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Caribbean Tourism Organization Hails Britain's Flight-Tax Reform
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization said Wednesday it was "delighted" with the announcement by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne that Britain's Air Passenger Duty is to be reformed.
Beginning in April 2015, the APD, also known as the flight tax, will use a simplified two-band system, Osborne said in his budget speech to Parliament.
The Band A rate will apply to all flights of less than 2000 miles from London, while longer flights will fall into Band B.
The previous system determined the rate based on the distance between London and the capital city of the destination country.
"This is a complete victory for the Caribbean, which, led by the CTO, has been lobbying against the unfair system which charged a higher rate of APD on flights to Barbados than Hawaii," CTO Chairman Beverly Nicholson-Doty said.
"We are delighted that the chancellor has finally accepted the Caribbean's proposal made in November 2010 to return to the simpler and fairer two band system" she said.
"Rest assured that the CTO, with support of our partners, will continue to advocate on behalf of the Caribbean tourism sector," she said.
International airlines also welcomed Osborne's announcement, with a spokesman for Virgin Atlantic calling it "a very welcome simplification to remove some of the biggest distortions of the current system, which the chancellor himself admitted is crazy and unjust."
"The government has rightly recognized the damage APD is having on exporters and the travelling public alike," the spokesman said.


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Elisabeth Moss & Fred Armisen: Wedding Details!
SNL actor Fred Armisen and Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss were married Sunday (October 25) at New York City's The Foundry, her rep confirms.
October 25 is an important day for the couple - it was the anniversary of the day they'd met, when Elisabeth's co-star Jon Hamm hosted SNL.
In August, Elisabeth, 27, told People that she hoped for a simple, "medium-sized" wedding. Elisabeth chose a bridal gown by Claire Pettibone, saying it was the only designer she ever wanted.
This is the second marriage for Fred, 42, who was previously married to singer/songwriter Sally Timms.
Whoopi Goldberg spilled details on Monday's episode of The View and joked that she hoped Fred, who impersonates Joy Behar on the show, would do an impression at the ceremony.
"I have to say, I was kind of hoping he would be dressed as Joy for the wedding, just to come down the aisle," Whoopi said.
We know family and friends were present for the nuptials, but there's no word yet on a honeymoon location or celebrity guests - both Fred and Elisabeth keep quiet when it comes to their private lives.
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The German Invasion of Norway 1940
The German Invasion of Norway, codenamed Operation Weserübung, was one of the most impressive German strategic achievements of the war. Through close co-operation between the Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe, and Heer (Army), German forces were able to quickly overrun and defeat an entire country before its army had even had time to fully mobilize.
Though ultimately successful, the plan was a highly risky one. If the German troops had failed in their initial objectives, and the Norwegian Army had been able to mobilize with the assistance of the British, the small German force would have been trapped in numerous isolated pockets, cut off from supply and reinforcement by the British Royal Navy. Even though the plan was carried off almost flawlessly, it still came at a heavy cost. In actions along the Norwegian coast, the Royal Navy and Norwegian shore batteries almost annihilated the Kreigsmarine's destroyer force, sank the heavy cruiser Blücher and damaged the cruisers Gneisenau and Lützow.
Illustrated with several full color maps, this book describes the planning and execution of the Norwegian campaign, including the roles played by the Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) and Gebirgsjäger (mountain infantry).
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Afrika Korps: Rommel's 1941 Offensive


