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Worker Cooperatives Business Development Initiative (WCBDI) - FY19 Report
Outlines the worker cooperatives served by WCBDI in its fifth year and describes the support this administration has extended to worker cooperatives in New York City
Small Business Services, Department of (SBS)
Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative (WCBDI) Report - Working Together FY2017-FY2019 Addendum
Summary of the impact of services provided by WCBDI to worker cooperatives in the previous three fiscal years. The report outlines the obstacles that worker cooperatives encounter when competing for City contracts and recommends measures to lessen the effects of such obstacles.
Purchasing Methods, Business, and Employment
Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative (WCBDI) - FY18 Report
Outlines the worker cooperatives serviced by WCBDI and describes the support extended to worker cooperatives in NYC.
Weekly Pipeline Newsletter
The second half of 2018 set records for watershed runoff due to persistent rainfall and an early snowstorm. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection's ability to fulfill its mission depends on its success in recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce.
Environmental Protection, Department of (DEP)
Employment and Water Supply
Newsletters / Other Serial Publications
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has culminated its 2018 summer internship program with a closing ceremony with interns showcasing their work. The staff at the 26th Ward Wastewater Treatment Plant won the Commissioner's fourth Water Challenge
Sewage, Employment, and Water Supply
The New York City Department of Investigation's Findings Regarding Richard Gottfried and The New York City Assigned Counsel Panel
DOI's investigation and findings of complaint alleging that Richard Gottfried fraudulently obtained a position on the Expert Roster as a Mitigation Specialist. The complaint alleged that Gottfried submitted an application that contained false information concerning his education and work experience.
Crime and Criminals and Employment
State of Workers Rights in NYC - 2020
This annual report covers the stare of workers' rights in NYC. It contains data that the agency is required to publish with respect to Local Law 98 of 2016 (Paid Care Industry), Local Law 46 of 2013 (Earned Safe and Sick Time Act), and Admin. Code § 20-1203 (Fair Workweek Laws).
Consumer and Worker Protection, Department of (DCWP)
SBS Terms and Conditions Response FY21
As a condition of the funds in unit of appropriation number 010 and 011: report detailing the number of registrants placed in jobs, ZIP Codes in which registrants placed in jobs reside, job category/classification of job placements, industry of job placement and average hourly wage at placement
SBS Terms and Conditions Response
Report on the Use by FDNY Members of Bogus Degrees Issued by St. Regis University
DOI's findings of 14 members of the NYC Fire Department purchased bogus diplomas on the Internet and submitted them to the FDNY in an attempt to meet education requirements. The degrees were bought online from an entity that called itself "St. Regis University."
Employment and Education
Quarterly Report - Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Program - 1Q FY2021
This report describes the City's effort to ensure minority and women-owned businesses have greater access to public contracting opportunities. The reporting period covers program accomplishments for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2021 (July 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020)
Employment and Purchasing Methods
Quarterly Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Plan Implementation
Quarterly report on the Department of Parks & Recreation compliance with the Equal Opportunity and Diversity Plan Implementation
Parks and Recreation, Department of (DPR)
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph 19 (annual plan) of Section 815(a), including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices and statistical data.
Finance, Department of (DOF)
Disability, Employment, Equal Employment, Discrimination, and Accessibility
Quarterly Diversity and EEO Report and Diversity Plan Implementation (FY 2022)
A report on OLR's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the annual EEO Plan required by Charter Section 815(a), including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices. Includes statistical information on various EEO-related indicators.
Labor Relations, NYC Office of (OLR)
Equal Employment, Employment, and Labor and Employment
QUARTERLY DIVERSITY AND EEO REPORT Q4 FY 2020
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph 19 (annual plan) of Section 815(a), including details of agency's eorts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment.
Employment and Equal Employment
A report on OLR's efforts during the third quarter of FY 2020 to implement the plan adopted pursuant to NYC Charter section 815(a), paragraph nineteen, including statistical information and details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices.
Equal Employment, Ethnic groups, and Employment
Q2 FY2021 DIVERSITY & EQUAL EMPLOYMENT QUARTERLY REPORT AND TRAINING SUMMARY
The agency conducted a demographic data and trends, including workforce composition by job title, job group, race/ethnicity and gender; new hires, promotions and separation data; and utilization analysis. The division has integrated EEO Compliance, MWBE compliance and performance metrics.
Ethnic groups, Equal Employment, and Employment
Q2 FY2021 AGENCY QUARTERLY DIVERSITY AND EEO REPORT
The Independent Budget Office's FY 2021 AGENCY QUARTERLY DIVERSITY AND Equal Employment Opportunity REPORT for October-December 2020
Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Private-Sector Employment & Wage Growth in New York City: Where Are the Jobs?
Despite two intervening recessions, from 2000 through 2017 New York City added over 650,000 private-sector jobs, an increase of about 20 percent. Wage growth, however, has been less robust.
Press release 2019-009
Press release published by New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Public Affairs
Students, Employment, and Education
Press release 2018-19
Employment and Students
Police, Employment, and Water Supply
Employment, Students, and Water Supply
Press Release #18-74
NYC Sanitation Welcomes More than 100 New Sanitation Workers and Five New Superintendents at Graduation and Promotion Ceremony: 2 Sanitation Workers to Receive Badges Worn by Their Family Members WHO:- More than 100 Sanitation Workers from the October 2018 class; 5 newly promoted Superintendents
Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Sanitation and Employment
The New York City Department of Sanitation has announced that registration is now open for people interested in working as an emergency snow laborer for the upcoming snow season. Snow laborers are per-diem workers who shovel snow and clear ice after heavy snowfalls.
Sanitation, Employment, and Snow Removal
Past as Prologue: Revised Histories and Extraordinary Trends in the New York City Economy
An Updated & Revised version of IBO's May 2019 Report "Past as Prologue: Revised Histories and Extraordinary Trends in the New York City Economy."
OLR Quarter 4 FY 2019 DEEO Quarterly Report
A report on OLRs efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph 19 (annual plan) of Section 815(a) with details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices.
New York City Employment Data (SA) - September 2020
New York City Labor Force Data, Seasonally Adjusted September 2020 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
Management and Budget, Office of (OMB)
New York City Employment Data (SA) - October 2020
New York City Labor Force Data, Seasonally Adjusted October 2020 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (SA) - November 2020
New York City Labor Force Data, Seasonally Adjusted November 2020 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (SA) - March 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Seasonally Adjusted March 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (SA) - January 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Seasonally Adjusted January 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (SA) - February 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Seasonally Adjusted February 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (SA) - December 2020
New York City Labor Force Data, Seasonally Adjusted December 2020 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (SA) - August 2020
New York City Labor Force Data, Seasonally Adjusted August 2020 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (SA) - April 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Seasonally Adjusted April 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (NSA) - September 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Not Seasonally Adjusted September 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (NSA) - October 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Not Seasonally Adjusted October 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (NSA) - November 2020
New York City Labor Force Data, Not Seasonally Adjusted November 2020 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (NSA) - May 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Not Seasonally Adjusted May 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (NSA) - March 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Not Seasonally Adjusted March 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (NSA) - June 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Not Seasonally Adjusted June 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (NSA) - July 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Not Seasonally Adjusted July 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (NSA) - January 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Not Seasonally Adjusted January 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (NSA) - February 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Not Seasonally Adjusted February 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (NSA) - December 2020
New York City Labor Force Data, Not Seasonally Adjusted December 2020 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
New York City Employment Data (NSA) - August 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Not Seasonally Adjusted August 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
Data and Communications and Employment
New York City Employment Data (NSA) - April 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Not Seasonally Adjusted April 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
NYCOA Quarter 4 FY2020 DEEO Report
This is the 4th Quarter, year-end report, of NYCOA's efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within its office and operations and its training efforts and projects designed to forward this agency-wide goal.
Actuary, NYC Office of the (NYCOA)
NYCOA Quarter 1 FY 2021 DEEO Report Part 1
This report includes the NYCOA's efforts during the first quarter of FY 21 in implementing its goals and objectives for its 2021 EEO and Diversity Plan.
