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Starting an S Corporation in New Hampshire with a business startup attorney on UpCounsel is easy, informative, and cost-effective. In just three simple steps, our S Corporation attorneys will help you protect your business and personal assets, and help you organize your business for state and federal compliance for an S Corporation.
When forming an S Corporation in New Hampshire with UpCounsel, the attorney you choose to help you will conduct a business name search for your New Hampshire S Corporation and assist you in preparing your S Corporation Operating Agreement, along with providing other legal services based on your needs. Once your Articles of Incorporation have been prepared and successfully filed with the New Hampshire Secretary of State Corporate Division, your New Hampshire S Corporation has been formed and begins its existence as a corporate entity.
However, a corporation does not register as an S Corporation with the Secretary of State. It registers as a corporation with the state and then may file for S Corporation status with the IRS. S Corporation status is a taxation category which provides income tax advantages to small businesses.
Choosing a Company Name for Your S Corporation
One of the first steps in the process of forming your S Corporation is to choose your business name.
The business name that you choose must contain the words "incorporated", "corporation", "limited", or "company", or an abbreviation of these words. The name may not indicate or imply that the corporation is organized for a purpose other than one permitted by state law or its articles of incorporation. It must be distinguishable (not the same as or deceptively similar to) the name of an S Corp or foreign S Corporation reserved or registered.
Your S Corporation name may contain the name of one or more members.
By using UpCounsel, you can choose several business names in order of preference. Your attorney of choice can then conduct a name check for your New Hampshire S Corp before filing to see which names are available. Once you have chosen an available name, your chosen S Corporation attorney can help you properly register your name with the State of New Hampshire.
Requirements for Forming a New Hampshire S Corporation
Articles of Incorporation: When forming an S Corporation in New Hampshire, the Articles of Incorporation must be filed with the New Hampshire Secretary of State. New Hampshire state law requires that certain information be included in your Articles of Incorporation when forming your New Hampshire S Corporation.
This information must include:
The S Corporation name and address.
The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the S Corporation.
The number of shares, and their class, that the S Corporation is authorized to issue.
The name and addresses of each of the incorporators.
Form SRA: A New Hampshire S Corporation must also file an addendum called Form SRA with the Certificate of Formation. It must contain a statement acknowledging that the S Corporation has complied with New Hampshire's securities laws.
Additionally, a New Hampshire S Corporation formation generally requires inclusion and/or consideration of the following:
S Corporation Qualification Requirements: For a corporation to qualify as a S Corporation for tax purposes, it must meet the following requirements:
Must be a domestic corporation.
Have only allowable shareholders including individual, certain trusts, and estates; and may not include partnerships, corporations or non-resident shareholders.
Have only one class of stock
Have no more than 100 shareholders
Not be an ineligible corporation (i.e. certain financial institutions, insurance companies, and domestic international sales corporations).
S Corporation Operating Agreement: Although the S Corporation Operating Agreement is not required with the Articles of Incorporation, it is a good idea for every S Corporation with more than one member to have one. The Articles of Incorporation may contain restrictions or prohibitions on the power of the members to adopt, amend, or repeal an operating agreement. If there is more than one member, any operating agreement shall initially be agreed to, in writing, by all of the members. If you do choose to adopt an operating agreement, it does not have to be filed with the Secretary of State, but should be kept on file by the registered agent.
Membership: A S Corporation must have one or more members.
Eligibility Requirements: A natural person or an entity.
Procedure for Membership: The member may acquire an interest in the S Corporation directly from the S Corporation at the time of formation and, after formation, at the time provided in and upon compliance with the Articles of Incorporation or the operating agreement or, if not provided, only upon the vote of a majority in interest of the S Corporation members, excluding the vote of the person acquiring the membership interest, and only when the person becomes a party to the S-Corp's operating agreement.
Business Licenses: Business licenses and/or permits are required for most S-Corp's offering specific professional services. Contact the New Hampshire State Corporations Commission for specific licenses.
Resident Agent needed for a New Hampshire S Corporation
Remember every New Hampshire S Corporation must have a registered agent in New Hampshire, which is the person or office designated to receive official state correspondence and notice if the company is "served" with a lawsuit. The statutory agent may be a New Hampshire resident or business entity (corporation, LLC, or limited liability partnership) authorized to do business in the state. However, the registered agent must have a physical New Hampshire street address.
New Hampshire Secretary of State
Once you create an S Corporation in New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Secretary of State will require that certain recurring responsibilities and duties be fulfilled. The most important of these are explained below.
For further information, contact the New Hampshire Secretary of State.
Recurring Responsibilities and Duties for New Hampshire S Corporations
Periodic Report: Each S Corporation shall provide a periodic report to the New Hampshire Secretary of State regarding its financial condition to each of its members. Your registered agent will be mailed a reminder prior to when your periodic report is due. If your periodic report is not filed on time, your S Corporation could face fines. The periodic report must be filed online at the Secretary of State's website.
Records: Each New Hampshire S Corporation must keep the following records open to inspection at its office:
A current list of the full name and last known business or residence address of each member and of each holder of an economic interest in the S Corporation set forth in alphabetical order, together with the contribution and the share in profits and losses of each member and holder of an economic interest.
If the S Corporation is manager-managed, you will need a current list including the full name and business or residence address of each manager.
A copy of the Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto, together with any powers of attorney pursuant to which the Articles of Incorporation or any amendments thereto were executed.
Copies of the S-Corp's federal, state, and local income tax or information returns and reports, if any, for the six most recent taxable years
A copy of the S-Corp's Operating Agreement, if in writing, and any amendments thereto, together with any powers of attorney pursuant to which any written operating agreement or any amendments thereto were executed.
Copies of the S-Corp's financial statements, if any, for the six most recent fiscal years.
The books and records of internal affairs as they relate to the S Corporation for at least the current and past four fiscal years.
A signed "Incorporator's Statement" showing the names and addresses of the initial directors who will serve on the board until the first annual meeting of shareholders.
Filing Fees for a New Hampshire S Corporation
The processing fee for the Ar and the Form SRA addendum is generally about $100. Also, the filing and reservation of the S-Corp's name is $15. These fees can change so it would be best to check with the New Hampshire Secretary of State on what the latest fees are. You may pay these fees in many different forms including cash, check, money orders, or debit and credit cards.
Taxes for a New Hampshire S Corporation
A New Hampshire S Corporation is a special type of corporation created through an IRS tax election. An eligible corporation can avoid double taxation (once to the corporation and again to the shareholders) by a corporation with a Subchapter S designation by the IRS. A corporation must file a Form 2553 to elect "S" status within two months and 15 days after the beginning of the tax year.
Owners of the S Corporation report business losses or profits on their personal tax returns, and therefore the business itself is not taxed. Each shareholder is responsible for paying taxes on their pro rata share of the S corporation's items of income, deductions, and credits (through a Schedule K-1 form).
New Hampshire does not recognize the federal S Corporation election and does not require a state-level S Corporation election. You can still have an S Corporation in New Hampshire. The S Corporation will only be an S corporation for federal tax purposes and not for state tax purposes. For state purposes, the corporation will be treated as a regular C corporation.
Federal Income Tax: An S Corporation does not pay federal income tax.
New Hampshire State Income Tax: New Hampshire does not impose an income tax on businesses.
Federal Tax Identification Number: Your corporation will need to obtain a federal tax identification number, which is also known as an Employment Identification Number (EIN). You do not need to get a new EIN after the corporation choose to become a S Corporation. An EIN is similar to an individual's social security number. You will need an EIN for your S Corporation as long as there is one member, even if the S Corporation does not have employees. For certain tax filing requirements the attorney you choose on UpCounsel can help prepare your Federal Tax ID Application, if you have not done so already.
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Colas is in the process of identifying potential UK sites to start trialling its new solar road solution, Wattway.
The company said that the new technology provided clean, renewable energy in the form of electricity, while allowing for all types of road traffic. It said that Wattway could be installed on top of an existing road surface, as the solar panels are extremely lightweight and strong.
