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ANBUREY, Thomas (active late 1700s)
[American Revolution] Travels through the interior parts of America. In a series of letters. By an officer.
London: printed for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]. First Edition. Half-Morocco. First Edition (preceding the French edition by one year) of this eighteenth-century travel account of Canada and the Northeast by an officer who served with Burgoyne. Complete in two octavo volumes, including plate list, subscribers and errata (rebound without..... more
ANDREWS, William (1848-1908)
Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs In Great Britain. Chronicled from the Earliest to the Present Time
London: George Redway, 1887. Limited Edition. Original Cloth. No. 376 of 400 copies printed. Thin, square 8vo: viii,91,[1]pp, with frontispiece ("Frost fair on the River Thames, in 1814") and two full-page engravings ("Frost Fair on the Thames in the reign of Charles II" and "Frost Fair on the Thames"). Publisher's..... more
BAEDEKER, Karl [Ludwig Johannes], 1801-1859
St. Petersburg und Umgebung . . . Zweite Auflage; Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1913. Second Edition. Stamped Cloth. Second (and final) Edition (first appeared in 1901), published only in German, with details of a new arrangement of paintings at the Hermitage recently completed. Small, slim 8vo: xxii,134pp, with 5 maps (including one of Russia on rear end papers), 11..... more
BOYD, William
Cork [Hand-Colored]
London: Ulysses, 1994. Limited Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. First Limited Edition, one of only 26 copies, lettered A to Z (this being copy D), with hand-colored frontispiece and signed and dated by both author and artist (Ian Beck). Tall , slim 8vo: unpaginated (14 leaves). Original pale yellow paper-covered boards patterned..... more
CAMDEN, William (1551-1623)
Britannia: or a chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the adjacent islands. Written in Latin by William Camden, Clarenceux, King at Arms: and translated into English, with additions and improvements. The second edition. Revised, digested, and published, with large additions, by Edmund Gibson, D. D. Rector of Lambeth; and now Bishop of Lincoln, and Dean of His Majesty's Chapel-Royal
London: printed by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, and sold by William Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXXII. [1722]. Full Calf. A pinnacle of English scholarship, the first comprehensive topographical survey of Great Britain, complete in two tall folio volumes, mainly printed in two numbered columns: [66]pp,cclxviii columns,[2]pp,696 columns; [2],697-1526 columns,[176, appendices..... more
CATLIN, George (1796-1872)
[American Indians] Die Indianer Nord-Amerikas und die während eines achtjährigen Aufenthaltes unter den wildesten ihrer Stämme erlebten Abenteuer und Schicksale . . . mit 24 vom Verfaffer nach der Natur entworfenen Gemälden [Hand-Colored] [Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians]
Brussels and Leipzig: Carl Muquardt, [1846-]1848. First Edition thus. Translated into German by Dr. Heinrich Berghous. Imperial 8vo: x,[2],382pp, with 24 tissue-guarded hand-colored plates. Contemporary quarter calf, flat spine in five compartments, lettered and decorated in gilt, stamped in blind; marbled covers, edges and end papers. An excellent copy, binding..... more
[Caxton Club] WILLIAMS, Gordon R., Thomas Bewick
Fantasy In A Wood-Block Or What Occurred When John James Audubon, the Naturalist, Visited with Thomas Bewick, The Wood-Engraver in the year 1827. Being a narrative by Gordon R. Williams, together with a print taken by R. Hunter Middleton from the wood-block which Mr. Bewick was engraving at the time.
Chicago: Caxton Club, 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tall, slim 8vo: [4],12,[6]pp, including full-page reproductions from photographs, plus the Bewick wood-block print. Decorated gold-and-tan paper-backed boards, black linen spine, printed paper label, medium-brown laid end papers. Pristine. One of five variant bindings (collect them all!) deposited in the Newberry Library. Limited..... more
CHATWIN, Bruce (1940-1989)
On the Black Hill [Signed]
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression. 8vo: 248,[2]pp. Publisher's slate grey cloth, spine stamped in gilt, wraparound pictorial dust jacket, by Mon Mohan, unclipped and unpriced (one of the export copies Jonathan Cape issued; priced copies include the exception, "UK only"). Signed by Chatwin (without dedication) on..... more
[COMBE, William, imitator; Thomas Rowlandson, imitator]
[Color Plate] The tour of Doctor Prosody : in search of the antique and picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney, and Shetland isles ; illustrated by twenty humorous plates
London / Edinburgh / Glasgow: Matthew Iley, Somerset Street / Bell and Bradfute; W. Blackwood / W. Turnbull, 1821. First Edition. Morocco. First Edition. Tall 8vo: [4],251,[1]pp, with 20 leaves of hand-colored aquatints by William Read and C. Williams (after, but not by, Rowlandson, as often asserted). Text in verse..... more
ELLIOT, W. J.; William Curry Holden
[Western Americana] The Spurs; [offered with] The Espuela Land and Cattle Company : a study of a foreign-owned ranch in Texas
Spur, Texas / Austin: The Texas Spur [from 1938] / Texas State Historical Association, 1939 / 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Only printing of this western Americana, "now quite difficult to come by." (Adams) Crown 8vo (176 x 125mm): [16],274pp, with portrait frontispiece from photograph on coated turquoise stock, three further..... more
FORSTER, E. M. (Edward Morgan, 1879-1970)
[Bloomsbury] The Longest Journey
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, MCMVII [1907]. First Edition. Original Cloth. The author's second book, one of 1587 copies printed. 8vo: [8],360pp. Publisher's dark forest green cloth, spine and upper covered stamped in gold. A superior copy (light wear only and neat paper repair to front hinge), fresh..... more
FULLER, Thomas (1608-1661)
Abel redevivus : or, The dead yet speaking. The lives and deaths of the moderne divines. Written by severall able and learned men (whose names ye shall finde in the epistle to the reader.) And now digested into one volumne, for the benefit and satisfaction of all those that desire to be acquainted with the paths of piety and virtue
London: printed by Tho. Brudenell for John Stafford, dwelling in Brides Churchyard, neer Fleetstreet, 1651. First Edition. First Issue, with engraved title page signed "Ro: Vaughan sculp:" and imprint "Sould by Iohn Stafford in Brides Churchyard 1651." Small 4to: [10],440,[20],441-596pp, with additional engraved title page and forty-three engraved portraits in..... more
GORDIMER, Nadine (1923-2014)
Johannesburg: Silver Leaf Books, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the Noble laureate's first book. Crown 8vo: 164,[4]pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine stamped with silver foil; illustrated dust jacket by Ernest Ullman, priced 12s/6d. Fine and unread, tightly bound, clean and crisp; Fine jacket, tips of spine panel..... more
HEANEY, Seamus (1939-2013)
Death of a Naturalist [Signed]
New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. First American Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of the poet's critically acclaimed first commercially published work (preceded by the privately printed pamphlet, Eleven Poems, in 1965), one of only 1,000 copies (bound from sheets purchased from Faber and Faber, Heaney's London publisher). Tall, slim 8vo..... more
[Henry Vincent Yorke, writing as:] GREEN, Henry (1905-1973)
Doting
London: Hogarth Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the author's final novel. Small 8vo: [4],252pp. Publisher's aquamarine cloth, spine lettered in gold, top edge stained yellow; Lynton Lamb illustrated dust jacket, priced 11s/6d. Better than Near Fine (dust-soiled top edge, front edge lightly spotted, but binding square and..... more
IBSEN, Henrik (1828-1906)
Hedda Gabler [Skuespil i fire akter]
København [Copenhagen]: Glydendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Son), 1890. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. First Printing of perhaps Ibsen's "most frequently performed play in the modern theatre." (PMM) In Danish (then the literary language of both Denmark and Norway). Foolscap 8vo: [4],236pp. Publisher's green cloth (copies were also identically bound..... more
[Johnstone, Johnson ] JOHNSTON, Charles (1719?-1800?)
[Color Plate] Chrysal : or the adventures of a guinea : by an adept : a new edition, to which is now prefixed a sketch of the author's life : embellished with plates
London: Printed for Hector M'Lean, 113, Strand, by Howlett and Brimmer, Frith Street, Soho Square, 1821. First Edition thus. Morocco. First and finest (according to Tooley) Illustrated Edition of this popular eighteenth-century roman à clef, complete in three octavo volumes, with 15 exquisitely hand-colored engravings by Burney, Read, and others..... more
[Karen Christenze Dinesen, Baroness Blixen-Finecke, writing as:] DINESEN, Isak (1885-1962)
Seven Gothic Tales [Out of Africa]
London: Putnam, 1934. First Impression. Hardcover. The uncommon First British Edition of Isak Dinesen's first book. Thick 8vo: [6],522pp, with full-color frontispiece (repeating dust jacket design) by Rex Whistler. Publisher's cinnamon colored cloth, spine lettered in gilt; illustrated dust jacket, priced 7s / 6d. About Fine (spine ends bumped, top..... more
LEAF, Munro (1905-1976); Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898-1962 [Illustrates]
[Juvenile] Noodle [Signed and with doodle]
New York: Fredrick A. Stokes, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed Fourth Printing (so stated) of this important collaboration of two beloved children's book artists, Ludwig Bemelmans and Munro Leaf. Oblong royal 8vo (198 x 253mm): [52], including numerous full- and partial page color illustrations. Publisher's mid-brown cloth lettered and decorated..... more
[MANGIN, Edward, 1772-1852]
[Hand-Colored] Utopia Found: being An Apology for Irish Absentees. Addressed to a Friend in Connaught By an absentee, residing in Bath [Association Copy]
Bath: Printed by Gye and Son, Market-Place, 1813. Paper-Covered Boards. First (and only) Edition of this satirical account, signed on title page by the author's second wife, Mary. Crown 8vo (189 x 104 mm): [2],125,[1]pp, with hand-colored folding frontispiece, one further folding plate (of bourgeois British couple), and woodcut of..... more
MAUGHAM, W[illiam]. Somerset (1874-1965)
Ashenden. Or the British Agent [Inscribed]
London: William Heinemann, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Second Impression of this archetype of the espionage novel, a precursor to the works of Ian Fleming, Len Deighton, John le Carre, and Robert Ludlum. Publisher's dark blue linen-grain cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Without the scarce just jacket. Inscribed..... more
MILTON, John (1608-1674)
Le Paradis Perdu, poëme par Milton; Édition en Anglais et en Français, Ornée de douze Estampes imprimées en couleur d'aprés les Tableaux de M. Schall . . .
Paris: chez Defer de Maisonneuve, rue du Foin S. Jacques, no. 11, 1792. First Edition thus. Full Calf. First Illustrated French Edition, Second Issue (preferred) by Maisonneuve, one of the earliest examples of coloring printing (preceded in France only by Sergent's Portraits des grands hommes), in magnificent eighteenth-century French calf..... more
[NAVA, Gabrio Maria, 1758–1831]
[Catholic Church] Per la erezione d'un momumento a monsignor Gabrio Maria Nava fu vescovo di Brescia posto nel giardino di recreazione dell'oratorio dell'Addolorata in Sant'Ambrogio : allocuzione letta ai giovani di quell'oratorio il 30 settembre 1838.
Milano: Tipografia e libreria Pirotta e C, 1838. Wrappers. First and only edition, extremely rare, of this celebration of the memorial in honor of Gabrio Maria Nava, bishop of Brescia, with a splendid full-page lithograph illustrating the proposed monument. Royal 4to (320 x 240mm): 8pp, with frontispiece. Uncut in original..... more
O'HARA, Frank (1926-1966)
[New York School ] Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara [First Issue and State]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated), edited by Donald Allen, with Introduction by John Ashbery, in the suppressed first-issue dust jacket. Tall, thick 8vo: xxix,[1],586,[6]pp. Publisher's coarsely woven oatmeal-colored cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt (later states of binding had blind-stamped..... more
SEBALD, W[infried]. G[eorg]. (1944-2001)
The Emigrants [Die Ausgewanderten]
London: Harvill Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of Sebald's first book published in an English-language edition, translated from the German by Michael Hulse. 8vo: [8],237,[1]pp, profusely illustrated with black and white, unlabeled photographs (as are most of Sebald's texts) in a documentary style. Publisher's blue cloth-effect, paper-covered boards..... more


