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e, but full of loud mouth soup strikes me as true genius. Im also glad to see that Mr. Dickson includes tired and emotional, a euphemism invented by Spy magazine to describe, within the bounds of Britains strict libel laws, politicians discovered in a state of public intoxication. Mr. Dickson notes that the US media similarly employs the terms outgoing for a happy drunk and ruddyfaced for a completely marinated public figure. Now we know, eh kids? Snoot full is here as well, while the Oxford English Dictionary OED prefers the spelling snootful. The term snoot, meaning the human nose, is actually just a very old dialectical variation of the word snout, which comes from the same Germanic root that gave us snot. Interestingly, the first recorded written use of snout in English, from around 1220, uses the term to refer to the trunk of an elephant. The earliest citation for snootful in print in the OED is surprisingly recent, from 1918, but the term is almost certainly several centuries older than that. There does

nt seem to be any connection between snootful or snoot full and nasal congestion. Having a snoot full is simply one of a number of terms for drunk that conjure up an image of the drinkers body as being literally either partially or completely filled with alcohol had a skinful, drunk to the gills, full to the brim, etc.. The popularity of snootful may also be due to the fact that consumption of alcohol, in some people, can cause a reddening of the face, especially the nose, thus making the snoot a highly visible barometer of inebriation. June 10th, 2010 Category columns, May 2010 2 comments Untoward Get that thing away from me. Dear Word Detective My wife and I were having a discussion during which we both used the word untoward to describe unwanted or disagreeable results of some action. It occurred to me that this is a very odd word. Does it have anything to do with the common toward as in an untoward result being something that I move away from untoward because it is undesirable? That sort of makes sense,

but seems kind of goofy for an etymology. Is that really how the word came to be? Some online references give untowardly and untowardness as related words, neither of which Ive ever heard, and both of which sound even goofier than their parent. Rich. By gumbo, youre right. Untoward is a very odd word. And the longer I look at it, the odder it gets. Of course, reading or speaking any word over and over again can make the word seem odd and meaningless. Theres actually a term for this phenomenon semantic satiation. You can try it yourself by simply picking a word, even dog or cat, and repeating it aloud. After thirty seconds or so, the word will seem completely disconnected from Fido or Fluffy. Psychologists used to assume this effect was due to simple cognitive fatigue, but neuroscientists have discovered that hearing or saying a word causes specific neural pathways in the brain to activate, and repetition actually provokes a desensitizing inhibition effect on these neural reactions much as your third slice o

f pie never tastes as good as the first, I suppose. In any case, untoward may be an odd little word, but its also a very interesting one. The first element of untoward is, of course, our helpful little friend the prefix un, meaning none or not. The meat of untoward is the word toward, which has its own story. We inherited toward from the Old English toweard, which was a combination of to and weard, which came from a prehistoric Germanic root meaning to turn, and which we know today as a suffix used to mean in the direction of, as in homeward and backward. We usually use toward as a preposition, describing position He kept his back toward me, actual motion We drove toward home, or figurative progress I have twelve dollars toward the mortgage payment. As an adjective, however, toward has a number of now rarelyused meanings, among them, describing people, willing to learn and compliant Miss hath hitherto been very tractable and toward, 1713 and, of things, favorable and propitious. The general sense of this towa

rd is making progress, moving forward toward a goal. It was these rosy adverbial senses of toward that untoward popped up to counter in the 16th century. Its original meaning was not showing an inclination or aptitude for something The Captains were yet not skilled in managing their Men, and the Men were untoward to be commanded, 1665. Untoward was also used to mean difficult to manage, unruly and perverse, as well as awkward, unlucky and ungraceful. Eventually, all these senses also produced untoward meaning unseemly or improper They came to a very wicked mans house, where they had very untoward entertainment, 1658. Today we use untoward to mean unruly, unlucky, not favorable and improper. The forms untowardly unbecoming or improper and untowardness or untowardliness the quality of being untoward in its various senses are rarely seen today but not much weirder than untoward itself. Incidentally, toward is the more popular form in the US, while in Britain youre more likely to encounter towards. There is no se

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You are here Home Things to do Sightseeing Tourist attractions Best art galleries 10 best art galleries in London Discover some of London's best art galleries, including Tate Modern, the National Gallery, the Saatchi Gallery and more. Whether you love Old Masters or modern art, contemporary sculpture or Impressionist paintings, London has an art gallery to satisfy your cultural cravings. Check out the latest exhibitions, find iconic works in famous London galleries, or explore the city's smaller art galleries for treasures. Whether you're into fine art, sculpture, photography, contemporary works or arty events, you will find hidden gems in one of the capital's many intimate art spaces. Find out which area of the city each gallery is in with this London attractions map. Tate Modern Free Sitting grandly on the banks of the Thames is Tate Modern. Britain's national museum of modern and contemporary art has a unique design due to the building's previous life as a power station. Inside, you'll find temporary e

xhibitions by top artists from Damien Hirst to Gauguin and restaurants offering fabulous views across the city. Read More Tate Modern The National Gallery Free Explore the National Gallery's worldclass works visitlondon.comJon Reid Home to one of the greatest collections of paintings in the world, The National Gallery contains a whos who of art icons from Titian and Turner to Van Dyck and Van Gogh. This iconic gallery on Trafalgar Square also features blockbuster exhibitions past shows have included Gaugin Portraits and Monet Architecture. Read More The National Gallery Royal Academy of Arts Walk through the gates off Piccadilly to the Annenberg Courtyard and into the Royal Academy of Arts. Founded in 1768, it's home to an everchanging programme of exciting blockbuster exhibitions. Highlights include Queen Victoria's paintbox and the only Michelangelo sculpture in the UK. Read More Royal Academy of Arts Tate Britain Free From PreRaphaelite paintings to landscapes by Turner and Francis Bacon's distorted nud

es, there's lots to look at in Tate Britain. The gallery is home to the largest collection of British art in the world. Eat at the gallery's restaurant and study the famous Rex Whistler mural between mouthfuls! Read More Tate Britain Housed within the brutalist Southbank Centre, the Hayward Gallery is one of London's leading contemporary art galleries. Be captivated by boundarypushing and thoughtprovoking shows from some of the world's most adventurous artists, as part of the yearlong programme of exhibitions. Read More Hayward Gallery Barbican Art Gallery From acclaimed architects to Turner prizewinning artists, as well as stars of design and photography, the Barbican Art Gallery presents major exhibitions by leading international figures. You should also check out the Barbican's Curve, home to an exciting series of new art commissions created for the space. Read More Barbican Art Gallery Saatchi Gallery Free Chelsea's Saatchi Gallery is all about contemporary art, with work by young artists or international