The 7mm thick panels have been designed and tested to endure vehicles continuously passing over the surface, said Colas. The panels are applied on the surface using a high performance resin. According to the company, a glass bead resin coating is then applied to allow the surface to provide acceptable frictional performance without significantly affecting the solar panels' efficiency.
Each solar panel comprises an array of 150mm wide cells making up a thin film of polycrystalline silicon that transforms solar energy into electricity. The fragile photovoltaic cells are then coated in a multilayer substrate composed of resins and polymers, translucent enough to allow sunlight to pass through, and reportedly resistant enough to withstand large vehicle traffic.
The company said that the composite's perfectly watertight "sandwich" was also designed to adapt to the pavement's natural thermal expansion. It added that the surface in contact with vehicle tyres was treated to ensure a skid-resistance equivalent to conventional asphalt mixes.
To connect to the photovoltaic surface, electrical connections could be installed at the edge of the carriageway or in ducts integrated in the panels themselves. To ensure safety, electronic circuit breakers would be installed.
Colas said that the power generated by Wattway had the potential to be used for highways and transportation infrastructure, such as variable message signs and street lights. It could also be returned to the grid or used to supply energy to nearby homes and businesses.
The power generated would be particularly well suited for smart grids and short-circuit electricity production, as the need for new sources of energy and electric mobility continues to rise, the company said.
"The first trial has already begun in France and by producing renewable energy, Wattway will certainly play a major role in building smart, sustainable roads of the future," added Fergusson.
Data will be gathered on Wattway's functionality in parallel with the site requirements, as well as how efficiently it generates energy, which will be shared with Colas' Campus for Science and Technology (CST) near Paris.
The technology has been developed over a five-year period and a full scale global launch is expected from 2018.


Most of the existing results available in the literature concerning symbolic control design of purely continuous or hybrid systems assume full information of the state which in concrete applications may be not available. This partial information to the controller requires to revisit existing methods on symbolic control design. This paper aims at addressing this issue and deals with symbolic control design with state quantized measurements of discrete-time nonlinear control systems affected by disturbances, with specifications expressed as regular languages.


Behold these are the horrible heresies, for the which, a good part of the world is at this day condemned by the Bishop of Rome; and yet were never heard to plead their cause. He should have commenced his suit rather against Christ, against the Apostles, and against the holy fathers. For these things did not only proceed from them, but were also appointed by them: except perhaps these men will say (as I think they will indeed), that Christ never instituted the Holy Communion to be divided amongst the faithful; or that Christ's Apostles and the ancient fathers said private masses in every corner of the temples, now ten, now twenty together in one day: or that Christ and His Apostles banished all the common people from the Sacrament of His blood: or that the thing, which they themselves do at this day everywhere, and do it so as they condemn him for a heretic which doth otherwise, is not called of Gelasius, their own doctor, plain sacrilege: or that these be not the very words of Ambrose, Augustine, Gelasius, Theodoret, Chrysostom, and Origen: "The bread and wine in the Sacraments remain still the same they were before:" "The thing which is seen upon the Holy Table is bread;" "There ceaseth not to be still the substance of bread, and nature of wine;" "The substance and nature of bread are not changed;" "The self-same bread, as touching the material substance, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy:" or that Christ, the Apostles, and holy fathers prayed not in that tongue which the people might understand: or that Christ hath not performed all things by that one offering which He once offered: or that the same sacrifice was unperfect, and so now we have need of another. All these things must they of necessity say, unless perchance they had rather say thus, that "all law and right is locked up in the treasury of the Pope's breast," and that, as once one of his soothing pages and claw-backs did not stick to say, "The Pope is able to dispense against the Apostles;" against a council, and against the canons and rules of the Apostles: and that he is not bound to stand neither to the examples, nor to the ordinances, nor to the laws of Christ. We, for our part, have learned these things of Christ, of the Apostles, of the devout fathers: and do sincerely, with good faith, teach the people of God the same. Which thing is the only cause why we at this day are called heretics of the chief prelates (no doubt) of religion.
O immortal God! hath Christ Himself, then, the Apostles, and so many fathers all at once gone astray? Were then Origen, Ambrose, Augustine, Chrysostom, Gelasius, Theodoret, forsakers of the Catholic faith? was so notable a consent of so many ancient bishops and learned men nothing else but a conspiracy of heretics? or is that now condemned in us, which was then commended in them? or is the thing now, by alteration only of men's affections, suddenly become schismatic, which in them was counted Catholic? or shall that which in times past was true, now by-and-by, because it liketh not these men, be judged false? let them then bring forth another Gospel, and let them show the causes why these things, which so long have openly been observed and well-allowed in the Church of God, ought now in the end to be called in again. We know well enough that the same word which was opened by Christ, and spread abroad by the Apostles, is sufficient both, our salvation and all truth, to uphold and maintain; and also to confound all manner of heresy. By that word only do we condemn all sorts of the old heretics, whom these men say we have called out of hell again. As for the Arians, the Eutychians, the Marcionites, the Ebionites, the Valentinians, the Carpocratians, the Tatians, the Novatians, and shortly all them which have a wicked opinion, either of God the Father, or of Christ, or of the Holy Ghost, or of any other point of Christian religion, forsomuch as they be confuted by the Gospel of Christ, we plainly pronounce them for detestable and castaway persons, and defy them even unto the devil. Neither do we leave them so, but we also severely and straitly hold them in by lawful and politic punishments, if they fortune to break out anywhere, and bewray themselves.
Indeed, we grant that certain new and very strange sects, as the Anabaptists, Libertines, Menonians, and Zuenckfeldians, have been stirring in the world ever since the Gospel did first spring. But the world seeth now right well, thanks be given to our God, that we neither have bred, nor taught, nor kept up these monsters. In good fellowship, I pray thee, whosoever thou be, read our books: they are to be sold in every place. What hath there ever been written by any of our company which might plainly bear with the madness of any of those heretics. Nay, I say unto you, there is no country this day so free from their pestilent infections, as they be, wherein the Gospel is freely and commonly taught. So that if they weigh the very matter with earnest and upright advisement, this thing is a great argument, that this same is the very truth of the Gospel of Christ, which we do teach. For lightly neither is cockle wont to grow without the wheat, nor yet the chaff without the corn. For from the very Apostles' times, who knoweth not how many heresies did rise up even together so soon, as the Gospel was first spread abroad? Who ever had heard tell of Simon, Menander, Saturninus, Basilides, Carpocrates, Cerinthus, Ebion, Valentinus, Secundus, Marcosius, Colorbasius, Heracleo, Lucianus, and Severus, before the Apostles were sent abroad? But why stand we reckoning up these? Epiphanius rehearseth up fourscore sundry heresies; and Augustine many more, which sprang up even together with the Gospel? What then? Was the Gospel therefore not the Gospel, because heresies sprang up withal? or was Christ therefore not Christ? And yet, as we said, doth not this great crop and heap of heresies grow up amongst us, which do openly, abroad, and frankly teach the Gospel. These poisons take their beginnings, their increasings, and strength, amongst our adversaries, in blindness and in darkness, amongst whom truth is with cruelty and tyranny kept under, and cannot be heard but in corners and secret meetings. But let them make a proof: let them give the Gospel free passage: let the truth of Jesu Christ give his clear light, and stretch forth His bright beams into all parts: and then shall they forthwith see how all these shadows straight will vanish and pass away at the light of the Gospel, even as the thick mist of the night consumeth at the sight of the sun. For whilst these men sit still, and make merry and do nothing, we continually repress and put back all those heresies which they falsely charge us to nourish and maintain.