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Stern J. The Induction of Ganglioside Storage in Nervous System Cultures. Lab Invest. 1972;26: 509-511.
Stern J, Novikoff AB, Terry RD. The Induction of Sulfatide, Ganglioside and Cerebroside Storage in Organized Nervous System Culture. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1972;19: 651-660.
Bornstein MB, Pelletier G, Stern J. A Light and Electron Microscopic Study of Rat Anterior Pituitary in Organotypic Tissue Culture. Brain Res. 1972;40: 489-495.
Pelletier G, Bornstein MB, Stern J, Puviani R. Etude Morphoiogique des effets du 3', 5'Adenoside Monophosphate Cyclique (AMP Cyclique) sur l'Adenohypophyse du Rat Maintenue en Culture de Tissu. J de Microscopie. 1972;13: 383-390.
Stern J. The Formation of Sulfatide Inclusions in Organized Nerve Tissue Culture. Lab Invest. 1972;28: 87-96.
Stern J, Bornstein MB. The Formation of Sulfatide Inclusions in Cultures of Organized Central and Peripheral Nervous System. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 1972;31: 195.
Stern J. The Development of Intracellular Inclusions in Cultured Nervous Tissue after the Addition of Different Lipids. Dissertation Abstract Int. 1976;37: 2.
Hochwald GM, Wald A, Marlin AE, Stern J, Malhan C. Exchange of Sodium between Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid in Hydrocephalic Cats. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1976;18: 164.
Hochwald GM, Wald A, Marlin AE, Stern J. Evidence for the Movement of fluid, Macromolecules and Ions from the Brain Extracellular Space to the Cerebrospinal Fluid. Neurol. 1977;27: 386.
Hochwald GM, Wald A, Marlin AE, Stern J, Malhan C. Sodium Exchange between Blood, Brain and CSF in Normal and Hydrocephalic Cats. J Neurosci Res. 1977;3: 267-273.
Stern J, Hochwald GM, Wald A, Gandhi M. Visualization of Brain Interstitial Fluid during Osmotic Disequilibrium. Exp Eye Res. 1977;25: 475-482.
Stern J, Hochwald GM, Wald A, Gandhi M. Visualization of Brain Interstitial Fluid Movement during Osmotic Disequilibrium. In: Bito LZ, Davson H, Fenstermacher JD, eds. The Ocular and Cerebrospinal Fluids. New York: Academic Press; 1978:474-482.
Stern J, Correll JW, Bryan N. Persistent Hypoglossal Artery and Persistent Trigeminal Artery Presenting with Posterior Fossa Transient Ischemic Attacks. J Neurosurg. 1978;49: 614-619.
Michelsen WJ, Hilal SK, Stern J. The Management of Arteriovenous Malformation of the Orbit. In: Jakobiec F, ed. Ocular and Adnexal Tumors. Birmingham, AL: Aesculapius Publishing Company; 1978:782-786.
Correll JW, Stern J. Carotid Artery Lesions Causing Vertebral Basilar Insufficiency. Stroke. 1978;9: 107.
Stern J, Housepian EM. Neurofibromatosis and Optic Glioma: Clinical-morphological Correlates. Neurosurg. 1978;3: 228.
Stern J, DiGiacinto G, Housepian EM. Neurofibromatosis and Optic Glioma; Clinical and Morphological Correlations. Neurosurg. 1979;4: 524-528.
Stern J, Whelan M, Brisman R, Correll JW. Management of Extracranial Carotid Stenosis and Intracranial Aneurysms. A Plan for Management. J Neurosurg. 1979;51: 147-150.
Correll JW, Stern J, Zyroff J, Whelan MA. Vertebral Basilar Insufficiency Relieved by Carotid Surgery. In: Marguth F, Brock M, Kazner E, Klinger M, Schmiedek P, eds. Advances in Neurosurgery. Vol. 7. Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg; 1979:40-43.
Jakobiec FA, Stern J, Housepian EM. Optic Nerve Glioma in Neurofibromatosis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1979;18: 204 205.
Stern J, Whelan MA, Correll JW. Spinal Extradural Meningiomas. Surg Neurol. 1980;14: 155 159.
Correll JW, Stern J. Neurosurgery. In: Shirkey HC, ed. Pediatric Therapy. St. Louis, MO: Mosby; 1980:1084 1097.
Stern J, Jakobiec FA, Housepian EM. The Architecture of Optic Nerve Gliomas with and without Neurofibromatosis. Arch Ophthalmol. 1980;98: 505 511.
Whelan MA, Stern J. Intracranial Tubercloma. Radiol. 198;138: 75 81.
Stern J, Bernstein CA, Whelan MA, Neu HC. Pausteurella Multocida Subdural Empyema. J Neurosurg. 1981;54: 550 552.
Whelan MA, Stern J. Sarcoidosis Presenting as a Posterior Fossa Mass. Surg Neurol. 1981;15: 455 457.
Whelan MA, Stern J, DeNapoli RA. The Computed Tomographic Spectrum of Intracranial Mycosis: Correlation with Histopathology. Radiol. 1981;141: 703 707.
King LW, Molitch ME, Gittenger JW, Wolpert SM, S Jack. Cavernous Sinus Syndrome Due to Prolactinoma: Resolution with Bromocriptine. Surg Neurol. 1983;19: 280 284.
Moorthy CR, Fakhry J, Shih L, Stern J. Feasibility of Ultrasound Guided Iodine 125 Bratty Therapy for Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme. J Endocurie Hyperthermia Oncol. 1986;2: 213.
Trobe J, Haber J, Stern J. The Alexander Technique in the Physical Therapy Management of Low Back Pain. Pain Suppl.1987;4: 92.
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Mills CM, Wolpert S, Herman T, Molitch M, Prager R, Stern J, Fisk J. High Detail Coronal Computed Tomography in Patients with Suspected Pituitary or Hypothalamic Dysfunction. Am J Neurosurg. February 1992.
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UK practical business advice: COVID-19
See also our blog article regarding summary of extra government support regarding UK tax deferrals, the Kickstart Scheme and 5% VAT for the hospitality sector.
Original post dated 6 April 2020 (updates in blue)
New local lockdown payments (September 2020)
On 9 October 2020, further announcements were made regarding these payments under the auspices of the expanded Job Support Scheme.
The Treasury announced on 9 September that businesses in England that are required to close because of a government Covid-19 imposed local lockdown or similar targeted local restrictions are entitled to a new grant to help cover business rates. The payments are designed to provide a safety net to help businesses and to protect jobs where a business is required to close.
The amount of the grant depends on the rateable value of the business premises. Those businesses using premises with a rateable value of £51,000 or more are entitled to £1,500 for each three-week period. Businesses using properties with a rateable value below £51,000 are entitled to £1,000 for each three-week period.
The grant is available for each property used by the business. Even if a business [tenant] rents its business premises, and the landlord or someone else is responsible for the business rates, a business [tenant] can also claim the grant.
Businesses that were already closed at a national level, e.g. nightclubs, will not be eligible for the new lockdown payment.
Local authorities will be responsible for paying the grants to businesses where they are closed due to local restrictions.
Businesses that are not required to close due to a local lockdown, but which are financially affected by a lockdown, can also apply to their local authority for a discretionary payment on similar terms.
Local authorities will receive an additional 5% top up of their business support funding to enable them to help other businesses affected by business closures which may not be on the business rates list. Payments made to businesses from this discretionary fund can be any amount up to £1,500, and may be less than £1,000 in some cases.
Like all other government funded coronavirus grants, the amounts received by businesses are subject to Income Tax and Corporation Tax like other business income and profit. However, they are outside the scope of VAT.
Original post from 6 April 2020
Here is a quick summary of practical help notified by the Chancellor. You can read the latest advice and guidance from government for businesses on its coronavirus pages.
Whilst you may not be able to go about your usual daily activities; do remember to keep yourself as fit and healthy as you can.
Eat well and continue to exercise to help with your mental as well as your physical health.
If you are feeling stressed and anxious then you are not alone.
Whilst you may not be earning the same rate of pay or profits as you usually do, the government is pulling all the stops out to ensure that people have sufficient for the basic of survival. You should consider looking at universal credit and employment and support allowance. These amounts are not particular large but are designed to provide you with sufficient money for food, drink and daily necessities.
At the time of writing little help has been announced as available to the self-employed.
Directors of their own limited companies are not self employed. They are employees.
The information provided below is from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales website. We would suggest using the following commentary to sign post yourself to other resources.
Bounce Back Loan Scheme
The Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) enables smaller businesses to quickly access finance during the coronavirus pandemic.
Small businesses struggling with their finances because of coronavirus can apply for a 100% government-backed loan of up to £50,000, with absolutely no interest or repayments due in the first year.
The scheme enables small businesses to borrow between £2,000 and up to 25% of their annual business turnover with a maximum available loan of £50,000. Loans are provided by the usual loan providers e.g. the High Street banks After 12 months the interest rate will be fixed at 2.5% pa.
Currently, the scheme is open for applications until 31 March 2021.
For a more comprehensive details see our article on the Bounce Back Loan Scheme.
Business Rates holidays and cash grants
No rates payable for the 2020-2021 tax year for any business in the retail, hospitality or leisure sectors.
In those sectors, if your rateable value is between £15K and £51k, you'll also receive a cash grant of up to £25,000 per property.
Any business which gets small business rates relief, including those in the retail, hospitality or leisure sectors, will receive a cash grant of £10,000 (increased from £3,000 announced in the 11 March Budget).
The rates holiday and cash grants will be administered by local authorities and should be delivered automatically, without businesses needing to claim.