Laws / Legislation
NYC Office of the Actuary FY 20 Diversity and EEO Plan
This report contains the plans and achievements regarding EEO, Diversity, and Inclusion at the NYCOA for Fiscal Year 2020 such as training, recruitment, and retention.
NYC Employment Data (SA) - September 2021
NYC Employment Data (SA) - October 2021
NYC Employment Data (SA) - May 2021 (v2.0)
New York City Labor Force Data, Seasonally Adjusted May 2021 (v2.0) Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
NYC Employment Data (SA) - June 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Seasonally Adjusted June 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
NYC Employment Data (SA) - July 2021
New York City Labor Force Data, Seasonally Adjusted July 2021 Monthly employment data for New York City based on payroll surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in collaboration with the New York State Department of Labor. The data is seasonally adjusted by the OMB.
NYC Employment Data (SA) - August 2021
NYC DOP 2nd Quarter FY2021 DEEO Report
NYC DOP's quarterly efforts to uphold equal employment opportunity, diversity and training initiatives
Probation, Department of (DOP)
Employment and Discrimination
NYC Campaign Finance Board EEO 2nd Quarterly Report 2018
This is the NYC Campaign Finance Board EEO 2nd Quarterly Report FY2018 the Campaign Finance Board (CFB) is proud of the diversity in its workplace and strives to continuously improve its employment and equal opportunity practices and procedures.
Records, Equal Employment, and Employment
NYC Campaign Finance Board EEO 1st Quarterly Report 2018
This is the NYC Campaign Finance Board EEO report for the 1st Quarter of FY2018, the Campaign Finance Board (CFB) is proud of the diversity in its workplace and strives to continuously improve its employment and equal opportunity practices and procedures.
NYC Agency M/WBE Utilization Plans - FY 2020
Local Law 1 provides that each mayoral agency which has made eligible procurements in excess of five million dollars during the preceding fiscal year is required to develop and submit an Agency Utilization Plan outlining its plan for M/WBE utilization.
Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Program - 1Q FY20 Report
Describes the City's efforts to ensure minority and women-owned businesses have greater access to public contracting opportunities
Mayor's Press Release: OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY LAUNCHES VIRTUAL ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR NEW YORK CITY YOUTH
Government, Youth, and Employment
Mayor's Press Release: MAYOR DE BLASIO, WITH SUPPORT FROM PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY, ANNOUNCES SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM TO SERVE THOUSANDS OF NEW YORK TEEN
Mayor's Press Release: MAYOR DE BLASIO, COMMISSIONER O'NEILL DELIVER REMARKS AT THE NYPD GRADUATION CEREMONY
Police, Employment, and Government
Mayor's Press Release: MAYOR DE BLASIO SIGNS LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT EMPLOYERS FROM USING CREDIT CHECKS TO SCREEN APPLICANTS
Employment, Government, and Laws and legislation
Mayor's Press Release: MAYOR DE BLASIO HOLDS MEDIA AVAILABILITY
Government, Budget and Finance, and Employment
Mayor's Press Release: MAYOR DE BLASIO APPEARS LIVE ON WNYCMAYOR DE BLASIO AND SENIOR ADVISOR GABRIELLE FIALKOFF ANNOUNCE GAINS IN SUMMER JOBS FOR NEW
Youth, Employment, and Government
Mayor's Press Release: MAYOR DE BLASIO ANNOUNCES RECORD NUMBER OF SUMMER JOBS IN LADDERS FOR LEADERS
Mayor's Press Release: MAYOR DE BLASIO AND FIRST LADY MCCRAY ANNOUNCE CREATION OF CENTER FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
Employment, Government, and Youth
Mayor's Press Release: DE BLASIO ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES OVERHAUL OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO FOCUS ON GOOD-PAYING JOBS, SKILL-BUILDING, AND STRENGTH
Employment, Government, and Labor and Employment
Mayor's Press Release: CITIES OF OPPORTUNITY TASK FORCE COMMITMENT TO ACTION
Labor and Employment, Government, and Employment
Mayor's Press Release: ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES COMMISSIONER DAVID HANSELL PRESENTS LATEST AGENCY TECH UPGRADES FOR INCREASED WORKER AND
Government, Families, and Employment
Mayor's Press Release: MAYOR DE BLASIO, REPRESENTATIVE MEEKS, BOROUGH PRESIDENT RICHARDS ANNOUNCE FOUNDATION FOR JFK AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION, OVER 20,00
Mayor's Press Release: MAYOR DE BLASIO ANNOUNCES APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE 2021 SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
Mayor de Blasio Signs "Fair Chance Act"
Mayor de Blasio Signs "Fair Chance Act" prohibiting employers from discriminating based on criminal history
Human Rights, City Commission on (CCHR)
M/WBE Compliance Report - Q1-Q3 - FY 2021
On behalf of the Department of Small Business Services and the Mayor's Office of Contract Services, please find attached report for compliance information pursuant to Local Law 1 of 2013. This report covers the first, second and third quarters of Fiscal Year 2021 (July 1, 2020 – March 31, 202
Purchasing Methods, Women, and Employment
M/WBE Compliance Report - Q1 and Q2 - FY 2021
This report describes the City's efforts to ensure minority and women-owned businesses have greater access to public contracting opportunities. The reporting period covers program accomplishments for the first two quarters of Fiscal Year 2021 (July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)
M/WBE Compliance Report - Q1 + Q2 - FY 2020
Describes the City's efforts to ensure minority and women-owned businesses have greater access to public contracting opportunities.
Business, Employment, and Purchasing Methods
Local Law 44 - Disqualified List
In 2012, the City Council passed Local Law 44 (LL44) which requires HPD to make information available on its website about certain housing development projects receiving City financial assistance.
Housing Preservation and Development, Department of (HPD)
Buildings, Building Construction, and Employment
Local Law 18 Pay and Demographics Report
This is the first annual publication of the Pay and Demographics Report on City of New York agency workforce pay and employment information in compliance with Local Law 18 of 2019. The Report is based on City employee data as of December 31, 2018.
Data Analytics, Mayor's Office of (MODA)
Government and Employment
Investigation of Light Duty Abuse by Firefighter John Mayo
A Report on an investigation into the employment status of New York City firefighter JOHN MAYO. The investigation revealed that MAYO had been Absent Without Leave (AWOL) when he should have been on Light Duty performing administrative duties for the FDNY from April until June 2006.
Officials and Employees, Employment, and Labor and Employment
Inside the Gender Wage Gap, Part I
In this policy brief, the first in a series on the economic experiences of women of color, the Bureau of Policy and Research of the Comptroller's Office analyzes U.S. Census Bureau earnings data to examine the scale and impact of the gender wage gap specifically for Black women in New York City.
Comptroller (COMP)
Identifying Information Law, Agency Report, 2019-2020
The Identifying Information Law requires each agency to submit a report regarding, among other items, the collection, retention, and disclosure of identifying information by such agency and their "human services" contractors or subcontractors, by no later than July 3, 2018, and every two years after
Reports - Biennial (Every Two Years)
How Has the Distribution of Income in New York City Changed Since 2006?
Using an annual sample of 770,000 personal income tax returns, IBO explored the distribution of income among New York City residents during the years 2006 through 2014.
How Does Sick Leave Usage Vary Across the City's Workforce?
The use of sick leave by municipal employees varies widely among agencies. Uniformed employees in the fire, correction, and sanitation departments tend to use sick leave at higher rates than other city workers.
How Does Pay at NYC Transit Compare With Other Metropolitan Transportation Authority Agencies?
NYC Transit runs the city's subways as well as buses in Manhattan and the Bronx and is one of several agencies that comprise the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. NYC Transit employs nearly 50,000 workers and 44,000 of them are union members.
How Does New York City's Recovery From Covid-Related Job Losses Compare With The National Recovery?
The Covid-19 pandemic caused sharper drops in employment in New York City than elsewhere in the nation – and the jobs recovery has been slower here. IBO examines how the city's employment losses and recovery differ from the rest of the nation's.
Fiscal Brief: Slacker City? New York City's Incredible Shrinking Workweek
In contrast to NYC's explosive growth in new jobs since the 2008-09 recession, the average number of hours worked each week has trended downward over the past decade. We compare the trend here, which may partly explain why wage growth has been relatively modest, with other U.S. metropolitan areas.