Where they say, that we have fallen into sundry sects, and would be called some of us Lutherians, and some of us Zuinglians, and cannot yet well agree among ourselves touching the whole substance of doctrine: what would these men have said, if they had been in the first times of the Apostles and holy fathers, when one said, "I hold of Paul;" another, "I hold of Cephas;" another, "I hold of Apollo;" when Paul did so sharply rebuke Peter; when, upon a falling out, Barnabas departed from Paul; when, as Origen mentioneth, the Christians were divided into so many factions, as that they kept no more but the name of Christians in common among them, being in no manner of thing else like unto Christians; when, as Socrates saith, for their dissensions and sundry sects they were laughed and jested at openly of the people in the common game-plays; when, as Constantine the emperor affirmeth, there were such a number of variances and brawlings in the Church, that it might justly seem a misery far passing all the former miseries; when also Theophilus, Epiphanius, Chrysostom, Augustine, Ruffine, Hierom, being all Christians, being all fathers, being all Catholics, did strive one against another with most bitter and remediless contentions without end; when, as saith Nazianzen, the parts of one body were consumed and wasted one of another; when the east part was divided from the west, only for leavened bread and only for keeping of Easter Day; which were indeed no great matters to be strived for; and when in all councils new creeds and new decrees continually were devised. What would these men (trow ye) have said in those days? which side would they specially then have taken? and which would they then have forsaken? which Gospel would they have believed? whom would they have accounted for heretics, and whom for Catholics? And yet what a stir and revel keep they at this time upon two poor names only of Luther and Zuinglius? Because these two men do not yet fully agree upon some one point, therefore would they needs have us think that both of them were deceived; that neither of them had the Gospel; and that neither of them taught the truth aright.
But, good God, what manner of fellows be these which blame us for disagreeing? And do all they themselves, ween you, agree well together? Is every one of them fully resolved what to follow? Hath there been no strifes, no debates, no quarrels among them at no time? Why then do the Scotists and the Thomists, about that they call _meritum congrui_ and _meritum condigni_, no better agree together? Why agree they no better among themselves concerning original sin in the Blessed Virgin? concerning a solemn vow and a single vow? Why say the canonists, that auricular confession is appointed by the positive law of man: and the schoolmen contrariwise, that it is appointed by the law of God? Why doth Albertus Pighius dissent from Cajetanus? Why doth Thomas dissent from Lombardus, Scotus from Thomas, Occamus from Scotus, Alliacensis [ed. 1564 Alliensis] from Occamus? And why do the Nominals disagree from the Reals? And yet say I nothing of so many diversities of friars and monks; how some of them put a great holiness in eating of fish, and some in eating of herbs; some in wearing of shoes, and some in wearing of sandals; some in going in a linen garment, and some in a woollen; some of them called white, some black; some being shaven broad, and some narrow: some stalking abroad upon pattens, some barefooted; some girt, and some ungirt. They ought, I wiss, to remember, how there be some of their own company which say, that the body of Christ is in His Supper naturally: contrary, other some of the self-same company deny it to be so. Again, that there be other of them, which say, the body of Christ in the Holy Communion "is rent and torn with our teeth:" and some again that deny the same. Some also of them there be, which write that the body of Christ is _quantum_ in the Eucharistia; that is to say, hath his perfect quantity in the Sacrament; some other again say nay. That there be others of them which say Christ did consecrate with a certain Divine power: some, that he did the same with His blessing: some again that say, He did it with uttering five solemn chosen words: and some, with rehearsing the same words afterward again. Some will have it, that, when Christ did speak those five words, the material wheaten bread was pointed by this demonstrative pronoun _hoc_: some had rather have, that a certain _vagum individuum_, as they term it, was meant thereby. Again, others there be that say dogs and mice may truly and in very deed eat the body of Christ; and others again there be that steadfastly deny it. There be others, which say, that the very accidents of bread and wine may nourish: others again there be which say, how that the substance of bread doth return again. What need I say more? It were overlong and tedious to reckon up all things. So very uncertain, and full of controversies, is yet the whole form of these men's religion and doctrine, even amongst themselves, from whence it did first spring and begin. For hardly at any time do they well agree between themselves: except it be peradventure as, in times past, the Pharisees and Sadducees; or as Herod and Pilate did accord against Christ.
They were best, therefore, to go and set peace at home rather among their own selves. Of a truth, unity and concord doth best become religion: yet is not unity the sure and certain mark whereby to know the Church of God. For there was the greatest consent that might be amongst them that worshipped the golden calf; and among them which with one voice jointly cried against our Saviour Jesus Christ, "Crucify Him." Neither, because the Corinthians were unquieted with private dissensions: or because Paul did square with Peter, or Barnabas with Paul: or, because the Christians, upon the very beginning of the Gospel, were at mutual discord touching some one matter or other, may we therefore think there was no Church of God amongst them. And as for those persons, whom they upon spite call Zuinglians and Lutherians, in very deed they of both sides be Christians, good friends and brethren. They vary not betwixt themselves upon the principles and foundations of our religion, nor as touching God, nor Christ, nor the Holy Ghost, nor of the means of justification, nor yet everlasting life, but upon one only question, which is neither weighty nor great: neither mistrust we, or make doubt at all, but they will shortly be agreed. And if there be any of them which have other opinion than is meet, we doubt not but ere it be long they will put apart all affections and names of parties, and that God will reveal it unto them: so that by better considering and searching out of the matter, as once it came to pass in the Council of Chalcedon, all causes and seeds of dissension shall be thoroughly plucked up by the root, and be buried, and quite forgotten for ever. Which God grant.
But this is the most grievous and heavy case, that they call us wicked and ungodly men, and say we have thrown away all care of religion. Though this ought not to trouble us much, whilst they themselves that thus have charged us know full well how spiteful and false a saying it is: for Justin the martyr is a witness, how that all Christians were called [Greek text], that is, godless, as soon as the Gospel first began to be published, and the Name of Christ to be openly declared. And when Polycarpus stood to be judged, the people stirred up the president to slay and murder all them which professed the Gospel, with these words, [Greek text], that is to say, "Rid out of the way these wicked and godless creatures." And this was not because it was true that the Christians were godless, but because they would not worship stones and stocks which were then honoured as God. The whole world seeth plainly enough already, what we and ours have endured at these men's hands for religion and our only God's cause. They have thrown us into prison, into water, into fire, and imbrued themselves in our blood: not because we were either adulterers, or robbers, or murderers, but only for that we confessed the Gospel of Jesu Christ, and put our confidence in the living God; and for that we complained too justly and truly (Lord, thou knowest), that they did break the law of God for their own most vain traditions; and that our adversaries were the very foes to the Gospel, and enemies to Christ's Cross, who so wittingly and willingly did obstinately despise God's commandments.
Wherefore, when these men saw they could not rightly find fault with our doctrine, they would needs pick a quarrel and inveigh and rail against our manners, surmising, how that we do condemn all well-doings: that we set open the door to all licentiousness and lust, and lead away the people from all love of virtue. And in very deed, the life of all men, even of the devoutest and most Christian, both is, and evermore hath been, such as one may always find some lack, even in the very best and purest conversation. And such is the inclination of all creatures unto evil, and the readiness of all men to suspect that the things which neither have been done, nor once meant to be done, yet may be easily both heard and credited for true. And like as a small spot is soon espied in the neatest and whitest garment, even so the least stain of dishonesty is easily found out in the purest and sincerest life. Neither take we all them which have at this day embraced the doctrine of the Gospel, to be angels, and to live clearly without any mote or wrinkle; nor yet think we these men either so blind, that if anything may be noted in us, they are not able to perceive the same even through the least crevice: nor so friendly, that they will construe aught to the best: nor yet so honest of nature nor courteous, that they will look back upon themselves, and weigh our fashions by their own. If so be we list to search this matter from the bottom, we know in the very Apostles' times there were Christians, through whom the Name of the Lord was blasphemed and evil spoken of among the Gentiles. Constantius the emperor bewaileth, as it is written in Sozomenus, that many waxed worse after they had fallen to the religion of Christ. And Cyprian, in a lamentable oration, setteth out the corrupt manners in his time: "The wholesome discipline," saith he, "which the Apostles left unto us, hath idleness and long rest now utterly marred: everyone studied to increase his livelihood; and clean forgetting either what they had done before whilst they were under the Apostles, or what they ought continually to do, having received the faith they earnestly laboured to make great their own wealth with an unsatiable desire of covetousness. There is no devout religion," saith he, "in priests, no sound faith in ministers, no charity showed in good works, no form of godliness in their conditions: men are become effeminate, and women's beauty is counterfeited." And before his days, said Tertullian, "O how wretched be we, which are called Christians at this time! for we live as heathens under the Name of Christ." And without reciting of many more writers, Gregory Nazianzen speaketh thus of the pitiful state of his own time: "We," saith he, "are in hatred among the heathen for our own vices' sake; we are also become now a wonder, not only to angels and men, but even to all the ungodly." In this case was the Church of God, when the Gospel first began to shine, and when the fury of tyrants was not as yet cooled, nor the sword taken off from the Christians' necks. Surely it is no new thing that men be but men, although they be called by the name of Christians.


