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The measure would raise taxes on large businesses by an average of a half-percent to fund homeless services. California Assembly expands conservatorship for people with severe mental illness By Rose Aguilar & Laura Flynn • Aug 30, 2018 Photo by Alex Proimos / Used Under CC / Wikimedia Listen Listening... / 52:08 Thursday 8/30/18's Your Call A controversial conservatorship bill passed by California's Assembly would give county officials more authority to force people with mental illnesses and substance abuse issues into treatment or put them in the care of a guardian. Street Spirit gets new editor-in-chief By Ben Trefny • Aug 28, 2018 Ben Trefny / KALW News Listen Listening... / 9:01 Earlier this month, the man known as the federal homelessness czar visited the Bay Area. Matthew Dougherty met with San Francisco homeless programs director Jeff Kositsky and Mayor London Breed, discussing a nine-million dollar boost to grants provided for the city. 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Guests: Jennifer Friedenbach, executive director of San Francisco's Coalition on Homelessness How the GOP tax bill would kill plans for new affordable housing in California By Liza Veale • Dec 11, 2017 "PRO401(K) 2012" by CC Flickr user 1040 - US Tax Return, resized and recropped Listen Listening... / 5:09 The Republican tax bill will likely be up for a vote by the end of the week. The final version is expected to be released on Wednesday. These tax changes will hit California harder than much of the rest of the country, and it will likely hit us in a weak spot: the housing crisis. Oakland's outdoor 'safe havens' for homeless residents offer toilets, trash pickup By Ben Trefny • Dec 5, 2017 Liza Veale / KALW News Listen Listening... / 9:44 A recent county-wide survey in Alameda reported that homelessness has increased 39 percent over the last two years. 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|Episiotomy: early maternal and neonatal outcomes of selective versus routine use
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|Episiotomia: resultados maternos e neonatais precoces do uso seletivo versus generalizado
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|Acta Obstet Ginecol Port 2014;8(2):126-34
|Overview and aims: Episiotomy is one of the most common procedures in Obstetrics, despite actual scientific evidence does not support its routine practice.The aim of this study was to determine the impact of selective and routine practice of episiotomy in early maternal and neonatal outcomes. Study design:An observational, transversal, descriptive and analytic study was conducted in two public Hospitals in northern Portugal, with different policies for the practice of episiotomy: selective practice (Hospital A) and routine practice (Hospital B). Population: A non-random sampling of convenience of the whole puerperal women whose deliveries was performed in these hospitals during months of July and August 2011 was utilized. A total of 397 women was analyzed, 200 in selective group and 197 in routine group. Methods: Data was collected by consultation of medical records of the puerperal women. Comparison between hospitals was performed with the chi-square test. Results: The groups were similar for the obstetric history, demographic, biometric, pregnancy and labor characteristics. However, gestational age, weight and head circumference of newborns as well as instrumentation rate were significantly higher in selective group. Episiotomy was performed in 72.5% cases of selective group and in 88.8% of routine group (p≤0.001).There wasless perinealsuturing (p=0.001) and a greater number of intact perineum in selective group (p≤0.001), without differences in lacerations type or degree. The routine group presented more frequent early perineal complications and higher pain levels in the first postpartum day (p≤0.001). No differences were found between groups in Apgar scores, neonatal trauma and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit admissions number. Conclusions: The selective use of episiotomy was associated with better early maternal outcomes, with no differences in neonatal morbidity. Thus, the routine practice of episiotomy showed no benefits
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text: Budoka Posted July 19, 2015 It's usually fairly clear which 90s/early 2000s WADs are for common players and which ones are directed towards Doomgods. We all now whether to play Icarus or HR2 first. With recent releases, however, things are not so clear cut. Most of them become really hard at some point, which is fine. However, the way in which they become harder tends to be unpredictable, and that makes finding a fluid training curve throughout them complicated. I tried my hand at most of the following already, but always seem to get pummeled into the ground at some point. What I would like is for those who have finished most of these (maybe all ?) to suggest a rough outline of the order in which to tackle them, starting with the easier ones and finishing with the hardest of the hard. Also, I you think If omitted some important classics, please do mention them. I'm ignoring Sunder, Slaughterfest 2011/2012, Chillax, ToM and the like for the purposes of this request. They're from a different playground, really. I'm also excluding « neo-retro » stuff like Reverie or DTWID, which of course is going to be more lenient and chill. II'll list the WADs in order of release date for now : -Scythe II (we all know this one gets pretty rough…) -Aeternum (beat it already, but listing it anyway. Pretty hard I think.) -Deus Vult II (the worst of the bunch maybe ?) -Plutonia 2 -Claustrophobia 1024 (seems pretty brutal from the get go, from what I've played) -Hell Ground (well, it seems manageable until you reach the finale…) -Whispers of Satan -Speed of Doom (could give DVII a run for its money, no doubt) -Epic, Epic 2 -Plutonia Revisited -Jenesis (I think that's a hard one) -Vanguard & Lunatic (See Aeternum. I'd say those two are medium level overall.) -Community Chest 4 (yeah, that's a really hard one. I made it to MAP10 before giving up) -Back to Saturn X (that is to say, the whole freaking thing) -Hell Awakened (Being a Zdoom WAD though, maybe it's a special case) -3 heures d'agonie, 3HA2 -Hellbound -Unholy Realms -Nova, Nova 2 -Resurgence (I know I played it over halfway through, but that's still far from the end and even then I brute forced my way through most of it. Although maybe playing Speed of Doom first would be better, despite the fact it's supposedly tougher.) -and finally, Valiant (somewhere between Vanguard and Aeternum ? Worse than Aeternum ?) So, there you have it. I plan to beat all of these eventually, so any hindsight from you veterans would be appreciated by me, and no doubt by anyone who attempts the same. 0 Share this post Link to post


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I thought this also might be a good time to talk a little about the photo booth I am using- mine is made from a double thick furniture box. The sides are lined with one layer of foam core to serve as light reflectors, and the backdrop paper is just a roll of bulletin board paper that I picked up at a local school supply store. The clip-on lights came from Home Depot, and run about 7 bucks apiece, and I covered them with thin tissue paper to help diffuse the light.
Quite a simple set up, I know, but I just wanted to show it because I'm all about the saving-money-where-I-can-thing. I'm a firm believer that you really don't have to have an expensive set up to get good shots, and good images are crucial for good sales.
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"Deepak Dhamija shares his insights on disruption in hiring process due to startup firms, published in all the major newspaper, magazine and free media titled – New-age firms disrupting hiring processes as well. Complete article given below"
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As new-age firms dole-out fatter salaries to attract the most skilled employees, companies are in a rush to strengthen their work environment to hold on to talent.
A war of talent is raging between the new age companies and established organisations. These startups are not only changing the placements scenario in top B-schools , they are also hiring from leading banks and consulting firms by offering fatter pay cheques.
"Well funded organisations are offering better salaries and also getting good talent. This is happening in all the new age industries including e-commerce," Paytm VP Business Planning and People Amit Sinha said.