FY 2021 Q2 EEO and Diversity Report
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815 (a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices.
FY 2021 Diversity and Equal Employment Quarterly Report
A report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the plan adopted pursuant to paragraph nineteen (annual plan) of Section 815(a),including details of agency's efforts to implement equal employment practices, including statistical information regarding total employment
Buildings, Department of (DOB)
FY 2021 AGENCY QUARTERLY DIVERSITY AND EEO REPORT
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's FY 2021 agency quarterly diversity and EEO report.
Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of (DOHMH)
FDNY Admissions Demographics Reporting
Annual FDNY Admissions Demographics Report includes the demographics of applicants at every step of the application process: recruitment, admission to take the written exam, admission to take the physical exam, admission to the FDNY academy training and graduation from the academy.
Fire Department, New York City (FDNY)
Employment, Ethnic groups, and Demography and Population
Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Plan Implementation Report 2019 Quarters One and Two
Quarterly report on the agency's efforts during the previous quarter to implement the Diversity and EEO Plan.
Youth and Community Development, Department of (DYCD)


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Labour's latest plan: tackling the deficit through gun licence fees
Posted by Flavia Mann 106D on February 05, 2015
Camilla Swift writes for the Spectator about Labour's plans for increasing Gun Licence fees...
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Chris Leslie was on the Daily Politics earlier today, outlining Labour's economic plans to tackle the deficit, ahead of this afternoon's motion on the 'Charter for Budget Responsibility'. Sounds jolly, doesn't it?
So, exactly what tax rises and spending cuts do Labour have up their sleeves to tackle the deficit? Well, from what Chris Leslie had to say, there are two: the 50p tax rate, and increasing the price of gun licences. Obviously! Why hadn't anyone thought about raking in the cash from gun licences earlier?
Well, probably due to the fact that since there are currently just over 700,000 firearm and shotgun licences on issue in England and Wales, they'd need to up the price a fair bit to cover even the tiniest fraction of the deficit. Is singling out gun owners really the most constructive way of cutting the deficit that Labour can come up with? As Andrew Neil pointed out to Leslie, anything they'd raise from licences would be 'tuppence'. And anyway, according to the Conservatives, Labour have already promised that any money raised from gun licence changes will go towards the police budget; so that won't do the deficit much good.
Of course, there's more to the gun licence issue than just cartridges and barrel sizes. Earlier this year, David Cameron was criticised for refusing to increase the price of gun licences, which since 2001 have cost £50 for a five year licence, and there are claims that the current price means that the police have to find £17million a year from their own budgets to fund them. Why wasn't Cameron keen to raise the price? Who knows – but some say it may have something to do with his own penchant for having a pop at pigeons.
Either way, in late November the government and the police jointly proposed a raise in price for all firearms licences. The new fees were proposed after the police and shooting organisations, including BASC, worked together with the Home Office to examine police costs and processes. The updated price would cover the full cost of issuing licences, and would see the price of a shotgun licence raised to £79.50.
To many, singling out gun owners could be seen as just another example of class warfare from Labour; it's very easy to simply assume that anyone who has a gun licence must be a toff. First they came for hunting, then for their houses; could the guns be next? It certainly seems like a fairly odd issue for them to focus on, especially when it would raise so little money. Even if it they did raise the price to £200, it wouldn't do much good for the deficit. My maths tells me that something in the region of £140,000 per licence would be more suitable; perhaps a bit pricey for a few pheasants.

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All Blacks Ready For Redemption Rugby Test
By: Melissa Woods Time published 2020-11-23 at 03:46 PM (GMT +11:00)
The All Blacks say they won't approach their Test against Argentina in Newcastle any differently despite coming off two successive Tri Nations losses.
New Zealand All Blacks training session. Picture: Phil Walter/Getty Images
The All Blacks say they're not feeling more pressure from the "haters" than they already put on themselves ahead of Saturday's crucial Tri Nations clash with Argentina.
The Kiwis are out for redemption at Newcastle's McDonald Jones Stadium after suffering their first loss to the Pumas.
That came on the back of a loss to the Wallabies - their first consecutive defeats since 2011.
Courtesy of the Wallabies-Pumas draw last round, the All Blacks are still in the hunt to add the Tri Nations trophy to the Bledisloe Cup, with victory required in their last Test of the year.
Despite their two losses, the teams are all on six points with New Zealand on top of the ladder due to two bonus points and a superior points-differential.
Veteran Sam Whitelock said there was always pressure - internally and externally - to win, so they wouldn't approach Saturday's match any differently.
"For us as All Blacks, we always put ourselves under immense pressure, whether win, lose or draw and I think we always demand of ourselves that we go out and play really well," Whitelock said on Monday
"There is a bit of pressure there at the moment but the reality is that there's pressure every week and you have to embrace it."
His teammate Patrick Tuipulotu said they were aware that their record had put new coach Ian Foster in the firing line, and he felt they owed him the win as much as they owed it to themselves.
"As the coach he's always the face of the squad and if we lose two in a row (to Argentina) he's always going to get the blame," the lock said.
"In this day and age you're going to get a lot haters, as we call it, but we just move on.
"It's on us to get a result and perform well."
With two weeks to stew over the 25-15 Pumas scoreline, Whitelock said it had also given them time to have work through the lacklustre performance and really fine-tune for their game.
"It has been good to use last week differently and we've had extra time to have those little conversations that during a normal Test are hard to have because you don't have time," he said.
"We're in a better spot going into this last game and we're excited to get out there and show the improvements we've made over the last eight or nine days."
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Robeson Democrats ordered to redo local election
Shiles, Bob. "Robeson Democrats ordered to redo local election." Red Springs Citizen [Red Springs, NC]. July 4, 2017.
"The North Carolina Democratic Party has ordered Robeson County Democrats to re-do precinct meetings and hold a new county convention after finding that local Democrats did not follow party procedure when they elected their chairman and executive committee members" (para. 1). The Review Committee says that the process used to elect local party officers violated the state party's Plan of Organization. No date has been set. "According to [John] McNeill, Robeson County's Democratic Party for the past 46 years has operated under a "gentleman's agreement" that the party chairmanship would rotate by race to guarantee equal representation among the county's white, black and American Indian communities" (para. 6).
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I am often asked about nut butters.
To be honest I am not a huge fan of them. And here's why: It takes a lot of nuts to yield a very small amount of nut butter. eg 1.5 cups of almonds yields only a bit more than 1/2 cup of almond butter.
So you end up consuming a heck of a lot of nuts in each spoonful of nut butter, much much more than you should typically eat if you were eating whole nuts. And what's wrong with nuts? In small amounts, for those who don't have digestive issues or mineral deficiencies, nuts are awesome and in fact ranked as the 3rd most nutrient-dense food on the planet behind organ meats and herbs and spices (according Harvard University Chemist Dr Mat Lalonde. Check out pages 70-71 of Chris Kresser's book "Your Personal Paleo Code" 2014 for a list of the most nutrient-dense foods). However nuts do contain more omega 6 than omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (which has an inflammatory effect on the body).
Secondly, unactivated nuts (ie nuts that have not been properly prepared through soaking and dehydrating) contain phytic acid which leaches minerals from the body and leads to digestive issues. Without doing a full due diligence I bet all store-bought nut butter are made from nuts that have not been properly prepared or "activated" (happy to be proved wrong here).
Thirdly, nut butters are typically consumed on bread and I have spend the past decade trying to reduce the amount of gluten (and grains generally for that matter) from my and my kids' diet. The reasons for this go beyond the scope of this post but contact me should you wish to discuss the relevance and effect of grains on the human body. The occasional consumption of smallish amounts of gluten-free properly prepared grains is fine for those without digestive issues (eg rice, buckwheat).
So eating huge amounts of nut butters, especially when the nuts are not activated, involves taking a massive omega 6 and phytic acid hit. It's is a bit like the orange juice analogy where you end up consuming the fructose equivalent of 5 oranges in 1 glass of orange juice even though you couldn't possibly eat 5 oranges in one sitting.
2. consume only small amounts eg a couple mouthfuls at a time especially for youngsters.