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These are the medicines no longer available on NHS prescription by end of month
Among a range of products no longer to be routinely prescribed includes cough mixture, eye drops, laxatives and sun creams
Sally Wardle
Samar Maguire
The NHS is banning prescriptions for "over the counter" medicines including paracetamol and cold treatments in a major cost-cutting plan.
Among a range of products no longer to be routinely prescribed includes cough mixture, eye drops, laxatives and sun creams, NHS England officials have ruled.
The proposals to rein in the prescriptions for medicines that help remedy dozens of minor conditions, received "broad support" in a public consultation, board members heard, The Mirror reported.
The NHS announced the move at the end of March, which is said to save millions of pounds every year.
Some "over the counter" medication will no longer be routinely prescribed on the NHS
The new guidance to GPs across the UK starts from May 31.
£1.6m project could improve medicine manufacturing
Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said: "Across the NHS our aim is to: 'Think like a patient, act like a taxpayer'.
"The NHS is probably the most efficient health service in the world, but we're determined to keep pushing further.
"Every pound we save from cutting waste is another pound we can then invest in better A&E care, new cancer treatments and much better mental health services."
More than 60% of respondents to the consultation agreed that over-the-counter products should not be prescribed for a range of minor conditions, board papers show.
The changes will not affect prescriptions for long-term or complex conditions, or where minor illnesses are a symptom of something more serious.
Vulnerable patients will also continue to receive prescriptions for over-the-counter items, provided they are proven to be effective.
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Treatments for constipation, cold sores, conjunctivitis, mild indigestion, dandruff, haemorrhoids, infant colic, minor burns and scalds and minor pain conditions such as headache and backache are among those which will not be routinely prescribed.
The NHS has announced the plan to save millions in cash
Remedies for mouth ulcers, nappy rash, ringworm, athlete's foot, head lice, mild toothache, travel sickness, and warts and verrucae have also been dropped, as well as some vitamins and minerals.
Some of the products were available for purchase over the counter at a lower cost than that which would be incurred by the NHS.
NHS England said it spends £22.8 million every year on constipation treatment, £3 million on athlete's foot and other fungal infections, and £4.5 million on dandruff shampoos.
The prescription changes could free up almost £100 million for the health service, the body added.
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The move follows a vote in November to remove homeopathy, herbal remedies and supplements from the prescription list as part of a review of "wasteful" prescriptions.
Cough mixture is also included
Conditions affected by NHS prescription crackdown
Acute sore throat
Infrequent cold sores of the lip
Coughs and colds and nasal congestion
Cradle Cap (seborrhoeic dermatitis – infants)
Mild cystitis
Mild irritant dermatitis
Diarrhoea (adults)
Dry eyes/sore (tired) eyes
Earwax
Excessive sweating (Hyperhidrosis)
Indigestion and heartburn
Infrequent constipation
Infrequent migraine
Insect bites and sting
Mild acne
Mild dry skin
Mild to moderate hay fever/seasonal rhinitis
Minor burns and scalds
Minor conditions associated with pain, discomfort and/fever. (e.g. aches and sprains, headache, period pain, back pain)
Ringworm/athletes foot
Teething/mild toothache
Threadworms
Warts and verruca

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South Africa is now the biggest welfare state in the developing world and the implications for public finances are frightening. As the recession tapers off, the rising public debt is set to peak in 2013 at an overwhelming 40%. Economists such as Iraj Abedian, Chief Executive of Pan-African Advisory Services in South Africa, argue that a government faced with a fiscal crisis cannot afford to commit the largest portion of its budget to public spending, such as social grants.
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regulations imposed by government at all levels account for almost 25 percent of the final price of a new single-family home built for sale. Three-fifths of this—14.6 percent of the final house price—is due to a higher price for a finished lot resulting from regulations imposed during the lot's development. The other two-fifths—9.7 percent of the house price—is the result of costs incurred by the builder after purchasing the finished lot.
In many areas across our country these regulatory costs are much higher and consequently take a much larger slice of your profitability. Not one aspect of our industry is exempt from these costs and forecasts note the trend of even higher regulatory costs. While your HBA legislative team has a record of success beating the regulatory barriers and their additional costs back we are literally plugging holes with our fingers in a regulatory dike ready to break loose. Our efforts, to date, have saved the home building industry more than $400 million in 2016 alone. This equates to more than $15,000 in additional costs on every house built in S. C., but we, as an Association, must be ready to support a more robust regulatory affairs program to defend our industry. Your membership in the HBA is instrumental in our defense, but we will need to explore new avenues to support our Association and our member's profitability.


The newly appointed Executive Director (ED) / Chief Executive (CE) of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, paid a courtesy call on the Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) - Mr Roberts Orya recently, to discuss areas of possible collaboration and synergy.
The visit is the first of such courtesy calls by Awolowo since he was appointed to the position last December.
During the meeting, Orya recalled that upon his resumption in August 2009 as the MD/CEO of the Bank, he discovered that the Bank had completely moved away from its core mandate and veered into lending to both oil and gas resulting in a dismal credit performance and loss of both its Shareholders' and Investors' confidence. This warranted him to seek the approval of the Bank's Shareholders to initiate a Corporate Transformation Project (Project Spring) that led to the re-definition of the Bank's Mission, Vision and Strategic Objectives, with the intention of channelling its resources into the development of four sectors [Manufacturing, Agro - Processing, Solid Minerals & Services]. The MASS sectors were deemed to have high amount of employment and foreign exchange earnings.
An outcome of the Corporate Transformation was crafting of new Strategic Objectives to enable the Bank have a clear market focus and become a major contributor to non-oil exports. This is in addition to turning it into a world class institution which imbibes best-in-class corporate governance and risk management practices towards becoming a relevant player in the export market with the capacity to significantly influence government trade policies.
Orya further informed Awolowo that the Bank is developing the ECOWAS and other Africa regional markets as the traditional market for Nigerian exporters. The idea is to provide a strong platform for our exporters to venture into the more complex markets of Asia and other developed economies in line with the strategy in other jurisdictions where the EXIM Banks first developed their regional market.
Towards developing the ECOWAS market, NEXIM had earlier launched the ECOWAS Trade Support Facility (ETSF) to reduce the level of informal trade and encourage small scale exporters to use the banking system to leverage their operations.
Orya also noted that NEXIM is facilitating the Sealink Project, which will culminate in the establishment of a shipping company to own and operate ocean-going vessels to boost trade within the West and Central Africa. Accordingly, he invited the NEPC to cooperate with NEXIM in making this project a success hinting that an Investment Memorandum to raise the take-off grant of $60million has been prepared in English and French and the private placement is expected to open before the end of the month.
In closing, the Orya advised NEPC to review the current provisions regarding the Export Expansion Grant to make it more effective, adding that both NEXIM and NEPC needed to work in close collaboration to boost the current level of non-oil exports which had remained below 4% over the past 5 years.
Thanking Orya for welcoming his team, Awolowo stated that his choice of making NEXIM Bank his first 'port of call' upon resumption was based on what he had keenly observed as NEXIM Bank's innovative disposition to deepening the non-oil sector and committedly contributing to Mr. President's Transformation Agenda and Vision 20:2020.
