,
I am pleased and honoured to open this new workshop on climate change, here at the French Residence.
For the last two years, climate negotiations have been a huge priority of our diplomatic action, here and everywhere in the world.
In Dacca, we have been part of many initiatives related to climate change and climate negotiations, and we have also organized a series of workshops on this issue, thanks to your support and cooperation.
We were at the same place in July last year on the occasion of the visit of our Ambassador at large for Climate change, Mr Zeller.
We were also here in February this year after the success of the Paris COP.
Now just a few weeks before COP22, in Marrakesh, and I thank the Chargé d'affaires of Morocco for his presence, it appeared to us that it was a good time to take stock of what was going on.
As you know, France took over the COP21 Presidency with one goal : leading the international community to commit itself to launching the transition towards a law carbon economy, in order to avoid an increase of climate temperature which would become a real threat for our environment and therefore for ourselves.
In Paris last December 2015, we reached our goal !
After COP21, France decided to put all efforts into following up the process towards the adoption of the Paris Agreement and its ratification :
• At the United Nations for the International Earth Day 22 April 2016, 175 countries signed the Agreement.
• Last 5 October, 75 states representing almost 59% of the global greenhouse gas emissions had ratified the Agreement.
The double target of 55 ratifications accounting for at least 55% of the global greenhouse gas emissions was achieved.
The Paris Agreement will enter into force next 4 November 2016.
I remember that in 2014, at our Ambassador's Conference, French President of the Republic François Hollande was relating how proud he was that his peers had accepted France's candidacy to organize the 21st International Conference of Parties for Climate Change…
And ironically he added that in fact, France was the only candidate…
At that time, the world was considering the success of the climate negotiations as an unachievable goal and a nightmare for whoever would accept the challenge, remembering the failure of Copenhagen.
Our diplomacy has sustained this challenge and we are very proud of our success.
Now what's next, less than one month before COP22 in Marrakesh ? In Marrakesh, we will have to turn this success into action.
The fact that climate is changing at a pace that could be very soon out of control because of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions is not only a concept or a theory.
We can observe the phenomenon. We are living this change every day, we can even explain it. Today, nobody would dare denying it.
That's why, in my country, we considered that someone had to shake the global community : because even being aware of what was happening to our environment, nobody wanted to take the initiative.
We must act now in order to break this vicious circle and preserve a sustainable environment for the future generations…
The industrial revolution is over and pointing out the developed countries for their responsibility whereas these countries didn't know about the consequences of their action is not a solution.
Upholding one's responsibility today and facing the present time by implementing altogether a global low carbon economy in order to expand the model of a circular economy is the solution.
Today, we wanted to hold this workshop in order to show off the solutions implemented by France, Bangladesh, India and the Netherlands, at the public and private levels, in order to handle the challenge.
I am honoured by the presence of Honorable Secretary in Charge, Mr Kamal Uddin Ahmed, just coming back from Seoul where he was for the Green climate fund, to explain how he sees COP22 and its challenges from a Bangladeshi point of view.
I am also very pleased that my good friend Atiq Rahman has accepted again to be present today. Also Dr Saiful Islam, just coming back from Germany for a Helix meeting, the European initiative to support scientif research all over the world, will explain to us what 1,5°C increase of the global temperature means for Bangladesh, from a scientific point of view.
My colleagues from the Indian High commission and the Netherlands Embassy have accepted to present the initiative their respective countries are leading to fight climate change.
We are also very thankful to IDCOL CEO Mr Malik, who has accepted to give us a view of its action here, as the private sector has an immense role to play towards a sustainable development of our environment.
What we will hear today is the evidence that the entire global society is moving forward at all levels (States, business sector, civil society…) in order to change the world.
I would like to insist on this point : climate change is not only the States' concern. It is the concern of all of us because, at different levels, we are all greenhouse gas emitters.
The fact is that the only way to push towards a circular law carbon economy is to make it more and more expensive for all, to pollute our world.
Carbon pricing is one solution, among others.
Commitment of the States to shaping a new legal framework in order to engage all the actors constructively, through various incentives and first of all financial incentives, is a top priority so that we change our models.
This is what France did in 2015 through the new law for energy transition and green growth. This law sets up a comprehensive action-oriented strategic framework in order to settle a low carbon economic model.
This law comes along with another law, the law for restoration of biodiversity, nature and countryside, as it is essential to protect biodiversity whereas we can observe that every day, many species are threatened to disappear, or have already disappeared from our environment.