artists rarely exhibited in the UK. It will be renamed the Museum of Contemporary Art, London upon the retirement of owner Charles Saatchi, who has donated the gallery's collection to the nation. Read More Saatchi Gallery Head to pretty Dulwich in south London, where youll find works by the likes of Rembrandt, Gainsborough and Canaletto at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Alongside its collection of Baroque masterpieces, Englands first purposebuilt gallery hosts regular exhibitions spanning many art movements and mediums. Read More Dulwich Picture Gallery Serpentine Galleries Free Small but perfectly formed, the Serpentine Galleries sit in the middle of Hyde Park. The galleries' free exhibitions showcase international modern and contemporary art by worldfamous artists such as Andy Warhol and Chris Ofili. In summer, don't miss the annual architectural pavilion commission. Read More Serpentine Galleries Whitechapel Gallery Free The Whitechapel Gallery champions contemporary art. Founded in 1901 to bring art to the peo

ple of east London, it is now internationally acclaimed for its exhibitions, education and event programmes. In the past, the gallery premiered artists such as Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Read More Whitechapel Gallery Photography galleries Harry Potter's London London hidden gems

Albany Bancorp, Inc. of Albany Kentucky is a bank holding company formed in January 1993. Presently the corporation owns First Farmers National Bank. The company operates 11 banking locations in Pulaski, Adair, Cumberland and Clinton Counties. The corporate colors are red, white, and blue as in the colors of the American flag, and the corporate logo is the soaring bald eagle. First Farmers National Bank is a community bank that was established in February 2008 when the First Farmers Bank locations in Somerset, Albany, Burnside, and Nancy and the First National Bank of Columbia, including Burkesvilles Bank of Cumberland, consolidated banking operations. The bank currently employs approximately 120 people and ended the year 2021 with total assets of over 630 Million. Todays First Farmers National Bank can trace its history to Citizens Bank of Albany located in Albany, Kentucky dating back to 1898; First National Bank of Columbia located in Columbia, Kentucky dating back to 1903; Bank of Cumberland located i

n Burkesville, Kentucky dating back to 1889; and First Farmers Bank located in Somerset, Kentucky dating back to 1818. Our many years of operation in Pulaski, Clinton, Adair and Cumberland counties, along with a network of locations and ATMs, allow us to service our communities and customers in a prompt and efficient manner with the most modern, convenient, and progressive services available. We are very proud of our long history as a well respected, sound and profitable bank. Charles L. Key, Jr., Chair Steve U. Morgan, Vice Chair President Terry A. Pugh, Director Hon. John G. Prather, Jr., Director Douglas Sapp, Director Shannon Moore Vitale, Director Autumn Upchurch, VPChief Financial Officer Kim Phelps, Secretary

Charting A Pathway To Better Health This article details how Toledo and other communities nationwide are implementing a new approach to care coordination to reach patients where they live, rooted in the belief that a meticulous and coordinated attack on an individuals social determinants of health led by a trained, local community health worker can mitigate many negative social determinants and produce better health outcomes for people at high risk. The Pathways HUB model differs from other social determinants models on at least two important counts It manages its clients with community health workers who come from the same neighborhoods as the people they serve The models financial framework is premised on a monetary incentive that is realized by care coordination agenciesthat is, the community health workers employerswhen HUB clients achieve measurable, positive outcomes in a host of factors, both large and small. There are twenty Pathways in the HUB model, ranging from housing to postpartum services and a

behavioral health referral. There are broad Pathways such as social services, which includes twentyfive subcategories or tools such as a telephone, food stability, or a plan to start tackling medical debt. Each Pathway has an outcome, a specific metric that must be completed before the community health workers employer is paidtypically by the patients managed care plan or a government entity such as a local department of health. This article is part of a series on transforming health systems published with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Components of Alignment Shared Purpose Author Organization Complex Care This publication examines how a health system in Minnesota empowers patients by giving them resources to address their healthrelated social needs. This webinar explores the effectiveness of the Los Angeles Maternity Assessment Management Access and Service initiative. This publication reports on the development and validation of the Assessment for Advancing Community Transformation a too

l that allows groups to directly collect and use data about their multisector collaborative by creating a shared point of reference for where partners are at in their stage of development across multiple factors.

Ubi caritas durufle, language, Latin, music, ubi caritas Ubi caritas et amor is a Gregorian hymn. There is something about this kind of music that is very grounding, very atmospheric, reverential, peaceful and therefore focusing and clearing of the mind. My musical version of choice is the choral a cappella setting by Maurice Durufl.Read more On Our Thought Habits argument, bias, C.E.M. Joad, catchphrases, complex ideas, confirmation bias, debate, decisions, expression, habits, ideas, labels, language, politics, reasoning, simplicity, slogans, thinking Its politics time again in this country a.k.a. The Battle of Whose Morals Are the Worthiest which means its time to sit back and watch as generationsold biases and insults and slogans get hurled at us from all corners. Plus a change If,Read more Excerpt from The Aeneid of Virgil Aeneid, Classical literature, language, poetry, translation, Virgil, words Here is an excerpt from The Aeneid of Virgil from the translation into English by E. FairfaxTaylor that caug

ht my eye recently It is from book 1, verses XII and XIII XII. So spake the God and with her hest complied, And turned the massive sceptre inRead more Comma Police comma, grammar, language, punctuation No, not the song by Radiohead. I refer to those communication experts who have, for mindbaffling reasons, seen it fit to allow the virtual eradication of the comma from the written word in the English language. These days, commas in text are about as sparseRead more Whatever happened to simple old Yes and No? As a pedant and a lexophile, I have been increasingly troubled lately by what I see as the sad disappearance of simple words like yes and no. Especially in the world of business. And in these humble words place, a new proliferation of polysyllabic verbalRead more BBC Six OClock News For Dummies v.2.1 journalism, language, news, TV Back in March of this year I have just finished watching the BBC Six Oclock News for the first time in about a year, and all I can say isWhat???!! It seems that times have change

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Central Asia RADO Date 4. January 2018 CategoryAntiDopings Community, News UZBEKISTAN TO CREATE NATIONAL ANTIDOPING AGENCY UZBEKISTAN ESTABLISHED NATIONAL ANTIDOPING AGENCY President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed Resolution On organization of activities of the National AntiDoping Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Photo Archive of SAA The Resolution is aimed at promoting healthy and honest sports, as well as effective