Awolowo stated that he has great confidence in the country's ability to meet her development goals and commended the initiatives of NEXIM in enhancing the level of formal trade, noting that the study conducted by NEPC revealed that informal trade annually was about $12bn, far more than the formal trade valued at $3billion. He promised that NEPC would work closely with NEXIM to improve the level of trade flows and also improve the trade statistics.
Awolowo assured NEXIM Bank that the NEPC was already working towards reviewing the Export Expansion Grant and that the review will cover the qualification criteria and other aspects. According to him, "… the new strategic focus will place greater emphasis on market development, with Nigerians in Diaspora as major targets…." He noted that that Trade Commissioners have been appointed in major countries including China, Brazil and London to help in developing markets for Nigerian products, especially for the benefit of millions of our Diaspora citizens.
Lauding the phenomenal successes of the NEXIM Bank Corporate Transformation initiative, Awolowo informed the NEXIM boss that NEPC is also working on human resource realignment to drive export growth, adding that the objective of the new management was to increase the level of non-oil exports by at least 30% in the next 4 years.
In closing, Awolowo invited NEXIM Bank to collaborate with NEPC for higher synergies and stressed that both organisations have significant roles to play in developing Nigerian non-oil exports and that his leadership would encourage and foster even closer collaboration between the two institutions towards supporting Mr. President's Transformation Agenda and achieving Vision 20:2020.


1762 see URL > Fedual security works given no alternative; otherwise it breaks.
Schneier on service providers and their fineprint as a security threat.
An outline for another unwritten article.
Then we could somehow classify OSes the same way as societies. Is this useful? How would we differenciate?
Given individuals trusted to operate ("administrate", even initially set it up as a black box to use). Those could fail or even cheat. This is not enough to meet the requirements a human beeing has wrt. personal rights to their legitim state of affairs! At least not in a civil state.
What's missing? … The logic, which transforms individuals, who may influence each other up to physical destruction into networks where "rights" (yet a other information in the machinery) extend beyond "death" (a.k.a worst case of dysfunction), making it not worthwhile to "kill". …One word: Enlightment (as is in philosophy) spelled the end to feudalism.
Find the "root of recursion", implement it.
Make this practical enough to silence those, who believe this being infeasible.
Give me a decade for number eight.


Keeping it real: some thoughts on the struggles of the Islamic 'convert'.
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world . This is something acknowledged by friend and foe alike, despite the fact that there are actually very limited [if any] organized efforts at missionary work, of the kind that Christian missionaries engage in. There are many reasons behind this growth, far beyond the scope of this article, but nonetheless there are certain commonalities in terms of the struggles the new Muslim may find themselves in, especially in Western countries. Below are some guidelines, important for both the 'convert' and the Muslim community activists, Imams, employees and teachers.
It is often the case that the new Muslim feels alone in the mosque. In the United States, most of the mosques are filled with a mixture of ethnic groups, sectarian tendencies and even generational differences.The new Muslim may feel disheartened, lonely. It is incumbent on the community to not only be welcoming, but to be accommodating, have classes on the necessities of practice, to build real social relations, but also to have respect for the new Muslim. Know that the new Muslim is not, NOT, required to adopt the attitudes, food and clothing of a different culture. Corrections of each other should never be done in arrogance or spite.
There is suppose to exist a relation of respect and equality between Muslims, regardless of racial backround or history.
There are a number of trends, both healthy and otherwise, that are found in the enthusiastic brother or sister who has accepted Islam. Indeed, the struggle to do right and resist the influences of the pre-Islamic lifestyle are in a tug-of war, being most visible during holidays and in social interactions. Below is a summary of issues and an Islamic response.
Very often Muslims change their names. While this is acceptable, let it be known that the only names that have to be changed are names that have a bad meaning or names that imply worship of something other than God. In Sunan Abu Dawood, the blessed Prophet Muhammad [sall Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam] is said to have changed a person named shaytaan [satan] to another name, or of a person named Harb [war] to Salm [calmness], and the like. In the Prophet's days, and even today among Bedouins, a rough or ugly name was seen as toughening up the child to survive in a harsh world. But it is the messengers of God who teach that a goodly name is among the best things parents give to their children.
 Al-Ma'roof: Those healthy, recognized and accepted universal values that are needed for every society.
 It is well known that many of the holidays, including the religious holidays such as Christmas and Easter, have origins in pagan culture and belief. Be that as it may, in the West these occasions are observed and families take advantage of them by having family gatherings. It is the family gatherings that we are emphasizing here. It is often argued that even to do this is to engage in compromising one's Islam and pollute the faith with innovations [Bid'ah]. But we find this reasoning to be flawed for a number of reasons.  We accept to be paid extra to work at these times.  We shop on 'black friday'[the day after thanksgiving], looking for deals.  Most of us are off work on Saturdays and Sundays, which are the sabbath periods for Jews and Christians respectively, and even the mosques, taking advantage of the day of rest and worship in the West, have major activities on both days.


Select a REUNION TYPE. How expensive or affordable should it be and large a gathering should it be intended for.
Find a LOCATION. In this case, we are using Gatlinburg or The Smoky Mountains for families to travel and meet.
BUDGET. Give enough time for families to save and commit to the family reunion. They will have to feel comfortable about paying for the trip and make travel plans. This all takes time! Call a reputable cabin rental company in the Smokies to help you with your planning and accommodations in Gatlinburg.
ACTIVITIES. Most family reunion activities will need pre-planning to get them up and running. Work to bring family members closer together. Assign some activies, but leave free time for families to gather, talk, and share stories too.
Pick a THEME. In this case, the outdoors will be featured as the mountains have many different beautiful sceneries to share. Allow an icebreaker possibly outdoors, so distant family members can meet again and feel more comfortable within the large group.
FOOD. This may be one of the single most important parts of a family reunion. Food brings family together and families look forward to this while they are together in an adventurous new place. The best part of family reunions. This could quite possibly be the only activity that the entire family is a part of, so get it right.
ENJOY. Make sure to enjoy yourself, and try to make sure others are doing the same. There are finances, time, and stress involved with any kind of vacation planning. Make sure there is plenty of fun, relaxation, and talking going on so that the family reunion will be a success.
PHOTOS. It is important to possibly contract out a professional photographer or designate a family member with camera skills to photograph the family reunion and its activities. Sometimes families only get together once a year or once every five years, so photos are good for memories and to share with others in the future.
TRADE EMAILS, HUGS, & GOODBYES. After the family reunion is undoubtedly a success, reach out and keep in touch. Maybe it would be beneficial to have a parting gift or souvenir of your Smoky Mountain Family reunion. Trade emails, phone numbers, and hugs goodbye. Maybe the family can set out to do it all again next year!


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Birds of Central Florida
By Larry Manfredi
Birds of Central Florida covers the area from Ormond Beach south to Sebastian on the east coast and from Crystal River south to Punta Gorda on the west coast. This waterproof guide beautifully illustrates 124 species of birds that can be found in Central Florida.
Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Florida Scrub Jay, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Wood Stork, Snail Kite, Limpkin, Mangrove Cuckoo, Gray Kingbird are some of the "specialties" included in this guide.
This pocket-sized guide features color photos in a side-by-side format that makes it ideal for field use. It includes common and scientific names, length, wing span and season when these birds can be seen. Nature enthusiasts of all ages will enjoy using this guide.
Larry Manfredi
Larry got his first 35mm camera at 12-years old and has been taking bird and wildlife photographs ever since. He has contributed to the book titled "A Birder's Guide To Florida" by Bill Pranty.
Larry wrote the chapter on Homestead and helped with the sections on Miami, the Florida Keys, and Everglades National Park.
Larry co-authored "A Birder's Guide To Metropolitan Areas of North America" by Paul Lehman and sold by the American Birding Association. He also contributed many photos in "Birding Florida" by Brian Rapoza as well as photographs for several birding magazines and Ken Kaufman's "Birds of North America".
Larry also leads bird tours around the U.S. and West Indies.