COP22 will have to turn the Paris agreement into an action plan and create the dynamic for the implementation of all these initiatives.
France and Morocco have worked hard together for the success of this Conference, the first one after the Paris Agreement. We are all very optimistic that this momentum will bring the world to uphold its responsibilities.
To conclude, I would like to insist on the fact that we really hope that this workshop will be the opportunity for an open and informal discussion, after the presentations, as we are lucky to have all of you here today.
Now I thank you for your attention and I would like to give the floor to Mr Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Secretary in charge, at the Ministry for Environment and Forests./.


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Senate Freezes Spending for Most School Programs
Washington--The Republican-controlled Senate last week voted to freeze spending for most elementary- and secondary-education programs next year and to preserve school-lunch subsidies for middle-income students, but recommended that $130 million in impact-aid payments be eliminated.
Wrapping up more than a week of debate on a spending blueprint for fiscal 1986, the Republican leadership also agreed, before a vote could be taken, to restore much of the $686 million in higher-education cuts that the Senate leadership and the Administration had earlier agreed upon.
The higher-education provision still would cut $200 million and eliminate a proposed $8,000 cap on the amount of college costs that could be considered in determining a student's need for federal aid.3There is no legislative language in the Senate budget specifying how the $200 million in savings would be reached.
Senator Robert T. Stafford, the Vermont Republican who chairs the education subcommittee, led the effort to scale back deep cuts in student financial aid but backed the $200-million savings proposal. He said the savings could be achieved by limiting eligibility for guaranteed student loans to students from families with incomes under $60,000, tightening the criteria for independent-student status, and seeking administrative savings.
Programs for Handicapped
In another measure that did not come up for a vote, the Senate leadership agreed with Senator Lowell P. Weicker Jr., Republican of Connecticut, to restore about $222 million in spending on programs for the handicapped.
The education-spending measures were part of a budget package the Senate approved in the early-morning hours of last Friday by a vote of 50 to 49, with Vice President Bush casting the tie-breaking vote.
Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole, Republican of Kansas, announced Thursday that the Administration had agreed to a plan that would allow defense spending to rise only at the rate of inflation and would freeze cost-of-living adjustments on Social Security for the year.
The plan would retain, but trim spending for, the Job Corps program, which the Reagan Administration had sought to eliminate; however, it would phase out federal revenue-sharing with local governments.
The Senate also rejected an amendment that would allow the federal government to keep its 16-cent federal tax on cigarettes. The vote would let the federal tax fall to 8 cents, as planned, and permit states to pick up the other 8 cents by imposing their own levy. Many states have already planned to use this money for education reform. (See Education Week, Feb. 6, 1985.)
Votes on Amendments
By a vote of 50 to 47, the Senators killed an amendment that would have allowed spending for education and job-training programs aimed at the disadvantaged to rise at the rate of inflation. The measure was offered by Senator Lawton B. Chiles, Democrat of Florida.
The Senate overwhelmingly approved an amendment offered by Senator Paula Hawkins, Republican of Florida, to maintain current spending for the school-lunch program. The Administration-backed spending plan would have eliminated subsidies for students from families whose incomes are above 185 percent of the poverty line. (See related story on page 11.)
A motion to kill the Hawkins amendment was defeated by a 60-to-37 vote; the measure, which restores nearly $400 million to the budget, then passed by a voice vote.
The Senate defeated, 50 to 47, a measure offered by Senator James Abdnor, Republican of South Dakota, to reinstate $130 million for impact aid "B" payments.
These funds, which the Reagan Administration has annually sought to eliminate, go to school districts in which parents live or work on federal installations.
House Activity
Congressional sources also said that a House panel has indicated that no extra federal money for education may be forthcoming this year.
The House Appropriations subcommittee responsible for the Education Department budget reportedly did not add money for elementary and secondary education in a supplemental appropriations package for fiscal 1985 it approved earlier this month.
The subcommittee's recommendations are confidential until the full Appropriations panel approves the spending bill. The full committee is scheduled to meet this week.
In other budget activity, a group of House Republicans last week unveiled a package of spending cuts that would trim $100 million from the $173-million bilingual-education program, eliminate impact-aid "B" payments and Follow Through, and restructure college aid.
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The Orlando Hilton Orlando, FL
- Client: Hilton Hotels
- Architect: HKS Architects, Inc.