How easy it is I've waited to share this story for a year, because I'm hoping that my friend won't remember it as clearly as I do. Last year, close to when Rex was born, a friend of mine invited us me and Genevieve to lunch. We arranged to meet at a restaurant that Genevieve and I went to fairly regularly, after school one day. I preloaded her. We planned. We discussed what kind of manners we use at restaurants. The usual long and extensive routine. When we got there and ordered, she was as good as gold. She was remarkably wellbehaved the entire time we were there, on her best company manners. High fives all around! At one point, my friend let's call him Kristoff leaned over to his intended we'll call her Anna and said softly, "See how easy it is? " Piece. Of. Cake. Riiiiiiiiight. I don't think he intended for me to hear him, but I did. In that moment, all I could think is, "Are you kidding?! EASY?!" All the hours of "please"s and "thank you"s. All of the discussions, all of the preloading, making sure that

she'd gotten all of her wiggles out but wasn't so tired that she was going to melt down in the middle of the restaurant. And all the other minutiae that have consumed my daytoday reality. The 90ofthetime challenge for the 10 smooth sailing. Your percentages may vary. But how do you say this without it sounding like having kids or being a parent is awful? Because it's not, obviously. And there I was, eight and a half months pregnant, about to do it all over again. The best way I can think of to explain it a year later is this if I was to sit down at the piano and play a complicated piece of music, you wouldn't assume that a I sat down at the piano for the first time and the music magically flowed from my fingers or b that it was easy. And if I've learned anything, it's that if something looks easy, someone has worked really hard to get to that point. Rome not being built in a day, and all that. I felt like laughing hysterically. I actually physically felt my eyebrows hit my hairline in utter disbelief. ...so

what did I do? I pretended that I didn't hear it. Because all of the thoughts and words I had couldn't possibly explain the feelings that come when you look at your amazing kids and think, "I have an amazing kid." But maybe that's just the hormones talking. Because parenting? Is not so easy. Labels DangerMouse, Mother of the Year Your mom did an admirable job too. Renee Anne July 4, 2016 at 842 PM Yeah, it always amazes me when people look at my two monkeys and say how wellbehaved they are. I think I've said, most likely more than once, "this isn't my first rodeo." Jasmin July 4, 2016 at 920 PM I couldn't agree more. staff July 5, 2016 at 903 AM When Parisa was three months old I was just, JUST starting to get the hang of it a bit, especially breastfeeding. And I remember thinking, wow, it has a learning curve, like any other job. And then I told my job I wasn't coming back. But most of my friends went back to fulltime work at 3 months. So tough. Brooke July 6, 2016 at 530 PM I usually laugh out loud pee a l

ittle and spill the beans and by beans I mean the hours of practice aka meltdowns and learning aka emails to Justine, support from other mums and dads you and the hubs included, wine and whine. Did I mention wine?

Rock n rolls greatest photobomb 2004 Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers You want to talk about being in the right place at the right time? Paul Cole, a retired salesman on Floridas Treasure Coast, is in one of the most beloved, most reproduced and most iconic photographs of the past 35 years. Get out your copy of Abbey Road, the final Beatles album, and still the bestselling record of their illustrious career. Youll see the four Beatles walking singlefile on the crosswalk in front of their recording studio, which just happened to be on Abbey Road in north London. In the background, just behind John Lennon, is Paul Cole. The picture was taken on the morning of Aug. 8, 1969. Photographer Iain McMillan brought the four Beatles outside, had them walk back and forth a few times, shot for 15 minutes and called it a day. The picture everybody liked found the Beatles stepping symmetrically. At that very moment, Cole on vacation from Deerfield Beach had opted out of entering a museum on Abbey Road with his wife. I to

ld her Ive seen enough museums. You go on in, take your time and look around and so on, and Ill just stay out here and see whats going on outside,' says the 93yearold Cole, who was in his 50s at the time. Parked just outside was a black police vehicle. I like to just start talking with people, Cole says. I walked out, and that cop was sitting there in that police car. I just started carrying on a conversation with him. I was asking him about all kinds of things, about the city of London and the traffic control, things like that. Passing the time of day. I dont know why he was sitting there for so long; maybe he knew that was coming, I dont know. But he showed no evidence of it at all. Cole and the police van are visible in several of McMillans available alternate shots, all taken from the same spot atop a stepladder in the middle of the street. I just happened to look up, and I saw those guys walking across the street like a line of ducks, he recalls. A bunch of kooks, I called them, because they were rather

radicallooking at that time. You didnt walk around in London barefoot. About a year later, Cole first noticed the Abbey Road album on top of the family record player with Paul McCartney sans shoes. He did a doubletake when he eyeballed McMillans photo. I had a new sportcoat on, and I had just gotten new shellrimmed glasses before I left, he says. I had to convince the kids that that was me for a while. I told them Get the magnifying glass out, kids, and youll see its me. And they saw it, and they went Oh, boy! We had a laugh about it. Paul Cole died in February, 2008.

Home BCT News They said yes! They said yes! Posted September 27th, 2013 by Suzanne Carter with No Comments Great news today that the Heritage Lottery Fund said YES to the City Councils application for funding and the project at Stirchley Baths can now go ahead! Birmingham Conservation Trust were commissioned to research and write the HLF Activity Plan which covers all the parts of the project which are noncapital works to the building itself; so events, volunteering, interpretation, education anything involving people! A huge thank you to everyone from the local community who got involved in the consultation events and focus groups we ran, and helped BCT shape the proposals for the Activity Plan. I am delighted, excited and relived that HLF said YES and also extremely pleased that a local historic landmark has been saved and will be transformed into something the community can use again. Fantastic! Here is the press release sent out by the city council today. A grant to refurbish a historic building which

will rejuvenate the area creating cultural, sporting and recreational opportunities for local people has been received by Birmingham City Council. The grant of almost 1.2m has been given by the Heritage Lottery Fund HLF to transform the Grade II listed former Stirchley Baths building into a new Urban Village Hall. The Urban Village Hall will include activities and community functions. The newlook building will also incorporate a gallery area, meeting rooms, a cafe and classrooms. Selly Oak District Chair, Cllr Karen McCarthy, said I know that Stirchleys community organisations will be delighted with this news The bid had strong support from local people and groups, who will be celebrating now that we are one step closer to a multipurpose venue suitable for all people of all generations. The transformed building will become a popular community hub. From a derelict building comes a visual highlight and a great space which will make a huge contribution to the regeneration of the area and to local people. The p