Under the new Coronavirus Job Retention scheme, government grants will cover 80% of the salary of PAYE employees who would otherwise have been laid off during this crisis.
The scheme, open to any employer in the country, will cover the cost of wages backdated to 1 March 2020 and will be open before the end of April. It will continue for at least three months, and can include workers who were in employment on 28 February. See separate article.
To claim under the scheme employers will need to:
designate affected employees as 'furloughed workers', and notify employees of this change. Changing the status of employees remains subject to existing employment law and, depending on the employment contract, may be subject to negotiation; and
submit information to HMRC about the employees that have been furloughed and their earnings through a new online portal. HMRC will set out further details on the information required.
HMRC will reimburse 80% of furloughed workers wage costs, up to a cap of £2,500 per month.
While HMRC is working urgently to set up a system for reimbursement, we understand existing systems are not set up to facilitate payments to employers. Business that need short-term cash flow support, may benefit from the VAT deferral announced below and may also be eligible to apply for a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan.
VAT payments
VAT repayment terms extended (update 24 September 2020)
The terms for paying the deferred VAT from early 2020 have been made more generous.
The VAT deferral scheme dealt with VAT payments that were due between 20 March 2020 and 30 June 2020. Originally, the amount deferred needed to be paid to HMRC by 31 March 2021.
However, on 24 September 2020, the Chancellor stated that businesses which had taken advantage of the VAT deferral scheme would no longer have to pay the deferred VAT in full by 31 March 2021. Instead, businesses will have an interest-free instalment option to allow payments to be spread over eleven months.
The Chancellor first announced a VAT payments deferral on 20 March to support businesses with cashflow during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This means that VAT registered businesses with have the option to defer VAT payments due between 20 March and 30 June. Businesses have until 31 March 2021 to pay any VAT deferred as a result of this announcement.
Businesses do not need to inform HMRC if they wish to defer payment. They can opt in to the deferral simply by not making VAT payments due in this period.
HMRC will not charge interest or penalties on any amount deferred as a result of the Chancellor's announcement.
Businesses who normally pay by direct debit should cancel their direct debit with their bank if they wish to take advantage of the new arrangements and do not wish to pay the VAT due. This can be done through online banking. They should do so in sufficient time so that HMRC does not attempt to automatically collect the amount due on the submitted VAT return.
Businesses can continue to make payments as normal, including by direct debit, during the deferral period.
HMRC will also continue to pay repayment claims as normal.
Businesses must continue to submit their VAT returns as normal.
Given the deepening economic situation, it is entirely possible that there will be an extension in July to this VAT deferment. Direct debit payers should therefore avoid resetting up their direct debit.
Income Tax payment deferral
Extended Tax Return filing and tax payment deadlines (updated 19 February 2021)
In late January 2021, individuals were granted an extension to submit their Self Assessment Tax Returns by 28 February 2021.
The Income Tax is still due for payment by 31 January 2021. Interest at 2.6% runs from 1 February 2021.
Normally, a 5% late payment surcharge is also charged, in addition to interest, on any unpaid tax that is still outstanding on 3 March. However, on 19 February 2021, HMRC announced that Self Assessment taxpayers will not be charged the 5% late payment penalty if they pay their tax or set up a payment plan by 1 April 2021.
Further extension to Self Assessment tax due dates (update 24 September 2020)
On 24 September 2020, the Chancellor announced that individuals would be entitled to an additional 12-month extension from HMRC on the time to pay their Self Assessment tax. The new rules mean that payments deferred from 31 July 2020, and those due by 31 January 2021, will now both not need to be paid until 31 January 2022.
Deferment is not automatic. It must be claimed through the online Time to Pay service or by calling H M Revenue & Customs on 0300 200 3822 between Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm.
No specific announcement was made about whether interest will be charged. However, as this concession will be under the existing time to pay arrangements it is likely that interest will be due.
Based on the originally announced rules, Income Tax payments due in July 2020 under the Self-Assessment system will be deferred to January 2021.
Income Tax Self-Assessment payments due on the 31 July 2020 will be deferred until the 31 January 2021. This is an automatic offer with no applications required. No penalties or interest for late payment will be charged in the deferral period.
Self-employed people can now access full Universal Credit at a rate equivalent to statutory sick pay. You may also be entitled to Universal Employment and Support Allowance.
HMRC Time to Pay
HMRC's Time to Pay scheme can enable firms and individuals in temporary financial distress as a result of Covid-19 to delay payment of outstanding tax liabilities. HMRC's dedicated Covid-19 helpline provides practical help and advice on 0800 0159 559. See the HMRC website for more details.
For small and medium-sized businesses, a new Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), delivered by the British Business Bank, will provide support for businesses to access a wide range of funding facilities including: overdrafts, loans, asset finance and invoice finance.
The government will provide lenders with a partial guarantee of 80% on each loan to give lenders further confidence in continuing to provide finance to SMEs.
The government will not charge businesses or banks for this guarantee, and the scheme will support loans of up to £5 million in value. The first 12 months of these loans will be interest and fee free, as the Government will cover these payments.
Businesses will be able to get finance under the scheme from a large number of providers, including the main high street banks, as of next week.
To be eligible for the scheme the business must be based in the UK, with turnover on no more than £45 million per year.
There is a quick eligibility checklist on the British Business Bank website to help businesses understand if they are eligible to apply for a CBILS-backed facility,
More information on the scheme can be found on the website of the British Business Bank.
COVID-19 corporate financing facility
To support larger firms, the Bank of England has announced a new COVID-19 Corporate Financing Facility to provide a quick and cost-effective way to raise working capital via the purchase of short-term debt.
This will support companies which are fundamentally strong, but have been affected by a short-term funding squeeze, enabling them to continue financing their short-term liabilities. It will also support corporate finance markets overall and ease the supply of credit to all firms.
The Government will very soon be announcing further information on this facility.
Mortgage and rent holiday
Mortgage borrowers can apply for a three- month payment holiday from their lender. Both residential and buy-to-let mortgages are eligible for the holiday. It is important to remember that borrowers still owe the amounts that they don't pay as a result of the payment holiday. Interest will continue to be charged on the amount they owe.
Tenants can apply for a three-month payment holiday from their landlord. No one can be evicted from their home or have their home repossessed over the next three months.
Businesses that have cover for both pandemics and government-ordered closure should be covered. The government and insurance industry confirmed on 17 March 2020 that advice to avoid pubs, theatres, etc., is sufficient to make a claim as long as all other terms and conditions are met. Insurance policies differ significantly, so businesses should check the terms and conditions of their specific policy and contact their providers.
Some advice based on existing Income Tax and Corporation Tax rules
If you make a sole trader or partnership tax loss to 5 April 2020, generate a tax refund by carrying the loss back to 2019.
If you're a start-up sole trader or partnership, this loss can be carried back three years to generate a tax refund from your previous PAYE job or even from rental income.
If you're a limited company and make a loss in your current year end, carry it back by a year to generate a tax refund.
If you're working from home more than usual, claim more costs against your taxable income for your home office.
The sooner you get tax returns sent in, the sooner you can benefit from the above.
Getting your return in early doesn't bring forward any tax payment dates, but it does bring forward tax refunds.
An increase in Time-to-pay arrangements from HMRC, where you phone HMRC to agree a delay in paying your tax. Have a realistic proposal ready that you expect to adhere to.
Companies House reporting deadlines eased
On 18 March, Companies House announced that companies who were struggling to file their accounts on time could apply for a deadline extension under existing processes
Companies House should grant an automatic two-month extension to those in isolation who cannot file on time. Applications would be treated on a case-by-case basis.
Off-payroll working (IR35) deferral
Freelancers and consultants worried about getting taxed as an employee from 6 April 2020 have a year's reprieve until 6 April 2021.
See more at summary of extra government support.