- Interior Designer: Looney & Associates
- Photos: Cornell & Company / Ellen Cornell
- Date::12 May 10
The Hilton Orlando, directly linked via a sky bridge to Florida's Orange County Convention Center which ranks the second largest in the nation, blurs the line between resort and hotel providing both recreational amenities and meeting facilities. Full scope lighting design was provided for the project. Exterior lighting included the building facade, pool deck, sports courts, mini-golf course, driveways, and parking areas. Interior lighting included all guest rooms, lobby, retail, spa, bars, restaurants, three ballrooms, and dozens of meeting rooms.
Hilton Orlando's lobby is the most dramatic space of the hotel. Pin spot tables and flower vases sit against accented columns with integral backlit sconces. Illuminated glass bubbles are central to decorative chandeliers above seating groups, reception desk, and grand stars. Behind the reception desk, the blue glow of the pool deck stimulates a contrasting background.


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Cahaba Elementary School
Project Information
TWH/MBI was selected to renovate and expand an old historic high school into a new elementary school. The original building was constructed in the 1930s with a gymnasium added in 1960 and classroom addition in 2001. TWH/MBI renovated each area in addition to adding 28 classrooms for PreK-5th grades. The overall site design was reconfigured to include a community accessible walking track and parking lot. There is a dedicated vehicular circulate for bus, parent/visitor drop-off, staff and service traffic with onsite parking for buses.king spaces.
Building features include:
- Built-in storage and natural lighting through large windows in every classroom
- LED lighting throughout the school with occupancy sensors
- Individually adjustable climate controls in every classroom &instructional space, fully integrated central HVAC control system
- Spray-foam insulation and dual-pane glazing retrofitted into entire existing 1930's building to bring up to current energy efficiency standards
- Extensive integration of original construction features while incorporating modern technology/use patterns
- Metal shingles to match original appearance utilized on historic portion of building, natural stone exterior elements to match local historical monuments, light roof colors for reduced cooling loads utilized throughout project
- Re-constructed Portico and Cupola structures with maintenance-free materials and finishes
- Dedicated gymnasium with retractable stadium seating and stage area, assembly classroom, and workout room in separate gymnasium building capable of independent, simultaneous use
- Dedicated media center, computer lab and multi-purpose assembly classroom in main building capable of independent, simultaneous use
- Multiple "flex room" classrooms for future expansion/use as needed
Thes design also incorporated a hardened area for occupant protection against disastrous weather, which was constructed within the overall budget.


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Communication Research: Asking Questions, Finding Answers covers basic research issues and processes, both quantitative and qualitative, appropriate for communication students with little or no previous research methods experience. The text's guiding principle is that methodological choices are made from one's research questions or hypotheses. This avoids the pitfall in which students learn one methodology or one methodological skill and then force that method to answer all types of questions. Instead of working with one methodology to answer all types of questions, students come away understanding a variety of methods and how to apply them appropriately.
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Debt and return pursuit: NIC: Class 2 NICs: what are Class 2 NICs?
Class 2 NICs are weekly flat rate contributions, paid by self-employed earners for every week or part of a week in which they are self-employed. They provide entitlement to some benefits depending on the contributions paid.
Who is liable to pay Class 2 NICs?
Section 11 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act Northern Ireland 1992, requires Class 2 contributions to be paid by everyone who is:
- self-employed
- aged 16 or over
- below State Retirement Pension age
- not exempt from liability.
Although the term "self-employment" is not defined in legislation, the term "self-employed earner for NICs purposes" is (see S2 (1) SSCBA 1992).
Where a person has two (or more) concurrent occupations, as both an employee and a self-employed person they are liable for Class 2 NICs in addition to any Class 1 NICs up to an annual maximum.
Exemptions from paying Class 2 NICs
A self-employed person can be exempt from Class 2 liability in certain circumstances. For example:
- small earnings
- where self employment is a subsidiary activity
where a self employed person is in receipt of:
- incapacity benefit
- carers allowance
- maternity allowance.
Further enquiries
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Rate of debt
If you need to know the rate of debt then please refer to the National Insurance Contribution Table on the Class 2 NICs website.
Registration of self employment
Customers are required to notify HMRC within three months of self-employment commencing. SES Penalties Section at NICO may impose a fixed Late Notification Penalty (LNP) of £100 where a person fails to register self-employment within three months.