"The toughest challenge facing most new technology companies these days isn't getting funded but it's about hiring the best, most skilled employees," Kryptos Mobile Founder Anjli Jain said adding that the aggressive venture capital funded IT/ITES startups like Ola and Flipkart are offering fatter salaries, stock options and unique perks to lure and retain the best talent in the country.
The trend which is currently in the e-commerce and tech startup sector, was seen in aviation, telecom, insurance, retail and social sectors a few years ago.
"There is definitely an increase in the average salary offered to the employees. As per my understanding, there has been around 30-40 per cent increase in average salary. And the biggest reason for this is the aggressive goals of the funded startups combined with the availability of funds," said Deepak Dhamija, Co-Founder Aristotle Consultancy .
Executive recruitment firm Hunt Partners Managing Partner Suresh Raina said: "Meaning, Engagement and Compensation are the three essentials to any corporate role and compensation has always been used as a lever by firms to attract talent."
According to a research conducted by global management consultancy Hay Group, 82 per cent of startups surveyed pay more than the market median to their employees.
According to Rituparna Chakraborty, President Indian Staffing Federation, "all well funded organisation do not put their financial resources to pay fatter salaries, however most new age sectors would definitely offer lucrative compensation to attract talents.
Meanwhile, in order to contain attrition because, organisations are sticking to basics like competitive pay, good working environment, providing good opportunities for professional growth, and are offering lifestyle perks, work from home benefits, and better facilities.
"Clear vision, actual work on the ground, team bonding and organisational accountability play a very significant role in attracting and retaining talents. These factors along with the best possible remuneration ideally do wonder for any development organisation, Smile Foundation Co-Founder Santanu Mishra said.
"In order to contain the talent, companies should regularly revise their salaries to keep up with the job market," Smartprix.com Co-Founder Abhinav Choudhary said.
Moreover, there should a channel of communication with the best performing employees to gauge whether they are happy with their current package, he added.
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VAT troubled e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart looking Telangana as an alternate
"Deepak Dhamija shares his insights on Telangana: New hub emerging in South India, published in newspaper Business Standard – Telangana a magnet for e-commerce, retail, aviation companies. Complete article given below"
Telangana industries minister Jupally Krishna Rao assures 100% transparency and 15 days requisite permission will be given to setup industry in their state, giving competition to neighboring states which are lagging behind in new age business law and tax reforms.
Telangana, India's youngest state, is slowly becoming the go-to state in the South for big businesses. In attracting investments from industry majors, the state is giving tough competition to its neighbours Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
In the past year, Telangana has become the favourite of major e-commerce, retail and aviation companies. While Amazon has one of its largest fulfilment centres in the state and is planning to open another, Flipkart has decided to set up its largest warehouse in Hyderabad. In its first major investment in India, Swedish furniture major IKEA has bought 13 acres near Hyderabad.
US aviation giant Boeing will set up a defence plant in the state, in association with the Tata group. This will be the biggest investment in defence sector in the country so far.
Speaking to Business Standard, Telangana industries minister Jupally Krishna Rao said: "We assure 100 per cent transparency to industry. Also, any sector trying to set up in our state is assured that all requisite permissions will be given in 15 days."
The state also had abundant government land, which makes it easier to deal with businesses exploring new geographies, Rao said. "Also, our taxation policies are streamlined and transparent, making us an ideal destination for investments."
On its part, India Inc has witnessed a fresh approach. "The new government realised bringing investment would help it get resources to work on other social initiatives. The government is giving an earnest push to the manufacturing sector, getting approvals for projects has become much easier and a start-up culture is being encouraged. Telangana could soon be the next big hub in southern India," said Vanitha Datla, chairperson of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Telangana.
She added the state government had promised if projects coming to the state were good, it would either match or provide better taxation policies compared to other states.
Recently, e-commerce giants such as Amazon and Flipkart faced a number of taxation issues in Karnataka. The Karnataka tax department pulled up Amazon for allowing sellers to register fulfilment centres as additional place of business. This led to the state cancelling the licences of many small merchants registered on Amazon.
"With respect to Karnataka, we have always maintained the situation is one in which laws have not kept pace with the new-age online business models that enable a faster, convenient and nationwide access to customers for sellers, especially small and medium businesses, at significantly low costs. We continue to work with the state government and are optimistic about a resolution," said an Amazon spokesperson.
Amazon has also been demanding exemption on value-added tax (VAT) payment, saying its fulfilment centre only stocks, packs and dispatches products; it doesn't do business directly. As such, it wants the government to collect VAT from sellers.
Amazon claims the Telangana government has been providing support. "Telangana has been home to our IT operations for a while. In the past year, the state government's support and the ease of doing business has encouraged us to make further significant investments. Additionally, we have a huge seller and a customer base in the state," the Amazon spokesperson said.
Flipkart is also seeking clarity on e-commerce-related taxation and VAT issues in Karnataka and this has been cited as the main reason why the company has set up its largest fulfilment centre in Telangana.
Experts say Karnataka's loss is Telangana gain. "Every company that has to grow in India has to have a hub in the South. Earlier, Karnataka was the favoured destination. But now, the state is unclear on a lot of policies and that is creating a problem for industry. Issues related to VAT have caused major friction between e-commerce companies and the state. Telangana is earning major brownie points on that front," said Deepak Dhamija, co-founder of Aristotle Consultancy Pvt Ltd.
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Freelance CFOs, the unsung startup heroes
"Sanjeev Lamba shares his insights on the importance of financial outsourcing for startups, published in the business section of The Times of India titled – Freelance CFOs, the unsung startup heroes. Complete article given below."
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Behind every successful startup, there is an unsung hero — the chief financial officer (CFO) and his team of number crunchers, whose efforts make that million-dollar funding possible. If you scratch the surface, it is likely that these number crunchers have been sourced from a CFO service agency, a trend that is gaining popularity in India.
Apart from first-generation entrepreneurs, several venture capitalists (VCs) also engage such agencies either on an ongoing basis for monitoring their investee companies or for specific projects — such as for building robust performance management information systems (MIS) or to act as interim CFOs. Even second or third generation-run family enterprises are hiring these agencies for that professional touch.
As financial information is sensitive, stringent non-disclosure agreements between an outsourced CFO service agency and its clients lends comfort.
Startups in their initial stages don't need a full-time CFO. At a later growth phase, they may need expert help only in some areas. According to industry estimates, hiring an outsourced CFO service agency can result in operational savings of 30-70%, with savings being higher for compliance-related work. Fees charged depend on the nature of the job and can range from Rs 30,000 to a few lakh per month. Hiring an experienced full-time CFO would typically cost a company upward of Rs 50 lakh per year.
Packages are available to suit every need such as compliance, process management or funding, with milestone payment and success fee (especially for funding-related services) options available.