roject will preserve key historic features, including the original kiosk within the entrance area, the iconic chimney flue, balconies and tiling. There are also plans to reinstate some key lost features, for example the distinctive cupola and clock that faced onto Hazelwell Street. Reyahn King, Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund for the West Midlands, said A prominent local landmark that has fallen into disrepair will be transformed by this project creating a multipurpose centre to serve the local communitys present and future needs while preserving original features of the historic baths. Peter Walker, Chair of Stirchley Neighbourhood Forum, said It now seems very real that the idea of a building in the heart of Stirchley that will promote community spirit and support cultural and creative activities is becoming a possibility. This project has always been a collaborative affair where local people have always had a voice and have always been listened to. Im pleased to be part of something that will benefit loc

al people and keeps a beautiful local building in use. Ends. For more media information contact Karen Blanchette on 0121 303 6969. The Stirchley Public Baths building was designed by architect John Osborne and built a local builder Mr E Crowder for the total sum of 10,000. The baths opened in 1910. Stirchley was originally a village which developed into a residential suburb during the late Victorian and Edwardian period and the baths provided a valuable community facility for a rapidly expanding local population many of whom were working for Cadburys at their factory in nearby Bournville. The land was made available by Cadburys to the King Norton and Northfield Urban District Council and the building was financed by the Local Government Board. The baths remained in use until 1988 but falling attendance compounded by severe structural problems with the building led to their closure in that year. The building has been closed ever since. About the Heritage Lottery Fund Using money raised through the Nationa

l Lottery, the Heritage Lottery Fund HLF sustains and transforms a wide range of heritage for present and future generations to take part in, learn from and enjoy. From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, natural environment and cultural traditions, we invest in every part of our diverse heritage. HLF has supported over 35,000 projects, allocating more than 5.5billion across the UK. Website www.hlf.org.uk

DEED FRAUD RESOURCES SEAL YOUR CONVICTION BUREAUS UNITS JUSTICE 2020 POSTCONVICTION JUSTICE BUREAU REENTRY BUREAU YOUTH DIVERSION INITIATIVES DAs ACTION CENTER IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS UNIT LABOR FRAUDS UNIT HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT LEGAL TRAINING NONLEGAL RECRUITMENT Coney Island Dad Sentenced to 25 Years to Life in Prison for Beating Death Of His 16MonthOld Daughter and Assaulting her Mother on Fathers Day November 7, 2018 by Ernest Johnson Coney Island Dad Sentenced to 25 Years to Life in Prison for Beating Death Of His 16MonthOld Daughter and Assaulting her Mother on Fathers Day Mother Found Baby Unresponsive with Bruises to Head and Body Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a 20yearold man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for severely beating his 16monthold daughter Nylah Lewis during a visit to his Coney Island apartment on Fathers Day, causing her death. The defendant was also convicted of assaulting the childs mother. District Attorney Gonzalez said, A helpless and in

nocent child was beaten to death, sadly, at the hands of the person responsible for nurturing and protecting her. With todays sentence, he has been held accountable. The District Attorney identified the defendant as Shaquan Taylor, 20, of Coney Island, Brooklyn. He was sentenced today to 20 years to life in prison for seconddegree murder, five years for seconddegree assault and 1 to 3 for aggravated harassment by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Vincent Del Giudice, who ordered the assault and aggravated harassment to run consecutively to the murder. The defendant was convicted last month following a jury trial. The District Attorney said that, according to the investigation, on June 18, 2017, shortly before 230 p.m., the defendant texted Tammy Lewis, 18, from his apartment on West 32nd Street, in Coney Island, Brooklyn, to inform her that their daughter was having trouble breathing. When Lewis arrived at the apartment, she found Nylah on the couch, unconscious, with bruises, swelling and lacerations on her fa

ce. According to trial testimony, Lewis left the apartment carrying her daughter to call 911 for medical assistance. The defendant followed Lewis to the lobby, where he began hitting her in the neck and face while she was still holding Nylah. Taylor then grabbed Nylah, gave her to a passerby and continued assaulting Lewis before running away. The defendant was arrested a short time later hiding in the bushes in a lot near his building. Nylah was admitted to Coney Island Hospital with a fractured skull, loss of oxygen to the brain and bruises all over her body. She was later transferred to Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, where she remained in a coma for five days. Nylah died from her injuries on June 23, 2017. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Frank DeGaetano, First Deputy Chief of the District Attorneys Special Victims Bureau SVB and Senior Assistant District Attorney Victoria Nunez, also of SVB, under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Miss Gregory, Bureau Chief. Categ

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Posts tagged with 'RickyGervais' Ricky Gervais Marriages, Weddings, Engagements, Divorces Relationships Posted on May 23, 2015 by Pearl Ricky Dene Gervais was born on June 25, 1961 in Reading, United Kingdom. He is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, and musician. The son of Lawrence Raymond Jerry Gervais and Eva Sophia House, he is known to be working initially in the music industry, attempting a career as a pop star in the 1980s with Seona Dancing. From Tags Celebrity, Divorces, Engagements, Marriages, Relationships, RickyGervais, Weddings

Resilience and resistance From Coastal Wiki Redirected from Resilience Article reviewed by Job DronkersSee the discussion page Definition of Resistance The capacity of a ecological system to weather a disturbance without loss of integrity and function Lake 20131. This is the common definition for Resistance, other definitions can be discussed in the article Definition of Resilience 1 the capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant multihazard threats with minimum damage to social wellbeing, the economy, and the environment sometimes called 'socioecological resilience'Olsson et al. 20192; 2 the capability of a socioecological system to remain within a stability domain when subjected to environmental change, while continually changing and adapting yet remaining within critical thresholds sometimes called 'general resilience' Folke et al. 20103; Scheffer 20094; Brand and Jax 20075; 3 the capacity to experience shocks while retaining essentially the same function, structure, fe

edbacks, and therefore identity sometimes called 'ecological resilience' Brand and Jax 20075; DEFRA 20196, which is closely related to the concept of 'ecosystem resistance' the amount of disturbance that a system can withstand before it shifts into a new regime or an alternative stable state Holling 19737; Gunderson 20008; 4 the capacity of an ecosystem to regain its fundamental structure, processes, and functioning or remain largely unchanged despite stresses, disturbances, or invasive species e.g., Hirota et al. 20119; Chambers et al. 201410; Pope et al. 201411; Seidl et al. 201612, which can be measured by the time needed to recover its original state and which is sometimes called 'engineering resilience' Lake 20131. This is the common definition for Resilience, other definitions can be discussed in the article 2 The concepts resistance and resilience 3 Homeostasis 4 Resilience and biodiversity 5 Resilience through recolonization 6 Resistance to longterm changes in abiotic and biotic factors 7 Adaptation a