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The Writer's Guild has announced the death of television actor and writer Nate Esformes. Nate died in Los Angeles, California on June 19, 2013. Born in New York City on June 29, 1932 he was typecast playing Latinos, he appeared in over 60 films and television programs. Among his appearances were 12 Westerns from 'The Iron Horse' in 1967 to the TV movie 'Billy the Kid' in 1989. Sad to say that if not for the Writer's Guild notice his death would have gone unnoticed.
ESFORMES, Nate
Born: 6/29/1932, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 6/19/2013, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Nate Esformes westerns – actor:
The Virginian (TV) – 1967 (Crazy Juan)
Iron Horse (TV) – 1967 (Diaz)
The Wild Wild West (TV) – 1967, 1969 (Colonel Vega, Perrico Mendoza)
Daniel Boone (TV) – 1968 (Sargento)
The Big Valley (TV) – 1969 (Ramon)
The High Chaparral (TV) – 1970 (Francisco)
Female Artillery (TV) – 1973 (Johnny)
Kung Fu (TV) – 1974 (Judge)
Barbary Coast (TV) 1975 (Morales)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV) – 1983 (Gomez)
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Testing Conclusions From Functional Imaging of Working Memory with Data From Acute Stroke
Testing Conclusions From Functional Imaging of Working Memory with Data From Acute Stroke - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online.
Behavioural Neurology - Volume 18 2007, Issue 1, Pages 37-43
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore,MD, USA
Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD,, USA
Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore, MD, USA
Received 26 January 2007; Accepted 26 January 2007
Copyright © 2007 Hindawi Publishing Corporation and the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Functional imaging studies indicate that the left hemisphere mediates verbal working memory, while the right hemisphere mediates both verbal and spatial working memory. We evaluated acute stroke patients with working memory tests and imaging to identify whether unilateral dysfunction causes deficits in spatial and-or verbal working memory deficits. While left cortical stroke patients had verbal working memory impairments p < 0.003, right cortical stroke patients had both verbal p < 0.007 and spatial working memory p < 0.03 impairments, confirming functional imaging results. Patients with transient ischemic stroke and patients with non-cortical stroke did not have significant deficits in working memory in either modality.
Autor: Lisa E. Philipose, Hannah Alphs, Vivek Prabhakaran, and Argye E. Hillis
Fuente: https://www.hindawi.com/


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This rich homemade vegan chili might not contain any meat or tomato sauce, but it is quite the filling and hearty meal complete with cauliflower, quinoa and cashew milk. The innovative take on creating a white chili offers an unconventional medley of flavors mixed together to create a refreshing and spicy stew.
Rather than opting for a tomato base, this white chili uses cashew nut milk as the base mixed with a vegetable broth to create a creamy consistency. To that traditional chili spices such as cumin, chili powder, paprika, garlic, salt and pepper are added along with untraditional veggies such as cauliflower, fresh avocado, jalapenos and white beans. The dish is served with cilantro and crushed tortilla chips to complete the meal.
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text: Definitely not your mother's etiquette book. Two friends, rendered almost always simply as heads, explore the niceties of table manners: Chester, a swoop of blue and green with red smiling mouth and four or five upswept hairs, and Dudunya, a round, bald fellow with big ears and genial smile. Each is rendered in the inimitable style of his creator/alter-ego, Raschka (Little Tree, p. 1210, etc.) and Radunsky (My Dolly, p. 497, etc.), respectively. The friends bop across bright collage backgrounds, presenting the basic rules of polite eating. "But Chester, why a fork and a knife?" asks the clueless Dudunya. Chester patiently explains, "Because it makes you look grown-up, and because a knife makes big things small enough to fit in your mouth." Accompanying this sage advice is a picture of Dudunya armed with knife and fork and about to carve into a baked potato sectioned like a butcher's chart. Unfortunately, the design is overdone, with multimedia illustrations and typefaces of varying degrees of urgency vying for the reader's attention, with frequently dizzying results. Also, this collaboration between two of children's books' more exciting artists smacks not a little of self-indulgence, with much of the wit seemingly aimed over the heads of its putative audience: how many American children, for instance, will relate to the concept of elevenses? Still, there is definite kid appeal in the broad humor that allows Chester to illustrate the consequences of neglecting to chew and to deliver the tautological instruction that "napkins are definitely not . . . everything that is not a napkin." Maybe, just maybe, after reading this, kids will go to a restaurant and remember to sit in their seats "with a nice smile." (Picture book. 5-8)


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This is a wide topic, I admit, but I try to be as brief as I can.