A small business enterprise can even opt for a 'freelance CFO'. Bangalore-based Jayant Tewari currently dons the CFO hat at five different companies. This ensures that companies which do not have the bandwidth for a full-time CFO get the same expertise at a fraction of the cost. He works on a retainership basis and an hourly rate kicks in if the time agreed upon under the retainership is exceeded — such as during the busy months of a financial closure or a deal.
No entrepreneur worth his salt can ignore the importance of streamlined processes, timely reporting and clean books of accounts, which aid good decision-making. "VCs require the processes in a startup to be in place as visibility of operation performance is vital. Later, VCs need ongoing reporting to get an idea of the growth of their investee company. Thus, at the basic level itself, the account books have to be crystal clean," says Sanjeev Lamba, co-founder of Aristotle Consultancy, whose firm services clients such as Jabong, Fab Furnish, Food Panda and Press Play.
E-commerce companies tend to rely on current revenue run rate or cash burn rates for their projections. The outsourced CFO plays a crucial role in its monitoring. "Loose controls or missing transparency across investors-promoters are larger issues which the CFO has to focus on, especially in growth or hyper-growth cycles," points out Sanjay Gaggar, founder and CEO, ixCFO.
For a client in the e-commerce space, which was funded by private equity (PE), ixCFO's team kept tabs and helped control cash burn in a highly dynamic competitive environment. In addition, they also developed a reporting matrix to explain business scale viewpoint, a key performance indictor to the PE investor. Accounts were also kept in a due diligence-ready mode and the client subsequently raised $100 million from a global VC.
Deepak Narayanan, co-founder at MyCFO, illustrates how his firm helped a traditional 80-year-old traditional company, which was a leader in industrial fragrances, bag significant PE funding.
To begin with, implementation of better MIS systems meant greater visibility into its operating parameters. A credible investment case was built up, helping the promoters get a good valuation from the PE investor, and MyCFO facilitated a smooth transition in the company's management and continued to be involved in areas of budgeting, performance measurement and business intelligence.
Learn more about accounting outsourcing at Aristotle Consultancy.
Remember the service tax
"Sanjeev Lamba shares his insights on the Service Tax in India, published in The Hindu BusinessLine titled – Remember the service tax. Complete article given below"
Feature in – The Hindu BusinessLine
Visited the restaurant the other day and found yourself paying a lot more than you bargained for?
What you may have forgotten to take into account is the service tax, which can bump up the total quite a bit. Here's explaining why your everyday bills get pricier because of service tax.
What's taxed
Service tax is usually paid by the service provider – like a restaurant – but it is recovered from you. Until 2012, there was a specific list of services that were taxed. This list was updated to include more services from time to time. This concept was turned on its head in 2012 with the adoption of the 'negative list' method. Now, a list of the services exempt from tax is published instead of the other way around, and it is this list that is modified, usually in each Budget. All services not in the negative list are taxed.
As a result, chances are your everyday expenses will swell.
Charges that banks levy when they issue a demand draft, issue forex, or facilitate a NEFT transfer have service tax tacked on. The fees you pay on debit or credit cards and rents for bank locker rent are also subject to service tax.
Your airline ticket or a non-metered taxi too are pricier due to the service tax. Other frequently-used services that are taxed include those of hotels, air-conditioned restaurants, your brokerage, your telecom operator, commissions you pay a travel agent, and life insurance premiums (other than the Varishtha Pension Bima Yojna).
Quite a few changes were made in the recent Budget. For instance, it withdrew exemptions for services provided by mutual fund agents to the fund house or a distributor to the fund or the fund house. That can, consequently, send fund expenses up. Also incurring tax, thanks to provisions in this Budget, are trips to the amusement park, music concert or pageant tickets priced over ₹500.
What's not
But tickets to the museum, trips to a zoo, wildlife sanctuary or tiger reserve will be cheaper as they move out of the tax net.
Renting out your house for residential purposes won't attract tax, as long as the amount is below ₹10 lakh.
There's no tax on recognised systems of healthcare services and since these cover most forms of healthcare, including Unani and Siddha treatments, you're unlikely to ever fork over extra to the government. In some cases, while a service may be in the negative list, there are certain exceptions.
Confused? Here's an example. Most government services are exempt from tax and postal services fall under this head.
But while the exemption covers basic services such as book post, post cards and inland letters, speed post and parcel services are taxed. If the postal department sells insurance policies or other third-party products, that's taxed too.
Another sweeping change in service tax was made this year, effective once the Finance Act 2015 is notified later this month.
Education and higher education cesses have been removed — or subsumed into the tax rate. The service tax rate itself has been hiked to 14 per cent.
Rates and calculations
The rate used to be 12.36 per cent (including the two cesses). That's quite a leap from the 5 per cent service tax in 2004!
Now, the tax is calculated on the consideration paid. However, only a certain percentage of this is used for the calculation. This reduction, called abatement, is defined for each service type. In a restaurant, the tax is applicable only on 40 per cent of your bill, working out to 5.6 per cent of the total bill. Now a restaurant bill is more unique as there's also a service charge that often crops up.
The two are not to be confused, though. One, the service charge is not mandatory, says Sanjeev Lamba, Director, Aristotle Consultancy, a financial consulting firm. Two, the amount collected goes to the restaurant. Not the government!
Three, service charge can be levied even on takeaways (which don't attract service tax). There's no defined rate for these charges but it usually ranges from 5-10 per cent. And, four, service charges are considered while calculating the service tax.
On hotel bills, tax is charged on 60 per cent of the amount.
For ULIPs, insurance companies have the choice of charging service tax at 3 per cent for the first year and 1.5 per cent thereafter on the total receipt (including premium for risk cover and investment), instead of the regular service tax rate on the risk cover premium.
Due to changes made in this Budget, if you're a business class or first class flyer, your tickets will get pricier, thanks to a reduction in abatement.
Tax will now be paid on 60 per cent of the ticket, up from 40 per cent earlier, working out to 8.4 per cent of the total value.
The other worrying point due to the recent Budget provisions is the 2 per cent Swachh Bharat cess coming in, which will be applicable from a date to be notified post-enactment of Finance Bill, 2015.
Says Krupa Venkatesh, Senior Director, Deloitte, the cess will be on the value of service and not on the tax amount, unlike education or higher education cess. That is, the service tax rate will be a whopping 16 per cent.
Finally, even if the GST taxation method is implemented, service tax will still be levied, though rates and methods may change.
So, remember to either factor in the tax component on the services you avail of, or confirm whether rates declared are inclusive of all taxes or not.
Learn more about accounts outsourcing at Aristotle Consultancy.
E-Commerce IPOs may build up, consolidation ahead
"Deepak Dhamija shares his insights on the Future of E-Commerce industry in India, published in all the major newspaper titled – E-Commerce IPOs may build up, consolidation ahead. Complete article given below"
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The over USD 6-billion e-Commerce market in India will see IPOs gaining traction, preferably in the US, as well as see several consolidation moves in the next 2-3 years, experts said.
Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) funds turned towards the Indian market around 2008-09 after the sub-prime crisis hit the US and the debt problems in Europe.
These funds started investing in the nascent online shopping market, where they expected huge returns in the medium-to-long term, they added.