Process ingredients in a food processor for 15 minutes (yes that long!) stopping the food processor every few minutes to scrap down the sides and to prevent the machine from overheating. If making larger amounts, add the nuts in batches in the food processor.
Some recipes don't require the addition of coconut oil. I found that without the coconut oil this makes the almond butter really hard to swallow and gets stuck on the back of your throat (hardly pleasant). Because my activated nuts are salted I don't need to add additional salt. If yours are not salted you might like to add 1/4 tsp salt to the food processor.
Eat straight off the spoon as is for a decadent dessert or snack, or with vegetable sticks, or smeared on slices of apple or pineapple, or drizzled onto pancakes or on a slice of traditionally prepared bread (stay tuned for my future posts on various buckwheat loaves – they are still a work in progress). Some add nut butters to their smoothies. You can add a drizzle of honey or maple syrup onto your nut butter (which I did as you can see in the above photo).
Nut butters keep for many weeks in a sealed container or jar in the fridge. The downside is that they will go quite hard though in the fridge. They will keep a few days out of the fridge.
In this way you can make your own spreads and butters without resorting to expensive store bought varieties. Have you made nut butter before? What ingredients did you use?
The photos below show you the transition from whole almonds to almond butter at 4 minute intervals over 15 minutes of processing.


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A beautiful addition to any attire.
A gemstone variety of the mineral corundum is Sapphire. Corundum mixed with trace amounts of other elements, such as titanium, iron or chromium, can give corundum yellow, blue, purple, pink, greenish or orange color.
Chromium impurities in corundum provide a redish tint and therefore the resultant gemstone is ruby.
Sapphires of all colors are commonly found in jewelry but because of their remarkable hardness they are all used in some non-ornamental applications which include highly durable windows; optical components, such as in scientific instruments; very thin electronic wafers; and wristwatch crystals and movement bearings.
Gemstone color breaks down into three components: tone, hue and saturation.
The gemstone "color" is most commonly understood as the hue. Saturation refers to the brightness or vividness of the hue. And, tone is the darkness or lightness of the hue.
The purity of the primary hue is the basis for the eveluation of Blue Sapphires. The most common secondary hues found in blue sapphires are violet, purple and green.
A secondary hue of green is considered to be distinctly negative, where as purple and violet can contribute to the overall beauty of the blue sapphire color.
The blue sapphire that has up to 15% purple or violet is generally considered to be of fine quality.
In 1960 Mrs. John Logan donated a flawless specimen from Sri Lanka to the Smithsonian Institute. Know as the Logan Sapphire (view picture) it is the second largest blue sapphire known and is a cushion-cut stone that possesses a rich deep blue color.
Below you can find a selection of some of the more popular Diamond and Blue Sapphire Rings available to place on your ring finger today.
Should you find that none of these make you jump up and down with joy then check out the wide selections available at Ebay.com plus Overstock.com and Walmart.com.
Designed to give the illusion of two separate rings, this eye-catching ring has one ring with sparkling white diamonds and the other studded with deep blue sapphires.
All artfully crafted into lustrous 14-karat white gold.
The dark blue stones provide a really nice contrast against the bright diamonds.
There are 11 gemstones and 18 diamonds. .
This ring is both feminine and durable.
Being 10k gold it is stronger than 14k or 18k and will not bend easily with regular daily wear.
All though not Blue Sapphire stones this ring is elegantly set with kyanite gemstones and six round shaped diamonds.
With basic care this ring will maintain its top rating for years to come.
A classic ring with a colorful twist.
This classic combination of blue sapphires and yellow gold ring features an oval sapphire flanked by two round sapphires.
The ring is made of 10-karat yellow gold.
Total gemstone weight is .45 carat and the band measures 1.60 mm wide.
This ring shimmers with a highly polished finish of sterling silver and a melange of blue sapphires and white sapphire accents.
There are eight 2 mm bead-set round-cut sapphires, 27 1.75 mm bead set round-cut sapphires, 24 bead-set 1.5 mm round-cut sapphries, seven 1.25 mm bead-set round-cut sapphires, one 2 mm bead-set round-cut white sapphire and seven 1.75 mm bead-set round-cut white sapphires for a total gemstone weight of 2 carat.
The band is 3.5 mm wide.
You will love the gorgeous deep blue color of this blue sapphire ring and how it sparkles on your finger.
The round cut lab created blue sapphire stone is surrounded by 10 side stones of sparkling machine cut white cubic zirconia.
The band has a pure sterling silver rhodium finish.
You can be proud to present this blue sapphire ring as a gift for Birthdays, Mother's Day, Graduation, Christmas or just about any other occassion.
This striking Blue Sapphire Ring has a dark blue stone that shines brillantly in the sun or light giving a very vibrant blue col or.
Nine square princess-cut 3 x 3 blue sapphires are channel set in a ring of 14 karat white gold.
This 14k White Gold Channel-set Blue Sapphire Ring is very eye-catching and something you will be proud to wear.
As we discussed earlier sapphires can come in different colors, such as, blue, pink, yellow, purple, green, orange or even a clear color. Then there is the red sapphire which is more commonly known as a ruby.
The most common and sought after color is blue and other than the blue and red sapphires, the rest are considered "fancy" sapphires.
Sapphires without good color saturation are often improved with chemicals or heating. Naturally pure in color sapphires are prized and therefore cost a lot more than the less-perfect stones.
Sapphires are next in hardness only to diamonds and therefore are prized for their durability. Since they are quite strong they require little care or special attention by the wearer.
The star sapphire is especially prized among sapphires and are usually cut in a dome shape. Their uniqueness is that they display a star shaped inclusion when held up to the sun or light.
The better defined the "star" is, then the more expensive the sapphire will be. You want to find a star sapphire with clear and well-defined arms. Ideally it would display six equidistant and clear arms. A star sapphire is very expensive and quite rare.
Sapphires are often cut in round or oval shapes. Oval shapes are sometimes less expensive than round shapes. Something for you to keep in mind while shopping.
Like diamonds, sapphires are graded by carat weight.
A sapphire labeled "cultured" or "created" it means that the sapphire was created in a lab and is not natural.
Since sapphires are so versatile and popular they are used in different types of jewelry. Extremely popular are sapphire pendants and sapphire-studded earrings. In addition you can purchase sapphire bracelets, rings and mixed-gem pieces. Sapphires, especially blue sapphires, go well with light colored settings like white gold and platinum.
Find a large selection of beautiful Sapphire Blue Rings at: Ebay plus Overstock and Walmart.
Pendant necklaces feature a single jewel, charm or pearl haning from a chain. A very admired and popular pendant is the Sapphire Pendant Necklaces. They will add style to anything a woman wears and make beautiful and cherished gifts.
Sapphire and Gold earrings come in all different styles. You can choose from popular stud earrings, hoops, dangles, tear-drop, leverback, chandelier or just a traditional drop style.
Two-toned sterling silver with end cap colors of yellow, black, blue and white.
Actress Angelina Jolie partnered with Robert Procop on a line of jewelry benefiting charity.


Yes, Cabal's "hand" is sunk into Dominic's "Arm". Remembering what Miranda said about Cabal being a conduit - anyone who touches him while in a reading gets their soul dragged into the realm. The melded area is Cabal keeping Dominic linked to him and, in turn, the real world.


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Awards & Appointments General
Congratulations to two members of the Department of Oncology who have been recognised with full professorial titles by the University of Oxford.
Eric O'Neill (above left) has been awarded the title of 'Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology'.
Peter McHugh (above right) has been awarded the title of 'Professor of Molecular Oncology'.
Both Eric and Peter are important and influential members of our research community and we are delighted that they have received these titles.


Apple 's recent stock plunge is a great opportunity for long-term investors, according to Tigress Financial Partners.
The firm's analyst Ivan Feinseth reiterated his Strong Buy rating for the smartphone maker's shares, citing the company's potential to grow its services business.
Apple shares were down 1.3% to $167.42 on Tuesday.
The analyst is optimistic over Apple's services segment, which includes its App Store, iCloud, Apple Music and Apple Pay businesses. He predicts the company's services revenue will double by 2020 from the current roughly $50 billion level.