Waterfowl of North America
Waterfowl of North America contains 185 color photos of all the breeding and commonly occurring waterfowl species found in North America. Species accounts show perched, swimming and flight photos, with males and females illustrated where applicable. Immature birds are shown for some species as well. Some similar species are shown side by side to allow for easier ID comparison.
Each featured species includes a short description of their physical features, body and wingspan measurements, and preferred habitats. The status of each species, including seasonal frequency, resident or migrant occurrence, and breeding location and habitats are also noted.
These guides differ from other similar products by the increased number of photos for each species, which allows readers to compare a variety of individuals This laminated, waterproof, folding field guide is a must for anyone who wants to identify waterfowl anywhere in North America—and they fit in your back pocket when you complete your ID conclusion. You've tried the rest; now try the best quick reference guides for North American waterfowl.


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Mike Tyson: If Sparring Partners Don't Kick My Ass, They're Fired
By Manouk Akopyan
Published Sun Nov 08, 2020, 10:24 AM EST
Mike Tyson was known to spar without headgear during his heyday.
Decades later, he still is taking practice seriously ahead of his eight-round PPV exhibition match versus Roy Jones Jr. on Nov. 28 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
"I'm the only boss; if you don't kick my ass, you're fired," Tyson said during an introductory news conference officially announcing the fight. "That's how sparring is going. Everyone's doing their best and if you're not doing your best to hit me, you have to go home. That's what fighting is all about. I'm paying a guy to kick my ass, if he doesn't kick my ass, he has to go, he's fired."
The 54-year-old Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) is even getting flashbacks during his training back to his prime years when he was on the cusp of becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history.
"I've been boxing younger guys and harder guys, and they're assuring me that I'm doing very well. I'm looking forward to this," Tyson said. "The last time I was 215 pounds, I believe I was 18 or 17 years old. I'm really happy with everything that I've been doing. Just total confidence and self-affirmation, it's just amazing. I'm ready to do this stuff. I can't even explain it with words."
Tyson and Jones Jr. were once on a collision course to fight each other at the beginning of the millennium when the latter improbably climbed up to heavyweight to win a world championship in a fourth division.
As Tyson brings himself back into fight shape, he and his adversary are both maintaining the exhibition and matchup that's been 20 years in the making will be a "real fight."
"I look at film of Roy when he was at his best because that's the guy I anticipate fighting," Tyson said. "I'm in the best shape. I boxed seven rounds so far and it keeps improving. I'm boxing younger guys and hungry guys and it's showing me that, from the looks of things, I'm doing really well."
Manouk Akopyan is a sports journalist and member of the Boxing Writers Assn. of America since 2011. He has written for the likes of the LA Times, Guardian, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, Men's Health and NFL.com. He can be reached on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube at @ManoukAkopyan or via email at manouk[dot]akopyan[at]gmail.com.
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Mother Nature can be deceptive as a natural artist of illusionary art. She can weave or paint masterpieces that hang like a tapestry of surrealism that makes you feel you are transported to a magical world. Ion facts if you look at these natural optical illusions below you'll be amazed at how a nature creates a panoramic distortion that can play on your brains. It's almost like seeing shapes in clouds. Take a look and be amazed.
No, this isn't some expressionist painting but an actual scene from Namibia's famous red dunes. The dunes make an interesting natural optical illusion and artistic background for these camel thorn trees silhouetted against the morning sun, an incredible play of light and shadow creating the illusion.
Undulatus Asperatus is a strange formation of clouds that create an appearance of a stormy sea in the sky. At first glance overhead, it looks frightening and almost a prelude to the apocalypse. However, such clouds are never a precursor to a storm.
Located in the most heavenly island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, this appears to look like an under waterfall but it reality isn't, It is an optical illusion created by sand and seawater plunging off a more shallow coastal shelf that surrounds the area and down into the darker depths of the ocean.
This isn't a frozen shot of falling rain or water but droplets of water clinging to a spider's web.
Lake Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat in Southwest Bolivia. During rains, a thin layer of water on the surface salt reflects the sky above giving it a magical appearance of space on the ground.
Only this isn't a cliff at all. The man is actually walking along the banks of a river flowing in the glen Canyon located in the Vermilion cliffs between Utah and Arizona.
Can you spot a fetus in the womb in this picture? It's tricky but this natural optical illusion is as large as life when you actually do find it. Here's a hint, don't go looking for a baby within the trees or any of the physical objects. Look for an impression on a larger scale. Look to the trees!!
Jacobs well in texas has been declared dangerous but that doesn't stop locals from frequenting the area and diving into its depths which looks like an abyss and a portal to hell. The phenomenon is a large artesian spring about 12 feet in diameter and a 30 feet descent. What makes it exhilarating is the crystal clear water and the feeling you're jumping into space.
What does this look like? Tree paintings on the ground? No it s just the marks left by tides in the shallow water of rivers flowing through the desert in Baja California. The tide with strong streams overflows into short tributaries causing the effect.
The Wave is a series of unique sandstone rock formations in Coyote Buttes on the Northern borders of Utah and Arizona. The formations have resulted from layers and layers of rock carved into the area from the Jurassic age. Erosion by natural elements have also contributed to the bizarre formation.
This isn't a burning fiery tornado but an image of the Rio Tino River in Spain. It is now full of toxic mineral deposits that have changed its color into acidic red due to the presence of heavy minerals.
Now this is tricky and perhaps the best natural optical illusion. Take a closer look. That isn't a two headed Zebra. The stripes of black and white distort visibility to correctly decipher a specific border between the two. It's actually two Zebras.


Martin County's meetings are open to the public. The notices of the meetings appear on the County's website and on the bulletin boards in the County's Administrative Center. All meetings are conducted in public buildings and some, such as those of the Board of County Commissioners, are televised on MCTV. MCTV is available to Comcast subscribers in Martin County on channel 20 and to AT&T U-verse customers on channel 99.


On the 16th October 1889, a meeting was held at Lady-Barn House in Fallowfield to discuss the desirability for establishing a school for girls, aged twelve and upwards. Those attending the meeting included all of our Founders, who decided to form the first official committee meeting three days later.
In December 1889, it was decided that Miss Ker, second mistress (Deputy Head) of Croydon High School and a former Cambridge scholar was to be appointed the first Headmistress of Withington Girls' School. Miss Ker was to receive a salary alongside board and lodging at the first schoolhouse, based on Mauldeth Road.
Below are two images. The first is an excerpt of a letter from Mrs Caroline Herford to Miss Ker. This letter is outlining the confirmation of Miss Ker's appointment as Withington's first Headmistress.
The second is an article from the Stockport Chronicle dated 21st March 1890. The newspaper clipping describes the establishment of the school and the council's endeavours to make future learning interesting and fulfilling.
Initially, the schoolhouse based on Mauldeth road, did not only provide a roof for the headmistress, but also boarders too. The school was situated at this location until 1903 when it was decided that the house was deteriorating and there was not enough space for the increasing numbers. Withington Girls' School then moved to its current location on Wellington Road with thanks to the Founders and with special support from Mrs Simon.
This is a whole school photograph taken in 1899. At the centre, you can see several staff members, including Miss Greenwood and Miss Ashworth. You can also see in the photograph that some of the pupils have been positioned for the camera holding various items of sports equipment.
Sporting activities played a large role in school life and the very first donation to the school in 1891 was a cricket bat, ball and wicket from the City Council. This photograph documents spectators watching a game of cricket during the early years of the school. Many matches were played against local institutions such as Whalley Range School, Ladybarn House, North Manchester High School, Woodlands and Bolton High School.
In addition to the cricket equipment, two tennis rackets and a picture to be played for at an annual tournament were donated to the school. In 1899, four pupils played against Newcastle under Lyme on the Newcastle ground. They had an outstanding success, winning every match!
These two images show a group of tennis players photographed during, or a little after this period.
Alongside cricket, lacrosse and tennis matches, the girls performed numerous plays and productions. The images below document a performance of Twelfth Night in 1899.