On 12 March 1938 the Nazis annexed Austria. Later that year they marched into the Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia, and on 15 March 1939 the German army invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia. This brought over half a million Jews under German control.
The German invasion of Western Poland on 1 September 1939 led to the start of the Second World War. Between 1939 and June 1941 the German army invaded and occupied many countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Denmark, Yugoslavia, Greece, Norway and Western Poland. By this stage of the war many millions of Jews were living in territories under German control.
The experience of Jews in countries that were invaded and occupied by the Nazis was in some ways quite similar to that of the Jews within Germany. However, one thing that was different was the speed at which the Nazis brought in anti-Jewish measures.
This section will highlight the key events and features of the Jewish experience in countries that were occupied by the Nazis.
Map showing the extent of German occupation, 1942.
France – Invaded by Germany on 10th May 1940.
The Netherlands – Invaded by Germany on 10th May 1940.
Poland – Invaded by Germany on 1st September 1939.
Romania – Allied to Germany from 5th July 1940.
The German Army attacked Poland on 1 September 1939. Poland was defeated by the 28 September 1939. The Polish government fled to France, then, in May 1940, to London, after the German invasion of France.
The Nazi-Soviet Pact, agreed and signed in August 1939, paved the way for Germany and the Soviet Union to divide Poland between them. The western area, containing 600,000 Jews, was annexed into 'Greater Germany'. The Soviet Union took the eastern section, adding 1.2 million Jews to its population. On 23 October 1939, the area not annexed to Germany or the Soviet Union, containing around 1.5 million Jews, was placed under the control of a German administration; the General Government.
Whilst the majority of the Polish population were brutally suppressed, two million Poles of German blood (Volksdeustche) were given special privileges. Many Poles were forced to move in order to make room for ethnic Germans. Thousands of Polish leaders and resisters were killed or captured.
Antisemitic attacks and measures began immediately. Around 300,000 Jews fled to Soviet controlled territories. On 21 September 1939, Reynhard Heydrich, head of the Gestapo, issued an order that the remaining 1.8 million Jews living within the area of Poland annexed to Germany should be expelled to the General Government. The Jews were to be concentrated in large cities near major railway junctions. Forced deportations began as early as 21 November 1939.
On 23 November 1939, Hans Frank head of the General Government decreed that all Jews residing in the General Government should wear a white armband with a blue Star of David. He had previously ordered that Jewish males be sent for forced labour. The Nazi regime began seizing Jewish owned businesses, whilst Jews were allowed only a small amount of money. From January 1940, Jews were forbidden to use trains, except by special permit. Jews were also ordered to register their property with the Nazi authorities.
The first ghetto was established on 8 October 1939, in Piotrakow Trybunalski, 16 miles south of the central Polish town of Lodz. The first large ghetto, was established at Lodz during February 1940. Throughout 1940 and 1941, the Nazis established hundreds of ghettos as the German armed forces invaded lands accross Europe.
The Nazis continued developing their network of concentration and forced labour camps across Europe. Many of these were established within occupied Poland in order to exploit the Jews living within the General Government; most notably the 40 plus camps that made up the Auschwitz camp complex.
In June 1941, the German armed forces invaded eastern Poland in order to attack the Soviet Union. Whilst the German Army fought its way eastwards, mobile killing units, Einsatzgruppen carried out the mass extermination of Jews living in these newly conquered areas.
Very soon the Germans began their campaign of mass slaughter within occupied Poland. On 20th January 1942, the Nazis held a secret conference at Wannsee, a suburb of Berlin, to discuss the logistics of exterminating the entire Jewish population of Europe.
Chelmno, the first of six extermination camps was established in Poland on 7 December 1941. In the spring of 1942, three other extermination camps at Sobibor, Belzec, and Treblinka were established as part of Aktion Reinhard, the plan to liquidate all Jews in the General Government. The Concentration Camps at Auschwitz and Majdanek were also expanded and developed into extermination centers.
Jews who had previously been held in ghettos within occupied Poland were transported to their fate in the death camps. The ghettos within the General Governement were liquidated. By the summer of 1944 only the Lodz ghetto remained.
By the time Heinrich Himmler ordered a halt to the murders in Auschwitz, 90 per cent of Polish Jewry, three million people, had been murdered by the Nazis. In addition, three million non-Jewish Poles had died at the hands of the Germans.
Jews from the Lodz ghetto being loaded onto cattle trucks before being taken to their deaths at Chelmno extermination camp.
Jews in a detention camp, Le Vernet, France, 1940.
Jews in a detention camp, Le Vernet, France, 1940. © 2012 Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority.
A propaganda poster of the Vichy regime bearing a picture of Marshal Petain.
Courtesy of the Bundesarchiv, via Wikimedia Commons.
The German army invaded France on 10 May 1940. On 22 June 1940, the French surrendered and signed an armistice with the Nazis. France was then divided in two zones. Northern France was occupied and controlled by Germany. The unoccupied southern zone came under the control of a new French Government led by Marshal Philippe Petain, a World War I hero. Established in the spa town of Vichy, the government and area became known as the Vichy France.
General Charles de Gaulle, who opposed Petain's surrender to the Germans, fled to Great Britain and set up a French Government-in-exile. Many other Frenchmen who wanted to free France from the Germans also supported de Gaulle and fought with the British.
In the summer of 1940, 350,000 Jews were living in France. More than half the Jewish population were not French citizens. Many were Jews who had emigrated to France from eastern Europe after World War I. In addition, many more were Jewish refugees fleeing antisemitism within Nazi Germany and other areas occupied by the Nazis.
Almost immediately after the German invasion, Jews living in the occupied zone, and in Vichy France, were subjected to various anti-Jewish measures. In the controlled zone, Jews were dismissed from their jobs and their freedom of movement was restricted. Many Jews were arrested.
The Vichy Government began to persecute Jews. In October 1940, they passed a set of anti-Jewish laws, defining who was a Jew and limiting their involvement in French society. In March 1941 the Vichy authorities, under pressure from the Germans, set up an Office for Jewish Affairs. Jewish property and businesses were confiscated under Aryanisation laws. Initially, the Vichy Government's anti-Jewish measures were directed against Jews who were of non-French citizensip.
Many thousands were sent to forced labour camps or imprisoned. However, at the end of April 1942, Pierre Laval joined the Vichy Government as prime minister. Laval said Vichy should collaborate fully with the Nazis. From then on the Vichy regime began to persecute all Jews, irrespective of their citizenship.
In June 1942, the Germans forced the Jews in the occupied zone to wear the Star of David. Throughout the summer of 1942, they arrested Jews for deportation, and restricted the movements of the remaining community. These 'roundups' were usually carried by French police who collaborated with the Nazis.
In one aktion which took place in Paris on 16-17 July 1942, 12,000 were rounded up. Around 7,000 of them were crammed into the Velodrome d'Hiver sports stadium for several days; with no food, water, or sanitation. Many thousands more Jews were sent by cattle car to Drancy transit camp in a suburb of Paris. From there they were deported to the east. The Vichy authorities also arrested and deported Jews from their zone.
During the war approximately 80,000 Jews were deported from France. Of these, 70,000 were sent to Auschwitz. The remainder were sent to Majdanek, Sobibor and Buchenwald. By the end of the war just 2,000 of those who were deported had survived.
Despite the Vichy government's commitment to collaborate with the Nazis, once the deportation of Jews began to include French citizens, some citizens of Vichy began to protest. In August 1943, Laval, Prime Minister of Vichy, refused to strip French Jews of their citizenship, which would have speeded up thier deportation. Despite this, the deportations continued through 1943 and into 1944.
Some Jews took part in the activities of the French Resistance, whilst many others joined Jewish resistance organizations, such as the Armee Juive. Some Jewish resistence organisations hid Jews, especially Jewish children, whilst others sought to enable their escape from France.
Jewish children and adults in the Netherlands wearing yellow stars. The Nazis forced all Jews to wear such stars to identify themselves in public.
After Hitler came to power many German Jews began to move to the Netherlands as they believed that its neutrality during WWI, would mean it would be a safe place to escape the Nazi's antisemitic policies. Many of those who entered the country did so illegally. The Dutch governement set up a series internment camps including one in the north-east at Westerbork. After the outbreak of the Second World War Westerbork would play a significant role in the transportation of Dutch Jews to the death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Sobibor.
On 10 May 1940, the German Army invaded the Netherlands. Within four days, after witnessing the bombing of Rotterdam and receiving a threat of the same in Amsterdam, the Dutch army surrendered. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands fled to Great Britain, where she established a government-in-exile. Very soon, Hitler ordered the establishment of a German civil administration in the Netherlands under the command of the SS. Many Austrian-born Nazis supervised the work of the Dutch civil service.
The Netherlands had a Jewish population of 140,000, 75,000 of whom lived in Amsterdam. Many Jews attempted to escape the country. However, a series of anti-Jewish measures made this extremely difficult. In September 1940, Jewish newspapers were closed down. Then, during November, Jewish civil servants were sacked and the assets of all Jewish businesses were registered.
In December 1940, the Jewish community in the Netherlands established the Jewish Coordinating Committee as a defensive measure against the Nazis. Two months later, the Nazi regime set up a Judenrat; the Joodse Raad, to administer orders of the SS concerning the lives of Jews in the Netherlands.
In January 1941, all Jews living within the Netherlands were ordered to register. A total of 159,806 persons registered, including 19,561 born of mixed marriages. The total included some 25,000 Jewish refugees from the German Reich.
A confrontation in a cafe between Jews and the German police resulted in 389 young people being sent to Buchenwald and Mauthausen concentration camps. Many Dutch citizens publicly criticized the Nazi measures. In response to the deportations, Dutch workers called a general strike on 25 February 1941. These strikes brought factories, public transport and public services to a standstill. However, the Germans brutally suppressed the strike within three days. Whilst Nazi policy hardened, they realised that it would not be easy to convert the whole of the Dutch population to Nazism.
Whilst some opposed the Nazis, many sympathised and actively collaborated with their antisemitic policies. During the early 1930s, whilst the Nazi Party was gaining power in Germany, antisemitic, right-wing movements, were prominent in the Netherlands. These groups resented the influx of Jewish refugees. The Nazis drew on these groups for support. The German authorities and their Dutch collaborators soon began segregating Jews from the general population. Some 15,000 Jews were sent to forced-labour camps.
Throughout 1941, the situation for Jews in the Netherlands deteriorated. As had been the case in Austria, Germany and the Czech lands, Reinhard Heydrich set up a Central Office for Jewish Emigration. Jews were banned from public places, subjected to nighttime curfews and travel restrictions. Jewish students were also thrown out of schools and universities. Then, during late 1941, the Joodse Raad was tasked with providing lists of workers as the Germans opened a number of forced labour camps.
During January 1942, the Germans ordered the concentration of Jews in Amsterdam. Foreign or stateless Jews were sent to Westerbork. Then, in March 1942, the German administration started confiscating Jewish property. A month later, on 29 April 1942, Jews were ordered to wear a yellow Star of David containing the word Joad (the Dutch word for Jew). Many non-Jews protested against this decree, and some wore yellow stars in solidarity.
In July 1942, the Germans began rounding up Jews, sending them to Westerbork on their way to the extermination camps of Auschwitz and Sobibor in occupied Poland, where they were murdered.
The Dutch police actively collaborated and assisted the German authorities in rounding up of Jews on the streets or in their homes.
Dutch railway workers administered and operated the rolling stock in which Jews were deported to and from Westerbork. The last train left Westerbork for Auschwitz-Birkenau on 3 September 1944, by which time 107,000 Jews had been deported. Of this number only 5,200 survived.
Whilst the geography of the Netherlands made escape difficult, between 25,000-30,000 Jews managed to go into hiding assisted by the Dutch underground. Remarkably, of this total, two-thirds of Dutch Jews in hiding managed to survive.
Romanian citizens surround and greet the first Soviet soldiers to enter Bucharest, 29 August 1944.
Jewish-owned store vandalized during the January 21-23 Iron Guard pogrom. Bucharest, Romania, January 1941.
Sephardic synagogue destroyed during the January 21-23 Iron Guard pogrom. Bucharest, Romania, January 1941.