nd the consequences of mortality at different trophic levels 8 Assessment of resilience Coastal and marine ecosystems are continuously subjected to environmental disturbances of all sorts at various spatiotemporal scales. The organisms inhabiting these systems are adapted to such disturbances, either by being tolerant of these conditions or by playing a role in one or more of the successional stages that follow during ecosystem recovery. If all species in the system were tolerant to a particular perturbation, very little would change at the ecosystem level, and we could call the system resistant to this disturbance. However, it may happen that a disturbance, for example a temporary very low oxygen level, affects a substantial proportion of the organisms dramatically, either causing them to die, or forcing them to rapidly migrate to more favorable parts of the environment. Such an adverse disturbance could locally defaunate a certain volume in the pelagic or a certain area of hard or soft substrate. Such destr

uction at a local scale does not mean the end of local functioning. Usually organisms are available at a larger spatial scale that can recolonize the affected area, according to their particular tolerances and abilities to favorably affect their local environment. Assessing the capacity of ecosystems to survive disturbance has led to the notions resistance and resilience. These notions apply to the various scales of ecosystem organisation individual, population, and community. According to definitions 1 and 2, the concept of resilience refers not only to ecosystems, but more generally to socioecological systems. It is therefore also related to the concept of sustainability, where sustainability can be defined as the resilience of socioecological systems Ruggiero, 202113. The concepts resistance and resilience The term resilience has been defined in different ways, as illustrated in the definition above. According to a DEFRA report 20196 there is limited consensus in the literature about how resilience can be

characterized and assessed. The term resilience is sometimes used to represent some kind of normative proposition about what kinds of ecosystem characteristics are desirable or necessary in the context of sustainable development, reflecting particular cultural and philosophical assumptions6. However, it is also true that the resistance of an ecosystem see the definition above to changing conditions and the rate of recovery following some disruptive event are generally considered major components of resilience that can in principle be expressed in quantitative terms. Other attributes of resilience such as the capacity of ecosystems to transform and adapt in the face of environmental change are more difficult to translate to practice. According to Dawson et al. 201014, resilience concerns the response of ecosystems to changing environmental conditions and must be looked at alongside other additional dynamic features, namely durability, robustness and stability. These concepts can be defined as14 Durability abil

ity to cope with a chronic stress, where the source of this stress is endogenous to the system; Robustness ability to recover or maintain the systems' socialecological functions in the face of an external and chronic driver; Stability systems tolerance to transient and endogenous shocks or disruptions. Both resistance and resilience cause an ecosystem to remain relatively unchanged when confronted to a disturbance, but in the case of resistance alone no internal reorganization and successional change is involved. This can lead to collapse of the system when a disturbance threshold is exceeded. In contrast, resilience implies that the system is internally reorganizing while retaining essentially the same function, structure, identity and feedbacks, perhaps through a mozaic of patches that are at different stages of reassembly Scheffer and Carpenter, 200315. This selforganizing capacity prevents catastrophic collapse and allows for flexible adaptation to disturbance. The system may return after perturbation to

its previous state but it may also shift to another ecosystem state. This behaviour can be analyzed in terms of nonlinear systems theory, that provides a mathematical framework for phenomena such as tipping points, bifurcations regime shifts, hysteresis and multiple stable states Nicolis and Prigogine, 198916; Fisher and Pruitt, 202017. Typical system responses to changing environmental conditions are displayed schematically in Figs. 1 and 2, corresponding to different resistance and resilience characteristics. See also the article Ecological thresholds and regime shifts. The behaviour sketched in these figures is strongly simplified. Resistance does not mean that an ecosystem is locked in a steady stable state. Due to the energy flow through the system food, light, water motion, it moves cyclically or stochastically around stable states socalled attractors, even without change in external environmental conditions. Fig. 1. Schematic plot of different combinations of resistance and resilience, where the ecosys

tem state is represented by a black marble and the resistanceresilience characteristics by a fictitious energy potential. Low resistance shallow basin of attraction; a small perturbation of the system state induces major change. High resistance deep basin of attraction; a strong perturbation is needed to cause major system change. Low resilience narrow basin of attraction; a small perturbation of the system state can cause irreversible change. High resilience wide basin of attraction; the system returns to its initial state even after strong perturbation. Fig. 2. Schematic plot of the ecosystem response to a temporal change in environmental conditions that exert a pressure red on the system. The time evolution of the ecosystem state is represented by blue lines corresponding to different resistanceresilience characteristics. The waviness of the blue lines mimics system state fluctuations, as generally observed in nature. Case of low resilience and low or medium resistance the system collapses sooner or later.

Case of high resistance the system is insensitive to the exerted pressure. Case of high resilience the system recovers with a hysteresis delay. When considering the potential effect of a certain type of disturbance it is thus useful to ask two questions Will the species of this system be able to tolerate it implying resistance, and if not, Is recovery possible through a successional trajectory, back to the same, or at least a desirable, ecosystem state implying resilience? Resistance breaks down when unidirectional environmental change acts faster than the organisms' ability to adapt their tolerances. If unidirectional change is an ongoing process for example climate change, the system will also lose resilience after a certain time, as full recovery through succession will then not be possible. Recovery from sudden and local disturbance is often possible through recolonization, but the rate of recovery will depend crucially on the spatial extent of disturbance. For example, recovery from anoxia could take 5

to 8 months at the scale of square meters Rossi et al. 200918, but could take 5 to 8 years at the scale of a whole bay Diaz Rosenberg, 199519. According to definition 4, the speed at which an ecosystem returns to its former state following a minor disturbance can be considered a measure of resilience. The idea is that a system with a short return time is more resilient than one with a long return time. Such resilience measured as 1 the return time to a stable equilibrium has also been called engineering resilience. It has however a long history of use among ecologists Pimm 198220, DeAngelis 199221, Vos et al. 200522, Alexander 201323. Resilience is also used in a way that more closely resembles the definition of resistance. Ecological resilience was defined as the amount of disturbance that an ecosystem could withstand without shifting to another ecological state characterized by another structure and other functions definition 3. The word homeostasis, literally, indicates the absence of changes and an abso