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Alpha Appoints Three New Directors, Reaches Agreement with MG Capital on Board Composition
02.02.2021 | 14:30 Uhr | PR Newswire
Appointments of Kenneth Courtis, Elizabeth Fessenden and Daniel Smith Reflect the Company's Commitment to Stockholder Engagement and Strengthening Corporate Governance
BRISTOL, Feb. 2, 2021 - Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. (NYSE: AMR) ("Alpha" or the "Company"), a leading U.S. supplier of metallurgical products for the steel industry, today announced that it has reached agreement with MG Capital Management, Ltd. (together with its affiliates, "MG Capital"), a holder of approximately 5.8% of Alpha's outstanding common stock, on steps to accelerate the refreshment of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board").
Effective February 1, Kenneth S. Courtis, Elizabeth A. ("Liz") Fessenden, and Daniel D. ("Danny") Smith have joined the Board as independent directors, resulting in the size of the Board increasing from four members to seven members. Additionally, the Board has scheduled the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders for April 29, 2021.
In recent months, Alpha has engaged in constructive conversations with MG Capital and other stockholders to gather feedback about its Board composition and strategy for transforming into a pure-play metallurgical coal producer. The appointments announced today are among the results of these productive discussions.
"Alongside our efforts to refine Alpha's strategic focus and rebrand to better align with our operational vision, we are also executing on our plans to bring diverse perspectives to the Board and position world-class experts to oversee our Company," said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David Stetson. "The three individuals joining our Board are well-respected and accomplished professionals with demonstrated leadership experience in their fields. Their backgrounds in global commodity markets, transportation, engineering, corporate finance and capital markets will support our efforts to deliver long-term value for stockholders. In addition, they are all seasoned public company directors with proven track records championing sound corporate governance. I am very pleased to welcome Ken, Liz and Danny to our team."
Stetson also praised the company's working relationship with MG Capital by adding: "Today's announcement stems from our engagement with MG Capital and other stockholders, who have provided welcomed input regarding the recent series of enhancements to our Board. Alpha is committed to maintaining an experienced and well-rounded Board that can support our sharpened focus on the production and sale of metallurgical products."
Michael Gorzynski, managing member of MG Capital, added: "I want to thank David and the Board for opening up a thoughtful and productive dialogue with us over the past several months. Adding these three new directors and previously appointing Michael Quillen as Lead Independent Director represent positive outcomes for Alpha's stockholders. We believe these moves should support the Board's efforts to enhance stockholder value and continue improving the Company's environmental, social and governance profile."
Director Biographies
Kenneth S. Courtis is chairman of Starfort Investment Holdings. Mr. Courtis has over three decades of experience in corporate finance, investments, and virtually all aspects of the commodity sector. He previously served as vice chairman and managing director of Goldman Sachs and as chief economist and investment strategist at Deutsche Bank Asia. Over the course of his career he has served on the board or advisory council for a number of leading international firms. Mr. Courtis earned an undergraduate degree from Glendon College in Toronto and a Master's degree in international relations from Sussex University in the United Kingdom. He earned a Master's degree in business administration from the European Institute of Business Administration, as well as a Doctorate degree with highest distinction from the Sciences Po, Paris.
Elizabeth Fessenden is a member of the board and chair of the compensation committee of Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation, a public company. She previously served on the boards of several public, private and charitable organizations including Polymer Group Inc. (now Berry Global Group, Inc.), where she chaired both the compensation and the nominating and corporate governance committees. Prior to board service, Ms. Fessenden spent nearly three decades in corporate leadership roles at Alcoa, Inc., including president of the flexible packaging division and president of primary metals allied businesses. She also served in a number of operations roles, including plant manager, at Alcoa, Tenn. Ms. Fessenden earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in engineering as well as a Master's degree in business administration, all from Clarkson University.
Danny Smith has previously served on the boards of directors of Blackhawk Mining, LLC, Patriot Coal Corp. and Corsa Coal Corp., as well as several professional boards within the coal industry. Mr. Smith's career with Norfolk Southern Corporation spanned more than three decades and a number of senior management roles. He retired as senior vice president of energy and properties at Norfolk Southern and had previously held the roles of president of NS Development and president of Pocahontas Land Corporation. He has been a licensed professional mining engineer. Mr. Smith earned a Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and operations research from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
The record date and location of the company's annual meeting of stockholders will be announced closer to the date of the meeting. As the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders will be held more than 30 days prior to the first anniversary of the company's 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, which was held on July 15, 2020, stockholders of the company who wish to have a proposal considered for inclusion in the company's proxy materials for the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders must provide written notice that is received by the company's corporate secretary at 340 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Bristol, Tennessee 37620 (overnight courier) or P.O. Box 848, Bristol, Tennessee 37621 (U.S. mail), on or before the close of business on February 26, 2021, which the company has determined to be a reasonable time before it expects to begin to print and send its proxy materials. Any such stockholder proposal must be submitted and must comply with the applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (as applicable), Delaware law and the company's bylaws.
As noted above, in connection with the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, the company will file with the SEC a proxy statement and other relevant documents which will contain additional information regarding the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders.
About Alpha Metallurgical Resources
Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE: AMR) is a Tennessee-based mining company with operations across Virginia and West Virginia. With customers across the globe, high-quality reserves and significant port capacity, Alpha reliably supplies metallurgical products to the steel industry. For more information, visit www.AlphaMetResources.com.
About MG Capital
MG Capital is a private investment firm that specializes in complex, value-oriented investments. Based in New York City, the firm was founded and continues to be run by Michael Gorzynski.
This press release includes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on Alpha's expectations and beliefs concerning future events and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. These factors are difficult to predict accurately and may be beyond Alpha's control. Forward-looking statements in this press release or elsewhere speak only as of the date made. New uncertainties and risks arise from time to time, and it is impossible for Alpha to predict these events or how they may affect Alpha. Except as required by law, Alpha has no duty to, and does not intend to, update or revise the forward-looking statements in this press release or elsewhere after the date this release is issued. In light of these risks and uncertainties, investors should keep in mind that results, events or developments discussed in any forward-looking statement made in this press release may not occur. Alpha's SEC reports, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, contain information on factors that could affect the company's results and cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking information the company may provide.
For Alpha:
Investor Contact - Alex Rotonen, CFA
InvestorRelations@AlphaMetResources.com
Media Contact - Emily O'Quinn
CorporateCommunications@AlphaMetResources.com
For MG Capital:
Profile - Greg Marose
gmarose@profileadvisors.com
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Home / Data Privacy / How can I use Helpshift to manage inquiries from end users related to data privacy?
We understand that personal digital privacy is important to you and your end users. You can use many of our existing features to handle and address inquiries from your end users related to the privacy of their data.
To provide a stable source of data privacy information that is easily searchable for your users, create new FAQs that address their concerns. You may wish to place these FAQs under a new section that is specific to this topic, such as 'Privacy and Security' to make it easier to find.
Once your new FAQs have been published, set up the Answer Bot for your in-app and Web Chat experience to automatically suggest these FAQs to users in response to questions about private data. This will make it even easier for them to find this information.
To give your users the option to reach out about data privacy from those specific pages, you can add a custom 'contact us' button specifically for privacy inquiries. For example, if you have a privacy page or a set of privacy-related FAQs within your app, this button could be titled 'I have a privacy question'. You can have the button set to automatically add a Custom Issue Field or tag related to privacy so it can be routed correctly. To set up a custom 'contact us' button within your app, see our developer documentation for iOS and Android.
Alternatively, if you'd like to provide buttons that can only be used to initiate specific privacy requests but that do not involve having a conversation with a user, such 'Request a copy of my data' or 'Remove my account and all related data', you can do so by configuring our REST API. To learn mow, see our developer documentation for our REST API custom contact us form options.
For your web users, you can set up a specific Web Chat widget just for your privacy pages. This widget can be configured to automatically classify all new Issues as privacy related by adding a tag or Custom Issue Field to new Issues generated by that Web Chat widget. To set this up, see our developer documentation for Web Chat on tracking.