The PE and VC funds usually have investment commitments in the range of 6-10 years, after which they have to return the amount with assured benefits to their Limited Partners (LPs). The funding varies on company-specific circumstances as well as market conditions.
Considering the investment cycle in India, these funds could look for a closure in 2016-18, experts said.
However, the investment scene is certainly not drying up as the e-Commerce market is attracting huge attention from investors globally and there will be more funds and companies coming into the country to invest in this space, they noted.
"When investors put in money, they also have a commitment that is generally around 7-8 years after which they have to return it to their LPs. Considering many funds invested around 2010, we will see either these e-Commerce firms going for IPOs or we will see consolidations to shore up value," Aristotle Consultancy Director Deepak Dhamija told PTI.
Aristotle Company provides financial and legal solutions to e-Commerce firms such as Jabong, GoJavas, FoodPanda India, FabFurnish, Printvenue and the like.
Dhamija added that funds look at a 6-10 year window, but generally VC funds consider 7-8 years as the average age for RoI (Return on Investments).
An investment banker who did not wish to be named said these funds now are also selling or in the process of selling some of their stake to other funds.
"The e-Commerce market is booming for VC and PE funds. So, to keep the value of their investments high, many funds will look for IPOs or consolidations, going ahead. But many would wish to stay and will sell some stake to maintain their RoIs as well wait for valuations to go up," he added.
Without giving a timeframe on exits, KPMG India Accounting Advisory Services (Partner and Head) Sai Venkateshwaran said: "We could potentially see exits for these PEs happening through a number of routes — IPOs, sale to strategic investors, other PEs, etc."
India Venture Capitalist Association President Arvind Mathur said: "It is not as if only the current funds will be there in the next few years and then taper off. New funds will most likely enter the market, given the strong potential for e-Commerce in India and its demographic profile and vast rural areas where further penetration will occur in coming years.
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Siege Management Group Networks With Industry Leaders
Select team members from Siege Management Group recently attended the national quarterly conference where they had a chance to network and share business techniques with industry leaders. The team returned refreshed and ready to go.
PITTSBURGH, PA , February 23, 2018 (Newswire.com) - "There's so many benefits to attending these conferences," said Manny, Siege Management Group's President. "Our people learn so much when we get together with individuals from other regions."
Joining Manny from Siege Management Group were leaders John, Katora, and Malcom, as well as new team members Ryan and Dominic. "I really want our team members to build relationships with other managers in the industry," he said. "This is an important opportunity because our people need to be able to partner with colleagues from other regions in the future and learn useful skills from them."
As Manny noted, this conference was a mix of knowledge transfer and networking. "There are several workshops everyone breaks into so that we can share business techniques and learn from others as to what is working in different regions," he said. "There are also keynote speeches delivered by some of the industry's top leaders, which are really inspiring."
"There's so many benefits to attending these conferences,"
Networking was also a tremendous component of the national quarterly conference. "We formed some great connections with some of the brightest minds in this industry," Manny continued. "These conferences are truly special opportunities for anyone to attend.'
Siege Management Group's President on Why to Attend Conferences
Manny is a huge proponent of attending conferences and participating in business travel. "I think traveling is one of the perks that sets Siege Management Group apart from other firms," he said. "The benefits are worth the investment."
As Manny noted, it's important for team members to learn from others in the industry as well as from the company's coaches. "There are many different leadership styles out there and different approaches to customer acquisitions," he said. "I want our people to be set up for success and this means broadening their experiences and knowledge base. When they go to national conferences, it's like having that wealth of information centrally located in one place. We can talk with others, immerse ourselves in activities, and just listen and absorb."
"Travel in general is enriching because it exposes us to new sights and viewpoints that can be inspirational," Manny said. "Because we attend these conferences as a team, they are experiences we share outside of the office that strengthen our bonds. I'm grateful we can travel like we do and look forward to the next conference."
About Siege Management Group:
Siege Management Group is a leading customer acquisition firm for top telecom solutions. The executives connect with targeted consumers to introduce them to the latest in fiber optics for voice, internet, and television. They acquire customers all over the country using a flexible outreach model that makes it easy to fulfill a variety of requirements. They gain control of the marketplace to secure exceptional results. The experts who power Siege Management Group are creative and passionate. They home in on the latest industry trends, take risks, and spark exciting discussions that keep audiences engaged. Their ability to earn loyalty yields exceptional outcomes and fuels lasting growth. Learn more at siegemanagementgroup.com.
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Bay Leaf are referred to the leaf of a variety of plants belonging to various regions specifically used most popularly for their olfactory properties in order to add taste to the food. The source of the bay leaf may be any of the trees such as Bay laurel, California bay, Indian bay, Indonesian bay, West Indian bay, and Mexican bay, all differing slightly in the taste and odor.
The baf leaf contains about 1.3% essential oils (ol. lauri folii), consisting of 45% eucalyptol, 12% other terpenes, 8-12% terpinyl acetate, 3–4% sesquiterpenes, 3% methyleugenol, and other α- and β-pinenes, phellandrene, linalool, geraniol, and terpineol
The Bay Leaf has gained widespread popularity as a product itself amongst consumers as well as an ingredient among the manufacturers thereby making it a successful B2B and B2C product. The Bay Leaf market can be segmented on the basis of application, form, and distribution channels.
On the basis of form, the bay leaf market is structured as whole leaf, as grounded powder form as well as oils.
The whole leaf are used mostly for culinary use in many classic sauces such as bread sauce, tomato sauce, and béchamel. Bay leaf can also be added to flavor cuisines such as seafood, poultry, meat, and vegetable dishes.
Bay leaf are also used to flavor sweet dishes like sweetbreads, custards, and cream.
On the basis of application, the bay leaf market can be segmented into food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmetics & personal care and others. The uses of bay leaf include grinding the leaf into a spice to flavor soups and stews, but the leaf are most commonly added in the whole form as a flavoring for certain Italian dishes and are then removed or used as a garnish.
Whole bay leaf are not commonly consumed. There is no extensive range of culinary application for bay leaf, although extracts of bay leaf have numerous medical uses.
It is also a popular element in aromatherapy and herbal treatments for various skin and respiratory conditions which is leading growth of bay leaf market.
On the basis of distribution channel, the global bay leaf market can be segmented into direct and indirect. The direct distribution channel operates directly between the manufacturers, super stockiest and the distributors.
The indirect distribution channel where the consumers receive products directly from the retailers and it can be further sub-segmented into online retailing, convenience stores as well as hypermarkets/supermarkets.
Global market drivers and trends:-
The bay leaf market is anticipated to grow at a significant CAGR owing to its widespread uses. The use of bay leaf for its culinary application is more popular in the countries falling in the Mediterranean and Asia Pacific regions.
Apart from the use in food & beverage, the other emerging applications of the baby leaf are its utilizations in cosmetics owing to its characteristics such as improvement in hair health.