As a result of the treaties that followed the First World War the territory and population of Romania doubled. During the 1920s the country saw the birth of a number of antisemitic political parties.
A 1930 census recorded 728,115 Jews living in the country.
After the Nazis came to power in Germany, they encouraged right wing nationalist parties in other countries to foster anti-Jewish measures. In February 1938, King Carol II of Romania established an antisemitic dictatorship.
In September 1940, the fascist General Ion Antonescu forced King Carol II to abdicate. Antonescu established a government that included members of the antisemitic Iron Guard. In November 1940, Romania joined the Axis alliance.
The Iron Guard led physical attacks against the Jews of Romania. In January 1941, anti-Jewish riots resulted in 127 deaths. Adolf Eichmann assisted the Romanian government in setting up a 'National Romanianization Centre' designed to exclude Jews from every aspect of Romanian life.
When, on 22 June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the Romanian Army fought along side them.
The Romanian authorities collaborated with the Germans in the planned murder of the Jews. German and Romanian army units, carried out the extermination of 160,000 of Romania's Jews. Local Romanians and Ukrainians assisted in the murders.
By the end of 1942, Antonescu was worried that Germany would lose the war and cancelled the deportation of 292,000 Jews to Belzec.
Instead, he agreed to the emigration of 70,000 Jews to Palestine in exchange for money. However, Eichmann blocked the plan.
By 23 August 1944, Antonescu's government was overthrown by an antifascist group called the National Democratic Bloc. The new government signed an agreement with the Soviet Union that formally acknowledged that Romania was no longer allied with Germany.
Some 420,000 Jews who had previously lived in Romania died during the Holocaust.
After the war, Antonescu and officials from his regime were put on trial. Antonescu was convicted and executed.
However, most Romanian perpetrators were never brought to justice for the crimes they had committed against the Romanian Jews.
Ion Antonescu signs an Agreement with Hitler. Berlin, Germany, 23 November 1940.
This photograph shows the inside of a synagogue used as a warehouse for the belongings of deported Jews.
Very soon after Hitler came to power in Germany, the Hungarian government attempted to build an alliance with Nazi Germany. In March 1938, Hungary began to issue anti-Jewish legislation. Jews were systematically removed from the economy and were distinguished as a racial group. During 1939, all Jewish men of military age were forced to join the Hungarian Labour Service.
In September 1938, following the German annexation of the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia, a portion of the area was given to Hungary in order to build relations between the two nations. Over the next three years, as Germany invaded and controlled countries surrounding Hungary, Germany gave Hungary possession of other lands. In 1941 the Hungarian Government passed a law defining who was Jewish and by March of the same year the Jewish population in Hungarian controlled land had reached in excess of 725,000.
In June 1941, Hungary joined Germany in the war against the Soviet Union. After the German defeat at Stalingrad, the Hungarian government attempted to pull out of the alliance with Germany. During March 1944, German troops invaded Hungary. Hitler set up a new government faithful to Germany.
A Special unit under the orders of Adolf Eichmann, began implementing the "" within Hungary. Anti-Jewish decrees were passed. Judenraeteete were established across Hungary. A separate one was set up for Budapest, the capital.
Jews had to wear a Star of David and their movement was restricted. Telephones and radios were confiscated, whilst Jewish property and businesses were seized. During April the Jews of Hungary were forced into ghettos. Very soon, the Jews of each ghetto were put on trains and deported. Between 15 May and 9 July 1944, approximately 430,000 Hungarian Jews were deported, mainly to Auschwitz. The majority of them were gassed on arrival; many more died with the camp over the next few months.
By early July 1944, when the deportations were halted, apart from Budapest, the capital, Hungary was . Throughout the spring of 1944, the Relief and Rescue Committee of Budapest began negotiating with the SS to save lives. Many Jews were able to flee Hungary.
Between July and October 1944, the Jews within Budapest lived in relative safety. However, when, on 15 October, the Hungarian government announced they were going to make peace with the Allies, the Germans toppled the government. They gave power to Ferenc Szalasi and his fascist, and antisemitic, Arrow Cross Party. The Arrow Cross began a reign of terror across the city. Almost 80,000 Jews were killed. Many victims were shot on the banks of the Danube River and their bodies thrown in the river. In addition, many thousands were forced on death marches to the Austrian border.
In December 1944, whilst the Soviet Army laid siege to Budapest, around 70,000 Jews were forced into a ghetto. Many thousands died of cold, disease, and starvation.
Despite the brutality of the Arrow Cross reign of terror, many thousands of Jews in Budapest were saved by the Relief and Rescue Committee. Other Jewish activists, such as Zionist youth movement members, forged identity documents and provided them with food. Foreign diplomats such as Raoul Wallenberg, from Sweden, and Carl Lutz, from Switzerland, helped Jews achieve safety through international protection.
Hungary was liberated by the Soviet army during April 1945. However, by this time 568,000 Hungarian Jews had perished during the Holocaust.
Regulation for the identification of Jewish Men and Women, 23 November 1939.
Third Regulation for Restrictions of Residence in the general Government, 15 October 1941.
Jews were dismissed from employment; especially those in positions of influence. In addition, Jewish-owned property, businesses and assets were confiscated. Jewish students were dismissed from school and universities.Freedom of movement was severely restricted. Jews were banned from visiting public places, subjected to nightime curfews and travel restrictions.In many countries, especially in the east, Jews were forced to live in certain areas of towns or cities, known as ghettos.Many Jews were arrested and used for forced labour. Many thousands of Jews were the victims of random punishments that resulted in their deaths.Despite the fact that they might have previously been friends or colleagues, local citizens often took part in attacks and killings against their Jewish neighbours.
By the early 1940s many millions of Jews were living in territories under German control.
The experience of Jews in countries that were invaded and occupied by the Nazis was often quite similar to that of the Jews within Germany. However, what was different was the speed at which the Nazis enacted anti-Jewish measures. Watch the videos on this page to gain an understanding of life through the eyes of a Survivor.
Freddie was an Austrian Jewish boy born in Vienna, Austria in 1921. In this video he talks about what happened when the Nazis marched into Vienna during early 1938. He also talks about what he witnessed on Kristallnacht, 9-10 November 1938.
In this video Jack remembers the German invasion of Novogrudek. Jack was only 12 years old, when the Nazis invaded, but remembers vividly how the Nazis established anti-Jewish laws. He also remembers the terrible atrocities committed by the Nazis and their accomplices.
In this video Joan talks about what happened to her family under Nazi occupation. Watch and learn how the family managed to move from Belgium to France.
What happened to Joan's father?
In 1939 Radyviliv was invaded by the Soviet Union. Life didn't change too much under the Russians. However, in 1941 the German army invaded the area. Life changed dramatically for the Jewish population.
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How to Start a Security Company in California
Setting Up a New Business
By Alisa Stevens Updated March 01, 2019
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The California Department of Consumer Affairs regulates and licenses security companies. There are several steps to follow if you want to start a security company in California. To open a security company, an owner must be or must hire a qualified manager and apply for a company license.
The state requires photos and criminal background checks on all owners, partners and corporate officers. All company employees must be licensed and carry their licenses with them at all times.
A business plan is an essential step in starting a new enterprise. Not only does the plan provide guidance throughout the startup process, but many lenders and investors want to see a business plan before providing loans and startup capital to a new business. Local Small Business Association affiliates can provide assistance in the development of a business plan.
Hire a Qualified Manager
A qualified manager must pass the state written exam and provide evidence of at least one year of compensated experience, totaling not less than 2,000 hours, as a patrolman, guard or watchman. Visit the California Department of Consumer Affairs website to verify your candidate's license before hiring. Disregard this step if you have a current private patrol license and plan on acting as the qualified manager.
Application for License
Complete the application, which can be found on the Department website. Information needed includes proposed business name and address, qualified manager's name and license number, the type of business organization and the names of all owners, partners and corporate officers. Sign and date the application. The form requires the qualified manager and all owners, partners or corporate officers listed to sign the document.
Personal ID Form
Complete one for each person listed as an owner, partner, corporate officer and qualified manager on the application.
Include Passport Photos
Take one passport photo for all owners, partners, corporate officers and the qualified manager. Include the photos with the individual's personal identification forms.
Take the Form to a Live Scan Site
Take the form to a Live Scan site. A list of Live Scan locations are on the Department website. Pay the fees for the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record checks. Submit for fingerprint imaging. The Live Scan operator will sign the forms. Include page 2 of the Live Scan forms as an attachment to the Personal Identification forms. Live Scan forms are required for all owners, partners, corporate officers and the qualified manager.
Business Name Form
Download the Request Authorization of Business Name from the Department website. Complete the form. Include five proposed business names in order of preference.
Make Copies for Your Records
Make a copy of all documents for your records.
Submitting Forms, Photos and Fee
Submit to all forms, passport photos, the $700 licensing fee and the copies of the signed Live Scan forms to the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, P.O. Box 989002, West Sacramento, CA 95798-9002. Also, include a copy of the endorsed Articles of Incorporation or the Statement by a Foreign Corporation, if applying as a corporation.
Insurance Policy Coverage
California requires security companies to maintain an insurance policy providing at least $1,000,000 per loss as a result of bodily injury, death, or destruction of property.
Time to Wait
Wait two to four months for the Department to process and issue the license or reject the application.
Develop a Marketing Plan
Make good use of the time spent waiting for your license and develop a strong marketing plan. Take the research used in developing your business plan and begin a marketing plan for reaching potential customers. This is also a good time to check crime statistics in your area and to put together a list of new and existing businesses that may benefit from your services. When your license arrives, you'll be ready to contact potential customers.
Hire Licensed Staff
Hire licensed security guards and private patrol officers. California allows only licensed private patrol operators to perform contracted security guard or bodyguard services to any person or business.
California Department of Consumer Affairs: Welcome to the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services
California Department of Consumer Affairs: Private Patrol Operator Fact Sheet
California Department of Consumer Affairs: License Lookup
California Department of Consumer Affairs: Live Scan Information
bsis.ca.gov: INFORMATION ABOUT LICENSING
California Business and Professions Code: Section 7581-7581.5
Alisa Stevens has been writing articles and business/marketing materials since 1994. She has experience writing for and about a variety of industries, including the legal, transportation, government and education sectors. Stevens holds a B.A. in journalism and an M.B.A. from Arizona State University, as well as a J.D. from Loyola Law School.
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RIB manufacturer AB Inflatables, an AB Marine Group brand, has announced the launch of its latest model, ABJET 445, and its alliance with Canadian company BRP.
The two companies have joined forces for the development of the new model, which made its debut on the North American market at FLIBS 2016.
As part of the partnership, the new ABJET 445 will be equipped with a Rotax 4-TEC 150 jet propulsion system.
"Our team is confident this offering will give our jet-propelled inflatable line a significant boost in buyer confidence when shopping AB Inflatables," says Jaime Cristancho, marketing and sales manager for AB Marine Group.
The Rotax powertrain is known for delivering outstanding thrust, offers shallow draft and is CARB and US EPA 4-Star certified as well as compliant with new CE emissions regulations.
Commenting on the partnership, Krista Sparkes, VP sales North America at BRP's Marine Propulsion Systems division, says: "Becoming a key supplier to AB Inflatables is part of our strategic growth plan for the Rotax 4TEC jet propulsion system.
"AB Inflatables is a strong manufacturer in the inflatable category with an even stronger reputation for high quality; a perfect match for our Rotax 4-TEC jet propulsion system," she concludes.
The new ABJET 445 model will be on display at boot Düsseldorf from January 21-28, 2017.
AB Inflatables produces RIBs for the leisure and commercial marine sectors. Headquartered in Barranquilla, Colombia, the company exports to more than 35 countries and is certified NMMA for the US and CE for Europe.