lute maintenance of the status quo of an organism, but is generally understood as the coordinated physiological processes which maintain the steady functioning of the organism. Resistance and homeostasis are clearly related concepts. A homeostatic response to external perturbations may be selectively favored when the advantage offered by a reorganization of cell resources cannot be exploited. This is most likely to occur in the case of environmental perturbations of moderate intensity and short duration relative to the growth rate Giordano, 201324. However, some authors2314 define homeostasis as the selfregulation capacity of a system organism to resist or to adapt to external disturbances a definition that includes both resistance and resilience. Resilience and biodiversity Resilience of coastal systems largely depends on biodiversity, which is a major requirement for allowing ecosystems to adapt to changing conditions Loreau et al. 200125. The human impact on the environment through pollution, fisheries, s

ediment erosion deposition and global climate change has brought about much faster change than would occur under natural conditions, putting severe stress on many ecosystems Luypaert et al. 202026. Genetically diverse communities are more likely to contain a greater range of functional traits and environmental sensitivities. High diversity therefore entails opportunities for more efficient resource use as well as providing stability to ecosystem functions in variable environments and in the face of disturbance Chapin et al. 199727. Alternatively, systems with speciespoor communities are theoretically likely to be functionally poorer, less resistant capacity to resist change and resilient capacity to recover from change to disturbance than systems with speciesrich communities Strong et al. 201528 see also the article Disturbances, biodiversity changes and ecosystem stability. Without genetic diversity, natural selection cannot occur and if natural selection is limited, adaptation is impossible. Preservation

of biodiversity and, more specifically, genetic diversity is therefore of paramount importance for successful adaptation to our rapidly changing environments. According to present understanding, preservation of biodiversity does not necessarily imply conservation of the species community composition, because the maintenance of a particular species assemblage is not necessarily a requirement for the resilience of ecosystem functions GladstoneGallagher et al. 201929. It has also become clear that biodiversity may not always protect ecosystems from major abiotic disturbances Folke et al. 200430. Resilience through recolonization To understand resilience of ecosystems it is essential to understand what drives succession within ecosystems. Succession determines how, and how fast, communities return to their original state, or perhaps enter a new state. Many aspects of succession can be understood in terms of tradeoffs between the ability to be either a good early recolonizer or a good competitor. Succession involv

es a gradual replacement of colonizer competitor species according to the degree to which they tolerate, facilitate or inhibit certain environmental conditions and other species Rossi et al. 200918. The extent to which processes of recolonization and succession can take place largely determines the recovery of ecosystems after major disruption and is therefore an essential characteristic of the resilience of ecosystems GladstoneGallagher et al. 201929. In this context, it is important to consider the spatial component of ecosystem resilience. Diversity of structurally and functionally connected landscapes, rich in resources and species, promotes the flow or movement of individuals, genes, and ecological processes. Below certain thresholds of connectivity the capacity to regain structure and function after perturbation is lost Rappaport et al. 201531. Chambers et al. 201932, based on Allen et al. 201633, have therefore introduced the concept of 'spatial resilience', which is a measure of how spatial attribute

s, processes, and feedbacks vary over space and time in response to disturbances and affect the resilience of ecosystems. Selforganization through strong feedbacks at multiple scales and high levels of functional diversity and redundancy, stabilizes the system with respect to disturbances within the range of historic variability. When creating Marine Protected Areas, the sources of populations at all stages of succession should be protected, to preserve 'ecological memory' to the fullest possible extent. This includes protecting not only 'high quality' habitats that harbour healthy mature communities, but also 'low quality' and disturbed habitats that are required for those species that contribute to early recovery of perturbed areas Rossi et al. 200918. The selection of Marine Protected Areas thus involves evaluating the number, size, and spatial configuration of habitat fragments and degree of connectivity required to support restoration of ecosystems and conservation of focal habitats and species Chambers

et al. 201932; Olsson et al. 20192. Resistance to longterm changes in abiotic and biotic factors Community composition and ecosystem function may change very little under environmental change when the organisms can adapt to such change or tolerate it for some time when the change is only temporary. However, all organisms have bounds to what they can temporarily or permanently tolerate, and when change exceeds some of these limits, the community composition and ecosystem functioning is likely to change. It is unlikely that communities can be resistant to ongoing gradual change, such as global warming. Acclimation and phenotypic plasticity do not suffice to maintain the system as it is. Genetic adaptation could allow community members to track such abiotic environmental change, but it is more likely that the area where the community is functioning will be invaded by species that function well at higher temperatures. The original species will thus have to deal with new competitors and predators, in addition to t

he changed abiotic factor. To some extent the original community can track the preferred temperature range, by moving spatially to greater depths or to alternative geographic areas. But these new areas are likely to differ in other ecological aspects such as water pressure, light climate and perhaps speeds of water flow etc. Adaptation and the consequences of mortality at different trophic levels External disturbance interacts with internal mechanisms that shape community structure. To understand how an increased mortality of toppredators will affect the entire food chain, it is essential to understand how processes of mutual adaptation within food chains already give shape to existing patterns such as trophic structure how biomass in ecosystems is partitioned between trophic levels see the article Trophic cascade. Abundances at different trophic levels such as algae, herbivores, carnivores and toppredators and their responses to increased mortality as under environmental change depend critically on differen

t mechanisms of adaptation within food chains and on the importance of population density at each of these trophic levels. However, different types of adaptation to living in a food chain context balancing the need to acquire resources with the need to avoid predation can often have similar consequences. For example, microevolution of behaviour, species replacement and induced defenses at a middle trophic level may all have similar effects on trophic level abundances in disturbed food chains Abrams and Vos 200334. Assessment of resilience The foregoing considerations can be summarized in a number of resilience characteristics Walker et al. 200435 see also Fig. 1 Latitude the maximum amount a system can be changed before losing its ability to recover within the same state before crossing a threshold, represented by the width of the basin of attraction; Resistance the ease or difficulty of changing the system, represented by the width of the resistance domain; deep basins of attraction indicate that greater di