The medieval era from the fall of western Rome to the rise of renneissance was the era of the heavy cavalry in Europe. The Roman legion was made obsolete by more mobile and better equipped heavy catapracht cavalry, that the Romans adopted from their eastern neighbours in Armenia, Syria, Persia and the Scythians, Sarmatians and the Huns of the wide steppe. The medieval epitome of warfare was the concept of the Knight. Armoured, highly skilled and armed like his predecessor the cataphract with a lance and sword. A knightly culture and social class ruled over rest of the society for some thousand years and went into decline as the infantryman once again surplanted the heavy cavalry as the foremost element to win any battle.
So highly was the heavy cavalryman regarded in medieval times, that often even though armies consisted from far more greater numbers of infantry (of varying quality) their numbers were not even mentioned or really counted when the strength of an army was evaluated. Examples of this can be found from the opposite ends of the European continent. Even in the long tradition of military training and analysis of the Byzantine empire they would often only count the number of cavalrymen, when they made estimations of their campaign forces. When the English met the French in the battle of Azincourt in 1415, the contemporary sources say that the French outnumbered the English three to one, but in reality this only meant that there were three times the amount of French chevalliers and gendarmes in comparrison to some 1000 English knights and men-at-arms. We know, that there were several thousand English archers and siege specialists on the field as well, but we simply do not have any contemporary estimate as to how many infantrymen (crosbowmen and such) did the French bring. Neither the archers or the crossbowmen, nor any of the possible billmen, spearmen, halbardier, or what ever were expected to have any impact on the result of the battle.
One might think that such disregard of the infantry was the result of mere arrogance coming from a sort of espirit de corps -sort of elitist social culture. In part it was that, and as in Azincourt, sometimes this sort of arrogance was proven to be fatal, but there were reasonable reasons for this attitude. The archers and crossbowmen and what have you other sorts of infantrymen were brought to field battles only to give a supporting role to the "real" soldiers of the heavy cavalry. Their main function was to serve as siege troops. To provide the necessary arrow fodder and shoot their arrows to make both assaults on ramparts and their defence difficult, but not to solve any field battles or even sieges. Thre were battles fought where a score of few hundred heavy cavalry destroyed several times stronger armies of infantry, suffering hardly any losses in turn. In comparrison the individual infantryman, hired or levied, had rudimentary education to the arts of close combat, was poorly equipped and motivated. The armoured man-at-arms in effect ruled the battlefield wether if he was mounted, dismounted or stood on the parapet of a castle.
The military ability of the man-at-arms did not only provide possibility for him to set himself to lead the society, it was also seen as a justification for him to stand in that position. The relevance of the knightly class in the medieval society has often been misunderstood and not seen as significant as it was, because such institutions as the church painted a bit different picture and gave other excuses for those who held power than their ability for violence and quite a bit of the contemporary sources from said era were written and preserved to posterity by the priesthood. But the medieval era was far from being extremely religious. It was superstitious and religion gave plenty of moralist excuses for the violence, but this was because the priests almost invariably came from the same social class as the men-at-arms. The priests were born as sons of knights, lords and well, other priests. Medieval bishops often had themselves depicted in armour, rather than in religious vestments. In general it seems religions do not set the moral standards for any society, rather the society sets the moral standards for the religion they have adopted. For the medieval European Christians church was not much else but a method to justify the feodalist social system, just like for the modern US Christian fundamentalists their churches are mere methods to justify their Capitalist values.
This dude in the picture is the archibishop of Cologne from around mid 14th century. His shield has the cross emblem, not uncommon heraldic device for less religious troop types either, and his helmet bears the bishops mitre as a heraldic device from wich his status can be easily recognized on the field of battle.
It has been often presented, that the introduction of gunpowder made the heavy cavalry obsolete, and thus ended the era of the knights. But this is a silly notion, as we know that the heavy cavalry retained it's elite status on the battlefield even long after Napoleon. There are several reasons why heavy cavalry went into decline and foremost of them is that they themselves started to dismount for combat more and more often during the late medieval centuries.