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We're happy to report BayLibre is once again featured in the LWN stats for this release. Corentin Labbe from our team is a Top 10 developer and BayLibre is a Top 20 employer, both by Lines Changed.
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Growing up in England, Beverly Dwyer celebrated Christmas by going to church and spending time with her family, but it wasn't until she moved to Israel that she fully began to experience the holiness of the holiday.
Back home, "Christmas is a time of great commercialization, a moneymaker for the stores," said Dwyer, an evangelical Christian who has lived in Israel on and off for 18 years. "The birth of our savior isn't usually the focus."
In Israel, "the holiday is much more low-key," Dwyer said. "You have to make an effort to celebrate. The lack of commercialization and consumerism gives me the opportunity to really reflect on the true meaning of the season."
Compared with how the holiday is celebrated in Christian-majority countries — with dazzling lights, Christmas-themed shows and sales — the public observance of Christmas in Israel and the Palestinian territories is downright modest.
Christians are a tiny minority in the Holy Land, comprising about 2 percent of the population, not including the many Christian clergy, aid workers, students, migrant workers and asylum-seekers who reside in Israel, sometimes for decades.
It is possible to find public displays related to Christmas, but you need to look for them.
The municipalities of Bethlehem in the West Bank and Haifa and Nazareth in northern Israel decorate their towns with Christmas lights and organize Christmas-themed events, concerts and bazaars. In south Tel Aviv-Jaffa, the city puts up a big Christmas tree, and stores sell everything from ornaments to Santa suits.
In Jerusalem, Christians celebrate the holiday mostly behind doors, in their homes and churches, and Dwyer considers this a godsend.
"For me, personally, Christmas without external distractions has given me a lot more time to strengthen my relationship with God," she said. "I can read more, reflect more. I can spend more time in prayer. I'm able to invest myself in my spiritual walk with God."
The Rev. Petra Heldt, a pastor ordained in the Protestant Church of Germany, feels much the same.
"Here the content is more important than the wrapping. Showing the love of God is the content and the wrapping is the glitter and glamor" of westernized Christmas celebrations, said Heldt, who has lived in Israel for the past 39 years.
Heldt said she appreciates the Christmas traditions of the Eastern Orthodox, who will celebrate the religious holiday on Jan. 7. She doesn't follow these traditions, however.
"Orthodox Christians, who are the majority of (indigenous) Christians here, don't focus so much on little Jesus in the crib, but in the coming of God to the world," she explained. "They focus on the triad — the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit we could not recognize the Son, who is the Messiah sent by God into the world."
Heldt called this a "revelation."
"It's a sign of the love that God has for humanity. It is nothing but humbling."
For Julaine Stark, an evangelical Christian from the U.S., the Holy Land's style of celebrating the birth of Jesus has been a welcome discovery.
"It's extremely noncommercial. In the U.S. they have Christmas in July sales for people who want to get a head start on their gift shopping. The consumerism and materialism are all-consuming."
Living in Israel for the past three years has also given Stark a greater appreciation for the Jewish roots of Christianity.
"I see how the Jewish people's feasts are feasts of the Lord and that they are tied to history and their ancient traditions," she said. Jesus, who was Jewish, attended these feasts, according to the New Testament.
Stark, whose grown children live in the U.S., said she will be celebrating another quiet but spiritual Christmas in Jerusalem.
If the weather holds out, she plans to go to an annual bonfire in Jerusalem overlooking Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, and attend a "simple, very meaningful" Christmas service in a nearby church.
"Back in the U.S., raising my children we would sing 'Jingle Bell Rock' and 'I'll Be Home for Christmas,' which are sentimental songs."
Since moving to Jerusalem, Stark has gravitated toward traditional hymns but has retained her love for Handel's "Messiah."
"Christmas could be lonely without my family, but what I've found is that the whole concept of Shabbat — the Sabbath — and creating a place of rest, rather than trying to fill every moment with things to do and being busy, is something to embrace. I'm going to consider the Christmas week holiday a weeklong Shabbat.
"There's so much to learn in the quiet," she said.