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Les Cayes Continent Central America Name Les Cayes Caiesensis Latin Ecclesiastical Province PortauPrince Cathedral Cathdrale NotreDame de lAssomption, Les Cayes, Sud Kingston in Jamaica , Jrmie , AnseVeau et Miragone , Jacmel Bishop 2011.08.15 ... Cardinal Chibly Langlois 64 CardinalPriest of S. Giacomo in Augusta Bishops of Les Cayes Roman Rite Cardinal Chibly Langlois 64 Bishop of Les Cayes Haiti Servire cum caritate Born 1958.11.29 La Valle, Haiti Bishop of FortLibert Haiti 2004.04.08 2011.08.15 Bishop of Les Cayes Haiti 2011.08.15 ... Apostolic Administrator of FortLibert Haiti 2011.10 2012.06.09 President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti 2011.12 2017.12.01 CardinalPriest of S. Giacomo in Augusta 2014.02.22 2014.06.07 ... Bishop Guire Poulard later Archbishop Born 1942.01.06 Haiti Bishop of Jacmel Haiti 1988.02.25 2009.03.09 Bishop of Les Cayes Haiti 2009.03.09 2011.01.12 Metropolitan Archbishop of PortauPrince Haiti 2011.01.12 2017.10.07 Bishop Jean Alix Verrier 91 Bishop emeritus of Les Cayes

Haiti Born 1931.03.09 Latiboliere, Haiti Coadjutor Bishop of Les Cayes Haiti 1985.12.21 1988.04.09 Bishop JeanJacques Claudius Angnor President of Episcopal Conference of Haiti 1970 1973 Bishop Jean Louis Collignan, O.M.I. Born 1904.08.15 Belgium Bishop FranoisJoseph Person Titular Bishop of Thespi 1937.06.26 1941.09.09 Archbishop JulesVictorMarie Pichon Titular Archbishop of Cabassa 1905.01.13 1919.12.18 Coadjutor Archbishop of PortauPrince Haiti 1905.01.13 1919.12.18 ArchbishopBishop of Les Cayes Haiti 1919.04.24 1919.12.18 1941.09.01 Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon 1941.09.01 1950.04.26 Bishop IgnaceMarie Le Ruzic Titular Bishop of Madaurus 1919.08.01 1935.06.11 Bishop JeanMarieAlexandre Morice Titular Bishop of Tab 1914.06.22 1934.08.19 Archbishop ConstantMathurin Hillion Archbishop AlexisJeanMarie Guilloux Archbishop MartialGuillaumeMarie Testard du Cosquer Coadjutor Bishop Bishop Jean Alix Verrier 91 1985.12.21 1988.04.09 Coadjutor Bishop Bishop FranoisJoseph Person 1937.06.26 1941.09.09 Aux

iliary Bishop Bishop Charlesdouard Peters, S.M.M. 1966.10.17 1972.04.20 Statistics 68 parishes, 4 missions, 145 priests 87 diocesan, 58 religious, 1 deacon, 198 lay religious 84 brothers, 114 sisters, 15 seminarians 2020 Cathedral Dedication Anniversary December 12 1861.10.03 Established as Diocese of Les Cayes Caiesensis Latin from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of PortauPrince 1972.04.20 Lost territory to establish Diocese of Jrmie 2008.07.13 Lost territory to establish Diocese of AnseVeau et Miragone

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What Is Diversification? Virtually every investment has some type of risk associated with it. The stock market rises and falls. An increase in interest rates can cause a decline in the bond market. No matter what you decide to invest in, risk is something you must consider. One key to successful investing is managing risk while maintaining the potential for adequate returns on your investments. One of the most effective ways to help manage your investment risk is to diversify. Diversification is an investment strategy aimed at managing risk by spreading your money across a variety of investments such as stocks, bonds, real estate, and cash alternatives; but diversification does not guarantee a profit or protect against loss. The main philosophy behind diversification is really quite simple Dont put all your eggs in one basket. Spreading the risk among a number of different investment categories, as well as over several different industries, can help offset a loss in any one investment. Likewise, the power of

diversification may help smooth your returns over time. As one investment increases, it may offset the decreases in another. This may allow your portfolio to ride out market fluctuations, providing a more steady performance under various economic conditions. By potentially reducing the impact of market ups and downs, diversification could go far in enhancing your comfort level with investing. Diversification is one of the main reasons why mutual funds may be so attractive for both experienced and novice investors. Many noninstitutional investors have a limited investment budget and may find it challenging to construct a portfolio that is sufficiently diversified. For a modest initial investment, you can purchase shares in a diversified portfolio of securities. You have builtin diversification. Depending on the objectives of the fund, it may contain a variety of stocks, bonds, and cash vehicles, or a combination of them. Whether you are investing in mutual funds or are putting together your own combination of

stocks, bonds, and other investment vehicles, it is a good idea to keep in mind the importance of diversifying. The value of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds fluctuate with market conditions. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

What Advantages Does a Biweekly Mortgage Offer? Most homeowners make their regular mortgage payments every month for the duration of the loan term, and never think of doing otherwise. But prepaying your mortgage or making biweekly payments can reduce the amount of interest you'll pay over time. Under a biweekly mortgage, instead of making the payments once a month, you make half your normal monthly payment every two weeks. For example, if your mortgage is 1,000 per month, under a biweekly system it would be 500 every two weeks. If you maintain the biweekly payment schedule you'll make an extra month's payment over the course of each year 26 payments per year, which is the equivalent of 13 full monthly payments rather than 12. You'll also pay less interest because your payments are applied to your principal balance more frequently. The effect of biweekly mortgage payments can be dramatic. For example, if you currently have a 150,000 loan at 8 fixed interest, you will have paid approximately 396,233 at the end

of 30 years. However, if you use a biweekly payment system, you would pay 331,859 and have it completely paid off in 21.6 years. You would save 64,374 and pay the loan off 8.4 years earlier! This is a hypothetical example of mathematical principles used for illustrative purposes only and does not represent the performance of any specific investment. Actual results will vary.

Fingertality Happy Saturday everyone! I want to let whoever reads this know that I have changed some of the settings. I was hearing that you couldn't leave a comment unless you were a registered googleblogger user. I realized I could go in and change that! So comment away Seth has had the first and hopefully only injury at the hands of deck building. Apparently his hammer hit the wrong nail. Seth is not a complainer. When I say that I mean he NEVER complains about anything. Well, when I came home the other day he repeatedly asked me if I could go buy him a new finger. Since that day he has complained quite a bit and rightfully so about the throbbing pain that won't go away. He spent two hours trying to get it xrayed today so we will keep you posted about the outcome. Seth now wants to tell it...apparently I wasn't doing it right Alright, so my mom called Dr. Browne, and he said that due to the lack of sensation in the end of my finger, he thought there was a possibility that I might have broken the fingerjo

int. If the finger is broken, the only remedy is time, but if there was any damage to the joint, I hit the upper part of my naillower part of my finger talk about lack of aim, I couldn't even hit the nail, there was a possibility that sometime later in life that I could have issues with arthritis in the joint causing a lack of motion with the end of my finger. I know, its not a life threatening injury, but I do prefer the full range of motion in all of my joints so I decided to get it scanned by the radiology dept at DMC. There is a high probability that nothing is wrong, but better safe than sorry....back to Jana.... So anyway, here's a picture that totally doesn't do it justice... By the way, in case anyone was wondering, I am sitting in my den under a blanket because the air conditioning has given me the most wonderful chill, and my brand new washing machine is humming away in the background. Life doesn't get better than this. PS Lisa, if you're reading, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Posted by Jana Burrow at 912 PM Lab

els house repairs KBBean August 24, 2008 at 547 PM Hope your nosepicking finger is as good as new soon, Seth! Oh no! At least blue nail polish is in with all the kids see LC on "The Hills". I'll bring some to tailgating for you!