The company had $123 billion in net cash at the end of September and has a current dividend yield of 1.7%, according to FactSet.
Apple's shares have declined more than 20% since the end of October as concerns have mounted about weak demand for the iPhone models released this fall.
Apple's recent stock plunge is a great opportunity for long-term investors, according to Tigress Financial Partners.


Loving these Wayne Thiebaud inspired food paintings by Joel Penkman.
Hmm. I think I'm loving them, too. The popsicles are like none I've ever seen before--I'm going to say it's a cherry/lemon/chocolate combo with sprinkles on top. Sounds good to me.
aw love these! so sweet. xo jillian:: ps im hosting a judy kaufmann print giveaway!
I was going to say they remind me of Thiebaud but with less melancholic colours.
I loved these too! The ones you chose were my favorite. After seeing his website though I think "Pink Wafers" may be my new favorite.
Wayne Thiebaud has always been one of my favorite painters - these inspired pieces are just great!
At a first glance, didn't even realize they were paintings! Yummy.
I've seen his art pop over all over the place! I love it - it makes me so hungry to look at!


Questions about Exer urgent care clinics or billing and payment? Find your answers here.
Learn more about Exer centers and what to expect during your visit.
What is Exer and how does it compare to most regular urgent care clinics and hospitals?
Exer is more than your average urgent care clinic. Our easy-access walk-in medical centers are staffed by Emergency Medicine doctors but don't have the wait of hospital emergency rooms. We do not require an appointment for most services and our highly-qualified staff has the expertise to treat serious injuries and illnesses but the kind touch to fix minor problems. We accept all PPO insurances, some HMO plans, and are extremely affordable for non-insurance patients.
What types of injuries and illnesses do Exer centers treat?
Exer centers are equipped to treat patients for coughs and colds, asthma, headaches, eye conditions, bloody noses, trauma, lacerations, sore throats, pneumonia, shortness of breath, sinusitis, skin infections, abscess drainage, ear pain, kidney infections, abdominal pain, urinary tract infections, back and neck pain, shoulder injuries, elbow injuries, hand injuries, hip injuries, foot injuries, ankle injuries, knee injuries, and more. Our services include pre-operative consults, respiratory therapy, digital x-rays, EKG, spirometry, general physical exams, sports physicals, on-site lab work, referral to general practitioners and specialists, IV antibiotics, referral for MRI and CAT scans, certain travel vaccinations, and more.
We treat you! Whether you're young or old, just a little sick or seriously hurt, we treat all patients with non life-threatening emergent conditions. If you need an ambulance or have a life-threatening event happen then please call 911. Otherwise, Exer is here for you.
Most PPOs, Most HMOs and Medicare Accepted. Call us or check with your plan administrator to see if our clinic locations are contracted providers.
Also remember that insurance is not required to visit Exer. We have very affordable rates for non-insurance patients via our Prompt Pay Program.
What should I bring with me when I visit Exer?
How will you follow up with me?
Exer follows up with each of our patients within a few days of your visit to our urgent care clinics. We also coordinate with your primary care doctor and/or specialists as necessary to ensure you the quickest path to recovery.
How do Exer centers fit into the healthcare system overall?
Take the burden off of the hospitals so they can put their attention on people who have immediate life-threatening emergencies.
Seriously cut down on your wait time.
Save you a lot money and even save your insurance company money. Yes, it ends up costing both of you a lot less if you go to Exer rather than the hospital emergency room.
And our extended hours and clinical expertise gives both you and your primary care doctor the option for you to come to Exer when your physician's office is either closed or their wait list is long, in which case they direct you to us. With literally no downside, Exer is a win for the whole healthcare system!
How do wait times at Exer compare to a doctor's office or hospital ER?
A recent study by Merritt Hawkins showed that the average hospital ER wait time is over 200 minutes, and the average wait time to get an appointment with your primary care doctor is over 20 days. And that's before you even walk into the treatment room! So if you need to be seen quickly then you're left with no choice but to go to the hospital and wait for hours and hours…or you could go to an Exer center. The average Exer visit from the moment you walk in the door to when you leave the center is typically under an hour and costs just a fraction of the hospital ER.
How does my cost at Exer compare to the hospital ER?
The average cost savings of visiting an Exer center rather than a hospital emergency room is over $1,100 per visit. Imagine the cost savings to both you and the entire healthcare system if the over 70% of people who unnecessarily visit the hospital ER went to Exer instead.
Am I sacrificing some of the quality of care I would otherwise receive?
Not at all. With board certified emergency medicine doctors on staff at each Exer urgent care center, you're getting the same level of clinical expertise that you receive at the hospital emergency room for all non life-threatening emergent conditions. And of course you're getting it a lot faster, at a much lower cost, and (we think) in a much better environment!
You don't! Simply walk in to any Exer center to be seen within minutes. We're open 7 days a week, 12 hours a day for your convenience. Please note that we register our last patient a half hour before closing so that we can give everyone the time and attention they deserve.
Learn more about the billing and payment process at Exer.
How do I pay for my visit to an Exer center?
You can pay in person, over the phone or via mail.
We accept most major credit cards, cash, and checks.
Exer accepts all PPO insurance plans! We also accept certain HMO plans. Please check with your plan administrator to see if Exer is a contracted provider.
No insurance? No worries. Patients without insurance can take advantage of our Prompt Pay Program, which allows you to pay for your treatment in full at the time of service.
We certainly do! However please be aware that Medicare may not pay for all of your treatment depending on the details of your specific Medicare plan. We'll need you to fully complete and sign the appropriate forms in order for us to bill Medicare. Note that certain HMO plans may not cover all treatment, and if this is the case you'll be responsible to pay for the uncovered portion.
How are worker's compensation and automobile accident claims processed?
When we bill your insurance for a car accident or accident on the job, we bill one primary insurance source (not multiple sources). You are ultimately responsible for paying the balance of any charges that are not covered by the primary insurance source.
How do I know if my insurance company covers the cost of my services?
If you're concerned about what services your insurance company covers, it's best to give them a call and get clarification. After we submit your claim to your insurance company they will send you an EOB (Explanation of Benefits) that will show you the amount they covered and the amount you are responsible for paying. If there is any amount you are responsible for then you'll receive a statement for the remaining balance from Exer.
I forgot my insurance card, what do I do?
When accidents happen, remembering to bring your insurance card is often the furthest thing from your mind. If you can't provide your insurance information when you visit us then you can pay at the Prompt Pay rate. You'll then have 48 hours to provide us with your insurance information, at which time we'll issue you a refund.
Your insurance company determines the cost of your co-pay, not Exer. It typically ranges from $10 to $50 due at the time of your visit, but may vary.
Exer accepted my insurance. Why do I have a balance?
We always submit your information to your insurance company, but if your company does not consider us "In-Network" then you may still owe a balance after your insurance company has covered the "Out-Of-Network" part of your services. Check with your insurance company to determine if Exer is In or Out of network for you, and to get details about your co-insurance or deductibles. You can also call an Exer urgent care near you and we'll help you figure out our network status for your insurance plan.
My co-pay was higher this time than it usually is. Why is that?
Your insurance company sets your co-pay amount, not Exer. It can vary depending on your plan and the nature of your visit. For example, your co-pay to visit your primary care doctor may be different than to visit the emergency room. Check with your insurance company about the co-pay details of your specific plan.
Why did I receive a bill from an outside laboratory?
Exer does a lot of lab tests in our urgent care clinics, but there are occasions when we send certain tests out to other labs for processing. Those labs have their own costs based on the specific test.


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daniel herborn
Sydney writer
I'm proud to say my first novel, titled You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About, is out now through Harper Collins.
'You're The Kind of Girl I Write Songs About' is a young adult novel featuring two different narrative viewpoints. Tim's a young singer-songwriter with a guitar case full of songs and dreams of finding an audience to embrace his tunes. Mandy's a music obsessive and a compulsive dreamer, longing for something more fulfilling than daytime TV and cups of tea with best friend Alice, something like the excitement and passion of rock and roll.
When their eyes meet at a gig, sparks fly across a crowded room and hope burns in their hearts. But in a city of millions and a scene overrun with wannabes, can they ever get it together? Will Mandy's nerves doom their romance before it ever starts? And where does the darkness in Tim's songs come from?