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The Royal Stables at Christiansborg Palace
At the Royal Stables at Christiansborg Palace, there have been horses and life in the stables in Copenhagen's Christiansborg Castle ever since The Royal Stables was inaugurated in 1740.
Showgrounds and the two stables' wings are the only parts of Christian IV's grandiose baroque palace having survived several devastating fires.
In its heydays, 250 royal horses were stabled. They were the royal family's living thrones. The horses carried the royals through the country, they carried them on breathless chases, and when they crossed the enemy lines they were to be seen in war.
Today, there are about 20 horses in the Royal Stables.
When the Queen hosts New Year levées and other large parties at Christiansborg Palace, the beautiful white horses are tightened in front of the Gold carriage in splendid gala harness and they take the queen from Amalienborg to Christiansborg Castle.
Traces of Queens in The Harness Museum.
In the royal stables' harness museum, stands the former king's and queen's carriages. The finest is the Gold carriage from 1840 with 24karats gold leaf. The oldest carriage is the widow queen Juliane Marie's state carriage from 1778. Caroline Mathilde daring man saddle from the 1700s can also be seen exhibited.
Stuffed royal horses
A special attraction in the stables is Christian V's spotted favorite horse from the 1600s and Frederik VIIs beloved horse, Pearl. It has just been restored and has regained the full glow of his youth