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Niloy Mitra is a Professor of Geometry Processing in the Department of Computer Science, University College London (UCL). He received his MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University under the guidance of Leonidas Guibas and Marc Levoy, and was a postdoctoral scholar with Helmut Pottmann at Technical University Vienna. His research interests include shape analysis, computational design and fabrication, and geometry processing. For details, please visit the SmartGeometryProcessing page.
Niloy received the 2013 ACM Siggraph Significant New Researcher Award for "his outstanding work in discovery and use of structure and function in 3D objects" (UCL press release) and the BCS Roger Needham award (BCS press release) in 2015. He received the ERC Starting Grant on SmartGeometry in 2013. His work has twice been featured as research highlights in the Communications of the ACM, twice been selected by ACM Siggraph/Siggrraph Asia (both in 2017) for press release as research highlight. Besides research, Niloy is an active DIYer and loves reading, bouldering, and cooking.
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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrive at Manama's Four Seasons hotel, the venue for the U.S.-hosted "Peace to Prosperity" conference, in Manama, Bahrain, June 25, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)
Jared Kushner on Tuesday called for the Palestinians to accept the "Opportunity of the Century" that he says will pump $50 billion into a stagnant economy but told them they must first agree if they want a peace deal.
Opening the long-awaited Middle East peace initiative of his father-in-law, President Donald Trump, at a conference in Bahrain, Kushner insisted that the administration has not "given up" on the Palestinians, whose leadership is boycotting the U.S.-led "economic workshop".
"Agreeing on an economic pathway forward is a necessary pre-condition to resolving the previously unsolvable political issues," Kushner said as he opened the two-day event before a gala dinner.
In a data-driven presentation in the style of a corporate executive, the 38-year-old adviser to Trump and family friend of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the need for a political solution.
"To be clear, economic growth and prosperity for the Palestinian people are not possible without an enduring and fair political solution to the conflict — one that guarantees Israel's security and respects the dignity of the Palestinian people," he said.
But Kushner said that the political plan would come later — and that the Palestinians should first embrace the economic component, which promises billions of dollars in investment in infrastructure, tourism and education.
"My direct message to the Palestinian people, is that despite what those who have let you down in the past say, President Trump and America have not given up on you," he said.
While dismissing the mocking description of his peace plan as the "Deal of the Century", he quickly offered another label.
"This effort is better referred to as the Opportunity of the Century, if the leadership has the courage to pursue it."
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The Palestinian Authority and its rival Hamas have both denounced Kushner's so-called "Peace to Prosperity" initiative, saying it amounts to a bid by the unabashedly pro-Israel Trump to buy them off in return for not enjoying their own state.
Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, said that the Trump administration "is insinuating that they know what is best for the Palestinian people" without addressing the underlying issue of Israeli occupation.
"Such inciting campaigns aim at making the people and leadership of Palestine accept the dictations, threats and tyranny of both the U.S. and Israel — and they are doomed to fail," the veteran Palestinian negotiator said in a statement earlier Tuesday.
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in the occupied West Bank to denounce the conference, burning pictures near Hebron of Trump and the king of Bahrain.
In unprecedented scenes, the kingdom welcomed dozens of Israelis including academics and journalists despite the lack of diplomatic relations.
The United States has hailed the workshop as bringing together the Israelis with Gulf Arabs due to their mutual hostility towards Iran.
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Netanyahu, who has also criticized the Palestinian boycott, has spoken in recent months of annexing parts of the West Bank, a move that could effectively end hopes of a two-state solution.
The Trump administration has hinted that its political plan will not mention a Palestinian state — a sharp shift from the goal of years of U.S. diplomacy.
Trump has already taken landmark steps to support Israel including recognizing bitterly contested Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and Kushner is a family friend of Netanyahu.
Saudi Arabia, which sent its finance minister, in a statement said it supported "all international efforts aiming to achieve prosperity in the region".
But it also called for a "comprehensive and just peace" and reiterated its call for an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital.
Jordan and Egypt, the only two Arab nations to have signed peace deals with Israel, were attending but only sent mid-level officials.
Prominent figures taking part in the Bahrain conference included International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, World Bank President David Malpass and former British prime minister Tony Blair.
Richard LeBaron, a former U.S. diplomat in the Middle East, said that the Trump administration fully expected that the Palestinians would stay away.
But Bahrain allows Kushner to portray Palestinian leaders as not caring about their own people as he keeps advancing Israeli interests, said LeBaron, now a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank.
"The 'failure' of the Manama workshop will be success for the Trump strategy," he wrote in an analysis.
"It will permit Kushner and his colleagues to claim that they tried their best to address the situation and allow them to blame others for not cooperating."
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Governor Dunleavy, First Lady Mourn the Passing of Former Governor Bill Sheffield
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and First Lady Rose Dunleavy send their condolences to the family and loved ones of former Governor Bill Sheffield, who passed away today. Sheffield served as Governor from 1982-1986.
"The First Lady and I express our deepest sympathies to the family of former Governor Bill Sheffield," said Governor Dunleavy. "Originally from Spokane Washington, Sheffield was relocated to the territory of Alaska by Sears Roebuck in 1953 and spent the rest of his days in the state serving his community".
Sheffield was the fifth governor of the state, during a period when Alaska's economy was booming from North Slope oil revenue. He pushed for and signed into law a bill that moved Alaska into one time zone, where the state had previously been split in four. Sheffield was also instrumental in the opening of the zinc and lead producing, Red Dog mine. After his public service ended, he sat on the new board of the Alaska Railroad, which he had advocated for the state to buy while governor. He later become CEO of the Alaska Railroad corporation and then the director of the Port of Anchorage.
William Jennings Sheffield Jr. will be remembered for his many contributions to the state. From building a chain of nineteen hotels that he later sold, and became Westmark's, to serving as President of the Alaska Visitors Association, the Alaska Chamber of Commerce and national director of the U.S. Jaycees. He also served as a member of the Anchorage City Planning Commission and the Anchorage Charter Commission.
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Knot of Stone
history is not set in stone
Video cover image: 'The massacre of Viceroy Francisco d'Almeida, 1510'
by Angus McBride, 1984.
First an obscure murder...
...now an enigmatic book.
The one changed history...
...the other will change your future.
Knot of Stone is a unique historical novel that begins and ends with an enigma—an alleged mass murder in South Africa and a long-lost treatise, the Sierra Nevada. In 1510, when the Cape of Good Hope was still revered as a southern Portal to the Indies, the Viceroy of Portuguese India was led ashore, attacked, slain and hurriedly buried in a shallow grave. The death of Francisco d'Almeida and sixty-odd compatriots remains a mystery to this day. Was it the fulfillment of a prophecy or an act of poetic justice? Was it an ambush, a mutiny or even an assassination? And if so, was it instigated by Manuel I, then king of Portugal, or by a secret cabal within the Church of Rome?
What is this book about?
At the heart of Knot of Stone is the concept of the eternal return; namely, that we live again and again with the same family, friends and foes. While the book provides ample biographical background, it is only when the protagonists reach the limits of their historical research that the karmic biographies of historical figures are introduced to help explain events and their outcomes.
Knot of Stone is a multilayered work with a complex plot; incorporating recorded histories, official documents, private diary notes, oral testimonies, dreams and prophecies. The story is divided into eight sequential sections—Arrival, Journey, Departure, Travel, Home, Digression, Alignment, Return —and includes a hundred illustrations, numerous emails and skype exchanges, as well as the actual messages from a clairaudient sangoma (traditionally, a healer empowered by the ancestors). The author designed and illustrated his novel and is currently producing an e-edition for release in 2015.
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Nicolaas Vergunst says:
"The killing of Almeida is one of the greatest tragedies in Portuguese history." Victor de Kock, chief archivist, Cape Town, 1952.
"The killing of Almeida was our finest hour and gives us pride of place in modern history." Ron Martin, Khoisan community leader, Cape Town, 2010.
Our finest hour or greatest tragedy?