This is a tale of Sydney's Inner West, of first love, crush bands and mixtapes, the thrill of the night and what happens when the music stops. It's about that time in your life when everything seems possible and nothing seems more important than your best friends and your most prized records.
Reactions to You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About:
"I loved this book. Funny, sexy, sad in parts. The perfect mixtape of a novel"
Cath Crowley, Author of Graffiti Moon
"Some of the best writing isn't like writing at all – it's like eavesdropping. Daniel Herborn has that gift, and it's rare. His characters and their world are completely convincing. If he told me now that he doesn't inhabit the music scene of Sydney's inner west, I don't think I'd believe him. Boy-meets-girl might be the most-told story in the world, but every so often a writer comes along, shows us why and makes the concept seem fresh and new again. Daniel Herborn is that kind of writer"
Nick Earls, Author of 48 Shades of Brown
"Following Mandy and Tim as they build a relationship, Daniel Herborn does a terrific job of representing the intensity of their physical attraction. Later, events from Tim's past threaten the swift and blissful start to their relationship.
You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About alternates perspectives between Mandy and Tim in short chapters. Herborn's skill is evident in playful and often unexpected dialogue…
You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About provides a vivid portrayal of two school-leavers falling in love. It is a warm, compelling book, as much a love story about girl-finding-boy as it is about songs finding their audience."
Laura Elvery, Australian Book Review
"Set in the inner suburbs of Sydney and given a distinctly Australian flavour, this story sings to us the love story of Tim and Mandy. Daniel Herborn writes with sensitivity, insight and an obvious passion for live music. He knows his bands and he remembers what it's like to be a teenager. A great read."
Wendy Noble, Good Reading
"A sweet coming-of-age love song, with a steady pulsing beat driving the narrative".
"A pleasure to read…I flew through You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About because it was so entertaining" (5/5 stars)
Imaginary Misadventure
"There's nothing ordinary about this story of two everyday teenagers. Definitely one of my favourite reads this year".
Kids' Book Review
"Living up to my high expectations, You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About didn't disappoint…There were so many sweet, tender and emotional moments mixed in with the confusion and frustrations of life and I certainly had my fair share of smiley, happy, reading moments… it gave me a plethora of new music to investigate". (4/5 stars)
The Tales Compendium
"Absolutely loved this book!!….So so so great"
Rhianna Patrick, ABC Radio
"True, funny and a little heartbreaking. I really felt the music, sticky carpets at dive pubs. Great writing"
Pip Harry, Author of Head of the River
"Took me right back to those first few years after high school…If you're looking for a great read, I highly recommend picking up a copy"
Tara Eglington, Author of How to Keep a Boy from Kissing You
"Loved it. Took me back to my very late teens/early twenties going to bands, writing for street press mags, falling for guitarists and generally making poor decisions. Made me pine for a night at the Hopetoun"
Gabrielle Tozer, Author of Faking It
Read an interview I did about the book with Australian writer Kirsty Eagar.
From Book Vibes, Harper Collins Australia/NZ rights guide:
"Funny, sweet and beautifully depicted, You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About is a startlingly fresh voice from a very talented new author".


In print advertising one of the shortcomings is that it typically takes time to get a response, in an instantaneous egotistical world this can seem like the kiss of death. However, this is not actually a shortcoming at all, it's merely an overlooked opportunity when it is framed in the proper perspective. Print Advertising Response is however not stagnant and like any other form of advertising faces competition from many factors in the digital world and can actually help you boost sales!
How can I Boost my Sales?
Additional studies conducted between 2007 all the way through 2015 show that most forms of advertising like TV and online actually begin to diminish in response after a person is exposed to an ad as few as 4 times. Print advertising response, however, is the lone ranger in media that actually begins to increase in response after 5 or more exposures to the same ad. This is one of the main reasons it is such a powerful component in a multimedia campaign.
Because of the low cost of print advertising, it is very economical and wise to get a long term print advertising campaign started right away and then use periods of online advertising to boost sales intermittently throughout your print campaign. Print advertising is a cost-effective and efficient way to target both national and regional areas. USA Today which is owned by Gannett also places inserts in Local papers nationwide which can increase the exposure of your ad and brand based on your target location.


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Architecture Around the World that is Inspired by Pets
I had this idea for this article as I drove around my hometown of Indianapolis with my dog Sandover admiring Indianapolis architectural design of some of my favorite buildings. As Sandover stared out the window and looking back at me to see if my excitement matched his, I wondered if any architects designed any of their structures because of their love for their pets. My research into this astounded me.
Throughout history, human beings have taken animals as references on a cultural, artistic, literary, spiritual level and even to create war strategies.
In the case of architecture, the natural forms of many species have served as an inspiration to create unique, impressive, and wonderful structures. This is because the geometry of these animals gives them strength and beauty through aesthetics.
If we combine these sources of inspiration with the constant advancement of the materials and techniques used for construction, we are left with incredible buildings, which fulfill their purpose at the same time that they become architectural icons within the countries to which they belong.
These buildings have even helped to repower many localities at an economic level, thanks to the fact that they have served to increase tourist visits to these attractions. Therefore, it can be highlighted that in addition to being very striking constructions for their originality, they have a lot to contribute to the local history, culture, and economy.
Top 13 Architecture buildings inspired by pets
If you are planning a trip to someplace full of originality, we have the perfect alternatives for you, since these are just some of the most emblematic buildings in the world, whose architecture is inspired by pets and animals, which you should undoubtedly know:
1. The fish of the Olympic Village, Barcelona, Spain
This is a structure made of titanium and metal. It was built by architect Frank Gehry, who investigated the possibilities he had to freely express various fish-shaped structures from the beginning of his profession.
In the 80s, he made several objects that explored this idea. For the year 1992, the Olympic Games were to be held in Barcelona. Intending to modernize the city for this event, the site authorities entrusted Gehry to build an immense sculpture located on the Paseo de la Villa Olímpica.
Fish inspired him since in his childhood he enjoyed long baths where his friends (fish of different colors) accompanied him in the bathtub; and the structure has become one of the most iconic in Barcelona, especially because it seems to be connected to the Mediterranean Sea that is located in front of it. It measures 35 meters wide and 54 meters long, so this work of art can't go unnoticed.
Thanks to the use of titanium as the main material, this piece of architecture usually shines when the sun's rays point at it, obtaining different shades of color that make it look more impressive.
2. Kindergarten in the form of a cat, Wolfartsweier, Germany
This building is quite recent; it was created in 2011 by the great artists d'Ayala-Suzan Yondel and Tomi Ungerer. It has been considered one of the schools, architecturally speaking, with more style and creativity. Ungerer wanted to be inspired by the animal he likes the most, claiming that cats are extremely intelligent and aware of what they represent as living beings.
From the outside, it can be easily seen that it is a giant white cat that is lying down. It has many details like the whiskers, a small nose, its large legs that go to its sides, a huge mouth that turns out to be the entrance door to kindergarten, and some stunning round eyes that are the main windows.
This building beauty was designed so that children could stimulate their imagination and always want to go back to school. When people enter, it gives the illusion of being swallowed by the huge cat. Inside your "stomach" are the classrooms, cafeteria, and locker rooms. However, the real fun is in its legs; both are play areas so that, during recess time, children can have fun like never before.
3. The Elephant Building, Bangkok, Thailand
In short, this is one of the most famous buildings that exist in the capital of Thailand. Its construction was completed in 1997 and is characterized by its shape that represents an elephant.
Its height is 102 meters, and it has 32 floors throughout its structure. One of the elephant's legs is a residential building, and the other two are for offices. These three are connected directly from the upper area of the structure, which supports a series of additional floors.
It has green areas, a shopping center, and a swimming pool. It should be noted that the elephant is a sacred symbol in Thailand, so when the architect Ong-ard Satrabhandhu was commissioned with this project, he had an excellent idea of building it in this way to make it a symbol of the city, and that, in turn, it could stand out from the other 80 skyscrapers that exist.