Furthermore, it can be employed in pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals as it aids in managing diabetes, helps to alleviate respiratory conditions, facilitates efficient digestion and nutrient intake, aids in lowering the amounts of stress hormone, aids in reducing inflammation caused by sore joints and arthritis and the like. The strong aroma of bay leaf makes it suitable for the use as an ingredient in essential oils for aromatherapy.
The restraints of bay leaf market are few although evident such as the confusion amongst the people associated to the different plants of Lauraceae family which might be toxic.
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The consumption of bay leaf is expected to increase in Eastern and Western Europe and North America due to the increasing demands of avocado extract product in these regions. Asia-pacific region is the leading producer and is likely to keep the same production in the forecast period followed by other region like Japan and South Africa.
South Africa has potential to become one of the leading bay leaf manufacturer as production in this region is appreciable. Middle-East is expected to show low to moderate growth in the bay leaf market.
Market Key players:-
Some of the key players in the Bay Leaf market globally are McCormick & Company, Inc, Frontier Natural Products Co-op, Anatoli Spices, Mars, Incorporated, Pacific Spice Company, Inc., Zizira, Tea Haven, Just a Little Spice, and others. The bay leaf market is projected to grow over the forecast period with growing demand for nutrient rich products.
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Lapis lazuli (sometimes abbreviated to lapis) is a relatively rare semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense blue color. Lapis takes an excellent polish and can be made into jewelry, carvings, boxes, mosaics, ornaments, and vases. It was also ground and processed to make the pigment ultramarine for tempera paint and, more rarely, oil paint. Its usage as a pigment in oil paint ended in the early 19th century when a chemically identical synthetic variety, often called French ultramarine, became available. In ancient Egypt, lapis lazuli was a favorite stone for amulets and ornaments such as scarabs; it was also used in ancient Mesopotamia by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Babylonians for seals and jewelry. In the Epic of Gilgamesh; the oldest known story in human history, lapis lazuli is referenced several times. Lapis jewelry has been found at excavations of the Predynastic Egyptian site Naqada (3300–3100 BC), and powdered lapis was used as eyeshadow by Cleopatra. In ancient Mesopotamia, lapis artifacts can be found in great abundance, with many notable examples having been excavated at the 25th-century BC Statue of Ebih-Il, discovered in ancient Mari in Syria, uses lapis lazuli inlays that were imported from as far east as Afghanistan. In ancient times, lapis lazuli was known as sapphire, which is the name that is used today for the blue corundum variety sapphire. It has also been used in the Taj Mahal in India.
Tiger's Eye is a chatoyant gemstone that is usually a metamorphic rock that is a golden to red-brown color, with a silky luster. A member of the quartz group, it is a classic example of pseudomorphous replacement by silica of fibrous crocidolite (blue asbestos). An incompletely silicified blue variant is called Hawk's eye.
Iceland Spar, formerly known as Iceland crystal, is a transparent variety of calcite, or crystallized calcium carbonate, originally brought from Iceland, and used in demonstrating the polarization of light. It occurs in large readily cleavable crystals, easily divisible into rhombs, and is remarkable for its double refraction. Historically, the phenomena of this crystal were studied at length by Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton. Sir George Stokes also studied the phenomenon. It has been speculated that the sunstone mentioned in medieval Icelandic texts was Iceland spar and that Vikings used its light-polarizing property to tell the direction of the sun on cloudy days, for navigational purposes. In 2007, Ramón Hegedüs and his colleagues from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary, confirmed that the polarization of sunlight in the Arctic can be detected under cloudy conditions. Their research is reported in "The Proceedings of the Royal Society." Further research in 2011 by Ropers et al., confirms that identifying the direction of the sun to within a few degrees in both cloudy and twilight conditions was possible using the sunstone and the naked eye. The process involves moving the stone across the visual field to reveal a yellow entoptic pattern on the fovea of the eye, probably Haidinger's brush. The recovery of an Iceland spar sunstone from the Elizabethan ship Alderney that sank in 1592 suggests that the navigational technology may have persisted after the invention of the magnetic comp
Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. It is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall formula SiO2. There are many different varieties of quartz, several of which are semi-precious gemstones. Especially in Europe and the Middle East, varieties of quartz have been since antiquity the most commonly used minerals in the making of jewelry and hardstone carvings. The word "quartz" is derived from the German word "Quarz" and its Middle High German ancestor "twarc", which probably originated in Slavic (cf. Czech tvrdy ("hard"), Polish twardy ("hard")).
Citrine is a variety of quartz whose color ranges from a pale yellow to brown. Natural citrines are rare; most commercial citrines are heat-treated amethysts or smoky quartzes. It is nearly impossible to tell cut citrine from yellow topaz visibly, but they differ in hardness. Citrine has ferric impurities, and is rarely found naturally. Brazil is the leading producer of citrine, with much of its production coming from the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The name is derived from Latin citrina, which means "yellow" and is also the origin of the word "citron." Sometimes citrine and amethyst can be found together in the same crystal, which is then referred to as ametrine. Citrine is one of three traditional birthstones for the month of November.
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz often used in jewelry. The name comes from the Ancient Greek ἀ a- ("not") and μέθυστος methustos ("intoxicated"), a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness. The ancient Greeks and Romans wore amethyst and made drinking vessels of it in the belief that it would prevent intoxication. It is one of several forms of quartz. Amethyst is the traditional birthstone for February.
Chalcopyrite is a copper iron sulfide mineral that crystallizes in the tetragonal system. It has the chemical composition CuFeS2. It has a brassy to golden yellow color and a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale. Its streak is diagnostic as green tinged black. On exposure to air, chalcopyrite oxidises to a variety of oxides, hydroxides and sulfates. Associated copper minerals include the sulfides bornite (Cu5FeS4), chalcocite (Cu2S), covellite (CuS), digenite (Cu9S5); carbonates such as malachite and azurite, and rarely oxides such as cuprite (Cu2O). Chalcopyrite is rarely found in association with native copper.
Kyanite, whose name derives from the Greek word kuanos sometimes referred to as "kyanos", meaning deep blue, is a typically blue silicate mineral, commonly found in aluminium-rich metamorphic pegmatites and/or sedimentary rock. Kyanite in metamorphic rocks generally indicates pressures higher than 4 kilobars. Although potentially stable at lower pressure and low temperature, the activity of water is usually high enough under such conditions that it is replaced by hydrous aluminosilicates such as muscovite, pyrophyllite, or kaolinite. Kyanite is also known as disthene, rhaeticite and cyanite. Kyanite is used primarily in refractory and ceramic products, including porcelain plumbing fixtures and dishware. It is also used in electronics, electrical insulators and abrasives. Kyanite has been used as a semiprecious gemstone, which may display cat's eye chatoyancy, though this use is limited by its anisotropism and perfect cleavage. Color varieties include recently discovered orange kyanite from Tanzania. The orange color is due to inclusion of small amounts of manganese (Mn3+) in the structure. Kyanite is one of the index minerals that are used to estimate the temperature, depth, and pressure at which a rock undergoes metamorphism.
Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). The other polymorphs are the minerals aragonite and vaterite. Aragonite will change to calcite at 380-470°C, and vaterite is even less stable. Calcite crystals are trigonal-rhombohedral, though actual calcite rhombohedra are rare as natural crystals. However, they show a remarkable variety of habits including acute to obtuse rhombohedra, tabular forms, prisms, or various scalenohedra. Calcite exhibits several twinning types adding to the variety of observed forms. It may occur as fibrous, granular, lamellar, or compact. Cleavage is usually in three directions parallel to the rhombohedron form. Its fracture is conchoidal, but difficult to obtain. It has a defining Mohs hardness of 3, a specific gravity of 2.71, and its luster is vitreous in crystallized varieties. Color is white or none, though shades of gray, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown, or even black can occur when the mineral is charged with impurities. Calcite is transparent to opaque and may occasionally show phosphorescence or fluorescence. A transparent variety called Iceland spar is used for optical purposes. Acute scalenohedral crystals are sometimes referred to as "dogtooth spar" while the rhombohedral form is sometimes referred to as "nailhead spar"
Chrysocolla The name comes from the Greek chrysos, "gold", and kolla, "glue", in allusion to the name of the material used to solder gold, and was first used by Theophrastus in 315 BCE. It is of secondary origin and forms in the oxidation zones of copper ore bodies. Associated minerals are quartz, limonite, azurite, malachite, cuprite, and other secondary copper minerals.
It is typically found as botryoidal or rounded masses and crusts, or vein fillings. Because of its light color, it is sometimes confused with turquoise.
Lepidolite is a lilac-gray or rose-colored member of the mica group that is a secondary source of lithium. It is a phyllosilicate mineral and a member of the polylithionite-trilithionite series. It is associated with other lithium-bearing minerals like spodumene in pegmatite bodies. It is one of the major sources of the rare alkali metals rubidium and caesium. In 1861 Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff extracted 150 kg of lepidolite and yielded a few grams of rubidium salts for analysis, and therefore discovered the new element rubidium. It occurs in granite pegmatites, in some high-temperature quartz veins, greisens and granites. Associated minerals include quartz, feldspar, spodumene, amblygonite, tourmaline, columbite, cassiterite, topaz and beryl.
Notable occurrences include Brazil; Ural Mountains, Russia; California, United States; Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada; and Madagascar.
Carnelian (also spelled cornelian) is a brownish-red mineral, which is commonly used as a semi-precious gemstone. Similar to carnelian is sard, which is generally harder and darker (the difference is not rigidly defined, and the two names are often used interchangeably). Both carnelian and sard are varieties of the silica mineral chalcedony colored by impurities of iron oxide. The color can vary greatly, ranging from pale orange to an intense almost-black coloration.
Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2. This opaque, green banded mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms botryoidal, fibrous, or stalagmitic masses, in fractures and spaces, deep underground, where the water table and hydrothermal fluids provide the means for chemical precipitation. Individual crystals are rare but do occur as slender to acicular prisms. Pseudomorphs after more tabular or blocky azurite crystals also occur. Typical malachite is laminated and whether or not microbes intervene in its formation is unknown.
Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is a halide mineral composed of calcium fluoride, CaF2. It is an isometric mineral with a cubic habit, though octahedral and more complex isometric forms are not uncommon. Crystal twinning is common and adds complexity to the observed crystal habits. The word fluorite is derived from the Latin root fluo, meaning "to flow" because the mineral is used as a flux in iron smelting to decrease the viscosity of slags at a given temperature. This increase in fluidity is the result of the ionic nature of the mineral. The melting point of pure calcium fluoride is 1676 K. In 1852 fluorite gave its name to the phenomenon of fluorescence, which is prominent in fluorites from certain locations, due to certain impurities in the crystal. Fluorite also gave the name to its constitutive element fluorine. Fluorite is a colorful mineral, both in visible and ultraviolet light, and the stone has ornamental and lapidary uses. Industrially, fluorite is used as a flux for smelting, and in the production of certain glasses and enamels. The purest grades of fluorite are a source of fluoride for hydrofluoric acid manufacture, which is the intermediate source of most fluorine-containing fine chemicals. Optically clear transparent fluorite lenses have low dispersion, so lenses made from it exhibit less chromatic aberration, making them valuable in microscopes and telescopes. Fluorite optics are also usable in the far-ultraviolet range where conventional glasses are too absorbent for use.
Pyrite, or iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the formula FeS2. This mineral's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool's gold because of its superficial resemblance to gold. The color has also led to the nicknames brass, brazzle and Brazil, primarily used to refer to pyrite found in coal. Pyrite is the most common of the sulfide minerals. The name pyrite is derived from the Greek πυρίτης (puritēs), "of fire" or "in fire", in turn from πύρ (pur), "fire". In ancient Roman times, this name was applied to several types of stone that would create sparks when struck against steel; Pliny the Elder described one of them as being brassy, almost certainly a reference to what we now call pyrite. By Georgius Agricola's time, the term had become a generic term for all of the sulfide minerals. Pyrite is usually found associated with other sulfides or oxides in quartz veins, sedimentary rock, and metamorphic rock, as well as in coal beds, and as a replacement mineral in fossils. Despite being nicknamed fool's gold, pyrite is sometimes found in association with small quantities of gold. Gold and arsenic occur as a coupled substitution in the pyrite structure. In the Carlin–type gold deposits, arsenian pyrite contains up to 0.37 wt% gold.
Ammonite- The name comes from its appearance: it resembles a ram's horn. In Egyptian mythology, the God Ammon looked like a man with horns like a ram. The ancient fossil was considered Ammon's stone, thus inheriting the name, ammonite. Ammonites have a wide range of size. Specimens have been found ranging from less than a centimeter to two meters in diameter. Early ammonites, until the middle Jurassic, were smaller, usually less than nine inches or 23 centimeters.
Brachiopods are benthic (bottom dwelling), marine (ocean), bivalves (having two shells). They are considered living fossils, with three orders present in today's oceans. They are rare today but during the Paleozoic Era they dominated the sea floors. Though they appear to be similar to clams or oysters they are not related. They are not even mollusks. They belong to the phylum Lophophorata and are related to bryozoans. One characteristic unique to brachiopods is the pedicle. It is a long thin fleshy appendage. The pedicle is used to burrow into the sea floor as an anchor. Some Brachiopods have a muscular pedicle. They can raise themselves up off the bottom, looking like they are standing on their heads. For others it is more like a tether. Not all orders have a pedicle. Some lay on the sand on one side. With these the bottom shell is usually larger than the top shell. There are even some types that cement themselves to the ocean floor.
Orthoceras was an ancient mollusk that lived more than 400 million years ago. The name means straight horn, referring to the characteristic long, straight, conical shell. The preserved shell is all that remains of this ancestor of our modern-day squid. These straight shelled nautiloids ranged in size from less than a centimeter to more than 14 feet long! All the living relatives of these nautiloids, squid, octopus, cuttlefish, and nautilus are predators, and we can assume that orthoceras was also a hunter of the Paleozoic seas, possibly having trilobites for breakfast!