Tag entertainment by yourself How to pass time and have entertainment at the same time at home? By JOHN April 23, 2022 Entertainmrnt 0 Comments In todays world, people love to hang out most of the time when they are free at their home and do binge watching. Now Pin is watching is the best way of getting entertainment when you are at your home with your family, friends or even alone. Binge watching any particular series over different platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, or other applications available in your area is the best way to get entertainment while sitting at your house. It is true that on these platforms you can find various different series of different genres available. Not only series, but you can also get short movies and good length movies available as well. When it comes to passing time at home, then nothing is better than chilling and eating while watching your favourite TV serial or movie. This is so because when we are at our house watching TV, we tend to watch certain things which are fascina

ting for us and which we like the most. So binge watching is something that we all would love to have and do at one point of time. Well, apart from BIS watching there are certain other things that you can do to have entertainment at your home. These things we will be discussing now. Things to do to pass time and have entertainment at your home at the same time First of all, apart from watching your favourite series or movies you can also decide to play games. Playing an online game is one another method by which you can easily pass your time and have fun. Nowadays there are even online games available with the help of which you can also earn some money. In addition to it you can also play some board games if you Are with someone else at your home. These games will also tend to continue for a long ride of time and can be fun as well. Apart from playing games you can also cook if you have an interest in it. You can try cooking different types of dishes and have entertainment at the same time. Moreover, you can

also listen to your favourite music, if you love to dance, then you can play your favourite dance songs and you can enjoy and have entertainment by yourself. So, overall there are a number of ways by which you can definitely pass your time and have entertainment simultaneously when you were at your home either alone or with someone else.

Under the Mountain and Other Stories Im delighted to announce that Under the Mountain and Other Stories, my collaboration with artist Anh Diep, is now available from Amazon. This is a collection of eight science fiction and fantasy short stories, including all three of my previouslypublished stories, along with five neverbeforeseen tales. Complementing the stories are illustrations by my friend Anh. Hes Read More Posted 5 years ago August 6, 2018 Comments Off on Under the Mountain and Other Stories Leicester Writes Short Story Prize Back in January I entered three of my short stories for the Leicester Writes short story competition. Leicester Writes is a local literature development project; they run workshops, a writing group, competitions, and a literature festival, and are enthusiastic about supporting writers in Leicester and beyond. The competition was open to all writers across the Read More Posted 5 years ago July 1, 2018 Comments Off on Leicester Writes Short Story Prize Release day for The Wreck of t

he Argyll Its the release day for the new edition of my WWI spy thriller The Wreck of the Argyll. This is the book that won the Great War Dundee Childrens Book Prize in 2015, and was initially published by Cargo, before being fostered by Freight for a year before the rights reverted to me. My lovely publishers Read More New Year status report 2018 This is my fifth year of writing up the status of my books see 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. The Beast on the Broch The Beast on the Broch is still out there. Its not selling particularly well sometimes the Amazon sales chart shows twomonth gaps between single copies being sold! but its still out Read More Posted 5 years ago January 1, 2018 Cover reveal The Wreck of the Argyll I am extremely pleased to announce that my first novel, The Wreck of the Argyll, is going to be reissued by Cranachan Publishing in early 2018. A WWI spy thriller for children based on the reallife wreck of HMS Argyll on the Bell Rock Lighthouse, The Wreck of the Argyll won the Great War Dundee

Childrens Read More Posted 5 years ago November 27, 2017 Three months Its been three months since I wrote anything. I completed the first draft of my Roman Britain historical novel, Pax Caledonia, on the 31st of December last year. Since then, Ive done a quick readthrough, passed it out for review, then implemented the easier corrections provided by my beta readers. But thats it typos Read More The joy of a first draft On 31st December 2016, I completed the first draft of Pax Caledonia, my childrens novel set in Roman Britain in the aftermath of the battle of Mons Graupius. This was my ninth completed novel completed to first draft, at least. Five years ago, Id started loads of novels, but never managed to get beyond 15,000 Read More Posted 6 years ago January 28, 2017 This is my fourth year of writing up the status of my books see 2014, 2015, and 2016. So whats been happening this year? Lets take a look. The Beast on the Broch In January I submitted sample chapters of what was then called The Dragon on t

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Title XIII, Chapter III The Fiscal Incentives Review Board Sec. 297. Expanded functions of the fiscal incentives review board. The functions and powers of the Fiscal Incentives Review Board created under Presidential Decree No. 776, as amended, shall be expanded as follows A To exercise policy making and oversight functions on the administration and grant of tax incentives by the investment promotion agencies and other government agencies administering tax incentives. In particular the Fiscal Incentives Review Board shall 1 Determine the target performance metrics as conditions to avail of tax incentives; 2 Review and audit the compliance of other government agencies administering tax incentives, with respect to the administration and grant of tax incentives and impose sanctions such as, but not limited to, withdrawal, suspension, or cancellation of their power to grant tax incentives 3 Determine the minimum contiguous land area that vertical economic zones should comply with; 4 Conduct regular monitoring a

nd evaluation of investments and noninvestment tax incentives, such as using costbenefit analysis CBA to determine their impact on the economy and whether agreed performance targets are met; and 5 Check and verify, as necessary, the compliance of registered business enterprises with the terms and conditions of their availment, in particular the agreed target performance metrics, rules and regulations of this Act, and other relevant laws or issuances; B To approve or disapprove, the grant of tax incentives to the extent of the registered project or activity upon the recommendation of the Investment Promotion Agency Provided, That the application for tax incentives shall be duly accompanied by a costbenefit analysis Provided further, That the Fiscal Incentives Review Board shall prescribe the data requirements for the application of incentives to allow for the calculation of costs and benefits upon application Provided, further, That the grant of tax incentives to registered projects or activities with investme