It has details that, in addition to representing the elephant, were also used practically. The characteristic tusks are the main administrative offices of the building. The queue is a series of rooms with tinted wallpaper, and their ears are balconies from some of the upper floors.
4. Universum Science Center, Bremen, Germany.
This beautiful museum, which receives more than 400 thousand visitors a year, was made with the intention that all the people who entered could directly interact with most of the exhibits.
Its inauguration was held in 2000, and since then, everyone has named the structure as three different things, a clam, a whale, and they have even called it a giant pistachio. The architect who achieved this beauty of a building was Thomas Klumpp. He was able to create all this controversy from "what does this building look like?" and that people could automatically identify that it is a museum specialized in science.
It has an area of up to more than 4,000 square meters and was built from stainless steel. In addition, it has an outdoor area of approximately 5,000 square meters, created by landscapers from Bremen, where you can see a large lake, trees everywhere.
5. Burj Qatar, Doha, Qatar
It is a building created for offices and designed by Jean Nouvel, an architect of French nationality. It is more than 230 meters long and has 46 floors. In 2012, the Burj Qatar was considered one of the finest buildings in North Africa and the Middle East.
Quite apart from this building being beautiful and extremely elegant, it is inevitable not to think of the giant narwhal, one of the rarest species of whales, when viewed in more detail. This is because it has an aerial pointed beak and its white metal facade.
6. Lucy the Elephant, New Jersey, USA
By the time it was built (1881), Lucy the Elephant had become one of the newest architectural examples. It was built by James V. Lafferty, using wood and multiple sheets of tin.
This famous New Jersey structure was built primarily to attract tourists and to increase the real estate business. In the 1960s, it was scheduled to be demolished due to the poor condition it was; however, nine years later, a group of people from the city raised the money to move Lucy and completely remodel her.
At present, the birthday of this building is celebrated every July 20, holding recreational events, and it became a historical monument of the nation.
7. Dog Shaped House, Idaho, USA
This iconic house is originally called the "Dog Bark Inn." It measures nine meters and is rented for 130 USD per night. This was an excellent technique for attracting tourists to Cottonwood, a town of only about 900 people.
The hound-shaped house has two rooms that are located, one in the head and one in the belly. In addition, it has a gift shop for tourists and a study where the owners carry out their administrative processes. It also has a large outdoor space and a statue, also in the shape of a can, called Toby.
Of course, guests are allowed to keep their pets, especially dogs. According to its owners, Dennis Sullivan and Francis Conklin, the space is perfect for four people. It is a very comfortable and fun experience.
8. Building fish, India
The National Fisheries Development Council of India has the most representative building for this area in the world. The building was built by the Central Department of Public Works and was planned from the beginning to look like a fish.
The objective of all this is to represent, at a glance, the activities that take place inside the building. Inside there is a central government organization focused on coordinating the various fisheries agencies that exist.
It was inspired by the fish that the architect Frank Gehry created in Barcelona, achieving a more marked and fun design. It has approximately 2,000 square meters, three floors, rectangular-shaped windows that simulate its scales, and its eyes are blue glass windows.
9. Zayed National Museum, Abu Dhabi
It was done by Foster + Partners, an architecture firm based in London. It was inaugurated in 2016 and is characterized by its beautiful design inspired by the falcon's flight. This can be noticed because the vertical structures, made of steel, simulate the feathers of the bird.
They act as natural standoff towers, towering up to 400 feet high.
10. Fort of San Diego, Acapulco, Mexico
This Acapulco historical museum is the most important monument in this coastal area. It has existed since the 1980s and is characterized by its unique turtle-shaped design. To build it, military engineering concepts had to be applied, which were extremely advanced for the time.
People who attend this museum will be able to enjoy a total of 12 rooms with permanent exhibits and one in which exhibits are made temporarily.
11. Crocodile Hotel, Australia
This particular piece of architecture is a hotel located in Jabirú, Australia. It was built in the late '80s, and it can be said that it is the only Crocodile that everyone would want to enter.
The architects wanted the design to be a crocodile because this animal is of great cultural importance to the people of Gagudju in Kakadu. It is 250 meters long and 30 meters wide.
It has four circular parking lots that represent the eggs of a crocodile, and guests enter through, what would be, the animal's open mouth. In addition, it has more than 100 rooms, a restaurant where you can enjoy typical Australian dishes and a swimming pool.
12. Kura-Kura Ocean Park, Indonesia
This is another turtle-shaped building that is absolutely stunning, the Kura-Kuka Ocean Park, located in Jepara, Indonesia.
It was created with the intention of being an ideal tourist destination for fun and learning because it is also an aquarium where you can find an infinity of marine species.
It measures 3,000 square meters and has many interesting attractions, such as a touch pool called Wahana Kolam Sentuh. In it are goldfish, Koi, and many turtles, which can be seen inside the aquarium.
13. The Chicken Church, Java, Indonesia
In 1990, an architect named Daniel Alamsjah built a church that is now abandoned. However, what is special about this structure is that it has the shape of a chicken with a crown.
Alamsjah claimed that, at that time, he had a vision of God; and he came to the conclusion that he should create a church where all Christians around the world could meet and praise the creator. With this structure, they wanted to simulate a dove (the holy spirit). Still, with the passage of time, it has become known as "the church of the chicken," where many tourists visit it annually due to its great peculiarity.
Wild buildings all over the world
Modern life and nature can coexist in perfect harmony, and these buildings proved it completely. The architects in charge of carrying out these works managed to fully represent those animals' main characteristics that they took as inspiration for the construction, some more literally than others.
Architecture has the advantage that it can always reinvent itself and break all established norms; it just takes an avant-garde vision and a little creativity.
These buildings have become very important attractions in the places where they are located. They have managed to be considered as places of obligatory visits during tourist trips, and even traditional celebrations have been established around some of them.
This trend will undoubtedly not disappear with time, as more and more architects turn their eyes to nature to study their designs and apply them within the field of architecture.


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The 16.07 release of DPDK introduces a new packet capture framework, which will allow users to capture traffic from existing devices/ports/queues and dump the packets to a pcap file. I decided to take a closer look at DPDK and the new pdump framework to see how it would leverage a packet capture/analysis environment using an XL710 NIC. I would also like to give a very high-level introduction to DPDK because in the circles that I circulate, people are really aware of what DPDK is and what it can do.
The 'out-of-the-box experience' wasn't great but after I made a couple of modifications to the code base, the performance was quite good, but in reality, DPDK still lacks the fundamental features required for a capture/analysis use case. The modifications and measurements I made are described below and can also be found at https://github.com/napatech/dpdk/tree/v16.07-batching.
DPDK is a port-based framework. This means that each port is treated as a separate entity or device. A port can be configured with RX and TX queues and a PMD (Poll Mode Driver) abstract the enqueue/dequeue of packet buffers (rte_mbuf's). The packet buffers (rte_mbuf) reside in huge pages to limit the amount of TLB misses and does increase performance. Huge oages uses memory pages of 2MB or 1GB where as, standard pages are 4k and every page miss is expensive. So, the bigger the pages the less misses in the translation table. DPDK uses /proc/self/pagemap to convert a virtual page address in to physical PCIe devices in order to know where to DMA to and from.
DPDK is running a while(1) loop on each lcore (logical core) which essentially is a pthread pinned to a specific CPU core.
The while(1) loop checks a job queue of function pointers to perform certain operations in a run-to-completion manner and normally the most common way is to RX or TX mbufs. The functions that are registered into the job queue normally do a while(1) themselves but they don't have to. If the application needs to send packets to another lcore, it can do so via very efficient lockless rings (they do use atomic operations which are expensive, because they need to go to last level cache) but DPDK has found ways to limit the number of atomic operations by batching the packets into arrays of mbufs, and then move batches around so the operations don't happen per packet, instead of for e.g. 32 packets which improve performance quite a bit.