Tektites (from Greek τηκτός "tēktos", molten) are gravel-size bodies that are composed of black, green, brown or gray, natural glass that are formed from terrestrial debris ejected during extraterrestrial impacts. They are characterized by 1.) a fairly homogeneous composition; 2.) an extremely low content of water and other volatiles; 3.) an abundant lechatelierite; 4.) a general lack of microscopic crystals known as microlites and chemical relation to the local bedrock or local sediments; and 5.) their distribution within geographically extensive strewnfields. Tektites generally range in size from centimeters to millimeters. Millimeters-size tektites are known as microtektites.
Although tektites are superficially similar to some terrestrial volcanic glasses (obsidians), they have unusual distinctive physical characteristics that distinguish them from such glasses. First, they are completely glassy and lack any microlites or phenocrysts unlike terrestrial volcanic glasses. Second, although high in silica (>65 wt%), the bulk chemical and isotopic composition of tektites is closer to those of shales and similar sedimentary rocks and quite different from the bulk chemical and isotopic composition of terrestrial volcanic glasses. Third, tektites contain virtually no water (<0.02 wt%) unlike terrestrial volcanic glasses. Fourth, the flow-banding within tektites often contains particles and bands of lechatelierite, which are not found in terrestrial volcanic glasses. Finally, a few tektites contain partly melted inclusions of shocked and unshocked mineral grains, i.e. quartz, apatite, and zircon, as well as coesite.
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Mark Shifton Publishes Article in The Critical PathJanuary 8, 2018
Mark D. Shifton recently authored an article for Volume 21, Issue 4 of The Critical Path, a newsletter published by the Defense Research Institute's Construction Law Committee. Mark's article, titled Playing Defense – The Varying Applicability of Statutes of Repose for Product Manufacturers in Construction Defect Actions discusses how various state statutes of repose operate to bar claims against contractors and design professionals relating to improvements to real property, but often afford no protection to the manufacturers of building products installed in such buildings.
Mark is a Partner in the Princeton, New Jersey, and New York City offices of Seiger Gfeller Laurie LLP, where he represents owners, design professionals, and contractors in construction disputes, and advises and represents clients on sustainable development and "green" building issues. Mark is currently the Marketing Chair of the Defense Research Institute's Construction Law Committee.


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Likeness: Roots strikes a pose with his Aardman 'claymation', which took over four weeks to create
HE CREATED a sauce that is sold in almost every major UK supermarket; that sauce is now the key ingredient of products sold in several stores and fast food chains; and the success of that sauce, together with his charismatic personality has made him an undisputed UK brand.
What's next for such a successful entrepreneur? It's obvious: he has to be immortalised in clay!
Indeed, Levi Roots has been elevated to the 'claymation' hall of fame, as one of only a handful of humans turned into a model by animation studio Aardman.
The creators of famed animated series Wallace & Gromit have worked their magic on 53-year-old Roots, creating a clay model in his image for the entrepreneur's latest advertising campaign.
The new £2 million cinema and TV commercial for Roots' much-loved Reggae Reggae Sauce, sees the Jamaican-born entrepreneur in animation form, playing the guitar and singing his sauce's famed ditty: "It's so nice/ I had to name it twice/ me call it Reggae Reggae Sauce/ hot Reggae Reggae sauce."
The commercial, which will be premiered in a primetime ITV slot on May 3, invites families to 'Put some music in your food' and features animated Roots singing (real life Roots provided the vocals for his character), whilst cooking up a barbecue in the back garden of a Brixton home. (Look out for the Brixton Hill road name at the start of the advert!) And just like real life Roots, the clay version is a reggae-loving Rasta – in fact, Roots thinks his claymation shows him in a more flattering light.
"He's definitely cooler and more handsome than me," says Levi, who shot to fame promoting his sauce on Dragons' Den back in 2007. "I've always been a big fan of Wallace & Gromit so it's a real treat to be made into one of their [Aardman's] characters; if not a little surreal."
It took a dedicated team of six model-makers four-and-a-half weeks to create Roots' claymation character. And at 50cm tall, the character stands head and shoulders above other Aardman creations, which include clay figures of stars such as Barry White, Nina Simone and The Spice Girls.
Roots' 60-second advert was crafted at Aardman's Bristol studio over three months, using 20kg of clay. Just two seconds of filmed animation takes a whole day to produce. Thankfully, after all the painstaking work, Roots is pleased with the final product.
"Seeing my character on screen is like watching myself on Dragons' Den all over again and I keep wondering, 'is that really me?' But I love it. They've done a great job."


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If you haven't heard, Amazon Prime Day kicks off this year mid-day July 16.
The day-and-a-half event is expected to rival Black Friday-level sales, and will include sweeping discounts on more than a million items and services for Prime members worldwide.
If last year's deals are any indication, we can expect big discounts on a few noteworthy items like Nintendo Switch, Instant Pot, laptops, Amazon Echo and Kindle. Though most deals will roll out during the 36-hour sales event, there are a few early access Prime Day deals worth sneak peeking, including discounts on name-brands like Calvin Klein as well as $100 off Echo Show.
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Phelps makes record splash
American trims his mark in 200-meter butterfly
BARCELONA, Spain -- Michael Phelps, the 18-year-old American who has been touted as the next international swimming star, bettered his own world record Tuesday in the 200-meter butterfly semifinal. He lopped 0.65 seconds off the mark -- equivalent to nearly a body length in the pool.
"I'm not going to say it felt easy, but I definitely felt good out there," Phelps said.
And Tuesday was just his first day of racing in swimming's world championships. If he keeps it up, he could be on track to match Mark Spitz's Olympic 1972 record of seven gold medals in Athens next year.
Phelps' performance even upstaged Ian Thorpe, despite the Australian "Thorpedo" winning gold to defend his world 200 freestyle title.
Thorpe won in 1:45.14, coming from behind to beat silver medalist Pieter van den Hoogenband (1:46.43) of the Netherlands. Van den Hoogenband, the defending Olympic champion, had been faster than Thorpe in both qualifying and the semifinals.
"It was an average time, but I'm happy with the result," said Thorpe, who won gold in the 400 freestyle Sunday.
Phelps' time of 1 minute 53.93 seconds could go lower in Wednesday's final of the 200 butterfly. After that race, he'll still have five events remaining before the worlds close Sunday.
"I do think there is another level he can go to if he's in the right mode and things are going well," Phelps' coach Bob Bowman said.
If the Baltimore native needed extra motivation, he got it last week when former Australian coach Don Talbot said any comparison of the upstart American to the triple Olympic champion Thorpe was "absolute nonsense."
Phelps holds the world records in the 200 individual medley (1:57.94), 400 IM (4:11.09) and the 200 butterfly. He is also just .03 behind Australian Michael Klim's 100 butterfly record of 51.81.