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Ty Dillon - Results from #5
Austin Dillon Becoming the Team leader at Richard Childress Racing
Sunday, Jun 05
With their back against the wall, 2016 has been the resurgence of Austin Dillon and Richard Childress Racing.
Heading into Pocono, the 14th race of the season, Dillon sits 10th in standings and has a career-high six top-10 finishes. After the 500-lap event at Martinsville, the No. 3 car sat as high as seventh in the standings.
This is Dillon's first full season working with veteran crew chief Richard "Slugger" Labbe. In the second race that the duo paired up, they had a seventh-place finish at Daytona, while flying into the catch fence.
In the 34 races that they've been a duo, the No. 3 team has 10 top-10 finishes and starts, with a pole at Fontana in March.
"He's been very influential," Dillon told Speedway Digest of Labbe. "His passion for running fast and being competitive is the best part. He's got a lot of fire in him and that's what you want to have a guy that wants to run well. He gets all he can out of those racecars and that's what you want with a guy that is leading your team."
Labbe is a five-time winner at the Sprint Cup level, including two Daytona 500 wins with Michael Waltrip and a Brickyard 400 triumph with Paul Menard.
Dillon, 26, is continuing to adapt into his role with the team, which is owned by his grandfather Richard Childress.
The No. 3 team works with a pair of teammates in Menard and veteran Ryan Newman, looking at each other's setups and learning information from them, when in the past it was vice-versa.
Dillon believes that he is establishing himself on and off the racetrack to be a guy to contend with going forward.
"I think everybody uses everybody to their advantage as much as they can because you can't go through these days trying to fight these other guys without each other," Dillon said. "I think we all use each other well."
The teams are said to have an open notebook, allowing one another to compare notes. With all the cooperation at the track and at the race shop, the No. 3 car is still struggling to lead laps.
Dillon has led three laps this season. Additionally, all of RCR has led just 21 laps this season.
"We need to find that raw speed to get us to that point of leading laps is very important to us," Dillon stated.
Following Pocono, the Cup Series takes to Michigan, where Dillon was out front for 19 circuits last August. That race was the most laps he has ever led in a single race during his career at the top level of NASCAR.
During the event, NASCAR tested out a new high drag aerodynamic package, searching for the 2016 rules package. It made for less passing and once a team was out front it was hard to pass, especially at Michigan when the straightaway speeds exceed 210 mph.
Michigan is said to be one of Dillon's favorite racetracks. In 2015, his lone top-five finish came at the 2.0-mile oval. In seven starts at the venue, he has led multiple laps in two of those events. In three XFINITY Series starts, he has started from the pole twice en route to leading 72 laps and a best finish of fifth in 2012.
"Michigan is one of my favorite racetracks and just hoping we find a little bit of speed before we get there," Dillon said with a smile. "I think that race could get us to the point where we can lead more laps.
Throughout his NASCAR career, consistency continues to be the key for Dillon. He has 14 career wins in NASCAR's lower two national touring series, including championships in both the Camping World Truck Series and XFINITY Series.
But now, he is starting to see that consistency blend up to the Cup Series level.
"Consistency is something that I have been decent at throughout my career," Dillon said. "The team has been given me a strong car each and every week. I think that's what comes with it, having something you can race and have speed."
Another part to the turnaround for Dillon has been girlfriend Whitney Ward. Since going public midway through last year, the No. 3 team has elevated their performance, in particular Dillon himself.
Ward has stabilized Dillon in a way that he wasn't before. A bad day at the racetrack is still a good day in life for him because he has someone to share his success and failures with.
"She's settled me down and made it fun at the racetracks to be with her and share all of the cool things that we get to do and see how special it is," Dillon said. "She's very positive. That's what you want is somebody who is positive in your life and someone who is for you, and she's definitely for me and that means a lot to me."
Throughout the many crew changes that have happened in the past season for the No. 3 team. This season alone, they have changed rear tire carriers and have switched positions on the pit crew.
Dillon believes that Ward has been a big part of building the team chemistry due to the positivity that the two share.
It's a bond that is hard to be broken.
"At the beginning of this year she has done some things that have showed everybody that she is all in for this team," he said. "The guys really enjoy that. I think that she keeps showing everybody her passion. She shows me every week. When I get in the car, afterwards she wants to talk about it and understand it better and better. She really loves it."
The Dillon brothers have been criticized in the past for being Childress' grandsons. But in 2016, the on-track performance is starting to match the expectations for both drivers, with Ty Dillon expected to make the jump to the Sprint Cup level full-time next year.
Solidly in the Chase halfway through the regular season, Dillon hopes 2016 will be his breakout season, giving him a spot in NASCAR's version of the playoffs.
Kyle Larson Outlasts the Rain in Pocono
Saturday, Jun 04
After looking like he was going to pick up his first XFINITY Series victory last weekend in Charlotte, it took Kyle Larson just 53 laps to get it done in Pocono in the inaugural race at the venue in the series.
In what was supposed to be the rain free day of the weekend, rain halted the racing 53 laps into the 100 laps race and by the NASCAR rule book, once the race is passed halfway it is deemed official if weather comes. Pole-sitter Erik Jones was closing in on Larson when the rain hit the race track.
NASCAR waited an hour and 35 minutes before calling the event due to rain. Once the track was near dry it began to pour, which led the series director to call the remainder of the race.
Larson led on several different occasions for a total of 27 circuits. It marks the Chip Ganassi Racing drivers' fourth career win in 82 XFINITY Series starts, and his second career win at Pocono, winning an ARCA event two years ago.
"I'm happy with it," Larson said of the rain coming in and ending the race. "We were good, a little bit better than i thought we would be. We were more comparable to the Gibbs cars than I thought we would be based off practice and qualifying."
Jones finished second on the afternoon after starting from pole, but never leading a lap. For the majority of the 53 laps the No. 20 car was in the runner-up position, first chasing his teammate Kyle Busch then chasing Larson. He felt like this race was another race that she let slip away.
"We had by far one of the best cars in the field today, so it's unfortunate," Jones said of his second-place effort. "Our Camry was good, but just not enough time t get back to the lead and have a shot at it. It's pretty frustrating because this whole year has been a season of just missing it by that much. We missed it in a couple races by penalties and circumstances and today was another one of those days where we had another good shot at the win, but with the way it played out it just didn't work out for us."
Ty Dillon finished third, posting his fourth top-five finish of 2016.
After leading the opening 16 laps, Busch couldn't get back through traffic to take the lead back after making a pit stop under the first caution flag. Finishing fourth on the afternoon, he felt that the team was a step behind.
Joey Logano rounded out the top five after getting off-sequence with the competition.
Elliott Sadler, Paul Menard, Brandon Jones, Daniel Suarez and Alex Bowman rounded out the top 10.
Brennan Poole finished 12th, ending a streak of four consecutive top 10 finishes, which is a career-high in his rookie season.
On Lap 20, Justin Allgaier made contact with the wall in the "Tunnel Turn" which resulted in a 39th-place finish. The No. 7 team dropped to seventh in the points after starting the race third in the standings.
The series is set to return to action next Saturday at Michigan, where Busch is the defending winner of the event, which was his first race back in the XFINITY Series after his leg injuries last February in Daytona. .
Joe Gibbs Racing Faster than the Field in Pocono
The inaugural XFINITY Series qualifying session at Pocono Raceway was held Saturday morning where it was broken into two rounds of single-car runs, much like the restrictor plate tracks of Daytona and Talladega.
For the fifth time in 2016, Erik Jones will start from the pole in an XFINITY Series race. In the second round of qualifying he laid down a lap of 175.926 mph, which was much faster than the rest of the field. In the first round of qualifying the No. 20 Toyota was over a half-second faster than second-place.
Kyle Busch has been fast since the No. 18 team unloaded on Thursday. He was second overall at 175. 203 mph. His only win at Pocono in NASCAR came last summer when he won in the Camping World Truck Series.
The third Joe Gibbs Racing driver, Daniel Suarez was third quick at 174.784 mph. It his 12th top-10 start of 2016, in 12 events.
Kyle Larson was fourth at 173.568 and Joey Logano rounded out the top five at 172.781 mph.
Elliott Sadler was sixth, Paul Menard seventh, Ty Dillon eighth, Justin Allgaier ninth and Alex Bowman rounded out the top 10.
The top 12 cars in the second round of qualifying were separated by two seconds.
Notable drivers to miss the top 12 cutoff were a pair of rookies led by Brennan Poole who posted the 13th best lap, with Brandon Jones 14th, Cup Series driver Aric Almirola 16th and Brendan Gaughan 17th.
Darrell Wallace, Jr. was the second to last car to attempt a qualifying lap in the opening round. The No. 6 Ford got loose getting into the corner and went for a long spin, keeping it off the wall. In doing so, Bowman was on track for his warm up lap and had to pull his car into the pits to cool the engine down.
Bowman posted the eight fastest lap even with a hot engine, while Wallace will have to come from the rear as he never made a full lap.
The green flag is set to wave shortly after 1:00 p.m. ET.
Denny Hamlin Comes Back to Win at Charlotte
The theme of the NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Charlotte was hot and slick. Denny Hamlin outlasted all the chaos to record his first victory of 2016.
With less than 40 laps to go Hamlin had to go to the rear for an uncontrolled tire during a pit stop under caution.
It took the No. 18 car just over 30 laps to get up to third after restarting 14th.
Then a caution flew with under two laps to go and changed the entire outcome of the 300-mile race.
Hamlin's JGR teammate and pole-sitter Erik Jones brought out a caution when he cut down a right front tire, pounding the outside wall. The No. 18 team decided to come down and put four tires on their machine, while the two race leaders stayed out.
On the green-white-checkered finish, Hamlin grabbed the lead coming to the white flag where he wouldn't look back en route to JGR's seventh win of the season in the series.
"It was a second opportunity," Hamlin said of his victory. "I was hoping for that caution there and the end and we got it. We were able to get four tires and took off. It was a little closer than I thought, we were just really right in those last couple of laps."
Austin Dillon was the first off pit road taking just two tires after the final caution. He gained one position in the final two laps, finishing in the runner-up position.
After leading 58 laps and being one of two drivers to stay out under the late race caution, Joey Logano came home third. This is his second top-five finish in five races this season in the No. 22 car, which is still looking for its first victory as a team.
"We had a car that was capable of winning if circumstances were right," Logano said of his third-place effort. "I thought I was going to have a good restart next to [Kyle] and I thought if we cleared him, like we did, we would have a shot. It was just really hard to hold off those four tires."
In his second career start Cole Custer came home with a fourth-place finish. His JR Motorsports teammate, Justin Allgaier rounded out the top five.
Kyle Larson made a bold move in Turn 3 of the final lap going for the win, but came up short and hit the outside wall. It cost him dearly as he finished sixth after leading 46 laps.
Larson was the leader of the race when the final caution flag flew and the No. 42 team decided to stay out. Going into the final set of corners he had a shot at the victory, but came up short of his third career XFINITY Series triumph.
"I didn't get a great take-off and Joey [Logano] got around me and was sucking on my door," Larson said of the final restart. "Denny [Hamlin] gave me a shot and i was surprised at how much grip I had. It's pretty hard to beat four tires."
Rookie Brandon Jones finish seventh, with RCR teammate Ty Dillon eighth, Brennan Poole ninth and Brendan Gaughan rounded out the top 10.
There were eight cautions in the race for 54 laps. In the two races combined at Charlotte in 2015, there were just six cautions total in 600 miles of competition.
On Lap 25, a caution flew and took out three of the first six drivers in the running order after they slid through some oil on the track in Turn 3.
It started when pole-sitter, Jones was making a move on race leader Hamlin, but slid in the oil and made contact with the wall. From there his JGR teammate, Daniel Suarez slid and had his car saved until coming back up the track into the wall where he was met by Elliott Sadler. All three drivers went at least one lap down
Suarez rebounded to finish 12th, while Sadler came home 28th and Jones 31st.
Next weekend, the XFINITY Series will tackle Pocono Raceway for the first time in series history.
Ryan Newman Still Happy with Richard Childress Racing
With speculation that Ryan Newman might be out of a ride at Richard Childress Racing following the 2016 season, he is ecstatic to be with the team.
In the third and final year of his current contract with RCR, Newman has experienced the ups and downs of a race team. This is something that he has welcomed in the past, making him an established veteran of the sport.
"Tying it all together, that's the toughest part of our whole sport," Newman told Speedway Digest. "One bad pit stop, one bad moment, one bad strategy call, one bad move as a driver, one bad restart can take you out of the race. There was a time in our sport that I think you had to be the best at everything, but now you need to damn near be the best at everything."
In his 15th year in the Sprint Cup Series, Newman currently sits 17th in the standings, two points shy of the Chase cutoff after 11 races. As the halfway point of the race to the Chase approaches, the 38-year-old feels the pressure to perform.
"We've performed better than we've finished," Newman elaborated. "We've had three tire failures in 11 races. Some of it has been self-inflicted, some of it hasn't. But in the end, it's part of racing and hopefully we got it out of the way."
The Indiana native has raced for his livelihood several different times. In 2013, a week after being informed that he would not be back with Stewart-Haas Racing, he won the Brickyard 400.
But this year is different.
Over the span of his first two seasons with RCR, Newman was known for consistency, accumulating 31 top 10 finishes and making the Chase both years. He made it to the championship race with a shot at the title in 2014, his first year with the organization. Finishing second at Homestead that evening has been his best result in the No. 31 machine.
Heading into the summer months, the circuit is heading to some of Newman's better tracks. He has nine career poles at Charlotte, with a best result of second. In a couple of months, the Cup Series heads to New Hampshire, which is arguably the best track for him with three career wins, 17 top 10 finishes and an average finish of 13.5.
"I think our cars are better than they were at this time last year hands down," Newman said. "You've got to put everything together in this series. The competition level is so tough. You can't afford to have one mistake."
Through 11 races in 2016, the No. 31 car has qualified three top five starts. That is the same number that he had in all of 2015.
The chemistry within the organization is something that Newman is proud to be a part of and would seemingly be tough for him to leave. Crew chief Luke Lambert and he have adapted to each other's preferences, but the NASCAR veteran knows that the performance needs to improve.
"I've never been a part of an organization that worked more closely together like this," Newman said. "To me, it's as good as it can get. Once we can get the success it will get better yet."
RCR is in a current slump of 84 races without going to Victory Lane. Ever since Kevin Harvick left the team at the end of 2013 season, the organization has struggled to find its groove back.
However, this season there is more to be proud of.
Newman's teammate Austin Dillon currently sits eighth in points. Though he admits he can't learn much from the third-year driver, the two work closely together and just recently began putting all eight cylinders together.
"I think it's been in a rebuilding process," he said. "I think our cars have been competitive. I think that at one point in 2014 our engines were our weak point. I think last year we started missing it a little on the car side and I think we are in the process of putting it all back together."
As 2016 progresses, Newman is essentially driving for his life. With Richard Childress' grandson, Ty Dillon waiting in the helm for a ride in the Cup Series, it's more than likely that one of the current drivers at RCR has to go. Paul Menard has sponsorship from his father and the older Dillon is having the best year of his tenure with the team.
Newman is one of the older statesmen in the garage and has no plans of retiring as long as he has a competitive car.
"As long as they will have me drive the racecar and it's a good racecar and it's fun to do it then I'll do it as long as it makes sense," he said.
With his future in question, Newman admits that he wants to figure out where he stands quickly. The further that it progresses into the season, the harder it will be to find a competitive ride for the following campaign.
"We are so focused on this year and winning races to get ourselves a Chase birth," Newman said. "There's a time to talk about it and you always want to get it done sooner rather than later. I just hope it's not later."
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The Farm Animal Care Coalition of Tennessee (FACCT) and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture work together to promote livestock welfare and coordinate disaster response when needed. The two agencies strengthened their commitment to work together with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.