DPDK has support for RSS (Receive Side Scaling), hashing and protocol offsets. The acceleration has been made in a generic way by storing the offload values in the rte_mbuf structure. The rte_mbuf structure is highly optimized in size and the fields therein are carefully chosen to keep the rte_mbuf cache aligned and small, even though 128B is quite a big structure to have per packet. The PMD needs to use CPU cycles to populate the rte_mbuf with the acceleration values, but in DPDK this is almost for free because DPDK needs to touch the rte_mbuf structure anyway. So using a couple of cycles to initialize a bit more of the same cacheline wouldn't affect performance that much. There are both pros and cons to this generic approach but the biggest con I see at the moment is that this approach makes it very difficult for PMDs to store their own proprietary acceleration features, like flow-id (packet color), packet timestamp etc. But could the HEADROOM somehow be used for that?
One of the first things a user experiences running DPDK for the first time is that it uses 100% CPU even though there are no packets to be handled. For an engineer, who spent two minutes looking at the code and documentation, this comes as no surprise because of the while(1) calling another while(1) on each lcore. For others, this is not easy to swallow especially, if they are not used to the almost zero CPU utilization that the Napatech Suite provides. DPDK has implemented a way to get by this by using interrupts so that your application can be put to sleep and be woken up when packets are received, but that is not exactly how DPDK was first envisioned, but I guess somewhere down the road somebody needed it from a power consumption point of view.
DPDK can achieve very low latency because it completely bypasses any kernel layer and packets are DMA'ed to the rte_mbuf's in user-space, where the PMD quickly delivers them to the receiving application and the TX path is equally fast. TX is as important in DPDK as RX because it was and still is meant to be a packet forwarding framework where packets from one port should be forwarded to another port based on some forwarding rules like what is currently being done in the OVS-DKDP project, https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-open-vswitch-with-dpdk-for-inter-vm-nfv-applications. Napatech is also trying to influence this with a specialized NFV NIC built for low-latency/high-throughput and acceleration (http://www.napatech.com/solutions/).
Packet capture at all speeds from 10Mbps to 100Gbps is Napatech's core expertise. So I guess it is fair to say that we should know what are the essential features in that world. Applications like Tcpdump and Wireshark run on top of libpcap and can do both run-time analysis and post-analysis using the libpcpap API (live traffic or file). Packet capture appliances/applications like n2disk – http://www.ntop.org/products/traffic-recording-replay/n2disk/ can deliver libpcap formatted files, so tools like Tcpdump and Wireshark can be used for post analysis.
Timestamp – One of the most important features in packet capture is the packet timestamp and libpcap to deliver two formats – a sec:usec and a sec:nsec, and depending on the HW these can be very precise. The sec:nsec is not a standard though, but more a Wireshark format.
Packet ordering – Another very important feature is the packet ordering, not just on a specific port but also inter-port, which require the packets to be timestamped as close to the source (interface) as possible. This can be done either using specialized switches or specialized NICs, see http://corvil.com/blog/2014/timestamping-is-taking-off-in-switches-and-aggregation-taps.
Packet merging – Applications expect to receive traffic from both uplink and downlink in the same file, which is why merging/stitching of packets is important.
Zero packet loss is important in many use-cases.
Let's see how DPDK PDUMP will handle the 4 important features mentioned above.
The PDUMP framework introduces a rte_pdump library that runs a socket server. When a client, like the pdump application, wants to start capturing packets, the rte_pdump server registers a callback-function into the PMDs to capture from. This can be either the RX or TX PMDs or both. When packets are received by the PMD this callback is called and a copy of the packets into its own packet buffer is made and placed in a ring allowing the pdump application to retrieve them from the ring. The PDUMP can now do a dequeue of packets in an RX-ring and TX-ring and transmit those to a PCAP PMD, which is then timestamping the packets using the CPU timestamp counter (RDTSC) and writing them to a file using the libpcap function pcap_dump().
How does flow above compare to the required features.
Timestamp – The timestamp resolution is very high but very inaccurate because the packets are timestamped just before they are written to disk and not when they were received on the port.
From a capture perspective I would say the PDUMP feature fails, but again to be fair the PDUMP was never designed to be packet capture. It was designed to be a debug feature enabling users to see that traffic in their datapath, using tools like Tcpdump and Wireshark, and with that in mind the PDUMP framework might be good enough, also as mentioned in the DPDK documentation, http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-16.07/prog_guide/pdump_lib.html, it affects the performance of the main application.
The performance I got out-of-the-box writing to a /dev/null file was not very good.
(http://www.napatech.com/products/accelerators/nt40e3-4-ptp/) is used as a packet generator and resides on NUMA1, so it will not influence the measurements done on NUMA0 where the XL710 (http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ethernet-products/converged-network-adapters/ethernet-xl710.html) resides. The XL710 is running this firmware: f5.0.40043 a1.5 n5.04 e24c6.
The NT40E3-4-PTP SmartNIC is capable of packet generation at 4x10Gbps with close to 0 CPU utilization and two of its ports are connected to the two 10G ports on the XL710.
Besides the pktgen tool I also use another Napatech specific tool called monitoring, which give a nice overview of the RX/TX numbers of the NT40E3-4-PTP ports.
The dpdk-pdump application is set to capture from all queues from the PCI dev 0000:04.00.0 which is the XL710 and the application is instructed to run on core 8.
Because the pdump framework impose a penalty on the main application, the testpmd, I think it is important to show that effect also which is why I show both the dpdk-pdump and testpmd bandwidth measurements in the following results.
The out-of-the-box performance writing to /dev/null is not very impressive, especially compared to a modified version of dpdk-pdump that doesn't transmit the packets to the PCAP PMD, but instead, just touches the packets, see "pdump touch only".
The results show me that the performance of testpmd is definitely affected, but also show that the write-to-disk even to /dev/null is hogging the performance. Note that the "touch only" testpmd bandwidth is dropping when pdump bandwidth increases, see 64 byte packets where testpmd drop from 2*9.2Gbps to 2*8.7Gbps, but the pdump increases from 6.5Gbps to 17.3Gbps. The reason for this is that when writing-to-disk then testpmd most of the time discards, which is cheaper than actually forwarding them.
Based on the oabove measurements, I thought that it should be possible to make some enhancements. So I started investigating the bottlenecks in the current implementation and was able to get a significant boost of performance without sacrificing functionality.
Based on the out of the box measurements I thought that it should be possible to make some enhancements so I started investigating the bottlenecks in the current implementation and was able to get a significant boost of performance without sacrificing functionality.
The contiguous batching will in DPDK ensure that as many packets as possible are memcpy'ed back-to-back in the same rte_mbuf. A standard rte_mbuf has 2048k packet space and within that I can fit ~20 64 byte packets where each packet contains a header + payload and the header has enough information to reconstruct the real rte_mbuf header, if needed.
The performance is now improved quite a bit, from 17.3Gbps to 19.1Gbps in "touch-only" mode and from 13.9Gbps to 19.1Gbps when writing to /dev/null but mostly for packets < 256B. It is important to see that not only the pdump throughput has been improved, but also the work burden on testpmd has been lifted. So I would say the contiguous batching is a win-win solution if applied correctly. I wouldn't say it is the holy grail but it works perfectly for some use cases and can be applied to DPDK in a generic manner, so that the application can just check a flag in the rte_mbuf structure, to see if the buffer consists of one or multiple packets?
Figure 5, a screenshot from the measurements running 64 byte packets.
One big problem with the current PDUMP implementation, as I see it, is that packets are timestamped too late. To enable DPDK in a capture/analysis environment, I would like to see the timestamping being a generic part of DPDK and that packets are timestamped inside the receiving PMD or at least in rte_pdump, if the timestamping penalty shouldn't affect the normal DPDK use cases because the RDTSC read out is not cheap. Today, DPDK doesn't even support RX timestamping. If applications need timestamping they must do it when the application receives the packet using the RDTSC or gettimeofday(), but since DPDK has low latency, this might work for some applications. If packets were timestamped at the port level and if timestamping were to be a generic part of DPDK it will also enable merging of packets from multiple ports correctly to the same destination file.The buffered write and the batching could also be improved. I could see in the solution where the pdump application that registers itself into the rte_pdump framework instructs, that it requires packets to be delivered in pcap format and then the rte_pdump framework will batch packets together in pcap format instead of the generic format.I'm not sure the stuff above will ever find its way to DPDK because they are very capture/analysis savvy and DPDK is a forwarding kit. So until then, I guess the Napatech API (NTAPI) is still preferred for those purposes.
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