Thorpe holds the 200 (1:44.06), 400 (3:40.08) and 800 freestyle (7:39.16) records. Their only head-to-head comes in the 200 IM with the final set for Friday.
Thorpe is already bracing for a rare defeat as he faces Phelps and defending Olympic champion Jani Sievinen of Finland.
On Tuesday, another Australian, Grant Hackett, took bronze (1:46.85), rounding out a 1-2-3 finish among the current and the two former world record-holders in the event.
After three of eight days of swimming, the United States, Australia and Germany each have three gold.
In Tuesday's 1,500 freestyle final, Hannah Stockbauer of Germany won gold with the second fastest time (16:00.18) in history. She finished several lengths ahead of silver medalist Hayley Peirsol (16:09.64) of the United States and bronze medalist Jana Henke of Germany (16:10.13).
Peirsol's brother Aaron won gold in the men's 100 backstroke, finishing in 53.61 seconds, just .01 second off the world-record set by fellow American Lenny Krayzelburg in 1999. Krayzelburg is recovering from shoulder surgery and is not competing.
Arkady Vyatchanin of Russia and Matthew Welsh of Australia tied for the silver medal with identical times of 53.92.
In the women's 100 breaststroke, Luo Xuejuan of China won the gold in 1:06.80. American Amanda Beard took silver (1:07.42) with bronze for Leisel Jones of Australia (1:07.47).
In the final event of the night, Antje Buschschulte of Germany won gold in the women's 100 backstroke, finishing in 1:00.50.


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" You'll be lucky ample to get that fly on the wall and view as your quite possess partner is going to acquire you as his spouse. Then there is that second when you are strolling down the aisle, but your eyes are abundantly stuffed with tears of joy as you happen to be endeavoring to keep it with each other. You happen to be so emotional seeing your family members bordering you that you could hardly see in advance. You'll want to determine each expression on your spouse's face, from the moment the doorways fling open up. 4. Bloopers or chopping home flooring footage. If you bought an excellent videographer they should certainly offer you the "further" footage that did not enable it to be to the movie for everybody to see. You can expect to expend hrs crying from laughter. It can be astounding what people today say when they neglect They are remaining filmed! five. Spouse and children ties. This can be the final place however it's undoubtedly not the least. Sadly family members and elders won't be close to forever. No matter whether he is strolling you down the aisle or participating in that father-daughter dance, capturing the memory and the moment with your father will be footage you can cherish provided that you can recall it. Or what about when your Mother is helping you set on your veil and tearing up as she ties your sash? Or when your grandparents see you for The 1st time in that attractive gown since they stand there observing you and reminiscing about their own wedding? After These family members are absent, You will be so grateful you paid out somebody to movie your wedding. Members of the family Stay for moments such as this, and not permitting them relive the moments by looking at the online video could be an injustice. You could hear people today let you know they never ever bought a videographer mainly because it was a waste of money, or they experienced one particular but seldom watched their video. As you could see, possessing a videographer can be an additional expenditure irrespective of whether you look at the video two instances or two hundred moments. Whatever the reason, the effects of your wedding working day footage that you are left with are PRICELESS. This is an example of just our highlights online video, not the element. (Video by Russell John Films)
"I'd my wedding final month and I regret not obtaining a videographer. I thought photographs could well be sufficient and most people Never look at their video clips anyway, but your wedding goes by so quickly therefore you miss lots of issues.
"I believe the video clip will capture things that the photographs is not going to. I realize it receives truly high priced, but if you only need a documentary-style movie (no like stories and the many extras), it will be much cheaper." —christikao
Just like the aforementioned, videographers have models of their own personal. Some like to remain back and journalize the wedding knowledge, while others wish to get in actual shut and produce cinematic items of labor which will disregard many of the traditional strategies of capturing every single instant from the wedding.
It is apparent you care an excellent deal about your wedding and you would like it to be Particular and you want a thing that will allow you to commemorate the day, nevertheless it just doesn't fall into your lap.
Who am I? Preview 08:forty one In this lesson, we mention the reasons you happen to be moving into wedding videography. Why my review here do you want for being a wedding videographer? I am going to tell you some fantastic causes to get a single and the sincere truth of the matter concerning the labor it requires.
DSLRs have now standardized substantial definition film, bringing Hollywood-high quality filmmaking in the palms of amateurs and semi-pros. This is a thing a number of folks still do not know about.
If there's nearly anything that you're feeling is just not entirely defined With this training course then just talk to the instructor and he'll response your inquiries. - Joseph Sockey
Finding a photographer or even a videographer that matches your needs and your finances is no effortless endeavor. Like all factors involving your wedding, it's going to take loads of function.
"I'm absolutely scheduling on hiring a videographer. I need to have the ability to see fiancé's and my expressions once we say our vows. I need to be able to listen to how we say them—And that i just would like to see All people have a ball at our reception.
Certainly zero regrets. Our reasoning was that if We will devote so much income on someday, Never you'd like to be able to relive it by way of video? Additionally, we can easily demonstrate it to our children." —ExpatPumpkin
You will also get a singular look at of your wedding, a perspective that no spectator can capture, a check out that not even the bride and groom can see.
"The sole regret I have about our wedding isn't possessing a videographer. The day goes by so quickly—you truly miss out on much of it. I seem again now and desire I would have spent The cash for it." —Vikki2pay
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London [United Kingdom], Dec 23 (ANI): Britain could have changed the colour of its passports back to blue at any point of time irrespective of Brexit.
The United Kingdom (UK) willingly adopted common passport criteria from the European Economic Community (EEC) and had no obligation to keep it, the Independent quoted Home Office as confirming.
The guidance dictated that the cover of member states' passports should be "burgundy red" however the agreement was not legally binding and redesigns have been considered around every five years.
"But changing to blue would have looked odd, whereas now it doesn't look that odd," the Independent quoted the government official as saying.
Earlier the Home Office announced that the British passports will change from burgundy to blue after Britain leaves the European Union (EU).
The new passports will be issued to those renewing or applying for a passport from October 2019.
British Prime Minister Theresa May, in a Twitter post, wrote, "The UK passport is an expression of our independence and sovereignty - symbolising our citizenship of a proud, great nation. That's why we have announced that the iconic #bluepassport will return after we leave the European Union in 2019." (ANI)


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Andres Iniesta's move to the Far East appears to be in further jeopardy as Japanese club Vissel Kobe have ruled out signing the Barcelona midfielder.
The 33-year-old was expected to join Chongqing Dangdai Lifan in the Chinese Super League after announcing last month that he is to leave Camp Nou later this month.
Two days after Chongqing surprisingly pulled out of the running to sign the legendary Spain international, however, Vissel have now done likewise due to the money required to finance a move.
Speaking to the Japan Times, the club's head of player development Atsuhiro Miura said: "I am surprised at the amount of money reported. Honestly, that doesn't strike me as being realistic.
"Such talks have definitely not taken place. If he actually were to come, he would be the best player. But it's not realistic."
Iniesta is due to play his final game for Barcelona against Real Sociedad on May 19.