Cuan Elgin says:
This violent clash took place in 1510, when Dom Francisco de Almeida (Viceroy and Governor of the Portuguese State in India) went ashore. He apparently angered the Khoi-Khoi because he approached one of their settlements uninvited. Some of his marines were injured in a skirmish. In retaliation about 100 of his men returned and took some cattle and a few children as hostages.
However, the Portuguese found themselves suddenly surrounded by a large herd of cattle, driven by the Khoi—who then threw fire-hardened, wooden spears at them from behind this moving "defensive wall." The marines had neglected to wear armor, and carried only swords, so they could not effectively defend themselves, and de Almeida and 58 of his men were killed by being speared, or trampled by the cattle. Thereafter, the Portuguese largely avoided the Cape.
Thanks for this vivid description, Cuan, though I'm not sure of any "uninvited" visit? It was a punitive expedition which Almeida himself led, reluctantly, after several officers voted in favour of reprisals and a pre-dawn raid on the village. Almeida and those faithful to him suspected foul play and, indeed, were led into an ambush by a faction among his crew. The confrontation was orchestrated to look like the fulfillment of the famed witches prophecy that "Ameida would not pass beyond the Cape of Good Hope, it being the portal to the Estado da Índia and the border of his realm".
See Knot of Stone (pp.81–82) for a more detailed reconstruction of events that fateful Friday morning.
Ron Martin says:
A very accurate description as well… thanks for the memory, guys.
"The killing of Almeida was our finest hour and gives us pride of place in modern history." Stick by your anniversary comment, Ron, that's fine with me, but don't take on the burden of blame for this massacre. Your forebearers were set up to attack Almeida while his true assassins abandoned him, so that history would remember the Cape Khoisan as a wild and unreliable lot. Portugal's propaganda worked and has been repeated for five hundred years. Now is the time to reclaim your peoples' role in saving southern Africa from a very different future—that is, from becoming a second Brazil. See my blog on why South Africa isn't Brazil
I don't think that my people would regard the actions of our forebears on that fateful day as a "burden of blame"… remember, too, that the various accounts of the event were all recorded and intepreted from various biased opinions (ours too, for that matter), and that the debate is finally raging, as it should have a long time ago. History as a discipline may very well be the winner in the end.
You were blamed, however, by Portuguese chroniclers. Unwitting or not, they drew attention away from the actual conspirators in Lisbon and Cochin, India.
I realise that, but in the context of the day, the Goringhaiqua perceived the visitors as intruders whom they had to dispel since they (the Portuguese) made the first threatening gestures. The Khoi would not have been interested in any conspiracy… it was not their business. Even today, the attitude amongst our people with regard to the Portuguese chroniclers' accounts are "so what?"
Last year we celebrated the 500-year anniversary of a victory in a David and Goliath-type battle against a (superior) evil slave-trader and war-monger, and it is simply this vision that instills in our people a pride that is incomparable with any other, especially when our nation is starving for heroes and pride in our heritage. As much as there is truth, blame, interpretation, conspiracy-theories out there, our people are resolute: the Goringhaiqua kicked D'Almeida's ass! He may have sacked Sofia and brought down the Ottoman Empire, but a few lowly pastoralists saw the end of him. Grant us that, at least.
You killed him, granted, with a sling-shot stone behind his knee and a wooden spear through his throat. You can make of that what you will, Ron, but to my mind it was a heroic victory in defense of all that was dear to you: your women, your children and your cattle. But this is not my point. I merely wish to state that Almeida was the true victim here; the victim of an order of execution disguised as a prophecy of doom. According to the clairaudient message cited in my book:
"The Viceroy was already dead, and his party wiped out, when the conspirators returned to seal their atrocity—ritually piercing Almeida through the throat with a lance of steel. Thus they silenced him forever." (KoS p.13)
Could you, as the Silent Ones who have suffered through our history, perhaps speak for him too?
As a student of history, I would not completely discount the idea of redressing the historical narrative by speaking for D'Almeida too. However, that is the very point. We, the Khoi-khoi and Boesman (we hate the term Khoisan, by the way), find ourselves constantly having to scream to be heard, and then still get ignored, so why should we speak for a perpetrator of violence against us, even if it merely serves to complete the narrative? Nobody is prepared to do that for us.
Maybe, after a few more years, when our own pain is somewhat less, we can entertain the notion, but at the moment we are still trying to enter our narrative into the frey, against all odds… charity begins at home.
While we clearly differ on the character of Almeida and the role played by his own men in the ambush—including their ritual killing of him afterwards—the event marks the first recorded battle and first known murder in South African history. I wish you well with your narrative, Ron, and hope your voice is heard.
Malcolm Payne says:
The first known murder in South Africa's history? Really? I mean… really?
It's the earliest recorded murder we have. There were others before, of course, but these haven't survived on record or in local oral tradition. If you know of one that predates this first encounter at the Cape, then please do pass it on Malcolm.
Isabel Négrier says:
It seems the San or Boesman are the tree with many branches of humanity, not only in Africa, but everywhere. I think that's why the Europeans went to Africa, after the Arabs did, they went to meet their ancestors. Excuse my expression in English, it is not good, I'm Portuguese.
Isabel, your English is fine and far better than my poor Portuguese. I had to ask others to translate key texts during my research. Triste.
You raise a significant point about the origins of Arabian and European expansion in Africa. While the need for trade, territory and converts played a part, men like Almeida used this opportunity to re-establish contact with pre-Muslim and pre-Christian forms of worship—that is, with the so-called Wisdom of the Ancients.
It is curious that you should raise this, now, as it was the main motive behind Almeida's execution. He was in fact silenced after death (his tongue was removed) for trying to re-open channels of esoteric communication between East and West. Please see my article on rethinking east-west histories.
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Ground beef goes bad much quicker than steak. Grinding meat exposes more surface area to oxygen during the grinding process. Oxygen is one of the primary sources of sustenance for the tiny bacteria that cause food poisoning. The structure of ground meat forms a multitude of little air pockets throughout the meat; each one of these pockets is a breeding ground for bacteria.
Bacteria: Contamination vs. Spoilage
Contamination and spoilage are different and will impact food (and anyone who eats that food) differently. Contamination can lead to food poisoning and is often caused by salmonella or e. Coli. One of the characteristics of contaminated food is that it displays no signs of being harmful. The meat has no off smells, texture changes, or discoloration. A tainted burger can appear, and in fact be, perfectly "fresh."
Food spoilage is simply an umbrella term for the various signs that communicate to your senses of smell, sight, or touch, that you should not eat the food. Spoilage is also caused by bacteria, but the bacteria that cause spoilage will not make you sick. This is because most of us won't eat food that smells bad or feels slimy. Even if we did, it would mostly just taste and smell very bad. Spoilage is a function of freshness (or lack thereof), whereas contamination (food that is tainted by pathogens that make you sick) can occur even in foods that are otherwise "fresh."
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Is Your Ground Beef Spoiled?
In ground beef, the signs you'll detect will depend on how badly spoiled it is. If it feels slimy, it's starting to go bad. The slime on the surface is caused by the buildup of bacterial cells. If it smells funky or off, it's spoiled. The smell is caused by the gases produced by the bacteria. Finally, ground beef can change color when it spoils, going from the familiar rust-red color (produced by iron, the same ingredient that gives blood its color) to a flat gray color. This color change occurs as the bacteria break down the iron compounds in the meat.
If your ground beef is gray, slimy, or smelly, it's spoiled.
Keeping Ground Beef Fresh
To avoid wasting food, take action when you purchase ground beef. Either cook it or freeze it within a day or two of buying it. Usually, you'll see a sell-by date on the package. Even if that date is two or three days in the future, pay no attention to it. Cook the meat the day you bring it home or freeze it. (Freezing does not kill the bacteria that cause spoilage or food poisoning, but it does slow down the reproductive cycle. Bacteria goes into a state of suspended animation.)
If you are using the meat for burgers, you can plan ahead and season the meat, form it into patties, transfer the patties to freezer bags, and freeze them. When you are ready to use them, thaw them overnight in the refrigerator. If you have less time to thaw, place the baggie in a casserole dish in the sink and run cold water over it. Make sure the burgers are submerged and there is a constant flow of cold running water. Note: It has to be cold water. If you use hot or even warm water, you could ruin the meat.
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A artéria maxilar (ou artéria maxilar interna em textos mais velhos) é uma artéria que vasculariza as estruturas profundas da face.