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Deprecated since version 2.6: The mutex module has been removed in Python 3.

The mutex module defines a class that allows mutual-exclusion via
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The mutex module defines the following class:

class mutex.mutex¶

Create a new (unlocked) mutex.

A mutex has two pieces of state — a “locked” bit and a queue. When the mutex
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Of course, no multi-threading is implied – hence the funny interface for
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8.9.1. Mutex Objects¶

mutex objects have following methods:

mutex.test()¶

Check whether the mutex is locked.

mutex.testandset()¶

“Atomic” test-and-set, grab the lock if it is not set, and return True,
otherwise, return False.

mutex.lock(function, argument)¶

Execute function(argument), unless the mutex is locked. In the case it is
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Ultrasmall semiconductor lasers have emerged as strong candidates for the implementation of quantum information processing devices. Manufacturing such nanophotonic light sources heavily relies on the use of cavity quantum electrodynamic effects to enhance spontaneous emission and enable the lasing threshold to be crossed with gain contributions from only a few solid-state emitters. In the cavity quantum electrodynamic regime, the emission dynamics of nanolasers
is governed by photonic and electronic correlation and fluctuations effects. This thesis accompanies some of the advancements in ultrasmall lasers by using microscopic quantum-opticalmodels to enable a better understanding of the underlying physical effects.
The frst main topic of this thesis draws on time-resolved photon-correlation spectroscopy
to investigate the build up of second-order coherence, associated with lasing, on a different timescale than the emission itself in a quantum-dot photonic-crystal nanolaser emitting in the telecom band. By combining measurements perfomed by Dr. Galan Moody at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Colorado, USA, with a microscopic semiconductor laser theory, the non-Markovian behavior of the emission dynamics is attributed to carrier-photon correlations that are not amenable by using laser rate-equation formalism. The obtained insights have direct implications with respect to the modulation response, repetition rate, noise characteristics, and coherence properties of nanolasers for device applications.
The second main topic concerns a theoretical modeling of single-emitter lasing effects in a quantum dot (QD)-microlaser under controlled variation of background gain provided by off-resonant discrete gain centers. In the framework of a judicious two-color excitation scheme, recently put forward by the group of Prof. Stephan Reitzenstein in Berlin, the background gain contribution of off-resonant QDs can be continuously tuned by precisely balancing the relative excitation power of two lasers emitting at different wavelengths. In this thesis, a multicomponent gain medium semiconductor laser theory has been developed, which in conjunction with the measurements allows for identifying distinct single-QD signatures in the lasing characteristics, and for distinguishing between gain contributions of a single resonant emitter and acountable number of off-resonant background emitters to the optical output of the microlaser.
The upshot of the joint theoretical and experimental investigation is that in experimentally acicessible systems, and in the investigated micropillar in particular, the single-QD gain needs to be supported by the background gain contribution of off-resonant QDs to reach the transition to lasing. Theoretical calculations based on the developed model reveal that while a single QD cannot drive the investigated micropillar into lasing, its relative contribution to the emission can be as high as 70 % and it dominates the statistics of emitted photons in the intermediate excitation regime below threshold.
The last part of the dissertation deals with the analytical and numerical investigation of collective lasing in disordered coupled-cavity arrays. These systems are an interesting physical architectures, wherein the optical coupling between their building blocks allows for exploring some exotic states of photons including the Mott insulator and the fractional quantum Hall effect. The analysis focuses on the Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard Hamiltonian, where each cavity contains a single two-level quantum dot interacting with the confined local mode and contiguous cavities are mutually coupled by photon hopping. By introducing a diagonal average approximation, it can be show that results for translation invariant coupled cavities, i.e. homogeneous coupled cavities, can be extended for weak photonic disordered array of cavities.
Keywords: Quantum dots; semiconductor optics; coupled-cavity array; cavity quantum electrodynamic