You can also customize your Web Support Portal contact us form to have an option that allows the user to indicate that their inquiry is related to data privacy, such as offering a 'reason for reaching out' field. If the end user selects the data privacy option, it you can set up your workflow to automatically route this Issue to the right place by adding Custom Data that will be converted to a Custom Issue Field or tag.
If you are already using your own web support portal, you can integrate this with Helpshift using the HSAPI to ensure that all new email Issues related to data privacy are appropriately categorized. To learn more, see our developer documentation on custom solutions for the web contact us form.
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Our AI-powered engine, SensAI Predict can be leveraged to classify Issues based on the content of the user's first message. Predict can be trained with a set of privacy Issues to analyze all incoming inquiries and identify specific privacy-related requests. It can also be trained to differentiate between different types of requests, such as 'Can I get a copy of my private data', or 'Please remove me from your system'.
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Talk of the Table | Jews and 'Shrooms
Home / 2019 November-December / Talk of the Table | Jews and 'Shrooms
by Lilly Gelman November 18, 2019 in 2019 November-December, Talk of the Table
When a student of the famous Talmudic sage Rabbi Gamliel doubted the majesty of the World-to-Come, Rabbi Gamliel pointed to mushrooms and their spontaneous growth as evidence of the future abundance of the land of Israel. In fact, in ancient Israel, mushrooms, particularly the genus Boletus, were bountiful after heavy rainfalls and a favorite ingredient in ancient Israeli cooking. Since then, mushrooms—true to their nature—have popped up throughout the Jewish world in the most surprising of places.
In Jewish law, for example, their unique biology has been the object of many halachic discussions. Neither vegetable nor fruit, mushrooms gather nutrients from decaying organic matter, rather than through photosynthesis. As a result, Talmudic sages decided that mushrooms do not require the blessing for vegetables, borei pri ha-adamah ("who creates the fruit of the earth"), but rather the blessing shehakol nih'ye bidvaro ("who created all things with His word") used for food that does not fit into any other category. And because they are not planted, mushrooms were deemed exempt from tithes. Avrohom Bornsztain, a leading 19th-century posek (Jewish legal arbiter), even considered mushrooms blessed. When God expelled Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and cursed the earth's land, obliging them to toil for food, Bornsztain says mushrooms, which require no human labor, were exempt from the curse.
Although mushrooms are kosher (as long as one checks for bugs), the medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides warned against eating them in his Mishneh Torah because of the poisonous nature of certain varieties. Some Eastern European Jewish communities considered mushrooms treif well into the 20th century because of Maimonides's warning, according to Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, a Jewish studies scholar who is chief curator of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. Nevertheless, mushrooms (shveml in Yiddish) were especially important in Ashkenazi cooking because "they were among the few flavoring agents available to the poor in eastern Europe and could be picked free from the fields and dried for future use," writes Gil Marks in his Encyclopedia of Jewish Food. Ashkenazi Jews sautéed mushrooms with onions, pickled them, stuffed them and added them to soups, stews, kasha dishes and fillings. Mushrooms gave "a meaty taste to food because of their umami [savoriness]," says cookbook author Jayne Cohen. They would "stretch the meat, and when there was no meat, mushrooms could fill that void." Mushrooms were also part of Sephardi cuisine, says Cohen. "Sephardi Jews have mezes [appetizers] of pickled mushrooms and use mushrooms in frittatas and pilafs."
Cooking with mushrooms, along with mushroom gathering, was customary among Jews in Slavic countries, says Maxim Shrayer, a Russian-American author and professor at Boston College. Both an everyday leisure activity and a way to supplement the food supply in Soviet culture, mushroom picking was seen by Jews as a way to "Russianize," he says. When Russian Jews immigrated to the United States, they brought this tradition with them.
Shrayer argues that the use of mushrooms became more predominant in Eastern-European Jewish cuisine through this Soviet Jewish tradition, but Cohen disagrees. Once Jews began "borrowing from the cuisines of the countries that they were inhabiting, they started using ingredients in many of the same ways," she says. Cohen maintains that foods "associated with Ashkenazi cuisine that use mushrooms," such as mushrooms with barley, kasha and farfalle, or knishes with mushrooms, mushroom gravies and sour cream with mushrooms, "did not start in the 20th century after the Soviet occupation."
Today's chefs have easy access to a variety of exotic mushrooms, such as porcini, morels and chanterelles. "Mushrooms are considered a gourmet ingredient," says Cohen, that "really elevates the level of a dish." At the same time, commercial manufacturing has complicated mushrooms' kosher status. Canned or precooked mushrooms require certification to verify they haven't been contaminated by any non-kosher products processed in the same facility.
And lest we forget, certain mushrooms have an alternative use. The late Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, founder of the Jewish Renewal Movement, famously experimented with psilocybin, a psychedelic found in 200 varieties of mushrooms. "I think to understand the depth of a religion, one needs to have firsthand experience," he writes in 2005 in Higher Wisdom: Elders Explore the Continuing Impact of Psychedelics. "It can be done with sensory deprivation. It can be done a number of ways," he writes. "But I think the psychedelic path is sometimes the easiest way." Of course, 20th-century Jews were likely not the first to make this discovery. Cohen mentions how, in the Babylonian Talmud, "a rabbi recounts that he became so intoxicated by the fragrance of a mushroom dish that his health would have been in grave danger had he not been given some of the dish to eat." Had he tasted a psychedelic mushroom? We can't know for sure. What we do know, says Cohen, is that ancient Jews "were definitely enjoying their mushrooms." —Lilly Gelman
The Darker Side
In medieval times, anti-Semitic rhetoric compared Jews to mushrooms, referring to all fungi as "Jew Meat," writes natural food expert Richard Mabey in his book Food for Free. Some say that this derogatory label stemmed from the mushroom's slimy and often poisonous reputation. Many people also attribute the name of the "Jew's ear" mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae in Latin for "Judas's ear") to anti-Semitic sentiments associated with Judas, who Christian texts say betrayed Jesus. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, however, the name "Jew's ear" evolved as a fallacious iteration of "Judas's ear." Mushrooms also featured in Nazi propaganda. In 1938, Julius Streicher published Der Giftpilz ("The Poisonous Mushroom"), which teaches German children to distinguish between Jews and gentiles by differentiating between toxic and edible mushrooms.
Wild Mushroom Potato Kugel
Adapted from Jewish Holiday Cooking: A Food Lover's Treasury of Classics and Improvisations, by Jayne Cohen
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
1 ounce dried wild mushrooms, preferably porcini or cèpes; shiitake don't work well here (½ to ¾ cup)
¼ cup olive oil, plus additional for greasing pan
3 cups thinly sliced onion (¾ pound)
2 teaspoons chopped garlic
6 large or 8 medium russet (baking) potatoes, peeled*
*Rinsing then squeezing the grated potatoes dry eliminates that watery, muddy taste that mars some kugels.
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Soak mushrooms in 2 cups hot water for 30 minutes, or until soft. Drain through strainer lined with paper towels; reserve liquid. Wash mushrooms under cold water and chop coarsely.
3. Heat oil in 10-inch heavy skillet over medium heat. Add onions and sauté until crisp and light brown, about 15 minutes. Transfer to bowl and season with salt and pepper. Combine chopped mushrooms, garlic and reserved mushroom soaking liquid in the same skillet. Boil mixture over high heat, stirring until liquid evaporates. Add salt and pepper to taste and remove the skillet from heat.
4. Grate potatoes. Transfer to a colander, rinse well. Drain, using your hands to squeeze out as much liquid as possible. In a large bowl, combine potatoes, eggs, fried onion and plenty of salt and pepper.
5. Grease a 13-by-9-inch, or similar heavy baking pan (not glass), and place in oven until oil is sizzling hot.
6. Pour half the potato mixture into pan, spread mushrooms over it, cover with remaining potato mixture and smooth top.
7. Bake uncovered for about 50 minutes until top is golden and crisp. Let kugel cool until set.
Tori 09:06h, 09 January Reply
Your articles have a lot of information about the culture of Israel. Thanks for sharing!
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