The warhorse was an expensive asset to loose in combat, so it stood to reason not to waste it in so many frontal charges. While the benefit of the cavalry is the hard hitting mobility, this mobility makes it also an unreliable battlefield asset. If the heavy cavalry decides to retreat, they do it faster than any infantry, and that is one of the main reasons why medieval infantry was considered weak and unreliable, as they had to run away from the field long before their mounted masters decided to, if they did not want to be the ones easily cut down in the chase by enemy heavy cavalry. In the late medieval times some military minds gathered, that infantry could be a lot stronger, if it was armed so that it could withstand enemy cavalry charges on it's own, without the support of the men-at-arms wether mounted or dismounted. Great national armies began to appear as kings and cantons were no longer dependable on the feodalistic protection racket. With the appearance of the national armies and autocracy slowly the national states appeared as well. And thus the medieval social structure based on the monopoly of violence by the heavy cavalryman crumbled. This in turn released all sorts of new ideas, that led to religious reformation, but more importantly to ideals of human value and enlightenment.
Sadly the history of warfare is not just a straight line of violence and of technological innovation separate from the rest of human achievement, but rather the history of human sociological evolution.


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The intelligent Malcolm (Shameik Moore) is just before the jump to College. His dream is to be accepted by Harvard University. Not an easy task, because Malcolm lives in the bottoms, a dangerous neighborhood in Inglewood, California.
The streets are crowded with drug dealers and other criminal figures. When Malcolm and his friends jib (Tony Revolori) and Diggy (Kiersey Clemons) will be invited to an underground party and there suddenly come into possession of any amount of fabric, that is its nerd image to get rid of the chance for Malcolm. A night full of bizarre characters and bad decisions follows, and Malcolm could free forever from the geek image. Everyone is changed from the night and the next morning nothing is as it was before.


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The United States and international community "risk snatching defeat from the jaws of something that could still resemble victory" in Afghanistan if sufficient resources aren't provided before and after the 2014 transition, according to a new report co-authored by former U.S. Afghanistan commander retired Gen. John Allen.
The report released Friday says that the U.S. is still on track to achieve the narrower objectives President Obama has laid out in Afghanistan to deny al Qaeda a safe haven — so long as the U.S. and its allies don't accelerate their disengagement as NATO forces hand off security to the Afghans in 2014.
"The United States has wound up with a reasonable 'Plan B' for achieving its core objective of preventing Afghanistan from once again becoming a safe haven for al Qaeda and its affiliates," says the report, authored by Allen, former Pentagon Undersecretary for Policy Michèle Flournoy and Brookings senior fellow Michael O'Hanlon.
"This plan is not guaranteed to work, of course, and whatever its short-term gains, it cannot hold up over time unless there is at least some further progress on the broader political and strategic challenges," the authors wrote in the report released by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS).
There have been some calls in Congress for Obama to speed up U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan over the past year, but Allen argued that the U.S. is on the right path as the Afghan security forces continue to further develop and take the lead in operations.
The authors urged the U.S. and NATO to make an announcement soon about how many troops would be staying in Afghanistan post-2014.
They said that announcing a number would reassure Pakistan as well as the Afghan people, who are concerned about being abandoned. It would also cut at the heart of the Taliban's narrative that the U.S. is leaving.
"I'd like to see it soon," Allen said of a post-2014 troop number, speaking at a roundtable rolling out the report.
"Giving [the Afghans] the clarity of what that enduring presence looks like will give them the confidence that they need," he said.
Obama is still weighing how many troops the U.S. will keep in the country after 2014, and a range of 8,000 to 12,000 has been suggested.
Allen, of course, was a key part of that discussion before he retired from the military earlier this year.
He said Friday that he recommended 13,600 troops to stay as part of a force that would provide training and counterterrorism operations to aid the Afghan security forces.
The authors also said that a larger "bridging" force might be needed for two to three years after 2014, which would help the Afghans finish developing an air force, special operations forces, medical capabilities and more.
The report says that the greatest threat to stability in Afghanistan is not the Taliban, but rather the Afghan government itself and the potential for corruption.
The country's 2014 presidential election is Afghanistan's "make-or-break" political event, the authors argue, because a legitimate government will be required for Afghanistan to receive the foreign aid that has been pledged by the United States and other Western countries.
"If there were a stolen election or a warlord winner, there's no way the U.S. Congress is going to make Afghanistan the top recipient of foreign aid for the rest of this decade," O'Hanlon said.
The Afghans are holding their presidential election in the first half of 2014, when Afghan President Hamid Karzai will be required to step down under the Afghan constitution.


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