I used to do an exercise in the Peak Performance 101 workshop entitled "Getting What You Want". The exercise starts out with a question: If you could have anything in the universe, what would it be? Perhaps your answer might be $10 million dollars. However, the exercise doesn't end there. It just triggers another question: What would that get you? So to carry our example forward, you'd now ask, "What would the $10 million dollars get you?" Perhaps you might answer, "Security… I'd feel secure in my retirement."
It doesn't end with that answer. The second answer merely triggers another question: What would that get you? And to continue the example, you now ask, "What would security get you?"
If you could have anything in the universe, what would it be?
What would that (answer 1) get you?
What would that (answer 2) get you?
What would that (answer 3) get you?
What would that (answer 4) get you?
What would that (answer 5) get you?
I'm actually curious to know what percentage of you started out with "trading success." Perhaps a lot of you, but I doubt if anyone ended up there.
There are some universals about this exercise. With five repetitions of the question about 90% of all people end up with a mental state. Examples of mental states include security, freedom, confidence, happiness, etc. But we can take it further. If you do enough repetitions of the question, everyone ends up with a universal mental state such as Oneness, Love, Ultimate Happiness, etc. What's interesting about the exercise is that it flat out tells you what you really want! The final answer is always one of those universal mental states (and I'm not sure that they really are not all the same).
Yet what do we do with our lives? We spend it pursuing things such as money, power, career or perhaps trading success. But that's not what we really want. And that's true for everyone.
Now, what if there was a course that you could take that would give you as a result of doing the course, one of those ultimate states. Would you want to take that course?
Well, let me tell you a true story about a man named Lester Levinson. Lester had advanced degrees and was a very successful entrepreneur. In that sense, he was probably a lot like most of you. However, he was very unhealthy. One day his doctors basically said, "Lester, there is really nothing we can do for you. You are going to die in a few months." So Lester retreated to his Manhattan apartment to die. But before he did so, he did an exercise similar to the one I just took you through and concluded that what he really wanted out of life was LOVE. He looked at his life and concluded that he was the happiest when he was LOVING, rather than when he felt people loved him.
First, all of the symptoms of his illness just disappeared. And whenever something happened to his body he could heal it instantly.
Second, he found that he could materialize whatever he wanted just by thinking about it. He played with this for a while, soon materializing millions of dollars worth of real estate. But knowing that he could get those material things any time he wanted them just by thinking about them, he soon lost interest in them and just gave them away. Besides, what he really wanted was LOVE and he was getting that by being LOVING.
Third, he basically started operating in the world at the level of a very advanced spiritual being.
In the spirit of being loving, Lester started to teach what he had learned. As a result we all have that core process that Lester went through to heal himself and become happy and loving available to us through a series of five books entitled "Happiness is Free." Each book is a seven week course, so the series is basically a 35 week course on attaining happiness. And if you do the course, I believe that you can attain a level of happiness that is way beyond what you experience today or probably what you've ever experienced.
However, I didn't write this article to sell these courses, but more to convey some very important points. Logically, if you decided, after doing the exercise, that what you ultimately wanted was love or happiness, then I would expect that we'd get at least 1,000 orders for the course. Of course, you'd have to believe that you'd actually get "ultimate happiness" out of doing the course to order it. And perhaps you don't think you really want happiness or perhaps you don't think the course will help you attain it. That's a personal choice.
Anyway, I was so impressed with this course initially, that I ordered a few sets and gave them to some very special people associated with my company. Later on, I then ordered ten more copies of the course to sell. And interestingly enough, we still have most (if not all) of them in stock. Most people either don't think that they want happiness or they don't believe that they can get it simply by completing a course (i.e., doing all the exercises). It's rather amazing. This is what people want but they are not likely to do anything about it.
I'm so fascinated by this process that I plan to interview each of the people I gave the course to just to see what they've done with it. I haven't done the interviews yet, but I think I know the results. I'll report the actual results to you later in another article for Tharp's Thought's. And I'll also tell you about the exercise that I just completed that motivated me to write this series of articles.


We'll create a KPI called "Number of trucks out of service" that will track the number of broken trucks. We'll also make it a rollup KPI and build out a multi-level templated organization structure that matches our company.
So, we have a rollup KPI that takes the number of broken trucks and aggregates them up the org tree. What should the rollup equation be? Sum makes the most sense, because the number of broken trucks at the regional level would be the sum of all broken trucks in that region's cities.
Now, how do we aggregate our broken truck KPIs over time? That's a little trickier. Let's say each of the cities update their KPI with a new value every week. What should each city's KPI value be when you look at it yearly? It doesn't really make sense to add all of the weekly values together. That would mean that the more often you measure the KPI, the higher the yearly value will be.
For this KPI, an average aggregation type makes the most sense. If you measure the number of broken trucks every week, and average those numbers over a year, you can good a good feel for how many trucks are out of service most of the time.
With this KPI structure, you could go to a region in the organization tree, change the application calendar to monthly, and you could see the average number of broken trucks in that region for that month. Each city updates their broken truck KPI every week, and the software takes care of the rest.
And that's why there are two different ways to aggregate rollup KPIs. There are situations like our example above where the KPI value should be summed up the rollup tree but averaged over time.