Estrutura

A artéria maxilar, a maior dos dois ramos terminais da artéria carótida externa, surge atrás do pescoço e da mandíbula, e é no princípio envolvida na substância da glândula parótida; passa adiante entre o ramus da mandíbula e o ligamento esfenomandibular, e então corre, superficial ou fundamente ao músculo pteriogóide lateral, para a fossa ptériogopalatina.

Vasculariza as estruturas profundas da face, e pode ser dividida em mandibular, pteriogóide, e porções ptériogopalatinas.

Primeira porção

A primeira ou porção mandibular passa horizontalmente para a frente, entre o ramus da mandíbula e o ligamento esfenomandibular para onde fica paralelo e debaixo do nervo aurículotemporal; cruza o nervo alveolar inferior, e corre ao longo da mais baixa borda do músculo pteriogóide lateral.

Ramos incluem:

 Artéria auricular profunda
 Artéria timpânica anterior
 Artéria meníngea média
 Artéria alveolar inferior só se ramifica antes de entrar no forame mandibular
 Artéria meníngea acessória

Segunda porção

A segunda ou porção pterigóide corre obliquamente adiante e para cima da cobertura do ramus da mandíbula e da inserção temporálica, na superfície (muito freqüentemente no fundo) do músculo pteriogóide lateral; passa então entre as duas cabeças de origem deste músculo e entra na fossa.

Ramos incluem:

 Artéria massetérica
 Ramos pteriogóides
 Artérias temporais fundas (anterior e posterior)
 Artéria bucal

Terceira porção

A terça ou porção ptériogopalatina fica na fossa ptériogopalatina em relação com o gânglio ptériogopalatino.

Ramos incluem:

 Artéria esfenopalatina, ramo terminal
 Descendente da artéria palatina
 Artéria infraorbital
 Artéria alveolar superior posterior
 Artéria faringeal
 Artéria do canal pteriogóide

Nomenclatura

Antigamente, o termo artéria maxilar externa foi usada para descrever o que é agora conhecido como a artéria facial (por Terminologia anatômica.)  Atualmente, o termo artéria maxilar externa é menos comumente usada, e as condições artéria maxilar interna e  artéria maxilar são equivalentes.

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"... on 16 September the Arctic sea ice shrank to its lowest extent on record.
According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado, the sea ice covered just 3.41 million square kilometres on 16 September. The previous record of 4.17 million km2 was set in 2007, but was broken on 26 August."


The circuit court later denied the wife's petition for an elective share of her husband's estate, concluding that the wife had validly disclaimed her right to an elective share, and that she had received her "fair share" of the estate when the couple's joint resources were used to pay for her medical care. The Department of Social Services intervened to move the circuit court to reconsider, but was ultimately dismissed. Nevertheless, the South Dakota Supreme Court reversed and remanded for the wife to obtain her elective share, finding that the circuit court erred by denying the wife's petition and that she was entitled to an elective share of her husband's estate.
Under Florida law, the amount of the elective share for a surviving spouse of a person who dies domiciled in Florida is an amount equal to thirty percent of the elective estate. Fla. Stat. 732.201 & 732.2065. If the surviving spouse is unhappy or dissatisfied with the amount bequeathed to her under the decedent's will, the surviving spouse can exercise her right of election. Furthermore, with approval of the court, the right of election may be exercised by an attorney-in-fact or guardian if the court determines "that the election is in the best interests of the surviving spouse during the spouse's probable lifetime. Fla. Stat. 732.2125. In addition, "the election must be filed on or before the earlier of the date that is 6 months after the date of service of a copy of the notice of administration on the surviving spouse . . . or the date that is 2 years after the date of the decedent's death." Fla. Stat. 732. 2135.
Although these statutory provisions can be viewed as the State's unwarranted limitation on the power of a testator to dispose of his property as he wishes, these inheritance laws have strong economic justifications. In the vast majority of cases it is, in actuality, a widow's share; as a matter of historical fact, men earn more money than women during their lifetimes, but women tend to outlive men. And, as previously discussed, a husband's wealth at death is likely to be a product, in part, of the wife's "work," even if she never received any monetary income. Thus, without Florida's statutory protection against disinheritance of a widow's rightful share of her husband's estate, women could negotiate with their husbands for contractual protection-another set of legal fees that no one wants to suffer.
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Investors poured an additional $23 billion into U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in April 2011, up from $9 billion of inflows in March.
According to data from Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, flows were driven mostly by demand for U.S. equity and international equity ETFs, which together drew $19 billion in net flows. Bond ETFs saw net inflows of $4 billion.
U.S. ETFs drew a total of $49 billion through the first four months of 2011, setting a pace for ETFs to log their fifth straight year of $100 billion or more in annual net inflows. At the end of April, U.S. ETF assets stood at a record $1.13 trillion, up from $1.01 trillion at the end of 2010.
"The flexibility of ETFs and their usefulness for both strategic and tactical purposes continues to propel demand," said Loren Fox, senior research analyst at Strategic Insight.


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Gomber Placed on IL
2 months ago Brian Stull
While the St. Louis Cardinals did make a pair of roster moves this afternoon, they did not call up pitcher Austin Gomber from Memphis. Rather, the left-hander has been placed on the 7-day injured list with biceps discomfort.
Previously scheduled to start on Saturday, Gomber will now miss "likely a couple of starts" according to St. Louis Cardinals General Manager Michael Girsch, who was reached via email.
In his last outing, Gomber allowed seven hits and three runs to go with eight strikeouts and two walks in seven innings against Nashville this past Monday.
On the season, Gomber ranks second in the Pacific Coast League with 52 strikeouts and is one of just two pitchers in the PCL to have thrown a 7-inning, complete game shutout.
EXHIBITION IN TEXAS
–The Cardinals also announced today they will help open the new Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas next season, playing an exhibition game against the Rangers on March 23, 2020.
"We are honored to be chosen by the Texas Rangers to serve as their opponent when they begin play in their new home ball park next March," stated Cardinals' President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak in the team's press release. "It's an exciting time of year as you get ready to open the season, and to have our final tune-up game at the Rangers new Globe Life Field will certainly add to that excitement."
The Cardinals closed out Spring Training this season with an exhibition game against the Memphis Redbirds at Autozone Park.
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Pencildancers: Are you an email hoarder?
My hand is fluttering in the air. I am an email hoarder. In the past I have found blogs or shopping sites that interest me and I subscribed.
This last month I've been unsubscribing. I realized I was spending not just minutes deleting email. Some times it was five minutes or more.
I still have many lists to to release from my inbox. It's hard. Sometimes I want to know what I can cook gluten free for dinner or what exciting crafting offer Michaels is offering. And what if I want to live social in another city?
I should delete them right away. But I can't. I put a star and color code it as to do or important and then I forget about them. It feels better to me to have them in my inbox just in case I get a chance to fly to Florida tomorrow and shop at Kohls with my secret % off code.
So I ask, are you an email hoarder too? Should we start a club or a twelve-step program?
I desperately need a 12 step program! I've been going through and cleaning out emails lately, and it's pathetic how many I have. Damn gmail for having so much memory!
I am the worst email hoarder. You should see my gmail labels. I organize my hoarding haha.
I am the worst email hoarder. I even organize my email hoarding with gmail labels.
Bahhhaaa..This post has my name written all over it, as in GUILTY, GUILTY. I take pride in being tidy in all aspects of my live, and yet I'm an email disaster area. Just wondering, is there even a cure for such madness?
I battle my email hoarding tendencies daily. I think a 12 step program is in order. Sign me up!
What I need to do is create a separate account for subscribing to things. But I'm afraid I'll stop getting any mail in my regular account.
Yeah, a 12 step program would be great... but no time to join since I'm busy hoarding emails, among other things. Ha.
Oh Boy, do I hoard email.. but then hoarding is in my nature. However, this year one of my NYR was to clear most of those in my yahoo email and keep it down! It took me nearly an hour to clear, as I still wanted to save certain ones, and I am still finding it a fight to keep it down. My hotmail one? .. I won't go there... too frightening for words! Good topic Diana!
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*raises* hand. Yeah, I'm one, too. And it's gotten worse since I get so many WANA-related emails these days. I'm buried in email! Help.
Gee, I wish I could get DOWN to triple digits. Yes, please sign me up for the 12 step program!!!