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Maldives: Al Jazeera to air documentary on corruption
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Al Jazeera has announced the release of a documentary, "Stealing Paradise", which it claims would reveal mass corruption, theft and abuse of power in Maldives. Al Jazeera's investigative team included, Will Jordan, a former editor of The Maldives Independent (formerly Minivan News).
Screening of the documentary has been taken off Al Jazeera's schedule for Sunday. It is widely expected that it will be released this week. An invitation card for the documentary's premiere began circulating on social media over the weekend. Former President Nasheed, who was granted asylum in the UK last May, said in a Tweet on Saturday that he was invited to the documentary's opening ceremony.
According to Al Jazeera, the documentary features secretly filmed interviews describing how "men on mopeds carried millions in cash to the president and his aides." Al Jazeera's documentary is expected to give some insight into the $1.5 billion money laundering plot. The laundering was with the help of secretive businessmen from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. They planned to fly in cash at up to $100m at a time, pass it through the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) and transfer it back out.
The impending release of the documentary appears to have rattled the government. The ruling party MPs are threatening to sue the Doha-based broadcaster and prosecute Maldivians who gave information to Al Jazeera's investigative unit.
Villimale' MP Ahmed Nihan Hussain Manik, said on Sunday that former president Mohamed Nasheed was behind the soon-to-be released Al Jazeera documentary. He accused the two foreign journalists who were recently deported, being part of it.
A BBC report released on 25 August 2016 says that opponents of Abdulla Yameen in the tiny island nation are looking to move against him within weeks. Abdulla Yameen spokesman told the BBC they knew of claims of an attempt to "overthrow" the government, describing it as a "clear breach of international norms". This rift may be based on the rift in the ruling party between Yameen and his half-brother, former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. Gayoom's daughter, Dunya Maumoon, resigned as foreign minister in July.
On Sunday, the New York Times published a report alleging Yameen's involvement in "questionable oil sales to a Myanmar dictatorship under economic sanctions."
It is also alleged that the ruling party leaders embezzled USD79 million through the state tourism promotion company.
Maldives Media and PR Corporation (MMPRC) had mediated the leasing of over 59 different tourist hotels, resorts and yacht marinas out of which 53 had been leased through an agreement with the tourism ministry. More than USD79 million received by MMPRC was distributed through a private company.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) had questioned former vice president Ahmed Adheeb Abdul Ghafoor over the transfer of funds linked to MPPRC to a private account of incumbent president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. Adheeb was convicted and sentenced to eight years for misappropriating acquisition fees paid by a foreign company for the 50-year lease of a lagoon in the capital atoll.
President Yameen was also questioned by the ACC over a transaction that a company involved in the MMPRC scandal had made to his personal account in the Islamic Bank.
It is speculated that Al Jazeera's "Stealing Paradise", may be released for public viewing on 7 September 0:00 hrs GMT.
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Was cumulative effect of subconcussive blows to blame?
(BOSTON) - An autopsy has revealed that former NHL star Rick Martin was suffering from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) , a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated brain trauma, when he died at age 59 of a heart attack in March 2010.
All three former NHL players to have their brains studied post-mortem at the Boston University Center for the Study of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) have now been shown to be suffering from CTE, but Martin is the first who did not play an "enforcer" role and regularly participate in on-ice fights.
Martin, a seven-time All-Star in an 11-season NHL career, mostly with the Buffalo Sabres, was diagnosed with CTE by neuropathologist and CSTE co-director Ann McKee, MD.
CTE can only be diagnosed by examining brain tissue post-mortem. Dr. McKee had previously diagnosed former NHL players Bob Probert and Reggie Fleming with CTE. Probert died at the age of 45 from heart disease. Fleming suffered from dementia when he died in 2009 at age of 73 after 30 years of progressive behavioral and cognitive difficulties.
Martin had stage 2 of 4 (4 being the most severe) of the disease, a stage unlikely to significantly affect his cognitive abilities or behavior. Martin did not suffer known brain trauma outside of hockey, did not engage in fighting, and his only known concussion occurred in a game in 1978 when his head hit the ice while not wearing a helmet, causing immediate convulsions. Martin only wore a helmet he played after that injury. C.T.E. symptoms can include memory loss, depression and a lack of impulse control.
"Rick Martin's case shows us that even hockey players who don't engage in fighting are at risk for CTE, likely because of the repetitive brain trauma players receive throughout their career," said Boston University CSTE co-director and Sports Legacy Institute co-founder and CEO Chris Nowinski . "We hope the decision makers at all levels of hockey consider this finding as they continue to make adjustments to hockey to make the game safer for participants."
"It is scientifically interesting that Mr. Martin only had stage 2 disease at 59 years old, as by that age most cases in our brain bank have advanced to stage 3 or 4. There are a number of variables that we don't yet understand that could account for this finding, such as lower lifetime exposure to brain trauma, later onset of the disease, genetic risk factors, among others," said Robert Cantu, MD, a leading concussion expert and a CSTE co-director.
Research at the BU CSTE is currently underway to further understand the risk factors for CSTE. "We believe that repetitive brain trauma is a necessary factor for developing the disease, but not a sufficient factor. We now must learn why some people get the disease and others don't and why CTE progresses more quickly and severely in some individuals than in others," said Robert Stern, PhD, a CSTE co-director.
Of the 96 brains in the CSTE's bank, McKee has completed the analysis of over 70 former athletes, with more than 50 having shown signs of CTE, including 14 of 15 former NFL players, as well as college and high school football players, hockey players, professional wrestlers and boxers. More than 500 living athletes have committed to donate their brain to the BU CSTE after death, including over a dozen former hockey players. Autopsy results on the brain of NHL player Derek Boogaard, who died earlier this year at 28 years old, are pending.
While the details of Martin's brain tissue analysis were not released, pending submission to an academic medical journal, his family requested that the diagnosis be made public at this time, in the belief that Martin would have wanted to raise awareness of the dangers of brain trauma in sports and encourage greater efforts to make sports safer for the brain.
The autopsies, as well as research recently conducted at Purdue University, provide further evidence to suggest that repeated subconcussive (blows to the head that do not result in a diagnosed concussion) can have adverse short-term and long-term effects on the brain, prompting Dr. Cantu, for one, to recommend that youth athletes delay playing collision or contact sports  under current rules.
The announcement also came as the N.H.L. is further strengthening its ban on hits that cause concussions, and just months after both USA Hockey and hockey's governing body in Canada extended a ban on head contact in youth hockey down to the Pee Wee level.
An autopsy has revealed that former NHL star Rick Martin was suffering from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated brain trauma.


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Just when we thought things would get better post-pandemic, and after so many sufferings people would be just easy on themselves, a cyberattack makes it's way just before the British elections.
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What is The Undeclared War About?
The British electoral system is under a severe cyberattack, and this time, it's terrible. The Russians are all set to destroy the system before the much anticipated British Elections, and the GCHQ is secretly trying to ward it off.
Meanwhile, Saara Parvan, a newbie trying to get some work experience has no idea what she has gotten herself into.
Not exactly how she thought her first-day would look like, but she is all in to make the bigger evil disappear with the help of her peers.
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The Undeclared War Cast
Hannah Khalique-Brown as Saara Parvin
Simon Pegg as Danny Patrick
Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Kathy Freeman
Edward Holcroft as James Cox
Adrian Lester as Andrew Makinde
Alex Jennings as David Neal
Mark Rylance as John Yeabsley
Kerry Godliman as Angie McMurray
German Segal as Vadim Trusov
Joss Porter as Phil
Tinatin Dalakishvili as Marina Veselova
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Du nord au sud, elle commence par la chaîne Brooks et la chaîne d'Alaska puis se poursuit au Canada à travers le Yukon et les Territoires du Nord-Ouest par les monts Mackenzie tandis que côté Pacifique elle est constituée par la chaîne Saint-Élie dont le versant ouest occupe une partie de l'Alaska côtier l'autre étant orienté à l'ouest du Yukon. Ces deux formations traversent ensuite la Colombie-Britannique, l'une constituant à l'intérieur des terres la chaîne principale des montagnes Rocheuses, doublée de la chaîne Columbia, et l'autre formant à l'ouest les chaînes côtières du Pacifique.

Aux États-Unis, elle inclut le tronc entier des Rocheuses d'une part, les Cascades et la Sierra Nevada d'autre part, auxquelles  s'ajoutent les chaînes côtières des États de Washington, de l'Oregon et de la Californie. Au Mexique, elle devient la Sierra Madre orientale et la Sierra Madre occidentale ainsi que les montagnes dorsales de la péninsule de Basse-Californie. Plus au sud, la Sierra Madre del Sur assure sur la côte occidentale la continuité du système, tandis qu'au centre c'est la Sierra Madre de Oaxaca qui joue ce rôle.

La cordillère se poursuit en Amérique centrale par la Sierra Madre de Chiapas au Guatemala, Salvador et Honduras, puis par une succession de chaînes plus courtes à travers le Nicaragua, le Costa Rica (dont la cordillère de Talamanca et la cordillère Centrale)  et le Panama. En Amérique du Sud, elle devient la cordillère des Andes. Cette dernière avec ses chaînes parallèles (essentiellement les cordillères ,  et ), continue à travers le Venezuela, la Colombie, l'Équateur, le Pérou, la Bolivie, le Chili (où elle inclut les îles côtières) et l'Argentine pour atteindre la Terre de Feu (Andes fuégiennes, dont la cordillère Darwin). Elle se poursuit par la chaîne de Géorgie du Sud et les îles Shetland du Sud à travers l'océan Austral jusqu'aux montagnes de la Terre de Graham.

Cette vaste cordillère culmine en Argentine à  d'altitude à l'Aconcagua.

Références

Massif de montagnes en Amérique du Nord
Massif de montagnes en Amérique centrale
Massif de montagnes en Amérique du Sud

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