Political observers were quick to anoint Mitt Romney as the prohibitive favorite in the Republican presidential race after his wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, and to predict that a Romney win in South Carolina will effectively end the GOP campaign.
Not so fast, say two elections experts.
"There is a group mentality after every election that something is decisive. And the reality is, it's not," said Michael McDonald, director of the elections project at George Mason University.
"These things can change and can drag on for a while," he told U.S. News & World Report's Washington Whispers column.
In fact, an InsiderAdvantage poll completed on Wednesday showed that Newt Gingrich has now surged to a statistical tie with Romney in South Carolina.
Only 368,495 people have taken part in the GOP caucuses in Iowa and the New Hampshire primary. John McCain received nearly 60 million votes in the 2008 White House election, so only .61 percent of the number who cast ballots for McCain have had a chance to vote for Romney.
"It's remarkable how the political community tries to shut down the nominating process after just a couple of unrepresentative small states have voted," said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
To illustrate how these two early states are unrepresentative of the nation as a whole, Washington Whispers pointed out that just 1 percent of New Hampshire residents are black and 3 percent are Hispanic, while nationally 12 percent are black and 16 percent Hispanic.
But Sabato says the rush to judgment after the very early votes "is par for the course every four years."
An Israeli teenager identified only as "OxOmer" has launched a cyberwar counterattack against Arab hackers who recently divulged tens of thousands of Israeli credit card numbers on the Internet.
The 17-year-old Israeli hacker has published hundreds of Saudi credit card numbers and threatens to publish many more if Israelis are victimized by Arab hackers again.
"This is just the beginning," OxOmer told The Jerusalem Post.
"We have over 300 Saudi credit card numbers in our possession and over 10,000 personal details of people in Saudi Arabia, including full names, emails, and addresses. If they publish one more little detail on Israel, we will attack in full force and publish all of the credit card details."
Israeli credit card companies and the Bank of Israel had to scramble to quickly disable credit card numbers compromised by a hacker claiming to be Saudi. Now Saudi banks will have to take the same steps to protect their customers, The Post reported.
OxOmer said he belongs to a four-member team of hackers who call themselves Israel Defenders.
The Israeli hackers at this stage are interested only in sending a warning to anti-Israel hackers, and have not provided credit card information that can be used to make fraudulent purchases, he added.
"I didn't publicize the three-digit number at the back of the card [necessary for online shopping]."
But he warned that if Israelis continue to be targeted, Israel Defenders will publish hundreds of credit card numbers along with the three-digit codes.
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The method used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate the official unemployment rate understates the real unemployment problem by a significant margin.
The official rate stood at 5 percent in January 2008, shot to a high of 10.1 percent in October 2009, and came down to the current rate of 8.6 percent — still 3 points above the 1948-2007 average of 5.6 percent.
"Unfortunately, the reality is even worse than these numbers suggest," according to American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Aparna Mathur and Matt Jensen, an economic researcher at AEI.
In an article on the RealClearMarkets website, they point out that the BLS defines the labor force as those who are employed or those who have actively looked for a job within the past four weeks. The rate calculation therefore excludes workers who have stopped seeking work, and employees who settle for part-time jobs because they cannot find full-time employment.
But the Bureau of Labor Statistics also publishes an alternative measure of unemployment, referred to as the "U-6 rate," that includes those who have looked for work in the past 12 months and those who work part-time even though they would like full-time jobs.
"The U-6 rate offers a clear picture of how precarious a situation we are in," the authors declare.
That rate has moved from 8.8 percent in December 2007 to 17.4 percent in October 2009 and 15.6 percent last November. So the gap between the official rate and the U-6 rate is a hefty 7 percentage points.
Also, more than 5.7 million Americans have been out of work for more than 27 weeks — 43 percent of all unemployed.
"The tremendous increase in long-term unemployment is one factor driving the unprecedented disparity between the official measure of unemployment and the alternative measure," the authors write.
Expectations of higher tax rates and uncertainty over new regulations are encouraging businesses to hold off hiring full-time workers and instead offer part-time and temporary jobs, they say, adding: "The main challenge facing the Obama administration is to improve the employment situation. An easy way to start is by restoring faith in the economy and providing certainty about the future in the minds of consumers and businesses."
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A Christian telecom tycoon in Egypt, Naguib Sawiris, faces a trial and possible jail sentence over a Twitter message he sent featuring images of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.
A prosecutor in Cairo on Monday ordered Sawiris to appear in court on a charge of contempt of Islam. Sawiris tweeted a cartoon of Mickey Mouse sporting a beard and Minnie wearing a face veil, sparking outrage among Islamist Egyptians who considered the tweet an insult to their religion.
Sawiris is the founder of the firm Orascom Telecom, which merged with a Russian company last year to form one of the world's largest telecommunications groups, the Financial Times reported.
The mogul — a critic of Islamist parties — apologized several times for the tweet, saying he had not intended to demean Islam or Muslims. He claims he has been singled out because he is a Christian.
Thousands of subscribers to the mobile phone operator Sawiris founded have switched to other companies to protest the cartoons.
Human rights activists view the decision to try Sawiris as an ominous sign. "These types of cases had stopped for many years," said Gasser Abdel Razek, associate director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights. "It is worrying to see them resurfacing again. The Islamists now have a big presence in political life."
Sawiris founded Free Egyptians, a liberal party, after the ouster of longtime Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak last year, according to the Times.
But Freedom and Justice, the party of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Nour, an ultra-conservative Islamist party, have garnered two-thirds of the vote in the ongoing Egyptian elections.
American cities have increasingly been spending tax dollars to build and expand convention center space — at the same time the number of convention attendees has been falling.
"The result has been a gigantic nationwide surplus of empty meeting facilities, struggling convention centers, and vacant hotel rooms," according to Steven Malanga, senior editor of City Journal and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
"Given the glut, you'd think that cities would stop. Instead, many are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to expand convention centers and open yet more dazzling hotels, arguing that whatever convention business remains will flow to the places with the fanciest amenities."
In 2000, conventions and meetings drew 126 million attendees, but that figure had dropped to just 86 million in 2010. Meanwhile, available convention space rose from 40 million square feet to 70 million over the past two decades.
Malanga cites the example of Boston, which spent $230 million to renovate its convention center in the late 1980s, then shelled out $800 million for a new center, projecting that it would produce about 670,000 hotel room rentals a year by 2009. The center opened in 2004, and the number of annual room rentals it has generated has barely topped 300,000.
Nevertheless, Boston tourism officials are now proposing to spend $2 billion to double the center's size and add a convention hotel.
Similarly, Baltimore opened a $300 million city-owned convention hotel in 2008. The hotel lost $11 million last year, but Baltimore is considering a $900 million public-private expansion that would include an arena, another convention hotel, and massive new convention space. The taxpayers' tab would be $400 million.
Malanga points to "the failure of publicly sponsored facilities to live up to exaggerated projections. As far as city officials are concerned, that failure is nothing that hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars can't fix."
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THAT Chris Matthews may have been guilty of a Freudian slip during Wednesday's telecast of "Hardball" on MSNBC.
He told listeners: "First lady Michelle Obama pushes back against a new book she says tries to portray her as an angry black woman. We're going to listen to it. Here it is, 'Hardball,' coming back in just a moment on M-BS-NBC."
The NewsBusters website observed: "Is Chris Matthews subconsciously starting to realize he represents a so-called cable news network that routinely plays fast and loose with the facts?"
THAT uber-liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has fans in Iran — lots of them.
At a recent screening in New York of Asghar Farhadi's new movie "A Separation," the acclaimed Iranian director spotted the "Fahrenheit 9/11" gadfly in the audience and said: "Michael Moore is the most famous director in Iran."
He said everyone in Iran is familiar with Moore because his movies are shown on Iranian national TV.
THAT Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is seeking to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team — again.
News Corp., which owned the Dodgers from 1998 to 2004, on Tuesday signed a nondisclosure agreement with bankers handling the sale of the bankrupt franchise.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the media conglomerate doesn't want to regain full ownership of the Dodgers, and instead is looking to become a minority investor to better its chances of retaining the team's lucrative TV broadcasting rights. News Corp.'s Fox unit owns the sports network Prime Ticket, the Dodgers' current local broadcast partner, but that deal expires after the 2013 season.


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David has led several projects involving the application of social values analysis and the execution of multi-country consumer segmentation strategies, twice receiving MRIA Awards of Excellence, including Best Multinational (2004) for automotive research, and Best In Class (2007) for tourism research. David has published numerous articles in industry publications, served as keynote at conferences, and has often consulted to the media.
A member of the Environics Research Group since 1999, he holds a Dean's List MBA in International Business from Schulich, and a B.A. in International Relations and Economics from the University of Toronto. In 2008, he earned the Certified Marketing Research Professional (CMRP) designation. David has been a member of the Advisory Committee of the Georgian College Research Analyst Program (RAP) since 2001, and is currently serving as Committee Chair.
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